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! , I , t r 5 I III! t i , - i. '!''(' ! : 5 t I M - I : - - ; M r . ... j . vw enro ...... JI a x I m m w temperature Monday 3 decrees; mini mum 47; ae rain; river 4 ft ' Fair cast of; the Cascades except local uornihg eoastal fogs Tuesday and Wednes day; partly cloudy afternoon east portion with scattered -afternoon thunder showers 1 Taesday; eon tinned warm except en coast. ; - - vv vv. T III I'iN S f r P ; 1 M II 1 ill v II 1 IV vn ,, 7 X .' . One line of products which fceems assured of a bright postwar future is mechanical refrigerators. Not only will the former, well cul tivated market for electric or gas refrigerators be worked over, and 'extended, but new lines of deep freeze units for farm and home use will be put on the market. ' Where before, the war there were fewer than a dozen concerns turning out these low temperature units," re cently 187 manufacturers indi cated to WPB an intention to em bark in the production. ;: - r. ! One cabinet works' in Cprvallis, with previous experience' in con structing refrigerating units, plans expansion and the offering: of a 'domestic: cold-box for $250, while - a Portland concern intends to mar ket larger ."walk-in" unit for around $750. As to the demand, one national manufacturer esti mates sales of two million units the, first year after production is ' permitted. . . These low temperature units are hot to be confused with the kitch en frigidaire. They are the locker box with its zero temperature transferred in varied sizes to home "or farm use. They are designed to freeze meats, fruits, vegetables so they will keep ' indefinitely, the same as in locker storage. ! The popularity of lockers, particularly since , meat . rationing began, is what makes the builders of these units-optimsitic about their post war market. I There are about three styles of these freezing units. There is the kind like an ice cream case: the "reach-in" style, which is of smaller dimension and not so con venient because of the difficulty -, of getting at parcels on the h (Continued on Editorial page) - New England Favors Dewey Says Hildreth i ALBANY, NY, Aug. 21-(-The prediction -that the republicans would carry most, If not all, . of New England was made to : Gov, Thomas . E. Dewey today as the GOP presidential nominee awaited the outcome of bis foreign affairs -talks by proxy .with Wendell L. .Willkie. . , , : ; , ' i ' f The governors spent nearly three' hours with Horace A.iJHil " dreth,' republlcat?Y candidate for governor of Maine): who, later told reporters that either Dewey or his running mate, Gov, John O. Brick- er of Ohio,: would visit the state on a campaign trip. . - r j ; Declaring -that "Maine will go republican," in the Sept 11 ! elec tion Hildreth said he and Dewey also had discussed the situation in New Hampshire and Massachus etts. ' I The prospects are that we will carry them" he said. ! ' ' Following up his labor day pro clamation of Saturday, D e w e y , sent a message to the New j York State Federation of Labor con vening today in Syracuse, in which ' he said the national would depend on labor leaders for a "major con tribution? towards .solving : post war problems. ; Robert Pylej Dies in Action INDEPENDENCE, Aug. 1 21 Pvt. Robert Carl Earl Pyles was killed in action in France on July 28 according to information ! re ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Earl Pyles. , ! v . Pvt Pyles was 22 years old and Is survived by his parents, ; three - brothers, Arthur, Harold and John of Independence; and two sisters of Arizona. ' - ' T This Js the third Independence boy reported killed In action with in the last few weeks. Pvt Leslie Williams, son of Mrs. Roy Pra ther, was killed in action June 6 in France; and Wilfred John Dingman, son of Mr. : and Mrs. John Dingman, was killed on Biak island May 28. The three families live within a few blocks of each other on Seventh street. liner Gripsholm "Will Leave for Europe Soon . WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 The Swedish . repatriation ' -liner Gripsholm will leave New, York within a couple of days for an other exchange of prisoners with Germany at Goteborg, Sweden, about Sept 8 the State and War departments announced tonight. Among those to be exchanged will be seriously sick and wounded prii oners of war. ' How Nice Gernian$ Think We're Winning mm THE CANADIAN ARMY 11 FRANCE, Aug. 21 -W)-Gen. Menni, commander of the German $7tli Infantry division, who was captured today by Canadian troops remarked dryl to' his escort as he wan taken to Canadian headquar- tens: ' ' "You think you are winning uJL wa tbirk you are too." ' innETY-rOUBTH YEAR Russians. nash Defense Germans Hurled Back Onto Bug; In Breakthrough " LONDON, Taesday, Aug. tt CVThe Moscow radio, In a broadcast recorded by Renters, asserted - today that Russian troops . were operating en East Prussian soil the first time that Soviet forces ; have penetrated Inside the borders of pre-war. Germany In the conflict. , LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. 