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. "..-.. y"N - . V Complete Trail find a newsnapes caus give nor real saUstae (lea than roar local morn fait paper with Its WORLD NEWS pin IIOMK COM MUNITY NEWS. ; Art " yoa ' looking for rlaee.to live, er (sr a sea i " antf . 11 to. itarn to The SUtomu classified adver tising page, wnert payer ana tiler get leather. , ' nZ3Tf -CSCOXD YEAH Scdexn, Orecon, Friday Horsing, October CD. 1212 No. 1S4 mmmm I 3 111. , 1 r . ill! ' r ... i .... . German . . Troops a va Reds Claim 1500 Slain on Volga; Winter Weighing . BY HENRY C. CASSIDY MOSCOW, Friday, Oct SO (fl-The Germans hurled an en tire infantry division and doz- Cns 01 lanKS againsi Ittis&ian lines in a factory trict of northern Stalingrad Thursday nd 11 to gain another 50 to 100 at cost of 1500 dead and tanks an 23 planes destroyed. ' The midnight soviet communi que indicated most of the red army positions held fast despite attacks from several directions. "Only la one sector at the ex ' pense of very heavy casualties the enemy succeeded bt ad vaacln SO to 100 yards and penetrated to the edge of one factory's grounds," tt said. "Abont 1500 were wiped oat. Eleven tanks including, three heavy ones were burned oC Soviet fanners, guards - and snortar batteries accounted for about a regiment of enemy In fantry, and 23 planes were shot "down. ... ' ',": Far to the south of the besieg ed Volga Viver city, on the high TJnlr-hiV nlain under the blizzard-1 wept Caucasus mountains, .thJKCOnd m EuroDe was not Russians reported continued heavy 1 ' fighting ;in which "our units I tubDorniy resistea wie enemy ana jniuciea ; neavy losses. Soviet gunners were reported to have destroyed, 15 nazi tanks m this new theatre where tne uer mans apparently were aiming to outflank the Mozdok area and Strike at Prdzhciikidze, terminus . of the. superb Georgian' military highway which winds through the. : 18,000-foot mountain range. gnow already is piled high in the - passes, ispalche saldSr . - j Aiong uia, ' Jtwac , sea m noruieaaw vi Auya uiv wumm.- aque kuu vuc umu uw- lodged the Germans from a Xorti-1 fied point, wiping, out three nazi Infantry companies there and de- stroying two other companies in the same general area. , Dispatches telling of the fight ait Stalingrad said the Germans were using a new armored divi- ion to raise . their siege strength to 100,000 men, or six divisions. Red army attempts Z to re lieve pressure on the city by attacks on the nasi flank north west of Stalingrad' continued bat with no fresh gains report ed. . .. v r-- The Russians above the city, the communique said, fortified their' lines, killed 400 Germans to recapture a Russian position. In a three-day fight on the far northwestern front the Russians tanks and killing 1500 Germans, .Kaiser Says'--Cargo Plane In 16 Months BOSTON, Oct 20 JP) Auction genius Henry J. Kaiser gald Thursday night that in vnths he would seek eovern - ...rtinn fnr ihm m... ibi ward ind out bed furnish most of the raw materials V ,A tv.T, . to build them. "Every manufacturer who! finds himself short of raw mater ials should immediately find a method of manufacturing . those materials of which he is short," he told a war conference of army, navy, government and industrial leaders sponsored by the associa- :-PfJ!i s.us r"2JZZ: S least 'TttonTrea tert Wit m 16 monthsTd he added: "It's my belief that the govern ment will go on with the mass production of those ships." Probe Demanded Of Tlsrilinie Body ? WASHINGTON, Oct Pdinf I'rZZ Ion. Senator Aiaen in-- v w, fchareed Thursday rAmencan xax - !Twin virtually rob- V . . Kd of untold millions'' by the ektravagant and incompetent handling of the merchant marine." - He made his demand in a lexier crcs id Chairman Walsh (D-Mass) of may not be forthcoming , until ra U ,4 aai affairs commit- tioning is extended throughout t To Consult ( , : : : . ? ;; . . , , J LfTdfe D. DTEiSENHOWER Lurope Amy i Head Called .Second Front Seen Possible Theme Of Discussion WASHINGTON, Oct. 2-P)-Lt Gen. Dwieht D. Eisenhower, com mander of the United States army force In the European war thea- Springs. Every undamaged