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5-4 . V. ' 1 mm : - IMfM -. miiimmiimiiiiif.itin On (-minute blast on alran end whistle It th ilgnal for a blackout in KUmith Falls. 'Another long blast, during black out, li signal ior all-elaar. In pracau llonary periods, watch your atraat llghti. September tS High ft. Low 48 ' Precipitation a of Saptambar . 1941 : , Lut ya ...........,..17.5 Normal ,...;.............. II. 51 Straam ya to data ... , 13. JO ( A, SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES Vnrii-irir.i.iu'iiii-w-ii-'iir-i-ii-i-i-i'i .1 '..V 5, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1942 Number 9593 , iAfo)niiii : ' i .. www . . 'II I ; ; IIU: I :'.'!! ri.ir I. ;: . ,. :;! :,;,! lillSII'HIiliiililill!!!! lIliljlH;!1 jjjiiiiiii: I! ! ili lili J ii b llli Hi ill III 'I il 'l By FRANK JENKINS WASHINGTON "ays today: " "Japan' expected GKAND SCALE clriva to recapture tiic Solomon Islands and again point a dagger at tha Australian Ufa lino appeared to bo developing With DO-OU-DIE fury today." m m iiiii i nil iiliHiiailii'f .i!l:i!!ilili!flP!i w ;avs TT.. I Itl t ll I ! M i uhl OL OOK egnln at your mnp. Note tlio relatively nhort sup- ply line from Japan to tha Sol- omon. Nolo tha screen of Jup held Islands that protect thli route from attack by u. ' If the Japs nro willing to put ENOUGH strength behind their drive to recapture the Solomon there la no tolling how big the battle that Ii developing may jet to be. Or how fateful. JIAEANWHILE we know only A that the Jp ara bombing our positions especially Gun dalcannl Island and Its airfield end also shelling them from warships. Under tills covering 1 fire, they have effected some landings which are being met by sfour Marines on shore, At to progress, wo have only this brief communique. "Reports received to date (todny) Indlcato the Murines ara holding their positions..' ' . ' a a 1 a , frHS Way to win, the military writers have -away told ua, ' Is by application of MAXIMUM force at a selkuteu point. , That' what the Germans are doing at Stalingrad. Thai's why their force there ere eonnl.U'iit- , ly described as suporlor in num ber. StollnHrad has been select . ed a the point, and they're ap- plying maximum force there. There' always a catch to these rules. For example: If, In applying maximum , lorce n mi seiccica point your losses are TOO GREAT you may bo smacked disastrously SOMEWHERE ELSE. That' the chance Hitler 1 O taking at Stalingrad. TT'S the chance the Japs will have to take If they decide to apply maximum force In the Solomons. We may hit them .disastrously somewhere else. Still, their short line of com mun(catlon must be a temptation. ' A ERIAL activity In Egypt la re' ported to be Increasing to day. Increased aerial activity Is apt to be the prelude to a .big push.- NOW IF EVER the time Is ripe for us to smash Rommel In Egypt while Hitler is too busy at Stalin grad to give him effective help. If we could finish' Rommel off now we could head oft a lot of trouble In the future.' Here's the catch to that: May- lie we haven't got the maximum force to apply at that selected point. i O You ny be very sure we (meaning our side) would hove Jumped onto Rommel already If we'd had enough strength to spare to be sure of smashing him. a a . a TPHE Russians still hold at Stal Ingrad, but ara gradually . weakening. '. German dive' bombing is re ported to equal the heaviest since the war began. Red Star attri butes most of the German gain to their air might and concedes t.hat Stalingrad's plight is grave because of continued mass bomb ing raids. . Note that the British have been getting off with EXTREMELY light losses In thnlr bombings of German. cities. That 1 probably due to the fact that Gnrmany has been stripped of planes for the Stalingrad battle. (Applying maximum force at (he selected point and taking the consequences.) o A TOKYO broadcast by Gen- eral Hate, Jap cominander llrtmlet In China, says: ' "The East Asia war Is about to take an Important slap In co operation with the European war." ',' Hnta adds: "Asia, . In co-opcra-y , .