PAGE TWO
Disasters for
Axis Reported
US Air, Sea and Land
Force Wallop Japs;
Rubs Rout Nazis
(Continued from page 1)
mitted a conticaed nazi retreat,
sain offering the explanation
that it was a mere matter of pre
paring for stationary winter war
fare, and a roundup of recent Ber
lin broadcasti heard in the United
KtatM was remarkable for its
melancholy tone.
These were some of the specific
reDorts from Russian or British
Quarters, of Russian progress
An advance from recaptured
Kalinin, 95 miles above Moscow,
to and over Vysokoe, 40 miles
to the west.
Below, the capital, In the see
tor of Tula, some of the retreat
ing Germans offering no fight
at all.
The German driven back an
aggregate of 90 miles In a week's
campaigning from the Orel sec
tor about 100 miles further to
the south of Moscow.
A Russian advance in the Len
ingrad areas so swift that the
Germans were not able even to
pick up their wounded in some
cases.
There were roundabout reports,
too, of big red army maneuvers
near the Japanese border .in Si
beria a sign of possible readiness
under some conditions to engage
Japan on the eastern Russian flank
but these were not confirmed.
They originated with the Chung
king (China) radio, which attri
buted its information to a soviet
station.
In the North African offensive,
British imperial troops were de
clared now to be more than 150
miles within axis Libya and still
going forward.
As to the Pacific:
Luion all during Wednesday
apparently was qnlet so far as
the Invader was concerned.
Communiques both from Mac
Arthur's headquarters and
from Washington Indicated that
the assailant still was nursing
his wounds. MaeArthur an-
nounced that there had been no
' change In the situation on the
ground and the war department
supplemented Wednesday
morning: "There was no dis
cernible enemy activity during
the past 24 hours."
The British conceded that :
Japanese expeditionary force had
entered the Miri oil country of
Sarawak, a B r i t i s h -protected
kingdom on the northwest coast
of Borneo, but stated that before
ftl!jjng the defenders had de-
afroyed the refinery and all oil
field equipment.'
The Dutch announced that in
this landing which was part of a
far-spread invasion thrusting out
In the south China sea for Hong
kong, Luzon, and northern Ma
laya above Singapore one of
their planes squarely hit a Japa
nese destroyer.
As to Malaya, Wednesday
night's British communique re
ported a lull in fighting which
previously had been heaviest in
south Kedah province near the
west coast. Action along the east
coast also apparently had fallen
off.
In Hongkong, further up the
China sea, there was no appar
ent worsening of the rather cri
tical British position. The de
fenders declared, in fact, that
they were having the better of
heavy artillery fighting.
The Chinese again reported
that they were smiting the Japa
nese hard some 28 miles north of
Hongkong
In Tokyo, the Japanese seamen
were told officially by Lieutenant
Commander Kengo Tominaga that
perhaps 20 US submarines, of a
superior 2000-ton type and capa
ble of a cruising radius of 5200
miles, were in waters near Ja
pan.
A . .
n was announced that an
earthquake in southern Formosa,
which most likely was the main
base for the Japanese attempt at
invasion of northern Luzon, had
lulled 190 persons and damaged
communications
Among the principal Japanese
assertions of the day was that a
gunboat and six torpedo boats had
been sunk In attacks on Hone-
kong.
Church Schedules Play
A play, "Follow Thou Me," is
scheduled at the First Christian
church. High and Center streets,
beginning at 7:30 Friday night.
War Needs Money!
MIt will cost money to
defeat Japan. Your gov
ernment calls on YOU to
help NOW.
"Buy Defense Bonds
or Stamps today. Buy
them every day. If you
can. But buy them on a
regular basis.
"Bonds cost as little as
'118.75, Stamps come as
low as 10 cents. Defense
; Bonds and Stamps can be
; bought at all banks and
'post offices, and Stamps
caa also be purchased at
retail stores and from
jozlt newspaper carrier
DOT. ' .'r-' 'iV:-S.,;V,"A-:.-;
"This newspaper urges
All-Americans to support
your ' government with
your dollars.
They Clash Forcesjn Libya
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Gen. Erwin Rommel
Appointment of Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, 60, as general offi
cer commanding the new Ninth Army of the Middle East has been
officially announced by the British. General Wilson served aa a lieu
tenant In the South African war. Gen. Erwin Rommel, command
er of the Nazi forces in Libya, is also pictured above. According to
Berlin dispatches, ' Axis troops control the region between Tobruk
and the Egyptian frontier. A high British officer In Libya was
quoted aa saying that General Rommel's forces are doomed.
