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Newspaper Page TextDimout Complete .yI YoaU Clad ae newspaper can glee mere real sathvfae tlea than rent local mrn tnt paper; with lu WORLD NEWS pins BOUK - COM MUNITY NEWS. J Saturday's sunset 5:41 p. ML, Sandax's sunrise, t:12 a. - aa, .Weather: T h a r s d a y's max. temp. 52, mia. 29. Riv I er Friday -J ft. By army ' request -weather forecasts are withheld and tempera ture data delayed. - PCUNDDCT tlTNITY -SECOND YEAB Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning. November 14. 1942 Pricsj 5c No. 1E3 renA i- A. V HSSrad: 9 ril 'SKl mi r 'IK.1 ' ' - i - I I- i. f t .It 6 Bodies Found In Fire ' Dormitory Razed In Shipyard, Vancouver VANCOUVER, f Wash., Nov. 13 -(P) Shipyard workers re covered six bodies tonight after ft .roaring fire destroyed a dormitory at the Henry J. Kaiser shipbuilding plant here. -Coroner R. E. Durfresne said other bodies might, yet be found, but he would have to wait until more of the wreckage cooled before continuing the search, -; Forty- others were injured i n the blaze, ; which swept - through ,the : two-story v wooden structure with explosive speed.- Only, three were severely burned, however, and none Is in a serious condi tion. : . . - ' The six bodies were burned eyond reeognitioa, bat Da- Iresna said ane was Identified as that of a woman. All .were . found in the rnins of the dorm - Itary's -. halls, f evidently over come as they i ran from their The blaze evidently started in a wastebasket, and spread through the building 'almost as fast as a man could run. Many escaped only by Jumping from windows or braving f flames on the stair way.1r ; -"f;v. ' . " The building was a total loss with . damage estimated between 250,000 and '450,000. The woman's body' was thought to be that of Mrs. Agnes Johnson, a 'negress from New York. The body wasilfound near ' her ' room, and her husband; Fred, said she was in the room a few minutes before the Tire started. He has been unable to find her since. - Dufresne. said there was little chance of identifying the others, especially since the only list of occupants was destroyed in the iire. ! '.Ay . ; ''! " : The dormitory, housed 320 workers, some of them - recently recruited in New York. Eighty of the occupants were women. The fire was discovered j by Deputy Sheriff Fred Greenwood, who ran from room to room warn ing occupants until the blaze .forced him. from the building. Greenwood said , he noticed smoke as he went on doty. He anlocked a linen storage room In the ' center of " the building. . A wastebasket inside was blas . tag and as air rushed in. the . whole room seemed to burst into flame, he said. .The flames chased him down the hall, and Greenwood said he had.no time to sound the fire alarm. He pounded on doors as be ran, shouting to occupants to ' escape. " Adair Bugler Only Record r - CORVALLIS. Nov. 13 They've streamlined the bugler right out of the army at Camp Adair, which probably . will be snore than the vets of '17-'18 can forgive.' - 1 The sleeping soldiery here is roused these chilly mornings . by a wax trumpeter, played - on a phonograph over a public address system atop the provost marshal's -office by Pfc Henry Klofkorn.' Klofkorn, too young to worry much about tradition of the good old days, thinks the arrangement is fine and is proud of his col lection of bugle calls all on platters. Besides all the army calls he has the .Boy Scout call, , the navy's abandon ship, and torpedo defense calls. So the 1942 soldier doesn't have to hate the bugler nor yearn to amputate his reveille and step upon it heavily, as the" old song put it All he need do if he can is-bust Pfc. Klofkorn's records. Ponder Company . BlaWKHls 4; COALMONT, Ind Nov. 13 (z?) -An explosion Friday at the US Powder company's plant here ' took the lives of four men and left another burned critically. ; James Jones, vice president, gaid a spark apparently caused i the explosion. He said the plant manufactured blasting powder for ' coal mines and had no defense contracts- Rickerbacker Search Hope Is Reneiced WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-JP)' 8arfaee ships and long-range planes combed a wide sooth Pacific area Friday with re newed hope that they might find Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, famous World war flier, missing since he reported rapidly dwin dling