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SIX ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG. OREGON, PR I DAY, DECEMBER 12, 1941. Wake Island's Marines Still Holding Our (Continued from pa?e 1) (hat 700 of the workers, mostly taken from California to work on army and navy base construc tion, were captured at Midway and 400 at Cuam. Later an official spokesman at the navy department said the navy h;td no Information that Midway and Guam had been cap- ti,ii,l hi, Ihn TfinnMficrt 'sx&a 'SI' V. s. ii .saiu inai in imvy i-Miiu.ueu that another 10,000 building trades workers had been taken to Honolulu In tho past year or so for defense work and that so far as was known all were sn.fr Defensive Areas Designated, Mr. Roosevelt had a number of announcements today pertaining to tho war, Including the designa tion of eight defensive sea ureas on both coasts. Restrictions on navigation will apply in these areas. Presumably they will be mined. The areas Include the waters near Portland, Me., Portsmouth, N. IT., Boston, Narragansett bay, Chappelle's Shoe Repair Service 226 N. JACKSON Will call for and deliver your shoes, Phone 857-R for immediate service. DOUGLAS MARKET Christmas Is just around the corner. Drop in and tell us of your turkey or poultry needs. we can take care ot your wants, and save you some money, too. LAMB SHOULDERS Ten der ond very , 4 O rk tasty, lb Id POT ROASTS Young tender beef, 4 M .4 lb. 17 C TURKEYS A few nice birds at, lb. CHICKENS - 20C All kinds, while they last. 19C 25C lb HAMS Lean sugar cured, lb PICKLED PORK The tas tiest meat you ever 4 ate, lb X7K Bring us your hides. We also buy your livestock. Phone 350 238 N. Jackson ASK FOR MEl-O-MAID ICE CREAM at your favorite dealer Made by Douglas County Creamery Phone 340 DresseTsets I Pg Store Jewelite wia Hair Brushes $1.79 to $9.95 FOUNTAIN PENS Exton Bristles $1.00 to $8.50 98c to $4.95 Musical Powder Boxes Chen Yu Gift Sets Hand Mirrors Large Assortment $ q $f. QQ 49c Qnd up . , Bill Folds Hand Made Mf ! 0 to $5.00 Glassware Toilet Water ; i Coty BOXED Yardley " CHOCOLATES Gift Boxes Hudnut V P0UND T0 Stationery D'Arsay 5 POUNDS BEAUTIFULLY 49c and up 49c and up boxed BBllinaBllllHBBlllilllBiBMBnBiBMBflBBMBillllMBaBMBSSaBBigMBMBMBHBiBlMBSBBBilllllHBMBHBHBBBBlMBHBBlllllH San Diego, San Francisco, the entrance to the Columbia river, and the strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget sound. Mr. Roosevelt disclosed also: That Prime Minister Churchill of England and I-ord Beaverbrook had sent him a telegram offering to help the United States to meet material shortages in any way possible, and specifically offering the output of three shell plants in Canada. This offer Is being Mudir-d The treasury reported that on Tiipcm.i irnr! Wednesday s"M . r.v mr. jwnnwrt Ve i ,i .eril- bomix SUlU 111 uniks lO taled S5,.r)92,000, up 120 per cent over the corresponding period of last week. Blows at Japs Elate U. S. The nation, elated by three smashing blows at the power of the Japanese fleet, kept Its eyes today on the savage fight of a "devil dog" garrison to hold Wake, and on the Increasingly fierce battle for the Philippines. The naval successes announced in the past 24 hours three ene my warships sunk and a lourtn badly damaged were especially sweet to tho man In the street. They represented the first thump ing down payment on the Pearl harbor score, and they provided fighting answer to the Berlin- Rome declarations of war. On the Immediate home front, the "remember Pearl harbor" drive to gear the entire nation to total war went forward with real istic recognition of the fact that yesterday had officially added Germany and Italy, Tokyo's two axis partners, to the country's foes. Automobile Cut Ordered. The government ordered a sharp new reduction In the pro duction of passenger cars and be gan studying whether to halt en tirely the production of automo biles for civilian use, thereby freeing skilled men and materials for the war effort. Another $10,000,000,000 arms ap propriation was ready for a vote In the senate, which had tacked an extra $2,000,000,000 on tho amount approved earlier by the house. Of the additional sum, $500,000,000 in contract authority was earmarked for more navy planes. Pan American nations rallied beside the United States In the war against Germany and Italy Just as they did agalst