FAGS TWO Cm CHSSOH STATESMAN. Ealetn, Oregon Saturday Morning. -Aprl 11, 1U2 Trio. mhiu ph. Avon Sherman Heft) of the US army signal a couple of native troopers m a feast of freshiy-maae aougnnais oemna uo juncncan-rnuippine no- i fenM 11m en Bataan. The war department, m announcing eouapse n rations was a mala contributing First of Ten Destroyers Launched at V4 4 r -is f K i r V-- T 4 . b a gray dawn, a slim destroyer slid dowa the ways recently at the Bethlehem shipyard on Terminal Island, while 6999 workers, who had helped to build her. cheered lustily and navy boats tooted three dots and a dash 1ht victory signal. Built in record time, the destroyer USS Kendrlck. first fighting ship to be launched la Los Angeles Bethlehem Steel corporation yards. alongside tewed theahlp to the Middle West Mills Swamped By Patriotic-Gathered Paper t - MILWAUKEE, April 10-)-Those home front patriots- Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, amateur junkmen in general have done such a grand job of gathering waste paper that middle west mills are swamped .and dealers are crying "uncle." Nor k the end in sight. it's amazing, the stuff coming out of basements and attics. . That overhead. agonised a harassed wholesale as his yard filled and "stop ahipeaentM or ders poured In from the mills. "Wo are getting fear times as much aa wo used to." For months, churches, schools, Scout troops and like organiza tions turned a' pretty penny through sale of refuse collected in the wartime conservation pro gram. Prices were good, ranging upward from $19. a ton for . old Robinson Is nor For Oregon PORTLAND. Ore, April KM5) Rev. Leo J. BobinJbn,' SJ, former Gonzaga university president, said Friday he has been appointed su perior of the Oregon province. succeeding -. Rev, W, . G. . Elliott, IWland. ..v , Rev. Robinson, whose ' resigna tion as Gonzaga president was an nounced Thursday; said his sue cessor will be nameo wittiin a month and "his Identity will de pend upon .proceedings , that will take place ahortly." ; - Rev Elliott wtil report within a month as pastor of the ; Fair banks, Alaska, congregation, Rev. Robinson said, . p 4 From AttendMeet. Four senior . high school . girls are Iraving this morning as dele gates to ; the Northwest Confer ence of Deans and Girls at Mc- MinnvilltO:" . The delegales are Janet . Rogers, Lois Barrick, Carmen Campbell and Marion Horn. Miss Mabel P. . Robertson, dean .of girls at the high school, will also attend the conference. It win end this after noon. tliss Bora win lead one of the Ev9 Csr'dtt groups. Her . topic U rMy rurposa in Life. jDriainin CA..tA!NTO, 'April 1H) t- :rlties began an inves- t!" l illay of th crash of a 1 1L )L ' ? X Jii training plane on tb9 lie ', m desert ; last night v,-t!.!x jaJ-J all five occupants, ln"',ui!-1 X if 0 fleers and two Supe .a.- Doughnuts for Bataan9 s Defenders factor. US army signal eerpa photo 1 since World war I and first of ten Is pictured in Let Angeles harbor city dock for farther work. She will What with spring housecleaning. newspapers and si5 lor maga zines. "But in the last two weeks the market has changed from one of scarcity to one of abundance,"' said C. M. Winneman, manager of the Milwaukee Waste Paper Co. Taper la coming, .out fast. Conversion of their factories to war prodacUon has caused many owners to cancel orders for packaging material. Now nuT sapplpes of scrap are mounting and foumpUon Is dropping. "A Milwaukee mill had U to 75 cars of waste paper on track today paying high demurrage. Railroads have threatened to withhold cars from some mills until they unload those on sidings. "Mills which a few weeks ago grabbed any kind of paper they could get . now want only top grade, and it must be packaged to suit them. They're ho longer beg ging for such bundles as Johnny makes from the paper he gets from the next-door neighbor." 