Service Men
Our boy of. Salem and
vicinity are in uniform with
Undo Sam over the face of
the globe. Follow them daily
in The Statesman's 'Service
Men' column.
Delicate
PHUUADELPniA, May tt
(ff)- Search for the thief
with the delicate teach it on.
He stole fire alarm box,
disconnecting It without set
tins off the alarm.
NINETY-SECOND YEAR
Salem, Oreaon, Friday Morning, May 29, 1942
Price 5c
No. 43
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50 Per Cent Cut to Dealers
In Northwest Means Lower
Temperature, Short Days
SEATTLE, May 28 (AP). Drastic curtailment of fuel
oil supplies for Oregon and Washington residences, apart
ments and hotels was announced Thursday by William D.
.Shannon, district priorities manager.
-Acknowledging that the reduction probably would cre
ate discomfort when cold weather returns, he commented:
"This is one of the most serious things that has yet
come out. But this is war and we might as well recognize it.
There will be many tragic things, but we will have to face
them.
"This order will bring many of
us to a realization of just how
serious this fuel oil shortage is."
Shannon explained that under
the curtailment order there will
be no summer refills of storage
tanks for consumers who did not
purchase fuel oil during the cor
responding month of 1941, unless
their tanks are empty.
Those who bought fuel oil in
. any month last year will . be
Limited to one-half the amount
then obtained.
An announcement had been
made previously this month of a
50 per cent cut in deliveries to
distributors. Thursday's order was
an putline of how the distributors
should relay the rationing to their
customers.
The order includes the clause:
"If, however, in any month in
1941 use of fuel oil was abnormal
ly high or low or if no deliveries
were made in the corresponding
month in 1941, then the distribu
tor shall deliver an amount equal
to 50 per cent of the fuel oil re
quired for use in normal opera
tion of oil burning equipment."
While expressing concern over
the comfort of the aged and in
fants, Shannon asserted:
"It means drastic curtailment in
the amount of heat which will be
available for all living quarters.
"It means apartment houses
and hotels will probably have
heat for a while in the morn
ings and evenings and no heat
will be available in the day
time. "It - means that hot water is
going to have to be kept at a
temperature of about 140 de
grees Fahrenheit.
"It means room temperature is
going to be kept around 65 de
grees for such times as heat is to
be furnished.
"It means further that there
may be no heat at all between 10
a.m. and 6 p.m."
Shannon said fuel dealers were
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Bov's Raft
Bob Nickerson, 12, Oregon State School for the Blind pupil, was cold
and shaken Thursday as he clambered into the city first aid car with
assistance of Cant. Percy Clark after city firemen had rescued him
from a precarious perch on
i bridge over South Mill creek
Order
$8000 Added
For Emergency
County Bridget Calls
For $985,657 to
Be Expended
Digging into the general fund
surplus, the Marion county bud
get committee added $8000 to its
emergency fund, made several
minor adjustments in its 1942-43
budget and called its task com
pleted Thursday.
The budget, as it will be pre
sented at the annual taxpayers
meeting at the courthouse on
July 2, -calls for expenditures
aggregating $985,657 anda1ax
levy of $681,257, or $327.45 un
der the total levy available un
der the 6 per cent constitutional
limitation.
The budget by funds stands as
follows:
General, $339,197 expenditure,
$234,747 tax; roads and highways,
$250,000 expenditure, $38,150 tax;
market road construction and
maintenance, $108,400 expendi
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Barrymore Stays
In Serious State
HOLLYWOOD, May 28 -fP)
Stricken John Barrymore remain
ed in a critical condition Thurs
day, conscious only at intervals
and with stimulants aiding his
flagging heart action.
The 60-year-old star of screen,
stage and radio entered Holly
wood Presbyterian hospital 10
days ago suffering from pneu
monia and chronic kidney and
liver maladies. His condition is
further aggravated by heart complications.
Ride Ends in Swim
crossarms of the South High street
:
Work Or
Fight Is
Policy
Draft Used if
Job Refused
For No Cause
WASHINGTON, May 2S-(JP)
Apparently aiming at complete
mobilization of this nation's la
bor resources, manpower Chief
Paul V. McNutt announced
Thursday night a "work or
fight" policy for all workers
refusing "suitable employment"
in war plants.
