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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1941)
PAGE TWO Troops Keep Japs at Bay Communiques Reveal Heroic Actions on Midway, Wake, Luzon (Continued from page 1) by the communique's statement that "previous reports of enemy naval concentrations west of Zambelles province were con firmed." Aside from this general report on the Philippine situation,- the communique said that Japanese air activity continued throughout the day with raids in the Manila area and at Davao on the island of Mindanao. Besides disclosing that the val iant marines on Wake island were still holding out, the navy com munique spiked reports it had received word that the islands of Midway and Guam had been cap tured by the Japanese. The communique said flatly that Midway was still in United States hands, and that there was "no confirmation at the alleged occupation of Guam by the Jap anese." Other reports from the Pacific described how United States na val vessels vainly sought to bring a fleeing Japanese naval squad ron to action. Legaspl, port 250 miles to the south of Manila, presumably was seized as part of Japanese strat , egy aimed at preventing the land- lng of reinforcements and sup- plies for General MacAsthur's forces. Against this news was word from Manila headquarters of Ad- mlral Thomas C. Hart, command- er-in-chief of the US asiatic fleet, that ships from his command had encountered Japanese warships but without results. The Japanese naval units made off, he said, and the interven tion of darkness prevented the Americans from bringing them to battle. Admiral Hart told also of an attack on the Manila-Cavite area by a large number of Japanese planes flying high above anti-aircraft gun range. The bombers did very great damage at the Cavite naval base and caused considerable loss of life, he said. Of 113 Jap anese bombers, 11 were reported shot down. President Roosevelt told his press conference that so far as was known the heroic little ma rine garrison at Wake island credited with sinking a Japanese light cruiser and a destroyer still was holding out. During the day, there was a fresh expression of confidence by President Roosevelt in ultimate victory. The slate department made public a message the chief executive had sent to King George VI of England in reply to a cable from the king saying the British Empire is "proud indeed to be fighting at your side against the common enemy." Mr. Roosevelt told the British monarch the two nations were "full comrades in arms" and de clared "the forces which have plunged the world into war, how ever, strong, can not prevail against the indomitable strength of fr rmli fiphtin in iust cause. There were other heartening diplomatic exchanges, but still e word as to what position Russia would take toward the struggle In the Pacific. How ever, an official broadcast from Moscow said Russia weald flsht Germany to the end and was confident the United States could defeat the Japanese ag gressor. From Chiang Kai-Shek, the Chinese generalissimo, came an offer of "all we are and all we have to stand with you until the Pacific and the world are freed water source on Stayton island, from the curse of brute force and made by Manager Carl E. Guen endless perfidy." ther, comprised the principal mm minister nurcnui oi uigiana ana Lord Beaverbrook, the British minister of supply, of fered to help meet material short ages in any way possible. They suggested that this country take the output of three shell plants in Canada, .an offer which Presi- dent . Roosevelt said was under study. In addition to initiation of new tax and selective service legisla tion, there were other moves on the domestic front At the , request of the justice department, a bill was Introduced in the senate to give the presi dent the same war powers that Woodrow Wilson held in World War I. Among other things, these powers would permit the presi dent to. reorganise the execu tive branch el the government, to sign contracts without com petitive bidding and te estab lka eeBaonhla of all communl eattoa by man, cable or radio with any foreign country. The state department an nounced Friday .that the govern ment was taking the French crews off the 12 lYench ships immobil ized in American ports. The ac tion it was stated, was taken for the protection of "the crews and vessels.". The ships include the ' $80,000,000 liner Normandie, tied vp at New York. It was announced that naviga- . tion .was being restricted in the waters near Portland, Ma, Ports- ' mouth, - NH, Narragansett Bay, San Diego, San Francisco, the en trance to the Columbia river, and the Strait of Juan do Fuca and liget . Sourid.rPresurnablyj these ' watery have been mined. Suffering Elderly Salem Man Hangs Self in One In the simple one-room structure where for a number of years he had lived alone, James Henry Burns, 68, died by his own