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PAGE TWO 3000 Planes Swat Germany With! Bombs 1 LONDON, July 21 vP- Some 100 RAF heavy bombers bat , tered Germu flylm bomb In stallations alone the French coast and other targets In west ' ern Germany, Belgium - and ' Franee daring the night, it was " annonneed today.' 1 " Both British and American -fichters also were oat over ' France. Squadrons of RAF Spit- . ' fires and United States Thander bolts raked the Calais area and heavy explosions were heard In that direction. American Lighta " Ings also were out. J LONDON, July 20 -(P)- Nearly 300 American warplanes smashed into Germany from Britain and ' Italy for the third straight day to day and pounded at least 10 un- . portant objectives in the Liepzig, i Munich and Friedrichshaf en areas, rounding out the greatest massed air assault ever mounted against the enemy. I v ,;;.---. ;j Close to 5000 tons of explosives were hurled down on vital war targets in today's two-direction attacks, bringing to about 13,800 tons the total bombweight rained on the German homelands by American daylight raiders alone since the gigantic offensive began id aays ago. More than 1200 heavy bombers and 7S0 fighters from Britain at tacked plane engine - factories at Dessau, Eisenach and Eisenach Stockhausen, 100 mifes southwest of Leipzig, Messerschmitt assembly plants; at Leipzig-Uokau and at Gotha, 80 miles southwest of Leipr ,zig: an aircraft components factory J at Rasselsheinv a suburb of Mainz; a batt-ebaring factory, at Leipzig and -synthetic oil plants near Leip zig and at MerseburgW "' : . An Italian-based force of about 1000 bombers and fighters attacked an airplane parts factory, the Zep pelin works and an airdrome at Freidrichhafen, and the . Mem : mingen and Bad Worlshofen air dromes 75 and 45 miles, respec tively,' southwest of Munich. Ex cellent results were reported. Water Mains Will Be Laid The "go - ahead" signal for lay ing of the great water mains and installation of the pumping station which will send 6000 gallons per minute from the Willamette -river to the Salem alumina plantwas received at the plant Thursday by Chemical Construction cor poration officials. Arrangements have been com pleted i with owners of property involved, and the task; may be un dertaken shortly, executives at the plant here said. Work of preparing a 23-acre sludge pond at the plant site is also scheduled to occupy workmen so that no layoffs are contemplated during the period when some : other types of con struction is delayed because of late delivery of equipment Yanks Repulse Jap Attacks ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS, New Guinea;; Fri day, July 21-(1-Japanse at tempts to probe- the southern flank of allied lines have -been repulsed, as sparring continued along the . Driniumor river front, 11 miles east of Aitape in British New Guinea, , headquarters an nounced today. The general situation re-mained unchanged. Three strong Japa nese frontal assaults have been repulsed, and the attackers now are attempting, outflanking and probing drives. Hand Tools Termed Greatest Farm Hazard CORVALLIS, July JO-tfV W. A. Schoenfeld, Oregon State col lege dean of agriculture, warned today that hand tools are more dangerous to farmers than bulls, machinery, or tractors. The state industrial accident commission's - survey shows that such tools as axes and pitch forks caused more accidents on Oregon farms than any other thing. Oth er dangers in order of impor tance are vehicles,- ladders or steps, machinery, nails and splin ters, animals, poisonous plants or Insects, Schoenfeld said. Three Oregon Soldiers Finish Postal School CAMP LEE, Va July 20-flV Three Oregonians, included today in a list of graduates from the army postal school of the quarter-master school here, are Lloyd XL Brown, 6439 SE 83rd, port land; Leonard A. Ficker.'Mt An gel; and George H. Lovett, 3-11 Silver, Silverton. . ; - Josephine to Grow " Ladino Qover Seed GRANTS PASS, July. 2H&) Josephine county growers have signed up 2S03 acres of ladino clover for seed production a 30 per; cent