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Plaster Berlin
In Night Blow
k LONDOK, Tuesday. 'July
;' Swift BAP Mosquitos, capable of
' carrying two-ton blockbusters"
plastered Berlin with explosives
- last night after some ! 2009 US
'., heavy bombers and fighters had
; hammered German communica-
tions over a wide are In France
; yesterday. ' j .-v . v .-.v
- The raid on Berlin was first
!' announced by the German' radio
; and was confirmed later by an
r official . British announcement
, The Germans described the as
... '.'sault as a fnuisance raid," but
: the preliminary British announce-
ment gave no details.
The j daylight assault by , the
Americans ranged over ? wide
C arc around Paris and in southern
France. ':
These blows came as the Rus
. sians in the east disclosed that
their fighters had been attacking
targets in east Prussia, thus mak-
' ing a three-way. offensive against
the Germans. ! ''.i'-
! Most of the Fortresses and Lib
erators thundering against the
continent from Britain in. force
.. for the fifth time in seven days
' split into task forces and spread
havoc 'among enemy supply
routes, staging their deepest pene
tration of the campaign to isolate
the Normandy battle tone.
The rest of the big planes, how
ever, renewed their fight against
the robot raiders of southern -Eng-,
land, attacking supply dumps for
the flying bombs at Rilly La Mon-
: tigne about seven miles south of
: Reims, third storage point for the
winged projectiles' to be bit 'by
. the allied heavies.
FDRSdysHe
Would Vote
For Wallace
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expected to' bring into clearer fo
f 'cus the scrap that has been rag
' .ing around the vice presidential
; picking the one big issue of the
- convention. .
Dated July . 14 at Hyde Park,
NY, the letter said:
i, The White House :.
Washington
' My Dear Senator1' Jackson:
, In the light of the probability
: that you - will be chosen .perma
nent chairman of . the convention,
and because I know that many
' rumors .'accompany, all conven
- tions, I am wholly willing to give
you my -own . personal thought, in
. regard to the Election of a cen-
. didate for vke president I do
, this at this time because I expect
, to be away from Washington for
the next few days. 4
"The easiest way of putting it
is this: I have been associated with
Henry Wallace during his past
, lour years as vice president, for
! eight years earlier while he was
: secretary of agriculture, and well
before that. I like -him and I.re
r spect him, and he. is my personal
friend. For these reasons, I per
r aonally would vote for his reno
! mination if Lwere a delegate to
the convention. . ...
!v "At the same time, I. do not
i . wish to appear in any way as
e dictating to fee convention. Obvi
.j, ously the convention must do the
deciding. And it. should and I
:! am sure it wfll-give great con
:') sideration to the pros and cons
;, of Its choice.-"
,". "Very sincerely- yours,
!l (S) Franklin D. Roosevelt."
5 China Throws
Back Fresh
Jap Attacks
CHUNGKING, July 17 -P)-Fighting
bitterly.; with little hope
" for relief, encircled Chinese troops
in the Canton-Hankow rail Junc
y tion of Hengyang .have thrown
' back fresh : and heavy Japanese
attacks on the city, but at second
breakthrough has been made by
;. the enemy in attacks -from the
, soutnwest suburbs, ;the Chinese
, high command admitted tonight.
A communique said a ' strong
enemy force attacked in the sub
urbs last night and some stormed
through as far as the city' muni-!
- cipal hospital. ; The hospital "and
' other original Chinese 'positions
t were retaken In counterattacks;
-. tne bulletin said. . v
, . To the south in the Lieyang sec
- tor, the Chinese continued to at
tack, the communique said, but
from Chaling, about 60 miles east
of Hengyang, the Japanese launch-
. ed another drive yesterday morn'
V ing. This force reached "the north
shore of the Chaling river, above
Chaling, where it was attacked by
the Chinese and repulsed, the high
, command said. . i
Drowns in Blue Lake C
PORTLAND, July 17-(P-Ray
r.iond L Ungermann, 17, drowned
r in Elue lake near ;here yesterday
. when a canoe upset He could not
swim.
Cmfr"m Ty '
Marlon Herbert Buell. 82, at the
tMidrncs. 1360 Waller street, Monday,
July 17. Survived by wife. . Anna
Jtuell. Salem; .two daughters, Lena
P.uell. Salem, -and Mrs. Mary Wren.
