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EdlUri Net: Rica Yaltaer, The AuociateO Presa eorretsoBdeat who
went to morthera Ireland wltb th first AEF contlnff at af this war, laid the
miUwwk for this assignment fcy cYriag American army maaeuYers far
tkt last seTCTal months. . "
A native Pciuuylvanian, Tanner entered tna lervic at The Assoc la tea
Press at HarrUaurg In July, 113, UUr maved to the Philadelphia fcvrean and
was assigned to the Washington fenrean far the army maneuTeri asslgn
nent last May. ---:-...,(.-. :
Ha began his newspaper eareer wltb the' Trl.Stato Newt Bureau
PttUhnrgh and worked on the staff t the Pittsburgh Gaxette-Tlmes, the
- Ptttsnrgh Press and the Post Gazette. Be was born at Munhan, Pa. an
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- Asf. .14, IMS. Be to married.
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By RICE
WITH THE AEF IN NORTHERN IRELAND, Jan.
26. (AP) Several thousands of steel-helmeted' Yanks
"all pepped up and rarin' to go landed here safely
' Monday as the vanguard of United States troops dis
. patched to Europe in the second World war.
i Escorted safely by the US and British navies, their
"'commander Maj. Gen. Russell P. Hartle, 52, stepped
: ashore to the strains of The Star Spangled Banner"
and waves of cheers from those lining the docks.
. After the general came First Class Private Milburn
Henke, 22, of Hutchinson, Minn., whose German-born
fathers parting words were: "Give 'em hell."
Most of the huskies were from the midwest, lessoned regu
lars and drafted men. Women nurses also were In the convoy,
and the navy described the crossing as "a routine operation.
The -American troops marched down the gangplank, formed
ranks wider the stock-taking- rase of British. Irish, and American
officials.
Tour safe arrival marks a new star in the World war, and
a gloomy portent for Hitler.' said Sir Archibald Sinclair, British
- air minister, who welcomed them. :
. Tour welcome arrival here today reveals part of one treat
plan to smash: the dictator powers wherever they may be found.
"Its significance win not be lost on General Tojo."
General Hartle said: "It's a pleasure to be here."
There was no -flamboyant welcome. The secret apparently
was wen-kept, and the carious who had fathered on the docks
appeared to sense the evident grimnesa of the stiff -lipped dough
beys who came down the gangplank. ,
The Atlantic crossing- I made wife troops on a 20-year-old
hip was uneventful, broken only by well-disciplined deck drills
in case jef submarine attacks.
With mo was Harrison (Bob) Roberts,. Associated Press
photographer from New York, who also was assigned to this AEF.
The navy never lost a troopship, yon know," the old tars
- reassured soldiers making- their
apparent among- uc men wrong
XM Iran pors suaocsuy toomea w e tarn buss, mb wo
soldiers leaped to the rails. Few ragged cheers could be heard
from ashore, and also the Identical strains of "God Save the
Kmc" and -America" played by the loyal Ulster Rifles band.
As eur shin drew alonrsid the iiock this band switched to
v Sm.tltl RimiM Th
to land.; There were few waves of the hands, orders were snapped
and. the men landed in the gray chill without mnch fanfare. That
came later' when the town generally got word of the arrival.
.Besides Sir Archibald Sinclair, the welcoming- party included
xXJut, Gen. H. E. Franklyn, general officer commanding the Brii
- ish troops In northern Ireland, Maj. Gen. V. H. B. Majendl. gen-
era! officer commanding the North Ireland district, the Duke oi
alcTeorn, governor-general of northern Ireland, and Prime Mia-
-ttter-jojmaa.-iUMowsv-r
V Ton are impressive examples of Amerfttan military might."
Sir, Archibald told the troops who had drawn vp and sainted the
stars and stripes flying beside the nnlon Jack.
;. "Here perhaps yon will Join with s in withstanding assaults
by onr common enemy on this island. From here, assuredly,' yon
will sally forth with us to carry the war into his territory and
free the oppressed people of Europe. x
Ten have come thousands of miles across land and sea
to thesis islands not to so Joum among; strangers bat to find
yourselves among friends who are grateful for your presence,
and among comrades of the British fighting- services who know
the mettle of American soldiers ..."
Then the band crashed Into "Marching Through Georgia"
ns the American units wheeled and inarched through the city.
