The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963, August 26, 1941, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE BEND BULLETIN Weather OREGON Light thowert tonight. Wednetdey pertly cloudy with tcet tered light thowert. Meiimum Yetterdey...70 Deqreet Minimum Lett Night... 39 Degree CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER VOL XLVII. THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY. OREGON. TUESDAY. AUGUST 26. 1941 NO. 69 Why Not See? Spend lomo tims etch day check inq4hrouqh th Went Adi. Some one mey went en item you with to tell or tomeone mey be offnrinq (or tale en item you went. r :- , l"--: ' IJ.4IH W. K.llr u In Or.,,,, tnd hll lr will litvllat nwu .l lit lU !,- vtTutt uiun run,4i. ut o, Nfll.Ml. t'CHiitf till munc f,,n Ma-hinait.n Ihi Nlltl I .,l..l column ill urn hftail bt l'ul 1'iiitl.ain ut krll.'t n -hii.au.n .Ulf I By Paul Dunham Washington, i. C, Aug. 215 - Not on.' republican In Idaho, Ore. i;iin ir WiisliliiKinti voted id ex tend the ilmi- nf i hi- selectee In tlir uriny. In Ihut uri-u only three democrats supported Ihe udminls nation lull uml five democrats were against It. The two liliihn rcpivsciittivca lone democrat, nnr icpiiltllcanl were against; two Washington representatives votiil fur mill (our win- against; one Hi'Kon dcmorriit ami two rcptilill cans were against. In California eight new dealers Mini four icpub lii-ana were lor il lull: three li-morrala uml (our republicans were against. Including Nevada iiihI Utah lone democrat each I there wrrr 17 voles tor the lilll linil 1.1 against. The vote shows how close Ihe Issue In In I In- far western slates uml also shows th.il ctccpt for lour republicans from t'ullfornla l hi- only Miiorti-i of the tuliiiiiv Isliutloii were new deal iiii-nilM-m of congress. The Washington dele gallon voted two In oiu against, although nil all mcmlicrs have sustained I ! administration on practically every measure I hut has come lo a voli- In the honor. Al least one Washington representu live went home before Ihe vote, lli'llOUIlllll thr extension of holil. Ing M-l.i t.vK uml rcporti-d that In hi iIinI i lc-t It mi virtually ttnatii menu among hl consiliums that the United KlHtra not lir taken Into war. Aftermath of tin- vole to ki-cp selectees and llir national guard (Continued on Page Four) Young Men to Work for Boeing ( Hill-in for 13 IVschtilca niunly outh to rcMirt to the Hoeing Aircraft rorporulion In Seattle for employment an sub assembly avl nllon slui-t metal trainee were re reived today by the Bend branch of tin- Mali' employment nervier. These younK men were tin I mil by F.iigenc V. Clarke III gasoline engine mechanics, and will Im- rIv en trnlnliiK In airplane mechanics at the IIim-Iiik factory: Arthur Polk. Truman Nelson and U-roy Van Ijiniluyt. Work In the national defense aviation sheet metal course taught at the Montgomery shop by Jim Montgomery, und now tnunht by Jih- Trll, was the early traininK of these iloen hoys, who will con tlnue the same lino of work In Se nttle: John Osmundson, Parrell Ilurlel;h, Jack lHinn. (Jen (irin stead, Julian I.umlnivn, Joe Kenr, Marshall Porterfleld, Clarence 'I'orkelson, l.lle Toikelsnn, Syd ney Ten kelson and Arthur Valley. The departure of these young men will leave several vacancies In the courses, iiccordlnK to Rim sell P. Davis, mamiKer of the lo cal employment office, who urges all young men Interested In taking this free, government sponsored training In apply at the employ ment office. Impressions Of Our Guests Mrs. E. M. Hulls, of San Krnn Cisco, hnd never heard of Central Oregon until she found herself driving through here with Miss (Jracelle Phelps, of Los Angeles, yesterday. Hut after one swift look around this section of the slate, she became so enthusiastic that she even stopped a Bulletin reporter In the middle of a store this morning to sny how much she liked It here. "Honestly, driving through Mad ras yesterday, seeing that great plateau and nil the grazing land, was one of the real thrills of my life. And that Crooked river enn yon equals the Grand canyon In beauty, If you nsk me," she ex claimed. Mrs. Butts liked the sunset, too. "Such cloud effects. Why, I'm Just sick that we can't stay over ut least one more day and Investi gate more of the beauties of this region. Why don't you advertise more? Callfornlans needn't brag liny longer. I've been to Bend, and I love It!" she announced proudly. Senate Will Investigate Gas Shortage Henderson to Stabilize Price, at Study of Oil Situation It Ordered Washington, Aug. 