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V " Tl o coiin kbier nnsD yeah , 12 pages Salem. Oregon, .Wednesday Morning, September' 22. , IS 43 rrice c ITo. 153 11 ) rnr ijtD mm " 1 ' , ' '' PCUNDDD 1051- - " '''. i aike ....... K .-.,...-..... .. - . - . . A senator recently stopped in the northwest after having made a trip out to the Aleutians. His report was that navy officers J in that theatre cleaned up oif wagers .with army men that they wouldn't find any Japs on Kiska. It seems a navy flier had circled the. island, seen no signs of life, landed 'on the airfield, walked around, tak en off and flown back to his base said reported no Japs there. Navy intelligence transmitted the report to the army, but the army dis counted the report and went ahead with its plans for big-scale in vasion. :. The invasion that was mounted there was honey, as all reports indicated. There was a great fleet . of war vessels and large numbers ' of transports and landing vessels. If the Japs had been there the strength would have been needed because the emplacements showed plenty of ability pa take a heavy ft oil of landing ; parties. -They - weren't, so it was only a dress rehearsal. :-: ?- '. ' - -; What does seem strange is that no scouting parties or commando or ranger raids were made to feel out the situation on Kiska. If the army ? really ; had information or even report . that - the - Japs ; had vacated Kiska an d - then went ahead with plans for .'at major operation without checking for . themselves well, their, faces ought to be red; and no sympathy to the officers who ; lost their wagers. The come-back of the army to the navy might well be: the Japs got into Attu and Kiska with out the navy's knowing of their coming, and got off Kiska with out being observed by the navy. - Whose face should be red that? over There is intimation in the ini tial announcement of Gen. Delos C. Emmons, new commander of western defense, that : the coastal dimout will soon be modified, as was urged in this column some weeks ago. Gen. Emmons is quot ed as saying:. - ys--', ; r; -, "We are- losing more than we are gaining by too extensive re- strictions -on lighting 'S I It ia predicted- that somJdhp-i out zones' will be eliminated, "and ome modification made in rules for. auto headlights. ".'. Such relaxing of dimout restric tions is timely, and desirable. Its initial ; application was extreme and as far as the rural sections are concerned - unnecessary. The costs of screening lights was very considerable, and when the ban is lifted there will be-more ex pense taking' the hoods off. Gen. Emmons recognizes an im provement: in our defense situa tion on this coast, and has this to say respecting changes to meet the improved conditions': " "We are not going to jeopardize security, but we are going to take calculated risks and place civilian defense on a more modem, work able and popular basis." Lifting the dimout would be a step in this direction. Falls City Man Seridiisly Injured , Harvey. T. Hayes of Falls City was reported in "very serious con dition early Wednesday morning at the Deiconess, hospital after a severe injury suffered Tuesday while working in the timber. A tree fell on him and a branch pierced his skull for a distance of two or three inches, entering the brain. Senate to Consider Draft Deferment Bill Tuesday WASHINGTON, SepL 21 -ff") The senate today postponed con sideration of the Wheeler father draft deferment bill until next .Tuesday only two ; days before the October 1 deadline set by the war manpower commission for the general induction of men with children, x ,-,.:-:.?"- Should the bill clear formidable f administrative opposition in the senate, it would face further leg islative delays in the house which might draw out final action long into the month. ' x: Despite the army and -navy high command's opposition to the legis lation. Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.) the author, insisted on a showdown vote. He agreed, however, to Ma jority Leader Barkleys request to let the debate go over until next . week so members can study testi mony already . taken from high army and navy, officials, as well as that to be received from Ber nard M. Baruch, presidential ad visor, tomorrow afternoon. ' .; Wheeler announced he would question Baruch closely on ; re ported hoarding of labor by plane plants and ship construction yards. Other Washington develop ments, topped . by the house's Resolutions Outline Foreign, Program Convention Closes Two-Day Session In Salerii; Ray Can-New President Y ' - ' . , By RALPH C. CURTIS ' : t - " A positive but non-Litopian outline for United States foreign policy and, , an 'unequivocal demand that industry-and agricul ture as well as'manpower be "demobilized' after the