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KEIETY -SECOND YEAH
Salem, Oregon, Wodnosdar Morning August 19, 1942
Prlco Sc.
No. 1C3
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480,000 Nazis
Said Slain in
Three Months
Withdrawing of New
Divisions Told as .
Tempo Increases
By HENRY C. CASSIDY
MOSCOW, Wednesday, Aug.
IMiTVSmashing German tank
attacks forced the red army to
withdraw in one sector of the
vital defenses before the Volga
industrial city of Stalingrad and
drove a wedge into another sec
tor, the Soviet midnight com
munique said Wednesday, but in
other areas Russian resistance was
reported generally strengthened.
The new German gains were
southeast of Kletskaya, 75 miles
northwest of Stalingrad? where the
Germans appeared to be. concen
trating their drive to cut the Vol
fa.
The communique also reported
fighting in the region of Pyatig
orsk, 15 miles south of Miner
alnye.Vody, indicating' the Ger
mans had made new advances on
'the South Caucasus front.;
On the other hand, the Rus
sians appeared to hold the in
itiative in the Krasnodar see
Hon, farther to the west, "and
the communique said one, sovie(
unit in counter-attacks rooted a
battalion of Germans who bad
forced a crossing of the Kuban
river.
Earlier reports said Marshal
Semeon Timoshenko's forces had
occupied an important line in the
defense of Stalingrad and that the
red army had launched an often
sive far to the north on the Len
ingrad front, forcing the Ger
mans to withdraw to some extent.
Meanwhile, the ferocity of the
fighting was indicated by a spe
cial soviet communique which
said the Germans had lost 1,250,
000 men in the three months up to
August 15 480,000 of them killed
and had drained much of their
reserve strength from western
Europe to strengthen their drive
into Russia.
- The special communique said
the Germans had withdrawn 22
. divisions from France, Belgium
and Holland and had mobilized 70
other divisions from Italy, Ruma
nia. - Hungary and Slovakia for
service on the Russian front.
The Germans were reported
to have lost 3390 tanks, 4000
guts of various calibre, and not
less than 4000 planes since Mar
15. Soviet losses were listed as
.2240 tanks, 3152 fans, and 2198
planes. .
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Boeiiic
To Be Upped
Big Bombers Will Be
Boomed to Full
" Capacity -
. SEATTLE, Aug. 18-(-The big
bombers that starred in Tuesday':
spectacular, raid over France are
going to be produced at a tremen -
dously accelerated rate, starting
immediately, it was announced
Tuesday by H. Oliver West, exec
utive vice-president and produc
tion chief of the Boeing Aircraft
company.
West said the government had
approved "additional schedules,"
and "indications received ., from
Washington" a few days ago made
him believe the shortages which
have been retarding production
would be relieved.
We are operating at only 40
per cent of our ultimate capacity,"
West told newspaper correspond
ents on the National Association of
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Service Men
. P O R T L A ND. Aug.. 18.-P)-Coast
guard recruiting headquar
ters announced Tuesday that en
listees enroute to the Port Town
tend training center "Tuesday in
cluded Omer, J. Roberts, ; jr
.Aumsvilie; James C Russell and
Warren M. Keeney, Salem, and
Edwin R. Stryker, Dallas.
service men on
Output
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Heavy action was reported la the
Mincralnye Vody and the Russians took the initiative at Krasnodar
(1) Tuesday. Nazis claim the capture of Elista (2). Host critical
battles were occurring on the fronts west of Stalingrad at Kletskaya
(3), where Germans made gains, and Kotelnikevskt where Marshal
Timosbenko counter-attacked. Tempo of the battle was increasing
at Voronezh (4), and the German communique noted heavy defen
sive struggles at Kzbev and Vyazma (5). The Red army was re
ported to have launched an offensive on the Leningrad front (6).
US Plane
Axis Submersible
Off Brazil
Five Ship Sinkings Bring Curfew,
Warning of President Vargas of
Punishment for "Acts of Piracy"
RIO De JANEIRO, Wednesday, Aug. 19-P)-A US plane was
reported Wednesday to have bombed an axis submarine 50 miles
off Aracaju on the Brazilian coast in an area where the under
water craft have been preying on Brazilian shipping, sinking five
ships in three days. '
It was not disclosed immediately whether the attack was
Dimoiit Here
Hits Mainly
City Signs
Salem residents, who for the
past two nights have experienced
a variety of dimouts while street
lights were black, are due for the
enforced variety Thursday night,
civilian defense authorities re
minded business houses Tuesday.
