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fn r ''J Xs yM rrn; I -Z - ' wx,x XX X r' x X- ' ' Xr I 7 - . Dimout 7etl. guccct6:2 Tlmr, sunrise 7:17 (Weather en psge C) , XV. V ! PCUND3D ICS! Paul V. Maris, one-time direc tor of the state college extension service, ? now bead of the farm ownership division of FSA-which - aids tenants to acquire farms, has - been visiting in Oregon. In an in terview in Portland he remarked that the farmers who had been . assisted ; were: now ; making im portant contributions in, food pro duction. He also expressed the opinion that the Bankhe ad-Jones tenant act ' would be of value in locating returned war veterans on land following the 1 war. He is ." quoted as saying: -;..kX' , tTamily-sized -farms, -- largely self-sufficient,' must serve as the basis ' of a stable post-war agri culture." , - 4' - - - I do not question Mr. Maris in -his opinion, and think it probable that the Bankhead-Jones act may - help discharged service ' men - to get established on farms. But the -experiments in land : settlement after the former war turned out - poorly. States- on the Pacific coast had the idea of putting sol diers n lands,- and considerable 'sums of money were expended in the effort," usually with unsatis- : factory results. Oregon's legislature in 1919 created a Land Settlement com mission which was composed of Whitney Boise and Emery Olm stead of Portland, Charles Hall, Marshfield,' G. H. Baker, Bend and R. N, Stanfield, Ontario." Wil liam H. Crawford, very recently director for the state economic council, and now directing labor recruitment ' for local canneries, was . its secretary and ' manager. The legislature appropriated $50, 000 -for; the commission. The idea was to establish practical farm units, and sell , the places to vet erans. One tract of 62 acres was bought and improved, south of ' " Independence, and sold on con tract to a veteran. Two other farms were bought. Crawford re signed when be became dissatis fied with commission policies. The . sold place came back to the state. Finally the state turned the prop erties over to the Whitney Boise Ute to take care of obligations - assumed and advances made by Mr. Boise. The state was . out Its original appropriation. . :. - In the 'state of Washington an ambitious land : reclamation-soldier (Continued on Editorial Page)- -, ft ; , 1 1 v I ,1 1 .1 ,., .1.1 .. I I Aiissies Wear ' ; Madang; Japs Retreat at Vila -, i i', ' - ...... - ' By VERN HAUGLAND ; ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Wednesday, Oct 6--Austral-ain forces moving northwest of Lae against Madang, New Guinea, have reached the headwaters of the Ramu valley. General Mac .;, Arthur announced today in "corp- , smraique. :.-! '"VXX . The . troops occupied Kaigulin Tillage 60 miles south of Madang. - In the Solomons ': theater, ' the Japanese sent SO planes .against ;. American-held 'yella La vella. In terceptors battled the raiders and - downed at least six. X la .t he central' SelonMns,' where the Japanese are erae- - vating their . garrison at Tila, Eelomhangira, American fight ;er planes , .have destroyed- four1 nsore . barxes -: nd f Baval , -: emits i -tw barres. Msre than 4i barges preylensly -- were ; -wrecked c by ; . naval . oniis 'off . Chaise nl and .the . total destreyed since - the first if September exceeds 15. .. Allied . reconnaissance , u &i t bombed a 1500-ton enemy cargo - -vessel near, Cape St. George, New .Ireland, and forced m smaller ves sel aground near the Vitu islands ? in the northeast New Britain sec tor. ... Headquarters, in a special re lease, reported receipt of con gratulations by the American gov v eminent - of , Gen. Douglas Mac ; (Turn to Page 2 Story C) Jap Retreat Real Defeat, WASHINGTON, Oct 5. President Roosevelt described the Japanese retreat; from the central Solomons today as a real defeat for the enemy X and r declared it demonstrated Japanese weakness In the whole Solomons island-New Guinea area. - . 