S ' t . t 4 . ' ! I i " ' ' ' . . ' : .
Vealhcr :--:.-
llaxdnam tenipcrxtsre
Friday 91 decrees; minimum
2: a rain; rtver -3 ft. 3 in.
' Oregon: Fair today and to
morrow except for low
clouds oa the coast and scat
tered thunder storms over
mountains in the southern
portion. Warmer Sunday.
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I think it might be well to put
1 down in simple calendar style the
schedule and facts about ballots
for men and women in service.
As worked out at e, conference of
state officials and county clerks
at a meeting in the capital this
- week the plan is as follows:
General Election Ballots
.' Of Counties r
Sept. 22: Closing datL for nomi-
, nations to public office. Clerks
certify ballot forms for printers.
Sept 23: Printers complete
printing of ballots as rapidly as
possible.: County clerks mail'same
to service men or others eligible
who have requested same.
Oct. 21: Last day requests for
absentee county ballots may be
filled by county clerks. - -
1 Not. 7:vElection day. Absentee
ballot must be in hands of coun-
ty clerk so he can turn it over
- to precinct election boards for
counting on election dav. Absen-
. . tee ballots should be in , clerk's
. hands by Nov. 1st of 2nd to be
safe. .
. Federal Ballot
The federal law provides fora
: federal ballot which men and
: women in service may vote under
certain conditions. .This ballot lists
only: national offices: .'president
and vice president and their .elec
tors; senators and ,
(Continued on Editorial Page)
Pastille Day j
Observed by
Free French
! By BOG 31 D. GREENE
ON THE BRITISH FRONT IN
FRANCE, July 14 -(P)- In shell
torn churches and cathedrals, the
devout people of liberated Nor
mandy celebrated Bastille day to
day with prayers of thanksgiving
for their . deliverance fronjfour
I harsh and bitter years of German
rule. ; " . .
, , It was the first time since 1940
r when the. Germans swept into
i. France that they had '. been able
to celebrate the . French l national
-; holiday without threat of death
; from . their nasi overlords. f
But under the Germans on
'' Bastille oay we did not forget we
once were a free.; people," said
Madame X, aaLondonborn
Frenchwoman from - Caen. We
had . our- little tricks. In , shop
windows butchers would neatly
; display a little piece of red meat
with a piece of white fat and. a
piece of blue heart Other Shop-
keepers did similarly with what
they had. Always a row of some
' red, white a1! blue objects, and
, viola, there was the tri-color.w
' Madame X may not be other
wise identified, but Joseph Pen-
: nell, New York artist, may be in
terested to know that his . god
daughter, her husband and small
son are alive and well in CreuIIy
today. ;
Lt. Huffman Dies
Over Denmark
STAYTON, July 14-Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Huffman have received
official notification that their son
Lt Billie Huffman, 24, was killed
in action over Denmark when his
plane went down. He had been re
ported as missing February 20.
Lt. Huffman was born at On
tario, Ore., April 8, 1920, and
graduated from Baker high school
in 1838. He enlisted in April of
1842' and received training at
Texas, : South Dakota, Idaho,
Washington and Oregon fields. He
was married - to Betty Gano of
Seattle on June 2, 1943,
Local Money for
Paralysis Victims
The Marion county chapter of
the Infantile Paralysis commit
tee, meeting Friday appropriated
$2769 from the funds in the trea
sury, raised from the March i of
Dimes, I President's ball and ath
letic events in the past few years.
Of this amount $1000 was de
signated for the Shrine Hospital,
and $1769 for private bills for In
fantile paralysis victims in Mar
ion county.' Of the latter portion,
$734 will go as a donation to the
Crippled Child service of the Ore
gon Medical association. j
The meeting was a special one,
called by the chairman, Dr. W. J.
Stone. The group adopted changes
in the by-laws as proposed by the
national office. .-
The session, held at the Golden
Pheasant, was attended by 11 of
the 14 committee members.
Picks 460 Pounds
Of Qiemes in Day ;
MONMOUTH, July 14 Mrs.
