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o FWffi ; diii MoiMnsmliY U1 . -T- Ov -ry-T Ji1 FdPilll L imiY' j We" did it again, the 'if be ing oversubscribing of another war loan and "we" being Marion county, state of Oregon and USA, or more specifically the ones who bought war , bonds. Those who didn't buy may talk about how "we" did it but they made no con- - tribution to the success of the campaign. It really is astounding how the war loans go over. This time there ' was a period in the local campaign when some of the committee got nervous -and were afraid ' our - country would fall down, but to ward the last the people came . through magnificently, -so that Marion county is well in excess of its quota except as to purchase of E bonds. ". . ' Just how is it possible , to float ' war loans of fourteen to sixteen billion dollars two or three times a year, besides the steady pur v chases between the big cam- i paigns? For one reason, the mon ey keeps flowing back. The gov eminent spends as fast as it gets money, so the stream sort of com pletes a circle. There are few other desirable forma of invest ment at present, so . purchase of war bonds becomes easy. . ' But even so the Job could not be done without organization and ' that has been perfected over the several drives until s the country has a remarkable organization, . nearly all volunteer, which is handling the . task of selling the ! bonds. In Marion county Douglas j Yeater took over the chairman j ship from Jesse Gard and with his i fine staff of co-workers came un der the finish wire several days ' in advance of the closing date. . Another contributing factor to f success of the loan is the accumu- lation of publicity. All the current publications, newspapers and mag .; azines, the radio, motion pictures, r foprisl annnli . for the nurehase r Of war. bonds. While the constant . iteration of the appeal may have the effect of finally making the public immune because of its mon " otony, the fact remains that this '-' same massing of promotion makes it also impossible for. a person to ' escape feeling an cbligation to buy, ,.. and therr-actualiy to r buy war bonds and stamps.' ?- - "i! - You get a " good sample of this use of publicity by looking at the " window display in Millers store. l All magazines were asked to run f a facsimile - . : v : (Continued on Editorial page) ,.; Plan Would Speed Oregon Service Vote Absentee ballots 'will be mailed out from Oregon county seats to servicemen in all parts of the world 44 days before the Novem ber election if speedup methods discussed here Monday by 34 of the state's county clerks are adop ted generally. "' '.; Gov. Snell, at the conclusion of the conference, declared , that the attitude expressed by the county r clerks in connection with speed ing up the printing and mailing of ballots overseas, . would , preclude the necessity of calling a special legislative session to amend the . state election laws. Within 24 hours of the final filing, permitted 45 days prior, to the election, ballots should be in the mail, most of the clerks and their printers, who joined in the . conference with Secretary of State " Robert S. FarrelL Jr, agreed. .In approximately two-thirds of the counties represented at the conference, county clerks will have a sufficient number of ballots to supply Aht armed forces printed In advance of the deadline date. . Others said they would have the ballot forms set up in advance of the last filing date but that actual printing operations would, be de . layed pending - a certification of , the ballot" from the secretary of state. Farrell said this certification would be sent out by telegraph or . telephone immediately, after time ; for filing of. independent candi dates expires. (More about county clerks and the soldier ballot on page 2.) Pope Receives CD Tommies NEW YORK, July lO--Pope X'ius XII yesterday received in audience more than 4000 soldiers from the British Isles, including M a general, a military chaplain "and many officers, the Vatican radio said tonight. ,; ; The Pope, -speaking in English, taid that -thanks to the generous understanding and good will of the leaders of the nations and the military chiefs," Rome had been raved, the broadcast said, adding that the Pcpe had "asked all fcishors to bless relatives who were wailir.2 at borne." The Itai:in-language broadcast vn i-ptiorted by United fctaies - -verr.rr.est monitors. . . - NuIETz-FOURTH YEAH v-3JE3 f Reds Siire1 in Forge Germans Encircled At Wilno Russians Drive To 60 Miles Of East Prussia - By RUSSELL LANDSTROM LONDON, Tuesday, July U-(JP) Russian troops poured into Lithu ania and increased their menace to German East Prussia yesterday by a powerful thrust through the 100 -mile front between Wilno and Daugavpils, Moscow, announced, while to the south other soviet forces forged closer to the big Polish cities of Brest-Li tovsk and Bialystok. , : ' .;- ..