TU OREGON STATESMAN. Satan, Oracjon, Wednesday Morning, May V 1SU
PAGE TWO
Vichy French Resist British
Commandos,
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cessively, at 20,000 had, reached
Andrakaka, four miles from the
naval base. The same report put
the Trench and Indian defender
at 7500, nearly twice the London
estimate. .
The Vichy reports saM waves
of parachutists had been landed
at the outset of a double attack
In which warships and squad -rons
of aircraft made a frontal
thrust from the sea timed with
the overland assault on the rear
by light armored suits landed
in Conrrier . bay.
The Trench said also that the
British naval forces consisted of
two cruisers, four destroyers and
two troop transports and an air
craft carrier, and reported that
two British planes were shot
down. -Attempting,
apparently, to
stand at tne snouiger 01 vicny, me
German radio earlier in the day
said a French submarine and ten
der had been sunk and that there
were Trench casualties.
Diego suarez was tne primary
British objective, although it is
likely there will be a subsequent
move against Tulcar on the
southwest coast.' Tulcar has a
good airdrome from which the al
lied planes could patrol the en
trance to Mozambique channel
between Durban and Tulcar, 900
miles apart
British troops exclusively
'were conducting the operation,
although In the cause of all the
United Nations. There were ,
none of the Free French nor
JiwiIhIim finM anrh fnnrht
: In the invasion of Syria.
Distinguished, high-ranking and
veteran officers led the occupy'
ing forces, Adml. E. N. Syfret
commanding the naval escort and
Gen. R. G. Sturges of the Royal
marines, who fought at Gallipoli
In the first World war, leading
the troops.
Madagascar, almost as big as
Texas and the world's fourth lar
gest island, commands Mozambi
que channel and the southern
route of allied supplies to the
near east Russia and India.
Thus was destroyed what an in
formed source declared was i
Japanese plan to seize Diego Suar
ez with the connivance of Vichy
and make it a base for axis at
tacks on allied shipping.
Bat this same Informant con
ceded the possibility that the
-Japanese high command might
at once send its powerful Indian
ocean battle squadron against
Madagascar In a desperate at
tempt . to dislodge the British
from the northern tip.
Of necessity, this would involve
straight, swift blow across the
Indian ocean, by - passing such
obvious stepping stones as the
Seychelles and Amirantes islands,
mauiiuus ana neumon. snouia
the Japanese attempt to build
system of bases on these islands.
one informed source said, "the
British will get enough bombers
and men o'war into Madagascar to
blow them out of the water."
The allied naval position in the
Indian ocean is of necessity a se
cret, although axis reports have
claimed that two great US battle
ships,, the North Carolina and the
Washington, have entered those
waters. '
VICHY. Unoccupied France.
May 5-PHKeachlng fiercely to
the British attack en Madagas
car, the Vichy government vio
lently rejected Tnesday a United
States warning against patting
p a fight and ordered the is
land garrison fat the far away
Indian ocean to resist to the
death for the "honor of France."
But husky-voiced Pierre Laval,
who made known these fateful de
cisions at a press conference, said
Vichy nevertheless would decline
to take the first step toward break
ing off diplomatic relations with
Washington as a result of its back
ing Britain in the Madagascar "ag
gression." With British sea forces, "waves
of parachutists" and light armored
forces following up an ultimatum
in an attack on the strong naval
base at Diego Suarez bay, 86-year-old
Marshal Petain, Laval and Ad
miral Jean Darlan, defense chief,
united in denouncing the attack
and in urging French air, sea and
land forces to resist
uarian, as commander of all
French armed forces, outdid both
Laval and Petain in bitterness in
a message to the defending forces.
Calling the British "highway
robbers" and flaying "Anglo-Sax
ons" in general, ho declared "the
day will come when England will
Pay. -
SAN FRANCISCO. May
Insisting that Madagascar "never
was menaced by Japan's ambi
tions," Tokyo radio tuiplilnri
bitterly Tnesday sdgat against
the "illegal" attack on the huge
Wand by British fortes.
LONDON, May 5-jp-The Rome
radio described Tuesday night the
xtnusn landing at. Madagascar i
an act of banditry."
"xn approval of the United
States is another example of the
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Roosevelt conceives international
law." -
NEW DELHI. India. May S
()-The Indian press, even the
most nationalist papers, enthusi
astically aedalmed Tuesday the
British landing on Madagascar.
