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Bee 1 Page X tlLe 02EGON STATESMAN. Salem, Owgon, Sunday Monday April 23. 1S42 USTr 'oops on New Caledonia Island Flanks Supply Line to Southwest Pacific Forces (Continued From Page 1) This country has enunciated a poncy ox maintaining reiauons with French citizens who are in olicy of maintaining relations actual control of French territor- lea. 1 I xnus, uie way wr uic mrwp landing In New Caledonia was 1 paved last month with an an- nouncement by the state depart- ment that the United States would aid Free French forces there in I defense of the island. From a military standpoint, New Caledonia Is of utmost Im portance to the United Nations. Lying 80S miles east ef Austral la. it Is close to the route for ships carrying men and muni tions to the Australian bases for the projected offensive against the Japanese. The island, about 280 miles long, I has a white population of 17,300 of which more than 15,000 are French. About 1430 Japanese live on the island, most oi tnem naving come in as free immigrants but a small proporuon as maeniurea ia outers i J f . A 1 , 1 I in the mines. LONDON, April 25-AVThe arrival of United States troops In New Caledonia was described by a Free French source Satur day nlfht as a "hif hly welcome step to Insure the common de fense of the allied lifeline to Australia and New Zealand." "The islands will remain under it almost exactly the same situa- UnUed SUE troopT paid- pating in the defense with the full eoooeration of the Australian au-1 thorities. We have a number of troops there but not enough to in sure the island's protection. Ace O'Hare Welcomed Back Home ST. LOUIS, April 25-()-This city surrendered to a boyish smile Saturday as Lieut Commander Edward H. Q'Hare, the navy's No. 1 ace, came home to mother and civic welcome. w. uu.r w-""vUJ wun a paraae ana ceremony Memorial Plaza for the modest 28 year-old pilot who shot' down five Japanese bombers and damaged a sixth in solitary Pacific combat me smue oroae out as ne stepped into the arms of his mother, Mrs. Selma Q'Hare, at the navai reserve aviauon oase ai iamoeri-ot. axjuis iieiu. n siayea throughout a three-hour public appearance In his home town, where he grew from a pudgy little Irish lad to a broad-shouldered athlete. But strictly from the heart, the big fellow admitted: "It will be a relief to get back to flying. Looking into machine guns isn't nearly as hard as fac ing cameras." O'Hara in a brief speech in crowded Memorial Plaza present ed a navy pennant to St. Louis for its successful navy relief fund campaign. "Mayor William Dee Becker gave the flier a scroll, a key to the city and a gold navi gator's chronometer. ' Jobs for Small Plants Urged (Continued From Page 1) "Statements are constantly made that the most crucial production bottleneck is . in machines and tools," McNary1 said. "If we have In the 136,000 snyOl shops of the nation hundreds of thousands, of machines and tools that are slow ly drifting toward idleness, I feel deeply that in the cause of speed and increased volume of produc tion the ways and means must be found for enlisting this production capacity." The senator said small busi nesses in Oregon had been grouped so that .one company with en gineering and producing capacity could head them. Safidline 1st Advised WASHINGTON. April Ralph K. pavies, deputy petrol-1 vum cwratnaior, . aavuea motor Istaf Saturday to crulf wnrrvih about rrawUng;uoC"cowtrate on voluntary saving oC gasoline. "If 4 eachs motorist: tlurinr the critical supply period t the aext few weeks, would. ! drfv -only when, absolutely necessary, he would bevdoing his part to pre vent mora .severe . curtailment," DavieS said." "Everyone should do his bit- - - Cayinjr ?rumors and unofficial statemantsJ ; should be Ignored, Davies. declared that gasoline cur- tailment "depends - upon the fu ture course of events not now re- tlaUyjtxedlctable.--. 1 -ICitsincT' Blazes - ' C"7 Crczica Saturday night an. twered m call to .1010 Oak street where they extinguishsed a'ebim- Hey ltrv Collection of Ancient Aiitos Includes Severed SEATTLE, April 25-P-The Seattle motorists Saturday turned interested eyes on Albert W. Trudeau's hobby collection. Folks laughed 20 years ago when Trudeau started collecting automobiles like some folks collect . A 11 tn In 1 f"l nil AUlU lltt"UU T" T 1 1 lh lieiUXCUL xo AlviaAlU WASHINGTON, April The office of price administration relaxed automobue rauoning rea ulations Saturday in an effort to speed up sales. Price Administrator Leon Hen derson said the action was taken in accordance with his plan to dis nose of some 400.000 cars by next March, leavina 135.000 in a aov- ernraent stock pile. Thus far, since rationing began March 2, sales have lagged 40 per cent under quotas. The relaxed regulations leave unchanged the classes of persons eligible to buy new automobiles These include physicians, nurses, veterinarians, ministers, workers in war plants or on farms, feder al, state and local government em ployes, taxi drivers, travelling I salesmen and wholesale deliverers I of newspapers. Before persons in these classes may Duy an auiomooue. iiowevcr, i . . 