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Fife 4 Eufn. sUthtw-Guarc1, ThunJiy, July 13, 1944. Trapped Marine Tank Battalion Kill 62 Saipan Japanese United Press Wir Correspondent CHARON KANOA, Salpen, June 27 (Deliyed) (UJB Six marine crewmen of ampnmian tan no. a tnn in tntnrh behind Cberan Kino end eurrounded by awarms of Japanese, opened fire with rifles, carbinei ana a ma chine gun and killed 2 of the enemy. Number 4 didn't do much dam age D-Dcy on Saipan but after it boggtd down in the trench and the command passed to a corporal from Connecticut it really raised hell. The lieutenant commanding am phibian No. 4 bopped out to try to extricate it and almost immedi ately was killed. This left ma r!ne Corp. Paul A. Durand, Put nam, Conn., in command. Through the slits in the turret, Durand and his five crewmen could see Japs all around. Privates Open Fire Leroy J. Clobes, an ammuni tion passer and private from China, I1L, opened the tsarboard hatch and shoved a .30 caliber machine gun out of it. He opened fire and destroyed exactly SO Japanese with what Durand casually described as a "spraying motion." The tank driver. Pvt. Sylvester A. Balsano, Murfreesboro, Tenn., picked off four more Nips with his carbine a feat duplicated a few minutes later by Pfc. Glenvllle Barriger, Indianapolis, also an am munition passer. Barriger fired from the turret. Pvt. Robert M. Adair, Loganport, Ind., pushed his Garand through FREE PARKING HOTEL MALLOIIY S.W. 15th & Yamhill Sts. Portland, Oregon Best hotel value Rales from $2.50 RAY W. CLARK, Mgr. L'ABSE' FOOD another slit and shot a Jap sneak' lng up with magnetic mine, by this time Durand was eager to supplement the responsibilities of command with a little action, Heavy Weapons Used He spotted a straw house near- by and blazed away with the tank's heavier weapons. He count ed IS Japanese bodies in what was left of the burning straw and later he got eight more with another blast. Number 4's crew couldn't see any more Japanese, but In a few minutes marine infantrymen be gan sifting by. One of them was badly hit a fe wfeet from the tank and Pfc. John F. Smith, Jr., Free port, La., the communications man, crawled through a hatch and carried the man to the beach. Durand, ruefully deciding No. 4's usefulness was about over, led his crew over the side and they dodged through a rain of Jap mor tar shells to the shore. The 82 dead Japs have been buried and tank No. 4 was snaked out of the trap and hauled away for salvage. Durand Is waiting for delivery of a shiny new amphi bian and a spot promotion to ser geantcy which will give him full command of it. Complete Jap Regiment Fights with Italy Yanks WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, Italy (U.R) A complete Japanese American regiment is in the front lines fighting with the Fifth army in the drive toward Pisa and Li- vorno (Leghorn). In the line on equal footing with their white comrades on their right and left flanks, the Japanese-Americans are winning the complete confidence of other American troops who praise their fighting qualities and, at the same time, emphasize that the Japanese-Americans do not show any of the ferocity demonstrated' by native Japanese in the Pacific. Many of their officers also are Japanese-Americans. One of the pet hates of the Japanese-Americans Is the army's canned food. "I've seen them go' Into battles with live chickens slung on their backs," one officer said. What Goes on at The Statehouse rte V ' ' tevrt VIo,i )M I 111 New Cream Deodorant Safely btlps Stop Perspiration 1, Doe not irnute tV'in. Doet not toe dreiKi or aunt ituro. 2 Prevent! under-irm odor. Help atop peri p in tion tifelf. 3. A pure, white, antiseptic, iuitv lew vanishing cream. 4 No waiting to dry. Can bt used tight a (let shaving. 5, Awarded Approval Seal of American Institute of Launder ing harmless to fabric. Us Amd regularly. 39 ARRID THI UIOIST SIUINO DIODOIANT Hundreds of Marked Salmon Recovered ASTORIA, Ore lu.PJ Increas ed marking experiments have re sulted in the recovery of between 700 and 800 marked Clunibie riv er salmon since Juno 12, Floyd G. Bryant, aquatic biologist of the U. S. fish and wildlife service, an nounced here. The number Is mo thun half the yearly recovered on the Col umbia. About 80 per cent of the recovered fish are blue-backs and chinooks, part of the Grand Cou lee salvage program, Most of the marked fish are re covered by fish receivers and butchers at canneries. Bryant pays a 80-cent reward for each fish with two marked fins and Iden tifies the fish. (EDITOR'S NOTE This is one of a series of articles discussing the measures which will appear on the Oregon state ballot in the" No vember general election.) By ERIC W. ALLEN, JR. SALEM, Ore. U.PJ A petition filed shortly after the legislature adjourned last year refers a