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Timor Bombed
As Battle in
Solomon Rages
MacArthur's Airmen
' Head Off Jap Reinforce-
ments as Fight Continues
General MacArthur's Head
quarters, Australia, Aug. 17 (IP)
General Douglas MacArthur's
airmen maintained ceaseless vi-
gil over the waters northeast of
Australia to prevent Japanese
reinforcements from reaching
the Solomon islands as the battle
for control of vital bases there
entered its 11th day today.
O While United States marines
were believed to be extending
bridgeheads already won in
hard fighting in the' Solomons,
actual developments in that the
atre were hidden by official si
lence both here and in Washing
ton. Timor Bombed
No reference to the situation
was contained in the daily com
munique from MacArthur's
headquarters, which was devot
ed to a. brief report of a new
allied bombing attack on Jap
anese-occupied Timor and to
continued patrol skirmishes in
the Kokoda area of southeast
ern New Guinea, 60 miles from
the allied base gt Port Moresby
There was evidence, however,
of quiet confidence in Austral
ian circles, whose attitude was
reflected by William H. Hughes,
a member of the Pacific War
council, in a speech at Sydney
yesterday in. which he acclaimed
the. Solomon islands offensive as
"a revelation of the strength of
our ally, America." ;
Jap Broadcasts
"It has been shown," he said
"that man for man the Japanese
are not ' equal to the United
States marines."
The JaDanese radio continued
to broadcast sweeping claims of
victory in the Solomons, which
it failed to reconcile with the
admission that "the battle- is
continuing between our forces
and American marines who
have succeeded in landing."
Relegating this fact to the
background, a Tokyo broadcast
mis morning made much of an
imperial headauarters commun
ique reporting that . Japanese
suomarines nad sunk 10 allied
vessels totaling 90,000 tons in
Australian waters during the
latter part of July and the first
0art of August.
(Concluded on Page g, Column 8)
Battle to Death
. In Solomons
Auckland, N. Z., Aug. 17 (U.R)
The battle of the Solomon is
lands was reported today to be
a raging, knock-down drag-out
iignt, but reports that American
marines ; have captured "thou
sands" of Japanese prisoners
were regarded with considerable
reservation.
It was pointed out that the
Solomons battle is a finish fight,
with a highly important strate-
aic stronghold at stake, and it
'as believed that Tokyo has is
sued orders to Japanese troops
to "stand or die."
The history of the war thin
far, it was noted, has shown that
tne Japanese do not surrender In
large numbers unless thev are
pinned down under hopeless
conditions.
The nature of the terrain
where the present engagement
is being fought would indicate
that the action is necessarily
fluid, involving comparatively
small numbers of men.
Complete official secrecy con
tinues to shroud the operation.
Despite the fierceness of naval
encounters around the Solo
mons, it was thought here that
no sea action of such conse
quence is likely to develop.
OThc opinion of observers here
as that the Midway battle con
tinues to be the most decisive
single American contribution to
the Pacific war. .,,
Senate Votes
Dependency
Allowances
Washington, Aug. 17 (U.R) The
senate today passed by voice
vote and sent to President Roose
velt a bill permitting immediate
payment of dependency allow
ances to families of men in the
nation's armed services.
Of 18 senators present, only
two voted against the measure
Chairman Robert R. Reynolds
(D., N.C.), of the senate mili
tary affairs committee, and Sen..
Elbert D. Thomas (D., Utah), a
member of that committee.
The measure eliminates from
the service men's dependency
act passed several weeks ago a
prohibition against payment of
the allotments to dependents
prior to Nov. 1. The bill does
not require payments before
that date!
Grew to Assist
Secretary Hull
Washington, Aug. 17 (U.R)
Ambassador Joseph Clark' Grew,
returning soon on the exchange
ship from Japan, was reported
today to be slated for a job as
special assistant to Secretary of
State Cordell Hull to advise on
far eastern affairs.
A precendent exists in the
case of John Van A. MacMur
ray, former ambassador to Tur
key, who is now serving as spe
cial assistant to Hull,
The 62-year-old Grew already
has notified the department of
his wish to cooperate in the war
effort. Unless President Roose
velt .delegates hjin to, a special
assignment, ne is scheduled to
take over most of the department's-'
advisory work on the
far east.
