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s"'- Services to Require
Release From. Jobs
For Essential Men
. .... . . - ' . "
Oregon draft boards have
teen directed to make, available
lor immediate induction regis-'
trants engaged in the produc
tion of lumber, copper and crit
ical non-ferrous metals if the
workers leave their jobs after
having been deferred because
of their Importance to Such Indus
tries, CoL Elmer V. Wooton, state
elective service director, an
nounced here Friday.. - i
; Action of the selective service
: system was taken In- connection
" with the war manpower commis
sion announcement of September
7 that workers engaged in the
production of lumber, copper and
. Critical non-ferrous metals snouid
-C' be frozen" in their Jobs. V :.f .
Colonel Wooton guid the 41-
reetive to local, boards did not
' mean that a worker in one of
: the' indnstries eoold not leave
' ' one Job for another in the same
industry If he eoold, prove to
his local board that the chanre
did not adversely affect prodnc-
Any registrant employed in. one
1 of the critical industries mentioned
who nbwivQldj a,classIIo. or a
'; class II-B classification will, be re-
classified to class 1-A ifhe leaves
' : , such employment. If the registrant
' ; is now classified in class III-B he
can be reclassified to class III-A,
which means that he will not be
1 immediately inducted but will be
available for induction sooner than
otherwise.
Younger Draft
Seen for 1943
; WASHINGTON, Sept 11
The army and navy Friday night
formally announced they,, would
refuse to accept' volunteers who
were deemed of greater use in
lheir lobs in essential war indus-
Jries and in federal agencies. -t
This was the second devolep-
(Turn to Page 2. CoL- 7)
. A. Walling
Dies, Action -
1 KEIZER,' Sept 11 Mrs." Del-
WVTTO . ISxT
c pha 'Walling haa-: received word
.; ' . from : the navy departments that
- her 'son, "Lowell Arthur Walling,
f I 31.' died as the result of wounds
received in action. He had a rat
ing as first class seaman and gun
- pointer. "-
Lowell Arthur Walling was the
oldest son of Mrs. Walling and
the late Chester Walling and was
born on South Prairie, near here,
September 14, 1911. He attended
school in SilveTton and enlisted
In the navy-January 23, l94I.,He
had not been home since he went
to sea In March 191. Hit last
letter home ; was written July ,
184Z. . . ' '
. Anomer sou vi fna. nwum,
Glenn Alvin, is in the coast ar-
tuiery ana siauonea -as. wmp
wcwuaiae, uaiu. uuier survivors
Include his granomouier, jars.
v - m TT! J -
jaura J. nowise. - nut KrttUUAisul
UurZ: -aid 'stsSr
iauicr. VJICU1KC LfOCUI. -
dian war veterans.
- Lowell Walling was a shipmate
of Charles Henry Meithof, re
ported . missing in . action, and
Frankie. Diem, both from- neigh
boring communities.
Scrvico Hen
Comer. Smith, jr., until re
cently supervisor- for the air
raid precautions . district ' for
... which Salem is headquarters.
has' received notice to report
next . Tuesday as , a volunteer
candidate for army officer trsin
Izg, he said Ftidayne has sp
ped'for Irainlnj as an officer
ef infantry," Smith directed or
ganization of the air raid pre
cautions C!?trict here and over
caw the st'.tlzg up cf lis control
center, which has received ap
proval cf army authorities
(a::
i.
:l service cea ea
Baby Buggies
Lacking, but
Mart Rising
- HEW YORK, Sept ll--Now
It's a shortace of baby car
riages that is threatened by the
As the birth rate climbs like
the war debt, demand for baby,
carriages becomes heavier. Also. -the
curtailed use of automobiles
adds to tho consumer's . desire
for prams as a means of riving
baby an alrinr.
Their , best business m years
finds manufacturers least able
to supply their customers. ' Un
der war production board edicts
the oatput volume' Is held to a
quota based on the year ending
with July 1, 1941.
More drastic Is the restriction
on steel used in the manufac
ture of the ' Infant pushcarts.
