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r By FRANK JENKINS
rpODAY'S wolrdcst now;
General MacArthur, from
hla heodquortere In Australia,
tienlci that he Is or MIGHT 13E
candidate for President In
1044 or later.
e
1.IE iy: '
1 "I novo noted tho statement
tiuoted In morning papers from
tho Chrlstiun Science Monitor's
Washington correspondent that
'political Washington was large
ly responsible for two sopnroto
commands In tho Pacific, partly
because of tho conservative op
Q position which launched tho
MacArthur -for -President cam
paign.'" Ho then adds:
. ; "I started as a soldier and I
shall finish as one. The only
hope and ambition I have In the
world Is for victory for our causa
In tho war. If I survive the cam
paign, I shall return to that re
tirement irom wnicn m ktcui
struggle called me' ;.. ,,
T"HIS question Immediately
arises:
; Why docs General MacArthur
find It necessary to make such a
statement?
. This, answer occurs:,
' He DESPERATELY needs
help In tho face of SUPERIOR
ei.emy forces. In order to GET
IT. ho feels that Jt Is necetsary
(or at least advisable) for him to
REMOVE HIMSELF as a possl
Vtle contender for high political
office. ,
; ....
TT Is hard to believe. But that Is
, what it sounds like.
...
MEANWHILE this ominous
paragraph appears In to
day's Pacific wor dispatches:
, "Superior numbers of enemy
ahlps, plnncs and men wcro re
ported to be mobilizing at the
approaches to American bases In
the New Hebrides and tho Fiji
islands, whence they could strike
Bt allied communication lines to
Australia.
...
ALSO ominous:
. With s u p r I o r Japanese
forces menacing our life lines In
the Pacific, another tempest
breaks in Washington over farm
prices and parities. .
What will such things as
PRICES AND PROFITS amount
to If we lose the war7
...
MOT exactly ominous, but cer
! talhly disturbing:
'. With the war In the Pacific
Browing more serious day by
tiny, a controversy arises In Se
attle) over providing enough
meat for pet dogs and pet cats.
...
f AN It bo true that here In con
7 tlnental United States a lot
of peoplo don't know wo are
fighting a war of survival?
i .......
WHATEVER else can bo said,
r that ISN'T true of the par
ents and the wives ot the men In
the fighting forces. '"'.,'
,.; Thoy.know there's a war on,
and they.AREN'T quibbling over
prices and profits and political
ambitions and meat for dogs and
cats.
Q'. Their boys' LIVES are at
aloke. 1
'.''
npHE Germans,' without aban
A donlng their attack on Stal
ingrad,! shift their drive for the
Caucasus oil, breasting the bar
rier of the Caucasus range Itself.
Moving with troops, tanks, ar
tillery and-planes along one of
the four roads crossing the
mountains, they gain ground.
The gain is admitted by the Rus
sians. ; .' '
; '' The move Is made In tho face
of blizzards raging in the Cau
casus ns a result of which, tho
Russians report, many Gorman
soldiers have been frozen In
caves. ' -,-
. . ,.-.:
QN tho slightly encouraging
side of tho fence, the for-
rrtor Vichy minister to Sofia
Bulgarian capital) says the Gor
ans are fortifying the Greek
Mediterranean coast and the
Black Sea coast of Bulgaria.
SHe adds that the Bulgarians
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SQLQNS URGE
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Farm Subsidy Policy
."Sold" to FDR,
Reed Says
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 UP)
Senator. Reed (R-Kans.) charged
Prico Administrator Leon Hon
dorson today with "selling"
Prcsidont Roosevelt a farm sub
sidy policy, without congres
sional authority, "to bring the
price of wheat down."'
Describing Henderson as a
"good actor who produces melo
drama as rare and precious as
any of the old 10-20-30 cent cir
cuit," Reed told the senate ho
believed neither James F.
Byrnes, economic stabilization
director, nor Secretory of Ag
riculture Wlckard wanted to in
clude benefit payments In figur
ing the celling prices of farm
products', as they had done,.
Reed charged that Byrnes,
Wlckard and Henderson .-.'.'are
going to give subsidies to brljig
the price of wheat down,"
which he characterized ai a
"ridiculous, absurd, silly, unfair
and unreasonable policy."
Since no farmer could "get
a cent" ot subsidy unless he
"put his wheat under (a com
modity credit corporation) loan,"
Reed laid,, the purpose- was to
force'- farmers to accept .loans
and government regimentation.
