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Salem, Oregon,' Thursday Morning. December 18. 1941
Price 3c? Newsstands Be
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.0ias
On Three
'romlts : Told
Axis
Draft Row
Over Age
In House
Senators Also
Balk on FDR's
Low Minimum
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17
(AP) The house Wednesday
refused to lower the 21-year
minimum age for compulsory
military service as President
Roosevelt and the war de
partment had requested but
passed unanimously a bill
raising the maximum age
from 35 to 44, inclusive, and
requiring all men from 18 through
64 to register with the govern
ment. Opposition to the proposal that
men of 19 be made subject to
active service in the armed forces
arose also in the senate.
Senator Downey (D-Calif),
declaring It unnecessary to low
er the age minimum, said he
would move Thursday to send
the legislation back to the mili
tary committee because it had
approved the 19-year limit "in
darkness and in confusion."
The house twice refused, after
bitter debate, to lower the draft
age from 21. It rejected, 175 to
53, an amendment by Rep. An
drews (R-NY) to make the mini
mum age 19, and then defeated,
173 to 113, a compromise amend
ment by Rep. Thomason CD
Texas) to set the minimum at
20. Both, were . teller" votes,, r on
which no record is macfe
Democratic Teader McCor
mlck of Massachusetts read a
letter from the president endors
ing the 19-44 draft ages. Mc
Cormack cautioned against
"complacency" In the nation and
then, speaking directly to mili
tary committeemen who op
posed lowering the minimum
age, he said:
"With all due respect to the
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Salem Pilot Lands Bomber Here
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Occasion for their arrival at Salem airport not disclosed, here are
First Lieut Douglas Sharp, Salem, (left) and First Lieut. Harold
Smelser, Nashville, TennM pilot and co-pilot, respectively, of a
four-motored US army bomber which landed at the municipal field
Wednesday. The men are stationed at the Spokane, Wash., air base.
They declined permission lo photograph their ship.
Red Cross War Relief
Drive in High Gear
US Chiefs
In Pacific
Lose Posts
Ranking Officers
Await Probe in
Surprise, Raid
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17
(AP) The army and navy
swept the ranking officers of
the Hawaiian area from their
commands tonight because
the Japanese attack at Pearl
Harbor caught US defense
forces by surprise.
Admiral Husband E. Kim
mel, commander-in-chief of
the Pacific fleet, was ordered
replaced by Rear Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz, chief of the
bureau of navigation.
Lieutenant General Walter C.
Short was relieved of command
of the Hawaiian department by
Lieutenant General Delos C. Em
Where Russ Push Nazis Back
mons.
Payroll Bond
Buying Plan
Talked Here
Major General Frederick L.
Maroin, in command of the Ha
waiian air forces, was ordered re
lieved by Brig. Gen. C. L. Tinker.
In making the announcements,
the war and navy departments
did not pass judgment on the re
placed officers, or fix responsibili-
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iMituuilguig uiuauuum witv ""uuu cuuiivj wuiivcia wuum Hawaii That wiU done by a
be able to pour their entire quota of $17,000 into the nation's presidential board.
$50,000,000 Red Cross war relief fund by Saturday night were War department officials ex
contained in the first-day reports of liberal giving, Floyd Miller, flained " wa,s deemed best not
m nave mc uciciisesy ui nawau
First Reports Indicate Quota of
$17,000 for County Will Be Hit
Saturday; Response Is Liberal
US Air, Sea And
Land Forces Hit
Japs in Pacific
Brilliant Campaign
On Luzon Reported;
Russ Rout Nazis
By The Associated PreM
The American air arm of Luzon has struck with smash
ing force upon the Japanese beachhead of Vigan In one of
the major successes of the brilliant campaign to hold that
vital island against an invader whose main progress else
where in the Pacifie theatre Wednesday was the seizure of
an area on northwest Borneo.
Announcement of one of the strongest blows yet de
livered at Japanese aerial power was made by the headquar
ters of Lt. Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Manila.
v Twenty-six Japanese planes were destroyed Tuesday
25 of them on the ground at Vigan, in the northwest of
the island and one of the three points at which Japanese
landings have been made.
