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Roosevelt arid Jamacho Again n Conference Cross Border into U.S. To Add Emphasis to Unity of Nations By Douglas B. Cornell Corpus Christ!, Tex., April 21 P) President Avila Camacho of Mexico today promptly re paid President Roosevelt's precedent-breaking; visit yesterday to the land south of the border. Aboard a long special train ' the two presidents arrived here from the northern Mexican in dustrial city shortly after noon to lunch with flying cadets in at mess hall of the mammoth 'val air training station. Their program called for a half-hour tour of the huge train ing center situation on the Texas coastal flats and to watch a demonstration. After that they were to go their separate ways. Aboard Roosevelt Train, April 21 W) The conferences of state which President Roosevelt and President Avila Camacho begun in a gala setting at Mon terrey, Mexico, last night, con tinued north of the border to day. Avila Camacho was returning the only official visit ever made into his country by an American president, but security reasons forbade the immediate an nouncement of details. Interrupting a lavish, seven course dinner, the two conti nental, leaders delivered radio Q Iresses at Monterrey without ofsclosing in any manner the real reason for their ' dramatic meeting. Joint Solidarity They spoke, instead, of dif ferences between their two gov ernments which already have been solved, of a joint solidar ity in arms In a world at war, and of the values, now and for the future, of the good neigh bor policy. They dealt strictly in general ities and words of friendship and Mr. Roosevelt promised that "the government of the United States and my countrymen are ready to help" Mexico toward greater progress toward "the greatest possible measure of se curity and opportunity." He re ferred to the issue now appar ently dead, created by Mexican expropriation of Americanrown- oil lands. ...,.........)..;. i oood Neighbor Policy Mr. Roosevelt declared with studied emphasis: "We recognize a mutual in. terdependence of our joint re sources. We know that Mexi co's resources will be developed for the common good of human ity. ' We know that the day of the exploitation of the resources and the people of one country for the benefit of any group in another country Is definitely over." A few minutes before, Avila Camacho had said, in a council iatory vein, that "neither your excellency nor I believe in neg ative memories." Elaborate Banquet . Side by side, in a casino at a military post on the outskirts of Monterrey, the presidents let Oir sherbet melt while they went on the air. It was an elab orate banquet as to food, but not as to clothes and accessories. All the men wore business suits. The speeches delivered at the (Concluded on pare 14, column 8) Deadlock in Pay-Go Tax Washington, April 21 (U.R) Republican and democratic tax leaders in the house failed to agree on a compromise pay-as-you-go plan again today, but ac ceded to Speaker Sam Rayburn's request that they continue ne gotiations. The so-called "final confer- Oje" of ranking members of i ways and means committee with Rayburn, Republican Lead er Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts, and Democratic Leader John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, also failed to produce the "decisive state ment" which members of the group had promised. The six,man committee will meet again late this afternoon. The conferees refused to dis cuss obstacles still standing as bars to full agreement. Committee members said last night they were in "90 per cent" accord on a compromise pro posal and indicated it would provide an overall 50 per cent forgiveness of taxes due on 1942 i income. Today's conference with Ray- burn had been expected to be last and to result in final Cord. Wavs and Means Chnlr. ftan Robert L. Doughton (D., if.C.) had announced "We'll Jither be together or apart after Vur conference with the speak- Capital jjJnmal 55th Year, No. 95 S82?JtiftS Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, April Berlin, Stettin, Rostock Bombed By British Fliers London, April 21 U. The Royal Air Force celebrated Adolf Hitler's birthday last night with raids on Berlin, Stet tin and Rostock that cost 31 planes and followed' through to day with daylight attacks on oc cupied Europe.' Only a few hours after the night raiders returned to Brit ain, fighter planes swept across the southeast coast in relays and soon afterward