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FR Speak
2 ieaders
Address
World:.:
First Meeting of
US and, .Mexican' j
Chiefs in 34 Year
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL, j.
MONTERREY. Mexico, April
XMVPresident Roosevelt and
f President Av II a Camacho . of
Ijeifco Tuesday t pighf , pro
''claiined tfee brotherhood In
. armsof their twQ nations" and
Uieir. mutual : desire for a peace
t Wherein no. group In one country
may exploit the resources and peo
ple another, i
It was the first tim a-United
- States president has traveled deep
Into Mexico, and the first meeting
ef Mexican and Amerkan chief
executives in 34 years.
WASHINGTON, April M-
President Roosevelt's trip to
Mexico breach! to an even dos-em-th
Bomber of foreign lands
'he has visited since he entered
the White neose.
. The ethers are Canada nlti,
Panama. Colombia, Trinidad.
Brastl, Urumay, Arcentina,
French Merocco, French West
Africa, and, Liberia. '
, The ; two presidents spoke at a
banquet in this northern Mexi
can industrial center. Their words
were spread throughout the world
by radio, .
Mr. Reesevelt said: " "
The twenty-one free republics
ef the Americas during, the past
ten years have devised fm system
of international cooperation which
has become -a great bulwark, in
- the - defense ; of our heritage - and
our future . . -
"In the foregoing of that1 new
International policy the - role of
Mexico has been outstanding. i
President Avila Camacho said:
"In order to contribute to the
- work of the post-war period ; the
United States and Mexico are
. placed in a situation of undeni
able possibilities and obligations.
"Geography has made us a nat
ural bridge of conciliation between
the Latin and Saxon cultures of
the continent. i -
f "Good neighbors, good friends.
That is what we have always
wished to be for all the people of
the earth."
Mr. Roosevelt spoke of the first
blows struck against this country
at Pearl Harbor, and against Mex
ico, on May 14, 1942. ,
He did net amplify his refer
ence to "the - unspeakable and
nprereked aggressions ef De- .
eesnber 7. 1941. and May 14,
194Z, and the shedding ef bleed
en those dates of citizens ef the
United States- and ef Mexico
alike.- . A '
(On May 14, 1942, 22 survivors
landed in Florid to tell of an
axis submarine attack on a fully
lighted Mexican merchant ship in
which 14 men were killed. The
ship, the Portrero del Llano, was
stalked for half an hour. Then the
submarine rammed torpedo di
rectly ; into a large .illuminated
Mexican flag painted on the ves
sel's side. She was the first Mexi
can ship lost to submarine action
since the war began.)
- The meeting ef the two presi
dents occurred at a climactic
point in President Roosevelt's
second major Inspection ' of
America's war effort.
Rural Tax
Plan Slated
WASHINGTON, . April 2H)
Republicans and democrats, meet
ing behind closed doors, reached
virtually complete agreement
Tuesday night on a pay-as-you-go
: compromise, and ''indications
were that the plan would provide
for abatement, of approximately
60 per cent of one i year's income
tax obligations. Jl -
The near-compromise was un
derstood to embrace a 20 per cent
withholding levy against the taxa
ble portions of pay envelopes and
salary checks effective July 1.
Members of . the bi-partisan
compromise group 'delayed an
nouncement of their action until
they report formally Wednesday
to Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex), Re
publican Leader Martin of "Massa
chusetts and - Democratic Leader
JlcCormack cf Massachusetts. '
s From.
Presidents
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (above right) of the United States and
President Avila CanUcbo (above left) ef Mexico Tuesday night ad
dressed their respective nations and the world from Monterey,
Mexico. For the complete text of President Roosevelt's speech see
. page two of this paper.
Puzzled Salem Man Shown
Where to Buy Adolf s Gift
" She saw him leaning against
zled.? Where can I buy war bonds at this hour of the night?"
Ben F. Doerksen, route four, Salem, asked Miss Florence Dan
rials,! Statesman valley editor . So she took him back Up the
Fighters .
RaidKiska
Nine Times
WASHINGTON, April 20- VP)
Swift ; army ; fighter ; planes . with
bombs tucked under, each wing
raided Japanese positions on Kis
ka island in the Aleutians nine
times Sunday, the navy reported
Tuesday, scoring many hits in
strategic areas.
