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The Dutch are supposed to have surrendered one army In Java numbering 93,000, although only untrustworthy Jap figures again are available. Noting this evidence, current popular reasoning seems run ning along the line that Gen. Wavell's defensive strategy was stupid and that of the Dutch nearly as bad. . . . 'Too little, too late," they say. ... "If these scattered 171,000 troops had been put together with all the scattered naval forces tor a drive against the China coast the results might have been dif ferent," they say. ... If ... If ... If . VOU can get nearly any better result than the one that hap pened by reshuffling strategy and forces on paper now, but all this discussion overlooks the 'basic reason why the far - east is gone. The original error was the fatal one, the all inclusive one which never could be redeemed. It was simply that the British and Dutch were sitting out there for years upon the rich est portion of the earth and failed to take modern precau tions for Its protection. Specifically they had no air force worthy of the name. They had not even built air fields enough to house an airforce If one came. If every allied plane In the world had been shipped out there last December 7, few (Continued oo Pag Twelve) FBI Agent Killed By Army Fugitive t Abingdon, Va., March 13 tUP) Two army deserters who shot and killed one FBI agent and wounded another seriously were captured in an abandoned house on the outskirts of Abing don this afternoon. More than a hundred federal state and local officers sur rounded the house and a num- ber of shots were exchanged before tear gas forced the sold' iers out. NAME MEDICAL OFFICER FOR CIVILIAN DEFENSE Salem, March 13 UP) Dr. Vernon A. Douglas. Marion coun ty health officer, was appointed by Governor Charles A. Sprague today as state medical officer for the state civilian defense council. Dr. Douglas, who will serve without compensation, will coordinate the work of county medical disaster relief units. - Radio Highlights (Pacific war time) Tonight: Blue 4:45 Prime Minister Curtin from Canberra, Australia. MBS 7 boxing, Johnny Co- lan vs. Jimmy Webb. Saturday: CBS 11:30 Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese ambassador, on International situation. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS 9 Ralph Furrer becoming a very irate papa upon seeing that a typographical error had de prived his new baby of almost a whole pound, the babe weighing I seven pounds and 14 ounces to be exact. I iZ 5 RE $25,000,000 Lopped Off Allotment For Adminis tration Expenses, Grants. Washington. March 13 (IP) The house passed lata today the 1943 agriculture appropri ations bill, carrying a total of S820.06S.859 in authorised ex penditures and loans. A total of 8S6.810.722 was cut from the bill in nine days of debate. Washington. March 31 (AP) The house tentatively slashed $25,000,000 from the agriculture appropriations bill today, cutting in half the allotment for adminis trative expenses and grants In the farm rehabilitation program. The action on the reduction- largest single cut thus far in the farm supply bill came on a teller vote of 142 to 110 as Presi dent Roosevelt was reported re liably as considering a veto of the entire measure. Money Goes Begging Rep. Hope (R.-Kas.) said the $25,000,000 cut would put the re habilitation program "out of business," but Rep. Woodrum (D Va.) told the house that adminis trators of the program "have to advertise to get these people to come in and take the money" of fered as rehabilitation grants. Mr. Roosevelt was asked ear lier at his press conference if progress was being made in con trolling inflation. In some ways yes, replied Mr. Roosevelt, in some ways no, placing in the lat ter category the house action in writing into the appropriations bill a clause designed to prevent sale of government-held surplus crops at less than parity. The president was beaten both in senate and house on his plea that the prohibition be elimi nated to help prevent a further rise in the cost of living. He was reported to believe that only by a veto could he win his point. Passes Senate The senate recently passed and sent to the house a simple bill containing the ban. The house, which is still considering the ap propriation bill, has refused to remove a clause to prohibit the commodity credit corporation using any administrative funds in connection with sales of its surplus stocks below parity, with minor exceptions. A veto would mean that the measure, carrying money for the administration's farm programs beginning July 1, would be re turned to congress for further consideration. Legislators said that it would have to be ap proved in some form soon after that date to avoid suspension of farmer benefit payments. A strong economy bloc late yesterday slashed a total of $21, 250,264 tenant act Potsville, Pa., March 13 W) A motherless 15-year-old farm girl calmly related today. Dis trict Attorney C. A. Whitehouse said, that she shot and killed her father with a shotgun as he lay on a couch because "he beat me once too often." Peter