Gordon Nelson is believed to be
the champion woman cherry pick
er in Monmouth area this season.
Che picked, 463 pounds in one day,
which at four cents per pound net
ted her a. wage ,of $18.40. She
5 icked the tops of the trees while
cr two children picked the lower
! --r:vcs. TI y rkked at the D. A.
: tnhciJ r:cr town.
NHlETY-rOUBTH YEAH
1st A
Adv ces
3ies - -
US Forces Take
13 French Towns
In Drive South
By JAMES M. LONG '
w" .SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Saturday, July , lf-W-The
American 1st Army pushed
south today with gains up to three
miles, took 13 French towns, pin
ned down the ' coastal stronghold
of, Lessay with artiU'ery fire, and
hurled back , the stubborn enemy
in the center with a '. blow,. that
menaced the big lateral road link
ing up the ' German , front '. -
"The whole US army front from
St Lo to the sea is on the move,"
said supreme headquarters, and
the night communique v declared
salients had been driven' into, en
emy defenses before the Lessay
St Lo road. . Some of these posi
tions were - less than two cTes
from the highway. ' .-y.
The communique located the
gains on both sides of the Taute
river, below Auxais, from-2 V to
miles from the . highway, and
front dispatches presumably based
on later information, placed van
guards within two miles in fight
ing farther east . -HV-Would
Outflank U.'l'-y'''t
Stalled before St Lo, the Am
ericans began sweeping - around
to the north,' and supreme head
quarters said one thrust - carried
to the outskirts of Le Mesnil Du-
rand, 3V4 mOes 1 northwest .
The biggest gains came north
west of Lessay, where doughboys
sped three miles south and cap
tured St. Germain-Sur-Ay, " Les
say'a harbor. Germans on a spit
of land jutting out 2 M. miles west
had ' escaped the trap : and s fled
acrcos the Ay river. . - -
Closing . in , from the ' north.
where Americans : $n.eauvaisj
less than ' two miles away, . were
firing into Lessay, other : troops
seized Laulne, threemiles north
east of the coastal anchor.-.
(A German : Transocean News
. (Continued on Page 2) ' ;
Post-WarPlan
Needed for Far
West Maverick '
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14HD
-Maury Maverick, chairman of
the smaller war- plants corpora
tion, told the Commonwealth club
today the far west should have
"one ' great ' reconversion ' plan
and that postwar plans from cen
tral Mexico to 'Alaska should tie
into it , - -
-In the plan, he said, small bus
iness should be ' helped 'by loans
of the federal housing type, by
getting first shot at reconversion,
by prompt settlement of war con
tracts, by chances to buy parcels
of the great war plants," by gov
ernment research and technical
assistance, and by a tax program
designed to encourage new and
small businesses. f '-.--:-'
"Probably , most important of
aH," the former Texas congress
man said, "is revision of tax laws
so as to encourage the formation
of new businesses."
The nation, he said, "has a 50
billion dollar building; backlog.
probably two to three billion of
it on this coast"
Stayton Bean Fete .
To Be August 1-5
5TAXTUH, July 14 The an
nual bean festival will be held
August 1 to 5. It will be featured
by a carnival and concessions and
a "tennis court" dance. '
nans lor tne festival r were
made at the meeting of directors
of the Santiam Bean Festival as
sociation this week. 1
Those .' attending ; the meeting
were Irvin Parberry, president;
Mrs. JL J. Belt, John Christenseh,
Lindsay Wright and Lorraine
Brown, secretary.
Fire Control Better, Blister
Rust Worse, Says Lyle Watts
SPOKANE, July 14 -(iT)- Lyle
F. Watts, chief federal forester in
an address here today expressed
gratification over the absence of
new burns in Inland Empire for
ests, but he said he was concern
ed over blister rust and also over
the cutting of too much second
growth timber by some small mills
thus robbing the future. " ' ;
Watts complimented Potlatch
Forests, Inc of Lewis ton, Idaho,
for its selective cutting practices
in Clearwater county.
