Mission of
CrippsEnds .
Effort Is Begun
For Defense of
- Indian Front :
.(Continued from Page 1)
her best effort against the Ja
panese, od Indian leaders
i were expected to Jela the Brit
ish administration la recraltlag
and urging the last Mae of
effort war aredaetioa.
Die-hard optimists pointed out
that although Crtpps mission
failed, the Indian feeling was
that he had been hamstrung in
the negotiations by the war cab
inet here in London and that his
popularity in India had' not di
minished. -
His parting shot that he
might return to India in what
capacity "the Lord only knows"
was viewed optimistically by
some who speculated that he
might even be named viceroy' to
give his popularity full play. In
this connection, it was pointed
out that the terms of the in
cumbent Lord Linlithgow hat
expired and that he is serving on
an extension.
. Then there was the other faint
possibility that he might become
minister of state.
Beyead the new moribund
political aspects, however, the
British have hopes as always
la Gen, Sir Archibald WavelL
commander far India, wheat
the Germans themselves have
nominated as the aaly British
general worthy af the title.
Wavell is no miracle man.
however, and a dispatch from
New Delhi indicated a new Brit
ish withdrawal on the Irrawaddy
river valley in Burma and told of
fighting with light forces in the
Byaungbintha area, 18 . miles
north of Thayetmyo and 58 miles
above Promt
Truck Output
For Civilian
Use Halted
WASHINGTON, April ll-(fl)
The war production board Satur
day ordered all production of
trucks for civilian use halted aft
er present quotas are complete.
In other actions, the board:
Prohibited the manufacture .of
rubber blowout shoes as an "un
economical form of tire repair.'
Forbade the sale, lease or op
tion of used electric generating!
equipment and used steam boil
ers without specific government!
authorization. This order applies
to manufacturers, wholesalers,
dealers and all other persons with
such equipment in their posses
sion. Equipment worth less than
; $1000 a unit is exempt.
Producers of medium trucks
will have until April 30 to close
down their assembly lines, while
manufacturers of heavy trucks
must finish by May 31. Produc
tion of light trucks stopped last
February 1. ,
little Change
In Newspaper
Size Planned
LOS ANGELES, April H-iAV
Leon A. link of Washington, DC,
technical advisor for the war pro-
tion, predicted there would be no
drastic revision in the size of th
country's newspapers such
England experienced.
Link said it was "unlikely'
there would be a serious shortage
of newsprint which would neces-
sitate a reduction of size in a pa-
per. o , : . . ,
Link spoke' before the Pacific
southwest mechanical conference
of newspaper executives. He was
production manager of the Cleve
land Plain Dealer before becom
ing a dollar-a-year man for the
government recently.
Prince Says
US Helping
NEW YORK. April ' lM)
Crown Prince Olav of Norway
said Saturday night that the Unit
ed States is helping Norwegians
find the Drooer weapons" with
l. A l AW.
invaders '
3000 Norwegians in Carnegie haU,
he said: !
We have been fighting with
the only weapons we could find.lger, said the man uncovered the
Soon these? weapons will become!
stronger and more effective now
that we are companions in arms
with the American people. We
will never give up the fight."
Crown Princess Martha also at
tended the rally, which marked 1
the second ' anniversary of Ger
many's entry into Norway. '
Applications Filed
Fcr Vistcr Use
The state board of control Sat-
urd27 Id application ;with the
atata gsSnatr hart to appropri -
at f.Ci tocond feet of water
frora rJckraau reek,t Hayden He earned national acclaim -by
slourl Ud tha Willamette river his foresight in shifting the fa
for Irrigation of 403 acres of cilities of his heavy-goods lndus-
Jand a Polk eounty.' - i . -. i
Lc;i Uorrix, John Day, would
grrrttjrfate .75 second f ett " of
water from Chimney Gulch,. trib-land vaults, now turns out It dif
utarv to the John Day river, for ferent articles far the army and
irrigation la Grant county. '
US Builds Own
V
T ..iMiUai a a MNsai
m- a WVVSVSi v ao aaiwt atvnawvwv
Alaska, far years a dream, mow la a reality as Halted States army
mlum hr Wnn wm m thm Mad. which wfll serve aa a vtUl
?.aiz't.irrr.:r:-
the project, which wUl stretch
terrain in British OlasabU. (1)
Erecting eonstractiea cabins freaa
ga to clear the way. (4) "V" for
Naval Flier From Woodburn
Tells of Action
WOODBURN. ADril ll - (yFV
ticipated in the sinking of a Japanese cruiser, five transports and
the disabling of a battleship in
yisiting his mother.