fuel supplies on October 31. One of his comrades, Capt. William T. Cherry, Jr., of Abi lene Texas, has been found on a life raft, and the war depart ment said hopefully, it is "be lieved possible that other sur vivors may be on life rafts in the same general vicinity." Cherry, the department re ported, although weakened by about three weeks exposure to sua and sea, is "in good condi tion." He was the pilot of the Rickenbacker plane. Aa Intensive search was be gan immediately upon receipt of word that Cherry bad been picked up. Planes were seat to the area. Army aircraft- and ; sarfaee esotls enreute to the south Pacific fighting sea were ordered to faa oat and cover as much of the Pacific's surface as possible. Africa Assured Arms and Food Supplies to Be for All to Fight Axis On Lend-Lease WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (P) lit a far-reaching move design ed to add new legions of fighting men, to the-, armies battling the axlsyt President J. Roosevelt - Friday i ordered ?arrnsv food 'and clothing sped ; to the ., people of ' French North Africa and promised the same aid to any other; territory occupied by the united nations. "No one will go hungry or without the other means of livli hood in any territory occupied by the united nations, if it is hu manly within our powers to make the t necessary supplies available to them," he said in a statement. "Weapons also will be supplied to the people of these territories to hasten the defeat of the axis." The president's statement was not limited to French North Africa, and thus it conjured up pictures of great new armies of liberation springing up as the anited natiens push their of fensives into territory in Europe and Asia now under the heel of the axis. The president's order,, issued to the I lend-lease administration, was interpreted to mean that the United States would immediately move to supply weapons to Frenchmen in North Africa, as well as to Arabs and other groups willing to take up arms against Germany and Italy.' - - It was recalled that recent news dispatches from allied headquart eds : in Algeria said that' supplies would do more to cement good re lations than any number of al lied proclamations. - ; Throughout the winter to come, these i dispatches said, supplies pouring into North Africa would provide a promise to the enslaved peoples of Europe what to expect when I the allied invasion of the continent begins.' Secretary of Agriculture Wick ard - has repeatedly said that "food will win the war and write the peace." There was some speculation here that the president's ' order might-be an indirect bid to the French fleet, supposedly still off Toulon, France, to come over to the united nations side. Supplies would presumably be given to it and its men. ' r 5 " 80-Hour Ship Enters Water SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 -P) A r new coastal freighter floated in San Francisco bay Friday, 80 hours after her keel was . laid, smashing all records for speedy ship construction. i. ' . She was the Samuel Very; 4000 tons, launched in a graving dock by the Pacific Bridge company of Alameda. She is smaller than the Liberty ships. Henry J. Kaiser's yards have been turning out; in record lime, but her bunders em phasized: that Just as much de tailed work was involved. J . "We can do it again any time all the materials ; are available," commented E. J. Fallon, general mr eager of the - shipbuilding di vision of Pacific Bridge. Wfi Signs I eens Draft Post-War Plan Study Ordered; Colleges Used WASHINGTON,! Nov. 13 (IP) President Roosevelt . Fri day night signed the 'teen-age draft bill, and in a statement said he had ordered a study with a view to enabling the 18 and 18-year-olds called to ser vice to resume their schooling and training after the war. The president also promised to announce in the near future a plan to utilize during the war the facilities of certain colleges and universities for the; training of a limited number of men for "high ly specialized duties" in the armed forces. "These men," the President said, "will be selected solely on the basis of their; ability and without regard to whether er not they are now in college or whether they could otherwise afford to go to college." In signing the bill,' final action on which was taken Thursday by the senate, the President said: "The time has now come when the successful