increase over last year . the ' county . aent announced to day. . - ; ; . y" r . Hitler With Goeririg and Fuehrer Adolf Hitler (left) talks with Herman Goertnc (second from right) and Adj. CoL Schmtmdt (right) In this Germaa photo captioned as made at Hitler's headquarters en the western front fat 1N0. It was announced in Berlin that Hitler incurred faUght bums and bruises In a bomb attempt on nis me. a jlu uen. scnmunai WAVE Contest Opens; Prizes Being Offered (Continued from Pago 1) ddental expenses for a period of 14 days. - . , Or-(3) A $500 War Bond. The contest winner will be al lowed one-year from the date of the contest temination to exercise a choice of anjr one of these three options. . ' .' i To be-eligible for any one of the three prizes off ered, a contestant must actually be responsible for minimum of three enlistments in the WAVES. They must register at the WAVES enlistment office in the Post Office building here, must actually bring a WAVES applicant into that office and the applicant must subsequently be enlisted to count ''.I--;:. Although the official closing of the contest is September 30, it will be extended to October 15 in case of a. tie or even later in case the tie persists. The navy said the Stevens firm accepted sponsorship of the Salem recruiting area WAVES enlist ment contest as a patriotic contri bution to the war effort and in recognition of the Navy's urgent need for thousands more qualified and eligible women 20 to 36 to serve in vital Navy shore billets to which able-bodied men of seagoing age must be assigned until there are enough WAVES to release them. .-- . ,:.-. .- . : ; t. v. An entire family having one of its immediate members in one of the military service branches may pool its efforts in connection with the WAVE recruiting contest, but the ultimate results must be cred ited to one individual only, it was explained. Opening of the "contest, today. is expected to add major impetus to the current campaign to recruit a full platoon of new VS. Navy WAVES from this territory. Although the contest and the special WAVE platoon project are two separate and distinct under takings, the two will "dovetail well together, WAVES recruiting officials pointed out The WAVES platoon enlistment' campaign is scheduled to conclude about mid- August Northwest Delegates All for Roosevelt CHICAGO, July 20-flP)-Wash- lngton, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska delegations to the democratic na tional convention here, number ing respectively 18, 14, 10 and 8 delegates, voted unanimously for fourth term nomination for President Roosevelt - Actress Mildred Harris Dies of Pneumonia LOS ANGELES, . July 20 -VP) Mildred Harris, beautiful actress in the silent film, days and first wife of Comedian Charles Spen cer Chaplain, died today of pneu monia which followed a major abdominal operation. She was about 41. Paramushiro Raids For Observation WASHINGTON. July 20 -UP) The primary objective of the na vy's continuing air raids on Para mushiro Island In the- northern Kuriles is to keep 'posted on the doings of the Japanese; bombing the enemy in his own 'home is satisfying, but secondary; - " 1 Slariisrj Scriay HttS With Ceulah Bond - Nina Foea Th x was renertea -seriousiv; injured." ONtheHOMEFRONT lv J3AEZL CTTTT.rXl More than 1900 years ago it was said that "He who would be the greatest among you must be the servant of alL i; I Not because he had any desire to be the greatest among us did Dr. Morse serve so long and so well, but because he actually liked being servant to all. : Ti .