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Yan HIT sniff Forward '. n' i i ' ; US Drive Aims . To Crush Whole . German Defense f SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, (Saturday), July v 8-tf-US troops purged forward along .a flaming 33-mile battlefront yes .terday in a drive to crush .the whole German line based along the marshes at the base of the Cherbourg peninsula, and " the out-flanked enemy anchors of La Haye Du Puits and St. Jean De Daye seemed doomed. - -The most, spectacular American .drive was a new one southeast of .Car en tan, where doughboys struck .under one of the heaviest artillery barrages of the campaign, forced the Vire river so swiftly the - dazed Germans did not even slow ,up the main bridge, and thrust spearheads north and south of St Jean in a three-mile advance which all but isolated that enemy road Junction. Drive . Makes Progress -j - y l- Supreme r headquarters in j'a. 'brief communique, " No. 64," re v ported the drive southwest along the Carentan-Periers road, which threatens to by-pass the marshes in the center of the American front, had made some progress. It said that troops striking to-i ward St Jean westward from cap tured Airel had thrown a small ' bridgehead - across the. Vire river, but late front line dispatches gave more details of whati the charging (Continued on Page 2) j r Our1 national! income in ' 1939 was 170.8 billions; In 1943, $146.1 ' billions. The increase was $73.3 billions. Who got it, and in what -shares? s' - '- "Already' the statisticians, are i digging up the facts.! For -material ; they rely chiefly pa Jjhe reports of ''' the bureau of loreign and domes tic commerce;; Ths - Cleveland Trust Co.-discussed the distribu tion : of this' war ; income in its June bulletin, and Frederick Al lien, editor of Harpers magazine, jbad an article on the -same sub : ject in the June issue of his maga- - sine. - V-:-:: -:J: ';. J .' r " f ; ' ; The evidence all adds up to this: every class, except: some of the white- collar workers and those depending on interest and , divi dends, have had substantial , in- - creases in income out of the war . induced prosperity The : group getting the 'greatest financial in crement out of the war is de scribed by Allen $hus:. ? v - j The typical beneficiary of our ; present wartime prosperity is ; middle class or skilled worker family, probably in war work, in the income ranee of $3000' to $5000 per year.V I .-'h:ii'' i What has happened, as is a mat i ter of general jfaiowledge, is that persons in the low or medium in- , come brackets, whether business men, farmers, laborers, or skilled workers, have ! had very substan tial increases in their incomes. A few who have been favorably it 1 uated have received before taxes very large incomes; but the tix load is so heavily graduated that - they can't retain a very large ; share of their incomes. Even' the 1 j (Continued on editorial page) , Sweet Mes$No Sugar Right in Middle of - : 'Fruit Canning Seaion One can can raspberries, straw berries, cherries and. peaches without sugar, homemakers of the Salem area . are discovering. Many of them can't can with sugar un til more sugar coupons, arrive in the -office of the Salem war price and rationing board. : v Coupon 40 for the first ration of canning sugar has. been-used in many cases. The coupon for the second ration is provided through the board's office, i Applications there are not held : up because of lack, of help but ' because of a brief lack of the '! coupons, workers 'said Friday. While no tally ?as available, it t was estimated that requests for canning sugar this summer are r far in excess of those last year, , either because two applications are necessary if a large quantity 1 of sugar is j secured or because pre-ration stocks are running out .Eric Johnston Leaves Russia for America H LONDON, July T - (JP) - Eric U Johnston, president of the United i States chamber of jcoxnmerce who rhas been in Russia since "early in June, left the USSR today, the Moscow radio announced tonight While in Russia to study market and economic conditions, Johnston v.'ss