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Centennial N , ..From Jmob Lee to. 1842 te Carl ' Knopf In 1S42 Wil lamette university begins Sunday . the celebration of 106 yein in Salem, the west's oldest college. ' ...fib Good -Idea? , ; FEANKFOBT, Ky, Jan. v 30(AApproTal of the Ken- ; . tacky legislature was sourht Friday to permit up to S59 men in two state prisons to serve In the US army FOUNDDC KHiETY-rmST YEAB Salem, Oregon Scrturday Morning, January 311942 Price 3c; Newtstande 5c -- seven -.signs Price (L Hits Farm Sections Of Bill Warns Inflation Battle Not Won; Good Otherwise WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 ( AP) President Roosevelt signed the price control bill Friday; but warned that its provisions on agricultural prices w e r e inadequate to prevent an inflationary in crease in living costs. -"Nothing could better serve the purposes of our enemies than that we should become the victims of inflation," the chief executive said in a formal Statement which also asserted that the enactment of the bill did not mean that "the battle against in flation has been won." On the whole. Mr. Roosevelt found the measure good, however In view of the half year of con gressional controversy that , prer ceded its passage, he felt it was the best bill that could be had, and therefore affixed his signa ure. The bill gives Leon Henderson, the price administrator, authority to fix maximum rents and maxi mum prices for a long list of com modities and articles used by ci vilians or needed for the war ef fort The basis of these maxima would be the price structure of early October,- 1841, or the rent level xl the period since April 1, 1941. ! - - Exceptions irtf provided' for farm and fishery' prices. xNo (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) British Save Troops From Libya Rout CAIRO, Jan. 30-JP)-The major part of the British forces covering Bengasi were reported Friday night to have been withtdrawn safely from the area of that axis occupied port after a "fierce rear guard action against Field Mar shal Gen. Erwin Rommel's sus tained and powerful counter' thrust along' the road of his previ cus retreat. , v The great majority of the - supply dumps established by the British eighth army after the city was taken on Christmas eve were blown up and such har bor works as had been repaired were again destroyed. The rear-guard action was left to the seventh infantry brigade, . and it was considered possible that some of these men had not been extricated before the Germans got astride the main coastal road north of Bengasi. s (In London, however, it was re ported that all had been saved, and it was suggested some men might have been removed by sea.) Rom roel's recapture of Bengasi, some 180 miles back from the farthest point of his initial retreat, was accomplished by 'two columns which struck in greatly , superior force, the imperial British com mand announced during the day in Cairo. Mealtime For the AEF in Ireland Camp United States doughboys, reputedly the best-fed soldiers In the World, of the second American expedi tionary force greet the call to - radio from London to New York, USO Planning Rolling Halls Of Recreation - " - .-. ! - -SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. SO (-&ecreation halls on wheels eon will be rolling- up and down the Pacific coast to en tertain Isolated army and navy posts in California, Oregon and Washington, the United Service Organisations announced Friday, Each unit will be equipped with motion picture projector, screen and films. Portable desks and writing materials will be available for; letter-writing. Kitchen and dining equipment will make coffee and sandwiches available, A public address sys tem and library of records will offer music and books and maga sines will be supplied readers. Hitler Blames Cold Weather t . Says Winter Not Russ Halted Drive; Lauds Nippon for Attack BERLIN, (from German broad casts) an. 30-(P)-Addlf Hitler acknowledged to his people Fri day that he could not promise an end t o the war this year but de clared that Japan's surprise at tack upon the United States "has greatly relieved our situation." Speaking for the first time since his declaration of war upon the United States, Hitler blamed the LONDON, Jan. 3HP)-The Daily Mail reported Friday night in a dispatch from Madrid that Adolf-Hitler had recalled all active divisions from France, Belgium and Holland to build np a reservo. array for the Nazi spring " campaign Their places4 in the occupied zones have been taken over by garrison divisions of men over 40 and boys from IS to 18, the newsaper said. weather instead of the Russians for nazi reverses on the eastern front and promised 1942- "will again be a year of great victories, "Countries which have noth ing are now united," he said. We shall see who wins this war those who have nothing to lose and everything to win or those who have