Only six pounds of steel may be
used per carriage whereas
formerly from 15 to 4d pounds
of the metal went Into each. In
addition, only the steel already
cot by Jone 12 may be used
from whatever stockpile - the
soakers had. .--..'"f"
UAL to Cancel
Dealf Continue
Lease by Army Not .
To Stop Flying
Unless Needed ; .
United 'Ah Liner will consent
to cancellation of its 25-year con
tract for use of the Salem munici
pal airport allowing the US army
to make with the city a new lease
for exclusive use of the port for
uration of the war, but such ac-
Ufon does not mean that the air
lines win cease uieir aaiem opera
tions, members of the system's le
gal staff indicated at a confer
ence with city officials here Fri
day noon.
That the army is ' willing and
anxious for the air service to con
tinue here under existing condi
tions and requires the new con
tract ' largely as a guaranty that
it could exercise full authority
immediately in case . of, emerg
ency and without any later reper
cussions was the impression - re
ceived by the city's representa
tives, Mayor W. W. Chadwick de
clared following the meeting.
Although the lease with the air
lines apparently is to be cancelled.
since, the army can require such
action if it is not forthcoming vol
untarily, Chadwick said, the UAL
proposes to continue to pay to the
city the regularly established rent
al while it operates here. It would
abide by conditions of the lease,
while operating under an agree
ment with the army, he saicL..
The army's proposed . lease
would grant to it exclusive use of
the airport for the duration of the
war and six months thereafter,
joint and concurrent use with any
other concerns having lease agreed
ments for a -period
of 25 years
I after the close of the. war. It Is
the same lease proposed to ether
airports In strategic places along
the coast according" to John T.
Lorch, Chicago, member of the
United Air Lines legal staff, and
E. S. Maroney, Portland UAL
(manager.
, onierring wita t"wn were
Mayor Chadwkk, Qty Attorney
Lawrence Brown and City En
i gineer J. H. Davis.
I -apfc f TT
Ur ortiand Has
Defense Trial
PORTLAND, Orel Sept 11-flP)
Portland tested its civilian defens
es Friday night and army officers
termed the operation a success.
Approximately 60,000 air raid
wardens, fire-watchers, messeng
ers and auxiliary police took part
In the drill, In which an air raid
was simulated. There was no
blackout however, and no sirens
blew those features being caved
for the real thing.
-MaJ,. Joseph W. Ilensel, army
officer attached to the office of
civilian defense, said, ' "Portland
stacks up well with other, cities.
Lost Flax Burns'
A load of flax which had slipped
from a truck and fallen in the
angle of the 12th street junction
with the Pacific highway burned
I at 9:33 Friday nl-.t, acccrdirj
ia ztite police. . .
48-Hour Week
Slated for
Lumbering '
Industry There Now
When Able; Yards
Unloading Surplus
WASHINGTON, Sept. ll-JJF)
Production C hie f Donald M.
Nelson Friday ordered the
Pacific northwest lumber indus
try placed on a 48-hour week
to avert a lumber shortage re
sulting from lack of manpower.
Nelson telegraphed Frederick
H. Brundage, western log and
lumber administration at Portland,
Ore., directing him to. "take all
necessary and appropriate action"
to establish the 48-hour immedi-
-PORTLAND, Ore Sept. 11-tPJ-Oreron
A FX. and CIO lead
ers Friday endorsed the WFB
order placing the Pacific north
west lumber industry on a. 48
hour week. ' : - l
Worth Lowery, president of
the CIO , International Wood
Workers of ' American "district
; council, said that approxlmate
ly 7i " per cent of tho lumber
operations still are on a 40-hour
week. ' J; V;;-
Bert Sleeman, secretary of
the AFL. district council, said,
"our organization V advocated
that weeks ago, and wo wel
; come It." ' J
ately. . He old Brundage that a
substantial number" of employers
had failed to comply with a pre
vious request to lengthen the Work
week voluntarily. - - ' -
Time and a half overtime must
be paid for work over 40 hours.