hand nrobably late Thursday afternoon, according to offi cers called to the house on Burns' ButtevDle on Friday morning. Death of the elderly man, said to be in nowise a hermit, was by hanging, and circumstances were such that there could be no doubt of the suicide,' Coroner L. E. Bar- rick, who with a deputy sheriff answered the Friday call, said. A note explaining that his pain was unbearable was found near the body. Brought to public notice by the occurrence was the story of Burns, who half a century ago as a youth of 18 had been sen tenced to serve a life term in the Oregon state penitenltary for his participation in the kill ing of a Chinese workman at a time when feeling over oriental labor ran high In the far west. The sentence was commuted by Gov. Pennoyer and a later gov- Yule Dinners Bloom From Army Kettles "Salem may have many needy families without promise of Christmas dinner and many chil dren without the longed-for visit of Santa Claus unless the Salva- tion Army provides them through the constributions of local citizens to the Salvation Army's Christmas and winter relief program," Major G. Houghton, commander of Sa- lem Army corps said Friday, The colorful tripods and kettles of the Army are on the streets daily, as much a part of Christmas as holly and plum pudding, and just as necessary. Major Houghton pointed out the response thus far has been gratifying, but contributions to the Christmas fund are still far from adequate if the demands for Christmas dinners and toys for needy children are to be met by the Army this year. Every dollar dropped in a Sal vation Army kettle goes toward Christmas dinners, toys, oranges, candy for needy families and chil dren people who otherwise would have no Santa Claus. A portion of the money also is allocated for winter relief, Houghton asserted, and the Army's books are open to anyone desiring to know how these funds are expended. Check j rwell the Army's Chrlstm I inter fond may be mailed tJ44Jj. G. Houghton, The salvation Army, zu state street, Salem, or word left for a call by telephoning M37 or S39S. Contribu tions alio will be accepted at The Statesman office for delivery to MaJ. Houghton. Realtors Select New President " Election of William G. Hardy as 1942 president was unopposed at the Salem Realty board lunch eon Friday. He is to take office January 9, succeeding W. G. Krueger. Other officers chosen by the ard 'are F. h. Weir, vice-presi- uem """am cnven, reelected William secretary; C. V. Johnson, treas urer, and William McGilchrist, jr., alternate appraiser. Next Friday's meeting is to be a Christmas party and past presi dents' day. Gifts are to be auc tioned, and proceeds used to buy a defense bond. Meetings of De cember 28 and January 2 were canceled. Guards at Reservoir And Gty Water Works Report of guards placed at the Salem reservoir and at the Htv business of the Salem water com mission Friday night. Remainder of the meeting was occupied in routine matters. tt A1 rr it j Uniform Alarm Talked For Air Raid Defense , NEW YORK, Dec 12-(- A recommendation that a uniform air - raid alarm system be established throughout the nation will be made to civilian defense head quarters in Washsington, the sec ond regional defense area office said Friday. Last Times Frus Defense Tax ' E2EE32S1 Contin Today, 1 to 11 PJO. Guy Kibbee "Scattergood Meets Broadway" Richard Arlen Andy Devine "Raiders of the Desert" Added - News, Cartoon, gerlal t Continuous Sunday 1 to 11 P. M. : And Second Feature Also News and Short s-v - Room Home place between Donald and ernor- fully pardoned Burns after he had served five years, papers in his possession at the time of his death were said to show. Personal interest in the death of Burns was claimed by Sheriff A. C. Burk, who had known the man for a number of years, he said Friday. Last Saturday a neighbor called Burk telling him something was wrong and asking him to call on Burns, which he did Sunday. County welfare authorities, ap proached Monday by the sheriff with the story of the lone man who was ill and suffering, imme diately sent out a caseworker who made arrangements to have him moved into Salem to a convales cent home and obtained services of a physician. Thursday afternoon Burns left the home and went to Burk's office, where he said his pain was more than he could bear. Burk, who under stood the disease was consider ed incurable, advised his visit or to accept the care that was offered him, telling him he be lieved everything possible was being done for him. "I think I know a way to stop it," said Burns and left the office, Before he threw the new ma nila rope over an eight-inch board placed across the rafters, officers said that Burns put a dollar into an envelope and marked it for a neighbor woman from whom he had borrowed $3 and repaid $2 That no one but the man him self could have placed his 335 pound body in the position In