He is Navy Lieut, dwyn
Train Crash
4a 1 1 6 an 1 VA
SAVAGE, Minn, April U-JP)
Crash of an Omaha railroad flyer
into the rear of a local passenger
train here Saturday caused five
deaths and injury of at least 35
I others, 15 of them severely. The
w wu investigated -wim
in 24 hours" rail officials an-
nounced, as authorities attempted
to idenUfy one of the victims,
ttrartive girl about 23 years
old.
Omaha train No. 210, known as
the Mondamin, bound from Sioux
City, la., to the twin cues had
stopped just west of the Savage
station after striking an automo
bile on a grade crossing. The train
was due here at 8:40 am.
Masked Man Robs
n .1 J ?
JTOriianil Iimi
PORTLAND, Ore., April ll-P
I A masked man, carrying a single-
1 I kamMloil .Kntfrnn kMioth Ka nmt i
I held up the Mutual Loan company
and escaped with approximately
3300 in currency.
D. W. Youmans, assistant mana
gun and ordered him to open a
cash- drawer. The man scooped
out about $400. He then ordered
Marguerite Roy, cashier, to open
1 another drawer which contained
- 1 about the same amount.
Early Armament
Producer Dies '
WRIGHTS VTLLE, Pa April 11
0P)-S. Porry Laucks, 72, presi-
dent of the York, Pa Safe and
Lock v company ; a n d . nationally
1 known : industrialist, died at his
home here Saturday night.
1 try armament production as
1 early as 1938. .Mis firm, which
I formerly manuractured only safes
navy.
Burma Road
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IklarlaaavM laaa YTmKAal IsB
sw wosij w a ----
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12M aaUes acraas wild aad reeky
A view of the barren land. (2)
legs... S) Armed with axes, they
Victory haircat.
in Pacific
- A US flying officer who par-
the southwestern Pacific is here
Christman, son of Mrs. Janie R.
Christman, and a graduate of
Woodburn high school in 1934.
Christman told Ketary elab
members af being shot dewa in
flames northeast af Borneo.
Two of his bomber's crew of
seven bailed out The others rode
the plane to a crash landing on the
ocean,
"We took several Japs down
with us," Christman said.
The bomber sank Within, two
minutes of hitting the water, but
the crew donnernibber Jackets
and started swimming for shore,
25 miles away."
. Fear snaae It, aad friendly
natives paddled them freaa vil
lage to village atatil they reached
Tarakan, Borneo, where they
. Bearded a ship te safety.. :
. Early in the war;. Christman
said, his squadron crippled a 33,'
000-ton Japanese - battleship off
Luzon. Later his plane was one of
six which sunk a cruiser and the
transports.
Nazis Attack
. (VI o I to I WTipf
VALLETTA, Malta, April 11
The German air force made two
major attacks on Malta Satar
day, the second . of which, was
still in progress Saturday night
wita pombers coming m wayes
.from . different directions and
dropping their bombs on air
fields and the harbor.
:The" first " attack wax made
about noon ind t number r of
Mesaerschmitts dived on; a boat
loading la Gozo, causing some
damage. The parish church also
was damaged.; A large number of
bombers took part in the raid,:
j It was officially announced
that 221 persons were killed and
532 injured as a result of air
raids on Malta during March.
Evacuation Advised .
BOMBAY, India, April 12-The
government of India Saturday is
sued a communque advising ; all
persons whose ; presence In the
capital is not essential to leave
within the next few days. .
Tho OSEGON STATESMAN. Salem.
War Releases
-- - - - .- . ... .. -
Press Meet Hears
Publisher's Demand
For More News
DALLAS. Tex, April ll-P)
Publisher Palmer Hoyt of the
Portland Oregonian Saturday night
criticized the hanlding v of war
newt by the navy and suggested
I the US press should unite to de
mand that the government speed
iiy release such information, good
or bad,-' ' .
He likewise berated' the press
for misleadingly presenting news
of the war, saying headlines and
picture captions often . distorted
the actual meaning of the news
columns. 1
The Oregon publisher spoke at a
founders day banquet of Sigma
Delta Chi, national journalism fra
ternity of which he is president
Freedom af the press, he de
clared, "Is the people's right ta
know." Whea the nation is
fighting, ha added, the people
snnst "know their weaknesses,
no matter hew vast, as well as
their strengths.
They must know their losses.
I no matter how bitter, as well as
their victories. ...
"Let us all remember . . . this is
a people's war."
HoyT severely criticized US
newspapers ,for using misleading
headlines and picture captions. He
cited the sea battle preceding the
invasion of Java, saying Ameri
can newspapers " presented the
struggle as a victory.
