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II Fishin' The. el fishin' ittita p e a I Saturday. Turn to sports puts for Information a 7 condition of streams, rood ; spots, ete compiled from date by the state game coinmlssicn. PORTLAND, April lf-(P) Ilareld Leeper, Iledford. working a Midway Island the Japanese attacked. joined the Bar Thursday to gel another crack si them, , iCZS nnZTY-FIBST YEAB Scdta Ortcon, Friday Morning. April 17, 1142 Met 5c No. 527 Protest CMeiF 5 . I (lK W"rfrl fftVifffc SVf Vl 1 hS ffVCrTrtS Seconds w: yj ; l ui uiviCBBMfl ml mm ui Japanese Force Seizes Coast Of Sabotage Mew V .' 1 J 4 - f r 7th Large Landing on Rich Panay Aided By Aircraft; Enemy Artillery Fire Slashed by Corregidor o WASHINGTON, April 16 (AP) The Japanese, driv ing to extend their control over the Philippines, landed in foree Thursday on the island of Panay. Protected by gunfire from warships and supported by aircraft, an invasion force of about 8000 men poured ashore from eight transports near Iloilo and Capiz, the war depart ment announced in a late day communique. Panay, fourth island of the archipelago with an area of 4448 square miles, also is one of the richest. Its capita), Iloilo, had a population before the war of more than 88,000, making it the fifth city of the Philippines, and one of tne seven ports of entry for the common wealth. Iloilo was, too, about the last important Philippine city not occupied. . ' With the assault on Panay the Japanese now have landed troops on seven of the major islands. Lu zon, on which Manila is located and where the battle of Bataan was fought, was the first objective of the invasion. Others on which the enemy have established them selves are Mindoro and Masbate, immediately south of Luzon, Ce bu, like Panay, one of the central group of islands, and Mindanao and Jolo in the south. On some of these, however, notably Minda nao, their control extends only to limited coastal region. The size of the defending foree on Panay, composed of units of the Philippine army, was not disclosed but Lieut. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright re ported that It was "in contact with the enemy.- Details l the fighting were not available, be Wainwright added' that units of his command were keeping up their aggressive action) on Min danao, and had inflicted substan tial losses on the Japanese near Digos, Moncaya, and Zamboanga. The department's communique said that anti-aircraft fire from Corregidor had hit an enemy bomber participating in contin uing aerial bombardment of that fortress, and that the plane was rapidly losing altitude when last observed. The bit runs of Corregidor and other Manila bay island forts pounded enemy artillery positions In Bataan and on the Cavite shore of the bay, Wain wright reported, adding that the result was "a noticeable de crease In enemy artillery fire during the past SO hoars." Wainwright had advised ear lier that guns of the fortress had hurled shells into truck columns on Bataan peninsula and had ex ploded enemy ammunition dumps. Auto Seizure Is Suggested Senate Bill Proposes Pool of Cars for Vital Services WASHINGTON, April 16 The government would be auth orised to seize any private auto mobile -on the land under a bill Introduced Thursday by Senator Downey (D-Calif.) , Warning that 1 there won't be enough- rubber to keep anything like the present total of 30,000,000 automobiles operating, , Downey called ' for action now to assure future transportation for war workers, for the mail and other services. , .' . Some 10,000,000 cars should be removed from the roads and plac ed "in a vast pool to meet serious transportation crisis we can ex pect within a year or so," he said, Downey's bill would establish a' $5,000,000,000 fund for acquir ing a government pool of auto mobiles, parts, tires and supplies. Persons who wished could donate ' their cars; others would be pur chased or requisitioned. In the latter case, where a private own er was not satisfied with the price offered, he could take SQ per cent payment and appeal id the court -of claims. Two-car families ought to turn their extra machines over to the government, . Downey declared, iffd persons who live within two or" three miles of their Jobs should walk. Wednesday V Weather ' Weather forecasts withheld temperature data delayed Ity amy request River Thurs day -.1 foot Max. temperature Wednesday, 71, min 47. Me First Sugar Quota Set Pound Per Person in First Two Weeks; Penalties Told WASHINGTON, April Sugar sales will be limited to a half pound a week per person, during the first two months of government rationing, the OPA disclosed Thursday. j Decisions as to, future allow ances will depend largely upon the supply picture, officials In dicated, leaving the entire pro gram flexible and subject to prompt alternation by the office of price administration. Each of the first four stamps In the 28-stamp ration book to be issued e a c h, $ittjea wlQ -bt; good5 for a-4wo weeE 'period and1 each will permit purchase of one pound of sugar. After these four stamps have been used, OPA may or may not alter the size of the weekly ration and the period of time covered by each stamp, it was explained. Making public official instruc tions for registration of citizens and operation of the nation's first food rationing system, OPA de clared that persons possessing more than two pounds of sugar at the time of registration would be penalized as