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Price 3cj Newsstands 5 " No. 243 T- ' ' ' j vf , - " - ' .- - , . . , r ... , " ' ' : 1 - 1 Allies On All Fronts Gaining US Holding Own; - British Launch : New Offensive " , '.By Th AsaocUted Press The American Philippine army appeared to be holding its own Tuesday in its lonely struggle, and upon the distant Singapore approaches the British defenders opened it series of successful local of fensives against an invader who had made considerable earlier progress. - With the one exception of Malaya and this was quali fied there were no allied set backs of consequence; in general the struggle afield was going well against the three-faced antagonist, for ! the Germans plainly were being soundly thrashed oh a great Russian front alive with soviet in itiative from Leningrad to the Black sea. In a single big soviet sector, about Moscow, the soviet an nounced officially 'early Wednes day that 572 towns had been re captured in five days and 10,000 Germans left dead on the field. On Luzon, the war depart ment's communique - of Tuesday morning reported, the Japanese Invader had lessened his activity against Gen. MacArthur's line north of fallen Manila, but he still was applying pressure on all American, outposts. . ne: fortress" tt Corregfabrt the general's back i still strongly defended itself against Japanese air assault. Fifty enemy planes bombarded the fortress Monday, the department announcer, and at least seven were hit by American i anti-aircraft guns. In previous action at least 15 invading planes had been shot down by Corregi dor's batteries. In addition tt developed Tues day night that attacks by American bombers reported earlier on Japanese fleet units ' off Davao in Mindanao, the - southern Philippine island, had . caused- more damage than was j (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Beaver Eleven Pauses in LA LOS ANGELES, Jan. Homeward bound after their 20 18 Victory over Duke university in the transplanted Rose Bowl game New Year's day, Oregon State's football team paused here 15 minuter-; between trains Tuesday night j, , -."Duke was the best team we met all season and we were at our best In winning." said Line Coach Jim Dixon. -Steve Lach was all that they said he was, but our Don Durdan ntshf ne . him completely ; with - the greatest all-around exhibi tion of football that I ever saw." Head Coach Lonnie S tin ex was not with the squad. He Is return inj through Nebraska, where he is visiting relatives. Seeks Post Mrs, Joe Rogers, Independence, (above) Monday filed ! In: the Utdpartment here for the re ; nubllcan nomination for, state representatlverom the 10th dis trict, Polk county, at the pri mary election next May. -Mrs. Rogers Is the first candidate to file at the primary election from the . TTUlamette . valley. , She seeks te succeed Lyle Thomas. He Sounds A'Khell of Doom w When President Roosevelt faced state of the Union, he also sounded the knell of doom for the axis powers when he announced a stupendous ail -out war program, like of which the world has never known. Today, the president stands as the champion of a better future force of arms. Tire Dealers Approved For Inspection Posts County Defense Council Representatives Make Appointments; Five Stations Named Tuesday, Others Booked to AssumeStatus Five Salem tire distribution points Tuesday were approved as inspection stations in the new tire . rationing organization, with 4he probability that a -eonsiderablhTimberof "bthersr may be named before tonight. v Dealers, meeting -with county defense council representa Nazi Warning Given Vichy Reich Threatens North Africa Unless Petain Quits US Flirtation VICHY, Unoccupied France, Jan 6-Ay)-G e r ma n troops may seize French North Africa unless Marshall Petain's govern ment quits its alleged flirting with the United States and swings closer to .the reich, the nazircontrolled Paris newspaper Nouveaux Temps said Tuesday night. This sensational article, signed by Jean : Luchaire, also warned that Germany - might take territorial moves in metro politan France which 'won Id forever partition the country, i As one of the ways in which Germany might be "led" into Af rica, Luchaire raised the possibil ty of a "desperate adventure against Germany by the French in Africa themselves under apian, (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) f British Relay FDR's Speech NEW YORK, Jan. M)-Th e British radio promised Tuesday night that the Germans would be told about President Roosevelt's speech as he hoped they .would be.; - ' "Dr. Goebbels may try jrto stop them -listening to their radios," the BBC said in a broadcast heard by CBS. "He may jam every pro gram he ; can, but -rest .assured that Germans will know. Hour by hour the message will go to them from powerful British transmit ters." Icy Weather Fails to