PAGE TWO tbm CILGCII STATTTIIAIL Cdam Oregon. V7dntcda7 Morning, October 1CU Allied Aerial Power Leads Soviets Repel Nazi Attacks ; Mosqiiitos Raid German Coast (Continued from Page 1) sarin that heavy tank-sspport-ed British attacks on the north ern end of (he axis Egyptian " line Tuesday failed ta achieve "any noteworthy success.". v English and New Zealand fn fantry formation which also were supported by US and RAF air men "attacked the German-Italian defense system in numerous waies" on the fourth day of bat tle, the agency said, adding: - "At most places the British at tack was brought to a standstill In German mine fields. Minor dents without operative significance - were made by the British who, after having suffered very high 'casualties, were cut off immedi ately by German and Italian de fense forces and subjected to ar tillery fire from the, flanks. . "A British tank brigade tried to extend a local success achieved by .New Zealand sappers. .The at tempt however was detected in ,time by -axis forces and two anti-aircraft batteries as well as num erous anti-tank guns went into 'action with such success that at this spot alone the British lost 38 tanks." - . i . MOSCOW, Wednesday, Oct. i tSWiTV-Tbe Red army - stopped ' a new German offensive In a ' workers settlement and factory uarea of northern Stalingrad Tuesday after a successful Kasslaa e tasters ttaek had driven the Germans eat. of oath .Stalingrad onto the bleak steppe adow the city,' the Bus slans said Wednesday. , '; The ! soviet midnight . commun ique said that in the new drive the Germans sent Infantry - and tanks in "one attack after anoth er" in an attempt to break the Russian lines, but that the Rus sians repulsed all attacks. - In this area, the communique aid, more - than 900 , Germans Were killed and It tanks de stroyed. I; y 1:,r':. i Heavy fighting also ' continued northwest of Stalingrad, where the . Germans launched 20 at . tacks in a determined effort to re capture a village, which, the Rus- sians previously had taken in counter-attack. The soviet forces, however, held firm. ' Artillery was especially act ive., One Russian onlt de stroyed four tanks and Z3 fort-; Hied points and - another bat-' tety destroyed three tanks and wtped hmui aboat ' a company Infantry. In the Black sea area, the com munique said, German forces made a desperate attempt to break through to a German gar rison surrounded by Red army troops in a village northeast of the port of Tuapse. All the attacks-were repelled. , r , LONDON, Wednesday, Oct 28. -W-B r i t a 1 n's fast mosquito bombers attacked the German shipbuilding yards at Flensburg east of the Danish border at low level Tuesday, hitting and set ting afire a medium-sized mer chant ship, the air ministry re ported late Tuesday night v J Objectives in Holland and Bel gium also were bombed by these new aircraft ' GEN. MaeARTHCRS HEAD- '. QUARTERS, Australia, Wed-" n e s da y, Oct 2S.-(fl)-AIlled fighter pilots made a straflnr ' attack; on the Japanese base at Lae,, New Guinea, Tuesday, giving resaoto support ta their embatiled eotrir&dr mm Guad alcanal, Mt mOes to the south east . . .. -i., , ,. The allied formation destroyed three barges and silenced anti aircraft 'positions at this impor tant. Japanese base, allied head quarters said in announcing -the raid in its noon , communique Wednesday. One allied plane was missing. Northwest of: Australia allied medium bombers raided Dili, - Portuguese Timor, z - , Other bombers attacked Koko da. advance Jap base in the Owen Stanley mountains of New Guin ea toward which allied ground forces have been' forcing back Nipponese troops. ) ' The communique ' reported ' a raid by nine Jap bombers Tues day night on Darwin, Australia, wnicn caused only minor dam ages and no casualties. Son of Mitchell Dies of Illness i. i. WASHINGTON, Oct Lt John Lendrum Mitchell, 22, son of the late Brig. Gen. William "Billy?, Mitchell, prophet of mod ern aerial warfare, died "at Pine Camp, NY, Tuesday after a three week illness.. ' ; y : :! . -: , Mitchell entered the army in