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Many Killed
In England;
France Hit
- LONDON, Friday, April 3
(AP) The royal air force's
heavy bombers struck for the
second straight night Thurs
day night at the nazi-directed
Matford automotive works
outside; Paris, while British
ground crews str nggl ed
against a terrific German air
attack along the southeastern
English coast.
'. British fliers had dropped leaf
lets over Paris warning the French
they were coming back again aft
er their destructive . raid- last
month on the Renault tank and
automotive plant working to sup
ply the nazi eastern front armies.
An informed British source In
dicated Friday that the second
strike at the Matford works was
lighter than Wednesday night's at
tack, but said the British "got in
some good licks."
The German counter-attack
- en Britain's coastal defense belt
was the worst yet experienced
by some townsmen there who
had weathered the heavy 1949
blows. A number of persons
were killed and wounded.
Others were buried in their
wrecked homes.
The Germans, favored by bright
moonlight, also were reported over
Southern Wales.
The RAF attacks of Wednesday
eight also were directed at the
reich't railroad network which Is
hurtling munitions toward ' the
lussian front
. , Fifteen bombers were missing
- from these far-ranging raids,
Interpreted authoritatively here
a primarily blows to assist
'Russia. The Paris factories are
' reported turning out vehicles for
' the Germans in the east and
-. the ' German roalroads are
; strained to' the utmost in trans
porting supplies for spring of
t fensive action against the red
1 armies.
5 It was the RAF's biggest loss in
single night since the November
T raid on Berlin in which 37
British planes were destroyed, and
it was above the average of 10 to
12 which the RAF feels it can
afford to lose in one night at the
present scale of operations.
Bright moonlight aided the at-
. . J 1 9 A
fighters alike.
Canadian airmen, led by
- Johnny Fauquier, Ottawa bus
flier, told of biasing debris high
' . into the sky at Poissy, eight
miles west of Paris on the left
,'bankf of the Seine, of setting
..'bright fires and of feeling the
blast of bombs which made di
rect hits on the Matford factory
from extremely low altitudes.
. One ' of the Canadian-flown
Wellington bombers came out of
the target area at 500 feet, and the
pilot said the bomb blast "nearly
lifted us out of the sky."
- latest reports from Vichy said
that-fairly h e a v y damage was
caused at Poissy, with the Mat
ford factory the chief target The
French reported that one British
plane was shot down in flames at
nearby. Marly, with; three mem
bers of the. crew killed and one
made prisoner.
' Paris anti - aircraft defenses
were active daring the alert,
from 4 to 5:30 ajn, and bombs
were, reported dropped la sev-
Paris outskirts.
, It also was learned Thursday,
a Vichy dispatch said, that at least
40 persons were killed, including
14 children, and 72 wounded in
the region of Boulogne-Sur-Mer
1 Wednesday afternoon during the
RAF bombardment of the channel
coast ,
7oodcri Ship
Firm Formed
PORTLAND, April 2-M?V-For-
raation of the Columbia Shipbuild
fii company to construct wood-
i i ships for the nation's war ef-
was announced here Thurs
t sy by Secretary Alfred T. Sul
L.cnettl, Portland attorney. .
He said the company had filed
Incorporation papers at Salem and
:::afl a shipyard site at Colum
bia ty on the Columbia river
tclcv t Helens.
Highway
Raises
Wkges
' 4
Johnson Seek
Designation of
Granger Road
PORTLAND, April 2-)
Bids on highway improvements
the Medford cantonment
area, totaling $393,000, were
referred Thursday to the engi
neer with power to award, sub
ject to satisfactory financial
adjustments with the federal
government.
Since the original federal
grants, costs have increased, the
highway commission was advised,
and the public roads administra
tion is now seeking additional
money.
The commission voted wage
increases for all but 80 ef Its
2409 employes, ranging from a
flat 10 a month boost for sal
aried workers to 8 cents an
hour or 814.72 monthly for those
on an hourly basis.
Under the increases, the lowest
wage will be 63 cents an hour
for unskilled labor.
R. H. Baldock, commission en
gineer, said money wasn't avail
able for the blanket increase, but
"increased living costs have made
the ; boost imperative. Workers
receiving more than $250 month
ly were not affected by the In
creases.