'X' X.X"'-' XX'. - . The enemy retreat, he told his press-radio conference was in line with the evacuation of Kiska in that it marked a withdrawal rath er than' a fight to the death as was Japanese policy earlier. As such, he said, it was a new blow to Jap anese prestige and claims of invin cibility.;, ' ' - - Beiore diicussing the Japanese, the pres-Ident reviewed briefly the war in Italy. He said the Fifth and Eighth armies were ' consoli dating their : positions and - were snaking fairly good progress. X In cdssidering the rate of prog ress, he said, it should be remem tered tliat in the center,- and to some extent on the right flank cf Russians mm? TTt : . -Berliri Indicates Red Troop Movements North and South: : Main Of fensives Halted " ; ' :. ; By james il long xfi.; ' ' x ' lX)NrN,rVnesday, white Russia alive despite mud and. the Germans," the red army yesterday overran 46 populated places in the Vitebsk sector and pushed to within 30 miles of that nazi stronghold which is itself HQ miles from the Latvian frontier, the Moscow radio announced early today. : In the midnight communique- the Russians mentioned only guerrilla activities south of Gomel. . .X . . I ' ! . ; 4 Berlin nervously indicated that the Russians were moving troops at both ends of the front around Lake Dmen, far to the north, and at the southern end of the line just north of the sea of Azov. , . .-.; In the Vitebsk advance, 'Kolish- O : ' ki, 30 miles east of the city, was among . the , points captured. The communique ' added: "The Ger mans launched several counterat tacks, but were thrown back." i The war; bulletin listed more than 1150 Germans killed in en gagements near"; Vitebsk and GomeL - . -1 : .' X ": -: There was a fresh bint In the communique's announcement that fear enemy troop - laden landing . barges had been sank by aircraft of the soviet Black sea fleet that the Germans were pulling out! of their slim foot hold on the Taman peninsula, or even withdrawing some forces from the Crimea. X The communique said that fli ers of one unit silenced 18 artil lery, batteries, destroyed. 70 trucks with, -war supplies and .dispersed about a battalioa.qi. German inr fantrr. --- - -.... - jeciaring uiai rea army h wi in the Gomel area of the front had captured an important line, the communique detailed that the Germans were frustrated in five local - attacks designed to restore the position :vX':?'-;-X; " On Monday, the communique said, Russian troops on all fronts destroyed or disabled 53 German tanks, while 48 enemy planes were brought down in air com bat or by anti-aircraft fire. ; Moscow : dispatches ' said "that strong , German counterattacks were increasing over wide sectors, but itwas not clear whether this nazi action and current rains had caused the soviet drive to stop, or Whether it had been ended first by soviet design. The red army may bo using the lull in preparation for a smashing resumption of its assault to carry it across the great Dnieper river along which' the front is now stabilized.-' :'l Xf;? For the second day in succes sion the Moscow communique- re ported relative inactivity. The ad vance on - Vitebsk was made in "local engagements,'? said the bul letin, and elsewhere there .were only "active reconnaisance. oper ations and artillery duels. 1 The Vitebsk advance overran 46 populated places, among 5 them Kolishki, 30 miles east of the city. Both Berlin and Moscow dis eased the halt of the soviet of-' f enstve. . The leading editorial in the Moscow army newspaper. Red Star today said that a repulse of Ger man counter-attacks 1 "is '; one vot the most necessary.' undertakings for furthering our successful of- - . (Turn to Page 2 Story G) X in Solomons Says FDR .the Anglo-American armies, there are mountain ranges rising 8000 to 8000 feet. X v No one knows, he said, where the nazis may attempt- their next stand. ' -' 5 . When he turned to the fighting in the south Pacific, he made It dear that he 1 thought -too little significance has been attached here at home to the blows which have been, struck the Japanese. X : American aviators have been de stroying enemy barges day after day, he said, until great numbers have been .sunk. (Press dispatches have erported the sinking of more than 100.) ; - -' X - These barges, Mr. Roosevelt added, are the sole means the Jap anese have for large scale move ment from island to island in that area and consequently their; de struction greatly hampers the en emy's freedom to make offensive or defensive moves. Some escort craft also have been suck,, he said. 12 PAGZ3 :Meem a. n nil i . - s' w sail m - .