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PAGE TWO US Tanks Win Desert Fight Senator Returns to Report on Desert Battle Methods (Continued 'from Page 1) keep firing at it until wt stopped it, then turn our fire on the next nearest tank. ,: ... (The wax department said the tanks operated by the Americana were under command of Stelling during the fighting.) "We opened up with ear 7S millimeter fun when they eame within SSW yards, suing hlgh exploslse shell at first, chang lug to armor-piercing shells when they came nearer. When they came to within 1319 yards we use mmr S7-aaiUlxeter gun tee. They launched three big attacks during the day. but no German tank gat nearer than yards to a . V ww yf - " wT wt knocked out as w did not heck them but there were at least nine. , T "There were four direct hits on one of our tanks and the others got glancing blows and shell frag ment." Captain Stalling said. "We eould hear the stuff rattle against the tides. - "They did no more than make the traverse more difficult on one our gunsC We stopped some of M. V amm r. m (.nVl f AVI 4 AAA yards. There U no question a Gen eral Grant Is the best tank In the desert. It can take on three or A t..k mAtrwtw Ma " Zulu urciwaa win niwuui Throughout the day tht Amerl cans fought. As the noonday sun f then African wastes Doured its torrid rays over the batUefield, it became almost unbearably hot in side the tanks. They did net have time to eat they were either firing er watching fer enemy tanks. That mix M there was a general with drawal from the petition. The work had been ene. The In fantry had been evacuated from Gasals and the German tanks had been prevented from cat ting them to pieces. During the trip they were ma chine-gunned from the air and dive-bombed. One bomb explod ed five feet from a tank, but for tunately all were inside tanks at the time. Sgt. P. E. Mauzy, Calhoun, Ky, broke the bones of ene hand as he stumbled. They left their tanks at the re pair shop in Tobnik and got out ml that place just before the road uVof it was cut by the Germans. The original plan was for their . return to America to, apply the lessons learned in th desert. But as things were going badly, they were ordered to stay and join in the fight to save Fgypt "I tbeaght I would be afraid.' said one of the Idlers. 'Vat we found that when we were In the tanks we were tee busy to be afraid.". "I think we learned a lot from being in the battle." said Staff Sgt W. Z. Fralish, Anton, Ala who commanded - one , of the groups. Deschutes Region Considered for Jap Evacuees WASHINGTON, July 8-W)- Senator McNary (R-Ore) said to day that the war relocation au ' thority had surveyid a portion cf the Deschutes reclamation proj ect as a possible site for a Japa nese evacuee camp. r McNary' informed , Percy A. Cupper, .Salem, Ore., that the WPA had not decided whether a camp would be located in the area-.r ..-.-;.;-.. -. The Jefferson Water Conserv ancy district has been furnishing requested information concerning possibilities for an evacuee camp on its project, to be supplied by . water from the Deschutes river, but has not aggressively advo cated bringing Japanese into the area, "Mr. -Cupper, engineer- and attorney - for , the district, said jiere Monday night Cupper said he understood that . if the camp were established it might provide an additional la bor supply to carry on construc tion of reclamation works now under way. The project calls for a 60-mile canal supplying water from the Wikiup reservoir for ir rigation of 50,000 acres of land on agency plains, in the vicinity of Madras. The land is suited to the raising of potatoes, clover, clover seed, alfalfa and the har dier garden truck crops, Cupper -said. Jails Popular Over Weekend Jails in Salem were popular weekend : "resorts," . officers de clared Monday as they figured that city and county lockups had housed between " them some 25 prisoners. : ... - .-- Ten extras at the county jail in the basement of the courthouse and 15 Sunday visitors at the city jail in the city hall were listed. I.Iajority of complaints lodged ri'ilzit the temporary residents rere related to Intoxication. Car.ndlway Cut r V ; . ; Leases:?, July. 7-0P)-A Paris broadcast heard here Tues c!ay inserted the Moscow-Rostov railway had been cut ... US Otiicers Learn Commando Work First Hand i V. 8. officers now are training at a British battle school In Northern Ireland where they are learning, nrst-hand, the tactics of the famed Commando troops. Later, the U. 8. offlcers win return to their, ynits and teach their own men what they have learned. The picture above was taken during an attack, staled with all foe effects of real warfare. Both Br itish and V, B. offlcers take part in the action above Gty Council Okelis Budget Two Matters Referred For InTeitigttionj Fountain