0prrr)M '""ATC L!3oÄRY
An undetermined number includ
ing three performer», were burned
to death yesterday nt Hartford.
Conn., when fire broke out in the
Ringling Bros, circus and the big
ton collapsed . . . addressing the
Chinese Army Wednesday. Gen-
erallisimo Chiang hai Shek said
(11 Jans realize general Chinese
counteroffensive is imminent and
(2) he expects European war may
be over soon . . . with IC0-I50 ro
bot (or buzz) bombers arriving
dnilv. London is <>n blit’ basis
acain: more have been killed by
them than in the invasion . . . the
military, including General Mar
shall. honor arrive! of the French
general. Charles deGaulle, in this
FOR SUNDAY NIG-.
Entertainers from Portland’s
Swan Island Shipyard will enter
tain GIs of _\da’r at Service Club
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Combat Spirit of Yank War I
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In I ta I y Bests Ge rma n Moves Forward F
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Stale Over Too
'Weapons Superior Can Use Therr, '
Says Returned Trailblazer G-2
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“The combat spirit of the American infantryman in
Italy today is higher than that of his German opponent,”
says Major James W. Walters Jr., G-2 of the 70th Division,
With total sales for the end of
June hitting $96,701.60 in the Fifth
War Ix>an drive, the 70th Division
anticipates making its quota of
i $200,000 in Class 1! allotments and
I cash sales before the month of July
I is over.
i
who has just returned to the Trail
blazers after service in the Ital
'Yank Spirit High'
ian sector.
He vyisn’t speaking about pro
Lt. Shelby D. Dukes, war bond
fessional, regular Army soldiers
either; he meant doughboys who
officer, expects the new GI bond to ,
entered the Infantry through se
become a favorite of enlisted men
I
lective service just as did most of
and to boo«t tiie bond deductions i
the 7Cth Division.
grea'lv. He also repotted* that a'l
Were Taught Right
units hav ■ shov-n this bond to be
“I had the opportunity to be
very popular all i adv.
with one of the first selective
Tho 271th cnee more h dds the
service divisions to see overseas
record of having the highest s. les
battle service." the major re
of th- week with a total uf $.4,-
lates. “They soon proved them
173.65, with the 275th runners-up.
selves equal to true veterans.
I
t. Dekes also reported that there i
Their training here in the States
is
to be a big bend rally at the
had been right.”
v
Division
officers’ club Saturii .y
Major Walters'- spent ’three
■right, where he-^ynpiji tJ to boost
months in Italy and siei^iie start
the total« for the divi’ion in beta
of the current campaign that is
deductions and cash sales.
sweeping Vie Roman Boot. He gives
The civilian bond drive for the
the foot soldier credit for the suc
state of Oregon surpassed its quota
cess of the drive. After they had
with a total of $134.030.395,
dislodged the Nazis fiom prepared (
Ph«»tr
¡cording to the Fed-ml Reseive
positions, they kept the enemy
¡MAJOR JAMES WALTERS
i Jf j returned from Italy, laud- I ank of San Francisco.
tinually off-bal.nce and in
| «fl /nmirat spirit of the American
The total for the state-being $125
stant retreat.
I mfhntryman.
' million, the people of Oregon are
Coordination Beautiful
They went once to a no-deciaion anti Sunday, in the
'very proud of their aceoniplish-
“Nothing w. uld stop the in-
MEDAL OF HONOR HERO
i mint, but hasten to point out that year’s “game of games.” ( amp Adair’s potent hard ball
fantryman—mountains, swamps
the war has cost the United States team of the 883rd FA, representing Divarty of the 70th Divi-
'JUST DID MY BEST'
(Continued on Page 9. Col. 4)
I nearly $200 billion since July 1,
»ion, will dash again with the Sa
Italy (CMS) — “I jurt did my
1940, or $140 million per day.
lim Grays, at George E. Waters
HERE'S THE DOPE ON
best.” Cpl. Janies Slaton, of Gulf-
DIG SUNDAY BALL GAME 1 Park, Salem.
•port. Miss., explained after he had
The probable time, according to
Place — George E. Waters
| been awarded the Congres ional
Stadium, Salem, Downtown i Capt. David M. Garrison, managing
the Divartymen, will be 1400. Like
buses go right to the Park which
Dedicated to the United States i Medal of Honor for destroying
wise, too. Brigadier General Peter
street,
is
situated
on
25th
Army Medical Corp-. “Paging Pvt. three Nazi machine gun nests in a
P. Rhodes will be on hand to throw
Starting
time
—
tentative
’
y
Jones,” club l’a radio show over single action near Oilveto.
out the first ball if the pressure
1400.