Grew will report to the presi
dent and Hull after he arrives on
the exchange liner Gripsholm
later this' month, may next take
a short rest on his New Hamp
shire farm, and then is due in
Washington for his hew duties.
Several publishers have asked
Grew to write a book on his ex
periences. The ambassador has
kept a detailed diary since he
started his diplomatic career in
Cairo in 1904, and has copious
material, particularly on American-Japanese
relations.
Alma D. Kafz, 68
Dies in Portland
Portland, Aug. 17 (U.R) Fu
neral arrangements were being
made today for Alma D. Katz,
68, manager of the Oregon City
Agency of the Mutual Life In
surance company for 33 years,
who died late yesterday at his
home here.
Katz, a native of Salt Lake
City; started his varied career
as a reporter on the Salt Lake
Herald. He later purchased the
Salt Lake Argus, a weekly pub
lication. During World war I he served
as civilian aide to the adjutant
general of the United States for
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana.
Firemen Injured in
Crash with Truck
Two firemen from the North Salem station were Injured this
morning when the equipment and a loaded sand truck collided
at Hazel and Highland. The firemen were making a run to 2380
Hazel avenue. when the accident
occurred. came to rest on its side about 30
injured were Captain Commo-1
ore perry Thrapp, dislocated
shoulder, and Eldon New, fire
man, shock and, bruises. Floyd
Smith, driver of the fire
truck, and Jerald Page
Bickell, 260 Marion, driver for
the Salem Sand and Gravel com
pany, were uninjured. The men
were treated by the fi'st aid car
crew and hospitalized.
Both streets are narrow and
the view at the intersection is
obstructed. The fire truck was
going north and the loaded sahd
truck west.
Considerable damage was
done to the fire truck which
U.S. Airforce
Participates in
Desert Battle
Training Period with
British Officers Over and
Bombers Now in Action
Cairo, Aug. 17 (IP) The slar-in-a-circle
of the United States
army air force is almost ready to
put on its own fighter show in
North Africa's skies.
The dress rehearsal days of
intensive training of American
pilots as flying comrades with
desert-wise RAF s'quadrons-is
over.
When the Americans go back
into combat, they will fly the
newest American pursuit planes,
with their own insignia, in com
plete United States air force
squadrons.
U. S. A. A. F. bomber squad
rons already are in action.
Fruits of Battle
. The fruits of air battle, sweet
and bittter, were shared by the
Americans and their British and
South African mates in camps
pitched together for the final
fighting-training partnership.
Two firsts at the enemy's ex
pense were logged for Major
Claremont E. Wheeler of San
Jose, Calif., and Capt. Glade B.
Bilby of Skidmore, Mo.
Wheeler fired the first shot at
an axis plane and Bilby, who
flew a fighter-bomber in a big
show at dawn Friday against the
airdrome' at Fuka, dropped the
first- bomb; - . - ;;. .
. Second Lieut. Jack S. Wilsqn
of Benton City, Wash., may get
credit for half a German plane.
Wilson Shot Down
Wilson was the first American
flier shot down but as he step
ped out of his damaged fighter
inside the British lines the Mes
serschmitt which had attacked
him also was seen plunging.
A Lieutenant Whitaker of
Tennessee let go several bursts
at -a Messerschmitt but' did not
claim to have hit it.
First Lieut. William W.
O'Neill, Jr., of Seminole, Okla,
was shot down into the sea. He
swam ashore and is in a hospital
recovering from exhaustion. ,
Brig. Gen. Auby C. Strick
land, and Alabaman who form
erly commanded Paine Field,
near Everett, Wash., spoke en
thusiastically of the Americans'
final warm-up.
American Vessel
Sunk Last July
Washington, Aug. 17 VP) The
navy Announced today that a
medium-sized United States
merchant vessel was torpedoed
and sunk by an enemy submar
ine late in July.
The attack occurred in the
Atlantic several hundred miles
off the northern coast of South
America, and survivors have
been landed at a United States
cast coast port.
feet north of the intersection
Considerable sand was spilled
on the street but the truck did
not overturn, stopping on the
parking strip parallel to Hazel
avenue. The front was consid
erably damaged.
