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Japs Report American Landing in Gilberts
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Willkie Sent
To Tell Allies
Of War Effort
FDR Sends Former Oppo
nent to Deliver Message
To Stalin and Mid-East
Washington, Aug. 21 U.R
Wendell L. Willkie will tell to
leaders ,of countries he visits
during his forthcoming trip the
truth about American war pro
duction and correct erroneous
impressions that production is
not all it should be, President
Roosevelt said today.
Mr. Roosevelt told a press con
ference that the 1940 republican
presidential candidate will tra
vel as a special representative
of the president. Willkie an
nounced yesterday he will leave
within three weeks for Russia
and the near east.
The primary purpose of the
trip, Mr. Roosevelt said, will be
to tell foreign leaders the truth
about the United States and its
war effort. Willkie, he added,
will seek to correct the impres
sion that is spread over Europe
and certain countries of the near
east that American production
is not all it should be .
False Impression
The preseident said many peo
ple outside the United States
have the false impression that
American war production is be
ing " seriously hampered by la
'. bor and management troubles.
He said he wanted Willkie. to
spreadlhe, wrd- that tptafejiraj
I duction delays are. only an in
finitesimal percentage of the to
tal. .
The chief executive said Will
kie will carry, messages . from
him to a number of leaders, in
eluding Premier Josef Stalin of
the Soviet Union. (
Willkie's itinerary, he said,
will include Egypt, Arabia, Pal
estine, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, and
Iran. Willkie will report back
to the president when he returns
to this country not later than Oc
tober 15.
Talks on Production
The president hoped Willkie
would impress upon the nations
he visits and the leaders with-
whom he confers the comparison
, between the world that will re
sult from the United Nations vic
tory and that which would result
from an axis victory.
As his discussion of Willkie's
trip turned into a commentary
)on American production, a re
porter pointed out to the presi
dent that statements had been
made by competent authorities
such as labor leaders and some
congressmen that American pro
duction actually is falling off.
The president said this de
pended on what paper you work
for, and stated his belief that iso
lated strikes were so reported
(Concluded on page 9, column 6)
Second Front
Held Possible
Bern, Switzerland, Aug. 21
W) Foreign military specialists
J expressed a belief today that the
'allied landing raid on Dieppe
proved that a second front could
be opened in France, .
Essential to its success, these
sources said, would be sufficient
superiority in land-based planes
adequate transport facilities, and
a strong element of surprise.
Published neutral descriptions
of the recently completed Ger
man system of channel fortifi
cations indicated that a full-
scale allied Invasion effort
would cost heavily, but would
have a chance of advancing to
the Meuse and Rhine provided
the defenders could be out
weighed in men and materials,
A correspondent for the so
cialist newspaper La Sentinelle
who recently visited some of
the fortified i ction, said that
Meven in the most exposed areas,
kthe German defenses along the
coast of France, Belgium and
Holland extend barely more
than fix to six kilometeri in
depth.
Raid Witness Drew Mid
dleton (above), of the Asso
ciated Press, was one of the
American newsmen select
ed to represent the United
Statls press on the com
mando raid on Dieppe. He
was not permitted to land,
but he saw the operations
from a vessel offshore. (As
sociated 'Press Photo.)
Tropic Storm
On Texas Coast
. Port Arthur, Tex., Aug. 21 (IP)
Sailboats and yachts at an
chor were sunk, plate glass win
dows blown in, city power dis
rupted in places, and roofs
damaged by gale force winds
today. . .
No loss of life was reported,
Damage was confined principal
ly to the waterfront.
Residents of coastal lowlands
were warned by the coast guard
of dangerously high tides.
In nearby Beaumont, gale
winds levelled trees, blew down
signs, and disrupted power sup
plies in some sections of the
heavily-industrialized area, but
most large plants were operating
normally.
Efforts to check on damage
and possible loss of life in
beach districts of the entire
heavily - populated Sabine dis
trict were hampered through
lack of communications. There
were no reports of injury or
loss of life.