-J i i i . mmiLiwir FDR Condemns Jap Beheading Of US Flier WASHINGTON, Oct. 5-P)-The United 'States will call to account after the war the Japanese respon sible for beheading an allied avi ator an act which . P r e s 1 d e n t Roosevelt said today shows Jap an's lack of civilization. Asked for comment on the re lease by General Douglas MacAr thur's headquarters of a captured Japanese " diary -- which described the killing, state department offi cials cited the note sent to Tokyo last April 12. : f A X: This note, transmitted through the .Swiss government, protested the execution of some t of ;th Am erican fliers who fell" into Japan ese hands after the -bombing of Tokyo. : It warned - the; Japanese government that for this and any other "acts of criminal barbarity" against American prisoners the American government "will visit upon the officers of the Japanese government responsible for such uncivilized and inhuman acts the punishment they deserve" . ., State department officials made clear that the beheading of the al- lief flier, pilot of an air transport ship, would be put down as one of the cases covered by the warning. The diary named the Japanese who ordered and carried out the execution as Lieutenant - C o m- mander Tsukioka and Sublieuten ant First Class Komai of the im perial Japanese' navy. ;:"-; The president's reference to Jap an's lack of civilization was made at his press-radio conference. Mr. Roosevelt added that there was nothing which got under the Jap anese's skin" so much as to tell them they are uncivilized. -X He went on to say that it was not the first barbaric act by the Japanese and he thought the coun try had drawn its own conclusions. Nazis JBpast Coo Victory,: LONDON, Oct. -P)-The Ger mans announced today that their occupying the island of Coo. in the ' Dodecanese had broken the backbone:' : of allied - resistance there, but the . allied high l com mand said mat fighting was. .con tinuing.' ' v: " ..- The northwest African and mid dle east - air forces, meanwhile, Joined , together to plaster. . nasi airbases in Greece to aid the be leaguered allied garrison on Theis land , by y attacking German air power supporting the nazi land operations which -., began - on the Island October 3. Advices ' from Cairo said the Germans had land ed several thousand soldiers on the Island.' . : Nazis Arrest Vichy Officers STOCKHOLM, Oct 5-()-The Germans are making , "mass ar rests" in the Vichy government preparatory to taking over the Vichy 3 administration, the Zurich correspondent of . the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter said today, quoting a foreign diplomat arriving In Switzerland from France. - ' ; The aitests are being made mainly in the Vichy , ministries of information, ' foreign . affairs 7 and interior and the Germans are ex ercising the sharpest control over all communications with Vichy, the correspondent said the diplo mat told him. - - Sclezn, Orsxjon, iigolav Mayy.-.TtJiiit TakesVIsle Rivalry-Between Balkan Factions , Flares Again ; - By E. C DANIEL - . , - LONDON, - Oct, i. rYugoslav naval units joining in the cam paign of the people's liberation army to, wrest the Dalmatian coast from the nazis have captured the island of Lussino, strategically lo cated " 50 miles ' southeast of th Italian naval base of Pola, a com munique broadcast today by the free Yugoslav: radio announced. ; The broadcast, recorded here by Reuters, , said, the partisan naval units participated in a - two-day fight to capture the Italian island and took 258 German officers and men prisoners. (Reuters first re ported the; island to be Lofin, but later, corrected it to LosinJ, which is the same as Lussino.) The Lon don .Yugoslav" government, which is not connected with the libera tion army, was unable to verify the capture of the island. Lussino, one of a string . of is lands lying along the i Yugoslav coast, poses a direct threat to Pola, the Italian northeast Adri atic base 90 miles due south of Trieste. ' . - Capture of the town of Pirjeo- polje on the river Lim in Monte negro also was" reported i in the communique.' - 1 - r As these Yugoslav patriot ad vances 'were made against the axis, the rivalry between Gen. Draja Mihailovic and the Monte negrin leader Josip Broz, popular ly known as Tito," was high lighted with a charge issued here by the la Iter's supporters that Gen. Mihailovic was collaborating with the Germans. .' t X.'v '-J--i . A group calling Itself "the as sociation of: Yugoslav journalists in London" issued a statement as serting that, all the presents hft ft . . a it . l s . . . a fng agaisni we nazis in xugosxa via is being waged by the people's liberation army under Titov ; The group charged that "Gen. Mihailovic's detachments still col laborate with the Germans ; and (Croat) UsUchis." - - Asserting that, there was no connection