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Salem, Onyoo, Tuerday Morning, Fabnxary 17, 1942
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This photo made during the raid
Marshall islands on February 1st.
battery Just after It fired its first
aircraft runs In foreground are ready for a rood workout which
they rot. Total of 16 enemy ships were sunk in the raid, and bases
were thoroughly blasted by units
A view from a US cruiser of smoke
naval and air bombardment fired
dump and destroyed several shlp
Pathe News.
A damare control. party aboard a
fire started when a Japanese bomb
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inr raid on the Gilbert and Marshall islands.
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ffenlor pilot of an American warship returns to bis vessel to report to
. his captain on progress of the blasting of Jap bases In the Gilbert
and Marshall islands. Behind the pilot, men are working to re
' pair results of a Japanese bomb which struck the ship during the
' raid which sent IS Jap ships to the bottom.
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on the Japanese held Gilbert and
Made at dawn, photo shows main
salvo at the enemy held base. Antl
from the US Pacific fleet.
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rislnr frora Wotje Island, where
hanrara, fuel stores munitions
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U S Army
Approves
Big Camp
Employment of
Thousands for
Jobs Is Seen
Official word that immedi
ate construction of the Al-
bany-Corvallis cantonment, to
be located principally in Ben
ton and southern Polk coun
ties, had been authorized was
received by The Statesman
Monday from Congressman
James W. Mott.
War department officially
announced this morning au
thorization for construction
Benton, Polk, Linn cantonment
and will proceed with work im
mediately," Mott wired.
The announcement speeded ac
tion by organized labor and the
federalized Oregon employment
service to handle the impending
placement of .thousands of con
struction workers and by the
Four-County Cantonment council
to meet the housing, policing and
other problems the big project is
to bring.
The Salem, Albany and Cor-
vallis building trades locals have
already agreed oft questions of
jurisdicticrt, C. Wf'Crary, business
agent of the -Salem Building
Trades council, said -Monday
night. It is his understanding that
specifications for the local can
tonment call for use exclusively
of union labor, as is the case, he
said, with the Medford canton
ment.
Indicating that construction
may be expected to start early
in March is the fact that the
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State Guard
Head Resigns
111 Health Is Reason;
Retired Col. Cowgill
Appointed by Sprague
Resignation of Brig. Gen. Alvin
C. Baker, Portland, as command
er of the Oregon state guard and
appointment of Col. Ralph P.
Cowgill as his successor, were
announced by Gov. Charles A.
Sprague here Monday.
Gov. Spraane said Baker
asked to be relieved of his da
ties because of ill health. Cow
till has served as executive
officer under Gen. Baker.
Cowgill served during the first
World war as a captain of engi
neers, stationed at Camp Hum
phreys in Virginia. Following
service in the officers' reserve
corps as captain, engineers, from
June 5, 1919, he was appointed
captain in the Oregon national
guard on March 27, 1924, with
command of company A, 186th
infantry at Medford. Since that
time his service has all been with
the 186th infantry. He was in
ducted into active federal service
in 1940 as colonel commanding
the regiment. He was later re
tired on account of the age limit
Legion Talks
Service Hall
Consideration of the problems
of service men was made by Capi
tal post, American Legion, here
Monday night in naming a com
mittee to investigate possibility of
establishing a military reception
house on vacant property adjacent
to the post's halL - y
j - The adjutant was directed to
.write im national headquarters
. concerning the dispositioa f
legionnaires now in armed serv
ice. ; Russell. Brooks of the US con
sular service, recently of South
Africa, was the principal speak
er. Rescue Plane Missing
SAN DIEGO, Calif, Feb. 18-(P)-The
navy listed as unreport
ed Monday night an airplane en
gaged in a search for three fight
er ships missing since last Friday
on a flight from Tucson, Ariz.
Busy Woman
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Dr. Gertrude Boyd Crane, above,
professor of philosophy at Pa
cific university, Forest Grove,
who will address the Oregon
Council of Church Women at its
Wednesday luncheon and speak
at the employed women's din
ner that night. She also gives
an address at the Zonta club
luncheon Thursday as a part of
the National Christian Mission.
Crowds Attend
Church Meets
Noted Pastors Speak;
Youth at Banquet
Hears 'Freedom' Talk
Good crowds at the mass meet
ings Sunday and Monday nights
frnd largegroups of Intef ested
persons at sessions throughout
the day brought conclusive proof
of the popularity of the National
Christian Mission as it closed its
first full day of activities Mon
day. It will continue throughout
the week.
Representative groups and
Individuals from cities and
towns throughout the valley
Joined with residents of Salem
to make up the audience of
over 1500 who heard Dr. Ralph
C. Walker, Portland, give the
first of a series of nightly ad
dresses, when he spoke at the
Salem high school Sunday.
