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Jhm CCSCON STATESMAN. Satan. Oregon. Saturday Mccninej, Augual 15. 1M2
Japs' Toehold ;
'Not Serious'
Invaders Unable to
DigTri jf Air" Force , .
Raids Will Harass
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digging In, as It requires ya- -mitlnr
for such operattom.
"While I can not discuss stra
tegic operations," said th officer,
"1 might say if we needed Kiska
we could- take it Offensive opera
tions always are costly against a
defended -position. . y
; The impression given was that
operations are to be conducted so
as to make it as costly as possible
4nr- 4h .Tsnancc tn miintiln tViir
hold. Harrassirfg attack probably
would be made to prevent devel
opment of the area, at the same
time inflicting heavy losses of men
and equipment on the enemy with
minimum losses to the attacking
forces. j
Weather conditions were de
scribed as forcing both sides to
resort to operations of stealth, tak
ing - advantage of brief lifts - in
the fogs whenever possible. ; ;.
"The conditions in the Aleutian
area." said the . officer, "are be
yond comparison with anything
I know, including the fall and
winter . in the North sea or the
English channel, or even the thick
conditions off Newfoundland and
Greenland. For instance, in a re
cent 30-day period there were only
Ud1 JW vvuju
the horizon. Both sides have exact
knowledge of conditions existing
mere oy Jong experience, dui uiai
doesn't seem to help much 'on
either side. I have roamed all up
nH Hnum th Aleutian chain in
continuous thick weather. .
"Bombardment planes go out
-with weather reports of workable
visibility but after proceeding en
counter weather that absolutely
defeats the purposes of the mis
sion. Aircraft operations are tough
The planes may get above the
fog and navigate with celestial
. observation, with some help from
a visible mountain peak over the
fog bank, but the objectives are
entirely hidden."
Many Placed ;
From Salem
Salem's class in ship joinery un
der the war production training
program has sent out to work a
large number of trained carpen
ters during the last couple of
weeks. .:
Many of the men are now em
ployed by the Oregon Shipbuilding
corporation at ' Portland, among
them being Frank Litwiller, Fer
dinand Littau, : Joseph Jakubec,
Charles Snodgrass, Joseph II.
Klinger, Andrew Hall, John A.
Remboldt. Several men are em
ployed on the Vancouver housing
propect, among them Earl L. Ar
hart. Ora V. Hume, Milton School.
Keith Brown has employed sever
al men from the class. Arid Coon,
William Hoffman, James Dayis.
Others employed in war produc
tion industries are Charles Mingle,
O. C. Vogan, M. L. Rowland and
Gordon Schofield.
There are several vacancies in
the class at present. Marion Davis
Is the instructor. Further infor
mation may be obtained by call
ing th local office, 6737, and en
rollments are taken at the US em
ployment office, 710 Ferry street.
Two Prisoners
Two prisoners recently lodged
in the Marion t county jail were
released Friday on orders from
Silverton justice court.
Charles Dishman, charged with
threatening to commit a felony,
was freed when the court dis
missed the complaint against him.
W. R. Donovan, facing a non
support charge, was released un
der a 60-day continuance of his
case after he had paid $60 to his
wife. . ' .
Benton County
Contract Given
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; WASHINGTON. Aug. 14 -JF)-Award
of contracts by the army
engineers as announced Friday by
the war department, included:
Between $100,000 and $500,000:
MacDonald Building Co, Ta
eoma, "Wash., temporary frame
buildings, Benton county, Ore..
Portland, Ore, E.O.
County Fire Loss
Full v Insured
Marion county had an equity of
$2285 in the Fischer mill building
that burned at Silverton Thurs
day night, court members said
Friday. The county's Joss was
protected by a $6500 insurance
policy.
. The city of Silverton was buy
ing the building for $4000 from
the ."County on contract.". Initial
payment of $1750 was to be fol
lowed by annual installments ot.
$7(51.67.
Obituary
Kampfer ' -
In this city, August 14, Charles
Kampfer, at the age of 42 years.
Late resident of Marshfield, Ore,
Announcement of services later by
Rose Lawn Funeral home. ;
Boeing Workers Win Honor
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With the army-aavr E pennant
Wright is shewn presenting Philip
Plane company at Seattlcswith an
' . son, aircraft union official, looks on. It was the first time the
Joint army -navy "E" pennant had been awarded to the workers of an
aircraft plant. The Boeing factory manaiactares America's feared
''Flying Fortresses.:" -.
Marine Attacks in Solomons
Said Going Satisfactorily
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English war correspondent cabled
word to bis London paper, the
Evening Star, that the Americans
had won the first stage of the
battle, for the Solomons.
