Tfco OnZGOII CTATLCI IAII. Cdsxa, Oregon. Saturday Morclng. October Z2. IC 13
PAGE TWO
BolmbsSraasli
Japs Close to
Finschhaf eh '
By OLEN CLEMENTS
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE. SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
Saturday, Oct 23-(;P-Many Japa
nese soldiers were killed and their
.jungle defenses levelled Thursday
by a record weight of 221 tons of
bombs dropped by Liberators as
saulting the imperiled positions
northwest of Finschhaf en. New
Guinea, from which the enemy is
making frantic efforts- to -escape
'entrapment
''This fiery aerial assault 'was
'directed at the Sattelberg Mis- ;
?sion ares, where the -Japanese
in. considerable force are. at-,
tempting to avoid the peril pre-,
if sented by Australian forces en '
MWf siaes.
;V The bomb blasts at troop con
centrations was deadly and Aus
tralian soldiers reported after the
raid they had seen many Japa
nese bodies. .
The resultant explosions and
-fires virtually levelled the enemy-
occupied area. 1
Reinforcements which the Japa
nese painstakingly had moved
from the north through, the jun
gles were hit heavily by t he
Thursday raid, made in daytime
by a considerable force of Libera
tors. . -
J Even so, the growing battle
.-' was expected to assume stni
:.t'.m. ... . am . . a
; larger proporuona in a inu(i
- lar sector, five miles la length,
chosen by the Japanese for the
'operation.
The bomb weight, particularly
large when the almost pinpoint
target ' is considered, was the
.heaviest ever unloaded in a single
v .day's attack on New Guinea al
though it was exceeded by the
330 tons dropped on the much
larger target of RabauL New
Britain, October 12.
- (In the past such pulverizing
air assaults ' by General MacAr
thur on New Guinea jungle de
fenses have preceded land opera
tions of moment.: As an instance,
Japanese headquarters were de
molished by a concentrated air
attack on Lae shortly before Mac
Arthur began the pincers drive
which won him that air base.)
Any Japanese reinforcements
- for their Imperiled Sattelberg
force from the north would in
evitably, have to come -either
' from or by way of Madam, it
self presently threatened by an
Australian force moving up the
Kama valley to the northwest
of the Finsehhafen trtini,
. scene. :
The enemy reinforcements at
Sattelberg . are - believed; to have
been .intended originally for lae
strengthening of the Finsehhafen
garrison. .But before they could
arrive, that coastal base nearest
the enemy's key stronghold of
New Britain was captured Octo
ber 2 by Australians.
' Failing to get to Finsehhafen,
the next logical stop of those re
inforcements was Sattelberg
where they apparently dug in.
They probably hope to stem the
allied northward push in that sec
tor but evidently -expect to be
driven- out eventually and are
trying to keep an avenue to the
pea open. Military reports indicate
enly. a small force of Japs is de
fending the road to the sea. --
The record bombing'' exceeded
fhe previous high ' mark of 206
ions dropped- in September on
liadang.
Reclamation Would
friveWiest Another
25 Million Acres
! DENVER, Oct. 22 -(ff- Fre
dicting SO years of post-war recla
mation work In the ' western
states, O. S. Warden president of
.the National Reclamation associa
tion, said today that if the west
is provided with sufficient irriga
tion projects it can place an add!
tional 23,000,000 acres into " food
production.
"The future development of rec
lamation projects will be far more
Important than anything attempt
ed in the last 30 years," Warden
told interviewers.
He said hat the IT western
reclamation . states are the only
lands where farm acreage can be
greatly Increased.
; warden, Great Falls, Mont,
publisher, will preside over the
association's annual meeting Octo
ber 27-29.
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SEA-SKYSCOU T A scoat plane of the U. S. Nary leaves
i Us catapult to start a search for enemy craft.
Army' Urges
Postwar Dams
For Northwest
WASHINGTON, Oct 22 -tf3)
Army engineers and house mem
bers from Oregon and Idaho urg
ed the rivers and harbors com
mittee today to approve for con
struction after the war a series
of dams and power developments
on the Columbia' and Snake rivers
in Washington, Oregon and Idaho
to cost approximately $80,000,000.
CoL Peter A. Feringa, repre
senting the engineers, recommend
ed construction of the Umatilla
dam on the Columbia river as the
first step in the development of
the rivers. It would cost approxi
mately $50,000,000 with mean of
developing power and $23,700,000
without : power. He also recom
mended construction of four dams
on the Snake 'river at a cost of
$30,000,000. ! .:
Representatives White (D-Ida),
Angell (R-Ore) and Stockman (R
Ore) urged the committee to ap
prove the plan. The Oregon rep
resentatives joined White in urg
ing 'approval of the Snake river
dams in Idaho to carry naviga
tion to Lewiston, Idiha, and open
tor water transportation a huge In
land territory now' without trans
portation. White' told the committee the
development would make possible
the shipment of minerals, lumber,
grain and other commodities to
tidewater.
He said construction of the dams
on the two rivers would create
additional power of approximate
ly a billion kilowatt hours a year
and that the two rivers had the
greatest ! potential power "of any
rivers in the nation. - ; j . , :
Stockman declared that people
of Oregon were unanimous In
wanting than Umatilla -dam, and
those on the Snake river con
structed.
Angell said that the develop
ment proposed by the engineers
would open up a " new empire
which would produce wealth for
the 'entire nation.
3-Power Talk
Said Veering
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Element! Y. Voroshilov, command
er ; of "Russian : forces in the far
east; Vice Commissar for Foreign
Affairs J Andres. VIshinsky; Vice
Commissar for Foreign .Trade
Maxim Iitvinof f ; and V. A. Saksin
of the foreign office.
American and . British military
advisers attended yesterday's
four-hour session. Ifc was announc
ed, however, that the names of
those attending future daily talks
would not be announced.
Hull and American and British
correspondents met informally
this morning, and the American
diplomat appeared to be in good
health.' ,
S V IN C Nesting aader the wbr
r CwwoltSated YBltct, a & B-2
Snell Names
Committee '
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executive secretary Federated
Jewish societies, Portland; Mrs.
Harry H. George, jr., member of
Portland school board and vice-
president Oregon Congress : of
Parents and Teachers; George
Sheviakov, assistant superintend
ent Vanport schools in charge of
guidance and counseL t
Dr. Herman A. Dickel, psychia
trist and consultant of the Ore
gon state parole borad; Dr. John
L. Ha skins. Portland, chairman
advisory council court of domes
tic relations; Mrs. Frank W. Blum,
Portland, president Oregon Con
gress of ; Parents and Teachers;
Mrs. George R. K. Moorhead, Sa
lem, president state federation of
women's ' dubs; Daniel M. Mc
Dade .state commander, Ameri
can Legion, Portland.
Mrs.. Frank Von BorsteL. presi
dent American Legion auxiliary.
Grass Valley; Morton Tompkins,
master Oregon state grange, Day
ton; Ernest Baker, president state
CIO, Portland; Evan Sax, presi
dent Portland high school student
body association, Portland; J. D.
McDonald, , president, state AFL
federation, Portland.
Miss FJda Russell of Portland.
former superintendent of the Ore
gon Hill crest home for girls, was
appointed chairman.
New Tax Bill
Decided On
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The program is as follows:
L Repeal the victory tax. J
2. Increase the normal tax rate
from 6 per cent to 10 per cent
3. Disallow : the earned income
credit. '- " . . -r '-
4. Permit married persons fil
ing separate returns each to take
only a single person's exemption.
5. Provide that no tax shall be
less than 3 per cent of the net in
come in excess of a personal ex
emption of $500 for single persons.
$700 for married persons and
credit for dependents equal to $100
each, - a - -- ;
(Item 9 applies to persons who
do not have earnings sufficiently
large to come under the regular
income tax but who now are af
fected by the victory tax. Persons
affected by the income tax pay the
treasury no less than : the three
per cent with the exemptions stip
ulated in item 5). Hi
H The present victory tax exemp
tion for both married and single
persons is $624. The fact that ex
emption mentioned in item 5 . Is
$500 for single persons means that
some people who - do not have
to pay victory taxes now ; would
be taxed under the new plan.
i The committee made no change
in the present exemptions under
regular; income taxes,; which are
$500 for single persons, $1200 for
married persons and $350 for each
dependent -
ef a Liberator bomber, the one-ton "firing jeep" Is the smallest
U the largest. Tha "jeep" is built at Wayne, inch,
Reich B Zmhzd
For 3rd Big
Raid of Week
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handful ef planes, set the sirens
going soon after blackout la the
earliest alarm of many months.
Searchlights and guns went into
action .immediately but a few
raiders manaced to drop flares
and bombs in one urban district
and in ene suburban area. :
Two persons were killed, sev
eral seriously injured and others
feared trapped when nazi bombs
demolished several . houses in a
working class district of London.
The German raiders also drop
ped bombs at four places in south
eastern and southern England as
they fanned out singly -over a
wide area. - - -
RAF Typhoon bombers with an
escort of Typhoon fighters dived
through openings in the clouds
over Tricqueville, France, late
today, and they also encountered
no iignter opposition, aitnougn
light anti-aircraft fire was re
ported.
A 21-honr pounding ef nasi
targets had started with .an
RAF Mosquito Sweep into west
ern Germany, the fourth in five
nights.
RAF Spitfires, besides accom
panying the Marauders. carried
...a . m . m
out a numoe roz sweeps ana mei
increased enemy action, however.
They shot down "eight nazi planes
for a loss of one Spitfire.
Returning crewmen ' reported
extensive ; damage done at the
Evreux-FauviHe airdrome. They
left a hangar flaming and numer
ous fires among other buildings,
and also hit . runways, dispersal
areas and parked enemy aircarft
All the bombers returned safe
ly, keeping their Marauder losses
to 13 in 77 missions.
The remarkable lack of oppo
sition to the Evrenx-Fawille at
tack it was the r Marauder
first flight after two weeks ef
bad weather over the continent
did not mean that the German
air force is so low that it could
net pat an any resistance. '
The phenomenon was taken to
indicate, however, . that the Ger
man air force, with' intensified
attacks' on more fronts to cope
with, is os hard-pressed that the
nazi strategists consider it not
worthwhile to risk precious planes
in defense of secondary targets.
CMnese Battle
Against Jap
Encirclement
By CLYDE FARNSWORTH
CHUNGKING, Oct 22-JPy-Out
numbered Chinese forces, cling
ing to precarious positions west of
the Salween river near the Burma
border, battled desperately tonight
against an encircling movement
by Japanese forces officially esti
mated at 30,000. '--
The Japanese columns, already
tripled in number since the be
ginning of the Yunnan province
offensive three weeks ago, have
received further reinforcements
and are also gaining; in air sup
port for the first time ince the
battles flared on the mountainside
frontier of southwestern China,
tonight's high command commun
ique said.
.The Japanese, however, have
been unable to show new advanc
es in fighting at two points west
of the Salween at Lichaipah and
Chaikungfang while the enemy
force moving northward opposite
Luku was being held In the area
south of Lusui where si' "furious
struggle' was continuing.
AlKes Caipture
Towns in Italy
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nneea enemy ngnters swarm
ed up to attack a formation of
Haurauder medium bombers that
was hammering a railway bridge
at Acquapendente, 53 miles north
west of Rome, but escorting Light
nings knocked down six of : the
attackers and drove them off.
RAF Beaufighters, protecting an
allied convoy off the North Afri
can coast; shot down four German
bombers. In - all, 17 - German
planes were officially reported de
stroyed in the day's engagements
against a loss of one allied craft
ONtheHOlIEFROlIT
By isasix cmLD3 -
There is no such thing as moth
er-in-law trouble at least not in
the accepted sense of the term
opines Marian- Bowen, Marries
county welfare . administrator.
Perhaps the much publicized
trouble is of -the daughter-in-law ,
variety.--- - . '.m -1
Mnra men take Into their hnmea
their parentsin-iaw than -their
own . parents, ' says she from her
experience in attempting to ad
just available, couzrty, state and
federal monies to old age assist
ance and general welfare needs.
Likewisevdeclares Miss -Bowen,
the percentage of single women
who support their parents is far
larger than that of single men.
No explanation is attempted by
the welfare administrator at
least not to me. -
But our Maxine Buren declares
that if I were a student of soci
ology I would understand' that
the -system is Mnatual., The
daughter - keeps -house as she
learned to do it at home, uses the
recipes handed down- from grand
mother to mother, etc, and the
parents are just naturally more
comfortable in her-home than
with a daughter-in-law.
It's a good explanation, but that
part of my education gleaned from
newspaper humor leads me to
suggest that some of the sons who
are reputedly always screaming
about "how mother used to cook
it" should welcome their own par
ents into the family circle' if food
and housekeeping are the bases
for selection.
Nazis Claim
Badogiio Tried
Kidnap Hitler
By E. C DANIEL
LONDON, Oct 22-P)-The Ger
man- high command charged today
that King Vittorio Emanuele, and
Marshal Badogiio of Italy had
plotted to lure Adolf Hitler to
Italy, kidnap him and turn him
over to the allies along with Be
nito Mussolini.
Quoting Italian military "docu
ments," the high command charg
ed that Marshal Badogiio had in
vited Hitfer to Italy to confer with
nun and the king.-
The invitation was refused
coolly," said the German news
agency in a broadcast recorded by
the ministry of information. "It
came at a time when the handing
over of the duce was decided and
sealed. Today , it is known that
the' king and Badogiio. arranged
with the enemy to place into his
hands the fuehrer as well as the
duce." ' ;
According to Berlin's statement
today, Hitler was invited to Italy
by, the Italian military attache in
Berlin acting .in the name of the
king and Badogiio. "It is obvious,"
said Berlin, "that - the invitation
was given to the fuehrer" in order
to trap him. "
, ; Although Hitler ' and : German
propaganda outpourings indicated
at the time of the Italian capitu
lation that the- move came as a
surprise . to Germany, the high
command statement asserted that
the German government became
aware as early as August 15 of
Marshal Badoglio's intentions. .The
surrender was announced Septem
ber 8.
Russian Trap
Imperils Nazis
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a Una . in ' this area and were
hastily ; improvising defenses. ,
The new red army smash be
lew rereyaslav earns many days
- after the ' Bussians announced
they bad established a bridge
bead there aereas the Dnieper.
The ' fighting' apparently had
subsided until yesterday when the
Russians gathered ' an . important
tank force and launched a drive
which may strike west toward the
Bug river, aim at the lateral ran
roads connecting German defense
fronts, cut north to further flank
Kiev, or southward to back up
the Dnieper bend drive.
More . than : 1500 Germans were
held inside Melitopol's battle
wrecked and flaming streets, the
Russians said. ;
US-British Alliance
X LAWRENCE, Kas, Oct 22-fP
Alt M. Landon. Insisting that
"world collaboration and cooper
ation should mean all nations,
said today , any proposed British
American alliance "is joint isola
tionism." -
"A mere alliance with one im
perialistic country means a part-
nershiD of the strong. against r tne
weak," he said in an address for
delivery at the University ex Kan
sas Debate institute.
THADJKS
To the Good People of Salem and Vicinity
for the splendid patronage given ur new dining service
WE WILL BE CLOSE OJf SUNDAYS TO ALLOW.
A DAT OFF FOR OUR EMPLOYES
Dinner served each week-day, 5 to 7:45 pjn.
Cafeteria service, 11:43 te Wi P. UL .
JIRGO DINING ROOM
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VETERAN PATIENT William Backhouse, 25 (above),
cheerfttnyVIalms fhe title ef "most injured man alive." A timber
werker, he was crashed by -a Jree in New Seath Wales three
years age, goffering three spine frac tores, 1$ broken ribs, crashed
aheajder. brekea arm and paralysed legs. New to a Srdoey hos
pital, be hopes to walk in five months. "
Sights Raised
In Chest Drive
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cred Heart academy are expected
to report Monday.
Josephine Albert Spaulding sang
three numbers at the Friday
luncheon with Alice Crary Brown
accompanist
Division reports included:
Automotive $397, total $5393 or
83 per cent
Contractors $805, total $11,881
or 99 per cent
. General gifts $805.25, total
$8288.50 or 75 per cent
Government and education
education $1967.34, total $9917 or
83 per cent
Industrial $2002JO, total $11,-
375.40 or 77 per cent. : J. i-f
Mercantile $15245, total $11,-
998.60 or 99 percent phis.
Professional $792.85, total
$8432.85 or 84 per cent
Utilities no report, total $2460
or 99 per cent plus. J, ,
Women's division $2867, total
$8217 or 82 per cent f
Schools division $310.12, total
$809.73 or 81 per cent
National Rail
Strike Looms
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The new mute walkeota coin
cided with a darkly peasimUtle
report by a Washington official
on the fuel eatlook. Howard A.
Gray, deputy solid fnels admla
Istrator, told a senate commit
tee thai eeal predaetioa this
year' weald fan 15,00,000 teas
behind production and necessi
tate drawing en stockpiles.
If there is no further interrup
ti nn of tiroduction. Gray said, con
trolled distribution of available
sucnlies should avert suffering "if
neonle dont set Banicky." But
next year, he said, there may be
a 60,000,000-ton shortage neces
citatinff restriction of. coal use to
the most vital industrial and d-
vflian mimosa.
4 Rmmcntitivei of the five rail
road operating brotherhoods met
in Chicago to pass on tne ques
tion ef a ah-ike vote as the cul
mination, of a 10-months fight for
higher wages. -
The brotherhoods demanded an
increase of 30 per cent, or $3
day, whichever -was higher, last
rixwulitr. An emcrcencr board
in September recommended an in
crease of 4 cents an. nour.
With the ooerating brother
hoods taking the leadership, there
was speculation that the non
operating employes, numbering
over 1.000,000, might follow suit
This group asked 20 cents an hour
wage increase and an emergency
board recommended 8 cents. The
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Corner Rood & Church St
: Old Time Vandaz ,
Elude by 1 -
The Oreonians
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recommendation was set aside by
Stabilization Director Fred M.
Vinson, however, on the grounds
it conflicted with wage stabiliza
tion policies. A second board, is
reconsidering the case..
The proposed mining contract
now before the war labor board
would boost miners earnings
about $1.75 a day While increas
ing working hours. The present
scale is $7 for a 7-hour day."'
Chairman William H. Davis of
the WLB ' indicated he thought
ZlVx cents of the raise would be
an outright wage Increase, raising
doubts whether he would agree
to it i
Tokyo Claims Allied :
Planes, Warships. -
NEW YORK, Oct 22-iAV-Kadio
Tokyo said tonight that the Japa
nese have destroyed 164 allied
planes, four cruisers, two destroy
ers and other warships in the
southwest Pacific since September
1 while losing 49 of their own
planes. " ..'v-'
They also claimed 18 transports.
six torpedo boats, four amphib
ious craft and other small vessels
were sunk. r-' ' s--'"i t
Slarls TcJay
M&ll a l.
With a Load of Hair Raising
Laugh Raising Gags!
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COMPANION FEATURE.
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Starts Oct. 31
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and an order suspending all sales
is necessary in. order to prevent
their complete disappearance
from the retail market" -.During'
the -.. eight-day retail
freeze stocks from the 1943 pack
will be moved from processors to
wholesalers and then to retailers,
so that supplies will be adequate
when rationing is begun.
OPA had not planned te 1m-
. mt aa .X
pose . the ireese nniu oaiuruy
midnight, but reports reached ,
Washington that the plans had
leaked. In order to prevent a
disastrous run en about 15,089,- -009
poands of the foods on re
tail shelves, the ftfeexe was or
dered Into effect a XxiiT.
The orderv. temporarily halts
sales to industrial and institution
al users as well as to housewives.
Industrial users Include bakeries,'
confectioneries, ice cream manu
facturers and others. Hotels, res
taurants, hospitals, prisons, and
clubs are included in the institu
tional grouping. However, indus
trial users and restaurants may
use the stocks they have on hand
during the freeze.
Shumaker Has Stroke
JEFFERSON Grant Shumaker
suffered a slight paralytic stroke
at his home on Ferry street Wed
nesday. His right side was af
fected. His sister and niece, Mrs..
V. D. Looney and Mrs. Frances
NebergaL : came from Albany
Thursday morning to take him to
Albany. , ,.
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THE MOVING
JAP FOREST I
From the eerie depths of a
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THE BRIDGE
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American sappers blast the
bridge to delay the - Jap
advance!
B01SIBING
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An open city falls prey to
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