TAW TWO
H ALSEY TAKES
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known that the enemy had
landed' on Russell Island, 30
miles" northwest of Guadalcanal,
and might well have established
similar positions on other neigh-
. boring islands.
Halsey,60, was the command-
er of '.the task force which
blasted Japanese installations In
the Gilbert and Marshall island
raid last January 31.
COMMAND
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for that he won the disting
uished service medal and offic-
ial praise for his "brilliant and
audacious attack" and his "great
:kill and determination."
Nip Ships Sunk
: While the navy reported yes
terday additional destruction of
12 Nipponese planes and repulse
. of a second enemy "feeler" at
tack on the Guadalcanal air
' field, heavy bombers under
Gen. Douglas MacArthur'a Aus
tralian command sank or badly
damaged 10 Japanese vessels
including a cruiser.
. Raiding with "deadly effect,"
allied headquarters said, the
bombers dumped explosives on
the cruiser, a -destroyer and
eight transports or cargo ships
at Racaul, .New. Britain, just
west of Bougainville island in
ttie Solomons. '..
The Japanese flank attack on
' troops holding the Guadalcanal
f' airfield occurred Oct. 21 and
i. W.aW -iht -aw-find in' twft Hbtr tft
. ;-te driven back., ine maneuver
:'.-was regarded as a test of the
; -American force's strength but
v if. successful might have been
followed . by heavy waves of
.;: enemy .soldiers . concentrated in
' rihe northwest .portion of the
1- island.; -
, ; : On-, the same day, seven
...enemy bombers- with fighter
escort' sought to bomb the-air-..
'field, .springboard of the U. S.
-S. aerial offensive.
- Bomber Shot Down
' One bomber was shot down
by anti-aircraft batteries and
two others were damaged. Gru-
man Wildcat fighters intercept-
ed the Japanese fighter planes
and destroyed six of them, the
navy added, at the cost of two
"Wildcats." ,.
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Four Decorations
(Continued from Page One)
participation In the Philippines
expedition, the silver star for
gallantry over Buna, and the
purple heart.
The army recruiting office,
Sergeant Huhin in charge, said it
was possible that Earhart had
enlisted elsewhere on the Pacific
coast and had given Klamath
Falls as his last address.
The Herald and News is anx
ious to obtain information re
gar d 1 n g young Erhart and
friends are asked to communi
cate with this office.
DEATH OF III
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mm hole" at Denton park when
it broke down, the deputy assert
ed. The men flagged down a car
in which Barkley, George Du
vall and Bernice Lobert Lang,
all Indians, were returning from
Medford by way of Crater lake.
Knocked Out
Duvall was hitching a tow line
to. the Jackson car when the
fight, said to have been started
by Barkley, broke out, Mattoon
said. Jackson, according to the
story, hit Barkley twice, knock
ing him flat on his back on the
pavement and knocking him out
The Indian, was then loaded
back In his car by Pat McAu
liffe, who had come up in a third
car, and the Indians drove off.
McAuliff then hauled the Jack
son car into Fort Klamath, Mat
toon said.
The deputy sheriff said that
then Duvall and Miss Lang
stopped at the Crater Lake cafe,
leaving Barkley in the car.
Indians Held
He wis found a short time
later. Sgt. E. W. Tichenor of the
state police said that County
Coroner George H. Adler was of
the opinion' that Barkley had not
walked from the car to the-point
where he was found.
Duvall and Miss Lang were
held by officers as material wit
nesses but Miss Lang was later
released. Duvall was charged in
justice court with being drunk
on a public highway and re
leased on $25 bond.'
Friday afternoon the man
slaughter charge was filed but
the grand Jury shortly thereafter
returned the not true bill. ,
Dr. Adler earlier reported
that death was due to a cerebral
hemorrhage ' resulting from a
blow on the back of the head.
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mcnt, declaring that congress
"has got to have faith" in the
military leaders to conduct the
war as they saw fit. .
Hill Opposes '
Hill took the floor in an at
tempt to turn what appeared to
be a growing tide of approval
for an amendment by Senator
O'Daniel (D-Tex.,) requiring a
year's military training before
draftees 18 and- 19 years old
could be sent into combat serv
ice outside the continental Unit
ed States.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 VP)
On the vote by which the sen
ate amended the 'teen age draft
bill today to require a . year's
military training before 18 and
19-year-old men can be sent into
combat outside the continental
United States, Washington and
Oregon senators were recorded:
For Senator McNary (R
Ore.) - Against Senators Bone and
Wallgren, (both D-Wash.)
Not voting, but announced as
favoring the amendment Sena
tor Holman (R-Ore.)
Tokyo Gives 4
More Names of
U. S. FHers
(Continued' from Page One)
thing," she quoted the Japs as
saying. She added she did not
learn of the Tokyo bombing un
til she was taken to Shanghai in
June to await repatriation. .
Secretary of War Stimson recently-
disclosed in Washington
that four U. S. aviators who par
ticipated in the. bombing of
Tokyo, April 18, may be in Jap
anese hands. He said several of
the planes were involved in
forced landings in China. .
