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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1942)
Comploto You'll find a newspaper cu rive mort reml satisfac tion than root local mora Inn paper, with Its WORLD NEWS pin ROMS COM ULWn NEWS. iVnxo in Service Men Oar boys at . Salem and vicinity arc In uniform with Uncle Sam over the fact "of the glob. Fellew them dally tm The Statesman' Serviee I23 solanuh tnITY-CLCOrn) YEAH Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, October 14. 1912 Price Sc. Ha. lit lmDMg avy sip . on slinks Six aim lit 5 Tires Limit To Gar . Gasoline Ration Signup to Begin On November 9 . WASHINGTON, Oct. 13-P) The office of price administra tion formally announced Tues day that motorists would be limited to five tires per car be ginning next month, and at the same time disclosed that regis tration for gasoline ration books would start November 9 in the 31 states will be entitled, as in . the rationed east, to - at least enough gas to drive 2880 miles per year slightly less than four gal lons per week. Supplemental rations will be provided for neces sary purposes upon application to ; local boards. It had previously been disclosed that actual ration ing in the 31 states would become effective November 22. ' Nationwide , gasoline rationing was recommended by the Baruch : rubber committee to save the rub ; bef on existing tires. . Ilenderson said Issuance of - ration books would be contin gent on these two previsions: - 1 The car owner must swear be has tie more than five tires. 2 lie must arree to periodic - inspection of his tires. . . These provision also, will be extended to the east Although In those 17 states, motorists will not have to register again for gaso line books, they will be asked to , supply data on the number of tires they own. . ; - ... k' : For the 31 other states. Hender ! son outlined this procedure: , : ' . f' starting about October 27, ap plication blanks will be made t available in filling stations and other public- places. '' T Starting November 9, motorists will take the filled-in application blanks to 1 o c a I school houses where rationing officials - will check to see that the blanks are filled out properly and at the same time issue "A, or minimum. ration books. Persons needing more gasoline for essential purposes may apply immediately for supplemental ra- . . tions after they receive the "A' book. - .' Those workjng in industrial es tablishments employing 5 10J) or more persons may apply for ex tra gasoline to a committee in that plant which would refer it to the local rationing board. . , Persons showing a need for ' extra gasoline to drive to work may ret a "B" book. Which to y gether with the "A" book, pro vides a maximum of 470 miles I - of occupational driving a month. (This means a little more than Jl gallons a month, since the ' OFA bases Its figures on 15 miles to the gallon). The "A ' ' book eon tains enough gasoline to drive 248 miles per month, theoretically including 159 miles for eecnpational purposes and SO miles for necessary family driving. - An extra C book may be ob tained by a preferred mileage "-v class," which includes only a few . groups of drivers performing du ties held essential to the war ef fort and the public welfare. The (Turn to Page 2) War Chest $65XXXX .r6Q00a .v55.00a p-vsaooQ00. 45bca MO.ooa00 Lmooo .2D.ooa Navy , - - ' ' - 5 V , , '"'V t J -' ' - , f . v Chest Climbs To Only $6.35 From Victory It was "all over but the shout ing", and the collection of a few dimes and nickels Tuesday in the Salem United War Chest cam- paign but since it seemed desir- aoie 10 postpone me snouting un- iu inursaay wnen tne "Victory luncheon" is scheduled, no effort was maoe at me mesaay report offered. Svinth has accepted ap luncheon to make up the deficit pointment as Washington county WUU.U- uuounica 10 no mort wan o.ja. loiai suosenpuona w aatei were announcea as o,sw.oa. Tuesday's luncheon program was aesignea 10 nonor me worn - en's division but that division did uw ilae" J wruigmg m $1107 to lift its total to $3963, 130 per cent of its assigned goal. Miss Dorothea Steusloff, division lead er, and several of the team cap- tarns were Introduced by General Special speaker was Mrs. Stan- ley Chin of Portland, a leader lxx uve.ynited China Relief program, who told of the amazing achieve- rnents at the OiineaA nsnnl. fn I In their present adversity and of the happiness and well-being which has been provided for orohan Chinese children in the program directed . by Mme. Chiaruf Kai- Ishek" and financed largely , by Americana. Turn to Page 2) Passage Barred At Camp Adair . CAMP ADAIR. Oct 13 Due to the fact that military activity on the post has now reached the progressive stage, for safety and other reasons, only military per i sonnel or authorized civilians will i henceforth be allowed to ent I the reservation west of highway Saw. CivEJans, . visiting relatives or friends and others who have bus ui V ... 