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- YZeather , Maximum temper store ; Tuesday' S3' degrees, mini- mom 48: no rainfall, river S fU Z ta. Scattered show ; ers In mountains, fair else : where Wednesday;. Tiurs , day fair with for en coast. ' Slightly cooler east portion. 1 4 r r i 1 fi a if vw H - V M "1 V M 111 V f u POUNDDD 1651 " Gov. Dewey set a precedent for republicans by . delivering - h i s speech of acceptance to the re publican convention before it ad journed. Pres. Roosevelt goes him one better by "accepting' the democratic nomination before the convention meet. Gov. Dewey re mained an invisible candidate ndidate to s?iis: the very last, though diers were In the field for months before the convention met. Pres. Roosevelt did not maintain . his pose until: the convention assem bled, as in 1940; but a week be fore it meets, after a majority is already committed to his nomina tion, he indicates his readiness to . accept - " At that, however, it must be conceded that his letter is a po litical masterpiece. He is anxious to quit and retire to private life 5 (which is entirely credible in view of the strains of the presidency). but the "commander - in chief can refuse to "obey orders' no more than a private soldier in this - war. So if his commanding officer (the people) insist, he will con tinue In office! As in 1936 and 1940 he points out new objectives I ;hich require him to stay on, this 1 time related to the war and the peace. ... V: . " ' .;: r . . Kooseveit has tnus very aniuuy. set his stage for the political cam- paign: the popular demand that he stay on to finish the job. The let--ter itself is a campaign document as effective as a blockbuster. He eschews being a candidate "in a ! partisan, political sense," Which is an attempt to rate the opposition as partisan politicians embarrass ing the administration when it is doing such a fine Job of winning the war. The president as (Continued on Editorial Page) ' Dies In Action EISSELL SATTEK Pfc. Satter KiUed When I Marines Land Russell' Satter, son of Mr ! and Mrs. Edward Satter, 3248 Center street, has. been killed in action at iim and Dlace not vet revealed 9 " 1 , . 4- , n,r.nt, aithAucrhl they believe he participated with IV . a other marines of his Unit in the Saipan campaign. a Leaving Willamette university classes and an athletic career, Sat ter enlisted late in 1941 andiwas a private first class in the marine corps at the time of his death, witn records of service in a number of major battles including . Guadal canal and Tarawa. The 1 1 - months - old ' daughter. Sharon Rose, whom he never saw, and her mother, the former Peggy Bond of Pendleton, now of Port land, were in Salem yesterday with Mr. and Mr- Satter,, Survivors include also three brothers, Richard Satter, with the army, stationed at Camp Adair, Darrell, not quite old enough for the service, Bobby still younger, and one sister, Donna. Teen-agers to Resume Parties; Parents Invited ' The first in a summer series of teen-age parties will be held Sat . urday at the YMCA to initiate an , : ' - , -j expanded youth recreational pro- ' cram for young people oi nign , school age. The project started in February, was discontinued for several weeks at the close of the school year for reorganization. The big gymnasium will be the . : center of activity with "The Navy Blues," Willamette V-12 band, on deck for dancing and a student- casted floor show slated for inter mission time. In addition, facilities for lobby games, volleyball, bad' - minton and swimming will Ibe available. - "We welcome , all parents and friends interested in observing how the programs are conducted,' says a A. Kells, secretary of the YMCA. "We want parents to see the way in which young people take over responsibility in plan ning and conducting their own en tertainment' Marv T.011 McKay and Jean Fid ler are in general charge of the plannipg tensions. rrniitu for tne summer NINETY-FOURTH YEAH Industry r ft l " O " lo start . Adjusting WB Sets Early j Dates for Lifting Production Bans WASHINGTON, July ll.-rV The war production board,, an nounced tonight that v Chairman Donald M. Nelson's full program to prepare industry for civilian production will be ordered into effect ; beginning Saturday, r C, The only .'concession i to army and navy opponents of the plan is in staggered dates which defer operation of part of the plan to August 15. ''. ' ;.