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Your Acid Test After the War: Ability to Look the Returned Soldier in the Eye Without Shame After He Sees t hat Pile of Scrap Iron You Neglected to Donate.1 Oar Job Is to Save LIQUOR Dollars Buy Proposal to ban its salo from army and navy camps will bo de bated in the senate tomorrow, and the result will be of national in terest. Keep abreast of the pro ceedings through the NEWS REVIEW. Evtry Pay Doy f HE DOUGLAS COUNTY OAHy VOL. XLVII NO. 167 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1 942. VOL. XXXI NO. 57 OF THE EVENING NEW9 D AR 2 fT??n--. wntiiii'ui xiii i in v ii ii ivu.iiKii ii. iiiiu A 1IM m m MANPOWER DRAFT I IL COMING, MUTT ANNOUNCES Labor Crisis Stressed At Senate Probe Problem Too Great for Voluntary Solution; Piracy Declared Rife WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. (AP) Paul V. McNutt declared today the manpower problem was becoming "too complex for effective voluntary action" and announced that within two weeks he would present a national sor vice bill to President Roosevelt. "There are acute shortages of all types of male labor in 40 ma jor centers of war production," the chairman of the wai; man power commission testified to the senate military committee. "Turnover in west coast war plants has leached fantastic hegihts," McNutt said. "Labor piracy is rife in Buffalo and De Iroit. Squeezing the last em ployable person in the area Into employment is a crucial problem in Connecticut." McNutt said the president in truded him several weeks ago to draw up a national service bill, now being drafted by the ivar manpower commission's management-labor policy sub tommittee. "It is only fair to this group to state that the subcommittee has indicated their opposition to immediate enactment of nation al service legislation," McNutt said. "They believe that all in direct sanctions should be ex hausted before such a law is passed. "Nevertheless, they are pre paring draft legislation for con sideration whenever the presi dent indicates that national ser vice legislation is required." Compulsion Justified. JVIcNutt left no doubt as to his own belief that such legislation was necessary. . "Public opinion and sound public policy both dictate that we must not stop short of com pulsion when those who will not cooperate are blocking war pro duction," he declared. Yesterday President Roosevelt warned congress of the geograph ical and seasonal difficulties in volved in legislation for draft ing of men for farm and indus trial work. Senators Austin (Ft., Vt.l, and Hill (D., Ala.), who have bills to that effect before the committee, declared compulsory manpower mobilization offered the only so lution. A different view was taken by Senator Downey (D., Calif.), who told reporters that a labor draft (Continued on page 6.) Two New British Warships at Sea LONDON. Oct. 21 (AP) Two powerful 35.000-ton battleships, the Anson and the Howe, each carrying ten 1-1-inch guns, have moved into their stations in the British fleet and their command ers were reported spoiling for a fight with the great prize of the German fleet, the battleship Tirpitz. The British fleet has now reach ed its pre war strength of 15 bat tleships and battle cruisers and at least four more battleships are under construction, including the Lion and the Temcrairc, rated at 40.000 tons. One of the Anson's first tasks was to help guard a Russia-bound convoy in the Artie and her guns already have been in action against German aircraft, it was announced. The new battleships "carry four aircraft each and their de sign incorporates enhanced de fense against air attack." an ad miralty announcement said today. Their 14-inch guns are said to have an effective range greater than the 15-inch guns of earlier ships. Britain has lost five capital ships by enemy action so far in the war. German Army Bleeding to Death in Russia; Stage Set for War Finale, Marshal Smuts Asserts in London LONDON, Oct. 21. (AP)Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, premier of the Union of South Africa, told a joint meeting of the house of commons and the house of lords today that the German army Is "bleeding to death" in soviet Russia and "the stage is set for the last, the offensive phase" of the war for the United Nations. The 72-year-old premier, last surviving member of the war cabinet of the last war still active !n high office, said the "appal ling blood-letting which is necessary for Hitler's ultimate defeat is being administered by the Russians and they alone can do it." itussiu, muis saui, is oearmg more than her share of the com mon burden" and he urged that "whatever help in whatever form we can give to Russia to