Corvallis Gazette-Times from Corvallis, Oregon • 1

rasps mmx i'm Kuaini.dl ds i. 4 lm Mil 85. CORVALLIS, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 7. 1944. ESTABLISHED 18G2 1200-mile Meandering Front Gals Red-hot os Russians Continue to Put on Pressure Everywhere LONDON, Aug.

7-(P-The Polish oil center of Eorvslaw and the nearby German stronghold of Sambor in the Carpathian slope country were captnred by the Russian army today, Marshal Stalin announced in successive orders ot the day. Red troops in Latvia captured Lubana, 100 r'es east of Risra on the Baltic coast, a Soviet commuirquc announced Launch Big TanEt AWcicft Yifh Siki of City rjflorerttel Splicing Normandy and BriKqsiny FprcoS i Tctniy Sv2nsonf Grid Sfcr; Killed la Action in France Captain Thomas (Tommy) Swan-son, iex-OSO football star tin the years 1934-35-38 and coach of foot-hall 'at Albany high school, was killed In action in France on July fer i ree Miles Penetration Bogged Down BigXlllefllW tontgm. 1L according to a telegram frpm- Congressman Moil Is Luncheon Speaker the iwar 'department received irt British Seek to Keep Lend-lease ROME; Au'a 7-i(if-Birf German shells continued to land today in the southern portions' of Florence, which Hi'ip Rallied; Sir Harold Ateatidefi headquarters nnonnce4 "there 'will be' no heed for the tity itself tp beioine iZV lJ An allied headquarters Communi Corvallis today by bis wife. I Captain Swsnson was member of the Officers Reserve Corps and was tailed into active duty in midwinter of was eventually In Corvallis Tuesday WITH THE U. FIRST ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug.

7-P) -The Germans today launched their largest counterattack since the landings in France, using: at least four armored divisions between Mortain and Sourdeval in a drive aimed at splitting- the Normandy and Brittany forces. The attack, launched this made penetrations up to a depth of three miles in the area of Chcrencs la Rousse, but was being- held and pounded by artillery and air forces. A high Amei officer said the German attack was not expected to ma; uch progress and that tbe result would be destruction 4 tior which the enemy could ill afford, "The air foi! ire having a field day," he Another penetra Was made 1 1 I MOSCOW, Aug. 7-tf)-Seven Russian army grows hammered with artillery and bombers today at the steel foundations of Germany's east wall based on Krakow, Warsaw and the forested border of east Prussia, encountering the toughest opposition in tbe 46-day summer offensive. Toward the southern extremity of the i.2f0-mile meandering front, the Russians captured the oil and commtmica-tions center of prohobycz, cbasirt the Germans In a bloody iwrt the farnathian mountain pnprnaches to the Ciech-Slbrak border.

Red planes hounded the fleeing enemy remorselessly, after destroying six troop and oil trains at the Drohobycz station. 1 Final Stand 1 James Mott will Alter Defeat enfto England and spent some. in Corvallis. and will be the que sid' Sooth- African trooos. Md waita t-b sen intot I luncheon speaker at a 'special mt.

nortUt budht ttftbi AriwirW.witi. with vJBOta Infantry, NE YORK. Anr. Brit- ing at 12 noon Tuesday in Hotel in An illiejl spokesman which landed on the continent on ish officials a insisting upon con-, Benton, to which the public is in- 1 1- 1 ilh till lYia no nMll.ri1 An Jtllv- timiatiAM a InnJ t. fr I a i i i i toward Juvigny, a la Ameri- eAiuMiiieu nowrTer, uwi wo.

na vc into, according; xo rresiueni not yet ha thantecoAnais- 11. Captain (Swanson is survived Germany's defeat as essential if Charles Whiteside. -sauce patrols' oyer th vefc and by bis wife and child. Britain la to play her full part in The chamber of commerce ia In these havrttoid44 from. "OSC the Pacific war, the asso- tcrested in the future of Camp Swansoii; coached at Milwaukie ciation of manufacturers renorted A Hair flnrf ttn intluirto iitrraan resistance stiffened with infantry and armored reserves cans were driven i Mortain, but they still held th ground around the village.

