Escape of the Nazi Warships Throughthe English Channel Stresses the Need of Alarm Clocks and Sleeping Sic kness Antidotes in Those Bundles-for-Britain.
Ad-American Call
HARDER JOB
Faces Britain now, Willi tho
prospect of increased nazl sea '
raiding in the Atlantic. How will .
she meet the task? The answer
will make tup war news. Watch
for it in the NEWS-REVIEW.
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VOUXLVI NO. 265 OF RCSFBU -tVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1942.
VOL. XXX NO. 15S OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Battle Rages
2 Miles From
City's Heart
Defenders Making Last
Stand Under Terrific Air
And Artillery Attacks
(By the Associated Press)
A terse, dramatic message from
Lieut-Gen. Percival disclosed that
British defenders of Singapore
! still were putting up "stout re
sistance against great odds" to-
alay as Japan's siege armies pros
ed within two miles of the city's
heart. ,
A Singapore communique tim
ed 5 p. m. (3 a. m. PWT) indi
cated the union jack continued to
- wave over the island metropolis.
Japanese shock troops were
now fighting in the city's sub
urbs. Even the Tokyo radio spoke of
"firm resistance" at Singapore.
Domei, official Japanese news
agency, conceded that the invad
ers were still two miles from
downtown Singapore, but while
the British fought a delaying ac
tion it was apparent that the net
was steadily drawing tighter.
'" Japs Claims Premature'"
In the 14-day-old siege, latest
' dispatches said Japan's Invasion
hordes were pressing violent air
and artillery attacks on the last
toehold of British defense, with
.heavy fighting raging about the
MacRithie reservior in the cent
er of the island.
O "Shelling has been frequent on
forward areas and on Singapore
town," a British communique
said, belying a Rome radio broad-
(Continued on page 6)
In the Day's News
BY FRANK JENKINS
"TIJUANA the town with a bad,
f wicked past. Because its past
was bad and wicked is about the
only reason one goes there now.
Its present is certainly as mild
as milk toast.
aT works the same way with
people. The old rake who
was a hellion in his younger days
is pointed out as one of the town
sights whereas the upright but
never very thrilling citizen goes
"on his virtuous way unnoted.)
IN its lusty B. C. (before Carde
O nas) days, Tijuana boasted the
longest bar in the world. How
long this bar may have been this
writer doesn't know, never hav
ing measured it, but it was long
enough, goodness knows, and be
fore it swayed and tottered and
whooped and yipped an up
roarious crowd.
Now a large part of the rough
board structure that housed It is
given over to merchandise stalls
Oand on much of the remainder
appear signs reading: "This sec
tion of the bar closed." Before
the small section still open for
1 business a few bored customers
sip mild Mexicali beer and down
at the far end a Mexican male
trio, furnishing their own ac
companiment on guitars, sings
"South of the Border" In a dis
couraged manner.
(You'd be discouraged too, if
you got your pay in nickels, few
and far between. People who are
cold sober don't shower down
folding money on strolling musi
cians.) TIJUANA ekes out a more or
less precarious existence
these days as a tariff-free mer
Q chandlse mart. It has some love
ly stores, at that, selling some
really handsome foreign goods,
(Continued on page 2)
Five Japanese Warships, at least 41
Planes Destroyed by U. S. Navy's Raid
On Gilbert and Marshall Island Bases
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (API The navy' surprise raids
on Japanese bases in the Marshall and Gilbert islands proved to
day to have inflicted even heavier punishment on the enemy than
first reports hinted. '
The batteries and bombers of Pacific fleet units got these
results Jan. 31 in a lightning offensive sweep:
They sunk five Japanese warships one a 17,000-ton con
verted aircraft carrier.
They sent eleven Japanese auxiliary vessels to the bottom.
They destroyed at least 41 enemy warplanes, either in aerial,
dogfights or on the ground. " ' "
And they plastered destruction all over the important naval
and air bases which the Japanese had prepared to threaten the
flank of the U. S. supply route to Australia and the southwest
Pacific. .
Registration Of
Douglas Women
To Start Feb. 16
Registration of women of Doug
las county in connection with the
state-wide mobilization of women,
will start here Monday, Feb. 16,
it was- announced today by Mrs.
Christina Micclli, chairman for
Douglas County.- Mrs. MiwlH an-
nounced that the work in Rose
burg will be conducted by city
wards. Mrs. Oliver Johnson is
in charge of registration Jn Ward
No. 1; Mrs. Flossie Virden, Ward
No. 2; Mrs. G. M. Krell, Ward No.