firmary there suffering from a blood infection. A" native of Washington, he en listed in 1940 at Milwaukee, where an airfield was being ded icated to the memory of his fa ther, arid was graduated from the officers training school at Fort Knox last summer. ' He served in the tank corps; ' " s - Too Late to Cksgjfy r FOR SA1X Mod. T rm. home. 4 r.Jroin' 1 .btoms, aut. oil heat ON THE HOME FRONT By ISABEL ' We haven't yet decided wheth er it makes him look like an ad miral or a general, but we know that Joe's uniform makes him act a little like bothl- Slightly off the shade of khaki, its trim is almost gold braid, and Joe, who can't make any of the armed services because of his limp but : willingly undertakes half the tasks on , the home front with a grin, wears it with an air. Net lonr C he left his awn eamparaUvely new and compar atively expensive topcoat some where and exhibited little grief over the loss, but his theatre operating employers m a y be sura the uniform they provide ,, will be separated from Joe only by force. : : -- Now, Joe, in spite of the fact he, hails from Chicago and is as boastful as any city slicker, is strangely humble before woman kind or was. But with the ad vent of the uniform came also a certain executive grace. I, personally, was not present when he suggested to Esther that Two Counties Plan OSTA Region Meet - Marion and Clackamas county representatives will convene Mon day at the regional conference of Oregon State Teachers associa tiori in the Salem high 'school auditorium. .' Theme of '- the conference is "How We Can Further Better Re lations , With Our Pan-American Neighbors.' -v '; Featuring the conference will be an address by Rev.. Alcuin Heibel, OSB, Mt. Angel' college, at 10 a. m. A panel discussion in the afternoon will include the following participants: Father Alcuin, chairman; Frank B. Ben nett; Theresa Dehler, H. W. Ad ams, Milton Gralap, Joy Hills, Victor Phelps, a E. WUlard, Ve neta Colliard, Bertha Mitchell and Melvin Johnson. A business meeting of the Mar ion county group is set for Mon day night - with Arthur Myers, president, to charge. . . Card to Show Nylon Prices WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -VPf The office of price administration took steps Tuesday to protect Miss and Mrs. America from nylon hose "bootleggers." ; A shopping card that every wo man can tuck in her purse when she goes hose-hunting soon will be issued, the , OPA announced Tuesday. Listing the new ceiling prices on all types of nylons, the card can be obtained by writing OPA headquarters in Washington. "With this addition to her shop ping gear," a woman can take full advantage of OPA's action against the 'bootleg prices often demand ed for Nylon hose in , recent month," the . announcement stat ed. "And to make her Job of price checking easier, the card will show which facts on type and quality must be marked or labeled on each pair." Mounties Probe Magazine Story OTTAWA. Ont, Oct 27 (Can adian Press) Royal Mounted Po lice officials said Tuesday they are conducting an investigation to learn the Identity of a correspon dent of the' US wekly magazine Time who provided a story on the disturbance amnng German pris oners of war at the Bowmanvflle, Ont, camp last October 20. The story, describing an. out break of prisoners in protest against manacling orders, which were m reprisal for the fettering of Canadian and British prisoners by the nazis, described by the Canadian government as mislead ing. Representations . were made by Canada to the United States government because it was feared acceptance of Time's version of the riots would result in new re prisals against prisoners held in Germany. Portland Oyer Top In 7ar Chest Drive . PORTLAND, Ore, Oct 27 ff) Portland oversubscribed Its united war chest quota of $1,202, 591 Tuesday. Donation of $146,331 Tuesday increased the total In the two- week campaign to $1,258,-824. Chairman Ferdinand Smith said more donations aje expected. . ? Road Treaty Okehed v GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 27 (JP) President