The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Friday' Morning. August 7. 1942 3 Army Units Air-Carried New Divisions Pass Nazis; Canadians In Commandos (Continued From Page 1) four or more parachute divisions mirh am figured In the Invasion of Crete, but air-borne infantry em- nlnved wm believed to have been in the role only temporarily. The 82nd division is command ed by Brie. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, and the 101st by Brie. Gen. William C.; Lee, who last March was put in charge ol the heading up training and operation of paratroopers as well as infan trymen who travel by air. ' Another specially trained out fit, the new engineer, amphibian command, at . Camp Edwards, Mass, will have as it first , commander CoL Daniel Noee, of the, engineer corps. It was Patterson also reported: A new army transportation corps has been created, headed by Brig. Gen. Charles P. Gross, to take over sill military rail, water and highway transportation func tions, Its status was described as comparable in importance to the quartermaster corps and. the ord nance" department. ' The Alaskan highway across Canada is miking "very good progress," moving , ahead faster than was anticipated. RAF-(ierman Aerial Score Even in July LONDON, Friday, Aug. 7-) Britain's aerial offensive against the axis during July showed prac tically an even score despite bomber losses over Germany and occupied territory, the RAF an nounced Friday in a review of operations for the month. In all theatres of operation Europe, the Middle East and the far-flung shipping lanes the RAF destroyed 420 axis planes and lost 432. Attacks against land targets in Germany and the occupied coun tries cost the RAF 250 planes, while in defending Britain, the RAF destroyed 113 nazi planes S3 of them over this country and 58 over the continent The review said weather condi tions in July were "unexpectedly unfavorable," but the bomber command operated against Euro pean targets on 18 days and 16 Bights, the RAF as a whole 23 days and 18 nights. The Germans were reported over Britain on 18 nights and there was a slight increase in their daylight activity with 19 raids. The review said the special fea ture of the month was increased attack on rail transport in north ern f ranee and Belgium and ad ded that nine freight trains were destroyed in Belgium on July 25. ' It made special reference to the first European bombing offensive by the United .States air force July 4 on nazi airdromes, planes and pilots on the' ground in Hol land and on of f shire shipping. It i said the American national holi . day was "suitably celebrated." In RAF attacks on shipping dur ing July, the review said, 19 ships were .either sunk or damaged in northern waters and 38 in the Mediterranean. El Salvador Quakes SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador, : Aug. 6 -(JPy- A strong earthquake " eVi skr ir 1ert?ie ohiuit a mfniiia Uros felt here at 5:30 p. m. (4:30 p. m. PWT) Thursday, causing hun dreds Of people to leave churches and theatres. No damage or cas ualties were reported immediate ly. " ' . Guatemala Shakes GUATEMALA CITY. Guate mala, Aug. 6 HPfc- Thi capital . city was shaken by a severe earth -tremor at 5:35 p. m. CST (4:35 p. m., PWT) Thursday, lasting 5u : or 60 seconds. As far as could be 1 determined '. immediately, damage Junior Chanter c! Coanerce is proud to 'present Trained Gorilla:; 0nly:3 IIcrDays $di.i& Scni Matinee from 1 p. m. to 4 p.m. Nights from 6:30 p. m. to 10 p. m. An at traction e r e r y family should see. See him in (lie longest travelling cage in the world on the courthouse square. : Admission 100 Federal Tax N extra charge Answers Nation's r S of' u M lie v:-- VX H: s m: " I r. While women la the United States are forming a women's auxiliary branch ef the US navy to be known as the "Waves.' It Is little known that women In uniform are already assisting the navy's London office. Mrs. Pamela Rank, pictured in this Soundphoto, to one of the comely drivers attached to the US navy department In the British capital. Note arm Insignia on her smart uniform. (UN Soundphoto). Bombers Drop New Missies Phosphorus Fire Bombs Loosed; Hospital in Southeast Struck LONDON, Friday, Aug. 7.