Alton Evening Telegraph (Newspaper) - August 20, 1942, Alton, Illinois River Stages Below fall rtt in pi Above Below Head ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH Established January 1836 Per Copy AUGUST 1942 Member of The Associated Press Weather Forecast Little Change House Canvass 59 Mote Names Added planned As Part Committee Hopes Precinct 19 Plan Will Become CityWide Ask for Volunteers Chairman King Asks Air Raid Wardens Take Up Plan Air Kaid Wardens of Precinct 19 today spearheaded what the Alton Salvage Committee hoped would a citywide under of canvass for collection of scrap iron and rags In connec the nations latest sal vage Announcement that the headed by William Glaze had volunteered to under take the collection wove was made this morning by Frank chairman of the Sal vage Committee of Alton Count of Announcing that Precinct 19 wardens would meet at Hillcrest Community House Friday evening to discuss methods of operation anc receive instructions from their own officers and representatives of the King also issued an appeal for sim ilar cooperation from the organizations in other A of precinct workers under the setup has tak en charge of this phase of their ac King said was displaying great On the committee are Lewis Gil Eil William Wilkin and Tom Chairman Kings follows Text of Statement wardens of Precinct 19 volunteered their services for a canvass in their re districts in connection with the collection of scrap rubber The Alton Sal vage Committee greatly appre the spirit in which Precinct 19 entered into the collection of strap material and it is hoped that the other districts will volunteer their services so that every house in the community will be Money realized from the sale ol swap material collected will go to tile districts in which the scrap is for such purposes as the districts see It is hoped that a committee from each will be appointed so that complete plans can be made the last few days in Any of the heads of the various districts can volunteer their serv ices by calling at It is hoped that there will be a 100 percent response for this vital To Alton Voters List 26 of 40 Alton Men Accepted For Service Of the 40 men in the contingent dispatched by Alton Selective Ser Board Tuesday 26 lave been accepted for military After examination at the East Louis army Induction 24 Alton men and two were reported fit for service with armed forcer One of the con tingent was held over for further Grand Jury Clears Tribune On News leak German Hostages Held By Brazil WO DK UP All Germans except diplomats who hail embarked on the ex change ships Bage and uere ordered held as hostages to day by Vargas shortly the sinking of the Brazilian ship in recent days was The ships already were filled with German ready to for Lisbon in exchange ror Brazilian The voyages J had been postponed earlier in the week when a crisis arose over the sinking Of Brazilian ships by AXIS claiming the lives of Brazilian The sixth Uboat Bounced was steamer Perhaps 600 persons including the coastal ment official of the govern line declared to the which into Z the Axis were tho M of operations of l who were informed on azilian authorities indi s intention of Axis but re from an outright declare general roundup 01 was pressed in coasta those held was Wilhelm fad of the German tour 1 in Brazil and as one lhc most important Naz in wi know ww to Mil decisively nnd with or with vvi to file for No Indictment Found In Probe of Midway Story UP The Chicago the New York Daily News and the Washington Times Herald legally had a clean of health today after a federal grand jury investigation of their P1 on June 7 of allegedly confidential naval A statement by William special to the at conclusion of the inquiry said The grand jury considering the matter of the publication on June 7 in the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers of an article relating to the Japanese fleet in the Mid way has decided that no in should be statement added that the ury has considered the case fully ml its conclusion that no viola ion of law was disclosed settles lie Trib Cartoon On page one of the final editions f the Tribune today appeared a artoon in color depicting the top f Tribune Tower with the Ameri an flag flying and no wording ther than the caption The Clta edi or and publisher of the aid I never had the slightest fear f an I have known Loy manag ng editor for nearly 25 and I confided the Tribunes hon r to him it was with a thorough knowledge of his Johnston Praised Johnston Stanley war correspondent I lave only seen a few times but his of heroism and the impres ion he made upon all who came in with him furnished a com guarantee of his integrity The altitude of the Tribune is what it was before the grand investigation was launched ind as it was the day after Pearl Our whole effort is to win he war and we will not indulge in iny factionalism excepting insofar as we are persecuted and have to defend Fiftynine more names were add ed Wednesday to the Alton voters list of applications for and a total of 208 regis trants was announced today by special dep uty county said was seemingly mens day for In contrast to the showing of Monday and most of the voters coming to the clerks office in City Hall to register were men instead of and names of men now are in the lead on the registration One of the first to register early today was Police Magistrate Henry Cotter who next November will round out 54 years as a Cot Ler that during his en tire voting lifetime he has voted in the casting his first vote there for George McNulty or the office of states Precinct i Is believed the only Alton voting district to retain its original number and much the same area it comprised in the er iod more than a half century When city and township were re districted in subsequent and more precincts 1 