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Keep Posted 'Momentous rent occur In an parts of the world while you sleep but also while The Statesman new services are reportlnc them. Keep potted; read The Statesman. Service Men- ' Oar boys of Salem ftn3 vicinity are ta uniform with t7acl Sam over the face ef the globe. Follow them dally la The Statesman's 'Service Men' column. NINETY-SECOND YEAR Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning, August 23, 1342 Price 5c X?oJ 112 Fell Omit of olofliaorag 81 V 111 sTIXlflXS Trio T ' for RussMreakM Allies ahs Counter-Blows Help Defense " Of Stalingrad By HENRY C. CASSIDY MOSCOW, Friday, Aug. 28 (P- Counter-a 1 1 a c k i n g red troops have wiped out a nazi lank wedge northwest of Stalin grad while the Russians have swept into the outskirts of Rzhev, 130 miles northwest of Moscow, in a continuing of fensive which has recaptured several localities, the Soviets an nounced early today. The Germans pushed "huge! fresh tank and infantry forces" into one sector northwest of the imperilled Volga river' city" to menace the Russian flank, the communique said, but "the red army men launched a counter LONDON. Friday, Ant. 28( Reuters qneted the Vichy radio today as saying a German-Rumanian column was within 21 utiles of tb Russian Black sea port of Novorossisk. , i V ' ' attack and restored the situation." Eleven enemy tanks were de stroyed and about two infantry companies were annihilated in this single action, the communique said. Red army tank men and in fantry beat off ten violent nazi attacks in another sector where 13 German tanks and two infan try battalions were destroyed. The Russians also were re ported 'holding- firm In other sectors ringing the approaches to Stalingrad. Another retreat in the Prok hladnenski area in the Caucasus was acknowledged, anct fighting still raged to Mozdok,' 30 miles to the east of that city. Mozdok 'is 85 miles west of the Russian oil city of Grozny. There was no indication here that the diversionary offensive to the West was relieving pres sure on Stalingrad, for the Rus sian again emphasized the enor mity of German tanks and infan try beating hammering blows at the city's approaches: Twenty six nazi tanks were knocked out in the sweep which carried the . Russians to "the out Tum to Page 2. CoL 3) Pooling Single Men Advised WASHINGTON, Au g. 2 7-) Selective service officials report ed Thursday thaWaf temporary cooling arrangement among local boards in each state had been recommended to assure that avail able single men will be drafted before married men. State directors have been ad vised to vary their military in duction quotas in accord with the number of single men the respec tive local boards have classified. An official explained that "in effect, this amounts to statewide cools of unmarried men." The instructions went out this month. Officials said they were not informed to what degree the arrangement ; had been made ef fective in the individual states. Service Meii 1st W. Remington, captain- adiutaiit fat the Oregon state guard and long a state highway denartment employe, reported Thnndir he had received no tice to report to Miami Beach, Fla. .. for . commissioning as a first lieutenant in the US array air corps. Ke expects to leave Tuesday. His family wfll re main In Salem for the present.. (Additional service notes en cage nine). VFpdnesdav's Weather Wednesday's max. temp. 69, win. 4S. By army request weath er forecasts are withheld and Bolster Forces temperature data delayed. Apply Aiincers Battle SteF ' t- MOSCOW. Friday, Aug. 2S -iJP) Gen. Gregory Zhnkov (above), red army commander on the central front, today was named first deputy of the people's commissar for defense. Gen. Zhnkov is far charge ; of s big red army; off ensiyo ', launched nsrthwest . t Moscow IS'; days ago, Joseph "Stalin Is defense commissar as well as premier. 'Black Market' Charge Denied No OPA Regulations Broken, Shipbuilder Kaiser Asserts SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27-UP) -Henry J. Raiser, the west coast master shipbuilder, denied Thursday- night that his company had purchased any "black market steel, as charged in Cleveland Thursday by the regional division of the office of price administra tion. . - I , "The ' record," he said, in a statement, "shows we have not violated any OPA regulation. We have net purchased , any 'black market' steel. To the best of our knowledge and Judg ment, our actions were entirely legal." The Cleveland OPA , office charged that the Kaiser company purchased. 