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Bloody Malaya
Battle Rages
Berlin Admits Serious
Condition; Sieges ! of
Soviet Cities Lifted
f Continued from Pace X)
slans announced the recapture of
Mosalsk, only SO .miles short of
the Germans new Vyazma-Bryansk
defense line. , ,
In Malaya the British still
struggled to hold their Use In
the area of the Slim river.
boat M miles north el Koala
Lumpur and 290 above Singa
pore, hot clearly: were having
the greatest of difficulty along
the main highway leading
down to Singapore Itself.
Tokyo claimed that Japanese
troops had beaten down to within
SO miles of Kuala Lumpur;; and
as usual the Germans went fur
wer ana aiiegea, wiinoui any
sort of confirmation, that the
British defenders of the city had
been cut off by Japanese rear
ward action that had broken com
munication to Singapore.
Suspect as were these claims,
some Japanese success had by all
signs been achieved, but at tre
mendous cost to I the invaders.
British accounts . declared that
the slaughter of Japanese in
some areas is unbelievable;" the
enemy's 5-to-l numerical super
iority was beings sharply reduced.
The Chinese for. their part re
ported that South China offensive
on a grand scale had broken the
outer defenses of two Japanese
held Chinese provincial capitals
-""Canton, in Kwangtung. and
Nanchang, in Kiangsi while the
Japanese columns retreating from
Changsha in Hunan province re
mained under heavy assault
Meanwhile, Chinese military
spokesmen announced that Chi
nese troops were movmg up to
"designated positions'' la Brit
ish Banna, which has a com
mon frontier with the Thailand
and Indo-China j bases of the
Japanese drive down on Ma
laya, and this alone with heavy
allied air attacks on Japanese
positions raised new specula
tion of an early allied offensive
against the Japanese flank and
rear.
Among ts claims of the day
Tokyo made a confession that
helped to illustrate one of the
strongest Japanese fears the fear
of the submarines of the United
States Asiatic fleet It was ac
knowledged that a Japanese
freighter had been torpedoed and
sunk off "the seven isles of Izu,"
group within 65 miles of Yoko
suka, Japan's greatest naval base
t the entrance to Tokyo bay.
Youth Nabbed
In Burglary; ;
Thefts Told
Thefts from the Salem Labor
temple and a service station and
entry of a garage Thursday night
Were reported Friday by city po
lice. A local juvenile boy was ar
rested and admitted the station
burglary. ;
: The office at the Labor temple
was broken into after 10:30 Thurs
day night and a typewriter stolen,
while an attempt was made to
open locked steel files.
: The youth was held for theft of
$2 in nickels, about 100 pennies
and some boxes of ammunition
from the George Caldwell service
station at 2490 State street
Joe and King's garage at 530
Chemeketa ctrpot una HrnVn UI
w Ma vnvu auiv
Thursdav mVht hut nnthins
taken.
Water Bureau
Accounts Up
f A . -
ioiai accounts, consumption
and revenue and average accounts
of the Salem water department
during 1941 increased from the
previous year. Manager Carl E.
Guenther stated Friday night in
his annual report to the commis
sion. . i
The figures, covering Only
- metered accounts, show an in
. , crease from SUM t 9M32 to.
total Bumper of ' accounts, ' ta-
- eluding residential
: monthly accounts ever the year.
; Other accounts were '128 irri
; ration. 9004 commercial. ' 857
" Industrial and 511 municipal.
Total billed consumption i rose
from 228,106,400 to 237415,110
cubic feet Total billed revenue
was up from $228,805.13 to $233,-
550.22.
Average consumption per ac
' count " increased ' from- 2417 to
2458 cubic feet,: while average
, revenue per account was boosted
from S2.40 to $2.42.
