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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1942)
A Houcs?,; : J - An yon looklnx for - a place to lire, or for s ten-, ant? If so, tarn, to The Statesman classified adver tising pare, where bayer and seller set together. - Comploto YeaU find ne newspaper can give more real satisfac tion than your local mom ent; paper, with its WORLO NEW 8 pins HOMZ COU IIUNIT1 NEWS. - , s n a - w vv PCUNDDC7 A. inrnrt-EicoOT ram Salem Oregon, Ttunday Morning, September 1S12 Prfc5c. 210,117 -if . (Berniiiaini It 06 Effe .71 ate 0 mm?. 'lULLLJL V . - LrJ k,: . n Tim n n - . i v ii ( it Mil II riPn;fA.i , . v, lit . CVvv 11 Stars In ,. . I :- i Salem Tonight Three Slated on Bonds Program, Victory Center There may be "Stars Over "America tonight, but the only- ones that will count in Salem are Joan Leslie, Walter Pidgeon and Adolph Menjou. Among more than a score of film actors being sent out from Hollywood by the motion pic ture industry this month to sell war bonds and stamps, this out- standing trio ' Was designated to include Salem on its itinerary. The three stars, who are stopping off - at Eugene today boob, are scheduled to arrive by - aatomebile at the Marion hotel at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon and to appear on a "Bonds for - Victory" program at Salem's Victory Center on the county courthouse tronnds at 7:38 to . Bight Sen. Douglas McKay, Loyal A. Warner and G. A. Vandeneynde will serve as reception committee for the movie industry guests, who arc to have an hour and a half of probably needed rest at the ho tel Immediately upon their arrival. At 6 pan. the stars will be guests at a no-host dinner at the Mar- Son to be attended by members of the county war savings staff, the day's program committee and a few public officials. . The ; -Victory - Center program will ; open at 7 pan. with a half hour concert by an army band. M 730 Sen. McKay and Donal G. Black are to take over as masters of ceremonies, for an hour and a half of entertainment and bond' selling for which Miss Leslie, Mr. ' Menjou and - Mr. Pidgeon are to be the highlights. They will be officially welcomed by Gov. Charles A. ' Sprague. All three stars are to be on the and to speak briefly. Instrumental and vocal music provided by the Meisinger accordion sextet, Gayle Ferguson and PvL-Jack Gates of Camp Adair, and a contest whose nature has not been announced are to round out the program. The three stars are scheduled to drive to Portland yet tonight to rest up for a daylong appearance Members of Theatrical union local No. 13 went to work Wed- netKiay decorating Victory Center for tonight's show, with flags, pen nants, bunting and velvet Salem theatre managers, out to set a record, are seeking out as many, bond buyers as possi ble to augment purchases made' by the crowds expected to at- - tend tonight's show. High street between ' State and Court will be closed to traffic during the - evening to provide ample audi ence room. Persons buying bonds during tonight's, program are to have the f rnin? tin nn the lat- form and receiving the autograph of the star of their choice. More producer lor uie mown, ana com hn inn mrt nhntnvranlu rf Miss I pleted jts original contract for 55 ' Leslie have been obtained by the 4v,.ot m.Mn hr for auto - graph purposes. New Railway Readies Base PORTLAND, Ore., Sept -Dedication of a $1,500,000 marine railway-that will fit the Portland harbor as a repair base will be a Labor day feature at the Com f!?al "nl!! JTw. irsuaj. . Rirm th ra lwav was not di- .r". V""y.rr" permit handling of as many as six ships at one time for painting or v ji!- r . ,vr repair of battle damage. Service Men rOSTLAXXV Sept r: s ErsUh's took ever tLe VS , navy recruiting office hero V.'t - -ay r..::-t-r.trli !ac!-:;J LIe..C' B a I e m; GIcV.3 IlHIiboro; HonalJ T, Ralph and T7al- t:r all cf rcrlland. They were signed up by La- r'rra E. II- C-!y ese t the Jones'.' leys r-rfsrei He was Dean I, cf i;u;-.at rails. ; (A-IItbssJ service nctcs ca . r:rs 1:3. Walking lnto Victory Program Here j ; -v ht'Hh. L7 YT7 : y. 4 M ' t " "' 1 . . $. V , .. ,e Xv T-.vl!. 11. jfc-.ns mm mnstf.- mm .v.w.w.4 M oe-a-Mr.