Thm OBEGON STATESMAN, Solom. Oregon, Thursday Morning. April 18. 1942
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By KIRKEL.
Wide World War Analyst
' Ameriran aortal attarlrs nn
are a chering sign, even if a tendency to regard them as a cur
tain raiser for a general United
zone proves premature. .
The day for that still is distant, as distant probably as the
day when British or British
American forces can reasonably
be expected to invade Europe. !
Nevertheless, allied air power
based on England and Australia
now is on the offensive. It has
definitely exchanged roles with
the axis foes, due primarily to ex
panding American plane produc
tion. Word of the blows delivered
afalnst Japanese nerve centers
In the Philippines by Aastralia
based American bombers came
Just as some confusion over the
exact powers of General Mae
Arthur as United Nations com
mander in the southwestern
Pacific was Indicated. That the
results must serve to dissipate
doubt either as to his functions
or how he intends to use his
powers goes without saying.
His will to take the offensive,
even in a defensive fight, was the
characteristic that singled Mac
Arthur out for his high post. It
is again sharply demonstrated by
the amazing exploit which brought
Japanese - air fields, ships, and
troops under American bomb fire
all the way from the Manila area
In the north, 2000 air miles from
Australia, to Davao on southern
Mindanao. Even Cebu, Japan's
newly seized strategic base in the
central Philippines, was blasted.
Those raids are a symbol of
MacArthur's strategy to his coun
trymen and their allies, they are
as welcome on that account as
for the actual damage they
wrought. Yet there is another
slant to them of perhaps no less
importance.
They came just as Anglo-Chinese
defenders of Burma were be
ing so hard-pressed by the Japan
ese that destruction of the Irra
waddy oil wells to keep their out
put of Japanese hands seemed im
minent They came, too, in .the
wake of serious British naval
losses in the Bay of Bengal., ,
With Australian-based bomb
era battering at bases 2000 miles
distant in the Philippines, Tokyo
Is on notice that she has strip
ped the air defenses there too
closely. Japanese leaders must
find air power to meet that
threat to their vulnerable east
ern flank. They can HI spare It
from Burma or the Bay of Ben
gal without risking collapse of
the attack there, which has
rested wholly on local air su
periority. That makes the MacArthur
move something of greater signifi
cance than an offensive-defense of
Australia. The air raids in the
Philippines are a potential threat
to the rear of the Japanese thrust
Into the Indian ocean
It is less than 2000 miles from
western Australia' to Singapore,
or what is more important, to the
Malacca strait passage from the
China sea to the Indian ocean.
That and every other Japanese
route Into the Indian ocean is
within bombing range for Mac
Arthur's air force.
Gilks Speaks
At School
Col. W. Roy Gilks, a retired
Salvation Army officer from
England, spoke Wednesday morn
ing at Leslie junior high school.
He has had as his hobby, swim
ming and teaching others meth
ods of life saving. His past rec
ords are champion and gold med
alist of the Royal Life Saving so
ciety. Hisjtopic was "London Today."
He said there were four million
houses in London and 16,000
houses and buildings have been
blown up so far in London. He
said at the rate they have been
bombed it would take 20 years to
be rid -of the buildings. He said
25,000 were killed and 1000 were
Injured, many because they did
not bey orders.
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High School
Girls to Give
Jym Jamboree
Several hundred girls will par
ticipate in the Salem high school's
annual Jym Jamboree Friday and
Saturday nights at 7:30 and
o'clock, respectively. Dancing,
marching and tumbling worked
into a production with the theme,
"The West and Victory' is under
the direction o Grace WolgamotL
The arrival of pioneers and de
fending of the homes they came
west to build will be worked out
by the girls. "Trail Blazers," "In
dians," "Lumberjacks' and "De
lenders' are some of . the titles
given the dances. Some 80 girls
from the senior class will dance
square dances.
