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thm OZZGON STATESMAN. Sfcdemv Oregon. Sunday Morning. March l 1312
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, , ', .By. KIRKE L. SIMPSON-
M Wide Warn War Analyst Far The Statesman
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,' The secoivjbrld" War enters the mad month of March
r 'amid a fury of conflicting expressions from allied spokesmen on
how it should he fought -which
; taction but for one circumstance.
All such - discussions, whether , by British, Dutch, Russian,
' : Australian or Chinese debaters of
' strategy, agree that the weapons
) to achieve ultimate' victory over
the axis can be forged only in the
: American arsenal of j democracy.
; Accept . that mesls and none
challenges it and it follows in-
evitably that the final decisions
- on when, where . and how those
. ' made-in-USA war weapons are
to be used must rest "with Wash-'
lngton. That is the i reason the
great general staff of the United
Nations is located in Washington;
t. that tends to force unty of action
by the allies. -
v There can be small doubt that
' Japanese success in breaching the
-s United Nations'. defense line at
"1 Singapore 'Imposed grave new
'problems. Singapore, : even when
' " closely besieged, was the connect
ing link of She Australia-Dutch
t East In dies -China-India front. It
Is obvious that itj was greatly
hoped at the time bf the Roose-
velt-Churchni . conferences that
Singapore could hold out for
. months
Churchill all bat said a In
,- his recent accounting to par-
' Ilament. Be deferred discussion
f why Singapore collapsed so
uulckly, saying there were more
, urgent matters to be dealt with.
He made no effort, however, to
. ;, conceal; his feelings that there
' was gronnd for criticism of the
' way the flaal defense of Slnea-
pore was handled.
I That is water over the dam.
- The tail of the great British cita-
I del has thrown upon J ava the
. i burden of holding the already
1 dangerously breached allied de-
fense front 'while American pow-
:? er is mustered to turn the tables
J on Japan That Is Why strategists
. watched breathlessly as the Unlt
. ed Nations and ' Japan locked in
a great sea battle off the 'Java
coast i aver-, the weekend. '
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, SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. 28-()
l For . the first time since the first
settlers brought civilization and its
traditional Saturday night festivi
ties to the northwest, 10,405 square
, miles of once-wild country went
black Saturday night to moon
power lighting in a test blackout
' The lights in Shoshone, . Koo
tenai, Benewah, Boundary And
Bonner counties in Idaho and Spo
- kano county in Washington flicked
out at 9 o'clock and .for IS minutes
airplanes friendly craft of the
civil air patrol searched the
c darkened area for forgotten lights
j or Intentional violations.
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Service Men
Where They Are
What They're Doing
Pvt. Fred H. Murhammer, 4th
infantry, 5th Armored division,
Camp'Cooke, Calif., who has been
in the service six months, last
week entered the Armored Force
schooL "blitz" college of the mech
anized branch of the army, for a
special course of instruction in the
communications department, act
ing on the orders of Maj. Gen. Ja
cob L. Devers. s
Beaded by Lt. CoL Leslie Law
rence, the communication depart
ment trains the officers and en
listed men necessary to operate
and repair the 700-odd radio sets
used by a 12,000-man armored di
vision. The operator's course runs
14fjks and includes actual field
expeJence .operating radios in
scout cars, trucks and tanks.
The mammoth 350-building
school, only one of its kind in the
United States, trains the thou- cth, Oregon WPA administrator
sands of skilled technicians who 193S who declared himself
maintain and repair the.,3000 ve- , - . .
hides, 2C.000 weapons and over to tte race Saturday- He wfll op
700 radio sets which make up the Pose State Senator Tom Mahoney
equipment of an armored diyi- for the party nomination, if the
sion. The school operates 12 hours latter files as promised; In Port
daily on a two-shift basis, six days land talk of getting W. L. Gosslin,
a week, and is commanded by known in Salem for his private
Brig. Gen. Stephen G. Henry.
MONITOR Mrs. Janie Christ
man had a happy surprise when
her son, Lt Elyn : Christman,
talked to her Tuesday night for
five minutes by radio telephone
from Java.