-(P) German bombers were reported to have dropped their new-type phosphorus fire bombs in a short, sharp attack on an East Anglian town early Friday. The ministry of home security has just warned Britons of the new-type bomb. A number of high explosive bombs also were dropped by the attacking planes, which flew through an intense anti-aircraft barrage. Raiders also were reported over the southeast coast of Scot land early this morning. High ex plosive bombs were dropped near one town. Two German raiders bombed and demolished a section of a hos pital in a southwest town at dusk Thursday night, causing several fatalities and trapping a number of patients. Nurses and physicians dug in the debris in an effort to rescue the buried patients. Other property in the town was damaged. The clock on the church tower was hit. One of, the raiding, planes re turned, swept low over a resort town . which was crowded with vacationers and machine-gunned the streets. " Several persons were injured. Search for the hospital victims continued after nightfall. Paper Asserts Kaiser Gets Plane Job WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 W) The Washington Post says Henry J. Kaiser, west coast shipbuilder, will leave Washington with a de finite understanding that high speed production organization will be given a part in a new program for building big cargo-carrying airplanes. . ., The new program, which rep resents a substantial expansion of present plans for building air car riers, will utilize not only Kais er's facilities, but those of some of the country's biggest airplane manufacturers, the paper said. Kaiser, it was reported, will be given an assignment for manu facturing planes of the type of the giant 70-ton flying boat, Mars, designed by Glenn L. Martin, and at the same time will be com missioned to proceed with the de velopment of a revolutionary type of "flying :- freighter" weighing 200 tons" and capable of carrying a 100-ton payload. Donald M. Nelson, war pro duction board chief, indicated to reporters upon, leaving White House conference Thursday that new plans for planes to carry sol diers and weapons to the world's battlefronta could be expected soon. -. ' -' i . He was asked whether he thought the xoruicoming an nouncement would be favorable to Kaiser and he replied in the affirmative. Sugar Cards Voided PORTLAND, Aug. t-i-Cet- tificates for canning sugar be come invalid 60 days after Issu ance, William H. E. I Cox, state OPA food rationing official, warn ed housewives Thursday night Call to Colors M. i Hoyt Declares War Situation Not Disclosed SEATTLE, Aug. 8 -(- De claring that the government does not have the confidence of the people to the extent essential to all-out victory, Palmer Hoyt, ed itor of the Portland Qregonian, called upon military and naval authorities Thursday night to be realistic about the facts. . "The strangest handling-of any major Incident of the present war has been that involving the Aleu tian islands," said Hoyt, one of the speakers in a radio forum (town meeting of the air) on "The Role of the Press in Wartime." "Certainly the strange method of reporting the occupation of the islands ill-conditioned the minds of the American public -for the serious potentialities that such an occupation might hold," he added. Gardner Cowles, jr., assistant director for domestic operations of the office of war information, who spoke from Washington, DC,, as the government representative on the program, admitted that the job of getting news from those who "hesitate to relaseiit" is dif ficult. : " He called on the press to as sume responsibility for telling the American people "the war Is not being won" and that "the war must be won." Hoyt said during a question period that he blamed military authorities rather than the pres ident for misinformation: Other speakers were: Robert B. Abel, Tacoma attorney; Sol H. Lewis, Lyndeu, publisher; Alfred R. Rochester, representative of the office of war. information and Frank L. Taylor, assistant publish er, Seattle Star. George V. Denny, New York City, was moderator. Three Wages Boosts Called WASHINGTON, Aug. The war labor board Thursday unanimously directed three lum be ring companies in the Marsh field, Ore., area to grant wage in creases- of 7V4 cents' an hour to their 740 employes." , The award made . the increase retroactive to April 1 last The CIO International Woodworkers of America had asked boosts of HVi cents, an hour. The increase - awarded was identical with that allowed 35,000 Pacific northwest lumber and. sawmill workers in a recent ar bitratkm award. , The board also ordered mainte nance of m. membership clause by an A-lifvbte, H, D. Horton, em ployer member, dissenting. Companies affected are Coos Bay Logging, Coos Bay Lumber and Port Oxford Cedar. Wheat Pool Plans Ready WASHiNUTUN, AUg. .