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A 8 15 i s If If J i. i - - I? 1 ' I !.' I: 4 '4 lit I $ r l : " ! PAGE TWO 3000 Bombers- ..('; ; ; .; . !.vi :: Pound German LONDON,! July 6 -tfV More than 3000 allied heavy homberi the greatest number ever hurled at Europe in a tingle day struck enemy r instalations in Germany, France and Italy from two direc tion! today while thousands of tactical i wmrplanes mauled Ger man transport and supplies in a 9000 square mile triangle below the Normandy battlefield. IThirty-two enemy planes vrere shot down; 14 allied planes were last as the allies fined the skies with 6000 sorties, including five separate attacks which unloaded more than 6000 tons of explosives on the robot bomb roosts around Pas-de-Calais. t The figures on plane losses in cluded only operations from. Brit ain, statistics from the Mediter ranean theater not being available here uo to midnight. ' The Germans reported the al lied i ait raiders were pressing their two-way attacks -around the cloct, some bombers striking west ern Germany after nightfall and returning west while others swung over the upper and lower Danube and jthen flew south, probably back to Italian bases. ; j About 1000' US-Fortresses and Liberators attacked . the launch ing ramps for flying bombs and others objectices at Pas-de-Calais with! 3000 tons of bombs in; the most savage assault of the day a day in which Prime Minister Churchill told the world of the thousands of casualties these ro bot raiders were causing in Lon don. ;' r ; : V " In the second American attack of the day to Pas-de-Calais, Fly ing . Fortresses ; and Liberators struck six flying bomb launching sites this evening ant pounded three rail bridges over the Loire river .'southeast of Orleans. An escort of up to 750 fighters also made ! a ; second , offensive sweep over France. U.'. ;i Flying Bombs Kill 2752 In England (Continued from Page 1) ' ing! bombs fiad been in progress f . for ; more than . year ' before the " first of I the missies hit England, ; he said, and now, out in the open, 4 . "this battle may be a somewhat - . lengthy -affair it is yet to e tested who has suffered and will suffer the most fn that process.'' " LAUNCHING SITES FOUNDED Already, he disclosed, the allied ' air forces have expended 50,000 .;. tons of bombs on the launching . sites and experimental headquart ' ers in France and Germany, and t "a considerable portion ol our - flying power has been diverted ' : for months from other forms of i offensive activity." - When he pointed out that from - day to day the fatalities caused by , the bombs had averaged one : for ; each - bomb launched, mem ! , bers of the house exclaimed "very satisfactory!' I f . The prime minister, however. i went on to disclose that removal v of - non-essential persons from i - London was not being discour ! aged and that children already ! , were being sent from the danger . area. . 1 But he raised and : demolished f a hypothetical suggestion that , parliament should be moved from : i London, exclaiming, "here we be- gain the war, and here we will see s It ended," and made it clear that i the. bulk of Londoners would ' - simply have to take the flying :: bomb assaults as they did the earlier "blitz." One point he stressed (vehem ently: !T do not want there to be any ' misunderstanding on 1 this - that we shall not allow the battle operations in Normandy nor the . attacks we are making against ' special targets in Germany to suf- f er..They come first." j r .i lriirr irin I? tsonas Leaning SILVERTON, July 8 Silverton was -within $50,000 of its $300,000 ojuota of Fifth war bond purchases -.- at the close of the big show held . Thursday night Of the $250,000 ' . total $150,000 was in E bonds, it - was announced, an unusually high -'.figure in this area while E.bond .sales trailed in other parts of the ; state. ; .'