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On Pay Day r Every time yen jet your ' nay, bay bond and stamp' 'or the USA. Cheer tha beys -In uniform by getting- an in-' terest la fighting men and equipment, . .Got Roddy Tie a string around your finger, Mr. Voter, to remind yea te reserve ten mlnntes next Friday to cast your primary election ballet. - FOUNDDI7 iy IIHIETY-SrCOND YEAB Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, May 12. 1942 Price c No. 33 i i Troops in 1 ndia Moved NimtizCommmfa Commander duJmsus' h ... - .... - . ! ' - fTV Open eet jCMnese Wavell Breaks Century-Old Tradition Enemy Gathers Fleet -Al Rangoon; Allies . Continue Bombing By PRESTON GROVER NEW DELHI,? India, May s H (AP) Britain's com . mander in India, Gen. Sir i Archibald P. Wavell, was dis- closed Monday night to have reorganized the three Indian military commands into pow erful and competent mobile armies to meet land or sea lttack from the Japanese on eastern or southern India. ' j . With the Japanese still report ed marshalling; a Bengal invasion fleet at Rangoon, and with only the gallant but exhausted force Gen. Harold Alexander stand ing between. the enemy and the northern gate to India, Wavell upset the 100-year-old , Indian military policy by, which r the strongest imperial - 'forces were held on the northwest frontier. His primary purpose was, how ever, to divorce the Administra tive function of the army from the fighting units so that the de fense along the coast and eastern and northern frontiers would be come the sole function of the fighting forces. ... j '"l : Three army commands were created northeast, tenth and midwest' The vast central area will be administered under the central India command, whose major f anetion will be to train new defense forces. Most of the trained British and Indian troops are now expected to be concentrated in the armies of the northeast and ; south. No change in command was involved. Otheri defense preparations ox an undisclosable nature increased . m4ifiiAthia fifiTiirsi inrrraiHi i as the Japanese persisted in their air action on- India proper, and while Alexander's Burma army continued . its retreat up ; the Chindwin river valley of north west Burma. What effect, the recent bomb ings of east India have had on the population of Calcutta, the major city most directly threatened, A. was not disclosed. It is known that preparations have been made in all major coastal cities for the mass migration of the populations to inland villages. The British-American bomb ing campaign went forward against the Japanese bases in Banna. This time, the royal air force struck heavily at Magwe, which lies Just to the south of the ruined Yenangyaung oil fields in central Burma; and strewed bombs over the runways of the enemy-held airdrome. Returning from this action, a British pilot engaged by a squad ron of Japanese fighter planes crippled one of them. All British craft returned safely; 1 A New Delhi communique; an nounced a Japanese raid Sunday -on a small town in eastern ! As sam in which both casualties and damage were moderate. In the theatre of the Indian ecean. the best available infer . matien here indicated that the British forces which seised the ' naval harbor ef Diega Saares an the Vichy France island of Madagascar weie continuing eeeapatlon of a t h c r Important palate the Island; Vichy radio reports were to the effect that resistance continued, out tms was assumed to refer on ly to the action of smalL Isolated Prencb units. -The .de'trusc?J1 by French troops of the airfield at Anlvarano and of all gasoline Jtores of the French air force also was report - ed In Vichy. Sunday's Weather Weather forecasts withheld and temperature data delayed by army request. River Monday. lJt ft. Max. temp. Sonday, 89, J.Zln. 18. Precipitation 8unday, S2 to. . ,..-..--.