which it was found was main tained by sheriffs men. It was taken to Ransom-Miller mort- . uary In Aurora. Notification of Burns' condition and of his hanging were given the sheriff's office by C. D. Chorpen ing, route 1, Aurora, nearest neighbor. Truck Unit 17gYInifrl TT1V (Continued from page 1) need not now be driving truck, Betzer said. One night a week is to be de voted to infantry drill and service with the company is not to inter fere with regular employment unless and until the organization's services are needed in an emerg ency situation, he told recruits. Commissioned officers with Betzer in the new company, he announced Friday night, are 1st Lt. D. Wayne Taylor, 2nd Lt. Eu gene Dietz and 2nd Lt. G. W. Ross, all with military training and Dietz with World war I experi ence as background. Hope that a roster of more than 80 men may be completed before tonight was expressed Friday by Betser, who Is on temporary leave from the state highway department to organ ize the company. Interested men may get farther Information throughout the day at the ar mory or by calling $349 after S o'clock this morning, he said. Hour of muster tonight, the captain said, would depend upon the time of the return from Port land of Brig. Gen. Alvin C. Ba ker, who is to administer the oath as he did to members of Company K, Salem rifle unit recruited Thursday. However, all would be members of the trucking or ganization are asked to be at the armory by 7:30 pjn. WW 'LAW L- IKilMI 41t UU UU L-J U UUJU UU UJL-j Thev OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM, Oregon, Saturday Morning, December 13. 1941 Defense Units In New Home Armory Headquarters Open 24 Honrs; 300 Meet in West Salem (Continued from page 1) 8 o'clock at the courthouse by Ed Colby. , Near civilian defense offices on the second floor of the armory, Capt. Ray Betzer met recruits for the new truck company of the state guard. Tonight at the chamber of com merce at 7:30 the 22 first aid squad captains appointed by the Red Cross by mail meet for special in structions and information con cerning organization and equip ment. Latest methods of combat ting poison gases are to be pre sented by Ted Roake. West Salem residents Friday night learned that their city has been divided into four defense zones by Chief of Police F. E. Neely, city defense chairman and head of police reserves. A record of every automobile, . truck and other vehicle in the community is held by Neely, who has power to requisition any or all should the need arise, it was said. Volunteers, especially per sons with experience In first aid, were asked by Dr. A. F. Goffrier, first aid and rescue chairman. Particularly are more workers needed in outlying dis tricts, said the doctor, who mentioned Glenn Creek road district. In case of emergency, he said, schools, churches and other pub' lie buildings would be immediate ly called into use as hospitals and first aid stations. He said emer gency calls, in case of an air raid, should be placed with Sa lem police rather than a phys ician. Justice of the Peace Elmer Cook warned the populace against losing their heads in case of an air raid. He is aircraft observer chairman. Robert Pattison, transportation chairman, read blackout signals, identical with those in use in Marion county, three blasts for blackout, two blasts for imminent raid and one for all clear. Written certificates must be held by persons operating auto mobiles during blackout, lt was announced. Mayor Newgent warned against turning on of lights In the morning. A blackout room containing clothing at night in case of an emergency is advised by Jerrold Owen, state coordinator, it was said. Defense chairman here who were seated on the platform, in addition to speakers, wefe Mrs. Verne Axelson, publicity; Floyd Rudie, finance; Mrs. Pearl Mc- Vey, registration; Max Gehlar, industrial; Donald Kuhn, fire; L. L. Sloper, food; John S. Bowne. clothing; Thomas Dalke, housing; Leighton Dashiell, community facilities; Phil Hathaway, water; Joe Berry, sanitation, and Don Huckabee, morale. Nine Die In TNT Blast BURLINGTON, la., Dec. 12-(P) -A terrific blast that rattled win dows five miles away virtually destroyed a TNT melting unit in the $60,000,000 Iowa ordnance plant Friday, killing 9 workmen and injuring at least 21 more. Lieut. CoL Keith F. Adamson, area commandant, immediately closed the entire area to civilian public and announced that a mili tary board of inquiry from Wash ington would make an official in vestigation Saturday. Top Citizen .WUUWJ.I.M.? '. J.'