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I. Torpedoing of American Vessels on fhe Seas Isn't Much More Deplorable Than the Rocking of the Boat at Home. If You Can't be a Helper, Don't be a Yelper, Aii-American tan itf "v-v NEW GUINEA ATEP OP THS COMPLACENCY Outcome of the present battle against the Japanese invasion oC the island will have an Important bearing on the safety of Australia. Follow the progress of the com bat through NEWS-REVIEW ser vice. anc YO VP HOME tVLL NAVE A 0 h y VACANCY VOL- XLVI NO. 294 OF ROSEBUR 2 - EW. ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 19, 1942. VOL. XXX NO. 184 OF THE EVENING NEWS 1 UUI EI 1MB ) fO i O H 3 - nun i t-'t r i In , The , Day's i?News . . By FRANK JENKINS ATEST spot news is thrilling. " MacArthur has been- taken out of beleaguered Bataan, landed safely in Australia and made supreme commander of United Nations forces in the East Indies, the Philippines and the South Pacific. Whether he ranks Wavell in India isn't made clear by today's dispatches. IT may be supremely Important as well as thrilling. History tells us that GENIUS I IN COMMAND is the most im portant ingredient in the recipe for victory. It was Hannibal, Alexander and Napoleon, rather than the forces they led, that rocked the world. It was not until Grant was found that the North began to capitalize upon its superior re sources In man power and indus trial organization. SECRETARY of War Stimson discloses at the same, time that U. S. troops and air corps units ""in considerable numbers" have arrived in Australia. Australian Premier Curtin an nounces that Australian air forc es that took part in the East In dies and Malaya fighting are bad: for the most part on their home soil, providing a core of hardened and experienced .fighters. A reception is being prepared for the Japs, if and when they decide to move on to the south. AS to such a decision, there are rumors in plenty but no de finite, confirmed developments. Dispatches today to London papers assert that the Jap naval forces that participated in the Java invasion consisting of cruisers, carriers and shoals of destroyers are on their way to Australia now. They are report ed to be massing heavy air forc es in New Guinea. The Japs are said to be plan ning to launch their offensive against Australia's eastern sea board, where the great cities are, instead of attempting an invasion from the far north across water less deserts. HPHE Chinese repeat their warn ing of a sudden Jap attack on Siberia. (The Chinese intelligence (Continued on page 2) Mass Evacuation of Japanese From Pacific Coast Defense Areas Begun SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 19. (AP) Mass evacuation of all Ja panese from military zone No. 1 starts early next week with a contingent of 1,000 volunteers from the Los Angeles area, and the army made it clear today that it wants the 2,000-mlle-long stra tegic strip of coast-line cleared with the least possible delay. Lieut-General J. L. DeWitt, head of the western defense com mand, urged other Japanese to follow the example of the Los Angeles volunteers, saying: "I desire to make it unmistake , ably clear that evacuation will be continued with or without such cooperation. With such coopera tion, those affected will find their situation much less difficult." The Los Angeles volunteers are the first evacuation group an nounced by the army, although volf r.tnry exodus has been report ed gaining momentum." They will help establish homes, agricultural work, schools, churches, a 150-bed hospital, recreational facilities and generally pioneer a reception center at Manzanar, 40 miles sou'.h of Bishop In the Owens val ley of southeastern California, east of the rugged Sierra Nevada. There the Japanese will live Gasoline Rationing Order Affects Due in About SixWeeks Ickes States Retail Price Freezing, Cut in Filling Station Hours Also Directed WASHINGTON, Mar. 19 (AP) Petroleum Coordinator Ickes an nounced today a rigid gasoline coupon rationing system would be instituted in the east and Pacific northwest as soon as the cards can be printed which he estimat ed would be within six weeks. The card rationing would sup plant the curtailment program instituted over the same area to day through reduction by 20 per cent in the supplies of gasoline delivered to filling stations. Ickes said he could not say now whether the more rigid system would be severer than the pres ent one-fifth cut in consumption, but expressed the hope that the card system might be instituted quickly because of the ir.crca-sing urgency of the supply situation in the two coastal areas caused by the sinking and war diversion of tanker ships. "We will go on a card rationing system as soon as Mr. Henderson, the price adm.nistrator. can get around to Jt," the petroleum co ordinator, said. "He