-:- -:B Slau Non-Violence . Explained by Pandit Nehru By WILLIAM McGAFFIN NEW DELHI, India, May 11 (Wide World) Pandit Jawa harlal Nehru told me Monday he was struck by the different ways in which j the United States and Japan have reacted to the decision of the congress party to oppose a Japanese in vasion - with only non-violent non-cooperation. America, he said during the course of an exclusive inter view, was criticizing the party's decision as a sign of weakness, while the Japanese were angry "at our spirit of resistance." The Japanese, he continued, had hoped to pass through In dia without interference of any kind. The brown-eyed, bald little revolutionary, who received me at the home of a relative where he had stopped en route to the mountains for a few days' rest, defended the decision as "the only alternative under the cir cumstances. The other alternative some sort pf armed resistance under the state disappeared, Nehru (Turn to Page 2. Col. 9) . Peru Pledged For Victory Congress Hears First Talk by President Of Foreign Nation WASHINGTON, May 11 -(A) President Manuel Prado of Peru, delivering the first speech ever resident, pledged his nation Monday to work for, a United Nations victory and predicted that Peru would be "a factor of real hemisphere. ' . The speech, made separately in the senate and house, brought President Prado's j five-day visit to Washington to a climax. He left Monday flight for Detroit where he will-tour war produc tion plants tomorrow. ' "In the name of Pent, whose destinies I have the honor to guide, I reiterate In this su preme moment her spontaneous adherence to the International policy , of President Roosevelt," the Peruvian chief executive He declared that Peru, which has broken relations with Ger many, Japan and Italy and which is cooperating fully in the hemi- spheric defense Prf Barnes, owner, estimated at $10, not hesitate for a single moment "-a in adopting a definite ; and de cided position in the face of the outbreak of forces which are try ing to drown in blood every mo tion of freedom in order, to per petuate over the planet a system of racial hegemony . . -The president, j speaking Eng lish with difficulty, was cheered and applauded as he delivered the (Turn to Page Z. Col eit Dr.Knopf Declares Wish if M uin, rr Expressing a wish to "sit down together with those who have I made the ' inflammatory . state ments." Dr. Carl Sumner Knopf, Willamette- university - president! whom, an American Legion com- mittee last week accused of creat ine a disturbance when he was denied the right to Inscribe "con- scientious objector" on' hia draft registration, said on bis return to rt ht h would not comment on ' the facts until . the 1 f tmitees of his Institu- tion had investigated the matter. The accusation " against-" Dr Knopf was made by a committee representing Capital Post No.. 9, 'American Legion of ' Salem, ad dressed to the Willamette board but made public here at the, time of mailing. , . ; , ' Inquiry later disclosed that Jajps Is Gosed At Back Door To Kill 4500 - Invaders Beginning Retreat on Road; AVG Aids Battle i. CHUNGKING, China, May 11 (APsy Chinese lines of entrapment held fast Monday night around the remnants of a Japanese column envel oped and slaughtered on the Burma road despite the 3 h o c k I; of reinforcements rushed from Burma by the frustrated invaders of free China's back door. Two hundred fifty miles south of this dramatic scene of Japanese annihilation, another all but for gotten Chinese army, by-passed in the reckless and headlong Japan- . A Ml ese dash up inrougn tne anan states, was officially reported to have smashed three attacks by a fresh Japanese column in the Loi ' lem sector near the River Sal ween. ; : In western Yunnan province, where the Burma road begins its tortuous ascent 'en Chinese soil, the hapless ' Japanese, col umn which Is reported to have lost 4500 shock troops In the Chefanr trap, and which has turned about to try and reach safety, still was surrounded by the Chinese, the high command said. General Lung Yun, governor of Yunnan provine, said in a state ment that the situation was de veloping in China's favor, but warned of the possibility the Jap anese might attempt to drive on " If the Japanese risk such an adventure," he said, "they will encounter stout resistance from several hundred thousand Chinese troops in Yunnan who are firmly resolved to drive the invader out.' Japanese reinforcements rushed up from: Burma were intercepted before they could reach the Chi nese cordon and heavy fighting was in .progress, a communique added. The result of this battle re mained in doubt The Chinese, (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) $10,000 Loss In Hotel Fire SWEET HOME, Ore, May 11 (jP)-Fire destroyed a hotel here early Sunday at a loss that Fred 000. Partially destroyed was a cafe. operated by John Blackford, on the lower floor of the