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defense , workers f r m its
territory. Read of their ac
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-Pvt. llarold B. Curryer is
1464.66 richer and the envy
of every soldier here Friday."
The ' money was back pay
from -his civilian Job. He's
buying defense "bonds.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 23
(AP)- A compromise resolu
tion recommending but not re
quiring rupture of relations
with Japan, Germany and It
aly was approved unanimous
ly late Friday by the full 21
nation political committee of
the Pan-American conference.
The change, representing a ma
jor concession to Argentina and
Chile, dashed United States hopes
that all the Americas would sever
axis ties forthwith.
; Sumner Welles, US undersecre
tary of state, frankly acknowl
edged that the United States
would have preferred a more def
inite and stronger action, but vot
ed for the greatly-modified reso
lution. The softened language resulted
from the prolonged objections of
Argentina, followed by" Chile, to
the original resolution for an out
right severance of diplomatic ties
with the axis powers and to an
earlier compromise providing for
congressional approval of a break.
Argentina and Chile both on
Wednesday had agreed to the
first compromise, but later Ar
gentine reservations caused new
and lengthy negotiations result
ing in the final simple recom
mendation." As finally approved at the or
story-laden , open session of the
political committee - shortly after
dusk Friday night, the resolution
read:
"The American, republics, fol
lowing the procedure established
by their own laws and within the
nnsitinn snd circumstances of each
country in the present interna
tional conflict, recommend rup
tare of their diplomatic relations
with Japan, Germany and Italy,
inasmuch as the first of these
states attacked and the other two
declared war on an American na
tion." Only the formality of approv
al by the full conference Is re
quired to complete the action.
Signatures will be affixed at
a plenary session.
The formula was agreed upon
- at a secret meeting ofj the chief
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Salem Closing
Defense Bond
Pledge Drive
The defense bond pledge
drive In Salem is winding np
rapidly, with excellent re
sponse," declared "General" Jo
seph B. Felton Friday night. He
said he expected three-fourths
f the captains to report In by
- tonight.
Mrs. G. F. LobdelL captain
of ene-half of precinct four,
finished Friday and turned In
lifer cards. A number of minute
men report 100 per cent of those
contacted have signed pledge
cards, Including young people as
well as older.
Russ Use Aero-Sleds Against Germans
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.to this to strike at nazl troops fleeing from the Moscow front This picture shows a Russian aero-sled
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Shortly after a strong Japanese naval force was sighted off Rabanl (1),
capital of the Australian-mandated ' island of New Britain, com
munications with that city ceased, Indicating an Invasion was under
way. Half an hour later Japanese aircraft raided the Solomon Is
lands (2). New Britain lies only 800 miles northeast of the nearest
point of Australia proper.
Jap Troops
Islands Near Australia
Appeal for Aerial Aid Made to America
And Britain; Nippon Armada at Rabaul;
Invasion of Mainland Feared Soon
MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 2 4-(Saturday) --Japanese
landings in at least three places on Australia's protecting arc of
outer islands wV announced today by the, government, which
appealed urgently to Prime Minister Churchill and President
Roosevelt to furnish arms quick-
ly so that Australian manpower
can "clear the seas and land of
the Japanese menace."
Deputy Prime Minister Francis
Forde said the Japanese had
forced a landing at Rabaul, capi
tal of the Australian mandated
island of New Britain at 12:05
p.m. toaay (o:uo p.m. irxaay,
PST). The point is 800 miles
from the Australian mainland.
He said his news came from
NEW YORK, Saturday, Jan.
24-(;P)-The British radio In a
broadcast heard today by NBC
said "scouting forces have veri
fied that 11 Japanese mer
chantmen were m the harbor
of Rabaul, New Britain, while
three Japanese cruisers, one
destroyer and one aircraft car
rier were sighted somewhere
off the coast."
Port Moresby, on the Australian
half of the nearby Dutch-Australian
island of New Guinea.
Already, there had come of
ficii word that the Japanese
had landed at Kieta, the princi
pal city of Cougalnville, at the
northern end of the Solomon
Island chain, and on the large
Island of New Guinea itself,
possibly at "a. number" of
points. No details were received
as to the locations.
The last previous direct word
from Rabaul was a radio flash
at 4 p.m. Thursday that 11 Japa
nese vessels, including warships,
had been sighted 45 miles off
shore. The city already had suf
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WU Centennial
Plans Speeded
Date Bureau Slated
For Ball; Program
Of Events Revealed
Student participation in centen
nial events at Willamette univer
sity surged forward Friday with
the announcement of Nancy Austin
as Century Girl and plans for a
"date bureau" for the Centennial
ball of February 14.
In addition, students will take
part in the symbolic inaugura
tion of Pres. Carl S. Knopf,
slated for February t. Public
administration majors will be
called on for aid fat the Institute
of Citizenship of March 17, and
will carry on their long tradition
of Freshman Glee In the cen
tennial theme.
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Swiss Report Cold
Worstin Century
BERN, Switzerland, Jan. 23-()
The lowest temperature in 100
years 11.2 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit was recorded Friday
at Basel as all of continental Eu
rope continued in the grip of an
intense cold wave.