-,... : f The early morning supplement to the Russian communique re ported a general f surge forward all along the jagged battle line from the' Latvian ! border to the middle of : the Pripyat marshes and said the Germans were - suf fering tremendous losses." . K . During the ; day red . troops smashed 28 miles north westwaiJ across the highway between; Kau nau,. former, capital of the Lithu anian republic, and Daugavpils (Dvinsk) . in southern v . Latvia, probing'' within -129 - miles . of the Baltic seaport of Riga Rail Junction Cot Slonim, big communications center 28 miles .west of . Barano- wicze on the railroad to Bialy Stok, was captured along with Luniniec, an important railway junction in the Pripyat area, 30 miles east of Pinsk on the rail route to Brest-Iitovsk. " J' Wilno (Vilna) was completely encircled ;and Moscow said soviet troops were wiping out German (Continued on page 2) Folkes Asks New Hearing Application for rehearing in the state supreme court of the case of Robert E. Lee Folkes, negro, now sentenced to die for the Lower 13" slaying of Martha Virginia James on ' a passenger train near Albany in January. 1943, must be filed with the court here by July 21. v; r'- Convicted of first degree mur der in Linn ' county circuit court, Folkes, in the state penitentiary here, recently received from the supreme court a 5 to 2 afflrma tion of the lower court's verdict. His attorneys have announced they will appeal to the US su preme court should the rehearing here not be granted. Appeal to the federal court would be based on the defense attorneys' contention that certain oral admissions by Folkes follow ing his arrest were erroneously received in evidence at the trial in the lower court . Wallace Confer Political Future WASHINGTON, July 10 -OP The political future of Vice Presi dent Henry A. Wallace remained as much of an enigma as ever to night after he conferred with Pre sident Roosevelt for two hours. Wallace, just back from a trip to China, told reporters that the conference dealt solely with that country. . ; - . "Can we take it from that that you mean the 1944 political sit uation was not mentioned?" a re porter asked. - "That is right," the vice presi dent replied. . " " "We had a very lengthy and important conference about China. We discussed nothing else, r "The situation in China is very grave. By that I mean the military situation. I think there is nothing else to be said." " :, During the day the word had spread in democratic circles that Mr. Roosevelt might let Wallace stand or fall on his own record, and .leave entirely to the demo cratic national, convention next . . - , ."1 : ! 5 pounddd 1651 ' . . "r ; ! ' Aliead I " - 1 t II in 't ' Russ Make i i Arrows locate major advances by (iv--O r a Ai rV r o L-- VI o i so er te toe utran border, starting; in tne sontn, j towns ;eaptorea along the front Included Ovsemjnrvf, Naxnjf ewlch, Uda, parts of Wilno where sstreet fixhtinr was Taring; Sileciany, Braslaw and DradJa en; the Latvian border. (AP Wlrephoto). ' "r s- Germany-Fades New Threat From lNtifth LONDONi July lb-JP)- Russian tthrustslby alt and the uneasy shifting of German - nd the northern end of the eastern front emphasizes how the i present thrc-way squeeze on Germany, front the west, south and east could become a pressure the north. V - i 1 : German garrisons in northern Norway jus as the time when they may have been weakened to reinforce nazi lines in France or Russia are particularly worried by greatly ; increased ' Russian air attacks against coastal convoys and towns in- the far north, Nor wegians in London report. , u Air attack! have been made on Vardo, Berlevag, Vadso and Kir kenes, the latter the "Scandinav ian Gibraltar." Underground re-; ports say Kifkenes was Very se verely 'damagW.