'V vuwt uic cantonment proper by obtaining official passes. These passes may! LONDON, Oct. 14-n-British be obtained at the east gate the Albany-Independence . road! many Tuesday niht for the sec and at the west gate on highway I end successive night, an author! 3-Y. Crew Stood by 1 I e?A These members of a navy ran crew a shot at a Japanese submarine which torpedoed a tanker October off the Oregon coast near Marshfield. Standing-, left to rixht, to top photo, are C. F. Wienke, Coy Vincent, Robert Willis, John Eire- cart, D. K. Dixon; sittinr, Floyd tore to left shows Charles Flick, Calif., in charge of the navy gun Schools' Faculties Aeain Co Building Rena New Instructors Coming; Leaves Given Teachers For the first time since August 15, Salem public schools' faculty will be complete on Thursday of this week if W. S, Van Nice, for merly of Umatilla, arrives on 1 schedule to take over mechanical drawing classes formerly taught by Lloyd Swanson. Swanson took ; a drafting position in the ship yards last spring; this fall the classes have been handled tern , porarily by George ' Brant, shop coordinator. To replace Jens Svinth, Smith- Hughes instructor under whose supervision Future Farmers of Salem high school have taken top honors in the state and ranked among the first five and ten such organizations in the nation. Neal u to come fxom Newberg i hih schooi where an outstanding smith-Hughes program has been i agent. Georee Birrell. Willamette erad- uate with advanced work at Bos- tn Terh. was named hv directors 1 TiiPsriar nipht ona mibstitut I basij to Neil BroWTlt who ha- moved from the chemistrv position at the high school to Par- rish as assistant principal. Military leave was granted Clif (Turn" to Page 2) KpTlt I ntlVlla rir WZs ZAnnA JL O -DC W laeiieQ James F. Byrnes, director - of economic stabilization, Tuesday moved to control rents on all real property throughout the . nation, commercial : as well as residen tial. At his request, Rep. S tea gall (D-Ala.) introduced a bill author izing the stabilization of all rents. thus supplementing existing law which authorizes only the control of rents for housing in defense areas. Byrnes, in a statement Issued fv. h. h. m Ifod received reports from many states that landlords were de manding increased rentals for grocery ' stores, restaurants and other properties. Some of these inceases, he said, would smoun to over ,100 per cent and would add greatly to the cost of living. I n - nAt lilU iia2liana on bombers attacked targets in Ger- ' tative source said Wednesday. Gun w. ... stood by their deck ran seeking Davis, Chalmer 1. Thompson. Pie 24, boatswain's mate of Alhambra, crew. Associated Press Photos. Old High School To Be Known as Office Building Without christening or contest, the red brick structure which from 1908 to 1937 housed Salem high school Tuesday night' re ceived a new title. Directors of the city system authorized SupL Frank B. Bennett to place a sign in front of the High street en trance to the building declaring It the "public school office building The term "old .high school building" has caused . confusion and is not attractive, board mem bers had previously declared. Although city schools are. oper ating on a cash basis, the proba bility that before new tax moneys are received they may have run through available funds was fore seen In the plan advanced , by Business Manager Connell Ward, who was given authority to bor row up to $100,000 to tide the district over, Tuesday ' night's meeting was the first held by the board in the officetuilding, the old high school. V?The large conference room, now . equipped to serve as many as 30 persons and spacious enough to accommodate more than twice that number has served, an average of more than one group a day since the opening of the new s u 1 1 e of administration offices, Bennett said. Directors' table of oak, with a hard composition , top . inlay, rounded corners, and legs design ed and polished to save the sheer stockings of women, was made in the school shops by staff members, as were the cabinets and shelves in the offices. Salem schools' curriculum . fits nicely with the "requirements for the Victory corps, which oilers recognition to high school pupils meeting certain requirements as to choice of practical training. Bennett explained to . the board. Physical fitness courses, cooperat ing in civic war service ana spe cialized training in such fields as mathematics and physics are re quired. - South Africa Leader Confers in Britain .; LONDON. Oct !S.