- ' The announcement climaxed a stormy inter-agency battle in which Nelson, convalescing from pneumonia,' was opposed by the war and. navy departments and the war manpower commission on grounds that the announced pro gram . would - divert labor from arms production. The deferment of the most sweeping of the four Nelson or ders until mid-August, will "give the war i manpower commission more time to perfect its organiza tion and administrative controls, said Charles E. Wilson, WPB ex ecutive . vice-chairman, in an nouncing the agency's ' decision. Military Ratifies Plan The staggered program was rat ified by" the full war production board, including its military mem bers, in a brief, almost perfunc-. (Continued on Page 2) France to Be World Power, Says DeGaulle - OTTAWA,""' July ' 1 1 APy- Gen. Charles r DeGaulle 'asserted ioday , that it would be "an international I impossibility" to exclude France from the place she previously oc cupied among the nations of the I World. , j , Speaking to some 50 Canadian, British, American, French ' and ' Russian news correspondents, he did not give a direct answer to a question whether and . when France should be given a perman- i ent seat on the council of the pro- i posed world organization along ! with Britain, the United States, Russia and China. . He said , he did not know the form the world organization would take, since that would depend on I 11 lA.l!. - . w consuuauons oi many persons "I believe however, that it 1 ... . , , t wouia dc noi omy an error out an international impossibility to ex dude France from the place she long occupied in the international order." ' GLADE FOLLIS Y ' Jcstea-MUler Photo School Board Names New Principal and Teachers Appointment of a principal at ' Washington grade school and a vice - principal at V Leslie junior high headlined the activities of the Salem school board Tuesday night Dr. I E. Barrick, new chairman presided over the bus iness session, which included ap pointment of committees, assign ment of teachers, acceptance of resignations and : discussion of various problems. - . . Glade Follis, social studies in structor at the senior high school, was selected as an "assigned sub stitute" principal at Washington grade school replacing Mrs. Clara C. Callison, resigned. . Robert E. Keuscher, physical education de partment head, was named assist ant principal at Leslie. Keuscher will remain as coach while Harry - 1 Mohr will take over full - time 1 physical education. The vice- l principal pusiuoa is new. joy inns was eieciea principal 10 PAGES Lt. Lobney, 27, Killed in Crash : ALBANY, July 11 Lt Jack Looney, 27, US navy was killed in a crash at sea near San Diego last Saturday, if jOuig to. infor mation receK ' He was a son of Mr ,. M. J- Looney and war Tangent March 19, 10 H-s an Albany nign senr r .te and later attend- Of V jiate college. V0" unty enlisted in the navy l and he was an instructor at Corpus Christi, Texas, until as signed to combat duty in the fall of 1943. Besides his parents he is survived by his widow and and a sister, Mrs: Edward Jenks. Allies Gain On Blazing French Front -. It . ' : By JAMES M. LONG 1 . SUPREME l HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITION ARY FORCE, Wednesday, July 12 (JP) American tanks and infantrymen In a powerful new offensive smashed to within 1 two miles of the mid-Normandy communica tions hub of Stp Lo yesterday, and late . dispatches: said that one of the heaviest armored battles of the war was being fought outside the city as Marshal Erwin Rom mel hurled in! select panzer units diverted ' from Caen front. i his hard-pressed The Germans' entire western flank from Stl Lo to the sea was imperilled. Hundreds of. 