However, he said he was "ir.cst
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First Marine DivisionReturm Home
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Members ef the famed First marine division, nearly 3019 strong, line
arrival at Sam Diego after It saoetha away from home. They were
warfare and had participated
ter campaigns.' (Al Wlre'phote
Evacuees Find
No Shelter :
From Robots
LONDON, Saturday, July 1 5
W) -1 The Germans ; sent flying
bombs over the Southern counties
during the' night, causing: addi
tional damage and casualties, it
was announced today, but lor the
fifth night in a row no mention
was made of any falling in Lon
don. v , ' - - -
With 'evacuation j of London
greater-' than - even during the
1940-41 blitz, a serious situation
developed today in finding refuge
for women and- children, and
scores have returned to the' capi
tal . after f being ' turned away in
safe area!. - . -. '
Hardships .faced by evacuees
are drajwlng more attention in the
morning press than the bombs
themselves, and charges of profit
eering are coming from several
districts. i. t
Kelactant to Open Homes
While the proportion of strand
ed ; among the estimated r 169,000
evacuees was comparatively small,
the government may be forced to
crack down on those reluctant to
open their homes, especially for
mothers and babies.. i
And to public clamor for more
information about counter - mea
sures against the bombs, Home
Secretary Herbert Morrison warn-?
ed yesterday that the ordeal lis
not over by a long shot - ; I.
In -the -holiday town of Black
pool, first steps are - being taken
to - prosecute " eight householders
for refusing to accept evacuees.
May Use Army Camps . . . '
i;: At the resort of Torquay scarce
ly any accommodation has been
offered for 550 mothers, children
and expectant mothers .who ar
rived last night '
Authorities intimated that : if
homes were not 'opened within
24 hours; complsory powers would
be i used Meanwhile, evacuees
were housed and fed in schools.
-There was a Possibility, that
army camps vacated by invasion
troops might be opened. Minister
of health officials said negotia
tions had begun 'with the war of
fice, "but no suitable camps are
available yet" " ? - ' . v
Five GoTernors lo
Discuss Northwest i
Five -states will be represented
by , their; governors at a meeting
of the Northwest States Develop
ment y association 'in' ' Portland,
August II and 12, Gov. Earl Snell
announced Friday.
Irrigation, reclamation, power,
flood control, foreign trade, post'
war recreation and other, prob
lems will be discussed by the chief
executives of Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho,: Montana and Wyo
ming, i . " ' "
deeply concerned about blister
rust We have not by any means
cotten on top with blister rust
control, t " - ' ' . '.
He also expressed "shock"
the "rather ; startling absence
saw timber in areas north
Clarkia in Iiiaho." :
at
of
of
; Watts expressed gratification at
progress in reforestation in burn
ed areas and cut-over lands and
said absence of new burns was
evidence i that "we have gotten
somewhere in the control of for
est fires."
SI
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.vVrf' -vimS
X
,
in the' Guadalcanal,
Talart Garata,
from marine i corps.)
Salem CannerV
Wind ttAw. Award
i SAN FBAN CISCO, July ,14-
C W. SmitH, regional food dis
tribution director, said today the
war food f admmiatrauctn had
awarded ,"Al distiiictioh ttoj 'nine
western! canneries for processing
achievement i . . ' -, -
Plants! - which may . hoist the
WFA blue and green .flag and
decorate employes with j official
honor pins included: '
Oregci-Libby, McNeill: it Uh-
by, Portland; pPanloa; Br4 Salem."
HitlerCeeps
Tight Control;
By sDON WHITEHEAD
WITH 'THE: AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE,! July 14-(flVAdolf
Hitler li making strong effort
to gain bolitifal as well as mili
tary control o the German army
with apppintnent of political com
misars whose iduties4arc to indoc
trinate tloopsjwith his theories of
aauonai socialism ana . suppress
any disctmteni withj the pari re
gime or she course fof the jwar.'