When the English were dealt
a body blew by the sUkin of
the Frteee of Wales and the
Kepalse off Malaya they did net
withheld news, Hoyt said.
"The readsUe British decided
it was good business to tell the
trata all the 1 1 sa epartica
larly aboat naval leases. It
has kept Kagiaad in business."
Hoyt, turning to the press again,
said a man from Mars, reading on
ly the headlines of metropolitan
papers, would be convinced by
their optimism that America was
, nt I
on we Russian campaign, ne aaia,
would convince anyone reading
only them that the "last German
had been pushed back through
Italy into the Mediterranean.''
The . publisher remarked that
some criticisms of the press con
vinced him that many readers
don't know how to read newspa
pers, to know the difference be
tween editorials, news, or "col
umns.
One of the factors which win
bring victory, he said, was a "ris
I iM t...- 4WA
pl that we might lose it." It is
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I azagK liaviVUWICH emaaatlXK SAas av I
i tru.-per,Dctiv. of our potion,
to brin about
Mutiny Ends
I In One Death
At New York
NEW YORK, April ll-(ff)
Mutiny aboard a British merch
antman in New York harbor Sat
urday resulted in death for a
Chinese seaman and the arrest of
11 others of the same nationality
The ship was unnamed because
of war restrictions. .
Shore leave had been denied the
Chinese members of the crew and
they brooded.
Saturday they suddenly ad
vanced en masse on the- master
with marlin spikes and lengths
of pipe. When the ensuing scuffle
had subsided. Ling Young Chai,
29, of FoochoW, China, lay 'dead
in the captain's cabin, a bullet
hole in his head.
The six-foot captain, Hilton
Bowe, 60, of Orchard Cottage,
Chatton, Northumberlandshire,
England, was booked on a techni
cal charge of homicide and held
without bail for arraignment in
felony court. The 11 Chinese sea
men were arrested on charges of
disorderly conduct
Road Building
Is Curtailed
(Continued term page 1)
could be undertaken which were
granted preference ratings or were
specifically authorized by the
WPA director of industry opera-
Baldock said he understood
nr..n ntKno. m..XA W.
nniv .t th f armv
authorities for projects such as
strategic .highways and access
roads. He said he had not had
time to- list contemplated con
struction work for the 1042 s
son that, would be. halted or de
layed by the WPB order. . ;
Geary to Be ; .
Here Monday
Arthur M. Geary, candidate for
the republican nomination to the
US senate,. will be in Salens JIonH
day morning 'at the Marion hotel i which it identified as a swift no
te meet with prominent local re-1 tor boat was damaged badly in.
publicans to organise his cam -
paign, This is his first atop in
series of meetings in towns
throughout Oregon. . , ,
I have received notice of wide-
soread auDDort for mv candidacy
throughout the s t a t e." states
Geary. "I feel it is time to really
project all our efforts and energy
in winning this war..
Oregon, Sunday Morning. April
Wallowa ItancKers
Grade Own Roads
ENTERPRISE, Ap r il 11-tfP)
Ranchers in Wallowa county are
pitching in as. they did in olden
times on road grading now that
the , county Js up agaxnst.it for
equipment because of I the war. -
New machinery Is unobtainable
and repair parts are hard to get
so the county builds drags - of
heavy timbers equipped with a
steel blade from old graders.
One man in a community Is
named custodian of the drag
which is used by local residents
to grade dirt roads la their dis
tricts with, their tractors and
horses for Motive power.
Savings Plan
Is Advanced
Would Finance Vfmr
And Ward Off
Inflation
(Continued from Page 1)
system af ladaeed savings, as
part af the pending I new tax
km."
He explained that by Induced
savings" ha had in mind a sys
tem whereby a taxpayer would
be allowed certain deductions
from net taxable income for in
come invested in government
bonds, or other war securities.
George also said he felt that
a "withholding tax is inevitable
now or later" and suggested this
might be started at S per cent of
"all wages, salaries, i dividends,
and interest payable at the
source.' While treasury author!
ties have talked about a 15 per
cent withholding tax, George
said he favored a start at the
per cent level, adding that this
should raise $4,000,000,000 in
revenue.
George, discussing excessive
profits.&aid he believed these
could best be reclaimed under
tax programs, but that some
special overall limit on profits
from war contract profits might
be adviseable.
Support for overall control of
nrint wa9M flnrl ulirtM 11 a a
voiced by Senators CMa
(D.W y o) yandenburg
(R-Micu), and Pepper (D-Fla)
es well as George.
A general ceiling on prices has
been advocated by Bernard Ba
ruch, New York financier who
was chairman of the war indus
tries board in 1917-184
Statement on
Rates Found
aH ,Tr fiTl Psl 1 ft'
JU1 1 JlJLC'VfULO
A formal statement issued
from the office of Ormond R.
