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feet, providing room for heavy
bombers which can roam north
to tho Palau islands, 695 miles
away, to the enemy's big Dutch
East Indies base at Halmahera
750 miles to the west and to
. Dnvao in the Philippines, 1000
miles to the northwest.
Exploit Capture
In Burma, Lt. Gen. Joseph W.
Stilwell's troops exploited their
surprise capture of the Myitky-
ina airfield to advance into the
city s outskirts under artillery
fire.
Young Brig. Gen. Frank Mer
rill, some of whose Marauders
helped capture the Myitkyina
airfield, sent another column
west of the city to block the
supply line from Mogaung, 40
miles west. Other allied forces
were moving on Myitkyina from
the north.
Pincers Move
Approximately 80 airline
miles to the east. Chinese col
umns were developing a pincers
drive to clear a portion of the
enemy-held Burma road and ef
fect a juncture with Stilwell's
army, thus connecting ine i,eao
and Burma roads and opening
an overland supply route to
China's scantily equipped army.
American airmen supported
the Chinese drive in Yunnan
province by attacking Teng
chung and Lungling, principal
bases in the area. Chinese head
quarters reported advances on
the western slopes of the Kaoli
range in the flanking attacks on
these bases.
; A Chinese army spokesman
in Chungking pointed to the
blocked Japanese supply lines
and said "We are extremely op
timistic over the situation in
western Yunnan province and
northern Burma."
But it wasn't so rosy In the
north. Chungking conceded de
fenders of Loyang in northern
Honan province are surrounded,
but said Chinese still hold 80 to
90 per cent of the city and are
"determined to hold out."
Japanese columns west of
Loyant formed a juncture and
pushed into the railway town of
Shanhsien, only 49 miles from
Tungkwan and the Yellow river
gap which opens into China's
rich interior.
Central Pacific planes pound
ed little Wake island, sank a
10,000-ton tanker and medium
freighter in Truk's harbor and
bombed Ponape, Nauru and iso
lated enemy positions in the
Marshalls.
Corvallis Lad
Takes Honors
In Prep Golf
CORVALLIS, May 19 W)
Gordon Hammond, Corvallis,
took individual honors with a
par 72 in the first day's play of
tne annual uregon nign scnool
golf championship here yester
day, and his teammates turned
in low team score of 314.
Other team scores were: Uni
versity High at Eugene 356;
Marshfield 360; Grant of Port
land 360; Salem 361; Eugene
High 362; Parkrose 382.
Other individual low scorers
were Bill Correy, Marshfield,
77; Bill Johnson. Corvallis, 79;
Charles Gillanders, University
High, 80; the meet will end today.
Shovel Shower
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An early morning shower with the
compliinentg of a friendly steam
hovel operator Is enjoyed by Marine
Lt. Arthur 8. Carter of Los Angeles
in New Britain jungle. Marine Corps
photo.
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acts of co-operation, hut, even
more, the friendly, helpful
ipirit in which our patrons are
meeting the vexations of then
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inspiration to all of tie! Again,
thanks and he sure to bring
that next prescription here for
our usual careful compounding.
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country in the east, south, mid
west ana west.
StrSk & i.n.t.J
In Michigan, where disputes
in Detroit and other cities had
slowed production in war plants,
operations were returning to
nnrmal A thrAatonoW aonnral
strike of 45,000 members of
Detroit locals of the AFL Team
sters union was averted yester
day, following the. end of the
strike of the Independent Fore
man s association oi America on
The proposed teamsters strike
was prevented after a conference
of regional war labor board of
ficials and spokesmen for rival
AFT. nnr! nninn. Cnnlrae.
men for the CIO United Brew
ery, Hour, cereal and Soft
urnm workers agreed to wun-
riraw nirlrits frnm a nrrtlf ertft
drink plant involved in a juris-
aicuonai controversy oetween
me iiu airmail ann Trip riva
AFL teamsters.
Buick Strike
Rllirk mnfftr rlivicinn aluminum
foundry in Flint, Mich., after a
Bu-iKe oi 4t metal pourers.