Principally affected , by. dimout
orders here will be such Institu
tions as service stations, theatres
with brilliantly-lighted fronts and
all concerns utilizing floodlights
and outdoor neon signs between
1 sunset and dawn, it was said.
Motorists are not to be required
to use the almost valueless lights
required of coastline drivers in
specified areas and most home
lighting will not be cramped.
Downtown street lights were
out much of Tuesday night, while
power company employes report
edly worked on dimout experi
ments.
Pumper Controls
Fire at Aurora, -
Pumping 0 gallons a minute
over period cf four hours, new
pumper unit belonging to the state
forestry department , had its first
workout. Tuesday to bring under
control a fire which spread from a
combine exhaust pipe to burn over
seven acres of wheat and timber
near Aurora.:.:-:?. -c-vvV
Directing the pumper; sent from
Salem because cf the shortage of
laDOr in uw Aurora area to xigm
the' blaze, were John B. Woods,
jr., and Phil Knight Amount and
value of the grain destroyed was
undetermined Tuesday night when
the fire was brought under control,
a mm -in a m i a a m n m
ectorg
I SOVIET RUSSIA
i staou'
IRAN
midnight soviet communique near
Bombards
Coast '
successful. V
A naval spokesman also said
an axis surface raider was loose
in the south Atlantic and had been
sighted several days ago near the
Brazilian island of Trindale, 1,
000 miles off the coast Presum
ably allied warships are search
mg for iV but the spokesman
would not discuss that probability.
The government news agency
identified the pilot of the attack
ing US plane as Lieut Jack Lacey.
The chief of police ordered the
closing of all bars and cafes at 9
p.m. daily until further notice be
cause of the tension following the
sinkings. , .
AD persons must be at their
homes by 10 p.m.
Brazilians demanding war
against the axis in vengeance for
the sinkings were told by Presi
dent Betalio Vargas these "acts
of piracy" would not go un
punished. A short time later Lieut-Cot
Joao Pinto Pacca, speaking for
W ar Minister Gen. Eurico Gaspar
Dutra, told a crowd at the war
ministry the country was at the
"gates of war", and the army was
"ready to obey the order of the
chiefs who direct the nation."
It was learned the ships carried
838 persons, including 274 sol
diers, and only 157 were known to
have reached land, whiTie 50 were
definitely lost and the remainder
missing.""-;
Roseburg Youth
Drowns in River
; "ROSEBURG, " Ore," Aug. 18-(fl
Walter Evans, 18, Roseburg,' lost
his life Tuesday while -swimming
in the South Umpqua river
here, K - '-'i -.
; A companion Dyle Baker, re
covered the body immediately but
resuscitation attempts by the fire
department were futile.
He was the son of Mr. and
tH::":::H SANOARX
V:! SHAH I
Jungle IVetcs
Knew Before
...
It Happened
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1S-P)
A Jungle telegraph in Yaeataa,
Mexico, reported two days be
fore It happened that Japanese
subs were to shell the Oregon
coast, Explorer Franklin Robert
Johnston said Tuesday on Us
return from a visit to the Mays
Indians. . 'i
'"How? That would be a physi
cal Impossibility to find out,
the president of the Southern
California Areheologieal Society
said. There must be axis acti
vity there as elsewhere. But to
fathom the ' Jangle telegraph
would take a lifetime and then
yoa wouldn't want to tell. One
thing certain even deep ia the
Jangle they know the war situa
tion very thoroughly. And they
don't Uke the axis."
Oregon Unable
To Help, Milk
Shortage Ousts Plea
From Fort Lewis; .
Plans Conned
A serious milk shortage looms
in the Portland area and possibly
in other parts of Oregon with the
result that Fort Lewis, Wash.,
cannot expect to receive any re
lief from this state under existing
conditions, it was brought out at
a meeting in the executive depart
ment here Tuesday.
The meeting was called by Gov.
Charles A. Sprague and was at
tended by representatives of the
city of Portland, members of the
state milk control board and state
agricultural , department official
List Saturday Governor Sprague
received a frantie call from army
officials at Fort Lewis that the
milk supply there was inadequate
and that additional milk was de
sired from the Portland milk
shed. Two possible solutions of the
threatened milk shortage were
suggested. - :
One is to qualify producers
who are now within the Port
bind milkshed but who have not
been admitted to the bottle and
can trade.
