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.Red Defense
Stiffens After
Slight Retreat
Cold Rains Sweep Battle
fields as Nazis Try for
f Quick Knock-out
Moscow, Sept. 10 VP) Cold
rains swept the Stalingrad bat
: tlefields today and red army de
fenses stiffened again to exact
a deadly toll after repeated Ger
man power drives had overrun
-two more villages west of the
city.. .
; A similar dramatic revival of
,'Qsoviet resistance even a couft
"terattack which cost the Ger-
mans more than 1,000 killed and
destruction of nine tanks was
reported from the Novorossisk
front, where the invaders had
. wedged dangerously into de
fense positions.
Front line developments of
the day were coupled with an
official declaration that 73 axis
divisions had been broken and
routed by the red army from
May 1 through August.
Ends Heat Wave
The rains ended a hyeat wave
which had attended the" battle
of Stalingrad and presaged the
approach of wintry conditions
which might hamper Adolf Hit
ler's huge mechanized forces.
But Field Marshal von Bock
obviously .was maneuvering in
an .effort to obtain a quick
knockout. : New German forces
. . were concentrated west of Stal-
jkingrad, . . Bed Star, the soviet
oVrmilitary newspaper, said one of
his wedges was threatened by
a flanking blow.
,- Field dispatches said Russian
.withdrawals had been orderly
and Izvestia reported that the
soldiers, "fully conscious of the
danger hanging over Stalingrad,
are defending every inch of their
dear land."
Unceasing Pressure
Bayonet clashes were fre
quent. - :
From sunup to sundown the
Russians fought beneath waves
of German bombers, attacking
in formations of six to eight.
Ability of the German com
mand to replace worn veterans
with reserves permitted unceas
ing pressure aground.
Russian infantry, mortarmen
and , machine-gun crews left
more than 550 German and Ru
manian dead strewed upon the
sector west of Stalingrad in re-
' (Tom to Page 17, Column 8)
Russians Bomb
Axis Capitals
London, Sept. 10 UP) The
Russian air force kept the al
lied aerial offensive in Europe
v rolling last night by bombing
eastern Germany and the Hun'
gariun capital of Budapest dur
ing a lull in RAF operations
presumably caused by unfavor-
. able weather in the west.
The soviet attacks were an
nounced by the Berlin radio
which in characteristic fash-
Oion described them as "nuis
ance raids" and minimized their
effectiveness.
Subsequently both the Ger
man and, Italian, radios broad
cast dispatches from Budapest
attributing the raids on Buda
pest to "English planes" and re
ported there were a number of
civilian casualties.
A Reuters dispatch from
' Stockholm asserted Berlin had
a small scale air raid during
the night, presumably carried
out by soviet bombers, but there
was no such mention in Berlin
broadcasts heard up to mid-day.
Later, a transocean broadcast
from Berlin, however, attribut
ed the attack to soviet planes
Which were said to have come
In three waves and dropped
flares as well as incendiary and
explosive bombs in Budapest
Ond five other places in Hun
gary, The broadcast said that
the alarm in Budapest lasted
two hours and that a number
of persons were killed and
wounded.
Berard M. Baruch, chair
man of the special rubber
investigation comm i 1 1 e e.
Other members are. James
B. Conant, president of
Harvard and Dr. Karl T.
Compton, president of the
Mass. Institute of Technol
ogy. .
New Drive on
Japs in Islands
Washington, , Sept. io (P) A
new American offensive to
drive the Japanese out of the
Solomon islands apparently was
under way today launched by
an aerial . assault on enemy
troops and installations at Gizo
island.
With the U. S.-captured base
on. Guadalcanal, 215 miles to the
southeast, evidently the spring
board for the attack, American
air forces bombed and strafed
the small, heavily . wooded, is
land, the navy department an
nounced last night, iv .' , -.;'" "
. ';' These. IJpanese ! detachments,
the navy added, may have been
deinforced by a few troops which
managed to land on the island
under cover of darkness. ;
The attack was carried out
last Sunday without enemy re
sistance, the navy said, as the
marines continued to mop up
Japanese units which had fled
to Guadalcanal jungles at the
first American landing more
than a month ago.
