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FAGE TVVO The OZIGCU SZATZZZIIEt, &xa, Orssydn. Thvn&zf Homing. ITcry 8, INI British Scaling Down Losses in Atlantic Revealed in Speeches j Made by Leaders in England j : "War Analyst Sees Gradual Strengthening of Atlantic Defenses in Reports of U-Boat Sinkings, Other Factors ; ! , By KIRKE L. SIMPSON i Special to The Statesman - ; - Parliamentary re-endosement of Prime Minister Churchill's war leadership was so clearly foreshadowed that the virtually unanimous vote of confidence extended him by lords and com mon alike is less interesting than certain remarks made during the preceding debate. , Both from the prime minister himself and from his 'admiralty lieutenant came intimations that , the British are finding means Jo scale down ship losses at sea. De tails were withheld for obvious military reasons; yet in effect no . tice was given that British ship- V U1 - 1VH ', m iwi i rr mrm mm u f ) 1 1 ivw mum ir-j.ww than anticipated. That (in be deduced from Churchill's assertion that a dan Serous shipping crisis would not come before 1942, ,' and that American ship construction would meet It then. Berlin con tends: that tonnage losses of the British since early April, when the last accounting was rendered in London, have been starrer . lnr. i ;. With definite knowledge of the facts,' however, Churchill reitera ted his prediction to parliament that 1942, not 1941, would be the critical year at sea. j - Even more specific was the declaration of an admiralty spokesman tnat encouraging pro gress was being, made oiiensiveiy against the U-boat scourge. He in dicated that a heavy toll of sub marines was being taken, al though refusing to reveal num bers or methods. j ; Taken together, however, the two statements cover both phas- . es of the sea battle around the British Isles, Churchill dealing with replacement tonnage and the naval spokesman,1 Captain Hudson, with counter offensive measures. -;- j Just what has happened at, sea can be deduced in some respects. Immobilization of the nazi battle ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in Brest . harbor, France, since early in April is an important fac tor. The heaviest admitted -ship- nintf 1 fmmrctmm H1nt Vai m a in March - while they were ' at sea. They have been, bombed by the British nearly a ( score of . times since they put into Brest to refuel or for repairs,, and probably are out of action indefinitely, now. : While those, two well armored and heavily armed ship were at sea. British naval craft of equal or greater power mast have been assigned to hunt them down. To wtutjextent that re duced naval protection for ship . convoys or anti-submarine pa : trola In the danger zone can only be conjectured, but with those menacing sea twins tied up, there has been no word of deep sea major raids In the Atlantic - Captain . Hudson's veiled refer ence of destruction of nazi U-boats hinted at another item on the British scoresneet, Loss of skilled and experienced submarine com manders is probably agreater V.1 4 41 - At . 1 - . uww to uie uermam wan loss iu the ships and their crews. Several of the most effective U-boat skip pers have been reported captured or missing. j Transport Gets Lumber PORTLAND,' Ore, May 7-A-The army transport Meigs is scheduled to arrive here tomor row to load lumber for the Ha waiian islands. Unusual demands of army and navy construction in mid-Pacific bases has diverted extra ships into this trade recent ly, with the Meigs the latest addi tion. ! !."'', l : :.': War News Briefs (Continued from page 1) destroyed by Japanese bombers In a raid on Sian, capital of Shensl j province, Tuesday, the Chinese Central News Agency reported today. Several other Shensl towns were bombed. VALLETTA. Malta. May 7-(A-Three German planes at tacking this British Island fort ress were shot down by British fighters. ; j SAN PEDRO, Calif, May 7-CTJ-A radio message bearing the eaS letters of he Dutch earre liner Weltvleden and eay ug, "Being chased by a raider," was Intercepted here Wednes day. It gave a position ISO miles due south of Canton, Island, on the Greater Circle route between Sydney and Los Angeles harbor. am Dr. T. T. Lam, KD Dr. G. Cha. ND DIL CIIAN LABI Cklan Medicine Ca. - - - SU Netta liberty Upstairs rartUae General Eectrtc C. Office open Tuesday aa Sat arsay anly ! aaa. to 1 p.m.; ta 1 a.aa. CaarallaUon, Bleed prtuara and aria tests art free ( chance. ZS Vcari la Bniiness! ; Germans Blast British Coast J Artillery Offense Is i Renewed Following Churchill Speech (Continued From Page 1) I fields of the middle east