Thm OrXCCII CTATir:.L"JI. Cclscu Oregon. Cohirday Morning R&l L 1C13 - " " i- -' . j '- PAGZ TWO Pi J "Repott335;yr20 Nips v KilletliixLi-Grouiid , T AcUon$ New Guinea ..:T ALLIED lilliVDQU ARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, Sunday, April ' 24 P)-A .Japanese ' merchant ship has been aunk by allied bombing at Kavieng, New Ireland, the high command reported today. ' Kavieng is a big Japanese ship- . Iping and air base some 55 miles northeast ; of the allied . base . of Port Moresby New' Guinea.- ; - a . In another aerial action, Jap anese ground position below Sal smaua, New Guinea, were heavily strafed - while .aground allied troops killed 20 of the enemy-. , It was the first report of ground activity since the communique of March 23 disclosed - that allied ground troops have; advanced ' to within 100 miles of Salamaua by clearing; the Japanese; from sev eral points above Buna.. A smrle feor-eaglned bomb- . : er. which wa reeennals- l' sane attacked the MM teat ship at Kavieng. The ship was soev- . lag south with aa eseert erthree destroyers, y v;';I.;'- A 500-iound bomb -hit the ves sel -squarely amidship ' and 'an other came close enough- to cause damage. " The; 'ship "burst : into flames, smoke rising J.000 feet , above it and, was left -sinking. -, The - strafing below. Salamaua was executed by long range fight- - -ers which flew low for 18 passes ever the area Friday.: Later -a ne . dium bomber strafed the penin- ., aula. ,. .: . . - " j ''Our ground patrols surprised .and - annihilated a-email enemy :. . ou tpost of . 20 - men near Komia !. turn, : the noon' communique re elated, c1;''--1;.; . - ,t. Above Salamaua, enemy villag es in the Saidor area-were attack . ed; Finschhafen and its airdrome . were raided; and ihe harbor at .Lae was bombed. . . . t A single heavy bomber strafed ; the village of Ubili, on New Brit :, ain island. I :i ;.. ' i Northwest Australia, the favor- ed targets of Toel.in the Kal is- lands and Dobo on the Aroe is- lands were bombed. Alaska Pays To Be Names For Vessels VANCOUVER, '.WASH April " 23-(P-The Kaiser shipyard an i nounced Friday its next eight na i vy aircraft escort carriers will be i named after bays In -southeastern Alaska. " V ' ,j The name: Aliqula bay, Anguil I labay. Astrulable bay, Bucareli . bay, Chapin bay, Diddickson bay, j Elbour bay and Dolomi bay. ; r . Also scheduled for early launch j ing are two .carriers-for the Brit ;lsh navy, the Atheling, which is eld English for Crown Prince, and Begum, meaning Mohammedan princess. NOW SHOWING starring UNO CROS3Y BOS HOPE HED Mac MUJtlAY it FXANCHOT TONE RAY MIUAfO VICTOR MOORE DOROTHY tAMOUR PAULITT1 OODDARD VERA ZORINAwMARY MARTIN DICK POWELL 1ETTY HUTTON EDDII BRACKEN VERONSCA LAKE ALAN IADD ROCHESTER J j J- PLUS- "Lzij Dcdyrpard" with : Eddie Albert Anne Shirley i Disney Csrtoeav "Ed oration for Death" NOW SHOWING t ,1 iJ jrjr A KM. I. WAUIS RCCT In Ills Newest it ISIS r V 1 . nhrtsfci'?::4t Heroes 5 - I By VERN HAUGLAND " ALLIED HEADQUARTERS ' IN AUSTRALIA, ApriJ 24 HIP)- A Wisconsin sergeant who gave up his life in attempting to destroy a Japanese machine gun emplace? ment'near Buna, New Guinea, and a 'lieutenant 'who led his platoon in 'a dangerous bridge building task in the same area, were hon ored ' today by General Douglas Mar Arthur.; : with distinguished service, crosses. A , Lieutenant General George C. Kenney, commander of allied air forces in the southwest Pacific, meanwhile presented the air med al to five air corps officers and three enlisted men, . T " : The distinguished service cross was " a warded . posthumously to Staff Sergeant John Rehak, jr. and was : sent to his father in Manitowoc, Wis. ' Second Lieutenant James Doughtie, Falmouth, Miss., led his platoon to a dangerous 3una riv erside post last December 23 and directed construction of a bridge for tanks under heavy and con stant enemy, fire. Captain Robert Herry, Sequin, Tex,: pilot of a B-28 Martin ma rauder, and members of his-crew were- awarded - air, medals for meritorious achievement over Lae, New Guinea January -8. Nine Jap anese fighters attacked the ma rauder bomber during a raid on an -enemy convoy, but the ship