hoarders, while persons possessing more than six pounds would be permitted to reg ister but would be denied ration books until their "hoard" is ex hausted. Individuals possessing more than two pounds, but not ex ceeding six, will have one stamp for each pound torn from their ration books at the time of reg istration. Since these restric tions apply to individuals, a family of four, for example, could possess eight pounds without penalty. No retail sales of sugar will be permitted during the week be ginning April 27, preliminary to the consumer registration between May 4 and May 7. Officials said actual rationing would begin some time during the registration period but that the exact date had not been set. House Okehs Enlisting of Sailorettes WASHINGTON, April A measure opening the navy's ranks to women first step toward enlistment of 150,000 "sailorettes" to relieve men for sea-going ser vice was passed Thursday by, the house. Approval of the bill, which would clear the way lor maids tj become middies and gals to be come gobs, came In quiet contrast to the prolonged debate earlier this year over creation of a wom en's army auxiliary corps. Far broader in scope than , the use of yeomanettes in. World war No. 1, the bill was drafted in tentionally In terms so general that it would permit the marine corps to set up feminine brar.ch also. - The action, taken on voice vote In ten minutes time, sent the legis lation to the senate where a bill to create a petticoat corps in the army has been pending for nearly a month. Grade for grade, women volun teering for service In the naval auxiliary would receive the same pay for duty ashore as that of men who swab the decks and man the guns of the nation's fight ing ships. Sample I -1 ' ' 1 1 asriw's Sources in Vichy describe this picture as a view of wrecked build ings after the British air raid March 3 on the Renault motor plant near Paris. Since then the RAF has speeded the tempo of its as sault over western Europe, keeping planes in the air almost con stantly the past three days. Fresh Troops Into Lines Ruslx BurB Attempt to Cut China From India Before Monsoons; Shellfire Is Heavy; Allies Retreat Slightly CHUNGKING, China, April 16-(P-The Japanese were pour ing fresh divisions which may total upward of 80,000 men into the Burma campaign Thursday night and expending ammunition on a vast scale in a massive attempt to complete the conquest of the Kipling country and shut China off from the United Nations before the May monsoon gives the nearly exhausted defenders relief. In the last four days RAF reconnaissance planes have spotted 40 Japanese troopships off Rangoon, all presumably carrying reinforcements for the Burma battle, and there were some reports that these involved 5H divisions. (Earlier esti mates have placed the strength of the Japanese force already in Burma at three divisions; thus if the 5Vi divisions estimate is correct the total force Involved could approach 150,000). Already, in the middle of Sit- tang river sector of the battle front, one of the two held by parts of the Chinese 5th and 0th armies under US Gen. Joseph W. Stil well, the Japanese were throwing between 2000 and 3000 shells a day into the main Chinese posi tions, now established north of Thagaya, a Japan es e -occupied town some 30 miles north of Toungoo. Although official spokesmen said the Chinese lines above Tha gaya now were stabilized, large ly due to the valor of a Chinese battalion commander who, , al- uougn wounaed, xougnt a suc cessful delaying action against two enemy divisions, there were two distinct threats to the Chinese position on the Sittang. One was to the Chinese right flank and it was caused by the British withdrawals, under ex treme pressure, in the Irrawad dy valley to the west. The other n the leftwas caused by the movement of two Jap anese columns toward Loikaw, capital of the Karennl tribal area and southern gate to the Shan states. ' Loikaw -is some 80 miles north east of Toungoo, One column was moving up-the Salween river from the southeast, the other had reached Yado, about halfway be tween Toungoo and Loikaw. 300 Legume Combines Promised Oregon " WASHINGTON, April 16 -JF) senaior xacitary (R-Ore) was in formed by the agriculture adjust ment agency of .the agriculture department that . 200 combines would be delivered to Oregon winter legume seed growers be- lore Harvest time. WS of What RAF Raids Do ' -, t 1 i k"x jgrt Sent Japs as Fig a OCD Given Advice Board Land is Is Assisted in Integration With War Agencies WASHINGTON, AprU 16-- President Roosevelt established a board Thursday to advise and as sist James M. Landis in the di rection of civilian defense activi ties. Landis, who has headed the of fice of civilian defense since the resignations last February of Major Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York and Mrs. Roosevelt as director and assistant director of that agency, will serve as chair man of the board. S- To the board, the president named Secretary of War Stim son. Secretary of the Navy Knox, Attorney General Biddle, Director Paul V. McNutt of the office of defense health and welfare. Mayor Maurice J. To bin of Boston, Earl D. Mallery, of Chicago, executive director . of the American Municipal as sociation; Norman H. Davis, chairman of the American Red Cross, and Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota, now serving as a Lieutenant commander ' in - the navy. The step was revealed in a White House statement which said (Turn to Page 9, CoL 8) Former Salem Resident Dies HOOD RIVER, Ore, April 18 (ff)-A. M. Cannon, Portland, for mer referee in bankruptcy, died here Thursday night of injuries suffered Tuesday in an accident near Bingen,' Wash, in which bis sister, Mrs.' Jenny Marvin, was killed. Anderson 11 Cannon, Who died in Hood River . Thursday night, was a 'former resident of Salem. His widow is a daughter of VL I Jones, Salem. . . 