The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 30, 1942, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO Tb OZCGOir STATESMAN. Saiea Oregon. Sunday Morning Aucurf S3, 1912 Enemy Losses; Are Heavy Navy. Says Two Jap Destroyers Were. " Probably Sunk (Continued Tram Page 1) warships and transport casualties. '' The tlx Islands which the ma rlnes now hold and on which- ther had overcome all major opposition by noon August 19 - the landing operations started early August 7) were named as Guadalcanal, which has airfield facilities which the Japanese had . almost completely devel oped; Tnlagt, with its magnifi cent harbor, and the adjacent Islands of Gavutn, Tanambog o, Makambo and Florida. - : The communique said that' as of August 10, major' opposition had been overcome only on portions of Florida island but other sec tions of the navy report indicated that the .situation there was now well in hand. In breaking the hold of the Jap anese on this strategia area which could control supply lines to Aus . tralia and may eventually serve as a Jumping off place for further American ; offensive action, - the marines captured large quantities of ammunition and supplies, and . equipment which the enemy had been using in development of i major naval base. In another release, Maj. Gen. A. A. Vanderrrlft, commanding the marine forces In the area, stated that .American casualties while severe, were less than t first . believed an by no means disproportionate to the results achieved." Another communique Saturday reported successful aerial attacks against a squadron of four Japa nese destroyers in the 'Jap-held territory north of the Guadal canal-Tulagi sector. One large de stroyer j was sunk, another was badly damaged and probably sunk, and the third, a small de- v stroyer. jwas damaged. The comunique related that the American navy -. transport and " screening forces -approached the Tulagi-Guadalcanal area the night of August 6-7 in clear weather and unopposed. The action was be gun in the early morning hours of August 7" with carrier-based aircraft and naval guns giving strong support to the landing par- As the nayy had previously re- ported, the Initial attack was a complete surprise and 18 Japanese seaplanes and 'a small schooner were caught in the harbor' and j - sunk.' I- " "Our carrier-based planes cov ered the entire operation," it was stated, "dive bombing shore bat teries, supply stations and centers of enemy resistance while main taining aii alert against possible enemy air attacks." Beachheads were "soon estab lished," the navy continued, and while - varying degrees of resist ance were -encountered, the mar - Ines by nightfall had established a strong beachhead on Guadalcan al and had captured mast of Tu- lagi, all of Gayutu and one posi tion on Florida sland. During the night and next '.' morning they crossed a causeway from Gavutu ! and otherwise advanced on the Island of Tanambogo which was taken against strong opposition. Meanwhile, the navy said, the i army's long-range bombers, some from the command of General Douglas MacArthur and others un der Vice-Admiral Robert - Lee Chormley, south Pacific j naval chief, were covering a vast area to the north and west of the Solo mons and heavily attacked ships and air ases in the. enemy-held New Britain, New Guinea and northwestern Solomons areas. In summarizing - the gains made August 7, the navy said, "Our operations resulted In hea vy loss to the enemy In both ; men Sad aircraft. Ims f control r of all vital positions la the Guad-alcanal-Tnlagi area tad the loss of large quantities of svppUe wheal I positions, were sarren : dered." . : .- Jcsl A Word flisal Scfccclline Dreg Hedb f An upset child wont make j -a : good pupil so stock j up mother, on- all fthose 'first -aids; that -are daily mods, to keep children 'healthy . .1 . and well groomeVL And . when illness -does strike, mother don't take chances! Call -your tloctbr immediate-' . ly -and let him .prescribe.' Our modem, ..fully -equipped prescription department is tnoroughly reliable: all In- , - gradients guaranteed fresh.' Prices low. UfJ- im ; .dxzj l:ro Phone 51S7 or T02JI Its X. Comsuerefal 7 ' Doug Sharpe Decorated for Heroism i ' 1 , X i .-. v...