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.DsiICDSL
Sunday
v By VERN HAUGLAND "
ALLIED II E A DQUAR
TERS, Australia, Wednes
day, July 1 (AP) Al
lied commando I r oo p g
Lave struck for the first
time in the Pacific war in
a surprise attacK. - on tne
Japanese garrison at Sala
tnaua - in New Guinea, , in
flicting . approximately 60
casualties on the enemy
and withdrawing with only
two of their own men wounded,
General - MacArthur'i , headquar
ters reported Wednesday.
The raid was carried out Sun
cay night under difficult condi
' Hons 'in swampy jungle terrain,
an army spokesman said.
The Japanese were puzzled for
come time after the attack and
called on their air force to bomb
the native villages of Mubo and
Komiatum in New Guinea, ap-
. 'Daxentlv in belief the allied com
mandos were quartered there, the
spokesman, said. ;
. These retaliatory attacks caused
, do damage, the communique said
. A hifh army spokesman said
the; .raid could be compared
with the British Commando
raids on the European: eonti
nenfbut did , not disclose any
- Both United, States and, Aus
tralian tiptops are stationed in
' southern iNew Guinea, but it was
not disclosed which participated.
-.. This was the first land counter
action reported since the Japanese
overran the southern Pacific....
-The communique said the,."al,-
.gaged the enemy gafrisoncG' 1 echnicallUeS Delay
fiicting losses estimated tfJr and
capturing equipmentAilied cas
ualties were'twobunded. '
(US marines may have partici
pated" inthe1 landing. It was dis
closed -last '. Saturday' in Atlanta,
Cav that a major expeditionary
force of marines had landed at a
south Pacific "jumping off place,'
apparently equipped to be the
spearhead of a UmtedNatiofts
offensive in the-fax""area.
(Salamaua. is about 15 miles
due north of Port Moresby, the
allied base in southern New..
Gaines. An almost impassable
SBonntain range "lies between
the , two points. Thus it would
appear the allied action was .--sea-born
affair rather: than an -overland
strike.) TT
Allied airplanes also were re
ported officially la have again
attacked the Japanese base, at
Lae, a few" miles north of Sala
maua, and at Rabaul In New Bri
tain Island to the east.
Results of the "minor, attack on
the airdrome'; at Lae were not
observed, the communique-said.
fires were started at the airdrome
and wharf area of Rabaul. ,
VU Graduate
Visits Here
From Battle
; A Willamette university rgradu
ite, L.L Arthur J. Brassfield of
Browning, Mo, who is credited
with shooting down seven Japah'
tse planes m the battle of Midway
Island, is 'to arrive this morning
lor a visit with .his- cousins, Mr.
nd 'Mrs. Chester C. Foreman,
1070 South Commercial street.
and his. brother; Maurice Brass
field, route, three, box 36.
Li. Brassfield was among the
members, oz a squadron of navy
flyers that thus far has strafed and
pitiably destroyed a Japanese
destroyer by machinegun fire and
jhot down 44 enemy, planes with
a loss of only four of its own air
.craft.
Lt Brassfield, a veteran also of
' the raids on the Gilbert and Mar
shall islands, graduated from Wil
lamette in- 1935 ancT later from
Missouri ; Teachers co 1 1 e g e at
Kirksville and then became sup
erintendent of schools in his home
town. While at Willamette, he
Jived at the Foreman home.
A brother, Staff Sgt Eugene
ferassfield, who attended WU in
1SC3 and 1940, is stationed at Har-
!iog field, Baton Rouge, La-.
Jloaday's 17ealiier
Ilosday's fiiax. temp. 89,
Eilau 54- Tuesday rfver, plus A
ft. Tet-ther forecasts wlihheld
-tzl t::-?eratre' iata- delayed
If u-.zA si army authorities.
M iissiam ' Counter-Attacks
Oregon
Closed;
Out of
Death of Corps Seen as Serious Blow
To Northwest Fdrest Protection,
But Preparations Made Early
Federal forests and private lands within forest service
protection boundaries in Oregon were closed Tuesday to
public entry. " '
A proclamation, requested by federal forestry officials
and. issued by Gov. Charles A. Sprague, limited entry to
persons with permits. Officials said that vacationers could
camp, however, at designated recreational centers without
permits. . , ' -xT'
. - Other prolajmXtions, Invovfng state forests, were ex
pected within the next few days.
