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The News
by Paul Mallon
Washington, Aug. 3 Vice
President Wallace's board of
economic warfare seems to be
folding its
wings or the
parts that re
mained after
P r esident
Roosevelt clip
ped them in
April.
BEW is cer
tainly not fly
ing as high as
forecast in its
prospectus at
the start of
the war. when
Faul Mallon
Mr. Wallace's devotees were
saying it would be the big or
ganization of the post-war
world, eventually absorbing
WPB and everything else.
Instead, WPB has issued
order No. M-63 resiricting im
ports, which rather seems to
have put BEW down into strict
ly an advisory hole.
All official WPB and BEW
comment on this order is vague.
Both claim it had only routine
aspects.
Before it was issued, however,
Mr. Wallace's group had the
power for preclusive buying of
foreign products, and for order
ing other foreign purchases on
its own say-so; now it does not
Import orders are to be issued
bv WPB.
Inasmuch as State Secretory
Hull succeeded in getting out of
Mr. Roosevelt, last April 13, an
executive order affirming his
right over BEW, o handle all
foreign affairs of the nation,
Mr. Wallace and his little group
of planners are now in the po
sition of being free to think
but not able to do.
A a
TIEY were supposed to plan
out and blueprint the over
all policy on economic war
fare. (Such as buying up loreign
'copper before the nazis could get
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Speeches of Mr. Wallace, and
his major domo, Milo Perkins,
have ben bearing down upon the
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cANNERYBARTS
BIG $75 TON
The Myron F. Root company
today reported a sale of cannery
Bartletts at S75 per ton for No.
1 pears, two and one-half inches
ana larger, i lumti "- - -letts
at $72.50 per ton was re
ported last week.
The price generally was $70
per ton for Bartletts, two and
three-eighths and larger. Packers
reported No. 2 pe s wen "'ar
gaincd for at around $40 per ton.
Radio Highlights
(Pacific War Time)
Tonight: CBS 7, postponed
Qnremiere Norman Corwin series
from London, "An American in
England."
Tuesday: MBS 1:30, Sarato
ga Horse Race.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Fire Chief Roy Elliott failing
to return the smart salute his
naw blue and gold braid
uniform brought from a passing
sailor. Presumably these were fifth
. , columnists. It was not clear im-
Dr. A. E. Dodon receiving I mediately from what group of
pleasant surprise when, upon pp, they nad j,,
returning from a vacation trip. ! recrulted Howeveri large Ger.
he learned that a former Texas j man .ettiemcnU had developed
A. and M. classmate of hi. (before the war In the German
.Hrigadier General Percy W.i
a? 'arkson. was stationed at Camp
White as assistant commander Stalingrad .Germans In this area i drive for the body was conclud
ed the 91st Infantry division. were understood to hae been 1 ed some time ago. It was urged
Lieutenant c V "(Rud) Stiger 'rounded up and moved back ; that anyone approached by the
nd famT. "e,WngB. fudough ! f-m the potential battle area, solictor report hi. -presence to
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Hitler Offensive Continues
To Lose Impetus Reds
Say Invaders Losing.
By James M. Long
Associated Press War Editor
A German bomb and machine
gun attack on a remote military
installation of southeastern Ice
land was announced today by
United States military authori
ties who disclosed that the sin
gle-plane attack yesterday was
the fifth instance of Nazi air
activity over the United States
garrisoned island in two weeks.
There were no casualties and
damage was slight.
Iceland is little more than 600
miles airline from the Fjord-cut
coast of Norway where reports
trickling out through neutral
Switzerland said the Germans
have been strengthening coastal
fortifications and holding exten
sive maneuvers in growing fear
of an allied invasion to relieve
the Russians, hard hit, but hold
ing grimly on the roads to the
Caspian sea and the Caucasus
oil fields. '
Nazis Lose Many
Adolf Hitler's Russian offen
sive appeared to be losing im
petus against slowly tightening
Russian defenses at the Don
bend approach to Stalingrad and
along the last rail line to the
oil fields of the Caucasus as the
Red army lashed back in a new
show of strength
Along the whole 300-mile arc
from Kletskaya, 80 miles north
west of Stalingrad, to Kushch
evka, 50 miles south of Rostov,
the Russians still were on the
defensive; but the strengthening
of their stand was indicated by
counterattacks which they re
ported hurled the Germans back
with losses of 6,000 dead in a
single day.
