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mat Buy War Bonds Keep 'Em Flying 54th Year, No. 206 SStJTtSSSSSSL Two Scctions-16 pages Salem, Oregon Saturday, August it, 1942 Price Five Cents mash 3 Jap Destroyers do Solomon Isles ' ii "iik Pn : : II SH I IK I II M MD 11 m iny .1 11 m . Tax Levies for Cities in Marion Show Decrease Woodburn Sole Excep in'on However, Assessed filiations Are Higher this dr. support. !evics n mins for var. 'grid towns in Marion . o 1 '10 ma'n show a m Oil V'.se for the 1942-43 ta':. he 1941 tax roll, a i;,,r,i.in HoPB shown for evei t,i Hand: v.c county but Wooy Marin ('rJrn shows an increaV' , ... i due to the fact th huini.-.- n.n-, valuation decreases. St-atile h-.. find lnv (;(.,. ly increaseAfUlf ' .'af Rations as nnounceJim'bands p!Hsses- sor E. "Tad" -if' , , ''y. a compilation of ,w"" bVies as comolcied byhn",p "f h:'A- cial today shows l ie decrease in all tht , , . , , anri b.lv and towns. , : Salem Levy Cut VL!'S'" Salem's levy is cut!'' coming' tax roll to 51' .! from 61.7 miljs in 104$,,dr,t'! first half year for 1B42 w., ", ; relatively higher when 39.5 mills for the interim ncnr when the fiscal year was switched over from a coleMr' year to a period from" Jul ' July. The city's assessed v8 n ation for 1042-43 was incren? $952,344 or from $15,734,435'i 1941 to $16,686,779 in the 1943 -to-roil? - i3? '.;,' -w All of the Increases in vakiai. tions, with the consequent cut in millage tax levies, are in the main due to the new personal property tax law under which tax payers made their own dec larations of values on personal property which is used in in dustry, agriculture or business and as a result the total valua tions went up materially, as shown. This, of course, cut the millage levies. Increase Next Year By the same token, however. County Assessor Shelton sees a possible sharp rise in millage levies for the 1943-44 tax roll due to war conditions which are eliminating a large number of little businesses and threaten to eliminate many more if the war continues and stocks for civilian use are depleted. It will mean that the personal property tax valuations are cut- into deeply, he states, and this in turn will cause millage taxes to go back up to heights which can only be guessed jiow, dependent on how far stocks for civilian use are sidetracked for the same materials put to war uses. Levies Tabulated The following tabulation gives comparative figures on millage levies in all the cities and towns in the county for the 1942-43 roll, the first half of 1942, and for the 1941 roll: Tbx Roll Tux Roll Ftscsl Year First 6 mo. Tax Roll 1049-1943 1943 1941 Aumsvlllc .... fln.3 Aurora 33. A Donald 45.9 Gervats 48.5 Hubbard ...... 47.1 Jetefrson , 47.4 Mt. Annel ,,, 3-VS . Salem S18 Scotts Mills ,, S8.7 Sllverton 87.8 8tayton 30.0 St. Paul 33.4 8ubllmlty 38.7 Turner 53.8 West Woodburn 32.8 Woodburn .... 35.1 47.3 33.0 38.4 38.0 33.1 33.9 35.1 38. S 47.8 32.0 . 37.8 21.3 20.0 43.0 17.1 43.1 88.8 38.5 00.3 49.4 50.9 49.3 41.0 01.7 89.4 71.8 S3.S 38 0 33.3 84.8 33.2 53.0 British Subs Sink Axis Supply Ships - London, Aug. 29 IIP) British submarines in the Mediterran ean, pursuing their campaign against German and Italian ship ping, have sunk a large tanker and a large supply ship and scor ed torpedo hits' on three other supply vessels, the admiralty an nounced today. Four undersea craft were cited for these new successes, One, commanded by Com mander J. W. Linton, attacked a convoy of two large supply ships escorted by three destroyers. "Results of this attack were not observed," the admiralty said, "but It is considered both the supply hlpi were hit." , Aleutians Natural Rat TrapforJaps St. Louis, Aug. 29 VP) Capt. Leland P. Lovett, director of the navy's office of public relations, told the St. Louis chamber of commerce the Aleutian Islands are "a great natural rat trap" for the Japanese. "We have taken 12 or 13 ves sels in the Kiska area, and have not lost one of ours," he said. "It is probably the greatest spot there is to pick off ships day by day. And when we get the ships we get lots of troops, too." Four Kings at Kent's Funeral London, Aug. 29 OP) Four kings George VI of England, Haakon VII of Norway, George II of Greece and Peter II of Yugoslavia and Queen Wilhel mina of Holland attended a sim ple funeral service for the Duke of Kent at St. George's chapel at Windsor today. t The Duchess of Kent