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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1942.
Halt Called On
Price Boom In
America's Food
, WASHINGTON, Fob. 3. (AP)
-"-The nations' farmers heard
straight from headquarters to
day that the war boom in the
market for their products has
pone about as far as the agricul
ture department and the office of
price administration will permit,
. Leon Henderson, the price ad
mlnlstrator, and Secretary of Ag
riculture Wickard disclosed yes
terday they were in "complete
agreement" that the cost of living
should be stabilized.
. The agriculture department
will do Its part by using government-owned
stocks of grains and
cotton "to supplement private
stocks" and by keeping feed
prices at levels which will encour
age production ot meat and live
stock products.
' The price administrator will re
ciprocate by bearing down on the
prices ol things farmers buy.
The Joint statement did not dis
close how high they planned to
let farm prices go, but Wickard
provided a clue Saturday when
he told the senate agriculture
committee ho thought "around
parity" would be about right.
Parity is a price which would
give farm products the same pur
chasing power as they had in a
stipulated previous period for
most crops, the years 1909-14.
Farm prices averaged 102 per
cent of parity as of January 15,
the agriculture department re
ported. Some were much higher,
some much lower.
Under the recently enacted
price control bill, the secretary
of agriculture was given veto
power over farm price ceilings
fixed by the price administrator.
President Roosevelt was critical
of the clause, but signed the bill
Into law and yesterday formally
nominated Henderson as administrator.
passengers are eligible to receive (troops to make up for casualties.
tires, but the present rules ao not These might be headed for Ma
Welders Back on Job
In Pugcf Sound Yards
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 3 (AP)
With employers reporting a
back-to-work move under way,
idle welders of the Pugct sound
area announced today they would
pursue an undisclosed new course
in their rebellion against com
pulsory membership In AFL.
unions. .
i Yard officials at Seattle report
ed welders returned to work to
day "practically 100 per cent."
- Tho change in tactics, which
Shelly Knutson, new welders'
loader at Seattle said he could not
reveal yet, followed a stinging in
dictment by war leaders ot the
welders' walkout In Seattle and
Tacoma shipyards.
The statement issued yesterday
by War Production Director Don
ald Nelson, Secretary of War
Henry L. Stlmson, Secretary of
the Navy Frank Knox and Mari
time Commission Chairman Em
ory S. Land branded the walkout
as "an attempted Impairment of
the war effort."
provide tires for ordinary pas
senger cars used as taxlcabs. I
council's letter to the board will
stress the Importance of the serv
ice In lioseburg and win urge
modification of rules In favor
the taxioab operators.
Claims Allowed
The usual routine business was
conducted, Including the reading
of reports from various city off!
cers and departments and the
payment of bills accumulated
during the past, month as fol
lows:
M. Bartley, repairs po
lice car S 2.15
California Oregon Power
Co., water & light 836.41
Peter Crumctt, repairs gas
pump 5.20
Douglas National bank,
rental safe deposit box .. 3.60
Douglas Abstract Co., blue
prints for airport 1.50
Thomas Fletcher, care of
dogs 6.50
Howard-Cooper Corp., re
pairs, fire truck 50.S0
Quine & Company, Insur
ance library building .... 118.00
Rensselaer Valve Corp.,
repairs fire hydrants .... 22.06
Richfield Oil Corp., kero
sene, street Dept 6.89
Sterling Richmond, repairs
to damaged car 12.10
Roseburg Electric, light
bulbs & light repairs
Roseburg Lumber Co.,. 6
units sawdust
Sanderson Safety Supply
Co., first aid supplies ....
Silver Nook Grille, meals
for prisoners
Standard Oil Co., gasoline
Standard station, Robt.
Miller, repairs street
truck ;
Union Oil Co., car of as
phalt ..: 485.29
G. W. Young & Son, pre
mium Treas. bond
Sewer Emergency Fund
California Oregon Power
Co., water, light, power
Denver Fire Clay Co., sew
er plant supplies , 1.22
Standard OH Co., 5 gals.
Pearl oil ,
4.05
12.00
24.13
2.80
34.58
1.50
50.00
83.27
.75
Singapore Battles Fire
Following Jap Raids
(Continued from page 1)
Stronger Air Raid
Alarm System Urged
(Continued from page 1)
Ing a type of signal designed In
that city and using compressed
air or gas for operation.
