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Fire 'Ot OffCami Story Column 5, Pago 1 3 Sections 26 Pages Weather Maximum, temper ature Saturday, $4, minimum. 49. RlTer, lt7 . t eet Weather forecast and dally precipi tation withheld by federal order. FOUNDQC $1651 NINETY-FIRST TEAB Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning, December 21. 1941 Price 3d Newsstand 5c No. 231 mmm aipreme War Coraicil. r ' - r . w- - - y .hi 'k o T id Japs Hit Hard For Toeholds HongKong Hurt; US, Dutch Subs Sink Warships By The Associated Press MANILA, Dec. 21 (Sunday) (AP) Japa nese air raiders swept over the Manila area shortly after 10:25 am today, un loading a few bombs on nearby Nichols field and then roaring across the bay to drop a few more in the vicinity of the Cavite naval base. Follow War News in Orient on These Maps Jtpprox inte Stale. MILES Two weeks of war in the Pacific today found the Japa nese strangling a sacrificial band of British imperial troops on HongKong island, fighting fiercely to widen a new foothold in the Philip pines, and gathering strength for ,new leap in Malaya, while Dutch airmen and Unit ed States submarines ripped more holes in the Japanese fleet. The new Japanese landing in the Philippines at dawn Saturday was at Davao, on Min danao island, and defense forces immediately flung themselves on the invaders. The fighting con tinued all day, and at 2:15 a. m today the US army headquarters was reported out ot communica tion with the city, 600 oniles south of Manila, since Saturday after noon, and the situation obscure. Japan still was carrying the ball for the axis in the world struggle, because the Germans, Italians and their hanger s-on were taking a terrific beating on Russia' snow-swept plains and in the Libyan area. Hongkong's fall was regarded as inevitable. But the British tom (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) H if y iAOA&h flavrpTOeAC,ON US Planes Scout Sea r Subs Fo These excellent maps will help yon follow the war news .from the far east. The map at lower left is the Pacific area around the South China sea. where much of the action is taking place. The close-up maps are of HongKong, British fortifications southeast of Canton; the Philippines, US possessions under attack by the Japanese from air and sea, and Singapore, Britain's "Gibraltar" or the unenw ine japa nese flags indicate location of attacks. War News Fro CAIRO Purse Thief Robs Woman Downtown Salem Scene Of Crime, Christmas Shopper Loses Money Navy Chief World Capitals MOSCOW Between $30 and $40 of her Christmas shopping funds were in a purse snatched shortly before 10 o'clock Saturday night from Mrs. Winnie Loomis, Canby, she told Salem police who rushed to the State and Cottage street cor ner of Willson park after she had screamed. Little description of the man ' she said walked up behind her, grabbing- her black leather handbag and ripping off one handle of it as he polled it from her grasp, was given by Mrs. Loomis other than that "he wore very light-colored trous ers." She saw him run into the park shrubbery heading east, she declared. Police, who were Just chang ing shifts and so were available in double the usual number in that section of the city, swarmed over the park but found not an other person in the park, they re ported, with the exception of oth er policemen. Lack of street-lighting In par tial blackout conditions was (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 20 -(vF)-Axis resistance in Libya has all but collapsed and the British are in full chase of General Erwin Rommel's army, fleeing westward in rout almost to Bengasi, the British declared Saturday night. So fast is the pursuit, it was said, that the British have been hard pressed to stay on the enemy's heels and much of the job of smashing the axis' last remnants of strength has fallen to the RAF. The main body of the re treating axis army is now in the western Geb el Akhdar moun tains, a coastal range whose west end end extends to south of Ben gasi, the British said. The rout was said to have lit tered desert roads with destroy ed and burning tanks, guns and vehicles and to have left two merchantmen listing off North Africa with torpedo hits after an assault on a convoy guarded by three Italian destroyers and three cruisers. After occupying the port of Derna and Mekili, 40 miles in land,' the British were said to have pushed their advance pa trols as far as 60 miles further west, within 100 miles of Ben gasi, the axis' Important ad vance supply port These patrols now are beyond the desert and in the green coun try of eastern Cirenaica, which once was the region of ono of (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) vs& : - J) Aim. Ernest J. King, Saturday was named chief of all US naval forces to be responsible only to President Roosevelt and Secre tary Knox. . BERLIN Plans to Buy Tokyo Ticket To Avenge Son WENATCHEE, Wash Dee. 20 -(r-George Edwards ot Carl ton tried to Join the nary Satur day and was turned down be cause ho had toe few teeth. He tried the army and was rejected because he was toe old 44. , Selective service head- quarters officials: told bias he could not he registered, :y Said Edwards; 0 .." "My son, Claude, was killed by the Japanese, -1 want to get a couple of Japs and I think I will if I have to pay my way ever there.". BERLIN, Dec. 20.