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I The OREGON; STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning. August 13, 1S44
RAF BptnbferS
Hit Brunswick
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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
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; 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.
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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.
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That's why policyholders renew with Haggins : '.
fnf yar ajrter year-
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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
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; . 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
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Land Clearing:
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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
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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
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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 '"'
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"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 ; ;
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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
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-(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
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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. , .. .:!!.
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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-
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" 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.
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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
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,-! - ' 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