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Light in
Election
Wartime Ballot
May Portend for
944 Presidency -.'
; By The Associated Press
To b elected: 33 senators, 32
governors 432 ; members of the
house of Representatives, hun
dreds of lesser: public officials,
in 47 states. (Maine voted Sep
tember 14.) 1 , :
r To do the electing: An esti
Biated 35,000,000 voters out of
Election Return:
Broadcastinr direct from The
Statesman offices, ; radio ata
lion KSLM wi3 cooperate with
this newspaper toniht la pro
Tidins' prompt and eontlnpiBs;
returns n today 'a elections,
local, state : and national. The
broadcasts, on 137 1 kilocycle,
1111 becin at 7i3t p. m. :
j For list of ballot candidates
and numbers, tarn to pare two;
for "where to vote" : list, to
pare three. ' j
63,613,052 registered
ually low proportion.
Number of i voting
129,257 in 47 states.
an unus-
precincts
By The j Associated Press .
Some; 35,000,000. Americans, an
unusually small proportion of the
. electorate, .will Vote today in the
first ; wartime election since 1918,
with the Hew York: gubernatorial
contest cQSnrjandina . general .atr
tention because of Its difeit bear
ing on 1944 'presidential politics.
A victory by Thomas E. Dewey,
the republican aominee, would be
viewed by many politicians as en
hancing his "prospects; two years
hence j for the presidential nomi-
nation which eluded him in 1940,
and the strength of his party in
the pivotal Empire state. ; - li; T,,
And linked In large measure
with the fortunes of John Ben-
; nett, ? jr, the democratic candi
date, is the political future of
James A. Farley, former demo
cratic national chairman .who
sponsored Bennett's nomination
over President Roosevelt's prefer
ence for Sen. James M. Mead. .
In addition to , the New ; York
contest; the election Of members
of the house will be closely stud
ied. Ordinarily the balloting for
bouse seats in a year which sees
no presidential election affords ah
' up-to-the-minuie indication of
how much support the public is
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Help of Funds'
In Recreation,
Said Available
Advising , the' city defense rec
reation committee and organiza
tions such as the Hostess league
to incorporate v torate under
the Iham'' seek op
erating tJ" provides
tat "jrytfr Jice and
pej' -.iLon of recre-
a7 mes W, Barton
ccurity agency ad-
. day al. aoon.i': ;'; i-"r.L
At, limiting that ' the . recreation
sc r :0-rvomu provided by WPA
rr. -j te continued witn litue or
r.o inancial support locally even
though , its agetfty apparently is
to cease operation in. that field,
Bartonexplained that actual city
eponsorship would require a spe
cial audit setup. , ' "
The ! recreational sencies
should I check sources of income,
make a . aurvey of needs," plan a
program and make a budget, then
file its request for money, he said.
Representatives of the mayor's
committee . for defense recreation
the Salem Art and Recreation
center, and other organizations In
terested in that 'activity gathered
at the chamber of commerce Mon
day afternoon to meet with Bar
ton and Miss Gladys M. Everett,
Oregon director cf the VTA serv
ice division. ; .
Dimout
Tuesday's 1 :t 5:15. p. m.
Wednesday's E"-rLs 7:"3 a. in.
Weather: Sunday's max.
temp. 53, mln. 45, Elver Ilon
day 3. ft. Ey army revest
weather fcrec:'.J trt v.l'.'.r'l
and Ur:rtr.irrs Cul C---J'-i
They're In
DOUGLAS
McKAY
. ALLAN CARSON
Without ' opposition at today's
election. Sen. Douglas McKay
and Rep. Allan Carson (pictured
I above) are assured election as
1 1 senators from . Marlon , county,
j McKay holds both . republican
- and . democratic nominations
'? antarson tb republican. : v
Polling Opens :
At 8 o'Clock
Circuit Judgeship
Interest Leads ;
8 p.m. Deadline
! Doors, to 80 polling places will
be opened in Marion county , at 8
o'clock this, morning by 730 el
ection, officials armed with bal
lots on which 20,000 or so voters
may write'Xffor the candidates
and measures of their choice. .