Lighter equipment on the fire
truck was removed and the
equipment towed away for re
pairs. According to version of one
witness to the accident two of
the men were tossed through the
air. New was apparently riding
on the rear end and Captain
Thrapp and Smith were on the
seat.
The 96th Division becomes a reality at Camp Adair as Maior General James L. Bradlov
standing at attention on the platform receives the colors from a fellow officer- The scene
was enacted during activation ceremonies held last Saturday lorenoon in the middle of a
large red clover field at Camp Adair. The color guard stands immediately behind the
officer with the national flag.
Fleet Rehearsal
For Solomons
By Joe James Custer
United Presn Stuff Correspondent '
With the United States Pacific Fleet, on the Way to Battle
(U.R) (Delayed) The Pacific fleet i steaming to battle somewhere
in the Pacific after a flaming dress rehearsal which almost knocked
a tiny island off the map. It was plowing along, the destroyers
out ahead of the mammoth ships which are the backbone of the
Black Market
Washington, Aug. 17 W) In
vestigation into the charges of
Higgins Industries, Inc., New
Orleans shipbuilder, of a "black
market" in steel has developed
no evidence of black market ope
rations "as the term is common
ly understood in this country
and England," the compliance
branch of the war production
board reported today.
The branch, summarizing
findings of a hastily-ordered in
vestigation, said that Andrew J.
Higgins, head of the firm, "pre
sented no evidence that scarce
material has been diverted from
the war program., and all of the
deliveries cited by Higgins were
made pursuant to high-rated de
fense orders."
The inquiry did indicate, how
ever, that some steel warehouses
may have violated WPB quota
regulations "in addition to the
32 penalized last spring in other
cases," the branch declared.
In addition, some deliveries of
steel to the Higgins company ap
peared to have been made at
prices higher than the office of
price administration ceilipg for
warehouse sales, and others ap
peared to have been evasions of
OPA regulations in order to ob
tain the premium price on lcss-than-carload
deliveries, the WPB
branch reported. These possi
ble violations are now under in
vestigation by OPA.
Greek Patriots.
Face Firing Squad
London, Aug. 17 (IP) A num
ber of Greek patriots on the is
land of Crete who mistook Ger
man parachute practice for a
British invasion and tried to
help by seizing Candia airdrome
have paid with their lives; ac
cording to reports reaching the
Greek government in exile here
today.
Three hundred were said to
have been arrested, and an un
disclosed number shot.
These reports said that fish
ermen's stories of large ship
movements off Crete prompted
rumors that a British invasion
flotilla was approaching the Is
land and when the patriots saw
German parachutists making
practice jumps Ihcy assumed
that the hour of liberation had
come.
iieet, wnen the reconnaisance
planes roared over to make their
report. V
ly'JFor. , the pyjrposesof,iyie;,.e)ik
hearsal, it was approaching its
objective and the planes had
scouted the enemy fleet dispo
sitions and shore strength.
Orders flashed through the
gun stations and the range find
ers went to work. The guns
were trained.
"Commence firing!" came the
order.
In an instant the great bat
teries were sending their shells
hurtling and whistling into
space, straight on their object.
The big guns roared again and
again. The decks trembled un
der the concussion. Individu
ally and by batteries, the ships
poured streams of destruction
into the clear blue morning sky,
shattering the slumbering calm
of the Pacific.
Orange flames spurted out of
the gun muzzles and the fleet
was enveloped in thick blankets
of coal black smoke.
The guns settled back. Great
white puffs of smoke rose from
the island upon which the tons
of projectiles had crashed and
exploded.
The destroyers r.aced off, de
ploying for their part of the ac
tion. As they closed in, their
shorter ranged guns joined and
their whistling shells smashed
on the target. . The bigger ships
had moved in now to closer posi
tions, and they thundered again.
(Concluded on Poire 7, Column 7)
Brazilian Ship Sunk
With 700 Troops
Buenos Aires, Aug. 17 (U.R)
The newspaper Critica said to
day that the 4,801-ton Brazilian
freighter Baependy had been
sunk off the Brazilian coast and:
that between 700 and 1,000 Bra
zilian troops went down with the'
vessel.