war", clear ing the Way for restoration of private business under the incen tive 6f the prof it motive, were included among resolutions adopted by the Oregon Republican clubs near the close of their tenth an nual convention here Tuesday, 1 r . . V ft! 5t ; Cojnmending but not copying, the". Mackinac declaration,, the foreign policy, resolution proposed prosecution of the war to a con? Reds ' Crumble Last Barrier To Dnieper By JAMES M. LONG LONDON, Wednesday, Sept. 22 (7-The last nazi "barrier before the Dnieper crumbled yesterday as the Russian army slashed across the Desna river line and surged on toward Smolensk and . Kiev in a titanic drive to push the Ger man back tq their invasion boun daries. J f- i. , . . A Moscow-broadcast communi- Que recorded by, the Soviet moni- torchere, ioday aanouneed 4hat -the Red army, surging . through., pow erful defenses, had scored big ad vances on every sector Of the front, indicating that the Germans would become more and more ' hard pressed to keep their feet on Sov iet soil through the coming win ter. - On I all f rents, the Soviets liberated Russian communities by the hundreds, killed ap wards f 71(1 Germans, destroyed ft tanks: and , captured 34 snore, and took many prisoners and vast Quantities of supplies, the communique said. The Moscow radio said the Sov iet air force, which reportedly had accounted for 63 more nazi planes shot down, bombed concentrations of railway stations at Vitebsk, Go mel and Dzhankoi on the central front Monday night, causing many fires on trains carrying equipment and war materials. Several trains jammed with munitions were de (Turn to Page 2 Story F) Oregon Bond Sales Lag Behind Nation "' PORTLAND, Ore.; Sept .21 VP) Oregon war bond sales continued today to lag behind the national average. The : total was $46,377,860. This was 44 per cent of the state goal of $104,000,000. : overwhelming approval of the Fulbright resolution f a v-o ring United States post-war collabora tion with other nations, to main tain peace, included: - The, United States and Britain jointly warned neutrals against purchasing German-held assets in Italy. : The war department called 200 editors, industrial and labor lead ers to a conference next week to hear an outline of allied strategy ana proaucuon neeas. Tne pur pose, it was explained, is to coun teract home front -, complacency. A group of members of the house naval committee came out ia favor of abolishing the law pernuiung renegouauon of war contract to recapture excessive", profits. Such profits, t h e y con tended, should be reached through a super-tax, - Before a v o t e is had on the Wheeler bill, there will be a test first on a proposal for a major change in it . Senator Taft (R-Ohio) submit ted an amendment today which would call for the induction of fathers. under 30 before any over that "age are taken. Wheeler's original measure simply would defer all pre-Pearl Harbor fath ers for the rest of 1843. Domestic for GOP ; clusive victory over all enemies, disarmament of - the axis and its disqualification to construct arm ament plants, permanent provi-. sion lor the national defense and responsible participation by the United- States in cooperative or ganization among sovereign na tions to prevent military aggres sion and attain permanent peace with justice in a free world. Viewing the domestic scene, the resolutions committee of which C. C Chapman was chairman,1 ob serving that the country is experi encing in its wartime regimenta tion "the full flowering of the policies developed by the new deal administration through ten years of rule" centralization of power in Washington and the lodgment of decisions ' affecting ; intimately the lives of all .'citizen in th hands of theorists and agencies not responsible to the people saw hope for a general revolt against the fundamental concept of the new; deal. . ' f-.-fc The resolution bespoke orderly reabsorption of men and women now in military service into peace time employment. - ; j 1 1 :: Under another heading, enact ment of the proposed constitution al amendment limiting presiden tial tenure to two terms was ad vocated. ,t i ; The stat e w i d e organization adopted the nominating commit tee's recommendations, J electing Ray Carr of Portland president to succeed Robert Fischer, jr., of Eu gene. Alan Brown of Portland was reelected treasurer, Alice Paine of Clackamas county secretary, Vic tor White of Tillamook sergeant-at-arms. t Vice-presidents included, for the first congressional district, J. M. Stransky, Burt Snyder j for the second district, Helen Norman for the third district, Janney Thomp son for the fourth district - At the luncheon Tuesday, final event of the convention, the new president spoke optimistically of republican prospects in the