(Continued on fag Seven) ... falingrad Wavers GHEEN BACKS L LE O'Neal Asks Provision For Increased La bor Costs WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (If) William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, endorsed today, with some reser vations, the anti-Inflation legis lation pending In the senate. While expressing the' belief that most members of the AFL favored "a simple plan which would provide the president utilize his war powers to, issue executive orders, stabilising wages and farm prices,'' Green told the senate banking commit tee that tho bill before It cov ered the situation generally. Making One' criticism Green sold he was unable to under stand why the bill provided for stabilization, wherever practical, at the lovols of, lust August 18. "It occurs W nie 'lle 'sald, "that the August 15 data could very well be omitted frpm tit bill and leave lt -tn'tor the"SD- proprlate government-agencies'. Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau federation, told senators today that unless farm price ceilings wero.fot at parity-plus, to allow for Increased labor costs, food production would suffer - from wartime labor shortage. ' Unharvatted Testifying before tha 'senate banking committee on antl-lnfla-tlon legislation asked by Presi dent Roosevelt, O'Neal said; "We bellova that rising labor cost must be takon into con sideration because if. they are not considered It will be simply Impossible for farmers to com (Continued on Page ,Two) Self Proclaimed Officer Held in Seattle Bastille '. SEATTLE, Sept. 1 (P) HJs solf-proclaimed heroism as an of ficer with tho fighting French navy admittedly fictitious arid concocted only "to get dates" with girls, UnlJ Gcrszon, 22, was held In city jail today after toll ing officers hi only sea exper ience had boen as an oiler on a San Francisco bay garbage scow. Gerszon, who posed In many cities of the nation as Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Maglnot and was widely feted In Seattle homes and university fraternity houses, confessed his title and Croix De Guerre medal were fakes when Brrested yesterday by Detective Chi Ernest Yorls. . Gcrszon said, Yorls related, that his uniform was a plain blue suit with officer's Insignia (Continued on Page Two) ; STABI IZATQN GISLATON Navy Reveals Sinking of Carrier Yorktown After Batile of Midway WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 tP) The navy announced today that the United States aircraft ' car rier - Yorktown had been unk after tho battle of Midway as a result of Japanese bombs and torpedo attacks. Loss of tho 10,000-ton carrier, with very few casualties, had been a well kept naval secret. Tho department said that de struction of the ship apparently was not known to the enemy and that tho knowledge was vitally linked io the operations which have been In progress In the south Poclflo slnco early August. The Yorktown first was suc cessfully attacked by enemy aircraft with bombs and . tor pedoes on tha afternoon of June 4, . after th . battle , of . Midway Aussles. Wrest Initiative in Moresby Battle By SEAN SCHEDLER SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI NEX'"sept.'7"(Delaycd) (P) Australian patrol in the tower ing Owen Stanley mountain ap peared - today to have wrested the Initiative from tha Japan ese, but delayed reports showed that the enemy probably has concentrated considerable force for the push that carried him over, tha peaks toward Port Moresby. Information '. available . here suggested that the Japanese have soveral thousand troops engaged In the drive, with more than half of them between their base at Buna and Efolgl, only about 40 miles from the Port Moresby outpost. Loss of allied Initiative In pa trol operations In the first phases of the battle evidently paved the way for rapid Japanese ad vances. With Australians again aggressive, however, 29 Japanese wore reported killed with no al lied fatalities la a patrol- clash today. i Although the situation has re mained statlo for the past few day, both Australian ground forces alive to the type of guerrilla warfare of their ene my and allied air forces have heen active. ,;-.' --?.