tki b2GON STATESMAN. gq3m. Oragoaw gcndcry Morptaq. May Mr' 141 ' rtfiDttMatesmatt (sfifl :.: ; IPSE (R in a i ' 1 I ' ' No Tawr Strayi Ui; No fjar Shall Atot" from first Statesman, March 18, 1831 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, President Member of The Associated Press The Assisted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all Dews dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. Coin9 Nowhere Gasoline rationing starts next week; reg istration is scheduled for Thursday and Friday of this week at the elementary schools. De ' tailed instructions for the rationing boards, registrars and gasoline dealers of this area :, were not available for study, except perhaps . .in the rationing board office, at latest report. There are Indications however that the regu " lations will be but slightly different from those in operation in the eastern states, copies of : which we have been privileged to peruse. There is a great deal that might be of general interest in these regulations but an attempt to outline the program 4n the space available here might be more confusing than Illuminating. There are three varieties of ra- tioning cards, A, B and X. The A card is for . motorists who have only slight practical ne cessity, or none at all, for driving their cars. 1 ' The B cards, in three separate divisions de pending upon the amount of gasoline needed, re for those who from necessity drive their cars to and from work. The X card is for vehicles actually used in their owners' or ope rators' occupations; it imposes no limitation upon the amount of gasoline purchased but as in the other cases, the gasoline must under ordinary circumstances be pumped into the tank on the vehicle to which the card pertains. There is a procedure however for buying a gallon in a can, for the relief of motorists eaught in that all-too-familiar embarrassing predicament. ' There is a lot more information in the in struction folder, but never mind. You'll learn it all in due course. All you have to do is register, and then proceed to buy gasoline when and as you need it and can get it. The question to which everyone wants an answer is: How much gasoline may I buy? Judging from the text of the instructions is well as from the statements of rationing authorities, this is the answer: You may have -all the gasoline you need, fcut very little of the gasoline you want but lon't need. Except in line of duty, people may as well make up their mindslhat they are "goin' lowhere." Not even by bus or train, when ra tioning is extended to those modes of travel. You can walk as far as you like. As Adolf Berle, assistant secretary of state, remarked the other day: By summer's end, Xt will no longer be possible to occupy leisure time in motoring. It will not be easy to visit the motion pic ture. Quiet will descend on even the most crowded roads. Civilian life , will have less In it of sound, of light and of motion. . . . It means that we shall have once more the luxury of living in our own minds. We shall merely return to the habits of life and thought which served the country well up to a cen tury ago. What was good enough ids great-grandfather, may not be good enough! suit us. But It may be good for us. . Japanese Evacuation Whereas most residents of the Pacific Northwest are largely "goin' nowhere" after June 1 for the reasons cited above, all persons of the Japanese race regardless of citizenship who live in western Oregon or in certain por tions of central Oregon west of The Dalles California highway, are going on a ' trip on that same date or within a day or so later. The more' numerous Multnomah county Japanese having been moved earlier, the num ber involved in the present evacuation order ii not large. From Marion county will go 193; from Polk 28 and from Linn four. Of the necessity for their departure, enough has been said heretofore. Among them re some who are loyal to the United States and some who are loyal to Japan, and there is no sure method of separating the two groups. They are being moved because the second group is dangerous here in the war zone. Their removal is a matter of military necessity and involves some theoretical in justice to those who are loyal to the United States but no practical injustice. They will be. better off as charges of the government where they are going, than they would be here, attempting to make their own way amidst suspicion and hostility. It so happens that the removal followed by one day the disclosure that Italian evacuees from the United States, on reaching Lisbon charged that Japanese- here had been the vic tims of brutality and oppression. The charges created a sensation in Japan and we have cause for concern as to the resultant treatment of Americans interned there. But we know that except for a few isolated acts of irresponsible civilians, the charges are false. I From the standpoint of physical comfort, these evacuees will be much better off than the theoretically "free" people of their home land -and presently if the events of which we re confident materialize, they will be much , safer. The contrast between their considerate "treatment here and that which Americans in - " terned