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Tho Inddo 7aI:o Oaih . WASI2NGTCN, Uirth ft. $-Tea thousand Tt? plne Mora have sworn solemn oath rpon the Eoran to eject tho Japs, Gen Zlae .Arthur has reported. - - Your complete ,' moraine newspaper, Tne statesman, offers you pertinent com meats on war news of tho day by Kirko Simpson, x Washington analyst. . KUIETY-riSST YEAR ; . , - 4. ; v - . - r J. ' : , Salom, Oregon, Taosday Morning, March 3. 1942 J? ' , Prlc 3o X7wstandj So . . Ko. t Jap Fusil Qe'M(tii -Mege Araiiadiai Near lava .". . r .,' . 11 1 1 .! 1 J".," a ' ..' . 1 . , ." .. ; M I - - . , ' - ; . , . ' " . ' I , ; 1 11 1 . 1 . 1 i 11 9 . 'mi Army; Air Force On New Basis - War Department Streamlined by ! Roosevelt: Order WASHINGTON, March 2. (AP) President Roosevelt ordered a sweeping stream lining: of the entire war de partment Monday, giving the. army , air .forces full equality with '. the combined ground arms. - ;. vJ;f j " After the . German model, military f a n e tip n s were grouped into three basic units,, the aimy ground forces, . army. air. forces . and . the services of supply, each with its own commander under the chief of staff.' - i Involving a jeneral revamping of cumbersome peace-time ma chinery, set up two decades ago, the president's executive) order was made effective March 9 for the durdation of the war and for six months thereafter. It abol ished bureaus .and commands of a half dozen or more generals. j . Secretary of War Btimson de scribed, the move as a "striking revitalization and sweeping, re organization of the entire war department,", to help win the war. : Existing staff procedure was "too cumbersome," he said, j , Qen. George C Marshall re- mains as chief of staff and. . Lievt.-Gen. B. B. -Arnold as ehieTof tho air forces. To com- , i rnaif the nearly- g r 0 a p e d . rrowad forces, UeaL-Gen. Les ley J. MeNalr was shifted, from chief of staff of army general headquarters.-MaJ. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, now assistant 'chief of staff in charge of sup ply, was given command of this ' new services of supply. : V. A "small, alert, compact air ground general staff will be pro vided,'! the war department said, to assist General Marshall. It will (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) Nelson Asks Work Drive : Production Czar Seeks ' 25 Per Cent Increase i: On Existing Machines WASHINGTON, March 2-) War Production Director Donald M. Nelson Monday night issued a call to American . industry and workmen to boost production 23 per cent on existing machines in 1942 in an all-out drive to win "the greatest competition of all time.- J - " Tho production csar appealed to every worker to put Into the " production Job "that extra bit f drive; that' extra head of team; that extra measure of determination to meet and ex ceed . the president's enormous ly -. expanded goals of ' planes, guns, tanks anil ships. The speech was prepared for de- livery over the Blue network, and is to be followed by, three more at weekly intervals, assigning to every citizen his role in the war effort s) The production drive is "no sly scheme to speed up men and ma chines for profits' sake," Nelson ' asserted, but an earnest effort of free men and women on the pro- duction lines to best "the aiaves of Germany and tho . slaves of i Japan." Be announced a ' system ' of competitions between plants and workers, with recognition going to the contractors and workers who exceed prescribed produe - tion goals or contribute Ideas for production short cut. Labor, he disclosed, will be as signed prominent place in the conversion, retooling and produc tlon effort . He is writing to man sgement and workers in plants holding prime war contracts ask ing them to set up join manager Rent-labor committees f to act Jointly In pushing output "up to beyond the president's -goals." Eanday's VcalHer f ' Weather forecasts . with-. . held and temperature data delayed by army request Civer ZXonday, 1 foot nax. ttrsperaturo Euniay, CI rm US r Fortree9 Allied Eoiiailjere , Job Sft i Huge Red : '. s-v,::.:;::v:-,-,'.::;. linjjwtu. r' Claude W Jorgensen (above), Sa lem heating contractor, took bis oath as an. alderman and bis eat at tho council table In Sa lem Monday, night Represent ing the third ward, he replaces George I Belt now In army