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Assurance Given of Fed
feral Supporting Program
As With Vegetables
No berry prices were fixed at
a closed meeting today here of
canners and packers and berry
erowers with Edmond Maher,
regional director o the office of
price administration from San
Francisco. But Maher did give
assurance that an effort would
be made ' to work out a support
ins program for berries similar
to that worked out recently for
processed vegetables and until
that is done there can be no de
termination as to what the fruit
prices will be to, growers. He
gave assurances he would en
deavor to furnish further infor
mation within 48 hours, it pos
sible, as to the chances of a sup-
nortine program being estab
lished. . . ..
. "With, a freeze on preserves in
the east which permits only an
11-cent price for strawberries
delivered barreled on the Atlan
tic coast it's impossible to work
out an arrangement without
government support whereby
either, the grower or packer can
handle berries except at a loss,"
said Mr. Maher in a statement
issued following the meeting."
Program Expected
In fact, information given at
the meeting indicated that-, if
packers buy at prices which the
growers say is necessary to meet
advancing costs '. they would
"take a licking" of about $50 a
ton.
The government has just an
nounced a supporting program
for canned vegetables," contin
ued Mr. Maher in his statement,
"and meetings in Washington,
D. C, are scheduled to take
place within a couple of weeks
to consider a supporting pro
gram for berries. ,
"At this meeting today both
the growers and packers felt
that if some announcement could
be obtained that such a program
would be undertaken they could
Bo forward with their harvest
ing and packing, even though
they would have to wait some
time for details of the program
to be announced."
Support Essential V
It was the consensus that the
question of government support
is of highest Importance not only
in' view of this year's harvest
but to assure that acreage will
be replaced and -eplanted to
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Hull Hopeful
Of Early Win
Washington, May 20 W Sec
retary of State Hull indicated
today he saw some- grounds for
hope that victory for the unit
ed Nations might come sooner
than had been expected earlier
this year. ', ,
He was asked at his press con
ference whether developments
in recent weeks on the home
and foreign fronts encouraged
him to believe in an earlier vie
tory. In reply he- pointed out
that the powers and facilities of
the United States have been de
veloping on a more and more
massive scale, hot only for of.
fensive-defensive operations but
for outright offensive war.
It was only natural, he sug
gested, that calculations as to
the duration of the war should
be made in the light of those
facts.
In reply to other questions,
Hull said the work of Immobil
izing French warships at Mart
inique still was going on, but
that the task of removing fuel
)oll from the vessels had been
completed. This, he said, made it
impossible for the vessels to put
to sea, but left enough oil to
operate their electric lighting
systems and other minor installations.
Walsh Cleared
Of Charges Made
By Newspaper
Justice Prob Shows Ac
cusations False Plot
To Smear Senate Seen
Washington,. May 20 VP)
Democratic Leader B a r k 1 e y
(Ky.) told the senate today At
torney General Biddle had in
formed him that a justice de
partment investigation had
"completely exonerated" Sena
tor Walsh (D., Mass.), of pub
lished statements that Walsh had
visited a "house of degradation"
in Brooklyn.
Addressing a crowded senate
in which Walsh's was one of
the few vacant seats, Barkley
told of the publication in the
New York Post of charges, that
Walsh had been a frequent visi
tor to a house in Brooklyn at
which Barkley said there were
reports that soldiers and sailors
were "plied with liquor" in or
der that information on -the
movement bf ships might be ob
tained from them.
Never Saw Place
Walsh told him personally.
Barkley said, that he never had
been to the house in question
and had been in Brooklyn only
three times in his life, on each
occasion to make public speech
es. 1 The Kentuckian added that
a justice department investiga
tion,' which' 'he and 'Republican
Leader McNary of Oregon
agreed should be made, "com
pletely exonerated" Walsh.
Barkley took the floor at the
opening of today s session to
say that he. wished to make a
statement involving the high
privilege of the senate and "the
highest personal privilege of the
members of the senate.
Accused by Crook
On May 1, 1942, Barkley said;
the New York Post printed e
story growing out of the trial
of a case in Brooklyn involving
a defendant by the name of Gus-
tave H., Beekman. Beekman
was on trial, Barkley continued,
for "an offense too loathsome
to mention in the senate or in
any group, of ladies and gentle
men."
