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Jap Permit TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 20 ;P)-Charles E. Helman, Shawnee county clerk, of fered i Jap-hunting licenses , . for sale at It cent defense : s t a m v each. The license states the open season was declared December 7, 1941, with n limit" - . You Pay Income taxes will b due eon. If you are in doubt boat your federal tax, turn to The Statesman editorial POUNDOD ,1651 Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Monuiig. January 21, 1942 Prlco 3a Rtwtstands 5c No. 257 :adk i pate. NINETY-FIRST YEAH ! " - :v - 1m Soul ,1 TwoLatiri Countr les Hold Out ; Argentina, Chile Balk on Plan of Axis Rupture RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 20 (AP) The statement of Act ing President Ramon S. Cas ! tillo In Buenos Aires that Ar I gentina's attitude would not change dashed cold water Monday night on the hopes of 19 other American repub lics that they could induce i Argentina and Chile to sup- ! port in.mediate rupture of rela I tions with the axis, j In the face of this, Dr. Eduardo i Anze Matienzo, Bolivian foreign minister in charge of reporting out the resolution for debate .scheduled Thursday by the Pan American conference, said he still was confident that unanimity of the 21 American republics ulti mately would be achieved. Other delegates, however, were less hopeful. Although they de clined comment, their attitudes contrasted strongly with the op timism of Tuesday afternoon. The belief grew that the 19 supporters of the break with the aids would go ahead without Argentina and possibly Chile. It was stressed that the possi bility of Argentina and Chile fall ing into line later was not ex cluded. Spokesmen have empha sized repeatedly that their stand was influenced by domestic po litical conditions. Argentina was reported author itatively 7. "Tuesday afternoon as prepared to sign a declaration for a rupture of axis relations if al lowed to choose her own time to put it into effect There were denials of reports that Brazil's President GetuUo Vargas had telephoned Castillo la an effort to change the Ar gentine stand, but informed sources Insisted the Brazilian executive was maintaining close touch with CastUIo. Funeral-Held For Former ( Salem Woman Funeral services for Mrs. Helen ! Hummer Gatch, former resident j of Salem, who died in Oakland, Calif.. January 11 were held i January 11 in that city. Mrs. Plummer was a past ma tron of the Salem Woman's club and grand worthy matron of the Eastern Star of Oregon at one time. Her husband, Claud Gatch was with the Ladd and Bush bank i for many years. He was the son of former President T. M. Gatch of Willamette university. She is survived by two children, Capt. Thomas Leigh Gatch, USN, and Orytha Gatch, Salem. Bonds Pledge Drive Starts . Circulation of defense savings pledges got well under way in all 26 Salem precincts Tuesday, Jo seph B. Felton, campaign "gen eral, reported Tuesday night. Felton expressed ; satisfaction with the speed shown by precinct captains and their minute men despite a delay in receipt of pledge cards. The supply of cards con signed here did not arrive until Monday night Solicitation was in progress downtown Tuesday as well as in the residence districts in order that no income earner might be overlooked. - Cuba Put On War Basis HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 20-VPh The cabinet Tuesday night pro mulgated a law putting Cuba on a full war basis and giving the government sweeping powers to control prices, wages and salaries and to regulate agriculture, in dustry, commerce, production and supply for - national defense. It authorized the government to buy foods, machinery, seeds, live stock, fueL clothing, medicines and whatever else found necessary In an emergency, . ,. I . . ,.. . ' T Where Major Battle of Far v , ?J t J Hi ik -t, &y s it-- iP Y i i , fir-- f vjy rl l"VC4fV v i - ' ' ' i' 'r "x , - , V--. ' .' ' - s i ' I I s - j 1 , -' - ,v - : - I . , - ' ' " V ' ' ' ' V , ' i''' - '' 'l"'j''',''xy'''f ' - - " , , , ' - - , i f ' ' - - 4 ft " -- - -1"" .jc,v.-.-.T.WA-.W--.-.w.WMM.h;nr. Tv- Top, British armored car in Malaya jungle; mined causeway connecting Singapore with Johore on Malay peninsula. Editor Named Meet Speaker Sprague to Present Award to Junior CC , . 1941 First Citizen "Unforseen wartime exigen cies," tne phrase used by mili tary officials for non-public con ditions affecting the nation's de fense and wartime program, have made themselves felt in Salem. They have caused the cancella tion of an important part of the junior citizen program scheduled here for Wednesday night. As originally announced by the committee in charge of this annual junior chamber of com merce event, Harry P. Cain, mayor of Tacoma, Wash was to be the principal speaker. "Wartime exigencies' affecting the Pacific northwest .called Mayor Cain to Washington, DC, for conferences and he wired the committee of his Inability to re turn to the coast in time. Substituting for Mayor Cain will be Philip H. Parrish, editor of the editorial page of the Port land Morning Oregonian. Parrish, who is well known