Washout's. Wash.: one son, Herbert
Anson. Si!?m: a brother, Chrl- W,
Uuell, Jetterson; seven frsndchiiJren
iinl four crest erand children. , An
' nouncement of funersl arranfmentl
luer Irom Wai iter-Howell t uneral
Yanlts Find Smashed Jap Guns at
Heavy Japanese guns, never installed, were found wrecked en flat
apag barber, Salpan island,! by
fled bland in the Japanese enter
Farrell Seeks
Funds to Add
On Institutions
More important than a legisla
tive act to remove from the shoul
ders of relatives the burden of
paying for care of patients in
Oregon's state hospital and in
stitutions is a plan to make those
institutions physically capable of
caring for state wards. Secretary
of State Robert S. Farrell, jr, in
dicated Monday. ,
: Previously the secretary of state
had announced he would ask the
legislature to change the law
which requires families "of pa
tients and pupils in hospital and
schools to pay for their care when
finandaUy able.
Farrell declared he would' pro
pose to the state board of con
trol, probably at its next meeting,
that funds from relatives and oth
er sources paid in for support of
patients at the state hospital and
other Institutions be earmarked
for - building and. Improvements
and that other money be bor
rowed from the state land board
to make possible construction as
soon as possible.
Remodeling of the state hos
pital here to meet increasing de
mands, construction of two new
cell blocks at the state peniten
tiary, building of an intermediate
Institution . for teen ace inmates
of the prison and a stru&ure for
the criminal insane were listed by
Farrell as needed improvements.
with the state hospital an urgent
necessity. ...;.-v - . ' ; ;;
AU of the improvements Far
rell figures at less than $1,000,000.
Oregon now receives approxi
mately $223,000 annually from
relatives and estates of patients in
the hospitals for the insane and
state wards in some other institu
tions.
The secretary of state did not
say that the -earmarking of the
board and room" payments for
construction purposes would do
away with or delay his previous-
y-mentioned 1 request from the
legislature. , But he did indicate
that board funds would be repaid.
under this' plan, from such mon
ies, indicating. that the change in
system, might not be sought for
several years, if at all.
Allies Steadily
Drive Ahead
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Yank troops driving directly up
the west coast reached the edge of
Montenero, four miles from the
heart of Livorno, and drove the
enemy from Mt Magglore, four
and a half miles southeast of the
harbor. Eighteen miles inland an
other American column slashed
through the heavily defended town
of Capannoli in the Era valley
after repulsing a violent counter
attack by German tanks. T h 1
Yank - force -was but five and ;
half miles from the Arno river at
'point northeast of Livorno.
G.E. Montgomery New-
President 1 Moose A. Croup
' EUGENE, July 17 - Up) - G. E.
Montgomery, Hillsboro, today was
the president of the Oregon Moose
association. . - . ' .. : ,
He .was elected yesterday, suc
ceeding Ray Van Meter of Mer-
nU. Other officers named .were
Dr. All Swennes. Eueene. ' first
vice president; and A. E. Hedme,
Salem, second vice president
Fortland was selected as the
site' of the next annual convention.
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ring of islands. (International.) :
Water Street
Property Gpen
To Gravel Co.
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nection for Brooks avenue- with
the Pacific highway, the first such
link in nine blocks. 1
The city ' recorder was ! author
ized to call S400Q worth of 1936
and $13,000 worth of 1937 gen
eral fund, refunding bonds.
Two street-cleaning carts not in
use currently will not be loaned
o the city park board if street
committee recommendations ac
cepted i Monday night are fol
lowed. No reason, for the refusal
was given, but when the request
was made it ws understood that
the carts were out of use for the
duration only, ; , . : ; ;
An inventory of city property
was .asked by the property con
trol committee and approved by
the council. It la heeded to facili
tate shifting of equipment when
possible and to aid in providing
insurance coverage, 0Hara said.
The city audit, which ! contains
one general criticism was turned
over to the ways and .means com
mittee I for examination as to
bookkeeping suggestions." A dif
ference in ; the f estimated f out
standing taxes due the idty and
the figures on the county records
is considerable and should be cor
rected, the auditor declares. t "
Purchase of six fire hydrants
was autnorized. Cleasing or
number of ditches was authorized.
construction Of a. retaining wall
at 971 South 22nd street, and lay
ing of sewers Jn block 23 .of Yew
Park addition, with the provi
sion that most of. the work shall
be done when; money and mater
ials are available.. The ; recorder
was likewise? instructed; to no
tify residents fin the area of 14th
and Mill streets, and particularly
a cannery that no refuse: is to go
into the ditches there.
