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Tha OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Tuesday Morning, August L 1S42 (I'im aims - IR-ra 'ofVMiii t'IPip.FiiTi sft (fflh airi r,fts Of Allies' Ovenin.s - Tint 'Move9 Strategy Is r luiuauicuicu (See story Ph One, CeL three) (Editor's note: Ahrln J. Stelnkopf. 1 who pmenta for Wide World and v fhe Statesman, the German views on a second fighting front in Europe, spent iftit years as correspondent in Germany, Austria and Hungary, before his Internment In Germany j from which Ji recently returned.) By ALVIN J. STEINKOPF NEW YORK, Aug. , (Wide World) German prop- : agandists pretend to be un worried by the prospects of a second front being opened in Europe. The German radio, in an effort to comfort the war- weary citizen, boasts of "in conceivably strong defenses in the west,9 and intimates only . . . . . . , of a military landing anywhere ' on the soil of Europe. But the fact remains the oossi . bili ties of another fighting front on the continent are viewed with the utmost concern by the Ger- ' man high command. And the Ger man citizen is troubled profoundly by the excellent chance he soon ..-will be expected to support an other vast military operation with still more sacrifice and self denial. -All the nari promises of a sweet, swift war to be crowned by total victory are evaporating in an at mosphere filled with speculations . on where and when another front will spring to life. One of Hitler's fundamental principles of strategy has been to use his land forces one" place at a time against a single enemy. In fact, it once was acknowledged by a high command spokesman that perhaps one of the major reasons Hitler did not attempt a landing in England immediately after his victory at Dunkerque was the possibility of being at tacked by Russia at a moment he was completely occupied .in the west Holding the initiative, being . able to choose whom and when to fight, is another great prin ciple of German military opera tion. But if a second front is opened . now, or soon, Hitler, far the first time in an important matter, will have lost the initiative. Second ' front speculations are ; embarrassing to German military emphasis to a German miscalcu lation. Russia was not supposed to be so tough. The eastern front should have been cleared up long ago, and the German war ma chine now be thundering down Into the Near East, or settling ac counts with England, depending might appear to be after the elimination of Russia. However, Germans in respon sible positions, who could be per suaded to reflect on what a sec ond front might look like, took all possibilities into account Some guessed the United Na tions might choose to hit Italy, conceded to be the decidedly THE Junior Chanljcr of Commerce Is Proud to Present il rained 6 Days Only 111! From 6:33 p. ix to 10 p.n. Wed. Thura FrL. Sat. Suiu xnaHne from 1:03 p. bl to 4 p. nu nights from 8:30 p. m. to 10 p. m. An attraction every moth er, father and child should See him In the largest travelling cog In the world. en the- courthouse square. High and State streets. Admission , - Federal Tax No Extra Charges KONGO nn mm Axis Pushes - EjJL-J:- -"- r : NoaynNLAK RUSSIA 4t V r.. ?' f 1 1 stA'saJ w otWi aaatta P suiun mius L-j i . z.txiiri s mm T th RBsalaM Ukraine toward the ward the same objectiyc (blaek arrows), aula arm tea this spring and summer have pushed forward to ward a Juncture which, when once made, might win tha war or immeasurably extend It Bat to the west growing United Nations strength concentrated hi tha British Isles threatened another drive to the east (outlined arrows) against the axis m a second front that might make militarily fatal the hog Hitler-created war front in Russia and Africa. Lined areas aro axis-held or controlled. (Associated Press Telemat.) i weaker end of the axis. It would involve firm allied control of North Africa, and that would mean, first, disposal of the ener getic Field Marshal Erwin ' Rom mel, who certainly would not re tire without an all-out fight Then, to carry on land opera tions in Italy, the allies would be confronted with the difficulty of maintaining supply lines across the Mediterranean which, in a military sense, is a red hot sea. The possibilities of a successful allied invasion of Norway also have been studied thoroughly by the high command. Advantages to the United Na tions were said to be the accessi bility of the Norwegian coast to Esgland and Iceland, the un doubted friendliness of a portion of the Norwegian population to the allies and the terrific supply problem war In Norway would impose on Germany. Foggy weather might be an important aid to an Invader. In fact dislodging a determined in vader from the Lofoten islands might be as difficult as expelling small Japanese landing parties from the distant, inaccessible and fog-bound Aleutian islands. A weakness of an invasion of Norway, in the German view, was its distance from the heart of Ger many. Norway, it was said, is not the reJch, and so could scarcely be the scene of decisive actions. If Germany