prosecution of the war requires that we call to the colors the men of 18 and 19. Many have already volunteered. Others have been eagerly awaiting the call. All are ready and anxious to serve. "The civilian careers of these men will be interrupted, as have the careers of most ' of "their sen iors' Large .numbers 4 about . to enter the armed ! Services .!Vri come from schools and colleges. The vocational and' teachnical training which the armed services now offer to many; will stand them in good stead.' "I am causing a study to be made by a committee of edu cators, under the , auspices of the war and navy departments, for the taking of steps to en able the young men whose edu cation has been interrupted to resume their schooling' and af ford eqaal opportunity for the training and education, of oth er young men of ability after (Turn to Page 2) Cities League Asks Greater Aid by State Foreshadowing probable de mands upon the 1943 legislature, members attending v a regional meeting of the League of Oregon Cities at the Marion hotel in Sa lem Saturday night went on re cord asking for greater state aid to cities. ; Liquor and gasoline taxes were proposed as sources of increased financial assistance to their muni cipal units. The group, presided over at the dinner hour by Mayor W. W. Chadwick of Salem, discussed a wide variety of municipal prob lems. . i- " Salem, ; reported 1 Dr. ; W. ; J. Stone, city-county health officer, may face a milk shortage under existing conditions of price com petition being given in the local market by Camp Adah and Portland.- . ijiU'rtil -..,f- Dr. Stone said the" city might have "to let thei bars down on quality." At present, he said, . the bacteria count en milk sold la the city averages 20.000 . as against the 50,000 minimum per - mitted under US bureau of pub lic health specifications. , Portland has authorized distri bution of "market -milk pasteur ized." the equivalent of grade C milk he pointed out. Only grade A raw or pasteurized may be sold for consunaption in Salem. Cities may expect soon to he - - (Turn to Page 2) '-, ' Gasoline , Ration t Sure Decener l - SAN FRANCISCO Nov.H3 t--(ff1) Gasoline rationing definitely will go into effect in the west on Tuesday Decemberi 1, Harry ; F. Camp, regional OPA administra tor, said Friday. , J Camp asked the press to stress the date: "in order- to officially deny rumors that another, post ponement has been ordered." '1 Collapse Of Axis Neater' Cassidy Queries Answered; Reds To Fulfill Task By HENRY C. CASSIDY Copyright, 1942, by The Associated .Press MOSCOW, Saturday, Nov. 14 Joseph Stalin asserted Saturday the American and British campaign in Africa had turned the military and political position in Europe radically in favor of the allies, opening the way for the early collapse of the; German and Italian axis. The soviet leader praised Amer ican and British leaders of "first rate organizers" of the Africa campaign and expressed confi dence that it soon would relieve German pressure ion the eastern front. He pledged that the Russian army would carry; out its part of the war task with honor. t The statements were made in the second exclusive autographed letter by the Russian leader to this correspondent, Stalin in the first letter te me on October S said a second front was of paramount impor tance and declared that allied aid Riissl had been of lit- l tie effect compared' to Trk e contnouuon to . prosecution of the war and called on te allies to fulfill their obligations fully and promptly. Y I sent a letter to the Kremlin Thursday evening asking the sov iet view of the new' situation since the American landings in French North Africa and the British victry in Egypt. Stalin's reply reflecting the soviet appreciation of the cam paign was handed to me Ffiday at midnight by Nikolai Palgunov, chief of the press ! department of the foreign commissariat. The text of Stalin's letter in its authorized English translation follows: j - "Dear Mr. Cassidy. . "I am answering your, questions which reached me on November 12. ' ' : - "One. "What is soviet view of the allied campaign - in - Africa? "Answer. The soviet view of this campaign Is that it repre sents aa outstanding fact of major importance demonstrat ing:' the growing might, of the : armed forces of the allies and opening the prospect of the dis integration - of ' the ' Italo-Ger-maa coalition Ea the nearest future. " Y'-" j. 