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54th Year, No. 193
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natter at Salem, Oregon
Salem, Oregon
Friday, August 14, 1942
Price Five Cents
Marines Extendi Solomomi :kar Conquest
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Army Parade
Inaugurates
Victory Days
"Victory House" Set Up
4 Fun, Sport, Music Fea
ture War Bond Sales
. Salem's two Victory Days got
under way this afternoon at 1
o'clock with a parade of sol
diers, army band, military equip
ment and public officials
through the downtown district
marking the opening event for
the two big afternoons and eve
nings. In these two days it is
expected to couple a constant
stream of fun, sport and amuse
' ment with the more serious bus
iness of selling war bonds and
stamps and some records for
both fun and bond sales are ex
pected to be hung up by the time
the last bond is disposed of and
the last event is staged. Auc
tions of bonds and stamps will be
put on intermittently during the
programs.
Victory House
"Victory House," a big mobile
war bond promotion truck and
trailer, was set up here today
for the duration of the celebra
tion. Afternoon programs are
being staged on Liberty street
between Court and State streets
starting promptly at 1 o'clock
running until. 5 o'clock. Evening
programs will be staged on the
west side of the courthouse lawn.
The afternoon events are pre
ceded by the parade, and eve
" "nlng events by a concert by. the
military band, all of the military
features being loaned from the
contingent at the state fair
grounds.
Included in the military
equipment are army jeeps lo
cated at the courthouse and any
one may have a ride in one of
these, the only requisite being
purchase of$5 in defense stamps.
Children's Events
This afternoon includes s
number of children's events
among these being a mutt show
with display of dogs of all kinds
and descriptions and there will
also be a costume competition at
4:30 this afternoon on Liberty
street, as well as a series of
sports contests and a dictator
prize judging contest which are
set for Saturday afternoon at the
same hour.
Saturday, afternoon at 4:30
Mrs. Charles A. Sprague will cut
the Victory cake, a 100-pound
fe beauty contributed by a local
m baker. Pieces of this cake -will
go to purchasers of war stamps.
Snell Chairman
The local talent program
opened at Victory house at 2
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Independence
Suffers Fire
Independence, Ore., Aug. "14
Fire of undetermined origin
completely gutted two business
houses early this morning re
sulting in several thousands of
dollars loss to two business firms
in property owned by Robert
pCraven.
r The beer parlor, owned by
Frank Dworak, sustained a loss
of around $3,000, partially cov.
ered by insurance while Earl
Graham, owner of Graham's
cash market next door, has not
yet made an estimate of his loss
which probably includes the re
frigeration plant in the meat
department. He intends to re
open if a location and fixtures
can be obtained. Both firms were
heavily stocked for the coming
nop harvest.
The fire was discovered by
Hay Howard, night patrol offi'
cer, as he was going off duty at
4 o'clock. From the smoke it
is believed that the fire oriein.
ated at the market. Despite the
early hour a majority of Inde
pendence persons turned out.
.Through prompt action of .the
ndependence fire deoartment
and the assistance of the Mon
mouth department the fire was
confined to the one building.
To Maintain
Gas Reserves
In Stations!
Washington, Aug. 14 '(U.R)
Acting at the request of Petro
leum Coordinator Harold L.
Ickes, the war production board
today ordered service stations in
Oregon and Washington to main
tain reserve . gasoline supplies.
The minimum reserve at each
station has been set at either 500
gallons or 25 per cent of the
station's total gasoline storage
capacity, whichever is the lesser
quantity.
Ickes said that the order was
issued because of transportation
and other war conditions.
Anniversary
Of Charter
Washington, Aug. 14 (P) On
the first anniversary of the sign
ing of the Atlantic charter, Pres
ident Roosevelt reaffirmed today
his faith in its eight Cardinal
principles as the basis for a bet
ter and happier world "when
victory comes."
The chief executive and Prime
Minister Winston Churchill of
England penned their names on
the historic declaration at a se
cret meeting at sea "exactly a
year ago, when the United States
still watched the war from the
sidelines? Since then, all the
United Nations have accepted its
enunciation of post-war aims as
a foundation upon which a per
manent peace must rest.
"When -victory comes," Mr.