Joseph Newspaper Quits
Joseph, Ore., Aug. 21 ) The
weekly Joseph Herald suspend
ed publication this week after
47 years of continuous opera
tion. Jack Estles, editor, left
for La Grande to take a railroad
job. He said he would return
after the war and resume pub
lication of the paper.
Dieppe Raid Clips
W IngsofNaziA irforce
London, Aug. 21 (IP) The clipped wings of the German air
force in western Europe was rated by British observers today as
the first big dividend of Dieppe. Allied mastery of the air, they
asserted, is complete beyond
challenge, not only over Bri
tain and the channel but even
deep into enemy territory it
self. -
These commentators, whose
identity could not be disclosed,
said this was proved by the ex
traordinary shov of allied air
power yesterday, with virtually
no opposition and apparently
without the loss of a single
plane, over German-held soil.
In broad daylight, S00 fight
ers swept across the French
coast where never before had
more than 300 planes made such
a raid at one time and a force
of the United States' big four
cngined flying fortresses rained
explosives on -the Amiens rail
way yards without even sighting
a nazi fighter over the target.
The smoke of battle has lifted
from ruined Dieppe. The nat
U.S. Bombers
Smash Swarms
Of Nazi Planes
1 1 Flying Fortresses Bat
tle 20 to 25 Focke-Wulf
190's, Downing 6
London, Aug. 21 u. A
squadron of 11 American flying
fortresses smashed into a swarm
of 2o to 25 nazi Focke-Wulf
190's the fighter pride of the
lu'ftwaffe today, a U. S. com
munique reported, and shot
down or damaged half a dozen
nazi planes without a single
loss.
The test of the American big
bombers came in a 20-minute
dog fight high over the North
sea, the communique said.
It was the fourth assignment
for the U. S. bombers in as many
days.
One American fortress co-pi
lot was killed and his pilot
wounded by a nazi cannon shell,
but the plane managed to make
its way back to base.
At Extreme Altitude
It was believed the battle
may have been fought at ex
treme altitude, possible 20,000
feet or higher. The fortresses
are famous for their high alti
tude operation and the Focke
Wulf fighters, the newest model
in the luftwafle arsenal, are' cre
dited with one of the highest
operating-ceilings or any fighter
Iplane..' -. .
two engines of this aircraft."
the communique said. "The fort
ress also was hit in many other
places, but no other casualties
were suffered." ".
More Strikes in
War Plants
(By the Associated Press)
Government officials worked
today to try to avert a strike
vote by the CIO aluminum work
ers of America in seven plants
of the Aluminum Company of
America as 300 workers in an
eighth plant at Vernon, Calif.,
remained idle protesting what
they said was a company lock
out of 30 skilled workers.
In Detroit a Chrysler Corpor
ation spokesman, Vice President
H. L. Weckler, said that 475 AFL
construction workers stopped
work at the Detroit tank arsen
al this morning on orders of Ed
Thai, secretary of the Detroit
building trades council.
We,ckler said Thai threatened
to call off the job all AFL men
unless a sub-constractor handl
ing installation ' of paint booths
and ovens fired CIO employes
and hired 40 AFL men. Weckler
described the stoppage as "sab
otage against the government.'
ural surge of enthusiasm over
the masterful assault on the
most strongly gurrded point- of
nazi coast has given way to
sober reasoning.
But even in the cold light of
fact and figure, Britons regard
ed Wednesday as a day of al
lied triumph from every angle
as a victory on the field itself,
as a help to Soviet Russia, as
a step forward in the whole
master plan of the United Na
tions. I
A communique summarizing
the raid called it a "successful
demonstration of coordination of
all three services" land, sea
and air. : -Although
the official an
nouncement labeled the attack
merely a "reconnaissance in
force," it said the raid had
"vital part" in allied policy.
1 -
Prisoners From Dieppe Raid Commandos guard blindfolded Germans, brought back to
England as prisoners from the Dieppe area, where allied raiders struck at the German
held coast. One prisoner (right) is wrapped in a blanket. This picture cabled from
London to New YortfT (Associated Press Photo.)
