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
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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
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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
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SUNDAY, JULY 16th
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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.
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press on the wrung side with a
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'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-
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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.
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