-;-;;,'-;';' The Russians officially had lit tle to say about these attacks, which the G e r m a n s obviously fear may be he prelude to an in vasion, and; Moscow j has been completely silent on Russian landings whih Finnish commun iques have reported on several is lands in the Gulf of Finland. Reports - reaching i London source with good German j under ground connections said these is lands have not only,been ' taken and firmly held by the Russians but that some of them are large enough to form bases either for blows directly against Helsinki to the north or Tallinn to the south. s WithiFDR: Still Enigma week the question whether should be renominated for he the vice presidency, r 1 Some persons high in the ad ministration indicated that' Mr. Roosevelt might express a prefer ence for Wallace, but would not dictate a choice to the convention. Some - party-f members, notably from - the, Soth, have expressed opposition to Wall ce, although he also nas nis supporters. . Wallace was asked tonight if he is a candidate for renomlna tion, he ' grinned ind replied, ! "We'U talk about that at some 1 future time. . - Another reporter asked If he In tended to gof to the democratic convention which opens in Chicago July 19. ;;.. ; V-; Wallace cla not answer the question directly, but replied that he is chairman of the Iowa delega tion. r .' "Are you their favorite son? he was asked.! . j "I am," he ireplied. j olraa. praoa. Tuatdar Morning, July 11. 1944 ....... Prlc Sc 1 Jla. S I $dm.-Qrgoa. Tudar Moralna. July 11, 1944 Litlhiiiiaiiiia I ! iPolknd I - i ..-II :i y j . ! , Neiv Gains 1 - i M STATUtf MHIS the red army! from ;the Pripyat riv Shaded area is German-held. l ' ! 1!. sea and troops in Norway and Denmark box with the ilid clamped on from 4- , i German fear of the- latter pos sibility waa a factor in; Berlin's decision, alao reported by a Lon don source today, to withdraw two rrdies from the Narva-Pskov see- lor iana xo aoanaon Jsioma ana Latvia to prWentientrapment and to bolster defenses in East Prus- With BabJc ports in Russian i hands, - the 1 chances for j Russian amphibious blows against East Prissia ,or even against old Ger many proper are obviously multi plied. r The overall picture is one of the Germans' limited strength in the north being slowly drained by thefpull of factive front needs on the eve of a; drastic; shortening of Russia's', fighting; . front, : which ! would free jfreat Soviet Resources frAW. Bn Lir tA h vk a viu oaaa pMMa u ve a a. aivt mi 1 Democrats Choose s m try -I i Jbarley I SUCCeSSOr " I 'i U I - l . NEW YORK. July 10-tiPHState democratic leaders today ! selected Paul E. Fitzpatrjck of iBuffalo, described asVlOO 'per cent for Roosevelt.'? gto succeed James A. Farlev as chairman of the New York democratic state committee. Farley, Who opposed ia third term for President RooseVelt and Farley. Who opposed m third is blown to be opposed to a XOUrtn, Assoaawa -ress war correspona bow out tomorrow! at a special j ent Remnants of an enemy gar- -Li . . tu.. FarVv'a retirement was! marked by testimokal dinner tonight at which approximately 1500 tickets at $25 each were! sold. The pro- ceeds wiU be used to pay off the state committee debt in Order to leave the new chairman 1 with a clean slate, j j j j I 1 i i " i ; j Escaped TniSty 1 r . ' iaCX in USloajr , . Join W krank brecon state penitentiary! trusty iwhof walked K. enn ft riant i Ls i U dunaay morning, is ua-. u j -tody.'today. JSUte Police arrested J r eSUlCP him i Monday nisrht in Portland. KranHz, a machinist, was commit ted to the pe'hitentiary from llult nomih county In 1S:3 following a conviction for forgery and was re cently returned here after parole violation, prison oTIiCi&is sia. ffitS 2 Blows At Guam Surface Units, Carrier, Force . Attack Island v WASHINGTON, July KHffhA one-two punch at Guam island was reported by the navy tonight, carrier aircraft "of a fast carrier task groupl attacking after the I Japanese-held American island in the Pacific Shad , been shelled by I light surface units. ; " - ; v Rota island, nearby, shared the : blows of the attacks, which; were described in Pacific fleet com munique Na 77: , "Guam island was shelled by light surface units of the Pacific fleet on July 8 (West Longitude US-date) defense positions and buildings were damaged and sev eral small cf aft along the beaches were hit i . ' ' - : " y ?- . - "Carrier aircraft of a fast car rier task group attacked Guam and Rota island on July 9. - At Guam military objectives at Piti town were hit, and antiaircraft batteries ana coastal : guns bomb ed. Antiaircraft fire ranged from : moderate toS intense.