53 UM
NINETY-FOUHTH YEAH
Provision of school support by
the state has developed into quite
game of ping-pong.
In 1942 the people voted to di
vert all the surplus of income tax
receipts to school districts. The
1943 legislature, bounced the ball
back by limiting the district take
to a possible $5,000,000.
In 1944 the people defeated a
proposed constitutional
amend-
ment to establish a substantial
state fund for school support.
. The 1945 legislature is setting
money wiui f v t
tached, the same to be submitted
: to the people. THus the legislature j
is bouficing back to the 'people
again.
. Maybe that's the play, batting
the ball back and forth between
voters and legislature.
In all the talk about millions
ior education (if. when and as)
Is any provision being made for
vocational education? The federal 1
government has put up the money
wfefe OSdSadji EgiD'SD
OTP
for training workers for war in- der of tffe day disclosing the ca in
dustry and will continue the fi- ture by fihe First White Russians
nancing for rehabilitation and. re-
conversion. So long as blueprint-1
tog for school finance Is being at-
tempted the needs of vocational
education should be recognized.
' The adoption of the dental col'
lege at Portland to the state sys
:S "KkJ
'has passed both houses of the
legislature is a progressive step.
It will 1 provide permanence '' for
. am mrsA worth rofioni
,.h; t v,-i
tain Portland's reputation as a
medical-dental center. Most im-
i portant however is the assurance mans tHmselves said was under
rthat public health need not irof- Red Arny artillery fire. The Ger-1t-r
the lack of trained dentists. mans f&nkly called Stettin "an
As an early and strong advocate I
of the inclusion of the dental col- An ea-ly-morning Moscow bul
t lege in the state system of higher letin defirribed German manpower
education this paper is highly losses m the thousands in dead
gratified at the legislatures ac -
Hon.
Yanlts Regrotii
For Last Phase :Ne4rly Fourth
Of Luzon Fight
O
MANILA, Wednesday, March 7-(iT-American
forces in all sectors
"are regrouping for the final phas
es of the Luzon campaign," Gen.
Douglas MacArthur said today In
announcing only limited activity
against the estimated four Japa-
nese divisions still on the island.
In the air war, however, Ameri
can bombers were busy. '
- They sank a 6000-ton freighter -
transport on rormosa ana leu a
. destroyer escort In flames. Xhey
sank a small freighter and dam-
'aged another southeast of Shang -
; hai, and sent four small vessels to
the bottom east or nong is.ong.
: Naval patrol torpedo boats sank
,l coastal vesseMoaded with "es.
; caping" enemy troops off the west
! coast of Luzon. - 5 v
j - The critical and seemingly hope -
ess posmon oi me Japanese on
Luzon island , of the Philippines
Land, bub f Nippon's crumbling
i greater east Asia co-prosperity
; Tuesday communique.
Chiang Might
Come to Meet
WASHINGTON, March 6.
- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
; may come to the united nations
conference in San Francisco but if
he does it can be for little morejcenMrsJ) Prime Minister
- .nru9nnr.
An Invitation has gone to the
. Chinese leader, it developed to-
day. ;
i However, he is preoccupied in
arranging for a May 5 meeting
. In China. While this meeting fol-
' lows the opening of the one In
' Ean Francisco by 10 days, Chiang
. was reported to be heavily con-
cemed with getting ready for It,
as it concerns granting more gov-
ernment Dower to the Chinese
ceode
Salem.
Reds In
25-Mile
Advance
Nazi Pomerania
Sliced Into New
Shreds by Push
By Romney Wheeler
LONDON, Wednesday, March 7,
(JP)-Thq first White Russian ar
my reached the Oden river's
northeastern outlet to the Baltic
yesterday! in a lashing 25-mile ad
vance that took German towns
and extinguished the staggered en-
emy,s of any eXective un
f the Soviet sparhead aimed at
!,. 7J ' .
Berlin friom the east.
