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err your war savings STAMPS AND BONDS well as the foodstuffs which they art helping to protect tot you. From Your Local Merchant v. ALBANY DEMOCRAT-HERALD, ALBANY, FRIDAYOCTOBER 16, 1942. The Albany Demcfrat-Herald, Vol. No.

52 The Albany Herald, Vol. No. 42 Aids Jap Attack on Guadaleana Artillery .0 Marines Dig in on Guadalcanal highway Man Administration Farm Labor Policy Denounced by House Committee; Warns of Shortage of Necessities Reds Stop All Nazi Attacks Large Force Said Landed Seeking' Oust Americans U. S. torpedo Boats Go Into Action ranch, every dairy.

We appeal to the president And the several administrative acenciea to act and On Stalingrad act now, so the farmers may know' Senate Mi' ry Commilte, K's Lowering Draft Action Scheduled for Next Week; House Sets Quick Vote By James R. Shepley United Press Staff Correspondent Washington, Oct. 16 The senate military affairs committee to dnv unanimously acDroved legis MWU Germans Concentrate Tanks, Dive Bombers Portland, Oct. 16 (UJO Ore gon's agriculture board todays Warships On Small Front Washington, Oct. 16 (UBThe house agriculture committee, in stronger language than is customary in congressional reports, today denounced the administration's farm labor policies and concluded that "maybe a few million hungry stomachs" would awaken the people to a better appreciation of those who till the soil.

The committee's statement was made in a report addressed to President Roosevelt, his chief war aides and to congress. It was a summary of its findings during recent hearings on manpower problems. warned that this country may face a food shortage in 1943 unless something is done soon about the Moscow. Oct. 16 UJ8 TM Mos cow radio reported tonight that farm labor situation.

Meeting here Thursday, the all German attacks on Stalingrad during the day were repulsed. lfl. I A I I 1 board forwarded a recommenda tion to Fred S. Wallace, war board 4 no uroaucusi saia wbi ine report on the fighting had been re lation lowering the draft age to assistant- to Secretary Claude ceived during the past two hours wickard, that definite and posi from the Soviet radio station in tive action be taken immediately 3 Stalingrad. 0 tiiv vviiuiiitbcv waiiicu uiui un 4 -S lo, as tne nouse prepared 10 debate and complete action on a similar measure tomorrow.

The bill approved by the senate committee was similar to the house measure. But the senate 0- to stabilize and allocate the na tion'i manpower supply. Moscow. Oct. 16 (UJJ Soviet Washington, Oct.

16 (U.R) A large enemy force has landed on Guadalcanal with artillery, which is now shelling our positions, the navy announced today. A communique also revealed that knore Japanese ships were being poured Into the Solomon island area. For the first time, U.S. motor torpedo boats were revealed to be in action and already they have scored one probable torpedo hit on a cruiser. Klore Ships Sighted i The communique gave no further details on the land attack now being made on our positions on Guadalcanal beyond saying: "Irge number of enemy troops with equipment have been land The board said that feeding the nation's 1943 army of 7,500,000 troops today fell back in the battered streets of a north Stalin group rejected a provision, ac men is Just as important a job grad industrial section under as arming.it.

crushing Nazi pressure applied in The increasing number of dairy less farmers get plentiful labor, enough tools and better prices, the nation in another year probably will be without "nuiny necessities of life." The report complained, that there is no well developed mam-power program, recommended that all men "essentially engaged in production of vital food and fiber supplies," be deferred from the draft and accused U. S. Employment offices. of aggravating the farm labor shortage by acting tne third day of what Red Army organ. Red Star, called the "de- herds being dispersed Mid result Shovel swinger James McCor- battle of Stalingrad." ant drop In milk production- was cited as an indication of what may cepted vy the lower ciambers military affairs committee, that would defer until the end of the school year those youths of 18 and 19 who are still in school or college.

Action Due Next Week Sen. Chan Gurney, S.D., author of the senate bill, said the measure would be reported for (The German high command claimed a Nazi tank division be ahead on the entire food pro mack of Brooklyn, a U. S. private, wean dust mask when working along the road to Alaska. There's more than one way to tight a war and here's an alternative.

With bayonet and shovel a U. a Marine digs his own fox hole and arranges protective sandbags out beyona the front lines as "mopping up" operations continue against enemy Jap patrols attempting to oust American forces from Guadalcanal Island In the Solomons. duction front. At the same time the board re broke through to the Volga on a two mile front In a smashing night attack on the Zerzhlnskv Tractor ed on Guadalcanal island and our as "recruiting agencies for war mal Monday and that debate ported that "the sky's the limit" on production of livestock products in this state next year and positions are now being shelled by enemy artillery on the island." factory.) Reports from. Stalinsrad said industries." "Utter confusion." it said, "ex probably would start on Tuesday.