-," flOlGlOOlP PREPARED FOR US Fjrst of "All-Purpose' Books Coming in ; December ... . J WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (J?) The office of price administration-announced today it prob ably would give the . nation a Christmas present the first of four "all-purpose" ration books which Americana will be using for the duration of the war. Providing a quick, method of rationing any article or com modity aa shortages .develop, "war ration book No. 2" can be used, for coupon rationing, such as la now employed in-distributing sugar, or for point system rationing, such - as that (Continued on Page Two)' Early Decision Seen on Cargo Plane Proposal . WASHINGTON, Sept. loVWP) All Indication pointed today to ward an early decision on Henry J. Kaiser's cargo plane-building proposal. Informed sources said conver sations between the west, coast shipbuilder and Donald M. Nel son of the war production board wera progressing satisfactorily and a formal announcement might be expected within a few days. . Island a great American vic tory had reached Its full fury. The vessel, which had a "nor mal complement of 85 planes and 2072 men and was only five years old, was put out of action at that time. Tugs and salvage vessels suc ceeded, however, in getting her under control and she was re moved, slowly but surely, from the battle zone. . Presumably the withdrawal was eastward toward Pearl Har1 bor. The navy said In Its com munique reporting the loss to day that by the morning of June e the prospects .of saving the great ship "appeared bright er." .' .. -. 1 . They had been slender at first far . the . vessel . had listed heavily ,and,. abandoned by. her T SLIGHT GAIN BY INVADERS Aerial Activity Flares In Egypt; Red Bomb-, ers Active By ROGER D, GREENE ' Associated Press War Editor Russia's armies yielded fresh ground at the ' bloody western gates of Stalingrad today, but after 24 hours there was still no confirmation of a nail claim that German ' shock . - troops were fighting in the city's streets and had captured-the main Stalin grad railway station. "At heavy cost, the Germans adyanced slightly;?' soviet head quarters .said. In a mid-day com munique... , Street Fighting " Elsewhere' ori the slowly con tracting defense arc, the Rus sians wera declared to be hold ing firmly against an avalanche of Wattle-stained 'naw veterans nd. reserves.. , .A:- -V.'.Sl J- A -Berlin ' broadcast asserted;, tliaf "Gernjan.1 frobpf'LBaa? pene trated' deeper into "the Interior" of ' Stalingrad, but gave no de-. talis, r :DNB,, th 'German- Kew agency, reported "bitter, street -fighting against enemy nesta of resistance'.' within tho city. Counter-Drive . German field Headquarters re ported merely that . "consider able additional ground was gain ed In embittered struggles? around tha Volga industrial cen ter, and said the Russians were attacking In force at RzheVand Voronezh. . Red Star said tempestuous nazl assaulU west of the city hammered wedges into soviet defenses, but declared that In most of these salients the Rus- (Contlnued .on Page Two) William Jeffers Steps Into Office As Rubber Czar - WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (ff) William M. "Bill" Jeffers, bald, stocky, office boy-to-presldent of the Union Pacific railroad, step ped In swinging today as the na tion s new rubber czar. i "I am already at work," the 66-year-old railroader declared last night, as Production Chief Donald M. Nelson announced Jeffers had been picked for what Nelson called "one of the tough est jobs In the war program. Charged ' with reorganizing, consolidating and administering the government's efforts to alle viate the rubber shortage, Jef fers is expected to become, in effect, .complete boss over the Rubber. Reserve company and all other government ' agencies in matters affecting the rubber program. . , - crew, was In imminent -danger of capsizing. But shortly after noon on Juno 6, an enemy submarine suddenly, attacked the stricken carrier, scoring two torpedo hits amldship. The sub put two more deadly torpedoes Into the United States destroyer Hammann which was escorting tlio Yorktown. The Hammann, loss of which had been reported by the navy department on. June 14, sank shortly after being hit and . the condition of the Yorktown "be came critical," the navy said. , Early next mortilng, Juna 7, the communique continued, "the Yorktown capsized and . sank as the result of cumulative damage from aircraft bombs' and torp (Continued on Page Two)- - SOVIETS ADM! - i firm's t t f ' s-rr Si . i 'f li'A I H I , TVy..r . mmr: : Tbes are the tirst prtxe winners of the six different - classifications in KenneU-EUia studio's 13th annual "Most AttractWa Child" contest, who won their awards by popular ballot. From left io ngni may arei J op row, parolee, 7 months, daughter al Mr. box. 569-A Sharla, 2M years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. son f Mr. and Mis. R. E. Teater. 