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fill rafriMSi'ifii' The Insido Tour complete morning newspaper. The Statesman, offer yon pertinent comments- en war newt of the day by Kirke Simpson, Washington analyst Salcd ST. LOUIS, Jane lMff) Ten-year-old Joan Singleton elalms the bluest lemonade business. She pells s dan for 13 cents- lt-cent war stamp foes with It POUNDBDl tCZi KINITY-SECOND YIAH Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning. Juno 11. 1942 Price 5c. No. 5S Tub.els Okehed ' rrp t ee 550 Miles to Aid Eastern Fuel Supply WASHINGTON, June 10 (AP)) The war production board gave permission Wed nesday for the immediate con struction of an oil pipeline from Longview, Tex., to Sa lem, 111., to increase the petro leum flow to the east but gave no indication that it would bring any relaxation of the gasoline rationing in the Atlantic states. The board announced that the pipeline would provide "an in creased supply of oil to the east coast area within six months" but Donald M. Nelson, chariman of the WPB, said it probably would be used priiaarily for fuel oil and secondarily for gasoline. Nothing was said about the probable effect on the rationing program but abandonment of the rationing was viewed as unlikely, particularly in view of the cam paign to reduce the use of tires. The 550-mile pipeline will de liver 350,000 barrels of oil daily to the Salem area, from where most of it will be transported by tank ears, barges. Great Lakes carriers and other facili ties to the eastern shortare area. The line is expected to be com pleted by December 1. Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the WPB said construction would start im mediately, SIi Is Described Crew Waited in Lifeboat For Chance to Shoot U-Boat ; PORT ANGELES, Wash., June - 10-(yP)-Tense moments of waiting in a lifeboat with a machine gun with hopes of giving a Japanese submarine a "surprise" were de scribed Wednesday by members of the crew of an American mer , chant ship, sunk Sunday off the . Washington coast in the first sUch north Pacific war loss. The submarine laued to sunace, however, and First Officer E. W. Nystrom, of Oakland, Calif., was unable to get any personal re venge against the Japanese for the fate of his father. Bis father, Capt Fred Ny strom, widely-known Pacific ' coast skipper who commanded the steamship Ruth Alexander ' - for years, is a- Japanese prisoner of war at Hongkong-. He. was captured early in the war. In, only a few minutes after the explosion tore a hole aft in the vessel Sunday afternoon some 35 miles off the coast, Nystrom re flated, he pulled a 30-calibre Lewis machine gun from the bridge rail and carried it into the lifeboat The boat was away from the vessel in (Turn to Page 2. CoL 5) Slated for Week at Boys9 State WWQ8W k- - HawaMBsswaflBssMnssaMs Maaaaa.! ' ' ii4mwswsmssI ,.iiitJBsassssl The ten boys who will represent Salem at the Beaver Boys' State camp on the Oregon State campus at Corvallis, June 14-21 are Included above. From left to right they are C V. Richardson, Ameri can Legion, Capital Post No. , Salem, Travis Cross, Clbaton Mason,. William Ransom, Bobby Jones, Don Scheelar, Patrick Bond, Warren Eckles, Thomas Brand, Edmond Bllven, Leren Belmhont and and A. J. Crose. also of the Legion pest. Absent are LeRoy Blake and William Poorman. -. J tip $ Slaughter Greater, Europe Germans Launch New Offensive From Kharkov By the Associated Press Against the background of fighting on European open fronts Wednesday there was more death on that silent front created by the German con querors in the occupied lands. Almost coincident with a resume from the allied exiled governments that the nazis had killed nearly 500,000 in the over run countries, the most wholesale slaughter yet ordered by a Gerr man administrator was reported from old Czechoslovakia, where already at least 306 Czechs had died because of the assassination of the Gestapo Leader Heydrich. The Prague radio stated that every man resident in the Czech village of Tidice near Kladno had been shot by the nazis on suspicion that somebody was harboring the killers of Heyd rich. The "women of-4he village were sent to a concentration camp, it was added; the children to "educational centers;" the village itself was razed. A new wave of punitive meas ures is believed on the way throughout all these countries as the result of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, "protector" of Bohemia-Moravia, for whose death (Turn to Page 2. Col. 3) 12 From City Go Sunday to Boys' State Twelve boys selected to repre sent Salem at Beaver Boys' State camp will leave Sunday for Cor vallis, where they will convene for a week on the Oregon State college campus. The camp, directed by Amer ican Legion officials, is especially designed to bring youths of Ore gon into closer association with each other and to instruct pri marily in the fundamentals of government. Much time, however, is allotted to