'American big guns and dive, bombers . were suDDort-1 ling the American ; tank-infantry units. Thunderbolt dive bombers in one of the biggest air-tank battles . of the j; campaign already had destroyed I more than a score of Rommel's tanks. The Americans had captured heights dominating St Lo. Traps Near Lessay . I West of St.Lo the Americans steadfly . pushed the enemy -back onto Lessay, German coastal an- chor five mile$ south of captured r ""f"" "r pledged and Bdicated for Wal La Haye dii Pikts. an allied com- sputbeastiof faunas, as Rediace'g renonunatioiv with S89 re- munique said,! si Front dispatches said -the Americans were only three ' miles from Lessay and within four miles of Periers, an other important Junction on the Lessay-St to jifoad. , On the eastern: end of the blaz ing Normandy front . British and Canadian troops gave up some ground southwest - of Caen near the Orne river,!1, while northeast of fallen Caeii thf British hammered out new gains; "cruanx mu, five miles south west of Caen, had changed hands; several times but at last reports still was in Brit ish hands and a number of Ger man tanks had; been knocked Out "Local allied gains' also were j made' near Hqttot-Les-Dagues," a few miles south of Tilly and 13 (Continued on Page 2) : ROBERT;; E. KEUSCHER , : l it KcnncU-EUls Photo recently when R. W. Tavenner ac cepted the' office of registrar at the high school. Substitutes Named ' Other personnel alterations . in cluded naming of Madeline Otto and Elaine j! Fisher as assigned substitutes . at Washington and Leslie respectively. Placed on if. yy I y "probationary relationship"; were! bombed Moen! island anti-aircraft six teachersj Fauiuie luenscne, McKonley; Louise Ose, Washing ton; Babelteg Millspaugh, Leslie; Eleanor Grohoski, Parrish; Mary Hammack, unassigned; and Tena Martin, Mckinley. . ' , The board reelected Roy Foster a At . : i : - u : t a at Parrish replacing Charles Gus tafson. Foste.r held tiie position prior to a to-year leave of ab - sence, U j ; Gretchen Kramer was transfer- red to Patrlsh, where she and Babette MillkDauch will conduct (Continued on Page 2) Eiieiiiy At Qurfcates, ; - Cry Nazis Soviet Plunge 20 Mils toward Prussia Barrier 1 -1 " T M I LONDON, Wjednesday, July 12 (P)- v Russian ; j armies plunged steadily toward; East; Prussia and the Baltic sea yesterday, continu ing to Jbowl over all, nazi efforts to organize effective opposition, while Hate Germanj broadcasts cried, "The enemy ! is at the gates of Gertnany." j i ' j Daugavpils (bvinsk), big rail w hiin fr h. eonfH bniT tHranrv I iim I i?m miles Were registered by soviet , " s I . M- forces ion some sections ' of the 350-mile battleironU Moscow said Everywhere -1 thej fi disorganized Germans were peih pounded re lentlessly. The early -morning sup plement to the jRu&ianf communi que listed at least! 4000 naii sol diers killed and .hundreds - cptur ed during yesterday's fighting, and Moscow also jreporte4 that the j rotmd-up of encircled nazi remnants east of Minsk; haq been completed. Troops Annihilated The Russians; also were carry ing oui a battle fori the annihila of German troops encircled tiori in ' the center of Vf ilno, Moscow saia, as street ngnung mere con- unueaitnrougntneiloyrtri pay.', r In trie facf9 nr tm marhinswiilr a i destruction of ! German def enseS. 1 th Berlin radio assumed a somber j tone seldom if ever matched- in its propaganda ; A spelling,: admitting "the supreme test has come.? The j German radio acknowl edged ! that "Soviet troonii had amashed west beyond jWilnb and wei sFlKin' "png hei lead-1 Jf!10 Puna (Kovno) captal of "J?1 I "1 - U-'- j;Th MowMWfctfptnnwofcaMoM J fe t the town of.Olke-. uu.w u.i.iivcu:.u uuiw ncjuroiu 1 rrom ia pomj midway between Wilno and Udi. 'I Minsk 1 Area Cleared ' t Official figures j On the toll of j (Continued on page 2 Yanks Clean apisie, s ir.ii iviihiii ; By RAY CRONIN, Associated PrettjWsr Editor neienuess aeriai if ma sh e S against far-flubg Japanese! bases Wt, J1 T &aff Ter Clai T ffi,.a3i a1 i " ari .uu. ,mIC. rv w defeated remnants, ofnthe jJapa- nese Sipan island! garrison. Yesterday's COijamunique frbm Aam. nester w ; in irai wia m the widespread r ; atUcks and said light : surface craft agam shelled Guam, Japanese-held for- mer.vvmerican nayai case m e Marianas islands south of j Saipan. The fTokyo radi said ; power- ful American fleet was operating norxnwesi ox Airaan isianq, aiso jthe Marianas. ! , , V e In the Asiatic i field of faction uninese xorces recapmrea ixung- feng. 45 miles northwest of jHeng- yang,-the Hueanfl province rad way function. ! The Chinese were holdirig firm against Japanese pressure on the outskirts of jHeng yang J while at Liling, 80: miles northeaiU reinforced; Nippon troops; launched ;a counterpunch and fierce fighting was in! prog ress. American airmen were sup porting the Chinese Shore-based j American ;fighters, supposedly flying froml iSaipan's southern airfield! hit Pagan is land, about 2Q0 miles northward. The Japanese offered rib ir In terception but f sent up heavy ack ack fire. -:2 v -j American navylbombers blasted Paramushiro and Shumushu, in Japan's northern' Kurile islands, Aim; uuerawrsr " piruawu raid Ion Truk "atoll Monday, batteries. i Bombers of : the southwest Pa cific I command dropped i ?0 tons of explosives on the Yap airdrome Tuesday destroying i grounded plantfs. " v;;: j , J .. 