: Under fa plan already operative,
every company commander in the
army must become not only a mili
tary leader othis men in the field
but also jan instructor responsible
to the commissar forithe education
of Jiis trops for nazism.
1 This -as disclosed today in a
remarkable captured ! enemy docu
ment which jwas distributed to
company commanders throughout
the Genhan jiray Upon appoint
ment of the nazi commisars. r,
With evenr ibattalibn there was
su posed o beja Fuehrungoffizier;
or "guiding bfkicer," !to loik after
the interests of Hitler and! the na
tional socialist; party; by supervis
ing organization1 of nazi "cells"
within each company
Each company . commander " is
under orders by thej eommisar to
biiild a staff of loyal partjr mem
bers wh will help nim strength
en the national socialism- attitude
of all the meh in his company."
And it is his 'responsibility along
with those men he selects as his
chosen aides to be bearers of "pro
pagandist ideals of our fuehrer.
Oregon May Join
In Tesi Suit on
Common tropertvlLaw
f Study pf thjfc wanmimity prop
erty law! test
suit In Oklahoma
with a view
urged : upon
to intervention was
f Attorney General
George Neuner
Earl SneS. ; I
today by Gov.
Under Ibothf the Oregon com
munity properly law and that of
Oklahoma, frqra which j Oregon's
statute wks largely ccpied-a man
and wife; may file separate; fed'
eral income Ux returns. I f - -
' The Oklahoma law h a s been
Upheld by an Oklahoma court and
the couri of appeals at Denver,
Colo., - and is !now on appeal to
the US siipreme court .
Portland Airman
Gets Gernian Plane
.' LONDON, July 14HfHAmeri
can fighter pilots claiming de
struction bf enemy aircrafi in the
air in today'al fighting back of
the Normandy! front included Lt
Col. Thomas t. Hayes, jr., 4765
Southeast Division street - Port
land, Orei f !
Sala Oregon, Saturday Morciag; Jdy 15, IS
i
the rail ef their transport epos
first to see action la Pacific ground
Tamanbofo aed Cape Gloeeea-
Bobkrs Raid
Oil Refineries
est
- - By- HOWARD COWAN
LONDON, Saturday, July 15
(P) - British- heavy bombers at
tacked military; targets in '. occu
pied territory, -probably . France,
during the night while e force of
Mosquitos ranged into Germany,
it was announced officially today.
. The objectives; were not identi
fied . in the first announcement.
but earlier the German radio said
that raiders were over the Han
nover-Brunswick region of . the
reich). j i .- i - 1 ' . - '
By daylighi yesterday American
heavy "bombers from. Italy .'at
tacked four oil refineries and rail
ways in and near. Budapest at, the
worst weather in weeks held oper
ations from Britain, to no more
than 1000 sorties. -j . ; -
RAF Lancasters with fighter es
cort attacked the flying bomb in
stallations in northern France yes
terday afternoon without loss and
small force of Liberator-heavy
bombers follow ed Pathfinder
planes to Amiens and bombed that
Somme river rail center by in
strument" -i n 1
Approximately 50 fighter-bomb
ers harassed rail lines back of the
Normandy front, engaged about
50 German fighters, and shot down
six for a loss of four. They dam
aged 50 freight cars and three
locomotives. - t " "
J In a continuation . of the steady
effort to destroy nazi oil supplies
and communications, between 250
and 500 of the - Mediterranean
forces', heavy bombers, accompa
nied by ah escort of Lightnings
and Mustangs, hit the Fanto, Shell
Koolaz and Hungary -Petroleum
company refineries outside Bud
pest, and the Petfurdo refinery
five miles to the southwest. -"..;
The' only reported air activity
during the night besides the usual
mine-laying was an RAF Mosquito
attack on . Germany's industrial
Ruhr, 4 the third such successive
night assault, made without loss.
Wallace uAble
Man," Says FDR
NEW YORK, July l-iP)-Pres-ident
Roosevelt has written to
democratic national . chairman
Robert Hannegan expressing per
sonal 1 preference for Henry A.