everything to lose and nothing to gain. "I do not know if the war will end this year, but one thing I do know: Wherever the enemy will come up against us he will be beaten." e Hitler congratulated Japan for the "way she followed our ex ample and struck first" and added that "now Britain and the United States will need convoys on all oceans and they will see what our U-boats may achieve." He declared Germany's num ber of submarines have been enor mously increased and would be a big factor in the world-wide con flict f Not the red army but 45-de-gree frost forced the German army to abandon the offensive on the eastern front, he assert ed, claiming German lines now have been stabilised.. - - I: He dismissed the gains of the Russian counter-offensive as "ad vances of a few kilometers at some places, made! at a cost of great amounts of materials and lives." "But in a few weeks," he went on, "winter will break in the south and the ice will melt and (Turn to Page 2, CoL 0) V eat with gusto at a northern Ireland camp.. - This photo was sent by wired to Chicago and airmailed KuPlan laos Sim 7VT j Fall i ins i ear Stalin Program Pointed to Oust Enemy Off Soil MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (AP) In firm possession of the rail way gate to both the Ukraine granary and the Donets coal basin, the red army was re ported officially Friday night to have outflanked, out knifed and encircled the Ger man enemy in scores of sec tors on a master Stalin plan of throwing the Germans from every acre of Russian soil in 1942. 'Huge German forces were in danger of entrapment in the cen ter, north and south of the active f r o n t. Prong-like soviet drives were aimed at many objectives, catching the nazis between the forks and leaving them the choice of being destroyed, captured retreating with such speed th they lose much valued equipment In trying to pursue the latter course, tne uermans mei swui charges behind their lines by skilled Siberian ski troops which interrupted the best -laid nazl plans. Tonight's communique said numerous additional populated (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Raid Warning Given Okeh Main Whistle to De installed at Heating Plant; Others Ready Coincidence of an air raid whistle test and arrival over Sa lem of four airplanes caused many citizens Tuesday afternoon to wonder if "this is the real thing, an air raid." It was not. v Tested twice, the huge whis tle, formerly mounted on a steamship, was declared satis f aetorf and disconnected front a boUer at the Valley Packing company preparatory to per manent installation at the state's central heating plant at 12th and Ferry streets. It Is. It inches in diameter and 36 inch es long. Another steamer whistle, set up at the paper mill, is to be changed to the siren or mocking Dim type, simuar io me one lesi- ZJsjz0 live uuici, tiiuxuvi wuuua vi utc came tmc. constructed at the A. B. McLauchlan company ma- chine shop on Portland road, are to be located at the packing plant, the Miles linen mill, the state hospital, the City Ice works and. the fifth, at the Cherry City bak- ery. i j The smaller steam whistles have a range of two to three miles. The larger ono tested Tuesday was heard in the bust ness district and at the state tuberculosis hospital. Five of the ten special sirens ordered to blanket south Salem with warning signals have been shipped from an eastern supplier,' Alderman L. F. LeGarie reported. to The Statesman, OLT II. r To jo Ordered: Roosevelt battels America For Aid in Health Fight Expresses Gratitude) Over Radio to 12,000 Parties Held in Honor of 60th Birthday Anniversary; MacArthur's Message Told WASHINGTON, Jan. 3li.-(P-President Roosevelt told thou sands celebrating his 60th birthday anniversary Friday night that the fact that America could look after the health of its people while engaged in the grim business of war meant that the Urulecl FDR Guest Four-year-old Gerry King (above) had lunch with President Roose velt Friday as part of the presi dent's 60th birthday celebration. Here Gerry, at his heme in New York city, holds the boat; model he gave the president. : TJ I CKrkl 1 11111 UCIIUUI i . . t . t r A Honored 1 1 Si JV tjrranfife Fifteen members of the1 Salem high school chapter of the Future Farmers of America were honored at a dinner at the Swegle school Friday night by Salem grange in cooperation with other subordin I ate granges in Marion, and Polk counties. The dinner was in rec- ognition of their being named one of the four best of the 800p;chap- ters In the United States a a con vention in Kansas City last year. Theodore G. Nelson, master of the Salem grange, had charge of the program. Jens S. Svinth, Sajem high school agriculture instructor, Introduced members of the FFA chapter. One of the group, Loren Welderkir, gave a resume of the chapter's activ ities during last year f ; Each of the 20 granges repre sented, gave the boys