The war production board
granted the commission permis
sion te bur 134 tons of old rails
to use in highway bridges near
army eantonmeirWtn the Bled h
ford, i CorvaUis and Dlllard
areas. . '
The commission was jubilant
over WPB s release of the ma
terials because the road improve
ment programs to serve canton-
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new Dicycie
Sales Halted
Rationing Will Give
Stocks First to
Defense Workers
WASHINGTON, April 2-m
Sale, shipment, delivery and
transfer of all new adult bicycles
were frozen by the war produc
tion board, effective at 11:59 pan.
(Eastern War Time) Thursday
night
The action was preparatory to
rationing.
The ban applies, a WPB
spokesman said, "even If a bi
cycle was ordered and paid for
prior to the Issuance of the or
der." Stocks frozen and future pro
duction will be made available on
the basis of essential needs with
defense workers getting first call,
essential civilian needs next, and
then anyone else, if more are
available," said M. D. Moore, chief
of the WPB bicycle section. Oth
er sources said it was not ex
pected rationing would begin be-
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Dutch Indies
Continue to
Strike Foe
WASHINGTON, April 2-P)
Netherlands Indies forces were
reported here Thursday to be
still giving blows to the Japanese
Invaders, nearly four weeks af
ter the loss of Java.
Authorized sources said Isolat
ed detachments were ' known to
be fighting the foe in Java, Bor
neo, Sumatra and Celebes, and
possibly other Islands.
Netherlands flyers and
planes which escaped the foe
In Java in early Hareh -were
said to bo operating with Ame
rican and Australian air forces,4
hammering at Japanese: air
bases In New Guinea and else-,
where near the northern peri
meter of the continent.'
Some : ground forces likewise
were believed to have been trans
ferred from Java to reinforce
Australia's defenders.
: Netherlands naval units which
escaped the disastrous battle : of
the Java sea and other sea fight
ing were shifted to the Indian
ocean to serve under British na
val command. -
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Of the Philippine archipelago's 7000
have landed on only five, leaving most of the people free from
the invader, writes Clark Lee, Associated Press war correspondent
who has Just gone to Australia from Bataan. The enemy has re
cently occupied northern Mindoro island (1), but at (2) are Bataan
and Corregidor, the American stronghold. Zamboanga (2) and
Davao, both on the Island of Mindanao, are Jap-held.
Most
Remain
Hands;People Loyal
Japanese Fail to Control Inland Sea;
Natives Ask Clorrespondent Wnen
Allies Will Begin Tokyo Bombing
By CLARK LEE '
UNITED STATES ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, April 2 (AP) By far the greatest pari of
the Philippines, both in territory and population, still are
free from the Japanese invader and still are tinder the
American flag. ' v . - T - j V
The people are unwavering: in their loyalty to the United
States, although considerably puzzled over the allies' con
tinued withdrawals and their failure to take the initiative
against Japan.
Full Turnout
Urged Monday
Instructions Issued for
Civilian: Defense;
Others to Join
Urging a 100 per cent turnout
of Salem residents and as much
of the rest of the county as poss
ible for the Army day parade
here Monday, April 6, Marion
County Civilian Defense council
Thursday night issued directions
to all civilian defense workers as
to their participation in the event.
"Inasmuch as this is a civilian
defense activity, an expression of
our support and respect for our
army, we request that all persons
actively enrolled in civilian de
fense occupy positions in the pa
rade next Monday morning at 11
ajn. as such, and not as repre
sentatives ot other organiza
tions . . the statement, signed
by Council ? Chairman Douglas
McKay, Coordinator Bryan H.
Conley and CoL Carle Abrams,
grand marshal, declares in part.
The parade, of course, wCl
be lead by a fine representation
from the ' army units and fol
lowed by civilian defense per
sonneL which is now considered
the fourth arm of the military
forces, and we request that ev
ery division be represented to
the fullest possible extent," con
tinues the ansouncement. ' ' '
Civilian defense workers are to
assemble on Marion street from
Commercial eastward . at 10:45
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Wednesday's 7eather
Weather forecasts withhelJ
and temperature data delayed.
.' by army request. Elver Thurs
day, ,t feet. Ilax." temperature
Te3esday, 5, nix, 41,
islands and reefs, the Japanese
of Philippines
inrfLmericau
En route to Australia, where I
arrived three days ago, I traveled
hundreds of miles over Philippine
waters and by car over the islands
without seeing a single Japanese
plane, warship or soldier.
It Is well to recall that there
are 7000 Islands and reefs in the
archipelago, and that so far the
enemy has landed on only five.
