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2 Heppner Gazette Times, October 15,1942 Week of the War U. S. Army headquarters in Brit ain reported that 115 American bombers, in their first large-scale daylight sweep over occupied France, shot down 48 Nazi planes, probably destroyed 38 more and se riously damaged at least 19. Never before had so many German planes been shot down in a single en counter over western Europe as were brounght down by the massed fire of the American Flying Fort resses and consolidated B-24's. Only four American ships were lost and the crew of one was saved. The bombers made a destructive attack on the Lille industrial area. Gen. MacArthur's headquarters in Australia announced Oct. 12 that Lockheed medium bombers scored two direct hits on a large Japanese seaplane tender in the Soolomon area beween the Bismarck and Sol omon Isles. The navy reported Oct. 10 a Japanese destroyer was sunk and a heavy cruiser and destroyer were damaged by American airmen during continued enemy attempts to land reinforcements on Guadal canal. The enemy under cover of darkess made several small landings In the Solomons, but U. S. forces shot down 21 Japanese planes, tor pedoed a cruiser, and bombed and strafed enemy troops and equipment on Guadalcanal. Gen, MacArthur's headquarters also anounced that the biggest force of Fying Fortresses ever sent against a target in the Australian zone made an unusually destructive raid on the largest Jap anese base in this area, Rabaul. Aus tralian troops continued to drive the enemy back into the Owen Stanley mountains and removed the threat of the Allied base of Port Moresby. From new bases in the Andreanof group of the Aleutians, army bomb ers, escorted by Airacobra and Lightning fighters, kept Japanese held Kiska less than an hour's flying time away under "continual fire" during the week. The navy reported aerial reconnaisance show ed the Japs apparently have given up their hold on both Attu and Ag- attu in the western Aleutians and concentrated on Kiska. War Taxes The senate passed and sent to conference with the house the 1942 War Revenue bill which the Treas ury estimated will yield $9,000,000, 000 in new revenue annually. Of this total, approximately 1,706 mil lion would be refundable because the bill provides an extra five per cent "Victory Tax" on all individual incomes above $12 a week part of which would be refunded as a cred it on other taxes a year later or as a post-war refund. The new bill will make 42 to 44 million persons subject to federal taxes, compared with 28 million at present, and will bring total federal revenue up to $26,000,000,000 a year. Rationing Price Administrator Henderson announced a five-step government plan to keep every passenger car "rolling for essential mileage" thru out the war: (1) rationing of used tires and recaps, and new tires now in stock, to provide as far as possi ble the minimum essential mileage to each of the nation's passenger cars. (2) Actual control of each car's mileage through the rationing of gasoline to prevent unnecessary driving and to hold the national average down to 5,000 miles per car per year. (3) Compulsory periodic inspection of all tires to guard against abuse and to prevent wear beyond the point where they can be recapped. (4) Denial of gasoline and of tire replacement to cars whose drivers persistently violate the na tional 35-mile-an-hour speed limit (5) Capacity use, through car shar ing, of every car on every trip so far as possible. Fuel oil consumers in the 30 states affected by oil rationing will he able to obtain their ration application forma from their dealers soon after Oct 13 and should fill them out as soon as possible and mail or de liver them to local war price and rationing boards, OPA said. Fuel oil ration coupons for private dwellings will be worth 10 gallons each for the first heating period October and November' the OPA announc ed. Coupon sheets for the entire ity" in fuel oil allotments, five periods of the heating season will be issued shortly, OPA said, Maximum Prices and Rents will be assigned a definite gallonage The OPA reported Oct 11 that but only those for the first period it is extending the government rent value in order to "assure flexibil- control program to embrace prac usinessmen-Let s death ! Let s not dodge the issues Jet's face facts. A lot of good American fighting men may soon have to die for want of scrap! Oregon must yield 100000 tons. We're talking facts, remember! Such as the fact that steel for every tank, ship and gun must be made of 50 per cent scrap. And the terrible fact that America's mills are starving for this scrap-without enough on hand for even 30 days more production ! That was the conrition before the fall drive for scrap iron and steel started. The crisis has" been eased but not passed. More scrap is needed, .and still more until every available bit has been cleaned up. Morrow County has come through in a creditable man ner so far. Keep the good work going and not let it be said that some boy died because you failed to turn in your scrap metal! Details of the scrap metal drive may be had from C. D. Conrad, Morrow County Chairman, Heppner. NEWSPAPERS' tically the entire urban population of the country, and orders reducing and stabilizing rents on Nov. 1 for all living quarters of 97 more defense-rental areas are being issued immediately. The orders bring un If Yo mm WillD UNITED SCRAP METAL DRIVE der federal control the residential rents in every large city in the coun try with the exception of New York. City. Rents are being cut back to the levels prevailing last March 1 in Continued on Page Five talk about THROW SCRAP into tie FIGHT Fai D!