j In 66: of the larger precincts,
extra counting boards will go to
work between 10 a. m. and 1 p. m.
to cut . down the task facing the
voting boards at polls closing
time, 8 o'clock tonight,
Altaoa the ballot iaclaOes
a United States seaatotsbip, a
eongressional r e p r e s entattva
.seat, a governor, a secretary of
state and a fan legislative ticket-It
Is a eoarthease contest
that has attracted the greatest
part of a mild eampaira atten
tion en the part of the elector
. , y'.rvr?i1
; Interest has run highest, appar
ently, In the effort of Rep, George
R. Duncan to tmseat Judge L. H.
McMahan from the circuit court
bench, position number one. Next
in interest has been Secretary of
State Earl Snell's campaign for
the governorship with Sen. Lew
Wallace, the democratic conten
der. ;
j Predictions of a light Vote have
gone to previously unrecorded
lows, but they may be upset by a
Quiet sense of responsibility on
the psrt of voters who read and
discuss the war news more-than
the political talk-and by the fact
that the registration rolls for to
day's election t contain less "dead
wood." -
f After the summer weeding out
of old registrations the total
cumber of eligible voters in Mar
ion county stood at 33,524, includ
ing 21.274 republicans, 13,876
democrats end 874 of other polit
ical affiliation. .
rJorgentliaxi Tell 3 '
Britisli Taxes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-iT)
Treasury Secretary Morgerthau,
back at his desk after a three
weeks trip to England, tcld news
men Monday that rr.slkhmen and
Canadians individually were pay
ing Vtout twice as much" income
taxes as the average American.
' . lie did not offer any compari
son of the other types of taxation
paid in the two countries. The
secretary s a I d he had brought
back "no new Ideas' for addition
al taxation.
Reds; Lose Nalchik,
Bld; Volga; Allies
jrap Desert Kazis
Council Leaves
'Stop' Signs
To Railroads
No Funds Budgeted!
I For Recommended
1 17 Crossings . v h
Railroads, not the city of Sa
lem, must post the official "stop
signs at 17 specified intersections
within Salem if the resolution
passed Monday night by the city
council bears fruit. Requested by
the Oregon Railroad association
to erect official traffic "stop"
signs at crossings inside the city
as a safety measure because of
the heavier and: speedier use cur
rently made of , railway tracks,
the .council had; asked the recom
mendation of its traffic and po
lice committee1 .
, Without funds budgeted for the
signs, but recognizing the need for
them. Alderman L4 F. LeGarie
said ; Monday $ high, sj the city's
authorization for ? action by the
railroads seemed the most effec
tive action ' his j committee could
recommend.; Three Oregon Elec
tric crossings, not marked by the
state highway commission, and
14 Southern Pacific crossings
were recommended for the traf
fic labels, j I ; ' i --
While the 17 are not all the
crossings within v the - city, they
represent : those most heavDy
traveled by automobiles, which
have not yet been treated as
through thoroughfares, LeGar
ie said. ;:j ; ,.!f;J:.;i i ;- :
i The council passed for the first
two readings an ordinance which
would enlarge state terminal
routes out jof ; the alleyway be
tween: High and Church streets,
running between Court and Che
meketa streets. ) Action was tak
en at the request of the stage
lines using j the terminal, whose
representatives had explained by
letter that Salem is receiving and
will receive still more of the traf
fic occasioned by the presence of
Camp Adair in the area. Asked
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Appeals
Again for
Full Draft
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 fly
A new demand for a compulsory
manpower mobilization program
came Monday from. Senator Hill
(D-Ala after a priest and physi
cian sketched for a senate labor
committee a picture of a nation
striving for; utilization of its hu
man resources under a "guess
work system -lacking co-ordination
and authority, i
; The appeal of . patriotism and
the pressure of war time public
opinionparticularly-; in . smaller
cities were blamed by Dr. Frank
Leahy, chairman of the govern
ment's central board of procure
ment and assignment for the med
ical profession, for a shortage of
doctors in some sections of the
country.' -' ; j ? "
: In many areas too many doctors
were volunteering, be said. In
order to keep them in their home
community, There - should : be
some, way where by responsibility
for the decision would: be- taken
off the- individual physician.