-. t -rr iiiiiiiiiis stn mi min ! ri mnim u n LI Hero they eome aaotioa picture graphed as they were about to bond tour, which will bring them Center program starting at 7 o'clock, and are to give their autographs to war bond buyers. August Vessel Deliveries 68 Total Below July's; Oregon Yard Speed Far Above Average lt WASHINGTON, Sep t 2-(JP) America's shipyards delivered 68 new cargo vessels and large tank V"17 "I nZ " X ". tT r., 7M fioo da f 753'600 Auaust production fell below July when 71 ships totaling 790, 300 deadweight tons were deliver ed. West toast yards went back Into flrsi place for the nation by delivering SI ships. Atlantic coast yards, which led last month, delivered 24 ships, and gulf coast yards turned out 12. One more carrier was completed on the Great Lakes. T he California Shipbuilding corporauon, wummgion, uiu. oe- livered 11 ships, the largest single i iDenj- wups ixwVscyi 1 ahead or scneauie. , inc average umt lor uw au gust deliveries for all shipyards constructing Liberty s h I p I was 83 J days from keel laying to de livery, compared with 108.4 days In July.. Ships delivered in August in eluded 57 Liberty ships of 10,500 deadweight tons, four large tank- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) YanlLS Down Under Fall for Climate I ' ri n w VI) AT. MacAETHUR's w " M HKADQ UARTERS, Australia, I Sept 2 -V Ameri Sept 2 -Pr- American soldiers have found Australia's climate to their ' liking and they are ( as healthy a lot as - can be found anywhere - in . the world, . a head quarters medical officer said Wed nesday. 7, - . Serious sickness has- been scarce, the officer said, and there hasnt been an epidemic of any Ikind. . Airlines Scanned t ' " WASHINGTON, 5 e p t 2-,f) The civil aeronautics board Wed nesday took oat of ita wartime pigeonhole all applications for new airline routes and for changes In existing airlines which had gone I beyond the hearing stage prior to last December 12, and promised I action on then. ; . - atars WalUr Ttdeon (lefO Joan board their train In Hollywood for to Salem this afternoon. They White House Help Short , WASHINGTON. Sept t.-V?r-Mrs. Roosevelt disclosed Wed nesday thai the White Bouse had lost se many servants to the war effort that It was difficult to entertain. She revealed the ' manpower shortage to a group of women from all over the country at t ending a conference of the women's division of the war savings staff of the treasury. - The luncheon was served buf fet style. Mrs. Koosevelt ex plaining that the lack of ser vants : prevented more formal entertaining for large groups. 12th Street Resurfacing Job Finished Task of resurfacing South 12th street, except for the laying of 120 yards of seal coat, was com pleted Wednesday noon by War ren Northwest company, and the final . touches to "the job begun Friday noon are to be made today. according : to Hedda Swart, rest' ent engineer for the state high; way department Original contract with the com pany called for an asphalt pave ment resurfacing from . State street to the city limits, but rough portions of 12th between Court and State, also parts of the state highway system, were smoother while equipment was on the job, Swart sai!L ? : t . Twenty ; two hundred tons of the paving compound was laid during the operation, and equip ment,: which ; had - been moved from a runway paving job at the city; airport to 12th street, was. immediately taken to the South ern Pacific depot to repave : the front platform .Wednesday after noon. -:.-'.. . Tracks of the railroad on 12th street are to be brought to high way- level as soon as needed ma terials can be secured, the city and the highway department have been assured by the company. "Whether the military- nature of the . highway may provide Incen tive tor speed In securing the ma terials was not known. 13 Czechs SLiia BERLIN (From German broad casts) -Sept 2 -iS1 Execution of 13 Czechs lloncay on charges c plotting high treason against the German protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was announced in Prasue 7edacsd2y.' Leslie and Adolph Menjou, phote-1 thelr-Star Over America' war will appear tonight on a Victory, RAFAttacI iS - on Germany Bombed Tuesday From Two Sides BERLIN (From German broad- casts), Sept 3-British bomb- ers attacked an area "to the left xxt9a- i thir wwnH ,A on Germany, DNB said Thursday. Six of the Invading craft were shot down, according to prelimi- nary reports. . High explosive and incendiary uuuius weie ufvyyeu at - several places. German bombers meanwhile at tacked military objectives in the midlands section of England, the news agency said. LONDON, Sept 2 -")- More than 200 ; RAF bombers spread fire and ruin in the German coal and torn . ' center :c( Saarbruecken aescnoea oiuaauy as "an on - suumuiis; succesa,- wiuie nussian ainnen attacked cast Prussia and ui-vupivu jrvuum in. anouier ax- ample of destructive