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PAGE TWO FR Receives War Reports - Nation-Wide Junket Criticized by Congressmen WASHINGTON, Oct 2 -Wh " President Roosevelt . plunged im mediately into intensive confer ences with his military" chieftains . Friday following his two-week ab - sence -on an 8000 mile swing around the country while the cap ital discussed his findings that war spirit was not as good here as in the tountry at large. ' ti Although the president had kept in close touch with the capital 1 while away, he made it his initial ! ( business upon his return to get " first hand reports from Gen. George C Marshall, army chief of staff; acting secretary of the navy James V. Forrestal and A dm. Ernest J. King, commander-in-chief of the fleet, and secretary of war Stimson, in that order. Afterwards Mr. . ' Roosevelt presided ever. the regular Fri day afternoon cabinet meeting, which lasted twa hoars.-Attending In addition to the cabinet members were Donald M. Nel son, war production board chair? man: Paul V. MeNott, war man power commissioner, and John Blandford, Jr, housing admini strator. Congress, criticized by the pres ident for dilatoriness, was busy pushing the anti-inflation bill .' through the final stages of enact ment and little comment on Mr. Roosevelt's criticism or his trip ' was made on the floor of either chamber. Off the floor, however, - some senators expressed resent ment. -1 . Senator Norris (IndrNeb) com- mented "Congress , criticizes the president so I suppose he has a right to criticize them. Senator Wheeler (D-M ont) said 'The ' president wants no discussion of -; the measures he sends down, but ' rubber stamps and Charley Mc - Carthys, and then he blames con gress for the mistakes of his ad ministration.' Two Subs Sinlc . 5 Jap Ships (Continued from Page 1) tions at Kiska Sunday and shot ; down one tighter, damage to the. bombed objectives could not be . determined, presumably because - of fog. That same day a group of three army bombers discovered . and attacked transport, escort lad by a destroyer, near the island -of Attu. This was the first time l that American land-based planes - had been reported operating so - far west, in the Aleutians. Attu is the westernmost of the islands. The transport was damaged by near misses and when last ob served had stopped. On Monday morning the .,. army sent a powerful group of . heavy bombers and fighter es corts to Kiska once more. The '. enemy tried to repel the attack with Zero fighters and anti-aircraft batteries on ships in the harbor, However, the transport and snbmarine were damaged and probably sunk, and five of the Zeros were shot down. It was in this engagement that one American plane, a fighter, was lost ': . On M o n d a y . afternoon army bombers again attacked the Kiska area, strafing and bombing ships - and shore installations, but the v. results of this action, the navy said, are not known. Also on Mon day afternoon army planes rang ing northwest of Kiska discovered an enemy cargo ship, which was bombed and strafed and left in damaged condition. . Beer Dispensers To Close Earlier Beer dispensers of Salem, close their placet of business af 12 o'clock tonight, one hour earlier than the law requires.. The mid night closing hour voted for the duration of the war, was agreed upon at a meeting of beer dealer! this week. , , - An ail-night restaurant oper ator has announced that while he continues to keep his establish ment open to serve food, he will cease serving beer at midnight. Housing Executive Aids Salem Builders Folger Johnson, federal hous ing administrator for . Oregon, was in Salem Friday assisting lo cal builders with plans for con structing bousing made possible by recent declaration of the city as within a critical housing area. He was a guest at noon of the . Salem Sales and Advertising club. Breaks Ann at Work Richard Chrz, of 684 South , Commercial, .received a fractured arm while working "Friday after noon at th Oregon Pulp and Pa . per company. He was confined to Salem Deaconess hospital. . DIUICE Hckcr EVERY SATURDAY Rowland's Eand 2 Miles" North oo ' Rivei Coad ON THE HOME By ISABEL After crossing the mountains into the valley, we were slightly uncomfortable in spite of the air conditioning in our stage for this was the end of summer for us. We were vacationers - en route back to work. " The jaunt had not proved up to expectations for me: On every street corner, along the beaches and on the dimmed out highway I had met reminders that the world was at war. Even the gaiety of the sailors in the Finnish com munity hall the night before had reminded me of nights when boys and girls in high school athletic sweaters had sat in the little booths or danced over the wide floor to the blare of the same little orchestra. V . Across the aisle from me sat a rotund 'woman who laughingly termed herself