Tlx OUZSOIT VIATLLlZKr. Scdsxnv. Qracjorv Friday Morning. Jamxarr 9. 1842
FAGS TWO '
British Cruiser Lost In Mediterranean Battle
Boulevard In Manila Bombed as Japs Take Over!
US Subs Sink
Jap Warships
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- Fresh Troops Pound
At Retreating Nazis
On Central Front
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had threwB tbe Germans from
22 additional villages.
The struggle In the Crimea,
where the Russians were threat
ening the i isolation of all sur
viving Ceiman forces, w be
.licved to center about the port of
Yevpatoriya, some 40 mi'es north
,of Sevastopol, where the nazis
fUU were trying o oust the Rus
sian parties landed there. Wfcdtt
er the Black sea fleet had been
able to reinforce these ciiglnal
c unter-tnvaders was not kncwn
. hce.
."' : A-w.i-itAr1 Tr0H disDatCXiPS
J from Kuibyshev, the alternate
4 Russian capital, reported that os
-of Wednesday the Russian garri
vgon of Sevastopol itself was break
ting the German siege of that, vital
Black sea naval base and had
"burst out to crush ; the German
positions on the hilly approaches
to the city. i
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i itlf reported that the nasi air
force was attempting to im
S mobilize the Port of Feoiisiva,
' where the Russians had landed
to the east f Sevastopol In their
:' maneuver of envelopment.
On other sections of the front
, generally, the nan's reported
bombing assaults upon "the at-
.... i
tacking Soviets an acimnwi
' edgement that the Russians sUli
' held the initiative.
Of the central and northern
, heavy Russian action against the
German-Finnish wing the Ger
' man high command reported that
. the Russian opponent had "re
' peated his attacks and suffered
heavy losses."
"In some places," the nazi com
munique added without elabora
; tlon, "the fighting continues,"
Civilian Truck
Output Ban
Foreseen
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-&P)
Complete stoppage of civilian
truck production after March 1
was forecast Thursday by Joseph
B. Eastman, new defense trans
porta tion director, who com
mented ithat "there may be a
tendency to forget or failure to
, realize - that ' civilian transporta
tion is a very essential part of
the war mechanism."
Eastman made this prediction
despite the. fact that the OPM
announced during the day new
quotas permitting increased pro
duction of trucks and busses in
-February.
Saying that clficient operation
of transportation systems was
"just as important to war pro
duction as machine tools,"- East
man told a press conference:
"The greatest danger I now
foresee is that (motor transport)
carriers may not be able to get
material for expansion of oper
ations and for maintenance and
repair. There may be grave de
plelion of our transportation re
sources."
Blackout's Old Stuff
In, This Community
ST. MICHAEL'S, Md.(yp)-When
this little Cresapeake Bay town
underwent a blackout recently,
history was repeating itself.
Back in 1813 a British attack
ing force .came up theb ay, and
the town had its first blackout
Residents put out all lights and
hung lanters in tree tops. As a
result, the British gunners over
shot their mark and the town
escaped damage. i
Always 2 Smash Hits!
TODAY and SATURDAY!
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bombed murderously by the Japanese although It has been declared an "open dty.' It wu not known
whether thla famous boulevard, which Ilea along: the Paatg river near the heart of the city, waj
bombed or not although many bomb struck nearby.
Ickes Talks
Speed Limit
Says Proposal Would
Save Robber, Gas .
And Automobiles
(Continued from' Page 1)
speed limit would save not only
tires but also gasoline and auto
mobiles.
While explaining that enforce- j
ment of such a limit "is not a
matter within my authority," he
hinted that federal officials deal
ing with rubber supply might
well attempt speed throttling, as
a conservation measure, probab
ly working through the various
states.
To lead the way in the longer-speed
drive, he announced
that a 40-mile limit would be
enforced forthwith in all na
tional parks, over which he has
Jurisdiction.
Ickes admitted he had received
"a number of suggestions for ra
tioning gasoline as a method of
saving rubber and automobiles"
1 A. 1 A. . 'At At
oui ne took ine position max me
rubber shortage would postpone;
rationing. His aides estimated
that the tire shortage would re-
:ui reuutuon I
gasoline con-
this year in civilian
sumption.