; Fires ' were started in Japan's
battered submarine base, a com
munique said, - and other bombs
fell on sections of the enemy-held
island officially described as "the
North Head, Salmon lagoon and
main camp areas."
A navy spokesman said that
North Head is at the northern en
trance to Kiska harbor and that
Salmon lagoon lies just beyond.
SANTA . ANA, Calif, April
Zt .py-Aerial bombardment ef
Japan's air and sahmarino base
at Kkka win net dislodge the
Nipponese, 1 says 14. CoL Jack
Chennaalt, ; who - came here
Tuesday after 14 months serv
ice Is the Aleutians and Alaska.
but he did not explain what en
emy, installations " are set up at
those places. They may or may
not be developments in connection
with Japanese efforts to convert
the rocky hills of Kiska into an
air base. On previous raids Amer
ican' bombers and fighters" have
concentrated on the runway, re-
Alcoa Strike
Called by CIO
EDGEWATER, NJ, April 21
(JPy-ClO workers at the plant of
the Aluminum Company of Amer
ica were instructed by their lead
ers Tuesday night to go on strike
at 11:30 p.m. Thursday.
George Binsted, president of lo
cal j 16, Aluminum Workers of
America (CIO) issued the strike
call tonight, asserting 2000 work
ers In the plant voted two to one
today in favor of a strike.
Wahoo Bags
PEARL HARBOR, April 2HJP)
Lt i Cmdr. Dudley W. "Mush"
Morton, whose submarine Wahoo
recently wiped out a J apanese
convov. has returned from a sec
ond patrol with a record bag of
eight ships sunk, a ninth damaged
and a trawler and - two sampans
wrecked all in enemy waters. ; f
Naval officials said that was
a record number of ships sunk
by a single patrol. All the sink
ings took place In enemy wa
ters within a week's time and
brought the total for the Wa-
hoe's successive patrols to 13
ships sunk.
Meet, Speak
it.
-.t, .,.,.!-'
the lamp-post, sober but puz
stairs to her paper's news room,
where he wrote a check: and re
ceived a receipt for $187.50, to be
invested in 10 bonds of the $25
denomination, v- ; -'--t -l'l.
Hiving just learned It was Hit
ler's birthday? (he hadn't been in
terested enough in that character
to be aware without being told, he
said), Doerksen wanted to be sure
Largest single bond purchase
Tuesday In Marion county was
that ef the county Itself, $100,
000 worth or series G. Sale of
Silver ton and Salem school
bonds, which had been held as
part of the county's Investment
fluids brought mere than $104,
000, from which the county
court immediately ordered the
purchase ef the $100,000 worth
of US war bends as an Ameri
can ; and i explosive' candle for
the birthday eake of one Shiek
elgrober, alias Hitler. I
that the day didn't pass without
his purchase of a gift. It didn't.
Two : and one half hours before
midnight, receipt in pocket, he
declared himself ready : to cele
brate the event.
Marion county subscription to
the second war loan,' outside of
bank purchases have reached ap
proximately $1,375,000, according
to Jesse Card, county 1 chairman.
Gard made his report at a meet
ing of the local committee yes
terday afternoon. Remaining to be
sold is. $1,225,000 worth of bonds.
Plans for pushing sales toj reach
the quota by April 30th were dis
cussed and renewed efforts will
be made to complete the job in
the remaining ten days.
: Persons ! are ; urged to eall at
banks and subscribe,;; without
waiting for solicitors to calL No
general canvas is being carried
out for lack of organization and
manpower."; .-j - t'j " .;
"We must urge all who possibly
can to call at their bank and make
their pledge," said Chairman Gard
yesterady. "Out committeemen
simply cannot make personal calls
to every store or house. It: is the
citizen's duty to call and make his
own subscription." ; .:j
Tuesday was "Hitler's birthday"
and many celebrated the day with
purchase of war bonds to. finance
the birthday party the army and
navy are giving the nazi dictator.
Sales over the county took a jump.
