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Li Dp D u 13 7 AC V H. djDQ-L"-JGli'u'D(g . . .. - 4 V7v . ' J - . itg Gcldforo end Stratoey Ag Gaon From (First of a series of three Articles) . .(,!Edltor'" N2?!. Clark - h ad an adventurous lifs In covering the 4 lJ2 n.d hu tort have won him wide notice and honor. The In i'"t,ry J?"rn1 Praised his stories from Bataan as -the best this war has produced. He has seen the Japanese soldier in China, in the Philippines ni m the Solomons, and here he eppraises the qualities of that unique -i-ating roan.) ... . . . . '-. .. - By CLARK LEX - - SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 29 Many of them are: Imbued' with This might appear to be supreme anese but it really is couraee mixed and most of them believe, that ther captured by Americans. ; ' " 0 Therefore to die fighting Is, In their 'minds, less terrif S n surrender. "-',- - -..-:.- f-.r--,..,. V,';-.v iNw Once captured they readily admit they are glad to be alive and don't regret their failure to die a hero's death. This is true even though a soldier who surrenders "can never return to Japan. The stigma attached to being taken prisoner undoubtedly is firmly implanted in the minds of the Japanese people and disgrace brought upon a pris oner's family makes it impossible to return to the homeland. ; Nevertheless, there's reason to believe that Japanese soldiers have discussed among themselves the possibility of being captured. Pris oners captured in widely (separated areas of the Philippines all ex pressed the same hope that the Americans would "let us live on some South Sea island after the war." llany Take Oun Lives ' :-: Many times the Japanese, especially officers, commit suicide rath- - er than surrender orcontinue to fight under heavy fire. - Tor instance on Bataan, some 500 Japanese landed on Mariveles - Point behind General MacArthur's front line within range of Correg idor's 12-inch mortars. When our artillerymen pin-pointed their po sitions and dropped big shells among them, 85 committed suicide by leaping from a 100-foot cliff to the rocks below. Some who survived the leap said It was their first experience with artillery fire and they couldn't stand the terrible strain. ' However, whatever it is that impels them, the Japanese are a dangerous enemy and fighting them ot Japanese dug in among the tree roots of Bataan's jungle or tun- nesday, Sept. 3 0-(-Allied 'tteled in the limestoae caves of Tulagi. - troops in a swelling counter- The Japanese prodigal waste of lives to gain even small objec- . tives astonished General MacArthur In the Philippines as it did Gen- thrust against the Japanese In eral Archibald Wavell in Malaya. But such tactics are tradition with New Guinea have recaptured uVdLtathe Russian-Japanese war, they charged day after IoVibaiwa ridge 32 miles above day into devastating atiilery fire which piled corpses many feet deep. Port Moresby and "our ad Early In the Bataan fightinc they stormed strong river positions held vance continues a communicnie jj vue tftui i uipinu scuuis xur uuix buiiu utjrs. iue uvuig -"i lng over the dead, until our positions finally were overwhelmed. . 'Always Look Unimpressive , I have Watched the Japanese fight in China and in the Philippines where they were winning: I have watched them in the Solomons where they are losing. : - : . Most armies naturally look better in winning than in losing. But the Japs never look good. Physically "they are unimpressive. Their pants bag at the seats, stheh'leggins are carelessly wound, their shoes run down at the heel, : their rifles are battered and unpolished and their equipment, with some exceptions, seems poorly made. I , . .Many are small and apparently weak. In the Philippines some SO peri cent of the prisoners were, chronically diseased. This run-down appearance sometimes leads to underestimating them as enemies. -' But their appearance belies their Spartan training and toughen ing program which gives them tremendous endurance. - Excepting the "Chinese, they probably can fight with fewer comforts, with less food and endure greater hardships without complaining than any' other - soldier in the world. : T :;V Vir "V. ..... f ' - One of their proudest campaigns, which they believe should rank 'high in world military annals:' was sl province in China early in 1938. ' climbed from Taiyuanfu across range after range of rugged mountains and broke out onto the southern plains to capture their objectives. They've Had Experience '. Campaigns like that gave them campaigns that tney naa neen piannmg xor years. Ana ineran lies Vue (caSUn Ul wihub euvyessca. u ;vuic avu'a wu .why. Is a tremendous advantage, e , ' But, in estimating the strength of the Japanese enemy, it Is nec essary to recall that on only a few cases have the Japanese been forced - to fight on equal terms and every time they have been defeated. At Shanghai, where Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek sacrificed - lis crack German-trained Chinese divisions In 1937 to stall the Jap- anese for three months, the Japanese were badly defeated, also by the .