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Caen Pays
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A section of the French city of Caen, In ruins, testifies to the strength of the silled steamroller In Eu
rope, and the cost In destruction to a French city the .Germans chose to defend to the last. Stand
ing In the background Is the 14th century, church of St. Pierre. (AP Wlrephoto) i j
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' Heavy German concentration are the targets for this American Xong Tom" being fired by British
' gnnners southwest of Tilly, France. This Is a British official photo. (AP Wlrephoto t!a signal corps
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.CarmeUa JabUnskl (right) rashes p to her husband. Joseph (cen-
.. ter) to say goodbye after he was brought from Chicago's Max-
L well street police station for return to JoUet penitentiary, by- LI
Andrew Stash (left) of the prison. Jablanski was arrested after.
.? 'according to Police Captain-Loois CappareDI, Mrs. Jablanski told
them her husband escaped In 1935- while serving a life term, for
"mrder. (AP Wlrephoto) : - : -. .. .
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Tliumbiiail of
War Fronts! (
By the Associated Press
Russian front As soviet forces
punch ' to within eight miles of
East Prussia, the -German com
mand - announces a tremendous
new" red offensive under way in
southern Poland.? - i
Invasion ''front .- Americans
smash -into' outskirts of Lessay and
German - broadcasts predict early
British-Canadian drive from Caen
sector. ; , - 'I-'--
Italian front .Yanks advance
along 15-mile front, bring Iivorno
under artillery range. :
Pacific Adm. Raymond A.
Sprague's warships join Vice Adm.
Marc A. Mitscher's carrier groups
in blasting of Guam. .
Southeast Asia -'Japanese re
treat from India's; Mahipur hills.
Japanese , propaganda "broadcast
from Singapore announces exe
cution of captured pilots of "Amer
ican Superfortresses, . ' " . j
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Robots Again
Strike London
LONDON, July lfr-AVAlerts
were sounded- la the London
area early - today breaking the.
flying bomb lull enjoyed the
preceding fire nights.
Some bombs dropped In sooth-'
era England, ranting some eas--.
aaltles and property damage.
LONDON, July, 15-m-A fresh
flurry of flying bombs looped into
the-London area ' and southern
England today, one of them
smashing several buildings, bury
ing a number i of people $ in the
wreckage and inflicting casualties.
Rescue work was so efficient
and swift that only one person was
killed in the collapse of the build
ing. J
Minister of Health Henry U.
Willink disclosed that the "biggest
and most speedy evacuation of any
of the war"1 hat (sccurred in Lon
don because of the flying bomb
menace. Of 207,168 persons reg
istered for evacuation, : 152,652
were taken away under the pro
gram in the 13 days ended Friday.
Tens of .thousands of other Lon
doners have left, the city without
official aid." ,i. .
Ens. Billy Hudson
Lost in Action
". Ensign', EUlr Itudson, USN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Hudson,
Post Falls; Idaho, has been lost in
action according to information re
ceived by Mrs j Floyd Majors.
" The-, Hudson .family A formerly
lived south, of P.osedalet and at
tended school at Ankney snd later
Post Falls,' Ida., hi-h. school and
Spokane Bibla college. I.Irs. Kei'Ji
Majors is bis siUr. ' . I '
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OREGON STATESMAltV Safera.;
Nevi l)rivcj Is
Laimclied by
Red' Armies;
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Grodno, which, already was in the
process of being outflanked from
the southwest
Towns Captoj-ed
In their drive to - the i Niemen
river north j and. northwest of
Grodno, the Russians J listed icap-
ture of the river towns
of Druskie-
nikl, Sondura, Privalka - E and
Gozdno, the letter only eaht miles
from the SuWalki border ftnd nine
miles above 6rodno.. Crossing the
river at that oint woiild jut them
even neater German sofl. J
, Some ?0 rhiles soujth, in their
drive towardl Blalystok, the Rus-
sians reported they
crossed f the
Rosa river and seized numerous
towns north of Wolkowysk and
west and southwest of Slonim.
Eaoipment Seised
, The midnight Russian supple
mental communique s at i d that
5000 Germans werej killed ! and
500 captured in : the! seizure of
Opochkaj that the German garri
son at AlytuJ was wiped out, and
that 200ft Germans jwere killed
in successes Scored north! of Wol
kowysk. !Huge quantities of nazi
equipment also were! captured, it
dd. ! ' f. i :
Soviet! airinen blasted seven
German trainj and left jlairge' oil
stores exploding in ridsjon Kob
ryn and. Yaiuvr wekt 6f failed
Pinsk, and Qso blew up loaded
freight - cars ; at Daugavpils, ! the
bulletin saulf
YaniiS Bring j ?
Livorho Into
Artillery Range
ROMli . July 15 -i()-f Dough
boys brough
the great port of
Livorno 1 (Leghorn) Into; artillery
range from (the mountain posi
tions three and one-halt miles
away today and in a sweep along
a Za-mile zront occupied ail un
portant .heights nine miles from
the Arno rivfer guarcung! Florence
and Pisi.'.. 'r1 ; I ' - i '.'4.-. f !
