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NINETY-SECOND YEAH Salem, Onqcn, Sunday Morning, March 21. 1943 Pric 5c No. 271 Churchill Speali Today World-wide j Broadcast - to Start at 1 p.m. ; . Significance Seen LONDON, Sunday, March 21 P)-Prime Minister Winston Churchill will speak to his na tion and the world at 9 p. m. (lp. m! PWT) tonight in an ad dress expected to 'outline allied prospects in the j coming year, and which may contain hints of the promised invasion of Eu rope. His radio address, to be deliv red at the beginning of the usual mid-evening news; program that has millions of : British listeners very night, will I be beamed to the United States and all the Al lied Nations, jj Churchill is expected to speak for nearly an hour. The broadcast time allows 75 minutes for the speech and news! comment fol owing. ".I " ' The prime minister's , address, the first to delivered by radio to the entire nation since he went back on the air) November 19 after the North African in vasion to warn Italy to tret ont of the war or be knocked oat, Is expected to chart for Britons their duties and prospects in a promised year of offensive yar. It. comes when Foreign Secre tary Anthony Eden is visiting the United States, and Churchill may take the opportunity to clarify Britain's relations: with its allies in war and in the peace to follow. Britons will listen to his speech for a hint that the invasion of Eu rope may be near.; The prime minister's address al so will be the first directly to the nation since his return from the momentous conferences at Casa blanca, Adana in Turkey, and Cai ro which are believed to have set the pattern for the allied victory strategy during the nine months ending next Armistice day. Chur chill reported to commons on Feb ruary 11, but tedtative plans for a radio address later were halted by his recent illness. His speech will be beamed , to all countries by short wave, and relayed to the United State". Observers said Churchill's speech might possibly touch upon: An elaboration of the recent announcement of the intensi fied campaign i to defeat the U-boats, en which Hitler is re lying heavily for eventual vic tory, j A report on j the progress of the Tunisian campaign, which baa been widely assumed to be lagging behind schedule, and the completion: of which Is re garded as an ( essential prelimi nary to a continental Invasion. , - .i An appreciation for the com bined RAF-United States bomb ing offensive j which has sub jected . German industry to the heaviest blasting la the history f warfare, and Is popularly presumed to be laying a carpet f destruction In preparation for Invasion. . f Some hint of allied offensive ability during the coming snonths but; with no mention of the time or; place. ." A reaffirmation of the good will among the allies, with pos- sibly a general statement on Britain's attitude towards post war planning. Ruml Plan Would Rob Says Adamant House Group WASHINGTON, March 20- The house ways and means com mittee majority .contended Sat urday on behalf of its administration-backed tax collection plan that revenue raising must rest on true and tried methods t and that the Ruml skip-a-year pro posal would: 1 L. Be .-like ! robbing Peter to pay a bonus to Paul." " ' Z. Constitute "gross viola ition of the principle of ability to pay." S. Impede i the war effort by : damaging the morale of . the ; armed forces. " .l 4. Stimulate "the forces - i staking for inflation. ft. Shift a part of the ' tax urden from the few at the apper Income brackets to the . many at the middle and lower brackets. It contended that about 60 tax- payers with J million ; dollar ; in comes would each receive a bene fit of at least $854,000 so that "at one stroke, the Ruml plan would add to their i . wealth more than Help Farmer h:iVi ' 3 COLUMBUS, O.. March 20 -iF) Gov. John W. Brtcker said Sat urday he would recommend the Ohio legislature memorialize congress for Immediate action en resolutions adopted by 11 mid-western j governors outlin ing steps they believed the fed eral government: should take If agriculture Is to meet record food production demands In 1943. "I Junior Glass ! ii i Wins Glfee Seniors Second in Traditional Event; Sophomores Third ! i Juniors of Willamette University sang their way to first place in the 35th annual- Freshman Glee Saturday night wth .their aovelty song, "That's What We found at WU.M ': ! j j Second place honors of the an nual interclass song competition went to seniors, With sophomores taking third and freshmen hang ing their heads n humility for their fourth place. Dr. W. Hermanj Clark awarded the ; banner to the junior class, whose song, written by Ray Short of Emmett, Ida., placed first for words, third for music and rank ed first for presentation. Forma tion leaders Dix MosCr of Tenino, Wash., and HOU is j Huston of Bur