Russ Educator
Sees Victory
v KUIBYSHEV, Russia, Jan. 8
' (Delayed)-)- Eventual victory
for the allies in the Pacific was
forecast Thursday by Prof. Isaac
Zvavich of Moscow university in
an article published in the Volga
Commune, organ of soviet gov
ernment departments In this aux
iliary ccrUaL - . '
"Time Is the ally of the United
States. Great Britain and China,"
Zvaric wrote. This ally -they
u-SI tiisa ta their side, even If
- . : ?1
they nave to sacniice temporarily
m part of the Pacific." r .v . -
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Draft Boards
Get Warning
(Continued i from page 1)
ments, Hershey added. "It Is
not the purpose of selective
servlee to disrupt the coun
try's basic social unit, the
family. Our problem Is how to
permit individuals ; to stay on
tasks which they can best per
form without setting up areas
for evasion of military serv
ice." "There must be no- areas,
however which can be regarded
as havens from the draft"
Veto Voted on
Price Control
Solons Give Wickasd
Power Over Ceilings
On Farm Products
(Continued from Page 1)
ten senate debate, also went
to the support of the Bankhead
amendment after the Alabama
senator narrowed Its applica
tion somewhat (This was done
by removing a phrase that also
would have required the secre
tary's approval before price
ceilings could be placed on ar
ticles manufactured from farm
products.)
McNary said that Leon Hen
derson lacked the expert and
technical background to fix farm
prices. Senator Norrls (Ind-Neb)
said he agreed with most things
said by McNary .but insisted a
single authority over all prices
would bring best results in the
war effort
As finally approved the Bank'
head amendment stated: "Not
withstanding any other provision
of this or any other law, no action
shall be taken under this act by
the administrator or any other
persons with respect to any agrl
cultural commodity, without the
prior approval of the secretary
of agriculture."
Still unsettled were more than
a dozen other amendments in
eluding one by Senator Taft (R
Ohio) which would give the
price-fixing powers to a board
of five members, instead of a
single administrator.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -P)-
Refiners were authorized Friday
to increase the price of refined
sugar 20 cents a hundred pounds.
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson announced that wholesale
prices are being adjusted propor
tionately, but declared the action
"should have no immediate effect
upon the price, of refined sugar
at retail. ',.
.Retailers are; now, selling
fopplies which they acquired at
lower prices," the price admin
istrator said, adding that he
thought retailers could "be de
pended upon to delay any
price increase until their pres
ent stocks on hand were ex
hausted, and they must ' pay
higher wholesale prices for re
placement supplies."
Other official sources said that
when the increase was passed on
to the public, it should not
amount to more than one cent
on five pounds of sugar..
Dairy Group
Names Salem
Director
David Saucy of Salem, director
of the Marion-Polk area for the
Dairy Cooperative association, was
renominated for the position at a
meeting of the Salem unit here
Friday. Election will be at the
annual meeting of the association
in Portland, February 3.
Grover C. Poe, head field man.
spoke, emphasizing the dairyman's
obligation to his country in the
present crisis. He told of the im
portance of conserving farm ma
chinery and supplies and said that
women will probably be organized
to relieve a farm labor shortage.
The cooperative, he said, has done
its sharp by Increasing produc
tion, supplying milk for the army
and manufacturing cheese for
Britain.
Jim Jackson of North Howell,
unit chairman, presided. Fred C,
Klaus, district manager, gave
resume of the unit's activity in
1941.
Jefferson Woman
Taken by Death
JEFFERSON Mrs. Minnie
Elizabeth Whitby, 74, died Tues
day night at the home of her son.
J. R. Whitby in Jefferson, follow
ing an extended fitness. The body
will be shipped to The Dalles,
where funeral services will be
held Sunday. The Fisher funeral
home is in charge.
Mrs. Whitby, was born Decem
ber 11, 1887, near Champoeg, In
Clackamas county. She was mar
ried at The Dalles to Joseph A.
Whitby April 30, 1889. She had
lived at The Dalles until 1889, then
in Portland for four years and ai
LaGrande for 30 years.
