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Chilean
Scene of Action The What and Where of Guadalcanal
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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-- 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 "
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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. .
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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
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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. ,
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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
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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
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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
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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. '
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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
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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, " -
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