is to be beaten, experts of this frame of mind were hold Ing, it must be on German soil. And Germany itself was regarded impregnable. An invasion through France or the low countries has long been regarded a major threat by Ger many, and for more than a year tens of thousands of workers have used vast quantities' of materials in preparation of defenses. Whether such defenses, extend ing hundreds of miles from the Spanish border to Emden, are as good as German propaganda agencies have tried to convince the world, remains a question. British commando raids have test ed them rather thoroughly and have established, at St. Nazaire at least, that the allies could expect considerable aid from the popula tions of occupied countries. War in France, according to one German observer who for the purpose of discussion , conceded the, possibility the allies might establish a bridgehead, was ex pected by him to be an extremely bitter, savagely fought campaign involving heavy losses for both sides. It might, he said, become such a war of attrition as the firtt World war resources against re sources, national enonotny against national economy But he was betting the Ger mans, always assuming they are not too busy in Russia, would beat off a landing attempt One Night WInday. August 5 Crystal Gardens - Presents Al Benning's 10-Piecc Orchestra Featuring - -yV Dorothy Evans , EH Murphy i Bob Einehoklt Music far Moderns East Soon Allies May Too Caucasus and middle east mad along Caucasian Lines Sway Nazi Columns Drive Toward Maikop OU Fields (Continued from Pag 1) chines and men 6400 were killed overnight, the Russian communi que saidwith characteristic dis regard for death. The drive into the Caucasus was Hitler's supreme gamble to knock Russia from the war and seize the oil he desperate ly needs. (The Germans said a tank column was aprpoactilng the up per Kuban river, 120 miles south of Rostov, and local resistance was broken. The naxis said troops from the Tsimlyansk bridgeheads were pushing the Soviets eastward in the direc tion of Stalingrad and. fresh Russian counter-attacks in the Don elbow were repulsed.) Dispatches were scanty from the Don bend where for more than a week the Russians have met every German charge and in places even have routed the foe. German planes there were un loading tons of bombs upon the staunch defense lines in a vain ef fort to weaken the Russians' fast positions. The Russians- threw back nazi attacks made with strong tank support and piled up more dead upon wheat and grazing lands already littered with bodies and machines. - It was in the Caucasus where the Germans were exerting their fullest pressure in a mighty of fensive down the Baku railway in frantic quest of oil. The Maikop fields prod ore about 7 per cent of the Russian oil and there are no great mountain barriers between the Germans and the pool. At the rate the Germans were throwing la reserves, competent military observers estimated It would take almost superhuman soviet resistance to halt their ad vance. In the nine days since Rostov fell, the Germans nave moved 100 miles to the southeast and 50 miles sooth upon Salsk and Koshchevka. The wide- Kuban river which rises in the towering Caucasian mountains may become a formid able defense barrier. The rugged Cossacks were re porting inflicting terrible casual ties in tank and troop ambushes and counter-attacking with their dreaded "shashkas" or sabres. The absence of any Russian mention of red tanks in the western Caucasus appeared ominous, however. . Pepper Urges New Front Now WASHINGTON, Aug. Z.-f The allies should cast caution aside and hit Hitler now, Senator Pepper (D-Fla) , said Monday night in urging immediate opening of a second front t In an address prepared for the Washington industrial union coun cil rally in support of a second front Pepper said "the instinct of Amejjca today senses that noth ing we can do is so dangerous as to do nothing." s Army v Golf ere Down Bing, the Babc' .BAKERSFDELD, Calif, Aug. S. -W-Capt Sidney A. MOliean and Capt H. R. O'Brien, both pf Gard ner field, had a 3 and 3. golf vic tory Monday over Bing Crosby Second the arid North African snore to and Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias. Bob, Hope and Mickey Rooney, originally scheduled to meet the Gardner field representatives in a best ball match of a benefit Sun day for the air corps swimming pool, did not appear. Crosby con tributed $250 to the fund. Milligan bad a low medal score of 74, Crosby's was 79 and Mrs. Zaharias' 80. Waves Salute But Not to Be Saluted WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-AV Tho "Waves" will salute male na val officers, but it hasn't been de cided yet whether Jack Tar will salute the girl ensigns and lieu tenants. This came out Monday at i press conference held by Dr. Mil dred McAfee, blonde, merry-eyed, 42-year-old president of Wellesley college, after she was sworn in as head of the newly-created fern inine naval reserve. She has the rank of lieutenant-commander. The traditional navy oath was administered by Secretary of the Navy