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Threat -Gro win
Many Shock Troops Wiped
Out at Stalingrad; Russ
By EDDY GILMORE . ' .
MOSCOW, Saturday, Aug. 22 (AP) The nazi bid for
Stalingrad reached a critical stage early Saturday with rein
forced German troops trying to erect bridgeheads across the
Don 40 miles above the Volga city and attempting to exploit
a wedge driven into Russian positions northeast of Kotel
nikovski below the Don. -
The midnight communique said the red army had re
pelled constant German attacks southeast of Kletskaya on
the Don bend, but acknowledged that nazi tanks had breached
Russian positions southwest of Stalingrad in the Kotel-
nikovski area.
"Northeast of Kotelnikovski re
peated heavy attacks by tanks
and mechanized infantry were re
pelled," the communique said. "In
another sector the enemy sent 100
tanks into the attack. Only a few
succeeded in breaking through.
, "The infantry - which- followed
the tanks, was cut off by soviet
troops. Its annihilation now is
proceeding."
The next 24 hours should tell
much in the grim fight for Stal
ingrad. Twice In two days the
Germans have thrown forees
across to the eastern bank of the
Don loop, but the Russians said
most of these shock troops were
wtped otT
Russian Observers admit, , how
ever, that (t is going to be hard
, to hold the Germans, especially if
.the nazis realize a superiority of
numbers and equipment as they
have now for two months.
The banks of the Don river loop
were reported strewn withidead
German shock troops in a bloody
fight for, control of both river
sides. ."T:.7J -' : .vl
The red armies fighting In the
Caucasian foothills south of
Krasnodar on the road to the
BUck sea port of Novorosslsk
still were falling back. The
Russians were officially report
- ed to have killed more than 2000
Germans before retiring to new.
positions.
The communique reported the
Russians repulsed enemy attacks
southeast of Pyatigorsk. There the
German drive was along1 an' as
phalt road leading to Nalchik, 50
miles beyond. Nalchik" in turn is
only 100 miles west of the Russian
oil city of Grozny.
Soviet bombers were engaged in
heavy defensive action over "this
entire area, but also went over to
the offensive Thursday night with
a long-range bombing of Warsaw
fai occupied Poland,' eastern Prus
' sia and upper Silesia.
" "A large force" of soviet bomb-
1 ers "caused 14 big fires in War
saw,, and 19 explosions were observed,"-
an announcement said.
. Warsaw is more than 700 miles
from Moscow, and the Russians
said all their planes returned..,'
"Many fires also were caused
and heavy explosions observed
In the districts of eastern Prus
sia and upper Silesia where
German military . objectives
were attacked."-
Russian dispatches said the Ger
mans .were pouring, fresh troops,
' t least two divisions strong, into
. the critical Don bend area above
Stalingrad.
Trucks Strike
In Midwest
CHICAGO, A u g; 2 WP-AFL
truck drivers in six mid western
states went on strike Friday in a
dispute over wage differentials,
Robert : AppeV secretary of the
'Central States Employers' confer
ence committee, said Friday night
- Appel said the strike was called
in defiance of the war labor
board." He said the WLB had set
August 31 for a hearing on the is
sue. , - .? - -
, "Transportation of a great deal
of essential vital war material has
been disrupted by. this strike, es
pecially the movement of perish
able foods, Appel said. The em
ployees committee has requested
the war labor board to order the
unions to call of the strike in view
of the schedule ; hearing August
31." ' "
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Curtailment of
Civilian Power
Use Enhanced
WPB Altars Program;
Dam Projects
Are Halted
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21-(JP)-The
war production board read
justed its entire wartime power
expansion program Friday, halted
or suspended work on 85 public
and private power projects, and
announced flatly that the move
had "substantially enhanced the
probability of widespread curtail
ment" in civilian use of electri
city. "V" . ,
By closely trimming the amount
of power available for war work
as well a essential civilian neetSs,
the revision tied in closely ..with
WPB's announced policy of stop
ping construction of most new war
plants which cannot be completed
by mid-1943.
