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Colezor Oregon, Sunday Morning, May 18. 1S43
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: ", IT SEEMS TO ME that roy f el
low ex-governor,. . Walter .Pierce,
sounds the wrong note when . he
revives agitation against the yel
low peril While he refers direc
tly to the Japanese, the Chinese,
now our- allies in war, are also of
- the Mongolian or yellow race, and
our American Indians are prob-
- ably of the same ethnological or
igin 'Japan has been ; trying "to
" consolidate the yellow races under
r Its agents, so such .rabble-rousing
as Mr. Pierce indulges in puts wa
ter on Japan's wheel."
.1 recognize that the Japanese
are - a "problem" because of the
: . . war,.? not because of their - color.
- So were the Germans at the time
of the last war. This time we have
,'not had the hysteria against "pro
Germans we had in 1917-1918,
but the Japs have been the object
' of distrust and condemnation. That
Is ' the natural consequence of
Pearl Harbor. I recognize also that
concentrations f Japanese creat
ed local problems before the wart
but on the whole those problems
: '-were not acute, and fair working
relations had evolved. ? ;
- It is absurd to paint a picture of
Japanese breeding at so fast a
'. rate that this coast will become
Japanese. We had in Oregon in
1940 in our population of 1,089,000
only 4,071 Japanese of whom 2,
454 were native born. In contin
ental United States there were
. only 126,947 Japanese out of a to
tal of over 131,000,000. Qompare
that : with the negro population,
which 'was 12,865,000. The Japs
would have . to multiply like gui-
- nea pigs to become a dominating
- factor in this state or on this coast.
.The fact is that foreign groups
Irish, German, Italian, Japanese,
t Chinese tend to come to the
American ' family - pattern after
" ihey have lived in this country for
. ' a time.
We do have a Japanese problem
In this, war, but the action of Lieut.
Gen. DeWitt in ? evacuating all
Japanese from the western coast,
while harsh, did remove .chance
for sabotage or contact with the
enemy. The question of his right
to remove Japanese Americans is
now before the supreme court If
upheld, it will be on grounds of
military necessity, even though it
did result in invasion of . the d-
vil rights of American citizens un
. N?er the constitution. '
' . - ".'"Hut . when the war is over
what? - la his address in - congress
-last Nov. 19 Mr Pierce said: t
. Nowr is 4 thf v time, toj' announce
."-I that-' the Japanese mus return to
their native land and, .cannot live
to -any part of the United States
' after this .war is over"
-1 am , sure he includes Japanese
..-; 'Americans "because 1 he ; does "not
believe children .- of races non-?
eligible for citizenship acquire it
- by birth here.'
r I am in strong opposition to any
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Honor System
Is Plan For;?
Sugar Ration ;
WASHINGTON, M a y 15
4The OPA decided Saturday to put
its extra allotments of sugar for
more canning on an ;"horir sys
tern," up to 10 pounds per person.
While seme details remain te
be worked eat, the agency an
noeneed its Intention to desig
nate twe coupons In ration beek
No. 1 as "heme eannlnr sugar
- coupons. Anyone will be able
: with these twe stamps to buy
lt peands of sugar.
Since : the home canning rules
permit a maximum of 25 pounds
per person, home canners may ap
ply to local ration boards for an
extra 15 pounds per person in ad
dition to the 10 pounds to be ob
tained from book No. 1 coupons.
The new plan was adopted, it
was understood, because most, ra
tion boards grant 5 to 10 pounds
of canning sugar for the mere
asking .The coupon system is ex
pected to simplify the handling
of applications without, officials
estimated, any appreciable differ
ence in the amount of sugar ob
tained. .
Scholarships
Offered 136
CORVALLIS, May 15-iiP-The
names of 136 Oregon high school
atudents who ' have been recom-
. tnended for state board of higher
: education scholarships ! were an
nounced Saturday by E. B. Lem
on, chairman of the boaxd's coro-
' ; mittee on high school relations.