recreation. The Salem boys, co-sponsored by the Legion, Capital Post No. 9 and Salem business men, will have full use of the campus fa cilities. They will stay in college dormitories. .Outstanding and widely recog nized speakers will be on hand. - Claim Successes in Pdcific Visits US r S i c ' KING GEORGE II Greek Monarch Greeted in US Lend-Lease Aid for Countrymen Still Fighting Sought By RUTH COWAN WASHINGTON, June 10-UP) King George II of Greece was greeted with full military honors and a handshake by the President and Mrs. Roosevelt when he and his party arrived at the White House Wednesday after their trip from Cairo, Egypt, part way by air. The tall, slim monarch, who was accompanied by Emanuel Tsouder os, Greek premier, had told re porters before the ceremonies that his countrymen "are in the fight to stay," He added "the Greek army, its air corps and more than half of its original navy are fighting today in many theatres of the war." He said his mission here is to arrange for direct shipment of lease-lend supplies to the Greek forces. "We have been getting materials of war by way of the British, but we feel that the de mands of our nation in the war and in the reconstruction period which will follow can be met better by direct American assist ance." Although in recent months prime ministers, dukes and princes have visited the White House, this is the first time since the Ameri can trip of Britain's monarchs in 1939 that a king has been a guest and the White House staff turned (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7) T 1 'I'M Y i Aleutians Declared Occupied Statements as To Sea Battle Refuted in US By The Associated Press In a skillfully prepared communique, the Japanese imperial command tried to make it appear Wednesday night that the Japanese navy had got the best of the US fleet, although at considerable cost, in the battle of Midway. Then it injected a curious claim categorically refuted in Washington of continuing Japanese troop operations in some part of the far-flung Aleutian is lands. Still later, a Japanese naval spokesman spoke of how the Jap anese were able to "occupy west ern Aleutian islands' because of the naval engagement off Midway. The communique, first ink linf the Japanese people had received that its naval forces had been engaged in two ma jor operations, stated that one .Japanese aircraft carrier had been sunkT one heavily dam aged and one cruiser damaged, but it said that US losses off Midway island and Dutch Har bor, in the Aleutians were these: Two US aircraft carriers and one "large transport" sunk; 134 aircraft destroyed. Then it went on to claim that Japanese troops had landed in the Aleutians, destroyed US posi tions and "are continuing the operations in this area." The Japanese claims on the Midway engagement were an ticipated. Only Tuesday, the widely read Tokyo newspaper Asahi had paved the way for something of the sort with an article which went back to the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) WP A Fight Hits House Abolition of Agency Conies up Today; 400,000 on Roll WASHINGTON, June 10 -VP) Bi-partisan demands for aboli tion of the WPA long a subject of congressional controversy arose on the house floor Wednes day while supporters of the relief agency contended that it could make important contributions to national welfare in time of war. Ttie house will reach a rote Thursday on a motion by Rep. Taber (R-NY), ranking minor ity member of the appropria tions committee, to wipe out the proposed 1280,000,000 allotment designed to give employment to ' 400,000 persons on WPA during: the fiscal year starting July 1. "The request for these funds comes in at a time when any man or woman willing and able to work can find employment," Taber declared. "Farmers are cry ing for help. Factories are search ing for men. The army is taking thousands of young men for duty. "The only argument that can be advanced for its continuance while the nation is at war is that the misfits who have made a mess of the WPA over the years may continue on the public pay roll." Chairman Cannon (D-Mo) of ' the appropriations committee maintained, however, that there were still hundreds of thous ands of unemployed, that the eonrersiom of Industry front peace to war production had created hardship in many scc ' tiona. He declared that most of the $280,000,000 would be spent for projects connected with the war. " v - -. ? . :T Chairman Norton (D-NJ) of the labor committee declared that she would seek an additional $6,000,000 for the WPA to main tain nurseries to care for the chil dren of women who obtain Jobs In war industries. Steaming Part of the United States battle fleet (shown above), strength of course undisclosed, has Joined the British home fleet to bottle up German sea f ifhting forces, according to dispatches from London, Wednesday. The task force includes at least a battleship, a cruiser and some destroyers. House Passes $50 Pay