Japan. Five declared war upon the European axis leaders yesterday within 0 few hours ot the formal actions In Berlin, Rome and Washington Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua, the Dominican Repub lic and Guatemala. Bowling Leagues Asked To Buy Defense Bonds MILWAUKEE, Dec. 12. (AP) Secretary E. H. Baumgarten of the American Bowling congress today asked the 18,000 bowfing leagues in the national organiza tion to put their league prizes In United States defense bonds and stamps. The A. B. C. has pur chased $15,000 In bonds and plans to convert most of its reserve fund Into such securities. uougias and Jackson its. African War Decision Sought in New Drive (Continued from page 1) mand announced by Prime Minis ter Churchill yesterduy. The communique indicated that British and Indian advance forces are within CO miles of the axis supply port of Derna, which the Italian high command said was under bombardment by British naval units while British bomb ers reached still farther west and .steaumt. -... . ....... - l , , 'rMinm wiMfc lMWMMr talian Cruiser Sunk. The British admiralty announc ed today that a British submarine had torpedoed and "probably sank" an Italian cruiser in the central Mediterranean. In an attack at dusk on three Italian cruisers heavily screened by destroyers the submarine made three hits, the communique said. "Failing visibility and a rough sea made accurate observation difficult," It added, "but It is con sidered that one of the enemy cruisers probably sank as a very violent explosion followed a few minutes alter the attack, Varied Reactions to West Blackouts Noted (Continued from page 1) tlal Industries can operate." Radio Silencing Explained Radio stations yesterday were ordered off the air except for of ficially designated stations at 2:15 p. m. because of cloudy wea ther. When the weather Is clear enough to permit contact flights there is no need for radio silence, officers explained, because hostile planes would not need to use radio waves as beacons to guide them In. But in cloudy skies, the radio waves would be of great value. British Columbia had announc ed discontinuance of blackouts un til further notice. U. S. officials said the decision may have stem med from two reasons: there are few vital defense industries In British Columbia, and the Cana- dians are better prepared to give air ram alarms than the new American civilian defense organl zatlons. Plane Plant Blackened Meanwhile, painters comnleted blacking out the myriad windows 01 the -acre Boeing Aircraft plant, using 1,747 gallons of black paint. Company officials said the plant henceforth would work ull shifts - "except for emergency in structions from tho second inter ceptor command." The coast guard In Seattle an nounced start of photographing and fingerprinting an estimated 20,000 persons whose work calls for boarding ships In the harbor, Including business men, long shoremen, fishermen, etc. American-born Japanese in Seattle formed an emergency de fense committee to cooperate with federal and civic defense agencies. Mis. Ethel Cheqvig, 19, wife of an American sailor on duty in the Pacific, was fined $25, which she elected to spend In Jail, for dis orderly conduct growing out of;,,,,... nf ,.mv ml.ns. whn her part In Monday night's Seattle riot which resulted in window smashing by a mob of 1,000 per sons. SANTA CRUZ HAS SCARE IN LONG BLACKOUT SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Dec. 12- (API Residents along a 40-mlle stretch cf shoreline breathed easi er today after a three and one half hour blackout and a hurried evacuation of about 1,000 persons from the waterfront district. Soldiers went from door to door and Instructed householders to turn out their lights, lock the doors and move 1,000 yards or more inshore. The blackout was termed 100 percent effective. Kxcltement was heightened dur ing last night's blackout and eva cuation when a large eucalyptus tree burst Into flames for an un known reason. The blaze wag ex tinguished quickly. Authorities said the tree had not been set afire as a signal. The tree was about a mile and a half northeast of Santa Cruz in an area inhabited by Japanese berry '; . Some women fainted at wild rumors of approaching airplanes and elderly persons and invalids almost Became panic stricken, LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO HEAR