- The stars and stripes were flying out in front, and the alight
difference in nniforms -especiaUy the distinguishing ; gaiters
ttreasht townsmen swarming to the curbstones to watch the
Tanks. I
Windows flew up and Irish colleens hung oat to shout:
TO-yah, boysT
' The marching boys however seemed Intent on the usual army
question:
"Wheii do we eatf
Borne of the Irish people did
not at first realize American
troops were in their midst. It was
a dark, jcbUl day, and the Brit
ish sergeants who guided the
Americans to their canteen did
so with lanterns.
- The honor of carrying the na
tional land regimental colors
ashore went to Tech. Sgt James
M. Cartjwright, 22, a married
man, and Staff Sgt. Paul Sprin
ger, 27, also married, who has a
1-year-old son, "Dickie." ,
.Asked! about discipline in the
army camps at home, Springer
. : "Well some oi the boys may
have been playing around before
Dec. 7, but they've surely settled
down toi business pretty quick."
That'sj the way Her&ey the son
of a German immigrant,' also put
it . I ; - !
. He showed a postcard from
ftis father saying "give 'em hell,"
and said: i '
This is my first trip to Ea
' -rope and I dont expect to use
the ether half of my ticket nn
til thisi job's done then I can
get back to work in my father's
restaurant.1
There
did not appear to be
any Irish-born boys in the ranks,
but of
course . many claimed
blood relations with this island.
Among (these were Sgt Robert
XAgen, Donald Murphy, Sgt Rob
ert McDermott Corp. Thomas
Purcell,' Hubert Driscoll, and
Corp. William Fenley. '
First jLt John Patrick Meyers
said 'hiaf mother was from coun
ty Cork but that Meyers part
ig German.'
British - soldiers crowded
ground j the Americans when
ranks were broken. " j
-WThkt are the girls like
herefj the Americans immedi
ately nsked
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Sunday Weather -
Forecasts withheld and temper
ature data delayed by army re
quest River Monday, 2.7 feet
Max. tesip. Eun5ay, 37, rain., ij.
YAHNER
first sea trip. No uneasiness was
nou xum nmc
ns l1Mtlv awlil ihflp turn
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Highlights
AEF Jaunt
LONDON, Jan. 26-UrVThe
sudden United States war. depart
ment announcement that the US
army was in northern Ireland
Jolted British arrangements for
releasing the story for Wednes
day morning papers throughout
the world.
The British opened their eyes
wide with surprise when the
Washington flash came through
for immediate publication.
. Sweating and swearing censors
were snowed under with piles of
stories they thought ; they would
have two days to look over.
Bat it was joyful news for Eng
land.
DUBLIN, Jan. 2C(4VDablin
newspapers printed only the
official Washington statement
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Pen Prisoners Aid to Salem
Bond Purchases and Pledges
1 Prisoners in the state penitentiary here, counted in Salem's
census last year, were counted Monday in Salem's defense-bond
pledge campaign.
1 Warden George Alexander
salted away $10,900 in . defense
savings securities. ; !
The . city-wide : bond pledge
drive approached a close Mon
day night with captains of six
precincts reporting their areas
covered and those In 19 other '
precincts advising! : 3enerarf;
Joseph B, Felton that they
would finish their Jobs by to
night The 26th precinct, No.
IS la ' the business-industrial
district, may take s few more
days work, Felton said.
-Excellent progress in the rural
district campaign headed by Tred
NINETY-FIRST TEAS
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Sugar Is
In Salem As Stores
Impose Sale Limits
Ration Slated Next Month
By US May Be Cut Again;
Grocers Figuring Stocks
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26(AP) Price Adminis
trator Leon Henderson said Monday night that initial
sugar rations may be restricted to no more than three
quarters of a pound a person a week.
Sugar is available in most Sa
lon food stores today because
grocers cut their already self-
imposed rations In half, capital
city merchants declared Monday
night
Saturday's announcement in
Washington that rationing of
sugar would commence sometime
in February with approximately
50 pounds per year allowed each
individual came at the close of
the first week during which a
sugar shortage had been felt here,
wholesalers pointed out
Jobbers' rations." they
termed the Umlts.tions placed
open fcem last k. errlaln
ing that they had already been
ordered to hold sugar purchases
and sales to those of lftt, "an
average year." Most Salem- re
tailers have enough sugar to
last until February if they make
only small sales, wholesalers
believe.
Heaviest sugar sales of any
month in history may be tallied by
Salem retailers this month, some
grocers estimated. Nor, they de
clared, did they exclude from their
comparisons the summer months
when preserving of fruits boosts
heavily the purchasing of sugar.
