16 Capital Journal, Salem, Ore., Wednesday, April 21, 1943
Magnuson Describes
Take-Off From Carrier
Seattle, April 21 UP) The only congressman to witness the
takeoff of Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle's air raiders from the
aircraft carrier Hornet, just 800 miles off the Japanese coast, said
he had no inkling of the history-
making nature of the adventure
when he went aboard ship with
the U. S. task force last April.
"We thougth we would moke
contact with a Japanese task
force," said Hop. Warren G.
Magnuson (D., Wash.), who
participated in the daring sea
venture as the highlight of his
seven months of active duty as a
lieutenant commander In the
navy.
"It was hinted about that
the Japs were planning action
against the Aleutians.
"Then, dramatically, two days
out at sea Halsey (Admiral
William F. Halsey, Jr.), had it
announced over loudspeakers
that the mission was an air raid
against Tokyo, Everyone broke
into cheers, especially the
fliers."
The 38-year-old congressman
was aboard Admiral Halscy's
ship in the task force. He said
it was only a few hundred feet
away, in the rough water, when
General Doolittle led the way
for his raiders with the first
takeoff "like a bird" from the
carrier.
"After we thought we had
been spotted and reported by
patrol vessels," Magnuson said
in an interview, "I recall how
Admiral Halsey wig-wagged
signals to Doolittle on the air
craft carrier Hornet on the pos
sibility of taking off ahead of
schedule.
Moment Was Exciting
"Doolittle sent back a mes
sage something like this: 'If we
have to go now, our chances
are 5 to 1. If we run another
half hour, our chances are 4
to 1. If we run an hour and a
half, our chances are 3 to 1.' "
"So Halsey replied: 'We'll go
another hour and a half.'
"So the force headed straight
for Tokyo."
Magnuson described the spec
tacle of the Doolittle takeoff as
"a great experience, the most
exciting moment I ever spent."
He said the men of the navy,
thrilled by the adventure, were
disappointed at not being able
to play a role in the actual
bombing.
"They really hoped that To
kyo would send out everything
they had so they oould swat
them down," he continued.
"We heard that the Japanese
home fleet might be coming
down from the north to attempt
an interception. That tickled
Wild Bill' (Admiral Halsey.)
He thought it might be a swell
chance to kill two birds on one
trip and he really meant it."
As special momcntos of the
bombing raid, Magnuson report
ed, the airmen took along me
dals which had been awarded
to U. S, navy officers by the
Japanese. They were attached
to the bombs. Most of them,
the congressman said, had been
awarded to the Americans for
their mercy role of assistance
after the destructive Japanese
earthquake.
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Home Tragedy
Is Revealed
Oakland, Calif., April 21 u.R
Police pieced together today
the story of Mrs. Helen Robert
son, 47, who collapsed.in church
with a bullet wound and told
authorities that her mother, a
former mental patient, had
wounded her, killed her broth
er and committed suicide.
Police, investigating Mrs. Ro
bertson's story, found the bodies
of her brother and mother in
their home at Napa, Calif., 40
miles north. The mother, Mrs.
Walter B. Griffith, 68, had ta
ken a fatal dose of sleeping
powders.
Police said Mrs. Robertson,
apparently reluctant to report
the deaths, had gone without
medical attention possibly 12
hours. Mrs. Robertson told au
thorities she came here by bus
yesterday several hours after
the shooting to pray for her
family at Bethany chapel.
The deaths occurred, she
said, at 6 a.m. yesterday, but
police did not learn of them un
til she collapsed in the chapel,
a bullet wound in her chest, al
most 12 hours later. She ap
parently had hidden In fright
for several hours in the garage
of her mother's home at Napa,
authorities said.
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.NATTY Here's the uniform
selected by girl war workers in
the RCA plant al Camden, N. J.,
modeled by one of their num
ber, Emma Spencer. In radio
blue, it has a three-button jack-,
ct, pleated skirt, shirt with con
vertible collar, and overseas cap.
Fund Extension
Given Approval
Washington, April 21 UP)
The house today passed the senate-approved
bill extending for
two years the president's au
thority over a $2,000,000,000
stabilization fund, but added an
amendment which its author
said would prevent use of the
money in the proposed joint $5,
000,000,000 international bank
ing fund.
The measure extends the au
thority of the president over the
$2,000,800,000 stabi 1 i z a t i o n
fund but withdraws his power to
devalue the dollar.
The house on a voice vote first
approved the amendment of
fered by Representative Reed
(R., 111.) to prevent use of the
fund in the proposed interna
tional stabilization fund and
then quickly passed the measure
on a voice vote, sending it for
adjustment of the senate and
house versions to a conference
committee.
The coinage committee in
serted Reed's amendment and
the house approved it within a
matter of minutes.
In so specifying, the commit
tee said it had in mind possible
post-war international stabiliza
tion efforts, perhaps including
establishment of an internation
al bank into which the stabiliza
tion fund might go, whereby di
rect control of it by the presi
dent might be lost.
