Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, August 26, 1942, Page 11, Image 11

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    Wednesday; August 26, 1942
The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon
Eleven
p-' Locals i
Tuesday max. 75, min. 53. Ri
ver today -3.7 t.
The degree of honor will have
a picnic supper ai me region
hall Thursday evening at G:30
o'clock.
For Home Loans see Salem
Federal, 130 South Liberty.
Pete Hoffert has returned to
Seattle, following a four-day
furlough spent with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hoffert, 1065
Jefferson street. Hoffert is with
a the U. S. navy.
Lutz Florist 1276 N. Liberty.
Appointment of Miss Jose-
fphine Cushing, Hersey, Wis., in
Jthe army nurse corps with rcla
Itive rank of second lieutenant
Swas announced today by Major
SGeneral George Grunert, com-
fmanding general of the sixth
service command. Miss Cush-
jmg, who will bo assigned to
SFitzsimons General hospital, at
(Denver, Colo., was graduated
ffrom Mercy hospital, Cedar Rap
ijids, la., in 1929, and has prac
ticed in Iowa for four years and
ijin Salem for five years.
It costs no more to use the
(best. Re-roof now with Pabco
1 Roofing. No down payment.
12 months to pay. Ph. 9221
It r mr.i JTC ni
jikela St.
George Harris, Toledo In-
lian, was arrested at Lakebrook
opyarrt yesterday by William
Uppendahl, special deputy,
ind charged, with possession of
liquor. His case is set lor Friday
t'fct 10 a.m.
)
it 35 cal. Remington pump rifle.
Like new. Fired about 15 rounds.
', Call at Cliff Parker's store. 203
Endisted in the navy and na-
Val reserve in Portland Monday
f were 92 men, including Howard
T. Evans, Wallace J. Reed and
i-Eoy W. Beem, all of Salem; Ir
svin W. Forquer, Sweet Home:
. Eugene K. Fryer, Woodburn;
- 'Chester W. Capps and William
-'It. Cumiford, both of Sheridan:
Gordon J. Olson, McMinnville:
Walter F. Smith and Lennis E
; Smith, both of Willamina; and
. ' Richard A. Nelson, Silverton.
'J Exp. beauty operators. Milzi
Giay, 471 Court. Ph. 5033. 204
.
Congressman. James -W. Molt
3,
ddressed a joint luncheon meet
ing of the Forest Grove Cham
.ber of Commerce and Rotary
, ; club today noon.
Savings insured . to $5000.00
re earning 3 at Salem Fed
eral, 130 South Liberty.
Among the eight Oregonians
,l'vincluded in the tenth class of
ilf Officer candidates graduated
i jjfrom the engineer officer candi
s;lifdale school at Fort Belvoir, Va.,
at the conclusion of twelve weeks
"of intensive training were Tho
mas Alva Raffety, 249 South
Cottage street, and Jerome Ash
iiton, route 7, both of Salem, and
'fiWalter Edward Zosel, McMinn
iville. All received commissions
" ijas second lieutenants in the en
:;gineering corps August 19.
ij Nash Furniture Closing Out!
"Quitting business for duration.
'Save from 10 to 50 below
cihng prices. 205
The county court today exe
cuted a lease to William H.
jTrumm of 30.38 acres of the old
.'county poor farm property, cov
fiering all but the buildings and
,ii?four acres. The lease is for a
linear from October 1, Trumm
planning to farm the land, agrees
; to keep down the Canadian this
a tie as much as possible, and the
-4 lfnsp . is Rllhipnl in cnlp nf llio
I f lnnrt
an adjustment is to be made for
growing crops.
You can still buy a Johns Man-
ville roof. Nothing down, 12mos.
to pay. Mathis Bros. 164 S. . Coml.