The far-reaching policy brings
to bear the full force of the draft
law to reenforce the drive for
workmen in the plants turning out
materials for victory.
"If a worker refuses to accept
suitable employment in a war
industry without reasonable
cause," McNutt said, it would of
course be the duty of the Unit
ed States employment service to
report the circumstances to the
selective service system for
consideration in connection with
any request for deferment on
occupational grounds."
The action recalled similar
measures of the first World war,
when provost marshal announced
that every man of draft age after
July 1, 1918 "must work or
fight."
Thursday's announcement fol
lowed closely a "freezing" of es
sential workers in critical war
industries to their present jobs, in
a move to stop "pirating" of labor
among war plants "through com
petitive wage bidding.
McNutt s a i dijrhursday ,this
policy probably "Would ''apply im
mediately only to few critical
occupations in a small number of
war plant areas where manpower
conditions are particularly criti
cal. He emphasized that no re
strictions would be placed upon
the freedom of a worker to
work where he chooses, except
that he would be expected to
get any new job requiring a
critical skill only through the
federal employment service.
In each war production area
where the job freeze is applied,
a local committee of labor and
management representatives will
be established to advise, hear and
make recommendations on ap
peals by workers or employers,
he explained.
5000 to Pick Peas
PENDLETON, May 28-(-Im-
portation of 5000 workers to har
vest the pea crop in eastern Ore
gon and Washington was planned
Thursday after a meeting of grow
ers and federal employment serv
ice officials of the two states.
Trained as rescue squads, Sa
lem's firemen are seldom called
upon to save more than property,
but Thursday they responded to
a call for help from a small boy
who had been thrown into Mill
creek accidentally.
Bob Nickerson, 12-year-old
state blind school pupil related to
them, after Fireman Glenn She-
deck had "shinnied" down one of
the South High street bridge pil
ing xo pick mm oil a crossarm.
how he had attempted to navigate
the stream on a raft. When his
clumsy transport struck a piling,
the boy was hurled into the
stream. Clutching a piling, he
managed to climb to a crossarm
where he sat when his calls for
help were heard by Delores Dug
gan, who lives nearby. Her call
to the police department resulted
in dispatching of the first aid
car.
First aiders had called the fire
department and a ladder truck
was en route to the bridge when
Miss Duggan called firemen. The
boy said he believed he had been
on the rafter beneath the bridge
approximately 15 minutes. Bob's
vision at present is said to be
comparatively good. '
Our Senators
a3
Lcsi 3-0
Ordered Out
HARRY R. BRIDGES
Deportation of
Bridges Called
'Overthrow' Wanted
Says Middle, as
Fight Promised
WASHINGTON, May 28 -(P)
Attorney General Biddle ruled
Thursday that the communist par
ty "teaches the violent overthrow"
of the government and ordered
Harry R. Bridges, CIO leader in
the west, deported on the ground
that he was a member of the
party. f
It was the first administrative
finding that placed the commu
nist party in the category of or
ganizations which "advise, advo
cate, and teach the overthrow,
by force and violence, of the gov
ernment of the United States."
The deportation order Mas a
direct reversal of the unani
mous finding of the four mem
bers of the board of immigra
tion appeals who reviewed the
ease last fall.. The board, head
ed by Chairman Joseph FanelU,
(TuftTto Kge 2, CoL 3)
Berry Price
Reply Waited
Farmers Expect OPA
Answer Resulting
From Freeze
Promised an answer "within 48
hours" on May 20 as to aid in
giving farmers a satisfactory price
for their strawberries, the grow
ers committee formed here that
week still awaits the reply from
the promissor, Edmond F. Maher,
regional representative of the of
f ice of price administration,
George Tate, committee chairman,
announced Thursday night.
Tate said he had telegraphed
Maher's office Thursday for in
formation as to when the reply
might be expected, but had re
ceived no answer to this inquiry
either.
"As yet no price has been set
for strawberries," Tate said.
"As soon as an answer is re
ceived from the OPA, a meet
ing of the growers' committee
will be held to determine what
to do next"
The committee's appointment
grew out of a meeting of grow
ers witn Maner nere ine rugm
of May 18 at which it was com
plained that the OPA's blanket
price freezing order had appar
ently made it impossible for pack
ers to pay the farmers the price
they must have to break even on
their crop. Maher predicted the
OPA would work out some plan
for reimbursing the growers for
their losses.
