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The OZZGO'Y STAXECMAXI, Sales. Oregon. Friday Morning; Match 23. 18-42-
Missions Aid
With Radios
Allies Account for
Three More of
Enemy Ships
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: fud hundreds ef swastika
' flars and photographs ef Adolf
:; Hitler ana leaned thai mom of
- the natiro chflirea el New
I Gaines ' had eeea taught the
f nasi salute.' "
s So far at could be learned, the
'invading force wai in consider
M numbm but the Australian
? defenders expressed " the convic
tion ,' that the thrust would De
Wm vU short of Port Mores-
i " Aiuea air auacas wuc ici -ed
during the day on several ene-my-held
island points, among
J them Koepang on Timor, where
5 the resulting fires were visible 50
'miles away, but there was no
word of any new gathering of
f Japanese ships. i ,
i The enemy's invasion trains al
ready had been hard hit, the lat
est big allied success having been
bombing . attack on" a heavy
' Japanese cruiser that left it
aflame in the New Britain island
iharbor of RabauL Near misses
were scored against two other
' large vessels, the indication being
that both were damaged.
This brought to 28 the number
' of enemy ships sunk or damaged
In recent allied air action, 23 of
them having been accounted for
in a US navy announcement in
" Washington of ; Wednesday.
Meanwhile, medium forces of
enemy bombers raiding Port
, Moresby were strongly challeng-
ed by anti-aircraft fire, and caus
,ed no known damage in a half
hour raid.
v Darwtn, oa the aorthera Aa-
sirallan mshilsad. was a-atn at
, tacked by a small foree of bomb
ers, which dropped tS aeatter
bombs directed primarily
aganlst allied troops.
The first enemy air attack on
Cape York, Just across the Torres
trait from Port Moresby, also
was reported, but there was no
announcement of casualties mere
or at Darwin. In addition, Tulagi,
Florida island, in the Solomons,
was bombed.
With the new supreme comman
der, Gen. Douglas MacArthur,
makina it plain that his para-
- mount purpose here was to build
' as swiftly aa possible an offensive
- force to smash Japan and relieve
his beleaguered troops on Bataan
and Corregidor, the Australian
" war cabinetmet to advance pre-viously-prepared
strategy.
' Compulsory civilian defense du
ties were ordered for all Austra-
' lians between the ages of 18 and
.60 not now in the fighting or
auxiliary forces. A mobile works
- squadron of the Royal Aust-alian.
: sir force also was ordered formed,
to construct landing grounds and
encampments as speedily as pos
sible for the use of the expanding
US and Australian air forces and
for disposition of rapidly incoming
US aircraft
- T Lieut. Gen. George H. Brett,
deputy saprso s sounder in
charge of air operations, de
clared that a -steady flow of
planes and poets from the US
'- i already , bad bailt up a ratio
of three crews -for every plane;
' that American and Australian
filers would be pooled and the
' men ebosen for ss-ecifle missions
7 the basis of ability, without
' rerard to nationality.
Gen. MacArthur is expected to
" confer next week with war cabi
.., net officers and Australian service
chiefs at Canberra. The supreme
commander outlined his offensive
DurDoses to his old friend. Brig
Gen. Patrick J. Hurley, present
US minister to New Zealand, and
Thursday Hurley summed up his
, impressions thia way:
"Gen. MacArthur breathes the
- very spirit of victory. He specif
ically stated that he still is in
command of the Philiroine situa
tion and that he has the utmost
. confidence he will again be back
on Filipino- sou." ,
Paul BucKner
Paul Buckner of Jefferson died
Thursday at the age of 85 at an
Albany hospital. He had been hoi
pi talked since he fell and broke
his hip last December.
Buckner, a resident of Jeffer
son for over 43 years, is survived
by three children, Del mar and
Mrs. Leta -Thomas, Jefferson, ''and
Mrs. Edna White, Scio, and sev
eral grandchildren. .
Rose Bowl Game , '
Shown ia Films
; The famous Rooo Bowl game in
which Oregon State college de
feated Duke, 23 to 15, New Tear's
day, , was played over last night
via motion pictures in the audi
torium of the Elks temple before
an audience of over 400 people.