received by Joseph Stalin. SCK83D8 HEJETY-FOUBTH YEAR Attacks EndNip I CHUNGKING, July 7qp)-Ghi-nese .troops in a dramatic move smashed through' the encirclement ring around vital Hengyang, sur rounded ' Japanese , troops east' south and west of the city, and seized the Initiative on all sectors of the Hunan province fighting, the Chinese high command said tonight : ': -. v A)Chinese army spokesman an nounced on this seventh anniver sary of the start of the war that these counterthrusts would re move'; for some time' the threat of . complete Japanese occupation of ' the 1000 miles of Peiping-Hankow-Canton railway, - through China, major Japanese goal. Drive Starts Jaly 4 The 1 high command reported from the ' front that reinforced Chinese began their . counter-offensive the morning of July 4, penetrated Japanese lines in sev eral places, occupied strong points and even behind the , Japanese lines won the upper hand in of fensive actions. T - Attacking , key points, . on .the various enemy advance routes, the Chinese also broke into Yungfen,- 45 miles northwest of Hengyang, and battered at the gates of Yuh- sien, 38 miles northeast nd at LUing, 180 miles ' northeast of Hengyang::"v-V:ft ::)',...;v - . Siere Broken . The siege' of Hengyang was broken, the Chinese! said,, on its 12th bitted, day by Chinese who stabbed TBlddenly frwn the south west 't the battered rail junction. after slashing attacks by US 14th air force fliers all along the front had disorganized Japanese supply and communication lines. So bad- ? (Continued on Page 2) " LilColtMaison Wilis Award DUTCH NEW GUINEA Lt CoL Harold rG. (Fod) Maison, Salem, Ore., a- battalion com mander in the fighting 41st in fantry- '"division,- was ; -decorated with . the coveted silver star by Maj. Gen. Horace H. Fuller, divi sion commanding general, as the result of his exceptional leader ship and r tactical judgment in making the most effective use of personnel, weapons, equipment and the r limited transportation available to successfully complete his mission in the Hollandia ope ration. ' ' 'Jl - ' . , ; The indefatigible lieutenant col onel is a veteran of the first world war and a member of the na tional guard ; since 1926. Mrs. Maison Is in Salem. - 7 McEldowney, Nelson Prisoners of War 4 Sgt Donald E. McEldowney, 820 North Monmouth avenue, Mon mouth, and Sgt Robert C. Nelson, route 1, box 80, Aumsville, were two mid-Willamette valley sol diers whose names were includ ed with those of 868 US army per sonnel held as ' prisoners of war in Germany, as announced Fri day by the war department. 4 TChreat Wallace Stops in Canada En Route From China EDMONTON, Alta July 7 (CP) Vice President Henry A. Wallace, en route home to . the United States after nearly a six weeks visit to Siberia, China and Russia, on a fact-finding mission for President Roosevelt : stopped off in Edmonton 214 hours tonight Mr. Wallace, looking quite fresh and wearing a grey suit and soft felt hat, arrived in the Al berta capital after a day': stop over at Grande Prairie, 310 miles northwest of Edmonton, where he visited the dominion experimental farm. . t , ' - ' ' . He lunched with Dr.' Robert Newton, president of the Univer sity of Alberta and former presi dent of the research council of Canada, and arranged with Dr. Newton to meet the press. The vice president told Dr. Newton he would "like to. chat with news papermen but was pressed for 10 PAGES - V- 1, I- -z Russian troops an tanks and tracks which red troops have captured. 1 . j SlTyfilSlSlj.il the bnlldinr, the caption aeeompaaytnt; ttifs Knasiaa pbote explained. AT Wirephoto via radio from Moscow.). 