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planes operating from the air base
on Guadalcanal which the Japa-
nese built before they were ousted
in August.
STIFF FIGHT. KNOX SAYS
The last word here on the bat
tie came yesterday afternoon from
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox. He said at press con-
ference that he hoped and ex-
pected" the Americans TO hold
their positions and pointed out
that the outcome of the battle had
not yet. been determined,
There's n real fight on out
there" he said. That's all i
can say. It's a stir fight"
Yesterdays communique, No.
1856. issued before Knox state
ment. said:
south Pacific: CAN dates be-
low are East Longitude
"A large number Of enemy
troops with equipment have
been landed on Guadalcanal and
our positions are now being
shelled by enemy artillery on
the island.
DAMAGE o PLANES
The following additional de-
tails of the action In the Solo
mon Islands In recent days have
been received:
During the morning OF Octo-
Der IL our search planes strafed
and damaged nine enemy planes
on the beach at Rekata Bay.
During the same afternoon
navy and marine corps dive
bombers, with fighter escort, left
Guadalcanal and made two at
lacks on the enemy transports
which were approaching the
island. Minor damage was re-
ported and one United States
fighter was lost.
SHIPS SHELL u. g. FORCES
During the night OF October
14-I5 our positions on Guadal-
canal were shelIed by enemy
vessels TO the northward of the
island. United States motor tor
pedo boats attacked these ships
and reported one probable tor
pedo hit on . cruiser.
"a large group of enemy ships
has been observed In the BUM
FaIsi ares near Shorthand Island,
In addition to the various units
I'm the southeastern SolomOns."
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Bomb Jan
Ship Off
SOIOI1lOnS

GENERAL M a AR T II u RS
Oct. II tUP).
planes on offensive recon
Nuisance have bombed big Jap
anese merchant vessel off BUN. at
the southern end of Bougainville,
most important enemy occupied
island in the northern Solomons,
ii was announced today.
Results could not be observed.
MacArthur's communique re-
ported no new developments in
the Owen Stanley Mountains OF
New Guinea, but dispatches re-
ported that the Australians had
made further slight progress in
the gap area.
international News Service
said that a Reuters dispatch
from Allied headquarters in the
southwest Pacific stated that
the mystery" Of the rapid
Japanese withdrawal along the
Kokoda trail at the start OF the
Allied offensive had been solved
apparently. =,
(The Japs' retreat. 1t was said.
enabled them to establish them
selves in strength south OF
Templeton's crossing, IL miles
from Kokoda. The heavy re-
sistance which the Australian
forces now are encountering, II
was added. indicates that the
Japs had time to prepare their
defenSes in depth)
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Nazis Lose 2 Men Minute But Push Reds Back
House Passage
Of 1919 Draft
Expected Today

all youths in high school or college
may complete the current AGA
demic year IL they wish, receiving
deferment until July 1.
DIFFERENCE IN BILLS
The Senate bill limits deferment
to high school students and ap-
plies Il only to youths called dur
ing the last half OF the present
academic year or the academic
year in which they reached the
age Of Ii.
The Senate committee also re-
jected . provision contained in
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Woman Slayer
OF 3O9 Is Visitor

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Hamtramck city hall for hour
just to get a glimpse Of her.
Then win Co." she an
nounced. and strobe OF in her
long army boots. her I'VE med
ais, including the Order Of
Lenin. Russia's highest honor,
swinging in her tunic front.
SPEEDS TO CITY
She sank back against the
cushions of the car which sped her
to Hamtramck.
There she met city officials and
received a roaring ovation from
the rain-drenched crowd.
A thermos OF coffee and some
sandwiches eaten during q fast
drive to Ann Arbor substituted for
the tea she'd hoped for.
5000 STUDENTS
There she walked into Hill
packed with 5000
students, between IN
honor guard of 1.400 army and
navy ROTCs at stiff attention.
Through an interpreter she told
the meeting. staged by the univer-
sity war board, q student organi-
cation:
"Sniping isn't easy. Fer ~
hour ut . time you sit cross
legged without sleep. watching
for the enemy. hut I think
Americas women could do II n
they had to.
american womes have not
yet gone all out for war. When
you do, you lay aside your fer
NAL gowns and put on . sni-
form--to dght for ysur night -
wear formal gowns and pretty
clothes again some day.
1--WE In the north are dying -
that you In the west and the
rest of the world may hve. We
are eagerly waiting for The Asy
when the Allies Will strilEe WITH
all the power Of their armed
might"
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SHAKEN. NERVOUS