coming campaign, declaring that "success is within our reach." The club's birthday cake was served and the retiring president outlined the statewide organiza tion's history with the help of two other past presidents, Lowell Paget and Ernest M. Jachetti. Corydon Blodgett sang a group of. bass solos. The full text of the resolutions appears on page 11. Work Excuses HS Seniors ; A simple special survey slip for senior high school pupils , who ex pect to work in canneries of this area during the first week of the new school year was made avail able Tuesday at all Salem canner ies with the explanation that, pro perly filled out and turned in at once, it would serve to defer regis tration until October 4. It may be used as an excuse for absence from school only if the signer remains at work in a cannery through the month of September, school au thorities said. ' Donald Nelson Arrives in London LONDON, Sept. 214P)-Donald Nelson, chairman of the US war production board, arrived in Lon don today and immediately met with Oliver Lyttel ton, British min ister of state in charge of produc tion, for a series of talks designed to speed up the output of weapons and supplies for the far eastern and European offensives. : Congratulations in Order Mil pf. Bay Carr (right), newly -elected president of Oregea Repablieaa elabs, and Alice Paine, new secretary, ' . eonaratelato eao another wider thegae of Alajt Brow, who at the nwt acailaa of the organtws- tloa here Tuesday was re-elected treasarer. - - ; AussiesLand By US Planes, TakeKaiapit By BOB EUNSON ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACITIC, Wednesday, Sept. 22-(ff-Austral- ians landed by. big. American.trans- port planes have seized Kaiaptt, 60 miles above newly-captured Lae, New Guinea, and only 70 miles south of the ' enemy base at Ma dang, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today. " The, transports swept down on a grassy field last Saturday night and Sunday, disgorging Austral ians who repulsed enemy counter attacks and drove the Japanese out of the immediate area. Such a daring move outflanks the enemy's base at Finschhafen on the Huon peninsula. KaJaplt Is inland oa the Huon peninsala northwest of Finsch hafen. "Our ground forces, transported by air seized and occupied Kaia pit approximately 60 miles above Lae, repulsing several counterat tacks and forcing the enemy to re tire,'; todays communique said. This swift ground action, emu lating in .' part the airborne and seaborne pincers which enveloped Lae within 12 days, was coupled with reports of air action on a more extensive scale than it has ; (Turn to Page 2 Story IE) Army-Navy E Pennant Calls Out All Dallas DALLAS, Sept 21.-(Special)- With flags flying and. all Dallas business houses closed, 1000 resi dents turned out at, 11:30 this morning to witness the , formal presentation of the army-navy E pennant to the Willamette Valley Lumber company for exceptional achievement in production of war materials, especially airplane wood. ." -." ' . The ceremony took place at the mill grounds with Col. William B. Greeley, secretary and manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's as sociation at Seattle, reading the letter of notification from Under secretary of War Robert E. Pat terson. George T. Gerlinger, presi dent of the company, acknowl edged the award, third in the na tion and first in the state of Ore-' gon to be received in the lumber industry. He pledged himself and employes to continue the work they are doing for the duration. Col. Fred G. Sherrill from the corps of engineers at Washington, DC, presented the pennant which was raised by a color guard from Camp Adair. The military band at Adair played America and the Star Spangled Banner and Maj. L. B. - Harmon, chaplain, ; pro nounced the invocation. John Kelly brought ' congratulations from Gov. Earl SnelL : W. B. Sleeman, Portland, repre sentative of the - carpenters'f and joiners', ; union, ': spoke-'..', for the workers, who were presented E" pins. , . ' , 5 S 3K f Churchill Pledges 2nd Front Across Channel When Time t ; . . By John r. Chester LONDON, Sept. 21-P-Winston Churchill pledged parliament and the world today that a second front in France and the' low countriesSwldciu open with a mass allied attack "at what we and our American allies judge to be the right time." In his two hours and seven minutes war report to commons the MacArthur Willing to Be Subordinate ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sept. 22 Jfy- .General Douglas MacArthur, commander of allied forces . in the southwest Pacific, said today it was agreeable to him to play a subsidiary role in the war. ' ..; Commenting on press reports that his command was to be made secondary and subsidiary since the appointment, of Lord