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Newspaper Page Textfc fc fc Buy War Bonds Keep 'Em Flying 54th Year, No. 171 Entered m second claw matter at Salem, Oregon Salem, Oregon TuesdayJuly 21, 1942 Price Five Cents Major Battle Looms as Naiis linear Rostov II W ill MM .1 II B 3 Army Planes 0 Crash Killing All Occupants Crashes Reported from Tucson, Houston and Hanford of Bombers Tucson, Ariz., July 20 (IP) An army bomber crashed at 4:30 a.m. today, carrying its crew of eight to flaming death in the desert three and one-half miles southeast of its b a s e, Davis Monthan airfield. ' The B-24, one of several bombers on a night training flight, burned and the officers and men apparently were killed instantly. Col. Lowell H. Smith, com manding officer at the airbase, dispatched salvage crews to the scene and ordered a board of in quiry to attempt to determine the cause of the crash. Corvallis Officer Killed The dead: The pilot, First Lieut. Blair K. Blacker, son of Mrs. William Blacker (621 South 19th St.), Corvallis, Ore.- Second Lieut Earl W. How ard, son of Mrs. Mattie M. How ard, Cottonwood Falls, Kas. Second Lieut. Bishop M. Toms, son of Clayton W. Toms, Cog gan, Iowa. Corp. Richard J. Anderson, son of Earl Anderson, Route L, Marcellus, Mich. Corp. William J. Brady, Jr., son of Mrs. Bessie Lee Brady, Glcndale,. Calif.. .. . . , ,; .. . j.. ... Private Thomas B. Fish, son of Mrs. Pauline Fish, Vincennes, Ind. '. : .., . Private Thomas P. McGrath, grandson of Mrs. Mary Tyrell, Chicago. Private Howard A. Peterson, , brother of Gerald Peterson, Jer sey City, N. J. Crash in Texas Houston, Tex., July 20 (pj An army pursuit trainer crash ed three miles east of Highland early today, killing all five oc cupants. The public relations office at Ellington field reported the plane appeared to be from the air force advanced flying school, Lake Charles, La.. Hanford, Calif., July 20 (P) An army bomber crashed and burned today, killing all three of its occupants, in the Delia View district 12 miles east of Hanford. Roosevelt to Stop Inflation Birmingham, Ala., July 20 UP) President Roosevelt soon will "step on to prevent a general break-through in the adminis tration's anti-inflaion program," Senator Lister Hill (D., Ala.), the democratic whip, said here today. "An overall ceiling covering wages, commodities and all oth er major factors in living costs will be asked by the president," Hill said. "And if the president asks for immediate action con ( gress will forego the proposed measure he believes necessary mid-summer recess and pass the to preserve th war price struc ture." Here to address a civilian de fense loyalty show, the junior senator from Alabama said In an Interview that "at the tme he sent congress hs first anti Inflation plan, Mr. Roosevelt recognized that a general sta blization similar to the Baruch plan of the last World war was necessary." "But the president is a mas ter at timing," he continued. "He knew that prompt action was necessary if we were to stop the living cost spiral. And he knew too that if he laid the entire plan for control before congress that the pacifists, pro- fiteers and selfish interests would combne their pressure groups to defeat it and that long debate would ensue as pric es soared," Captain Frank Douglas Sharp, of Salem Sharp Hero at Burma Battle Washington, July 20 W) An army flying fortress bomber, pi loted by Captain Frank D. Sharp of Salem, Ore., fought off 23 Japanese fighters, shooting down four of the enemy planes, during a two-hour battle over Burma, the war department re ported today. After bombing Rangoon, the four engined Boeing B17 was attacked by the enemy fighters. One gunner was killed and four other members of the crew were wounded. All the bomber's guns were put out of action, the rud der controls were shot away and two engines knocked out of commission.' Nevertheless, the department, reported, after six members of the crew, including two wound ed, had- bailed out. Sharp and his co-pilot, both wounded, man aged to land the plane and make their way back to their com mand, The announcement did not identify any of the crew except (Concluded on page 9, column 5) Pressure Grows For Second Front London, July 20 (U.B Prime- Minister Winston Churchill has offered Lord Beaverbrook a war cabinet post which may be