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Faces Penalty,
MeDonel Warns
Huge U. S. Convoy Lands
Soldiers in Australia
Britain’s Spring
Air Offensive
Ack-Ack Stops
New Raid On
Mexico Federal Court
Refuses Rubio Arrest
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Nazis Admit Some
Loss at ('olozne
Australia Sends Out
Bombers to Search
For Invasion Fleet
Bureau Develops Plans
For Child Evacuation
Prison Sentences, Fine
Prov ided in Violation
Of Price Ceiling Rule
Big Fires Left Burning
At Nazi Transportation
Center on Rhine
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in Central Strip
Loss Would Leave
West Coast Wide Open.
Curtin Declares
Oklahoma. Canadian, Cleveland, Cad- temperatures and the possibility of a
do Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan and shower. Saturday was forecast bv Har-
Australia
met and
army a month and 13 days and was
married 13 days after enlisting. Hn
got a 13-word teleeram from his bride
on Friday the 13th. asking him to
Jerome county rationing board mem-
bers are wondering if farmers and
truckers of this aren are a little more
part of the slate
The temperature range in Oklaho-
ma City was from 66 degrees at 5
p. m., Friday to only 18 at 8 a. m.
Saturday and Wahlgren pointed out.
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SPOKANE, Wash. March 14.—(P)
— Private Carl Schroegel has 13 let-
To Speed Production of Weapons; All
Sections to Be Sampled
Idaho County Farmers
Ask for No Truck Tires
JEROME, Idaho, March 14 (R) —
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man.
Many counties of the state were
Accidental Shot Nicks Manhattan Skyscraper
The first shell of the war fell Friday on Manhattan. It was
fired accidentally by an anti-aircraft battery on the East
river, and it nicked a corner of the Equitable building be-
tween the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth floors, deep in
the heart of the downtown financial district. No one was
hurt. This picture. the only one the army would allow photog-
raphers to snap, shows mortar and brick dust on the coping
of the building just belowe th spot where the shell struck,
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Lincoln: Merle Smith, Guthrie, Logan, | area is March 29 "althoush we've had
and John Arnold, Shawnee, Pottawa- freezes as late as April 30 ”
CANBERRA, Australia, March
14.—(P— A grave warning that
the Americas would be "wide
open” if Japan conquers Aus-
tralia and a plea for the closest
co-operation with Australia were
broadcast directly to the people
of the United States Saturday
by Prime Minister John Curtin,
leader of his country’s fight for
life against Japan.
"Australia Is the last bastion be-
tween the west coast of America and
the Japanese—if Australia goes, the
Americas are wide open," he declared
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the home gardener’s wartime effort
to satisfy himself that he can help
the nation’s food situation.
small contingent marched into a park
lor inspection by an American colonel
Traffic on one of London’s busiest
thoroughfares paused briefly while the
troops passed.
Already in March W ar
Costs Are One Billion
patriotic than those elsewhere.
Nineteen truck tires were allotted
the county for distribution in Feb-
ruary Not a aingle application was
received.
Texas Roy Appeals
H hen Pal Stands Him Up
DENVER, March 14,—(— Tweive-
year-old David Tutt hitchhiked from
Texas to meet a pal so they could "go
out and get a job as cowboys," but
the pal stood him up.
His 60-cent travel fund gone. David
called at police headquarters Friday
"Do you know a boy about my size
holding their county conventions Sat-
urday and picking delegates to attend
Organization Meetings
Scheduled Today
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CHICAGO, March 14,—(UP)—The Chicago Sun re-
ported in a copyrighted dispatch from Sydney, Australia,
Saturday that "thousands of United States soldiers” arrived
in Australia three weeks ago in a convoy which srvived
Japanese attacks without the loss of a man.
The dispatch was sent by Edward Angly, Sun corre-
spondent. who said he accompanied the convoy.
"Where the soldiers are debarking and what they are doing
is a military secret," the dispatch said, "but it is possible to reveal
that, the troop convoy in which I came to Australia three weeks
ago was attacked on more than one occasion.”
"Our protecting warships were quick to strike and I have a
notion that some of the Japanese who left home looking for trou-
ble found so much of it in our company that they will never get
home to tell the tale.
"On the other hand, every man in our convoy reached his
destination safe and sound
Thousands of Troops Make Long Crossing
in Darkened Vessels: Protecting Warships
Drive Off Attacks by Japanese
by the Defense his father, Arthur Tutt, in Wichita
i Falls.