3, and Mrs. Velle Broadway, Ward
No. 4. . ..
Women will be questioned re
garding vocational experience,
skills and potential abilities. The
survey will include women from
18 years of age upward.
The registration is for the pur
pose of determining the potential
ability of women to fill places in
defense Industries and in various
occupations vacated by men ac
cepted into militry forces. At
the present time, it is stated, the
mobilization board is not in a
position to offer employment to
any Oregon women. However,
after data Is accumulated, tabu
lated and filed, the statistics will
be available for the placement of
women in work where they may
add to the national defense ef
fort. At the same time there will
be available a vast reservior of
substitute labor for use when
large numbers of men are drawn
into military service and heavy
defense industries.
Already plans are being made
by large numbers oi young, un.
married women to form crews for
farm labor, it is reported, and the
mobiiization will serve to organ
ize this and other activities on a
planned and efficient basis.
Roseburg Included in
Alien Evacuation Areas
SALEM, Feb. 13. (AP) The
U. S. employment service an
nounced today it would help find
lobs, new homes and other assist
ance to the enemy aliens who are
being evacuated from the 30 pro
hibited areas in Oregon.
The aliens must be moved by
midnight Sunday from certain
areas in and around balem, fort-
land, Eugene, ' Corvallls, Rose
burg, Grants Pass, Medford,
Umatilla, Pendleton, LaGrande
and the Bonneville dam area.
Roosevelt Signs Bill to
Lend China Half Billion
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. (AP)
A bill appropriating $500,000,
000 for aid to China was signed
today by Presdent Roosevelt.
The measure makes available
the money which was authorized
to be loaned in another bill en
acted last week. The president
had requested the half billion dol
lars for China to bolster her In
ternal economy and help her war
effort.
The news that five warships
had been bagged was a gratifying
surprise to the capital, .for the in
itial reports ' the day after the
raid indicated that the only vic
tims of the U. S. fleet task force
had been Japanese- auxiliary ves
sels. -.' '." , , -:'.,, .
'Besides the 17,000-ton convert
ed carrier, the Japanese lost a
light cruiser, a destroyer and two
submarines. The carrier was be
lieved to have a capacity of 25 or
more warplanes, and it appeared
probable .that some of these were
lost when- the ship.was destfCiyed,
although the navy
navy made no spe
cific claims in that regard
Flying Admiral Leads .
Another gratifying 'disclosure
about the vigorous raid was that
a flying admiral directed the op
eration. Vice-Admiral William F.
Halsey, Jr., commander of car
rier division one in the aircraft
battle force, commanded the well
balanced force of aircraft car
riers, cruisers - and destroyers
which carried out the attacks.
To the capital this was an in.
dication that officers of the air
arm were being entrusted with
responsibility in Important mis
sions requiring synchronized air
and surface operations.
The navy department issued a
lengthy communique last night
on the results of the raids which
hit Japanese strongholds on.Roi,
Kwajalein, Wotle, Taroa and Ja-
luit islands in the Marshall group
and Makin in the Gilberts,
- The report listed American
losses as five planes for the en.
tire operation, and one cruiser
damaged by a small bomb. The
original report placed the plane
losses at 11, but the navy said
this apparent discrepancy would
be cleared up later.
SUPERIORITY OVER JAPS
FULLY DEMONSTRATED
PEARL HARBOR, T. H., Feb.
13. (AP) Naval officers here
(Continued on page 6) -
Radio Plants Get
Conversion Order
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (AP)
The war production board an
nounced today it had ordered the
$200,000,000 radio manufacturing
industry to convert its entire fa
cilitles to arms production within
the next four months.
If the conversion is not accomp
lished within that period, the
board declared in a virtual ulti
matum, the government will take
over unconverted plants, break up
their organization, and shift their
equipment and labor "to other
parts of the economy where they
could be mobilized fpr War pro
duction." The civilian output of the in
dustry was ordered cut 40 per
cent under 1941 production, as a
preliminary to the award of some
$2,000,000,000 in arms contracts
to radio manufacturers.
Officials said it was expected
that the major portion of the con
version could be completed with
in three months.
Radio officials said the industry
employs more than 50.000 work
ers. During the first nine months
of 1941 it produced about 10,000,
000 radio sets.
