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Rhine Grossing Promises Sharp
Legislative Production, Other
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, March 24-P)
A grim resolve to flatten Japan
mingled tonight with Washington's
.satisfaction over new prospects of
'early victory in Europe. ;
' ' all over this war-jammed capi
tal from the Pentagon to Cap
,itol Hill, ran the refrain: This is
, no time to let up steam. i
A summary of what the people
may expect, compiled by Associat
ed Press reporters as allied troops
surged across the Rhine, added
up like this: ' 1
(1) Some of the soldiers now
fighting in Europe will come home
'to stay, when that job is done.
. But the figure will not be- sub
stantial and will not include men
- in the service forces or air forces.
' (2) The bulk of the army and
Victory Drive
Destroys 5
Nazi Armies
By the Associated Press
1 ; Here is the chronology of Gen.
Eisenhower's great 'victory offen
sive which since February 8 has
destroyed nearly five German ar
mies and inflicted 250,000 casual
ties west of the Rhine:
Feb. 8 Field 'Marshal Mont
, gomery opened the Canadian First
army offensive against the north
flank of the Siegfried line.
, Feb. 24 The U. S. First and
Ninth army reached the Rhine at
Duesseldorf.
March 5 U. S. First army cap
tured Cologne.
March 7 U. S. First army cap
tured great Lundendorff bridge
intact at Remagen and crossed
the Rhine. . j
March 15 U. S. Seventh army
went over the offensive on a 50
nnle front in the Saar and Pala
tinate. - 1
March 16 Third army broke
across the Moselle river south of
: C'oblenz, outflanking the Saar
land and Palatinate.
March 17 U. S. Third army
captured Coblenz, seat of Ameri
can occupation forces in the first
World War.
March 22 U. S. Third army
crossed Rhine between-Mainz and
Worms. : n
March 23 British Second army
with Canadian army units crossed
Rhine west of Wesel.
March 24 U. S. Ninth, army
crossed Rhine south of Wesel.
Turner Airman Helps
Bag German Trainer
LONDON, March 24 -()- Lt.
Kenneth Barber, Turner, Ore,, and
Capt. George Doersch of Seymour,
.Wis., combined yesterday to shoot
down a nazi training craft the
lone bag of pilots escorting allied
bomber , formations over Germany.
Hitler Completes Political,
Military Plans- to Keep
- : Naziism Alive in Germany
. By John A." Parris, Jr. ' ;
LONDON, March 24-P)-Adolph Hitler has completed military
and political plans forjan attempt to keep naziism alive on the gamble
that Allied victory in Europe will be followed after a short interlude
by tremendous chaosj it was reported today on the basis of reliable
advices from inside Germany.
The sources were aiiti-nazv Ger
man refugees and
intelligence
agents of military and 'political au
thorities in Europe's exiled gov
ernments. : Hitler was declared intending to
Us a Berchtesgaden as a fountain
head to flood the -world again
with naziism.
To carry out the political side
of his plan. Hitler is reported to
already have 20,000 men and wo
men between the ages of 18 and 35
trained as secret agents for duty at
home and abroad. Large numbers
of his agents now are in neutral
countries and it is not unlikely
m-ny of them are posing as refu-
gves.
'Builds Huge Fortress
On the-military side, he is un
derstood to have turned the Berth-tesgaden-Saltzurg
area into a gi
gantic , fbrtess with subterranean
aircraft-factories, hangars and air
fields, synthetic fuel plants, motor
and - ball-bearing :-. factories : mad
stocks of food and ; mvnifions for
three-year siege ' !4 .. -
The new plan, ' which no longer
has victory but defeat as its po
litical and military basis, is not
less grandiose . than . that which
Hitler worked ou in case of vic
tory over Russia whjch was'-aim-ed
to carry him to India.- -Expects
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all navy people will be needed
against Japan.
'-(3) The war production board
has no intention of relaxing mu
nitions output War workers will
still be needed by the millions,
war bonds by the billions.
(4) Drafting will slack off, but
won't end.
(5) The administration will
continue pressing for manpower
controls, including "a nurses'
draft
(6) Demands will be raised
and resisted for tax reductions.