Cost Placed Around $1,000
" It is anticipated as a result of
the discussions held last night,
that the city council will contact
manufacturers of signal devices
to obtain more Information on
tho effective range of various
pieces of equipment and the cost
of installation. It was roughly es
timated that the probable cost of
a system meeting the needs of
the city of Roseburg would be
about $1,000. The fact that the
city's residential areas are brok
en by hills makes Installation of
more equipment necessary than
if the city wore In a more open
and level location.
The council last night awarded
the contract for gasoline and oil
for the year of 1!M2 to tho Rich
field OH company, which submit
ted a bid of 14.20 cents per gal
lon on gasoline. Seven major
companies submitted bids, rang
ing up to 10 cents per gallon.
Four made uniform bids of 14.22
cents per gallon.
Taxi Operators Aik Tires
At the request of the operators
of local taxi companies, the coun
cil authorized a letter to the
state tiro rationing board urging
that siops be taken to Include the
companies In the list o( those
eligible to purchase tires. It was
pointed out that the city has no
form of public carrier other than
the public taxlcabs, operated by
two companies. Carriers operat
ing vehicles carrying ten or more
YOU CAN GET
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Put On Your 8hoej at
Hobday's Shoe Renewing
and dive bomb attacks being car
ried out and causing some fires,"
Urltish headquarters reported.
"Military casualties have been
slight." . ,
Java Base Raided.
Other Japanese warplancs
struck tor the first time at Java,
heart of the Dutch East Indies,
raiding the big Soerabaja naval
Rasp. '
Java Is the headquarters of
General Wavell's supreme united
nations command In the far Pa
cific.
Besides attacking Soerabaja,
the Indies' chief naval base, a
formation of 26 Japanese bomb
ers, strongly escorted by fighters,
also pounded towns In eastern
Java In what may have been the
prelude to an invasion drive. A
communique reported "consider
able damage" and casualties.
The main objectives of the raid
ers, military observers told the
Dutch agency, undoubtedly were
to cripple the Soerabaja base,
whose Importance to the united
nations in the Pacific has become
paramount now that Singapore Is
under siege, and to Incapacitate
airfields there, at Malang, Ma
doicn and Magetan.
U. S. Bombers Aid Fort.
With American flying fortress
bombers now helping in the de
fense of Singapore, smashing at
Japanese airfields on .the Malay
peninsula, the atmosphere In the
beleaguered island citadel was
far from pessimistic.
Military experts expressed be
lief that a parachute attack or a
night thrust by small boat crews
across the mile-wide Johorc
strait would open Japan's pres
tige offensive, regarding a simple
state or siege as foreign to Nip
ponese strategy.
Concentration of the reinforced
defenders within a shortline of
little more than 70 miles was cited
by the British in a forecast that
either aerial or maritime Infil
tration tactics against the gun
girt stronghold would fall.
Japanese Losses Heavy.
A Chinese army spokesman in
Chungking said Japan's bloody
losses In the eight-weeks-old con
flict were forcing her to draw
heavily on manpower reserves
and that the bodies of 10,000 slain
In the Malaya campaign alone
had already arrived at Saigon,
Indo-China.
The spokesman reported that a
huge Japanese convoy, Including
41 warships and 28 other vessels,
had been sighted steaming south
ward In Formosa strait, carrying
laya, the Philippines or the Dutch
Indies.
Evidence of Increasing air
strength In the Singapore area
came from a U. S. army report
that small formations of flying
fortress type bombers had raid
ed the Japanese air fields at
Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan. Low
visibility prevented accurate as
sessment of the damage. All re
turned to their base.
In another theater of .the south
west Pacific four heavy Ul S,
bombers assigned to raid Japan
ese shipping in the Borneo port of
Balik Pappan were set upon by
Japanese fighters. Nine Japanese
planes were shot down against a
loss of one of the bombers, the
army communique said.
Aid on Way, Singapore Told,
Australian Army Minister
Forde declared today that "a big
movement by the allies is under
way" to counter Japan s sweep In
the far Pacific.
In a broadcast to the Australian
Imperial force at Singapore, Forde
declared that each hour Japan's
siege armies were held at bay
permuted the massing and devel
opment of more reinforcements
and the accumulation of more
weapons.
"It docs not need my words to
impel you, therefore, to hold on,"
he said.
Fordo did not specify the na
ture or direction of thp allied
movement.
M'Arthur Shatters Jap
Troops in Bataan Blew
(Continued from page 1)
who was born in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
June 15, 1894, entered the army
as a corporal In the Illinois na
tional guard In 1916. He went to
the Philippines In January, 1940.
