The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 13, 1944, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TV70 SDyietsKear; Latvia in Kew 22-Mile Gain (Continued from Page 1) radio began .preparing the people v for a lare-scale withdrawal. " N Maeh Choice r It is obvious," said a Berlin ntiUtary .spokesman in a broad cast, "that the front cannot re- naih as it Is.' JTbere- are "two al ternatives.. One, is a large-scale .. counteroffensive and the other the adaption- of the entire front to new ; lines. Since we are bn the defensive in the east, the second alternative is the one to be-applied. ;,A- ' . ::. AAA The thrust by Yeremenko, a hero of the soviet conquests at . Stalingrad and in the Crimea, was . preceded by extremely heavy aer ." lal and artillery bombardment which blasted treat holes Ja Ger- man fortifications. The supplement said the Ger mans had erected a deeply ech eloned defense belt they called the "panther line," consisting of ' wide minefields, trenches covered by barbed wire and concrete fir ing points. . ,, Soviet Infantry fought through these barricades and in the first hours of the offensive-Inflicted large losses on two nazi SS divi sions, this account said. . The! new drive brought no abatement in the power of the Russian blows on other sections of the front. All Front Active A A' Associated Press Correspondent Eddy Gilmore in a dispatch from Moscow said soviet forces had closed around the outer r defenses of the southern Latvian city of Daugavpils on. three sides. Anoth er force was pushing, west of Wil- no toward Kaunas, capital of Ii : thuania, and farther south red troops pressed within 23 miles of the large ' Polish rail center 1 of Grodno by capturing Ostrino and Nowy Dwcir. " . . The "drive" alontf the railway from Barariowicre -toward Bialy stok also "progressed and Moscow announced Jtha capture of the rail Way station of Zelwa, just 14 miles east of the Important junction of VTolkowysk.' A" The central front's spearhead, however, is the assault directed toward East Prussia along a line southeast of Wilno. ; ... Front Growing Short " L STOCKHOLM; Thursday, July W.-(iiP)-The German high- com mand is "discussing" plans to . shorten the front," as the result of the Russians' plunge to Alytus, 50 miles from the East Prussian border, the Berlin 'correspondent of the newspaper Dagens Nyheter said today. A This was interpreted here as meaning that the , Germans are . . preparing to evacuate the Baltics. Allied sources said an estimated 200,000 Russian partisans are re- treating with the Germans in Po land and as they move back are disrupting German communica - . fions and causing great confusion behind' the wavering German ' lines. West Coast Cuts Half of i - i - . US Lumber ; ! SEATTLE, July 12-yf-Ap- piroximately one-half the lumber the government's central procur ing agency bought the first' six months this year came from west coast mills. A ;I The i West Coast Lumbermen's association, disclosing this today Tln the monthly report, said pro- dluetion virtually reached in June the amount in April, before - the walkouts, and was now neck-and-neck with last year's figure at this time. .; --'; A' "X! ) "The lumber industry Is . now so deep in war requirements that it has little time or thought for postwar prospects, the associa tion said. "However, demands . are already taking shape for large postwar reconstruction . programs overseas, indicating that the 'end of the; war will mean very little change in calls on west coast pro duction, i ' 'N Average weekly production in June was 163,734,000 board feet, or 103 M per cent of 1940-43 aver age, compared' with; .the May weekly average '. of "140,798,000 feeL June orders averaged 1163, 623,000 board feet weekly' and shipments 162,143,000 feet The comparable May figures werei or ders. 136,251,000 feet; shipments, 148,334,000 feet. ; v The unfilled order file stood at 1,056,838,000 feet at the " end of June and gross stocks were 440,- 337,000 feet y . V : , Two Of ficeri Die In JTeston Crash. , WALLA WALLA, July' 13 -(ff) A small single-wing army, train ing; plane.' from Pendleton,- Ore air 'field .crashed this alternoon three 'miles, northwest of Western; Ore, killing the two men in the craft, ,; it . was" announced - Jointly tonight fcy tlaj. "AlfreJ T. Clauss, commanding Officer of Pendleton field, and CoL David Wade, com mander of Walla Walla air Held and the satellite field at Pendle ton. The craft was on a combat , training mission. Names of the fliers involved were Flight Officer . E N. .Wil liams. Grand .Island, Neb, and Second Lt J. E. Benton, of Atian- Bomber V it- Firemen pear water smouldering Buildings after aa army bomber ter ef a war workers' trailer, camp