; "You - simply j can't . get your
maximum results from a,; volun
tary systen HH1, member of .the
committee and ;' democratic whip
of the senate, commented. K."In a
total; war, you've got to meet your
total needs j and 'the only way to
do this is by an overall selective
service." ' ' .' ') -. -Z ; '-'
; Disturbed" by v widespread com
plain ta that many draft boards
were inducting men vitally need
ed in war factories, officials of
the 'manpower commission - dis
closed new steps Monday to put a
stop to the practice. ' i
- Thousands of printed forms will
te sent cut to the factories in a
week or ten days and factory
managers will be asked to fill
them out with information show
ir.j what positions in their plants
are indispensable and why.
After beins checked by man
power officials here, the forms
will te sent to local drtlt board
authorities fcr Heir r'ce.
: Caucasian Roads
In Danger; Tank
Biit Little Used
By Tht Associated Presv - .
- Along the thousands of miles of
closely-linked war communica
tion among the African, Mediter
ranean' and f Caucasian fronts,
Monday, decisive events were
slowly taking! form, of equal im
portance to all the United Na
tions. ' - ,
The Russian position jin the
middle Caucasus in the' icy shad
ows of the highest peaks of the
European continent ; became In
creasingly . serious.
: Moscow's midnight communi
que acknowledged the loss of
Nalchik, on a high plateau giving
to two classic military roads
through the mountains to the rich
south Caucasus. The Germans,
however, say they have also tak
en Alagir, which actually Is on
the 'Ossetian military road run
ning from the: important town of
Ordzhonikidze 'all the way to Sta
lin's native Georgia.
At Ordzhonikidze, 45 miles by
road or 25 by air east of Alagir,
the Georgian I military road to
Tiflis begins.
The Germans hope
tion on both these
to get in pos
routes preparatory to an eventual
campaign southward. ! ; v
.. The Ossetiah road is considered
impassable because of snow ; in
the high passes from October to
July. Alagir, ihowever, Is a prize
in itself, because of Its lead and
zinc smelters, j1 - -' 1
. In the Nalchik area, the , com
munique added, the Germans at
tacked with more than 100 .tanks,
accompanied by automatic rifle
men and supported by 70 planes
and the Russians were forced to
withdraw again
of , numerically
Eleven German
i "under pressure
Superior forces,
i tanks were de-
stroyed. I'-T ;
In Stallnrrad, after 7 days
of battle, the Germans still
were using fresh reserves in
heavy new : Infantry-tank at
tacks, but the Russians said
"they repulsed all these and
even continued to eject the ene
my , from dafouts, houses and
other positions by local coun
terblows. .
Northwest of Stalingrad, the
communique said, a group of red
army scouts penetrated the enemy
rear and j attacked a ' motorized
column which; was enroute to the
front, destroying .three trucks
loaded with ammunition and two
fuel oil tank cars. ...
On the Black sea front, north
east of the port of Tuapse, the
Russians pressed the enemy back
slightly, killing about 300 enemy
troops, the communique said.
In the eastern. Caucasus, where
the main German drive was de
veloping, the I Germans appeared
to have halted - their - major at
tacks in the Mozdok area in fav
or of their new push In the Nal
chik region to the south and west
of Moxdok. li -.'