The restricting amendment,
offered by Rep. Reed (R., 111.),
provides control and custody
thereof passes the president and
the secretary of the treasury.
No effort was made by the
committee in its action to in
clude in theb ill extension be
yond June 30 of the president's
authority to devalue the dollar.
This provision was eliminated
from the senate bill.
Germans Again Repulsed in
Assault in Kuban Delta
Moscow, April 21 UP) A violent struggle for an important
height marked the mounting battle in the Kuban delta above
Novorossisk today as the Germans threw in more troops in an
attempt to regain lost positions, S
but nowhere did they succeed
in gaining any ground, the Rus
sians reported today.
A dispatch to Red Star, the
army newspaper, said that ar
tillery action has increased and
there are more and more bomb
ings by the German air force
operating in strength from the
waters of the Black sea north
ward to the Sea of Azov.
Pravda, communist party
newspaper, printed a front line
dispatch which said Rumanian
troops were in the fight but that
war prisoners complained the
Germans had abandoned them.
The Germans, using more
tanks to flank their increased
infantry forces, smashed at the
Russian lines in one sector in a
series of 10 attacks moving in
groups of from 25 to 30 which
were turned back almost im
mediately, it was said.
The hazis then shoved in two
more fresh infantry regiments,
40 more tanks and new plane
Three Ships Launched
In Three Days
Portland, Ore., April 21 U.R
With the launching of the tanker
Fallen Timbers today, Kaiser
shipyards here brought to three
the number of ships launched in
as many days.
, Monday the aircraft escort
carrier HMS Ameer went down
the ways, and Tuesday the Lib
erty ship Gilbert Stewart. In ad
dition the U. S. sub chaser Hell
Howler, PC-815 was commis
sioned at the Albina Engine &
Machine works Tuesday.
100-Mile Gales
Cross Aleutians
Santa Ana, Calif., April 21 (U.R)
A load of beer once a month
would do much to maintain
morale in the Aleutians, Lieut.
Col. John Chennault said in de
scribing his 14-month "lifetime"
in the Aleutians.
Visiting his 22-year-old broth
er, now a training cadet here,
the 29-year-old son of Brig.
Gen. Claire Chennault, head of
United Nations air forces in
China, told how he piloted a
squadron of newly commission
ed pilots to Alaska a little more
than a year ago.
That was' three weeks after
Pearl Harbor, he said, and he
and his fledglings embarked im
mediately upon combat duty
and have been at it ever since.
A year in the Aleutians is a
lifetime, he said.
Kiska is whipped by 100-mile-an-hour
gales. Flyers
landing in Aleutian waters die
of cold in less than an hour.
Steady bombing prevents Jap
establishment of formidable
passes, Chennault said, adding
the Japs do most of their work
at night with picks and
shovels.
units but after a two-hour bat
tle they retreated, leaving 1400
dead and nearly a score of tanks
destroyed.
Four hours later they tried
to attack again and lost 25
planes shot down and eight dam
aged, the Russians said.
It was too early in the de
veloping battle to decide here
if the Germans were attempt
ing a new spring offensive.
On other fronts there was
heavy artillery duelling along
the Donets north of Chuguev,
in the Scvsk district, and on the
Volkhov front southeast of Len
ingrad. Courses Extended
Boise, Idaho, April 21 VP)
Lewiston and Albion stale nor
mal schools, two-year institu
tions since their establishment
will offer four-year courses
leading to a degree of bachelor
of arts in education beginning
in the fall of 1943.
Sale Grows
For Benefit
On the eve of the big benefit
dance to be given at (he V.F.W.
hall, Hood and Church streets,
Thursday night, April 22, to aid
the Salem civil air patrol in the
purchase of equipment and
meet the expense of maneuvers,
Seam Squirrel (commander)
Frank L. Prince of the Military
Order of the Cootie, the sponsor
organization, states that the ad
vance sale of tickets by mem
bers of both organizations is
growing and the indications are
that the attendance at the func
tion will surpass all previous
records. Captain Lee U. Eyerly,
commanding the air patrol and
in charge of the arrangements
for that organization, reports
similar encouraging progress.
"While the air patrol, com
posed of both men and women
volunteers devoting their serv
ices to assistance to the army
air corps in emergencies, is un
der government supervision and
control," said Commander
Prince," it receives no financial
support from the government
and all expenses for uniforms
and equipment must be borne
by the membership. It is a
meritorious, patriotic movement
and deserves the hearty support
of the public."
Hungry Nit (adjutant) David
Furlough, chairman of the
Cootie general committee on ar
rangements, states that the
dance program plans are com
plete and the Cootiettes are pre
pared to serve the refreshmnts
and that "we are rarin to go."
