The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 21, 1943, Page 2, Image 2

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army forces in the sou Ui Pacific
Originally the task force waa. to
proceed through enemy waters to
within about 400 miles of Tokyo,,,
There the planes were to be
i.: laeaehed and their fate' left to
v the hands ef their, crews aad to
providence While the aaraf task
' 1 force made Its . own precarious
: - a s c a p e,M the department dl
r? closed.
3 However, when the a 1 r cr a f t
. carrier was still some -8t; miles
' ' from Tokyo, it ran into enemy
forces. Having avoided one -enemy
patrol vessel and while a ttempt-
" - ing to avoid another, it met third
Japanese ship.;
v ' The ship was sent to the bottom
but it was feared at the time' that
'the enemy might have been able
' rto send a hasty radio warning to
r-Tokyo.
it was learned later that no
- However, because of meeting
. to . change plans which had called
i for a takeoff rat dusk so that the
;raid could be made at night and
--the planes could reach their ren-
- dexvous in China in early morn'
tog hours. 1 "
i i wrier w tne morning sw April
- 18, tea hours ahead f schedule
-. and 4t0 mile farther trmm their
, - objectives than had been plaa-
aed. -"-i- ' , .;: '
wThe added distance to be flown
naturally : added greatly to the
haards of the mission," the de
. partment reported. "But there was
not the slightest hesitation. Gen
eral Poolittle and his men
eager to take off. :
"Whatever the chance of arriv
..Ing at the airfields in China, they
had at least reached a point where
.Tokyo and other Japanese cities
: were within bombing distance."
Thm WMlh?1 urat rraiah mm - tVi.
took of f and they were forced to
x go into the air from a bobbing and
slanting deck, approximately, one
third
ine xengui ox me runway I
auch bombers customarily use.
; One plane piloted by Ueat.
Travis Hoover was thrown v in
snca a way that it nearly fell
;off oa a wing bat Hoover's skill
ftl ileUng saved It.
. General DooUttie himself pilot
ed the first plane to arise from the
carrier deck at 8:20 a. m.
: Twelve hoars later, at 930 p. nx.
,me general bailed out over China,
the last of the fliers to leave his
plane. '.
"Much happened In the inter
al," the war department said.
-e lying weather was good and
the sun was bright as the fliers
came in to the coast line only 15 1
A t 1 , ' J.. . 1
w 10 feet above sealevel and roar
ed over Japan until they had al
most reached their targets before
Being sighted. T
V Llentenaht Hoover took one
; flight of planes over the north
ern part of Tokyo, while Capt.
David M. Jones led another
.group over the central part of
. the Japanese capital and Capt.
-Edward "J. York and his fliers
headed for the southern psrt of
, the city and Tokyo bay.
" iourtn mght led by Maj.
Charles R. Greening headed for
Kenegawa,. Yokahama city and
xne Yokasuka navy yard. Anoth
er flight went southward to bomb
military installations at Nagoya,
Asarca and Kobe.
Some attempt was made by Jap
anese fighter planes to interfere"
with the bombings and Major
Greening had told of new type
Japanese fighters which sought to
attack him. He hugged the ground
even flying under power lines in
the hope that the enemy .ships
would crash into them. They did
nor Dut two were shot down by
Major Greening's gunners.
His plane reached its objec
tivea gasoline refinery aad
storage works and made .rac
cessfal hits. ' pearly -5 salles
away they still could see flasnes -and
smoke from the reflnerr.
Inaccurate anti-aircraft fire was
encountered -by Lieut. Col. John
A. Hilger, and other fliers raiding
Nagoya but they flew through the
ack-ack bombing and hitting their
objectives, and aircraft -works, oil
atorage warehouse, arsenal and
barracks. . :, ; . 1 1
"One by one, each objective of
each plane: was checked off,?' the
ieparnnent reported. "Now It was
factory, aow a shipyard
with a. cruiser in it, now an air
plane plant. . .:??-.'.