entered ";ith Queen Elizabeth and the iueen Mother Mary, and the Finer helped the duchess up "js steps to the choir stalls. All ee wore heavy crepe veils. jhe 'duchess.' sobbed through Uhe brief rites, and as the n was lowered to. a purple she sank to her knees in : pfaken Elizabeth comforted t oided,j.the burial .iser yicei; V: . ,. The king, with tears in his eyes, moved forward and sprin kled earth on the coffin as it descended slowly into the vaults. The coffin was draped with the personal colors of the duke. It .was the first funeral for a member of the Windsor family to. lose his life in active service in this war. The duke, youngest brother of the king, was killed in Scotland in the crash of a plane which had set out for Ice land on a military mission. No Explosion, But Two Die Seattle, Aug. 29 lP) A light passenger car and a truck load ed with seven tons of dynamite collided head-on early today on the West Valley highway near Kent, killing two young men rid ing in the coupe. The dynamite did not explode. Earl Hollenback, 21, Rt. 1 Box 506-B, Puyallup, was crushed to death under the truck's load which was spilled on the high way by the crash. Aloysius Ducatt, 19, Box 21, Algona, was thrown to the pave ment and killed. The truck driver, Marshall Oriard, co-owner of the Oriard Powder Co., of Marshall, and his son, Herbert, escaped injury. So did two boys who were riding in the rumble seat of the coupe. State Employe WillBe 90 Years Old Monday Frank K. Lovell, oldest of Oregon's state employes both in years and In point of service, will celebrate his 90trf birthday Monday. This eventful milestone for him uin ho nt,....... u., suing auuui nis cusiomary cler- ical duties In the offioe of Sec retary of State Snell. interrupt. ed, however, by numerous con gratulations. This, too, is his 52nd year in -the service of the state, much of it spent in the oifice of the secretary of state, except for a period as state tax commissioner and some time spent in the office of insurance commissioner. He came up from Westport on the Columbia ,to Salem in 1890 to "spell" his brother, who had a job with Secretary of State George W. McBride. He was to be here for three weeks and go back to Westport. But he's been here ever since, except for a few years spent in California whert hi went due to illness. Germans Hurled Back by Reds At Stalingrad In One Sector Nazis Drive Deep Wedge Russians Take Airdrome By Eddy Gilmore Moscow, Aug. 29 (IP) Soviet troops have hurled back Ger man attacks both above and be Jow Stalingrad by vigorous counterattacks, but enemy tanks and infantry are wedged deeply into the city's defenses in an other sector and the nazi com mand has moved two fresh di visions into action, the Russians said today. Dead men clad in the greyish green of Adolf Hitler's legions were reported piled high on the sandy steppes before soviet trenches and the government newspaper Izvestia described prisoners as hungry and almost exhausted. Nazis Shy of Fuel Red Star said the Germans were having difficulty supply ing their tanks with' fuel. At one place, along the, Don front, 700 tanks were reported halted because of a gasoline famine and Russian bombers destroyed many of them. (The British radio said the Russians in their great counter attack on the central front had captured the Rzhev airdrome and cut an Important road link ing German' positions. Fighting in ttznev was saia to De proceed ing from house to house.) Nevertheless, a major defense crisis was apparent. Reserves Brought Up A nazi tank division and one more infantry division maneuv ered into position after a forced march from the Don ' bend bridgeheads and aerial . trans ports, plying the skies with fighters and Slukas brought up hundreds of other Germans. Some of these dropped as par achutists behind the Russian lines. Automatic gunners duel ed in the areas between fortified positions. Smoke spiraled up from bombed areas of Stalin grad, sprawled on the west bank of the Volga. The government declared 800 Germans, Rumanians and Italians died in a vain attempt to hold one wedge under Rus sian counterattacks northwest of the city, (Concluded on pa B, column 4) Both Cairo and Alexander Raided Cairo, Aug. 29 UP) Axis planes raided both Cairo and Alexan dria last night. An Egyptian communique said there were four deaths in Cairo and no casualties in Alexandria. Egyptian officials were seek ing 50,000 volunteers