between the Tito and Mihailovic armies, the Journalists asserted that Mihailovic, King Pe ters war " minister, deserves r no - r (Turn, to. Page 2 Story F) . US Cigarettes Running Short WASHINGTON, . Oct. 5-)-. Americans are smoking borrowed cigarettes. . '- t" v.. - They're - being borrowed from next year's supply and even from 1945 - tobacco reserves,'-, the com merce department said today in reporting there, la a ."substantial gap" between demand and 4 sup ply. V . . . This " nation is sharing 42 per cent of its cigarette tobacco supply with , other countries under an International distribution system. Referring to this, .the department declared in its monthly magazine "Domestic - Commerce", that ' next year's leaf demand "cannot be aet.- . - , - .The demand, "it asserted, will be at least as great as the 780,000, 000 pounds needed this year while American manufacturers . wilt . be allotted only 463,400,000 pounds of an anticipated - 1943 crop of 800,000,000. pounds. XX'; X . " Such a ; supply ctrasts With 935,200,000 pounds used -: in 1940 when Americans smoked 180,700,- 000,000 : cigarettes. VThis year, the department said, anticipated de mand from the home front alone will be nearly 300,000,000,000 cig arettes. In addition, uncounted billions also are being consumed by Amer ican fighting men abroad. They are uncounted,, the article said, because being, tax -free they- are not included in... treasury 'statistics on which the department bases Its estimates, ' While describing present cigar ette- supplies as adequateC-P haps abundant,' ;" the article said manufacturers r dipping -into their reserves to" turn out 35,000,- 000,000 to 50,000,000,09 more cig- arettes this year ' than they can buy tobacco to make.' X ;- State Bond Total Still Soaring PORTLAND, Oct. 5.-(ff)-The war bond total in Oregon soared today to $137,488,825, far beyond expectations - of third : war loan campaign officials, who had pre dicted a top of $135,000,000. . - Returns Still were 'coming ; in, and o f f i c i a 1 s said tabulations would not be completed before the middle of the month. Wadsssdcr? llarrhig. October LJ J L zj U Yank Frisks Taking ne chances, a Yank military German prisoner captured with ethers on the Italian front. - (AP wirephete from signalcorps radio-photo). r v Top Admirals of Navy Meet in Honolulu on , Pacific War . HONOLULU, Oct. -(Delayed)f-A Pacific war strategy conference has been held at Pacific fleet headquarters here among the three top ranking navy commanders it was, announced tonight cific fleet. -;;,. .-'. Attending besides Admiral King, commander-in-chief of the F. Halsey, commander of the south Pacific force of the fleet. It was the first visit Admiral King has made to the Pacific action theatre since outbreak of the war. The . terse announcement . dis closed that Admirals King and Halsey had returned to their head- auarters " "after f conferences . at Pearl Harbor" with Admiral Nim itz. ' : The First ineeting of the navy's commander- in chief, A d m i r a 1 King, with! Admirals Nimitz and Halsey in the Pacific war theatre undoubtedly shaped definite atrat- egz for increasing the weight and tempo of offensive, blows against Japan. -X" - " . . ,1 , Their . meeting here recalls that Ualaejr jnade a trip te Abs tralla te ceeafer; wltk. Geeral BfaeArthor a short time before Balsey'i command started the .New Georgia campaign Jane 29. . On the same date, MacArthur'a forces occupied the Tc4r!and and Woodlark. i ilandt and made a landing at v Nassau bay 7 in - New Guinea which was climaxedf ulti mately with the capture of Sala- maua, Lae and Finschhaf . . The admiral's conference points to the enemy's extended perimeter on Pacific Island outposts as pos sible objectives of the United SUtes' growing military and na val power. ' . - In choosing . where to strike, the men drafting our Pacific strategy could aim at any point in the vast war theater from the Kuriles Just northeast of Japan proper to Bou gainville island 4n the northern Solomons, the enemy's last strong hold there. The " ccaiference . announcement did not mention when the meeting (Turn to Page 2 Story A) Yugoslavs Pin Rommel Down C2N, Swltserlaad, Oct. S (Ay-Fierce fighting , la north easteratltaly and Istria appar ently eontlnnes t be ene ef the chief reasons Marshal Er win Bommel's forces recently estimated at 19 divisions are enable 4e assist Held BZsrshal Gen: ; Albert Eesselrlng'S bard pressed army la the sooth. - A dispatch toatght from the International Information ba reaa, : m German ' propaganda arencr. said that la three days fighting la the Trieste area alone a mixed force of Yugoslav par tisans . and Italians lost more thajs 1160 ..dead and 1380 cap tured, l-iiXX- X-pX German losses were net men tioned. The : dispatch referred to-the action as "clearing operations." 