11 I iney must snow neea ior n ana the new regulations make it easier to establish such need. Gas Rationing Protest Made MARSKFIELD, April 25-KP) strictions on gasoline supplies for day to Oil Coordinator Icke. and c a wv,:luu' This state is ready for any necessary sacrifice but it should not be deprived of essential sup plies without sufficient cause," the governor said. He told the federal officials that wooden barges could be used io augment rau, iruc aim Wean lanxer snipmenis irom uuunuo. Nation Eyes State's Work PORTLAND, April 25-) m, - war indufitriM J agriculture due to the labor short- e now being work out in Ore- gQn create a pattern which wiU followed throughout the Ew-J n clagu predicted Saturday. associated director of the federal bureau of emoloyment se- curjty said Oregon's problems are among the most acute in the na- tion now because the state is far advanced in both war Industry and agriculture. Red Cavalry Takes Over (Continued From page 1) The newspaper reported that the Russians also were con- tinulng their advance la the Bryansk sector, where trueniUas in contact with the red army are supporting the attack. A press notice today announced the death of Major General Nic- olai Uvitsky, 55, one o me lead- ing officers assigned with Marsh als Klementi Voroshilov and Se meon M. Budyenny from the' re serves. Eccles Announces War Industries Contact Office PORTLAND, April 25-P)-Ore- gon War Industries Coordinator David Eccles Saturday announced opening of an office here to afford state communities closer contact with agencies releasing sub-con' tracts. Communities throughout the state may send representatives to the new office, which they can t . A M A A use as neaaquarxers ior coniraci negotiations, Eccles said. Office space and secretarial assistance will be furnished, only the repre- sentauves' salary and expense be- uiB uuuic uj uic cwnmumuH. Eccles said the Eugene chamber oi commerce proposed the plan ana urn city would be tne first to locate a representative in tne oi flee. Eastern Coastal s Dimmed . BOSTON, April 25-()-Major ueneral .Sherman L. Miles, com manding officer of the first corps area, ordered Saturday that all .New England coastal lights direct ly visible from the sea, be shield ed, dimmed or blacked out im mediately until further notice. The order explained that: snore lighting is silhouetting passing ships, enabling enemy I Douglas county , judge D. N. Bus submarines to attack them." lenbark said Saturday the county Canada :VntMr Isf " ;?!.lm. ;.-WuJldinsilor. . ' OTTAWA, Ont, April 2$-n From the Yukon to Laborador aians-wiu vote j on tte miestiott t freeing Jhg gov eminent from present restrictions on theuse of ofted tnanpowerinlty indutent home after ft anrtit service 'abroad.1 '--fi--; New Tires tire situation being what it is, I postage stamps or milk bottle caps W J! 1 A. A a or agar store inaians oui roaay his two-acre museum includes sets of SOLID RUBBER tires in good to new condition. It may be optimistic to speak n, rom w.w n dition but these particular tires r Dinas and are soares for a Stevens Duryea (model 1908) bought by , the late Leroy W. Stetson, pioneer lumberman, for J 10,000. The old car has traveled 345,000 miles, garagemen's records state, but still is In running condition. The grandfather of the lot b "Sears' horseless boggy" which, when folly equipped, had a baggy whip in Its dash board socket; aa air-cooled two lung motor capable of 12 to IB m.pJL, and solid robber tires. Fatty Arbuckle's Pierce-Arrow roadster (Circa 1917-1922 AD.); a "house on wheels," granddaddy of todav's trailers, and built bv Buick in 1B19- the first Buick sold in Seattle ($1,188 delivered in ai. 30-vear-nld MEMF" iRe- ' ' memjer "every-morning-fix-it'?) and a 1907 carter-Car," which advertised "77 speeds forward and 77 speeds backward" for its fric tion drive and other articles too numerous to mention, including A model "T" Ford, with brass- topped radiator, which was built in 1912 and successfully passed the state testing station standards in 1940. Of course, if worse becomes worst, Trudeau always can fall back on his 1888 buggy; "a hack for uptown" used In Everett, Wash around 18 7 8; a sulky used tn harness races around 1890 and Buffalo Bill's Wild West circus parade wagon which Cody used in later years when riding that prancing white horse became too arduous. They laughed at Albert W. TrnriM1,,, hohhv fnr ,ft ,Mr. a lot ol good m graveyard ghosts. Oregon