'v . "The campaign J in Africa re futes once more the skeptics who of firm that 'Anglo-American lead ers are not capable of organizing a serious war campaign. There can be no doubt, that no one but first rate organizers could carry out such : serious war operations as the successful landings in North t Africa across the ocean, as the quick occupation of har bors and wide i territories i from Casablanca to Bougie, and as the smashing of Itali-German. armies (Turn to Page 2) Assassination Tried, Giraud London; .Nov; H.-vSy-The Paris radio reported Saturday that an unsuccessful attempt was made Friday morning on the life of Gen. Henri Giraud, v e t e r a n French officer who has allied him self with the American, and Brit ish, forces in Algiers. . .'I.- 1" -: ' ' Giraud was not injured, the broadcast ' said. v"T ;j. x ' ,. .. . .. , . . " According .to the Paris radio, which is controlled by the Ger mans, j the" attempt on Giraud's life was ; made'; by two y o u n g French naval .officers who fired on him with their ; revolvers after denouncing him as' a traitor, : Both : shots missed T their mark, the broadcaster said, and the of ficers were disarmed, by, persons nearby and ."immediately shot by Americans." . ' . i ' ;, (There was no confirmation ; of this . axis report from, any other source.) on jijij&es - M 0 Winter Ersatz Rubber Grange's Committee Says Process Ready For Alcohol Use WENATCHEE, Wash Nov. 13 (JPThe chairman of the power-l ful transportation committee of the National . Grange charged inj a synthetic rubber report Friday night that production had been: delayed and complete stoppage; was threatened "by the greed of the rubber, petroleum and in dustries pi Jhe JtpttonStm TUft report A-as made by H T,! xujiur, cnainnan ox we cunumir tee which met to draw'up resolu-l tions on the rubber problem fori presentation before a general ses- sion of the 76th annual National Grange convention here. '-..' In an interview, Taylor pro mised that the national farm or ganization would take definite ac tion pn the problem. ' Ho declared the "world knows , oar position today. We are be ing pushed around some by the Germans who are doing a won derful Job of fighting a war oa rubber made from call pota- -toes." ' He reported to the committee, among other things; . - ? 1. Of what he said was a hew, heretofore secret and simple pie ces for making synthetic rubber which was now in the hands of the, federal government. , . 2. That on August 17 last, Sec retary of State Cordell Hull turned down another offer by the: Russian government for use of its process, "because 1 to develop; our own rubber industry would in terfere ; with our good neighbor policy after the war."' .- 3. That the agricultural indus try of the nation was, Teady-and able to start ' almost ' immediate production; of synthetic rubber whereby one bushel of wheat, currently selling at around one dollar, could make two : 6:00-16 (Turn to Page 13) ' Girls Allbwied To Take Jobs "NEW YORK, Nov. lS-rVThe ! United States government Friday released another reservoir of pow-: er in this case young manpower! into , its - war production : ma- i chine.';t ' J:; rJ: - '. - t : The ' department of ; labor ruled ; that girls of 16 and 17. are now eligible to replace men in indus try holding government contracts.! The ruling extends to all in dustry operating .under terms of the Walsh-Healey contracts act the privileges of hiring girls who have reached the age of 16, it the state law permits. The previous limit was 18 except in 15 speci fied industries previously exemp-- ted. - ; t. y;- The Walsh-Healey act applies to firms, corporations or indivi duals engaged in producing $10, 000 or more of war materials and supplies' r for , any government agency. .. : 'v. .;. 5;j:v ; US Charges Spies " BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Nov. 13-iaV-The Argentine gov ernment announced Friday night that the United States had pre sented " to it three memoranda charging the existence of nazi es pionage in Argentina. , , " - - " " - ' i - 1 i. .,. - - '- - " - , s -.ztrt ;-Mi . ' - I A-: , . :..:o i. i ' . .. : -f: . : : : " : . , K -v . ' " . .. A ,1 ' , , .-. , J . y It v ? : : T I Y y ' -I ! '' ..J-K-v-'f i . vS-..-.,, . . . I - y;y' - ' " I X . I s ' '' - : ' - - I J. ' . , . t ' ... f K - v w - ! 