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Attack Hits
Picket Line
Of Welders
Men at Shipyards at
Tacoma Beaten, Chased
By Workers of AFL
TACOMA, Feb. 13 (AP) A
group of between 40 and 50 pick
ets of welders seeking an inde
pendent union at the big Seattle-
Tacoma shipyards was beaten,
manhandled, picketing signs torn
from them and then chased over
the tideflats in a clash with AFL
welders coming off duty at 7 a. m.
today. ,
About a dozen policemen on
duty at the yards were unable to
stop the fighting. : Some pickets
took refuge, in nearby coal cars
and freight cars and some were
chased blocks. One of the AFL
welders, arrested and placed in
a patrol wagon, was freed by his
fellow-workmen.
The fighting started when the
shift left the yards about 10 min
utes after the day shifts of hund
reds of men went through the
picket lines to work. '
. Shouts dOf .!!cloarT .out?, make an.
honest living," and "never come
back" were hurled at the pickets.
Leader Among Victims
Charles L. Brinkerhoff, leader
of the welders, was knocked to
the ground and beaten. He suf
fered various body bruises and a
bad cut above an eye. A fellow
picket, in trying to protect Brink
erhoff, was knocked down on top
of Brinkerhoff and kicked in the
head . ..
Brinkerhoff was. taken home
for medical aid but later was able
to return to his office.
The picketing welders, assembl
ing 200 or 300 feet outside the
yarus.-gtuus ui o;ou a. m. eieciuu
a big banner -and carried numer
ous signs. The signs said: "Don't
pay tribute to the AFL," "We
want to work for our country but
not for the AFL," and Pay dues
to Uncle Sam ana not to the
AFL." .
800 Said Still Out -American
Federation of Labor
(Continued on page .6)
Give MacArthur
Top Command, Is
Willkie's Urge
.BOSTON, Feb. 13 (AP) Pro
motion of General Douglas Mac
Arthur to a post as supreme com
mander of the nation's entire
armed forces, responsible only io
the president, .is advocated by
Wendell Willkle as a move to
wipe 1 out "deadwood and red
tape" in the army anS navy.
A throng of 1,500 diners rose
to their feet, cheering, as the
1940 G. O. P.- presidential nomi
nee presented the' Philippine he
ro's name last night while addres
sing the Middlesex Republican
club.
"Keep bureaucratic and bolltlc-
al hands off him," said Willkle.
"Give him responsibility and the
power of coordinating all the
armed forces of the nation to
their most effective use."
"Then," he said, "the people of
the United States will have rea
son to hope that skill, not bungl
ing and confusion, directs their
efforts."
Willkie declared it was obvious
"that there Is unnecessary waste
effort, lack of mutual confidence
and central 'direction' among our
various fighting forces."
He quoted unidentified air force
men ts saying they had "come
up against stone walls of preju
dice and ignorance in the war de
partment;" that "the man who
offers constructive criticism risks
court martial," and that "the
navy still believes that an air
bomber cannot sink a battleship."
Heads Far East 1
Allied Fleets
if
i Head of the allied naval
forces In the Far East Is a
Netherlands naval chieftain,
Amdr. C. E. L. Helfrlch, above,
of the Royal Netherlands navy.
We replaoee -American1 Admiral
Thomas C. Hart, -who, at his
own request, was relieved be
cause of poor health. Helfrlch
is 55 years old,, a native of
Java, and a graduate of the na
val college of Den Helder, the
Netherlands.
Civil Air Patrol
Here Asks Further
Enrollments ,
All Douglas county residents
who have had flying experience
are asked to register immediate
ly for service In tjie Civil Air Pa
trol, according to Walt Edmonds,
recently appointed to the position
of group commander. Although
all private planes In this area are
grounded at the present time by
order of the Second Interceptor
command, it Is expected that or
ders soon will be given for the re
lease of planes attached to the
air patrol, Mr. Edmonds states.
It is desired to have the patrol
completely organized before
flight programs are started.
Applications for enlistment al
ready have been received from
Lawrence Womack, Carol Carnes,
Edgar Slack, Francis Garner,
Stewart Cooper, James Hartley,
Ralph Clark, Clyde Hammond,
Dr. Charles B. Wade, Leslie Cum-
mlngs, James Roberts, Ronald
Loffer, Thelma Carter, Louise
Virden, Fred Kuck, Helen Gor
tell, Helen Blodgett, Mary Blod-
gett and Margaret Ambler.
At least 12 pilots are needed for
the patrol, as well as the services
of a large number of persons to
serve In various clerical, me
chanical and service Jobs. As
soon as the patrol has reached
enlistment - strength, squailron
commanders will be named and
final organization completed,
Commander Edmonds reports.
Persons interested may obtain
application blanks at the office
of the Roseburg chamber of com
merce.