Jorge Ubico Tues day approved an agreement sign ed by Guatemala and the United States October 1 for "building a military road through this coun try. The United States govern ment is providing $1,000,000 for A e CHILDS she take home the trousers of the new outfit, put in the hem and possibly sharpen the crease. But if he did it with the eclat he ex hibits in getting the usherettes to hang "on a hanger, mind you the new, long dress coat that is part of a doorman's attire, I am sure there was more of the mili tary order than mere persuasion about It , Don't get me wrong. . Esther hasn't complained. A pretty girl in a coffee shop frequented day after day by the same friendly and critical clientele probably doesn't find proving to the cus tomers that skill with food isn't her only domestic art . , . Besides, Joe was so manifest ly anxioos to don the uniform, and she knew the. broad smile weald grow broader If she did this one small deed, that she woold probably have been wil ling to skip her night classes at business college had skipping been necessary. V . .' , Did I say , that the uniform changed our friend, Joe? should have merely said that Joe had changed his uniform. For when the dogs raced through the alley back of the coffee shop and tipped over the garbage, Joe went just as willingly with Martha to help her right the matter (why dont sanitary inspectors get in touch with, the dog catcher?) be fore officialdom caught up with her as he bad. the day that he wore his own flannel trousers and sports jacket But, nevertheless, I feel like saluting when I go by the theater and see Joe at the door, and I do it about as grace fully as when X meet a colonel from Adair. Pulpwood Gets More Control SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 21-iP) The war production board, its re gional office reported, acted Wed nesday to assume greater control over pulpwood in Oregon ; and Washington by giving Its director general for operations authority to allocate specific quantities of pulpwood logs to and from spe cific persons In the ' Columbia Willamette area,,: s WPB said the action was nec essary because in time a certain amount of the logs now consumed by pulp mills probably will have to be diverted to lumber mills. which are faced .with a shortage of umber., . .. umu . direct . instructions are received . from the - director gen eral, however, the 14 pulp mills in the Columbia-Willamette area may continue to consume or dis pose of pulpwood as they choose. Casualty list Totals 47,463 WASHINGTON, Oct 27 America's army and navy casual' ties announced to date total 47,463 killed, wounded and missing. 1 Capt Leiand P. Lovette, chief of the navy's bureau of public re lations, said in a Navy Day speech Tuesday that ; the - navy, marine Corps and coast guard have last a total of 15,814 of whom 4453 were killed, 1593 wounded and 768 missing. , A check of army records dis closed that 31,649 casualties have been announced, of whom the ma jority were the 17,500 Americans and 11,000 Philippine scouts of the US army missing in action in the Philippines. Most of these prob ablywere taken prisoner by the Japanese on Bataan and Corregi dor. In addition there were large numbers of Philippine common' wealth army troops killed or cap tured, of whom the army has no record. Pep Wins; Bout With Chalky Wright Looms .HARTFORD, Conn- Oct 27-UPi Willie Pep, 130, Hartford feather weight sensation who meets Chalky Wright in a title boot No vember 20, won bis 53fd consecu tive victory Tuesday night by tak mg 10-round decision from George Zengaras, 133, of New York. Pep, whose name outside the ring Is Papaleo, has not been defeated since he turned profes sional a little over two years ago. Ships Said Demanded LONDON. Wednesday. Oct zl VP) The BBC in a broadcast to Germany Tuesday night declared that Adolph Hitler had sent an ultimatum to the . Vichy chief of government Pierre Laval demand ing the surrender of all merchant ships, French or foreign that are now in French harbors. At Veterans fialL M Eaod Uosie by Ehytlua V.res tiers am . Airmen Sink 2 Jap Ships Destroyer Conquest Raises Sea Toll In Solomons (Continued from Page 1) announced . in Tuesday night's communique. " , - - Otherwise, small task forces both American and Japanese ap parently, were playing hide-and-seek in the general neighborhood of the archipelago, and occasion ally joining action. Those in a position to know said that the results of the battle were still far from conclusive and that it continued unabated. The sinking of the Seminole and the patrol boat oeenrred oa the morning of October 25, The Japanese destroyer hardly es caped aasesthei, however. American shore batteries seared three bits on the vesseL . Thea Gnunaa Wildcats, navy fight ing planes from : Guadalcanal, straffed and farther damared the destroyer.. y . A recapitulation of American and Japanese losses in -the Solo mons campaign as announced from day to day by the navy showed the following score: Ships sunk: One American aircraft carrier; three American and one Japanese heavy cruisers; six American and eight Japanese destroyers; three Japanese and one American trans ports. Three American auxiliary transports. Ships probably sunk: , ' Two Japanese destroyers; one Japanese transport Ships damaged: Foot Japanese and one Ameri can aircraft carrier: two Japan ese and no American battle ships; five Japanese and no American heavy cruisers; 17 Japanese and no American light eralsers; ten Japanese and two American destroyers. Seven teen other Japanese vessels and "several other American ships. In addition, the Australian cruiser Canberra was sunk. It should be borne in mind in con nection with these figures that the navy department customarily makes no announcement of Amer ican navai losses until it is sure that they are known to the enemy. At his press conference In late afternoon President Roosevelt re frained from predicting either vic tory or defeat in the Solomons campaign, saying that the out come was not clear. w Nazis Retreat Before Threat ' LONDON, Wednesday, Oct 28 (A-The Germans backed down in the face of a threatened gen eral strike by . French workers during the recent crisis over Ger man insistence on a quota of 150,000 workers for nazi war in' dus tries, . the Daily Mail - said Wednesday, quoting fighting French circles. Chiefs of underground organ izations gave Vichy an ultimatum that a walkout would - be called October 17 unless plans for con scription of French labor were announced, the paper said. Three days of negotiations In an' attempt to avoid the strike failed. The fighting French cir cles said the Germans then with drew their j threat of force and extended, the deadline for the quota to December 31. Gasoline Ration Applications Distributed WASHINGTON, Oct 27 AJ Distribution started Tuesday of the blanks on which America's 27,000,000 motorists must pledge to obey the 35-mfle speed limit, keep their tires In repair and not to possess more than five tires per car as a condition to obtaining gasoline rations. . The forms, consisting of a tire record and an application for bas ic gasoline rations, soon win be available-to the public through service stations, - garages, tire shops and other places designated by local ration boards. Except In the east, where gaso line Is already rationed, the appli cations must be presented to School house registrar during the registration period beginning Oc tober 29. In the east the form Tonight Thursday m TEII DI5 STUnS Pi::ic:i hi wmti i News V j ' ' Cartoon " -- . ' Kaiser Steel Mill Loan Is Approved WASHINGTON, Oct 27 -(ff) Representative - Sheppard (D- Calif.) said Tuesday . the war production board had approved a loan of $26,000,000 by the Re construction Finance corporation to Henry J. Kaiser, west coast shipbuilder, for expansion of his plant at Fontana, Calif, to pro duce alloy steeL v, Sheppard said the ; expansion would make possible production of 240,000 tons of alloy steel annually."