law passed by that body to the vote of the people on me irovtmun baUot. The legislative measure provides tnat all wines and other beverages, containing more uin 14 per cent by volume of alcohol, .hoii Kj KniH nnlv bv state liauor stores, which are "operated by the state liquor control control emu mission. Only exception to this would be wines sold for sacramental purposes and those sold for ex-nn- iiMn, th itats. The refer endum petition was sponsored by the wine council oi uregon. The measure Is known as the Burke bill. Another of the measures to be placed on the ballot Is a brief constitutional amendment, which changes section 3, article II of the state constitution. It provides that persons convicted of an offense punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary may vote If so provided by law. The constitution has held here tofore that no person convicted of a felony could vote. The pertinent language of the amendment is: The privilege of an elector, upon conviction of any crime which is punishable by imprisonment In the penitentiary, shall be forfeited, unless otherwise provided by law. The "unless otherwise provided by law" is the effective proposed change. Still another constitutional amendment, referred to the peo ple of the state by the legislature, Is one in which it ii made possi ble, for the counties of the state to elect or appoint a county man ager, in a system similar to "e city manager system now being used by several cities of the state. All county offices, whether pro vided for by the constitution or otherwise by alw, could be abol ished and their powers and duties vested in an elective commission. Shis, however, would be entirely up to the electors of the county, and is in no way mandatory upon the counties. Traffic Conference Scheduled July 27 PORTLAND, Ore., July 12 (U.R) Final plans are under way by the Portland traffic safety com mission for an Oregon traffic con ference to be held here July 27. Speakers due at the session in clude Norman Damon, automotive safety foundation, Washington, D. C, Horvey D, Booth of the na tional safety council: James P. Economls of the American Junior bar conference, and Earl F. Camp bell, western regional director of the national safety council. Port land City Commissioner William A. Bowes will preside during the morning meeting, and Municipal Judge J. J. Quillin, during the afternoon. To Drevent hnlM (n rUli,.nt rlrs when they are hung on the cimnes line to dry, place a thin cloth or paper over article it is hung on the line. Pin with clothe pins. U 820 WILLAMETTE II Economic Collapse Of Germany Seen WASHINGTON (U.B The de feat of Germany is a "substan tial certainty" In 1945 If not In 1944, the foreign economic ad ministration said here in an analysis revealing that nazi war production is confronted with a crisis that in JJtw months will reach a nearly hopeless position. A summary of the German war economy prepared by Director William T. Stone of the FEA's special areas branch and bared on information from allied mili tary leaders, said: "Germany today lacks tile eco nomic foundations necessary to meet the full scale of attack on the eastern, southern and west ern fronts. In spite of prodigious and partially successful efforts to Increase war production, the combination of blockade, the bomber offensive, continuing fighting In the Mediterranean and on the Russian front, have left the Germans with a total supply of munitions today which must decline progressively in the coming months." The report, however, warned against selling the German army short, saying that It is "in abso lute terms, as formidable as ever." "The factors that have held down German strength have only held it down," it said. "They have not yet cut it down and beaten it: only the all-around at tacks which have now started can do that." It also cautioned against dis regarding German capacity for inventing and producing new weapons such as the robot bomb. Waste Paper IPick-UJp SUNDAY, JULY 16th Have your paper on the curb, tied In bundles, by 9 a.m'. The Junior Cham ber of Commerce will Pick It up. ft.rn.mW . . . -WASTE PAPER 1. WAR PAPER Now . . . Mar. than 700,000 dliierent war l..m. or. mad. or wrapped with paper! San Francisco Spud Shipments Hit High SAN FRANCISCO (UP Charles W. Smith, of the war food administration has announced that potato rail shipments out of Kern county have set an all time high this year with 24,686 cars, nearly a billion pounds, going to eastern tnarkeU as of July 8. "This factually refutes the re cent public statement that inti mated the government was 'dump ing' a large part of the crop of choice' potatoes lor cattle feed," Smith said. Rail shipments this year are 5.500 cars greater than at the same time last year. Smith said. Carload shipments by truck to local west em markets amounted to