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Allies Said Needed to Lick Hitler; Jap Plot Predicted LONDON, March 7 (AP) ond front in northern Europe ish, United States and Russian troops on a solid line was increasing in London Saturday night, with considerable! Anglo-American support. ' The soviet argument, heard now wherever Russians, British and Americans meet, is that Hitler can be beaten by autumn provided there is bold use of his own "divide and conquer' strategy against posed of, Japanese will be considerably less formidable to v Then, it is argued, United States I and British naval forces would be free from Atlantic tasks for concerted action in the? Pacific. - The Russians are encouraged to believe that establishment of a second front is not far off by the arrival of increasing United States forces in the United Kingdom, " : They , talk freely f northern Norway, where the coastline is difficult to guard and the country ideal for infiltration tactics prac ticed by Japan in the Pacific cam paign. ' ', I: V;..' An Aaslo-Amcrican drive across the too of Norway, which Is almost contiguous with soviet territory, coald result in estab lishment of a common CS- British-soviet frontier and pro tect the northern supply font via Murmansk and ArehanseL It Is contended. It also, would free gome Russian troops now fat the far north for stronger- offen sive, sethm on the central and. t southern fronts. -.yJ.A ff . v Russlancwit' such front . combined "with - increased Increased British I and American bombing attacks on Germany to hamper, the reich'a war industry and snarl German rail lines so that Hitler will find it difficult to move armies east to protect weak points, i ? ; f ; , - " Despite the continued successes of the red army winter campaign, the Russians contend they should - not carry on alone indefinitely. - There are many ; people ta Britain who feel the same way as the Russians. Sir Stafford Cripps has been wains; greater coordination with the soviet war effort The Important Times Saturday expressed concent ever Kosslav anxiety about laade- euate supplies from the west aaol aCled post-war intentions and arced closer tri-poler politi cal collaboration. ; L It said Russia "asks for more than material supplies; . . . "claims the right, which London and Wash- ' t. (Turn to Page 2, Col. o) Four Soldiers Die in Fire v Wyoming Men Caught as Temporary Barracks , At Corvallis Burn j CORVALLIS, March l-VPpTout soldiers from Wyoming died Sat urday as " flames swept through two-story frame structure re cently converted into a temporary army barracks. ; '' i v Seven others were burned, one severely. .v :V. I Investigating officers said men : en the second floor escaped vn harmed while those on the first floor were caught as the fire raced through the room. 5 An overheated stove was ad vanced as the cause and an in vestigation 5 was launched to de termine whether faulty combus tion might have filled the room with cas before the fire broke out shortly before reveille. , - - The commanding officer listed the dead as: First Sgt. Harry H. Boles. Douglas,, Wyo.i Sgt. Elmore J. Howell, Newcastle, Wye.; Cpl. - John W. Williams, Doogias, Wye and Pvt. Vernon H, Kil- lian. Bock Springs, Wye. ' Pvt. Wallace A. Wright, Kem- mcrert Wyo., was seriously burn ed. ,-yt : , -r.'-vr: Investigating officers said they believed the victims might have been overcome by . gas or by the lirst puff of flame fsc-m the stove, Xjs exits remained clear for sev cral minutes. -. ;'-' - . ' . FBI Nabs Slore Aliens SEATTLE, March 7-(-The trrest of '23 Japanese aliens who possessed 100 nazi swastika lapel Tins v.'as announced Saturday jsi-ht ty It B. Fletcher of the fed cral bureau of investigation here. Soviet pressure for ft sec which might swiftly link Brit him, and thai once he is dis It if -iiT . ft i MClllarV OeekS- J Filing Forms ; No Competition Yet r ' From Either Party For US Senator By STEPHEN C MERGLER Salem's "Charlie Mac" is taking the necessary steps to put his name on the May . primary ballot for United States senator, in ac cordance with his informal an nouncement of intentions made while he was at home briefly last year. This word came from Washing ton, - DC, Saturday. Sen. McNary j has written to the.secretary of.i state,f-aroffice for - the necessary i .M .em" xtthlftt in ntm.; Vii ran pt W. Y MIMA W ' 'l Vln -"cy- jif r unci siarcn.v w ' V " J Another wee k ... has passed without direct Indication that McNary might be opposed "for retnn to the offiee ho has hold sine 1S17. Desaocrats dissatis fied , with the recent declara tion of Willis Mahoney la fa vor of MeNary ar still . nrg. Ing Carl Donaugh, US district attorney for Oregon, to take their eaase, bat ho has kept still en the subject. As usual in the last dozen years, the name of Peter Zimmerman, Yamhill farmer and former state senator, continues to be talked up for entry in' the governorship lists. He said Saturday "while in Salem that he was more interest ed in farming but did not, on the other hand, deny he might be a candidate for the republican nomination. : Whether he sticks to his farm, tries for nomination by his party or repeats a past attempt to win the governorship as an independ ent remains to be disclosed. Next to the governorship, the ballot spot allotted to the can didates for secretary, of state gives rise to the most musing by observers who manage to tarn their eyes away from war news now and then. Portland reports have it that the democratic party after all may enter a candidate for ; this posi tion. He could be Francis Lam bert, Multnomah county treasur er, it is undersood, or Warren Er win, state representative from Portland. And t h e Democratic Warhorse William Delzell is also interested. '- ' ' " 'r- ' So, Robert S. FarreU, Jr., un opposed to date for the republican (Turn to Page 2, CoU 3) Brazil Gets TougH With Jap Envoys t RIO DE JANEIRO, March 7-iAP) The Brazilian government an nounced Saturday night that its embassy in Japan has been oc cupied by military police, its am bassador held Incommunicado and it "functionaries- treated like prisoners of war," and that ac cordingly ''it was taking "similar measures ' in retaliation against Japanese diplomats In Brazil. . ; An official government state ment said: : ';.-'-'"-' '.. T he Brasillaa goverameaU which has given all guarantees to the' diplomats and function aries of coimtrles with which it has ceased . diplomatic relations and has assured them all liber ties, In accordance with its tra ditions of hospitality, finds It self forced against Its will to give the ambassador and fane- tlonaries of Japan In Brazil ; treatment equivalent to that which Brazilian diplomats are (Turn to Pazs 2, Cel. 3) JClOpe Qf Stand Given Up Isle Defenders Overpowered by Invading Force ; LONDON, March 7 (AP) Anxious Dutch circles in Lon don waited in vain Saturday aon wauea in vain saiuraay for further word of the desperate fighting for their last strongholds in : the be leaguered 622-mile long is land, word which they hoped could be sent from small se er t transmitting stations elsewhere in Java. - But these stations. Just power ful enough to be heard in Austra lia and designed for use only when all other means of communication had failed, also were silent "We don't know, whether they are operating, said one emten source. "It's a terrible business,' The silence suggested, that the headlong advance of overpower- ing Japanese forces, free to. work their will in the air and on the sea, had overrun not only Ban doeng - but. other strongholds as welL . . . . . Poimded by a . Japanese air toTce agamst which "Dutchmen canr no longer put tip sufficient resistance,: the t defenders of the beautiful glens of volcanic Mount Tangkoeban Prahoe, r 10 miles north of Bandoeng, finally gave way on Friday, said a final dis patch of Aneta, the Dutch news agency. '! r r.;': - : e"'- '; As a result, the dispatch said. 'the situation on the whole west-. era end of the Island, which had been reckoned as the best defended, was admittedly crit ical after only seven days of the Invasion. . This dispatch was timed at 10 ajn. (6:20 pjn. Friday, PWT) and was about 13 hours in transmis sion, and the interruption of fur- ther. communication suggested that perhaps Dutch hopes of mak ing a MacArthur-like stand amid the high hills of west central Java have been comoletelv dashed. The complete dispatch follows: or j w , . "Bandoeng, March 7, 10 ajn Java time Delay ed Japanese troops have broken through Ban doeng's northern defenses, It be-s came known this morning. "The situation on at least the western part of the Island of Java Is now admittedly 'critical. The breach occurred Friday in the lines on the northern side of the famous volcano of Tangkoe ban Prahoe. "The defenses here constituted the first line of Bandoeng's moun tain defenses to the north. - . The Japanese break-through took place In the face of fierce resistance on the part of the far numerically