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Th OEEGON STATESMAN. Salem. Orvoon. Thursday Morning July 23. 191V
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Million Nazis
Attack Rostov
Russians Continue in
Success Along "
Voronezh Front
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mediately menaced and that the
German military tide was flow
ing unstemmed toward Stalin
grad, the Volga and the Caspian
sea, route to the great Baku o3
lands of the eastern Caucasus.
Hitler's high command gar
this picture ef the KusaUa mil
Itary situation "collapse" of or-.
ganlsed red army resistance
around ftostov, partial envel-
-Opaaent ef Jthe city, and the
crossing "on a broad front" of
the lower Don cut of the river
Donets..
Actually the Russians were be
lieved to be fighting a savage
rear-guard battle north and east
of Rostov to permit their main
force to cross to the left bank
of the Don.
But this sort of a withdrawal
wht'nri th r?vr meant there 'was
less chance for Bostov Itself on
the right bank.
The situation east of the Donets
was potentially-even more dan
gerous. If the Germans really
have crossed the river,' the Rus
sian armies of he west Caucasus
are In great danger of Isolation
and the Germans are In position
for a swift thrust to the Caspian
.or the lower Volga below Stalin
grad.
One Russian dispatch said great
Dew tank. Infantry and air forces
were being assembled for lust
auch a plunge Meanwhile, along
tho upper curve of the Don bend,
the Russians conceded the Ger
mans were near the border of
Stalingrad province, about 130
miles from the city. s
The Eusslans still were suc
cessfully counter a tt a e k 1 n g
west of Voronezh, the upper
Don! city on the German left
ilsnk, but Moscow was quick
U admit this was not enough.
Red soldiers were called upon
to emulate the suicide platoon of
IS men who, before Moscow last
winter, fought a tank charge with
little more than their hands, and
died to the last man.
Behind the lines 'Russian men
and women, survivors of civil
war and famine, prepared with
T serene confidence to meet a crisis
which almost certainly will in-
Tolve important shortages of coal,
wheat and, quite possibly, oil.
Tubeless Tire
Success for
Oklahoman
TULSA, Okla., July 22-WVOne
tire on J. B. McGay's automobile
Is spinning along as usual but
there's no innertube In it .
McGay, partner in a manufac
taring concern now In war work,
. said he hit upon the idea of a
tubeless tire after recent punc
tures tore up two tubes.
"The idea could save a lot of
rubber." he said. "I don't say that
it's better than having an Inner
tube in the tire, but it Is better
than not being able to "use a
tire at all."
He believes his idea, on which
he spent 20. cents, will "work on
any drop center rim and any
fairly good tire.
He reasoned that the tremen
' dous pressure between the tire
bead and the rim should make
a perfect air seal. That left the
hole in the rim from which the
innertube valve stem normally
protruded.
Into that hole he sealed an old
type valve stem, costing 20 cents,
with a rubber washer and a lock
" nut. The tire, without tube, was
mounted on the rim, with rubber
' cement used as ft precautionary
sealer. It was inflated and didn'
leak. He mounted It on his car
, and has driven as fast as 50
miles an hour to test It , -
. There are 27,000,000 passenger
ears in the nation. An innertube
weighs about five pounds and is
made from one of the best grades
of rubber. Figuring the innertubes
ef 20,000,000 cars would need re
placement in the next two years,
he says use of his method would
save 250,000 tons of rubber. And
If the method was used to sal
vage present innertubes in those
20,000,000 cars, the rubber scrap
pile would gain 250,000 tons.
McGay has five simple rules to
be followed " in trying out his
tubeless casing:
1. Be sure the rim edge is true
and clean and the bead of the
tire is not gashed.
2. Put an old-style tire valve in
the hole in the rim, using a rubber
washer- on the inside and a nut
on the outside.
S, Paint the Inside bead of
the rla with rubber cement
and mount the easing as usual,
but press one - side ef easing
against the rim, leaving the eth
er side loose and hanging in the
center welL
4. Apply air rapidly, pounding
on the casing 11 necessary to get
the air to force the loose side of
the casing into place against the
rim. , - -.i - -;."-,f:-;-"':i:o
i. Test the tire in water tank
for leaks. If a leak is found,
patch the. tire on the inside. -.
Hurt In Nazi Raids ,
LONDON, . Thursday, July 23
S) Eight persons were seriously
ured and some damage was
done to property by German air
raiders which bombed a town on
the southeast coast , of . Britain
during the nijhL
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US Nationals
From Japan
In Africa
LOURENCO MARQUES, Port
uguese East Africa, July 22 (JP)
More than 1100 American na
tionals who had been interned in
Japan and Japanese-occupied
China and Thailand waited eag
erly Wednesday night to disem
bark from the liners Asama Maru
and Conte'Verde.-
The two vessels .from the Far
East arrived Wednesday vith the
Americans, who are to be ex
changed for Japanese nationals
now aboard the Swedish ship
Gripsholm, which docked Tues
day. Strict guards kept all persons
on shore from immediate contact
with those on board the two new
ly arrived liners.