for civil defense work in the event of further attacks. The brother didn't come back to the job so Frank stayed. He has served under Secretaries Mc Bride, Klncaid, Dunbar, Benson, for a brief period, Olcott, Kozof , Hoss, Stadclman and Snell, the roster of state secretaries for over half a century. He is a native of Boston, son of Capt. J. G. Lovell, shipbuild er of note, who owned a large wharf in Boston harbor. He's nearly as native of America as an American Indian, for his mother's people came to the col onies in 1824 and his father's In 1630. Frank, himself, arrived August 31, 1852. At the age of 20 years, In 1872, he came to Oregon via the kthmus, to join (Concluded en pate Ida column S) Marines That Raided Makin IslaUo7veturn Clad in their "workn'.m iothes" a, group of marines, part of the marine contingent led by Lieut. Col. Evans F. Carlsonand Major James Roosevelt, son of the president, return to Pearl Harbor from their. raid on Japan ese Makin island where they wiped out 350 Japs. ' This official U. S. nay photo was ra dioed from Honolulu to San Francisco, (Associated Press Photo.) '' Flying Fortresses Bomb Airdrome Londori; Aug. 29 W) United States army airforce flying fortresses bombed1 a German tour.irai,-Belgium, ioaay;; -.ine ers, a juniL (juiiiiuuiuque said. which included diversionary Ship Built Hi Quick Time Richmond,, Calif., Aug:' 29 (P) Up to a year agqno mer chant ship of 10,000 tons or more ever had .been built in less than 100cfays; until this week, none had been launched in less than 36. So when the Liberiy freighter John Fitch slid down the ways at Richmond shipyard No. 2 yesterday, 24 days to the dot frqm the time her keel was put down, the yard's thousands of workmen and Henry J. Kaiser, their boss, might justifiably have sat back in satisfaction to contemplate their feat. . But they did not. After a brief recess to permit them to take part in the launching cere monies, the workers went on with their day-and-night job,, and Kaiser, even before the John Fitch struck the water, was talking of 18-day schedules. "I am told by our boys," he said, "that tomorrow's record of less than 18 days will be estab lished within the next few months." Tokyo Radio Admits Retreat in China iBr die United Press) The Tokyo radio today admit terd that Japanese forces are abandoning their entire field of operations in the important Chi nese provinces of Chekiang and Kiangsi. The Tokyo announcement, heard by a United Press listen ing post, said that beginning three days ago the Japanese forces In those provinces started to move to a "new field of ope rations." , , The Tokyo admission bears out Chinese reports of success in their drive to oust the Japanese from the air base cities of Chuh- sien and Lishul from which bombers can attack the Japan ese mainland. Sunk in Mid-August Washington, Aug. 29 M" The navy announced today that an enemy submarine torpedoed and sank a medium sized United Slates merchant vessel in the Carribbcan area in mid-August. Survivors landed at a gulf coast port and the navy said it was understood there were no casu alties. , airdrome at Warelghemi j n e a r loriresses were-iescoiHea.- oy iigni- All aircraft' in the operations, sweeps by American fighters, returned ' safely. The commu nique said: .yUnlted States army air force flying fortresses escorted by fighters, bombed the German airdrome at Wevelghem, near Courtrai, Belgium, today. Many bursts were soon on the target. ' "On the return journey the fortresses beat off attacks by enemy fighters. Some of these fighters were seen to- be badly damaged, but their ' destruction could not be confirmed. "During this operation diver sionary sweeps in which United States fighter squadrons partici pated were carried out. " "None of our aircraft is miss ing." The RAF struck its Second smashing blow in two nights at the nazi war factory last night with an assault by a "large force" of bombers perhaps sev eral hundred at the ancient ci ties of Nuernberg and Saarbreu cken, both highly important mil itary targets. British Boston bombers also attacked the docks at Ostcnd, Belgium, and power stations in the Llllie-Lens area of France this morning, an authoritative British statement said. Two Ger man fighters were destroyed and two of the American built bomb ers and a fighter are missing. The RAF bombers flew nearly 500 miles to reach Nuernberg, deep in southern Germany, once