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
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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
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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
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Congressmen Warn
Of Consequences
Of Coal Tie-up ,
WASHINGTON, M'
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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
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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
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Red Armies Fight
Hand to Hand in
Lake Ilmeii Area
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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 ,
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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