completed its bombing run, drop ping i eight 100-pound demolition bombs, one directly upon a 6000 ton transport which went out of control and ran aground on a beach. ; The I marauder's 'gunners shot down one fighter plane.' Others in the crew were First Lieutenant Harry Scheerer, To ledo, f Ohio; " Second Lieutenants Louis Ritacco, Port Chester, NY; and Roy G rover. Salt Lake City; Sergeant John Jenna, 1519 North Market street, Aberdeen, Wash.; and Corporals Hugh Anderson, Aspermont, Tex., -and Raymond Zimmerman, Oregon City, Ore. Canada Head Plans Visit To Seattle WASHINGTON," April 23 -(JP) Canada's governor4 general, the Earl of Athlone, will arrive in Se attle, Wash., May 3 for a five day visit in the United States, the state department announced Fri day night. Accompanied by his. wife. Prin cess Alice, the governor general will visit war industries in Wash ington and Oregon. In their par ty will be Sir Shuldham Redfern, secretary to the governor general; Miss Vera Grenfell, lady in wait ing to the princess, and Captain Alan Leveson -Gover, aide de camp. , - ; Ends Tonight - Twin Hits Companion Feature 4 J J 1 -. II if" n News - Serial - Cartoon Starts Sunday Continuous Sunday ij 1 to 11:45 P. M. V Viittsa ia Else sat CtarsftYi - Afaiast 9U ti 180 Is II V .JVC .' i . - 1 r - aaiae ' DOHLSVT PZIZ3TOK Plus LJ - " News - Cartoon aaBaaaaaaaaaBCBaaaaaaaaaaanBaaBasBb Comity-Total is $2,li5,C63 B (Continued from Page 1) B tional bank, the county's total for the war drive had reached $2,- 115,063, only $384,937 below the quota assigned for purchases out side of banks. ' ' ? ' The banks had far exceeded their quota by investments that Friday night aggregated $4,545, 960. This total included a $50,000 subscription pledge by the Mill City State bank. The Coolidge & McClaine bank i at Silverton wjJl announce a substantial subscrip tion before the campaign closes, Another ; addition to the coun ty's part in the nation-wide bond drive came in the form of a $75,- OOO'allocation by the Standard Oil company from its $1,000,000 sub scription, it was announced by E. C Sammons, state war finance committee chairman.- ; ' ! Citixens and banks together had sabscribed for $6.S64J23 In war bonds since the second loan drive opened : on : April 12. ' Touring various sections of the county daily, .Chairman Gard has found his local Victory commit tees "doing an excellent job," he reported. Friday he listed Chair men George Manolis of the war savings staff and Glenn L Bried- well of the Victory fund commit tee at Silverton as working close ly on the second loan drive and "turning in ; a fine ; account for themselves with a splendid or ganization. v ..'-.! Ia the north end ef the ceaa ty, 8. J. Smith, cashier ef the State Bank , af St. Paul, and Dean Bishlprick, snanacer of the Weedbani branch ef : the First National bank, are well repre sented by workiax ' committees In their area, with S. Parsy Rose and Fred Dental assisting them, Gard said. Friday night Arthur W. Smith er of the Victory fund committee, and Chairman Gard attended a farmers' bond meeting, at Talbot. "Purchases are really coming In now but it still takes the cooper ation of every individual citizen in the county if we are to make our goal," Gard added. PORTLAND, Ore., April 23 (PP) Oregon war bond sales sprinted ahead saore than -$!,-OOfl.OO after news of Japanese executions of captared Tokyo raiders te bring the total to $74.056437. state drive head quarters reported Friday. The news prompted the state war finance committee Thurs day too boost the Oregon qaota $i.oo,m to ius.sos.sts. WASHINGTON, April 23 - Pi About 60 per cent of the men in the army are buying war bonds, the war department reported Fri day. Sales, in February, the last month for which complete reports are available, exceeded $21,000, 000. Civilians employed by the department purchased $10,345,000 worth in that month. ' : ClarksvUle, Ark-, April 23 (A-It's all in the way yoa go at it. I The slogan, "Celebrate Hitler's birthday," didn't appeal ; to folks here. "?' Results of the bond drive on Tuesday, when Adolf became "54, were nothing to brag about Then someone suggested: "Make Hitler wish ; he'd never had