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Japanese' Push
Ahead, Bataan
AUied Hold; Act
)f India Feared
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Thayetmyo and Alanmyo and only
about 65 miles short of the center
of the major Burmee oil fields
fi1ri vital to supply China. To
the oil and cement works of both
Thayetmyo and Alanmyo the Brit
ish had applied the torch.?
The Japanese had net yet
come forward to make contact
- with the new British position;
a ai lm4 Bnnw f MH
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. It nn both bank Of the ITTS-
i- waddy river la u ares about
On the allied left, held by the
'. Chinese under command of the
American Gen."- Joseph W. Stil
i weiL action in the area above
: Toungoo was light, the Chinese
reporting that the -enemy was
"mittintf bis greatest effort into
consolidating his positions a
preparing defenses.
More and more it appeared that
: the decisive battle was to be
' fought against the allied right,
rmd the threat to the oil fields
f was reaching the phase bf ira
; ... mediacy. i -
India proper meanwhile re
r malaed under a species ef Jap
anese attacks whether for ma
' terial purposes or purposes of
, terror remaining to be seen
' at the very moment' when one
Indian objection after another
was threatening to torpedo the
, British , plan for Indian lnde
' pendenee after the war In re
;.. tuna for fall Indian cooperation
H now.
Despite the strongest efforts of
!; the British, the good offices of
j ' the United States, the rising peril
. posed by Japanese enemy and the
expressed wishes of some m India
that political controversy be put
: off until the Japanese were dis
i posed of, it again seemed that
: the British mission was about to
. . faiU . ?i )
; The day brought an interest
lng development indicating a
strengthening of American rela
: tions with Vichy France an in
ddent that caused bellows, of rage
in the nazi -controlled Paris press.
The Petaln government made
' known that It was negotiating
: to seU sugar to the United
States from Reunion Island In
the Indian ocean, where car
goes could be handily picked
sp without waste ef shipping
apace by American vessels re
turning over the war supply
routes from the Eed sea and
; Persian gulf.
I This . was, accompanied by the
. angry prediction from the Paris
" paper Les Nouxeaux Temps that
! Petain'i cabinet would fill "at
; the end of this week or the be
'; ginning ' of - the n e x t unless
I. France has agreed to commit sui
! eide for the benefit of President
: Roosevelt"
Lane Officials
Confer Here,
Cantonment
', Lane county officials are anx-
ious to cooperate in all dvilian
problems in connection with con
f struction of the Corvallis-Mon-f,
mouth army cantonment and oth
; er local war emergencies, they
hold Gov. "Charles A. Sprague at
; a Conference here Tuesday fore-
noon Sr
Attending the - conference were
j members of the Lane county
1 emergency board, mayors of(Eu
'. gene and Springfield, union offi-
crals, members of the Lane county
: court and others.
.A proposal that Eugene, Cot
tage Grove, 8prlngfleld and
Junction City be included In a
; defense housing" area, ur der
federal regulation, was declar-
ed remote because of their dis-
tance from the cantonment and
i large war Industries. Eugene Is
approximately SI miles from
the cantonment, officials said.
', Union officials said Eugene
workers were now discussing a
f transportation pooling program.
' Eugene officials said approxl-
i mately 75 per cent of residential
! construction there had dropped off
' because of federal priorities regu-
: lations.
r Proposed sewage disposal
plants at Eugene and Spring
- field, as post war activities, were
". discussed.
The conference was followed
by a luncheon, after which the
, governor and visitors Inspected
the cantonment,
While at the cantonment Gov
1 ernor Sprague discussed with
- army, officials complaints of farm'
era that they have been unable to
determine definitely the amount
of money they will receive for
their properties and when they
- will have, to vacate. ,'.
The governor' said these griev
r ances probably would be worked
'. out to the satisfaction of all con-
; cerned. . " .
i Pnrkrose Decides to '
IJIeep Three Teachers .
P0HTLAND, April 7-HrVThree
fcf ' 1 Parkrose school teachers
i wl be retained, the school board
l dedded Tuesday, reversing a pre
Slcuj deepen jo . discharge . the
lni!ra group of 10. . ,.. - , ,V
Students recently staged a one-
Jday gtr&a la protest' to the dia-
charge!.
