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Job lSs fefes' tefefc mm - Buy War Bonds 'Em Flying . -ri rtL 54th Year, No. 215 jJSr&? . Salem, Oregon 3 W3I '. rfl Wednesday, September 9, 1942 ... Price Five Cents H u 'nspbfc'Ppijras at yge Tira Sea Senate Group Reaffirms Victory Tax Committee Rejects Treasury Proposals for Broadening Income Levy . Washington, Sept. 9 (IP) The senate finance committee re affirmed today its adoption of the 5 per cent victory tax on in dividual earnings over $624 a year, and also approved a pro posal for a joint congressional study of compulsory savings to aid in financing the war. a Chairman George (D., Ga.) aid it was contemplated that a committee consisting of five sen ators and five representatives and including Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau would be sej up to make the study and ; report to congress by next Jan uary 11. Compulsory Saving . George said the finance com mittee felt that for "obvious rea sons" a thorough study should be made of the possibility of ob taining additional war financ- . ing from individuals through some rounded form of compuls ory savings. There is insufficient time, he said, to make such a study and write provisions of this nature into the pending revenue bill. He said that some post-war re bate provisions which the com mittee tentatively has included ,: in the measure were . In. the na- ture.of relief fotf -taxpayers rath- wer than constituting a full-fledg ed compulsory savings plan. Reject Broader Base. In approving again the 5 per cent victory levy, the commit tee rejected three substitute pro posals made by the treasury at the committee's direction, These proposals would have raised about $2,500,000,000 yearly by broadening the base of the in come i tax and increasing rates. Senator Radcliffe (D., Md.) said the treasury officials have submitted three complicated schedules to the committee in volving lowering of present in come tax exemptions and in creases in rates. The plan apparently most fa vored by the treasury, he said, combined rate increases with reduction in exemptions to $400 for single persons, and $800 for married couples, with $200 credit being allowed for dependents. J The present law grants exemp tions of $750 to single persons. $1500 for married couples and $400 for dependents. The house voted to lower these to $500 for single persons and $1200 for married couples, retaining the $400 credit for dependents. The senate committee has previously voted to approve the $500 and $1200 exemptions, but moved to cut the dependency credit to $300. Radcliffe said treasury offi cials objected that the 5 per cent victory tax would be difficult to administer, particularly as to provisions for post-war credits and debt deductions. Qrchie Lein Fatally Hurt in Australia Grand Island, Sept. 9 Archie Lein, about 20, was fatally in jured September 1 in Australia according to a telegram from the war ' department, received Saturday by his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Welch of this district. Archie had been in the battle of Java. He had been in the service more than three years, a portion of the time spent in the Philippine islands. Raid Alarm in London London, Sept. 9 (IP) Air raid sirens shrilled one of their rare laylight alarms over Britain's pital late this afternoon when enemy planes approached high over the Thames estuary but the all-clear quickly followed. There were no reports ol incidents. Vichy Regime Warned Against War on Allies Herriott and Jeanneney Predict Revolution If Germany Aided (Copyright 14J by United Press) Somewhere on the French Frontier, Sept. 9 (U.R) Marshal Henri Philippe Petain. and Pierre Laval, it was revealed today, have been placed on solemn warning that France may suffer "convulsions" if the Vichy gov ernment attempts to draw the nation "into war against our al lies." In an unexpected indictment of the Petain-Laval regime, Ed ouard Herriot and Jean Jean neney, leaders of the last parlia ment of the third republic, have made public a document declar ing: "It is impossible for liberty to die in the country of its birth from where it spread all oyer the world." Treaties Still Bind The language of the parlia mentarians implied that despite the French defeat in June 1940, despite the armistice with Ger many, despite the rise of Petain and Laval, they still consider France bound by the treaties of alliance with which she entered the war. They warned of "convulsions" which' would follow any attempt to deprive the French of the lib erty they now have, tacitly im plying C that revolution Bright sweep the country again, over throwing the ; Laval-Petain re gime. ' . The letter said the French had tolerated the acts'of the present administraion "because it can not do anything else," but warn ed: "Do not make the foolish mis take of believing that you can win the adhesion of its spirit or . (Concluded on page 8, column 8) Plan to Give FDR Controls Washington, Sept. 9 (U.R) Speaker Sam Rayburn (D., Tex.) advised President Roosevelt to day that he favors accomplishing the chief executive's request for new anti-inflation controls by a brief resolution giving him full authority to stabilize all prices and wages "notwithstanding any provision of existing law." Rayburn and house democra tic leader John W. McCormack (D., Mass.) spent more than two hours with Mr. Roosevelt going over his request for authority to stabilize farm prices as well as wages and other prices. "We are going to try to go along with this thing as fast as possible," Rayburn said. "I favor a resolution couched in general terms giving the president auth ority to stabilize things notwith- standing any provision of exist- ing law." Tank and Plane Production Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 9 (IP) P. Patterson said today that the nation's tank production had reached "an impressive figure," and that the nation turned out more war planes last month than Germany, Japan and Italy com bined. In a speech before the united electrical, radio and machine workers convention, Patterson added that tank production would be doubled in December and "we are putting our best efforts into bringing out new planes of designs far superior to any that we have now." Praising the type of men In the armed forces, their training, equipment and leadership, the under secretary declared the Ja panese "already know that they blundered when they counted on Americans being soft, selfish and easy-going." 