a birthday." The county's subscriptions jumped from 30 to 75 per cent or. Its quota in 24 hours. ; White House Egg Rolling CaUedOff WASHINGTON. Anril 73 - rn With food running abort, the cap itol architect decided Friday: it was wiser to break - a l tradition tnan an egg and accordingly called off the Easter Monday egg rolling contest on the capitol lawn. ; ' Arthur E. Cook, supervising en gineer, said the no-eggrrolling ban shattered a tradition that., was started much longer ago than his 48 years in the capitoL "But with eggs costing umpty cents a dozen and food shortages on," said Cook, "this just doesn't look like the time for rolling eggs." , The White House' announced a few days ago that the ban estab lished a year ago is still in effect Death Takes Charles Mocroft Charles Mocroft 78, father of Mrs. Frank B. Bennett of Salem, died Friday night at his home in McMinnville following a heart at tack. Suryivors include the wid ow, and two daughters. Services have been tentatively planned for Monday. dim: Vclcnrxs J2dl Corner Hood & Church St " Old Time Music bj The Orcjronians . V The US air corps theme, song could most appropriately have been sung as this B-K5 North Americaa medium bomber soared off the flight deck of the "Hornet heavily loaded with bombs, for Tokyo, Yokohama and Tokasaka naval base. The lTornet later, was sunk in the battle at Santa Crux. TDi Sonndphoto. OMeHOMEFRONT By 15AR7J. CHHD3 Lest we let ourselves think this cheerful month of April merely a blot on the calendar because it includes the birthday of the world's worst international gang ster, we remember that it also contains the birthdays of: V One, Bertha Babcock, who wore a . white gardenia Friday for the occasion and put in .some time, I suppose, wrapping at the cosmet ics counter at Miller's the gifts sol diers buy to be sent to the girls they left behind them. Bertha (Pete to many of ' her friends) thinks the deft touch she has with tissue paper, seals and ribbons is responsible for her long list of khaki-clad callers. There are oth ers who suggest a ready wit genuine laugh and the friendliness that made her, a campus favorite at Willamette "may have something to do with that popularity. . Emily McDonald, a black-haired; blue-eyed lassie who claims she goes home from her work at the Miles Linen mill grease-streaked. but who invariably when I see her is garbed in spotless white blouse and other tailored wear in such a state of press that I grab the corner stool in the coffee shop that half-hidden by the juke box from- which I can admire her grooming and her expressive. happy face. A blue-eyed small boy now in Independence, whose daffodil-colored hair may soon be snuggling into the khaki-covered shoulder of his dad in'Jlorida. ' ' And' a girl in England named Elizabeth. ;. o;.e .; . .V . You may think of others who had no choice as to the month of their birth, and if they had been given the opportunity to select might find that there is enough pleasant company to overshadow the Austrian paper-hanger. Axis Orders War I Vets To Service Bj the Associated Press Germanvhas fallen back unon middle-aged : veterans of the first world war for reserves to -fin out its modern armies, a Transocean . - j: ' i j t x news : agency oispai.cn saia last Friday) night in a Berlin radio broadcast . recorded by the Asso ciated Press. '"The soldiers of the first war quickly got acquainted with the use of modern weapons," said Maj. : Heinz Rose, Transocean's military corresDondent "Their im portant asset is their war exper ience" :-.:;.' : The broadcast added that in ad dition to the veterans Germany's new reserves were formed "of un trained civilians of the postwar years and young people who so far have 'been members of the Hitler youth organization." 