The Commando Raid on Dieppe, which Left the Germans 'Dippy,' Demonstrated that at the Proper 2nd Front Time the Invincible Commandos will be 'Can-Do's' jl
For Victory ...
U. S.DEFENSE
BONDS
STAMPS
ONLY A STARTER
! j The destructive raid on Dieppe
' will be followed by others against
i nazi channel bases, to "soften"
the area for a second f.ront Invar
sion. Watch for the big news In
the NEWS REVIEW.
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VOL. XLVII NO. 115 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, . THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1942.
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By FRANK JENKINS
AFTER the lapse of nearly two
weeks, it is possible to put to
gether (much as a jig saw puzzle
is assembled) a picture of what
happened down in the Solomons.
CO
N the night of August 7, we
attacked at the southern tip
of the Solomons group, using the
beach-landing methods with
which U. S. marines have always
been familiar (newsreel shots
have made these methods reason
ably familiar to all of us.)
A navy communique says the
marines "caught the Japs flat
footed and seized beach heads
ivliich have since been developed
and are now well established."
Whereupon Jap naval forces
l ushed up to the attack, but were
BEATEN OFF In a one-night
battle before they could reach the
U. S. vessels engaged in the land
ing operations.
Jap planes conlinued for two
days to attack the marines who
had been put ashore but were able
to inflict only minor damage.
0THE landing apparently occur
red on Friday night,. August 7.
The Jaf 'naval forces seem to
have arrived some time Saturday
night (the 8th) and the naval bat
tle lasted ail of Saturday night.
Jap naval forces, after FAIL
ING to stop the landing, seem to
have withdrawn some time Sun
day, the 9th.
A DMIRAL GHORMLEY seems
to have split his fleet inlo two
forces one to stand guard over
the American troops that had
been put ashore and another to
fan out and cripple Jap attempts
at reinforcement.
These operations, one guesses,
have been going on ever since.
New Zealand dispatches today say
that an allied fleet "of great
Jtrength" is harrying Jap war
ships in the surrounding seas
while American marines are slow
ly tracking down whatever Japs
remain in the islands.
Meanwhile allied land-based,
long-range bombers are sweeping
the seas to the north and north
east of Australia, smacking Jap
ships and planes wherever they
can be found.
THIS seems to be a fairly accu
rate summaiy, pieced together
from brief navy communiques, of
what has happened in these criti
cal 12 days.
To complete the picture in your
mind, remember that the three is-i
lands chiefly concerned in our at-
( Continued on page 2)
Extended Draft Rule Will Include
Men With Minor Physical Defects
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.
(AP) Selective service regis
trants rated as having minor
physical defects officially be
came eligible for military service
today with elimination of Hie 1-B
classification.
The selective service system
announced abolishment of the
"limited service" class yesterday
although the army, nearing ex
haustion of the pool of 1-A regis
trants, recently called for indue-
tion of men in the I B group.
Consequently, selective service
said, reclassification of men in,
this group will begin September,
1 and will be completed January,
1. They will be rated as 1-A, the1
ft group free of any known physical
w defect, or placed in class 4-F com
prising those totally unfit for
service.
During reclassification, how-
ever, selective service added, no,
more than one fourth of the I B
registrants in any local board will !
be placed in class 1A in any sin
Reds Gain Initiative on Four
Heavy Nazi
Toll Taken In
Reversals
Defenders of Caucasus,
Stalingrad Holding On,
Report From Battles
MOSCOW, Aug. 20. (AP)
The red army has taken the ini
tiative in battles developing on
four key central Russian fronts
along the 400 miles from Bryansk
to Lake Ihnen while holding dog
gedly betore Stalingrad and in
the Caucasus, battlefront dis
patches reported today.
Centers of the Russian attack
were listed as the Bryansk front,
210 miles southwest of Moscow;
the salient 130 miles west of Mos
cow in the Vyazma area; the
Kalatiin-Rzhev salient, 130 miles
northwest of the capital; and the
Lake Ilmen front south of Lenin
grad. (This was the first specific
mention of red army offensives
on those, fronts in Russian dis
patches, although German com
muniques for days have told of
desperate resistance there by
nazi forces hurled onto the defen
sive by strong soviet attacks.)