Roosevelt asserted in a message
to " Chui:eIiill-:today," "we'Ssiiall'
stand shoulder to shoulder in
seeking to nourish the great
ideals for which we fight. It is
a worthwhile battle. It will be
so recognized through all the
ages, even amid the unfortunate
peoples who follow false gods to
day. '"!,".
"We reaffirm our principles.
They will bring us to a happier
world."
Injunction for
Steel Dealers
Cleveland, O., Aug. 14 U.RM
The office of price admlnistra'
tion obtained a temporary res
training order in federal court
today against a Houston, Tax.,
steel dealer involved in alleged
"black market" steel purchases
by the Higgins Industries, Inc.,
of New Orleans.
Judge Robert N. Wilkin issu
ed the injunction-against Willard
P. Markle, who told OPA in
vestigators that he carried his
office in his hat. The OPA
petition and affidavits were fil
ed by James C. Gruener, re
gional attorney, and John Ladd
Dean, regional litigation attor
ney.
Navy Seizes Strike
Bound War Plant
Bayonne, N. J., Aug. 14 (U.R)The strike-bound General Cable
corporation plant was taken oyer by the navy today and workers
lu .cum iu uieir
informed at a meeting that the
plant had been put under gov
ernment control. Their vote to
end the three-day walkout was
almost unanimous and was tak
en two hours after Rear Ad
miral Harold G. Bnwpn An
nounced he was in charge.
- Naval seizure of the plant was
ordered by President Roosevelt
after strikers had refused tn or.
cept a war labor board ruling
mai mey were not entitled to
a 10 cents hourly wage, increase.
"I have taken over cossessinn
of the plant in accordance with
the president's proclamation,"
Rear Admiral Bowcn said, "and
the plant will reopen at 4 p. m.,
toaay for the regular second
shift."
Thereafter, he said." normal
operations will continue.
A notice announcine that the
navy had taken over was posted
throughout the plant and includ
ed the warning: "Any interfer
ence with the operation of this
Allies Crush
Nazi Onslaught
On Stalingrad
Axis Forces Thrust 50
Miles Further into the
Caucasus Region
(By the Associated Press)
Marshal Semeon Timoshen
ko's red armies were reported
to have crushed the first great
nazi onslaught toward Stalin
grad today, counter-attacking
to drive back the Germans after
they had broken through and
reached the Don below Klets
kaya, 75 miles northwest of the
big Volga steel city.
Soviet dispatches said the
Germans opened a short-lived
breach by sending huge num
bers of tanks into a narrow sec
tor. The German controlled Paris
radio asserted that part of Stal
ingrad was in flames under in
tensive nazi aerial attack.
In the Caucasus
In the Caucasus, the Russians
acknowledged that German fly
ing columns driving down the
Rostov-Baku railway toward the
Caspian sea had advanced with
in 140 miles of the Grozny oil
fields after a 50-mile thrust in
24 hours.
The invaders were now leav
ing the flat plains on the north
ern side of the towering Cau
casus range, a terrain ideally
suited for tanks, and had come
within sight of snow-capped Mt.
Elborus'fYsinfc 18,465 feet above
the steppes. : .. ' , . ' '
A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's
field headquarters, emphasizing
the new phase of the fighting,
declared:
German Statement
"The enemy, exploiting moun
tainous terrain which is particu
larly favorable for defense, is
still putting up resistance in
order to cover his retreat on the
sea route from the north Cau
casus ports."
German headquarters also ac
knowledged that the Russians
were attacking heavily at Vo
ronezh, in two key sectors on
the central (Moscow) front and
two. sectors on the northern
(Leningrad) front
Besides Voronezh, the red
army's counter blows struck at
Vyazma, about midway on the
old Napoleonic highway from
Moscow to Smolensk, and at the
German stronghold of Rzhev,
130 miles northwest of Moscow.
Russians Attacking -
In addition, the Germans cit
ed fierce soviet attacks below
Leningrad in the Colkhov and
Lake Ilmen sectors, where the
Russians declared they had
killed 3,000 nazis in turn rio
of fighting and captured a point
neia Dy tne invaders for more
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jods at 4 p.m. strikers were
plant is an offense against the
United States." .
While the navy was in charge
of the plant, soldiers were as
signed to guard it and army of
ficers assisted Admiral Bowen
in an inspection of the area.