Ickes disclosed at his press
conference that his office was
exploring the possibilities of
producing Urge quantities of
synthetic rubber frm iL He
said, however, he was not rea
dy now to estimate the amount
that could be produced through
this, synthetic process.
as solid fuels coordinator,!
icKes today warned industries
depending on coal and coke for
fuel and raw materials to build
up their storage piles quickly.
-wnue surplus mine and trans
portation facilities are available."
Defense Work
Meet Slated
(Continued from Page 1)
Robert R. McKean, manager of
coiumma Empire Industries, Inc.,
WnO Will ni-MirfA n4
Greenwood, secretary of the
gon Bankers' association, who will
aiscuss financing of defense con
tracts.
m u. Eyerly. chairman of
the chamber's industrial depart
ment, will have as his commit
tee for the year Alfred C Ger-
unger, Ray A. Tocom. W. M.
Hamnton, Guy N. Hlckok. Leif
nergsvik. W. W. Rosebraurh
ana Frank H. Spears.
Directors of the Salem Retail
Trade bureau will attend th
meeting.
First Aiders
Give Oxygen
City firemen-first aiders
aiders gave
service to one of their own num
ber when'they applied oxygen to
a fire fighter partially overcome
by smoke at the Clifford Brown
warehouse blaze Thursday night
To Mrs. H. M. Harrison, 082
North 18th street, who cut a fin
ger splitting kindling, they gave
first aid and a trip to a physician
for the three stitches required in
the injured member. Incidental to
the first , aid service was their
"pinch-hitting act of finishing
the kindling-splitting job.
-Miss Maxine Dickinson, 215
South Winter, whose Thursday
night -shower was too hot, went
to the station to receive care for
the scalded left side of her face.
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OX Serial SKY HAIDERS
immn nit jr. it., , , v; . ,y,tiir
Manila, the "Broadway" of the FhUlpplna capital dty. Manila.
Food That Jap Bombers Carried
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Recovered from Japanese planes shot down during; the Dec 7 bomb
ing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, these supplies of concentrated food
stuffs include bottles of "rare old Island whiskey," cider pop, calorific
candy, chocolate paste impregnated with whiskey, tooth powder and
the Inevitable chop sticks.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-(-An
expression of gratification over I
the spirit of solidarity and cooper-
ative effort among nations of the
western hemisphere was coupled I
by Secretary Hull Thursday with
a prediction that these ties should
be strengthened by the f orthcom-1
ing conference at Rio De Janeiro.
The secretary of state's re
marks were occasioned by the
departure of the United States
delegation for the conference of
foreign ministers to begin la
the Brazilian capital January 15.
He told his press conference
that he thought there had been
gratifying demonstrations of
hemispheric solidarity since the
Japanese attack on the United
States and the declarations of war
by Germany and Italy.
One of the main purposes of
the conference, he said, was toJ(Ky) and Senator Brown (D-
clarify and bring up to date the aucnj, m cnarge or uie pnce-iix-plans
of the American govern-1 ing measure, made public the
Or-!ments view of the changed sit
ments in view of the changed sit-1
uation resulting from the active
belligerency of some of the Amer-
ican nations.
Industry Gets
More Alcohol
WASHINGTON. Jan. ar-iJPh-ToX1- GetS LlCCUSe
conserve sugar and increase pro-1
duction of war-vital industrial al-1
cohoU the OPM Thursday ordered
about 60 per cent of the distilling
industry's capacity diverted to
manufacture of 190 proof ethyl
alcohol from corn or other gram,
effective January 15
Much of this capacity now is
used in' making whisky, but the
OPM said no shortage in this bey
nf was YTWctMl cuim tnnrft
I t mr,i. ...
in storage.
A spokesman said the industry
was ready to meet the require
ments of the order which he de
scribed as meaning merely the
stepping up of industrial alcohol
production for the government
which was started some months
ago.
Industry alcohol, essential to
various war industries, is partic
ularly important in production of
smokeless powder.
Hot Foot Variation
Barns up the Works
MIAMI, Fla. Miami beach
Ipoliee took into custody a 19-year
old employe of an ocean front
hotel who, they say, was addicted
to giving his friends the "hot
He was arrested after five fires
Cared up in? the locker rooms in
43 hours. Police said he took de
light in setting fire to newspapers
in the; bottom of fellow employes'
lockers, thus causing their clothes
I ta become smoked or ingpj.
