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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1942)
Comploto ' ' ' - ' Yeall find m newspaper glvo mere real tatlsf ae tloo than rear local awn. ln paper, with Its WORLD news pim noaiz com munity NEWS. Scrvico Men ' Oar beys el EaJem tad viclalty arc ta uniform with ' Undo 8am over tho face of the globe. Follow (beat dally ta Tbo Statesman's "Service YTV Ilea ooli FCUND3D fCU kshty-ctcohd teab Golem, Oregon. Thursday Morning, October 13, 1S12 Prico)5c Ha. 143 cEbnn II . a f ! I il ill! i I I I I I I ! I VC: v - 1 wm y w r ujj i iri to ii rn Villkie Sticks To Word Decries Delay of 'Front'; Asserts Russia to Win , - j- WASHINGTON, Oct. 14-) Back from his globe-girdling -tour, ' Wendell L. Willkie con-i f erred with President Roose-I velt Thursday night and emerg ed -from the White House still sticking to his stand that there .had been needless delay in opening a second front. . Although fee said that in his .Judgment ; "Germany will never conquer Russia," , he hammered away again at the second front ,.theme in a session with reporters. - NEW YORK. Oct. 15 -(A3) Wendell L. Willkie earn home Thursday morning after confer ring fat Washington with PresI ' deat Roosevelt on the results of a 31,009-mile trip to the war fronts of the United Nations. " Willkie, who arrived at Penn sylvania station at 1:10 a. m. EWT) accompanied by Joseph Barnes of the office of war In formation, said merely , that he was fatigued, and that he had no farther statement to make. - Asked whether he thought ' there had been "needless delay," : he said that was the conclusion ', that might be drawn from what he said at Moscow and. what he was saying tonight, ; - ; Clad In a battered hat mad .. bloc - salt , plainly showing, tho :. effects of his 31.000-mile jour ney, Willkie .' announced in a formal statement that he wonld ' bow devote himself to "making careful, crystal-clear reports to ' the American people." . . "How long that will take I don't ! know," he continued. "I do know because I have ; found out at first hand that a lot of us, in cluding public officials, are going! (Turn to Page 2) Finale Slated Today iri War Chest Drive" The ball was already on the one-foot line and there was no possibility of a fumble as work- , ers in the Salem United War Chest campaign prepared for last cleanup solicitations this forenoon and their "victory luncheon" to day at the k Marion hotel. Gov. Charles A. Sprague and . Bishop Bruce R. Baxter, who of-1 ficiated at the kickoff breakfast l nine days ago, are scheduled to . lead the rooting when the win ning touchdown is officially scor ed today. Another feature of the program will be vocal numbers by Josephine Albert Spaulding. Officially, the fund stood all through Wednesday just $8.35 short of the $65,000 goal, but . ordinary reason: suggested that the - ball actually was over the" goal line, though not yet declar ed dead, and the only unanswered - question was how much - over? Guesses ran from $5000 upward. War Chest $65.ooa p.rBO.ooa00 JS5.000P J30.000P .20.000. jiQooa Jan itor, Housewives Help Princir School Ho'j&unches Cook or no cook, el g c at Richmond elementary school will get their vitamins O via the hot lunch counter. When Principal 12o, Girod was unable to find "a WPA cook to prepare the regular hot lunches, Walter Biggerstaff, the janitor, volunteered. Now, with the help of a member of the Parent Teacher association, Girod and Biggerstaff will serve 125 hungry chil dren each noon. " On Wednesday, the opening day of the hot lunch program, pupils were served pork and beans (seconds if they wanted them), sliced tomatoes, lots of butter and crackers and grapefruit juice." " . "The government is furnishing as all the butter the children want," said Mr. Girod. "This hot Innch project a federal pro gram to give vitamins to children of the country . The batter is one way they'll ret them." The Richmond PTA will provide one woman each day to assist Girod and Biggerstaff. Mrs. C. F. Feike.was on duty Wednesday. Biggerstaff, who volunteered to assist the principal in preparing the daily lunch, is prominent in community affairs. He sings at many social "doings," is generous in offering services to local projects. Lunches are served at a nominal fee, 10 cents daily, $1 a month, or $7 for the entire year. ' "A. 'W ' - - ' I :- . ' " '- ( tr" ' '. : ' I , - Y i ,V - kVtaMNMOJBWOMOMBMHOMaoaB r "uij. Ms i lu.uaim i . juiim i mmv-Vm mmxmwy'w ' umiimowiwn mi n u niiiiir r.i --r in i r- "W i Lloyd Girod, principal of Richmond - - - 1 v J- t k M' . MoMoaaBaBaMaaBaBBBaaaBBaBBBBBBSBBBMsaaatfxAM'-.nai'Miiih m &st.wmm..'&Z.