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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1942)
Complete . ., TouTI find no newspaper can give more real satisfac tion than yew local 'morn ing paper, with Its WORLD EEWS - plus ROME COM UN1TY NEWS. No Clio w DEXTER, KB.-(ff) George Ward' farmer doubts the thief whe stole '-: hlf . chickens will - e n Jay them. Ward found the thief a upper plate of teeth In the chicken house. FOUNDDI7 NINETY-SECOND YEAH Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Homing. May 27. 1942 Price 5c No. 45 if tff IE " ' o, - ' 7 rOtr I Japanese Sign Up To Move Legion Hall Site For Registration In Salem Today i Today in Marion county the Japanese trek, for which orientals in this . area have been prepared more than a month, commences when heads of families or individ uals outside family groups make their required registra tions at American Legion hall in Salem. Majority of Marion county's 193 Japanese, together with some from nearby counties are expect ed to be listed between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. today at the hall,' with staff members frqra the federal employment office assisting. Not with bedrolls and house hold goods are the Japanese called upon to register today for next week's evacuation to fields not yet definitely designated, officials emphasized Tuesday night Nor are entire families expected to appear at the hall, which stands on the northwest corner of the Cottage and Che meketa streets' intersection. Only requirement is that some one bearing the family name and with information-' concerning the individual members appear and that by 5 o'clock every Japanese in an area designated by army au thorities be registered so that ar rangements for evacuation may be completed. Those living at a distance were given the privilege of registering by telephone or telegraph Tuesday. Registration is to be carried on under the watchful eye of the army, it was indicated in orders issued late last week. Production on the 1459 acres of farm land in the galem area vacated by the evacuation of 1 Japanese and Japanese-Americans will be continued without Interruption, Frank Bartos, spe cial field agent for the agricul tural division of the Wartime Civil Control administration, an nounced today In a final state ment, thanking various area groups and individuals for their Cooperation. Work of the WCCA agricultural division is now complete and the agricultural representatives will leave the US employment service office May 29, Bartos said. Loan account of new operators who re ceived loans to keep the evacu a ted farms in production will be transferred to the WCCA office at 317 Southwest Sixth avenue, Port land. - During its two-months, period of activity, the Salem office aided in the transfer of 26 farms, Bar tos said. $12,159 in special produc tion loans was granted to substi tute operators. Other operators received credit from regular pub lic and private, agencies. Twenty two transfer deals were involved. Bartos declared the state can be assured of virtually full pro duction on usable farm acreage In the county. The area grows chiefly lettuce, celery and spin ach. "This record would have been impossible without the whole hearted cooperation of many indi (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Allies Down 3 Jap Planes ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Australia, Wednesday, May 27 (iT) Allied planes destroyed three out of 16 Japanese fighters in a sharp aerial combat Tuesday over New Guinea island, and lost one plane, General MacArthur's ; headquarters announced Wednes day, , t Tbe communique issued here said: . "New Guinea: Our air force on patrol encountered 16 zero fight ers. In a sharp combat three Japa nese planes were destroyed. We lost one fighter. ' 1 "Port Moresby: Three enemy flying boats dropped bombs near . the airdrome Monday night with out damage. Our anti-aircraft fire hit one of the planes which was seen losing altitude. Last night two flying boats attacked again without effect" Our Senators V7cn Four-Master ; - ' rr ' - ' i fen, i I II L .lit -W " j" I " J k 'v. Vry ! r 'Z..