In Washington, the senate mil-
ctmrmrfinf tho uMr-.ffnht tfll
from Undersecretary of War
n.i t.t
x-ttLicrsuii, iNavy oecretary ror-
rAstal anr? War TrriHn.tirtr Tliq-zt
Chairman Nelson. Patterson,
testifying in behalf of a bill to
KtlhlAft mart 1 H if AH .U
J '-- v .V
to induction into the armed
forces or work units if they left
iarm or essential industrial jobs
without draft board permission,
told the committee, "any strike
in war time on war production
is inexcusable."
Walkouts End
Workers in two plants ended
their walkouts last night, while
in Birmingham, two separate dis
putes caused 2200 employes to
leave their jobs. About 1200
workers of the Pullman Stand
ard Car Mfg. company walked
out, virtually stopping produc
tion of freight cars at the Bes
semer plant, while approximate
ly lflOn Tninorc uralL-nl - c
7 - - - -. natnw vui Ui
four Birmingham coal mines.
striKing employes
of the Mack Manufacturing com
pany Of Allonfntirn Do
last night to return to work,
-j. cupung recommendations of
United Automobile Workers
union leaders. In response to a
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ward from their victory at Cas
sino on the northern flank.
It appeared likely that any
breakthrough in the south to the
outskirts of Itri would compel
the Germans to pull out of the
entire southwestern end of the
Hitler line and swing their front
into the mountain range running
southwestward from Pontecorvo
through Fondl to Terracina on
the coast.
Vulnerable Lin
But such a line would be vul
nerable to flank attack from, the
Anzio beachhead, where strong
fifth army forces are massed
though quiet. It is believed the
enemy has not had time to pre
pare fortifications on the Ponte-corvo-Terracina
route on a scale
comparable with the Gustav or
Hitler lines.
rrom all reports it appeared
the fifth and eighth armies were
off to an excellent start on the
avowed objective of destroying
the German 10th army.
Badly Cut Up
' Enemy troops were badly cut
up during their retreat and their
artillery strength has been
shaved deeply, although they
held together well in some
places, said a headquarters
spokesman who disclosed that
Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, com
mander-in-chief , had visited
headquarters of Lt. Gen. Sir Oli
ver Leese of the eighth army
and Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark' of
the fifth army.
A dispatch from Sid Feder,
Associated Press correspondent,
reporting the break into the Hit
ler line said the French troops
and American tanks entered
Sant' Oliva late yesterday and
held the top of the hill on which
the town is located through sev
eral hours of German counter
attacks this morning.
Acknowledge Dent
(The German high command.
reporting the heaviest fighting
in tne center, at Pontecorvo and
to the southwest, acknowledged
a "local dent" in the Hitler line
at Sant' Oliva but said it was
"sealed off." This indicated a
French-driven wedge toward the
mountain only some four miles
from Pico, on the inland road
from threatened Itri).
' Poles of the eighth army, push
ing beyond fallen Cassino on the
northern flank, fought within a
mile and a half of Piedmonte,
lour miles west of (Jassino near
highway 6 the road to Rome.
On the central sector south of
the Liri valley, f lfth army forces
reached a point 17 miles air line
from their jumping-off place of
tne week-old allied offensive by
taking 4129-foot Monte Faggeto
overlooking the Itri-Pico road,
the enemy's only communication
link between the ends of the
now-dented line.
French troops yesterday cap
tured the village of Monticelli.
four miles northwest of Espieria,
ana arove on toward sant Ullva,
generally regarded as one of the
strong points of the Hitler line.
Montecelli has been described
as situated in the heart of the
area where the Hitler line de
fenses guard the edge of the Liri
valley.
In 1941, the last full year of
automotive production, the
automotive industry turned out
over 4,800,000 cars and trucks.
Sfilwell Scores
(NKA Tehnhoto)
Lt. Qcn. Josoph Stilwell's Chinese
and American troops have captured
Inkangnhtnwng, only 18 miles from
Kamalng m north central Burma,
while British open general counter
drive -In Kohlma-Imphol area of
nulla.
Evert Duychinck. of Holland.
made the first stained glass in
America on Long Island in 1635.
plea from a leader of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Struct
ural, Bridge and Ornamental
Workers (AFL), between- 300
and 425 iron workers and rig
gers returned to their jobs on
a vjpr project near Clinton, Tenn.
