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l.V -PAGE TWO Traps Closing On Last Japs On Mindanao ' MANILA. Friday. May Forward elements of the -40th and 31st divisions narrowed to 45 road miles . Wednesday the jaws of a ''trap closing: on a sizeable force of Japanese - in central Mindanao, "southern Philippines. .Today's "headquarters communique disclos ed the gains. ; - 5 The . Yank division! squeezed 'tighter the - trap along the Sayre highway. The 31st pushed six miles north to the edge of Valen cia, an air center, after putting into operation the captured Mara- 'mag airstrip for transport planes. ;- The 40th. driving south after emerging on the high plateau 'around Del Monte air base center, made . slight progress against a " powerful concentration ' of enemy ; defenses based on Mangima can yon. This canyon cuts through sweeping plains and its hillsides are covered with qwafoot cogon r grass. The 40th underwent mor tar artillery fire. The 24th division carried on the gruelling job ; of compressing a trapped enemy force around the Davao and Talomo rivers. Thomas Says Over 200,000 Cars Possible WASHINGTON, May 17 -UP) Automotive labor leaders asserted today that more than 200,000 pas senger cars should be produced this year. Differing with auto manufac turers : who recommended that number, R- J.' Thomas,' president of the United Automobile Work era (CIO), said he was convinced that enough steel and other ma terials will be available to build more cars. j Thomas, at a news conference with. war production board offi cials, said also he could see no need for holding up a go ahead for the auto industry until at least July 1, the date, set by WPB as the earliest for a green light. Asked, when he believes the in dustry should be permitted, to start production, Thomas replied: "I think the order should have been given 30 days ago. It should be given now this afternoon." Dispute Trieste Goes To Diplomats . TRIESTE, May 17 -UP)- British troops and Yugoslav partisans stood guard shoulder to shoulder at important buildings in this . troubled "hot spot" tonight while the dispute over Marshal Tito's claims to the city entered diplo matic channels. ; i - The tense air of a . week ago, after the Yugoslavs first occupied the city, had disappeared. Amer lean and British notes to Tito 'ap peared to have cleared the air, and allied supplies for forces in northern Italy flow into the port without interruption. Tanks which had been lined up in Municipal square have been moved elsewhere and while the v town hall itself is held by the partisans, and is bristling" with guards, the surrounding area - looks like Sunday morning. Thou sands of soldiers and civilians are swimming in the blue waters of the Adriatic on Trieste's outskirts, while : civilians stroll - about the streets, apparently unafraid. ' $75,000 Campaign Will Promote Tourist Trade PORTLAND, May l7.-(p)-A $75,000 advertising campaign aim ed at trebling Oregon's pre-war tourist trade to a postwar $150, 000,000 was on chamber; of com merce plans 'today. ! ",f Declaring Washington and Cal ifornia have outbid Oregon in at tracting tourists, the chamber said travelers spent about $50,000,000 here in 1940. BOT IS BORN SILVERTON A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Coulter at the Silverton hospital, May 18. MAIL ORDER WTO IfCTER. lae, US B. W. 4th TUu Mil pat... . . . ILlrtZ: V;.r-- - 91 mu txjk t lAtf tag ( CSwoek (City) American Slang Nazis Disguised as Allies Who InfiltratedUiS. Lines PARIS. MAY 17-(IVAfter men selected from the Germany weeded down to a battalion. All ed with death if they ever revealed The selected battalion, was - sonal orders of Hitler and Himmler, The battalion - was broken up into task forces. The missions jof these forces were varied. All: had American or British uniforms and American equipment Some were merely to infiltrate American lines in. jeeps with radio and re port back troop dispositions. 