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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03
Allied Bombers
Set Fire 10 I
Jap Transports
3 Other Wsrships
May Have Been Hit
in Macarthur Raids
By DON GASWEEL
United Pres. star Correspondent

GEN ERA MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Australia. Oct.
.3-Allied bombing planes have set
fire to two big japanese trans
ports, probably hit a cruiser and
an unidentified vessel and possibly
damaged second cruiser In a day
of shattering attacks on enemy
bases in the Northeast Australian
zone, Gen. Douglas Macarthur
announced today.
The raids. made while Douglas
attack bombers and fighter planes
gave heavy support 10 Australian
troops driving up the Owen STAN
ley Mountains OF New Guinea, APP
preached a record for the South
west Pacific.
2 TRANSPORTS FIRED
Boeing Flying Fortresses, In a
big raid on Rabaul. New Britain
Island. most important japanese
base in the New Guinea-Solomon
Islands area, set fire 10 a $4,000
ton Japanese transport and a
7,000-ton transport with direct
bomb hits and probably hit Jap
anese cruiser and an unidentified
ship.
They also bombed the big Ra-
baul airdrome and blew up an am
munition dump.
Consolidated Catalina bombers,
in night raid on the fast growing
BUN base, on Bougainviiie Island
in the Northern Solomons. at
tackled a second enemy cruiser
with results that could not be OBJ
served because of the darkness.
AIRDROME BOMBED
They scored direct hits on the
plane dispersal area of the BUN
airdrome.
At Buka Island, northernmost
of the Solomons, another force OF
Consolidateds made two night
raids on the airdrome.
While Douglas A-20 attack
bombers and fighters were bomb
ing and machine-gunning enemy
positions along the trail through
the Owen Stanley Mountains, Bell
Airacobra fighter planes equipped
with bomb racks almost destroyed
the Wairopi bridge. which had
been damaged several times.
DRIVE TOWARD BRIDGE
The Australian ground forces
who had driven the enemy back
from the Ioribaiwa village area
passed Menari, last japanese base
on the Port Moresby side of the
mountains, yesterday.
They had scaled the 3,500-foot
razorback peak between Nauro
and Menari. descended steep
/ ,500-foo slope TO take Menari
and started upward again, caked
TO the knees with mud and drip
ping with rain and sweat, toward
a 4.650-foot ridge and the 1900
foot hump of the mountains.
The japanese were retreating
with all speed at last reports. leaV-
ing light equipment and supplies,
and. for the first time. the bodies
of their dead, mostly killed by
Allied planes.
No contact had yet been made
with the enemy main body.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03

wide-brimmed hats and striking
clothes, he made friends easily
and dominated political parties
and the candidates he backed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03
Robert OOaknnan Dies
Pioneer Civic Leader and Politician Gave City
Many Outstanding Developments
Continued from Page One)

He had married Mamie o.
Moross. daughter of an old French
family, and was rapidly becoming
known for his shrewdness when
Pingree took him under his wing.
Pingree. as mayor, appointed Mr..
Oakman his secretary.
Mr.. 0akman slid naturally into
political work. He was a hard
fighter and never forgot favor
or slight.
He became tax commissioner
and as such battled the interests"
railroads and other large COM
panies-in an effort TO raise
greater revenues.
LOSES. REGAINS FORTUNE
At so. Mr.. Oakman lost his for
tune during a depression He
borrowed $500 and began buying
real estate. In few years he
had more than recouped his for
tune.
At one time Mr.. Oakman held
more Detroit property than any
one previously nrsince.- Many
Iforesighted real estate developers
received backing from him. Prop
erty that others thought would
always be valueless returned high
profits under his gifted hands.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03
SECRETARY TO PINGREE

Friends cautioned him that sites
north OF the boulevard at Wood
ward avenue would never be
bought. He made a profit Of
$4,000, however. in the first year.
Mr.. Oakman's political debut
twas under the sponsorship OF the
late Hazen Pingree.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03
Ndzis Repu|sed
In About Drive
AT Std|ingrdd
Germans Fail TO Gain
in Workers District
Timoshenko Advances
b. HENRY SHAPIRO
aIisd Prs. sian Correspondent

