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Torpedo Boat
Japs Broaden
They Head Office of Civil Defense in America
Russ Capture
Newlywed Heiress EnjoysShow
Destroys Ship
Air Attacks
Gen. MacArthur Tells
- Of Mindanao Fight ;
Dutch Strike Back
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by American action.
Moreover, it became dear that
the major Japanese-held base on
. Mindanao in the Philippines was
not yet wholly gained, for Gen.
Douglas MacArthur reported that
his Filipino troops were still fight
ing the Japanese on that island.
Just as they were still holding their
positions on the Batan peninsula
of Luzon.
The indications were that a new
phase in the Pacific war Jiad be--gun;
that the1 great potential and
at first scattered strength of the
allies was now being brought more
effectively to bear, however dis
tant the grand turn in the balance
might yet be.
President Roosevelt told his
press conference in Washington
that the United States was al
?' ready contributing to the strng
' gle against the axis in almost
every part of the globe; he sug
gested that one could look at
the map of the world to see the
areas - in which this country's
strength was engaged.
As to expressions of concern in
China and Australia lest the Japa
nese enemy be neglected in the
' hunting down of Hitler, Mr. Roose
velt declared nobody need fear
and that the Chinese ambassador
: fully understood the position.
In the Malaya, the British, Aus
; tralian and Indian defenders clear
ly were still unable to breast for
-long the shock of superior Japa
nese power afield in the air al
though there were some indica
tions that this latter disparity was
being in part compensated,
i Acknowledging heavy pressure
iby the invader, particularly in the
west againstthe Australians, the
British command reported Japa
nese advances along a 30-mile
sector extending from the Muar
' river southward to Batu Bahat
and Japanese patrol action reach
ing down to the vicinity of Endau
. in the invader's inland thrust.
; The Japanese themselves
claimed that their forces had
pushed down to within 18 miles '
of the Singapore causeway but
said in effect that the full and
final assault upon the near
Singapore approaches was being
delayed pending mopping-up
operation.
The Paris radio, a nazi creature,
claimed , that Japanese artillery
had opened a bombardment of the
Singapore fortifications, that
Singapore's guns were replying;
buPthere-was no competent con
firmation for this and thus no rea
son to accept it.
Singapore was heavily raided
during 'the day, Japanese bombs
falling upon residential as well as
military areas. Official British ac
counts that a Japanese naval plane
was among those shot down sug
gested that an - enemy aircraft
carrier might be in action, as was
the case in the new Japanese as
sault upon New Britain.
That island, 500 miles north
east of the Australian mainland,
was hit with such force as to
suggest preparation for an inva
sion attempt,- and the available
information made plain that
there was damage to its mili
tary facilities.
The small but able and Dersis-
M tent Dutch air arm struck back,
twice raiding the Japanese-held
air base at Kuchlng, capital of cc
cupied Sarawak on the Dutch is
land of Borneo, and setting off
fires.
The attack on southern Burma
by minor Japanese accomplices
the Siamese, was reported by Brit
ish sources to have been loosed
at a point about 60 miles north
east of the port of Moulmein from
Japanese-o ccupied Thailand
(Siam), and one of its curious
features was that it was beine
delivered in behalf of the Japanese
by men who had declined to f ieht
- those same Japanese when they
took over Thailand itself.
The are of the Invasion was
la the northern extremity of the
long Burmese panhandle which
already had been cut apart low
er down by the Japanese them
selves In seising the port of
Tavoy.
Whether It was to be a big
operation remained to be seen;
at all odds It pat one more dif
ficulty in the way of the de-
. velopment of that British offen
sive from Burma against the
Japanese- flank which has for
. some time been expected.
I On the Atlantic side of the
worltf front, the United States
navy disclosed without giving any
details that there had been sub
marine attacks upon ships off the
US coast other than those on four
tankers which already had been
reported, and added:. M
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being taken by unAs of the navy's
east coastal command." i
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Mrs. Franklin TJl Roosevelt, Mayor ITorello H. LaGaardia and Jamea M. Laadia
For the first time, the new associate head of the Office of Civilian Defense, James M. Landis, right,
Harvard university law school dean, is photographed with Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York,
the national civilian defense chief, and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the president, who is an
assistant director. Landis, named by President Roosevelt to serve with LaGuardia and handle tho
actual executive problems, will receive $10,000 a year. The picture above was taken in Washington.