3 American Skips Raided (Continued from page I) their open lifeboat more man 290 miles by dead reckoning. They spent five and a quarter days in the lifeboat, a navy . spokesman said. All suffered from exposure, but non was injured seriously. NEWFOET, XL April 19-(ff) Aa outlaw torpedo which ranged undirected almost six miles ia sNairaginsett bay after tt was accidentally discharged from a taster torpedo boat, truck and damaged the navy cargo vsssel Capella and Injured eight of her crew, the' navy announced Fri day, --cv :' None of those injured was m serious condition, . the navy s serted in disclosing the unusual accident which occurred Thursday night Detonation of the ' torpedo against: the Capella's' side shook dwellings along the .shore. ' How seriously the ship was -. damaged was nob disclosed,' but navy- tugs aided the Capella to shoal water as she was settling by the stern; 40-aiile limit Set OTTAWA, April 10-(ff-A 40 mile per hour speed limit will be enforced throughout Canada be ginning May 1, it was learned In official quarters Friday night. 5 I ! corps ana LA. n. H. Koaerta Join uu gauaac eeiense, asia um rrem Associated Los Angeles Yard - F'T A '"-':-..-c-:-vfl;V:"S(: t destroyers under contract at the Just after the launching. Tag be in service by summer. AVG Wins Second Day Shoot Down 11 of 20 Jap Planes in Burma Raid CHUNGKING, April 10 -(flV The redoubtable American Volun teer Group won its second smash ing success in two days when probably 11 out of 20 Japanese navy zero planes were shot down over northern Burma Thursday afternoon. Seven of the Japanese planes were shot down for certain, and to these the AVG added four more probables. All the AVG's returned to their base undamaged. Kocently reinforced equipped after smashing Jap anese successes oa their base In central Burma a few weeks age, the AVQ rose magnificently to the occasion when the Jap anese tried to attack aa air drome in northern The attack came after the Jap anese radio had repeatedly threat ened to blast the AVG from the sky. Before this raid the Japanese attempted to attack at dawn. In this dawn attack the Japan e planes succeeded In strafing the airdrome and damaging two or three grounded' planes,' but caused no casualties. The Japanese marksmanship oor as. most of the ballets pitted empty spaces la the field. On Wednesday the ATO in tercepted 29 raiders and shot dowa 19 of Thus for the second time in two days the Americans probably suc ceeded in accounting for half the raiding, party. Fire Hits in Two Houses Winter accumulations of soot in chimneys were blamed by firemea for two fires. : The Frances C Ramsden house at 141 South Winter, where the first blaze occurred shortly after 4 p. m. was left without an ef fective roof protection after un derside of the shingles had been burned away in : a fire which spread from the rear of the gar ret across the. top of the house. Furnishings In one apartment were probably a total loss, firemen de clared, although water damaged was thought to have been held to a minimum. " ; A chimney fire at an apart ment house at 660 North Com mercial called out firemen ahort ly after 8 p. m. Rush Barred, County Race May Run Next Fall As Independent . (Continued from Pace 1) it further appears that you were not a registered , voter of Marion county. Oregon, at the time you filed such declaration, but that you did, in fact, register as a voter at approximately 2:30 pja. of said day." , : ''-'. The letter said that the dls- ' irlet attorney, after consulting the attorney reneraL had ad vised Ohmart that slosh's name should not to placed oa the bal lot and to gire the candidate no tice "that if ron.de not take .appropriate legal action To the contrary within the next five days, yonr' name will not be certified on the primary nom inating ballot . . ,i xne law applicable to Cling dec- larauons ox candidacy provides in part, the letter said, that "any registered elector may become a candidate for his or her party's nomination, etc" 1 am, both personally and as clerk pro tern, extremely sorry that . this situation has arisen.1 Ohmart wrote in conclusion, "but no alternative other dan to follow the legal advice rendered.' Ohmart declined to disclose the Identity of the person who ques tioned Rush's eligibility as a can didate. Knah, Inquiry at the eomrt- house Indicated, had moved out of the precinct In which he had last