Max Hill, chief ef the former
Associated Press bureau in To
kyo, was able to shoot dowa
that the Americans had bad a
"fairly pleasant voyage"- and
that they had been "well
treated aboard ship."
Immediately upon arrival, a
representative of the Portuguese
foreign office accompanied by
Swiss and Spanish exchange su
pervisors and Red Cross officials
went aboard the Asama Maru and
the Conte Verde.
Seven passengers who were
taken ill during the voyage were
removed to hospitals.
Both linel-s carried large paint
ed Japanese flags on their sides
and-the word "diplomats" as se
curity measures.
Meanwhile, some of the Japa
nese diplomats- on the Gripsholm
were allowed to land.
New Gtizens
Are Guests
At Program
That there is no 'line of de
marcation between naturalized
and native born in the privileges
and duties bestowed by citizen
ship was emphasized by Ralph
Campbell, Salem attorney, as he
Wednesday night addressed mem
bers of a class of 36 persons from
this area who recently received
their final citizenship papers.
Campbell's address was high
light of a program designed to
Iwelcome the group into their new
estate, conducted at Legion home
under auspices of the Federated
Patriotic societies of Salem.
The invocation was delivered
by Rev. Dudley Strain of the
First Christian church, welcome
in behalf of the patriotic societies
by Aubrey S. Tussing, chairman
of the committee in charge of
the ceremony. Responses In be
half of the new citizens were by
William A. Saunders and Mrs.
Paulina McClure.
A musical spot on the program
was filled by Elmo Innocent!,
Jap Attack Junks Army Truck
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Committee Tour
Mjoneys Sliced
WASHINGTON, July 22-iJf)
The committee to audit and con
trol the contingent expenses of the
senate voted Tuesday to allow
only $3000, rather than a re
quested $50,000, to finance a tour
of west coast and Alaskan military
installations by a military affairs
sub-committee.
Senators Chandler (D-Ky), Kil-
gore (D-WVa), Wallgren CD
Wash) and Holman (R-Ore.) were
tentatively scheduled to make the
trip.
Ickes Named
Fishery Head
Industry's Importance
To Wartime Supply
Of Food Declared
WASHINGTON, July 22-()
The Importance of the $100,000,
000 fish Industry to the nation's
wartime food supply was stressed
by President Roosevelt Wednes
day as he appointed Interior Sec
retary Harold L. Ickes to be fish'
eries coordinator.
Acting under his war powers,
the president created the coordi
nation office for the purpose of
"developing and assuring sustained
production of aquatic food supplies
essential to the conduct of the
present war, and for the further
purpose of coordinating the poli
cies planned and programs relat
ing to the war effort mat affect
the fishery Industry and the
aquatic food supplies of the
United States, its territories and
possessions."
Ickes' aides said they did not ex
pect the move to result In any
immediate changes in state regu
lation of the fisheries industry.
The order said the coordination
office should maintain liaison with
appropriate federal, state and lo
cal agencies and with fisheries and
allied industries.
Some 19 federal agencies now
have jurisdiction over various
fishery matters and the coordina
tion office is expected to create a
clearing house for handling such
problems.
One official, who can not be
quoted by name, expressed the
opinion that the new office might
recommend uniformity in the state
regulations of fishery. "
The order provided that Ickes
could appoint a deputy t fisheries
coordinator, and government sour
ces speculated that the coordinator
would choose Ira N. Gabrielson,
now director of the fish and wild
life service.
violin soloist, accompanied by
Wayne Musey.
C. A. Kells, instructor of the
class which studied at theYMCA,
was presented a gift In appre
ciation of his services by the
group, and the program closed
with the serving of refreshments
tit released tur the US Davy. (As
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FDR Summons
Industry and
Labor Heads
WASHINGTON, July 22-(JP)
President Roosevelt Wednesday
summoned leaders of industry and
labor to another of the round of
White House conferences designed
to curb the cost of living.
Representatives of the United
States chamber of commerce, the
National Association of. Manufac
turers, the CIO and the AFL will
meet with tho chief executive
Thursday on the question of wage
stabilization.
As this became known an earlier
conference between the president
and congressional leaders gave
rise to speculation mat an attempt
to solve cost of living problems
may come by way of executive
order rather than by additional
price control legislation.
This was the Immediate reac
tion to a statement by Speaker
Rayburn, after a two-hour huddle,
that the existing powers of the
president were "rather thorough'
ly" gone into, and that further in
vestigations on that point are un
derway.