-tA- Agn culture experts and diplomats of five nations have completed organization of an international wheat council to facilitate estab lishment of a 100,000,000 bushel grain pool for the relief, of war- stricken areas. ' ' j - The state department announ ced Thursday that Paul Appleby, American undersecretary of agri culture, had been named council chairman at a meeting attended by representatives of the United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain and Argentina. FDR Appoints Rubber Board Baruch Heads Croup to Get Facts; Agency , j Bill Gets Veto (Continued From Page 1) the bill. Senators Gillette CD Iowa) and Thomas (D-Okla) agreed that any movement to override the president's veto would be held in abeyance until Baruch, Conant and Compton completed their studies and made their report to Mr. Roosevelt Gillette said the president had appointed "outstanding men in whom the public has confidence" to make the investigation, and an nounced the records of the senate agriculture committee's hearings on synthetic rubber would be made available to the president's board. Both Gillette and Thomas fore saw the possibility that no effort would be made to override the veto if the board recommended constructive steps to end the rub ber shortage. - Baruch Issued a statement say ing: "The president's command has been received. The committee has organized itself and is in ac tion." - ' The president chose this meth od of bringing order out of a chaotic situation. The develop ment of the acute rubber situa tion with the outbreak of the war and the stoppage of crude rub ber imports from the Dutch East Indies has been accompanied by an intense controversy. This dispite involved the ques tion how much synthetic rubber should be made from alcohol pro duced from grain and how much from petroleum products and what exact processes should be used. Tangled with this some-times short-tempered argument has been the question of enforced con servation of the present tire sup ply by strict nationwide rationing of gasoline. "In recent months," Mr. Roose velt said Thursday, "there have been so many conflicting state ments of fact concerning all the elements of the rubber situation statements from responsible gov ernment agencies as well as from private sources that I have set up a committee of three men to investigate the whole situation to get the facts and report them to me as quickly as possbile with their recommendations. "This committee will immedi ately proceed to study the pres ent supply, the estimated mili tary and essential civilian needs, and the various processes now be ing urged; and they will recom mend processes to be used, not only in the light of the need for rubber, but also in the light, of critical materials required by these processes. T "In a sense, this will require a review of the program now fol- owed by the war production board. It will form a basis for fu ture- action not only with respect to synthetic rubber, but also such matters as nationwide gas ration ing and motor transportation. The responsibility for the distribution of critical materials wll continue to remain with the war production board; but the board, as well as the American people, will have a complete statement . before them of the facts found by the com mittee." A letter to Baruch defined the functions of the committee more briefly: "In short," it said, "the pur pose, of your survey and investi gation is to recommend such ac tion as will best produce the syn thetic rubber necessary for our total war effort, including essen tial civilian use, with a minimum interference with the production of other weapons of war." Government Tells Wheat Sales Price WASHINGTON, Aug. .-)- The agriculture department an nounced Thursday prices at which it would sell 125,000,000 bushels of government-owned wheat for feed to encourage greater produc tion of livestock, dairy and poul try products for the war. The prices range from 74 to 99 cents a bushel for August deliv ery. Officials said these prices were on the "upper side" of 85 per cent of the parity price of corn at the selling point The prices generally were high est in areas distant from the mid western grain producing area, re flecting transportation and other costs involved in moving the grain. The wheat is being offered un der the recently enacted agricul ture appropriation bill which au thorized the sale of not more than 125,000,000 bushels at not less than 85 per cent of the - parity price for corn. The prices announced Thursday were on a state basis. Local mar ket prices will be determined on the basis of the state quotations, taking into account transportation and other factors affecting prices within a state... --.