service. ' New also at Monday night's council session was Al dermaa Howard Maple of the seventh ward, sworn in some time' ago but out of the city at at time of the last February council meeting. Sewer dosed To Canneries Gty Council Approves Share of Coordinator For US Cantonment Dumping of ."hazardous and deleterious" . substances ' into city sewers became illegal Monday night with passage by Salem city council of a prohibitive ordinance carrying an emergency clause. Without -iscussionithei ordin ance wnicn restrains canneries from using the sewer system to discharge fruit trimmings in any form and closes the pipes to nu merous other industrial uses was presented at the close of a session featured by reference to commit ted..: - , To a special committee head ed by David OUara, with whom Tom Armstrong and James Clark were assigned to serve, went the mayor's resolution for establishment of aa advisory program committee. A repre sentative of the public works reserve explained the technical help his agency's staff Is eady to provide to such a committee Jm planning for a six-year period Likewise, a resolution . to pro vide $25 a month toward support of rationing board headquarters here was given to the way and (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7) First to File Is Doughton L M. Doughton, first to an nounce his intention to run for the office of mayor of Salem this year, Monday was the first to file for the executive post A hardware store proprietor and member of the Salem water commission ; since its , inception, Doughton gave as his campaign slogan, "I will administer the af fairs of the city in an economical and business like manner." Cantonment Transportation From Salem Reported Set Plans in the making give assurance that adequate transpor tation facilities linking Salem with the new Albany-Corvallis cantonment will be provided as soon as a heavy influx of con struction workmen creates a need, the Salem chamber of com merce - realty board committee dealing with project problems, re ported Monday. . ' , "Wo have definite assurance that as many busses as may bo needed wui bo operated by firms bow holding, or about to obtain permits," Pres. Carl Bogg of the chamber said. Hogg declared that Oregon Mo tor Stages would offer service to the cantonment center near Wells . Major S. K M. Dea Islet en gineer charged with - directing construction of the big Albany- Corvallis'anny cantonment, baa accepted an Invitation to speak at tho Salem chamber of com merce luncheon next - week,' Pres.--Carl Hon announced Monday. , via both Kickreall and Albany. Investigations have disclosed, he added, that at least' 23 school busses from" Salem and Turner are available for Uzs if needed to Attack Allied Troops Strike Widely At Invaders Counter-Off ensive Is Said Satisfactory; ; Jap Column Cut Off BANDOENG, Java,. March 2. r(V-Dutch, American and British troops, in a- great com radeship of arms, struck out to gether against the Japanese in vader Monday night in strong, widespread . counter-a 1 1 a c k s which a guarded official sum mary declared had "developed satisfactorily," critical though the situation remained. There was no evidence short ly before midnight of any new Japanese landing. The enemy, though holding vital areas of this island, had not in 48 hours been able to add another to his three initial beachheads. . In Batavia, the island capital, vital installations were destroyed but only against distant possi bilities.. In the, wild sweep of the fight ing, much was obscured, but among the visible features was the use of taxicab transport like that which carried the shouting Poilus forward a . generation ago to- save t- Paris to rush fighting men to the broad beach fronts along the nor- therh Java shore. Tho second phase of the battle for Java, the keystone in the East Indies arch and tho last barricade to the Indian ocean, (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) County ISolon Four Representatives Expected to File Soon ; Opposition Lines up By STEPHEN C. MERGLER All four of Marion county's rep resentatives in the legislature may file for renomination before the March 30 deadline, one centainly. H. R. "Farmer", Jones, Rose dale farmer and fruit buyer, def initely intends to file for the re publican nomination within the next ten days, he said Monday, Asked