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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!
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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
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.20.000.
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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.
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" 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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 : ",. -
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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' 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.-;--
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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. ' . '
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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