From Budapest came reports
that Hungary was suffering from
31-below zero cold accompanied
by violent snowstorms.
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House 389 to 0
In Voting for
Aerial Mastery
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23
(AP) Less than four hours
after it received the request
from its appropriations com
mittee, the house voted unan
imously Friday to poor an
other $12,525,872,474 into this
nation's drive to seize aerial
mastery over the foes of the
United States wherever they may
be found.
The appropriation, which now
goes io ine senate, wiu pay- main-
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10,000 trainers, only a starter to-
ward President Roosevelt's goal
of 60,000 US-built flying warcraft
It is the largest single outlay
for military purposes ever pro-
posed in congress, but only a small
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Roosevelt, in his budget message
at the start of the session, out
lined for the fiscal year begin
ning July.
Provided are $933,000,000 to
expand aircraft plants, build
bomber assembly plants and
construct facilities for produc
tion of explosives and Incen
diary materials; $7,144,056,349
for complete planes; $1,54?,
948.529 for armament, cannon,
ammunition, bombs and pyro
technlcs; $1,900,000,000 for
spare engines and parts, and ap
proximately $1,000,006,000 for
signal corps and chemical war
fare service supplies.
With this money the United
States will "build toward our of
fensive knockout, blow," the ap-
propriations committee was told
by Lt. Gen. H. H. Arnold, deputy
chief of staff for air.
The vote of 389 to 0 by which
the house sent the bill on its way
toward final enactment was a
foregone conclusion. No sign of
opposition to the plane program
developed during the debate and jwno naa Pusnea aown irom n
excent for inclusion in the billldau. Mersing is approximately 65
of $30,000,000 to btild another
dam in the Tennessee valley au
thority system the vote could
have come in the first round.
Rift Between
CIO Leaders,
Lewis Grows
wAiimixivw, Jan. J-iA
nrt Deiween jonn lwis ana
the present leadership of the
CIO widened Friday night when
Lewis tartly declined to present
his views on labor peace to the
CIO executive board at a meeting
in New York Saturday.
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iiations. :
Lewis. who is president of the
United Mine Workers, one of the
most potent CIO unions, sug
gested last weekend that the war
ring AFL and CIO resume nego -
tiations looking toward mending
th.!r lontf hrearh. i
Thpoi npffntintinrm were broken
off in April 1939, subject to can
hvTjmrfe whW t rhairman nf the
CIO negotiating committee. Mur-
ray, the present CIO leader, last
unnrf iee,, o TiftnA-tno-Mrdial
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person before the CIO board and
ifl wa m hi Mm for neaei.
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To End One Week Early
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PORTLAND,!. Ore., Jan. . 23-P)
William u. JEverson, pres-
ident of LinCeld college said Frl
day the school's spring term
would end May Jl, week earlier
than usual. ' - . r
Faculty and students have vol
led to drop spring vacation and
other holidays in order to end
theear as soon as possible be
ranA nf th war emerffencv. ne
said. - -
Thursday's Weather ;
, Forecasts withheld ana sem
serature data delayed by army
reonest. River Friday, 2.1 feet.;
Max. temp. Thursday 51, min.
Currency Wnder
All Enemy Assatd
British Still
Holding Line
In Malaya
Japs Threatening to
Turn Left Flank as
Battle 'Confused9
SINGAPORE,
Jan. 23-P)
Japanese troops
threatened
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left flank at Batu Pahat, 60
miies northwest of Singapore,
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sula the outnumbered Imperials
were reported holding on doe
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heavy blows,
The British command ac
knowledged evidence of Japa
nese penetration in the Batu Pahat
sector, the west coastal anchor of a
line stretching across Johore state
through Chaah in the center to
Mersing on the east coast.
These infiltrations coincided
with reinforced Japanese frontal
assaults in an effort to force the
withdrawal of defense units at
Bukit Payong, a hill area some
nine miles north of Batu Pahat
Major General Gordon Ben
nett, Australian army comman
der, said the situation was
"very confused" and more dan
gerous than a few days ago.
Heavy fighting continued at
Bukit Payong, and also around
the central Chaah sector, 70 miles
north of Singapore and 25 miles
north of Kluang, important rail-
way and road junction.
On the east coast at Mersing
the British said their artillery was
effectively harassing the Japanese
miles north of here, and the thick
jungle growth makes any Japa
nese flanking operations there al
most impossible.
Japanese planes sprayed ex
plosives all along this 80-mile
line, and also attacked Singa
pore this morning following
up Thursday's destructive raid
which killed 58 civilians and In
jured 170.
British fighters destroyed one
Japanese bomber and probably strongly influence the enemy of
another Fridav. the communioue I tensive, directed at Dresent against
said, whereas six or eight of the
1 54 raiders were claimed
Thurs-
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The Japanese infiltrations
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Price Control
Accord Nears
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23-iP)-
under me compromise price con-
trol bill the government could
prohibit any further price rises
ta .iouT m J 0 r farm products,
1 wha otcer agricultural products
wc" ".wvc tuf"1 -
uwore a ceuing couia dc an-
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ne iour wmcn couia oe peggea
. surrwn eveia axe ueei caiue.
veiU , wooi ana nee. wm-
expressed belief, however, that no
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producte ..until - prices go
Wgher since the wartime program
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caua ior increased proaucuon 01
meat, wool , and food and rising
Prices bring quickest results.