- The prices will advance half a cent a bushel in September and another half cent in October. The October : prices, the department said, are expected to closely ap proximate 85 per cent of ; corn parity and consequently be very near the government corn loan rate for the 1942 crop. Holman Declares Confusion Reigns .. . PORTLAND, Ore Aug. 6.-P) -Sen. Rufus C Holman (R-Orej returned Thursday from his tour of west coast defense and charged that "well nigh every operation under the executive branch of the federal government can be chai- acterized by the word "confu sion." . --- v - - Holman, a member of the sen ate military affairs committee, at various points on the tour char ged that there was a lack of co ordination among military serv i ces and that coastal defenses were inadequate. Holman will Join a subcommit tee junket to Alaska next week. Warns Dutch Told Not to Aid Allied Invaders; Exiles Call On Homeland Help (Continued From Page 1) of his allies enters Netherlands territory, either the coast or the interior, the Netherlands people must obey these instructions: "Stay home, try to find shelter against air raids and actual fight ing. Those walking out in the streets take a great risk of being shot Those helping the enemy will not escape the consequences of their action." ! Meanwhile, British Ambassador Sir Archibald Clark Kerr joined Maj. Gen. Follett Bradley of the United States air force and Am bassador A dm. William H. Stand ley in conferences with soviet leaders reviewing the immediate soviet military and economic po sition and evaluating Russia's ability to exert pressure in the east should an allied force land in western Europe. Some quarters believed it nec essary for the British to make some drastic move as emphasis of British-American sympathy for Russia's plight lest soviet morale lag. Emphasizing the political im portance to the allies of confront ing the Germans with war on two fronts, this source said "the Ger man government has promised the people there will be no two- front war this time. They also promised the people they would not be bombed in this war, and the failure of the nazi govern raent to make good this boast has been very harmful to internal morale. Opening of a European front in the west probably would be even more damaging." Subdividing of Valley Farms Given Study A partial answer to the ques tion of how many additional farms can be developed in Ore gon by subdividing present farm lands is given in a new bulletin, "Land Settlement m the Willam ette Valley, with Special Refer ence to Benton County," just is sued as OSC station bulletin 407. The bulletin embodies the re port of an intensive study made in Benton county by Vernon W. Baker of the bureau of agricul tural economics, ' in cooperation with the department of farm man agement at OSC. Because of its fertile soils, mild climate and general reputation as a region that can support additional settlement Willamette valley has been ex periencing a steady infiltration of new farm families, the bulletin points out While the future is heavily clouded by the present war and uncertainty of coming conditions, the situation at the time the study was made showed that only about 7 per cent of the present farm ownerships in the county are ruf ficiently large to permit ubdivi sion into two or more adequate sized units for full-time farm ing. ."Most of these, in fact lie along the flood plains of the Wil lamette river, where both clear ing and flood control protection will be necessary before subdivi sion and further settlement could safely be encouraged. -About one-third of Benton county's present crop land in the main valley is devoted to grain crops, even though it is well adopted,' under proper manage ment, to the. production of more I 1 Today and Sat BIO FIVE UNIT SHOW Alse Newt - Popeye Cartora and Chapter 1 New Serial "Jnngk Girl" rJ " Seeend 0"s .... --' Feature Dutch Queen Has Big Day Says Tulips Are Gone, Receives Sub-Chaser . On US Lend-Lease WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-W) When Queen Wilhelmina of The Netherlands finally put her royal head on her pillow at the White Souse Thursday night she could say "whew, what a day," con scious that she followed through on a heavy program that ranged from C tulip discussions to com missioning a new submarine chas er. ,. . . y---,', :-- : The 61-year-old