; In Egypt Monday, the tactics
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American Navy
Gaining Power
Each Battle
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -iff)
With every- defear the United
States navy gets better, if one
is to believe Japanese propagand
ists -rSst v' ::vr
. .The .officev4)f i war. information
gave this ; account - of -bow Japa
nese broadcasters have promoted
the American 1 fleet fitra fourth
rate iosecond-iate in a few short
months: , . "
t After 4he-Coral sea batUe, fed
eral communications - commission
listeners K heard the r Japanese
short wave radio say: .The Pacific
fleet - is - annihilated. America is
reduced to a , fourth-rate ; naval
power,.'vr. i
After the first battle of - the
Solomons, the Tokyo radio said:
'Wnolesale destruction of the
American fleet . . An'o-American
naval force reduced to that of
a third-rate taval power. ! .
Now the FCC reports that the
official Japanese . news agency,
Donieit.has issued this statement
for foreign consumption: . . .
"Again the; Japanese navy has
proved its great superiority over
the American navy which must
now be ccr.dcred a second-,
power. . v
Jap -ReinreM Forced, in: Solomon
As Troop Convoy B
American Subs
Sink 7 Ships
In Far East
Marines Make Cains
- On Guadalcanal ;
- Down. 5 Planes
f WASHINGTON, Nov. .
A flow Japanese retreat on
Guadalcanal Island was an
nounced Monday' by the navy,
together with word that Ameri
can submarines had sunk; seven
enemy ships in the far Pacific.
The Japanese withdrawal be
gan Sunday (Solomons island
time) ; after the ; Americans un
leashed a battering assault by dive
bombers. Flying Fortresses, fight
ing planes and m small force of
marines.
The marines crossed the Matlni
kau river, attacking to the west
ward, and one wave of the devil
dogs "made an advance of two
miles w 1 1 h comparatively few
casualties a communique said.
While flying , Fortresses sup
ported this thrust by hammer-;
int the withdrawina foe, Ameri
can firhter planes and dive
bombers strafed and blasted at
enemy positions threugheat the ;
. day.'.i . : 'y:y: :
; "Enemy artillery fire was si
lenced, the navy said.
During the s a m e day, naval
fighting planes, Grumman Wildcats,-
carried, the attack to the
Japanese base at Rekata bay. They
strafed ; buildings, started a : fire .
and destroyed five enemy, planes
on the beach. Heavy anti-aircraft
fire damaged some of the Wild
cats, but an planes returned safe-
iy.- yi;n&$ey- 1
Summarizing; " activities for the
day and, a half which preceded
these developments, the navy, said
American aircraft made four, at
tacks on Japanese, positions von
Guadalcanal. Five Wildcats took
on a formation of six enemy fight
er planes: and destroyed four of
them without damage to them
selves. ... ..;.:. ;.;
These four Japanese ' planes,
and the five destroyed at Rekata
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Allocation
Of Materials
Set, Nelson
' WASHINGTON, N e - t-ifP)
War Production Chairman. Don
ald M. Nelson Monday ordered
unprecedented control r over
America's scarce - materials "so
that they will be used where they
win make the maximum impact
on the en em y- and predicted
America's war production would
reach its peak by the middle of
1843. - - ' . t
Materials wfll be allocated un
der a system called the "controlled
materials plan, or CMP. Nelson
said that as the plan is put into
effect gradually between now and
July 1, 1943, it win force the most
careful budgeting of the materials
that go into nearly every military
and civilian article of manufac
ture. -
-By :; eliminating: excessive or
badly-timed use cf .materials, be
told a press conference, it should
increase production - appreciably.
By . smoothing . . out i production
schedules and avoiding tempor
ary shutdowns of some' war .plants
for, lack of materials, as happened
Js "slimmer, e added, the plan
ought also to provide steadier em
ployment for laboe,-;'-:--.-','.'- - i
OctoLerjJldiida
Exceed Quo to ;r J
' WASnn?GTo:iw ;t;r.i-xy-:
Waj bond sales daring October
totalled $314,353rCC0, - exceeding
the national quota, of $775,CC0,
CC0, Treasury Secretary Morsen
thaa announced 2'cnday. .