He said ne was line but was
having "pretty tough going." He
said his plane - Was 'shot down in
(January, and he was lost for three
weeks, but finally made his way
back to his base. ,
I if'-:: .
, Delbert L. Lover, Robert W.
Waunch, both of Salem; Harold
P. Wolf. Edwin R. Wulf, both of
Sublimity; Wayne M. Hausauer,
Dallas; Edward L. McCallum,
McMinnville and Ernest J. Van
Dyke, Canby, enlisted In the navy
In Portland recently.
r Lt Carl Parker Gies of Salem,
Lwho- received the distinguished
service cross for valiant conduct
over the Island of Luzon is pic
tured in a recent issue of Life
magazine. He Is included in the
"Roll of Honor," - which is- pre
sented each week..
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"We see weak girlhood turned Into strong womanhood? is
the answer given to the question, 'What benefit do the girls attain
by being wards of the Louise home?": Monday will see the be
ginning of a campaign in Salem to provide capital Improvements
for that noma near Portland, for
unfortunate girls of Oregon.
Salem is' to raise $1101 of the
$20,00 which will be used that
the home may meet hew state
requirements. Jt Is the first
drive la 1 years. - la charge
hero Is a committee comprising
Dr. Gussie A. Niles, chairman,
Mrs. Charles A. Sprague, Gay
N. Hlekok, W. E. Hanson, B. K.
Thomas and Dr. Vernon A.
Douglas. Headquarters are at
129 Covt street.
Fifteen girls from Marion coun
ty have in the past three years
been at the home. The "girls' vil
lage" includes the main building,
a maternity cottage, a juvenile
hospital, nursery home and a
school. Cases of delinf?icy, ma
ternity and venereal sease are
treated at the home, which on the
average takes care of 85 girls at a
time.
Operated by the Oregon Protec
tive society, the Louise home gives
physical and educational care to
the girls to enable them to return
to society without handicaps.
State Races
Shaping up
House Speaker to File
For State Secretary;
Many Plans Talked
(Continued from Page 1)
mah county district Is E. J. Grif-
secretaryship to Gov. Charles "H.
Martin, Is heard.
Only other candidacy of state
wide significance announced Sat- j
urday was that of W. E. Klmsey,
Portland printer and labor leader,
who said he would oppose veteran
I Charles H. Gram for the repub-land
lican nomination for labor com
mlssioner.
The new fourth congressional
district's Vetera doat yet know
who their leading candidate
may prove to be. Ed Boenke of
Eugene has annonneed his can
didacy as a republican, Melvia
Warlkk of Eugene and Edward
Kelly of Medford are doe to
make a try as democrats. JIf
Gay Cordon of Rosebarg, loag
identified la his work as attor
ney for the land grant counties,
decides not to pat his name ea
the republican ballot for; the,
new post, Harris Ellsworth,
Koseburg newspaper publisher,
may do so, and so may State
Rep. William MeAfflster of
Medford.
Across the mountains. Rep.
Walter Pierce has no democratic
opponent for renomination at
present, but . one of two republl
can contenders- looming, either
Lowell Stockman of Pendleton,
spIa t-ftnon tt-M- mlrAj9 oSsvw 4tta
nuw AWCUUJ acuanm UVU1 lUf
state 'liquor commission to run for
congress, and Marvin Klemme of
Burns, who last week quit his po
sition as agent .for the state land
board for the same purpose.
-Rex Putnam, Albany school man
who was appointed state superin
tendent of public Instruction and
later elected to the oznee as a
democrat has no announced op-
position to his campaign this year
for reelection, on a non-partisan
ticket In accordance with an act
pi m iy legislature removing
I m - - . ..... .
the party label from the job.
First out with his candidacy
for ' leaislattve 'representative
from Marion eoanty, Mayer
W. W. Chadwkk of 8alem is
expected soon to be followed by
others, taeladmg those of the
fear Incumbents who do not go
tnte some, sort of federal serv
ice. : V ' 4: .
ine governorsmp contest re
mains unchanged, with Gov.