-. . i . . : jh .10. . i :. .W : : si v. w r- X X f! aISi Brig. Gen. Earl L. Nalden (right), acting commander of US air forces In India, China and Burma, decorates MaJ. Frank Douglas Sharpe (left), of Salem, Ore., and Lieut. Herbert F. Wunderlich of Wllllston Park, LI, for heroism in fighting Japs over Burma. Wounded, they escaped from enemy-held Burma after the crash landing of their Flying Fortress. Service Men Lieut and Mrs. Gordon J. Backe of Portland and Salem are the parents of a daughter, Patricia Anne, born August 12. Lieut Backe was formerly stationed at Fort Lewis and is now on over seas duty with the" US army en gineers corps. Mrs. Backe is mak ing her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Barnholdt, 1070 Belmont street SCIO Vere Simmons has en listed in the US navy. He visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Simmons, this week. He was for merly employed by Rahn-Mc-Whorter Paper company in Sa lem. "Spud" McDonald, US marine corps, is on duty in the Pacific, and George Rerucha, also a US marine, has finished training at San Diego and Jacksonville, Fla., according to information receiv ed here. Ward Lytle, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lytle, is at Corpus Christ!,' Tex., for advanced flight training. He recently completed training at - Seattle. '.He was for merly a draftsman in the Boeing aircraft factory. WOODBURN Bob Renn has been assigned to an airfield near Victorville, CaliL, where-he will train with two motored bombers. Capt Everett J. Hughes, who origanlly commanded an anti tank company from Woodburn, is stationed mt the same field'. -Alfred Moon, who enlisted in the US navy a few weeks ago, is on duty with the Pacific fleet HUlis E. Hammett son of Clar-. ence Hammett has been sent to Salt Lake . City and expects a new assignment He has been trained as an-army bomber.' . Mrs. Lillian BJessbeck of Salem has received word that her son, Sgt John Riessbeck, has arrived at Camp Carson, Colo. Sgt Riess beck was formerly assigned to Fort Lewis. Sgt and Mas. Riess beck kit for Colorado early this month. Sgt Clifford Baker is spending a short furlough here with his parents and friends, en route- to assignment at Camp Hahna Calif. Sgt Baker is with the coast artillery , and has been in special training on the Atlantic coast H. Clark Roberts reported Sat urday morning for enrollment, in the US army officers', training school. Roberts, assistant manager of the Senator hotel, has been connected with the hostelry 'for the past 12 years. . - PORTLAND, Aug. 29-CP)-Ma-rine' corps enlistments announced Saturday .included John E. Ed wards, jr., Melvin E. Gamble and Joseph J. Schoetz, Salem; Clar ence W. Hayes, Corvallis: Paul D. Palmer, Dallas. PORTLAND, Aug. 29 -(-Naval enlistments - announced Satur day included: Amrnon C. Adams, Addison M. 'Foster, John T. Size- more, Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Frank V. McCar thy, 1313 North 17th street have received 'V letters from their two -sons, who. were stationed for some time 4a Australia. The two boys, Corp. Alvin Fr McCarthy and Pvt Julienne A. "McCarthy, have-been with the same battalion since - their " enlistment in the army. They are now stationed at an undisclosed "place in the Pa cific." Both boys have been ; in the army for 2Vi years. They are graduates of Newberg high school. . . First LI B. B. Glaisyer, son of Mr and Mrs. H. B. Glaisyer of Salem, has been designated an as sistant squadron commander at the US army air corps' training sta tion at Williams field, near Phoe nix, Arit, according to word re ceived by his father, who la secre tary of the Oregon state highway commission. In bis. new capacity .X , j I - Whoro They Aro What They're Doing he has charge of the training of a considerable number of ad vanced flying students, and checks on their progress. He has been en gaged in flying instruction since soon after his commissioning. FORT SILL, Okla., Aug. 29 Capt. Edward S. Gordon, 405 Kear ney street, Salem, Ore., is attend' ing the department of Air Train ing in the Field Artillery school here. Capt. Gordon is the son of Dr. J. C. Gordon, Stafford, Va. CAMP LEE, VIRGINIA. Aug 29 Norman K. Winslow of 775 North Church street Salem, Ore, has been graduated from the of ficer candidate course at . the Quartermaster school here and has been commissioned a second lieu tenant in the army. Word has been received here of the promotion of Dr. - Kenneth Power from grade of lieutenant to captain. Capt Power is now in Australia. ' Airdrome Feels US AAF Blows (Continued From Page 1) companied by diversionary sweeps of American fighters, and all planes returned safely from the full operation. - The