22-P) -Russian troops yesterday hurled the Germans back onto the Bug river northeast of Warsaw in a nine-mile plunge through shatter ed Axis defenses guarding the Polish capital, while other Soviet forces lost ground near the- Gulf of Riga and Berlin declared that land contact had been re-estab lished with two Nazi Baltic armies stranded in Latvia and Estonia. ' Simultaneously, Berlin said that the k long-quiet . Romanian front again was in action with the Rus sians hurling 150,000 men against their lines near lasi and Tighina. The Russians gained one mile in these attacks aimed at "crushing the whole of our Dnestr river po sitions,", Berlin said. Shatters Nazi Line Marshal Konstantin K. Kokos sovsky's First White Russian army, the Moscow bulletin said, shatter ed 30-mile Axis defense : line based on the Bialystok -Warsaw railway, and, plunged on to within two miles of the Bug river, captur ing 50 localities. - ' - . The Russian break-through was between Tluszoz, 16 miles north east of Warsaw, and Prostyn 48 miles northeast of the capital .and at point where the Bug turns westward to flow into the Vistula north of Warsaw, , , Natural Flank v Filling out this Bug river bend. the Russians will have secured natural flank protection for their wheeling movement westward along its bank toward the Vistula, In Latvia the Russians admitted a reverse with the abandonment of Tukums, 33 miles east of Riga, af ter heavy German counterattacks, This is in the corridor , which Gen. Ivan Bagramian's First i Baltic army had established from- Lith uania north to the Gulf of Riga, hemming in possibly 200,000 Ger mans. , FDRSiensGI Voting Law Amendments WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -(P) President Jtoosevelt signed today the soldier vote law amendments relaxing ; restrictions on the dis semination of political news and opinion among members of the ' armed services. : Sponsors said the effect of the amendments would be to open the way for sale and J distribution through army post exchanges and navy stores of any newspapers, magazines and books in general circulation among civilians with in the limits of available trans portation. : - : A:'j,:-.f:.v : In the case of radio broadcasts, the only limitation applied is that if political speeches are rebroad cast ! to troops over government operated stations equal time shall be allowed to any political party having a presidential candidate in six or more states. Motion pictures generally avail able to the public may be shown without restriction, but shall be selected in an "impartial and non partisan manner. . . Dumbarton Oaks Conference Opehs WitH Optimism, Friendship Aniong Great Powers WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-(P)-American, British and Russian delegates sat down today, to build the international machinery for a peaceful world after a victory one said was "Not far off." Secretary of State Hull opened the first meeting of the conference at luxurious Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown, and both Sir Alexan der Cadogan, . head of the British group, and Ambassador j Andrei Gromyko, leading the Russian del egation, joined in his optimistic prediction of agreement on .. the outline of a world security organ ization. Russian Optimistic . ' Gromyko, declaring the time "Is not far' off when the freedom lov ing nations, and first cf all our 10 V arnnient TcgS-lng Seat ; To Another City r-- if -.;! - LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. 22-P) -The Vichy goyernment is" trans ferring its teat to another city, the German-con trolled Vichy radio declared today, but it did not dis close the identify of the new! site; ; -The; transfer Sis "now in prog-f ress, ' i said the announcement, which was recorded by the Asso ciated n-ess. i . - The broadcast broke a silence of several days by, the Vichy ; net work which" gave several: short bulletins on th progress of fight ing in France and then turned to a program of music. J i ,1 ' ; -j i FDRSfrongly Driiesi Kicking Nelson's Teeth WASHINGTON, Aug. 21,-(tf- President Roosevelt vehemently denied today that Donald M. Nel son's assignment to China was a kick, in .the lteeth,"j arid WPB chairman, . who- had been 'reported on the verge of resignation, rushed plans to leave lor the orient Mr. Roosevelt s t statement that Nelson's economic mission was temporary f and would bring ho change in mail production policy m his absence;, prompted Nelson to drop any plans he may have had to quit in protest A WPB spokes man said he was "perfectly satis fied." 4 ! ; . .;. 