5 As a result Rose declared, Ger man armed forces this- summer "will? have at their disposal more men than ever before in this war." "All three - categories will en able the chief : command of the German forces to have a new ar my at its disposal,? the broadcast added. - ' Three Infant Deaths Reported .' ' Three Infant deaths, two of them children , of Marion county res idents, occurred in Marion county during February, state board of health offices reported Friday, pointing out that infant, deaths during that month mounted to 71 in Oregon, or 37.2 per 1000 live births. In February, 1942; although the 4total number, of births was less, the death rate among infants was 33.2 per 1000, while maternal death rates rose from 3 in , Feb ruary, 194?' to 1.6 in February, 1943.' '""'' - New Casualty List Revealed WASHINGTON, April 23 4V The navy announced Friday 17 casualties, in navy forces, includ ing 2 dead, and 15 missing. " This brings to 2 4,928 the total of navy, marine corps and coast guard casualties reported to next of kin since December 7, 194L 'Off, YZe G6 to Toll?? . " US Flier A' (Continued from Page 1) A (AVWintUn ChsrehUl de nounced today the "cold-blooded" execution el Americaa air men by the Japanese and de clared that the , RAF "earnest ly look forward to the day when i they will be able to fly aide by; r side with their American com rades to attack Tokyo and oth er cities ef Japan" ; t Mr. Churchill said in a message to Gen. H. H.' Arnold, command ing general of the American air forces; "I ; have read with indignation of the cold-blooded execution of your airmen by the Japanese. "This barbarous and unusual action reveals in a peculiarly sig nificant manner the fear the Jap anese have of. having' munitions factories -and other military ob jectives in their homeland bombed.-. ? " ; "I cannot resist sending you this message to assure you that the RAF earnestly look forward to the day when they will be able to fly side by side with 1 their American comrades to attack To kyo and other cities of Japan and strip mis cruel and. greedy nation of ' their power to molest the civ ilized world." Nazi Attacks Hurled Back ussiaus By the Associated ' LONDON, Saturday, April 24- (SVGerman troops attacking re peatedly the northwestern Cau casus' again were hurled back to their original positions, suffering 500 casualties and losing 35 planes, Russia announced early today. Moscow dispatches suggested the strength and freqency of the enemy attacks indicated a German offensive in that sector where the ground once again is solid. Air forces of both skies were active over the entire area, and the midnight communique record ed by the Soviet monitor also re ported the- destruction yesterday of 20 German planes southwest of VorosholoVgrad in the Donets basin. - ' . Four enemy pillboxes, seven trucks and twelve carts carrying supplies also were destroyed by Russian artillery fire in the Voro- shilofgrad sector, the communique said, and Soviet airmen attacked an enemy airdrome ; behind the German lines, damaged a railway station, and destroyed an ammun ition train. . . Allies Blast Axis Trains --LONDON; Saturday, April 24-LfV-Combined blows of the Am erican heavyweight bombers and the RAF "train buster" air fleet against Hitler's rail transport are smashing his dwindling sup ply of locomotives at the rate of 150 a month, the air ' minis tery reported today. The figure was based on pilot's reports, reconnaissance and reli able information from inside the continent ' At this rate, the allies are de stroying 50 more locomotives in a month' than the Fives-Lille plant In northern France, the largest in Europe, ! can produce In a year; and ! the Fives-Lille normal ' pro duction of 100 a year is believed to have been cut appreciably by persistent RAF bombings. " Webfoot-Adair Tat Drowned EUGENE, April 3P)-Post-penemeat of Friday's baseball rame with the Camp Adair Timber : Wolves ' deprived - the University of .Oregon sdae of a practice t!!t they, had counted pen to 'tune: them up for the WashlartoB - series here Men day and Tuesday. - - ' The errand : total Includes .7,147 dead, 4,665 wounded and 13,114 missing.".': f " ;.";..'