Among them were
Oregon State college -scholar-
. ships: John D. Capias and James
- Nicker, beth of Salem: Earl Ber-
I tholdao, molalla; Heward Mader,
" SUverton; Jean Clark,' Dayton;
Barbara J. Dewey, Lebanon; Ruth
Wahlgren, McMinnville; Delores
Boss, Willamina, and Ruth Duval,
Sweet Home.
j University Of Oregon: Phyllis
Graham and Florence Lewis, both
of Salem; Donald Jeppesen, Doug
las Moore and Ruth Cox, all of
Eugene, and Betty Pracht, Sweet
llome. ' " '
Oregon College of Education:
Muriel Haraldson, Woodburn, and
iCeUa J. Spuxling, Junction City.
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Smashed
' Nazis Try Bombing .
Flying Fortresses
f From Air and Fail
J LONDON, M a y 15P-T h e
greatest ) American heavy bomb
er fleet ' ever put into the air
over Germany showered incen
diaries and explosives Saturday
on. the naval base of Emden and
vicinity, j in sweeps through a
novel smudge-pot smoke screen
defense which only served to out
line the target for the widespread
fire-bombing throughout the har
bor, city.
, In further desperate defense at
tempts the Germans tried again
without success to bomb the big
attackers out of the air.
By setting up the smokescreen,
the Germans apparently were ex
pecting to foil the American spec
ialists in daylight high-level pre
cision bombing. .
Instead, the naval: base was
deluged with fire - tombs tn
. clusters blanketing the target
with flaming destructive effeet.
"They had Emden all clouded
over with smoke-pots, but that
just showed us where to dump
the bombs," laughed Lieut Mar
tin Sanford of Kokoroo, IncL,
bombardier of the Fortress, "Mr.
Five by Five," pfloted by CoL
John G. Moore of Las Animas,
Colo. $ : " .
Carrying the record-breaking
pre-invasion aerial offensive
through its third day, the Ameri
cans flew 500 ; miles, , roundtrip,
to 7 attack : naval, transport, ; air
drome and industrial ; objectives
without . an escort while 8th US
air force fighters mad, -diversionary
sweeps. -... "
' The ;eseorted b e am e r s.
which dropped aeaae explesives -.
as well as .hummer able- laeea-
. diaries, Traja fatte the largest :
: suunber ef eaesay fighter planes
). they ever had eaeeantered ever
lUndea and many fierece com
bats developed. It was the f ear
th American raid en Emden.
"Many of the enemy were des
troyed and damaged by the
bombers," ; said the official com
munique.. It p 1 a c e d American
losses, at six bombers. ,
InteUigenee- officers concluded
that . the ' Germans have strongly
reinforced their fighter protection
in- the .north coastal area.:
The largest previously 'announ
ced bomber ; force was made up
ef around 130 planes. : Saturday's
attack fleet, probably numbered
upwards of 150.
The Germans came close 8at
.mrday in their renewed attempt
to bomb the big planes eat ef
the sky.
; One bomb dropped from a Ger
man fighter, prowling above ex
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German Planes
Hit East Anglia
LONDON, May 15 rWY- Low
flying German, planes attacked
two coastal towns in East Anglia
with Saturday night bombing and
strafing I raids, ; causing . damage
casualties, some : of them fa tali . ,
: At one of the towns seven
Focke-Wulfs swept I over ' the
streets , with , their machine guns
blazing. Several persons were be
lieved trapped in wreckage.
One of the attackers was shot
down into the sea by fighters and
another enemy plane was downed
by the RAF over the southwest
coast in the afternoon.
&jfO
Naval
Base
C- of to i''MtdlrffdrM.I6r
By RALPH C. CURTIS
If Marion county farmers had
no other source . of seasonal r la
bor, every man, , woman and child
in Salem could' drop regular em
ployment and find full-time work
at the peak of the harvest season.
- Fertmaately, that's net expect- -ed.