(7) Some minor home front re
strictions probably will be lifted.
War Mobilizer Byrnes said so this
week In restating his call for a
midnight, entertainment , curfew.
But price controls and rationing
vill continue through the war
ONtheHOMEFRONT
By babel childs
Well, here it is, the last minute
of Saturday as I write this) and
I haven't used my Eleanor gag for
the week yet!
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There are other things I haven't
accomplished. For a full day
there have been two telephones
on my desk the "battery" of
phones familiar to readers Of mod
ern literature and I haven't had
my picture taken looking like the
lady executive By Monday it
may be too late. The phone that
we can't hear over may have been
removed and the one not yet
hitched up may be tied in to the
system (and if it is it will he on
the sports editor's desk).
Speaking of the sports editor, I
haven't been to the movie which
has been a big attraction in a Sa
lem theatre the past week in
which one of the characters is to
look much like Al. He says it
just goes to show there is a man
power shortage. We've hunch it
may be Al ... he does a million
and one things, you know, and,
after all, he was down in Califor
nia for three days this winter.
So, all in all, you see "my day"
has been unproductive seven times
in succession.
American Bombers
Strafe Mosquitoes
NDIA-BURMA AIR SERVICE
COMMAND HEADQUARTERS
(JP) One fight out here is against
the Japanese, another against malaria-carrying
mosquitos. Ameri
can medium bombers 'are in both.
Several B-25 Mitchells, brought
in to bomb and strafe enemy
troops, have been equipped with
spray equipment and are per
forming low-level attacks on the
anopoles mospuito instead.
The ammunition is deadly DDT.
It appeared to be based purely
on the belief and hope that the
Allied victory will result in quar
rels among the small nations of
Europe and wrangling among the
big three.
Already German propagandists
have been making the most out of
the; Allied food situation and the
plight of liberated Europeans, tell
ing the people on the continent
that under the Nazi "new order
they did not starve or face famine.
Hitler's plan, however, can only
succeed if Europe is swept by so
cial unrest, economic crisis and
civil wars. To the architects of
peace and security at San Fran-
cisco will fall the job of prevent
ing this.
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Shifts on
Home Fronts
against Japan: and perhaps longer.
(8) Wage controls, as they now
stand, will be fought more vigor
ously than ever by organized la
bor. -M , ' Pj;:
(9) There should be a small and
gradual return to production of a
lot of t things civilians have been
doing without for months or years.
(10) The nation's foreign policy
will stress international collabo
ration Peace In Europe undoubt
edly will test foreign relations i to
$he utmost 'V.;'.'-'VV
The! widest, immediate reorien
tation fin sight is on Capitol' ma
Nobody wants to talk about it
for quotation but most opinion
has it that a good deal of pressure
will come off such things as dras
tic manpower,, control,:, even
though the administration keeps
pushing for them. i f
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Receive White
House Post ; f
WASHINGTON, March liXIPi
President Roosevelt said today
Jonathan Daniels will become the
White; House secretary in charge
of press relations. I
Mr. Roosevelt is asking Stephen
Early, who held the press job for
years,- to stay on as a White
House secretary temporarily,
pending the choice of a secretary
in charge of appointments. I j
General E. M. Watson, who had
the appointment, died on the re
turn trip from the Yalta Big Three
conference. r - - j '
Mr. I Roosevelt said in a state
ment that I hope to be able by
early June to name a permanent
secretary in charge of appoint
ments. At that time Steve will be
free to enter private employment
in accordance with the wishes he
has expressed; to me."
Cyclist Injured
After Hitting Car
Raymond G. McKay, 20, Port
land, received severe bruises and
contusions about the face I and
head arid broke off several front
teeth early Saturday night when
the motorcycle he was riding ; east
on Center st collided with a car
driven by Carl W. Wolz, 440 Mor
gan ave. Wolz, who had nosed his
automobile into the intersection of
Center and Morgan ave. to see' if
there might be oncoming traffic,
said he saw the motorcyclist com
ing and stopped and McKay skid
ded into the left front fender of
his sedan. McKay was taken to
Salem: General
hospital by f city
first aid men.