Peoloetti, 44, was found late yesterday in his isolated Schuylkill county home near Valley View, the back of his head blown off. Whitehouse said a charge of murder would be filed late to day against the girl, Emma, who had lived alone with her father since her mother's death several years ago. The district attorney said the girl told him her father had abused her frequently. U. S. SKIP SUNK Havana. Cuba, March 13 (JP) Authoritative informants said today the United States merch ant vessel Texan had been sunk by enemy U-boat action off Nuevitae, north Cuba, and that all but nine of the 47-mari crew 1 was accounted for. Tanker Split by Torpedo The bow (left), of the 8.768-ton Gulf Oil tanker Gulftrade Juts above the waves less than four miles off shore near Barnegat, N. J., after a single submarine torpedo split the ship In half. Another tanker (right), passes the scene. Britain Hitler's LOG HAULERS ON CITED TO COURT The state highway ' commis sion, through special weight agents yesterday opened a drive against overloaded trucks on the Crater Lake highway and issued complaints against 13 drivers. As many more are ex pected to be served today. The drivers are scheduled to appear in Justice court tomorrow morn ing. The complaints charged the trucks carried excessive weights and, in a couple of cases, ex ceeded the legal limit, by as much as 10,000 pounds. District Attorney George W. Neilson said today the law cov- ering overloaded trucks would be enforced, "as the Crater Lake road cannot stand up under the illegal traffic." He. also com mented "it is taking a beating from the increased hauls, and will soon no longer be a road." All the trucks were engaged in hauling logs. Complaints filed ' yesterday were against: Woodrow Wilson Atwood Medford: Roy C. Lawrence, Central Point; George L. Rob erts, Roseburg; Bert Ellis, Med ford: Charles I. Skeeter, Talent; Ralph W. Sikes, Ashland; Henry T. Stage, Talent; Guy B. Ellison, Medford: E. Tenney. Agate; K W. Griffiths, Prospect; Wendell O. Sears, Shady Cove; Jacob S. Meyers, Shady Cove; Charles E, Carter. Medford. Attorney Porter J. Neff has been retained as counsel for the truckers. . Brazilians Routed By Shots Into Air Rio de Janeiro, March 13. (AP Shots fired Into the air by police and riot squads dispersed a crowd of about 500 persons gathering today in front of Ger man stores, apparently Intent on resuming yesterdays anti-nazi disorders. Newspapers and radio stations told nothing of yesterday's riots except the official announcement that "special measures were taken to maintain order." SOLDIER KILLED MsMinnville, Ore., March 13. (AP) Lowell E. Burt, about 20, a private In the U. S. army cavalry, died Instantly last night when his motorcycle collided with an automobile driven by Harold F. McCreary of Independ ence, Ore., State Policeman Hu bert Hoxie reported. Washington, March 13. (AP) The national housing agency announced today that President Roosevelt had signed an authori zation for the construction of 45,000 homes in the Detroit area, 30,000 by private enterprise and the remainder by the federal public housing authority. and Russia Beat Forces to Punch By Associated Press Germany's springtime offensive waited today on the calen dar. oroDitious circumstances and Russia's offensives in the were in full awing. The British announced a fire-i raising raid on the great Ger man naval base of Kiel while the red army, having beaten Hitler to the springtime punch, was battering its way across the Donets basin. Via Stockholm came word that Marshal Bemeon. Ximoshen- ko and his southern army oi from one and a quarter to one and a half million men had forced the enemy to draw once more on reserves being pre pared for Germany's own offen sive effort. The Germans admitted they still were on the defensive against "strong enemy forces" in the Donets region gateway to the Caucasus. London observers held that the objective of Timoshenko's 90 divisions was the Dnieper Bend, natural defense line in the heart of the' Ukraine. Unofficial reports have placed them only 30 to 40 miles from this goal. Although the calendar spring is but a week away, snow on the Staraya Russa front, below Leningrad, was reported so deep that ski troops still had to carry the burden of the fighting against the entrapped 16th Ger man army. The Russian army newspaper Red Star declared there would be only one spring offensive the Russian. It described the German In vasion machine as worn out and run down, with Hitler's soldiers trying desperately to hold on. counter-attacking repeatedly but at heavy cost and not halt ing th- red army's power drive. Apparently attempting to neutralize Kiel as a base for springtime adventures of the German fleet, the RAF unload ed new bombs on shipyards there for the 65th time over night and the "many fires" re sulting told departing bombar diers that their mission was achieved. Naval installations were set afire and the 26,000-ton battle ship Gneisenau, the battered fugitive from Brest, was also among the targets. Eight planes were lost mostly to strong anti aircraft batteries with which Kiel now Is ringed. STRAY SHELL