The Gjrman province of Pom
erania wis sliced into new shreds
by the gipeat northward and north
westward thrusts of the First
White Prussian and the Second
White Rissian army, which reach-
ed the Baltic at new points and
scored gperal but less spectacular
gains inthe northeast
- Premier Stalin announced the
day's toil developments in an or
of Camtjiin, on the Oder, delta
outlet dream of Dievenow, 37
miles noSth of Stettin: TreDtow. 21
noftheast of Cammin; and in
the sam region the big German
strongpofpts of Grjefenberg, Guel
zow andl Plathe.
Stettirtr Berlin's Oder river
t-tt Baltic, was In im
mediate ganger of being outflank
ed both.'horth and south, and last
night's Moscow communique an
nouncedjjthat the First White Rus
8ians Mf oved westward with-
of the, which the Ger-
outpost fat the Reich
apd capfiired at nearly every point,
either tik the annihilation of en-
circled groupings or the destruc
Ition of Seeing, troop trains by the
Red aiff -force.
..8
f ed r?ss,
ff liitri tinman
Incorlete returns Jxom 11 of
the 1Z imvisions In the Marion
county Jpmpaign to raise $80,500
for thelAmerican Red Cross 1945
war fuffd showed $17,224.33 paid
in messay noon.
The lumen's division, with a
$9000 yota in Salen! is keeping
quiet a1?fut thenresults of its house-
to-nous canvass,
But ft Tuesday noon's meeting
1 of the lem Kiwanis club the fol-
i lowing divisions reported
I Automotive and transportation
$1558 $3700 quota; contractors
1 and builders, $718 of $440: general
gifts, $682,75 of $5200; govern-
mental fl 1384.78 of S7000; educa
tional $758 of $1700: industria
$271 of f$7700; mercantile $4753.50
of $7Z0; , professional $1642 of
$4550; Utilities $l of $15000: ru
1 ral 538 JO of $2700 and suburban
if o.aw ei sisuu quouu
Broy Confirmed
"YfJ ViOniimicU
WASfUNGTON, March
The senate ; confirmed today the
nomination of William A. Brophy
of NewilMexico to be commissioner
of Indian affairs.
ncuan a
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'Strone Heave'
Says Churchill
f,
Br Ned Nordnexa
MANY March 4.-(Relayed by
cnurcrsu, tourmg tne western
front in Germany, told Scottish
troona In the northern Rhine m?
tor today that "soon the enemy
will bf driven " across the Rhine
and anyone can see one strong
heave Will win the war." ..
., Puffing cigar, the uniformed
prime minister made no. effort to
disguise his personal satisfaction
in stepping on German soil won
by the (victorious Allied armies. :
During his trip through the Ca-
nadlan! army sector, Churchill
stood on one oft the highest points
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Oregon, Wednesday Morning,
Rome
i - B
Ojal WithEmnonu
0eath to KingP
By George Br
ROME, March
6-JP)-A communist
in
a riot before thej royal palace
norm's resignation jwas demanded by a coalition oi leit-wmg
pahies as the escape of Gen. Mario Rtfatta during his trial for
war crimes threw liberated Italy into Its gravest political crisis
since the Allied invasion. - 'I II
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Innocent Mince
Pie Hides Ijooting
Qf Cafe by Boys
Kansas city, March t-ijpf-
Thpee boys robbed a cafe and took
a awice pie.
id they eat "it?
rutbed it on the
Nope. They
window so
passersby couldn't see them loot
ing the place, they! told police,
who caught them robbing an
other cafe.
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M
arines
V. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Guam Wednesday,
Mfrch 7 Preceded by the
most Intense artillery bombard
ment of the Iwo campaign, three
marine divisions resumed the of
fensive on the north end of the
tiijy island Tuesday and engaged
the Japanese in "heavy fighting."
Bi 3:30 p.m. the leathernecks had
scored small local gains..
pThe marines were supported for
the first time by land-based army
fighte-planes flying! from the cap
tured Motoyama airfield No. 1 on
uis souui ena oi uie lsiana. inese
fighter planes thus: began oper
ating from a base which puts them
wjthin flying range of Tokyo, 750
miles to the north, j
More than 14,000 enemy dead
ha;ve been counted.
IThe gains were scored on the
wfst side by Maj. Gen. Keller E.