MOSCOW Oct 3-The- heroic
Red army has hurled hack des-
perate about German drive at
two points on the critical north
western Stalingrad sector. while
Russian tanks crashed into enemy
positions aleHg the Don Rive. 80
to rs miles away. communiques
and front-line dispatches said to-
day
The government newspaper H.
vestia reported general improve
ment of the Russian position at
Stalingrad in the forueth day OF
one OF the bloodiest battles in
history.
Red Star, tho Soviet army news
paper. said 1000 to 5000 Germans
were being killed every day in the
northwestern section OF the city
alone, where the Germans were
trying to drive through factory
and workers district 20 a broad
boulevard that leads to the heart
Of Stalingrad.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03
TWO PER CENT HIKE

The norm a income tax rate,
now four per cent, would be raised
to six per cent.
Present surtaX rates. w h c h
begin at six per cent on the first
So, 900 of taxable income, would
be boosted TO l3 per cent in the
first bracket and graduated up
ward to a minimum of 81 per cent.
On top Of the stiffened income
tax rates, the bill imposes five
per cent gross income victory
tax. This would be LEVIED on
all earnings in excess of 1924 a
year-S12 a week-and would be
at the source through
pay check deductions from all
wage and salary earners except
domestic and farm workers and
of the armed forces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03

CD of Louisiana, told the
United Press that the sub
committee takes the view that
regardless of comparative
rates OF climb or other per-
Torrance factors, the proof Of
the fighting qualities Of air
craft lies in the combat record.
Our planes have shot down
japanese planes ut o ratio of
four 10 one" he said. That
II o coed record. The Axis h
no pushover or we wouldn't be
spending the money we are to
win this war. IL one Ameri-
can plane can shoot down four
japanese planes, we have good
planes"
The report will point out
that American planes lost
Elaneuverability to Japanese
Zeros because of their pilot
armor and heavy fire power.
II will disclose, however.
that all American planes now
in combat against Zeros can
make far greater level speeds,
can outshoot Zeros and take
far greater punishment. They
can fly away from a Zero, but
cannot catch ii in a climb.
BROOKS SAID the commit
tee has come TO the conclusion
that the army's Flying For
tress is the toughest plane in
the war TO shoot out of the
skies.
Its staying power Is just
short OF miraculous" he said.
Chairman Dow Harter CD
Of Ohio of the subcommittee
planned to distribute the COM
mittee report. II was indicated
that the report would be made
public Monday morning.
Meantime, the committee
was considering an immediate
investigation into what Brooks
has termed increasing dupli-
cation" of effort between the
army and navy air arms.
Brooks disclosed that the
navy has ordered and asked
for transfers Of types OF army
land-based bombing planes 10
carry out off-shore operations
which the army previously
has handled exclusively. He
said the committee has found
army and navy flying fields
located side by side 10 base
planes which perform the
same operational duties.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03
PREVIOUS PROPOSAL

The original statute, which the
President insisted be scrapped,
barred ceiling prices until farm
prices had reached 10 per cent OF
parity. This rendered the office OF
price administration powerless to
control prices OF these products,
which continued to rise and ulti-
mately compelled OPA to revise
upward its general price ceilings
at the cost OF the consumer.
In his demand to Congress, Mr.
Roosevelt said the farmer should
be assured only OF parity prices
But the powerful farm bloc forced
through both houses legislation
which directed the President "a
modify" farm prices if necessary
to increase production and 10 re-
fleet the increase in farm wages
since Jan. /. 194l.
The Commodity Credit Corpora
tion is directed 10 make loans on
the six basic commodlties-cotton,
corn, wheat, rice, tobacco and pea
nuts-at 90 per cent OF parity in
stead of the old figure of So per
cent. Mr.. Roosevelt may lower
this loan rate to IS per cent in the
case of feeding crops.
The President also was brought
into another phase Of the initiation
picture by the legislation.
1t specifics that if railroads,
other common carriers or public
utilities seek a general increase in
rates. they must give Mr.. Roose-
welt 80 days notice and consent 10
representation at the rate hearing
by the price administrator.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03
PART REFUNDABLE

Part Of the tax Is refundable.
The money would be repaid after
the war or at the end of each
year, as credit against that
years income tax payment if the
taxpayer has put an equivalent
amount of income into buying war
bonds, keeping up insurance pay
ments, or paying off a mortgage.
The refund allowed is 25 per
cent OF the tax paid by a single
person. 40 per cent for a married
man. and an additional 2 per cent
for each dependent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03