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Eight More
During the previous patrol the
Wahoo sank a destroyer at Wewak
harbor, New Guinea, and a con
voy consisting of a transport, a
tanker - and two freighters near
there late in January. The ships
totalled 32,000 tons and with the
37,000 tons sunk during - the sec
ond patrol made a total of; 69,000
tons bagged by the Wahoo on its
two adventures in enemy Waters.
Commander Morton said "The
boys returned from the patrol
feeling cocky as a boot seaman
on leave."
The 35-year-old Miami, Fla., of
ficer described the latest patrol as
OPA Sets
Sharp Cut
On Pointg
Ration Values Are f
; Halved on Most Lur- 2
. Popular Items -,
. WASHINGTON, April 20-VP)
The office of price administra
tion Tuesday ' ordered drastic
cuts, effective Thursday morn
ing in the point values of canned
and, dried soups, all frozen
fruits and vegetables, and re
moved , black-eyed peas from "the
ration list. -""
"The reductions in most cases cut
the -coupon cost of the affected
items by half or more. They were
designed- specifically: to encourage
people to buy more of these items".
; The popular 10 r ounce can of
tomato - soup was cut from six to
three points, and all other canned
soups in the same size were cut
from six, to four points, v :
Most dried and ' dehydrated
soups also were cut in half, with
the popular . 2Vi - ounce package
being reduced from two points to
one point. This is the second time
the point , value of dehydrated
soup has been halved. ? s
. The popular pound size of froz
en ' fruits was trimmed from 13
to 6 points, and the pound pack
age of frozen baked beans came
down from 8 to 4 points.
, All other frozen vegetables were
reduced. The popular . 12 ounce
size, which has cost 6 to 10 points,
will be at a new uniform cost of
4 points each. -
Black 'eyed peas, which are
sometimes known as black eyed
beans or cow peas, are a staple
diet ; . throughout the south and
were taken off the ration list be
cause of warm weather.
Danger of spoilage in warm
weather also was a factor in the
changes on frozen foods and de
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Standard Oil
Offers Buna
Patents
NEW Y ORK, April 20-
Ralph W. Gallagher, president of
the Standard Oil company, ; (NJ)
reported Tuesday the company
had offered to transfer perman
ently to the US government all its
Buna rubber patent rights and
that the offer had been accepted
by Federal Rubber Director! wa
liam M Jeffers.
Conditions of the offer of the
patents and the government's ac
ceptance were disclosed through
the release of correspondence be
tween Gallagher and Jeffers. The
offer involved no payment to
Standard Oil." c
The deal is subject to approval
of Standard Oil stockholders.
Stimson Visits
Tank Destroyers
' CAMP HOOD, TEX, April 20
-(iP)Secretary Of War Henry L
Stimson visited the tank destroy
er center here Monday, camp au
thorities disclosed tonight. '
He was accompanied by - Maj.
Gen. Alexander D. Surles, director
of the war department bureau of
public relations, and Lt CoL W.
H. S. Wright, aide to the secretary
of war.
Swedes Alert
STOCKHOLM, Wednesday,
April 21.-P)-Swedish . au..
craft batteries went into action in
the Malmoe area shortly after
midnight last night as unidenti
fied foreign planes passed over
head. -
Jap Vessels
"just cut . and dried sinking of
ships," , '
"It was just sight, track, sheet
and sink," he said. "It was as
simple as that. Nothing spee--;
tacular at an." ;; "4 -
He said he got a thrill one night,
however, .- when a Jap ' tanker's
five-inch shell fell pretty dose to
the Wahoo's bow. Morton i sub
merged the -submarine- but sur
faced and sank the tanker within
45 minutes. ' .. '
That was a pretty busy night in
which the Wahoo sank three ships.
1
"OT
American troops, like those shewn
Remmers flank along with t.tlr
nay forces charged across laooalit sands to storm axis held heights
War Department Reveals
Tokyo BombinSjtaryt
; T 1 WASHINGTON; April 1 iO-CaThe w r : department -dis-j
closed Tuesday 'night details , of the American bombing raid : or
Tokyo April 18, 1942, saying that the planes took off from the
aircraft carriec USS Hornet. ' - - '
This carrier, which subsequent
ly was lost in the battle of Santa
Cruz on October 26, 1942, carried,
fliers ' of thermy airforces to
within 800 miles of Tokyo, the war
department said. ,
They bombed not only military
objectives in Tokyo, but arma
ment plants, dock yards," railroaw
yards and oil refineries in Yoko
hama, Nagoya, Kobe and Osaka.