Rickey's Fifth marine division and
near the center by Maj. Gen. Clif
ton B. Cates Fourth marine di
vision which is on the right flank
oft Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine's
Third.
JjloodXegion
WiURestore
Nisei Names
! HOOD ; RIVER, March .-P-dommander
Jess B Edgington of
the American Legion post here
skid today the post still opposes
the return of Nisei to this area,
despite its decision io restore Jap
anese-American soldiers to the
Honor rolL i
f The post's official statement, is--
sued after the national legion
&reatened to investigate, said:
f Upon', the directive of National
Commander Edward M. Scheiber
Bng of the American Legion, Al
bany, NY, Hood Riter Post No. 22
toted at its regular' monthly meet
fig Monday night, March 5, to re
itore the names of 15 men of Jap
anese ancestry to their honor roU.
I "This action, however, does not
fhange the sentiment, of the post
regarding the return of the Jap
anese to the Hood River valley.
Will Win War'
After Toiir ;
nd gazed long and silently , to
ward the mist-covered Rhine. ;
i Perhaps he was recalling that
our years ago, when Hitler was
triumphantly planning a visit to
London, he could promise the peo
ple of Britain only "blood, sweat
and tears" before! "final victory.
jnd there across the Rhine was
dctory. ;.;- p ' -
r (A dispatch from London said
Churchill returned there Tuesday
Mter visiting the) western front
and the headquarters of Gen. Eis
enhower and Field! Marshal Mont
gomery "for the purpose of dis
cussing with theml and other Al
lied commanders i wide field of
Inilitary : matters.1
Heavy Assault
On Iwo Island
March: 7, 1945
Rioters Yell
demonstrator was slain
today land Premier Ivanoe Bo-
The nemand. for: the premier's
resignation was presented by a
group composed of communists,
socialists, actionists. republicans,
partisans and war veterans. Bo
nomi hks called a cabinet meeting
for tonforrow. , v i
The J slain demonstrator was
identified as Guiseppe -Lastagna
ManciiliJ a member of the com
munist! party, by the membership
card ii his pocket
' Three: other persons, two Allied
soldiers j and an Italian "police
agent,'! were wounded when police
fired qn the crowd attempting to
burst into the royal palace and
shouting "death to the king."
Crown Prince Umberto, lieuten
ant of the realm since his father,
King fVittorib Emahuele, relin
quished his rights, was in the pal
ace during the riot, but he, did
not appear while the carabinieri
drove bff the crowd, estimated at
louu persons.
The lung has not lived In Rome
since the Italian armistice, having
retired to a villa at Salerno.
Americas Plan
WliattoSay 1
To I Argentina
By Flora Lewis
MEXICO CITY, March .-P)-
Delegates to the Inter-American
conference" today reached infor
mal agreement on what to say to
Argentina, it was learned on high
authority.
The statement, which is expect
ed on Thursday, the last day of
the conference, remains to be
phrased, however.
The main peints will be:
1.. Expression of regret at Ar
gentina's absence from the Inter
American conference.
2. Hope that Argentina will be
able to put herself in a position
to sign; the Mexico City resolutions
ana rejoin the American system.
3. Hope that Argentina will be
able to put herself in a position
to joi4 the united nations, which
means a. declaration of war.
4. Provision for consultation
among uie zu otner republics to
deader whether Argentine . acts
actually constitute a sincere change
in position. "
Meanwhile, delegates were sche
duled jto meet In a plenary session
this afternoon to give formal ap
proval to fifteen resolutions, in
cluding the reorganization of the
Panamerican union and the act of
Chapultepec. j - f
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Senate Quickly
Okehs Vinson
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WASHINGTON, March 8. iP
The senate confirmed today Presi
dent j'Roosevelt's ' nomination of
Fred !M. Vinson to be federal loan
administrator. ; ' ' i
Acting with unusual speed, the
chamber approved the appoint
ment of the 55-year-old Kentuck
ian to head ( the $40,000,000,000
reconstruction finance corporation
and allied agencies. The action was
takeri on a voice vote without
word of debate. . .