would be bodv blows to Britain, but said he was confident that the 900,000 men under Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell could safeguard the Medi terranean area. " "Pro-axis Intrigues" by' Pre-,, mier Rashid All Al Gailanl m Ira, still represented a great danger to Britain, he said. Al though Iraq has suffered 1000 dead and wounded and hun dreds of Iraqis have surrendered In the present fighting, he warn ed: "It might be that the Germans will arrive In Iraq before we have crushed the revolt ..." Official British reDorts said that howitzers and artillerymen were flown from Basra, Iraq, to the besieged RAF base at Habbaniyah, west of Bagdad, where they broke the grip of Iraqi forces surround ing Uie airdrome. Heavy losses were inflicted on the Iraqis who retreated toward Al Falluja to the east under con stant RAF machine-gun and bomb attacks. British Units Retain Control of Oil Lines Other British units retained control of a pumoine station near Rutba to the west and thus safe guarded the vital oil pipeline flow irora Mosul to Haifa, Palestine. Dispatches from Beirut. Leha. noh, said Iraqi war fervor was suosicung alter the RAF knocked out the small Iran air fnrr an Germany did not send aid to Rashid All. j Military sources in Cairn cail they did not believe German as sistance could get to Iraq now to be effective . J Lloyd-Georre said , "I thank God" for the speech by Secreta ry of War SUmson advoeatlnr US naval safeguarding of ship ments to Britain, but he warned Britons against expecting too much American aid. American war organization fc said he found out by experience in the World war. "is full of dis appointments.' "You must remember th ttsa has never had Europe's experience wi preparing lor wars with mfl- uons v. . . ! their mechanical tri umphs have been triumphs of peace ... ." - The fiery old Welshman warned' that JaDan was awt!n "the first ; opportunity to wrest domination of the Pacific from America." should the US become involved in the Atlantic. Dispatches from Tokyo indi cated increasing Japanese nn- easiness over relations with the United States. There were marked stock exchange declines, attributed to reaction to Secre tary Stimson's speech. Observers still had the basic im pression that neither her tripartite partner, Germany, nor the United States, was going to tell Japan what to do. In Vichy, France, it was offi cially announced that French and German authorities in Paris had reached an agreement "envisag ing" a 25 per cent reduction In the cost of supporting the German army of occupation. anees daily payment of 400.000.000 francs (nominally SU.00e.ftO0) would be cut to 30MSS,00S francs. Nothing was said abont what the French conceded, if any. thing la order to obtain the agreement. ' In North Africa the British re ported little change in battle posi tions, but in Ethiopia imperial units again engaged Italian de fenders in southern Ethiopia near Neghelli in a , struggle that the British said was proceeding ac cording to plan. In northern Ethiopia other units closed in on 30,000 Italians at Amba AlajL The British advanc ing northward were only 30 miles from the fascist position. Another column was converging southward from Asmara. " Berlin's press said Britain was now forced to use smaller ports because of heavy danuure to Glas gow and other big areas. It was contended Britain already had lost the war, that no amount of US aid could change the result Warnings again were expressed following ; Secretary Stimson's speech that any ship approaching England, whether , protected by naval units or not, would be sunk by the Germans. , Daughter Buried JEFFERSON The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Davis was buried Monday in the Jefferson cemetery. America's Newest 35flOO-Ton Super-Dreadhaught s - Y Tied up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard is the 15,000-ton drtadnaogH UJ5JJ. Woikbipton, second in the series of giant battleships being built by the Navy. Workmen art completing tho giant ship for commis sioning almost n year and six months ahead of schedule. She Is a sister ship of tho recently commissioned !-': i . UJSA Nrtk Coroh'M. f Coast Guards Placed Aboard Yugoslav Ships in US ' t v .t l M ' n v ., " ov Coast gnardsmen have boarded seven Turoslav ships fat various US cioseiy- at least low otAers. in wasninaton n was nnnei stood mat tne board in rs were made to de termine whether tho officers were "loyal" to their King Peter, a friend of Britain. 