Bill Senate Will Approve Today; Retirement v Boost Okehed WASHINGTON, June 10-()-A $50-a-month service j?ay bill won final house approval , Wednesday after an unsuccessful last-minute attempt to have it sent to confer ence for a third time. Only perfunctory senate action Thursday is necessary to send the legislation to the White House. The senate already has gone on record as favoring the $50 mini mum, an increase of $8 monthly from the amount voted earlier by that body. The army minimum is now $21 a month. The 363 to 0 vote followed a spirited fight over a provision to increase the retirement pay of approximately 120 first World war officers, retired under sec tion 24B of the national defense act. Rep. Faddis (D-Pa) asserted these officers were, not entitled to additional pay because they had been retired for "unsatisfactory service." Rep. Martin (R-Iowa), told the house most of the officers affected were unfit for military service. Reps. Kilday (D-Tex) and Sparkman (D-Ala) defended the retired officers and the house re jected, 317 to 18, Faddis' motion to recommit the bill with instruc tions to the house conferees to in sist on elimination of the retired officers' pay boost and removal of a clause making the legislation permanent . Effective with June pay checks, the legislation provides for pay and allowance Increases for the army, the navy, the ma rine corps, the coast guard, the coast and geodetic survey, the public health service and nurses. Base pay raises were proved only for men up to and includ ing the rank of second lieutenant in the army and ensign in the navy. Rental and subsistence al lowance increases were provided for all officers. Rush Lacking For Stickers No great rush for the federal use tax stamps for automobiles was experienced at the Salem postof fice Wednesday, the first day of the sale for the fiscal year beginning July 1. . Only 100 of the stamps had been sold at 4 o'clock Wednesday after noon. A total of 15,200 of the stamps were sold for the first half of 1942 at the Salem office. Four windows, have the stamps for sale at the local postoffice and while there 'was no rush many admitted they were buying early to "avoid the rush." j The new stamp must be nv place on the car by July l. ; ? The new stamp is pink in color and contains a picture of the Lib erty bell. Square Against iiiiiiitii .-::v:::v:;;;:;:;:::v:i:vx::::sx; 1 t -Aft Signals Mean Nothing to Yank Tars UNITED STATES NAVAL TASK FORCE BASE, Thurs . day, June ll-(P)-The old and always welcome signal "splice, the main brace" came from Kinr George's ship after he re ceived British and United States naval forces recently. American ships all obediently hoisted the same signal but no one knew why. Then it was explained it meant every British sailor got a double issue of rum to drink the king's health. It was sug gested that maybe the crews of the liquorless United States warships got double ice cream sodas. Murphy Goes Into Army WASHINGTON, June lMP) The war reached into the nation's tribunal Wednesday with the an nouncement that Associate Justice Frank Murphy had left the court temporarily to enter active army service as a lieutenant-colonel. The action of the 52-year-old jurist was without precedent in supreme court annals. Court attaches said that Murphy would be assigned to the office of Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff, after four months of inten sive field training and six weeks of advanced infantry schooling at Fort Behning, Ga. They added that he intends to remain absent from the court "for the duration." Murphy's public career dates from the first World war in which he served overseas as a captam in the 85th division. It was climaxed February 5, 1940, when President Roosevelt appointed him to the supreme court to succeed ths late Justice Pierce Butler of Minne sota. : ft--' - Women Join Cry for Offices Women seeking sugar rations' for canning joined the hue. and cry set up the past week by mem bers of the county's unpaid ra tioning board in urging that quar ters sizeable enough to accom modate needs of the area be pro vided in Salem. . 1 Members of the city council and representatives of , newspa pers heard from lips of those who had waited in line for several hours of the waste in time and in some cases of fruits resulting from the impairment of service because of "cramped office space. - No. ether board In the state had its records and sugar ratios, cards filed and In place for suchi rapid reference as did the Sa lem organization when canning rationing commenced, state ra tioning of flees have Informed members of the local board. ; Volunteer assistance of good I.. -4 Hitler V't'.. v.-. .-.'... '.v.'