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Russians Beat Off Germans, Stalingrad MOSCOW, Saturday, Nov. 14 (A-Russian defenders of Stalin grad; beat off new German drives whici in limited sectors : devel oped into, fighting of great inten sity 1 Friday, the ' Russians an nodnc9d , Saturday. . , . ; : Oki hihjtge r populated f place? northwest of ; Sbdingrad Aj; was stormed , by . one Russian , unit which dislodged the Germans and "inflicted a j heavy . defeat on them," aTass correspondent re ported in ' a dispatch broadcast by the Moscow radio. -The - Germans promptly coun- (Turn to Page 2) Bombers Hit Three Jap . GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Saturday, Nov. v14- (JP) -Heavy bombers blasted two light Jap cruisers ; and .set fire to a trans port ; in Ihe same Buin-Faisi area of the north Solomons where only Friday four troop-laden transports were bombed, the allied high com mand reported Saturday.' , . Dropping down, to within .1000 feet,! in the face of heavy anti aircraft f fire, - the . bombers - also scored a near miss on a destroyer, left the 8000-ton transport ablaze and cratered the runway of-the KahQi airdrome, then got' away safely. . - The same communique told of continued success of the allied ground troops . fighting their way toward the northeast New Guinea coast.j In the Gorari "area, where a Jap force was - surrounded and annihilated earlier in the week, th4 .' bodies ! of : five officers and more ; than 500 men " have been counted in the; "Jungle. .At , Oivi, where another Jap force was poc keted, several hundred additional dead have been found.". - i : ; Me inwhile, the advancing allies have moved into the- vicinity of Hinow: , which Is .between . Gorari and the northeast coastal base of Bunai less than 50 miles away; , .An enemy force has been, sur rounded near .Binow." ; ..This latest news bore out ear lier dispatches depicting the Japa nese as in flight and endangered byj tiS ' troops ; seeking to catch them from me ; rear. - j -- Naval Battle LONDON, Saturday, , Nov. 14 tP-Ueuters said Saturday that the Tichy radio had broadcast a report that a big naval battle is mi progress off : Algiers. " The announcer ' quoted a dis patch from La Linea, Spain, on the ! Gibraltar border, as saying confirmation , of .the report of the battle was seen ' ia- the departure of! British-naval and' air-units from G ibraltar during Friday. ' (This dispatch gave no further details and did not say where the Vichy report of the battle orig inated.) t . - ' Wjarships Vichy Reports - . ' . o V:;-. . .-L-.'K-". - GkmpaigM Enemy . i. JL British Speed Past Tobndc All of Axis Force Destroyed or k Caught, Egypt j CAIRO, Nov. 13 VP) The swiftly-advancing British Eighth army occupied the stronghold of Tobruk without a struggle Friday and sped on into the Libyan des ert every axis ' soldier left in North Africa; "Good hunting to you all," said the British com mander. j'tf-,"x "J W:-,-rGen.-" B. L."' Montgomery' in an order of v the - day . saicw Marshal Rommel's - army was "completely smashed with the capture of 30, 000 prisoners and the destruction of 12 axis divisions, but added: "There is some good hunting to be had further te the west In Libya and our leading troops are now in Libya ready to be gin. On with the task and good hunting to yon all '; (Prime Minister Churchill said on Wednesday, that the axis suf fered 59,000 casualties In. dead, wounded and captured, but said there were many Italians still be ing rounded up in the desert.) Allied air forces already "are operating from j Libyan air fields in the. pursuit of the axis troops. Battle-scarred Tobruk 60 miles inside Libya, site of some of the fiercest and most heroic fighting of the war, was . abandoned - by Marshal Rommel's broken legions after the nazis had salvaged what supplies they could and fled west ward . under a torrent of allied aerial bombs. P 'r m Injured in Boiiib .-JU ; : -iviy.i- , '.'.;' j-i SEATTLE, Nov. lS-iV-A navy patrol bomber's crash on the beach near :: a ; residential area at the north end of Lake Washington killed the co-pilot and injured eight other navy men Friday. ; Ensign W.C Davis, USNR, who came to the Sand. Point naval air base from Yakima, was killed. His widow resides here. . The Injured, all of whom were expected to recover, were: Lt. W. R. Stevens. USN, the pilot, of Salem. Ore. : " Lt (JG) G. T. Anderson, USNR, Femley, Nev.J Ensign Q. M. Bergh, USNR, Redstone, Monti G. D. Colette, jr aviation radio man, third class, Dallas, 1 Tex.; William A. Mercy, SUverton, Ore.; M.. A. Blue, Kenesaw, Neb.; A. L. McLean, Birmingham, Ala, and C W. I Clifton," Dallas, Tex, all aviation machinist's mates, third Class. ; Lieutenant Stevens, whose skull was fractured, ? was Misted as the most- seriously injured, ; but his condition was U "not considered critical. ; ! v-':, .; .