It aDneared certain that the final Besides the various naval units National View that there was plenty of feed for that "several streets" In the nor already in the southeastern Solo ists today on every farm, every the production. thern industrial section had been yielded to the Nazis and that the MacArthur's Planes Hit Light Cruiser? Strafe Jap Bases Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters, version of the measure would on President Roosevelt's desk by next weekend. As did the house military af Germans were rapidly sending more men and armored machines Into the aaD." fairs committee, the senate group Cologne Bombed Again by RAF London, Oct 16. (U.R) Hundreds of British bombers attacked the German Rhineland during the night and showered bombs among the ruins of Cologne, on which on the historic night of May 30, 1,000 planes had dropped 3,000 tons of death and ruin.

The loss of 18 planes in the night's raids was announced by the 1 Tha rMirn, Americans Occupy Another Island Of Andreanof Group mons, the navy said a large group of enemy ships was seen in the Buin-Faial area near Shortland Island, approximately, 260 miles northwest of Guadalcanal' The navy supplied additional details on the action in the Solomons in the last few days, plane Activity Btported 1 Tf that rinrinif tti morn wvtiiiaii puAiwaut; was (mm la be supporting the Nazi attack Oct. 10. tU R) Allied planes of Gen. adopted an amendment to tne dm that would permit the induction of persons convicted as felons un-Hpi- various state laws but who Douglas MacArthur's command vim a biock-by-block bombardment described by Soviet reports as even heavier than the famous have bombed and machine gunned Japanese light cruiser from low altitude of Falsi-' Islet, south of ing of Oct. 14 (Solomons time)'.

Headquarters, Alaska Defense Command, Oct- 16. U.R American armed forces today stepped up their drive to oust the Japanese Nazi divebombing attack which obliterated the heart of Rotterdam' during campaign in the limit Boungaihville island in the Solomons. It was announced today. of the offensive -recon air ministry. Germany claimod at least.

21 downed in raids Dependents Checks Due to Double in November Payments By John W. Kelly Washington, D.COet. 16. (Special to Democrat-Herald) More than 270,000 checks totaling in family allowance pay- ments to relatives and, Qbf wlcllcrs are now leaving Washington. They represent, payments to gome 405,000 dependents.

Payments next month are expected to double the October Persons entitled to payments have been requested to report changes of address to the allowance and allotment branch, 20th and street, N. Washington. Twelve thousand men were Marshal Scmyon Tlmoshenko's noissnnce unit which made the at said, bombs were dropped at random "tar between various places." Early report indicated that Col tack showered 500-pound bombs are not considered felons under common law. Gurney told reporters that in many instances that tfiroviso would permit the drafting of men convicted of violating prohibition Sen. Robert R.

Reynolds, N.C., chairman of the senate committee disclosed that next Wednesday the group would start work on four separate bills to grant the president broad authority to enlist all of the nation's manpower men as well as women on the home war front. War Manpower Administrator Paul V. McNult will on the cnemy crulser and saw It Conferees Agree On Victory Tax Washington, Oct. 16 (UP) Senate-house conferees today agreed on the $3,850,000,000 victory tax, stiffest Increase ever voted for individuals, with a minor modification which did not affect the main features of the levy. The tax will impose iva per cent -levy on all gross incomes above $12 a week, starting in 1943, and part of it will be rebated or paid back to the taxpayer during or after the war.

Imposed on top of new high regular normal and surtax rates, the levy will be withheld, in most cases', from fthe pWychedks and envelopes of wage and salary earners as they are received. Although' the tax was accepted by the house and therefore will remain in the bill, conferees were still considering other minor amendments of a technical nature designed to Improve its operation. ogne and other German war in lose, speed, turn and come about U.S. search planes strafed and damaged nine enemy planes pork- ad on the beach at Rekata bay about 185 miles northwest of Guadalcanal. i The same afternoon navy and marine corps dive bombers, with fighter escort, left Guadalcanal and carried out two attacks on enemy transports heading toward' the island.

