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Jaeserves
Sen. McKay Tells
! Defense Council
Training Plans
: Most necessary preparation
for any defense emergency is
the training of workers, par
ticularly police reserves, Sen.
Douglas McKay told Marion
County Civilian Defense coun
rirs executive session Friday
night as he returned to take
his place at the head of the
council table with a headful
of lessons learned at Pearl
harbor.
', "It's not said in criticism," he
declared, "but in Honolulu I was
afraid to be on the streets at night,
not because of the Japanese but
because there were men and boys
out there equipped with firearms
and with no knowledge of how to
use them. No one should be han
dling a gun who hasn't some ex
perience, or at least sometrain
ing, but we will need plenty of
police in emergency.
. "I know there Is difficulty In
. gettlnr volunteer workers to
obey ezaoily every order but the
very nature of police training
should mean that a group of
trained police reserves could be
counted on whenever and
wherever needed.
"In some ways I think we're
better organized here than they
were in Honolulu on December 7,
or perhaps better than they are
now. We'll always have volun
teers; people will haunt us for jobs
In an emergency, but we can't use
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No feigned happiness was contained in these smiles, as leaders of Sa
lem's football excursion to the land of lei and Japanese surprise
bombing returned home Friday afternoon. Attack from the air
was nothing new for Sen. Douglas McKay (in photo at left), a
veteran of World War I. Standing is . his daughter. - Shirley, who
accompanied him to Honolulu. Mrs. McKay (seated) 'boarded their
train at Albany, as did Madeleine Keene (right photo) and her sister,
to meet Willamette Coach R. 8. "Spec" Keene and Mrs. Keene.
Salem Welco
Spec Keene:
es Home Willa
Sprague Picks
Chairman
Rationing Plan Limits
Purchases, Average
Motorist Will Suffer
Gov. Charles A. Sprague Fri
day appointed O. L. Price, Port
land, as chairman of the state
automobile tire rationing com
mittee. Other members are Ralph
C. Parker, Portland, vice chair
man; Walter Fisher, Roseburg;
Mrs. B. F. Smith, Burns, and Hec
tor MacPherson, Corvallij.
Members of the advisory com
mittee in tire rationing, repre
senting the trade and consumer
groups, are all residents of Port
land. A meeting of the two commit
tees will be held in the executive
department here Monday with
Governor Sprague presiding.
'.Voluntary speed reduction in
the Interest of accident preven
tion and conservation of automo
bile tires was urged here Friday
by Secretary of State Earl Snell.
Snell said lower speeds produce
a saving both of tires and gasoline.
SAYS NO ONE EXCITED
"The Japs had every target
marked. They bombed only
those hanfars with planes m
them, leaving the empty ones
alone.
They dropped bombs on
barracks housing men and never
attempted to hit the empty ones.
"Was there feeling among
Honoluluns that there had been
negligence on the part of our
forces? WeU, they , have three
alerts there, and they said the
altert our forces were on was a
boar hunt.
"They said the commanding
officer of the navy was away on
another Island, boar hunting, and
the ships vjn-:he harbor were
without top-ranking officers.
"No One became particularly
excited. We didn't even know
what was going en until almost
five hours after the bombing
started. Not even after we'd in
spected a bomb crater two blocks
from our hotel did we realize
an attack had been made. We
thought it was practice maneuv
ers by the army and .navy air
corps.
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Large Crowd Gathers
At Railroad Station
Happy, Travel-Worn Group Tells Stories
Of Honolulu Air Raid and Exciting Trip
Home on Guarded Troop Hospital Ship
By RON GEMMELL
Statesman Sports Editor
At least one-thirtieth of Salem's population was either en
gaged in happily greeting relatives and friends or seeking stories
of the bombing of Pearl Harbor Friday afternoon at the Southern
Pacific depot where the Willamette university football party
detrained approximately 720 hours after entraining from the
same Spot for Hawaii exactly, a month previously. v ,
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Sen. McKay:
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REVEALS HIS REACTIONS
"We didn't know Hawaii had
been attacked until we heard
the president say so in his Wash
ington,' DC, broadcast, although
we had seen planes dropping
bombs and had put aside as
wlld rumor the story brought to
the hotel by an eye witness of
fire on Pearl Harbor and Japa
nese airplanes overhead.
