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Price Sc.
No. 105
OWI Reveals War Output
says
WASHINGTON, Aug. l.-yP-Tht office of war information,
warning that "we could lose this war," declared Friday night that pro
duction of fighting planes, tanks, moet types of artillery, and naval
vessels fell behind schedule in June and that increasing sacrifices must
be made by civilians if the war program is to be successful.
Presenting a gloomy and critical review of the military and pro
duction situation at the present tome, OWI asserted that individual
Americans had made great sacrifices but "as a nation we are not yet
more than ankle deep in the war."
. Referring by Indirection to demands for the opening of a see
end front In Europe, the OWI declared that "popular pressure for
. action on this front or that of the many possible fronts can serve
no useful purpose." i
American, military forces are being disposed "as and where the
military commanders believe they get the maximum of results," and
when we can not be strongand.hit hard everywhere, we must be
. able to hit hard where it counts most even at the price of leaving oth
er areas inactive," OWI said.
"We always knew that, for us, 1842 would be largely a year of
preparation, and that our allies would have to do most of the fighting
. during most of the year. Before we can do much of the fighting we
must move great numbers of men and vast masses of material over
enormous distances.
This Job, so far, has been done with entire success; but we
axe foinf to have to keep on doing it, in Increasing volume, until
'. the war is won."
The review declared that our allies thus far have carried most of
the load "and we have not given them as much help as we had led
them to expect." This was due partly to enemy victories, the review
ndded, but "by and large, we have not been producing war material to
; the w?Ti""" of available capacity and have not been getting that
Kaiser Gets
For Aerial
Navy Balks Nelson
RAF Bombs
- -i
Ruhr Valley
Dubburg Raid Goal;
Germans Loose
. . . .Incendiaries v
LONDON, Aug. 7 VPy- The
RAF sent a strong force of bomb
ers through thick weather to the
Ruhr valley for the third succes
sive night Thursday -night, blast
ing the big' industrial center and
inland river port of Duisburg and
other points.
The air ministry acknowledged
that six planes were missing af
ter those attacks and other raids
tat nazl . airdromes in the low
countries, but did not disclose the
number of participating planes.
However, a. British source said
that in the days before the 1000
bomber raids Thursday night's
force would have . been regarded
' as "a whopper.
The German high command ad
mitted there had been material
damage to buildings and said the
raids had caused some casualties
in residential quarters in several
. . tmm. It claimed seven British
.bombers were shot down,
The luftwafi e sent only a small
force against Britain in attacks
on Scotland and East Anglia on
Thursday night, and Friday af
ternoon a few raiders dropped
bombs in three places in the
'raithat at England, causing a
small number of casualties.
Thursday night's nazi raiders
dropped high explosives and 'in
cendiaries, including a new type
i of phosphorus fire bomb for
' which the public had been fcre-
z?ti. "ssJ-ZOtiZl
try bulletin, Tnis gave expucn
instructions for dealing with the
incendiaries and as a result fires
they started were extinguished
with a minimum of damage.
East Asks West
Type of Ration
'. NEW YORK, Aug. 7 HV The
executive committee of the east
era states gasoline dealers confer
ence Friday condemned the cou
tinnine svstem being used I
' - J - ,
In the east and urgea a return w
the dealer-rationing system "as
It is now being successfully ap
plied in Oregon and Washington.'
The committee, with members
iwirntinff retailers , from 11
eastern states, held that the al
lotaent to dealers to bo dis
tributed at their discretion need
not be reduced by more than 30
per cent
More Essential
Job:
Listed
Twelve industrial employ
ment classifications ruled by
selective service officials to be
essential" to the war effort and
Mintiiril as exemptinr : a
family, man from military serv
ice if he Is considered not re
placeable In SHch Job, are
listed In today's Statesman, on
nt five, snsplementing a list
of 22 snch occupational fields
frahlished in Friday's paper.
We owld
Order
Fleet;
500 Mars Cargo
Planes Okehed;
Plan for Bigger
WASHINGTON, Aug. !.-&)-
Henry J. Kaiser, west coast build
er of dams and ships, got the .go-
ahead -Friday - from Production
Chief Donald M. Nelson to build
fleet of 500 70-ton "Mars" fly-
ing boats, but there were plain
indications that the navy had
balked at he plan.