'Our soldiers can take it and Soldiers to Vote Minus Poll Taxes Washington, Sept. 9 VP) Over opposition of southern members, the house accepted today senate amendments to the service men's absentee-voting bill, including one allowing men in the armed forces to vote without paying poll taxes required in eight southern states. : ; The legislation goes back to the senate for formal approval of recommendations of a senate- house conference committee that had urged passage of the senate version. It was on the confer ence committee's report that the house acted today. Southern members led by Representative Rankin (D., Miss.) attacked the anti-poll tax amendment as an invasion of the right of states to control their own elections. Supreme Chief For 2nd Front Washington, Sept. 9 ' (U.R) Hints from Presi-ent Roosevelt and Prime "Minister Winston Churchill today suggested that the United Nations are heading toward selection of a supreme American or British commander for the second front attack on Germany.' '- Marshal Ferdinand Foch had the job in World war one and it was not until after he took over that the conflict began to go the allied way.' American claims on the post are .substantial. ;B,ut, they, would.: be limited, too, by the extent to which U. S. troops could join in a landing on the continent of Europe. The United States wuuld have to put up men by the hun dreds of thousands if it wanted the command flag to fly over an American officer. The American nominee probr ably would be General George C. Marshall, one of "Pershing's boys," who was jumped from brigadier general in 1939 to four star rank as chief of staff. Next in line after Marshall for the job of leading a United Na tions army into Europe is Lieut, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, "General Ike," who now com mands American forces in the European theatre including such of the American navy as is based there. Mrs. John L. Lewis Dies in Washington Washington, Sept. 9 (IP) Mrs. John L. Lewis, wife of the pres ident of the United Mine Work ers of America, died early today after a lingering illness. Mrs. Lewis will be buried Sat urday afternoon in Oakridge cemetery, Springfield, 111. ' In addition to the widower, survivors include a son, John L Lewis, Jr., a medical student, and a daughter, Kathryn, who is secretary-treasurer of district 50 of the United Mine Workers. The family lives in nearby Alex andria, Va. Soars Under Secretary of War Robert they can hand it out," he added. "They are men resolved to win this war." Patterson said that in speed, range, toughness of armor and hitting power, the U.S. medium tank, either the M3 or the M4, "is superior to the best German tank" as "proved in combat in Egypt." Combat records also, he de clared, have proved the Curtiss P-40 Hawks better than the Jap anese Zero plane. Performances of American heavy bombers were "impressive" on all battle fronts, the under-secretary said, and In pursuit ships, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was termed "the j swiftest plane in the air." Bayonets Slow Jap Drive in Port Moresby Enemy Ambushed in Gap 700 Casualties In flicted at Milne Bay (By the Associated Press) In the far Pacific, Gen. Doug las MacArthur's headquarters reported today that allied troops, often fighting with bayonets, had slowed the Japanese drive up the rocky approaches to "The Gap" an 8,000-foot moun tain pass in the Owen Stanley range 50 miles west of the Uni ted Nations outpost in Port Moresby, New Guinea. A headquarters spokesman said the fighting ' raged about 2,000 feet below "The Gap" on the west side of the range. Jap Losses Heavy Dispatches said Japanese loss es were heavy as allied patrols defended the jungle-bordered trail in fierce hand-to-hand fighting. A single Australian patrol of 20 men, opposed by 300 Japan ese, effectively ambushed the enemy with machine-guns, tom my guns and rifles on Sunday, dispatches said, and the follow ing day another allied patrol raided a Japanese post with gre nades and killed six Japs with out loss. In the Milne bay sector, on the southeast tip of New Guin ea, Australian troops were cre dited with inflicting 700 Casu alties oh the enemy! and reports said the Japanese sea-borne force in that area had now been practically wiped out. Jap Destroyer Hit Despite bad weather prevail ing over the New Guinea bat tle region, allied bombers and torpedo-carrying planes carried out repeated attacks on Japan ese warships north of Milne bay, pounding the enemy Mon day near Normanby island and again Tuesday among the To briand islands. A Japanese de stroyed was listed as probably hit. . Fortress Raids Kept from Nazis London,. Sept. 9 (IP) An "ex cellent start" has been made by United States flying fortresses in day raids on German-occupied Europe, an RAF commenta tor declared today, fully justify ing United States