Wallace as the democratic nomi
nee for vice-president the New
York post said it had learned to
day. ! "
Hannegan is expected to make
the letter public in, Chicago, but
it is uncertain whether be will do
so before the democratic national
convention meets . Wednesday, a
dispatch from the Post's Wash
ington correspondent said.
The paper said democratic lead
era understood -' the president
wrote Hannegan that he did not
wish to -dictate" the choice of his
running mate, but that Wallace
"is an able man and the president
would like to see him renominat
ed." .... :'-'
Canada to Supply
Britons ilh Deef v
OTTAWA, July 14 Agri
culture ' Minister: : J.' S. Gardiner
announced today in the house of
commons that negotiations have
been completed for a contract to
supply the United -Kingdom wilh
a minimum of 1C0,CCD,C00 pounds
of beef during the two-year r
riod 1344 and 1213.
NearBiidap
11
.Hard In
M. 'Guinea
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Superior Forces
Cut Through US
Lines at ;Aitape
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
Superior numbers of i trapped
Japanese broke through American
lines in the swampy jungles of
northern New Guinea, Gen. Doug
las MacArthur announced Friday.
American outposts resisted so
fiercely in the bitterest j fighting
of the long Nw Guinea campaign
that the attackers were forced, to
reorganize. :; ' . H ;'. :".
Fighting was confused. FJef
ments of both armies battled on
each side "of the Driniumor ' river
along which the United States de
fense; line ran. Fighting was with
in 21 miles of the main American
concentration at Aitape. Unpro
tected Nipponese in the rear were
pounded unmercifully by Ameri
can attack planes and bombers.
Sawar Air field Seised
Nearly 300 miles to the west
US Sixth army troops seized Sa
war air field without opposition
resistance suddenly collapsed
in the Maffin bay area of New
Guinea where the allied advance
had long been stalemated.
a xreignter loaded witn men
and - ammunition was sunk by
heavy - bombers - off I Halmahera
island, . about 300-. miles south, of
the Philippines, MacArthur's goat
-' Six -Japanese admirals have es
caped public disgrace by dying in
action in the last six weeks.
Ja Admiral KUle4 f - ;
Three were killed in j Nippon's
letting: 'battle for Saipan'. in the
southern' Marianas ' where ' Tokyo
radio reported yesterday an Amer
ican carrier ' task force 'attacked
G uam for the tenth:; straight day.
The persistent ' shelling and
bombing of Guamltmprecedent-
ed In the Pacific war C; i V
Tokyo radio claimed ' Japanese
plane,, flying from conquered US
air bases in China, wrecked 89
aircraft on, the Kweilin airdrome
Kweilin, one of the few remain
ing bases of the US 14th air force
(Continued on Page 2)
Nazi Prisoners :
Escape From Camp
DENVER, July 14r(ff)-The fed
eral bureau of investigation office
in Denver today reported the es
cape of two German prisoners of
war from the camp at Scottsbluff,
Neb., last night
The two were ' Karl i Tomolla,
41, a former bank clerk, in Cana
da, and .Wolfgang Karzer, 22, an
engineer. .Both" speak excellent
English, FBI agent H.' R. Duffey
said, t . - ' -
Tomolla was said to be five feet
seven inches tall, weigning be
tween; 158 and 17ft pounds. His
companion Is five feet three Inch
es tall and weighs between 140
and 160 'pounds. t ; : :
Both were wearing blue woolen
shirts, blue denim 1 trousers and
GI shoes. "
Nazi Fighters Ram
American Bombers
LONDON, July 14 -JF)- The
Berlin radio said tonight that se
lected German fighter, pilots now
were ramming American bombers
in suicidal efforts to down the big
ships.