No complete details of the cen
tral campaigns were given, but
the Russians said they had taken
a heavy oll of,,.. garrison forces
left'to man the central and north
ern battleline while the nazis
massed their greatest strength
for the Don bend and Caucasus
offensive.
"Great losses were suffered by
the Germans on the Bryansk,
western, Kalinin and northwest
ern fronts where the initiative in
active military operations belongs
to our troops," said Red Star, the
army newspaper.
The Russians apparently were
striking out along this whole
line in a carefully-timed series of
sharp assaults.
In the south, where the Ger
mans concentrated ever-reinforced
troop and air strength, the Rus
sians said some axis troops had
forced a crossing In the elbow of
the Don in their drive upon Sta
lingrad, but were "completely
wiped out" on the east bank.
Industrial Payroll of
Oregon Heavily Upped
SALEM, Aug. 20 (AP) Ore
gon's industrial payroll during
the fiscal year ended July 1 r,et
an all-time record of $205,967,180.
compared with $186,054,225 in
the year ended July 1, 1941, and
8164,176,340 in the year ended
July 1, 1940, the state industrial
accident commission reported to
day. In an accompanying table to
the above item, the industrial
payroll for Douglas county is giv-
en as $3,701,587, representing 1.39
per cent of the state total for the
year ended July 1.
: gle month. After their Induction,
1 the army will determine whether
to assign them to full or limited
duties.
Local boards were cautioned
that while physical deficiencies
consMtuted the only basis for the
original IB classification, the
status of the registrants may have
changed and possible deferment
for dependency, family relation
ship or occupation should be con-
sidered.
Enlistment Halt Asked
j Meanwhile, education officials
asked the war manpower corn-
mission at a meeting yesterday
to halt voluntary enlistments In
the armed services and to subsi
dize collegiate education of pros
pective officers and scientific
technicians.
Informants, who declined to be
quoted by name, said the propo
sals were advanced on the ground
that present enlistment programs
placed students who might be
more useful as technicians In
, non technical positions,
Wickard's Appeal to Farmers to
Accept Lower Price Ceilings on
Products May Reopen Old Battle
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20-(AP)
A new baftle over farm prices
appeared to be In the making to
day following an appeal by Secre
try of Agriculture Wiekard for an
amendment to the price control
law to permit lower ceilings on
agricultural products.
Wlckard, reversing his pre
vious position, urged farmers in
a radio address last night to fore
go a provision In the price law
prohibiting ceilings of less than
110 per cent of parity. (Parity
prices are designed to give farm
products purchasing power equiv
alent to that of a base period, us
ually 190914).
The secretary s new stand was
quickly challenged by Chairman
Fulmer (DSC) of the house
agriculture committee, who caid:
'Friends of the farmers will
oppose any such change in the
price law. Mr. Wiekard and Mr.
Henderson (Price Administrator
Leon Henderson) would do farm
ers, consumers and th6 nation a
roal service if they would do
something about cutting down on
the margins and profits that
middlemen and others make on
farm products."
Chaos Peril Seen
In Chicago, Earl C. Smith, vice-
president of the American Farm
Bureau federation, j.ex pressed
doubt a plan for applying price
ceilings to livestock could be de
vised. It would require, he said,
an army of untrained appraisers
and administrators and "would
bring chaos" to the livestock
producing and feeding industry.
At the same time, he added
that farmers Of the mldwestern
region most likely would not ob-
City Denied New
Fire Equipment
The city of Roseburg, which
recently budgeted 2,500 for the
purchase of new fire equipment,
thereby causing the resignation
of A. J. Young as mayor, due to
his opposition to the inclusion of
the item, will have to struggle
along with its present antiquated
equipment, unless a change Is
made in WPB orders. The city to
day received from the war pro
duction board a rejection of Its re
quest for priorities which would
have enabled the purchase of
equipment. The city had con
tracted for purchase of a triple
combination pumping engine of
500-gallon capacity through the
H o w a r d-C o o p e r corporation,
which, on the city's behalf filed
an application lor priority, set
ting forth the need for the ap
paratus. The rejection received today
stated that, due to the scarcity of
vital materials the board could
not sanction the manufacture of
the equipment, despite the fact
that the city's need is fully rec
ognized. Soldier's Good-Night
Kiss O. K., Court Rules
MACON, Ga., Aug. 20. (AP)
The good night kiss of a soldier
and his date Is not disorderly con
duct In Macon, ruled Recorder
George M. Nottingham, a World
war one veteran.