First American -
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On the tunics of 42 young Chinese, the wings emblematic of their rank as sub-lieutenants in Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-Shek's air force were pinned recently la unique and Impressive ceremonies. The
oriental airmen were the first of then race to bo trained In America for the battle in the skies against
Japan, the common enemy of America and China. Above Major General Teh-Hsleh Shen, former chief
of staff In the Chinese air force and now In charge of his country's air program In the United States,
Is pictured (center) as he bestowed wings and diplomas oa the newly commissioned officers. "
Children like
TVIarco Polo9
Musical Production :
Fascinating to
Adults, too
By MAXINE BUREN
Some 1600 school children, and
a few escorting parents, visited
Venice and traveled through far
off Cathay with young Marco
Polo on Tuesday night at the high
school autditorium. They cheered
at his conquests, hated the villains
and laughed at the comedy in the
Junior Programs' production of
"Marco Polo."
Strangely enough, these mu
sical performances, written and
produced for children. Interest
the adult members of the audi
ence too. But children catch the
comedy and drama quickly and
enjoy the colorful scenery and
movement of the dances.
This is the fourth of the Junior
Programs productions to come to
Salem. This time the performance
was under the sponsorship of the
PTA.
Others were "Jack and the
Beanstalk," "The Bumblebee
Prince" and "Robin Hood.
Better than any adult critic's
remark by far are these fron one
of the youthful audience, "I sure
thought it was. good. Liked the
first act a little better than the
second, 'cause there was a little
too much 'sayin' ' in the second,
but you always get a lotta that
and I'd like to see the whole thing
over again.
40 Attend First
Demolition Meet
Approximately 40 Salem men
gathered at the city hall Tues
day night for instruction in de
molition and general air raid pre
cautions, the second lesson in t
series planned for the group.
10 inem, in case ox nre or
bombing, will be delegated, the
task of clearing debris, removing
hazards and putting damaged
properties into condition. Teacher
for the course is J. H. Davis, city
engineer.
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to Relax
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Director Softer tad
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Trained Chinese Fliers Graduated f
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Knopf Speaks
To Educators
At Spokane
SPOKANE, Wash, April 7-(P)
"Pearl Harbor was the end of an
era," Dr. Ernest O. Melby, presi
dent of Montana state university,
said here today as educators from
the four northwest states gathered
for their annual Inland Empire
Education association convention.
"We now face the problem of
pulling out of the tightest spot
we've ever been in," he told a
chamber of commerce meeting.
Only through education, he
-asserted, can democracy be
preserved, and then only If the
dueators of the country can get
-out of their Ivory towers" and
Into "the stream of democratic
life.
"We've got to get busy with the
adults," he explained, "it's too
slow educating people through the
children."
Stuart Chase, internationally
known economist; Dr. Carl
Sumner Knopf, president of
Willamette university, and
Charles Lautrup, Portland, Ore,
symphony conductor and pian
ist who has appeared widely la
both the orient and Europe, will
be the principal speakers at the
opening general session Wed
nesday. All will discuss variations of
the convention's general theme,
"Democracy's Challenge to the
Educator."
Defense Bond
Name Changed
WASHINGTON, April 1-UPl
Defense bonds and stamps Tues
day became officially "war sav
ings bonds and stamps." "
Persistent suggestions mat the
change be made have been re
ceived by the treasury ever since
Pearl Harbor, but it delayed mak
ing the change in order to use up
the printed material hearing the
old name.
xJVtost All Folks JCove to
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peacs tad pu. dM wbulnun Mtrouaduip. Yoa coU aw mt mom
dUag of Ofyapia Bt; ta &mnn of Modcmioe. k, too, iccovm ot
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foe lot otoooor aod good tam, oaoy Oiyapfa, Asmfcit "Onjmal
ToUt BmKm- Ut Ugti ojaaUqr fa Am to tk ftfaaio of Oiyapia'a
bmom aoamMM httrmrng warn piaa iiiiai-pricoi iagradtcact
sad At toroiag ikin of U gtMMiim of omhmllj of Umtltwta.
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Manufacture
Cut Slated
Most Durable Goods of
Consumers to Be
Banned, Duration.
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time gadget-making to the out
put of the Implements of war.
"I am more pleased with the
conversion effort at this time
than at any time since I've been
on the Job," he said. -
The meaning of the transition
to the average dtizens is a "sound
out lean civilian economy, uie
production chief reported. "We
don't know how lean it can be,
but it will get leaner and leaner as
time goes on."
The consumers durable goods
.
industries whose doom he sound
ed are those producing such char
acteristic dements of the stand
ard of living as automobiles, re
frigerators, washing machines,
vacuum cleaners and other articles
having a relatively long life. All 1
the articles named are under stop
production orders! ;
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Man Is Shot
INDEPENDENCE, April 7 A
shotgun charge through the head
was fatal to Thadus A. Cranford,
55, here Tuesday and Police Chief
William Noble said it was appar
ent that Cranford had taken his
own life. The shooting occurred
about 1:30 p. m. in the front yard
of the Cranford home on Ninth
street
Coroner C. W. Henkle of Dallas
investigated the cause but had not
indicated late Tuesday whether an
inquest would be held. Cranford,
who is survived by bis wife and
four children, had lived in Inde
pendence for only a short time. No
reason for his act was established.
