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The OREGON STATESMAN, Sclexn. Oregon, Thursday Morrdng. August 6. 1942
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By KIRKE I
Wide World War Analyst
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Caucasus are fully warranted,
story.
Berlin announces that the
Gasoline Plan
Choice Nears
Two Proposals Said to
Be Mileage Check and
Nation-Wide Ration
WASHINGTON, Aug.; 5-P)
The problem of keeping tires on
the nation's wheels resolved itself
Wednesday into a choice between
nation-wide gasoline ; rationing,
long supported by the office of
- price administration, and a system
of "mileage rationing" and speed
ometer checkups, advocated by
the office of defense transporta-
. Hon.- "
A war production board spokes
man, who declined to permit use
of his name, said these were the
only two plans before the board,
which debated the question for
four hours Tuesday and whose
chairman Donald Nelson forecast
a decision In two weeks.
Although ODT kept mam
about details of Its plan for
rationing mileage, there were
apparently reliable reports that
the scheme called also for "gas-;
less Sundays" or some other
form of restriction en hears of
selling gasoline to discourage
pleasure driving.:
Other essentials of the plan
as divulged b y sources outside
ODT but not denied by that
agency included the Issuance of
"certificates of necessity" to all
drivers outside the present ration
area.
These would specify. In addition
to a basic minimum mileage al
lowance, additional mileage reck
oned on actual vocational needs.
Speedometer, readings would af
ford the check on actual miles of
travel, but whether the govern
ment would undertake ' such
checkups or rely on affidavits
from motorists was not disclosed.
OPA officials, bearing In mind
the wide-spread vlelatlens
which occurred under the east
coast's "honor system of gaso
line rationing, held that the
ODT plan could not possibly be
as effective as country-wide
rationing of motor fuel, for the
simple reason that ft appeared
to rely heavily on voluntary
compliance.
An ODT spokesman countered:
We think it is enforceable." But
be said -he; could hot comment
further. j .
- The plan was developed, WPB
- officials said, as a substitute for
nation-wide g as o 1 i ne rationing,
which in June was so close to
adoption that OPA had quietly
scattered 300 field agents through
the country to set up the ma
chinery. These were called in
when President Roosevelt indi
cated disapproval of the drastic
measure at that time and ODT ex
perts were set to work develop
ing an alternative scheme.
Night Raiders
Hit Germany
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objectives in occupied territory,
and fighters and fighter-bombers
returned to the attack this morn
ing in clear weather.
Improved British anti-aircraft
devices bagged six bombers Tues
day out of a small enemy force
ranging over southwest England
and south Wales.
Two German fighter-bombers
dropped explosives and machine-
gunned a west country town from
roof-to altitude Wednesday eve
ning. ... The working class residential
- area suffered the most damage
there. Casualties included a num
ber trapped in debris. ;
Body of Missing
Flier Located
TACOMA, Aug. 5 JP Army
omciais at McChord Field an
nounced Wednesday night that
the body of Lt. Col. C. K. Bowen.
missing since Saturday afternoon,
was recoveredWednesday after
noon by ah army searching party.
The body and wreckage of the
plane were found on Haystack
mountain, east of Mount Bourne,
Wash. Army pilots first located
the wreckage Tuesday, and the
searching party left immediately
for the scene. ; ;
Joins Coast Guard '
PORTLAND, Aug. 9 -AVClin
ton C Deyo, Salem, has enlisted
: in the coast guard reserve and
been assigned to the Bonneville
training station, H. JBourg, re
eruiting officer, announced Wed
nesday.
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although they do not tell all the
Kuban river, main barrier pro
a tecting the Maikop oil field and
Russian communications with
the red fleet in the Sea of Azov,
has been reached on a. wide
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The nazi bulletins - place ' the I
fighting front from 50 to X00 1
miles south of the areas where I
Moscow tells of .continued ac
tions although admitting an
enemy break-through and furth
er Russian retreat There is
every, indication, however, that
the Russian advices describe
events of two days or more ago
and afford no true picture of
more recent and ominous de
velopments.