Starr Fruit Products company
here early this week reported of
fering 8 cents a pound for straw
berries but the amount of berries
it was prepared to take at ; this
figure was uncertain.
Family of Six Held,
Shoplifting Charge
WALLA WALLA, May 2S-P)
A family of six temporarily re
siding at Kennewick was held by
city police Thursday night on an
open charge in connection with
shoplifting throughout the Pacific
northwest and southern Idaho,
Police Chief A. L. Jefferis said.
The group arrested includes two
men. their wives and two juve
niles, and nearly I100G in loot
from Pasco. Kennewick, Walla
Walla. Baker and Eugene, Ore.
Buhl and Twin Falls, Ida, Jef
feris stated. He said the group Ts
being held pending filing of for
mal charges tomorrow.
The family was arrested Thurs
day after a woman was seen car
rying out some clothing from a
local store under her coat.
Gerr
ans
Advance
In Liby
a
Russia Reports
Gains; Chinese
Holding Kinhwa
By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE
Associated Press War Editor
German advances in the new
Libyan offensive and incon
clusive fighting apparently fa
voring the Russians in the fierce
battle of the Ukraine cast up
Thursday a sort of rough bal
ance as to the war's two major
battlefields on a day that
brought word of widespread and
similarly mixed actions upon the
world's seas.
Not in weeks had the whole
global front of the war been so
astir; there were among the de
velopments:
Africa Field Marshal Rom
mel's powerful tank thrust in
Libya had reached to within 15
miles of its principal immediate
objective, the scarred fortress -of
Tobrak, although he had
been thrown back at both the
British flanks.
The" advance was made at the
center, to the town of El Adem
about 15. miles due south of To
brak, but whether it was of much
importance remained to be seen,
i ."Reaching El Adem Rommel had
cqme forward 30 miles inside the
1 4 o s e British defense zone, but
ttie British pointed out that the
cloture of desert terrain was in
itelf of little consequence, and
tfyit such lines as exist in that
aa are fluid. They observed, too,
Wii their own main objective was
to destroy Rommel's armored for
ces and not simply to retain bar
ren territory.
Russia Russian field dispat
ched reported that the central and
right wings of the Ukrainian of
fensive were again beating slow
ly forward upon Kharkov and
that in the Izyum-Barvenkova
sector to the south the German
counter-offensive had been ham
mered down into the ground, at
least momentarily, and was in
fact being pushed back to new
positions.
Enormous German losses hi
men and machines were claimed
along this latter front where it
was stated that in a single ac
tion along the Donets river 1000
nails had been killed by artil
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Murray Will
Call on Ranks
Reconciliation Deemed
Past With Lewis;
Union Split Seen
WASHINGTON, May 28 -(JP)
Philip Murray indicated Thurs
day night that he would ask the
rank and file of the United Mine
Workers to repudiate John I
Lewis' action in ousting him from
the vice presidency of the union.
Declaring the procedure follow
ed by Lewis was "wholly irregu
lar," the CIO president angrily
told reporters:
"The justice or injustice of the
action Itself will eventually be
passed on by the United Mine
Workers membership."
His statement was taken to
mean that he would appeal to
the UMW convention in Atlantic
City next October, though Mur
ray declined to say whether or
not that was the meaning.
"You can figure it our your
self," he told reporters.
In any event, it was clear that
there was no healing now of the
breach between the two men who
came up from the mines together
and were for so many years close
friends.
The situation appeared, too, to
embrace these possibilities:
That Lewis,', cleanly, broken
with the man who succeeded him
at the head of the CIO, would
lead the UMW out of that or
ganizatlon. ,
. That Murray, if he could sue
cess fully press a challenge to
Lewis in the UMW, might destroy
his old friend as a major Influ
ence in the labor movement.
Wednesday's Weather
; Weather forecasts "withheld
l and temperature data delayed
by army request. ' Max. Temp.
Wednesday 60, Min. 40. Pre
. cipitation Wednesday J in. .. ,
Quinis Eight;
Get Cakes on
Visit Home
CALLANDER, Ont, May 28
P) The Dionne quintuplets
got a surprise present on their
eighth birthday anniversary
Thursday they were allowed
to visit the humble farm house
where they were born.
