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The Delayer? . Who ordered subsistence allowances far dependents f Idlers and sailors to be delayed until November XT Paul Mallon has an answer. Tarn to editorial pace. Save to Yin One aid kitchen at eve equals , ten four-Inch shells, and tea stoves one scent ear. Save all scrap metal and sell It or aire It for Uncle Sam, 1V POUNDDD inNETY-EECOND YEAH Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. July 28. 1942 Price 5c No. S3 Six Months' .'Production For War Half Afm I!iat of 1941 Total . Nelson Warns Against Over Optimism " New Shortages Form; June Nearly Triples November's Output , . WASHINGTON, July - 25.-JP) -War Production Chief Donald If. Nelson told the -nation Sat urday that this country's June output of planes, tanks, ships, funs, ammunition and all cam paign equipment was almost "triple production oflast No vember but he a dm onished against "undue optimism." In the first six months of this year, Nelson said in a communi que from the production front, the volume of such war munitions turned out was one-an3-a-half times as large as production dur ing allxf 1941- While Nelson reported that In general the arsenal of democra cy was doing a good Job, he as serted that serious raw mater- ials shortages were Impending, new bottlenecks forming, and "too much boasting is altogeth er premature. "it is hard to report progress without appearing . optimistic," the war production board chair man said in a preface to his re port, "but 1 want to emphasize again and again that the picture is In no sense one that provides a basis for undue optimism." . Other highlights of the commu-'- nique: i v. . 1. Production of aircraft in the first six months of 1942 exceeded total 1941 output. 2. Merchant ship tonnage de livered hv4he first six months of this year wis 133 per cent greater than during all of last year. Al though total deliveries for the first six months of 1942 were not up to expectations, May and June de- . liveries were ahead of schedule. , Future deliveries will depend i (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) Journey in Aleutian Fog Not Joy Ride; Fortresses On Way to By KEITH WHEELER ' - (Copyright, 1M2, Chicago Times, Inc.) ABOARD FORTRESS BOMBER EN ROUTE TO KISKA, June 26.-(Delayed)-We're an hour from the target and the radio man has just picked up a distress flying boat scouting ahead of us. A Jap fighter caught the Cat to get home. " One of his gunners is full of lullets and dead. Another has a bul- let in one leg. A naval photographr has a bullet through the back and may die before they get In. One aileron control was shot away and he's having-trouble keeping the big beat under control. In another hour well be over Kiska urselves and the 500- pound packages tiered up in our bomb racks will be paying off for that We don't know what well ilnd In Kiska, nor how much well r be able to secYou never know In the eternal Aleutian fog. But we won't be bringing the bombs home again, j ';, . , . . There are 11 of us in the big in tail stinger to glassed-in nose. . his little chair. Back at the tail the f his swiveled twin machinegunsi - One man Is scrunched Into the round ball of the bottom power turret and there's another riding the bicycle seat of the upper turret behind the pilots. One man is back doubling in brass at the radio, w.Jl target .'.'-''y , . The major, captain of this plane - ran, ia up in the pilot's chair with ' us are out here in the glass bouse " ter sergeant full of understanding ' des; the navigator, a slender, Jeering youngster in a dirty flying suit; , a navy ensign riding as observer, Most of us are four days unshaven and all are dirty. We've been ',- living in, tents, slogging through - Clean laundry and fresh eggs are the things we dream about. We are" flying down on uw water, never more than IS feel ; I aboye It sometimes as few as It. The man in the bottom turret ."j eamc up for a smoke a while ago and complained the sea was so close, he could wash his face in it But Tve given up washing," he "Jsays. ;''"'.-." '.'',! "r':'Z f- .' - , ; .,'.