peaceful old city and now a center of nazi war production. Saarbreucken, c the French border and only about 35 miles from Metz, is a rich coal and iron-producing center. An air ministry communique said 30 bombers failed to return from the mission. On the basis of average 5 per cent losscsfoh similar large-scale raids in the past, this would put the number of participating planes at 600. Helsinki Raided By Russian Planes Helsinki, Aug. 29 rrv-The Finnish communique today said 60 Russian planes attacked Hel- railway, the dispatch reported, sinkl in waves late yesterday in with Chinese troops crossing a the heaviest raid ever attempted 'stream 40 miles north of Jnp upon the Finnish capital. ! anosc-occiipied Canton, captur- Thc alarm lasted four and a half hours. The communique said only two planes pcnctralcd the de fenses and only a few bombs Were dropped. Two fires were caused, some buildings damaged, five persons killed and 20 In jured, It (aid. Nazi Version Of Dieppe Raid Berlin (from German broad casts) Aug. 29 (P) The German highf eommand. said in a special communique today that 2,195 allied prisoners were taken dur ing the commando operation at Dieppe Aug. 19 and asserted the raid actually aimed at establish ing a continental bridgehead in preparation for an Invasion of France. The allied raiding force left more than 600 dead behind when they returned to England, the high command stated, adding that bodies were washing in daily from the channel. Ger man losses in dead, wounded missing were placed at 597. The communique said that the allied order of operation" waslshorc- , A "arrow beach there found on a captured British staff officer, proving that the landing attempt was more than an "or dinary commando raid" and that it was intended to establish an invasion bridgehead. (The British Broadcasting Corp. advised the French people before and during the raid that the operation was not an inva sion.) The German communique said the British losses in the action included 127 planes, four de stroyers, two torpedo boats, one speedboat, seven transports and a number of landing boats. German losses were placed at 35 planes and one submarine chaser. Injuries Fatal Forest Grove, Aug. 29 P) A two-car collision on the Wilson ; River highway seven miles west of here last night fatally injured James Cox, 52-ycar-old Tilla - mook logger, driver of one car. Chinese Launch New Drive Near Canton Chungking, Aug. 29 M'i The Chinese have launched a vig orous new offensive against the Japanese 40 miles north of Canton to match the attacks further -north which have brought recapture of Chuhsien and Lishul, sites of the two biggest air fields In east ern China, the Central News agency reported tonight. The offensive began Thurs day along the Canton-Hnnkow ing the town of Pakong and driving the Japanese southward. Several other points since have been taken in quick suc cession, Including Kutungshan, Kweitouling, anr1 Nangchann gau, and the Japanese still are retreating, with the Chinese In hot pursuit, the agency said. Battle of Milne Bay Growing In Intensity Troops Fighting in Mud Japs Lose 42 of Famed Zero Fighters General MacArthur's Ifcad quarters, Aug. 29 Wiighting appeared to be growlHg in in tensity today along "the muddy shores of Milne .bay as veteran Australian troops battled with effective United States air sup port against Japanese forces at tempting to consolidate a shaky grip on the southeastern tip of NpW' Guinea. , VA communique from General MacArthurs headquarters said the. Australians were in close contact with the recently landed Japanese and described the fighting as "heavy." A small number of United Slates service troops were re ported in the battle area, but the allied fighting forces were said to be composed of tried Australian Imperials and mili tia. Bombers Rake Beach Allied medium bombers, pi loted by Americans and es corted by Australian airmen in fighter planes, were raking the beach heads established by the Japanese and the communique reported that "numerous fires were started." , , . .. The Japanese apparently fil tel'ed into the forbidding jun gle where they were engaged by the hard-bitten Australians, sloshing along infrequent trails and slashing their way- through mangrove swamps to meet the invaders. A spokesman said the weath er, which had slowed the early progress of the land and air bat tle, was "better now," but the troops still were