British Labor
Delays 2nd Front
Blackpool, England, Sept. 10
(U.R) The trade union congress
today rejected by a vote of 3,
584,000 to 1,526,000 a resolution
calling for immediate opening of
a second front.
The congress approved a reso
lution asserting that the time for
opening of a second front should
be fixed by "competent authori
ties." The demand for the second
front was led by Jack Tanner of
the Amalgamated Engineering
union who charged that power
ful influences in Britain "do not
like Russia even as an ally." He
cited Lady Astor as an example
of this group.
However, the official congress
view was expressed by George
Gibson who' said "you cannot
open a second front by writing
with a pece of chalk on the
sidewalk." v '
Harriman
Quick Aid
New York, Sept. 10 (IP)
Roosevelt's personal representative at the Stalin-Churchill con
ferences in Moscow, says that the United States must give Russia
quick and increasing material
aid, as battles on the Russian
front bear directly on the length
of the sacrifices which Ameri
cans will have to make.
Addressing a Russian war re
lief dinner last night, Harriman
said that the Russians, although
in dire need of American and
British aid, "are determined and
can fight on alone."
Harriman, presently Ameri
can coordinator of defense af
fairs in London,- vividly de
scribed evidences he witnessed
of Russian determination to
win.
He told of wounded men driv
ing much needed trucks from
Iran to the Russian battle front,
of armed women tilling the
fields prepared at a moment's
Jap Drive on
Port Moresby
Gains Headway
Enemy Pushes South
After Crossing Higher
Pass for Frontal Attack
By Don Caswell
Gen. MacArthur's Headquar
ters. Australia, Sept. 10 UP)
Japanese forces in their fciggest
land operation of the war in
New Guinea are only 44 airline
miles from Port Moresby, the
allied advance base on the south
coast, .and are still advancing
after flanking the defending
Australians at two points, it
was announced today.'
At the moment the enemy
troops, using their favorite in
filtration and -envelopment tac
tics, are driving southward
through the remainder of the
Owen Stanley mountains after
crossing through the highest
pass in the range.
Near End of Road
Immediately before them if
they have not already reached
it is the terminus' of a road
which ends in a mountain trail
and leads direct to Port
Moresby.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur an
nounced in a communique that
the enemy were still making
progress in a drive which ap
peared now to have committed
them to a Irontal attack on
strongly defended Port Moresby,
which is; only 375 miles from
-tne norincast- up oi uiu. .Aus
tralian continent. : '""1 V
The enemy troops had out
flanked the Australians under
Lieut. Gen. Sidney Rowell in
the M;'bla lake district in the
gap area. ' ' .- .. . V
Flanking Movement
Then they hail driven .their
way another 12 miles along the
tortuous mountain trail to exe
cute another successful flank
ing movement at Efolgi.
Efolgl is 8 miles on the
Port Moresby side of the moun
tain gap, and 44 airline and 53
road miles from the allied base.
Between them and the lofrer
coastal country still lay several
ridges rising to 4,600 feet- or
more. . '
Allied planes were doing all
they could to aid the ground
forces, bombing and machine
gunning troops, supply lines and
installations on the north side
of the mountains.
The Port Moresby road winds
down from the mountains tor
tuously for between 25 and 30
miles and then straightens out
across comparatively flat coun
try to the coast.
Fire Protection
May be Installed
Proposals to install fire fight
ing facilities at the state peni
tentiary flax farm were under
consideration by the state board
of control today. Two flax shed
fires recently caused $60,000
damage at the prison,
Urges
to Russia
W. Avcrell Harriman, President
notice to battle nazi parachut
ists, or workers riding in freight
cars with their machines as the
nation worked to transplant its
industrial strength to Siberia.