sustain her in her colossal effort should bo given In fullest measure and Willi utmost speed." In reference to the second front, Smuts said the defense phase of the war for the United Nations had ended. "The final alignments both of the allies and of our enemies have been made," he said. "Re sources have been developed and mobilized on a very large scale. Ours are still on the increase, those of the enemy are on the de cline. Our manpower is still growing, that of the enemy is get ting depleted, while he makes ever heavier drafts on his suffer- Japs Name Four U.S. Fliers Taken After Tokyo Raid NEW YORK, Oct. 21. ( AP) The Tokyo radio, continuing to broadcast threats of severe pun ishment for United States fliers taken after raids on Japanese ter ritory, named today four airmen it said had fallen into Japanese hands after the April 18 raid on Tokyo led by Brig. Gen. James II. Doolittle. The names were given as Sec ond Lieut. William J. Farrow, 23, of Darlington, S. CI; Second Lieut. Dean E. Hollmark, 27, Dal las, Tex.; Corporal Jackoh D. Deshazer, 23, of Oregon, anil Ser geant Mechanic Harold A. Spatz, 20, of Kansas. The Tokyo radio on Monday said that U. S. airmen captured after the raid had been convicted of "inhuman acts" because, it was charged, they bombed civil ians and machinegunned school children. It was said they "would be severely punished in accord ance with international law." Four U. S. airmen whose names closely resemble those given in the Tokyo broadcast, as heard in London, were in the list of 80 of ficers and non-commissioned offi cers awarded decorations for the raid in Washington on May 19. They were Lieutenants W. D. Farrow and D. E. Hallmark and Corporals Deshazer and C. Spatz. The list gave no addresses. Today's Domei broadcast said other names wouid be announced later. .Although a German broadcast of Japanese dispatches today quoted Hori, Japanese foreign of fice spokesman, as saying that the American pilots seized after the raid already had been sentenced by a Japanese military court, the broadcast also suggested that the sentences might not be carried out Immediately. Moderate Quake Rocks Southern California LOS ANGELES. Oct. 21. (API An earthquake of mod erate intensity, described as vary ing from a gentle rocking mo tion at inland points to fairly sharp on the seacoast, was felt throughout most of southern California at 9:24 a. m. today. There were no reports of dam age or Injuries. It was sharpest at Santa Mon ica and Long Beach, the latter srene of a disastrous shock in 1933. It was felt with moderate force, too, at El Centro, deep in the Imperial valley and scene of a quake which killed several per sons and did considerable dam age in May, 1911. ing vassal peoples. "The spectre of want, hunger and starvation are beginning to stalk through the subject coun tries and the spirit of unrest is heaving and rising. The explosive limits of endurance are nearing. We are approaching the point when both on the war fronts and on the home fronts in the enemy countries, the situation is rix'iiing for far-reaching develop ments." "For Japan just as surely as for Hitler's Germany the writing is on the wall," Smuts said. "All that will remain of the spectacular Japanese success will be 'Japan for the Japanese.' " He described Pearl harbor as "at once a challenge to America, to western civilization and to the principles of good faith on which it is basically founded." The South African leader in his comments on Russia said: . "The magnitude and duration of Russian resistance surprised not only Hitler but probably everybody else. "Probably no such losses on both sides ever have been suf fered in t he history of war. If the Russian losses must be terrible it is equally true that the German army is bleeding to death in Rus sia . . . "In spite of their losses in men and material and territory, the Russians show not the least sign of giving in and the bitter de fense will go on to bitter end. This impression is confirmed by all the best inside information." Truck Upset on Santiam Highway Kills Two Men EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 21 (AP) Clifford L. Lyons, Eugene, and Ray Leeman Johnson, Checkasha, Okla., were killed Tuesday morn ing when their gravel dump truck left the Santiam highway about a mile east of the Salem-Albany junction, the Lane county coroner reported today. The two men, employes of the Concrete Construction company of Portland, were on their way to a job at Redmond when the ac cident occured. U. S. Marines Trek ma$i ; ilk html f 1 t (1HA friflo-7 airphoto Through the steaming jungle of Guadalcanal, where the weather la hot and action hotter, U. 8. marines trek down a road to move into