-9 One of his patients- (and they are multitude in this city where an unusually large percentage of the native residents were brought Into the world with his assistance and kept here by his persistence), speaking of his great natural dig nity, declares that he retained it because he was sincere and un derstanding and not because he was afraid of losing it' He' often laughed at himself. ? I : . v I if'. - There were times when one of his early cars with . a built-in framework was an ?; emergency ambulance, or when he helped a hospital janitor to build some piece -of equipment - needed at once; when the life of a dog (and it is said he wasnt particularly fond of dogs although he recogt nlzed the love their masters bore them) 'or of a cow was saved by the skill he did not hesitate to use in their behalf . . . all these and many more stories - could be told of humble service rendered by a man who could perform the most difficult of operations, who kept up on the latest develop ments in his profession by study and' attendance at clinics and classes. , " '3 Eric Johnston Predicts Much Trade With" Soviet NEW YORK, July 2Hff)-Eric A. Johnston, president of the Unit ed States chamber of commerce, told a group of business leaders here today that Russia would be a great source of t postwar trade but that the amount f will depend on the credit we can give her. Willamette V42 Quota Next Term Will Be 200 Willamette university's naval quota beginning November 1 will be 200 men, a communique from the bureau of naval personnel in Washington, -announced :, recently. The new quota is a reduction of 59 enrolles from the pas year. -.'.' ' - -. 7 .. - :!: '& j I ' : : Army Engineers Give Astoria Port Contract PORTLAND; Jury 20-4P) Award of a $182,4315 contract to the Port of Astoria for dredg ing, in Coos nay was announced today, by the US army engineers. Dr. Frank E. Brown Has Minor Surgery Dr. Frank E. Brown of Salem underwent minor surgery Tuesday at St Vincent's hospital in Port land and Thursday night was re- ported making good recovery. " ELSniOHE CUIIICE ii8rs oi'covcnr ireiie m:::i ALAII UARSHAL ODOT UcDOWALL MORGAN w OZEGOrt STATECMAIL Scdam, SchmuriSt iaf wirnhAiA i .! i ) 4700 Acres S - 1:3 Snap Beans To Bt3 Picked CORVALLIS, July 20-iPy-The state emergency farm labor office counted today- 4700 acres of can ning snap i beans, nost of which must be harvested by boys, girls and women. - :'. The office, Organizing pinch hitting pickers, said the peak har vest will probably come m-mid- August, although, some picking will be underway early n week. I .i-i: i . next , The acreage Of beans for pro cessing outnumbers last season's three million dollar harvest by 400 acres.; Additional land has been planted with beans for S the fresh market 1 .The farm labor office counts upon two! grade school children. if properly supervisedj arljthe In pick- equivalent! of 4nt' man ing ability 11- -Without! adult leadership,: the youngsters harvest falls per cent' Average 'poundage pick? ed daily by all ages lastly ear was 150. .1 f Salem Restaurants - - .,. i -A i - i -a Seven Salemj restaurants have this week been! offered atf onor- tunity toay ftipulated1 fhtt of from 8900 to 2500 for violations of the federal wages and hours act if they will roll back wages; they are paying to j 1942 Ieyels, ! pan nay, manager oi tne uregon cm f - Is f .1 ployers association, IneJ told the organization at ts: annual banquet Thursday night Gardiner Bank Founder Dies in jEugene GARDINER, July 20 Fred Assenhimer, 7i-year-old foui der of the First National bank of Gardiner, died in a Eugene ios pital yesterday The German-born man,; who settled on f a timber claim in the Smith river county, was one: of the pioneer ' merchants in wis town. His widow lives -at Astoria. i H.MJAd Shot at Gresham I I -' GRESHAM, Ore, July ZOP) H. M. West, 32, and bis employer, Paul Dudley, loaded a shotgun to . ... '. . i . ! i' J i I - kul a sKuns;. under a prooder house. Dudley had trouble clos ing the gun breech an) pounded it wim rock, "exploding the shell. teriousiy-Wounding West ; Hos- ptui oinctais said west may re- Albacore Tuna Packing Underway at Astoria - ASTORIA, July 204(Pack ing of the- 184V albacore tuna catch was underway here -today, a week after the 'first heavy hauls came in. I - f ' - does Youn con V Li ? . j i ; i svy.-s-.-.'t.-'-.-v'J Pcdsfing U Important :Jcc; It wQ prolonc tiie Eie oi your, car. tm tan end gat It pointed today . Jepindablt jwrrtc $23 and up. . j ',.-! I Sillsfccicry V7cr!i Ila Delay I 1 j .