It marked the second consecu
tive month in which 'the quota
was passed, although the month's
total was below that cf July end
September. Due. to variations in
seasonal income and 'other fact
ors, the quotas based on a 112,-
CC0.CC0.CC3 ennual mark have
varied Iron xr.cr.th to month.
Aussies Push
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Climaxinr a steady drive , throuah .the Owen Stanley mountains,
Australian troops were reported Tuesday (Australia time) te have
recaptured Kokoda, where Japanese forces beran the advance last
summer that carried them te only 22 miles from the allied base at
Part Moresby. Flying Fortresses also prevented an enemy troop
convey f rem landing reinforcements at Bonaj Associated . Press
Telemat.
Chinese Airmen Attack
Jap Bases at
Blow Heaviest of War.
CHUNGKING, Nov. 2 - Ar
tacked Japan's mid-China base at Hankow-Monday, three squad
rons slashing at the Japanese concession and the waterfront in a
pre-dawn raid which Chinese dispatches ' indicated" was the
heaviest blow struck by Chinese aviators in this war.
The central news agency
miles." The attacking force
believed to be the. largest used by
China in her war with Japan, now
in its: sixth year.
Hankow, China's largest inland
city, is 585 miles up the Yanktze
river; from Shanghai and was oc
cupied, four years ago. ".
; The first sqaadrea te attack
H cascaded several tens of hlrb
exvlsetves en military head
aaartera and establishmeats tat
the I Japanese ; concession. ' The
second and third , squadrons
,. cropped 1 more than tea adl
' tioaal tans af explosive and fire
: bombs . on ,sapply depots and
warehouses as the", river treat.'"
: Central news asjeaey reported
extensive damage. . ." ".
S! The Chinese -returned without
loss, meeting no Japanese fight
ers and only sporadic, ground fire,
the agency said. . ' ,.
The Berlin radio, quoting a
Japanese .. army spokesman, at
Hankow, said two planes attacked
the region of Hankow-and Wu
chang; which Is across the river.
i: The axis version was that three
bombs fell over Wuchang setting
two thatched Chinese houses afire
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Price Ceilings
Need for Fall
Salem 4 merchants - are . warned
today by the war price and ra
tioning board that they must es
tablish - maximum ; prices of '. fall
and winter ocpoothiI . eommoditiea
under ithe . OPA maximum, price
rcsulation No. 210 before such ar-ticlcsmay-be
sold. ' '
I Pricing under- this regulation, is
necessary because these. commod
ities were , not generally-- sold in
Ilarch when the general maxi
mum price regulation's base price
period -was designated, John
Vaughn, executive secretary of
the board explained. ".
. The Ealeia OPA war price and
rationing board has a supply of
digests of MPIt No. 210 which
may
be secured at tne Doarcj
headquarters in
the
city
fcaU
council chambers. .
The regulation covers awids
variety cf commodities from wan
ttr clothing to ac irons, foctiillj
and Chrktnos tree li;-U
lasted Muna
to North Side
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Hankow;
- The fledging Chinese air force at
said fires set were visible for 30
Ban on Trade
Laws Asked
By FDR
f WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -()
President j Roosevelt asked con
gress Monday for authority to
suspend for the "duration of the
war ; any i peacetime restrictions
hamperint: the V interchange of
"war1 goods, information, and per
sons" with the other United Na
tions,1 w : -tli-U" -". .;,;'1;'?;.;';-::':-x
The . legislation he proposed
would enable him to sweep aside
customs," immigration and y other
laws in the interests of prosecut
ing the . war." It would facilitate,
for example, the acquisition ' of
foodstuffs and other raw mater
ials, the importing of farm labor
and the dissemination of techni
cal information.