fighting in heavy mud. Along North Shore The battle was proceeding several miles from the head o Milne bay along the north macs iiuu me swHmpy jungle land. While (here was no indication of now the Kind fighting was going, a recapitulation of allied communiques issued during the past week showed that the Jan ancsc air force has been taking ' j(m According to these bulletins, the Japanese have lost 42 of their famed Zcr fighters, four heavy bombers and two dive bombers since last Sunday, In addition to an unostimated num ber of planes damaged. Allied losses In the same period have been put officially at only four planes. Live Bnmh in Scrap Heap Fayellevillc, N. C, Aug. 29 (IPi Fayetlcvillc conducted a scrap mctnl drive and somebody un wittingly brought in a live bomb I Irom r orl Bragg. The bomb 1 was handled very gingerly when the discovery was made. Meanwhile the Chinese In Chekian province to the north reinforced their hold on the newly recaptured Chuhsien air field from which United Nations planes may one day bomb Japan. Dispatches from the front said Chuhsien and Changshutan, five miles to the cast, both had been occupied. The Chinese high command confirmed press reports that Lishul, site of the second larg est air field in China, 70-odd miles southeast of Chuhsien, also had been recaptured, along with Suichang, 38 miles northwest of Lishul. Planes Attack Squadron Off Santa Isabel WarsMp Laden with Sup pliesTotal of 18 Jap Ships Now Hit Washington, Aug. 29 (U.B Land-based U. S. navy planes in the Solomons have sunk one Japanese destroyer, probably sunk another, and left a third crippled and burning, the navy announced today. Operating from Guadalcanal island, which our forces ave seized from -the Japanes .. the planes attacked an enemy squad ron of destroyers. 18 Jap Ships Hit This brought to at least 18 the number of Japanese ships re ported hit by U. S. forces in the Solomon area 15 , mentioned definitely plus "several cruisers" hit. The action occurred late in the afternoon of August 27, the navy's communique said. An aircraft patrol from Gua dalcanal sighted the squadron of one small and three large Jap anese destroyers, apparently taking supplies and equipment to isolated Japanese patrols on Santa Isabel island. Text of Communique The'text of navy communiqus No: 114 as of 12:00 noon EWT.: "South Pacific: ., "1,' During the late" afternoon of August 27 (Washington date) a U. S. aircraft patrol, based on Guadalcanal island, in the Solo mon archipelago, sighted one small and three large Japanese destroyers, these ships appeared to be loaded with supplies and equipment for isolated Japanese patrols believed to be operating near the eastern end of Santa Is abel island. "2. After reporting contact, the patrol planes attacked and secured one hit on the small de stroyer. Douglas Bombers "3. A striking force of Doug las dive bombers from Guadal canal answered the contact re port by proceeding to attack the three large destroyers. The at tack resulted in the following damage to the enemy: "(A) One large destroyer sunk as the result of a heavy e plosion following bomb hits. "(B) A second large destroy cr severely damaged and prob ably sunk. "4. During this attack - the striking force observed that the destroyer previously hit by the patrol planes was crippled and burning. "5. No further action has been reported in this area." (Concluded on paee 9, column 8) Flying Dragons Raid Indo-China By Karl Eskclimd Headquarters, U. S. Army Air Force in China, Aug. 29 (U.B Army bombing planes wrecked a three mile stretch of a vital Japanese held railroad, destroy ed a railroad bridge and spread devastation through two Import ant enemy bases in a raid on Indo-Chlna yesterday. ' ' , From the plane of Maj. Del Bailey, Spokane, Wash., who led the raid this correspondent walched the bombs destroy big quantities of munitions and oil which the Japanese had stored on the hillsides near Hoangsulhl, inside the French Indo-Chlna border. Another flight of the bombers under Lieut. A. L. Forsythe, Houston, Minn., blew up muni tions dumps at points 50 miles' souMieast of the frontier. These planes wrecked the railroad stretch and the bridge. The American planes were on an offensive against enemy forces concentrating supplies and munitions for a double drive Into Yunnan province and Kun ming, the provincial capital, from Indo-Chlna and Burma, . All planes relumed safely.