Results of Survey to Be Used as Basis for Laws
project is financed
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routed in India he asserted:
"I say to you that saving Australia
is saving America".- vest coast. If you
believe anything to the contrary you
delude yourselves
Cruiser Perth lost
. Kingfisher.; for the benefit of gardeners, that the
Kingfisher; Homer Breeding. Stroud, average date of the last freeze in this
North Stale Section
May Get Showers
minutes of the West Point anniver- he died shortly after, raves recently
sary program beginning at 9:30 p. m. underwent operations in Baltimore
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New Delegates
the state meeting. Some counties,
however, held their conventions Fri-
day.
At the state convention, W J. Otjen
of Enid, former state senator. Is to be
the keynote speaker. An out-of-state
speaker, yet to be selected, will deliver
the principal address.
Eight-County Test of Air Raid
ters in his name. has been in
Says I lie Queen Marv
Torpedoed Off Brazil
after 95 days of Japan's staggering
advance south and ever south, we
have not obtained first hand con-
tact with America
“Therefore, we propose sending to
you our minister for external affairs.
Dr H. V Evatt, who is no stranger to
your country, so we may benefit from
his discussions with your authorities.
"Evatt will not go to you as a men-
dicant. ... He will go to tell you
that we are fighting mad and that
our people hate a government that is
governing with orders and not weak-
kneoded suzgestions, ...”
Evatt, also attorney general, was
chosen recently to go to Washington
after Australian and New Zealand of-
, ficials conferred on war strategy.
BUYBONDS
Mor ethan 15 planes piloted by civil air patrol pilots will fly
the skies over eight central Oklahoma counties Sunday in the
first air raid maneuver conducted for the air raid warning serv-
ice.
The flights will be staged under the laedership of George A.
Hales, Oklahoma City, group commander of the civil air patrol for
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"Aleri lo Last From 9 \. M. Io 5 Spotters
Io Record ‘Enemy’ Activites in Sky
Delegates to the Republican state
convention scheduled to be held here
March 23. were to be selected at the
convention of Oklahoma county Re-
publicans Saturday afternoon at the
Skirvin hotel.
Oklahoma county was to name 178
delegates to attend the state meetbig
and to elect officers of the county or-
ganization John Amos was expected
to be re-elected as county chairman.
At Saturday afternoon's meeting
Howard Hopps, Oklahoma City attor-
ney, was to serve as temporary chair-
speculation that the
who used to live in Wichita Falls
Lashing at
Before speaking to his comrades in stars because blackout prevented reading and card playing and
this war" in the Unite d states, the that the sighting of the constellation, Southern Cross, "swept
prime minister announ ed that Aus- around the decks like an item of hot news.”
tralla presum . suffered an- _____________________________
Marsh Sanders,
The life of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
will be dramatized Saturday night at Former Covernor
the U S military academy as the LOE --EII
that the Perth and her sister ship
the Hobart, were among 23 United
Nations warshins sunk off Java on
the weekend of March 11
The sinking of the Perth and the
Yarra would bring Apstralia’s naval
losses since the start of the war to two
cruisers two sloovs and one destroyer
The Perth, damaved bv German
bombs in I hr British evacuation of
Crete last vear. was prominent in the
battle of Matapan against the Italian
fleet and in a dozen forays around
Greece and Crete. The Yarra left
Australia. In August 1940 She won
fame last October when she and a
merchant cruiser captured seven axis
ships in the Persian gulf
Minister Sent tn l'. S.
Men in Darkened Ships Didn't Know Destination
No additional details on the attacks were given.
(Angly’s dispatch was the first received by an American news-
paper or press assocition reporting arrival of a troop convoy at
Australia The London Daily Mail, however, carried a dispatch
from its correspondent, Walter Farr, last Saturday, reporting he
was at sea with a United Nations convoy in the South Pacific.
। The navy department at Washington said Sunday it was its
"impression" that Farr’s dispatch ‘contained no positive facts
having any relation whatsoever to new convoy operations in that
area.” The navy said Farr's dispatch had been filed from Hono-
lulu.,
Anglv said the convoy "made the journey in crowded, blacked
out troop ships, out of touch with the world at war for several
weeks, not knowing at any time what waters we were in nor
where we were headed.