-'U - Flckup and delivery aerrlce. Phone S023 tor curemgements. -, j : Kcknps and Pabela welcomed ? tKO CAB 13 TOO OLD TO PAOT ; SCS 17. Coral t Or5on Friday Morning. July 21, Yanlee Land Based Planes Slug Bonins US PACinC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, July 20-e(iT)-Land - based US heavy bombers, presumably from Sai- pan, made- their first foray into the; Bonin islands Tuesday, with in $30 miles of Tokyo, Adm. Ches ter W. Nimitz announced today." A 13-day blasting of Japanese- Guam from the air and sea . has wrought "widespread and heavy damage on that American island, lost at the wart - outset Nimitz added. " y .. f i The . campaign to neutralize Guam's defenses reached ' a peak on; 'Monday and Tuesday, when 80t tons of, bombs were poured on? it and nearby Rota island. Nimitz revised the total upward today but failed to ! report any further attacks by either ships or planes, v'.- 'ft! The strike into the Bonins. deeD in Japan's - inner defenses, 'was made by navy - nlanes of fleet airj wing two. They swept in at low kveL over. Chichi, and Haha islands, sinking - a , small cargo ship, damaging 11 seaplanes and setting afire four coastel vessels. Fires were started among build ings at the seaplane base. Two Pilots Killed Within 12 Hours REDMOND, July 20-P- The death of two pilots m their single seated fighter planes which crashed near here yesterday with in ill hours of each other, was dis closed today. ..M j The two men, stationed at Port land army air base, jwere Flight Officer Joseph S. Pusateri, Cincin nati, jDirio, and 2nd Lt Warren HJ Schnitger, Los Angeles, Calif Both - were on combat training missions. - . -:. I , . ; Portland army air base officials said cause of the two; crashes was under investigation. Fanners Leaving Straw On Fields Due Bonus CORVALLIS, July ZWy-The AAA practice payment of CQ cents pr mere : to vetch and! pea seed growers, who leave aR g straw on the ground dining combining will be made again this season. ' iThe state AAA. offic said the payment will also be made if far mers using stationary equipment return the straw to the soil. .-: I IPurpose of the payment is to en courage growers to conserve eon through the fertilizing action . of the legume, straw. The payment was inaugurated late last reason. Cargo Movement in V: Portland .Nears Peak 'Ti " - -i-(--'-"" r-i? PORTLAND, July 20-(-Cargo mbvement ia the. Portland harbor has almost reached the peak time several years ago I when 14S0 longshoremen were on the job, Ernest Baker said today. ' , llThe secretary of the CIO Inter national Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union! said that workers; who drifted off to ship yards and war plants during an extended "slack period,; were re turning to the docks to handle the steadily growing cargo. j "; ' ' Visits Eugene Doctor iiJEFFxIRSON -- W. C. Chilton has been going to a specialist in Etigene taking treatments for ear trouble.' While employed at the flax plant he bias not been able to work for some time. I Limited Engagement! Starts Then., Jcly 27 Nights at : Sunday Mats. 240 CAPADES, Seat Sale now at Portland Arena ! i And J. K. Gill & Co. Prices: 910, S2J4, $2.73 and 93.00, including tax. Fcrilznd Arena NW tlth at Marshall SE30B Salem ISM Dr. Morse Had Enviable Record Of Continuous Service Here Dr. Willis B. Morse, who died Thursday in Salem, had a record of the longest continuous "medical practice in the capital city. In his own profession his skill as a surgeon was widely recognized and did not lag up to the time of his retirement a few weeks ago. When younger men with considerable training and skill in his office appeared able to handle satisfactorily, he once announced that he was laying down the scis sors arid scalpel but as, one by one, most of them left to enter the armed services, he ince again be came active as a surgeon. . tl ' A day or two before the illness which caused him to leave his of- flee this spring rfor a rest" on the advice of a younger associate, he was said to have performed an un usually difficult operation with a sureness and accuracy admired by younger surgeons ; ot the area. - The high professional standard, the ability and , recognition as