tr PAGE TWO Record Speed Army's Goal Wage Rates Are Set; Reservation Takes Form; Budget Voted (Continued from page 1) lob regardless, but rd rather do it the nice way." "I dont aim to hair any de tours," lie warned. Things arc going to atari happening here Monday; ay Wednesday people are going to start trickling- in. It's time for yen fellows to poll - en year fightin' britches and ret f going." . I The cantonment council form ally approved an operating bud get. totaling, $5500 ior a year, or $1832 for the next four months. A revised scheme of allocating costs is to be reported to .the 11 mem' : ber early next week by William ' H, Crawford, executive secretary of the Oregon Economic Council for the consideration when the Corvallis, Albany, Salem, West Salem, Monmouth, Dallas and In dependence city councils and the Marion, Polk, Benton and Linn county courts are asked to give their- approval to the necessary appropriations. The next meeting of the I council will be held in Salem , en March IS. Question of wheth er or not the member counties '. and cities are to agree on em ploying a coordinator or bust ness manager to serve as liason agent between them and Major ' Des Islet's office and ether fed- eral arencles is expected to be answered at that time. Information in the hands of the , council indicates that $30,000,000 may be spent on the cantonment 'Progress of construction will soon show that the reservation will ex tend southward about six miles from the east-west Suver road in .Polk county and westward rough ly ten miles from the Independence-Grainger road, with an east ern extension taking in a small piece of land across the Willamette river In Linn county. Exactly where and how la borers and craftsmen are to ob tain employment on the vast project remained unanswered Wednesday, but the" big problem ' will be to ret enough men rather than to obtain a Job, it was in dicated to Corvallis. Union labor representatives asserted it would be wholly a union operation. Major Des Islet told the Cor vallis and Salem audiences that wage scales would include $1.50 an hour for plumbers, "$1.37 for carpenters and 75 cents for labor ers. , During the peak construction period , an effort will.be made to surpass a recent army construc tion record of putting up one building every 32 minutes. Other developments Wednes day: Major Des Islet invited Salem businessmen, city and county officials to Join in urging- the Southern Pacific company to Institute passenger train serv ice from Salem. Albany and Corvallis to t h e cantonment site to carry workmen to and from the three-shifts-a-day Job. , Mayor W. W. Chadwick and Pres. Carl Hogg of the Salem chamber of commerce were working on proposals also for direct Salem-eantonment bus ; service. King Bing Frank Ernest of the Salem Cherrians received notice that the federal security agency had approved construction of buildings for use by the USO, soldiers' service and recreation or ganization, at Albany and Cor vallis, but had rejected Salem's application for such a project He prepared immediately to have the city's request pursued in Wash- . Jngton, DC r Realignment of the west side Pacific highway through Mon mouth south along or through V the cantonment was discussed - by R. H. Baldoek, state highway ; engineer, and Charles A. How- ard, president of the Oregon College of Education. Mon- mouth urged that any reloca- "1 Uon be not routed across the Monmouth campus. i Lester A. Wilcox of the state department of education reoorted ..' plans in hand for absorption of children of construction workers now and of soldiers later in schools surrounding the canton ment area, said Salem's problem would not,, apparently, necessi tate new buildings. He was ad vised by Major Des Islet that the project would bring in few; new school pupils before fall, f B. E. Edwards, representing ' the new national housing agen cy, told the cantonment council that the federal government ".; would look first to existing- sur- plus housing; facilities for work- era' and soldiers families, sec ond to present structures that . could be rehabilitated, third to : new private ' construction and, u i final, resort only, to fed 's . erally-buflt housing projects, ; -: Major Des Islet estimated that Salem , would receive the benefit of $700,000 to $1,000,000 a month to payroll emanating from the cantonment, and predicted that the - capital city' would attract more soldiers than any other of .the nearby cities. vTTire Censor Office Set up la Portland - PORTLAND, Feb. 25-(-The fcavy Smouaced Wednesday, that 3. radio and cable censor's office fa the charge of Lt. Raold G. Lund I .ad been set up here to- control 'international commercialjmes- intra - s . - . 