X St. Louis woman sent her son
downtown to get marriage li
cense for tier- v and an Indian-
apolis bridegroom,'' taking the In
stitution of matrimony somewhat
casually, fainted three times at
litfs wedding. - . , .
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FDR Opposes
Farm Price
Measure
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-P-
president riooseveu aaministerea
a spanking to Secretary of Agri-
culture Wickard and the powerful
senate farm bloc Thursday by
urging that war-time price con-
trois be given to a "single re-
sponsible administrator.1
The farm bloc, under the lead
ership of Senator Bankhead CD
Ala), wanted to give Wickard a
veto power over any farm price
ceilings ordered by the war-time
price administrator, expected
be Leon Henderson.
to
Members of the bloc have ex
pressed apprehension over what
Henderson might do, and they
had predicted that 50 senators,
well ever a majority, would
vote to give Wickard the veto
power.
Democratic Leader Barkley
presidential telegram as they
sought to break down the senate
farm bloc strength
Earlier three democrats had en-1
listed support of Republican Sen
ator Taft (Ohio) for the war
time price control measure. Taft
made a lengthy speech approving
the general alms of the measure.
oawxa caiujaka, cam.,
an- o-V-icaey nooney, top
film box office star and
newcomer, who in six months
captured the heart of the screen
colony's - most eligible bachelor.
have applied for a marriage li
cense, the county clerk's office
revealed Thursday.
Is Confined
CoL H. C Kress Muhlembcrg
(above), retiring fifth corps arch
air officer and former - eom
aaander at TTlrkarn field. Hawaii,
was ordered eonfmed to auart-
recent speeches, .ax cjenrmmis.
O-' he told the Curtis Flytot
Club, Inc, dinner meeting that
, America nearly lost the Hawal -
;laa Islands to 'Japan: beeaase the government had been derelict
' military planes had been given there.
. to Other countries, i authorities "If we were wront,w he de
lta id. . ir':: rfarL "It was a deliberate decl-
Luzon Forces Await
Powerful Assault as
Invaders Organize
(Continued' from Page 1)
"Morale and determination
are blxh, Mac Arthur advised,
adding that his meat "may be
counted en to continue their
resistance with skill and cour
age." The lull in Japanese air activ
ity gave the garrisons of the for
tifications at Mariveles, at the
southern tip of Batan peninsula,
and of the fortress-island, Cor
regidor, at the entrance to Ma
nila bay, a respite from the aerial
pounding they have undergone
for days.
Tne war department s com
munique, based on reports re
ceived up to 5 9:30 ajn. (EST)
said:
mL Philippine theatre: Fight
ing of varying Intensity is re
ported from ail sections of the
front.' These operations are
probably preparatory to a
large scale general attack by
the enemy. Japanese reinforce
ments an being brooght mtp to
the front and indications point
to a renewal of the off ensive
by the enemy. Gen. MacAr-
thar reports that the morale
and determination of the Am
erican ' and Philippine troops
are high and they they may bo
counted o,n to continue their
resistance with skill and coar
age. . '
"For the first time in several
days .there were no enemy air
attacks on the fortifications of
Manila bay. Enemy air activity
was confined to reconnais
sance. "2. There is nothing to re
port from other areas.
Malaya Fight
Favoring Japs
SINGAPORE, Jan. 8-WP)-The
defense of Singapore a month
long succession of brief stands
along natural lines of resistance,
each followed by withdrawal In
face of the foe's overwhelming
numbers centered Thursday
night on Kuala Lumpur, crude
rubber capital of the world.
Thus, in a month of fightinr
since the Japanese opened their
great far eastern off ensive, the
threat to Singapore had been
advanced across about 200
miles of verdant, sweltering
Malayaor half the distance
from the northern border to
Singapore.
The British high command ac
knowledged Thursday that a
spearhead of Japanese tanks had
penetrated the western Malayan
defenses north of Kuala Lumpur
on the lower Perak front and
tnat, apparently as a result of
this and heavy infantry pressure,
tne British imperial forces had
fallen back for a new stand south
of the Slim river.
"We suffered some
losses in
the com-
guns and transport,"
munique said.
frai O -
rlallCS O CO ill
East Indies
BATAVIA, Jan. 8-(ffWaP-
nese long-range reconnaissance
planes scouted the outer islands
of the scattered Netherlands In-
dies Thursday hunting new tar-
gets for the big bombers which
have' attacked the Dutch naval
base on the island of Amboina
twice this week.
