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TWO SECTIONS-24 PAGES NEWS STANDS 5c NO. 163 ON STREETS Sc; EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1942 a(iue Urqes AiraraffH: Carrier Lexiiinigtoini, Two Wat ion Of Lana's Kisses I Really 'Sell' PORTLAND. Ore June 12. Luscious Lana Turner's kisses rang the bell for more than in war bond sales today as Miss Turner not only fulfilled her promise to bestow a kiss upon the buyer of the largest amount but kissed several, such was her Allied Staffs Confer On Second Front Actual Land Attack Other SHiips Lost Sun CoraD Baffle Mule Most 01 Crews irnor Enters Fo rseen By Some, Others Controversy; Hearing Plea Saved; Jap bay Air Raids Only By EDWARD W. BEATT1E ,,1 Governor Charles A.

hand Friday in the LONDON, June 12. (U general staffs are in contact on "the urgent problem of creat. bill proposal io i)ui 1 jiortb t't under a led-: m'bu Valley administra- It was the largest single day's sale of war bonds during the war and a new Pacific coast record. San Francisco bought only when Miss Turner took over there earlier this week and Seattle's biggest day so far has been $155,000. Frederick Freed.

21. a navy enlistee, who gave his life savings, of $5000, received two kisses, one lasting nearly a minute, from the lovely Lana. Four received kisses for purchases of $50,000 each. ing a second front in Europe in 1942," it was understood today. Oely a few men in Washing r.

power and water re-. letter to the regional ton, London and Moscow know commission in which he Losses Heavy Nippon Losses Set At 15 Ships Sunk, At Least 20 Damaged WASHINGTON, June 12(i The smashing naval victory in the battle nf the Coral aca cost the that when, or even how, tha blow will fall under the agreements reached clf-govern- I and local by Great Britain and the United nreservea. Mates with Russia. -vtrnor ako supported an th, Willamette Valley I The British man in the street. The "kissing spectacle" at the victory center today attracted more than 30,000 spectators.

Lara' Association to Sen-Ktrton. chairman of the Ljte-House committee and the Russian, interpreted the identical second front announcements here and at Washington at their face value. He expected an actual land fighting front in western Europe this summer to be an United States the 33-nnO-ton aircraft carrier Lexington, the navy Rubber Drive nducting hearings on mc nj that hearings be held Northwest so that people nctrned can hear and be disclosed today, in a summation which told of far vaster damage tn a Japanese armada menacing invasion of the continent Interpretations Given Australia. The Lexkitgon sank, with rela More conservative quarters, especially those who knew the To Start June 15 Sutnlrd I was sucsested as the tremendous problems involved. tively slight loss nf life.

In a post-battle explosion which spread fires the crew was unable to put out after it had "fought heroically for more than five houra' to held that Britain, the United States and Russia might already have agreed that formation of WASHINGTON, June 12. the Northwest nearings iBcne-Smith measure in a a which was dispatched by I Ckrlinger. Dallas, chair-i1 the legislative committee Wlamette Valley such a front immediately was Inv possible; that the allied contrihu save the ship. tOO Thought Cost tion would be limited to bombing attacks of growing ferocity and Assuming that the normal President Roosevelt announced today an intensive campaign for collection of the nation's old scrap rubber supply would start June 15 and last through June 30. Individuals were urged by the chief executive to search their basements, attics and back yards all items of rubber that have commando-like raids on an is the neaaquariers ui creasing scale along 2,000 miles complement of 2.300 r.en was aboard during the action, somewhat fewer than 200 of them were of the Atlantic coast.

