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Surprise Move of
President Halts
Gipital Furore
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13
(AP) President Roosevelt
created a one-man control
over America's vast war pro-
i duc t i o n
effort to
n i eh t
w i t h all
power
eon cen-
t rated in
Donald M.
Nel 8 o ri,
as a sort
of gener
alissi m o
of supply.
The
snr prise
was
given out
at the
W h i t e
House
about two
Dnld M. Nelson
hours before Wendell L. Will
,itf- republican presidential
nominee in 1940, wa to go
on the air with a demand that
one-man control be set up to end
"debating society" methods.
An advance text of fthe Villkie
'peeich:" had been tributedyn
Washington early in the day, and
Willkie himself had conferred at
the White House this forenoon.
In actually delivering his speech
Tuesday night, Willkie deleted the
demand for the one-man setup in
view of Mr. Roosevelt'a action.
.Under the president's plan, still
incomplete, a new war produc
tion board will be established, and
Nelson made its chairman. Nelson
has been serving as executive di
rector of the supply priorities and
allocations board. Members of
SPAB, - comprising some of the
highest officials of the govern
ment, will serve on the new board
under Nelson.
The big bluff pipe -smoking
Nelson who came into the defense
program as Its purchasing agent
months ago and has stepped con
stantly into more responsible po
sitions, will have the power of
final decision on alL questions of
procurement and production.
. As such, he will be the big
boss, the war-time esar, em
powered to tell American Indus
try what to do, and to expect
Its ready compliance. Bis only
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Station Fire
Destroys Car
And Building
Fire destroyed an auto, one
building and portions of two
others at a service station at
109Q South 12th-street early Tues
" day afternoon before extinguished
by the city fire department
Origin of the blaze was not de
termined, as no attendants were
. In the building at the time.
Managed by Paul Fyock, the
.station was .leased by the Gil
mor. Oil company from a Cor-
vallls resident, according 1 ' te
-" George jail, Salem branch man
ager of the company.
; The auto, left by Allison Floss
.. for. repairs, could not be removed
In time from the lubrication shop,
and . both were lost. The station
structure ? and rest rooms were
partially burned. " Fyock suffer
ed first ; degree . face and hand
burns when he tried to save tools,
and was given first aid.
. Equipment owned by the man
ager was estimated to have been
destroyed to the extent of $500.
Nazi Raider Attacks
Ilit English Towns
' LONDON, Jan.. 13-i!P)-Single
German raiders diving out of the
clouds In two daylight attacks
killed ten persons and wrecked
come business buildings Tuesday
in a northeastern English coastal
town.
. Those killed Were in an" am
bulance post which suffered a
direct hit. 1
An east Anglian town also was
the target of a light attack.
Nelson
Bute
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Troops Blast
a Home
To Singapore
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- Jap Bases Bombed by
RAF; Withdrawal Jof
f Defenders Lauded
j SINGAPORE, Jani 13
(AP) Demolition squads of
royal engineers carried but
broad and destructive blast
ing operations in the path of
the Japanese invader Tuesday,
effectively easing pressure on
British forces continuing
their withdrawal along a line
150 miles above Singapore,
j News of the slowed Japanese
progress came as Singapore itself
shook with exploding bombs
dropped by Japanese raiders. But
the RAF itself had cascaded ions
of bombs upon the Japanese base
at Singora, in southern Thailand,
during the night,
f British airmen followed up this
assault on Singora military es
tablishment and railroad yards
with a daylight raid upon Port
Swettenham, Malayan west coast
port some 25 miles south of fall
en Kuala Lumpur, capital of the
Ufederated , Malaya Stafr& Wh e
raid was the first recognition that
the Japanese had occupied Port
Swettenham.
Over Sintapore, British fight
er planes had a busy day chas
ing Japanese raiders coasting In
under cover of low-hanging
clouds.
Singapore's people, who scarce
ly had been conscious Monday of
raids in which 125 Japanese planes
were engaged by fighters high
n the clouds or at some distance
from the city, were fully aware
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Food Packers
To Apply for
Army Orders
Meat packing establishments,
bakeries and other industries pre
paring or packing food which may
find a market in army procure
ment offices are making arrange
ments to qualify as suppliers of
victuals to uniformed men In this
area, representatives indicated
Tuesday.