-:.i.i'j;. ' r.v We have to fly that way. The Aleutian weather and mountains have reversed the old first rule of aviation'about keeping plenty of al titude under you. Up here in the mists planes must stay under the end less fog blanket If they4fo aboYO it, sometimes they cant get down again. .': ." - - -'" ' "'' . - -; -: Half an hour ago we passed Mount Carlisle in the islands of the Tour Mountains. Last week a Catalina was lost and tried to climb through the murk. A mile up it crashed into Carlisle's 7000 foot spire and two men were killed. Seven others, ripped and bloody, lived by a miracle of endurance and courage. You can't trust mountains you cant gee, and so we stay under the fog and close to the water. If our motors quit this land plane would sink in 43 seconds but we don't expect them to quit '' ' - --"- . (Turn to Fags 2, Col I) , . Going Up ' 4b DONALD NELSON WPB Reports Output RAF Sweeps In Daylight Planes Hit Mannheim And Frankfurt, Rake Trains in Belgium LONDON, July 25-(ffO-Mann-heim and Frankfurt, Germany, were attacked in daylight raids by the RAF Saturday, the air min istry said Saturday night. Other British planes making an offensive sweep over Belgium destroyed nine railway locomo tives with machine gun andcan non fire at Cortemarck. " - The ait ministry news service said the ;engmea''were,, standing close together and one pilot was so eager to hit them that his wing tip brushed a railway signal arm as he swooped down. He return ed safely. Saturday night's air and home security ministries communique said British' fighters destroyed three German planes during the day a fighter off the south coast this morning, a bomber off the east coast this evening, and another bomber off the southwest coast Saturday evening". " Bomb Kiska message from a PBY Catalina over Kiska and how he's trying trown - painted bomber from glassed- Out In front the bombadier squats in gunner crouches on his knees over at the side guns and his mate, now Join him when we approach the .. and leader of our bombing squad the second pilot beside him. Four of of tnc nose the bombadier, a mas- and love for a bombsight'a intrica and myself. ... mud and perpetual rain and fog. US Subs Sinlc Jap Destroyer, 4 Other Shios i Sixth Vessel Damaged In Enemy Waters; 1st Photo Taken WASHINGTON, July 25.-(3,) -American submarines recent ly sank a large new Japanese destroyer and four other ships in enemy-dominated waters of the western Pacific, the navy announced Saturday, adding that a sixth vessel was dam aged and probably sunk: The destroyer was hit by two torpedoes and went down in nine minutes. Shortly before it sank the submarine poked its periscope above the ocean surface less than a quarter of a mile away and made the first combat picture ever taken in the US navy from under the sea. This photograph showed the destroyer, heeled far over to ' port and down by the stern. The Rising Sun insignia painted on its forward turret for identifi cation by airplanes was plainly visible and two men in white uniforms could be seen appar ently In the act of scrambling off the ship. Lieut Com. John Long, navy photographic chief, said that the picture through the periscope was made I with a special secret cam era now being supplied to all large US submarines by the bu reau of aeronautics which de veloped it. -4 - " :. ; The accounting of undersea operations in the western Pacific, first issued here since May 28, was given in navy department communique number 100 which listed the damage Inflicted on the enemy as:-- Sunk one modern destroyer, one medium sized tanker, three cargo ships. , Damaged and believed sunk one medium sized cargo ship. No details of the actions were given in the communique but the additional information about the successful attack on the destroyer was made available in the offi cial description of the picture taken from the submarine. While no information had been released on sub operations in the western Pacific for al most two months, the activities of American undersea raiders in the Aleutians have been re ported, the latest account being issued last Tuesday when US subs were credited by the navy with stoking three Japanese de stroyers in the vicinity of Kiska island. The score of successful subma rine attacks ; on Japanese ships as reported by the navy here now stands at 55 sunk, 15 probably sunk and 14 damaged a total of 84 vessels. Friday's Weather Friday's max. temp. 94. min. 52. River Friday, -2.7 ft By army request weather fore casts are withheld and temper ature data delayed. In England jr.. - ,i ,. n ' ----- "x- i I 1. Pvt. Lloyd Ferguson, 4 of Salem, now' with the US army aiu corps in England. . He'd . never been farther from home than Seattle nntH be enlisted last January; For additional news about men from Salem and vicinity in the armed forces, torn to pagu eight of today's 8 Shaic Asserts Britain Musi Be Sovietized ST, LAWRENCE, Hertford shire, England, July 25 -iF) George Bernard Shaw, who will be 86 Sunday, said Saturday that Britain must