Members of the Marion county
defense savings bond committee
are to interview every employer
in Marion county having five or
more persons in his employ in
regard to a plan to deduct spe
cific amounts from the paychecks
of employes for investment in
defense bonds, it was decided at
a meeting of 35 committee mem
bers at the Marion hotel Wed
nesday. Because employes after work
ing hours are usually too late
to get into banks and often too
late to get into post offices, the
. employer, under the payroll
' allotment plan, would himself
make the actual purchase of
the bonds with the accumula
tion of deductions from payroll
checks, and give them to the
employe. Employes will be giv
en cards to sign if they wish to
purchase bonds under this plan.
During the last month Oregon
stood third in the nation on a
per capita basis in sale of de
fense bonds, it was reported at
the meeting.
campaign c h a i g m a n, declared i
Wednesday night
Although workers had been in
structed to "work now and re
port when the work is done," he
said, incomplete reports were
trickling into Marion county chap
ter offices at the close of the
business day.
First campaigner to take his
returns to headquarters, Olive
Doak Bynon, chapter secretary,
said, was W. F. Pohle of the Pohle
Staver company.
"He headed his list of sub
scribers with a very liberal and
substantial contribution given
by his own company," she de
clared. "Well over $200 was
given through Mr. Pohle on
Wednesday although he has not
yet covered the entire block
assigned to him," Mrs. Bynon
said. The business block bound
ed by High, Ferry. Liberty and
Trade streets is Pohle's territory.
Practically all of the 180 women
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UHA Planning
Yule Goodies
Apples, Cookies and
Sweets Wanted for
Soldiers in Camps
Apples by the truckload, cook
ies by the half -ton and other fresh retary Stimson said:
under the command- of officers
involved in the board's invostit
ration.
These announcements were
made at the close of a day which
saw the war, so tragically begun
at Pearl Harbor, brilliantly con
tinued by American forces in the
Philippines.
The navy's announcement made
no mention oi its unmistakable
reason for relieving Admiral Kim-
mel, but in making known the
change in army leadership, Sec-
Envoys Meet
At Madrid
LONDON, Dec. 17-(P)-A Reu
ters dispatch from Madrid re
ported a conference Wednesday
between Spanish Foreign Minis
ter Ramon . Serrano Suner and
Sir Samuel Hoare. the British
ambassador.
Before teeing the envoy, Ser
rano Suner conferred with the
chief of state.' Generalissimo
Francisco Franco.
Salem Will Be
State Office
For Red Cross
Salem is to become state head
quarters for the American Red
Cross next week with establish
ment here of an Oregon Red Cross
office, Mrs. Margarette Bermejo
declared Wednesday night.
Assigned to find quarters for
the new office and to open and
operate lt here as state field
representative of the national
organization, Mrs. Bermejo ar
rived here Wednesday and later
the same day was told to go
today to Astoria, there to await
further instructions.
Coming from San Francisco, a
Miss Case, whose full name Mrs.
Bermejo had not received Wed
nesday night, is to open the off
nee in saiem, according , to in
formation which accompanied the
transfer orders. .
fruits or holiday sweets suitable
for shipping are needed to help
fill a vacancy in Christmas plans
of Marion county boys whose
hopes for holiday leaves from
wasnington ana Oregon camps
have vanished, United Hospitality
association's chairman, Dr. Henry
Morris, announced Wednesday.
Persons having apples, pears
or other fruits to donate toward
the proposed truck shipment
should leave their contributions
at the armory by Saturday if
possible, or by Monday without
failure, Morris said.
Cookies preferably home-made
varieties, should be packed in
suitable containers, boxes or cans
and left at the armory either Sat
urday or Monday, he said, point
ing out that the previously-requested
gifts of 1000 pounds might
well be increased in view of the
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These changes were made in
view of the preliminary report of
the Secretary of the navy, with
whose views as to the unprepared-
ness of the situation on Decem
ber 7th the secretary of war con
curs, and to expedite the reor-
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Dotted line Indicates approximately the maximum extent of German
gains into Russia at the end of November. Shaded area indicates
German-occupied area now, on basis of avaUable reports, with
Russian territory regained thus shown between shaded area and
dotted line.