Senator Clark (D., Mo.) con
gratulated Barley upon his state
ment, but said that he personally
believed that "for the mainte
nance of its own integrity, it is
the duty of the senate to exam
ine into the motives behind this
filthy conspiracy." ':
To that end, Clark suggested
that the publisher of the New
York Post and Walter Wlnchell
be called before the bar of the
senate for questioning. .
He referred to Wlnchell ai
"that commentator who disgrac
ed the uniform of the navy of
the United States" by undertak
ing in a radio address "to smear
not only Senator Walsh but three
other members of the senate
whose names happen to start
with 'W'."
Chinese Stall Jap
Burma Road Drive
Chungking, May' 20 (U.R)
guerrillas have stalled Japan's invasion machine along the
Burma road, but a serious new threat developed today in eastern
China as plane-supported and
reinforced enemy columns drove
toward allied aerial and supply
bases.
AChungklng communique
described bitter fighting in Che
kiang province below Shanghai
where the Japanese were press
ing southward along five routes
toward the air bases at Lishul
and Chuhsien.
"There are heavy casualties
on both sides and fighting Is con
tinuing bitterly," the communi
que added.
The Japanese were basing
their southward drives from
Chuklhsien, evacuated by the
Chinese Sunday night after se
vere street fighting, and Feng-
Gas Rations
To Spread All
Over Nation
Washington, May 20 (IP) The
possibility of further gasoline
rationing spread over the map
today as the government consid
ered curtailment of automobile
driving throughout the country
to conserve rubber.
The war production board di
rected the office of defense
transportation to draw up a nation-wide
Dlan. in consultation
with Petroleum 'Coordinator
Harold L.. Ickes. and Price Ad
ministrator Leon Henderson.
July 1 was mentioned as the
logical date to start the program,
if it finally was adopted. That
is the date consumer rationing
by coupon books will become ef
fective in the east and Pacific
northwest, supplanting the pres
ent temporary card rationing
system.
British, French
Clash Off Algiers
. Vichy; France, May 20 (IP) A
gunfight, which developed from
an aerial patrol incident is re
ported in official dispatch to have
cost France one plane and Bri
tain two Monday in the western
Mediterranean off Algiers.
The clash was regarded as Im
portant militarily only in that it
further aroused the Vichy gov
ernment's temper, already stir
red by the British occupation of
Syria, Lebanon and Madagascar
and a series of maritime, developments,,-
The official dispatch announc
ed last night, gave this account
of the action:
A British seaplane flying over
Algiers bay was hailed by
French pursuit craft with a ma
chine-gun burst and forced
down. -'
A British destroyer nearbly
opened fire on two French tor
pedo boats which, ;the French
declared, had been- ordered out
to save the British plane. In
stead, under the destroyer's shel
ling, they turned, their guns on
the plane and sank it.
British destroyers threw up
a heavy anti-aircraft fire.
. The squadron, nevertheless,
succeeded in shooting down an
other British plane.
One French plane failed to re
turn to its base.
Officials said "Once again the
French see what means our for
mer allies are using."
Italians Admit Loss
Of Submarine
Rome (From Italian Broad
casts), May 20 (IP) The high
command announced the loss of
an Italian submarine today, say
ing it had failed to return to its
base.
r"The next of kin of the crew
have been notified,!' a com
munique said.
(Italian submarines are re
ported operating in the Atlantic
as well as the Mediterranean,
Where the vessel was lost was
not announced.)
Chinese demolition squads and
chiao, reported taken by Japan
ese spearheads Tuesday. The
drive also was aimed apparently
at Kinhua, a distribution center
for goods filtered through the
Japanese blockade.
North of Kinhua, the Chinese
said their forces were making a
determined stand. A fleet of
bombers, the communique said,
was supporting the enemy at
tack.
For the first time since Janu
ary, the communique revealed
the Japanese have opened of
fensive action In north Hunan
province. A two-day battle was
reported along the Hsinchiang
river, with the enemy "routed."