will do the rationing;'.' .. Operations of "approximately 100,000 filling stations in the area were limited to a 12-hourday, six-day-week. Retail Prices Frozen Supplementing this wartime ac tion, the office of price adminis tration froze the retail gasoline prices in the area at the levels prevailing last Friday and made violations punishable by a maxi mum $5,000 fine or one year im prisonment. The freezing order, which will (Continued on page 6) Night Clam Digging, Fireworks Sale Banned SALEM, Mar: 19. (AP) Gov ernor Charles A. Sprague today ordered that clam digging on Oregon beaches be restricted to daylight hours, and asked the pub lic and local authorities to ban the sale of fireworks for the du ration of the war. The governor's action was re quested by Major General Ken yon A. Joyce, commanding the northwestern sector. General Joyce wrote the gov ernor that the army's ban on fire and lights at night on ocean beaches would make night clam digging impossible. in prefabricated houses with com munity kitchens and community baths and probably engage chief ly In agricultural work. The camp eventually will accommodate 10, 000 evacuees. SEATTLE, Mar. 19. (AP James Y. Sakamoto, Japanese English language newspaper pub lisher and leader in the colony here, announced today the Seat tle Japanese colony plans to mi grate cn masse to an unannounc ed site in eastern Washington and and establish a permanent col ony. He said few Seattle Japanese have left voluntarily because they have been waiting government approval of the plan to establish the east side community. He declined to reveal the loca tion of the proposed colony, but said it was outside the areas set tled by whites. A group of more than 150 Ja panese men who had been detain ed by the FBI left In specially guarded cars today for Intern ment at Fort Missoula, Mont. A familiar part of Japanese fare wells, photographs by relatives and friends, was missing as Ja panese can no longer possess cameras. Douglas County Selective Service Board Awaits Official Number List; Ages 18-19 and 45-64 Register Next VENICE, Calif., Mar. 19. (AP) Talchl Ishlhara, a Ja panese, held No. 441, fourth dravn In the new draft lot tery. It tops the list in the Venice board. Announcement of order num bers of men registered in the re cent selective service registration is awaiting receipt of a master list of the numbers from the re cent drawing In Washington, the local selective service board re ported today. So far no list of the numbers in the order in which they were drawn has been receiv ed by the board for comparison with the local files. Information so far has been based upon news paper lists. It will probably be a week be fore the official list is obtained from Washington, Chairman R. L. Preston stated, after which the serial and order numbers of Douglas county registrants will be announced. WASHINGTON, Mar. 19 (AP) The next selective service regis tration, officials said today, has been set tentatively for "late in the spring or early summer." Awaiting to be enrolled are men of 18 and 19 years old, those be Two More Boats Added to Toll of Axis Torpedoes LEWES, Del., Mar. 19. (AP) The 5,402-ton Jugoslavian freight er Trepca was torpedoed and sunk off the Atlantic coast March 13 in broad daylight, the fourth naval district announced today after 33 survivors were landed here. Four crew members are miss ing. ; Survivors drifted three days in open lifeboats before being res- cued "somewhere southeast of Delaware capes" by a Swedish freighter. Six were injured, one seriously. Complete identity of the ship was given out contrary to the navy s usual policy of not an nouncing names by authority of the Yugoslavian minister, naval officials explained. The Trepca was built in Eng land in 1930 and owned by the Yugoslavenski Lloyd Steamship company. WASHINGTON, Mar. 19. (AP) The navy announced to day that a large Norwegian merchant vessel, otherwise un identified, had been torpedoed off the southeast United States coast. The torpedoing of the Norwe gian vessel occurred several days ago, the navy said. Reduced Food Rations In Store for Germany LONDON, Mar. 19-(AP) Reuters said the Berlin radio was heard today announcing that food rations are to be reduced in Ger many beginning April 4. The broadcast reported that there will be cuts in bread, fat and meat rations, but that these will affect only the normal con sumer, abouf 40 per cent of the population. Needs of heavy workers will oe considered, the German radio ad ded, while the needs of growing children either will remain the same or be increased slightly. Woman in III Health Commits Suicide PENDLETON, Mar. 19-(AP) Mrs. Lawrence Hemphill, about 35, died at her home here yester day of what Coroner J7 A. Folsom said was self-administered poison. The body was found by her two