position to attack Japanese forces entrenched on the Matanl kou river, from where the enemy is now threatening the strategic American air base on the Solomon island. Russians Keep Upper Hand At Stalingrad . Defenders Strengthen Positions While Nazi Attacks Grow Weaker MOSCOW, Oct. 21. (API Red army men were reported strengthening their positions at Stalingrad today, working and fighting In a cold rain that drenched the ruins, while beating off successively weaker attacks in the week-old nazi offensive. Maintenance of Stalingrad's defense lines unbroken since Sun day was indicated by the noon communique and. coupled with this, were announcement. of an improvement of soviet positions in both the western and central Caucasus through counterat tacks. A nattered power plant si ill supplied electricity within Stalin grad. A newspaper continued to publish. The army newspaper Red Star said detachments guarding the northern factory section of the city liquidated an enemy break through and covered their flanks in slackened, though still severe, combat. Russian estimates of Ger man, casualties dropped, indicat ing u marked reduction in the scale of the attacks. t All Nazi Onsets Repulsed Northwest of Stalingrad the Russians pressed their relief at tack deeper into the defense lines guarding the German left flank. Rod Star said that in one sec tor the nazis were thrust back from their front line, tried to re- (Continued on page G.) Presbyterians Seek $1,000,000 for Needs CHICAGO, Oct. 21. ( AP) The general council of the Pres byterian church in the United Slates of America today Issued an appeal to the nation's Presby terians for an emergency fund of SI, 000,000 for war-emergency religious work. The council said that the funds from the church's 2,0-10,000 mem bers were to be used to meet a situation of "ulmost concern at a time of utmost world crisis." The campaign, directed by the Presbyterian war-time service commission, will continue through Nov. 8, which has been designated "war time service Sun day." to Clash With Japs 'Run-Proof Price ,Order Stitched On Nylon Hosiery WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (AP) The prices of nylon hose ure to be made run-proof. ' Convinced that charges for the hosiery have been running too high "in almost every store In the country," Price Administrator Henderson yesterday fixed ceil ings on first quality nylon hose ranging from S1.55 to $2.50. The scale will become effective to morrow. The most commonly sold full fashioned hose of first quality construction, Henderson said, will lie priced at $1.05 as compared with prevailing prices which he declared were $2.50, $2.95 and higher. Stocks held by dealers for the holiday trade were "tremend ous," he added, and would be disnosed of at " fantastic prices" without establishment of a ceiling. The prices of "irregulars will range from $1.10 to $2.25 for the best grades, and for second qual It v. from $1.15 to $1.90. The administrator advised women to bring a civil action in case they were overcharged for hose. They may recover from the seller S50 or three times the amount of the overcharge, which ever Is creater. in addition to court costs and lawyer fees. Youths Afoul of Law For Phone Tampering MOUNTAIN HOME, Calif., Oct. 21 ( AP) A hearing on the pro ballon of William La Follelte, 21), and Robert Slotler, 20, Stanford University students and residents of Colfax, who pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of malicious mischief for trying to take a pay telephone from a service station in nearbv Mountain View, will be held here October 28. The hearing was cranted by Judge J. M. At kliiKim at the request of the vitiit hs. The youths said they wanted lo test a theory oi ' Dealing won distance tolls," and required a telephone instrument for the ex periment. Crash of Army Bomber Kills Two Sergeants SHREVEPORT, La., Oct. 21. (AP) A twin-motored army bomber burned after a crash landing at liai ksdale field yester day killing two enlisted men and seriously burning two officers. Staff Sergeant Arden R. Fox, 2.'). Youngstown, Ohio, and Ser geant Alvin M. Dunn, 19, Pasa dena, Calif., apparently were killed outright, officers of the field said. On Guadalcanal Senate Fight Over Liquor Ban Coming Backers, Opponents of Draft Bill Amendment Open Clash Tomorrow WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (AP) Mounting support was claimed by Senator Lee (D-Okla) today in his fight to ban liquor from army and navy camps. As both sides took advantage of a one-day recess to marshal for ces for a possible showdown to morrow on Lee's "bone dry" amendment to a bill lowering the draft ago to 18, the Oklahoman told reporters that some of his senatorial