A WPB official, who declined
to be quoted by name, acknowled
ged that the navy had "been re
acting all afternoon" to Nelson's
announcement in the morning that
Kaiser would get a letter of intent
to build 100 cargo planes of the
Mars type in shipyards, to. be fol
lowed by 400 more if he makes
good on the first batch.
The official said the navy was
skeptical that the program could
be carried out satisfactorily by
Kaiser since he is a shipbuilder
and has not been building planes.
A source in the middle of the
aWaatten said Nelson was deter
mined to sign the commitment
himself if the navy would not
Under his wartime powers,
the WPB chairman had author
ity to direct that contracts be
placed by other government ag
encies, Jgelson told reporters one im
portant string was attached to his
commitment to the shipbuilder,
Kaiser must demonstrate, before
he starts construction, that his
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Dutch Queen
Honors b lve
US Officers
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7-
Wilhelmina of the House of Change-Nassau,
queen of The Neth
erlands, Friday toasted in orange
juice five American naval offi
cers upon whom she conferred
high Dutch decorations for diS'
tinguished service in the Pacific
campaign against the Japanese.
The decoration ceremony was
l - -
ner official three-day visit in the
notirai'a ranital wn civH nn
her way by President Roosevelt,
Secretary of State Hull and Mrs.
Hull, wno oaae xne oi-year-oia
monarch "God-speed."
One of the naval men honored
was Adm. Thomas C. Hart, for
mer commander-in -cruel 01 xne
United NaUons fleet in the south-
Rear Adm. William A. Glassford,
. .
American chief of staff of the
combined fleet Com. T. H. Bin'
ford, Com. H. E. Eccles and Lieut
I Com. H P. Smith.
The ceremony took, place in a
private- residence that of The
Netherlands ambassador, A. Lou
Hon and Mrs. Londnn. Hor MaU
esty had wanted to stand on Dutch
sciL which diplomatic protocol ac
cords .her at the embassy. But
she also wanted to pay. a little vis
it to the home of her representa
tive in the United States, so it
was decided to hold the ceremony
9
material to th F O fronts in the time and in the volume that will
be needed to w "
"We are deep In what may be the decisive year of the war,"
the review continued. "But 1942 will be the decisive year only if
our enemies do not succeed in inflicting crippling blows on out
allies before the year is out."
"Even if they fail in that they will still take a lot of licking.
"But, if they should paralyze the striking power of Russia or wear
down the endurance of China, or break the British power in the mid
dle east, the war will be decided in some later year not now foreseen,
and victory will be far more costly.
Asserting that the military forces had done "pretty well but not
well enough," OWI said "we held the central Pacific and reinforced
Australia; but he (the enemy) still holds the Philippines, and "the
Dutch islands and the rubber that we need."
The situation at home likewise is a job done "pretty well but not
well enough," OWI asserted.
"Our production, measured by oar standards of a couple of
' years ago Is amaxing; measured against what we need to win. It
Is not yet enough. In June we fell slightly below schedule In to
tal military planes, In total combat planes, and in most of the In
dividual types; we made more planes than any other country In 1
the world, but we did not make as many as we said we were going .
to make. The same Is true of tanks, of most types of artillery and
of naval vessels particularly the small eraft needed to fight sub
marines." -
In July, the review said, the curve of submarine sinkings through
out the world started downward and, while it was hoped this trend
would continue, "production of small vessels lor the anti-submarine
campaign is still lagging and in June was less than half of schedule."
"Even if shipbuilding continued to rise and sinking to de
crease, we shall probably Je well Into 1934 before we again have
as much merchant shipping as we had on December 7, 1941," the
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Three Vessels
Sunk, Atlantic
Captain Is Prisoner;
Craft Attacked
While Halted
By The Associated Press
Loss of a Uruguayan ship, a
Norwegian freighter and a Pana
manian merchant vessel, disclos
ed Friday, increased the Associat
ed Press tabulation of announced
sinkings in the western Atlantic
since Pearl Harbor to ,418.
Thirteen crewmen of the Uru
guayan 'craft revealed .-the ; tor
pedoing of their vessel when they
were landed at Hamilton, Ber
muda, by a United States warship
which had picked up their life
boat Three other lifeboats which
put out from the sinking vessel
were not accounted for.
The men said their captain
was taken prisoner by the sub
marine. This was ' the second
such ' incident : reported in the
last eight days, the crew of a
medium-sixed American ship
having disclosed July St that
their skipper was seised by . a
German submarine commander
after the ship was sunk July t.
