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Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, October 14. 1912
Price Sc.
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Six
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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
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War Chest
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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-
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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,