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(STORY ON SPORT PAGE) Hugh Johnson Eyes Men and Issues of Day By Gen. Hugh S. Johnson Washington, Sept. 30. In all the growing overhead control for the purposes of speeding up Industrial mobilization, who is charged with making the max imum and quickest use of trans portation? It is impossible to y avoid superlatives in dealing with this subject. On the sur face they may seem to be exag gerations but they are not Take the case of a ship load ed with war supplies for Eng: land. There are plenty of most kinds of supplies. The trick Is to get them overseas. If the "turnaround" (time consumed In loading, unloading and round trip) of that ship is cut in half, It is not hard to see that what you are doing is just doubling both the rate and the amount of supply. No amoi t of Jump ing up and down and yelling about the need for increased factory effort would be half as effective as a successful attempt to increase the speed of trans portation both here and abroad. We found that out during World (Continued on Pa." All) SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Lew Boyd turning up with a new excuse for not getting a deer, he declaring he motored all the way to Lakeview before discovering he was toting his shotgun instead of a rifle. Lulu Saulsberry thinking it nice because a friend of hers got her ume in this depart ment Florence Stephens declining to tell f.bout her trip to Salem. Vera Humphrey having three friend.'; count the stitches in her knotting and all three getting a different answer. British Battleship Struck By Italian Aerial Torpedo By the Associated Press London, Sept. -,30. The British admiralty said today an aerial torpedo-hit", on the British battleship Nelson, the loss of a fighter plane crew and sinking of a motor vessel con stituted the only cost of moving an important convoy through the central Mediterranean under a week-end running attack by Italian planes. Thirteen of the raiders were declared to have been de stroyed. (Italians said yesterday that three British cruisers and at least three merchantmen were sunk and that a battleship be lieved to be the Nelson was damaged. They acknowledged that eight Italian planes were missing but said six. British planes had fallen). A torpedo launched by one of the fascist raiders Saturday slightly reduced the speed of the 16-year-old Nelson, it was said, but there were no cas ualties among her crew of about 1,360 men. The Nelson Is a vessel of 33, 950 tons. She was commission ed in 192S and normally carries a complement of 1,361. Chungking, Sept 30. AP) The Japanese army landed a small detachment of parachute troops yesterday at Chuchow, important rail Junction 30 miles south of bitterly - contested Changsha but all were either killed or driven away, a Chi nese military authority declared today. (Japanese military sources, who claimed yesterday they had seized Chuchow, today stated they had withdrawn all their forces from there, except a pro tective patrol.) Chinese sources, insisting they still held Changsha despite four days of Japanese claims It had fallen, said the provincial capi tal's, fate might be decided with in the next few days. VALLEY VIEW AREA Fire early this morning de stroyed a large barn and Its con tents of 200 tons of hay and ten large Snider Dairy & Produce company milk cans on the Gal latin dairy farm In the Valley View section. The blaze was attributed to the spontaneous ignition of the hay. The state forest patrol dis patched a crew of men and a pumper but the barn was prac tically burned to the ground when they arrived. The firemen saved the other buildings, how ever. Last evening forest headquar ters sent a crew and pumper out to the vicinity of Locust avenue In response to a call from the city fire department, but only a man burning rubbish was found. The city fire department had dispatched a chemical crew in response to a call it had received but the crewmen, while en route to the scene, noted that the blaze was outside the city limits and so notified the state forest patrol. AIR LINE SEEKS OFFICE SPACE AT SALEM PORT Salem, Sept. 30. AP) Offic ials of United Air Lines, which will make Salem a regular stop In its coast service, will arrive here tomorrow to make arrange ments for o'fice space at the Salem airport. nin fo)o)(m a rpri I INITIATIVE IN AIR LEADERDECLARES ; Shipping Losses Cut Two Thirds in Three Months Continent Invasion Eyed. By the Associated Press London, Sept. 30. Britain has seized the initiative from Germany in the air, has cut shipping losses two-thirds in three mr.nths, and has "several times" considered Invasion of the G jrman-dominated contin ent, Prime Minister Churchill told the house of commons to day in a broad war review which was the most optimistic 'ie