Waterloo Daily Courier (Newspaper) - October 13, 1942, Waterloo, Iowa Guard Our Buy Bonds Liberally FIRST The Weather Continued mild Complete forecast for Iowa OQ 1 WITH THE NEWS ESTABLISHED 1854 WATERLOO IOWA TUESDAY OCTOBER 13 1942 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS MARINES GAINING IN SO LOMONS Plans Speedy Action to Put Boys in Army Washington D er Sam Raybum announced day that the house would pass legislation this week reducing the draft to 18 Washington Congressional lead e r s took President Roosevelt's call for an army strong men to carry the war to the axis as their cite Tuesday for speedy action on legislation to lower the draft age from 20 to 18 The president in telling the tion Monday night that he believed it would be necessary to lower the minimum age limit for selective service to 18 We have how ble that how important to the speeding up of victory Chairman May of the house military committee who previously had said ho would have to be convinced of the need of drafting younger men declared that in the light of the president's speech his committee would expedite ings on the necessary legislation If the commander-in-chief says he needs them May said I will cooperate in every way and I am sure the congress will go along To Ask Early Action Senator Gurney said he would press for an immediate ing by the senate military tee on his to draft 18 and 19 year olds Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky said he was sure the American people as well as congress will react favorably to the dent's recommendations All of our combat go said must consist of young who have had ing A division that has an average of 23 or 24 is a better fighting unit than one which has an average age of 33 or 34 The more of such troops we have in the field the sooner the war will be won and the smaller will be the cost in casualties The chief executive after ing his recent inspection tour and reporting that allied strength was on the while that of the axis was waning declared the ob- of today was clear and istic Complete Destruction It is to destroy completely the military power of Germany Italy and Japan to such good he said that their threat against us and all the other united nations cannot be revived a generation hence We are united in seeking the kind of victory that will guarantee that our grandchildren can grow and under God may live their lives free from the constant threat of in- vasion destruction slavery and lent death and we Americans and our allies are going he debated do lot anyone tell you different Germany and Japan are already realizing what the inevitable result will be when the total strength of the United Nations hits additional places on the face Tine president who said that We are getting ahead of our enemies in the battles of transportation and production declared that in order to keep stepping up production it will be necessary to solve a for- problem in the tion of manpower Have Enough People It is not that we do not have enough people in this country to do the he said The problem is to have the right numbers of the right reople in the right places at the right time We are learning to ration and now learn to tion manpower In order to do this we shall be to stop workers from moving from one war job to another as a matter of personal preference to stop employers from stealing bor from each other To use older men and capped people and more women and even grown boys and girls wherever possible and reasonable to men of military age and fitness To train new personnel for war work and to stop the wastage of labor in all tial activities Community efforts examples of which he said he had noted on his trip should bo made where sary to help farmers harvest their crops He It may be that all of our teer effort however well and well administered will not suffice to solve the problem In that case we shall nave to new legislation If this is I do not lieve that the American people will shrink from it Commander of Pacific Makes Secret Visit to Fighting Front GENERALS YOUNG BOYS DECORATED Headquarters United States Pacific Fleet Pearl Aclm Chester W itz commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet lias paid a secret visit of inspection to the mon islands fighting front and personally decorated 27 marine and navy heroes it was announced Tuesday Those who received navy crosses and distinguished flying crosses were lined up in front of the field headquarters of Maj Gen der A Vandegrift commander in chief of the Solomons Among hem were high officers hardened veterans of the ranks and boys new in action who had upheld the highest traditions of the fighting forces There were gray-haired officers who had led their men into enemy fire privates who had charged gle handed into machine gun fire officers and men who stood grimly against almost hopeless odds and aviators who had driven into whole fleets of Japanese planes alone men who had their lives again and again to bring out wounded comrades and men who had deliberately exposed themselves to enemy fire to aid the winning ol a skirmish Also And there was also platoon Sergt Michael Longazel Pa a one-man battalion who won a tle almost by himself AS he faced the decorated men in front of headquarters with the wild jungled hills anc blood stained beaches of al island for a frame Nimitz said they and their comrades had been an inspiration to all American armed forces and expressed faith in their future successes Good work More power to he said to each man as he pinned on the medal Secrecy concerning visi to the Solomons miles from his headquarters here was main until Tuesday The means of his transport anc the duration of his stay were no announced Gen Vandegrift received the navy cross for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsi as commander of all troops engaged in the attack on the Solomons Aug 7 In Keeping With Traditions He in spite of enemy opposition led his command with great and superb determination to the enc that all objectives were capturec and the opposing enemy forces de his citation read His conduct was in keep ing with the traditions of the nava service Brig Gen William Rupertus Washington D