-; 'h- '; A - total of $25,000 was sold at . the show Thursday night which was presented by Mr. and Mrs. . . Alfred Adams, owners of the .theater.. .L;X.:'- ;Fighting Nazis (Continued from Page I) i ing throush its streets, with al- ; lied tanks prpbin a mile beyond the town; : ' - Eighth armx forces lunging 'northward' from Lake Trasimeno through' nud and elaborate Ger :' man demolitions won positions ' ' within three miles of the lmpor- tant road center at Arezzo," S3 ; miles southeast of Florence, and In a flanking drive to the west threatened . to cut the main hih ' way tct.veca Arezzo ini Fior ' ence. - A' ' . ., Installations Stimson Sees Cassino - :.... , 0 14. Gen. Jacob L. Devers (left), deputy allied commander la chief la the Mediterranean theatre, points eat Caaslao rains te War ' Secretary Henry L. Stimson (center, with ease) daring the secre . tary's tour by Jeep of the Italian war sone. (AP Wlrephota from slgaal corps radtophote.) i ON the HOME FRONT By BASEL CHUD3 - The next time you break a phonograph record, stop and ask yourself ' if the old music box, didnt after all have something to offer. s , ' 'At the statehouse coffee shop, the boys and girls have been get ting a sample of juke box music of 50 years ago and they like it When the E. V. McDermotts cel ebrated their 40th wedding anni versary the music was provided by A. M. McDermott who took a big square golden oak box with a Regina Music Co. patent dated 1896 down to the restaurant for the. occasion. . " A pattern not . unlike that on the reel of a player piano decks each of the great thin, flexible copper or steel records, which for the McDermott machine ' range from "Nearer My God to Thee" to "Meet Me at St Louis, Louis" indicating perhaps that the orig inal purchaser had a taste for tra vel. But "Yankee Doodle Boy" is there, too, and "Will You Remem ber Me?" :, V Frankly, you don't get all the instrumental variety on the Re gina we've come to expect from today's electrical recordings, : but in place of the whine which marks so many cheap records it is refreshing to hear the music box tinkle of the copper discs. Soviet Forces May Already Be in Wilno (Continued from Page 1) troops rolled westward all . along this front, which straddles the Pripyat marshes, pounding, within H' miles of the rail center of Baranowicze and taking Zhitkov ichi, a distaict center east of Lu niniec on the main railway from Gomel to Pinsk. The early morning supplement to the 'Russian communique said that Rokossovsky's troops, since taking the railway station of La kowicze, 11 miles southeast of Baranowicze yesterday, had made further advances. Baranowicze it self was said to be under artil lery fire. TMg HOUt TMAT Hrfi atlCT -Opens C:45 P. M. I Now Playing! . . Thrill te the Deeds of the Far-Traders tn the Far Neetb! : Fad Ilczi - IaJrd Cregar ''DUDSOIi'S - BAY" Gene Tlerney WESTERN CO-ETT Tex O'Brien O Jim - V Newell . Tinto :: Bandits,, Z Mr Tfc I- 1; Yanks! Close light Clamp On La I Hay e (Continued from Page 1) emy, German ! communications took a severe mauling as hund reds of warplanes went bombing and strafing transport, roads and rails all the way behind the front and on back to the Paris area. . Rail lines were cut by 1 bombs at many points, fuel dumps were left blazing at Chartres, Ar gen tan and Cerences, and dive bombers attacked troops massing to oppose the American push southwestward from Carentan. ! A dispatch from Gen. Dwieht D. Eisenhower's advanced com mand post declared that more and more allied troops and' vehicles an ' astonishing total" were piling up along the beachhead for the decisive battles ahead. ! Germans, deployed in the rub ble heaps of 't ruined La Haye, forced the Americans to retire from the railway station. China Reaches 7-Year Mark ! (Continued from Page 1) north ' in Hunan province, there was sporadic lighting, although' the Japanese had won virtual control of the Peiping-Hankdw .railway through thaj provinces and the Lunghai railway going west to wards Shensi province. C 1 The Hunan front the high Com mand claimed Chinese . counter attacks around Hengyan had de veloped satisfactorily and that the Chinese recaptured 10 enemy strong points east of the Siang river, west of ; it a communique said, a point 27 miles from