11WUS At 152 as Start Investigation HARTFORD, Conn., July 7-(JP) -The. toll of lives claimed by the Rinellng-. Brothers - Barnum .. and Bailey circus -fire soared to 152 with the "deaths llate tonight of four. jmore persons, .among them Edwin G. Woodward, dean of agriculture- at the - University . of Connecticut Dean Woodward died in Muni cipal hospital, where most of the critically injured were .taken. Mere Arrests Dae . Earlier, ; with five persons al ready charged with manslaughter, Sute's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn, jr., said more arrests were "prob able" on the basis of preliminary Inquiries: into the disaster, which exacted the heaviest toll in Am erican circus historyH v The state's attorney,' in a for mal statement issued .while State Police Commissioner Edward J. Hickey still questioned a long list FDR Gloomy OnChinaWar - i WASHINGTON, July 7-() President Roosevelt sketched a gloomy picture of the war in China today buijbrightened it slightly by observing i that the Japanese have stretched their supply lines dan gerously thin elsewhere, r : Mr. Roosevelt told his news conH ference the fighting in China' is not going well and frankly ex pressed concern over the military situation on the Chinese mainland. He agreed with a reporter who said the American people are not fully aware of the seriousness of the situation. ! ' But he said Japan's strategic position is not a good one from the standpoint of global. war be cause of her extended and ' har ried communication lines between the homeland and occupied terri tories. ; - time and ; asked ' the i university president 'to hold a press confer ence. "-, 1 1 J - , , "ri . ' . 1 We chatteiTmainly of agricul tural problems in China and Rus sia and the vice president did not touch on .political questions, Dr. Newton said. ---. -;;; - "His main interest was in agri culture and that's what he looked into in China and Siberia,", Dr. Newton slid. ?Mr. Wallace spent all day with W. D. Albright, sup erintendent of the experimental farm at Beaverlodge station eight miles west of Grande Prairie." ; "He Suggested, with particular reference! to Alaska, ;we should have an in ter-Arctic conference as soon : as possible between Russia, Canada and the United ' States to focus attention to these regions and to realize what steps should be taken in development of these territories," Dr. Newton said. r I Sol em. Orvgon. Saturday Jsifsiinis. Red Army, Moves Through Minsk . : ; - - i .nt'i4-"') ; .' - r . '': pais the government ! building at The Germane retreated sa haatilv of Witnesses,! said thai there ap pealed to have been inadequate fire! fighting equipment" on the grounds at the jingling Brothers Barhum end filley circus " here within a few minutes ! crowd of 6000 festive! spectators became a (Continue on page 2) Airfield Falls HI . -I r1 - I i ! , ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS New Guinea, Satur day July! 8h()- Gen. Douglas MaqArthiir'sr I Sforces captured Noemf 6 r'siNamber airdrome without opposition July 9 to con clude . thk? I occupation' of that island's three air strips all with in bombing range of 'the Philip pines in! at whirlwind five-day campaign; j I - - j ' . " ' The sitccess, I scored In Dutch New Guinea's Geelvink bay area, wasj annqunced todays Instead! of Idiving across the invlded slaA(ftxwestern coast from the fsector where the other two airfiIda were won, the troops were put 'ashore! near the Namber ffieli the morning of July cov ered by destroyers and rocket firing infantry landing craft. By noon, th - occupation was com- - Kamiri airdrome, captured a few hours afteij the first landing on pioemroor July 2, already is being usexi by-1 Hied planes. Kor nasoren field w is- seized two days after the island was invaded, ' : : By lpi m Thursday, the troops had advanced well : beyond the strip toward, the northeast Since the! airfields were thej prime ob jectives, ihe Nbemfoor campaign is conculded foij all practical pur poses, j 1 1 j- , i In support ojT the Invasion of Saipan in; the M&rianas, liberators of phe Far f Eastern " 4hforce at tacked Yip in the western Caro lines Juljjr !! and 6 ! ind caused heavy damage tk that air base de spite the! intertieption of 60 Jap planes. Jk jtaitsjl of $5 tons of bonlbs wps sdrdpped on the air drome, tewnship and 'waterfront causing Urge fires and; explosions. On sh pisclie Service 1 Bei ng prganized Here J The st4te civilian defense coun cil, state and; federal forest serv ices! and Ithf (state police, are or ganizing p crisbl rescufe service to rescue grounded : military fliers, Jad Hayies, state defense adminis trator, said tod jy. ' 5 Hayes jsaidi the request for the new! organization was made by the Fouihh afmy :ait force; which said it rlo lorlger his sufficient mili tary personnel in the slate to per form its j own rescue work. The new : organization - would use the services of forest look outs, i ' I ,- -NT-- I g- Blayse Toll Official lo Americans Morning. uly 8. 