British also were active Saturday, making sharp attacks on Ostend and Lille. The RAF lost 30 bombers' last night and two bombers and a- fighter failed to return today but the damage to Bailee's war potential was consid ered a liberal dividend for the ex penditures. " ;., --";: vw' Nuernberg a nd Saarbruecken both have major war industries. When the raiders left their big black wings- were lighted by big fires at both cities. The daylight attacks were oh docks at Ostend and power stations in the Lille- Lens area. - 334 Jap Ships Now in Locker - (Continued From Page 1) vessels of 'all types - have been sunk or damaged, since offensive operations were, launched August 8 against the Nipponese; in the Solomons.. . . 4-'.- Meanwhile, US , submarines, preying relentlessly on Japanese shipping, Nhave - sunk 60 enemy -ships in. all categories, possibly sunk IS and damaged 15 since America's entry into the war. In recent weeks many American un derse craft have participated in patrols off the Aleutian islands, where the-enemy's reported losses to United States forces includes 11 ships sunk, one believed sunk -and 12 damaged. . Admiral Arthur - J. Hepburn, chairman of the navy's .general -board, . reported ' recently that Japanese naval losses, -since Pearl Harbor -had been -pMsibly -five timss'.as great as those of the United States. Swegle Woman's Club Meeting Set ...... o v SWEGLE. The Woman's club will meet Tuesday: afternoon at the home of Mrs. William McKin ney pa Garden, road. Special bus! ness. will be considered. Mr. .and Mrs. Jesse Baker, Mary, Martha and Miriam and their guest Galen Phillips, spent several days this week camping on Marion creek above Detroit They , returned home Thursday night ' Mr. Baker is building a stor age house on his acreage. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holies and son Stephen- and- Keith La ': Due are spending the last three days of Mr. Holies vacation time at the coast 130 Mt Angel Men in Service Global Distribution Claimed, Hometown More Go Next Week MTj ANGEL Every few weeks more names are added to the list of men in the service from this community, the number now hav ing reached 130. The last to go was Gordon 4 Xman,' sort 'of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aman and the second one in his family to join the armed forces. Aman was in ducted Friday, August 23. Eight more young men are scheduled to leave September 4. These are Clarence Ebner, Rich ard Frey, Joseph Richter, Joseph Kaiser, Adrian Polinsky, Paul Wolf, I Wallace Faulhaber. -Faulhaber will probably be re leased since he is barely 19 and was evidently drawn by mistake. He has a brother, Wilfred Faul haber, already in the service. This will bring the total to 137. One family, that of Sam Fenni- more, has seven sons in. service, Charles, John, Earl, Edmond, Paul, James and Sam jr. Like everywhere else, the shortage of men is being keenly felt in the home town industries, especially in the creamery where the truck drivers seem to suffer the most. The local men are scattered all over the globe, including Austra lia, Alaska, New Zealand, Hawaii, Iceland and Egypt To date there has been no casualty reported al though some of them have had narrow escapes. Rev. Hildebrand Melchior, as sistant pastor at St Mary's Catho lic church, as representative of the parish and the Business Men's club, keeps in touch with all of them regardless of creed. 4 Guam Nurses Return Home Navy Aides Saw US Planes Over Tokyo; Were on Shikoku (Continued From Page 1) or Washington, who acted as spokesman for the group, said that the Japs began bombing the island few minutes after their early morning Dec. 7 attack on Pearl Harbor. When the first explosions thundered over the island, word had just reached Agana, GuanijLrusM snd may have landed light that war had started. - The bombings co"nued for two days. The hiy met none but anti-aircraft is ground resistance. Miss Olds said, because the mar ines had no planes with which to defend the outpost. At 5:55 a.m. on the third day, the occupation forces moved in and the flag of Japan replaced the stars and stripes. The occupation was or derly, Miss Olds said, as the en emy groups -"we heard variously there were six or seven thousand of them" spread over the little island. The other nurses with Miss Olds were Dorris "M. Yetter, a native of Philadelphia; Leona Jackson, "NEVER KNEW IT WAS SO EASY TO BUY ONE" "With my OldsmotHle r-j, Q - - I ) T ,r, l