The situation for Russian
troops on the left flank Is bad
enough, even by Russian reports.
it is actually critical if the Ger
man version is accurate. The
line of the Kuban has already
been invested, if not turned to
loose German armored spear-
heads westward below the river
and in the rear of retreating
Russian forces racing desperate-
ly southward to escape entrap-
ment.
The Kuban west of Kropot
kin, which the Germans say
they have captured, still offers
possible refuge to Russian
forces now north of the river
In the triangular- northwestern
corner of the Caucasus be
tween the Azov Sea coast and
the line of the Rostov-Baku
railway. That line and Its par
alleling oil pipeline from Baku
cross the river at Kropotkln.
So far as nazi strategic designs
in this critical area can be dis
cerned, they are following an ex
pected course. The great bend of
the Kuban seems virtually in
German hands and doubtless
Kussian scorched-earth crews
are standing by to blast the
Maikop oil field installations at
a moment's notice. Even its cap
ture will not soon fill the tanks
of nazi warcraft of land, sea or
air.
The most hopeful ouUook for
the Russians lies in the fact that
to reach any of the three great
oil areas of the Caucasus Hitler
must now ngnt among moun-1
tains peopled with hardy tribes
men- familiar with every trail
and bypath.
West Salem in
Housing Area
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cause the chamber of commerce
in Salem has- promised a bus stop
there, Johnson said.
It had been rumored widely in
West Salem that that area, many
of whose business firms helped
underwrite the Salem chamber's
bus program, was not Included in
the new housing area.
Johnson, who addressed build
ers, building material men and
ethers Interested at the cham
ber of commerce Wednesday
night, said "upwards of 200
units" of housing had been al
located te the Camp Adair area.
Ne -separate quotas for each
community around the camp
have been prescribed. -
Johnson emphasized that war
production board requirement that
houses built under the defense
program's special priorities must
be reserved for defense workers.
He defined defense workers as
members of the armed ' forces,
employes of firms holding direct
or subcontracts few producing war
materials, or employes of the fed
eral government engaged in war
activities.
Senators Declare
Enemy 8 Threat
In Aleutians
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.
Two senator en route to Alaska
to investigate the military situa
tion there said Wednesday night
they agreed completely with Com
mander Tashiro, Japanese naval
spokesman,- that the enemy's oc
cupation of Jeutian outposts cor,
stitutes "a real and direct threat?
to the Ameriiran mainland. -'
"Occupation of three or more
Aleutian islands by the Japs is
typical- axis strategy declared
Senator Wallgren (D-Wash),
member of senate military affairs
subcommittee assigned to make
the inspection trip.
"Throughout the history of the
war they have taken something
that was unprotected and then en
trenched themselves so strongly
that they couldn't be budged.
: .''CJommander Tashiro, when he
spoke of a threat to our mainland,
said Just what I've been saying
all along."
Senator Burton (R-Ohio), con
I curred in his colleague's opinion.
Raid Wardens
Enforce Dimout
Willful Cooperation
Sought; Fines up to
$5000 Provided
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educating the public as to what
the dimout ea tails. - - .
Those in the oceanfront areas
I where the dimout applies even to I
residential lighting are to be sup-1
plied with placards detailing the
regulations to be posted "in con-1
spkuous places" and with pamph-1
tributed to th- owners fwwratnwi
nf nmnprt, which
appear to be affected by the proc
lamation." -
The American people are up
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against the stern fact of war,
oneppara saiu. we may oe ex-1
pected to endure harder and hard-1
t , ;j artr ,
. I
er measures.. , x ois is an example
of the privileges which the Ameri
can citizens yield in wartime in
order to establish firmly for the
future the vital elements of
American life.