1 j st Nelson's plait tor limited recon version of industry to a peacetime basis had been; vigorously opposed by miiiury - oiuciais, and some others, and there was speculation that the plana; might i be changed in bis absencei; Oyer the weekend some of his associates complained bitterly, that he. Was being "kicked in the teeth" ahd "sent to Siberia.? i Today's f o rjhi a 1 White House statement ? which . described Nel son's trip as '?most pressing and necessarily confidential," , was re ported to have followed conferen ces , "between ; Jlelson House aides. !i - ; and I White Whisky Deal Declaimed Out i PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 21 The OP A; today reversed a deci sion allowing the -Oregon liquor control commission to sell an ex tra fifth of whisky as a bonus to purchasers oipwo Domes oi lm r The ragencyl ruled that if the commission offers additional whis ky for sale it must do so without any obligation on the part of the purchaser: to buy other liquor. George Xk Gurry, acting district OPA directorf said he gave oral permissioii Itoithe "tying-in' deal Saturdayafter contacting the San Francisco-regional office but that it reversed itself today. nations, will bring complete vic tory", said the unity of the allies is a guarante that the Dumbarton Oaks talks wf 11 reach "positive re sults.? Urging speed, Cadogan' said "Peace tnaycome sooner than some.expect Hull, in his welcoming speech, and Cadogan - and Gromyko in their responses, stressed? the need for maintaining the fighting strength of he allies, ready for quick use if; essression- threatens after the war. ' Speak. Iaforip ally ; The ihre , spoke informally, seated5 at th long U-shaped table around WhicS were gathered their diplomatic: elid military advisers. Each ipeat r .sought to reassure the smaller jsations that they w-1 have an t:-:'t xc1? ii the fa- I - I T . . i I i f PVT. LLOYD MERK- j - I Sctlenu Orecjem, I1 ! t " - sinks : i it 1 - 20 Mbre i Superforts! Slug I Japs9 Homeland, i Subs Blay Havoc WASHINGTON,! fAUg. 21 - VP 1 American blows from China by air, and: from! under the sea left the Japanese idigging k home in dustrlal area out irom under charred; wreckage today, and hunting replacements for 20 ships, three of them; war vessels. f A! triple strike by air two Su-' perfortress hammer; blows at the strategic productions center of Ya wata, and the! siniiig pf a! 1400 ton cruiser by a t4berator of the 14th alrforce-f- emphasized the thijef teeing gtowihj of American force oh the Asiatic mainland. f OW OUlk Mil I ! J ' ' 5 Submarines accounted i for the otijer 19 Japanese ships, 1 includ ing ja light cruiser, an! escort ves sel, one large tahkerj three me dium cargo transports, 11 medf- ump cargo shipsi and' two smaB caifgo vessels.; The time of thj? submarine succesie was not giv en j in the navy announcement but the jlas report 4n undersea ao tiohi caine llu dais ago. ' ! The hew list brought to 708 the number of ehemir vessels which submarines have; Recounted for, including 56 combat ships. Eleven more enemy fwarship have been reported as probably -sunk. Daylight Mission ! ! . ..-.-j- ? a! force of Superfortresses from th j 20th. ajrforce! struck the :ta wata area Sundajl ija the , first daylight mission kgainst the Jap anese homeland since !Lt General James, 'H. DoolitUe's car r i f- launched -medium! bombers hit Tokyo Aprfl 1 18,1 1841 Four Su perfortresses were lost C-f ,l- ; wews of tlie attack; on the big fnemy cruiser cafne from Chun4 kuig. where Major General Clair UiChehnault's lIti ilrforce-dii- cIoBed that a B-24 T.ihrA f n-.4 thi .atship in he jChlna sea Sat- ury, gettmgVthrsee direct hits and a probable, jaid j watching it sink during 'the fourth bombing vim. . -. i 1 : T I Lloyd Merle ItiUed m' War Pvt. Lloyd L. Merki, 19, son of Mif anfl Mrs. :' it .L Merk, was killed ii action M trance on July 28 his parents werf notified early thipi wejek. August 18 hey had rf ceiVed Word from the war depart ment that he was jwpunded July 25 but that he had returned to duty July 2T. vt n- . ;j r-: Born! June . 