203
A car of road oil ordered by
,?Thc county court two weeks aeo
a has still not arri-ed and as yet
has been unheard of, nor has
the court been advised whether
it can expect to receive it this
summer at all. Virtually all of
the road oil is now used by con-
Townsend
Clubs
Fairview Because of the busy
harvest sesaon the smallest at
tendance in many months of
members of Dayton Townsend
club were present at the regular
business meeting Monday even
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
harles Andrews. Only 12 mem-
ors attended. A covered dish
supper was served at 9 o'clock
and a short business session fol
lowed. The next meeting will be
at the home of Mrs. J. W. Lorett
In Dayton.
tractors working on government
jobs. If the oil is received it is
contemplated using it to fill in
on the south river road on a
short stretch where a new fill
was made and also to reseal the
Clear Lake oiled road which
never did have a reseallng job
after it was otherwise finished.
Eola Acres Florist. Ph. 5730.
203'
Permit to move a combine has
been granted A. M. Jerman by
the county court.
Jack Wills, 18, is reported to
the police as having escaped last
night from Fairview home.' His
homo is at Bend.
We carry a complete line of
Marcclle Hypo-Allergenic Cos
metics. Quisenberry's. 203
Police report that a car owned
by Joe Himmel, 965 Imperial
drive was stolen yesterday from
the Salem High school shops. It
has not yet been reported recov
ered. Send monogrammed matches
and playing cards to the boys
in tile service. ORDER NOW
NOT LATER. Better Bedding
Store, 115 N. High. 205
H. Short has just completed
application for purchase from
the county of a 40-acre piece of
county brush land northeast of
Gates. He already had purchas
ed a 40-acre piece adjoining and
previous to that owned another
40-acre tract. He and his sons
also contemplate later buying
still another 240-acre piece con
tiguous to the other properties.
This will clean up all of the
county land in that particular
area. The Shorts plan to use the
property for running goats. Only
a little timber is left on the land,
it having been previously logged
off and is now all virtually brush
land suitable for goat raising.
Announcement! Dr. L. J. Wil
liams, chiropodist & foot special
ist, 313 1st Nat'l. Bank. 205
Oral E. Scott, 59, Salem, died
today at a Coeur d' Alone hospi
tal. He had been - employed
since June 1 as a carpenter in
the construction of the naval
training station Farragut. The
body will be shipped Thursday
to Salem. He resided at 105
East Miller street.
The moon was in total eclipse
last night from 7:45 p. m. to
10:35 p. m. when it emerged
from the earth's shadow.
Nash Furniture Closing Out
Quitting business for duration.
Save from 10 to 50 below
ceiling prices. 205
The picnic supper of the Ro
tary club will be served in the
main dining room at the Salem
Indian school at Chemawa to
night, B. E. Sisson, chairman of
the house committee, announced.
It is believed that the usual
evening breezes from the coast
would be too chilly for com
fort. Games and contests are
scheduled to start at 6 o'clock.
Willis E. JCeithley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Keithley of North
Sanliam, recently enlisted in the
U.S. Signal corps.
For sale: sweet corn. Phone
evening, 5926. 204
Earl Snell, secretary of state
and republican nominee for gov
ernor, will speak at a public
meeting of the ARYE club at the
Oregon city hall, Friday eve
ning, September 4.
Robert J, Fuller, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Walter Fuller, Lebanon
Rt. 1 box 23, has received a rat
ing of aviation metalsmith, third
class, at the classes of the naval
air station at Alameda, Calif.
Borden W. Christensen, son of
Chriss Christensen. Salem Rt. 2
has been graduated from the
Harlingen army gunnery school
in Texas as an aerial gunner
Each member of the class receiv
ed silver gunners' winizs and s
rank of sergeant or staff serg
eant.
The John J. Roberts company
has been granted approval of a
package store license by the
counly court for their hop yard
during harvest season.
Hearing has been set for Oc
tober 9 by the county court on
a resolution approving the coun
ty road crossing over the South
em Pacific at Switzerland. In
the original proceedings an error
was found in the description and
these proceedings are merely for
correction.
