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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1942)
Thm OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Friday Morning. May 8. 1942 PAGE THEEE era 0 '.X v ' - By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Wide World War Analyit for The Statesman , The British seizure of the French naval base on Madagascar means that the United Nations are preparing to call a halt on Japanese aggression in the Indian Ocean, and are paving the way for an ultimate two-front counter attack, there and in the Pacific. ; . Prime Minister Churchill nude that - quite clear in an nouncing that the French had surrendered and that a power ful British fleet was already moving- into Diego Snares bay. Ita pivotal value in the revised allied i. strategy, forced by the unexpectedly early fall of Sin gapore and subsequent disas- . ten in the Dvch Indies, Burma and the Philippines, 7s strongly emphasised by Churchill's state ment that preparation for the Madagascar move began three months ago. Singapore surrendered Febru ary IS but its fate had been foreshadowed as British imperials back-tracked down the Malay peninsula under Japanese ham mering. It seems clear that the reshuffling of British and proba bly American sea power to pro vide the force now concentrated in northern Madagascar waters be gan even before the actual fall of Singapore island. Coupled with Churchill's letter to a favored parliamentary candi date significantly enough a naval officer the impression that the Madagascar operation implements a heartening new phase of the struggle for the allies gains strength. The prime minister told Lieutenant Joyson-Hicks that "the time approaches when our ac-. cumulated strength will be match ed against our enemies in every theatre of war." From a condi tion of "relative defenselessness, he added, the nation had been moulded "into a mightly instru ment of offense." It is now revealed that the British attack on Madagascar was organized in such over- whelming force as to insure not only the capture and secure holding of the key base, but its use offensively in due course. The size and composition of the war fleet now based in Diego Suarex bay could not be reveal ed if It were known. That it in . eludes battleships and plane carriers, perhaps American as -well as British, is conjectur ablev Its mere presence in the Indian ocean has ominous potentialities for Japan. Battle odds on the Bay of Bengal flank of the Nipponese advance in Burma have been im ponderably shifted in Allied fa vor. Madagascar served to explain also British failure to reinforce the Burma front where the mon soon rains appear likely to hold up a Nipponese mass attack on either India or China. Servic Men Where They Are What They're Doing Ordered to report at Vancouv er barracks for a final physical examination is M. J. "Mike" Mel chior, field inspector for the World War Veterans' 'state aid commis sion. He has been called to active duty at' Fort Worden, Wash., as a first lieutenant by the Puget Sound harbor defense district Staff jSgti. Sergeant R. Born is in Salem on 10 days leave from his duties as instructor in radio school at Scott Field, 111., having arrived Wednesday morning to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Horn. - Utilizing an unexpected and brief leave, Sgt Elmer . Wetsel, marine stationed at Tongue Point, came to Salem late Wednesday and on Thursday, assisted by Mrs. Wetsel, moved the family posses sions to Astoria, where his wife is to make her home. TURNER Mrs. Delmar Barber has received word of the recent promotion to staff sergeant! of Delmar Barber, who is stationed at Fort Stevens. Daniel J. McLellan, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. McLellan, .735 Stewart street,; completed j his college training at Oregon State college Tuesday and left Wednes day for Quantico, Va., for marine corps reserve . officers' training. Donald received a degree from Oregon State in agricultural j en gineering. During the summer vacations he spent his time sur vey ing for the Oregon state high way commission and for the army engineers. j A circular letter from Wash ington, DC, recently received by the Salem marine corps recruiting office explains openings for spe cialists in the commissioned ranks. Men between the ages of 20 and 50 who are specialists in their lines of work may apply at 510 Guard ian building for information. Modifications have also beenT re ceived in height, weight and age for enlistment in the regular ma rine corps and the active marine corps reserve." The height now ranges from 63 to 75 inches. Men who are overweight, but not obese, and those underweight and or ganically sound may now enlist Men between the ages of 17 and 33 who are physically fit are ac ceptable. Lawrence Earl Hatfield, 1242 Chemeketa street, Salem, and Al len Ray i Newcomer, route one, Gervais, recently enlisted as ap prentice seamen at the naval re cruiting office at Salem and were transferred to the naval training station at San Diego, Calif , for six weeks training. The closing date for enlistments in class V-7 naval reserve, orig inally scheduled for around May 1, has been extended for a limited time by the bureau of navigation, it was' announced yesterday by Comdr. A. J. Byrholdt, director of naval officer procurement for the Thirteenth naval district The program, which enlists un married college graduates, juniors and seniors under 28 years of age for officer training, also has been broadened to include sophomores over . 20 who will become juniors by the close of the present college term, he said. WU Faculty Men Slate Speeches Pres. Carl S. Knopf of Willam ette university has left for Berke ley, Calif V where he will speak at commencement exercises at the Pacific School of Religion. Dr. R. Ivan Lovell is scheduled to speak in Portland tonight at a city-wide meeting at the Unitarian church. Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, vice president of Willamette,: has sev eral speaking engagements sched uled. He will be the speaker at the Gervais high school com mencement tonight and on Tues day will speak before the student body of Sweet Home high school. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. King, 1770 South Liberty street received a cablegram Thursday from their son, Bob King, advising them of his safe arrival in Australia. He is a corporal In the army. Resident of Monitor Dies SILVERTON Helge Jacobsei 88, resident of the Monitor com m u n i t y for approximately 33 years, died at his home there Thursday morning. Born ire Nor way on September 14, 1855, he is survived by four sons and five daughters. Funeral services are in charge of Larson & Son here, probably to be held Saturday, but not : definitely set pending word from the survivors who are: George Jacobsen, Woodburn; Mrs. Marie Olson, Wannaska,' Minn.; Mrs. Julia Styrlund, Mt Angel; Ole Jacobsen, Mt Angel; Mrs. Bertha Davidson in Calif.; Helma Jacobsen, Woodburn; Emil Jacob sen, Mt Angel; Mrs. Lena Nelson, Wannaska, Minn., and Abel Ja cobsen of Kalispel, Mont. 32 Produce Dealers Suspend Business Thirty two retail and wholesale produce dealers in Portland closed their doors the past six weeks, li cense Tecords of the state agricul tural department disclosed. More than a dozen produce dealers in other parts of the state also sus pended operations. Officials said approximately 60 per cent of the Portland licenses which were not renewed were held by Japanese. Promoted President Roosevelt has raised Kear Admiral John W. 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