The newspaper reported thai:
the Baependy, which belonged :
to the Lloyd Brasilciro line and:
was built in 1899, was serving asj
a troop transport between coast-1
al points. I
Twelve Brazilian ships previ
ously had been attacked by axis
submarines between February
and July of this year. Ten were
sunk, one was damaged and
made port, and another still is
missing. . . -
Tillamook Logger Killed
Tillamook, Aug. 17 IIP) A
rolling log fatally crushed Ern
est L, Robertson, 60, native of
Rickreail but a resident here for
40- years, at the Stone logging
camp Saturday. The widow, a
son and a daughter survive.
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Plane Output
3 Times Axis
Cleveland. Auff. 17 (U.R) Am
erican airplane production will
be nearly three times that of
the combined axis powers by
next year, Representative Mar
tin F. Smith (D Wash.) told
the 44th national encampment
of the United Spanish War Vet
erans today.
"By the end of next year, the
control of the skies will hp soln-
Uithe.Aandsofefluib.nlanes
Smith said that recent nnval
appropriation bill passed in con
gress provided for the develop
ment of a new secret weannn
and the training of men in its
use.
"So closelv guarded is t li r
navy's secret that only the naval
aftairs committees of the house
and senate have heard about
it," he declared.
Landings of JaDanese trnnns
in the Aleutian islands is one
phase of the war in which Amer
icans, "particularly those nf ns
who live in the far west," should
be gravely concerned, he said.
I call upon our commander-in-chief,
our secrelarv of wnr
and our secretary of the navy to
take immediate steps to drive
the Japanese out of the Aleu
tian area," he said.
Jennings Directs
Coast War News
San Francisco, Aug. 17 (IP)
Dean Jennings, former San
Francisco newsman, has been
appointed regional director of
the office of war information
news and radio bureau here.
Government war information
originating in California, Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada
and Arizona will bo cleared
through Jennings' office, there
will be branch offices in Seattle,
Los Angeles, Portland and Phoe
nix.
Demand Now Keen
For Bean Pickers
For the first lime this season the demand for bean pickers
has caught up with the visible supply, it was announced nl the local
office of the Oregon State employment service, South Cottage
and Ferry streets. As a result
those persons who have been
hankering for a chance to sec
how many beans they can strip
from the vines In a day will have
their curiosity gratified. If un
able to locate a picking spot,
pickers will bo sent to the most
available producer if a call is
made at the employment office.
Pickers who wish to camp and
those who prefer to travel back
and forth morning and evening
are desired. The peak of the
harvest is approaching rapidly
and during the next three weeks
pickers will he In demand. At
the employment office it was
sold there were a number of
yards where Ideal camping spots
are available. One of these is
Russians Hold
New Nazi Drive
On Stalingrad
Supreme Effort Under
way Reds Fall Back
From Ruins of Maikop
By Eddy Gllmorc
Moscow, Aug. 17 (IP) The
German offensive in the Don
Bend flared to full force today
in a powerful new drive toward
Stalingrad while in the Cauca
sus the Russians fell back from
the ruins of the Maikop oil
fields toward their next petrol
eum producing area at Grozny.
A Russian communique re
ported a terrific toll of new nazi
manpower and material thrown
into the assault southeast of
Klctzkaya and northeast of Ko
telnikovski against the flanks of
the fortified line guarding Stal
ingrad.
Battlcfront dispatches said the
Germans rolled forward at tre
mendous cost in the Letskaya
salient, 75 miles northwest of
Stalingrad, but were held firm
ly at the Kotelnikovski flank, 95
miles southwest of Stalingrad,
Oil Fields Blasted
In the Caucasus, extending
axis lines appeared checked on
the Krasnodar flank where the
Germans are . thrusting toward
the port of Novorossisk, but they
stretched ever farther to. the
southeast along the rail and oil
pipe line toward Grozny and
the Caspian. ; . '.. :
"The 'RusSinTisrr'epOi'tcd fight
ing southeast of Mlneralnyo Vo
dy, 140 miles from Grozny.
In ackowlcdging the loss of
Maikop, they snid that the valu
able oil installations of that area
which produced seven per cent
of Russia's petroleum had been
blasted to worthlessncss.
No Soviet Oil for Nnzis
"The German fascists, who ex
pected with the capture of Mai
kop to enrich themselves at the
expense of soviet oil, have mis
calculated" the communique
said.