"Nothing can take your free
dom from you. although the sur
face may change," Dr. G. Hayden
fatewart of Vancouver, BC, de
clared at the youth banquet of
the National Christian mission
here Monday night.
Stewart averred the mission of
youth is to become awake to help
each other and that youth should
be a solid phalanx to make an im
pact on the world. "Those who
know Jesus Christ." he stated.
"must share their integrity and
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Jorgenson Is
Selected for
City Council
Claude W. Jorgensen, Salem
seating contractor, was named
alderman from ward three at
Monday night's city council ses
sion to succeed Private George
Belt, whose letter of resignation
written at Fort Lewis was pre
sented. Vote for Jorgensen was
seven, to five for Gordon Black,
only competing nominee.
Argument over a proposal to
make bos license provisions
more strinrent and to give the
council greater authority over
operation of the city transporta
tion system was settled with the
sarrestion that the measure be
scrapped and an entirely new
ordinance drawn to inelnde
some control features without
those termed "objectionable or
useless I '
City employes drafted into
armed services are to receive their
two weeks vacation pay, the
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Portland Rose
Fete Cancelled ,
PORTLAND, Feb, loHPort
land called off Its annual June?
time rose festival parade Monday
because of the War. , , .
" George SchoeffeL festival presi
dent,' said the; parade, which an
nually attracts " thousands, and
nightly stadium .shows would be
cancelled to comply with military
requests that' crowds be limited to
5,000 persons. .
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Axis Subs
Sink Four
Oil Ships
Attacks Occur
Off Venezuela;
Raiders Bombed
MARACAIBO, Venezu
ela, Feb. 16. (AP) Seven
ships have been torpedoed
in the Caribbean between
the Dutch island of Aruba
and the Venezuelan coast,
executives of the Mene
Grande Oil company, a
Venezuelan concern, said
late Monday.
Shipments between here
and Aruba have been held
up indefinitely because of
the attacks, it was said.
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao,
Dutch West Indies, Feb. 16-P)
An enemy submarine, breaking
into the Caribbean through the
outer screen of American and
allied bases protecting the Pan
ama canal, shelled the Dutch
West Indies island of Aruba to
day and torpedoed three tank
ers off the coast.
This tit attack of the war
upon the eastern coasts of the
Americas almost certainly the
assailant was German occurred
within about 700 miles of the
canal. It was centered upon the
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Salem Signs
Airport Deal
UAL Receives 25-Year
Lease Contract With
Specified Facilities
Not without heated discussion,
and over the "nay" of one alder
man, Salem city council Monday
night approved a contract pro
viding to United Air Lines a 25
year unchanging lease of speci
fied municipal airport facilities.
Lloyd Rlgdon, ward three
councilman and member of the
two-man airport committee,
objecting to the 25-year provi
sion, handed in a "minority'
report on the contract and urg
ed that an attempt be made to
arrange for arbitration of . the
rental rates every five years.
The delay which would be
caused by such action, he main
tained, could be no more se
rious than "the two months
during which the contract lay
In UAL offices.
Often silent in matters of
council policy, Mayor W. W.
unadwicK spoke briefly ol some
people who seem opposed to the
idea of city progress" and the
council, with the exception of
Rigdon, voted approval of the
contract as recommended by Air
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Welders Give
In to Union .
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 16.-UP)
"The walkout is absolutely over.
The boys have swallowed their
pride and as far as we're con
cerned, there wont be any more
work stoppages as long as this
country is at war "
With these words Charles L.
Brink erhoff, spokesman for weld
ers who have sought to gain In
dependence from the AFL-bofler-makers
union, announced Mon
day night his group had voted to
strike their flag and surrender..
The men decided that they
might as well make the best of
it," Brinkerhoff added. "As many
as possible will pay I back dues
Tuesday- and in a couple of days
all who are. eligible ought towbe
back at work In the shipyards."
Sunday's Weather,
Weather 'forecasts withheld ,
and temperature data delayed by .
army request. Max. tempcratare
Sunday, 47, bujl, S2.
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Burma
Batan Big Guns
Churchill to
'Clean House'
After Defeats
Public Demands Shift
Of Cabinet Officers?
Own Job in Danger
LONDON, Feb. 16-JP)-A
drastic housecleaning by Prime
Minister Churchill in Britain's
war cabinet, with some leading
ministers to be swept into dis
card, was predicted in inform
ed circles Monday night as an
aftermath of the Singapore dis
aster, the channel humiliation
and defeats in north Africa.
Churchill is believed to have
decided upon this action, these
informants said, after consulting
which convinced him of the fury
of an aroused and critical house
of commons.
' Some predicted he would dis
miss A. V. Alexander, first lord
of the admiralty, and War Secre
tary H. D. R. Margession in an at
tempt to still criticism during
commons' impending three - day
debate over conduct of the war.