'X dli - The senate commerce committee today ordered an Investigation of the At lantlc seaboard gasoline shortage, 'starting with public hearings Thursday. ' Price Administrator I .con lien demon meanllme unnounced thai Ihe government would act "within 4H hours" to Ntabllle retail gas 'ollne prices on the -ust coast, lie 1 Informed President Thnmus P. Henry of the American Automo bile association that Mime filling stations "are wilfully profiteer ing" Take Short Cut , The senate commerce commit tee short rill Ihe usual procedure for a congressional Investigation In ortler to get the facts of the oil shortage with Ihe least possible delay. Sen. Francis T. Muloncy. V., Conn , uuthor of u resolution ere. jatlug a special senate oil Invest I gallon coiniiilltii", which the com merce group ulso approved, an nounced that the gasoline short age lniulry will go ahead regard less of when or whether the full senate acts on the resolution. He said Ihut a commerce sub committee had been appointed to start the Investigation pending senate action on his resolution and appointment of a sts-clul live member committee bv Vice Presi dent Henry A. Wallace. If the slusri.il commlttis? In named, the suhcommltti-c will turn over Ihe Immlry to ii. Memls-rs of Ihe commerce sub-i-omnillti-e who will start the gas oline shortage lniulry Thursilay ure: Maloney, chairman: S-ns. Itlinrge 1.. Hadclirre, D.. Mil., W. ah O'Danlel. !., Tex., Harold 11. Burton. It . O . and W. Wurrcn Iiai hour. It.. N. J. i Witnesses Not Vet Chosen i Maloney said no witnesses had ! been selected for the first hearing. I The commerce committer also I approved Maloney's resolution for an Investigation of Ihe defense i priorities system. I Meantime, three non-lnterven-tlonlst senators challenged Ihe ad ministration to prove that the 'shortage nf gasoline In the east i coast is real and not "Just an at tempt lo holster the war spirit." I Sen. Cerald P. Nye. It.. N. P.. 'led the attack, rharglng thai the gasoline shortage was a "100 per ' cent nccuslon for a performance to j create n war consciousness." He !wns Joined by Sens. I. Worth Clark, 1 . Ida., and John A. Sana- tier, It., Conn. $138 Stolen From Redmond Store Redmond. Aug. 2fi-The Farm ers Hardware in Redmond was robbed Monday night by thieves who broke In through a rear door and took $1.1S.5U from the rash register. Nothing ese was taken. The thief or thieves broke through a plate glass in the rear door of Ihe warehouse on Fifth street, making an aperture barely large enough for a smull man to crawl through, according to II. E. Van Arsdale, proprietor of the store. Transients are believed to be re sponsible for the theft, police of ficers said today. Two Bend Boys Enlist In Marines Aubrey J. Wagner, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Wagner, of route 1, and Jerry J. Ogle, son of Mrs. Jessie I- Urun, Bend, have enlisted In Ihe United States marine corps, through the Klamath Falls marine recruiting office. The young ma rines will complete their training at the San Diego, Calif., station, then will be given the opportunity of selecting the branch in which the wish to serve. Sergeant Carl K. Cook, In charge of the Klamath office, re ports that men between the ages nf 17 and 30 arc being enlisted in the marine corps for the duration of the emergency, which is com parable to the selective service en listment, or for four years of reg ular service. PIONKK.lt .11 1K;K NIKS Pendleton, Aug. 26 mi James Albert Fee, W, pioneer eastern Oregon circuit Judge, and Pendle ton mayor, died here today of In juries suffered suffered In a fall more than a month ago. Surviving were two sons, Federal Judge James Alger