The prompt action of Presi
dent Roosevelt forestalled a
strike at the Perth Amboy, N. J.,
plant of General Cable corpor
ation, which employs 2,700
workers.
Workers who already had
voted to strike and twice ad
vanced the deadline, voted 115
to 50 last night "to abide by the
war labor board's decision."
Pleas had failed in the case of
the local strikers, the WLB had
asked them to "remember our
boys fighting in the Solomon is
lands. President William Green
of the AFL and Edward Brown,
cresident of the Electrical WnrV.
ers union, had besought them in
vain to call off their strike.
Japs Say This Shows V. S. Surrender This picture, received in New York by way of Lis
bon and London, was described by Japanese sources as showing "the bearded, weary
heroes of the epic defense of Corregidor, rock fortress of Manila Bay in the Philippines,
being, marched away to captivity after the capitulation." (Association Press Photo.)
French Told to
Prepare Revolt
London, Aug. 14 (ff) The French people were advised via the
Moscow radio today to "prepare for armed struggle" because
"the real fight is at hand," while reports from German-occupied
Europe told of new acts of sabotage and new nazi executions and
reprisals., Moscow dispatches
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Above Moscow
' New York, Aug. 14 W The
Stockholm aper Dagens Nyhe
ter' suggested today that a Rus
sian offensive northwest of Mos
cow had confronted the Ger
mans with a "crisis," the Swed
ish radio reported in a broadcast
heard in New York by CBS.
Only fragmentary reports on
on offensive in that area have
come from Moscow, but the
Swedish broadcaster said, "the
situation on the eastern front
has now developed into a crisis
for both the belligerents, the
Dagens Nyheter's military cor
respondent writes today,-
"The critical factor for the
Germans," the newspaper said,
"Lies in whether their forces
are really sufficient both to an
nihilate the Russian armies in
the Don elbow and for a decisive
victory on the northern front.
"In this respect the Russians'
new offensive northwest of Mos
cow may prove to be of the most
vital significance.
"This offensive may force the
Germans to adopt new and far
reaching measures, and it may
thus influence the defence on the
shores of the rivers Don and Ku
ban, and right up into the, moun
tain regions of the Caucasus.
Bullet Fired at
Rat Wounds Bride
Longview, Aug. 14 (PI Mrs.
Margaret Ownby Warbls, 21,
formerly of Bandon, Ore., was
reported in serious' condition at
a local hospital here today after
a wild bullet, fired at a rat, rip
ped through three wooden walls
and pierced her lung as she sat
in bed. . ..
Police say the bullet was aim
ed by her husband, Sydney, 20,
of Longview, at a rat which he
had cornered in a cupboard of
the home into which he and his
bride of two months had just
moved.
Fifth Child Born
To Mrs. Lindbergh
Detroit, Aug. 14 VP) A fifth
child was born Thursday to Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh, informed
sources said today.
Informed quarters disclosed
late today that the new arrival
was the Lindbergh's fourth ion.
quoted Roger Garreau, . fighting
French -representative in the
Russian1; capital, .astmaking-the
'plea for preparation for "open
insurrection.
Fighting, French: headquarters
in London declined to comment.
Recent French . broadcasts from
London have carefully avoided
keying the people to expectation
that the time is near for allied
invasion and an accompanying
outbreak on their part.
Official Czech circles reported
the execution of 10 of their
countrymen on various charges
at Prague and Brucnn in two
days this week.
Nazi broadcasts repeated to
day threats of death-as reprisal
against Dutch hostages unless
railway saboteurs in the occu
pied Netherlands surrendered by
midnight tonight and fear was
expressed by Netherlands gov
ernment sources here that a
"terrible slaughter" was im
pending.
Even as the deadline drew
near there were new reports of
continued sabotage. - The Ger
mans announced that four per
sons were arrested in an attempt
to blow up a nazi controlled ra
dio station.
A Reuters dispatch from
Stockholm said' Gen, Friedrich
Christiansen, nazi commander in
The Netherlands, declared that
explosives found on those ar
rested were of "foreign origin
He was quoted as threatening
reprisad against Dutch hostages
throughout the district.
None of the nazi broadcasts
heard here specified the num
ber of hostages whose lives
would be forfeited if the sabo
teurs who wrecked a Nether
lands train a week ago failed to
surrender.