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Here are three of the 12 men named by President Roosevelt to make up the new National War Labor
Board, set up to adjust labor disputes and avoid strikes and lockouts for the duration of the war.
The board Is headed by William H. Davis, who has been chairman of the National Defense Media
tion Board. Public, industry and labor each have four representatives. Thomas Kennedy, secre
tary treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, , is an employe representative. Albert W.
Hawkes, president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, is an employer representative.
Nelson Halts
Auto Quotas
February- 1 Deadline
Announced; Gets FDR
Okeh on Organization
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He added that the plan would
be disclosed at a press conference
he has called for tomorrow.
Designation of Ernest Kanzler
of Crosse Point, Mich., former
president of Universal Credit
corporation and -now chief of the
OPM automotive branch, as
"czar" of the automotive conver
sion program, appeared likely
Tuesday night.
" The automotive order, stop
ping production for the mili
tary as well as for civilians and
exports, applied to the manu
facture of all cars and light
trucks, with or without tires,
and regardless of any contracts
entered into by the manufac
turers. Nelson made it clear that "all
foreseeable military demands" for
light trucks and automobiles
would be satisfied from the stock
pile created by recent orders
freezing sales of such vehicles.
Manufacturers who are un
able to complete their January
production quotas by February
1 will be given an additional 10
days In which to shut down
assembly lines. Nelson directed,
"provided that such continu
ance does not Interfere with
conversion of the factory to
military production."
Nelson's action emphasized the
urgent- need for 'expediting 100
per cent conversion of the auto
motive industry ' to mass arma
ment production. Two weeks ago,
OPM asked the manufacturers to
increase their 1942 war output
from the $2,500,000,000 volume
planned "before Pearl Harborw to
between $5,000,000,000 and $6,
000,000,000. Army Pursuit
Plane Crashes
RICHMOND, Calif., Jan. 20-;p)
-A P-40 army pursuit plane; one
of a formation of six, plunged in
to the foothills east of Richmond
late Tuesday and burned fiercely.
Highway patrolmen said the
pilot was killed, but Immediate
extrication of his body was im
possible because "of the - flames.
The fast c r a 1 1 . froin'rHamnton
field carried only one man. 7 i "
" The pilot - was identified ' by
Hamilton Held army officials as
2nd Lieut Richard Sandner, i 24,
of Moccasin, Calif., ton of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Charles Sandner
of Chinese Camp, Calif. Both
towns are in Tuolumne county.
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William H. Davis
Society Divides
In Two Groups
SILVERTON Trying out a new
plan, Trinity Dorcas society,
which was organized over 25 years
ago, this week -divided into two
groups; one meets afternoons and
the second at night.
The night meeting group was
organized to accommodate .girls
and women who are emnloved
during the day. From time to
time the two groups will hold joint
sessions. Their Tegular social af
fairs, including their annual spring
birthday party, which is so wide
ly attended by members and vis
itors, will also be arranged joint
ly. Officers elected for the after
noon group are Mrs. Tom Ander
son, president; Mrs. Oscar Satern,
vice-president; Mrs. Alf O. Nelson
and Mrs. Henry Torvend, secre
taries; Mrs. L. M. Larson and Mrs.
Dan Riveness, treasurers.
The night group elected as pres
ident, Mrs. Ludvig Meyer; vice
president, Mrs. Elmer Olson; secretary-treasurer,
Mrs. Bernie Oas,
and assistant, Lillian Bloch.
Mrs. L. M. Larson will also serve
as joint secretary-treasurer. Reg
ular meetings of th torn orrama
. - D. VVfU,
when they meet singly, will be
neid at the homes of members.
Boy Reported Escaped
State police Tuesday night re
ported the escape of Jack Doyle,
16, from the State Training school
at Woodburn.
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Meet Speaker
Sprague to Present
Award to Junior CG
1941 First Citizen
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by Gov. Charles A. Sprague.
The presentation consists of
awarding the selectee a gold
watch-charm known as the dis
tinguished service award of the
United States Junior chamber of
commerce.
He also will be presented with
the junior first citizen plaque add
ing his name to those of the pre
vious young men chosen for this
award.
Other awards for meritorious
civic service will be made to four
other local young men.