"The men with whom I made the journey came from all parts
of the United States," the dispatch said. "Many of them were
rushed across the United States to our embarkation point to leave
on one of the early transports which were harbingers of many
more to come."
The dispatch said the ships were "overcrowded” by "soft,
civilian peacetime standards.”
(Evening Edition of The Dally Okiahoman I Entered at the Oklahoma City Oklahoma Postoffice aa second class mall matter under the act of March 8. 1879
Paid Circulation Greater Than Any Other Evening Newspaper Published in Oklahoma
these counties are Ellis tSephenson,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma county; W
G Gray, Anadarko, Caddo county;
Howard F Collins, El Reno. Cana-
dian; H H Leake. Norman. Cleve-
o tthe Solomon group. 1 000 miles
northeast of the Australian continent.
MONTGOMERY, Ala March 14-
(P—David Bibb Graves, 68 years old,
twice governor of Alabama and a
candidate for a third term, died un-
expectedly at Sarasota, Fla., early
Saturday.
Mrs. Graves was awakened by the
former governor’s heavy breathing
and summoned Dr. A. L. Matthews
about 2 a m. The physician said
BERLIN iFrom German Broadcasts,
March 14 — (P)— Some casualties
among the civilian population were
caused Friday night in a British air
raid on Cologne, the German high
command said Saturday
it reported "various places in west-
ern Germany and particularly resi-
dential districts in Cologne," were
bombed. One British bomber was
shot down over western Germany and
eight British planes were downed by
German fighters over the English
channel and occupied territories, the
high command said.
West Point Broadcast
On MacArthur Tonight
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WEST POINT. March 14.—(P--
Used tires will be cheaper
in Oklahoma City, under the
government price fixing or-
der which will go into effect
Monday—if one can be found
by a purchaser.
Tires are scarce. The tempta-
tion may be great to boost prices
above the $8 10 maximum fixed
by Leon Henderson, particularly
on an extra good one. But Bert
McDonel, state rationing direc-
tor. warned Saturday that any-
one who violates the law is
"flirting with a year in federal
penitentiary and a $5,000 fine.”
To Report V iolations
McDonel added that his office has
’ no power to enforce any of these
government regulations. That’s not
More springtime with moderate
Vo Complaints. Men Are Reconciled to Long W ar
"So much so. in fact,” it continued, “that some of the thou-
sands on the transports slept in tiers of bunks on the semi-shel-
tered decks. Out there it was cold the first few nights, for it was
mid-winter when we left North America, but when we reached
the tropics those whose bunks were on decks were the lucky ones.
The decks were sleeping porches open to the trade winds.
"The men inside tossed and sweated with all portholes closed
because of the blackout and only the ventilator systems to clear
the air during fetid nights. As the nights grew hotter, more and
more of the men and officers began pitching their blankets and
lifebelts on deck, wherever they could find room to stretch out.
‘ At all hours we wore lifebelts when outside the cabins or
holds Exercise was impossible either by night or day. The decks
were always too crowded to attempt brisk walking, and at night,
going out for a breath of fresh air, one had to grepe slowly for
fear of treading on someone asleep on the deck.
"Food was plentiful but water was rationed.”
The dispatch said the men “did not complain” and that "all
seemed reconciled to the fact that it would neither be a short
war nor an easy one."
The dispatch said many men developed an interest in the
WASHINGTON, March 14— (P—
The treasury pald out nearly $1,000 -
000.000 for war purposes in the first
11 days of March, indicating the
month w ill set a new record in defense
expenditure
in the 11 days, payments totaled
$941.330 786, compared with 82.201,-
081.089 in the full month of February.
Japanese might pass up
and that they could be
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Rurned War Factory
Replaced in Eight Days
LAS VEGAS, Nev., March 14.—(PP)
—The Basic Magnesium. Inc. ad-
ministration building burned the night
of March 6, but already a temporary
stale warrant for the wriest of Fer-
nando Ortiz Rubio, son of a former
president of Mexico, on charges of
fatally shooting Gov Alfredo Zarate
Alabarran. of Mexico state. March 5.
Ortiz Rubio is being held here bv
federal authorities pending a hearing
March 31 on his appeal against t’ans-
fer to Toluca, capital of the state of
Mexico, to face the charges. The
court decided Friday that the war-
rant must await the hearing of the
appeal, which was filed on grounds
i that his life would be endangered.
our job. But under our oath of office
we are required to report any viola-
tions on which we have written evi-
dence to the regional office at Dallas
where there is a federal enforcement
office.
