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VOL. XLVI NO. 25S OF ROSE:
By FRANK JENKINS
"THE Japs are said to be throw
1 Ing 90.000 men Into the at
tack on the Island fortress of
Singapore.
On the wide plains of Russia,
90,000 would be a mere handful.
On the narrow Johore strait
front, It Is a formidable army.
The area on both sides of the
strait has been cleared for action.
The Johore causeway connecting
the island with the mainland was
destroyed as soon as British de
fenders in Malaya retired over it.
History is waiting to be made at
Singapore.
AS the Japs prepare to storm
Singapore, dispatches tell us
they are fighting at these places:
At Balik Papan, on the Borneo
cast coast.
Above Pontlanak, on the Bor
neo west coast. ,
On the Minahiibia peninsula, in
northern Celebes.
Around Kendarl, In southern
Celebes.
In the islands north of Aus
tralia. ,
On the Batan peninsula, where
MacArthur is holding up a Jap
army of more than 200,000.
A glance at you map will tell
yijj the Japs have bitten off
a big mouthful. What remains
to be seen is whether they can
CHEW IT.
IJITLER, making a speech on
k the ninth anniversary of his
Chancellorship, says:
"On the eastern front, the ar
mies of the reich are on the de
fensive against the WEATHER
not against the Russians." -So
were Napoleon's armies.
IJITLER adds:
"In the east (Russia) we
have fought a struggle which one
day will be the glory of our na
tion." At Thermopylae, L e o n i d a s
fought a struggle that was the
'ory of Greece. He lost, and
Athens was captured and burned.
pEMEMBER that Hitler Is talk-
Ing to make the Germans
feel better.
' Save your interest for the time
when some leader admits In a
speech that the jig Is about up.
IN the end this war, like all oth
er wars, will be decided on the
field of battle not on the speak
er's platform.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt asks
congress for six billions more
to be added to the 19-billion-dol-
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Oregon Schools go
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AP
In The
Day's
' News
Earlier Closing to Aid 1.1 Saving
j One of State's Largest Food Crops
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2
(AP) Scattered Oregon schools
went on a six-day week today in
an attempt to forestall a critical
labor shortage threatening the
largest harvest in the history of
this food-producing state.
In Stayton, where youths will
work In Willamette valley fields
of string beans, and In moun
tainous Wallowa county, where
students will be needed to herd
cattle, schools adopted the speed
up plan, permitting them to close
a month earlier than usual.
Farmers, spurred by depart
ment of agriculture pleadings, are
increasing production of some
crops 25 per cent. Total produc
tion is expetted to exceed even
. last year's bumper yield.
The labor shortage was already
serious last year, whole fruit or
chards and bean fields rotting un
picked. Farmers, who estimated
at least 30,000 more workers
were needed, were saved from
ruin only by city dwellers who
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Nazis Crack
Troops Fall
In Red Sweep
Losses in Russia Not
Offset by Small Gains
Of Axis in Libya War
- (By the Associated Press)
Unbroken Russian advances
against the Germans on the ma
jor front and a continuing British
retreat from the Germans and
Italians on the secondary front
tightened the score today in the
European-African war.
The African successes of the
axis, however, were far short of
offsetting the German misfor
tunes in Russia.
In sea warfare, the German
high command reported the sink
ing of a destroyer off the Cana
dian coast, a corvette west of Gi
braltar and an "armed ship" off
Cirenaica and another off Mur
manskall apparently credited to
U-boat action and bomb liils on
three merchantmen off the south
east coast of England.
Russian forces carrying on un
ceasing warfare against the Ger
mans and their allies in the snows
and cold of deep winter were re
ported to have scored fresh gains
from Leningrad to the Crimean
peninsula.
The most striking reports told
of a 55-mile Russia advance In
the Lozovaya sector 80 miles
south of Khrakov along a 60-mile
front in the Ukraine. No details
were given in the war dispatches
to Moscow,
Top Nazi Units Smashed
"The -covfetsofficlally ahnounc-"
cd the destruction of a battalion
of nazi elite guards on the west
ern front by red army infantry
and tank units. It was said many
prisoners were captured.
The Russian reports said many
German units had been routed
before Leningrad, including the
one parachute division recently
brought from Crete and an infan
try division, whose captured"
(Continued on page 6)
Soldier Who Warned of
Pearl Harbor Raid Cited
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (AP)
Private Joseph L. Lockard, 20,
of Williamsport, Pa., was recom
mended to President Roosevelt
today for a citation after being
identified by the war department
as the soldier who detected the
approach of Japanese planes be
fore their attack on Pearl har
bor.
