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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1942)
, 1 i -. . . ' - ... - -rt . - . .. - Vcathcr The td Interceptor com- maud, Seattle, ' rouested ,-. j newspapers Saturday not f i publish temperatures fiand i forecasts. The SUlesman ' - . . conforms, In the interest el . .- . i national defense, Start ' y our New Year . . rirht: Renew your States r man subscription and tell : ' : your friends about Salem's - . - : morning r newspaper, which ' leads in NEWS local, war, ;. v Picture, vvv -IT - v - FOUNDDD mxiETY-rmsT yeab Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, January 6, 1942 Pries 3ci Ilewsstandn 5e ink n o MM :1L.. 3on Staffers Heavy 'Losses ate Set Answers CaU Newfity 1651 v . . & - ..... . - Jap Wsir T To Ma Mil For Mew Draft . Unregistered To Be Listed j February 16 ". WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. .(AP) Of f icials estimated Monday night that 1,300,000 men would be made immedi ately-available for the armed services by the February 16 registration of those aged 20 to 44, inclusiTe, who are not already on selective service rolls. : President Roosevelt's proc lamation Monday setting the . nu i-Februaryi date for listing of unrejristered men subject to com bat duty under the new selective service law will affect about 9.000.000 men. Officials said it was expected that this group would include the following class 1-A men, avail able fofnmmediate call to duty: Twentv-year olds. 600,000; 21 year olds (who have reached that age since the last registration), 300,000; 36 to 44-year olds, 400,- 000. Army expansion plans are military secrets since the start f the war. However, the last . official j word was that some 315,000 1 men in the presently registered 11-35 group would be called before the army dipped into the new registrants. With over 1,800,000 men al- ms4 in th iim. the new re2- IstraUen will place the nauon in i position to put over 4,000,000 men under arms without calling any - classes under 1-A and leaving out .' (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) New Air Raid ISigiial Flops l Search for Effective ; "Warning Device Still , On, Test Said Failure Latest attempt to find an ef fective air raid signal for Salem , was called a failure Monday night by Alderman L. F. LeGarie, city defense committee chairman, after an eiecxric ampuuer a top uie sxaie library was heard by few per- sons. ' "Well keep on trying," Le- Oarie declared, but no appro- wmzss !!" tion appropriating money for signals was withdrawn Monday -' night from the council by Le : Carle. : Two-horsepower electric sirens, almost as powerful as the city hall siren, are under consideration by the alarm committee, but none can be obtained now for a test ' Tne council approved a reso- : Julion to buy the steamboat whis tie, attached at the paper mill for . a raid warning, for $80 The signal tried Monday- was . loaned by the Burroughs electric : company, West Salem House Razed By Flames Fire which spread over the bouse when two youngsters used gasoline to encourage a stove fire burned to the ground th one- -SU ridenc of V.,tr Andr - story son, Second and McNstreet, west oaiem,-woBuay waui. 2?Tiit."!L"sa : started the eonflagratton, Mar J, Ion attempted to extinguish the - blase by throwing water on the 1 flames, and the gasoline was spread over wide area. Salem fire department and the West Salem volunteer squad tried to extinguish the blaze, but it was out of control when they ar rived on the scene ' No one was injured. Fire Hits Hospital , PARSONS, Kas Jan. MffV ' " Two hundred and eighteen pa- 'tients, 50 bedridden, were evacu ' a ted safely Monday night while i fire raged through a three-story brick and stone building at the! Kansas state hospital for epaep. ticS. f - . J " : i ;- t -4 : - -J , J RONALD A. GEMMELL Sports Editor To Serve US Former UO Athlete to Leave for Washington I r Or IN eW Assignment Ren Gemmell, popular States man sports editor for the last four years, coined his last catch phrase, made vp his last page Monday night and Joined the parade of young men leaving normal pursuits to assume na tional defense tasks. He received. Vf official notice Saturday: night to report in Washington, DC, next