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. On bristling beachheads and airfields,
through jungles and inland waterways . .
from bustling bases right up to shell-torn
'battle lines . are vast battalions of
: (Chrysler Corporation engines. Our fighting
- - m&r-dsp.t the millions of horsepower in
- thesd engines to their needs in speeding
f. ...v the force land drive of their attacks. These
' T. are the earae engines the American soldier
. and sailor grew up with in peacetime at
f home .Li engines that powered not only
OREGON STATESMAN, Salem.
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Killed
Lt Howard Gage Damon, jrv son
f Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Damon,
S91 North Commercial st, was
killed in' action over Cebn en
March 4. his parents hare been
notified. . .
Italian Based
Bombers Blast
Berlin Factory
ROME, March 24- (JP) Flying
Fortresses of the U.S. 15th air
force, striking from bases in Italy
in a record 1600-mile round trip,
attacked the Daimler Benz tank
works on the southern edge of
Berlin today in their first strike
at the reich capital.
Returning crewmen reported
good to excellent results. The
Germans threw up a number of
their new Jet-propelled planes in
an effort to ward off the bombers
and escorting Mustangs. Three of
them were shot down by the
fighters. :
New Defenses
ROME, March 24 - (JP) - Recon
naissance, patrols reported today
that the Germans apparently were
constructing new defense positions
on the central Italian front south
of Bologna. Only minor activity
by small Eighth and Fifth army
units was reported by Allied head
quarters. I'
Scouts said the enemy was dig
King a new system of trenches and
constructing strongly fortified po
sitions, apparently in a further
move to block any. drive on Bolog
na, which Is the key to German
defenses in northern Italy. ,
. Western ball room dances, such
as waltzes and two-steps, were in
troduced to Japan in the last quar
ter of the 19th century.
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Oregon, Sunday Morning, March: 25. 1945
History's Mightiest AirArmada
Deposits Army
. By Alex
ABOARD A GLIDER TUG
UP-1 saw history's mightiest air armada officially 500 miles
long roar triumphantly across the placid Rhine today, 'and de
posit thousands of. battle-toughened American and British air
borne troops in the trick of an enemy defense zone plastered in
advance by an unprecedented artillery aid bomb barrage. . .
jne size oi -we airoorne army
was not announced although
some said jit ranged up to 40,000
men.' ' ' ;
But from a bird's-eye view in
the " co-pilot8 'seat of - a sturdy
RAF Stirling transport I saw
thousands of American paratroop
ers spill Into the air and descend ;
to the smoke-shrouded battlefield
within sight of . the Rhine. -
Simultaneously; gliders carry
ing British troops cut. loose from
hugs and swooped gracefully to
the shell-shocked ground.' Sharp
fire bursts around gliders showed
the - troop almost - - immediately
wheeled into action. . i
There were men of the British
Sixjth and UJ3. 17th airborne di
visions, especially trained -for the
hazardous; assignment designed to
pick the rear, lock, of the German
river defense. - ; I
For a few breathless minutes, it
was an aerial traffic jam made
doubly hazardous by bursts of flak
which brought down at least one
transport tug . and one glider.
Swirling, darting, and curving in
a dance of the sky to the tune of
engines of 1500 transports, over
toned by those of hundreds of
fighters, the air armada poured
out at least 16,000 to 18,000 men
in one area alone.
Strikers Eye
Conferences
In New York
HOLLYWOOD, March 24. -Jt)
Union leaders and producers to
day looked toi conferences in New
York next week for possible set
tlement of the 13-day-old motion
picture strike.
Richard Walsh, president of the
AFL international alliance of
theatrical stage employes, left at
noon for talks Wednesday in New
York with William Hutcheson,
president of the carpenters' union,
whose local is observing the pick
et lines. He was accompanied by
Pat Casey, producers labor; re
lations representative.
The IATSE said it would ask
Hutcheson to withdraw carpenters
from the walkout
Fire Extinguished
No damage was reported when
city firemenj returned early this
morning from extinguishing a
chimney fire at 639 North Liberty
street I
Toun
Chiysler Corporation cars and trucks but
marine and industrial rhachineiy aswell'
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! CHUYSli CORPOftATiON '
Across Rhine
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EAST OF THE RHINE, March 24
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Rossis Russian tanks and in
fantry surge across Hungary in
great new offensive. -
Western frent Four Allied
armies rip Germany's Rhine riv
er line.