The banquet is scheduled for
7 p. m. Wednesday in the banquet
hall of the First Methodist church.
Tickets may be obtained from any
member of the junior chamber.
Mexicans Pledge Aid
AGUA CALIENTE, Mex., Jan.
20-(VThe United States was
pledged fullest cooperation from
all of Mexico Tuesday by Gen.
Lazaro Cardenas, former Mexican
president, in a conference with
Lt Gen. John L. DeWitt, com
manding general of the western
defense command and Fourth
army.
All Can do Now!
Mozhaisk City
Nazis Blasted From
Otadel and Now Face
Retreat of 200 Miles
(Continued from page ,1)
legions reeling back along Na
poleon's terrible road of retreat
and left Orel, on the south, and
Rzhev, in the north, the only
remaining strong-points held by
the Invader on the present Mos
cow front.
Mozhaisk, 57 miles west of Mos
cow, is on the main Moscow-Smolensk-Minsk
road and the . Ger
mans' once were "reported to have
100,000 men In the battje for that
vital salient
What remains of these forces is
in danger of entrapment by Soviet
armies which have driven the
claws of a giant pincers to the rear
of Mozhaisk in the vicinity of
Vyazma, 70 miles to the west
Some, prisoners already have
been taken, Moscow, said.
Even If some of the Germans
do get through the narrowing
gap, there are no suitable de
fensive positions short of Smo
lensk, where' Hitler supposedly
had established his headquar
ters, r
The Russians announced that
German casualties were heavy in
the bitterly-contested battle for
Mozhaisk.
Portland Gas
Firm Officer
Dies Here
C. A. Miller, 59, superintendent
of Portland Gas and Coke com
pany's utilization bureau, and
brother of Mrs. Arthur J. Rahn,
of Salem, died Monday at the
Salem General hospital. Born
June 1, 1882, at Dallas, Oregon,
the member of a well known pi
oneer family, he attended grade
and high schools at Gresham and
later attended Oregon State col
lege. His grandfather was Dr. J.
P. Powell, who crossed the plains
in 1852.
Mr. Miller was first connected
with the gas company in 1906 as a
meter inspector. In 1909 he was
made collections supervisor, and
in 1917 was appointed to the posi
tion he held until the time of' his
death. He was for many years a
member of the Portland chamber
of commerce.
Survivors include his widow,
Nora E. Miller, 2409 SE Stephens
street Portland; a daughter,
Jeanne Miller, a student at Mills
college, and the sister, Mrs. Ar
thur Rahn, Salem.
Founders Day
Program Set
INDEPENDENCE: Mrs. George
D. Herley, president of the PTA
presided Monday over the regular
meeting at the training school.
Mrs. C. A. Fratzke, publication
chairman, spoke on the selection
of books available at the city li
brary for parents.
Mrs. Charles Burch, member
ship chairman, announced 96
members on roll, and Roy Ander
son, band director, announced the
mid-winter concert January 28 at
the training school.
Mrs. Ira D. Mix spoke about
"Founder's Day" to be held Febru
ary 2, with Mrs. F. W. Blum,
Portland, state PTA president
guest speaker. Margaret Gillis,
Dallas, health nurse, introduced
Ethel Mielly of Portland, a mem
ber of the Oregon state board of
health, who spoke on the "Health
Problems of the Adolescent
Child."
Red Cross Sewing
Done by Women
At Union Hill
UNION HILL -The Union Hill
Woman's club and friends met for
an all-day no-host meeting at the
house belonging to Mr. and Mrs.
Harley Scott Red Cross sewing
was done. One lot of 26 children's
dresses was finished and the sec
ond lot commenced.
Present were Mrs. Mary Tate,
Mrs. W. M. Tate. Mrs. H. H
Peters, Mrs. Edwin ePters, Miss
Emma Peters, Mrs. Dolph Heater,
Mrs. Roy King, Mrs. Lee Seeley,
Mrs. Adolph Heater. Mrs.' David
Pottorff, Miss Florence Pottorff,
Mrs. C . Heater, Mrs. Verny
Scott and Mrs. Harley Scott.
Mrs. Scott will be hostess to the
club at the same place for, an aft
ernoon meeting Thursday!