"I think the president's powers
under the war powers act, the
price control act, and as command'
er-in -chief are pretty broad," said
Rayburn.
Majority Leader Barkley of
Kentucky likewise said the execu
tive powers were being studied,
that there was no prospect of a
presidential message on inflation
curbs reaching congress this week,
and that the president has not de
cided whether he will send one.
Inasmuch as the president told
his press conference yesterday that
he hoped to send a message to con
gress In a few days, it thus ap
peared that as a result of the con
ference the whole problem of
remedies to be applied against in
flation trends was being reex
amined in the light of the chief
executive's wartime powers and
responsibilities.
Bethlehem Will
Comply to Order
NEW YORK, July 22.(JP)The
Bethlehem Steel company Wed
nesday said that it would comply
with the national war labor
board's order granting a pay raise
to its steel workers but warned
that the result would be harmful
to the national economy and the
war effort
The WLB last Thursday for
mally ordered a wage increase of
44 cents a day for 157,000 em
ployes of tho Tittle steel" com
panies and established a national
wage stabilization policy designed
to maintain labor's purchasing
power at the levels of January,
1941.
The other 'little steel" com
panies Involved In the board's or
der were the' Republic Steel
Corp, the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Co, and Inland Steel Co.
Siamese Twins Born ;
DUBUQUE, Ia July 22-yP)
Mrs. Floyd Sabers, 28-year-old
farm woman living near New Vi
enna, Ijl, gave birth to Siamese
twins at a hospital Tuesday night
and her physician said Wednes
day the babies "have a good
chance to live."
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War Workers
Call to Grow
Shipyards Need Great
As Plans Grow to
Transport Men
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nard. personnel directors for
the Swan Island and Vancouver
yards of the Kaiser companies, ,
said every reasonable . effort
would be made to assign Salem
workers te Jobs promptly and
te shifts and yards that would
fit fat with tho chamber bos
transportation plans.
Dalziel said a "vital need" has
developed for workers In the low
er brackets, helpers who can
work a shift and 'attend school
within the yards before or after
hours, and for timekeepers, field
and payroll clerks. Applicants
were directed to the Salem em
ployment ' office, which has ar
ranged for quick service through
the Portland coordinator.
Carpenters now employed at
Camp Adair probably will find
jobs available in the Portland
shipyards when the cantonment
is completed, working first at yard
construction and later as - ship
wrights, Johnson said.
Salem, Johnson reported, has
supplied more welders under a
recent speedup order than any
ether training center In the
state.
The move to supply transpor
tation for Salem family heads go
ing to work in Portland was un'
dertaken, Stumbo reiterated, as a
means of keeping local payrolls
from being depleted by the shift
of employment from "non-essen
tiaT to "war effort" jobs.
Navy Guards
Mysterious
New Weapon
WASHINGTON, July 21-(JP)
The navy has a mysterious new
weapon, the nature of which is a
jealously-guarded secret, the
house was told Wednesday by
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.), of the
naval committee.
The disclosure came as tho
chamber, by voice vote, passed
and sent to the senate a measure
authorizing expenditure of $975,
634,000 for naval shore facilities to
supplement the recently-passed
$8,850,000,000 fleet expansion pro
gram.
In cautiously-phrased sentences,
Vinson declared that $30,000,000
of the new authorization would be
spent "for a kind of secret train
ing and a kind of secret weapon.'
He left the details to his col
leagues' imaginations.
. This," he said, "is a matter the
naval affairs committee should
leave entirely to the prudence of
the men who are going to carry
out the secret work. I do not know
except in the most general way
where they will be located with
in so many miles of the coast and
o many miles back of that."
The Georgian said that the
necessity for secrecy was so great
that testimony concerning the
weapon, taken in executive ses
sion, had been excluded from even
the committee's private records.
The authorization measure it
self provided for broad expansion
of naval aviatioa training facili
ties designed to turn out 2500 pi
lots a month, and development of
present and new naval outposts
as bases for operation against the
enemy.
Rep. Mott (R-Ore.), declared
that a number of the outposts to
be developed were "of great stra
tegic value," and that several of
them were to bo located In Alas
ka. A short time earlier Rep. Coffee
(D-Wash.) demanded that troops
and men o'war be sent to oust the
Japanese from the Aleutian is
lands "immediately." Coffee said
that the Japanese there were not
a "token" force, that they were
headed for Alaska.
Vinson said that some of tho
naval shore facilities would be
established at Panama and on is
lands in the Pacific, as well as
Alaska. ' . .
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Portland Tot Dies
After Eating Poison
PORTLAND. Ore, July 21 -HJPi
Two-year'-old Donald White died
Wednesday after 'eating ant pois
on, Coroner Boy L. Crabtree re
ported.