Halt Schools, Accidents Few Accidents In icy Salem Tues day were conspicuous by " their akCence, according to city police and first aid men, who were elated over the s careful driving of citizens. Sleet frdze on autos, streets, trees and; power and tele phone lines. ! j ' t The second I interceptor com mand at Portland, according to an Associated Press dispatch, au thorized the following road con dition reportt "In the area extending from Portland to Engene, dangerous read conditions exist at , pres ent Similar conditions prevail along the Columbia river high. ZnellofDoom A 0 O A -AiA eongress Tuesday to report on the world, to be gained, only by the ' tives Tuesday morning, recom mended that each distributor's agency should serve as an inspec tion point or that the' distributor should name the place of business of one of his dealers to serve in that capacity. Accepting the recommenda tion, defense council members made it clear that, while the inspector Is allowed to make a 50-cent charge for removing and remounting a tire there Is to be no cost for actual inspection service. Chandler Brown, defense coun cil chairman for the tire inspec tion branch of the council's un dertakings, is providing each authorized inspection point with a letter or appointment, civilian defense authorities said Tuesday. They urged distributors to notify either the defense council, tele phone 3349, of their choices of in spection points or to call Salem ration board headquarters, John Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Army Refuses Jack Dempsey NEW YORK, Jan. 6-P)-A forty-six-year-old man who once licked eight Germans in three minutes with one awfully tough fist walked into .the army recruit ing station Tuesday and volun teered as a buck private, but the army didn't take him. : His name is Jack Dempsey.' The biggest drawing card in the history of the boxing ring weighed in at 210 pounds as an indifferent doctor tapped the chest that a lot of bigger men never reached. 1000 at Skinner Rites NEW, YORK, Jan. 6-ff)-More than 1000 persons attended funer al services for Otis Skinner Tues day at the Little Church Around the Comer. . - way. Motorists are advised to . restrict travel to that which Is absolutely necessary.' ' Public schools will convene as usual this' morning, Supt Frank BV Bennett announced. He said conditions at midnight did not warrant suspension of classes, unless - the situation was' altered seriously by morning. 7- Portland General Electric com pany and Pacific. Telephone and Telegraph company ofices in Sa lem reported no line trouble late Tuesday night, although fearful that any more Ice on wires might .disrupt ' service. Axis Girds Far Fight In Libya Hope of Retreat . Gone, Rommel to Take' Stand LONDON, Wednesday, Jan. 7 (AP) Reliable sources here today expressed the be lief that the German Gen. Er win Rommel had abandoned all hope of retreat in North Africa and was girding his forces in the Agedabia area for a final desperate stand against the British. It was acknowledged that he would have at least this in his favor: The flat terrain, with clay spots forming natural landing places for fighter planes, would help aerial defense. - The German supply line with Tripolitania presumably has been cut, or at best has been made in secure by the RAF, but it was thought the axis might be getting some supplies across the Gulf of Sirte by night The Italians had acknowledged the raid but claimed it did little damage, Actually, said the air ministry, the attack struck at the base from which the German air force has been operating in its desperate ef forts to relieve the Rommel forces in Africa. "Junkers troop carriers and bombers were hit on the ground and the RAF pilots then swooped low to machine-gun nasi soldiers eady1d Sly to ?Sflpoll, It salfc r- "Part of the runway was blown up ana columns oi Diacx smoxe rising to loOQ feet from burning aircraft and petrol tanks could be seen by our pilots 40 miles away. "At the end of the attack our pilots reported: conditions over the whole airdrome were chaotic" All the British planes returned safely to their base, the ministry announcement concluded. Finns Thought Seeking Peace With Russia STOCKHOLM Jan. &-(JP)-Sev- exal Finnish ministers, including Finland's former minister to Mos cow, why was chief of his nation's delegation at the peace confer ence ending the 1939-40 winter war with Russia, have visited Stockholm in the last few' weeks and some have been seen here in the last several days. Their visits have given rise te rumors that Finland was seek ing a new peace with Russia. Considerable significance was attached to theresenee here of John Paasfklvi, who headed the Finnish delegation . to the Mos cow peace conference of March, 1940, after the soviet-Finnish winter war. Russian circles, while not deny ing the possibility of peace talks, said