Coach Lon Stinec of 'the victor
ious Beavers,' narrated the play
ty-play gcpectade. '
" rarlier,vO. T.'"Ted"" Chambers
c striated while showing pictures
t.kea c-fclJ recent airplane tour
t! llt-co, Central and South
. CAITA VTt, tlarch
i: rl-b f announced Thursday
tl. i tiyzI t:r?edo planes hit two
tr ' ; r.;rc! -r.tncn ia the Medi
' t:rr2ia -" Tuesiay vl&X i- and
";. r.r-f;y morning. An expio-
tzzzzi on one 7CC0ton
Albany
In Burma
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LT. GEN. J. W. STILWELL'
Douirlas Plans
OCD Return
Actor to Resume Post
As 'Whipping Boy'
When Film Finished
HOLLYWOOD, March
'My trouble," mourned Melvyn
Douglas, "is that folks don't seem
to think about me, the actor; but
me. the tareef
Douglas, "Is that folks don't seem
me, the target'
Douglas is recovering from his
latest venture of sticking his
neck out and getting it shot at,
an old experience. He returned
from Washington following that
congressional controversy over
drama and the dance in defense
bloody but unbowed.
If being a whipping boy for
the administration is my due,1
and his laugh was rueful, "then I
guess it's okay by me.
Mayris Chancy, dancer friend
ef Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
resigned an OCD post a month
ago, climaxing critical debate
In congress. But Douglas says
he's going back as consultant to
an arts program when he fin
ishes a current fflm.
I refuse to be chased into a
rabbit hole by p re-calculated
publicity," he remarked.
And there's one thing Td like
understood. I'm not getting paid
a cume, oeyona expenses. . Tnat
$8000 a year salary looks good In
print But, as it was explained, to
me, it's simply a yardstick which
governs the salaries paid full
time assistants. Everyone in the
OCD must be classified in some
wage bracket. I'm convinced I
was told correctly, because mere
certainly haven't been any salary
checks.
Casey Named
In Mid-East
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tween Australia and the moth
erland at a moment when the
domlnloa seems to be vullmr
away Uwards the U.Ited State
a. .u i J -r-ij-i- ; . sj
A..;v-l.i-,-st.v , , :J
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iuu concurrence 01 Ausirauan
Prime Minister John Curtin had
neen receivea Deiore tne appoint-
ment was suggested to Casey.
However. a Reuter dispatch
from Canberra quoted Curtin as
saying nenaa urn xoiu Yasey mat
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stances, it was tne wisn of the
make any change in . the Austra
lian representation in Washington
as matters stand."
Curtin added: "It was made
clear that this was our wish and
not our instruction,' that it was
"intimated to me that the pro
posal was . entirely personal" and
that he had therefore cabled Ca
sey -tne decision was one entire -
.
ly. between Mr. Churchill ,, and
himselt"
Casey replaces. Oliver Lyttelton
and will have headquarters at
Cairo. Lyttelton recently, i was
made minister of war production.
Spurts Observed
In Egg Laying
6, miwiub, twjw Hnii-
v -j M
hens are coming through for all-
out war food productionthat is,
if they only didn't do it In spurts.
The hens, are giving out with
eggs oi two and three youu, mc-
cauum says, which is sweiLi.Tncisau uu,uu air raid manuals are
a-. l at ja I KsatnaV nrtntawl osol 44 1.
uvuoie im xiict io on m ui-aown
strike between times, refusing to
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Yanks Didn't ICnbw
Japs9 Psychology ,
If Americans had "been better
acquainted: 'with Japanese psy
chology, they would not have
been surprised at Pearl Harbor,
Salem Lions dub members, were
told Thursday br Roy Hewitt, Sa-
lem attorney who at one time
conducted tour in th rt.t - -
Hewitt minted out the effect of
the Japanese belief that they arel
divinely ' appointed to lead the
orientals to dominaUon over the
entire world.''---'-n:.i;-r'
vessel and one of 2000 tons be -
came a total loss by fire. ' ; '
Stilwell Takes
Chinese Lead
Generalissimo Names
American to Work
In Burma Fracas
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velt's nomination of Maj. ' Gen.
Jonathan M. Wainwright to be a
lieutenant general in command of
American-Filipino forces on Ba
taan peninsula in the Philippines.
I Wainwright was promoted in
view of thai transfer of Gen. Doug
las MacArthur to Australia. .
The navy disclosed Thursday
that - MaeAKhmr was aceompa-'
' nled on his trip to Anstralla
by Rev : Admiral Francis W,
Rockwell, naval commandant la
the Philippine Islands. The an
nouncement said Rockwell is
expected to be given "an ap
propriate command, probably at
sea."
