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Th OREGON STATESMAN. Salmv OraQonw Friday Morning. August 10. 1943
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Forces Add to
Jap Ship Tiolls
60 Enemy Ships!
47 Planes Hit byr
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MANILA, Friday, A. It.-fP)-
. Far east air; force tnd seventh
fleet planes In wide sweeps- Tues
""day and Wednesday destroyed or
damaged more than 80 enemy
- j ships and small craft and 47 planea
General MacArthur'a headquarters
announced .today. j
'I Tha blitz against the southern
k' Japanese island of Kyushu roared
on and planea rained ruin on fac
'. tories. railroad installations and
:" airstrips', f ' ! .
: The hunt ior Japanese planes
was the best; for some time, with
' nine fighter and a" bomber: shot
down and 37 other plane destroy
ed or damaged on the ground.
40 Sortie !
The communique reported 400
sorties by far east planea Tuesday
' and 200 more in an incomplete
? tally of Wednesday's raid.
The heaviest concentration
struck in successive waves Tues
day at Tsuiki airdrome on Ky
' ushu's north coast, which has been
: a major navy air training center,
500 Frag Bomb
' Mora than 20 Liberators of the
j Fifth air force started'the attack
with 3000 fragmentation bombs,
They destroyed or damaged 16
-planes and warded off two enemy
interceptors,!
. More than 80 Liberators then
roared over followed by 40 Thun
derbolts which strafed and fired
rockets from low levels. j
Otnata Hit 1 -Omuta,-
western Kyushu rndus
- trial city of 180,000 population,
was hit by more than 40 Libera
tors and Thunderbolts, whose
bombs and bullets started large
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Map locates Rasslaa territory (shaded areas) bordering Jasa aad
Soviet declaration of war oa Japan completed th Allied! ring
Vladivostok area bases to Tokyo,
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fires. Omuta has two of the
largest, zinc smelters in Japan.
A orc of 90 Thunderbolts and
Mustangs raked factories in Yat
sushiro bay area of western Ky
ushu and reported they probably
destroyed a nitroglycerin plant A
string of fires almost j the length
of Kyushu's west coast was
started by 40 other Thunderbolts,
unloading bombs and jellied gaso
line. American consumers increased
their spending to a record annual
rate of $104 billions in the first
quarter of 194S.
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1.S. Destroyer Ross Back
In Action After Heavy Repairs
WASHINGTON, Aug.
The U. S. destroyer Ross is back
in action in the Pacific after sur
viving two mine explosions, 288
air raids, a Kamikaze crash: and a
typhoon. 1 . I f
The navy told today of ths action-packed
30-day ordeal which
put the Rosa into repair yards for
110 days. It was estimated in the
report that the shortage of skilled
workers at Mar - Island, j Calif,
NIgtl BRUCE hy; WILLIAMS
fVodoc by JACK CHERT OK
Jap-held areas on tba norUa
around the Japs, Distaste is from
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held up th Job 25 days.
lit began last November 'when
th Ross struck a mine while
screening a, minesweeping unit
south of Momohon island In the
Gulf of Leyte where Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's forces mad thdr
first major Philippine landing,
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;Th explosion killed several
men and put the forward engine
room out of commission. Drifting
helplessly, the destroyer hit an
other mine 20 minutes later.
" Although the Ross was heavily
damaged, here commanding of fie
er, Commander Benjamin Coe .of
San Diego, Calif, continued' dam
age control operations. When
flooding was stopped, the Ross was
towed -to a supposedly safe an
choraga but was immediately
bombed and strafed by a Japanese
plane.
The ship was moved then to
another anchorage. Temporary re
pairs progressed while air attacks
became a nightly routine and day
attacks were frequent. """During
one such attack, a kamikaze pilot
scored a direct hit on the forward
turret At least three enemy
planes were shot down during
these attacks.
After the. typhoon struck, the
Ross was put into a floating dry
dock so repairs could be made to
underwater damage and ! then
made an uneventual voyage to the
Mare Island naval yard for per
manent repairs. j
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CHUNGKING, I . Aug. Wi
ll. "S-f planes and Chinese para-
u-oops--striking; as long as. a
month ago in foreknowledge of
Russia's plunge against the Japa
nese4lready have "seripusly in-
terferred" with the movement of
enemy farces northward in China
towardj the now-flaming Manchu
ria n front, Lt Gen. Albert C
Wedeineyer asserted today. '
in u. s. 4tn air lore lor -a
month i has been hammering . at
Japanese withdrawal routes from
south-central China, th general
commanding American forces in
Chuui declared. !
American-trained Chinese para
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chute troops and commandos also
have i don "splendid work" in
blocking the Japanese movement
and possible transfer of his forces
northward, Wedemeyer declared.