7 - As Japs Thrust Closer to j ,J s tir"d.w, SUMATRA jSpSB . Batavia admitted that Japanese had overrun part oBall (1) and seized an airdrome, but Dutch sources said the Japanese Invasion fleet had been wrecked. The Japanese claimed they had driven an Sumatra to north of Telokbetoeng (2). Latest reports Indicate the US and Dutch forces have slowed If not halted the Japjush. Knox Sees Jap Doom Naval Report Reveals US Forces Have Sunk Ajt Least 53 Nip Ships . (Continued from Page 1) ditions, they added, Japan would have to "make this a quick and fast war." Although Japan has 23 ship yards with 69 berths for construc tion of large craft, her steel re sources are limited and building facilities are believed to be far below what would be necessary to make up current losses. Knox said that since January 1, the navy has made 56 attacks on submarines, with three be lieved sunk and four believed damaged. In the same period sub marines attacked 114 United Na tions ships in the western Atlan tic. How many of these were sunk he did not say. Knox broke down his summary of war against Japanese shipping as follows: Battleships: One of the "Kon go class" damaged; aircraft carriers, one sunk, one believed sunk; cruisers, two sunk; de stroyers, seven sunk, one be lieved sunk; submarines, three sunk, one damaged; seaplane tenders, one believed sunk; minesweepers, one sunk; gun boats, one sunk; fleet tankers, three sunk; transports, 13 sunk, two believed sunk; supply and merchantmen, 16 sunk; miscel laneous (type unidentified) six sunk, two believed sunk, three damaged. The number of Japanese sub marines sunk, three damaged. "Only those sunk during the he roic defense of Wake island and during the recent raid on the Marshall and Gilbert islands. "In accordance with the es tablished navy department policy submarine sinkings are never announced until it is reasonably certain that the enemy has be come cognizant of their loss. This explains the time lag in connec tion with various reports. "There is evidence, however, of further sinkings of enemy submarines in Pacific waters but their announcement will not be made public until foil reports have been made to the navy department and absolute surety is determined." He went on to say that before the war began "the pride of the Japanese merchant marine con sisted of three 17,000 ton luxury ships of the Yawata class." One of these, he added, was known to have been converted into an aircraft carrier. "The United States naval forces have sunk one merchantman ot the Yawata class," he continued, "and one aircraft carrier of the same class, leaving only one such vessel known to be in service with the enemy." ' Of submarine and anti-subma rine activities in the Atlantic, he had this to say: "During January, 1942, 22 ships of the United Nations reg is try had torpedoes fired at them in waters ' contiguous to the United States. In addition 38 other ships were attacked in the area west of St degrees west longitude (which appoxi mately divides the Atlantic In half). One enemy submarine is believed to have been sunk. Three are believed to have been damaged and 34 additional at tacks were Inconclusive in evidence of damage. - "In February, up to an includ ing the 24D Instant, 23 ships of the United Nations have been at tacked by enemy submarines in US coastal waters and 31 addi tional ships in the area west -of 30 degrees west longitude. Two enemy submarines are believed to have been sunk and one dam aged in these areas. In addition, 15 attacks have been made on enemy submarines by our forces with Inconclusive results." s The day's reports of United Nations ships sunk included one, a British freighter,"; destroyed some 30 miles to the south of Puerto . Rico. Twenty five survi vors were landed on the island and told of two attacks at t pm, Tuesday night and 2 aoa., Wed- Tli Chinese Troops Mutiny Against Japanese CHUNGKING, Feb. 25. JP) Chinese puppet troops in Suiyuan in North Shansi province, north east of the Yellow river, mutinied a week ago, killed their Japanese officers and advisors and then joined Chinese forces attacking Japanese positions, a communique said Wednesday. In southwest Shansi, Chinese forces are attacking south of Hot sin and are inflicting many cas ualties, the war bulletin said. Gen. Bennett Escapes Japs Australian Chief At Singapore Safe in Batavia After Flight BATAVIA, NET, Thursday, Feb. 28-(P)-Maj.-Gen. Henry Gordon Bennett, commander of the Aus tralian imperial forces in Malaya, has reached Batavia after escap ing from Singapore in a large Chinese junk which required four days to reach neighboring Sumat ra. The assumption before his ar rival was that he had been cap tured by the Japanese now in command of the fallen allied bas tion. With him were his aide-decamp, Lieut. Gordon Walker, eight members of the Singapore volun teers and seven members of Brit ish regiments. (A dispatch from Canberra officially estimated that 17,000 Australians were among the Im perial troops taken prisoner at Singapore. Very few Australians got away and the number of casualties in the last of the fighting there was not known.) A group of Australian officers decided on a Thursday (date un specified) that the great base inevitably would have to be given up. They decided to attempt to es cape, taking General Bennett with them, his aide-de-camp related in an interview aftr their arrival here. Walker said he swam out to one large sampan, rowed it back and the party set out on Sunday night At midnight their sampan bumped into a large sea-going junk with six British officers aboard. Bennett and his group boarded the junk. The group threaded their way through all the islands off Singa pore and across to Sumatra on a 4-day trip in which their only navigation