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, Motorist on 89E to Portland go
2 under a new bridge of log and
timber construction at . the rail
road Y north of Canby. Most of
- them will end their inquiry about
It when they are told it U a pri
vate logging road. Actually how
ever there are many interesting
feature about the road . which
merit wider publicity. For exam
ple, there is this question: Why a
private logging road when public
highways are available and a line
of railroad runs almost parallel to
thig . private road The obvious
ansrer that tne owners can
: figure out savings over use of ei
ther public r o a d s or railroad.
i Since the cost of this forest road
is said to be around. $300,000 nd
t maintenance expenses must be
added to investment cost,' the sav-
t Ings must be very substantial to
' Justify the construction.
. To the question as to where the
"savings occur, the first response
may be in license fees to the state
. In running trucks over a private
roa it is not necessary to buy state
license plates; nor is the operator
f. required to pay the special carrier
'. fees to the public utility commis
sioner. The operators also escape
. the state tax on gasoline because
they do not drive on public high-
i ways. These savings are ronsider
able. .J.'' . - -; .''., .:;;
But while these savings are
substantial probably the greater
economies come . in operations.
The log trucks can move in a
steady stream without interrup
tion from other traffic Trucks
can be loaded to the - maximum
. without regard to legal limits for
running; on highways, and there
- ares no penalties for an overload. ;
There are no delays due to cross- i
v traffic, and
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US Airpower
To Enforce
World Peace
By FRANCIS M. LEMAY
; WASHINGTON, July 12
The army and navy asked con-
r gress today to maintain a formid-
able postwar air force backed with
1 mammoth aircraft preduction
plants ready for any emergency,
; . Undersecretary of rWar Robert
4 P. Patterson and Artemus L. Gates,
navy assistant secretary, "voiced
the armed services views before
a senate military subcommittee.
- Gates said: - y A' ,
"The United States should
maintain an air. power sufficient
not only to win this war but also
to keep the peace." v
He and Patterson also proposed
' a broad expansion of civilian avia
; tion, when the war is won.
, Plant TiUe to Be Kept
Patterson said the government
should retain title to its eight
huge bomber plants with lease
arrangements with private enter
prise wherever possible. As to the
national : policy for the mainten
ance of air power. Gates told the
committee that the navy, while
plugging for a large - peacetime
sea force, endorses the resolution
of the aeronautical chamber; of
commerce, declaring that Amer
'ica should keep in fighting trim
"air power strong enough to keep
the peace.""':-', i '.
He quoted from the resolution
on specific means of accomplish
ing! this end. iy -
"1. By maintaining adequate air
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Salem Boy Sees
Subs and Planes
In Hot Attacks
. (Special to The Statesman)
NEW ORLEANS, July 12-Glenn
Benjamin Sparks, signalman 3rd
class, of Salem, Ore., thought his
hours1 were numbered when 100
- Jaoanese bombers attacked his
convoy off New Guinea.
It Just didn't ; seem possible
that many nlanes could miss." he
.aaid. : ' ; ! '-r-rr: A ' ":A-
But American planes and anti
aircraft fire turned the scale, the
8th naval district said in recount
ing Sparks experiences.
Soarks. who. enlisted 'fin the
naval reserve 10 days after Pearl
. Harbor, has been in action against
' both , German submarines and
Japanese aircraft, as a member of
a navy armed guard gun crew.
Prior to the attack on his con
voy. Sparks saw 25 Japanese
bombers roar in at Buna. Amer
ican P-38s knocked down all but
cne "our planes were really
having a field day."
Soarks is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. : B. T. Sparks of route 4,
. Calem.
Army Deserter ,
Goes to lTospilal
A West Stayton farmhand who,
state police said, twice attempted
suicide Wednesday was taken to
the state hospital . Wednesday
ri;ht The 41-year-old man twice
stabbed himself over the heart,
cut both wrists, walked approxim-
' v rina rules and was able to
t I t'l'.an a tlcry cf desertion
its f .'r-y in 1C34.
inrirrY-TounTii yeah
Britain Is
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Bomfoless;
Raids Halt
UODOt8 Stop Mlty
uver isiana
LONDON, July 13-j-ror the
first time in a month all Britain
had a raid-free night last night,
no German flying bombs fell at
any point in the country.