FDR Warns Axis
Against Savagery
Washington, Aug. 21 (IP) President Roosevelt warned enemy
nations in a formal statement
come for what he called their
populations in axis-occupied countries. The chief executive is
sued his warning after Secretary of State Hull had given him a
communication from the Neth
Battle Raging
Llsb,'pij,.:;AugC31 .((Pi A report
from Algarve province tonight
said a fierce naval and air bat
tle : was raging off Cape Saint
Vincent, the southwest tip of
Portugal. "
The dispatch did not say who
was fighting, and gave no par
ticulars of the reported engage
ment. Cape St. Vincent is famous in
naval history as the scene of
many encounters, notably a Brit
ish victory over the Spanish
February 14, 1797.
It was in that battle that Lord
Nelson established his fame,
when as captain of one of the
15 British ships he left the line
without orders and interposed
his vessel to prevent the escape
of the Spanish fleet of 27 men o'
war.
The British commander, Sir
John Jervis, was named the Earl
of St. Vincent as a result of the
victory.
Russia Warns
Of 2nd Front
fBy the United Press)
The Russian radio told the
German people today, in
broadcast directed to the reich
and nazi-occupied Europe, that
"the second . front will come
very soon, sooner than German
propaganda attempts to convince
you."
The Moscow broadcast, in
German, ridiculed nazi propa
ganda attempts to picture the
allied raid on Dieppe as "the
failure of a second front" and
pointed out that the British
warned at the outset of the at
tack that it was not an inva
sion. Simultaneously, the Moscow
radio said, Russian planes heav
ily bombed Danzig, Koenigsberg
and Tilsit in Prussia, starting
numerous fires and explosions.
The inference of the broadcast
was that the Russian air attacks
followed up last night by a
raid on Warsaw, according to the
Germans were timed to aid the
Dieppe attack,
"The second front will come
soon very soon sooner than
German propaganda attempts to
convince you," said the Moscow
radio, as recorded by the United
Press listening post in New
York.
"The Germans would like to
know when the second front
fighting will start, but this is ex
actly what they will not know.
"Anyway, the second front
will come sooner than expected."
today of "fearful retribution" to
"barbaric crimes" against civilian
erlands ambassador and the Yu-
goslav and, the Luxembourg min
isters calling . attention to nazi
slaying of hostages.
Describing these as acts of des
perate men, and promising tbat
.thr.y would result in fearful: ret-'
riDution, me president-snict me
government of the United States
had been receiving information
of axis atrocities from numerous
sources and would welcome
more.
When the United Nations
achieve victory, he asserted, it
is their purpose to make appro
priate use of the amassed evi
dence, The lime will come, Mr. Roo
sevelt said, when the guilty per
sons will have to stand up in
courts of law in countries they
now are oppressing and answer
for their acts-
Asked at his press conference
whether he could commit the
people of ravaged countries to
acting through courts of law once
"they got a chance" at their op
pressors, the chief executive ad
mitted probably he could not do
so, but said he was expressing 9
hope that judicial processes
would prevail.
Mr. Roosevelt said he had
heard of pleas from the oppress
ed nations to give them one week
at their subjugators, but that ho
did not. approve.
He said he thought persons of
sober judgment would approve
methods of judicial procedure
because we do not wish to kill
innocent people.
FDR Signs Bill
For Dependents' Pay
Washington, Aug. 21 U.R
President Roosevelt today sign
ed legislation permitting the
army and navy to begin immedi
ate payments of allowances to
dependents of men in the armed
forces. The original law pro
hibited the payments until No
vember 1.
The new bill does not require
that payments start immediate
ly. The war ' department has
indicated that it may be unable
to make payments before No
vember 1, but the navy probably
will begin payments soon.
Portland Dimout
Held Success
Portland, Ore., Aug. 21 VP)
Civilian defense officials, re
viewing today the city's first
dimout last night under Lieut.
Gen. John L. DeWitt's rogula
tions, reported that violations
were few and minor.