Private Held
In Blackout
Death Case
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17-P)-
An army private, Eugene Tuttle,
was held negligent by a coroner s
Jury Wednesday in the fatal shoot
ing of Mrs. Adele Brandel, 52-year-old
society matron, and was
immediately placed in custody of
military authorities.
Mrs. Brandel,, wife of Dr. Harry
M. Brandel, was killed by an army
rifle bullet fired immediately after
their coupe passed several soldiers
on a highway near Redondo Beach
Saturday night.
Tuttle, whose home is at Di
vide, Mont., and who is attached
to a coast artillery unit, refused to
testify at the inquest
Woman Found
Dead in Tub,
Notes Found
Mrs. Alma Peake, 30, drowned
early Wednesday afternoon
the bathtub at her residence, U8
Glen Creek road. West Salem
She was the wife of Albert J.
Peake, employe in the secretary
of state's office.
Peake found his wife in the
bathtub, which was full of
water and had both faucets
running, and he called the Sa
lem first aid car. She failed to
respond to artificial respiration.
Two notes to Mr. Peake were
left. Whether the death was acci
dental had not been determined
late Wednesday night by J. Paul
Bollman, Polk county deputy
coroner.
Survivors are children, Delmar
E., Millard A. and Darlene Y,
sisters, Mrs. Minnie Gross, Mrs.
Emma Gross and Mrs. Lena
Thomas of Portland, Mrs. Alice
Ostergard of North Bend, Mrs
Clara Welty and Mrs. Irene Welty
of Gresham; brothers, Fred Bell
of Portland and George Bell of
Gresham.
Clough-Barnck company is in
charge of funeral arrangements.
Bethel Mourns
For Neighbor
BETHEL Bethel neighborhood
mourns the death of Mrs. Minnie
Spranger, wife of Mr. John Spran-
ger of Salem, who died in a Sa
lem convalescent hospital Monday
night
Mrs. Spranger was a long-time
resident of Bethel district She was
horn in Germany and was brouffht
to America by her parents at one
year of age. They settled in Wis-
consm. She came west in 1904 and
has lived in and around -Salem
since that time.
Mrs. Spranger has been almost
a lifelong member of the Reform
Mi church Kha urac mnthsr tn
Arno C. Spranger of this district, J
and to Mrs. Minnie Sykes of Se-
attle and grandmother to Mina-
atue ana granamotner to Mina -
lee Spranger. Rev. G. Hafner, pas-
tor of the First Reformed church
of Portland will conduct the serv
ices at Rigdon's chapel today at
1:30 o'clock.
Call Board
KXSINORB
Today Wendy Hlller in "Major Bar
bara." William Garsan. June Clyde
in "Sealed Una.
Saturday Nelson Edd:
ly. Rise Stevens
in "The Chocolate
soldier."
GRAND
Today Betty Grable. Victor Mature.
Alan Mowbray In "I Wake Up
Screaming." Jane Withers. Bruce
Edwards, Jane Darwell in "Small
Town Deb."
CAPITOL,
Today Pristine lane, Allen Hale In
"Three Cheers for the Irish." Three
. Mesquiteers In "Gaucbos of Eldo
rado? -
Saturday Albert Dekker. Susan Hay
. ward in "Among the Living." Lloyd
Nolan tn "Steel Vgainst the Sky
Today Bruce Cabot, Rochelle Hud
: son tn "Girls Under H." Higslns
family in "Meet the Missus."
Triday Gene Autry in "The Singing
Hill." Bruce Bennett, Anita Louise
in "Phantom Submarine."
HOLLYWOOD. .
Todav Billr Conn la "The Pitts
burgh Kid Boy Rogers in "Sheriff
the
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Uen. sir Wilson
Labor Must'
Cooperate
Says FDR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-P)-Working
under an admonition
from President Roosevelt to reach
an agreement by Friday, a group
of business, labor and government
representatives sought today to
work out a plan for insuring un
interrupted arms production for
the duration of the war.
'We have got to keep things
going," Mr. Roosevelt loia tn
conferees in an extemporaneous
address at the White House be
fore the meeting had organized.
"We can't have stoppages. The
country is expecting something
from you in a hurry I don't say
by tomorrow night but it will
be a thrilling thing if we could
get something out In the way of a
unanimous agreement by tomor
row night, Thursday, or at the
latest Friday night."