Sea m an HARRY RUSSELL.
BUTLER, son of William Frank
Butler of 3525 Humboldt avenue.
Seaman DELMAR WADE CO.
VEIL. son of Mrs. Leona +. Covell
of 1859 Grand River avenue.
Fireman JOSEPH MICHAEL
GARBINSKY, a brother of John
Garbinsky of 5616 st. Lawrence
street.
Seaman FRANK JACOBS. son
of Ruby Jacobs, 1436 Sixteenth
street.
Yeoman JOSEPH BENJAMIN
KOOLS, son of Banjamin Duane
Kools of 1902 West Vernon high
way.
Woman EDWARD JOS EP II
LANE. son of Mrs. Agnes Lane oil
1858 Marcus street.
Seaman JACK HARVEY PHIL
LIPS, son of Mrs. Emily +. Phil
lips of 14670 Eastwood avenue.
Those in the list outstate are:
Officers, dead:
1t. Com. Il Il y - L. ID - u
SMITH, mother, Mrs. r. B. Smith
12l East End street. Alma.
~ Missing:
Cpl. Machinist HARRY LEE
sister. Mrs. Marie Mohr. Adrian.
Enlisted personnel, dead:
Aviation Metalsmith ANGELUS
gutierrez CASADO, father. An
tonic r. Cascade, 1912 Gillett street
Port Huron.
seaman ALBERT WALTER
DEGUTIS, father, Joseph Degutis
i1104 North Blackstone street
jackson.
Machinists Mate GE q r q Z
HAROLD MILLER, father, Harold
| Miller, Miles,
Seaman WILLIAM JOHN NE
RAT, father, Ignace Nerat, Me
nominee.
Missing:
Fireman EDWARD JOHN BAT.
TEN, mother, Hazel May Batten
2748 Fifth street, Trenton.
Seaman RALPH EDWIN BEE
BEE, father Vern Washington
Beebee, 1882 Sylvan Glenn, Keegc
| Harbor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03
Peg on Wages,
Prices Speeded
Registered u. q. Patent once
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
quent adjustments in wages TO
correct gross inequities' or TO
laid in the effective prosecution of
the war"
Under the measure he has
not only 10 raise but to
lower wages. even though the
were negotiated through
collective bargaining.
BASES FOR WAGES
However, the President is pro-
hibited from cutting wages or
salaries below the highest level
reached between January / and
Is of this year. unless
he finds that increases during that
period represent gross inequities
and are harmful TO the war effort.
Violators of presidential wage and
salary regulations are subject to
a fine of $1,000.
The same flexible power per-
tains to agricultural prices. No
price ceilings may be fixed on any
farm product at less than 100 per
cent of parity, or at lower level
than the highest price received by
producers between Jan. l and
Sept. Is. 1912, whichever is higher.
Commodities processed in whole
or in substantial part from farm
products are included in this re-
friction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03

The names of seven sailors from
Detroit, two from Jackson, two
from Pontiac and % from other
cities and villages in Michigan
were contained in the latest list
of dead and missing revealed today
by the navy.
The list. which is the thirteenth
issued, covers those lost between
September 7 and September Il
and for the country contains 162
dead, 703 missing and 81 wounded.
The navy pointed out that some OF
the missing may have been rescued
and landed at isolated spots from
which they have been unable TO
communicate with authorities.
The list brings the total navy
marine and coast guard casualties
since December Z TO 14,466.
Those from Detroit reported
missing are
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03

No contact had yet been made
with the enemy main body.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-03

Ing beglns.
Evening star., 1942-10-25
| $40 D. C.. Firms
Listed in Payroll
| War Eond Plan

With IA firms added to the Dis
tricts payroll savings honor roll
during the last week. the number
of employees now afforded oppor-
tunity to participate in the Treas
ury's payroll savings plan passed
the 1876, 900 mark, it was announced
yesterday by the District War Saw
ings Committee. The total number
of firms that have now installed the
payroll savings system in the Dis
trict is 670.
Firms added to the honor roll
this week include Askin- -FitWell
Clothing Co.; Brewood, Inc; Co.
lumbia Paragraph Co., Eiseman's S
S. Friedman & Sons, General Bai-
ing Co., William F. HUM & Co.
Irving's Sporting Goods. Jeffress-
Dyer, Inc; Kloman Instrument Co..
S. Livingston g. Son, Washington
Ply-Rite Co., Joseph Tucci, Inc, and
M. j. Uline Co.
M. j. Roess, jr., vice president
of the A. Lloyd Goode Contracting
Co., now constructing prefabricated
demountable houses for the Alley
Dwelling Authority, has announced
that all of the 200 men employed
on the job had agreed voluntarily
to allot 10 per cent of their pay
to the purchase Of War bonds and
stamps. They are employed on the
Syphax houses, located between R
and T streets and Half and 1st
streets Sc.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