SEATTLE, Sept XI (PO The
order of War Prod action Chief
Donald Nelson for a IS-honr
week in "the lumber' Indaatry
brought from representatives of
management and labor here Fri
day the assertion that the indaa
try already is on that basis In
sofar as the supply of logs and
labor permits. ,. -,;' "
C o L " W. : B. Greeley, general
manager of the West Coast Lum
bermen's ; association, said em
ployers had ."very largely adopted
a 48-hour week since the first of
the year, but a considerable sum
ber of mills have not been able
to work even a normal five-day
week because they can't get logs.
The industry is whole-heartedly
for the 48-hour week.''-- -
Pirating Reduces '
Coast Labor Pool .
7- SEATTLE, Sept U Iaj.
Gen. H. G. Winsor, regional war
manpower director, reported Fit
day, the formulation of plans, to
reshuffle the Pacific northwest's
manpower- from: overmanned to
undermanned war Industries..-..
At the same time, the Post-In
telligencer reported it had learn-
(Turn to Pago 2.- Cot C)
Suspect Held
Id Burglary
Case Here
Elmer E. Zimmerman, . said to
be a "five-time loser" from the
Oregon state penitentiary, was ar
rested Friday night by dty off!
cers' and held on an open charge
as a suspect in one burglary and
in an attempted burglary of
member of the Salem police force.
Zimmerman was released from
A. ; M. .4? ft . J
uie : pemienuary nere m miu-
August after serving five years for
burglary on top of four other peni
tentiary stays, police: said. "The
burglary of the William Schlitt
dwelling at 1191 North Capitol
street, from which considerable
Jewelry was taken, occurred Au
gust 30. That same night a city
officer surprised a man who was
attempting to enter his home near
the Schlitt residence. . . - .
The ' would-be burglar : bid
window screen unlocked when he
was frightened away, , but " was
seen by the officer, Who said Fri
day night that Zimmerman, to
whom some of the Schlitt jewelry
had allegedly been , traced, re
sembled the man . he had sur
prised.
Historic
Order Is -
Invoked
...!: - 1
Novorossisk Lost
To Nazis; Allies
Push on Island
By FRED VANDERSCHMIDT
Associated Press War Editor ,
The Russians of Stalingrad,
responding to Joseph Stalin's
revived civil war commands,
braced Friday1 night against
the German onslaught on two
sides of the city and 'passed
to the counter-attack in one !
southwestern sector. ' 'J
Moscowa ; midnight , com-
muniqnef however, announced
the evacuation of Novorossisk on
the Black sea somewhat . of a
foregeme .conclusion, - si nc e "the
Germans had claimed its tapture
lastc Sunday. ,V
The same communique left no
doubt that the defenders of "Sta
lin's city" had taken .his historic
ordeiv-"there is no way back from
Stalingrad'Vin grim earnest.
Besides making the counter-at
tack on .the southwest, the Bus- j
siahs brought. tQL. a I halt , their re-i
- CAIRO. Sept : ll-CSVAostra-
lian heavy and medium bomb
ess attacked Tobruk and near
by targets Thursday night while
the :. Egyptian desert front re-
mained relatively .quiet T b e
coast road was strafed and fires
were started among installations.
treats on the western face of the I
city, where they had withdrawn
tour times in the! previous four
days. . -
They were standing and dving
Friday as Stalin commanded..
On this basis, then, the Rns-
sians 4 were . making their su
preme defense of the ' dty on
the Tolsa, nnder assault by a
record German foree ef more
than 500,000 men. The German
high command says Stalingrad
now Is encircled from the river
(Turn to Pago 2, Cot 1)
to
Reerealibii :
Rooms, Camp
; The war detSaiiment has iffrd
to provlde'funds to furnish need:
ed day rooms and recreation hall
at Camp- Adair removing neces-
sity:for:Whimiedia4e:
raise tuch niwm - in th tv
counties surrounding the cantbn-J
Army
ment Judge George Rossman,nw PTOrn as a ure ana mue
Marion county. Red Cross chair- age.ratkming -system and not. as
man MnrmmA vta J -
Comlnff from San Francisco of-
fices of the Red Cross, the tele- Id, of limiting mileage by per
gram to Judge Rossman was first lic readings of each motorist's
information" rfvt hrt bv mileage meter. However, he add-
either army or Red Cross offi-
dais as to the 'change of plans.