policy of day light bombing and foreshadow ing "deeper penetration to more vital targets" by American bom bers in daylight. This source, who may not be named, predicted that German bombers would return "as soon as they can" to .take "as terrible a vengeance as possible" for the heavy bombing dealt by allied bombers on German cities. He said that American day light bombing, which he called "the most startling recent devel- opment on the wes te r n air front," has been hidden from the German people. "Neither the German press nor radio has been allowed to tell the people that American air craft are attacking them in the west," he said. American Eagles Destroy 73 Planes London, Sept. 9 (U.R) The three American Eagle fighter squadrons in the royal air force have destroyed at least 73 enemy planes, air circles revealed to day. The first squadron Is credited with 41 planes, the second with 18, and the third with 14, since they went into action. Squadron Leader Gregory Au gustus Daymond, DFC with bar, of Great Falls, Mont., command er of the( first squadron which has been in operation for more than a year, personally is cred ited with seven German planes. HI Topkick and Top General General George C. Marshall, chief of staff; U. S. army, chats with a sergeant on a visit to American forces stationed in Iceland, General Marshall also went to London for conferences. (Associated Press Photo.) ' Stoops Promises Nothing Efforts of the Salem civilian recreation committee and others interested to secure an additional $16,000 of federol funds to sup plement the $12,000 FSA allocation approved yesterday for a USO- operated center here will carry the blessing and recommendation of the regional office of the federal division of recreation. This Luxembourg Workers Strike London, Sept. 9 (IP) Workers throughout steel-producing Lux embourg were declared to have gone on a general strike in pro test against the incorporation of the little grand duchy into the German rcich and in defiance of nazi ' warnings that convicted strikers would be sentenced to death. . The British ministry of infor mation said this was "the first occasion in which a general strike hasboen ordered in German-occupied territory, and gains additional significance from the fact that Luxembourg ranks among the ten largest steel producers in the world." (Andre Wolff, commissioner of information of Luxembourg at Washington said that the strike was the answer of the workers and people of the grand duchy to an order by Gauleiter Guslav Simon August 30 which incorporated Luxembourg into the rcich and declared her youth would bo conscripted for Gor man military service.) "The strike," says the minis try, "clearly and eloquently re futes the spite of lying German propaganda which claimed that Luxcmbourgers had voluntarily acquired citizenship and volun leered for service with German forces." Germany Demands French Shipping Somewhere on the French Frontier, Sept. 9 (U.R) Germany has demanded that France hand over 200,000 tons of merchant shipping now in ports in un occupied territory, authentic ad vices revealed today. Of the shipping demanded, 130,000 tons is French, the re mainder Belgian, Netherlands, Greek and Jugoslav. So far as could be learned the Vichy government had not ac cepted tho Gorman demand and had not up to two days ago sur rendered any of the ships, argu ing that the armistice convention did not require such surrender. on Annex assurance was given here this morning by Harry Stoops, re gional representative of the re creation agency. . Stoops explained, however, that approval by his office was only a preliminary step in the course through which the sup plemental application would have to travel to gain final sanc tion. These steps include scru tiny by WPB for vital materials involved and examination of the plans under which the money is to be expended by one or more of the federal construction ag encies. "I can give you -no definite assurance that the supplemental application will be granted or how soon action on it can be expected," said Stoops. Word that the president had given final approval to the $12, 000 allocation was received in a telegram from Senator Charles L. McNary to ' Alderman Tom Armstrong. . This money is to be used in renovating and pro viding additional facilities in the American Legion hall, as well as paying the Legion $200 a month rental for use of the hall as a USO center for one year. The added $16,000 is being asked to provide an annex to (Concluded on page 9, column 6) Moscow Bitter on Second Front Delay Moscow, Sept. 9 (U.R) The Russian public learned today for the first time that a serious disagreement over conduct of the war arose between Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Premier Josef Stalin during their con- versations here. The revelation was made when the soviet press published portions of Churchill's statement to the house of comment.. There was no comment. The summary omitted Churchill's disclosure that he found difficulty In getting the Russians to understand the na ture of the war at sea. It also omitted Churchill's personal ap preciation of Stalin's character. 