Chmes parachute forces
achieved complete surprise in a
dawns drop recently between
Kweilin and Hengyang, a big rail
hub, and caused great confusion
and heavy casualties among the
enemy, he said, i - '
Powerful Soviet armies hitting
into Manchuria 'completely- al
tered the strategic picture of the
Asiatic mainland, and observers
in Chungking speculated that
grand Chinese counteroffer! ve.
now in th making, would be
speeded up.
Wedemeyer conferred withUns-
sian military representatives to
day. 1
Services Set
For Felix Amort
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Funeral services will b held
Monday at 8:3 a m. at ; the St
Vincent do Paul Catholic church
for Felix Amort, farmer of 1110
Donna ave, who died at his home
late Thursday.
Amort was born in Austria May
14, 1859, and came to the United
States 78 years ago. He has been
a resident of Oregon for th past
43 years, coming to Salem about
five years ago. r
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Mary Amort of th home,
four sons, Albert and Paul Amort
of Portland, Louis W. Amort of
Salem and Ted Amort of the US
navy construction battalions; two
daughters, Arvine Amort of Salem
and Mrs. Maurice Schnorenberg of
Corvallis. Also surviving are 10
grandchildren.
Recitation of the rosary will be
Sunday at 8 pjn. at th W. T. Rig
don Chapel. Concluding services
will be in St. Barbara's cemetery,
following-the requiem mass.
More Workers Needed
In Valley Canneries
"More workers are desperately
needed by the valley canneries to
i handle the crop of products now
flowing In for processing," said
Egbert S. Oliver, labor coordina
tor for the Salem Canners com
mittee, Thursday.
Oliver pointed out that in par
ticular, the "Cal Pack" plant the
Stayton cannery, and Blue Lake
Producers in West Salem are in
immediate need of both men and
"women to work On the day or
night shifts. Those who are not
able to work a full shift are re
minded of the victory shift In the
evening. ,-
j Robert Van? Orsdell, jr.,
Listed Killed in Action
Robert Randolph Van . Orsdell,
Jr, U, S. marine corps, was killed
in action, the navy department
casualty list reports today. He was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
R. Van Orsdell, 810 Court st, Dal
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AUTOMOBILE PICKED UP
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Th 1938 Ford grey coupe be
longing to Harold Fox of Stayton,
which was reported stolen from
Stayton Wednesday, August 9,
was picked up by police abandon
ed between Bandon and. Aums-
ville at 10 p. m. August t
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Japanese Red Cross Reported
To Be Dominated by Military
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By .Bonnie Wiley -
OKINAWA -VPr- The Japanese
Red Cross, claiming to be the sec
ond largest in the World, was 'dis
closed as virtually an adjunct of
Nippon's military machine in docu
ments discovered here. - j
Th , partly ; destroyed paper,
found . in the ruins of an office
building in! the Okinawa capital
of Shuri, showed that with the
outbreak of the war the Japanese
military stepped in and took
charge. Even before the war, of
ficials of Red Cross, units had to
have military approval. . j
An American Red Cross super
visor, Monroe Sweetland of' (48
N. Tillamook st) Portland, Ore,
has the -stack of ' material. Trans
lators are working on it for him.
Plant to Prove
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9-VPr-
Four government plants produc
ing alumina from clay will be
operated until feasibility of the
process is determined. Sen. Cor
don (R-Ore) said today. ' i
The statement was confirmed
br a war production board
spokesman.! -
Aluminum Is produced from
alumina, th most common form
of which is bauxite. Most bauxite
1 Imported.
The experimental plants are at
Salem, Ore; Salt Lake City,
Utah: Laramie. Wyo.. and Har-
leyville, SC. ! - i , "
Mike Reppond Dies
After Embankment ' Fall
Mike Reppond. 45, 313 N
Commercial stj died at a Salem
hosDital late Friday night after! a
fall from an embankment Th
laeddent occurred near Salem
while h was employed as a cater
pillar man for the Ritney Logging
comnanr. ' .
Reppond is survived by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reppond
of Salem. Funeral arrangements
will b announced later by the
Qough-Barrick company, i
Cameron Lumber
Company Sale Noted
ALBANY, Aug. Sale jof
the Cameron Lumber company to
H. L. Maloney, Coos Bay, and J.
L. Chambers,- Astoria, was an
nounced today by owner C C
Cameron. ; ' : " . r
Prfc was reported ' to be more
than $100,000. Cameron's logging
equipment and part of his timber
holdings are included in th deal.
He will retire Aug. IS.
AUTO HETOKTED STOLEN .