Don and Kuban Cossacks led
the counterattacks in the critical
salients of Kushchevka and
and Salsk, 100 miles southeast
of Rostov, In the first intima
tion that the big garrison of the
north Caucasus may have been
thrown into the fight.
It was in this sector that the
Germans made their deepest
penetration into the northern
Caucasus.
The German high command
said one of its tank columns was
"nearing the upper course of the
Kuban river."
How far the Nazis were from
the northern curve of the river
was not specified.
The Kuban rises in the west
ern glaciers of Elborus, the high
est peak in Europe, and curves
to the north within 70 miles of
alsk before turmng
to
empty through a broad, marshy
delta into the Black sea just
south of the Strait of Kerch.
The Germans said the Russian
rear guard was being forced.
south from the Yeya river which
runs through Kushchevka to
Taganrog bay, the northeastern
arm of the Sea of Azov. The
Berlin communique said other
German forces which crossed the
Dc . south of Tsimlyansk were
rolling the Russians back to the
east, between the Sal and the
Don rivers. This would indicate
a German effort to widen their
Caucasus wedge between Rostov
and Tsimlyansk
The German high command
acknowledged that the Red army
was striking back with fresh
force in the Don bend and at
Voronezh, on the exposed north
flank of the German offensive,
but said the attacks were being
withstood.
The Germans were dropping
parachutists in some key regions
across the Don and in additions
thj Russians reported finding
Nazi spies by the dozens operat
ing in that area. Forty-five were
, executed in one sector
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Russian troops reporiod thay broke up a novel flying wadga of mailed German infantry wall
ad by tanks in tha Kletikaya area. But below Roator tha Rada continued io fall away be
fora the advancing Naiis. Thar vas no confirmation oi Vichy diipatches that Natl troops bad
landed on tha Taman peninsula (jO in a thrust from the Crimea.
PRESIDENT MULLS
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Washington, Aug. 3 (IP)
The military commission which
tried eight alleged Nazi sabo
teurs reached a decision . today
on the guilt or innocence of the
men and Major General Frank
R. McCoy took the findings to
the White House for President
Roosevelt.
The chief executive must re
view the findings, and he is
expected to take his time and
go Into the case thoroughly.
The commission's recommen
dations probably will not be
made public until Mr. Roosevelt
has completed his review.
The defendants and govern
ment and defense counsel were
summoned before the commis
sion again as it met in the Justice
building today after private ses
sions Saturday afternoon and
yesterday.
After a brief meeting, the
commission issued this state
ment which indicated it had
reached a judgment:
"The commission reconvened
at 11:05 a. m. The commission
announced that the findings and
sentence will not be announced
by it. The commission adjourned
at 11:07 to meet at the call of
the president."
PORTLAND! BY
Portland, Ore., Aug. 3 fjp)
Widespread minor damage oc
curred early today as a light
ning storm of unusual severity
struck the Portland area.
Sixteen streetcars and buses
were put out of service as light
ning burned out motors: street
car traffic over the Morrison
and steel bridges was halted as
current was shut off when the
spans were hit; traffic signals
burned out; both police and
commercial radio stations were
off the air briefly, nine minor
fires were occasioned in resi
dences: the tower of Rose City
Presbytrlan church was shat
tered, bricks being strewn across
the street.
Imposter Solicits
In Name of (J.S.O.
A man dressed in khaki trous
ers and shirt was reported today
by the U.S.O. office as seeking
donations about the city In the
name of that organization.