Stringent army regualuons
are not reflected in Salem's city
ordinances nor are they likely
to be. Mayor W. W. Chadwick
said Tuesday night. "If they
want the business theyll com
ply," he commented, declaring
he believed the milk industry
might find the regulations most
difficult to meet. Degree of pas
teurization or methods used, he
understood, differed somewhat
from army requirements.
. As a city, Salem demands that
persons preparing , ana serving
foods in restaurants have regular
physical examinations, the mayor
said, but has left other regulations
to the state. Possibility 'ijeat an
ordinance might come out of the
current, activity was not denied
by Chadwick, although he ; indi
cated there had been no- request
for one. . "
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German Staff
MEXICO CITY, Jan.
German Minister Rudt von Col
lenberg and other members of
the German legation and consu
lar stalls in Mexico City were
confined Tuesday in & hotel out
side Mexico City by order of the
Mexican government
It was announced that the
measure was in retaliation for
similar treatment of Mexican
diplomatic and consular authori
ties in Germany,' who were re
ported interned in a hoteT at Bad
Nauheim.
The government also announc
ed It had ordered the Japanese
minister and legation and consu
lar staffs confined under custody
in the Japanese legation building
sere.
Wiaiay
Dutch Destroy Rdlads, Oil Before
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Japs Strike
tNDAN
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Japan is striking hard by land and air, presumably from their Philippine base at Davae (1) at the Neth
erlands East Indies. Tarakan, northeast coast of Dstch Borneo, was taken in two days, and the
Minahassa area on the island of Celebes invaded. Washington reported United States army bombers
seared a direct hit on an enfemy battleship in the Golf of Davao, and reported Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
Philippine army have repulsed several Japanese attacks with neavy losses at Vl. Tokyo broadcasts said
fire swept Kuala Lumpur after its capture (J, federated Malay states capital, under Japanese aerial
bombrdment, as Nipponese spearheads drove closer. Enemy planes reportedly bombed Monlmeln (4),
in British Burma.
Cigarette Tax Remains
Commission Declares
Only Court Restraining Order "Will Halt
Collection; Supreme Court Accents Writ '
Seeking Referendum on State Levy
Oregon's 'tax commission will continue Jto collect the new
state cigarette tax unless restrained by yourt order, its mem
bers announced Tuesday following the state supreme court's
acceptance of jurisdiction in mandamus proceedings filed by
Axis Troops
Take Stand
In Libya
CAIRO, Jan. lS-iflVThe Ger
man desert army, in flight for
300 miles, took an unexpected
stand Tuesday night at . the base
of the Gulf of Sirte on a line
running due south of El Agheila.
Pursuing British vanguards
made Immediate contact with
this main force of the enemy
remaining In North Africa, at a
point which still is more than
300 miles short of Tripoli, the
main axis base.
Far back, near the Egyptian
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Russ Reveal '
Capture of
More Toivns
MOSCOW, Jan. 14-(Wednes-
day)-(P)-The Russians today an
nounced recapture of Kirov in the
Smolensk region and Gorokhovo,
wear Mozhaisk, thus indicating the
deepest westward pentratlon yet
made in the red army's sustained
counter-offensive against the nazi
invaders. -
The Bnssian eimmul que
placed Kirov "in the Smolensk
region," without - elaboration,
bnt soviet sources identified the
town as a rail Junction' 100
. miles southeast of Smolensk and
' 150 miles southwest of Moscow,
: It is midway between Bryansk
and Vyazma, and its location on
the east-west , and -north-south
railroads indicated its importance
in the Russian surge back, to the
west. .
The communique said Gorok
hovo was "near Mozhaisk but
did not' indicate the distance or
direction.' That region has been
the scene of some of the bitterest
fighting of recent days.
Japs Into B DeBqi Oti MaMri
Hard at Dutch
the Oregon tetail Grocers' asso-
ciation
Accepting jurisdiction in the
proceedings designed to compel
Secretary off State Earl Snell to
refer Oregon's new cigarette tax
law to voters at the November
election, the court set January
23 as date for Snell's appearance
before it to Show cause why he
should not certify the referen
dum. I
The tax commission's state
ment was issued following con
ference with its attorneys and
almost simultaneously with
those from the grocers associ
ation representatives radicating
action would be filed in Circuit
court here shortly requesting
that the commission be enjoined
from collecting the tax pending
the November eleection.