Vinson thus steps out as eco
nomic stabilization director to as
sume . authority which congress
stripped from the commerce de
partment before the senate con
firmed 'the cabinet nomination of
uenry a. Wallace. -,-
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'Germans Slust Husband
Forces for Tomorrow'
i LONDON, March 6-(1P)--German
forces fmust have as their' main
aim the husbanding of their
strength while inflicting maximum
loses: on the enemy,' but all forces
must be kept intact for the tasks
of ? tomorrow,"' said Dr. Otto
Kriegk, aide to Propaganda Minis
ter Goebbels, today over the Ber
lin radio.
Prfc 5c
No. 301
Risk Bill
Iii House
. 38-21 Vote Beats
3-Way Plan; Of
fice Plant Wins
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Managinc editor,. The Statesman .
j By Wendell Webb
: Two of the. most controversial
measures of the 43rd legislature
were j killed Tuesday the plan
(HB 232) for the so-called three-
way method of ; workmen's com
pensation insurance, and the pro
posal (SB 271) to split up eastern
and ' Southern Oregon senatorial
districts. i !
On the affirmative side; the sen
ate completed legislative action on
the plan to borrow $1,500,000 from
the irreducible school fund for a
state office building, by' passing
house! bill 312 with a vote of 22
o 8.
Both the senate, which defeated
the reapportionment measure 18
to 12 and the house, which ap
proved a senate resolution SJR 8)
adding the secretary of state and
the state treasurer to the presi
dent of the senate and speaker of
the house in the line of succes
sion to the governor, completed
full calendars.' j
Terms Are Specified
The house also approved the
senate Joint resolution (SJR 17)
providing that terms of legislators
shall run . until ; the biennial ses
sion fefter the general election-
not just until such election.
The house also disposed of the
bill (HB 401) extending from six
months to one year the time in
which, workmen may file actions
to recover overtime pay under the
wage-hour statute, passing the
measure 51 to 7.
The move (HB 232) to provide
a three-way method (state, priv
ate or employer) of carrying work
men's compensation insurance was
defeated after a two-hour debate
n the house.
Report Substitute
Byithe vote of 38 to 21, the rep
resentatives elected to substitute a
do riot pass recommendation for
the major committee report of d0'
pass,- and then voted to lnaerm-
wTTf .! rT
The 21 who Voted "no" to the
proposal to toss out the bill were
Repsl Balderree; Chadwick, Chase,
Dickson, Duniway, . Frisbie, Gpe,
Hall, Carl Hill, Earl Hill, Lage,
Landbn, Lonergan, Meyers;,
Moore, Morse, j Peterson, Pooled
eVErt.
Staples. Wills, I Marsh. . Excused
was lAiien.
Rep. Brady, supporting the sijc
cessful move to substitute the ad
verse report, said he opposed any
one f making money out of work
men's misfortunes, and declared
administrative costs under the (n
dustrial accident commission were
less than hi private insurance com-
ReD. Manlev -Wilson echoed a
similar belief and said that open -
ing the insurance to private com
panies and to k employers them
selves would hamper - the states
safety program. ' y , ; ; -
Rep. John Hall, speaking (for
the measure and against the move
to substitute the adverse reccom.
mendation. said he -believed the
three-day method of insurance
-would be more beneficial to la-
Defeated
bor? than the present program of her corporation officials today con
limiting such ; Insurance to jthe finned rerjorta that ime concern is
stete. .1
He denied the present program
was! monopolistic, pointed out that
it would provide coverage both In
hazardous and non-hazardous oc
cupation, and ! said amendments
asked by labor reducing the wait
Ing period from seven to three
days ana removing xne maximum
benefits for disability had been
Included in the measure.'
The minority "do not pass's re
port, adopted, was signed by Reps.
Bull, French, M. Wilson and Bra
dy; jthe defeated majority report by
Reps. Balderree, Chadwick, Moore,
Carl Hill and Lage. Y. . Y rt ;
Both the senate and house fac
ed full calendars today, the Sfth
of the session. As a special order
of business at 2:15 p. m, the house
wQ consider adoption of divergent
committee reports on the liquor
control measures, SB 144, 143. ill?.
(Legislative -news t page 12) '
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View ef Cologne, with Cologne Cathedral in center. Allied bomber
bombs on the ancient church and
the war.