building. The Lebanon fire department aided Sweet Home volunteers in keep ing the; fire from spreading to the adjoining H and H Lumber com pany. jp.X.i'- " ., Defective wiring was blamed for the blaze. mi ; litaci Dr. Knopf was within his rights,' under selective . service regulations in asking permission te note his reservatlen against military service en his regis- tratlon. i: S Va The i presidenfa full statement Monday read as follows; "Ever since entering the minis try 30; years ago I have preached and tried : to live the gospel of absolute good will ; Tor years I have had the . friendliest relations with the American Legion, serving, often en their programs. I sincerely forgive the Legion here for this ' unwarranted V p e r s e e 1 1 e n brought about by the issue of I inflammatory ' statements een trary te the facta, : still wish to sit down together (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) - Trap E ST p ry r--- I ;:: . : ' ' r J I:- J -. ' i ? t 4 I M , ' " , y ; p i j : j 11 t K III Admiral C. W. Nimitz, commander - ard (left), eommandina the naval ment and defense of the Pacific Japanese attacks since the start Britain Holds Edge in Gas v Reprisal Assured if Nans Start Use On! Russ Front By; DREW MIDDLETON LONDON, May ll-()-Compe- tent military, observers said Mon day night the scales were heavily weighted in favor of Brftaim ani her allies if Germany tried to break the Russian deadlock with poison I gas in the. face of Win ston Churchill's assurance that the RAF would retaliate with the same weapon against the third reich. Britain, these experts said, has the air power to launch a gas offensive which would crip ple communications, drive in dustrial workers from factories, and possibly strike a damaging blow rat German morale. Dispersal of gas from planes flying at 27,000 feet is "perfectly feasible, they added, and they pointed out that within the last monthj four-motored RAF bomb ers have been able to bomb tar gets oh the German Baltic coast, in Czechoslovakia and in Italy. Precautions against German gas warfare which caused 180,- 983 British front-line casualties in the fihrt World war have con stituted a cardinal, point of Brit ish war strategy since this con flict began. Laboratories, training schools and industries have been storing gas and investigating new means of dispersal. Anti-gas measures, involving gas masks for all ci vilians and extensively equipped decontamination squads and shel ters, date back to Munich. days. Any liqnid gas can be spray ed from the air by replacing the bomb rack of Britain's big air craft with tanks of the chemi cal, f Ejected at an ; altitude of several miles, the gas would reach the f rand in a fine mist. This, say experts, eoald immobilize entire sections of such; factory towns as Stuttgart, paralyse naval shore installa tions like these at Kiel and closo railroad centers and reads for many hours. Small bombs also might be filled; with choking gas. Despite the immediate danger of reprisal, some military observ ers believe, however,' that the temptation to the Germans to use gas ip; Russia Is growing. suns uestrov 3JfepShips WASHINGTON, May Destruction of Japanese destroyer and .two cargo vessels by United States submarines operating in the western Pacific was announc ed Monday by the navy depart ment . ,r7HJ..Mh. details of these latest blows at the SJKJtfkwi of the nation, favor- cept to emphasize that they were not related to the recent en gagement In the Coral sea." : . One of the cargo vessels was described as a naval craft, pre- ,,ffM ft ntliarv. and the pmh e.i .w r other simply as a medium sized cargo ship. The report on these &. 45 th number t ,n9nM. thini f all troes sunk by American undersea craft in - chief of the Pacific fleet, shakes air station. Midway island, as he outpost. Nimits visited the Island last of the Pacific war. (Official US navy Bombers Strike Two More Jav Raise Total to Islands North of Australia Feel Strength of Allied Planes as Followup of Coral Sea Battle By C. YATES ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Tuesday, May 12-JP) velopments in the United States An.j'i . i, t . j Martinique negotiations, and as wj"c Btu-n. died a large tanker with explosives m the islands above Aus tralia Mondav after last week's rv-oi oo nonkmi MoxArthnr'.' day. This brought to 23 -and perhaps 24 the number of Japanese ships