C received the navy cross for his direction of the attack on Tulagi and islets which gave the United States forces pos session of those vital positions afte three days of bitter fighting Rupertus veteran of 30 years service personally Continued on page 131 Metal Flies Fast as Scrappers Build Huge Arms Dump Navy Reports Two Jap Light Cruisers Damaged 15 Planes Downed d BARES LOSS OF 3 U.S CRUISERS IN AUGUST Waterloo's home front is shown in action in this view of 12 trucks unloading scrap Monday at half of the master pile near the Rock Island freight depot as photographed from the roof of the Repass Automobile company building It is a sight to cheer the hearts of our armed forces showing part of the hundreds of volunteer ers including truckers and high school boys to help collect the metal to shoot at the enemy Housewives store owners and office employes all went to work with a will and brought out all the metal they could find as Waterloo heard the call for scrap and answered with a will to win The pile continued to grow Tuesday as load after load of the valuable scrap metal continued to marshal in line as the big parade of scrap trucks moved up on the home front Cold in Caucasus Becoming Intense but Fighting Is Stepped Up STALINGRAD DEFENDERS SET FOR NEW NAZI PUSH News Feature Index Pag Relieve It or Not 11 Brady's Health Talk 4 Cedar Falls News 8 City in Brief 8 Classified Comics 15 Editorial 4 markets 14 Merry in News 4 Northeast Iowa Events 7 Parsons Movie Talk 10 Private Lives 4 Radio Serial 11 Society t 6 Sports Entertainment 10 Uncle Ray's Corner 11 Uncle 11 War Activities Directory 4 on Broadway ter weather gripped the dok area of the eastern casus Tuesday as armored trains blasted out a path for the advancing Red army The defenders of Stalingrad beat off German attacks and set themselves for a renewed grand scale assault against the ruins they now had held for 50 days Pravda the communist party organ published pictures of Red army men fighting in the Mozdok area They were wearing winter battle dress with heavy great coats and fur caps with flaps down and tened over their ears The cold in the Mozdok area in the foothills of the Caucasus tains already was becoming intense dispatches said Normally heavy blizzards begin in that area by the middle of next month but ice coats the narrow trails weeks earlier and makes eling over them almost impossible Fighting Time A big battle raged in the Mozdok area south of the Terek river where the Germans fighting time as well as the attacking Russians were try- ing to drive to the nearby Grozny oil fields On one sector of the Mozdok front the Germans assaulted for eight continuous days Three thousand ot them were Continued on page 2 column Navy Seizes War Plants Arrests Three Washington D The navy took possession day of the plant of Triumph Explosives Inc at Elkton Md and two subsidiaries at Milford Del and the White House an- that the FBI Jind ar- rested a plant vice president and an army and navy inspector on bribery charges A- White House statement said the inspectors were charged with accepting bribes in the guise of service fees and that the navy's preliminary investigation cates that more than in management irregularities may be involved The navy took over the plants under terms of a presidential order which said it was de- sirous that they be operated and safely Those arrested the White House said were Josef Ben vice president of Triumph J A McCambridge until recently civilian army inspector at the Tri- umph plant and Reginald Gregory chief civilian navy inspector at Triumph The two subsidiaries taken un- der governmental control arc the Milford Ordnance company and the Sussex Ordnance company Details of the bribery charges were not immediately available from the White House It said more arrests were ex- The Triumph company had re- ceived the navy E for production achievement DEATH CAR DRIVER FACES MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE Des Moines Des Moines police said Tuesday that slaughter charges will be filed against Fred Hughes 59 who was held in connection with the death of Douglas Price Des Moines boy The Price child died of injuries suffered last Tuesday when he was struck by a car driven by Hughes King Edward Martin qualify 2 or cigar Harvester Emetson San advertisement Registration for Gas Nov 9 Limit Washington D Price Administrator Leon Henderson an- Tuesday that owners of passenger vehicles will be limited to five tires At the same time Henderson an- that Nov 9 would be day for nationwide line rationing except in eastern states Motorists in the present ing area will be required however to file a tire inspection certificate with their local rationing boards by Nov 22 the nationwide rationing plan in general is similar to the plan now in effect in 17 eastern Henderson said it is meshed at every point with tire conservation so that gasoline in effect becomes mileage rationing High School Helpers Heroes as Scrap Pickup Continues 600 Tons Brought First Day Waterloo's community metal scrap piles at Cedar street and Park avenue grown by nightfall Monday to an estimated GOO tons was a fine testimonial to the response of the citizenry to the special collection campaign committee members said Tuesday after checking the of the first day's bag By the Associated Press United States marines have in enlarging their hold on strategic Guadalcanal island in the Solomons the navy announced Tuesday and in a two-day offensive have ed many casualties on the Japanese The navy also announced that two Japanese light cruisers had been damaged by U S marine corps craft in an attack on a force of two cruisers and four destroyers Oct 9 and 11 and said 15 Japanese planes had been destroyed A direct hit left one of the my cruisers down by the bow New Georgia island 150 miles northwest of Guadalcanal and minor damage was inflicted on the second cruiser United States marines ed in extending our positions to the westward on the north Guadalcanal island after two of offensive a navy communique said Army fighters assisted by ing troops and and the enemy suffered many Th e ma rin es fea t in expanding their gains was achieved in the face of