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Coc!:laiII Relax! 5 kitt? lcr.n, ;:arci TLs Crx:i-a-Jip" c::i!s!U ' selling for 19 cents, wu la . troduced at a Now York -bar Wednesday. It consists of a plaia glass of water and a lt-eent defesss stamp. Eports help yon rtlax from the worries f war. Follow the events CaSly on . the Statesman sport pare v. with comments by Al Llght ner. PCUND3C-: lCIi inrinY-FnsT yeae Salem, Oregon, Thursday Momlng, March 5 1S12 rileo Ccj Xlawxisadj Sc MoimdMiii BIMbecIl By Lone ' Enema TTD' SI J. 600 Killed British R AiF Ruin Factories In Attack Marshal Petain ', Raves; British Promise More LONDON, March 4-(ff-In one of history's greatest air raids, the RAF Tuesday night spread ruin in the Paris sub urban area where French arms plants are working for the Germans, thus signaling the end of kid-glove treatment of : the Vichy regime and the start of a new campaign to weaken the expected naxi spring offensive against Russia. The raid lasted only two hours, and was made by a force which spokesmen said was not ex ceptionally large, but judged by French figures of 600-odd dead and over 2,000 wounded ' it was more devastating than any of the all-night and all-day bombings by which the Germans vainly sought to knock out Britain in 1940-41. Returning RAF pilots and bom bardiers said that at the great Renault plant and others making tanks, ' airplane ; engines -1 and trucks for t h e Germans, their bombs scattered buildings ' "like packs : of cards.' ; - Vv-s Only two British planes were lost, a clear indication of weak opposition. It was asserted here that the raid was made without prior . consultation with the United . States department of state,. which has conducted the pro traeted allied negotiations with Viehy. y -,:::i,y In Washington, however, Un dersecretary of State Sumner. Wells promptly declared that - bombing factories in occupied franco making war materials for ; Germany was a legitimate war measure. . . ' - - . ' , 1 In London, informed political quarters said London and Wash ington. now, were convinced that Vichy could not be won away from German influence by further wooing. . As for, the French people, the British government expressed "sincere hope" that any French lives had been saved by advance radio warnings that targets In the Ptris area might be attacked at any time. ': ' .;. But Britain left no doubt that this first big-scale blow at Paris environs would not - be the last, even at the risk Of open hostilities with Vichy. . The accuracy of the attack Indicated that the . Germans (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Rubber Facts To Be Told WASHINGTON, March 4VPh The office of facts' and figures Wednesday notified Washington correspondents that Price Admin istrator Leon Henderson would give the, senate defense investi gating committee "important ev idence Thursday on the rubber situation. Asked about the evidence, the agency said that "in this partic ular case, there are some unpleas ant facts that the public needs to be told and Mr. Henderson is go ing to tell them.1 : ' Midnight! That Is tho deadline jsldnlght tonight for sub B!3s!on cf entiea In The . Ctalsssacn's conteitol nosing the Salern busl . tess house , C-at tare beea la existence end in Cia izz&Y owner- tl!p for Cie lest 25 yeca cr issjsr.,' r r 1 :rn to Pce 3 for Details, 2000 Raid. On Here's Main 1 : - V?Kf. j r Thl ! (h mala atreet ealled mander In Java, heavily bombed American, writer and traveler. Japs Driving Into Burma West Pank of Sittang Loal by' British i Foe' r Nears Important Road ; MANDALAY, Burma, March .4 (AVThe British have lost the west bank of the Sittang river near its mouth In the Gulf of Martaban and the Japanese have reached Waw, halfway between the river and Pegu and 69 miles by road from the semi-deserted capital of Rangoon, it was acknowledged Wednesday. t A two-lane paved highway flanked with flat rice lands leads from Waw down to the Burmese capital. ' . The loss of the west bank of the Sittang deprived the British defenders of their strongest nat ural positions. Communiques gave no detain of the British withdrawal, but the Japanese apparently used their familiar encircling tactics because they were reported last week to be massing heavy con- " (Turn to Page .2, CoL 5) 19 Rare Books Recovered at Mt. Angel MT. ANGEL, March 4-(ff) Nineteen rare books, one pub lished in 1691, were found among volumes discarded by assistant li brarians 10 years ago, the- ML Angel college library ; announced Wednesday. : Dr. Mark Schmid, OSB, college librarian of ancient books and manuscripts, said the volumes covered 45 topics of importance in the history of medicine. Printed in English, Latin and French, they were outstanding examples of medieval typography, he said. -Among the books ; recovered were "diseases peculiar . to In dians," published in 1760; "Plastic Surgery." 1707; "Blood Transfu sions." 