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Saturday, August 22, 1942
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U.S. Subs Sink
4 Jap Ships
And Cripple 2
Destroyer Probably Sunk
Cargo Ship Sent Down
In Aleutians
Washington, Aug. 22 (U.B The
navy announced today that U. S.
submarines have sunk four Jap
anese ships, possibly sunk a de
stroyer and damaged a cargo
ship in far eastern waters and in
the Aleutians.
The navy's communique re
ported that submarines operat
ing in the far east had sunk two
large cargo ships and a trans
port. They also damaged and
, possibly sunk a destroyer and
damaged a medium-sized cargo
vessel.
In the Aleutians
In the Aleutians, an Ameri
can submarine sent to the bot
tom a large Japanese merchant
ship. '
The actions in the far east, it
was explained, were not related
to the operations in the Solomon
islands.
These attacks brought to 91
the number of Japanese vessels
sunk, probably sunk or damaged
by American undersea craft,
Of that total, the submarines
actually sent 60 to the bottom.
Navy Communique -
Text of navy department com
munique No. 110:
"Far east '.-
"1. U. S. submarines have re
ported the- :fo)lowlngresults q-
operations in far eastern waters
"(A) Two large cargo ships
sunk.
"(B) One large transport
sunk.
, "(C) One destroyer damaged
and possibly sunk.
"D) One medium sized cargo
ship damaged by one torpedo hit
"2. These actions were not re
lated to the operations in the
Solomon islands.
"North Pacific
"3. A U. S. submarine has re
ported the sinking of a large
Japanese merchant ship in the
Aleutian area.
"4. The above actions have
not been announced in any pre
vious navy department commun
ique." News to FDR
About Jimmy
Washington, Aug. 22 (U.R)
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
learned from the newspapers
this morning that their son, Maj.
James Roosevelt of the U. S. ma
rines, had "been in a show" at
Makin island in the Gilberts,
weitner the president nor
Mrs. Roosevelt had any more in
formation as to the whereabouts
and activities , of their son,
White House Secretary Stephen
T. Early said, "than do the fath
ers and mothers of any other of
ficer or soldier in the armed
services. They saw it in the pa
pers for the first time this morn
ing."
Early said that when he saw
the president this morning, Mr.
Roosevelt asked him whether he
had "seen where Jimmy was in
a show."
"While we were together,"
Eayly added, "Mrs. Roosevelt
came in and asked the president
if he could tell or had seen any
more details than were in the
morning papers.
"He said no, that he didn't
know any more."
The Makin raid marked the
third time young Roosevelt has
been under enemy fire during
this war.
While serving as an observer
in the middle east he was expos
ed to bombing and strafing at
tacks by axis planes.
Then, in the battle of Midway
early in June, he came under
Japanese fire when enemy
planes swooped down on the
I mid-Pacific stronghold at tht
height of tha gigantic battle
which resulted in the complete
rout of Nippon's 80-ship lnva
sion armada.
Girod, Smith
Inspected by
Black Bear
Yesterday afternoon County
Commissioners Girod and Smith,
who inspected the road on the
little north fork of the Santiam
up the Elkhorn and others roads
in the vicinity, cut across the
river and went over a summer
road which goes over the moun
tains to Gates.
While going down the grade
on the Gates side of the moun
tain Commissioner Girod, who
was driving, took one hand from
the steering wheel long enough
to rub an eye to see whether he
was dreaming or whether what
he saw was really what he saw.
In the center of the road ahead
stood a huge black bear giving
the strange animal coming to
ward him the once over. The
bear took it for awhile and then
decided he'd been outlooked by
the approaching vehicle and am
bled off into the woodlot.
"We were less than 50 feet
from him when he decided to
leave," said Girod. "But evi
dently he decided the car was
nothing to fool with. If he had
not moved I don't know just
how far I'd kept going."
Extra Pickers
Needed Sunday
Adopting the slogan of "help
a grower and help yourself to
a little extra money,". the Salem
office of the U. S. employment
service hopes to attract, a thou
sand persons, not regulSrly em-.
ployed in harvest operations, to
the bean and hop yards over
the week-end. The employ
ment office will remain open
late today and until 2 o'clock
Sunday aftern'oon in an effort
to direct the extra pickers to the
the places where their services
are most needed.