Bullet Fells Youth in
Lincoln "Murder" Play
MOLSON, Wash., 13. (AP)
The gun used In the re-enactment
of Lincoln's assassination
In a high school play here yes
terday was loaded and Ralph
Sterling, 17, who played the
part of Lincoln, is near death
in a hospital from a gunshot
wound In the abdomen.
The 'usussln' fired the gun,
supposedly loaded only with
blanks, and young Sterling
crumpled to the stage as par
ents and students looked on.
Defense Plan
Frills Hit By
Sen. Morris
Public Faith Weakened,
Senator Says; Congress
Pension Act Criticized
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (AP)
Senator Norris of Nebraska
proposed today that the senate
take Immediate steps to elimi
nate "frills" from the civilian de
fense effort and to repeal con
gressional pension legislation
twq points of controversy he said
which were undermining the faith
of the American people . in their
government in a critical time.
Norris, who is tho dean of con
gress by virtue of his 29 years In
the senate and 10 years in the
house, said he was amazed at the
nubile Indignation which had
been aroused by the controversy
over the employment of enter
tainers to direct certain activities
of the office for civilian defense.
Likewise, he said he seldom had
received Buch violent and sustain
ed protests as had been occasion
ed by congress action an voting
to onengovernmen -iJiuiMoir
rolls to its members. Norris, who
voted against such retirement
payments, said he never would ac
cept a pension from the govern,
ment. ' -'
Publlo Faith Shaken. '
These two things hav6 gone a
long way to destroy the fulth of
the American people in their gov
ernment," Norris told reporters.
"There never was a time when
we needed unity.; more,, hut the
people are angry and they are be
ginning to lose faith in the execu
tlve nnd legislative brancnes ot
(Continued on page 6)
Reedsport Bridge
Guard Found Dead
Of Bullet Wound
The body of Samuel Fred Wil
son, 27, employed as a guard at
the Southern Pacific railroad
bridge at Reedsport, was found
last night about 8 o'clock under
the north end of the bridge, ac
cording to a report by Coroner
H. C. Stearns. Wilson apparent
ly died from a self-inflicted bullet
wound in the. head, the coroner
stated.
Stearnes reported he had been
informed that Wilson had been in
a very despondent frame of mind
and his condition was recently
aggravated by a call to report for
selective service in the near fu
ture.
He was last seen about 3 p. m
when he was in conversation with
T. R. Godley, S. P. foreman at
Reedsport. His death Is believed
to have occured shortly after that
time.
Surviving are his parents, who
reside at Boulder Dam, Colo., and
several brothers and sisters.
The Investigation was conduct
ed by Coroner Stearnes, assisted
by State Policeman Dick Miles
and Deputy Sheriff Harry M.
McCabe.
The body was removed to Un
ger's Funeral home at Reedsport.
Hal Turpin Signs 1942
Contract With Seattle
SEATTLE, Feb. 13. (AP)
Hal Turpin, the Pacific coast
league's leading pitcher, has sign
ed for the 1942 season with the
Seattle baseball club, the club
management announced last
night.
The Yoncalla, Ore., farmer had
previously rejected the Ralnters'
offers and demanded better
terms.
Two Battleships, Cruiser Dash
From France Through Channel
In Defiance of Blockade Guns
British Lose 42 Planes in Futile Attempt to Destroy
Fleeing Craft, Which Apparently Reached Safety at
Helgoland Base; Feat Creates Storm of Censure.
LONDON. Feb. 13. (API Three of Germany' mighfie$t
warships, In daring defiance of
i r . i
mags a tensarionai eicaps rrom ineir nviibii uiyuubK pnawn, ink
ing to freedom through the English channel under the fire of Brit
ish planes, ships and shore guns. " - ;
It was a gamble that risked freedom for the 26,000-ton bat- I
tleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the 10,000-ton cruiser
Prinz Eugen, to rove the seas again as lethal raiders of Britain's
commerce, against their loss as the price of failure.
And the British ruefully acknowledged this Black Friday that,
so far at least, the Germans had engineered a shrewd and skillful
coup under the muzzles of Britain's home defenders.
Jap Planes Downed
Fighting Own Men
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.
(AP) Destruction of two Japan
ese dive Bombers oy American
antl-alroraft guns during Increas
ing fighting in the Philippines
was reported today by the war
department.
The dive bombers, actively sup
porting aggressive enemy patrol
aotion, mistakenly bombed and
machine gunned their own Infan
try, with heavy casualties, a com
munique said.
