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SIX U. S. Urged to Rush Aid To Far East Islands (Continued from page 1) we were good and we thought " so, too. "Now, too many of us are alt- ting with our hands complacently i folded while we wait for 'George' 1 to win the war." . Grimly, Standlcy predicted "this war may last a long, long lime and America can be brought to her knees!" He added Ihul the nation already was "be coming lethargic" and was for getting the lesson of Pearl har bor. ' Competitive Blda Out The war production board plans to place all war contracts by negotiation rather than by competitive bidding, Douglas MacKeachle, purchases director, notified the senate defense .In- vostigallng committee today. This course, designed to speed (he placing of army and navy or- v ders, will be accompanied by two other sweeping policy changes: 1. Contracts for standard com mercial items will be placed gen erally with small manufacturers, leaving the more difficult arma ment Jobs to bigger concerns. 2. To prevent inflated profits . on war orders, contracts will con tain a clause providing for re-ne- gotlation after the contract has boon placed and signed. To carry out the re-negotiations, the WPB is establishing a contract review branch in Mac Keachle's division,, charged with the task of reviewing all major 1 contracts and recommending ' changes if they appear to give : manufacturers too high a profit or are faulty for other reasons. . Guard Against Fever All army officers and men were ordered today to be immunized against yellow fever, making . them quickly available for service in the tropics. Secretary , of War Stlmson an , nounced the order, explaining t that hitherto ciily troops assigned ' to such areas as Panama and Pu erto Klco were so vaccinated. Army men already are Immuniz ed against paratyphoid, smallpox and tetanus. Stlmson announced also that reserve officer training corps summer camps for college stud ents had been discontinued for the war's duration and for six months thereafter. , AMERICA "BEING LICKED," CONGRESSMAN DECLARES ; WASHINGTON, Feb; 12 (AP) ' Representative Hatton Sum nors (D., Tex.) veteran chairman of the Judiciary committee, sol emnly told the house today that "we're being licked," and cried ' out to congress to rouse the na tion to its danger. "My God," he shouted, "are we ; going to let the hope of the ages perish from this earth because of our unworthlness," because, "we, as did France, Insist upon 'busi ness as usual'?" America, Sumners told the house, "doesn't yet realize that It is in the greatest war of all time, facing the greatest military ma- chine in history." But he said that even though he had not found an awakened public consciousness, "the Ameri can people hHve got the stuff In them to do the Job." Eleanor Roosevelt to Resign From Defense Job ITAHACA, N. Y.. Feb. 12 (AP) Mrs. Franklin D. Roose velt said today she had "always intended to resign from the of fice of civilian defense when the organization is completed" and added she expected it to be com pleted "very soon." The assistant director of thd OCD told a press conference when the organization is com pleted she would "organize her self right out of the office of civilian defense." Britain to Get Eighth ; Of U. S. Rubber Output LONDON, ' Feb. 12 (API Minister of production Lord Beav erbrook told the house of .lords today that the Washington com bined raw materials board plans to produce 400.000 tons of syn thetic rubber annually of which Britain expects to get 50,000 tons. ALASKA'S AREA If a map of Alaska were drawn ; to the same scale as one of the . United States and superimposed ' on the latter, with Point Barrow ! placed at Duluth. Minn., the islands of the Aleutian archlpcla- go would touch Los Angeles, Cal while the southeastern point of Alaska would rest upon Savanah, ', Georgia. MAKING IT TOUGHER DECATUR, 111. (AP) If you ; get a flat tire here, reach for your identification card ahead of your Jack. Under a drastic order de signed to curb thefts of the ra tioned articles police have been instructed to regard every tire changer as a tire thief until he proves otherwise. Stricken Normandie Wa flows m HiTdson River Mud, a Faffen Sea Giant' 4rcT7T ' - Tt ri ' Zfit ' ' 1 Sixty million dollars worth of ship, the former French passenger liner Normandie, now the U. S. 6. Lafayette, wallows Ignominiously In -Uie mud beside her Hudson River pier after a ravaging fire swept through her upper three decks as she lay in New York Harbor. Tons of water from fire boats caused the sea giant to list and topple. Nazis Claim Russians Hurled Back in Ukraine (Continued from page 1) and light naval craft. Bombing raids against contin ental targets are among the fac tors handicapping German shops and factories called upon to ex pand their output. Transport dif ficulties, shortages of labor, coal and electrical power are among others. A dispatch from Bern, Switzer land, cited the decree of propa ganda minister Goebbcls banning Industrial fairs as evidence of the tremendous effort being made to match the production capacity of the United States. The need for replacement , of heavy material such as guns and tanks lost In Russia was stressed. On the north African front, British headquarters reported that Imperial artillery fire had scattered a strong tank-supported axis force in the desert and that British mobile units "continued their aggressive