As for the prospect of an Inv mediate second front, as it i lost on the basis of navy officials' estimates that 92 per cent of the AM 0 SS rA Lexington crew was rescued. popularly understood, they said I that asirie frnm all nthr nrnhlm. I 3 carded. Offices From March 10 through May 8. factories and farms also the allies face a tremendous task imttte Valley Lumoer-isociation.

and one of the xportant centers of the industry in the Northwest. a the home nf the Eugene 3oard which has conducted iwd public ownership for i with marked success. The Water Board is a mem-it Northwest Power asso-m organization of munici-ich thoueh not fighting all of the CVA program has are being asked to cooperate, merely in keeping their shipping the entire campaign cost the Japanese more than 1.1 ships sunk, 1 Through arrangements with the lanes open throughout the world oil industry 400,000 filling stations to Murmansk in the Russian will serve as collection depots I Arctic to Australia; to India They will pay one cent a pound throughout the seven seas which for the rubber brought in, and the they really control, government will reimburse them I Ships, they said, are the key to that lum. 1 the invasion situation. They esti- President Roosevelt, declaring mate that between 2.000.000 and tied numerous points.

fc Comments MIDWAY HEROES RETURN TO HAWAII. Heroes of the battle nf Midway returned to Oahu Field nt Honolulu In an army transport plane. Flying buddies, who were forced to gathered around the pig plane to greet theme McArthur. manager of the Water Board said: j.ouu.uuti tons or shipping, eauiva slay hchini (AP Photo) slay behind, This picture was radioed from Honolulu to San rrancisco, Ir ak it would be an excel-bn to hold hearings in the mat me ruoroer situation was extremely serious, again urged the people to cut down on pleasure driving and reduce both automobile speed and mileage. He told a press conference he probably sunk and 20 damaged.

The United States Inst, besides tha Lexington, only the tanker Neosho and the destroyer Sims, and large part ot their personnel was saved. The navy said the enemy lossea Included "the new Japanese aircraft carrier, Ryukaku," and that "serious damage" was inflicted on the Shokaku, another carri.s. Naval sources here expressed belief that the Ryukaku was brand new Japanese carrier, so new that it was not yet listed in the standard naval reference books available in this country. They said it was apparently about a 20.ono-ton vessel. The Shokaku, also spelled Syo-kaku, was a M.OOO-ton carrier.

lent to 400 or 500 five-thousand-ton ihips, would be needed simply to crry to Europe from Britain the 25 divisions of troops regarded as the minimum needed for an invasion. ifst not only In Eugene but West Coast Invasion Threat (J( J. Gun Crew Chinese lU SPRAOt'E STORY had no idea when a person with PAGE This means a total of about 375.000 men Sinks Axis Sub Removed By Midway Battle; Troops Free For Other Duty! Lost Tons of equipment would hav )n High Wins 4-H to follow to maintain each man on the continent. HAVANA. June 12.

U.B The Control Contest gun crew of an American mer these sources said, and normally chant ship, most of them youths of 20 or less, has sunk an Axis carried about 4.1 airplanes. Khool district was high four tires might be able to get new ones. It may be a long, long time, i he said. So, he added, it is a matter of common sense to make existing tires wear as long as possible. Reporters noted that he had mentioned persons with four tires and inquired whether that meant that owners of five might not have five very long president said he did not know.

The collection drive will be inaugurated at 12:01 a. on Monday, June 15 and concluded at midnight on Tuesday, June 30. Thus it will last through 16 full in the 1942 4-H club ntrol contest, it was Friday at the office of Bv CLARK LEE PEARL HARBOR, June 12 (AP) Speedy American reinforcements may be sent to western Pacific bases and all Pacific key points, it is predicted as a result of the battle of Midway. The Japanese defeat is felt to have removed, at least for the predictable future, any threat that the mainland of the United States might be invaded. Therefore, it Is believed surh forces which may have been held If i 3anielson, assistant county Olive Barber To Meet Friends At Reception Olive Barber, whose daily column about "just people" has won thousands of friends, will meet her Lane county friends Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4 at an informal reception in the main parlor of the Osburn.

Punch will be lr. Swamp school district ftud and Portage district On May 8, the Lexington maa made the main objective of Japanese aircraft which attacked while her own planes were absent. "These attacks were the last action In the battle of the Coral Sea, the navy said, and gave this description of the hemic fight which officers and crew of the great carrier put up In their des-pernte attempts to prevent her destruction: "The crew of the Lexington suc ramty was divided into KMrate zone and these submarine after a brief running gun fight, thus raising the total of enemy U-boata sunk in recent weeks in waters of the Greater Antilles to three and possibly five, authoritative but unofficial sources said yesterday evening. Braving withering bursts of ma-rhine-gun fire which swept the flecks of their vessel, the gunners fired at the submarine until it was pierced by two shells and made a crash dive. Oil slick has been reported for four days on the spot where the battle occurred, indicating that the submarine undoubtedly was sunk.

