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NINETY-FIRST TEAB . . - - . . Scenes on En tV V .mr "'- - f ilium.- & II nil- 1 -. , 1 t. . . - 1 ' . "i ;ii: i::: V:?' : ....... - ' - sii AJ" rtW. : " !, Vl - i j .n. r c v. A V. Iff, Va. ' ;- 4 ;h -ij. :....v . -:v. ;. ' V-;::-:':-"'':. MivWWHikiknaeA. A line of ten three-inch anti-aircraft guns Is only a part of the de fenses for the island fortress of Corregidor at the entrance to Manila bay. The Japanese must dispose of Corregidor before they can ; bring any ships into Manila harbor. These guns have seen consid erable action. On January 5 the garrison of Corregidor shot down ' four more Japanese bombers In beating off the third successive air attack on the fortress, bringing the toll to 15. I Fifty-two bombers took part In the attack on Corregidor. Huge 12-inch mortar guns manned by coast artillery gunners are pictured, above. Also shown are Corregidor's barracks, among the largest m the world. State Cigarette Tax Goes Into Effect; Suit Seen . While Oregon merchants inventoried cigarette stocks Wed nesday night preparing for the new tenth -of-a-cent-per-smoke state tax effective at 12:01 this morning, plans for a suit attack ing the tax were in the making, according to Oswald West, Port land attorney. West declined to identify those Interested in a meeting allegedly slated for today to further the move in opposition other than as local tobacco dealers.'! A flood of applications for the $1 merchant's license fee were received at the state tax com mission Wednesday. Officials there pointed out that, while stamps and metering machines may not arrive In Salem smtil after February 1. the tax would go into effect today, i Between 15,000 and 18,000 deal ers in Oregon, including whole salers, jobbers and retailers, will qualify under the law and $1, 00,000 Will be raised during first i Turn to Page 2, CoL : 2) V XJandt Returns Loot , SCHENECTADY, NY, Jan. 7 (aThree hours after taking 40 from a drugstore cash register at gunpoint, a young bandit returned the money to the astonished pro pritor with the remark; Mi am awfully sowy." 1 T ' - , tled Corregidor Island V Ay C? If .-. J Smokers Rush Stores Before Tax Deadline :.- . i Cigarette users of Marion coun ty stocked up Wednesday on the eve of a rise in price occasioned by the new state tax, retailers and wholesalers of tobacco said in Salem. -Consumers who ordinarily buy a supply sufficient for a week or two bought enough to last two; or three months; persons accustomed to buying a package at a time In vested in a half carton or a car ton, and wholesalers and jobbers were rushed 'to fill . last-minute orders from retailers resulting from the increased demand.. , The tax, a tenth of a cent on each cigarette no matter what the retail price, will amount to 2 cents per pack of 20, or 5s cents for the box or tin of 53 cigarettes. t Vl;5 W -A yfy3 4 '':--y.WK.a Salem Power Lines Fail Involuntary Blackout Follows Breaking of Trees; Roads Unsafe Salem was involuntarily blacked out Wednesday night af ter trees and branches fell across power lines in countless places. Communications within and from the city were largely out of order all day. First injuries in two days were reported. According to Associated Press dispatch, "The second interceptor command permitted the Portland weather bureau to make this weather forecast for the Portland area Wednesday night and Thursday: "'Intermittent freezing, sleet tonight; sleet becoming rain tomorrow.' " In case conditions are not im proved this morning from Wed nesday, Salem public schools will not convene today, Supt. Frank a. uenneu saia scnooii in a number of surrounding towns were closed Wednesday. Residential areas suffered most heavily from downed (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Goodbye, Weather Newspapers in the west coast theatre of war were requested by the western defense com mand Wednesday to omit Weather news of any nature other than official weather bu reau warnings of Impending dangerous conditions. FR Picks New Turkey Envoy Steinhardt Quits Russ Post to Tackle Vital Diplomatic Mission WASHINGTON, Jan. 7-tfV Laurence A. Steinhardt, a shrewd New York lawyer who became a diplomat about the same time Adolf Hitler became Germany's dictator and went to Moscow as United States ambassador shortly before Hitler invaded Poland, was President Roosevelt's choice Wed nesday for the vitally importan post of American ambassador to Turkey. Steinhardt's nomination was sent to the senate simultaneous ly with an announcement by the state department that the pres ent ambassador to Turkey, John Tan Antwerp MacMurray, had