PAGE TWO
To OREGON STATESMAN, Salem Oregon, Thursday Morning, Jus 4, 1942
Serial Warfare
Tops on Fronts
RAF Slams Daylight
Raids Against
Germany's Ruhr
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restore communication with large
axis forces which previously had
fallen back to the west.
The British for their part, how-
aver, had thrown out a column
to seize the sods stronghold of
Rotunda Segneli some 30 miles
west of and behind the main im
perial positions.
In East China, the Cheklang
province railway center' ef
Chuhslen was apparently 'Immi
nently imperiled by Japanese
troops attacking from three
sides and standing at some
points within le miles of the
, city, which b 45 miles south-
west of the fallen provincial
- capital of Klnhwa.
The Chinese were counter-attacking
strongly, however, and the
issue was yet in doubt.
The invader's principal immedi
ate objective In this most active
of China's several fronts was to
get astride yet another section of
the Hangchow-Nanchang trunk
railroad; he already held its term
ini. In Russia, there was no general
ground fighting.
The soviet air force apparent
ly inspired like Russia in general
by the success of the British air
offensive in the west was
strongly in action, however,
against German air bases and so
viet military dispatches noted
exultantly that the nazis had not
been able to regain the aerial in
itiative. On the Leningrad front alone the
Russians were said to have de
stroyed 51 nazi planes and dam
aged 13 others.
The German high command's
communique reported fierce but
local fighting on the central and
northern fronts, and claimed no
major successes.
. British disclosures that the
thousand-plane raids on Cologne
and Essen were only tokens of
what were to come were ac
companied by news of another
overnight raid on Essen. This
was thrust home with a force
described as very strong, but
not as large as previously, and
the loss of 14 British bombers
was announced in London.
During the day great swarms of
British fighter planes followed the
now, familiar aerial trail across
the channel to smash at German
air bases, shipping, factories and
railways over a great area extend
ing from Holland to Brittany.
It was a spokesman for the RAF
who calmly promised the nazis
something a great deal worse than
anything they yet had experienced.
Nazi retaliation over Tuesday
night was confined to southeast
ern England; the historic cathed
rar city of Canterbury was by Ger
man accounts the main target Al
though the British spoke of no
heavy damage, Berlin claimed that
10,000 incendiaries fell upon the
City.
Hope Raised
For Better
Berry Price
Hope that eventually the straw
berry price for growers may be
established at a figure where it
will be acceptable to growers and
eanners was raised Wednesday on
receipt of a telegram from Sen.
Charles L. McNary.
The hope for a satisfactory price
is still indefinite and depends
upon later developments in the
matter.
The telegram from Senator Mc
Nary was addressed , to George
Tate, chairman of the Oregon
Strawberry Growers. It was as
follows:
'. "For some time have been urg
ing secretary of - agriculture and
. administration of OPA to observe
subdivision C of section 3 of the
price control act which provides
that price of commodities pro
cessed shall reflect to producers'
parity price.
"Believe some results have been
obtained. Department today stated
that a comparable price for a case
of fresh strawberries is about
$3.65 which translated into parity
would be between 12 and 14 cents
per pound. Believe results in the
whole canning field can not be
obtained unless secretary of agri
culture enforces plain provisions
of statute. I shall continue my ef
forts." The growers have said that they
must have at least 9 cents in order
to break even.
Wreck Hurts
Dallas Youth
DALLAS, June S.-Clarence
Hildebrand, IS years old, suffered
i fractured skull when he col
JtflM with an automobile while
bicycle Tuesday after-
t was still unconscious
day Evening at the Battel
. frh&f he was taken fol-
tcftybllt, was driven' by
CJ ef Tart, and the
rSfSsd near the Or-
VJ t iittu, east of Dallas,
r?lf "Xil the boy when
be foadesJa?rved and rode directly-
fcf j S Mar of the car.'
i mf Gy,m& fracture on
tach tjsJ crib bead, according
to nf.2jr? 1 from the hospital
late Wedasiiax.
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Service Men
Where) They Are
What Thr'rt Doing
Navy recruitment headquarters
in Portland announced the enlist
ment Tuesday of Victor W. Parlee,
Albany; Henry D. Czehoviak and
John W. LaLonde, both of Cor
vallis, and William P. Rice and Er
nest G. Anderlik, both of Lebanon.
William M. Sanford, 25, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Sanford of a 181
NW Glisan street, Portland,' form
erly of Salem, was one of three
cadets from the Royal Canadian
air force sent to Ellington field.