Fish
, No wosder
VA1IL, U.1A.
lnaepenae
Jlf(-
whs
Reds Increase
Toll of Planes
Destroy 79 German
Graft on Tuesday;
Khaki Tanks Seen
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States plane in its war paint to
reach soviet Russia landed United
States Ambassador ' Admiral Wil
liam EL Standley at the airport
here. , . . - v
As the big plane, with it: red,"
white and blue insignia 4olldvto a
stop, Admiral Standley stepped but
into a xoot oi siusn ana remarked,
"well, It's good; to; behere. We've
been on the way
MOSCOW, April S-(Wednes-day)-()-Sovlet
troops, over
coming a fierce German counter-attack,
have captured "an
Important place" on the south
western (Kharkov) front, the
Moscow radio announced Wed
nesday. The announcer said the "Ger
mans made every effort to hold
this place and avert encirclement,"
but that soviet troops wrested the
initiative, and with a red tank at
tack "the Germans retreated in
disorder."
Jones Makes.
Rubber Guess
Continued from page 1)
"There has been no delay; an
the contrary, the program has
been poshed.'
-Jones said that if "we will be
la little careful during the next
two years we will have a good
deal of rubber" but that "if the
war continues and wo have got
to keep giving rubber to other
countries and have to continue
using it for our own war effort
we won't, have a great deal for
private use.1
Irrri .
HeatfC Manager
Robbed in Office
PORTLAND, April 7-P)-Ken-
neth Hughes, manager of the Mu
1 ' 1 A, A 11 .
sic box theatre, was robbed -of
$200 Monday night by a poorly
dressed man who forced his way
into the balcony office.
. Hughes told detectives he and
an usher, Frances Carlson, were
forced at gunpoint to lie on the
floor while the man ransacked the
safe.
PGR Quit
At a time when it seems that nearly every
thing you buy has jumped in cost . . . here's
welcome news. The cost of PGE electricity
keeps on going down, DOWN! Look at the
chart. Notice that in 1935 our residential
customers paid an average of' a flittle over
3 cents a kilowatt-hour (a kilowatt-hour will
run a typical radio for two days' average use).
And then, as now, PGES rates were among
the very lowest in all America. By 1938, the
average cost had dropped to 2 cents. By
last year, the average cost had tumbled to
2 110 cents. And the1 reduction is continuing
through 1942. Sinca 1935, this ovaroqa coat
has dropped one-tbirdl PGE electricity is
the biggest bargain la your family budget I
0.,
j THE1U7S A JEW11 Dl.tOUB 1QTEBI .
Ya,f among the more than 100 parts la your electric meter,
you'd find a Jewel a tiny sapphire. Keeping PGITs 181,000
..meters !going" is a big Job. In wartime, it Is more essential,
than ever that men and machines "carry on" with the highest
degree of perfection; ; Meters are no exceptionV Here, a meter
1 being tested to assure, that it measures up to the exacting
requirements set by the U. S Bureau of Standards. Your
electric meter la as accurate as a fine watch. -
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One Lion Is j ;;
Enough, Says
Young Hunter
PORTLAND, Ore, April
Lion Hunter Lewla . O'Rourke
promised his mother Tuesday
he would give the Washington
park lion's cage a wide berth en
his next aafarL
Seven-year-old Lewis and two
playmates ' went lion hunting
with toy pistols Inside the outer
railing of the cage Monday. One
of the big cats reached out and
clawed him over the shoulders.
one arm rand scalp and i was
about to drag him Into the cage
when one of the other children
struck the lion on the nose with
a rock. The lion let . go r and
Lewis scurried, bleeding i and
frlchtened. to safety.
Tuesday Master Lewis assert
ed from under his bandages:
"It wouldn't have happened
If I eoulda got my dicker pis
tols out of the holsters." ;
Streamliner j
To Operate j
PORTLAND, April 7-(ff)
Streamlined passenger train serv
ice between Portland, Tacoma and
Seattle will be inaugurated April
12, it was announced jointly Tues
day by officials of the Union Pa
cific, Great Northern and North
ern Pacific railroads.
The nine-car train will operate
from Portland and from Seattle-
Tacoma every sixth day. It win
have a two-unit, 2100-horsepower
Dlesd-eleetrie locomotive, an
auxUiiary mail-baggage car, and
be made up to Include a coach with
48 seats and a coach-buffet car
with 38 seats.