inferior Neth-; erlands Indies troops. The defenders were con stantly harassed by the Japa nese air force, against which. It was stated, Dutchmen can no longer pot np sufficient resist ance, v The Japanese were described as again attacking with great su periority. Tne action took place in an (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Friday?g Weather . Weather forecasts withheld and temperature data delayed by army request. Elver, Satur day UX feet. Max. temperatare Friday, 53, mln. 35. - Four Die, GRANBY, Mo, March Six-persons were - killed - and at least -45 injured Saturday night in a headH3n-collision of two Frisco trains on itrestle near the Gran ny depot.' v c r, : Of the dead four were soldiers riding on a special train. The oth er two were crew .members on the crack Will Rogers,en route, from Oklahoma" City to SW Louis, f t Twenty-five passer$ of the Will Ecrers were reported Injured, several seriously. At , least 29 soiJkrs on t!s special also were Injure d. Battle Line y' CHINA ' j-f'ZZSJ . -. i ' : ' . -xw5r vw , ;. -. : :e i Indian Ocean JSr km ft Shaded area bounded by broken line Pacific thrusts. Overthrew of Java defenses brought Nippon's battlefield to Australia's ihores. Hawaii had its first bombing since the attack ea Pearl Harbor when four bombs were loosed ever Honolulu (1). Tokyo admitted S9 planes attacked MInamltorl Shima (3), an island abonl 120t miles southeast of Tokyo (3) which Itself had an air alert. Japanese planes bombed Port Moresby (4)- again. Free French authorities announced that the United States was aiding in defense ef French Pacific colonies such as New Caledonia (5). The Dutch are abandoning their East Indies colonies for the .West Indies as the doom of Java (I) neared. a new bright spot in the Philippines (8) as they sank enemy shipping Bataan. ... - Alarms Sound onoiuiur - 1 Air Raid Warning Lasts 67 Minutes; Radios off; No Enemy Planes Show HONOLULU, March 7-ff) Honolulu, scene of Japan's first at tack against : the United States, underwent a 67-minute air raid alarm Saturday but no hostile planes appeared." ' r i " Radios were ordered off the air this morning when army detect ors heard "unidentified elements at sea" and half an hour later the sirens screamed their warning. Civilians rushed to air raid shelters while the few soldiers and sailors on the streets hurried to their posts. "A 67-minute air raid alarm for the Hawaiian islands ended at U7," the army said fat a eryptle .: announcement. , "The alarm sounded at 10:20 after de fense units detected the ap proach of unidentified elements at sea. Previously radio stations In Hawaii - were ordered off the afar as a precautionary measure at t:45 a. m." . (Turn to Page 2. CoL 8) Service Club Asks Removal Of Japanese Immediate action In removal of all enemy aliens and Japanese from the Pacific . slope and the help of the commander of western defenses, Sen. Charles L. McNary and . Rep. James Mott . in ' seeing that such a program is carried out are requested in a resolution ad opted , by the ' board of directors of the Salem Kiwanis club. Danger of "fifth column ac tivities, crimes already committed in connection with r national ' de fense and the necessity of intern ing enemy aliena for .the duration are given as reasons for the dub action, according to T, Harold Toinlinsonclub secretary. .45 Hurt . A special train .was dispatched immediately from Springfield, Mo,-50 miles away, to m take the dead, and Injured to Springfield hospitals. i ; Injured Soldiers were to be tak en to the army hospital at Spring field, where CoL George B. Fos ter, Jr, commandant, made prep arations to receive a large num ber.". " " - . ' -'.- Names of the dead : soldiers were not made public immediate ly by army officials.'.. The locomotives met at con in Great Pacific Struggle miisoobnt. .- TV.