Ill OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Friday Morning. February 27. 1842
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hind by the Germans when they evacuated strategic Kerch In the Crimea before the Red army's counter-drive.
Those walking seek relatives among the dead. . . '
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The consulate residence in Batavla
Fearing an all-out attack on Java, key Netherlands East Indies island and general headquarters of
the United Nations Southwest Pacific command, United States consular officials in Batavia, capital of
the N. E. I., are speeding the evacuation of Americans. Consul General Walter A. Foote sought ship
accommodations for the estimated 100 Americans left on Java after 500 others had been sent to
safety in the past few weeks. John B. Ketcham, consul at Medan, Sumatra, remained to be heard from.
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Ex-Premier Blum
Ex-Premier Daladier
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Here are three of the five former French leaders who are on trial at Riom, France, on charges of re
sponsibility for France's military defeat by Germany. The three pictured men are former Premier
Leon Blum, former Premier Edouard Daladier and former Chief of the Allied Forces Maurice Gustave
Gamelin. The other two on trial are Pierre Jacomet, former administrator of national defense indus
tries, and Guy La Chambre, former air minister. A sixth defendant, Pierre Cot, who was minister of
air in Blum's cabinet, is living in America, near Washington, after having left France at the time of
the armistice. A total of 119 newspapermen from 16 different countries are on hand, reporting the
trial. The list includes seven U. S. reporters.
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Here is the Brazilian steamer Buarque, which was torpedoed and sunk by an Axis submarine off the
Virginia coast A total of 83 of 85 persons aboard were rescued after many hours.in lifeboats. The
6,000-ton passenger-cargo vessel, formerly knowji as the Scanpenn of the American Scan tic Line had
been engaged in the New York-Scandinavian trade.
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The first Russian pilot to fly a British-made Hurricane fighter plane Is shown In this picture, seated In
. the cockpit of his fast, deadly craft. The plane is a late, Btnch-improTed model of the famous Hnr-
, rlcanes which broke op the German air-blits on Britain last year, and b one of the many similar ships
sent to Russia daring 'the last few months. Four of Its run ports, through which in combat pours s
stream el machine gun and cannon bullets, may be seen In the leading edge or the plane's left wing.
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WU Freshman
Given Post
By De Molay
Val Sloper, a freshman at Wil
lamette, was elected master
countillor of Chemeketa, chapter
oi the Order of DeMolay Thurs
day night, at the regular meet
ing in the Masonic temple. Bill
Habernicht was elected as sen
ior councillor, and Bill Smith was
chosen to be he new junior
councillor.
. Other officers chosen were:
Senior deacon, Jack Gibson;
junior deacon. Bob McLauch
lan; senior steward. Bob Brown;
junior steward, Melvin John
son; marshal, Richard Miers;
ehaplin, Stan Prather; sentinel,
Collins Utter; standard bearer,
Wilford Beard; scribe, Jerry
Williams; publicity chairman,
Keith Spauldlng; social chair
man. Bob Albert; and the pre
ceptors, Donald McBaln, Bob
Skopil, George- Fuller; Daryl
Jones, Bob Casteel, George
Frum and John Harsch.
These officers will be installed
on March 12. The public is in
vited to attend this installation.
, Other business was the initi
ation of new members. The new
members initiated are: Woody
Carson, Roy Houck, Doug Arm
strong. Bob Busick, Walter Hill,
Lyle Knower, Floyd Jackson and
Don Peffer.
Takes Lebanon Church
SPOKANE, Feb. 2-(ff)-The
Rev. H. J. Schmidt, pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian church,
said Thursday he had accepted a
call to the Presbyterian church at
Lebanon, Ore. -
By KIRKE L, SIMPSON
Wide World War Analyst For The 'Statesman
London is setting the stage for revamping its policy toward
India under duress of the gravest threat to British rule there
since the first imperial standard was raised on Indian soil more
than three centuries ago. - -.