HITS WALL ST. BUILDING New York, March 13. UP) An anti-aircraft crew stationed near the metropolitan area re ported to police today that at 12:40 p. m. (PWT) they acci dentally fired eight shells from an anti-aircraft gun .aimed in the direction of the W1I street area. At about that time, a piece of coping fell from the ledge between the 37th and 38th floors of the 40-story Equitable Life building. Goes Down I 4 and Adolf Hitler, but Britain's air and on the land, respectively MAC-HI TO MEET (The Mall Tribune office will answer telephonic inquiries re garding tonight's game from 8:30 to 9:30 o'clock) Salem, March 13 (Ore gon City and McLoughlin high of Milton-Freewater won their consolation semi-final games to day and the right to meet each other at 9:30 a. m. Saturday in a game to decide fifth place in the Oregon state high school basketball tournament. Oregon City defeated Eugene 36 to 45. while Mac-Hi nosed out Salem 33 to 32. The losers were dropped out of the tourna ment. (More basketball on Sport page) E CEILING ON PIECEMODS Washington, March 13 (IP) The office of price administra tion today clamped a temporary price ceiling on finished piece goods made of cotton, rayon and their mixtures to check what it called a "rapid and unwarrant ed rise in prices." The 60-day order In effect freezes prices at current levels, since it provides that maximum prices should not go higher than those prevailing between March 7 and 11. The price action does not ap ply to retail sales, but officials said the effect of it should be to prevent further increases In the retail price of women s and chil dren's dresses, women's suits, coats, pajamas, house coats, men's shirts, curtains and sim ilar items. GAS RATIONING SEEN NEAR FOR PORTLAND Portland, March 13 UP) Gasoline companies here pre dicted todsy gasoline rationing would begin soon in Portland but more to conserve tires on delivery trucks than because of gasoline shortage. However Industry spokesmen said solid trains of tank cars and scores of tank trucks were bringing gasoline into Oregon and distributing It. So far they have counteracted the growing shortage of tank ships. REGARDLESSI Portland. March 13 AP- Portland dairy workers declared today that if dailies cut down on deliveries to save tires their unions will demand the regular five-day pay scale, regardless. JapS Take New Direction In Drive British, TO SEEK! G. W. DUNN S CHAIR IN STATESENATE Ashlander Not To Seek Renomination Van Dyke May Be House Aspirant. Representative Earl Newbry announced In Ashland today that he plans to file next week for the state senatorial post now held by G. W. Dunn. Both are Ashland Republicans. The announcement set Jack son county's political pot to sim mering after a slow start in the primary campaign. , Dunn, a veteran of two years In the state house and 20 in the senate, said he would not seek renomination. For the last 18 years he has served on the wavs and means committee. He was Instrumental In passage of the normal school bill in 1926. Frank 3. Van Dyke, Ashland city attorney and county canton ment coordinator, indicated he might become a candidate for state representative. William M. McAllister of Med ford, representative, said he was undecided whether to run again FOR WAR PERIOD Washington, March 13 UP) President Roosevelt told a press conference today that this la a war and politics Is out. He said his remarks applied to congress as well as the press, We read too much politics In the papers these days and these articles talk in terms of the past, he commented. Mr." Roosevelt made that re mark when asked whether he thought there could be a greater concentration on the war effort by political groups, newspapers and others. To a question as to whether his remarks were "also true of the cabinet," the chief executive responded that ho found little political implications in any action taken by cabinet mem bers. He said that whenever he sees any such Implication, and this Is in pretty rare cases, he steps on It with both feet. Finicky Appetites Problem In Feeding New U.S. Army Los Angeles, March 13 (JP) , Pampering mammal who devel oped finicky appetites In their sons have created quite a feed ing problem for the army. Everything will be all right, however, if - the soldiers eat what's set before them. They should even, come out of the service heavier, stronger, maybe a little taller, and with better eyes than when they were in ducted. ... That's what Mary I. Barber, food consultant to the secretary of war. told the Lt ague of Wom en Voters last night. She attributed failure of some young men to pass army phys ical tests to finicky appetites and blamed their mothers for not supplying them with the proper diet. Seeing that soldiers get their vitamins in food instead of from pills is quit, a problem. Many Upon Australia; Chinese Join Arms war Bulletins liSEA PENETRATION Vichy, March 13. UP) Paris had a 45-mlnute air raid alert today as an RAF scout ing force cruised over the oc cupied capital, forced suspen sion of horse racing at the Vincennae track and survey ed the manufacturing area in the southwestern workers dis trict. No