"The whole football team vol
unteered to help man the teach
es that bad been cut ' through
concrete ai the harbor piers
Sunday In preparation for the
lalfding party that, was expected
that night We sat on the hotel
steps mn tH .late but no one called
Bulletins Knss nti
Keep Axis on
Running Rout
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 iJPy
All the nation's average motor
ists including even traveling
salesmen, taxi drivers and resi
dents of isolated rural areas lack
ing other transportation will
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US Lottery
Is Proposed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2B-JP)-A
national lottery, sponsored by the
treasury and designed to check in
flation, was proposed in congress
by Senator Thomas (D-Okla.).
, ' First prise In the drawing
'outlined la the Thomas blU
''might be as much as $1,000,000,
' with second and third prises not
to exceed 1500.000 and $250,000,
respectively. Other awards
Would range, down to $100.
" The treasury would issue cer
tificates with coupons attached, at
$1.10 each. The main part of the
certificate- would . be redeemable
at any time for $i; or could be re
deemed In defense stamps. The
coupon, representing 10 cents of
the. total purchase, would . bear a
number and be used as a stub for
the drawing. : ;
Allies May
Blast Free
French Coup
LONDON, Dec. 26 British,
American and Canadian govern
ment leaders meeting in Washing
ton apparently will decide soon
whether to restore to Vichy the
North Atlantic islands of St Pier
re and " Miquelon which Friday
night were under the banner of
Gen. Charles De Gaulle after a
Christmas eve occupation.
The free French news agency,
said Mth diplomatic question"
raised by the United States pro
test against the selsurt would be
discussed by General De GauUe
with the "Interested governments."
The United States branded the
occupation by seamen Under Ad
miral Emlle Muselier as an "arbi
trary action contrary to the agree
ment of all parties concerned,"
and. asked Canada what steps it
would take to restore. the status
quo. The islands are Just off the
Newfoundland coast.
The American reaction appar
ently was In keeping with an
agreement made recently ' with
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THEY TELE EXPERIENCES
Mrs. R. S. Keene "On Thurs
day and Friday after the fatal
Sunday, the women and girls of
the party worked as nurses' aids
at Tripler general hospital, Ft
Shatter.
"They washed dishes which
had been left in the kitchens
since the bombing, they carried
trays, bathed the wounded and
assisted nurses with dressings for
wounded.
"The students' worry was not
for themselves but how their
families would take it.;
"Many bones had not been set
or wounds cared for when we got
on the boat to return home and
the Willamette boys were invalu
able to the nurses and doctors,
helping to care for the wounded.
In fact, it was because of their
assistance that the captain allow
ed us the run of the ship.
"We women were put in a third
class cabin along with Chinese.
Turks and others fleeing from the
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Plans Laid
To Protect
Utilities
State Theatre
esHands
Chang
planet :Vemis Visible
In Broad Daylight
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 -iff)- You
won't to seeing things, if you
, ' happen to glimpse a star shining
: in full daylight during the next
';: few days.;,, ;;;V4:;'vK
ible in the daytime, the Hayden tf amed IN ewsman JJlCS
1 - planetarium reported Friday, and WASHINGTON, D c. ."HPK
f will reach its greatest .brilliance
. Sunday, when It will be about
'l23,CC0,CC0 miles from ,.the earth.
Sale of the State theatre here
to William Forman of Seattle and
Albert Forman of Salem was an
nounced on Friday by Rex and
AI Adolph of Salem. The Formans
have been operating the Grand
theatre here since early In Aug
Management of the two thea
tres .will be -combined with AI
Adolph in charge in the -capacity
ox resident t manager. Operation
under united management, - the
proprietors said, will , facilitate
realization of their : ambition to
provide Salem theatre goers with
the best in entertainment. I ' ; -
Chester T. Crowell, 53, well
known writer, and former news
paperman, died Friday night,
Plans for more ' adequate pro
tection of communications and in
dustries were discussed at a meet
ing here Friday attended by state
officials, " army , officers, state
highway department representa
tives, industrialists and utilities
heads.
Captain Chester Ott, Seattle,
represented MaJ. Gen. Kenyan
A. Joyce, ninth corps command
er. ' --:
The conference Jwas held be
hind closed doors with Gov.
Charles A. Sprague presiding.