Station KWIL, last night featured I Slaton's heroism also w<gi for I The Glorious Fourth was a half
uf military duties permits.
Admissii
n
—
reduced
price
of
I holiday for the Truiloiazi r Divi-
the smooth music of Tec3 Joe Sieff's
V> hatever, it bids to I m - one of the
i him the Russian Order of Patriotic ; icn, whose training schedule ended
25 cents a head for Cis; civilians,
Musical Medics.
best hardball games seen in this
50
cents.
The 15-minute show, which is War, Second Class, which entitled!at 11'00 that day. There Were no
pait of Oregon this year. The
aired weekly on Thursday nights him to ride on railroads free in i formal celebrations staged but the
i Pivartymen have had only one de
at 1945, is announced by Club the Soviet Union. He is the first ( S-rvice Club and post theqtres re- War Costs Almost
ft nt, this when the Marine Base
Hostess Ann Caddy, assisted by American enlisted man so honored laorted good crowds for regular
i t ine sli| ped up on them, 9-3.
$2CO,000
a
Minute
|
.jregrnms.
Pvt. Dave Stevens. 276th Infantry, by the Ru-sians.
Olheiwi-e, their career has been
Wnr coats to the United St iten
I-an to *170,2.’.5 «15 h inirute in the -pectacular. They successively de
Ifis-aj year ended Jun* 30,
flated the Albany lag.on 12-3 and
Scream Pierces Air; Cutie Runs! Who Chased Her? Who Else —
, In round numbers, this country 9-1 in a double header, and tuiked
I spent $**9.721,000.000 in the fiscal , away the Salem all stars 15-4.
! vear. This was at the rate of
" as 2 and 2
| $245.139444.20 for each of the 366
Their bsst game, Ibott-h. was
' day«, a leap year accounting for
| with the Grays. The score was 2
day.
It was 1430 Tuesday. Merriment at the ’49ers celebration at Station Hospital was I. i the On extra
the basis of seconds, the war I aid 2 at the rad of the ninth,
at its height. There was no thought at 1430 uf any menace. It was a carefree day. But cost $2437.26 plus for each secund when the "pen men” were forced
(Continued on Page 6, Col. 1)
of the year.
suddenly—
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A shrill feminine scream pierced •*
Divarty vs. 'Grays' in
Big Ball Game Sunday
Air Show Features
Joe Sieff's Band
July 4 Nels Half
Holiday for 70th
By Gosh, It WAS Frankenstein!
the very confusion. As one. hun- i
dreds looked across the highway
toward an old abandoned house
half-way up the slope of a hill.
A Shrieking She
A shrieking woman had streak
ed from tke house. She ran to
ward the throng. Her terror -s.
manifest. What had happened?
The World ♦
Inis Week ♦
From the veranda, salking with
uncurtain ambling step*, at
e-roteoaue powerful
£^TbeXpe
Faint figure
brarU started
fmm .
ed a&d strong men atmnglod
Who waa U? What was it?
i
|
' "anigosb—it’s Franken«tein'"
MINSK FALLS TO RUSS
So it was- Cpl. Ernest (Frank
. lit
i
* NORMANDY BATTLE BEGINS
enstein) Johnson, Co. L. 275th Inf. j
SAIPAN NEARS CLIMAX
Rrg't The loudspeaker took up the
chant, and the Gia and their guests
Monitored by Tec4 John Stump
weren’t frightened anymore For i
everyone knows the legvrdermsine i
rarrvunding Cpl. Johnson, whose I
SWEEPING ALLIED GAINS AND ENEMY LOSSES on tho
j feats with makeup are well-known battlefronts of the world this week brought the Allies ever closer
st Adair.
to the roads leading to Tokyo and Berlin . . .
But the poor motoring public i
VICTORIOUS RUSSIAN TROOPS captured Polotsk and the an
before
didn’t know that FrankensArin was i cient White Russian capital of Minsk, one of the greatest _ prizes
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CpL Johnson And not knowing (Warsaw and Berlin Moscow announced that tbs Germans, retreating
why. It was enough to frighten a in disorder toward their homeland, had last more than 213400 men
latrine orderly, let alone the poor killed and captured in the Red army's 11-day offensive Three Russian
I motoring public.
(Continued on Page 2, Columns 3 and 4)