Four men listed as missfng in
action on war department re
cordsLieut. William G. Far
row, St. John's street, Darling
ton, S. C; Lieut. Dean E. Hall
mark, Dallas, Tex.; Sergt. Har
old A. Spatz, Lebo, Kas.; and
Corporal Jacob Deshazer, whose
next of kin was listed his
mother, Mrs. Hulda Andrus,
general delivery, Madras, Ore,,
bore names similar to . those
used in Japanese propaganda
broadcasts which- claimed cap-'
ture of some of the Tokyo raid
ers. The Japanese . broadcasts
claimed that the American air
men had been convicted of "in
human acts" in the bombing of
civilians and the machine-gunning
of school children and
would be "severely punished"
under international law.
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The war production board today
prohibited all sales of vacuum
cleaners to civilians.
It froze all types of new do
mestic vacuum cleaners In the
hands of manufacturers, whole
salers and retailers until January
1. 1843.
Sales may be made only to
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to determine supplies of vacuum
cleaners in the hands of manu
facturers. A 1 1 manufacturers
must f Ho an inventory report of
vacuum cleaners in their stocks
today. . ,
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(Continued from Page One)
that the two ships collided he
said:
"Well, I wouldn't say they
didn't."
Martin, watching the airliner
nln earthward, lost sleht of the
other ship, and couldn't say what
happened to it. xnere were no
reports, however, of another
plane crashing.
: He said he was willing to testify-
before, an army board of
inquiry.
" The crew of three and all nine
passengers were killed, airplane
officials announced. Among the
dead was Ralph Ralngcr, song
writer, who composed such pop
ular numbers as "Love In
Bloom," "June in January," and
VHere Lies Love."
The passenger list included: '
- Ralph Rainger, Hollywood, en
route to New York.
B. R. Vest, Birmingham, Ala.,
bound for Phoenix.
M. C. Henderson. Phoenix,
Ariz., member interstate indus
trial' commission, bound for
Phoenix.
C. Baker, Phoenix, en route
home. -'
: Frank Bird, Lockheed Air
craft Corp. employe-, bound for
Washington, D. C. Mother, Mss.
F. Bird, East Walpole, Mass.
L. A. Hege. no address availa
ble, en route to Atlanta, Ga.
E. H. Wallace, Las Vegas, Nev.,
bound for Phoenix.
Lt. Joseph H. Rosser, Santa
Ana army air base, bound for
Dallas, Tex. ,
C.- M. Wert, Los Angeles,
bound for New York.
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sandy dust with tanks and
guns many of them American
made hurling thousands of
shells at the enemy.
Tho main battle was concen
trated in a comparatively small
area, stretching 40 miles inland
from the coast to the qunttara de
pression, but probably It will
spread rapidly as the British
have been sending desert patrols
hundreds of miles across the des
ert to strike at tho rear of axis
Field Marshal Rommel.
Days of steady air attacks by
British and United States fliers
upon GcrmBn-Italian air fields
and communications opened, the
way for the ground push.
"Fierce fighting developed
and is continuing," said a terse
communique issued Jointly by
British headquarters and the
RAF.
Eight enemy fighters were de
clared destroyed and many-others
damaged yesterday In this
aerial action against- the German-Italian
forces on the El Ala
meln front.
Beat Rommel to Punch
Thus the allies got the Jump
on Rommel, who boasted in Ber
lin recently that ho would crush
their forces in the middle oast.
The marshal's spectacular counter-offensive
against tho British
push into Libya last spring car
ried to a point only 70 miles
west of Alexandria, British sup
ply and naval base, and there it
was checked and stalled.
Reports reaching Cairo lata
Thursday said Rommel, who re-
cently returned to his North
African post after conferring
with Adolf Hitler in Berlin, had
been placed in supreme . com
mand of axis land, sea and air
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ably centered, the situation at
the moment is none too encour
aging. With its customary tone of
all's going well, the official In
formation today stresses a suc
cessful attack by American
bombers based In Australia on
tho Jap Invasion fleet that Is
concentrated somewhere to tho
north of Guadalcanal, Ton Jap
ships, including a cruiser and
a destroyer, were sunk or dam
aged In Hie attack.
There Is a disturbing admis
sion, however, that tho Japs havo
effected landings on Islands In
the close vicinity of Guadalca
nal, from which tho assault on
our positions can be pushed ad
vantageously. There has been a shake-up In
our naval command In the South
Pacific whose reasons are not
apparent to us outsiders.
yHE Japs, however, have NOT
.x YET launched the ALL-OUT
attack which they obviously
have tho strength to launch at
any time they are willing to take
the risks that would be involved.
That suggests the hopeful
thought that the over-all situa
tion may be better than, on the
face of scanty news available to
us outsiders, It appears to be.
Planes Seek
Rickehbacker
In Pacific
(Continued from Page One)
nounced that every available ar
my and navy plane and surface
craft from the southwest Hawai
ian islands was searching for the
missing fliers.
The army did not disclose
names of others aboard the
plane, but it was believed here
there were at least 10 persons,
including the crew, in the flight
group.
forces In the Mediterranean thea
ter and had been ordered to open
a big-scale offensive.
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