His report to a superior was
disregarded.
Representative Harness (D.
Ind.) said the war department
had advised him that Lockard
was the man listed in the report
of the Pearl harbor inquiry com
mission as "an officer who had
been receiving training" with
plane detectors and who asked
to. be permitted to continue his
studies after 7 a. m. December 7.
"If his warning had been heed
ed," said Representative Harness
in discussing his recommendation
to the president that Lockard be
given a citation, "the tragedy
might have been averted."
on 6-Day Week for
flocked to the fields at the last
minute in answer, to state-wide ap
peals.
This year the situation is ex
pected to be worse, for the migra
tion of farm workers to the arm
ed forces and war Industries has
continued throughout the winter.
The state is looking into every
available source of labor. Surveys
are being made of the number of
women who could work even a
few days. Employment officials
are attempting to work out trans
portation problems.
Oregon's six state-operated col
leges and universities have can
celled spring vacations In order to
release students in May.
More primary and secondary
schools are expected to follow the
lead of Stayton and Wallowa in
adding an extra day of study In
nrripr In release children for the
j orchards, the berry fields and the
I vegetable gardens which supply
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Defense Bonds'
Outsell Jehovah
Witness Sheet
Armed with American flags
and packages of defense stamps
and bonds, students of Myrtle
Creek high school Saturday best
ed a group of magazine salesmen
representing the sect of Jehovah's
witnesses. When the salesmen
appeared Saturday on principal
corners of the Myrtle Creek busi
ness district, the students took up
positions within a few feet of the
vendors and offered defense
bonds and stamps for sale. Myrtle
Creek residents applauded the
gesture by buying $225.50 worth
of bonds and stamps, while so far
as could be learned, the magazine
sale netted 30 cents.
Murray Cardwell
Passes Suddenly
Murray Langdon Cardwell, 51,
well known Roseburg resident,
died suddenly Sunday evening at
the Veterans' hospital here. He
had been receiving treatment
for a broken leg, suffered in No
vember as the result of a fall. He
was stricken by a heart ailment
very suddenly Sunday and died
within a few minutes.
Born at Burns, Ore., Dec. 21,
1890, the son of the late Attorney
and Mrs. W. W. Cardwell, he had
been a resident of Douglas coun
ty for the last 40 years. He en
gaged in farming at Umpqua for
a number of years, prior to mov
ing to Roseburg.
He was a member of the Amer
ican Legion.
He was married at j Crescent
City, Calif., in 1925, to Cordelia
Medley and is survived by the
widow, a daughter, Mrs. Beverly
Dunn, and a sister, Mrs. Helen
Hammock, all of Roseburg.
The body was removed to the
Douglas Funeral home. Funeral
arrangements have not been
made.
Area West of Cascades
Barred to Civilian Planes
SEATTLE, Feb. 2. (AP)
Sections of the states of Oregon
and Washington lying west of the
Cascades have been closed to ci
vilian aircraft, and civilian pilots
have been ordered by the second
interceptor command to cease
flying immediately.
An order issued Saturday by
the command blocked off a de
fense area in northeast Washing
ton adjoining the t-'anadian bor
der and left only central, east
central and southeast Washing
ton open to civilian planes. Ex
cepted in the order were regular
commercial airlines which may
continue to fry into Seattle and
local civilian pilot training
courses which will be permitted
to function until February 7 only.
Plane owners, of which there
are estimated to be several thou
sand in the affected areas, will be
permitted to fly their machines
out of the restricted territory up
on receiving written permission
from the command headquarters
but they will not be allowed to
fly back.
Northwest Shipyard
Workers Get Pay Boost
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2.
(AP) Portland and Vancouver,
Wash., AFL shipyard construc
tion workers signed a contract
here Saturday granting them 10
per cent wage Increases.
The Increases went into effect
at once for 6500 workmen. The
contract, which calls for a seven
day week, also affects 33,000 AFL
shipbuilding workers, but does
not grant them wage increases.
The agreement replaced an
other that expired Saturday,
Roxy Ann Grange Wins
National Safety Prize
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 2. (AP)
Roxy Ann grange of Mcdford
won the national first prize of
$100 in the grange safety contest
for 1941, Secretary of State Snell
was advised today.