sunk or damaged in about a week's time by allied naval-air operations in the southwest Paci fic. The two transports, the com munique said, were hit in the Solomon islands, and the tanker at Debyne island, in the Louisiade archipelago. In addition te the tanker a fear-motored Japanese seaplane also was believed te have been damaged, and stores and build ings ashore were hit. squarely. These Japanese navy units may have been part of the Japanese fleet which was repulsed at such heavy cost to itself in the Coral sea. Allied bombers have been stead ily searching out remnants of the fleet which apparently fled into the islands to the north and north east. Japanese airmen hit back with raids on Port Moresby in southern New Guinea,, and at Horn island in the Torres strait at the north' ernmost top of Australia. Damage s (Turn to Page 2 Col. 6) Sprague Sets Forest Week Gov. Charles A. Sprague Mon day issued a proclamation setting aside the period May 11 to May 15, inclusive as "Keep Oregon Green week," and Thursday, May 14, as Forest day. The governor urged that all churches, civic and industrial bodies, press and radio, unite in directing the attention of all peo ple to the necessity for the per petuation of the forests and ranges through the prevention of fires. The value of Oregon's forests was stressed in the proclamation. CocoaTea le Sliced WASHINGTON, May llP) j j.,r' A 1 lite1 breakfast beverages - Monday, i cutting, cocoa processing about 30 per cent after previously curtail- TJrTt X. 7 xoxiee urinajng; oj w. All three of these products are Imported from the hot countries and their imports: are subject to 1 the hazards of war and the short- jageof cargo ships. .f..v ,)-: the hand of Comm. Cyril T. Sim- commends him for his develop week te award honors to marine photo from the Associated Press.) I Vessels 23 MacDANIEL uoamrjn: uoius)wiu reDulse of the enemv fleet in the hooiiniiirr ann,rvms.esi tsa i Legion Plans Small Session Short, Streamlined Convention Slated. By Committee CHICAGO, May U-iJPhA. small, short, streamlined conven tion stripped of traditional crowd-drawing features and for mal frolic was planned Monday by the American Legion. Setting a significant war-time precedent for large annual gath erings, the organization's conven tion liaison committee announced that the . 1942 conclave would be "" confined to a wemena ousincss meeting of a limited number of delegates and officials to avoid Lk!iJj"dr v? tte Mti0n'Mde of his absence. He and La- transportation facilities. The committee recommended that the sessions be held Sep tember 19, ZO, and 21 at the Legion's permanent national headquarters in Indianapolis. National Commander Lynn U. Stambaagh telephoned his ap proval from Atlanta, Ga. The plans will be voted upon by telegraph by members of the national executive committee within the . next few days and (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7 Condition Said Improved For Mr., Mrs. Hendricks Condition of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert J. Hendricks was reported aa "improved' late Monday night at Salem Deaconess hospital, where they had been taken Sun day afternoon following an auto mobile collision near -Gervais. i ': r. Mr. Hendricks, dean of . Sa lem newspapermen, , colamnist and editor- emeritus of - The Statesman, .who recently, ob served his : 9th birthday, went threngh surgery at the hospital . Monday inorning to receive, care for a severe cut en the face and broken right knee-cap. . .- Mrs. : Hendricks sustained a painful chest bruise and her left thigh bone was broken just above the knee. - - - - Both were said to be yet In a Object of L To m Kerch First Sector to Throw Off Winter Is Front Where Gas Use by Germans Reported By HENRY C. CASSIDY . MOSCOW, Tuesday, May 12 (AP) The. firgt big nazi spring thrust began Monday in the eastern Crimea with a lunge toward Kerch, a key peninsular point along the shortest possible bop to the Soviet's Caucasian oil riches, the Russians announced at mid night. "During May 11 in the Kerch peninsula,' the communique said, "our troops waged stubborn battles against the German-fascist Offensive. This departure from report" phrase indicated Petain Hurries Back to Vichv Capital Awaits News From Martinique And Madagascar VICHY, May 11 -Jfr- Chief of State Marshal Petain hurried back toward Vichy Monday night for reasons of "imperious con cern" as this capital awaited de- U British now called "the enemy here - sought to extend their foothold on the French island of Madagascar, The aged marshal and his wife were expected tomorrow morn ing after cutting short their Ri viera vacation because of undis closed "events. (Presumably Washington's action in dealing directly with Admiral Georges Robert, French high commission er in Martinique, for a new "ar rangement" about that French Caribbean island, instead of with 1?. JSL I VIA WJC . CVCUU UKWU11K Attain a return). Nine youthf nl members of Jacques Doriot 's rightist, -collaborationist party paraded Sonday before the American embassy here, sheeting "Dawn with the United States; long live France.' - Several hundred ether' Frenchmen seen hosed them off the scene, calling them "pigs. and "traitors." (The dispatch telling of this demonstration was delayed a full I . . . . The announcement of Petain's val, his chief of government, have been in telephone communication daily. WASHINGTON, May 11 -VPl Negotiations for an effective safe guard against axis use of French Caribbean possessions continued Monday night on Martinique. Vichy's, ambassador, Gaston Henry-Haye, called at the state department shortly before noon and, after an hour's con versa - (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) condition of shock although rest-j ing comparatively welL. Driver of the other car. Her bert R Galten, . Portland attor - hospital . Monday - to a Portland hospitaL He was reported to have S2 rtJlEH: was taken to Silverton General hospital to receive care for a frac tured . arm and other injuries. Passengers . In ' the Gal ton -car. Francis Jackson, Lee Sachter and Thomas Turner, .all of Portland, received first aid for minor in juries. The ear driven by Hendricks was traveling south and . the Gallon car north en the Pacific highway: near Gervais when the collision occurred, un &e G7 troops who had taken the the customary "nothing to the Germans had begun a large scale movement toward the oil fields so heavily prized by Adolf Hitler that he has expended uncounted thousands of lives in previous efforts to get them. Thus, as many observers in cluding the soviet military lead ers, had expected, the Genttans main effort appears to be direct ed at smashing across the narrow Kerch peninsula not only to grab the rich fuel deposits but also to be in a position to turn the allied middle eastern, flank in ' another oil kingdom, Iran. , , The Crimea was the first" sector of the v Russian front te shake off the paralysing win ter which aided In thwarting the Germans drive toward Moscow last November. Caucasus midAprii the ter- rain already was hard and dry ready again to provide a footing for the nazis' mechanized might and the challenging iron monsters marshalled by the Soviets. But the Germans have had two deterrents on the Crimea front the fact that the Russians are so firmiv entrenched in the town of Kerch after hurling the nazis out of the area last December, and the fact that the Russian defenders of Savastopol have put up such a heroic battle to hofd that import. ant soviet port at the southwest ern end of the island. The Crimea front also was the scene of a reported German in-, trod action of poison gas. That happened for the first time in the war last Thursday, the of ficial agency Teas, aaUL and this mwt mwIuMt weirhed t Prime Minister Winston Chereh- ill's solemn warning Sunday when he said that Britain would (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) Hershey Sees Changing DETROIT1, May lHV-Ma). Gen. Lewis B. Hersehy, national selective service director, declared Monday night that 12,000,000 men nearly one-tenth of the nation's population would be shifted to new jobs, either in the armed forces or in the war production front, by January 1, 1943. i 'In 1942, we must triple the number of men who were working in war industries last January 1," he said. . "We must double the number of men in the armed forces by the end of the year. That means only one thing mov ing some 12,000,000 individuals.'' Price Meetings Set PORTLAND, May 1HJP)-Meet- ings will be held here May 13-14 to acquaint Oregon consumers, re 1 uaer8 and producers with provi- slons of the general price fixing order, which - becomes effective UfmW . 1st i PlAttawl 1- If AM 4 MAfMAW & Sa7S53-3 I MofKUy- Our Senatoris I4-10'';g