8otmdphoto above shows the Tngoslar freighter 8reca at Brookljn, NT, alter eeast gnardsmen had taken It under pro tective enstody. ' - -h .. Couple Feted . At Dijaner PIONEER A wedding dinner was enjoyed at the Tom Keller home" Sunday j in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Keller, who were married Saturday. 1 Guests were Mrs. Baldwin, Dal las, mother of the bride; Mrs. Wanetta Dark, Santa Monica, Calif.; Mrs. C.1 A. Cascart, Chico, Calif., and Miss Alta Baldwin, Dallas, sisters j of the bride; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Coy and chil dren, ' Jimmy and Carol, Dickie Keller, and the host and hostess. Ney Cadillac Proves Lowest ! Driving Cost Detroit, May 7 The lowest op erating cost total ever compiled by a Cadillac on an official 25,000-mile test run has been re ported by Nicholas 'Dreystadt, general manager of the Cadillac motor car division. "The car used in the test was a 1941 series 61 sedan equipped with the Cadillac-engineered hy dra -ma tic drive," Dreystadt said. "Conducted by the J engineering department in an unbiased effort to ; obtain comparative operating cost statistics, the ' car'followed the same route that had been laid out previously for 25,000 - mile records."-' .' j " - According to Dreystadt, engi neers went to extreme pains to imitate operating conditions I of other years "because that was the only way the figures would have any value." j "Certain definite proportions of gravel, macadam and cement highways were included on the route at the General Motors prov ing ground," he said. "Stretches at various speeds were inter spersed by series of stops and starts. While for our purpose we consider the 25,000 miles as 'av erage driving,' it is obviously much more difficult than that For instance, a goodly' percentage of the route was covered at five miles below top speed. Through out the run an accurate record of service, gas and oil costs were tabulated by staff engineers." ' Back From; Yakima HAYESVTLLE Mrs. Eliza beth Siddell returned home Sun day from a two weeks visit with her daughter,; Mrs. Harry White, Yakima. Kedeeorated - Enlarged Usual Wave 75 Perm. OH Push .Wave f p Complete yl.w Jf Open Thurs. Eve. . by Appointment ! Phone 2S62 SOS First National Bank Bid. CASTLE TEX2L WAYE2S l 8n One Ear.. Paid Hauser'9 Column (Continued From Pago 1) No, Mara, yon cast sow eiracoa's UeUk Am oxpact to wao prise, Aad wUd oau aren't wiUua tho kern Of tho suto fair judge' eyes. 8 Uteri, bead down aad BOB THAT LIN El i A bine ribboa waves at the end. Bat even thong h yoa set tho cash. ' Tho bean can't Jaitlfy tho bend. So Gardners, A vant Aad Alios Oop! Plan now to win tho death ' With mMLsUr potatoes, 4 Tho reddest tomatoes. At tho (air's land prodoeta show. !' ASTORIA, ORE, May 7-)-OREGON CONTINGENTS OF TOE 41ST EQVQSIONHWTTX. BIV OUV L, THEI HO ME TOWNS I OM THE ZETURMF MZNEU VTRZ BQO MI LES SOUTH OF KINOCITYXH PEL WX.$ WNUQZOf MZYOY HH. Received on an Associated Press teletype. Must be n military secret. President tewsevelt told re porters tho other day he didnt have the faintest Idea of what his son Jimmy Is doing In Chi na, After all, he has to read "My Day" to keep track of what Eleanor is doing in THIS coun try. . State Indians May Sue WASHINGTON, May 7-(P)-A bill was approved Wednesday , by the senate Indian affairs commit tee authorizing the Snake or Piute Indians of Oregon to sue In the court of claims for an undeter mined amount of land ! allegedly taken from the tribe in 1876, 1882, 1883 and 1889 and restored to the public domain.! I Hired at Talbot PIONEER, Mrs. John Cala van has been ! hired to teach at Talbot for the next term. Mrs. Calavan taught at Polk Station this year. . . ; - i .' ; r UNiroaaf monthly paraaeaU; no renewal cxponac; no lncreajo la Interest rate. A Prudential m-Tm, Mortgage Is tho safe way to finance yew home. Available tn selected HAWKINS EOBEETS, INC. Authorized Mortae Loan Solicitor (or The Prudential Insurance Co. ' of America. . Guardian Buildins. Salem. Orecon V." porta and were reported "watching Mother-Son Meet Slated ; ' '' " "'- Members of Salem's four Hi-Y dubs planned Wednesday : night for the annual mother-son break fast , to honor their mothers this Sunday morning. Pet Hauser, president of the Hi-Y. council, will preside over tho program, set for I a. m. Ar thur Cotton club will be In charge of decorations; Harrison Elliott tho program, which will include music and short talks, and Abel Gregg and Branch Rickey clubs will ; supervise attendance. Englewood Plans Water Discussion i : Suburban residents east of the Englewood district have called a meeting at Englewood school for 7:30! o'clock tonight to discuss formation of a water district It is proposed to lay