in Japan or in the territory under Jap-" anese rule must be undergoing, is not however matter that should be over-emphasized. That would sort of put us on the enemy's level. If ( w were on his level there would be no sense 'N In fighting him. Mexico as Belligerent v 1 j Mexico's twenty million population ap parently will be formally enrolled among the active foes' of the axis within less than a week. Aroused by the sinking of two Mexican mer - chant vessels, the people of our neighbor na lion on the south are clamoring for a declara tion of war and their government appears to be of the same mind. j- A little over a year ago Mexico had an army of 126,000, including 700 in the air : corps. Nearly half af its land strength was in the reserve;1 which has since been expanded to round 400,000. including . many men only partly trained. Its navy consists of 15 vessels, no more than sufficient to patrol the nation's own extensive coastlines. Mexico is determined Paul Halloa to play its full part in the common war effort but its role can hardly be decisive. Yet it is a mistake to assume that the impending declaration of war is unimpgy&nt. ' Though nine Latin American nations have declared war on the axis, Mexico will be the first among the larger nations of the group to do so. Most' of the South American nations have definitely placed themselves on our" side of the fence by breaking off diplomatic rela tions, with axis countries; Argentina and Chile are the exceptions. There has long been a solidarity of opinion jand mutual understanding among the Latin American peoples from which the United States and Canada have been excluded by difference in race and language and by suspicion of "Yan- ' kee imperialism." The present crisis has served notably to melt this barrier; Mexico's example in becoming a belligerent should serve further to convince South Americans of the actual di rection of their interests. It will! make axis fifth columnists' propaganda task jmore diffi cult everywhere in Latin America.' It will re duce the possibility of unopposed ? axis pene tration there. j Though Mexico has heretofore extended permission for United States forces to enter its territory in case of military Necessity, and has made some progress in muzzling fifth col umnists, a Mexican declaration of war will simplify and promote continental and hemi spheric security and unity. The. United Na tions have substantial reason to welcome an other active belligerent into the fold. News Behind The News By PAUL MALLON , WASHINGTON, May 23 That unidentified "high Washington official" who warned some blows as well as victories must be expected was high enough to know what he 'y I was talking about. He had more . M riw- 8 in rr irxrl than iha Innr rvf e,irikr j Certain specific spots around the world are being watched closely from here as we pass --cy I " the turning point or our own PreParation hi0 e phase of VX,? VjS aggressive action, to wit: " " i Russian front All expect A'-Jkii the Russians to hold through the summer, but the spring fighting has not started too well for our side. Kerch was a red thorn in the side of the nazis. Its complete loss would mean a clear flank for Hitler in the Crimea, Rus sian loss of the Sea of Azov and assumption of an onerous duty of defending the. Kerch strait. Moscow admits several thousand casualties there; Germans claim 150,000; real figure lies some where between. This annoyance could have been offset by swift capture of Kharkov, b"ut just as the Rus sians were ready to march in a few '.days back, Von Beck, the nazi general, attacked and out flanked them. Discomforting, but hardly disastrous news, is possible from Russia. China Theirspbt Is really tightening to a pin point The Japanese drive should not. crush their armies, but a lot more valuable territory may be lost. The situation can best be told this way: The Jap ideawhere those Doolittle bomb ers came fromfnot my idea, or yours) is cir cumscribed hp an arc from Tokyo running through Chang-sha frf central China. Inside that arc are hidden air fields, in the opinion of Tokyo, which remain a threat to the Japanese homeland. It is that area upon which their immediate attack is concentrated. The Yangtze-Yunnan pin cer drive is apt to be at least partly successful, as China is practically cut off from our flow of heavy munitions. Sea front While we pushed our troops safe ly across to northern Ireland and can push more anytime, some authorities mourn the fact that this job required drawing destroyers in from other points and ships were sunk as a result. Criticism has been heard thai we sent any troops to northern Ireland, a British isles- area, where the largest inactive military force of the United Nations already is present. It seems to me the explanation is that the British have always feared a nazi invasion of Ireland and thought American troops would be more welcome as de fenders than British. Probably no more will be needed Home front We have bombed Japan and Japan will bomb our mainland as soon as they can figure out a way of doing it Our new found optimism should be accompanied by increased alertness. News from the production battle front con tinues to generate