Senator G 1 1 1 e 1 1 e (P-Iowa)
joined Reed In proposing an in
vestigation by the senate agri
culture committee of the admin
istration of the price control act.
The - resolution was an out
continued' on Page Two)
Pre-Droft Leaves
Cut to 1 Week,
Effective Nov. 1
' WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (TP)
Tho inactive status period grant
ed newly-inducted draftees be
fore they begin military service
was ordered cut from two weeks
to ono week by the war depart
ment today, effective November
1. .
. I'Thls step Is a logical conse
quence of tho recent deferment
ot agricultural workers, request
ed as a matter of national neces
sity by the wf manpower com
mission," Secretary of War
Stlmsop said in a statement.,
"Wo were faced with a choice
between reducing the prelimi
nary furlough period or deviat
ing from the prob-om of full
speed ahead In the war effort. I
believe that the men concerned
will approve of the alternative
wa chose."
Japs Tell Yanks
They'
re Licked
LONDON, Oct! 29 IP) Reu
ters said It had recorded a Tokyo
broadcast beamed to Guadalcan
al and telling United States
troops there that further resist
ance was useless' since the
"crushing defeat" which the
Japanese claimed to have in
flicted on United States ' naval
forces in the Solomon area.
PRICE CDNTFMJ
HON
Fliers' Whim Blamed for
Bomber-Airliner Collision
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29
The whim that led two fliers to
arrange a meeting high over a
rugged mountain pass is blamed
by a congressional Investigating
committee for the mld-alr colli
sion ot an army bombor and an
airliner near Palm Springs last
Friday, resulting in death for all
12 Aboard the latter plane.
Tho aerial rendezvous, said
Rop. Jack.. Nichols, Oklahoma,
committee chairman, was dis
closed yesterday , by Lt. W. N
Wilson, 25, pilot of tho bomber,
who Is heldyfor court-martial on
manslaughter charges.
Nichols said Lieut. Wilson tes
tified that he had encountered
tho co-pilot, L. F. Reppcrt, at a
party in Los Angeles the night
before the crash, and that W1J-
Japs Land Reinforcements on Guadalcanal But at a Price
NEA telephoto.
This Is part of the toll the Japanese hae paid for landings on Guadalcanal island- in the
Solomons. 0. S. marines look over bodies of Jap soldiers on the island beach. Marines ara con
tinuing their destruction of oncoming enemy forces as Yankee sea and air units harry the supply
bases. Photo from U. 8. marine corps newsreel.
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Organized Labor Re
news Opposition
: To Action -
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (PI
Lenders of organized labor, re
newing their opposition to com
pulsory manpower mobilization,
bidicated today that President
Roosevelt would delay action on
tho manpower issue until they
could explore fully the question
of how many idle men and wom
en could be used for war work.
The leaders, constituting the
CIO-AFL labor wor board, con
sulted the chief executive at the
White House. Afterward, AFL
President William Green told re
porters: Opposition
"We discussed with the presi
dent the subject of manpower
again. We agreed that we should
explore tho situation fully and
completely to find out what
would be the best policy.
"We renowed our opposition
to compulsory action and regi
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Trucks Start
Moving Supplies
Over Alaska Road
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (P)
The entire Alaskan highway now
Is -open to traffic, Secretary of
War Stlmson announced today,
Weeks ahead of schedule.
Motor trucks started this week
moving supplies and equipment
to the garrisons in the north Pa
cific "outpost, using the entire
1671 miles of the roadway, the
secretary told his press confer
ence. V
"Thousands of trucks will op
erate over tho route all winter,
carrying soldiers and supplies to
Alaska," Stlmson said. "Plans
are under way to bring loads of
strategic materials on thoir re
turn." son had arranged to time his
takeoff from tho ferrying com
mand base at Long Beach, Calif.,
so that he would meet the east
bound commercial transport in
the vicinity of Son , Gorgonlo
pass.
The meeting took place, the
plones collided and tho transport,
an American airliner, crashed in
flamoe.
Nichols' statement came a few
hours after tho army, from Its
Long Beach ferrying command
headquarters, had announced
that formal military charges of
manslaughter had been placed
against Lieutenant Wilson, of
West Los Angeles. The bomber's
co-pllot, Staff Sgt. Robert Lelcht,
also is under arrest, but the army
said nothing ot .any charges
agajnst him.