what his campaign theme would be, he said: . "Rural representation, all of . tho county, not any group, but m stand on my record at the 1941 session." After being narrowly edged out of the race in 1938, Jones, running again in 1940, won himself a place in the county's delegation. He was particularly interested In (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) augment regular - highway type passenger stages. - """After Inquiry, Hogg and Pres. William Hardy of the Salem Kealtr board said they believed also that an ; application filed with the state utilities depart ment by K. N, Wood of Indepen dence - for Salem-Wells bus enrlee would he rranted. It was understood here that Tlimman Stage Lines, operator ef the Salon-Be ad route, might con tribute equipment for' Wood's Material trucks were on the move, in the - cantonment area Monday4 under supervision of army engineers. Private contract ors were expected to be on the jobsite soon. , " The cantonment project ad ministration bunding, . a , two story U-tLaped frame strnctnro near Wells, appeared complete down to a white paint coating . (Turn to Ta-s 2, CcL 4) Shaping :6o (Great Lkiidl MacArthur and !-:-.-' -. - I J ''v I ? w- - Pictured above .in this US army, signal corps photo are Gen. Douglas MacArthur; (right), America's battle-hardy chieftain in Bataan, con ferring with Manuel Quezon, president of the commonwealth of the Philippines. Quezon Is believed to be with MacArthur on the em battled peninsula, though some reports have hinted Quezon Is under the protecting wing of Corregidor. Latest reports have tho Aus-J trauans aemanaing MacArurar be Pacific battle area, . . Immediate Evacuation Of Aliens Recommended Congressional Committee Ends Hearings . In Northwest; FBI Nabs 11 in Oregon; .. .. : . " i V !' ' ' - SEATTLE, March X-VThe Tolan congressional commit tee Monday ended its Pacific northwest investigation of the en emy alien problem after hearing general and a prominent publisher recommend immediate evac uation of all Japanese, American-; born, as well as aliens. Attorney General Smith Troy recommended the evacuation to safeguard against any pubKc vio lence or outbreaks of vigilante ac tion in the wake of any possible serious adverse war news, as well as to safeguard against sabotage, particularly in the timberlands. Miller Freeman, Trade Jour nal publisher and former mem-. ber of the state planning coun cil, called for immediate dis-; banding of the Japan society : after declaring that Its Ameri can members were "being played for suckers" by the Japanese government. The society embraces. Japanese and many Americans who have heretofore been interested in fostering friendly . relations .with Japan.. The society is national in its scope. Sen. Mon Wallgren of Wash ington, who returned Monday to his home state, added his voice to (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) Senate Okehs Measure to KillPensiou WASHINGTON, March 2-ff) The senate passed and sent to the white House Monday a measure repealing legislation which , en abled members v of congress to qualify for government pensions. Less than 25 senators were on the floor when the senate ac cepted a Joint house-senate con ference report approving tho re pealer as an amendment to a house bOL The house adopted the repealer last week. , The house bill would boost by 20 ner cent the basic car of en listed men f the army and navyT serving In foreign lands or In the Philippines, Hawaii and Midway islands. Officers on duty in those areas would receive a 10 per cent salary , increase. Soldiers and sail ors in the , continental United States were not included, t Condition of . llooney Okeh After Operation i SAN FRANCISCO, March Condition i of Tom Mooney .was "satisfactory considering the na ture of the operation," a consult ing physician said Monday night following the fourth major opera tion on the labor leader since his release from three, years ago. - ' ; Mooney t was on : the operating table Monday between four and five hours. -. .; , ' - Quezon Confer made supremo commander in ine Washington "state's 4 attorney Navy Arrests Loose Talkers Taverns : Watched for Enlisted Men, Others To . Halt Slabbing9 SAN FRANCISCO, v March 2- (AV Arrests of civilians and en listed men . to h a 1 1 the careless blabbing : of ' secret,, naval infor mation in