Hop yards north of Salem and
in the Independence area will
be open for one-day harvesters
over Sunday and W. H. Baillie,
manager of the Salem employ
ment office, has been contacting
owners today to work out a pro
gram where those who wish to
give a hand may be absorbed
into their seasonal operations.
So far the crops are not suf
fering from lack of workers,
Baillie. explains, but there is
room in the yards and fields for
those who wish to try their hand,
Many valley hop yards will
begin the harvest of clusters
early next week.
Skull of Peking Man
Stolen from Peiping
(Br the United Press) ,
Tqkyo reported by radio td
day that somebody had stolen
the skull of the Peking man.
whose age has been estimated
at upwards of 200,000 years and
has been called the ancestor of
mankind.
According to Tokyo, the skull
was stolen from Peiping and an
other skull was substituted for it.
Sub Activity Shifts
To Brazilian Waters
Washington, Aug. 22 (U.R) Merchant ship sinkings in Ameri
can waters the east coast, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
now are lower than at any time since early spring, official navy
announcements indicated today.
The submarine menace has not
been "licked," for axis undcr
seas raiders still are sinking
ships, but they have been driven
from the more important sea
lanes since the navy began con
voying along the east coast in
May,
The navy has announced the
sinking of 353 allied merchant
men since mid-January, These
do not include losses revoaled in
reports from various Latin Am
erican republic and Canada.
An unofficial United Press com
pilation shows at least 456 ships
lost by enemy action.
A large majority of the sink
ings announced by the navy this
Germans Hurled
Back in Drive
On Stalingrad
Reds Counter Attack as
Axis Rushes Reserves But
Fall Back in Caucasus
(By the Associated Press)
Marshal Semeon Timoshenko's
red armies were reported
launching a series of violent
counter-attacks in the "battle
of the bend" 40 miles nothwest
of Stalingrad today, throwing
the Germans back on the defen
sive, while the invaders rushed
masses of reserves into action
south of the great Volga steel
city. .
In the Caucasus, new Soviet
retreats were acknowledged be
low Pyatigorsk and Krasnoder,
but red army headquarters said
the Russians had wiped out Ger
man vanguards in the hills
southeast of Pyatigorsk and kill
ed 1000 nazis in a three-day bat
tle south of Krasnodar.
Pyatigorsk is about half way
down the Caucasus on the road
to the Baku oil fields and the
middle east.
German field headquarters
said axis columns striking into
the northwest Caucasus had cap
tured the rail town of Kryms
kaya, only 20 miles from the
Russian Black sea base at Nov
orossisk, while other forces dis
lodged the Russians from forti
fied mountain positions.
The Soviet fleet already has
.jbajjdgned;.Noyorqssisk,,
The hazi command described
weather conditions and terrain
as "extremely difficult."
On the Stalingrad front, the
Soviet radio said the red armies
were launching one counter-attack
after another, stemming the
eight-weeks old nazi power drive
and a broadcast beamed to Eu
rope's conquered nations de
clared: "A great United Nations of
fensive against Germany is now
being prepared."
In the Kotelniskovski sector,
95 miles south of Stalingrad, the
Russian command reported "in
tense engagements," with the
Germans attacking heavily with
tanks and motorized infantry..
"During the past few days the
Germans sustained heavy losses
in this seefbr," a communique
said. "They are hurriedly draw
ing up reserves and throwing
them into action"."
In the western air war, U.S.
force pilots, flying British Spit
fires, took part in patrols over
the straits of Dover and north
ern France this morning.
The Egyptian battlefront re
mained quiet, shrouded by blind
ing dust storms.
Execute Norse Fishermen
London, Aug. 22 VP) The
Norwegian government in Lon
don reported today that Gor
man occupation authorities in
Norway have executed three
Norwegian fishermen for feed
ing two starving Russians, found
stranded on the island of Mage
roya off the extreme northern
tip of Norway.
month, occurred in June and
July. Only three of these took
place off the east coast and the
attacks occurred some 500 miles
out.