Mount batten to head the southwest Asia command, the General said: . "It makes little difference whe ther I or others wield the weapons just so the cause for which ; our beloved country fights is victor ious. . - " (The comment came prior to publication of an Associated Press copyrighted story from Washing ton saying that General George Marshall, United States chief of staff, was to become virtual glob al commander of all Anglo-American forces in the field, ground, sea and air.) ' - "However subordinate may be my role, I hope to play it manful ly"; the general said. . "My strategic conception for the Pacific theater,, which I outlined after; the Papuan campaign and have since consistently , advocated. contemplates jnassive strokes against only main strategic objec tives, utilizing surprise, and air and ground striking-power, ; sup ported and assisted by the fleet. "This is the very opposite of what is termed island - hopping. which; is gradually pushing back the enemy by direct frontal pres sure with consequent heavy cas ualties . which will certainly be involved. . - - 1 "Key points must, of course, be taken but. a wise choice of such will obviate the need for storming the mass of islands now in enemy possession. . ' ; "Island hopping, with extrava gant Josses ' and slow progress some press reports indicating vic tory; might be postponed as long as 1949 is not my idea of how to end the war as soon and as cheaply as possible. - . - , . . ixewt conaiuons require new solutions. and new. weapons re quire maximum application of new and imaginative methods. Wars are never won in the past x nave no personal military ambitions whatsoever, and am perfectly content in such role as may be prescribed for me.. n All Around Seems Right . doughty prime minister ranged the whole global scene of the - war, warmly defended the allies Ital ian campaign, which he called a "third front," and forecast a Stal in-Roosevelt-Churchill conference before the end of the year. . During the long speech, one of his most studied and most com prehensive if not one of his great est rhetorically, Churchill sketch ed enormous allied progress in air and sea warfare, disclosed Ameri can troops had landed in Sardinia and asserted Mussolini never would have escaped if Italian caribinieir at Gran Sasson : had obeyed the orders they had to shoot him if he attempted a get' away. .,."... Cries of . "hear, hear! swelled into an : approving roar through the chamber as Churchill de clared: "The bloodiest : portion- make no mistake about that the bloodiest portion of this war for Great Britain . and": the United States lies ahead of us. Neither this house nor His Majesty's gov ernment will shrink from that or- deaL" , - Even now, the prime minis ter declared with feeling. Hit ler's "main Z preoccupation' . is : with the mere menace of an ia evttable and decisive thrast at Germany's heart from Great Britain. During his speech, which he in terrupted for a 'luncheon period. Churchill declared: 1. The RAF has increased three fold in the last twelve months the weight of bombs discharged on Germany,-: "havoc i wrought is in describable,. If the RAFs growth continues, the allies should "be in a position when actual methodical destruction sof every building - of the enemy would become ble.w '-; ,:; i.:"v ' 2. Although U-boats at present are attacking one convoy, no al lied merchant vessel was sunk in the North Atlantic in : the four months ending Sept. 18;, In the first two weeks of September no allied ships were sunk by enemy action anywhere in the world. J. "At an early-date there wCl be a tripartite conference of the United States Great Britain : and Russia at which no question will be barred. Any differences' may by referred to a Stalin-Roosevelt- ChurchCI : conference which . he "confidently hoped would occur before the end of 1943. 4. The allies are ready to throw ' (Turn to Pape 2 Story B) Dimout 7ed. sunset 7:09 Thurs. sunrise 6:59 (Weather on Page 7) m I i i i i-Wim hi lit i i -J Germans Reported Sacldng, Burning Naple3 as Epidemics Of Diseaoe Rage in City " ; Dy NOLAN NORGAARD ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NOrnTI AFRICA, Sept. 21 ( AP) - Corsica and Sardinia, Mediterranean islands flanking the. Italian vrcit coast,. were tdss rrcsJ-c? to nlzht by allied and Italian trocps While the Ancricsn Fifth army widened its hold below Naples to 16 miles by captnr ins Eboli. i - - ' ;-:r " ; A grtitpzll of smoke coulj be seen over Nap!c3 tcr.ishl from Fifth army positions, filed dispatches said, and reports of refugees indicated It was beinsr systematically sacked and burned by the Germans; perhaps as a preliminary to further retreat. r , .. f-.';,iL :; w - - "-... iRelman Morin. Associated Press correspondent,', said , personam who