.1 -!f !' W." '!h -1 ' . v x a r v' : " " - :..y.:A '' W:5:S. s I I MARSHFD1XD, Dee. 12-flVSUte Rep. George C. Hoggins (above) was named the outstanding citizen of Coos bay for 1941 by the Marshfield Lions club se cret committee Fri. The selec tion was made from pnblle nominations. He is well known in Salem. Bulletins 0 (Continued from page 1) had bombed Cebu and Clark Field this morning. The commander of the US Far Eastern army is sued this communique at 11 am (7 pm, PST, Fri day): "In the air the enemy have bombed Clark Field this morning. "On the ground only sporadic and unimportant activity." Lieut. - Gen. MacArthur also said the Japanese bombed Cebu, capital of the island of Cebu, about 250 miles southeast of Manila. No important ground ac tion was reported. CHUNGKING, China, Dec. 12 (AP) Chinese reports said Friday night that Chinese planes had at tacked Japanese - occupied Canton during the day in what possibly was a prelude to a general drive designed to recapture Canton. Canton is believed to be the principal base from which the Japanese are bombing the British crown colony of Hongkong. BERN, Switzerland, Dee. 12 -P)-Rumanla, as a member of the axis, has notified the US minister she considers herself at war with the United States, the German news agency DNB reported Friday night from Bucharest. PANAMA, Panama, Dee 12 (.P) The government of Panama declared war on Germany and Italy Friday. It had been em powered by the congressional declaration of war against Jap an to act similarly against other nations when circumstances re quired. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Dee. 12-P)-Conrress declared war Friday on Germany and Italy. War against Japan al ready has been declared. MIDNITE SHOW TONIGHT it in Time to " He! a Sccii b a Carlsad cf Lulls! Get Aboard the Screaxnliner for a Hilarious Holi day in Hollywood where th4 nussdeeds of . mis leading lady drive the Great Profile Wackyl ORLDiPREMIEr Starring -". v John Frances ' Enrenc Barrynore Faraer Palleile Congress Set On Draft Law Measure Would Take 19 to 44 in Army; Register 18 to 65 (Continued from page 1) terms of the legislation, would not be liable for combatant service. It was believed some of them might be mustered for vital n on combat ant duty. At selection service head Quarters, it was estimated that there are about 40,000,000 men between 18 and 65. Officials calculated that there are 25, 000,000 in the 19-44 age group, Including the approximately 17,- 000,000 already registered under the present selective service act 7r. J A 11C U1CMU1C nuiuu liuut WiV i from training of any men whose age makes such action advisable. The measure also would permit enlistments of men up to 45. Congress only Thursday com pleted action on legislation to keep the national guard and selectees in service for the rest of the war and six months thereafter and to remove the original prohibition against use of such men outside the western hemisphere. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-P-In swift reaction to the Japanese stroke at Pearl Harbor, the ad ministration Friday produced a bill authorizing the construction of seven or eight 45,000-ton battle ships and about 160 other fighting ships an over-all increase of 30 per cent in the two-ocean navy. The bill was offered in the sen ate just before that branch passed a $10,572,350,000 measure to ex- pand ail military activities. WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-()-l The heaviest tax bill in American history, which may raise about $6,500,000,000 for the victory drive against the axis, started through the legislative mill Friday, Immediate steps to draft the measure were announced by Chairmen Dough ton (D-NC) of the house ways and means com mittee and George (D-Ga) of the senate finance committee after a conference with Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau. Council Held By DeMolays Youth Takes Over City -For Day; Government Problems Learned (Continued From Page One) paper mill to provide the paper. Mark Hatfield, mayor for the day, presided at the session, at tended also by two actual city officials. The "mayor" is a , sophomore at Willamette un iversity and is chapter and state master councilor. DeMolays who learned Friday as understudies the duties of ad ministration were Val Sloper, recorder; Bill Habernicht, treas urer; Don Page, attorney; Jack Gibson, engineer; Clyde Christ mann, chief of police; Melvin Johnsorv fire chief; Jerry Wil liams, health officer; Bob Phil lips, sanitary inspector; Bob Brown, building inspector; Stan Prather, poundmaster; Bob Sko- pil, first aid captain. Added features of the day were the presentation to Hat field by Mayor W. W. Chad wick of the key to the city and the purchase of $50,000 worth of bonds by Habernicht. They "Beat the Blackout M - to tU M fcofl stoVa tm Uu few tot ROCHESTER JmtklHmy'imt OSCAR LEVMIT Mkkweef "hhnaoftwirWoMl- CONNIE B0 SWELL RAYMOND VALDURH VIRGINIA DALE BARBARA ALLEN ELIZABETH PATTERSON JERQUE COVAN were aeries O, defense bonds, bearing li Pr cent interest, from the sale of sewerage treat ment bends were ttsed. Interest n the, latter amovats te 1H per cent, yielding the city a profit Second annual DeMolay day was closed with a dance at the i Marion hotel