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PAGE TWO I The OREGON; STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning. August 13, 1S44 RAF BptnbferS Hit Brunswick ...... ;.,.-.- During Night -LONDON, Sunday,. Aug.- 1$-W-RAF bombers In great strength hammered Brunswick in central . Germany and . Russelsbeim, 15 ..miles southwest of Frankfurt, last night, it was announced today. Other night raiders attacked un specified .objectives, in northern , France. These blows cam as the f. Germans sent more flying bombs through the night-into southern England ard the London area causing more damage and casual .'.ties. . j The British night .'bombing planes took off . after clouds, of allied tactical' warplanes plunged into the battle to annihilate Ger many's army in Normandy yester i day . while possibly. 750 -American -., heavy bombers lashed at airfields -and communications ' targets in northern France in an attempt to .block off any enemy forces com . ..ing to its relief. ! There was no rest . for enemy air defenses anywhere in France, for? in addition to all this, 750 ' -v our-engined : bombers from Italy raked . the southern coast of 1 France and the Italian. Riviera for .a distance of 125 miles and British heavyweights gained" six-ton '."earthquake bombs on Brest's U - 'I boat pens. Then shuttle bombers, which had been - to Russia, - thundered back to Britain from Italian bases, . plastering an air field five miles t' southwest of the southern French . communications center, of Tou- , louse enroute. , , Late in the day-RAF Laacasters i swooped upon- the Bay of Biscay j U-boat shelters at Boreaux--last t good enemy base on the Atlantic p coast and La Pallice in a conttn P nation of the anti-submarine of fensive and ,Halif axes bambed a fuel dump in the forest de Mont Eichafd,. BO" miles .from Le Hans. Relentlessly hunting down Nazi shipping in the Bay pf Biscay, RAF coastal command .bombers . de stroyed or damaged six vessels fleeing from Brittany ports where the Americans are closing in. -w ' Halifaxes and Mosquitos scored direct hit on a medium-sized merchant vessel, blew up a mine sweeper and damaged an' armed escort vessel and three trawlers in attacks at the mouth of the Gironde river Two aircraft were lost. . No Need for ISorromHere " - -i ; LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12.-- Expressions of condolence kept Mrs. Edward H. Bak's telephone busy today; hef son was among .. those named in a casualty list as) Killed in action. -. But Mrs. Bak answered them cheerily the. son, Navy Pharma ' cist's Mate Paul Wallach, 19, was ; right beside her, very much alive. A navy telegram announced ; .. Wallach's "death" June 24 on Sai ;! pan, but Mrs. Bak's husband kept i; the news from her. A few days ;; later a; letter from Wallach, dated in July, arrived. Later that I month he telephoned from a hos J pital in Shoemaker, Calif- and , today the day. , the casualty list it was puDusnea ne arrived in per ;' son. Wallach said he was uncon scious for two weeks after a bomb exploded neac a fox hole, killing ' virtually all his buddies. It . " iHouseHolds : George Bill . WASHINGTON,: 'Aug. 12-( .. Tlie house leadership gave the go t ahead . signal ' today to surplus j ropcrty disposal legislation side ! t.-acking : temporarily the George t unemployment-demobilization" bill passed yesterday by the senate Three days of debate, starting . Tuesday, were allotted tentatively , lo the surplus property measure ." which was approved today by the house expenditures, committee, -the ': final decision to be made Monday ly the rules committee. , tv: Chairman Doughton (D-NC) " meanwhile called a meeting of the .. ways and means committee for -Tuesday to determine the line. of v action on the George measure, . which the senate passed by a 55 to 19 vote after rejecting the revised r Kilgore bill calling for unemploy ; meat benefits up to $25 weekly. There sponges. are 2,r.oo species of SAFETY 120 Diviiezds - That's why policyholders renew with Haggins : '. fnf yar ajrter year- THE GENERAL-CAPITAIr STOCK INSURANCE - ; - AT ITS vBESX . . -t u j nnn iuuiu 'Oregon's Largest . Zilzzx nd ilarshiield - - . 