"They make the investigations. We
don't. It is a secret study always, but
we have the forms on which to make
reports. From then on its their Job
and they have a crew in here about
every week or 10 days ”
Several of the city's largest tire
dealers, some who usually maintain
stocks of thousands of used tires ob-
tained in trade-ins on new casings.
Saturday reported only a meager num-
ber on hand.
"They've all been bought up,” said
one dealer, "mostly by used car deal-
ers and others to stack away. The few
we've had recently we have bought
outright at pretty stiff prices.”
Business at Standstill
Used car dealers always have been
the largest purchasers of used tires,
it was revealed to replace rubber
Which "as worn out entirely on trade-
in automobiles.
This trend has been accelerated by
government Ure rationing because the
man with a car who didn't need it
particularly simply sold the car.
rather than attempt to buy new or
used tires for it.
Under the government price fixing
order the top price for the best used
600x16 tire is $8 10 and this is the
same casing fur which some dealers
were asking as high as $35 until Fri-
day. Even smooth tires which under
the order can sell tor no more than
$1.50, were selling as high as $15.
Tire business at the top prices
simply has stopped in Oklahoma City,
and buyers will be the ones who de-
cide whether or not the law is en-
forced—by reporting violations.
military production program.
This dissatisfaction was said to
center on strikes and lack of
materials as factors contributing
to the slowing of the program.
Complaints Flood Congress
Members of congress also have been
receiving an increasingly large num-
tier of complaints. Senator Thomas
iD. Okla > declared Friday in letters
he addressed to Donald M Nelson,
war production chief, cabinet mem-
bers and other officials.
Asking the offiicals to appear before
a senate appropriations subcommittee
for general questioning, Thomas said
it is obvious to him the public thinks
the 40-hour-week lav "exorbitantly
high prices being paid for labor" and
the prevalence of strikes are retarding
the war effort
President Roosevelt told his press
conference Friday wage controls as a
war measure was under consideration.
Most administration supporters in
congress concluded that if legislation
of this nature is asked, It would be
in a form linking wages to the cost
of living
Defense Strikes Increase
Dealing directly with the question
of strikes, Senator Mead (D.. N. Yi
made public a report from Secretary
of Labor Perkins to the senate labor
committee it showed that the num-
ber of walkouts in war Industries had
increased from 12 in January to 25
in February.
Secretary Perkins said that last
month 47,830 man-days were lost by
14,085 workers, compared with 10.660
m '
Ardmore was the wannest spot in
। the state Friday afternoon with 72.
! while Guymon Elk City, and Tulsa
chalked up a mere 59 Ponca City
was the coolest point with a low of
12 early Saturday
increasing.
Many Questions Lilted
Thomas said congress members w ere
being asked why men were not drafted
for defense industrial work, why many
workers arc required to Join unions
before they could get war plant jobs,
why it is necessary to pay overtime
for any war work and why plants
could not be operated around the
I clock.
"I don't endorse all of these com-
plaints and I don't believe all of these
charges are true," Thomas told re-
porters, but I want to get the facts
on the official record so the people
can know what is going on "
Representative Gore iD.. Tenn.I.
sponsor of in overall price control
bill, said: "Nothing short of an over-
all celling over prices. profits. wages,
and rents would be either effective or
lair The present situation is fast
getting out of hand. It requires dras-
tic action Half-hearted piecemeal
methods will not be sufficient "
Representative Monroncy (D , Okla i
said "It should be done quickly; it's
always bad to lock the barn door
after the hors is gone."
The Italian radio— perhaps Just on
a fishing expedition—declared the
80,733-ton British liner Queen Mary
was badly damaged by a torpedo hit
off Rio de Janeiro several days ago
with 10,000 "North American" soldiers
aboard and was trying to reach the
Falkland islands.
The Falklands, 250 miles east of
the southern tip of South America,
arc the site o fa British base.
There was no confirmation of the
report, which the Rome broadcaster
attributed to "Argentine muritime
circles." The U B navy department
said it had no information or com-
ment.
The Queen Marv has been reported
in various Canadian, Asiatic. African
and European ports since gray war-
paint wa sdaubed over her black hull
and she sailed two years ago as a
troopship from the Hudson river
waterfront in New York where she
shared attention with the now-cap-
sized Normandie. Her vast size, how-
ever. prevented her use of the Pana-
ma canal.