Bean, state public utilities com
missioner, Friday gave the er
roneous impression that express
rates were to be raised 10 per
cent on April 18, when increas-
in intrastate freight, express
and Pullman charges go into ef
fect in Oregon, it developed Sat
urday.
The commission i announce
ment in error said "the increase
in Pullman fares was similar to
the 10 per cent increase peti
tioned for and granted by the ln-
I tenia te
commerce commission
and express .rates were likewise
increase me similar amount."
Actually, express rates are.to
be increased ten cents per pack
age or shipment in certain classes
and f per cent for the "commodi
ty tariffs," a. type of service-in
which rail and truck freight
competition is a factor.
Bulgaria Has
-New Airports
ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 11
(A'V-The Germans have complet
ed 50 to 60 new military air-
ports in Bulgaria some of them
I only a few minutes flying time
from Turkey and the nazis now
are convinced the neighboring
country is satisfactory for use as
an advanced air base, a recently
arrived skilled observer report
ed Saturday.
This informant said he did not
believe there was any Immediate
threat to Turkey, however, be
cause of a German lack of planes.
crewmen and fuel. He added
that training of new Bulgarian
pilots and advanced courses for
others have been halted by
shortage of gasoline.
vviat 1 f j Ai 0
1 . Jroon,m n
I cmuiMUCTil in ouigaria JUT vie
IheuvT assaults upon . Malta and
I in preparation for this spring
campaign in Russia.
Japan Claims
Ship Capture
'(Continued from Page 1)
1 eaptared. A meter tsraad
I was aaportad aasht after
a chaaa to the ahoroa of
was said ta have
aoath of Cabau
r Domef, said a. seventh ship
1 running fight south of Cebu.
a 1 Dome! said Japanese bluejackets
landed at Cebu city, capital -of
Obu Island and second largest
dry in the Philippines, and were
battling with defense forces in
streets "shrouded with smoke as
the enemy set fire to vessels in the
(bay, oil tanks and otner installs
tionsJ
12.. 1942
Break Seen
For Allies
'- '
- Canadian Navy Officer
Tells of Captured
Nazi Submarine
VICTORIA, BC, April U-CP)
LL Cmdr. T. P. Ryan of the Royal
Canadian naval volunteer reserve.
hare on leave after two years -of
service with Atlantic convoys.
said in an interview Saturday a
German submarine captured by a
Canadian desttuyer several months
ago "is now operating on our aide
in the Atlantic-
Cmdr. Bran said the aubaaarme
as captuoed with the aid of a
fleet air arm pilot named Thomp-
a and towed to an Atlantic port
Its crew, of 41 "said they were
glad to be out of it," he added.
Known to ids ahtosaates aa
Twe-Cnu" Kyaa, Camdr. Kyaa
Is a aaval Teieraa of she first
great war, daring which
sates on which ho sailed
ale a a ap ay tans, and
on the outbreak of this
Things are beginning to break
our way," he said Saturday.
"X am of the opinion that by the
end of the year it will be a vastly
different story."
Cmdr. Ryan has high praise for
the United States navy.
"We've worked together on the
Atlantic," he said. "The Americans
have good ships and good
They will do a lot to turn the
tide in this war."
Army to Take
Over Airlines
(Continued from Page 1)
presently intended to make fur
ther reductions" in the civil air
line equipment. -
"Civil air transportation, the
announcement said, "is of vital
importance to the war effort
Disruption in essential airline
service is to be avoided when
ever possible. However, airline
service to the public cannot ex
ceed that quantity which is es
sential to the successful prose
cution of the war."
It was emphasized that the
army's action represented an ac
ceptance of the "offer of the air
lines of the United States to par
ticipate in flie war effort."
Jym Jamboree
On Schedule
The annual Jym Jamboree, put
on Friday and Saturday nights of
this week, will climax the extra
curricular activities listed on the
weekly bulletin issued from the
office of Frank Bennett, school
superintendent.
The program is to start at
p.m. and is presented by the high
school gjrls letter dub.
Assemblies will be held at the
various grade schools as follows
Wednesday Leslie school at 10:30
ajn Garfield and Highland at
pjn. Thursday McKinley at
ajnn Englewood at 1 pjn. Friday
Grant at t:15 a.m. and Wash
ington at 1 pjn.
