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Complete . . TeuH Clad bo newspaper can give more real talisfae lion than your local mora tn paper, with IU WORLD NEWS plus IIOKE C02X klUNITJ NEWS. Army Speaks The army Is looking for It and 19-year-olds, says r' hwi reports from Wash -' tnrton. It tells then what It has to offer, oa pare three of today Statesman. PCUND3D ICZ1 nSIITY-CZCOIJD TEAR Solom. Oragaa. Wednesday Morning. October 21 1942 Price 5c. No. MS .TTR Eomnijte to : Vf5 TO) &tlB QMS' CP Agrees Chilean Scene of Action The What and Where of Guadalcanal No Move ..... : . " Aii Russians Repulse Assaults Reinforcements f Cross Volga to ' Aid Stalingrad - '. By ' HENRY C. CASSIDY . MOSCOW, Wednesday. Oct. 21-(P)The. Russians announc ed Wednesday that their Stalin grad garrison had repulsed two furious German attacks sup ported by 70 tanks inside the city Tuesday, and quoted nazi captives as saying their divi sions had lost 70 per cent of their effectives in the last few days. . A midnight communique told " tt the continuing successful Rus sian ueiense, now in lis nimn .week, after front dispatches dia cleeed that the red . army was " strengthened,' by .reinforcements Jerri ed across the Volga river and ..Intermittently relieved ; by - cold autumnal storms sweeping the area.-; .-. These had to ' negotiate two miles of water swept by German shellfire,' churned by the bombs of Stukas and filled with mines dropped from the airf The Germans first hurled a regiment of motorized troops supported by 4 tanks against Russian lines la the workers settlement, the eommnnla.Be - said, bat "the enemy was flung . back to Its laitlal position." "later in the day the Germans sent 30 more tanks Into the at tack," the bulletin continued. ;. (Turn to Page 2) 3 US Ships Victims of tj Enemy Subs -.' By The Associated Press - ' Sinking of three more Amer- lean merchantmen by enemy sub marines preying on western At lantic shipping was disclosed Tuesday, raising to five the num ber of United States ships an nounced within two days as sunk -. in that area. .. ' :' r The three latest victims of U boats boosted to 499 the Associ ated press count of announced al lied and neutral ship losses in American coastal waters since Pearl Harbor. Destruction of the 10,000-ton ; Liberty ship John Carter Rose ' was- reported Tuesday from, Re cife," Brazil, where an Argentine tanker landed 38 survivors. Com pleted inBaltimore only two months ago, the vessel was owned by the US maritime commission. Twenty nine members of the 35-man crew of another Amer lean cargo carrier survived a tor pedo attack on their ship, landing at a Caribbean port shortly after the encounter. . ': Two torpedoes, which: killed three men in the en , gine room and' mortally injured three others, sank the vessel off the northern coast of South Amer ica early this month. ""A third United States cargo ship was destroyed in the north Atlan tic during September, but all 40 members of the crew were res cued. . 7eathcr Monday max. temp. 7fl, mbx, 39. River Tuesday -4.2 ft. By army request, weather forecasts are withheld and temperature ... data delayed. Dimout: Wednesday's sunset. i:la n. m. Thursday's sunrise Oregon - - . -.. v - Z i rcr.TULi:D, Oct iOHin-oi g?a Industries added 15,404- ton tt scrs? metal to- the national collection Tuesday and the state Immediately claimed first place, j Claude Sersanous, state salvage ccrr-mlttee chairman, said "the in dustrial contribuUon ' boosted the Oregon total to M.&28 tons, - or 113 4 pounds per capita, surpass- Ing Wyoming's 104.2-pound aver- e '" ' ' 1 ' - T" -' Ealem and Marlon county continued tbeir scrap bf as J "crc? : market" acUviiies Tccsiay as calls for a second set ' cf ll-a went est from United Tar chest's special committee PIERRE LAVAL Laval Appeals For Workmen . Levy to Be Made on-' Factories to Meet Hitler Demands VICHY, Oct 20-(- Pierre La val renewed his appeal for French men to go to work for Hitler in radio spech Tuesday night in which be announced an agree ment for a levy upon each foe- tory "which Will be obliged to furnish a certain number of work' men. The chief of state government said this new levy was agreed up on by his government "out of ap prehension lest measures of con straint be applied to France." - (An ' hour after Laval com pleted his speech, Gen. Charles de Gaulle, fighting French lead er, told the French "People la a Xondon