Texas, this week for training. The
cadets, first from a foreign army
to be trained at Ellington field,
were discharged from the RCAF
on the eve of their unit's depart
ure for foreign service and will
be given a conversion course to
train them in American equipment
and methods before receiving
commissions as second lieutenants.
Sanford was a student at the Uni
versity of Oregon and has many
friends in Salem and vicinity.
One of six officers receiving
promotions at Fort Warren, Wyo.,
this week was Maj. Robert B.
Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W.
Taylor of Portland. Major Taylor,
formerly with the state printing
department in Salem, was . ad
vanced from the rank of captain.
Sam E. McRae, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel McRae, 960 Jefferson
street, has completed his hospital
training course at the Great Lake
naval training station. He is now
hospital apprentice 2nd class and
will take advanced work at a naval
hospital and is now at Portsmouth,
NH.
He was one of a class of 442
from 32 states taking the course.
Mrs. W. Rutherford has received
word from her son, Archie, who is
with the armed forces overseas,
that he is safe and well. He en
listed in the marines in October.
Technician Willard Ivan An
deregg, second armored, division.
Fort Benning, Ga., son of Mrs.
George Anderegg of 2420 Cherry
avenue, Salem, was a member of
the graduating class this weekend
awarded diplomas as qualified
technicians by the tank depart
ment of the armored force school
at Fort Knox, Ky. Anderegg en
tered the service in March, 1041
AMITY Richard Lounzen, who
has been stationed at the US na
val training station in San Diego
has been transferred to Jackson
ville, Fla. to attend a school for
aviation machinist or metalsmith
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John
L. Lorenzen of Amity.
UN ION VALE Floyd Miller is
at Sheppard field, Texas, taking
training in the mechanics airplane
corp. He has been there singe early
April. Mrs. Miller (Shirley Braat)
visited here this week following
the close of her school at Kent.
She is driving to Texas and hopes
to get employment near the air
field.
Red Cross Seeks
$330 to Make
Comfort Kits
Needed to fill more than 200
comfort kits now in preparation
by the Marion county chapter of
the Red Cross for distribution to
US army and marine corps, $330
must be raised immediately, Mrs.
W. Carlton Smith, chairman of the
kit project, said Wednesday.
The kits are to be completed by
the end of next week and sent on
to men in the armed services.
Persons wishing to assist with the
project should send their contri
butions direct to the Red Cross
office, Mrs. Smith said.
Shown in display windows of
two downtown Salem stores, the
kits which several Salem erouns
are engaged in manufacturing,
must weigh not more than 1
pounds. Included are shoe laces,
waterproof match case, double-
edged razor blades, sewing case,
envelopes and paper, playing
cards, cigarettes or smoking to
bacco, shoe polishing cloth, chew
ing gum, soap, small pencil and
small pocket size book of the de
tective or humorous type.
Books of this variety are needed
and such contributions will be
welcomed at the Red Cross office,
it was said.
Marion county chapter labels
are to be stitched into the bags and
a card of greeting from the Red
Cross, containing a brief explana
tion of the kits, will be tucked
into the bags before they are sent
out for distribution.
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'With Charles Farrell and
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DON BARRY in
"Frontier Vengeance"
NEWS and COMEDY
Carrier Said
Raid Source
Four Bombers and 15
Fighters in Early
Morning Attack
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alert," calling for sharp vigilance
and readiness for instant action.
Army authorities in the Panama
Canal zone announced at Balboa
that the alert status there had been
intensified and the leaves and
passes of all soldiers and sailors
cancelled.
The launching of the second raid
within hours of the first led to the
surmise here that the initial at
tack might have been designed
merely to feel out the defenses of
the Aleutian island base to test
the effectiveness of the detection,
devices, the severity of the anti
aircraft fire and the numbers of
defending pursuit planes.
If the first assault was In fact
a feint, the second would be
likely to have been carried out
with more than the four bomb
ers which participated in the
first.
The possibility also was seen,
however, that the two raids
might have been Independent
operations, launched from sepa
rate land bases or aircraft car
riers. The meagreness of the informa
tion immediately available on the
second raid did. not necessarily
cause alarm for the safety of the
Dutch Harbor personnel and the
radio and other installations there
Some hours intervened between
the time the first raid occurred
and the time when the few details
available were made public.
Officials had long expected an
assault in the Alaska area prin
cipally as a face-saving device
after Brig. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle's
raid on Tokyo and other Japanese
cities, and the station was de
scribed as prepared to meet it.
"Japan was expected to try to
retaliate for the raid by our Ameri
can fliers," said Chairman Con
nolly (D-Tex) of the senate for
eign relations committee, "it was
apparently part of their face-saving
process."