An 18-year-old Macon girl and
her 22-year-old army air corps
soldier date were charged with
disorderly conduct by the girl's
landlady, who observed the cou
ple kiss good night after return
ing from a movie.
"If I'm guih of being disorder
ly, then every man in Uncle
Sam's army belongs In Jail," the
young soldier told reporters as he
waited to be called by the court.
"And if every girl who kisses a
soldier-sweetheart good night is
going to be locked up, this is go
ing to be a mighty dull war."
After hearing the evidence.
Judge Nottingham smiled and
then ordered "case dismissed."
Ject to removal of the 110 per
cent limitation and substituting
for it a provision that would re
strict the placing of any ceiling
below that necessary to assure an
average parity price return dur
ing the particular season market
ing period.
In urging Its repeal, Wlckard
said the 110 per cent limitation
was being used by many other
groups "to prove that farmers
are asking for more than their
fair share." He asserted the
struggle against Inflation was
endangered because of "unwill
ingness of each great economic
group to accept controls unless
at the same time controls are
placed on others."
Subsides Favored
He called upon farmers to lead
the way around greater stability
of prices by giving up the 110
per cent parity limitation. This
would mean that the government
could set ceiling prices at any
level it might see fit from parity
upword.
Wicltard plained, however,
that parity prices might not be
enough to induce farmers to pro
duce needed supplies of some vital
products. In these cases, he advo
cated payment of government
subsidies rather than higher
prices. ... ...
" Wiekard, recalling that when
the price control legislation was
before congress a year ago lie
supported the 110 per cent pro
vision, said his thinking had
changed because of a belief that
action was necessary to bring
about more effective control of
the national economy In the war
effort.
Farmer Accused
Of Stealing Grain
Walter C. Canfleld, 39, farmer
and railroad section worker at
Wilbur, charged with theft of
grain, was ordered held for the
grand jury and continued in cus
tody in lieu of $1,000 bail, follow
ing preliminary arraignment In
the justice court hero today.
Canfleld was taken into custody
yesterday by officers investigat
ing the reported theft of eight
sacks of grain from the Arthur
Crawford property, Aug. 6, Sher
iff Cliff Thornton reported. The
investigation, the sheriff said, led
to a cache where 18 sacks of
grain were found.
Following his arrest Canfleld
told the authorities that ten of the
sacks had been taken from the
O. E. Rowe farm, the sheriff said.
Rowe, however, had not reported
the loss.
Canfleld, the sheriff said, ope
rates a small farm on which he
maintains several head of live
stock. Preliminary examination was
waived In the justice court and
Canfleld advised officers of his
intention to waive grand jury ex
amination and appear in circuit
court on a district attorney's In
formation, Thornton reported.
Norma Shearer to Wed
Her Ski Instructor
LOS ANGELES, Aug 20-(AP)
Norma Shearer, who once slip
ped in executing a Christiana
turn and fell into her ski Instruct
or's arms, is going to stay iheie.
The wealthy, 36-year-old movie
actress and Martin Arrouge. Sun
valley, Idaho, ski teacher who is
eight years her junior, will be
married here Snnday and live 'n
her luxurious Santa Monica
beach home.
"We decided quickly on the
marriage," the widow of Screen
Producer Irving Thalberg said at
the marriage license bureau, "and
we haven't completed our plans."
The athletic Arrouge has not
been married before. He is a
former University of Nevada
student, is attending a navigation
school in neifrby Van Nuys and
plans to enlist in (he army after
the honeymoon.
YarOutput
Chief Now In
Tough Mood
Nelson Ready to Quicken
Priorities on Material
To Keep Plants Going
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.
(AP) Positive and prompt ac
tion to forestall any war produc
tion shutdowns due to lack of
materials appeared Imminent to
dny in consonance with Donald
M. Nelson's newly enunciated
"get tough" policy.