TWELVE PAGES—500 N. BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, SATURDAY. MARCH 14, 1942
meet her in Seattle But the army
gave him just 12 hours leave.
one to replace It has been completed, Texas?" he hopefully asked H W.
fully equipped and occupied. Gibbs, patrolman.
The new structure is equivalent in Gibbs didn't, so David was waiting
tize to an eight story building. 50 by in the matrons quarters Saturday
150 feel. The $63,000,000 magnesium while police died to get in touch with
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Axis claims should not be credited
unless confirmed by United Nations
or American sources.)
(By The Asgociated Press.)
“prooram.
While the survey was said to
be far from complete. an influ-
ential member of congress said
there was no doubt that exten-
sive dissatisfaction had been ex-
pressed with the progress of the
Parade for First Time
LONDON March 14 - P- United Curtin in his broadcast said Aus-
States troops went on parade Satur- tralians had looked to America for
nay morning in London for the first counsel and advice
time since the start of the war. A It 15 a matter of some regret to
us," he continued, "that even now.
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without damage in the battles of the
Java sea. Curtin said but they have
not been reported since leaving Java
for home and they are presumed to
have been sunk
Some May Be Safe
It was vossible that some of the 682
men on the Perth and 151 on the
Yarra had reached land naw sources
said
iThe Japanese claimed March 3
other severe naval reverse—the ap-
parent loss of the 6 985- on cruiser v; . . . n •
Perth, heroine of numer vs battles in r It 111) \ trlltOHS
the middle east and the ! 060-ton c X 1.1 •
loop Yarra with t : ir 833 StlltO ( I l’C 11 If Is III
Tile ships foueht successfully and
highlight of a 140th anniversary pro-
gram.
Major Gen. Francis B Wilby,
academy superintendent, and Major
Gen. Frank R. McCoy, retired, presi-
dent of the association of graduates,
will speak during the program (Blue
network. 9:30 p. m Oklahoma time).
West Point societies in other cities
and graduates at military posts also
arranged dinner meetings
Okiahoma City station KTOK. 1400
kilocycles, is scheduled to carry 30
man-days lost by 2.415 workers in have narrow’d the "escape corridor"
January, j of Adolf Hitler's armies on the Mos-
She said none of these strikes was cow front to 20 miles Saturday as the
authorized by national unions and most Soviet e ounte., -offensive rolled on
of them were short, toward Smolensk and crushed des-
No .trikes Certified perate German attempts to strike back.
Urging caution to any restrictive la- Smolensk 230 miles west of MoS-
borlesislation. Mead said he. was in- cow. Is the key Nazi base on the en-
formed by the war labor board thatitire central front
notasinglenew defense strike had Advice.; r'aclmu. London said the
was formed dctntiy 8 nce ne 8roup RusSln were steadily closing ihe jaws
NeisontanToornesrfdcinshihlettertovirtually bottled up in the Rzhev-
gress and the administration are be- Vyazma region. ,
mg condemned for not repealing the , r he lone channel of retreat was cut
40-hour week law and for not enact- toa width of 20 miles presumably near
mg legislation outlawing strikes. He Durovo. on the Vyazma-Smolen k
listed a long series of charges he said highway about 35 miles .west of Vyaz -
the officials would be asked to answer. ma. Russian Iroops had last been re-
These Included complaints that 17- ported 10 miles apart. “I that area
000 shipbuilders were idle in Callfor- driving down from Bely in the north
ma while there was a great shortage and UP from Dorospbuzh in the south
of ships, that machines and tools were :
idle in defense plants eight to 16 hours Rome Fishino Mavhe
a day and that defense strikes are I I’ ' 1118 1“YD*
Russian troops
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MEXICO CITY, March 14— (P
The federal court has overruled
MELBOURNE. A ustralia,
March 14 — 1 UR1 — Australian
anti-aircraft guns drove back
Saturday a fleet of nine Japa-
nese bombing planes making the
thirteenth attack on Port
Moresby, on the New Guinea
coast 350 miles from Australia.
The planes flew in close formation
to attack for the second straight day
the key port on the Guinea south
coast winch many Australians relieve
may be the next objective of sea-borne
invasion forces
In a raid on Port Moresby Friday
an air force communique said. Japa-
1 nese fighter planes machine-gunned
and cannonaded objectives ineffective-
ly, and succeeded only in wounding
one Australian airman in the leg.