Sea Toll Increased,
Meanwhile, General Wavell's
headquarters in Java, announced
heavy new blows inflicted on the
battered Japanese invasion ar
mada in Macassar strait, between
Dutch East Borneo and Celebes
island.
United States warplanes twice
attacked the enemy convoy yes
terday off Balik Papan, sinking
two transports and probably an
other.
Combined Dutch and United
States air and naval attacks are
now credited with sinking a total
f 46 ships In the shark-infested
Macassar strait
New U. 8. Blows Expected.
Daring new American air and
sea attacks to slow the onrush of
Japanese forces in the southwest
ern Pacific were confidently ex-
nected In Washington today on
the basis of official statements.
An army report that formations
of heavy American bombers wore
helping the defense of Singapore
by raids on - Japanese airfields
gave evidence of increasing air
strength in that vital area.
As for the warfare at sea, Ad
miral Chester W. Nimitz, com
mander-in-chief of the Pacific
fleet, declared that every man
and every vessel of his command
was being used to the fullest ex
tent to take the war to the ene
my's front door..
Small formations of flying for-
ress type bombers raided the
Japanese airfields at Kula Lum
pur and Kuantan, on the Malay
peninsula, the army said. Poor
visibility prevented a check on
csults of the attacks, but the
lanes returned safely to their
bases.
Another formation, consisting
four heavy bombers, was In
tercepted by Japanese fighter
pianos while on the way to at
tack shipping in the Borneo port
Balik Papan. One of the bomb
's was lost but nine Japanese
ancs were shot down In the en
suing battle.
penditures filed by the State Re
tall Grocers association Is In sub
stantial compliance with the pro
visions" of that statute.
The decision, overruling the at
torney general's demurrer to the
action, "is overruled, and It is or
dered that a peremtory writ Is
sue, directing the secretary of
state to place on the official bal
lot for the general election of
November 3, 1942, as a referen
dum measure, house bill 558 (the I
clgaret tax law), passed by the
1941 legislative assembly."
The attorney general had con
tended that the term "field work"
in the association's expense state
ment was not properly defined,
but the court said the term could
be understood by any layman.
Those participating In the una
nimous decision were Chief Jus
tice Kelly, and Justices Bolt, Bail
ey, Lusk, Hand, ftossman and
Brand.
British Turn on Axis
Pursuers in Libya
(Continued from page 1)
armies were declared to have in
flicted heavy new losses on the
Germans and beaten off nazl
counter-attacks launched In
vain attempt to halt the red
armies' advance.
In the Ukraine, the Gorman
high command acknowledged
fresh soviet pressure northeast of
nazi-held Taganrog, on the Sea of
Azov, but asserted that elsewhere
on the 1,200-mlie Daitieirom
German troops scored local suc
cesses despite "stubborn enemy
resistance."
The Russians, fighting on the
biggest land front of the whole
war, said the Germans naa sui-
fered heavy losses In vain at
tempts to seize the initiative and
reported 1,400 killed in three engagements.
The soviet information bureau
acknowledged that Feodosiya, a
Black sea port used in the red
rmy s recent Invasion of the
Crimean panhandle, had been
abandoned "some days ago."
Germany announced recapture
of Feodosiya Jan. 19, saying more
than 4,600 Russian soldiers and
large quantities of equipment in
cluding 73 tanks and 77 guns had
been seized, s
More Executions In Paris
Meanwhile, new evidence arose
of militant unrest in German-occupied
France. ' '
Six bombings and shootings di
rected against German army In
stallations or soldiers between
Jan. 7 and 28 have led to the
execution of six Parisian youths
and orders for deportation to the
east of 100 others officially de
scribed as "members of the com
munist youth and Jews."
The retaliatory measures
grim buf representing a marked
recession from mass executions
earlier which drew protests from
the Petain government were an
nounced by the nazi military
commander In Paris.
regon Cigaret Tax Law
Put Up to State Voters
(Continued from page 1)
November whether they want the
tax.
xpense Statement Okay
Today's decision, by Justice
Bailey, said that the statute re
quiring filing of expense state
ments by sponsors ot referendum
movements "docs not require that
tho service for which money is
paid be minutely described or
that everything an employee does
to earn his stipend bo set forth
in tho statement of disburse
ments. It is our opinion that the
statement of contributions as ox-
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