The stork increased Oregon
population during July by at
least 1015, state health officer
Dr.'' Frederick D. Strieker an
nounces. That number of births
are reported by hospitals and
physicians and the total was a
one-month record for the stale
It represented a gain of 53 over
June and 250 over July of 1941
Melrose Man
Kills Himself
Roseburg, Aug. 26 (IP) Henry
Anderson, 37, Melrose, Ore.,
farmer fatally shot himself
Monday night with a home-made
mole gun manufactured from a
gas pipe and auto parts, Cor
oner H. C. Stearns reported
Tuesday.
The suicide followed a day of
domestic trouble in which coun
ty officers intervened, Stearns
said.
Sheriff Cliff Thornton said
Anderson threatened suicide
early yesterday, left the farm
house and fired a shot in the
air. Mrs. Anderson, thinking he
had carried out the threat, sum
moned the shreiff. On his ar
rival, Thornton found the An
dersons engaged in a bitter
quarrel "with their two small
children hysterical.
The sheriff took three guns
from the Anderson home and
brought Mrs. Anderson and the
children to the home of her
brother here.
Anderson made two attempts
to contact his wife, after she had
gone to the home of her mother,
Mrs. Nora Frost, Sutherlin. The
second time he was driven off
by Mrs. Frost, armed with a
rifle, Coroner Stearns reported.
He left the Frost home, drove
a short distance, parked his auto
mobile and sent a fatal mole-gun
charge into his chest.
Sheriff Burk has filed certifi
cate of appointment with the
county clerk of E. J. Snyder,
Aurora, as special deputy at the
Henry Tautfcst hopyard.
Court News
Circuit Court
Supplemental complaint in the
case of Wilbur Sutton, minor, by
Lucy Sutton, guardian ad litem, vs.
Northwest Casualty company and
others, adds Northwest Casualty
company as defendant and alleges
an agreement on its part to settle
with plaintiff.
Answer in the case of Imogene G.
vs. Eldon Clarence Smith makes de
nial of allegations of cruel and in
human treatment, asks that custody
of child be determined by the court
and alleges $20 a month is reason
able support money. An affidavit
by defendant states he has been em
ployed in the shipyards, but that
his health does not permit him to
continue but that he is willing to
provide $20 a month support money
for the child as soon as he is able
to do so.
Complaint by State Finance com
pany vs. Douglas Jaquith and Doug
las Jaquith Music company seeks
to collect $1594.49 with Interest and
$100 attorney fee, accompanied by
writ of attachment.
Probate Court
Report of Winona Smith Howard
as executrix of the estate of Mable
L. Smith shows receipts of $2834.23
and disbursements of $26.36.39.
Order in the estate of Orson Mon
roe Washburn authorizes the United
States National bank as executor to
sell an automobile.
Notice by Hans O. Vigeland as ad
ministrator of the estate of Grethe
Vigeland advises that personal pro
perty of the estate will be sold Sep
tember 1 at the home in Silverton,
Justice Court
Plea of innocent entered bv Jun
ior Little to a charge of larceny of
money by bailee from George P.
Andrews, Released on his own re
cognizance. Plea of Innocent entered by George
Harris, Indian, to a charge of being
in possession of liquor. Set for trial
Friday at 10 a.m. Committed to Jail
In lieu of $150 bail.
Order of dismissal at request of
private prosecutor and on motion of
the district attorney In the case of
W. G. Olson, charged with giving a
check without sufficient funds.
Trial set for Charles L. McConnr.ll
Thursday at 10 o'clock on a charge
oi driving a motor vehicle while un
der the Influence of intoxicating li
quor. Order nf rnntlmmnpa tnv fin rla
in the case of Eugene Shattuc.
cnaigco wun non-support. Released
on his own recognizance.
Police Court
Held for army authorities: Priv
ate Everett Arnett, Fort Stevens.