Heng- yang was retaken. Yuhsien, ene- my-held town 38 miles northeast of Hengyang, was brought under attaek 1 Chinese forces, the com munique said, t - LAST TIMES TODAY! "PURPLE HEART Wlth Dana Andrews VAnd'- WUllam Boyd . " As Hopalaax Caasldy TALSE COLORS" STARTS SATURDAY anr 6 am urn una - " IUIU COMPAinOW FEATURE PUIS!. MtMfeA mius rcsin KAII I mm U ; koo3 II ft KAlrtta t iecosoovA i'- ' whuam I ' SfNOU - - . . -- CCIXlOll STATXSLUUL c!a. Stamp Fine j Hits Salem r Drivers Hard (Continued from Page 1) prisoned for mot : more than SO davs." -: t f -i Many Have Exeoses The scenes; were many; and varied; -, j . - j fl bought my stamp last 'Fri day." eae man tiwriaiedV j Tm sorry put its i number shows yov bpnght it only yes4 terdayj '- ltll 1m ' five ; doUan, please and yo may sign this." - That scene Waal almost routine. And; there were others! ! v j Tve had k baby and pneu monia, and Just 'got eat ' of the haspltaV. as; 'attractive yovag wamaa pleaded, i ' ' ' ' " ;' Tm sorry, but it will cost an extra $5, pleate,? came; the aa swer, MorteoM Imt firm. And so it went all day long; a- tiring day ipr Deputy Collector Paul Lynch and his harassed as sistants who were trying to en fprcf the la u interpreted to them; a maddening day for folks whose livers weren't up to par to the first placed J .. r There' were! persons who wsre proven wrongjin stheir estimate of when they obtained the! stamp the stamp's figures, it probably was rightfully He. f : There also assumed, just don't were persons who said J their cars were; tagged, even when they bore! Istamps. if ' "said stamps didn't Shave- numbers which showed them to be purchas ed within the prescribed time. Other stories Circulated thai fed eral men had jgone to private ga rages ' to check Nip disadvantag eously otl the family carj I Lynchsaid heither of these lat ter policies were ;in line Witlk any instructions .from ;his office, j tie mcucated, too,j alter a! con versation with the Portland! col lector's office that hereafter car owners who were: certain- they had purchased. $5 (stamps prior to Ihe tunee a summons i was placed on their machines could sign aniaffi davit to that effect and save $5 good start on a war bond. That will smooth tempers some what today, perhaps.; i r t Circus Blaze Kills at Least 135 Persons (Continued from I Page 1) yong recognition s and , the flinisy garments worn oy women r and children offered little immediate hope of establishing identity! only through a long and tragic process of elimination Were many expected to be given names. At Least 41 Injured One hospital reported an in complete count showed 41 i injured, while another hospital said that at least! 30 children ; had beenj ad mitted. - ! i - T i i In! the midst Of the disaster, more terrifying because! of the ? If: - A K 1 ri-r rrra tf. ! M rr mil I 1 . S Slncdno CWbor-Eina. tn Hit . . latest Maslccrl Western ADVErTURE VF i ' L: :.Wl2il ""i-'-v- . 'And I I r Sr i v : r I. IIADY LE3 . . . And the Sons Oregon. Friday Morning, July 7. suddea panic! it created than even the flood of 1938 and the hurri cane and flood which struck this city in i938, Gov. Raymond E. Bawut made' a radio appeal for calmness as he directed mobiliza tion of all the state's emergency faculties. ; " . Aid Stations Set Up Neighborhood drug stores were converted Into temporary first aid stations, the state guard was mo bilized to maintain order and aid in the rescue, work, blood plasma war flown here from Boston and soldiers were detailed to he scene from the Bradley army air field in nearby Windsor Locks. :, Hal Oyer, press representative for the circus, termed the' fire the "first great lire in toe whole his tory of Singling Brothers circus and estimated the damage to cir cus property at $300,000. . : Over said the cause of the fire was undetermined, but expressed the helief it; started most likely from a cigarette,- intentional ox accidental, . dropped by . someone sittin in the upper rows af seats." World Bank Draws Praise BRETTON WOODS, NIL July 6 (ff)- The proposed international monetary fund is vital to