Fee, Portland, and Chester Anders Fee, English In structor at the University of Ore won, his widow, and two daughters. Senate Committee Approves Simpler Income Tax Blank Further Study of Exceti Profit. Levies In Pending Revenue Bill to Be Started WuHhinscUin, Auk. 20 (U.P Thn senate finance committee toiliiy approved use of a simplified tax form which will permit (mall taxpayers to compute income taxes at a Klance without fillinK out detailed blanks. The simplified system of computation would he optional, and any taxpayer would be entitled to fill out a reflation form and compute his own tax if he desired. The simplified chart could he used only by those whose incomes did not ex ceed $:J,()00 a year. The plan is designed to aid some 6,000,000 persons who would file tax returns for the first time next year under the new lowered exemptions voted by Group Opposes Petain Regime Secret Organization Is Formed Among 100 Parliament Members Vichy, France, Aug. 2fi clli NVore than 100 members of parlia ment have met In rump session here and formed themselves Into an oniMisltlon to the rcelme nf Marshal Henri Philippe Petain. It was disclosed tiulay. Disclosure of this new oi ga - nlzed opposition to Ihe Vlchv re- ' glme coincided with revelation I that 12 passengers were Injured In i a new railw ay accident in occu - pled France susu-cti-d to have re- suited from sabotage. An auturail and a freight train collided al Ihe Carnevllle station south of Cher- bourg. I'mi.r0,inn' miirt. ... ...... to lmMse summary death sen- j lenciMi on communists, anarchists and saboteurs, went into action .. i .. , . ... . . . . - i . i. " K 1 i t mia in iin . at in area and It was disclosed that Pelaln would make an Important Bus"ch at 11a. m. Sunday In the Vichy stadium. Observers said ihe parliamen tary npHitlon was the most for midable and most Important of the opposition which Petain him self admitted in his August speech to the nation. The rump parliament of more than 100 senators and deputies, decided to maintain opposition lo Petaln's efforts lo eliminate them completely from national life be- fore their mandates expire next May. The senators and deputies have ' a well organized grape vine sys- tern for communicating bad news of the Vichy regime lo their con i atltuc nts. Most of them are In I Vichy as "refugees" and will kivp 'other senators and deputies In I formed of developments in their I home districts. Registration to Begin Wednesday Although the Bend schools offi cially open Tuesday, Sept. 2. ac tual registration in the high school will not begin until Wednesday, it was announced today by Principal James W. Bushong, and classes j win noi commence lor nign scnooi students until Friday. .. "T .nnht.... rr... . ' sophomores signing up Wednes day afternoon between 1 and 4. Eighth grade students will enroll between 8:30 and 10:30 Thursday morning, and seniors will register last, between 1:30 and 4 on Thurs day afternoon. For the convenience of students who are not able to register at any other time, the high school build ing will be open from 7 to 9 o clock Wednesday evening. All those who are working during the days may sign up then for classes, Bushong stated. Registration In the elementary schools w ill take place Tuesday af ternoon and classes will open Wed nesday morning. The parochial school likewise will begin on Tues day, It has been announced. Mission to Survey Chinese Needs Washington, Aug. 26 Hf Presi dent Roosevelt decided today, in a conference with Chinese Ambas sador Dr. Hu Shi, to dlspitch a military mission to China to sur vey supply problems and the stra tegic situation. Dr. Hu announced the move af ter an extensive talk with Roose velt. He said the mission will be headed by Brig. Gen. John Ma gruder. It is the second mission in proc ess of organization, since Roose velt already is organizing a U. S. mission to be dispatched to Mos cow for forthcoming three-power conferences Involving this coun try, Great Britain and soviet Rus sia. The placing of American war experts in the role of first ad visers to Chiang Kai-shek would mark a new development In the far eastern situation distasteful to Japan. tne senate committee $7!)0 In stead of SHOO for single persons, I --"u P ' niar snan- and Sl.VXJ Instead of $2000 for Pur wl,h 'u'ven axl "hips and the j married couples. j Important oil station of Naft l- Ih-durtlons Allowed Shah while British air borne The rates are computed roughly troops have landed lo protect Brit- - allowing an average 10 per cent ; ish families In the oil fields, it was deduction for contributions. In-1 announced today. ; tcrest, etc.