It appeared that pLivorno, po
tential base If or a crand assault'
on the Qothid line above! Florence;
and Pisa, could not be held much;
longer by the battered: German
14th army, now in full retreat.?
Advances were general along
the 160-Jmile front except - in. the
center, where! British Eighth army
artillery! wai banging away at
the bottleneck Olmoj pass barring
the way' to Arezzo. This highway,
center on the road to Florence;
was in sight pf advance elements.
German positions south of the
Arno appeared hopeless, and it
was possible the enjemy's retreat
would not halt until he had drawn
back as! much as 15 miles at some
points to the heights! north east of
Pisa across "the Amix I -"rf i;f .
Doughboys following; the with4
drawal i moved ud ithe coast to
within three and one-half miles of
Iivorno at one point last night i
There was is possibility the fifth
army, might (postpone occupation
of the big port until the! enemy is
cleared ffromf high ground north
east of Pisa, from which German
guns could lob shells into Livorno
and make the: use of its docks! dif
ficult I 1
Bombs Hinder;
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Exchange of !
War Internees
IRUN, Spain, July lSfOPHGert
mans admitted today that because
of badly disrupted! rait lines in
France they! may ;be unable to
bring three ftrainloads pf British
refugees to I the French-Spanish
frontier for Britisli-German. ex
change of interned! nationals, i i (
The fthreet train carrying 800
British civilians and war prison
ers from Germanr Iwere due here
last Tuesdajf en ruta to Lisbon,
for exchange with ; Germans ' who
arrived there aboard h liner
Drottingholni'July ll, but the on
ly information here! was! that they
were "somewhere j eas' . of ..Bor
deaux. .-T. .J "-:- J;.'-! j
A nazi official admitted French
underground sabotage and allied
bombs had Jso smashed ' railroad
and highway communications - In
southern France that it might be
Impossible t get the allied civil
ians and wounded; war! prisoners
to Irun. .,;, v. ..;
He hinted! the Germans would
EIop iGroucx.
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Employees, both harvest help and steady hands. Check these
rates with your present cost, v- 1 ; .
Oar Farmer's Clanket liability In en policy covers year com
plete operation jf the hop yards and farm.
Phone $ write for exact Rotation, Ne.otlljration.
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tow oat of battle range a landing craft disabled by Japaaeae mor-
tar .fire as It sped toward the beach at Salpaa. On the short at
: right of the strkkea vessel the actios still continues.
ed Japs
In New Guinea
rouping
ADVANCEDf ALLIED HEAIjl
QUARTERS, NeV" Guinea, ' Suni
day, July lorVFighting -continues
in the Drimumdr river val
ley, 21 miles j east of Aitape In
British New l Guinea, but the
trapped . 18th Japanese imperial
army has not renewed its attempt
to break, through allied encircle
ment, headquarters announced
today. ' .1 , .
Bardly mauled in heavy fight
ing which followed the initial at
tack'on strong allied positions, the
Japanese apparently are regroup
ing 'their main forces for another
effort to escape starvation.
Allied cruisers and destroyers
shelled enemy positions 'in the
valley Thursday. Attack planes
and fighters harassed halted Nip
ponese columns the same day. "
American ground forces still
were in contact with the "Japan
ese, and there was some fighting.
Mortars and rifles played the ma
jor part on I the jungle-choked
battlefield.' -..J"',, Ur
The Nipponese made some pro
gress in their initial attack, which
began Wednesday, crossing "the
Driniumor, but a spokesman, said
the advance was not strategically
important.. h;-:
Today's communique reported.
The enemy has not renewed his
unsuccessful j attempts : to thrust
forward with his advance ele
ments in the Driniumor river val
ley." j
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One-Time Indian Foe
Notes 101st Birthday ;
FOREST GROVE, Ore, July 15
(TPV-James W. Smith, one-time
army scout and Indian fighter
who observed his 101st birthday
here " this - week, recalled today
that he received $13 a month
while in the j army back in 1864
And as a member of Olney's Ore
gon cavalry company, he ranged
as far east as the Ohio river.
Maybe Appendicitis Is
Contagious, After All
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.
July - 15-(iF-Pfc Jack.-.. Bundy,
Kansas City,! KaV, .went; to Peter
son Field hospital .with appendi
citis. : The next day; r hisu friend,
Capt Bernie Clark, Nevf W York,
visited him. The second day Clark
went to the ! hospital - again with
appendicitis. t
not spare- the-oops necessary to
cigar; the way for the exchange
trains, even though they realized
the delay already was clear, con
firmation that the Germans were
by no means undisputed masters
of southern 1 France.'
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Then there's that patriotic po-
liceman who has been extra busy
fUling" fhe Jail since he read the
sign in the gas company window:
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Portland Golfers f
Enter PGA Meet !
PORTLAND Ore., July' 15-P)
-Three Portland golf professionals.