All advertising signs were
dark but in the residential dis
tricts the effects of the order
were scarcely noticeable.
President Gags
Washington, Aug. 21 (IP) De
claring heads of some govern
ment agencies were talking loo
much, President Roosevelt today
directed all government admin
istrators to refrain from public
debate on controversial ques
tions of policy and to stop criti
cizing each other in such con
troversies. Mr. Roosevelt said, that such
airing of divergent opinions in
the public '; press, were . being
.seTizedytjpqn ...and' exploited by
enemies ' of the United Nations.
In identical letters to the heads
of each department and agency,
the president said:
"Disagreements cither as to
fact or policy should not be pub
licly aired, but are to be sub
mitted to me by the appropri
ate heads of the conflicting agen
cies. "The policy of the govern
ment should be announced by
me, as the responsible head
thereof. Disagreements as to
facts can be resolved, if neces
sary, by Investigations and sur
veys directed by me.
"Will you please see to it that
your particular department and
its various bureaus and divisions
comply with these instructions,
"Where honest differences of
opinion exist, no one would pro
pose to suppress them," the
president wrote. "Nor would
anyone attempt to interfere with
the free use by every public of
ficial of the normal processes of
information to the public and
press.
"But it is no solution to a
controverted question to argue it
out in public. If the agencies
would refrain from resorting to
public debate of this kind, they
would have a good deal more
time to attend to their business,
and the nation would have a
good deal more assurance that
that business was being done
right."
Vichy Excited Over
Attack Upon Dieppe
Vichy, Aug. 21 (VP) Fcrnnnd Do Brinon, Vichy representative
in Paris, told a French cabinet meeting today that the allies
lost 3,500 men killed and 1,800 captured at Dieppe Wednesday.
The majority were Canadians,
with a few De Gaulle French
De Brinon said. He came here
to give the German report on
the coastal raid.
The German high command
gave no figures on Silled cas
ualties but said 2,005 prisoners
were taken. Thero was no con
firmation from any allied source
of either claim.
German dispatches - insisted
the allied landing failed from
the beginning and that German
troops never had to enter into
action because of the defense
put up by German coastal guards
alone.
Other sources, however, in
dicated that important destruc
tions of coastal defenses were
carried out, that the Germans
suffered severe losses, and that
Russians Hurl
Germans Back
Across the Don
Defenders of Stalingrad
Crush Nazi Drive Sky
Troops Slain in Caucasus
(Br the Associated Press)
Bayonet - charging Russian
troops were reported today to
have slaughtered all but a few
Germans who stormed across
the Don river before Stalingrad
for the second time in 12 hours,
and soviet dispatches declared
the invaders had suffered an
other setback in bloody fighting
south of the great Volga steel
city.
In the western Caucasus, sov
iet dispatches said hundreds of
nazi parachute troops descended
on the steppes at the approaches
to Novorossisk, Black sea naval
base, only to be cut down by
Kuban cossacks. Warships of
the soviet Black sea fleet left
Novorossisk base more than ;
week ago.
Sky Troops Slaughtered
Dispatches said several hun
dred sky troops were annihil
ated in a two-hour battle west
of Krasnador. German tanks
and large infantry forces also
were reported attempting to
break through the northwest
Caucasus foothills to the Black
sea coast.
A bulletin from the red army
headquarters said Russian in
fantrymen and tank crews, bat
tling to . hold the- bend of the
Don as a final barrier before
Stalingrad, "almost completely
annihilated an enemy group
which crossed the river."
"More than 500 Germans were
killed," it said.
The fighting centered in the
Kletskaya - Kalach region, 50
miles west of Stalingrad.' Other
nazi forces which crossed the
river yesterday' were said to
have boon wiped out.
In Other Areas
In the Kotclnikovski sector,
95 miles below Stalingrad, the
Russians reported they had driv
en back German tanks and mo
torized infantry in a fight for
a railway town after the invad
ers had driven a wedge into
soviet defenses.