- and in most cases the The British troops met resis tax could be reduced slightly hy-tance at Abadan. near Bandar l any Individual computing his levy Shahpur, and in the Naft l Shah In Ihe usual way. Hut Ihe treas-1 Asr I Shlrln areas, it was admit- ury theory is thai many taxpay-' ted authoritatively, and the Brit- cm woum preier using ine cnaris I In order to save time and head- i aches. I The finance committee, mean-l J time, prepared to study excess profits tax provisions of the pend j ing nut. ' The committee voted to increase iu sngoiiy on smau corpora - 1 those with incomes not Kreatcr than $25,000 a year In xt,e process of absorbing Ihe pres- n 10 Per defense lax into ' "ther rates. The change will add $3,200,000 lo Ihe annuul yield of me oiu. ine normal raie on larger corporations was left untouched at 2 percent. i At present smaller corporations n.'i V 14 85 imt cent normal and de- lensr ius on mromr up 10 uou. This rate was increased lo 15 per '"n'- The present 16.5 per cent normal and defense lav on Income " - between $5,000 and $20,000 was Increased to 17 per cent. The pres ent 18.7 per cent normal and de fense tax on Income between $20. 000 and 25,000 was increased to 19 per cent. !!ArmisticeEnds Washington War Defenders Rout Enemy And Bring Maneuvers To Early Completion Centralia. Wash.. Aug. 26 UP A midnight armistice ended he nine-day "battle of Washington" today with invading trooDS of the mythlcul coalition enemy on the' run back toward Grays Harbor. The far west's largest maneuv ers, involving 80.000 soldiers, sud denly ended with an announce ment by fourth army headquar ters. A counter-attack launched al dawn yesterday enabled defending "blue" forces to rout the enemy and bring the war games to a ouick end. I The maneuvers were concluded after Gen. George C. Marshall,! lienry U StimsTn Arrived in Sea"' yesterday with Gen. Mar- shall remained there overnight getting any assurance that the : year 1941-42. Bills were approved, and planned to visit fourth army i navy would grant the "malnten-1 and the board adjourned until Sep headquarters today." ance of membership" clause the i tember 8. when final action on the weary soldiers, soaked yester- uuy ujr uie imrai-si ram in inree months, ceased "fighting" at least five days ahead of schedule. They nad successfully defended south-1 western Washington from enemy occupation" and fourth army offi cers were understood to be highly pleased by the execution of ma neuver problems. The end came shortly after the streamlined 3rd division outflank-, ed the "enemy" In a smashing drive through the rugged foothills of the Olympic mountains. I More Work fo From High School Students On the eve of the opening of the 1941-42 school vear In Rend .Tames ir d.-u ui ... u. ,.. u last spring's state survey. Chil- principal, Issued a warning today j dren are to be reminded that they that the high school admlnistra- live in critical times, and in addi tion this year will expect more ' tlon they are to be given the bene work from students than ever be-; fit of a guidance program, to be fore. This announcement was started this fall, made by Principal Bushone in a ! Don H. Peonies, second sneaker short talk before the Lions' club, in'asking for the support of par- ents and people of Bend In making the new program of hard work ef- Bend and asked for the club's co fective. ' operation In attempting to find a "It seems to us that there Is a , site more favorable than the so feeling that in past years students called dust bowl to the south of have been getting by too easy", j town. Bushong mentioned in his