The planes flew high and there
were no . reports of bombings
since Wednesday, when seven
bombers dropped explosives on
Amboina, between the Celebes
and New Guinea.
Eight
Janan flvin w.
had bombed and machine-guzv
ned the base the day. before.
(An Australian communique
said RAAF fliers damaged Jap -
anese air ana navsx station m -
suLuauona in ineir secona recent
a if m Am m . ml
raia .on ipingamarangi (ereen-
wicn island), . southernmost of
Japan's mandated Caroline Isl-
ands, lust north of the equator
from the Bismarck Archipelago.
(The Australians said Japan
ese planes had been seen making
reconnaissance . flights over the
archipelago.) -
Eden Cheers
Parliameiit
LONDON, Jan. MV-The bouse
of Cormnonsr critical and uneasy
over allied setbacks by the Jap
anese, was told Thursday by For
eign , Secretary Anthony Eden
that the most formidable axis
partner, Germany, was suffering
reverses : Tar . more remarkable"
than those the Russians inflicted
on Napoleon's army in 1812. -
MaJ. Clement K. Attlee, lord
privy seal substltating far rrime
Walster ChsrchCL also pointed
to British victories ta Africa to
seethe a hease concerned ever
Japanese strides toward Singa
pore. .
As for the yielding defense lines
I in Malaya. Eden said the govern-.
ment assumed full responsibility.
1 But he rejected' suggestions that
i
The British Aamiralty has e-MnnHfri the loss of the cruiser Ntpba (above), 74S7-tona which cask la
the Mediterranean after striking; an enemy mine. The British destroyer Kadakar, damaged by a mine in
the same field, was later sunk. . ; - '
Axis Troops
Flee British
Sandstorm, Mud Aids
Rommel to Escape
Battle in Africa
(Continued from page 1)
ried the offensive 20 to 40 miles
deeper into territory previously
held by the axis, it still left Rom
mel's flank intact,
General headquarters disclosed
the Rommel Agedabia getaway
thus: :
"Taking advantage of a heavy
sandstorm which continues ae
verely to restrict risibility, the
enemy is withdrawing from
Agedabia. covered by strong
rearguards." ,
Rommel's decision to retreat
possibly was affected by RAF
raids on his communications with
Tripoli, preventing him from
bringing up all the supplies he
would have needed for a pro
longed 'stand in Agedabia.
His main force had stood in
the Agedabia area for days, after
a fighting retreat from Bengasi
to' the north, while ' the British
sought to maneuver him into bat
tle. Agedabia is about 300 miles
west of the Libyan-Egyptian bor
der. Still confronted by hold-out
axis forces in ( the Half aya-Sa-lam
area along the Egyptian
Libyan border, British and Free
French airmen continued their
hammering of gun emplace
ments agroand. the British said,
the axis diehards were "closely
invested."
The RAF also reported hits on
two medium-sized axis supply
ships in the central Mediterranean
one brought to a standstill, its
antiaircraft fire silenced, and the
other billowing smoke.
ire iJamages
Stored Goods
(Continued from Page 1)
served as approach to the tile
and concrete structure.
A draft through the burning
door may have led the conflagra
tion into the room where quassia
nd, cottcatwine, rather
than wool as first reported, were
licked .-and scorched by the fire,
they said.
Nelson said his firm had with
in the past few weeks reaaored
for shipment and ase consider
able valuable material which
had been stored there, leaving
approximately $25,900 worth of
stock in the part of the bund
ing touched by fire.
Lacking lights, he was unable
I to judge Thursday night full ex
tent of the damage, although he
believed singeing of the twine and
the chips, imported from Jamaica
for use in manufacturing agricul
tural spray, had been the princi
pal cause of loss. The fire was ex
tinguished In approximately an
hour.
Picrce RaDS Unions
PORTLAND, Jan. 8-(P) Rep,
Walter M. Pierce (D-Ore.) wa
criticised by; Portland AFL un
wtis iuuiU7 ivr uronn( re
moval of the proposed Troutdale
aluminum fabrication plant to
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sion. and not one baaed, on n.