"Ninety per cent of the popu
lation has realized , and compli
ed with the effective light
measures which have existed
on the Pacific coast. . . . . In
that compliance we have proved
that even in war, civilians, ev
ery man and woman, can shoul
der the obligations as much as
If they were soldiers In uni
form." At a press conference following
the board's meeting, Sheppard
id public willingness to coope-
te with the order appeared com-
pletely encouraging. I
we naven i naa a single iquaws i
from commercial or otner inter-
o iar, ne remarxeo. Avery-1
one seems w uum na Juu
DjTie- . . , . .
J tr .r
however, that full authority is
present to penalize any person
found guilty of willfully violat
ing the proclamation. A person so
. . . , i , I
convicieu x,j- I
: " ing arguments before the jury re
fense command and, under an act d w 0f Surges
of congress passed last March, of criminal sedition es
may oe unea up iu souuu auu uu
prisoned for as much as a year.
Some interviewers told Shep
pard they had been receiving
calls from people saying "Why
not have a complete blackout
and be done with it?"
The answer, Sheppard said,
' is that "tactical reference points
are more discernable in black
out than In dim-out conditions."
By the time the order becomes
effective the
board expects
civilian defense!
to have special I
siens Dosted in highway areas
visible from the sea, within
which motorists may use only I
their Darking lights at night, or
u&iXs so adapted that their beam
does not exceed 250 candlepower.
I No ina,n should undertake to
enforce the provisions 'of the
proclamation by direct action in
volving any force, violence,
breach of the peace or damag
property unless specifically and
expressly authorized by military
or Judicial orders," the board's
regulations cautioned.
"Reports of violation, of the
provisions of the proclamation
should be made to officially
constituted law enforcement
agencies of the federal, state or
local governments."
Sheppard called particular at
tention to a phase of the procla
mation extending the field of
1 horrfin- dimout regulations be-
I Vrtnrf that stahlished last kDrin.
under the new' order the same
nmvi.'on, whirh have annlil
heretofore only to the actual!
ocean front are extended into the
straits of Juan de Fuca to and
including the city of Port Town -
! send, Wash.
Young Boys
Admit Thefts
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bottles to sell: Capitol Dairies:
Sears Roebuck, obtaining hunting
VmitrA0 etn -I IVewl Uavav turn j-wi A
dollar bills.
any other houses or stores.
Th ldr hov i. hin hpld in
th TVimnKa hnsnital until hi
mother can find a suitable board-
in school to olace him in. and
the other two were turned over
the. ifft nartntt
All three will be -brought before!
the tuveniie court for harintf
Access to most of the nlaces vis-
ited by the threesome. was gained
through windows.
Junction Qty Stores
Damaged by Blaze
JUNCTION CITY. Aug. S-tiPl
Fire damaged a bakerr nlant and
electrical plant here early Wednes-
day. The blare, believed to have
. .
started in the Junction City bak -
err. destrored all the eouiranmt
in that plant and spread to the
Nelson-Tofthdal electrical supply
shop next door, damaging supplies
and equipment
Congestion Relieved f
-ltT.AWaTWw.vve.".
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.uuUwuw iuamam county
courthouse has been relieved by
the removal of several offices to
th remodeled legion memorial
hall on the rear of the courthouse
grounds. The memorial building
wu conunue to serve as a meeting
piace xor veterans' organizations,
i Cavemen to Sell
Crater Interest
GRANTS PASS, Aug. 5 -(P)
Famed Crater lake' may be asked
to do its bit la the war effort.
The Oregon Cavemen, who in
sist they dug it while Paul Bun
jran was scooping out Puget
sound, offered Wednesday to sell
their rights to the spectacular ba
sin for the duration, the money
to be invested in war bonds. The
Tribesmen pointed out that bus
lervice to the lake has been sus-
pended and the lodge closed.