The explosions and also the
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Bombing
flames from incendiary, bombs
wrecked steel plants, powder fac
tories, . machine : work, railroad
yards and sidings, docks, arsenals
and oil refineries. Direct hits were
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under contraction.
made on a new cruiser or battle-
WASHINGTON. April
The war department" statement
Tuesday night airing details of
the Doollttle raid an Japan, list
ed, the fallowing . seven Pacific
northwest fliers who partici
pated, with what happened to
tbem after the raids.
Interned in Russia:
Emmens, First Lt Robert Ga-
bel Mrs. J. J. Km mens, mother.
1443 East Main street. Medford,
Ore.
Reached safety:
Clever, Li. Robert S. 2 116
Southwest Second avenue, Port
land. Ore. "
Davenport, Lt. Dean 3444 NE
Bryce, Portland, Ore,
Since the raid a number of
those who participated and re
turned have been killed - oa
other missions, laclndlag IJea
tenant Clever, who was killed
In the crash of a media bomb
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OMeHOMEFKONT
1 By ISABEL CHELDS
We might itave saved the story
for 1 Mother's .day, but it's good
any day of the ryear. '-y-
The lad who wears the khaki
uniform of his nation's army
writes to you in part:
words cannot say how very
much I .appreciate what you have
done for me. Without vou I could
never have made this trip - home
to mv mother's bedside. Sh is
still very seriously ill but am sure
that my stay at home, was- com
forting to her. And -1 have you
to thank for that."
You say you didn't -get the let
ter?
Of course, he didn't know your
name so he could not address it
to you. ; ' f
It came simply to your agency,
the Marion county chapter of the
American Red Cross, and is brief
but eloquent expression of what
many another service man thinks
of the assistance he or his family
may have received from that or-
ganization.
When this particular soldier,
stationed with one of the military
organizations near Salem, received
the telegram telling of the critical
illness of his mother he might
have been even more worried and
grief -stricken than he was, be
cause he did not have the money
to make the trip across the coun
try. But he knew, or shortly
learned, that just such emergen
cies are met daily by the Red
Cross and from the Marion county
office he received the transporta
tion funds which sent him on his
way home in a few hours.
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A large part of the money re
ceived by our chapter from the re
cent war fund drive is being ex
pended for just such cases. ;
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train. '
of persons -aboard the
Th, law
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Lomax d-
elared. "thai If better evidence
exists aad ' is not produced. It
most be assamed that such evi
dence Is agates' those failing to
prodaeo It ; fi .
Lomax cited testimony of Lieut
Ray Howard of the Oregon state
police, who was quoted ax saying
that only on one previous occasion
had he failed to get a murder con
fession signed and on that occa
sion the defendant was acquitted.
Then the defease attorney
roared: "Boy : 111 bet yon they
worked on Folkec plenty trying
to get him to sign.
-' Lomax, who suddenly completed
er calling 13 witnesses but without
further nermitOn Fnlket to! tsko
the stand, was followed by! Dis
trict Attorney Harlow L. Wein- j
rick with the state's rebuttaL
"I submit to you," the prosecu
tor told the jurors in a 15-minute
argument, "that Robert EJ Lee
FolkM wantnnlv and maHrfmisIv
murdered Martha Virginia James,
that he intended tov do it,? that
when he entered her berth' and
she resisted him he cut her throat
to save himself from capture. He
is guilty as charged and should be
executed in the gas house of the
state penitentiary at Salem.
Circuit Judge Lewelling dis
missed the jury until Wednesday
morning to prepare his instruc
tions, which he said would be
engthy.
Associate :, Prosecutor Li (Orth
Sizemore ' earlier summed up the
state s case after a one-hour pre
sentation: !
:Tolkes Is entitled either to
freedom or to execution. There
are no mitigating circumstances
found here. If - yon frad him
guilty, he should get the highest
penalty. If yea decide he is not
guilty, he is entitled to walk1 the
streets la freedom."