throughout the country for his work in jour nalistic circles, is equally well known as a speaker on matters of national import. Using the theme of the banquet Editor Parrish will discuss the problems which con front young men in the present national crisis. Presentation of the Junior citizen for 1941 will be made (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Polk Industrial Sites Surveyed PORTLAND, Jan. 20-(P)-In dustrial site surveys covering Monmouth, Independence and Dallas have been completed, the Bonneville administration report ed Tuesday. Site covering 759 acres of land are mapped, providing the admin istration and civic groups factual information with which to answer inquiries of industrial firms. US to Start Daylight Saving; Sprague Proclamation Soon WASHINGTON. Jan. 10-4P)- America will go on daylight-saving time February 9 to conserve elec tricity for the titanic war effort. President Rroosevelt signed a daylight-saving bill Tuesday and at 2 a. m. (local time) on Feb. 9 the clocks .will be turned ahead an hour lor the duration oi the war, Although the bfll applies only to interstate commerce ac tivities and the federal govern ment, it is expected to be observed by most of the nation. . " Mr. Roosevelt advised congress last July that the federal power commission figured there I would be a saving of 736,282,000 kilo watt hours of energy annually by putting the nation on year-round daylight saving time. ' i i 1 1 I til 1(4 rkir Nelson Halts """"" i. x ' ' ' ' ' ' vaxKx- i n i w"" - ri wwiniiini.iiiinu.juL nimam.p.., Ul-A nia I ' I y .- -"w "i i'r- laividTi. i'nnai ' " Gets FR 's Okeh On Plan Clamps Lid on Car, Truck Production February 1; Blueprint of Program For Reorganization Submitted f WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-PHWar Production Chief Donald M. Nelson in two swift moves Tuesday night ordered production of passenger automobiles and light trucks stopped entirely on February 1, and obtained executive approval of his "streamlined" reorganization plan for the indus trial front. Nelson put a final end to spec ulation over the automotive in dustry's immediate future by clamping down the lid shortly af ter taking his plans before the pro duction board's first meeting. La ter he spent an hour and 10 min utes with President Roosevelt outlining his reorganization pro gram. On leaving the White House, he told reporters that Mr. Roo sevelt had approved a blueprint of the new setup and In re sponse to a question whether it called for reorganization of the entire program, he said: "Not everything, but we are going to streamline for action. I think you will agree when you see it." Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) New f Jaywalk' Law Fails to Catch Victim The new "jaywalking" ordin ance had its first day here Tues day but failed to catch a vic tim! The law went into effect immediately on its being signed by Mayor W. W. Chadwick. The measure, adopted by the city council Monday night, pro vides maximum penalty of $50 or 60 days' imprisonment or both, for pedestrians crossing streets against red stop .lights or in blocks between traffic signals. Gov. Charles A. Sprague de clared Tuesday that he would issue a proclamation within the next few days placing Oregon on day light saving time at 2 a. m. Febru ary 9. : "I have been advised that Governors Langlie of Washington and Olson of Caliofrnia will pro claim daylignt saving time for their, states, and, in the interests of uniformity, I am going to do it in Oregon," Governor Sprague said. ;,;:.;;Ht;va Governor Sprague previously had opposed daylight saving time in Oregon on the ground -that it was not wanted by the agricultural interests. The objection, was re cently withdrawn. .. v" .;. . . .- '-; .. Eastern Conflict Rages .vr ii r - ' i vn.- -r- - ' i x ' I V s " C " -t 1fl imSBMIUlillMiSjniL-JljBUSi LiLiiJI I p i I Below, view of Malacca, near which British fight. The Japs I claim fall of cKji near. Auto Work. Draft Chief Sees Lower Standards BALTIMORE, Jan. 20- Brig. Gen. Lewis B" Hershey de clared Tuesday that a lowering of physical standards would be nec essary to draw manpower need ed for the nation's armed forces from such deferred draft classi fications as IB and 4F. The national director of se lective service asserted rehabil itation of those with minor physical defects would be car ried on within the army as well as by local draft boards and by registrants themselves. He said "guinea-pigging" along this line already yvas underway In Maryland and Virginia. General Hershey told the Am erican Legion's national rehabili tation committee at its annual meeting that the greatest prob lem facing the United States was "the orientation, training or re taining of men and women, and perhaps the children, to where they will fit best in the national war program. Triple Death Trial Starts PENDLETON, Ore, Jan. 20-G55) Police testified Tuesday that John A. Soto, 17, confessed on the night of his arrest, Sept 26, to slaying a Hermiston, Ore, 'farm family of three. Sheriff Robert Goad of Umatil la county, Ore., taking the stand on the second day of Soto's trial m circuit court, said Soto, arrested