Repair Set (Continued from Page 1) quired an addition of $181.80 was voted to the defense estimate. - VJ-.W- tr tvna Kit kw MtntH dow tot m Mtrd the city council's authority over budget committee recommends tions deal with budget documents, City Attorney Lawrence Brown declared as his opinion. An attor ney general's opinion and one from the legal department of the League of Oregon Cities are simi lar to his, he said, pointing out the word "item" is not used in the clause forbidding the raising of budget estimates by more than 10 per cent Cost of lighting the city varies according to weather conditions, W. M. Hamilton, power company manager1, told the council when called upon to discuss probabilities as to expenditures over the com ing year. To committee for Investigation went a request from J. C. Her ren, captain of engineers at Camp Adair, for reciprocal fire lighting agreements between the -camp f fare department and the ehy of Salem. Only query voiced was whether such a deal could be made without a special ar rangement so that men ef the Salem -department would be covered by state Industrial ac cident insurance if injured fight ing fire at the camp. Also to be investigated was the request of P. Steinbock for au thority to construct a 10-foot wooden fence for a scrap metal and junk storage lot on the east side of Water street between Che meketa and Center. Although fire zone regulations would restrict the wooden structure there,-use zones do not forbid operation of such an establishment, it was pointed out and metal for the fence can not be secured, while Steinbock explained by letter, he is forced to move by the .end of this month from his present location. Expenditure of $200 for repairs of Waite Memorial fountain in Willson park as a safety measure to protect the lighting system, now allegedly exposed to the weather, was approved. . ;. Army, alrbase contracts and officials asay have authority to connect the sewer system there with the city System but should be given to understand that If and when in later years a sew age disposal plant Is constructed . by Salem a charge may be af fixed, the council Voted. " A formal agreement between Salem Art Center and the city as VS Bomber Squadron Razes Enemy Installations on Wake Uere ef. the latest spectacular aerial raid on the Japanese-held far-Paelfle island ef Wake was Went. Cel. . R. M. Kamay (left), who Is pictured on hSTretura to bis base, belli congratulated by bur chief, Brig. , Gen, WQXla EL Hale esmmander of the Hawaiian air force bomber command, who made the announce ment of the spectacularly successful attack. All enemy surface Installations were laid waste by the ferocity ef the aerial attack, which was condacted "in formation flight, (UN photo.) ' 4 1942-43 Taxes Not Due Until November 15 Marion county taxpayers who have paid their levies for the first half of 1942 have no more pay ments to make until November IS, T. J. -Brabec, chief tax deputy in Sheriff A. C. Burks office here said Monday in an effort to an swer numerous . Inquiries being made of his department 'There, are no last half 1842' taxes to be paid," Brabec pointed out "The laws has been changed so that the fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends the following June SO. Taxpayers who have paid for the first six months of 1942 have nothing more to pay until November IS, when the first quar ter of the 1942-43 levy becomes due, and on that date they may obtain the usual 3 per cent dis count by paying the new year's taxes in full. Statements for the 1942-43 levy will be mailed out by this office around October 15, Arizona to Get Aluminum Plant WASHINGTON, July 8-CP)-The war production board has decided to locate an aluminum extrusion plant at Phoenix, Ariz., it Was re ported Monday by Senator Mc Nary (R-OreJ. who had urged the plant be built in Oregon. . McNary said he was told by A. H. Bunker, chief of the .WPB's aluminum and magnesium branch, that there was a labor shortage in Oregon because of an expanded shipbuilding program. Garrisons Reduced NEW YORK, July 6 (P)-Ger- man garrisons in occupied Bel gium have been reduced from hundreds of thousands of soldiers to about 20.000. most of whom are unfit for active service, the Moscow radio said Monday night in a broadcast heard by CBS. Pope Back to Work BERN, Switzerland, July Pope Pius, who recently cancelled his audiences because of overwork and fatigue, will resume them Wednesday, a Havas dispatch from Vatican City said Monday night. to the center's occupancy of the Pringle park building was ap proved. The center has been using the former youth center in, the park for several weeks. City sponsorship of the . IJSO service center, without cost to the municipality, was given formal approval by the council. , " The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, N China Enters 6th War Year Chiang, Allies Expreif , Hopes for Victory Japan Reports (Continued from Page 1) the same urgency as the duty of America to deal with her first and most threatening enemy, Japan." WASHINGTON, July 6-VOn the fifth, anniversary of Japan's attack on China, the United States Monday reassured the govern ment of Chiang Kai-Shek that the nations aligned against Japan will fight on to Victory. $ President Roosevelt, in a mes sage to the Chinese generalissimo, said "the people of the United Snf p hail vnn na firnthora.tn arms in the great and difficult tasks remaining before the free and freedom-loving peoples of all the earth." WASHINGTON. Jaly 9.