The governor ' indicated that a
statement might r be issued later
when the program is -fully work-
Most of the Oregon; bridges,
uuuues and . industries are now
under guardofjtidala said. , s
Blasted Ship ?
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GRANTS -PASS. Dec. 2l-(
Marine men who saw a torpedoed
I American, tanker as it lay ground
ed on roots en the northern Cali
fornia . coast .said Friday, it 'ap
peared . unsalvagable, y'i:
" Abandoned by its crew after
the ..attackv the craft. drifted
ashore Saturday. Its stern is un
der water, fast on rockr, and its
bow bobs up and down with' the
(surf. ; " t ' -
turning group who wasn't quick
to say he or she never again ex
pected to have so much happen
to him or her in such a short space
of time.
Fully 1000 crowded the sta
tion platform and strung up and
down the railway right-of-way
to welcome home the expedition
which went to Honolulu for two
football games, played one, got
caught in a war and was con
voyed home in a troop hospital
ship through submarine infest
ed waters.
The story of their experiences
fell easily from the lips of Salem's
wanderers. Invariably it began
with the bombing of Pearl Har
bor December 7, the morning aft
er Willamette's football team
dropped a 20-6 decision to the
University of Hawaii. In essence,
it ran:
They were eating breakfast in
the hotel when they noticed some
thing splashing in the harbor.
A waiter said it vtas whales
spouting.
After breakfast they walked out
on the beach to watch.
They saw planes dropping
bombs in the water but thought
it was US army and navy planes
practicing the "M-Day" maneu
vers islanders had been talking
about so much.
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US Will Follow Geneva
War Prisoner Ruling
NEW -YORK, Dec. 28-(7-Ja-pan
has been informed through
the Swiss government that the
United States will abide by the
rules covering prisoners of war
adopted at the 1929 Geneva con
vention, a YMCA executive said
Friday. .
itti WyscwerVet
as sight guards around the
campus of a fine school that is a
year older than Willamette uni
versity. They were to stand
watch two hours at a stretch,
but there was some difficulty in
getting replacements so- some
were- kept on for five. The food
.they gave us as we came off
duty that night into the light of
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US Navy Rated
Over Japan's
Mott Says Fleet Beet
In World, -Despite Jap
Blow at Pearl Harbor
Belief that the United States
navy remains superior to that of
Japan and "still the best in the
world" was voiced by Rep. James
W. Mott, soon to be ranking ml
nority members of the house
naval affairs committee, Friday
as he emerged from a quiet
Christmas day visit with his fam
Hy at their Polk county residence.
"I say that notwithstanding
the crippling blow delivered at
Pearl Harbor," Mott assured.
"The fleet will get Into opera
tion."
No forecast can be made at
this time as to when the Polk
Benton counties army canton
ment may ' be constructed. Mott
said. But he believes it possible,
however, that thearmy at least
may buy the property required.
Construction, of this and 13 other
cantonments ' on the army list
would require new appropria
tions from congress.
The nation's legislative body
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Heavy Pressure and
Large Casualties
Reported in Luzon
MANILA, Dec 26 (AP)
The Japanese invaders
struck Friday with heavy
force on the main southern
Luzon front, where a major
tank battle raged inconcla
sively . with heavy losses to
both sides in the Lamon bay
region, but limited their of
fensive action in the more vi
tal northern Lingayen gulf
sector to strong and concen
trated artillery fire.
The late afternoon communi
que from headquarters of General
Douglas MacArthur madeio men
tion of fresh Japanese landings or
of any fresh advance; a US army
spokesman summed up that fight
ing was "going well" for the
American Philippine forces in all
sectors.
The decision to remove the ci
vilian administration and all com
batant military installations from
Manila, to spare the city itself
from any possible legitimate at
tack, was accompanied by assur
ances from a United States army
spokesman that this would not in
any. way. lessen the power of the
counter-blows fallina upon- th
Japanese. - .w - , . a . j'.
Japanese warplanes were .busy
over the Manila area all during
the day, apparently striking at
military bases near the city, but
the people glanced only casually
at them.
During the fifth alarm of the
day, beginning at 5:2(V p. m.
seventeen Japanese planes in two
waves, flew low over the city after
dropping bombs northwest' of
Manila and in the bay area. Ap
parently they were jsideavoring to
test Gen. MacArthur's declaration
that Manila is not now defended.
No bombs were dropped in the city
itself.