1944 lvcDsir0: : TulsiDDiiOsiirDCQ T. 1 Minsk, capital of White Russia, thv aa not im jMm Yanlis, Nazis Battle Bitterly InRosianano ROME, July 7 (JP) A bitter struggle reminiscent of the fight for Cassiho severe) months ago raged today In the ruined village of Rosignano, IS miles below the big Ititlian port of Livomo (Leg horn), . aj r the German struck back- furiously, at American fore es along a 30-mile front extending inland from the west coast After three days and nights of savage house -to-house fighting inside Rosignano, American in-r fantry was reported in possession of two-thirds of the flattened vil lage. At best it as grim yard-by-yard advance for Lt Gen. .Mark W, Clark's doughboys as " they tackled successive! nasi strong points and repulsed the inevitable enemy counterattacks. ; - Inland ! from Rosignano Ameri can and French troops engaged in increasingly furious combat ; as they probed into the mountain-, ous outposts of the Germans' for midable gothic line; the strongest natural defenses in Italy.' Just ahead of allied forces are peaks rising tpj6300eet." ' .: . Remnantsof 24 German divi ' (Continued on page 2) . Flying Bombs t Send British To Shelters LONDON. Saturday, July i-m Flying bombs came winging ovet southern England at an intensified rate early today and more of Lon don's millions moved underground. It was announced that there are sufficient shelters to accommodate everyoney with bunks for 4,000,000. The first! of special" deep shelters will be opened tonight . . - Britain's capital is last becom ing a city without children. Fifteen thousand more were evacuated yesterday.. . A The exodus, reminiscent 01 the London blitz of 1940, was on in full swing and mofe of the capi tals functions moved under ground, including the great law courts of i the Strand which moved to basement refuges. Unofficially, casualties were re ported soinewhat fewer than usual. proDaDiy 1 Decause ciuzens were ducking to cover more quickly as the sirens sounded. Tire Production May ; Be Slowed Up Slightly WASHINGTON, July 7 W -Possibility of a slight reduction in tire production was seen .today in a war production board directive issued t4 cotton "tire cord manu facturers! to set aside eight -per cent of production for delivery to cotton : duck : cloth manufacturers to meet i army - requirements. 7ar Loan Driye Hits 99 Per Cent oi Quota WASHINGTON, July 7 HT The Fifth War Loan drive has reached 13 per cent of its $ 16, CC3,CC0,c:i quota. Sales ' through yesterday, the tr ry announced today, .to'.;.i:ci 'cco,c:q.-. Wilno it "-. ' ,- '. : " .-.s ";':'v: In State Of Siege '; Uprisinjgs Occur i Inside Lithuania; Reds Sweep Oni j LONDON; Saturday. July 8-(ffV A state of siege in Wilno and up risings in many parts of Lithuania were reported today as red troops fought their way closer to this ancient gateway to the Baltics and swept steadily westward along the whole 350-mile central battlefront The- early morning supplement to the Russian - communique . said that the Germans were throwing fresh, -reserves ' into the. fighting for Wilno,' but asserted that even these reinforcements had failed! to stem the mighty Russian tide. I . More than 250 places Were tok en as .the soviet- forces hurled massed artillery 'and infantry northwest from Minsk and incom plete ; reports showed 3000 Ger mans had been wiped but in this savage battle, the - supplement saidi" I ' - . -Jr T't Captve Centers V:''S v' J - During the- day red troops cap tured two important district cen ters, ! Ostrevets and OshrayansC one 25 and the other 30 miles from Wilno, and thus reached the line . which Russia considers the border - of the Lithuanian soviet socialist republic. The . pre-war - (Continued on Page 2 tFounds Fatal