stepdaughters. She left notes Indicating despondency ov er 111 health, the coroner said. , tween 45 and 64.' They are not liable to compulsory military ser vice. . Whether the two groups will be registered at the same time or separately was said to be unde cided as were, the definite Mates. DRAFT BOARDS ASKED TO HEED FARM LABOR NEED SALEM, Mar. 19. (AP) Col. Elmer V. Wooton, state selective service director, asked Oregon selective service boards yesterday to give increased consideration to deferment of agricultural work ers who are working full-time In producing vital food products, and who cannot be replaced easily. Wooton said there Is a growing shortage of skilled agricultural workers, but that there is no shortage of common farm labor. He said only a relatively small number of farm workers have been drafted, but he added that the "selective service system will do everything within its power to prevent its operations from inter fering with- the production of necessary food materials. He said the principal causes of shortage of skilled farm workers are the higher wages paid by war industries, and the voluntary en listments of farm workers. Qnly Aggression v Can Win, Sayre of Philippines Avers SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 19 (AP) Only aggressive and furi ous attack can win the war, was the message of Francis B. Sayre when he arrived here from his post as high commissioner to the Philippines. Sayre planned to leave tonight for Washington to report to President Roosevelt. "Soldiers and sailors arc going through the tortures of hell for us here in America," Sayre sajd, referring to the defense of Ba taan peninsula in the Philippines. They cannot possibly continue to hold the line unless we get ships and planes and supplies to them in time." No sacrifice of personal com fort or special interests can be enough to compensate for the American army s ana navy s battle against odds, Sayre warn ed. Gigantic planning and huge outlays of money are not suffici ent to-win the war in themselves, he added. Visitor to Strangled Woman Is Arrested PORTLAND, Mar. 19 (API- Police today announced they had arrested one of two men In the apartment of Gwen Ponssen, 35, last Saturday nignt some nours before she was strangled to death. The body of the office worker was found by other occupants of her apartment house Sunday. A red mark around her neck show ed she had been strangled with a cord but other imprints indicated she might have been choked into unconsciousness by hand first. - Police would not name the ar rested man but said he had been invited by Miss Ponssen to her apartment and departed about 2:30 a. m. Sunday, leaving her in the company of another male visitor. W. V. Monger Files for State Senator Race Walter V. Monger, a resident of Looklngglass, today filed with the secretary of state his declara tion of candidacy on the republi can ticket for the office of state senator from Douglas county. Mr. Monger was a filer during the first World war and has been ac tive in veterans affairs. He is a member of the executive commit tee of the local chapter of Dis abled American Veterans. In re cent years he has been engaged In farming at Lookngglass. Forced Labor Not Required, Nelson Holds i . . War Production Chief Opposes Bill to Suspend Extra Pay, Closed Shop WASHINGTON, Mar. 19 (AP) -Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the war production board took the stand today that new labor legislation was not needed, that "we can get increased production without use of force." .Nelson's view, expressed before a isenate subcommittee, contrast ed with that of Rep. Smith (D V.) who, In urging house naval committee approval of his bill to limit profits and abolish extra pay for overtime, said members of) congress were "feeling the lash of the ivhip" from constitu ents clamoring for such legisla tion. "I want to see labor and man agement given a chance to carry out their promises," Nelson told reporters after an appearance be fore the senate group which has been considering demands for labor law changes. The war production chief said he had explained in detail to the senators, in an executive session, ways by which he believed that war production mignt De lnereas ecP'fts much aa 25-per-cent with existing equipment. Warns Against Change Undersecretary of War Patter son testified to the house commit tee that a violent change in deal- ( Continued on page 6) Killer, in His Last Day, Displays No Concern SALEM, Mar. 19 (AP) Still unconcerned over his scheduled execution in the state prison le thal gas chamber at 8:30 a. m. tomorrow, John Soto, 17-year-old triple slayer, will be moved to night to the prison death cell, lo cated In a room adjacent to that containing the chamber. Prison Warden George Alex ander said Soto Is in "fine shape," and that