yet has given. Adolf Hitler is suffering from a "very serious shortage" in air power, Churchill said, but "for the rest he still retains the in itiative and we have not had the force to take it from him.'" Germany Still Strong Churchill Md not thus rule out the possibility of a British invasion of the continent, how ever, remarking that Hitler "does not tell us his plans and I do not see why we should tell him ours." (Authoritative London quar ters, commenting on Churchill's reference to a possible invasion of the continent, said 26 German divisions about 390.000 troops still guarded the French coast against Just such an eventuality. (A land attack now, It was said, would "do Russia no good and result In another Dun kerque.") ., In every respect except In the air, he said, Germany remains so strong that Britain's own peril of invasion is not past and only "enormous" conver sion of United States factories to produce war material can keep Russia on the firing line Indefinitely, "Many Important supplies already have been dispatched" to Russia by Britain, Churchill disclosed, mentioning aircraft, aluminum, copper, rubber and oil, and remarking that "It may be that transportation and not the willingness or ability to give will prove In the end the limit ing factor." To keep Russia In the fight, "sacrifices of the most serious and extreme kind will be nec essary by the British people," he said. Red Envoy Listens Russian Ambassador Ivan M. Maisky leaned over the diplo matic gallery rail, intent on every word of the prime min ister's report and cheering throatily at each of the fre quent references to the Soviet Union. Suggesting that the war would last at least through next year, Churchill said: "We are now within a meas urable distance of an Immense flow of American new building which, together with our own production, we look to carry us through 1942 and along progres sively to the end of the war." However, he warned, "Hitler has told us nothing since his speech In February; we are In complete ignorance of what he is going to do. Kill Plans Unknown "We don't know how far he will attempt to penetrate the vast lands of Soviet .Russia In the face of the valient Russian defenses, or how long his peo ple will endure their own tre mendous losses, or, again, whether he will decide to stand on the defensive and exploit the territory of immensive value whlrh he has conquered. "We do not know whether he will turn a portion of his vast army southward toward the Valley of the Nile, or If he will make his way through Spain into northwest Africa, or whether, using the great con tinental railways of Europe and the Immense chain of airfields, he will hlft his weight and as- JCotUouea ea Pk TaJi I II- Hospitable Folk Pester Soldiers With Ride Offers Windsor Locks, Conn., Sept. 30. (JP) It'i getting so a soldier can't even get a little exercise any more, the hospi tality around the army air base here is so thick. Lieutenant George Dinwid dle, the base chaplain, told a church group in Hartford that the soldiers "tell me they even have trouble taking walks, so many people want to offer them rldef." TRIED BY HESS TO London, Sept 30. (flV-Ru- dolph Hess, former deputy for Adolf Hitler, who made a sen sational flight to England last May, was reported tonight to have started hunger strikes twice in his place of detention in anger because he was being treated as a prisoner of war and not as a "special envoy." The star, London evening newspaper, reporting that Hess was being confined "within a very easy distance of London," said he was contending that as an "envoy" he should Be allow ed to return to Germany at once. When Hess, then the No. S nazi, fled to Scotland alone early In May In one of the most sensational episodes of the en tire war he was reported widely to have brought peace overtures from Hitler. The Star Implied that Hess now was living in comfortable quarters, saying: Some of our very senior of ficers who have been captured by the enemy now occupy de cent villas. Has Hess a villa or something better suited to his higher rank?" Seven Youihs Leave Night of October 7 On Draft Selection Seven youths will leave here by train at 7:50 p. m. October 7 to report the next morning at port for induction elsewhere, for final examination for se lective service. Local selective service board No. 1 will send Robert J. Hayes, Arnold F. Young and Ira W. Van Brunt. Board No. 2 will send Albert C. Gould, Alfred Crance, Stanley Cartwright and Everett Sizemore. Van Brunt is a trans fer from Arkansas and Cart wright and Sizemore are trans fers from California. In addition two board No. 1 selectees, no longer here, will re port for inductin elsewhere, Thomas C. Williamson to report In Detroit, Mich., and Walter F. Gerhard in Theomopolis, Wyo., headquarters