A deed to the Cavemen's rights
likely will , be auctioned here
Thursday nicht at a war bond
and stamp rally. Successful bid-
oer wui gei ueeus 10 rignis w me
lair. w- Knrf. ,fih
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II Counts of Sedition
And Conspiracy Hit
William Pellev
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and a maximum fine of $10,000.
Floyd G. Christian, one of
Felley's attorneys, said that a
motion for a new trial would be
filed. If it Is denied, he said,
the ease would be carried to the
United States circuit court of
appeals at Chicago.
Onlv a Thandfiil nt mu(9An
were m tte when the
jury brought in the verdict at
9:07 (Central war time),
The jury received the case at 445
p. nv It deliberated until about 7
and then adjourned for dinner and
then resumed again shortly after
8 o'clock.
The three originally were in
dieted on .12 counts, but during
triaI tte government agreed to
drop count 6 at the request of the
navy department since it might
disclose military secrets.
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D.T1& 2
"traitor" and "patriot" in oppos
Oscar R. Ewing of New York,
special prosecutor, and B. How
ard Caughran, US district attor
ney for southern' Indiana, called
the 52 -year-old founder of the
Silver Shirts a "traitor" and de
fense attorney Oscar F. Smith
said his client was a "patriot."
n.wmg labeled felley "a man
who serves poison against his gov
ernment sugar-coated with the
acmn v esus oi ixazarew.
Caughran, closing the govern
ment s case and the final argu
ments, shooK his ringer at Pelley
and said
"You are a traitor to your coun-
try. You stabbed your country in
the back while it was engaged
with a f oreien foe.
Berlin Talks
TWT1 CJ
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MADRID, Aug. 5-()-Foreign
Minister Ramon Serrano Suner
conferred Wednesday with the
British, German and Italian am
bassadors to Spain. The subjects
discussed were not announced.
The diplomatic activity in Ma
drid coincides with rumors that
Serrano Suner and Gen. Fidel Da
I vila chie o' of the Spanish
I army' are preparing to leave for
swim.
The British radio said Wednes-
I day night in a broadcast heard in
New York by CBS:
I "It is considered that this visit
is closely related to Information
that Berlin wants to find out the
exact position of Spain in regard
to great events for which Europe
is being prepared events which
would have to do with the event
ual participation of the Spanish
army in the defense of the At
lantic coast."
President, Queen
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Un Kadio 10 a. m.
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I helmina of the Netherlands will
8Peak over all radio networks in
Pecal broadcast Thursday at
10 PWT), it .was announced
I Wednesday night
subject of the broadcast.
which is expected to last approxi
I AA 1 a. 9 S a. e
I """y nunuies, naa noi oeen
announced.
Rogue River Hop
i Price 3 Cents
GRANTS- PASS, Aug. 5-P)
I Rogue River valley hop growers
announced Wednesday they had
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"jwn unuona price oi
3 cents pound for picking the
l1?42 i
I rowers win maintain a co
OP" trucking - service to a
XT conserve rubber.
Shipyard Worker
Dies of Injuries
PORTLAND. Aug. 5.--
1 Thomas W. Mozet, 23, Portland,
died in a hospital Wednesday
night from injuries suffered in an
accident at the Swan Island ship-
yard of Kaiser Company, Inc.
W. A. Douglas of the coroner's
office said Mozet was crushed be-
tween a crane and a wall of
1 machine shop.
Coast's Plane; '
Needs Urged
Mott Says Aleutians
Taken Care of by
Army and Navy
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providing patrol service vital to
the whole-northwest to prevent
sneak atticks by Japanese forces.
Its facilities, - he said, are being
augmented in .Oregon by- two
outlying fields for land-based
naval planes, in addition to the
two section bases maintained in
northern and southern Oregon for
small, naval watercraft : ;
It is a war secret when , the
new 112,000,000 -blimp base now
under construction at Tillamook .
will be completed, according to
Mott but it will be "the largest
on the Pacific coast and prob
ably the largest in the United
States, designed to give patrol
protection from the California
line to Alaska. - v
When Rep. Mott win return to
Washington, DC, depends mainly
on when the senate completes ac
uon on the tax bill. Should .Presi
dent Roosevelt' veto the new rub
ber bill, calling for production
6T synthetic rubber from grain al
cohbl, however, he may be called
back for conference action on that
measure.