'f Other and stronger forces were to come into American lines with American tanks and attack Amer ican positions in the rear. . " But special small groups of des perate men were sent deep into rear areas with missions to com mit major sabotage and, assassi nate key American generals, r Te Kill Elsenhewer Skorzeny himself was believed to have the mission of killing the supreme allied commander. Luckily, early In the Ardennes battle, American troops captured small party of these men and in rigid' questioning , learned the general plan and took steps to thwart it. The solution was typically American. It was obvious that regular passwords were useless, so road blocks were thrown up in every rear area from Belgium to Paris. Guards, instead of asking the password, stuck tommy guns into automobiles and asked such questions as; "Who sleeps with Jiggs?" "Who is Pruneface?" "Who is called the voice'?" Nazis Dead Pigeons Anything typically American in slang or custom was used and the Germans, not up to date on the American comics or swing music, were dead pigeons. The deepest penetration made by any Germans was by a party of four. They were picked up in Liege. They carried small . vials of acid to throw in their captors' faces but never had a chance to use them. The Americans also obtained description of Skorzeny. He is six feet four inches tall with a duel ling scar across his face. He spoke some Italian but no English. The captured Germans said it was Skorzeny's plan to have a mixed party of Germans dressed in American and German uniforms, and when stopped those in Amer ican uniforms would say they were taking high German. officers to SHAEF for questioning In this way they hoped to get close enough to Eisenhower to kill him. ...v The party never turned up and it was presumed that the plan was discarded because Skorzeny found out that it was not suc ceeding. Nippon Makes Peace Of fer LONDON, Friday, May 18 -(IP) A Reuters-dispatch reported today that a Japanese peace offer to Great Britain and the United States had been received at San Francisco through a soviet diplo matic channel. The Reuters dispatch said i source close to the soviet delega tion at the United Nations con ference described the peace over ture as coming from Japanese big business men and not military circles. The Reuters account added that it was understood the allies would not take cognizance . of the ap proach because it failed to fulfill unconditional surrender . condi tions. Hcc' Names Tracksters SEATTLE, May 17 -(- Wash ington's - Coach Hec Edmundson named 18 men today, eight-of them freshmen, to compete for the Huskies at Pullman Saturday the meet with Idaho, Whitman, Montana and Washington .State. He will pick two more tomorrow, MISSING WOMAN RETURNS State police were informed Thursday night that -Ethel Gheen had returned to her home at 3780 Center st during the day. Clar ence Gheen had reported his wife as missing from their home since Monday. All You 77 COUPON j Ateoaa bom cf W D CixareUat at ; , Mi mdm Ia LaaJIU K.an ! left far . - r 4-aa - Stl) Tha- Trips Up weeks of training by the SS, the army for .the special school were those discarded were threaten word of what went on. headed -by Skorzeny on per Thumbnail at Wart. By Qi Auoclateff Pros Okinawa Yanks storm three gateways to k walled fortress of Shuri as marines drive to cen ter of Naha, capital city. Philippines American dough boys put pincers on Jap force in Mindanao, narrowing trap to 45 miles: ? :i . tr ;1 :;.;.. China: Reinforced Japanese force Chinese withdrawal from Foochow after five days' street fighting L " . -- -. t-iwa n nritkm ' mlla nf Mist coast, repulse counterattack near Tarakan City. . Japan Mustangs raid Atsugi airfield near iTokye, destroy or damage 32 Jap planes. Start to Pay Off Big'Debt PARIS. Mar 17 - UP) - German prisoners; of war by the thousands already have becun Dayiroz in hard i work and sweat the first instaU- ment on their! country's huge debt to the world, and one of their first tasks is aimed squarely at the de- fMt nt thrir form aIIv. Janan. As fast as they can be processed the Nazi antivs are bein Dut to work under the eyes of doughboy tniarrfs in snd the tremendous irvh nf iS transfprrin American r ? 1 tmnrw riH mmhliM tn the Pacific. Skilled German workers are be ing used to recondition and pre pare millions of ; items of equip ment for the great change-over, while thousands of others are re pairing roads ; over which the American armies will flow to em barkation: ports. They are not getting much in the way of pay, it is not in cash, and it is Germany which eventual ly will foot the bill. Enlisted men get 80 cents a; day if they work otherwise- only ; 10 cents., -The : 10 cents is in the form of a canteen allowance. The rest is kept i in credits, which a defeated Germany Avntti9l1 will T-ann.Varl 4oV I VIVUVHVU1J WW ifcUUUVVI i w diers. Z i ' Processing of 8000 Soldiers Daily Planned . - PARIS May IT.