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Latvia in Kew
22-Mile Gain
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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.
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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
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! 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
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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
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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
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To Enforce a
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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
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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 -
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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.'.
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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.
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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
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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
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woman's stcrctloYC3-svctt
with nmsic-brisht with color
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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
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