Stone Selected.:
Health (Jfficer
v -
City Appointment
Of College Man
Dr. W. J. Stone, health officer
at Oregon State college for seven
years, is ' expected to assume ine
responsibilities, .-' if not theiull
title, of health off jeer for' Salem
and MMion-ounfytoday.
Proposed, 'or the position af
ter it wss foflnd no local phys
ician desired the post. Dr. Stone
was objected t at a recent city
council meeting on purely tech
nical rrounds. It ' was armed
that he could not be appojatedtp6' n . fire control
city health- of fleer snider res-
Idence restrictions imposed by.
the city charter. -The
council's health and sani
tation committee, to which the
matter was referred, concluded
that Dr. L. M. Ramage should be
appointed to the health officer
ship and is circulating a . "round
robin among the aldermen ' in
support of the move. Committee.!
members would not say as much
Tuesday, but it was understood on
reliable authority that their plan
was that Dr. Ramage, who can
meet the residentid requirements,
be appointed on a nominal basis,
with Dr. Stone to be the deputy
officer as far as the city is con
cerned and carry out the regular
duties of the office. ;
A plater development Tuesday,
City Attorney Lawrence N.
Brown disclosed, was a suggestion
that Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, who
is on leave from the health of
f ice while serving as state civil
ian defense medical officer, could
himself name Dr. Stone as deputy
health, officer to serve in his ab
sence.. " ' j .' "
The county eonrt was under
stood t be ready to appoint Dr.
. Stone as Its fully constituted
health officer as soon as an un
derstanding is arrived at with
the eity.
Dr. " Stone, who Is moving to
Salem with his wife ' and . two
children, a son, 4, and a daughter,
two months old, was. highly rec
ommended for.- the- city-county
position here by state health of
ficials and others. .
July Bpnd
Quotas Out
WASHINGTON, June 30 -iFh
US war bond Quotas for July
were announced with Oregon
listed for $8,865,000. 1 .
r County quotas ranged from
Multnomah's $1,888,200 to Cur
ry's $8000.
V' -. - . '
Other county quotas included
Benton 4158,800, Clackamas $155,
400, Linn $185,300, Marion $434,
200,Pollp-$8,200i-Ylimhlll $140,
500. -
See chart of. quotas on page
seven. , .
US Forests
CCC Voted
Existence
WASHINGTON, June 3H)
The Civilian Conservation Corps
was voted out of existence Tues
day night as the senate completed
congressional action on a $1,074,-000,000-
labors-federal security ap
propriation .bill" carrying funds
for the agency's" liquidation ; , -.
The senate adopted a conference
report which ' eliminated a ' $78,-
529,000 appropriation for the CCC
which the senate had Inserted in
the measure by a 33 to 32 vote,
with Vice-President Wallace cast
ing the deciding ballot.
As finally approved, the bill
carried $8,000,000 for liquidation
of the depression-born agency
within a year.
By The Associated Press
A congressional death blow to
the civilian conservation corps
was described by Pacific north
west foresters Tuesday as a set
effort, la a year when danger
has been increased by the threat
f enemy incendiarism.
It was indicated, however, that
plans already had been laid to get
along during the 1942 - summer
season on ' drastically curtailed
CCC help, if any. w
Lyle F. Wyatts, US regional for
ester for Oregon and Washington,
asserted: :
"We will lose in the neighbor
hood of 18 or 20 CCC camps for
forest agencies. That makes a re
duction"' in manpower, doesn't
Where well make" If up, I don'
know. ... '.: .