-CiAmerican troops will be processed at the rate of 8000 daily from a huge re deployment area in northeastern France with facilities for 350,000. communications tone headquar ters said; today. The chief engineer of the camp area, which has headquarters at Reims, said its construction had been the equivalent of setting-up a city the size of Cincinnati. The new assembly area command; is headed by Maj. Royal S. Lord. He has set two Weeks as a max imum . tune xor mdiYidual;' pro cessing of soldiers going home and 25 days for those going to the Pa- cifis. Some 80 per cent - of the troops will head for the United States for redeployment to the Pa cific, domestic duty or eventual discharge, the: announcement said. KITES HELD FOE KNODEL SHERIDAN Funeral services were held here. Wednesday for Ray John Knodel who died Sun day in Willamina, Ore. He was born March 20, 1910 at Willamina and is survived by. his widow, Elsie, son, Jimmie; daugh ter, Jeanette, all of Willamina; his mother, Mrs. Val Fisher of Salem, and his father, M. H. Knodel. of Agate Beach, Ore. Want! No Limit! 'igajreftes Si Kino Size 3 , . C:xcf!3 ' f. ' ; - p - -- . 1-'- Tim cigarettes mi about twic iliii la of icguhc inok Padwi at Pooda bom cl Xh, tukkis 7 ocr art coca, awa smoknM. tUS; TZS I TT- .V"" thtm km as (making wlut. . . ' UmA 9tdtn caott4 art (wo or nort boat. Vm I !? y-ir "A1- OBXXR COUPON t. nt Its Nortk liberty Ctreet CZTGO:? STATESMAN. Soleou Nippon Blows Force Chinese'! FromToochow CHUNGKING, May n-iaCbi nese assault forces have with drawn from ' strategic: Foochow, former treaty port on the East Chi na coast and a possible American invasion area, after a bitter five day battle, the Chinese high com mand said tonight, : ; ? Chinese troops broke into the important I Japanese-held strong point in the enemy coastal defense system 125 miles northwest of For mosa Friday, but were forced to fall back after the Japanese hurled large i reinforcements into the struggle. ."- . . . V f . Simultaneously, it was disclosed that China's new Sixth army. which; fought valiantly in Burma, was back in the homeland and probably will play a key , part in the planned general Chinese counter-offensive. : The America" re trained and equipped Sixth army, back since January, had a big role in battles which speeded construe- luon oi me axuweu roaq. I V Hearing Set 1,1 On Move to j Invalidate Bill: Suit was filed Friday in Mar ion county circuit court and i hearing is set for 3 pjn. today be- bore Judge George R. Duncan to enjoin the secretary of state to in validate house bill 403 of the re- ceni legislature ana 10 enjoin uie secretary of state from including 1 lne session laws now Deing published. T Th bill, designed to amend; Or- e8n ocu puag" iaw, as signea b to governor did not include a conference committee report: a- uafiea y 00 lne senaie ano, vie nouse oi representatives, uregon Business and Tax Research, Inc "lc Vuiuil aueges. ; j :- r .a m ii mn L j 1 provision oi uie urn unqer pennweu lax levymg. poa its- 10 sei up a casn woriimg ac count for use between the time taxes are authorized and the time when they are collected. The! bill as signed permits a working fund of 15 per cent of the total estimat-t ed expenditures for the next year while the conference report low amount -to 10 per cent; Another provision of the signed bill would require that notices of expenses, estimated to exceed $5, 000, be published in a newspaper of general circulation. The eon ference report increased the $5000 figure to $7500 before publication required, me complaint CUUW. JJAC1UUUUU VI uu uuiu ; I missions also was approved in the conference report. Nazi Officers Not Saluted LONDON, May 17 - UP) -Allied S under Gen. Eisenhower's are not to salute German officers or officials under any cir cumstances, War Secretary Sir James Griggs said today. ! I Sir James said he had heard rumor that one British, division had been told that it might be appropriate to salute German of ficers under "certain' circum stances. These instructions : are now abolished by Eisenhower's or der, he said. f The secretary also said an in vestigation was being made of, the rumor, published in a London newspaper, ''A ' '-.y "iTonifjhaGs7sSai(i:ns:deBS PRESENTS Adnissioa lac Ttz Oregon, Friday Morning. Uaj OHtheHOMEFRONT . By ISABEL" CKTLD3 r And Keep'- U Zi v-"' !. Your' Powder . , J'l pry t" .