.v.v .,-..,... S Wmmim All Rescued, 3 Sinkings Total Sunk Reaches 258 in Atlantic, 8 in Pacific By The Associated 'Press The destruction of three more allied vessels by axis submarines in the Atlantic swelled ' united and nAtral nations' officially re ported ship losses in that area since Pearl Harbor to a total of 258 craft The rescue of all 85 members of the crews of the latest U-boat victims a medium-sized British merchantman and two small United States fishing vessels was disclosed by the navy Wed nesday. Seventy one crewmen and passengers survived the subma rine attack on the British carro carrier June 2, when two tor pedoes smashed into the vessel and sank her in three minutes. The 12 passengers aboard were field service workers among them four Americans who ar rived safely at an Atlantic port in a damaxed lifeboat. The two American fishing boats were attacked within an hour of each other by a lone submarine June 3. From 50 to 70 shells were fired by the U-boats before the two ships were sunk. Both crews of 14 men arrived safely on the New England coast after- rowing 65 miles in four dories. Announcement Tuesday of the submarine sinking of a United States merchant ship off the coast of the Pacific northwest boosted to eight the number of American cargo carriers sunk by enemy undersea craft between Hawaii and California since the outbreak of hostilities over six months ago. Two vessels were reported dam aged by submarine action in that area during December. quality -has been readily avail able to register applicants for canning rations, it was declared here, but only 4i limited amount of such help can .be used in the two small offices rented by the rationing board, Each application takes approximately 10 . minutes, it was said. Women have waited more than four hours. No individual has come for ward to offer office space,, which must eventually be acquired on a semi-permanent basis. Chairman John Heltzel said Wednesday. -: Anticipating thai the : city council at Us Monday meeting may: vote U continue assistance with the rent,: Bcltsel declared he believed the county court would match any sum provided. : by. Salem, -.vv 5 Other boards of Marion county are "rushed,? but the problem of limited space has not bitten as Combine To Stem Gen a ns Battleship One Of Ships; King' George Inspects By The Associated Press An Anglo - American battle line, formed of a union of the British home fleet with a strong US navy task force, stands today in the north At lanticone fleet under two flags, one fleet with two an their 3 but with the high and single purpose of holding the seas in trust for the allied world. This rendezvous of much of the sea power of the English-speaking peoples, this historic linking of two mighty arms, was announced only this morning, although it had been effected some time ago. The first announcement came with the disclosure that King George VI had inspected a United States battleship, cruiser and de stroyers! The presence of the big ships was taken as an indication that the task force, commanded by Rear Admiral Robert G iff In, was powerful enough to offset or deal sinrle handedly if nec essary with Germany's mixhty battleship Tlrpits and cruiser Admiral Hipper if they attempt ed to sally out of their base at Trondheim, Norway. It was obvious that the Amer ican force had been in British waters for some time. The an nouncement said it was greeted far out at sea by the British cruiser Edinburgh and escorted into port. To the Edinburgh the American fleet force signaled: "We are more than glad to serve with the home fleet and are bending every effort to take our proper place in the battle line of that experienced and gal lant fighting force." While the American force is engaged in all naval activities of the home fleet, the main task of the British and American heavy ships has been to keep the nazi superbattleship Tirpitz, the bat (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Portland to Honor Heroes PORTLAND, Ore.,. June KHfl) Portland officials made plans Wednesday to greet 15 British and American war heroes on June 26. Mayor Earl Riley appointed Chester A. Moores parade chair man and the latter said the pa rade would be the largest ever held here. With the 10 British and five American heroes, touring the country to stimulate war bond sales, the parade group will in clude various military units and representatives of all civilian groups contributing to the war ef fort, Moores said. deeply for the other three boards as in Salem, where half the coun ty's population has been served from th two small second-floor offices. School space has r been sug gested, Beltxel said, and would be acceptable for summer months but would not answer the y er-anmnd Question. Nor would It be fully satisfactory after July 1 when the tame of fice Is to handle priee control . matters for this area, necessi tating Quarters near the retail district. " That the current sugar canning crowd is only a santple Of heaviei demands to follow was suggested by Heltzel. . . . , I Women -working in the offices said, they believed first-floor space (would be advisable, point ing out that many of the women taking time away from house f Turn to Page 2. CoL 4) .;