at Sooth Portland, Me. Twelve Injured in the aeeideni. (AF Wlrephete.) ; Planes and Guns Force NazisBack (Continued from Page 1) force the enemy slowly back. Al lied gains have been small . but widespread and' the enemy suf fered considerable losses In abor tive counterattacks." i Twenty Tanks Lost In one. German counterattack northwest of imperiled St Lo the nazis lost 20 tanks Tuesday, and airmen on that day destroyed or damaged 31 of Marshal Erwin Rommel's hoarded armor. The al lied communique said more than 40 German tanks were knocked out by ground action alone Tues day. Allied airmen raked German transports, supply facilities and troops all the way from Brussels in Belgium to Bordeaux In south ern France despite weather which prevented full employment of the allied air armadas. The Americans moving on St Lo made their biggest strides dur ing the day east of the fortress city, which is a seven-way road Junction. St Andre de LEpine, a German stronghold three miles northeast of St Lo and just north of the St Lo-Bayeux road,.' was captured) as the troops went Ion and spread their assault lines In the fields below the spires of an cient St Lo. -Villages Captured The village of Le Calvaire, three and one-half miles east of St Lo on the road to Bayeux, also was captured, as well as St Pierre de Semllly, ' three miles from St Lo ' and 800 yards - south of the Bayeux road. The plunge southward Indicat ed an American effort aimed at cutting the roads leading into St Lo -from the southeast and south. Nearly 11 miles , northwest ofH St Lo, i A m e r I c ans sloshing through flooded lowlands captur ed most of the village of Andre de Bohon, five miles south of Caren tan, and also. pushed closer to Periers as they forced an outright withdrawal -of . German lines around -Lessay on the west coast German tank losses mounted to 164. These were all destroyed in the last few days by the allies. but officers at Gen. Sir Bernard L.- Montgomery's headauartera headquarters : warned that Mar shal - Rommel's - armored : units still were .formidable. New Bauxite Ore Found n Oregon : i Sizable deposits ot'hleh alumina iron oreor high-iron bauxite havt been discovered over a consider able-area tn northern Washington county. during recent investiga tions by the state department of geology. Gov. Earl SneU announc ed Wednesday. - -' In separate flat-lying deposits, five to 15 feet thick, usually over lain by several, feet of siltv soft. the ore probably could be mined oy surface methods, investigator said. Accurate' estimates of ton nage may not be made in the ab sence of thorough exploration and sampling. - ; v "We feel that from a metallur gical standpoint the Washincton county ores may be successfully treated to produce pig ; iron and alumina,, the report to SneU read. Demos Chary in Opposinrr 7allace WASHINGTON, July Talk of organized camDaLmi for half a dozen potential democratic .vice-presidential candidates cir Fulated jn the capital today but everyone was .keeping ' his '. polit ical cards covered pending an an ticipated -endorsement by Presi dent Roosevelt of Henry A. Wal lace. v. : . - , The president if expected to in dicate by statement or other means, that he would like to have Wallace-as bis running mate in his fourth, term campaign. ; Nevertheless, ; backers of other possible candidates were awaiting to see the form and wording be- j fore deciding whether to open up Crashes in Trailer Camp ' i- ,"" ' , At.',- : j- US Airpower To Enforce a . - i" ' t1 t T World Peace (Continued from Page 1) forces in such strength and In such state of readiness; as to preclude a successful assault on our country dr its possessions. A" "2. By acquiring and maintain ing air bases essential to our se curity and that of overseas trade. Mast Be Prepared : "3. By facilitating the orderly economic expansion . of domestic and international air 1 transport and of private flying, if; "4. By preserving a strong air craft manufacturing industry." r Patterson told the committee the postwar military establishment wit hits necessary industrial sup port, must be: maintained on the assumption that this country will not again "be given such a period of grace between the start of war I and the necessity for a full-scale military effort as was provided by France. England and Russia In the present war. : A A v Saipan Losses Go Over 15,000 (Continued from. Page 1) at Guam, the; sixth in as many days, concentrated on military objectives at the1, towns of Agana, Umatac and Agat on, the western shore. Buildings near Orote Point at about the; center of the western coastline, also were hit': No Enemy Planes; Runways and defense installa tions were bombed on Rota and a twin' engine heavy: bomber was shot down. ' j A There was nti' interception by enemy fighter planes over either Guam or Rota. Anti-aircraft fire was reported moderate, t The Seventh - army air force continued its " neutralizing raids in the Caroline islands Monday, Nimitz reported.' Heavy bombers met but meager ground fire and no interception as -they plastered Dublon island naval base, in Truk atoU, with. 50 tons of bombs. Snell May Act in ; Fish Fund Deficit' Governor Earl . Snell indicated Wednesday that he was consider ing definite action soon in the matter ' of the financial deficit threatening operations of the state fish commission. 