-soviet far eastern army at Changkufeng In 1938 and again at Nomon- nan in 190. . ... Nomonhan especially was extremely costly but the Japanese gen erals probably considered the price -worth the lessons learned In the " um of tanks and airplanes In determining the strength of the Russians. The Japanese also lost the first phase of the battle of Bataan, ex - tending from early January to early February when MacArthur's ar . tillery and machine-guns stopped them cold and smashed the original . force they had landed In Luzon. . , . ; . - ; And, of course, more recently the Japanese were cut to pieces by the US marines In the Solomons. Casualties may give some line re ' specting the fighting ability of American and Japanese troops. i. - On Tulagi, Jap casualties were 100 per -cent; ours 25 per cent. In wiping out the Japanese force of canal after the American occupation, United States marines lost less! li thTcdalcanal baWe. - accounts for the smallness of their : . . - . At- . Oast J t Time Necessary ta Defeats -9- . . There is no doubt-that the' Japanese-can be beaten but beating - them probably will take years because of the great distances neees- sary to get at them and tne tactical eumcuiues mvoivmg lanam ; 4 against stron gly-f ortif basest . ; In addition to her pre-war bases, Japan now hat fortified or is fortifying vast territories won since December 7. ' r : r ; If our strategy Is to fight back ', ually northward and reconquering certainly ww last a numDer 01 years. There are several alternate shortcuts, through Siberia, through China or directly against Japan. Whichever plan is followed we un doubtedly will meet bitter last-ditch resistance. That resistance, of course, will have to be overcome by superiority, numerical and quali tative. In planes, ships and men. Engineering Well Under Way On Columbia, Coast Roads For Post-War Improvement - WASHINGTON, SepUJ29 - CCO.OOO post war highway program in California, Massachusetts, MississiDDi. MissourL New Jerseyi New York. Oregon and Dis- trict of Columbia is well under, federal works administrator, re ported Tuesday. lie eald the engineering, extend- fcg from conception of the im provements through surveys -and preparations of plans for contrac tors' bids, was going forward as a federal-state undertaking and was feeing financed by $10,000,000 suthorized in the defense highway act of 1941. States will be re quired to match federal funds un fer the usual federal aid plan. . General Fleming made clear this program was only a part of im "? provements to be undertaken aft er the war. "At the present time," he added, "road-building like all . ether construction nctivities of the federal works agency la of necessity confined to projects that r re indirrcr-sable to the successful : Tcsccutlcn --cf the war. j r rejects listed by the tho Front Linos (Wide World) It is difficult to a fanaticism that makes then courage on the part with fear.. Thev have will be tortured, then k' O t is costly. A hundred Americans j their drive toto-outhwesterlrf5han.-J In 12 days they rode, walked invaluable experience for bigger 970 men which landed on Guadal-1 marines had tanks which partly losses. . " --r-.'-v. . Island by Island, advancing grad- countries Japan has taken, the war : P) - Engineering work on a $500, - way Brig. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, FWA Tuesday as approved (costs undisclosed) were: Oregon Major relocation of the. Columbia river highway (U S 39) b practically , a continu ous section between - Cascade Locks-and The ballet, follow ing as closely as possible along the Colombia river. Length 41 miles. Relocation of Oregon Coast highway (US 191) between Til lamook and Pleasant Valley. Length t miles. . Seaman Released SEATTLE. Sept 23 A 23 of the fJ- VY Dear vv year-old seaman, half Japanesf The GOP committee tmani and half Hawaiian, was released mously nominated Chessman, a from federal custody Tuesday to republican, Monday -night. The become a crew member cf one of democratic corsrruttes took sinU- the nation's new merchant hi;s.llar action last wet! ih::styico:id yeah .V lilies A A - raoge; japs AJiapm iie Enemy Retires Northward