A U-boat sank the Panamanian
ship in the Gulf of Mexico June 6.
One oiler was killed but 51 sur
vivors were picked up by a res
cue vessel within 15 minutes.
Johannes Hammerman, an Es-
tonian, seaman aboard the freight
er, said two submarines lurked in
the vicinity and he saw them ex
change light signals. Two torpe
does ripped into the vessel.
Four seamen were lost when
the Norwegian craft went down.
Thirty nine survivors, adrift in
three lifeboats, were picked up
by a British warcraft soon after
the vessel went down.
They related that their ship,
halted, because of engine trou
ble, was attacked without warn
ing June 27. Captain Alf
Amundsen ordered the ' vessel
abandoned but remained aboard
with eight others waiting for a
chance to open fire on the raid
er as soon as it surfaced.
An hour later another torpedo
struck and set the craft ablaze.
Two seamen were lost in the ex
plosion. Captain Amundsen and
the others and second officer died
soon after being landed.
Survivors said the submarine
surfaced and that an officer, Ital
ian in appearance, queried them
regarding the ship's name and
destination.
I a - irk
Allied JjOlllDerS
Hit EtlfttTiV Rnfip'
J
GENERAL MACARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS. Australia. Sat
urday, Aug. 8-taVAllied bombers
- 1 carrying out a heavy raid on the
) Japanese invasion base at RabauL
New Britain, dropped -15 tons of
1 J 41 -i .
drome there, ; it was announced i
Saturday. -
An allied command communique j
i reported that allied planes shot
down seven Japanese fighters in
Friday's operations.
It also declared that the run-
- 1 waf of tho airdrom at Lae, New
"e". w wmocu.
Apple Men-Elect,
BUFFALO, . NY," Aug. 1.(JP)
Paul W. Scea, Wenatchee, Wash., I
was elected president of the In
ternational Apple association Fri
day, succeeding G. Warren
Lag,
War'
Work Clothes
To Get Less
Cloth, Metal
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7
The war production board de
creed styles for men's work
clothes Friday fewer pockets.
fewer buttons and buckles, and
no unnecessary yardage.
Unlike previous clothing or
ders, this one contained a mini
mum as weU as a maximum
yardage regulation for each
type of garment.
The minimum yardage re
striction was provided," ' the
WPB expbtfnedV - ?to prevent
skimping- which would- Inter
fere with a worker's freedom
of action and defeat the
eon-
tervi"JL r .?!!. 1' z?"
VJ IUUUJ I. llvvvBMU J WI
worker to buy a larger siae or.
wear out In a snort time a
tight-fitting garment."
The WPB estimated the or
der would result in an annual
saving of 21,000,000 yards of
cloth, enough to provide 7,000,-
000 additional garments; 125,-
00,000 yards of thread, throug-h
the elimination of triple stitch
ing; 150,000,000 buttons and
12,000,000 buekles; and 29 per
cent of the normal shipping
space involved In the shipping
of work shirts, since the order
prohibits the shipping of these
in boxes.
Morse Warns
On Stoppages
Says Outlaw Labor
Moves Direct
War Conflict
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7-jP)-Al
though American workers have
made a creditable record, outlaw
stoppages of work have been on
the increase recently and "they
must stop," Dean Wayne L. More,
public member of the war labor
board, declared Friday.
"Although they have not
reached any serious proportions,
they nevertheless are shocking to
the national morale and thorough
ly in conflict with the country's
war efforts," Dean Morse said.
"Understandable as they may
arc not uoucrsumuauie 10 u
American people. -They are going
to become even less understand
able in the days to come as. our
people face unflinchingly the
realities of the war They must
.stop. The most effective way to
stop them is by the way of the
voluntary action of the Individ
ual worker himself.
"He should " remember at all
times, even when some justifiable letting Crosswhite out to play in
grievance within his plant tries his non-benefit games, and Judge W.
soul and patience to the point of g. Bramham, minor league base
exasperation, that ne- must work ball commissioner, wired for an
L, resort, along with his
. I ' ' " w ""-'A-'-
war production.
Dean Morse's remarks were
made as WLB ordered a wage in-1
crease of 24 cents an hour for 550 1
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Our Senators
Lest
11-4
Oregon Tops
Bonds Quota
PORTLAND. A u gl 7.-4-Ores;on
exceeded Its July war
savings bonds quota while the
nation as a whole lagged. Bay
Conway, acting state adminis
trator, was advised front Wash
ington Friday.