1 A . L Attorney General' George Neu- ner has advised Gov. : Snell that he . believes, the state . emergency board legally 'may appropriate its funds to cover the deficit Borrow ing -from the emergency board or accepting in advance poundage fees from the Industry have been suggested aa possible remedies for the current situation. ". - r - rai ii rvi'ViTaia' 1 . - Open 6:45 A - SPECIAL : nETumi snouniG IIowlFlayfcrj f r Irene Donne , " '. Cary Grant J V VTTht Awful Trulhy J I "' '?7Sw inn. I y;-"' I ' ":,vi fV j X Ronald Cblnun'X Y and Jane 1 Wyatt -I I In ' the nnforgetUblt I 1 ; V V :-'Losl Horizoa J I : NES &. CAliiOOIl i AV ' - -H- A"-'; 1 - - -v Wrr Tfc CIEGOIt CTATin-lAII. Cc!:u L ' I-- erashed and exploded m the ; persons werej killed and scenes - i . - Senators Win ote By the Associated Press !i Two senators! won renomination in Tuesday's Primaries, returns last night disclosed, while in Mas sachusetts a CXO-backed j candi date defeated his opponent by vir tually a 2 to 1 fountjin fhi demid- s.J! Lal ' . t r ii crauc guDernaxpnai contest." ! . The senators! were Charles W, Tobey, republidm, of New i Hamp- smrej ana imer TnomasJ demo crat pf Oklahoma. Aithird Incutn- bait Elbert Thomas j Utah demo crat was unopposed in his ibid for a third term. i A Tobey will beiopposed by Joseph Betley, Manchester ; attorney ; wio captured the democratic nonrina tion without opposition. Oklaho ma's Thomas will face William! J. rLi K.it lt fmi.. 1 !i vijen, ana xon i nomas appar ently will be pitted against Adam S. Bennion, power conpany execti tive, Who led three Opponents.: I Boston's Mayor Maurice! J. To- hin, supported by the CIO politi cal action committee, soundly trounced Massachusett s State Treasurer Francis Hurley, out spoken critic off the Roosevelt ad ministration, ini the state's; demo cratic! gubernatorial primary. His opponent In the general election will be Lt. Gov Horace T. CahiH, who was unopposed.'. The Primary Y A.;.;- . v-"--.i'-'v' 'J vjjf VK. .'"'' triumph from the ctU ky Mitchell Leiscn Sa nr r-cm CMdrica and Aftcrt Htdxtt SMd Ufom tat May b . nrt U Muds by Kwt Wcfl sad IjrrVa ky ks CaAwav 4.: ' - ! "f ' i" " , r DOOHS jOPEN AT :3 . ;, v . .v.,, f-v . .,.A- ' -.A-Al-AAA Orssa. Thursday Moni3. July 13. 1SH Mies Shell 2aports on Gothic line (Continued from Page 1) armies in their Impending assaftlt upon the nazis fXrOthic line de fensessupposedly the last strong natural barrier left to the enemy short of the Po river line near the top of the Italian boot (A dispatch from Zurich. Switz erland, Wednesday quoted a dip lomatic source as saying that Everything- indScates: that the Germans "envisages an early and total retreat from Italy.) : American troops driving up the Era river valley; about 21 miles inland from the west coast, in an attempted I flanking thrust against Livorno were- reported - raeetina furious opposition above the enemy-held town of Lajatico, which had been bypassed. Coaatersttacks Fierce . uerman t counterattacks were described as both frequent and fierce and there was no indication the Yanks had made any real pro gress in the past 24 hours. . The nazis - now are using the greatest . concentrations of artil lery they have yet employed In Italy, including many : guns cap tured on other fronts. This blan ket of fire; together with the Ger man, soldiers' willingness to fight Is making the Allied advance a slow and grinding business. Court Acts in Grcus: Disaster I HARTFORD, Conn,; July 12-CffV-The Ringling- Brothers-Bar- num and Bailey circus was put in the hands ; of receivers today by order of Judge John H. King of the superior 'court ; In his chambers at Williamantic, Judge King named former Town Judge Edward S. Rogin of New- ington as receiver on application of attorney Julius B. Schatz, counsel for a number of persons who have brought suit against the circus as a result of injuries In the fire which last Thursday swept the main tent and resulted in death toll bf 163. j Under a Connecticut law, the receiver, after posting bond, will take immediate possession of the circus and have an inventory made. At .J .:! ... -. i'.. : He said j the receivership was for, the preservation of the circus assets and; to protect the circus as well as the claimants. 