Charles A. Sprague, and Secretary
of State Earl Snell pointing for
the republican nomination and
National Committeeman Howard
Latourette and State Senator Lew
Wallace for the democratic ae-
lection.'-'
United States Senator Charles
u. mcTiary, recenur recommend
ed for reelection by his one-time
cuinpeuior, wuiis manoney,
unoppooea on eimer ucxet. carl
Donaugh,; United States district
attorney ; for Oregon, has been
mentioned but has given no pub -
uc nmx tnai ne might essay to be-
come senator.
Sees
Brighter Day
wfvw wv . a, a
casts)-Feb; 23.-0!PhReich Uarsh -
nm-n .1 nt-w u-wmrvm - m 3.mnm woa
u nermann uoermg Saturday is -
sued; an order of the day for the
sevenui anniversary or the found
ing of the German air force today
us iu uw uwawn r ;wres Ky
In which he promised that "the
severe winter wui soon be over
come." .
"With the sun rising higher, the
German air force wCl bit the ea
emy with multiplied force," Coer-
'lntM
Gpering
State Alerted
To Camp Plans
Bids on Construction
Received by'Army as
Problems Pondered V
; (Continued from Pago 1)
ltal city and the Benton-Polk
eoanty Jobsite.
Application of K. N. Wood, In
dependence stage man, for a per
mit to operate a two-roundtrips-
dally bus service between Salem
and the cantonment via the south
river road has been scheduled
for hearing before the utilities de
partment for next Thursday. Ore
gon Motor Stages, now operating
lines between Salem and the
West Side Pacific highway, is ex
pected to apply for an augmented
service permit.
The Southern Pacific company
is being asked by Maj. Des Islet
and Salem leaders to provide a
passenger rail service between
the cantonment and Salem, Cor
vallis and Albany to carry work
men to and from the three shifts.
Crawford said the state land
board was at work on the ques
tion of gravel supply for con-
f""1 work on big train-
Clearance
of men going to
work en the project, Crawford
said, would be made throvgh a
special office being set mp in
the cantonment administration
building at Wells, northern
Benton county, by the federal
employment service. Men look
ing for Jobs there may apply
through their local federal em
ployment office, which may as
slsa them to report at the Job-
site clearance office. There they
wtU be fingerprinted, . photo
graphed, given identification
cards or badges aad pat to
work. Local unions already
have set ap organisations to ia-
aaet aew members.
Between 2000 and 3000 men are
scheduled to be at work on the
project between now and May 1
8000 or more from that date
untu August 1, when a tapering
off of employment to the zero
point around September 30 is an
ticipated. ,
The area on which the 1800
cantonment buudings-barracks,
shops, offlcesi mess halla, church
and reereatlonal sbctues-will
The area on which the 1800
and recreational structurW-will
go up la approximately 12 square
miles, or five square miles lareer
than the city of Salem.
SUto highway officials were
urged here Saturday by Pres.
Dean Walker of the state senate
and Sen. Douglas McKay of Sa
lem to make the best possible
improvements on the route of the
West Side Pacific highway from
a long-time viewpoint leading to,
through and from the canton
ment reservation. A rerouting
through Monmouth and straight
ening of the road to the south is
now under consideration. A con
siderable share of the necessary
expenditure is expected to come
from federal sources.
Im .
I i a figa 1 1 HP a 1 1 a
fa.C;iJ. 1C11S
if Votes
Give Him Post
Kooert s. FarrelL jr. who an
nounced Saturday his candirfarr
I for the republican
I secretary of state, first served In
the lower house of the ledsianir
1 - " I
m ue special session. - He
returned for the regular, sessions
w ana i4i, as speaker of
ine laner. ,
His campalgnC announceTnrit
said , ha "-lelt emlheiitlyJCquaue
by legislative,-business and nro.
fesslonal legal experience for this
usee. .,. .
Tf aomlnatcd and elected. I
pledge : eontinuatioa . of the
coarteoaa and effkleat opera
Uoa of the office,'' rarrell aald.