-flVPrime Minister Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa has arrived in Brit ain for war talks and is expected to stay for more than a week, the dominions office announced Tues day night The 72-year-old south African leader in the war calls for a care ful review of the course before us and what little I can contribute Li that cause will be most, gladly mpleted; med-' given. , " 2nd Shio Sunk Off Oregon Tanker Lost Six T- - a e- -n 1 jjays Aiier nam; Only One I-IiUed PACIFIC 'COAST PORT, wo, ij-vrj-A navy gum crew which stood by its post with nearby flames leaping skyward, waiting a chance for a shot at a submarine, was praised to the limit by survivors of a medium- a. mm t it-ia. -a I sized coastal tanker which was torpedoed off the Oregon coast the morning of October 4. The sinking was announced Tuesday by the navy. It was the second west coast "sinking of a tanker from enemy submarine ac- tion announced within four days. J ine navy reported last aaturaay the sinking of a tanker off the Oregon-California coast., with the loss of six lives. In the sinking announced Tues day, only one life was lost The vessel, third merchant victim of enemy action in 13th naval district (North Pacific) ' waters since the . outbreak of war, remained afloat six days . before finally going to the bot tom. The 48 survivors were brought here by a foreign ves sel, flying a neutral flag. 1 . Lieut Comdr. W. R. Bruit, commander of a crew of three of ficers and 11 enlisted men who boarded the tanker and tried to bring it into port, praised his men in the same glowing terms. - They walked into the face of deaths' whistling and ' singing "WhatC crew," Commander Brust'said. 1 The other announced :13th na val district sinkings have beenf On June 7, a merchant! ship was torpedoed off the j Washing- ran vuasv anu one man uieu us ex posure before the survivors were landed. Eight men died of exposure and wounds after their ship was sunk by gunfire in the North Pacific July 14. The survivors drifted three days and nights before be- mg picked up. The survivors brought here Tuesday found a ready spoxes - man in Boatswain minan A. as- tashkin, a merchant mariner, oil Sitka, -Alaska, who was on his third torpedoed ship of the war. He said of the navy crew: v .The guts of that navy gun crew; kids, most of them, they stood by their gnn aft with the flames leaping maybe a hun dred feet from the forepeak fuel eft" b u n k e r, Just for a chance to take shot at the sub. "But the submarine never sur faced, so far as we could see." The- survivors were picked up within two hours after the torpe- doing, a short tune for Astashkin. His other torpedoings were in the north Atlantic, aboard ships of Panamanian registry. The first time we were 17 days bt an open boat before we were (Turn to Page 2) Houses Draft Action WASHINGTON, Oct 13.-ff) With speed reminiscent of that which it declared war last Decern- ber on Germany, Italy and Japan, congress . went into high gear Tuesday to put 18 and 19-year-old boys into army uniforms. : Responding to President Roose- velt's fireside chat and to an ap- .?te,f..!r":itJr son uiai it ueip uuu uy minimum delay the finest army in the world,- congressional lead- en uiacioaeu yu. f nouse passage mis wee egii- tion lowering the draft age fxom Jc" w . . Announcing plans for hearings Wednesday and Thursday. and a house vote Friday and Saturday, Chairman May (D-Ky) of the house military committee said the ieguon w Wn,"rT: provide feat 'teen-ag ldrs be pvouvoi cUniou, , y had at least 12 months of training. Two Aliens Arrested" PORTLAND. Oct 13 - GPl - German was arrested at Toledo and an Italian here cn charges of violating the alien curfew, J. Doudas Swenson. Portland FBI chief, tnnouneed Tuesday: They Speed will be brought before " the alien J stni retained the lead it had held hearing board, i ..... for six days now. Lauding EjforiM Jap Fighters Disappear No Opposition 1 JL r1 C WVen UlCe WPt O ll PF .1 - .. Fighters on Floats Shot Down ; Kiska Raids Not Easy By WILLIAM L. WORD EN HEADQUARTERS