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Service .Men i Our boys of Salem and vicinity are In uniform with Uncle Sam ever the face of the globe. Follow them daily The Inside Tour complete : moralng v newspaper. The Statesman, V offers yon pertinent com meats on war news of the day by Kirk 8 imps t a, Washington analyst. la The Statesman's 'Service Men column. POUNDDD 1651 v - inNETY-SECOND YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning. May 9. 1942 Pric 5a No. 3 e Fleet Off ;Alli(C! Kcpiuilf Japara e ' '. I ; eV ' : Am Blaste Air Minister Predicts Invasion LONDON, May 8 (AP) The RAF's Canadian "demon squadron" and Dutch pilots plastered bomb hits on eight out, of 12 ships in a heavily protected convoy off the Dutch coast during an over night continuation of the British air offensive which, Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair declared Friday, will jlead directly to-British invasion oil the continent. j The "demons," who in seven days have damaged 19 enemy supply ships and a destroyer,! re ported hitting seven ships in: the convoy and Royal Netherlansd; na val air service pilots got j the eighth. ) An American with the Cana dians, Pilot Officer G. L. Mosier Df Waverly, NY, made one of the nits. Friday the German air force made a 20-second reprisal attack on a southeast coast town, hitting a school building with a bomb and killing a number of children. Streets were sprayed with j:an non and machine-ffun fire, i . Wing Commander A. C. Brwn, of Winnipeg, the Demons com mander, told, the story of the con voy attack by the squadron of US-made Hudson bombers. ( He raid the twelve ships, heavily es corted by Flak ships and moving north in - line-ahead - formation, were spotted near the former Dutch naval base of Den Helder, at the northwestern tip of Holland. It was just getting dark but they spotted us as we went In," he said. "They put up a wicked barrage. I attacked first, choos " Ing what appeared to be the " largest ship. "I dived to. the deck and jun . loaded my bombs. Four landed smack on the ship's deck. As we flew clear there was a terrific .flash." . . The rear gunner then report . ed that a huge column of water rose over the ship's stem land Brown said: "I think I must have blown the stern right off." The other planes came inj and "each took a ship all fair sized fellows, said Brown. "In quick succession these were four bright range flashes along the line of the convoy. Each flash meant a direct hit- Still other ships were hit in this and in a second attack: sev era! hours later. Because of the darkness! the Mtm a1!maj1 nAna r4 4Tka 'crime " JLA1V.I a vifliuicu uvu vi ars7 as sunk, but a Beaufighter on pa trol this morning sighted two ser iously damaged vessels, one beached and the other still on fire with her deck almost awash, under tow of two tugs. " I AH the Canadians returned safely but two other pUnes were lost ' ' ' "1 The air minister, speaking at Birmingham Friday, promised the German air force "a terrible - gammer" and said "we ' must give St no rest; we must ham- mer it out of shape. When that will be how tone; it will jtake I cannot tell, but then will come the Invasion. The time has come when we are beginning to hit back hard but on a scale which still only foreshadows the force of the An- glo-American bombing effort f to come." Salem Men Make U of 0 Ilonoraries EUGENE, Ore., May MffhBud Vendenynde, Salem, was among the nine University of Oregon students tapped for iars, senior men's honorary, Friday. Max Brown, Salem, was one jf six . named to Druids, junior men s honorary. Our Senators Lc:I 13-0 By KAF Corregidor 4. fv I s7 .y S, ., . ' . ' ' ' " 4 J 1 : J ' Vli This Soundphoto provides a view from the island fortress of Corregidor, guardian of Manila bay, look ing across the narrow strait that separates Corregidor from the Bataan peninsula. Smokestack and mast of a sunken ship are visible. Across this strait came an armada of; steel barges carrying the Japanese landing troops while from the heights of Bataan 240 millimeter seige guns pounded the is land, raking the beach defenses, wiping out entanglements, pillboxes and imachine gun installations. Simultaneously, the defenders were heavily bombed from the air. Ammunition, food had dwindled and fatigue seized the 7000 Americans on Corregidor and adjacent island fortresses. Lieutenant Gen eral Jonathan M. Wainwright who negotiated the surrender, was reported to have remained with his men to the end. The Japanese victory gives them control of the best harbor In the Orient and strengthens the communication lines they have thrust forward toward Australia