123 N. Ccmsiercial V Salem ' - 44C0 if ; 1 1 tf f!Lai!!r "f SEK (lower) of Cranston. RL Amer- ican prisoners reported by the ttswv haw Kn mvnUJ Imt Japanese on a charge they killed 1 a police ef fleer during an es cape from a Manehurian war prison camp. A third man was also reported executed. "(API Wirephoto) Thumbnail ! Off War! ; ; . By the Associated Press - Rnsslan Front Ked armies have reached the Bierbrza rive marines, the last great natural barrier separating the Russians from the famed first world war battleground of the Masurian lakes, inside 'German East Prus sia. - Faclfta Forty-one Jap planes were destroyed or damaged by Americans attacking Halmahera island, southern guardian of the Philippines; American air raid' ers sunk four 1000-ton freight' era, destroyed or damaged a 3000-ton ' freighter - transport in the Halmahera attack and- air. ' sweeps along Vogelkop .tetiui Invasion Front Allied armies pounded forward, at five points in the bulge between Mortain and Caen, as Germans hurled all available reinforcements into the ! battle. Italian Front Germans pulled out of Florence northward, spar ing the art-laden city from shell ing. In the Air Great forces of Al lied planes swarmed over Ger many's army in Normandy, while an estimated 750 American neavy bombers struck at com munications and' airfields' in northern France. " Point-Free Beef Cuts ill Be Much Cheaper 'WASHINGTON, Aug. U-UPi- Housewives will be able to buy point-free cuts of utility beef and lamb for as much as 20 cents- less ! than the same cuts of top grades of beef and lamb beginning tomor row, the office of price adminis tration announced today. Other cuts of the utility beef I and lamb will average about 12 cents less than similar cuts of bet ter grades of meat, OPA said. Gobs Gobble Injuns GREAT LAKES, 111, Aug. 12-(P)-Ueut Commander Gordon . "Mickey' Cochrane's Great Lakes Bluejackets went on a rampage to- I day with a 16-hit barrage that in- I eluded five home runs, in defeat- ing the Indianapolis Indians of the ! American assocaition, .14 to S. Forma Tarn Acres FA1 Contract Farmer Land Clearing: Bulldozing Pail Dylzsira RU I, Sheridan, Ore. "PLUS it Upstate Agency i BiddleTelU World Peace Lsites ' i PORTLAND, Aug. 12 -iff) In ternational peacelt will . be more readily achijevedjfby free compe tition, rathei tha4by authoritarian control. US : Attorney General Francis Biddle said here tonight He denied! theft- Isjany neces sity . of. choosing;between oppor tunity and ecuttty, maintaining both -are - possible and essential. I He outlined the fcork of the; Jus tice department! 'in : guaraing against interpatioal cartels in re straint of frte trfde and he cited the "rubber, cartel dominated by the Dutch and English before the war as an example. , , "In two years ithe rubber cartel doubled the rubber price and cut the supply to naif.''- . j J In referring tj the justice de partment's drive ppgainst domestic trust activities, hi said: i 1 ,ft iiKKnr- i40iilitinn V the gov ernment of production and prices, b if prices arelto be fixed the public will not permit them to be fixed by person who make the profits." f. I He is here onj a tour of ; west coast justice; offices Hunan Battle ri. Ollil 11 2112 I S f Tw ury CHUNGKING Aug.- 12.- Fighting in Hunan province raged with undiminished -fury tonight with the Japanese in possession of the vital' rail dly of Hengyang trying to dislodge die-hard Chi nese from the. southern suburbs. . Heavy fightinl wasf reported in and around the berimeter of pro vince towns oii the north and south of the cit where the Chi nese hope to-forestall Japanese conquest- of the Canton-Hankow railway. - i I . ! "'. (The Tokyo, fadio claimed '20 American officeri, delegated some months ago to aisist in preparing defenses of! the! city, were cap tured in the fal ;of Hengyang. f The Chinese high' command said Chinese planes I knocked out la number of strongly, fortified points around Hengyang, and a communique from Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's heiflquarters report ed American Liberators touched off great explosions in a- raid on the Hunan provincial capital of Chahgsha. r S 1 I I -j 1 SlowWortinte Driving ' Promotes Sludge in!u$ t ,de-siUdg1" YOUR CAR EilGUIE ::' '.- I . ; Corn fa f ockryf ' " ' I ' '' - " i it , O ft EX3LQS 450 N. Conmereb Sq liecni ; If . i . Lri. f i- h . :. - . - , . !M j..c2rt '4naQiiGili(nEiiff(3jre(nT :l ear te ; -: -... Mr ,ggftk5 -:i ; . : ; j -h i . ; l ' ! ! n llLL i H - ; I ! Brinyit to the nearest Chevrolet dealer i To Discussion ofFdciticWar, BREMERTON, Aug. that near Juneau, Alaska fl played hoojcey-f or three hours,; went fishing1 arid caught pne Halibut and tone flounder.'.