filtered through the battle lines into, allied-held territory said the Germans had. .turned Naples into city .of horror., az curfew pa trols were declared to have killed "thousands" of Italians In the past two weeks. Typhoid and typhus epidemics were reported raging.;.. .: American Liberators flew. 5St miles ap the .Adriatic coast of . Italy te. bomb Venice for the first time, settina fires which eat smoke cwlinc a mile liisb. They case bombs ' enroate on Peseara, half way op tae Ad riatic. The middle east command aanoaneed also the . occupation of two of Italy's Dodeeajseso la-, lands Coo (Cos) and Lero and the' Greek Island of Samos. KAF flfhtera already are oper atiac front Coo. -:y, ' (Prime Minister Churchill told commons that American forces had landed on Sardinia and were help ing four Italian divisions drive out the Germans. At Salerno, he said, "we have recovered the initiative and are now , able to advance northward on a broad front - (The German radio at Oslo said allied artillery was shelling Na- pi). iKy "--CX.;:.. iJ, Iench. eommaados and pat -riots captured AJaccio, capital and mala port of Corsica' and birthplace of . Napoleon. They 'clashed several times with Ger man troops estimated at 12,00t men last reported concentrated . on the eastern side of the Is land, j Corsica, containing S3S7 (Turn to Page 2 Story A) Ma rion Moves Ou tA head Of Lane in Bond Race Competition is a sharp spur. The third war loan seemed io have bogged down late last week in Lane county; publicity given to the mutual challenges of Lane and Marion county war finance committee chairmen appears now to have revived purposeful activ ity there and after, falling a few thousands of dollars behind, JUane county 4is out ahead again . or was Tuesday noon when the two chairmen conferred by telephone. The "thermometer" which ap- noara on this Dace today, approxi mate duplicate of one appearing in the Eugene Reglster-ouara, shows Marion a ' bit aneao, dux that is because The Statesman carries a Tuesday night figure for Marion county. The latest Lane figure is at least eight hours older. While bond purchasers here ex perienced one . reward attend iu at the "war bond premiere" of the motion picture Salute to the Marines'", at - J, n e jusinore stairtnn citizens planned . for that city's ; biggest war bond rally of the campaign tonight, witn ar rangements for participation of an armr band other entertainers and county leaders In the cam paign. . - An attractive feature mean while was lined up for the Victory Center in Salem for 5 - o'cioc Thnrsdav -afternoon when the re- Anson Weeks Tdanee band, coming to Salem for a dance engagement, wilr piay aa contribution- to the war loan cam- - Some large bono aaiea rep"i ts.4o included : S10.CC3 ; pur- ehasedby tha Ealem lodged Eks through Secretary Harry ea rner, a figure to which individual n.mhr are exoected to add sub stantially since all Elks lodges are in competitlonj a $1000 bond pur ..a v, rnnttal Post of the American Legion through John nvmmander. ana iiaiyu king company r,mAn adiutant:7 $5000 by the $100,000 credited to Marion coun ty by Oregon Mutual tare insur throueh Charles S. McEhinny,' agent in Salem; and a substantial purchase by the ripnral Grocery company,' crea Ited here through Harlan B. Pear son. :: .- . ' ' . County Chairman J. J. Card d 'J. iiiiies ujimrm Taking Over Of Dodecanese By WIIXJAM McGAFFIN CAIRO, . Egypt, Sept 2.-ift-The allies announced tonight that British forces had taken over the islands of Coo, Lero and Lamos, thereby breaking open the iron ring- of defenses which Hitler had erected to seal off the Aegean and the Greek mainland from attack. The announcement of occupa-" tlon-of .Coo and Lero in the Italian -Dodecanese and the Greek island of Samos gave no" details, but it' was stated that royal air force fighter planes already were op erating from Coo. ! 1 V All these Islands .were manned by Italians, who were said to be' cooperating with the British. There were no Germans on any of the three. ' '. ..; ' ..- . . By WILLIAM S. VUITE L0NDC:T,S e p t c 2l()-HAP fighter planes were striking out today from newly conquered Coo In the Dodecanese, one of three islands off Greece upon which al lied forces were officially declared to have landed. , Thus was begun the develop ment of the. extreme right wing (Turn to Page 2 Story. D) clared that though these large purchases are appreciated, there is an urgent need of more pur chases of -the smaller series K bonds by individuals, and that every Marion county resident should consider carefully how much he can afford to invest vs. hMIE THIRD WAR LOAN THERMOMETER i I ' a XMiuion Marion Quota 4,S31.C8 Lame avota $4C4.00t : 4 Million '3 Million - , r I i 2 Million - j 1 Mi::ica 1LANC MARION TO DATE Marion Lane .,