The Japanese control the prin
cipal cities and highways in cen
tral and northern Luzon and a
few ports in southeastern Luzon.
However, the main prize, Manila
bay, still is beyond their reach.
Recently the Japanese occupied
five points on northern Mindoro.
They maintain a small force on
the island ' of Masbate; occupy
Davao and - Zamboanga, , at the
eastern and western extremities
of Mindanao, and also hold the
island of Jolo .
r. The Japanese do net control
the inner Philippine islands or
the inland waters..' Occasionally
an enemy warship raids ship
ping and porta la the so-called
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First Tank
Announced
DETROIT, April 2-tfVE. E
Fisher, general manager of Fisher
Body division of General Motors
corporation, disclosed Thursday
with war department approval
that his company completed the
first of a new type, all-welded,
20-ton army tank four weeks ago.
Since then,' Fisher added, the
job has been pushed forward rap
idly on an assembly line basis.
The first tank came off a pro
duction line : in what once was
the largest automobile body unit
in the world just 47 days after
work was begun converting the
factory to war work. Meanwhile,
many other tanks were put into
construction and were well under
way by the time the first one
rolled eff under its own power.
Enemy Landing in WesiMuiiima
Fleet" A
Is
Refused but
Countered
t:"7avell May Confer
In Future, Indian
Responsibility '
" -
t JBy The Associated Press
NEW DELHI, India, April
2 With Japanese Invaders
reported barely 100 miles
from the Bengal border, the
pressing: problem of India's
fighting participation, in the
warappeared Thursday night
to have been saved from a
cold stalemate by indications
of willingness to compromise
on details of the Independence is
sue. -
The executive committee of the
powerful all-India congress party
rejected, point by point, Britain's
offer of post-war dominion status
in return, for full war participa
tion under British direction, but
It was reported to have advanced
its -own counter proposals, which
might keep the discussions going.
"Sir Stafford Cripps, special en
voy who brought Britain's offer
to India, changed his mind about
leaving 'for home next Monday.
He declared, that "I think X can
possibly do something useful next
jkfliadl before -him already the
previous J rejections . of Britain's
proposals by the Sikhs, warriors
of the Punjab, and by the ex
trtmist Mahashabha group of
Hindus.
Yet to be heard from formally,
however, was the Moslem league,
second largest of India's complex
political and religious groups
whose working committee meets
tomorrow at Allahabad.
With the British army in Burma
the last obstacle between the Jap
anese and India, there were un
confirmed reports that Sir Archi
bald P. WavelL commander in
charge of India's defense, might
participate in future discussions
with the congress party leaders.
WaveU's decision whether he
could command the defense forces
if responsibility behind the Indian
front were transferred to Indian
hands might govern the war cabi
net's choice on whether to yield
on that point .
Five Fugitive
Ships Go on
Rest of Norge Vessels
Sunk or Turned Back
To Swedish Ports
STOCKHOLM, April I-(ff)
Six of the 11 Norwegian mer
chant ships which dared the Ger
man blockade In a mass ; dash
from Sweden were accounted for
tonight as either lost or turned
back, leaving five with at least
a chance io reach haven in Bri
tain.:
The 11 vessels had been tied
up In Gotesborg, Sweden, since
the German Invasion of Norway
Anril 9. 1940. Under charter to
Britain from the Norwegian gov
ernment-in-exile, they all left
Goteborg Tuesday night during a
heavy snowstorm.
(A Swedish court had upheld
the charters on March 17, over
ruling German attempts to get
control of the ' ships through
owners still in Norway.)
According to information based
mainly on ' observations of ; fish
ermen, the ships were attacked
Wednesday by r a German ; de
stroyer and four trawlers almost
as soon . as , they got , outside
Swedish territorial' waters, the
6222-ton Buccaneer and the 12,-358-ton
whaleship Skytteren be
ing sunk by gunfire off Maases-
kaer at the mouth of the narrow
Skagerrak.' . . , -
- The fishermen said another
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Laval in Vichy
VICHY, Unoccupied France,
April ; 2- (JP) F o r m e r Premier
Pierre La V a 1 came to Vichy
Thursday for the first time since
he was ousted from power in the
Vichy regime and conferred with
Marshal Petain on the question
of French-German relations. .