adequate mains and obtain water from the Salem city system, as is now done In districts south of the city. The area proposed to be in cluded in tho district is that bounded by East Center street, Turner road, Sunnyview avenue and; the east Salem city limits. Hero's how your Hotels help year businoss i tnaioaua large stiffs of local emplorces whose salattet : hdp swell the yolnme la your .retaij stores. And, good times or bad, hotels go on paying a large share of the taxes in foox community. Sound business , judgment says yon help vou self .when yon support your L . calknels. . Assocuna hoths op tks tsr A HOTEL IS i THE PLACE TO GO Irosota o lot loss fbea yo falsa i notch W "- Oit.s.a.w. HI -1'1 .. , i ijjj MnmBsaxBBanvaBssa3tnsBsjBBBHBrf I w i- m 1 arm r i$na2esinaiiec Colorful Witness of lMand I SAN FRANCISCO, May 7--Harry Bridges' deportation hearinkT took, an early recess Wednesday to await the return of the trial's most colorful witness, if Portland, Ore., subpoena serv ers can find him. I' - - i ' ' Defense attorneys hoped to Willkie Hurls Defi at Nazis Declares America Is ' Strongest Nation in History of World I (Continued From Page 1) able to decide concerning what is right and what is wrong. There never was any people so capable of success, : once their decision is made'f::.' I. : The garden rally, sponsored by the; New York chapter of t h e Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, drew a capacity house of more than 18,000, .Gar den officials said, and police esti mated 4000 more were outside. , There are some who say Am erica Is weak aad nnprepared, Willkie declared, but this Is a doctrine of "confusion, fear and deapalr" which bo said ho re jected and repudiated bitterly. England will win, he continued, if this country sees that its ever Increasing production reaches the British Isles. He added: "We want those cargoes protected and at once" and with less talk and with more action." Mayor F. H. LaGuardia of New York, referring to the lease-lend law,; said "the law was Intended to aid England and not serve as a living target for the nazi sub marines. Otherwise the law has no sense. ' LaGsardla said it was the doty of every cttlsea to aid his country and "if one is a great flyer and believes the nation's aviation program k not speeding fast enough it Is bis dnty to serve bis government," LaGuardia, who served as chair man of the meeting, said "I bring you the personal greetings of the president of the United States and I can assure you, although slight ly indisposed, he is right on top." The ! mayor was a White House visitor during the day. 1 , By acclamation the crowd ap proved sending a telegram to Roosevelt which called upon the president to see that machines and materials for England "shall be delivered and not consigned to the bottom of the Atlantic by Hitler's savage sen warfare." "If this means convoys, Mr. President," the telegram said, "we call upon you as a free people's leader to supply them. We assure you of our faith in you and our loyal support of whatever meas ures you deem essential to a com plete victory for democracy." ( ; ' : Election Held DALLAS A meeting of the Dallas Teachers', association was held Monday with Miss Helen Shreeve, president, presiding. Election of officers for the new year: was held with Jack Keeler of the high school faculty named president; Miss Barbara Scott, elementary school, vice-president. and -Miss Elizabeth Grant, junior high school, secretary-treasurer. Committee appointments will be made later. The group, voted to hold a pic nic; at . the Dallas city park Wed nesday night, May 14. -1 - j and you can sfitd By Faculty Vl ; V fOR TH OE IUXE "TOmDO" SIX can m fiord a Pontutc "Ttrpetb" and here's proof! Pontiac prices begin at only a few dollars more than the lowest la all probability, your present car will cover the down pay mentand yoa may arrange your payments so that the amount you & , CoramerdaJ SU o esses waiting have stocky, be-spectacled Morris Cannalonga, Seattle ex-comrmm-ist and government witness, on the stand In the morning. . When the government called him last month,' Cannalonga sat with a leg cocked over tho arm "of the witness chair while. In salty language, he reluctantly answered questions about the CIO longshore leader. t . , - ' The defense indicates Bridges would testify, but did not say when. The CIO leader's deporta tion is sought on the ground he belonged to subversive organiza tions. Including - the ' communist Party. - i f-; ' - PORTLAND, Ore, May 1-W) Minimum . wage requirements of the Portland shipyard , contract must be met by sub-contractors, Wayne