Such eroDf as cotton, wheat and
corn, could advance from 20 to I
10 ner cent above recent nnces
I before ceilings could be imposed.
Nazi Air Ace Killed
LONDON. Saturday, Jan. 24-P)
The German radio reported to
night that Helmuth Wagner, Ger
man air ace, had died in action.
He was credited with 47 victories
- jand was a holder of the knights'
I cross 01 me lrun cross.
River Highway Closed
roKTLAND, j jaiu . zpy-The
Columbia river highway was
closed Friday at Multnomah Falls,
30 miles east of here. Probable
length of : the closure was not
Igiven
Where Yank Airmen Rap Japs
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When the Jan-Thai forces tried to
(1) and Ragoon Friday with a cloud of huge bombers American and
British airmen knocked down 21 out of 60. r At Myawaddl (2) the
British claimed the advance had been stopped bnt another Nippon
drive is expected from Tavoy (3). To the south; In the straits of
Malacca, allied warships are reported pounding at Jap forces which
are pushing their way toward
Yank, British Airmen
Bag 21 Nippon Planes
Third of Rangoon Raiders Blasted From
Burma Skies in Short Fight ; Former US
Navy Pilot Shoots Down Five Pest Flee
RANGOON, Burma, Jan. 23-P)-Amercan and British fight
er pilots, veterans all, knocked
over the Rangoon area Friday,
pirations to strike a crippling
their operations in the South
Burma panhandle.
The surviving raiders turned
tail and fled and their utter rout,
it was believed here, would
the picturesque port of Moulmein,
but which is intended ultimately
to gain this terminus of the Bur
ma road.
It was considered timely that
the superb air defense here
against greatest odds occurred
while the British in the pan
handle were falling back from
the mountains to within 28 miles
of Moulmein before a large
mixed force of Japanese and
Thai invaders.
There were two main battles
over Rangoon Friday. In the first
I seven Japanese nlanes were
downed; in the second, 14 crashed,
I One American pilot, back in ac-
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Prisoner's
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Wliat have the numerous KAF bombing raids on the axis-held North African port' of Tripoli done?
. This picture, which British sources say was taken from a German, prisoner, gives tome Idea. Smashed
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Dfeath
tSMu
follow np 'their push on Moulmeln
Singapore (5).
down 21 of 60 Japanese raiders
putting a crimp in Japanese as
blow from the rear in support of
Salem Youth
May Be Held
By Nippon
Name of Kenneth C Boley, pri
vate first class, who was on Wake
Island when it was attacked, has
not appeared on the marine cas
ualty list,; according to a letter
received by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Boley, 537 South
23rd street, from the marine corps
headquarters.
Pvt. Boley, who was radio
operator Ion the Island, is prob
ably a Japanese prisoner, the let
ter said, 'advising that the depart
ment of state is making every ef
fort to obtain information on the
location and welfare of prisoners
of war. a .
Picture of Tripoli Damage
Menahy;
Wavell Lauds
US Stand in
fMacArthur Reports ;
I Invaders Attacking
J With ireat Losses
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23
(AP) A reign of terror in
Japanese-occupied sections of
the Philippines was indicated
Friday night by a war depart
ment communique which told
of the establishment of death
penalties for trivialities such
as questioning the worth of
the Jap army's special "invasion
currency."
General Douglas Mac Arthur, in
command of American and Fili
pino forces, reported to the de
partment that the commanding
Japanese general, Masaharu Hom
ma, had signed a proclamation
warning the civilian population
that capital punishment would
follow this and a list of other
presumed offenses.
Failure to obey Japanese orders
was one of them.- Others were
hiding food and clothing to pre
vent commandeering 1y the "Japs,
rebellion, spying, sabotage, loot
ing, polluting drinking water,
stealing arms, or "any other acts
against the interests of Japanese
forces."
I Earlier reports from MacAr
thur had told of a continued
Series of Japanese attacks upon
the American-Filipino defense
line. All assaults, he said, were
repulsed with heavy losses to
the enemy.
: The Japs came to the Philip
pines with currency already
printed for forced circulation in
the island. Filipinos are com
pelled to accept it in exchange
fi&r goods, or services or for the
usual currency of the Philippines
government, backed by gold and
the credit of the United States.
f It was made a capital of
fense, MacArthur said, to re
fuse to accept this bogus cur
rency or to hinder "Its free
Circulation by slanderous state
ments.' '
t MacArthur's report was not
the first indication that he is re
gularly receiving Information
from the Japanese-occupied sec
tions and from behind the enemy
Unes. It is considered probable
here that the general, Who evi
dently overlooks nothing, has a
well organized intelligence ser
vice. f The army's earlier an
nouncement concerning the
fighting Ltnon quoted Mae
Arthur as saying that the Jap
anese, heavily reinforced, were .
attacking without regard U
casualties la an effort to over
whelm his fighting men by
sheer weight of numbers,
i The army said, too, that Gen
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