struc tre, was reported Thursday night ture was pressed into service as to nave oeen cauea nome ior -un- porxan, consuuauons; wiur Reliable informants, who asked that they not be identified In any way, said Eisenhower would be in this country "within the week." wnetner bis return is connected i .jv. tk. .v.f . .toted I The reported trip home is Gen- j erai Eisenhowers fust since he was given the top command ol au American forces in the Euro- . . ,v. T. I pean theatre four months ago. The Immediate effect of news of his recall for consultation was to stimulate renewed specula tion over the prospect ' for a "second front." To prepare for an eventual T7nitd Nations attack on the Eu- ropean continent Eisenhower was Knt to London, in late June, as one J tne army's . most twiiuami i straiegists.-ie w a g xormeny aiman said. rigfa nana man ox iienenu xoug- las MacArthur in the Philippines I Eisenhower was selected as com- mander of American second front troops in Europe after directing the war plans section of the army's general s t a f f here. He reached 52 this month. Eyerly Buys Ranch and Biiilding Two major real estate trans actions in which a Salem man was the buyer were disclosed in Salem Thursday. . Lee U. Eyerly, amusement j learned, recently - purchased the Cascade Mountain ranch, a-170- acre property -under irrigation in the Metolius country five miles east of Suttle lake, and Thursday completed a deal for the Cham- I bers buflding, - 371 NorOx - High a.um utwxm buuuuh S:71.': i50 foot structure, sold bv Pru dential Life Insurance eJmoanv 1 w ani,- s, wi t. . v. . 1 ' . T V . . - - , ,OTnJ, Mmimini witfii . to h w MrM, iin w '-yeny by Hayes McMuUin, manager 01 xn un ure ,re- son, gamea lame a zew years ago as the place where the noted Tennessee walking horses trained. were Traffic Toll Down Fourth - anCAGO. Oct 29-PW-The uncn reported Jay ttate nation's fatalities dropped 24 per cent in the first nine rsenths of the year, i Th nincmnn tv - tn f- m was v2W20 compared with' 27,- na for th aam WoA in 1911 c-mv- ..K4t , -4-tj MIA rnmr with tTUtt 4 V. corresponding month a year ago, a drop of 40 per cent. September to show a decline of 40 per cent I or more. The August reduction was 43 per cent ' eTw . Wn. aV 0BtA Z Atavn Shjitf 1 1 v - reduction was no greater than in August" said Sidney J. Jiniams, the council's public safety direct eradicates "fc 'the nation. I Arkansas Torris's3o: HomBusiness HoiieC Wrecked In Benyville BERRY VILLE, Arkv Oct. 29 (AP)i A tornado ripped through the northern portion of Berryville Thursday night, killing at least 25 persons and a-nung at u ic injuring 150 others. More than 200 homes and most of the business district were demolished. Rescue workers were searching the ruins for additional bodies and feared the toll might reach much higher. , Rescue workers .feared many more might be dead, trapped In the wreckage of their homes. Drs. and nurses were rushed to the stricken town of 148S. popu- lation from Harrison and Eureka emergency hospital. Berryville nj f facmties. wnynumiy , was wimou electric lights and doctors worked with any improved lighting to be found electric torches, lan- . - iiares. 'Tbe telcpnon operator at Ber yville refused to put through calls to doctors or the morgue. "They're too busy to talk," was hA. ...1v The northern residence portion. of the town and buildings along the square were wrecked. The three available doctors were swamped and were able to do little more than provide first aid , pending arrivial of help and medical supplies. I Eight of the dead , had been identified. Ray Beck, a business Beck gave this list of dead: Mrs. Mildred Wilton and baby Mrs. Kunzer. -Mrs. Dwyre. Ed Ledbetter, about 55. . Ellis Deweese, about 55. McMethy, a child. Beck later said he had been in formed by rescue workers that other bodies had been found, but none were identified. Among the buildings reported damaged or destroyed were a large combination grade and high school; the Missouri and North Arkansas railway station; the North Arkansas canning ware- house; the city drug store; Whit- myer grocery, and Berryville wnoiesaie grocery company. I V ftril JX VQ1 la hit ' f w v For Gvilian Clothing T kn ImiMiii. , . 