CHUNGKING, June 12. 11 The Chinese, having exacted a tremendous price, conceded today that the Japanese had won Chuh-sicn. an important railway town and air station of western Cheki-ang province, but claimed recapture of another point behind the Japanese Imps and new success for the American Flying Tigers. The success of the American Volunteer group fighters in shooting down half of a force of 1ft Japanese planes over Kweilin, Kwangsi province, earlv today emphasized the entry of the "Tigers" into the battle of China proper. They are veterans of the battle of Burma and the Burma road.

Loss of Chuhsien was recorded in a high command communique which said the Chinese completed withdrawal Wednesday after a nine-day battle in which 1R.0O casualties werj inflicted on the enemy. leaders in each. Lor- on the west coast of the United I f) Hf WHIPS 10 States as a defense against pos- VUlllll IV sible invasion have now 1 1 I i i days. Actually, the president will start it off informally with a five minute radio talk tonight at 6 45 o'clock, eastern war time. served.

't in zone 3, Swamp in "id Portage in zone 1. Lor-4 T.025 points; Swamp. Jtiotj md Portage, 32,250 Mrs. Barber has been in Eugene since Monday, making a quiet tour of city and rural com Yviaen nign jireei The Eugene citr council took emergency action Thursday night to eliminate a d.ingerous bottleneck in the city streets. Suggested by the state highway commission, a plan to widen High Of 4-tI rlnh )4tMrnn munities with veteran reporters of The Register-Guard.

She has visited the famous Vocational school, a community gathering nf BEE LEXINGTON STORY War In Brief Coral Sea Battle Score Sheet Given 10.000 or more points named as follows: women in historic Delight Val Authoritative sources refused to say where the latest sinking, or any previous ones, occurred. The w'ry. Portage; Edgar Oak Grove: Douclas J. Fall Creek-Lowell; Clar- Greater Antilles embrace the is ley, the big SP railroad yards where 2.000 workers are making railroad history, dozens of farms where nvn and women are achieving and she has had a fishing trip and boat ride through Innds of Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico and other smaller islands a 1.300 mile sweep through waters of the freed and can be sent tr arras where they are more urgently needed. Air Protection Important The battle of Mtdwav showed the effectiveness of aircraft in rnatal defense to such an extent that any area with suffirient aerial protection may feel reasonably safe from invasion.

Such defense force should Include dive-bombers, torpedo planes, fighters and heavy bombers. In both the Coral sea and the Midway battles, both the Japanese and Americans followed the same attacking tactics, sending in first the dive bombers and torpedo planes against the aircraft carriers, which are the most important target. The vital Job in such action is to knock out the carriers, and the Americans successfully did this in both battles. The dive bombers BULLETIN I aribbean. Gull of Mexico and At lantic ocean.

nesinr; Keal Davis, David Malpass, Ward; -ie, Walterville; Jackie hn; John Briggs, Lor--m McCauley, Lynx Hol-fA Batchelder. London; wk. Enterprise; Keith 1 -Mt. Vernon; Billy street between Fifth and venues, was given approval by the councilmen. The widening was expected to be done while the highway crews are in the city on another jot the improvement of city streets damaged by heavy trucking.

A combination of traffir difficulties brought about the suggestion that High street be widened between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Change in the flrrw of traffic over highway number U9 to High street, and the already heavy traffic of HOVOMI.r. June 12 0J A naval spokesman describing; the battle of Midway Island revealed Hy UNITED TRESS ItUSSlA. Germans pre c'fen-ive operations on Sevastopol and Kharkov front in preparation for summer drive toward Caucasus; losses at Sevastopol put at 6U.0O0 in three days. IJMYA.

Axis forces concentrated in triangle against British at KmghLsbrirlgc alter capture o( Hir Haeheim and advance to Mir Kl Harmat threatens flanking ot Allied line on south. CHINA. air squadrons heavily bomb Chinese positions in Fukicn and Kiangs, in renewed drive for main railroad WASHINGTON, June 12. DP The final score sheet for the Coral sea campaign. JAPANESE LOSSES Sunk (More Than IS) 1 Aircraft Carrier (Ryukakl new and believed to be in excess of 20.000 tons).