-(ff)-An ap peal from Adolf Hitler read in every radio station of the reich Saturday night acknowledged that his army faced an enemy super ior in numbers and material and begged the straitened' German people to contribute their warm clothing to enable the soldiers to endure the rigors of. the bitter eastern, front, ... The appeal, sounded on Hit ler's behalf by Propaganda Min ister Fan! Joseph Goebbels, said . the German people must show their rratitude by making a Christmas gift -of every aril ele of warm clothing " that pos sibly can be spared, to the men In the army.. " ; ; ; While Goebbels was thus read ing his own appeal and the proc- - X M m . m mm ' lamauon oi xne zuenrer, tne tugn oommand admitted -its African army was withdrawing westward bvvviuiu w UU1 CU1U UlUb Kill the frigid? Russian front heavy battles were being fought without (Turn to Page 2, CoL S) MOSCOW, Sunday, Dec. 21-(JP), -Plunging forward with acceler ated momentum, the red army's grand offensive has captured the key industrial and rail center of Volokomansk, 65 miles northwest of Moscow, and registered other gains from Finland to the sea of Azov, the Russians announced to day. The town of Voibokalo, south of Lake Ladoga on the north ern front, and dozens more villages on the Moscow front have been re---fiercely contested battles, the soviet information bji munique announced last mid night. With soviet forces counting vast new spoils and mounting num bers of German dead, pursuit of disordered nazi divisions routed in the Kalinin sector, 90 miles northwest of Moscow, was de clared gaining momentum. There the wreckage of German trans ports and war material littered the snows, the communique saiid. Six German planes were des troyed Saturday and Russian fliers reported destroying or damaging 4 German tanks, 170 trucks with troops and supplies, 7 field guns with crews, two an ti-aircraft batteries, 100 ammu nition cars, setting fire to five railroad trains and blowing up an ammunition dump. Russian reports said retreat (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) One Ship Flees Safe to Shore; Admiral Warns 9 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20 (AP) The navy received unconfirmed reports that ene my submarines fired on two oil tankers near the Califor nia coast Saturday, apparent ly scoring a hit on one, and chasing the other tanker into port. The reports followed by a few hours the official disclo sure by Rear Admiral J. W. Greenslade, commandant of the 12th naval district, that enemy submarines were de stroying American shipping in American waters. He emphasized the need of labor unity in keeping the shipyards going at full speed to replace all losses. The office of the admiral, who personally .visited shipyard plants in Richmond Saturday to urge welders td give up plans for work stoppage during a jurisdictional dispute, would not deny although not confirming these reports. A submarine attacked the 6912 tsn tanker Emidio Saturday after-. noon near Bluhfs reef, 19Sr miles north of San Francisco. The Emi dio was said to have sent out an SOS. The Agwiworld, a 6771-ton ves sel, was surprised by a submarine 20 miles off Cypress point, 100 miles south of San Francisco. The submarine fired eight or nine shells from a deck gun, but the tanker reached a nearby coastal anchorage. The reports were the second to bring the war close to the coastal area. The night of cember 8 San Francisco under went blackout follow which the fourth interceptor command said that enemy planes had been in the bay area. It was reported to the navy that the shelling attack occurred as the Agwiworld plowed through heavy seas. She turned her stern and reached safety as naval planes scouted the waters, the re ports to the navy said. There was little detail in the unconfirmed reports to the navy (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) May Act as Nation War Board j si.'' - s: ' W ;'' ry 'V') : I ' WENDELL WILLKIE HENRY A. WALLACE Ts" - iyl??v?!afcSS MBMBMHStMkSBlBaiBMSS D. LEAHY ADM. WM. PHILIP MURRAY Blackout Test Tonight Declared Important ing Thirty-Second Signal Scheduled to Call for Half-Hour Period of Darkness in City of Salem A 30-second scream of sirens from six vantage points in Sa lem sometime between 9 and 12 o'clock tonight is scheduled to call for a sudden blackout test which, defense officials indicate, may result in heavier or lighter restrictions for capital city resi dents during holidays. Malta Cheers HongKong NEW YORK, Dec. 20-UP)-The hard hit British Mediterranean island fortress of Malta, which went through its 106th air raid Saturday, took time out to send a message of encouragement to its beleaguered brother fighters in Hongkong, the British radio said Saturday night The message, signed by Sir William Dobey, governor of Mal ta, said: In the name of the people of Malta I send the warmest greetings and sympathy. "Our hearts are with you In your gallant defense against the Japanese attacks." CBS heard the broadcast New regulations issued Satur day afternoon by Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt calling for darkening of all neon signs, flood lights, outdoor advertising and road signs until further notice or un til city or county authorities are convinced that such signs can be extinguished in 60 seconds after an alarm are to go into general effect in Oregon on Monday night, Jerrold Owen, state de fense coordinator, announced shortly after the army arden had brought about a hasty black out in downtown Salem. Neon signs and street lights in Oregon cities were allowed to bum while stores remained open Saturday night after Ow en had contacted miliUv headquarters for official permit Sunday night's 30-minute t.st blackout called for by city ia thers in an attempt to determine efficiency of their signal system and ability of the city to turn out lights rapidly, is not to serve as test by which permission for operation of outdoor advertising (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) Boyer Rites Set Tuesday