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1 1 Tlx 02LGOII STATECI-IA1I. SaUni Oregon. Saturday Mronlng, July 23. 1341 v. PAGE TWO 5 1 Or ants ruiuis .i i 1 -y- -'I ...... .; ! .. To Aid State r X fa v 'V V i .V.: . Ik' v w ' , 1 4 '(Continued from Page 1) Ision, - and Sen. Merle. Chessman. chairman of, the legislative' fish- cries interim committee, explain ed ' the . cdmmission'a I - financial plight ; j ; j j The request was for $25,000. It i commission provided for $100 for each of seven members and $200 expenses. ! --" The $185 given the apprentice ship council was in response to a request for $159.64 for expenses of meetings and $25 for printing diplomas. ; Board Votes Self $300 The $500 to the emergency board was voted by the board it self to pay costs of this and future meetings. -"-J -; . Prior to the formal consideration of requests, the board named Sen ator Walker its chairman and Representative Wells its secretary. i, Other member. ? present .were was cut to $20,00, however, on Rep. Carl Engdahl, : Pendleton; Rep. 5tanfiope JPier; Portland; Rep. I . . - :. . . . .- A Earl Hill, oicnman. ADseni was Sen.' William Steiwer, Fossil. , Brest litovsk Falls to RedsT Pendleton, who said the comrnis Ision "can come tot us., again il U needs moref -' "i ' I (See fish! commission Story! at bottom of page 1.1 , j xne Doara oi control s appu cation for 1115,000, j with which to construct a ! heating pipeline 2400 feet from the Fairview home; to the Hillcrest girls school, also brought litlJe argifment and wait granted in toto. . j i.1 Most heated controversy erew around the! reauest of! the cost-1 sians were racing toward the city war readjustment and develop-1 along a broad highway, ana aur i commissions for $7,868.38, to aug- j ing yesterdays t operations they ment its $10,000 legislative iap-1 seized Kolbiel, 20 miles southeast propriauonJ The additional money of Warsaw. T - i was sought , to provide $3668.39 in iTndercronna 1 HcIds operatmg ecpenses and $4200jfor U polish underground 'warriors me saiary ana expenses or an ;en- gady fighting the Germans gineer to advise regarding munid- toside WarsaWt dispatches said. (Continued from Page 1) A little native boy, found in a cave en Saipan In the Marianas, sits In the lap f an American soldier far transportation by plane to a base hospital alter he had been given first aid tor. a wound In his pper arm. (AP WireplMto.) ! i - Amphibious Tanks Head for Guam Beach pal projects for six months. uveiy, iMDaie Ensues i The motions, one to reduce 'the allocation to $5000 and the other to make it $10,000 were defeated. The $768648 finaUy was lapproy- ed, with Sen. Dean Walker ofi In dependence voting "nb" j on I the it r -t and the- great tity was almost within "artillery, range of soviet guns.- - - -: - .' ' Besides Kolbiel, the Russianns 1 also seized Slennica, six miles east of, Kolbiel; Ceglow, 13 miles northeast of Kolbield and 30 grounds the amount either was I miles east-soptheast of Wsxsaw on too much br notenough :'' ( the railway to Siedlce. The latter senator ; waiter i and! Rep.- Har- town - was .oeing moppea up oy vey Wells of Portland held a live- Russians who broke into the city Thursday, j S , - '' 'The 'Russians now hold about an" 80-mile stretch, of the east bank of the Vistula southeast of Warsaw in the Kazimerr-Pulawy-Dehlin sectors, and Marshal Kon stantin K. Rokossovsky's troops are expected shortly to cross the Vistula in a flanking movement on Warsaw. . ; . lCOODoniks; ifit Germans In2Gties LONDON, Saturday, July 29-(P) NAt least ; 1000 : RAF. bombers Tanged over Germany during the night,' concentrating heavy attacks upon Hamburg and Stuttgart while other; formations blasted targets in northern France, the British an nounced .todayl- . It was the fourth raid in a week on Stuttgart, where parts ; for the Germans' flying bombs are con-r structed.' vV- 1...