"It means more of a drain on the
lumber industry or on farm lolks,
and both of them are trying to do
their darndest .to produce. Well
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Indian School
TeacKer Dies
Joseph James died at Chemawa
Monday night of a heart attack. He
had been instructor of tailoring
theh Indian school for 25 years and
had been with the Indian service
for 30 years, in" California and
Kansas. - :
James is survived by his widow,
Mrs. ' Mary James two sons, J
seph with ; the army in ; North
Carolina and Bud of Kiowa, Okla
and one daughter, Frances, of Che
mawa. itinera! services are being
made by Clough-Barrick company
with burial at St Joseph's cere
tery, Fattier O'Connell'bfficiating;
Auto Stamps
NeededToday
Nine thousand of the federal
use tax stamps for automobiles
were sold during the Jat two
days, Postmaster Henry Crawford
said Tuesday. This is approxi
mately two-thirds of the 15,300
sold for the first half of the year
at the Salem office.
The new stamp, which is neces
sary on ail automobiles beginning
today, is red on white with a pic
ture of the liberty bell on it This
stamp .will . be good until June
30, 1943.
Reds Holdk Return Blows
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KURSKV VORONEZH
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ojjjj Atf1 tlRPSTCy ASTRAKHAN
itcvASTOPotliiiSii . flpiiiiK .
New Japanese
Drive Opened
Coastal Fulden Area
, GoaIiilJIliriist8T
fTincers Held
CHUNGKING, June 30.-flV-
Japanese forces in Kiangsi prov
ince appeared Tuesday night to
have opened a new phase of their
east China campaign' with indi
cations the coastal province of
Fukien might be their next ob
jective. ' .
Japanese columns admittedly
were making progress in slashing
attacks through eastern Kiangsi
toward the Fukien border and a
Chinese spokesman"saTd some
0,000 Japanese troops from the
Philippines were concentrated on
Formosa, - the Japanese island
colony just off Fukien's coast ;
They were there, the Chinese
heard, "for readjustment and '
tralninr" presumably it t e r
their hard campaigning and
heavy losses that preceded the'
reduction of Bataan and Cor-'
rettdor bat Formosa notori
ously is a preparation ground
for offensive action. The con
quest f the Philippines was
rehearsed there. : , .
Japanese eolumnj already "are
in southern Chekiang, near Fu
kien's northern border, -and 'in
eastern KiangsL just west of Fu
kien. Chinese strategists believed
there might be coordinated drives
from . both directions aijainst the
province which the Japanese
need to round out their conquests
and give them safe overland route
from Shanghai to Singapore.
The Chinese high command
communique,; admitted Japanese
forces attacking south: of Inwang,
0 miles sou th-southeast of , Nan-
chang, former capital of Kiangsi,
had made progress.
The communique' was silent on
the situation along the Chekiang'
Kiangsi railway, objective of most
Of the East China fighting in the
last six weeks, but a spokesman
said the points of the ' Japanese
pincers still were some 50 miles
apart .... .
Our Senators
Urn ml llt "
Germany's offensive In the Kursk
area en the Russian front, aimed
at Voronezh (1), met added op
position in its fourth day Tues
day, when soviet forces counter
attacked ' strongly and success
fully, according- to Moscow re
ports. The slowed-up German
drive in the Kharkov sector had
the Den river and Stalingrad
(2). as a target. Successes in
these offensives wovid put Ger
mans in a position to swine south
toward too. Caucasus oil - tj ,
which they are trying to reach
also through the Crimea, where
Sevastopol declared continued
success against the nasi siege .
620 Register
Here, Draft
16-YeatvOlds 6ay;
War Job Action ,
Underway ,
Age limits in the fifth selective
service registration : found a Xew
critics in Salem on Tuesday : as
several youths of 16 sought and
were refused the right to sign up
for military , service. -
When; doors of the registration
room closed at 9 p. nx, with ap
proximately 820 names on the
ro!s, ' young men from harvest
fields and factories of the area
continued to come and were prom
ised late registration privileges i
they ,would return to selective
service offices in the armory dur
ing regular office hours today.
Meanwhile,' men with families
whose : income is derived from
non-essential activities were of
fered the opportunity through the
-vocational branch of the selective
service office to enter defense in
dustries. Nd actual "draft" action
has been taken; it was indicated.
but among those interviewed
there were those who said they
understood they might, be induct-
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Rent Control
Begins Today
- PORTLAND, Ore., June 30-P)
-Rent control of housing in ' the
Portland-Vancouver area will go
Into effect Wednesday, but regis
tration of landlords, will be de
fered until-July 15, officials said
Tuesday..