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Pacific Role ;
OTTAWA, July 17 It was
learned here jtoday that Air Min
ister C G. Power1 is preparing an
announcement which: will- dis
close a new roll for the Canadian
air force in the Pacific theatre.
The announcement may -disclose
that "air air mission already has
been sent to Australia for the pur
pose of making : preparations for
the establishment of ', Canadian
squadrons in ? that area I and also
possibly to make arrangements
for a flow of trainees from the
commonwealth air training plan
to the Pacific C i
It is understood there is a satur
ation of air crews" at British bases
and the allied high command now
feels that at least part of the out-
put of the big plan can be turned
oyer to the Pacific war. ;
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Salpan was the mast heavily fortl
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Batuestatisi
Pound Guam
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onn,r US outpost, of rer, a, one
of its greates prizes its west coast
port Apra, one of the finest bar
bora in the Pacific).
Hake Installations
"Gun emplacements and "other
defense installations on Guam is
land were heavily shelled by battle
shirfcnuanddesbttyersot
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gitud?U--date)r W tonights;
press release, ::, i -i
"Enemy shore batteries returned
sporadic fite but did no damage
to OUT surface shins! 11 i
This bombardment occured on
toe same dajr that carrier I planes
struck Guam's bivouac with rock-;
ets ana bombs, an attack reported
yesterday in a press : release.- : ;
Tordghfsi report i carried , the
Guam attains through ttie 13th
straight day! by saying that on July
Id latilT IwlaMi a44sfktt atliiJ
aircraft batteries, barracks andi a
radioi station with tocerary
oomos ana rockets at m cost ox one
dive bomber. j
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Nav j- Blast
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through the wrecked war-boom
community's as the. dead and jh4
juredl weref evacuated in a steady
stream of ambulances, i ,
A' 1 Berkeley motorist, ,M. ;F
Daye driving nearby, said ;a grea
Dou pi name snot iniOj me ciear
night' sky, jshooting up great cir
CK3 jot iignu inen jcame uc
thumping ound of fee explosion.
It was lik4 a clap of thunder !. 1
almost deafening. None of us had
any idea of what happened.' It j
Port Chicago was plunged into
darkness by the concussion; bam?
poring extrication jof the; dead;
the dying and the Wounded, one
eyewitnes kaid. The I town's : Amer
lean t Legion hall was j converted
into a hospital. X, M i ,
The Contra Costa aheriff s off
Cce, hrooting a telegraph-lineman
who witnessed fee explosion from
a mile away, said a; sheet of light
blazed across the sky followed in
stantly by two terrific blasts, ft ,-
This lent strength to reports
two ; ammunition ships; had ex
ploded.; ,..--..(
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HAVERFORD, Pa, July 1-V
Pauline Betz, Los Angeles, nation
al tennis j champion, made her
first competitive appearance here
today, defeating two opponents in
the opening round of fee 44th an
nual? Periftsylvaniai and eastern
states lawn tennis championship
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Big Advance
Against Nazis
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Daugavpils, and. the old Lithuan
ian capital of Kaunas, the Rus
sians refrained from giving spe
cific locations.
Holds Being Extended v '
t- iney annuuiiccu muj uut uicu
holds below: Kaunas - were .being
extended, with more than 20 towns
captured. They last were reported
10 miles southeast of Kaunas Sun
day. V . ! ;::,; ."i-::
I ' The Russians left no doubt of
their aims in that direction, how
ever, for; Moscow dispatches de
scribed them as less than 40 miles
from the original borders of East
Prussia and Jsald : the red army's
battle cry had become 0n to
;Konigsberg ; -i. (" :-:;'.v
t The Moscow radio said early
today that I Reichsmarshal Her
mann Goering had flown to Kon
' igsberg for crucial conferences .on
the defense of East Prussia. . ,
1410 Townr Captured .
More-thai 410 towns and vil
lages were captured in Monday's
drives, ; said the . broadcast com
munique recorded by the. Soviet
monitor while front-line fighter
planes swooped over East Prussia
in strafing f attacks which gave
that Junkers homeland a bitter
foretaste of Invasion. ,
Previously - the Russians have
been reported 'at:. the borders , of
the; Suwalki district annexed to
East Prussia in 1939 and within
40 to 45 , miles of the- original
reich's frontiers but late Moscow
dispatches said in some sectors the
I advance had gone much nearer.
Konigsberg, chief East Prussian
city, was about 140 miles -distant
as the Russians approached, from
but the Germans
appeared sfiU unable to stem the
.ivance erf even upset the'Soviet
--m,, ThT krnuffht im freah
I divisions straight from Germany
Ua tnaV a! desnerat last stand.