Marie, Yvonne, Emilie, An
nette and Cecile enjoyed it im
mensely, romping about the
place and watching the farm
animals. They had dinner in the
house with their parents and
. brothers and sisters. There were
five birthday cakes.
Stimson Sees
Return Raids
Tells of Expansion to
Meet 'Inevitable'
Japanese Blow
WASHINGTON, May 28-fyP)
Secretary of War Stimson said
Thursday the army was making
active preparations to fend off an
"almost inevitable" Japanese re
turn blow for last month's spec
tacular air raid on Tokyo and
other Japanese war production
centers.
Pacific coast cities are consid
ered the most likely target of at
tack, the war secretary indicated,
but added that a raid on the na
tional capital was not inconceiv
able, despite the distance in
volved. "Whatever happens, we shan't
.relax our most effective defense,
Lthe preparation of a major offen
sive," he promised.
Without revealing from what
quarter the army expected an
attack to be attempted, or what
measures" were being taken to
meet it, Stimson told a press
conference that "we are on the
alert and are doing everything
we can to prepare."
"The United States, through
Gen. James H. Doolittle inflicted a
stinging, h u m i 1 i a t i ng surprise
blow on Japan," he said.
"To anyone who knows oriental
psychology, that meant a most
serious loss of face which to orien
tals can only be wiped out by a
return blow, and a greater one if
possible.
"That is of paramount interest
to us today to set our house in
order for what seems inevitable."
Stimson coupled the warning
with announcement of new offen
sive preparations by the expand
ing army, but left unanswered the
direction of the major offensive he
said was being prepared." He de
clined to, comment on the con
ferences of key American military
commanders in Great Britain and
made no mention of the possi
bility of nazi attacks on the United
States.
The secretary reported:
Nine additional largely mo
torized infantry divisions will
be organized by the end of
August. Seven others of the 32
such divisions to be created be
fore the year's end already are
in process of formation.
A new amphibious training
command has been ordered form
ed as a part of the army ground
forces to intensify preparations for
combined land, sea and air war
fare. Commanded by Col. Frank
A. Keating, of Ridgewood, NJ,
the headquarters of the command
are initially at Camp Edwards,
Mass., but the unit later will shift
to Florida.
Order of March -
War Work Asked for Holiday
WASHINGTON, May 28
The following statement concern
ing the Memorial day holiday was
issued by Donald M. Nelson,
chairman of the war production
board:
v"Memorial day is set aside as
a day to honor the memory of
PORTLAND, May 28 -P)
Shipyard crews in this area
planned ...Thursday. toU work
without Interruption. Memorial;
day in compliance with the fed--eral
government's request , for:
no holiday in war production.
American soldiers and sailors who
have fallen fighting for their
country.
- "In ordinary -times .we cele
brate it as a holiday, and the
very Act of suspending, the nor-
routine and enjoying a
Blakeley Lasts
Out 2 Attacks;
11 Ships Sunk
Argentine Steamer in Port
Reveals Survivors Not Off
US Battleship as Claimed
By The Associated Press
Brazil adopted a "shoot-on-sight" policy against axk
submarines off her coast and Mexico Thursday went ta war
against Germany, Italy and Japan, in twin moves which
will strengthen the United States' hand in dealing with the
serious submarine menace in the western hemisphere.
It was disclosed in Rio De Janeiro that Brazilian airmen
had sunk one of the axis submarines which they attacked
"in Brazilian territorial waters" during the past week after
seven of that country's ships had fallen prey to the under
sea marauders.
Six Executed
In Reprisal
New Trouble for Nazi
Reported in Killing
Of Norway German
LONDON, M a y ' 23-P)-The
Gestapo executed six persons in
Prague Thursday in swift reprisal
for Wednesday's attack upon
Reichsprotector Reinhard Heyd
rich and took other sweeping ac
tion to put the former Czech re
public under a merciless iron
heel.
Heinrich Himmler, chief of
the Gestapo and perhaps the
most feared man in Europe,
was reported to have flown to
Prague to take' personal charre
I of inquiry and retaliation in
connection with the attempt on
the life of his chief aide.
The Prague radio announced
Thursday night that Gen. Kurt
Daluege, former reichspolice chief
and a veteran storm troop and
elite guard leader, had been ap
pointed protector of Bohemia and
Moravia in succession to the
wounded Heydrich.