Air; Minister Goering, said the
broadcast had sent a "letter of
appreciation to the luftwaffe as
sault squadrons which are ; new
special formations for the defense
of Germany against American
raiders. They (consist of airmen
whose homes were bombed out
and who now specialize in close
combat and ramming enemy aircraft"
Adm. Tom Gatch to Come Home
ForHonoraryDegreeFromWlJ
Thomas L. Gatch, . Salem boy
who became a rear admiral and
judge j advocate general 4 of the
United States nayy, will come
home to the capital city 'in Aug
ust to receive from; Willamette
university an honorary j doctorate
in law. -' . ' '- "-',
Gatch, who became famous as
ccrr.ander of "Eattleship X,"
later identified as the UES South
Dakota,durbs a part of its cut
standing performance in' the South
Pacific, wears the navy; cross..
That decoration -was presented
for his part in maneuvering the
battleship into position to protect
a covey cf carriers in his csre
Ballots May
Go to 40,000
Service Men
As many -as 40,000 requests
from service men , for overseas
ballots 'for the November election
may be received in Oregon.
This prediction, made by state
election officials here, has grown
out of the fact that approximate
ly 8000 requests for such ballots
have already arrived at the state
department and that considerable
publicity : is being , given among
overseas military; units to ' the
Oregon plan " for speedy ballot
service. . !. ,
Yanks Drive 5
Miles to Near
.By NOLAND NORGAARD ,
ROME, July 14-r(p)-Gennan rei
sistance to the advancing Ameri
cans on the Fifth -army front has
suddenly withdrawn, front - line.
dispatches reported tonight,' with
the doughboys making gains up to
five miles along most of the line
in'a bid to. enter the -big port of
Livorno (Leghorn)- -possibly this
weekend. ' . :i- 1
While hard-fighting French
troops celebrated Bastille day by
capturing the important communi
cations center of Poggibonsi, 21
miles southwest of Florence, .after
two days of combat In the out
skirts, the2 Americans were mov
ing up against enemy artillery fire
described as merely harassing, and
against small rear-guard groups of
eight to ten German riflemen. An
unsuccessful counter-attack by 80
Germans north of Castellina was
described as a comparatively big
action. In sharp contrast with the
yard-by-yard fighting advances of
the past fortnight '
Km Into Minefields '
In their thrust toward the Arno
river the Americans still were run
ning into minefields and demoli
tions, but the character f German
.opposition had weakened notice
ably during the day after, some
hard, dose combat yesterday.
- (A German broadcast said Pog
gibonsi. had been ' recaptured - by
German parachute troops in a sur
prise counter thrust today. There
was no confirmation from ! allied
sources.) -t;V A
Possession of Poggibonsi, situat
ed on the main highway between
Siena and Florence, gives the al
lies a major base from which to
drive directly on Florence as well
as down the Esa river valley to-
( Continued on Page 2) . s
Air Lines to Carry
Freight to West
NEW YORK, Saturday, July 15
Jfy-The first American Air Lines
sky freighter carrying 6720 pounds
of freight and mail, took off from
La Guardia field on a transcon
tinental flight at 12:45 a. ml to
day, i
The flight inaugurated the use
of three freight planes on :the
line's daily transcontinental cargo
service, which has ' been operat
ing since August, 1943, with passenger-
planes. - ; - ; vV -i .-'
The plane was scheduled to
stop in Memphis, Tenn, and Fort
Worth and El Paso, Tex., and to
arrive in Los Angeles tonight
The sky freighters were among
25 planes returned to American
Air Lines by the army and are
actually converted sky sleepers.
Boy Drowns in Fall
From Houseboat
PORTLAND, Ore July U)
Eight-year-old Victor L. Farmer
feU into the ; Willamette, river
from his houseboat home tonight
and drowned although his father,
VL HL Farmer, 1 recovered his
body within a 1 few minutes and
Portland firemen used a pulmo
tor for an hour. .. t rV' '
and for a severe neck wound he
received.
When the rear admiral, only re
cently elevated to the position as
top legal! advisor! for T the navy,
receives the Willamette degree he
will be tying his own . career in
with that of his grandfather, who
served the old university as pres
ident "' ; ''"' '
.Earlier plans for the awarding
of the degree in June were can
celled ty Gatch because of un
avoidable complications. President
G. Herbert Smith isstied the in
vitation for a later ceremony here
when he was in New York attend-L:-
the V-12 meeting last month.