- . . : w w. . This is the proud and graceful four-masted frigate Lautaro of the Chilean navy at her Journey's end. After beating her way north over the long reach from Chile, she arrived off the Golden Gate and is pictured, hatches battened and white wines to yards, as she was towed beneath the Golden Gate bridge. Commanded by Lieut. Comm. Arturo Young, the Lautaro has a complement of ten officers and 100 men. She was towed to Oakland her masts towering above the waterfront, strangely out of time and place in a world of oil and steam. But within the week she will be taken to Mare Island navy yard, where diesel engines for auxiliary power will be in stalled. Then the Lautaro will take her place in the line as a man-o-war of the Chilean navy. Proposed Lend-Lease Plan Shown Litvinoff Would Bring Soviet Into Prelsent Setup of United Nations, With Settlement to Be After War By WADE WERNER WASHINGTON, May 26-(-The United States Tuesday communicated to Soviet Russia the draft of a proposed lend lease agreement between the two countries. The draft proposal was handed to Soviet Ambassador Max im Litvinoff by Secretary of State Hull in the course of a 45 minute conference during which it was understood other matters School Budget Croup Named Board Makes Change In New Policy on Secret Society A budget committee to meet Friday night in preliminary ses sion and a polling place for the June 15 school elections were se lected Tuesday night by Salem public school directors. Also ap proved were purchase of addi tional fire insurance to cover school properties, a minor change in the previously stated policy re garding secret society members in the senior high school, two teach er resignations, one request for leave and one recommendation for employment. Named on the budget committee were Harlan O. White, Dr. H. H. Olinger, Mrs. Elmer Berg and William Entress, with one post yet to be filled by appointment from Don Young, absent from Tues day's meeting. Tinkham Gilbert and William H. Phillips were ap pointed alternates. (Turn to Page 2, Col 1) Japs Warn Australia TOKYO (From Japanese broad casts), May 26-(-Premier Hide- kl Tojo told a special session of the Japanese diet ' Tuesday that "the naval' forces in defense of Australia have disappeared, with nothing standing now to defend that country before the onslaught of the imperial Japanese forces,' and again warned Australia to re consider her attitude toward Ja pan or "suffer the consequences.' ;The warning was given after a reference to the Coral sea naval battle which he said had" left Aus tralia defenseless. Regarding ; Japan's position in the north, Tojo said nhe security of Japan's defense is M solid as rock. The : Japanese armies in China, he said, are "steadily di minishing the power of the Chung king forces. , - From ChiuP 4 Russian also were discussed. Add 2 37 Proposed Douris Neither Litvinoff nor the sec retary disclosed the contents of the proposed agreement It was authoritatively learned, however, that its purpose was to bring lend-lease arrangements with Russia into line with agreements already reached with Great Brit ain and other United Nations gov ernments. This, in effect, would align soviet Russia with Britain and the United States in post-war efforts to restore world trade on the principles long advocated by Secretary Hull. The Anglo-American 1 e n d- lease agreement announced last February, it was recalled, provid ed that the precise and detailed terms of settlement should be postponed until the war is won and that repayment for goods and services rendered should be in such form as not to burden world commerce but to encourage it. it provided for the return to the United States of "such de fense articles , transferred under this agreement as shall not have been destroyed, lost or consumed and as shall be determined by the president to be useful in the de- lense of the United States of America or of the western hemi sphere. It provided also that in the final settlement foil account should be taken of "services, information, facilities or other benefits or considerations pro vided" by the recipient of lend lease aid from the United States. - . ... . it was ' understood- that the draft proposal handed to Litvinoff also provided, in harmony with the Anglo-American lend-lease agreement for reciprocal aid by the soviet government , to the United States to the extent of the soviet government's ability to render such aid. All Retail Stores To Close Saturday All Salem retail stores are to close all day Saturday in observ ance of Memorial day, Executive Secretary Fred D. Thielsen of the Salem chamber of commerce, "an nounced Tuesday. -: .,:;The customary memorial exer cises are planned for the day. r 1 Chinese Re Attempt Situation Grave In East; Enemy Gathers Fleet CHUNGKING, China, May 26 (AP) The Chinese, stubbornly opposing powerful Japanese attempts at a quick knockout in eastern China, announced Tuesday they had thrown the invaders back from the very walls of Kin hwa, but a spokesman soberly warned: "The situation is still very grave and the coming week will witness ever fiercer battles. "We are entering what may turn