American ' Marines, he said,
were so strongly entrenched at
Tulagi, a major point of attack,
Nazi Raiders
Bomb England
LONDON, Saturday, Aug. 15-0P)-Small
groups of raiders, tak
ing advantage of low clouds,
bombed the south coast of England
and east Anglian towns Friday
night and Saturday, dropping
thousands of incendiaries.
The planes broke through heavy
anti-aircraft barrages.
Soon after midnight raiders
dropped fire, bombs on the coun
tryside near an east Anglian town.
Fire guards in the fields ready for
harvest went into action against
the missiles.
The guards quickly extinguished
outbreaks in cornfields. No serious
damage was reported from the
various incendiary attacks.
Casualties . were " caused by
bombs dropped in four, places in
southern England Friday.
Oregon Taxes
Nearly Triple
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -&)
Oregonians paid 175.9 per cent
more income taxes in the 1942 fis
cal year ending June 30 than for
the previous year.
The internal revenue bureau
reports that corporation income
taxes paid were 88.2 per cent
more than the year before and
individual income taxes were up
268.4 per cent
The breakdown:
1942 1S41
Corporation income taxes
$11,779,558 $ 6,259,534
Individual income taxes
21.866,306 5,934,821
Total income taxes
$33,645,866 $12,194,356
Miscellaneous including:
Excess profits taxes
$17,234,019 $ 4,971,277
Total internal
revenue collections
$58,863,170 $22,837,683
Release Follows
Hearing at Jail
' Albert Walter Dunn, held on
an old Warrant charging robbery
while not armed with a danger
ous weapon, was released from
the Marion county jail Friday af
ter Justice of the Peace Walter
Bell of Stayton had conducted a
hearing on his case in front of
the jail doors.
Pleading guilty, Dunn agreed to
pay a total of $55.40 in costs and
in reparations to the complaining
witness.
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that only, the "heaviest reinforce
ments" could dislodge them.
The fighting wonld continue
for weeks, he predicted, assert
ing that the Japanese had ac
cepted the American challenge
and apparently were prepared
to risk the resolta of a big na
val action. In the effort to hold
the Solomons.
Only the barest details were
available, 'but every one of them
emphasized the fact that in at
tacking the Japanese positions in
the Solomons, the united nations
had begun an important offensive
in the south Pacific irea.
It was however, an offensive
which held possibilities of draw
ing main units of the Japanese
fleet, its fighting edge already
dulled by the battles of the Coral
sea and Midway island, into de
cisive actions.
There seemed no doubt, at any
rate, that neither side could lose
the developing battle, ashore, at
sea or in the air, without tremen
dous losses of both personnel and
equipment
In addition, the outcome will
determine whether the Japs
continue to hold Island bases
from which they could strike
at Australia and New Zealand,
or whether the united nations
shall seize the first gronp of
stepping stones assanlt Islands,
intended to lead eventually to
Japan itself. "
The first objective of the at
tack, A dm. Ernest J. King, com
mander in chief of the United
States fleet, said several days ago,
was to expel the Japanese from
the Tulagi area. Beyond that, he
added, significantly, there was a
plan to use the Solomons for "our
own purposes.
The Sydney correspondent said
that:
"The Americans have or soon
will have complete control of Tu
lagi island."
Navy Takes Plant
But Not as Boss
For Ex-Strikers
-BAYONNE, NJ, Aug. 14.-(rV
The navy seized the General Ca
ble company's Bayonne plant Fri
day to end a wildcat walkout and
the strikers enthusiastically re
turned to work for "Uncle Sam,
our new boss.
"We're all damn glad it hap
pened, said Michael P. Petraki
an, strike committee chairman.
"We have a real boss!"
But the very jubilation brought
from Washington indicated the
government had no intention of
turning the seizure into , a vic
tory for workers who had walked
out of their jobs despite the pleas
of the war labor board and their
own union leaders.
A responsible Washington offi
cial, declining to permit use of his
name, said employes of the com
pany probably would be notified
that the navy had taken over the
plant to police it, not to supplant
the management He implied a
warning to other war workers
that the government would not
punish management for wildcat
strikes. '
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Threat to Stalingrad
Crows at KleUkaya;
Reds Hold in South
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the Russians were said then to
have hurled back the Germans.
Saturday's official :;. announce
ment of this serious turn in the
fight to save Stalingrad said that
the red army had beaten off "con
siderable forces of tanks and mo
torized infantry" at Kletskaya
itself but that the German tide
had broken through south of that
city "to a river (presumably the
Don). .
More than 1500 Germans were
killed in the loop battle, the com
munique said. - -
.Below the Don bend the Ros- -sians
reported for the third
straUbt' day that the Germans
had been forced Into defensive ,
positions northeast of ', Kotel
nlkovsJd, 95 miles southwest of
Stalingrad. A single soviet unit
was credited with kEUlng $5
Germans and destroying five
tanks tn that theatre.