in New Guinea . Piles of Equipment Captured by Allies , As Planes Attack By MURLIN SPENCER . GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD- QUARTERS Australia Wed said Wednesday. j The Japanese were reported re tiring ; toward Nauro, ten miles to the north, .and piles of equip ment they abandoned were seized by the allied jungle fighters who considerably eased the enemy's pressure on Port Moresby. The communique said: . "Ioribaiwa ridge has been cap tured by our troops. The enemy is retiring in the direction of Nau ro, ten miles to the north. Quan tities of supplies and equipment were abandoned by him and are in our hands. Allied troops, the eommanl "qne added, found that thoJTap- anese .had eonstnieted field I' trenches and barricades bi an- of the allied counter-4 1 xn uus iixsi suuea grouna oiuui sive General MacArthur's troops were using the same . deceptive tactics of infiltration and flanking movements which characterized Japanese advance to Ioribai wa In a drive which began, late In July from Buna on the north ern' side of the towering Owen Stanley mountains. .The allies were suported by 2V pounders, by heavy aerial action, and by shorter supply hauls. At Ioribaiwa the Japanese had been (Turn to Page 2) Two Billions - . -v .... I Sought for Navy-Planes WASHINGTON. -S en t 29-YP jc build thousands of new navy SJSflSiJlS day asked congress for- an tew mediate appropriation of 22,- 000,000, which would send the current fiscal year's outlay for the sea service to a record Of ap proximately $20,000,000,000. ; In a b r 1 e 1. memorandum to Speaker Rayburn, the president concurred in a budget bureau section that the new planes were I essential for 'the prosecution of tKe war." Neither the ' chief executive nor the budget bureaa gave any details of how many planes the extra funds would provide, bat appropriations committee mem bers, who were expected to ap prove the request quickly along with approximately 94,000,000, 909 for other emergency Items, estimated It would add In the (Turn to Page 2) aO! TT' 1 VliefemUIl I1U9 g -taj -o o sU OlTlinatlOnS ASTORIA, Ore Sept 2H) Nominated br both the Clatson county republican and democratic central committees, Merle R. i Chessman, publisher of the As- torian-Budget, Wednesday accept ed the call to succeed the late I Frank 1.1. Franciscovich as state senator. am doing what I have always said I would never do, .becoming literally a candidate for public political office," Chessman said. "However, When the central com. mittees cf both parties are will ing to waive partisan considera tion and Join in uri"2 rr.e to fill the vacsnrv- it is difficult for me I not to waive iny personal cbjec- - 1 tions." ' More JL Argentina's House Urges Axis Break BUENOS AIRES, Sept 2Hff) The Argentine chamber of dep atles Tuesday night approved a" resolution . recommending a break ' in . diplomatic . relations with the axis. . The vote was not expected to have any effect on the govern ment's policy of "prudent neu trality,' however, for the con servative senate Is supporting president Ramon S. Castillo and : ts not likely to act with the chamber, where a coalition of .Liberals can outvote the conser vatives. The resolution was adopted after a lengthy debate on for eign relations. ' : ; The radical and socialist par ties. Joining forces, poshed the measure throngh by a vote of. C7 to S4. It called for "an Im mediate break with Germany, Italy and Japan. - Argentina" and Chile aro the only American republics which still maintain relations with the axis. ' Senate Delays Inflation Vote Hatch Enters New Amendment; FR Deadline Near WASHINGTON, Sept. 29-(ff) With tempers frayed and nerves frazzled, the senate Tuesday night deferred until Wednesday a final decision of the farm price contro versies tied up In the anti-inflation bilL With Its action, any lin gering hope that the legislation might be enacted by October 1, the deadline fixed by President Roosevelt, disappeared. . During the day, the farm bloc by a vote of 48 to 43 wrote its higher farm parity price levels WA8HXNOTON, ' Sept. 29-0P) Here's the way Pacific north west senators voted " on the Tbosaas-Hatch " amendnteat to the anti-isfUUoa bOI Tuesday. Fert McNary el Oregon, Thomas of Idaho, Boa of Wash- OsriT'of UaheT Against:-WaBgrem af -Wask- tngtoau Into the xmeasure.. Then, It began a determined but -apparently, los-1 ing fight to keep Its amendment in I the bill. '.' " Immediately after the veto. Senator Barkley- (D-Ky), the administration leader, proposed a eompromlse sabstltate. A ssi Jority of the semate, mcladmr who voted for the farm (Turn fo Page 2) ' Hitler Slates Radio