So heavy was the barrage of
critical remarks leveled at the
government that some members
of parliament predicted Church
ill would be forced to make a
complete cabinet reshuffle,
dropping among others Lieut.
CoL J. T. Mc Moore-Brabazon,
minister of aircraft production;
Arthur Greenwood, minister
without portfolio, and Ernest
Bevih, minister of labor, to
lesser posts.
The prime minister himself is in
real danger of defeat, one member
declared. There were others in
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Salem Feels
Enemy Alien
Restriction
A number of businesses in
downtown Salem felt the effect
of the latest restriction on move
ment of enemy aliens as city po
lice acted to keep such persons
out of five prohibited areas with
in the city.
Ben's cafe, operated by T,
Saito at 158 South Commercial
street, was closed, as was the
Hand laundry, formerly Japanese
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They Handled First Wartime Registration
First call for possible military service tinea they foaght l World war I was answered Satnrfiay thronth
. Monday by a number of Salem's yoanger veterans. Some ef the men who toek part Saturday, but
not all of whom registered for selected service, are pictured above, (left U right, seated), 1-Li Pit'
. tenter, the first regiment, commandant of the Salem Marine Corps league; E. J. Seellars of the Le-.-
gloa; CoL C A. Robertson, head of Marion post. Veterans of Foreign Wars; Fred Gahlsdorf, com--mander
f Capital post, American Lettoa; (standing), CoL Elmer Y. Wooton, state selective service
director; Aubrey Tossing ef the VFW; Hay J. Stumbe, chairman ef the Salem draft board; Jatnea
Cooke and John Olson of the Legion. . . , t
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Streamliner
Waits While
Crew Enrolls
GALESBURG, 111., Feb. 1C
CrP Three members of the din
ing ear crew of a Santa Fe
streamlined tram were In a
quandary Monday as they con
templated registering for the
draft The train left Oklahoma
City at 6:45 aan. too early to
register and arrived in Chi-
i cago at 9:30 pjn. too late.
The problem was solved by
wiring ahead to Galesburg,
making arrangements for quick
handling of the men. The train
was held 15 minutes while
Gus Muenster and Henry Bid
der, Cooks, and Opple Dorsey, a
waiter, simed up.
Japs Reveal
India Plans
Tell Details of Fall
Of Singapore; Troops
Ertter City Wednesday
TOKYO (From Japanese Broad
casts),; Feb. 16.-i!P)-Navy Minis
ter Admiral Shigetaro Shimada
told the Japanese parliament
Monday in a report on the fall of
Singapore that Japanese subma
rines already were in the Indian
ocean and that Japanese naval op
erations there now would be in
creased. Similarly forecasting broad
ened operations now that Singa
pore has been knocked out, Col.
Hideo Ohira, chief of the army
press section, said in a broad
cast "Japan is In a position to
control the fate of India and
Australia."
Reporting first to Emperor
Hirohito and then to the diet,
Japan's military leaders said that
60,000 British and imperial troops
had laid down their arms in un
conditional surrender at Singa
pore, and that the Japanese navy
had taken over the big fleet bases
and such British ships as re
mained there.
What ships remained were
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Frenchmen Executed
VICHY, Unoccupied France,
Feb. lt.-(JP)-Two more French
men were executed three days
ago in the Paris area, one for il
legal possession of firearms and
the other for espionage, German
authorities in the occupied French
capital announced Monday night
Fired;
Dueling
Surrender of
Singapore Is
Still Mystery
Libyan Maneuvering
Said Inconclusive;
Russ Claim Cains
By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE
Associated Press War Editor
The Dutch East Indies lay
sorely wounded Monday
night, their biggest oil fields
at Palembang in southern
Sumatra ablaze but in Jap
anese control and the last and
greatest bastion of Java un
der threat of imminent large
scale attack. Thus the second
phase of the Pacific war
opened with a progressive
worsening of the allied posi
tion. r'' An allied retirement back" to
Australia and a line on the Indian
ocean appeared now not a distant
possibility but a near probability,
for it was frankly conceded that
the fall of Java itself must b
reckoned probable, high though
the cost to the enemy certainly
would be.
And to the west the great battle
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Third Draft
Is Completed
2358 Men Register in
Salem Over Weekend;
Army Okehs Figures
Total of 2358 men, principally
from Salem, registered here over
the weekend for selective service,
according to Mrs. Marcella Mil
ler, chief clerk of Marion county
board No. 1.
Approximately equal n am
bers of men signed Sunday and
Monday, 842 and 881, respec
tively, while only 35 register
ed Saturday.
Mrs. Miller said serial numbers
would not be assigned until after
March 9, and the national draft
lottery conducted sometime later.
PORTLAND, Feb. 1M
Youths, 20 and 21 yeass old,
streamed Into the armory Mon
day and signed for selective
military service. Approximately
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