link ed with the problems of estab lishing a second front this year, well-informed political quarters reported today. The report, although not con firmed officially, tent emphasis to the current British-American talks here which are expected to determine whether the allied armies will attempt to invade the continent before winter. Russia is believed to be exert ing considerable pressure on Bri tain to open a second front im mediately, warning of the pos sible dangers if German success es continue. Further,, some allied quarters fear Japan may soon attack Si beria. . Informants who sponsored the Beaverbrook report said Beaver brook now was considering an offer from Churchill but that he withheld h i s decision hoping for some sort of assurance that a full-scale invasion of the con tinent would be attempted. Biggest Tax Bill Passed by House Washington, July 20 (IP) A $6,143,900,000 wartime revenue bill was passed by the house and sent to the senate today after a last-minute floor fight which resulted in levying a 90 per cent excess profits tax and a com- bined normal and surtax of 45 per cent on corporations. The measure was passed on a rollcall vote of 392 to 2. The ne gative votes were cast by Repre sentatives Oliver (R., Me.), and Moser, D., Pa.). The ways and means commit tee sought to have the excess profits tax raised to 90 per cent and the normal and surtax re duced to 40 per cent. On the excess profits tax in crease, the committee was sus tained on a voice vote. But on the surtax revisions the house decided, by a teller vote of 180 to 160, to retain the I Kiska Harbor Dreary Tomb of Japanese Hopes Eye Witness Tells of Continuous Bombing By American Airmen By Keith Wheeler (Copyright by ohlcnuo Times. Inc.) Distributed by United Press At Sea with the Pacific Fleet (delayed) Kiska Harbor may earn a place in history as the dreariest tomb ever to receive the corpse of an invader's hope to conquer the world. It may be that Honshu's hope ful little men have chosen the foggy bay under the black peaks of Kiska's hills to launch their last serious attempt to invade and conquer the United States. It now seems more likely they have chosen a place to die. Ships Being Sunk Midway was their first choice and they failed there. Now de spite repetitious punishment by American bombers they are doggedly assembling in Kiska. Already the emperor's high prowed ships are going down at their moorings, victims of bombs falling day and night from big brown and gray planes running a shuttle service of destruction along the Aleutian chain, The big PBY Catalina flying boats first located the Japanese in Kiska Harbor June 10. They had moved in during a stormy week. - Battle of June 11 "", The battle began June 11 when the firsf flights of navy Catalinas and army fortresses and "B-24 Liberators began freighting bombs to Kiska. Singly and in flights of two or three, the workhorse Catalinas slid across the mile high peak of Kiska volcano and down on the ships in the harbor. That day one heavy cruiser, two- light cruisers, a single destroyer and half a dozen transports lay an chored there. Five Liberators launched the first concentrated attack. They came down to 1,800 feet where they could see to work. The Japs threw up an umbrella of anti-aircraft and one Liberator caught a chung apparently In the bomb load. He was there In formation one second and the next he came apart in a searing blast that rocked the other planes. One Cruiser Aflame The remaining four planes re vised their technique and climb ed to 18,000 to drop their loads As they left, one heavy cruiser lay flaming in the harbor, hit squarely by heavy bombs. Before the day was over the Catalinas made seven separate attacks. One Catalina caught a subma rine on the surface en route. Before the sub could rig for div ing the Cat was on it with a load of heavy bombs. The sub broke up and sank without firing a shot. Another Catalina got two near (Concluded on pare 10. column 4) provision of 45 per cent. Chairman Doughton (D.,NC). of the committee, urged the re vised corporate rates in the In terest of the small corporations which were not benefitting from the war program. But Rep. Mc Lean (R., NJ), said the changes would "help those corporations which are waxing fat by this war effort." The legislation would raise about $2,400,000,000 