Driving motor vehicles with four
persons in front seats: Robert Lee
Fisher, Camp Adair, bail $2.50; Ro
land Emanuel West, Rt. 6, ball $2.50.
Having no motor vehicle driver's
iu.eu.-M:. nuuen iteun soncs, Tur
ner, ball $5.
Driving a motor vehicle without
muffler: Wesley Dale Beemcr, Al
bany; ball $2.50.
Violation of the basic speed rule:
Wayne Edwin Cheney, 248 D, bail $10
Marriage Licenses
Sgt. Herschel Beaty. 24, U.S. ar
my. Camp Adair, and Marie San
ford, 19, secretary, 740 Ferry, Salem.
Wade h. Knisely, 24, U.S. army,
and Betty Anne Hutchinson, 23,
clerical, both Warsaw, Indiana.
Lee Hughes Andrews, 23. soldier,
iu. i, ana ucrtrudc Marie Dalk. 25,
stenographer, 1169 D St., both Salem
Daniel David Adams, 19, service
station operator, Albanv. and Bern
iee Lorraine Cole, 18, clerk, 674 N.
Front, Salem.
Fall from Truck
Fatal to Soldier
Longview, Wash., Aug. 26 (.IP)
A fall from a truck in an army
convoy south of Castle Rock
yesterday fatally injured Pvt.
Milford S. McBride of St. Louis,
Mo., stationed at Portland, Ore.
Sgt. A. B. Little of the state
patrol said witnesses told him
that McBride was standing on
a drawbar between a truck and
trailer, '
British Press
Raps Churchill
London, Aug. 26 (IP) Portions
of the British press frankly told
Prime Minister Churchill today
that Britain needs concrete evi.
dence that his trip to Moscow
and the middle east has pro
duced results and warned that
he must bolster home morale."
The Daily Herald, mouthpiece
of the potent trades union con
gress, declared:
"The British public's taste for
trivial gossip about the, prime
minister's missions is flagging
and its appetite for real news
news of results is approach
ing the famine point."
The editorial was considered
significant because the trade un
ion congress is to consider a
resolution demanding an imme
diate second front at its confer
ence opening September 7.
The Herald said Mr. Churc
hill's trips to Moscow, the mid
dle east and Washington "will
become mere curios of history
unless there emerges from them
a coherent plan' and common
strategy for conduct of the war."
The prime minister's first pub
lic report on his mission to Mos
cow and the middle east prob
ably will be made to the house
of commons in about two weeks,
British political sources said.
Royal Netherlands
Airliner Crashes
Willemstad, Curacao, Dutch
West Indies, Aug. 26 (IP) A
Royal Netherlands airliner has
crashed in the jungle of Trinidad
while en route from Paramaribo,
Dutch Guiana, to Curacao, kill
ing all 13 passengers and crew
members, it was announced
Tuesday.
The plane was located yester
day after taking off from Trini
dad on Saturday. It was believ
ed the airliner ran into a storm
and had been hit by lightning.
The accident was the first in
the seven-year history of the K.
L. M. line in The Netherlands
West Indies. .
Father Suicide,
Son Dies in Crash
The Dalles, Ore., Aug. 26 (U.R)
A son called home by his fath
er's reported suicide was killed
in an automobile crash en route
to The Dalles, it was disclosed
here Tuesday.
The son, Charles W. McKin
noy, 26, died of injuries suffered
last night near Klamath Falls.
He had been stationed at a na
val base.
His father, Robert McKinney,
65, took his own life Sunday fol
lbwing prolonged despondency
over ill health. .
Will Rogers Jr.
Wins Nomination
Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 26
(IP) Will Rogers, Jr., son of the
late homespun philosopher, eas
ily captured the democratic
nomination for congress from
the 16th California district in
yesterday's state primary. Ho
trailed the incumbent republi
can, Leland M. Ford, for the G
O. P. nomination.
The count, based on returns
from 420 precincts out of 660
democratic Ford 6,796, Rogers
20,489; republican Ford 13,-
023, Rogers 7,131.