City Airport
Cost Is Down,
Savings of $174 a month
been effected in salary expend!
tures alone at the municipal air
port, now tne army air base here,
by application of some study of
the situation, Alderman L. F. Le-
Garie said Tuesday.
Men of the army unit stationed
at the airbase have for the, past
0 days been caring for the ker
osene flare pots used along the
runways at the port, LeGarie said
Formerly employes of thej, city
street department did the work,
at overtime pay because the! task
was done at hours outside their
regular working time.
Probability that under the army
operation there might be a cut in
the cost of kerosene was also 'fore
seen by LeGarie, who said the pots
had been allowed to burn all day
Because oi vie expense oi unvmg
back out to the port to put out
the lights. I i
The army has promised to re
imburse the city for expenditures
at the port . v
As chairman of the accounts and
current expenditures committee of
the, council,.: LeGarie asked two
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Names Pickena , "
New President
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- Chester-Pickens was named
president ' of the Englewood Parent-Teacher
association Tuesday
night at annual elections of i that
organization - held at Englewood
school building. He succeeds! Ro
bert Stanley. -lA
Lawrence Lister was elected
vice president; Mrs. Ruth Gente-
mann, secretary and Mrs. Z. T.
Hartwell, treasurer. , j -
Junior high schools and Parrlsh
junior high in particular were dis
cussed by Carl E. Aschenbrenner,
Parrish principal, speaker of the
evening. Music for the program
was. from Parrish, also. V J !
Harriet Huston, Dorothy Bergs- I
viK, iiernice isnam, iorna Arn
old, Glennis Allen, Lois Schenk,
Dorothy Hobson, Connie Keller
and Beverly Henney, triple trio,
and Joe Brazie, Allen Schwartz.
f"" f' JinvHess,yern
v.u.u.ct
Jim
Lance and Bill Schwartz, who
singing . with the , girls -. comprise
the ninth grade special group!
presented several numbers. They
are. directed by Miss Margaret
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'War First,'
Sprague Tells
. Salem Group
"While engaged in a war of the
type and magnitude of the current
struggle we cannot expect to bet
ter, or in some cases to maintain
our high American standard , of
living,' Charles. A. Sprague, pub
lisher of: The Oregon Statesman
and former governor of the state,
told - Salem Trades and Labor
council Tuesday night -
Speaking of 'Winning the War
on the Home Front," Sprague dis
cussed responsibility of those be
hind the battle lines in providing
food and materials of war. In ac
cepting rataoningfighting infla
tion ana purcnase ox war bonds.
Wayne Meusey, sang to his own
accompaniment two Irish numbers
and a modern love song of his
own composition as a feature of
the council's program.
Coimcilman
Rumor
Councilman Lloyd Moore from
ward six does not intend, nor ever
has intended, to resign from his
civic post, he made it clear early
this week. Rumors that his resig
nation might be expected did not
start with him, he declared. Work
on a temporary wartime job has
taken him to Portland, he 'said,
but. has not caused him to change
his residence. That work may last
another two weeks or two months,
he pointed out, but it will not go
on forever. He is working with a
contracting firm.
weeks ago that all committees
check expenditures in their own
departments to find where sav
ings could be made without dis
turbing service.
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Mexican' Address Text
MONTEREY, Mexico,
April 20 AP) The text of
President Roosevelt's speech
here Tuesday night follows:
Your excellency's friendly and
cordial expressions add to the very
great pleasure which I fee) at be
ing here on Mexican soil. . . ;
.-It is an amazing thing to have
to realize that nearly thirty four
years have passed since chief ex
ecutives of our two nations have
met face to face.,; X hope that in
the days to come every Mexican
and every American - president
will feel , at liberty to visit each
other just as neighbors visit each
other ust '' as , neighbors I. ; talk
things over and get to know each
other better.