Tat Emma. She laughed loudly with the musician at her side and with the mother and daughter behind her, hail-fellow-well-met persons like her self. . Incongruous in this car filled with giggling or sleeping girls, weatherbeaten older "girls", and for the most part elderly and si lent men were three passengers. A tall woman in tailored English tweeds, whose wavy grey hair was carelessly correct was re peated In two younger editions, slender blond and brunette daugh ters.' The beautiful deepset- eyes of the entire trio were grave, we noted as .we paced our five- min ute rest stops away. Somewhere along the way we picked up tall red headed Bill, who is the brother of an acquaint ance. Restless in his civilian garb, he soon revealed to me that he was traveling to the shipyards. Be cause of his poor vision the draft board wouldn't have him maybe the shipyards would. But his eyes were good enough to see what mine had failed to note. "She's a-wonderfully attractive woman, isn't she?" said Bill, "Did you see the gold star on the lapel of her jacket?" . V As tBe day drew to dusk, our backs ached and our voices crack- Children to Get More Oil Ration WA S H1N GTON, Oct. 2- Householders with children under four years of age will get sup plemental fuel oil rations ranging from 50 to 125 gallons, depending upon the zone, the office of price administration said Friday. The supplemental allowance, in tended as a safeguard for the health of small children, would permit raising the temperature in a well-insulated house from 65 degrees, the level provided by the basic ration,' to about 70 degrees 'in the space that must be occu pied by children" but not neces sarily the whole house, the OPA explained.. Diplomat Appointed WASmWUTUN, Oct. 2 -UP) President Roosevelt sent, to the senate Friday the appointment of George Wadsworth, former con sul general at Jerusalem, as a diplomatic agent accredited to Lebanon and Syria. ' Two Features ffj if. Tax Plus Second Feature Penrm O'Kfo.Jsne Fraioe Plus Our Gang Comedy, News and JUNGLE GIRL" SUN. - MON. - TUES. Continuous Sun. - 1 to 11:30 P. M. rs Gary's Red-hot ' . Comedy VCJ - Riot! T - , .. . w - 'Tat. ' ' Feature Tia FRONT CHILDS ed, and the jokes were no longer funny. Then Fat Emma struck up a popular song and we joined in. Above the ordinary voices a sweet and throaty alto rose. Our lady in grey was singing. Between songs she talked ; to' Emma, traded addresses; . hers made Emma raise her brows and say "It's a beautiful part of the city ain't it?" - - And suddenly we were waiting for our distinguished visitor to start the songs. They were those of 20 years ago: The "Long, Long Trail", wound out for us beneath the beams of a white moon, and we turned the "dark clouds in side out tin the boys come home." There had been times during the day when ours had seemed a ribald and near-profane group, but there was a note of sincerity in our rendition of "God Bless America, and as the tall woman turned around to start Auld Lang Syne," I tried unsuccessfully to determine whether hers was a new or an old gold star, but the little pin was there and the fine smile as she bade us goodbye. . V ; Now, I shall believe the movies version of stage trips, and I turn around to the window when the night Greyhounds hum by, listen ing for the passengers' song and thinking of my "Mrs. Miniver of Seattle." Air Fortresses Get Fighters (Continued From Page 1) At the' same time Britain's sec ret mosquito planes, fresh from their assault on gestapo headquar ters in nazi-occupied Oslo last Friday, contributed to the gen eral allied scheme to wreck Hit ler's war machine by a raid on an iron and steel works near Liege. The powerful Fortress flight, led by Col. Ronald Walker, of Spo kane, Wash, shot Reichmarshal Goring's prize Yellow Nose squad ron and other crack Focke-Wulf 190 fighter units full of holes. Ma. Charles C Kegelman of El Reno, Okla., who won the dis tinguished service cross in the famed Fourth of July raid on Hol land in the first venture of Ameri can bombers over western Europe in this war, again led his Boston formation in the low-lerel blast at Le Harve. Some of the enemy fighters closed in to 300 yards or less in determined but futile efforts to bag one of the mammoth planes. Only two have been shot down thus far. First Lieut. John BtV 45mith, Brooklyn, NY, bombardier in CoL Walker's plane, said "de spite the camouflage the target showed vp plain and I could see bombs banting all, over it" SEsISQOED LAST DAY RAY MILLAND in ff ABE OUSBMIBS IKCESSARY?" . -- -AND . "The Han Uto T7esHn'i Die ' Every llarg'j OK - i 1 :-, r ' ' ' 4 "' . ' v -""V 's,! - ; OZIGON STATIC! IATI, Colza Coffee Stocks Sell Quickly Shortage of Drink Develops Out of , . Ship Shortage By The Associated Press 1 That old American custom- coffee at breakfast, noon .'and night was threatened by acute shortages of the