'V Song of Songs - - J lJ I 1 u OiitheHOLIEFRQNI . ti nam. czld3 Most popular feature of the first SALEM CHERRIAN, printed news letter for the men in the service. was. the Where's Elmer? column, listing- literally hundreds of over seas addresses. You see, that- is one reason the CHERRIAN' con tinues as - a letter newspapers aren't supposed to print those ad dresses., .f .feA' :'i JJ-rA -v- . . But we're ready to guess that there wont be any more Where's Elmer? fans from the second edi tion than Nurses Aides admirers. For about dozen of the blue and white clad, girls and their director and assistant director appear on the front page of the No. 2 issue, and. even I can see several pin-nip girls among thenu -, We find certain sympathy with Lt Bruce Williams' declaration that he'd rather have a small green Gravenstein apple than a cocoa- nut like . Bruce, we were raised (not reared but raised) on Grav- ensteins and some of them- were both small and .green. But we didnt have to be shipped to the south Pacific, to have that habit broken. "They cut down the old apple tree. ; Commando Kills Nazi Commandant By ASTLEY HAWKINS Representing ; the - Combined , Allied Press ISLAND OF VIZ, Yugoslavia, July lriflVA young British commando officer shot and killed the commandant of the German garrison on the island of Brae aft er entering the closely guarded headquarters disguised as a shep herd with a Sten gun hidden ina bundle of sticks.' (Brae is Wow the Dalmatian port of Split). This was one of mnay allied commando exploits harassing the Germans in the Dalmatian islands In recent months. A A ; The commando, Lt Bernard James Barton, 23, of Hastings, Sussex, was acocmpanled by two partisan soldiers. Barton borrowed old ' civilian clothes and disguised himself with a mixture of mud and Dour, join ed the shepherd and helped him drive sheep into town past the patrols. The shepherd a early ruined the whole plan by slapping Barton on the back and shouting "bravo' when they, got past the patrols. '." f . A' A A : A 7 A: 1 ;! ; A; r r of Every Woman i The stertlinj story of a woman's stcrctloYC3-svctt with nmsic-brisht with color -tiled vith dszziinj scents! . ' : .,. ' - ; - ' - ' " - t . l .. .. . .v.- ' "t- J - . - . . '---. - , . r ' '"'"' ' COMPANION rSATUZl fit Trapped Japs Try to Break Allied Lines By RAY CRONIN 'AssocUted Press War Mltor Another major battle in the Pa cific war "area appeared to oe shaping up last night as Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported that Japanese V forces : trapped In - the Wewak sector, on - British New Guinea's north coast were trying to break through allied lines to the West -r.- . x' ,; ' i.-i-v'. . Opening skirmishes were fought on a battiefront 21 miles east of Aitape. The preliminary fighting appeared to indicate a determined Japanese effort to break through to Nippon bases. It is believed that about 43,000 Japanese soldiers of the 18th ar my are trapped in the area west of Wewak. General MacArthur also re ported widespread aerial hits in the southwest Pacific ranging from Timor to Bougainville and north to Palau. fv-vs-A- ' Intense action was reported from the Asiatic war theater. The Japanese registered a 23-mile Ad vance in China's Kwangtung prov ince but the Chinese held fast in the Hunan sector despite gas at tacks. . ;; -.: A A,, !A. '.v.:- Chinese quarters in Chungking, viewing .the Japanese drive from the Canton area, were revising their belief that the Hunan crisis war past The Japanese, trying to gain complete control of the Canton-Hankow railway, are now threatening Yingtak, : ; 70 . miles north of Canton and 190 miles south of the main Hunan battle front In Burma tyro Chinese armies Tcdznr tu rnm I U P. M. ft A TESSOXJ Inside Nasi Unes! ' ' U nth Eric Pcrtziaa tri rili Cilvert xzAis Jxhire ncrr Ilc-auz-. This gave th allies control of about 800 miles f the new Ledo land supply line to China. NO7 PLAYING! ; UICHAElYSIlEA AIHIE SHIRLEY rnr LOCKIIART. ' flirMM MWIIII ' ; f ssr waiait "i a;-ak ViaV.V a A- CO-FEATUKE t i A LAFF niOT! WfX-C THT HTT amLT - Opens f:iS P. M. - " NOW SHOWING 'll Tyrone Poncr A Lisaa Dean Jagger ... . i:. ." . f 'Drighan CO-FEATURE! A PRAIRIE THRILL-FESI SI5KT RIDING A.O SDC-CUTi GENE AUTRY SnillT IUIMETTE TESHS OF NORTHWEST , MOUNTED" 3TirTnriH : r - OPENS :45 JP. - NOW PLAYING! I i fit : " Tsar! , O CO-FEATUTJS O True pictures of o bomber's) Ilia orer Eurcyel FUntd la technlcolael : i ' v :,'t : J i "THE 1 1 7 T H" mi ' i I ill M l - A I Salpaa '- Invasion News! j It i :. . f hi , A-'' A. ta, Ga. - I with nui-iieaaed campaigns.