buyers in all Latin-American nations
except Argentina, said a Commerce
Department Official.
Already, he related, the State De-
partment has advised diplomatic
and consular officials in Latin
America of the program, and the
Commerce Departments 81 regional
offices in this country will be ready
tomorrow to accept applications OF
plant owners who wish to sell.
May Extend Loans.
In worthy cases, he said, the Ex-
port-Import Bank is ready to
finance the transaction, taking
mortgages against equipment, land
or other assets.
The War Production Board, of
course, would have first call on all
such plants, the official said. How
ever, if plant had not been allo-
Gated materials by WPB and WPB
did not need the machinery, the
plant would be released for sale.
Assuming the character of the
purchaser is approved, the only
yardstick would be whether the
transplanted factory is economically
sound and raw materials are avail
able for manufacture.
While the plan calls for sale of
such small plants to nationals of
the other republics, the official said
Evening star., 1942-10-25

in certain instances, where it would
be profitable and desirable for the
owner and his technicians to 60
with the plant, such an arrange
ment would be approved.
Some Machinery Sold.
The program provides for selling
such idle plant machinery to estab-
lished concerns and for the estab-
lishment of new industries.
While the scarcity OF cargo space
must be considered, the official said,
there were many cases in which the
transplanting of a small factory
would require less space than the
finished goods, which the plant
would produce, now going to a given
area.
The official recalled that a small
amount of used machinery already
had been sold and had been put
to profitable use in other countries
of this hemisphere.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

celebration of Negro History Week
on February 7, 1926. 1t brought
out the Negro History Bulletin, Oc-
tober l, 1887, and has published it
monthly from October through June
every year since that date.
It's achievements may be thus
summarized: 1t has directed the
attention of investigators to this
field. 1t has extended the circula-
ton of its magazines into South
America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
1t has published u volumes of ar
ticles and documents. It has pro-
duced 20 monographs on Negro life
and history. It has organized and
stimulated the studies of local clubs
and classes, which have done much
to change the attitude of communi-
ties toward the Negro. 1t has COL
lected thousands Of valuable manu-
scripts on the Negro which have
been made accessible to the public
in the Library of Congress. It has
had 13 young men and women
trained for research in social SCI
ence and for instruction in colleges
and universities.
Evening star., 1942-10-25
British Cooperative Head
Will Be Honored Here
BY the Associated Press.

Neil S. Beaton Of Glasgow, Scot
land, president Of the British Co.
operative Congress and Scottish Co.
operative Wholesale Society, will be
guest of honor at a reception at 4:30
pm. today at the home of Clifford
Pinchot. 1915 Rhode Island avenue.
The reception is sponsored by the
Cooperative League of the United
States
Mr.. Beaton tomorrow will meet
with Philip Murray. CIO president,
and on Tuesday he will meet Will
liam Green, president Of the AFL.
Tomorrow night he will speak at q
mass meeting 1t the Greenbelt
Auditorium. .M
Evening star., 1942-10-25

that a holder Of an A gasoline ra-
tioning book may very well have
essential mileage. It is our hope to
get the tires-to get the rubber to
make the tires out of-to provide
A book people with the tires neces-
sary to enable them to go their
necessary mileage"
Mr.. OLeary added that under the
mileage rationing plan, to become
effective November % with Nation
wide gas rationing, tires and recaps
will be rationed on the basis of
need and mileage allotted for es-
sential driving. He defined essen
tial driving as home-to- work driv-
ing, operation of car in perform
ance of occupation, and for Ger
tain forms of non-compensated
war work"
Thousands of Books Revoked.
The OPA official admitted that
Some of the wrong people" get
c books. He added that OPA con-
stantly prodded local rationing
boards to revoke all supplementary
rations issued to ineligible car
owners. He said thousands of B and
c books already had been taken up.
Mr.. OLeary declared that car
pooling had not worked out nearly
as well as officials hoped it would.
He described car sharing as "the
very heart and center of the car
program to keep these people NOV
ing the miles they have to move"
He added the car pool must be ex-
tended much further and much
more successfully than it has been" :"
Mr.. Jeffers said the program for
production Of synthetic rubber was
progressing satisfactorily-about in
line with recommendations made in
the Baruch rubber report. The pro-
gram, he added. was being pushed
to the limit" The annual program
for potential production of synthetics
will be raised as soon as possible
from the current $4,000 tons a year
to 100000 tons, he said.
Too Many Ifs"
There are too many ifs" in the
rubber situation for him to be opti-
mlstlc, the director said. He pointed
out that the plan to provide tires
for essential driving was based on
absolute observance by the public
OF tire conservation measures al
ready outlined, and on the synthetic
program which still has some bugs"
in it.
Mr.. Jefers said that while a
huge amount of rubber would be
added to the national stockpile in
the program now under way for
compulsory sale to the Government
of every tire in excess of five
possessed by car owners, there was
no way of determining how much
would be collected. Many of the
tires would be of no value, while
others would be useful only for
recapping.
The rubber director said he be-
lieved gasoline rationing would ac-
complish the desired objective of
Keeping average car mileage under
5000 a year. While he did not
wish to discuss it, he said he did
not think it would be necessary to
impose any further mileage re-
striction on drivers, such as the
speedometer check suggested by
Transportation Director Joseph B.
Eastman.
Mr.. Jeffers said there was no plan
under consideration now to raise
the Nationwide 35-mile speed limit
for high-speed trucks. Owners of
such vehicles have complained effi-
cient operation was impossible at
such a low speed. He intimated
that some relief may be given truck
owners after the rubber conserva-
ton plan is in full operation.
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Jeffers Says Nation
Has Fighting Chance
To Stay on Rubber
Denies Any Possibility
Of Providing Tires
For All Purposes
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