Oregon purchased ' S9,823,00a
worth of the securities during'
the month, or 19.8 per cent
more than the quota. July also
won the state's biggest month
in sales, Conway said.
The quota for the nation was
a billion dollars. Sales were
S909,0MO.
:ore
Stock Needed
For War Load
New Transport Corps
Head Says Demand
Grows Steadily
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-(P)-A
Warning that without additional
locomotives, cars and other equip
ment the railroads might be un
able to carry the mounting Am
erican war load came Friday from
the chief of the new army trans
portation corps.
Brig. Gen. Charles P. Gross
said the carriers were approach
ing "a rather serious and even
critical condition," and that next
year would bring even heavier
demands than 1942.
I
"The railroads already have
about used up their reserves or
surplus equipment," he told re
porters. "Rirht now because of
ship sinkings they are obliged
to use some 1200 locomotives to
haul oil which were available
last year for other traffic move
ments.
'Since 1939, car loadings have
increased 27 per cent, ton miles of
freight 80 per cent and passenger
travel 'has nearly doubled. This
year will see 34 per cent more ton
miles of freight moved than in
1529 and. 48 per cent,-more than
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JLacoma reels
Clerk Strike
Retail Walkout Shuts
Four Stores, Maybe
All This Morning
TACOMA, Aug. 7-(P)-Almost
every department ana variety
store in this booming defense city
of 135,000 population may be
closed by Saturday morning be
cause of a wage dispute between
operators and the AFL ! retail
clerks union, spokesmen for both
sides of the controversy said Fri
day night '
Four stores - were closed and
picketed Friday, including Rhodes
Brothers department store, one of
the city's largest The union said
groups of clerks walked out of
other stores from time to time Fri'
day and that all would be out
by Saturday.
The Tacoma Industrial Confer
ence Board, Inc., representing the
management of "most Tacoma
stores, said no important stores
would be opened Saturday unless
pickets were removed Friday. The
pickets who went on duty shortly
before store opening time Friday,
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Railway
Senators9 Hold on Prison
Pitcher in
The Salem Senators baseball
rfub created a sensation in the
.: . . 4V. vA;th
"Luke" Crosswhite, state peniten
tiary inmate and legendary "mir
acle pitcher," but the management
was not so certain Friday nignt
that it had acquired a much
needed extra moundsman to bol
ster a draft and war Industry
drained team. ':- ! " -
Warden George, Alexander In
dicated, he was dubious about
emanation.
I .
control were not available - Fri
day for comment on a report that
thev might call a meeting to in
quire about Warden Alexander's
plans for Crosswhite. ; :
Telegraphic requests for pic
hires of the penitentiary ball
player were received from as far
away as New York city, Alexan
der reported. Outside newspaper
photographers "were after me all
. ..... -J Vl V-
day xo laae pictures umi
said. . w .
Original motive behind the
move to sign Crosswhite . was to
feature him in two benefit games.
one for navy relief at Silverton
Uprising
Is Asked
Of India
Gandhi Sees Jap
Threat, Declares
Against Violence
By PRESTON GROVER
BOMBAY, Aug. 7-(iP)-In the
bazarre setting of a canvas pa
vilion fitted with electric fans
and a public address system,
Mohandas K. Gandhi called on
his nationalist followers Friday
to rise with him in an unprece
dented mass campaign of civil
disobedience aimed at driving the
British out of power in all Indian.
"Our movements for freedom in
the past will become insignificant
compared with the forthcoming
movement," the frail little ascetic
orator declared as he sat motion
less, bare above the waist, his
bare legs crossed on a couch be
fore which a microphone had
been adjusted.
"Now is the occasion when we
will have to rise."
Tet with this dramatic sum
mons to action he coupled warn
ings that the campaign must be
passive, that he would not tole
rate violence, and that Japa
nese invasion would be "a dan
gerous thing you must re
move it from your minds."
Ten thousand spectators heard
him in a hush so deep that the
hum of the electric fans was
clearly audible throughout his
address.
The occasion was the opening
of an all-India songress party
session called to sanction a
resolution which will make Gand
hi the non-violent generalissimo
of the independence drive. Ap
proval, perhaps Saturday, is re
garded as a foregone conclusion.
The committee adjourned until
Saturday without any action on
the resolution.
NEW DELHI, India, Aug. 1(JS)
The British government Friday
night prohibited the closing of
shops and restaurants in India
daring a Hartal (days of mourn
ing), a weapon of civil disobed
ience used by the all-India con
gress party in the past.