The appointment was made by
Hitler himself, and at the same
time Heydrich was named Gesta
po chief for all German-occupied
territory, the Prague radio said
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Coulee Lake
At New High
GRAND COULEE May 28-ff)
There is enough water backed up
behind Grand Coulee dam to cover
the state of Washington to a depth
of two inches, the bureau of re
clamation reported Thursday,
hastily adding the reassurance
that the dam is holding it all very
safely in check.
The report was made in an
nouncing the lake level behind the
dam had reached a new high at
1258 feet above sea level a frac
tion of a foot higher than the
previous top mark recorded No
vember 19, 1941.
The lake now covers 68,000
acres, reaching back nearly to
Canada. The surface will meas
ure 82,000 acres when it reaches
maximum elevation, the bureau
said.
holiday is in itself a fitting
tribute to the memory of men
who died to win peace and
happiness for their country.
"But this is a time of grave
emergency. We can honor our
heroic dead only by showing that
we are determineel as they were
to defend our country without
counting the cost to ouriselves.
We can not honor; them by tak
ing a . holiday. . . - . .
. ."The best way tb celebrate Me
morial day in 194J, therefore, is
to make it, a day of full-time
production in every factory "which
is making war goods or essential
articles for civilian use. '
. a holiday has been sched
uled in. any warj plant where
Memorial day operation Is pos
sible, thatholiday should be
cancelled. This is responsibil
' ity which rests equally on man
agement and on abor.
The seized ship was said to have
been disguised as a Dutch vessel,
and to have been carrying a large
quantity of oil, torpedoes and oth
er materials.
US airmen also sank one or
nore axis U-boats in the Carib
bean after the US destroyer
United States submarines op
erating in far eastern waters
have torpedoed four Japanese
vessels, accord in t to Associated
Press dispatches. The ships
M ere a large Japanese auxiliary
vessel and a medium-sized car
go carrier sunk, another medium-sized
merchantman severe
ly battered and "probably sunk"
and a heavy cruiser damaged.
Blakeley survived two attacks to
reach the port of St. Lucia, Brit
ish West Indies.
The Blakeley was badly dam-;
aged, six of her crew were killed,
and 12 injured Monday when a
submarine lurking near Marti
nique sent a torpedo crashing into
her hull. The destroyer put into
Fort de France, Martinique, for
48 hours, then was attacked again
en route to St. Lucia, but arrived
safely with the aid of US air
patrols.
Although Brazil is not tech
nically at war with the axis.
her status was comparable to
that of the United States last
year when US armed forces
were ordered to shoot at sight
any submarines found in the
Atlantic because of Germany's
arbitrary proclamation of "war
zones" in that ocean and sub
sequent attacks on US naval
forces.
A US patrol plane first sight
ed the axis submarine, it was dis
closed, and then Brazilian dive
bombers swept into action to sink
the prowler. Oil patches and
floating wreckage attested to the
accuracy of the Brazilians' attack.
Although it was possible, even
probable, that more than two axis
submarines were sunk within the
past seven days, the steady ,u-boat
toll of US and allied ships in the
Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and
western Atlantic, remained ser
ious. The navy department in Wash
ington has acknowledged the loss
of 11 ships in those areas in a
week's time. Most of them were
American vessels, and scores of
trained seamen were lost. Almost
every day survivors are landed
in Latin-American ports or North
American ports. .
A week ago the axis raiders
sank the Mexican tanker Faja de
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"We can not afford a lag in
war production due to Memorial
day shutdowns.
."We must honor, the 4ead by
doing all we can to sustain the
living who are carrying on the
fight for freedom all around the
world." :
General '"order" for Saturday's
Memorial day parade in Salem,
issued by Carl Dv Gabrielson,
grand marshal, and-Patil -Thoral-son,-chief
of staff," are as follows:.
; Time of assemblyl'30 p. m. at
Marion3 iquarel "Parade 'starts
promptly at' 1:45 -p.- m.- ;
. Line of march' is south on Com
mercial to State, east -on State to
Church, north oh Church to Court,
west on Court to Hijgb,' south on
High to State. Mass fotinatlon for
special' ceremonies, ' .? ; " l.
Order of march- -The- paradi ;
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