The Germans battling to reach
Grozny, the soviet oil center, ap
parently still were being held at
Mineralnye Vody, 140 miles to
the northwest in the Caucasian
foothills. The ' communique said
of this area:
"One of our units repelled sev
eral German attacks, destroying
15 tanks and annihilating about
700 Germans.
Russian detachments still were
fighting in the Cherkessk and
Maikop area, the war bulletin
said.
At the opposite end of the Rus
sian front an artillery and rifle
duel flared up outside of Lenin
grad, Russia's second city which
the Germans have had under
siege since last October. Red army
snipers were credited with killing
400 Germans in that area, but
full details of the fighting were
not disclosed.
Radio Glass
Set Monday
The Salem war production
training program adds another
branch of training when on Mon
day the first class in radio me
chanics holds its initial session.
This course is sponsored by the
ninth corps area signal corps and
is set up on a civil service basis.
The trainees are paid $85 per
month while in training; at the
end of three months the trainee
will either be certified for ad
vanced training or will be placed
on shop work. C. A. Guderian, lo
cal supervisor of the training pro
gram, states that this is an ex
cellent opportunity for men from
17 to 45 and - these people are
badly needed by the army signal
corps. Men of 1-A draft classi
fication are being sought for these
classes if they are interested in
signal corps work. Further infor
mation may be obtained at the
local training office, 14th and D
streets.
3 Sentences
Commuted
Three commutations of sen
tence, involving inmates of the
Oregon state penitentiary, were
granted by Gov. Charles A.
Sprague here Friday. The com
mutations: David D. Wilson, Wasco county,
serving 23 years for a statutory
offense. Sentence commuted to
time served. Received at peniten
tiary May 19, 1938.
James T. Barnes, Deschutes
county, serving a life term for
first degree murder. Sentence
commuted to the time served. Re
ceived at the penitentiary June 1,
1934. f
Ector Worden, Union county,
serving S years for assault with
a dangerous weapon. Sentence
commuted to time served. -
In each case the commutation
was recommended by the state
parole board.
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work on the capsized Lafay
ette, formerly the luxurious
French liner Normandie, is prog
ressing so rapidly that men in
charge of the work said Friday
it is well ahead of the schedule
set when operations, began.
While officers in charge would
not forecast specifically'-when, the
job might be completed, they ex
pressed -satisfaction with its prog-
Meat Supply
Plentiful
For Gvilians
WASHINGTON, Aug. IL-ijPi
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
said Friday that unless there
is a marked increase in military
and lend-lease demands, civilians
should have more meat during the
next 11 months tBan the average
amount consumed - d u r I n g the
1931-40 period. '
He 'told a press conference that
economists in his department esti
mate that supplies of beef, pork.
lamb and mutton would be about
135 pounds per person during the
12-month period ending next
July. This estimate, which ex
cluded military and lend-lease re
quirements as now, foreseen,
would be seven pounds less than
consumed in 1941, he said, but
four pounds more than the aver
age yearly consumption in 1931-
40.
He took issue with contentions
of some packers mat price ceil
ings on livestock would increase
meat supplies at this time by re
moving an incentive to hold live
stock on farms for possible higher
prices in the future. He said the
fact that farmers were selling
more livestock than ever before
at this season of the year dis
proved, that claim.
Wickard disclosed that the of
fice of price administrator, Leon
Henderson, had made "an in
quiry" as to the agriculture de
partment's attitude toward ceil
ings on live animals.' He said, he
could not say whether he would
approve such ceilings until he
had an opportunity to study a
specific proposal.
Allied Convoy
Defies Raids
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day night that the British aircraft
carriers Furious and Illustrious,
a battleship of the Rodney type
and five destroyers entered Gib
raltar harbor Friday from the
western Mediterranean. '
The Illustrious was said to have
carried a number of wounded. The
battleship's prow and sides were
reported damaged and several
anti-aircraft guns torn.
One of the destroyers was re
ported listing to starboard.
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Draft list
Released
For Salem
Salem draft board Friday re
leased another list of men ordered
to report to the Portland army in
duction station. The list, includ
ing five volunteers in the 1-B
class, were to leave Friday morn
ing. In the list were the following
names: ;
Leonard William Faist, Ernest
EUwood Talmadge, George Lewis
Richards, Gerald Bernard Hauge,
Wayne Cecil Perdue, Anton John
Hoffert, " Julius Arnold Barnes,
Earle King Stewart, Valentine
Rexnicsek, Joseph Young, Ber
nard Henry Ramsey.
Robert William Caton, John
Christopher Schneider, Paul Ken
ton Glover, William Ellsworth
McClary, LaVere Weesner, Del
mer Ruthford RusselL Alfred
Keedy Phelps, Keith English
HalL Charles Edward Duncan, jr.