250 tons of steel bolts on an illegal market; It was al leged that Kaiser bought the steel in one order from the Builders' Structural . Steel company ; of Cleveland, but had It delivered in small, "less-than-carload" lots to evade OPA price ceilings. CLEVELAND, Aug. 27 -)- Smashing at "an illegal market" in war-vital steel, an OPA official Thursday charged Henry J. Kais er's west coast shipbuilding con cern "in its eagerness to snatch steel from the , other steel-fam ished war Industries, paid "prof iteer prices" to a Cleveland ware house. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) si.wowiisff,3;, w usjwnpiujisi I - v" . E x-SalemHewsmjiiiTellg'Of Interiimenlt ini Tokyo -'r' - ' ' - . .-x v . - - - - - " v J- By ESTHER WALLACE i LEBANON, Aug. 27-(Special) I "The . happiest birthday of my ! life.-' ; ' ' ' " . That is the way Jack Bellinger has just written his mother, Mrs. Emma Bellinger, on his arrival on - American soil after months spent : in Japanese - internment camps and prisons. - Ti Yj In a long letter written aboard the Gripsholm, the - vessel used for repatriating American and Japanese nationals and 1 . which docked at New York Tuesday morning with. - members of the American ; diplomatic corps and American nationals aboard. These citizens were taken aboard the Gripsbolm at Lauren co Marques, Portuguese East Africa, from the Asama Main. Japanese fcat - 1 : eage; a m a Berlin To olland Hit Russ Fly From . East, US-RAF From West Bj The Associated Press ' LONDON, Aug. 27 The Rus sians from the east and British and American allies from the west are engaged in a whipsaw aerial pounding against Ger man-occupied Europe, it " be came apparent Thursday night, with soviet raids on Berlin and east German towns to which Ruhr and Rhineland industries have been moved and continued attacks launched from England. In their sixth bis foray against the enemy , in Europe, American flying Fortresses bombed ship yards at Rotterdam and again all returned home this afternoon, a joint United States-RAF an nouncement said. This latest combined aerial operation against Germany's might in western Europe came within a few hours after Rus siaai? planes fanned out over ' eastern Germany in destructive raids' on at least eight cities and towns. The red fliers penetrated as far west as Berlin, where they said they left fires biasing la the area,. The Russians announced that their planes hit Berlin, especially its Treptow suburb, Danzig, Koe- nigsberg, Tilsit, Stettin, Stargard, Fuerstenwalde and Schneide muehl in raids .Wednesday night despite bad weather. All planes returned safely to , their bases, Moscow said. All these towns have been re ported receiving some industries moved out of the Ruhr-Rhineland section. They make planes, mot ors and submarine parts for U boats launched at Danzig. The Americans and British proudly announced that once more the Flying Fortresses had carried out their mission without a sin gle loss. ' : Spitfires of the RAF fighter command protected the Fortresses as they swept over the lowlands Thursday. f J The flight to Rotterdam, a round trip of more than 300 miles, was described as one of the long est operational flights ever made by Spitfires on escort duty. The British - Press association's (Turn to Page 2. CoL 3) Educational Employe Ousted; Shortage . Of Funds Alleged EUGENE, Aug. 27-P-The state system of higher education learned from the secretary of state Thursday that an employe of the department of visual education had been discharged after an in vestigation showed he had with held $3200 in school receipts. The secretary's auditing depart ment did not give the employe's name nor say whether prosecution was planned. which had brougiit . them - from 1 Japan. A former Statesman employe and a graduate of the school ef Journalism at the University of Oregon, Bellinger had for sev era! years taught English fa) a Japanese college and worked on one ot - the leading Japanese 'dailies.':. , 4: When he saw how the tension between the two countries was increasing, he decided late last November to return home, ' and sailed from Japan December 2, on the Tatuta Maru. On Decem ber 7, the day the vessel crossed the ' international date line, an nouncement was made without any - explanation, that the boat was going to return at once to Japan. Three or four days later i the passengers by piecing togeth H Area emea- Raging Newly -Landed Opposed By a YATES McDANEEL GENE RAL MacARTHUR'S H E A DQUARTERS, Australia, Friday, August 2a-P)-A battle between allied and newly-land ed Japanese troops is developing in the crocodile -infested swamps . around Milne bay in southeastern New Guinea, and allied airmen have