distant explo sions were heard from direction of Boulogne and Calais in North Africa. The air ministry said tonight that the RAF dropped more than 150 4000-pound bombs in ' 40 minutes last night on Stettin, Germany, in addition to hun dreds of other high explosives and thousands of incendiaries. Pilots who bombed Rostock said they hit the main plant of the Heinkel works about two and one-half miles outside the city. The factory, normally em ploying 10,000 persons, is the assembly center for Heinkel parts manufactured elsewhere in Rostock. Last night marked the first time British bombers have car ried out raids in such force against three cities in Germany on a single night. Mosquitoes Used Twin-engined wooden Mos quito bombers, believed the fastest in the world, raided Ber lin, while four-engined Hali faxes, Lancasters and Stirlings made a "very heavy" attack on the Baltic port of Stettin and a "heavy" attack on port instal lations and the Heinkel works at Rostock, also on the Baltic, the ministry said. While bombers were blasting German industry and ports on Adolf Hitler's 54th birthday, British fighter-bombers were making one of their biggest as saults of the war against 'enemy transport in northwest Germany,- Holland . and Belgium without loss. Trains and Barges Mosquitoes, Typhoons, Beau fighters and Whirlwinds bomb ed and strafed 15 locomotives, two moving trains, six trawlers and a number of barges. One trawler was blown up off the Belgian coast. The raid on Berlin was the 61st of the war. Stettin, the main target last night, has been raided seven times previously. British bomb ers flew nearly 600 miles from the British coast to bombard the port with tons of block busters and incendiary bombs. The force which attacked Ros tock was made up entirely of Stirlings, the first of Britain's four-engined bombers. Last night's raid was the sixth on the port. Guarded Secret of Norden Bombsighf Washington, April 21 (U.R) Additional details of the Doo little raid on Japan, released today a year after that breath taking event, credit a Hou qulam, Wash., filer with guard ing the precious secrets of the Norden bombslght. Maj. C. R. Greening, then a captain, devised a simple 20 cent sight to replace the Norden sight, guarding against any of the B-25 Billy Mitchell bomb ers being forced down in Japan. U.S. National Banks buy $2,500,000 of War Bonds Marion county war bond sales came to within striking dis tance of the $4,000,000 mark Wednesday out of its $5,000,000 quota when the biggest lift of the campaign was received by an- announcement that the two- branches of the United States National bank, the Ladd & Bush bank in Salem and the branch at Mt. Angel, had between them subscribed for $2,500,000 in bonds, or half of the total coun ty's quota. This is exclusive of any subscriptions by other banks in the county which have not as yet released their fi gures as to bank subscriptions. With action of the one bank itself assuring half of the total quota, individual subscriptions to date released Wednesday by Chairman Jesse Gard of the Vic tory loan committee added $1, 414,713 In individual sales or a grand total of $3,914,713. or only about $85,000 short of the $4.00,000 mark. "While we have about a mil Tokyo Faces More Bombings By Americans Washington, April 21 (U.R) Japan will be bombed again and again. This warning was held out to the Japanese by the war de partment in making public for the first time the official story of the bombing of Tokyo by Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle'a 80 hand-picked raiders. It was a story of heroism and success; of hardships and had luck at the beginning and end. . - . Aside from confirming offi cially that the "Shangri-La" from which the 16 army me dium bombers were launched was the aircraft carrier Hornet, the most interesting part of the long-awaited account of the raid was what happened to its par ticipants and their planes after they had completed their mis sion over Japan. Sour Ending The story with the happy climax came to a sour ending. The planes were supposed to have landed on airfields in free China when their job of des truction was done. But this is what happened: All but one of the 16 planes were wrecked in forced or crash landings in China or off the Chinese coast. The exception was a plane that landed in Rus sian Siberia. Of the 80 participants, eight are prisoners or presumed to be prisoners of the Japanese. One was killed after a parachute landing in mountainous