-.! ' v.: ,-. That's the'headlina we' wanted above a story appearing elsewhere in this paper about the secretary of the board of cosmetic therapy resigning.'- i ' A . Having failed to achieve Jt? we are now suggesting it as a topper when Governor Snell appoints the successor to Mrs. Innes. i Seems that since we women got the vote the real hotbed of politics has . been the . beauty parlor where they sort of marcel; the headlines as it were. Oh, well, it will an come but in the wash or go. on with it, as when a tint is used. -: :-s j v '.'.,;i l,-. ; j .-' Ceiling! Prices On Meat May Be Frozen WASHINGTON, May 17 UP) - Members of congress j said today the government is likely to 'freeze all ceiling prices on meat for at least six months. : The price ceiling freeze requir ing six months notice 'of intention to raise or lower cash prices is described as the keystone of a re vamped program being drafted by war moDUizer director Fred M. Vinson and other governmen orxiciais to break the growing meat shortage and black market. Barring last minute changes, the program as reported by legis lators would include these other beef -producing incentives: 1. A 50 cents per hundredweight subsidy to feeders of live cattle as an inducement to hold cattle on feed lots until they develop into prune beef. I j 2. A requirement that all Cattle worth $14.25 a hundred be sold directly to slaughtering plants, in tended to .keep a supply of good meat moving to market, Shipyard Workers Will Stay on 48-Hour Week PORTLAND, Ore., May Shipyard production schedules will not allow relaxing of a 48 hour work week in Portland for the "time being,"! State War Man power Director II C. Stoll said to day. . . , . ' - V. :! . J Stoll said Portland and six oth er western cities were granted dis cretionary authority to revoke the 48-hour week, i S . OSKIE OFFICERS INSTALLED Simple installation services for new officers of the "Oskie" asso ciation of Salem high school were preceded . Thursday night by dinner attended by retiring and new officers and heads of this year's committees. .-;", "" Others in the Inner group were Mr. and Mrs. Cl A. Kells, Harold Davis, Chet , Goodman, Mr.; and Mrs. Wilbur Magnus, Esther Lit tie and Beth Siewert. j NURSES LEAVE - SILVERTON Three nurses left the Silverton hospital Thursday to go to .California where they I have work. These are'Avis Aker, Cath erine" Ball and Aldora Meidema. They came here about six months ago from the midwest; ' i : it j i 4 Dacefc? 8 to 12 ! 18. 1343 B-29s Wreck Widest Oil FaciKties 11' -' GUAM. Friday, May IHffW- pan's largest 'oil storage area, and one . of her. largest oil refineries were put!, out of operation along with two important military fuel ing stations in a 400-Superf ortreat strike May 10 on her oil resources. The damage' was disclosed to day by photographs. - - Targets! In the first full scale Superior! attack on- the Nipponese oil industry .were Otake oil re finery . on ' the western' shore of the inland ' sea; Toklyama . naval fuel station and Tokyuama coal yards and synthetic fuel factory on southeast Honshu, . and the Oshima naval oil' storage center on . an island in Tsushima strait outside the Shimonoseki entrance to the inland sea. In the attack on Toklyama, only i 15 per cent of the total target area escaped damage. Twelve storage tanks were included in installs tions destroyed. v s. Tokyuama targets included the empire's No. 1 naval fuel depot for the Japanese army. .The two fuel bases adjoin each other. Only; five of-65 storage tanks at Oshima remain usable. Storage capacity of this small island base constituted the Japanese navy's greatest oil storage, area. At Otake oil refinery, only two small pockets in extreme corners of the , plant area escaped dam age.' Bomb damage was distribut ed over the entire area, closing down operations of one of Japan's largest oil refineries. Post-raid photographs for ac curately estimating damage done on two 500-plane