broadcast they were proving by their resistance that they were "engaged In a revolt ajrainst the treasonable leaders of Vichy." De Gaulle urged still greater resistance to Laval and his collaboration clique. (Although Lalav left open the technical question of whether he would order forced labor conscrip tion, seasoned French observers in Bern, Switzerland, considered his speech as preparation for con- (Turn to .Page 2) New Battlers Roam Oceans For Britain LONDON, Wednesday, Oct 21. -ffJ-Two new 35,000-ton battle ships, the Ansbn and the Howe, are now at sea with the British fleet, . the admiralty disclosed Tuesday, and the Anson already has been in action with her high angle guns against German air craft in the Arctic convoy route to Russia. .. , - It is this route that the great German battleship Tlrpitz occa-. sionally threatens by venturing from her Norwegian , berth, ; and it was understood that the com manders of both the Anson and Howe 1 are engaged in friendly rivalry to see which first can en gage this pride of the German navy. The disclosure that Britain has thus finally restored her fleet to its original pre-war strength , of IS battleships and battle cruisers with completion of the five great battleships of the King George V class, came at a time when it is vital for the allies to maintain their convoys and control the sea if they are to open a second front A few hours earlier A. V. Alex ander, first lord of the admiralty, mentioned both these phases when he announced that at least 530 axis submarines German, Italian, and Japanese have been Claims' ; Eirst in Scrap tho city council was wtta fladhk? of a means of dis posing of the city's own eoa trlbutloa In the way of ancient tire equipment, bells and. other -scrap metal. J:V"-;v ; First bids for the city war chest's - piles of scrap were . re fused arly this week and the sec ond call, going to a larger number than the 12 originally invited to bid, provided new specifications. Would-be purchasers may now bid on the heavier metal only and will not be required to promise to clean up the lighter and less de sirable material. That light sal vage; the committee in charge Cabinet Resigns Frees President To Replace Pro Axis Minister SANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 20 tPj-The Chilean - cabinet re- signed Tuesday .night to give President Juan Antonio Rios freedom of action in replacing Foreign Minister Ernesto . Bar ros Jarpa, advocate of continu ing relations with the axis. An official announcement said Rios has accepted the resignations, but asked the ministers to con tinue in their posts until a new cabinet was named. It said the president would "solve the crisis within the next 48 hours." "It Is considered unanimous ly," the announcement said, "that It Is necessary to leave the president of the . republic the most absolute freedom of action so he eaa solve the present poli tical crisis In the manner most convenient for the country," The statement was. issued by Minister of the Interior Paul Mor ales Beltrami. ' The joint resignation merely said the ministers . were stepping out to give the president a chance to name a new cabinet "in the presence of the delicate political situation." - Rios thanked the ministers and told them he understood their at titude. He said he would : try to "find a solution roost convenient for the general interests." rTfce cabinet resignation was a - result of the recent statement -of V n d e r s e cretary ' of State Sumner Welles that two South American- eoontures,' presum ably Chile and Argentina, were behtr used by axis agents as 'bases. . Since Welles made his declara tion there have been mass meet ings throughout the country de manding the resignation of Barros Jarpa and a rupture of relations with the axis. Another result of his statement was the postponement of Pres ident Rios proposed visit to , the United States. The cabinet - resignation was predicted Monday night by the Santiago newspaper Las Ultimas Noticias. - This crisis has been developing ever since the foreign minister protested to Washington against Welles statement but Barros Jar pa issued a proclamation last weekthat he had no intention of resigning. The central committee of the socialist party, which had three members in the retiring cabinet instructed these ministers Tues day to take a stand for a . break with Germany, Italy- and Japan. Chile and " Argentina are the only