shot down 12 and probably 14 more Jap anese fighters there and at Buna up the coast, it was announced of ficially today. Allied airmen machine-gunned enemy barges, supplies and fuel dumps at Milne bay In the joint land-air action aimed at break ing this Japanese foothold on an area which lies less than 500 miles across the Coral sea from the Aus tralian mainland. The new landing at Milne bay already had cost the Japanese one transport and probably a cruiser, as well as six landing barges. -Eight Japanese fighters were shot down over Milne bay itself. and four others Were destroyed at Buna, 180 mile to the north west along'. the New" Guinea coast. Another two probably were de stroyed at Buna, and three others were damaged. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Hop Pickers Hold Biggest Demand Now Orders for 2285 hop pickers were on file in the US employ ment office, 710 : Ferry street, Thursday night The E. Clemens Horst company ranch, north of Independence, needs 1000; the C A. McLoughlin ranch, 500; Col lins and Collins, 250; Walker and Walker, and the Golden Gate Hop Ranch, 100 each, and Byron Ru dell, 50. North of Salem the T. A Live- sly ranch wants 200, W. O. Rus sell, 35, and the Mission Bottom Hop company, 50. For the first time in several days, more bean pickers were on hand ; Thursday morning than were needed. Growing conditions were responsible for the tapering off in demand. It was not anti cipated additional workers will be needed before next week, W. H. Baillie, manager of the US cm ployment service, said. The 8 o'clock bus schedule for housewives and others who miss ed the 6 o'clock bus was cot operated Thursday, nor will it be operated today, according to word from Baillie. ; : While hop and bean growers are loudest in calls for workers, there are pears, : peaches and blackberries ready to pick, Bail lie said. Orders for 150 peach and pear pickers are on file at the employment office and between 50 and 60 berry pickers are want ed in territory adjacent to Salem. er the small bits oi informauon they got from the stewards ascer tained that war between the Unit ed States and Japan had broken out and. that they must look for ward to internment Upon reaching Japan, Jack with Gripsholm Geared ' . -JERSEY CITY, NJ, Aug. 27--ifff-The bt of 1451 passen gers disembarked Thursday from the diplomat exchange liner Gripsholm which brought them here .Tuesday from the orient ' ' ':. : . Jessie E. Saugttad. state de partment represcntaUve, said 181 of the mssengers had been taken to Ellis island, where en emy alien rases are Investiga ted, for further examination. . Nip Troops "Softened" i Four flyers of the army air forces islands before the major US offensive got underway are oeost. after Left to right are Sgt. Paul Tuley of Evansville, Ind.; Capt KermU Cole.; Corp. Warren Mors ef Mlddletown, Mass and Sgt' Eugene (iiN suuuopnoto). 40-Hour Raid on Jap Base Described bv Witnesses By WALTER B. CLAUSEN PEARL HARBOR, Aug. YlHJPi The first eyewitness accounts of hand-to-hand fighting in which US marines wiped out 350 Jap anese on Makin island in the Gil berts last week disclosed Thurs day that the president's son, Ma jor James Roosevelt, was shot at by snipers tit was-"un!hjured. Ctt'-imtiJaer jc$n mu names oi Coronadot' Calit, " wno led the navy-marine raid on the Japanese-held island; Lieut. ' Col. Evans F. Carlson, Plymouth, Conn., commander of the marines, and Major James Roosevelt, sec ond in command of the marines, graphically told a story of 40 hours spent on the easternmost enemy seaplane base in the Pa cific. During this tune all tho en emy forces, ships and Installa tions were devastated and com pletely wiped out. (This was tho first word of such an extensive loss of life among the defenders. Earlier reports on the raid had estimated tho num ber of Japs killed as "at least 80," American losses were described in these reports as moderate.) . . Japanese snipers strapped to eocoanut trees took many pot shots at the president's son as Major Roosevelt was moving his units forward. "We got him," young Roosevelt smningjy; replied to questions as to how close the Japanese bullets came1 to him. f The expedition sank two Jap ships, destroyed two enemy planes, devastated three radio sta tions, and destroyed a thousand barrels of American-made gaso line the Japs had stored for sea plane use, as well as a large amount of supplies. . r : Many thrilling stories of hero ism by the marines were disclosed by Lieut Col: Carlson, who was spokesman for the three officers. . The operation was conducted by a special unit which Colonel Carl son and Major