- One of our aircraft made a water landing ana a uesiroyer rescuea me crew, At Rota bland rockets and bombs were used pgainst objectives in Kota town and the air strip, and gun emplacements were strafed. "Liberators of the seventh AAF bombed Trek 1 atoll on July 8. Several enemy aircraft were hi the air ;.butl did not 'press home an attack. Ctee Liberator received minor damage from moderate an tiaircraft " fire. Corsair - 'fighters and DauntUss ' dive bombers of the fourth marine aircraft wing attacked Jaluit, Mallelap : and Wotje in the Marshalls on July 8 Yanks Mop Up Saipan'Japs:j US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS; Pearl Harbor, July 10 -VJPV-With tho ctratri Sainan island potential base for powerful thrusts at Japan, the Philippines and the Chia coast,, securely in American bands today two im-n mediate jobs Iwere ; had ferretting - s - r .7 : - Wnite lurking in caves and mountain fastnesses and re- pairing and f lengthening airfields for aerial task force strikes at the heart of Japan. Undoubtedly both tasks were well advanced. Two ' days had elapsed since; Nipponese resistance collacsed. enabling all forces. to turn to the cleanup. It was certain not -an hour would be lost in. get - ting I Iseley fend Marl Point air- iieias m anape. neavy equipmenii s j . " a for that purpose was at hand. . importance of Saipan as an air base- for bombina of Japan and the Philippines; was pointed out K jL t.u V, ,r. by Vice Adm. ' John M. Hoover, commander of the central Pacific forward areai . He said the Island, 1450 miles south of Tokyo, "Of fers the best possibilities fo field development" of any tured so far in the central P fers the bes1 possibilities for air- cap- 1 Safpan'S main airstrip, Iseley 1 field, near the southern coast, is "Far the best we have taken," Hoover said. The island's 72 1 square miles provides space for wide dispersal. The end vn ; Saipan was "an ugly spectacle ol senseless uyT ugly spectacle ol senseless ayT tag," reported : Rembert : Jam, I riarai 4hl AnM tntaloH arnnnrf r "le counterattack a gesture - to the emperor.? iUaiCOlttl iUOlIllt ln . lleportetl llSSing : v v t Malcolm Moffitt, son of Chester Moffitt of Tillamook, who for over 25 years was! an express agent in Salem, has Men reported as miss- ing in action? while serving with navy on a submarine in the south Padfici . " Young Moffitt was a graduate of Wgh fcchool and attended "Boa osaief touckc Ilaxfsrml temperature Mon day 8t gf trees; minimgin 4S; no rala; river -S ft. I la. : - Cre;on: iir Tcesiay and Wednesday excert low clones ea eoasi; Utile thanse ia Utrjera- tsre. - Navv We Pres Lopez) Of Colombia , Under Arrest CARACAS, Venesaela, Jaly lM-The Colombian embassy reported tenirht that according to a radio .broadcast from Bo geta, a military groap headed by : Lt Cot Diogenes Gil had , taken prisoner, President Alfon so Lopes of Colombia and aev eral members ef his cabinet and that GU had declared himself acting president, . t -:'.'. ' The embassy said the broad-' east -ever the national radio at Bogota was made by Vice President Darie EchudU, who announced that President Lopes was seised while he was wit- - Bessing - army - maneavers at Paste, in sonthern Colombia. - The vice president said that "the majority of the Colombian army, support the government and there are great demonstra tions all ever the country In favor of the government," bat that since President Lopes still was held by the Gil faction, Darle : was taking charge to maintain the toveraaoent.' r in 1940 Said Planning To Invade WASHINGTON, July 10; -- Hitler in 1940 tradv had pared detailed 'plans for Invasion of , the United States, ."after he brought England to her knees, J Carlton, Ward, jr, president of the Fairchild Engine and Aircraft corporation, told a senate military subcommittee today I ; Ward ' testified he was shown' the plan "by diplomatic sources' j while rin Paris, before, France, fell, that - he reported to .this govern ment and found the state depart ment already had complete in formation on Hitler's plan, j The manufacturer was head of a mission in France : at the . tune advising on aircraft production, i "After he brought England to her knees," Ward testified, "Hit ler: planned to attack the' united States through Mexico with tanks and other armored equipment that we did not have." . '. ":; The plan," "he " told' newspaper men7 later? was to make a feint through Newfoundland and ' then invade the United States through Mexico. e said muer