Chin ese terrain. . Two others are missing, with no clue to their fate. Five are interned in Rus sia. The remaining 64 gained the safety of unoccupied China. Seven of these were injured. (Concluded on page 15, column 6) Oregon Fliers Washington, April 21 W) Nine; Pacific northwest fliers were listed by a war department statement giving details of the Doolittle raid on Japan. Those t who participated and what happened to them after the raids were: Interned in Russia Emmens, First Lieut. Robert Gabel; Mrs. J. J. Emmens, mother, 1443. East Main street, Medford, Ore. Reached safety Greening, Capt. Charles R.; Mrs. Dorothy W. Greening, wife, Hoquiam, Wash. Campbell, Lieut. Clayton J.; Mrs. C. J. Campbell, wife, Oro fino, Idaho. Clever, Lieut. Robert S.; Port land, Ore. Davenport, Lieut. Dean, Port land, Ore. Braemer, Staff Sgt. Fred A.; Mrs. F. E. Braemer, mother, Seattle. Bissell, Sgt. Wayne M.j Mr. and Mrs. Max E. Bissell, par ents, Vancouver, Wash, Holmstrom, Lieut. Everett W., Mrs. E. W. Holstrom, Tacoma. Presumed to be prisoner of war Deshazer, Corp. Jacob D., Mrs. Hulda Andrus, mother, general delivery, Madras, Ore. Since the raid a number of those who participated and re turned have been killed on other missions, including Lieut, Clever, who was killed in the crash of a medium bomber in Ohio. lion to go as yet, the next mil lion will probably be the hard est," said Gard. Included In the total of in dividual subscriptions is $100, 000 taken by Marion county. The county Wednesday sold its holdings in bond issues of the Silverton and Salem school dis tricts, a total par value of $98, 000, for something in excess of $104,000, and immediately the three court members joined in an order directing that $100,000 of this be Invested in Series G war bonds. Chairman Gard also released an interesting communication from A. W. Prescott, former Sa lem man, now in charge of the large ranch holdings of the late (Concluded on page 14, column I) a-i r imrii lraLw&lllSy,:.llll r.i liM British Forces Advance Through Gabes Gap W) British soldiers in single file alongside rum bling tanks and armored vehicles marched along i n the advance through Gabes Gap in Tunisia after axis resistance there had been broken by the eighth army. (This is an official British photo, radioed from Cairo to New York.) American Fliers Executed By Japs Says Roosevelt Washington, April 21 (U.R) President Roosevelt announced today "with a feeling of deepest horror" the "barbarous execu tion by the Japanese government of some of the members of this country's armed forces who fell in Japanese hands as an incident of warfare." Mr. Roosevelt's statement was issued through the Daring Won Kiska Battle By Eugene Burns At an Advanced Base in the Aleutians, April 2 (Delayed) VP) The rear admiral commanding operations, commenting on naval action March 26 wherein a David-like American task force routed a Goliath-like Japanese force, said today: "The commanding officer, al though outnumbered two to one, carried the fight to the enemy, in keeping with American naval tradition. . " "He sought the- enemy deep in his own waters, well within Japanese bpmbar; 3oieH$ itfitA "With daring, our commander inflicted heavy damage to the Japanese despite their superior number of guns and greater speed. When he was through the Jap knew that he was hit hard. "The victory was won by tactics and good shooting and good seamanship. "This action has changed the history for the present. The Jap was intent on getting sup plies to Attu and Kiska deter mined to the extent that he brought up what he believed was an overwhelming force. "They did not get through. Our admiral deserves a 'Well done!'" Auto Workers Quit Regional Boards Cleveland, April 21 (U.R). -The executive committee of the Unit ed Automobile Workers union (CIO), striking out at the recent labor freeze order, today in structed all members serving on regional and area war manpow er commission policy commit tees to resign immediately. The Instructions were con tained in a resolution adopted by the board which charged the WMC has "definitely deserted the democratic and voluntary approach to manpower prob lems." The resolution was introduc ed by Walter P. Reuther, vice president of the UAW, which clalnjs a membership of 978, 000, largest in the CIO. Buses Give Civilians Equality with Soldiers Public Service Commissioner Ormond R. Bean was today no tified by the manager of the Greyhound Lines of buses that a bulletin is in process of issu ance that will place men of the armed forces and civilians on an equality in the use of that trans portation unless it should hap pen that the soldiers were re quired to ride in the discharge of duty. The Greyhound manager, W. H. Eggers, stated that he had never issued an order to the contrary so far as uniformed men "on leave" were concern ed, and that if drivers had been giving them a preference it would be corrected. The ruling comes from the stage company as a result of a complaint from a Klamath Falls lady who found difficulty in se curing space for a trip to Med ford. . 