Under the readjusted program
WPB rave the go ahead signal
only to enough power projects
to assure eleetrteity for "war
and indirect war production as
now planned." with a "small
margin" to eare for possible ad
ditions to the present munitions
program.
"It has- been necessary to hold
this margin to the minimum and
the risks involved in such action
represent the price that must be
paid for releasing materials need
ed immediately for - direct mili
tary uses,"; WPB said. v
Indicating that luxury uses of
power would be baited by the
turn of the year, WPB declared
that demands of the war program
made- it impossible to "preserve
the standard of reliability of ser-
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1000 Pickers
Souglitor
Crop Weekend
One thousand more pickers, 500
each for beans and hops, have
been ordered for this" weekend
Two Independence hop r t d s
alone have placed orders at the
US employment service for 450
pickers to ' report this, morning.
Camping facilities are available at
each. . - 1 : ,
It is almost mandatory that the
early hops be taken off the vines
within the next few days because
of the evidence of red spider, hop
men said Friday. The "hot weath -
er is beginning to turn the-vines
red. ..,' . "
The possibility that 100 week-
nn nirkpn micrht tut nmniifMl
for the nearby hop fields was
voiced hopefully by hop men as
the need became more urgent
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Fire Precautions
Asked in Homes
Fill or partially fill the bath
tab, stationary tubs . er other
large receptacles with water
and keep some standinr: leave
the nossle on the hose at'nhrhtS
because removing sprinkling
equipment and adjosticg hose
to get" force enough for fighting
fire takes precious time.
These are the directions Is
sued Friday night by elvCian
defense, aathortties of the city
of Salem throngh the press to
the residents of Salem. For the
ol DUCIB UftVtiU t-C VIHI
next six weeks, driest period
here, these should ; be 'part ef
the precautionary measures in
every home In the area, it .was
declared. '
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Beating
HersheyWarns
Deeper Draft
One-Dependent Men'
Next for Service;
Time Coming Soon
tVANSTN, 111., Aug. 21
Maj. Gen. Louis B. Hershey, na
tional selective service director,
Friday advised men with de
pendent wives only to "begin
makine arraneements now" to
enter the army.
Asserting that the "end is in
sight" of the available supply of
single men for military duty, the
director said that reclassification
of all married men would start
"nrobably in October and cer
tainly by Christmas." '
-When the supply of single
men is gone in ine next.iew
iths," he said, "we must dip
into ; the gronp ef men with
wives and secondary depend
ents." Gen. Hershep explained
secondary dependents were
those other than - wives and
children. -
Expressing his views at a press
conference and in an address be-
fore the - national ; Institute for
commercial and trade organiza -
tion executives on. Northwestern
university- campus : the director
said that the number of able
bodied "men In industry must be
drastically reduced in the very
near future." ; .
r "In the past, selective service
I has. protected vital industries
but from here on, when the army
needs the men, there will be no
I waiting until he is replaced," he
I said.
General Hershey said selective
1 service needs men "at a rate
which would have been consider-
I 4 .airrkiimsn s vun, aon " but
I he declined to give specific fig-
ures on any phase
iase of the draft
1 program.
Soldier Drowns
In Willamette
ALBANY Ore- Aug. .21
T--V U1--i C11 M
stationed at Camp Adair near
here,' was drowned in the Will am-
ette river near its confluence with
the" Luckiamute river Thursday
night Belay, -io swam across
the Willamette, became exhausted
orv the return -trip and sank- less
than 100 " fee from shore The
body was recovered.
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tlOUSinj? UOing Up ''k -
PORTLAND, Ore- Aug. 2I-P
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a $12,500,000 housing projectt Bahia but did not say wnetner me
which will accomodate 18,000 war
workers In 000 apartments.-
Japs Slain in SbMmom
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Out Blaze at Flax Shed
Around cloud of smoke, all that
shed number four at the state
afternoon, .city . and state hosprl
gathered to play hoses on the.