in new tax es from corporations and almost $3,000,000,000 from individuals, primarily through steeply grad uated Individual surtax rates and reduced personal exemp tions. I Waiting for Japs lo Try Again Jap bombing planes had been there once when this pic lure of the attack on. the U. S. naval base at Dutch Harbor, Juno 3 and 4, were made, witness the burning oil tank in the background. But these marines were alert in their trenches for another attack, U. S. Navy Photo. Americans Bomb Canton Airfield Chungking,. July 20 VP) United Slates bombing planes blasted a Japanese airfield at Canton Saturday, planting their bombs among between 50 and 60 planes on the ground and leaving-six great fires blazing, Lieut. Gen. Joseph Stilwell's headquarters" an nounced toda?. In a .second,- attack Drive for Scrap Opened Today Portland, July 20 (IP) Ore gon's participation in a concert ed scrap collection drive got underway today with granges playing a leading role in rural areas. Ralph Mitchell, executive sec retary for the state salvage com mittee, appealed today to farm ers to cooperate and asked farm implement dealers to assist. Morton Tompkins, stale grange master, said his organi zation already had started col lections but would intensify its efforts. ' In Portland,' scrap metal and rubber will be received at fire stalions and auctioned, the pro ceeds to go to civilian defense. Dealers will buy direct from those who prefer not to donate their scrap, Hamilton F. Corbett, Multnomah county chairman, said. . Women Begin Army Training Fort Des Moines, la., July 20 (U.R) American women invaded the last masculine stronghold of the army today as they began training that will release 25, 000 male soldiers for combat duty by next April. With 200 rookies of the wom en's army auxiliary corps, awak ened at 6 a.m. by a cannon, al ready maintaining a lively pace through the first day of army routine for women, Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby,, trimly uniformed WAAC director, explained how the new women's army will serve the nation at war. The first three companies of 150 women will be graduated from the four weeks of basic training and eight -weeks of specialist training, by Novem ber 9, the director said. ' Mrs. Hobby, who has the rank of a major, said the women sol diers may be sent anywhere in the world. But she specified that plans for the first WAAC mem bers who complete training call for their transfer to eastern sea board cities for air raid warning duty and tq 11) regular army posts to replace men for fight ing. "By next April we will have trained 25,000," she said. 1 .the American airman yesterday t o m b e d Linchwan, Japanese base in Kiangsi province. All the planes returned safely from both raids. The communique said Japan ese headquarters were attacked with "excellent results" at Linchwan in this second raid up on that base. It first was at tacked July 10. i- Canton last was attacked by U. S. bombers on July 4 when the Whitecloud airdrome on the outskirts of the city was the tar get. Today's official announce ment that an airdrome was at tacked, without identifying it, indicated a second field was vis ited this time, since the Japan ese maintain several around most. of the larger cities under their domination. Chinese forces, inflicting ma jor, setbacks to the Japanese drive aimed at the heart of China from the southeast, have rc-capturcd the seaports of Wen chow and Juian in Chekiang pro vince and broken the invaders' hold on a 15-mile strip of the Chekiahg-Kiangsi railway by seizing Iyang and Hengfcng, the Chinese high command announc ed yesterday. The official announcement said the enemy lost heavily in casualties and that large stores of booty fell into Chinese hands. V-Army Awaits Second Front London; July 20 (U.R) Occu pied Europe's underground V army, mobilized by the myster ious Colonel Britlon.a year 'ago yesterday, is ready to strike the axis a paralyzing blow the mo ment the allies open a second front.' At least 1,000,000 patriots have been shot, hanged or tor tured to death by the axis, but the multitudes who live keep several million German and Italian soldiers tied down in 645, 000 square - miles of occupied territory, constantly fighting increasing sabotage, shootings and bombings. Colonel Britton, who organ ized the V-army by