Burma Cabinet Slated
RANGOON Jan. 19-(Delayed)
-i$P-Acting Premier Sir Paw Tun,
smiling, elderly. Barrister Knight
whose wife is Americas, said in
ah interview Monday that the
cabinet of the imprisoned U Saw
would resign and a new one
would be formed by himself.
May Unseat Langer
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-OP
Chairman Green ' (D-RI) an
nounced Tuesday night the sen
ate elections committee had ap
proved the latest draft of a re
port recommending that Senator
Langer (R-ND) be unseated, ' :
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Nazis Hit Anglia
LONDON, Jan. 2tH3amb
were dropped in East A n g 1 a
Tuesday night but no damage or
casualties were reported.
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Society's -poor little rich girt," the former Gloria Vanderbflt, heiress
to S4,OO0,000, la shown enjoying: the Olsen and Johnson laugh riot,
Song Fun," la New York with her husband. Tat Di Occo, left,
, ; ' Hollywood actors agent. " :
Solons Demand
Profit Limits
Naval Committee Hits
Labor Union 'Gains,'
Rich War Contracts
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pages have delayed and In in
stances even obstructed the de
fense program, present a prob
lem which the committee feels
should well be considered by
the congress."
To accomplish that objective it
called for:
1. Methods to hold down profits
on defense contracts.
2. Legislation to require all la
bor unions "along with other
special interest groups" to register
with a suitable government body,
and to furnish pertinent infor
mation concerning their officers,
members and financial condition
at periodic intervals.
3. "Fair and suitable" legislation
to prevent interference with the
defense program by strikes and
work stoppages.
4. No repeal or relaxation of ex
isting legislative provisions for
competitive bidding.
5. "More thoughtful and thor
ough" attention by the navy de
partment's procuring agencies to
the status and financial responsl-
bility of contractors.
6. Adoption of a "more strict
and standardized system of cost
accounting."
7. Measures to insure adequate
plant protection both for navy
owned and operated plants and
private plants engaged in naval
defense work.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-(JP)-A
preliminary report of the house
naval affairs committee on its in
vestigation into cost of the naval
defense program listed under the
heading of "excessive profits" two
contracts with the Todd Seattle
Dry Docks, Inc., of Seattle, Wash.
The Todd Seattle Dry Docks,
Inc., made a profit of $521,481,
or 21.6 per cent on one contract
Involving $2,931,285, the report
said, and on another contract
for $2,788,901 a profit of $487,
274 or 21.2 per cent
The committee said question
naires were tabulated for 34 un
completed destroyers under con
struction by shipbuilding com
panies. It said two of the three
companies building the destroyers
furnished estimates of the percent
ages of profits on their vessels.
One of these was the Seattle-Ta-coma
Shipbuilding corporation
which had contracts amounting to
$29,131,450 and estimated six per
cent profit on each of its five un
completed destroyers.
The report said the Willamette
Iron A Steel corporation esti
mated a profit of six per cent
on two uncompleted mine layers
costing $24,000,000.
Receipts Hit
Record Mark
INDEPENDENCE The 1941
postal receipts of the Independ
ence postoffice reached an all
time record when they totaled
$10,088.28, according to Glen C.
Smith, postmaster
Organization of, the city's tire
and automobile rationing board
was completed here at a meeting
at the office of Fred Calef ; W. T.
Hoffman was named chairman;
Fred Calef, clerk;; and Mrs. C. a
Sloper the other member of the
board. f v
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National
Bank of Independence, was held
recently. . " " " .
The following officers were re
elected: R. M. Walker, president;
A. L. Thomas, vice resident- Tr
p. Mix,' cashier; Bergitta Messin-
er, assistant cashier; and the
board of directors. A- IV Thnm
M. C, Williams, C W. Henkle, L
u. mix, ana k. as. walker,
Four ' Independence students
were placed on the honor roll at
the Oregott, College of Education.
They were Mileg Olson, Junior,
son of Mr. and lira. Walter
Lucille Barnhardt, senior, daugh-
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ter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Barn-
hardt; Jessie Mae Jones, junior,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. H.
Jones, and Barbara Ruef, senior,
daughter of Mrs. . Marie Ruef.
Club Donates
Farm Money
MONMOUTH Mrs. R. E. Der
by entertained the Thimble sew
ing -club, Wednesday. The club
members voted io donate $10 to
the Children's Farm home, part
of it to be given in handmade
articles of sewing.