-t-. haaWM red tomatoes to Dorene Cavender on the first day of the hot lunch " program at the school. In the lower picture, Walter Biggerstaff, elvie-soinded Janitor, aad Mrs. Charles Felke prepare the school loach for pupils. - Albany Tops 100-Poiinds-per In Scrap; Oregon in Fourth : NEW YORK Oct 14-(ff- A growing- group of cities reported Wednesday their newspaper -sponsored scrap metal collections have topped the 100-poundsrper-person mark. The nationwide drive, .. backed by American newspapers, kept some communities; so busy they haven't taken time out to figure up their total- V 7 -- The newspapers united scrap drive committee listed Danville, Va with more than 22,000 citi zens in the lead with 171 pounds from each resident From another source, however, came a report Lynchburg, Wyo., had dug up 12,- Bomb ... f r.' Time Changed Changing the hour for the bomb protection demonstration from 4 to 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Marion county civilian defense i council Wednesday night : urged that all air raid precautions, aux I fliary fire and related protection organizations . plan to attend the spectacular show at the fah' grounds. ,;. ,r";-;r-.:- Actual construction of the min iature city to be "bombed in a simulated air raid is to commence today in front of the grandstand, where seats have been reserved for 2500 civilian defense volun teers. ? " - r The 3 o'clock show, staged by army instructors from the Seattle school . for civilian defense per sonnel, is open also to the inter' ested public. $l?With 1" 4 t i " y A"; ; - S school, (top photo), serves juicy 754,889 pounds for. a per capita average of 28t3 pounds., i - Portsmouth, NH, and Mamar oneck, NY, were nearly tied close behind m Danville, the for mer reporting 164.9 pounds per person and the latter 164. '' Fort Worth stacked up s average of 15t pounds for each eltlsea, Albany, Ore had 185 pounds a person, and Ularton, lad, aad Detroit, Uich, each passed the lM-pound mark. On a state basis, Rhode Island moved up to third place with per capita average of 67 J pounds from 24,000 tons. Kansas holding first with its 65,000 tons and 72.2 pound average and Nevada sec ond with 3870 tons or 70.3 pounds per -capita. -- "-ri:7 For the leading 24 states of the nation, the newspaper committee reported a per person average of 43,1 pounds, or a total of 1,429, S04 tons., . After . Kansas, . Nevada and Rhode Island, tbo committee! list ed, with per capita averages and total tonage included: Oregon 55.7 pounds, 30,363 tons. Soviet .Deputies To Help Stalin MOSCOW, Thursday, Oct 15 (ff-The council of people's com missars announced Thursday the appointment of two deputy com missars of defense to assist Pre mier Joseph Stalin. - ; The "new appointees are Col. Gen. A. Va is He v sky, and A. Shcherbakov, chief of the main political administration of the red army. . US Foot Merchant; Heavy Cruiser Made Victim, Jap Waters Undersea Successes Raise Recent Toll To 11 or 13 Sunk By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Oct. lir-(ff) American submarines operating in Japanese dominated waters of the w e s t e r n Pacific have sunk an enemy heavy cruiser and four other vessels and dam aged three more, one of which probably sank, the navy .re ported Wednesday. - - Disclosure of the undersea suc cesses raised the total of enemy ship " casualties officially an- nounced in two days to 18, of which 11 ships were sunk, two probably sunk and five damaged. Those soak - Included two heavy cruisers, destruction of which at least partially aveng ed the loss of three American heavy cruisers announced by the : navy : three days ago as having been sank at the outset of the ' Solomon Islands cam- paiga la August. The recent record occasioned considerable satisfaction in naval quarters here on the ground that such attrition - of J apan's naval strengthmust ipeyitably Jbirase UW ariiajija o uuuviuww ihom- taining his extended supply line while protecting bis bases scatter ed over the central, western and southwestern Pacific. - - . The communique making one of the navy's periodic reports on Pa cific submarine operations listed - (Turn to Page 2) . Excess Tires Buying WiU Begin Today WASHINGTON, Oct. 14-P)-- The . government will begin pur chasing motorists' "excess", tires Thursday in an effort to create a huge national stockpile to keep America rolling. ' ; Details of the purchase plan were announced weonesoay ny the office of price administration in connection with nationwide gasoline rationing which limits each private car to five tires. The defense supplies corpora tion has advanced $150,000,000 to finance the .program, and .desig nated- 160 warehouses throughout the country, as-"delivery poinia. The Railway Express Agency will collect the tires and. transport them to the warehouses. - While gasoline rationing puts a limit only on the number of tires for each car, DSC also will pur phase tubes which motorists de sire to selL - ' ' Under OPA regulations, gaso line rations will be issued to pri vate cars only after owners -list all their tires. by serial number and certify they have no more than five tires for each car. In the already-rationed east the (Turn to Page 2) OSC Greets NewPrexy