The second is ito extend the
Portland milkshed to include ad
ditional producers who may quali
fy under the state milk control
board regulations.
Officials made it plain if there
was any surplus of milk in Port
land it would be made available
to the army on demand.
Members of the milk control
board said it would be folly to
seek additional milk " supplies in
western . Oregon i south of , Port
land where large -quantities of
milk are now required for Camp
Adair and Camp White army can
tonments. Tillamook county ; was
mentioned as a prospective field
for negotiations.
Officials indicated that If the
milk demand continues to ia-
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Hop Growers
Offer $2.50
To Pickers
Independence hop growers are
offering $2.50 a hundred pounds to
pickers, D. P. McCarthy, hop con
trol board member, said Tuesday.
A reported $3.50 wage offer was
in error, McCarthy declared, re
iterating that the growers feel that,
coupled with living accommoda
tion and transportation induce
ments to pickers, the $2.50 rate is
a liberal one, making hop picking
a worth while occupation.
Unfilled orders for 600 hop pick
ers were on lile at tne uniiea
States employment service, 10
Ferry street when the - olfice
closed Tuesday night While
surplus of bean pickers were on
hand Tuesday- mqrning, addition
al orders were received during the
day and 150 Dickers are wanted
this morning, W. EL Baillie, man
ager, said. -
The branch employment office
In Independence now has two men
to take care of the business, Robey
Ratcliff and Wesley Boeder. The
Dallas branch office - is not yet
opened because of lack cf a man
ager.
Monday V7eather
Monday! max. temp. . mia.
54. River HoBday -3.7 ft By
army request weather forecasts
are withheld aad temperature
Raiders
Strike
Coast
Commando Move
Not ail Invasion;
Air Fights High
LONDON, Wednesday,
Aug. 19. (AP)The com
mandos made a raid on the
Dieppe area of occupied
France early Wednesday,
British headquarters an
nounced. The bulletin said the
operation still was in prog
ress... It was then shortly before 7
a. m. (11 p. m. Pacific war time),
reflecting a protracted action
since the bulletin said the action
was launched early Wednesday.
There was no indication im
mediately that any United States
troops were taking part in the
raid, the first to be announced
since the commandos landed in
the Boulogne-Le Touquet area
June 4.
An indication the raid possibly
was on a larger scale than the
four previous, attacks made on the
coast of France this year was seen
in the war bulletin's announce
ment it was still progressing.
Meanwhile, it added, the French
people were being advised by ra
dio the raid was not a full-fledged
invasion.
LONDON, Aug. 18.-(PV-The US
air : force was rising Tuesday to
ward its full place in a titantic
struggle for control of the skies
over Europe and the middle east
American two-motor bombers
have entered the air war in Af
rica and four-motor flying fort
resses stand ready to repeat and
intensify raids like Monday's on
the nazi-held European continent
The RAF, already deep into the
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Distribution
Meat Problem
Allocation of Retail
Supply Suggested
As WPB Move
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19-OP)
The war production board received
recommendation from its foods
requirements committee Tuesday
that the government allocate sup
plies ' of meats among butcher
shops, stores and retail outlets in
a move to assure equitable distri
bution of limited supplies.
The recommendation grew out
of a seasonal shortage of meats
that has developed in several sec
tions of the country, , particularly
in the east as a result of an un
precedented war demand.
Such a plan, if put into effect
by the WFB, would give each
distributing - agency , a ' certain
percentage of the meat U sold
in a similar past period. It would
follow the allocation plan' used
in distributing sugar before con
sumer rationing was pat into ef
fect The committee, headed by Sec
retary of ' Agriculture Wickard,
directed, however, that the office
of price administration formulate
a consumer rationing plan for use
only in the event the allocation
system and some readjustments in
present price ceilings on meats
failed to accomplish an equitable
distribution.