American - republics which still maintain relations with the axis. - '- ' -: ; lia ssoffQia, fjoiomua, uc us embassy Issued a statement to 41 M M . . : uw-imi 1UCNU7 Hjini inai the October t speech of Welles : was made only after every oth er recourse had been exhausted. Problems of Home Dimout Are Aired Problems of home-lighting , in the Pacific coast dimout area un der new regulations which be come effective November" 12 are to be discussed and answered In a state defense council broadcast at 9:15 tonight over KSLM, said,' would be held until such a ume as were is a market i it in Its present condition or until servicea oi a oaier can oe securea. - Alaska Junk company in Port land is said to be the only Oregon concern with" equipment for "bail ing, the light metals and the ser vices ox its machinery .are re served far ahead. - ' By the time such ,a call for 1 lightweight metals is received. It seemed probable Tuesday that a collection variously estimated up to 10,000 tons of the salvage will have been used as fill material at the city air port Engineers and contractors at 4 ' (Turn, to Pase 2) FDR to Sign Tax Bill Today Congress Vote Nearly Unanimous on Huge . Revenue Measure , ' WASHINGTON, Oct 20 Congress sent its biggest tax bill in history to the White House Tuesday and President Roosevelt said he would sign it Wednesday to make higher excise levies on a long list of items effective No vember 1. ' i'--'-. Unprecedented ' individual in come taxes will be- levied on this year's incomes and payments will start January 1 with payroll de ductions for the "victory tax? Drafted to increase federal rev enues by $8,881,000 at a minimum but disputed estimate, the mea sure nevertheless went to . the White House labelled "inadequate by the treasury. "c ' Secretary Morgenthau recent ly called for another tax bill to yield an additional $6,000,000, 00. Congress leaders were un certain when a start would be made on the new bill but it was generally thought that action would be deferred until after January L The present bill, molded to com promise form by conferees of the house and senate, received its fi nal congressional , approval .Tues day in short order. The house dis- (Turn to Page 2) If - - ? I LaDOr UX OUSSLT 1 . IT? 11 ' - " J 1:16108 iOnneO. WASHINGTON, Oct 20 -W The senate finance committee will meet Wednesday to consider leg islation passed Monday, by- the house, to permit use of child la bor in sugar beet and cane fields for the duration' of the war, with out loss of government benefit payments to producers. Senator Ellender (D-La.) who expected to appear in behalf of the bfll, said committee sentiment was understood to favor it, although there might be some objection from senators opposed , to raising any question of child labor at this time. IWillkie to Report t J if j Vll 112010 JllOnuay -- NEW YORK,' Oct 20P The Columbia - . Broadcasting -system announced Tuesday --night that Wendell L. Willkie will report on his globe-circling tour of United Nations war fronts rover lour major networks : next- lionday from 10:30 to 11 .p. m-. eastern war time.,'. '.The 1840 cresidential candi date's talk win be broadcast over Columbia, the National Broad casting system, the Blue and the Mutual retworks, the announce merit r-ii " il v ,. .v. 'v-. .... ' ''-'rV..?-:'.... 1 ? '"lL"' - . " -. v ' . v::"--. ' I - K ' , ' .. - ' t $ : -I' ' , : " - fa.3t f-wiMwir!u. . 'mmttvaMutttimm t ' .. ... .1 i' liiiSlililll i 5 njvv u s , x il These pictures of GoadalcanaL strategic Island In the Solomon group, group, will help yon better understand and follow the news oi tne great land-sea battle now being waged between reinforced American forces and an enmy armada of battleships, cruisers and destroyers. At the top left a section of the Important airfield on Guadalcanal, heavily bombed by Jap planes; top right US marines landing en 1 the Island In August; lower left view of the village of Marovovo on the northwest coast now in the center of action; lower right, map of Guadalcanal and surrounding Islands. Guadalcanal Is about 31 miles . wlie and 10t miles long. UN Photos. . ftin ,.