War Worker
Takes Own Life
In Hotel Here
Joiw Edward Hayden, 29-year-old
Portland war worker
who was to have reported for
active duty - with the- armed
forces on November 3, took;' his
life in. the Arcade -hotel eai'
Thursdrty-mornfrrg-BystTbotlng
himself thrdughv the head with
a 30-30 Winchester rifle, v ,
- The young man's wife, -Ann,
appealed to the hotel clerk on
duty to take the gun from: her
husband after, - she said, he
threatened to kill her and then
himself. A shot was heard
while the woman was In the
lobby. ; City police, called to
the hotel, forced, the door and
found the man on the bed. : Up
on the arrival of Dr. George
H. Adler,. coroner, Hayden was
pronounced dead.
State police and sheriffs' of
ficers assisted in the investi
gation. Mrs. Hayden Is with
friends here. The couple lived
at 1313 SE Clinton street, Port
land. Tho body was moved
to Whltlock's. '.
Frantic Parents
Scour City for
Car, Children
A' frantic father and motner
assisted by city and state police,
scoured the Klamath Falls, busi
ness district late Thursday af
ternoon seeking -their car in
which they had left two, small
children. . - : ...
Mrs. Roy Warner, route 3, box
539, appeared at the police sta
tion at 5:43 p. m. She reported
the car stolen and gave officers
a description of her five-year-old
son, Raymond, and a three-year-old
playmate, little Joan Cooper.
A check was immediately made
by patrolmen and officers In the
police cars. The mother sold she
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Tourniquet Saves
Life of Hunter.
Shot on Trip
PENDLETON, Oct. 29 (P)
Frank Ritchey of Milton-Free-water
was shot in -the foot by
William Kelly, Jr., a companion,
while the two men were hunting
deer in the Blue mountains 50
miles from Pendleton yesterday.
Ho Is recovering oday'in the
Walla Walla '.Veterans' hospital
from excessive loss of blood.
Kelly, on the opposite side of a
canyon, sow brush moving above
Ritchey's head, thought it was
the antlers of a deer and fired,
Tho victim Is believed to ' have
saved his own life by directing
the application of a tourniquet.
Call By 7 P. M.
City subscribers of .The"
Herald and News, ' who do
not receive their papers by
6:30 p. m., should telephone
3124 BEFORE 7 p, m., for
special delivery service.:.
Supreme Court Okehs
Trial by Military
fTribunal
I'i'i
CHICAGO, Oct. 29 (APH-A
private In the U. S. Marine
corps testified today that Her
bert Hans Kaupt, one of six
nazi saboteurs executed last
August, had boasted that he es
caped FBI agents by swimming
the Rio Grande -i river under
fire. .
Wearing a Marine corp uni
form, William Leibl, related at
the treason trial of six Chi
cagoans that he had met Haupt
in Stuttgart, Germany, May 1,
194. He added Haupt made a
"purely social" visit at the
Leibl home, where he boast
fully averred that he had been
forced to flee the United States
because the FBI was trailing
him for spreading German pro
paganda, ' . .'
' Translator
. Leibl said Haupt told" of
swimming the Rio Grande with
two companions, onei of whom
was shot. , Haupt told the Leibl
family that he was given money
by the German consul in' Mex
ico City this was in June,
1941 and sailed for ' Yoko
hama, Japan, by way of San
Francisco. In Japan, he re
ceived more money from the
German consul and sailed to
Germany on a blockade runner.
The entire trip took 180 days
and he arrived in Germany just
before Christmas. -
Leibl, a native Chicagoan,
said his father, Joseph Carl
Leibl, had lived in South Bend,
. .: .(Continued on Page Two)
Application Forms
For "A" Gas Books
Arrive in Oregon
PORTLAND, Oct. 29 (P)
Application forms for "A" gaso
line ration books were arriving
in ' Oregon today as the OP A
called upon . 1400 residents' to
volunteer for clerical work.
The volunteers, said state OPA
Organization Officer Cameron
Squires, are needed to process
applications for supplemental
motor fuel. They will serve on
advisory transportation panels in
conjunction with the 77 war
price' , rationing boards in the
state.. .