The first move. will be- a ban
on evictions, headquarters an
nounced. " " v :
' Appointment by the office of
price administration cf a rent con
trol directoris expected, momen
tarily. - - -
100 Miles te . Alexandria
As
British : . Backed "Up
.Reds Malkie Heffe Havoe"
Series of Raids
Launched oil
Fourth Day
Attacks on Sevastopol
Also Beat Off With
'Colossal Losses9
MASjQ O W , Wednesday,
Joi5p3h)--The red army
has bunched a series of suc
cessful counter-attacks on the
Kursk f root where Germany's
great offensive, now In 7 Sis
f o rjt Ji day, continued ; to
smash tfi vainilhwaTes f
tanks and infantry at unyield
ing Rossian lines. ' : ,
The I Moscow radio announced
the Russians were - attacking at
several ' points In this sector,
where one of ihe greatest tank
battles of the war has' been going
on since Sunday.
Whole companies and battalions
have been ! put out of action by
the Russians, taking advantage of
natural1' and -artificial obstacles.
the announcer said.
This bulletin came shortly after
the midnight communique stated
the red army still .: continued to
hurl back waves of tanks and in
fantrymen with heavy ; 1 oss e s
About 150 German tanks were
destroyed in the Kursk sector,
bringing the total losses; of the
Germans in this battle to 350 in
three days.
- The Russians also beat off
massive German attacks ea the
- f r 1 1 f IcatioBs of Sevastopol,
Crimean naval base more than
50t miles to the south. ,
The battle of Kursk, 200 miles
south of Moscow, showed no signs
of dinunishing its intensity. The
communique mentioned attacks of
"big infantry and tank units" and
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College Buys
New Campus
PORTLAND, June 30-(P-Pur
chase of Fir Acres estate on Pala
tin HiUoad in southwest Port
land for a new Albany college
campus was announced Tuesday.
The 35Troomf residence on the
60-acre estate will be used as the
administration building and as a
girls' dormitory. Other buildings
expected to be converted for use
by fall include a three-story main
garage, conservatory and a gate
lodge ...
; The college, since being moved
to Portland from Albany several
years ago, has occupied the rellg
ious school building of Temple
Beth IshaeL SW 13th avenue and
Main street
Victory
Jerrol J Owen, state defense
coordinator. Is scheduled to
speakp and Les Kte and feis
swing orchestra to play, at Sa
lem's Victory Center ea the
county courthouse grounds at
12:3$ it. m. taday in the Inter
est of the war savin rs rrorrxm.
lVestly IIcTTaU Ij to ta mas
ter of ceremonies f;r tie rto
trijn, .arranrr.il by the
Junior charter cf ccr- ..rce
scrvbg tl;
sUff,
cce't war sairs
New Fiscal
on
Spending
WASHINGTON, June S0-VA
new fiscal year began Tuesday
night with a war budget so huge
the, treasury raised the. possibility
citizens may have to be given a
moratorium on their private debts
so they will be able to pay high
taxes.
The budget for ; the new year
calls for. the spending of $87,000,-
000,000 for direct war activities;
about $6,000,000,000 more ' for
other governmental programs, and
$4,000,000,000 for financing gov
ernmental corporations primarily
engaged In siappleming the war,
Against this proposed eash -outlay
of approximately $77,
009,000,000, : tax receipts from
existins statutes would provide
only about $1700.000,tee. - A
tax bill pendins-' in the house
and means committee Is design- '
ed te raise about $6,600,000,000
a year. ' Z'r'yV''
At the turn of the fiscal vear.
Randolph E. Paul, tax advisor to
theitrlasury, made public a mem
orandum to congress in which he
said the problem of drastic tax
increases upon persons who ssend
a large part of their income toitara depression to the west of El
pay- debts, particularly to - buy
homes, "could be dealt with from
a wider point of view by some
sort of more or less general mo
ratorium on debt payments, at
least for home owners."