Th? awards are based on con
tributions to community highway
safety. Deer Creek grange of
Selma and North Fork grunge of
Florence also were among the
winners.
fHE'DOUGLSS. COUNTY DAIS'
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1942.
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39 Billion
Week Begun
By Congress
Appropriations on War
Budget Slated; No Halt
For Vacation, Warning
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.
(AP) A $28,495,265,474 na
val appropriations bill, larg
est hieasure of its kind ever
to win approval of a legisla
tive body, was passed by the
senate today and returned to
the house . for action on
amendments.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (AP)
Congress neared the end of Its
first month's work on President
Roosevelt's $56,000,000,000 war
budget today with every indica
tion that enacted appropriations
and authorizations would reach
$39,000,000,000 before the week
was out.
This tremendous total averag
ing more than $1,300,000,00 daily
would represent congressional
approval within 30 days of an
amount equal to nearly three-
fourths of the figure fixed by the
president in his outline of war
expenditures.
Yet despite Its record of activ
ity, which includes completing
important war powers and price
control legislation as well as ap
propriations, congress appeared
to be in for a long and arduous
session.
"There is no chance for any
vacation or holiday." warned Sen
ator Hill (D.-Ala.), the' democrat
ic whip. "Congress must be on
the alert to act with speed on
whatever comes along."
The senate arranged to take
up today a $26,495,265,474 naval
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Law Licensing Labor .
Union Agents Faces Test 1
REDDING, Calif., Feb. 2.
(AP) Reddlng's four-year-old or
dinance licensing labor union or
ganizing agents and charging
them $5 a quarter, unenforced
until last week, apparently must
undergo a legal test of its consti
tutionality. James Porterfield, AFL busi
ness agent and organizer, arrest
ed and accused of violating the
measure, posted $100 bail and
said the AFL would fight to the
U. S. supreme court, if neces
sary, In an effort to show the or
dinance is unconstitutional.
! SAW
By Paul Jenkim
mvJ CM jU s'.v'
THE UMPQUA GROUP of
Campflre Girls at one of their
study periods in their rooms ov
er the Douglas National bank, as
they met one evening last week
with their guardian, Mrs. Gene
Mills, and assistant guardian, Net
tie Moore.
This particular group consists,
I am informed, of slitteen girls,
ranging in age from twelve to
sixteen years. Only half of them,
however, were present at this
meeting. Appearing in the photo
graph above from left to right,
are:
Front row: Mrs. Mills, Pat
Nichols, Virginia .Mills, Shirley
Wilson and Beverly Solnleka.
Back row: Ilene Young. Barbara
del Fream, Beverly Nichols, Doro
thy Busch and Miss Moore.
"The girls," Mrs. Mills told me,
"help to solicit and sell for varl-
Lied When the Japs
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British Blast Causeway, Fight for Singapore
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) The battle of Malaya is over. The battle for Singapore Is on. Mere's tne causeway between the
state cf Johore and the British Island base, which retreating British blasted behind them as the
climactic battle began. (NEA Telephoto.)
Puget Sound Welders'
Strike Proves Fizzle
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 2,
(P) Shipyards here and at Se
attle continued operations today
when the welders' walkout, in
their longstanding controversy
with the American Federation of
Labor, proved Ineffective.
At the Seattle yard of the Se-attle-Tacoma
Shipbuilding Corp.,
sotne welders stood about until
sotiie.100 had collected and .there
were arguments until one man
yelled "Aw, hell, I'm going on to
work," and stalked inside the
gates. The others followed him,
and time keepers said that more
than 200 of the 360 welders sched
uled to go to work on that shift
reported for work.
Tire-Tube Stock Removal
Now Effective In Oregon
PORTLAND, Feb. 2. (AP)
An order enabling retailers and
wholesalers to move automobile
tires and tubes among ware
houses went into effect today.
O. L. Price, Oregon rationing
administrator, said the order
would permit dealers to replen
ish stocks to supply customers
who obtain rationing certifi
cates. Police said today that automo
bile tire thefts Increased in Port
land last week end. The largest
loss, 33 tires valued at $600, was
reported by an automobile store.
ous patriotic orders here they
have just completed a collection
campaign for thp Red CrnRa: thpy
hold a doughnut sale each year
(or the purpose of raising funds
to care for the expense of their
annual camping trip; they now
are engaged in a sewing and knit
ting project for the Red Cross,
and in decorating the Campflre
council quarters."