But whether It was merely a
nuisance raid or the start of an
offensive designed to knock oat
the North Pacific bases from
which American planes may
strike at the Japanese mainland
could not be determined from
officials here pending the re
lease of further information.
At Seattle, Rear Admiral C. 8
Freeman, commander of. the 13th
naval district, said:
"This attack was not a surprise
and the station was prepared to
meet it Further reports may be
expected from the navy depart
ment when further news as to the
extent and severity of the attack
is received."
A communique issued here,
based on reports received up to
4:00 p. m. eastern war time, said
only:
"Information has been received
that Dutch Harbor, Alaska, was at
tacked by four Japanese bombers
and 15 fighters at approximately
6:00 a. m. local time (9 a. m.
PWT). The attack lasted approxi
mately 15 minutes."
Presumably bombs were
dropped, but against what specific
objectives and with what results
were not stated. Nor was there
any information here on whether
defending forces destroyed any of
the enemy planes.
Gasoline Cut
Plans Ready
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final decision on the nation-wide
rationing, nor had it been de
termined which government ag
ency would administer such a
program. The issue will be de
cided by President Roosevelt and
is expected to be presented to the
cabinet on Friday.
The present "X" cards, pro
viding unlimited gasoline sup
plies, would be eliminated en
tirely under the permanent At
lantic coast program. All ra
tioning would be on a coupon
basis, with any allowance ever
the basic minimum based on
actual necessary automobile
nsa-e.
A new registration of automo
bile owners win be necessary but
no date for the registration has
been set.
Return Engagement
By Popular Demand!
Salem Armory
Saturday, Jcne 6
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Sprague Endorses
Buy-Hour,Plan
The proposal of Gov. Chase A.
Clark of Idaho that every citizen
buy a year's supply of flour to
alleviate the critical shortage of
wheat storage capacity was en
dorsed here Wednesday by Gov.
Charles A. Sprague.
In a letter replying to Clark's
proposal to "make every home a
wheat bin," the governor wrote:
"This would remove a lot of
wheat from storage. Oregon faces
this problem along with Idaho.
Washington and other wheat
growing states."
Bill Offered
For 500 Ships
Eight Billion Dollars
Cost Stresses New
Carries, Patrols
WASHINGTON, June 3-UPi-A
gigantic ship construction meas
ure calling for more than 600
fighting vessels at a cost of $8,
300,000,000 was introduced Wed
nesday by Chairman Vinson (D-
Ga) of the house naval committee
in a move to double the size of
the fleet.
The legislation, envisioning the
greatest outlay in history for a
single naval building program,
ultimately would place on the
high seas more than 1000 United
States men o'war of all types, in
cluding those now In service and
under construction.
The bill, drafted by Vinson
after consultation with navy of
ficials, would boost to approxi
mately $170,000,000,000 this na
tion's defense-war allotments
in the past three years. Of that
amount, approximately $47,
000,000,000 would be earmarked
for the navy.
Vinson's measure call for 500,
000 tons of aircraft carriers, 500,-
000 tons of light and heavy cruis
ers, 900,000 tons of destroyers and
escort vessels, and 800 small ves
sels for patrol work, mine laying
and tending duty.
Meanwhile, without a dissent
ing vote, the house passed and
sent to the senate a bill carrying
$2,797,499,740 in direct appropri
ations and contract authorizations
for the navy, including $887,500,
11 . m
uuu ior -more man loir new
submarines and $1,115,000,000
for 500,00 tons of naval auxiliary
vessels. Chairman Cannon (D-
Mo) of the appropriations com
mittee told the house that the
latter would be used "in connec
tion with the submarine pro
gram." This was viewed as an
indication that the navy planed
to send long-range undersea
craft into the far Pacific to har
ass the Japanese' shipping lanes
The measure carried also $150,-
000,000 for aviation plant facili
ties.
House Joyous
In W ar Vote
On Balkans
WASHINGTON, June 3-()-In
rapid-fire order, the house passed
without a dissenting vote and sent
to the senate Wednesday three
resolutions declaring war on Bul
garia, Hungary and Rumania.
The action carried out a recom
mendation made Tuesday by
President Roosevelt in a special
message to congress.
Three separate roll-calls were
taken as members went on record
for the sixth time since last De
cember 7 for a declaration of war.
Named as enemies in the earlier
resolutions were Japan, Germany
and Italy.
In sharp contrast to the som
bre atmosphere that prevailed
in the house last December when
war was declared against the
axis "big shots," there was an
air of levity as the three satelite
nations were brought Into the
fold of Uncle Sam's enemies.