Monday for final physical examination! and expected entry into an im portant federal agency, Whose identity : the . government; re quested be kept secret because of the . national : emergency. In Tasjhington he. will, undergo a training 'course to i. prepare him m euiu jwuu new .anemi p Gemmell came to The States man ut September, 1337, a graduate and star athlete from University of Oregon. His work in the field of sperts, report ing and interpreting, drew in creasing favorable attention him. not only in the Sale trading area but also-through out the Pacific northwest. Mrs. Gemmell, also engaged in newspaper work in Salem, ex pects to remain here until her husband 'has been assigned to some definite station. A competent successor to Gemmell will be announced within a few days, The States man management said Monday night 1 o-r 1 tit WgQUier -CNeWS t lttriUllUli9 1 o Be Relaxed SEATTLE, Jan. 5.-JP)-The 2nd interceptor command announced Monday night that revised' regu lations on publication of weather information probably-would ap ply some type of restrictions in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. Tne command said tne re strictive regulations would be promulgated "in the near fu ture," possibly Tuesday, as the result of new instructions re ceived by the command. In the meantime, weather bu reaus were still ill under the instruc- by the interceptor aturday, banning! tions issued command Saturday, weather ! reports and forecasts in 11 northwestern and midwestern states, although earlier Monday mgnx n naa oeen inmcatea mat ine resxneuons wouia dc pom- fled sharply, -ne u states to wmcn tne sat- uroay proer applied .were wasn- nh wVni 'TWh 1 H. W?om 9ol.oral'. Nofth Kansa& 1 a rnT j Mrairrr in mrrwm runnMevB .-f .v Men in Blue Help Boys InKliaki Hearts of Salem police officers are wKh the armed services of the United SUtes If the Biblical declaration "where your treas- vse Is there will your heart be also" is taken literally. Chief Frankf SUnto declared Monday as he, proudly announced that every, man m the city's blue voiforaa Is ewner of a defense bond. iivr':y-' ''i. -::r:'-J V' ,Sosxe own more (ban one 2S Bond, but each has at least one, he said. The purchases, Minto said, were nude en his advice bat were not ordered. . . Nied Reports On Defense Activities Defense progress in Salem in 1941 featured the annual message of Mayor W. W. I Chad wick to the city council Monday night as he began his third year in office. While:. council committees . - v and members of commissions were as usual at the first ses sion of the year, the council had to abandon the usual business of naming non-elective city offi cers, because of a charter amend ment voted last, spring giving all icials two-year terms and, pro- continue through 1942. Mayor Chadwiek described briefly the WPA and CAA im provement of the municipal air port and its use by United Air Lines, the subscribing of a $200, 000 bond issue for a sewage dis posal "plant and use of $50,000 of the funds to buy defense bonds, budgeting of funds for a'new first aid car, passage of a blackout ordinance, establishment of a central county-city control of- cooperation in the four- county, seven-city cantonment committee, altering of street light system to provide compliance with blackout regulations, a hous ing surveys and appointment' and work bf, the citr .defense commit tee, v .-fiV.;- Cbnnelfmen hvereH tbldthev1 y. plust Plan during to devote (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) State Ready For Fag Tax Metering Machines and Stamps Expected Soon, Sales Permit Needed Between 18,000 and 20,000 deal ers in cigarettes, including whole salers, jobbers and retailers, prob ably will qualify under the new Oregon cigarette tax law which becomes operative at 12:01 Thurs day a.m., members of the state tax commission estimated Mon day. , The law was approved by the 1941 legislature and provides for a tax of two cents on pack ages of 20 cigarettes selling at 10 and 15 cents and S cents for packages of elgarettes selling at 25 cents. It was estimated that the tax would produce approxi mately $UOO,000 the first year it is in operation. More than 100 license applica tions, accompanied by checks for $1, were received at the