Mrs. Robert G. Brady, Jr., the
former Miss Jean Annunsen, left
last night for Washington, D.C.,
where she will join her husband
who is In army engineers' offic
ers' school at Fort Belvoir, Va
just out of Washington, near Mt.
Vernon. '
Discussion of a possible con
version to another worthy cause
of money annually collected from
merchants for Christmas deco
rations in Salem will take place
at a meeting of the Salem Retail
Trade bureau, to be held at the
Marion hotel Friday at noon.
Anyone Interested is welcome to
attend the luncheon meeting.
"Education and the War" is
the subject which Dr. Robert
Lantz will discuss for the bene
fit of the Salem Lions club
Thursday noon at the Marion.
Dr. Lantz, a former member of
the Lincoln, r'-'br., Lions club,
is assistant professor of educa
tion at Willamette university.
Chaplain Hart
Killed in Crash
At an Advanced Allied Base,
Australian Zone, Aug. 26. (U.R)
First Lieut. Albert O. Hart,
Sheridan, Mont., probably would
be alive today if he had not
stayed behind when his unit
broke camp to deliver a Sunday
sermon.
Hart became the first United
Slates army chaplain killed in
this war when a plane carrying
him to a new camp crashed
while landing and killed all
aboard, it was disclosed today.
When his unit was ordered to
a new location, Hart volunteered
lo wait a few days to help super
vise shipments of supplies and
equipment. But his main reason
was to deliver his regular Sun
day sermon to the remaining
group. "They may not see me
again for some time," he said.
"Hart was the finest chaplain
I have ever known," said the
commanding officer of the Ala
bama unit with which he had
served. "The boys idolized him
and he did wonders with morale.
It's tough that such a fine man
must die."
Hart, a former infantry offi
cer, had attended the University
of Wyoming and the Presbyte
rian Theological Seminary in
Chicago, and received a doctor
of philosophy degree from Col
umbia University.
He was typical of chaplains in
this zone.
Taxes Too High
For Business
Washington, Aug. 26 (IP) Re
ducton of corporation taxes in
the new revenue bill lo a com
bined rate of 40 per cent on nor
mal and surtax income and 80
per cent on excess profits was
reported today lo have been sug
gested to the senate f inance com
mittee by congressional fiscal
experts.
Colin F. Stam, chief of the
staff of the joint committee on
internal revenue, was said by
finance committee members to
have opposed treasury recom
mendations for increases which
would raise the house approved
rates of 45 per cent on normal
and surtax brackets to 55 per
cent and retain the 90 per cent
excess profits levy now in the
bill.
The treasury suggested a com
bined debt reduction and post
war rebate of 12 per cent of the
actual taxes corporations would
pay, but Slam's suggestion was
reported lo have omitted rebate
proposals altogether.
Members said Stam told Hie
committee the congressional
staff believed the rates suggest
ed by the treasury were too high
to be borne by business.
Wood Army Truck
Bodies Being Made
Portland, Aug. .26 (P) Oregon
plants began turning out wooden
army truck bodies this week,
Ben E. Titus, of the Portland
office of war information, said
today. They were for standard
army trucks and will replace
steel bodies for which materials
are becoming scarce.
Of the original 60,000 bodies
ordered by the army, 6000 were
awarded lo contractors in this
region. First pilot bodies were
built here, in Eugene and Bak
er, and have already been ac
cepted by the army. They were
built of Douglas fir and Pondcr
osa pine with laminated hard
wood sills. Later it is expected
that laminated fir and pine will
replace the hardwood.
The original 6000 will be com
pleted by about October 1 when
it is expected other larger con
tracts will be awarded the Ore
gon firms, Titus said.
$1,000 Paid for
Yearling Ram
Salt Lake City, Aug. 26 (IP)
One thousand dollars was paid
by the Cunningham Sheep com
pany of Pendleton, Ore., Tues
day for a yearling Rambouillcl
to lop the bidding at the nation
al ram sale.