It was the third successive
bombless night for London itself,
but during the daylight hours yes
terday the "comet bombs" con
tinued to blast bits of London and
southern England. :' vf "4 ;
Deaths came by ones and twos
as houses , and shops were demol
ished by the spray of explosives,
but more .serious" recent incidents
were disclosed with the official
announcement that bombs had hit
such famous London landmarks as
the Royal Free hospital in Gray's
Inn road, Warner Brothers movie
studios at Teddington, and Austra
lia house and Aid wych house, at
the eastern end of the Strand.
A "buzzer" struck the central
staircase of the Royal Free hos
pital, one of London's oldest, and
caused widespread damage. It
killed ' five persons and injured
nine. -
No Explanation Offered
There was no immediate ex
planation for the sudden cessa
tion In the assaults tonight. An
- ministry announcement . said
merely:
There has been no enemy ac
tivity i over this country during
darkness."
RAF bombers, however, were
out in. great strength during the
night, and it was presumed that
flying bomb installations on the
French coast were among their
targets. Upwards of 1000 heavy
bombers were out
German reports said night
bombers were over --the xeich, but
specific targets In occupied terri
tory were not named in the first
British announcement. ; : '
Munich Raided Again
More than 1200 American Fly
ing Fortresses and Liberators
penetrated into southwest Ger
many by daylight yesterday and
attacked targets in the Munich
area scene of a raid : of about
equal strength only 24 hours earl
ier. The Munich area is a vital
rail hub serving both the Italian
and Russian fronts. Yesterday's
bombers unloaded at least 3600
tons of bombs.:
The Americans, attacking by
instruments through heavy clouds
which obscured observation of the
results, met no German fighter
opposition by ran through intense
anti-aircraft fire over ihe. target
area and 26 bombers failed to
return- No planes were lost from
a strong force of escorting fight
ers. A:- . ' ' I
Also for the second straight day.
American heavies based in Italy
hit southern France. Up to 509
bombers escorted by Lightnings
and Mustangs bombed rail targets
with good results.
Truck Knocks Out
Lights for Minute
A part of north Salem was in
darkness for less than a minute
about midnight when the Tile road
transformer of the Portland Gen
eral Electric company went out
of service after the pole on which
it is mounted was struck .by a
heavy fruit truck. Grass beneath
the transformer blazed " and city
firemen were called. While power
company crews worked to replace
live wires on the 1500 block of
Woodrow street, city police stood
guard to protect passersby. " "
Priority Rating May
Needed for Lumber Aiig. 1
' Lumber, most critical of all war
materials in the United States to
day, will be practically unobtain
able for several weeks after Aug
ust 1 so far as' those consumers
who cannot get priority ' ratings
are concerned. But the lumber
user with the poorest rating may
be assured that his needs prob
ably will be filled, under WPB's
new order, which goes into effect
that date ,R. D. Torbenson of the
Western Retail Lumbermen's as
sociation, told more than 100 lum
ber retailers here Wednesday
night .'-;" :;:: --.'- .m
Torbenson, who came from Se
attle to address the dinner meet
ing; of dealers from all parts of
western Oregon, predicts that the
order may be modified before the
month of August is past If it does
the task it was planned to accom
plish. Once essential orders com
mence to flow rapidly from mills,
a surplus of lower grade lumber
12 PAGS3
Smoke of Wor Ddrltens Saipan's Hills
1 SL
Smoke billows, upward from a Japanese oil damp ja it north f Garapan en Saipan island before US
forces captured the city. The: oil
(background). Over the rolling
capital of the Japanese-held j marianas. (AP Wue photo from marine
Allies SHell
Seaports on
Gothic Line
1 ; mi
By NOLAND NORGAARD
ROME, July 12.-(tf)-A Hied
troops were fighting tonight with
in eight miles jjof Li vorno, big It
alian - west coast port, and from
the same distance were hurling
shells into, the shipping center of
Ancona on the; Adriatic sea,, at the
opposite end of the 50-mile battle
line. i i.-' - - S
American Ught , armored units
blasted forward two miles against
strong . German resistance a h d
captured the enemy stronghold of
Castiglioncello, eight airline miles
down the coast from LivornOi
while 'Polish troops who distin
guished themselves in the bloody
Cassino fighting closed into ac
curate artillery range of Ancon
ca's fortifications. " f r
Last Strong Barrier r
Possession of the 1 two ports
woudl enprmoiisly assist the allied
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Farm Labor
Lull to
Be
Ended Soon
. .