monarch, the world's senior ruler, was the first queen to address congress, to hold a press' conference here; Aboard the presidential yacht, she went with the president and Mrs. Roose velt to Mount Vernon where she visited George Washington's home which had puzzled her daughter, Crown Princess Juliana, because it didn't seem to ; have enough cupboard space. " With the Roosevelts she drove to the Arlington national ceme tery where she laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier of World war L Later she gave a dinner at The Netherlands em bassy and held a reception. She did it on four changes of costume, and two changes of spec tacles. Wilhelmina, who kept The Netherlands out of World war I but wasn't that successful in World war ILtold congress that "no surrender" remains the motto of her people, suffering though they are. For her appearnace On Capitol Hill she wore a deep green chiffon embroidered with squares of J e t In patterns of squares or blouse and skirt Her frock was floor-length. Her nar row-brim black felt hat trimmed with a mass of felt loops at the back and a small Jewel ornament at the front would have got a nod of approval from Britain's Queen Mary. Around her neck was a slim platinum chain set at intervals with pearls and diamonds. She put on gold rim spectacles with which to read her speech. From the Capitol the queen drove to the Washington navy yard. There the president acting under the lend-lease act trans ferred to her a 173-foot sub-cha ser as a "tangible expression of our admiration for all that The Netherlands navy has done, and is doing." The stars and stripes were hauled 'down from the mast while the national anthem was played, and then the colors ' of The Neth erlands were hoisted while The Netherlands national anthem re sounded across the water. The queen then commissioned the vessel, declaring it would op erate "in close collaboration with the United States navy against our common enemy. At her press conference, she spoke of the suffering of her peo ple, and their determination nev er to submit to the invader. Asked about tulips, the tradi tional flower of Holland, the queen said news had reached her that the tulip fields "are no more.' The bulbs have been used for sub stitutes for tea and coffee and to make bread. But after the war she expected the tulips would bloom again. Mrs. Roosevelt said that in the White House gardens there are fine tulips one is -called the "Pride of Haarlem" and she promised the queen that after the war the .White House would send back bulbs that Holland's flowers might get a start again. intensive crops. With possible fu ture irrigation and drainage de velopment these lands possess vast store of additional potential productive capacity, for which new markets are also essential before they .could be considered for commercial subdivision. Those Who made the Study Con clude that regardless of the pat tern of future settlement in west era Oregon, it la desirable that it be controlled and directed to some extent by means , of educational programs, coordinated credit poll cies and subdivision control. - TODAY j w25!332S2SKBKM3fT' Red Skelton Ann Sothern lAISIE GETS HER MAN AND Johnny Welssmuller : "TAKZAJTS NEW YOKK ADVENTUaMT 22c Plus Tax 1:1S-4:U - TO S S:OS -a ---! j TODAY -Betty Grablet Victor Matured '"SONG OF '5 THE ISLANDS" AND Tyrone Power Dorothy Lamonr Johnny ApoDo 1C Flos Tax Open GAB Anytime Tribute to Lowe Given by Paper LEBANON The Trooper, pub lished by and in the interest of the cavalry squadron of the Ore gon state guard carried in the last issue an appreciation of the work of El na than Lowe who had been active in organizing the Lebanon troop and had been named cap tain. ;;; : c . Members of the Lebanon troop attended the funeral in uniform and stood at salute . while taps were sounded and. Trooper Bruce Spencer laid a Coral tribute In the shape of a horseshoe on the casket Captain Lowe's horse with the stirrups crossed, was led in the funeral procession. Gandhi Will Plead Again Mass Movements Said Ready if Appeal Fails, Freedom (Continued From Page 1) effort to win independence and it must be humiliating for a big nation like India not to be able to help . . . critics will never un derstand the urgency." He declined to .outline, in ad vance, any of the steps he would take- as generalissimo of the non violence campaign. He did, however, permit him self to be . quoted as saying that a general strike, to bring the pas sive resistance movement to a speedy conclusion, "is not outside