Will Meet Quota On Bonds Oregon will meet the challenge issued April 23 by Secretary of the Treasury Morgan thau for sales of war savings.bonds, it was declared by Conway, state administrator. "We are certain that citizens of Oregon will not I only meet the auota' of 15.610.500 f set for May, but will exceed it, just as we have always done in this state in similar situations. Conway said. The secretary's request for em ployes of firms to subscribe at least 10 per cent of their earnings for war bonds will also be com plied with in Oregon, Conway be lieves. An intensive drive throughout the state to install this plan is now on, but much of the work remains to be done, It was pointed out. To date less than 3 per cent of Oregon's payroll is going for the purchase of bonds under the al lotment plan, and only 25 per cent of the more than 5000 firms are enrolled. When enrollment and installations are completed in the majority of firms, and when employes bring their subscriptions up to 10 per cent, it will not be difficult to meet the quota, it was stated. Definite quotas for all counties will be in the hands of chairmen about May 1, and plans for reach ing the amounts will be worked out Oregon has been one of the leading states to date in war bond sales since the campaign opened here m July, and this leadership will be maintained, Mr. Conway declared. Recap Quota Change Due PORTLAND, April 25-flP)-Ore- gon's quoU of truck recaps will be increased for May, but allot- ments of new truck and passenger tires and passenger recaps will be i less than for April, the state ra tioning administrator was in formed Saturday. The truck recap quota will be . increased 1602 units while new truck tires will be down 429, new passenger tires down 704 and pas senger recaps down 1680, .the of fice of price administration said. State quotas for May: 649 new tires and 4579 recaps for passen ger cars and motorcycles; 1141 new . tires and 5008 recap for trucks, busses and fum tractors. las County Seeks Building ROSEBTjRG, April 25 (V- wOI.-aeekr congressional actiocito merlT a unit of the, old slata a1. A i3 t AliJZIZltZZ I errunenL 7 " The buflding Is being used as temporary quarters forSS patients I removed Thni- from k. Vflre; V- '. . : Family Men May Get Call Blarshall Sees Boost In Number of Recruits r (Continued From Page 1) pending measure would provide. $40 a month for a wife and $10 additional for each child; $39 a month for one parent, or $45 for twd. Preliminary to calling men now deferred because of dependents, local boards were told to group those with families into two class es, those employed In essential war activities and those not so engaged. This new classification. it was directed, should be applied first to those between 38 and 44, inclusive, who registered on Feb ruary 16. Those deemed to be net en gaged la essential activities wUl be the first selected when It be comes necessary to tnduet men with dependents. The memorandum sent out by the board, however, emphasized that before men deferred for Ae- pendency are inducted "there will first be selected all men who can be made available for military service under current policies and standards." Opposition Expected, Law Change WASHINGTON, April 25-(5J) A high administration official said Saturday that President Roo sevelt would make clear In his message to congress next week on the high cost of living that he Is opposed to suspension of the 40-hour week law. The presidential message is ex pected to outline a program call ing for freezing most commodity prices at about March 1 levels, drastic taxes on war profits and possibly wage control. It is to be sent to congress Monday. Later, the president expects to discuss the program in a radio address to the nation. Mr. Roosevelt was represented as taking the attitude that since most war plants were employing shifts of 48 hours or longer, the issue involved in the dispute over the 40-hour law was one of pay that could.be handled satisf actor ily in any directive, he might make to government agencies to keep wages in line with living costs. The law requires time and one-half pay for work in excess of 40 hours a week. Furthermore, he was said to re gard proposals to suspend or re peal the law as being tantamount to changing rules while the game is in progress. As for other labor questions, It was predicted the president would say that such issues as strikes and the open and closed shop were be ing worked out satisfactorily un der existing agreements. A pronouncement of this na ture, however, was not expected to quiet demands in congress for restrictive labor legislation. Beaverbrook Is Berated LONDON, April 25-JP-The conservative and influential Sun day Times Saturday night took Lord Beaverbrook to task for "his adjuration to strike recklessly against