in Kennewick, Wash, admitted ambushing Mrs. Cora Tobin, her son, Kenneth Gorsuch, and her nephew, Marvin Adams, at a farm where Soto had been boarding. Firemen Put Out Blaze Salem firemen f Tuesday night answered a call to 416 Marios and put out a fire in the base ment They reported some dam age., . Monday's Weather Forecasts withheld and tem perature data delayed by army request Tuesday river, XX feet Max. Temp. Monday, 59, Mia. - i 1 " - , Solons Demand Profit Limits Naval Committee Hits Labor Union 'Gains,' Bich War Contracts WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-(P-In a double-barreled report citing tremendous financial gains" for labor unions and "excessive and unconscionable" profits for many defense firms, the house naval committee demanded Tuesday night strict profit limitation on all war contracts and government supervision over union finances. Climax of a ten months' In vestigation, the committee's ma jority report asserted that a "considerable number of firms doing business with the govern ment have begun to reap a har vest of excessive and uncon scionable profits" In "many cases of 50 per cent and one "as high' as 247 per cent" The majority four democratic members, including Chairman Vin son (D-Ga) and ten republicans bluntly blamed strikes as "the greatest single cause of delay in the defense program," and added that "tremendous financial gains' made by unions during the defense effort "present an astounding pic ture of concentration of wealth, a situation hitherto usually associ a ted only with industry and fi nance." Asserting that net assets of 117 unions answering a committee questionnaire increased from $71, 915,665 to $82,594,959 a jump of $10,679,294, or 14.85 per cent for the 18-month period between October 1, 1939, through March 31 1941, the. committee said: "These vast tax exempt funds reposing in the treasuries of labor organizations, many of which by strikes and work stop (Turo to Page 2, Col. 6) Riding Rods Slows When War Starts In came defense and out went the knights of the road. Or so It appears front the num ber of boei traveling by rail and visiting the Hotel de Minto here. The chief reason for the de crease tn "riding the rods" would seem to b . more em ployment because of defense, John C Carle, local Southern Paclfle railway freight agent He said there was a marked drop, almost to nothing, short ly after the United States . en tered the war. Be did not at tribute It to railway guards which he said haTe been sta tioned at Intervals by the com -pany. Tea to 15 transients per night Is the average this winter at the Hotel de Minto, fa the third story of the city halL compared with to s a year ago, ac cording to Chief ' of Police Frank A Minto. . W ecisioe Seep Near; US Bombers Destroy a Malar To Key City; New Isle Raided FDR Renews Aid Assurances liny US Navy Torpedo Boat Destroys Ship Daring Officer Sinks 5000-Ton Nip Vessel; Brings Total to 41 WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-(ff) A fast, tiny motor-torpedo boat of the United States navy dash ed into a Philippines bay, the navy announced Tuesday night, ran a gauntlet of machine gun and shore battery fire and tor pedoed a 5,000 ton Japanese ship. The foray of the torpedo boat was apparently intended to sup port the operations of General Douglas MacArthur against the Japanese on Batan peninsula, be tween Manila bay and the South China sea. At the upper end and on the seaward side of the penin sula lies Subic bay. The attack oc curred in Binanga bay, which is part of Subic bay and lies to the seaward side of the upper end of the peninsula. The 5000-ton ship, no descrip tion of which was given, brought to a total of 41 the number of Japanese vessels which have been destroyed by the American army, navy and marine corps in a little more than six weeks of fighting. In command of the torpedo boat was 30-year-old Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley, of New York and Texas. The navy said he had been commended for carrying out his mission successfully. After his graduation from Annapolis in 1933, he saw service on large sur face vessels but more recently be gan 'specializing in submarine chasers and torpedo boats. U-boat activity from Cape Hat- teras to Newfoundland was re ported by the navy. It noted the sinking of three tankers in the last few days, made no mention of a fourth which was attacked but (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) South Africa Police-Held JOHANNESBURG, Union of South Africa, Jan. 20-,)-A large number of uniformed men and de tectives was detained Tuesday in a round-uD of Johannesburg no- lice suspected of subversive tivity. Some were detained .while go ing on or off ; duty, others were brought in by troop carriers. Some of the arrests were made at the central barracks. Churchill Promises Commons Debate on Far East Battle LONDON Jan. 20-P)-Winston C&urchjil.put down Tuesday an effort to force an immediate parliamentary discussion of Brit ish reverses h the Pacific, promised commons a three-day debate soon on the Whole pattern of the war and announcedthat if any challenge to his government then arose he