3 Heavy Cruisers. 1 Light Cruiser 2 Destroyers. 4 Gunboats. 4 Transports or cargo vessels. Additional smaller vessels.

Probably Sunk (21 1 Cruiser. 1 Destroyer. Severely Damaged (more than 20) IORANF STORY today that four Japanese aircraft carrier probably were destroyed Those sources aald that three submarines now have been sunk in thnt area In recent weeks. Other reliable sources larking the authenticity of the other said four and five submarines now have been blasted to the bottom in the same area. The most gratifying aspect of the brief but effective battle, authoritative sources said, was the cour Including two nf the largest type In the carrier class.

SEE OMVE BARBER PAGE 4 ABC Of Canning Sugar Registration The What, when and Where of the canning sugar problem was supplied Friday by H. V. Johnson, chairman of the county's sugar rationing committee. What: The problem of obtaining suffirient sugar to pnt up this summer's fruits. Where: Applicant for canning sugar may call at the Lane county rationing office, room 38.

Fund Boxes Muled By J-C Commander Murr E. Arnold, leader of a I. S. alrrraft carrier bombing group, said one Japanese i truck farmers who bring their I products to the Kugene Fruit and torpedo planes went in so age of the gun crew, despite its communications. 1 Aircraft Carrier (Shokaku youth fulness, while firing almont 1 Of the Jurlnl.

f-h-m. at point blank range. Most of them were still in their 'tceni and the! Growers' association plant in the same vicinity, so congrtcd the street at this point that motorists often were forced to wait long periods before they could reach their destination. The council's new and of about 14,000 tons). 3 Cruisers.

2 Aircraft Tenders. 3 Destroyers. AUSTRALIA. Allied planes set new fires at fl.ibaul; shoot down two Japanese airplanes. CUBA.

Three and possibly five Axis submarines reported sunk, near Cuba in bitt week. carrier of the Kara class, one nf the Akael class and another medium-sized carrier were sunk within 21 hours after the first atUck on Midway, He said a fourth Japanese carrier, medium lized, probably was destroyed. ret were dcitmbed as not over their early I The submarine which the Amer- clo.e they couldn't miss the enemy carriers. The Japanese found there is no way for a surface vessel to evade determined dive bomber and torpedo attarks. Then, with the enemy carriers either sunk or out of commission and the enemy ships deprived of fighter protection, our heavy bombers attacked and slammed Wwce Friday afternoon Fund" con-on the counters wn in the for- of tr drive to raise adequate air raid Additional unspecified ships not identified in navv communique.

Aircraft Lost More than 100. action in the npe meeting was can crew tackled was reported to approval of the highway en- have unexpectedly risen to the' ameers' lUanf em that the bottle-' surface at nnlv a fw varrlt We are sure It never got back 't the Eugene to neck be removed. 'from the meirhantman. char also has ar. Commander Arnold revealed the remaining enemy ships fleeing two Jipsnese forces were Involv-1 'rnm the Midway area, ed.

I Trrr this follow-up bombing. SPR Afil CiOEM EAST SALE M. June 12 'Governor Charles A. Sprague will leae Satem by train at 7 p. m.

tonight en route to N. tr attend the annual national conference of utate governors, which opens June 20. Ptojfic. hox to contributors The first was a striking force land-based planes are fMTED STATES LOSSES Sunk (1) Aircraft Carrier Lexington, 33, 000 tons. Destroyer Sims, 1.VT0 tons.

Tanker Neosho. 8.0(10 tons. Damaged to the All Damage In Coral Sea Battle Done By Aircraft the Inrlnriin. fnnr j.rrlr fhr-j. ha! nesiraoir, in auaiuon addresn of American navy's patrol-bomber.

Euirene Ore. Onlv minor damage to other which have proved invaluable for locating the enemy fleetn. Of course, if the Midway battle had gone the other way and the Japanese had punk our carrier and knocked out Midway, the Hawaiian Wands probably would be fighting an invasion today. vessels. Aire rait Lost Number not announced.