-1. . j - lAWUMUIUjiOMlt indicates ronghly the area now , Japanese also advanced fat Burma f ' '- Allied Nations Expected 1 Opening of Fourth Month of Pacific Conflict Sees Nippon Successes but : A'. Deployment Increases ViiJherahiM.ty WASHINGTON,! March- Pacific war opened Saturday with the United Nations still desperately on the defensive, but with indications that the day of attack' may be drawing; near. In three months of fighting, southwestern Pacific, and south eastern Asia. Gen. MacArthur still clings to his peninsula tip In the Philippines. The Dutch, over whelmed, have, abandoned ' hope of retaining more than an Isolated area - in Java. The British have lost Malaya and Singapore.' They have been, forced out of a vital section of Burma. The Burma road has been cut. ' The toaster of this vast area, Japan new Is expected to carry Its attack to the northern shore - of Australia, . to deprive the allies ef bases from which the ; counterattack may- be Initiated. And sweplng on through Burma, she may attempt to Invade In dia, as. part of a master axis phut which Includes a simul taneous nasi drive into that country from the Near East. ' The news of the actual fighting is all bad, but it is relieved by the fact that among the United Na tions there seems to be growing, a new spirit of attack, implemented by, an ever; growing air force, army' and navy, and by the con stantly tacreasing. production of American factories and shipyards. ' There Is no comfort for the Jap anese: In; the word just received from the mid-Pacfic of an enor ; (Turn to Page 2, CoL Wife of National Reo Cross Chairman Dies . ' , , ALEXANDRIA, Va, : March 7-(3"Mrs- Norman ;; H.: Davis, 64, wife of the chairman of the Amer ican Red Cross, died tonight 'at her "home. Her husband and mem bers of the-family, including eight children, -were at the bedside.- When7 Trains' Grasli siderable speed but bcth remained upright. . - r : : Most of the dead and Injured soldiers were riding in a coach," the third ear hack of the loco motive. It telescoped Into the barrare ear ahead, pinning the victims inside. Torehes were necessary to cut the bodies from the wreckage.',' r Frisco officials said a xnixup in signals was responsible ' for the accident. . ; ' The Will Rogers contained sev en cars; ' - . . 17 ntW i dominated by Japanese fas their (7)' MacArthur's men furnished and continue -to hold out on !. fourth month of the the news still grimly bad and the Japanese have overrun the Civilian Radio Production to in WASHINGTON, March 7-ff) The government Saturday pro hibited manufacture of radios and phonographs after April 22 for civilian use. and set in motion a program calling for conversion of the entire radio industry to war production before mid-summer. No move was made, however, to freeze retail stocks and the war production board said ra dio sales would continue en a ; "first come, first served' basis until available supplies were exhausted. They estimated that the - Industry's, curtailed 1942 output would total about 2,00t I0t sets.' 1 - ' ' Meantime; in ' another action with direct i effect on the public. Price Administrator ; Leon - Hen derson ordered prices of mechan ical refrigerators restored to Feb ruary 2 levels. He said there had been Inflationary and unfair in creases since Feb. 14 when plans for eventual rationing of refrig erators were .announced. I The radio order affects 55 con- panies w hi eh reported a total of about (240,000,000 last year. They employ about 30,000 work ers, , I . j . Noted Artist Succumbs NEW YORK, March 7-(ff)-Tony Sarg, 59, world famous creator of marionette shows, died Satur day night in Manhattan hospital. ".One bagsage car toppled off the trestle into a dry creek bed about 10 feet below. The second car, a passenger, overturned and . the uura car lert me rails Dut re mained upright' -V Lieut. Itctcrt Tendleton, la . charge cf the soldier contingent, said a roll call ' of his men ' showed only the four dead and 29' izjzred. -Granby,; a town of 1,403, Is on the southwestern corner cf Miss ouri, about 25 miles southeast c Jcplln. ' Stop April Offen Auistralia Is Worked Onit US Officials Perturhed Over. London Story; AP Reporter Says Yanks in -Antipodes-- - . MELBOURNE, Australia, March 7 (AP) Australians linked reports via London Saturday, that . sreat convoys of American troops are moving: through the southwestern Pacific with their own government leaders that London and Washington are working out Australia and India aimed at Tokyo and Yokohama. . John Beasley, Australian speech at Sydney that within ganization for allied strategy worked ouC v . - , s on ;:Tnops H c a d e d lor llaagoou ' creased : Desn'ie RAF Combs -'. t MANDALAY, ; March . JlJP) British, armored forces' repeatedly attacked ; enemy positions in the Pegu . area,8 mfles crtteast of Ragoorv Saturday In. the face of severe' mortar fire. . SZ The .Japanese spearhead menac ing Rangoon . was "being, rein forced, it was reported, by troops swarming, across the Sittang at narrow points above Pegu. 7 . They eontinaed to come . on, despite heavy strafing by the KAF-British bombers, ft was