Livorno
Uo 1C3
Soviets'
Take 315
Red Army Gets ?
Pinsk, Opochka
In Wide .Drive
By RUSSELL C. LANDSTROM
t LONDON, July 15-(P)-The red
army pushing westward along a
line less1 than 20 miles from East
Prussia, reported advances against
slowly stiffening German opposi
tion today all along the line from
the Latvian border region on the
north to the heart of old Poland
I on the south, with the . German
I redoubt of Pinsk, 100 miles east
l.of Brest Litovsk,! among more
than 31S towns listed captured.
Other outstanding captures of
the day as announced in the regu
lar midnight communique and two
orders of the day from Marshal
Stalin Included . Wolkoysk T and
SkideVon the approaches to Bialy
stok and Grodno In old Poland,
and the railway station of Opoch
ka, 24 miles east of the Latvian
obrder. ;"'';U'"-'-;h-'".-; .,:. -i- y
A German r. broadcast tonight
quoted a German high command
statement as saying Opochka wa
a key point in one of the "barrier
systems' holding back the - Rus
sian advance.- ' !v
Closer to East Prussia
Closest announced approach to
East Prussia was the capture of
Druskeniaf a railway town slightly
less than 20 miles eoutheast of the
Suwalki district that the Germans
ennexed to East Prussia in 1939,
(Continued on. Page 2)
Tito's Men
Crush Nazi ; ;
Offensives
LONDON, Wy 14--Marshal'
Tito's broadcast tfommunique said,
tonight a big "German 'offensive ,
against Albanian guerrillas had
been smashed with heavy nazi
losses, rr:f-- ) A-y ,
1 The broadcast, recorded by the
ministry of information, also said
Yugoslav partisans had destroyed
two, German garrisons and cap
tured much war material in 1 of
fensive operations in central and ;
western Bosnia, i : V :fJ; '
W In Albania, said the war bulletin
"a second German offensive which
Waa launched in May by 29,000 '
Germans and 7000 Albanian hire
ling' units has ended with enemy
forces withdrawing after suffer
ing heavy losses in men and ma-1.
teriat Partisans now are counter
attacking." Marshal Tito . also " reported
heavy fighting on broad front
uvSerbia."- ,! :':'' :
The Algiers radio broadcast that
troops of a London division now
were" fighting with Tito's Yugo
slav national army of liberation.
British Refugee " ; - -
Train Delayed J ,
IRAN, Spain, July 1 -(-Ger
man railway officials were forced
to admit today that did not know
the exact location bf three train-
loads of British refugees en route
to Lisbon to be exchanged for ap
proximately 800 Germans. '
It was apparent that Maquis
(French underground) leaders
who control the territory between
Bordeaux a n d Toulouse alone
could say when any of the; trains
would get through. The repatri
ates left Germany July 6 and aft
er they eventually reach Bordeaux
still will have a five-hour trip to
the border, where they will; board
Spanish trains. ; : :, k -.j';-V
The Swedish liner Drottingholm,
which arrived at Lisbon early this
week with the German exchanges,
had been scheduled to . start the
return trip to Britain yesterday.
Balloon's Flaming i
Liquid May Be "Secret"
LONDON, Saturday, July l5-(P)
A hint of a new German "secret
weapon" came today from the
Swedish radio which reported
"foreign" barrage balloon, with
a drum holding an inflammable
liquid ' and an explosive; charge
suspended from It had come down
in Sweden yesterday. -
Big Names All at
Farragut Center t -
FARRAGUT, Idaho, July 14-(Jpy-Tive
big names got together
in the outgoing unit barracks at
Farragut naval training center. -"
They were Eisenhauer, MacAr
thur Churchill, Dewey and Fuch-'
rer. ; . x
They're all seaman second claT
Prlc 5c
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