activities" In the main battle zone 40 miles west of Tobruk. , In general, the situation re mained unchanged. THEY HAVE DONE MUCH During the years of Its opera tion, WPA workers have built more than 100,000 public build ings and have built or improved 565,000 miles of roads. This is equivalent to erecting nine new buildings and 180 miles of road for every county In the United Statot.. HAD GOLD NOSE Tr,e famous Danish astronj mer, Tycho Brahe. lost his nose in a duel and thereafter wore one of gold. So that he might keep It M'turely taslencd, he car ried cement about with him. Lincoln's Memory Is Honored by 2 Nations , (Continued from page 1) Abrahem Lincoln. National Commander Lynn U. Stambuugh of Fargo led the an nual American legion pilgrimage to Lincoln's tomb at Springfield, 111. Lord Halifax, the British ambassador, placed a wreath by the tomb. He participated in a POETS CORNER WARTIME TRANSFORMATION (By Aiden Harness) In unswerving men whose wis dom guides The United Nations In this war And who can see across the months afar The final battles and their turn ing tides; In dauntless officers whose sol diers fight With mutchless skill and courage and ollght The conquest germ Inoculated packs Of human wolves whose ruthless leaders are Controlled by military maniacs; In countless people, working now to save The world that axis gangsters would enslave; The love that sends men forth to fight For freedom and eternal right, Awakens at this fateful hour A super-human mental power. ROSEBURS NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, Lincoln's birthday celebration at Springfield last night. Illinois Places Thronged. Hundreds of visitors thronged Illinois places hallowed by Lin coln's memory the white frame house in which he lived while serving in the Illinois legislature; the village of New Salem, which has been restored; and the court house where he tried cases while a circuit-riding lawyer. At Bloomlngton, Ind., the Uni versity of Indiana announced pur chase of what it described as the last big privately-owned library of material on Lincoln. The col; lection includes some 8,000 vol umes, many photographs, busts and etchings. ;' Across the seas in London Unit ed States . Ambassador Wlnant, speaking at a Lincoln birthday luncheon, said that Lincoln "like we, hted the. tyranny I of -man over man" and " therefore would have grasped the reasons that made. Britain and United States allies again today. : Bloody Battle for Singapore Still Raging (Continued from page 1) not yet been won. C. Yates McDaniel, of the As sociated Press, the last foreign correspondent remaining in Singapore, said British infantry charged the Japanese and drove them back at several points. McDaniel's dispatch, filed from a ship lying offshore, under re peated attack by Rising Sun div bombers, said however that the battle lines were moving steadily closer to Singapore. Japs Occupy Suburbs The Tokyo radio, declaring that the conquest of all Singapore is land was "only a matter of hours," asserted that Japanese forces were pushing deep Into the city itself after occupying the fa mous Singapore racetrack In the northwest suburbs. A Singapore broadcast, report ing terrific losses Inflicted on the enemy, declared; Crack Japanese divisions have and are taking a hammering that will have considerable Influence on the future course of the war. . . "Singapore's defenders have no mountain fortress to which they can retreat, no natural obstacles to the Invader such as the terrain which has helped Gen. Douglas MacArthur's gallant defense of LAND PLASTER! CAR COMING Order now for car door price. "You Own the Profits." DOUGLAS COUNTY Farm Bureau Co-op Exchange ROSEBURG, ORE. Bataan peninsula. But Singa pore's defenders have this in com mon with MacArthur's men the same courage, the snme fortitude, the same will to win every vital hour.". Rescue Ships Blasted Hundreds of fires set by Japan ese bombers and artillery bom bardment raged in Singapore. Virtually unopposed in the air, Japanese dive-bombers were blast ing at British troops and rescue ships in the harbor. Hundreds of women and child ren already had been removed from the doomed city. '. g - Bloodily and gallantly, the -outnumbered defenders executod a pledge Jan. 27 by Prime Minister Churchill' that thq battle-'will be fought to the last lnchj" ! A note demanding surrender, dropped yesterday by a Japanese warplane, watt lgnoredi by, the garrison commander, LIcut-'.Gjpn. Percival, ,Hc acknowledged, how ever, ..that his men were being driven slowly' back on the west ern side, of the island. -' i : "The enemy's advance has been assisted by tanks and consider able bomber and fighter support," said a communique. Japanese imperial headquarters said the Invaders had won "com plete mastery over the main de fense fortifications" and were mopping up around the-water re servior on the central part of the Island. ' London Braced For Loss ' ' London authorities were grim ly prepared for loss of the $400, 000,000 Asiatic bastion. Holding off of the invasion army until withdrawal of women and child ren was completed was apparent ly one aim of the defense forces. In Sydney, Australia, CBS re porter, Cecil Brown, said Singa pore "probably will be in Japan ese hands vln the next 24 to 72 hours." He' reiterated charges that caused him to be barred from the air In Singapore one month ago charges that the British were complacent