Eager workers who have turned
out en masse to assist farmers in
harvesting crops but who have
been discouraged by temporary
lack of employment: will all be
needed within two weeks, accord
ing to Gladys Q. TurnbuU of the
Farm labor office, if . t
At the present time the cherry
harvest is definitely tapering off.
The large orchards are finishing
while most of the small orchards
were completed some time ago. i
Caneberry i farmers have been
able to secure the services of pre
vious years help. This and the
fact that this year's crop is light
leaves little opportunity for the
ambitious laborer. . Weather con
ditions have slowed ripening pro
cesses. 1 if I A
However, In about two weeks
the bean harvest should be arriv
ing and the : services of nearly
every man, wonian and child in
the valley can : be utilized, Mrs.
TurnbuU emphasized;
Be
should be come evident, tnd this,
at least, may go into regular non
priority trade channels, he indi
cated. :; ,;g l: ;y A :i :A-
Almost: the only non-priority
use to which lumber can be put,
dealers said, - is i: maintenance : and
repair of residences, but reason
able addition of extra rooms, con
struction of garages and similar
projects usually can I be granted
priority ratings. ? v'j
Each lumber retailer establish
ed before May 1, 1944, will, un
der the new order, have the right
to a small fixed quarterly alloca
tion of lumber Which may be sold
without certification or rating. If
he Is able to obtain the material,
not granted according to the size
of his business but the' same for
every dealer, he still could cot
begin to Hit. average repair and
maintenance orders, retailers de
clared. ' r -I
Solam, Orecjon. Thursday Morning, July 13, 1344
,
was set off by artillery fire and
hills in the foreground Yanks fooght their way Into, the city, once
Fire Hazards May
Close All Forests
j First of a series pf proclama
tions closing forests in Orejgon is
in effect lodayl Issued this; week
by Nels Rogers, state forester. It
is the foferunper of similar or
ders whidh within a short time
will close Ito enry except by per
mit all state fund federal forest
district wiere fire hazards are
great, Rogers Indicated Wednes
day, f i ;
j In event fire conditions become
more serious, -! absolute closures
may be announced, Rogers aid. ,;
may be announced, Rogc
A u A:A i r '
US,iloxico
-
ee on
dct
WASHINGTON,
uly 12 -Iff)
Secretary Cf State Hull andlMex
ico Foreikn Minister :Ezequlel
Padilla ahnouiced "In a Joint
statement itonignt that they had
agreed on transportation an4 eco
nomic programs and found them
selves "in Complete accord on all
questions iscussed j- " t j J
! Padilla left by train today for
Mexico after spending sixj days
iri the capital tailing
withiPresI
and Mother
dent Roosevelt,! HuU
officials.
The statement said that the two
governments had agreed that the
United Stales would furnish tech
nical assistance and! equipment
and supplies as; far as possible to
aid the Mxicaji railway; system.
i "To the ilunif of - our wartime
ability; evefy efjfort shall be tiade
by the Unted , States to continue
to provide transportation " facili
ties for; the mdvemerit of essen
tial goods to Mexico, iwhile Mex
ico will niake everyj effort, on
her part, to reduce the strain on
United States transportation fa
cilities it fwaa addedw" Ay.
The two governments also
agreed thai regular shipping ser
vices, which had been! interrupted
by the warj shall also he resumed
in order to lighten thej burden on
railway and highway I facilities.
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Scio Doubles
War Bond Oiioti
- 1
SCIO. July 12 ScSci area sub
scribed 213 per cent of its $80)00
fifth War loan quota,1 according
to final . statement of Waldo! De
Moy, manager of the Scio State
bank and chairman of bond solici
tations for Scio and adjacent rural
communities, j . ii:. !;
Series E bonds bought by ndi
viduals alope topped ( the quota
totalling $6447145. Series C were
36700, series F 374, and series G
$5000. Balance, of; the community's
total was aUso.yOO allocation In
unspecified leriesi credited to' Scio
by the " Roaring! River Logging
company, subsidiary of Crossett
and Western.