3 '2 north of the sector the Amej parties wiU Wchinif. twi bA th b'igli school, later coming to Albahy, today. the water svatem. and directors now making a final stand to save the "reich from concerted invasion. The Russians, capturing 30 Villages "British officials have told our exnwtpH to Mntt'n hPln in north ban.K therf enemyiwnere nm gria teams were anown lor- ineir-'iigniuiK oP'i'W we as game winning ability and where activity in the tofinTi.

ftd' aa)id Kasis.wW'''iHC"tiCr efforts ttiv'Btrenethcbing defenses i frr.m east Prussia. In the south made quite a coaching record, leaders Ahat such action is abso- planning for the future of this lutely necessary to stave off a area. It is not known what Mott's serious economic situation, in Eng. luncheon topic will be. land, the NAM News, weekly pub- i During the summer months the hcatlon of the association said.

chamber of commerce has been Big Enemy jj I The German thrust was aimed at Avranches. It was the largest coordinated enemy blow at the "It is claimed that unless we do Two CbHip Adir Soldiers Killed by Elecfrcculion -Two Camp soldiers, uninjured when the car in which they were riding crashed into a power pole at met death by eke-" trocution early Sunday morning when they stepped out of the far: and onto a high voltage line brought down by the crash, state police rc-' ported. i' Dead following the accident were Sergeant Louis J. Qucirole and Walter A. O'Rouke, both serving with the medical detachment at The most fascinating spectacle bolster Britain's domestic economy, busy planning for fall and winter Americans since D-Day.

and the activities, and plans announcements divisions making it had been soon. The summer project; the drained from various sectors of she will not be able to play the of the flaming battle-fronts today and a key situation watch is that loose left wing of Hitler's Normandy, line which, i flying wild community cannerv has been a trood whieh -was interrupted by the call to-war. At Qrcgon State college Swan-son played ia the backfield, and was rated excellent offensive and defensive player, although handicapped by lack of halfback Weight, as coast conference players go. He was well known in Corvallis down-town circles, as he was Justudent who had ability to mix with businessmen. thing, with plenty of room for more housewives to arrange tor canning beyond the breached Vistula river line, they were within 75 miles of Gciman Silesia, highly industrialized coal region.

In this area they were but 30 miles from the Polish city of Krakow. Only in the Baltic states and on the northern slopes of the Carpathians did the war-remain fluid. (The Germans asserted they had recaptured Jelgava in Latvia in the ten-mile corridor to the Baltic west of Riga.) Reds Press On Russian pressure was fiercely intense against all German strong- intended "to hurt back' srty allied efforts. th cross th tlef blither side of Wktmeti.M C'VK -The allied eommaA innaiwced more tharr 'BOiOOO- prisoner had been Ukw bi th armies in- the "offesie If rojn Cas-sino to Floranc Th total might have beeri higher but for Mar shal, Albert Keaslriits'4 to Wow PP Floeaeejrbrjdges. enem ffcer to the allied' lihes.

said thVOeman command had TeCen.tly 4(reedythe part expected of her in the Pacific Costly Affair The publication said the proposal, now under discussion in high administration circles, would cost the operations. Persons, who have used Somo crack American units were meeting the attack. RAF rocket-spitting Typhoons teamed up with the American air force, to strike full force at the German armor. like a pennant in a numcane, It war the tearing away of this Nazi flank from its coastal anchor which American armored forces loose to rampage through its facilities are loud, in praise of the businessmen who made this United States $2,800,000,000 and up The attack was on narrow Tokyo Reports Planes Over Philippines eight-mile front and was concen-jCamp Adair. 1 The two were with two -other soldiers in a car driven by SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, I Florence McGuire, Albany, follow-Allied Expeditionary Fbrce, Aug.

7 ing a picnic at Colorado lake, when mistake as i Rmnev by leaving the blowini? ir irbrWges tu'it-'aa annually above war costs, and During the past two weeks the would be af wide departure from lcnraber 6f c6mmcrce office in Cor-the present lend-lease program fa has become the official AAA cause it "wwM br very frankly to 8nd Oregon State Motor associa-support Britain's domestic policy." tion headquarters for this district. The nnmary concern- of admin- with Un lMbel Shaw in charge, officials favonngthe pro- The loca, office 90 ni8. ect, NAM said, was how to obUm rine bousi he(uljUte for Cor-the support of Congress, and avoid vallia durin the p88t month, similar claims from Russia, France, points. Steadily encroaching Westward- along the Carpathians, the Red army eared the moment when ---American troops, wheeling the girl lost control of the car and iuaiv, nux. i-uri-i wo planes appeared over Davao it could launch powerful blows v.