The Chinese troops Gen. Stil
well commands made contact only
a week ago with their British al
lies about 80 miles north of Ran
goon, after having moved south-
iAn .i; ,n I
svtvuu cry ww w myuv WiUi
small arms, but lacking in artil
lery and other equipment
Gen. Stilwrfl KlivH h.
officials to be the first American
general to command a major force
of Chinese troops aside from the
volunteers who have played col
orful parts in China's history. .
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Award Today
Oregon Projects Are
Limited Closely
To Defense
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Jects were expected to total
about $1,500,000.
The commission opened bids
Thursday on the Crater lake high
W!f 1:?
3, TVZ JeVSr
bMl.subnJtted alowbid of $312
w "7 "w j ' 7 . -7
ot iuum urn pivui vl wii
uuica. .
Mooara at aiaic, uuimsnu,
x --wii at ocuacu, rwruu,
suuuuvea uw cumouiauon du
of S421.S37 for the 4.01-mile south
I unit but requested that their bid
k withdrawn if thir hM
unit, were not successful. Their
bid the north unit was S62,-
U62,-
275. ..
ZZ
irojeet as
The commission
the Corvattis area project
Including widening of the west
side Faclfle highway between
Corvallis and Monmouth from
If to tt feet with 11-foot grav
eled shealders. 8mrfacing would
macadam. '
Partial reconstruction would be
. ,
Muuvm. uivw
miles would be widened. T h
highway would be relocated in the
LAickiamute area to Include a
new bridge and elimination of the
Valley & Siletz railroad crossing
near tieimicx state pane
. . . . .
Th. commission, limiting all
projects to defense consideration
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exccPl Ior n1 mtotenance
iitemn aocontMi th fnllrin KMa
Thursday:
Benton county Wells-Granger
section of Corvallis-Albany high-
way, 4.3 miles grading, surfacing
and bituminous macadam. Low
bid: McNutt Bros, Eugene, $99..
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Sprague Lauds
Party Work
GRANTS PASS. March
Gov. Charles A. Sprague praised
Inn. i 44.- -
! i"UIW-U1 ouer oi repuoucan
I nd democraUci party organiza -
tions to distribute copies af air
I fid Instructions to every Oregon
home.
The party -organizations reach
et political sub-
uivisiuiis, m& uie iieip 01 precmct
committeemen and women in dis
tributing to the home the 'new
pamphlet on air raid instructions
will enable the people to obtain
the official pamphlet which they nese nation was told Thursday
should aiudv earofnllv anllnight tnr Malar Klnm V.V.tim.
tarlier, state Defense Coordi -
iHivr ci iuiu uwro announcea
lacceotance of the faint riutrih,,.
ton offer made by John R. Leach,
I Portland, state democratic chair -
j man, and Niel R. Allen, Grants
rass, state uujt chairman, (Owen
i . x yiwua-u
to P1 ce In every. home In
It jrePfin.l
Oregon.).
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Mirror Threatened '
' mmx, j . - -
With Banishment.'
LONDON, . March 19-WVThe
British government threatened
Thursday to banish the Daily Mir -
ror, popular and racy 'Londonlmost of the 1000 " workers' ' who
tabloid,lfor publication of what a
cabinet ' minister called - "scurril -
ou. rM distorted
I ana exasseratea statemenu and
npossible generalizaUons",, harm-
the war erion, ;
me house of commons Home
cretary- tterbert Aioxrison said
I newspaperr wmcn claims, a
daily circulation of almost 2,000.-
1 000, had been warned that it
1 might be suppressed, '
Speaker
I DR. R. FRANKLIN THOMPSON
Older Boys'
session Here
22nd Annual Meeting
For Three Counties
Begins Tonight
The 22nd annual Older Boys
cuuaus u acneauiea ra
open tonight at the Salem high
cafeteria with Dr. R. Franklin
yrcsment 01 nil
5
banquet I
r"""4 uv, .
speaker.
Owr SO nut-nf-fnmm Ivm
already registered for the twoJ
day conference and as many more
are expected to follow in regis
tration at the YMCA today.