(With this decree the British
apparently were taking steps
against a civil disobedience cam
paign projected in an independ
ence resolution , now 'before the
full committee of the all India
congress party.)
. The order, . intended to main
tain supplies and essential com
modities, empowered district mag
istrates to staff shops when own
ers refused to open and to sell
a number of products, including
grain, sugar, milk, vegetables and
meat at fixed prices! -
Gets Tickets, but
No Auto, No Gasoline
TORONTO, Aug. 7-(tf1)-Mar-tin
Bruton inquired of the police
Friday why they , keep sending
him summonses for such . things
as speeding and ignoring stop
signs. He said his car has been
dismantled, he has no gasoline ra
tion book, and he has been able to
navigate only on crutches since he
broke his hip in February, 1941.
Doubt Now
next Monday night and the other
in a league contest against Spo
kane in Salem on August 21, the
latter a percentage benefit ulti
mately going to the USO, accord
ing to Al Lightner, Statesman
sports editor who was asked to
assist in the business management
of the Senators on a part-time ba
sis following-the resignation of
Manager Howard Maple early in
the season. 5 V -
- As to Crosswhite's pitching in
other home games, Lightner as
serted that "that was fully dis
cussed and no question was raised
at the - time the contract was
signed." .
It. was necessary to have
baseball association contract form
executed to permit Crosswhite to
play in league games, but not for
the one scheduled - for ; Monday
night against : the Silverton Red
Sox, a semi-pro club, Lightner
said.
The contract Lightner. said,
was admittedly "only matter of
form, because Crosswhite as
penitentiary inmate has no civil
rights. , .,
"We still are planning, to play
Crosswhite at Silverton Monday
night," Lightner added. "But . as
to other games, it's up to Judge
Bramham and to Warden Alex
ander." ;
Stalingrad IS eared in New
Drive; Allied Leaders in
rSave Russia? Session
-"By Th Associated Press', ' ' . a
German troops stood Saturday within 60 miles of tha
Maikop oil fields in the Caucasus after a swift advance to
the Armavir region, and drove
in an advance north of Kotelnikovski. . '
Kotelnikovskl lies only 95
industrial city on the railway
ious tank battle had raged there throughout Friday and the
Russian communique made it apparent that the German steel
monsters had forced back the
extent of the retreat was not
munique. . j.
Armavir lies almost due east of Maikop and is 160 miles
Japan's Radio
Hints Second
Front in East
May Attack Siberia ;
Magnuson Says Jap
Soviet War Begun
NEW YORK, Aug. 7-VThe
Tokyo radio Friday night broad
cast -Japanese editorial comment
containing the first .hints from
there that Japan herself might
open a second front with an at
tack on Russia in Siberia.
The broadcast noted reports of
the arrival in Moscow of allied
representatives and said the
moves in the Russian capital were
"indicative of further Anglo
American machinations aimed to
open up a second iront to save
the soviet union from collapse."
The Japanese press, the radio
added, pointed out that forma
tion of a second front was not ne
cessarily restricted to Europe or
western Asia or Africa.
The radio quoted the newspa
per Chugaf as warning that this
point should be borne in mind
by Japan "and that with the
approach of Che decisive strag
gle between Germany and the
soviet union, Japan too should
be prepared even more fouy
for ultimate victory.' -
There have been various re
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Steel Rolling
Plant Okehed
Portland Company's
Equipment Bought,
BIcNary States
s -WASHINGTON,
DC, Aug. 7(P)
Construction of a 30,000-ton steel
rolling plant at Portland was ap
proved Friday by the war pro
duction board. Senator McNary
was informed.. . . "
Senator McNary said Morris
Schnitzer, president of the- con
cern, the Oregon Electric Steel
Rolling company, had purchased
nearly all of the equipment need
ed and that production likely
could be started early next win
ter- '
The plant will have initially
. . . i .
one electric xurnace cbiuw
producing 30,000 -tons of steel a
year and rolling facilities for
shapes, angles, rods, flats and the
like. He added that the equipment
was excellent and would give
Oregon "a" 'very excellent milL"
The senator said foundations
have been laid for a second elec
tric furnace and if the demand
for alloyed steel becomes greater
than that for carbon steel, "
might be used for producing sne
higher grade products.
About 130 to 140 local workers
will be employed but the plant's
key men will come from the east,
the senator said he was informed.