barrooms and other public' places, where enemy spies might be listening, were disclosed Monday night .by the navy. . A strengthened naval shore patrol, working with the FBI, the' army's military police, and local i authorities watched tav erns over the past weekend and seised -a number of persons, Sear Admiral 1 J. W. Green lade, commandant of the 12th naval district announced. - A civilian arrested early Mon day in a San Francisco bar by the shore patrol was Identified by na val authorities as an employe of an , air base contractor. Officers said be had been . talking in de tail about ship movements. He waa booked at the city, jau -en route to the US marshaL" z i - t "We are determined ta brtnr ' a halt ta careless - talk t about naval affairs,, Admiral Green- slade said, : "Orders have been given to responsible officers In the dis trict headquarters to ensure that j there will be no more thoughtless chatter of the kind that might give aid and infor mation to the enemy.' T "Any talk of ship movements, task organizations, and operations Is dangerous. So Is talk of move ments of personnel. These : sub jects are the ones that 1 have (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Sixite's Auto Ration Begins PORTLAND, March 2.-P- Passenger- automobile rationing began in Oregon Monday. - For .the . first p e r i o d from Marcti 2 to' May Sl-Mhe , state quota will be 1349 cars. An add! tipnal 223 were put into a reserve pool to fill emergency orders af ter -county cuotas -have been exhausted. - - - For the . first period from March 2 to May 21 the state quota will be 1340 cars. An addi tional 223 were put Into a reserve pool to fill emergency, orders after county- quotas - have ; been : ex hausted, , -, - Dutch Official Raps Strategy; Burma Holds Renewed Attacks by Battered- Invaders -Are Expected Soon LONDON, Tuesday, March 3. HP)-Dispatches from , Batavia said today that a huge new Jap anese invasion' armada was bearing!, down upon Java and was being , met hy continuous relays of US flying fortresses and' other allied bombers. The reports said that the or iginal ' Japanese' invasion fleet consisted of 140 ships of which 50 were able to land troops Saturday. ' Thus the others which now are returning are believed ' to consist of from 70 to 80 ships, despite the casualties already inflicted on the enemy vessels. : Many Japanese -warships were CANBERRA. Australia, Mar. t-ypy-J a p an e s e warplanes made almost simultaneous at tacks this morning on the west ern Australia towns of Wrnd ham and Broome in raids di rected at airdromes. A royal Australian air force eommunl ue said there was some dam age at both towns but no casualties.- . -S-.-I-. A said to be accompanying the new stream of troops and supply ships. In a dispatch from Bandoeng, Dutch army, headquarters, the Daily Express said allied warships also were believed to have gone into action against the armada. SO far there was nothing to indicate how the attack was progressing. Some reports said the Japanese fleet was expected to begin land ing its "main invasion forces" in a few hours. A Daily Mail dispatch from Bandoeng said the NEI lieutea-aat-ffovernor. General Huberts J. Van Mook, was "bitterly criticising" the allied command m the Pacific and quoted him as saying "This, has been a war of lost chances." : Yank Mook was quoted in con clusion: "If tho Japanese can come down through China and across Indo china, Siam and Malaya against Burma, what is to prevent the British forces returning by the same route?" The Dutch leader also asked: "If Japan can take the Javanese archipelago from a 1,001 miles to the north, why cannot the United States do likewise from Austrsnar "Certainly we. Dutch deserve some blame," he continued, "but the Americans also are partly re sponsible because -repeated gug gestions that Japan should be struck even with meager forces five weeks ago when six unpro- (Turn to Page VCoL 8) HALEM3 iiiiir HTIICT - t 1 too 1 1 Jatanese lasdlrji on Java are: li tit tcrCiweslfrn Ezztasa district (l)i ta tho IaSramaJn ilrkt (2): 'near Itembang (S). VTLiU arrows Iscate projseted drives to cut off vital centers of EaUvla, ran : doeng and Soerabaja. Tckye e'llaa aUled sh!?s were sunk at (A), (B) and C). Latest reports Izi cals asctitr lorre tnzzZ b t :t;n;'.5 ta retires tie tavalers under a h&3 cf air bcni!. . - J Washington Monday announced the appointment of Gen. Archi bald P. WaveU to command all forces In India and his release from command of allied forces far the Far East. A Dutch gen eral, unnamed as yet, wfll take over WaveU's Job. ; - High Allied Chieftain Dutch to Take Over "': Relieved Command ; ; WASHINGTON, - March . 