-r. I I i . r i i n fH 1B.1l il I r ir'lr.lli i ! .., i , . in . I lu. i .1 A Hied :- Bombers Hit Solomons, Cities and Africa Great Damage Inflicted on -Enemy Bases GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS, Australia, Wednes day, Oct 21H)-Allied bombers were believed to have inflicted extensive damage in another blow at the Japanese base of. Buin in the northern Solomons, it was announced Wednesday, while Australian troops forced back the Japanese three miles in the New Guinea land fight between Templeton's Crossing and Ko koda. - "Continuing to support opera tions in the Solomons," the com munique - said of the Bum raid, "allied medium units made an other . night attack on the air drome and enemy shipping at this base. - Extensive damage - is - be lieved to have been f inflicted. There as no attempt at intercep tion.- All our' planes returned safely."- - ' - r Buin Is at the southern tip of Bougainville Island some 315 miles northwest of the US base at GuadalcanaL ' . " LONDON, Oct 2MVBrtt sin's fast Mosquito bombers at tacked three of Germany's most strongly defended areas Tues day la another ef their pre- chdoa daylight raids. - - Flying singly, the Mocquitos slashed from low level at targets near the important railway junc tion of Hannover and at the ports of Wilhelmshaven and Bremen. -Bombs burst in the heart of .'(Turn to Page 2) Astoria: Naiie WASHINGTON, Oct 20 Secretary Knox announced .Tues day that -he -had reassigned n'tte names of four cruisers lost in the Pacific to new vessels of the same type now being - built in New port Hews, Va, Philadelphia and Quincy, Mass. -;- ' . - - - ' - .The names are the Houston, the Vincennes, the Astoria,, and the Quincy. : ' --"- The Houston was. lost - in the Java sea battle and the other three in engagements off the Solomon islands. , SetforSliip ' - BOUNCA V '. aasosaaa aa ssar I sjaaVjaaa German Senate Okehs 15 Millions o on " WASHINGTON, Oct 20 -JF)-The senate Tuesday passed a sup plementary appropriation bill au thorizing the expenditure, mostly by the navy, of Sl5,84i,ooo,ooo, about twice the estimated revenue from the 'new tax .bill which it also, passed Tuesday. - The senate voted into the bill a provision giving itself the power to control appointments of higher paid employes of the war man power commission and made pos sible expenditures war tne ionoa barge canal. The measure now. goes back to the house for con sideration of these v and other changes. 'Sl'i'':: " The bill, passed by a voice vote. would appropriate a total of So, 341,000,000, of which $3,599,000, 000 would be used to finance the maintenance and expansion of the navy. But ft also would authorize the navy to begin letting contracts on a $9.50,0,000,000 construction nrogram aimed at adding 2,101,- 000 tons of aircraft carriers, cruis- r destroTers auxiliary vessels and small craft to the, fleet : ;- " The senate provided $800,000,00f for tao construction of esBcrgoncy war houshut 1100.000.OOa more than previously allowed try the Nazis Retake r Croatia Tcth wr jmr. (rresn German Eroad easts), Oet.HfTQamsak- tzA Croatian .troops have recaptured the Croatian town of Jaicey about 30 miles -south of Benjaluka, kill ing SCO Serbians, Informed quar ters said Tuesday night The town was occupied recently when numerically superior Serb ian forces attacked it forcing the Croatian guardsmen to withdraw, : . (This was the first German ad mission .that the insurgents were operating so close to Banjaluka, which is one of the chief. Croa tian cities and the seat of so.Ve government offices.) t Addi X A Older Soldiers May Take Jobs Labor Shortage Areas To Get No Work; Luxuries Mulled WASHINGTON, Oct 20 -tfV President Roosevelt, .disclosed Tuesday that a number of soldiers 35 to 40 years old would probably be furloughed to take Jobs in mu nitions factories and that produc tion of luxury goods might be cut to help solve vital manpower problems. On his recent inspection tour of war plants and military estab lishments all over the country, Mr. Roosevelt told a press conference, he had seen uniformed men who would have been much better off in munitions factories than they were marching 25 miles a day with full equipment He added that he Imagined some Of them who would be useful In war production and have the necessary training for It would be furloughed Instead of retained la combat units. " Gen. George C Marshall, chief of staff of the army, previously (Turn to Page 2) ; Nylon Hose Ceiling Set WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (ff) Price Administrator Leon Hen-1 derson Tuesday slashed prices of women's nylon hose, which , he said had been selling at inflated levels "in 'almost every store in the