Costumes will be colorful, and
the precision of the work done by
the students make this one of the
school's most outstanding pro
ductions for the year.
Southern Oregon
Contract Given
Contract for 6.1 miles surfacing
and bituminous macadam and
furnishing 3400 cubic yards of
gravel in stock piles on the Grave
creek-Jumpoff Joe creek section
of the Pacific highway in Jose'
prune county Wednesday was
awarded to McNutt Brothers, Eu
gene, on a low bid of $147,818.
State highway officials said
work on this project would be
gin as soon as conditions would
permit.
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Hugh W. .McMillan, Salem, en
listed in the navy here Wednes
day.- -;-..rC::
Coincidental with announce-
meat of the day's enlit tments,
Lieut E. T. Reeder said the Port
land station had enlisted - more
men for the navy's construction
battalion than . any . other station
in the west Portland leads .the
country in enlistments per capita
for regular naval duty. . -
Donald L Blaisdell, 22, son of
Lawrence A. Blaisdell of 1070
Saginaw street has become an
aviation cadet at the air corps re
placement training center, it was
announced Wednesday at Santa
Ana, Calif. '
Better than many field' of
general labor is the pay of a
limited reservist in-the marine
corps, according to First Sgt
George H. Bergstrom, In charge
of the recruiting station at 519
Guardian building, Salem.
Enlistments for this class can
not be assured after April 30,
Bergstrom said. The successful
applicant is chosen for the dura
tion to serve as a guard at nearby
naval shore establishments, re
lieving a younger marine who is
needed for combat duty.
The limited reservist must be
31 years of age and under 50,
able to meet a reduced physical
examination. He receives his un
iforms, all other necessary equip
ment quarters for he and, if mar
ried, his family. He also receives
subsistence. His base pay may
run all the way from $30 to $60
monthly, and, if the pending pay
bill goes through congress, this
base pay will be boosted appreci
ably. Salem friends of Capt James
L. Luper of Portland, who at
tended Salem schools, will be
Interested to learn that he has
been promoted to the rank of
major in the army air corps. He
Is the director of training of the
air corps officer candidate
school at Miami Beach.
Major Luper is only 27, one of
the youngest officers of his rank
in the army. He enlisted in the
army at San Francisco in 1933
and qualified the next year to en
ter West Point and graduated
from the military academy in
1937.
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With recent Japanese "softening
manning the airplane listening
are the men who will defend
of Mt and Mrs. P. D. Van Aus
dell, 836 Oak street and Donald
L. Blaisdell, 22, son of Lawrence
A. Blaisdell, 1070 Saginaw, have
entered he air corps replace
ment training center as aviation
cadets.
Harry M. Race, Woodburn, has
enlisted in the US marine corps
at Portland.
Dale Shepherd, a former Sa
lem man, received his wings in
the Royal Canadian air force
last week and is now a sergeant
pilot He Is stationed at Alber
ta, Canada, and Is now here on
a 15 day furlough. On Sunday
he married Miss Mary Ellen
Mills at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo O.
Mills.
DALLAS R. J. Vashaw has
been accepted for enlistment in
the navy with rating as second
class electrician, petty officer.
Vashaw was asked to be ready to
report on 24 hour notice but hopes
for a few days time to close his
bicycle shop and store. He is sell
ing and storing his stock.
GATES Amos Roten is spend
ing a week of his ten-day leave
from army duty with his mother
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Are Prepared to Defend Continent
up" raids over northern Australia,
aevice near the northern port of
the continent from any Invasion
at Gates. He is with the air corps
and has been stationed at Galves
ton, Tex.
Hugh Roten, youngest son of
Mrs. Roten, will leave Wednesday
for McMinnville, where he has
been called for army duty.
Ensign Harlan Moe, who has
been with his parents, the J. J.
Moes, here for the past ten
days, is leaving today for Cor
pus Christl, Tex., where he is
stationed.
