The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 24, 1943, Page 2, Image 2

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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.
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" 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. , - ;
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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
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The Orcjronians .
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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 .;
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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??
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(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. . ; . -'"'
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Center Open
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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
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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
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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
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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
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