Burma British armor wages
hard fight- against Japanese
troops caught in the Myingya-
Meitktila-Mandalay triangle.
China Chinese high com
mand announces loss of Icheng,
river town west of Hankow, as
Jap drive gains momentum in
central China. i
Pacific 200 Superfortresses
'stage daring raid on Nagoya.
Nippon Force
Takes Icheng
CHUNGKING, March 24-(P)
The; Chinese high command an
nounced tonight the loss of Icheng,
Han!' river town 145 northwest of
Hapkow, as the new Japanese of
fensive in central China gained
momentum.
Icheng is only 55 miles from
Laochokow, a UJS. 14th air firce
base
Tne nign command also an
nounced that Japanese forces
striking southwestward In Honan
province in a 90-mile front stretch
ing from Lushan to the Peiping-
Honkow railroad town of Chuma
tien had made further advances.
This drive is aimed at seizing
wheat crops and other resources.
The ; communique said the Jap
anese had advanced as much as
25 miles in some sectors of this
front
Elements of 22 Nazi
Divisions Liquidated
WITH THE VS. THIRD ARMY,
March 2 M-EIements of 22 di
visions of the German First and
Seventh armies identified on the
U.S; Third and Seventh army
fronts west of the Rhine probably
have been liquidated since March
13, it was announced officially- to
day,
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War Writers r
Rap Handling
Of Big News ;
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rw. mraM any . March 24 (TV-
Near ly 50 American and British
correspondents : with the u. o.
Ninth i army j protested tonight
ffolntt niT-i-eme headauarters
handling of tiie news release of
the Rhine-crossing offensive which
left many of them stranded on an
event they risked their Uvea to
cover while ooarespondents many
miles from the scene wrote toe
story second-hand. '. '
U. S. Ninth jmny correspondents
were not notified that censorship
nn rn nrrimsive nan neen reieasea
until IS minnt-Mi after the storr
naa oeen given w corresponaenis
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225 No. Liberty Opposite Golden Pheasant
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These wounded fighting men from this
area now need help along the road to
recovery . . . they're depending on you
to aid them. You j may now represent
;jrour town or county in the special
Medical unit bein organized now . . .
don't let these men down. '
15 WOMEN FRO
SALEM NEEDED
FOR A SPECIAL
MEDICAL
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jWomen selected for the special unit
ifrom Salem wiU receive their basic
jtraining at Ft Oglethorpe, Ga, and then
(Will be sent to the hospital of . their
I choice within the Ninth Service Com
jmand. Call today at your Women's
?Army Corps Recruiting Office and learn
;how you may Join the special Medical
Department unit from Salem.
SERVE AT ONE OF THE IIHIE MIIY
I30SPITALS III 7 T7ESTEDII STATES
Contact $our Women's
Recruiting Office or mml the coupon!
f Women9 Army Corps Recruiting Station 1
I 211 Post Office Building - : ' I
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Please, send me infoitiorabont.howI mar l'
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Sponsored U the Interest of Victory byi
The Pe Ice Cream Store
In Paris and Brussels. Up to the
last moment, censors at the Ninth
army acting on information told
correspondents that the story of
the offensive could . not De re
leased ,until 4 pjn. (11 a-oa-, ewt.j
The neld corresponaeni: pro
test was forwarded to supreme
headquarters and the office of
war information. -
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Adequate 3Ierchant
Marine Said Important
NEW YORK, March 24
An f adeuate ' postwar - merchant
marine fleet will enable American
producers to rea.Ii a $10,000,000,
000 foreign market which in turn
will provide employment for al
most 3,000.008 persons In industry
and 1,000,000 in agriculture, Ad
mum E. Roth, president of the Na
tional Federation of Aemerican
shipping said today.
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We have just received
a-shipment of the
better !
Coslune
Jewelry
Pink, .white and green
gold. .
Earrings and pins to
match.
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