"They did not gel soviet oil
and will not get it."
The Russians had plenty of
time to destroy the oil installa
tions at Maikop and nil official
announcement that oil supplies
had been removed and "oil
establishments themselves made
completely unusable" was taken
here to mean that a typically
thorough job of destruction had
been performed. (The Germans
claimed the capture of Maikop
August 9.)
Fighting Continues
The great weight of numerical
superiority, especially In me
chanized equipment, was giving
the German drive toward Groz
ny its impetus as the red army
continued to fall back to new
lines southeast of Mincralnyc
Vody, 140 miles from Grozny
There was no indication of a
stiffening of resistance although
the midnight communique said
the soviet forces "retreated to
(Concluded on Phrc 7, Column Si
the Herman Darley plantation
of 98 acres in the West Stayton
district. Darley has provided
new tents, showers and lights.
He will call for families and will
return them to their homes at
the conclusion of the harvest.
All of the platoons arranged
for earlier In the season arc op
erating and while there is de
mand for others It is improbable
they will be formed.
A survey of the help situation
as it pertains to the early hops
is being made today. A number
of yards opened last week for
early hop harvest and at least a
dozen more started operations
in the Independence district this
morning.
Churchill and
Stalin Confer
With Americans
Moscow Meeting Pre
sumably Discussed Third
Front Wavell Present
By Edward W. Bcattie
London, Aug. 17 (U.R) Prime
Minister Winston' Churchill,
Premier Josef Stalin and Ameri
can representatives have agreed
in a Moscow conference td carry
on "tins just war of liberation
with all their power and energy"
until a full' victory has been
won, it was announced officially
today.
The Churchill party arrived in
Moscow Wednesday, August 12,
and departed Sunday morning.
The announcement of the Brit
ish ministry of information de
clared that "a number of deci
sions were reached covering the
field of the war against" Ger
many. Presumably these deci
sions covered the vital questions
of whether a second front will
be opened against the nazis this
year.
Ilarrimnn Present
Representing the United
States at the Moscow conference
presumably last week was
W. Averill Harriman, United
States lease-lend administrator.
For three weeks the axis pro
paganda radio has been carrying
rumors that Churchill had gone
to Moscow for. consultation, with
Stalin, ..'' Hbwcver, tlie: Secrqt..o.f ...
the meeting obviously was well
kept. Only today the axis radio
started out on a new lack, claim
ing that Churchill who had
been described last week as re
turning from Moscow via Cairo
had only arrived at the soviet
capital a few days ago.
The military nature of the dis
cussions held and the decisions
reached was emphasized by the
participation of high war offi
cials of both Britain and Russia.
Generals Present
On the British side were Gen.
Sir Alan Brooke, chief of the
imperial general staff and Gen.
Sir Archibald Wavell, British
commander-in-chief in India.
On the Russian side was Mar
shal Klcmcnti Voroshilov, vet
eran leader of the red army.
No hint of the nature of the
specific decisions reached at
Moscow was contained in the of
ficial announcement. But it was
obvious that the entire field"" of
the war had been scanned.
Presumably the British and
Russian leaders carefully exam
ined the red army's ability to
continue to hold the German
forces at bay and all measures
(Concluded on Tagc 8, Column 4)
Doolittlein
Great Britain
London, Aug. 17 (Pi T h 6
presence here of Brig. Gen.
James H. Doolittle, who led the
United States army air force
bombers in the attack on Japan
last April 18, was disclosed for
publication today.
He has been hero ten days,
and is expected to return to the
United Stales soon.
Doolittle, it was indicated au
thoritatively, will not be at-
tached permanently to the Am
erican air command in the Eur
opean theatre.
This was his second special
wartime mission to Britain. He
came here in 1941, before the
United States entered the- war,
as a member of a mission head
ed by Lieut. Gen. George Brett,
now Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
air chief in the southwest Pa
cific. Doolittlc's arrival was a tight
ly guarded secret until after he
had conferred with MaJ. Gen.
Carl Spaalz, commander-in-chief
of United States air froc
es in the European theatre, and
his second in command, Brig.
Gen. Ira C. Enkcr.
Ho also made a three-day tour
of American air bases In Britain.