Others declared that while cus
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Co-Op Board
Unchanged
Mt. Angel Creamery '
Presents New High
Record at Meeting
MT, ANGEL, Jan. 28. Mem
bera of the Mt Angel Cooperative
Creamery association at their an
nual membership meeting Mon
day, reelected their three direc
tors, Joe Bernt, Charles Bochsler
and R. J. Berning.
After the election, , the board
chose officers for the association.
R. J. Burton was reelected presi
dent for 1942, and Ed Oberlung
was elected vice-president Joe
Schmitt, Frank Aman and Albert
Bochsler were chosen as nomi
nating committee for the follow
ing year.
Patrons of the Mt Angel Co
operative were told at the an
nual meeting that the cream
ery had once again made an
all-high record daring the past
year, the total sales and Income
amounting to $1,694,475.50.
Butter manufactured in 1941
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announced that his wards had
Klaus,' associate county! defense
savings chairman, was progressing
satisfactorily, he announced.
Every income earning resident o:
the Sublimity school district has
signed pledge, Verny Scott cap
tain, reported. Kenneth Bayne,
Hazel Green district captain, was
the first rural leader to make i
final report to Klaus.
In order that no one may. be
overlooked, ' Felton announced
that persons missed . by pre
. cinct solicitors could sign bond
i J .(Turn to Page 2, CoL e)
Scored
Available
State May Get
War Industry
Governor PrtT
Development ; sf3yjp
Eccles New Task7,M
PORTLAND, Jan. 28-)-Oov.
Charles A. Sprague predicted
Monday that Donald M. Nelson's
appointment as War production
chief w o ul d , improve Oregon's
chances f getting numufacturing
plants and war contracts.
Steps are under way to secure
a zinc smelter and an alloy steel
plant for the state, the governor
told the Portland chamber of com
merce.. .. -'
He stressed the state's poten
tialities for major development
of pulp, rayon and plastic indus
tries because of vast timber re-'
sources. Abundant power pro
vides almost Tanllmited fields
for hydro-chemistry and hydro
metallurgy, the governor said.
David Eccles, the governor's ex
ecutive secretary, has been assign
ed- to full-time work to gain new
industries, cooperating with cham
bers of commerce and other or
ganizations. Eccles has already been serving
as Oregon representative on the
Pacific northwest industries com
mission, in connection with utili
zation of Bonneville power, and as
a member of the Pacific -northwest
regional planning commission. He
will leave Salem soon for Wash
ington, DC, to discuss Oregon in
dustrial problems with the state's
congressional delegation and with
federal production officials.
Gov. Sprague said Monday
Eccles' position "a state budget
director would :' be taken over
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Martin Sees
Tough Fight
With Nippon
Major General Charles H. Mar
tin, here from Portland Monday,
said he was not surprised at the
Roberts' commission report in
connection with the Pearl Harbor
inquiry. "I - ,
The Japs are conning,., and
tricky, General Martin de
clared, "as I learned while flfht
ing beside them in the Boxer
campaign in China. They are
fanatics and fanatics make good
soldiers." s
General Martin said the United
States has a "hell of a Job" on its
hands in the present war.
He paid high tribute to Gen
Douglas MacArthur, whom he
knows intimately "I regard Gen
eral MacArthur as one of the out
standing military men in the
world. Martin said.
me umica Tuiiruuicic j
Joins AP Wire Group
THE DALLES, Jan. 26-49?)
The Dalles Chronicle became an
Associated Press member Men
day. the 15th in Oregon.
The Chronicle is published by
Ben R. Litfin. K. L. Hicks is ed
itor, The newspaper . was estab
lished in 1C0O. ; -
POUNDS 17 1651
Scdeuu Oregon Tuesday Morning, January 27. 1942
Great Naval.
US Price
Bill Sent
To Senate
Long Debate in
House Precedes
Passage There
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2H)
After a three-hour attack by
republicans v and a few demo
crats the wartime price control
bill was approved finally by the
house Monday and sent to the
senate, where speedy action was
forecast
A powerful coalition led by
Rep. Wolcott (R-Mich) came
within 20 votes of sending the
controversial measure compro
mised between original senate and
house bills back to conference
with instructions to revise it The
coalition wanted to knock out a
system of business licenses de
signed to enforce price control and
alscv believed a board of review
should be set up to pass on price
ceilings that might be fixed.