Tonight's banquet win begin
at S:30 with President Calvin
Kleat presiding. Toastmaster
will be O. F. Ted" Chambers,
member ef the T beard ef di
rectors. Mayor W. W. Chad wick
Is to welcome the visitors to
Salem while Koanie Clark, HI-
x council prealdeat, will repre
sent Satem Hl-T clubs. Fred
Wolf, galem high school princi
pal and Joe Bowersox, student
body president, will welcome
the boys en behalf ef the nigh
school.
The Salem Hi-Y Mothers club.
headed by Mrs. A. C. Haag, Is ra
Ponsibl. for securing homes.
The 1942 conference officers are
McMinnviUe, presi-
aenV' Jim Smith, Salem, vice-
nresident! Bud Jensen. Sflmtm
iMwbnr mif AiW pm s,
i ,M v , i iiym,
i director. Boftr Wmmt. AM
. uregg HI-Y president. Is acting
u fiospitaUty chairman during
the conference..
T 1 AlI
1-iaDOr VKCn
Sought to
I O
nge Pay
WASHINGTON, March 19-OP)
Donald M. Nelson, war production
chief, and Robert P. Patterson,
I undersecretary of war, opposed
I new war labor legislation Thurs-
dav. while th dminit,ti -r,
i - - . ; . . '
I aeavorea to oDtam labor's consent
t? "boUshing double-pay rate, for
unaay ana Holiday work.
Meanwhile Rep. Smith (D-Va.).
for years a critic of the closed
1 . a an
tannn inn rnea wavawnAiie law tAAs
I T .T. ".1": I'Zt
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elson nd f tersor He told the
I hmisfi naval iwnm Hm iViof
house naval eomtnitt ,t fK-
-.JTT-
I -
congress is running the war
effort," or labor.'
Ho urged approval of his bill
to limit profits oa war contracts
to f per cent, suspend maxi
mum hoar legislation en work
done under naval contracts, and
aboush for the duration of the
war all overtime pay rates and
the closed shop oa such eon-
tracts.
Nelson, testifying before a sen
ate suboommittee, said increased I
production - could 'be obtained
"without the use of force." and!
Patterson f bluntly asserted 1 that
I Smith's bill would work a violent
I u 4.1-4. 4. . . . .. .
I wiuca nugni resuu in
1 deterioraUon. rather than an im-
I provement, of labor relations." -
Japan Ready
TOKYO, March 19-(From Jan-
1 anese- broadcasts) (FV-The JaDa
1 Japan has been catching its
i uiui ukt lis conauests m th
I southwest Parifi. k., m
but that it
'now is ready to begin the real
1 battle against the allied nations."!
In a radio broadcast he warned
the country against being dazzled
ny Japanese victories to date and
1 JJ nm a
i tmueu vre auiouia ne nmrri
for any eventuality.": ..
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united States - losses in the
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vuuiwcsi f-aciiic, no saia. OO not
mMn' tlu TT! tm 4 r .
-y . ' w
Workers lietlirn
RlCHMOTm. r.Kt : mr.i. V
I (jJVEmployer nd shipyard rep-
1 resentatiyes axreed tonight that
I walked off their jobs at two Rich-
1 mond plants last night were re-
Majo
S waDow. Come BackV
McICay oh Board
PORTLAND, M a r e h 19 - (JPi
Douglas McKay, Salem, was re -
tuuucu? uuevwy w vregon
State Motor association, as-all of
ficers were retained at the 26th
annual meeting Wednesday night
Gasoline Card
Due, 6 Weeks
Need Factor to Decide
How Much Each Auto
Driver May Buy
(Continued from page 1)
I will bo civen reference : over
cars used for ordinary private I
driving. The preferred classifica
tions: - - . ,
Vehicles necessary to public
health and safety (physicians
cars, ambulances, etc); vehiclea
operated by or ia the service ef
federal, state or . local govern
ments: commercial vehicles:
commercial, Industrial and ax-
rienltaral aaacbiaery; ehool
busses.
Protest against eastern Oregon I
being placed in the same war I
proviso on gasoline rationing as i
western Oregon, was contained I
In a letter received by Gov.
Charles A. Sprague Thursday
from the Ontario chamber of
commerce.
The letter said that up to this
time the mountain range has been
the dividing line.
"Our gasoline service men
win bo faced with two miles
away, rationing free, Idaho
gasoline,' the letter read.
