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Tlx OREGON STATESMAN. Satan, Oregon. Friday Morning. February 23. 1942 MGE THBES A.; , USB SW By KIRKE L. Wide World War Analyst Japanese air attacks on Port to isolate Java for attack rather than a prelude to an invasion drive at Australia. They are aimed both at impeding American Australian reinforcement of Java and at stirring popular clamor in Australia against further' weakening of, home defense forces. J 1 The scope of the bombing raids Is significant; Port Darwin is an essential advance operating base for allies of the Dutch, a Pacific supply line pivot. In no other case except the Pearl Harbor, Singa pore and Manila surprise attacks has such an enemy air fleet been concentrated as at Port Darwin. More than 70 fighter-escorted bombers made np the first wave. Four of 21 ships in the second wave were downed. Whether any first wave craft also were knocked out has not been stated. 7jat gives an impression, of a successful surprise attack. Lack ing word as to damage wrought, Its effectiveness cannot be gauged. If the port was crowded with al lied combat and troop and supply ihips, it could prove a heavy Uow. The nearest Japanese-held land bases for the big bomber flight ever Port Darwin are 600 miles and more away, about their dis tance limit The fighter escorts must have been picked up at sea from carriers. The hunt for those carriers must be on by Australian and probably American planes. Their elimination would go far to protect Port Darwin from fur ier large scale air attacks. . In any event sustained bomb tit; of the port seems improba ble owinr to the distances in volved and also to the fact that Japanese air power will have to Concentrate against Java if a quick kill there is to be at tempted. Yet the raids may have forced reassignment to the Port Darwin area of Australian and American units intended for the Java front. The strength of the first wave flight over Port Darwin is all the more significant because it was a departure from the general rule. Except in the initial Japanese surprise attacks that started the Pacific war, only a dozen or two planes have been counted by al lied observers. Once or twice from 30 to 40 have been noted. Those small raiding groups mean Just this: Japan's air power is strained heavily to meet all the requirements of the vast and distant battle front she has created. There are no authentic figures on her plane casualties thus far In the war but they have been heavy. Japanese plane production capacity is estimated by some authorities at not more than 500 a month in all types. The active fronts in the Dutch Indies and in Burma are many days from Ja pan by steamer. Filling the cas ualty gaps must be an increas lngly difficult task. In some degree air attrition and Ivan in g oil reserves must be sap ping increasingly , at Japanese striking power. Accelerating and vast expansion of American plane production is certainly bringing , closer the hour when the Japan ese will lose control of the air sto vital Pacific areas. Salem Draft x Board Names 81 for Army : (Continued from Page 1) Mai on Laurence Waldron, Ken neth Jerome Larson, transferred to local board No. 3 at Eugene. Selectees for Sunday are: Joseph Leroy Stafford, John Curtis ; Guthrie, Kenneth Ray Killer,! Samuel Bowman Harbi n, John Paul Oravec, Law rence Edward Bisbee, Marvin Frank Humphreys, Elmer Stewart Anderson. Pan! Fran cis Beldy, William Floyd Am lck, Lester Carl Davis, Sidney Jay Miles, Francis Earl Roth weiler, Ralph Thomas Walker, Ralph j Stronach, Louis ; Eman nel Marsh, Fred Kinsley, John Elden Mulerone,. Oscar Leonard Donaldson, Jr, Ernest Stephen Teske, ; Wilbur Curtis Thrall, Lawrence Gustav Perry, Jr. Charles Marshel Canaan, Jim Phillip Hall, John Evens Winn, Newton Homer Martsfield, Wayne Fletcher ; Sturgess, Clarence Ed Ward Krechter, William Leopold PolzeV Hubert Vincent Schwartz, Walter, McCrea Bailey, Lyman Edgar -Simons,; jr., Abe Louis Steinbock, Philip France McKin- . lay, Amos Edgar LeRoy Minne man, Claude James Nelson, Paul Hajime . Tanaka, Louie Elmer Arends, I Warren Elsworth But ler, William Connell Dyer, Jr, Miles Lawrence Eckstein, Myron Clifford, Millett, Robert Edwin Johnson, Fred Burke Clarke, Ro bert Hicks Fischer, Henry Ed ward Walker, Walter Carwin Summers, Edward George Picard, Mac David Osborn, transferred to local board No. 54 at Martinez, Calif. SIMPSON For The Statesman Darwin look like an attempt State Office Race Awaited Candidates for State Secretary Expected To File Soon (Continued from Page 1) est likelihood is that he will apply to the voters for a third term as prosecutor at Dallas. McSherry, who has made ec- quaintances statewide during his years as an active veterans' or ganization man and more recent ly as representative of the state parole board, may be considered reasonably certain of being on the republican ballot for nomina tion as successor to Secretary of State Earl Snell in May. He is expected to make his intentions known formally soon. Just back from a ten - day swing over the state in connec ion with the defense bond cam paign, Farrell said in Portland Thursday that he would make no declaration of his plans un til after he had cleaned up "a pile of work here on my desk." It has long been his intention to be busily shaking hands when the time for intensive campaigning for the job in the state department arrives. Elbert Bede, legislative reading clerk for many years and now publisher of a fraternal paper in Portland, has all but dropped an early idea of making himself third man in the republican contest, he said Thursday. Granges Hear Discussion on Summer Plans Problems and plans of this sum mer's agricultural labor situation in Oregon were presented to about 85 persons representing 19 grang es at a meeting here Thursday night. The session was one of a series slated this week over the state. The purpose was to inform farmers of the situation as a whole in order that they might organize to be better prepared than in 1941. R. Smurthwaite of the US employment service declared the farm labor scarcity .was largely because of more entic ing wages in defense industry He said 300,000 man-years would be needed in this country to take care of increased farm production. Priorities have displaced from other work many persons