- r ; '.rVir 1 : i '., The new loan; Sheppard said. would increase the value of the Kaiser plant at Fontana to $84,- 000,000. - FDROkehs Pay. Limits. Of $25,000 (Continued from 'Page 1) written Treasury Secretary Mor- genthau asking that his own $75,000 salary be limited, despite the fact that his is the only fed eral salary exceeding $25,000 fixed by statute. Byrnes did not know whether the president would actually have to turn back any of his pay because no -one knew the . amount of his deduc tion ; allowances. Some White House attaches, however, said his expenses and other allowances exceeded $50,000. . ' The regulations provide that no person shall receive a salary of more than $25,000, after deduc tions for federal income taxes on the "whole salary," for "custom ary' charitable contributions, and for payments" on life insurance policies and other fixed obliga tions which were In force on Oc tober 3, 1942, and for past in come taxes due. Fascism Notes (Continued from Page 1) linl thought when he stabbed France In the back on June 10, 1840, nas only started. The British air force gave them a reminder of what lay ahead with the heaviest air raids of the war against Italian' industries- last week. Milan, Genoa, Turin, Sa vona, all bear great new scars left by these attacks and hund reds of victims lie in fresh-turned graves. . , . ; . , Vr lnshenlng casualty lkt fram. North America, where yeshg Italians already have died ,'mr beem takes prJaaavera, are re suiting fram ihm new allied af fansive hr that desert theatre.; -Forweeks the fascist press has been jep-talking about . so-called fascist achievmenls. One illustra tion, by Mussolinfs H Papulo D Italia, showed a tjlackshirt prod ding the feet of a huge Russian bear with a crowbar and under- neth were Mussolini's words: ,?If there had not been a march on Rome, today there would not be a March on Moscow." US Civilians 7743 Fewer WASHINGTON, Oct 27 -iJPy-The excess of births over deaths has been sufficient to maintain the civilian population of the United States practically un changed, despite drains upon it by the armed forces, but shifts from farms to war production areas have caused losses in more than half the states. The census bureau - reported Tuesday that on May 1 the civil ian population was 131415,000, only 7743 below the April 1, 1940, totaL . Estimated civilian populations on May L 1942, and estimated changes since April 1, 1940, by states: Montana 523,825, 'decrease -33,-903; Idaho 478,989, decrease 45,- 809; Washington L77iJ84, in crease 43,684; Oresaa L6C9g9. decrease 1M7J; California 7,187,- 880, increase 302, 858. must be filed with a local ration ing board as a condition for re taining the ration book already issued. , S:"- ;:Z; "- A passenger car may not be operated after December 12 with out a tire inspection record. Two Big Features PLUS LCCIIESTEn IT'S " jPOR XcuiIa! aii Cicar Will Tirgaij till' . - . j lochia 20th Birthday f I L : ( J.h -' Uniform T7age Of 82 Cents Set in Lumber PORTLAND, Oct inaticg a Ions-standing; wage dif ferential in the Willamette valley, the Pacific coast lumber commis sion Tuesday established for the first time in the Douglas fir in dustry a uniform minimum pay rate 82 cents an hour. " The order, second, from the com mission In two days, will mean $120,000 more annually ' to 3500 workers' employed by 15 operators in the Willamette valley, said Chairman Ben H. ZKIzer. The scale already was In effect In' other sec tions of the northwest " . . Operators were ordered to pay back wages to all of the 3500 workers who have. been paid less than 82Vi cents aa hour since the dispute arose about a year- ago. Kizer said this will give workers an additional $60,000. Operators not already granting a week's vacation with pay were ordered to adopt this policy. - The dispute, which went to the war labor board three times be fore Tuesday's decision ended It involved the AFL Lumber and Sawmul r Workers' ' union and the Willamette Valley Lumber Oper ators' association. Meeting Set Tonight for Meeting tonight at the Salem chamber of commerce to discuss progress m their efforts to seen furnishings for day rooms at Camp Adair, the division of the Marion county camp and hospital com mittee beaded by CoL Carle Abrams has been called to an 8 O'clock session. , . The division is working: with or ganizations interested in furnish- ing one or more rooms or part of a room to ffll rest and recreation needs near the barracks. , . Heading the group working with lodges is M. L Meyers. 