RAID ALARMS LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12 (AP) San Diego had Its third black out of the war and Los Angeles its second alert early this morn ing but the all clear signals were given an hour later. San Diego was ordered blacked out at 2:35 a .m. and 12 minutes later Los Angeles was put on the alert. "There's something out there (off San Diego) and we thought we'd better put on an alert," a spokesman for the army informa tion service said. He did not Iden tify the something. I-os Angeles' first alert last night, intended only for the pa lice and sheriffs deputies but mis directed into a blackout warning, confused Angelenos far more last night than the city's blackout the previous evening. Col. H. S. Fuller of the army's information service said the alert was intended only for civil offic ers, to prepare them for possible mackout or air raid warnings However, "signals were mixed up," he added, and sirens scream ed and radios were ordered silenc ed. The all clear signal was giv en an hour later. ALASKAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK DURING ALARM ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 11 (delayed) (AP) (passed by censor) A well-known Alaska hn. itel operator died of a heart attack during an air raid alarm today as the city rushed wartime de fense preparations. John D. Dehay, 58, who ran an Ilianna resort; a stopping place for Bristol bay airplane travelers, before buldlng a hotel at Naknek two years ago, died at a hospital where he was convalescing from an operation two weeks ago. His physician blamed the air raid alarm for a heart attack. Fort Richardson officials an noil need no more evening blapk out would be held but that before- dawn blackouts would continue. Most store, shop and home win dows were blackened and many had plywood and chickenwire pro tection over them. A group to extinguish Incen diaries was being formed. Heroism of American Fliers Hit Jap Navy (Continued from page 1) ...iistlnoiiisheri himself hv his tlnguished himself by daring attack on a Japanese air detachment at Aparri yesterday morning." "When attacked by five pur suit planes," he said, "he shot two planes out of the air and machine-gunned 12 on tho ground, leaving five burning. Wag ner ended his terse report by say ing 'my gas was running low so I returned home'." Other Heroism Recounted. Admiral Hart's announcement said that Lieut. C. A. Keller, pilot ing a big plane, sighted the Kon go or a ship just like her off pnorthwest Luzon and held con- ; tact a long time despite frequent antiaircraft fire. Other planes arrived and Lieut. I Commander J. V. Peterson and - other pilots in the attack group ! pressed home the assault under heavy anti-aircraft fire. The announcement said they J made "at least one hit and we i think two. The ship was definite- ly out of control and we are sure ! she was seriously crippled. . "There was no fire when she j was last seen so she may have : been able to return to port." Stock and Bond Averages STOCKS Compiled by Associated Press Dec. 12. 30 IS 15 60 Ind'ls RU's Ut's St'ks .54.1 13.6 26.5 36.9 Friday Prov. day. Month ago Year ago . ..54.3 .57.1 . 63.5 63.9 13.7 15.5 16.2 19.0 13.4 26.7 29.3 34.8 35.5 26.2 37.1 39.7 44.3 45.0 36.6 1!M1 high 1941 low 53.6 BONOS 20 10 10 10 RR's Ind'ls Ut's Fgn. I .59.2 103.5 99.4 41.8! Friday Prov. day .. Month ago Year ago ., .59.1 103.8 9S.9 .62.2 105.2 102.0 42.2 46.9 38.2 51.4 38.0 61.1 105.5 100.3 66.5 105.4 102.2 1941 high 1941 low 5S.3 103.5 9S.9 Large new FLOOR SANDER for rent at PAGES, (adv.) "Hitler Gang" Ouster SriH Russia's Goal (Continued from page 1) hides and other equipment were destroyed. KUIBYSHEV. Russia, Dec. 12 (AP) Ousting of "the Hitler gang" and a joint Moscow-Lon don-Washington agreement are listed here as prerequisites of any peace oeiween tne soviet union and Germany, for which feelers hnvi heen rennWnH r! from TWIln uavicl ZasiavsKv 01 FrivuiirTiu official communist party news- paper, cited these conditions in an editorial, saying: "Tho Hitler gang Is ready any day to sign a peace with Russia if only our government would talk with them." New army gains on both the southwestern front and at the center before Moscow, where Ger many s high command is declared to have substituted Field Marshal List for General Von Bock, were announced by the soviet Informa tion bureau In a