would call for a vote of confidence. . Appearing before the house for the first time since his return from his momentous conferences in the United State! With . President Roosevelt, the prime minister de clared vigorously: - ' I propose myself to open - (the forthcoming) debate and If necessary to wind It up. "1 naturally share the an xieties that are felt on the war tn the , Far i East,"' the prime minister said. . . At Nippon Alaska Also Has Trouble With Tires VALDEZ, Alaska, Jan. Zt-(JP) -This notice: appeared on a pub lie bulletin board: "Man who Jacked np my au tomobile and stripped It of its tires was seen. If the. tires are returned within 24 hours no questions will be asked. Signed: Ulysses N. Owen." The next, day this appeared below it: "They guy who saw me take those tires Can have same by calling at my house -for them. I won't ask no questions, either." f- It was unsigned. Russ Capttire Mozhaisk City Nazis Blasted From Citadel and Now Face Retreat of 200 Miles LONDON.; Jan. 20-(JP)-The red army has recaptured Mozhaisk in a hard-won Victory which blasted the Germans from the last ad vanced citadel of their broken drive upon Moscow and left the invader facing the prospect of a cruel, 200 -mile retreat, to the Dnieper. The reoccupation of Mos haisk, announced officially by Moscow tonight after a 45-day offensive, sent. Adolf Hitler's (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) Auto Traffic Victim Dies Injuries suffered when he was struck by an auto Monday night proved fatal Tuesday afternoon to Milo E. Horn, 59 Williams avenue. The husband of Winifred R. Horn, he died at Salem General hospital at the age of 64 years. Funeral arrangements are in charge of the W. T. Rigdon com pany. Horn, a pedestrian, was struck on Silverton road near Lana avenue by an auto driven by Robert W. Shattuc, Silverton road. He suf fered pelvic and leg fractures, numerous cuts and internal hem orrhage, an. autopsy disclosed Tuesday night Nazis Firte' at Dover LONDON, Jan. 20-(iiP)-German guns on the ' French coast fired several rounds across the Dover strait Tuesday night ; t "But I also share a growing confidence, whkh I think might also be justified. In the eventual outcome of this struggle." . Breaking precedent he suggest ed Jhaf upon the delivery of his forthcorning war review and of other .future major statements re cording be made for subsequent broadcast. 'i - - This was received with such mixed feelings that he then de cided to put the proposition to a later vote...; , , . , Invaders Hack Siegapore Craiser 5 US Troops in ines Still Hold Gen, MacArthur Tells Of Mindanao Fight; Dutch Strike Back By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE Associated Press War Editor The Japanese, still advanc ing in Malaya and thus bring ing the great decision for Singapore very near, im mensely broadened their at tacks elsewhere in the south western Pacific Tuesday, and American airmen were flying at the forefront of the devel oping allied counter-offensive. While his Malayan troops were hacking forward to with in 60 miles of Singapore on the western peninsula and within 75 miles of that great 'base in a paral lel inland offensive, the invader opened from an aircraft carrier a major aerial assault u p o n the Australian - controlled island of New Britain and his Siamese as sociates were simultaneously re ported to have invaded southern British Burma. Oyer a section of the vast Japa nese aggressive pattern thus tre mendously distended New Brit- tain is 3500 miles to the east of Singapore, for example the most important single success for the allied nations recorded during the day was scored by American pi lots.' The war department an nounced that US army bombers which also have now gone Into action over Malaya had sunk a Japanese crujser add" set a tanker aflame off the Philip pine Island of Jolo, athwart the Invader's route of attack upon the Dutch East Indies, thus bringing to 49 the number of enemy vessels thus far destroyed (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Milk Routes Merger Seen Looking forward to possible consolidation of milk delivery routes in Salem to conserve tires. officers of Producers' and Distri butors' association decided Tues- the association every other day delivery. Sunday delivery would prob ably be one of the economizing, the dairymen indicated, declaring they hoped to eliminate the bulk of route' duplication by approxi mately 20 dairies operating in the cityi They suggested horse-drawn vehicles might be the ultimate an swer to the tire problem. A shortage of bottles still threat ens, it was stated. People were urged to search their. houses for the-, milk containers, to give to dairies. 13 Reported Dead in Fire LYNN, Mass., Jan. 20-JP) Thirteen persons died as an early morning fire howled through Melvin hall in downtown Lynn and Tuesday night only the scoqehed and blackened ruins of the five-story . brick apartment and rooming house remained. : It was dusk,: about 14 hours after the flames first were, spot ted in a basement coal bin, that Deputy Fire Chief James 40N eil reported. aU tenants had been ac counted lor. " . " Closer Philipp