1- ' - 1 vl jaillCS liursi jWotinded in! Fran CC , l ' s i I I '', SCOTTS MILLS, J uly 1 1 Miss MattTe Hurst hai received word from the war epfertment t&at her nephew. Pvt I James Hurst, was i wounded la action in Fiance. - 1 VI ! 1 T if Salem. Oregon. Wednesday Momlna, July AMes Advance British trtops pick their way preeariouly threngh rabble-filled Caen after the allied coast city. This Is a British official eorps radiophota.) FR to A ccepi May Ask Wallace as Mate WASHINGTON, July IL-VPi- President Roosevelt held another long conference with Vice Presi dent Wallace today, as authorita tive reports I circulated that he would issue : a ' statement : within 48 hours expressing a preference for Wallace as his 1944 running mate. - j At the same time democratic leaders .indicated the president .a I 4Ka , AnrAntiAn j 4y tnnV fro hhninft withmit ; inv dictation ; front the White House. T Wallace; In a statement, hailed President Roosevelt's " announce ment as a "great relief to mil lions "who believe in him in this country' and throughout the world. He declined,, however; to discuss JUs own position.".' cUim Sit Delegates Wallace supporters, however, came"-fdrward with-; their" first -jdaiini of delegates, saying 319 are quirea as a majonty. Asking that their names not be used, vthey . included as "definite-; It" in the Wallace column: Col-. orada 12K Iowa .20, Minnesota24, Montana! 40,.JOregon 14, j. Wash- ington 18, and Wisconsin 29. : for a total of 124.1 . f-l Cj -They also claimed 27 out of the California delegation of .52 .and these whole delegations: District ; of Columbia 6, Delaware 8,Flor-; Ida IS, Georgia 28, Michigan 38, and Pennsylvania 72 for a total of 195. r-'-V ' ' '- ' ' Jensen Funeral I C Avrar? AAn I 1 rmmr v J QORVALUS, Ore., July 1 H)- Funeral services for Mrs. ,W.- A. Jensen, former member of the Oregon State college faculty," will held at 4 o'clock tomorrow Wednesdav in the Federated church - her n, Rev. Wilbur Simmons will conduct services, assisted by -Dii E. W. Warrington, professor of religion. Interment wm be in Crystal Lake cemetery Survivors Include the widower, former executive secretary at the gtott heref a daughter, prances Jensen 5 brothers, A. Gor- don Francis." Chicago, and. Col w M. Francis, who is with the I arm v mnttral mrnx in th Medi-i terranean area, Marine Raider Home r g I.t. r:vl. rvan r. farUnn. Bsarlne whUe rescuinr an enlisted man naval hospital at San Diero by famed marine raiders at Guadalcanal, Ffc .Kichard B. .17 all, .ei- lincton. Texas (center), and CrL Clen E. ZUUtr f Fort Wayne, - . . . v i.l wo. Vtircr&oto ircai marine corps.; , 12, 1314 Jlirouli Caen FRANCE o capture, af that French Normandy photo. (AP Wlrephoto via signal Nomin ation By D. HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON, July 11 HPy- President Roosevelt, with a non chalant smile, , but J I his hands a tremble with emotion, announced today that he would f accept a I fourth term nomination and, if elected, would serve "reluctantly, I but as a good soldier." . s The president read a letter from Chairman Robert E. Hannegan of the democratic national commit-1 tee informing him that more than a majority of convention delegates tu c : luirauj . . iKnnLij . uvuuu . im i nrj revurm giving Aaam a. sen support his renomination and ask-1 nion of Salt jLake City an edge. ing that he "again respond to the call of the party and the people.' Then he read his reply: "If the convention should carry this out; and nominate me for the I presidency, I shall accept If the people elect me, I will serve." "Be XeBchalaat" " " At one Doint in his reading, he threw down the correspondence, and remarked that he had to have dcaiette.V.Theiiluhandl trembled, apparently from scarce ly suppressed nervous emotion, he quiDped, that it was too bad the cigarette was not a Murad tradi