Infor- i Don Williams was inducted into mal talk. He added that there has membership in the club. Walter G. been a tendency among educators i Peak, Louis Helphrey and VV. L. to let students do what they want j Van Allen were In charge of the to do. "That Is fine, if they do the ' induction. Club members were in right thing", Bushong said. j troduced to the new member by Bushong concluded with a fine Bob Dunlop. word for Bend high school stu- In the absence of Dr. J. S. Grahl dents, adding: "I think If we put it man, N. D. Goodrich presided at up to the youngsters, they will do 1 the luncheon meeting. Rritich Hriuo lDlllli" W,TC. Into Iran hits Blitz Tempo Slight Resistance Is Encountered by Forces Entering on Three Sides London, Aug. 26 'ID- British In dian troops, striking In blitzkrieg j tempo Into western Iran, have ! isn forces continue lo meet "slight" advance. resistance during their Kusslans Move In Russian troops, moving down ine towering mountains from Ar menia in a rapid sweep, were be- , lleved to be nearing Tabriz, Iran's 1 second city, as the British moved : In from the west, It was said authoritatively that there was no immediate intention I of effecting a Juncture with the Russian forces as Ihe prime object I was swift, efficient consolidation of positions allotted in advance. Britain's first communique of,n A' 1 Ihe Iranian campaign, disclosing rflie W WHeTS Of a aramatlc landing by British air borne troops in the oil fields wnere ine families of employes of i the Anglo - Iranian Oil Co. had ; been isolated, came from head - ' nonrtar. ci- a v. ; i u Wavell. commander-in-chief in in.lWinners ln Pf3'" Mature M ' , a- , v.. i . ..i i mviiiudiu dia and of the British part of the Iranian campaign, at Simla. The British used naval ships, airplanes, infantry and motorized troops In addition to air borne troops. The British moved in from three points. ' As they did, British planes flow over Tehran and other Iranian I towns, dropping leaflets explain 1 Ing Ihe reasons for the Invasion ' and emphasizing that Britain had no quarrel with the Iranian people land no designs on their indepen dence or territory, the commu nique said. Work Is Resumed At Kearny Plant I Kearny, N. J., Aug. 26 lii The Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock ; wih June ,Khe which had Co., closed by a strike since Aug. j formerly set its budget from Jan 7. and seized by the navy on Presi-1 uary 1 to December 31. made this dent Roosevelt's order, resumed ' one for six months. In June, ac- full operations today with Admiral H. H. Bowen, technical aide to Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, in charge. Gates were thrown open to the i and ShlS Worked ,CIoT had called off its strike without private owners had refused to Kiaiu. mis viaucr, nuuiu compel the company to'fire workers who i did not maintain good standing in tne union, The company's president. L. H. Korndorff, sent a letter to Knox last night saying that owners were ready to turn over to the government all the physical assets i or the entire capital stock of the company with the understanding that Just compensation would be determined later by agreement or arbitration. Be Expected the work." He added that boys and le auueu inai ooys una i Bend high school are, erage, as revealed in I Klrls Of the above the average. on the luncheon program, pointed to the need of a camping site fori" was announced today. Play- army contingents moving through Double Decker Raid Shelter Britain is busy this summer building shelters for air raids expected in the fall, and is making best use of her space with double-decker shelters. Tube-shaped tunnels deep In the ground are divided into two stories to accommodate thousands ot people. Bunks will line the walls. r ' D ' "Gf TO KeCeiVe r r f. tefertSS OODDS l Rpdmnnri Aue 2fi ilH Prize fi ' , "'" "" i fair, September 26, will be given i defense savings stamps as tro- phies, it was announced today. j In the place of Ihe trophies . given in past years, stamps of $15, ' $10 and $5 denominations will be ! given. Non-High School Budget Planned A tentative six-months budget of $5,084.50 was set up for the Des chutes county non-high district at a meeting of the non-high board last night in the office of County School Superintendent J. Alton Thompson. Because of a change made by the 1941 state legislature that the fiscal year of all local tax levying Iwliac ..