--V.-- Zherweeping overnight Apera tions v followed a day of . intense aerial activity duririgwhich some 1500 American bombers from Bri tain and Italy hit two nazi oil centers Ploestl and Merseburgv t In addition to the blows of the American bombers against 'Ger many's ebbingoil supply,4 allied fighter bombers swept, across tiie Normandy' battlelines yesterday to support the . fighting; troops . and improved weather permitted the greatest number of sorties' in four days. - - I More than 1000 British-based Flying. Fortresses and liberators blasted ; the Luena synthetic oO factory at Merseburg 'in central Germany and 500 bombers based in the Mediterranean attacked the Romanian oil center of Ploestl for the twelfth time and! the third in the last three days. : Counting fighter ! escorts, from 3500 to 4000 craft made the two assaults. T iy aeoaie, waucer expressing a "fear of over-borjdingT-for post war projecjLs and Wells' declaring Oregon "ought t spend some money it has held back too long." j Walker's? proposal to have the emergency Jboard inform the post war commission that I the board favored the; encouragement of pri vate projects rather than public a isec- 1 1 American amphibious tanks head for the teaches of Gaam with troops who are new engaged In re claiming the first United States possession taken 077 the Japanese shortly after Pearl Harbor. (Asso ciated Press phot from US navy.) Scene of 10 Russian Victories Jf4ST J JT'.- SV MINSK ,?!- Vj X .uUIi. l r. front Jum22 At I 4 Ivis,:Marine Base to Get Furnishings Clack areas Indicate territory aaptnred iby Snssiaa armies during last week, with shading ladWMng ether areas taken sinee Jane 23 ta this map locating 19 major ciUes captured by the Sasslans tn great- es z-near gain ei eampaign. (AP WIrepheto.) Tank Columns Pushto Edge ; OfGmtances (Continued from Page 1) buried 8916 enemy dead in four day ' of fighting, ' these reports saioV.. Thsy 2U1 Say: "h' Gran J! Avranchcs remained -in -enemy I hands of the Normandy peninsula f; and LL Gen. Omar N. Bradley's ' tanks were plunging unchecked . into, this territory. Fluid fighting spread over 200 : square miles, probably the larg ; est battle' in western Europe in Vrri war,; front" .line ; dispatches ' saiJ, and 'Cie bag of prisoners . fceared SCC3. The 'Americans have (Continued from Page 1) projects died fori want of ond. 1 Wages to Be Increased The $7500 voted fori the secre tary of state, to provide increases in the salaries of p7 capitol build ing and grounds employed, was in lieu of $10,610 requested; A mo tion to reduce it to $3500 was de feated. J A: . i j - Harry sj Schenjc, deputy secre tary of state, ejcplaihedj that a shortage i$ the number f avail able workers had! enabled! the! sec retary of state to boost salaries $10 monthly but Ithat $10,610 was needed to jpermitj paying an addi tional $15, la month to meet Com parable wages elsewhere. The em ployes had asked 1 the $25 total in crease, a " ' ;!';' , !.. ' 4 The $75f0 allotoentiwill penrdt new increases approximating $10 monthly for the remainder of the biennium, the scales ranging from $145 to $190. Salaries Boosted ; The $4000 voted for the depart ment ot public I instruction i pro vided for $450 annual salary in creases for D. A. Emerson" and Lester Wpcox, Assistant Isuperin tendents; ;$600 for clerical help, and $250$ for general operating expenses.: An additional request to permit hiring another assistant su perintendent and paying contin gent expenses, which; would! have made the total allotment $12,210, Hitler Plans Radio Speech ' LONDON, July 28-P)-Swiss re ports reaching London tonight said Hitler was planning an important broadcast to the German people August 3, ; anniversary i of the founding of the SA Storm Troop ers), at which time he would at tempt to justify his past policy as well as his present last-ditch mill tary and home front measures. 