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Increase
May Be Short
Farmers Plan to Plant
Four Per Cent More;
Flax Prominent
WASHINGTON. March lirVPi
A. denartment of arriculture sur
vey indicated Tuesday that farm
erf Intend to teed about 4 cer
cent more land this spring but
that prospective acreages of sev
eral important crops might fan
snort of goals set up by the gov
ernmenfs 'war-food nroexam."
Increases over last year were in
prospect for corn, oats, barley,
flax seed. rice. Dotatoes. sweet ro-
ta toes, tobacco, dry edible beans,
soy beans, cow peas, peanuts, tame
hay and sugar beets. Decreases
were indicated for wheat and sor
ghums. No estimate was made on
the prospective cotton acreage.
The survey was based upon re
ports from 77,000 representative
farmers on their 1942 pj anting in
tentions. 7 . -
Outstandingly; large acreages
, were indicated for crops sack as
soy beans, peanuta and flax
seeds, that can be crashed for
vegetable ens.
Prospective wheat acreaee, was
estimated at 54,600,000 compared
with 62,400,000 seeded for the
1841 crop. The department recom
mended 59.000.000. exnlaininff i
smaller acreage was sought be
cause present reserves are the lar
gest on record. '
The flax seed acreaee was fore
cast at 4,037,000 acres compared
with 3,387,000 last year and with
goal of 4,500,000 acres. -An
Increase of tbnt 24 m
eent was Indicated la the sugar
beet acreage It was estimated
at ftMtaf eres . compared
wtth 7S5.SM last year. The de
partment has lifted all res trie-
Han a pea planting ef sugar
beete because ef the sapply
shortage, ..
" The department commented that
farmers able to expand operations
seemed to be preparing to put
mucn iaie una and unneeded pas
ture into crops. Others, it said.
who are short of help will be com
pelled to reduce their crop ac
reage or at least reduce the ac
reage of crops which require the
most labor.
Felton Files
For Justice
(Continued from Page 1)
G. Walker of Polk and Taaahu)
counties. Indicated Tuesday . he
might file for the department
one position, held fav iijn
lfahan. if the Utter out hi.
name en he ballot for reelect
ilea. ' '-.- .:;i; 77-:
State Hep. AUan O. Carson, de
clared Tuesday nlghf that reports
he also might bo a candidate for
circuit judge were "news" to him.
He declared he hadv"no present
Intention" of doing go.
-. .Judge Feltoo, who was appoint
t1. to the justice court position
by Gov. Charles A. Sprague in
January, 1941, when Miller B.
Hayden resigned to become dis
trict attorney, offered as his cam
paign statement in connection
with his filing: ,
"The Judre of the Salem Jus
tice court Is compensated sole
ly by salary, ana all fen and
court costs collected are turned
over to the county 4 help main
tain and operate the court If
nominated and elected. I shall
continue my policy of collect
ing the criminal costs, which
saves the taxpayers of Marlon
county hundreds ef dollars an
nually. BeUevteg that the Jus
tice's court Is truly the people's
curt,y where any persons re
gardleas of who he may be may,
come to litigate his small but
important legal matters. I shall
continue to conduct" my court
courteously, r effectively a a d
fairly."
. Felton. a graduate of Will am.
ette university, and Willamette
couege of law, was associated
with the Marion county district
attorney's office from 1837 until
the close of 1940. He was 34 years
old Tuesday.. " ,
Dies in China
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Y,,r.'.nm 8chuler
r"f tf te five Americans among
xuiea a ine crass
.1 Chines transport
1 from Kumming to
1 1 pictured above. He
I i huler cf North Ber
i ' '0torapher and co
ins. Among those '
i tanber cf the U. S.
a to China and th
LuX-h military mis
tt China. ..