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Patton
For
M
iles Toward Rhine After
Big Breakthrough in South
Rampant Ohio
River Causes
Heavy Damage
CINCINNATI. March 7-( Wed
nesday ) (JP)-The j Ohio river,
swollen by .Uie heaviest rains In
years, .' passed a 68-foet stare
here early today. With the death
toll in the worst flood since 1937
reaching eicht In four states,
Flood stage is 52 feetj
C1NCINNATI, March . t-Wf-
Swollen by two to nearly four
. Inches 'of rain along much -of its
length, the war-vital Ohio river
n eared a 70-f o o t itage tonight,
while its valley, already record
ing'- six deaths in I three states,
braced against the midwest's most
disasterous wartime torrent
War plants closed by the score;
transportation . facilities founder
ed; eastern headquarters of the
American Red Cross reported
probably 5000 to $000 families
evacuated 'and 10,000 homeless in
Cincinnati alone. .
Relief shelters were set up; the
army released blankets and other
Lommand at Columbus. 0. while
( ... . mmnitii
p-ew by the hour.
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PORTLAND, Ore.,
March &-Jf)
old Lee Roy
Search for , 15-year-Bridges
which star
ed after fire
destroyed his ' home
near Toledo,
Ore.
was halted, tonight when the
remains of human bones were
fcund in material taken from the
I ruins.
Dr. Joseph Beeman, director of
veittloievemledrfh,Doy died
I in the fire and that 'there was no
I im (Inn v nl tl nltiw .Tn. Vl
1 . ,,:',,, . .
er, Wilkie Bridges, told of arriv
ins? home.' falline asleen in his
auto and being awakened by the
fire. The boy's mother and an In
fant half-sister live
in Hunting-
ton Beach, Calif.
NcW Type of U. S. Tank
BeinS Manufactured
I tjetrOIT. March S-jJn-Chrrs
manufacturina a new type tank-
I nfflriallr known as lT-25 and de-
j scribed by undersecretary of war
I Robert P. . Patterson as "the "an-
swer to the German Tiger tank.
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Damage Near $10,000 Results
From Fire at Turn
TURNER Damages "mounting .
toward $10,000 and, discontinua- j
tfori of classes here until repairs
can be made resulted from the
fire which early Tuesday morn
ing destroyed the: jifurnace; room
of the public school building here.
Third and . fourth: grade rooms,
directly above ; the furnace were
considerably burned and smoked
and: water damages resulted in
other parts of the structure, which
was built in 1822. . ;;N--;;.
"Flames were discovered by Ray
mond Eser, a paper boy, who no
tified O. E. Warren, the janitor,
while his father i turned? in -the
alarm. ,- ;'- ;;,'; ''"-', '
The fire department, arriving at
333 o'clock" was able to confine
by
Yanks Tuesday Night
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it is believed that the stately structure has not been damaged by
ces Advance 32
By AUSTIN
PARIS, Wednesday, March
ly to the U. S. First army in the
drive yesterday as General Eisenhower, lifted the news .black
oat on operations of the American Third army and revealed
that its armor was racing toward the Rhine in a break
through that covered 32 miles in two days. I
These dramatic developments, coming when the Ninth
army and its Canadian allies had virtually completed occu
pation of all German territory west of the Ruhr, shifted the
big punches to the middle Rhine farther south and open W
Exploded Ship
StUl'Blazing
kAMancouver
VAirCOUVER, March 6,-(CP)
-Three crew members and .two
stevedores were reported unac
counted for tonight as fire-fighters
struggled vaytfy to check a
blaze in three . holds of the 10,-000-tcjn
victory ship SS Greenhill
Park which was ripped asunder
In the forward sections by a se
ries ojt explosions at noon today.
The! vessel which was beached
on Sijvash rock, just outside the
harbor entrance, Was still burn
ing far an aft at a late hour to
night and fireboats were playing
hoses jinto the holds in an effort to
stop he spread of flames.
Actual number of men .trapped
in the! holds was unknown as res
cue squads have been unable to
board the vessel and the exac't
numb sr of men working on the
boat kt the time of the mishap
was "obscure.