- : . i 4 For the most fcart, his talk sion of the Pacific war and future menta in the vast lai tea. The:seif ihtirests of our lallies ' will be-affected by. fair and Iriend ly collaboration rith us,"! Mr. Roosevelt iaid. Theytoo wh gain in. national security They; will gain economically The destinies of the peoples of th6 wholej Pacific will for many years be entwined with our own destiny. Already there are stirring atnbng hundreds of millions of them desire for the right to work tout their- own destinies, and they! show M evi dence of peeking to I overrun the earth with one exceptionJ Blasts Japanese! i- M - That exception is and has: been for many, many years that of Ja pan and the Japanese peoplei be cause whether or not the people of Japan Itself know and approve of what their lords have done for nearly a cfnturf, the fact remains that they seem to be giving Hearty approval to the japianese policy of acquisition; of theirj neighbors and their neighbors'! lands, and! a mili tary and gnomic' control ' of as many other nations as they can lay-their hands! on" i Mr. Roosevelt said It Is ran un fortunate factl- that t then world cannot trust Japan, and addedr tOaaft Be Trsie4 1 - ft H '"' - r I. - i 1 N 1! M . . "It is an un&rtunite fact that years of proof Imut pass pef ore we can trust Japan and before we can classify Japan sis a member of the society lof nations' which seek permanent peace antl whose word we can take ; ; i 1 I I : ' E i By removing ;the futurej menace of Japan, ne said, "we are hold ing out the lope that other peo ple in' the: far East can be! freed from the fame! threat!;-'$ ij"" He said the peoples of the Phil lppines. Korea. Indo-Chiria.! New Guinea arid fee mindated islands have no 1 wish! td be Japanese slaves, and he declared we are in the splendid, progress" of throw ing the Japanese out "Well In Band ! The President said the war in the Pacific is Iweil hi hand" but observedrj f.l J Ml . I cannot tea you. u i knew. when the war will! be ! over either in Europe- or in the Far i East or the war against Japan. J "It will be over the sooner. he said, "if the people of this coun try will maintain :the making of the necessary ppplies and; ships and planes. . By! so' doing j we. will hasten the! day f peace. By so do ing we will save our oWn pocket- books "and those of our children Bring-it to the nearest Chevrolet dealer War Service UeaitpxatUxt for aU make of can and truth. . J ; His skill, , his experience, his leadership in service are your aaeurance of expert work.... AD America knows this and -vou can le sure of it, tooj-for your own judg- inent tells yonUOREl PEOPLE GO TO CHEVROLET !DEALKRS .FOR SERVIC.THANtO ANY UTHER DEALER h 0RGANT7A. ! TION. i - it. -li WTMOtl tOfS-.i. SPED pa VKTOXT I ! 0 00 (i0 UzZ&Y -(rVThe President revealed was devoted to a serious discus military and economic deyelop- by- so doing we will run a -better chance of substantial unity among me lmited.nau'onx. in. laying more securely the foundation of a last ing peace." . fJ . . Talbot Trained At Fort Lewis . Jirstl stationed at Fort Lewis, Hawaii on December 17, 1941, was for eight months on Fanning island, where he made friends with the natives who made fans, mats and similar articles for him to send home. , i Returning to Hawaii, he took ranger training. He participated in the j '.; battle of Makin, returned again to Hawaii to take a course in jungle-fighting, an on February 19, 1944, received .bis diploma as an instructor . in jungle warfare training. In June he was sent to Saipani The last letter, his mother has .received was written June 7. Born, in. Grand Ropde, he grad uated from high school there Survivors in addition to the! broth er here, are his parents, t Mr: and Mrs. John Talbot of Grand Ronde; a twin sister, Dorothy Seth of Sheridan; sisters, Helen Patterson of San Diego and Jeanne Enquist of Green Cove, Fla. Slovakia Gets M LONDON, Aug. ll-V-Slova- kia, partitioned victim of Adolf Hitler's dream' of empire, was placed under! martial law today in 'an effort to quell a rising re volt while Germany's Balkan wall showed signs; of cracking under red army pressure and the pros pect of being deserted by the na H : -I M ,, Transocean, German news ag- encyr announced that martial law, the Iron rule which the Germans used without avail in Yugoslavia, Poland and France, had been fan posed on the doorstep country of Slovakia. It ! carries the death penally for ."revolutionary activ rHes,! murder, robbery and sab- ukase. , .. .:!!. Get Our ! 