Threatened
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War in the far east new has reached Australia, the small eeatinent
sembles the Halted States in many respects. The excellent map above, prepared by BV George Green,
Iateraatioaal Illustrated News cartographer, gives detailed stady of the continent, shewing naval
bases, air bases, natural resources, tndastrles and topography. .'Aastralla is aa agrlealtaral ceaatry
and great wool producer. Sheep and cattle are raised la central and western areas and farming is car
ried on in the south. The chief cities lies along the southeast coast. Most of the interior la desert
wasteland. A new defease highway was ballt la record time to link the south with Darwin, northern
port and site of a aaval base which has been bombed by Japanese planes. Aastralla, a British com
monwealth. Is composed of six states, including the island of Tasmania, which lies directly south. SUe
Is almost that ef the United States, bat the population, 7.111,441. Is less than that ef the state ef Illinois.
The two principal cities, Sydney and Melbourne, have populations la exeeas of lOi.lM each. The
capital Is Canberra.
Tanker SurvivorsWait to Wash Oft Oil
Wlthla five minutes of their landing
were waiting In the medical dispensary to wash off fad ou.
Gadwa Files
For Council
Competition for Alderman James
Clark of the seventh ward in the
upcoming May elections appeared
Tuesday with then filing of notice
of candidacy by Dr. M. X. Gadwa,
160 West Superior street At stake
is a two-year term, filling out that
left by Dr. Armin Berger, who is
with the army. . ' : ' ;
"Develop and l prepare Salem.
Lower taxation consistent with the
war program" is the ballot slogan
to be used by Gadwa, who. is a
member of the Salem Kiwanis club
and of the Elks. A resident of Sa
lem for four years, he came here
from Los Angeles, where he had
taken his training. Previously he
had made his home in Pendleton.
Rubber ri
WASHINGTON, March 24-ff)
A war production official testified
Tuesday that Jesse Jones, federal
loan administrator, overruled re
commendations in 1940 for buil
ding up the nation's synthetic
rubber production, by .100,000
tons annually because he did not
believe it was necessary.
I understood he was supported
by the president," William I.
Batt, director of materials for the
war production board, told the
senate defense Investigating com
mittee. -
Draft Is Called
OTTAWA. March 24-P-Prime
Minister- Mackenzie King added
new force to Canada's war effort
Tuesday by introducing a procla
mation in parliament drafting all
single men between and 30 for
military training. He also ordered
a registration of employes and
the stabilization of farm labor.
Coal Loans Offered
WASHINGTON, March
Secretary . of Commerce Jesse
Jones Tuesday offered loans to
retail coal dealers throughout the
country to help them stock up on
coal before next falTT ; v
Beaverliroo!s Here J
MIAMI, -Ma, March 24-P)
Lord Beaverbrook vCreat Brit
ain returned unheralded to the
United States Tuesday on, a mis
sion that may echo In coming
moptba an the world's battlefield.
Australia h Much Lilte US
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at Soathport, NC, after their tanker was torpedoed, these surviving
Air Chief
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A:::-si Air
Chief of the Royal Air Force In
India, Air Marshal Sir Richard
Peine, above, claclosod ml Mew
Delhi that American staff officers
nave estabMahed an air headquar
ters to India and that "we are go
ing to carry the war into the
enemy's country. Into Japan."
Tells of New Ships
WASHINGTON, March 24-UP)
President Roosevelt said Tuesday
that a new type of naval patrol
vessel is being turned out at the
rate of one a week at Bay City,
Mich, by . application of ja con
struction method which calls for
starting the craft upside down.
m
Abetz Removed
J London, March 24--The
i
rTTv!a iTS!
that Otto Abetz, Adolf Hitler's
"ambassador" to: occupied France,
had been removed for having
made "inadequate preparations
for the current riom trial of
French leaders.
Nazi Planes Hit
; . VALLETTA, Malta, March .24
tT)-Five German planes were
blasted from the sk yand one oth
er was damaged .Tuesday in non
stop daylight raids upon Malta.