ALAS KAN ARMY AIR FORCE, Oct. 13 (AP) American and Canadian airmen appar ently hare run Japanese fighter planes out of the Al-nilon cbi-e . This was the ; conclusion reached by arm y officers here Tuesday on the basis of reports from fighting over Kiska and vicinity, where allied forces kept up the practically continuous raids jover Japanese-held islands, WASHINGTON, Oct 13-P) The army heavy bombers have made successful new raids en Japanese ships and shore - in stallations at Kiska In the Aleu tian Islands while encountering only light opposition, the navy announced Tuesday night as they have been doing for more than a month. . " , . -Japanese floating fighter "planes were the bane of United States bombers over 'Kiska most of the summer. Their appearance at high altitudes in what appeared to be good fighter maneuvers was an tinnlAnefiT 'eiifrsrr 4a nvtAetstvAj? exception of navy catapult planes, no other fast fighters on floats have been seen in this war. For a while, it looked as though the Japs might have found something new to fill in when, as in the ajeutiana, they were unable to establish land bases for fighting planes. However, the float fighters i (Turn to Page 2) w - -r f lVll U deilSe Urged to See Saturday Show ... . Approximately half the grand stand at the state fairgrounds is to be reserved for active civilian defense workers and army per sonnel Saturday afternoon when the army's spectacular lesson in defense against air attack is pre- I sented. I Urging civilian defenders to in- I ciud the 4 o'clock show on their f schedules for Saturday, Lee Craw- ford, county chairman of the de Jfense divisions in the civilian de- fense organization, announced Tuesday night that the reserved seat tickets are now available through the office of County Co ordinator Bryan H. Conley. Division chiefs should secure tickets for their workers, Craw ford said. Sixteen officers and enlisted men who have been part of the tramimJ staf at the Seattle school for civilian defenders, operated by the army, are to stage the Salem show Work of erecting the buildings to be destroyed in the simulated alr raid commence Thursday. Crawford said. Still needed are a j am .mns tahdf- o m a uence pimx of old furniture lno longer wanted. Any met a . - fv,t- m t em KT1kp pU aIter the show, Crawford promised. wioro proucu. - Oregon Holds Fourth m . - c . "WCe IW SCTap ; NEW . YORK,' Oct 13-ffr-The mdostrial east Tuesday had the t ures to 8how . scrap . . tr . v . .,inB, drive led by the newspapers bu the wide-open west was doing the A better job on a basis of every man, woman and child involved, Kansas, Nevada, Utah and Ore- gon were still in front Kansas, averaging 72.2. pounds per person tnd with 63.CC3 tons to Its credit. Rabaul Again Heavy Bomb Raid Victim " GEN. Mac ARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS, Australia, Wed-, nesday, Oct HHPh-Supporting allied naval forces in the Solo- ' men . Islands battle area. Gen. Douglas McArthur sent a large formation of heavy bombers In to smashing attacks on the Jap anese airdrome at Rabaul, New Britain, again Tuesday for the third time in a week, a com-, munlque said Wednesday. The -big bombers attacked -daring- darkness, dropping "many tons" of bombs, Inclnd Ing lSOOrpennders, on runways and dispersal 'areas of the air fields of the great Japanese base where at least 30,000 troops and many planes have been as sembled. . ; A strong force of allied me dium bombers, during the same night attacked the Baka air drome, at the northern tip of the Solomons, causing fires and explosions. Meanwhile, In r the Owen S t a n 1 e y moon tains of New ' Guinea Australian Jungle troops continued their advance toward Kokoda despite Japanese resist ance. Volga Battle Action Light Reds RetaEe'Street ; : Tractor Factory in Gty Sacrificed MOSCOW, Wednesday, Oct 14 (P)-German attacks on the Stalin grad front died down again Wed nesday and the soviet midnight communique said red army troops had recaptured a street given up the previous day and pushed the Germans back slightly in one sec tor northwest of the battered city, Beyond the isolated soviet ac tion in which the street was re captured, the communique said, activity, inside the rubble-strewn city again was confined to artil- ery after a one-day renewal of German assaults. Action - northwest of Stalin grad also appeared to have been restricted to local engagements. The communique said one unit of elite guardsmen "pressed back the Germans somewhat" In one engagement and In other