certificates of recognition. i i Elmer McQure, state grange deputy, presented a 25-year mem bership certificate to Mrs; J. J. McDonald, member- of the Salem grange. ; -: .... , .: - ' Entertainment, in charge ox Fred C. Klaus, Salem i grange lecturer, included a vocal solo, by Miss Myrtle Meier, a talk by Miss Fat McClure, on work of the young grangers of Oregon, and a group of songs by the men's chorus of the Dairy Co operative V association, ' led. by G. C" Poe of Portland. Supreme Court Judge James T. Brand- was the main speaker. He spoke on the subject: of fWorld Conditions" and told of the to talitarian system of .. training children. -, Ecuador Raps Axi - QUITO, Ecuador, Jan. : StHD Ecuador Friday formally broke off i diplomatic relations with Ger- 'many, Italy and Japan., - v ?- - V - asMiii apore$ my States definitely expected to win through to a sound peace. Speaking by radio from the White House to about 12,000 par ties held throughout the country to raise funds for combatting in fantile paralysis, the president said he had been authorized by the trustees of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis to make a special announce ment that county chapters may use part of this year's funds to give special assistance to the chil dren of soldiers, sailors and ma rines who may fall victim to the disease. "That win be good news," ho ; said, "and a well deserved boon to the fathers who are servinc their flag on land and on sea in many parts of the world, and to the mothers who have been 1 left, at home to do their brave jpart to carry on." MiV " Roosevelt delivered v his forjtenerous" dbha tions to the drive after an inti mate ; birthday dinner with a group of close friends at the White House. He had been made additionally happy, he said, by the fact that parties and celebrations were be ing held not only in this country but m many sister American re publics, For the president, the address climaxed a day of hard work on war duties amid a constant stream of arriving greetings from crowned heads and just plain people, from the far corners of the earth and from American ci i: . , ues ana namiets. une message was a salute from Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his men In the "fox holes" of Batan. The president found great sig nilicance in the fact that this year's campaign for funds to help crippled children had been car ried out despite the world con flict "Even In time of war these nations, which still hold to the old Ideals of Christianity and democracy, arc carrying on services to humanity which have ' little or no relationship to torpedoes or guns or bombs," he said. "That means very definitely that we have an abiding faith in the future a definite expec tancy thai we are going to win through to a peace which will bring with It continuing- prog ress and substantial success In our efforts for the security and not for the destruction of hu manity." under , the enemy's kind of government, he said, there was (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) New Officers Appointed to Stater Posts S. B. ."Sam- Gillette will head I the purchasing division of the state board of control under Roy H. Mills, who was named Fridav as secretary . succeeding Dan J. Fry, Gov. Sprague announced. Gillette, has served in the board Offices for many. years. Mills is to retain his responsi bilities as business manager., of state Institutions. The position of state budget director, for which Mills was selected earlier In the week before Fry announced his resignation to enter private busi ness, may not be filled for . two or three weeks,, the governor in dicated. Thursday's Weather Forecasts withheld and tem perature data delayed by army request. Elver Friday, feet. Max. temp. Thursday, S3, mln. loser Menace Base Prepared for Final Battle , Invaders Push Within 18 Mile of Gty as British Give Way SINGAPORE, Jan. 30.-ff- The Japanese invaders smashed down to within 18 to 20 miles of Singapore on both the British left and center Friday night and this great, menaced base went under military curfew. Only on the east Malayan coast, where fighting was in conclusive along the Sedili riv er about 45 miles above this is land, had the enemy been checked. The afternoon communique of the imperial command thus told a story of grave British reversals: "In the center there Is contact with the enemy about Kulai (18 miles above the mile-wide Johore strait separating Singapore island from the mainland), and heavy fighting took place Friday in the Sedenak area (eight miles to the norths: vi-.. .' '-"!' "''? "In the western sector of the front some fighting has taken place in the Pontian Besar area (20 miles from Hojore strait) Enemy air activity has been considerable against our forward (Turn to Page 2, CoL'4) 1942 County Ballot Long Numerous Offices to Be Filled; Official Announcements Lag Under ordinary circumstances an on year insoiar as county elections