Still shaken and nervous from
his wounds and experience Taylor
gave an eyewitness account of the
Dieppe battle.
I'VE moved In toward shore NJ
dawn" Taylor said relating his
part in the raid THE Germans
opened up with q tremendous
hell Of Are. But not n single
man or boat faltered and when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-17

the House bill placing draft quotas
on q statewide rather than q
local board area basis. The House
bill would prevent calling OF mar
ried men with dependent wives
only until al single men in q state
had been exhausted. The same
principle would apply to married
men with children and married
men with dependent wives.
The Senate committee approved
the House provision permitting
teen-age youths to enlist in the
army and navy without their
parents' consent.
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WouulIed DieDDe Raider Asks Revenge

Pvt. Frank Howe Of the Calgary
Tanks, was showered WITH gsso-
line when the car caught Are.
Howe was hit In the arm ~
the shell, too, bat 10 kept -
trying 70 get the driver cut.
CLOTHING AFIRE
FINALLY his clothing caught
Are and he came cut inst Mks
. human flaming torch. He Pan
about 500 feet to the beach
dove In and put the flames out
and then came back asA hay
down by me-"
Taylor and Howe lay on TIT
beach until a landing boat ap
preached to take Of the raiders
81 couldn't walk and Howe
couldn't carry me because Of
his arm 90 we hobblcd out about
flve yards and lust relied iRts
the open mouth Of the boat"
While recovering, Taylor II stay.
ne with his wife. Elsie. q wal
,lant worker, and his mother, Mrs
Harry Taylor, at 1876 Bruce
street. Windsor. He enlisted Sept
!. 1899. and went overseas nearly
wo and q half years ago.
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II was believed the rumor was
due to the wording OF a commu-
nique yesterday, announcing the
death OF a Vichy aviator, shot
down over West Africa.
Actually the rumors were
circulated by the Germans. APP
parently as part Of pressure
campaign to force Vichy into the
war against the Allies in event
of an attack on French Africa
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Somehow I managed to crawl
safely back along that haif-mile
TO the beach. IL was too early
for the evacuation of our troops
and was deserted. So 1 decided
To wait for q landing boat" the
wounded veteran continued. Ia
Taylor's wait was brief but his
hope of immediate aid was short
lived when another landing boat
put three tanks and a scout car
ashore.
Just "a the scout car WAS
driving of II was struck by q
she'll" Taylor said. The driver
wa killed and MS companion,
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Malta Raj Baq!
7 More p dnes

CAIRO, Oct. II tUP).-Malta's
Raj fighter planes shot down
seven enemy planes yesterday and
the ground defenses shot down one
during the previous night to bring
the six-day bag since the opening
of an Axis aerial offensive to los
planes, a communique said today.
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i. 5. Filters Raid
Bengal in Storm

CAIRO, Oct. II (UP).-A COM
munique of the United States Army
Air Force said today that heavy
army bombers had penetrated
severe storms yesterday 10 attack
in the harbor of Bengazi.
most important enemy base in
Libya, and that army fighter planes
had been active in the Egyptian
battle area.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. II tUP).
The House votes today on legis-
lation - requested by President
Roosevelt - authorizing the draft
of the nations 49, and 19-year-old
youths. Approval Is expected by
nightfall.
Meeting an hour earlier than
usual, the chamber takes up the
measure under q partial gag rule.
1t limits debate to two hours but
leaves the bill open to amend
ment from the floor.
The procedure was adopted by
the rules committee shortly after
the Senate military affairs com.
mittee unanimously approved sim
liar legislation to be formally
reported Monday, with debate
probably beginning Tuesday.
10 DAYS THROUGH MILL
1t thus appeared that q final
draft will reach the White House
the end of next week-some 1C
days after Mr.. Roosevelt asked for
ii as a vital contribution to the
war effort.
For the present. the new man.
poMer-tapped- ander-the legisla.
ton will go entirely TO the army
Navy Secretary Frank Knox
told a press conference yesterday
that the navy would continue itl
enlistment plan. But he added the
department will turn to selective
service il the voluntary system
fails to keep pace.
The Senate and House bills dif.
fer in two major respects.
The House version provides that
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Subs Sink ) Axis Ships

LONDON, Oct. II (LNS).-Th<
admiralty announced today that
two British submarines operating
in the Mediterranean had sunk
three enemy supply ships and
damaged four.
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Viehy Denies
Battle at Ddkar