SO minutes. In the inset, boys,
tongue of flame which spread
Fire Destroys One Shed
A t Priso h
Other Buildings Saved
Fire of undetermined origin
penitentiary flax plant here late
damage of $6500, and threatened
a million dollars worth of the fibre plant,
A wind from the north and
hospital fire departments were
J exander with saving the more val
uable part of the stored flax. Shed
number four, which burned to the
ground in approximately 30 min
utes, was valued at $5000, the 25
tons of flax it housed at $1500, Al
exander said. .
Fire hoses were kept in opera
tion for almost six boors, and
moeh of the flax in the area
was moved In an effort to en
sure the safety of the remain
ing stores. : '
The fire was first seen and re
ported by J. H. Taylor, Jefferson,
1 whose heavily listing load of flax
f had been "stopped at the number
j four shed." Taylor had been told
I to wait while other trucks were
I unloaded at other sheds, be said.
I Getting out of his truck after fcev
era! minutes there, he walked
around the building and saw the
I blaze.
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169 Brazilians
Lost; U-Boat
aVCluauuo i UUU
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 21.-P)
-lioss of 169 army officers and
men in the recent axis torpedoing
of the coastal - Vessels Baependy,
Itagiba and Arabaquara was of fi-
cially announced . Friday as US
and Brazilian airmen searched off
the 5000-mile coastline for, axis
submarines, - Including one whi ch
I accosted a small coastline vessel
J with, demands for fuel and food.
I - The - three ships t were among
j five whose sinking . In a space of
three days was announced-by the
I government Monday. Eighty eight
1 soldiers were saved. There were
no accurate f figures on civilian
j losses, but it appeared certain civ
ilian and military victims num.
hprnl bvit than RflO
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vThn.gt)iveviunent ; Agneia- Na-
cional tow ol me mciaeni invoiv
I ing the coastef to a dispatch "'from
demands were met or tell the fate
I of the vessel. - " . . -
eonld be seen of erantpling fUxl
penitentiary flax plant late Friday
fkenn, employes atid convicts
blue which destroyed the' shed In
volunteers and trusties beat-at the
Into stubble nth of the flax sheds.
Flax Via n t;
destroyed one shed at the state
Friday afternoon, with attendant
six other storage sheds housing
the raDid action of citv and state
credited by Warden George Al-
WPB Slices
Coffee, Hints
Other Items
WASHINGTON, AugV 21-ffV-
The government Friday ordered
a deeper cut in the nation's con
sumption of coffee and reported
a "dangerous" rise in prices of
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Other actions by the war agen
cles . demonstrated the war r was
rubbing elbows ever closer with
the average citizen.
Because of increased employ'
ment in war-plants, the war pro-
ductico board toe steps to make
couon looms turn out more oi me
tough fabrics needed for work
clothes.
"Operators of movie and lesit-
folate stage theatres were warned
i nmn ... . . . .
aj nr. mat maienais snonages
would make it "increasingly dif -
ficult" : to keep all show houses
open ior ine ourauon. .
v To save" truck, the of fioe of
defense transportation forbade
ujcii use ui iuu icr (sseu-r ser
!iut.aa,ch F5 of,busses
rettux nfi oeen auiicu. ,
The coffee order, " issued by
lr isl
dealers to 5 per.cent of last year
deliveries as compared with ' the
present monthly quota of 75 per
cent It is effective September 1
Although the cut and its cause
- the - shortage - of c shipping be
tween s this, country and
-auDi
"7, . i"-1"
more imminent s WPB. -i left T the
question of equitable distribution
up to the judgment of wholesale
and retail dealers.
Thursday's Weather
min. S8. Uver Thursday -3.1- ft '
By amy request weather fore
casts are withheld and temper
ature data delayed.
US Losses Reported Light
Rest Of.
Force Is
Captured
Daily Skirmish
Casualties Are .
Noted, Marines
PEARL HARBOR, TO,
Aug. 21 (AP)United
States marines mopping up
Japanese in the Solomon
islands Thursday killed
670 of an enemy force of
700 and captured the re
mainder, a communique
issued by Admiral Chest
er W. Nimitz, US Pacific
fleet commander, . said
Friday night.