Roosevelt had been training for many months." -CoL Carlson is a veteran of ma rine campaigns, in Nicaragua and China and had many old China hands with him, but the average age of the batallion was 22. Major Roosevelt explained eight others was taken to the boat club in Yokahama directly from the Tatuta Maru. AH their luggage and personal effects were taken from them. in V , For the first month they had - no chance ' to snave, bathe or - - change their clothes and re ceived the scantiest of rations turnips, carrots, a small amount of bread and ; margarine and nee m a while some fish. Twice a day they, received tea without cream or sugar.":-:. '- There were 32 men far this in ternment camp and the group from the Tatu Maru stayed to gether, sleeping on the floor. They had a good enough room with a bath but police and other officers were passing through the room so often during the night that sleep even with comfortable beds would Solomons BeforeVS Attack who began bombing Jap military the marines came from all parts of the United Statesr were spe cial volunteers, and had been handpkked from 7001 marine candidates for this work, "Did you shoot down any Japs?" Roosevelt was asked. - "Fired two shots at snipers,' he replied. - ; ;, CoL. Carlson explained 'that the landing, , made on a dark and moonless' night, was sy 'ccmplete surprise, the force being on the island for 20 minutes before theJ Japs discovered the landing. Roads Face Priorities Shutdown PORTLAND, Aug. 27-(iiP-Pri- orities trouble and reluctant bid ders " gave the. Oregon - highway commission a bad day Thursday, and Engineer R. H. Baldock said that if the difficulty isn't removed some - Oregon roads will be im passable in a year or so. The -commission asked bids on nine jobs, got bids on only three of them. The reason in part in volved crushed rock. The state has plenty of it but the piles are not always handy to the project, and tires and trucks for transportation aren't to be had. , '. Among the bids all of which exceeded commission estimates- but were accepted was Dead Ox Flat-Cairo junction rock produc tion project- on the Old Oregon Trail and Central Oregon highway, $25,000, Chester T. Lackey, On tario. - - V v . The commission denied a Linn, county group's request to desig nate market road No. 21 as a secondary state - highway r but approved requests to widen two bridges on the ' Wells-Granger read la Benton county and re pairs to highway 8S-W at Camp -Adair. ; v ' The next major construction job will be an elaborate underpass at tho Denver-Union avenue junc tion south of the interstate bridge at the northend of -Portland,' the commission indicated. Heavy traf fic to Vancouver war' industries has made the Y-shaped Intersec tion a bottleneck. have been interrupted, Bellinger wrote. The internees kept the room and bath clean themselves and, when they were later,, al lowed one bath a week, began to feel more comfortable. They even began to have some ball games among themselves during Janu ary. , - - : - ' On Christmas the Presbyterian mission' in Tokio gave them a dinner and- dressed a , tree for them. Two of the men from the mission had been among the group on the Tatu Maru. But the time dragged. None of the men, received any direct word from home , or friends and the Japanese officers were .uncom municative. ; On March 28 Bellinger was accused of espionage, though no definite offense was mentioned, Ky-SnasssjjA' installations eu the 8oIoum returning So their Pacific base. Messersehmidt vf Fort Collins, Davis of Williamstown, llasa Seaplane The Japanese were on a con tinuous alert," he said. "Snipers were strapped to the top of 70- foot eocoanut trees for days, the natives told us, but : our attack was a complete surprise. ' "We ' were deployed when the Japanese defense force came' up in American-made' trucks. There were 200 Japanese naval marines defending- the island, all young fellows of a much better type than I saw'ia China. - o i "Our assault echelon was led by Lieut, Wilfred 8. Le Fran cois, who get five machine gun bullets in his right shoulder the first five minutes. "When the Japanese resistance developed if was mostly machine guns, automatic weapons and gre nades. They also were equipped with flame throwers but they didn't get. to use the flames. "The snipers were well camou flaged. They did the most dam age. We soon stopped the grenade throwers. . Y ....V. - "We fought until 11:30 in the morning when the first Japanese air raiders came.. Meanwhile our ships sank two" Japanese ships stationed there, a 3500-ton. trans port, reported to have 60 marines and'.a crew of 40 aboard