WASHINGTON, May
President Roosevelt preferredN to
withhold comment Tuesday oh the
British occupation of the strategic
French island of Madagascar, but
he did tell a press conference he
thought French cruisers once re
ported heading for the Indian
ocean island apparently had set out
from their base in the morning and
returned the same night
NEW YORK, May S-iflVThe
Tokyo radio, as heard by CBS, had
this to say Tuesday night on the
British landing at Madagascar
"Radio Tokyo predicted it We
are great propneis.
Midway Stops
Five Attacks
!
Pacific Comich Gives
Honor to Valorous
Island Defenders
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with the splendid performances
of all personnel attached to this
command and to present the
awards to those who have been
outstanding among a gallant
group of officers and men."
Neefus' " action included taking
fighter planes aloft in the face of
difficult aerial combat conditions
and heavy cloud formations which
favored the Japanese.
"Nevertheless," Admiral Nimitz
said, "Neefus led his command in
to action in a determined, aggres
sive and effective manner which
resulted in the destruction of the
enemy."
The Americans suffered
no
losses.
Dickey, wounded m the arm,
nevertheless maneuvered his
plane safely back to Midway,
Comm. Cyril' T. Simard, of
the naval air station at Mid
way, and Lieut CoL Harold D.
Shannon, commanding the ma
rine defense battalion, .wore
awarded letters of commenda
tion by Nlmlts. The award to
Simard was for "excellent co
ordination of the ground and
air forces," and to Shannon for
the "excellent defense of Mid
way In repelling surface and
submarine attacks."
Tnree naval reserve i seamen,
first class, and three marine corps
enlisted men were cited and ad
vanced one grade for efficient
operation of aircraft warnings.
They were Robert B. Chunn, Ace
B. , Callan, Claude hJ Webster,
Staff Sergeant Donald E. Warn
bold, Privates Michael Gaydon
and Martin Y. Andres.
Most Vehicle
Parts Halted
WASHINGTON, May 5H)-
The war production board Tues
day ordered the manufacture of
repair parts for automobiles and
light trucks, limited to those es
sential to operation, such as ax
les, brakes, clutches and engines
and the output of these parts re
duced.
The order provides that dur
ing the period from April 1, to
September 30, manufacturers may
produce 70 per cent of the total
dollar volume of operating re
placement parts sold by them in
the corresponding quarters of last
year.
Over 1000 See
Defense Films
More than 1000 persons gather
ed at Salem senior high school
auditorium Tuesday night to see
civilian defense programs in prac
tice on the moving picture screen.
The mass meeting, sponsored by
the Marion County Civilian De
fense council, was addressed by
the council's chairman, Douglas
McKay, by. Coordinator Bryan H.
Conley and by his liaison officer.
Ed Colby. Community chairmen
were introduced.
Voters in Shevlin
Must Reregister
.BEND, May 5-(AVrhe recent
ly: transplanted lumber town of
Shevlin, moved from Deschutes
to Klamath county, has some 159
voters who need new certificates
of registration.
Deschutes District Attorney Ir
vine D. Brown has ruled that they
may vote only for state and na
tional candidates.
Nebraska Has Snow
OMAHA, May S.-tfVSnow-storm
which reached blinding
proportions swept over north
Western Nebraska Tuesday night
while In the southeast corner of
thek state heavy rains overflowed
at least one river.
Navy Okehs OSC :
v CORVALLIS, ; r May 5-(-The
bureau of navigation announced
Tuesday that Oregon : State col.
lege had been accepted as one of
the schools In which students may
take four full years after enlist
ing; in the navy.
First Contingent-of
i t ;,'
Tsii w ii i " la' ' iiilimiiii i iiiiBilWfl iVslmnT-
Tanforan race track, on the San Mateo peninsula south of Saa Francisco, peacetime center of thorough
bred racing, has now gone oa a wartime footing as Tanforan assembly center. With Its grands tana
and clubhouse remodeled Into dormitories, with Its stables transformed into apartments, its Infield
Jammed with newly built mesa halls, kitchens, recreation centers, laundries and other facilities, the
Saa Bruno race course became a populous community of evacuated Japanese. The first contingent of
snore than 400. from San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties, and their numbers will
soon Increase to more than 3000.
they arrived at Tanforan track.
RAF Blasts; !