Members milled around, talking
and laughing, as the votes were
taken without previous explana
tion or debate.
The three resolutions were sent
to the senate, where their unanim
ous approval was expected Thurs
day. I l '
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Japs Sink 7
Allied Ships
150 Seamen Killed in
Cruiser Attack off
India in April
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bombing plane appeared about an
hour after the attack and fired
one of the Japanese ships with
bombs.
Seven survivors of the Bay of
Bengal action have been landed
at Norfolk, Va. The ship's entire
crew of 37 escaped on rafts and
lifeboats.
Against this picture of contin
ued losses, the maritime commis
sion reported American shipyards
set an all-time record in May
with the completion and delivery
of 58 steel merchant ships of ap
proximately 632,000 deadweight
tons.
The navy announced during
May the sinking of 31 American
ships of an undisclosed aggre
gate tonnage.
One ef the Atlantic sinkings
was a medium-sized United
States merchant vessel, which
was torpedoed early last month
along with a large British ship
in the Caribbean area. All 83
crewmen and eight passengers
of the two ships escaped death.
Thirty three survivors landed
at eastern ports from the third
torpedoed ship, a medium-sized
British merchantman, sunk sev
eral hundred miles east of Ber
muda.
Concerning the Bay of Bengal
battle. Captain Eklund said six
allied nations cargo ships were
cornered by the cruisers and the
entire group was shelled to the
bottom in 40 minutes. A nearby
Norwegian ship also was sunk.
The cruisers fired between 40
and 50 shells at the American
freighter, Eklund said, but scored
only 15 or 18 hits. He added that
"shrapnel was falling like a hail
storm."
Four of the merchantmen were
armed and three of them fired
their deck guns at the enemy
warships, but scored no hits, the
skipper related. The attack was
carried on at close range.
About 350 survivors reached
the beach, among them approxi
mately 50 seriously wounded,
and after a day and a half
there they were paddled several
miles up a river by natives to a
point from which they were
taken by bus to a hospital at
Cattuck.
The report on the new ship
construction was made before the
Duluth, Minn., chamber of com
merce by Rear' Admiral Howard
L. Vickery, vice chairman of the
maritime commission, who pre
dicted that the 1942-43 goal of
23,000,000 deadweight tons of
merchant ships might be bettered
by 5,000,000 "if everything clicks
and we get the steel."
'Closed Day'
Adopted Here
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The managers of the participat
ing restaurants expressed the be
lief that the program adopted
would result in no hardships on
the public and arrangements are
being made to advertise the plan
fully for a period of several weeks
to advise fully restaurant patrons
of the new change in policy.
Under the new plan relief shifts
will be eliminated in the partici
pating restaurants and the full
personnel of each organization
will be available for duty on each
day of operation.
Asks Credit Card Ban
WASHINGTON, June 3.-JP)
The petroleum industry war coun
cil recommended to the Industry
Wednesday- that credit sale of
gasoline through retail outlets be
discontinued after December 31.
This would abolish credit cards
for the duration.
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Matthews9 Condition
Reported "Worse
The condition of Dr. James T.
Matthews, "grand old man" of
Willamette university, who is be
ing treated at the Deaconess hos
pital for a stomach disorder, has
taken a turn for the worse, it was
Sported Wednesday night. Dr.
atthews is not allowed to have
visitors.
Panama Alert
Is Intensified
US and Canada Ready
For Any Conditions
With Precautions
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of the Royal Canadian air force.
WAC said the measure was pre
cautionary only.
The "defense area" extends
westward from the summit of
the Cascade range and north from
the United States boundary to a
point above Prince Rupert in mid
northern coastal British Colum
bia. VANCOUVER, BC. June 3 -(JP
Inspector S. F. M. Moodie of the
provincial civilian protection com
mittee said Wednesday night
"that in view of the unsettled con
dition in the Pacific, while there
is no cause for alarm, we have
redoubled our ordinary precau
tions." Inspector Moodie made his
statement some hours after the
second Japanese bombing of the
United States naval base at Dutch
Harbor, Alaska, was announced.
The protection officer added
that "we have doubled our staffs."
VICTORIA. BC, June HP)
Air raid precaution workers of
this British Colombia capital
were put en the alert Wednes
day night following two Japa
nese bombing raids cn the
United States naval base at
Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Inspector A. H. Bishop, ARP
chief for Victoria, said all war
dens were ordered to be on the
alert and to stand by telephones.