"dewa ander," which clasely re
Moscow Has
Lbss Story
(Continued from Page 1)
army units which captured enor
mous stores of booty, Including
2617 guns and rifles, seven tanks.
6040 shells, 14,481 miles, 48200
rounds of ammunition, 4170 hand
grenades, and a number of ra
dio transmitters.
In this area during the same
period it listed 86 German planes
destroyed.
The r e g a 1 a r communique
said that 31 planes were de
stroyed along the entire front
Monday against 15 soviet losses.
, Units of the soviet fleet op
erating In the Barents sea were
credited with staking a German
submarine. -
' Front line dispatches said one
of Hitler's reserve divisions on
the Kalinin front northwest of
Moscow attempted a counter-at
tack with 50 tanks, only to be
routed with the loss of .700 nazis
lolled and 17 of their tanks.
Two-Paoers
Strack, Boise
BOISE, Idaho, March 25-Wed
nesday-tfVStr iking pressmen
forced suspension of publication
of the Idaho Statesman Wednes
day, causing Idaho's oldest news
paper to miss publication for the
first time in 78 years.
The action of the union had
caused similar suspension by the
Boise Capital News Tuesday aft
ernoon.
No Delay-
Tax Takers
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opinion that "to grant a. blan
ket extension" for the estimated '
25 per cent of this years ta
eome taxpayers who have not
yet filed their returns and
made their payments , "would ,
appear to bo unfair to the 75
percent who ".already: - have
filed.- , i
Return From .Yakima
. HA YESVUXE Mrs. Elizabeth
Siddall returned home Wednesday
after spending the winter months
with her daughter, , Mrs. Harry
White, Yaxuna. y.
Board Orders
Action on Bill
$250 Debt Oatstandis
i From Grange Meetj
i Donghton Changes
(Continued from page 1)
department, a' post filled only
temporarily since the . retire
snent a year age of Kenitt Da-
thv Doaghten, whe was a corn-
major ai Oregon State
eoUesre. took his uaastcrs degree
la school administration. . , .
Formal notification from County
Treasurer S- J. Butler to the effect
that he. could : no longer legally
turn over to the school district its
share of tax moneys earmarked
for bond interest, and retirement
drew from board members the
admission that the funds have, in
the past, been of genuine assist
ance. Available for use in carrying
general expenses from March to
November, they: should n o t be
necessary under the new fiscal
year lor tax collections, with
school districts brought up-to-date
in their finances, Connell Ward,
clerk and business manager, de
clared. -
Approximately $7300 will come
to the Salem school district di
rectly and Indirectly, out of the
recently-divided county fund from
tax-foreclosed properties, .Ward
reported.
I Materials for enlargement of
the Olinger field dressing room
and for the. reconstruction of Par
rish shops were" made available
by vote of the board. Construction
It to be done by defense classes,
the shop improvement project to
be contingent on the need of the
classes for more work than that
at Olinger, Supt frank B. Ben
nett explained.
Salem Art center; was aaoted
$15 a month for rental ef its
present premises in the old high
school bufldinx; not Included In
the price are light, fuel er Jani
tor service.
Ward, Bennett and A. W. An
drews, custodian of school build
ings and grounds, were named a
committee to arrange for the dis-
trict'a wood purchases and to con
sult an architect concerning office
arrangement changes. Purchase of
a secondhand vault door from the
Price Shoe " company was author
lzed. ' .
A new appraisal of equipment
and supplies, together with in
creasing replacement costs, makes
adjustment of Insurance advisable,
the business manager advised. The
insurance committee was author
ised to bring insurance coverage
up-to-date.
; New replacement value of the
district's supplies and equip
ment is I24C74LCS, according
to the appraisal; depreciated
, value is placed at I2524SUL ,
Conduct of Salem boys sent to
the Oregon Safety council meet
ing recently m Portland was
praised in a note from Walter .