teamwork.. An air - ministry communique said only three bombers were lost m the Saarbruecken - attack; the second on that city and area since (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1)" British Planes Do wn, Morocco BERLIN (From German Broad casts), Sept 2-(ff)-rrench fight- er planes shot dewn a British re- connaissance clane Tuesday nlfiht near Port Lyautey on the Atlantic coast of French Morocco, the Ber- lia radio said Wednesday. craoUn a Paris disnatch. rrhis 1s the fourth nlane shot r , ... . rinitm m. . -fhM days,": the radio said. The Ameri- can-made plane carried photo- ffranhie Mmmmmi and r-lnnffiri to a reconnaissance patrol group which recenUy arrived at Gibr- altar.1 Our Senators Rhine Rea Egypt Front H Til -- "t 1 '1' I X lUIlCS DUmUam L Axis; Fighting Not Yet Joined . By STEPHEN BARBER r CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 2-) American and allied planes and British; guns heavily . bombed and shelled axis forces in-the j westeni desert Wednesday and ! so effective was their resistance to axis pressure that the JBrit ish commander declared the or ganized ! defense areas still .were I holding. ;,. As the desert artillery kept up steady cannonading on the south i era, and inost critical, part of the front and allied planes shuttled onJ bomb missions over the - battle field, Lieut Gen. B. U Mont gomery, field commander, said:1; "In no place and in no part of the eighth, army area have ' the enemy penetrated our or ganized defense area." At his secret headquarters ta the western desert, General Montgomery reviewed the fight ing thus far in which the real battle " between major forma tions has not " yet been Joined. "The three -days of the fighting thus far have been spent in get ting' into position for the nain f combat. .. - . . Planes were carrying a heavy share of the fighting, both on the - principal' battlefield and in auxiliary - fields, supplying ' the i axis troops at the front V waf o001? y V Blr inrces ;ttaeKea n.-ppjng tn ue eastern Mediterranean Tuesday, hitting one vessel and almost hit ting four others in a convoy, and I hitting four ships and possibly fifth, in a raid on Canadia, Crete, a link in the axis supply chain. US army air force fighters re turned to their bases tonight af ter completing the heaviest day since -they entered the battle in this area. . They flew as escorts to bombers, and did not lose any planes. The accurate bombing of the RAF planes the Americans were helping protect on forays behind .H Alamein front cw high ! om B ,Ge Strickland, commander of the American fighters - in, this area. ? J rtr"T . "ML'Mm,-ZT ' T j t ?rJf I c.. t j , I warfare. - The EAF Tuesday night raid ed Tobrnk and, with the help ef naval planes, blew up an enemy ammunition damp near the ' Qattara depression en which the southern cad of the front Is tacked. - Advance ground elements met the thrust of Nazi Marshal Erwin Rommel.g tanks on the southern I rim of the bottleneck between the 1 Qattara depression and the sea, I . Alnm-f fmnt nn the north OT vhole, quiet G)uncil Fears Siberia Move: Japs Leaving - By The Associated Press ' The recurring ' possibility that Japan will attack Siberia engag ed the attention of the Pacific council, meeting lo Washington Wednesday, and the Chinese for- eign ; minister, . Dr. T. V. Soong, declared that -to us, u is purely matter of time untfl they , at- i tack." I - .. , mm-l - Tne, Japanese, premier, aojo, I hastened to give "assurance" that the resignaUon , of his ' foreign minister, Togo, ; meant no such thing. Togo WSJ the leading CX- j potent m the imperial govern- men TT. , ue racuic .war. iua uepuvjaxsu ou.it Wednesday. On the China front Chiang Kai- Ehck's command saw Indications that the Japs were about, to abandon one of their last air bases in tha c:.:.:rn feabcard province of Chkiang another evidence of the developing Japanese de fensive policy in China which may be only a prelude to assault on Siberia. The city believed about to fall to the Chinese is Kinhwa, eld provincial crpitd. olds US Soldiers Jeeredin Ireland i BELFAST, Northern Ireland. Sepi 2.