Australians
Renew Demand
For More Planes
America Criticized for
Sending Troops to Ire
land Hunt for Invaders
By Don Caswell
Melbourne, May 20 U.R Aus
tralia renewed its demand for
more planes, men, guns and
ships today as Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's allied air force contin
ued its wide reconnaissance
flights in search for an enemy
invasion fleet. .
One newspaper by implica
tion criticized the United States
for sending additional forces to
northern Ireland unless they are
intended for an immediate of
fensive against the German-held
continent of Europe.
Air Minister Arthur S. Drake-
ford, in a statement, said:
Need for Planes
"The need for planes cannot
be too strongly stressed . . . our
slogan should be planes, more
planes and still more planes.
Without them our task will be
made heavier and longer.
"The request made at London
by Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australian
foreign secretary, for delivery
of planes to Australia as rapidly
as possible needs the support of
all Australians. It is encourag
ing to find that his spirited and
capable ' appeals are meeting
with public support throughout
the world," - -r '
The critical newspaper was the
Sydney Daily Telegraph. Com
menting on the arrival of Am
erican troops in, northern Ire
land, it said:
Australia Needs Help
"Australia would be the first
to cheer the Americans if they
were bound to Britain to par
ticipate in the coming critical
weeks in an offensive against the
axis. .
"But we shall not be so pleas
ed if the Americans are going
to camp for the summer.
"The United Nations should be
rushing more men, ships, guns
and planes to points where fight
ing is actually taking place."
(At his press conference yes
terday, President Roosevelt was
told that some Australians feared
the arrival of more American
troops in northern Ireland,
might mean the United States
was minimizing the dangers in
the southwest Pacific. Mr. Roose
velt replied that he hadn't heard
of it.)
MacArthur, in a,, five word
communique, his shortest to date,
said:
"Operations were limited to
reconnaissance."
Home Canners
Get Certificates
Portland, May 20 U.R All Or
egon county rationing boards
are authorized to issue sugar
certificates immedla t e 1 y to
home canners, the state sugar
rationing office announced to
day.
Those who have not registered
will be given opportunity at
later date, the office said.
Present regulations permit
five pounds of sugar a person
per year for canning purposes,
the office disclosed.
Japanese Marry
At Assembly Center
, Portland, May 20 VP) There
was more excitement at the Jap,
anese assembly center here yes
terday than the day the evac
uees moved In. .
The first wedding was held
there. The principals, both Ore
gon State college graduates, were
Molly Kageyama, whose afthcr
was unable to attend because
with other evacuees from the
Hood River area he is held in
an assembly center at Plnedale,
Calif., and Ml)ton Maeda, form
er junior engineer of- the Bon
neville administration.
War Races Shipbuilders Lined up two abreast, here
are some'of 12 Liberty ships being outfitted at a large
U..S. shipyard. Among other things, this war is a race be
tween United Nations shipbuilders and the toll of axis
sea raiders. .
More Raids on
Japan Probable
k'-'"'' Washington, May -20."UH More raids oh Tokyo may be pos
sible if the base from which Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle and his
79 men took off to bomb the Japanese capital remains a secret,
officials indicated today. It is one of the most provocative secrets
of the war and not the least interested to learn the answer are
the Japanese. Officials hinted
that a repeat performance of
Doolittle's daring raid, which left
a wake of death and destruction
among warships, airplane facto
ries and other military objec
tives in Japan on April 18, de
pends upon how well that se
cret is kept.
, Doolittle, the dare-devil speed
flyer of more peaceful days,
when asked if he was going to
try another raid, replied:
"That I don't know. It's in
the laps of the gods and the
war department."
But those who watched him re
ceive the congressional medal of
honor from President Roosevelt
yesterday and later listened to
him answer questions at a spe
cial press conference had no
doubt that the short, baldish, 45-ycar-old
flyer was rarin' to go.
Doolittle revealed virtually all
details of the raid that he knew
except where the two-engined
North American medium B-2S
bombers took off, where they
landed and how many wore in
volved. And no hint came from
anyone else as to whether they
started their "hazardous and im
portant" flight from China, air
craft carriers or a secret base.