The animal was sold by John
K. Madsen of Mt. Pleasant, Utah.
The all-time record for a
Rambouillet price at the nation
al show, in its 27lh year, was
$2,000 but A. W. Thompson,
chief auctioneer, described the
present sale as the best in 20
years.
Top price for lot sales was
$210 per animal paid by the Pen
dleton concern for five rams.
Glider Service Opened
Washington, Aug. 26 (IP) The
marine corps opened the ranks
of Its gilder pilots to enlisted
men today. Any first class
private under 32 years of age
with eight months active service
is now eligible.
Japan s New Order
Not Working Out
New York, Aug. 26 W) The Japanese scheme for a "great
er cooperative cast Asia," their version of new nazi order, is
not working out, either politically or economically, Rclman
Morin, Associated Press corrcs-
pondent, said today.
Morih, who was interned and
questioned by the Japanese at
Saigon, French Indo-China, at
the start of the Pacific war, re
turned yesterday on the ex
change liner Gripshohn. Before
going to Saigon, Morin had been
(IP) chief of bureau in Tokyo,
1937-1940, and then began a
roving assignment which look
him to Malaya and the Nether
lands East Indies.
Propaganda Lure
"The scheme was never any
thing but a propaganda lure in
any case," Morin said. "In some
areas taken by the Japanese ar
my during the last nine months
in former while colonics or
territories the native popula
tions are cooperating almost 100
per cent with their new rulers.
In others, Orientals not only
fought to keep out the Japanese,
but even today are resisting in
French Coast
Again Bombed
London, Aug. 26 (U.R) Allied
fighter planes raced across the
Dover strait through thunder
clouds today in a sudden offen
sive sweep toward Calais and
Boulogne, on the French occu
pied coast.
It was believed that the planes
were attacking inland targets.
An air ministry communique
said that single bombers on
armed reconnaissance attacked
targets in western Germany and
Holland by daylight yesterday
and coastal command planes
continued attacks on enemy
shipping last night.
Two ships in a convoy off the
Frisian islands in the North sea
were hit, the ministry said.
Docks and shipping at La Pal
lice on the French occupied
coast also were bombed.
One bombing plane was miss
ing from all operations reported
Allotment Check
On Way to Wife
Washington, Aug. 26 (IP) A
check for $184, representing the
first payment made under the
servicemen's allotment and al
lowance act, was on its way from
the navy today to Mrs. Ruby
Williams Whitfield, of Picayune,
Miss.
Altogether checks totaling
$17,435.80, of which $10,053.45
was contributed by the govern
ment and the rest deducted from
the men's pay, were issued to
dependents of enlisted men in 35
stales.
Mrs. Whitfield, wife of Fred
Worth Whitfield, seaman first
class, rccevicd the largest single
amount for the June-July
period. The Whitficlds have
four children.
Flight Uneventful
Two Pilots Declare
London, Aug. 26 (IP) T w o
United Slates fliers who piloted
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill and Averell Harriman on a
14,000-mile trip lo Moscow and
through the middle east in an
American Liberator bomber to
day described the flight as "very
uneventful."
But they came back much im
pressed by the prime minister's
personality, and with his techni
cal knowledge of aviation.
Capt. William Van Dc Kloot
of Sarasota, Fla., chief pilot,
said it was "purely a routin
flight, except for our distin
guished passengers."
Co-pilot J. II . (Jack) Rug
glcs of San Francisco also said
there was nothing exciting about
the flight and that no a single
enemy plane was sighted.
Churchill, Hie fliers said, was
on the flight deck about two
thirds of the time, and often oc
cupied one of the pilots' scats.
"II i s technical knowledge
about aviation is really amaz
ing," said Van Dor Kloot.