said. Board No. 1 had a quota of four for this call and board No, 2 had a quota of two. Transfers are no longer counted In the regular quotas, it was explained. Fight Pictures Deemed Too Dull New York, Sept. 30. UP) There won t be any motion pic tures at your neighborhood film palace this week to settle argu ments about the Joe Louis-Lou Nova fight After viewing the films today, the distributors de cided that they made too dull a show, except for the actual knockout punch and a brief flurry in the fourth round, ar.d as a result they will not send them out. COL. OUIGLEY RETIRES Fort Lewis. Sept 30. (AP) Lieut. Col. Charles C. Qulgley, 62, adjutant general of the 9th army corps, retired today after 43 years' service in the United States army. He entered the army In 1898 as a private from Iowa. He will make hit bom In Sa Francisco. Bitter Hand-to-Hand Com bat Reported By Red Star Germans Driven Back. Moscow, Sept. 30. (JP) The Red army reported today recap ture of a city on the approaches to Leningrad and the taking of many other communities in a concentrated series of counter attacks. As the violent struggle con tinued all along the front that spans a continent, Red Star, Soviet army news organ, said i the northwestern city of B was recaptured after 12 hours of battle which culminated in the bitterest sort of hand-to-hand and house-to-house com bat. The Germans thus were driven back "a significant distance" from Leningrad, where they have made no gain in a fort night, Red Star stated. One German regiment was declared annihilated in this bat tle, with the Russians losing less than 100 men in dead and wounded. Berlin, Sept 30. (IP) Hand- to-hand bayonet fighting on the southern Russian front was re ported today In military dis patches which said hundreds of Russian dead littered the bat tlefield. Numerous skirmishes at close quarters have been mentioned. including some in the suburbs of Leningrad, but today's ac count was tha first time bayo net combat has been reported here. DNB said that on the north ern front German and Finnish forces captured several towns between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega and seized the last of the Russian-defended Islands In Lake Ladoga. A Germany military spokes man declared today there would be "little news from the eastern front for the next few days" because of "certain reasons" which were not disclosed. He added that "certain Im portance can be attached" to statements In the German press that the campaign on the Rus sian front might run into win ter months. (The German radio broadcast a dispatch from Helsinki that shortage of food was causing Increasing desertions among Soviet defenders of the occu pied Finnish peninsular base at Hango). Daddy'll Have Beat New Excise Tax Levies Washington, Sept. 30. () today on tha fur coat diamond fume she wants, or It will cost Today Is the last day that furs. Jewelry and toilet prepar ations may be purchased free of the new 10 percent federal tax. All the new exaise levies of the $3,553,400,00 tax bill will go into effect tomorrow, but these three are the only ones that apply directly to retail transac tions. You don't have to pay cash today to escape the- tax, but you've got to take the goods home. Uncle Sam says that un less the purchased ltm Is de livered before October 1 the tax must be paid on it This also means that people who have bought such Items on the "lay-away" plan better get their purchases home by to night or the government will claim that tha purchases were not completed until after Octo ber 1 and will collect the tax. However, anyone who still owes payments on a watch, for instance, but has possession of lit before tonight can forget about the new levy. It won't do Daddy much good HEMES Doctor Removes 410 Tacks Gulped By Carpet Layer Weehawken, N. J., Sept. SO (IP) A linoleum and oilcloth worker was in fair condition today at North Hudson hos pital today after a 90-mtnute operation during which 410 one-quarter Inch tacks, swal lowed over a period of years, were removed. He apparently swallowed the tacks following a practice in his profession of tossing a handful of tacks Into his mouth while working. The operation was performed last Saturday when the tacks were revealed by an X-ray for another ailment The surgeon used a small electro-magnet and virtually every instrument he had in removing the tacks. The hospital did not dis close the name of the patient nr surgeon. Broad Expansion of Social Security Is Anti-Inflation Plan Washington, Sept. SO. (IP) President Roosevelt disclosed to day that the administration was contemplating broad expansion of the social security program with the two, fold objective of deterring inflation and easing readjustment after tha current emergency ends. He told a press conference that