DETROIT G or d o n Brown,
who has been visiting relatives
here for a few days on furlough,
has returned to his station at
Camp Robinson, Ark. He is in the
medical corps. His sister and bro
ther-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mar
vin Bennett Philomath, accom
panied him to Portland.
LEBANON Leo Schmidt who
has been at Camp Roberts since
his enlistment early in December,
has joined the parachute battal
ion and has been sent somewhere
in Colorado to be trained in the
technique of landing.
Ronald Hobson is at Camp Rob
inson, Little Rock, Ark.
this photo of Australian soldiers
Darwin assumes importance. These
attempts.
Alert for Fires
Called by State
Marshal Thompson
The country's war preparations
can be prompted by constantly be
ing on the alert to prevent fire
destruction, Seth B. Thompson,
state fire marshal, declared in a
statement released here Wednes
day.
"With serious shortages existing
in many materials needed for the
war effort it is vital that all citi
zens do everything possible to
prevent fire from destroying our
resources," Thompson continued.
Thompson said his agents have
investigated a number of Oregon
fires recently and would assist
other officials in an effort to con
trol attempted sabotage.
Cabell and Baldock
AtHighwayMeeting
Henry F. Cabell, Portland,
chairman of the state highway
commission, and R. H. Baldock,
state highway engineer, are
scheduled to participate in the
annual meeting of the Western
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Oregon Autos
Increase in p
Spite of War
' Oregon motor vehicle registra
tions for the first three months
of 1942 showed an increase of
3.19 per cent over a year ago,
despite the tire shortage and gas
oline rationing. Secretary of State
Earl Snell reported here Wednes
day. ;
.There was a total of 378,821
vehicles registered in Oregon at
the end of March, 1942, compared
to 367,082 at the same time a
year ago. Registration fees for the
first quarter of this year aggre
gated $2,666,757.62.
Of the 378,821 vehicles regis
tered,: 310,858 were private pass
enger cars. Snell's figures dis
closed that there were 7337 more
private passenger cars registered
this year than for the same per
iod in 1941.
Truck registrations totaled 33,-
753 vehicles, an increase of 6
per cent Title transactions drop
ped from 80,661 in 1941 to 61,523
in 1942, a decrease of 23.72 per
cent
Brazilian Mining
Topic Tonight;
Trip Planned
"The development of iron ore
and other economic minerals of
Brazil" will be the subject of
Thomas O. Russell, chief engineer
of the public utilities commission,
when he speaks to members of
the Salem Geological society to
night at 8 o'clock at Collins hall,
Willamette university.
Russel spent several years in
Brazil working at the develop'
ment of its mineral resources. He
will tell of the problems Involved
and the geological formations en
countered. He will Illustrate his
talk with ore and mineral spec!
mens.
Under the leadership of Frank
lin I. Davis, the society will visit
the River Bend sand and gravel
pits Sunday to examine exposed
material and determine the age
of the beds. Anyone interested in
making the trip should be at Col
lins hall at 1:30 p.m.
Association of State Highway Of
ficials at Salt Lake, Utah, late
tills week,
Baldock left for Salt Lake City
by train late Tuesday night while
Cabell will follow by airplane
Thursday.
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Two 13-year-old boys were
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Wednesday on charge of shop
lifting. Officers stated, the youths )
were picked up at school with
the stolen property in their pos
session. The property Included a
wrist watch from. Sears Roebuck ,
and company, knives from Wool-
worth's and and boxes of shells
from Fred Meyer's, they said. "
The boys were turned over to
the juvenile . court , pending the
court's communication with their
parents. . ,
Blossoms Out at
Mission Bottom
MISSION BOTTOM Sunday
was the real blossom day for
Mission Bottom.
The peaches are past full bloom
but the cherries and prunes were
a blanket of white and every old
apple tree was a delicate pink.'
Frank A. Massee's filbert or
chard is well leafed out 'The
boysenberries seem to be slow
in leafing.
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