sovietlze its political machinery after the war or "our future state will be as hopeless as our past" "Of all the possible systems of government," be said In an interview, "the British parlia mentary system, supposed to be a model for all democracies, Is the very worst "It was invented 250 years ago to break the power of a parliament which wasn't dis posed to do anything but com pete for places on the front benches and collect money for war against Louis the four teenth. "Since then our parliament has not been able to do as much to develop industry and civilize the English people as Russia has done every 250 days for the last 20 years. "Unless we restrict eligibility for public office now open to every adventurer and igno ramus to panels of qualified persons, municipalize the land, banking and Insurance on a ba sis of nationalization, and sov ietlze our political machinery, our future state will be as hope less as our past; and all labor and socialist parties on earth will be as helpless as Ramsay Mac Donald and Philip Snowden were when they reached the treasury bench after wasting half their lives trying to get there." WAAC Ends First Week Veterans Amazed at , Performance of New Volunteers By PAUL HAN SELL FORT DES MOINES, la., July 25.-(P)-It sounds a bit queer that soprano "For-ward H-arch." But don't let anyone tell you those aren't 700 new soldiers us ing the parade grounds here even if they do wear skirts. Veteran army officers at the Women's Army Auxiliary training school lauded the nation's first feminine soldiers universally Sat urday at the end of the school's first week, and some of the same officers may have been a bit du bious earlier. "You don't hear the heavy tromp, tromp of men marching," explained one, "but they already have that firm, military cadence. You'd be amazed." CoL Don C. Faith, school com mandant said he was "amazed" at the women's progress. School staff officers were "amazed." Even the non-coms helping with the training were "amazed." In fact a cursory survey of the sit uation showed everyone was amazed except perhaps the women themselves. All reports indicated they are having a grand time and like ev erything about their work except the' 5:45 a.m. sunrise gun that routs them from bed. ' The first 444 officer candidates and 281 basic auxiliaries arrived last weekend. Monday they were (Turn to Page 2, COL 2) Nazi Bombers Hit Bataisk BERLIN (from German Broad casts), Sunday; July 26-iJpy-The German - radio - reported Sunday that nazj bombers had. launched a . violent, assault upon Bataisk, about 20 miles , south of Rostov on the railway leading to the Cas pian port of Baku and . thence to the Iranian frontier. " ' V -(Such an assault might be the prelude to a new German over land push' southward In to 'the heart of the Caucasus oil fields.) Bombers Oyer, Germany Again .LONDON, Sunday, July 26-iP) British bombers were over 'Ger many ' again; Saturday: ' night,: it was announced Sunday. J " ' German air raiders also were over Britain during the " night, centering their attacks 'mainly on the northeast ' coast where they started fires and caused some casualties. Two epemy planes were reported downed. T Aussie Cities Bombed Planes Go Past Coast; Attack On Buna Heavy GENE RAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Sunday, July 26.-fl:i)-Four bombers making the first Jap anese thrust past Australia's northern boundaries Saturday night attacked the Coral sea port of Townsville on the north east coast, but a communique said there were no casualties nor damage. "All bombs fell wide of their mark," the communique said. The Japanese planes swept in over Townsville, a hill city of 25, 000 population known as the "cap ital of the north," shortly before midnight Townsville is about 800 miles south of the newly-established Japanese landing at Buna in New Guinea. Darwin on Australia's northern coast also was attacked, but there were no casualties reported, and damage was described as light Meanwhile allied airmen con tinued to attack Japanese posi tions and supply dumps in the Gona-Buna district of south eastern New Guinea where the Japanese landed to mid-week. Two Japanese fighters were shot down, the communique said, in the fighting over that area, and one allied plane was missing. Allied planes also made a night attack on the Japanese base of Lae farther "up the New Guinea coast Hits were reported in the target:area.ic-; ";'' "An allied 'reconnaissance unit flying over RabauL New Britain, shot down a Japanese Zero fight er and damaged two more when attacked by 15 