The association contends that
Snell accepted its referendum pe
titions as adequate. and that At
torney General I. H. Van Winkle's
ruling that the association's state
of contributions and expenditures
was not sufficient is without any
bearing on the validity of the ref
erendum.
The cigarette tax law. was en
acted by the 1941 legislature but
collection of the tax was de
ferred by the state tax commis
sion until last Thursday because
of the referendum attack.
After Van Winkle ruled that the
completed referendum petitions
were invalid; because of the al
Ieged faulty contributors' and ex
penditures' statement, collection
of the tax was started. -
xne tax amounts to iio oz a
cent per cigarette.-Officials esti
mate the tax will raise $1,200,000
the first year the law was in oper
ation.
Five-sixths of the tax has been
earmarked for old age assistance
and one-sixth for ' vocational
training.
Malta Warned of Raids
VALLETTA, Malta, Jan. 1S-
6pV-Malta had nine air raid warn
ings In the past 24 hours. Two
German plaoes were shot down
Tuesday. -
OCCAM r
East Indies
FHILIFPINZ
ISLANDS
PACIFIC
OCEAN
Europe Church
Actions Told
Retired Y Official
Reveals Conditions
In Salem Addresses
None of the great dictatorships
of Europe denies to its people the
right to worship; in none is the
church a closed institution, but in
all it bears a changed relationship
to the state, Dr. Ethan Colton, re
tired YMCA executive who re
turned last year from Europe, told
an audience at the Salem First
Methodist church Monday night.
Russia, particularly, Colton
said, has interfered with opera
tions of the church, denying to
any religion the right to offer to
persons under 18 years of age
religious education outside the
home and imposing upon priests
who go into homes to offer in
struction penitentiary sentences
which it holds out as punish
ment for violation of that regu
lation. maun, ne characterized as a
renegade from training for the
priesthood, while Mussolini,
reared in Catholicism, had once
swung away from the church never
returning to close affiliation. Hit-
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OPM Extends
Ban on New
Car Sales
WASHINGTON, Jan. . 13 -(JF)-The
office of production manage
ment Tuesday night extended un
to Feb. 2 the ban on sales of new
passenger automobiles and trucks
pending completion of details of
the rationing program,
j - The original order baited sales
through Jan. 15. Officials said
details of the rationing program
would be ironed out within a
few days . but that about two
weeks would be required to get
the administrative setup In op
eration. - Under the ban, all sales of 1942
model cars, trucks and truck
trailers are prohibited except to
the army or navy and. certain
government agencies. '-
i Extension ' of the ban came as
some 400 automobile dealers met
with . the house ' committee " on
small businesses to canvass their
L. Clare Cargile of Texarkana,
TexV president of the national
automobile dealers association; re
ported that government officials
were working on a plan to allevi
ate their difficulties,
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Enemy Retreats
Severe Losses
Long Artillery
Yank Losses ttglit, Reported
BvMacAriku
Untouched by Dive Bombers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (AP)-Weary, outnumbered
and fighting with their backs to the sea, the forces of Gen.
Douglas Mac Arthur have nevertheless administered a jarf
ring setback to the Japanese invader. American artillery
"definitely superior" to that of the Japanese did the job!
As reported Tuesday by the war department, 24 hours
of continuous fighting had shattered and dispersed columns
of enemy tanks, and armored units.
Tarakan Isle
Taken by Japs
Small Garrison Foils
Huge Invading Force
By Blowing up Wells
BATAVIA, Nemerlarid' East
Indies, Jan. H-i-Tarakan off
northeast, Borneo has fallen to
a Japanese assault of overwhelm
ing power, but the one prize for
which the invader paid so heavily
in ships : and planes and men
the island's oil is still many a
month out of his grasp, the Dutch
announced Tuesday night
Almost simultaneously with
the disclosure of the NET com
mand that the small Tarakan
garrison had been overrun by
vastly superior forces and that
only; a tragic few of its men had
reached , the Borneo mainland
alive, it was established that
the Dutch had meant business
when they warned the enemy
that it would be easier to come
for the .island's riches than to
take them away.
AH oil wells and equipment
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To Call Bids
On New Camp
At Medford
PORTLAND, Jan. 13--Col.
Cecik Moore said today that the
US army engineers' office here
probably .would ask bids January
19 on construction of the entire
army cantonment to be located
near Medford.