But only minor dam dead in the water. "Evidently it was seriously dustry centers, all hard hit in previous raids, would spend more days nqw'ih digging dead out of the Wins of key factories. counicronensive above Stalingrad advanced on one sector, the noon communiciue said, "The Germans but were hurled back both times and more than 100 were killed. On some other sectors between the Don and Volga rivers, Timoshenko held the Initiative. On remainnlg sectors, activity was confined to shelling and reconnaissance.

damaged," a communique said. from 1heif last fcfhajnipg toehold In the western Aleutians by occupying another of the Andreanof islands. The army announced that ground forces had taken over a third island of the' Andreanof group "smoothly and with utmost secrecy with no ground or sea opposition," There was air opposition, however, by a small single-motored, two-float seaplane Which dropped two bombs harmlessly and fled In a hail of antiaircraft fire. North American B-25s, en gaged in the tireless aerial often Nazis Continue Malta Attacks si ve against enemy bases In the northeastern zone whore the Japanese are concentrating against the marines and army In the Solomons, age was inflicted and one U.S. fighter plank was lost.

significance of ihii disclosure, however, was that as of that day our aircraft were still able to operate from the airfield on Guadalcanal despite a series of bombing attacks by the enemy, 1 Vallcta, Malta, Oct. 16. 1U.PJ The royal air force, with a loss of only 16 planes, has shot down 97 bombers and fighters in five days of an axis blitz designed to knock out the British Mediterranean stronghold, attacked enemy positions at Sula-maua on the north New Guinea coast. A third farce of planes, supporting the Australian troops advancing through the Owen Stanley mountains of New Guinea, bombed enemy Installations near Watropl village, between Kokoda, on the north side of the mountains, and Buna, the base on the north coast. official figures revealed today.

Lashio Blasted by American Flyers Exact statistics on enemy planes damages were hot available but they were believed to at least equal the number destroyed. The attacks, carried out by Ger Washington, Oct. 16. U.PJ Army long range bombers rained demolition and incendiary bombs on Kiska in two more raids on Japan's only base in the Aleutians, the navy announced today. Large fires were started in the camp area and three enemy seaplanes were blasted on the water.

Although there was no enemy aircraft opposition, one of our planes was lost. First of the raids occurred on Oct. 11 when our bombers dropped six tons of demolition bombs on the camp area at Kiska. However, the results of this raid could not be observed. be the first witness.

School System Is County's Second Largest Business Linn county's school system 'is the second largest business in this County and the district type of system its highest development here of any county in Oregon, according to County School Supt. J. M. Bennett, who addressed members of Albany Kiwanis club Thursday. Supt.

Bennett traced the history of the public school system in Linn county, stating that Oregon had a provincial form of government between 1843 and 1849 and the state was a territory from 1849 to 1859. Oregon was admitted into ful statehood Feb. 14, 1859. Linn county Was organized Dec. 28, 1847 with its eastern boundary defined as the Rocky mountains and Chungking, Oct.

16. (U.R) United States army bombers and fighters blasted the important apancse man bombers with heavy German Mass Strikes Said Sweeping France; Laval's Job Shaky On the French Frontier, Oct. 16. UJ9 Mass strikes and disturbances today were reported sweeping French and industrial centers and rumors circulated that Germans might oust Pierre Laval from the Vichy regime and replace him with an outright nazi puppet. The reports said that the Germans were displeased by Laval's failure to mobilize French workers for nazi war factories and might replace him with Jacques Doriot, pro-nazi Paris editor, or Pierre Cathala, finance minister in the Vichy cabinet.

Lyons was said to be the center of the most serious disturbances which were linked to the mobilization of labor for Germany. and Italian fighter escorts, have base of Lashio in Burma yester preceeded on a tegular schedule day, setting fires visible for 40 miles, Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's headquarters reported today.

The raiders seem to strike the island particularly during breakfast', lunch, tea and dinner periods, but have, rarely disrupted the meals before the Spitfires turn Besides striking the city proper, where large fires were started in the southwestern dis Disaster Group Will Hold Drill Tonight Members of the local disaster preparedness division of civilian defense here will meet at 7 o'clock tonight to carry out drills under direction of Mrs. J. F. Murdock, preliminary to the army inspection next week, it was announced today by Mrs, Walter Kropp, county disaster preparedness chairman, Mrs. Kropp said that this meeting will be held in the local Red Cross office.

them back over the sea. graduated from officers' candidate schools in. September, swelling the total of IT. S. army officers to more than 200,000 men.