Vv- a ward the Danube basin which is. cl.ww Pr't. mr Jv allied Germany's brehd basket lnCTfi!) dnirfshmg tlie.tn( led tk. toward the cast from overwhelmed it plunged into a power pole on the pressed on Ja "60-mile Albany highway, it is reported. Ik.

T.l. Mn Brittany. Now it's being swung back like a turnpike toU-gate to open the route to Pari, as witness the glad news that Yankee columns achieved the 1 crossing of the Meyenne river barrier in five places and roaring on towards the French capital in the favorable open country between the Seine and the Loire rivers. iH That lashing pennant is symbolic- of Hitler's whole position at this critical moment both jn the fighting tones and on the home front. Just as he is trying ly to stabilixe that Normandy line, and also keep it front being torn Warsaw, under siege for more irniwiw today, and dropped "throt Belgium, Hoiiana ana otner countries, than a week, seethed with street! small bombs which landed harm- fighting between Poles and -the! 'f Wsly into the sea.

Absolutely no Hershey Says Men Unofficial estimates, NAM add- r. i i The broke the and snapped a high voltage line which fell across telephone lines beneath it, creating a high voltage arc which burned the wires and. dropped the live wire to the ground, front today toward Paris, 135 miles away, and the-Germans wore reported moving some of their administrative- offices ropv the threatened Trench capital. To the north, the British thrust a new Paris-pointed spearhead German garrison. j'isn' army fnmpw up damage was caused.

Hitting toward; Krakow, The 'Tokyo reportsakli large Nazi stronghold before Gcr-, th uth Iwnk' atfc AiwTHe The enemy made' a hatf-hearted matt Silesia, still other Red army'0?" nlf 4 Invade Pavao from the t. lian tranruul POlht. three RllleS FlOtettCf I ii mArnin when eu, snowea Dnuun exports nave I I dropped 60 to 75 per cent since the I IVPrCPt If PlIAVPfl war began, and that she has lost or.Y i5" WIIC1VU liquidated an estimated 60 per cent SPOKANE, Aug. 7-VP)r of her foreign investments. (Maj.

Gen. Lewis Hershey said Britinb --t 'lust night he believed "we've got In the darkness the uninjured car across the Orns on a two mile front which threatened to swceo away attempted to survey the wajr frpnvits tight jnqlior, at Caen, UesmeveMntrvtroeiw to the Montemprt. li ol Atwi 1, entroy was the enemy hihge below Caen whre lmae. AQ'fiouk stepped on. the.

shrhted over the city about 1 a. San Vistula river triangle, more.w killed in- avoid, insofa t.ihl. oinP declared "we can't let un-we have Germans weeks-long stand al-mseen Wlre and was followed by another at nearly an volt. rWniwiiniY, Anht HnniHatma. nw to hv mon.

mn fn rMi.vn the 'y mocked by the American bv the taring hours The first enemy than iw njiies soutn or Warsaw, i City Is Captured The imwrnt Arno Col. Gen. Ivan Petrov, Uking'" Monte lap4n IIfoB Jhaed in mi miiNi'M ltk 4tW1d Ait. .1.:. .1 1: 11 i around their dangling southern Qucirole attempted to move his where the allies are attacking again today; so he i straining every nerve to reorganize hi civilian '-war effort in face of the recent revolt organizes by the Prussian generals.