out to be the toughest battles this summer in Asia." The scene is in central Chekiang province, which fronts on the Chi na sea south of Shanghai, and from which bombers could reach Japan. An even larger Japanese onslaught is being prepared against Fukien pprovince, border ing Chekiang on the south, the Chinese spokesman asserted. He said the Japanese had thrown 100,000 men into the ferocious drive to conquer Chekiang, of which Kinhwa is the provisional capital. (The Japanese claimed that they were in the outskirts of Kinhwa on the north and north west, had smashed three. Chi nese divisions to the east, and that the strong four-pointed In vasion had cut off the retreat of any remaining Chinese.) The Chinese said they still held Kinhwa as of Monday night, hav ing inflicted 3000 casualties on the Japanese which tried to storm the city from three sides and routed and virtually wiped out a Jap anese force in the village of Wuli pao, two miles south of Kinhwa. Another 1000 Japanese were kill ed or wounded north.of Larch! Lacking air support andlinderi continual Japanese bombardment, the Chinese have clung tenacious ly, and the spokesman sounded this note of guarded optimism Tuesday: "It is hoped that our troops on the various fronts soon will be spared the pangs of battling agains unequal odds without air protection and that new ways of transportation will be established speedily." His only hint as to how this (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Valedictorian CARL RITCHIE Aside from being high rating stu dent at Salem high school, Carl Ritchie (above), valedictorian of the class of 1942, has been ac tive In extra canicular work. He has been especially Inter ested in stagecraft and produced effective scenery and backdrops for -school affairs. 463 Graduate Tonight, SHS Smallest Group for Fire Years- to; FinisH; . Chambers Speaks The 38th annual' commence ment exercises of Salem high school will be tonight in the school auditorium at S o'clock. The class of 463 is the smallest group to graduate in the past five years, according to Fred, "Wolf principal, who stated that no less than 500 had comprised the class in those years. - . ; . Elimination of a spring vaca tion made possible the scheduling of the graduation exercises a week ahead of the susual date. Limited seating capacity of the auditorium again presented a : problem to the school faculty . members In charge of the exer (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) pulse v ' ' ovxef u lih Air uiicis Said Planning to Hit Hitler Strategists Confer On Equipment And Methods LONDON, May 26P-Th presence Tuesday night of" top ranking strategists of the Unit ed States high command at headquarters of this island fortress fostered the belief that America and Britain were de termined to strike hard at Hit ler by land, sea and air to pre vent him from concentrating his power on the effort to knock Russia out The task of the American military mission, headed by Lieut Gen. Henry IL Arnold, Bead of the army air service, was to work with the British to put into operation the speed iest mean of gathering suffi cient land forces to smash Ger many "at the earliest possjle moment" informed quarters Said. Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the navy's air force; Maj. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, head of the operations division of the general staff; and Maj. Gen. Mark Clark, chief of staff of the army's gTJUnd forces were among the officers with Gen. Ar nold. i The very fact that the two ranking air officers of the US 9 Attac us m e annyan1navy headed. the jnisr,r sion led to surmises that the first blow at Germany would be by air and soon. The allies, it was pointed out, are getting "long" on airpower and planes can be transported more rapidly across the Atlantic than to any other war theatre. Both American and British military experts have asserted that an Invasion of the conti nent must be preceded by a terrific air hammering. They envision more than 1000 allied bombers smashing at reich In dustries every night and thous ands of fighters sweeping the nazis from the air in the west Arnold, Towers and their staff wasted no time after landing. Ar nold's first job was to learn from the American air generals al ready here how far the prelimi nary work was advanced. One of the problems facing Ar nold was to determine in the light of British experience the types of planes the US air force should use over the German overrun continent. While Ameri can bombers are more than equal to the best types now used over Europe, United States fighters have been less successful. FDR Predicts Tire