6, IS 13 n n s Nazi Prisoner policeman searches a bespectacled Strategy Nimitz were Admiral Ernest J. US fleet, and Admiral William o Sales Tax, Cut In Treasury Bill Proposed By HOWARD FIEGER " WASHINGTON. Oct, 5 - (ff) - A 40 per cent reduction in the ad ministration's $1000.000,000 new tax goal, through a $4,658,000,000 curtailment hr government expen ditures,' . was proposed today - by Rep. Taber (R-NY), spearheading a republican drive to emphasize economy in writing new tax legis lation. ; -f " ;; ; ..; .' ; ; - - , "The time1 has come for the con gress to stop, look, and listen if we are' to, avoid national bank ruptcy and economic chaos," said Taber' ranking minority, member of the house appropriations com mittee. "Th president being with out, ptactical business experience may not realize the seriousness of a situation." ' . X " : He reiterated bis belief that the country needed a 10 per cent fed- era) retail galea tax, which he said "would have a greater effect than any other - means of curbing in flation. - ' - ' . r Taber called a press conference at which he aaid he had - found ways to save over $4,000,000,000 and "this could be made . much greater by competent manage ment' He said that on the record of the first three months it ap pears the government will spend this year only $90,000,000,000, which Is $18,000,000,000 below the estimate made by President Roos evelt in his budget message. Ta ber listed, specific savings which he said could be effectuated ' In fiscal year 1945 The $10,500,000,000 , treasury program, featunng, greauyj m creased Income taxes and-other levies, was ; submitted to " the house ways and means committee yesterday, and received such a chilly reception that It was con sidered as good as killed. ' - U The New York board of trade representatives appeared ; before the committee today and urged a 10 per cent sales tax. "- X - - -. '-" XX-..' Britain to Issue Blore Currency LONDON, Oct 5. -The British treasury announced today a "pro posed Increase of 0,000,000 pounds (about $2C0,C0O,CCO) In the fiduciary note Issue, effective Oct 10. '- . ; " : -- Britain's note issue would be lifted to 1,C50,CC0,CC3 pounds ($4, 2C0,CC3,CC0) by such an increase, which will be submitted to parlia ment" . . Fx!c 5c .Mew From Adriaulc Aid Sklhi Arm f Two Vital Airfields Seized - Iu Advance North of Naples By EDWARD .KENNEDY L X ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Algiers, Oct. 5(AP) The American Fifth and the British Eighth armies pushed ahead toward the" battle of Rome today against a sharply re sisting 'German force officially estimated tonight to contain from four to five divisions. . : (Such a force presumably wonld number from 60,000 to 75,000 men.) . ' : .- On the Italian west coast the Americans, supported by British armor were methodically wiping out nazi pockets of resistance left to - impede their o ' - progress a short distance north of Naples. ' . - . On the Adriatic coast Gen. Sir Bernard L. , Montgomery's army, aided by new landings from the sea at Termoli, was going ahead more rapidly in the direction of Pescara, where the main lateral road from Joins with . the coastal road. .. In the central s e e to r the Americans drove Into Moonto sarchio In the mountains south-, west ef.Benevente fat extension t .'a': flanking: movement, de ; 'signed to threaten any stand the Germans may attempt to make on the banks ' of ; the Voltorno river 19 miles north of Naples. , The', 'advance. , north of ," Naples, while not' great in distance cov ered, has nevertheless resulted in the occupation of two of the most important airfields in southern It aly, Pomigliano D'Arco and Capo- dichino, it was announced today. The former is eight miles north east of Naples and adjacent to it Is the ; Alfa Romey aircraft and engine works, which Is a self-contained town .where 12,000 persons lived and worked until last May. Capodichino Is three miles outside Naples. Both fields have been used by the Germans, especially for troop-carrying transport planes. X . In extensive operations yes terday Om North African air forces not only backed np the ground forces by