(Continued on page 2, column 9) plane; sighted over Davao dropped more foreign holdings," the publi- lboys who are overseas. over the rourtn Ukrainian army Tt flank. I companion off the wire and in turn Towns Captured tconunned on page 6. column )' cation said. far the British! "Some of our boys have been have rejected all such suggestions there two and three years and it's three small bombs which, however, landedharmlessly in the eea.

about 2 a. another enemy commanded formerly by Gen, Fh i Supported bv a close allied naval I that such postwar assistance be time we brought them said dor I. Tolbuhkin, emerged as the leader of an Eleventh army at- east of Flost9ee the Germans -still plane was sighted heading for placed on 'the basis of direct loans, the national director of selective blockade which already had broken 7a riijl Ditfirm resistih on tas ridie south'- but this one fled before or that they go to the proposed in- service, wno met or jeiiy wun incai up tnree. Uerman convoys appar- dlill Johnson Advocates reaching the skies over Pavao. Ab 1,200 mile front from Finland to ing rooted OtitJ'-C "What the British want, and en route to Seattle.

kerque from Brittany. American Id IfffWrft'lVftr solutely no damage was caused by the Carpathians. ArtiHSry in AcUosi what our officials arVconsiderine. "We don't want the fellows sit- armor and infantry teams caoture'd v-" Vnwt 1 VI these enelny, nuisance raiders." Premier Joseph Stalin an There was no allied report of is the lend-leasing of the difference ting on the bench to forget the four towns in the Breton i VANmiTVKB C. Anr 7 nounced the fall of Drohobycs in a special order of the day.

The city WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 UP) such plane expedition. between what they need and what score even the men up to 38 are peninsula in the closing stages of ((Canadian Press). More than 30 Davao is on'the island. of Min-jthey can buy out of their current to be called." (an offensive 'which promised' to and servicemen were tak- danao, at the south end of- the receipts from exports, investments, He added, however, "We have to clinch control soon of the ports of Ln jnto custody yesterday as dis- Despite continued Nazi shelling in the 'southern part f.

tb city, Alexander's Headquarters declared again ara nop ghelling any part df the Sharpshooting American artil- lervnwri rwi n1iv(ied Congress should retain firm post- th part of Gahcia annexed by war control of the nation's vastly Russia in the .1939 partition -of expanded merchant' marine and air i Poland) was the target of Ameri Philippines. etc. think about the upbuilding tor the Brest, St. Nasairc, Nantes, Lorient turbances continued between the "As a result of our assistance to army). There will be veterans com-iand st, Malo.

citv'S "soot suiters" and merchant city's "soot suiters" force, rather than delegate disposal We must consider them date, have managed to keep ing back, can snuuie oomDers lasi June it. Gen. Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky's Third White fiussian army was striking- above the Nicmen river their entire national debt, both and jobs for them. the -ttlatfveir vtitfy D.cl.VUfr Oflirifv front by knocking oiii Iiimbef of Tvil" Wtll JClUI llf foreign and domestic, down to enemy mortar positions across Uie in an apparent drive toward Tilsit around $76,000,000,000." Talks Postponed Berge Says Rails and the Baltic seaport of Memel in 'lower Arho.

'(Twenty direct hits another effort to split German 'were scored by a tank destroyer's WASHTWHTflM in. army groupings along the sea. authority to any executive agency, Senator Johnson, told a senate military affairs subcommittee today. There have been rumors that the United States plans, after the war, to set certain nations up in air-' craft and supply others with a merchant marine," Johnson said. "May-he that should be done, but the body that should make the decision is congress itself not an executive agency." Acting Secretary of State Stettinius man MnnAnAIV 'declared today that Britain has not! 11011 l'IUIIUIUI seaman.

1 Charges ranged-from a police officer to intoxication and carrying offensive weapons the latter including a three-foot cherry club and a 15-pound sledge hammer. An estimated 1,000 persons roamed the streets of Vancouver's east end early Sunday, smashing windows, lamp standards and dam aging automobiles. Three seamen were hospitalised with head injuries after police broke up a battle in front of the seamen's man- taken up with the United States KANSAS CITY." Aug. 7-WP)-The guns on a noose ocoupiea uer-mans northwest of JPiasii Mortars set fire te another enemy, occupied building' while- Ameri(sn shellflre peppered art enem motor column along the Coast north the river. "Onward Comrades" South of the Niemen river the Russians were from five to 25 miles Continued on Page Stt Column 7) me iuiure ui ujnu-iease.