SEATTLE, June 8 P)- Ja
pan's aerial attacks on Dutch Har
bor, Alaska, Wednesday brought
a warning from civilian defense
leaders for Seattle's citizenry to
recheck air raid instructions and
prepare their homes for possible
blackout.
While emphasizing that there
will be no imposition of blackout
regulations immediately, Al J.
Ruth, chief of staff to the Seattle
director of civilian protection, cit
ed the approach of the war to
half the distance from the Puget
Sound area's vital war industries.
Dutch Harbor is less than 2000
miles from Seattle.
"A lot of people have been
planning to make adequate
blackout preparations for a long
time," he commented, "but have
been putting it off from day to
day. The attack on Dntch Har
bor should be a signal to them
that it's not safe to procrasti
nate any longer."
The reports of the Dutch Har
bor raids struck the firesides of
many Seattle homes, from which
civilian workers went north for
the construction work at the naval
station. The contract was held by
the Siems-Drake-Puget Sound
company of Seattle, and its office
and navy headquarters were
flooded with calls from families
of workmen.
4H Opens School
CORVALLIS, June S.-(P)-The
24th annual 4H club summer
school opened Wednesday at Ore
gon State college with an attend
ance in excess of 1600.
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The lovers of "Honeymoon la
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Loveblitses
World's Most
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Blende
(Madeleine
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Aleutians Said
Inhospitable
Comedian Declares Men
At Station Are
Alwayg Ready
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that "exceptional speed was made
in the development of Alaskan air
bases at Sitka, Kodlak, and Dutch
Harbor."
The original program at Ko
dlak is substantially completed."
this progress report said, "al
though original surveys were not
made until September, 1839, and
construction started early in
1940."
"Sise ef this base has been
greatly Increased since original
ly planned and additional con
struction providing for enlarge
ments over the Initial program
Is proceeding satisfactorily re
gardless of rigorous whiter con
ditions. The additional construc
tion has been planned so as not
to interfere with the use of sec
tions of the base already com
pleted. "Development on the air base
at Sitka Is even farther along than
at Kodiak. Likewise, progress has
been satisfactory at Unalaska (the
island on which Dutch Harbor is
located). Necessary barracks and
recreational facilities for person
nel have been erected and occu
pied. Extensive recreational fa
cilities have been provided for
men stationed in these points
where the normal inversions of
continental posts are lacking."
HOLLYWOOD, June 3 .-(P) -Comedian
Joe E. Brown, who was
flown to Dutch Harbor seven
weeks ago to entertain the service
men there, said Wednesday "they
figured on such a bombing with
the coming of good weather."
And to emphasize the precau
tions taken there to avoid sur
prise, Brown said Sunday was al
ways observed on a week day
because they expected a sneak
attack on Sunday.
"I arrived there on Wednes
day," he said, "and was sur
prised to find that all the sol
diers were shaving and getting
dolled up. I asked why and one
said. 'Why, this is Sunday.'
"Then I was told that nobody
ever knew until the last minute
what day . would be observed as
the sabbath.
"One thing I particularly no
ticed during my short visit was
the business-like manner of the
officers and men, the men espec
ially," he continued.
"They didn't have film stars'
pictures hanging over their bunks
or magazine dipouts of cuties.
No, sir, they had vital maps all
over their barracks which they
studied all of the time."
Beck Praises
Full Effort
Teamsters Warnfd on
Spread to US
Of Communism
PORTLAND, Ore, June t-(AV
Federal subsidies must be fivef
war-hit businesses to tide thent
through the emergency, Davf
Beck, Seattle, vice president of
the International Brotherhood of
Teamster (AFL), said Wednes
day. "Government subsidies must bi
given to businesses If they, losf
everything in the war effort," hf
told the teamsters seventh an
nual western conference of which
he is president.
T don't believe In confiscat
ing property," he said.
He warned the See delegates
against the spread of commun
ism to the United States.
"They're our allies; I welcome
thenv with open arms, but we
don't want them to sovietize our
business. We believe in the capi
talistic and profit system. Wo
want business men to travel
through the war and have theii
businesses left"
Beck pledged the teamsters to
strikeless, all-out cooperation la
winning the war.
"We're going to contribute ev
erything, right down to our lives,
to win the war," he said. "We're
not going to strike until we travel
every avenue of help and we try
every governmental agency."
The teamsters' union -has not
had a strike In 29 months, he
said, adding that picket liner
would be tailored until every
possible course la the settle
ment of any dispite that might
arise had been exhausted.
Beck gave his unqualified ap
proval to the shifting of the un
ion's members from non-essential
to essential Jobs.
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