fighters," the com munique said. Legion Elects Hugh Bowman. PORTLAND, Ore., July 25-P) The Oregon American Legion ad vocated universal military service and elected Hugh A. Bowman, Pendleton, department comman der today at the close of the an nual convention. A resolution urged that all men register for service, that those in the industrial force be given sol diers pay, and that others be placed in an army of home guards. Other resolutions asked lower ing of draft ages to make 18-and 19-year-old youths eligible for the armed forces, and deportation of aliens who do not become natural ized within five years. Bowman was elected unani mously after Brazier C Small, Sa lem, -the only other candidate, withdrew. - Rommel Near Tobruk ''' fjf- '.-.viv'-.v 'v v. -PBHUUUUha. St . ' v ,... Field Marshal Enrto' Rommel ' (in as he and some ef his naxt troops pause en the desert shortly before storming the British stronghold at Tobruk. This picture arrived tn the US through neutral Portugal Hopeful V i n 1 EDUARD BENES Says Russia WUl Hold British Soviets Demand 'Front' Czech Statesman Says Diversion Might End War Soon LONDON, July 25.-()-The small but highly vocal communist party of Great Britain drummed up insistence for a second front Saturday night with a gaudy cam paign of leaflets and chalked signs while President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia predicted Hitler would sue for peace by October 15 if he had not won a decisive vic tory by then. The communists prepared for a great demonstration Sunday In Trafalgar Square and Benes added his potent voice to the uproar for a western front to relieve' the hard-pressed Russians. ' - Benes, one of the best inform ed statesmen in exile, has extend s I v o" underground Information channels. He said'Germany - would be exhausted by spring if the Russians hold out and, he added, "I think they will." The length of the war, ho told Czech soldiers, would depend on how soon the British and US troops massed in these islands spring, across the channel at the Germans. "If a second front could be es tablished within the next three months to divert a certain propor tion of the German forces from the eastern front it is probable that things will develop quickly and we might be home within a year," he said. The efforts of the 53,000 Brit ish communists were thrown into their drive to "open the second front now." Within three days after the campaign started, district reports came from many places of mass meetings and distribution of hun dreds of thousands of leaflets and posters. Harry Pollitt, party secretary, declared the "second front now" slogan was born when Hitler in vaded Russia and will continue until fruition. -; ... . The campaign includes send (Turn to Page 2. CoL 4) r M r. e- V 1 .1 ! background) leans against 'a tank (Associated Press Telemat).- ,1 . Nazi Loss But Reserves Rush Into Battle of Don - - - - Russians Still Pushing Germans ; Back at Voronezh; Sinking of Two Nazi Transports Reported . By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, Sunday, July 26 (AP) German troop augmented by a steady flow of reserves to take the place of fallen thousands have smashed their way into the out skirts of Rostov, the Russians acknowledged early Sunday Heary fighting rolled all Tsimlyarisk, 120 miles to the ported also suffering enormous to penetrate soviet defenses on the south bank of the river, "The Germans have succeeded in reaching the outskirts of the town.(Rostov),' the midnight communique said. "The Germans are being forced to, throw in reserves In heavy fight ing which continues in, the Rostov area." "The enemy, taking advantage of his overwhelming numerical superiority, is continuously storm ing our fortifications and1 in some places succeeded in breaking through bur positions." The Russians said . their troops still were pushing the Germans back in the Voronezh area far to the north of the upper Don "in spite of continuous counter-attacks." ' Soviet troops also were still locked with the Germans in the Novocherkassk area, 20 miles northwest of Rostov and norm of the Don river, the communi que said. (The -.Germans claimed ;the capture of Novo - cherkassk.) -. . . Two nazi . transports totalling 16,000 tons were announced sunk in , the Gulf of Finland. . American .bombers : flown by Russian"; pilots were engaged heavily in the defense of the low er Don where a German drive not only threatens the - Caucasus but Stalingrad on . the Volga river, a vital communications link be tween southern, and central Rus sia. - The Russian position was of such peril that the army, news paper Re Star went back to the words of . Lenin, to admonish the tired and battered Russian army: "Fight to the last drop of blood, comrades.' Keep on for every inch of land. Be firm until the end." Sees No More Tax, Income George Asserts House Will Explore New Taxing Fields WASHINGTON July 25.