But, after Democratic Leader
McCirmack of Massachusetts had
. ' .a. AUI .1 . 'A. . a- '3?
asseneo. uiai uiose ana our re
publican-sponsored object ions
were unnecessary or meaningless,
the house defeated Wolcott's at
tempts on a rollcall vote, 209 to
189. Then members went on to
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Pan Nations
Open Ports
Unite to Aid Shipping
Between Americas for
Hemispheric Defense
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 26-(ff)
Nations of the western hemisphere
declared the United States and its
American allies non-belligerents
Monday night and claimed as their
own peace aims those of the Unit
ed States as expressed in the At
lantic charter. .
The stand, taken by the politi
cal committee of the Pan Ameri
can conference, went further to
state that "special facilities may
be conceded to those countries
that in this emergency contribute,
in the judgment of earti govern
ment, to the defense interests of
this hemisphere."
This action and the earlier
unanimously adopted resolution
recommending- severance of re
lations with the axis prompted
US Undersecretary of State
Sumner Welles to declare Mon
day night that the conference
more than accomplished Its ob
jectives. The most far - reaching and
practical steps ever before agreed
upon by the American republics
have been taken for the preserva
tion of the defense and security of
the Americas," he said in a CBS
broadcast to the United States.
Besides the United States, the
republics of Central America and
the Caribbean are at war with the
axis. The resolution meant tha
warships of these countries could
use any ports of the western hem
isphere at will, rather than re
strict their stays of 24 hours.
Another resolution called for
an immediate meeting of the gen
eral staffs of American nations
to map a united defense of the two
continents.
The Americas took another
slap at the axis by approving
project recommending- the sup
pression of radio, telephone and
telegraph communications with
"aggressor" countries . and : ec
espied territories. This stand
. was aimed at . eliminating, nu
merous ' clandestine ' radio sta
tions which have poured oat
axis propaganda ' . -
The political committee, approv
ing the principles enunciated at
the historic ocean " meeting ' of
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister ; Churchill, adopted the
"charter of Rio De Janeiro" ex
pressing the adherence of all 2
republics.
Meets
MaMi8ar;!33 Ships Hit
US Forces in
Ireland Seen
As Spearhead
Troops May Lead New
Invasion of Europe;
British Morale Up
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26
(AP) Th expeditionary
force of several thousand
American soldiers who land
ed in northern Ireland Mon
day, may form a spearhead
of the ultimate assault upon
the inner stronghold of Hit-
eri8m.
Only .the- bare jmnounce-
mentof their ' safe arrival as
made by Secretary of War Stimson
in the official communique, which
named Major General Russell P.
Hartle as the-commander, but sev
eral considerations which may
have governed the dispatch of the
expedition arose inunofflcial
speculation.
Foremost was the fact that these
troops now can undergo final
training under actual wartime con
ditions and in close proximity to
the theatre where their services
may ultimately be required. Thus
they doubtless will be in the fore
front of American forces when the
time comes for an invasion of German-dominated
Europe.
Meanwhile, in addition to the
lift their presence gives to the
morale of the British and the
people of the occupied countries,
they will be available to garri
son northern Ireland against a
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Hirohito Hurt
Ot
By Argentine
News Photo
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 26
(AVThe Japanese ambassador
called on Under Secretary Mau
ricio Nabueo of the foreign of
fice Monday to protest that his
emperor had been affronted in
Sunday's Radical, a morning
newspaper.
The paper printed a composite
photograph of Hitler, Mussolini
and Hirohito with two heavy
black lines struck across them.
Nabueo's reply was not dis
closed.' Wind Damage
Than That of
Getting back to normal again following unusual weather
for the second time this month Salem learned Monday that
damage was not as great as that caused hy the recent ice storm
nor was the localized blackout
All residential electric power was restored within the city
by Monday, so far as could be
ascertained, said W. M. Hamilton,
division manager of Portland Gen
eral Electric company.
. Street" lights, however, will be
delayed again,' because tangled
wires shorted out some circuits as
well as blowing out nearly as
many Individual lamps as in the
previous storm. By Saturday night
all but 18 of the nearly 800 lamps
ruined before had been replaced,
only to be put out of commis
sion. -' -Both
57,000 volt lines to Port
land, which experienced trouble
during the' storm, were all right
again . Sunday. Some rural lines,
however, bad not been repaired
fully.
Price 3a Newsstands
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MacArthur
Calm, Sure
On Birthday
WITH THE US ARMY IN
LUZON, Jan. tS--Cen.
Douglas MacArthur, as always
a figure of supreme confidence,
spent his (2nd birthday anni
versary Monday working- on
Immediate battle problems and
future plans for an eventual
democratic victory.