- The 13th naval district report ed the PBY Catalina flying boat was on a routine training flight The pilot of the crashed ship is Lt William B. ' Stevens, son 'of Mr. and Mrs. Carl W.. Stevens, 1815 South Church street, ; where his wife also resides. His home had been Miere since February, 1941. :W :y -i: Z: - v: '.; Carl Stcvensi whd -hy superin-; tendeht of Indian education for the ' northwest, l and his wife and daughter-in-law left early Friday night for Seattle- " Force Grow Americans Drive Eastward; Allies ) Hold Off Planes By WES GALLAGHER ' US Correspondent with the ATT , in North Africa . ALLIED FORCE HEAD QUARTERS IN NORTH AF RICA, Nov. 13 (AP) French garrisons in Tunisia are; fighting: the Germans in Tunis -and other sections for control of the country as the allied Jforces advance from the westi field reports indicated Friday. It was .reported reliably that the French and Germans were battling in the city of Tunis al- LONDON, Saturday. Nov. 14 W) Reuters said in a Tan gier dispatch Saturday that British troops have crossed into Tunisia from Algeria. 4 though German parachute troops control the air field outside the. city. '.' ;i : .The Germans hare landed 12- ton tanks in Tunisia by air and are trying desperately to rein force their force by sea, according to field reports. Vice Adm. Jean Darlan appealed to all Frenchmen to lay down their arms and cooperate with the allies, but little hope was held here for the success of that appeal. Nevertheless it was apparent that French hatred , for the . Germans flared up In Tunisia to precipitate a battle." ; ' . Smashing forward in a light ning1 drive to squeeze Marshal Erwln Rommel's army, from Af - -. rica, American and British troops occupied Bone, 60, miles from the Tunisian border, un : der the protecting cover of RAF r fighters who shot down 11 axis planes in violent battles ever ' Bougie." . Lt Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's blitz progressed 150 miles, in 43 hours despite furious attempts by the luftwaffe operating from Sar dinia to interfere. , Meanwhile, in the newly-clear ed north African harbors of Oran, Algiers, Casablanca and others, American soldiers and French workers labored in the hot sun, rushing the unloading of supplies to support the drive and to has ten the turn-round of the ships. American soldiers placed guards around key points, such as radio stations, harbor installations in all principal areas, to guard against sabotage or attack by axis air borne' troops . 'r The allied forces under Lt . . Gen. K. A. N. Anderson were engaged in an' all-out . drive to keep the " axis on., the run la , conjunction with the Eighth army drive from Egypt and the aews of the fall of Tabruk was received at this .." headquarters with satisfaction. - J . Although the Muftwaffe ., was making strong efforts - to halt British and American progress by air alone, one of the most famous fighter; squadrons in the battle of j Britain .was,' providing protec tion and German casualties have, been extremely heavy. . U , . This fighter group took off for Algiers airfields before they were Captured, depending on American troops to take the fields . while they . were en ; route. This faith was not misplaced and the squad-' rons landed with Swiss watch . . (Turn to Page 2) RAF Bombs am LONDON, Saturday, Nov. 14 JP) Home-ba ed British bombers attacked northern Italy again dur ing the night, it was' announced Saturday. ' It was the first RAF attack ca Italy since the night of November 7, when British planes took the long jaunt across the Alps to give Genoa its worst bombing of the war. .-- : . - ; Neither the targets nor the size of the force .which participated ia the raid ' Friday night were im mediately . disclosed, j Indications that a large force of bombers was employed was seen, however, ii reports from Switzerland that t: 5 cities of Bern, Geneva and Laus anne 'had air alarms lasting 73 minutes. - " Italy Ac 4