held its original although Its area shrank from time to time as more precincts were Al ton had eight precincts 50 years seven the same as Alton city and an eighth for North Alton and the part of the township then outside the city Now Alton has 22 McGuan estimated today that thus far about 18 hours work has gone into the booking of reg Sh e estimates it takes about five min utes on the average for each inter view with the and then about ten minutes for the book work in preparing cards and papers all 15 minutes per registra 7 Applications For Community Chest Accepted Membership Granted to Organizations By Directors Lay Campaign Plans n Lawrence Keller Named Chairman of Drive For Funds New Assaults on Hitlers Europe Forecast after Raid Allies Blast Jap Warships Seek OK on Coal Haul Increase McNutt Reveals Worker Shortage War Manpower Commissioner Paul MeNutt said today that 19 per cent of the total volume of war production contracts awarded be tween May 1 and June 20 went to ureas where the labor supply al ready was An additional 56 per cent went to areas of prospective labor short ages while only per cent was directed toward areas where there was a surplus of he re declaring that much great er attention must be paid to the labor supply factor in awarding Ratio Joaquim Sul for i shin s lhu nations war is mid planes combed the sea shins Rve sunk nvo days with a pos l inss of more than 600 on was in order not to tlj 13 1 10 me but it up that President Vargas would decide in Th a pcn WUI n besides Argentina still relations with the protest to f which It was contrary to the laws and of Effective utilization of the na tional manpower requires that ad war work should bo di towards areas with ade quate labor supply and away from areas where labor shortages exis or McNutt said in a To increase contracts and lab or demand in shortage areas wil inevitably result in excessive mi aggravated housing prob increased pressure en over crowded transportation and other community The result may well ity to meet delivery At the same McNutl cau against any large movement of war workers currently laid off raw materials short ages and allied und said these layoffs had not lessened pros of a developing labor string FullTime Job WASHINGTON 20 Fire Chief Andrew Sni der has one The city is buying his now But because no funds are available to employ nn Snider is re sponsible to nib job 24 hours u days week UPI railroads asked the Inter Commerce Commission today o overrule the opposition of the Commerce Commission to ligher rates on move of bituminous coal on th that present rates are un duly prejudicial to Twentytwo lines joined in the petition with an assertion tha now in effect by order of tht commission reduced in come by at least a The Illinois railroads had filec iev tariffs on bituminous coa covering both interstate and intra state traffic to become effective the Illinois corn mission ordered the tar ff suspended until 30 in orde to investigate the The petition in general coven coal from southern Illinois mine Freeport and Dixon and related points in northern Illi The railroads are asking tha the ICC order tariffs which wil make rates on such lauls commensurate with the in rates on bituminous coa from mines in southern and northern Kentucky to the sami points in Illinois and from lh southern Illinois mines to point outside that v The bituminous rate now in ef feet by order of the Illinois com mission is a ton for the 368 mile haul from southern Illinois and the trip t and for the 421 mile haul on to How the railroads th rate on the haul froi southern Illinois to in interstate trip is To Goal By 10 Percent President goal of 000 deadweight tons of shipping this year will be surpassed by about 10 the War Production Board The boards voiced yesterday by an official who re fused quotation by was based on what he termed a ing performance by shipbuilders which would bring the schedule closer to tons for the All seven applicants for pation in the Community Chest Alton area were accepted by the board of Wednesday The seven are Young hristian Young ns Christian Asso ated Salvation Childrens Home Boy Scouts and Lawrence Keller was selected chairman to have charge f the approaching drive for funds or the Community the date or the campaign opening to be at an early It was stated today by Maynard president of the Community that it was hoped to be aole o announce at an early name of an experienced executive to be employed to after the Community Chest One applicant for he Community Chest was aged for the reason that it is de to limit participation in It o such institutions as have a rec ord of successful appeal to the for a period of Nelson Moves To Break In Production All Bombers Return After Raid North of Solomon Isles Attack Enemy Craft Near With Results Unknown Australian Cruiser Lost 84 109 Wounded in First Stages of Island Fight Enunciates New Get fof By STERLING GREEN Positive and prompt action to fore stall any war production shut downs due to lack of materials appeared imminent today in con sonance with Donald Nelsons newly enunciated get tough poli The production chief was ex to give his regional direct power to issue quickie pri ratings to provide small quantities of materials or Thus holders of war contracts threatened with stoppage or cur of output because of an interruption in the flow of ma terials or a breakdown of machin could obtain readily the ma terials needed to keep Eighteen officials of AKL and CIO unions were invited by the War Production Board to a conference hero next Monday at which raw material shortages will bft Finish Fight Official Washington watched closely for more drastic action from who yesterday made it clear that ho had taken his gloves off for n finish fight on the ques tion of his administration of the war From now on any one who crosses my path is