Bat It illastrates the magni
tude ef the farm labor problem, :'
which will be the topic for eee--slderaileai
? at Moaday'a laneh-'
eon of- the Salem chamber "of :
'commerce. ' '; ''
The need is expressed in man
days; the problem's significance in
dollars and - cents runs into the
millions - and for that matter, so
does the harvest and food-process-'
tog payroll. More " than " that, the
problem's solution involves suc
cess or failure of Marion county's
major source of livelihood, sot to
mention a" tuge contribution to the
"food for victory" supply.
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Director
IRL S. McSHERRY ,
Spragiie Gives
War Fund Post
To Parole Man
Appointment of Irl S. McSherry
of Salem as executive director
for the national war fund in Ore
gon was announced Saturday by
Charles A Sprague, state chair
man. In accepting this assignment
McSherry is leaving the position
of chief , deputy director . in the
state ; department of parole 1 and
probation,' which he has i filled
since, 1939. j
"The task of erganizfaaLg the
whole state se that the fmmda
required for she USO and vari
ous allied relief agencies may be
' obtained as economically as pos
sible calls for a state office
which will be maintained at
Salem," said Spragve' "former
governor and now editor of The
Statesman. "McSherry has had
experience la this field, having
directed the Salem community
chest ; campaign ": one year. BY
was also manager of, the Salem
. centennial br 194t, nd has m
. wide aeqoalntanee ever 4he-4
state.' lie 11 a prominent mem-
ber of the American- Legion,
shaving served la the navy dar
ter the first Werld war j f
McSherry will leave ' on Wed
nesday for .New York to attend
a meeting of state representatives
where plans for the campaign to
be conducted in' the .fall will be
considered. Winthrop W. Aldrich,
New .York banker, is president of
the national war fund.. '
State offices- will, be opened in
the Ladd and Bush benat building
within a few days. -
FBI Reports
Draft Arrests
Reached 638 ,
WASHINGTON, May 15-Wr-A
crack-down on draft law violators
has brought 638 arrests, director
J. Edgar Hoover of the federal bu
reau of investigation announced
Saturday night . " f
The widespread series of arrests
started yesterday and the number
seized was the largest ever appre
hended under criminal law in a
single day, a justice department
official said.
The'' arrests' took place in 20
cities. - The largest T bag r was in
New T York City, where, 144 per
sons were arrested. These totals
were announced for other areas:
San Francisco 91: Detroit i 43:
Baltimore 34; :Los Angeles 50;
Birminghom , 26: Cincinnati 26;
New Orleans 22; Chicago 19; Bos
ton 21; Newark 23; St Louis 19;
Philadelphia 17; Charlotte, m C
15; Jackson, Miss., 14; Washington,
10r Huston, Tex B; Seattle 13:
Cleveland 7 and Miami 14." rH s1:
According to a farm-te-f
canvass Jsot eesnpleted by Rob
ert E. Kieder, - eeenty , agrlcsd
tarist. and his staff, the eeni
ty's eaarterly farm labor needs
are: Jaaeary : threngh March,
144fi April threesh Jane, t9T2;
" Jaly threoxk September with
the peak la September when :
- bean harvest overlaps the bar-1
vest ef nope and prunes, 34.72s;
Oeiober throecsi December S34C."
These figures are on a full-time
employment basis. Officials of the
United States employment service
office in Salem point out however
that : the -; actual solution of. .the
farm labor ; problem r has ' three
phases of which part-time work
on the part of persons , otherwise
employed, is the - last to be in
voked., - "
. The other phases are first, the
platoon program for mobilizing
young 'people; second, the enlist-
Qpisliing; Baii Npryegiaii "MA
Confidence
Is Still
Voiced
WASHINGTON, May 15-(P)
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Bad -weather may lae hampering
the American drive to wipe out
Japanese positions on Attu is
land, authorities familiar with
conditions in the Aleutians sug
gested Saturday, but confidence
mounted that the foe soon
would be crushed. !