and a gunboat probably with 30 aboard. Nobody escaped from the burning ships. - : "Jap planes flying low strafed and bombed indiscriminately, not injuring any ef ear men bat 'shooting some of their own. Be tween air raids hand-to-hand fighting, was resumed.! "There were three air raids the first day and four the second day. They were apparently so confused they fired at everything." r Governor to Attend Gamp White Rites''; CAMP W HIT E, Aug. 27-(P) Governor Sprague will be a guest of Camp White at the camp's dedi cation ceremonies September 15, CoL Owen R. Meredith, command ing officer, said Thursday. , i A feature ot the dedication will be the .unveiling of. a. plaque by Mrs. George A. White, widow of the major, general for whom the camp was named. - ' and he was thrown into pris- en;- put In solitary confinement .. without blankets or ether per sonal effects. ' Without money with which to buy food, he had I to live edds and ends ef cold , rice, cold barley and a sort of radish which grows abundantly In Japan. Every day he was grilled ac cused of espionage and . of making derogatory remarks about Japan. When be protested his innocence he was slapped, kicked, Insulted and made to stand with his hands up over his head until he was ex hausted, he ,wro te. Only the thought thaottjers ' may have been treated worse than he was ami that what others could stand fc Jso could endure, helped him CTTCugh tjie long weeks of con- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 0) On Me 4I?T)estroyer Collides , Sinks In Atlantic y WASHlNGTONjAug. 27- Battered by American warriors of sky, sea nd land, the Jap anese appeared Thursday night to have halted for the time be ing at least , their, effort to re- capture vital Solomon Island " areas wrested from them in a United . Nations offensive that began August 7. ,- " A terse nay y department communique laid that "Jap anese surface forces appear to have withdrawn from the vi cinity of our positions in the Tu lagi area." ' Thus, the important harbor at Tulagi, considered one of the best naval base sites in that area of the world, appeared; to be more firmly than ever in the con trol of the Americans. - I Tulagi has obviously been counted upon heavily by the United Nations high command as -a base from which to launch fur ther offensive operations,, possibly to roll the Japanese back eventual ly Into the China sea. , . Meanwhile, the big sea battle f that had been raging north, of the Solomons seemed to nave. come to a pause. If uet an actual halt, for the communique said that there had been "no farther action" in this encounter. Earlier in the week, the navy had reported at least half a dozen enemy vessels damaged in this battle, but! full details have yet LONDON, Friday. Aug. 8( A Reuters' New Zealand corre spondent said today that a fur ther Japanese assault on the Solomons "seems inevitable." The dispatch, from Auckland, said: ..-, : ; . ; ."Japanese wounds fa the week's array, severe and annoy ing as iney are to the do net probably mora touch the main strength of the Japanese naval force whlchean be brought to boar if Japan decides to pledge it, . V ' , "Japanese losses in the Coral sea, at Midway island, and in two actions off the Solomons, are not sufficient to Justify wishful thinking along the lines that Japanese naval power Is not longer to be feared." to be disclosed. Wednesday's com munique said that it was too early to predict the ' outcome, and Thursday's added no information beyond the ; fact that there had (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) OPA Favors Fuer Proposal PORT LAN D, A u g. 2 1-UPi , Qualified approval ' of Brig-Gen. Brice P. Disque's recommendation for higher prices on fuel wood was expressed Thursday by Richard G. Montgomery, Oregon OPA director.- . Disque suggested yesterday that a $12.50 ceiling per cord on mill wood and $15 on eordwood would stimulate production . and aid In alleviating the shortage. ? f f . , Montgomery said the OPA goal was to keep down the cost of living without Interfering with vital supplies. If higher ceiling prices will increase the supply, the OPA will favor the Increase, he said. ' 3i - ; r . In the meantime, Gov. Charles A. Sprague directed N. L. Rogers, state forester, to consider the availability, Of wood in the Tilla-- mook burn: west of Portland as a possible area of : operations for convict labor. - ' . Masons Pick Orleans 'SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 27-ff) New Orleans Thursday was select ed as host to the next triennial' convention of the general grand chapter, Royal Arch Masons. - Our Senators Lc:!,3-1