1-J) With the Japanese and, the allies locked in a fierce struggle' for Java, last stronghold of The Ne therlands Indies; the United Na tions Monday night relieved the British general. Sir Archibald Wavell, as commander in chief In4he Indies, and turned the task over to the Dutch. - : WaveU, famous one-eyed ' strsterixt who has been praised by the Gennajt Ugh command Itaclf asr Britain's ' onlr areod general," was sent back to his previous duties as rommander- Jn-chief of India. Thus he was put on another "hot spot" since' the general ex pectation is ft hat the Japanese may drive toward India if. their campaign to get complete control Of neighboring Burma is success fuL - , V" I A joint statement by the Unit ed States army and navy, which revealed the shift, pointed out that as commander-in-chief, of India, WaveU will have responsi bilities for " operations in Burma and for cooperation with China. There was an immediate wave 1 (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) r Aussies Ban MELBOURNE, Wustralia, Mar. -ff)-In anticipiation of the war's spread to Australia, the govern ment Monday ordered compulsory service for all civilians, tightened control over the three branches of the armed service and abol ished for the tirst time in history five major holidays. The war cabinet decided to ex tend the labor corps system to provide compulsory service for ci vilians at army pay considerably below trade - union wages with army conditions and armyrlike discipline, mostly for construction and .inamtenncfc;;:XX'. WaveU Given Holidays w;- java sa : w AsJ trui aj il For-Pus b Germans Report . Great Columns ; Mass on Front J BERN, Switzerland, lludf 2 (AP) The Russians art massing "almost unheard of , forces' all along the front tot what Is believed to be a large- scale attack, reports originat ing in official Berlin quarters said Monday night. " German planes were said to have observed great col-' umns' of fresh soviet troops ' ' and, enormous supply trains moving up behind the red army's advance' lines. - - ; ' -: v. v! At some points, Russian attack already were under way and these . were described by German mili. tary spokesman as "on a scale ? not reached hitherto in the war." The Berlin correspondent of the Zurich newspaper Dio Tat quoted reports from advance sectors say- ing Russian . troops were attack ing German positions in 40 or 5 successive waves, and that these ' soldiers showed no. hesitation, re--gardless of the cost ; He said the soviet Siberian units admittedly , were , demonstrating "almost unbelievable stubborn ness." ; it: 1; - y-- ' "There can no longer be any doubt." he wrote; "that the so viets are massing all their fortes . : la men and material, toca fan -tastle-effort to Being about decision." ; " ' - ' . , - . 7 - In Lisbon, Portugal, a foreign.: military expert told the Associated Press that "the Germans must re treat to positions , west of all the big . rivers in' Russia before the thaw, begins, or they will run the great risk of being crushed by the Soviets. for lack of communica tions." This man, who knows Russia, -forecast such a nazi withdrawal soon because, he said, "no pon toons or any kind of military bridges can resist the strong cur rents of swollen Russian, rivers during the spring thaw which lasts at' least three .weeks." Russian attacks were de scribed In reports coming from Berlin as espeeally intense In the southern sector of the Donets Industrial region and in the Crimean peninsula where ; the Soviets were reported using many 52-ton tanks and long ' .range ' guns.' ; The correspondent of Die Tat said the nazi air force was com pelled to devote its entire activ ity to trying to -disrupt the red -army's communications. "German , air observation' gives -the same- picture as the war re ports pointed out again and again the massing of troops i on tho i enemy's side under the f protec tion of the soviet air force, move ments on ' all railway lines and supply routes to the front," he I concluded. V:;r. .; )