' .There was ' no official word
on the. progress of the fighting to
add to the announcement by Sec
retary Knox Friday that it was
going satisfactorily. Since the high
command has adopted a policy of
not revealing details of the action
until - it clarifies, it was assumed
here that the battle which 'began
with the, landing of army troops
on , Attu I Tuesday must be con
tinuing through its fifth day, .
. From . axiasearces, however,
came clear InttmaUena , thai,
Japanese leaders expected de
feat and ; were attempting to
prepare their people according
ly -i - j. t ; '-.i;:-:.;
. A German broadcast quoted
General Sadao Araki, former Jap
anese minister of war. was de-
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CIO Leaders
Blast Lewis'
MinePolicy
CLEVELAND, May lSJ-Tht
CIO- executive board Saturday
urged ' "equitable - wage - adjust.
ments!' for the United Mine Work
ers, .and then asserted their pres
ident John L.' Lewis jeopardized
their "just 'demands' by "exploit
ing the injustices in the mining
industry In furtherance of his per
sonal and political vendetta against
the president of the United States,
our- commander-in-chief." r
The actions were contained
in two resolations adopted wa
anlmeesly at closing sessions ef
the board's special wartime pol
icy' meeting.' '"-v.-W-s; . "
"The CIO must condemn the ac
tions of John L. Lewis and any
others who reject established pro
cedures for equitable adjustments
of labor's true -grievances," the
CIO leaders declared.
The executive board concluded
its special policy meeting after
approving a letter from CIO Pres
ident Phillip Murray- to Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, expressing
congratulations on the African
victory, and approving a telegram
sent by1 CIO officials asking con
gressmen to defeat the pending
Connelly' anti-strike bill.
i. Murray told - a press corner -ence
? :"It was ? the considered .
jadgmeat of these conferees that
the mine; workers are '.entitled
to better ' treatment : than has
been accorded them.We dent '
think the leadership of John L.''
Lewis has helped their case. ' -We
express the hope" and be
lief that If the mine workers', case
is taken uo throueh the 'proper
channels as provided by the gov
ernment,; that : concessions of ' a
substantial nature can be won," 4
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ment of housewives through the
various women's organizations It
is estimated that 10,000 women
will be needed for Jiarvest . . and
food processing tasks. They are to
be enrolled on a 'precinct basis;
The chamber of s eemsneree-
lancheeav on Mandar will be bs '
charge of the farm labor toa-;'
mlttee ef which L. M. Ramage
Is chairman. By meeting time,'
the cemmittee hopes te have in
its hands the returns from ques
tionnaires distributed te all em
ployers v last week,'-' Indicating
how many employes from each
esUblishment -wU be avalUble
for part-time harvest work, and
aat what times In the weekv
T The original questionnaires fill
ed out by employes are to be re
tained by the employers, but the
Information is to be summarized
on the blanks provided for the
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Gty Budget
To Stand Gut
Of $47,015.56
A proposed budget which would
require a tax levy $47,015.58 In
excess of the maximum permitted
under the six per cent limitation
law - goes, before .the Salem city
budget .commission for its first
barbering Monday night,
' To meet all expenditures esti
mated in that - document a tota
levy of $420,660:51 would be need
ed, while the total possible levy
IS $379,644.95.
The permitted levy is actual
ly less than one percent la ex
cess of that ef 1942-43, because
of the fact that a sizeable por
tion of the city's tax coUeetloB
goes Into the general bond sink
ing fond. This fund Is unaffec
ted by the six percent limitation
measure and this year drops
from $111,360.54 te $97,747.71.
On the other hand a fire tax
levy of $12,624.76 is proposed, this
year, whereas there was no fire
tax fund expenditure last year.'
Largest eats most come this
year, as always, from the gen
eral fond : expenditures which
cover most of the city's oper
ating expenses, and,' of
the 'salaries. :' ; V ;'-
Already promised, '.it. was de
clared Saturday, was cancellation
of salary Increases, in the higher
brackets. t ..