John Scott field man f or the Red
Pm b Hictnno Mmfimc
Friday noon learned that the
news had been t relayed here an mai mowrisia are uisregaru
h'our after it was received on hig previaus appeals to. saye tires
the coast and that army men in
this area had hot been notified
to date. '. v .
Just . what the army's agree.
ment to "furnish? the numerous
day rooms and one large recrea
tion hall may mean In the way
of supplying minor items must
be learned before the camp and
hospital council of the camp area
can function, Scott told the Mar
ion county Red Cross executive:
board.
' I I I 5' k Jl .J 1 II . i
lUaJ
Buy,ii2:c!l3
y.
POr.TTJS.?.T) st)L ll-6TVPort-
land fuel dealers are organizing
a dooI to buv wood from mills
the Willamette valley, David tc -
des, state fuel administrator, said that Licnwetfter l-ewis ana vu
Fridc. "i : I liam Clark, who first pioneered
He '.said an' additional "ll.CCO
cords cf sisbwocd could be cb-
fciziJ cctLly Csc-cji the pccL'tlcz."
Officers Who
f
Lieut Gen. BV L. Montgomery
discusses a tactical problem with
hand Is Lieut Gen. Horrocks. It was the British eighth army which
fort to reach the Nile valley International Dustraated News photo.
Rubber Gzar;
Gasoline Ration Not :
. Immediate; Method
' Not Yet Gimplcte ' 1
WASHINGTON,- Sept. 11 -iT)
President -Roosevelt -said Friday
that the new rubber czar would
I he named soon, probably on Mon
I day, and that most of the recom-
mendations of the branch com-
mittee which .investigated the
i rubber v situation ,would . be put
i into eiiect -sunultaneously.
Moreover, the nation-wide gascn
line rationing Is not expected to
become . effective' until later, due
to the necessity of preparing ra
tion books. , -
In .addition - to rationing and
other measures to reduce the
mileage of the civilian motorist,
the committee proposed the ap-
xraior, neiegaung to jum iuu ana
- complete authority in all. matters
related ; tov rubber, lncluding.;re-
search, development construction
and operation of plants.1
Reporters quizzed. the president
at Friday's .1 press -conference ' as
to who 'the appointee would be.
bt received no indications: He
U to be appointed by Donald.M.
I Nelson, ; chairman of the war pro-
auction poara . aner consuitauon
with thejpresident .
' Mr. Roosevelt made it clear
that he preferred to think of .the
I a gasoune rauonmg proposal.
Anere naa Dcen uscussion, ne
had been decided that too
man7 drivefalqMWilic.A.tofix
their meters. : i . :
The president .went on. to say
that he had eterminedfor him-
by keeping to low rates of "speed.
: He recently drove his own car
12 miles along the Albany post
road,.- at exactly 35 - miles : per
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College Named
Lewis, Qark
PORTLAND, Sept' ll-iffV-Al-bany
college trustees announced
Friday night the Institution wSl
be known In the future as Lewis
and Clark, college ; r'
Trustees -of the ' Presbyterian
school, which moved to Portland
from Albany several years ago.
announced their .intention- last
month of finding a new name.
ini Of the selection, Dr. Morgan S.
1 uaeii, preaaeni, saia, -we ien
j the culual ' development cf tho
J far west, deserved this raesnl-
Ymga R
Stopped Rommel's Latest Drive
r
a.jafc
(bareheaded) . : com mander of -the British eirhth.srmr in North Africa,
his officers at the front Standing behind Montgomery's upraised
JapsDiscovefj
TangltEneriiyz
In Pacific ; "
; WASHINGTON, Sept'lMA'),
Just- back: from an Inspection
of t h e Pacific fighting area. ;
James V. Forrestal, undersecre
tary of the navy, said Friday it -would
"be a tough Job" for the
Japanese to recapture Guadal
canal fa the Solomon islands.
ln the marines he added,
they have met equally tengn
and alert people for the first
time.,.., ; .. .. ... . ;
-The nndcrseeretary . described "
his experiences at a press eon
ference held Jointly with See:
retary . Knox. ; The conference
also produced the following: .