Veteran County Clerk Held Post Since 1917, Active in Civic Life Schools Book jYule Programs Prior to Holiday Vacation Only two davs of schooL remain before Salem's children be- Sfl iP.m I OH til gin Christmas vacation, which lasts until January o, ana a large number of urograms of the season are planned. Largest observances are Homecoming, at the senior high school and pageants at Leslie and lis Decorated- Group To Outrank Cabinet National Leaders Considered for Powerful Posts WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (AP) President Roosevelt was reported on excellent au thority Saturday to be con sidering the creation of a su preme war council which would be subordinate only to him and would have powers even greater than those of the cabinet. Those in a position to know said that while the plan still was embryonic the president believed the war effort could be prosecuted more efficient ly if he had a small group around him which could handle many matters of. policy which now re quire his personal attention. Informants said the proposed war council would be composed of from three to five men. They listed the following among those be in considered for membership on the group: Wendell L. Willkie, republican nominee for the presidency la 1840 and now member "Of New Yolk law firm. '.Rear. Admiral William D. Lea hy, minister to the Vichy, France, government former chief of na val operations and former gov ernor Puerto Rico. Vice-President Henry A. Wal lace, chairman of the supplies, priorities and allocations board. Philip Murray, president of the Congress of Industrial Organiza tions. In informed quarters, it was recalled there have been re peated Indications that WUlkie would be given a prominent place In the defense effort WUlkie lunched with President Roosevelt last Monday, and at that time there was widespread speculation that ie would be appointed moderator of the new industry -labor conference. That position was not tend ered, however, and subsequently there were generally reports that Mr. Roosevelt had a more im portant position in mind for his 1940 opponent There have been repeated re ports that Leahy would be called back to this country to take a more active part in the war effort Wallace naturally would be ap pointed to any war council, it was said, first because of his po- (Turn to Page 2. CoL 7) Funeral services are to be held at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon from the W. T. Rigdon mortuary for Ulysses Grant Boyer, 75, who died at his home Saturday morning two weeks after he had retired from the post of Marion county clerk. Young men he had trained in the office he had headed for almost 25 years are to serve as pallbearers at the services. Dr. J. C. Harrison of the First Methodist church is to officiate and interment will be at city view cemetery. In 1940 Mr. Boyer announced that he would not sgain be candidate for the county derk ship he had held since January, 1917, but he retained the posi tion when his successor, Lt Har lan Judd, was called into active army service before he had quali fied for the office. Upon Judd's (Turn to Pago 2. CoL 2) Parris junior high school, all Tuesday afternoon." While Christmas ' presenta tions in some elementary schools were completed during the past week, Monday - will see pro grams fay the various grades at Grant school ra the morning; assembly in charge of first, sec ond and third grades at 1:39 at Richmond; pageant at ; Bush school at 7:39 pv m. Charlotte Stone : of the city libray is to tell the Christmas story at 1 p. m. at Englewoed school. Christmas ; singing around a tree is planned for 11 a. m. Tues day at Garfield; Christmas" story to be told at 1 p. m. at Engle- wood. Presentation of a student ver sion of Dickens' "Christmas 'Car- Carl. Parker Gies, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Gies, 2500 Fair grounds road, Salem, was oqe of 13 army air officers to receive the Distinguished Service Cross,-Gen. Douglas McArthur announced Fri day. Decorated with 2nd Lt Gies oT and speeches by three alumni were . three - men. who .received will welcome graduates to Salem! posthumously the honor,' second high school Tuesday afternoon for I only to the Congressional medaL annual ttomecoming. joe uower-iuies was aiea as naving cuvea sox and Helen Zielinskl, ASB 1 his plane into a flight of 20 ene- president and secretary, have I my crafty shooting down one, and general charge of the program. -. j returning la his base safely with Speakers scheduled for . the 1 his -own plane-in. the air- fights (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) I off Manila Welders Out On Strike LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.-V Disputed claims of effectiveness cropped up late Saturday as in dependent welders, with many members employed in shipyards, launched a nation-wide stop-work movement Ship building companies de clared effects of the stop-work maneuver were negligible. Spokesmen for the union, the United Welders, Cutters and Helpers of America (i n d e p e n dent), claimed that 250 or 200 men quit work before noon and said they expected the movement "up and down the coast to gain mo mentum.'' The union has been at logger heads for some time with the AFL International Boilermakers union. Main issue is to gain separate identity and bargaining power. y CHRISTMAS Isn't reoUy. Christmas unless you read some; of fee Yule stories whick ydunj and old have known end : -loved for generation. The second of a series of five of the ,- tone-tested favorites, especially condensed for The States man by The AP Feature Service crppedra kxicry7Loc cw 1 for 'The Legend ot Bcaoouscka" on'fiie Feature Pa7e;.-- '