However, Manilans by 8:30 p.
m. had spent five out of the past
eight hours under air raid alert
and had picked up numerous leaf
lets dropped by the planes, ad
dressed to Philippines" soldiers,
which said: .
"Dear friends: Our aim Is to
destroy American force. We
have no uarrel with you. Are
not all of the far east?
WASHINGTON, Dec 26
(AP) American - Fili
pino forces have fallen back
20 miles or more from the
Lingayen gulf coast north
of Manila, the war depart
ment indicated Friday
night In announcing a new
defense position along the
Agno river.
The communique outlin
ing developments in the
fight for the Philippines up
to 6 am Saturday, Manila
time, added that hostile air
craft were particularly act
ive during the preceding 24
hours.
ROME," Dec 26 (Andi
agency to AP) Mussolini
accepted the resignation of
fascist -party secretary
AdelchI Serena and agricul
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Solons Listen
To Churcliill
v Confidence of Allied
Victory Expressed in
Speech to Congress
WASHINGTON. Dee 2 -JP)-
Radit.t-J supreme confidence in
4 taHbture. Prion-
Germans, Italians in
Bitter Retreat; Open
City Sees Attacks
By Tb Anoclated Pr9a
The American-Filipino po
sition was strengthened Fri
day in the vital Lingayen
gulf sector of Luzon, but the
defenders were hotly engaged
in a major tank battle In the
Lamon bay region south of
Manila and it appeared that
the Japanese offensive still
was rising in power.
The Malayan theatre, where
the distant threat 'to Singa
pore had been sharpened by the
fall of Horn Kom up the China
sea, remained Inactive; and this
for the allies was all to the good
in giving them additional time to
prepare the ultimate defense ,
The British announced that
Urut Gen. Sir Henry Pownall
had assumed command of their
forces in the far east, succeeding
air chief Marshal Sir Robert
Brooke-Popham. Pownall, at SI,
is one of Britain's youngest generals.
New successes were reported by
the Russians in their vast section
of the world front. Soviet military
dispatches declared.-that th cen
tral red army had forced tha frox-
I
we
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Yuletide MaU
Establishes
Volume Mark
General Explains Air Raid
System, Asks Aid of Public
v SPOKANE, Dec 2MAVThe. Pacific, northwest was cautioned
Friday by Brig. Gen. Carlyle H. Wash, commanding general of
the second interceptor command that "this is not a' time to take
chances. This is war.
In an official statement on aii " 4'
raid precautions, the general said:
"It "Is essential and . vital - for
people to Wderstand. what an ai
raid warning is and what it is not,
nVhen a warning w sounded,
It means that there a. flight j
of planes approaching as " some i
v distance from the are,a In. which ;
the' warning i to sounded, The ;
, warning, simply, means thai, the ;
r planes have" been located, and
!at l the 1 1 m ethe warning Is j
.sounded," the planes are Identl- j
nea as those or an enemy. ;
"At this ? time, a first warning
is issued to the responsible ci-r
vilian air raid wardens.. Jt Is an
advance warning, a stand-by. It
is not a promise of an aerial bom
bardment, '- : v : "- .v 'V
rOa '-receipt of word that an
unidentified flight is approaching
a : given1- locale, our; information
center : checks to ' see' If they are
our own : ships, or those of the
navy, ' or- civilian . airliners. If In
the - process of elimination, there
is no identification,' 1he approach'
ing planes are classified as enemy
ships? " ' l-: ""' ; "J " - - --
rPwiniit ships are dispatched
to Intercept , them while they
are still a very long distance
way. H - the contact Is made,
fhf enemy win not be seen ev-
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Christmas mail through theSa
lem postoffice set new records
volume. Postmaster Henry
Crawford said Friday, -although
figures are not available on some
mailings.
A new top day for letter can
cellations In the office was es
tablished Tuesday with Ui;z
letters going through the ma
chines. Biggest aay la iis, '
previous record year, waa 1K.-
Z0t. -
Total cancellations for the week
prior to Christmas reached 635,
300, nearly 55,000 "more than last
year. Crawford said the .volume
so far this month has already
equalled December's total in
1M0. .
Figures on number of sacks of
parcel post packages shipped and
received have not et been com
puted, according to Crawford, but
the- amount , was considerably
more than last year. . :
stonvCtmrchin of Great Britain
told- the American congress Fri
day that an allied offensive to
begin in 1943 would ultimately
call the axis nations "to terrible
account" for their misdeeds.