Speech BERLIN (From German Broad' casts). Sept 29-flVAdolf Hitler will address a mass meeting of deny cards to workmen if they Pfu"m wizard's ropes be the national- socialist party at 6 .vhi , ' ian they ever see one of his ships. pjn. Wednesday (9 aJiL. PWD. on the occasion of the opening oi E uie 1V4Z743 uerman winter reueii campaign, It was announced Tues- oay mgnx. The announcement did not dis - uose tne meeting piace, out said all German radio stations would broadcast the sneech. (At a similar occasion a year - - ' ago, Hitler told a packed sports- a a . S - a ss. paiast xnai we itussian "enemy bad been nit so nard tnat ne never again win rise up (In (hat speech, Intended main - ly to pep up the German people to a third winter of war, he de - dared for the first time that he had made a mistake in not know ing "how awfully big were the preparations' of the Russians for war). TTealher Monday's max. temp. 72, mln. 5L niver Tuesday HLl ft By army request weather forecasts are wllihell asi tcmserxtsre data delayed. r Bimoct: VTe2aesays srrset 7:13 sxa. Cclea. Oregon, Wednesday Mcrciag, Septa&bex CX Jorrosiiwa m -srvt eports Newlandings Arafura Sea -',' '. ... No Confirmation of Broadcast Made ; 200 Japs Killed NEW YORK, Sept.:2MVA Dome! dispatch broadcast from Tokyo Tuesday night said Jap anese naval units had made new landings in the Tanimbar, Kei, Aru. a n d Babar islands north ot Australia, thereby i completing occupation .of,, the Arafura sea area. Key points In those Islands, however, are known to, have been in Japanese hands for some time and if any allied troops still re mained on the islands; they were only .isolated groups of natives. The" Tanimbar islands are only 200 miles north of Darwin, Aus tralia. v-.:.J"-J-"-..-. : Only last week there was a dis patch from Melbourn telling how a native sergeant and 12 soldiers had. killed 200 Japanese troons during a landing at Saumlakki, Tanimbar ' islands ' nn th nfcrht of Julv 30-31. Thi iman nnit which apparently was the ; sole earrison at SaumlaVkll withnmr I to the other side of the Island and escaped to. Australia. -. - 1 " - The Dincl' dimtrh- said I SavmUkkl was occupied A- jntusf 39 after a strong force had been killed or captured. . It Is possible that the Japanese did not occupy the town at the time f the July 10-11 landing, bat at any rate there were no de fenders there after that time. During the past month allied j communiques from the southwest Pacific have mentioned several times that Japanese shins had I been attacked at Saumlakki and ta ! waters around the Tanimbar islands.- - ecoras avauaoie nere, bow- ever, do not show any official announcement man either: side that the Islands had been occu- pied. " There had been no pre-! vious announcement that Doha; in the Aru -islands, had -been oc- cupied. n Ilabdr Iniport Shinvs PORTLAND, Ore Sept. 3HPl -Portland ' ATL -offlciahr Tuesday protested the Importation of east- em labor by the Henry J. Kaiser shipyards. ' ' - -y; :; ; - V In . meeting with Mayor I want "undesirables' brought In, and scheduled a conference Tues day night to discuss means handling the Influx. o D. E. Nickerson." secretary lokyoii the Oregon Federation of Ibor,lnP'fr1iTl YiTI TPl'OlTs said, "Xabor Is going to do every-1 Asa Ull XlclJXl thing possible to maintain the size standards we now have In our or ganization.1 L k laflux of undesables at the source. ! Tom Ray, secretary of the boQ- ermakers union, said wrk, 1 would not have t hrA it the Kaiser yards would change fron, a eeven to a six-day work I KW?11lSs, . I OMVUMlV 1 The yards here are the onl-r ones on the -west xoast working I 1 . (Turn to Pare 2i 17 nTT. A T, 1 A uc xuuca vui. T f np;,. Cfrt 1JU' A ires OUIC CANON CITY, Cola, Sept 23 (A-The aatomoblle lat . which Mrs. Ada Eorrocks, Portland, and her eight-weeks old baby were en rout to' Louisiana caught fire f our miles west of here Tuesday and was badly carnaged, except far the tires. A short circuit ta the bxUIon was blamed. , - . '. titKztt jits. Ilorroc-s ncr the baby was Injured. They were en route to visit her husband, Cast Llchard D. norrocks, sta tioned la a soEthern army car:?. , Auto Driven fbr, pue h ere City salvage officials received their most surprising contribution to date Tuesday afternoon in the current drive for scrap metals needed for war plants. It was a nine-year-old automo bile with usable tires, driven to a salvage depot by the donor. "This Is for your scrap heap, the driver, . Julius Miklia, who said he came from Detroit, MIcIl, told H. L. Braden, executive sec retary of the Salem United War Clty tracks will start pick- lag vp householders' scrap