commodity- in al most every section of the United States Friday; ; 7 ' 1 Many chain stores and indepen dent groceries, had. 110 coffee on their shelves or were selling from slim and dwindling stocks. ' In some cities and towns com plete sellouts were averted by in formally rationing customers to one pound per sale and clerks with ;"good memories were ap pointed to this diplomatic task. -- Reports that housewives were hoarding" coffee were challeng ed by store managers who said women buyers were already in formed that coffee goes stale quickly when stored after roast ing." - - Coffee dealers la New York blamed the shortage restrict ed shipping from Sooth Amer ica, aad ' said she government was new the "largest single cus tomer for coffee," which was being forwarded to the armed forces, and that government or ders were filled first. For comparative figures, the New York coffee and sugar' ex change said only 300,000 bags of coffee were available- in New York during the day as compared to 800,000 bags year ago. "Between the government and the civilian population," said El mer Florence, a statistician for the exchange, "an available sup plies are bought up faster than it can be imported." -. The United States, the exchange said, was still receiving all the supplies allowable from the north ern sections of South America but imports from Brazil had declined since submarine warfare spread to southern waters. Control of Price, Goods Clearing Order' is coming ' out of con fusion in the administration of price fixing and rationing as war measures. Mrs Xamar Tooze. head of the consumer division of the Oregon OPA office, Portland, told the Salem Sales and Adver tising, club Friday noon at the Marion hotel. Mrs; Tooze praised Oregon's civilian defense organization - for volunteer assistance given the OPA program. Leasing of Fair Buildings Okeh T The state agricultural deoart- ment, through its executive offi cer, has authority to lease state fair buildings to the federal gov ernment, as a war measure, for the duration. Attorney General L H. Van Winkle ruled here Friday. The opinion was requested by J. D. Mickle, state agricultural Continuous Show Dally Matinee 1:09 0 11 0 c D 0 17 a - l - a - n - a - z - o - OH! Util a Sfcaw! Glenn - ! LULLED Ana his isana Are Back with ! Gee Meatgemery ; Ann Svtherfertl Carole Landis Two nits jral.y.iL.malL'lSaJY 1 ( Oregon, Saturday Morning. October 3. 1Z12 Piano Crashes TACOMA, Oct. 2-(JPt-An army plane based at Gray field crashed near Cle Hum, Waslx, Friday af ternoon, and its pilot. Staff Sgt Roger C. Larson, KalispelL Mont, was killed. A -passenger In the plane, Corp. Joe A. Morley, Forest Grove, Ore, was severely burned, " and was taken to a Cle Elum hospital for treatment ' .4. Ttco Counties9 Industries Organized (Continued From Page I) , shops were equipped to. prodace the fittings these ships would require. ' For assistance of the Oregon WPB office, In organizing, obtain ing contracts and financing, was pledged by the three represent atives. ... The government wants manu facturing to win this war," Bowes declared. "You can't, run private business the way you used to . . all you men need to do Is sit down and decide what kind of war work you can and want ; to do." Soviets Gain In Qty Siege (Continued rmm Page I) era outskirts of Stalingrad where the Russians Friday acknowledged a 200-yard German penetration. - In the Caucasus . the Russians said their troops withdrew to new positions in a defensive fight east of Mozdok on the road to Grozny's oil fields, SO miles away. The communique said more than two enemy infantry companies were wiped out and 19 tanks crippled or burned before the withdrawal. In another sector of the Moz dok front the Russians reported the destruction of seven nazi tanks and the killing of 200 Germans during a successful stand. Southeast f Novorossisk, along the Black Sea coast, the Russians said a ' Bed counter attack destroyed an axis wedge. Approximately Soft German aad Ksmanlaa troops were killed, the eommsniqae added, and in another sector s company of nasi infantry and two tanks were destroyed. . On the Voronezh front on the upper Don far above Stalingrad the Russians said a renewal of fighting found Red army tommy gunners , penetrating enemy rear positions to wipe out a company of German Infantry. These troops "are still fighting inside the Ger man defense area," the commun ique said. --r-:'l director. He refused to- - divulge the specific properties involved in the proposed lease. v Last Day Bill Tex Elliott Bitter - "BULLETS FOR . BANDITS" -AND- Humphrey Bogart "ALL THRU THE NIGHT- ADDED DON RED" BARRY "The Adventares of : Red Ryder" , STARTS TOMORROW lie's A Y&zkcs Dccdls Dnrdy . . . on the ground! . . in love! . ' . . In the air! -. L KEW HMRKU MOS. MT.aki Dennis f'organ-Brenda f.!arsh23 Two Laff -Laden Hits JJU-(.