The interim, he said, will be
one of preparation, a period of
marshaling our forces, of prod
ding to topmost speed the pro
duction of the weapons essential
to the victory and "a time of
tribulation.-
Some gToand will be lost
which it will be hard and costly
to rerain." he said. "Many dis
appointments and anpleasant
surprises await us. Many of
them will affect us before the
full marshaling- of oar latent
and total power can be accomplished."
The British war leader ad
dressed a senate chamber Jam
packed with members of both
houses and of the supreme court.
It was an attentive and demon
strative audience which time and
again interrupted his remarks
wjth applause that was loud and
prolonged. It cheered him en
thusiastically as he entered, and
when, on leaving, he raised his
hand with fingers spread in the
"V for Victory" sign, it roared
its applause again.
About the capital and along
Pennsylvania avenue, throngs
waited for an opportunity to see
him go by. As he spoke crowds
gathered about sidewalk radios,
solemnly listening, and sometimes
Joining in the cheers which filled
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had stormed and captured oh the
west bank a large town which
Hitler had made an anchor of a
major line with hopes of halting
the general red offensive.
Soviet advices did not specif
ically identify the town. bat.
qnlte likely It waa Kalora, a
communications center 111
miles southwest of Moscow. It
was reported tn London that
the Russians not only had over
run Galnga bat were spreading
oat widely on the Leningrad
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Certificates
Awarded to
New Citizens
Honeym
an
Hospitalized
Citizenship certificates were
presented 22 new United States
citizens Friday night in a special
Christmas ceremony rponsored
by the Federation of Patriotic
Orders at the Marion county
courthouse.
' The Taletlda p reseats
awarded by Ceemty Clerk Har
lan AJndd. and the federatien
reseated flags to each new eiu
sen. along with folders Uhes
tratlng the manner in . which
the flag- should be displayed,
and. pledge and creed cards.
B. & Owens, president of the
federation, addressed the
bly, and .Harvey Kells responded
for the citizens. Rev. Robert A.
Hutchinson .gave tha . invocation 1
and. benediction.'
Midway Force
Still Holds
Jap Invader
WASHINGTON, Dec 26-V
As yet unsung but undoubtedly
as gallant and as determined as
were the defenders of Wake inl
and, a band of US fighting men
apparently still holds Midway
island.
A cheering Christmas mess
ace to the New York Times
saying "We are still here; Mer
ry Cbrlstntaa" waa the first
pmblie word since the navy an
nounced la a December It eoea-
m unique that Midway was
"csvatertag ths Mews si the
enemy."
The navy said Friday It had
been in communication with Mid
way Thursday but no information
concerning the situation there
would be gKea out.
Under ths wartime regulations
no information is permitted of
the strength of the forces on the
&5Q-acre island that is a naval air
station and a post of a commercial
cable company.' . .
Fewer than 4ft battling se
rines held Wake agalast trs
meadosa adds wata December
U. Then break ta ooaumJ
cations slf&illed Chat they had
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sudden . Illness sent' Nan . Wood J Kites Head IOF Actress
HoneyrnanT former US ' represen
tative in congress from the third
Oregon " district" vand recently
named district customs' collector,
tn a -hospital Thursday night
v The hospital reported her con
dition fairly ', good Friday.-
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec- 2S-
-Private funeral services
held - Friday for ' Blanche Bates
Creel, one of America's legendary
sage stars and.the wife of George
CreeL head of the committee on
public Information In World war L
Plant Pays
Huge Bonus
CLEVELAND, Dec 28-CVTk
toa employes cf Jack it Keintz,
Inc, a ' recently-established wax
production plant which already .
has more than 120,000,009 of gov
ernment orders, averred Friday '
that the company had outdone
Santa Claus. . . - '.-
Ths year-cld ; plant 'paid' a
whopping boons totaling' ItSO.DOO
to SO0 employes who are called
assocIates, by- President wa.v
Uam S. Jack. 82-year-old former
business- agent Tor 'an ATT. -machinists
union." The boausev bas
ed on seniority, ranged lrem.13M
to $500, with- stia fcic&CT awards
to key salaried workert- tolJlBf .
executive posts.
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