H On Mr. f Whitby's retirement
from the Union Pacific Railroad
company, they . moved to- Jeffer
son to live with their son. Besides
her widower, she Is survived by
her son of Jefferson, a nephew,
Alfred N. i Robbing' of -Klamath
Falls; and two nieces, Mrs, James
McGiverin of San Francisco, and
Mrs. Helen Alscott of LaGrande.
Mrs. Whitby was a member of
the Royal Neighbors, the DAB and
the Methodist church, .-ti
Noted Pacific
Freighter Hit
Most of Crew Saved
By Dutch Air Boat;
MacArthur Waiting
(Continued from Page IX
The interim at least -.gave the
American, and JnHpIno defenders
an opportunity for the thing which
in addition to airplanes and ground
reinforcements, they needed most
rest
At home, officials "scoffed at a
blatantly boastful Tokyo claim
that Japanese troops will eventu
ally land on American son and
find it a "simple matter" to sweep
everything before them. The
statements were made in the
Japan Times and Advertiser.
Officials here, not the least bit
apprehensive, said such claims
were for home consumption and
pointed oat that before any such
enterprise could be attempted,
Japan would have to be supreme
In the far east, destroy the
United States fleet, reduce Pearl
Harbor and neutralise Alaska.
United States forces on the west
coast have been on the alert since
the Japanese attack on Pearl Har-
bor which opened the hostilities,
but their concern has been guard-!
ing against sneak air raids, rather
than any mass invasion effort I
Augmenting defense establish-1
ments on the Pacific coast, the I
navy Friday leased Treasure is-
and, the man-built isle in
Francisco bay, site of the Golden
Gate exposition, as a base for men
and ships. It is to be equipped for
minor snip repairs, refueling,
training gun crews for merchant
men and housing naval personnel
in the area.
BATAVIA, Netherlands
East I
Indies, Jan. 10-(Saturday)-(P-1
Sinking of a Netherlands freight-1
r hv a Janannse nhmarln in I
the Java sea was announced by
the navy department today as
these vital islands braced them-
fnr maw .Tm,n. tr-1
vasion thrust which authoritative
quarters believed to be lmml-
nent
There were only three known
vere only three known
rescued, a communique
he Japanese submarine
survivors
said, as the
shelled and machine-gunned the
e-gunned tne I
struggling in
lifeboats and men
the water.
The three who saved them-
selves leaned into the water and
clung to the edge of their life
boat while the Japanese were
shelling It
House Passes
Measure to'
Hurry Clocks
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -m-
The house, which has voted Pres
ident Roosevelt vast powers and I wea $17,830,394.28. These in
astronnmirfll enmt vhtaA onr.i, I eluded motor vehicle reffistra-
tj j m . , .. .
rnuay irom giving nim aUinOTlty I
over the nation's clocks.
It passed a daylight saving
time bill, 67 to 20, but one
which allowed Mr. Roosevelt
no discretion. It provided sim
ply that the clocks must be
moved ahead one hour on the
twentieth day after the bill's
enactment and stay that way
until six months after the war's
end.
The bill passed after a debate
marked by slim attendance, and
a spirited discussion of the habits
of animals and children, the laws
of nature, and regulations gov
erning duck hunters.
Indications were the measure
would be revised in conference
committee, because the senate
last Wednesday approved a meas
ure permitting the president to
advance clocks as much as two
nours whenever and wherever he
saw fit
Sprague Lauds
Newspapers
(Continued from Page 1)
Army and marine spokesmen
told the editors and publishers On October 24, 1909, Amelia ager, as to possibility of secur
that censorship will remain on a Marie England was married to ing through his office copies of
voluntary basis If the present co- Fred Israel Oberson at the St calls for defense production bids.
operation Derween tne press ana Josepn church of Salem. To this the representatives of the Port
the armed forces can be main- union four children were born, land field off lc declared that h
tain ed.