world trade? with the only; alternative return r to ' the barter system of medieval days, Lord Keynes, head of the; British delegation to the United!; Nations monetary confer ence, asserted today. ; "I ; can't see daylight . on ! any other alternative," he told a press conference in! which he said the fund would provide distressed na tions,with a breather" in solv ing their foreign trade problems. Lord Keynes also said he fav ored linking gold to currency In the fund, asserting it was "abso lutely i essential that the fund make full utilization of the'world's gold reserves and gold production. His reference to gold came in re ply to a question about his speech in the; house j of lords last May in . which he said England would never return to the gold standard. He explained j today that he was opposed to tying England's cur rency rigidly J to gold and said there .was strong opposition at home to any! return to aq in flexible standard. , ensiye Cars ToBe Rationed WASHINGTON, July 6--All 1942 automobiles with a list price up to $2500 will be rationed on the same basis of essentiality as are s popular lower-priced hard top automobiles, the office of price administration1 (OPA) announced today. ! ' ! ,! ,f -' Effective July 11, the stricter ration control: for higheripriced models, applies to hard-top cars listed 'between $1500 and , $2500 and to soft-top convertibles list ed up to $2500. Applicants for all rationed pas senger cars with a list price un der $2500 must show need of an automobile: for! one' or more occu pations listed as essential to the war effort, or public welfare such as doctors or war workers. 1 eod i::lmi. , of the Pioneers 1211 BeGaulle,FDR Greet Warmly In Washington (Continued from Page I) Speaking in French, D Gaulle asked Mr. Roosevelt how he was feeling ami the president replied he feels much better since his re cent vacation in South Carolina There was "tea on the.soufh porr tico before the generaLleft lot Blair house, government - owned mansion across Pmsylvani( fvej nue which will be his headqtuu terf during his stay here. For De Gaulle's visit the tri-color float ed from the mansion's flagstaff. No definite schedule has been laid down for De. Gaulle's confer eocer with Mr, Roosevelt Stephen Early, presidential secretary, said they would meet intermittently during the general's four-day vis it It was indicated that De Gaulle has written "off in advance any hope of obtaining American re cognition of his committee as the provisional government of France. The aim, it is said, is to improve relations generally. Airlines May Carry First Class Mail After War! PORTLAND, July MflVA pre diction that airlines would carry rnrfsnrf OPENS l:4S T.TA. NOW SHOWING! I ! 4 J wanaea Deed? Pay BAINTER ReinaMOVinN co-feature: PASS'S wit ink m ARNBAXTCl - CONTINUOUS SHOWS DAILY Jf-l 14 aMaMahMWMMHaaaaaM licWtaal 1 2T J 1 f mm Siarfing Tomorrow! TWIN HAPPINESS HITS ON ONE MUSIC! ROMANCE! HOWLING HILARITY! . Hews Fladi! . First Picturesi ;. Of Nazi Robot 'Rocket .Bombs! Ftying! Exploding On Haphazard' , Lot gets w - r. England!- ; .. . French Take ' Island, of Elba! V i iGSO. P.' Con vention Highlights as Govs, Deivey, And Bnckcr:' J. Nominated! all first-class mail after the war was made today by John J. Hart manager of United Air Lines, i f) IV f1T0i)IL: THOUAS UlTtBEll rU 'ft !, AITHOll.piII W f f . OirKtod ky J J I ? V - WILUAM A. WEUMAN w . mm7J , i . Companion Feature! The Yeari 5 - c r -. SPECIAL! COIMMUNITY SING! SCOOP! LATEST WAR. NEWS PICTURES FROM 1 F. At, Man Carney K coupla 1' of salty tart kit (h btochl On Ins prowl ios? Romance I . ' 13:7 I3:"iiro Gordon CUvar Chepcxd FrecLlla ZZzck & Orchestra Freddie Fischer (CcL Com) .ciawkt train service, ne pre dicted, would be used only lor second and third class matter. ' 1 SALEM'S LEADING TKZAT&S r linn no teiuktt as in .2oth ccmj2Y-rox HAS MACS ITI jAfl tfte Advenhire, o I Hon and roigwce ihor W oil eolorfel aer9 .t '-v:t:'-: . t Emm HURRYl ENDS TODAY! . V "-- '4c ' Jean Parker ' ' - ' Bffl Henry i BUa DANCE "LADY LETS "THE NAVY WAY" PROGRAM! 3; 1 1