registered, prior to March St, and. In addition, his old reg istration had been canceled be cause he had not voted in the 194 elections. The former statement Issued by Rush read in full as follows: "To my many friends and cam paign supporters I wish to an nounce that due to the fact that I was not properly registered at the time of filing by candidacy for Marion county recorder, my name has been omitted from the pri mary election ballot. This, of coarse, came as a surprise to me as well as a dis appointment because I felt that with my many years of experi ence in serving the pnblie I was qualified to hold this office to the satisfaction of our Mar lon county taxpayers. However, after serving 19 months over seas daring the .World war to preserve our wonderful de mocracy and our laws that we all take part in making, I a are yon that I have no Inten tion of trying to repeal the de cision that has been made by oar attorney general. "My many friends and support ers have requested mat I run for Marion county recorder in the general election this fall as an in dependent candidate. This I am very seriously considering." Second Ballot, Set Monday, Salem Hish C7 With Frank Bennett and John Johnson, juniors, as the remain ing contenders for presidency of the senior high school student body, a revote will be held Mon day morning to determine officers for the future school year. The first ballots were cast Friday. Five student officers were elect ed on Friday's ballot. They are Mary East, vice president; Nancy Brown, Clarion editor; Gorden Wilson,-"- Clarion manager; Norma Woo ten, Clarion Annual -editor; Bob SkopiL yell leader; Hugh Lo- vell, sergeant-at-arms. Unoppos ed, Bill Burns was unanimously elected Clarion Annual manager. On Monday's ballot the follow ing names will appear for final election to the remaining offices: Secretary, Bernice Bowersox, Pat Leary; forensic manager, Fritz Peckabach, . Henry Johnson and song leader, Shirley Parker, Joy Randall. Jap Fleet Is India Menace (Continued from Page 1) and well continue to increase it Our only limitation is equipment," Australian Air Minister Arthur Drakeford, however, warned: "It would be fatal to think that the Japanese have been brought to a halt, although Australian and allied air blows north of Australia la the past month have been spectacular." As if to substantiate his words, seven mora bombers accompanied by fighters again raided Port Moresby, New Guinea. Little dam age, was reported and the raid ers sped away when allied fight ers rose to challenge , them. At least one hostile bomber was be lieved shot down. Linfidd Speakers Win at fllinneapolis : - MINNEAPOLIS, A p r i 1 10-(ff) More than 500 college debaters and orators - from 28 states as sembled tonight to receive awards. Women's extempore winners in cluded Norma Justin, T infield col lege, On.:7;-:-?v r Men's ' extempore - winners in cluded Wayne Kuykendan, Lin field college. V , - 0'Hare,Navy Ace, Edward H. OVare (above), of SL grade, sits la the cockpit of the plane la which ha was whoa ha shoe down six Japanese heavy bombers, part of a force of It bombers which attacked a US aircraft carrier wast of the Gilbert Islands recently. Slip While Changing Auto Tire Causes Broken Wrist for Woman Whatever experience she gained in her tire-changing prac tice Friday morning won't be of Morriss, 330 Mission street, until city first aiders fear. Mrs. Morriss, mother of Police Radio Operator Roy Momss Bullet ins VALLETTA, Malta, April 19 (P)-Germaa dive bombers again pounded this rocky Brit ish island's harbor and airport facilities twice Friday, the sec ond attack continuing tonight with the British rolling up a four-day toll of at least 17 axis airplanes. A number of persons were killed and Injured. 