Knox will visit Rio de Janlero
within .the next two months and
inspect ' American . outposts . en
root.' V : ; - -
y. The .. secretary said ship
laonchings are now greater, than
ship sinkings, but clear through -
to the end of the war there "must
be constant viiilanco against
enemy submarines, -i' "iH -Forrestal
?r h 1 g h 1 y.'- praised.
American - planes . 'an d " their
crews. -The 'Japsiw e rt, ni
soaiched in the air, he
both Jn the quality of .'planes
and the skill and courage el the t
who fly them.'
Plane Craslx
FaliltdSix
In Building "
BUFFALO, NY, Sept ll-i?HA
flaming Curtis-Wright airplane
plummeted Into the roof of a
building at the Curtiss-Wright
airplane division plant late -Friday
-killing six workers and in
juring 47 others.
The pilot J Bertrand PurnelL
S3, a Curtiss test flier since May,
parachuted to safety two miles
from the plant He suffered burns.
'One of the dead was identified
by: the - Erie county medical ex
aminer's office as Francis Ryan,
37, Kenmore, but the name of the
other had ' not been established
more than five hours after, the
crash." ;''.--I'
Lester Glenn, a civilian employ
ed as a US army- inspector died
six hours later in a hospital
Martin Till, Frank Warda and
Carlson , Rauh" died in hospitals
seven hours after the accident
Davey said ; Purneirs - plane
caught fire at. a high altitude,'
froni air unknown cause. Dams-
to the building Into which the
ship plunged as very slight 1
added, and production contin
Tharstlay'g 7eal2ier .
Thm tec?. 71,
XUver rtiay -34 fl.
Ey army request weather fare
easts are withheld t-i t:.:-
r
- $
S
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forced back rammers latest ef
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FDRPHposed
AsM&dHeadi
Mil'
Alilitary Dictatorship
Urged as-HIeans to
English Victory ,
OTTAWA, Sept 11 -(ff)- W. D.
Herridge, former Canadian min
ister to Washington, Friday urged I
that President Roosevelt be pro
claimed supreme leader,, of the
EtuUshrspealcing people with; the
power -of a dictator and with the
advice r of a .general staff- com
posed of the best minds' in the
British ' and "American democracies.-'.
: .. . ' ' ' '-' :
Speaking before a: luncheon
dub, Herridge . said Mr. Roose
velt, must be prodaimed leader by
the acknowledged leader of the
British empire, r.' C3mrchill
(Prime. , Minister Churchill f
Britain) spieaking on " hehalf :of
the emput mvedare. thatvic-
wry aemanasr a , leaaer ior uie
foglish-speaking" people and that
leader Is' theV president of the
United" SUtes."
mal- Mf; Churchill do "this?!!
Herridge ' asked. He added that
the British prime-' minister would
do .what 1 the people willed . him
to do. The trouble Is that up to
now the ' people have never -had
t iwjlL :,w have- let - tipoo " the
-1deltees-'and watched' Winston do
ib .lutaipoij j ne nu Hica, wis
gallant EnglisJmia.-r
'.Nothing short of a military dic
tatorship - would ' prevail in .. this
war,- he said, because nothing dse
would have the independence and
ruthlessness i to liquidate Ineffi
dency and timidity , in the high
places and in the low and the
power . to . capture the offensive
from the enemy.
Japan Qaimi
Riue-iy)idiiig:
BERLIN (from German broad-i
casts), Sept 11 HP The Japa
nese government In a note hand
ed the Swiss minister in Tokyo,
nas rejeciea American accusa
tions that, Japan "Is ignoring the
1929 Geneva convention regard
ing treatment of war prisoners.
tae Berlut radio said Friday night
m a Tokyo dispatch. . r.