1 farther pledge the entire
personnel and facilities of the
office to aid la the fartheraaee
of an-eut efforts la the prosecu
tion of the war U a victorious
" Continuing; rarrell saidt
a vital issue now before the
I Pople of Oregon as far as thelmy in Timor, and fighting him
- 1 state government la concerned, fa
j that of taxation ... I shall con
uiunue 10 exert every effort for a
1 revision and. reduction of the Ore
Kpn tax laws, I will do all in mvl
power to obtain the elimination of
all unnecessary expense in state
ariairs, in order to reduce the de
mands of local government on
our citizens . . . Z also atronslv
savor ine """"Hng of au the
resources of our state for' the use
and benefit of our country, -and
for the safeguarding of the rights
of our people, to the end that In-
dustries may be encourae ed to lo-
araeiaei mnn - wawiaiM . aI m. .
" suuoxu UCtC. IIIII mTnm
1 J1? &r bundant,
1 r prospenry may
1 08 Dewer assured." ...
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VJiSSCP. Uonsleaed
runiLAND. Feb. 23.-0V-Ura.lhave taken Place five days aso
- I Ernest Haycox. wife at thm nr.t
I Portland fiction writer; christen -
- ed a navy sub chaser which was
lanuched Saturday by the Albina
lEnfin Jtt Mirhln. Wa-v. t-
imuai Attempt mi
Hard by US, Dutch
Air and Navy Forces
(Continued from page 1)
a ja bay, on the north Cen
tral coasts. - - '
Three thrnstSv flanking
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Batavia. were . followed
early this morning by ad
ditional landings on an
extensive front, along the
north coast . about r. 19
miles east of Rembang,
which is some 90 miles
northwest of the naval,
la f Soorshsls. -
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I The forces taking part
i R-ntirm lnnitins
tn ine uantam lanaing
were heavily engaged by
. w w "! w I
United Nations n aval
units.
Two other sections of
the landing fleet were at
tacked overnight by al
lied aircraft and it was an
nounced officially that
losses were inflicted upon
the enemy, j
These bombing at
tacks are still proceed-
ing," the off icia
nouncement added. ' .
(The navy announced
in Washington late Satur
day that the 8500-ton Jap
anese cruiser Mogami and
three Japanese destroyers I
were
put out of action
during the day in the op
ening round of the battle
of Java.
(None of OUT vessels
suffered heavy damage
in the initial phase of this
battle of Java," it added,
"and our forces are still
. . i . . -
intact despite the over-
. , ' . ,
whelming superiority in
numbers of the' enemy
,n ,.
naval forces.')
The Dutch
announce-
ment today said news was
lacking immediately on
the results bf the naval
battle of f Bantam. '
The Batavia correspon
dent of the off icial AneU
1 :
INews agency departed im-1
m..ll.t.l 1.
front. mdicatimr. the
ngcucj muu, uiai vigurvua
land action ! already was
under way.
It was believed in Ba
tavia that the Rembang
region was one scene , of I
such land fighting.
The' battle for Java, third and
surely the largest naval engage-
ment fought in Dutch East Indies
waters, aominaiea .tne days
I events In the Pacific zone.
In Barms, where the situation
already was admittedly "very
serious" the Invader's : troops '
were believed -f far a
aew offensive ea Eangooav and
London acknowledged the laa
g o o a - Mandalay railway line
probably bad boea eat. Tel the
eutmanned British imperial de
fenders stm appeared to be ex-
acting a punishing price for ev-"
ery enemy gala. .Some tM9
Japaaose af aatrymea were
wiped out m a single 'attack ea,
a Slttaag river bridgehead. ;
Dutch troops also carried on
their ; stubborn delaying actions
against stronger invasion forces.
ww
I everv foot nf hm 4n Rumitr.
- land In southern Celebes. (See
I picture page 11.'
Australia, meanwhile, ordered
military heme rule for all el Its
vast northern territory aad sent'
out tbi bombers for a fresh rail,
ea the Japanese island bases
from which that territory
which takes m tae seaport of.