1- to 05 degreea, the prooucuon ooara Thursday T woox inaae .vauawe K 1 m . mm I lor manuiacture 01 sweaters, n jmiiwa unaerwcar, " i v- x-t -rrrm l-i j it.. , I release also will take up a slump in worsted production resulting from a relaxed military demand for worsted fabrics. At the same time, however. WPB's wool section reported it was "disturbed about the opti mistic reports on the wool supply situation which have been preva lent in recent weeks." The 1942 wool dip from do mestic sources is almost com pletely sold for military use, ffi- ciala gsid,; and untU the 1943 dip becomes availahlo next June, the l-J- applies ot foreign wool and new hnports. . t' -y - military- situation In the fwJWM,pffl ' sh1 unfavorable to our forces we lnIht be faced with a really ser i ?: ituation.' th WOOl MCtieO "p0?6 ntin that a large part .expected -imports must i come rrom Australia. The unsold r ,orei his ,W!i "S0 " Iparatively small. r:,... Dunout Friday's sunset f p. m. Sat urday's sunrise 71 a. m. , Weather: Wednesday's ". temp. 49, min. 45. Thursday's river -S.1 ft By army request weather forecasts are withheld and temperature data delayed. Killspi Allied Planes Sweep to Egypt Attack r ; Boston bombers, accompanied by fighter planes, rake huge plumes of sand as they take off la uxdsoa on the desert for a raid ra General Rommel's npply lines for the Egyptian fronts-UN Kadlo Somnd-pboto. Willlde Again Pleads for Aid Increasing Supplies For Allies Said Needed From US . NEW YORK. Oct 29-(ff)-Wen- dell Willkie renewed his plea for increased aid to our fighting al lies Thursday night in his second radio address since returning from his world tour.. Speaking on the "March of ime"; program over the NBC network, the 1940 republican presidential candidate declared In his prepared speech that "Rus sian production alone is not enough," and said that "we must aid them with increasing Supplies Tlf they are to hold that hard- fought front which is ours as well as theirs." ! Willkie also told of talks with American fliers la China. He said that they are "healthy and fit. bat frustrated and impatient because they have so few planet and bombs and: such a big op portunity." , - WOIkieiapent part of the time during his short speech giving thumb-nail sketches of some of the fighting leaders he met on his travels. U .. Of Russian leader Joseph Sta ling Willkie said that "one's first impression is that he is short stocky and stolid. One quickly comes to realize, however, that he has a rough-and-tumble sense of humor, and tHo thing one finally remembers most about him is the clarity 5 of his mind." Willkie said that Gen. Ber (Turn to Page 2) . Langlois Tops n JNation for School Scrap : NEW YORK, Oct 29 UPhA million and a half tons of Iron and steel was credited Thursday to the 30,000,000 school children of the United States and their part In the scrap collection drives. The American industries sal vage committee said .that figure, which the- children piled up be tween October 5 and October 24, was only part of the- eventual total. - The committee figured the scrap was equal to 150 of the 10,000,-ton liberty ships of the type a repre sentative from each - state - will christen as a reward In the scrap collection contest Biggest eonectloa reported to the committee wag" that of - U students of Union Ugh school at Langlois, Ore, 4241 pounds for each stndent Mapleton - high school In the same state reported 2918 pounds per capital for its 43 students. The drive, proposed by John W. Studebaker, US commissioner of education, with war produc tion board approval, will permit students of each state to select a name for a liberty ship. Woman Succumbs To Heart Attack , Mrs.. JJysta U - Hendricks, 60, route .six, box 113, succumbed to a heart attack- shortly after en tering the H. I Stiff . Furniture Co, 448 Court street, at 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. - V Long active In the Salem grange, Mrs. siendricks was shopping for : f"nushings for her new home on the Turner road when she collapsed.' -Though she had