"This competition will greatly
curtail gasoline and associated
STyToo 'JttSS
from the state's income.
business here and ultimately close
The seriousness of the eastern
regon a??Une, tionn
tion was stressed m a letter sent
to federal officials Thursday
night by. George K. Aiken, ex
ecutive secretary to Governor
Sprague. Aiken urged that some
action be taken both for the re
lief of the eastern Oregon gaso
line vendor and the state of Ore
gon which depends largely upon
its gasoline tax for highway con
struction. Soto to Die
Today in
Gas Chamber
John Soto. 17. convicted of the
1J of Kenneth L. Gorsuch
fn a ranch near Hermiston on
vmixr a, wju go xo nis aeam
u ue letnai gas cnamoer of the
vTcgon stale DeniienuarT nere
- .
a. m. loaay. ,
I "anien rge Aiexanaer saia
w oearmg up weu. ne
most oi inursaay usxenmg
a h nun witn pern-
lenuary "-"e, was trans-
ferred to a -death fcelT Thursday
nignt. t
Approximately 50 lnvita
tions" to the execution have
been Issued by prison officials.
Soto, dressed only fat shorts,
will enter the death chamber
ST:Si5r""",nT
Records show that Soto escaped
from a feeble minded institution
m uorma later arriyea
ra .ne WM em-
pioyea on me zeaeru ammunition
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his mother, Mrs. Cora Tobin, and
the letters nephew, Marvin
Adams.
Soto confessed
that he mur-
dered all three of the victims be-
1 cause he feared that Mrs. Tobin
learaed that he
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Ma ul1 was
was a fuel
tive and would turn him over to
v-
The boy's mother, a resident of
California, personally appeared
before the governor and appealed
for leniency.
Soto's Insanity plea was re
jected by a Jury at Pendleton.
Governor Charles A. Sprague
announced recently that he would
not interfere in the execution.
FDR Blames
Common Cold
WASHINGTON. March n-tJPi
l . ' : .
1 President Roosevelt had a snappy
comeback to an economist who
told him that 30,000,000 man hours
I of ; work, had been lost by strikes
I in the last year and three-quar
ters and that the Japanese would
not have taken' Singapore and the
Dutch East Indies if this time had
I been saved.
If It were not for the common
etvld. the nresldent rnHrf
I would have he in R-iin
60,000,000 man days were lost
1 1 . i v. .i
nr a .
nar ACes diatea
For Northwest
h SPOKANE, March l(HiF)-Two
J sees from World war No. 1 and a
pair of InternaUonally known
1 ...
i civil Lmns win atma tA tiw Twvt-tr.
west shortly In furtherance of the
.. . .
I eovernmenfs Drorram to nrovide I
I" .
I Its Hehtina men with intimate
I. j . .. - .1
1 Knowledge or. tne prooiems ahead
ok mem. .
The two world war flUr.
win lecture to Second air force
personnel In tnitiina for combat
duty Rickenbacker,!
I wbo shot down 2S German planes I
i over ranee, and CoL Frank O. D.
Hunter, credited, with eight s
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO.
Calif ' March 19 -UPV- The mft.
siua swauows came nacx to
J . . .
Juan Capistrano Thursdav. im-
jpelledl by some age-old instinct
ana ruiiiuing a tracuuon which
dates far back through the years,
They arrived on St Joseph's day
ngnr on schedule. .
Chinese Unafraid
Rag-Tag Yonne
Better Prepared
By DANIEL
CHINESE ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN. BURMA,. M&rch. 17
( Delayed ) -65V A map of Burma,
marked off in wriggling crayon
ninese neaaquarxera nere,
It's a prophetic piece of paper. or while the Chinese army
has been a relatively silent part
ner of the British in the battle
for Burma so far, between now
and the rain-laden monsoon of
mid-May China's young legions
will have their , work cut out for
them.
Like the Russian troops this
correspondent saw in Iran, .the
Chinese forces here look a rag-
tag lot in uniform. But they ban-
die their weapons and carry out
their assignments with the same
cool proficiency of the Russians.
And, also like the Russians,
they dent care a hoot how
hlahly-toated the enemy may
Jm. On equal terms or against
odds, the Chinese army Is ready.
With their round, smiling faces,
beardless ancr shlningly clean,
these soldiers all appear to be In I
their early twenties. Yet the ma
jority have been fighting the Jap
anese for more than, four years.
They're accustomed to fighting;
to marching cross-country- for
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J vJmvisiX1' to holding
t.Jl0!7. aainstl
I overwhelming attacks.