Moscow broad cast today. (A Piavda report also broad cast today from Moscow said so viet cavalrymen had "recaptured an area containing about 300 vil lages" In the Olets area south of Moscow. - ("Germans are hiding In attics. cellars and even In chimnevs." the newspaper declared, "In the hope that they will be able to re join their units under the cover of darkness, (London commentators express ed belief that local Russian drives were devloping into a full scale counterattack along the whole line against the frost-bitten Ger man legions maneuvering now, by Berlin accounts, to dig In for mo winter. (If there was a ruse In the Ger man announcement that large scale warfare would' be' discon tinued until spring, they said, the red army's seizure of the initiat ive apparently doomed it.) Hitler "Lie" Nailed Soviet Russia will fight Ger many to the end and is fully con fident that the United States can defeat "the Japanese aggressor," official statements wirelessed abroad from Moscow declared to day. The soviet information bureau meanwhile issued a statement which declared Hitler's alibi that an early winter forced cessation of the German offensive was "a lie from beginning to end." "On the contrary," it said, "the weather has favored the Germans as the advent of winter this year has been late and slow ... It is not the terrible frost but our valiant red army that now Inflicts defeats on tho German fascist in vader while frosts, real Russian frosts, are still ahead." The Berliner Tageblatt article containing the peace feeler assert ed that Moscow was ready for peace If Germany guaranteed not to occupy Russia and abandoned the policy of attempting to anni hilate communism. Pravda lauded the United States for firmly taking "its place in the anti-Hitler front" long before for mally being at war with Ger many. It is said of the Japanese war that "the Japanese aggressor has plunged into a very hazardous adventure which bodes him noth ing but defeat." WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-(AP) There was a definite optimism here over the attitude taken by Russia in rejecting German peace feelers and announcing that no oeacc Would be concluded without the acquiescence of the United States and Britain. Although the Russian attitude toward Japan remained indefi nite, the fact was considered not without its strategic advantages. As long as Russia's final stand is n doubt, Japan Is compelled to Immobilize considerable strength 'o equalize the threat of the red forces In Siberia. And with Rus sian bases only 600 miles away, Japan had no lasting assurance that her own cities might not get a return dose of Pearl harbor tactics. Turkeydom Aristocracy Struts at Oakland (Continued from page 1) Impossible, It was decided last ! night at the meeting of the ' Northwestern Turkey Breeders j association, which sponsors the ! show. Officers were reelected as ' follows: E. F. Strong, Oakland, j president; Henry W. Domes, Rickreall, vice-president: Mrs. O.l C. Brown, Dixonvllle, secretary-1 treasurer: Mrs. Wlllard Her-' man, Harrisburg: ward Cocke-1 ram, Oakland: A. D. Hudson. : Tangent; Ervin Rice, Oakland; i directors; E. G. Young, Oakland. HORACE C. BERG Special Agent Roseburg, Oregon The PRUDENTIAL Insurance Company of America P.O.Box 945 Phone 139-Y general manager. : An exhibit of dresses - made from turkey feathers was an en tertainment feature Thursday Afternoon, with Barbara Ott Orr of Roseburg winning first place. The display of turkey dresses ex cited much Interest, particularly among women visitors at the show. The ludees were Mrs. Charles Lamb, Portland; Mrs. John Saycr, Halsey, and Mrs. H. A. WatzJg, Roseburg. More Winners Listed Nearing tho completion of their wo. me work, the Judges today announo - 1: i.i-w-tii.wn.w.w,., ity breeders division as follows: Bronze: Old torn light, K. L. Crossland, Grandvicw, Wash.; old torn heavy, M. M. Lyons, Portland, Oregon; young torn light, Leslie Schneider, Newberg, Ore.; young torn medium, M. M. Lyons; young torn heavy, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Arnett, Shedd, Ore.; old hen light, Bill and Ber nice Chase, Aurora, Ore.; old hen heavy, M. M. Lyons; young hen light, Vivian Lyons, Portland, Oregon; young hen medium, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Arnett, Shedd, Ore.; young hen heavy, . Henry Mideke, Yoncalla, Oregon. White