been living alone for some time, friends believed she had been in good health before-her death. - . Mrs, Hendricks is survive by a son, Lawrence Austin of Port' land, and an aunt, Urs. C Under bUl of Salem Police Action Assured for Halloween Just what measures the Sa ; lem police department will take -with Halloween pranksters this year were outlined in no oncer tain terms by Assistant Chief E. C. Charlton, Thursday night According to Chariton, the AtmwAnm l- mtXt .4 W. jvw.w mm ww - wwm nw wau w fouowed eat to the letter and all violators arrested, bat any 'nets of vandalism will Ua4 to arrest and the charge of disor derly conduct placed against . the offenders. Ho stressed that : the department would not toler ate anyone taking advantage of the ' enforced dlment to play pranks under the e o v e r of darkness that result In the de facing or destruction of prep-' erty or creation of annecessary disturbance. All offenders will face char ges far police court and juvenile authorities win be called In to deal with serious eases, Charl- War Go NortH on Alcan Road winmi'ipwwf r m a m of schedule to meet demands of the war In the north Pacific the ai h!ffha-r Unkin the continental United States wim Alaska already is In actual use. Secretary Stimson announced Thursday motor trucks started tw crrvin munition, to wtmtarfn. in AlaA. onrat- ' " 7 T r ing over-theentire 1671-mile mill- tary toad. . f ' , . . xopusanas 01 uucks ore scnea - ?0.",7!",. r ZJ r w north Pacific base of operations. u" JtlUJU W1" port raw materials. The actual opening was ad- vanced from December 1, the date sex earner wis rau, wnen n wasi determined that the pioneer road, I mOitary supply route, could be used several months earlier than vhivliij vAAAmwa . wua wuywi wn . I t : 11 . a? i i . . t l vised plans, the ceremonial open- ing probably wUl take place No- er tt v i . cuan Doraer. - . Although originally contemplat - - ed as a rough pioneer road to be finished within a year; the iiiglw way as put to use was aescriDea by the war department as a well ended, well drained tnick:oad v ' for practically ih .entire length . (Turn to Page 2) Solomon Time Hours Ahead .- j.- . ..... . - . .,'. ; WASHINGTON, Oct 2SP) The grmi events of the Solo mon Islands occur at local times which ore 17 boors ahead of the eastern war tlmo sene fas the United States. ' : . For example. If a navy numlquo tells ef an action Goadalcaaala s late In the. af ternoon of October 27" tt hap pened not : long 'before soid nlght October 2f la the ' US eastern war time tone. Some examples: ' - pa, Sunday In the Soto mons Is l a. m Sunday ta ' Washington; IS Eoniay there Is S ojsw Sunday here; 1 susu,' Monday there Is S Sunday here; 4 SJa, Monday there Is 11 ua,' Sunday here; 10 aja, Monday there Is S p. rni Sunday here; 3 pja, Mon day there is 10 pja' Sunday here. (Paclfie coast time Is three tours earlier' than 7ashisffton Supplies Cme.) Farm Ceiling Raise Sought Administration of Price Control . Act Attacked . WASHINGTON. Oct 29-fjP-Atd been hitting the enemy some new- offensive to obtain higher price ceilings for farm products I was launched on Capitol hQl Thursday as irate farm state sen ators assailed what they " called "high-handed and fllegal" admin' ; lstration of the new price control act senator, ffbutt Ti-Tnw. ank Reed (R-Kans) jointly proposed that the senate agriculture com mittee Investigate the administra tion of the law. They introduced a resolution asking the committee to Inquire into maximum prices fixed for -farm products,, the payment of subsidies and the activities ef the Commodity Credit eorpora- tion la maintaining minimnnr or . msxlmnm prices en agrlcultar&l ' commodities. ' " The resolution followed attacks j on action of OPA and the agricul ture department in carrying out a directive by President Roosevelt to consider government benefit payments as a part of farm, in Xn some cases, Gillette charged, ceilings have been fixed at only 0 per cent of parity, despite a j nressonai manaaie mai wey I should not be. set below parity, a I P level caicuiaiea m . iiv tanners purcnasing power equw to that of a past favorable period, usually 1809-14. I Price Administrator Leon Hen- derson, Secretary of Agriculture i - c4.vtitW!m Tt!roo-I i ww"-v- . C;ZTJ: v, 7r: i,w li .In 1 mg Ignored the law by fixing 7vU 2ZaJ-a n . relying. Aen asserted, on a tiurn w rage i - - m g - I f'fl T tftGS IrCt nHfonnl OJUfJA IC11CUL 4 111 I Oil &W .UAV"&- I M . j t.j- I IKVIUUilCUl M.AAAWJ v. 1 4ej . sneeduD in Its system of ,,- draft into service. In to make up for the men lost I to the army by" deferments ef j .cultural workers. ' I .j i " " rawm i nnr iiuiiisi n a xassr begiimini November. 