The position of the , British
Imperials and their Chinese al
lies In Burma may not be a
happy one at present, "but cer
tainly the Chinese go Into actio
better equipped and with more
effective air support than they
ever had in fighting the Jap
anese ia China.
That air support is furnished
by the "flying Tigers" of the I
American volunteer
group
and
the RAF.
Foreign critics used to sneer at
Russian army. But this corre
spondent, after seeing the Soviet
troops in the field, is Inclined to
credit their unbroken high morale
and their vivid patriotism at least
in part of daily lectures In which
those commissars explain past de-
feats, outline future victories and
toe myth of invincibility
furrounding the German foe.
ts. mmmi..
i .. xj
I Bona mm luub iiuwct iuuuuj
th ,im. .m. .m .i,A
i among the common soldiers by
their commanders. Young China
m the ranks in Burma knows full
WeU that, the Japanese enemy
must u decked and defeated
heref else homeland's fight for
freedom is lost
Due
uccess
To General's
Filipino Blood
PORTLAND. Ore, March II
-(AVTherc'a Filipino blood fa
Gen. Deaglas MaeArthar's
veins. President Ernesto Maa-
gaoang of the Philippine Com
monwealth Defense council
said Thursday, and that had
more than a little to de with
the gallant defense of the Isl
ands. - v '
The general may be aa Am-,
erlcaa to yen. bat he Is a Fili
pino to as a Katlpamaa."
Mangaaang a a 1 d la aa Inter
view. "The Filipino blood was
pat bate Us body wheat he
Joined the society, a very sec
ret organizatioa far the defease
ef the Fhlllpntnea. It la
;
wed ef aattvea and a few
Americans who have hetaed
The Kattpanaa society
formed during Spanish, rale ef
the Islands to fight against the
oppressors bat was not active
during American rale, he said.
, .Bat when this war came. It
soon became very active."
MiucMug aaie. -ana : we re
ceived word that MacArthur
was a member. That's war ear
eoldlers fought ao well vmder
wnea a new member b
taken UU the society, old
members cut their Angers and
tnetr Mood is Injected late bis
veins, Mangaeaag said.
OSC Orders Bikes
Field Trips
fUKVALLIS, Ore, March 19
(ff)-Oregoa State college's school
of agriculture reported today that
ZZ bicycles had been ordered as
r replacements for cars because of
1 the tire shortage.
TheTikes will be used br ex
I
1 nswimawit . art:-, ... . t
service staff men for short trin.
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I hutlrflnn
c... e.i : ia
Wie OCH001 S UOU'
llirorw for Snrlniv
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RVAIXIS, Ore, March .19
(AVOregon State college's spring
term registration Thursdar to
taled 3109, a drop of IS per cent
from 3SS0 on the corresponding
date last year. Registrar. E. B.
Lemon- reported. -.: "
EUGENE. Ore. March 19-A
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r Kt r mm m in.
Oregon dropped 21 per cent from
I that of a vear meti n1 is nmr
cent from the 1942 winter term's
opening, the registrar's office re-
ported Thursdav.
Men in Burma
Now for Fight
DeLUCE
with' one of its toughest chunks
lines, hangs pn the wall of
Japif Objected
To at Vale
Governor AsketT to
Aid; Idaho Offers
Settlement Plan
(Continued from Page 1) "
' SEATTLE. M a ir e h llfPi
While a croup of 150 Japanese
entrained Thursday for Intern
ment la Montana, the leaders
among King county's Japanese
population ef . close to 7001
awaited word from federal au
thorities as to whether a mass
migration to establish an cas
ern Washington colony r weald
be permitted.
James Y. Sakamoto,' American-
hke - - r the Japanese,
Mid tentative arrangements al-
ready had been made. He said the
plan called for acquisition of a
substantial tract on which the
evacuees hoped to be able to re
main together in an all-Japanese
"model community,1
Initial asslstan c would be
sought from the government, he
explained, but .the Japanese be
lieve the project would become
-"ft. He did not di
" .
1 1V PriTTl P HPilY
Drop Seen
Sprague Is Con fident
For State Change ;
Reports Finances
(Continued from Paf e 1)
t!l fn
i mi
"ivuuis wa
I Th. r ..m th.t ,?.
ministration had taken the fol-
lowing steps
1. Eliminated all property
taxes for state purposes.