Li Morse, Pacific coast waterfront arbiter, ruled yester day. ;; vi : u : w PORTLAND, Ore., May 7-F)- Columbia river : area lumber and logging operators and CIO rep resentatives will discuss all items bearing , on logging costs when they resume their wage negotia tions here Friday. : ' ! EUGENE, May 7 HflV A pick et.line from the building trades council Wednesday, halted con struction . work on Eugene's new S510,000 steam power plant. NewTaxPlari Is Proposed High Officials Urge Congress "Bear, Down on Excess Profits (Continued From Page 1) reconstruction finance corporation plans to establish a government owned international airline. The measure, sped through the committee with one day's hearing, attracted little attention until Jones, the federal loan adminis trator, discussed it at a press con ference later In the day. . It would amend legislation passed last year authorizing the RFC to set up subsidiaries to pur chase strategic materials and man ufacture armaments. "The presi dent and the federal loan admin istrator would be given such pow ers in this connection as they may deem necessary In order to expe dite the defense program. - WASHINGTON, May 7-(ff)-Leon Henderson, price control administrator, discussing scrap metal shipments . to Japan with house ways and means commit tee , members Wednesday, ex pressed the wish that "we had back aU that we sent" with a qualification: . "I hope we don't get it back in a converted form, such as can non balls. - i ' 1 Missionary Speaks PRATUM - Miss Etta Davis, a missionary from China, stopped on her way home to Pennsylvania, with her friends, Rev. and Mrs. D. J. Unruh. She spoke at : the Mennonite church Sunday and will probably stay for the Men nonite convention to meet at Dal las May 15. you may set TT77 o payments to suit am mtvt ear. mm pay each month, suits your convea sence. Ask your Pontiac dealer to , submit figures on a complete deal, t DetivereJ at Pontiac, Michigan. State tax, optional equipment and accessories extra. Prtces and tpecifi cations subject to cbang witboutmottct. . Icrfall-0 VCHG Convoy Foes Tell Reasons Say Slaritime Report Shows Few Ships Sunlt on British Missions (Continued From Page 1) democrats, 100 republicans one American labor! te. and The bin was passed after the chamber had defeated, 221 to IS, a motion by Rep. Calkin (S-NY) te send It back to com mittee with instructions that a provision be added forbidding the president to turn axis-owned vessels ever to Great Brit- This : Proposal Dresentinv tha biggest dispute connected with the measure, had previously been rejected, but -without a record vote. Those behind it contended that to sieze the ships of one bel ligerent and transfer them to its enemy would be an act of war on the part of the United States. StionGets Knox Bacldiiff Asserts America Must Keep . Seas .Open as- US Salvation 2 ' ' It l-Hti Itllii 5!Jf'l J (Continued From Page 1) si on of a speech Tuesday night by Secretary of War Stimson. The lat ter, without mentioning convoys or any other specific method, had called for use of the navy to see that 'the supplies arrived safely abroad. . . . "Is the navy ready to do the Job Stimson suggested?' Knox was asked..: j "The; navy is always ready readier now than ever, he replied. WASHINGTON, May 7-iflVSec-retary Knox said Wednesday the navy Would enlist 4900 young col lege graduates for training for. na val reserve commissions. After four months training, the youths either mar ynlunWr fn fleet duty or be subject to calls to duty when conditions warrant Enlistments will be taken at naval headquarters in San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle for the west coast Preliminary tralnfnff omma. will be given at Northwestern uni versity,: Chicago; New York city, and the naval academv at An. napolis. Gar Ruined By Blaze AMITY Fire of unknown origin badly damaged the garage ana ruined the car of Postmaster Earl Burch, Monday about 10 o'clock.: Mr. Burch had just returned home and did not notice anvthina wrong until the smoke began com ing into the house. The fire de partment was called and the blaze was extinguished without doing any further damage. AMITY Amity is to have a new building f6r its publid li brary. An addition is being built to the city halL It is 14x24 feet. It will be a well lighted room with attractive interior finish. To Show Romney Ram MUHiMUUfH, Mij 7-yP)-A newly imported Romnev ram from New Zealand will be one of the exhibits when the fourth an nual spring lamb show is held here May 10 under chamber of commerce auspices. the yourself arrrsf ter t t rret COi j SaJem, Oregon