The action occurred, the com
munique said, after a night-time
attempt by the Japanese to land
the 700 troops from high speed
boats In an effort to break through
Ithe marine lines. !"v;$'-: "
Marine losses in the fighting
28 kTiUei.an.. 72 iniured
Admiral Nimitz communique
said;
ince the' - initial ; cuccessful
landings In . the Solomon Islands
by United. States forces under the
command of Vice Admiral Robert
L. Ghormley a period, of mopping
up in order to consolidate our pos
itions has been In progress.
(The marines, with a navy cov
ering force, made the first land
ings In the Solomons the night of
August 7.)
'Japanese defenders took, to
the hills and jungles to escape
from oar forces. There have
been daily skirmishes between
United States marine - patrols
and enemy detachments. In
these actions both sides have
suffered easvallies.
'On August 19 the marines, with
a loss of six killed and wound
ed, wipea out a Japanese oeiacn-
ment of 92 officers and men. En
emy resistance continued until the
last man was killed.
"On the night of August 20 the
enemy landed a force of about 700
well equipped troops : from high
speed boats outside of the mar
ine's lines and attempted to break
through.
"During the darkness only hand
to hand fighting, was possible, but
with the breaking of day the mar
ines were able to maneuver.
While one battalion held the front
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the beach.
"The aetloa ; eoattaoed antfl
late afternoon. Of the 701 Jap-
smj ' f!l r . !. lhj iwt
21 killed and 72 wounded.
ine marines in me oiomons
who are under the command of
Mai. Gen. Alexander A Vander -
"The marines in the Solomons
I USMC, have added another
page to their history of outstand-
m achievement''
I ti M--i:m
I -k A h-- th 7nn tt-v
I in Jananese came from, or which
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0f the islands now in the hands of
jthe marines was the scene of the
I action.
Durickeh of 104 til :
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Gains Promotion
CAMP ADAIR, Ore- Aug. .21-
ot Col. Wmiam
s rMmn nncki to briMdir.
Caldwell Puncken to brigadier-
general in the 104th Infantry div
I ision was announced Friday, ,
He received the silver star from
Maj . t Gen. Gilbert-It Cook,-bm
I mander of the 104th, who was el
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I week, al ongwithC oL CX audiu M.
Easier. of the 6th infantry "div
ision Who was made a brigadier.
Prisoners Show V
VICHY," Aug. 21 (flVPhoto-;
graphs' purporting to show allied
soldiers captured at Dieppe, pub
llished "In Paris newsnanera Fri
day, showed them grinning at the
camera and holding: up two fin
leers in the V lor.Victorv si
Leads Yanks
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MAJ. JAMES ROOSEVELT
In US Pacific Offensive
Air Fortresses
Keep Records
None Lost in Raids;
lsibiity of
i Second Front Seen
LONDON, Aug. 21 -iJPh The
Dieppe demonstration of allied air
mastery over a chdsen zone of op-
erations was followed Friday by
allied victory in a qualitative test
of Germany's newest and hst
fighting planes against the Flying
l ortresses of the United States
army air iorces.. -. '
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B-l7s were over the North Sea ii,jr -
when 20 to 25 of Germany's prized ck,ed. southern Solomon. is-Focke-Wulf
190s tackled them. J, m n Pration whIch ft"
In the 20 acUon-filled minutes,
that followed six of the attackers
were destroyed or damaged. : "
Not one of the Portr--
was lost although two emgines of
one. were destroyed and a shell
;
from one of the Focke-Wolfs
eannons exploded In the cock
pit killing the eo-pilot and in
juring the pilot
iMMI - -
ine .onress was wi in manyi
other . places" the US army, air
headquarters communique added,
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"but no other casualties were suf
fered."