radio and coached it Weekly in methods of tormenting the Germans and Italians, has not spoken to hs followers for thrcc-and-a-half months. The last time he broad cast, he tpid.thcm his next call would be for a mass, co-ordin ated blbw at their oppressors. I hope my call for that blow will not be long delayed." he laid. J Raid Sub Plant Near Bremen London. Julv 20 (IP) Fnnr- engined bombers of the royal air force raided northwest Germany last . night, including submar ine building yards at Vcgesack, the air. ministry; announced to day; " , '' ; ' Vegesack is 10 miles north west of Bremen. "Three of bur bombers are missing from these operations," the air ministry said. The blow naninsr. nnt-iliwnt Germany was the fourth in as many days, having been preced ed by three daylight smashes against the Ruhr and submarine construction .centers at Luebeck and Flensburg. (The German high command said nazi nlanes scored riii-r.pt bomb hits on a British war plant northeast of London in a day light raid. The Tlnllan mrlin broadcast a Berlin dispatch iden tifying the target of this at tack as Chelmsford, small man ufacturing center 30 miles north cast of London.) , Yesterday by daylight RAF fliers in Boston bnmhnrs nllnnlr. cd targets in the German-occu pied Lille and Belhune areas, including Dower stnlinnc ni Chocques and Mazingarbe. Hur ricane Bombers and Spitfires at tacked enemy ships, an armed freighter and a minnRwnnnnr The air ministry said both ships were nit. Postmasters OK'd Washington, July 20 (IP) Oregon postmasters confirmed by the sennle: Georgia G. Case beer, Bly; Ruby O. Roberts, lone; Uoorgo Larkin, Newbcrg; Enrly Phillips, Scio; Frank II. Laighlon, Seaside. A ttacks on Convoy Repelled in Arctic Moscow, July 20 (U.R) Soviet destroyers, creating a wall of fire as airplanes batllod overhead, repelled strong German aerial torpedo attacks on the last stage of an American-British convoy Innvnnu In T3 . . ..! ' A I - .'...-j-j. the official news aucnev Tnss said today. The dispatch from a corre spondent with the northern fleet said that soviet warships and fighto? pianos escorted the con voys on its last three days into port and that more than 220 bombs and 14 torpedoes fired by the enemy failed to hit their targets. At times each side sent 200 or more planes into the fighting. Captain Kolehln, soviet com mander of a destroyer flotilla, ordered his ships to close to the convoy lo create a solid barrage of fire. (German broadcasts recently claimed that 35 our of 3B allied ships in a convoy to Murmansk had been sunk or damaged.) At one time five enemy tor British Capture 6,000 Prisoners In Desert Battle American Bombers Dev astate Axis Airfields and Bases Cairo, July 20 (U.R) British armed forces have captured more than 6,000 axis prisoners in the last 10 days, blasted grounded enemy planes in one of the greatest surprise attacks of the desert war and maintain ed the initiative of the desert front, it was disclosed today. The surprise raid by the royal air force, with which the grow ing U. S. middle east air force has been cooperating, was car ried out at the axis landing grounds at, El Daba Sunday, where a large force of light bombers and fighter-bombers plastered the field with high ex plosives. Blast Grounded Planes The El Daba field, just west of the forward axis linos, was so lorn and ripped by the bombs that the great dust cloudes made accurate observation of the dam age impossible, but the fighter bombers, which swept in behind the light bombers, ' saw the bombs fall accurately among the grounded craft. One four-engincd plane was seen burning and several small er craft were in flames. The RAF, after sweeping the field, intercepted ...axis ...planes, coming in for landings and shot down four Junkers-52s and one Stuka dive-bomber. Then in a final shot at the field, the RAF swept over the dust clouds and releas ed their last bombs. Mostly Italians Most of the prisoners are Ital ian infantrymen, many of whom do not appear to have much stomach for further fighting in the desert heat and sand. In the southern sector the Im perial forces of Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck's eighth army con tacted the enemy at two new points, a hill called Gcpcl Ka lakh and the plateau El Taq. Both are about 25 miles south west of El Alamein. The RAF, working In