Doggone it all, why did so
many of us have to be born be
fore such fine character-building
organizations as the Campflre
Girls and the Boy Scouts were
formed? These kids are offered
advantages (and avail themselves
of these) which make for a migh
ty fine type of citizenship.
"The younger generation In
America is going to pot," some
folks say. Rats! It's better In ev
ery respect than its forefathers
ever thought of being.
Said US. Naval
mo o iy vsr
Snell Enters Race
For Governorship
PORTLAND, Feb. 2 (API-
Secretary of State Earl Snell will
oppose Governor Sprague for the
republican nomination ior gover
nor in the May Primary election.
Snell announced his candidacy
Saturday, assuring Oregon of one
of the warmest GOP guberna
torial primaries in years, .t..
lie served four terms as state
legislator from Arlington, one as
speaker of the house before be
ing elected secretary of state. He
is now In his second term as sec
retary and Is ineligible for reelec
tion. His first campaign statement
advocated abolishing the state tax
commission and revising assess
ment and tax methods.
EUGENE, Fob. 2 (AP) Ed G.
Boehnke, Eugene, will seek re
publican nomination to congress
from the fourth Oregon district
In the May primary.
Created by the state legislature
last year, the fourth district In
cludes Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jack
son, Josephine, Lane and Linn
counties.
Roosevelt Asks Half
Billion Loan to China
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (AP)
President Roosevelt has asked
congress to approve a $500,000,
000 loan for China.
The White House disclosed to-'
day that Mr. Roosevelt had sent
a letter to Speaker Rayburn re
questing that congress approve
the fund.
Presidential Secretary Stephen
Early said today democratic and
republican leaders agreed to sup
port the request ana mat nay-
burn would have the proper reso
lution Introduced in the house.
LONDON, Feb. 2. (AP) The
foreign office announced today
that Britain would lend China up
to 50,000,000 pounds ($200,000,
000) for war purposes.
Extra Days Allowed to
Oregon Draft Boards
SALEM, Feb. 2. (AP) All
places of registration of men for
selective service must be open
on February 16, but local boards
also may keep them open on the
two preceding days, Lieutenant
Colonel Wooton, state selective
service director, said today.
He estimated that 75,000 men
would be registered on those
dates In Oregon. Of this number,
12,000 will be 20 or 21 years of
agp, while the rest will be In the
36-44 age group.
Milk Price Regulation
Upheld by High Court
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (AP)
The supreme court held today
that the federal government
could regulate the price of milk
handled and sold within one state
If it was In competition with oth
er milk transported from outside
the state.
Power was Crushed
VOL. XXX NO.
Death Stills Radio's
Voice of Experience
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 2. (AP)
Radio's "Voice of Experience,"
Marlnn Sayle Taylor, 53, died of
a heart ttack on a street yester
day. He started his radio career In
1927 and became one of the best
known marital counsellors on tne
air. He claimed to have received
as many as 5,000 fan letters a
dav nnd a staff of i 35 ' was re
quired tohandle' hrs-'corrWobiKt--
enco.
Taylor's own marital affairs
wore Involved, at times, and last
September he settled out of court
a suit instituted by his second
wife, Jessie, to set aside a divorce
decree granted her in Mexico in
1935. He told the court poor In
vestments had thrown him heav
ily Into debt.
Surviving is his widow, Mrs.
Mildred Taylor.
Taylor graduated from Pacific
university, Forest Grove, Ore., In
1912 and from then until 1926
was school principal and super
intendent in several Oregon
cities.
Jap Aliens on Terminal
Isle Taken Into Custody
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Feb. 2.
(AP) Male Japanese aliens on
Terminal island were taken into
custody today and are being held
at the immigration station on the
island.
J. W. Vincent, assistant chief
of the Los Angeles FBI office,
said that the aliens would be
held under presidential warrants
pending hearings before enemy
alien boards. Later, he said, those
aliens who the boards do not re
lease will be given an oppor
tunity to decide between leaving
the country and being Interned
for the duration.
The Japanese population of
the island, a vital naval and ship
building center In Los Angeles
harbor, Is about 2,200, of whom
about 800 are aliens. Male aliens,
mostly fishermen and cannery
workers, are said to total 400.