The date is tentative, he said, as
is February 9, mentioned for
opening bids. '
Details of construction includ
ing the number of employes, type
of buildings and precise location
were withheld, i
Olongapo,
This Is a view of the United States naval base at Olonrapo, fa the Philippines, with part, of Sable bay
showing. ' A Tokyo broadcast claimed the capture of this base on Lmson Island north of Manila . and
boasted it was "capable of accommodating not only submarines, but also warships up te 12,0 futons. .
N confirmation of these claims has cost from the United States navy. - - - i
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nvader
With
After
Duel
r;CbrregidorIs
it had scattered enemy infan
try concentrations and inflicted
heavy osses upon them..
It had silenced even artillery
batteries probably 40 or more
guns.
And it had forced Japanese ar
tillery units to withdraw a con
siderable distance. f
TOKYO, Jan. 14 (Wednes
day)4(Qfficial broadcast ref
corded Jby (ifU-Japanese taper!
lal headquarters declared today
that a Japanese submarine had.
scored two torpedo hits on a
United States aircraft carrier of
the Lexington type in waters
west of Hawaii.
(The Japanese repeatedly
have reported the sinking or
damaging of US aircraft car
riers but the claims have been
put down by Washington of
ficials as "fishing expeditions
for information.)
MacArthur's losses were de
scribed as "relatively slight"
Andf enemy air activity wis
limited to dive bombing intended
to increase the effect of Japanese
cannonading. There were no en
emy air attacks on Corregidor
or other fixed fortifications.
Thaw the day and night-long
battle left MacArthur in
. somewhat Improved position,
still patently the master of the
Batan peninsula, the rugged
tongue of land between Manila
bay and the .South China seal
which he chose for a last des
perate stand.
Nevertheless, his was still a de
laying battle, aimed primarily at
keeping busy on the island Of
Luzon enemy troops, planes and
mechanized equipment which
otherwise would be thrown into
the battle for Singapore and the
Dutch i East Indies.
In the absence, of any reports
that the American and Filipino
fighters advanced as the Japs
withdrew, it was assumed that
they were holding fast to care
fully selected defense positions
probably selected months ago by
the crafty strategist MacArthur
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(Mimed Captured by Japs
Pan
Pacts
Signed At
Capital
Uruguay Given
Aid; Conclave
Opens Thursday
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13
(AP) The United States
signed her second accord
within 24 hours with a Latin
nation Tuesday as the open
ing of the Rio De Janeiro con
ference of foreign ministers
neared and Argentina ap
peared to be the only one of
the 21 American republics
that would oppose a "solid front"
rupture of diplomatic relations
with axis powers.
Informed diplomatic and gov
ernment sources saw the timing
of the two accords as an attempt
to lay before Argentina, at a cru
cial hour, a double example of
hemispheric cooperation.
Uruguay, Argentina's across-the-river
neighbor, signed a lend
lease agreement under which the
United States will supply the
South American republic with
military and naval goods. It was
reported that a loan of between
$17,000,000 and $20,000,000 was
involved.
Monday night President Roo
sevelt announced that Mexico and
the United States had signed a
mutual defense pact
Secretary Hull, asked if sign
ing of the two agreements had
any connection with the open-
lag of the sUereonferenee Thurs
- day, said 'it was coincidental -rather
than having special con
nection. He stressed that both scree
men ts were predicated on mut
ual cooperation and hemispheric
defense.
The two agreements were an
nounced as reports came from Rio
De Janeiro that all American re
publics, evcept Argentina, were
readyrto sever, in a joint declara
tion, all relations with Germany,
Japan and Italy. i
Argentina's reluctance to join
such a declaration was regarded
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Russ, Nippon
Pact Still
Unchanged
KUIBYSHEV, Russia, Jan. la
(ff)-S. A. Lpa6vsky, Russian
spokesman and vice commissar of
foreign affairs, declared Tuesday
that Soviet - Japanese relations
were unchanged, still being based
on the neutrality pact of last
April.
His press conference, first since
war broke out in the Pacific, was
attended by both Japanese and
correspondents of the allied na
tions. His comment on relations with
Japan was in response to a Jap
anese reporter's question.
. He added that negotiations were
under way for renewal of the Far
Eastern fisheries pact with Japan
which expired December 21 but
they had not been concluded.