The size of the budget for the
new fiscal year Overshadowed the
fact that the' old year, which
ended j Tuesday night, set new
record - tot expenditures, reve
nues, deficit, and debt
Exact i figures will - set be
available j until - uter . te the
week,' but the treasury revealed
that from July 1, 1841, throurh
June 1, im, it spent $4U41,
(7S4$7 for - all gevernmental
: purposes, iacludinr $25g.462,
138 for direct war activities
Taxes and ether; revenues in
the same period totaled $12.C9$.
93MS. leaving a deficit of $1
244,73998.
The deficit was made up
through the sale of about $5,000,
000,000 of war bonds and about
$14,000,000,000 of regular treasury
securities, all adding to the pub
lic debt One June 27, the treasury
owed" both for " itself and goven
mental corporations a record to
tal of $78,586,076,103. By this
time next year, the treasury ex
pects to owe about $15,000,000,-'
000 which is the current statu
tory debt limit. ' s
Suggestions
ojsJFourtli
CHICAGO, June 30.P-The
national ; safety council suggested
Tuesday that you prove! your pa
triotism on July 4 by avoiding
accidents which waste manpower,
material and time needed in the
war effort. ' 7
- . The organization forecast heavy
traffic for the holiday despite tire
and gasoline rationing,, and of
fered these recommendations for
saving lives and limbs:.
1 Don't use fireworks.
2. Avoid long automobile trips
and drive cautiously.
. 3. Don't' overdo while exercis'
in;, eating or basking in the sun.
4. If you swim, . don't go in
alone or when overheated or
wiihia an hour after a meaL
IIsow the depth of the water and
don't indulge in horseplay. "
9
Rommel Faced
By Narrows
InjDesert
Hard Stand Expected
US Air Forces Take
Big Battle Role
By EDWARD KENNEDY
: CAIRO, J oo e 30 (AP)
Swiftly - attacking: axis ar
mored columns plunged past
El Daba, only 100 miles west
of Alexandria, Tuesday night
in an advance that imperiled ;
the entire ;delenM7oTTiypL
This marked a 75 -mile;
sweep daring one night and
day since the fall of Matruh.
Whether the axis sweep beyond
El Daba generally regarded as
the point where the mauled Brit
ish eighth army had been expect
ed to make a firm stand was in
force or by scattered panzer units
was not clarified in a brief an
nouncement Tuesday night.
Fighting continued ' in the whole
vast funnel-shaped zone between
the Mediterranean and the Qat-
Daba as well as to the east, Brit-'
ish military experts emphasized.
The enemy force Whichsuc
ceeded in driving as far as EI '
Daba was believed composed of
one German division, probably of
mixed arms, although exact de-.
tails of the fighting had not
reached Cairaf 1
Despite the determined ' British
fight, some enemy elements were
still feeling their way eastward. ;
Th elffhth army, atw tinder ,
the personal command of Gen. a i
Sir Claude Auchinleck, may be ,
able to stand firm at a natural
defense pesitioB IS tulles east of
El Daba. There the desert be
tween . the Mediterranean and
the r eastern extremity ef the
soft, sand-bogged Qattara de- ' -presslon
narrews te about IS
miles.
This is the narrowest point of
the bottleneck into which the axis
forces have: plunged in their speedy
advance, against the British, who,
although exacting what nazi cas
ualties " they could, 'have , been
withdrawing without making a
major stand. ' .
Fresh New Zealand and Free ,
French reinforcements and new
US army air corps squadrons .
joined the battle during the day
and earlier reports said, the Brit-
ish lines were stiffening. : ."
The battle of rapid maneuver ,
still was highly fluid, but the axis
forces already were 200 miles in- '
side Egypt far beyond the deep
est previous penetration by the
Italians at the start of the first
desert campaign in 1940. , .- ,
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Taxes Waived
On Property,
There will be neither a state
property -.tax f nor :""elementary
school tax for the fiscal year
starting July 1, 194& nd ending
June 30, 1943, the state tax com
mission announced Tuesday. t .
Both of these taxes also were
waived during the:LCurrent six
months period. . TsiV -
xTb; formal statemet of the
tax commission doalIn2rith tls
tax situation for. fct .next year
will be released within t week, i
fc r
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