guide was a page from an atlas showing the south west -Pacific on a scale of 240 miles to the inch. WU Spring Vacation Canceled "We have decided to eliminate spring vacation this year," Dean Chester F. Luther of Willamette university announced Wednesday night, following a faculty meet ing. The holiday had been set for April 4 to 11. Concurrently, the two sum mer terms were shortened to five weeks each and their op ening advanced one week to June S. Prof. Herman Clark Is director. The administration Is consid ering' having both baccalaur eate and commencement Sun day, May ih Examinations will end May 19. : The action on vacation was taken to give the students long er summer vacation for work and to aid men who will be drafted before the end of the semester. Most other colleges have prev iously taken the step. Shortening of the" summer session will re quire longer class hours and possibly Saturday classes, accord ing to Dean Luther. . .. nesday. Other , survivors were adrift in life boats. OSZGON STATESMAN.' kdem, ctva Flanks LA Wondering Oyer Air Raid Knox "False Alarm" Statement Puzzles; CD Officials Riled (Continued from Page 1) the air raid signal was given, but another official source later re ported the planes stayed on the ground because of the danger of being caught in their own anti aircraft fire. He said ground crews saw unidentified planes. Police recalled that 12, mid night, was the zero hour for Japanese aliens to leave the coast al defense, areas. Flares were reported to have fallen In several sections, on the beaches and far inland, some as late as 6 a. m, when many per sons were walking to work be cause street cars were balked by the blackout Police authorities In some areas said they were convinced Japanese had at tempted to direct Invading plnes by use of red, green and white flares. On the whole, the blackout was effective, showing the result of careful preparation for just such an emergency. At Santa Barbara there were repercussions from Monday night's shelling of an oil field by a Japa nese submarine, and District At torney Percy Heckendorf said there was "convincing proof that there were shore signals flashed to the enemy." Japs Lessen Bataan Action Stalemate in Battle With Mac Arthur Seen; Bay Action Increased By CLARK LEE WITH GEN. MacARTHUR ON THE BATAAN PENINSULA, Feb. 23-(Delayed)-P)-Desultory in fantry activity and a decrease in Japanese aerial action for the past week have led to the belief that a definite stalemate has set tled over the battle of Bataan, at least temporarily. In the meantime, however, there has been a sharpening of artillery action around Manila bay. The Japanese batteries on the south shore have been pumping shells with increasing rapidity at Corregidor and oth er fortified islands in the water way. Hundreds of shells have been hurled against the rocky sides of Corregidor. The lack of ground and aerial activity may mean the enemy is awaiting reinforcements or plan ning an assault from new direc tions. Or, perhaps he is just con tent to sit and bide the time when, he believes, the tightening of the encirclement of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces will bring capitulation from exhaustion of food and munitions. There is a general belief that another major assault may be delayed until the arrival of re inforcements released from ac tion in the Malaya and Dutch East Indies areas. Certain It Is that heavy casualties have been inflicted by the American-FIU-plno forces on the 14th field army of General Homma. Some estimates of the number of Jap anese dead or wounded run as high as 31,001. Two thousand JaDanese dead have been buried by the defend ing forces. They were killed in attempted landings on the vtt coast of Luzon and in drives against the west-central section- of the front where artillery took a terrific tolL . . - ; There are indications that the enemy morale is not what it was two months ago. Prisoners admit this, saying they are sick of com bat In contrast the moral A General MacArthur's men is at high pitch., Orecjon, Thursday Mornlne February 2S, 1942 County GOP Hear Leader Woman Chief States People Want to Know War Situation, Facts (Continued from page 1) to blame for the nation's failure to fortify Guam she declared ut terly false, tracing the Guam sit uation back to the 1918 joint army-navy recommendation for fortification. No measure for its fortification was ever placed be fore congress, she declared, al though a $3,000,000 allocation for improvement of the harbor and airport, once- stricken from a na val appropriations bill by motion of a democratic congressman, was passed in 1941. "It was this appropriation, not for fortification but for other im provements which took our work men and marines to Guam in time for the Japanese attack," she maintained. "If President Kooseveit had wanted Goam fortified he had enough rubber stamps to guar antee its fortification. . . it's flattering to think our handful in congress could hold np or pass a measure. . . I. for one, am tired of having the republi can party a whipping dog!" Bliss Martin declared. Stepping out of her role as ex ecutive in a political party, the speaker urged her listeners, who filled the floral room of the cham ber