Bigger goose- 874 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Last month THE REGISTER-GUAM) rubhhed fi74 Help Wanted ads, offering new opportunities to capable workers nf all kinds. Thousands nf employed people watch the Help ads in their search for better in- In the lumbers building, or II they live outside the Eugene area, they should apply to the deputy county boards. So far, boards have been established in Westfir. Vtda, Springfield, Cottage drove. Junction City, and Florence.

According to Mr. Johnson's statement, other boards will be esUblished In other vicinities as soon as available help Is found. When: All summer long, If necessary, (snners have the choice of registering their sugar needs for each crop as It comes along or of telling their needs for the entire harvest season all in one lump. How: Anyone wishing to obtain canning sugar should spply to the ration board headquarters, or to the deputy ration board nearest his place of residence. How Mnrfi: There are no limits upon the amount of sugsr which may be had.

provided the rationing rules are followed. Mr. Johnson said. "It has been the experience of the board that practically everyone gels as much sugsr ss he has used In previous sears in ranning. Of course, there are soum eseep.

lions," Bv CLARK T.EK SOMEWHKHK IN THE SOUTH nar bases the first time PACIFIC. Tbe Coral sea that had been done, battle was the firt naval battle I 2, This gave valuable time to in hixtorv in uhx all damage strengthen Australia and Pacific was done by aircraft. island banes. Surface craft uved their weap- 3. The Japanese lml at least 13 ons only as anti-aircraft weapons Ves-els.

plus two severely riam-and never were in range of each i nsrrl. Those were far greater than othrr United States loase and especial- Both sides had aircraft carriers. lrnpor1ant because the United crui-ers. detroyrrs and mibma- states can reolai its losne. mnre 'he goal In battle" for Myrtle Creek City Treasurer Arrested ROSEBURG.

June 12 Bonneville Energizes Park ave- I Line To Army Camp lleMitps and numerous cruiser and destroyers. The second Japanese naval group com It ted of about 11 large Teasels nf the carro and transport cla, protected br numerous rruler and destroyers and possibly battleships. Civilian Air Patrol To Guard Forests SPOKANE. June 12'-An aerial er n-irth-Aet will probably be commenced about July 1 by the civil ir patrol. Wing Commander Hinkley hai announced.

Mink ley, who returned yesterday frnm a CAP conference in Franc the patm! wuld fwppcra'e ith tne fiet ervu. and army lorcei. 'nowing a or for Jobs better to their ttaming and ines in the action and fhrll frag- comes suied speedily than the Japanese. but 35 rr.eas-ar',ur.d and Three American naval force abilities. )rt Reynolds, merchant and city treasurer at Myrtle Creek, was in custody here today charged with misappropriation of city funds.

Although specifically accused of taking for hn own use $724 70 between the dates of Jan. 1 ar May 19. of this year. Rey-nol; is alleged in a report of auditors to have a shortage of nearly Jll.000 in his record" over a period of years since 1927. District Attorney J.

V. Long P-ace in the V-t Vw, Mrs. Rob- Cheley Brazil, Eugene representative of the Bonneville d-ministration. announced Friday tnat the administration had completed energisation of the electric iines from the power plant to Camp Adair fCorvallls-Albany ctntonment). The line will be Cipable of carrying at least lO ono kilowatts, Mr.

Brail said, but th initial service probably will Dot require mora toaa mT.ts from "hells larger than eight inches which were found in vim American planes indicated the possibility one Japanese battleship took part. The battle was not decisive but in thee respect Was an American victory: 1. United States forces, although outnumbered, broke up a a pane inv on fleet And drove l- 3- Eugene. LOW RATES TO I'N EMPLOYED THE REGISTER-GUARD offers a low cash rate of 9c a line on "Situations Wanted' ads. were in the vicinity of the Coral sea when the battle started.

Admiral Fletcher's task force, inbtrmed of a larger enemy concentration at TuIhki, in the Solomon Inlands, attacked May 4, American earner -based planes SEE AIRCRAFT KTORY FAGC I 'ming out fiower. i.