River Steamers
Put Up for Sale
Portland, Aug. 20 (U.R) Liens
totaling approximately $10,000
have made it necessary for the
U.S. marshal of the Washington
district to put up for sale the
Columbia river steamer "Vir
ginia V.," it was revealed hero
today.
The steamer Is owned by the
West Pass Transportation com
pany and has recently been op
erated on the run from Portland
to Astoria under charter by
Capt. V. G. Christensen, who
formerly had the vessel on the
Tnrnmn.Kpnllln run.
South Africa has an area ot method of disposing of the rub
472,550 square miles. I ber.
their own quiet ways."
Chaotic conditions developed
swiftly following the Japanese
conquest of southeastern Asia,
Morin said he had learned in
talks with various American ob
servers, doctors and economists.
and the food problem was weekly
growing more acute in Japan
itself.
Vaughn Meisling, former As
sociated Press correspondent at
Hong Kong, said the so-called
Japanese co-prosperity hit the
once rich .British crown colony
"like a desert wind," Hunger,
looting and disease prevailed.
Morin, outlining the results
of the Japanese attempt lo win
over the Oriental peoples, put it
this way:
Chinese Cooperation
Chinese probably 65,000 Chi
nese followers of the Wang-Wei
puppet regime served Japanese
interests in and around Hong
Kong before the war and acted
as spies and fifth columnists.
The remainder of the city's 1,
050,000 Chinese cooperated by
fleeing to the interior of China.
Filipinos There were prob
ably fewer than 500 Japanese
owned Filipinos in all the isl
ands before the war and the bulk
ot the nation gave an unquali
fied answer to Japan throughout
the desperate campagin which
ended at Balaan and Corregidor.
Filipino cooperation with Japan
today centers around aged Gen.
Emilio Aruinaldo and probably
embraces no more than one-tenth
of one per cent of the total pop
ulation. Thailand Enmeshed
Thailand is thoroughly en
meshed in tiie "greater East As
ia" plan, partly by choice, main
ly by force of circumstances.
Burmese Uniformed Burm
ese troops turned against their
British officers during the quick
campaign last spring. The pow
crful Burmese priesthood appar
cntly was Japan's means ot win
ning over the peasants. Today,
Burma is as solidly fixed a:
Thailand in the Japanese line
up.
Malays Malay traitors were
chiefly responsible for guiding
Japanese troops through the
jungles after they had landed
on the coasts. Japan has since
decorated at least one powerful
Malay sultan, and all Malays
are considered willing aides to
the Japanese today,
Indonesians Resist
Indonesians The independ
ence movement among the Indo
nesians in the Netherlands East
Indies was organized and well
developed long before the out
break of the war.' Japanese ag
ents had tried hard to link the
Japanese "Asia for the Asiatics"
movement with the aspirations
of the Indonesians. But there was
an almost total lack of success.
Not even the most determined
Indonesian leaders would coun
tenance any assistance to the
Japanese.
The Japanese Indo-Chinese
have been in French Indo-China
longer than in any other Europ
ean colony. They came in force,
in August, 1941, under the
French-Japanese agreement. At
first the main natives Annam
Hcs, Tonkinesc, Cambodians
were inclined to welcome them.
After a year's experience witli
the Japanese they turned in the
other direction. In Indo-China
today there is no unity whatever
between the Japanese and their
Oriental cousins.
55,000 Officers
In Naval Reserve
Washington, Aug. 26 (U.R)
More than 55,000 naval reserve
commissions have been issued to
civilians since passage of tiie
selective service act on Sept. 10,
1940, the navy revealed today.
During the same period 4,283
men were appointed as officers
in the marine corps reserve.
In a letter to Chairman David
I. Walsh (D Mass.) of the sen
ate naval affairs committee, the
bureau ot naval personnel dis
closed that reserve officers ap
pointed during the past two
years include 1,411 lieutenant
commanders; 4,878 lieutenants,
and 49,379 lieutenants (J. G.)
and ensigns n total of 56, 008.