-iJP) China's military attache said Monday the full power of the United States and China com- . blned eould knock Japan out of the war before the year's end. Maj. Gen. Chu Shih-Ming urged effort to be made to defeat ithe Japanese first, rather than ' the ! nazls. " ' With even 500 warplanes of all types, China would -be able to launch an offensive, General Chu told a press conference in discuss ing China's five-year struggle to halt the Japanese invasion. NEW YORK, July 6.-tfP)-JP- anese Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, in a declaration broadcast from Tokyo on the fifth annlver- Monday repeated the old Japanese allegation that the length of the conflict was due to failure of th United States and Great Britain to "appreciate" Japan's viewpoint. Domel broadcast an imperial headquarters announcement that Japan's enemies had suf fered 2438.009 dead since the outbreak of hostilities fat China; that 2800 planes had been shot down or damaged, and 1630' ships had been sunk or captured. 'Japan's losses were put at 111, 111 killed, with only 240 planes lost in five years of war. ' Hurt in Accident ; Mrs. Beulah Dibbi was re leased Monday from the Salem General hospital after receiving treatment for injuries to an arm and a leg incurred in an auto ac cident wnicn occurred near HayesvUle early , Sunday morn ing. Four other persons were slightly, injured in the crash. ..J?.;-.t f 1 sunamj Orecon. Tuesday Morning, July 7, iCennans Push To Don River Russians Admit Some Retreat; 1000 Nazis Slain (Continued From Page 1) Germans obviously are throwing everything they, can into the drive ! to cut this line. The wide German gains, made only at terrible cost In men and material, seriously threatened to outflank the great oil-bearing re-, gions between the Caspian ' and Black seas. With Marshal Fedor Von Bock firmly established on the banks of the Don, he would be in. position to drive toward Stalingrad and thence to the Cau casus from the north. He could throw a corrollary column toward Rostov or perhaps across the nar row Kerch straits. The Russians said "no essential changes" took place on other sec tors. Earlier, the great Russian heavy tanks, the "KT monsters weighing 59 tons, were reported to have broken German bridgehead on a strategic water line and to have slowed" the German batterms ram. In eight days since the big Ger-! man drive started, nazi tanks and troops have pushed from SO to 120 miles deeper into soviet ter ritory In several directions. ine Russian communique re ported the slaughter of 1000 Ger man soldiers and officers at Vo ronezh and could be interpreted only to mean that the German claims Monday of reaching the river Don were true, since Vo ronezh lies east of the river. At the same time, additional German columns apparently swung southeasF te the vicinity f Staryt Oakol, SS miles south west of Voronezh and about SI miles from the German base at Kursk. Neither the Germans claimed nor the Russians acknowledged that the entire battle area between Kursk and Voronezh has been captured or evacuated. It is there fore probable that the continuing action, although widespread, Is a ?f mechanized, spearheads which have resulted in establish ment of localized bridgeheads which the Germans are trying to hold and the Russians attempting to retake. LONDON, July B.--A mil lion German soldiers half Hit- ler's strategic reserve in Russia were reported by the British Monday night to- be plunging for- ward- toward gap in Marshal Timoshenko's Ukraine armies by massed tanks jln a supreme nazi bid for the approaches to the Caucasus and the oil beyond. (unarmed military sevrees here said this tremendous mass of men already was beating at the outer defenses of Voronezh on the v 1 1 a 1 Moscow-Rostov railroad and was holding a bridgehead across the Don river. Tne Berlin radio broadcast a report attributed to the German high command Monday that Ger- t?"