4 The US office of war informs tion reported that an article in the Swiss Journal de Geneve said huge public ceremony was plan ned for the anniversary, and that Hitler's address might prove to be "more revolutionary than would be agreeable to some," probably following the same line taken by Labor Front Leader Robert Ley recently, ij " 1 '" Last Times Today! Rita ! Victor Haywerth Matare MY GAL SAL" that some ftlrnishings are being waa vote dowi4 sold, stating that "this is true only in case of furnishings which were purchased by company funds, tn such instance! disposition is up to the unit involved." ! Major! Floss: said that both he and Howard E. Signor, Red Cross field director, 4 had "checked this rumor, wnicft is entirely unsub stantiated." I i Day room I equipment, used at Adair has come from citizens and agencies : in I both Oregon and Washington Communities.. The $700 granted the textbook Don Amecbe - Joan Bennett Confirm or Deny" . twe urrvt wousc with thc mrj Nips Chinese Ready Forces For Big Fight CHUNGKING, July 28-()-Both sides are-rushing up tanks and infantry in the spreading battle of Hunan province, whose key rail city of Hengyang remains firmly in cmnese nanas pespite more than a month of unrelenting Japa nese assault, n Chinese army spokesman declared ' tonight As the battle for Hengyang and its strategic outposts; to the north and south spilled over into Kiangsi province on the east, Chinese and American warplanes swarmed to the support of ground forces by raking enemy transport and posi tions with bombs and bullets. Major Gen. C. C. Tseng, the army spokesman, said last nights- official Chinese announcement that the Japanese had broken, into Hengyang was in error, but that both sides were bringing up re- ONtheHOLIEFROlIT It babsl cnn.D3 The civil air patrol, organized to undertake a variety p home front war services ranging from air pa trol duty along coastlines to' ex amining air corps applicants, has a new assignment i milady, if a man or woman m khaki, uniform with red, epaul ets suggests . that you might like to . know . more about the WAC, just jremember that you're talk ing to someone who knows. T6rthe' pAPrj-slready.. tcr're- cruit again. ' The organization did a-thorough job trf reaching young men for theair corps now It is to assist in recruiting the 200,000 Wacs Gen. Eisenhower has re quested for; work in the European theatre and the 250,000- who 'are to serve as replacements in . the army air forces. i Men and women, boys and girls in the scarlet and fkhakl of the CAP will join Salem merchants, newspapers and radio in an ad vertising and publicity, campaign for the big job of recruiting wom en that lies, ahead, Lt. Edith. DiRe, WAC recruiting officer of t h e AAF, announced here Friday; Hinckley Gets Vexing Job WASHINGTON July 28r(ff)-A man. with as varied; a background as the demands his new. job .will make onr him took over one of the biggest and perhaps the most vexing jobs, ' 6f 'the war-to-peace conversion era today- that of idi rector of the office of ; contract settlement 1 , , d Quiet, smiling Robert H. Hinck ley, 53-year-old. Ogden, Utah, corporation executive, took." the oath at a White House ceremony, a new milestone for the one-time instructor in languages, 1 automo bile dealer, ; airways ' organizer, state legislator, regional and. fed e r a 1 relief official, chairman of the civil aeronautics authority, and assistant secretary 01 com merce. '.',,-'; It's anybody's guess how many billions of dollars will be in volved in war contracts which Hinckley will be .responsible for terminating. . . ; inforcements for the decisive bat tie. Bloody fighting still raged 1 about the city. . BenitoMade Feeble Attempt On His Life ROME, July 24-0P)-HystetIcal and