Berlin Radio Predicts
Early Rhine Crossing
LONDON, March The
Berlin radio military commentator
Capt Ludwig Sertorious predicted
tonight that Gen. Eisenhower
would "immediately attempt to
cross khe Rhine in force."
: The various small scale but re
pulsed crossing attempts carried
out by units of the (US) Ninth
army Monday between ' Duisburg
and rjhuesseldorf perhaps were cur-
Gotbbels' Castle Used
Forj Jewish Services
WITH THE U. S. 29TH DI
VISION IN GERMANY, March 6.
(-ropaganda Minister Paul
Joseph Goebbels castle near Rhe
ydt was used for Jewish church
services today by Chaplain Manuel
M. Poliskoff of Baltimore, Md.
The banquet hall where the serv
ice 4-as held still had a picture of
Hitler in the background.
School
the fire to a comparatively small
area! James C. Russell, principal,
believes the blaze may have been
from spontaneous . combustion.!
The furnace had not yet been
fired for the day. , Evidence Indi
cated the fire had smoldered some
timej before bursting into flame,
ne said.
' Damages probably are less than
$10,000, according to RusselL The
builling is covered by insurance.
ScfhooF will be discontinued un
til Uie heating system can be re
built and wiring repaired. High
school classes, Russell said, pro
bably will be resumed before
thos of the grade school, because
damage was largely confined io
the
latter portion of the building,
v i i f
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erews were ordered not te drop
BEALMEAR
7 (AP) Cologne fefl swift
climax of its great eastward .. :
the way fpr tne auies to pusn m
enemy out pt the area west of the
Rhine and north of the Moselle.
The supreme allied headquarters
announcement of the capture of
the 'bomb - blackened Rhiioeland
capital said that only sporadic
fighting 'continued Jast Slight in
Cologne's southern outskirts.-' .
(A broadcast from London re
corded by National broadcasting
company quoted BBC Correspon
dent Frank Gillard r as reporting
the Hohenzollern bridge at Col
ogne was still standing yesterday;
and open to foot traffic.) j
Falls en 12th Day
Thus, Germany's fourth largest
city and the , greatest enemy in
dustrial center that has so far ca
pitulated was in allied hands on '
the 12th day of the powerful of
fensive from the Roer river. 1
Last night its beaten nazi gar
rison was being driven southward
toward Bonn through a narrowing
corridor along the - Rhine's west
bank.
Since the start of the slashing
attack from east of captured Bit-;
burg at dawn yesterday, Patton's
armored forces had captured more
than 1500 Germans, including a
corps commander, and had reach
ed a point only 20 miles from the
Rhine. Tonight tanks led by Bright
Gen. Holmes Dager of Union, NJ, '
were reported smashing on against
disorganized and sporadic nazi re
sistance. . I ' .;.
Fastest of All , i
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A field dispatch declared . that
Tor the rampant Americans it
was a surge which "outdid any
thing witnessed In France. Wea
ther, not the Germans, was said
to be impeding the advance. A
news blackout still prevented dis- j
closure of the exact whereabouts
of American spearheads. Motor-(
Ized infantry was ' piling along .
German' highways be hind th :
speeding tanks. : , I f
The German garrison of Cologne
put up surprisingly weak resist- .
ance as the US Third armored di- J
vision and 104th infantry smash- ,
ed through to the Rhine near the ,
cathedral, at the western end of
the Hohenzollern bridge.
1200 Prisoners of War
Liberated by Seventh
WITH THE U. S. SEVENTH
ARMY, March .-P)-More than
1200 Allied prisoners of war were
liberated from a stockade in the
village of ' Stiring-Wekerfel in
France on tbfe German border
when troops of the American 70th
division completed clearing For
bach yesterday. ;: t ". - .vj' A '
Russian, French, k Poles and
Czechs - were among those freed
by the 247th regiment during the ?
process of occupying the For bach 1
area two to three miles southwest I
of Saarbruecken. i
Partly Cloudy 1
with' occasional light rain and
little change in temperature
today in the mid-Willamette
valley area, predicts U. S. wea
ther bureau, McNary field, Sa
lem. '" ' - '
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