and India. It is not known how many survived the terrific artillery bombardment of Corregidor. The historic siege lasted 2S days following the termination of General Mac Arthur's stand on Bataan. The above picture is an official marine corps photo, transmitted by Soundphoto from Washington, DC. Service Act Prophesied Legion Spokesman Foresees Universlil r Conscription Here The American Legion has be come more convinced than ever since Pearl Harbor" that its uni versal service act, first proposed in 1926, must be enacted by con gress, W. C. "Tom" Sawyer, Gil bert, Ariz., the national vice-com mander, declared at a veterans' meeting at Legion hall here Fri day night. "The military knows damn well that it's our life of theirs in this war and that the enemy countries are 100 per cent mobilized," Saw yer said. "We don't believe we can fight this war with only 10 to 15 per cent of our force mobilized." The Legion proposes universal conscription of manpower and wealth for the furtherance of the war despite the fact "that we are the ones who are going to be drawing the wages and making the profits," Sawyer argued. "We got fed up when we came home from the last war and saw the new millionaires riding around in fine cars and expensive clothes while we couldn't even get a job.' Sawyer vigorously attacked "work stoppages, slowdowns, high union fees charged as dues" and (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) s Is Named State Grange Head PORTLAND, May -UP)-The Oregon state grange election com mittee announced Friday night the selection of Morton Tompkins, Dayton, state overseer, to succeed Ray w. Gia as master. Tompkins polled 407S votes in statewide grange election to 1821 for W. J. Wilcox, manager of the Oregon Grange Wholesale, in the race for the mastership which Gill declined to accept again. Gill has been master for 10 years. . Grange, headquarters s aid Tompkins will resign as Bonne ville power administration field representative to devote full time to his new duties.' , i Other election results, all of which must be ratified by the 69th annual state convention at Mil waukee the week of June 15: i Elmer McClure, MHwaukie, de feated Charles Wicklander, La Grande, 3131 to 2701 to succeed Tompkins . as overseer. Blanche Pickering, Warrenton, was elect ed lecturer over LRena Slack, Kerby, 3294 to 2489. Secretary Bertha Beck, Portland, was re elected 5039 to 1041 . over Anna Hadley, Silverton, . - Peter Zimmerman, Yamhill, and Gill were named .as executive committeemen but .selection of third member will be left to the convention because no other can didate received the 2904 ..votes needed for a majority. . Tompkin Ef ,ered Into - Ill 4'Sw Si7 - ') ace w Northwest "NEW YORK, May MJ - Vioe WT7 If w an the axis would strike a "last desperates blow" this summer, siid Friday hight that this might indlude a Japanese attack on Alaska and the northwest United States man uprising in Latin America. The vice-president said in Pen Parolee In Berg Case Name of Corvallis Baker Substituted For Willner Friday Confession discredited by state police and district attorney and finally repudiated by himself, Stanley John Willner, 20-year-old transient from St Paul, Minn., was moved out of the picture in Salem's Berg-slugging case Fri day afternoon and the name of a 28-year-old Corvallis bridegroom was substituted. Hugh Young Davidson, parolee from the Oregon state peniten tiary, where he had- been com mitted from Malheur county in 1939 on a forgery count con fessed to Lt R. G: Howard and Sgt Farley Mogan of the state police Friday night that he had bashed Martin Berg, state girls' school engineer, over the head with a 'brick as he rode in Berg's car on the Pacific highway south of Salem last Sunday afternoon, the officers said. Monday, clad in new clothes allegedly purchased with Berg's 60 odd dollars, he was married in. Corvallis. Every detail of Davidson's story bore out evidence held, by, them and he was identified by Berg, who is apparently staginc a re covery; from his severe treatment at Salem Deaconess hospital, po lice said. A gold watch Berg bad declared was stolen from him was found : hidden where Davidson told them he had put it, they de clared.1 That young Willner had so readily confessed theft of the car and even the slugging, of its driv er -in an attempt to escape pos sible call to ' armed ' servicer was indicated by his story told here Friday, officers believed. When he learned that Berg might die and he, in turn, might be required to pay the death penalty, his story, (Turn to Page 2, CoL ) Germany Gets RAF Bombs BERLIN-(From German Broadcasts-May o-iffV-B r