re ported, penetrated deep Into Thailand, raiding railheads hav ing big stores of enemy supplies. If Pegu falls, the next step-in the Japanese advance probably would be an attempt to capture the junction of Burma's two trunk highways northward, one via Pegu, the other by way of Prome. This junction lies ' 35 mues southwest ; of Pegu and only 20 miles north of Rangoon, from the junction the highway runs 150 miles north-westward to Prome, almost along side a railway from Rangoon to Prome. - If the Japanese should take this highway junction they (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Truck-Trailer Rationing to . Start Soon PORTLAND, March 7-iaVApr plication : forms ' and instructions for' obtaining new trucks and trailers under, the rationing pro gram will be in the hands of Ore gon dealers early this week," the motor carrier division of the in terstate - commerce commission said Saturday. The order , freezing truck and trailer stocks will be lifted Mon day and the ICCs motor carrier division will be in charge of rationing. T ' I. Applicants for trucks and trail ers wilt be required to fill out blanks, obtainable at dealers. The application then must be submit ted to allocation offices in Port land, Seattle and Spokane. - Sight Naval DOUGLAS-Ariz, March:7-Jn A naval aviator landed bis plane at the Douglas airport Saturday night and said eight others of. a flying group were missing. : The flier, who declined to give his name, said he left the others at or near Cananea, Sonora, Ilex ico, about 50 miles southwest of here, after the pilots w e n t off their course. He would give no Road Jap ToMandalay I - j ,. other Information. - sive- llr FOiiri plans for an offensive front driving the Japanese back to - : . supply minister, said in a the past week complete or in - the Pacific has been "The enemy has a long supply line .which we can cut, leaving him at .the end of a line .without support i for his forces. . Time Is the only factor we have to deal with, and given time, we in asso ciation with our allies, can drive the enemy . to Tokyo and Yoko- - WASHINGTON, .Martk-W1 - i .Representative Y gr his D Calif) T protested b the- house .Saturday, vagainst publication under-a -London 'dateline of a- " news story J .3 concerning ' the movement -at United States ' transports in me South Pacific." It seems to me that if cen---sorship rneans anything at aU,".-. ' he said in a one-minute .speech, "this certainly is. the main place , It should be applied." .- , (The story ; w a s cleared" by British censors 'and. thereupon , became available under Ameri- . -can censorship rules, for pub- - f lication in this country). ; , ' r Later, Voorhis told reporters that if such stories endangered the safety of allied, efforts and!' , personnel they; should not be - passed by censors, 'but "if the American public can be given this information t he y should . get it through their own press, not through London." . Secretary of the Navy . Knox told newspapermen: "You may be sure that we are checking on this with a . great deal of ' vigor. He (the writer of the, dis- , patch) was enjoying the cour tesy of an American ship with the understanding that what- -ever was. written had to be : checked. . Other government leaden said they ' were informed mat the United Nations are assemblinsT their maximum strength in the ' southwest Pacific at the earliest possible moment for such an of fensive. " '. - (a vTates McDanieL Associ ated Press correspondent, land ing at Perth from Java, cabled Saturday that he found uni formed Americans "everywhere -r4a sidewalks, in soda foun-( tains,1 fas betel lsbbies.' Mc Danlel said that Perth, en Au stralia's southwest coast, was almost an American city.") 1 The dispatches from London, - (Turn to Page 2. Col. ;, ' Lato Spbrta SAN JOSE, Calif, March 7-(5-The San Iranclsce Eeals Played impressive baseball la beating the - Portland - Eeavers 1$ to tJn. their first exhitlUoa game this season before 2,033 la San " Jose's new municipal ball park Saturday night. SAN FESNANDO Call March -1-CT)-Sestt!a teat Eol lywood to S In an exhibition ' baseball Tame Saturday. . The Hzmlers cpenel wi'Jt three ': runs, In the second Inntng on; singles by Lyna. King and Dick: Gyse'3i ar.J doutles by.EUl, Ccirl i! Ci!ca and Floyd Dcr-" ens." - ; v - ' '- " rcr.TLAND, Ore.!irch 7-y CT) - Eradford's ; Claihiprs. cf : Portland won Cse Oreron AAU basketball chan:r ion;' ' t : t : t-" 2 ' cray t.'ilt, Cc'rat: CU cf rertLmd. 43-::