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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
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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-
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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
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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-
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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.