26,1 1925. Merk at tended Xeizer grade school, Leslie junior high schoot 4nd Salem high school, j where heJ was .active in athletics. Prior to his senior year, he Wasj inducted Sept, 1, -1943. He trained! at Fort iKnoix, Ky and Fort Meade, !Md. before going to England in Aprils of this year. He entered France shortly after D- day. I Ml '' ; Pvt I Merk is survived by , his parents; sisters. Vera and Delia, all or jjsaiem, Ajma ai cadet . nurse training Pasadena,! Calit. and a brthe Larjy, Spm. ;; . Algiers Radio j Says Tpulpn liberated - n T-ONpONTuesdyi Aug. 22-JP) -Badio; France at Algiers declared today that Toulofi, piajor port and naval base in southern France, has been liberated by ;tbe. Allied ar mies, i i ' i I Vn There was no immediate con firmation of ; this )ews from Allied neaaquartert m $ttome. Last aa vices fro mhte field, however, said French troops were j mopping up pockets of enemy resistance within the city. ( i ture organization, emphasized the 1 ' i importance of ready might for se curity,; and underlined the special responsibility of jth strong nations to lead m enforcing peace. Emphasis Differs '?v I i : There was somi difference fin emphasis in the) American, British and Russian talis, fleeting vary ini approaches Jto the problem-of preventing - war, but the speech es! indicated, asr Cadogan said. "There is already ;much common ground. - i The; chief of the! British delega tion warned the conferees against attempting too precise a blue-pdnt for the postwar? w&rld. and adaea that they must! nqt! think United Nations agreement! oh a theoretic ally rerfect clan: would insure peace.; " ' - :j : 1 i snips! Tujsdcrf Mcrrlng. August 22. t f - arseille ; j ! . . . 4 I Soon .May i - - 7th Army Races l : Toward Rhone h River Valley ROME. . Aug. 21 - (JPi - French troops have fought into Toulon, France ; No. 1 Mediterranean na val base, and other Allied forces are sweeping down a broad high way within nine miles of Mar seille, France's second city, Allied headquarters announced tonight! Reports in London early today f Tuesday Placed Allied ' spear heads about six miles east of Mar seilles knd said the invasion" was so far ahead of the time table that field i commanders, were Improvis ing strategy as the go along). Mop Up Pocketa-:;V;wr::Ti;l Front! ; advices . " declared ! the French troops which crashed into Toulon's northern 'and I western sections' at dusk yesterday were engaged in mopping up pockets of German resistance within the na val stronghold, where the French fleet ; was scuttled in 1942.. ; At the same time a swift Ameri can Infantry column, lancing doe north from Toulon, has enveloped the city1 of Valensole, SO miles in land and approximately a third of the way to Lyon, and sent scouting columns fanningo ut into the: Asse river valley, the Allied announce ment said. . 14,000 Nasi Captured American troops and French pa triot Jfcesjwhich; surrounded., Vierman garrison : at feruus, 4r miles north of Marseille, captured that town.: "The total of Nazi pris oners taken -in the whirlwind in vasion' of southern France swelled to more than 14,000., I , I ; i The momentum of the rrrencb: drive on Toulon carried Ma J.' Gen. Jean de Lattre V de . Tassigny's troops ! west of the liaval. ' base. They Captured the towns of Le Beausset and Cuges-Les-Pins on Highway No. 8, main road to Mar seille and only four miles from the coastal highway which is the last escape; route for the German gar rison of .Toulon.- '4'.: Other Allied- troops f thrusting were 4 reported approaching Au-r bagne, nine miles east of Marseille, at nightfall yesterday. 1 1 Dallas, Salem Men -.t-'.l Receive Air Medal n ' '';.,:'." -'--. .'."' t -: i-M:i' 5 Lt. j Gen, George C. Kenney, commander of allied forces in the Southwest Pacific, has awarded the Air i Medal to Tech. Sgt George M. Blegen, route one, box 82, Salemi and to Tech. Sgt. LeRoy Teal, 906 Ellis streety?Dallas, de loyed dispatches from" the South Pacific Monday night revealed, ' TOiumbhail By the Associated Press'' Northern France Yanks push r into i Versailles, storm across Seine river on both sides of Par is as -Germans fleet the French capital; French forces of the.bv terior reported helping partisans chase out hazis; Gen. Montgom ery: declares end of-war in; sight. . Southern - France French troops i fight into great naval base-. ef Toulon; other (allied forces sweep to within five miles of ' Marseille, France's' second city; Yanks spread out north of Marseille 'and head for Rhone valley; allied warships $ h e 1 1 German defenses at Bayonne. Russian Front Germans claim to have broken Russian trap that stranded nazi Baltic armies in Ltvia -and Estonia but report reds open new drivel in Romania; Soviets announce Ger mans have been hurled back in to Bug river northeast of War- Saw. ' . . .y;. y. Pacific US subs sink 20 more Japanese ships; Superforts 'set big fires in Nipponese