Reds Smash
Airmen Thrust Deep
Into Continent;
-Timoshenko Leads
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man bases from which it was be
lieved the nazi fuehrer was plan
ning his spring or summer drive.
Under command of Marshal
Semeon Tlmoshenko, the first
Russian general to turn back the
German military machine with
the recapture of Rostov last No
vember, the red army struck at
Kharkov, Kursk, and Taganrog
In the strongest naxl-held section
of the long battleline. .
Action also stepped up on the
northern sectors, particularly the
hard-fought Kalinin area north
west of Moscow. The army news
paper Red Star said the Germans
were routed from one position in
the Kalinin front, leaving 400 dead
after a bayonet charge.
The Russians both new and
seasoned troops were supported
everywhere by a full winter's ac
cumulation of British, American
and soviet equipment :
MOSCOW,, Wednesday, May 6
(P) Russian ' guerrillas operating
on the Borisov-Minsk railway 400
miles west of Moscow and far be
hind the German advance lines
have blown up two nazi troop
trains and killed or wounded S00
Germans, the Moscow radio said
Wednesday in quoting President
Natavelich of the nazi-occupied
white Russian republic.
More than 1351 Germans were
killed In only two districts of
white Russia In the past two
months, It was said, and warmer
weather has resulted in even
greater guerrilla assaults en the
nazis.
B ERLIN- ( From German broad
casts) -May 5-JF)-The German
high command announced Tuesday
the Russians made an unsuccessful
attempt to land Sunday night at
a point on the Sea of Azov behind
nazi lines.
Bay Region
Has Alert
SAN FRANCISCO, May
Radios in the San Francisco bay
area went off the air at 9:18 p. m
Pacific war time, under an alert
flashed by the fourth interceptor
command.
The "all dear" was given at 9:48
p. m.
The alert extended as far east
as Sacramento, the state capital, 95
miles away.
An "unidentified plane, later
identified as friendly," caused the
alert the army announced.
Woodburn Wins
Over Silverton
SILVERTON Woodburn high
school baseball team won the
"Big Nine" play here Tuesday by
defeating Sandy, 14 to 9, before a
crowd termed profitable m spite
of suddenly shifted plans.
Second-place teams in their own
divisions of the county, Woodburn
and Sandy upset the dope bucket
when they won from top-flight
Gresham and SQverlon, respec
tively.
Padres 10, Seals 9
SAN DIEGO, Calif, May
r-aminf from behind three times.
San Diego's Padres ' nipped the
San Francisco Seals 10 to
Tuesday night . in th; first of
seven-game Coast league series.
The Padres clouted 19 bits off
three San Francisco tturlers.
San Fran. 100 230 CSO 9 t
San Diego 200 230 30 10 19
Jensen, Brown (8). RarreU (8)
and Ogrodowsld;' Dilbeck, Olsen
W, Thomas (8), and Salkeld.
Japapese Arrive at
.
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It seemed like an outlnr to these
They are: (left to right) Kaera. Torn
New War Orders
In Oregon for
April Varied
PORTLAND, May 5-(JP)-Ore-
gon firms received prune con
tracts in April totaling $1,215,900
and sub-con tracts totaling $340,
000, John G. Barnett, Oregon di
rector of the war production
board's eontract distribution
branch, said Tuesday.
Pools of small industries
reached ten in the month, he said,
with the addition of those at Bak-
' and LaGrande.
New April contracts included
life rafts, revolver cartridge clips,
battery charger a, ammunition
belts, ' boots, wrenches, clothing,
fog horns, sleeping bags, quartz
crystals, steel fabrication, wool
shirting, woodwork, helmets, cast
ings and other machine work,
Barnett said.
War orders in the state now
total over $20,000,000 distributed
among 91 plants, he said.
Oregon Ready
Says Sprague
'Governor Points to
State's Record in
Defense, Labor
PORTLAND, May 5-0P)-Be-
cause Oregon began Its civilian
defense preparations in 1940, the
state was ready, for war soon af
ter December 7, Gov. Charles A.
Sprague told a radio audience
Tuesday night.
He said the state is in a finan
cially sound condition and claim
ed the following firsts for Oregon
' First to have its national
guard mobilized; In expansion
of its state guard; in a labor in
ventory of men, and in mobil
ization of women; in its record
of no strikes ; in war produc
tion; In recruitments for the
navy; in speed in ship produc
tion; in the number and quality
of workers trained In defense
schools; In the per capita pur
chases of war savings bonds.