-K?VThe automobile of a United States f. army officer was stoned, Wednesday and two - stray American soldiers in the forbidden streets of Belfast angrily challenged, "Why don't yon go home? by crowds pro testing the hanging Hhb morn ing ef a young Irislr outlaw. The situation was generally calm, however, : with violence confined to- Isolated Incidents , after the initial upsurge of feel ing when notice was posted on the prison door that Thomas J. Williams, lt, had been executed : for the murder, of a policeman last . Easter mom. The presence of the two Am erican soldiers afoot among the crowds wag not explained, for the streets of Belfast were de clared out of bounds for At hoars from last midnight. to avert any Incidents by, the out law Irish republican : army In connection with Williams' Members of the Irish trans port workers anion stopped work-- In pretest against Wil liams' hanging, thus paralysing the handling of goods destined for transatlantic traffle, and at many places shops and pubs re mained closed. In one area -the republicans explained that rov ing parties of young men had Instructed them to bar - their doors If the execution was car ried out, r v To New Home J- - Legion Hall Acquired On Temporary. Plan; "i t7t. a jVZZt H.qulpment Asked United Service . Organizations workers in Salem moved first of their equipment into the Ameri' can Legion's hall at Cottage and Chemekcta streets Wednesday aft ernoon. - ' . - The move, - simple because of lack of most of the furnishings eventually to be used by a recrea tion center here, is to be com pleted this morning, R. R. Board man, USO director in this area, believes. " " - - ' Needed I n t h e temporary Quarters, donated rent-free by Capital post No. t of the Legion, are three ping pong tables, Boardman said, suggesting that Such an item, may stand urased in a Salem heme whose resi dent would sladly lend tt for soldier use. A promise to care for any borrowed property goes with Boardman's request for the loan of such tables. . ' Possibility ' that in like manner (Turn to Page VCoL 1) Oregon Bonds Quota Slated WASHINGTON, Sept 2.-fl- September. quotas for the sale of war beads, announced Wednesday, ranged from $95,000 for Nevada to $123,000,000 for NewtYork, H ? The national quota is $775,000,- 000. A reduction from previous months ascribed by the treasury to seasorial factory The August quota was $815,000,000,, but sales were $705,498,769. August was the third consecutive month in wbih the quota was not reached. Among quotas were: v Oregon $3,750,000; Washington, $12,500,000; Alaska, $600,000. Infant IMortality Rate np, Europe ; ' BERN, Switzerlandr Sept THJf) The Vatican City paper Osserva- tore Bcsnano, expressing alarm at the increase in infant mortality In Europe, - recalled Wednesday that in the World war Pope Bene dict XV considered the -massacre of nnocents, one of the stronjest reasons to Invoke peace.- ; ; ' -. The paper said that according toJ League of Nations statistics it was apparent that except in few Countries like Switzerland, Hungary. and Bulgaria the inf mortality rate, in Eurcpe had "ev erywhere Increased." DaKr GeU 30 Yesrr NEWARK, NJ, Sept 2i-XZeT- bert ! Karl Friednch r :..r, cca victed of being a nazl tiT, stood with head bowed Wednesday and heard himself sentence 1 -1- US0 Moves - . v. . . - .. - - - ' ; f n - t -v t i, v-j Reserves' "Press TrSouthw es t Fresli Troops, planes, Tanks oin Fight; Reds Advance At MoscoVe Hold Caucasus - By EDDY 5 : BI0SC0W, TTinrsdayi mans are rushing large-scale reserves of aircraft, tanks and troops from areas deep in the rear for an all-out at tack on the wavering defenses of Stalingrad, dispatches rom the front said Thursday as the soviet -command ' acknowledged a new breakthrough southwest of the city ' I Fresh Hungarian and Rumanian divisions also were 7 reported hurrying to join in river city The soviet midnight communique had an- ' nounced that the red army ense line' after fighting stubbornly against 150 tanks supported by swarms of planes. A dispatch from the Moscow front, however, reported Russian gains to the west despite fierce enemy resistance. :Two populated places were said to have been cap tured, " . 4 Northwest of Stalingradthe red army ' . apparently - was : holding against violent nazl onslaughts, but the fate of Stalingrad grew more critical hourly. 7 ; German t r 0 p s also had . reached a zone in the Caucasus "northwest ef Novorossisk,- the Knsslan Black sea naval base, the ' midnight commonlque ack-; newledsed, while the red , army 'st&t -held at Mewled Simile , west ef the Enssiaa oil fields of, Grozny In the middle Caucasus. "Southwest of Stalingrad,' the communique' said, . our t r 0 ops fought stiff engagements with large enemy tank and. Infantry forces, which broke through into our defenses. . In one Sector the Germans hurled into attack about 150 tanks. Our troops defending this line disabled and , destroyed by artillery fire about 30 enemy tanks. .;,'" ,;'.