21, 1943 White House. The president's statement was accompanied by the text of a protest filed with the Japanese government April 12 through the Swiss minister at Tokyo. "It is with a feeling of deep est horror, which I know will be shared by all civilized peo ple, that I have to announce the barbarous execution by the Ja panese government of some of the members of this country's armed forces who fell into Ja panese hands as an incident of warfare," the president's state ment said. . The men executed were mem bers of the raiding party led by Major Gen. James H.. Doolittle which bombedTokyo and other Japanese citlerjlfy,;, vMr. Roosevelt alfrnd4 Wy'now many, were executed, but the war department said eight mem bers of the Doolittle expedition were believed to have been by the Japanese. The president's statement said the death sen tence had been commuted for some of the prisoners. The president's statement fol lows: "It is with a feeling of deep est sorrow, which I know will be shared by all civilized peoples that I have to announce the barbarous execution by the Jap anese government of some of the members of this country's armed forces who fell into Jap anese hands as an incident of warfare. 3 Million Youths In War Industries Washington, April 21 (U.R) More than 3,000,000. 'teen age boys and girls will be in the war industries this summer, ac cording to Katharine F. Len root, chief of the children's bureau of the department of la bor. Miss Lenroot said child health in industry is threatened be cause many states have no regulations governing the num ber of hours children under 18 may work outside school. She said data gathered by the chil dren's bureau indicates many high school students are work ing over-long hours. Asked if juvenile delinquency had risen among children war workers, she replied that an in crease of 10 per cent had been noted in the last five years. New Autos Can Be Bought April 27 Washington, April 21 U Americans having $2500 or more to Invest in so-called "luxury" automobiles can do so after Ap ril 27, without much interfer ence from the office of price administration, it was an nounced today. About 1500 of this class au tomobile are in stock and OPA conceded that the market for them is "relatively slow." No rationing certificate will be needed for a luxury car. The buyer will not need to show he has no other adequate automo bile. Buyer and seller, however, will state that the car will be used In a gainful occupation or for performing work related to the war effort or to public wel fare. Price Five Cents 15 Raids on Japs on Kiska Washington, April 21 (U.R) U. S. airmen in the Aleutians have set a new record by at tacking Kiska 15 times in one day, and also have continued the air offensive in the Solo mons by blasting a freighter and three Japanese bases. A navy communique today said that the latest attacks on Kiska, which took place Mon day, resulted in numerous hits on the main camp area, the runway and defensive positions Fires were also started. Kiska is the main Japanese stronghold in the western Aleu tians. There is a submarine base there, and the Japanese have been constructing an air base also. It now has been raided 105 times this month. The Japanese bases attacked in the Solomons are at Kieta on Boungainville island, Kahili in the Shortland island area, and Munda in the central Solo mons. . .i.iviAt ,-Munda, several anti-aircraft' batteries were silenced and a large fire startid.. A direct hit was scored on a freighter in Tonolei harbor on Boungainville island. Several near hits were scored close to a second freighter. Dies' Charges On 2 Upheld Washington, April 21 (U.R) The house appropriations com mittee today approved a report upholding Dies committee charges of subversive activities against two federal communica tions commission employes, and acquitting a third. The committee found William E. Dodd, Jr., assistant news