Eliminated a two .nill levy
for the elementary scbel fund.
1 Eliminated a one-half mill
levy for retirement of veterans
and commission bonds.
4. Has taken over from the
counties all their share of the
administrative cost of public wel
fare.
5. Has absorbed 20 per cent of
the counties share of providing
old age assistance and care of de
pendent children and the blind.
During the last biennium this
item exceeded 13,000,000.
6. Reduced the bonded indebt
edness of the state by more than
110,000,000.
7. Paid off more than $377.
01 worth of outstanding certi
ficates of Indebtedness oa lienor
revenues Issued to finance pub
lie, welfare.
8. "Improved the condition of
the state treasury from a deficit
of $210,000 to a surplus of better
than $2,500,000
Mrs. Wagner
I Succumbs
Mrs. Rose Wagner, 5 0, died
Thursday at her home on Salem
route two after a six-months ill
ness. Memorial rites are scheduled
for 3 pm. Saturday at the Walker
and Howell funeral home.
Mrs. Wagner was born in Ru
mania, and came to the United
States in 1898. After living in
North Dakota and in Canada, she
came to Salem 19 years ago. She
waa a life member of the Seventh
Day Adventist church and was
active in the Dorcac society be
fore her illness. -'x W-n ?
Survivors Include her widower.
J. L. Wagner of route two; father.
William Wagner, Portland; two
Children, Mrs. Lambert Vaag. San
Francisco, and Gilbert, Ft. Mad
ison, Wash.; six brothers, two sis
ters and three grandchildren.
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Evacuation! of
Java
Yank Flier Praises
j Bravery and Cunning
Of Dutch Jnbttn k
MELBOURNE, March - !9:-aV
One of .the more uncomfortable
jobs In the Java evacuation fell to
Capt Sig. Young, flier from. Tuc
son, Arit, who headed a ground r
demolition crew at Malang la the i
eastern end of the Island. ,
Young had to destroy installa
tions there, then speed by auto
mobile over dangerous semi-
blockaded roads to western Java
to catch a waiting plane.
"We had blown up everything
and were Just ready, to leave,", he
related, "when a- forlorn soldier.
Master Sergeant Fehsmier, came
running up.
"He bad been ear a two-day
leave and returned to find near
ly everyone gone. We pat aha
In ear car and made the plane
connection. The sergeant now la
In Melbourne and feeling, very
lucky, too." i .
Young declared the Dutch sol
diers were the ; bravest fighting
men he knew, and said they did
everything they could with, what
equipment they had.
-Dutch fliers," : he related.
"saved hundreds In America B-l?s
which had been literally shot to
pieces and which we had planned
to burn. The Dutch 'patched up
these planes and with' extreme
courage " and skill flew them to
Australia. ' " -T'- .
Those soldiers also matched
the Japs In cunning. The ' day
after Bandoeng was cantured
some of the Dutch who had been
herded into one corner of the
airport escaped at night. They
wheeled a plane out of a hangar
and took oft across the pitted
airport before the Japanese knew
what was happening. Those men.
too, made Australia safely. '
"The courage ef their airmen
was almost saleldaL They
bombed the Japaaeae from 15N
feet, inflicting terrible damage. '
One Dutchman, attacked by
three Japanese Zero plaaea,
looped bis B-ls Into them la aa
effort to ram, these. Tne Jape
scattered then.
"Dutch demolition was very me
thodical. Automobiles .even were
given priority numbers, and as
the Japs got closer many, of these
cars were driven Into the, town
squares where they, "were , ham
mered and chopped, then set
afire." . ..... .
Nazi Rationing
er
BERLIN, (From 'German
Broadcasts), March 19-(P)-The
German government cut the nor-.
mal civilian ration of bread, fats
and meat Thursday and pinned
its promise of return to fatter
days on retention of "food space"
In the east (Russia) and in
creased production elsewhere In
Europe. ,
The new rationing system, ef
fective April 6, will cut the bread
allowance of the "normal cus
tomer" from five pounds a week
to four pounds, , six ounces; fata
from nine and one-half ounces to
seven s and one quarter ounces;
and meat from 14 to 10 and one
half ounces. , ,
1 "Competent quarters'' hastened
to explain In the broadcast an
nouncement that only 40 per cent
of the German population are
"normal consumers." The remain
ing 90 per cent, it was said, in
clude children, members of the
armed forces and self-supporting
workers.'
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