-':- : '- 'i-iv-;' "However, a group of German tanks succeeded . in penetrating into our lines.- After stubborn fighting our troops: in this sector . retreated to a new defense line." Northwest of Stalingrad, - the Russians reported the red army had withstood a constant pound ing and delivered , a number . of flanking blows against the nazis. One unit alone was said to have destroyed eight nazl tanks, 12 am munition trucks, and seven anti tank guns, while annihilating a company of German infantry. South ef Krasnodar in the Cau casus, the v Russians said ,their troops were annihilating a trap ped enemy group while west of that city the red army fought hea vy defensive engagements "with the enemy advancing in the direc tion of Novorossisk. More than 200 Germans were reported killed on the road to Novorossisk. Eight pontoons loaded with Ger mans were sunk in a river near Mozdok (probably the Terek), and "our troops beat off enemy attacks, the communique; said. Soviet artillery also was reported to. have destroyed three German armored cars, eight tracks and three speedboats operating on the river. v '."f: I Fighting alse flared vp ea the west bank ef the upper Den at Verenesh where the Eussians said soviet artillery repulsed, eat tank attack and destroyed -a number ef guns, f 8 ammuni tion carts and aa enemy infan try company, . : (The , German hfcb command claimed that axis mechanized troops north of Stalingrad had driven to th Volga, thereupon re pulsing strong counter-attacks. Shipping on the stream was being suDjeciea to both gunfire and aer ial : bombardment, the Germans claiming that an oiler was sunk by sir action la the estuary south f Astrakhan. The Germans also re ported progress In the Elack sea area of the Caucasus, south of An apa, and said they had repulsed new jtussian attacks on the ceh tral front and ca the Lerinrrad uonx souui ot lui Ladoga.) Tuesday V 7eat3ier Trrrlty's nit temp, t3, nla. 47. XUrer Wednesday -3A Ty army; request weather f ore-c-iis tre wl.lJitU anj Urz?tx t.zrt fcla ddaye-L diLMORE : ' SepU ir-(AP)The Ger- the assault on the vital Volga 1 had "retreated to a new de Bombers Blast Enemy Ships ; Destroyer Attacked r Ainlrome Raided: -, Troops Quiet 1 . ; GEN. MacARTHURS f HEAD QUARTERS, Australia; Thunday, . ' Seot.t'.Si'IAtll'-rtvnwiivM' a.-. GMacAramrHcornmand 'hje- earrttjnheJer -' airdrome at RnVa aft thm nnrthom tip of the Solomon islands, in a night raid Wednesday night, un- loading five tons of bombs along the' runway and upon enemy In stallations, it was announced Thursday. ' . - " t A J apanese destroyer . was -vat- tacked, but results were , 'not learned . immediately, the daily headquarters communique Stated. New Gaines again received a - major share of the allies attca- p ilom, bat greaad fighting was ; conflaed to isolated Japanese remnants in the Milne bay area : at the extreme southeastern tly of the Ma Island roarding the . northern approaches to Aastrs- -Ha itself. , . T -.: At Kokoda, inland point where a Japanese spearhead has reached in an overland drive toward,, the big allied base of Port Moresby, -allied fighters and attack bombers made" four bombing and strafing raids on Japanese positions and lines of communication..' The. Daily Bulletin specifically mentioned that th e r e was no ground fighting here. Where Wed nesday bitter combats were waged after the Japanese reinforced their . units. - 1 The allied bombers also made a strong, raid on the big Japanese air base at Lae, on the north coast of Nw CntnM. r ' ' -. . " ; I A- Canadians Bomb Gd Home In Day OTTAWA. Thnrsday, Sept S. -WVA' ItCAF bomber erew landed here early Thnrsday less than 24 hears after partici pating la the mass bombing of Saarbrackea la Germany. The men, home to tell the story ef "bombing tn force ar rived aboard aa RAF ferry plane which picked them ap tn Exltain as coon as they returned from the raid en Germany early ' Wednesday. iy Af: 't .;;.:,;;; h ; , Inflatipn's - Cauco Cura , Grocery ' bCls ' are going no. s 19 are the bills from the bnt eher, j the banker, : the depart ment store. The answer is hixh- , ,er prices, the first signs . of Cf " disease, luTlitlon, which ui;y apset a.' national economy. . - ' -IThat Js tnflatXont Hero Is t' e ttswer, sirl;eJ ef t?cts!ca::t:;3, and here are do proposed rem edies. - . . -'v , w TI; tizrj, ci rr twe cf tai- . , -day's Ctai.-'t-T-MUwby-.Claade A."-''; Jarrcr, F.AJe . 7crIJl financial filler, wiU give yea t:.s iac!:- ground for anierstatllr.j f President . Coosevelta messaxo to the people, which will be d;- Uverel tlzzl liter Czy, V 1