'Six-Star : . Service i . Special" "DMuwcr at mm raa otoi . mtati ran usstan vatoomam . W OBXX iluMUN AO : A luvkj attny OBTOV mwmH, uam uu 0d( CO. Phone 3183 artlyRiiiiied By Bad Fire i NEW "YORK, Aug. 12 -Ifr- A' spectacular blaze . which burst out sudenly this afternoon, while thousands of New Yorkers seeking relief from hot weather thronged the area, destroyed- half - of Luna park, Coney Island's famed amuse ment center . v;-;4r- Despite the crowd In the park and .nearby, police said no one was seriously injured.! r I Starting In a 'washroom of the "Dragon's Gorge scenic railway, the blaze spread swiftly through the park's flimsy structures and eveled 15 buildings and eonces sions, mciudtog. uie I"nuie sxy chaser roller coaster, the opera house and a shooting gallery. Sparks from the blaze also Ig nited fires in a parking lot adjoin ing the park, where 14 automo biles were. damaged; in two park ing lots of the B JUT. Transit lines where a number of discarded trol- ey cars were burned, and in a one-story frame bunding across the street, ,"''. !!-;'-:: i. i ': !' Police reported that approxi mately SS persons, ' most firemen and park employes, suffered minor burns or were overcome by heat and smoke' Many were treated at first aid station set up at the park's main entrance. ! ' -H Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy said an investigation at the scene showed that the fire started in the ecenie -railway washroom ' and probably was caused' by over- ti. e - t the r r- Vv ' . - 0 . - if Jhr ' I i r a a96 I jf - - . - .i . . ; . : -r ! . , . . - i 3 .; ... -s . , f; . : : I :. IVJoinitgom ; 153 No. Liberty v?',;; ' ,- :" . Phone '3191 ! :"'. '-"' .-..,. :.::'- - , " ' ; ; . : , . r v. . .' - ' . . i - - - - ; :: -. ' ?..-'-( . OMflieHOlffiFROUT r ty CAin. CHILD3 " Ordinarily, amateur sign-writers cannot compete with profes sionals, either in the : beauty of their script or the choice applica Uon of words,.hut the something new which has been added to e Marion County Public Health A aociation poster In the Salem stage terminal isn't at all Inappropriate. The sign depicts horror, on the faces of three young and shapely women in working clothes. as a man strides past them spitting as he goes. Says the sign in startling red letters "Don't Spit" . : Say the young women one after another: "Unsightly. "Unsani tary," "Unhealthy." . To which someone, not differ ent from the usual run of the human race save that he or she possessed a pencil, has added, be neath .the picture of the girls the simple phrase un Godly. , Whether referring to the spit ting" or the apparently uncomfor table tight slacks on two of j the women, the addition is not at all inappropriate.. .. loaded electrical wires.1 Brophy reported that all .blind ings and rides, on. fully half Luna park's " acres had been de- strioved. Estimates of daniaae ranged from $256,000. to fdoojooo. ; .FOEI UmE GIRL THROUGH PALL VJKlTCn, TOO 1 This fall, she wears the pants, it becomes a warm snow .that!' And what's more they're as nicely tailored as grown-up -.- ; styles. Smart princess or boy coats! Sturdy cot ;4.- h . j i ton kasha lined pants! ; Itoth of durable wool, rayon, j and cotton fabric in rich fall siades. For sizes & to 61 i-!:K ,' .-;: -. --r. ' v n...'.: i-- -V. -i -'j 1 ,'.Vj: i ; ' '?.,'-.. - :... -:'k-k':- - '-' ..,.':-;"' r ,v : f t I , , " ' ' I '- ,-! - ' See also the large selection of girls' coats at I ' U : . J9.S8, $12.98. All these may be purchased on our Time Payment or Jiayaway plans. RAF Planes.' p- Blafet Nazisl v - . Nonvay Goast LONDON, Aug. 12 -(")- In . a lightning stab; at Hitler'r oVind ling Atlantic ports, carrier-borne planes of the British nayjr yester day attacked shore installations on a 7-mue stretcn or tne worwe- gian coast : southwest " of Trood- heim, the adiniraltr ; disclosed" b- Submarine havens along, this coast were among the-targets and their destruction would increase the supply problem of nazi U- boats which .were forced to flee. from bases at St.. Nazaire end Lorient ; as the result of the swift onslaught of American forces , in Brittany. . . ; .. ... , : ' Simultaneously, the Norwegian government information - service announced that the - much-battered nazi battleship Tirpiti . was again attacked by allied aircraft'' July Iff, 70 planes also smashing : the quays and barracks.' The big warship damaged seriously by British bombT April J but later reported repaired, was moored under a ciifTside in Alten fjord and suffered only light damage. Roy. Burgess Killed la Italian Action' .HUBBARD, Aug. .12 Pvt Roy Burgess-wae killed in Italy, -July 12, according to information re ceived by bis widow, Mary Bur- gess, from the war department. MdNTGOMEftY WARD THEY SEE A coat alone. Later, with suit. Just as simple as fl