Employment Grows Less than 1,300,000 able bodied men in this country are unemployed at the present time, it has just been reported, and of this total 700,000 are more than 65 years old. Employment in August increased 555,000 over the preceding month, Qlience at this rate of increase all able bodied men in the nation will be employed in three months' time. If these figures are correct, and they are based on reports by Secretary of Labor Perkins and the census bureau, the" time is not far off when many more women and children will be called to work to fill the growing need. The ammunition industry is the largest employer of women of all major war industries. War Manpower Chairman McNutt reports that more than five million additional women will be added to the list of women war workers before the end of next year.

No Hemp for Northwest The Pacific northwest appears to be left out of the expanded hemp planting program for 1943. Plans are under way to increase the production of hemp for fiber by acres and this will call for the conduction of 71 mills for processing the hemp into line and tow fiber to relieve the threatened shortage of rope and twine fonmil-itary and essential civilian purposes. Plantings for the 1943 season are expected to be concentrated in Kentucky, Indiana. Illinois, (I'lrane Tarn lo Pnn 4 trict, the American planes attacked a nearby airdrome. No American planes were lost, Home Economics Club Initiotes Thursday the communique added.

Meanwhile, a Chinese communi its southern limit the California line. The Santiam river was its The Albany high school Home Economies' club held its annual initiation Thursday evening in the high school auditorium. Many que reported that Chinese forces Oct. 6 repelled a Japanese attempt to land troops from a steamboat and several launches at Samshui, Other points where outbreaks LICENSED AT RENO Reno, Oct. 16.

u.R Mar were reported were Ambericu and Grenoble. parents and friends attended. riage licenses were issued here about 30 miles west of Canton. The New China Daily also re northern boundary and it extended to the Pacific on the west. The provincial legislature passed the first school laws in 1852.

School districts 1 and 2 in Linn Mollett Given 90 Days For Selling Liquor Charles Mollett, local taxi driver, was convicted in justice court late yesterday on a charge of violating the state liquor law and was sentenced by Justice of the Peace Victor Olliver today to serve 90 days in the Linn county jail end to pay a $500 fine. Mollett's conviction came but a few minutes after the jury had received the case. The Jury was composed of Al. Trimble, F. R.

Brown, C. E. Spence, Fred For-ster, J. V. Shank and Frank Taylor.

Mollett was charged with selling liquor without a license. The officers and spirits of the club wore formats. The stage was ported that belated Information Istanbul, Oct. 15. (Delayed) (U.R) Authoritative sources said decorated with flowers and can today to Robert A.

Brown, 25, Albany, and Helen F. Davis, 23, Mc-Minnville; George W. Fleming, 34, Camp Adair, and LolaWil-hoit, 38, South Greenfield, Mo, had reached Chinese guerilla forces in the northern border prov today that the German gestapo dlelights. The two advisors were awarded gardenia corsages from inces of Hopel, Chahar and Shansi Third Of October SelecfeerGroups Is Sent To Army The third and last group of men from Linn county selected this month by the county selective service board for military service left today for Portland to take their final physical examinations and be inducted into the army. They will each be given an opportunity to return home for the next two weeks before taking their final leave.

The list, including those who have enlisted for various branches of service, is as follows: Clarence James Lauden, Albany; Nathan Owen Crockett, Portland; William Robert Scott, Eugene; Oscar Edward Mitbo, Sweet Home; Robert Leroy Robertson, Albany; William Robert Potts, Albany; Albert Howard, Scio; Tom F. Kel-ty, Albany; Jake Schlies, Sclo; Clare Earlan Soule, Lebanon; Pearne A. Tharp, Tangent; Donald Mathew Ross, Halscy; Robert Foster Stone, Sweet Home; Albert Stanley, Albany; Charles Currior, Venice, Everett Dale Frazee, Albany; George Kounov-sky, Albany; Alfred Howard Kib-bey, Shedd; Enoch J. Cunningham, Halsey; Harry Duane McClure, Sweet Home; Carl Edwin Daniel-son, Albany; Paul Francis Hayne, Albany; Fred Andrew Kroenlein (enlisted), Corvallis; Gerard Oliver Strandos, Albany; Eldon Winfred Sweet Home; Robert Warren Towery, Albany; Lester Frank Tucker, Albany; Lyman Allan Olliver, Albany; George Alvln Gro-gan, Lebanon; Joseph Patrick Mac-Namara, Albany; Milton Andrew Shores, LcBanon; Warron Harding Gaskill (enlisted), Washougal; Albert John Dvorak, Tillamook; i Clifford Otis Nees, Albany; Gearhardt Ralph Strandt, Albany; Chester Martin Boyles, Brownsville; Leo Frank Dewey, Sweet Homejictor Leon Bartruff, San r-lcn Tr la rS Tw) county-were created July 5, 1854. These were lenown as Gaines and Providence districts.