- but in the subsequently issued high command communique not a word was said about any such thrust across the stream. The British said the nazi drive to the river, following a break through between Kharkov and Kursk, was preliminary to a wheeling movement which would turn the German spearhead south to smash along the Don at Stalin grad and Timoshenko's vulnerable communications. Russia's south ern army group then would be cut off from the armies of the center and north. ' Checked in Eaypt by Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck's reinforced desert troops, the Germans are forced to try the front instead of the back door to the Cau casus, these informants I added. They expressed the belief Mar shal Rommel would make one more major assault on British Egyptian lines, . but said .the mam danger to . the : allies at present were the gaps in Rus sia's southern front. "Voronezh is as important to ?f Unit Nations , "The situation there Is grave. This drive in Russia is as dangerous potentially as any by the axis anywhere this year." - Filipinos Bound To Grand Jury Virginia Mae Billiones and Ed die Dacquel 'Lazo, ripinos, waived preliminary hearings and were bound over to -the federal grand Jury when they appeared before US Commissioaer William Linfoot Monday night They face a charge of giving or selling liquor to Indians. Bail was set at $1000 each and the two were returned to the Marion county jaiL The charge was filed by Charles lias kins, special US Indian agent. ' Julian Iianes and Peter Bill iones, husband of the Billiones woman, also appeared; before Linfoot but were freed. The quar tet was arrested Saturday night Labor Ruling Given SAN FRANCISCO, July 6HD Employes, doing iann work are farm workers, - whether or not their employer is the owner or tenant of the land, and the em ployer cannot be forced to pay federal social security taxes for them, the US circuit court of appeals ruled Monday. 1342 ; She's 'Belle oi .ae'K V,, -?:-:"--" - -i---"' :::-. : f .::.& ' .-.v-- V,' .' 1 KUaalMtli TiinM. Ul Ifadtacnrin. Kr choaoa "BU of UW Armored J"ore" at Fort Knox, Ky, Is escorted by Capt. Ernes W. Fosse, in a tank ride that climaxed a Dairy BaS at the cama, : ; Legion Post Elects New Officers Ira O. Pilcher was elected com mander of Capital post No. 9, American Legion, Monday night at Legion halL Pilcher was unop posed and replaces Fred Gahlsdorl John Olson was elected first vice-commander and Stanley Krueger second vice-commander. Mem Pearce was elected adjut ant, and the new finance officer is Guy Weaver. Historian is Irl McSherry and chaplain will be C V. Richardson. Elwood Phillips was elected quartermaster and L N. Bacon sergeant at arms. The building trustee committee will be headed by O. E. Palmateer and the ceme tery committee by Don Madison. The executive committee com prises Rex Klmmell, B. E. Owens, Fred Gahlsdorf, Fred Paulus and Don Madison. Delegates to the convention are Ira Pilcher, John Olson, Irl Mc Sherry, George Averett, B. E. Owens, Ray Stumbo and Douglas McKay. i. Alternate .delegates are James Garson, Arthur Johnson, Oliver Huston, Dr. J. O. Van Winkle, Mem Pearce, Chester Zumwalt, A. S. Tusslng, Ethan Grant and Stan ley Krueger. The election was attended by a large membership. Pet Day Slated This Week at Playgrounds Fish, frogs, fuzzy dogs and other unusual pets will have their day -in fact two days in the annual Pet day event of the Salem play grounds. Olinger playground will be the scene of Pet day n Wed nesday at 2 p. bl, and Leslie will have the same on Thursday. Con testants will enter their best be loved flea, horse, "this an' that dog, bird, snake or butterfly. Pets may be entered in one of seven divisions largest, smallest. prettiest, ugliest, most unusual. best trained and largest family, announced Gurnee Flesher, direct or of Salem playgrounds, Monday. Three prizes will be awarded in each group, the first being a war stamp. A participation prize will be given each contestant also. Vernon Wiscarson, director of music, announces the first appear ance of .the summer grade school Dana of 30 pieces wu be made shortly. - - Three Schools Will Operate : Permission to three school dis tricts to operate schools next year despite the fact that each had an average daily attendance of less than six for the past year was granted Monday by the Marion county district boundary board. Fern Ridxe. Oak Glen and Sil ver Cliff schools, whose boards and "petitioned ' for the authority to operate, were given the per mission on rectmirnendatioo "of County Superintendent Acnes C. Booth, c who said that - wartime transportation problems in those areas would make any other solu tion to the problems presented there impractical. - . -; On the other hand, it was point ed out the districts must secure teachers in a county where 21 vacancies already exist Canp Adair Carpsniers Albany Carpenters Loeal No. 21SS will Initiate new members living In or near Salem rnn - , - , - . Thnreday, Joly 9 - 7:30 P. IL .: , SALEM LABOR TEMPLE ' 2:S Court St Armed Force9 mm British Hold