my contemplation." "But seeing that I shall take every step In the terms of my oft-repeated declaration that a mass straggle is not conceived In any Inimical spirit bat in the friendliest spirit I shall move with the utmost caution and If a general strike becomes a dire necessity, I shall not flinch." He closed his statement with these words: History will record what amazing restraint will have been exercised, now over forces which history would also record are within the control of the con gress.' Albacore Tuna At New High ASTORIA. Ore Aut?. 8W4 Albacore tuna was moving into the class . , of - luxury A foods here Thursday with the nostinff 'of new record high price of $413 a ton In heavy trading. " Thursday's figure . was up $7 from the previous hleh. " which was reached in private sales and was not posted on the fishermen's exchange board yesterday after noon. Packers expressed alarm over the trend, pointing out that tuna already has become higher priced than fancy Columbia river Chi nook salmon. The possibility was seen that since the federal gov ernment is not buying tuna, the fish might be considered an un essential product resulting, in confiscation of fishing boats for war purposes. Two Sinkings Told by Navy (Continued From Page 1) but that the missile suddenly cut over and smashed into the vessel, the ship, sank in IS minutes, after 381 persons escaped. In the Indian ocean sinking, the 48 persons aboard abandoned ship and were picked up by t British-vessel that landed them at an east African port Other ships- took them across the At lantic to an east coast port tight of those aboard were sur vivors of another sinking. Continuous From 1 P. M. CI Tcday and Saturday Plus Companion r estart RiMgXsUE News - and Comedy , - Chapter 6 "King of the Texas Rangers" Z f ' ( i 1Y U Nazis Drive Tank Wedge Enemy Retains Upper Hand in Caucasus ; Battle for OH ; (ContinuedTrom Page 1) against the full might of German tanks and dive bombers. ' Heartening though the lim ited Rassl&a successes were la the Don elbow and Caaeasaa, -the threat to SUllngTad grew graver with the new Kosslaa retreat at KotelnlkovsU. , The Germans there were thrusting east from a crossing oa the lower Don near , Tslmlyansk, and the flat and treeless plains - of the Vol were advaataaooms for the mechanised and motor tied German army. ' ; At Kletskaya, the Germans were only 75 miles from the city named for Russia's premier, but the Don river as well as the red army was a barrier and the Ger man ' momentum not- only - was stopped, but in some cases thrown into reverse. The greatest peril to Stalingrad and the Volga, along which supplies pass from the Per sian gulf, was in the Kotelnikov ski region where ' the4 terrain is level and treeless and only the stout hearts and well-aimed guns of the Russian troops barred a German sweep. ! ' It appeared that at long last the Russians had,- reached points from which they j would make a supreme stand because the very fate of Russia and with it much of the allied cause rested on the success or failure of the red army to hold the Caucasus and the Volga, the Russian main street The loss of either would greatly impair the Russian ability to fight on. J Men were dying by the thou sands in the wake of bombing planes, rumbling tanks, chattel ing machineguns, deadly flame throwers and charging infantry Germans and Russians alike. Japs Occupy Three Isles For Full Arc GEN. MacA-RTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS, Australia, Friday, Aug. 7 .--Japanese occupation of the islands of Kei, Aru and Tanimbari in the Arafura sea north of Australia has been dis closed by allied aerial reconnais sance, an allied headquarters spokesman said Friday. The occupation gives the Jap anese a tight arc north of Aus tralia with only Port Moresby, New Guinea,- Jutting into the Japanese possessions. There was no mention whether the terrain was suitable "for air bases. Tanimbari is about 200 miles closer to Darwin than Koo pang, (from which Japanese bombers have flown to raid Dar win.) The Tokyo radio reported the occupation of the three islands was completed July 30. The allied spokesman said the islands were not defended. The allies had no troops there. A recent communique men tioned the bombing of Kei. The islands lie about 373 to 500 miles north and northwest of Darwin. Alr-Coadiitoned Cool LAST TIMES TODAY Feature 7:00 - 9:53" Starts Saturday Today and Saturday ' KOTJNG'S "JUNGLE BOOK", - In Technicolor With Salm v l..:....: .C.,-i i ,n -.4ewW0af$oixwSCiWWeafl(?9!fW