Although convoying was es
tablished in May, it was not
widespread for its full weight to
be felt until recently.
Sinkings dropped sharply off
the Atlantic coast, but increased
tremendously in the Caribbean
and Gulf. Most of the sinkings
after May were in those areas.
A majority of those announced
in recent weeks have occurred
off the northern coast of South
America an area apparently
less well protected.
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Ranger's Return from Dieppe Raid A United Slates Ranger (left) gets a light from a
British' Commando after their return from the allied smashing attack on Dieppe, on the
French coast. Picture cabled from London to New York. (Associated Press Photo.)
Finland Deaf to
Peace Appeals
Helsinki, Aug. 22 (P) Finland has "shut its ears" to all
proposals to make a separate peace with Russia, Finance Minister
Vaino Tanner said today in an address at Enso on the first anni
versary of the recapture of that community from the Russians.
Tanner said lhat; suggestions for a separate peace .are being Lmada.
Vichy Ads to
Quell Unrest
London, Aug. 22 U.R) A new
surge of patriot activities in Ger
man occupied western Europe
was reported today as the re
sult of the allied raid on Dieppe,
and Vichy France took stern new
repressive measures to discour
age patriots from aiding the al
lies in their next attack.
A big explosion occurred yes
terday in Henrik Ibsen street in
Oslo, Norway, near a Quisling
police station, British sources
reported. Twenty armed Bel
gian patriots overpowered the
guards at a mine near Marci
nellc, seized 25 cases of dyna
mite and 3,100 detonators and
threw them to the bottom of the
shaft where they exploded. All
escaped. Two Belgian patriots
were killed by the nazis for "en
dangering German- occupation
forces."
The Vichy government yester
day prescribed the death sent
ence for all persons who use
radio transmitters "for anti-na
tional purposes," and life im
prisonment for all who hide such
transmitters.. . ...
The new repression was taken
in fear that patriots will broad
cast information from secret sta
tions to the allies.
A time limit is to be set by
which all transmitters must be
surrendered.
British stations last night
broadcast, a message to . the
French people conveying the
thanks of the imperial general
staff for their cooperation in the
Dieppe attack.
Tribute Paid to
Lost British Sub
London, Aug. 22 VP) The ad
miralty announced today the loss
of the submarine Upholder, and
in doing so paid an almost un
precedented tribute to the serv
ices of the vessel and crew iril
"arduous and dangerous duty in
the Mediterranean. ,
"It is seldom proper for their
lordships (the board of the ad
miralty) to draw distinction be
tween the different services ren
dered in the course of naval
duty, but they lake this oppor
tunity of singling out those of
his majesty's ship Upholder un
der command of Lieut. Com
mander M. D. Wanklyn for spe
cial mention," said the communique.
is in distress,
"But we have been made wis
er by repeated oeceptions," he
continued. "Fins no longer trust
such a peace, or any new agree
ments with their eastern neigh
bor." To achieve security in the fu
ture Finns are obliged to contin
ue "their present mode of life
with a rifle in the hand, no mat
ter how gladly they would cease
fighting," he asserted,
While Tanner spurned sugges
tions for peace the Finnish for
eign, office charged that Russia
is hindering Red Cross efforts
to get information about Finn
ish prisoners. .
The foreign office said Fin
land had provided registers of
Russian prisoners, and had sent
prisoners' mail to Geneva to be
forwarded to Russia. Even rep
resentations by the Swedish go
vernment had failed to induce
the Russians to transmit infor
malion, it was charged, Russia
is obliged to do so under terms
of the Hague convention of 1917
to which it subscribes.
Nelson Backs
Kaiser Planes
Washington, Aug. 22 VP) j
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of
the war production board, said
today he hoped to "go right
down the line" with Henry J
Kaiser, west coast shipbuilder
who proposes to build a fleet of
giant cargo carrying planes.
Nelson added, heowever, that
before Kaiser could be given a
go ahead, a number of questions
had to be- answered whether
Kaiser's proposal could be car
ried out without interfering with
the combat plane production
program, for one.
Nelson told a press conference
that he believed large cargo
planes were needed in the prose
cution of the war. Ultimately,
he said, the combined chiefs of
staff must decide the emphasis
to be placed on cargo plane pro
duction.