-III Iwinin nr. T..I-. n.l cording to Thompson, a budget for : the entire year 1942-43 will be j levied. The board voted to try the bu- : tane fuel equipment on school bus n , ., Ha'lch 7rSd as" driver the school buses throughout the ouagei win rje taken. i . "H""""" -y school buses, including deprecia tlon, during the past school year amounted to $2,294.03. Bus No. 1, with a daily route and mileage av erage of 15 miles and a maximum student load of 42. cost $1,090.45 to operate. With a daily route of 21 miles, and an average daily mile- '" " sue puiii.i, oi.tw.jo n i uii ."'a "7 '4jr r. . -i- '"e- Present at the meeting were Chairman Glenn W. Montgomerv. Ernest Ohernnlte R I Hnmhv R L. Bennett, County Superintend ent Thompson, and William Bow man, driver of one of the buses. rlavqround GrouD i,3 n lo Mage Circus Concluding the summer activi ties at the Harmon playfield on Wednesday, August 27. will be "the greatest show on earth," the Bungling Brothers and Hindpaws circus, to be presented at 2 p. m., ground classes are putting the iinat toucnes on the show, and young people are kept busy creat ing animals and sideshows. At 2:30 Wednesday a cast of six young people will present the play, "Princess Tendcrheart." Handicraft projects and the minia ture circus will be on display throughout the afternoon. All playground activities will be officially ended on Thursday, as materials must be put away and the Kenwood school basement pre pared for the opening of school next Tuesday. Japan Said to Lead in Aluminum Process Turned Down In U. S. Used, Witness Tells Senate Group Seattle, Aug. 26 IPL Frank Eiehelbereer. president of the Vatnnit, t-nmnnt- 'nt c-iir t ii.a Idly, testified today at a special vrtsa"h? Russian bridge : . head on the Dnieper river there, a nn.r Jiuuiiiicc HCOI iiik null. Japan is producing more alumi num than the United States and with a patent he developed and which the office of production management tried to discourage. He told the Truman committee investigating national defense bot tlenecks that he had proposed to minl. font., m at., m.nl.m t-nn 1. I '".'""','-"" 17 i "Jr5 unite clay at Tacoma, he added that deposits of aluminum-bearing clays near Enumclaw, which his company has tested, are "tremen dous." "The United States bureau of mines believes these deposits are as great as those near Salt Lake City, which are the largest in the nation, undisputably," Enchelberg er said. Donald M. Miller, metallurgist of the department of interior, said all the ores and chemicals needed for the manufacture of magne sium are present in the state of Washington. He said OPM has de- cided the nation-needs 200,000 tons ! J .f .?n"uaJiLb"' hJS a total capacity of only 112,500 tons. Sen. Harry S. Truman of Mis souri, chairman of the committee, i mtu u i tin ncaiuij; lair jniciuaj w , . i . i, ; t -i , t-A f-Aonnn l-U ....... . - mm ine niuiimiuiii uoijaiiy ui I America "is more interested in re- taining a monopoly than in saving tne country s defense program. M.VIOK LEAGUE RESULTS By United Pnu National First game: ; Pittsburgh ... 000 300 000-3 4 Boston Boston 011 010 Olx 4 13 Willkie and Davis; Tobin and Berres, Montgomery. : .First Kam: . Cincinnati 000020 020-4 10 .New York 300003 lOx 7 10 1 0 Walters, Turner (6) and Lom bardi. J. Riddle: McGee. Schu macher and Danning. First game: Chicago 101 003 0005 8 1 Philadelphia ..111 001 0004 13 2 Mooty and McCullough; Hoerst, Melton (6), Beck (7) and Living ston. First game: St. Louis 000 102 0003 7 0 Brooklyn 201 220 Olx 8 12 1 I Lanieri, Shoun (4), Gumbert I 5). Grouch (7) and Mancuso, cooper; uavis ana uwen. Second game: ; St. Louis 000 000 30 8 0 Brooklyn 000 00001 1 7 2 M. Cooper and W. Cooper: Fitz zlmmons and Franks (called 8th, darkness). American First game: Philadelphia . 