Ijlect.', I ' I
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Cheers greeted Attlee's state-
hhent that the United States' en
trv into the war clinched its ultl
Unate outcome without a shadow
0f a doubt'
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Bulletins
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fore dawa today when two for
mations of Javanese planes flew
ever the Island. Bembs were
heard to. explode at a consider
able distance from the city but
a reports of damage were re
ceived. BOMBAY, Jaav -(-Slnxa-
radto report heard here
Thursday night said that the
Japanese had declared martial
law fat Manila. They were re
ported also, to have seised all
pubUe facntles, hospitals and
meter vehicles, and to have de
creed that nothing be moved in
or oat of the city.
WASHINGTON Jan. tWP)
The state department was in
formed Thursday through
French authorities at Vichy that
American consular officials in
Indo-Chlna have been interned
by the Japanese,
LONDON. Jan, S ()-The
anti-nasi London newspaper
Die Zeltnng said Thursday night
that Premier Mussolini was re
calling troops from Balkan
sones of occupation because im
pending axis annihilation in
Libya will leave Italy "face to
face with the danger of direct
attack."
NEW YORK, Jan. t-(P)-T h e
British radio auetod messages
from Kuibyshev Thursday night
saying "soviet troops are mov
ing fat an ever widening are to
ward Sevastopol and have
forced the Germans to lift the
siege of that great naval base to
meet threats from the east, west
and north of the peninsula."
LONDON". Jan. ft-Thi
Swiss radio reported Thursday
fat a dispatch from Helsinki that
the Finns had recaptured the
island of Holland In the Gulf of
Finland.
Call
axsnroKx
Today Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland
in JJaoes on Broadway.
CAPITOL 3
Today Claude Rains. Dick Foran ta
"Wolf nan." BUI Boyd ut "Twilight
en the Trail."
OIXTWOOD
Today Richard Arlen. Andy Dc-
vtM m -Men of to Timberland."
John Howard. Brod Crawford, Bla
al Barnes In "Tight Shoes."
GRAND "
Today Oraon WaCes t "Citizen Kane."
STATE
Today "After Meln Kampl." Maxie
Roaenbloom, Roche lie Hudson tn
The Stork Pays Oft"
Satarday Midnight Errol TTynn, Trad
MacMurray in "Diva Bomber?
LIBERTY
Today Charles Starrett In "Pinto
Kid." John Garfield. Brenda Mar
shall in "last ef the River."
LOjyuuuu
TODAY
Orson WeUes
And The Mercury
Flayers, tn
"CITIZEN
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IIou Shbuing
Lust! Nazi Sadism!
Re Fichire
miler Fears!
Are Women of Occupied Countries
Ravished bj the Nazis?
- SECOND HITt '
TSlapde" Maxie Rosenbloon - '
Salem Orchard
Damage Small
Trees, Utility Poles
Fall; Power Returns;
Schools Are Closed
ft
(Continued from Page 1)
elared. Twenty extra' men were
werking ;Tmrsday.
Peach and older prune orchards
suffered the worst -damage among .
fruit trees, according to Robert
Rieder, acting county agent Nut
trees were reported holding their
own generally. A possible solu-'
tion to the orchards better sur
vival, was that they receive bet
ter food than shade trees.
Telephone commvnlcaUen was
completely "out" except to the
north, stated Harry V. Collins,
district manager. More lines
were in j trouble Thursday, and
effort was being exerted to
dear later-city lines, though
assay phones here weald net
be used.
Facilities of Portland Gas &
Coke company here suffered no
damage, said Leif Bergsvik, dis
trict manaaer. A. number of resi
dences and firms with forced cir
culation furnaces were without
heat Thursday.
In addition to closing of schools
here, Oregon College of Education
at Monmouth stopped classes for
the rest of the week, and schools
were discontinued in a number of
surrounding communities.
House Slaps
La Guardia
On Defense
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8-()-The
house voted, in effect, late Thurs
day, to strip Mayor Fiorella La
Guardia of New York of his au
thority as director of the nation's
civilian defense, and give the war
department full control over a
$100,000,000 program to help safe
guard the people against aerial
attack.
The amendment placing the
pursestrings for civilian defense
in ther hands of the war depart
ment was adopted by rollcall vote
of 187 to 168, with almost solid
republican support . By a single
vote margin, 179 to 178, the house
rejected another amendment to
create a : $10,000-a-year post of
assistant secretary of war in
Charge of civilian defense.
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