edi tor of the foreign broadcast in telligence service of the FCC, and Goodwin B. Watson, chief analyst of the same service, "un fit for the present to continue in the government employment." Dodd is the son of the former ambassador to Germany and distinguished historian who died two years ago. In 1938 he was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for the house seat held by Rep. Howard W. Smith (D., Va.). Concerning Dr. Frederick L. Schuman, principal political an alyst of the analysis division of the foreign broadcast Intelli gence service, the committee did not "find sufficient evidence to support a recommendation of unfitness to serve in the employ ment of the government at this time." Frenzied Battle Raging On Tunisian Mountains With the British Eighth Army near Enfidaville, Tunisia, 3 p.m., April 20 (Delayed) U.R) A tremendous battle is raging be tween the British eighth army and German troops on the Bteep, rocky slopes of Tunisian moun- tain defenses where the axis is attempting to block our offen sive toward Tunis. Sweating, cursing veterans of Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery's attacking eighth army, now fighting in formidable mountain positions for the first time, have thrown back the first counter attack by German forces under Marshal Erwin Rommel after driving into the enemy defenses. Now a second counterattack Is in progress and casualties are heavy for both sides, but espe cially for the attacking eighth army. (Today's communique said the second counterattack and two more that followed were repulsed.) British Eighth Army Captures Enfidaviller Advances 10 Miles Beyond as Terrific Battle Rages Break Through Stubborn Axis Counter-Attacks in Drive on Tunis, While 1st Army Edges Forward From West; Hand-to-Hand Fighting in Progress By Virgil Pinkley Allied Headquarters, North Africa, April 21 (U.R)Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery's eighth army broke through stubborn axis counterattacks to capture Enfidaville'and all other Initial objectives on the 50-mile road to Tunis and pushed two miles north in Djebel Garci area 10 miles west in "very severe fighting," it was disclosed today, while the British first army again edged forward from the west. Heavy artillery and aerial bombardment, blasts of mortal; and machinegun fire and at the showdown bitter hand-to-i hand fighting in which the eighth army used knives and bayonets marked the first stage of the allied offensive against the strong Tunis and Bizerte mountain defense lines. The fury of the German counterattacks, all of which were broken up by the rampaging eighth army, left no doubt that nazi Marshal Erwin Rommel intended to fight to the bitter end on every rocky hillside and ins every ravine guarding the open ings to the plains around Tunis. But the allied forces, sparked by non-stop aerial attacks that brought down 27 more enemy airplanes on Tuesday for a three-day total of 151 destroyed, were striking from the west as well as through the Enfidaville sector on the south. 1 First Army Advances On the Medjez-el-Bab sector, less than 30 miles west of Tu- the British first army under Lieut. Gen. K. A. N. Anderson, pushed forward again in local fighting and seized another town Smidia a few miles north of Medjez. (Axis broadcasts reported fighting "with a ferocity never before attained in the North African campaign" was raging in the Enfidaville sector but acknowledged British gains which radio Algiers estimated at three miles.) Four axis counterattacks were made almost as soon as Mont gomery launched his first moon light advance Monday night but Enfidaville and the import ant heights to the west, includ ing Djebel Garci, were occupied early Tuesday. Americans Attacking Meanwhile, American and British air forces continued hea vy attacks on the enemy, espe cially along the road to Tunis in support of the eighth army drive. Many vehicles were de stroyed or damaged and com- mumuuuuus centers oiasiea. Reconnaissance ' photographs also showed . excellent results from bombardment of axis sup ply bases, especially in Sicily, where recent raids by Flying Fortresses sank or damaged at least 28 enemy supply ships. Today's communique said fighting continued along the Eiv fidaville front. Meanwhile, French forces made a slight ad vance along the mountain ridge in the southwest Bou Arada sec tor. Admitted by Italians (An Italian communique broadcast by the Rome radio acknowledged the British had won "Initial successes" in