No one Is authorized to solicit
in the name of the U.S.O. it was
minted out. as the local fund
Break Up Flying Wedge
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Nazi Raiders Shoot Up
British Beach Resorts
London, Aug. 3. (AP) Britons spending the August bank holi
day at seaside resorts or celeln-atlng
man air raiders who swooped from the clouds to bomb scattered
towns in England this afternoon.
A trail of bomb damage was
left across a southwest seaside
town, but casualties were be
lieved slight and there were no
immediate reports of fatalities.
Crowds watched a Spitfire
pursue one raider.
A north Midlands town, where
a carnival was held for those
heeding the government's ad
monition to enjoy the holiday at
home, was subjected to low-level
bombing by a lone raider. Two
bombs fell in a park nea'r an out
door theater, but only minor cas
ualties resulted.
Considerable damage was done
to business and residential prop
erties of a northeast coast town
where a . single nazl bomber
st-uck during the lunch hour.
Rescue parties searched the de
bris for possible victims.
GIRL CHOKED BY
Stating that a man had en
tered the room where she was
sleeping and attempted to choke
her, a 16-year-old girl called po
lice to the Paul Bulkin home.
516 S. Grape Saturday night. The
girl is employed by the Bulkins.
Although hysterical from
fright the girl described the man
as being about five feet seven
inches tall and weighing about
170 pounds. Patrolmen searched
the neighborhood, but found no
trace of the attacker. The girl
stated the man ran when she
screamed for help.
Mrs. Inez Smith, who operates
a fruit stand on South River
side avenue, reported Saturday
that a prowler entered the fruit
stand the night before, but
awoke the watchman when he
stepped on a box. The watchman
called out and the prowler took
to his heels.
Find Chiloquin Girl
Dead in Elevator Pit
Lewiston, Idaho, Aug. 3 (IP)
Police today investigated the
death of Aiieen Pearson, 18,
Chiloquin, Ore., whose body was
found Saturday at the foot of an
elevator shaft in a five-story
building in the business district.
The girl was a student at a
business college in the building.
She was sent here by the Klam
ath Indian reservation adminis
tration to take a specialized
course, the school said, and was
a model stucVnt. She was last
seen entering the building early
Friday.
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OFF FUNDY COAST
Dlgby, Nova Scotia, Aug. 3
(Canadian Press) The bodies of
two, and possibly three, United
States soldiers have been found
by fishermen of the Bay of
Fundy coast by Dlgby Neck, a
narrow peninsula jutting off the
southern end of Nova Scotia
about 40 miles from here.
Royal Canadian mounted
police said the bodies had been
found in fhe past week and had
floated to shore. Police estimat
ed that they had been In the
sea for a month or six weeks.
No other details were divul
ged at the R.C.M.P. station here.
One of the bodies found was
that of an American sergeant.
Phillip Lent, a Freeport fisher
man, found It and after remov
ing the identification papers
buried it at sea.
The body of a second Amer
ican soldier was found by West-
port fishermen who brought it
ashore and buried it in the
Westport cemetery.
A third body was found at
Dartmouth Cove, near Freeport
but police said It was Impos
sible to tell whether it was that
of a soldier or a civilian. It
was burled at Freeport.
Undersea Freighters Advocated
By Simon Lake to Foil U-Boats
Washington, Aug. 3 W Si
mon Lake, Inventor of the sub
marine, said today he believed
German cargo-carrying subma
rines were supplying the smr.iler
U-boats that are sinking ships
off the American coast as he
recommended to senators that
the United States build under
sea freighters.
He proposed buildlni the
cargo submarines to elu'.e the
enemy's torpedoes Instead of
trying to build surface ships
faster than the U-boats can sink
them.
Enemy Using Them
Lake told the military affairs
subcommittee that from his
"knowledge and Information"
he was convinced "the enemy
nations are using cargo carrying
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STAGED IN CHINA
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U. S. Airmen Hold Advan
tage In Hengyang . Skir
mishGet 17 Jap Ships.
Chungking, Aug. 3 (IP) A
second big air battle for control
of the skies over China was re
ported fought today over Heng
yang air base between United
States planes and new Japanese
fighters apparently massed for
an attempt to wipe out the
Americans' outpost in Hunan
province.