The assurances were given
by Lieut Malcolm E. Baser,
former city editor of The Port
land Oregonlan, now of the
Fort Lewis public relations
staff, and Capt Robert Paine
of the marine corps.
The 75 members registered for
um mixiunt state press cozuerence
also beard discussions on ration -
ing, taxation and wage and hour
laws.
Rostock Leads EOCE
To 83-54 Victory
LA GRANDE, Ore Jan.
Sharp-shooting Ernie Rostock
played just half of the game, but
piled up 54 points tonight to aid
Eastern Oregon College of Edu-
cation to an 84-to-45 victory over
Mt Angel college,
Rostock dropped in 18 field
.mai, nd tw trZ r-nm
of the first string also played but
half of the game. They led at
halftimett to 17.
Named Bfayor Again . '
OBEGON-. CITY, Jan. 9-Wh
William G. H. Krueger has been
elected mayor for his third term,
Th OSLGOIT STATE2MAIT. Sedans
Volunteers
I
s KEITH I HANSEN
Newspaperman
Joins Marines
Statesman Staff Member
Enlists for Duration;
Quits WU Studies
Virst momhpr nf The Statesman
staff to volunteer for service with
one of the armed forces of the US
since the beginning of hostilities,
Keith L. Hansen of the news de-
partment leaves today en route to
San Diego, where he will don the
uniform of the marines.
Hansen Is to spend the week
end in Portland with his mother,
Mrs. Elnora Hansen, before
going on to the southern city,
where his enlistment through
the Salem recruiting office will
have preceded him.
Since coming to The 'Statesman
in September from the Oregonlan,
Hansen has served in a variety of
capacities in the editorial room,
has carried a full course of junior
studies at Willamette university
and has heon rnrrosnnndunt fnr
the Oregonlan from the university
campus.
"It was writing headlines for
4u..v v. v, r
that did it!" he declared Friday.
"I think that's where I belong.'
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Apportioned
TV IVvsitsa
J IJJLi 11C3
The 1941 apportionment of
state highway funds to. Oregon
counties totaled $404,110.51 in
excess of the amount they re
ceived in 1940, Secretary of State
Earl Snell announced here Friday.
The final apportionment for
1941, released Friday, amount
ed to 1815,071.90, boosting the
total to $2,815,071.90. as against
$2,410,961.39 in 1940. The ap
portionment is based on motor
vehicle registrations.
The motor vehicle fees in 1941 !
U;. m maau Ai
f,,vii.wT, uiuiui veuitie
ixueis lax siz,BS7,3Z.37, motor
carrier fees $1,392,242.80, and
fines $41,145.05.
Counties receive their annual
share in three apportionments,
' " . I' i
s
V
one in July, one in December and Inc., and the Oregon Manufac
the remainder at the end of the hirers association, served as
year. chairman of the session. He
Marion county's share under
law would-be $59,581.04 while
the actual apportionment will be
r105,779'27
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UtCO AXC'JLfJL til
Independence
T?. Wn,n
. Ul T OITlcin
I INDEPENDENCE Services
I for Mrs. Amelia England Ober-
I son, who died in Salem Wednes-
I day. were held from thu Smith.
Baun mortuary Friday at 2 p. m.,
witn Kev. Lk H. Vickers officiat
ing. Interment was in the Belcrest
Memorial park in Salem.
Mrs. Oberson was born June
4, 1892, in Ontario. Canada. She
came to Oregon at the age of
eight years and spent all her
school and girlhood days in In-
I dependence.
three of whom survive her. centralizing technicians and in
They are, Wilfred Ross Oberson. I formation and hv notifvinc Indl-
Uoyd John Oberson and Maxine
ive Wt on. she is also survived by
ner widower. All are from Inde -
pendence; also one grandchild re- J The office, located at 815 Be
siding in California. I dell building, is open to interest-
"c" vucrsua was acuve in
the Royal Neighbors of America,
i we iMeignoors oi woodcraft and
1 the Pythian Sisters.