Our two countries owe their in
dependence to the fact -that your
ancestors and mine held the same
truths to be worth fighting for
and dying for. Hidalgo and Juar-
were men of the same stamp
as - wningwn uu enersun,
was, therefore, inevitable that our
two countries should find them
selves aligned together In the great
struggle which is being fought to
day to determine whether this
shall be a free or slave world.
The attacks of the axis pow
ers, daring the past few years
against oar common heritage as
free men culminated in the un
speakable and unprovoked ag-
,gressions of December 7, 1141,
and May 14, "IMS, aad the shed
ding of blood on those dates of
citisens of the United States
and of Mexico alike.
(On May 14. Mexico announc
ed loss of her first ship to an axis
submarine, the tanker Petrero Del
Llano, and a strong note to Ger
many, Italy and Japan, demanding
men, including the captain and
deck officers, died as the tanker
burst into flames, off Miami beach.
There was an immediate popular
outcry of war. which Mexico de-
cum juay ao. . ; ?
Those attacks did not find the
western hemisphere unprepared.
The twenty-one free republics of
the Americas during, the -past ten
years have- devised a system of
international cooperation which
has become a . great bulwark in
the defense of our heritage ' and
our future. That system, whose
strength is now evident evervtj)
the most skeptical, is based pri
marily upon a renunciation of the
use of force and the enshrining of
international justice and mutual
respect as the governing rule of
conduct by all nations.
In the forging of that new in
ternational policy the role of Mex
ico has been outstanding. Mexican
presidents and foreign ministers
have appreciated the nature of the
struggle with which we are now
confronted at a time when many
nations much closer to the focus
of infection were blind.
The wisdom of the measures
which the statesmen of Mexico
and the United States and of the
other American republics have
adopted at Inter-American gath
erings d urine recent years has
been amply demonstrated. They
have succeeded because they
have been placed in effect, not
only by Mexico and the United
States, but by all except one of
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the other American republics.
(Argentina.) .
: ; You and . L Mr. President,
ommnmaers-m-cmex ox our re
spective armed forces,: have been
able to concert measures for com
mon defense. The harmony and
mutual confidence which has- pre
vailed between our ormies and
navies is beyond praise. I Brother
hood in arms has been established.
- ' The determination of the Mex
ican, people and of their leaders
has led to production on an all-out
basis of strategic and vital mate
rials so necessary to the forging
of the weapons destined to com
pass the final overthrow of" our
commond foe. In this great" city
of Monterey, I have been most
impressed with the single-minded
purpose with which all the forces
of production are joined together
in the war effort, ri
And' Mexican farm workers,
brought to the United States la
accordance with aa agreement
between oar two governments,
the terms of which are fury COB'
sonant with the social objectives
we cherish together, are con
trtbatlng their skill aad their
ton to the prodacUoa of vitally
needed food.
Not less important than the mil
itary cooperation and the supplies
needed for the maintenance of our
respective, economies, has
been
the exchange of those ideas and
of those moral value which give!
life and significance to the tre -
mendous effort of the free neo -
plea of the world. We in the Unit-
ed States have listened with ad-
miration and nrofit tn tout slate.
ments r and addresses, Mr. Pres -
ident, and to those of your distia-1
guished foregin minister. We
have gained inspiration and
strength from your words.
. In the shaping of a common vic
tory our peoples are finding that
they have common aspirations.
They can work together for
common objective
. Let us never
lose our hold upon that truth. It
contains within it the secret of
future happiness and. prosperity
for all of us on both sides of our
unfortified border. Let us make
sure that when our victory is
won, when the forces of evil sur
renderand that surrender shall
be unconditional then we, with
the same spirit and with the same
united courage, will face the task
of the building of a better world.
There is much work still to be
done by men of good will on both
sides of our border. . The great
Mexican people have their feet
set upon a path of ever greater
progress so that each citizen may
enjoy the greatest possible mea
sure of security and . opportunity.