CORVALUS, Ore, Oct 14 JP) Oregon ' State college - Wednesday welcomed its new president. Dr. A. I Strand, who said he came here because he believes in ' the future of the Pacific northwest "It was not an easy decision to make as I like Montana where X spent 41 years," said Dr. Strand, who accepted the ' Oregon State post after being president of Hon tana State college for five years. "But 1 like the northwest: I be lieve in its possibilities,, its fun damental sources of wealth, its agriculture, power,, transportation, forests, ocean resourcesand its people." k Dr. Strand spoke extemporan eously after being accorded an ovation at a faculty-student con vocation. He was presented by F. Ai Gilfillan, who retired as acting president Wednesday to re turn to the school of science as dean : ",. - inkFive SMps teen-Agers Recruiters f By the Associated Press -. Teen-agers are crowding re cruiting stations . la ' most sec tions of the nation, a surrey dis closed Wednesday night ; The recruiting tempo went up mark edly as plans were speeded in Washington for drafting 18 and 19-year-olds. . , The upswing , in enlistments was experienced mostly la army recruiting offices. Navy author ities said the balk of their en-. listments normally were la the teen-age group, .e..; - - - The marine corps at Chicago said the feats of Its .men in the Solomons had been - a - great stimulus to enlistments. The navy reported U . had - been breaking all records, bat did not attribute the Jomp to draft prospects for 18 and 19-year-olds. (See also story on page two.) Flag Raised Over Plant Employes Make Gift For Defense Work, Making Houses By ISABEL CHIUDS . High above the Jong; ; low. buil dings that house Salem's' largest defense . and fastest growing in dustry there flies today a flag. The . red, white and blue ban ner and the smooth 70-foot pole of Oregon fir; from which it catches the breeze went up for the first time in the gravel court yard of the plant Wednesday. Gifts of the employes of the Keith Brown Building Supply plant, now in its 14th month of building prefabricated houses for government projects, the "broad stripes and white 'stars" and the pole were dedicated at an offi cial flag-raising between shifts Wednesday afternoon. ' Got. Charles A. Sprague, tug an army Jeep as a platform. delivered the oratloa of the day. speaking simply of the meaning of the flag, the freedom of the nation it signifies and the con trasts between Americanism aad nailnm. - - i .: Although - the overall ed men who. stood with bared heads as (Turn to Page 2) Rift Thought Widened by ' Axis Partners . By The Associated Press One of the more Intriguing Items j in Wednesday's news budget was the Berlin announcement that gestapo chief,; Heinrich "Himmler, is paying one of his "social calls" to Italy, V - " ' : ''In certain quarters this Was be lieved to be a direct reaction to I signs that Italy is straining again at her axis bonds, this time in the direction of the United States, where Italians no longer are con sidered enemy aliens and where there is much talk of formally re garding Italy as an occupied cotnv? try.'- ' ,''1 The fact that Myron C Tay lor, President Boosevelt's spe cial envoy to the Vatican, was allowed to land by plane ia (Turn to Page 2) Paper Curtailing Order Delayed "; ' WASHINGTON, Oct 14 -P) The proposed war production "or der curtailing production of all types of paper will be delayed "week or ten daTS." a WPB rpokesmalssaid Wednesday, pend ing a reexamination of the action and possible alteration of its pro visions. , Simultaneously, vVPD announ ced the appointment of Arthur G. Wakeman, .formerly, manager of the Fox River, Paper-corporation, Appleton, Wis. as chief cf the pulp and paper branch, succeed ing David J. "Win ton, who an nounced his:, resignation Tucriay, Lirowaing .en JLost Enemy U-Boats Along Africa Losses Take Lives ' Of 45 ; Germany :rQaims Big Ships ' : - fey The Associated Press Destruction of four United Nations merchant ships two Brazilian, one American and . - -4.-v ----- one Panamanian claimed 45 crew casualties . in submarine warfare oft the South Ameri- can coast,' it was officially dis closed, Wednesday. The navy revealed that 33 of the 71 -man rc r e w aboard the Panamanian ship were dead or missing after two submarines struck at the vessel in August De spite the concerted attack, the merchantman floated : for two hours before sinking. ' Heroism of one of the men, a poor swimmer, who sur rendered his lifebelt to a ship mate and then disappeared, marked one of the stirring in cidents of this actionA t s Torpedoes sank the " American vessel in two minutes, but only nine casualties were reported out of a crew "of 36, the navy said. The: Brazilian government an pounced that; nazi U-boats des troyed 'the' 5472-ton freighter Lages and the 2730-ton Osorio last September 1 29, raising Bra- ziTs ship losses to 21 since early 1942 when diplomatic relations with the