who will now be available for agricul tural labor and a number of fam ilies in the Salem area are will ing to work in the harvests for a little extra money, stated W. H. Baillie, Salem manager of the employment service. Baillie's statement that Ore gon is now experiencing its largest migration in history was held true as well for Califor nia by George Eenan of the farm security administration. Elmer McClure, state deputy grange master, prseided over the meeting, called by the state grange. Business Let us design letter- j teads, statements and envelopes that person- i. alia yew eorrespon- i denee, and impress j your clients. , Phone 93L01 Today STATESIIAIl ; Puilisiizg Co. JOB DEPARTMENT IIS S. CMunercUl ' Stationery Subs Attack Aruba Again Shells Fail to Hit Refinery ; US Plane Drops Heavy Bombs (Continued from Page 1) - where a base was acquired from the British Jin the .1940 destroyer swap. j The American troops on Aruba were under fire In the new raid, which concentrated on shelling with apparent Intention of setting; afire the vital oil works. ; i All the Shells fired from the sub lying three or four miles off shore fell short of the oil refineries and reservoirs but they whistled through a bachelor quarters build ing from end to end, another smashed through the nearby li brary; one ; Dutchman's room in the quarters was wrecked but he escaped injury. None of the shells exploded, which raised the suspicion that they may have timers for be lated detonation. In this con nection it was recalled that a "dud" torpedo fired in last Monday's raid on Aruba was found on the beach and then exploded the next day, killing four Dutchmen who were dis mantling it. Likewise unexplained was the fact that a shell struck an oil tank on Aruba last Monday but in flicted only a dent In that initial West Indies raid several shallow- draft oil tankers used to carry oil from the Venezuelan mainland were torpedoed. The crude oil shuttle service ' was suspended then, probably accounting for the fact that the nly prime targets left for the raider Thursday were the oil installations. Coast Alien Plan Mulled At Capital s WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-(JP) War and justice department of ficials were reported Thursday night to be nearing a decision on further steps in connection with the enemy alien problem on the west coast. Persons close to conferences which have been underway al most uninterruptedly for two days declined to say what sort of plan appeared most likely to emerge, but there were sug gestions that it might be taken to the White House for consid eration. Most ofr those reached for comment indicated that there would be neither martial law nor a strictly civilian move, such as licensing persons for entry into designated areas. A combination appeared to be a likely solution. It has been learned reliably that the war department has the opinion of Attorney General Bid die that the question of removing unwanted citizens from certain areas, such: as those, from which enemy aliens have been barred, could be settled either by institut ing a licensing system, under which every person seeking to enter or remain in a locality would require specific permis sion from the army, or by using martial law. However, either step must be taken by the army rather than the justice depart ment, officials say. I A modern, low-cost maintenance plan with 6 big advantages v. Vf" ... fi 9 -7 TOW wr , sssr m m m o 6 k! LI IA Pn$cr2l Service may & financed on GMACs convenenf budgef pfcm. IHIeiriralD-O.iveinis Co. 235 S. Commercial Si. ' Service Men County Clerk Harlan Judd called back into military service, subject to results of a physical examination on March 5. Judd was elected Marion county clerk at the last general election but service before he qualified. He was released from the army a few weeks ago and assumed his offi cial duties. In case of being re turned to military " service the county court will have to select a county clerk pro-tem. The 13th naval district is in dire need of sky pilots and they don't mean aviators. According to officials at staff headquarters, few applications have been re ceived from the clergymen in the northwest section of the US for appointment as chaplains in the US naval reserve. "As in the past," a navy spokes man said, "the navy has no de sire, even in such times as these of neglecting the spiritual aspects of life at sea and on naval shore stations. There is a very pressing need at the present time for navy chaplains." j Candidates for appointment to the naval reserve are required to meet the same conditions de manded of candidates' for the chaplain corps of the navy. They must be endorsed by the official authorities of the religious bodies represented and all applications are scrutinized by the bureau of navigation as to educational pre paration and practical experience. Ability and professional standing are given due consideration in connection with recommendations as to rank, navy officials stated. Phillip L. Ahl, Silverton, has enlisted in the marines, recruit ing headquarters at Portland an nounced Thursday. SMITHFIELD Frank Caspell, until recently employed by Har old and Hardin Smith on their dairy ranch, has gone to Clover dale to spend a week with family and friends and then will join the army. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1HP) The senate Thursday night voted to provide for an increase of 20 per cent in base pay for enlisted men and 10 per cent for officers serving in the army and navy in foreign countries and in Midway, Hawaii and the Philippines. The measure has yet to pass the house. GATES Albert Decker and Carl Ball will leave Monday for army duty. SCIO Report has been receiv ed by relatives here that Harold McDonald and George Rerucha of this city are at the naval air station at -North Island, San Di ego. They have completed the re quired course of preliminary training. PORTLAND, Feb. 19-;P-Archie S. Bjelde and William R. Pfau, both Salem, have enlisted in the construction regiment of Like Ice Cream? Sure, everybody does. Then come to the Big Dipper We make our own Ice Cream. Pure and whole some. Under New Management Glen 0. Mathewson Prop. WH40T PXOMPT, SWOPWMAJIWW u TOW CAM IS 9XAMIM99 9999 09 A TMdHin M. ft. 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