Marine Corpora
Killed in Pacific
' LEBANON CpL Harold Coop
er! US marine corps, !was killed
in faction in the Pacific! theatre of
operations, according to Informa
tion received by bis v father,
Charles Cooper. j . !
Cpl. ; Cooper, 2 V yesrs old, 3 was
graduated from Lebanon high
school in 19 1 8. lie is survived by
his father; k trcther.1 r.a!;h; " a
sister, Eonn4 n-J Yds randuioth
er. Mrs. A.! E. . Cooper, all : of
Lebanon. 3 i ' 5
1
shells from destroyers in the bay
corps.)
Losses at
Saipan Run
Over 15,000
By EUGENE BURNS
US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS,; Pearl Harbor, July
12.-(ff)-Conquest of strategic Sai
pan island in the western Pacific
cost 15,053 American casualties
2,359 killed, 11,481 wounded and
1,213 ; missing Navy r Secretary
Forrestal announced t o d a y in
Washington. ; -y-: . ;'
This total, the highest of any
ingle ground action' in the Pa
eioc, was far ? exceeded by the
losses i inflicted - on the Japanese
garrison, 11,948 of whom already
had been buried. ,.t
Forrestal said "probably 95 per
cent of the defending force, es
timated at more than 20,000, died
in - the futile defense of ' Saipan.
That island is -within bombing
range of Tokyo and already is
being used by American fighting
planes. -C:vA , v' !:; '-yA-r'. V-'V5"
Record Prisoner Catch
Forrestal's report foil o.w e d
q u i c k 1 y a;n announcement by
A dm. Chester W. Nimitz that Jap
anese prisoners of war on Saipan
already exceeded, 1,000. That also
was a record for any single cam
paign in the Pacific." " ' i
Newt carrier task force strikes
Monday at Guam and Rota, in the
Marianas south of Saipan, were
reported by Nimitz. ! -.
Many Japanese still were be
lieved hiding out in caves and on
wooded ridges, although" organ
ized . resistance ' ended Saturday,
Nimitx reported one marine regi-
ment alone killed 711 Nipponese
troops Monday in mopping up ac
tivities.
,' More than 9,000 Japanese civil
ians already had been interned,
Nimitz ! said. "
The latest carrier plane strike
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Teachers' Pay
Raised hy Board -
PORTLAND, Ore., July 12-ff)
A new salary schedule for educa
tion and business department em
ployes of the Portland public
school system providing 320
monthly cost of living bonus and
base pay increases was approved
by the board tonight
The bonus is a continuation of
a program started last year and
will be financed from funds ex
pected from the federal govern
ment as an offset to war-caused
increases In the district's expend!
tures. v
County
Buy War Bonds
(Special U The Statesman) -
PORTLAND. July H--Stu
dents In Marion county public
schools purchased $3 15,398. in war
bonds and : stamps from Septem
ber, 1943, to June, 1944, the treas
ury department said today. Public
school students, throughout the
state, purchased $9,05982 in the
same period.
Evacuation of
Toulon Claimed
.i .. -i - ' , : ' ....
LONDON, Thursday, July-13
(fl5)- The Swiss radio said early
today that Toulon on the French
Mediterranean coast, hard hit by
American heavy bombers, had
been comjlekly evacuated.'.
Kefl Near
Latvia' In-:
New-Drive
Russ Army Takes
Idritsa in 22-JKle
Northern Blove
By RUSSELL LANDSTROM
LONDON, Thursday, ; July 13-()-Russian
troops have broken
through German defenses between
Polotsk, and Pskov on new front
93 miles wide and captured more
than 1000 places in a two-day ad
vance of t least 22 miles, Pre
mier Stalin announced last jiight,
intensifying the threat of disaster
for all nazi: forces in the Baltics.