supporters were "peo ple who don't favor general pro hibition." "But," he declared, "they are for my amendment." The author of the 'teen age draft bill, Senator Gurney (R-SD) said for his part that he hoped no "controversal amendment" would slow up lis passage. Opponents of Iee's amendment, which would bar the possession, sale, gift or use of any alcoholic beverage, including beer, In and around army and navy posts, viewed It as a possible entering wedge for a return to national prohibition. The dry ones around camps would be delineated by the secretary of war, and, opponents said, might embrace large popula tion centers. The bill also would bun prostitutes from the designa ted areas. "What possible objection could there be to the elimination of liquor in the army camps and the area around them?" Lee asked in an interview. "Either they sell liquor In the camps or they don't. If It Ir sold, it should be eliminated in the in terest of military efficiency.." Bill Slated Tomorrow The draft bill, approved by a vote of 345 to 16 In the house Saturday, comes up for debate in the senate tomorrow by an In terparty agreement. General George C. Marshall and Admiral Ernest J. King of the joint gen eral staff have recommended the lower ago limit as a military necessity. Senator Norris (Ind-Neb), only surviving senator who voted against this nation's entry into the first world war, questioned the need of drafting youngsters at this time, but like many others, said he was Inclined to go along with the general stall's recom mendations. If Lee can gain a roll call on (Continued on page 3) Liquor License Cancellation Is Reversed Here The Oregon Slate liquor com mission was reversed in one de cision and sustained in another in opinions handed down here today by Circuit Judge Carl E. Wlm berly on appeals heard Oct. 12. The commission was reversed on Its order cancelling the license of Mrs. Muriel Mabley, owner of the Chocolate shop, local beer tavern. The order was based on a conviction of Clarence Mabley, husband of the tavern owner, on a charge of drunkenness. Mrs. Mabley successfully contended be fore the court that her husband had had no interest In the bus iness for the past three years, ami that his name had been car ried on the license only upon in struction') from a commission rep resentative. The act of drunken ess charged by the commission did not occur at Mrs. Mabley's tavern and no proof was offered at the healing of disorderly op eration of the place of business, Judge Wlmberly held. The commission's order sus pending the license of W. II. Priest, charged wilh selling beer to a minor and also with selling beer to a visibly intoxicated per son, was sustained by the court. Priest's license was revoked for a H'iiod of 45 days. Conscience Spur Brings Payment For Stolen Gas w A "conscience letter," In which was enclosed $2 to pay for a quantity of gasoline stolen ten years ago from his automobile, was received here this week by A. J. Starmer, retired Methodist minister. The writer advised the minister that he was a member of a party of boys who "milked" the pastor's car while he was serving the church of an eastern Oregon city. "I have since become a Chris tian and want you to forgive me for this deed," the writer said. The minister declared that he not only had written full for givenness to the sender of the letter, but would be very willing as well to forgive other thieves who plagued him during his sev en years of residence In the east ern Oregon town if they would only return the stolen articles. He would particularly appreci ate Just now payment in kind, not In money, from the thieves who stole tires from his auto mobile. He also would like to have returned the set of silver ware which was a Christmas present and was stolen by a bur glar a few days following re ceipt. Two overcoats, four tur keys and several other articles were among tho preacher's losses during tho years of his resilience there, he reports. Axis Subs Boost Cargo Vessel Toll to 499 By the Associated Press The number of united and neu tral nations cargo ships sunk by submarines in tho western At lantic since rain Harbor was within one of the 500 mark today in the Associated Press tabulation. The total rose to 499 yesterday when officials announced the de struction of three more American merchant vessels In those waters. Sinking of the two-months-old Liberty ship John Carter Rose (10,000 tons) was announced in Recife, Brazil, where an Argen tine tanker brought 35 survivors. Two torpedoes sank the second off South America this month, taking six lives. The third was destroyed In the I North Atlantic in September with no loss of life. . Hood River Apple Crop Draws Portland Aid