(nation's railroads are nlanninur a Stettinius made the statement in complete transportation monopoly, reply to a question based on a re WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (P) -Acting Secretary of State Stettinius announced today that the post-war security talks have been postponed until August 21 at tbe request of Russia. "The Anglo American Russian phase of the four-power conversations was scheduled to begin in Washington August 14, with discussions among the United States, Britain, and China to follow upon their conclusion. -Stettinius told his news conference the Russian govern- Wendell Berge, assistant U. S.

attorney general in charge of the antitrust division, decldred today in an address here. "This plan which is advanced in St Malo, an ancient sea fortress and. fishing part Brittany's north coast, was under attack by strong forces, which broke through the outer perimeter of landward dofenses at Chateauneuf. In spite of the order of the commander to fight' until the last man, 600 of a on pactf 2. column 4) Transportation Normal In Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Aug.

7 -The army restored normal transportation service in Philadelphia today and fired four leaders of the unauthorized walkout that gave the nation's second largest cjly a "nightmare week," cutlwar production and caused racial violence. An army spokesman reported that at 10:30 a. m. service was "100 per cent normal, with every vehicle moving on schedule and soldiers guarding every vchiclo." Flying Robot Bombs Falling in England LONDON, Aug. 7-(P)-Gcrman ning pool.

port by ne National Association of Manufacturers that British officials "have told American leaders continuation of lend-lease after Germany's defeat is essential." Americans Capture Rodes Ccmm-nding FT. XEONARinWOOrJ. Mo. Aug. l-iJf-TM Ipth' Tfailblster" the name of free enterprise," Berge I told the Kansas City Advertising land Sales Executive club, "contcm- plates development of regional in-jtegrated transportation systems flying bomb attacks continued on London and the southern counties inji ib neeut-u mure biritc i today.

During the night the bombs evated 1 tnp Adair, came over at short intervals, caus-J and -ftftmed -tbetefor more 26 Injured as Train Derailed in Lake City LAKE CITY, Aug. Twenty-six persons were injured when the Milwaukee road's east-bound Olympian was derailed near the station here early today, but only four still were in the hospital this morning. Townsend Predicts Victory for Plan for preparation in Moscow before A 1 1 ray in KriitanV Soviet representatives ves start ing a few casualties. than a ycaf r-now is, statioTied for The overnight bombardment training at this post, at the-foot of Skinner and Eddy Buy Alaska Fleet SEATTLE, Aug, 7-(P)-urcbase of the Alaska Steamship company's fleet by the Skinner Eddy of Seattle, for an unannounced sum, was announced here today by Presi-' dent G. W.

Skinner. Skinner Eddy already bad acquired control of the steamship company's capital Washington. capped a week end of sporadic ro- the Ozark mountain. The.70Ui nw which would control and operate all rail, motor, water and air transport facilities throughout large geographic areas. To achieve this plan they advocate repeal of 'the charter of American the Sherman anti-trust act as it applies to transportation." SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, I Allied Expeditionary Force, Aug.

1 7-P)-Amcricans have captured the I Brittany shrine city of Auray be bot attacks which reached fairly is commandr by prig. Gen. four heavy proportions Saturday night P. At Camp Adair it was but tapered off during the daylight Commanded by Ma Gett. -John hours yesterday.

Dahlquist" General II. M. Walker Killed in France s6MEWH ERE IN NORMANDY, tween Vannes and Lorient. The U. S.

troops have taken prisoners in Brittany, and 3400 Germans have been found dead. ruKiLAND, Aug. Dr. 1 Francis Townsend predicted vic- torv in 1 i stock from the Kennecott Copper July i27-(DeIaycd)-(R-Bri(r. Gen.

Bombers Blast Reich Oil Plants In Concert With Raid in France plan that would levy three per cent gross income tax to finance a minimum of $60 a month for over-age and incapacitated persons in Oregon. Two Day ShUing LexcJ Mam Town on Jap-held Islands of New York Skinner said the Kennecott interests disposed of the ships because their mining activities in Alaska largely had ceased. Before the war the steamship company had 17 vessels, including freight and passenger ships. Prisoners Total 85,543 Since D-day WITH U. S.

FIRST ARMY IN FRANCE, Ausr. 7-VPrisoners captured by Americans for the entire French front Bince D-day mounted to 85,543 today and German burials by the Americans reached 14,171. U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Aug.