The American planes, the. war
department disclosed, were under
orders to fly to specified landing
fields in , China. However, they
were unable to reach their assign
ed fields. One landed in Russian
territory, the others made forced
or crash landings in. China or in
water off the. Chinese coast All
of the planes making the forced
landings were wrecked.
The war department disclosure
of the raid details included infor
mation that of the 80 men on the
daring raid, five are interned in
Russia, eight are prisoners or are
presumed to be prisoners of Ja
pan, : two are missing, and one
was killed. The other 64, many
after long delays, made their way
to camps of the Chinese army and
then' back to American territory.
Seven who escaped were injured.
Preparations for the raid, the
department disclosed, first were
started In January, 1542, four
months before bombs fell on
Japan. Major General . James :
H. Doollttle, new commander of
the. strategic air force, Mediter
ranean air command, fat North
Africa, personally selected the
men to accompany hint on the
': venture.
"All were volunteers who ' at
first knew ' only, that they - were
going on a mission "whose-importance
was equalled - only by the
hazards involved," the department
said. . -
They trained together at Elgin
field, Fla., in preparation for the
first attempt in history by medium
bombers of the army to take off
in numbers from an aircraft car
rier. ;.r:S ":.
White lines were drawn on the
training field to permit experience
in taking off in the shortest pos
sible distance. ' ' - s
Each piano was given a def
inite factory, shipyard, arsenal,
or oil works to destroy.
At the beginning of the training
period it was planned that the
planes should fly low over Japan
to r escape observation , and anti
aircraft fire and assure greater
accuracy in bombing. 5,
In practice they swept in over
American coastal - cities in the
same manner In which they in
tended to stirke Japan. Exactly
similar geographical distances
were arranged to insure accuracy
in reaching objectives in Japan.
The fliers and their planes were
loaded on the aircraft carrier Hor
net at an undisclosed rendezvous
port, and the carrier joined a task
force commanded by Admiral
William F. Halsey, jr., now com
mander of all American naval and
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Willamette
Flood Seen
PORTLAND, April 20--The
Willamette river . will approach
flood stage of 18 feet hero by Sat
urday, the weather bureau said
Tuesday. The river stood at 16
feet today. - . ' '
A 17.5-foot mark was forecast
for Vancouver, where the Colum
bia! river measured 15.9 today,
nearly a foot above flood level.
Storm warnings were posted
along the coast
Americans Crowd Axis
stove capturing a Tunisian town
French and British First army
US Forts
Bomb Wewak
6000 Ton Cargo Ship
. Destroyed, Airdromes
And Small Boat Hit Q
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, : Wednesday, April
2l-VtyA small but heavy hitting
force of Flying Fortresses bombed
Wewak, New Guinea, Monday,
destroying, a 6000-ton cargo ship
and damaging a small boat I -
espitOc thls tstest in an accu
mulation ' bf aeriaTtbkrwsi dealt
Japanese shipping,' a spokesman
at the. headquarters of General
Douglas MacArthur warned the
enemy has been reenforcing
ground and air components rapid
ly in recent weeks. .-, ; ,
"The enemy has been bringing
forward heavy reenf orcements of
both ground and air components
with great rapidity. It is our hope
that our force will grow to match
his." . j - -
The B-Us roared in at mast
height over Wewak before dawn,
dropping three 500-pound bombs
directly on the 6000-ton vessel
and narrowly missing six others.
Crews believe the ship must
have been loaded with fuel be
cause she- exploded with shatter
ing violence, being enveloped in
huge flames. The ship was quick
ly destroyed. ;
The Fortresses made a second
strike about an hour later.