bombs were dropped. Melbourne, Australia. Sat urday, March 14 IP) Prime Minister John Curtin an nounced today the presumed loss of the cruiser Perth and the sloop Yarra, with loss ei 833 lives. He said both warships had fought successfully and with out damage in the Java sea and had later put in at a Java port, but had not been heard from since they left there for home. Tho Perth is an Australian cruiser of 6,980 tons the Yarra a sloop of 1.060 tons. E CONTROL AS WAR MEASURE IS STUDIED BY F.D.R. Washington, March IS VP) The question of wage control as a war measure is under study, President Roosevelt as serted today. The chief executive declined at a press conference to go into the question of putting a celling On wages as an anti-Inflation step but he did disclose that the whole problem was under con sideration. Asked whether he was con sidering "positive action on wage control," he plied crisply. It is under study. Proponents of a wage celling have contended it is necessary to cut down purchasing power of Individuals if inflation Is to he checked. Just as it is neces sary to control prices. Boastful Basso in Custody as Alien New York, March 13 (IP) The oft-repeated boast that he was Mussolini's friend has re sulted In the seizure of Ezio Plnza, Metropolitan opera basso for the last 15 years, and his detention on Ellis Island as an enemy alien. Agents of the federal bureau of investigation separated the Italian-born singer, 50, from his American - wife, the former Doris Neal Leak of Larch mont Manor, N. Y., yesterday. He now awaits a hearing by local alien board. don't drink the half pint of milk offered each man daily, so menus Include cheese and, once week or oftener, Ice cream. Powdered milk is used freely In cooking. Butter is used on as many vegetables as possible because some soldiers cat it tnarlr.elv. Ml Barber's Job Is to feed millions of men healthfully and adequately on 52 cents a day meanwhile being careful not to upset civilian food prices or supplies. As a consequence, menus are staggered throughout the coun try so that not every camp Is serving baked potatoes and roast veal on the same day. "Before staggering was put into practice, we had camps bid ding against each other for food. In one Instance, such competi Hon tripled the price of grape fruit and left none for the civil ian consumer," she OF SOLOMON ISLES SIGHTED FROM AIR New Move May Be Feint of Thrust Aimed At United Nations Route To Asia.. By Clyde A. Farnswortk (Associated Press War Editor) .Japan's offensive against Aus tralia, still taking form in the welter of islands curving alone the vast northern shore of the continent, has speared off In tangent of naval penetration of the Solomon Islands. In the second chief theater of the war with Japan, the British Imperials withdrawing north of Rangoon have for the first time Joined Chinese troops, attempt ing to consolidate a front be tween two main routes out of Rangoon, 60 to 80 miles from the abandoned port city of the Irrawaddy delta. . - Bataaa Quiet In the Philippines, the United States reported no change in the Bataan peninsula situation a watchful waiting for the next all-out Japanese attack on Gen eral MacArthur's forces. Japan's Solomon islands move was evidently either a feint to district attention from establish ment of New Guinea bases for the prospective lunge at Aus tralia or actually a thrust to ward the New Hebrides and New Zealand along the island chain pointed at the united na tions sea rout, to Australia. ahead of any direct attempt to Invade the continent. The move was disclosed by Australian air reconnaissance over the Australian-mandated part of the Solomon group. The warship force was sighted three days ago off Kessa, on tiny Buka island stepping it on. from New Britain to th. Solo mons. There was no further in dication that the Japanese had landed there. Attack Airfield Buka is 180 miles southeast of Japanese-occupied Rabaul. New Britain, and 900 miles northeast of Australia's north eastern extremity, th. Cap. York peninsula. ' Australian bombers smashing at the potential Island route to ward New Zealand attacked th. enemy-held airfield at Gasmata, on th. south coast of New Brit ain, yesterday. ' The Japanese ollenilve was crippled to some extent in th. sinking of seven ships by air attack last Tuesday on saia- maua, a Japanese foothold in New Guinea. , The war department an nounced that five Japanese planes were destroyed two days ago by five United States army heavy bombers in a raid on Jap anese-held airdromes at salam auua and Lae, both in New Guinea. All th. airdrome buildings were destroyed and harbor pier at La. was hit directly. Again Japanese fighters cnM- lenged the raiders, but flv. were shot down and th. big bombers escaped unscathed. SENTENCE VIERECK TWO TO SIX YEARS Washington, March 13 UPh The maximum sentenc of two to six years was Imposed in dis trict court today upon George Sylvester Vlereck, convicted of hiding his activities aa a Ger man propaganda agent. In addition. Justice T. Dickin son Letts fined th. German-born American citizen total of 81.500 and assessed him cost of (thai