The North Sea foray, objective
undisclosed, was the - fourth by
the Fortresses in five days since
J?11""1 Sta,
I bombirif operations in the Eu-
I ropean theatre.
i onress - crews, iamuianzing
themselves with the European the-
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I nirnw sftirnir l Ancr 21
I tv. -m. innnnnrMi FriHav
5pht that at least seven fiipr.
i
had .been killed in the crash of
two medium bombers near Hard
ing field, army air base here.
The . planes crashed : to the
ground after - the collision about
seven miles north of here, near j
Zion City, striking earth about
400 yards apart One burst into
flames immediately, the other be-
coming deeply imbedded m the
ground, raccordir to
A--rr. - ' r,hm.
Army rescue crews rushing ? to
the . scene ' were hampered tn
reaching the planes by the thick
woods,. and Upon arrival through
heavy underbrush, r by extreme
- 1 heat from the flamintf nlane. !
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s vjasn irucKS,' amouiances ana
fire fighting, apparatus were m
mediately di-patcbed to the scene,
The Harding field, public, relat
turns office said , the names of
those: killed, three offkers and
four enlisted men, . wouldno t be
released, until the next of - kin
- :
had been notified. . s.',; . ,4 - 4
The - army - authorities quoted
j eye witnesses, as saying a number
- lot men floated to earm cy para
1 chute from the, planes.,
in Pacific
Islands
Base Hit
80 Japs Killed :
In Quick Raid;;
Two Ships Sunk
PEARL HARBOR, TIL
Aug 21 - (AP) Ameri
can sea fighters, with Maj.
James Roosevelt of the na
tion's first family among
them, belted the Japanese
a crumpling hit and runi
attack on Makin island in
the Gilbert group August
17, Admiral Chester W
Nimitz, United , States Pa
cific naval commander.
said Friday.'
After the purpose of the attack
was "accomDlIshed In its entirv
ty,w the raiding force was with
drawn. . 1 L '" ; i
The marines, supDorted'b
hard-punching units of the fleet
lanaea on the northernmost island
of the Gilbert group in an opera
tion aimed at clipping the claws
Gilbert
of enemy-forces in tha-axchipelai"-
go stolen from the British. -
Major Roosevelt son of the
President, was second In command
" ranne raraers, ana ne ana
cther p officers of the raid came
ott without casualty, the admiral's
VU""1JU"JVUC ara. , ? ; ,
" was tne second offensive stab
at the enemy's south Pacific hold-
uae mgni, oi August 7,
wren united btates marines and
allied naval units under US Vice
I At-5-oI TK- T Ol a
encan sea-soldiers fumly
t" Pfn emplacements ana
mstallations the enemy once held,
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Dependent Pay
May Be Ready
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Some dependents of service men
may receive their first govern
ment allowances within two weeks
or less, the war and navy depart
ments indicated Friday night af- ,
ter President Roosevelt signed the
bill permitting the allowances to
be paid as soon as bookkeeping
can be completed. '-'v."5-. O
The war department said checks
covering the first applications to
be approved would go out short
ly after September 1, while the
navy said it . was "prepared to
make payment almost immediate-i
ly on all applications which have1
been received and approved.' '
Navy officials explained the
only delay anticipated would be
I m writing and mailing checks and
I handling the volume of new 8C-
i .
wua""R
Army officials said that wher
ever possible, enlisted men rather
than the dependents should file i
the applications since the pro
cedure was less complicated f or '
the service men. Civilian appli- i
cations must be accompanied by
documentary proof, of the rela
tionship or dependency claimed, )'
to submit rue- proof immediately.
Ally Promotions
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GEN. I.asARTHUR'S ! HEAD
- j QUAITEKS,": Australia, Saturday,
i Aug. Brig. - Gen.: -Richard
e. Marshall, Iuty chief of staff
I under General IaArthur, has
J been promoted to major, general,
I and Col. Hanf ord McNider has
(been' made a brigadier general, it
':. j was announced Saturday -
I McNider formeriy was an assis -
tant secretary 01 war, u mimster 1
- ito Canada, ana commanaer 01
lAmencan J-egion-