Solution Suggests Substitute May Be Available; Cooperation Asked President Roosevelt expressed hope Tuesday that certain tire substitutes would be available be fore tires now on the road wear out and said he thought civilian transportation difficulties would be solved satisfactorily. At the same time, the president told his press conference, it is necessary to save rubber and the methods to accomplish this are still to be worked out Donald M. Nelson, war produc tion . board chairman, conferred with Leon Henderson, price ad ministrator; Arthur B. NewhiU, rubber coordinator,- and Isadora Lubin, an economic advisor, , and emphasized at another press con ference that rubber would be un available for civilians. WPB, Nelson said, . "discussed with Eastman the rationing of transportation as applied to rubber-tired vehicles but it doesn't look as if it would be adxnihis tratively poFfhle to get it under way by Jul ! This date i been frequent ly mention ec the possible start- (Turn to cage 2, CoL' 3) ' Monday's Weather Weather forecast withheld and temperature . data delayed by army request. Max. temper atnre, Monday, CO, Min, 19. Elver Tnesday 3.4 ft . i j apiov, in K Raids Ready? Leading a mission-of US toprank" ing air officials In England, de clared to be planning bigger raids over the reich, are Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Arnold (above), head of the army air service, and Rear Admiral John H. Towers (below), chief of the navy's air force. Pay Boosts Discussed Marion County Budget Committee Hopes to Finish Task Today Salary increases to discourage departure of county employes to more lucrative wartime jobs and appropriations for civilian de fense are among the principal matters facing the Marion county budget committee as it moves into its second day of delibera tions today. Tuesday s daylong session brought a general scanning of sal aries being paid by each county department and final action on four of the more than 60 item sheets in the tentative budget. Members of the committee expressed hope they could finish their big task yet today. The civilian defense request, for from' $10,000 to 112,000, and operations of the'" county school superintendent's offke, which has been burdened with sugar and gasoline rationing procedures in addition to its normal duties, are the first ma jor matters due for considera tion this morning. The committee Tuesday ap (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) - J.r. . jzZZiL ;- ' .f- - l" " . t s " I Women Recruits Sought Today WASHINGTON, May 26- Recruiting starts Wednesday for women who want to enter the women's army : auxiliary, corps first officer candidate school, but the army warned married candidates that the WAAC was no place for babies. The regulations drafted by the war department for the new or ganization specify that a married member who Is going to have a baby will have to leave the ser vice, although she will be eligible for reenlistment after the child is born. .' ' . - . An honorable but mandatory discharge will be granted as soon as the approaching moth erhood Is certified by a medical officer. To reenllst, the mother win be required to meet the same : qualifications specified for her original enlistment.' If a vacancy exists, her command- .Fortifr...AdLYanee Beat . o ffFre Souith Ukraine .'-. ...-'.' Wed Star net B ay a Qn Enemy Trench German Command Claims Encircling Movement Frustrates Russian Try To Break Out South of Kharkov By HENRY C. CASSIDY MOSCOW, Wednesday, May 27 (AP) Marshal Timo- shenko's forces dug into their Kharkov front Wednesday after a deep advance from pre viously consolidated points while in the south the red army is holding off increasingly violent German assaults upon their flank, the Russians announced officially at midnight. The midnight communique idly fortifying their reclaimed dispatches said were gained in r- drive westward toward Kharkov on the right and center. Laval Pressed For Fleet Use Italy's Territorial Demands Basis for Threats by Hitler By DREW MIDDLETON LONDON, May 26-(P)-Trust- worthy reports from the contin ent that Adolf Hitler is using Itftljt territorial demands on France" to wring from Pierre Lav al the use of the French fleet ap peared Tuesdayi.nfght to indicate a new threat to the allies pre carious mastery of the Mediter ranean. Sources with underground con nections in Europe said Laval had given permission for the training of German sailors at French naval yards, a concession which is was assumed would permit them to familiarize themselves with the operation of the big battleships Dunkerque and Strasbourg and other components of the fleet at Toulon. Other advices from the con tinent said Premier Mussolini had served upon Laval a de tailed note on Italy's territorial demands, particularly Corsica and Nice. Laval was said to have indicated willingness to discuss Tunisia which borders Italy's Libya, and which would be a valuable base for axis op erations in Africa and the Med iterranean. 