FDR to Call
Monetary Meet
WASHINGTON. May 19 (fP)
President Roosevelt has decided
to call a world monetary confer
ence and a specific auto has been
chosen, it was learned today,
The decisions apparently were
readied wnen Treasury secre
tary Morgenthau and Treasury
Monetary Expert Harry D White
met with the president yesterday
Holman-Morse Vote
Battle Spotlighted
At Polls Today
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democrats to write in the name
of Vice President Henry A.
Wallace or another as their
choice for President Roosevelt s
1944 running mate. Mr. Roose
velt was unchallenged on the
democratic presidential prefer
ence ballot.
Write-in Votes
Tho Dewey-Stassen contest
was on write-in votes solely.
Neithcr's name appeared on the
ballot. Dewey supporters cam.
paigned against his expressed
wishes. Stassen adherents de-
c i d e d to come in only last
week, but sought to make up
for lost time with 25,000 mailed
leaflets and advertisements in
20 newspapers. Wendell Will
kie, despite his withdrawal, was
expected to receive some votes,
.The second senatorial nomin
ation race this year was neces
sitated by the death of former
Senator Charles L. McNary. Re
publican Senator Guy Cordon,
appointed to serve temporarily,
was opposed Dy lormer uover
nor Charles A. Sprague, Salem
newspaper publisher, for the
four-year unexpired term.
Mahoney Unopposed
Willis Mahoney, former
Klamath Falls mayor, was un
opposed for the democratic
nomination in the short-term
senate race. Edgar W. Smith,
state board of higher education
member, and Walter w. Whit
beck, Portland insurance man,
were candidates for the full
term democratic senatorial nom
ination.
In campaign speeches, Hoi-
man, 66, assailed Morse, 43, as
a newcomer Morse naving
come here from Wisconsin 12
vears ago. Holman spoke of a
Morse "slush fund" and replied
to Morses assertion that Hol
man was an isolationist; I am
an isolationist if that means
putting my country first."
Final statement
Without mentioning Holman
by name, Morse said in his fi
nal statement:
"We must have no taint of
isolationism in the senate now."
He said senators who voted
against pre-Pearl Harbor mili
tary defense measures sold our
country short and let our sol
dier boys down."
Hans Norland Auto Insurance.
DANCE
Saturday Nite
DANCELAND
(Formerly Skateland) '
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Starts Saturday M id night
Nazis Mow Down 47
RAF Officers
In Prison Break
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and other spectacular RAF oper
ations. Shooting Disclosed
Tho shooting was disclosed by
German authorities to u repre
sentative of tho protective pow
er "in the course ot a routiuo
visit to tho camp on April 17,"
Eden sulci.
International law snnrUons
shooting in attempts to hnl. es
capes, but provides that uf tor re
capture, If there Is no resistance,
tho most severe penalty can only
bo imprisonment.
PMmlllA Tnlrl
By today at loust 11 families
had boon notified by the Swiss
government of (lie'"' deaths. The
first reports lust night hod listed
.seven men, including Squadron
Leader Itm Cross, 2, who won
tho Distinguished Fly ng Cross
for his rolo In tho battle of Brit
ain uiid who was rescued by tho
Germans from the North sea af
ter bombing the battleship
Si-lmnilioist. Another man shot
was l-Mlght Lt. It. C. Stewart, who
bailed mil of a bnmbcr over Es
sen and crashed through roof
top, but was unhurt.
1 rtftrtlMft PADTTAL.
KUC1KNK, May 10 (!') This
eltv becomes tho lumber and
loiining capital of the Pacific
northwest tomorrow when the
Willamotto Valley logging con
ference holds Its sixth annua
essluu. The "no-day streamlined
conference will mnno un m-ui
quarters al tho Osburn hotel
..,i,n,-.. n Im-Dii renieseiitatton of
lumber and logging executives
from western Oregon mid the
northwest will gainer,
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of It simply n, "Cfy
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Notice to
Members of Sheriffs Posse
Be At Fairgrounds
Al 9)00 o'clock Sunday Morning '
For Breakfast Ride
To Crystal Springs
If You Haven't Made noierviitloni, cH
Mrs, Chnrllo Iteod at 3009
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