The WPB, Nelson told news
men, was making a "perfectly
honest attempt" to find the an
swer to various questions raised
by Kaiser's proposals.
Phelps Goes to Milwaukie
Portland, Aug. 22 VP) Victor
Phelpn, former head of the
teacher training school at Inde
pendence, will be superintend
ent of the Milwaukie , public
schools, the school board said
today.
Chinese Widen
Railroad Group
Chungking, Aug. 22 VP) The
Chinese have widened their
hold on the middle section of
the Chekiang-Kiangsi railway to
about 80 pilles by recapturing
Yushan and Yingtun in Kiangsi
ttwftvince, the Chineierl!ews
Agency reported today; -
Yushan is . only about five
miles from the Chekiang border
in Kiangsi province and is the
easternmost advance of the Chi
nese in recovering the railway.
Yingtun is 70 miles southeast
of Nanchang, the Japanese base
in Kiangsi and is 10 miles north
west of Kweiki. Yingtun repre
sents the westernmost recovery
of the line by the Chinese.
"Some enemy troops caught in
Yushan were wiped out," said
the dispatch. -The
Japanese withdrew west
ward from Yingtun yesterday
noon, it added.
Large fires raging, inside
Kiangshan indicate the Japan
ese are preparing to abandon
that railway town in Chekiang
near the Kiangsi border, front
line Chinese dispatches said to
night.
Chinese troops are attacking
from the southwest and have oc
cupied several heights overlook
ing the town, the Chinese high
command said.
Kiangshan is only 20 miles
from Chuhsien which was an
important objective in the drive
launched by the Japanese May
15 in an effort to capture poten
tial bases from which Japan
might be bombed.
British Sun Lost
London, Aug. 22 (U.B The ad
miralty today reported that the
submarine Upholder, 540 tons,
has been lost.
Flying F ortresses to
Bom b Berlin Soon
London, Aug. 22 U.R United Slates flying fortresses may
soon make a daylight raid on Berlin as the result of their aston
ishing success in raids this week on enemy occupied territory, it
was understood today. There
was every indication that, aside
from the likelihood of n Berlin
raid, the fortresses would in
creasingly work with the royal
air force in a program of day
and night bombing which would
give German cities no rest.
A mystery British criticism of
the fortresses In British newspa
pers as less suitable than British
made bombers for bombing
Germany was cleared up today.
The criticism was based on the
first flying fortresses sent to Bri
tain a year ago. The British
found that for European combat
purposes they were lightly pro
tected, slow and carried an in
efficiently light bomb load.
The United States army air
force fortresses now In action
Marines Defeat
Jap Effort to
Pierce Lines
Enemy Force of 700
Wiped Out in Solomons
Raid Makin Base
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Aug. 22
VP) United States marines stood
fast in their hard won positions
in the Solomon islands today
after wiping out a 700-man Jap
anese force which tried a steal
thy night landing to pierce the
American lines.
Other marines and American
bluejackets, with Major James
Roosevelt, the president's eldest
son, one of their leaders, de
stroyed a Japanese seaplane base
in an extension of the United
States offensive to Makin isl
and, in the Gilbert group, 1500
miles northeast of the American
held Solomons,
Communiques issued by Ad
miral Chester W. Nimilz, com
mander of the U. S. Pacific fleet,
told of the flare-up of fighting
in which the enemy was sur
prised and destroyed.
Japs Dispersed
In first detailed accounts of
the Solomon island fighting,
where the marines with a navy
covering force captured Japan
ese positions and sent the enemy
fleeing into hills and jungles,
Admiral Nimitz related the de
struction of the Japanese force.
Mopping ip operations, with
daily skirmishes, tetwecn mar
ine patrols' 'and-enemy detach
ments, have been In progress
since the initial marine landings
the night of August 7, the com
munique said.
But last Wednesday night 700
well-equipped Japs landed from
highspeed boats outside the ma
rines' lines, on an unnamed isl
land, and attempted a break
through. 670 of 700 Dead
"During the darkness only
hand-to-hand fighting was pos
sible," the communique said,
"but with the breaking of day
the marines were able to ma
neuver. While one battalion hold
the front line another battalion
moved to a flank and drove the
then withdrawing Japanese to
the beach. The action continued
until late afternoon. Of the 700
Japs, 670 are dead, the rest pris
oners. Marine losses were 28
killed and 72 wounded."
Marines in the Solomons, com
manded by Major General Alex
ander A. Vandegrift, USMC, thus
"added another page to their
history of outstanding achieve
ment," the communique noted.
The communique also told of a
marine patrol and a Jap detach
ment in the Solomons last Wed
nesday, in which the Americans
lost only six killed and 13
wounded while wiping out the
enemy unit of B2 officers and
men, who continued resislancc
"until the last man was killed."
(Concluded on pane 10, column 4)
are new types. They arc fnst,
heavily armored, so heavily gun
ned that they arc already the
dread of enemy fighter pilots,
so tough that they can come
home shot full of holes, and ex
pertly manned.
Further, unlike the first for
tresses which came to Britain,
they have the secret bomb sight
which has permitted them to
bomb targets so accurately that
allied fighter pilots who accom
pany them arc amazed.
In four operations not a for
tress was lost.
The Intrepidity of the fortress
es against fighter challenge is
partly due to new guns of a cali
bre oven larger than those the
British use, and the new power
rotated turret.
Sub Sinkings of
Brazilian Ships
HeldWarAcfs
Other South American
Nations Expected to Fol
low Except Argentina
By David J. Wilson
Rio De Janeiro, Aug. 22 (U,R)
Brazil declared war today on
Germany and Italy.
The declaration was made af
ter a week of rising agitation
which followed the sinking by
nazi submarines of six Brazil?
ian ships with the loss of pos
sibly 600 lives.
The official announcement of
the declaration was not immed
iately made public here. It was
expected that the public would
be informed at about 4 p.m
following a conference between
Foreign Minister Gswaldo Aa
anha and other members of the
cabinet.
First in South
Brazil was the first nation
south of Panama to declare war
on the axis and her action was
expected - to have far-reaching
repercussions in the attitude of
other South American nations.
It was believed that Chile,
which, excepting Argentina, is
the only nation in South Ameri
ca continuing diplomatic rela
tions with the axis, may sever
relations. . , -
Several other South Ameri
can countries, it was thought,
may now follow Brazil's "lead
.and make fornral declarations of
war.
It was the second time Brazil
had entered a world conflict.
She took similar action in the
first world war.
Nations Advised
The action was taken today
after the Brazilian diplomatic
corps was instructed to advise
the other nations of the western
hemisphere of her stand.
Brazil's military forces now
under arms is believed to total
well in excess of 100,000 men
with about 300,000 trained re
serves. Reserve officers have
been in active service for sev
eral months. Many Brazilian
military and naval pilots have
been trained or are in training
in the United States.
Brazil's navy includes two old
battleships, the Minas Geraes.
built In 1008 and the Sao Paulo,
built in 1009, each of about
10,000 tons displacement. Bra
zil also has one cruiser, 10 de
stroyers built or building, two
(Concluded on pane 9, column 8)
Defense Board f
Meeting Called
Washington, Aug. 22 (U.R) A
special meeting of the inter
American defense board was
called for this 'afternoon, pre
sumably to consider measures to
be taken in view of Brazil's dec
laration of war.
The Brazilian ambassador,
Carlos Martins, formally notified
Secretnry of State Cordcll Hull
that Brazil recognized the exist
ence of a stale of war with Ger
many and Italy. i-t
He said Brazil hnd not declar
ed war on Japan "because we
suffered no aggression by
Japan."
The declaration was warmly
welcomed in Washington, partic
ularly since for the first time it
puis a country in South America
Into open war with the axis.
The Inter-American defens
board Is composed of representa
tives of all the 21 American re
publics. The special session was
called by the Brazilian delegate,
Gen. Amaro Scares Bittencourt.
In addition to the inter-American
board, there is a special
Brnzilian mission here, and
American military missions are
assisting In Brazil.
United Stntes planes and ships
for some time have been help
ing Brazilian forces protect ship
ping In South American waters
and track down axis submarines.