At .least one .new appointment
to the citizens'' committee is an
ticipated to fill the vacancy left
by the resignation of Roy Harland.
which came last' week,. Harland's
resignation followed the declara
tion tnat ne and two . other ap
pointees' of the council, personnel
were ineligible because' they held
membership on .other . municipal
boards. Harland is a member ' of
the district school board. ' Charles
Heltzel and Lester Barr, the other
two cited in the eligibility discus
sion, are on the City library board;
neither ; had 'submitted a resigna
tion by Saturday night.
100 Japanese
Airmen Bomb
New Guinea
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, . Sunday, May 16
() The Japanese hurled' more
than 100 planes against allied
troop positions in. New Guinea
Saturday, attacking American and
Australian force five miles south
of Salamaua with one - of the
heaviest dive bomber forces yet
employed.5 - ' ""),
The raiders, including 49 dive
bombers, strack after dawn at
Bobdnbi, a v 1 1 1 a g e recently
seized by the allies tn an at
T tempt to est off enemy snpplies
to their troops at Mubo 12 miles
below Salsmana. They also seat
. 34 : planes against J Waa, allied
' base with an airdrome JJ miles
sosthwest of Salamaua.
Therintt no opposition at
either point from allied planes.
I Indicating they have recenUy
re-enforced their h a r d pressed
forces at Lae and Salamaua for
ces 'reported near starvation for
many weeks the Japanese at
tacked sharply on the ground ; at
Bobdubi while the dive bombers
harried allied , troops T from - the
air.
' But the allied ground troops
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Pulp Labor .
Said Essential
WASHINGTON, Mt'y !$-(
Designation ot pulpwood cutting
and the manufacture, of certain
types of pulp and paper as "essen-r
tial activities" has removed a "se
rious handicap in the paper mak
ing industry,',, Arthur G. Wake-
man, director ,oi vne war proauc-
tion board's pulp and paper, divi
sion, reported Saturday, r -
Wakeman said that publication
of the war manpower commis
sion's bulletin No. 27 which list
ed the production of pujp, paper
board and certain converted prod
ucts as essential activities would
"materially reduce": many of the
Tianpower problems . which have
troubled his division.
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iteaticDiiL oe Attn . JMMiC
Honored
' DR. MORTON E. PECK
WU Savant's-
Long Work
Recognized
Honored as "outstanding scien
tist of the state of oregon," ; Dr.
Morton , E., Peck, for 33 years i
professor at. Willamette univer
sity here, was presented with a
plaque' at the -: joint banquet of
Sigma XI, and Phi, Beta Kappa,
national scholastic honoraries,
mm . . ' i . A " M- v. J .
aauoty nigni ai ugene. ; .
The University of Oregon chap
ters of the two honoraries, which
represent high scholastic rating
in the arts and sciences, in recog
nizing Dr. Peck's , achievements
and 'personal record of , research
echo the citation which .accompa
nied, the honorary doctorate con
f erred, upon hinv in -1940 by his
aline mater, Cornell college, Mt
yernonila. f-., ' - .... :
Distlngaished a 1 a as a a a of
the class f 1895, faithful teach
er 'for 45 years, aeted' stadeat
of ;FbiBt4llfe;;.lB Jatra
Soath America and the aerth
westf anther, poet - aad author
ity te seseatlfle research, new
ber of Phi Beta Kappa, aad pro
fessor in Willamette anlversity
since 1901, Cornell spokesmen
then' proclaimed him.
Since that time. Dr. Peck has
published his "Manual, of the
Higher Plants of Oregon," recog
nized - as - the most authoritative
and complete volume on that sub
ject yet issued. Since that time.
too. he has retired from his po
sition as head of the biology de
partment at Willamette, , but con
tinues at that institution as cura
tor of the large herbarium be col-
ected and gave to the university.
la the her barium are approx
imately 25.00 specimens of Ore
gon flora, largest aad most com
plete collection la existence.