Knox. Attending the cere mony was Admiral Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the United States fleet x Miss McAfee was quite solemn. Mr l . . i i x nave ueen onerea a ruga honor and a great responsibility, As an individual I should not venture to accept either. I do. however, accept the honor on be half of the colleges of America.' The reservettes will be put into uniform blue now and for the winter, and white next summer, The two-piece navy blue suit will consist of a jacket with one breast pocket and a skirt, slightly flared, with two pockets. There'll be no gold braid. "That's expensive now," laughed Miss McAfee. Instead, the officer's rank will be determined by bands of "re serve blue" a shade Miss Me Afee, described as Williamsburg blue and a blue shirt for work will be of the same hue. There will be a white shirt, for dress, Black shoes with moderate walk ing heels will be worn. Stockings will be lisle, may be dark blue or black. The officers-win buy their own uniforms, girdles and such out of a clothing allowance. It may be worked out for enlisted personnel to do the same. The first officers' training school will open October 1 at Smith college. The girls will be housed in two dormitories on the campus and In Northampton Inn in North ampton, Mass., "which the navy has taken over with the exception of the tavern," said Miss McAfee. Father, Son Held On Larceny Charge Trrmi m m Hiuan Kuston ana nis son. Verne George Ruston, 16, were arrested by state police Sunday in connection with - mer larceny of livestock in the Linn, Polk, Ben ton and Marion counties area. The elder Rilston was picked up in Independence and his son in Salem. Neither prisoner had anything to say in connection with the cuargea, suuiougn- toe younger Rilston . admitted burglarizing the Charles Elton Benedict home at Albany jSaturday and stealing purse containing $142, according to pouce. i - . Front Germans Fear Second Front Nazi Propaganda Built To Show Strength Of Defenses (Continued from Page 1) expeditions in some of the fjords during the war games and had laid a new minefield near Ottero, north of Alesund, to .supplement the numerous well-equipped and well-gunned fortifications built to 'protect the nazis naval and air bases. . , ' r The Neue Zurcher; Zeitong's Ylehy correspondent declared that tho order of Pierre Laval's government last Friday banning demonstrations endangering "public order" and providing the death penalty for possession of firearms or explosives was meant as a warning to the people m tho possible ares of operations." The order only emphasizes i previous decree, he noted, and was timed when discussions of second front are filling the Paris press. Le Moniteur of Clermond F er rand, he added, had commented that the British hoped a second front would "bring unrestrained incidents between Frenchmen and the troops of occupation." Aneta, Dutch news agency, said German authorities in the Nether lands have barred all civilians from railway stations and yards, unless they have special passes, as the result of the recent wrecking of 40 trains by "Netherlands pa triots." British military experts were laeltaed to aarea' with, aav of ficial osthoato Monday that there are new sboat il German divisions ta Franco sad tho low countries. Military quarters believed Rus sian reports were true mat 10 German divisions, Including two armored divisions, had been transferred to the eastern front. but they emphatically denied that only nine divisions have been left to hold the coast Independent experts doubted If the replacements sent to the west were as high in fighting potential as those sent east, however. Red Journals Give Columns To 2nd Front (Continued From Pago passed their newspapers on te neighbors. The Russian newspaper read er is learning quickly such names as Senator Pepper al though here they pronounced It "Paper." Lines of Muscovites form at news stands, and by the time the average reader gets 50 feet away, with his paper he Is reading the second front stories, nodding to himself. One of Fravda's articles, en titled "Hitler and his allies," dealt at length with the diversion of German reserves and the troops of German's vassal states to the Rus sian front, and declared: "This serves further to weaken the European rear of Hitlerite Germany. "More than ever before It is necessary to exert and merge all the efforts of participants in the anti-Hitler front in order to thwart Hitler's bloodthirsty pirn ble and his plans of conquest In the article, Pravda said Hit ler had "reduced to minimum strength the occupation troops in France, Belgium. Holland - and Norway." ' Five Girls Leave Hillcrest School Five girls, two of them Indians, were reported by city police Mon day night as runaways from Hill crest school. .They left about 8:10 p. m. Monday ana were aressed in assorted colored sweaters, print dresses and short stockings. They were Josephine Volkman, 17, Grants Pass; Doris Wagner, 15, Lebanon; Martha Carroll, 18, par ents live in Oakland, Calif. Racbeel Crain, 18, Indian from Chfloquin; Elizabeth Johnson, 20-, Indian from Chiloquin. V1"" JlOc iiitmnfl.tfAtii, Ptos Tax . Today and Wexinsntckrf iflTT&COSTtilO vrrre vn ITiTTTits? By KIRKE I Wide World War Analyst Moscow's claims that Russian lines, below vwonein around tho creat Don bend to the rim of the vast salt marshes in the northeastern Caucasus are' holding well seem confirmed cres of buildings along, the Vat even by nazi war bulletins, but Berlin reports another advance erfront demolished, terrifia dam southwest ct Salk. It says a Ger man "tank army" has pushed be low Belaya Glinta to "approach the upper course of the Kuban riveT." 