A black 1942 Dodge sedan, with
th Oregon license 453-787, was
reported stolen from the streets
of Salem Rafter 8:30 pjn. on
Thursday, : August t, by the
owner, A. J. Becker, of west
Salem. j
MORSE TO BE STEAKEK
PORTLAND, Aug. 9 -P)- Sen
ator Morse! Will be principal
speaker at the annual picnic of
the Multnomah county chapter,
Oregon Republican club, Wednes
day at Laurelhurst park. Presi
dent Ray Smith said today. ;
SURGERY REPORTED ' j
Brought into the Deaconess hos
pital ' for m a J o r surgery late
Thursday was : Alvin D. Hager,
38, of Valsetz, Ore. '
Obituary
Bppa
Mik Reppond. late resident of alS'i
N. Commercial, at a local hospital
August 9. at the age of 43 years. Sur
vived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Reppond of Salem. Announce
ment of services later by Clough-Bar-rick
company.!
Moor' ;'f 1 '; ' S-
In this city Autust . Dewitt C.
Moore. Ute resident of Portland, rath
er of F. A j Moore. Waitsburg, - Wn,
L. M. Moore. L. D. Moore. Mrs. Clar
ence McCord and Mrs. Frank Catnaek.
all of Walla Walla. Wash. Also sur
vived by three grandchildren. Grave
side services will D held moay.
August 10, at the City View cemetery,
under direction of W. T. Rigdon com
pany, j ' ' ! -
Amort' ! - '..
In this city August . relix A-iort.
late resident of 1110 Donna. Husband
of Mrs. Mary Amort, father of Albert
and Paul Amort of Portland, Alvme
and Louis W. Amort of Salem. Mrs.
Maurice Schnorenberg of Corvallis and
Ted Amort of th U. S. navy con
struction battalions. Also survived by
10 crandchildren. Recitation of tne
rosary Sunday. August 12, at a pjn.
at the W. T. Rigdon chapel. Requiem
mass win be held at ths St. Vincent
de Paul Catholic church Monday, Aug
ust 13. st S:3S s-nr. with eoncrudinf
iaikj at St. Barbara's cemetery. Di
rection w. T. Rigdon company.
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The salvaged papers declared
Japan's membership of loo.ouu
was second only to in unixea
States, i A membership of io,uuu
was claimed on Okinawa. j
Red Cross women got a tremen
dous play In. th unit - magazine,
Hakuai, which devoted many
pages to pictures of their activi
ties as nurses on hospital ships,
in front-line hospitals and in rear
area convalescent wards, Th pic
ture showed them as trim young
women wearing snappy .military
uniforms, with red crosses on their
sleeves, steel helmets, slightly
more becoming; than, the Ameri
can army type, and gas masks.
One of th military Jobs ox tne
Red Cross-in wartime seems to
be to re-educate Japanese- women
along modern lines, Sweetland
said. "For example, a lot of this
literature was devoted to encour
aging the Japanese women to take
wartime factory jobs. The dresses,
long and flowing, were not recom
mended . for wartime, th maga-
xine . suggesting, th Japanese
women wear slacks and do their
hair in a neat knob on th backs
of their head rather than piling
it high. The Utter, it was pointed
out, was likely to get caught in
whirling machinery."
Fire Destroys
Lumber
Near Eugene
EUGENE, Aug. MAVA spec
tacular blaze which threatened i
congested industrial area indud
ing several large oil companies
destroyed th Owens Lumber
company sawmill here tonight
' Company ' officials estimated
loss at between $50,000 and
$73,000. Eugene and Bethel fire
departments kept flames from
spreading to nearby oil com
panies, a plywood plant and j
sawmill. 1
The fire, of unknown origin.
broke out about 9:30 p.m.
Eugene firemen rushed four or
five pieces of equipment to i th
scene in a futile attempt to save
the mill.
This was Eugene's second dis
astrous fire within two weeks
The first one razed the three-
story Bartl Court apartments,
leaving 100 persons homeless.
Mott Opens Office Here
Congressman James W. Mott
has opened his summer office- in
th New Blum building. Mrs.
Dorothy Woodring and Louise
Bloom, secretary and stenographer
in his Washington office, arrived
here late last week to run the
office for him.'
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War Leaders
ToClieckNeeds
W A S H INGTON, Aug. 9
Secretary Stimson said today that
the war department will check:
over th Pacific war situation to
se if atomic bombing and Rus
sia's entry will permit another cut
in th aize ol th array.
But the. possibilities of both of
those new elements "had been in
our minds, for many months. th
secretary added. He said th test
must be th number X men "which
we believe may be needed for the
complete defeat of Japan with th
least possible - loss of American
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AFL Asks Release -
Of "Freeze?' Mea-tire
CHICAGO, Augl 9. -ff)- Th
AFL executive council, noting th
swift developments conductive to
an early end of tba war, today
called for immediate complet
abandonment of th wartime wag
freeze"
Th council said that with th
return to peacetime economy th
war labor board is now entering
its final phase . ;
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