going to have his head taken he said in dis cussing statements from Congres and other sources that the War Production Board had mis handled its Nelson denounced loose talk about wholesale plant shutdowns and flatly contradicted recent re ports that as many as 1000 plants might suffer slowdowns or shut downs because of lack of aluminum and other ma GENERAL bombers struck a new blow in support of United States marines fighting to dislodge ithe Japanese from the Islands by blasting at enemy war 400 miles north of the battle area Genera headquarters an The communique disclosing the attack also announced the loss o the ton Australian cruiser Canberra in the first stages of the Solomon Islands battle while serv ing with United States naval forces under the command of Vice Ad miral Robert Lee Australian authorities casualties aboard the which carried 816 84 deai and Among the fa were the Cap Frani Getting of And En The announcement concerning the aerial assault on Japanese nav al units yesterday said merely that Allied heavy bombers had attacked enemy warships near small island near Bougainville at the northern tip of the with unknown and that all the raiders had returned The announcement was of par interest for Commandos Strike At Dieppe AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS OCCUPIED FRANCE Fierce Smash At Dieppe Was Just Sample of Full Invasion Commandos Bring Back Including Officers British commandos black arrow the French coast at Dieppe in a raid which included the use of hundreds of planes and tanks taken ashore on special landing Berlin said their forces white arrow were applying Bombing in Dieppe Raid Called Incredible RAF Rules Channel Performance of Mus tangs Lauded By Britons On Scattered War Fronts Maybe Ho Got Tired As signed to pick more than seven fee tall corn on the stale prison honor farm five tall John WHS missing when the roll was called nt qu prison tiu was sen to the prison from Chicago la 1934 for of an Soldier Will Try Again SAN is certain to see more action in this war than he did in the last He was started off to recoiled and dis charged all on November 1918 it constituted the first official men tion of operations against Japan naval units in the Solomon Island area since the battle in which the Canberra was lost almost two weeks The Japanese fleet was reported to have withdrawn northward after the engagement and there has been considerable unofficial speculation concerning its Allied bombers made a low alti tude raid yesterday on a Japanese occupied town in far to the northwest of Mac Arthurs headquarters The bulletin expressed MacAr thurs profound regret at the loss of the Canberra and paid high tri bute to her officers and Prime Minister John like wise praised the men in a message of sympathy to rela tives of those lost in the fighters destroyed at least four enemy planes in a sudden increase aerial activity over the Egyptian battle front west of El British headquarters reported From Broad forces re a British attack on the southern flank of the Egyptian the Italian high command reported German and Italian planes re attacked BUDAPEST From German Stephan son of Admiral Nicholas regent of today was reported killed on the Russian front where he was a flight lieu tenant with Axis By WES GALLAGHER WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES IN UP While Flying Fort resses of the United States Army were knocking out the largest Ger man fighter field in the Dieppe area United States fight er pilots scored three probable vic tories in one of the wars biggest ai Altogether the Allies made 2500 dawn to dusk yester In aviation a sortie by one The American fighter pilots came home with sore necks and exper ence crowded into one day which might have taken weeks of non training to They four trips across the Chan spending more than six hours n the much of that time in Praised liy RAF Old Engines Get Into the Scrap locomotive giants of the started their last trip war industrys melting The Union Pacifics 11 and preserved on the campus of the University of southern were returned to the railroad yester day for conversion into 140 tons of scrap Abolish 1B Draft Class Men to Be From Japanese Broad The liners Asama Maru and Conte Verde reached Yokohama today With 1421 Japanese mainly from the United exchanged for Americans taken from the Orient to Portuguese East Africa by the same Train Yanks to Operate Ports 20 UP The organization and training of a large number of port battalions to operate overseas ports and insure prompt handling American military shipments was announced today by Undersecretary of War Robert The battalions are being formed by Uio new army transportation services of and the training of both officers and men will be conducted as its unit train ing Indiantown A feature of the training pro gram ut Indiantown Gap will be the use of land ships replicas of cargo permitting demon of proper loading und unloading and the oper ation of lifts and other Patterson also announced it a i press conference that the armys 20 Selective service registrants ruled as having minor physical defects officially became eligible for mil service with elimina tion of the 1B The selective service system an of the lim service class yesterday al though the ex of Die pool of 1A regis recently called for induction of men In the 1B selective of men in this group will begin 1 and will be completed They will be rated at the group free of any known physical or placed in class 4F comprising those totally Limit IIT Month During selective service no more than one fourth of the 1B In any local hoard will be placed in class 1A in any single After their the army will determine whether to assign them to full or limited Local boards were cautioned that while physical deficiencies consti the only basis for the orig inal 1B the status of the