; Applications for "A" books
will be available at service sta
tions, garages and other retail
outlets served by oil companies
which will distribute the forms,
said F. F. Janey, stato OPA fuel
rationing officer. '
; ; News Index
City Briefs ..Page 6
Comics -and Story .....:..Page 14
Editorial Page 4
Farm News ............ ...Page 12
Market, Financial ........Page 13
Midland Empire Page 8
Our Men In Service......Page 7
Sporta ................ -Page 10
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BRITISH! LD
TO NO GAIN IN
BITTERFIGHT
Nazis Shift Caucasus
Attack to Nalchik;
City Holds J
By ROGER D. GREENE
. Associated Press War Editor
U. S. army troops and ma
rines, hemmed in a corridor only
six : miles long by three miles
deep, were officially credited to
day with inflicting bloody losses
on the Japanese at Guadalcanal
island, while elsewhere on the
world's far-flung battlefronts
the axis showed new strength in
Egypt and Russia.
In . these two key theatres,
these were, the high spots: ;
-"Egypt": ' Lieut.-Gen. "B.' L.
Montgomery's six-day-old offen
sive to drive the axis out of
north Africa appeared to be hit
ting stiffer opposition after Brit
ish shock troops had broken gaps
in the. enemy's' forward defense
wall on El Alamein line, 80 miles
west of Alexandria. -
- " Fiahtino Continues -
' British headquarters failed to
note any. new gains and gave the
following terse, description of
the .desert battler.
, , "During . the night ot Oct. 27-28,-
the -enemy -counterattacked
our positions and was beaten off.
"Yesterday ' there were some
minor ' tank ' engagements in
which damage was inflicted on
the enemy. ' .' '-r-
"Fighting continues." - .
Stiff Resistance
The German high command
likewise emphasized the weight
of . the British offensive, de
claring: "Bitter fighting in Egypt in
creased in intensity on the fifth
day of the defensive battle.
"Despite extremely heavy at
tacks .. .. .. the enemy, failed to
gain success owing to the stiff
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Huge Cargo Plane
Test Expected In
Eighteen Months
BOSTON.-Oct. 29 .(aV-Henry
J. Kaiser, the world's fastest
shipbuilder with a record of. 10
days from keel laying to launch
ing, said today the biggest cargo
airplane in existence would be
ready for test flights in 18
months and that he believed ."the
government will go in for mass
production of these ships."
"I am very much encouraged
by the response of government
officials and the response of the
people to ine development oi air
cargo. .." . '
'The war production, board,
particularly Donald Nelson; has
cooperated. I've never seen such
wholehearted . cooperation from
the army as on air cargo." ,
MacArthur' s Disavowal of Political
Ambitions Viewed As Plea for Unity
By JOHN H. WIGGINS
WASHINGTON, Oct;, 29 (AP)
Mounting, protests against a di
vided command in the South
Pacific appeared headed today
for climactic . action by what
was regarded in some quarters
as an appeal from. Gen. Douglas
MacArthur for unified direc
tion over the entire: embattled
area. i '
Answering a newspaper re
port attributing the two separ
ate commands in the. Pacific
chiefly to "political Washing
ton" and; 'a "MacArthur-for-president
campaign," the 62-year-old
leader of United Na
tions : forces in Australia dis
avowed any apolitical ambi
tions whatsoever." ' -;
From his - headquarters last
night (Washington time),' Mac
Arthur declared that any con
trary suggestIony"must be re
garded -as merely amiable ges
nn
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Price Warns
Of Break-down
In Censorship
NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (JP)
Byron Price, director of censor
ship, says that "unless ample
war news is given out by the
government, our voluntary un
dertaking with the press and
radio will collapse."
Price declared last night at a
New York Times forum that "if
the curtain Is drawn tdb tightly,
if official secrecy leads to wide
spread distrust and apprehen
sion among the people, I doubt
seriously whether newspapers
and broadcasters will be so will
ing to cooperate in bottling up
the news which always comes to
them through their own outside
sources." -
Director Elmer Davis of the
office of war Information told
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MS SICK JAP
Bombers Return Safe;
Jap Planes- Shot
- Down in China
AT A UNITED STATES
ARMY . ' AIR BASE, SOME
WHERE IN CHINA, Oct. 29 (iP)
The Japanese airfield at- Lashio,
Burma, terminus of' the Burma
road, Was bombed early Tuesday
by B-25's of the China air task
force. :
These planes, two - motored
Mitchells the same as used in
the Doolittle raid on Tokyo--flew
through a screen of anti
aircraft fire to reach their-target.
-.: Bombs were strewn along
the airport and two hangars
were hit.- - " .