country. - ' Effective Thursday the 1 max! mum price for the most common ly sold full-fashioned hose of first quality construction will be fl.65. Henderson - said, this compared with prevailing - prices of $210, $2J3, and higher. Ceiling ."prices ' for other first quality, nylon ' hose will, range from $115 to $210 "There are considerable stocks of. nylon hosiery held by whole salers and retailers for. the holi day trad," Henderson said. "Ia the absence of action-by my- o- fice, these would be disposed of to - women at fantastic - prices. prioosrttat would be InCatkmary conyentioa . at Kansas Ciry vwiOr and wou!J yklj vzztisszzlli bersTlairsirr a!V -pro.ls-io the. sOJlora,' - - - "They--areAlva; FIJaey-Jwsan s---Yr.ii4 Yi UliierailS Jf iCtlne Aid toNation LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oca. t3-CT) The United Lutheran churJaial America -Tuesday pledged its aid" to the nation's leaders ani iy tle men and women m the armed for ces, at home and abroad, and to our country in this critical hour The pledge was included in a resolution of "the church in a wcrld at war approved by dele gates attending the 13 biennial convention of the church here. ade On Solomons ... - Jap Radio Claims Landings; Fleet ; Waite to Strike ; WASHINGTON, Oct 20- In a, strenuous effort to disor ganize Japan's big Solomons is land offensive ef ore it can get really - started, American fliers are showering enemy troops I and supply dumps with bombs in a non-stop series of raids, it was revealed Tuesday night . Throughout October 18 and It, navy , communique said,' army, navy and marine corps aircraft hammered at the enemy on Guad- alcanal, and , the groat Japanese thrust which has been expected for days has yet to get started. However, there was , no means of telling on the basis of the com munique whether " the air raids had altered Japanese plans, or i whether the enemy was following ! a pre-arranged schedule of ret ting set and fully prepared before launching a land offensive -de- i signed to wrest the vital Guadal canal airfield from the American marines and army men. .r Hovering la nearby waters -was a largo enemy fleet of war ships and auxiliaries, although the navy communique said there had been no further landings on Guadalcanal. . - Besides the raids , on the Japan ese on Guadalcanal, army flying fortresses returned to the attack , on October 19 oa Rekata Bay. Santa Isabel island, 150 miles northwest of . Guadalr&naL Tire 1 were starter by bombs from; the big planes. (Far to the north, in the Aleu tians, the communique added, ar my Liberator bombers . struck again at shore installations and a beached , ship ; In the harbor at Kiska, starting fires in the Japan ese camp area. :.,f Concerning the struggle in the Solomons,' Secretary of the Navy Krrox told reporters that "In my Judgment the Japanese have by no means as yet exercised their main force. ' (Turn to Page 2) Freeze Action Said Taken ; ... ..... . . -,. . .... - ; Against Press NEW YORK, Oct 20 AV Dean . Carl : W. Ackerman t of Columbia . university , said . Tues- day night that newspapers of the UJS- were, being subjected to a -freezing process" by the govern ment and that the. justice depart ment's recent lawsuit against the -Associated Press waa simply a further move to "freeze the press into a new mold.' - - .- O The head of Columbia's gradu ate school of journalism and former war correspondent told the fourth accounting institute banquet in a prepared: speech ' that "under the cloak ; of : war. emergency,", the American' way of life is being profoundly change ed by law and directives", which strike directly at a free press and the bill of rights." . . , ."Today the authority of the government to 'control the press is absolute although called vol untaryJ,, Ackerman said. , . v (Turn to Page 2) . Albany Tops Oregon FFA PORTLAND,' Oct., 20-itfVOre- '. GZ& to the. na- tional Future Farmer of America ITompaosv Salona, and Lawrence' Johnson, SeaFpoose.-They will be accompanied by KlrbyrBrumfield, Calem, assistant supervisor of vo- i cational -agriculture. : "Albany chapter of FFA this year has been awarded the "key stone1 ; label "within Oregon and competes, on a chapter basis with other outstanding - organizations throughout the nation. Earl Cool ey, state supervisor of vocational agriculture, - said : here Tuesday night ... . -. . - Salem had led the state the two preceding years, " - M