Civil Defense Council
St&Uis Old Telephones i
Divisional Meeting of ARP and Bank
Employes -Bomb Parley Conducted;
VFW Provides New Headquarters
Old magneto-type telephones, such as were replaced by auto
matic phones in a number of rural mid-valley homes during 1941,
are wanted for civilian defense purposes and wanted within
the next few days!
Announcement of this contribution, which it was believed
and Marion county
Bulletins
Storm Slows
Airport Work
Heavy rains both hampered and
aided WPA workers at the Salem
airport Wednesday as they cleared
the way for a 1000-foot extension
of the main runway.
The water slowed up machin
ery and the 40 some men em
ployed, but ponds of surface water
showed where drainage ditches
were essential.
Real Property
Tax Rates for
'41 Unchanged
NEW YORK, Dec. 17-(;P)-Real
property tax rates and assessed
values of American cities remain
ed virtually unchanged this year
-a year in which the country's
taxpayers saw tremendous rate
increases in almost all other forms
of taxation.
The property tax situation in
1941 was pictured Wednesday in
a report by the National Municipal
league. Its annual tax survey,
prepared by Rosina K. Mohaupt,
of the Detroit Bureau of Govern
mental Research, Inc., showed
The average tax rate in 263
cities surveyed increased only 2
cents a $1000 over 1940.
The average assessed value in
these cities increased only one
tenth of one per cent, larger ci
ties showing a decrease of six
tenths of one per cent and smaller
cities an average increase of
about one per cent.
many foik
families could and would gladly
make, was issued Wednesday
night from the defense council's
new offices in Veterans' hall, at
Phnrrh anH Hnnd streets. Rural
dwellers were asked to check at-i
tics and storehouses for units
which might have been removed
years ago.
No promise of return can be
made, it was declared, although
an effort will be made to pre
serve the instruments and to
turn them back at the close of
the war to their respective own
ers. The hall which now houses de
fense council offices was scene
Wednesday night for a divisional
meeting of 200 ARP workers from
over the county when first of a
series of lecturers was given by
Ed Colby on poison gases, incendi
ary and explosive bombs and gen
eral instructions for the spread
ing of the information over repre
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Test Blackout
City Council Orders
Private Phone Lines
To Signal Stations
Installation of private line tele
phone communication for air raid
warning was authorized Wednes
day afternoon by the city council.
and plans announced by Mayor W.
W. Chadwick for a practice black
out within a few days.
The telephones are to be
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Fishing Out
In Sound Area
SEATTLE, Dec. 17 -WV-AJ a
joint wartime and conservation
measure, State Fisheries "Director
Fred J. Foster announced Wed
nesday a pan on all fishing in
defense and- other ..vital Puget
Sound areas, effective Immediate-
Postof f ice Feels Mail Boom
Despite Wind and Weather
Stormy weather Wednesday
lessened - somewhat but by no
means baited the flood of letters,
packages and 'holiday greetings
that are being sent through the
Salem postoffice as Christmas
grows nearer. .
Approximately 50,000 letters
went through 'the canceling ma
chine Wednesday andiy the end
of the week the dally flow is ex-
l7,an1xtenlin February 5; pected to reach 100,000 Postmas-
In other areas fishing will be
I permitted only from, sunrise to
sunset
Portuguese Ship Sunk
LISBON, Portugal, Dec n-
-The 4751-ton Portugese freighter
Cassequel Wednesday . night was
reported sunk by a submarine on
Monday after sailing from here
Saturday - lor Portuguese West
i Africa. -
ter H., R. Crawford estimated.