ley, Idaho, took bows with pianists Barbara Diefendorf of Portland and Earline Gleaaon of Salem for winning honors. The : class had hot won before, i It placed third last year and fore. fourth the year be- "Bearcat Blues", written by Jean Jackson of Astoria and Betty (Turn to Page 2, Story C) fGty of Flint9 Torpedoed WASHINGTON, March -An axis torpedo ended the col orful career jof the renowned lit tle freighter, City of Flint, last January in mid-Atlantic, the navy annunced Saturday. Seventeen jmen were lost of a crew of 65 s board the; vessel that once involved four governments in a heated controversy and whose capture by aj German warship be fore the United! States entered the war, was credited with help ing to shape American neutrality legislation, since repeated. Peter, they could savej in six years if they saved everyi cent of their in come after taxei." j - I .Thus, in its formal report on its own measure supported, said Secretary Morgnthau, 100 per cent" by the administration the committee majorjity offered a pre view of the; arguments Jt 1 will level at Banker Beardsley Ruml's plan when j debate begins 1 next Thursday on the tax bilL The committee's plan would enable anyj taxpayer to get on - a i pay-as-you-earn - basis j- by paying two, years' taxes In one. It would provide a discount of per cent for taxes paid against 1943 Income before June 1 . 15 after a person has paid 1942 tax liabilities In full. i 1 The Rum approach, to pay-as-you-earn would come "r through skipping all of the -1942 individ ual levies and placing the taxpay- ers on an immediate ' pay-as-you-4 earn basis. Under both the'eam- mittee and the jRumLten taxes of wage-eamerffwould be With held at the sour co. Strike Ban Bill Ready Savs Mo it J Congressmen Warn Of Consequences Of Coal Tie-up , WASHINGTON, M' o- v P)-Ahumber of r $men of both major par Patching contract negotiation. . - between John L. Lewis and bituminous coal mine operators, ; expressed the view Saturday night that any " walkout by the miners would be followed swiftly by legislation to outlaw strikes for the duration. In fact Rep. ,Mott (R-Ore.) re ported that a bill for this purpose already has been prepared, to be introduced if developments j war rant. He declined to ; outline its details or to identify the author. ' "Congress Is not disposed to let strikes interfere with the war ef fort," Mott told interviewers. "A coal strike would have a disastrous NEW YORK. March 20 JP) The United Mine Workers ef America Saturday night 'yoted down a proposal made by the Southern Coal Producers asso ciation to submit Jointly j and Immediately to the government disputes over wages in the draft ing of a new work agreement to replace that expiring March 31. 1 Former Sen. Thomas R. Burke, president of the southern oper ators and their spokesman! told reporters that the mine owners would go ahead with their plans to submit the case to the gov ernment Independently of the miners. effect upon that effort, and def inite action by congress will be taken if such a strike occurs." House Minority Leader Martin asserted that "A strike at this time would Intensify the demand for corrective legislation," white Rep. Ramspeck (D-Ga.) democratic whip and a ranking member of the house labor committee, ('assert ed: i "It would inevitably stir con gress into acting on labor) legis lation if there is actually a unquestionably restrictive! strike. labor legislation will be considered. Rep. Cox (D-Ga.) likewise ob served that "I think a coal strike would surely result I in legislation dealing with the whole situation. As war as I'm concerned, 'd out law all striket against the govern ment in time of war andiby that I mean strikes against industry en gaged in war production."! Britons Buck Japs in Burma NEW DELHI, March l0-(P) The British Indian army appeared Saturday night to have absorbed the force of a determine Japa nese counterattack and wis mov ing back against Donbaik, north of Akyab, in the wake of! a pun ishing naval bombardment which had started numerous firei in the enemy jungle stronghold, j "Fighting continues in tne Ara kan district," a communique from Marshal Wavell said, j'ln the Mayu peninsula our forward troops have made progress to ward Donbaik." j The coastal naval forces were challenged by Japanese shore guns but escaped without damage or casualty. I Donbaik lies about due! west of Rathedaung, 25 miles north of the shallow water port of j Akyab, cross the Mayu river. It is at the tip of the Mayu peninsula. East of the Mayu, the? British said their positions were main tained without important change for the last 24 hours. i Blast Rocks ohs i INDIANAPOLIS, March 20-H7P) -A thunderous explosion, appar ently set off byjthe ignition of pent-up sewer gas, wrecked un derground power lines and plung ed much of downtown Indianap olis into darkness tonight. No casualties were reported, al though the blast shook, hotels and other downtown establishments and shattered window panes over an area of several blocks. Downtown theaters' were thrown into darkness and many traffic, citmale tmanmA . 