Seattle Police
Would Sell Tires
Seattle, Aug. 26 W, The Se
al tic police department has eight
tires it wants to sell at auction
but Chief Clerk G. G. Evans
said he doesn't think it can be
done.
Not that Evans thinks there
isn't any market. What's troub
ling him is that the office of price
administration has ruled bidders
may not exceed the ceiling price
placed on tires
e.vans is seeking anotner
Results So Far
Encouraging
To Americans
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"3. The enemy force of trans
ports, cruisers, and destroyers
which approached Guadalcanal
from the northward on August
24 (Washington date) was at
tacked by U. S. marine and na
val aircraft based at Guadalca
nal. In addition to the cruiser
which was previously reported
burning fiercely, one destroyer
and four additional ships were
left burning and the transport
which was reported to have been
hit during this attack was later
seen abandoned as the enemy
force withdrew.
'4. The performance of our
fighter aircraft based at Gua
dalcanal has been outstanding.
As previously reported, a strong
enemy air attack on Guadalca
nal, during the afternoon of Au
gust 25 (Washington date) was
intercepted by these fighters.
Twenty-one enemy planes were
shot down. Our loss was three
planes. On August 25 (Wash
ington date) Guadalcanal was
attacked by 16 two-motored
bombers escorted by 12 Zero
fighters. Our fighters met this
force and shot down seven
bombers and five Zero fighters.
Our loss was one fighter.
'5. The results, lo date, of the
battle for the retention of our
foothold in the southeastern Sol
omons arc encouraging."
Use Captured Field
The communique stated offi
cially for the first time that our
forces are using an air field cap
lured from the Japanese at Gua
dalcanal, one of the larger is
lands in the southeastern Solo
mons. Dive bombers and fighter
craft of the navy and marine
corps were in action, some of
them operating from the newly
won land bases.
There was no certainty wheth
er the force referred to as with
drawing composed the main Jap
anese elements.
Army Shuffling
Over for Britain
London,' Aug. 26 (IP) The
British Press association said to
night that Prime M i n i st e r
Churchill had decided against
further changes in the British
command and was determined
that the military machine "must
now be given an opportunity to
settle down and show what it
can do without any further re
shuffling for the present."
There had been persistent ru
mors that Gen. Archibald Wa
vell would bo recalled from In
dia lo London lo become a mem
ber of the war cabinet, with
Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck suc
ceeding him in India.
Girl's Life Saved
By Two Soldiers
Modford, Ore., Aug. 26 (IP)
Soldiers from Camp White Mon
day saved Mary Ann Grafton,
17, of Klamath Falls, from
drowning in Lake O'Woods,
camp headquarters revealed
Tuesday.
The girl was knocked un
conscious and thrown into the
the water by a collision of two
boats. Pvt. Edgar Krohnke, in
a nearby boal, dived in and held
the unconscious girl's head
above water until his compan
ions jockeyed their boat in po
sition to take her aboard.
She was given artificial res
piration and first aid for a pain
ful head injury by camp medi
cal personnel and taken to her
Klamath Falls home after being
revived.
Krohnkc's home town was not
disclosed.
Liberty Garden
Club Prize Winner
In a recent garden competition
among members of the Liberty
Garden club, LaVernc Evans
received first prize for the best
garden, Billic Schalk, second
prize and Richard Slaggs and
Ervin Lilian third place. The
prize money was furnished by
the Liberty community club.
This club is another of the splen
did Marion county 4-H Garden
clubs, and is directed by Mrs.
L. D. Walker.
Members of the Little Gard
eners club at Aurora under Mrs.
L. R. Wampole are selling and
canning the vagctablcs produc
ed from their 4-H gardens. Club
officials are Edward Kocuig,
president; Bobby Ezzell, vice
president; Helen Clark, secre
tary. War has made the t5H-year-old
McMahon grist mill at
Dough, Eire, busier than ever
before in its long history of con
tinuous operation.