not omy planned military j Invasion; "but ne naa a compieie. poan lor eco- nomic domination of the world.' . A 'dePf P said the department had received j reports from various sources ' on I Germany's assorted plans event- lually to attack this country, but that-it had no comment on the specific plan mentioned by Ward. J , ; ' ; ; r , ' " I ' ' '"' ' ft Three Fruit Pickers ' 1 S m hj. n-'Z. L" "JUI F 1 -, - " - TTTRMTt? JT.,1. mTV,r. frt.lt- ,.. en route to . k field mta t h .t rrk I . , j . ' hZTU mg when a car driven by: Rece Jackson and 'carrying six ; other passengers was struck by a train while the automobile 'was stalled on the tracks. Injured were Mrs. N. S. Craig, her daughter, La Verne Craig and Mrs. Jackson, who were all taken to a Salem hospital. None of the injuries were serious,, amounting to but several bad bruises. New York Crowds Acclaim ." - - r :. - ' H A )q jOUlle Alter I " ' " T i tne i rencn committee, was c- claimed today by enthusiastic New York crowds after arriving i from Washington where he said he had "very broad and frank conversa tions with President Roosevelt" "'Cheering men and women met the French leader and his party as he stepped from a plane at La Guardia field. Later at city hall. where he was welcomed officially by Mayor F. H. La Guardia, he was greeted with thunderous ap- plause, followed by spontaneous singing of the Marsellaise and the Star Spangled Banner. A crowd estimated by the po lice at 5C0.C00 cheered him again as his party drove up Fifth avenue following the placing of a wreath at the foot of the statue of Gen eral Lafayette on Union Square. "New York is happy, to receive you because you are a symbol of free France today," Mayor La Guardia tcld De Ca-I'.e. Trcm Se BerlinHit By Night Raiders - f , - . - -Day; Force Aids Pursuit of Nazis Fleeing Gien By AliSTTN BEALMEAR ' . LONDON. Tuesday. Jaly ll. -(jip)-RAP night raiders struck Berlin early today, the nasi ra dio reported, while other allied planes swept ever southwestern Germanyjand the northwest . eoast ;: f; , ';'.::"; !:;: i First Berlin reports said only that "Several niounee raiders" were ever the capital usually meaning Mosqaite bombers. " Heavy .bombers were heard crossing the east coast of Eng land for f nearly j an . hoar last night, snggesting that more than one target was attacked by the RAF. . - . ; -:.; The ' German radio reported enemy planes over East . Prus sia for the third consecutive night bat did not say whether they were British er Russian planes. ;',;;; .. ? i- The night attack came after weather had held allied": day light aerial blows to a minimum with the "principal activity shown . by;- Normandy -based plane, i " LONDON, July- lO.-iflVGer- man troops pushed into the woods southeast of Caen by the British Canadian forces ' which captured the city- were smoked out today by . rockefc-firihg typhoons t and bomb-carrying Spitfires and Mus tangs of toe RAFf second tactical air f6rce iichser thej woods afire and itrafed the fleeing na- zis.-v.:.J fiyS-.'-'.-y. ;This wa one f the most im portant of the day's meager oper ations by the weather-hampered allied air force. Despite the; ad verse conditions ; fighter bombers pressed their attacks against en emy reinforcements and by early evening the force had flown more than 300 sorties. L ' ' , , ; (Continued on Page 2) - James Killed Fennimbre in Action MT. ANGEL. July 10 Pfc. James Benedict Fennimore, ; US marine corps, was killed in action, according to '.' a - telegram . . from Lt. Gen. Vandergrift, US marine corps commander, received by the parents,; M4 and Mrs. Sam Fen nimore Saturday night. . The telegram read "Deeply re gret to inform you that your son, Pfc. James S. Fennimore, USMC, was killed In action in the per formance of his duty and service to his ' country." No Information available at present regarding dis position of j remains. Temporary burial in locality where death oc curred " probable, i You will 1 be promptly furnished any addition al information received. To pre vent possible aid to our .enemies do not divulge name of his ship or station. Please accept my heart felt sympathy. Letter follows." v V James Fennimore, 24, was the second of . men sons of Mr. and Mrs. Sam fennimore serving in the . US military service. A story on the "fighting Fennimores" ap pears on page 10. T?sraTllT' II ' I1 Ut 1 ClUiS t the beginning to this minute there has . been . no relenting on your part" - . De Gaulle responded in English