No Engagement
The bombers, escorted ; by
fighters, took off in the darkness
and, finding Lashio f og-smv
rounded at dawn, cruised untii
the mists lifted, then delivered
the attack. .; .. - --. j
Two or three Japanese iight
ers took off after the B-25's, but
did not engage the Americans,
who returned safely. '
" Bombers piloted by Flight
Leader Major William Basye of
Independence, Mo., and Capt. E.
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Kidnapper's Wife
Freed From Charge ;
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29 (P)
William H. Thompson, alias
Beaumont D.. Bois, pleaded guil
ty to the kidnaping of 4-year-old
Vivian Miller on October 14 be
fore Superior , .". Ige Alfred
Fritz today, and was immediate
ly sentenced to prison.
Under California 'aw the sen
tence is indeter. ' te, but it
may be fixed by the board of
prison terms at from one to 25
years. Thompson's wife, Char
lotte, was released. :
tures of goodwill dictated by
friendship."
"I started as a soldier and
I shall finish as one," he said.
"The only hope and ambition
I have In the world is for vic
tory for our cause in the war."
This, topping louder and
louder . demands from Capitol
Hill for better teamwork in the
Pacific ' far , theater, was inter
preted ' by some sources here
as at least an indirect appeal
to eliminate any political con
siderations that might be hamp
ering his direction of the war
effort in that part of the world.
These sources pointed 1 out
that such a statement from a
commanding officer in the field
was highly unusual, and was al
most bound to. provoke some
decisive action. .
The - congressional protests
became more vocal this week
after Vies-Admiral Robert H.
la!
AUSTRALIAN
SUPPLY LINE
Yanks on Guadalcanal -
Score Successful
Counterattack i
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (ff .
The navy announced, today that
army and marine corps troops
on Guadalcanal island, in a sue
cessful counter attack, had re
taken their - original position
after a Japanese assault , had
pierced their lines for the second
time in two days.
The attacks occurred oh' th
late afternoon of Tuesday (Solo
mons time) a navy communique;
reported, the American -forces
iciiuumg iwo aaamonai enemy
inrusis. rne American lines had
been pierced the night of Oc-'
tnhnr 2.3 nn the cniith mA .
the airfield on Guadalcanal-but
army troops threw back that
attack and reeained their -nnl
tions. . ., .- .-. -
The communique said. . thers
had been, no report of any" re
cent sea fighting,- or of further
landings of Japanese reinforce
ments on Guadalcanal.
Joint Decision ' -.
Naval nfflrpra - wW1 lha. Mm.
munique, although describing ac
tion which occurred three days
ago, : was based on' reports re
ceived here only today, i' !..' ". '::-..'
i secretary of War Stlmson
told his Dress conferariM, tcMav
that the decision to launch ths
American operations in the Solo
mons, which began- in early . Au
gust, "was made, by tfc Joint
United. States chiefs of. staffs la
accordance -with' agreed-upon
plans and was not purely a naval
decision." . -
Superior Numbers -; -SuDerior
nnmhprs f
ships, planes and men were re
ported mobilizing at the' apV
, Av-onunuea. on. .page Two): 'i
U. S. Fighters
Down Jap Planes
In N. E. India
" NEW DELHI, India, Oct; 20,
W)-r-Japanese air forces contin
ued their assaults on allied air
bases in northeastern India yes
terday, but were met by United'
States fighters which shot down
two of tho enemy and damaged -several
others, it was. announced
today. .';:-.'-- -, - j.
First reports indicated very
few allied casualties and slight
damage, a communique said.
The American fighters defi
nitely downed a Zero fighter and
a bomber. . , . .. ,
The announcement did not
name the airdromes attacked, but
earlier Japan.se raids had even
against fields in far northeaster
Assam, on the ferry route -10'.
China.
Ghormley was replaced as com
mander ot ine soumern racmc
area embracing the Solomon is
lands by Vice Admiral William
H. Halsey.
There was no explanation for
the change but it was recalled
that United States naval opera
tions in that area had cost
three cruisers, the - Aircraft
Carrier Wasp, five . destroyers
and four other ships.
Recently, Rep. Wadsworth
(R-N.Y.) observed ''there is an
Inevitable lack -: of teamwork
when matters common both ;to:
the army and navy are handled
separately," and joined Repre
sentatives Maas (R-Minn.) and
Dirksen (R-I1U, In suggesting
creation . of a congressional
"high command" to coordinate
military legislation.
Rep. "Costello (D-Callf.) has
contended that the (Solomon
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HELD MENACED