Rubber Director William M. JET
fers yesterday declared there is
fighting chance" that the Nation S
automobiles can be supplied with
tires for essential driving through
out the war. He Genied published
reports that the rubber situat lion
had been licked" or that there was
the slightest likelihood of there be-
ing tires for all purposes.
Mr.. Jeffers referred directly to a
story published in a Washington
and a New York morning newspa-
per yesterday which stated that
Americas 27,00O,00O motorists can
stop worrying about their tires and
the future of the tire situation right
now. The problem-the Nations
tire experts are agreed-has been
licked" The article stated tires for
all would be available November IS.
The rubber director referred to
the article as damaging to the
rubber program, since 'it gets an
entirely wrong impression in the
minds of the people" Ee warned
against "over-optimistic" statements
about rubber in press conference
review of his entire program. 1t
was his first press conference since
taking over the rubber program.
Nov, I think it is fair to say to
you men who represent the press, "
the hard hitting director told re-
porters, that you have a very de-
finite duty in a crisis such as we
are confronted with, just the same
as I have, and that is to be careful
not to issue statements that are
over r-optimistic.'
All Must Play Game.
Mr.. Jeffers said there was only
zone word to optimism that can
leave with you, and that is this:
There is a fighting chance that
we can accomplish what we have
set out to do-that is. keep the
country on rubber. But it can only
be done if every man or every per-
son who drives a car, regardless of
what kind of a car it is, plays the
game
Declaring that he knew nothing
that is closer to the hearts of $780,
900 600 Americans than this question
of rubber" Mr.. Jeffers said he was
going to do everything humanity pos
sible to keep the country on rubber
with as little dislocation of our econ
omy as possible. He added that in
order to bridge the gap between rub
ber now on hand and synthetics
some time in the future, 1--WE are 60
ing to have to play the game strictly
according to the rules. That is, no
unnecessary driving, no non-essen-
tial driving, keeping to speeds of IS
miles an hour, having tires checked
and inspected"
Mr.. Jeffers said he believed the
lover optimistic" newspaper story
was due to misconception of an
OPA announcement that arrange
ments were being made for dealers
next month to purchase stocks of re-
claimed rubber tires. OPA had said
previously that it probably would be
possible to keep cars rolling for es-
sential driving.
OLeary Explains Plan.
Paul M. OIeary, deputy OPA ad-
ministrator in charge of rationing,
who attended the Jeffers conference,
said the dealer stocking plan docs
not mean there are going to be new
reclaimed tires In the dealers shops
for everybody on November Is by
any means"
He said OPA would announce
shortly selected groups of eligibles
for the tires. Mr.. OLeary declared
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Agencies Plan 10 Sell
Plants Closed by War
To Latin Americans
Would Ship Machinery
To All Other Republics
Except Argentina
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Commerce Department officials
disclosed a plan yesterday to sell
war-closed small plants in the
United States to Latin America, rich
In raw materials, in an effort to
help small businessmen avoid finan-
clal difficulties and to provide
Southern republics with means to
meet their own consumer needs.
Sponsored by the Commerce and
State Departments and the Export
Import Bank, the program would
bring together prospective sellers of
an estimated $4,000 900, 900 worth of
small plant machinery and potential