B-29 incendiary Bomb attacks on Nagoya Monday and Thursday are not yet avail able, but crewmen are confident they almost knocked out Japan's third largest city as a war pro ducer, Crewmen reported yesterday's 3500-tone fire bomb raid left the 16-square mile Nagoya targe area a huge, flaming smokepot Labor Council Hears Speaker 4 SILVERTON Bun Kelsey, president of the Willamette Valley District labor council, was a guest of the Silverton council Tuesday night. He spoke chiefly on mills in the valley in need of workmen, referring especially to the plywood mill at Roseburg, the new mill at Myrtle Creek, the Garibaldi ply wood and lumber mill and those at Sweet Home and Lebanon. In the absence of the chairman, Mike Hannan, George Hove pre sided.' :' ' ;-" ' The candy industry uses about 80 varieties of farm products every year. How .itntMy. Hera sub mm- mi nf -nami aasa waai-MiiBaB - fcaaltCai-MSjailiKa Flas CO-FEATURE DWADD ARNOID LAST TIMES TODAY : EXTBA! Here It la! The picture that an swers the Questions "Will the boys come home now7,-"Will they go to the-Pacific?'' OFFICIAL U. 8. ASMT I DamobUixatiea FUa i "Twa Dewa and One to Ge" aLkaaa Plus "SpitSra" with Lealia Iloward David NlYen STARTS SATUED AY reffceo DEERY V? Tea CE.fcra CLUI -CO-FEATUslC- Bond Purchases Expresses Faith In Our Soldiers ; . WASHINGTON, Maf 17 - (ff) - Gen. Jacob L. Devers, command ing general Sixth army group, France, Thursday. . XL --Jfi T inaae lae-jougw-. ing war .bond statement: Without faith m; himself the American soldier! i this sector; could not have i cone BP;trcm. "Lj." the beeche. of i ?T southern. France, 700 'mfles, over rivers, mountains and valleys, freeing as hehas a conquered land," overrunning . supposedly im pregnable barriers, and conquering vast areas of enemy territory. This faith in himself is forti fled by his faith in his govern ment, his people at home, and in his God. "Your faith In him Is also ad essential factor and cannot j be manifested more convincingly than by ydur purchase of war bonds. This realistic support wul strengthen his courage and his de termination to attain the final vic tory- Spring Proves All Over V.S. WASHINGTON, May 17 - Wa ¬ lt's" been: a' topsy turvy spring In the eastern half of the United States.' Summer came in March. Then winter 'came in May, Normally, most eastern and mid- western cities are 16 to 18 degrees warmer in the first half of May than in the last half of March. But this year, in. Washington, DC, it- was actually 7 degrees colder. By contrast from the western plains to the Pacific coast it was 10 to 25 degrees warmer in the first half of May than it was in the last half of March. 'V Washington Preps Ready for Meet - I i PULLMAN, May 17 - W - Nine district eliminations will be run off Friday and Saturday over the state for high school athletes seek ing places in the 35th annual state interscholastic track meet;: here Saturday, May 26. ; The winners and three additional men picked by coaches from each district will qualify for the state get-together, WSC athletic director - J. F.. BoHer said today.. ." - GET THE JAP! GET IT OVER! THC MOUSC That mtTS BOUT - OPENS 6:45 F. M. - ( NOW PLAYING! rUNl SET TO MUSICI I ""SECRETS OF THE WASTELAND" Last Episode . ' THE DESERT HAWZT And FIrat of 12 Qiapters of Tbiffilng Ntw SeziaU "SECRET SERVICE Cl DARXEST AFRICA"' tt i '.i rjf i ryrr um rr n n a V T"t I ITT - OfENS P. M, Tczcnou! - Fan! Romance! CO-FSATUSEI A Cll with Top Turvy 1 Hoya J Valley Soldiers Cominjr Home . On Furlough FORT UEW1S, Waah, May 17- (ffV-Seventy-three officers and en listed men aire-homeward bound on rotation furloughs and leave. army officials at the reception sta tion here announced today., I Oregon men include: . f , Salem CpL Norman E. Wag- ner, 883 rTorth Commercial st; S -Sgt. Melyvia C Whiteside, 1T Mill at; CpL Robert R. Robinson, 822 North 20th st; Irvin G.Wil- liamson, 770 South Commercial at West Salem TSgt Frank O, Dueltgen, 14S Gerth ave. ? , I Woodburn PFC Emii Nelson. Lebanon Wilber . L. Fields, route three. : : '- ' ! Albany CpL Oliver O. Work man, 1007 East Third st J i Corvallis TSgt Loren E. Hoover. 339 South 11th st " McMinnville Wallace H. John ston, 141 South Irvine st Casualty Total Nears MUlion Mark for U. S. 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