4a ' An.-nt. Indianap officials . ,of -the indianpt)iisi"wn oovernor-v amen power and light company; said that midergrotmd- cables carrying di rect current had 'caught' fire 'and were burnihg"6ver an. area of ' a half-mile. .The master transform er at asubstation several" blocks away caught fire and was destroy. d. AlMediBoimiLbeFsffit Two,MDe Rugs Hold in South, Advance in Nortlbi Bolstered Nazis Fail V - - I . rip ; Ti I 1 o am Red Armies Fight Hand to Hand in Lake Ilmeii Area i LONDON, March 20-JP)r Russian troops braced along the Donets river below Kharkojr against ceaseless ; attacks killed 800 Germans arid smashed 15 tanks, while in the north Mos cow announced Saturday night that the red army had scored fresh gains in hand-to-hand fighting south of Lake Ilmen and captured additional locali ties in the push on Smolensk. German tanks loaded with tom my gunners attempted to break into one populated place in the Chuguev sector, 22 miles : south east of Kharkov, but "struck oiir minefield And were blown up," said the midnight bulletin record ed by the soviet monitor. j Thus the Russians indicated that their southern lines were holding firm under repeated onslaughts by reinforced Ger man troops, while the armies of the center, and northwest continued I to gain despite deep ening mod caused by a thaw.! The German radio claimed the capture of Chuguev, which is 4n the western or lower bank of the Donets, i and. alio Svesk, ltO miles northwest of Kharkov, but this was not confirmed by the Russian communique. i A total of 3220 Germans were killed duriing Friday's opera tions, the noon and midnight communiques disclosed. J Marshal- Timoshenko's forces converging on Staraya Russa, nazi army headquarters south of Lake lime, occupied a strongly forti fied enemy position and captured four guns, seven mortars, land 15 machine guns. The noon bulle tin also had told of street fight ing in one large locality m which 250 Germans were killed. , This suggested the Russians were edging close to Staraya Russa because a week ago they reported they were within 15 miles of that Important nail base. . The air war was quickening On the two fronts west of Moscow now that ground troops ' found the terrain turning to mud. j The Russians admittedly were fighting desperately to hold their positions In southern Russia, but there was no indication that their main Donets river line was brok en. A Berlin radio commentator acknowledged that the Russians still held positions on the western bank of that river. j The German high command claimed that 50,000 Russians had been killed and 19,594 captured in the southern campaign since February 13, and that 5372 guhs, 1410 tanks, and 345 heavy cain- non had been destroyed or cap tured, j Kiska, Munda Struck Again WASHINGTON, March 2O-0 Army bombers of) the Aleutians command, allowing the Japanese garrison on Kiska no peace, plas tered the enemy base there with explosives twice on Thursday, the navy reported Saturday.;- I ! These raids, the 18th and. 18th made on Kiska this month, were carried out by Liberator heavy and: Mitchell medium - bombers protected by Lightning fighter es corts. All the aircraft retumjed. Results, were not Observed, -j The communique 'also reported that in the south Pacific a foce of Wildcat fighters strafed Japa nese positions at Munda on New Georgia island in the central Solo mons Saturday (Solomon time) and all planes returned. f j : There was no mention tf enemy resistance to the American aerial assaults in either the 1 north or south Pacific j , , I I.- JUNEAU, Alaska. March 2HUP) By a one-v6te margin the tec torial, senate - today accepted jthe house memorial urging congress to grant the people of Alaska jthe tight to elect their own! governor. Senator Walker Gordon cast ! the dissenting vote, . , j Where Allied Airmen Harass Jap Bjek &l hiumhnt; ; gj OfPfl NE5E fSES flNO'fllR FltloS t. jEt)Z LAH05 UNrTEDHrttlONS'PflSESflNb "''' ' ' VllR FIEtOS. j ., j:v: ; ;. SjrA HCAViLV I , W CORA L If f -- y : BYJAP. - I d SBA ' I! ; ' ' ' AIRMCM - - ? ' If ' Allied military commanders' Increasing pressure from the air against Japanese bland strong-points emphasised by this map showing the area. They warn at the same day and Saturday struck at Ambon area, Finschafen, RabaaL International.; j .