The group In the senate
(backing the rubber bill) prob
ably will insist on a showdown
If the bill is Tetoed, Mott said.
The representative criticized the
rubber reserve corporation for
apparently overlooking the possi
bilities of production from alco
hol" when "rubber can be made
very quickly that way and with
very little use of strategic mate
rials."
Criticism of
New Guinea
Answered
GENERAL MacARTHURS
HEADQUARTERS, Australia,
Thursday, Aug. 0 -(Jf)- A mili
tary spokesman at allied head
quarters said Thursday that it
would have been impossible to
defend the Buna-Gona area of
New Guinea from Japanese land
ing parties "without sacrificing
troops involved."
His statement answered criti
asm lor not having forces in
northern New Guinea to prevent
the recent landing.
"No special threat exists from
the enemy occupation, the
spokesman said.
SYDNEY, Aug. 5 -VP)- Deputy
opposition leader W. H. Hughes
Wednesday called for immediate
allied action to drive the Japa
nese from their New Guinea foot
hold in the Gona-Buna region,
declaring Australia was gravely
menaced by the island-by-island
advance of the enemy toward the
Australian mainland.
Hughes sharply criticized the
allied command for permitting the
Japanese to land at Gona and
Buna.
"Every day Japan draws nearer
to our vital centers," Hughes said
in a statement "She takes one
step at a time, consolidates her
position, then takes another. So
far she has never failed to reach
her objective. That's what makes
the situation today so grave."
Schlecten Named
OSC Mines Head
CORVALLIS, Aug. 5 -UP)- Ap
pointment of Dr. Albert W. Schlec
ten, assistant professor of metal
lurgy at the University of Minne
sota as head of the Oregon State
college department of mining en
gineering was announced Wed
nesday.
Schlecten was graduated from
the University of Montana school
of mines and for a time was re
search assistant for the Anaconda
copper mining company.
The Oregon State mines depart
ment will grant degrees nex
spring for the first time In
years.
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US Bombers Strike
CHUNGKING, Aug. -JPy-VS
bombers were reported Wednes
day to have hit Japanese wharfs.
warehouses and . shipping near
Hankow. Three Japanese raiders
were downed at Kweilin, 250 miles
northeast of Canton.
Australia Quiet
GEN. MacARTHUR'S k HEAD
QUARTERS, Australia, Thursday.
Aug. .H?VThe allied headquar
ters communique Thursday said
"Activity in all sectors limited to
reconnaissance.' y -t--
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"OFFICER AND THE LADY""
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Morse Urges
Wage Control
WLB Stabilization Said
Impossible With no
Present Limits
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to so-called voluntary wage in
creases. "In order to accomplish such
an end, it would appear necessary
to require government review and
approval of all general wage in
creases. The inflationary .- euects
of a race between prices and wages
can not be stopped in the absence
of a "governmental check"- upon
wage increases as well as those
wjhich arise from wage demands
in disputed cases."
Morse also took occasion to say
there has been a considerable
amount of misunderstanding'
about the", formula ' and said the
board . was satisf ield its applica
tion would add less than one bil
lion dollars or well under 1 per
cent to the present national wage
bill of more than 70 billion.
The AFL International Broth'
erhood of Electrical workers had
asked an. increase of ten cents an
hour for '-the workers' in the
Bayonne and Perth Amboy plants
of General Cable. The board vot
ed a three cent an hour increase
for night shift workers, instead
of five cents asked by the union.
It refused the union's request to
increase the annual vacation al
lowance of one week. Although
the decision adversely affected an
AFL union, the two AFL mem
bers of the board voted with the
majority, while the two CIO
members dissented. The vote was
seven to two.