-)-Chairman George (D-Ga) predict ed Saturday that the senate fi nance committee would reject treasury proposals to increase in dividual and corporation income rates. in the house-approved $8, 271,000,000 revenue bill, but would explore possible new fields of tax ation. - George told reporters that while he believed a majority of the com mittee . would like to attain the treasury's goal of an $8,700,000, 000 net increase in taxes, he felt certain that members, would be willing to go that high only If they could agree on some form of levy not now in the pending bilt "I am of the opinion, he said, "that the committee will not fix any definite goal but will be dis posed to raise additional revenue above that provided by the house bill if sources are found other than those heretofore suggested by the treasury which will yield a substantial portion of the in crease." . . ' ' v.'; V .' ' The committee chairman said such a viewpoint obviously would bring about a discussion of a sales tax or the possible conversion of a house-approved payroll deduction into a direct tax Instead of mere ly.an advance payment on regu lar income tax liabilities. " Blalta Has 2800th VAT J .ETTA, Malta, July 25-UP) Three .German bombers and one fighter were destroyed; Friday in raids on ' Malta.TJje: Aland's 2800th alert since the start of the war sounded at 'noon ' Saturday. Our Senators Ucn 0-4 .Rostov Enormous along the lower Don river to east, where the nazis were re losses in constant attempts Army Bombe r Forays Told Americans in Seven x Raids past Week; , Score Great y CAIRO, July 25H7P)-Flying a regular schedule pt destruction, American army-bomber crews heavily damaged axis ports and shipping at Tobruk and Bengasi in Libya and Crete's Suda bay on seven- missions in the last weelf" the US air forces command for the middle east announced offi cially Saturday. Observations: indicated great damage was inflicted on dock in stallations, said the .jCommuniquev from the headquarters of Ma). Gen. Lewis H. Brereton. ' . ! . "Several medium-sized mer chant vessels were left la flames. At Bengasi one large ship was set afire as a result of a direct hit." :' . -. Brereton's command in the ' middle east was announced only a week ago in a communique which told of 21 successful tac- tical missions carried out up to last Saturday by American air-5 men flying their own planes over the desert and far out across the Mediterranean. It had been hinted in midweek that American liberators were among ! the bombers striking at axis bases On Crete, but the form- V al announcement of the Ameri can participation was made only Saturday. (The importance of the Amer- can aerial cooperation with the British : was underscored in the informed military opinion ex pressed in London to the effect that although the British retain the initiative in the desert fight ing the arrival of a single axis convoy might swing the balance, of. military power to Marshal Er win Rommel's armies.) - In the aerial fighting closer to the Immediate . battlefront, . the RAF reported Its newest , ' blow at the close-up airfield at FJ Daba resulted In damage or destruction to more than IS axis planes on the ground and three In the air Friday. This would bring to more than 80 the number of axis planes put out of action by actual count, in xuass raids in several days in ad dition to uncounted others re ferred to as "several" and "many" in some , cases. Foiir Escape Boys9 School ; . Four - escapes were reported from . the .. state r boys industrial school at Woodburn' Saturday night' by state police. - The first two boys, left the school at about 2:30 p m. in a . 1941 pickup be longing to the school and having an insignia on the door. .The boys were Rex Frees 14, committed from Klamath county and Ken neth Bentley, 14, Portland. , c .' The second escapes were made about 11130. pm. Saturday, and the boya were thought to be wear ing 'only striped pajamas when; theyleft. TheyWere Elmer Er nest Howard, 18, committed "from Portland for auto -theft; and Lar ry. Douglas Jury, 14, also commit-, ted for auto theft, from Malheur county. 1 . Howard and Jury had made a previous escape from the school about two months ago; according to jKdice reports. s . . f