axis were broken off. Three of the Lages 46-man crew were reported missing. The Ozono carried 38. - The four latest united nations losses boosted to 491 the Asso ciated . Press count of disclosed western Atlantic ship sinkings since America's entry into the war. .'ic;- Meanwhile reports from .London Indicated that aamer otts submarine nests, along the allied shipping route to the Indian ocean, - were feeding axis U-boats spreading down the west Afican - coast The raiders have been "forced fur ther afield by the defensive- offensive tactics of the united nations," a British spokesman declared, aad now are concen trating along the African At lantic .coast with a complete supply setup. A German communique (with- I out omfinnation; elsewhere) re ported the sinking of four mer chantmen between Capetown and I Freetown, West Africa, . among - (Turn to Page 2) MoreActive Union Presents War Chest Contribution a I rrcsldent John GrajtUl cf Tesricrs 'dsn-local No. 32 L (left) looks en as Lewis C. Karklns, secretary-treasurer of the local presents to J. J. Card, general chairman of the Salem United War Chest campaign, (right), a check covering the local's contribution of S22J. The War Chest campaign closes wiih a tig "vktcry Izz JtttT tziij nc.sa at tie. Ilirion, . . , Reelected ' , ft-'" T ''' i- - ' : . v ... .. .. y . . ' WILLIAM GREEN TORONTO, Oat Oct 14 -ff) The American Federation of Labor reelected President Wil liam Green, Secretary-treasurer George Heaay, aad all 13 vice presidents Wednesday aad re tolned all the 15 officers on the executive council. Accepting his 18th fall term. Green expressed belief -the year 1943 Is going to be a decisive year, and some time in this decisive year-the German machine Is going to col lapse of itself." Be said labor must regard unity la its ranks ta 1943 as a "solemn objective." No Grouncl Yielded In Stalingrad or Caucasus Areas By HENRY,C. CASSIDY MOSCOW, Thursday, Oct. 15 (i"P)-The red army, fighting in the welcome chill of an approaching winter, "repulsed several more tank-repulsed German attacks In the Stalingrad, and Caucasian areas Wednesday without yielding ground, the soviet command re ported early Thursday. For the second straight day the communique reported no signifi cant change in the general situa tion. .The German shock troops evidently were temporarily ex hausted or were holding back for replenishment or to switch to an other theatre.:' '..;:".V'J.v'.' Two companies of Basis were reported to have beea killed, aad five German guns, seven ' machine gun positions, and three dugeute destroyed by one soviet unit operating inside the ruined city where, the. enemy's attacks have noticeably faltered wKahs the last week.-;-- . . ; . (Turn to Page 2) 7 Reds Repulse Tank Attacks Major- Battle Impends Airfield Bombed To Prepare for : Enemy Assault By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER TA7 a cinvr'mw n.i u (AP) -The Japanese .landed heavy; reinforcements on Guadalcanal island in the Sol- omons early Wednesday, and indications Wednesday night were that a major battle was impending, if not actually be fan, between .the strength ened enemy and the marines spearheading the American off en . efv Announcement of the enemy landings was made by the navy department Wednesday night In a 1 special communique based on re ports received up to 4:30 p. m . Pacific, war time. I ; 1 The communique also reported that Japanese warships had bom barded the American airfield and ; shore installations on the strategic island two nights before the land ings were undertaken. These boW1 operations were carried out successfully by the determined enemy despite the fact that only - last weekend a. a US cruiser-destroyer t task . force had repelled a landing attempt and smashed eight Jap ships while marines had fought forward to advanced positions on the edge of . the northernmost section of the island where the enemy troops Were ecentrated':.. . The; latest landings ; were . vmade oa Ihe'eoasf of this same . section. Whether they Were op- . posed by US army and navy aircraft stationed on Guadal canal was not stated in tho communique. Neither was there' ; any mention of the Japanese' surface vessels having beea en gaged by American ships dar ing' their bombardment The seriousness with which the navy viewed - the enemy's .latest maneuvers was emphasized by the speed with -which they were announced. Almost invariably in the past activities In the Solomons have not been disclosed until at least two or three days after they occurred. ' ;V Moreover, the Japanese activi ties of themselves contained a grim new significance not here tofore attached to their move ments in the southwest Pacific archipelago. ' . ' . " (Turn to Page 2) Weather , -.- Tuesday's max. temp, f 5. : If. Elver Wednesday "."-3 J ft By army request weather fore-, easts are withheld aad temper store data delayed. ; ' Pliiwt: - Thursday's -: sunset ftt P. m. Friday's suarise