The production chief was ex
pected to give his regional direc
tors throughout the country pow
er to Issue "quickie" priority rat
ings to provide needed small
quantities of materials or parts.
Thus holders of war contracts
threatened with stoppage or cur
tailment of output because of an
Interruption in the flow of ma
terials or a breakdown of ma
chinery, could obtain readily the
materials needed to keep going.
Informed officials who request
ed that they not be quoted by
name said such a plan, if adopt
ed, undoubtedly would put. strict
limits on the amount of materials
at the disposal of the regional of
ficers. Eighteen officials of AFL and
ttO metaMnbrlciillng unions
were invited by the war produc
tion board to a conference here
next, Monday at which raw mate
rial shortages Will bo disclosed.
The economic outlook, publish
ed by the CIO, said shortages due
to inefficient management by the
steel industry had caused a con
siderable number of plants to
shut down.
Nelson In Fighting Mood.
Official Washington watched
closely for more drastic action
from Nelson, who yesterday made
it clear that he had taken his
gloves off for a finish fight on
the question of his administra
tion of the war effort.
"From now on any one who
crosses my path Is going to have
his head taken off," he said in
discussing statements from con
gressional and other sources that
the war production board had
mishandled its job.
Nelson denounced "loose talk"
about wholesale plant shutdowns
and flatly contradicted recent re
ports that as many as 1,000 plants
might suffer slowdowns or shut
downs I ecauss of lack of steel,
copper, aluminum and other ma
terials. "I can see the way ahead and
we're going to come out on top,"
he said.
In American Raid
(NEA Cable Photo.)
To 21-year-old Sgt. Kent L. West, second from right, of West Brockton, Ala., "belly gunner" In a
"flying fortrese," went the honor of shooting down the first nazi plane scored for American forces in
Europe. He was riding hit "Birmingham Blitzkrieg" when a German Focke-Wulf 190 swooped down
on the fortress. Kent's blazing .50 caliber guns quickly ended the nazi's flight. With West In this
photo cabled from England are his mates after their safe return to British soil after their raid on
Rouen, France.
Fronts
Fliers Bomb
Jap Fleet In
Pacific Area
Northern Solomons Tip
Battle Scene; Raiders
Suffer No Casualties
GENERAL MacARTHlA'S
HEADQUARTERS, Australia,
Aug. 20. (AP) Allied bombers
struck a new blow in support of
United States marines fighting
to dislodge the Japanese from
the Solomon Islands by blasting
at enemy warships almost 400
miles north of the battle area
yesterday, General MacArthur's
headquarters announced today.
The announcement said merely
that allied heavy bombers had at
tacked enemy warships near
Falsi a smull Island near Bou
gainville at the northern tip of
the Solomons witli unknown re
sults, and that all the raiders had
returned safely despite heavy
anti-aircraft fire.
The announcement was of par
ticular interest here, however,
for It const lluled the first official
mention of operations against Ja
panese n.ival units In (he Solo
mon island area since the battle
In which the Canberra was lost
almost two weeks ago.
The Japanese fleet was report
ed to .have withdrawn northward
after (hat engagementiand (here
has been considerable unofficial
speculation concerning its where
abouts. Australian Cruiser Sunk.
The communique disclosing the
attack also announced the loss
of the l(),()()0(on Australian cruis
er Canberra In the first stages of
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Victory Program for
Saturday Announced
A most Interesting program is
In store for persons who attend
the Victory day entertainment nt
8 p. m. Saturday at Library park,
It was announced today by 11. O.
Pargeter, county war savings
bond tales chairman. The pro
gram, in charge of the Klwanls
club, will present a band concert,
Pat Glen with guitar and har
monica; Roy Bellows, "Man of
Mystery"; numerous musical and
specially numbers, a merchandise
auction, and other features. Paul
Geddes, president of (lie Klwanls
club, will give the bond sales talk.
E. S. McClaln will serve as mas
ter of ceremonies. H. C. Berg,
county vice-chairman, will be In
charge of bond sales and Boy
Scouts will sell stamps.
on France; One Bagged First Nazi
Blow Shatters
Of Base Being
Fresh Assaults
Both Sides Suffer Heavy Losses, With Nazis Trying ' . ;
To Sugar-Coat Defeat With Propaganda; Accounts of
Battle Quicken Russian Hope of Second Front
LONDON, Aug. 20. (API New assaults on Hitler's Eu-.
rope, mighty attacks to' make ruined Dieppe a mere sample of
what full-blown invasion will be, already were being predicted to
day with the shock troops of four nations barely ashore again .
after the fiercest smash yet made against the nazis' gun-studded
coast. .
