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Leahy Recalled
Off Vichy Post
For Conference
Laval Regime but 'Puppet'
In US Eyes; Welles Tells
Of Talk With Henry-Haye
By WADE WERNER
WASHINGTON, April 17 (AP) President Roosevelt
Friday recalled Ambassador William D. Leahy from Vichy
"for consultation" under circumstances indicating that his
country has no intention of attempting to maintain normal
relations with a collaborationist regime dominated by Pierre
LavaL
By way of emphasizing this American rejection of LavaL
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles kt it be known
that this government views the. new Vichy regime as s
puppet government Capable of sending puppet commnnlca-
tions previously submitted to and
approved by German authorities.
Ambassador Leahy wiU take
bis departure as soon as Mrs.
Leahy, who recently underwent
an operation, is able to travel.
While he is coming home ostensi
bly for consultation, the state de
partment made no effort to dis
guise the fact that it was Laval's
sudden return to power that
prompted President Roosevelt to
recall him.
Whether Vichy's ambassador in
Washington, Gaston Henry-Haye,
likewise would be recalled by his
government was not immediately
apparent A French embassy
spokesman said that no instruc
tions to that effect had been re
ceived, and pointed out that when
Ambassador William Bullitt was
called, home from Vichy in 1940
the French ambassador here re
mained here at his post
There was no official indica
tion as to whether the recall of
Leahy might be followed soon
. by a complete rapture of diplo
: ma tie relations. It was thoufht
' possible In well-informed quar
ters that tho United States
might leave it to Laval to com
plete the break.
He was indirectly invited to do
this when Acting Secretary Welles
Informed his press conference that
tho sew government in Vichy ap
parently could not even communi
cate with a foreign government
. .without first submitting the com
munication to German authorities
and getting their approval.
; , Welles began his conference by
announcing that in view of recent
tvents in France and in view of
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County Control Center
Meets Attack Problems
, If Salem had been bombed Fri
day night, civilian defense officials
are convinced that loss of life and
property would have been held to
a minimum by an alert air raid
precautions organization.
; For Marion county's new con
trol center took an examination
Friday and passed with what a
representative from the state de
, Jense . office termed "flying col
ors." In St minutes, starting
promptly at S pjn S5 persons
at the control center had re
ceived from 42 senior, wardens
over tho city of Salem reports
of 4t hypothetical air raid in
cidents and had dispatched hy
pothetical relief. ,
- Fourteen major ."fires" of which
two were "out of control" were in
cluded in tho problems, calling for
assistance of two . fire-fightingj
"rigs" from Woodburn, one from
West Salem, two from Albany and
one from Silverton in addition to
the capital city's own equipment
The problems, sent out to war
dens oyer the city, were relayed
Burma Wells
Are Burned
Yorkshires Hold Rear
While West Area
Is Scorched
By The Associated Press
NEW DELHI, India, April 17
British sappers burned and
blasted 6000 west Burma oil wells
Friday while a gallant battalion
of the King's Own Yorkshire light
infantry fought yet another su
perb delaying action against the
Japanese until the wells were
ablaze.
Then the vastly outnumbered
Yorkshiremen withdrew and re
joined the main British imperial
forces after inflicting severe cas
ualties. A communique placed the posi
tions "north of Magwe," indicat
ing the fighting men were even
now amid the ruined wells. Magwe
is the southern gateway to the
field centering around Yenang
yaung, 20 miles north.
The British communique said
the Yorkshire force "distin
guished itself in this gallant ac
tion with treat determination
and bravery and suffered very
little loss."
It was the sort of action that
has won this handful of men two
previous citations for gallantry
against great odds in two months
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to the control center by their sen
ior wardens as they would be In
case - of actual air raids. Those
wardens, authorized to use the
special call (and from them only
can telephone operators transmit
such calls), dialed operators ask
ing for "control center."
Contacts, swiftly made, carried
their messages to girls who
manned a battery of telephones at
the recently -outfitted center,
Listed on a blackboard there, the
problems created by the test 'in
cidents" were solved by heads of
various departments, who at an
other bank of phones put through
their own test calls to volunteer
workers,: ' :v7-f;-.i -'" V
Had there actually been a bomb
ing those messages would have
opened "12 casualty stations in
Salem, have sent physicians and
nurses from their homes to hos
pital centers and stations, demo
lition squadrons to sites where de
bris might halt fire engines or
any of the numerous ; panel de
livery trucks which have been of
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65,000 In
Bataan
Taken
16 Generals Are
Among Captured;
Cebu Fight Hard
WASHINGTON, April 17-JP)
The war department reported
Friday that when the defenses
of Bataan in the Philippines
collapsed after months of grim
fighting by weary and ill-fed
troops, more than 65,000 sol
diers and civilians fell into the
hands of the swarming hordes of
Japanese. ;
Ten generals of the United
States army and six generals of
the Philippine a r my were
among tho' troops Philippine
scouts and other regular army
units, national guardsmen, air
eerpe troops, supply , forces,
engineers, medical tfoopo 'and
signal men "now presumably in
the hands of the enemy."
On April 9, the " day the de
fending lines finally broke under
the ceaseless hammering of great
ly superior forces, a department
communique said there were 35,
000 combat troops, about 25,000
civilians and 5536 sick and wound
ed in Bataan, as well as numbers
of non-combatant units. The 68
army nurses who had been in
Bataan and a relatively small
number of troops were evacuated
to Corregidor.
As for the resistance which still
continues from Corregidor and
other scattered points, the depart
ment said the heavy guns of the
Manila bay forts were still blast
ing at Japanese artillery on both
shores of the bay and had silenced
three batteries in the last 24 hours.
A communique also reported
that a Japanese bomber, partici
pating in one of Friday's five air
raids on Corregidor and Caballo
islands, was so badly mauled by
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Profit Limit
Gets Accord
Goes to House Monday;
Departments Given
Discretion
WASHINGTON. April 17-UPW
A house-senate conference com
mittee reached unexpectedly swift
agreement Friday on a profit lim
mitations amendment to the Dend
ing $19,200,000,000 " war bill an
amendment reported to authorize
government agencies to renegoti
ate contracts to prevent excessive
profits.
The committee did not make de
tails of the agreement public im
mediately, but members said it
would be filed late Saturday with
the house for consideration Mon
day. It must be approved by both
houses before becoming law.
An informed source said that
the terms of tho compromise fol
lowed substantially the form voted
by the senate in nassinsr tho bin
and recommended by several war
agencies. ; ' r: .j i: . -
The. war department, navy de
partment, maritime commission
and war production board would
be directed to provide in all con
tracts that they could be renego
tiated and terms revised if they
resulted . In excessive profits. It
was reported that determination
of what constituted excessive b ref
it would be 'left to discretion of
the heads of the aeendes. Con
tracts already made would be sub
ject to voluntary renegotiation.
Thursday? "Weather
. - Weather forecasts " withheld
and ? temperature data delayed
by army request. Elver Friday,
t feet. Max. temperature
Thursday, 13, Eia 45. " :
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Salem, Oregon, Saturday
Bulletins
SAN DIEGO, Calif April 17
-JP)-The army fourth intercep
tor command ordered a 34-min-
ute air raid alert from Ocean
side to the Mexican border. The
all-clear came at 12:01 ajo
Pacific war time.
In San Francisco, the war de
fense command headquarters
said the alert was ordered up
on the approach of unidentified
airplanes, later identified as
friendly.
BERLIN - (From German
Broadcasts)- April 18-(Saturday)
(A") Yokohama, Tokyo's
main entry port IS miles from
the Japanese capital, was at
tacked by air raiders today in
bombings which included the
Tokyo region, DNB said today.
BERLIN- (From German
Broadcasts) -April It- (Satur
day) -(Jfy- British bombers
raided the German port of Ham
burg during the night, an of
ficial announcement said today.
Five of the invading planes
were reported shot down.
The announcement said the
civil population suffered some
casualties and Incendiary bombs
caused damage to houses. -
RAF Hurls
600 Planes
o
Two Lost in Heaviest
Raid; Some Make
1000-Mile Trip
By DREW MIDDLETON
LONDON, April 17-P)-Adding
weight and distance to its massive
daylight offensive, the RAF hurled
600 planes against German tar
gets Friday in day-long raids ex
tending from the continental coast
to Augsburg, in southern Germany.
The ' assaults were by far the
heaviest of the war by British
airmen, topping Thursday's far
flung, 400-plane attack, which had
been the biggest to date.
Emphasising the enormity of
the aerial offensive was a day
light attack upon Aagsburr.
which involved a round trip of
at least 1009 miles right over
the heart of industrial Germany.
Augsburg, a few miles north
west of Munich, is the site of a
Messerschmitt plane factory, but
an informed source said this es-
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Hot Spot Where Bombs Fall
too
VOOvl nf
Although Washington was unable to confirm' or deny, Tokyo radio
broadcast Friday nlrht tho bombing of tho Japanese capital by enemy
planes, which "came from several directions." It was presumed that
the planes, reported over Tokyo about Satarday noon (7 p. m.
" FWT Friday), had. not yet returned to their base, wherever that
'- was. Thai A elated Press map thews distaaees from Tokyo to
tatportaat cttles tn-tho raeSlc
Morning. April 18, 1942 ,
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Union Job
Accord Is
Attained
Labor Signs on
Agreement for
Cantonment
A blanket labor agreement
making construction of Camp
Adair, the Albany - Corvallis
army cantonment, exclusively
a union job, forbidding strikes
and lockouts and banning work
stoppages in connection with
jurisdictional disputes was
signed on the camp site Friday
noon by union and contractors'
representatives.
How many men are now at
work at Camp Adair is a military
secret but it may be reported thajt
the peak labor load Is expected o
be hit before tho end of May.
Approximately one-quarter of the
maximum number of workers ex
pected are now employed there.
The: agreement takes cognizance
of possible lengthening of the
work 1 week and elimination of
overtime pay on defense projects
by providing that its conditions
shall be subject to modification
conforming to future federal leg
islation or other governmental
regulations.
Until so modified, the work
day is fixed at eight hours for
one-shift operations and 7V4
hours on two or more shifts,
and the straight time work
week is made Monday through
Friday. Time and one-half is
to be paid on Saturdays, Sun
days, specified holidays and
working days in excess of the
remlar number of hours.
One exception is made to the
all-union terms of the agreement
in that a group of workmen of
the Seventh Day Adventist re
ligious faith who objected to be
longing to a union are to be per
mitted to work without actually
joining a unit of organized labor.
They will pay the equivalent of
union dues.
Construction officials expect ap
proximately 300 of these workmen,
principally from the vicinity of
Eugene, to report on the Adair
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Radio Declares
Aircraft
No US
Stimsoh Says
Army to Start
Offense Soon
Stresses MacArthur
Is in Command;
Things Moving'
WASHINGTON, April l-UPf-
Secretary Stimson said Friday the
army would bo ready for the of
fensive soon, no matter what dif-
diculties might be encountered. At
the same time he emphasized that
Gen.1 Douglaa MacArthur had "over-all
strategic command' in the
southwest Pacific.
(Later in the day, news dis
patches from Australia said Mac-
Arthur had received a directive
from Washington clarifying his
powers. Newsmen at US army
headquarters in Australia were in
formed the directive was com
pletely satisfactory.)
Without minimising the ob
stacles and problems involved
in preparing for offensive war
fare of world-wide scope, the
Secretary of War spoke both
confidently and optimistically
to newspapermen at a press
conference.
"So far as the army is con
cerned." he said, "we are getting
pretty near the stage of being
ready for an offensive, however
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Aussies Drop
Bombs, Timor
Japs Lose Four Planes
In Moresby Raid;
Additions Seen.
CANBERRA, Australia, April
18-(Saturday) -JP)- Australian
bombers again attacked Koepang
on Dutch Timor Friday night,
dropping heavy explosives and in
cendiary bombs on Japanese posi
tions. All the bombs fell on the target
area, a communique issued by
Prime Minister John Curtin said.
The Australian airmen encoun
tered heavy anti-aircraft fire, and
Japanese fighters arose to infT
cept them but , were beaten iff.
the communique said.
MELBOURNE, Australia, A ril
17--Royal Australian air force
fighter planes met a squadron of
ten Japanese raiders in the air
over Port - Moresby Friday and
landed unscathed with reports of
destruction or damage to at least
four of the enemy. v
Dutch leaders announced that
the Netherlands East Indies air
force would be reorganized in the
United States under command of
Mai. Gen. Ludolph Van Oyen.
It also' Was disclosed that the
Dutch are selling to Australia)
without profit, large quantities of
planes, tanks, machine-guns, rifles
and ammunition which had been
ordered : from- the United States
but not received in time for use
to the Indies. ' : v ; .
Lindbercli Salary Told
DETROIT, April lTHAT-Charles
A. Lindbergh, recently employed
as a technical adviser at the Ford
bomber plant, is receiving a sal
ary equivalent to that of an army
colonel: a .Ford spokesman' said
Friday night. The salary amounts
to j 13300 a year; plus, allowance.
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Shot Down;
Confirmation
Inhuman Attack' Is
Averred Made On
Schools, Hospitals
TOKYO (From Japanese broad
casts) -April 18 - (AP) -The Tokyo re
gion was raided by enemy planes this af
ternoon, a Japanese official announce
ment said today The raiders came Jrom
several directions,
Three planes were declared to have
been shot down in the raids, the first of
the war on Japan's imperial homelands
"It is confirmed that three enemy
aircraft were shot down when hostile
planes attacked the Tokyo-Tosame re
gion this afternoon for the first time
since the war (started)," said a commu
nique issued by imperial headquarters.
"The enemy planes, approached
from several directions."
WASHINGTON,
(AP)-The war and
had no confirmation immediately Sat
urday on the Japanese announcement
of bombing of Tokyo.
There was no
communique might
pointed out that if
long distance attack, the aircraft would
take many hours to return to their start
ing point, and that reports would be un
available unil then.
SAN FRANCISCO, April
announced Friday night that "enemy bombers'' attacked
Tokyo, the CBS listening station reported. .
The Tokyo broadcast said:
"Enemy bombers anneared over. Tokvo for the first
time in the current war, inflicting damage on schools and
hospitals. The raid occurred shortly past noon on Saturday
(Tokyo time). W
Invading: planes failed to
establishments, although .casualties in the schools and hos
pitals were as yet unknown.
This inhuman attack on
and on residential districts
tion among the populace.' :
CBS said the first announcement of the bombing was
in an English language broadcast, The announcement wa
repealed a few minutes later In the Japanese language broad
cast which inieeied a new angle that the enemy planet
did not attempt to hit military establishments.', ; , ... '
t The Japanese language. broadcast said:' . ...
' "Just after noon on the 18th the first enemy planet
appeared over the city of Tokyo. A number of bombs were
dropped, v'--- ' . ,Xi:?::vti;ie '-! u .
. The enemy planes did not attempt to hit military e i
Ublishments, and only inflicted damage on grammar acboojs,
hospital and cultural establishments. ; " '',V;v;v-V-iV
7" -Tliese planes were, repulsed by a heavy barrage.from
our defense guns. -h 'y H '"-':'3 ."X , V
r-- The previous training of the Tokyo populaeo I or air
re! J'; defease wss pnt Into immediate practice. ! , wjsh : tt
reveal that our losses were exceedingly light." , r i rf '
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Do Gaulle
NEW YORK, April Y1-PP)
Gen. Charles De Gaulle,
leader of the free-French
forces. Is sehedaled for a
Saturday broadcast to this
country via NBC and Bins
networks at 1255 FWT.
No. 323
Three
Saturday, April 18
navy departments
indication of when a
be issued. It was
the bombing was a
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cause any damage on military
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these cultural establishments
is causing widespread indigna
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