,The imperial government en
ergetically protests against the at
titude of the United States the
dispatch said, "as well as against
rumors spread by radio snd other
means to the efrect that the iin
perlal government refused to let
U3 war prisoners"li3ve. their mal
ana ctaer parcels.". -. v - .
The note, dated September
said Japan had never ratified the
Geneva convention, ; but ' even " so
notified ''the- Unit:! -.States -.when
war broke out that the conven
tion's stipulations regarding pris-
' it - it
Mreat
Japanese
Halt At
Efogi
Ship Left Going
Down; Another
Gets Near Miss
V By MURLIN SPENCER
GEN. Mae ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Austra
lia, Saturday, Sept. 12 (AP)
Allied bombers fired a Japa
nese destroyer and left her
sinking off e a a tern New.
Guinea and also blasted Buna,,
the enemy's supply base for
the overland art ye toward
Port Moresby, a communiqua
said Saturday. V : ' L. '
"The enemy has made no fur
ther 'advances,' the communique
said, in the Efogi area, 44 miles
j- short of Port Moresby, where bay-
onei-wieimng ; Austrauans were
fighting the Invaders, i '
t. '
A very near miss" was scored
on, a second Japanese destroyer
which was probably damaged, the
communique said. Both ships were
encountered off Normandy Island
which is north of Milne bay, scene
of a frustrated: Japanese invasion.
t .Allied heavy bombers,? the an
nouncement said, ; "attacked two
enemyj destroyers,. obtaining a "di
rect hit -on . one which was ob
served afire . and sinking by the
stern. . - -.- . ,
V Rafts and personnel were seen
in the water.
"Our medium bombers . scored
very near 'miss on .the second
warship, probably damaging, it
All our planes returned."
Both Australian and Japanese
troops .fighting the shadowy war
at Efogi on the ' southern slopes
of the' Owen Stanley mountains
were believed to be reorganizing
their positions. l ' - ' y
Allied airmen continued ; to
strafe the Japanese, but also "
streaked ' across the mountains
to make two heavy raids en the',
airdrome at Bona 'where the
Japanese first landed late .In
July for the cross-country strike
at Port Moresby. -.; -:: --".: -
AH- bombs hit hi1 the target
area' the communique said or the
attack on Buna. "Three' grounded
aircraft and a number of trucks
were destroyed; several fires were
started. Heavy anti-aircraft fire
was encountered There - was no
mterceptjon. . ,: i" i- ;
.' .Buna Is 78 air line miles behind
the Japanese salient at Efogi, and
considerably farther by u n g 1
trail through, some of the roughest '
country In the world. The Japa
nese and the allies defending Port
Moresby; are .using native porters
to carry; food and arms to the
Efogi front ". ; :'- ', :. . '
The supply problem Is one of
the main factors ' in the present
Japanese : halt ' but allied head
quarters announced Friday . that :
dose combat had checked the invaders,-
too, with heavy casualties
on. both sides. . .
' Allied bombers eeaeentratei t
mainly en . New Guinea, bul '
some nnlts operating ever the
seas northwest of Australia at
tacked a building and. a small-;
-vessel, "with nnobserved results"
at the island ef Teoen.
. Teoen (Teun) Is In the Damar
group of the Dutch East Indies
northeast of Timor.' r , x
. Less than 20 miles south of
Efogi is a rubber plantation; kowa
as Itiklnuma. From there a hard
surfaced road leads on down to
Port Moresby. But to reach iIU
kinuma the Japanese still must
cross several mountain ridges as
higbes tZiO feet' 4.
-.'The Austria navy minister
declared "flatly Triday that the al
lies would held V. v Guinea.
s Stti-c Over
ALTON," . Sept ll-iT)-TLa
four-day " paralyzing . strike at
Western Cartridge company
huge East Alton plant was ter
minated Friday night as sever!
thousand employes gave-,tr.rr.i-rnous
voice approval of an f n ;
ment to return to work at 8 o'u :
(C7T Saturday, xaornir. .