Cautioning the group that the
American way , of life was in
grave danger, Mr. Roosevelt pre
dicted that the war would "go on
for a long time."
"And so," he added, ul have
asked you here to help win this
war, just as much as if you were
in uniform. I am going to use a
word which none of us like and
I don't either. The word is 'must
I am applying the word 'must'
you as individuals and to myself."
'I want speed. . . We are still
in a sense whether you like it or
not the arsenal of the free world.
We have got to do perfectly un
heard of things."
"After the war is won, let's go
back if we want to, to old Kilken
ny," he said. "And you know what
a kilkenny fight is."
Defense Unit
Seeks Phones
(Continued from page 1)
semea aistricts. AKf suoervisor
for the county is Homer Smith.
jr., tor the city of Salem, J. H
Davis.
Bank employes of the city,
meeting in special session Wed
nesday afternoon at Ladd &
Bush branch of United States
National bank, heard L. L. Pit
tenger, county police reserve
chairman and instructor, speak
on incendiary bombs and gases
and methods of counteraction.
Officers of Veterans of Foreign
wars, orgamzation which made
available its building to the ci-
!1 i i m ...
viuan aeiense orgamzation as a
voluntary contribution toward the
work, announced Wednesday
night that defense offices are oc
cupying only a section of the
basement and that their presence
mere will in no way interfere
witn other events which had been
planned for the hall and the
building's regular accommoda-
tions.
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volunteer workers had made nu
merous calls in their assumed
areas and a large number of rural
workers had taken out their sup
plies by early afternoon Wednes
day, according to Mrs. Bynon.
First rural committee to report
was that at Brooks, headed bv
I " uuuu muucb, wuere a uu-
I era! resnonse" was rpnnrM Tmr
era! response" was reported
the chapter secretary.
Board Rules Against
Pay During Blackout
WASHINGTON, Dec 17-flV
Workers in plants covered by the
wage-hour law need not be paid
during blackouts or rair-raid
alarms if their actual labor ceases,
the wage-hour division ruled
Wednesday. "
Acting Administrator B a i r d
Snyder, in answer to inquiries
ft
Th OREGON STATESMAN Satan. Oregon. Thursday Morning. December 18. 1941
High Officers
Lose Commands
Await Probe of US
Board on Surprise
Raid on Honolulu
(Continued from page 1)
ganization of the air defenses in
islands."
The war department's evening
communique said:
"1. Philippine theatre.
The American forces have
the situation well in hand.
Small enemy forces in the Apar
rl, Vigan and Legaspi areas are
still under attack. Hostile ves
sels off the coast were attacked
by army air forces.
"2 Hawaii:
"No farther enemy activity
has been reported.
. "3 No reports of hostile oper
ations have been received from
other areas."
At the White House, Stephen
Early, the president's secretary.
said the government hoped to
have the rough outline of a cen
sorship plan ready for Mr. Roose
velt as soon as the bill reaches
him. Byron Price, on leave as
executive news editor of the As
sociated Press, will act as direc
tor of censorship.
In another move resulting from
the war, the government took
control over all tin supplies to
make sure that defense needs are
met. Virtually all this country's
tin comes from British Malaya
and The Netherlands Indies.
The board of inquiry appoint
ed to Investigate the army and
navy's lack of alertness in the
Japanese attack on Pearl Har
bor, met meanwhile for an hour
and a half at the White House
and planned a second session
Thursday.
In a formal statement, Secre
tary of War Stimson said that
America's' entry into the war had
not halted the program of lease
lend help to her allies.
Shipments were stopped mo
mentarily after the Pearl Har
bor attack, he said, while avail
able supplies were checked, but
"shortly thereafter, procedure was
established for releasing substan
tial quantities of lease-lend ma
terial not necessary for immedi
ate needs of the United States." he
added:
"Subsequently, a more thorough
study of the proposed shipments
was made. In the over-all pic
ture the declarations of war
against the United States by Japan
and the other axis powers already
have resulted and will continue
to result in great stimulation of
our munitions industry., must
ii i . ,
lueviiauijr increase nuw man
diminish shipments to those who
are fighting our common enemy."
True Meaning
Of Christmas
Seen in Gifts
If you forget the poor when
you make up your Christmas lists,
then you forget the Child of Beth
lehem. The Salvation Army has
remembered the poor. Several
thousand needy persons will re
ceive cheer from that organiza
tion, but your help is. needed.