'Melmtions. JSS RAF Swarms Over France Non-Stop Offensive Is Carried On by Clouds Of Fighters, Bombers ".. . .$1- .. . ;'" -, By The Associated Press NTXt April loHSAF planes by the hundreds swarmed across the channel Thursday to blast at nazi-occupied France and carry on the British non-stop offensive in what appeared to be thegreat est mass daylight sweep by either Britain or Germany In this war. The air ministry disclosed that more than 400 fighters alone took part in the day's on slaught In addition, bomb-carry ins Hurricane took part In two attacks, and in others clouds of fighters escorted American-made Boston (Douglas) bombers. Six axis fighters were shot down and two British planes fail ed to return from the daylight forays, aimed at such targets as the power station and docks at the great port of Le Havre, the railway sidings and blackened piers of Dunkerque. In the chan nel a 200-ton German motor tor pedo boat was raked by cannon and machine gun fire by a Brit ish pilot who dived until his plane almost touched the waves. People on the Kentish coast said the roar of the British planes eclipsed that of the German air force at the height-of the battle of Britain a year and a half ago, when Germany sent more than 300 fighters and bombers hurt ling toward England In a single day. Thursday night, on the third day of the SAP's own dawn- through-darkness onslaught, more strong formations of Spit fires crossed the water before dusk while many ether squad rons were returning from the direction it Boulogne and Ca (Turn to Page" 9, CoL 4) Inviting of Army Urged, Blossom Day Visitors in the Salem area, par ticularly those in US army khaki, should be given an opportunity to view hillsides covered with fruit trees in blossom, acres of tulips and other flowers, views of the cultivated valley below, King Bmg Frank .Earnest of the Sa lem Cherrians declared Thurs day. . Members of his organization, in spite of tire rationing, he declar ed, are offering their cars, b u others willing to do the same may contact ..any uniformed Cherrlan at the capitol building Sunday. Blossom day festivities are to center at the capitol, where a pm. band concert by an army band stationed in this area. Is to be held. The building is to be open from 10 am. to 4 pan. with guide service for visitors. Truck- loads of soldiers are to be brought In during those hours i o r - that portion, of the day's events. ; Laval Takes Over. Rules .Nazis Die Ambassador Has Mope Official Policy Probably t. Be Given Today Welles Rejects Note Of Rejection Given By Henry-Haye By WADE WERNER WASHINGTON, AprU 16 (AP) The United States will not attempt to maintain nor mal diplomatic relations with a Vichy government dominat ed by Pierre Laval, an author itative source disclosed Thurs day night. Whether this means merely the recall of Ambassador William D. Leahy or a complete rupture of diplomatic relations was not revealed. It was empha sized, however, that this govern ment could not regard any cabi net headed by Laval as anything but a regime pledged to collab orate fully toward a German vic tory. There has been no official an nouncement Of United States poli cy toward the new Vichy govern ment and there is not likely to be until tomorrow. French Ambassador Gaston Henry-Haye, who called on Act ing Secretary of State WeUes to communicate his government's rejection of an American note described in Vichy Tuesday as insulting la tone, denied that he had received instructions to re turn to Vichy. 'He said he still hoped normal relations might be maintained, but admitted he (Turn to Page 9, CoL 1) Canvass Set To Sell Bonds Administration Plans For Increase of Voluntary Buying WASHINGTON, April 16 Secretary: Morgenthau informed congress Thursday that the treas ury soon would start ringing door bells once a month to stimulate war bond purchases and hinted broadly that - the administration does not contemplate compulsory savings. "We expect to go into every county and ring every door bell once a month," Morgenthau told the house ways and means com mittee a short time after indicat ing at a press conference that President Roosevelt still favcrs voluntary rather than forced bond purchases. The cabinet officer told the committee that "we have a plan In preparation to stimulate ' voluntary purchases, which have dropped from a rate of SLQQ0,- 100,000 a month In January to 1500,000,000. But he quickly ex plained that the treasury did not "intend to paint houses renew" or put people "behind barbed wire" if they did net buy bonds. With sales lower than during the period immediately after Pearl Harbor, some administration offi cials have advocated forced sav ings and a T tax program much greater than the pending $7,610, 000,000 one to , help control - in- flation.v"'"i - - - : But President Roosevelt was re ported to. havo sided, with 'Mor genthau in opposition to those steps; Morgenthau, intensifying bis drive to bead c:I forced sav ings, took four, representatives of labor