Although no details of the
fight were available immediate
ly, word reached here that the
outcome had been favorable to
the Americans.
A spokesman at Lieut. Gen.
Joseph W. Stilwell's headquar
ters said no information would
be given out until the communi
que tomorrow.
Stilwelli headquarters had
announced earlier that the scale
of the first big Japanese attack
on Hengyang last Thursday and
Friday indicated th-t the invad
ers had assembled a special
force of improved fighter plane's
for the express purpose of trying
to wipe out the American air
base.
A total of 119 Japanese planes
participated in a 36-hour attack
on the airfield which began be
fore daylight last Thursday, a
communique said.
The bulletin confirmed previ
ous . official reports that 17 of
th-attaekinsi-pktaes bad -been
shot down and that at least four
more probably were destroyed,
In land fighting, Central News,
a Chungking government agen
cy, reported recapture of Tsing
tien in Cheklang province on
July 29 after the town had been
occupied for 24 hours by the
Japanese. This would be the
fourth time that the town has
changed hands.
General MacArthur'i Head
quarters, Australia, Aug. 3 UP)
The possibility that the Japa
nese have reinforced their garri
son at Buna was acknowledged
by an allied spokesman today as
General MacArthurs headquar
ters reported a renewal of sav
age fighting in the New Guinea
jungles midway between that
enemy base and Port Moresby.
The communique announcing
the Jungle fighting declared
allied troops had routed Japa
nese outposts near Kokoda, 60
miles east of Port Moresby, and
said allied bombers had set fire
to enemy supply dumps In that
area.
It was the first reference to
the existence of such supply
dumps, and an allied spokesman
said It was not Impossible the
Japanese had been moving men
and equipment In from Lae
some 165 miles north of Buna,
San Diego, Calif., Aug. 3 (IP)
Pvt. George W. Steep, Jr., of
Eldora, la., counted up the pro
ceeds from his share of an estate,
the sale of his car, and money
from other sources, and aston
ished officers in the Camp Cal
lan postoffice when he placed
the total $6,325 on the coun
tor and asked for that amount in
war bonds.
submarines to supply smaller
combat submarines along our
Atlantic coast and elsewhere
and are using this type of craft
for transporting supplies and
perhaps troops to certain fight
ing fronts."
He also disclosed that he had
refused to aid the axis powers,
before the present war, in their
submarine construction.
Col. Hugh J. Knerr, retired,
told the committee he thought
that ship yards wuuld be able
to build cargo airplanes "for the
next war," but It would take
too long for them to produce
aircraft for this one.
Knerr said he had Investi
gated the possible conversion of
shipyards into cargo plane fac
tories In 1939 for a Newport
News builder, and reported that
Choice for Navy
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Miss Mildred H. McAfee
(above), prasidant of Wellealay
(Mass.) collage, la axpactad to
be the choice of Navy Secretary
Knox to head the woman's naval
raaarve organisation which was
recently authorised by congreas.
The organisation will be simi
lar to the army's WAACs. She
will hold the rank of lieutenant
commander.
PELLEY DENIES
RECRUIT FLOOD
Indianapolis, Aug. 3. (AP)
William Dudley Pelley took the
witness stand in his own defense
today in his sedition trial and
testified that he "hadn't the
slightest Idea of interfering with
recruiting of the nation's war ef
fort" In his writings.
The goateed, 52-year-old found
er of the Silver Shirts of Amer
ica was the first witness for the
defense. Two associates, Law
rence Brown and Miss Agnes
Marian Henderson, are on trial
with him. The government
charges that articles published
bj Pelley'a printing firm at No
blesville, Ind., were intended to
obstruct America's conduct of
the war.
Describing his organization of
the Silver Shirts in February,
1933, Pelley said the order's
"sole purpose was to combat the
Inroads of communism." The
only requirements for member
ship, he testified, "were Chris
tian faith and a willingness to
support the constitution of the
United States."