The North Santtam highway be -
twees Niagara and Detroit is pas
sable but hazardous, state high
way officials were advised Fri
day. A sUde was reported there
J Thursday.
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origin Wednesday night while its
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NY Sneietv IThti ' Tiiea
Newport, bl Jul, . Avioff the Chinese coast about 240
Frederic William Rhinelander, 82,
I prominent in New York and New -
'port society, died Friday p 1'
Orwjozt, Zxiturdcty Meaning, Jaxmatj lt, 1S42
Plant Owners
Hear Policies
OFM Staff Outlines
Program to Receive
Defense Contracts
(Continued from page 1)
er in' the prime or sub category,
are features of the office's serv-
lice, Barnett declared.
WMf nvs dc pwsiDic w put
a plant or machine tool belong
ing U each of yon Into defense
production, but as far as Is prac
tical It's ap to ns to sea that
that job is done," Barnett said,
pointing out that In order to
obtain the maximum use of oar
existing production facilities and '
machine tools, we are to advise
manufacturers and business en
terprises of specific ways in
which, their facilities and ma
chine tools, may be utilized In
the production of material for
the armed services."
Members of the staff of his of
fice attending Friday's session
with Barnett included A. C. Ruck
deschel, finance consultant; G. O.
Matter, industrial specialist; John
S. Bowes, contract specialist, and
Ja Yates- engineer, all of whom
PP3 M ih discussion
"1""4 xuuuw
rory aaaress
Questions of priorities, means
of securing materials, the prob
lem of the small manufacturer
in bidding against the larger in
dustrialist when he Is- permit
ted to bay only the amount of
material required by the eon
tract and the price of such ma
terial becomes "prohibitive" If
booght in small lots these are
not problems for the division of
contract distribution field office,
it was declared In response to
queries from Salem manufac
turers. Industrial facilities, type and
capacity oi ioo ana
pertinent Information 1 1 s t e d on
Iorms Proviaea J w u "
Friday's meeting Is to become a
U1 of e P2?n 1, .
erence file so that Salem manu
facturers may receive notifica
tions when bids are called on
products they can produce, it was
declared.
An effort to speed the noti
fications from Washington, DC,
to make possible the entry of
more bids from the west coast
gives promise of bearing fruit,
Barnett assured his listeners.
Three weeks' notice is now be
ing given, whenever possible,
of the type of goods to be re
quired and some Indication of
the quantity which may be
needed so that when specifica
tions arrive the, bidders may
be prepared to establish "costs
on short notice, he said.
Pooling of resources for manu
facturing, when accomplished
through loose, easily adjusted or
ganizations of various production
units, was advised by Yates, who
pointed out that prime contracts
I mfpht thus be brought into the
;
Introduced by Carl Hogg,
chamber of commerce president,
Robert M. McKean, manager of
the Columbia Empire Industries,
pointed to the experience of
other industries throughout the
state In their sometimes success
ful efforts to secure wartime
contracts.
Salesmanship in securing such
agreements is not the expression
of greed but of patriotism in a
time of stress when the nation's
entire resources are needed, he
declared.!
William H. Crawford, direc
tor of the state economic coun
cil, discussed briefly the plan
to organize upstate Oregon In
to two promotion groups, one
in eastern and one in western
Oregon. 8och groups together
with chambers of commerce
can do much to awaken the
public to the facilities it has
to offer for defense production
but the individual or firm most
work to secure contracts, Bar
nett emphasized.
To the query from Fred
Thielsen, Salem chamber man'
j vidual producers or pools direct
I ly they believed they could speed
1 operations.
led manuiacturers. It was ex-
plained.
USC Clips UCLA
1 ur iiui aiuic
LOS ANGELES, Jan. SHAV
The University of Southern Call
fornia basketball team defeated
I the University of California at
Los Angeles, 59 j to 51, for the
5Tth consecutive ; time hart to-
fa opening farna of the
1942 southern division Coast coo-
ference aenson.