Germany, thereby giving voice to a sizable body of British opinion which was said to feel that an invasion of Europe should not be attempted until the United Na tions are prepared down to the last needed rifle bullet In a column long editorial head ed "An Unfortunate Speech," the newspaper belittled the New York speech of Lord Beaverbrook, in which the British supply emissary urged a second front in western Europe, and said the suggestion Was "hardly in the category of a service." Tokyo Raids Encourage NEW YORK, April 25-(ff)-The British Broadcasting company Saturday quoted its new Delhi representative as saying that last Saturday's air raids on Japan "have proved an immense stimu lant to morale in India." The broadcast added: "It is still unknown what dam age was done in these raids, but the Japanese authorities have ad mitted a death roll of 114." This apparently was a reference to axis reports of last weekend, one of which quoted the Tokyo newspaper Asahi as saying that "140 school. children were killed by bombs." Floods Kill 4, Colorado DENVER April 25 -()- The death toll of Colorado flood wa ters increased to four, and jpos siblyfive, Saturday night. Two boyr diuwued west of- Denver in a tributary of the South Platte river, which was receding Satur day night, and a child was feared drowned near Colorado Springs. Y The Purgatcw rrmv tn the Trinidad area in - southeastern Colorado took the lives' of. two No. 1 Deb -It mi Sixteea-year-eld Oena O'Neill (above), daughter of Eugene O'Neill, the playwright, was reted "Debutante Ne. 1" ef the New York 1942 Squalus Has Comeback Once-Sunk US U-Boat Torpedoed Enemy's Aircraft Carrier WASHINGTON, April 25-(ff) It was the submarine Squalus, salvaged from the bottom of the sea and renamed the Sailfish, which torpedoed and probably sank that Japanese aircraft car rier in tiie battle of Macassar strait last January. The story of the sub's smashing comeback last month she torpe doed and damaged a Japanese cruiser, too became known Satur day when the navy announced that her skipper, Lieut Comm Richard G. Voge of Chicago, had been awarded the navy cross. No details of the action were avail able. Twenty six officers and men perished in the Squalus when she foundered during diving trials off Portsmouth, NH, three years ago, but 33 were rescued through the new diving bell technique. The sub was raised four months later. Voge also commanded a sister ship, the Sealion, which was de stroyed at Cavite, Philippine na val base, to prevent her falling into Japanese hands. MORE people are entitled to buy new automobiles under Government rationing regulations than may have been generally realized. Indeed, if you are eligible to buy a new car, and continue to drive an old and inefficient model, you may actually burn up more gas oline, consume more oil and wear out tires faster than is desirable in the interest of con servation of critical materials and supplies. The principal groups eligible for the pur chase of new cars are as follows: 7 9eee,eeeeee 383 K. Commercial Auto Battery Output Cut Redaction to 75 Per Cent Will Save Lead, Robber WASHINGTON, April 25-ff) The war production board Satur day restricted manufacture of bat teries for passenger cars and light trucks and ordered the number of sizes and models reduced from 75 to IS. ' Between now and September 30, each manufacturer must cut his output to 75 per cent of the num ber of batteries he sold during the corresponding period last year. After April SO, retailers are- for bidden to sell or deliver new re placement batteries unless pur chasers trade in used batteries tn exchange. Normally, the industry con sumes from 26 to 28 per cent of the nation's total lead output WPB estimated the curtailment program would save about 46,000, 000 pounds of lead, 1,600,000 pounds of antimony and consid erable amounts of rubber. In 1941, nearly 16,000,000 bat teries were sold for replacement purposes. State Rejects Early Season PORTLAND, April Z5-(A)-Com- mercial fishing in the Columbia river will start May 1 as origin' ally scheduled, the Washington and Oregon state fishery depart ments ruled Saturday in a joint rejection of an industry proposal to move up the opening six days. An abnormally low escapement of Chinook salmon over Bonne ville dam was given as the rea son for the decision. On April 23 only 5363 fish were counted com pared to 30,387 the same day last year, 20,449 in 1940 and 20,700 in 1939. Taken to Hospital ABIQUA Iris Milligan, who has been ill for several weeks, has been taken to the state tubercu losis hospital for treatment. Lila Bloore has been moved to Salem from the Silverton hospital where friends will assist in the care of her. nn n fflh&Jp Here's clarifying information about the rules on the purchase of new 1 automobiles and how you Pkysicisns, surfetns, visiting