1722; "Fainting." 1736; "The Healing Power of Music," 1744, and "Oology," 1691. He said the volume on Oology advanced the theory that every thing hi the world, even chemical elements, evolved from eggs. UIIA Bids Girls 10 or Over to Friday D-ace h Three hundred young women 18 years of age and over are invited through the press to attend the Friday night dance this week at the armorv for which Salem; United Hospitality association host. - ' Army teen stationed In the Sa lem area provide music and Coor show for the dances, while femin ine partners, hall and chaperon are arranged for ty the UIIA. Woiiiiadecl In ans Street of New Dutch GHQ MBraaawecM in Bandoeng, headnarters of the Dutch military com by Japs. The picture was made Sprague Plans State Report Radio Series - Immediate defense needs of Oregon" , will . be . stressed by Governor Charles A. Sprague m a radio address ever station KOIN, Portland, starting at 7:13 pjnw Friday. '- -L:' . ':vv Governor Sprague said this was the first of a series of "state reports" to be broadcast during the next few weeks. - To Aid City In Securing USO Center Assistance to Salem in securing a hospitality center for army men stationed in this area is proffered by Congressman James W. Mott in letter received Wednesday by Alderman Tom Armstrong of the city's army-civilian liaison com mittee. , Suggestions as to methods which might be employed in securing the structure, built by federal funds for operation by the United Service organiza tions, and an explanation of the agencies through , which the ap plication may pass are Included fat Mott's message. Final ap proval, according to Mott, must come from the president. Meanwhile, ' members of the committee; and of other groups interested in meeting recreation problems they believe will be cre ated here by the establishment 01 Albany-C orvallis cantonmen' await promised arrival here of a field representative of Charles P. TafL Assistant director of defense health and welfare service, Taft has reportedly assured Sen. Charles L. , McNary that the re cently announced decision agains allotting federal funds, for con struction of a recreational center here would be reconsidered. - Plant Blast Kills Seven BURLINGTON, Ll. March 4 least seven persons were killed and ..more than 15 were injured late Wednesday : night in u explosion that rocked the Burlington ordnance works and the surrounding : countryside, Police Sgt. Hurley Hand reported, - ; . --:T . The explosion occurred en the No. , S production line rwhen about 59 men were In the build ing, the - sergeant said. He placed the time at 11:53 p. m. (CUT) when shifts were being changed,''! ct the plant's' safety st:;eritenuest fixed it at ? proxlsutely 11:49 p. m. Flan its .4 e recently by Deano Dlckason, 1 Nazis Refuse To Surrender Russ Back Remnants Of Surrounded 'Army At Staraya Russa . LONDON, Thursday, March 5- UPjrThe surrounded German ar my of 96,000 in the Staraya Rus sa sector "has lost 36,000 killed since the attack began," the News- Chronicle reported today in a dispatch from its Stockholm cor respondent He sold that during a blinding nrvnrertrm tVi fronnw? Rtrmani were heavfly shelled Wednesday and that attempts to fly supplies to the beleaguered troops ' had cost the Germans 200 . planes in three days.. . The Daily Mail's Stockholm correspondent reported the Russians were massing troops for a- frontal assault -en Orel after General Hems Guderlan, the German tank expert, bad rejected a demand for ' surreifi der. ' -J, The story of Guderian's refus al to surrender at Orel and of the (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7) British Ships Sinks Quickly LEWES, DeL, March 4-(P)-A pre-dawn collision of two Brit ish vessels just outside the Del ton freighter Gypsum Prince . to the bottom of the -Atlantic Wed-1 nesaay wnn aproDaDie ioss 01 six- lives. i'. - The fourth naval district said the freighter was rammed al most amirtthip by the on tank er Toco, 2961 tons, at 6:45 ajn. (EWT) about three and a half miles east of here. She sank so quickly the officers and crew were forced to Jump overboard. The bodies of three men, - in cluding Capt. Owen Jones of the Gypsum Prince, were recovered. Three of .the crew still are miss ing. Coast guard and naval boats rescued the pilot and the other 16 members of the crew and landed them here.. Piggy Goes to CHICAGO, March 4-MVThe average price of live hogs soared Wednesday to the highest level in : 18 years. .;;.;" Continuing a spectacular ad vance which started with Amer ica's entry into the -war, hcs brought an average of $13.20 a hundred pounds on the Chicaso livestock market. This compared with $93 on December 1 and $7.59 a year ago. Average hog prices Wednesday returned more money to the fanner than at any ' time "since 1823. - Collide. Blasts On Isle Gity. Revealed r 1. ; ,r ,,' ' . . i- -t i. . . Three Craters : Located Near High School HONOLULU, BI