and ill prepared for the Malayan fight. Japs Gain On Other -Fronts Japanese hurdling of the lower Salwoen river In a drive against Burma's defenders to Martaban, 80 miles by air from the city of Rangoon and the rising threat against all the Netherlands East Indies added to the gravity of the united nation's position. Tokyo headquarters declared sea-borne Japanese troops had completely occupied Macassar, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY .2, 1942. chief port and capital of Dutch Celebes island, as well as the town of Gasmata on Australian mandated New Britain island. An Indies communique said Dutch troops were still fiercely resisting the Japanese invaders in various sectors of the 3,000-mile archipelago, but gave no details. Aneta, the Dutch news agency, said Dutch forces on Celebes and Borneo were believed to be fight ing desperately to stem Japanese drives against Macassar and Bandjermasin, Borneo southeast coastal port both aimed at Java, the heart of the Indies. m M CONSERVATION S PLAN' : OAK AND STEPHENS STS. Jops Await Aid for New Drive Against MecArthur (Continued from page 11 nila reported that Japanese ef forts to win the friendship of the Filipinos Is fulling miserably in the fuce of widespread hunger and their mistreatment of the people. . At least 10 and possibly 20 Filipinos are said to have been t-xcuicd - f or opposing the Japa nese occupation forces. Their bodies afterward -.ver? thrown in to Manila bay, according . to .in formation reaching here. JAPS SUFFER FURTHER SMASHES ON BATAAN WITH AMERICAN FORCES ON BATAAN PENINSULA, Feb. 11. (Delayed) (AP) Ameri can shore defense guns have smashed into complete and costly failure another Japanese effort to crack the western flank of Gen eral MacArthur's lines on Bataan peninsula, and have inflicted heavy losses on the enemy in do ing so. The Japanese tried a before dawn landing from a number of barges towed by a sea-going tug, but were driven off by artillery and machine-gun fire which sank several barges and killed a num ber of troops. When daylight came the American guns scored a direct hit that sank the tug and left the barges drifting helplessly toward shore, where several more were sunk and others were cap tured. U. S. Gift Material Used These barges carried life-saving and other equipment marked "United States Army Transport Men-ltt" equipment which Gen. MacArthur, then a brigadier and commander of the Philippine scouts, sent to Japan in 1923 aft er the disastrous earthquake and fire. Some of the Japanese soldiers tried to swim north to the safety of their own lines but were killed by rifle fire from the shore. Previous attempts to dent Mac Arthur's left flank also have been shattered, and on the few occa sions when the Japanese suc ceeded in landing they were wip ed out completely except for the few who were wounded and tak en prisoner Suicide Unit Erased The final mopping- up of the west coast battleground where a Japanese suicide battalion landed and outstanding leader of the Designed to keep America's cars serving for the duration. ... To prolong the life of your car to avoid many major repair bills to protect your pocketbook to preserve your motor car trans portation; ... See your Chevrolet dealer today for full details of Chevrolet's original "Car Conservation Plan,'! and keep your car serving well by keeping it well serviced. A MOBILE NATION IS A STRONG NATION last week resulted In a count of almost 400 Japanese dead, not counting those buried by the Japanese during the fight. The last Japanese took refuge In caves along the shore. When all else failed, American soldiers tied sticks of dynamite with short fuses to the ends of long bamboo poles and flipped the dy namite into the caves from the cliffs above. Jap Cruelty Reported Filipinos formerly employed by the American army and navy arc roped to telephone poles along the main streets of Manila. For three days and nights they are held there, virtually without food and klcKcd and slapped by passing Japanese sentries. If, at the end of this period, the Japanese find them "guilty" of assisting Americans, they are executed. Otherwise they are re leased. Two high officials of the Philip pine supreme court Judge Ar senio Locson and Judge Gregorio Narvasa--were trussed up pub licly in this fashion and released only after several hours, when the Japanese apologized for their "mistake." Pro-Japanese agents are said still to be extremely active, prin cipally the Sakdalistas and Gan aps, members of Filipino parties Distributed by Douglas Distributing Co. Phone 14. Roseburg KICTORY i UgV "TATKS irr DEFENSE which long have agitated for free dom from American rule. They point out suspects to the Japan ese sentries. When these agents fail to turn in any suspects, they are thcm: selves tied up. Hence they make their accusations at random. One Filipino who helped thiQ Japanese find a 5,000-gallon cachew of gasoline and was rewarded publicly for that deed later was reported to have been shot for failing to locate additional sup plies. C. J. Rirchey, Resident Of Myrtle Creek, Dies C. J. Riehey, a well-known resi dent of Myrtle Creek, died at Mercy hospital last night follow ing a long Illness. The body has been removed to the Roseburg Undertaking company parlors. Funeral arrangements have not been made. '' POWELL'S FOR ' FISHING TACKLE 245 N. Jackson St., Roseburg Mm 1 m &st 1 KTTV 'H I'NITED ROSEBURG. OREGON