honoring Edith Mohr, chosen sweetheart of Chemeketa chapter. Planes Heard Over Bay City San Francisco Under Total Blackout Two Hours; AP Silenced (Continued from page D huge siren at Fort Miley hos Pital, on a hill overlooking tile sounded the all Hundreds of lights were turned on in the big hospital, and the styeian darkness soon vanished throughout the city. It was the third blackout of the city daring the war, and It extended to Oakland, the big Mare Island navy yard, and to the peninsula region sooth of San Francisco. The - Associated Press office here went into almost complete blackness when police ordered every light oat. Shrouded by a cardboard box. a tiny . flashlight gave only faint gleam of light Searchlights pierced the sky across the Golden Gate bridge in Marin county, 10 miles north but only momentarily. The Associated Press was un able to contact police for an hour after the blackout went into ef- feet Then an official said "Chinatown Is completely blacked out.' we haven't received officially any reports of enemy planes or bombs, but the first we would know about that would be when they were dropped." Residents reported bearing fast pursuit ships roaring to ward the ocean. None of the craft had lights. Sacramento was given the all clear signal at 9:10 p. m. False reports of an all clear signal were circulated here shortly be fore 0 p. m but the blackout re mained in effect at 9:15. An aide to" General William Ord Ryan of the fourth inter ceptor command said "We cannot tell you a thing" about the black out Spy Suspect Kills Self ' LOS ANGELES, Dec 12-P)- After praying throughout the day, Nao Hamano, 45, one of 432 alien Japanese arrested on suspicion of espionage, strangled herself in jail Friday with her silk stock- ings, police said. She had been in mental dis tress since her arrest at a rice cake factory yesterday, officers said. On her person they found a $3000 Japanese war bond. Germany Hit by RAF LONDON, Dec. 12- -RAF bombers attacked Germany by daylight Friday for the third day in succession, raiding an oil re finery at Emmerich and a factory near Bremen among other tar gets. Pioneer Canner Dies SAN FRANCISCO, Dec llJPi -Frank E. Booth, 78, a pioneer of the canning industry in the west, died Friday. :. Riiss, British Pound Germans Nazi Peace Offers Mocked by Soviet Who Slash Enemy (Continued from page 1) punishing to Hitter than his re cent bloody retreat back from Rostov at the Caucasus entrance and, taken in connection with re cent German admissions that they did not expect to be ableto do much in Russia any time this winter, raised a strong possibility that vast numbers oi his men would never get out of Russia alive In Libya like Rossis one more front fat the many Inter related fronts against the axis, and very close in all save miles to the reddened jangles of Ma laya and the harsh beaches of the Philippines the British had a similar although lesser story to tell. The spearhead of the imperial British offensive, it was announc ed in Cairo, had thrust an aggre gate of 120 miles into Libya breaking through 0 miles west of Tobruk, overrunning and de stroying a German' regiment, iso lating sections of two Italian divi sions, throwing a noose around the axis base of Gazala, and reaching out to within OOJmlWs, of the maj or axis supply port of Dema. This, apparently that second phase of annihilation that Prime Minister Churchill had predict ed would now unfold, was made in coordination with a violent bombardment of Dema by a British cruiser, which had stood dose offshore and buried tts howling tons of explosives wilh ont suffering- the slightest wound. In the central Mediterranean, meanwhile, a British submarine attacked three Italian cruisers and, said the admiralty, was be lieved to have sunk one of them. Autoists Told To Tear Off Cellophane Time has come to tear the cellophane off automobile lamps," Assistant Police Chief E. C Chariton, head of civil defense police orranixation la Salem, declared, Friday night. "Under ' Salem's' :new ordi nance the cellophane Is not suf ficient shading ' for blackout lights; under any conditions lt does not make for safe drivinjr. There Is no reason for cars to operate daring: "V hoa-blaekoat penoas wiu sucq. hindrance to a view' of the road ahead, and operation with merely the cel lophane protection durinx blackonts is illegal, so let's get rid of It now," be vrged. Jury Convicts Spies NEW YORK, Dec 12-WVA federal court Jury In Brooklyn convicted all 14 defendants in an espionage conspiracy trial Fri day night after eiht hours of deliberation. ry mm AfW AZa m 1 Af A Hews Scoop! Flrrf Pictures of War wilh Japan NEW LOW PRICES 20c ?i 22c Matinee Nights Continuous From 1 P.M. Last Showing OF "Swanp Waler" At Ml - Attend the theatre early during- the blackouts. THE GREATEST ADVENTURE STORY SINCE "TREASURE ISLAND"! . 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