Proposal
ided; ripp SiaysioTMk
Chile Won't Break
Immediately, A ver
Rios at Inaugural
One of Two Nations Still on Terms
Promises 1
Faithful Continent Solidarity-
SANTIAGO, Chile, April 2-5J)-President Juan Antonio Rios
indicated in his inaugural address Thursday night that the new
administration of Chile plans no immediate diplomatic break
with the axis. .
He hinted that he would make the break only if "the national
will' calls for it.
Then the twenty first president of the republic promised
Reds Describe
Great Smash
Claim 12,000 Nazis
Slain Before
Leningrad
MOSCOW, Friday, April iP)
The Russians announced official
ly Friday that more than 22,000
Germans had been killed in. the
Leningrad and Kalinin sectors in
a violent red prelude ;. to Adolf
Hitler's threatening spring 'at
tempt to smash the soviet union.
Taken - with an announcement
Thursday; Friday's official state
ments reported a total of 23,000
nazis killed on these two fronts
in recent fighting .
Twelve thousand nazis were
slain in the Leningrad area- be
tween March 23 and March 31, a
special communique said. A re
gular communique issued at noon
Thursday said that 3000 Germans
had been killed in the last two
days, indicating the growing fe
rocity of the battles around the
approaches to that important
Baltic dty.
On the Kalinin, or north
western front between Lake II
men and Kahev, the Knsaians
said. 1M09 more nasi dead
were counted between Hareh
21 and April L It is in this
area, at Staraya Itus, that
the Russians have been steadily
cutting down the encircle 18th
nasi army despite vast number ;
f German reserves ' thrown ;
against the red cordon.
After days of official silence,!
the Russians issued a series of
communiques listing an enormous
haul of German, booty, captured
or destroyed.
Among the items reported de
stroyed on both fronts were 58
nazi airplanes, 642 ammunition
and supply trucks, 108 trench
mortars, 39 tanks, 100 guns and
machineguns, six ammunition
dumps, one food warehouse, and ,
great number of blockhouses and
reinforced nazi dugouts.
In the far north the red. fleet
announced the destruction of an
other German submarine operat
ing in the Barents sea on the
United Nations' supply route to
Murmansk.
. Big-scale fighting bow - in :
progress . en the Leningrad
front is growing In mtenst '
"with every hour that passes," ,
the Leningrad . radio reported '
tonight
In the past 24 . hours, with
fresh reinforcements, the Ger
mans have been - launching one
tank - supported counter - attack
after - another, - but . in vain,: the
Leningrad radio assertedV' - -
March Rain Falls
Short of Average
March, 1942, was shy on pre
cipitation, with only. 1.27 inches
of rainfall for' the entire month.
Average - rainfall - for March Is
3.75 inches. According to exist-
ing weather records, the year
had. the driest March with only
Z3 inches. Wettest March was
in 1894 when 10.13 inches f elL The
wettest day last month was
March 25 when ,20 inches fell, i
Maximum temperature last
month was 72 degrees cri March
39. Minimum was 29 degrees oa
fotir days, March 3, 14, IS and 24.
that Chile would "faithfully carry
out her duties of continental soli
darity." Chile had worked Jointly with
Argentina to stall eff attempts
at the Rio de Janeiro conference "
last 'January for a solid Amerl-,
can break with Germany, Ja
pan and Italy.
The American republics event
ually compromised on a joint
resolution recommending that all
break with the axis and Chile and
Argentina made it , unanimous.
However, neither has broken
off relations, and Bios' statement
Thursday, night on Chilean for
eign policy was foreshadowed by
the presence of Argentine For
eign Minister Enrique Ruiz Guin
azu at the Bios inaugural cere
monies here.
Moreover; kuiz uuinaz made a
speech to the chamber of depu
ties yesterday after which half
a dozen communist deputies
walked out in protest.
Broadcasting to the nation from
the Alameda, palace, the new
Chilean president said:
The . government will culti
vate cordial relations which are
maintained with all ether coun
tries, and the ministry ef for
eign affairs ef Chile will act in
the International field with the
serene of dignity which corre
sponds to its traditions.'
' Rios, elected by the "democratic
front," a political combination
with a ' platform for democracy
and American solidarity, said that
"I will keep up the same spirit in
government which brought me to
if
I again call for a union of the
diverse groups and various forces
to support what the ordinary basis
of a republican democracy and
social Justice requires,' Rios said.