resigned to take over an undis closed assignment in Washing ton. Who will succeed Steinhardt as ambassador to Soviet Russia was not disclosed, but informed sources mentioned the! name of Major General James H. Burn of the army and navy munitions board. Burns has lately been in charge of lend-lease supplies to Russia. Ambassador Steinhardt came home to report to President Roosevelt shortly before the ar rival here of the new soviet ambassador, Maxim Iitvmoy, about a month ago. Ambassador MacMurray is in the United States on leave. Steinhardt was appointed am bassador to Soviet Russia in the spring of 1939 and arrived in Mos cow during the " critical summer (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) ; Japs Told of 'SidcidV WASHINGTON, Jan. 7-fl)-Senator Thomai (D-Utah) 1 told the Japanese lay short wave radio Wednesday night that the Tokyo war lords .bad committed the most colossal suicidal act In ; the history of .nations", by ordering the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor one month ago Thursday. mmmm Salem. Oregon. Thursday FDM Ak " ' - '- ;- I ..'jr'P':- . : !- 'No Gain' Reported In Malaya Jap Radio Says Sea Fight on in Western Pacific By The Associated Press The American Philippine army beat back steadfastly Wednesday on Luzon against strong and rising Japanese pressure, while the British apparently held the invader to no gain in the most critical sector above Singapore. On the oldest and greatest front of all, in Russia, Hitler's present or imminent disaster had spread the whole length of the batUeline; t seemed beyond question that his gray and shiver ing columns were-being beaten down north., south and center. The G e r m a n army of the Crimea was threatened with en trapment. The far northern Ger man-Finnish wing was swaying under the shock of a major soviet offensive which was by the avail able accounts the strongest yet undertaken there. The great red push at the center west of and below Moscow was rolling on. An upper Ukrainian soviet offensive was striking, out for the vital Donets river city of Kharkov. And in the Mediterranean one more possible source of aid to the gasping survivors of the axis Libyan armies had been smashed by the royal air force in one of the most spectacularly successful ah raids since the war began. This was an assault upon Castel Vetrano airdrome in Italian Sicily in which 44 axis planes were de stroyed with the loss of a single British craft . It occurred on Sunday but only Wednesday did the details emerge, and the official British announce ment was coupled with unofficial information from London that the real point of the whole thing was (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Enemy Radio Believed on West Coast SEATTLE, Jan. -The federal communications commis sion has reported the possibility of unknown radio stations sending messages to the enemy and is maintaining a strict monitor sys tem in Alaska as well as in the United States, the 13th naval dis trict commandant revealed Wednesday in a statement on con ditions in the Pacific north naval coastal frontier. "Location of such possible sta tions are being withheld from pub lication," the statement said. The official bulletin said that (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4Y British Raid Norse Coast LONDON, Jan. 7-)-A team of British ships and planes raided Hellefjord on the Norwegian west coast between Bergen and Trohd helm Tuesday, while British bombers pounded at targets in Germany, occupied France and the Netherlands coast. ? A joint naval and RAF com' munique described the Hellefjord foray, the purpose of which was to intercept enemy shipping. Three British - bombers were missing from attacks in the last 24 hours on Brest and Cherbourg in France, and German shipping off the Netherlands and Norway, Maralng, January 8, 1942 : . Take Be Cantonment At Medford Is Ordered ;' i ; WASHINGTON, Jan. 1-M-A military cantonment will be started Immediately at Med ford, Ore the war department announced Wednesday. The announcement was not amplified and the department withheld all details and esti mates of cost, construction time and other phases of the work. The proposed cantonment in the Corvallis-Albany area was not menloned. Power Plans Worked out i Oregon, Washington Governors Confer On War Program PORTLAND, Jan. 7-OP)-Co-or dinated planning by Oregon and Washington to develop power and industrial resources for war-time nroduction and neace-time econ. omya,annouijced '-byPaul i. Raver, Bonneville administrator. The planning follows a con ference at Olympia between Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Wash