1 Tuesday-night, as Italy awaited (Turn to Page 2. CoL 6) July 1 Ration Held Probable PORTLAND, Ore., May 26-) Motorists in Oregon and Wash ington are likely to have gasoline rationing about July 1, C. C. Van Fleet, Oregon fuel rationing di rector, said Tuesday. Tuesday's cancellation of the June 1 rationing start may be viewed as only a temporary halt to the program he said. He urged motorists in the mean- tune to drive only on necessary business in view of the one-third curtailment of gssoline deliveries, which remains in effect ing officer may reassign her to the same position and rank she held before. The recruiting program is to select candidates f6r the officer school to be held at Fort Des Moines, la., beginning about July 15. It will be handled" exclusively by the regular army " recruiting stations. .'' ' -"' ' Applidations. will : be accepted through June 4, and the . head quarters of each of the nine corps areas will choose 60 for recom mendation to ' the.', war depart ment. These will be sifted tor the final selection of 40 from each corps area. The department" also will choose 30 candidates - from members of the aircraft warn ing service to make np the quota of 451 candidates for the first school. - ..:' Selection of the candidates, all of whom must have a high school Depicts Assault newly-won positions on the said the Russians were rap positions, which front-line In their desperate effort to desperate effort crumble tl.e Russian southern flank in the Izyum-Barvenkova sector, soviet dispatches said, the Germans hurled swarms of para chutists into the battle of men and tanks only to have them picked joff by red army sharp shooters before they hit the ground. In the period of May 17-22 the communique listed. 332 German planes destroyed against 127 losses to the soviet airforce. A slackening in the f ierce aerial war fare was indicated by the state ment that on Monday only 11 nazi craft and eight Russian craft were downed. Before Kharkov, dispatches from the front indicated that the soviet was in firm grasp of the Initiative, although the nazis were digging in and offering the heav iest resistance and were said to be bringing out a new, and im proved Messerschmitt fighter plane the ME115 to meet the growing red air strength. To the south, the most violent fighting was along the banks of a river (probably the Donets) over which the Germans were declared seeking in vain to force their way with mechanised charges led by as many as 50 tanks at a time. In this area, said the soviet command in its mid-day com munique, a series of heavy nasi thrusts had been repulsed with great losses to the enemy. Of the main Kharkov front, this bulletin was restrained and for the second consecutive day claimed no general forward progress, merely reporting. "our troops con solidated their positions in the Kharkov directions."' Dispatches to the army organ Red Star, however, drew a pic ture of continued Russian move ment, specifically reporting a break in German defense lines which had hurled the invader back from a number of valuable points and forced him to hurriedly attempt to fortify a scries of nat ural positions. Here, said the paper, Russian shock troops burst through a thick screen of enemy fire to bayonet the nazis out of - their trenches, soviet artillery mean while smashing as many as 23 enemy pillboxes In a single sec tion. The German high command re ported that in "a battle of encir clement" south of Kharkov, pre (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) education or its equivalent, will be on the basis of leadership, - personality, past experience and general adaptability. . Under the direction of Col. Don C. Faith, the school will give them eight weeks' intensive instruction. , Those completing the course with the highest grades will be commissioned as officers, their rank to be determined by their work at the school. . Others : whose work Is satisfactory .will be : appointed', to non-commis- - sioned grades, and candidates who fall to. qualify either M. Of ficers or non-conimbsloned of ficers will remain in tho corps . as enlisted auUiarie-' After the candidates t complete this course, they wul be detailed immediately to ; training enlisted members. ' - - r . The age limit for the jcorps in general' is 21 to 43.'..- " .". " v