-; juv wuk - u ---. r:i:;i ai:::tsc3 im izu Order of Fit (fining Today Houses Pasa Measure Of Stabilization One Day Late - (Continued From Page I) ized Vice-President Wallace to sign a copy of the . bill so that It could go to the White House Fri day night for Mr; Roosevelt's slg nature.,w..; . L' & v.; Swift moves by the president were believed in prospect In view of the fact that in asking for the bilL he said that unless new con trols were exercised, he could not hold the inflationary, trend in check longer than October 1. Congress final action came one day later than that deadline, and was reached only after a vehe ment f controversy- over standards eovernina the establishment of prices on farm commodities. This ended in "a compromise, however. and Friday's mild discussion of the bill was in marked contrast with the " ruffled tempers i and frayed nerves that accompanied the earlier stages of its consider ation. .. .... In general, the bill directs' : the president to.issne an brder stabfJIxing wages, prices and sal aries by November 1. So far aa b practicable, they are to be stabilized at the leVela of Sep tember 15, 1942. -If the farm prices thus estab lished fall to reflect the increase in the cost of farm labor and oth er agricultural expenses since Jan uary 1, 1941, they must be adjust ed accordingly. -i . To provide a floor below which farm prices may not drop, the bill calls for government crop, loans and purchases at 90 per cent of parity, instead of the present 85 per cent, However, in the case of grains used as feed for livestock and poultry, the president may hold the loan rate between 85 and 90 per - cent, to avoid an undue rise in the cost of meat Calling the conference measure before the house, Chairman Stea gall (D-Ala), the chairman of the house banking committee, said he was : confident the measure was acceptable to President Roosevelt, a point on which some lingering doubt had been , expressed. : r . Recalling that representatives of the national fanners organiza tions had been charged with an duly influencing the. rotes of members from the farm states, SieagaU came vigorously to their ' defense. ? "I thank God that we have a farm lobby in the United State. : aad X hope we 1 keep It." ' ho shoated, evoking a load bnrst of applanse. The farmers were victimized for a half cft?ry by other Inter ests wno settftMODoyists 10 wasn ington, Steagall said, and it was not until' the farm organizations were formed that the farmer ob tained some small measure of re lief. - : Debate on the conference re- Last Day ROGER PRTOR "SOUTH OF PANAMA AND Buster Crabbe "BILLY THE KID - TRAPPED Thai Jackass Hale is back, again as the lovable Bad Man of Death Valley! 0 ..Wjws'ftdW,!''.'', Uallzco 'TLUEirry rrjiE TEnrr witt Leo Carillo Two Action-Jammed Hits JOE DRIVES THE WEST wild! k Trr cnovu 1 ADIH; 'ii VICTOR i f Joty: raw Starta Tomor. 7 ConUnnocs G; show j V- - , Today I J. Tomorrow i '' ' 1 IIWMWffMWWi'fllll1111"!' port in the senate was brief. Sen ator Brown (D-Mich), in cnarge of the bill, explained wnai naa been done in conference and an swered inquiries. In answer to a question by sen ator Holman (R-Ore), Senator Brown said the president could raise or lower agricultural prices as, in his judgment, may be nec essary to aid in the prosecution of the war. , First Waves Sworn PORTLAND, Oct 2-4P)-Etta Kitchen was sworn in as a lieutenant junior grade and Anna Erika Frederiksen as an -ensign in the Waves Wednesday The two Portland women are Oregon's first Waves. Starts Sundajr" FuTD I il f r 1 A ycu cnviiru DACzmmzzAGJiu 1 Sam ca?) LAST TIMES TODAY 2 BIG HITS! Mickey . Mouse Matinee Today at 1:00 P. M. GRANDEST A MUSICAL HIT! ( IIAYIVORTII -PLUS-SESJAL Overland Biair with LON" CHANET A y J y . f lATUREr f 1 a a a Z ' PLUS COMPANION FEATURE Ut V C ,i ) J S .... f::h c:.riTi:cic:.:zv; r lvd-i DuseijJjerry Nsxaed Salem Assistant ; ; ; James Dusenbery, Portland, hag been appointed assistant manager of the Salem ; district office, of the social security board, Richard StilwelL manager, announced Thursday. The new assistant has been in the romana oia-age in surance office for the part three years.' Dusenbery expects to move to Salem in the near future. He Js Recruiter Transfers . v PENDLETON, Oct. 2-ff)-L. M. Spencer navy recruitirig officer here, has been transferred to Cor vallis, the local navy office an nounced. ; j" v- -I Avthentie! Real! Films' Seized from the Axis! You'll Thrill to Scenes Never 'Shown Before! THE WORLD AT v WAR . PLUS - ! MARCH OF TIME and DONALD DUCK Cartoon if CONTINUOUS EVERY .DAY FROM 1:00 P. M. Jargain of) Plus Today t-Zillf Tin 5 pja. Alive WithActioU Thoyll ihiUl yow to &o cofoU.thoso typi cal boys out of diffe rent worlds, marching 1 "shoulder to shoulder. J for your heart I t ""1" "' rf"". t 4if r03T. STERLING )E PATRICK I PATRICIA DANE RIG'NALO OVVENX &7 1 r I 1 1 1 w . 11 r iSa. V V t M s i