-. ' i f French Rebel Rumors Grow Lack of rood and Arms Hamper Some; Other Reported Massing AT THE FRENCH FRONTIER IN SWITZERLAND, March 20 -(P) Lack of food, arms and ade quate leadership have driven a number of French patriots down from the hills of the Haute Sa voie region where ' they took refuge in an effort to escape the nazi forced labor program, but reports persisted Saturday night that a substantial portion of them had succeeded in reaching organized insurgent bands which were said to be waiting an op portune moment to strike. For the past two. weeks along the Swiss-French border there have been various unconfirmed reports, but they reflected the un certainty of the youths who thought the hour of the allied in vasion of Europe had arrived. They fled to the woods and mountains, attempting to evade the nazi efforts to recruit labor and at the same time smpty France of all possible manpower which could be mobilized in the event of an American-British landing. Reports Saturday continued to (Turn to Page 2 Story E) Testers' Chute Fails to Open SEATTLE, March 20-ayR. Dudley Pope, -Seattle parachute inventor and civilian employe of the Sand Point naval air station, was killed Saturday when two 'chutes he was wearing failed to open during a 10,000-foot experi mental jump. "" The 13th naval district an nounced the death at Arlington, north of Seattle. An experimental parachute of Pope's own design, which was to have opened at 2000 feet finally puffed out., about 75 - feet from the ground, onlookers said. A standard 'chute, carried for emer gency, likewise failed to open. Oregon Liquor Ration Cut 2nd Time PORTLAND, ; Ore, March 20 (if)- The Oregon liquor control commission ' ordered , another cut in liquor consumption Saturday, slicing the previous ration in half. The order, which goes into ef fect Monday, will limit consumers to a quart of whiskey each week and a f ifth of gin .ach month. .-Liquor Administrator L. F. Al len said the jrevious ration plan, instituted two weeks ago, did not cut consumption as much as expected. recent attacks on Jap ships, United Nations bases and iip bases in time of Japanese moves to bring WAACs Forget Housekeeping, Lose Passes FOKT JACKSON. SC, March tO -(- The WAACs at Fort Jackson did not set' foot off the reservation Saturday. Not that they had anything against near by Colombia. They hist couldn't go to town, literally or figura tively. They were restricted. The Fort Jackson WAACs, ISO per eent of that sex which down through the ages has been housekeepers of the world, were restricted because their bar racks did not pass inspection. Boston Oxygen Plant Explodes BOSTON, March 20-JP)-Earth-rocking explosions, believed to have been set off by a tiny spark and a furnace-hot fire left the two-story oxygen and acetlyene gas manufacturing plant of the Air Reduction Sales company in ruins Saturday night, with the loss estimated at $1,000,000. Terrific blasts sent .oxygen tanks shooting 30 feet into the air, with one puncturing a house more than 200 yards away. All available ambulances, extra, po lice and firemen were rushed to the .Dorchester .area, where the plant was situated. It was en gaged in war production. ; Most of the workers were out side the plant for the lunch, hour when the first explosion5 occurred. Liberty Gun Crew iDbvons Eight Hits and Ex WASHINGTON, March 20-JP) The navy gun crew aboard the Liberty ship William Moultrie shot down eight German planes, damaged 12 others, drove away a submarine and scored a direct hit on a torpedo, causing it to ex plode, durfng a recent voyage to n allied port, the navy reported Saturday. ' . The Moultrie, doe to the gal lant fighting, made the trip harmed. She was one of a con voy which was under almost ; uninterrupted attack from the ' air and from under the sea far a ' weeaw.,-1 r Is '"C;': :- vi.'r-'v Ensign Jeremiah T. Mahoney, 25, New York City, was awarded the silver star medal for his lead ership of the crew and all 24 members of ; his outfit received letters of Commendation from the navy department " '." - "A brilliant victory overenemy bombers and submarines, "scored by skillful and courageous navy armed guard crews,, has. enabled another American merchant ves sel to carry a valuable cargo of military supplWs to an allied na tion," the navy- account said. modes aid) reinforcements. Allied raids Fri itams iaim a it Tunisia Erbnt UIVU t: UH1UVUI . ' Consolidating Hold Pn Gafsa, Gu ?tar aALLIfiD ; HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH I AFRICA, March 20 -JP) &; calm brought on by heavy rains in the: north and center and. dust storms In the" south settled over the Tunisian front Saturday while Lt ,Gen,' Pat ton's American divi sions 'consolidated their holds on Gafsaf and El Guetar, 60 miles from the German life line skirt ing the "east coast I 4ButIthe end of th rainy season was at hand i in nortih Africa, and the opposing! armie 1 utilized - the lull as best they cculd to wheel up supplies and sh ;lls for' what may be i the decisive battle of the whole campaign. L I If Patton can negotiate the re maining! mountain ridges between ii (Turn to Page 2 Story D) IMosqiiitoes Strafe Lbuvain LONDON, March 20-i!p)-Speedy