Initiative (Continued from Page X) emy. Their charge came after heavy artillery and tank duels la which the axis had lest large numbers ef mtn and machines. Armed only with bayonets and hand crenades. these dark-skinned Island troops have even begged their officers for the privilege of attacking and the bewildered shouts from the entrenched axis forces forward have justified their plea. ' (A Berlin dispatch to the Basel, Switzerland, National " Zetung quoted nazi military circles as ad mitting the British bad brought up enough reserves to take the offensive. The Italian newspaper, II Giornale Dltalia, said new 28 toh American General Grant tanks had Just arrived from South Africa. The British appeared Intent up on giving the Germans and Ital ians no rest or chance to regroup for a .renewed drive on Alexan dria, 70 miles away. :'"v; --.v The polyglot veteranstrans formed from a battered I and beaten army late an aggressive, dashing f ore by tranafuslens of reinforcements and a new field commander - - struck mlghtly blows of attrition and inflicted heavy casualties for the fifth day. The Nile army harassed the en emv with thunderous ' artfllerv barrages, tank charges and bay onet attacks while from overhead the RAF continuously bombed Marshal Erwin Rommel's concen trations and lengthened and tat tered supply line. Crash Kills Two BELLINGHAM, July 6HTV-A Royal Canadian two-motored bomber crashed and burned at the Bellingham airport Monday, and fourth lighter force officers ported two were killed. re- - " irmrTi)-- I " - J Bat she wont have tol Instead, she win antic!- pate her trarvdnecxls and teUcAir agent wh when she intends to go, and what cxmrnoc3a. bona she would like. The, Great Northern is, of course, meeting afl . uveiumcTft rrxjuircrncnts firs t, but the public is welcome to available space at all times. " In Coaches, where you travel for the very low est of nul fares, you sti3 find the same comforts for which the Empire Builder is famous. Deep : cmhioned, reclining chairs . . .broad luggage racks . . . and spacious lounges. There is a special seat. : side meal service, or you may patronize the Din ing Car with its moderately priced meals. Fer Inforaattea aoasulti firiandVo" Subs Destroy 3 Destoyers Makes Coast Dear to Invaders; US Losses Light '' (Continued, From Page 1) try to soviet bases In Siberia., At any rate, the Japanese have MTnnllad to Tt&T a high price for the Island gains they have made so far. The y have now lost five ships sunk tnree destroyers, a cruiser and a trans- port Nine others, including an aircraft carrier, have been.! dam--.. aged. .' '"."vi - '""-'; So far as has been reported in frtai communicrues. the Ame rican air and naval forces have carried out their attacks on Ja nsn'i Aleutian units without suf fering any losses in planes or ships and mcurring only minor damage in the case of aircraft .; Saturday's action boosted the tell ef Japanese ships claimed by American submarines te 47 sunk, IS probably sunk, and IS damaged. Tha undersea craft may be able to operate even more effectively gainst the Japanese in tne Aleu tians, in some insxances, man alrcrazt. The wcatner tnrougnoui the area is almost unfailingly foggy so the opportunity for air' planes to deliver their attacks it extremely limited. Submarine men are accumtomed to operat ing under all sorts of unfavor able weather conditions and to delivering their attacks with the help of listening devices even when they are unable to see their targets. ; .' Strikers Gain Approval of State Body Striking employes of Paulus . Bros. Packing company of Salem gained the approval and promise of support of the' Oregon council of cannery and process workers at a meeting here Sunday and a pledge of backing from the na tional cannery and process work ers, they reported Monday. While. tht strikers' representsi tives said ISO men and ; women were staying away from work at the Paulus plant, a member of the ,firm declared- "there Is j no interruption, of work whatsoever." V Harry George, said to be a for mer member of the national labor relations board- staff; who ad dressed a public tneeUng ' called at jhe Salem labor temple Sunday afternoon by the 'cannery '.work ers, remained In the city Monday taking statements for possible use1 at an NLRB hearing on the strike. Striking Paulus employes werf being offered other local Jobs at the labor temple.." The strike began last Wednes day with a walkout by a group of night shift employes. Leaders said they wanted wages slightly higher than the minimum prescribed by state law, and changes in work ing conditions. ' 1 Explosion Kills One SAN FRANCISCO, JuVM4V One man was killed and three in jured Monday in an explosion which wrecked the Stuart oxygen plant and rocked the entire north beach industrial district mi mtonrn rvsi Tmisss I2s t. f-.l-,-