: More than 7000 Germans were
killed and some 1500 taken pris
oner in a single day's fighting on
the ew front, the early morning
supplement to the soviet com
munique said, as Gen. Andrei L
Yeremenko's second Baltic army
began battering the enemy lose
from one of the last nazi foot
holds on pre-war soviet soil. : 1
Other soviet armies to the south
pounded - nearer East Prussia
reaching within 40 miles, some
London morning papers quoted a
German broadcast as saying and
it was considered possible that the
reds! might be fighting on the
reich's own territory by the end
of the week.
Railway Town Taken- '
In a special order of the day
Stalin said the new offensive was
launched today west and north
west of Novosokolniki and - had
captured the important ; railway
junction of Idritsa, 22 miles east
of the La vian border, as well as
other large towns and A railway
stations- in the area. -' -
ine - Moscow; radio and press
dispatches to British papers sub
sequently reported that the drive
had penetrated westward as much
as 30 miles. against fierce resist
ance; ; The Moscow communique
supplement said the ten counter
attacks by reinforced German di
visions were repulsed as the so
viet forces smashed toward Lat
via. ' i-y : -;r .i,::v
The German position on the
whole 500-mile front v became so
patently hopeless that the Berlin
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Negro Combat
Team Shows Up
Superior' Nazis
By ALLAN M. MORRISON ;
Star and Stripes Correspondent
AT THE US ARTILLERY, COM
MAND POST IN FRANCE, j July
12-(P-Showing ' utter Contempt
for the "master race" divisions
facing them, US negro artillery
men firing 155-mm howitzers are
blasting German installations and
troop concentrations and pound
ing to pieces the, nazi theory , of
Inferior, and "superior" races.
The first negro combat artillery
team to fight in this sector is this
howitzer outfit, which Is a member
of a four-unit artillery group in
cluding a battalion og 105's and
two 155-mm long toms. -
"These artillerymen have done
splendidly," the colonel at corps
headquarters. "We're proud of
them.! They are one of our best
units." .
Distances on
1 imi
i
POLAND' S) UtkR SYl-
...rA A 'A "AJ:- Av, 'r''-- Vttmlmrn'y
lineare flrwes on broken lines distance lalcstors shew space be
tween rei army drives and several major objectives. Heavy brakes
le is tie arrroxLaate tattle frcat (AP TTIreshote.)
IMc 5c
GermartG Say
Her riot Dies
IriNaziland
LONDON, Thursday,- July 12
(VP)-The German news aaencv
DNB, "in Berlin broadcast, an
nounced today the d e a th of
Edouard Herriot, former French
premier and bitter opponent of
nazi aggression.
The former radical socialist was
72. The Berlin broadcast, recorded
by the Associated Press, gave no
details.- ' '
Berlin announced early last Sep
tember, that Herriot was seriously
ill and subsequently, ' on Septem
ber 6, Vichy dispatch to a Swiss
newspaper said he had been placed
in a sanatorium for treatment for
a mental disorder.! : -
Herriot had been held in custo
dy by the Germans since the fall
of France. He was reported with
out confirmation to have attempt
ed to contact the allies after their
landing in north Africa. - -
Nations Fail
eon
Gold Quotas
i BRETON WOODS, NM, July 12
OP) -Quotas for the - nations par
ticipating in the proposed - world
monetary fund were reported to
night as almostTeady for presen
tation to the United Nations mone
tary conference, with the Soviet
Union-the only nation holding up
the parade. , -
A conference spokesman admit
ted today there still was some mis
unuderstanding between the Sov
iet -Union and the United States
over the ' amount - of gold - Russia
should pay as part of her sub
scription to the stabilization fund.
Russia wants a reduction in her
gold payment, contending she will
need as much gold as possible to
help pay for her war devastation.
- The Russians have asked . Mos
cow ; for : instructions on; the gold
question, and -the spokesman said
today the United States had "very
strongly requested" the soviet
delegation to -get the matter
cleared up so that the work of the
conference could proceed.'
