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.
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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
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Contin
Today, 1 to 11 PJO.
Guy Kibbee
"Scattergood
Meets
Broadway"
Richard Arlen
Andy Devine
"Raiders of
the Desert"
Added - News, Cartoon, gerlal
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Continuous Sunday
1 to 11 P. M.
: And Second Feature
Also News and Short
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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.
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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.
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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
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(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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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