Power-driven barges and other vessels arrived along the1
home coast throughout the night bringing the tired troops beck:'
The last wounded Commandos were brought ashore during the
morning, while squadrons of Spitfires and Hurricanes kept up their '
droning patrols overhead. Even after dawn small British tighter
forces were seen streaking over the channel, some of them headed
for Dieppe. 1
New LeaderOf
British in Egypt
Gen. Sir Harold R. L. G. Alex
ander, above, is the newest
British Middle East command
er, who'll oppose Nazi Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel In the
field of desert warfare on the
Egyptian front. Alexander,
called, "the last man out of
Dunkirk," replaces Gen. Sir
Claude J. E. Auchinleck. He
headed the British forces In the
unsuccessful resistance to the
Japanese Invasion of Burma.
Draft Dodger Draws
5 Years in U. S. Prison
PORTLAND, Aug. 20 (AP)
A five-year term In McNeil is
land penitentiary was started
today by Phelix Sukdol, 39, con
victed in federal court here of
dodging the draft.
1
Nazi Boast
Invulnerable;
Impending
jne Hlljeu ruiuers uiuuiu uaiiv .
a number of German prisoners,
including officers.
A Canadian officer said, "thejr
gave in and came along quietly,
which surprised us. We had
thought they'd fight until the-
end."
That Dieppe, once a bastion of
German anti-aircraft defense and
asally port for naJ submarines;'
lay flaming and shell-torn was
of secondary Interest to the BrH--'
ish.
What mattered was that . as-
sault forces United States Rang
ers, Canadian, British and Fight
1 n g French commandos had
stormed that formidable coast
and had achieved every goal in a
nine-hour battle engineered with
such precision that It wound up
within six minutes of schedule..
Nazi Boatt 8hUered j ;
What mattered was -that ' the '
Germans had been dealt a jolting
blow where they had boasted
they were Invulnerable, that the
allies had massed fighting men
and tanks and ferried them
ashore at a strongpoint. of the
nazi defenses under cover of per
haps the greatest aerlul umbrel
la In history. . .
The strength in manpower and
alr-naval. might sent against
Dieppe still is an allied secret
but the British announced In ad
vance that the time still had not
come for the liberation of France
and that only a Commando raid
was Intended.
Only the Germans, apparently
to sugarcoat the bad news at
home that the allies were
showing their strength In great
er measure than ever before, pre
tended to believe that this was
the actual start of. the second
front. .
Both Sides Lose Heavily
Roth sides suffered heavily,
ashore and in the air. The Brit
ish disclosed today that 91 enemy
planes definitely were destroyed
in addition to some 100 others
(Continued on page 6.)
Rubber-Replacing
Plastic Devised
WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 20.
(AP) The Hercules Powder Co.
announced today that it was pro
ducing a new plastic which could
replace rubber in hundreds of
everyday articles.
Base for the hew plastic is
ethyl cellulose, manufactured
from cotton linters or wood pulp,
common salt and alcohol from
natural gas or- from fermented
farm products.
Ethyl cellulose has been in pro
duction for some time at the
company's chemical cotton plant
at Hopewell, Va.
L. N. Bent, vice president, said
the new plastics were not now
suitable for tires or Inner tubes
because they were Inferior to nat
ural rubbr in bounce or resiliency.
He said they would tear more)
readily than rubber and were not
as elastic.
Ethyl cellulose, however, could
be made flameproof, Bent said,
and is flexible at temperatures of
70 degrees below zero, - which
would enable it to be used for
electrical Insulation in motors o
high-altitude bombing planes. .
Among articles which the new
soft material could be used as a,
rubber substitute were hospital
sheeting, garden hose, rubber)
gloves, washers, footwear, rain
coats, golf balls and baby pants.
Resistant to war gases, it could bo
used for gas masks, the announce
ment said. . tj j