The agriculture department con-
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Crawford to Head
Defense Division :
, Lee Crawford, Salem attorney,
was Tuesday named head of the
protective division of the Marion
county civilian defense organiza
tion, his appointment to become ef
fective September I, County. Cor-
ordinator Bryan H. Conley an
nounced. . ; '
. Crawford's division of the de
fense organization here - includes
those units, which formed the en
tire setup prior to July 1. Second
main division is the citizens senr
ice corps, incorporating volunteer
workers and overseers for various
federal wartime boards operating
here. Conley retains his post as co
ordinator for the entire organiza
tion as representative of the de
Flew .Churchill
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William Vanderkloot (above), 28,
. of Sarasota, FTa., was one of two
American members of the Brit
ish ferry command who piloted
a US Liberator carrying Prune
Minister Winston Churchill of
.Great Britain to Moscow for
conferences with Premier Jo
seph Stalin of Russia.
Churchill Sees
Desert Troops
Auchinleck Relieved
By Alexander in
Middle East
CAD30, Wednesday, Aug. 19.-(fly-Prime
Minister Churchill
took advantage of his trip to Mos
cow to inspect allied troops In the
western desert and- confer with
American, fighting French, im
perial and dominion military
leaders in the middle east it was
disclosed officially Wednesday.
He stopped over in Cairo long
enough to spend one day in the
desert visiting Australian and
South African divisions and 'RAF
advanced squadrons on the El Al-
amem front, tne announcement
said, and to hold "important dis
cussions with service chiefs,, and
other British authorities in the
middle east"
It was stated later, however,
that he also conferred with
Mai Gen. Russell L. Maxwell,
US commander in the middle
east; Gen. Charles DeGaulle,
commander of the fighting
French; Field' Marshal Jan
Christian Smuts, prime minis
ter of Sooth Africa; and Lieut
Gen. Sir Barnard C. Freyberg,
commander of New Zealand -troops
In the middle east -British
officers who took "part
in the conference included Gen.
Sir Archibald P. Wavell, com
mander in India, and , Gen. Sir
Henry Wilson, commander of the
British Ninth army. ':'-:': :'
Some of these officers, includ
ing General Maxwell, accompan-
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Kiska Minu
Land Planes
Japs Unable to Blake
Suitable Runways
In Aleutians
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 17
(Delayed)-(-Failure of Ameri
can bomber pilots to encounter
any land-based aerial opposition
in their raids on Kiska and other
Japanese-held islands of the out
er Aleutians led to belief today
the enemy has been - unable to
establish landing " fields on any
part of the islands. . . , :
An officer of the army air force
said the Japanese were using
single-float seaplane fighters
based neither on. carriers nor on
land, but this apparently was the
total extent cf their air "defense
at present against the American
attacks. . , - i.wv. -..
Reasons for the enemy's failure
to ; create usable, runways either
on the Kiska . beaches or in the
rocky uplands are in doubt here,
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Fishing Contracts"
To Limit Outlawed
WASHINGTON, A u . lS-tfn
The war; production board Tues
day prohibited any contracts be
tween fishing boat operators and
eanners which limit - the ' amount
of pilchard or sardines which may
be caught - -
The order, effective September
1, provides also that any existing
contracts or' agreements limiting
the season's catch are outlawed
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Solomons uperation llinging
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By C. YATES
GENERAL 3IacABTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS,
Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 19 (AP) Allied recon
naisance planes Wednesday were reported to be search
ing the Pacific front as strong units of US Vice Admiral
Robert Lee Ghormley's combined fleet deployed in
anticipation of a naval showdown as a sequel to the
Solomon islands invasion. 1,1
Aside from reconnaisance flights no activity was
officially announced. One
however, dropped a number of bombs in airdrome dis
persal areas at Kavieng, New Ireland, north of the;
Solomons battle arena.
. (A correspondent for the New
Zealand Press association - said ex
tremely bitter land fighting which
might last for weeks or months
was still in progress in the Solo
mons. He quoted an authority in
a "south Pacific port" as saying
"the ultimate success of the op
eration turns on a crucial naval
battle.") . '
Dispatches from allied naval
headquarters in the south Pacific
area laid greatest stress on f orth-
coming operations at sea now that
US landing forces are firmly es
ta Wished in the Guadalcanal-Tula -
gi area of the Solomons. '
These advices, necessarily unof
ficial, suggested big; sea battles
still brewing in the waters of the
Solomon chain would prove the
turning point in the fight for the
barrier bases north of Australia
New Britain, New England, New
Guinea and others even more dis
tant Tokyo's eontlaaed silence
about the fate of Japanese gar
risons in the southeastern Solo
mons, meanwhile, gave at least
tacit confirmation to Washing
ton's assertion US marines had
well established footholds.