Morse. '
Resignation of Clifford Bullock,
senior high school social science
teacher who is taking a position
with Pacific Telephone & Tele
graph company, was accepted, ac
companied by an expression of re
gret from Bennett. Also accepted
was the resignation of Miss Ce
cilia Mielke, who has been on an
exchange-basis leave in Los An
gel
LC. P. Bishop
Estate Is
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137.50, automobile at $480 and
personal effects including a $750
diamond ring at $875. Cash in
banks totaled . 118,834.2$,
! The personal property apprai
sal reported among notes held by
the estate one valued at $2557.50
given by Pendleton Woolen mills,
two aggregating $21,422.59 given
by Bishop's Clothing 6c Woolen
Mills store and another set at
$18,414 given by Willamette Gro
cery company and secured by
stock. All of these notes were re
ported at full face value of un
paid principal along with interest.
Rescue Story
Is Disclosed
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- other deck and feund another
haUh. He shoatod
aa answer from sailers est the
other side.
- "I said, 'are you alrightr De
Castro recalled. "They said, "yeah,
so far, but the water seems to be
coming up faster in here, it's up
to our waists now."
He shouted directions and the
sailors opened the hatch from the
Inside and at 6 a. m. Monday
morning, December 8, six sailors
came tair"biing out of the compart-1
ment so fast they knocked . De
Castro down. . -j.; -.
: A sailor reported tapping from
' aehiad -th nest ; bulkhead so
.De Castro and a pair of helpers
hurried aver. Thai water was
; rising fast t- : ' ? :: - ;V'
When we finally got at hole
through, the water was right up
to the bottom of it and the saflors,
all xaked, were uj to their arm
pits. They tumbled out of that hole
like a steeak of lighting. Eleven
men came out It was about 11
o'clock Monday morning. They had
been In there more than 24 hours."
The remaining 15 sailors res
id were brousht about by 2 a.
m. Tuesday-- .
Appraised
Dies in Air
JOHN NEWKIRK
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Yanks Destroy
40 Jap Planes
Thailand Raid Fatal
To Ace Leader
Of Volunteers
KUNMING, China, March 24-
vPr-Tlying Tiger pilots of the
American volunteer group smash
ed 40 Japanese planes at the
Thailand airport of Chiengmal
Tuesday in a dawn attack which
caught the Japanese by surprise.
It was announced here.
Dropping down from the sky at
ajn. the US airmen caught the
Japanese pilots as they we
running to the cockpits of their
planes and pumped 3500 rounds
of ammunition into both grounded
planes and personnel.
Seven Japanese planes were
seen banting late flames, and
the remainder of the planes
were riddled with auaehlnegan
bursts, dispatches said. .
Most of the Japanese pilots
were reported killed.
But the enthusiasm of the re
turning pilots over the success of
the raid was dampened by the
death of their squadron leader,
Jack Newkirk.
His plane was seen crashing
near the Japanese air field at the
end of a low dive, and his mates
believed that a burst of machine-
gun fire from a Japanese gun
mounted on a parked truck near
the airfield got him.
Newkirk. one of the most
daring AVG pilots, was awarded
the distinguished service order
earlier this mouth by the Brit
ish for his spectacular exploits
over Burma.
" wont be easy to find his
equal," said Brig. Gen. Claire L.
Chennault, AVG commander
Newkirk's full name was John
Van Kuren Newkirk. the son of
Lewis H. Newkirk, a New York
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City attorney who lives at White
Plains, NY. .
A graduate of Scandals ugn
school, ha was kaewm ta dis
patches from Burma as "Scan
dale Jack."
The American airman had been
credited with shooting down more
than a score of Japanese planes.
MacArthur to
Make News;
Continued from Page 1)
as darkness I fell asralav
There they were to meet three,
planes. The planes did ot ar
rive when expected, . and thai
party spent three nights and
days en aa island only a half
hear from a Japanese air base.
Detection was expected at any
moment, but nothing happened.
Finally, two American B-17
bombers arrived, instead of three.