Chinese Raid AmOY
I jjqs ANGELES. Jan. 9-OPr-The
OiiHayuic inuu tow m iixloj uut
Chinese
Lm 1im mill 4ln4 tmi
miles northeast i of HookKong,
1 NBCs listening M post here
I ported.
Endowment Fund
For Ministers
Being Sought
f . r i
! In 'the Sunday service at the
Englewood United Brethren in
Christ church, nth and Nebraska
avenue, William Hamel, a lay
man of the church, will make the
address opening the campaign to
raise 1 $1,000,0001 throughout the
denomination by July 1, 1943,' for
ministerial pension endowment
! January 18 will.be known as
ministerial pension day, at which
time :Bishop Iri D. Warner will
be present to assist in the cam
paign, to raise the. quota.
FOR Quashes
Defense Row
HarvarcJ Law Dean
Will Share Job
With LaGuardia
I (Continued From Page One)
said that Landls, scholarly per
sonal friend of the president
and t New York's fiery chief
executive, wopld work together
fashioning broad matters of
policy governing the work of
setting np safeguards against
aerial attack.
' Landis indicated he would de
vote his full time to his new job.
This brought expressions of sat
isfaction from several legislators,
but others still; contended that
the work could be carried on
more; efficiently by the war de
partment
Salem Realty
Board Plans
Farmer Aid
Desire to cooperate with a
cornmittee of property owners in
the proposed cantonment area
near; Monmouth, planning relo
cation of farmers, was expressed
Friday by the Salem Realty
board. William G. Hardy assum
ed the office of president for the
year.;
Hardy, C. V. ' Johnson and F.
H. Wen, named by the direc
tors earlier this week to Inves
tigate the listing of available
farms by the Folk county
agent were authorised to con
tinue and to build a relocation
program.
Decision as to holding the an
nual banquet this year was left
o the' house committee.
David Simpson of Portland,
national president of realty asso
ciations, will be in Salem a short
time Monday afternoon and con
fer with board officers.
Chairmen of standing commit
tees announced Friday by Hardy
are O. E. Rae, arbitration; Do
Teen Baker, programs; Rich Rei-
mann, commissions and fees; F.
H. Weir, ethics; Melvin Johnson,
finance; Winnie Pettyjohn,
house; E. A. Miller, legislation;
C. V. Johnson, membership: Wil
liam McGilchrist, jr., planning
and municipal affairs: William
Bliven, publicity; George Gra-
benhorst, resolutions, and Leo N.
Childs, taxation.
Eight Miners
Found Alive
SILVERTON, Colo., Jan.
Eight miners trapped by fire were
carried unconscious out of the
Pride of the West gold and silver
mine Friday night.
Rescuers found erven of them
Slumped in a huddle at the end
of a smoke-filled tunneL The
eighth was found closer to the
mouth of another tunnel.
The workers had been impris
oned: for eight hours by the
flames and smoke. Hastily organ
Ized first aid crews pumped oxy
fen into the men's lungs. The
exact condition of the victims
remained undetermined.
US Planes
Aid Raids
- !
(Continued from Page 1)
i I
abia to El Agheila meanwhile
admittedly were pottiag p a
stubborn fight
The British acknowledged that
Well-laid mine fields and bad
weather also were; slowing up
their attempts to (outflank the
axis', army and force a decisive
battle. But there were some indi
cations Friday night that the nasi
commander, his battered tank
force, perhaps already slightly
strengthened by - reinforcements
from: the west, might make a fur
ther stand west of El Agheila on
semi-prepared positions. .
! (London military observers, on
the other hand, thought Rommel
more ' probably would seek to
fight a slow delaying action In
the hope that constant axis air
raids on the British hase at Malta
would smash its strength and thus
crack the blockade of the axis
supply lines from Italy.)
Vance Funeral Set
CORVALLIS, Jan.
neral services will be held at 10
omr Saturday In file First Meth
odist church here for H. T. Vance,
head of the secretarial science de
partment Oregon State college,
who ' died m an automobile acci
dent Tuesday.