sectors the Russians "continued to defend their farmer posi tions' and "carried out recon naissance raids. - . Fighting, however. continued heavy in the Mozdok area .of the Caucasus and along the Black 1 House, Wendell WOlkie said Tues sea. ' I day night he would end his Drece- In the Mozdok area, the com- munique said, two battalions of I German infantry, supported by tanks and aircraft attacked Rus sian positions, but were hurled back to their original positions by fierce artillery and mortar fire after losing 300 men. Southeast of the German-oc cupied Black sea base of Novoros sisk, it said, soviet marines re pelled an enemy attack and "im- (Turn to Page 2) Industry Pool Talks Growth Probable expansion of plans for Pacific War Industries, Inc- warls son. Wednesday to fly non-stop production - pool being organized in Salen is to- be discussed by members today, according to Carl W. Hogg, president of the Salem chamber of commerce, who nasi been assisting In -organization ae- tivities. ... Representatives of the group are to confer "here this morning with John S. Bowes, pooling adviser for the war production board for Ore- gon. a general meeting is set for 2 pjn. at the chamber of com- merce. Originally named Marion-Polk war. industries, tne organizauon as now on paper would be capital' ized at $50,000 and be designed to serve as a ncn-profit prime con tracting agency to deal with fed eral procurement services. Actual production would be . carried out by a member and other plants act ing as sub-contractors. US Destroyer Lost in 30- nute Guadalcanal Troops Gain Ground; Two Jap Ships Hurt WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (AP) The navy announced . Tuesday night that a Japa nese cruiser,, four destroyers and a transport had been sunk in a big naval battle in the Solomon islands area and that another cruiser and a I destroyer had been badly damaged. One i American destroyer, the name of which was not given, was fnk. ; f uC ..(ioiicw vrujser aamagea was described as "out of action" . and burning and the damaged de-. stroyer was 1 listed as probably sunk. The action was carried out ini tially by a task force of Ameri can cruisers and destroyers which engaged the enemy to the west ward of Savo Island in; the Solo mons on the night Of October 11- 12. Additional damage was dealt the enemy the next day by navy and marine corps torpedo' planes and dive bombers based on the airfield onGuadalcanal island, r The night navy battle lasted 30 minutes and was- fought with guns and torpedoes. . The purpose of the American task force, a navy communique explained, was te prevent the Japanese from landing more re inforcements an Guadalcanal ' a Job which antiaircraft alone had not been able to accom plish, the navy explained. Thus, when the enemy cruisers. destroyers and transports cam In to attempt a landing, the bat tle ensued. Several American ships rt ceived "minor to moderate dam age, and one US destroyer was sunk, the communique said. But the enemy lost in this engage ment one heavy cruiser, of either the Natl or Atago class, displacing about 10,000 tons, four destroy- - (Turn to Page 2) WillkietoGo To Capitol Talk Today MINNEAPOLIS. Oct 13.-UPV Changing his plans in response to g suggestion f r o m the v White dent-setting world air tour, dur- ing which he undertook 'missions for the president, at Washington instead of New York. Willkie arrived here at 2:22 pjn. (CWT) from , Edmonton, AltaJ aboard the "Gulliver," an army plane which carried him and his party over 17 countries and terri tories. On his arrival he an nounced he planned to go on to New York Wednesday and thence to Indiana for a rest At a press conference Tuesday night, however, he disclosed he had received a message a short time before from the White House,' suggesting that the president would like to see him Tuesday night or ..Wednesday.-.' Theref ore.' he said, he planned to leave about I to . Washington and would advise I the president s secretary when he arrived. Aides indicated the plane J would reach National airport about 3 pjn. Wednesday. His only comment was this: I "I was gratified to find that the 1 elements which criticized my trio were the same old die-hard tcry 1 groups that still think America can live to itself.- Such opposition is a great asset'" V7eather . Monday's max. temp. CI, rain. 42. Elver Tuesday -4.1. By army request weather forecasts are withheld and temperature data delayed. Eizaout: XItintsZzj trot set 6-J9 p. m. Thursday's sun rise 723 a, m. Fight,