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ma writer mm "K" "'"'""
M. hi. nvertme
'i ' ,, Tnrliniiry election.
tc ll.X" Uio whistle o
2TSTu.k WIDE OPBN. A lot
uilt t iny tnouum ii
EyM ttto Invosion
L jBM interest l definitely
PJ. "c0 . .. r,,ih.,r than tho
.n nrlmury, If l' "iko a look
rSwi wt. (There
much tlintj. startling.)
,ir Tokyo raillo, from which
Mlu.V..-wi ciime. aroutly
fisted our raid on Socru-
rJi. .nrrled out by a com-
id I Brltlsh-Amerlcsr naval
Ei force Tho ships stoo.ncd
I.1.: ...- i.nrt of tho Jun-
Hm -Dutch Bust !lo .nni1
ear m.vil bo. doing
RS! irrlcr plonei were, fol-
12 by our henvy bombers,
pith hid flown -lcor rom Au"
p!i . .It lxtnt -nf.
jtaJip navy 8m -" -
hiaacn. , , ,
-TlLWELL himself landii on
nyi at no "
lin. (Ho oxpecicu iiuuiin,
ft there was none.)
1 . ...i.i mi.. Inn. hnlHIntf
ir lurrounacu uu miw B;r
. fnrrn with the IWOllOU
fciwddy river at their backi.
ATTLEFRONT reports from
mithrim Italy- today toy:
fcllu'i 10th army faces a mil
try debacle below Rome tho
Emint flee northward, in
IrhA nizi rather slanlflcantly
Lnu the name of the Hitler
C t the "Dora" line. It
ijuldn'l do to have dor fuehrer's
Lm linked with a flop.)
The prisoner toioi in iwiy ia
to 350U not enougn yov iu
Aldte i Gorman rout,.
1SENHOWER gives - hit fir it
direct orders to Europo'l vast
-.dmiround army to be ready to
rike on "ir aay.
k irwknman at London hood
briers advises the underground
tr radio) to "GET TO miuw
HIS VOICE tho voice of a
aibcr of tho tuprcme allied
nminder'f staff."
(The Germans are expected to
ytq give phony orders to tho
Jtrground, causing Its mem
n'lo expose themselves to
hrmin butchery.)
Knowing the voice win help
ma that off.
,
hREGON'S primary, in which
- probably moro than zu.uuu
plo .voluntarily wroto In Uio
me, of Dewey, gives a big
etiological boost to tho Now
"k governor. Tho political ex
Mi will interpret it as "grass
U" demand.
It looks like Dewey is a ccr
fty lot the Republican noml
lUon. This writer, speaking
lely as. an Indlvlduof voter,
wla like to see him break his
mully-nurturcd silence and
y, us a picture of .what he
Inks, what ho believes WHAT
1 18..
It probably wouldn't be good
"Wei. But this writer finds
less and less Interested
1 1 ond MORE Intorostcd
t!ki'cUon ond courageous load-
T tikes S8g votes to nominate
the first ballot at the Dcmc
'c convention. Already 697
Kptes arc pledged to" FDR
the fourth term.
,
jORSE defeats Holman for tho
...'""term Hcpubllcan noml
vi. ,or. "tor from Oregon.
J; smoth county, whero some
On ihn iillHM I- 1 I
Su'..w.on some 1?br
2,mTe Pfedcmlnantly busl
wnian precincts Indicating
MJ," Pp?nl wns GENERAL.
SJ1 tho NEWER typo of
XX i'ft '"'nker.- Holman bo
T;?.,"10 older school. Thnt
"uica on Pago Ton)
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Number 10112
May 20 1944 "
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Forecasti Fair and warmer.
Nomination Winners in Friday's Primary Election Voting Contests
s als J - LmhhhoiiJ
WAYNE MORSE
Republican for U. S. Senate
THOMAS E. DEWEY
Republican for President
GUY CORDON
Republican for U. S. Senate
EDGAR SMITH
Democrat for U. S. Senate
U. E. REEDER
Republican tor County Judge
CLARENCE HUMBLE
Republican for District Attorney
Hitler Faces
Italy Debacle
By DWIGHT PITKIN
Associated Press War Editor ' !
- Battlnfront rennrts today indicated that Hitler's tenth army
faced a major military debacle below Rome as the Germans fldd
northwnrd in Ituly beforo power drives of the allied fifth and
eighth armies, " - . ..- ' -.'i
Swept from mountain strongpnlnts of the Hitler line, the Ger
mans fell back on a "switch lino" anchored at Tcrraclna on the
Tyrrhcnlnn sea, at the approach of the last leg of the Appiari
way to Rome, allied headquarters announced.
Change Name
In a face-saving move, the Germans changed the name of the
1 Hitler line to "Dora." aDnarent-
ly reserving tho fuehrer s name
OF
SALT LAKE CITY, May 20
(yp)Fiflccn Salt Lnko City men
were convicted today of unlaw
ful cohabitation, concluding a
"paper trial" conducted without
witnesses.
District Judge Ray Van Cott
Jr., who presided without a Jury,
announced tho verdict. This Is
the first timo any defendants In
the compllcotcd polygamous mar
riage case hove been cither con
victed or acquitted.
Not Legal Wives
The 15 men among 46 per
sons arrested March 7 In four
western states in a feclcral-stato
investigation of plural marriage
practices were accused of liv
ing with 55 women not their
lcgnl wives.
John Yates Bnrlow, 70-year-old
president of the "Fundamen
talist" cult to which all the de
fendants belong, was the first
called beforo the court.
No Emotion
Nono displayed unusual emo
tion as they strolled before the
bench to hear Von Cott's decis
ion. . 1
Tho court sot Thursday, May
25, for sentencing.
Tho maximum penalty is five
years In prison.
Defense counsel announced
(Continuod on Page Ten)
Pofice Probe
"Witchcraft" -
AP1ZACO, Mexico, May 20 (JP)
Police investigating tho activi
ties of a couple under arrest In
connection with a so-called
",n,.h,.i-iirf" pnsn searched to
day for 16 children reported
missing and feared slain.
Gov, Manuel Santillon of the
state of Tlaxcala assigned ine
state attorney general and in
spector of police to investigate.
Precautions also wero taken to
prevent enraged villagers from
lynching tho couple. Police said
bodies of two children and the
skolcton of a dog had been found
on their premises.
ommujiists Vote to Quit
As U. S. Political Party
NPtir i.
'Mi? YiiDir .
nuinlst party of tho llnited
Hed tnl x stcnco for 28 years,
"ilatinn ... nlw "on-party or
M nlwi11 b0 formod-
nTffiJh0 motion 'to
'"'I convpn,,10 delivering a na
1 hlch h nn kcynOte speech
n o te'ed for the reelec-
mou ont RoeveIt.
y ' afte? k"- Carriotl unanl-
Wlalifornla7 '
LthapDoTn.I motion Cttlled
I? to lKnAmeP.t t commit-
rnd dwB "I0, Party's af-
that may remain to any organi
zation or organizations as, m
their opinion, are devoted to our
country's winning of tho war In
which it Is presently engaged
and In tho achievement of a aur-
Keynoting tho convention,
Brnwdor. who sought the presl'
ririncv himself in 1936 and 1040,
said In his prepared address that
the president's retirement now
!'would be a disaster for- otfr
ennntrv."
"Our enemies In the war Would
be encouraged to new efforts, our
allies In the war would -nave
deep misgivings, and our own
country would be launched upon
an uncharted sea of uncontrolled
'"ul"" 11 vggmmmin
1 MAE K. SHORT -'Democrat
for County Clark
MARIUS PETERSEN
Democrat for State Senate
for another scries of fortifica
tions farther, back. The switch
line runs southwestward from
Pico to the sea.
Well towards their Koal of
destroying German forces in
Italy, the allies on the ninth
day of thoir offensive had taken
more then 5500 prisoners, vast
booty and moro than 150 towns
and villages. - - ' I
Airmen Active
As allied ground forces drove
through central Italy's moun-taln-glrdcd,
poppy-clad valleys,
littered with German dead and
broken equipment, the Mediter
ranean air force pounded the
enemy's supply lines in north
ern Italy. ;
From Britain, waves of bomb
ers in a strong renewal of the
aerial offcnslvo from the west
streaked towards the continent
(Continued on Page Ten)
Petersen Meets
Cornett in Fail
Marlus Petersen, Klamath
Falls, won the democratic nomi
nation for the state senate from
a Deschutes man in Friday's pri
mary, and he and State Senator
Marshall Cornett, republican
who was re-nominated, will meet
again in the fall. They con
tested for the office four years
ago, when Cornett was elected.
The vote on state senator for
tho district was: Petersen 2109;
Melvln Dlx, Deschutes county,
1203.
Four nominees were chosen,
two each from tho two parties,
for state representatives from
Klamath county, and two will
be chosen in the fall. There
were no contests this time.
On the democratic side, Henry
Semon, veteran legislator, polled
1726 votes, and Thomas Bustin,
newcomer to politics, received
1346. Republicans gave Dale
West, farmer, 1929 votes, and
Rose M. Poole, theatre operator,
1830.
Sheriff Low
Polls Big Vote
Sheriff Lloyd L. Low, veteran
law enforcement officer and un
opposed on tho republican
ticket, polled tho largest num
ber of votes of any candidate
late Saturday tabulations reveal
ed. A total of 2670 votes were
cost for Low,
Congressman' Lowell ' Stock
man ran Low a close second
when he polled 2508 votes.
Double Salary
Gets WCLC Nod
PORTLAND, May 20
Double Balory Instead of vaca
lnn for lumber workers who
request It was approved today by
the west coast lumber commis
sion just as the war production
board (WPB) urged war In
dustries not to substitute pay for
vAnntlon time.
A commission spokesman said
the decision was made before
the WPB took Its stand, and
predicted that lumber workers-
because of trfb manpower short
0a mtcrhf. he nvemntpd from
1 the WPB recommendation.
Allies Confirm Soerabaa
; Raid; Boldness Pays Off
By J. B. KRUEGER '
Associated Press War Editor.
Three bold blows against the
Japanese paid off for the allies
today. . ; i .
1. A N i rri 1 1 z - Mountbatten
MacArthur force, teaming up
for the first time In the Pacific
war, daringly steamed into the
heart of Japan's Dutch East
Indies holdings: and heavily
bombed Soerabaja Wednesday,
topping it off with a land-based
bombin3 raid the same day. .
Myitkyiha War
2. Americans 'and Chinese,
following up their surprising
descent of Myitkyina airfield in
Burma, were reported driving
the enemy out i of their Myit
kyina garrison. . -
3. The overwhelming land
ings on Wakde island 110 miles
west of newly-captured Hollan
dia on Dutch New Guinea pro-
aresscd so ; fast that the vital
airstrip there was nearly ready
for allied use. :
Carrier Planes
The Snerabala stroke, first
water-borne assault against this
Coaf Case Row -Revived
Again
War labor board (WLB) approval
of the bituminous wage agree
ment today revived instead of
ended the year-old coal case.
Tho decision maKes no cnange
in the daily wase rates and
working conditions which have
prevailed since last wovemDer
under ' government - administra
tion of the mines; but uniformity
ceases there because about three-
fourths of the miners will start
collecting $40 back pay in four
monthly installments on June 1,
and apparently the others will
not.
This distinction, which was not
a choice of the wlb, is not ex
pected to pass quietly.
Bulgaria Cabinet
Crisis Reported
NEW YORK,. May 20 (P) A
new . Bulgarian cabinet crisis in
which Premier Dobrl Bolllov has
offered his resignation was re
ported today in a German news
agency broadcast to the Balkan
press. '
The broadcast,' recorded by the
federal communications commis
sion, said a cabinet reshuffle "is
taking place," but hastened to
add the crisis had nothing to do
with German-Bulgarian rela
tions.
Bulletin
LONDON, May 20 (P) King
Peter of Yugoslavia has ousted
Gen. Draia. Mihallovlc as war
minister in attempt to appease
Marshal Tito and it was consid
ered possible the cabinet post
might be offered to the Partis
ans' leader, - , ...
Reeder, Humble,
Short Win Vote
. Two incumbentsr County Judge U. E. Reeder and "County
Clerk Mae K.-Short turned . back opposition in their own parties
to win their primary contests in Friday's voting. Both face fur
ther competition in the fall. . -
.The third, major, county, contest saw Clarence Humble, present
deputy-district attorney, win the republican nomination for dis
trict -attorney. There .being' no democratic- primary candidate,
Humble was virtually assured of election without further .oppo
sition. ".'. . . '." .'-'
'; V .Three Contests .
Those were the only three county office, contests of impor
tance in ine iTioay primary,
which attracted one . of : the
DrlnclDal enemy base in the In
dies, was forced out of a car
rier force drawn from the com
mands of Adm. Chester- W.
Nimitz, Central Pacific com
mander; Adm. Lord Louis
Mountbatten, ' Southeast Asia
chief, and Gen. Douslas Mac-
Arthur, commander in the
Southwest P acme.
One hundred planes ripped
(Continued on Page Ten)
Holland Denies
Ozqrks Killings
JEFFERSON CITY.- Mo., May
20 W) Edgar W. Holland -was
arrested today and Col: M. Stan
lev Ginn. highway patrol super-
charged with the murder of liis
wife and mother-in-law whose
headless bodies were found in
the Lake of the Ozarks last
month.
Holland, a 43-year-old ex-convict,
was arrested by patrolmen
here where he had been held
for questioning since the head
less bodies were identified last
Tuesday ' as Mrs. Molly ". Mattie
Holland,- 36, his wife, and Mrs.
Pearl Fairfax, 59, his mother-in-law.
Ginn said "We have found hu
man blood inside the Holland
home." .
Holland,, he said, denied the
killings.
Underground'
Gets Advice
LONDON, May 20 (VP) Al
lied .invasion headquarters,
broadcasting its first direct-orders
. to Europe's vast under
ground ' army on ; preparations
for D-day, told the underground
forces, today to take , minute
and detailed note of the enemy's
every move.
Indicating that regular broad
cast instructions might be ex
pected as D-day approaches, a
spokesman for Invasion Chief
Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower
said the next broadcast to the
"V" army would be on Monday.
Reds Capture
German Height
LONDON May 20 W5) The
soviet high command announced
today the capture of a German
fortified height southeast of Vi
tebsk on the lone quiet north-
central front where Berlin broad'
casts have suggested an impend'
ine red armv offensive.
Women snipers aided Russian
Infantrymen who took the for
ward German position yesterday
after a two-hour battle, Moscow
said, without indicating whether
the action was urelimlnary to
imminent large-scale action: Ger
man broadcasts also told of Rus
sian attacks west of JNevel, ou
miles to the north. .....
lightest votes in local political
history. - ,
Tightest race was that between
County .Clerk Short and Chris
Huck, railroad anij real estate
man,' who 'held a lead;' early Jn
the tabulation and kept close on
the heels of the clerk," who' Is
seeking her fourth term in the
office. The final unofficial vote
was: Short 1306, Huck 1039.
Mrs. Short's opponent in the
fall will be Charles DeLap, who
polled 2338 votes without opposi
tion on the republican side of the
primary. - 1 1 ( j ! . -
Howard Downed
County Judge- Ui E.' Reeder
won handily from Frank Z. How-
DEMO VOTERS' LAX 1
Of the 7686! registered re
publicans, only 34.7 per cent
went to the polls, and out of
10,747 democrats, ,21.8 per
cent cast ballots in Friday's
election. Republican! figures
are based on ' the vote cast;
for sheriff, and the i demo
cratic figure on the vote cast
for: candidates in the ;county
clerk's race. . ) j ' ;
ard, county surveyor,' for the re
publican judge nomination.-The
vote was lom to U3B, or approxi
mately two to one. Judge Reeder
will meet Walter West,; lone dem-
' (Continued on Page Ten).
Convoy Escorts .
Sink Nazi Subs
LONDON. May 20 VP) A
British naval force escorting a
convoy on its outward and home
ward journey irom oriiain . to
Russia sank two German sub
marines, probably sank one or
two more and damaged others,
the admiralty announced last
night.
One . British : destroyer; the
Mahratta. was . torijedoed and
sunk during the actions with
only a few members of her crew
.being rescued.--
Tornado Kills )
Five; Hurts 20:
DES MOINES, la;; May 20 (IP)
At least five tiersons were killed,
more than 20 others were injur
ed and property damage was
estimated at $1,000,000 as a re
sult of tornadoes, floods and
torrential rains in Iowa in the
last two days.
Thousands of acres of farm
lands were inundated as the
heaviest rains of the spring, ac
companied by strong winds,
struck in the northwest and cen
tral sections of the state.
Portland Assured
Of Improvements
PORTLAND, Ore., May 20 (IP)
Portland . appeared assured to
day of nearly $25,000,000 in
postwar improvements as vot
ers approved four of the pro
jects recommended' by Robert
Moses,. New,..York planning ex
pert. ' ' : , , ! '
With a majority of returns In,
the $12,000,000 bond issue for
cleaning up the Willamette river
through a sewage disposal plant
had a two-to-ohe. lead, ,
WLB PAY DENIAL
BACKS
DEWEY
j
GORDON LEADS
SEATTLE. May 20 UP! Minor
list tights developed at trie stan
dard Lumber ' . Manufacturing
company, today and it became
the1 - tenth - Seattle- mill , to be
closed . by a walkout of AFL
Lumber and Sawmill Worker un
ionists protesting the war labor
board's rejection of 10 cents-an-hour
wage increase demands. An
estimated 5500 men were , idle
here and at Tacoma. Closure of
mills in Oregon .was threatened.
Six Close ,,
Six plants were closed yester
day in Seattle and virtually
every lumber . mill and wood
working plant , in Tacoma em
ploying AFL Lumber and Saw
mill Union Workers likewise was
forced to shut down when work
ers m-gradually lncreasine- vol
ume walked off the job. .
ai naxer, ore., tne. union con
demned the WLB decision - but
agreed to leave action to mem
bers of the various AFL locals.
Vote Return .
At Portland 100 men were
idle yesterday, but the uninn
voted to return to work today
after requesting that the mach
inery to secure a, legal strike
vote be started. "
At Tacoma,-Kenneth Gordon,
district agent of the AFL union,
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... 1 t "
Government Sues
SP for Service
PORTLAND, May :,20 . (IP)
The federal government today
brought suit against the South
ern Pacific company to force
restoration of passenger service
between Dunsmuir, Calif., and
Ashland, Ore.
' Basing its claim on an almost
forgotten provision in -the land
grant act of 1866, the govern
ment charged that southern
Oregon valleys had lost trade
since the passenger line was
dropped in 1938.
Under the land grant, the
railroad promised service from
Roseville, Calif., to Portland,
Ore., through the Willamette.
Umpqua and Rogue River val
leys, the government said.
Smith Takes Democrat
Long-Term Senate.
Nomination '
PORTLAND. May 20 (IP)
Winning strong support In his
opponent's home city of Port,
land, Wayne L. Morse, former
public member of the war labor
board, appeared assured today
of victory over U. S. Sen. Rufusj
C. Holman for republican nom.
ination for Oregon's six-year
senatorial term. Late returna
from yesterday's primary gave
Morse an ever-increasing lead.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of
New York captured Oregon's
15 delegates to the rennhliran
ndtional convention with an 8
to l victory over Lieut. Cmdm '
Harold E. Stassen, ex-governor
of ' Minnesota. Gov. John W,
Bricker of Ohio ran third. -
Cordon Ahead
Sen. Guy Cordon, appointed
only two months ago to succeed
the late Sen. Charles L. Mc
Nary, appeared to have won
republican renomination over
ex-Gov. Charles A. Sprague, for
the four-year term.
Returns from 1006 precincts
gave Morse 47,152 to Holman's
39,891 votes.
In 804 precincts, Dewey naa
16,235 to 2035 for Stassen, and
1027 for Bricker.
Carries Multnomah -
Cordon,' carrying Multnomah
county (Portland) by a slight
margin and winning in his home .
district of southern .Oregon
overwhelmingly, had 46,788
votes in 1164 precincts, . to
Sprague's 42,056. '
The Morse-Holman contest, to
which Holman termed Morse a,
"new deal carpet bagger" and
Morse' called Holman a "dan
gerous isolationist," .was the
hard-fought race of the primary,
Morse said: ' v ' -' '
"If ' the present . trend con
tinues, it .means as I see it that
the - voters want a senate that
will, write a lasting peace;' one)"
that will1 not repeat the mis
takes we made after the last
war." ' ' '; '
- , . Ups Delegates '
' The Dewey victory raises to
352 his - pledged and - claimed
delegate total. Major Luther
Felker, who. conducted Dewey's
Oregon campaign, said "Dewey
is beyond stopping how. It's
part of a nationwide trend."
- .cagar - w. onuui,- nicmuer u
- ' (Continued on Page Ten) e
Mother Drops
Baby Off Bridge I
EL CENTRO, Calif., May 20
(IP) A woman giving her name
as Mildred Mell, 18, was booked
in the county jail for investiga;
tlon of murder early today alter
being brought from Yuma,
Ariz., , wnere sne torn county
Attorney Peter C. Byrne that
she dropped her - 10-month-old
daughter into the Colorado
river and watched It struggle
before drowning.
The baby's body ha not yet
been recovered. . i
California authorities went to
Yuma and brought her here as
she said the baby was dropped
into the water on the California
side of the river. ,
Byrne said the young woman
told him she had been living;
as the common-law wife of Cpl,
Robert Mell of the Yuma air
base in a Yuma auto court, i
Expect Draft.
Wooton Warns '
SALEM, May 20 ' (JP) Col.
Elmer V. Wooten warned today
that all of Oregon's . 18-to-26;
year-old men "with very few
exceptions" must plan to bej
in uniform within the next few
months. The state selective service di
rector, back from the Washing
ton conference where new draft
regulations were formulated
said he would begin calling in
young men immediately to meet
the state's draft quotas. . 1
Three City Measures Get
Okay by Generous Voters
Klamath voters went to the
polls in a generous mood yes
terday and gave overwhelming
approval to three city measures
calling for added, outlays of pub
lic funds. . " .f , '
By a vote of 16f)0 to 590, the
voters authorized an .eight-year
levy to raise $100,000 for devel
opment of the Klamath Memor
ial . park on " the hills west of
the city. The levy will total 1.5
mills each year. - .
' Pay Boosted "" . '
Pay of the city police judge
was boosted from $2100 to $3300
by the voters who approved.,the
measure, 1410 to 898. : '
The city's contribution to the
city-county physician's salary
was ' Increased . from $600 to
$1200 In another ballot measure.
This makes the total salary from .
$4800 to $5400 a year from all
sources. The vote was yes 1591,
no 752. ,,
Vote of Confidence
. The memorial park plan was
prepared by a special committee
of citizens and the vote was In
terpreted as an expression of con
fidence in its work. The money
will provide for eventual con
struction of a mausoleum and
crematorium on the new park
site, as well as upkeep of Link
vjlle cemetery. ' . . "
any surplus
factonalism, ' he said.