ToA.W.Meade Capt Alvin W. Meade, jr., who was reared at Brunks corners and was a former member of the Knight Memorial Congregational t . . . . j cnurcn oi oaiem, aiea in an army hospital June 14 of wouhds-Te-ceived in an artillery battle just prior to the fall of Rome. He was the only "son of Mr.) and ' Mrs. Alvin wVMeade of Corvallis, who received the notification of his deathi this week; :' ... ; : . j - . In the service more than four year; 1 Capt Meade . had trained in aiioy camps : over the United States and had been in the Italian war area almost six. months. Af ter he was wounded June 1, he underwent an operation and later managed to write a note to his wife, telling her he had been wounded in the throat j ' - Capt Meade was a graduate! of Rickreall high school and of Ore gon State college. His widow and four-year-old ' son reside in San Mateo, Calif. One sister, Mrs. Wil fred F. Robinson lives in Port land.: , FDR Signs Oregon Stale Museum Bill f WASHINGTON, July 7 P The 1 bill authorizing establish ment of a state museum in the pioneer poctoffice 1 at Portland, Ore, ' has been signed by Pres. Roosevelt Space' in the building will be devoted to display I of battleship Oregon relics and his torical Oregon documents. ' -1 Roosevelt Doesn t Like Vice-President Question WASHINGTON, J u 1 y 7 - (P) President Roosevelt laughed with reporters at another inconclusive exchange over the fourth - term question - today, b u t 1 erased his smile when a questioner asked whether he had "found a vice presidential candidate yet?"- 3 j T That the' president declared, sounded like an unfriendly ques tion. He added he would not an swer it ; :.- The question and answer lent emphasis to a topic of special in terest in political circles with .'the approach of the democratic na tional convention. That the chief executive will stand for another term against Gov. Thomas . E. Dewey, republican candidate, few doubt Who will be his running mate; however, has developed in to a big question mark. "I. . Even the talk of a" "southern Knit Is til in thm vipe-Dresidencv. Jllany Dixie delegates have said Pric 829-s Strike Enemy Homeland Vol Planes WASHmGTON, iuly An aerial task force ' shiashed at the great Japanese naval base of Sasebo and industrial targets at Tobala and the steel cen- -ter of Yawata Friday, night without the loss of a ; single plane. . - 1 The successful attack land, carried out July 7 anniversary of the Marco Polo bridge incident which started Japan's war . with China seven years communiques of the 20th airforce headquarters -in Washington. ; - :t US Halts Jap Escape Attempt From Saipan US PACmC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, July 7-5)T5teady advances on Saipan and the crushing of an enemy at tempt to evacuate 200 of its grog gy defenders were reported today as American troops, aided by new carrier aircraft . strikes, pressed for a -knock-out at the northern tip of the island. ... .Using badges, the enemy .force tried to sneak out to sea Tuesday nighty The move was detected and American artillery ' quickly Droke rt up, Adm. ChesterW.' Nimitz reported. ' Task Fere ffiU ' Planes from a fast -American carrier f task force smashed at Guam and Rota islands, south of I Saipan in the Marianas; Wednes day night Nimitz said. One Japa nese plane was destroyed ; and two American fighter aircraft were lost presumably to ground fire. One American pilot was res cued. 1 . :.,r' A' 'y 'r: ' ' Lack of interception over Guam and Rota again emphasized dwin dling 'Japanese air power in the Marianas. 