Ho declined any special ob
servance; beyond accepting the
congratulations of officers and
The general always looks as
if lie has received the best pos
sible news, and his calm assur
ance sets an example for bis
His heavUy-br aided hat,
worn at a Jaunty angle, his
long brown cigarette holder,
brown Jacket and silk scarf are
well-known to troops on the
firing lines.
His birthday ' anniversary
coincided with the beginning of
the eighth week of war here
and the 20th day of the American-Filipino
stand on the Ba
tan front.
Russ Threaten
German Stand
Nazis in Crave Spot;
British Shoved Back
150 Miles in Libya
LONDON, Jan. 25-P-Dis-
patches from Russia indicated
Monday night that the blizzard
braving assault of the red army
northwest of Moscow is threaten
ing the nazi stand at Velikie Luki,
80 miles from the Latvian frontier,
and virtually has sealed the
doom of ;. the Germans in the
upper Volga town of Rzhev, 130
miles northwest of the soviet
capital
Highly placed Russians here
nald the recapture of Rxhev was
"expected at any minute.'' Also
expected soon was word of the
recapture of Orel, some Z0S
miles southwest of Moscow, and
possibly of Belgorod, 50 miles
north of Kharkov on the main
rail fine to Moscow.
The Russians claimed gains, too,
south of Moscow. A soviet com
munique said 16 more communi
ties were r won back under the red
flag and reported that in one sec
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Declared Less
Silver Thaw
as lasting,
; Power company employes!
were given Monday night off;
to get much-needed step, after
being on the Job every day for!
nearly three weeks. v ;i ;v ; 4
Worst damage to trees this time
was caused when a pine and
white fir in Wnison .park and.:
two whue firs in Marion square
were toppled by the wind. Ever
green trees, which suffered few
broken! branches "I from the Ice,
lost numerous small branches.
whipped away by the wind.
The extent of the damage was
attributed to ' the weakening of
the branches during' - the silver
thaw, augmented by the stress of
Doofn In Strait 0f
the wind Saturday night ;
No. 282
Strong Dutch
Forces Join
In Offensive
Australia and Malaya
Feel Weight of Hard
Hitting Nipponese
By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE
Associated Preaa War Editor
The greatest American vic
tory mt sea since Dewey sank
the Spanish fleet in Manila
bay 40-odd years ago still was
being extended late Monday
night, with the strong aid of
the Dutch allies,' against a
Japanese invading fleet la
the Macassar strait on the
water approaches to Java in
the Dutch East Indies.
Already, it was the greatest de
eat yet suffered in the Pacific
war by the Japanese enemy a
defeat more than over-balancing
his slow, continued progress down
the Malayan peninsula upon Singa
pore and the rising menace of his
incursions upon the outer islands
of Australia's defense chain and
it fell by coincidence on a day that
saw the arrival in the British isles
pf a second American expedition
ary force.
The still unfolding story of the
battle of Macassar which lies be-
ween Borneo and Celebes and
eads down to the head and center
Of the allied war effort and the site
of supreme allied headquarters on
Java disclosed that scores of
Japanese transports and warships
had been sunk or damaged ' by
strong and coordinated American
and Dutch naval action and that
uncounted thousands of enemy
troops had been flung to death in
the strait.
By late In tha day, at least
28 Japanese vessels were known
to have fallen victim to . this
heavy . and concentrated allied
fire and all the available Infor
mation had indicated in fact that
the number was no less than 12.
Then, the US navy announced
that in continuing action a Japa
nese aircraft carrier was tor
pedoed and believed, sunk by an
American submarine and that
heavy hits had been scored by
American forces on an -unstated
number of additional enemy de
stroyers and transports.
All the circumstances the
extraordinary size of the Japa
nese invasion train and the tre- .
mendons losses it already had
suffered clearly indicated that
this now broken maneuver was
the enemy's strongest single
thrust by sea since he leapt upon
the Philippines and Malaya.
So fierce was the action and so
brilliant the success of American
arms, supported by Dutch forces,
against the Japanese invasion con
voy that a navy communique late
in the day. said it was "still im
possible to estimate total damage
inflicted by our combat vessels''
but that the known results are
substantiay i
It also was not ascertained
whether the torpedoed aircraft
carrier went to he bottom but it
was "believed to have sunk," the
communique announced. Authori
ties here credited the Nipponese
last October with " eight aircraft
carriers built and two under con
struction, ranging from 7100 to
28,800 tons.' The largest one can
carry 50 to 60; planes biit.have
noncnal implement of 30. '
. The sinking of second BW-
ton enemy ship in Sbic bay ,
brought the count of Japanese
vessels ; definitely sank- by
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Victory
X,