; Fellow of the Iowa Academy of
Science; member of the Botanical
Society of America and the Coop
er Ornithological club, ' Dr. Peck
has not limited his interest? lo the
sciences to which hehas, devoted
much of a lifetime in stud, and
teaching, but he is also a pdet.
recognized in the Pacific north
west particularly for his "Book of
the Bardons."
Bey of Tunis ,
Is Deposed . :
ALGIERS. May 15 UP) Sidi
Mohammed . Al Mounsaf, the bey
of Tunis, was deposed . Saturday
by Gen. Henri Giraud and It was
reported Jiere that the .7Iryear-old
temporal and spiritual leader of
Tunisia's 2,000,000 Moslems - had
been sent to the French island of
Madagascar in the Indian, ocean.
It was assumed - that the bey,
who remained in Tunisia through
out the six months of axis occu
pation and was promoted y to
king" by the Germans, was ac
companied Into exile by his har
em ot 25 wives. . "
The action . followed French "in
vestigations to determine the ex
tent to which the aged leader col
laborated with the axis after his
failure to answer a note from
President Roosevelt six months
ago" signifying American inten
tion of entering Lis land. ' -
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RedAirmen
, J ..... .
Set 30 Fifes
.LONDON, Sunday, May 16-(P)
Russian .long . range bombers set
more than 30 fires and explosions
In the,-- jammed - German rail de
pot of Gomel in. White Russia and
also attacked Orel Friday night in
, swelling aerial - offensive that
has cost the enemy 111 planes in
three - days, ' Moscow ' announced
early today' Cy '
-t The? red air force dropped
'their bombs amid several dosen
- trains" loaded with ammunition
aad ether equipment, at Gomel,
'feeder point for the central and
southern Russian f rente ea the
railway from Warsaw, said a
.broadcast recorded by the soviet
monitor.
V In other operations 39 German
planes r were shot - down or de
stroyed on the ground Friday, the
midnight communique said- This
was in addition to 72 enemy air
craft destroyed since " Wednesday
in attacks ranging from the Baltic
to the Sea of Azov. 1
MOSCOW. May 15-v7)-The
- Germans have' laaached a ser
ies ef sharp new attacks against
Russian positions tn the, Lenin
grad ; area, employing ; asaaaed
artillery and waves of Infantry,
bat it aid was. too early to say ,
whether this Was the epeBbsg
gaa la a general nasi offensive.
Red Star, army newspaper, said
the Germans , first laid . a heavy
barrage on soviet lilies and Ithea
sent "chains" of infantrymen ad
vancing toward Leningrad in the
face of i heavy 1 fire. Eight waves
beat . against . the defenses - in a
single day. , . -
At only one , point, the news
paper- said, did the nazis break
into )the' main fortifications, and
this enemy group. was said to have
been., "e-xterminated" hrr TUlxsimr
reinforcements f, that WerC rushed
into the breach. Bui the: German
were . reported to be still attack-
ing. despite heavy -losses. V
To military " observers the re
newal of fighting before Lenin
grad indicated that the Germans
at least have been able to accum
ulate considerable offensive pow
er in that area, despite the furious
day and night 'campaign being car
ried on by, the soviet air force
against enemy transport and sup
ply centers. - -:
Fighting was reported to have
slackened somewhat in the Kuban
delta of the Caucasus, though the
Russians continued their intensive
artillery bombardment of Ger
man-held Novorossisk. -
250 Enter
Silyerton
Pet Parade
SILVERTON, One of Sil-
verton'g i most colorful events
each spring, the annual pet pa- j
ade sponsored by the American
legion, was held Saturday morn
w 1 1 h .253 . youngsters entering.
ing for, the Hth consecutive year
Walking off with' the grand prize
were Beverly and Eartara Gross-1
nickle. 7 and 4 years of age; re-1
apecUvely, daughters oV Mr., and!
Mrs, Victor. Grossnickle,
All of the ' children were 'nre"
senied "with free tickets to the
Palace theatre, and "some cash
prizes and .treats were donated
by Silverton merchants: in addi
tion. About 2009 people lined the
streets as the parade started.