confidence. More stories axe told of strategical discoveries and victories there, for instance: Morale of workers has improved tremen dously since the first of the, year. No big de vastating strikes have been reported in that period. General Motors has discovered a new tech nique for mass production of machine guns which is drawing wide inside praise. ... Consolidated Aircraft is building those four motored bombers on a production line, a mass method never before achieved. ... Allison, which had so much trouble with that liquid-cooled airplane engine, has succeeded in ironing out bugs and is producing. ... Skilled workers are beginning to come fast now from those vocational training and factory training schools. ... " The famed Chrysler tank arsenal was started in October, 1940, and due to be completed in 18 months. At that rate it would just now be finished, but it has been producing tanks for some time. ... Biggest other new plants have just recently come into mass deliveries; Consolidated Bomber, Ford's Willow Run, Magnesium. ... Frigidaire began to plan making machine guns a year and a half ago, has now also reached mass production deliveries. . . . The machine tool industry is entitled to fly the highest flag. It's work is the basis of all production and it was our first bottleneck. 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Editorial Comments DEHYDRATION Report from Dallas is that a prune dehydrating plant near Dallas has been leased and will be converted' for vegetable dry ing. . Initial operation is reported to be on potatoes, with the possi bility of a crew of 70 working on a 24-hour basis and operations to continue until July 1. The operator who has leased the dryer is said to have govern ment orders and will use about 1,600,000 pounds of potatoes pur chased in the Klamath Falls dis trict. The process call for the pota toes to be machine peeled, eyes removed and diced before being steam cooked. Following cook ing lh potatoes will be riced and placed on trays and sent through the drying tunnels. A new mesh wire will be used on the prune trays during the dry . ing process. The dried product will be packed in five-gallon tin cans and solder sealed. The product is expected to go into export but exactly where has not been announced: Green beans, carrots, cabbage and possibly onions are reported to be other products which may be given similar treatment. Some idea of the possibilities . of dehydration are suggested in the report that the potatoes will dry out about nine to one. This comparison suggests the possi ble field for dehydration now that shipping space is at a pre mium. " The report from Dallas gives another interesting development in methods of food processing. It suggests the possibility that a few of the better prune dryers in this district which are conven iently located - and adequately equipped might be used to bet ter advantage of their owners and make- a real contribution I toward ; food for victory than .they are maWng at the present time standing idle with only the promise of a short prune crop. Washington County News- .. Tin These schedules are supplied fey the respectlTe stations. 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SIMPSON X Wide World War Analyst X for The, Statesman Sven without the spur provid ed by that misnamed American flying? officer, General Doolittle, and his men, Japan's mopup campaign In Chins has seemed the most logical Nipponese move once China's Burma road was called off. The dangereos poss bility si1 air attacks on Japaa from bases in the great eastern badge sf China was to sbrfevs to be ignored. The ' bombs DeeJiitle's planes spattered en Japanese cities merely made the danger more immediate than Tokys had anticipated. Yet, by Chinese estimates of the size of Japanese ground forces engaged, the China clean up campaign represents a rela tively small troop concentration compared with the size of the Job in hand. There is no reason for Chinese spokesmen to mini mize the Japanese strength, quits the contrary. They are urgently asking more Anglo-American help. Yet available Chungking ad vices place the aggregate force involved in the four-pronged Japanese offensive .in China's eastern provinces at less than 150,000 men. And with that force, fronted by a relatively heavy air power concentration. the Japanese appear to be set ting out to complete a Job of breakJngphinese resistance or at least to sweep the United Nation frontier in China back far enough to safeguard Japan, Formosa and vital China aea traffic from air attack. It is quite an undertaking in s geographical , sense alone. The coastal and hinterland provinces of China in the eastern bulge south of Shanghai represent an enormous sweep of territory. To clear it all of Chinese resistance or potential allied air bases would require a gigantic expan sion of Japanese control. The greatest threat implied In American bombing of Japa nese cities, awmlng that Doe UUle's planes took off from Chins (as the Japanese are convinced they did) is te For mosa, a target the American flier passed by. 