6- LONDON, Saturday, April 11 (AVColonel Britten," the anonymous BBC leader of Europe's "V army.'' Friday night urged his listeners in Gorman occupied countries to travel as much as yea can every day ex cept Tuesday." "There's a reason for thss," ho said, without explaining the caution against Tuesday trsvoL TOKYO-(From Japanese Breadeasts)-April 19-4P)-A Domei correspondent reported after a tear of CavHe navy base m Manila bay Friday that work men are bustling to pat the docks and machine ahopa In readiness for use In future naval operations. LONDON. April 19-CffHKea-ters reported in a dispatch from Vichy Friday night that the British cruiser Hermlone arrived in Gibraltar Thursday, damaged and with wounded aboard. Bea ters said a dispatch from Ceuta to the Vichy news agency re ported that the wounded were disembarked as once. The dis patch said tt was believed the cruiser had been engaged fat a sea and air battle near Malta. BEILI N (From breadeasts)-Apra l9-()-Tbe German radio aaotlng Japanese reports said Friday night that among the American and FUt plno troops captured by the Japanese oa Bataan was the of the VtmA atrlslen. . LONDON, April ll-()-Brtt- torritory again Friday algkt after a one-night ball lmpnsii by bad weather, -tt was announced Satarday. A coasmanioae said there was mtlo German activity over Brit- dropped several bombs oa the south coast which to nave VICHY. France, April 19-4P) EeslacnU of the important Gcr- ecuplod port dty of Brest Informed by the aaat an- theriuee Friday to be ready far state of siege without preUm- ntwlMe ' (This appeared to be a pre- raid em the weeks tn- destroyod at raid at St Nasatre, be low Brest en the Brittany Insula.) : Rumor Unconfirmed WASHINGTON,: April 10-6P) Official Washington Friday night failed to yield any information to substantiate an Anchorage Times report that Governor - Ernest Gmining w ou 1 d b e replaced shortly as governor of Alaska. Cooperation Pledged PORTLAND, April 10--The AFL state federation of labor ex ecutive board Friday pledged con tinued "strixeless and highly ef ficient? war production and "co British sssn inserts naval pert Only ago German need rtillatlTus were operation with management in Fighter Plane IT Look. Ma. navy lleatenant Jaaiar much service to Mrs. Harry J. her broken wrist has mended. and wife of a veteran power com pany employe here, fell when the wrench with which she was work ing slipped. Beside the driveway where her car stood a neighbor's basement stairway yawned, and down the steps she felL Severe lacerations over one eye and the fractured wrist were the result. Four-year-old John victor Bar ber, 496 North 13th Street, tum bled into a shallow portion of Mill creek Friday afternoon cutting the palm of one hand. His moth er took him to the first aid sta tion for care. Fred A. Van Buren, 57, Fair haven avenue resideiit, was taken to Salem Deaconess hospital with a broken knee cap Friday morn ing after the car in which he was riding, driven by Elmer Porter, had struck the rear end of a train on the rail crossing near the state fairgrounds. The city first aid car was summoned. WU Forensic Team Enters Coast Meet Members of the Willamette uni versity forensic team are leaving Tuesday for Seattle to participate in the Pacific Coast Forensic league conference on April IS, 19 and 17. Don Burton will represent Wil lamette in the extempore speaking and symposium discussion, and Bob Lee will take part in the after -dinner speaking contest. The conference closes the forensic schedule tot Willamette this year. To date the team has won eight first places, 11 second places and between 60 and 60 debates. Other universities and colleges who are members of the league and will participate are University of Southern California, UCLA, Stanford university, Pomona col lege. University of Arizona, Uni versity of Nevada, University of Oregon, Oregon State college, Uni versity of Idaho, Whitman college, WasbAtgoa State college and Uni versity Of Washington. Death Comes To U. S. Page Heart Attack Fatal to President of Union Abstract Firm j (Continued from Page .1) Elks lodge; Kiwanls dub and ether organizations.. Besides his widow, Mrs. Theresa Page, Salem, he is survived by two sons, Urlin S. Page,' Saverton, and Dr. Kimball Page. Portland; one sister, MabeHo Page, Salem; brother, Addison Page, Salem, and four grandchildren. Funeral arrangements to be an nounced later . are m charge' of Ckjugn-Barrics:. Funeral name. t Three Indiisti-i&l : Deaths Reported There were three fatalities due to industrial accidents In Oregon aurmg tne week ending April t, the state industrial accident com mission reported -Friday. - , , t ino victims were Arthur C. Bolina, . Monmouth, planer; Rich am u. vosoerg, Hood.Bivert la borer, and Andrew Dahlstrom, As- pna, oraa-eman, ; , There .were ItA industrial ncri. dents reported to the commission aunng uve wrek. Japs Denied Tires : PORTLAND, April 10--No Japanese farmers, whether eUgi bto or not, wul be certified far tires under a new OPA order, the state rauonmg administrator said i Friday, ' . .' 