The- prizewinning -entry of the
Groosnickle children was a minia
ture'" victory -garden, bouse and
lawn.. The garden had been plant
ed this Spring and tended by. the
children lifted bodily and placed
in the center of -the display.;The
girls were costumed in overalls,
sun bonnets" and carried, hoes,
rakes and other gardening equip
ment, i " ".' -i -
Phillip Simmons was marshall
and M a r 1 i n : Reed flagbearer.
Dadis Dickerson, drum majorette,
led ' the Silverton high school
band. - -
Working to make this , year's I
parade an outstanding event were I
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At Rail Depot
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Turk Envoy
Goes Home
For Newsr
t' LAnuun, juay as Un in
- w AatflAM mm m. same
Algiers; radio, aeting what 1
said I was a reliable - aeatra
source, said today that the en-,
tire Datch coast Was being evac-
aated te 15 miles Inland. - ' .
The broadcast, recorded by
the Associated Press, was not
confirmed by other: searces.
LONDON, May 15-f)-Fear
of imminent attack on the con
tinent has led the nazis to order
confiscation of an estimated 1,
000,000 Dutch radios in an at
tempt to keep Hollanders from
hearing and heeding allied in
vasion Signals, the Dutch newt
agency Aneta reported Satur
day. ' V:' . s ;
Dutch circles in London said ft
was an admission of failure of a
previous decree, backed by heavy
penalties, forbidding listening to
non-German stations. Thousands
of radios apparently have been in
secret operation, they added. : k
Meanwhile a Berlin radio broad
cast, recorded by ; Reuters, an
nounced the Germans had lifted
martial . law imposed in Holland
a week ago, purporting that the
BERN, Switaeriand. May IS'
W-ATuxi dispatch to Tr 1-
ane 5 Cav. Geneve reported Sat- -
.aiday that aaaeuneements had
been posted warning all able-;
bodied Frenchmen te report at
.speotfle eeetors within am hear
ta . evestt of allied Invasion.
Theee- faCing to report within
the time; limit raa the risk of .
being eoasidered gaerrlllas, II-
able to the death penalty, It said, .
aad the placards ha v - been
posted threegben the former-'
wapied soae, aad may be ex
tended to the former free seae. .
arUiatton ' was, now : in i hand.4 Re
; mon wctMonsf the.
Netherlands; government In exile
said the number of persons' killed;
In the first days- of : martial laas
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Mail Allowed
For Renewal
Of Gas Books ;
WASHINGTON, May 15-iT)
Motorists will be allowed to re
new their "A" gasoline rationing
books by mail, it Was announced
Saturday. Renewals of "D" cou
pon books for motorcycles also
will be handled by mail.
Aaaoancing adoption of this '
system. Price Administrator
Prentiss M. Brown said it Is in
tended to save the public time
aad trouble by eliminating the
aeeeosity of another regiatra-'
tioa at school er ration board '
sites. Mall distribaUen pre
viously had been ordered for is
suance of war ration book No. '
t aad for renewal of foe! ell ra-
tloas. :
Except in eastern states, the "A
ration books will expire July 21.
In the east, the books will last
longer because OPA, due to the
gasoline shortage directed that
"A-5" coupons must last for four
months instead of two as else
where. When the easterner's "A'
book expires will depend on how
long he is required to make the
"A-T coupons 'last These be-'
come valid July 22 in the east.
2C0 Injured !
By Tornado
FORT RILEY, KAS, May 15-1
(A1) Approximately 200 men were
injured, five seriously, in a vicious
tornado that whipped through this
cavalry replacement center Satur
day, destroying or damaging 41
frame buildings Including 20 bar-,
racks, valued at 5175.C0O.
Mess JIalls, were lifted in the
air and dumped yards away, leav
ing tables and kitchen equipment
still standing upright and undam-
aged. Rifles, bunks, clothes and
food lockers were scattered over
a wide area.
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