The monetary fund commission
of the conference is scheduled to
meet tomorrow to ? receive the
schedule of quotas, among other
things, and it was indicated that
if the soviet quota is not decided,
her part of the quota lineup may
be left blank.' .'.;';;-, -"' . . ; '
The United States, it was under
stood,' is not very enthusiastic?
about the reduction in the gold
percentage of the fund subscrip
tion, holding that if the amount Is
reduced for Russia it will have to
be trimmed for other nations suf
fering war damage. This would in
clude England, with its widespread
bombing destruction. '
New US Divisions
Arrive at Front Ay . -
LONDON, Thursday, July 13-(yF)-The
Berlin radio said today
fresh American divisions coming
direct from the United States had
just arrived in Normandy. . '
It said the allies had installed
hundreds of loudspeakers along
the front through which they were
calling upon German soldiers to
desert
Russian Front
ToAgre
No. 3
DisruDts s .
Nazi Lines
Deadly Artillery
.Barrages Force
Enemy to Retire
By JAMES M. LONG T
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS.
ALLIED EXPEDITIONS R Y
FORCE,' Thursday, July I3-(AV.
US storm troops attacking; under
one of the deadliest artillery bar
rages of the war, captured points
within one mile and a half of the
mid-Normandy, citadel of St Lo
yesterday and also hammered ' a
spearhead to within two and a
quarter miles of Lessayj west
coastal anchor of the collapsing
German flank. j
Charging through 1 hedgerows
and l across . fields littered - with
elite German parachutists who had .
been hurled into the lines in an
unsuccessful effort to halti them,
the ,; American infantrymen', were
aided by a consuming artillery fire -
which smashed German rear-line
concentrations . and killed ; front -line
troops. .'. ' ;r ,y' vV .
Many German prisoners were i
stupefied j by the barrage- from -f
hundreds of big guns as the Am- '
ericans steadily folded back ' the
German western lines while the
British and Canadians blunted re
peated German counterthrusts in
the Caen sector. . -. -
New Strategy Shewn . !
Some 200 . trapped - Germans
were wiped out north of St Lo. -
(German broadcasts, of reports
from front line nazi correspond
ents termed the allied barrage the
heaviest ever , encountered, ' and
said the grinding down of German
rear concentrations and cpmmunl
cations by both artillery and allied
air power presented .a strategy
utterly new in the history of war
fare.:- h-:y.' . -.""':s. .
tWhjle ! the - jBerlin tbroidcasts ;
apparently also were prompted in
explanation of axis reverses" In
Normandy they nevertheless con- -firmed
that allied air power had
made it almost Impossible for the
Germans 1 to exert - their full
strength in Normandy because , of
damaged roads, railways and roll-
ing stock. t"By , day our forces go"
to death,' said" the Berlin refer
ence to allied artillery and air
power. "By night they move..,,
by devious ways.") - - a' I r '
General Eisenhower's 11:30 pjn. .
communique . last night said.
steady allied pressure in all main-
areas of activity continued to
, (Continued on Page 2). ,
Citizens Talk
- 1
Postwar Plans
4'
A - group of citizens - meeting
with the board of the chamber of
commerce . ; last ' night adopted - a-
resolution presented by W. Mi.;
Hamilton urging the board to es
tablish a committee to formulate
community plants covering the
postwar period and for a long
range program of development
The board will consider the, res
olution at a later meeting. . .t . A
;k It was brought out at the meet
ing,, that educational and promo
tional work in behalf of community-projects
was properly; the '
work of the chamber, though fi
nal decisions and - execution of
plans belongs to governing bod
ies. The committee would try to
lay out progressive plans to match,
Salem's growth and to promote
their adoption by the people and
by governing agencies. s Itwould
endeavor to coordinate private
with public Improvement -vjThe
plan Is a revival of the ten
year program which was launched
by civic organizations in 1940 and
dropped during the war.
Salem Boy Goes -DownWitk
Sub ;
TILLAMOOK. July 2(JPiUPlK
former Salem youth, Chester Mal
colm 'Moffitt,: was killed in the
sinking of the submarine S-28,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C T.
ITofStt, said today they were noti
fied by the navy department , The
22-year-old signalman . was a
graduate of Salem high school.-
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Cunncr on Bomber :
Fails to Return . .?
ALBANY Jack Beacon, avia
tion machinist mate second class,
US navy, has been reported miss
ing in action, according to infor
mation received from the navy byr
his father, William Beacon. -The -.
Albany man was a -gunner on a .
dive bomber at the time he failed
to return. Another brother, Wil
liam Beacon, . Jr., Is also in the
US navy. - -4 , iti'
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