he probably would submit to congress soon a message on the matter and that perhaps the number of persons to be brought under social security would be doubled. On a gjess, he said, the num ber might be Increased from 40 to 80 million persons. He said, too, that It might be necessary to boost payroll taxes. The chief executive, who had considered the social security problem earlier in the day with a group of government officials, said It was desired to make cov erage as wide as possible and also to give greater federal aid to poorer states. Cannon Planes In Raid on France Folkestone, England., Sept 30. tP) A flight of four-can noned Hurricane fighter planes, stretched out In a single line like a football team running forward at the kickoff, raced across the breeze-swept English channel toward Dieppe, France, this afternoon, employing a no vel formation in the day a ser ies of low-level attacks on Ger man positions. to Hurry to You can't stall the missus past wrist watch or expensive per you 10 percent more. to rush down to the store to beat the other new excises, however, because they are to be paid by the manufacturers. These Include new taxes on sporting goods, cameras, phono graph records and a number of other Items, as well as Increased taxes on such things as auto mobiles. Theoretically, the con sumer won't have to pay the new tax on these Items until goods actually manufactured af ter October 1 are sold at retail. Actually, of course, some mer chants may boost prices of these items earlier. Liquor was In special sit uation. Although the extra $1 a gallon tax, which will bring the total whisky tax to (4 a gal lon, will have to be paid by distillers, the government Is go ing to collect a floor tax on any old stock that any dealer has on hand tomorrow, making the boost In beverage prices Im mediate. Many consumers have stocked up heavily in anticipa tion of the price 'rise. FRUIT GROWERS TOLD NEXT YEAR -. TO BE ROSY ONE i Most Favorable Situation Irf Over Decade Is Seen By, Agriculture Department Washington, Sept 30.- Fruit producers of tha United States were advised by the ag riculture department today that they "may expect the most fav orable demand situation fof their output In 1942 that haa prevailed for more than a dec ade." In its annual forecast for all fruits, the department said eon sumer purchasing power will average higher next year than this and that the "present pros pect la for a considerable ex pension In exports as a result of the lend-lease program." Tha annual outlook Indicated a smaller output of deciduous; fruits, which Include peaches, pears, grapes, cherries, plums. prunes, apricots and commer cial apples, and a larger crop of citrus fruits Including grape fruit, oranges and lemons. j Maurice Spatz, former press- dent of the Rogue River Valley Traffic association, said the In teresting thing about the agri culture department's prediction for 1942 was tha reference to exports. This year, he related, there have been no export mar kets and if the lend-lease of any other program can restora some of the lost export trad the future indeed looks hope ful for Rogue River valley pe.ir growers. Mr. Spatz cautioned. howev-r, that many adverse) factors can develop before as other year rolls around. - Aa to this year a pear ere' harvest of which la Just belt) completed, Mr. Spats said r turns have averaged 50 pereet better than a year ago. This, h asserted, has been tha best yea in a decade. , Thousand Houses W Needed In Spokans Spokane, Sept 30. ( Aa Immediate need for 1,000 extra dwellings in Spokane was sera yesterday by Harold Frazier, of the chamber of commerce coa st ruction and industries com mittee, to meet needs created by construction of the air corps) supply and repair depot west of Spokane. , WINDSORS STAY HOME ' Pekisko, Alta., Sept 30 CP) The Duke and Duchess of Wind sor today abandoned i-lans for a morning horseback ride and stayed at the EP ranchhousa to receive a visit from Mark Dixon, Stony Indian hunter who roda in from his camp on Peklska creek. i Radio Highlights A play-by-play description of he world's series between tha New York Yankee and tha Brooklyn Dodgers will ba broadcast by Granta Pass sta tion KU1N (1340 kilocycles). starting at 10:30 a. m. (PST) Wednesday. (Time la Pacific standard.) - Today, the war 4:45 NB Red; 5:55 CBS; 7 MBS; 7:30 NBC-Blue; 7:45 CBS; 8 MBSj 8 30 MBS; 9 NBC CBS; M NBC CBS. Talks MBS 6:15 Rep. Robert Ramspeck to Camp Fire Olrlat NBC-Blue 6:45 Rep. F. A. Hart ley, Jr., on "Let's Settle the Was? Issue"; CBS 7:15 Dean Arthur H. Compton on "Education and the New World." MBS 5 world aerie preview. Wednesday, the war 6 MB 10:45 NBC; 12 55 CBS; 1:59 NBC-Blue; S MBS; 8:25 NBC Red; 3:45 CBS NBC-Blue. CBS 1 roundtable on "Stu dents and Defense," Mrs. rtlt and other,