The - message ' was referred , to
the congressional judiciary com
mittees headed ay Senator Van
Nuys (D-Ind) and Rep. Sumners
(D-Tex) but with most congress
men away for the election there
was little . ri immediate reaction
from Capitol HilL r
- - Mr. - Roosevelt - urged speedy
enactment of legislation to the
extent required' for his purpose
and left the details to congress.
. As examples of the restrictions
he sought to overcome, the presi
dent cited ; limitations r on the
transportaaon of supplies la for
eign ships; ' certain - bans on the
use -of foreign materials in build
ing American vessels; restrictions
onthe. procurement . of food and
clothing. r from foreign Sources;
and customs duties. -If-:
Lebanon PIyivTc c d r
V7orIicro;SlriI:c::v-J
LH3AJJON, N o v. 2CD-rrv-ployes
of the Evans Products com
pany plywood mill here utre cn
strike. Llonday.
. The 713 workers saij the com
pany did not live up to the rules.
The strike was called Zcr lzy tri
er a vote cf 210 to 13, rresiJcnt
John GamLlin said.
He said the case woulJ be sub
mitted tD a war labcr tcard rcp-rcccr.t-Hv2
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Aussies Drive
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Bombers Chase Jap
.Reinforcements, !
Hit Two Ships
GEN. M a c Ah fn U R'S
HEADQUARTERS, A a stra-
Ha, Tuesday. Nov. AP
Allied STonnd forces hav
recaptured Kokoda, chief la
land base of the Japanese ia
New Guinea, and frustrated
a Japanese attempt to land
strong reinforcements at
Buna, the stratesrie coastal
base 60 miles east of Kokoda, the ,
allied command announced Tues
day. , :
The midday communicrue' WM
how allied bombers chased away
me enemy convoy and carried on
a running fight with it through
out Monday, damaging two trans
ports carrying about 7000 men by
many nean, nits and at least one
alrect hit ? one vessel. !
, The reinforcements apparently
were intended to strengthen the
hard-pressed Japanese forces la
the Kokoda area which have been
pushed back steadily for several
weeks from the south side of the
Owen Stanley mountains,- where
their drive on Port Moresby had
collapsed.' . ;. t .;;,,
These;- troea, 'weakened by
weeks of juncle jflfhtlnr. have'
offered sustained resistance at
- only one ar two points In their
withdrawal and they appeared
to he still enable to cope with
'the Australian Jangle forces.
Tuesday's communique said the
Australians continued to pursue
the ; retreating Ja'.nese beyond
Kokoda.
Allied bombers surprised the
Japanese convoy as it was at
tempting to land troops near
Buna, r The convoy consisted of
two large transports of approxi
mately 12,000 and 10,000 tons, the
communique said.
' In the escort were a light cruis
er and a destroyer, protected by
nine Zero : fighters. ; The attack
was launched by heavy bombers
which did some damage by near ,
misses and caused the convoy to
retire to the north. In mid-afternoon
medium bombers swept in
and s c o r e d near hits on both
transports. r'":.'
Two bombs hit within. 15 feet .
of one transport and two mora
bombs hit within 25 feet of the
other vessel. i-:
- This attack was followed at
desk by an assaalt off the soath
- coast af New Britain with hea
vy bombers, which scored a Cl-
' reet hit ea one transport axJ
' many near, hits on both.. Th
', allied planes also heavily stra
fed both the transports and thj
escort vessels with machine
. gun flrev :-.v-
A strong force of allied medi
um bombers attacked the Japanese-held
' town of Dilll on tli
north coast of Portuguese Timor,
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Malta Bar's 131
CAIRO, Nov. 2 Aft- .lialta'i
air defenders shot down 131 en
emy aircraft during October t:.i
damaged 200 others, S3 cf which
were probably destroyed, an of
ficial tabulation showed I.IonJ;
night;- .- - .
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