4 ..sr " r If this Is true, a nazi spearhead is within 40 miles or so of the great bend of the Kuban where it turns west to empty into the sea of Azov via the lakes of Taman peninsula. The Kuban furnishes Russian defenders of the - Cau casus with a strong 200-mile front eastward from the sea to the Kuban bend and covering all ap proaches to the Maikop oilfields. The obvious nazi attempt in driv ing southwestward from the Salsk area via Belaya Glinta is to turn the Kuban line from the east be fore red forces can reach it for a stand. The Kuban river is -an ultimate defense front not only because it covers the Maikop oil field, the only Caucasus oil source as yet in eopardy, but because it also offers protection from a nazi flanking move from the Crimea across nar row Kerch strait It links up with the lake system in Taman penin sula, east of the strait North of it along the Azov sea coast of the Caucasus lie a bewildering maze of small inlets and islands, all but uninhabited, that appear to- ren der that Russian flank impreg nable to tank attack from tho north. Even should tho nasi thrust from Belaya GIfata reach tho north of oast bank of too Ku ban la the vicinity of the bead, tho river has strong defensive possibilities. Its defenders, fac ing northwestward below the bend and northward above It, would confront tho foe with difficult barriers well served with ( roads and backed by tho Caucasus foothills. Tho steppes give way to more rugged land dotted with com manding heights of 500 to 1000 foot altitude east and south of the Kuban bend. The most open coun try is west of the Kuban, within the bend. That also is the route of the Rostov-Baku rail and pipe lines after, they cross the Kuban west of Temijbekskya. That makes possession of the bend of the Kuban vitally impor tant to the nazis as they attempt to push southward either to reach Baku and its oil, or to split Rus sian defense lines apart A pitched battle for that great river bend is in prospect Canal Tests Air Defense ( (Continued from Page 1) ' officers ordered "all hands to general quarters." Sailors and marines grabbed helmets and gas masks and raced to their stations, with rifles, machine-guns and other arms. At the nearby army post sol diers fuUy-equipped for instant , action went to their stations. All traffic ceased. Commercial trucks from Canal Zone bus! ness establishments which hap pened to be in the post were run onto a clearing where It was thought they would add to anti-parachntist defenses. Out in the dense jungle the coast artillery had its anti-air Craft guns ready for any event. , General ;Andrewsr headquarters announced off icially the plane was first sighted by an alert aircraft warning station. "As it was traced by other air craft warning stations It was quickly Identified as a - friendly plane," the announcement said. "It was then decided to carry on the alert to test defenses. Civil defense organizations also went into action. Ex-DAV Head Dies HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 8-(ff) Frank J. Irwin, 48, veteran of the first World war and national com mander of the Disabled American veterans In 1924-25, died at bis home' here Monday night after lengthy illness. Coatiaaous From i P.M. c LAST, TIMES TODAY Tfcs IMssr Fdcca1 With, Humphrey Bogart and Mary As tor - y -plus VSOUTH 'OP TAHITIW - With Brian Doulevy ; - and Maria .Monte AND COMEDY , , . . HMES: ' Faleou l:3-5.-9-S5 , ; Tahltl48-8-18i SIMPSON tor Tho Statcsanaa ' . .1 Silenced Subs Said Solution Inventor Tells About Cargo -Carrying Submersible WASHINGTON, Aug.. I- 1 Simon Lake, 75-year-old inventor ualtles including at least twoklU of undersea torpedo boats, Mon- wero reported in another day came up with a counter-in- northeastern town where rescuers vention which he said would take worked several hours to reach tho sting out of tho axis sub- marines menace to American shipping. ' Lake told a senate subcommittee that a secret silencing device he I had perfected would pave tho way I for a fleet of submarine freighters which could elude planes, ships and other undersea craft with ease. Statins It was "entirely arse- tieal to navo a obmartne which Is silent, Lake expressed tho opinion the enemy already Is operating undersea freighters. Interest in Lake's testimony swung the committee's attention away for a day from the cargo- plane possibilities it had been probing the past week. . - . The elderly but active inventor from Bridgeport, Conn., advocated study of aerial photographs. The