'The soviet government had never previously gono beyond the formal communiques to tell the public what had transpired at the Churchill-Stalin meet' ings. However, Informed persons Red Army Holds Fiercely in All Battle Areas Germans Try Vainly to Widen Wedge West of Stalingrad By Eddy Gilmore Moscow, Sept. 9 (IP) Rein forced German divisions concen trated attacks upon the western defenses of Stalingrad today in an effort to widen a hard-won wedge and the situation was de scribed here as "particularly complicated," but the red army was reported molding fiercely in every sector. The Russians said nazi tanks and infantry, sheltered by dive bombers, had deepened the sali ent from the west yesterday while soviet troops beat off flanking attacks from the south west. Today's mid-day communique, however, mentioned no new withdrawals and announced fur ther gains in the central front oftensive. Progress Near Moscow Russian troops dislodged the enemy from a fortified district west of Moscow and occupied three more settlements, it said. They were reported to have slain 400 Germans and captured pris oners and war supplies. A Russian minefield west of Stalingrad blew up three Ger man tanks and,... soviet gunners damaged six others of a forma tioh" maneuvering in front of the field, the communique said. Red Army mortar batteries and riflemen were reported to have slain 350 invaders in two of a series of actions southwest of the Volga river industrial cen ter, where field dispatches said Italian and Rumanian troops and fresh tanks from other fronts had been moved into action. Four Assaults Repulsed Four successive assaults sup ported by massed planes wore repulsed in that sector, Izvestia said. The government newspa per said the aircraft "were lit erally hanging over our front line and bombing our positions," but the Russian torces waited them out and then arose to drive off the enemy land forces. Red Army patrols and mortar batteries wiped out 230 Germans in the overnight fighting about Novorossisk, a Black Sea naval base, and 40 German troop trucks were smashed, the Rus sians said. Red Star reported that a vio lent battle raged around the wedge which the Germans and Rumanians have thrust into this sector. The defense position was described as both strained and difficult. Soviet resistance appeared firmer in the Mozdok district of the central Caucasus, where a battle is under way south of the Terek river. The Russians were reported fighting to annihilate a German formation which cross ed the river, here were well aware that a sharp divergence of views over the war arose in tho course of the discussions. Aside from this small group of persons, the Russian populace as a whole assumed that the results of the conferences were far from satisfactory but still hoped vaguely that the much desired second front would be opened. Churchill's statement cor rectly or incorrectly strength ened the view here that there is no prospect of any early al lied military aid to relieve the critical Russian military situa tion. This, in turn, intensified bit terness in Moscow. 1600 Aboard All Saved Including 840 Refugees Hulk of Wakefield, For merly Luxury Liner Man hattan, Towed to Port (Editors: Walter Cronklte, United Press staff correspondent assigned to the Atlan tic fleet, was the only newspaperman to witness the burning of the bis naval transport Wakefield and the rescue at sea of her crew and 840 passengers.) By Walter Cronkite (Copyrleht 1!43 by United Press) Aboard a U. S. Warship on Convoy, Sept. 3 (Delayed) (U.R) The 24,289-ton U. S. navy trans port Wakefield, formerly the American luxury liner Manhat tan, burned within sight of this ship tonight and was abandoned on the Atlantic after her crew and 840 passengers were rescued by daring escort vessels. Approximately 1,600 passen gers and crew members were saved. The ship has now been sal vaged and towed to an American Atlantic port. En Route to United States The Wakefield was under the command of Comdr. Harold Gardner Bradbury, U. S. coast guard, and was en route to an east coast port of the United Stales. " -.. Fire of undetermined .origin broke out on one of the deck levels and despite prompt ef forts to subdue it, the flames spread rapidly- throughout the Ship. - ' ,-' -:- Flames enveloped" the vessel and it was necessary to remove the passengers, a large number of whom were civilians. Warships to Rescue Two U. S. warships moved di rectly alongside the Wakefield despite the heat and flames and removed more than 1,000 pass engers. A cruiser maneuvered its bow alongside the stern of the big vessel, used for transporting troops abroad, and a destroyer placed itself along the Wake field's side. (A few hours later the Wake field was reboarded by a skele ton crew and the hulk was tow ed into an American east coast port. She was the second big passenger ship in American hands to burn this year. The other was the former French liner Normandio, wrecked at her New York pier.) The Wakefield's passengers included American women and (Concluded on pace 0, column 8) Frankfurt Bomb Target London, Sept. 9 (U.R) A strong force of RAF bombers blasted at Frankfurt-am-Main in the Ger man Rhinclnnd last night, the air ministry announced today. It was the first raid on Frank furt, one of Germany's principal rail communications centers, since August 24. At the same time planes of RAF fighter command carries out "offensive patrols" over oc cupied territory. Seven bombers were reported missing in tho communique, as well as three planes of fighter command two of coastal com mand. The losses Indicate that at least several hundred planes participated In the night's oper ations. "Large fires wore left burn ing," the air ministry said In an nouncing the raid on Frankfurt. (German broadcasts heard in London said "material damage was done in residential quart ers of some localities in western Germany," and reported three olanos shot down.) Tho new RAF night raid against Germany followed a day during which American Boston bombers, escorted by fighter planes, smashed at the Important French harbors of Cherbourg and Lc Havre. Tho raids were carried out by two separate for mations. Two fighters were missing. V