Morse said the existing mini'
mum rates for employes at the
Bayonne plant were 78 cents an
hour for men and 60 cents- for
women. The scale Is 72 cents for
men and 54 cents for women at
the Perthamboy plant
"Such rates of pay," he said,
"do not entitle the union to aa
increase In pay ruder the prin
ciple of the war labor board's
wage stabilisation program that
pay increases will be allowed
when It Is shown that substand
ard wages are being paid."
Under the formula, workers
seeking a general wage increase
before the board "will not re
ceive any wage increase at all if,
between January 1, 1941,'and May,
1942, they were the recipients of
wage increases amounting to 15
per cent above their January,
1941, wage," Morse said.
Morse said "the board has made
clear that by substandard wages
it means wages which do not per
mit the maintenance of a stand
ard of living of health and de
cency. The wages paid the em
ployes in this case do permit of
such a standard of living."
Plastic Glider
Flight Good
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 -un
successful test flights of a new
all-plywood plastic glider, de
scribed as the first of the type in
the United States, were announced
Wednesday with army approval by
Norman Larsen, general manager
of Bowlus Sailplanes, Inc.
Built of wood and other non-
strategic materials, Larsen said,
the new glider is completely non
magnetic and thus almost impos
sible to detect by enemy listen-.
ing devices.
He emphasized that the two-
place glider, designed for train
ing pilots, is not a sailplane. With
a design speed , of 112 miles an
hour, it comes within the army
designation of class 1 gliders, call
ing for a 100-mile speed.
It was designed by William
Hawley Bowlus, pioneer glider
pilot and manufacturer, and en
gineered by Paul Wildermuth.
County Valuation
Up $1,715,090
Marion county's total assessed
valuation for 1942, as fixed by the
county board of equalization,
$37,379,900 or $1,715,090 greater
than in 1941, County Assessor
Shelton announced Wednesday,
This assessment total is exclu
sive of the assessments on utilities
which were fixed by the state tax
commission. Utility assessments
were increased $188,150.
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Albany Officers '
Meet by Censor v
ALBANY. Aug. 5-UP)-For sev
eral months, Capt Orris Carnegie
and Lieut John Carnegie, serving
with the United States army in
Australia in different outfits, have
been trying to get together with
out success.
The other day Mrs. John Carne
gie received a letter from the cap
tain, and she was sure it was to
tell her that the two finally had
met They hadn't, but the censor's
signature on the - envelope was
"Lieut John Carnegie.-,
Cargo Planes
Boost Urged
Decision on Military
Craft Output Xeft
to Staff by WPB
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and medical supplies, could be
shipped by air if the planes were
on hand, it was asserted. ,
However, even if the cargo air
craft program were doubled, as
recommended, sufficient planes
would be available to deliver only
a fraction of this material.
Senator Lee (D-Okla), chair
man of senate subcommittee In
vestigating the possibility of
building more cargo planes, said
Wednesday seme- American
bwnfu n were gronnded In
Africa and Australia for lack
of spare parts.
This, he said, showed the need
for big cargo planes to speed ma
terials to the fighting fronts, actual
and potential.
Lieut Gen. Henry H. Arnold,
chief of the army's air forces, told
the subcommittee that the army
was doing everything to obtain
sufficient cargo planes in a round
ed, all-out program which called
for three cargo-carrier to every
ten long-range bombers by the
end of 1943.
Essential Job
list Coming
For Oregon
PORTLAND, Aug. S.--L. C
Stoll, Oregon director for the US
employment service said Wednes
day night that a list of essential
war industries will be announced
within a few days.
His statement came a day after
Oregon married men with de
pendents had been warned to get
into essential war production or
face the likelihood of military
service before some single men.
MaJ. George Sandy, field in
spector for the state selective ser
vice system, told the state man
power advisory committee here
Tuesday that married men with
dependents were likely to be
drafted before 21-year-old bach
elors" employed in war industries.