An undisclosed number of
German troops were killed in
the wreck.
A Netherlands spokesman ox
pressed as a result of the latest
attempt against the radio sta
tion, but added: "We at least sec
that the people arc not broken
in spirit."
Albany College
Wants New Name
Portland, Aug. 14 UP) Albany
college wants a now name.
The institution which moved
to Portland from Albany several
years ago, will have a new
campus this fall, remodeling an
elaborate estate in Dunthorpo at
the southern edge of the city,
and believes a now name is in
order.
Henry M. Guhn is chairman of
a committee named to make the
selection.
Troops Fire on
Indian Rioters
Bombay, Aug. 14 (U.R) Police
and troops fired on burning,
looting, wrecking mobs today
in five trouble areas of Nagpur,
in he central provinces 420
miles east of Bombay.
', At two points the police, back
Sd.py, troops, firectseveral times
on crowds, , " : ,y '
' Official reports said the riot
ers were mainly laborers who
surged through riot areas loot
ing, starting fires and wrecking
property.
Grain, cloth and sugar shops
were looted; dispatches said.
Trouble centers at Nagpur had
been isolated by troops and po
lice, for two days in hope that
mob violence would subside.
No one was allowed to enter
or leave the area without special
permission, it was said, and it
was impossible to communicate
even by telephone with persons
in the zone.
Alf schools including Euro
pean: ones were closed for the
first time yesterday because of
student strikes, it was added.
Disorders were reported in
Nyderabad state at the top of
the Indian peninsula, an Indian
stale ruled by the Nizam of Hy
derabad but apparently they
wcre not serious.
Bomber Attacks
On Egyptian Front
Cairo, Aug. 14 (IP) Daylong
British .fighter-bomber attacks
on axis camps and vehicles were
reported by the British hcad-quarters-RAF
communique to
day but the land front In North
Africa lapsed into complete inactivity.
Fantastic Claims by
Japan on Battle
My the ARsoninled Press)
For comfort at homo, Imperial Tokyo headquarters issued n
fantastic claim of allied naval losses in the eight-day-old Batlle
of the Solomon Islands today but significantly omitted mention of
land gains by fighting United
States marines,
. Recalling Tokyo's dream-book
accounts of the Coral sea and
Midway battles, both of which
turned out to be spectacular
United Nations victories, the
Japanese command reported the
sinking of 13 British and Ameri
can cruisers, nine destroyers,
three submarines and 10 trans
ports In the Solomons.
In addition, the communique
sold, a cruiser, three destroyers
and a- transport were- damaged
in attacks by Jnpnne.se warships
and suicide-diving Japanese air
men. On the debit side, the Japan
ese acknowledged only that two
of their cruisers were "slightly
damaged" and 21 planes lost.
British Cruiser
And Carrier Lost
In Convoy Fight
Axis Claims Denied
Convoy Delivers Rein
forcements to Malta
London, Aug. 14 W) One of
the greatest sea and air battles
of the Mediterranean has cost
Britain the cruiser Manchester
and the aircraft carrier Eagle,
but resulted in delivery of re
inforcements and new planes for
Malta and saw Italy's cruisers
again turn tail and run, accord
ing to the British admiralty.
Known axis losses - include
two submarines sunk and two
cruisers hit by torpedoes, said
the admiralty's communique
which today gave the first offi
cial allied account of the bat
tie which had been in progress
since Tuesday.
The Rome radio today declar
ed, "the joint effort by British
and American pooled resources
was the greatest ever attempted
in the Mediterranean." The ad
miralty made no mention of
American participation.
Authoritative sources here
said several aircraft carriers as
well as British battleships ac
companied the Malta convoy.
The admiralty intimated that
the convoy might have suffered
further losses or damage, say
ing, "it is not to be expected that
extensive and, dangerous opera
tions of thistypy, carried out in
tiuae piuAiiuiLy. iu enemy uhscs,
can be completed without loss.','
It declared, however, that
published axis claims were
known to be exaggerated.
Claims of Axis
Combined German and Italian
claims included: sunk, three
cruisers, two destroyers, 21 mer
chant ships and the aircraft car
rier Eagle; damaged, one battle
ship, two ."aircraft carriers, in
cluding the U. S. aircraft carrier
Wasp, and "numerous other
steamers and men-of-war."