I K,,t th Bussian aald these far-
ma tions were being smashed down
I m the same manner as the nazi
I armies they have been ripping
armies they have been
apart since June 23.
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WASHINGTON, July 17-)-
The German air force has been
driven to a kind of desperate
guerrilla air warfare, Assistant
War Secretary Lovett said today,
but may yet be able to return to
full scale iaction as a first class
war machine.
Stressing the recuperative .pow
er of German industry, Lovett
told a press conference he was
unable to understand "the amaz
ing wave of reasonless optimism
of some quarters back here.'
"Some people ask me whether
the war win be long or short,"
said Lovett, assistant secretary for
air who has just returned from
Britain and Normandy.
"I haven't the faintest idea,
but I'm convinced it is going to
be a darned sight longer than
1 anybody back home, except the
military command, thinks it Is.1
Last Times Today!
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men the Roll Is Called fUp
Yonder . , j
Tn one of ' Salem's, large and
dignified churches the minister's
custom of calling attention to .the
nresence. in the congregation of
prominent personages , considera
bly lowered tne lemperamrc v
hot Sunday morning! i :
TOMvine. asked several personi to
rise and shine, fee good clergy
man reached "'the 'climax of his
morning - pastoral in some such
terms as these: ; 1 - '
Now, X am told that Governor :
Sprague the BEST governor,
Oregon ever had is in the bal
cony. He's in the balcony wear
ing a grey suit, I understand'
Governor Sprague ..'...
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The gentleman who whispered
in the minister's ear may sim
ply have been; saying that if he
wished the ushers would open or
close certain windows. He might
have been : doing a kinder deed.
for the paean of praise fori the
gubernatorial . church - goer was
concluded by the apparently vn-
flustered preacher "I mean Gov
ernor SnelL" .
CurtinSureT:
Of Jap Rout
CANBERRA, Australia, July 17
-ffy Predicting Japan would be
as decisively beaten as the Nazis
when Nippon is hit with full Bti
fish and American Land and air
power, Australian prime minister
John Curtin told parliment today
that Britain's main efforts against
the rising sun empire must await
Germany's defeat.
The chief of the commonweeuth
added, hawever, that : large 1 and
powerful British forces would be
thrown against Japan this year.
' The prime minister, a recent vis
I tor to the United States and Lon
don, discussed machinery for the
preservation ox peace alter tnewar.
He expressed the opinion that the
great world powers were obviously
the backbone for any world peace
preservation council that might be
created.
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bridges, leaving; the enemy only
one main road from the town
the highway on the south.
Blight Make Stand -
Whitehead said it was - not
known whether; the Germans in
tended to, make a, long stand . in
the rubble and it was believed
some might already have pulled
out to the' south, but meanwhile
they - resisted yard by yard tn
some of the ' bitterest ; fighting
since D-day. :
Pressure from 'the north was
growing greater. Doughboys, had
stabbed .. a - m&e south from Le
MesnQ Durand and were little
more than 2 miles northeast of
St. Lo. Farther west they widened
their bridgehead across the Lozon
river with a gain of more than
half a mile and captured Samson
erie and L'Abbaye. .
Moving like wraiths In the
morning mist, the Americans, un
der orders to advance silently,
bayoneted the enemy in his fox
holes and swept into St Lo from
the east after seven days al as
sault. " - - ; . -.
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Marion Buell ;
Dies Monday
Marion! Herbert Bueltt, bora
at Elkhoro and for most of his life
a resident of Yasiha county, died
Monday at fee family residence,
14$0 Waller street He had re
sided for the past, 18 years In Sa
lem, where his widow Anna
Buell, one daughter, Lena Buell,
and one son, Herbert Anson, sur
vive him;:
Another daughter, , Mra, -Mary
Wren, lives at WashougaL Wash.,
and one brother, Charles W. Buell, ,
in Jefferson. Seven grandchild
ren and four great grandchildren
also survive him. He was a mem
ber of the . United; Brethren .
church. f 'i . '
. Funeral arrangements are in the
care of the Walker-Howell .Fune
ral home. . .,'';;.-; v ; y;. ..
Red Bombers Sink
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LONDON, Tuesday, July 19 -(P
A supplement to the Russian com
munique 'said today that bombers
of the Soviet red banner Baltic
fleet had! sunk the 3900-ton coast
defense ship Vainamoinen, Fin
land's orjy remaining naval ves
sel of arrysize;i:V.v':?'a.;:' -,
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