VICHY. France. Oct. II (UP).
An authorized source today de-
MED rumors circulated in both
occupied and unoccupied zones
that a big battle was in progress
at Dakar, the strategic Vichy-
city on Africa's western
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at irst I thought my whole
leg was gone" he said. Tho
blood poured out and I passed
out. When came to Lou
Percy, one Of my friends from
windsor, was lying ALONGSIDE
me. He had turned me over
and wanted To see II / was
dead. I guess"
Private Percy is listed as miss
no in the raid.
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Mexican Draft

MEXICO CITY, Oct. II (INS).
Mexico prepared today to apply
universal military CONSUMPTION to
form IN army of 500, 900 men
Legislation providing compulsory
service for men from 10 to IS
was introduced in the Senate.
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Germans Fail
To Reach VoIqd
AT Std|ingrdd
Crisis Grows as Tempo
Of Enemy's Assaults
Increases Steadily
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
4 nIted Press stan Correspondent

4 Mica IFeet SIAN tofFehp0oufW
MOSCOW, Oct. 1.-THE Red
army made its fourth retreat
within as hours in northwest
IStalingrad today, but the Germans
were paying at the rate of almost
two lives a minute.
Dispatches from the front en-
lphaSized that Russian Withdrawals
were orderly and comparatively
short. and that at no point had
the Germans attained their objec-
tive-a break through 10 the Volga
River.
German tanks and troops
have entered the RED barri-
cade' gun factory. one OF two
remaining nests of Russian re-
sistance at Stalingrad. the Ger
man high command announced.)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
killed on one narrow area in go
hours rate of almost two a
minute. At least ISL tanks have
been officially reported knocked
out.
I'm the Stalingrad area, Soviet
troops repulsed repeated enemy
attacks" the noon communique
said.
2s TANKS DESTROYED
German infantry supported
by 40 tanks attacked . Soviet
unit defending one street In
Stalingrad. Twenty-three tanks
were destroyed and $50 Of tho
enemy killed. On another SEC
tor, q Soviet unit" retreated 10
new defensive positions. Guards
mortarmen burned four German
tanks and 20 trucks and wiped
out three companies 1900 men)
of infantry"
The new retreat was not In the
workers settlement Of an indus
trial area from which the Russians
withdrew yesterday, after Is at
tacks.
On the sector that formerly en-
the settlement. the
Russians repulsed attempts to-
flank them north and south, dis
patches said, and compelled the
badly mauled Germans to regroup.
On other sectors, however, the
enemy's thrusts were increasing
and the situation was steadily
growing more acute.
5000 NAILS KILLED
The Germans threw two divi-
sions 10000 mem against the
workers settlement yesterday.
and lost at least 5000 OF them
and AZ tanks. The Red army or
gan, Red Star, said they had filled
the gaps in the divisions with
fresh forces.
The government organ. Izvestia,
said the retreat from the settle
ment had been carried out with
the best possible order, everything
the Germans might find useful
having been destroyed.
There was no attempt In Mos
cow to conceal the gravity of the
in the fifty-fourth day Of
Stalingrad's siege.
Marshal Semyon Timoshenko's
above Stain
grad progressed. firmly and per-
Sistently deepening wedge in the
German left flank, dispatches said.
REDS HAMMER BACK
The Russians continued to ham,
mer back. with big enemy losses,
the German attacks in the Mozdok
area of the eastern Caucasus,
aimed at the nearby Grozny ol
fields.
A slight German advance. the
first in days, was admitted south
east OF the Novorossisk naval
base. on the Black Sea In the
western Caucasus. where the Ger
mans were trying to drive down
the coast 10 other ports.
Last midnight's Soviet COM
acknowledged that the
Germans, throwing thousands of
storm troopers and hundreds Of
tanks and dive bombers against
a narrow sector. had taken a vii
lage in northwestern Stalingradl
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New Bomb Hits England

LONDON, Oct. II uNS).-
German planes which attacked the
northeast coast last night dropped
a new type OF explosive incendiary
lhOnb
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"Your Own Horoscope by
Frances Drake, IL one of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
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ictoryTdx0.Kd
With Reduction
In Exemptions
House, Senate Conferees
Approve Levy on All
Ovsr $I2 a Week
ny FELIX GOTTEN