Abandoning baggage and arms,
the MacArthur party crowded Into
the two planes and took off about
midnight, March IS.
They stall- were over Japanese-
infested areas when daylight came,
so gunners ; and observers re
doubled .their watch.
The planes finally . landed at
Darwin during an air raid alarm.
In giving this account, Colenel
Diller emphasized that MacArthur
did not "escape" from Bataan but
"came through to a greater task"
as ordered by President Roosevelt.
Permission was given Tuesday
to disclose the news promise Mac
Arthur made In ah off-the-record
conference with ' reporters Mon
day. - "i
; Saying that even though I
am an old censor myself," the
general declared, "my aeata pur
pose Is net to suppress news bat
to get news for yea.
"The reason for efforts by the
United States and Aastralla to
inform the pabUe what Is going
aa Is that If it dees net knew
the truth tta Imagination oper
ates, thereby reducing cenfl-
He stressed the importance of
public opinion, saying there was
"nothing more astonishing in the
progress of this war." and as
serted:
"Men win not fight and die
without knowing what they are
fighting and dying for. The care
witht which the enemy keeps the
truth from his people and tries to
incline their minds towards, cer
tain channels and to Implant cer
tain Ideas shows the weight he
lays upon it.
"In the democracies ft Is essen
tial that the public should know
the truth."
Held by Police
- Alfred W. Tozier was held .at
the sheriffs office Tuesday night
on a charge of being an ex-convict
and having a pistol in his
possession, state police reported.
Also held were his wife, Amelia,
on a charge of vagrancy, and Wil
bur G. Jennings,' on the same
charge.
IL Gercria Co.
414 3. Commercial
Salem Distributors
Gleemen and
Soloist Sing
Conductor Praised for .
Groapi Advance
In Short Time
. By UAXINE BUREN
Salem's Y Gleemen, singing
Tuesday night 'in concert In the
Salem high school, auditorium,
showed what new organization
can xlo in only a few years train
ing. Edouard Huiiimann evident
ly has a flare for directing a men's
chorus, for in this year under his
training, the group has Improved
almost unbelievably in appear
ance and ability. '
' The " soloist, Joseohine Albert
Spaulding, complimented the men
singers, and performed with better
voice than ever. Mrs. Spaulding is
gifted with an unusually appeal
ing personality and voice of great
beauty and strength. Her part of
the program opened with Verdi's '
"O Don Fatale" and closed with
the melodious and all-too-short
"The Year's at the Spring- by
Beach. C?""'-: -
Space dees net permit an ade
auate comment ea her part fat
the excellent svogram, bat it Is
enough to say that hen is a
voice ef far greater excellence
than any ether ta Oresoa. And
last aught she was at her very
' best. y, ' . 4; -.:
Alice Crary Brown performed
the very Important Job of accom
panying for . both soloists and
chorus. She too was at her best
and should be given her full share
in the success of the performance.
Kathleen Broer, violinist, appeared
in the final number the "Serephic"
song by Rubinstein-Gaines play
ing the violin obbligato with the
chorus and soloist. -
The quartet from the chorus
sang a group of numbers, includ
ing "Home on the Range," with the
incidental solo by Richard Barton.
Ronald Craven sang a solo during
this group, "A Brown Bird Sing
ing" by Wood. The rest of this
very pleasing quartet was Ray W.
Dahlen and Richardt Smart.
Following the final number, with
the entire ensemble, Mrs. Spauld
ing and the chorus sang the Salem
Centennial song, "From Wilder
ness to Wonderland." This was her
part In the . centennial, and the
song, written for this very sing
ing group, brought back pleasant
memories of the Salem celebra
tion. China Pays
Up on Loan
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WASHINGTON, March 14(F)
China, in the midst of its war
with Japan, Tuesday paid the last
installment on a 822,000,000 loan
from the export-import bank.
The loan was made December
13, 1838, and has been paid for
through shipments of wool ofL
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