nurttt, veteri tutrirnnn and regularly practicing; ministers of a religious . faith, when their cars are used for professional purposes. Persons engaged in firw-figktimg services, Pelict services, public health sei vices, mail services or highway construction and main tenance equipment when cars are used in direct line of duty. Persona furnishing transportation to the public, when die purchase is reojuired in the interest of publio safety end convenience, Persons engaged in the prosecution of the war, direcdy or indirectly, lf execo tivea, engineers, technicians and workers. Such cars must be used in transportation to or from or within factories, power plants. jt i St. Saved Bomber J Pilot Barrie Brunside (above) ef JanesrUle, Whu. was credited In a dispatch from Sydney, Au stralia, with bringing to Its borne field a United States two engined bomber which had been partly shot up by Japanese sOastea. Every member ef the bomber crew except Burnslde had been injured in an encoun ter with a Japanese squadron after a mission over New Guinea. Burnslde was enrolled at Michigan Slate college, East Lansing, Mich, when he en listed. States Asked To Convene WASHINGTON, April 25-(P) The federal government Saturday invited the states to send repre sentatives to a conference aimed at elimination of state and local restrictions which hamper the war effort, such as labor and truck shipment regulations. The meeting. Mr. Roosevelt said, "should give specific atten tion to the fullest possible utiliza tion of labor, transportation facili ties, construction capacity and agricultural products. The commerce department, out lining the problems to be consid ered, mentioned such things as prohibitions against night work for women and against Sunday work; anti-migratory laws; lack of uniformity among states on regulations covering motor truck operations and limitations on prac tlces in certain professions. can got ono If you are n transportation or communication facilities, farms, lumber camps, mines, military or naval establishments, when the work done in such place of employment Is essential, directly or indirectly, to the prosecution of die Persons transporting produce and supplies to and from a farm when applicant does not own or possess a truck or other prac ticable means of transportation. Traveling salesmen when the ear is re quired in selling foods and medical supplies or machinery and equipment to farms, factories, mines, oil wells, lumber cempc or similar productive establishments. ' Persons delivering newspapers, when the car is required for wholesale delivery. , The first step in getting a car is to fill out the proper application form, which we will be glad to obtain for you; It is then necessary only to demonstrate to the local rationing board that your need for a car is bona fide to get a "certificate of pur chase" entitling you to immediate delivery on the model of your own selection. If you have any questions about your eligi bility after reading the above list, we will be glad to answer them for you to the best of our ability. ,VUW;: RAF Raises Raid Temp o Assault Orer, France, Germany Meet Heavy Defense (Continued From Page 1) upon England Saturday night, th Germans again sent over large formations around Saturday mid night, and the town they singled out experienced short but sharp attack. Although bombs fell in residential districts no fatal cas ualties had been reported early Sunday. One enemy bomber was reported downed. In addition te heavy attacks pea docks at Cherbourg mad leHavre. and a factory at Ca lais, the RAFs targets Saturday included communications at Abbeville and military installa tions at numerous other places in France. "Enemy fighters were encoun tered in strength during the at tack on Abbeville, and there were many combats," said the com munique. Hardest blows however were dealt at Rostock, second of Hit ler's great Baltic be?s for the German armies of Norway, Fin land and northern Russia to be turned into a black wreck by British bombs. Nearly a million pounds of explosives were used to blast that old town in two of the most violent allied air raids of the war, the British said. A German bomber was shot down off the northeast coast of England shortly after noon. Two other enemy planes flew over the south coast In the early morning hours, killing one person with machine-gun fire. Their bombs dropped harmlessly. Bill Proposes 40-Mile Limit WASHINGTON, April 25-JP) Senator Reynolds (D-NC) Satur day proposed a national 40-mile speed limit with violators penal ized by confiscation of their au tomobiles. He said he would in troduce a bQl to this effect Mon day. President Roosevelt recently suggested that the states limit highway speed to 40 miles an hour as a measure to conserve tires. ollgibfo. ' J- Phone 5451' - Lirffc --