"I cannot predict where the
line of the front will be this
winter," he said, "but I can
assure you there will be tough
fighting tough for the Ger
mans and their satellite allies."
Lease-lend materials made
available to Russia are being in
telligently used, he said.
"They feel sure that at some
time, early they hope, we will
be fighting the Germans on an
other front, and we will thus di
vert some of the weight of the
German striking power," he added.
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Income Tax
Levies Changed
Washington, Sept. 10 (IP) The
senate finance committee today
readjusted individual surtax in
come rates for the brackets be
low $8,000, lowering them in the
lower brackets and increasing
them in the .higher,
Treasury experts estimated the
'chBngefWQuld'iilnofeslB-.-i.tota
prospective revenue Dy, $3j,uuw,
000 a ;'year.;-V-v, ,gi,r. yy?
As a result, single persons
with" net income of $2,000 or less
will pay lower income taxes than
proposed . under the house bill,
for those with above $2,000 the
total tax liability will be higher,
For married couples without
dependents, the break between
higher end lower rates as com
pared, with the house bill will
come between $2,500 and $3,000
net income (before personal ex
emptions)' and for married cou
ples with .two dependents be
tween $3,000 and $4,000.
The senate group set the sur
tax rate at 10 per cent for the
first 500, 13 per cent from $500
to $1,000, 15 per cent $1,000 to
$1,500, 17 per cent from $1,500
to $2,000, 19 per cent from $2,
000 to $3,000, 21 per cent for
$3,000 to $4,000, 23 per cent for
$4,000 to $6,000 and 25 per cent
from $6,000 to $8,000.
Rommel Said
To be Sick Man
Ankara, Sept. 8 (delayed) UP)
A member of Wendell L. Will
kie's party visiting Turkey, who
asked not to be identified by
name, said Wednesday that Ger
man officers captured in Africa
had disclosed that the German
field marshal Rommel is suf
fering from some- malady and
may be relieved of his command.
The nature of the supposed
disease was not stated. -
These officers, captured in the
recent tank battle in which Rom
mel's forces suffered serious
losses, were quoted as saying
the field marshal either has been
returned to Germany by air, or
is awaiting relief by some other
commander.. ; '.
The story was told, it was
said by Willkie's traveling com
panion, by British officers who
have spoken with a number of
German officers who have fallen
Into the allies' hands. These Ger
man officers, it was added, also
said that one of Rommel's most
reliable aides, who has been at
his side in all the desert cam
paigns, was killed while trying
to cheer his forces as they re
treated after their latest assault.
(The death of Major General
Gcorg Bismarck was reported
Monday).
British officers told members
of Willkie's party in Egypt that
German prisoners now-appear
dejected, war-weary and not
nearly so confident as they were
a few months ago.
Passengers Await Rescue as Wakefield Burns at Sea
Jammed oh the rear decks of the U. S.'naval transport
Wakefield, passengers and crew of the former liner Man
hattan wait calmly as a cruiser approaches to rescue
them from the stricken vessel. Smoke boils up at upper
left and rope nets already have, been put in place so the
men can climb down to the deck, of the rescue vessel.
(Associated Press Photo.)
British OpenDrive
On Madaz
,Londoh; .$eplA:-''Ftht)tidn,announced tonight;" that
further operauons;,started,,in Madagascar this mbrning and were
"continuing satisfactorily." , ;. t
' Vichy, Sept. 10 OT The British opened a general offensive
against the west coast' of 'Madagascar aft dawn- today, attacking
the ports of Majunga and Morondava with planes and 18 warships,
it was announced tonight. Concentrated shelling ushered in the
offensive, a renewal of hostilities on the big French island in the
: ; ; western Indian ocean which
Work Women
Despite Unions
San Trancisco, Sept. 10 UP) -Women
shipyard workers, de
nied membership in; the AFL
International Brotherhood of
Boilermakers and Iron ship-,
builders, were assured by the,
war manpower commission to
day that they are needed in the
construction of ships and will
be put to work immediately at
a North bay rard.