Dealer ta help me I proved -my eligibility for a new Oldsmobile uino HmeataUi" , Smcx the new Rationing Rules went into effect, thousands have bought - newOIdsmobaes. Many didn't they were eligible, until they talked' -with their C4dsmobua dealers. Many who were entitled to new cars, had no idea how to get a purchase' cer tificate. But with their OldamobUa dealer's help, their car buying; -was practically as simple as ever. Today, with.retkfi clarified and grly hTaeralixadrprmctioally very one who work a ids Ihe war effort directly or indirectly ta eligible to buy if he needr-a-new aar. Thoaa who act before quotas are-exhausted can have the arand new Oldamobaa of their choiae. A aaodsrn 1942 Oldaw mobOe with a. gas-thrifty Eoono hfaater Eiigmeand, of course, brand . new tires! A roomy Oldsmobile with th very latest and greatest advmoco- its ia comfort and safety. abe, long-lived car the best-built Oldsmobile la 45 years. Even Hydra Matic Drive la still available. i new if you need a new 41S Center St. 32, a native of Union, Ohio; and Loraine Christiansen, 30, a na tive of Mayfield, Utah. A fifth nurse who was on duty on Guam, Miss Virginia J. Forgerty, 31, a native of Akron. Ohio, was mar ried while en route to the United States from Japan to Frederick Mann, former vice counsel at Osaki, Japan. . All Americans were removed from Guam Jan. 10 in a former Japanese passenger ship, the Ar gentina Manx They were taken to the island of Shikoku, In south ern Japan,' and placed in a prison at Zentsuji. There were about 400 persons in the prison there, the chief nurse reported and not all were Americans. She did vr not identify the other nationalities. At the prison. Miss Olds said, "we were treated fairly welt" ?We had good food, she con tinued, 'but we had to sleep on the floor and there were only lit tle charcoal fires to keep us warm. The food consisted chiefly of soup and rice and bread with fish oc casionally." T The nurses were held at the prison until March 12 and all lost weight en the diet to which they were not accustomed. From Zent suji they were taken to a deten tion house in Kobe where they stayed until June 16 when they were taken to Yokohama and put aboard a refuge ship for this coun try. They arrived In New York on the Gripsholm. They were in Kobe during Brigadier General James Doolit- tle's bombing raid on Japan. "All I saw was a plane going over the house," Miss Olds said "And of course we heard the bombings. It sounded awfully good. Japs Get Aid On Guinea (Continued From Page 1) northwest of Australia, Buka, at the northern end of the Solo mon islands and RabauL Jap anese Invasion base In New Britain. An enemy cargo vessel off Am boina was 1 attacked, but the re' suits of the bombing could not be observed. The raid at Buka was against a Japanese airfield, where disper sal areas and the runway Were heavily hit from medium altitude. Referring to the fighting in New Guinea, the communique said "Under cover of naval units off the north coast and adverse weather conditions rendering lo cal flying most difficult and in effective, one cruiser and eight destroyer entered -Milne bay last reinforcements. Ground fighting of bitter intensity continues there with no decisive results." . la the raid on - Rabanl. allied '.heavy bombers hit hard at the airfield, the communique said, and dropped ten tans of high explosives among boildlngs and on dispersal areas. Six zero fighters attempted to intercept the bombers, but two were shot down and two others badly damaged and probably de stroyed without loss of any allied planes. Another allied reconnaisance unit shot down two more enemy fighters out of five which tried to intercept A ratf- car. t .i OUn HTII YEAH IN SALEM know V I .... ..to t "CI'h I I nJTuu i 0 st?Poniw 1 I hvy or UUky to SMsS I ' . -- ' -." "",-"- TWsS,s1as' City Levies Show Drop All But One in Marion Co; Cut 42-43 Tax, Assessor Reports Tax. levies for every city and town in Marion county, with the exception of Woodburn, show a decrease from the 1941 tax roll irr the millage figures released Saturday by County Assessor R. Tad" Shelton for the 1942-43 roll. Salem's decrease of 4.1 mills and Woodburn's increase of 2.1 mills were both caused by change in assessed valuations. The new personal property tax law requiring taxpayers to make declarations of values on personal property used in industry, agri culture or business is credited by Shelton with a large share in the increased