Darwisr. threatened. The
Japanese eountered with a aew
attack est Port IXeresby. ea the
south coast of New Guinea op
posite the Australlaa mainland.
a . u ' .
daim that a cruiser had been set
I TvVwa taaaaamna f aanail.a
afire and five planes shot down in
I. attack 4 by an otherwise un-
identified framufi fore of
iwarsmps on wapans ware uaanaiior war.neeus, ueiernunea xaere
Igarrison. This action was said to
I tw r-nort ercmmtlv im afotil
1 of a statement by a U3 submarine
I commander whd returning to his
Honolulu base. I said the island
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Uver HighwaYS
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To meet an increasing shortage of transportation facilities,
the state highway commission has decided to authorize the opera
tion of longer and heavier freight trucks over specified highways
to haul not only army and navy goods but also civilian cargoes,
Gov. Charles A. Sprague announ
ced Saturday. . -'
The commission, o p e r a t lng
ander aL special .state law, will
issao permits for movement of
tracks and trailers' of over-all I
lengths not greater than Ct feet
and total : weights not exceed
ing ' 68,000 pounds. Kestrictlons
as to load concentrations wQ be
imposed, however, aad loag ve
hicles will bo permitted to oper
ate only ever highways -ea
which they caa be kept en the
proper side a of the center line,'
K. H. Baldock, chief, highway
engineer, said.
-The modification of trucking
regulations was asked by military,
naval federal government of-
ficials t0 make up m for
transportation shortages o e c a s-1
lonea . Dy cunaumeni oi ocean i
. . ' a . I
shipping, scarcity of railway roll-1
lng stock and limitations on truck I
and tire manufacture. Use of lar- j
ger nignway vehicles carrying I
loads of more than 50 per cent de-1
f ense materials had already been
approved. -
Even with the new concessions.
the governor said, delays in move
ment of goods may be expected in
the next few months.
Firefighters
Are Mobilized
Northwest Forests to
Be Protected by Army
Of Civilian Volunteers
By wTLLIAM E. PHTPPS
PORTLAND, Feb. 28-(ff)-The
!!forid'f migtiest jf,,0It
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evergreen empire wnere Ameri
ca's greatest timber lands
mean
bread and butter to most residents.
This army will be motorized and
worst forest hazard of all time
(the triple threat from carelessness,
iignuimg ana saooiage.
From the snow - spaagled
crags of the Olympic peninsula
la Washington dowa the length
of the Douglas fir belt to south
ern Oregon where the Slsklyous
pile np like surf against the
range, men, women ana
children are volunteering for
ftF?' H & -j ?
into their own hands they are
coast range, men, women - and
takin the protection of the Pacific I
northwest's largest Industry, the
nation's most valuable stands of
green gold, enough merchantable
timber to. build 100,000,000 five-
room houses.
This army will have panzer di
visions. The US forest service, the
Oregon and Washington state for
estry departments, the state and
hwa departments and
iuie lumDcnng muusay ; axe o-
sembling a gigantic equipment
Pool unprecedented In forest hls-
- The pool includes machin-
I ery necessary for modern fire-
I fighting c aterpillar tractors,
bulldozers, graders, trucks.
Trained men aad machines
will be available Immediately
for movement to any Are front,'
said Major James Franklaad.
north Paclfie assistant regional
forester in charge of eaghieer-
mg, announcing the aew forest
defense plaa.
No longer is there a reservoir
of firefighting manpower hanging
around the skidroads. in Seattle
I Portland. These men are in
the armed forces, defense Jobs,
agriculture.
So the Smiths, the Joneses and
the Johnsons are taking over as
the second line of defense to aid
the veteran frontline shock troops
of the forest service, the state for
estrx departments and the lum-
bermen's own the Washington
Forest Fire association 'which
guards more than 3,000,000 acres
ana Oregon s 13 are patrol asso
ciations. - '
-.'.'.IW'f. - v- "S'
I "Forest defease is being set
up ta the pattern of ctrlllaa de
fense,'' Franklia said. "It starts
with the Individual aad gees ea
from there."