of commerce, to fight anti British propaganda. "I am convinced, she declared, that it is fifth columjnst activity designed to separate us from our allies. We're in this war together and must go through it together." When the war is done, she main tained, the peace can be made, pointing out that current belief in Washington as to its duration would indicate that "Mr. Roose velt will not be the president to make the peace." Wholehearted support to Don ald Nelson, she said. Indicates the nation's interest in efficient meeting of the war crisis, and "we have hopes that under new leadership the office of Civilian Defense will settle down to bus iness and do less fan-dancing." That the nation owes to Mrs. Roosevelt a debt of gratitude for bringing to the spotlight "one great weakness of this adminis tration the appointing of per sonal friends, qualified or not, to positions of importance," was the claim of the speaker. Across the nation, she declared, persons in varying positions have called her attention to a compari son, "seeing in OCD's Mayris Chaney a likeness to the federal government's Harry Hopkins." Miss Martin was introduced by Gov. Charles A. Sprague, who served as joint chairman of the program with Bin. R. L. Wright chairman of the county party central committee. State and party officials and re publican members of the legisla ture were presented. Music was provided by Mrs. Gordon McGil christ vocalist accompanied by Mrs. Tad Gordon, and by Miss Margaret Hogg, pianist At the close of 4 lie program party, state officials formed are ceiving line with Miss Martin. Russian Ring Moves Closer Plan to Trap German Troops Progresses on Staraya Russ Front (Continued from Page 1) troops were threatened with an nihilation in the savage fighting in the Staraya Russa area, but failed to specify whether all these men were caught in the Russian ring. (Farther south, these reports said other German troops were in danger of encirclement tn a vast pocket between Rxher and Vyazma because it was said the right wing of Gen. Gregory K. Zhukovs central red army was pushing southward from Beiy toward Dorogobuah, 50 miles away. (Dorogobuzh, only SO miles northeast of Smolensk, has been declared officially captured by Moscow, and Stockholm corre spondents said this wing was ad vancing north to meet the troops anchored at Bely.) Red Cross Meets Tonight Open to the interested public without charge, tonight's annual meeting of Marion county chap ter, American Bed Cross, is not a dinner session, Olive Doak Bynon, executive secretary of the chapter emphasized Wednesday night The meeting, called for 8 o'clock at Salem chamber of commerce rooms, is to be addressed by A. L. Schaef er of San Francisco, Pacific coast manager for the Red Cross. Men Women! Old at 40,50,60! Get Pep rati Tssrs Ttetrt rill at Via m roar ac. TXw J JmtSii pWM mp iu unlet taiim aTlea wM aft TmMeta aaata a-l SUrt fUac pwtm M4 i Tat sale at all good drug store every- wnero m wuera. ai rata jaeyers. t MM HUM ani aa. uwuiaa rami Jo vr bodiw Imum Berlin Claims Russ Losses and Repulses BERLIN-(From German Broad- casts)-Feb, 25.-(3)-The Russians have lost more than 14,000 killed and several times that number in wounded in fighting southeast of Lake Ilmen (in the Staraya Rus sa crea) in the past four weeks, it was announced in Berlin mili tary quarters Wednesday night The Germans were declared to have repulsed 387 attacks by strong soviet forces, counter-attacking successfully several times. Race Quitted By McSherry Cancels Plans to Run For State Secretary; May Be Sprague Aide (Continued from Page 1) of state, has not decided finally against entering the contest he has indicated, and the name of another member of Snell's force. David O'Hara, veteran chief of the elections division, has been mentioned. "It's a decision for them te make," Snell aald Wednesday when asked what would be his attitude toward his deputies running for office. "It's not for me to say who should and who should not be a candidate for offiee.w O'Hara, it is generally under stood, has more seriously con sidered putting his name on the Salem mayoralty ballot than , on the ticket for secretary of state. A prime consideration as to the city contest is whether Mayor W. W. Chadwick decides to be a can didate for reelection or to seek the republican nomination lor member of the house of represen tatives. Mayor Chadwick said Wednes day night he would make his in tentions known "within a few days." In withdrawing his name from the secretary of state prospect list McSherry issued the follow ing statement: "We are at war. Every effort should b expended toward the protection of our own land and the winning of the war. Conditions have changed con siderably since we entered the war . . . "Any well conducted and contested campaign will cost considerable money. That means a great share of the funds used must come from interested friends. "Generous offers of support have come to me. but right now 1 believe that it would be much better for this money to be used in paying taxes and in purchasing defense bonds, thus mak ing possible more supplies and equip ment for the men fighting to preserve this nation. In addition our people are going to be called upon for many