3248 AppUgatet bottom1 row Jn nDi Joan, twin daughter of Mr,yin ..M."' -5i' - Hgwall, J72B qxeacanlt Patty 6 years, "daughter ; of Mr.- an4 Mrr bouiain iwv uts sncm Anorew varus jr. 1602 Worden. 8 Officers, 2 Enlist ed Men Perish in ; Bomber Crash ST; JOHNS, Ariz., Sept. 16 (IP) The -burned bodies of eight of ficers and two enlisted men were found today, in the wreckage of a B-24 army bomber which smashed to bits near the summit of ' 10,840-foot Mount Baldy, about 50 miles from here in northeastern Arizona. Myrlan G. Brown, editor of the St. Johns Indepeqdent News who accompanied a ground party to tho scene, said army officers from Davis-Monthan field, -Tucson, Ariz., identified the wreck age, as that of a plane missing since Thursday night on a navi gation training flight from Om aha, Neb., to Tucson. Davls-Mohthan field announc (Cpntlnued on Page. Two) .. BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE BROOKLYN, Sept. 1 8 (P) The Dodgers, ended, their five game losing streak by knock ingrover the Pittsburgh Pirates 10 to 3 todaybut they still re mained two games out of first place in . the National league pennant chase, since - the " St. Louis Cardinals. R. H. E. St. Louis .. 8 9 0 Boston 2 9 2 White and W. Cooper: Tobln and Lombard!.- R. H. E. Chicago 1 .6 0 Philadelphia 3 7 3 Passeau and Scheff ing: Podga- Jny and Warren. R. H. E. Cincinnati 3 5 1 New York 1 4 . 1 Derringer and Lamnnno; Lohr- man,- Adams (9) and Danning. AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. Washington 1 5 4 Cleveland ' 580 W. Kennedy and Early: Basbv and Hegan. li, H. E. New York 5 13 1 Detroit 12 2 Breuer and Rosar; Ncwhouser, Wilson (1), Menders (7), Gorslca (t)-and Parsons. Judged Most Attractive r 7. year, son of 39 Winners 7 Named in Baby ; Beauty Contest Names of winners of trie l3th annual "Most Attractive Child" contest have been released by Kennell-Ellis studio,; its spon sors, after one of the-most suc cessful contests ever put on here. The winners were judged aa usual by popular ballot dur ing a display of the photographs in a downtown location. A total of 39 awards went to 39 winners of the various classi fications,., which Included boys and girls from five months old up to 10 years. . The winners are: Class A Babies 5 months to 1 year First, Carole e, 7 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Singleton, route 2. box 569A; second, Buddy, 8 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Guill, 3428 Hilyard; third. Virginia, 7 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Druliner, (Continued on Page Two) FBI Arrests . Jap Found With New York Maps NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (P) A Japanese who had maps of the New York City water supply system and statistics on U. S. War areas was one of 10 enemy aliens apprehended in this area by the federal bureau of invest igation, P. E. Foxworth, assist ant director of the FBI, said to day. The aliens, all arrested for re fusing to serve in United States military . forces, included also (Continued on Page Two) Girl Throws Kidnap Note From Car Near Dunsmuir A note stating that she was being kidnaped was thrown by a girl from a car heading this way on the highway Just this side of Dunsmuir about 11 p. m. Tuesday night, state police said they had been Informed. The note was tossed from the car as it passed a forest ranger who picked it up, the report said. He described the car as being a gray. Chevrolet coupe bearing a Washington license. State and city police are on the alert In an effort to locate such a car and apprehend the driver,'. It was Warned,- and Mrs. J. R, Slnglafom route .2, Mellott. Midlandi Dannlal vaari. Mr. and. Mrs. -W., V. .9waringn, MITT PREDICTS Gdvernment;;Must -Ir-. : tervene in Labor1 ' Market A WASHINGTON,1 Sept. 18 (JR Paul V. McNUtt;' chairman of the war manpower commission; told the house migration com mittee today that "it is my con sidered ' judgment 'that some type" of legislation to attain full utilization of the nation's man power was "inevitable." He declared that . a i subcom mittee of - the Commission was studying the problem, but ' no recommendation -had been tent to President Roosevelt.' Intervention Seen He told the committee there is good-reason to doubt" wheth er voluntary' agreements be tween . the, government and. la bor and management "will long be adequate. "We are-moving rapidly into a situation where the govern (Continued on Page Two) ; RELIEF FOR FRANCE ' MARSEILLE. UnoccUDled France, Sept. 18 0P The United States relief ship Mount Everest slipped almost unnoticed into an out-of-the-way part of; Marseille harbor today with '.a million- dollar ' cargo of- milk and other supplies for the children of un- occupied France. ' .