But there are no big names, no
front men. The people are train-
rangera. f state fire wardens and
I nnnbermen whose names are al-
most unknown outside their own)
communities. .. j
Most of the second line wOI be
rural folkthose who " live and
work In the forests, said C Otto
Lindh. assistant' regional : forester
In charge of ! fire control. The
others will be .woods-wide dtr
dwellersr-e k i e r s, mountaineers,
hunters, anglers.
,"Aa are people who hold
arcuary jobs out who wavba
ante to laae a iew says on. to
mm. - m "mm ?-ttt ftri " Vnf .1.
Id-TheT T. Wtrained'
rnt even m some reraUr
This vast volunteer citizen army
t. j. a a i.t . .71
tafl capadty-lumber
shall benothini lika the TiHa-
tnook burn of 1S when fire de-
I stnnred 10.C29JiS9.esa hoard ft
I of the finest timber in northwest
ern Orejron more than all the
United States used foe bulUfnv
in Lmergency
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Predicts Jap
MoveQuicIdy
; uoniOBioa peeu u ucu i
Evacuation of West ,
Coast Area Ordered
(Continued from Page 1)
the old one: War Is hellV
Earlier, Tolan said he had tele-
graphed President Roosevelt that
he understood alien evacuation
orders were imminent and sug-
gested It was Imperative that -ap-
pointment of alien property cus-
HKuan anu aiso twruinawr ior
J! M 1 1 M. , M
enemy alien problems precede or
at least coincide with :announce-
ment of the order."
; Testimony Saturday brought
the strong recommendation of
Seattle's Mayer Earl Mmtktn
that J a p a n e s e residents be
evacuated from the Paget
Sound area "lSfl miles er more
across the Cascades," the moun
tain range separating the Seat
tle and Tacoma war defense in
dustrial area from east era
Washington's 'farm - and 'sage
brush lands. ;;sv-'";tv.' "
Mayor Harry P. Cain of Taco
ma, however, opposed evacuation,
saying he .believed Tacoma and
Pierce county Japanese farmers
could be lodged in the rich farm
lands of the Puyallup valley near
by with some sort of protective
cordon placed around them. ,
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie gave no
direct opinion on whether evacu-
ation should be undertaken, but
declared public safety should be
me ursi consiaeranon. ana sooice
of fire hazards in the state's tim
bered and farm areas on both
gold eastern Washington ' oeonle
siues oi ine mouniuni. - iie ' u
having aliens transferred there.
"la that part of the state, he
said, "there are Irrigation sys
tems, orchards, pea and beet
fields which can be fire haz
ards, large Umber stands, dams.
Those sections of the state feel
that they have as much, in their
war, to protect from . sabotage
as does the west aide,"
Asked what be eonsiHfpd th
igSASS- ci th?S5 fa thS
'iimtterVaaiour.-responif$l-
ity U to go along od what the gov-
eminent , outlines. , We . are con-
cerned primarily, with safety :of
pperauon eaiety to our airplane
plants, syard aluniinum, yes,
and food Industries, must be our
first consideration. .
He complimented the public, of
Washington for Its , attitude- of
calm.
"In a measure,' he said, "I
would say the public attitude on
the whole has, been quite sane.
There have been no serious diffi
culties and few indications of ma
lice, or Intense bitterness as you
term it; no riots or any serious
situation. How far It will keep
that way with the war moving
the way it is I can't say, but the
people here in this state have
kept their feet on the ground."