homeland; Gen, ; MacArthurs bombers de , liver record punches upon ljal mahera and Boeroe islands, sink Jap j shipping; Seventh air force bombers raid ; Yap in western Carolines. v;; i X-i . . Italy Italian - based Libera tors pound German communica tions in " north Italy, hammer German air fields in Hungary and Yugoslavia. , i M Gapitiilate i i ' A. 11 1S44 - " - n - w ' . ) ... i li VyJJGJS War Throughout Fraria? - toriont flansv L ' li St Nazairej UManteT Tours) V5!j ' C i : ? Hp'l FRANCE vy;y o ' loo j i' i s 1 1 - v Open arrows show possible allied east of Paris, possible advance north through the Rhone valley, a reported penetration to Angonleme and the shelling f the French coast by warships in the Bayonne area. 'Broken arrows indicate German retreat to the Seine audi reported abandonment of positions la the Spanish border area. Toulouse was. reported ia control of French patriots' and the French army was reported to nave entered TeulonL ' Belfort was reported as having replaced Ykhy as tha La val covenunent seat (AP Wtrephoto). Maybe Thiols my You Didn't Get That Letter BAKER, Ore.,iAug; 21f (?P)-John B. Wilson, 46, a railway mail clerk for 22 years, is in jail at American Falls, Idaho, accused ; bt pilfering the mails, Paul 'Dunham, a postal inspector! said here today. - Dunham said Wilson, who lived at Baker; had 61 pieces of mail In has possession when he was taken from the train at Pocatello, Idaho, Thursday. - .The ; inspector added that Wilson had admitted he had taken as many as 150 letters a trip from pouches, i He took them to his home, removed money and other valuables, then burned them, Wlison skid. I;-.' -;: 1 Rodketi Bomb oiuses 1 LONDON,, Aug. 2tHBY- With allied armies racing toward robot bomb launching sites in the, Pas de Calais region, the Germans to day hurled onie of ; the heaviest daylight attacks since the ; first weeks of the flying bomb assaults on London and southern England. Throughout most of the day the enemy sent the buzz bombs across the channel capitalizing on - the soupy weather that hid the robot roosts from grounded allied bomb ers. I . . ; j - ' . - Heavy ack-ack fire, including some rockets, met the robots at the coast and the gunners' score was good.' Over one coastal area they shot down two in a couple of minutes. . j . lemp Initial Steps T alien Toward Development of City Park; , First steps toward development of a great and varied -park in the heart of Salem which eventually' may be the site for a municipal auditorium, for the' operation of a mild-mannered night club and! for possible state and city cooper-! ation in payment of operating ex penses of signal lights on state highways within -Salem limits were taken at Monday night's city council meeting. . ' . ' Aldermen A.' IL Gille and Da vid Ollara, with E.; J." Scellars, Milton) Meyers' and ."W.. t Need4 ham were appointed by Mayor I. M. Doughton to negotiate with Miss Sally Bush, her? representa4 tive of any other membe? of her familyi who may own the 43 acres of the; rolling ;semi-rrooded land known as "TJush's pasture which was not included in the deed of parklands to the city by A. N, Bush and Lulu IL Bush in 1317.! If a price could be set upon the lands either for purchase now cr at a later date, the city could lay plsr.js for development cf a 1C0 acre rrk to include terras courts, Plica' 5c ' " " pi . r n . ' n li-'. UJ2i li drives to the Calais eoast and to the Guam, Saipan on WASHINGTON, Augi H-flPJ The Japanese lost 14,06? .dead on Guam,' and J25.144 on Saipan, the navy announced tonights . . Only 100 Japanese prisoners were taken by American forces in the recapture of Guam 'from the Japanese, who had " wrested the Pacific Island from the Unit ed States early in the war. . i Mopping up operations are con tinuing in the Marianas, the navy said. During i the period August 11 through 17, 593 Japanese were killed on Guam, at a cost of 12 American soldiers killed and 61 wounded.' ; -: " :,' V , During the same period, 187 ad ditional Japanese were killed on Saipan, and IS prisoners taken, at a cost of five wounded. and one missing American.? j s : i ! On Tinian island, 201 Japanese were killed during that period, and 15 prisoners taken. The'total Japanese dead on that island now number 1 5745, Five ; Americans were killed and 11 wounded be tween August 11 and 17th. - Storm Hits Jamaica : 1 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 21-QP)-Two persons were killed and hundreds left homeless by a storm that raged over the eastern section of Jamaica, during the week-end,' according to meagre reports reach ing here tonight over disrupted communication facilities! - opfn-air amphitheatre, flower