Make your contributions in the
Salvation Army street kettles or
mail your check today to your lO'
cal Salvation Army headquarters.
That is your guarantee of a merry
Christmas for the needy.
Checks to iwcll the Arms
Christmas-Winter fund may
mailed to MJ. O. Houghton. The
salvation Army, 141 SUte street,
Salem, or word left for a call bv
telephoning 9437 or 5195. Contribu
tion! also will he accepted at The
statesman oirtce lor aeuvery to
Maj. Houghton.
Living Costs
Rise Slowly
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-(fl-
Labor department statisticians re
ported Wednesday that living costs
of moderate-income families rose
0,J per cent from October 15 to
November 13
No figures were available
on
changes in living costs since the
United States entered the war, but
from the outbreak of war in
Europe to November 15 the aver
age increase in living costs was
11.8 per cent This brought the
Index of cost of goods purchased
by wage earners and lower sal
aried workers to the highest point
since December, 1930.
idle time in the plants need not
be compensated for as "hours
worked."
Bing
Crosby Iladlorray
"SING YOU. SINNERS'
AND
Fibber IIcGee
A a3 Ilclly ?
THIS WAY PLEASE
II TODAY I
Fred' II
Bulletins
(Continued from page 1)
pushed back many miles be
fore darkness halted the fight
ing. LONDON, Dec 17 -)- 1114
German wireless heard here
Wednesday quoted what it
termed a Tokyo claim that Ja
panese troops had landed on
Cebu, one of the central islands
in the Philippine archipelago,
(No direct Tokyo report to this
effect has been received.)
LONDON, Dec. 18 -(Thursday)
-(&)- British bombers at
tacked docks at Brest, German
occupied naval base in France,
a British official reported to
day. UHA Planning
Yule Goodies
(Continued from page 1)
fact that there will be more men
at camps than original plans had
included.
"They'll no doubt have ex
cellent Christmas dinners, but
extras from home will be thor
oughly appreciated," Morris de
clared. A special meeting of individuals
interested in the UHA and repre
sentatives of the various organiza
tions which were active in its
founding has been called for
chamber of commerce rooms at
7:30 tonight.
Sub Attacked
By Northwest
Army Plane
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec..l7-(;P)
An airplane of the second air
force spied and attacked a sub
marine while on sea reconais
sance following Japan's December
7 attack on Hawaii, Maj. Gen. Mil
lard F. Harmon disclosed today.
Where or when the action took
place was not revealed, nor was
its result The second air force,
which Gen. Harmon commands,
has bases in Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and Utah.
In a formal letter of commenda
tion to his command the general
said:
"I wish to express my gratifica
tion for the prompt and active
measures taken after the Japanese
attack on Hawaii Sunday, Decern
ber 7, iff putting into effect pre
conceived measures for protection
of equipment at second air force
bases and excellent performances
of military missions as well.
"Combat units performed with
high efficiency and special com
mendation must be paid to the
alertness and promptness of the
airplane commander and crew of a
squadron in this air force in spy
ing and attacking a submarine."
Top War Effort Pledge
Of Maritime Industry
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11-(JP)-
Representatives of management
and labor in the maritime Industry
pledged Wednesday there would
be no stoppage of working during
the war.
The pledge was made at a con
ference between government offi
cials and employees and employ
ers of the steamship industry.
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Nazi Bolivian
Plot Thwarted
Fascists Sought to
Sabotage Shipments
Of Lead, Tin to US
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 11-iJPf
Germany has plotted to sabotage
the export of Bolivian tin and lead
to the United States by wrecking
railways over which the import
ant war metals are shipped, it
was reported Wednesday. These
rail lines run through Chile
well as Bolivia.
The nazi plot has been thwart
ed, it was stated in information
received here from Bolivia, where
the government has imposed a
strict censorship.
All of Bolivia's large tin and
lead production goes to the
United States under a purchase
agreement. The Germans were
reported to have planned to sa
botage the rail lines between
the mines and the Chilean ports
of Arica and Antofagasta.
In Chile, former Interior Min
ister Juan Antonio Rios was for
mally declared the winner in last
Sunday's primary to choose the
dominant radical party's nominee
for a presidential election in Feb
ruary, and Rios quickly reaffirm
ed his policy of collaboration with
the United States:
"The realities of the moment de
mand full cooperation with the
United States. No other policy is
possible."