The boy : found a Jar of the
sweet-tasting poison at the home
of bis parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard M. White, and not until
he became ill did they discover
he had eaten it
Second Front
Qamor Swells
Unions Boost Move In
England and US;
Rally Held in NY-
(Continued from Page 1) '
NEW YORK, July
Half a dosea political and labor
leaders called for the opening
of a second European front as
soon as possible, at a mass meet
ing Wednesday night sponsored
by the greater New York Indus
trial Union Council (CIO).
United States Senator James M.
Mead told the crowd, estimated by
police, at 35,000 persons and by
CIO leaders at 55,000 to 60,000,
that the hour of the war's crisis is
approaching and "during the sum
mer and fall, Hitler must win an
or lose alL"
Messages in support of the rally
were received from Wendell L.
WOlkie and from Sidney L. Hill-
man, president of the Amalga
mated Clothing Workers of Ameri
ca, among' others.
"You are expressing by your
presence the aggressive determin
ation of a nation that has dedi
cated itself to crushing at all costs
totalitarianism wherever it may
exist," WOlkie said.
The rally was held in Madison
Square park.
Mead, who announced his candi
dacy for the democratic nomina
tion for the New York governor
ship Wednesday, was introduced
by Joseph Curran, president of
the National Maritime Union
(CIO), as "the next governor of
New York."
"We shall win this war only
when we have enlisted vast
masses of people in Asia, in con
quered Europe and in Africa,
whole-heartedly and enthusiasti
cally in the struggle for freedom,'
Mead declared. "When the war Is
over and when the tryents have
been destroyed, we should declare
a world war against poverty, ig
norance, prejudice, inequality and
exploitation."
35 Killed in
3 Sinkings
(Continued from Page 1)
vessel was under attack, and in so
doing lost his life.
Two torpedoes sank tho British
merchantman in the Caribbean
May 28, her 32 survivors reported
on landing at a gulf coast port
Sixteen crew members were killed
in the attack. Gunners aboard said
there was no opportunity to fire,
since the submarine remained
submerged during the encounter.
Forgery Charged Two
C. L. Spelts and Irene Norma
Spelts, both of Rapids City, SD,
were booked by the city police
Wednesday on charges of forgery.
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ing the world-wide use of heavy
transport planes.
Throo hoot tta long war with :
Japan. China baa been constant
ly and seriously hampered by
a lack ef fighter and bombing
planes. Not long ago, noma atri
al reinforcements were deliv
ered te Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek's force, an d they
have already boom oted effect
ively. It waa considered prob
able that the plans drawn ut
Wednesday Included addition
al aircraft deliveries.
The Chinese foreign minister,
T. V. Soong, told reporters that
the meeting began with an ex
position by himself "of the posi
tion of the lines of fighting In
China, the routes of communica
tion, some of the problems, and
some of the possibilities of de
veloping the! situation in our fa
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Pork Prices
MakePuzzIe
WASHINGTON, July 22 -JF)
Two government ' agencies the
office of price administration and
the agriculture- department
ought a solution Wednesday
night to a "squeeze" between
prices of livestock and meat pro
ducts that appeared to be creat
ing a shortage of pork and beet
In eastern consuming channels.
The squeeze, acknowledged by
both the OPA and the agriculture
department, has been created by
advancing prices of hogs and cat
tie. The margin between livestock
prices and OPA ceiling prices on
processed meats has narrowed to
a point where many packers must
operate at a loss or stop operat
ing. Many have closed, thus creat
ing a shortage of meats.
Henderson has hesitated to
place a ceiling on hogs and cattle
without approval of Wickard. The
latter has Indicated opposition to
such ceilings because of a belief
mat they would be difficult to
administer. L
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Fats Salvage Answers
To Be Aired Tonight
Questions and answers relative
to the salvage of fats and grease
will be the basis for a radio pro
gram over KSLM tonight at 7:19, .
according: to C W. Paulus, chair
man of the Marion county sal- s
vage committee. Fata and grease
are important to the war effort
to help supply glycerin.
G. r. "Ted" Chambers, chair
man of .the fats and grease com
mittee, will answer questions
asked by Mrs. R. -S. Keene.
Amateur Sliow
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USO Croup to Present
Programs to Soldiers)
Male Actors Sought
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nesday night In fact, though both
motion . picture and occasional ,
professional stage entertainment
are provided, . the soldiers feel
more "at home" with amateur
performers and often seem to ap
preciate this type of entertain
ment more than the professional
brand. " t
Throughout recent months
while soldiers have been station
ed periodically at the state fair
grounds, amateur groups have en
tertained them frequently. The
"Amateur Shows for Soldiers"
unit is designed to carry on a
similar program In an organized
fashion among the greater num
ber of troops soon to be in train
ing in this vicinity.
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