Planned Aerial
ffunFfdrWalBert
Plane Cancelled
Sheriff Cliff Thornton reported
today he had been advised by
Leo G. Dcvaney, state director of
aeronautics, that It has been
necessary to cancel plans for an
aerial search for Mr. and Mi's. C.
E. 'Walbert, Medford residents,
who disappeared Nov. 29, 1940,
while on a flight from Medford
to Portland. The sheriff recently
submitted information to Do-
vaney which renewed Interest in
the case. Thornton said he was
advised that the army had re
fused consent for a flight of ci
vilian planes within the defense
area.
Devaney Informed the sheriff,
the latter said, that he has writ
ten relatives of the missing cou
ple, suggesting that a ground
search -be instituted In the Eden
ridge area on the divide between
Cow creek and the Rogue river.
Oregon Will Register
75,000 in Next Draft
SALEM, Feb. 13. (AP) Ap
proximately 75,000 men will be
registered for selective service In
Oregon during the three days be
ginning tomorrow, Colonel Elmer
V. Wooton, state selective service
director, estimated today.
There will be 12,000 men regis
tered in the 20 and 21 year-old
age groups, while the other 63,000
will be in the 36-44 age group.
Men in the 22-36 age group al
readv are registered.
Tho official registration day Is
next Monday, but local draft
boards also may register men on
Saturday and Sunday. The regis
tration places are determined by
local boards. ,
Silverton Fire Kills
Child; Three Kin Hurt
SILVERTON, Feb. 13. (AP)
Three persons were in a hos
pital today with burns suffered
In a fire that was fatal to Nettle
Algcrs, 8, and destroyed the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Algers
last night.
Mr. and Mrs. Algcrs and daugh
ter Nora, 3, suffered added in
juries In the overturning of the
car that was rushing them to the
hospital. Algers was severely cut
and the others had minor cuts.
Charles Baker, 22, a neighbor,
carried Nettle from the flaming
house but her burns were fatal.
Three other children escaped Injury.
Britain's air and sea power, have
c l L .:
rno uerman oaiciesnips racea
through the narrow strait of Do
ver at 28 to 30 knots, their top .
speed, an authoritative source said
today. Later this was lowered to..
10 to 20 knots, fast enough to
bring them to Helgoland before -noon
today. i .
This authority said no British-
surface ships were lost, thus con
tradicting the Berlin communi-.'
que's claim that one British de-.'
stroyer was sunk a'nd another set
afire. However, 42 British planes.
were knocked out of the sky.
Ho said the action was com- , .
plotely over and in all probability . .
the three big German ships wero
safely at their destination.
From Brest to Helgoland is ap .
proximately 700 miles. Apparent-,
ly the Bhips had negotiated near-".
ly half this distance when they
first were engaged at 11 a.m. yes-
lerday-.tQt JUvehoura pianea.,
were in constant action over the '
enemy armada,
Planes, Storm Aid Nazis.
It was from the sky that the'
German warships' greatest pro
tection came, not only from con
cealing snow and fog, but per
haps even more, from swarms
of nazl fighter planes, shuttling
out In relays from the French
coast to keep protection constant
ly over them.
Britons' dismay that their rule-
of home waters could bo so dar
ingly and successfully challenged .;
was voiced swiftly In demands
for explanations which may cause
new difficulties for Prime Minis
ter Churchill's government on
top of the bad news from the Pa
cific and Mediterranean.
The first word of the German
warships' dash camo from two
spitfires on reconnaissance. They
eluded 12 Messerschmitts to race
home and spread the alarm.
Quickly, a flight of . torpedo
(Continued on page 6)
Red Drive Sweeps
To Polish Border
(By the Associated Press)
Russia's triumphant armies
reached white Russia today, strik
ing into the German-held repub
lic bordering old Poland.
Sovltc front-line dltpatches said
that Russian ski troops, dashing
across heavy snow, had penetrat
ed German lines Into white Rus
sia. The locale of the penetration
was not given, but Russian forces
sweeping down from the Valdai
hills northwest of Moscow were
known to have reached Toropets,
about 65 miles from the white
Russian border, more than two
weeks ago.
White Russia lies west of Smo
lensk, key German base on tho
Dnieper river 230 miles west of, -Moscow.
The great soviet break-through
might easily Jeopardize the1 whole
German north flank around Len
ingrad. West Coast Ouster of
Enemy Aliens Urged
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.
(AP) The Pacific coast congres
sional committee recommended
to tho government today the Im
mediate evacuation of all persons
of Japanese lineage and all oth
ers, aliens and citizens alike,
from strategic areas along the
west coast, if their presence was
deemed dangerous or Inimical to
the defense of the United States,