there had been no meeting be tween Paasikivi and Madame Alexandra Kollantay, soviet am bassador to Sweden. r There have been recurring ru mors here that "Finnish military aides several weks ago advised their commander, Baron Carl Gus- taf Mannerheim, to refrain rom further advances into soviet ter ritory. Message to Congress -Encourages Chinese ; CHUNGKING",- China, Wednes day, Jan. 7-Hf-Cbinese listened with joy and j amazement early Tuesday to President Roosevelt's message to congress and then commented: "It's as gratifying as it Is staggering.? " - Chinese pride swelled at his praise of Generalissimo ' Chiang Kai-Shek's armies ' and hopes soared that - the arsenal of, de mocracy soon would provide the tools China had needed, so badly for a knock-out blow against bar better equipped foe.'. . UHA Head Said Quitting WASHINGTON, : J a n. M-TH Reports circulated on Capitol hill Tuesday that Nathan Straus, Unit ed States ' housing , administrator, has submitted . bis resignation to President Roosevelt'. . . Great An London Feels Double Front Now Certain 'Britain Is no Longer Alone the Yanks Are Coming,9 Papers Say LONDON, Jan. 6-(P)-P e s i- dent Roosevelt's declaration Tues day that an AEF -would be sent to Britain has "cinched long- voiced predictions of a frontal as sault this year upon Germany, qualified London observers said tonight Noting the presence of 2,000,000 fully trained troops, including Ca nadians and empire forces, al ready in these islands, plus 1,700,- 000 homeguards ready to stand off any nazi invasion, these in formants asked: "What other reason could there be for American contin gents here unless it be to use Britain for a Jumping -off place against the heart of the axis?" They pointed further to bases (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) Iridustry Aid IsRromised i t President's Mammoth Production Program r Supported by "Nation WASHINGTON, Jan. MV O.K., Mr. President well do it! was ute prompt and unanimous reaction of industrial and govern' mental officials Tuesday to Presi dent Roosevelt's call for the pro duction of 60,000 planes, 45,000 tanks, 20,000 anti-aircraft guns and 8,000,000 deadweight tons of Ehips this year. " But most Industrialists, while accepting the chaUenge enthusi astically, emphasized that they would have to be assured of the necessary raw materials to guar antee delivery of the finished roods; and some mentioned ade quate tools and cooperation ef labor as well. "It would seem that before the government could determine whether or not they could receive that number of airplanes it would be necessary to make a survey of material sources," observed Glenn L. Martin, the Baltimore plane manufacturer. In congress, which must vote the appropriations and the taxes, both democrats and rcnublicans sd- plauded the vast production and 'other phases of the presi- dent's message on the state of the union. - Wendell L wuisie recom mended, however, that- the (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) : Likes Capital Gty "Salem's treating us very sat isfactorily and doing everything to make our camp comfortable,'' Capt Lee Alford told The States man Tuesday night for the com- pany which has been on guard duty at the municipal airport since Christmas week.: 1; A trash burner and' hot water tank were installed at the camp by the city, according -to Alderman Tom Armstrong, chairman of the council, airport committee, . and wood was furnished for fuel. Elec tric, connections for lights will not be provided until a semi-per manent guard location is estab lished, be statecL.' , u - Although a Silverton resident for the past 20 years, Capt Alford said he had been too , occupied here to "visit in that city ; ; Finns Lose Island 1 - STOCKHOLM, Jan. 6 A Berlin dispatch to the newspaper! Dagens Nyheter LTuesday night said the Russians had recaptured the island of Hogland, in the Gulf i of Finland, .from Finnish forces J which seized it two weeks agcv Army Hosp ltality us- jnroooraoTni ruaini -.-'. ST , , -. . . : ,J , ' . . i ican Armies On Territory Highlights of State of Union This country was ntYer more deeply determined to face the solemn tasks before ft, 4 Powerful and offensive actions, must and will be taken in proper time. . .. : . - ... The militarists in Berlin and Tokyo started this war. But the massed, angered forces of common human ity will finish it. . " . t They (the enemies) know that victory for us means victory for freedom. , r They know that victory for us means victory for the institution of democracy the ideal of the family, the simple principles of common decency and humanity. They know that victory for us means victory for religion. And they could not tolerate that. The world is too small to provide adequate "living room" for both Hitler . and God. Our own objectives are dear; the objective of smashing the