For the" convenience of local
patrons extra tables are provid
ed throughout the lobby, and
windows, with the exception of
the money order and postal sav
ing ones, are staying open from
ajm. to 6 pjtn. including Sat
'vrdsjs. s
Additional crews have already
been put to work and no further
help wiU be needed, Postmaster
Crawford said. "All reserve equip
ment has been put into use, both
substitute and regular carriers are
employed on rural routes and ev
ery effort is being made to handle
the increased volume as expe
ditiously as possible." - '
People expecting packages are
advised to have someone at
hometo receive them and thus
"speed up delivery. Otherwise
parcels are brought to the house
twice and then a notice left. No
definite Information earn be giv
es ever the telephone In regard
to them. . .. " :: i-
Use of stickers on packages is
allowable but they must not ': be
used for sealing purposes, Craw
ford -pointed out.; All parcels
should be Addressed in ink, have
a return address and can not
be over 100 inches in combined
girth and length, measuxementsv
RAF Attacks
Italian Base
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 17 -(P)-
British bombers revisited Tar
anto, scene of their torpedo at
tack on the Italian fleet on Ar
mistice day a year ago, and at
tacked naval units at that base
on Monday night, the RAF re
ported.
The communique did not men
tion the results of the attack on
the Italian mainland base, but
said three planes were "missing
from all Mediterranean opera
tions.
(The Italian communique Tues
day said three planes were shot
down and only slight damage
done to. buildings.)
Boeing Workers Erect
War Slogan Banner
SEATTLE, Dec 17-(ff)-Work
ers in the Boeing Aircraft com
pany's plant "are spontaneously
erecting a huge banner inside the
'factory - bearing, the slogan 'Re
member Pearl. Harbor,' "P. G,
Johnson, company president, wir
ed Secretary of the. Navy Knox
Wednesday night .
The wire was la answer to
Knox plea to - airplane and na
tional defense factories for full
speed ahead. .-:--,
MANILA, Thurs Dec.
18 (AP) Some 500 per
sons lost their lives in the
sinking of the Philippine
inter-island steamer Corre
gidor wich was brown np
by a mine Wednesday near
Manila Bay, it was said re
liably today.
Approximately 300 of the
800 passengers and crew
men believed aboard the
passenger ship have been
rescued, it was said.
Little hope was held that
many bodies would be re
covered as the ship went
down in extremely deep
water which abounds with
sharks. Many of those res
cued were injured.
Several prominent politi
cal leaders in the Philip
pines were reported among
the missing.
Along with this attack by US
army bombers, which accounted
for more Japanese planes in one
swoop than any other single action
save the defense of Pearl Harbor
from the initial surprise assault
there. Admiral Thomas C. Hart
disclosed that submarines of his
US Asiatic fleet had made three
attacks against Japanese sea pow
er, two of them successful.
To -ound out tt ' t "v
e . .. srrowrT saeefw FV"
f eise of lAttr- . ate wa. dprt C
ment announce late Wedaetday f
that small Japanese forces try
ing to bold tbelr footholds at
Viran. Leg-aspl and Aparri U3
were under American assault
and that Japanese vessels off the
roast were attacked by army air
forces.
Again, in the older theatres of
Russia and Africa there was
nothing but disaster for the axis.
The general Russian offensive,
beating forward in nearly every
sector from above Leningrad to
the Black sea, had by Russian ac
counts regained hundreds of towns
and villages.
The German communique ad
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MANILA, Thursday, Dec 18
(11:30 a. m.) -(Jfy- The Far
Eastern command announced
today that Japanese suffered a
number of casualties in a clash
south of Viran Monday after
oon and the invaders were
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San Francisco Has
Brief Raid Scare
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17-(P)-The
police radio broadcast
an alert air raid warning tlrnal
about 9 o'clock Wednesday
night, but sounded the all clear
with less than two minute.
Planes were reported over tht
North Bay area and near the
ocean beach. They were fly big
low.
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.from K oh loon, on the mainland, but. the Chinese amies at Plnrthaa (shaded arrow) slashed-at the
Japanese rear. 'Nichols Meld at Manila was bombed again as US forces knocked the Japanese 2) from
footholds on the north and west coasts and from Legaspi te the southwest. Tbe japueso 'drvre .
down the Malay peninsula (I) but met bitter resistance, A Japanese spearhead foegfct at Kuintsa
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