ington, Gov. Charles A. Spragne of Oregon, and Raver, and will be carried out by David Eccles, Oregon state budget director, Pat Hetherton of Gov. Lang lie's staff, and Ivan Bloch, chief of Bonneville's market develop ment staff. Raver said the planning would permit the two states to develop their resources in such a way as to give full production in the war effort and to be in a position for transition to a stable economy aft er the war. Pointing to the increased need for aluminum and steel under President Roosevelt's war produc tion plan, Raver said that hydro electric power was a vital factor and that nowhere else in the country could it be made available so rapidly. By the end of fiscal 1943, the Bonneville administration win be producing .about 400,900 kilo watts in excess of present con tracts, he said. " The' power supply is now adequate to permit immediate es tablishment of ',new plants for fabrication of aluminum. He ad ded that engineers for two years have been studying the feasibility of an Integrated iron and steel hi' dustry, which could use Colum bia river power, and believe it to be a feasible plan. Establishment of fabricating plants; would not only speed pro duction by lessening shipping de lays, but would place the Pacific (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) . Carol Would Lead Program MEXICO CITY", Jan. 7-(-Ex. iled King Carol of Rumania, de nying he ever abdicated but only delegated his royal powers, an nounced Wednesday he had placed himself at the head of a "free Rumania" movement and .would go soon to the United States. : ' Carol, whose action had been (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) Safety Steps v.. Warn your children t stay away from trees. Teed the birds .-, T- .'; .These two bits of advice were contributed by Statesman reader en Wednesday with the suggestion that they be published and the suggestion wai ojikkly accepted.- limbs were falling from trees all day Wednesday occa sionally the entire upper portion of a tree, trunk and aQ, would com down. They break loose and fall to quickly for anyone beneath to take warning and flee.' The admonition to "feed the birds" Is common In the east and middle west la winter but Is seldom needed her and therefore likely to be overlooked. Under such conditions as prevailed Wednesday, birds are unable to find any sort of food unless it Is provided by humans, Mmge War CI 9 Billions Extra In 3 Asked People Urged to Lend 33 Billions By Buying Bonds WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 ( AP) President Roosevelt today requested $9,000,000, 000 in new taxes from the American people next year on top of $17352,000,000 esti mated to be provided by pres ent levies and startled con gressmen who will have to draft the necessary legislation promptly promised to do their best to get it. Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of the house ways and means com mittee, which originates tax meas ures, said mat it was impossible immediately to tell how that much new . revenue : could be obtained but remarked: "We will raise all the money we can without, of course, turn' ing the tree up by its roots." Mr. Roosevelt told a press ' con' ference that his request for; new taxes was based on the double question of how much could the oretically be raised and how much the country could stand. In addition to taxes, he looked to the people to lend the govern ment more than $33,000,000,000 during the year, especially through purchases of defense savings bonds. The president laid down only two rules which he hoped con (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) Raid Action Demonstrated Salem Wardens Learn Emergency Methods Of Control Center More than 500 air raid wardens, largely from the city of Salem, witnessed and participated in a demonstration of control center methods to be employed in event of an attack at a session marked by flickering lights in Salem high school auditorium" Wednesday night. . A series of hypothetical cases, . presented by Ed Colby, county liaison officer and official de fense council representative at recent instruction classes ' In Portland, provided wardens with background for their calls to an equally hypothetical con trol center. ; Notified of "attacks" und.r varying conditions in specified areas of the city, J. H. Davis, city air raid warden supervisor, called upon Dr. Ralph Purvine, E. -C Charlton, Harry Hutton and Carl Guenther for rapid reports as to the action they would require from medical emergency services, police reserves, firemen and utili ties workers. Until telephones have defin itely been connected In the