Larceny From Truck
Charged to Pair Here
William Vcrn Hasher, 26, and
Keneth Bert Anderson, 17, who
gave their residence as Billings,
Mont., were In custody here to
day charged with larceny from a
motor vehicle according to Ser
geant Paul Morgan of the state
police. The two men, Morgan
said, were accused of taking tools,
a blanket and a suitcase from a
truck In Roseburg Sunday. The
officer said that the men were
in possession of a considerable
quantity of merchandise believed
to have been stolen.
Henderson Ncmed as
Price Administrator
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (AP)
The nomination of Leon Hen
derson to be federal price admin
istrator was submitted to the sen
ate today by President Roosevelt.
Henderson has been acting administrator.
at Pearl Harbor.
BAD NEWS FOR JAPS
That's the ovcr-the-week-end
summary. Expect more of the
same kind any day now that the
0. S. Pacific fleet is at the scene
of action, and Gen. MacArthur's
army continues to repulse attacks. .
Read the NEWS-REVIEW for
dally developments.
145 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Destruction
Dealt Ships;
Planes, Bases
MacArthur Also Hands
Out Smash; Singapore
Repels Japanese Foray
(By the Associated Press) '
A slashing sea and air attack
by the United States on the mid-!
Pacific flank of Japan's broad ;
hopskip jump offensive raised to-
day the probability of a full-fledg-'
ed American offensive in the ene-'.
my's vulnerable Island mandates f
timed to ease the siege of Singa
pore and check the pressure on '
the Dutch East Indies and Aus-!
tralla. t
Warships and planes of the Pa-'
ciflc fleet, according to a Wash-1'
ington announcement, have turn- '
ed a storm of torpedoes, bombs .
and shells onto six Japanese all"
and naval bases in the Marshall.
and Gilbert islands in a surprise-
foray that destroyed or damaged,
many auxiliary vessels of the ene-1
my's fleet along with numerous!
planes and ground Installations..
Singapore Repels Japt ',
The announcement came yes-'
tcrday, on the second day of the
siege of Singapore and About the'
time that the Japanese, perhaps.
In their first feeler thrust into
he moat-like Johore strait, sent
three small boats against the
British base-fortress. They were
promptly caught in a gale of
shcllfire and one of them was
sunk. Singapore's guns also
blasted Japanese forces moving
ln(ov Johore Bkhru, : across "the;
strait from Singapore island.
Admiral Chester W. Nimltz,
commander-in-chief of the Pacific
fleet, said of the attack by the
U. S. navy on Japanese bases on
Gilbert and Marshall Islands:
"It is certain that extensive
damage was done. Our own loss
es were slight."
In a surprise action wholly of
fensive in nature, U. S. surface
and aircraft raided five Island
bases in the Marshalls and one
In the Gilbert group.
. Admiral Nlmitz concluded his
statement thus:
"I regret further details of tho
action cannot now be disclosed."
U. 8. Loses 11 Planes
The official Japanese account
of the Gilbert-Marshall attack
said that United States aircraft
carriers, cruisers, and destroyers
made up the raiding force and
claimed that 11 American planes
were shot down. The Washington
communique already had acknow
ledged that many planes were
lost. '
The Japanese belittled the re
sults, of the attack, declaring that
the only damage suffered was to
a small Japanese auxiliary vessel,
and claimed the firing of a U. S.
cruiser and damae toother ships.
Washington admitted minor dam
age to only two American ships
from near misses of Japanese
bombers.
MacArthur Smashes Japs
General MacArthur reported to
day that the defenders of the Ba
taan peninsula in the Philippines
had repulsed with heavy enemy
losses the latest series of Japan
ese attacks, which were made by
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Groundhog Has More
Bad News for Hitler
QUARRYVILLE, Pa., Feb. 2.
(AP) The slumbering
groundhog lodge of Quarry
vllle, after deep thought and
solemn consideration, Inform
ed the war and n.-.vy depart
ments today that the world is
in for six more weeks of bad
weather. v
Hibernating Governor
George W. Hensel, Jr., ex
pressed the wish that the fore
cast also be relayed to the Rus
sian front.
The lodge penned notes to
Secretaries Knox and Stimson
after receiving a report from
the field that the groundhog
emerged from his hole "some
time between 11 and 11:30
o'clock this morning," blinked
at the brilliant sunshine, saw
his shadow, and ducked beck,
The message was brought bv
Manassa B. Montgomery, 80-year-old
trapper assigned to
watch the best groundhole In
Larrster county.