Long-range Australian bombing
i planes swept out over Melanesia Sat-
urday. hunt in.: down a Japanese inva-
sion fleet which aviators had reported
off Buka island, at the northwest end
CHICAGO. March 14—P—
Orchids and tulips must share
honors with onions and turnips at
the twenty-Hurd national flower
and garden show opening Sunday
on the keynote, "vegetables for vic-
tory and flowers for morale ”
spectacular displays of thousands
of tulips, roses, orchids, terraced
gardens, formal gardens, informal
gardens, a waterfall and cut flowers
dominated the main arena and
north wing of the international
amphitheater.
But in the south wing four veg-
etable gardens were set up, together
with 300 exhibits from 200 garden
and women's clubs
The four "victory" gardens con-
stituted a visual demonstration of
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WASHINGTON, March 14—(P—
The U. S. children's bureau disclosed
Saturday that general plans have
been worked out for evacuating chil-
dren from strategic coastal areas if
necessary.
Dr. Martha Eliot, associate chief of
the bureau, went to England about a
year ago to study how that country
cared for children under wartime con-
ditions. She said that general plans
developed for this country would be
subject to modification to fit local
conditions.
The community procedure would In-
clude registration of children, designa-
tion of assembly points, organization
of transportation and preparation of
reception centers.
WASHINGTON, March 1 I.—(P)— The government is
making a backyard check of the public’s ideas on the war
program,
Responsible authorities disclosed Saturday that the
opinion of all sections of the nation would be sampled infor-
mally. The poll is to get the people’s views on such controver-
sial issues as strikes, wage controls, price fixing, longer hours
in war plants and even on the conduct of the military cam-
paigns. No details were given as to the method followed in
conducting the poll.
Results of the survey may be used as a basis for new
laws and executive orders to change some aspects of the war
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’the central Oklahoma district.
i Mil' Phillips, chairman of the slate
aircraft warning committee of the Ok-
lahoma defense committee, has or-
dered an "alert ' from 9 a m to 5 p m
in the eight counties.
They'll Drop No Bombs
The maneuver will not be spectacu-
lar. he said, for the purpose is to test
the efficiency of crews of ground ob-
server:. and to provide CAP pilots with
flight training There will be no ef-
fort to simulate an air raid: neither
will any dummy bombs be dropped
Pilots will fly predetermined courses
which have been charted by the group
commander Spotters of the aircraft
warning service will be expected to
record their observations of planes
seen, direction of travel, type of
planes, estimated speed and estimated
height.
In the test maneuver telephone re-
ports will be not be made by observ-
ers Written records will be made and
transmitted to county air warning of-
ficers who, in turn, will forward them
to Phillips
in state headquarters the revorts
will be checked against flight records
of the planes and then a complete
report will be sent to Third Intercep-
tor command headquarters, Tampa,
Fla.
Mock Nir Raid Planned
The Sunday test is a preliminary
to a statewide mock air raid which is
to be staged early in April, In that
maneuver more than 200 CAP planes
will fly zig-zag courses over Oklahoma
while aircraft warning officers scan
the skies.
Sundays practice is to extend over
British Royal Air force bombers
dropped "a great weight” of
high explosives on the Rhine-
land city of Cologne Friday
night in a continuation of the
new pre-spring aerial offensive,
the air ministry announced Sat-
urday.
Many large fires were left burning
in Cologne, the center of a maze of
water, highway and rail transporta-
tion lines, the air ministry said, by
this attack in force Other raids upon
Germany were implied in the state-
ment that Cologne was "the main ob-
jective."
Airdromes Attacked
Four bombers were reported missing
"Airdromes in occupied territory
also were attacked during the night
and mines were laid in enemy waters."
the air ministry said
Cologne drew- attention after R A
F squadrons had blasted the naval
base of Kiel and pounded the
German-occupied French coast in
night and daylight raids
(The Swiss radio said Paris had a
one-hour alarm, but there was no in-
dication that bombs had fallen on the
city, whose industrial belt was thetai-
get of a heavy British attack last
week.)
Eight Nazi Planes Downed
Squadron after squadron of the
Royal Air force swarmed over north-
ern France Friday in the biggest day-
light raids of the year and eight Ger-
man fighters were reported destroyed
in one fight alone, at the industrial
center of Hazebrouck.
The British announced the loss of
five of their own fighters during the
attack in force.
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