1 the customary two-week furlough granted new inductees, so that 4Vw maw wtrul im affaire ! fore actually joining the colors, will be cut to one week. "This etep Stimson said,, "is a I logical consequence of the receritlXUVJUJ deferment of agricultural work - ers, requested as a matter of aa - tional necessity, by the war inan - power cxTmiission.,t - In another develoDment bearing on the armed services, Secretary Stimson announced that virtually an arm nersonnel and men In nrocesa of Induction would get a I . .. it. a. . mm . ; i cnance to vote next j.uesuay.i Hnmrnandin cenerala have been directed to make arrangements permitting men to ' cast ballots wherever possible. . .. ' . : y Boeing Fire Minor SEATTLE, Oct 29-P-A small fire Thursday night -m . Boeing Aircraft company's plant No. : 2, reported caused by spontaneous combustion of chemicals, was brought under control by the aut omatic sprinkler system, Seattle firemen who responded to the alarm reported. Damage was neg llUa, firemen said. " Y&H)k.88 ReBialse; Three JL, Jap Onslaoghte One Attach Pierces Lines Of US; Planes Deal Heavy Blows; Japs Use Treachery . WASHINGTON, Oct, 29 ( AP) -Grimly battlin jf t hold the airfield on Gnadaleana island, American marines and army -men have thrown back 'three more Japanese on slanghts, the nary reported Thursday. I One of the attacks pierced the American Jines,.btrt counter-attacks recaptured the momentarily lost positions. The two other assaults were dentin; the defending lines. ' This action occurred on time), the navy communique said. The announcement added that the navy department here had received "no report of any recent action at sea or landing of enemy reinforcements." ?i The . communique " additionally stressed the : importance ' of ' the airfield as the objective of the ; Solomon fighting, with announce ments that American planes2 there r?S"iK l. On the morning of the 27th, the v communique said, these planes attacked "enemy shore installations and aircraft moor ed fat Keketa bay." They sac-, eeeded In starting fires and de stroying four enemy, seaplanes where they rested on (he water. Also on the 27th, planes from Guadalcanal field "bombed enemy gun posiuonx jo vne wesv- ward" of the airfield. They de stroyed an anti-aircraft battery I and an ammunition dump. Earlier in the day, the navy made public a dispatch written by Sgt, Richard T. Wright marine corps : combat correspondent '.on Guadalcanal, ; which - told the treacherous misuse of a flag-of- truce, through which the Japanese icred 28 of a-- detail ot - 30 American marines. A Japanese officer bearing a flag- of trace came Into a ma rine camp and reported that "a bunch ef ' Japs" on a nearby ' Island were isolated and wanted to surrender. The 30 marines were sent for them.' "Without warning they y were met. by a terrific burst from sev- I eral machine guns hidden in the underbrush," the dispatch con- tinued. -iney were nwww aown uae J so many stalks of corn, except for w wto ouiw. uu wiu w huj. - Sgt Wright also described other ticherous . Japanese strategems. I m . . , Mt1 An I r?1". TMfl" .T1 l"" we uouics were rcmuvcu BOIUDS Pvt Laren E. Krause of Yaki- . Wash, described another Jap j , , costing the life of a marine sen- accomt quoted YaklmA man: "Ten Japs somehow had stolen one of our landing boats and a couple of our navy, uniforms. - ' "They approached a marine oetpost on the beach, under ever j of darkness.