7-4P)-Striking within 600 miles of TODAY'S FIRST CASH AD The flrrt caaii ad between 10 and 60 worda taken fter 8 a. m. each day will Ppear on the front page. Nelson M. Walker, a native of Pittsfield, and the assistant commander of a U.

S. infantry division, was killed today while personally leading an assault on a German machinegun position in a hedgerow. The 55-year-old general, who has) been recommended for a posthumous Distinguished Service Cross, had gone to the front to inspire snd encourage his troops freshly thrown into battle. A machinegun bullet severed a thigh artery. He died within a few hours.

Allies Increase 10 Times French Holdings SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Allied Expeditionary Force, Aug. 7 Renounce Argentina Until Policy Changes BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug. 7-P)-Colombia and Venesucla today announced jointly it would bcL impossible for them to maintain normal relations with the Farrell regime in Argentina until that country demonstrates its solidarity with the other American nations. Tokyo, a fast American carrier tasic force has shelled the Bonin island for the first time in this wfer and, in a two-day attack, sank 11 Japanese vessels including five war-snips and damaged 30 other surface craft The shelling leveled Omura, Japanese town on northwestern Chi 3 ROOM downtown apartment, f2M. Also another 3 room $40 and a 2 room for $28.50.

Phone 103, or 81-M. LONDON, Aug. 7 -P)- More than 500 U. S. heavy bombers blasted at two synthetic oil plants deep in the reich today in concert with from -500 to 750 Liberators and Flying Fortresses which struck at vital targets over a wide area of France.

The Fifteenth air force sent its heavyweights from Mediterranean bases to Blechhamer, 75 miles southeast of Breslau, where they scored hits on two plants which produce much of the German army's high grade motor fuel. The Germans threw up smoke screens and interceptors swarmed into the air to guard these plants, one of which is the third largest Nazi synthetic plant still operating, but the bombers fought through and dropped their load visually by instrument. Itoar Into Balkans Another force of Liberators, roaring into the Balkans, pounded an enemy airfield at Alibunar, 21 miles northeast of Belgrade, and oil installation on the Danube at Novi Sad, northwest of Belgrade. A big force of four-engincd American bombers from British bases numbering up to 760 bombed fuel tanks and depots; bridges and railway junctions over a wide stretch of France. An equal number of Lightnings, Thunderbolts and Mustangs guarded the big American bombers striking targets in areas east and northeast of Paris, southeast of Bor-(Continued on page 2, column 4) ing the raids Thursday aatl Friday.

O. S. time. The score; Sunk-Five Japanese destroyers or destroy escorts, Ai eargo ships, one oiler, two smaller craft and several barges also were destroyed. Set afire and possibly sunk One light cruiser, five smaller vessels.

I Damaged Two asceri vessels, a large freighter hit on both days three landing ships, snd 18 small vessels, inctoding frr barges, two of them p-. At Iwb, sb- sneniy planes were shot down. Si others jwete de-, stroyed, and fhre tM ground. One parked plan, was destroyed at Chichi. Island iriU-air- (ContiOTied ft page 2, column 6) chi, key island of the Bonin group.

Tbe shove 23 word cash ad cost $L1 far three insrtioits. Representative Will Discuss Tire Shortage PORTLAND, Aug. 7-0P)-Rcprc-sentatives of Oregon's heavy motor transportation will meet here tomorrow to gather data on the critical truck tire shortage to back up their plea for more heavy rubber. 1 i The 67 per cent heavy tire reduction ordered by OPA for August will be discussed by loggers, farmers, and long distance haulers. -WMn the past fortnight the al Weather Forecast Oregon Cloudy west of Cascades today and tonight.

Otherwise fair through Tuesday. Little change in temperature, Local temperatures yesterday Maximum 71, minimum 54. Carrier planes Domoeo nicni, nana, Muko and Ane islands in the Bonins, and Iwo in the Kazan group, 150 miles south. Score Looks Good A Pacific fleet communique said the American task force "virtually wiped out a Japanese convoy" dur lied invasion armies have increased their territory in northwestern France more than 10-fold. They now have taken about 20,000 square miles, or nearly a tenth of continental France.

Thia, ia the first cash ad wtween 10 and 60 worda tken after 8:00 o'clock wis morsinf.