met al and rubber donations to the United War Chest and the war program at t a. m. today la the district bounded by llood street, the Southern Pacific mam line. State. Chareh and Center streets and the Willamette river. Thurs day they will operate north of Hood street. See day-by-day : map en page two. " . - Chest, beneficiary of the salvage drive. ."You can get the title at the secretary of state's office." Scarcely believing what he saw take place,: Braden verified the driver's statement -at the state motor vehicle department, v "This car has been donated to Oregon scrap heap for govern ment use," read a sign the owner posted on the car, a light 1933 model coach. The day's collection of salvage, In northeast and east central Sa lem, yielded heavily m worthwhile contributions, City Engineer J. H. uavia reporao. iv ou..ran as many arivers ana ii caiem Kho(A "dents ."loaned' by "mwpai ea u. woii were sepx on me go- au nay picwng up cia wire,'-pans and other me- tallic scrap ' from . parkings and delivering them to the salvage depots. By night -the service station property being used temporarily as a depot at 18th and State streets was filled to overflowing. . Progress of the drive led C W. Paulus, county salvage chair- man, to predict that the city's I ouota of 500 tons would be j reached. iT. - Ikigineer - I)avls '''put his foot down Tuesday on "donationr of old bottles, paper and tin cans. ? This stuff ; Is of no present I value and -we simply can't waste time hauling it away" Davis de- dared. Tbs) fay's eoOeetlejis InelneV eoVsua BBs4el l7-iewel watch a large . of loaded shotgnn shells, valaable for the Jirasr they eentalAed and of so .sis .to tW .dsaor, ss leas; as .the preseni hmTting seaassi.elos- .re eeathnes, v .; ... . Handlins .of .the accumulating scrap, to be sold- by-War Chest officials and ihe. proceeds turned Into -the chest treasury, . was be ing supervised by Seersary Bra den, who smneuncod .mat Joseph Schindler,' old-tim Salem, black- X! b taitod, .f". rJ- Z campaign. Ship Recruits PORTLAND, Sept 29 -V-New York recruits for the Kaiser ship. yards are going to know some of Kaiser experts have boarded the .ii8?! i,vUiuw uv u i "7 T.. na tom tney wui follow Tuesday when the train ar Zl VJ I aU rives at the campany'a Vancouver trd. , . The new men also are being signed up for war bond purchases to keep up pace of Kaiser yards. Bank Holiday Set in Brazil RIO DS JANIERO, Sepe. 23 (-President Vargas Tuesday night declared " a bank holiday from September 23 through Oc tober 7 throughout Brazil, and suspended commercial debt pay. ment for the same period. A decree said the action was ne cessary for economic mobilization of the nation's . resources, which was announced Monday and which earlier today was placed under control cf en economic coordinat or, Jeao Alberto Llns de Carres, a former minister to Ccrada. 1S42 Price Sc. (Be Claimed . Slalini At Stalin Enemy Puts Largest Effort On Nortlucest; Reds Retake Lost Ground in Caucasus By EDDY. MOSCOW, Wednesday, Sept. SfH-The red army, killinf more than 1500 Germans, beat off all of the main nazi blows at Stalingrad Tuesday, the soviet high command , announced Wednesday on the 37th day of siege. ; V Every nazi attack in the northwest 'sector was- repulsed during the day, the midnight communique'said, and "particularly Play Balll It's the Cards against the Yankees, as the 1942 World's series baseball show begins to day at St. Louis, Mo. ' Pitching, for J the Cardinals, wffl be Morton Cooper, who has won 22 and lost 7, and for the Yankees, veteran Charlie "Red" Ruffing, who' has won 14, lost 7 this season. : Championship goes to - team winning four games. Turn to The Statesman sports f page dally, for game stories and highlights. See that ' page to day for advance stories and lineups pictures. Today's game starts at . 11:20 a, bl, Salem, time. t War Output Lugs Munitions Up, But Nelson Says .No Bragging Yet WASHINGTON, Sept 29 -(AV Chairman Donald M. Nelson ot the war production board : reported Tuesday night that munitions out put " In ; August ' was t per -cent higher than in July but declared the showing was "not one that we can brag, about Actually, Nelson reported In his third ."war - production commun ique.' production, lagged in Aug ust about 14 per cent behind the forecasts made on the first of that month. ' -'". Aircraft ' production " was : up ' per rent over July; ordnance up S per cent; naval af construction up 7- per cent; mmJ nt ship con struction Hp f per cent and other munitions output -inerensed by .14 per cent' - "- j".; , The total vslaw of all ttona phn war eeastrveUi gt.799.999,999 ta August