i 1 1 s h air raiders attacked the Baltic port of Rostock again Friday night and also bombed Warnemuende, DNB announced today. LONDON; May 9-(Saturday) Vinr-tumsn bombers vete over Germany again Friday night after a .one-night lull in ther offensive against ine Keicn, - it was an- nounced today. Submission v. :'J - ' 1 TF7 s r arns ur Invasion - Prelident Wallace, predicting coast with a simultaneous Get - an address prepared for a din ner of s the Free World association that this country must look for "the worst kind of fifth column work in Latin America, much of it operating through the agency of governments with which the United States at present is at peace. "When I say this," he added, "I recognize that the peoples both of Latin-America and of the nations supporting the agencies through which the fifth columnists work are overwhelmingly on the side of the democracies." He did not name the nations to whichj he referred. Hitler knows, Wallace went on, that the United States is winning the battle of production and the German leader, "like . the prize fighter who realizes he is on the verge I of being knocked out gathering all of his remaining forces; for one last despcr ate blow.'? Then, predicting this blow would come in the critical sum mer rhonths, he declared: "W$ may be sure that Hitler and Japan will cooperate to do the unexpected perhaps an : at tack by Japan against Alaska and our horthwest coast at a t i m e when! German transport - planes will be shuttled across from Da kar to furnish .leadership a n d stiffening to a German uprising in Latin. America." Wallace apparently referred to reports that the Vichy govern ment! might openly permit use of French African 'territory by axis forces. At one point irf his' re marks, the vice president classi- CTurn to Page 2, CoL 7): New Flying , An inspiring new "comic' strip, "Hop Hcnrijan hag bWn obtained by The Statesman for the pleasure of its thousands of readers.' " i : - r i ' i "Hop" Harrigan," ' which , will - start Sunday in The ' 1 Statesman and appear daily there-': . What "Hop Harrigan" says "about planes is authen- -tic -and highly educational. The strip has been. prepared . with the approval and cooperation of the war department , ' i " "Hop' Hcrrrigan" is human, adventurous, .poAtotic, . filled with thrills, intrigue and level " . J - Be Sura You Receive Indian Attack 4 - ' Hears- . . . : ' British Tighten Hold, Reinforce Madagascar , LONDON, May 8-P)-The Brit ish quickly sent reinforcements to Ceylon and strove to clean up any remaining Vichy French resist ance on Madagascar today as the urgency of controlling the Indian ocean was stressed by reports that Japanese invasion forces already were aboard ship in Rangoon, ready to attack India. Burma, scene of one of the most stubborn delaying actions of the war, was almost completely over run by the Japanese for strategic considerations. Military sources acknowledged that the Japanese probably had" taken the west Burma port of Akyab, 300 air miles from Cal cutta, bat said they had no con firmation of a German broad east assertion that the Japa nese patrols may have entered India "purely for propaganda purposes," bat the Informants held to the belief that any Jap anese Invasion of the tempting treasure-house ef India would come from the sea, with Akyab and its airfields as the base of heavy preparatory air attacks on the Ganges basin. Aligned with this view was the announcement that Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton's United States army bombers from India raided Rangoon again today for their third attack in four days. The bombers defied storms and waves Of Japanese fighters in setting big fir" Informants said the Japanese had " been., concentrating much more than' a holding force at Rangoon and this was the reason the United States bombers had raided the port so often. MOSCOW, May 8-(P)-The red army and air force were reported in official dispatches Friday night t have wrecked a three-way German spring of fensive aimed from Finland Into soviet Karelia and to have driv en large numbers ef nasi bomb ing planes from forward bases near Russia's vital water and rail communications in the arctic German troops encharged with stabbing across the Karelian front- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Clatsop Clams Are Declared Poisonous PORTLAND, May 8-VClams from Oregon beaches were pro claimed poisonous Friday by an order announced by Dr. Frede rick D. Strieker, Oregon health officer. The order came after exami nation of clams from the Clatsop beaches proved they contained a type of poison traceable to ma rine vegetation. Dr. Strieker