Music will be by the Oregonian
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PINAFORE Songstress
Trudy Erwin, looking- like a
breath of spring-, wears the lat
est in cotton pinafores with a
wide border of flowers and leaves
for color The neat jumper effect
can be varied by wearing- differ
cut colored blouses.
West Salem Legion Post
Drops Annual Egg Hunt
West Salem, April 21 Kingwood post of the American Le
gion has announced plans to this year dispense with the annual
Easter egg hunt. This decision was reached after it was found
that war conditions would make
it impossible to purchase candy
eggs in the quantify necessary
to sponsor the hunt. The Le
gion's announcement brings to
mind a few interesting facts
concerning, the origin of the
hunt, which has been for many
years an annual event, looked
forward to by the youngsters of
West Salem and surrounding
Dear Warns
Against Subsidy
New York, April 21 (U.B
Walter M. Dear, president of
the American Newspaper Pub
lishers association, told the
ANPA convention today that a
proposed congressional appro
priation of $25,000,000 to $30,
000,000 for war bond advertis
ing in newspapers "smacks of
subsidy."
Dear, publisher of the Jersey
City (N. J.) Jersey Journal,
said, however, that "the basic
principle of advertising is just
as applicable and will be equal
ly as effective for the govern
ment as experience has proven
it to be."
"However," he added, "gov
ernment advertising must be
safeguarded from political in
fluence and directed by inde
pendent advertising experts
who have demonstrated their
ability and the confidence in
which they are held by the
newspapers. This confidence
has been built up by the honor
able and businesslike handling
of the trust imposed in the ex
penditure of private funds."
He urged newspapers "learn
to regard government advertis
ing as falling in the same cate
gory as a commercial advertis
ing campaign."
In a discussion of newsprint
supplies, Dear said that "with
government on one hand im
posing - restrictive measures in
the use of paper because of scar
city and prior demands of war
necessities, and with our ac
quiesence in increased price, it
strains the limits of patience to
note that the government itself
is the principal offender in
wasteful practices in the use of
paper."
Newsboys have sold a total
of $70,00,000 in war savings
stamps, the ANPA committee on
the newspaper boy reported.
More Protection
For Forests Asked
Washington, April 21 U.R)
Asserting that forest protection
funds In the department of ag
riculture appropriation bill are
too limited, Rep; Ford Norman
of Washington will go before
the senate committee to ask for
additional funds.
Forest fire money now is $6,
000,000 short of last year's ap
propriations, Norman said. He
maintains the west coast forests
would be unduly imperilled
with that allotment.
community. Some eight years
ago Angelo Grosso, wounded
veteran of the Italian army of
World war No. 1, instigated the
hunt and personally financed
the purchase of the eggs. The
event was so thoroughly enjoy
ed by the children, it was again
sponsored the following year
but this time Jim Mitchell, then
commander of Kingwood Post,
joined Grosso in sharing the ex
penses. By the third year the
Kingwood Post of the American
Legion took over the responsi
bility, establishing it as an an
nual event with always 1,500
or more eggs each year to keep
the youngsters amused for a few
hours each Easter afternoon.
The auxiliary have assisted the
post in the project for the past
few years.
For several years the hunt
was held on the vacant prop
erty adjacent to the Blue Lake
Cannery, but in more recent
years the scene of the hunt was
changed to the Legion home in
Kingwood Heights.
Collecting Tin Cans
Housewives are again remind
ed that prepared tin cans will
be collected Saturday, April 24
by the salvage committee aided
by students of the West Salem
schools. It is requested that the
cans be properly prepared and
that collections be reported to
school children living in the
neighborhood, i who will ar
range through the school for
their collection.. The salvage
committee is badly in need of
cooperation in this matter as a
door-to-door canvass is practic
ally Impossible due to the time
involved. It is suggested that
school children could help by
assuming personal responsibility
for having all the tin cans in
their block collected in one cen
tral location by Saturday morn
ing but they should not neglect
to inform their teacher as to
where the call should be made
when the pick up is made.
Mrs. G'. E. Vosburgh spent
several days in Grants Pass
where she was called due to the
death of her sister, Mrs. .M.
Hampton. Mrs. Vosburgh re
turned to her home the latter
part of the week.
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Boise, Idaho, April 21 (U.Pji-A
drop of 2000 second feet in the
Boise river flow today caused a
general easement In flood pre
cautions through the lower val
ley. The drop, however, was yet
to be felt in the Caldwell, Notus
and Parma areas where late yes
terday the stream got out of
hand and flooded thousands of
acres of rich farm land. Stream
recession there will not be not
ed until tomorrow morning.
A threatened break in a dike
above the Plantation golf course,
four miles west of the city, was
eased by the decreased flow at
Boise and the all-night work of
army engineers and civilian
workmen and equipment. i
A dike at the Plantation broke
yesterday, isolating the golf
course and partly covering it
with water.
The river was at its wr)st
point at Middleton where a
sheet of water stretched for
nearly a mile across the valley.
Much of the land flooded, how
ever, was waste land. '
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