- Sex-Crazed Youth Admits Slaying BEDFORD CENTER, N. Y., Sept. 18 JPh-As casual as-a sightseer, a 17-year-old laborer stood near a huge reservoir early today and shbwed police where he tossed the body of one of the two young sisters he confessed he kidnaped, raped and killed. ! "Over there, said black-hair ed Edward Haight, directing pe nce to a creek in New York City's Kensico reservoir system, "That's it." . . ' He was expressionless when they pulled out the body of Hel en Lynch, 8, as stolid as when ha confessed earlier, . with a smile on his lips, that he had strangled the child s younger sister, Margaret, 7, in a nearby woods. n j Police booked him. on murder NEW ASSAULT LEVELED AT; Shifting of Commands Indicates Tighten--. 1 ed Strategy WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 m Japan's ' expected grand-scale drive to recapture the Solomon islands and again point a dag ger, at the Australian llfellc appeared developing with do-ot" die fury today. Battle-tried American fofcea were fighting back savagely and thus far successfully. : New Command . The -navy reported last night that "heavy fighting" had- been in progress by land, sea and air since Saturday night and '.'that while details were lackfngLii,e- ports received to date indicate that the. marines are maintain ing their positions." :Creation-of a new air coto mand for the United States Pa-; cific fleet and a shift in com mand of the southwest Pacifia allied air forces indicated a tight ening of -grand strategy as tha battle began to ; join, a battle into which the Japanese war lords undoubtedly would thro " all their, available striking powc,ii j Man Decorated - - . "VIn; decorating 25 officers and men at Pearl Harbor yesterday, the. commander-in-cbiel of -the) Pacific;, fleet "declared the Jap anese were "dangerous antagon ists,", but, he added, "they have learned by now that we also are - dangerous antagonists who are willing :and know ho.' to fight."' . . Despite counterattacks on Jap anese bases to the north and northwest 'of the main Amer ican; stronghold on Guadalcanal island,;:the navy reported the enemy was bringing pressure ti bear with apparently increasing Vltonunuea on fage Two) Jap Commander Says East Asia Step Brewing LONDON, Sept. 18 UP) The British- Broadcasting corpor ation's ' monitoring service re ported today it had picked up a Tokyo broadcast quoting Gener al Shundoku Hata, Japan's com mander in chief In China, as de claring that "the east Asia war is" about to take an important step in cooperation with the European war." (Such a step might be a Jap anese invasion of India, one pur pose of which would be to form a Junction with the Germans driving into the middle east, or it might Te an attack on Rus sian Siberia timed to . coincide 'with' a nazl victory at Stalin grad). ' News Index City Briefs .- ..Page 7 Comics and Story ..Pago 10 Courthouse Records ....Page - 7 Editorial :..Page Information .....Page Market,. Financial ...,..Page Midland Empire News Page' 6. 7 9 3 Our Men in Service........Page- Pattern' . Page '7 kSports Pages 8, 9 of Two Sisters and kidnaping, charges after ha told of . event beginning when tie picked' the children up in a Stolen station wagon Monday night near their home here and drove. four mites out of town.. "Then I stopped the car and tied them both up with a rope," ' Police Chief - Frank Malletta said Haight told him. "I put a handkerchief in ' Margaret' mouth to keep her from scream ing." The police chief said Haight related these details: He attempted to rape Margar et, but as the child tried to fight him' off, he mutilated her with a large hunting knife; then he strangled her. Ho placed the body in the car alongside her 1 '(Continued on Pa e Two).- SOLOMON