Holland: Old torn, young torn, old hen, young hen, all to Henry W. Domes, Rickreall, Ore. Narragansett: Old torn, young torn, old hen, young hen, all to Strong's, Oakland, Ore. Bourbon Red: Old torn, Roy Truitt, Oakland, Oregon; young torn, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Craw ford, Roseburg, Ore.; old hen, ward uockeram, Oakland, Ore.; young hen, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Crawford. Black: Old torn, no placing; young torn, old hen, young hen, all to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Arnett, Shedd, Ore. 4-H club: Bronze young bronze young torn, both to hen, Don- aid Brumbach, Roseburg. Battle in Philippines Becoming Hotter (Continued from page 1) med their objectives." Japs Issue Counter Claims Imperial headquarters of Japan announced in a communique broadcast by the Tokyo radio that a minesweeper of the empire's navy had been sunk and another minesweeper and a light cruiser damaged in operations around the Philippines, while "nine Japanese naval planes have been lost, some in human-torpedo attacks, and one other aircraft was miss ing. Dome! said Japanese authorities denied the battleship Haruna had been sunk off northen Luzon, say ing American bomber crews ap parently mistook the damaged cruiser for the battleship. Against the Japanese losses, the Tokyo high command asserted that 202 U. S. warplanes had been destroyed in the Philippines, in cluding 77 shot down. Jap Efficiency Noted The Japanese attack on the Ma-nila-Cavite area was made by a large number of planes flying high above the anti-aircraft gun range. Admiral Hart said the technique and efficiency of the Japanese were of a very high order and that "all in all it must be consid m Order Your Turkey NOW! BLUE KARO 5-LB. PAIL , FELS NAPTHA SWIFT'S CORN BEEF CAN MONARCH TINY KERNEL SWEET CORK No. 2 can Marshmallows fruits and vegetables 2 lbs. for 25C Couliflowr- htgd 9c HELEN HARRISON Corro. 3 bunches 1QC CHOCOLATES Grapefruit. 6 for 25c tin box .... 53 Tangerines, dozen 23c QUALITY LIBERTY STEAK PORK ROASTS u,. FANCY BABY BEEF ROASTS u RIB STEAKS u ered that the Japanese raid was successful from the Japanese standpoint." Ho told newsnanermcn the Jap anese were usine two types of bombs, Incendiaries -"and they work" and fragmentation bombs. Admiral Hart said he had re ceived no word of the activities of United States submarines, but added: "When the news comes it should be big news." The admiral raid that the raid ers did "very great damage" at Cavite and damaged some small er small ships were punea away and escaped damage, he said. "There was considerable loss of life, more among the civilians in the city of Cavlle than among the naval personnel. The afternoon announcement at the headquarters of Liout.-Gon. Douglas MacArthur, commander of the U. S. Far Eastern army, said 113 Japanese bombers were counted in the morning raids on the Philippines and that 11 were reported shot down. In Malaya And Hongkong In the Far East, where Japan ese troops are striking Into nor thern Malay for a drive against Britains" great citadel of Singa pore, a British communique re ported: "There has been no cnange in Malaya or Hongkong In the last 12 hours." Advices reaching London, how ever, said Japanese troops were moving Into the Kedih frontier area of northwest Malaya and that British forces had withdrawn into prearranged positions. At Hongkong, where British forces were reported under heavy Japanese pressure, some British advanced forces were acknowledg ed to have withdrawn toward Kowloon, In tho mainland section of the Crown colony, the capital city, Victoria, is on Hongkong is land of Kowloon. Chinese forces were reported to have launched a powerful of fensive along the Kwangtung front to relieve Japanese pressure on Hongkong. A China radio broadcast said the attack started two days ago, with 15,000 Japan ese already killed and wounded. ' HOLIDAY PLEASURE DIVE IT 'D0UBIE-RIIH 36 PROOF. THIS WHISKEY IS5 YEARS OLD. (Yimo Luiy Specials for December 13 tAR 5c 23c 12c MEATS 45c 23c 25e 2$e n0 W CUTS DOWN STOCKING GASCO BRIQUETS, ALL HEAT, NO ASH at PAGES, (adv.) Lymon L Spencer Representing New York Life Inturaace Co. Protection, Retirement, Ings, Educational Plane, Roseburgi Telephone 277 or 601-R GETTING STALE? n DOWLINC reps you fit.. 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