British Aim at 1000
Bombers a Night
London, May 20 (IP) Allied
air commands are aiming at ex
pansion, enabling them to send
1000 . bombers a night against
German targets, an authoritative
source indicated today.
"A thousand planes is not a
fantastic figure," this source de
clared. "At present we have the fa
cilities for sending 800 planes on
raids, and these can be expend
ed." The capacity of Britain as an
air base has not yet been fully
developed, he added.
"The objective Is expansion so
great that on any night with
good weather conditions we will
be able to send 1000 aircraft to
bomb Germany," he said, point
ing out that this would not mean
every night. :
German Filer Captured
' London, May 20 (IP) The Eng
lish police took a war prisoner
today a German flier who ball
ed out of his Messerschmitt
when It was hit by anti-aircraft
fire and fell at Beachy Head
Sussex.
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lokyo Raiders
Trained in West
Spokane, Wash., May 20 (U.R) I
Col. Ray L. Owens, chief of
staff of the second air force, to
day announced that all 79 pir
lots and crew members who took
part- in the American raid on
Tokyo were trained in the north
west, and Identified them as for
mer members of the 17th bom
bardment and 89th reconnais
sance groups.
Fort George Wright officers
said the men had since been ab
sorbed into other flying groups,
but were members of the 17th
and 89th during their training
period.
Col. Owens said the men were
stationed at McChord field, Ta
coma, Wash., last year, moving to
Phelps field, Spokane, later, and
then to army maneuvers In Lou
isiana last fall. , - :
From the - Louisiana war
games, the men were transferred
to Pendleton, Ore., where they
underwent rigorous training in
specialized and long distance
bombing attacks. Except for a
brief interlude at Phelps field,
all training designed to fit them
for the attack on Japan was car
ried out at the Pendleton air
base. '
Soldier's-in-laws
To Get No Benefits
Washington, May 20 (IP) Mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law and
grandchildren won't get. any benefits from a soldier's or sailor's
pay or from government aid to his depondenent. The house mili
tary committee voted such rela -
tives out and sent the depend
cnts' allowance bill to the whole
house today for final action some
time next week, after congress
decides whether to raise priv
ates and seamen to a $42 or $50
monthly minimum.
. Aside from ruling out grand
children (which not many
doughboys have) and in-laws
(which more of them are get
ling), the committee left the de
pendents' bill unchanged, A sol
dier with class "A" dependents
(wife or children) would get $20
taken from his pay check every
month. In addition, the govern
ment would add $20 for a wife,
Invasion of
Europe Planned
By Churchill
Amassing Strength for
Attack on Continent
Air Raids a Prelude
London, May 20 (U.R) The
Churchill government informed
the house of commons today, at
the conclusion of a two-day war
debate, that Great Britain Is
amassing strength and intends
to "make a carefully planned at
tack on the continent of Europe.'
The assurance was given by
by Sir Stafford Cripps, lord pri
vy seal and government spokes
man in commons, after former
war minister Leslie Hore-Bcl-isha
had warned that Japan pro
bably would attack Russia in the
cast if the allies invade western
Europe.
Prelate to Invasion
Cripps said that the RAF's
heavy offensive against the vit
als of Germany's war production
is a prelude to an ultimate Inva
sion, and the best way that Brit
ain can aid Russia at this time,
"This bombing Is, in our view,
of material assistance to Russian
resistance and the best way in
which we can give assistance
until such time as we are able
to make a carefully planned at
tack on the continent of Eur
rope, which we intend to do,",
he, said. . . '". v i,-.; ., , J
" 'Cripps defended Churchill ai-
ainst attacks on his conduct bf
the war, both as defense minis
ter and prime minister, and said
that the government is willing to
stand or fall on a vote of confi
dence on Its war policies.
Rejects Public Inquiry
The government leader reject
ed demands for a public-inquiry
into the British reverses in the
Pacific, including Malaya", Bur
ma and Singapore.
Of his successful mission to
India to seek a defense agree
ment under a British ' of for of
post-war dominion status, Cripps
said that Britain has not closed
the door, to negotiations and is
anxious to settle the problem.
Meanwhile, he said, the Brit
ish ore doing their best to solid
ify the defense of India against
a threatened Japanese invasion.