might be considered, the 1942 primary and general elec tion ballots in Marion county will be lengthened by coinci dence. Offices of both county Judge and recorder, filled at the last general election, vacated by death last year and refilled by appointment, come up for elec tion this year. While neither County Judge Grant Murphy nor Recorder Herman Lanke has officially announced bis candidacy, friends of both have indicated that in all likelihood both mer win run. Murphy, early in his officer holding career consistently shied away from making ' definite statement but was frank in de claring he would not hesitate to seek the office should: it appear to be seeking him. This, court house watchmen declared Friday, (Turn to Page 2, CoL S) Knudsen (Eiirfew Mief WCUam fi. Knudsen (left), former director general ef the office . fense, took the oath as a lieutenant-general at .Washington, DC, from Jodge auvocw ff' cn'. C. Cramer (center). Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson right) witnessed tho cewmony nuosen ' new Job is production chief for the war department. ..; : ; ... r ' . - . . 7.' .- " Worries Japs; : ) 'i: '- ) - f V " v a If-:'- GEN.: DOUGLAS MACARTHUR Luzon Leader ores MacArthur's Troops Laugh at Surrender Plea of Invaders WAJSHINGTON, Jan. 30r) Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported to the war" department Friday that he had simply ignored a Japa nese f demand for his surrender and said his Filipino troops had only laughed at Jap appeals that they lay down their arms. His message was transmitted while his battered but determined defending forces braced them selves to repel another in the long series of full : scale enemy on slaughts. While the invaders pre- Dared to resume the offensive there was a luU in the fighting. one demand for capltuuuon, said the seneral, was printed on leaflets dropped by Japanese aviators as early as January It, More recently, he added, ; the Japs had resumed dropping: the pamphlets, this time with a mes sage for the Filipino soldiers printed on the reverse side. The appeal, expressing a desire to "avoid further annihilation of your dear lives," was filled ; with typically amusing Japanese schoolboy examples of mutilated English. "This message," MacArthur said, "has occasioned much mirth among- the Filipino sol diers who are continuing their resistance with loyalty, cour age and resolution," he said. The original leaflet of Jan. 10 was addressed; to General MacAr thurf and read: "You are well aware that you are' doomed, i The end is near. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) 3 onuv Starts Meet BEND, Jan. 30-(ff)-Warnel that America is facing one of the most critical periods in history, dele gates to the fourth annual CIO Oregan state Industrial . union council' began their convention Friday with a display of patriot Ism. I - .Many wore badges Jjearing the slogan "Remember Pearl Harbor." Union officials reiterated j that Oregon workers have pledged to do their part in the nation's war production effort Jap 1211 yreg Sworn Lieutenant General Big Valley Base May Be Near Corvallis Hears Bids for First Unit Called Word that construction' of the Polk-Benton cow ties army cantonment waa about to get under way waa heard in Corvallis Friday, backed by the report that contractors were to submit bids next Wednesday f or , an administration building , and that 60,000,000 board feet of lumber was soon to be purchased for the big project. The administ ration building, described as a two-story frame structure is to be completed by early March. It is to be located in northern Benton coun ty approximate site men tioned last fall as the prob able area In which post ac tivities might center. k In Corvallis, the Gazette Times reported that both the Southern Pacific raiK road and the West Side Pa-, cific highways were to be relocatedVadjerection of barracks started as soon at possible. , . Details as to the prob able size and cost of the cantonment, published in war department press bul letins last summer and fall, are being withheld at this time at the request of army authorities. They have in dicated that no additional official statements are to be issued. .PORTLAND, Jan. SMVTho Pacific Coast Lnmber Direst said Friday the government would purchase 150,600,001 board feet of lumber from west- era mills next week for new army constractlon. The cantonment af Corrallia will get M.OOO.OOe feet of the lumber purchased and a small amount will go for the canton- . ment at Medford, said C. C. Crow, publisher. The remain der, he said, would be used for construction of ordnance plants in California, Colorado, South Dakota and Arisona, and for airports In Washington and South Dakota. f - Crow said he expected about tot western lumbermen would submit bids at a meeting start ing here Tuesday which would (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) of production ' " " ' s' --'