militarism imposed by war lords upon their enslaved peoples the objective of liberating the subjugated nations the objective of establishing and securing freedom of speech, freedom of religion, free dom from want and freedom from fear everywhere in the world. ! ! We must raise our sights all along the production line. Let no man say it cannot be done. It must be done and we have undertaken to do it. These figures c (calling for 60,000 planes in 1942 and 125,000 in 1943; 45,000 tanks in 1942 and 75,000 in 1943; 20,000 antiaircraft guns in 1942 and 35,000 in 1943; 8,000,000 tons of shipping in 1942 and 10,000,000 in 1943) and similar figures for a multitude of other implements of war will give the" Japanese and nazis a little idea of just what they accomplished in the attack on Pearl Harbor. i We must guard against complacency. We must not underrate the enemy. He is powerful and cunning and cruel and ruthless. He will stop at nothing which gives him a chance to kill and destroy. We have already tasted defeat; We may suffer fur ther setbacks. We must face the fact of a hard war, a long war, a bloody war, a costly war. We cannot wage this war in a defensive spirit. 'As our power and our resources are fully mobilized, we shall carry the attack against the enemy we shall hit him and hit him again wherever and whenever we can reach him. . We must keep him far from our shores, for we in tend to bring this battle to him on his own home grounds. American armed forces must be used at any place in all the world where it seems advisable to engage the forces of the enemy. - t Red Cross War I llliirlc lrtYtfrl IAL111S kJlli YVCUL WASHINGTON, Jan. The American Red Cross an nounced Tuesday, it had raised $17,143,853 in its drive for at least $50,000,000 for its war fund. Collections of Sr.000.000 were made Tuesday, including a gift of $250,000 by Mrs. George F. Baker of New York and the First National bank trustees ur Jer terms of the will of the late finan cier, George r. jBaxer. Some Germans ' - .::; t y , ' ' r':.. s ' - th ' :.' 'l - .', '' ' - r i y1- , .., , - .. Fear German prisoners, their hands raised, and one ef them '(right) carrying a white flag," are marched away to a transport after their capture ta the British "commando" raid en Yaagse Island, Norway, De- -eeaiber tl, CrUUi soldiers were escertisg them - , . i f ' - OnilineM FDR's Talk RAF Raiders Burn Planes LONDON,, Jan. 7-(Wednesday) -yp)-The air ministry announced Tuesday that Sunday night's RAF raid' on? the Castlevetrano air drome in western Sicily was "devastating" eight-hour assault which; burned "a large number" of German troop-carrying planes and wrought! chaos among the forces seeking to bolster the nasi African corps of General Erwin RommeL, Captured by Commandos on Norway By FDR Of 56 Billions ated Congress Startled as Huge Program Told In President's Talk WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (AP) -A breath-taking-' ly mammoth arms pro duction, American forces fighting on many fronts, and . an eventual hard-hit ting attack upon the en emy's own territory were woven into a unified war plan by President Roose velt to an enthusiastically receptive congress, i All this, the president told a joint session of the national legislature, must lead inevitably .to "total victory" the i(militarista of Berlin and Tokyo suit ed this war" but "the massed, angered forces of common humanity will finish it"' There were gasps and whistles of amazement from some mem bers of congress as he 'outlined the arms production program: This year 80,000 planes; next year 125,000. ! This year 45,000 tanks; next year 75,000. ! This year 20,000 anti-aircraft guns; next year 35,000. j This year 8,000,000s tons of shipping; next year 10,000,000. "These figures," said the presi dent "and similar figures for a multitude of other implements of war will give the Japanese" and' nazis a little idea of Just what they accomplished in the attack at Pearl Harbor.". r, ; ,' And as a thunderous ' outburst " of applause subsided, departed from his prepared text to ad- lib: "And 1 rather hope all these figures I have given will become common knowledge In Germany and Japan." The , president -indicated that the size of the war program nad been increased since he talked to reporters last Tuesday. At that time he said the aim was to spend in jthe fiscal year beginning next July about half the estimated na tional Income of $100,000,000,000. Today he" estimated- the expendi tures at $58,000,000,000, or con siderable more than half. Behind such a great productive effort, be said, was the purpose not of providing a "slightly su perior supply of munitions" but a superiority "s o overwhelming that the axis nations can never hope to catch up with if . This great store ef weapons Is te supply net only the forces (Turn to Page 2, Cot 8) Expenditures Contempl .- B --4