-'-. The casualties announced fti- it fnelnded (those listed are navy and non-commissioned per sonnel unless otherwise specified) Oregon: ' -7 Roskev. Charles Robert, dead. Mother, Mrs. J. ; W. Strain, Port land. . ; . -'"' Defiant BvjR t 1 1t Second USO Center Open E - (Continued from Page 1) will not be in use until- special Sour Is available, , ' , The first' fleorvlouage. sanlne ladies, lounge and see-' :. end floor canteen and .'came; room are to be decorated tor: : the opening by the Baleen Men's; Garden dab, while the' Salens Hostess league and the junior - hostesses tt sponsors together ; with members of the Janiort Women's dub will assist with -shewing guests the facilities of the center. The marT's defense. recreaUoa committee has aided tn the establishment of the tem porary center, in securing the allocatioa of federal funds to remodel ..larger quarters la -the Breymaa ; building where the dubrooms eventually win be operated, and In the planning of the weekend's- program. . A Saturday night program for servicemen is the only feature of the weekend opening observance to which the general public Is not bidden. Sunday's dedication, service, with music by Portland Salvation Army Citadel band .and. song sters, led by ,Q. Smith, bandmas ter. Is to be presided over by Charles A. Sprague, Statesman publisher and ex-governor of the state, who will, in turn, be intro duced by T. M. Hicks, president of the Salem United-War Chest representing the USO. Principal speaker for the day is to be CoL Gordon McCoy, post commander. Camp Adair. Adj. Matt Schoefield is to lead the group singing of "God.BI 1 Hum ilbl . uu. Mp mf- u m Auen wui represent we , sunn Ministerial association, offering the invocation. . Mayor. L M. Dough ton. Con gressman James W. Mott and Douglas Mullarky, secretary to Gov. Earl SnelL are to make brief speeches of welcome preceding Col. McCoy's address. The Hallelujah Chorus by citi del band and songsters and an other number to be selected by the - singers . will be followed by speeches by Faber Stevenson, re gional USO executive; CoL Wu jUam Barker, regional supervisor of USO operations; CoL James Dee, divisional Salvation .Army commander of Oregon and south ern Idaho, and by Adj. and Mrs. Thomas. .' The ' band and songsters will present "Warriors Brave" prelim inary to the giving of the bene diction by CoL James Dee. ; Air Force Command Divided FORT GEORGE WRIGHT, Wash., April 23 (P-The Second air force, which heretofore has maintained one-bomber command with, headquarters here, now will have two such organizations, Maj. Gen. Davenport , Johnson, com manding general of the Second air force, announced Friday.. . The one here will be retained and altered and another will be set up at 1 Paso, Texas, under command of Brig. : Gen. Robert Williams, the general said. The. announcement followed closely after Gen. Johnson had reported headquarters of the Sec ond air force, which trains all heavy bombardment crews in the United States, would be trans ferred to Colorado Springs, Colo. ; The bomber command here originally had been described s haying the purpose of coordinat ing the Second air force with oth er established defense units . In case of attempted invasion of America." Roberts Takes Oath of Office Roy Rice Roberts, -prominent grange and community clubs lead er of Marion county, Friday took his oath as county commissioner pro tempore to succeed Ralph Gi rod. ';;;:!;;;:; ;-;;;;::;;v;;i; " v. Stepping' into the place of Gi rod, who left Friday for Portland to active duty with a navy con struction battalion. Rice is to rep resent the court particularly in road matters while , Commissioner Jim E. Smith continues to spe cialize In rights-of-way, bridges and ferries, "and County Judge Murphy In matters pertaining to county buildings; aside from the shops, and public relations. Soften Nasis C (Continued from Page 1) O them like wolves - until' we had shot them to bits. . 1 Eames burst from many of the big - carriers. .The. official state ment said some of those carrying gasoline burned a longtime after they went down. - - "From those carrying personnel scores of troops were seen to climb out and struggle desperately In the sea,!. .It saiL:"' -;". ': ; Meanwhile American Bostons and Mitchells bombed and strafed German mountain posi tions In what aa efftdal spokes man called "one of the heaviest assaults of this campaign." On the ground the British First and Eighth armies were combining in a pincers movement against axis : southern mountain strong' holds. . . - - Long 4Stop -hill guards the pass leading from MedJez-el-Bab Into the