Albany district was No. 5 and it is a cur shot several hundred Serbs and arrested more than 1,000 in Bel the of a series of explosions in Japan grade Oct, 10, suppressing what ious fact that the district was The new members are as -follows: Beverly Lytic, Zeta Ayl-ward, Margaret Weis, Doris Ging ese arsenals and textile mills in the Manchurian cities' Of Mukden, Changchun and Harbin in June and axis quarters described as a plan for open revolt In the former Jugoslav capital. defined as running south to Oak creek and west to the Willamette AUNTHET Vr IIOHUUT Ul lLLUN rich, Gwyneth Wells, Vera Beat early August. Charlotte Swanson, Corinne Jenks, Mary Hulbert, Ethel Hayes Rationing Spread Not to be "As Soon or as Sweeping tioned: sugar, typewriters, auto mobilcafucl oil, gasoline, tires, rubber boots, farm machinery and bicycles. Meats are expected to be ra tioned next.

Supplies to whole sulcrs and retailers already have river. CalapoOia river was not mentioned. There have been 180 districts organized in Linn county but this number has been reduced to 125 through consolidations, lapses and abandonments. Three types of districts were defined as regular, special, union and non-high school districts. (There are at present about 325 teachers in the county and more than 500 school officers.

Various types of income were described as coming from the elementary school fund, the state irreducible school fund, county levies and special district levies for union and non-high school districts. The speaker pointed to the mishandling of state school lands in earlier days which has reduced their value for income purposes. Dennett pointed to the inequal-(Plrmr Turn ra- ShirlCy Harmon, Lavelle Groat, Betty Grimm, Lois Gillespie, Ette Gott, Lois Fuller, Dorieta Fisher, Mary Faulkner, Donna Erb, Laurel Vivian Coster, Ruth Childs, Carley Carpenter, JoAnn Arnold, Barbara Anderson, Pat Alexander, Yvonne Agee, Lois May Peterson, Doris Ohling, Mel-da Ncwtson, Maria Musgravc, Virlce Miles, 'Jerry McMahan, Jeannette Kvanvlg. Elsie Kemmllng, Mable Kelly, Marie Richards, Louise Schlegel, Ruby Schulte, Elizabeth Schultze, Jean Scott, Betty Slocum, Margaret Van Leewvcn, Louise Vor-derstrasse, Joe Watson, Vivian Wulff, Nondas Hughson, Jo Lynn Bidwell, Virginia Waggoner, Viola Thomas, Lylola Thomas, Pat Tycer, Pearl Marie Tigner and Harriett Thompson, would be undertaken. Previous speculation emanating from oWe-ial and unofficial quarters, it was explained, has led to hoarding and unnecessary confusion.

"But you can put it down that rationing will not come as quickly as some people say, nor cover as many products as others predict," he told the United Press. That forecast came as OPA field officials gathered here for two days of discussions about policy and overall operations. Authorities said OPA would be decentralized and would establish eight regional, 48 state and 39 district offices and empower field officials to make decisions affecting problems in their areas. Nine commodities now are ra Lutherans Refuse to Defend Objectors Mendota, 111., Oct. 16.

U.R The American Lutheran church refused to defend conscientious objectors who refuse to register for the draft or to give service to the nation during the war. Delegates to the seventh biennial convention, in a resolution adopted unanimously at their final session yesterday, went on record as refusing to "uphold the objector who is subject to draft for service undeMhe flag of his country, and who refused to register or to render service to the nation in its time of need." By Arthur P. Degreve Washington, Oct. 16 (U.R) Nationwide rationing of scarce commodities will be expanded as wartime shortages increase but it will not be "as soon or as sweeping bs some people predict," a responsible official of the office of price administration said today, His statement was not directed at but was in sharp contrast to the declaration of other OPA officials last night that additional rationing programs will be initiated almost as rapidly as the current price and rationing boards can absorb the increased administrative load. He declined to forecast or even discuss when rationing of coffee, clothing other commodities been restricted at the source.

Coupled with that limitation, the government has asked adult consumers to limit their meat diet voluntarily to 21 pounds a week pending determination of a permanent rationing program. Special meat allowances are made for children. It has been reported that the 1043 meat ration may be below 21 pounds but the outlook now is not too drab, learned long ago that you can save callin' a doctor at night by turnin' on all the lights so you'll get over bein' scared.".