Mosquito bombers of the RAF at tacked railway targets at Lou- vain ah4 other points in Belgium at dusk this evening; the air min istry reported tonight, - j i ; Thev: communique I said a Lan caster bomber also dropped ex Jilosives:i onfa railway . target ;: at Leer, m northwest fermany, dur ing a dawn reconnaissance flight ' i All the aircraft Returned safe ly, the air ministry! Mid. Chases - 3Latest chapter in the story of intrepid armed guaf-d units man ning USi merchantmen is that of the crew aboard the Liberty ship William j Moultrie, j Protected j by the fire I of i her gun crew, i the WUliam Mou 1 1 r tie successfuUy rah the gantlet of German raid ers in? the North Atlantic i 'i -The -Moultrie is a Liberty ship launched in May j 1942, at jthe NormCarolna Shipbuilding-Tpm-pany, fWiJniingtoh, NC. - ; tFor a week- the convoy in lkhl; she' -sailed ;-.'1vas under al most imlnterrupted attack from nazi planes- and submarines. r At ery-alert the armed guard unit manned the ship's guns, and put up so; effective a barrage "that the attackers vere forced-' to ; turn back, leaving the. Moultrie j un harmed. :.V4 '-' "-f-'. f. "Ii the coarse of the long run- aing battle, the Moultrie's gvn j,erew inflicted heavy damage on the raiders. On fwheci the J enemy one occasion came over fat i gTeat, force, they shot down 1 three: bombers and damaged fslx. :The same lort af attack ' devcUpcd the following day and Far-Flung Missions ; Effected ; Cargo Ships Hurt ; Fires Se in Port; Naval Base Struck ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Sunday, March 2 1-W-Allied bombers, continuing their incessant at tacks on Japanese positions above Australia, scored hits Ion two ships off northwest new . ir 1 . 1 Guinea Saturday, and attacked ji . , a third vessel which was mov- . . .... p .. j . ing under a small naval escort toward Rabaul, New Britain. These successes were announced in the noon communique, while other reports II indicated there might have been a second sub marine in Lae harbor Friday when allied 'bombers ! destroyed one U-boat there. There wasj no report," however, that this second submarine was struck. The sub marine that was sunk was of large size, with barges clustered about it to take its cargo ashore. In Saturday's actions, a B-25 Mitchell bomber scored a direct hit on a 10,0p0-ton merchantman about 25 miles east of Cape Van denbosch in Dutch New Guinea, and followed I it up with a vicious strafing attack. " j " Australian-manned Hudsons at tacked nearby Kaimana from low altitude, starting a fire on the deck-of a merchantman of undis closed" size. '. '-"''.4 - ' A Liberator on reconnaissance found a small group of vessels moving off the Gazelle peninsula toward Rabaul, picked out a G, 000-ton ship' and attacked it,, but the results were ; not observed. Madang, facing Astrolabe j bay on the north coast of New Guinea, above - Lae, was visited by a heavy bomber j which attacked Japanese installations on nearby Beliao island. j j Below - there I at Finschhafen, New Guinea, on ; the Huon penin sula 60 miles from Lae, fires were started among buildings by heavy bombers. After dusk Saturday, heavy allied bombers reared ever the . town of Amboins on the island of Amboina some 600 miles north ef j Darwin, Australia, dropping 500-pound bombs land ' ' mm l! m . . a I incenaiaries , oat cioaas pre vented observation of results. Amboina was a big Datch nav al base seised by the Japanese. Awarded Cluster ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, March 2 l-iJP-The oak leaf cluster, in lieu of aj sec ond distinguished flying cross, was awarded Saturday to lit offi cers and men for extraordinary achievement in flying more than 200 hours I on operational mis sions. , ' j Those decorated included: First Lieutenant Ritchie Gooch, Black- foot, Ida.; and Tech. Sgt Stanley Jackola, Portland, Ore Planes Sub again the navy gunners downed three planes and damaged six more.' : j : . ! "Another time, an alert watch spotted a plane that dropped si lently from the clouds at du&k, hoping to I catch the ship un awares. The gun crew opened fire before the pilot reached the re lease point and sent the 1 plane flaming Into the sea. On another occasion the crew knocked down a lone enemy plane. "Again, the crew sighted the periscope of a submarine moving in to attack. Accurate fire direct ed at it forced the sub-to .'flee hunted by the escort vessels accompanying-, the convoy, j ., "At another time, a torpedo was sighted racing through the water toward the ship. The guns of the Moultrie' were trained upon it, and a direct hit caused the tor pedo to explode in the water be fore it could reach its target .'. ."When the attacks ceased on the eighth day, the Moultrie's crew had destroyed a tctal cf ' eight German planes and 1 scored hits on 12 others. T..: Moultrie was anharrAcd.' S'i ; t