The Wewak airdrome and near
by Boram field also were bombed
and neutralized. A number of fires
were started there.
endent
Group
t
WASHINGTON, April 20-P)
Legislation to create an indepen
dent civilian supply . administra
tion with authority, over manpow
er distribution, rationing and pro
duction of needed materials for
the home front won unanimous
approval Tuesday of the senate
banking committee. "
Chairman Wagner (D-NY) said
it probably would be considered
by the senate early next week. ,
' : Sponsored by Senator Maloney
(D-Cona), the measure would end
the war production board's con
trol over the present office of ci
vilian supply, and transfer many
manpower and rationing functions
of other agencies to a civilian di
rector to be appointed by the pres
ident CIO,AFLRap
Freeze Order
WASHINGTON, April 20.-AP)-Attackson
the administration's
wage' control and job-freeze or
ders came from both major labor
union groups Tuesday, the CIO
describing them as Mc h a I n 1 n g
workers to , Ill-paying jobs" and
the AFL speaking of workers "re
duced to the status of forced la
bor." - ' .,
President Winiam -Greene' an
nounced the AFL. will seek modi
fication of the "uncalled for and
unnecessary ; orders, but did not
specify what changes are de
sired. , . -
Indep
Supply
Soueh
Flank
: a
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Tuesday nixht'wt re crowding
comrades aavMontgeBsery's Eighth'
befre EnAdavUle, UN Photo. 1
Defcnss'Hests
" ' - " .
v Lomax Accused State
r Of LohoiilinfV .Key'
. Evidence f or Folkes
- ALBANYrbpra 2(HP)
The defense rested its case in the
lower 13. murder trial" Tuesday,
jus 13 days and 13 defense wit
nesses after its start
The .case, in which Robert E.
Lee Folkes, '20, Negro, is accused
of. killing Mrs. Martha Virginia
James 21, Norfolk, Vs., will go
into "the jury's hands 'Wednesday
after Circuit Judge L. G. Lewel
ling presents his instructions.
In closing arguments Attorney
LeRoy Lomax, defending Folkes
against a - first degree murder
charge, told the jury that the state
had failed to designate the slayer.
r After the state asked death
or freedom for the Negro In Its
- summation Lomax unlashed; a
bitter tirade against the prese-'
cation. Inferring that It with
held Important evidence,, failed
to produce key witnesses and
that the asserted eonfesslons at
tributed to Folkes were obtained
..by' force. --.y-: -;
: Lomax made issue of a state
ment in the state's closing argu
ment that either of two men could
haye slashed the throat of the
pretty Norfolk, Va, bride of a
navy ensign as she lay in berth
lower 13, on a speeding Southern
Pacific train before dawn last
January 23. : ...
?t say one of three could have
done it," the defense attorney told
the jury of eight women and four
men who have sat through 13 days
of Folkes' trial. .-A
. 1 Lomax paused dramatically,
then shouted: "Where Is
Funches?"
r He was " referring to John
Funches, dining car waiter aboard
the train who was returned here
as a material witness by the state,
later released as having no con
nection with the slaying and never
called to testify.
5 'What does Funches know about
the case?" Lomax shouted.
Lomax -also wanted to know
why the state never produced the
overcoat it said the slayer wore,
the dining car galley knives it said
were inspected after; the slaying
and scrapings taken from the fin
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Reds Take
Offensive
At Kalinin
LONDON, Wednesday, AprU
21. C'PV-Sweeping into the offen
sive on the Kalinin front north
west of Moscow, Russian forces
on! Tuesday attacked a strong
German position and captured and
held an important height against
repeated e n e ra y counterattacks.
Moscow announced today. -
. Battering v a i n 1 y against the
strategic hilL dominating the en
tire area, the Germans left about
3,000 officers and men : dead on
the field, the soviet midnight com
munique said. . -
In the Western .Caucasus, vio
lent attacks by German infantry
supported by tanks and large for
ces of aircraft' were repulsed with
heavy losses to the enemy; Russian
anti-aircraft fire bringing ' down
12 German planes during the day
and Russian aircraft knocking out
11 others. .-.-;'"'-..-.;': ;
: Thejwar bulletin, recorded here
by the Soviet; Monitor, also an
nounced minor activity on the
western 'front where Russian un
its killed about 100 enemy troops
and silenced an artillery and two
machinegun batteries, while south
of i Balakleya in the Donets basin
a soviet mortar unit wiped, out a
company of nazl Infantry.