The governor; claimed credit for
preparing the state, especially in
finances. Departments which were
operating at a deficit, he said,
were reorganized.
He added that he had repeat
edly warned of the Japanese
menace, in messages to the legis
lature, to federal executives and
in a speech atthe governors' con
ference in Boston last May.
Ferrera, 'Frisco
Golfer Killed
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-P)
-Charles Ferrera, 38, San Fran
Cisco amateur golf star, was
killed Tuesday by a heavy piece
of steel which slipped from
crane. !
The accident occurred at the
Western Iron Works where Fer
rera was employed as a helper.
Ferrera won the national pub
lic links golf championship in
1932 and 1933 and held the San
Francisco city championship on a
number of occasions.
Most Auto Scrap
Ordered Sold .
-if- ,
SEATTLE, Majr r 5-vfVA war
production board representative
warned Tuesday that scrap metal
now In automobile "graveyards" of
Washington must be sold to deal
ess, who now are surveying the
yards, or face the prospect of re
quisitioning by the WPB. John S.
Graetzer, Jr., regional field repre
sentative of the board, said yard
owners could I retain resalable
parts f of their own businesses.
Woman's Body Found
IAKEVTEW, May -VA year
ago last February 7 Mrs. Ernie
Gibeson, 18,' set out to walk the
40 miles from here to Plush to
take part in a' community play.
Her body was found Monday by
a sheepherder in open sagebrush
country. "
Tantoran Track
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little Japanese, pictured above, as
and Isao TJtsonomlya.
Most Funds
Consolidated
Salem War Chest Has
Card as . Chairman;
Program Slated
Agreeing unanimously to con
solidate all drives for funds with
in the city of Salem, with the ex
ception of the Red Cross, whose
federal charter requires that it be
bound in with no such organiza
tion, the new Salem war chest
committee held its first meeting
Tuesday night at the chamber of
commerce.
J. J. Gard was elected chair
man of the chest, his committee
consisting of George Alexander,
Mrs. Karl Becke, Chandler
Brown, W. W. Chadwick, Charles
Crary, A. C. Haag, William M.
Hamilton, T. M. Hicks, Gardner
Knapp, Douglas McKay, Floyd
Miller and T. A. Windishar.
The entire three-point program,
outlined by Mayor Chadwick
when he appointed the organiza
tion's members, was adopted:
1. Consolidating all drives for
funds, including the community
chest, for 1942, into one campaign.
2. Setting up an organization
known as the "war chest commit
tee."
3. Assignment to this commit
tee of supervision and coordina
tion of the war chest campaign,
the acceptance or rejection of ap
plications from relief or other ag
encies for admission to the chest.
State Slaps
Husky Again
CORVALLIS, May 5-P)-Ore-
gon State's baseball team stretch
ed its undefeated streak in the
northern division to six games
Tuesday, turning back Washing'
ton, 9 to 6.
Warren 81mas Issued IS hits
to the Huskies, but staggered to
the victory despite a nlnth-in
ning Washlnston rally that
netted two runs and left two
other men oa base.
Oregon State took the lead with
a iour-run outburst in the third,
and by the ninth had a 9-4 lead.
Then the first three Husky bat
ters, Logan, Stephens and Giss-
berg slapped Simas' fast ball for
hits. Gilbertson forced Gissberg,
but Stephens scored. Bird struck
out, but Gordon singled. Pinch
hitter Constantino ended the game
by forcing Gordon.
Washington 100 120 0026 13 2
OSC 004 120 02 9 9 2
Cummings, Heath and Watkins;
Simas and Amacher.
Services Thursday
For Mrs. Rust
DALLAS Services for Mrs.
Rosa Rust who died Monday at
her home at 719 Oak street are
scheduled for 2 p. m. Thursday at
the Dallas First Evangelical
church, with the Rev. Kenneth I
Wishart officiating. Concluding
ceremonies will be at Belcrest Me
morial park.
Surviving Mrs. Rust are four
children, Mrs. D. Ray Brown, Sa
lem; Ralph, Coquflle; John, Eu
gene, and Edgar, Manette, Wash.;
and five grandchildren. Donna,
Jean, 'Douglas and Bflly Brown
and Cynthia Rust
Allen Rites Today
PORTLAND, May S.-4P)-Fu-
neral services will be held here
Wednesday for Brig.-Gen. Hu
bert A, Allen, retired, who died
Sunday' Burial will be at Van
couver barracks following mili
tary aerykes there Governor
Sprague will bead the list of hon
orary pallbearers. . .
