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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-
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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
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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
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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 -
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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
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f Coast Guards Placed Aboard Yugoslav Ships in US
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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.
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Complete yl.w Jf
Open Thurs. Eve.
. by Appointment
! Phone 2S62
SOS First National Bank Bid.
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Paid Hauser'9 Column
(Continued From Pago 1)
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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.
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ASTORIA, ORE, May 7-)-OREGON
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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. .
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THE PLACE TO GO
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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." (
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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