William Hopkins, : regional
WMC director, conferred yes
terday with union heads and
others regarding the union's re
fusal to clear Women welders
for, work at the ' new Marine
shipyards at Sausallto.
Afterwards he declared: .
"1. We have to build, ships. -
"2. We must employ women.
"3. Women Will be employed
within 48 hours on work for
which they are now qualified.
As soon as their experience
qualifies them, women will be
advanced to other work In ship
construction.
'4. Sanitation and health
safeguards will be provided.
'5. The same casement of
women's hours under the state
laws as was provided in the air
craft industry will apply in the
shipyards. ' ' !
'6. The same easement on
women's hours under state laws
will apply in the shipyards as
was provided in the aircraft In
dustry." (A 48 hour week, rest
periods and other restrictions
and safeguards are provided in
the state labor laws.)
Jap Ships Blasted
In Burma Harbor
New Delhi, India, Sept, 10 UP)
A British communique said to
day several direct hits were
scored by the RAF yesterday on
both an enemy supply ship and
its escort in the Japanese occu
pied harbor of Akyab, Burma.
Four planes were reported to
have failed to return from the
operation, which included an at
tack upon a Jetty where Japan
ese supplies were being unload
ed
ascar
lightened after the British cap
.tured the big naval base of Diego
Suarez at the northern tip of the
island May 8.
The 18 warships poured salvo
after salvo of shells into Majun
ga' harbor, 320 miles southwest
of Diego Suarez, while planes
bombed" and strafed French
troop concentrations as far in
land as 100 miles.
. The ' shelling ' continued to
night, apparently preparing for
a general troop landing.
,: The attack came two days aft
er an unsuccessful attempted
landing by fighting French forc
es .the government, said.
Powerful Fleet
The French said the British at
Majunga- "had means at their
disposal at least as powerful as
thdse used at- Diego Suarez.''
The size of the fleets off Mo
rondava, 690 miles southwest of
Diego Suarez, and off Ambanja,
about 120 miles below the naval
base was not estimated.
Majunga is the gateway to
Tananarive, capital of the island.
The French said the DcGaullists
(Turn to Page' 19, Column 8)
Churchill Discusses
Indian Situation
,-' ; London, Sept. 10 UP) Prime Minisler Churchill charged to
day that widespread Japanese fifth column activity may have
been behind the all-India congress party's drive for immediate
independence, but he told the
house of commons that the
course of events in India had
been .Improving "and is, on the
whole, reassuring."
- The prime minisler s review
of the Indian situation laid spe
cial emphasis on the turbulent
events of the past two months
and their bearing on the Uni
ted Nation's war effort.
Churchill rejected a proposal
for a vote to show whether the
house approved his statement
but suggested that a full-dress
debate with a vote might bo ar
ranged later. ,
He minimized the influence
of the congress, which he ac
cused of discarding' Mohandas
K. Gandhi's non-violence prin
ciples, and declared that 90,000,-
000 Moslems were "fundament
ally opposed" to it to which
Japan's Naval
Losses Listed
Melbourne, Sept. 10 UP) Al
lied forces have definitely sunk
25 Japanese warships and trans
ports and destroyed 300 enemy
planes and perhaps 500 in less
than five months, a review of
communiques from Gen. Mac
Arthur's headquarters disclosed
The operations all were in -the
Australia War zone, the area
embraced in MacArthur's south
west Pacific command.:
Forty-one additional warships
and transports were damaged
and a total of 177 enemy planes
severely damaged or "probably
damaged" making the aerial to
tal 477.
The real total on enemy air
planes, it was believed, prob
ably exceeds 500 planes since on
many occasions when bombs
were dropped on parked aircraft
there was no means of determin
ing the exact results.
Of the 300 aircraft definitely
reported 202 were fighters, 60
bombers, 11 float planes, seven
flying boats, and 11 were of un
specified types. They were de
stroyed cither in combat, by
anti-aircraft fire, or by bomb
ing of enemy air bases.