registrants may have changed and possible deferment for family relation ship or occupation should be con Seek Enlistment ISun education officials asked tlie War Manpower Com mission ut a meeting yesterday to halt voluntary enlistments in tho armed services and to subsidize collegiate education of prospective officers and scientific Informants who declined to be quoted by said the proposals were advanced on the ground that present enlistment programs placed students who might bo more useful as technicians in nontechnical po combat service was resulting an expansion of personnel pro by the army specialist Plant Seized By Army Continues Production Production of war materials pro ceded without letup today tli Woods Machine plan lifter the took possession because of tho managements re to comply with a War Laboi Board Acting on presidential tho army sent seven of equipped with ma chine guns and sjas into the premises last The occupation was without in High officials ol the 92 yearold which employs about 700 had but workers remained on the job ae Major Ralph Gow of the Boston Ordnance District read the occupation order to chief watchman Veteran RAF fliers were full of for the behavior of the Am rican pilots under fire in a battle which the British agreed lar ex any show put on in this war by the fighter even the dark days in the bat tle of Captain Frank of Hills shot down a Focke Wulf fast new for thc first American fighter victory of the war but did lot see it crash and so claimed only a One of outstanding feals of the entire Dieppe air operations was the Fortress attack on the key German airfield at 38 miles from A British pilot flew in one of the escorting Spitfires described the assault as simply We were flying top cover i in the highest layer of the covering planes and could see the whole the pilot Those Fortress fellows ev on that Their bombs fell from a great directly on tho buildings and key with only one stick and that hit a run Major Fred of said the tion of the Abbeville field almost immediately affected the terrific air fight over There was a right smart short age of over the harbor after the Fortresses got ho The Germans hud to move back to flying fields and fly almost as far to buttle as we Dean goi three good squirts at an but did not know if they did any damage and so he made no Direct Hit It was a wonderful ho an get a direct hit with an antiaircraft shell about loo yards in front of me and all that was left were little bluk pieces tailing to the A portion of Gallaghers dis patch d this point was slopped by the censor in Hill said lo got his by turning inside lie came in I turned and caught luni with a four second he He spun down seemed to trol for a moment then starting spinning 1 think 1 got the pilot but 1 couldnt wait around By DREW MTOULETON UP New assaults on Hitlers attacks to make ruined Dieppe a mere sample of what fullblown invasion will already were be ing predicted today with the shock troops of four nations barely ashore again after the fiercest smash yet made against the Nazis d barges and other vessels arrived along the home coast throughout the night bring ing the tired troops The last wounded Commandos were brought ashore during the while squadrons of Spitfires and Hurri canes kept up their droning pa Even after small British fighter forces were seen streaking over the some of them headed for The Allied raiders brought back a number of German In A Canadian officer They gave in and came along which surprised We had thought theyd fight until the That once a bastion of German antiaircraft defense and a sally port for Nazi lay and was of secondary interest to the What mattered was that assault forces United States British and Fighting French Commandos had storm ed that formidable coast and had achieved every goal in a battle engineered with such pre that it wound up within six minutes of Dealt Jolting Blow What mattered was that the Ger mans had been dealt a jolting blow where they had boasted they were invulnerable that the Allies had anil i The him Americans with Hill Dean flew in groups with Belgian Canadian and with two British flight accounted for eight and a half planes destroy I ten R massed fighting men and tanks and ferried them ashore at n of the Nazi defenses under cover of perhaps the great est aerial umbrella in Thes strength iiv manpower and might sent against Dieppe still is an Allied secret but tin British announced In advance the time still had not come for the liberation of Franco nnd that only a Commando raid was Only the apparently to sugarcoat the bad news at home that the Allies wers showing their in greater measure than ever pretended to believe that this was the actual start ol t second Both sides suffered ashore and in the The British disclosed today that 91 enemy planes definitely were destroyed in addition to some 100 others counted as probably shot down or The RAF lost 98 planes but these were the only losses out of prob ably 1000 aircraft in action on the Allied Thirty the RAF pilots shot down are known to be All of 24 United Slates army air force Flying Fortresses which pounded the big Nnxi nir base at Abbeville with only a few hearing scars und one man slightly But many of the whose bulk apparently was sup plied by came back with the majority was to be The Americans were all teers from the Hunger specially hardened and and were believed to have been rela few in fighting as individuals rat her than us a attached to thn other Analysis Of Results Allied military leaders already have begun analyzing llu results British military experts said I results were Ample proof that the British navy and tin KAF still rule the Channel and the air above Invaluable lessons in army in battle tactics and in landing for points in British operations since the outbreak of the war have been m Continued on Column t