physician and surgeon which at tached to his name came despite the fact t that, he inherited from seafaring pioneer father a love of adventure which found outlet in a mining expedition to Alaska in 1899, and in such other activi ties as mountain trips. He knew, and loved the high; Cascades and trails which he there blazed in his youth are used today. ; Born in McMinnville, March 21, 1868, he was the son of William Bent Morse and Nancy K, Mc Bride Morse. His mother a . na tive of Missouri, was a sister 'of the late Judge Thomas A. Me- Bride of the .Oregon supreme court' and was herself a pioneer teacher . in Oregon, instructor . ail McMinnville college and promi nently identified with leading ed ucators of the state; ' The doctor's father, born in Boston, was of the same family as Samuel B. Morse, the inventor of telegraphy. At 21 he w& mas ter ofa ship,' sailed to the most I .-i . J 1 At , . important ports in., ue mono, m 1849 he returned ; to the west coast, which be had visited on a trip by sailing. vesseL and in 1850 settled in McMinnville, where he was married and established his home. He engaged in various pur suits and was first: warden of the state penitentiary in 1868. Later he was associated i with the rail way mail service to the time of Ms death in 1883.1 Willis B. Morse attended pub lic schools at St Helens, the nigh school at Portland and Wasco academy at The Dalles and men Willamette university, from which he received his doctor's degree in medicine in ApriL 1891. - In 1899 be married Efhell Cu- sick, daughter of the-pioneer Will iam Cusick family of Salem, t who died in 1908., His mother,. Nancy Dolman, Who had remarried aft er his father's death, .made heri home with him until her death in the early 1920's. t For 20 years he was a member of the state board of health and once served as its president Dur ing World War I he was rhirman Of the medical advisory board of the state. He was a member of the county and state medical soci eties, serving the latter aa presi dent in 1927. He was also a mem ber of th American Medical as sociation and was ; elected to the American College of Surgeons. Like his father, he was active in Freemasonry. He was a mem ber of Pacific lodge No. SO, AF 1t7'Si1- J . S . ftV tiv- lit Companion Feature: "SecreU oi Scotland Yard" 7 ANOTHER GREAT 7-UNTT CADTCOII PAOADE SATURDAY AT 12:30 PJI. (SEE THIS SPECIAL FKOGKAII X Then Kemaln for the Regular Shew 1 j . NO EXTRA CHARGE! PLUSI The Opening Oicrpter of This Great Serial! Donl Kiss a C3iapterel " - mm -2 ci' cirffinip -L Doors Oped bCaUIIMUHtb I L 1- L the surgery portion of the practice & AM ; Multnomah chapter. No. 1, RAM; DeMolay - commandery No. 5 KT; Al Kader temple, AAONMA of Portland; THe also was a member of the Salem Elks lodge and Salem Rotary club. - Funeral ' services -ire. in the charge of Clough-Barrick com pany, fxonv which announcements will be made later. ; RedsK Launch 8th Big Drive (Continued from Page 1) The :: Russians attacking front ally at Lwow were within five miles north of the city, and hund reds of German , prisoners were surrendering northeast of Lwow after four or five German divisions had been encircled. Annihilation of the resisting Germans in the pocket was being pressed, Mos cow said. : .x . KV-. Dispatches irom Moscow, early today said fiie Soviet high com mand ordered the hew offensive west of Kowel after the Germans had diverted .numerous divisions northward to threatened East Prussia. :..v .-,-.- - Tfiis Should Quench !OiirstJ: WASHINGTON, July 20 -fl?) Ninety-one of the country's 98 registered distillers plan to pro- j duce beverage alcohol during the August TulMayrt from War aTcbhol production, the war ' production board reported today. " - In addition, ten : industrial al cohol producers have announced they Will divert-SO per cent of their output to beverage use during the month. " . ' ' However, Dr." Walter G. Whit man, WPB chemicals official, told a meeting of industrial alcohol Ceatinnons Shews Dally frern 1 F. M. Ends Salorday! Companion Feature Exlra! 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