1." j -i .: The enemy effort to quit stra tegic Saipan,- which . Is, within bombing j-ange . of Japan, ,. con ( Continued on Page 2) . Stamp Fines Still Pour In Paul Lynch, deputy collector of internal l revenue in Salem, faced another, busy time today enforcing provisions of the $3 car stamp law, but waj( hopeful the; rush soon would be over. ' - - ' "We certainly hope people buy the stamp before we tag their cars we don't want to fine them," he declared; -V 4 ;;JJ:vr ' -v. The stamps, by law, should have been purchased by July 1. Per sons who have not purchased them by the time their cars are tagged are given a chance to pay a $5 compromise fine in lieu of the $25 penalty provided by la w for, con victions under this section of he revenue code. ,- ( most if 3 not all of their troubles would be ended if Vice-President Henry A. Wallace is passed over for another term. : r . .Wallace has his friends, though, and they contend the former agri culture secretary now 'returning from an administration mission to the orient will enter the conven tion with more delegates pledged to him. than any other candidate of whom there are many. r . Wallace's office announced to day that he will speak Sunday night at Seattle under auspices of the Institute of Pacific Keiauons. The speech, to be broadcast over NBC at 3:30 P. nt. Pacific war time. most likely will deal with his trip and, friend and foe alike agree, it could have a vital effect on Wallace's political future. " Political questioning a f t h e White House n e w s t conference opened with an inquiry whether ... (Continued on rage zjr Weather Maximum temperature Friday 81 degrees; minimum 44; no rain? river -3 ft Fair today and Sunday; slightly warmer east of the Cascades today.' 5c Ho. S4 ets; Missing 8-(Saturday)-(AP)- of B29 superfortresses on the Japanese home ago-was announced in . The attack was announced. parently while it was still in prog ress, 'early Friday afternoon, and a second communique was issued in the early hours of . Saturday morning after all of the gigantic planes had returned safely to their base in China. . . " The. text of. this second com munique issued by Gen. H. H. Ar nold, commanding i the - army . air forces and the 20th ai force, said: . . Net a FIa Lost 7 .' ; 1" " The : 20th t bomber - command force of B29's which yesterday at tacked naval ; and industrial tar-1 gets in the Japanese homeland have returned to their bases with out the loss of a single plane. - . The target hit t were J apanese naval installations at Sasebo and vitaLwar industries at Tobata and, ' Xawata, all on: the island of Kyu shu. Yawata was previously bombed on the night of June 13. ' v "Thai mission was flown from : China bases on the seventh anni versary, of China's ' declaration of war against Japan. V ' - - "No further operational " details' are available at this time. v ' Tebata Near Tawata -. Tobata lies Just across a river from Yawata, and forms an in tegral part of the industrial estab (Continued on Page 2) Flax Plants Organize New Association (Special to The Statesman) , OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, July 7 Delegates from nine of Oregon's 13 flax plants to day organized the Oregon Fibre Flax association "to give voice tov and 'I representation for the flax producing and original processing sectors of the flax and linen in dustry." , j "' . . . , The meeting was called by the Oregon flax and linen board. - The representatives voted to in corporate the new organisation but actual membership of plants) was left to a mail vote to be sub mitted not later than ' August . IS, By-laws will: be drawn up by member plants after the ballot ing. ... ; ' . : Delegates named three men td file articles of incorporation James Mahoney ! of St PauL ' George Bixler of: Dayton and ' Charles Leonard of Silverton. ; Salem was designated : head quarters. (More details on page 2.) Tars Tito's Forces Capture Trilj, German Base ' LONDON,1Saturday, July 8-()T) ) - A, broadcast communique by Marshal Tito said today that par tisan forces had captured Trilj, a German base about six" mile southeast of Sinj and 13 miles -northeast of .the port of Spalato (Split). Yesterday Tito had .re ported his partisans had captured , Cazma, - about 33 miles east of. Zagreb. Boy Scouts TilI Collect Salvage Paper Today - '.'Salem residents who have 200 pounds or more waste paper for. salvage, may dispose of them to-" day bj calling 3349 . before noon. Salvage Chairman Gardner Knapp, has announced. -, C A J ' ' Boy Scouts of troop 8 are mak ing the collection today. The tele phone number is that of the civil ian defense office, from which boys will be routed to homes and , business houses. f J