gardens and equally varied at tractions, it was said. The ' land deeded to the city Is subj ect to life use of it by Miss Bush, whose gardens are said to be indicative of the possibilities of portions of the property. ".yJp':--'':'-' - The licenses for operation Of Leonard's supper club were ap proved by the council, with the dissenting votes of Councilwoman Gertrude Lobdell and AldeTman C. F. French, after Mike Stein bock's attorneys had declared that the place would be managed .by Steinbock's brother, " experienced in the business and with a record of clean operation. A restaurant beer license and club license, per mitting sale and use : of mixers for hard liquors, at tables where meals will be served, ; were ap proved. - The city attorney was instruct ed to draw an agreement for pre sentation to the state highway commission whereby 1 the state would share with the city operat ing costs for the traffic signals at seven highway intersections. 1 , s mm Nipp 39,211 No. 132 !' i in Yankees Advance To ? North ' "End of War Is In Sight" Says L'r Montgomery , . , SUPREME HE A DQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Aug. j 2 1-(P)-American troops stormed jthe rocket coast of France ; tonight " after . planting bridgeheads across the Seine both ' northwest of revolt-torn Paris and southeast 'of the city near the . Marne battlefields . of . the first World war .j " c " . "The end of the war is in sight," declared '. jGen. j Sir . Bernard L. Montgomery tn" a triumphant ' message to! the four, allied armies under his' field command in rec ognition for their "definite, com-, j plete and decisive victory" already achieved in northwestern France.' - ft- . ...... Strike Across Seine The third US army,' striking ' across the. Seine 25 miles north west ; of Paris,! lent emphasis to his , words? as j it fanned out and ... threatened; to drive the 15th Ger man armyaad ine pattered sev- enth back ! to the borders of the reich or roll them up against the sea.- .; ' ; ' '.'-.. ' " : - : XThe Berlin radio said the Ame ricans enlarged this bridgehead ' "in small ', pneasure" and were ' at tacking with strong forces "con tinuously strengthened by bring ing up new troops,) , - The American first the Cana- -d(first)nh4thei JBritish aecond . armies were needing, the re'mnanla ' i of the- enemy's seventh army be- . fore,' them ' west of the Seine, where elements were crossing some In the very barges In which , in their ' dayi .of " victory they ; hoped to invade England. , 1 Paris Gates Opes . ' , , ' , 'i-'fy " The gate to Paris itself seemed - ' open with patriots fighting, the : .1 Germans inside". the 'capital- and mobil American patrols ranging . virtually unopposed around Ver- -sallies,' 10' miles from the' city's . heart f'j - " - - ' ' - Allied f' reconnaissance - pDots,. from seats above the capital, : ; watched Germans flee the city in such a. tremendous exodus that they : were bumper"to bumper i a road jam east of Paris." -1,- .Only the rain; and clouds that -again plagued! allied air - forces . protected these highway targets . from a storm of bombs and shells. Generais Captared " T Far back of this swift - moving front, some 10,000 Germans left behind byl the retreating seventh army - writhed j In , the Argentan trap of Normandy, and in the pa- " ride of prisoners coming out of the shell f churned pocket' were three generalsi - .. . ; - Heavy fighting raged on the ' firm bridgeheads which he plant ed on the; east bank of the Seine ' at Mantes 25 miles northwest of Paris, indicating, that the German 15th army, I last, great enemy , force stilt ;in France already had , been brought to battle. . The destruction of his army, guardian 'of the rocket coast now only 90 miles' north , of Patton'e . bridgehead, is: the next order of business on the allied agenda for ' sending the.Oerman nation crash- , -ing to defeat, i zj i ' ' i Living Co$U Rise . Slightly in July NEW YORKX Aug. 21-(ffV-Uv- '-' ing costs of wage earners and low- . salaried clerical; workers for th country as a whole rose .6 of one : per cent in July over the preced ing month. The national industrial conference board reported-today. "W . ; ' I ' ? - r ' i -.1 " - - - New Director Assigned; WASHINGTON, Aug. ai-f'V2S The War Food administration an nounced today that Jesse. B. Gil mer, farm security ' administra tion's . assistant director has been given ' charge of water programs -administer byjFSA in 17 western states. Jlaclatne Chiang Better RIO DE JAIRO, Auj. 21-' -Mrs. Chiang Kai Shek, who is undergoing a rest cure here, has shown slow but steady improve ment in her health, the Chinese embassy announced today. " !