he apparently wants to die. Soto's only chance for a post- ponement of the execution would be to appeal to the state supreme court, Governor Sprague already having rejected pleas for clemen cy made by Soto's mother. I SAW By Paul 1 AN EAST OR RIVERBANK view of Mercy hospital, disclosing the sun porch now under con struction there. Formerly this side of the building was the front, facing a driveway which at that time was the only entrance to the premises. A large porch over looked this driveway, and this it is which now has been altered In to a sunroom. Incidentally, stucco has been applied to the portion of the east wall, which remained unfinished when the rest of the building wa3 treated several years ago. The past several years have witnessed many Improvements at the hospital, which add much to Hitler Calls Back Ousted Army Aides Fuehrer Seeks Advice in Effort to Turn German Retreat Into Offensive (By the Associated Press) Climaxing three months of biiJody retreat, Adolf Hitler has abandoned his lone-wolf role in guarding the destiny of German arms, It was reported today, and has called back his generals to help the nazl spring offensive. The Berlin correspondent of the Basel (Switzerland) National Zel tung said Hitler had summoned nearly all the German officers, Including Field Marshal von Brau chitsch, who were ousted or re signed fter the drive against Moscow failed last December. Hitler at that time announced this his "intuition" had led him to take over supreme command of the German armies. The National Zeitung corres pondent said the nazl spring of fensive might be expected soon, with the fuehrer and his generals now mapping strategy at a series of staff conferences. The question of throwing Rus sia's winter steamroller into re verie still remained to be solved. however, and today's German high command communique ac knowledged that the red armies were attacking relentlessly and (Continued on page 6) False Pay Raise Rumors Lure Shipyard Workers RICHMOND, Calif., Mar. 19. (AP) About 1,000 men had quit their jobs today at the Todd-Cali-fornia and Richmond Shipbuild ing corporation, and company of ficials said they believed they had been lured by prospects of more money on 10-hour shifts falsely rumored to bo In operation at competing shipyards. Union and federal officials said the rumors of longer shifts might "have been started by subversive groups seeking to hamper war production. Union leaders condemned the resignations, which began late yesterday and continued until midnight. Jenkins Go Nflwi-nnviftw Photo and Bngravlns the convenience of patients there and to the facilities for their treatment. The winding ramp up which they formerly were car ried has been replaced by an elc vatorj a new suite of rooms has been established and a nursery; new surgical equipment installed; most of th? rooms refurnished and re-decorated, and many oth er items which for the moment escaje my memory. The hospital is operated by the Sisters of Mercy. This organlzi Hon Is to be congratulated upon Its management of the Institution. The funds at its disposal have been very meagre, and they have been made to go a long way. Oregon Ira B. Riddle Named to Office Of Peace Justice Attorney Ira B. Riddle was ap pointed by Governor Charles A. Sprague late Wednesday to serve as justice of the peace for Deer Creek district, succeeding the late R. W. Marsters. Mr. Riddle to day took the oath of office and assumed his new duties. He announced that he will move his office to the courthouse and occupy the quarters former ly used by Judge Marsters. The position is to be filled by election this year as his appoint ment is only for the remainder of the year. However, .Mr. Riddle has filed his declaration of candi dacy and will seek election to the office for the six-year term. He served as justice of the peace a number of years ago and has also hold the office of county clerk and city attorney, and now Is a member of the Roseburg city council. , Hartfiei Alto Candidate. Thomas C. Hartfiei, well known Roseburg attorney, filed with County Clerk Roy Agee today his declaration as a candidate for the office of justice of the peace for Deer Creek district. Mr. Hartfel has been active in the work of the rpubllcan party In the county and also has served as president of the county health association and has taken a prominent part In various civic affars. i Jehovah Witness Sect Wins Ruling On Street Sales Members of the Jehovah's Wit nesses religious sect cannot be prosecuted for selling their re ligious publications on street cor ners, Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle ruled today in an opinion requested by District Attorney J. V. Long of Douglas county. Long had asked whether the witnesses, who refuse to salute the flag, could be prosecuted for an act which "grossly