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"They found the murder gun in his room at the construction camp." The city detectives worked fast We all admitted that as Martha collected herself enough to tell us what had happened. It was 8 o'clock that morning when I told Landers and Howell of the sleeping medicine bought at the drug store in . Gallina. And I was sure now, as I remember ed it, that I had not mentioned Lance as the one who brought the medicine from the store to Castaway. . Before noon the two detec tives were searching the ranch house, questioning the servants and Martha, looking for lance, who had driven to the Gallina Dam construction camp. They certainly moved fast. They must have covered the 70 miles to the dam in record breaking time, for in the early afternoon they searched Lance's little room the one he used when he stayed on the job over night And In that tiny room, If you could call the cubicle a room, under some clothes in a small chest of drawers, they found a revolver. A .32 calibre, it was, and hurrying back to the district attorney's office in Gal lina, they found that its rifling matched the bullets neatly tag ged "Exhibit A" in the murder mystery of Walter Gregg. The rifling in the revolver was identical, too, with the grooves on the bullet taken from Durfee's brain and deposited in the office of the coroner, await ing the delayed inquest That they learned before nightfall, eee . . and Lance is being held,' Martha concluded. "Under arrest? Allen reach ed for his big hat "They can't do that" "Not under arrest He's held as a material witness . . . what ever that means," Martha added. "And you know, Nate, that boy would have no more to do. with any of these terrible things than a baby! You know that! And as for the Durfee killing, he was with you in the party that found the wrecked car." - Something was puzzling me. I asked a question. "But the San Francisco detec tives were not looking for s gun. They were searching for the person who Changed the label on the box of Mrs. Gregg's sleep ing medicine." It didn't make '-from Huntington W.Ta.) Advertiser. "Lance was the .on who brought the medicine from the store yesterday . . ." Only yes terday. It seemed ages ago. . The officers here think he could have changed the label," Allen explained. "He could," Martha objected. "But why should he?? "111 be back pretty soon." Al len put on the big hat "III run' down to the Hall of Justice and see what I can find out" Martha sat upright in one of the fragile gold chairs of Es- : tell's drawing room. It didn't fit her masculine, homely person ality any better than it fit her square, stocky figure. I tried to comfort her. But ; nothing I could say gave her as much comfort as the words Syd ney blurted out . "Aunt Martha" He took one of her square brown bands in his. "Ever since I 'came to Cast away, all the years Tve been r there, you have been kind to I me and good to my mother. I don't think I ever told you so. But I am sorry I have been such a heel and now that Lance i in i jam IU try to make it up to you by being as good to you as I can." Martha cried a little but I think it was better for her than the stony, rigid silence in which she had met her brother's death. Anyhow, I know what Sydney said helped her and we waited without much more conversa tion. Deep down inside me there was awful feeling. This couldn't be true about Lance. My heart was aching for Aunt Martha and her fear for her boy. But there was some ache there for myself, as welL Lance couldn't be con cerned in those igly deeds. Ha wouldn't! There wasn't a chance. I remembered his -clear eyes, his straightforward manner ... It simply wasn't possible. The sheriff wasn't gone very long. If he was much distressed by what he learned at the Hall of Justice he didn't show it "These city detectives have got to show up a hick peace of ficer from the sticks meaning me," he said. "They were right to check up on everybody who might have had access to the medicine that killed Estelle. Lance was only one of the per sons questioned. Dr. Henry and the clerk at the store, too. Lan ders and Howell went over them all. That was only routine it's something else that happened. I think it will prove to be the clue that will give us the real killer. Only right now it puts Lance on the spo. I talked to the boy. He's taking it all right." "But why should they have driven clear up to the dam to search Lance's room to find out what he might have done to a package he carried home from the drug store?" I insisted. The Safety Valvo Letters from Statesman Readers TANK THEIR NOODLE (Tune: "Yankee. Doodle") We want no honeyed Japan dish," Nor any of their gooster; They platted maps and nabbed our fish, r To serve to Nippon's "Rooster." They're Jap-a-lac-ed from head to toe; Been waiting for their "orders"; They wily smiled, but were sly foe, While living in our borders. PEARL HARBOR only illustrates The way they 'do their dirt-stuff; Their aim but to assassinate; Spy-plot in every shirt-cuff. Too long, alas! we gypped our- selves; , Their smiles were alabastered; We now know Jap and Nazi "valves" . v With bombs of hate are plas- ? ten j ' (Chorus)' Sammy's soldiers, keep it up! Navy,' Airmen, vieing; Not a son wants "silver cup," But keep our Colors flying! ' EDGAR FIELD.