H~Ws o<HvN8 Ds9a Vft't3
WASHINGTON, Oct. II. -
House and Senate conferees on
the new tax bill decided today TO
impose q five per cent victory
tax on individual incomes I'm ex.
cess Of $12 a week. and to reduce
the income tax credit for depend
ents from $500 to $3.50.
The victory tax will 60 into eff
feet on January 1, and will ter
inmate automatically with the
close of the year In which the war
ends. 1t will be deducted by en-
ployers from paychecks and en-
velopes.
The action OF the conferences
committee fixes the income taxes
which individuals will have to pay
next year. because il is virtually
certain both houses will adopt the
conference report.
PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS
The personal exemption will be
81. 200 for married persons and
$500 for single persons, with $3.50
for each dependent.
Thus. a married man with two
children who earns $500 q year
can deduct 81. 800 as his personal
exemption and dependent credits.
Assuming that his deductions for
taxes. charitable contributions,
and SO on. total $500. he will be
subject to income taxes on ST..
400.
On this sum, he will have To
pay surtax Of Il per cent, or
$3.50. Then he will have to pay
q normal tax of per cent. but
an earned income credit OF 10 per
cent In allowed against this levy.
The six per cent. therefore. will
apply against 1850, and will to-
tai $50.
VICTORY TAX ADDED
His taxes thus will total S245.
and will be In addition 10 the
victory tax.
The higher income tax Yates
90 into effect on 1912 income,
while the victory TAX win start
with 1913 income.
The victory tax affects single
and married persons alike 70 far
~ deduction ut the source Is con-
cerned. But . single person Is
allowed a credit of IS per cent
Of this tax. and q married person
10 per cent of the tax. with per
cent additional for each depen-
dent.
The whole amount Of the tax.
however, will be deducted from
pay checks and envelopes. And
any credit can be deducted from
regular income taxes when the
income tax return Is filed on
March IS of the following year.
Credits against the victory tax
are allowed, within the percent
age limits named. ouly for
amounts spent for war bonds, and
10 pay premiums on insurance in
effect on September l and debts
on September /.
Thus q married man with two
will be allowed such
credits UP TO a. per cent OF his
victory tax. III he does not take
all of this In credits for bond pur-
chases and insurance premium and
debt payments, any balance will
be refunded to him after the war
or applied against income taxes
due the government.
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Sub Sinks
l37. Die
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part Of which Aad been blewp
away. In fact, fssr Dfeboats
had bssa bsswn sR ~ ship.
We Stayed - - uptsrned
beaa fer As1rs. We were list -
- pasksd ~ i've hears Iatsr.
There were ~ q - whsa W
started, sax nsa anA SIX women.
Only i've wsa,ea anA three men
ossDe tArsagh.
We PIT - ws0sa - tsp
~ Ne bsat Ths men hung -
- ~ rsps. I was - - water
al that tama. The - wasn't -
- whsa We were LII but n
bsgsn - gst Fsughev lstss On.
II 1lAn't 80 the sahmayine.
II was p1teh asYk when Ws wese
IT. I At6n't bear o. 80 any
machine gua IRE. INST hoard
the dspth charges from NE g.
cert sAip."
WIFE RESCUED
Mrs. Fielding. however. wa
rescued. and told her story from
q hospital bed:
'Tt VS. - Arst time I haa
ever besa - . beat I'd ksea
sleeping whsa ~ ws0an who
wss sharing ny cabin csfsA sut,
wake ~ WHATS tAstf' said.
On. DstAinG.' I liAnt realize
What - haPpsasl- wssa't
- . harsy. Thsa Ne water
ca0e -.
TIE wsmsn VIE was with
No wesl1s't lst ~ PIT ny Mo
bslt - bet. She AsA saiA he-
fsFs ~ hfsbeaes weren't any
ssoA. SAs slapped ~ fses when
I tSSs1 - ~ n -. TAsa my
husesn4 eaase. I 1ldnt 80 her
again ny hssAanA tssk me- up
On esck. 10 pst ~ Ifsbeit On
mo Al threw Ne svsrbeerd. IL
10 IN rtght5 I AtAat So him
aGaA."
SAVED ~ SOLDIER
After SWIMMING IN hour, q sol.
Tier put her on q raft. The
'oldier. swimming alongside. dis.
lppeared. Three hours later q
navy ship picked up Mrs. Fielding
Ind the others on the raft.
Missing United States service
men included J. M. Burns, Z. T.
z. J. Schultz, J. c. Aber.
+. Hand, r. M. Penfield
md j. Wsldman. Their ranks and
addresses were not announced.
Missing American civilian IN
'luded: William H. Gerth, AZ,
Camden, N. j.: James Flynn, 81,
New Haven. Conn; Louis Cagne,
3, Woonsocket, r. l.; John Shep-
,ard, 80, Auburn, N. Y. and
,hsrles Berry, g, Mt. Vernon,
Y. Y.
The other missing were "A
canadian civilians. including four
Mothers and their children, 81
members o. the crew, 10 members
4 the Royal Canadian Air Force,
o members Of the Royal Cana
ian Navy, including one woman
urse and IL Canadian army Of
Gers and men.
Whole families were missing.
apt. Benjamin Travener. master
4 the Caribou, and his sons. Stan
~. James and Harold, mate, sec
nd mate and third mate, re-
pectively, went down with their
hip.
eff there wers any Cana
dians who did net rsallsS that
we were mp agsinst . ruthless
sal YeMsBseeess enemy, there
can Be 10 ssch Canadians now"
Donald said. 'Tf anything
were nssds6 - prove the
81 Nasa warfare,
surely this h n. Canada can
ncver ferset the 3, 3. Caribou
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DEMANDS ACTION