Japanese reinforcements which were reported to have landed on the island recently un- der cover of darkness Meanwhile President Roosevelt's disclosure that allied strategy calls for new offensives against many and Japan was followed Tuesday by Chinese reports that a big Japanese armada including four aircraft carriers and seven battleships had been sighted some time ago en route toward the south Pacific In Washington Rear Admiral John S McCain lately a naval air commander in the southwest told news men confidently that We can hold the Solomons and expand them Reports Clash in Kokoda Gap Gen Douglas Mac Arthur's quarters in Australia ground forces Tuesday clashed anow with Japanese patrols in the Kokoda gap area of the Owen Stanley mountains in east New Guinea A communique issued by Gen Douglas MacArthur said that lied troops were continuing to ad- vance after gaining further ground north of Havocs and ells took part in two strong at- tacks the Jap supply line Direct bomb hits were made on at Buna Iowa Boy Killed in Philippines to Be Awarded DSC Iowa City Greeley B Williams of Iowa City killed in tion during the Japanese attack on the Philippine islands Dec 8 1941 will be posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross here Wednesday Brig Gen E L Eubank ley's commanding officer in the Philippines will make the award to the farm boy's parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Williams Brig Gen Charles H Grahl head of the state's selective service will also be present A guard of honor composed of cadets from the Iowa school and University of Iowa ROTC students will serve at the affair Williams is the first Iowa boy and the first farm boy in the tion to receive the DSC NOT CHANCE IN TEMPERATURE FORECAST Des Moines Not much change in temperature was fore- cast for Iowa Tuesday and day night The highest temperature in the state during the past 24 hours was 77 at City and the low was 39 at Fort Dodge and Mason City No precipitation was reported British and Russ Bomb Germany London British tored bombing planes attacked in- areas of northern Germany during the night at the cost of only two planes Germany admitting damage to northern and eastern Germany by incendiary bombs said several planes were shot down It was indicated that Russian planes might have been raiding ern Germany OFFERS FOR TOUHY AND 6 OTHERS Springfield 111 Gov Dwight H Green Tuesday an- a reward of each for the capture of Roger the Terrible Touhy and six other convicts who escaped with him Friday from Stateville prison Police were still without a ite clue to the whereabouts ol any of the fugitives SAVE A LIFE IN Traffic Toll in City of Waterloo This Year and Last Same Jan 1 Date IfH Number of accidents 346 34 Number injured 98 12 Number killed 2 J M chairman of the truck collection committee made the estimate of 600 tons and pointed out that many sections of the city had not been covered by the trucks in the first day's col- lection The Monday tonnage surprised members of the committee who ound that many persons had col- more scrap than they had promised to the solicitors last week and that many homes unlisted by the solicitors came thru after all The result was that the pile area along e tracks and Cedar street had to extended Clean Up Remaining Area It was hoped however that the rest of the city probably half its area would be reached by p m Tuesday Carl Fagerlind truck dis- patcher working on the basis of re- ports from the 263 solicitors com- assignment of territory in east Waterloo and also sent trucks back over routes in west Waterloo not covered because of the heavy response Fagerlind said a total of 66 trucks with the driver and an average of three helpers to each participated in the opening col- lection These helpers recruited from the city's high schools were the heroes of the collection not only because of their spirit but because of their efficiency and speed and Elwood G Carey advertising manager of the Courier and general chairman of the campaign They took the play away from us Woman Drives Truck The heroine of the campaign proved to be Mrs Ellen E Tory 1118 Wellington street of the Wa- Upholstery company the only woman truck driver in the first day's campaign Waverly la ly inducted into the U S army and in Waterloo Monday while on his initial two weeks furlough served as a volunteer watchman for the stock pile thru the night and re- ported no trouble The pile was illuminated with several large lights Altho the committee hoped to com- plete the collection of reported scrap on page 2 column it Speaking at Secretary press conference Admiral Cain said American forces in the strategic archipelago had already shown sufficient superiority in material and men to maintain and enlarge their grip on the islands The admiral said that from Aug 21 to Sept 17 the Japanese lost 133 planes over Guadalcanal island to 25 American planes a ratio of five to one A Reuters news agency dispatch from Chungking China's wartime capital quoted a Chinese military spokesman as saying that the Japanese fleet was steaming toward the South seas tle theatre Reveals Loss of 3 Cruisers Washington D heavy cruisers were added day to the announced American naval losses in the savage but battle two months ago to break Japanese control of the vital southeastern Solomons While protecting the night ing of American reinforcements in the area Aug the navy disclosed late day the cruisers Quincy Vincennes and Astoria were sent to the tom by enemy gunfire and does The toll raised the Japanese score in the grim Solomon islands conflict to nine United States vessels three cruisers four transports and two destroyers Two more destroyers were aged The enemy's known losses total 38 ships sunk or damaged The spectacular battle fought in the glare of star shells and lights also brought destruction of the Australian cruiser Canberra The navy while acknowledging many allied casualties reported that most of the crewmen were saved Commander of Quincy Capt Samuel N Moore of andria Va commander of the cy was among those lost The skippers of the and the Astoria Captains T L of Puerto Rico and liam G of N Y were saved i The navy said it to determine what