The government of . the , United
States and my contrymen are
ready to contribute to that prog
ress. . - .V
We recognise a matoal inter
dependence of oar. Joint re
sources. We know that Mexico's
. . .You can sP
I HE lovely enter-
J tainer goes to
Panama to cheer our ;
troops. Soldiers want cof
enjoy a Coca-Cola with
her and talk. A pretty girl
and a Coke just like
li
In Iceland, the newt told how
troops had a goodtaxtxred tight to get the first
Cokes available. Such are the stories from our
fighting mtQ everywhere i
To mean to tnoch, a drink must have some
thing In taste, in goodness and in true
refreshing qualities Just to sip ice-cold
Coca-Cola is to find all those things. Yes,
all the difTerence between something really
refreshing and just something to drink.
:
Maybe It's a snake-shift dresslnsj room, hat Unci
Sam's soldiers hare given it a homelike touch
fresh flowers and a frosty bottle of Coke Who
could ask for more? " : v, .-',r
Eren with war and so many Coca-Cola bottling plants In
. nemyoccupied countries, our fighting men are -'gHni
to find Coca-Cola being botded la so many places all over
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An appeal was made, at the
committee . meeting yesterday for
purchases . out , of savings by em
ployes who are already under the
payroll savings plan.' In one firm
such a drive resulted in sales of
$3700 additional bonds. It was
urged that no business should be
overlooked in the effort to reach
the county's quota by the last of
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PORTLAND . April
resources will be developed far
the common good of hsusmnlty.
Wo know that the day of the
exploitation of the resources and
the people of one country far the
benefit of any group in another
conn try la definitely over.
It Is time .that every citizen In
every one of the American re
puhiics recognizes that the good
neighbor policy means that harm
10 1 one republic means harm to
every republic We have all of
us recognized the principle of in
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ucpeuaencc it is time unit we
recognize also the orivne at in
terdependence -one upon another.
Mr. President, It is my hone that
m the expansion of our common
effort in this war and in the peace
to zouow we will again have oc
casion Jor friendly consultation In
order further to promote the
closest
understanding and eon-
I timied unity of purpose between
I o"1 two peoples.
fe have achieved close under
lIMnaing ana unity of purpose. I
1 am grateful to you. Mr. President
nd to the Mexican people for this
opportunity to meet you on Mexi
I can o0, and to call you friends.
I T0" I are breaking another
Precedent. Let these meetings be-
rween presidents of Mexico and
the! United States recur again and
again and again, t- .
6t it every
home.
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Downtown streets bristled, with .
machine guns, mortars- and other
military equipment Tuesday as
800 Camp Adair soldiers "occu
pied". Portland to - demonstrate
what war bond buyers are getting
for their , money.
Mora than 100 trucks, jeeps and
other vehicles unloaded the men
and-equipment. Units of the coast
guard, and navy and troops from
the Portland air base and Vancou
ver barracks later paraded
through the -streets. Exhibits in
cluded a mobile field kitchen and
bakery bath station, clothing and
shoe repair and sterilization unit.
Twelve bands provided martial
music; Planes droned overhead to
add realism to the maneuvers and
fireboets performed on the Wil
lamette river. -. .
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hydrated soups. Sales of frozen
foods had been slow, and supplies
had been filling up a considerable
quantity of the available refrig
erated , storage apace, at a tim.
when room was yh4aa tm
uia
vvuicn ior uie new paces. .
The cut on Tomato soup was in.
line with a recent reduction on
tomato juice, and other soups were
reduced because of generally slow"
sales. .
it Intends to change point values
only. at the end of lach month,
but In this case, "officials decided
not to withhold the present ad-
justment until the next ration pe- -
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nuu uroiiue repons received irom
.iuiuu tMuicis, ana xrom-..- xne
trade indicated that prompt ac
tion was required now to best
serve the Interests of both tho
trade and the public,'
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