1 1 Japs Drive Southward Ships Are Destroyed By Americans to Avoid Capture (Continued, from" Page 1) naval stations. When those points I had- to be evacuated, however. iney. were jormcu uw unit. The marines, who included the - fourth' regiment. transferred from f!hmtiihmi to Manila before the war started, were commanded by CoL Samuel L. Howard. The naval contingent was under Cap tain Kenneth M. HoeffeL ! TOETO - (From Japanese Broodeaass)-Aprir 19-(ffW-nnese dispatches said Friday night her forces had occupied Cabacben. on the southeast share of Bataan peninsula, and were advancing towards the last enemy-held town, Mariveles, aa the south coast. Mariveles was reported In flames set by United States forces as they fell back. Everywnere onigtrom. the Bataan coast huge columns of smoke arose, the Domei: news agency said, and : the Americans appeared to have destroyed every single military installation on the road below Cabcaben. The dispatches said Japanese naval units were at the entrance of Manila bay to prevent the United States General Wamwright from removing his troops to the island fortress of Corregidor aboard some small vessels he had collected at Cochinos Point, the ex treme southernmost tip of Bataan. It quoted a Japanese general staff officer as asserting that in this onslaught up to April 5 the Japanese lost only 500 men. Jones Called 'Unaware' Commerce Secretary Hit by Senator on Magnesium Contract (Continued from Page.l) Bunker's statement Friday said "Apparently Jesse Jones, who finds time to make a fool of him self in public brawls, hasn't read the contract drawn up by some of his numerous attorneys whereby the defense plant corporation is to. build a $93,000,000 magnesite refinery at Las Vegas, Nev for the benefit of Basic Magnesium, Inc." , The remark about 'brawls'' was a reference to an Incident last night at a meeting of the Alfalfa club, good-fellowship or ganization, attended by aaa Washington notables. The Washington Star said that Jones, irked by an editorial in the Washington Post, seized its editor and publisher, Eugene Meyer, by the shoulders and shook him until his glasses fell off. Hearing the tinkle of Meyer's glasses on the floor, friends stepped in and halted further hostilities. The Star said that the friends also led away former Rep. John J. O'Connor of New York "who ap parently wished to join up on one side or the other and came in swinging.' Seouts Show Preparation In Contests Depicting their preparations for possible participation ia an emer gency, some 200 Boy Scouts rai ned in the armory Friday niaht and showmanship by troop IS and the Sea Scout ship IS won grand prize laurels ia their respective divisions. It was the ttve victory for Falloake's troopers, while Theo- Booko headed the vletor Sea Scout aggregattoa. Rally events , included "escape," rope climb, night signaling, fire man's carry relay, blackout knot tying relay, first aid problems, stepping stone" relay and "Live- wire" rescue. Complete results for the senior division (ages IS and over) Sea Scouts first with 11 points; troop 14, second, points; troop IS. points; troop 8, five points; troop as ' (Woodburn) -; three L points; troop 15, one point. For the regular, scout division (under 15) Troop II. first with points; troop S, second with eight pointer troop 1, third with seven points; t r o e p .42, fourth; troop a,4 fifth; troop 14,. sixth; troop S3, seventh. Members of the Salem; Lions dub were. Judges for the. night's activities. R." R. . Ruddiman. scout executive, a n d Harry W. Scott chairman of the activities and. camping committee,! headed tne rally.