cooper ation with the ground battle force in this same sector, scored direct hits yesterday on six out of seven enemy tanks and des troyed a gun trailer and one oth er vehicle. One of the tanks burst into flames. Transport Attacked An enemy transport In the central sector also was attacked yesterday by RAF fighter-bombers and the action was so close to the forward British lines that the ground forces attested lo the accuracy of the bombing. Reinforced by a steady flow of British and American tanks, the imperial forces had made further gains on all three sec tors of the front and yesterday, (Concluded on pngc 10, column 5) pedo planes approached the head of the convoy and one piano attempted 'to attack the leading transport, the dispatch said. The accurate fire of the destroyers forced the plane to swerve and its torpedos went wild. Another plane attacking from the rear twice dropped torpe does which missed. Another plane was driven off by machine gun and anti-aircraft fire and three soviet fight ers chased it until they saw a cloud of black smoke coming from under its wings. During one fight, an enemy plane fired two torpedoes at the soviet flagship but Kolchin dodged them by quick maneuv ers and shot down the German plane. Red Army Wins New Successes At Voronezh Timoshenko Withdraw ing for New Defense Stand North of Rostov (By the Associated Press) Rostov, whose armed citizen ry helped the Russian army drive out the Germans eight months ago, was menaced anew today as Hitler's 1A42 offensive. repulsed at Voronezh and check ed momentarily toward the east, veered south in a tremendous onslaught which forced the Rus sians back toward the gateway to the Caucasus. Driving through Voroshilov grad, 100 miles north of Rostov, and MUlorovo, on the Rostov Moscow rail line, the Germans were converging upon the junc tion of the rail line and the Do nets river at Kamensk. Rostov lies 85 miles lo the south. Exceeding even Berlin's ac counts of the German gains, the Paris radio said axis advance forces had reached Rhakhtv mnl mining and railroad town 40 miles north of Rostov. Reds Regain Initiative Russian disnatches said Mar shal Semcon Timoshenko waj drawing back his troops in or derly withdrawal to a new de- lense stand somewhere north of Rotov and the confluence of the Don and Donets ive'rs.' ' " ' 'He was drawjng upon .the strong armies garrisoning ' the northern Caucasus lo form a de fense lino which London mill. tary quarters predicted would be hinged at Rostov and design ed lo hold both banks, of thn lower Don. Such a line, said these sources. who must remain anonymous, would extend from Rostov to Rasponnsk. about SO m 1 1 northwest of Stalingrad nn Hip Volga, guarding the last rail link between Moscow to the Caucas us. Gain at Voronezh Although the Russians had wrested back the Initiative at Voronezh, on the northern flank of the 300-mile battle line through the grain covered steppes of the Don's big bend, they declared the nazi thrust to the south a serious threat. United States and British made tanks and planes were thrown into the fight In an at tempt to stem the axis onrush. "To the south of Mllerovo," the Russian communique report ed, "our troops engaged in a fierce defensive battle against advancing German fascist troops. "In one sector the Germans drove a wedge into our posi tions. With a blow from the flank, our troops frustrated the enemy attempt to break our de fense. In this battle the fascists lost over 1,200 killed. . . (Concluded on page 9, column 5) Gasoline Cut In Buffer Zone Washington, July 20 (U.R) The war production board to day announced establishment of a "buffer zone" in 162 coun ties adjacent lo the western boundaries of the cast coast ra tion area, in which deliveries of gasoline to filling stations will be cut by 25 per cent be ginning Wednesday. Purpose of the buffer zone, officials explained, will bo to discourage motorists living in the rationed area from driving over Iho ration lino and pur chasing unlimited quantities of gasoline. Buffer zone dealers are ex pected to be able to get enough gas to meet most of the needs of their own customers but not enough to supply border "tour ists," the WPB said. The WPB announced that the existing 3314 per cent cut In de liveries to filling stations In Washington and Oregon will re main unchanged.