disturbs the peace." Van Winkle replied that "it does not appear that the conduct (of the Witnesses) Is violent, or that the Individuals concerned have uttered fighting words' or words which naturally tend to provoke breaches of peace, al though It may well be that the conduct of those individuals is an noylng or offensive to other people." Long had cited an incident which occured recently at Myrtle Creek, Involving high school stu dents, selling defense stamps on a street corner and waving a flag, and a Witness next to him selling religious literature. The student's flag grazed the face of the Witness, who brushed the flag away. The mother of the student then told the Witness that If he laid a hand on the stu dent, she would "mop up the earth" with the Witness. Twenty-five or more persons then gathered about, urging the student to keep on selling the de fense slumps. Long had asked specifically whether the Witness could be prosecuted for disturbing the peace. Beating Cures Ailment; Complaint Withdrawn NEW YORK, Mar. 19. (API Two years ago George W. Henry, then 58 and In poor health, was beaten severely during a labor dispute. He swore vengeance against John Ward, 28, and Joseph Whalen, 27, and caused their indictment for the assault. Yesterday an astonished judge dismissed the indict ment at Henry's request after the latter Insisted the defend ants had done him a favor by trouncing him, Henry said that when he went to a hospital after the as sault, doctors discovered he was suffering from a chronic aliment, and cured him. Nazi Mission Heads Guide Nippon Horde North Australia, Florida Island Also Hit; Planes ' Hit Another Jap Cruiser By VERN HAUGLAND MELBOURNE, Mar. 19. (AE) The battle about Australia's northern tip broke Into new fury today with, allied air attacks on the Japanese at several island points, Japanese raids on north ern Australia and the Solomon islands, and sensational reports that German missionaries are leading an overland Japanese In vasion In New Guinea. Messages from Port Moresby, on southern New 'Guinea, said the German missionaries and their nazlfied native pupils were guiding the Japanese In a drivo from the north coast. The Germans were declared to have maintained secret radio transmitters and a factory for making swastika regalia and flags at their missions around Flnschhafen and Alexishafcn. Australian authorities recently smashed one transmitter and seized more than 400 nazl flags. - (Northeast New Guinea was a German colony before the World war. A 1939 census showed 473 Germans there.) . ( The missionaries were said to be leading the Japanese westward from Lae, on the east coast, through the Markam valley. It was believed this was intended to take over a system of good air ports In the valley, although it might develop Into a southward swing toward Port Moresby' ; ; The Japanese launched - their first air attack, reportedly with out damage, on Cape York across Torres strait from Port Moresby, struck again at Darwin, and bombed Tulagl, Florida island, in the Solomons. -' Damage Minimized The new Japanese bombing blows today against Port Mores by and the mainland city of Dar win were officially minimized. (A Berlin radio report quoted by the British Exchange Tele graph agency, said the Japanese advancing overland In New Guinea had occupied about 30 air fields in the south of the Island (Continued on page 6) American General To Command Units Of Chinese Army WASHINGTON, Mar. 19 (AP) The war denartment announc ed today that Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stllwell of the United States' army had been put in com mand of the fifth and sixth Chin ese armies operating with British forces defending Burma against the Japanese. The action was taken by Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek of China, a brief communique said. General Stllwell went to China few weeks ago and served in itially as Chiang's chief of staff. NEW DELHI, India, Mar. 19 (AP) American volunteer group and British pilots possibly des troyed 25 enemy planes In attacks on Japanese-held air dromes in southern Burma yesterday, a communique from British head quarters In Burma reported today. MANDALAY, Burma, Mar. 19 ( AP) The big battle of the Prome river key to. Burma's Ycnangyuang oil fields seemed today ready to burst momentari ly as Japanese troops streamed up the Irrawaddy valley for an assault on the new British defense positions. CHUNGKING, Mar. 19 (AP) An army spokesman said today that Japan had stretched her sup ply lines 5,000 miles north and south from Manchukuo to Timor and 4,000 miles east and west from Wake Island to Burma to a point where she was bound to en counter difficulties. He said the Japanese already were beginning to feel the lack of adequate shipping to keep a war machine In action at these distances. 0: it