tionally., associated with nonchal ance. " He asserted that he will not "run for either nomination or election', "in the usual Dartisan. political; Wse; but would take orders froni a "superior officer the people of the United States.' His personal choice. - the presi- dent said: would be to retire to Mi home on the Hudson and leave public responsibilities and the publicity attendant upon the of fice of chief executive. Mast Whs War , But we of this eeneration chance to live in a day and hour when our nation has been at- tacked, and when the future ex government is at stake," Mr.IVInrifm I nil tit V Roosevelt went on. : To win the war wholehearted- ly, unequivocally and; as quickly as we can is our task of the first importance. To '-win this war inj such a way that there be no fu - J tur world wars in the foresee - able future is our second objective. To provide occupations and to provide a decent standard of tiv- lag . xor our men in.j uie armea forces after the war. and for all . . . . j Americans, are the final object- Ives." j ralir leader who mas wcaa-ed on Saipan; was greeted at the CS two marines who fourht with his Boston M Thomas Me-Nained; Lanlie Easy pinner. New Deal Gets Voters' Nod in ! State Primaries o : : : By th jAssocUtcd Press Mayor Maurice J. Tobin of Bos ton, backed by the CIO political action committee in a fashion that made the new deal a. direct cam- paign issue, won ine Massachu setts democratic nomination ' for governor in the nationally spot lighted race I of Tuesday's state primaries. Tobin's , anti-administration op- ponent, Stated Treasurer Francis X. Hurley, conceded the nomina- tion. i . Tobin ., will oppose Lt Gov. Horace . T. Cbhill, unopposed for line repuDUcan nonunauon. In Michigan early returns gave Edward J. Fry, former state rac ing ; commissioner, a lead in a I three-way contest for the demo cratic nomination for governor Gov. Harry F. Kelly had no re- r publican opposition Sen. Elmer Thomas, . adminis tration supporter, won over nine opponents for; renomination on the Oklahoma democratic slate. With more than half of the precincts counted he wjas over 13,000 ahead of Lt Gov. James E. Berry and than HOOO in front of Rep. Wesley E. Disney. Utah interest centered on the four- man race for the republican sena torial nomination, with fragment- The winners- will meet Senator Elbert' D. Thomas, democrat, who was unopposed. In New Hampshire, ': republican Governor Robert O. . Blood lost his precedent-shattering bid for a I third term nomination. Nearly I complete i returns showed 1 him I more, than 000 votes, behind j Charles M. Dale, mayor of Ports- moutn. Senator Charles W. Tobey ) was tenominated, leading Rep. Foster Stearns by almost 700. Governor Leverett Saltonstall seeking the Massachusetts republi' i can nomination to succeed Senator Henry Cabot jLodge who - resigned to enter the army, was unopposed, Four democrats, with Mayor John H. Corcoran j of Cambridge and I Richard M. Russell, former con- gressman, apparently hi the lead, the right to oppose saitonstau. Meanwhile late - returns from Monday's : voting in Minnesota maintained 'a! republican margin of more than! two. to one over the primary strength shown by a new ly organized democratic-farmer- iawr cwuuon wmvn is wnunuwu to the job of farrying the state for eawem Kopseveii. i T XYT . JLagS III HSlG I " , i J' Morkpi I IfiVs3 - .. - fBV1i 1 . . i Marion county lias collected on montniy average oasis less than one-fourth of the waste paper l ,vt.k .v..1J v. ...n;i.vu . i vc siauauw muu 1 homes, the state salvage commit- tee Tuesday; notified Salvage Chairman Gardner Knapp. The county's monthly per capita average is J J pounds, while the state as a whole should average 1.32 pounds' of salvageable waste paper per capita-per week, the state committee believes. To aid Salem residents in waste paper salvage the Salem Junior Chamber of 1 Commerce this week announces establishment of five new paper collection depots: Union and High streets; 17th and Market; Lincoln and High; Capitol and Market and . Mission and 12th streets. Paper left at these depots should be tied in bundles or placed in cartons, Knopp said Tuesday. US Loses 25th v Sub in Pacific - i WASHINGTON, July! 1-tA5) The submarine S-28, 20-year-old veteran of tiie underseas fleeV bas ! been lost during training exercises with