een (Turn to Page 2, CoL S) Advocated Pric 3cj Newsstand 5c atm&szljmon Molds .New Cong To Speed Bills .For Great Sums Largest Budget in History of World Submitted to Finance Finish Fight With Axis WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (AP) President Roose. velt asked an eagerly willing congress Wednesday to provide a $56,000,000,000 war chest for the 12 months beginning next July with a $9,000,000,000 in crease in taxes that unquestionably will alter American ways of living for the duration. But, said the chief executive, submitting his annual budget message, "we are determined to pay whatever price we must to preserve our way of life," and "until this job is done, until this 1 - K ' - US Budget In Brief WASHINGTON, Jan. 1-Q Here are listed in round the billions this country pro poses to spend during' the fiscal year beginning next 'July the biggest budget In the history of the world: fifty-six billions for war. In cluding' two or three billions from non - budgetary govern ment agencies such as the RFC. Four and one-fourth billions for normal government costs, relief, farm aid, etc. One and three-fourths bil lions for Interest on the public debt. V And - here is the method of payment: Sixteen and one-half billions from existing tax laws. Seven billions in new general taxes, i I Two billions in new social security: taxes. Thirty-five billions from treasury borrowing, plus addi tional borrowing by government non-budgetary agencies. All of which means that: Spending will jump from the present two to five billions a month. - The World war spending peak 18H billions will be passed this year and almost tripled during the next fiscal year. The public debt, after bor rowing, will be IIS billions. And finally: All these Items comprise what Americans already are calling a "victory budget." Farmer's Fund Slash Booked WASHINGTON. Jan. President Roosevelt's proposal to slash about a third of billion dollars from federal outlays for farmers won tentative acceptance Wednesday ; from farm-minded members of congress, ; , . " Leader of the potent senate farm bloc said they agreed with the president that higher market prices of agricultural , products should reduce treasury - expendi tures f cuf farm aid but they said that every proposed reduction would be studied. Time bill Approved I WASHINGTON, Jan. l-iJFf- Legisiation to set clocks ahead throughout the nation won senate approval, Wednesday and was re ported ia different form by the house Interstate commerce com mitteevv -' - . No. 243 l8tt Taxes ress Girds war is won, we will hot talk ;0f burdens." "f7 It was, he said, "the budget of a nation at war in a world at war," and in practical terms would meet the challenge of the axis powers." In it and the appropriations to be made under it, are the funds which will build the clouds of air planes that are scheduled to come off the assembly lines during the fiscal year 1943, the tens of thou sands of tanks and guns and mil lions of tons of shipping the weapons that will beat the axis. t For the war effort, Ir. Roo sevelt listed in one bold lump sum 152,786,186,000 from the treasury unbroken down be cause the details are military secrets. This, he added, would be supplemented by expendit ures of $2,000,000,000 to $3,000, 000,000 by government corpor ations, whose transactions are not, as a matter of federal bookkeeping, a part of the bud get. Thus, where federal war spend ing was concerned, the budget listed the $52,786,186,000 f I g u r e (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Former Salem Man Believed Wreck Victim PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. l-VPl- Sheriffs deputies feared Wednes day that F. L. Odom, 50, Oregon City, lost his life Tuesday in the plunge of an automobile 50 feet into the Sandy river near Trout dale. Newman H. Cherry, 49, Mil waukee, was rescued from the submerged car by Charles W. Post, 22, Troutdale, who witnessed the accident and held the injured man's head above water until help arrived. From his hospital bed here. Cherry said that Odom, ; of whom no trace was found, was driving tne car. j F. L Odom is a former Salem building contractor, friends here disclosed Wednesday, f Peace Move ' HELSINKI, Jan. JHhOfficiai Finnish spokesmen denied Wed nesday Widespread rumors that Finland Is ready to quit the war With Russia. ; .- -- ; i - ' :t - ' - -: '- Questioned as to an editorial -In a Helsinki newspaper last' ' Sunday suggesting t hat Fin land's straterie teal had - been' - reached, these spokesmen said,'' however, that It was not-. V B1U1C mm 4" w official pronouncement on the. correctness of this biiimtioa.: