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four airdromes In occupied
franco and Belgium during the
day.
( Four bombers and 13 fighters
were lost in bombing the freight
yards at Mulhouse, Belfort, Sar-
regucmines, mcq, mionviiie,
Charlerio and Blainville in
France, and Brussels and Liege
in Belgium, and airfields near
Nancy and Britigny in France,
and' Antwerp and Brussels in
Belgium, a U. S. communique
announced. These forces shot
down nine enemy planes.
Naral Ban Hit
Simultaneously, heavy bomb
ers from Italy struck in south
France at the naval base of Tou
lon, graveyard of the scuttled
French fleet, and at Lyon on the
Rhone river a historic invasion
path. Rail installations at both
cities were targets.
Processions miles long of up
to 1000 Flying Fortresses and
Liberators shepherded by at
least 500 fighters, encountered
suddenly increased resistance
from the invasion-threatened
ground, as they smote ruthless
ly at enemy military targets
close to this great invasion base.
No Opposition
The enemy did not care to
risk his dwindling air force, but
augmented the regular flak bar
rage with curtains of rocket fire,
destroying several of the great
four-engined craft in green and
black explosions.
British night bombers attack
ed the choked rail yards of
Aachen in western Germany last
night in two waves, spaced two
hours apart They spotted an
other sign of nazi invasion pre
parations blazing strings of
searchlights all along the coast.
The strike of the Mediterran
ean allied forces from the south
was the second time in two days
that Hitler's roofless fortress had
been under attack from two di
rections. . ,
, Coyer Yards
Liberators covered the Car
noules yards, 15 miles northeast
of Toulon, with bombs. Fort
resses joined other Liberators in
attacks on the Lyon area, re
sults of which were not imme
diately : reported. More Liber
ators poured fragmentation
bombs on a north , Italian air
drome at Fiacemza, 40 miles
southeast of .Milan. - Still anoth
er formation of Liberators blast
ed Monfalcone harbor, 15 miles
northeast of - Trieste on the Ital
ian Adriatic coast, with high ex
plosives, V -.
Oil installations on the main
land at Porto Margherita near
Venice also were attacked. .
Mustangs and Liehtnines cov
ered the' heavy bombers in their
farflung operations from the
south. Mediterranean allied air
force headquarters- announced
that 330J) .sorties were flown yes
terday rather than the 2950 rec
ord previously-announced. -
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30 cities and towns in Oregon
ana wasningion.
15 Plants Down
The largest addition to the
walkouts was in Spokane where
15- plants went down when
roughly 1500 workers left their
jobs cutting off production of
ammunition, powder and ration
boxes.
More than 100 employed at
the Port Gamble mill joined
the list late last night closing
that operation. Previously the
Western Cooperage company
Darrei ana tuo plant in Seattle
was closed, ending all wood
milling operations here.
Grays Harbor closed uptight
when the last of the mills there,
the West Star Lumber company,
snui aown.
Oreqon Idleness
In Oregon the idleness spread
through the Columbia and Wil
lamette River valleys as mills
at -Lebanon, St. Helens, Astoria,
Warrenton, Wauna. WestDort
and Tillamook closed and log
ging operations were curtailed
around sweet Home and Cal
apooia. At Eugene, W. L. Kelsey,
president or tne Art, local, pre
dieted workers in that area
would join the exodus.
The workers were urged to
return to their jobs by the In
ternational executive board and
the international negotiating
committee of the CIO-IWA, al
though in a formal statement
the groups protested the WJLB
decision against granting an in
crease in wages which precipi
tated the walkouts.
Within Folmula
J. B. Fitzgerald, secretary-
manager of the Lumbermen's
Industrial Relations Committee,
Inc., disputed ... assertions that
, wages in the industry have been
out of line with other war in
dustries and that ' the increases
asked were within the little
steel formula.
. -'Testimony before the west
coast lumber commission and
the national war labor board
demonstrated that the average
wage paid in the logging and
lumber industry of western
Washington and western Ore
gon sawmill and logging camps
combinediwr-eased .from 82
cents January 1, 1941, to 119.9
cents in May, 1943, or 48 per
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After a rush trip oy plane irom Lon
don to New York to Los Angeles,
Navy Sea bee Chief Electrician's Mate
Jake Oalllou tleio, lymphatic luke
mia suflerer, whom Navy physicians
give little hope .ol llvUg more than
a lew weeks, has reunion wiut Mrs.
OaUion, who comforts him beiore be
was placed In ambulance and driven
home.
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Interpret the development as a
general strike but rather as a
protest against assignments that
require Japanese truck drivers to
pass through the gates wnere
sentries are stationed. , It was
noted that all truck drivers who
bad refused to take ou their
trucks would have been required
to go through the gates.
The incident in which'1 Oko
moto, a truck driver, was shot,
occurred at a gate.
. There was no demonstration of
any kind up to mid-morning.
Evacuees gathered in small
knots about the evacuee area to
discuss the death of Okomoto.
Best's Statement
Ray Best, project director,
made a statement to evacuees at
noon today as follows:
"I regret very much that one
of the evacuees was shot by mili
tary' police yesterday . afternoon
and died at the center hospital
this morning. Everything was
done by the medical staff at the
hospital to save his life and a
great many were ready to give
blood. An investigation has
been ordered by the military.
"The WRA is in no way re
sponsible for this incident and
we want all to know that we
regret it very much. No furth
er statement can be made at
this time."
Jap Unarmed
In Washington, Interior Sec
retary Ickes said today that so
far as he has been able to learn,
Okomoto was unarmed and
made no threatening gesture
before being shot.
Ickes told his press confer
ence he understood the army
has ordered a court martial and
"we are leaving it to the court
martial in full confidence that
the army will get the facts and
take whatever action is neces
sary.
No Riot
The war relocation authority
which operates Tulelake, recent
ly was made a part of the In
terior department.
Ickes said there was no riot,
no threatening after the inci
dent, and the affair was "one of
those things to be highly regret-
lea."
Okomoto, a native of Garden
Grove, Calif., received four
blood transfusions before - his
death, with blood donated by
jacK UKomoto. An operation
was performed by Dr. Hashiba,
well-known Japanese surgeon.
formerly of Fresno. Present as
observers were Dr. Jack Sleath,
project physician, and CaDtain
Edwards, military medical offi
cer.
Nearly 50 men stood reaay
during the night to give blood
transfusions to Okomoto, WRA
officials said.
At the request of Lt.-Col.
Verne Austin, the project direc
tor has appointed Harry L.
Black, one of his assistant di
rectors, to serve as a member
of the board of investigation in
to the fatal shooting of a resi
dent of the center by a military
sentry. :-
Other members of the board
are all army officers.
The board will go into session
at 3 o'clock today to review evi
dence and hear testimony in the
case. .-- i
jury
cent,"' his statement said. '"The
little steel formula allowed 15
per cent in the same period."
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need, advertise for a used one
In the classified.
GATEARGUMENT
PRDBE ORDERED
ALLIES UNITE
BIG PUSH
TOWARD ROME
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the coastal highway between
Terracina and Anzio.
Break DaUnt
"Troops of the bridgehead
have broken through the pow
erful defenses built by the ene
my to prevent tne orldgeneaa
force participating in our ad
vance from the main front,"
headauarters said.
"The battle proceeds and It
should not be long before the
two fronts are firmly establish
ed as one when tne llttn army
will then develop even greater
strength," an omciai spokes
man said.
Cisterna Flanked
Already the beachhead 20
miles below Rome was break
ing out to the east with Cis
terna flanked deeply on both
sides and attacked at the out
skirts in a frontal assault.
(The German communique
hinted at a new threat above
the beachhead, declaring allied
troops had landed behind the
German lines on the western
wing of the beachhead but had
been annihilated. There was no
allied confirmation.
Withdrawal Told
(Earlier, the Germans had. an
nounced withdrawal from the
entire coastal strip between the
beachhead and Terraolna. The
communique said the allies
were emolovlna "enormous"
tank formations in a seriea of
crushing attacks).
German troops who fought
to hold Terracina, 2Z miles be
the beachhead, were report
ed fleeing northward through
Priverno in the direction of
Valmontome. They sought to
escape encirclement and annihi
lation as the main front rolled
forward, threatening to pin
them against the eastern edges
of the Pontine marshes.
'Troops of the main front,
overwhelming powerful enemy
resistance, have fought their
way forward relentlessly since
the night of May 11 over some
of the most difficult terrain of
the whole Italian campaign,"
said the special communique.
An official spokesman added
that the beachhead, established
bv surDrise landings January
22, had played an important
role in the current offensive.
as its threat to the German rear
had tjrevented the Germans
from massing full strength
against the drive forward
.through Cassino and Formia.
-Mum On Appian
While the first land contact
with the beachhead was estab
lished since last January, the
communique made no mention
of the condition of the Appian
way across the Pontine marshes,
The speedy contact estab
lished oy patrols' across tne
area, however, indicated the
p r o b a b i lity communications
were in reasonably good condi
tion to provide an immediate
supply route for the beachhead
forces.
- The contact was not made on
the Appian way but on a sec
ondary road hugging tne snore.
EDITORIALS ON
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from 82 cents on January 1
1941 to 119.9 cents in May 1943."
That is a 46 increase, where
as the "little steel" formula per
mits only 15 which doesn't
sound like discrimination,
'
THERE'S a lot of discrimination
" between ALL, OF US ON
THE HOME FRONT and our
boys on the fighting fronts. But
we don t near or our ooya walk
ing off the job because of it.
JOHNSTON AWARD
NEW YORK, May 25 (P) The
national and foreign trade coun
cil announced today that Eric
A.- Johnston, president of the
chamber of commerce of the
United States, will receive this
year's Captain Robert Dollar me
morial award for his "distin
guished contribution to the ad
vancement of American foreign
trade."
TREBLE SUIT
PORTLAND, May 25 (If)
The government today brought
a treble damage suit against the
Morrill & Sturgeon Lumber com
pany, . Portland, asking $13,
976.76. The firm was charged
with selling Douglas fir lumber
to government agencies at above
ceiling prices.
PILOT KILLED
MOSES LAKE, Wash., May
25 (If) Second Lt. Morton
Hecker, fourth air force pilot
on a combat training mission,
was instantly killed when his
P-39 fighter plane crashed eight
miles southwest of Moses Lake
at 8:25 last night, the air base
public relations office reported
this morning,
PORTLAND. May 25 UP)
Saul Friedman, who ran unsuc
cessfully in the primary election
for mayor, and Jack Weinberg,
were bound over to the grand
today on charges of grand
larceny. They were accused of
removing an automobile from
Friedman's gasoline station to a
storage place.
Rotary Speaker Llse Lind-
baek, Norwegian war corres
pondent and free lance writer
who is in Klamath Falls this
week, will be the' guest speaker
at Rotary club Friday at noon
at the Willard. Paul O. Landry
will be the chairman. I
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