that -after the comforting talks which I have just had with the president of the United States, the welcome that the city of New York has kindly extended to me makes this I a great r day in the magnificent I history of Franco- American friendship." At a press conference held In Washington 1 immediately . before bis departure for New. York, De Gaulle said the principal object of his talks iwiih the president creation of a better understanding had been achieved. ' . -After .a 24-hour stay 'In . New York, De Gaulle and his party expect to go by plane to lion treal, Canada. .A reception for -which the free French group issued 2CC3 invita tions ia General ! De Gaulle's name- was held st Waldorf Astcria hotel ton!v.t. Fight Tank Attacks By Germans Thrust Back By JAMES M. LONG I SUPREME HEADQUARTERS r ALLIED EX PEDITIONARTT - FORCE, Tuesday, July 11 The British and American armies . scored hard-won gains of two and one-half to six miles on both ends and Id the center of the Norman dy battlefront, yesterday, slogging. through rain - soaked mud and 1 . knocking out numerous counter attacking German tanks. i The British second army ham mered out and retained advance of better than 4000 -yards on a ; three-and-one-half : mile ' . front southwest of captured Caen. , Patrols Reach Orne r " - . Patrols, reached the Ome river, . a mile farther on, but had to with draw as the Germans massed pow- ! erful opposition in a determined V attempt to prevent a break in that ; natural .defensive line, supreme headquarters announced this mor ning, j": v!:- V - -- Slashing past the villages of Et- erville and Maltat, " the British main body took 'a hill designated) as 112 and held it against two vio lent ' counterattacks led by 20 to 30 German tanks. - , ( Other armored counter attacks were broken up a dozen miles to the west, below Tilly, while the Americans on the western anchor of the line knocked out a number of counter . attacking tanks' and pressed down two miles south 'of La Haye du Putts towards Lessay. : The Germans were., pulling back towards. Lessay to .escape entrap- . ment in swampy ground domin ated by American - captured heights. i Frontline . dispatches said the -Americans gained up to six miles south of SL Jean" de.TJaye " and " Carentan in 24 hours of combat and that they Were pressing along r J&-mlle tront behind one of the war's greatest sustained artillery barrages. . . j . ' Strenr Feints Cleaned Up - A : ; headquarters to mW u nique" ' said that unspecified by-passed-. (Continued on Page 2) 1 Fast Bombing : Sets Record By HENRY B. JAMESON : NINTH AIR FORCE HEAD QUARTERS, France, July lMH . What may likely have been the fastest bombing mission ever ex ecuted 10 minutes ' from coneep tion to landingwas carried et t today by -six Thunderbolts which dive-bombed column' of Ger man tanka trying, to aneak to the front : i : Pilots were briefed in the ai by radio without ever cutting their - speed. ' ' ; The : planes, each . carrying a 1000-pound bomb, had lust taken) : off the blast another target whea word was flashed to headquarter that other planes on patrol had spotted the tanks. . Tank ftava hi ffh nrinritv nn the bombing list so while on officer was contacting by radio the flight leader of planes nearest the vicinity another plotted the exact spot of the enemy and relayed the information to the pilots, each, ; of whom was carrying a detailed, coded map of the area strapped tr one knev'i--r jv, -:x-r. ii -Three "-minutes later came av flashback. on the radio, "Missicua " accomplished." . n r - Italian Prisoners Work at Adair r Members of a company of Ital- at Camp Adair were to be at work today in salvage operation at the cantonment, public rela tions at the camp informed The . Statesman on Monday night. Whether the company, less than 200 men, might be considered the. vanguard of foreign troops for es tablishment of a -prison camp at Adair, Capt James Douglas Mc Kay, post public relations officer said he did not know. Nor, he In dicated, have other officials at the military establishment, designed as , an Infantry braining center, been given Information as to any. further .shipments of prisoners. Albany Firm Awarded California Housing Job SAN FRANCISCO, July 10 HT) A contract for $2S2,CC0 has been awarded to Northwest Fabricators of Albany, Ore, the federal pub lish, housing ; administration an nounced today, for the fibricatic-a and erection of 2C0 port-tie shel ter units at X'on ciCEo, cu.. .