Pledge to Australia
Cripps wound up the debate
for the government after Hore
Bellsha had attacked the Chur
chill war policies.
Cripps repeated a pledge made
earlier by Major Clement R.
Attlce, deputy prime minister
and dominions secretary, that
Britain will do all in her power
to aid Australia.
Discussing the war in the Med
itcerruneuri, Cripps said that
during April more bombs were
dropped on Malta than wore
dropped on , Britain "in any
month during the worst period
of the blitz."
The German luftwaffe made
more than 5000 sorties against
Malta during April, he said.
Churchill wos unoble to take
part in the two-day war debate.
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$10 for each dependent child,
$15 for a child but no wife, and
$20 for a divorced wife legally
entitled to alimony,
Under this scale, a wifo with
our children would receive $20
from her husband's pay and $60
from the government.
The allotments from a service
man's pay would be mandatory If
ho had dependents, but would
bo applicoblo only to lower-
grade men, up to the rank of
the lowest army sergeant and
the corresponding naval grade
- The payments would not be
gin until the fourth month after
(Concluded on pais 9, column 6)
Nazis Mass for
Aerial Invasion
Of Caucasus
100,000 Chutists Assem
bled Russians Repel
Counter Attacks
By the Associated Press)
Russia's armies storming to
ward the great Ukraine steel city
of Kharkov were reported by
London sources to have fought
their way "into the heart of the
city's defenses" today, while the
Germans were massing 100,000
parachutists for a giant air-borne
invasion of the Caucasus.
The German high command
said that axis Crimean troops
had already overrun the Kerch
peninsula, across the narrow
Kerch strait from oil-rich Cau
casus. Moscow said battles still
raged there.
Rlchthofen Leader
A Berlin communique also
announced that General Baron
von Rlchthofen, who directed the
bombing of Belgrade' and paved
the way for Germany's aerial In
vasion of Crete, had arrived in
the Kerch battle zone. Baron
von Richthofen is an expert on
troop transportation by plane-
towed gliders.
In the Ukraine, the red arm
ies, led by monster 52-ton tanks,
were pictured in Soviet dispatch
es as advancing over 'fields lit
tered with many hundreds of
German dead In the .nine-dayi'
old' oiliriiiv'a -against Kharkov,
while the nazis desperately at
tempted to ease the pressure
with a dlversional attack 80
miles to the south.
Apparently the Russians re
fused to be decoyed.
Smashing Ahead
A bulletin from red army
headquarters announced tersely:-
,
"Our troops waged offensive
battles, beat off enemy counter
attacks and advanced."
At mid-day, the Russians re
ported they were smashing ever
closer to Kharkov despite stiff
ened German resistance and de
clared the fighting was spread
ing like wildfire along the en
tire southern flank of the 125
mile front
Meanwhile, the Russians de
clared that the German offen
slve against Arctic Murmansk,
port of entry for United States
supplies to Russia, has been
thwarted by the sinking of 95,
115 tons of German shipping In
the Barents sea during April.
(Concluded on page 10, column 7)
Mannheim Hit
By British Bombs
London, May 20 VP) One de
tachment of four-motored Stir
ling bombers carried 40,000 fire
bombs to Mannheim end attack
ed that southwestern German
city Inst night, air ministry
sources said,
In the resumption of major
air attocks on German Industrial
centers after an 11-day lull, the
air ministry said other large
forces of Hallfnxes, Lancasters,
Manchoslers and Wellingtons at
tacked Mannheim with "great
loads" of fire missiles and "the
heaviest high explosive bombs."
"The first reports of the crews
give an encouraging description
of many fires left burning and
of heavy high explosives burst
ing among Industrial buildings,"
the air ministry news service
added.
The air ministry said 14 planes
were missing from the night's
operation, Including two fight
ers. While bombers were hammer
ing the nazl submarine base at
St. Naznlro, In occupied France,
in their first night blows after a
weather-enforced lull of 11 days,
the communique disclosed, Brit
ish fighter planes raked enen'y
airdromes In France and Hol
land, downing one of the enemy
planes which rose to challenge
them,
(Concluded on page 9, column 7)
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