I By KIRKE L.
' Wide World War Analyst for The Statesman
Amazine news has come from the Far East in the form of
a rerjort that Chinese forces have punctured outer defenses of
both Canton and Nanchang in
thrown an encircling column around Ichang on the upper Yang
tze river, high-water mark of tne
Japanese invasion of that coun
Capping a Japanese retreat
from Changsha, hich the Chi
nese picture as a; disastrous rout,
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek
appears to have seized his oppor
tunity to take the offensive on a
wide front Japanese garrisons In
China, thinned down or diluted
to provide veteran divisions for
invasion of .the i Philippines and
the Malay peninsula, are feeling
the weight of his limitless new
armies, organized and equipped
with American and British help.
The re-born Chinese air
force was thrown Into aggres
sive action for the first time
to harry the Japanese retreat
from Changsha.; That b ano
ther Item tn a. growing bul of
particulars front China Indi
cating that while the Japanese
are slowed down but uncheck
ed on other China sea battle
fronts, fat central and sooth
China they are definitely on
the defensive.
Chinese capture of Canton and
Nanchang would represent far
more than local-victories. The
cities are capitals respectively of
Kwantung and Kiangsi provinces
and keys to Japanese occupation
of nearly all the great eastern
bulge where the Chinese main
land juts Into the China sea.
Both are within less than 600
air miles from the pivot of Ja
pan's attack both on China and
southward In the China sea, the
island base of Formosa. The only
Chinese-held port on the coastal
perimeter of the China bulge be
tween Canton and Shanghai is
Foochow, directly opposite the
northern tip of : Formosa across
the narrow Formosa strait
Foochow has been useless to
the Chinese for supply or at
tack purposes during the three
Service Men
In Salem today from his Se
attle headquarters is Ensign Wal
lace Sprague, sob of Gov. and
Mrs. Charles A. Sprague. An as
sistant to Nard Jones, naval pub
lic relations director for the 13th
naval district young Sprague ar
rived in Salem on Friday night
or a brief visit with his parents.
Selective service notice to ap
pear Monday for physical exam
ination was received Friday by
Francis Rothweiler, assistant
Statesman stereotyper.
J. H. Hoyt chief petty officer
in the -US navy and somewhere
in the Pacific ocean, says he
weathered the attack all right
and warns against belief of any
reports on the War except from
official sources, in a letter to his
sister, Mrs. C. C. Tracy, Turner
route one.
DETROIT Mr. and Mrs. G. W.
Moore have received a letter
from theft son,: Keith written
when on the way to Sheppard
field, Tex. He was transferred
from Ft Lewis, Wash.
VALSETZ Alvin Martin,
George Mason and Curtis Allen
have joined the US navy. They
were to leave Portland Monday
or Tuesday according to word re
ceived by, Mr; and Mrs.. Merritt
Martin, but their 'destination was
not disclosed.
Alvin has operated a small
auto repair shop here for some
time. He also worked in the plan
ing mill here. He plans to take
up aviation, mechanical work.
George is tike son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Mason of Valsetz. He
worked in the. cook house here
for some time and later In the
planing mill. 1:
Curtis is the son of Mrs. Ed
ward Sturgeon who is now living
in California, but formerly lived
In Valsetz for many years. Cur
tis was employed in the mill here
for about a year doing millwright
and carriage work. He has been
working In the Boeing Aircraft
plant In Seattle. He plans to take
up aviation mechanical work in
the navy also. .
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan.
Former Gov. Ben Oleott received
a letter Monday from his son.
Ensign Chester W. Oleott, appar
ently from Wake island, but not
until Friday' could he be sure that
it was from that hard-fighting
mid-Pacific base.5
The navy - - department's an
nouncement that a patrol plane
carried dispatches from - Wake
Dec 20, x the date the letter was
written, cleared, the mystery
surrounding: its arrival.