Originally, however, the Ger
mans had claimed only 21 mer
chant ships were in the entire
convoy.
With the exception of the
Eagle and the Manchester there
has been no confirmation of
these axis claims from any
source.
The Manchester was a 9,400
ton cruiser, completed August
4, 1038. Her peacetime comple
ment was 700 men. Besides 12
six-inch guns she carried three
planes. The admiralty disclosed
that l.iany of her crew were
rescued and others may have
reached French Tunisia, near
where she went down.
Draftees Lose Ration Books
Portland, Aug. 14 VP) War
ration books must be turned in
by persons inducted in the arm
ed forces and those leaving the
United States for 30 days or
more, William H. E. L. Cox, stale
OPA food rationing foficial, said
today.
In contrast with the enemy's
claim of 35 allied warships sunk
and five damaged, official Unit
ed Nations figures so far show
only one cruiser sunk and two
cruisers, two destroyers and a
transport damaged in the attack
on the Solomons.
On both sides of the world, ax
is propaganda appeared to be
reaching all-time heights of ox
travagnnce. In London, the British ad
miralty branded axis talcs of
huge losses inflicted on an allied
convoy in the Mediterranean as
wholly Inaccurate and declared
with its traditional conservat
ism: "No reliance should be placed
In them."
Key Air, Sea
Bases Captured
By Americans
Allied Bombers Continue
Smashing J,ap Reinforce
ment Fleet
By Don Caswell
General MacArthur's Head
quarters, Australia, Aug. 14 (U.R)
United Slates marines have
captured Kokum, on Guadalca
nal island, most valuable air
drome' site in the southern Solo
mons, and the Japanese seaplane
base off Tulagi, it was believed
today. .
Confidence, restrained pend
ing a definite communique by
the navy department at Wash
ington, rose steadily in Austra
lia that the marines now held
firm and meant to keep their
hold in the islands.
Japanese Claims
This confidence was increased
by new fantastic Japanese claims
regarding allied naval losses,
which admittedly were expected
to be heavy, because it was be
lieved the Japanese were cush
ioning their public opinion
against news that the marines
had consolidated their positions.
Reports to Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's southwest Pacific head
quarters indicated that the ma
rines were still driving inland in
savage hand to hand fighting, on
at least three key islands and
that thejt might already hold
two or .more. -Useful -atolls, in the
Tulagi-Floricla-Guadalcanal dis
trict. .. -Eighth
Day of Battle
The United States and allied
fleet and air forces continued
fighting a fierce battle on the
eighth day of the Solomon is
lands offensive, the first big
United States offensive opera
tion of the Pacific war.
It was indicated that the fleet
was driving off probably Infer
ior enemy surface craft units
and fighting back against a fero
cious enemy aerial attack, with
its hard-pressed naval planes.
Gen. MacArthur's communi
que 123, issued at noon today at
headquarters, reported a . fero
cious attack on a Japanese re
inforcement fleet in New Guinea
waters, evidently bound for the
southern Solomons.
Boeing flying fortresses and
medium bombers, believed to ba
Martin two motored B-26s, fast
est of their class in the world,
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Claim Victory
For Americans
London, Aug. 14 (U.R) The
Evening Star, in a dispatch
from Sydney today, said that
the "first stage" of the battle of
the Solomons has ended in an
American victory.
"The first stage of the battle
is over the Americans won it,"
the Star said.
The dispatch added that the
Solomons battle is likely to con
tinue for weeks, however, with
a series of bitterly contested
land engagements and a wide
spread naval battle which may
Include large fleet units on both
sides.
"It seems clear," the dispatch
continued, "that the Japanese
have accepted the American
challenge and that, rather than
lose the Solomons, they will risk
the biggest naval clash."
During the last two days, It
was said, United States marines
have made such progress in their
attacks in the Tulagi area that
they will not bo dislodged now
unless the Japanese succeed in
moving in large reinforcements.
"The latest reports indicate
that the strongest American re
inforcements have been thrown
In against stubborn but weaken
ing Japanese resistance at Tu
lagi," the dispatch said.
"It is believed that the allies
already, have or soon will have
complete control of Tulagi Is
land itself as well as Guadal
canal airfield and the most Im
portant parts of Florida islands,