a r c h 4 h(AP) Three medium. sized bombs believed from an enemy plan were drop ped on Honolulu at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday, tbe army announced. There were no casualties. ., ' . The announcement said that "What was believed to be an enemy plane flew over Oahu early today and dropped three ' medium sized bombs on the out skirts of Honolulu." ; V ; "The plane was flying at a high altitude," the announcement said.' "Where it came from is not known. There were no casualties and no "damage except a few broken windows." It i was believed possible the plane was from a cruiser or other enemy vessel , at sea. ... It was the first reported bomb ing of the island : since that of December 7 which predpiated the war; with Japan. 1 - ? - Three heavy explosions shook Honolulu Immediately after screaming air raid sirens wakened the, city -at 2:10 am . . Army Officials at. the time, however; . said there was no air raid, Ratine sirens were sound ed inadvertently, and did not dis close the cause" of the explosions. . Later, however, army authori . ties announced they were In vestigating -; reports - that holes ."resembling bomb craters" had been found about two miles from the heart of the city. The , boles, discovered by road workers, are in forested terrain a thousand yards northeast of the Roosevelt high school. The area M "fl? During the day; army men and police had questioned residents In the area to which the explosions had been traced. . Residents in t h e vicinity : of where the bombs fell reported hearing the swishing, sound of the falling explosives but it was not determined for some time whether the missiles came from the air or from the sea. ' Searchlights - flecked the sky briefly. . Reports of some residents of hearing many planes, and of others who reported even see ing several, went unconfirmed. . The bombs tore holes about 4t feet la diameter about 06 yards apart. Trees were stripped for a considerable distance around each-bomb crater. . s - The plane apparently; was traveling due south across the is land toward Diamond Head. - Gas Limits I TJ Vniocf'garl M wwrtv" WASHINGTON, March Higher prices on gasoline, kero sene and fuel oil in the east and the: closing of filling stations nights and Sundays throughout the country were recommended Wednesday night by the petroleum industry war council, advisory group of industry executives with official standing. i A committee representing the council appealed to Leon Hender son, price administrator,- for the price Jncrease to cover higher transportation costs resulting from greater use . of railroad tank cars instead of tank shsips and Hen derson took . it under considera tion. . - Market At Higher Price The price housewives must pay , for pork Is largely de termined by the cost of live kegs to packers. Est there is a time lag, , livestock circles pointed . out, before rising, keg prices reach tie consumer and ti;Ler retail perk prices Cia . be : cx- pected at the butcher's counter. Wednesday's advance prompted livestock men f to direct tiicir thoughts anew toward ofUce of price adicinistraticn authorities at Washington. Traders said, there was a virtual tug-of-war between ataau Shim . JL ava I Russ Press Five Main Drives I I ,.. ...I ... ' .... : .,. ..... ,. S . , - 1 i .. i r V : 1 , MO SCOW WhitdT$MO!fNSic tuiI- -t ..V. TrT m Line of ') CV VSSZMV ' Farthest n . 1 " v v OREL - rl J German RUSSlCm r p AJocm ,7S.SR!vH, , v.nJ , . v ) i V KHARKOV. Vv, BCRDICMCV lA. v V . "? Ukrainian staunoVv) v n SEVASTAPOtl fjQQOsANriy Russians said their, armies engaged lag around Lenlni-rad (1) and said other troops were m svht of the spires of Staraya Russa (2). Keeping: their announcements general la order, not to divulge essential information, .the Rasa said other drives were la the Smolensk (J) area, toward Dnlepero petrovsk (4) and on the Kerch peninsula (S) in the Crimea. . WesV Coast Mo ving Before? Orders Army to Evacuate" AH Enemy Aliens From' i - . Seaports Within Week; 200,000 More to Be Moved Inland; Infiltration Told SAN FRANCIS60, March 4-flVWithout waiting to be told to "get out," Japanese began moving Wednesday from the Paci fic Coast in what will become the of population in the history of the Military evacuation orders, within a week, will order Jap anese, both alien and American' born, to leave their homes in and near seaports. 1 Then those living j around air ports and factories will be moved inland, said Tom C Clark, civu- 'Oregon forests will have ev ery protection against sabotage during the coming fire season, fidals indicated here Wednes day. N. S. Rogers, state forester, said he and Gov. Charles A. Sprague already have conferred regarding the forest fire season but. that a definite program would sot be announced until later. ian alien coordinator under Gen era! J. L. DeWltt, commanding general of the western defense command. ; ' Next, In the movement af fecting perhaps 200,009 enemy aliens and American-Japanese, wCl come the Japanese living . (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) OPA officials, who have threat ened to invoke price ceilings, and farmers, who have - met such threats by withholding hogs from the market Livc-'.:x men professed to see the CPA caught in a meat pincer move:.: --t. Hforts cf officials t restrtl.i t:s advance are compli cated by tl:3. government's desire to! expand l.:z production. -Hie government wants mere hcs be cause it is tuyir.