Victor Merwin Koop, Clifford Or
son ;Lane, WUiiam Joy Sullivan,
Donald Lloyd Henery.-
Jesse Sherman Austin, George
Angus McKinlay, ; Robert Alfred
Gronn, Amos James Perkins, jr.;
Robert Lyle Wills, Leonard Jo-
Lxeph Baxter, Theodore New-
hartlv. Eugene Whitney Lomax,
Arthur LeRoy Goss,' Everett Lee
Drake, Paul W. Hankins, Malcolm
Leo Page and Clarence Dewey
Druse. .
The IB volunteers "were Rus
sell - Ernest Maw, Daniel Henry
Truax, Arthur James M a d e n,
Hugh Graham Kelly and James
Harold Carlin.
Agreement Is
Near, Busses
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. l-
An agreement seems likely to re
sult from contract negotiations
between Pacific Greyhound bus
lines and representatives of AFX.
union employes, Omar. Hoskins of
the US labor conciliation service
said Friday night. .
The conversations, instituted at
Hoskins request after drivers and
station, attendants voted to stop
work unless their demands were
met, have been in progress more
than a week, but until Friday
night there was no indication of
anything but a stalemate.
"It now appears probable,"
Hoskins said, "that present dis
cussions will lead to a tentative
agreement between the company
and the union committee to be
submitted to the membership for
ratification."
Late Sports
COAST LEAGUE
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug.
Second night game (7 innings):
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Portland 301 003x-7 13 1
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Sisters IMill
BEND, Aug. 14 - (JP) - Fire de
stroyed the M. G. Hitchcock pine
mill near Sisters Thursday night
at a loss estimated by insurance
company representatives, of more
than $40,000. -
Sheriff Claude- L. McCauley
said the fire apparently started
under the trimmer and In IS min
utes the main building, collapsed.
The sawmfll and the boiler house
also were destroyed.
Officials said the plant would
be reconstructed if materials can
be obtained. :
Mrs. FDR
Calls for
Equality
SALISBURY, NC, Aug. 14.-0fP)
-Frequently interrupted by ap
plause, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
keynoted a panel discussion of ne
gro youths Thursday by calling
for equal opportunities m Amer
ica for education and for a man
to hold the job for which he is
qualified, regardless of age, color,
or, creed.
The ; first lady's hearers were
young, people from widely scat
tered parts of the United States
for a convention on christian ed
ucation of the Afro - Methodist
Episcopal Zion church. The panel
discussion was held in the audi
torium of Livingston college.
Mrs. Roosevelt made the open
ing statement on "the responsibil
ity of youth in the world situa
tion." Questions and answers fol
lowed. "We must nave patience and we
must try with all our might to
bring about recognition of the fact
that man -must have equal oppor
tunity to get any job he is capable
of filling," Mrs. Roosevelt de
clared. "Minority groups in the
United States have taken work
bringing small Incomes, and
therefore set the whole economic
level very low, for no other rea
son but that they "belonged to the
minority group. This applies to
groups other than negroes."
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GERVAIS, Aug- 14 --Funeral
services for Samuel Henry
Brown, who died Thursday night
in Portland, will be held at 2 JO
Sunday afternoon in the Gervais
high school auditorium. The body
will lie In state at the farm home
from : Saturday night until 2
o'clock Sunday. '-". , : ,
: Mr. Brown underwent a major
operation two 'years ago and had
never ; fully recovered and, ' when
he- was stricken with pneumonia
ten days ago, his condition rapid
ly became worse.
- In. addition to his many other
political ; interests, Mr. Brown
served a five-year term on the
iwviia mirn vnnni ru-tovvi irriirt
ended in June.
- The funeral service Sunday
will be conducted by Rev. James
Aikin Smith, pastor of the Ger
vais Presbyterian ' church, al
though Mr. Brown was a member
of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church. Ringo mortuary of Wood
burn will be in charge of the
services. .
Honorary pallbearers will be
W. ILiStrayer of Baker; L. H.
McMahan, Salem; Ronald E.
Jones, Woodburn; E. A. Bennett,
Portland; W. E. Burke, and Peter
Zimmerman, Yamhill; Sumner
Stevens, Martin Rostvold and
Marion Henning.
Active , pallbearers will be
Frank Henny, Rudolph Henny,
Fred Coffin, Stablex Duda, Wes
ley Keppinger andBen Hawkins.
Burial will be made in Belle Passi
cemetery.
Women's Party -Leader
Killed
EAST CHARLESTON, Vt, Aug.
14 (JPy- Mrs. Amy C. Ransome,
long-time advocate of women's
rights and vice chairman of the
national women's party, was in
stantly killed Thursday .when she
fell down stairs in the home of a
friend she was visiting. She was
about 70 years old.
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