do nations during the coming years, do nations which wiU mean a great deal in the alleviation of suffering and in promoting the general welfare of the men in the service. There are a great many ways in which this money might be used that would ordinarily be spent In a political campaign. "I do appreciate the generous offers of support from all sections of Oregon. They are heart wanning and it is . with sincere regret that I make this deci sion to lay aside my personal ambi tions. At this time I will not be a candidate for the republican nomina tion for secretary of state. In what ever capacity! am called upon. I shall continue tqf serve the people to the very best of my ability. Student Pilots Killed ENID, Okhk, Feb. 2S-(Thurs-day )-)-A Rock Island passen ger train ploughed Into a bus load of army student pilots at a crossing a half mile west ef Enid early today. An under taker said he believed at least seven were killed. DEFINITELY LAST nmtevtsc st uw sag ol a ... . a ..... i rob. n iw r. Tba "rTT A c.:aoors 7- t ntJT ' i Wlallatrnda1rrlOiaSiiajpanankskHt MdtaM wis u hst I mi 1 wis tapsftor ts msia hi u 'YJQ,iimtm ma trials lis la tt Ota. TMs si ttw amtk that kt has sssa a gnat dty (U tt an Tin ma m uas Is Ttaaats, Wasting sas Hsafcaw i Page Two Statesman, Allied Pilots . ...... Down 30 Japs ; More Transports Sunk As Invaders Attempt Jara ReinforeemenU . (Continued from Paga 11 guese-part Dutch island of Timor. Off Timor several Japanese transports were aflame, t la Burma the Imperial Brlt-fch- Un--4aJBgerosaly breached by the Japaaeaa invader's cross tag of the Slttaag, the last strong natural obstacle protect ing' Kangoon and only St miles from that all bat abandoned city was reformed along the river's west banks for another and perhaps a final trial of strength. More than 400 miles northwest of Rangoon, certain areas of the Chittangong district of neighbor ing India were being evacuated, although the official statement termed it only a precautionary measure. In Java, Dutch authorities again appealed for considerable rein forcements and more plane a with which, it was said, the thinly spread Japanese invasion forces could be utterly destroyed. Java's air fields were for the sixth successive day attacked by Japanese raiders. On the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines, the war depart ment reported In a morning communique. General Douglas MacArthur's American-Filipino assaults won every one of a se ries of sharp patrol actions all along the front Delayed dls patches from an Associated Press correspondent with Mac Arthar's forces, Clark Lee, made it plain that the Japanese were in a period of thorough checkmate, however temporary It might be, and reported that while enemy casualties had not been officially estimated they had already run to perhaps 30, 000 In killed or wounded. Cripps Sees Early Debate On India LONDON, Feb. 25-0!p)-Sir Stafford Cripps pledged the Churchill government Wednesday to a swift decision on India's po litical status and, in a forceful and liberal first speech as the prime minister's house of commons spokesman, declared it vital that the people of India fight and "act with Britain" in defense of their vast country. Facing squarely the grave problems in Asia, he blamed the "colonel blimp mentality" of re actionary military and govern mental administrators for help ing Britain lose part of her co lonial empire. The lost lands lands can only be regained and the rest ef the empire held to gether, ho said, "on condition that we hold it in the interest ef the world and the people who live in those parta." On the home front, Cripps swore the government to uncompromis ing measures against "a small and selfish minority There must, he said, be no "business as usual" or "pleasure as usual," and he said that steps LAST TO MESSAGF hainsatsnr asl aolnsse lBSSSfSBCTM Feb. 12, 1942.1 -m w would be taken to halt dog racing and "boxing displays." . V . v Of India, Cripps aald the gov ernment realised fully that It "must da Its utmost" to snake a fall contribution toward empire tmlty. Then ha promised the government decision on India's political freedom, followed by a commons debate "very shortly." Like Ciurchhill i before him, Cripps dwelt on the bitter weeks and perhaps months to coma, but he declared: "we are no less con fident today of our ultimate vic tory . 8 Wage Stand Protested WASHINGTON, Feb. ZS- Leaders of the AFL and the CIO were understood to have protest ed 'to President Roosevelt Wed nesday that Leon Henderson's re cently expressed opposition to general wage increases had in jured labor's case for higher wages before the war labor board. The labor leaders, conferring with Mr. Roosevelt for the second time within a month, also were said to have recommended that the task of directing war-time mobilization of man-power be as signed to a single administrator in the labor department instead of to a board as proposed in the so-called McNutt plan. Alien Hearing Board Arrives PORTLAND, Feb. 25-(JP)-A congressional committee headed by Rep. John H. Tolan (D-Calif.) arrived Wednesday to conduct hearings on alien evacuation from Pacific coastal areas. Reps. Laurence F. 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