the" building of undersea cargo- Duesseldorf photos were not carriers capable of transporting clear enough for good radio trans-7500-ton loads of bulky suDoUea. mission to the United States and oil tanks, guns, munitions, and men to the fighting zones to sup- piemen t those transported by the proposed cargo planes. Lake declared shipyards could convert to submarine building the ; 10 suDmanne ouiiauig me materl machinery and lent used in the Liberty same equipment used in the Liberty ships and "still have soma steel left" The yards themselves would require no conversion at all, he said. In response to a question, he said undersea eraft could bo bollf of concrete, bat that ase of that material would require "considerable experimentation, and I would prefer steeL" Lake estimated the cost at $2.- 125,000 each, and said although it "might take five or six months" to build the first cargo submarine, one shipbuilder had informed him he could turn them out at a rate of two a day after production got un derway. Stating the submarine freight ers could travel at the same speed as surface merchantmen 12 knots or better on the surface he ad-1 ded that by submersina? in bad weather they could make eight Knots, wmcn ne saia was faster than surface craft could travel during storms.' He stressed the fact that their silence and in - visibility would cut thousands nf miles from their voyages because they could take the shortest routes. With his silencer. Lake said a sub could run within 50 yards of a surface ship and "I guaran tee nobody on the surface ship could see or hear it" The Inventor aid it was ' a "fallacy" to attempt to stop "the depredations of the military type of submarine by the use of war ships or airplanes. Horses Affected HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 3 (P)-W, B, Fufbert, liveryman and member-of. the Berarada assembly, was fined S 25 in police court Mon day because he used his horses for a wedding when his rationing per mit allowed him to use them only for drawing hearses. . TODAY Jecmette MoxDonold Neleon Eddy "I MARRIED AN -; ANGEL". -AND Anion Walbrook "Sulclda Sciuadroo' 22c Plas Tax Ansel: 1:20. 430, 720. 10 - Squadron: IS9, Til . (today i ' - Loralne Day 1 Barry Nelson "A Tank on tho : Barms Read" , 'AND-i i- Frank ; r Kathrym Morgan Grayson Spring Bymgton "Vanishing Virginias IC .Plus liox Ofiice Open 1:00 f Tax Anytime RAF and Nazis Strafe Tovns Daylight Raids Take Toll of Holiday Crqwds in Britain " J ' ' T:; (Continued from "Page 1) la : operation these craft never even wont over tho chan nel, the Germans apparently wanting to keep tho British from 'getting possession of one. Weighing - the power of their own aerial blows at tho reich, the British" announced that ' recon- naissance photographs taken af- tte hary raid on Duenddarl niimt of Julv SL showed it age caused in unponani inau- trial areas,; and big fires burning 12 hours after the bombing. In England -the daylight raid ers, mostly operating singly, struck : intermittently throughout . the morning and afternoon. A lone bomber dropped a stick of -explosives : across - another southeast coast town, Three were known dead in Iri - the afternoon. Several cas- persons trapped in shattered buildings. Considerable damage was caused to business and rest- dential districts. Bombs fell ta a park near an outdoor theatre In one north midlands town where a carni val was being held for those who heeded tho government's admonition te enjoy the bank holiday at home, keeping travel by road and rail to a "From reports so far received," said an authoritative statement, "casualties and damage are not I expected to be heavy." Tho report on the results of tho RAF attack on Dusseldorf and The bombing of Saarbruecken two nights earlier was made by tho ir ministry news service after a 1th Saarbruecken pictures had not 7ft been released. Four Sinkings rw if -u -jar J. OKI DV INaVV ,. Toll Raised to 412 By New Atlantic Torpedoinga (Continued from Page 1) axis submarine , which attacked them riddled their lifeboats with mschinegun fire as they tried to launch them. I Forty men. were saved and two 1 killed when the ship went down 300 miles from shore. The American tug was sunk more than two weeks ago off the east coast presumably by a mine. Fifteen survivors. Includ ing a mess girl, wero picked up shortly after the blast Two men were missing. The bodies of two and possibly three United States soldiers weo 'ound off of Fudy coast I"4 huv ocuua, i- ter floated to shore but tnere WM no indication whether 1 lney nan, come rrom a ship or a plane- Feature Starts 7:08-9:53 I I ' NOW SHOWING The picture all America is cheering! It's the most vivid picture of love and life, courage and daring, ever lumea: Voted the Greatest Movie Ever Made I Greer GARSON Walter PIDGEON Tins. minvER PLUS CARTOON. NEWS .LJ.1 f i J I n I I Ki'i atsAaasUB&UBBdssBsl i LAST TIMES TODAY" Continuous from l&t Mickey ROONEY Jady GARLAND "BABES Oil BBOMWAY' PLUS ' ' H Grade Anen in "MR." AND MRS, NORTH A Coming West. 2 Bits " " KIPLING'S ' "JUNGLE BOOK? In Technicolor. With Sabu PLUS 1 -