010 010 2059 14 0 Detroit 000 000 1001 6 2 Marchlldon, Beckman (8) and Wagner; Newsom, Rowe (8) and Sullivan. Boston 203 000 0049 13 2 Cleveland 300 001 000 4 8 3 H. Newsome and Pytlak: Bair- by. Brown (9) and Hemsley. Reds Retake Large City on Central Front German Troops Enter Great Industrial Town Of Dnepropetrovsk Moscow, Aug. 26 IP Red army forces, In a savage counter offen sive on the central front, W"-e re ported today to have stormed and recaptured street by-street a largo ancient city in white Russia that had been In German hands five days. (The dispatch did not make clear what city the Russians re occupied, Russian forces, under Gen. I. A. Konev, however, have been engaged In a large-scale counter-offensive In the Gomel area and it was believed Gomel, ' recently taken by the Germans, might have been recaptured.) Komsomolskaya Pravda, organ of the union of communist party, said that Russian tanks. Infantry, cavalry and planes cooperated In recapturing the city. Communica tions already have been restored and evacuees are returning to re sume normal life, it added. Russian forces, after falling back from Novgorod, 100 miles south of Leningrad, were reported resisting strongly against German efforts to encircle the soviet sec-. ond city. In the south, the Russians were said to have routed or destroyed six Rumahian infantry and two German tank divisions attempting to take the Black sea port ot Odessa. Lengthening nights and heavy rains were said to be helpful fac ; tors In the defense of Leningrad, wnere tne army of Marshal Klein em! Voroshilov and a motley peo ple's army were drawn up for a "last man" stand against German forces driving from the west, south and north. ENTER INDUSTRIAL CITY Berlin. Aug. 26 itPi German f trooDS have cantured Dnienrnn. sneClal firman h i oh ivimmanH communique said today. Dnepropetrovsk, a great indus trial city north of the Dnieper dam, lies on both sides of the river. The German claim to cap ture of the Russian bridgehead there indicated that the Germans had not crossed to that portion of nninnmmlnwcl. urhlnl, nn U e- - w - ..IV It 1113 wit 1H east bank of the river. Claim of the capture of the in dustrial objective followed asser tion by competent sources that German troops Sunday captured Luga. 90 miles south of Lenin grad, where 2300 prisoners were taken. In taking Luga, i was said, the Germans also captured 54 tanks, 41 guns and removed 9200 land mines planted by the red army. The high command said that Dnepropetrovsk was taken by as sault after heavy fighting between the red army and rapid German panzer units commanded by Gen. Ewald von Kleist. The high command; said that to take Dnepropetrovsk von Kleist 's troops had driven eastward from Uman. south of Kiev, and that since the battle of Uman they had taken 83,596 prisoners. Capture of Dnepropetrovsk was claimed officially but the occupa tion of Luga, in the north, was claimed by competent military quarters. WORKERS TO BUY BONDS Wauna, Aug. 26 tlP TheWauna local of the International Wood workers of America today became the first union in Oregon to take the initiative in a defense bond buying plan, union officials said. Workers at two lumber firms here have agreed to have a portion of their pay set aside for the pur chase of the savings bonds. 4eope in The News - - (By United Proa) Mrs. Ruth Brazell, the former Princess Ruth Plgnatelli d'Ara gon, was given a divorce in Los Angeles and the $6,000 diamond brooch she said almost caused her husband to fight a duel. She said the prince accused Brazell of giv ing the princess the brooch while she still was the prince's wife. . . . i Bob W. Mellrk, 22, who used a cap pistol to force a Salt Lake City truckdriver to take him to Elko, Nev., faces kidnaping charges In Reno. The FBI brought the charge. . . . Funeral services were arranged for William i. Adames, 65, tor 37 years editor and manager of the Journal of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. He died of a heart attack in Kansas City yesterday. ... John Milton Canton. Pioneer lumberman and president of the Dolbeer Carson Lumber comDanv. died in Eureka, Cal. . . .