All public meetings in Argen
tina are banned under the conn
try's new state of siege, but the
interior ministry hinted an ex
ception might permit a great
pro-Roosevelt mass meeting
scheduled for Saturday.
Two other pro-democratic meet
ings, one honoring Winston
Churchill, were still under consid
eration.
The communist newspaper La
Hora appeared here with blank
spaces on one page showing last
minute precautionary deletions
by the editors.
The pro-fascist Crisol here, on
the other hand, headlined:
"Yankees Steal Oil From Co
lombians, Foment Revolutions,
Bup up Politicians."
Noticias Graficas appeared here
with two columns of blank space
on the front page customarily de
voted to editorial comment. The
white space was topped by a head
upe saying "One is not able to
speak badly of anyone."
East Indian
Island Said
New Hot Spot
LISBON, Portugal, Dec. 17-JP1
-The government announced late
Wednesday night that the cabinet
had held a special meeting "to
deal with grave events which may
have occurred in the colony
Timor."
It did not say what these events
were, but said clarification wa
awaited before informing the
country fully.
Timor is an island, half Portu
guese and half Dutch, lying in the
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East Indies between Java and Au
stralia.
Portuguese Timor Is only 450
miles from Darwin, Australia.
With some neighboring isles, It
has an area of 7330 square miles
and a population of about 465,000.
Its principal value is in its ex
ports of such items as coffee, copra
and sandalwood to the mother
country.
It has a small military force
of about 300 natives and a hand
ful of white men. .
The entire island is mountain
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(Continued from page 1)
distinguished members of
committee, we can not have
the
too
many leaders in this crisis.
"While I recognize they are all
outstanding military leaders, while
recognize they are undoubtedly
great tacticians, while I recognize
they probably could lead the army
to success in this conflict yet I
can not accept their judgment in
these days in preference to the
udgment of the president of the
United States and his military and
naval aides."
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iVriTiy Airplane
J A
Crashes Near
Geiger Field
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 17-
-An army plane from Geiger field
crashed and exploded in aitempi-
ing an emergency landing two
miles northeast of the field at 10
ajn. today, the second air force
reported.
The press officer at the second
ah force headquarters at Fort
Wright said the plane "was on
a military mission and was load
ed with its usual equipment"
The air force release said the
crash was "due to failure of part
of the power plant."
Three members of the crew es
caped injury, the air force account
of the accident said. Because a
number of the crew were recent
transfers to Geiger field and serv
ice boards were not immediately
available, names of the crew mem
bers were not released.
An immediate investigation
was started by the second air
force. The full report of the
crash will be forwarded te the
war department and all addi
tional information. Including the
casualty list will be released in
Washington.
The explosion which accom
panied the crash was felt through
out Spokane.
US Takes Tin Control
WASHINGTON, Dec. l-iJPf-Emphasizing
effects of the Pacific
war on imports from the far east
the government Wednesday took
control over all tin supplies in
the United States, including ship
ments already en route to this
country.
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Test Blackout
Planned Soon
Cty Council Orders
Private Phone Lines
To Signal Stations
(Continued from page 1)
placed la locations areond the
city where there arc loud
whistles, and men on daty 14
hoars a day. One call froaa
city police headqaarters will
reach the stations slmBltaneoms
ly, m the signals can be fireo
as nearly as possible in unison.
Promise of cooperation has been
given, according to Alderman L. F.
LeGarie, who explained the sys
tem, by the Valley Packing com
pany, state penitentiary, Thomas
Kay Woolen mills and Oregon
Pulp and Paper mill. The city
nail siren and tor we present a
truck siren at south Salem fire
station are to be used, while it is
expected the West Salem siren
will also be employed. .
N standard signal for the
warning has been adopted, ac
cording to Mayor Chadmick. bat
it Mill probably be one long
blast In which fire trucks and
police prowl ears will join. The
noon siren Is U be one short
blast
Installation of the system is to
I be made within two days by the
telephone company, for a cost of
I innroiimj tpv 115. Monthly rit-
approximately $15. Monthly rent
al will be $39.
The practice blackout will be to
determine the speed with which
Salem can be totally darkened and
to test the warning signals.
AJJ US Enemies Termed
Foes of Soviet Also
NE WYORK, Dec. 17-(P-MaJ.
Gen. Alexander Reppin. head of
the Russian military mission
here, said Wednesday that "all
enemies of the Unit?d States now
also are the enemies of the soviet
union."
He made the statement in re
ply to a question as to when Rus
sia's armed forces might be able
to help this country fight Japan.
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