Allied plane losses for the
same period cannot be given
with any degree of accuracy be
cause many of the early com
muniques issued by the south
west Pacific command, begin
ning April 21, did not give them.
The highest allied loss given in
a single operation was four
planes.
Two Killed by Boom
Portland, Sept. 10 (U.R) Sam
Peter Burgato, 19, and John
Templeton, 47, Oregon Ship
building corporation workers,
were killed late Tuesday at the
yard here when they were struck
by a crane boom, a coroner s re
port released today said.
a member , cried "nonsense.
As a measure of the congress'
Influence, Churchill mentioned
Hint more than 1,000,000 Indians
have volunteered for war serv
ice and that 40,000 volunteers
in the past two months made
on enlistment record.
When he finished, Emanuel
Shinwell, a chronic laborltc
critic of the government, told
the house that Churchill's state
ment would profoundly disap
point and shock millions of peo
ple." The prime minister said the
principles of the government's
declaration basically, dominion
status which formed the basis
of Sir Stafford Cripps' mission
to India "must be token as re
presenting the settled policy"
of Britain.
Baruch Report
Asks Limitations
On Auto Use
Situation Dangerous and
Only Prompt Action Can
Avert Collapse
Washington, Sept. 10 UP) Pre
sident Roosevelt said today he
would put into effect "as rapid
ly as arrangements can be made"
a set of recommendations from
his special rubber committee .
which included nationwide gaso-
line rationing and drastic re
strictions on civilian motoring.
He praised the . committee's
far-reaching report and said the
government owed a debt of gra- '
titude to the committee mem
bers. He transmitted copies to
congress for its information.
No Middle Course
.The committee submitted its
report to the chief executive
with a blunt declaration that
there was no middle course in
solving the nation's rubber
problem, that it was "discomfort
or defeat." . .
In addition to recommending
an expansion of the present
synthetic rubber production pro
gram from an annual total now
of 705,000 tons, to a contem
plated figure of 1,100,000 the
committee proposed these addi
tional steps:
1. That no speed . above 35
miles an hour.-be -permitted for
passenger cars'and trucks, so as
to prolong the life of tires by
nearly 40 per .cent. .'"."''.
Only Necessary Driving
2. That the average annual
mileage per car be "Reld to ap
proximately 5,000 miles, and
this to be permitted only for
"necessary driving."
3. That more rubber be re
leased to the public through re
capping old tires, or the issuance
of new ones, so as to maintain
fully necessary civilian driving.
4. That a new gasoline ration
ing system be devised to save
tires, based on 5,000 miles a year
of driving per car.
5. That "the restrictions as to
gasoline and mileage be nation
al in their application."
Tire Inspection
6. That compulsory periodic
tire inspections be instituted.
7. That a voluntary tire con
servation program be put into
effect pending establishment of
gas rationing, which the com
mittee said was "the only way
of saving rubber."
The committee, appointed on
August 6, consisted of Bernard
M. Baruch, who was chairman
of the war industries board in
the last war; Dr. James B. Con
ant, president of Harvard Unl-
(Turn to Page 16, Column 6)
New Service
For Alaska
Washington, Sept. 10 U.B
Establishment of a northwest
service command, to direct army
highway and railroad building
activities and supply and main
tenance services in western Can
ada and Alaska, was announced
today by Secretary of War Hen
ry L. Slimson.
The new command will ba
similar to the nine service com
mands In the United States
whose functions are primarily
administrative.
Formation of the new service
command was accepted as indic
ative of the Increasing activi
ties of American forces in this
area, where they are developing
transport facilities to provide for
the defense of Canada and Alas
ka and which ultimately may
serve as part of an Importnnt
communication route to Russia.
Headquarters of the new com
mand will be established at
White Horse, Yukon Territory,
Canada. Col. James A. O'Con
nor, corps of engineers, a native
of Bay City, Mich., will head the
new command, with Col. Ken
neth B. Bush, Washington, D. C.
adjutant general department, as
chief of staff.