all of her personnel of about 60 officers arid men. 1 f The navy I said today she went down frbm in accidental cause in water so deep that recovery will be impossible. - i The S-ZS,! zain supmarine ana 162nd US war vessel lost since tne war sxaneaj was commanuea vj Lt. Com. Jack Gordon Campbell, t tV r" rrr , - vA -t Price 5c Nv S7 'an Wins; Magnuson and Cain Ahead in Senator Race SEATTLE, July lHVRepub-; lean Gov. Arthur B. Langlie, who was described by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York - as having - been a virtual "new deal prison- er in tne state for four montbsri piled up an overwhelming lead for renomination in today's Wash ington primary election. As returns mounted, he contin- . ued to hold a 4 to 1 margin over Mai. Louis Wasmer, Spokane ; ra dio j station owner who waged a . vigorous campaign. Dewey's comment was In -re gard to reports that Langlie has not 'dared to leave the state for fear that Lt Gov. Victory A. Mey ers, democrat, might get an op portunity to appoint a successor to US Sen. Homer T. Bone, named . to the federal bench. f " Meyers, a former Seattle band leader who has 1 been lieutenant governor since 1933, also was as sured nomination. But Langlie said he had ' Meyers assurance against any - action which might embarrass" the governor if he - attends a governor's conference in St Louis. Langlie is the only re publican in office at the state r capitol. ; ' U. S. Sen. Mon C. Wallgren wa , 4 unopposed for j the democratic nomination. : r ;: :;;.; ; ; In the contest for Bone's U. S, senatorship. Rep. Warren G. Mag nuson. of Seattle ran up an Overwhelming-lead for the democratic nomination. f ' Maj. Harry Cain, Tacoma's mayor-on leave- with the army in ' Italy, took a big early, lead for the' .republican n'ommation for senator on the strength of Seattle and Tacometurni.v:V;:; , U . - The only major fjgKt for a Con gressional district nomination was in the Seattle distinct,' where Mag- " nuson did not seek renomination. Hugh Delacy, a leader in the labor and old age pensioner-supported Washington commonwealth feder ation, held a substantial lead for the democratic nomination. Robert Harlin, state director of labor, and Industries, and Fred Wettrick, the - 1940 republican nominee, were in neck-and-neckl contest for the republican nomination. '- i Incumbent congressmen werev- ' upopposed in the primary In other districts. C fc-s :.'-r'::'l .v i A . GothicLine :-'r- Stalls Yanks : - (--, ' - ... - .r . . By NOLAND NORGARD ? ROME, July ; ll-6P)-American ! troops were striking northward to- . night down , the Era river valley beyond the by -passed German strongpoint of Jajatico in a bold flanking threat to LIvorno and Pisa. The enemy, fully aroused to the "danger of the US maneuvers was offering violent opposition.' ' American armored spearheads were-reported within a dozen miles of the broad Arno valley at that point where the Era joins the Arno to flow westward through Pisa to the sea. .Should Lt Gen, Mark W. Clark's forces succeed in : plunging through to the Arno val ley, they would be in position - to wheel westward and entrap the nazi division; which have stalled the, allies some 10 miles below XJvorno. . r .:- ; An allied spokesman said the Americans in the Era valley were advancing against elaborate forti- -fioations. - The enemy s evidently j anticipated such an attempt to " pierce their "Gothic line" ouU PCtfc-';''''-';'i;;S "j' l''f"'-":':': - V . "The Germans' sensitivity in this; sector is evidenced by the' many machine guns in position, ; with alternate prepared emplace ments," he said. They also are using a number, of self-propelled guns and considerable light ar- -tillery." " ; f - : Allied gains clear across the peninsula continued to-be meas ured almost by the yard, with the enemy ..fighting hard for every hill and clump of ruined houses. Brit ish forces still probed at the eiab- orate defenses of Arezzo, 38 miles southeast of Florence, , without making : appreciable progress. French and American units of the Fifth army were reported fight ing in the outskirts of Poggibonsi, 22 miles south and slightly west of - Florence... ; ". ' Frequently positions changed hands several times in a day as the nazis threw in repeated sav age counterattacks. There no long er was anyhope of a quick smasJ through the "Gothic line." j