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trclntd mwchcntlcs, (2) cjcHry motorisls, end
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this kind off mrUm frem your Chvrolot dcr:
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OtnaATO
AMSOUm
435 N. Commercial St.
Lehman May Go
To Federal Job
NEW YORK. April lHff)
The New York Times says in a
dispatch from Albany that" Pres-
denf Roosevelt Is planning to
call Gov. Herbert H, JLehmaa to
Washington to assume "a high
position in the national ;War ef
fort." ;.v;::-
Democratic aources in the New
York state capital. The Times
reports," have asserted that the
federal job Lehman would laxe
has not yet been determined but
wernor Iebmaa has volun
teered his services in whatever
capacity the . president
best
Labor-Profit
Bill Drafted
Vinson Plan Include
NennxJ 48-Hour
WASHINGTON, April
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga) of the
house naval committee Saturday
drafted snodified legislation to
curb war profits and provide for
4-hour work week without
overtime pay.
Back here after sounding out
public sentiment in his Georgia
district, he announced ha would
present the new measure as a sub
stitute for the more stringent
Smith-Vinson bill which he and
Rep. Smith (D-Va) introduced
earlier. The new measure calls
for:
L A SMrsaal 48 hear work
week (Instead of the present a
hears) with time and a half pay
far extra work Wyead that
Z. Aa eight per cent profit
limitation on all work oa eea
traeta over SlM.tet pies a
S fOOt "eaanlea aeons aUewaace'
to pre vide, Viasea said, "an in
centive to eneoarage the eoaver
sin af aaaall tednstry ta war
prodaetion.'
S. Freezing of union status in
industry; plants now operating as
closed shops would retain that
status for duration of the war.
while unions would be prevented
from converting open shops to
closed.
4. A $5 maximum for initiation
fees to any union engaged in war
production.
5. A system of "incentive bon
uses" for workers.
The Smith-Vinson bill calls for
a 6 per cent profit limitation, and
suspension of the 40-hour week
and the closed shop in all plants
handling defense contracts.
Pamphlet Mailing
Set This Week
" Mailing of candidates' pamph
lets for the primary election May
IS will get under way early this
week, Dave O'Hara, in charge of
the state elections bureau, an
nounced here Saturday.
Approximately 600,000 of the
pamphlets will be printed in or
der to supply all registered vot
ers in Oregon.
The time for candidates to file
their statements expired March
30.
ICE
taw wir
"CAncc::nVATio:FiArr
,
GMC Heads
Must Refund
District Court Order
'Improperly Blanaged'
Funds Ilelurned "
NEW YORK,- April H-W
Judge Vincent I Leibell In
United States district court SaiA
vrday found eight present or for
mer' executives of the General
Motors I Corporation . had impro
perly managed the corporation's
boons funds, wasted corporate
assrhr and made an unauthorized
distribution of stock valued' at
$U5ff7,tgS.
He directed the officials, in
cluding Alfred P. Sloan, Jr,
chairman of the board of direct
ors, Junius S. .Morgan, George
Whitney v and Donaldson; Brown,
to reimburse the concern to the
amount of $4,348,044, plus inter
est charges estimated at another
$2,000,000. - , . .
The decision was made in a
suit brought by three minority
stockholders, Mrs. Augusta Win-,
kehnan, Daniel Hirschman and
Charles Echiff, aH of this city.
Judge Ijefbell ruled, specifically
that the bonuses paid to the ex
ecutives could not be considered
exeessive because of the competi
tion in . the automobile industry
for first-class administrators, but
he criticized various methods
used to . calculate bonuses. He
said that in the case of the for
mation of the General Motors
Management ' corporation, the
medium for distributing bonuses.
the stockholders were not fully
Informed of all details.
Soldier Takes
Mrs. Edison
To See Base
FORT MYERS, Flau. April 11
y-Mrs. Vamas A. Edison, wid
ow of the ' te inventor, was the
first womat, to inspect the army
air base here and her escort was
a buck private.
Mrs. Kdison, impressed by the
number of soldiers on downtown
streets, struck up a conversation
with Pvt. Leon Teger of Brook
lyn, NY, who asked her if she
would 'like to see the base. She
told Teger she would and the pri
vate went to his sergeant, who
went to the lieutenant, who went
to the colonel who approved the
inspection tour.
The inventor's wife inspected
planes, guns and Jeeps, ate spa
ghetti, veal, baked - beans and
sweet potatoes with the soldiers
and then invited them to a dinner
and party at her . home' Sunday
night.
Page Services
To Be Monday
."-
Funeral services for. Urlin Scott
Page, who died Friday, are sched
uled for Monday afternoon at 1
o'clock in the Tint Congregation
al church, with the Rev. Robert
A. Hutchinson officiating. Con
cluding services will be in Bel
crest Memorial park, under the
direction of the Clough-Barrick
funeral home.
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