pain of Tunis. It probably Is the most heavily fortified Ger man point on the enure Tunisian front . and the scene; of . the most prolonged, and determined -fighting. ; ; It has been virtually the center of all the i longr "winter activity since- the- allies .were forced back toMedjez-el-Bab after, the: drive toward Tunis last November fail ed Just east of Tebourba. r (The Berlin radio said the "mass attack" of the Eighth army against the southern sector of the Tunis ian bridgehead was , "by no means abated in violence although it has already lasted without interrup tion four days. The broadcast; recorded in New York by The As sociated Press, said the southern front extended approximately 25 miles and that Montgomery now could replace tired troops "again and again by fresh and strong reg iments or brigades.') " Heavy Storm Northwest P (Continued from Page 1 D broken here. House boats, broke their moorings. Six barrage- bal loons bcoke: loose. Around .Belling ha m three schools closed. Taeoma'a baseball park grand stand was partly un roofed, and ' Olympia reported power failures.' ASTOUA. OreV April tl-UP) A' gale struck the lower Col umbia 4 river area 'Thursday night damaging fishing docks, tearing apart log rafts aad In terrupting eemmunicatlons. " Two spruce rafts broke loose from towing, craft were buffeted against fishing docks of the Col umbia river, packers association at Altoona and Cottard, Wash. The company estimated damage at $35,000. -.; ' ' -. Other damage - to docks, con struction equipment and fisher men's gear was reported ; in the area.-.;' r i fVfftYQNC KNOWS THO'ie CBAXO SHOWS cHriTiD - v - - Last Times Today ' "Jacare" "City Without Men" Linda Darnell iTENNESSE; VAX ETTLIIT euthEUSSEY uom BARKYUOEE 1 f Cox-Offlce ' j Opens 1 P. JL t Disrupts . . PlTtllTr , ...Sf IBS MSt 1 j I arUtsfitntseJ I ' I MhAflasica'g If K3TC2T! I Tomor. r I . ': :; A FEIE-FC3-ALL C? FCH! 7 Peie rBa System AN AIJJTIAN ' ISLANDS BASE, April , IT. (Delayed)--Most residents of this , base stOl watch the skies when anything sounding even faintly like a Jap 7yi nlOT fa nvorhMfl: -They remember bombings.- ; But not Pete.- Pete listens for raven's croak. The ravens .here abouts are called R-51S and they're Pete's greatest enemyl Pete gets his greatest kick out of seeing an occasional -eagle cir cle, because ; then the ravens scram. ; -:' - Pete' Is a bantam . rooster, the only one on the island and prob ably the only domestic .chicken within a thousand miles. He was brought here by Sgt. Charles W. Haney, .of Latrobe, Peruu six months ago, and Is ac climated and pays no more at tention to winds, snow and rain than do the soldiers. ' Pete has been saved from ra vens, attacks once by . soldier In tervention, but still is occasional ly endangered. 1 He is a great relief to one cap tain. This captain confided to an other officer, "Boy, rve got Irl rve got the Aleutian willies! I keep Clinking I, hear a rooster crowing at night! : . - - He was quite glad to see Pete and know there really was a rooster here.- - v-;;. . Escaped Convict Reported Nabbed SAVANNAH, GA April 23JPi The Savannah Morning News re ported the . capture here Friday night i of Forrest Turner, elusive escape specialist . who, with Le- iana iiarvey, tea u oiner convicia in a mass break, from state peni tentiary at Riedsville last Friday morning. . , ; ' A city partolman shot a tire ff the car in which Turner waJ being chased and when the vehicle stop ped two other men, belived to.be fugitives Harvey and D. C Black, escaped into darkness of the .Sa vannah river waterfront. , . Nineteen other escapees nave been captured. CAR Plans Camp MILWAUKEE, April 23 (JP) The 77th annual encampment of the Grand 'Army of the Repub lic wui be held in Milwaukee Sept. 18-25, national officers an nounced Friday after a ' confer ence. Tut HOut TmaT Hits auiLT LAST TIMES TODAY 'llcscow Strikes Baclr' tt "Code of the Outlaws" "Dick Traejr vs. Crime, lae." Blidnite Show Totrlght "The Trail- begins at Santa Fe '. . aad leads only to treable! r Tieketo On Sale ll.-Ce P. 1L . Tsvl r. ? rt1 rrrl1 J 1 eMMiiiiwm 4aa NOW AT POPULAR r' - i I) ( l Zf - a s J : nit ; H . Wall Dump's V FAWTAOAi f - s