McCallister
Claims Votes
For Speaker
PORTLAND, Aug. 7-PV-WU-
liam M. McAllister of Medford,
aspirant to the speakership of the
state house of representatives, "be
lieves ho has lined up some sup-
Port -,:v
. McAllister said he had been
able to enroll some early sup
porters. " but he did not disclose
the names of his backers.
' Likely opposing him when the
legislature opens : will be . John
Steelhammer ct Marion county,
Herman.'II. 'Chindjrcn of Clack
amas county ' and - Carl ' Engdahl
of Umatilla county..
Thursday's Weather
", Thursday's max. . temp. 9S,
mis. 55. Thursday's river -JJ
fit. By array reqnest, weather
forecasts are withheld and tern
peratnre data delayed.
perilously closer to Stalingrad
miles south of the great Volga
crossing the Caucasus. A fur
reinforced Russian lines. The
given" in the midnight com
south of Rostov. It was the driving
German " tank masses that had
shattered the Russian defenses
around Belaya Glina that rolled
deeper and deeper into the vital
Caucasus a treasure house of oil, v
minerals, industrial plants and
fertile farm lands. Armavir Is
across the Kuban river.
Even as the Russians fought val
iantly against overpowering super
iority of. German machines 'and
men, hints came from the Tokyo
radio that the hour of another
Japanese stab in the back in
soviet Siberia . might be immin
ent. (See story - in adjacent col
umn.) In the Don elbow 75 miles
northwest of Stalingrad . the
first Russian defenses still held
.and hit back with such fnry
that 10S tanks and over 851
Germans were destroyed, ' the
communique said. . Guardsmen
were credited with repulsing 17
nasi tank charges in the last
few days. -
The southern arm of the Ger
man envelopement drive against
Stalingrad was spearheaded by
enemy tanks and automatic rifle
men who wedged into the red
lines ,the accounts said.
The battles were fought in
oppressive mid-summer heat ?
. One bright spot in the Russian
communique was the announce
ment , that Russian A troops had
forced a Don river crossing south. ..
of yoronezlr and 'that-fightm
is going on for several other popu
lated places.
"Defensive battles" were fought
in the Belaya Glina region, which
lies to the north- of Armavir, and
the Russian communique said
new retreat there; came only in
the face of superior German num
bers. Forty tanks and 1000 of tho
enemy "were reported destroyed.
The Germans claimed they
were within It miles of the oil
derricks at the foot of the great
Caucasus moan tains. Moreover,
they said they were approach
ing Krasnodar on tho Kabaa I
river 15 miles southwest of
Rostov. ,
The urgency of the soviet posi--
tion was highlighted by a reported
Moscow- conference 7 of allied
strategists and diplomats seeking
means to save Russia and win tho
war.
Among those talking with rank
ing Russian military leaders were
Admiral William H. Standley, US
ambassador Maj. Gen: Follett
Bradley, US air forces Sir Archi
bald Clark Kerr, British ambassa-
dor Roger Garreau, of the light
ing French; and Maj. Gen. William
Steffens, of Norway. German radio
reports have insisted mat Prim
Minister Churchill, and William
C Bullett special envoy from
President Roosevelt, were in the
Kremlin.
The eonf erenee ; apparently
was preoccupied with supplies,
for Stalin has Insisted stead
fastly that Russia's vast reser
voir of manpower obviated , the
necessity of any expeditionary
force of Britons, American or
Chinese flghtlnr on Russian soil.
He wants tanks, planes, cannons,
shells. He also wants a second
front In western Europe to dl
vert sutler's strength.
The vast Russian manpower po
tential was being felt on the cru
cial fronts, where , soviet lines
everywhere except in the Belaya f
Glina sector .100 miles southeast
of Rostov were reported holding
and inflicting enormous casual
ties. -X
Service Men
? Robert Price, ton of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Price, 16ft North
Cottage street, has received or
ders to report to University of
Notre Dame, South Bend, IndV
Aumst 31 " for - four ; months
training tn' the US naval re
serve. Upon completion he win
be commissioned aa ensign.
Price Is a graduate of Wil
lamette university la the class
of 1942 and at present Is on va
cation ' in California and Ne
vada. ...'
For additional' newt aboat
'men from Salem and vicinity
In the armed forces, turn to page
five of today's Statesman. .
- v.
'there. .
French, New York.
Turn to page Ave.