: Japanese invaders swarming in Burma are knocking at the
gates of Rangoon, already ablaze
as the British appiy the scorched
earth policy. Burmese oil wells,
like those in parts of the Dutch
Indies, have also been put to the
torch to signal another British
disaster.
The smoke of that new re
treat of the allies further clouds
the war scene in the far Pacific-Indian
ocean theatre as an
ominously rising- toll- of ship
ping losses in the Atlantic also
Is admitted by London. Tet '
there are elements in both
theatres of action to relieve al
lied gloom.
Whatever the duration of the
debate on Indian policy in Lon
don, it seems certain the grim ad
vance of Japanese forces in Bur
ma must lead to more effective
mustering of India's manpower
against the axis. Nor can it bo
overlooked that Japan is being
increasingly committed to major
operations on two far-separated
fronts simultaneously.
Distance and the time required
for ships to reach danger points
still is the greatest factor forcing
the allies to a continuing retreat
strategy. Prime Minister Chur
chill has emphasized that ' re
peatedly to explain recurrent re
verses in Africa, in Malaya and
now in Burma.
Distance is also enormously
increasing Japan's difficulties,
however. She is a minimum of
3000 miles by sea from her cho
sen zones of action.
The base of her transportation
triangle stretches from Rangoon
on the Indian ocean to the islands
east of New Guinea in the Pa
cific, another . good 3000 sea
miles. The task of supplying that
vast front isv an ever increasing
strain upon Japanese sea power.
Churchill may have had that in
mind, as wellr as increasing Am
erican, Dutch and British inroads
on Japanese shipping, when he
spoke to parliament of "waning"
Japanese sea power. lit that
prime factor of the war lies the
ultimate answer of victory or de
feat. It is the explanation of
United Nations retreat strategy In
the Pacific and in North Africa to
await the hour when Ship produc
tion from American ways permits
offensive measure simultaneously
on many fronts.
To what extent Japan's ship
losses are tending to slow down
her advance Is yet to be reveal
ed. However, there is increasing
evidence that such losses, plus
mounting American air partici
pation in the battle for the
Dutch Indies, have already
forced a lull in the attack on
MacArthur's lines in Luzon.
The shipping to serve a mass
attack there probably was
more vitally needed elsewhere
to replace losses.
MacArthur switched overnight
from the purely defensive, to
probing local offensive thrusts on
Bataan. His purpose obviously
was to hamper Japanese with
drawal of troops or air forces
from Luzon to supplement at
tacks on Java or Burma.
Enemy Agents
Were Over LA
Army Chief Declares
15 Planes Observed;
Willkie Raps Knox
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teries .threw an anti-aircraft bar
rage skyward early Wednesday at
an apparent enemy reconnais
sance flight - -'
WendeU Waikie, -alighting from
a train for an address Thursday
night, added sharp comment to
the discussion.
"Conflicting statements from
the beads of oar armed forces
tend to discount what they may
say fat the future, Wtllklc de
clared in an Interview. It was -
lack of coordination and eea
fusion that brought the disss
ter at Pearl Harbor. '
Willkie applauded the army's
quick response to duty declaring
"whether there were enemy
planes or not, it is always wise
to err on the side of safety." ,
lie criticized "armchair strate
gists," but added, "you cannot
expect people to keep silent when
the navy says one thing and the
army another." J .
He called the confusion "a
perfect illustration of the' need
for k unified command of our
forces."
Sugar Chief Named
PORTLAND, Feb. 2.---Ap-pointment
of W. S. Dirker, former
regional manager of the Ameri
can Can company, as supervisor
of the state sugar rationing pro
gram to serve without salary was
announced Thursday.
Old Ordinance
To Save Tires r
PHILADELPHIA, Feb.
City police dusted off an ordi
nance of 187S Thursday and
announced fines up to $100 or
69 days in jail would be Im
posed en anyone who throws
broken glass, nails or sheet
metal onto streets t where it
could damage automobile tires.
The same law forbids throw
ing a hoopskirt out the win-:
dow.
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