WELLESLEY PREXY
Washington, Aug. 3 VP)
Dr. Mildred H. McAfee, 42
president of Wellesley college,
today became Lieutenant Com
mander McAfee, head of the
women's reserves of the navy
The oath was administered by
Secretary of the Navy Knox.
he found "shipyard methods
could not be used without re
education of the drafting room
personnel and yard manage
ment."
Take Three Years
Experience, he said, showed
that it took "three years from
the time the designers put pen
cil to paper until the planes
fly." Consequently, he added
conversion of the shipyards was
"not practical for this war, but
would be for the next war."
Knerr, who was chief of army
air corps headquarters from
1935 to 1938, recommended
expansion of the present cargo
plane output and the adaption
of a "certain percentage" of the
present bomber production for
the carrying of troops and supplies.
OFFICERS JANGLE
OVER CONDUCT OF
TONY MARTIN QUIZ
Words "Put In Mouth" Of
Rario-Screen Star During
Testimony Is Charge.
San Francisco, Aug. 3 (IP)
Judge Advocate Irving Klein
was charged with "the rankest
kind of misconduct" for alleged
ly putting words Into the mouth
of witness Tony Martin, hand
some radio and screen singer, at
a naval court martial today.
The charge was hurled by
Lieut. C. Ray Robinson, attor
ney for Lieut. Commander
Maurice N. Arnoff, former assis
tant naval procurement officer
here who is accused of accepting
a $950 automobile from Martin
for facilitating his enlistment
in the navy.
A minute later Lieutenant
Klein told Robinson, "I think
you should offer an apology."
No Apology
Robinson Jumped to his feet
and shouted, "I not only do not
offer an apology I "
He was cut short by tha
shouted words of Captain Pow
ers Symington, president of the
court martial board, demand
ing:
'Stop thisl Stop this! Take
that out of the record."
The verbal fireworks came
during questioning regarding
Martin's story of a conversation
with Aroff, in which the singer
offered, his automobile to the of
ficer shortly after he was aworn
in s chief specialist January
2.
During the conversation, Mar
tin said, "I told Maury, you can
have the car.' We were discuss
ing the Studebaker. (The car
Aroff is accused of asking and
accepting.) -
He said, "you re not giving
me anything: I spent a couple
of hundred dollars on telephone
calls and you would have saved
me four or five hundred if you
had driven one out for me ,
Asked to Buy Car , ..
In a long distance telephone
call to Boston, Martin said,
Aro!f asked him to buy a Cadil
lac and drive it out to the coast
for him.
Lieutenant Klein asked, wa
anything ever said about pur
chasing the car from you?" .
Not that I recall," Martin re
plied.
"You understood ana me ac
cused understood you were
making a gift of the car?"
"I said, 'you can have the
car.'
"Did the accused ever offer
to pay for the car?"
"No."
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JEWELRY STORE
Fire In the basement under
the John F. Lawrence Jewelry
store, 8 North Central avenue,
late Sunday morning sent smoke
billowing up into the Jewelry
concern but caused no damage.
Mrs. Lawrence said that many
articles were smudged but that
they could be cleaned.
According to Fire Chief Roy
Elliott the blaze started in a pile
of old papers and rubbish, but
exact cause of the fire could
not be determined. A pumper
was dispatched to the scene at
11 a. m. and firemen succeeded
In extinguishing the conflagra
tion and airing out the store In
about an hour and a half, the
chief said.
Another blaze Sunday after
noon damaged the interior of
small house In the rear of the
D. M. Lengele residence, 64
Palm street. Some clothing was
destroyed and a bed damaged
but a pumper and crew, an
swering the call at 4 p.
aaved the house from complete
destruction. Origin of the fire
was not determined.
STRIKERS TO RETURN
Portland. Ore., Aug. 8. AP)
Kurt Koehler, manager of the
strikebound Eastern 4t Western
sawmill, said today he had been
Informed by a union committee
that 400 CIO workers were ready
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