Mayor Cain expressed a dif
ference of pinion from : other
witnesses. .Asked ' whether, he
believed it possible to separate
loyal cltlsens aad dangerous
citizens among tho Japanese, be
fl think within reason U
eaa be done -".". -
James Sakamoto, Seattle Japa
nese publisher and a leader In the
Japanese-Am e r 1 c a n Citizens'
league, suggested that Instead of
evacuation, Japanese citizens and j
non-citizens alike be placed under
"protective custody." He said the
league had an :! intelligence unit
which was cooperating with - the
ot favestigation
The" committee wis- handed
written statement from' the Seat
tle Council of Parent-Teacher as
sociations, which read:
"We, the executive eemmlttee
of the Seattle Counefl of Par
ents aad Teachers, are la favor
at direct action by the govern
ment . toward the . evacuatioa
from this state of all aliens aad
the Amerlcaa-bora cbUdrea of
all aliens, whose heme goven
menta are at war wtth the
United States, ae a protective
measure for all children."
During the day,, five district
American Legion posts in Seattle
went on record in favor of alien
I evacuation from coastal areas.
SALT LAKE CITY, Febv
I Representatives of Duchesne and
I Uintah counties have Invited the
I rovernment to send 2000 Jana.
I nese aliens into .their sections for'
Internment.
I Aanoanelng that a aeven-
committee has been appointed
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and fighter planes were blast-
lag these cumbersome craft eat
of the skteevV K-r'-
In other sectors of the long,
snowbound front ., the nazi divi
sions admittedly wero; staging
counterattacks. But ttese, said
Moscow, .were being beaten back
consistently by ; their i. tankSr
leading new red army charges on
the German lines around Sevas-'
topol and Kerch in the Crimea.'
' the Germans, who dismissed
as "nuisance raids' aew KAF
bombing attacks aimed at the
" docked battleships Gnelsenao
and Scharnhorst fat Kiel aad
WImelmshaven, also made a
minor matter of the British for-.
ay against the French coast.
The raiders, said Berlin, over
came what were only weak de
fenses. The Libyan battlefront leaped
back into life as the British forc
es, getting strong air support, dis
persed tank-led axis patrols. Tar
to the west of the land fighting
RAF bombers set a ship afire in
an attack on the axis supply port
of Tripoli. -4-
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All projects of 20-30 clubs have
been "streamlined to conform
with the national war effort,''
Ernest Kunney, 'member f of the
Salem dub and national trustee
of the Association of 20-30 clubs,
declared Saturday on his return
from the trustees meeting in
Sacramento. ;
Age-limit for club membership
has been extended to 31 for me
aurauon to provide a more con
sistently effective organization
and all classification limitations
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armed services .than from any
other service club officers point
out and every remaining member
has enlisted in civilian defense.
Civilian fingerprinting, a na
tional project rot iho, organisa
tion for several years,, has tied
the clubs m Salem and else
where closely Into civilian de
fease ' work, according to Kun
ney. Most of . the Marion eoan
ty identifleaUon work ef, tola
nature, has been andertakea by
hb organisation.. :
George Herberger, chairman of
the fingerprint committee of the
Salem; club, reports that the work
has been done in Woodburn.
Stayton, Hubbard and St. Paul.
Air 'raid wardens in Salem have
been fingerprinted and other ci
vilian defense groups are soon to
be registered.
To-d a te approximately 2000
persont, have recorded finger
prints through the work of the
committee, but between 15,000
and . 30,000 prints from Marion
county civilian defense workers'
eventually win be in FBI files,
members of the committee be
lieve. First Potatoes in
WHEATLAND T a r m e rs are
busy getting land in condition for
early planting. Donald Warner of
Amity, who farms the Frank Carl
place near the Fred Bauer lily
pond, is the first one to report po
tato planting. : He planted five
acres durini j the fine jf weather
more than a week ago.
to work out the matter with
Government Agent Herbert B.
Maw. aad other state and, fed
eral officials Supt, C. a
Wrixht of the TJbaatah-Oarey
Indlaat , aa-eaey: : at Daebeaae
revealed the reasons behind the
The program contemplates, he
said, establishment of detention
camps and location of families on
farms where , they could work on
a lease or share-croD basis. ' .
i He pointed out that the move
would help develop the region
agriculturally and would provide
an additional home market for lo
cal produce. - j -
He remarked that there lis no
vital defense industry in the area
and; therefore , leas chance , of
sabotage and "less possibility of
trouble" with the aliens.
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