1 The committee for stores is com prised by Gene Yandendeyne, Loy al Warner and Floyd Miller; for churches Rev. George H. , Swift, Rev. T. J. Bernards,. Rev. W. Ir- vin Williams andLDr. J. C. Harri- Service dubs are represented by a committee -comprised by Tinkham Gilbert, .William Braun ahd MonoeCheekf labor' organi- zations by C. W. Crary, Cliff sBar-i ker and OiaHes DaVk ! , . Worldn rwith. women's organi zations; are - Mrs. E. Bingen heimer, . who also , heads the camp and hospital committee's speakers' bureau, Mrs. Erie Butler and-Miss Saint Clair; patriotic organizations, O. E. Palmateer. 1 ' ;' .A separate committee to obtain pianos for- the rooms, is headed by Dr. Henry E. Morriss; publi city is handled by Isabel Childs, Marguerite Rieder and Earl Head rick. V; ' 'v- -- - On the general committee, called to meet tonight, are Carl Abrams, the Rev. Mr. Swift R. R. Board- man, Meyers, Vandendeyne, Dr. Morris, Mrs. Bingenheimer, Mrs. BuUer, C A. Kells, Miss Saint Clair, Isabel Childs and Mrs. Chester Luther, who also heads the county camp and hospital com mittee. J ILi 1 1 111 'J d l i ass a j n Today and Thursday - 2 Hits! -a-aaa-l4Mki Cemnaaioa Featare . AHaa Jeaca - Jane Frasee la "MOONLIGHT Cf HAVATIA" Fhss Wait Disney Cartn rrlees This AttracUra Only GEN. AD1L, TAX INC. CHILD KEN, TAX INC. SZA&TS TODAY X HITS A mzi TCSSTIIEli! GSEHY -::jtl:ii3.ri::ii3 ) ; ." ASeSAlB KEEt.&UTai Mimas wamn Camp Group 55ci i 1 1 j - Conipaaion reatare j li RAF Patrolling Arctic Convoys LONDON, Oct 27 (fl5) RAF coastal command pilots - and air craft have been stationed In northern Russia since last summer to help the united nations convoys run the gantlet of nazi air and sea attacks, the Air Ministry 'News service disclosed Tuesday night An RAF fighter wing of hurri canes went there in 1941 to show the soviet airmen how to fly the British planes. Coastal command aircraft are used to spot and attack subma rines and to keep convoys travel ing the risky northern route to Russia posted on enemy move ments. Hbngicong's Power Plant Destroyed : A US. AIR FORCE ADVANCE BASE IN CHINA, Oct 27-(ff Destruction- of Hongking'f main power plant Monday by Ameri can bombers deprived the Jap anese of electricity for shipyards which had been used to repair vessels ' damaged, -in .the south Pacific .fighting, it was , disclosed here Tuesday..' l' ;'. The pre-dawn raid on the plant in the second assault on Honk kong within a few hours was car ried out by two waves of North American Billy Mitchell B-25's, the same long-range medium bombers used by Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle's raiders over Japan last April 18.-Z;:(;;;,!:: ;';-;::. ; Despite the havoc churned up in the first surprise- raid on Hong' king, Sunday afternoon, the Jap anese again -were caught flatfoot- ed in the-second attack. The green lights which , neck laced the island shore plus bril liant moonlight made it easy for the raiders to find their target The pilots reported that the nemy couldn't get his anti-aircraft into action until the bombing was over and that not a single fighter rose to the challenge. Standley Predicts Soviets to Hold Oil WASHINGTON, Oct 27-OP) i Stalingrad will not falL the Groz-1 2aV? v"-- ITfDl VTTTlT NEW SHOW ' h : vi i a m a- ii . 1 I III -COMSTAtlCt "sk--. Continuous X , i Show Daily CaaalmmaZZZZalaa They loved to fight love! Haw Roaring Adventure In Bengal, the Land Beyond Hell V L AniTaw thaw Todorf Box Office Open Star 6 VIE Ij- . xucr tzrnnr AGAirr" ' Jiicn cucn) czinr7 fa - 4 mmm La. m a mm,mm, A . '. ' ' " "" ny oil fields of the Caucasus wfil remain In Russian hands and the Germans wm not get to the Baku oil region this winter, United States .. Ambassador William ' H. 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