Byrnes only a few hours earlier
at the board meeting had placed
labor problems. wages and work
ing conditions within the province
of the secretary of labor and the
War Labor Board.
Action must be the watchword
for the board, he said. Although
mistakes may result. he warned.
inaction is the greatest of mis-
takes"
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The War
To-day
SoLomons Prove
Conmondunity
Of II. S. Forces
By MAI. PAUL c. RABORG


announcement that army re-
Inducements have been sent
10 the embattled marines on
Guadalcanal is extremely in
teresting for many reasons.
We still hear criticism that
the coordination in battle be-
tween our land, sea and air
forces has not been accom-
plished.
The fighting in the Solomon
Islands is proof positive that
il has. 1t demonstrates that
we have a supreme command,
and that every branch OF our
fighting services is working
under that supreme command
in complete coordination and
experimentation.
ALI citizens of the Limited
States should realize that this
coordination of our fighting
forces under one head has
been accomplished on every
fighting front, and in all of
our home areas.
THERE is a secret office in
the City of New York where
officers of our navy, army and
air forces are on "a hours
duty. If the eastern defense
command should be attacked
at any place, exact orders
would be issued within very
few minutes from this office
which would give direct in
straetions to every fighting
arm as to their exact duties.
The United States is now
divided into three defense
areas-the East Coast, the
West Coast and central United
States. Unified command has
been accomplished through
out these areas.
Pearl Harbor definitely
taught America this lesson as
to the necessity of one COM
mand. No citizen of our coun-
try need have the slightest
doubt but that, in any war
emergency, we are prepared.
WE HAVE had many
critics who have stated that
the high command of the
army and navy were not in
full appreciation of the func-
tons of the air forces in time
Of war.
This is definitely incorrect.
Our air forces, since De-
cember, have been playing a
more and more important
part.
Many colonies of the air
force have been promoted TO
the rank of hrigadier general
and then assigned to the CON-
mand Of army ground troops.
This is TO insure the cor
rect appreciation Of the air
force in coordination with
ground and sea units.
Hawaii and our military
area of the Caribbean Sea are
both commanded by lieutenant
generals of the air force.
The deputy chief Of staff Of
the United States Army is a
lieutenant general Of the air
force.
Out Of FIVE sections OF our
general staff, two are headed
by air officers.
General MacArthurs second
In command in Australia is an
air officer.
THE SECOND in command
OF the United States forces
In the British Isles is General
Spaatz, who is an air officer.
All persons who have been
worried by the totally I'M
justified criticisms Of the con.
duct Of our war, and. in par
dcular, our awareness as 10
the Importance of air forces
in this conflict, must imme-
diately realize that our STRAIT
egy Ia taking into full con.
sideration every possibility OF
the use Of the air arm, and
that our command in every
case, even to the smallest task
force. is definitely unified
. under one head.
Again. all may be thankful
as to the foresight of the
training that our new armies
have received. They not only
have the most modern and up
fn-dafe enu 70 N o Z in the
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SEES BROTHER


Taylors younger brother Jim
20. was in the same company and
the last time they saw each other
was when their boat landed.
Showered by shrapnel an d
through hail OF machine gun
bullets the raiders raced up the
beach into the town. aided by
Raj planes overhead and of shore
gun batteries on warshipS.
HIT BY sHRAPNEL
"Snipers were pot-shooting at
us all the time" he said. and
the best way we could get along
was 10 crawl. II really feels
good Co get that rife butt on
your shoulder and know that
you're shooting for keeps
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STIFF FIGHT, KNOX SAYS

we finally reached the beach the
iring and noise was terrific
IL was on n landing barge
with three tanks on II. They
got of all right but the boat
had 10 pull away Immediately
and we were 200 yards out be-
fore we all could get of 40 we
had TO swim"