tax com' mission offices here Monday. Commission members said several (Jurn to Page 2, CoL 2) Bridges Not Communist, C DwJI DSL VS JDOarU WASHINGTON. J a ni Harrv Bridses. California CIO header who has been , fighting de- portation on charges of com- munist connections for nearly I four veara. ' annarentlv won his Mnnrtnv four-man board of Imml- grauon ppeals reversed tte I ings of former Judge Charles B. . j,,,, medal : waminw. rwl decided unanimously that Bridges since coming to the United States had not been a member of nor affiliated with - the communist party or any other organization which advocates overthrow of the US government by force or vi olence, f .. - The final decision as to whether Bridges shall be deported to bis native Australia rests with At torney General Biddle. but It was believed improbable he would re verse the appeals board. Axis Planes Hit Malta VALLETTA, Malta, Jan. $-V British - headquarters announced Monday one enemy raiding plane was destroyed and at least two bombers were damaged by anti aircraft fire in a series of day and night attacks that began late Sun day afternoon and continued with I seven alarms Monday. Arid Cliiiiese One of This 1 ' A Linen Plant Strike Ends Union Accepts Terms Ending Long Dispute, Work Set Wednesday Nearly 40 employes of the Miles Linen company, textile firm at North Fairgrounds road, are ex pected to go, back to work Wed nesday morning after a strike pe riod of 22 weeks. Officials of Textile Workers union local ,2637 Monday night agreed to accept (he new con tract tendered by the manage-. mait lionaar vternoon provid ing, for a . week's . paid vacation and raising the minimum wage from 4t to 45 cents an hour. The union also gamed seniority provisions requested. E. L. Crawford, attorney for the management, said Monday night that the date for re-opening the plant was not definite but stated that the management an ticipates resumption of full pro duction Wednesday. Gill netting is one of the chief products of the firm, and Oregon flax is used. A contract to pro vide parachute shrouds for the government has since been filled by another source. Door-to-Door Bond Program Is Scheduled Plans for a door-to-door solid' tation of all incorporated cities and towns in Marion county to obtain pledges of citizens to buy defense bonds were launched at a meeting of the county defense savings committee Monday. Chairman Frederick 8. Lam port said ail Income earners would be urged to "invest In America" by promising to buy bonds, but emphasized that no pressure is to be applied." The drive, to start January 20, was put into the hand of a com mittee consisting of C. A. Kells, chairman; County Clerk Harlan Judd,, City Treasurer Paul H. Hauser, Mrs. Miller B. Hayden, Werner Brown and Edward Ma jek. The committee immediately took under consideration a pro posal to request all precinct com mittee members, men and worn' en, democrats and republicans, to form' the framework personnel for the solicitation organization. Utilization of the services of air raid wardens 'also was discussed. . Fred C Klaus, manager of the Salem unit of the Dairy Cooper ative association, was announced by Lamport as . associate chair man d the county savings com mittee. K . Blimps Guard US Coasts '"; WASHINGTON, Jan. The navy. has put a fleet blimps armed with depth bombs, machine guns and cannon at work guarding, the .nation's coastlines from submarines and prowling raiders.- c v On the Atlantic coast the first squadron of six blimps bas al ready taxen tne - air, tne navy said Monday. They are tfcs first of scores to be used. i?1wJ&&??y!'? 1 uTinM.- - rr" 1. hi 1 11 iiiiiitiiiii iiiwiwsMSMiii afm,. 1 ..iiwsaaBBa 1 Type Jap Destroyer Sunk by US Bombers County Board Sets Allocation of Purchase Permits Made; Tire Dealers May Be Named Inspectors; Tentative Plans Prepared for January Establishing boundaries for the four districts into which the county is to be divided for rationing purposes and tentatively al- ocating the first month's quota areas, representatives of Marion in tneir first session Monday night in Salem. ?, : .'y . 