PORTLAND, Oct. 21 (API- City dwellers to the rescue again this time to save the Hood River valley's $2,000,000 crop. Tho chamber of commerce said 1000 pickers are needed, and an nounced pluns to run a speclul train of Porllanders to the or chards Sunday. Growers would pay for the pickers' round-trip tickets, pro vided the pickers harvest 40 box es of apples. The growers also will pay 10 cents for each box over 40. Major Provisions of New Tax Bill Approved by Congress Summarized WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (AP) - Here, In brief, are the major provisions of Ihe new tux bill now on President Roosevelt's desk: INDIVIDUALS Normal income tax rale boost ed from 4 to ti per cent. Surtaxes now ranging from G lo 77 per cent raised to a range of from 13 to 82 per cent, with a maximum at $200,000 level. Five per cent victory tax placed on gross Income above $624 year ly, with 25 per cent of tax up to $500 rebatable to single persons and 40 per cent, plus 2 per cent for each dependent, up to $1,000, to married persons. Personal exemptions for income tax cut from $1,500 to $1,200 for married couples, from $750 to $500 for single persons and cred its for dependents reduced from $100 to $350. Credit allowed against income tax for all medical expenses in excess of 5 per cent of net in come, with maximum of $2,500. CORPORATIONS Normal and surtaxes on larger corporations Increased from 31 to 40 per cent. Excess profits tax of 90 per cent Guadalcanal Protected By Bombing Fury Havoc Dealt by Allied Planes to Nippon Bases And Supply Routes WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.- (AP) Allied domination of tho skies In the vast Pacific battle; front appeared growing mightier today as American bomberS slug ged Japanese invasion bases from the Aleutians to the Solo, mons. The fury of the allied bombing of enemy troops and supply con centrations in the Solomons seemed thus far to have stalled, at least temporarily, the full force of a Japanese thrust to re take tho American-held Guadal canal alrbase and win control of the southwest Pacific. While a large force of Japan ese warships and auxiliary ves sels in the Solomons and rein forced enemy troops on north western Guadalcanal still held an expected attack in leash, United States bombers dropped - explo sives on the embattled Island's Invaders on October 18 and 19, and started fires at the Japanese Rekata bay base on Santa Isa bel Island, 150 miles to the north west. Jap Airdrome Blasted. At that same time, General Douglas MacArthur's Australian command reported last night, al lied, bombers were believed to have Inflicted extensive damage on the Japanese airdrome and shipping .at . Buln, Bougainville Island, about 315 miles northwest of Guadalcanal. All allied planes, meeting no al tempts at Interception, return ed safely from the Buln night raid, the communique said. Tho navy's report yesterday of the latest American assaults In tho Solomons and Aleutians made no mention of any enemy planes rising to counterattack. Possibility that the southwest- (Contlnued on page 3.) Prison Terms Meted to' 24 Former Bund Leaders NEW YORK, Oct. 21. (AP)-l Twenty-four former German American bund leaders, includ ing Gerhard Wllhelm Kunze, na tional leader, were sentenced to day to five years in prison each for conspiring to counsel bund members to evade the draft law. Federal Judge Alfred D. Barks dale said that in his opinion all of the defendants were guilty ot "far worse than any tactical vio lation of the selective" service law" and said that he would not Impose fines because that might have the effect of causing theic families to lose their homes. Under the conviction, each de fendant could have been subject to a $10,000 fine. substituted for present graduated scale of from 35 lo 00 per cent. Average earnings base revised by insertion of relief provision. In vested capital base cut down for larger corporations. Post war rebate and current debt reduction credit provided equal to 10 per cent of excess profits tax. Over-all taxing limitation plac ed at 80 per cent of net Income. All corporations placed on cal endar year tax basis in future, with relief provision applicable to 1912. MISCELLANEOUS Social security taxes frozen for 1913 at present levels of 1 per cent on employers and 1 per cent on employes. War contract law revised to provide for single renegotiation to scale down profits. Excise taxes Increased on li quor, boor, wines, cigarettes, ci gars, lubricating oil, slot ma chines, photographic apparatus, train, bus and plane fares. Tax of 3 per cent placed on ex press and freight shipments. Estate tax exemption cut front $80,000 to $1)0,000, with Insurance) limitation abolished.