S.544 cars this year. The potato supply will be ade quate to fulfill both civilian and military demands this year, Smith added. Never iron over buttons, hooks, rippers or buckles. Place these right side down on a soft cloth several thicknesses of worn out turkish towel is excellent. Then press on the wrung side with a moderately warm Iron. ZENACOL Guaranteed Relief From Poison Oak Penny Wise Drug 40 K. Broadway 76 W. th 'Cherbourg Port Soon To Be In Service By EDWARD V. ROBERTS ADVANCED ALLIED COM MAND POST UR) Cherbourg harbor, blasted, mined and booby trapped by the Germans before their surrender of the port city, will be put into service by the al lies at an early date, a high naval source said here. Repair of the port is proceeding under the direction of Comdr. Wil liam A. Sullivan, outstanding sal vage expert of the American navy. It was he who put Bizerte and nuyio iiuu p i onu ... - i a big contribution to the allied war effort In the Mediterranean. , The Cherbourg project is almost I 100 per cent American, the naval . informant said, though Great Britain is contributing some sal-! vage gear. I "The port will be open for LSTS (landing ships tanks) and i so forth shortly," the informant! said. "Other craft will be able to i use it as soon as cleaning up is completed." German engineers showed in-, genuity in placing their mines and booby traps so as to hamper al lied operations, the informants said, and had sunk between 40 and SO ships in the harbor. However, he added, American cleaning up units had foreseen the size of their job and had taken with them almost every piece of equipment necessary. Revealing further details of the great storm which hit the hng lish channel two weeks after D day, the naval informant pointed out that had it come at the start of the offensive it might have brought disaster to the allied forces. Many Thames barges, equipped with motors, were taking supplies to the beaches to aid in unloading t when the four-day storm broke, j and some of the barges were lost. It was a high tide period and some ! craft being used fn operations j were carried so high on the beaches that refloating was a 1 problem. Repair of essential craft damaged in the storm Is proceed- j ing rapidly, the informant said. 1 Labor, Negroes Have Common Foes, CIO Told CHICAGO (UJJ The Negro and organized labor share the same common enemies, James B. i ' r. .a i rt&rv.tre&fiiirer of the Congress of Industrial Organiza tions, said here, ana urgea groes to combine their ballots ,kM, nf nrnffretutva labor voters to defeat the foes of both. "It is not difficult to see tnai the same congressmen v-'ho hate h,u th N-ro" h. told a wartime conference of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. "The same congressmen who fight progressive legislation for labor fight progressive legislation for the Negro. The same congressmen who oppose the establishment of a permanent fair employment prac- tii-e pftmrniGiinn nnDOse such les- islation as the Wagner-Murrny- Dingall social security exicnsiuu act." Carey said the direction of mnrlri mvmntK lit at tttsk. in the November elections. New Wheat Loan Schedule Announced CORVALLIS A revised wheat loan schedule prepared following the increase of 7 cents per bushel in rates announced by the Community Credit corpora tion last week has been sent by the state AAA office here to all county offices. The change in rates brought the loan figure to 90 per cent of par ity instead of the previous 85 per cent, officials her. stated. The schedule of basic loan val ues applies to the No. 1 grade of all principal wheats grown. A premium is allowed for more than 10 per cent protein in hard wheat and a scale of discounts for lower grades. Basic rates, shown for all ship- Zenith Hearing Aid DR. ELLIOTT Optometrist Eyesight Specialist 87 East Broadway Phone 419 plnf points In wheat producing counties, ranged from 118.9 cents at Burns to 139.8 at Hillsboro. Other representative figures In different parts of the state are En terprise, J25.7; La Grande, 128.9; Pendleton. 131.3; Baker, 125.7; Heppner, 135; Moro, 136.2; The Dalles, 138.4; Salem, Albany and Corvallis, 136.5; Eugene, 135; Roseburg, 131.3; Bend, 191.9; Grants Pass, at 128.9 Medford, 135.1, and Klamath Falls, 135.1 are based on San7 Francisco, giving a higher loan on Portland. Vila,, Brazil u thtlTS itiintan vmin- PM? the wjr to Bid tin ityl TerrWi kaa Pice-Maken find a Pre-war Miracle in this mlkt blend of fine whlfkies. Made ta Pleue HiakU a Old-Futuoned, Muhattaa er HiihbiU. VUf MvKt THAN BEFORE 5w Wetloml DUHUere ProdueU Corporelioa, New York. 86.8 Proof. A Blgnd of Strlshfc r You wouldn't hamper your, skill with ( pane of frosted glass would you? So whj let defective eyes blur the work before you?..; Play it safe and be sure! 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