Ted Longworth of Waverley, Lar
ry Lamberger of Portland Golf
club and Joe Mozel of Lloyd's w&l
compete at Tacoma Monday in the
sectional qualifying meet for the
national PGA tournament Aug
ust 14-17 in Spokane. 1 I
Russia Believed Certain
To Enter Security Plan;
WASHINGTON, July 15 -(JP)
Russia is understood to have ac
cepted In principle the American
invitation for an exploratory con
ference as soon as possible on set
ting up a world security agency.
Britain and China previously bad
indicated their acceptance.
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FOR ESSENTIAL
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Salem Area
Men Listed
As Casualties
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Charles Cooper, has been notified
by the navy department. He
served two years in the south Pa
cific with. the. marines. .
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SL SeL "Alex HL Schmidt; 24,
died of wounds received at . Biak
island. 'June :14, according . to in
formation from, the war ; depart
ment received by his wife, Norma
Stabbe Schmidt, 1010 Oak street.
Sgt. Schrnidt andiis brother, Pfe.
William -Schmidt, "were members
of Co. B,. which went from Salem
to September 1940. They had been
together through-much -of the ac
tion in.the south Pacific y.f:
Besides the widow a four year
old daughter, Joan; a brother and
five sisters survive. They are Chris
Schmidt and Mrs." John" Metcalfe,
Turner; - Mrs. ; James ' Uebelman,
Mrs.V Otto Hoppe, Salem; Mrs
George Slyter, : Seaside; and Mrs.
Ed. Ricks, Jefferson. Mrs. Kath-
erine Schmidt of Liberty is - an
aunt. i. - . .
Mrs. Schmidt and - daughter,
Joan, were on the way home from
Maddock? North Dakota -when the
messagercim the war department
was received. They are now In Sa
lem. - "... -".').
Sgt. Schmidt was fheson of the
late Mr. and Mrs. ;Alex Schmidt of
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ItNSlMns
Monetary Fund
Plans 0111 v
By DONALD KOVACIC
BRETTON WOODS, NH, July
15 -C5)- The United Nations mon
etary conference laid before the
world tonight plans for the crea
tion of, an $8,800,000,000 postwar
"prosperity,', fund. ';. :
: .Treasury Secretary. Morgen
thau, announcing to a thrice-delayed
' press conference that a
monetary fund , "has been born,"
described, the conference action as
"an omen of the international co
operation we may expect when
we . sjt around 'the peace table."
The fund, designed to stabilize
world, .currencies and promote
trade, .would call for the United
States to invest $2,750,000,000,!
Great Britain . $1,300,000,000 and
Russia $100,000,000.
Each of the 44 nations repre
sented here must decide by legis
lative action whether to partici
pate' In the fund and a companion
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All tlfjns Indicate that more
pscpfo co to Chsvrolst dsc!srs
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'for service than to cny other
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dealer organization;, and that
means people are convinced
ithct Chevrolet dealers ero
THU CII5 Ciavrolel ts producing o trr.Ud number of pew ;
m f -r trucks for essential civilian users yo9f
USERS Ch.vroltt doalar for cempisto informotron;
nriect $10XC3,CCa,CC3 world
bank for reconstruction and de
velopmentto be announced be
fore the conference adjourns next
Wednesday. -
The conference action came at a
day-long session of Its monetary
fund commission and followed an
eleventh hour reply from Russia
acceding to ? Anglo-American de
termination to oppose concessions
for war-devastated areas. 4 '
750 Heavies
Blast Ploesti ,
Oil Refineries
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tation targets, the planes bombed
an ammunition dump, a large fac
tory, two power stations, an air
drome and flaktower and left four
oil storage tanks burning.
- RAF coastal command planes
caught a nine-ship enemy. convoy
off the Norwegian coast before
darkness last. night and blew up
one merchantman and left, the oth
ers either burning or damaged,
the air ministry announced.
Indicating a possibility that the
Kussian air lorce was juuuus iu
a night allied air offensive, the
German radio warned at midnight
that I enemy j planes, were over
East Prussia as well as western
Gerinany.!-:.: ; ' ;!'!'
Visible - 2 Miles - :
In the Ploesti bombing,' return
ing fliers said their bombs raised
smoke columns 20,000 ' feet high
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and visible 100 miles away.
Supreme headquarters said the
weather over France wak so bad
that it would go down in," inva
sion history! as the worst ever.
Less than 50 'sorties had been
flown by noon . and these were
routine photo reconnaissance and
patrol sweeps. ,
Benton-Lincoln. Fpwer
Plans iNew Line
LEBANON, Ore,, July
The Benton-Ltncoln Electric Co
operative vfill : start! immediately
to obtain rights-of-wa fora "37
mile power ! line to serve farmers
of - the Berlin," McDowell Creek
and South Lacomb areas, Mana
ger Guy Thomas announced to
day.! I : ' '' 4 "
Trrigatioh District v
Using , Storage Water
REDMOND, July 15 The
Central Oregon irrigation district
has started; to draw on .storage
water, O. E. Anderson, mainten
ance superintendent,, said today.
The district has 15,000 acre-feet
stored at Crane Iralrie . dam....
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