the Enfidaville sector, but claim ed the advance had been halted. The German high command said the British had been beaten back in fierce fighting with lo cal break-throughs cleared out by counter-attacks.) In the air, allied planes fur ther asserted their mastery of the skies over Tunisia and the Mediterranean by shooting down 27 enemy planes yester day with a loss of eight of their own. The communique also boosted Sunday's toll of enemy aircraft by 10 and Monday's by two for a grand total of 151 planes shot down In three days. Opened by Barrage A terrific artillery barrage, reminiscent of the eighth ar my's offensives at El Alameln and the Mareth line, opened Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom ery's assault against the Gulf of Hammamct coastal sector of the German bridgehead In northeas (Concluded on page 15, column 8) The Germans are fighting like wild men. Our mountain troops, battling against tremendous dif ficulties, are calling upon ev ery ounce of reserve strength to scale the rugged hillsides. The eighth army has taken only a few hundred prisoners but they show that Rommel has removed most of the Italian troops from the front lines and replaced them with many of his best German troops. Previously, he had let the Italians take the brunt of the first attacks and then counter attacked with nazl veterans. But this Is a showdown battle and the Germans are In the forefront. - McNutt's Order Irks Labor Chiefs Washington, April 21 (U.R) War Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt is under fire from or ganized labor because of his new regulations restricting job changes at increased wages a move which Deputy WMC Chairman Fowler V. Harper said last night would cut labor turnover 50 per cent. AFL President William Green issued a. statement in which he said he would de mand modification of McNutt's regulations and the executive order under which they were issued on grounds that as now constituted they will affect mor ale, lower individual effort, and arouse resentment among in dustrial workers. Though a member of the WMC labor-management-agri culture policy advisory com mittee, Green was not consult ed because, as McNutt explain ed Monday, the policy was set by President Roosevelt's order and his regulations merely im plemented the order. Green's complaint was echoed by the Congress of Industrial Organizations which said that "the 'hold the line order' Is be ing administered as a 'hold one side of the line' orde,r 'as a dir ective to frdeze Wtges and to freeze workers to-'therir jobs,' but to do nothing abdut prices and the mounting cost of liv ing." Find Wreckage Harmon's Plane Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, April 21 VP) The wrecked army plane from which Lieut. Thomas Harmon, former University of Michigan AU-American football star, parachuted to safety on April 8, has been located in the jungles of French Guiana, Unit ed States army headquarters an nounced here today. The announcement indicated that no other survivor of the crash had been located as yet. There were six in the crew. Col. Paul L. Singer, army spokesman, said the plane had crashed 16 miles southwest of the village of Caux near the border between French Guiana and Brazil. (The army announced in Washington that two members of the crew, Staff Sergeant James F. Goodwin of Texark ana, Tex., and Sergeant Leon ard D. Gunnclls of Deatsville, Ala., were killed In the crash, and that three others were miss ing. The missing were listed as Second Lieut. Edwin J, Wolf of Philadelphia, Second Lieut. Frederick O. Wiollng of Lnn slng, Mich., and Staff Sergeant Bernard R. Cross of Mondota, III.) A rescue party of Amerlcnn, French and Dutch troops, aided by planes, has left Cayenne In French Guiana, and is strug gling through the jungle toward the scene of the crash, Col. Sin ger was quoted as saying by Aneta, Dutch news agency. Chinese Crush Jap Drive in Kwanfung Chungking, April 21 U.R The Chinese army has crushed a Japanese drive east of Can ton in Kwangtung province, in flicting 800 casualties and eras ing the enemy's gains, the high command announced tonight. The Chinese also repulsed an enemy attack in the rlcc-grow-lng district south of Canton. 35 Slain In Paris. London, April 21 VP) A Rou ters dispatch from Zurich, Switzerland, reported today that 35 supporters of the Rcxlst (Belgian Fascist) and Dorlot movements and other extreme right organizations were slain last week In Paris. No details were given. 1