tearful of being handed over to the allies, 1 Benito Mussolini made a feeble attempt at suicide last Sept 12, a reliable informant said today, by slashing wrist with a razor blade. .1 I The j half -hearted attempt Was made a few hours before Musso lini was freed from the Hotel Campo Imperatore by German parachutists, said the . informant who requested anonymity. . This was the story told by j the informant: ; . . ' 1 "On Sept 12, about 3 ajn., car- abiniere who were at Mussolini's disposal . . hurried to the supe rior officer and told him that II Duce was almost hysterical. The officer ran to Mussolini's room and found him standing up. One wrist was cut and blood had stained a pajama sleeve. Musso lini held a razor blade. J ! "I am . tired of living,' Musso lini said. He handed the officer a letter in which he had written that he wished to end his life. The officer treated, the cut, calm ed the Duce and, without much difficulty, persuaded him to : re turn to bed.'' v : V FDR Visits Col. Carlson On Coast Trip SAN DIEGO, July 28-(;p)-The office of - censorship tonight au thorized disclosure that President Roosevelt had visited Lt CoL Ev ans F," Carlson of Marine Raider fame at the San Diego naval hos pital. ;..-,-! . Earlier, the navy had announced that Mrs. Roosevelt visited Carlson and other. wounded from Saipan and Tarawa at the hospital; and had. conveyed to the veterans the chief executive's praise and thanks lor their heroism. , Carlson was . wounded in fes- A. Cassara, after the enlisted man was shot at an advanced obser vation post Carlson, going to his aid, was struck in the left thigh and right arm. ' The president and Mrs. Roose velt, making separate visits to the hospital, , w e r e , accompanied by their son,; Marine CoL James Roosevelt formerly , associated with Carlson In command of the raiders. . 4 -f RAF Planes Strike Rocket . .1 . : 1 -. - : ' Imthllaiion LONDON, j July 28 (ff)- RAF heavy ; bombers blasted at a mas sive German' rocket Installation in France agaidi tonight while civil ian workers : in southern England dug In debris for flying bomb vic tims as more robots winged over- head. V::;- : - Halifaxes - probably carrying their. 8-tin earthquake bombs with a ' fighter escort attacked a supply depot In the Pas-de-Calais area near Watten, a a structure believed connected with the nasi threat to launch 10-ton rockets against England. The depot is also near flying bomb launching sites in the same I area. ' " ' MATINEE TODAY ConUtraeos from t f, U. CAPADES, NIGHTS AX ; SUN. MAI'S. Z'.iQ i ,11 Days July 27-Aug. 13 rrices: $L50, 2J24, Z.75. 3.0 . in eluding tax. Seats ra sale at Port land Arena and J. K. Gill Ca. r.Iatt Orders Filled Promptly Periled IcsHrcra tif art i at artba -7 Last Times Today! , ;Gingeif Rogers itOXIEJ HART" - u ; I . Wm, Hopalong; Boyd "Riders of Deadline? tmc woUSt !tmt nrr imf Continuous from IP. M. Tonorrowl Contttiaous Xromll P. 9L Tomorrow! . r v,. . v.. . i Co-Feature !-- VJAITIUO( FOR. a a vs MJ .1! c:r: AUTflY 1 Late News A Great Pieture! . . . front A Great , VBook! P: i. Cmtwtf f$M TYCOSS p" i?ot7cn ; iban ForiTmric. Tt::?czoz:Cii: O Co-Feature! d Ends Today! Franchot Tone Veronica Lake . "Hour Before Dawn" "Whispering, Footsteps" John Hubbard - Continuous Shows Dally from 1 Pr M.- Ilidnile Preview Tcaile! . I . STARTS TOMORROW! jay ''rl'fcvffy IP" V v. AND A STARTLING LOVESTORythetala of a voyage that had ne destination... of crewlcs . aliip lost in a fog-swept sea! v 0-1 4. Gcorje TliwL&S 58 CCULDUSS rtyEMFRSTTJ' O Co-Feature! O BIARTHA ODRISCOLL , NOAH. BEERY, JR. ?0t07E" David Brace - Fuzzy Knijht . . Franklin Panjborn -.' ; . Ulaxie Rosenbloom t. :UN:-VAiiiif, ) NEWS FLASHES! Russians Ad vance on Poland! Monitions Blast ia Calif crrda! . . Occrpatica cf -Caen! rv- Cverytody kisses the bride fcuthutbyl V HE elves her MAY-FEVER I