; Tommies Open ;
Moonlight Push
In Tinal. Attack!
ALLIED HEADQUARTER3
IN NORTH, AFRICA, April 28
(flP)-Springings powerful, sud
den infantry charge by moon
light, the British Eighth army
has resumed the offensive at
Enfidaville and seized mountain
heights dominating the coastal
road to Tunis' 40 miles to the)
north, allied headquarters an
nounced Tuesday night -.".
Gen. Sir Bernard' L. Montgom
ery: loosed the assault late Mon
day nighCand took his initial ob
jectives in what appeared to be
the start of-the- final offensive to -drive
the axis from Tunisia. .
t. In the skies, that offensive was
already underway, with 112 axis
Lplanes destroyed' in two; days- by
the mighty allied air arrav v ;
ilantgcmery's tough infantry ...
uoops; -again supported by artil lery,
Smashed : ahead hi a three- '
mile advance to capture the Djebel '
Girci, i 1 00-foot j height com
manding the area 12 miles inland -from
ithe -sea battle " front - disi
patches said T Y-,.' ; l
' Heavy fighting still contin
ues, said an - allied spokesman,'
who announced briefly that the ; '
assault had "penetrated the En-
rtdaville position." " The atUck
toto the hilly, heavily-defended
axis positions followed a lull of
-a week of preparation by the
: methodical ; Montgomery. v-..
(The Paris radio reported that
"Two Anglo-American attacks in
the regions of Medjez-El-Bab and "
Bou Arada, to the northwest oftv
Enfidaville have been repulsed. !
The broadcast was heard in Lon
don by the ministry of informa
tion.) :;; ;
. Authoritative sources jaid there
was not expected to be any sud
den . break-through jtuch . ss . w as
typical of the desert . actions,, for
the infantry must fight for eactt
foot of ground, and advance hill
by-hill, storming each strong de
fense post, separately. :; .
While the Eighth army was -'
the only force mentioned In the
Initial drive, military circles said
It was certain that Other pres- ""
sure would be brought to bear
net only on land but In the air . '
and en the sea- la a grand eon-- -cert
ef action against the 20,
06 axis troops squeesed Into the
"coffin corner" ( of Tunisia.
In attacking by moonlight, Gen
eral Montgomery. was following
favorite ' tactic for the opening
phases of a major offensive. His)
assault at the Mare th line last,
month, and in some of his battles
across Africa were launched un
der the light of a full moon.
Monday night that same full
African moon witnessed the first
dash of British infantry across 1,
200 yards of flat, barren waste
land to the foothills where the en
emy was dug in. . " '
The charge came at -11 p. m
and in less than three hours the
battle-tried troops had won theis
first objectives, a height north- -west
o f Enfidaville where axle
guns had threatened the Eighth .
army's road of approach along the
coast
But in attacking the Enfidaville
line, Montgomery's forces were .
engaged in a hew type of fighting -strange
to these desert-wise fight
era, ' ' ' :-
- The eeuntry Is ' mountainous
and extremely rugged lav eon--; .
tract to the rolling hills and
deserts of Libya. The mountain
belt that Montgomery Is assault- ;; 1
lng .new Is thickest along the
coast ;..'::', .;?:' . "'..:;..
The rest of the range dwindles
as the line runs west 1 . .
The British First army is press
ing from the west along the coast
and to the south, and American.;
and. French forces are deployed :.
below them.: " ;.; :;.
' During the relative lull in
ground activity which preceded
the Eighth army's lates offensive,
allied planes were chalking up
their greatest victory In this the-:
atre, in two days shooting down
112 axis planes, 70 of them Ger-.
man troops transports.
Twenty four planes of this total
were bagged Monday. Seventy c
four of them were shot down Sun
day out of a big aerial convoy
heading toward Sicily.
House J Refuses
Treasury Power
WASHINGTON, AprU 20-yVP)
The house committee turned
thumbs down Tuesday on a senate
bill extending the treasury's cur
rency stabilization authority,
leading Chairman Somers (D-NY)
to say, "This indicates there Is not
going to be any international
bank."