3 To, the Salem area, bounded to totiude4 approximately 50 per cent of th county's, population, was awarded the privilege to purchase at ' retail 56 passenger car tires and 102 truck tires, or 50 per cent of the passenger tire and 40 per All tire dealers In the Salem district are asked to meet at the Salem chamber of commerce at 10:30 this morning, Douglas McKay, chairman of the Marion county civilian defense council, announced Monday night cent of the truck tire allotment of the county. Each of the other district boards may approve purchase ox 19 passenger and 47 truck tires. The January allocation, board members at Monday's meeting made clear, is tentative and may be rearranged before Feb ruary 1 if such action should be deemed wise. To allocate permits to purchase tires merely on a population basis, it was declared, probably would not prove satisfactory since larger districts, however lightly popula ted may. be scene of more truck ing operations and more mileage for physicians. Local ration boards are to meet once or twice a week, and may not issue more than 25 per cent of their month's allo cation In the first week of the month, although their Quotas may be cumulative from week (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Vichy Cabinet Officer Dead; Body Mangled VICHY, Unoccupied ' France, Jan. 5-V-The mangled body of Yves Paringaux, a Vichy cabinet officer assigned to repress anti German v terrorism, , was -i found Sunday night on the Paris-Troyes railroad tracks, and dispatches Monday night told of two more bombings at German, centers in Paris. - - ,--.- h Coincident ; with these disclos ures, the recently wounded Marcel Deat. a leading French advocate of cooperation with the nazis, de clared in a broadcast from Germans-occupied Parhi that Marshal Petain's-government had turned against collaboration with; Ger many since the entry of the United States into war. - . r, , Paringaux's torn body was (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Bosox Star Honored . .v. BOSTON, Jan. H3-Ted Wil liams, the Boston Red Sox Ameri can league batting champion Monday was voted the award made , annually to Boston's most valuable major! league player by the Boston chapter of the 'Base ball . W r i 1 1 r It Association cf i America - . ? r roops Tire Rationing - - - o Boundaries of tires and tubes among those county's local ration boards met Police Jlepbrt Loot Small Numerous cases of theft and store-breaking were reported to city police over the weekend. Loot was not considerable. A .32 calibre revolver and 25 pennies were taken from the W. J. Lee and Son feed store, 849 Ferry street, Saturday night. , The E. O. Moser service sta tion at 223 South Liberty street yielded the sum of four pennies when entered. H. L. Stiff, jr., said an attempt was made to take pennies from (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) First Aiders Busy, Treat Axe Victims Axe lacerations suffered over the weekend by Salem persons make 1942 appear already like 1941, Capt Percy L. Clark, of the first, aid car said Monday in reporting two more cuts suffered by wood choppers. Last year 40 were so injured. On Sunday F. A. Starkey, 2465 Laurel avenue, walked Into the station with an axe-cut left thumb. Frank Upper, Salem route six, cut two fingers, while chopping on Monday 1. Other accident victims Sunday were . J. A. Davis, SP. railroad worker who fell from a bunk car, and was treated for business; L. F. Whipple, 960 North 18th street, who fell and hurt the same k ; : cap be broke a month ago. , . Monday. the 1942 total of calls rose to 13 in five days when Mrs. Margaret Weisner, - 2370 ; Myrtle avenue, suffered a heart attack. and Mrs. Winifred Glover, 248 D street, caught her arm in wringer and suffered bruises. She was taken to Deaconess hospitaL Networks Bill FDR's Speech t NEW siYOWf- ian tPH- President - Roosevelt's J annual messase to eongresa at S9 a. m. (PST) - Tuesday wC be broad cast to. the nation by the ; country's radio "networks and at the aamC time will be beamed to Xatia-Ancrica and Xsrepe .