hammering at the enemy In the front area and dealing blows at the' rear area of conunnnlcatlens as far away as Pisa end Bolyane near the . Brenner pass.' bat they also aid ed In the battle of the Dodeca nese by striking at fields In Greece which the Germans have been using for operations against COO. :-X XX r"v X . Other bombers from the middle east also attacked air fields In Greece, . and RAF, BeauCghters of that command sent at enemy for mations and vehicles on the island of Coo with cannon fire. - Gen.' Henri Glrsud tonight (Turn to Page 2 Story II) Marion Exceeds Quota In Individual E Bond. In contrast to Oregon as a whole and the nation, Marlon county went "over the top" in sales of war bonds to individuals and In sales of series E bonds as well as in the total of all government securities sold in the third war loan. It was revealed Tuesday when prelimin ary figures oa final results, subject to some checking, were released by Jesse Card, county war finance commute chairman. ' Th preliminary grand total of all sales was $8,291,494. Against a quota of $2,598,400, the prelimin ary total of sales to individuals. excluding.- s a I e s to corporations nod governmental units, was $2,- 958,720. The county s Quota for series E bonds was $1,604,20, sales amounted to at least $1,715,- 716. , - . This success , in phases of the campaign which were regarded as especially vital since purchases in these c a t e g o r i e s more directly combat inflation, was possible only because ot the campaign's thor oughness In reaching virtually ev ery gainfully employed resident of the county. Gard pointed out in i is tins that the credit belonged to the various district and division chairmen, the community leaders and the permanent organizations such as service clubs, granges and lodges which assisted them. t'o, ICS Mairioiim J: pombstause Huge Damage To Frankfurt STOCKHOLM, Oct 5-Tho newspaper Aftontidningen record ed . 1 0 d a y a German-language broadcast from an unidentified ra dio station which said the United States and British air raids upon. Frankfurt had caught the city's anti-aircraft defends unprepared Many mobile . -tun- had. ."been transferred f r.o m Frankfurt to KasseL' the broadcast said. ; A police report was quoted aa saying that at least 1000 persons had been killed and 3000 houses destroyed. Rubble was said to have filled 64 of the city's streets. By ROBERT N. STURDEVANT LONDON, Oct 5 r(ff)-Strong forces -of RAF bombers punched at least six .'German industrial cities last night in a fourth suc cessive night of furious aerial on slaught and left the big city of Frankfurt torn and shaken by its second raid to 12 hours, and its heaviest of the war. . Frankfurt and Ludwigshaven were the only cities specifically mentioned In the official British report of the nlsM's operation, which also spoke of the Rhine land In general, but the sorely beset - nasis. In a eommunlqae -filled In the details: they ae nnewledred heavy destruction te Frankfurt and said Mann- : helm (Ludwlgshavea's twla city). Worms, Offenbach and 8sarlautem were also raided by : terror1 bombers. More than 500 tons of high ex plosive were unloaded on Frank furt motor, chemical and rubber city of half a million persons. which, In the daylight preceding .(Turn to Page 2 Story D) Due to this elaborate organiza tion's active functioning, every district in the county also went "over the top," Gard reported. Woodburn where Dean Bishoprick was chairman with Burt Wilieford in charge .in the ' city and Ray G I a 1 1 in surrounding territory, with Mrs. Max Cook chairman at Hubbard, sold $138,372 against a $123,000 quota. Mt Angel had a $100,000 quota, exceeded it under. James Fournier's direction by more than $5000. Stayton's quota, also was $100,000; workers there directed by G. F. Abta ran the total, up to $128,493. One of the out standing records was made in the Silverton district where Jack Spencer was chairman. The quota was $240,000, total sales reached $325,000. - ' X . The figures for these various , district were not. augmented by any "credits" for the investments of large corporations with head of-. fices elsewhere, Gard pointed out . He also praised the organization work carried on throughout the county by Roy Rice, agricultural chairman, and in rural territory adjacent to Salem by Charles A. Sprague. . Appreciation of the as sistance of radio station KLSM and of the newspapers throughout the county was also voiced by the county chairman. ; X