On that day; young' Oleott
wrote: Its not by any means a
one-sided affair as the Japs are
receiving plenty? war. welcomes
whenever they come over. This
outfit wUl never, give up.'
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south China and iimultaneously
years the Japanese have occu
pied virtually all the rest of the
eastern portion of south China.
With Canton and Nanchang re
gained, however, not only Chi
nese but Anglo-American-Dutch
allies would be a long step clos
er to positions from which they
could blast by air at the For
mosa biue and at Japanese com
munication lines running
through Formosa strait toward
French Indo -China, Thailand
and the Malay peninsula.
That (day still may be distant
Neither! the scope and power of
the Chinese counter offensive nor
the extent to which Japan has de
pleted her garrisons In China to
feed veteran troops into her Phil
ippine and Malayan ventures is
yet measurable.
The Immediate effect of Chi
nese successes 1 however, must
inevitably tend to lessen enemy
pressure on Singapore's defend
ers and against General Mac
Arthur's lines northwest of Ma
nila, Coupled with a eostly Japa
nese defeat at . Changsha, the
Chinese threats against Canton
and Nanchang, to say nothing
of thai Ichang operations as a
potential menace to Shanghai
itself, must compel prompt rein
forcement of garrisons In China.
Japanese army, as well as air
and sea strength, is already spread
dangerously thin. Including forces
necessarily pinned idle in the
north against possible Russian en
fry into the Pacific conflict Re
shuffling divisions to meet the
multiple Chinese threats could
greatly influence trends of the bat
tles in the Philippines and in Ma
laya, even before counter meas
ures of the ABD powers to stem
the southward advance of the Jap
anese down the China sea are
geared for action.
Where They Art
What They're Doing
CINCINNATI, 0, Jan.
Most men gain weight after a few
months in the army.
But Stake Owen B. "Slim"
Wrassnian of Cincinnati. 1
Enlisting a year ago, he
weighed 322 pounds.
Home on furlough today, he
weighed 250.
"Andi boy! Do I feel swell!" he
said.
Class of 1941 graduates in civil.
mechanical, electrical or archi
tectural engineering may apply
for commissions as ensigns in the
civil engineering corps of the
naval reserve, the thirteenth na
val district has announced.
Formerly, engineering" gradu
ates were required to have a mi
nimum: of three years active en
gineering practice following col
lege or? university before , becom
ing eligible for a navy commis
sion. Graduates with AB or BFA
degrees in architecture are not
considered.
Beginning the first lap of a
course; designed to give him a
rating eventually as an aviation
mechanic, Pvt Sam C. Wilson of
Salem , has been enrolled in the
mechanics school at Sheooard
field, Texas, the world's largest
air corps technical training
school.
Wilson,: attached to the siath
school I squadron, began class
work January 1 and Is scheduled
to , graduate in May. Son of
Frank S. Bowers of Silverton, he
attended Snverton high school.
William Murphy. 23. nf IS8
North 12th street, Friday receiv
ed notice of Induction Into the
army January 23. Murphy has
been ai Salem resident for over
a year land is employed at the
federal JCCC office. He came to
Oregon j from Cambridge, Mass.
Capt Cecil Edwards. Who .n.
tered army service while serving
as priyate secretary to Gov.
Charles I A. Sprague, arrived in
Salem Friday from California for
a 10 days visit with relatives.
Edwards has been assigned to
Fort Benning, Ga. For several
month he has been In the re
mount service and has purchas-
ea, nunareas or horses for the
federal government
Closes
if
Houses
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. -()-Police
Chief Harry M. Niles to
day ordered operators of - 32
known houses of prostitution
here to "close mdefinitely.'
He said he was complying with
military requests to "remove
completely - the hazard of com
mercialized p r o s 1 1 1 ution," and
added; that similar orders had
gone into effect at Reno, Seattle,
Astoria Klamath Falls and Pen
dleton.
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