Siletz VFWJ Elects
sujctz, j iaay -vT7-Tne new
district commander of the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars Is Alfred
Lane, Siletx Indian tribal council
leader. Mrs. Charles DeHaas,
Waldport, was named district aux
- II 1, 1,1
mm."
Land Altacl Is
Threat to Fort
Corregidor Defenders
Lack Ammunition,
Food to Hold on
(Continued From Pace 1)
Corregidor could not hold out
much longer. Not only has the
fort been bombed 'from the air,
but it has been pounded unceas
ingly by big guns emplaced both
on Bataan and on the Cavlte
shore.
It was generally considered
that this battering had destroyed
the fort's shore or beach defen
ses including barbed wire entan
glements, pill boxes and the like,
thus facilitating the Japanese
landing.
Word that the soldiers on Cor
regidor lacked food and ammuni
tion came, for the first tune, in a
message which President Roose
velt sent to General Wainwright,
before the receipt of the tatter's
communication telling of the
landing attack.
Shortly before Gem. Wain
wright reported that frontal sa
sault was under way, he re
ceived this message from Presi
dent Roosevelt:
"In spite of all the handicaps
of complete isolation, lack of
food and ammunition," the chief
executive said. Tea have riv
en the world a shining example
of patriotic fortitude and self
sacrifice.'' Hoping for the best, but fearing
the worst, the capital foresaw,
with the fall of Corregidor. the
collapse as well of two smaller
island forts guarding the entrance
to Manila bay. This would per
mit the Japanese for the first
time to make full use of the bay
and badly shattered shore facili
ties as a stepping-stone base to
bulwark their war activities far
ther to the south.
It would mean, too, that resist
ance to the invader in the Phil
ippines had been reduced to the
activities of isolated bands, which
are still active on several of the
islands.
Corregidor has been the main
stay of the fighting in the Phil
ippines. It was the anchor of the
fighting on Bataan, and haven for
the fortunate few who were able
to avoid capture by the Japanese
when Bataan br Manila fell.
General Mac Arthur's wife
and their four - year - old son
lived In the fortress from the
time Manila fell until they left
with the general for Australia.
Francis B. Sayre, the American
high commissioner to the Phil
ippines, found refuge there, too,
until be was able to escape to
the United States.
Corregidor is an island of solid
rock which protrudes from the
surface of the water at the en
trance to Manila bay. It is a nat
ural fortress. Its defenses, how
ever, like Singapore and Pearl
Harbor, were planned with
principal view to resisting attack
from the sea.
Thus while the big gun turrets
were protected irom Horizontal
fire, they had little sheathing
against attack from the air. Nev
ertheless, they did yeoman serv
ice, and repeatedly the gunners on
Corregidor proved the accuracy of
their fire by silencing shore bat
teries, and sinking Japanese bar
ges. As the landing attack against
Corregidor was announced, the
war department published general
orders citing more than 30 units
of the American and Philippine
forces for outstanding perform
ance of duty in action during the
earlier stages of the invasion.
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Bridge Building
Extension Sought
WASHINGTON, Mif
Sen. McNarj.XR-Ort.) introduced
a bill in the senate Tuesday whlcn
would : extend for one and three
years respectively from June 13,
1942, the time for starting ana
compile tinf construction , of a
bridge across the Columbia river
near Astoria, Ore.
The I bridge has congressional
authorization and is to be built
by the Oregon-Washmgton bridge
board of trustees.
Beiry teads
Dakota Race
GOF Primaries Close;
Veteran Indiana
Congressman Out
(Continued irom Page 1)
leading their opponents on early
returns but Sep. Luther Patrick
trailed John Newseme, Birm
inchaan businessman.
Florida, with five representa
tives at present, gained a sixth
through reapportionment There
Rep. Green, now representing the
second district and Ernest Over
street Were running neck and neck
for the nomination as representa-
tive-at-large.