Tacoma will be the train's only
intermediate stop in dther direct
tion between Portland and Seattle,
the railroad officials said. The
train's run will coincide with the
transcontinental streamliner sched
ule.
Tire Ineligibility
Ruled by Board
PORTLAND, April T-Mem
bers of volunteer war organiza
tions, such as the ground obser
vation corps, are not eligible for
automobile tires, the Oregon ra
Honing administration said Tues-1
day.
A message to county rationing
boards said, "we cannot provide
tires for part-time activities when
so many full-time war transporta
tion needs are unsatisfied."
Contestants: Below you will find
Senate: Okehs
Profits Bill
Compromise Proybion
Must Be Approred N
By Joint Croup ... - -WASHINGTON.
April
A modified measure for limiting
war profits emerged from tne sen
ate late Tuesday anacnea u u
latest $19,212,773,260 approiation
vrrt .. . . .,:" ... "" . " " . .v
Before It actually will appiy w
the billions of dollars of present
and future contracts, the profit
restriction faces further modifi
cation by a 5oint senate-house
committee that must adjust many
differences between the -two
chambers over the huge wartime
appropriation. .' .
, The .provision argeiy
fted to aathority to renegotiate
eeatracts-whlch might yield an
reasonable profits was ad
vaaeed as a compromise by ad
ministration leaders to avoid an
assortment of proposed riders
dealing with wartime labor
problems, anion dues, the flat
C per cent profit limit voted by
the boose, and the slldmg scale
limit ef t fa II per eenfsub
stitated . by the senate appro
nrlatlooa committee.
The senate approved it, 40
21, after hours of angry discus
don. -and only after assurance
that the senate-house conference
would have broad authority to
rewrite the entire section If war
production officials and congres
sional leaders can agree upon
new plan.
Former WU
Dean Dies
PORTLAND, April 7-ff)-ru
neral services for John W. Rey
nolds, one-time Salem attorney
and Willamette university law
school dean, will be hdd here
Wednesday. -
The 67-year-old attorney died
here Sunday. Re was born in Sa
lem, attended Willamette univer-
dty and the University of Michi
gan and was law school dean
from 1902 to 1907, during which
years he practiced law In Salem.
He moved to Portland m 1907.
Orput Suggests
On Center Plans
More intense organization of
interested agencies ana concen
tration of recreational facilities
for army men in Salem were
suggested, by Don Orput, state
representative of the federal se-
the answer to one of your April
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- UGHTNUfO AIOESTEES GUARD tSlAKSirrsiOa i'S
Oregon Is subject to few lightning storrns, but wh .k!TL
them, PG Is prepared. To divert thoeSrucUvS lV
lightning and prevent it from damagin g htrholtai
" and substation eouipment throughout IU mtem u.11
r more than $1500 Invested in Ting lr1S1JSJHhJ
pictured above. These arresters serve as lowSni?,4
i for lightning to follow to the fdTh mmSgS.?11
; here protect tte flow of vital efStriT tsyb7 8fe
horsepower PGE water-power plant, i - -. , 9lS".
-Weartag his old uniform of the
Seaforth Highlanders, the Duke
of Windsor is shown with his wif a
u they attended a Red Cross fair
ta the garden of their home at
Nassau, the Fs, where he to
wvenior-general. The duchess la
wearing her Red Cross uniform.
She Is president of the Bahamas
, branch. -
curity agency,
as he conferred
with members of tne city s army
dvilian liaison v committee here
early this week. " -
A recreational center, con
structed with federal funds, for
use of service men stationed in
this area has never actually been
refused to Salem, he declared.
Consideration has simply -been
deferred until such a time as
need has been demonstrated and
funds are available, according to
Orput. C
lliaii uuiuia
Available
The Marion county 'defense
council is now prepared to pro
vide flristructors in, dvilian pro
tection to any organization fa
terested, : Coordinator Bryan H
fVmlev announced Tuesday, r
"These instructors are trained
in all phases of dvilian defense
work;: Conley said. "We shall be
glad to have and. In fact, "urge
fraternal and other organizations
to aVaH themsdves of the in
structors' services."
Requests for instructors In Sa
lem may be made by calling de
fense headquarters, 3349, and
munjeating : with local . defense
chairmen, Conley said.'
FoDow the Man That Knows,
Ged Clothes and Save at ;
Joe's Upstairs Qothes i Shop
4q SUte St. : I
itrance Next to Quelle Cafa
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Quit Questions
If3 1941
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