and manage nent frcra Gen era! Motors corporation before the committee - to explain that company's scheme of voluntary payroll deductions lor bond pur. chases. - Sirmme Train Listed Dead, Ex-Soldier Signs Again NASHVILLE, Tenn., AprU 16 (Remarking that he is "about the livest dead one you ever saw," a grizzled ex-soldier who for many years had been listed among the dead of World war I joined the US marines Thurs day. The 45-year-old Tennessean, William F. Boss, was accepted for limited service. He said he was carrying en duties for Uncle Sam in Haiti when reported dead and was unable to explain It slL Not even the fact that his name is listed on an iron tablet en a state Capitol building hon oring the war dead. His 18-year-old son, Charles Albert, Is stationed with the navy at San Diego, Calif. FigMting Fund Sliced Western Delegations to Carry on Battle For Forests WASHINGTON, April 16-UP- The forest fire fighting fund suf fered a cut of $5,000,000 at the hands of senate and house con ferees Thursday. Rep. Hill (D-Wash) expressed the belief after the conference action that there was little chance of getting the Item raised in the house. Hill, chairman of the Pacific coast congressional com mittee on forest fires, said such conference reports have to be adopted or rejected in entirety and there was little likelihood of the house rejecting the whole sixth supplemental national defense ap propriation bill over the forest fire item. Senator Holman (R-Ore), a conferee on the measure, re ported that house conferees de manded that the forest fund item be reduced to the $5,000, 600 level originally estimated in the budget or they would in sist en referring the item back to the house. In the house, the fire protection fund had been cut to $2,000,000. The senate had raised it to $18,- 100,000, but attached a rider pro vided that it had to foot the bill (Turn to Page 9, CoL 2) Oil-Carrying Jarge Plan Is Queried WASHINGTON, April lt-m The practicability of constructing oil -carrying barges of wood, sue gested by Governor Charles A. Sprague,. is questioned by the maritime commission, Senator Mc- Nary (R-Ore) said Thursday He advised David Eccles. Ore gon coordinator' of war industries, that Admiral, Emory S Land, commission chairman, said wood' eh-ships' lor general cargo pur poses were under consideration and might soon jbe authorized, but that doubt existed over oil barge construction. . - McNary added that the commis sion would study any construction specifications offered. Sprague 'a suggestion was occa sioned by fuel oil a n d gasoline shortages at Portland terminals. , McNary. added that C IV In galls, Corvallig, informed him that workmen ' living several miles iron their jobs often were forced to go from station to station be fore getting enough gasoline to take them there. d Wreck 0 9 j Petain Meets With Actual Nation's Head i French Start Great Fires in Forests, March Defiantly BERN, Switzerland, April 16 (AP) To an undertone accompaniment of reported incendiarism and sabotage, of mass arrests and executions, Pierre Laval became Thurs day night the new chief of the government at Vichy, achieving actual rule of that beaten land under Chief of State Petain x. This became known for certain even before the formal communi que was issued on the results of Thursday's Laval - Petain confer ences. It was understood also that La val would assume the ministry of interior who directs the French police. All but the formality of full . power over the destiny of what Vichy had kept of France seemed to have been placed in the hands of this old-line poli tician whose affection lor the axis pre-dated the appease ment at Munich and came to full flower after the French surrender to Germany at Com plesne. The communique issued Thurs day night a few condensed lines said merely: - - "Marshal Petain received M. Lo President Laval t-a morning. In the afternoon t marshal con ferred again with Admiral of the Fleet Darlan and M. Le President Laval. They exchanged views on the political situation. Before constitution of the new govern ment the council of minisiers will meet for the last time Fri day." " (M. Le President is the cour tesy title for all ex-premiers). Laval and Petain were reported by the German radio to be pre paring radio addresses to the French nation to follow formal announcement that the new cab inet had been drafted. i ,J In contrast to the veiled pro ceedings at Vichy were the re ports from Paris of anti- col laborationists again tn the march, of mass arrests of dem onstrators In tiie past few days, of the execution ef 25 mere prisoners of the Germans there and, topping all such advices, a report of a train wreck near Caen in Normandy in which $5 German soldiers were killed. , : Three forest fires were said to have broken out near Paris and in southern France "in circum stances which remain unknown. The most spectacular fire was said to be still raging in the fam ous Fontaine-Bleau v forest where it had left '600 acres of beautiful woodland in charred ruin. , The other two flreiwere re ported in the Senart forest and at Collobriers, in southern France, where 1000 acres were devastated. Yartb Launch" 28tlvSWp PORTLA, April Ore gon Shipbuilding corporation boosted its record as the nation's fastest builder of Liberty freight4 era Thursday with the launching of the Henry D. Thoreau -t h e fourth ship this month. '. The Thoreau Is the 28th ship turned out by the yard.:'-.. :