-j lara qucr.Utlcs of. perk and Izrd for shipment to England under lend-lease terms. Plumes Wit Five Allied Thrown la fierce fighting to break the Japs Start greatest compulsory movement far west expected to be promulgated More Yankees Land in Eire . Second Contingent of , Midwestern US Troops Safe on Emerald Isle . WITH US TROOPS IN NORTH ERN IRELAND, -March 4-ff-The arrival In northern Ireland of a second contingent of US troops, numbering in the thousands, with full field equipment land their guns ready, was announced Wed nesday after all had . been safely disembarked and scattered to posts throughout Ulster's six coun ties. ' , . (The new American , contin gent was described la London as being larger than the first. Washington announced the ar rtval onlv briefly, Withholding details.) This second contingent, reach ing here a little more than a month after arrival of the first, was, like it, composed mostly of mid-westerners who for the past year Jiad been trained in southern camps in the United States. , ; ? " ' The commander of the force fa a white-haired colonel from, the middle west; and the. first man la the ranks to land was Master (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) TucsdrVs T7esther V.'cz'J..:t -'..forecasts wIlLhtlJ sr. I tc reratare delayed by arniy rc-::i. Hlvtr XTeZzts day, 1.S feci. I!:.x..t:r:perat-jre Tuesday, 2, rr-!-i 23. Line : In Air;Force iiirprises ea Units Dutch Destroy Materials as Enemy Pounds WASHINGTON, March 4-(fl-Sweeping over the moun tains of Bataan in a sudden at- r tack that caught the Japanese I completely off guard, the small air force of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur destroyed, over 30,000 tons of enemy shipping and set supply concentrations afire at Subic bay, the war department announced Wednesday. : Heavy; explosions occurred after fires were started on the 7 docks at Olongapo and Grande Island; indicating that ammuni : Bull TOKYO,, (From, Japaaeot Broadcast)-! h a r s d a y, March . MAVTokya, had an air raid v alarm today .when planes roared over the southeast coast, but It . u dhteovered later that the planes - were Japanese, Dome! reported, --ivvv ) . ' . NEW TO SK, March I- fThursday)--6i7V-Thirty wlsnn . -nationality unspecified h a v e attacked Mlnamltort Shima, a v Japanese Island fat the Bonin group 1.000 miles west of Hono lulu. " tbe ' Tokyo-.- radio an- aoaaeed today la a broadcast heard by CBS.' The island, only 1,000 miles northwest of Japanese-occupied. -, wake island. Is the easternmost , of r the Japanese Benin " group. It is about 100 miles southeast n of Tokyo. -:J-.;-"- "No enemy planes have ' yet appeared.1, v ex the Japanese mainland but we warn yoa to take precautionary steps." tion dumps were destroyed In the swift raid. . .A morning . communique do- dared that one ship of 10,000 tons, another of 8000 tons and two mo tor launches of 100 tons each were destroyed, and many smaller ves sels damaged. ' , Later in the day another com munique, based on further infor mation, added a 12,000-ton ves sel to the toll, thus emphasizing the smashing nature of the raid.' Subic bay lies Just north of Bataan. peninsula ' not more, 4han S miles from the front lines of MacArthurs ground forces. Grande Island is at the entrance i of the bay and Olongapo, former ly a United States naval station, on the southern shore. : ?" The exact sise and composi tion el the remnants of an air force still operating with Mae-, Arthur has never been dis closed. It was believed, how ever, to consist largely of pur suit planes .of the Curtiss IM0 type, known to the British as Tomahawks. - BANDOENG, Java, March 4 (ffV-The Japanese have ; thrown back the allied line in some sec- - tots in their first advances of con sequence since the beginning of AO t . a . uie invasion, we uutcn commana acknowledged Wednesday, and so imminent was this islands peril that .the " defenders - already had completed most of the job of demolishing all. upon it .that would be of 'value to, the enemy. But, strlrped though they, were of much of tie, Dutch fleet strength and outnumbered ' aloft and arround,- the allied, . forces yet fought savagely an -holding the - offensive - In their enhroken aggressive spirit, U tragically" mnaUe- lcn'rh ;.they were to hold It in fid. : -1 - (The Netherlands :goverrjr.cnt In London announced a drastii . (Turn to Pazs 2, Cel. 4)