- r TLAimilG TEIE Boxwood 9e Enav LaureL - SL25 doz. Red Azaleas,....,-UL40c .Camellias., Daphne -IIjOO and up r , . M Glad Bulb .15c doz. Sale Open Ssmday It A. PL to I P. M. " -a. l. FEimcY inmsEny - co; 255 N. High (Between Court ChemekeU) r.lrsV.Torger8oi Dies la SUverton Friday; RTT.vyrRTON -Mrs. Adolph Tor gerson, 44, died -here Friday. She is survived ' by herf -.widower, Adolph Torgerson, one son,: Paul, and a daughter, Ariene, xtmmw sartngexnents are to be ajmotmcedv later by jaman'-funerar borne, . va - J :V A 13 KeCeiVCClo AT Sleepless mud Huiigrj Fighters,' Nurses Attain Safety (Continued from Page 1) - boats, stumbling', ashore,. with weariness after days and long nights of work in hospitals under constant fire. The soldiers, safe at last from sharks and aerial machine gun fire, could hardly impart their thoughts to me. Their experiences of the last few days and their sit uation still were unclear to them. It was as though they were grop- fog for consciousness in a msel- They only knew that they were hungry and tired and sleepy. , Meanwhile, daring the night we could took across the water toward Bataan and hear tre mendous ' explosions and see myriad-color fires as munitions dumps exploded. Mea carried eat the last ; defiant orders of the scorched earth policy. The drama of the arrival of these refugees from the hell-fire of Bataan surpassed only the ach ing scene on Corregidor Itself when soldiers and officers heard over the radio from the United States the story of the last of Ba taan. Seasoned soldiers, veterans of many a heavy bombing attack on this staunch island fortress, wept openly as the radio announcer, "The Voice of Freedom,' broad cast by short-wave from San Francisco, the words: "Bataan has fallenr "Filipino and American troops of this war ravaged, blood stained peninsula, have laid down their arms, the "Voice" The soldiers listened in rever ent silence. "With heads bloody, but un bowed, they have yielded to the superior force and numbers of the enemy," the Voice continued. "The world will long remember the epic struggle the Filipinos and Americans put up, in the Jungle fastness and along the rugged. Ba taan coastline. They have stood up without complaint under, the constant and gruelling fire of the enemy for more than three months." Bus Proposal To Be TaUced Comes Out of Meeting ! Of Businessmen, Chamber Officials (Continued from Page 1) roundtrip and a 40-cent round trip fare. : . Independence is the first city placed fat the contemplated crit ical defense area la the vicinity of Camp Adair. H. C Johnson, Foar-Coanty Cantonment coun cil eoordmator. annoanced In Albany Friday afternoon, ac cording to The Associated Press. The same dispatch quoted John son as savina Albanv nimiu and Monmouth had applied for similar ratings after complying with transportation and other re quirements. Salem and Euaene have not applied through-Johnson's office, the story -said.. Application covering Salem was made to a federal defense hous ing agency two months ago, ac cording to F. L Bressler, of Cap ital Lumber company here. ' USO Plans New Drive United Service will open a campaign for funds on May 11 which will contimio Messag through July 4, in an effort to raise $32,000,000. Oregon's quota is $283,000. Ia the interests of this drive Ivan Rhodes, campaign rep resentative for Oregon and Idaho, with offices in Portland, addressed a luncheon at. the Marion hotel Friday. Ai year ago USO was little more than a name," Rhodes said. Today we are operating 41s club houses in" the United States and with our troops overseas. In addition to 21S smaller units. The original schedule called for only 239 units.- USO sponsors, in addition to the dubs. Camp Shows, Inc.. an or ganization which has 25 theatrical and vaudeville companies on the road.' It also books various name bands, movie stars and similar forms of entertainment r- .' n We make your LMlrorCo Planting Plan Free. TTT 1 .... MV wPiete line of Shrubs, Shade and Flower , ' ing Trees. Fruit Filbert Almond Trees 23 4 Off ' - ' 25e Kose Bashes 25c . :