Stoll said the list would Include
34 essential industries, including
lumbering, shipbuilding, trans
porta tion, communications, agri
culture, food processing, approved
construction and metal working.
"Employes in these industries
should remain on their Jobs,'
Stoll said.
Bay's Bakers
Vote to Work
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 5-JP)
Members of the AFL bakers un
ion, after a day's absence from
work, voted Wednesday night to
return to their jobs immediately
and submit wage and hour differ
ences with their employers to ar
bitration.
Omar Hoskins, federal labor
conciliator, reported the action by
the union membership. He said
the decision to return to work was
approved by a large majority of
the bakery employes attending the
special membership meeting.
The vote followed day-long ef
forts by Hoskins and Commander
Hugh Center of the navy to bring
about some agreement before the
San Francisco area, and perhaps
the armed forces stationed here,
should be confronted by an acute
bread shortage.
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retreat. The Russian communique
placed the Caucasus fighting some
50 miles northeast of Kropotkln,
but the German ' accounts , fre
quently are ; days ahead of the
Russian advices, j j L- ,
The 'withdrawal in the Tsiml-
yansk area, 130" miles southwest
of Stalingrad, where the Ger
mans have bridged the lower Don
coincided with ' an official Ger-
man statement that its " forces
were advancing east In the Don
bend,-the northern lever of the
nazi nutcracker threatening the
great industrial center on the Vol
ga, appeared stalled by staunch
Russian troops who met every at
tack and counter-attacked on their
own. .
Two bright-rays pierced the
Russian gloom. ;
, The eossacks standing firm
at Kuschevja slipped through
the German lines at night, killed
3000 ef the foe and chased, the .
survivors two miles. But these
horsemen were threatened by
the Germans at Belaya Glina
who might outflank and trap
them.
The other note of optimism came
from the soviet newspaper. Izves-.
tia which, declared:
"Russian strength in the south
is increasing.'
The military press said fresh
ly trained reserves were ready to
move to the front and there has ;
not yet been a report of the big
Caucasus army in action.
Evasion Is
Charged to
Second Twin
TACOMA, Aug. 5-CflVDaniet
Pugsley, 22, whose twin brother,
David, is awaiting federal grand
jury action oh a charge of draft
evasion, has been taken into cus
tody by federal authorities for
similar investigation, Stanton
Warburton, selective service board
member, said Wednesday.
David Pugsley, a member of
Jehovah's Witnesses, refused to
report for induction and was
bound over to the grand Jury
Monday by US Commissioner H.
G. Fitch.
Warburton said that Daniel has
had his physical examination. In
his original questionnaire he in
dicated a conscientious objection
to military service but did not ask
his board for the form which such
persons are required to fill out.
However, the board mailed
Daniel such a form after the trou
ble arose over his brother's fail
ure to report, Warburton said.
The board will consider his case
Thursday.
The boys' mother, Mrs. Grace
Pugsley, is a Tacoma school
teacher. '
Labor-Plant
Groups Named
SEATTLE, Aug. 5.-(jp)-The
WPB office said Wednesday two
more Washington and three Ore
gon plants have set up labor
management committees.
They were listed "as the Alum
inum Company of America, Van
couver; Bethlehem Steel Com
pany, Inc., Seattle; Jaite Paper
Bag company, St Helens, Ore.,
and the P & C Hand Forged Tool
company and Portland Woolen
Mills, Inc., Portland.
The nation's total now Is more
than 1100.
Attorney Joins Corps
PORTLAND, Aug,1 5-)-Ac-tivation
of Alexander G. Brown,
chief deputy city attorney, as a
captain in the army air corps was
announced Wednesday. He will
serve in the administrative office
of the weather section, under Col.
Don Zimmerman, former Oregon
athlete. The city council granted
Brown a leave of absence.
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