"The Hitlerites abandoned
on the field hundreds of killed,"
the soviet command said. "More
than 20 German tanks were de
stroyed."
Dispatches to the Russian gov
ernment newspaper Izvestia said
a great area was set aflame
when nazi tanks hit a soviet
minefield. Five German col
umns of tanks and infantry wore
reported moving behind aerial
and artillery bombardment in a
thrust from Kotclnikovski along
the rail line to Stalingrad.
In Caucasus
In Ihe Caucasus, the Russians
conceded new reverses as hard
fighting soviet troops executed
a further retreat south of Kras
' (Concluded on page 0, column 8)
the raid demonstrated a bridge
head could be established with
a single division and held fur
at least nine hours. De Brinon
told French newspapermen the
allies had "three or four di
visions" aboard ships in addi
tion to the one which landed.
On the second day after the
raid, Vichy still was pouring
out accounts ad explanations
and holding press conferences
on the subject, which continued
to occupy the main place In all
French newspapers.
The conferences were to sup
port the official position, taken
since yesterday ifternoon, that
the landing really was an effort
to i start a second front which
failed after "ten months of care
ful preparation."
Makin Island
Said Scene of
Marines' Raid
British Radio Reports
Flying Fortresses At
tacking Jap Warships
(By the Assoclftted Press)
The Japanese enemy reported
today a landing attack by Unit
ed States forces on Makin island
in the Gilberts, 2,400 miles from
Hawaii, and the wording of the
communique aroused specula
tion that the action had been a
task force raid in strength.
Imperial Japanese headquart
ers said the landing was made
by about 200 troops four days
ago and that they were "com
pletely repelled" by the Japan
ese garrison. This, however, was
the usual Japanese formula for
beating the opponent to an
nouncement of a Japanese re
verse. Warships Attacked
Meanwhile a British radio re
port said American flying for
tresses had made a large scale
attack on Japanese warships off
the Solomon islands. However,
this report had received no elab
oration after several hours and
it appeared likely it was mere
ly a restatement of General Mac-
Arthur's communique of Thurs
day, announcing such an attack
on enemy naval units off Faisi,
at the northern tip of -the Solo
mons. Seized by the Japanese at the
outset of the war, the former
British-owned Gilbert islands lie
on he equator, just below pow
erful enemy bases in the Mar
shall islands and 1,100 miles
northeast of the Solomon is
lands. Seeking Jap Fleet
Such a raid presumably would
be little more than a commando
thrust to test out the enemy's
defenses.
In the 18-day-old battle of the
Solomons, Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur's air scouts searched the
vast island-dotted south seas in
quest of Japanese naval activ
ity amid reports that the enemy
was massing new strength for a
counter-blow against U. S. ma
rines in the Tulagi area.
A navy communique announc
ed last night that the marines
now were engaged in mopping
up remnants of Japanese garri
son troops on islands "recently
captured" at the eastern end of
the 900-milc-long archipelago.
(Concluded on pane 0, column 1)
Nazi Troops
Sent To Africa
Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 21 (U.R)
Balkan reports said today that
an estimated 50,000 German
troops have been moved by sea
and air transport from Greece
to the North African front and
the island of Crete.
The reports, which indicated
that the Germans were organ
izing for a resumption of Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel's axis
drive in the Egyptian desert,
were brought hero by travelers
and were corroborated to some
extent by intelligence reports.
Largo forces of German troops,
both infantry and mechanized
and totaling two or three divi
sions, were said to be moving
into Greece from Germany over
the Belgradc-Nish railroad as
well as through Rumania and
Bulgaria to replace troops shift
ed to North Africa and Crete.
The reinforcement of the axis
forces on Crete, an important
axis air base, might mean that
the Germans arc preparing to
use large parachute forces ag
ainst the British in North Af
rica. British Town Bombed
Folkestone, England, Aug. 21
(P) Two German planes bomb
ed and machine-gunned the
streets of a small southeast coast
town at noon today, hitting a
theatre and some other build
ings. A number of casualties
resulted.
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