said he will exam ine clams from other Oregon beaches as soon , as possible, j He said he had received reports that a Tillamook county man and - his cat became ill after eating clams dug in that area. : Harrigan, Strip Ace .' after. was conceived 'and . develu oped to Instill into the youth, of to . ' day not only- a love of adventurer - : but also a love of country. "Hop', - was an orphan who had . always ' r delighted in mechanics especially . meciianics centering around an . airplane. His father rwas an avia- . - ior before him and he. was given ji - the privilege of studying planes in - action and e,ven had an "old crate" - of his own that he looked upon as fnAvtsJ V . ""---J'-.. ...- The Simdxnr Siasaamem' v ' - i L, 2 " Maj. Gen. R. G. Stnrges, CB, and Rear Adm. E. N. Syfret, CB, led British forces In the assault on Madagascar, large and strategic Indian ocean island off the southeast coast of Africa, covet ed bjf Japan. Sturxes (top) and his royal marines conducted landing operations by tank-led commandos, while Syfret's . na val forces covered landing opera tions by heavy bombardment.' Churchill's Broadcast Noon Today LONDON, May 8-(P)-Prime Minister Winston Churchill will broadcast to the empire and to the United States at 9 p. m. (12 noon PWT) Sunday and he is expected to dwell particularly on Britain's relations with Vichy. Whatever he says, he will speak at a crucial moment with the Burma campaign turned to dis aster, India threatened, Australia bracing for a rugged defense or a possible sharp attack and the Ger mans and Russians poised fori spring campaigns. It was the night of May 10 last year that the nazia chose for one of their great est attacks on London.. Sprague Term Vital to War Effort-McKay PORTLAND, May 8 - Because Gov. Charles A. Sprague has been the mainspring of Oregon's war effort, I do not believe this is any time ' to ..take the clock j to pieces and see if it can be put together in better shape," State Senator Douglas ' McKay of Sa lem told a radio audience here tonight "These are times the war in terest supersedes all others,'' said McKay. I believe the reelection of Gov: Sprague is vitally and in separably intertwined for the suc- cful Oregon. ' "Charles A. Sprague has never been a politician. Four years ago when those who had been honor ed by the party in. the past refused- to risk their political fu ture in a campaign for governor, h- consented to leave his own business and - take up the race. Now we are asked -to shove aside this man because another wants his job. Why change?" ! War Production In US Tops All i Records, Qaim ST. LOUIS. May 8-iffV-Rear Admiral IL P. Blandy, chief of the naval bureau of ordnance. Said produced by the navy for lend- lease orders alone' is equal to the peak -production - for all require ments in 1917-18. The total job is 10 times that of the first World f 'A war, he asserted. : WmMlMound At Least 11 Nip Warships i Declared Sunk; Losses Not Yet Fully Tallied By C. YATES McDANIEL ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Australia, May 9 (Saturday) (AP) Allied ing with "marked skill, courage, and tenacity" have re pulsed a Japanese invasion fleet off northeastern Aus tralia in one of history's most fateful struggles, General MacArthur's headquarters announced today. With 11 or more of its more damaged and presumably thousands of its fin est warriors at the bottom tered Japanese enemy was i with United States and British suit on the sixth day of the Navy Cautions On Jap Claims Avoids Claiming US Victory ; Losses Not Yet Fully Known WASHINGTON, May t-JPi The navy warned Friday night against giving credence to Japa nese claims on the battle off Au stralia and announced that the engagement had cost the enemy 11 ships, including nine warships. A communique issued on infor mation received up to 8:30 p.m. before allied headquarters in Au stralia reported the battle was over also said that in addition to ships sunk, six other Japanese craft, including four warships, had been damaged. i The navy announcement avoid ed claiming a victory but indicat ed that American losses might be inconsiderable in comparison with those of Japan. Details of American losses "are not fully known at present,' a communique said, adding that "no credence should be given to claims that have been or may be put out by Tokyo." Naval authorities commenting on the communique said it was a logical inference that we have had some losses in view of the tre mendous blows dealt the enemy. But what they were could not be stated at this time. The sunk and damaged figures contained in the navy's communi que No. 78, issued