- cy : short wave. : . - -: -". :. - Following . the ; address, the radio chains ? wCl give transla "tions lor shortwave listeners ta - French; German. Italian, Swed ish, Finnish, ; Turkish, Dutch, Ecrta-Crcxt, Pclish, ErxrUi tzH ' Fertuguese, ' " Scorin Soviet Drive StiU Rolling Germans Repeating in Center, South Russia; French Trouble Nazis By The Associated Press The' grand Russian offensive appeared early Tuesday to t be Tolling on both at the center and in the south. The soviet" announced this morning that, the ' southern "red army had advanced 45 miles in two days on tae Kcsth peninsula in the Crimea,' in what apparent ly Was a drive following the peninsula's northern or Sea of Azov shore in cooperation with earlier smashes which had clear' ed the southern or Black sea side of all invaders. On the central front, mean while, Belev,. some 175 miles below Moscow, was recaptured in a great push that had hurled the German invaders back 109 miles from their farthest point of penetration toward Moscow. Hitler was reported by a for eign source in London to be still plagued with dissension in his high command which the ouster of Field Marshal Walter Von Brauchitsch had aggravated. Half dozen other high German of ficers were rumored to be out or on the way out. Other . reports from northern Europe, not confirmed but plau sibel suggested that the Finns and. particularly . the Finnish workers were becoming exasper ated with the continued war with Russia and wanted to quit now that ' the originally stated objec tives had been about realized. On top of It alL it seemed no longer debatable that Hit ler was bavins the greatest of trouble with France. Speaking at about the time f the discovery of the body of the pre-nasi politician Yves Paringanx along the Paris Troyes railroad tracks, the na - (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) US Troops Have Back to Sea Al , ' TARLAC? TARLAC? Ift JiflnTm im . amcMMAGAt 11 V? V STOTSCMflUlia it t ; .. ' : "t w mm v w m . I ' Mats j Defense 'forces were reported In . mr 11- - " 1. T of Japanese advance on' Manila from east and sooth nd Japanese, Xlrzi'a from north. Latter drive stUl ts blocked by n?T!?rsl IIac Arthur's army, in coastal area inside sawtooth lines. C!Li nocntaias -In Baton penlnsnla (S) provide stronsholds. Defender! told, forts frills (on CorregWor), Bnghes, Drum and Frank and. secpn 3ry XLirtl bass cf Ctrrape (S) It was presumed they Ciri U-J ?-b4 Ft. Stotsenbarg' UU 4' 4 t i '.:' v i g Victories Defenders On Luzon Sector Kai-Shek Sends Help To British; 700 Japs Die Near Corregidbr By Th Associated Press . A major victory by Ameri can array bombers over Im-1 portant Japanese fleet raits -three direct hits oh an en emy battleship off Davao on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao was announced late Monday night by the war department to round off a generally good day for the ! allies all around the world. Every American plane re-; turned undamaged from tht Davao action, in iw hi eh a Japanese destroyer was sunk and other enemy vessels hit with 1 undetermined damage. 5 1 i On Luzon, the key to all the Philippines, the Japanese " ap-1 Ipeared stalled by an American; defense that had scored its first; full victory, and in south-central China ' the invader was being heavily bled by-a Chmese army which was developing "into" a sort of Russia of the" far east' for the allies., 1 i .r-.-ri The Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek the one allied commander able Just now to con front the Japanese with equal or superior numerical f 0 r c e was beating the enemy down around Changsha in Hunan province, where official Chinese advices re ported that four Japanese divi sions were trapped and under violent assault, two others in full retreat, and 53,000 invading troops lying dead or wounded. (Turn to Page 2, CoL i) Auto Plants Plan Wartime Production WASHINGTON, Jan. 5-()-The automobile industry embark ed Monday on a broad program of. conversion to war production along lines markedly similar to the so-called Reuther ' plan 4 long advocated by union labor . Out of a meeting of OPM of fiials, top-ranking motor manu facturers and workers' representa tives came appointment of a ten member union-management com mittee charged with: planning the revamping of the industry. On it were Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor company, and Walter Keuiner, uu omciai ana auuaor of theJReuther plan. CABANATUAN asiaai wjjwm. uiarAri SAM WtlVJ l IU - NORZACARAY MONTALCAN strong positions north' and-west f V.1 iumtM, HUM Halt Invaders mi