the TTra chief stated, sad. fha IV P3 saimlilons Index rose ITpohtts from ZZ9 la July to 157 ta Acg- It Is trucv that these forecasts are set very high", Nelson said, "giving us high goals to shoot at; that schedules being revised; and that forecasts also may be revised to give us closer measures of the production, effort compared with production - possibilities. Nonethe less, the performance is not one we can brag about" - " United States - total output of munitions will equal at least that of German-dominated Europe, In cluding France; Italy, and the Bal kan states, Nelson reported on the basis of ."available information. "There still are Important Items we lack, but deficiencies are being corrected. If we include new plant facilities and military construc tion, our 1942 war production ef fort promises to exceed by a con- (Turn to Page 2) Public Invited To Gamp Adair CAMP ADAIR, Sept 23 The gates of this army cantonment will be opened to the public for the first time Thursday from 12:39 to 3:20 pjn for a war bond sale program. " . " Civilian employes, sponsoring the sale, arranged a three-hour prcam. CoL Gordon TIL McCoy, camp commander, decided to in vite the public to the show, i . Palmer Ilcyt, state war bond administrator, will head speakers and entertainment wCl be - fur nished by Portland radio perfor mers. AllgUS XIo. 1C3 - GILMORE heavy losses', were suffered by the "Germans in an attempt to take a hill site in that critical cor- her "of Stalingrad Where the Ger-. mans had penetrated on Monday. It is against the northwestern sec? tor of the. city that the Germans are making their major assault' . More than 799 Germans lay, on the slopes of the hiU after, the final nazi -assault had sab-'! ' sided late Tuesday. A total of 29 , nasi tanks also were de- strayed In the sector which In-, . eludes a workers settlement . . Above . the , city between the Volga and on rivers the Russians still were hammering ,the Ger man flank in an effort to ease the r pressure on Stalingrad's garrison, i which fought on from their bomb craters and burned buildings In side the city. : i More than 2000 Germans were killed, and 49 nazi tanks, 18 guns and 23.; mortars were destroyed in the last hree days In that sec tor. U though the Russians didjaot report any further gains against -the .German flanks they quoted German prisoners as saying that some nazi companies were re- -dueed to as few as 16 and 28 men. -The Volga fleet still was using its guns on the Germans above the city, and was credited with t. dispersing or annihilating about 1 two enemy battalions during the day.' V .-; At klosdok la the Bald-Caa-; easus the" Kussians ' said their troops defeadmg the approaches to the Greasy ofl fields, tome 59 BaUes away, had lost ground tessporarfly ta m sector, bat .said that center-blows had re-', stored their original positions. T ta aaother area ea the same. . front the Kassiaas said they de- , strayed 11 naat tanks and killed 159 Germans la repulsing ser-. -era! eacsay -attacks. . . Southeast of Novorossisk near the Black sea coast the Russians reported that red marines had routed the 12th Rumanian moun tain infantry division, killing 309 , axis troops. Field dispatches said a total' of 7000 axis troops had been killed in five- days; m - the -Novorossisk sector. 1 ' - In the Leningrad defense area far to the north the communique ' said several red army . detach ments of snipers and scouts had. killed -200 Germans and destroyed ' four nazi tanks In a two-day fight. - ; - . ". - Beef Ccdlmg Is 23 Cents . At Wholesale WASHINGTON, Sept 29 -ffV The office of price administration Tuesday put an absolute price lid of 23 cents a pound on choice beef at the wholesale level, . effective October 1. , ' The price action, specifying the maximum prices on all grades of dressed carcasses and wholesale cuts, limits , the top prices which may be charged ; by slaughterers an 1 wholesalers, some of whom have enjoyed unduly high Indiv idual ceilings. . Under previous controls. Indiv idual ceilings were established at the price each packer charged during the period March V 18-23. Study of the individual ceilings revealed, OPA said, that a "small percentage of sellers" In several areas have had abnormally high ceiling prices, because of unusual conditions in the base period. ' ; The ceHicg prices which now , may be charged for various grades and varieties follow? ' Steers and heifers; choice cr AA, 23 cents a pound; grade A 21H cents; . grade B, 23 : cent grade C 18 cents. Cows": gri A, 19 cents; grade B ISVk cent:; grace C 17'i cents. Steers, heif ers and cows, cutter and canncr grade, 18 cents. A,