today, over lapped in several instances fig ures given out yesterday on the preliminary phases of the battle since today's report constituted accumulated totals. The sinkings announced yester day were One light cruiser, two destroyers, four gunboats; and the vessels reported yesterday to have been damaged were one light cruiser, one seaplane tender, one transport and one cargo vessel. It also appeared that the navy's report issued here paralleled in all categories except one -a report issued ' several hours earlier by allied headquarters in Australia. Allied headquarters had announc ed .only one supply vessel sunk while the navy announced . two transports or cargo vessels. Stay onFronts WELLINGTON, NZ, May Despite the imminent threat of Japanese invasion, New ; Zealand has decided not to recall its tTo6ps, won are fighting on land, sea and in the air in the distant parts of I the world. The war cabinet ; realizes the military and moral advantages of having New Zealand's battle-test ed troops fighting in defense of their native soiL But it has taken the broad view .that the allied nations'- immediate problem . is to use their limited shipping to transport additional forces to. the actual fighting fronts as fast Las they can, , ... ihUTSday'S AYcalhcr Weather forecasts withheld and temperature data delayed by army request,' sliver Friday, L4 ft Max. temp. Thursday, ? naval and air, forces fight warships sunk and six or of the Coral sea the bat reported limping northward imperial units in hot pur epic engagement. "Our attacks will continue," the allied communique said in report ing that the battle had ceased "temporarily." The repulse of the Japanese oc curred after allied air units dis covered the enemy fleet streaming southward six or more days ago, and the communique concluded with these words: "Our naval forces then attacked in interceptions. They were hand led with marked skill, fought with admirable courage and tenacity, and the enemy has been re pulsed." The latest communique made no claims of additional casual ties ether than these already reported Friday both here,, and in Washington. . . i-resumaDiy a compiet sam mary of the battle losses on both sides will be forthcoming shortly. Of the two Japanese aircraft carriers reported hit, one was sunk and the other damaged. And a government spokesman said there was no confirmation of a re port that the second subsequent ly had been sunk. The headquarters communique said the actiorr epresented a "continued effort of the Japanese to extend their aggressive con quests towards the south and southeast" It was pointed out that the Ja panese had been building up their forces, with emphasis on naval transport elements, for a coordi nated attack of the combined forces. This attack, the commun ique said, was "initiated several days ago." The text of the communique: "The great naval and air battle off the northeast coast ef Australia baa temporarily ceas ed. This action represents the continued effort ef the Japanese to extend their agrresslve con quests toward the south and . southeast First efforts were aimed at expanding bis air baa ea, bat ear- air force has eon slstently and effectively attack ed his fields daring the past six weeks.'., dislocating his Jriana at a a. Am . utreogu we oesiracuon ei in - stallaUena and aircraft "Our - reconnaissance has re vealed the gradual upbuilding of naval transport elements for the coordination attack of combined forces which was initiated several days ago. Our naval forces then attacked in Interceptions. -They were vhand led with marked skill, fought with admir able courage and tenacity and the enemy has been repulsed. Our at tacks will continue", , I;' The attitude at General MacAr thur's headquarter was that it was too early to say whether the re sult of the huge naval-air engage ment was conclusive, and it was not yet' clear whether the Japanese could reform and reinforce their units for another southward thrust. Became ef the lack of news u the exact leases on either aide and their original strength, ob servers were , unable to assess the total battle remits. : Bat the tone at the allied high cQmmananeaaqnarters appeared U be that the allies had won the first grim round and at least had temporarily thwarted Japa- nese alms. -'' v-.-; : ". f It also was pointed out, that "the general practice with the US navy department when American ships are sunk Is to make the"armourice ment officially from Washington instead of'herei -l'.;i;fv'e-:p?:ii' The battle was toa&krinltb Shadow of Australia and; involved the safety of the continent-ant control ot much' of .the kcfUthen seas. -A J