valuations noted in all cities and towns," with the excep tion of Woodburn. A sharp decline In valuations may thus be anticipated in later wartime tax rolls, Shelton warn ed, pointing out that elimination of small businesses and depletion of stocks may seriously affect Marion. Following is the tabulation pre pared by Shelton, showing mill' age levies for towns and cities for the fiscal years of 1941 and 1942-43 together with those for the interim period, the first six months of 1942: Tax Roll Tax Roll Fis. Yr. 1st S mo. Tx roll 1942-U 1B42 1942 Aumsville Aurora Donald Cervais Hubbard Jefferson . Mt. Angel .60.3 33.S 4TJ 23.6 38.4 28.0 32.1 33 23.1 39 A 47.S 52.6 X7.S 21.3 20.9 43.0 17 43.1 66.8 36 5 60J 49.4 S0.9 49.3 41.0 45 S 48.9 .47.1 47.4 5 satem 57.6 S1.7 Sco Us Mills 5S-7 69.4 71.8 Silverton 67 6 SUjrton 90.0 St. Paul 33.4 Sublimity 29.7 Turner 55.S Wst Wo'db'rn 22.8 Woodburn 55 1 92.9 38.0 35.2 04.8 25.2 93.0 Axis Desert Lines Seared CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 29.-;P)-United States medium bombers and British naval and RAF planes have struck hard blows at axis supply, shipping and centers where reinforcements were being assembled, it was reported Satur day night. The US bombers, cooperating with British naval planes, bombed an axis .airport in the El Daba area last night. RAF heavy 'and medium bomb ers at the same time smashed at shipping in Tobruk harbor, leav ing at least two ships on fire and one or two others damaged. The anticipated axis offensive in the Egyptian desert appeared Sat urday night to have been post ported, perhaps because of the strong Russian counter-attacks west and northwest of Moscow. It is considered possible here that the Germans, weak in the air in- Africa in recent months, had planned to fly several hun dred planes to Egypt to back up their land forces and have been unable to do to because of de velopments in Russia. Fhcae-6133 Woman Breaks Ann In Sidewalk Fall Alma Oeden. 2060 Nebraska street. Is in the Deaconess hospital suffering ' from a comoound arm fracture. She was injured late Sat urday night when she slipped and fell on the sidewalk in downtown Salem. . The city first aid crew was called and administered first aid before taking her to the hos pital. - Hop Pickers Stage Brief r riareup A Demands for more pay by a few workers at the Horst and Wigrich ranch hop - yards Friday caused little trouble, manager of the two ranches reported Saturday. The Horst Tanch work was only slightly disturbed Friday and was back on full schedule Saturday, Frank Kennedy, . manager i said. Machine pickers' are in operation at the Horst ranch along with the men and women. The Wigrich ranch had just completed picking the early hops when a few workers asked for more pay, Howard Eisman, man ager said. "Since the late hops were a lit tle green anyway, I told them I would just close down the yard Friday, Eisman said. "By Fri day night everyone was ready for work and almost all are working now." A small fire in an open shed Friday at the Wigrich ranch did little damage, Eisman reported. It was believed to have been caused by a cigarette dropped by one of the workers. Bobo Beats Bridges WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-W)- Washington's Senators squared their last home series with Detroit Saturday afternoon, beating the Tigers 4-1 as Bobo Newsom scat tered eight Bengal blows. Tommy Bridges was the victim of the Nat's nine hits, as well as his own wildness. 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(Continued From Page 1) fensive west and northwest of Moscow still were under way. , "On the Kalinin front a soviet formation overcame enemy resis tance for a river crossing and con tinued its advance, it said. : , Guerrillas operating in the Kal inin, sector were said , to have wrecked a German military train consisting of six cars loaded with tanks, 18 loaded with trucks and fAlt. .... 6... a in the Mozdok area, where the Germans were trying to break through to the Caucasus oil field at Grozny, heavy fighting took place, the soviet communique said a German attempt to cross a river was smashed. Gaps Increase Lead: Spokes Yield Pair VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 29 (CP) Vancouver Capilanos in creased their lead in the Western International baseball league here tonight when they took both ends of "a doubleheader from Spokane Indians, 5-2 and 12-1. 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