Milk Supply
For Camp Is
Outlined
Preparations which must be un
dertaken by members and by the
association as a whole to Insure a
supply, proper equipment and la
bor for bottling as much as 25,000
pounds of milk daily for Camp
Adair were outlined to Salem milk
producers at a Dairy Cooperative
association meeting here Tuesday
night
Before the association can bid.
with any hope of securing a can
tonment market Will W. Henry,
Portland, manager of the associa
tion explained, its plant and the
sources of supply must pass army
inspection.
Using the former Capitol Dairies
building on South Commercial
street as a bottling plant the a
sociation can handle the 25,000
pounds, which amounts to ap
proximately 6000 gallons, the 40
producers who attended the meet
ing at the chamber of commerce
were told.
Principal; needs of the Salem
area, dairymen declared following
the session, will be increased farm
facilities for the enlarged herds
of milk cows required to serve the
Adair market, the cows them
selves and sufficient help. Little
or no feed problem is anticipated
by the possible demand for addi
tional production far in excess of
the current Salem market
Hollies 5, LA 1
HOLLYWOOD, May
Roy "Pappy" Joiner, who admits
33 years, pitched Hollywood to a
five-hit 5 to 1 victory over Los
Angeles Tuesday .Jght The An
gels' lone run was a homer by Al
Todd in the fifth inning.
Los Angeles 000 010 0001 5 2
Hollywood -000 020 303 6 0
Heusser, Lynn (7), Dobernic
(8) and Todd; Joiner and Bren
zel, Atwood (8).
Deserter Held
Everett A. Carlson, who alleg
edly declared himself a deserter
from the US - army at MacDill
field, Tampa, Fla., was held Tues
day night by city police here.
selected me to serve their Famous
Draught Beer because I could meet
their strict reauiremenrj and main
tain their standards all the time,
Take a tip irom me wherever
you see the Olympia Blue Neon Sign
and the Olympia Authorized Dis
penser Certificate, you can depend on
the best in Draught Beer and service."
H Ml
Water"
Burma Forces
In Last Ditch
..v..,.,.
Wearied Fighters Are
Evacuated; Many '
Captnre. Probable
(Continued frocn Page 1)
-. i i
lob fighting with the Chinese and
British tforces could notfbe learn
ed, but; they , are reported in the
thick of the battle. I
Four days ago, three of this
TIrer squadron tangled with a
group of 39 Japanese fighters,
abet dowa 13 and escaped with
out less. However, oa their re
turn to their base they found
the Japanese had' bombed the
runways. They landed, on small
endamaged stretches, however,
refueled and took of f for more
fighting.
The volunteer group has moved
back to a new base, but it could
still fly across Japanese-held Bur
ma to India while ground crews
were brought out by transport -
It 'is not known whether they
will attempt to continue fighting
in view of the difficulty of getting
supplies. It is thought more like
ly here that they will be brought
to India for use against any pos
sible Japanese invasion either
from land or sea.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Australia, May (-(Wednesday)
(Ay-Allied bombers struck at
Japanese bases at Dae, New
Guinea, and KabaaL New Bri
tain, for the second straight day
Tuesday, and caught a number
of Japanese planes on the
ground at the former position.
General MaeArthar's headf uar
ters announced Wednesday.
CHUNGKING, May (-(Wednesday)-
(JP) -American volunteer
fliers shot down eight Japanese
planes in air battles Tuesday over
Paoshan on the Burma road, it
was officially announced in Kun
ming Wednesday.
Japanese forces, fighting their
way along the road, sent bombers
ahead in an attempt to bomb Pao
shan. One Japanese bomber was
shot down Monday, the announce
ment added.
East Gasoline
Cut to Half
WPB Order Also Hits
Light Fuel Oil;
NW Not Limited
WASHINGTON, May 5-iP)-The
war production board, on the
recommendation of Petroleum Co
ordinator I ekes, Tuesday ordered
deliveries of gasoline and light
fuel oil reduced 50 per cent below
last year beginning May 18 in 17
eastern states and the District of
Columbia.
The order affects gasoline de
liveries to service stations and
bulk consumers.
Gasoline consumption In the
east and Oreaon and Washing
ton already. Is cut by one-third
below normal, by a limitation on
supplies to filling stations. Tues
day's new order made no men
tion of the northwestern states,
where Improved supply condi
tions have been accompanied by
speculation that the restrictions
may be lifted.
On May 16, WPB explained, the
office of price administration will
place in effect a temporary emerg
ency gasoline car rationing plan
in the east, which will remain in
effect until July 1 when a more
elaborate rationing program will
go into operation.
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