- The sentry saw two figures eoming toward him and although he could not see them clearly, be recognised the naval uniforms. He asked' them to give the password, and of eoorse they dldat knew It "Sizing up ' the situation, r the I marine gave the alarm and pen- I wlul m unng j one of the Japs. The sentry -was hot a few seconds before our ma- chine guns along the beach went into " action, blowing .- the Japs right Into the sea." I A I Iiao I CllTi rr1!' Tii'jJii I t i " . 1 - GENERAL lSaeABTHUR'S jEEADQUARTESS, Australia, Friday -X) c t 28-ff)-New allied I gins on the ground In the moun- tains of New Guinea and a Flying j Fortress bombardment of Buin, 1 on tne southern tip or Bougain- viae Island In the northern Solo- I mAnf tiM. mnrfwii-mmmA Stw .uuuuuvn. nmj m,t I the allied high command. ' I an Attack Thursday tisht on the Jap naval base at. Buin,-: the Fortresses straddled five unidenti fied vessels , with bombs. " There was a heavy explosion on one ship as a result of the bombing. . In the allied ground drive to throw: the Japs all the way back to New Guinea's north coast from which they had thrust over the Owen Stanley mountains at Fort Moresby, troops assaulted 'the Japs at dusk Thursday with bayonet charge.' sending them reeling toward Kokoda and cap turing 23 prisoners. The advance remained unchecked Fighters repulsed, however, withont r October 27 (Solomon Island Berlin Says Landing Boats of British " "All Destroyed . Matruli Att ack Try Glaimed BERLIN. (From German Broad casts), Oct z9.-WVThe' Berlin ' ' radio Thursday night broadcast a German transoeean news agency " report that the British had at tempted to land Thursday morn- 1 -Ing at axis-held Matruh, on the " ' Egyptian coast west of the Ala mein battlefield, and had been frustrated, with six fully-laden landing vessels destroyed. (There was no confirmation whatever of this report) The news agency said it learned from well-informed German cir cles that the British approached Matruh with a , fleet - of landing boats: protected, by - destroyers. . "After' the . destruction of the x&Zr'-? vessels the ouhenwhbjdrew-the "Vv.; Germans eald. -?- l V ';"---. The Berlin . radio also quoted ' German ' circles as saying 400 British tanks had been destroyed on the Alamein front up to noon Thursday. V . r I , CAIRO, Oct ZS.-tffr-The co ordinated mass ef the British (Turn to Page 2) Eleanor Keeps Up Hurried Visit Pace LONDON, Oct 29.-rff)-Keep- ing up the fast pace she has main tained since coming to Britain, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt visit ed several United States air force . stations 'Thursday,' lunched at an old building where Disraeli once slept and thoroughly inspected the "Phyllis" which won fame on the badly mauled fortress bomber Lille raid. ' X "Phyllis" is the bomber which fought her way home from Lille October ft" despite the attacks' of, 40 of Germany's best Focke-Wulf 190 fighters. She was shot up. members of her crew were wounded, two engines were out of : commission and she barely avoided a crash landing on a small field In England . ,. Mrs. Roosevelt spent the day motoring from one station to an other. She had lunch at the bomb er command secret headquarters as the guest of Ma. Gen. Ira C Eaker, chief of . the US bomber ( command in Britain. Air Marshal Arthur T. Harris, chief of the Royal Air force bomber ? com mand, : and Lady Harris, also were guests at the lunch. - Later she visited tho-baso. where . her son, JJl CoLCliott Roose velt is command tng a photo reconnaissance- group. The Ameri can first - lady reviewed , soldiers at the baser and was assured by flight surgeon, Capt Robert M. HaQ, of Denver, Colou, -that the men were "good and healthy" de spite many colds. . ., T - She had . tea with Elliott, who saw her at Buckingham palace-on -the night of her arrival, at the officers mess, remarking, .that after surviving., the rigors of the -last few days weather with fre quent cups of tea, she under-" stood why the English drank so much of it. US Raids Belgium LONDON, Oct. 29-ff)-United States fighter planes attacked ca nal barges in Belgium Thursday while British bombers raided tar gets In west I and northwest Ger many and Holland, the British air ministry announced Thursday night Three bombers were re ported missing.' . '