Ray Davidson, who was grad
uated from Monmouth high school
last June, has been employed at
Hermiston on the federal ammu
nition plant He is visiting his
mother here ..fori a few days and
plans to go to Seattle to work in
the Boeing aircraft plant
Mr. and Mrs.? Ben Muhleman
went to Bremerton Thursday on
receiving word that their son
Dale, employed there in defense
work, is seriously sick with pneu
monia.
Mrs. Marion Fresh went to Fort
Lewis Thursday to see her broth
er, Kenneth Mulkey, an army cor
poral, who is illi Mrs. Fresh Is a
registered nurse.
Dayton-Lodge
Seats Heads
DAYTON. Jan. 14 Installation
of officers of Electa chapter, Or
der of Eastern: Star, Dayton, was
held Tuesday with 60 members
present.
New officers are worthy matron,
Mrs. Ray D. Johnson; worthy pat
ron, Paul Parker; associate mat
ron, Mrs. Ross Cruickshank: as
sociate patron, Cletus Cell; sec
retary, Mrs. Oscar Dower; treas
urer, Miss Lena Stilwell; conduc
tress, Mrs. Lulu Ross; associate
conductress, Mrs. Dolph Good
rich; chaplain, : Mrs. Harry Sher
man; organist, Mrs. Herman Lou
is; Ada, Mrs, Paul Parker; Ruth,
Mrs. Ernest Haevemick; Esther,
Miss Madalene Rossner; Martha,
Mrs. Alex Cruickshank; Electa,
Mrs. Ralph Rufener; marshsal,
Mrs. Carl Mitchell; warder, Mrs.
M. R. Cooper; sentinel, Theodore
Rossner.
Cards Played
At Gervais
GERVAIS There were nine ta
bles of 500 played at the com
munity card cluh party held Mon
day. Vi . -
High scores were won by Mrs.
Rasmussen and T.A. Ditmara ami
second high b Mrs. Lane andj
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Acting hostess for the 7 o'clock
supper January 26 will be Mrs.
Ditmars, Mrs. -Brooke and Mrs.
Brundidge.
The civilian " defense meeting
called for Wednesday night was
attended by about 100 people.
Mr. Colby, Salem, explained what
to do in case of an air raid either
day or night
The first aid class met Wed
nesday and wi attended by Boy
Scouts, adults and young people.
The class will meet every Wed
nesday night until the course is
finished.
Detroit Teacher
In Armed Force
DETROIT- Harvey Williams,
who was caithe teaching-staff
in Detroit tor the second year,
enlisted in the air corps and left
for Fort LewisSSaturday. He has
written to Detroit friends that he
would be immediately transferred
to Sheppard Field, Wichita" Falls,
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Edon WhlteY son -of Mr. and
Mrs. Otis White, who completed a
course in Albany resident center
defense school, left this week for
mi. juause is suosumte
teacher for I the v intermediate
grades while Mr. Krause has ta
ken . charge oil the seventh and
eighth grades , krause is the new
bus driver and Otis White is the
athletic coach,: positions held by
Harvey Williams previous to his
resignation.
Daring Of ilcenSinks
5000-Ton Nip Vessel;
Brinp Totaled 41
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made: port, and said there had
been attacks on other vessels in
American territorial waters. .'; '
v The question of Just what the
;axis jhopes to accomplish by the
submarine attacks led la a di
vision of opinion in the capital.
President Roosevelt said, In re.
sponse to questions, that he did
not ee any connection between
the ' submarine raids and the
enrreni conference of American
nations at Rio De Janeiro. -But
Senator Connally (D-Tex),
chairman of the senate foreign re
lations committee, said the raid!
were designed to "create con
fusion" among the conferees and
furnished evidence "of the desper
ate measures employed by an as
sassin that realizes it can never
gain control of the seai."
Instead of the desired confusion,
he added, the raids have only
served to unify the American na
tions, all of whom are "fully
aware , of the tragic threat of
nazism to the civilization of the
Americas."
Receives Word of
Sister's. Illness
. SUyER Mra. W. A. Stockhofr
received word Saturday that her
sister, Mrs. Sam Paxisa of Lan
sing', Kan., had undergone a ma
jor operation and had rallied satisfactorily.-'
Mrs. Parisa has vis
ited here many times and. is well
known.-' ' . "
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