Rites Today
Union Services to Be
At Evangelical;
Others Planned
., Christ's crucifixion on the cross
over 19 centuries ago will be ap
propriately observed in Salem to
day as nearly all Protestant
churches, of the city unite for
Good Friday services and the
Catholic and Episcopal churches
commemorate the occasion with
separate devotions, rj !f ;
At the First Evangelical church,
ministers of many denominations
wCl take part in the union' serv
ices from 12 noon to 3 p un
der the chairmanship of Rev. Paul
P. Petticord, The time has been
divided into 25-minute intervals
during which the scripture and
prayer will be lead by one pastor
and the meditation by another.
. At St. Paul's Episcopal church
the -Seven Last Words- wfll be
the subject of several addresses,
which will bo interspersed with
Good Friday- hymns and prayers,
according to - Rev. George Swift
rector. . ' :.'iv;.'; -'; f-
Tbe three-hour service, which
starts at noon, tt SUf Joseph
Catholic church,:, will .include
mass of the pre-sanctified, vene
ration of the cross, Seven Last
words, and the station of t h e
cross, fiermonj' and - stations 'of
the cross are also scheduled at
73 pun. and confessions will be
heard afterwards. ' ' : -
Qood Friday x?ass will be cele
brated ai SO ajn. at St Vincent
de Paul church. Stations of the
Friday
cross are to be said at 3 and 730
pm.. 'w
Denial;
NEW DELHI, India, Ap.
A British commoniqne de
ta ''A'litwj, a .ningit rig
nnouncement .tnat Japa.
nese forces had landed at
Akyah, West Burma port
within 100 mUes of the In
dian frontier. No Japanese
landing has been made in
that area, it said.
Rest of Burma
Quiet; Bataan
Defies Assault
- Flanking Movement
Possible; Darwin Is
Bombed 11th Time
By The Associated Press
LONDON, April 2 Japa
nese troops protected by
cruisers and destroyers have
landed by Akyab, the chlejf
western Burma port within
100 miles of the Indian fron
tier, and thus have raised a
menace to the whole of tht
present affied burmese line, -k
Chinese army spokesman an
nounced Thursday in Chungking.
British and Chinese communi
ques indicated meantime that ac
tion afield in central Burma had
fallen into a lull on both the right
and left allied anchors, the one
about Prome on the Irrawaddy
river and the other above Toun
goo in the basin of the Sittang.
The report of the. enemy's Ak
yab landing raised the gravest of
prospects. ,
Between Akyab and" the Ir
rawaddy basin a mountain
range intervenes, but a trail
leads frem the city across the
mountains te Mtnbu, 101 miles
north ef Prime and only 21
mOes belew the center ef the
Burma eU fields at Yenangya
vng. : ' .. '
A h e a v y flanking movement
over that trail, it was pointed
out, might soon make indefens
ible the present British positions
about Prome, aside from putting
the oil fields in imminent dan-
! The enemy naval forces re
ported to have effected the Akyab
landings were presumed to have
operated either from fallen Ran
goon or, from the recently seized
Andaman islands in the Bay ot
Bengal. ' . -
The Chinese ; spokesman said
the enemy, units, comprised two
heavy cruisers, three light crui-
ports and two supply ships.
' From the Prome front, the
British command .reported
substantial change slaee Wed
nesday and said there had been
Bene ether than patrol action.
i Already outnumbered, the
British forces English and Scot
tish troops, and some' Indians
were faced with a rising threat by
traitorous Burmese. Four thous
and such mercenaries were .offi
cially reported now to be in ac
tion in aid of the Japanese on the
Prome front alone 1000 of them
standing on the west bank of the
Irrawaddy in a threat to the Brit
ish right flank.
WASHINGTON, Aprtt J-flF)
A savage enslaoght by Japa
a e s e assaalt troops soeeeeded
"Thursday fas peaetrstinr the
defense line on Bataan penin
sula before the Invaders were
halted by a f I e r e American
FClpIne eeonter attack .
! The waf department reported
. f 1 V 4 Via
line was restored, and a "consid
erable number of enemy units
trapped. These .were being mop
ped up- late - la the day, Lieut.
O e n . Jonathan!!." Wainwright
advised.:.;- h .f r 'r 'J.f "r"'.
t Meantime,: the ant 1-aircraft
gunners:, of Corregidor fortress
off the soathern end of Bataan
destroyed three Japanese heavy
bombers and : a ; fourth bomber
blew up in mid-air. t -
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