(The Berlin radio broadcast a
Tokyo dispatch to DNB saying bit
ter fighting was taking place on
both- Guadalcanal and Tulagi is
lands, and US engineers were tak
ing part in the operations ashore.
(This was the first axis admis
sion American landing forces had
fought their way ashore on Tulagi,
whose hurricane sheltered harbor
was" the main objective of Admir
al Ghormley's attack. " ;
(The presence of engineers, who
would follow shock troops ashore,
would indicate a strong landing
force was ashore.) -
- . At the same time airmen from
General MaeArthtw's command
were bombing the enemy bases
on the Island of Timor for the
fifth time in a week and carry
ing the attack farther afield to
the northeast hi a raid on New
Ireland. - ; t
Some observers here took the
raid on Port Moresby as a sign
a lull in the, Solomon battle en
abled the Japanese to spare bomb
ers, for other operations.' Others,
however, took the view Ithe Japa
nese either had reinforced their air
power in this area, or were trying
desperately to divert southwest
Pacific command airmen from
their important job of supporting
the American offensive in the
Solomons.:- '. - - ' :i ..a
Since the night of August 8-9,
when Admiral Ghormley's cruis
ers and destroyers engaged a Jap
anese naval force of similar make
up and drove It Into defeat before
ft could reach and attack the allied
transports ' landing marines and
supplies in the Tulagi area, there
has been no surface engagement
Long-range t bombers of the
MacArthur command have per
sistently sought eat Japanese
ship concentrations in the peri
phery of enemy -occupied islands
from Timor to New Britain, la
order' to prevent ' any sort of
, reinforcement of the Solomons,
bet there has been no indication
they have found the Japanese
warships. Possibly these hare
withdrawn to the Carolines for
the time being.
As a result Gbonnley was be
lieved to have split his forces
afloat into a defense concentration
standing guard over the marines
who are still extending their bases
ashore, ' and a fleet of heavy
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McDANIEL
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of the reconnaisance planes,
Oreg
omanson
Bellinger of Lebanon
Back August 25
' From Japan j
WASHINGTON,. Au g. 1 g-p)
The state department announced
Tuesday night the liner Gripsholm
with 1451 American and other
nauonais rrpm tne western Pacific
area is expected to arrive at New
York August 25.
In order to expedite the disem
barkation of passengers after ex
amination by customs and other
officials it has been -decided no
visitors will be allowed on the pier
i j 4- . . ,
miv VAauujjiuuu ia j cum i
pleted. I
The passenger list as given out
by the state department included '
the following:
American officials" and families:
Mrs. Alice, Portland, Ore.; Ed-
Yrirri. Tow n ' I.V.... . -v .
Hirata, Mitsuku, Seattle; Hirata,
w, . p .VUIUIVI1,
Ritzville, Wash.; Linnell, Irving j
N, Medina, Wash.; Newton, Nel""
son, apoaane, wain.: Ogawa.
Mary, Baker, Ore.; Rogers, L, Sis .
er of Mrs. Phillips, Seattle: Wil
liams, Thelma Seattle; YunL
William EL, Aberdeen, Wash.
American nationals:
-Adams, John SeatUe; Bui
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Police Catch
4
Pajama-clad inmates of the
state training school at Woodburn
who i attempted ,an after -dark
sneak Tuesday night forgot two
.t. , .... ' -.
uiuixa, innr snoes ana tne ais
comfort of running through stub
ble in bare feet? said state police
who caught up. with four of the
five would-be escapees within an
hour and a half of their disan-
pearance. . ; z.
Also reported missing Tuesday
night from a state-institution watr
James Lynn 38. five feet 10
inches tall 1 and weighing 225
pounds, who had left the state'
hospital's Polk ': county colony
farm without permission. ,
Cook Is Advanced
To Ma jor General I
CAMP ADAIR, Ore, Aug. 18
(Jpy-Oae officer advanced to ma
jor general and another to briga
dier general et ceremonies here
Tuesday. ; t . ;:' ; ( . ,.
Brig. Gen. Gilbert" TL Cook,
eortimanding the 104th infantry
division, was promoted to major
general. Cot Claudius M. Xaslejp
of the 86th Infantry division be
came a brigadier. -
Our Senators
Uca
5-4
Tranfser Ship
Escapees
Additional
page $.
it was said.
Mrs. Art Evans.
data delayed.'
fense council.
on the same date ,
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