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r PAGE TWO Two Walkouts Defense Strike Pact Ignored in Midwest By Union Workmen (Continued from Page 1) slow down which cut production by half in the sorting and shipping department of the Carnegie-Illin ois tin mill at Gary; Ind. Com pany officials said that 1900 had to be laid off while 80 workers dawdled at thir jobs to enforce demands for wage increases which were not made public. An agreement to end the slow' down was made Wednesday by the CIO steel workers organizing com' mittee on the understanding that the company would consider the grievance further after normal production was resumed. A welders' walkout, which cast a shadow over production in Paget Sound shipyards, dwindled to minor proportions. ' few welders were absent from Seattle plants while the AFL Boilermakers' union said the welders continued to clear through the union for work at the Tacoma yard of the Seat-tle-Tacoma Shipbuilding cor poration and that about 500 had cleared by noon and reported for work. Enough welders were on hand to keep production moving on sched ule and more were being added at each shift, the shipbuilding company said. The walkout, which began last Friday, was in protest against the inability of welders to obtain recognition from the American Federation of Labor. US Retailers Have Biggest Year in 1941 . WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-(5)-The nation's retail stores recorded the biggest business in their his tory last year as a backdrop for the lean days of rationing and other war time restrictions that are ahead. The commerce department es timated Wednesday that the cor ner drug stores, the department stores, the filling stations and all the other retail outlets did $53, 800,000,000 worth of business in 1941 "the highest level of retail trade in history." The total was 17 per cent more than ,1940, and 11 per cent more than 1929, year ' of the previous record. It was more than twice as' much as 1933, the depression low. Evacuation of Honolulu Set If Necessary HONOLULU, Feb. 4-VPlans for the evacuation of all women and children from Honolulu's greatest danger area in the event of an attempted landing by the enemy were outlined Wednesday by Lieut Gen. Delos C. Emmons, military governor of Hawaii. All families were asked to pro vide themselves immediately with a kit containing a four-day sup ply of non-perishable foodstuffs. General Emmons suggested that the kit also should contain two blankets, waterproof garments, warm clothing, gas masks, and miscellaneous articles such as a can opener, soap, towels, and flashlights. Women and children must be prepared to flee toward the hills or valleys within the hour they receive notice, the order said. They will travel by private auto mobiles. Five Burn to Death in Jail SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. l-(JP) Incendiarism was blamed by Fire Marshal Earl Newton for the blaze which burned five prisoners to death Wednesday In the cork lined cells of the city jail. Ten other prisoners required hospital .ization. Newton said six of the surviv ors related from their hospital beds that Thomas Kelly, 24, air craft worker from Texas, ha d threatened to "burn the jail down. . WU Registration 555; Lower-Than Last Year Registration at Willamette unl versity rose to 555 Wednesday, as compared with 846 on the third day of ' the v -second semester Itttt 1940-41, according " to Registrar Walter Erickson. ; : The freshman class of 259 stu dents Is the largest since 1938s record Influx of rooks -and the . fourth largest in Willamette rec ords, -v.-- : . t Turks Nab Axis Ring ISTANBUL Turkey. Feb. m-Two more ; arrests; .bringing tha total to ,15, -were reported Wednesday lS' Turkish cleanup . cf a German-dominated Arab es Dionaze ring operating from. Tur key Into' Syria, Iraq, Iran and Slow Plants Palestine. When Stalin Speaks Russian Soldiers Roar Their Loyal Approval Premier 0f Russia, Josef V. Stalin (left), delivering his address in Moscow on the twenty-fourth anniversary of tho Bolshevik revolution. 1 Schools Keep On Saturday County Head Reveals Program to Aid in Harvesting Crops (Continued from Page 1) extraordinary, and be glad that we have an opportunity to teach in such a practical way active participation in democratic gov ernment." Rural districts face varying conditions and some will have no problem of early harvests, the county superintendent pointed out Where such is the case, districts are not encouraged to take drastic steps. Fruit growers in the area surrounding Salem are grateful to Superintendent Frank. Bennett for his promise to make available a day at a time older pupils in the city schools should emergency de mand, she said. Were the Oregon legislature to meet in special session this j year, Mrs. Booth said she was confident It would add to the section under discussion an emergency provision such as that which is a part of the Washington statute. In parts of Washington, she said, "school keeps on Saturday because there is an emergency." Districts operating schools un der the six-day plan, the county superintendent explained, have attempted to determine reasons for the law and to act with those in mind. No child from a family whose sabbath is observed Satur day is required .or even asked to attend school that day, and the step was not taken before par ents of such children had been interviewed so that they would understand no slight to their re ligion was intended. Teachers, accustomed to the two-day weekend which per mitted them occasionally to visit their homes outside the district where they teach, have willingly ag.eed to remain on duty for the sixth day, she said. An attempt to regulate school recreational facilities and to ob serve carefully physical condi tions is not the outgrowth of the six-day plan but it makes it workable with less likelihood of harm to children involved, she explained. Board members of the districts operating under the system have attempted to work their communi ties out of a dilemma and are to be congratulated, Mrs. Booth said. St. Louis Man Buried Monday ST. LOUIS Funeral services were held here Monday for Jo seph Welter, 68, a resident of St Louis for several years. He is survived by two daugh ters, Bessie Seegmiller and Julia Welter, and one son, Milton, Mil- waukie. He was buried in the St. Louis Catholic cemetery next to his wife. Pallbearers were: Alex and Bay Survivor '. - ' :-.. - - - " PaoMpaoc Torrents of war swirl about her, but little Janet, daughter of Ur. and Mrs. IX. Johnson of London, sleeps, aa only a little girl can. Survivor of torpedoed liner Lodf Hawfcnct, is photographed aboard liner Como WhTeh rescued her, upon arrival at San Juan, Puerto Rico. little Janet and seventr others were saved, Tv hundred ana fty lives vers losV X yy-ymVm t Nut Growers Faced by Burlap Sack Shortage LEBANON, Feb. 4. -()-Nut growers were threatened Wed nesday with a shortage of burlap sacks. The usual sack supply was ex pected to be curtailed and no sub stitute for burlap has been found, they said. However, no shortage of cans for processed nuts was an ticipated since the plant here comes under the provisions of the cannery trade. 1 Defenses of Coast Said Increasing WASHINGTON, Feb. Me niere is no justification for un due alarm among people of the far west regarding defense, mem bers of a house-senate committee on coast defense, declared Wed nesday after a conference with army, navy and air corps officers. Defenses on the west coast are being strengthened constantly, the committeemen were told. Senator Holman (R-Ore) was named chairman of the commit tee. , Women Only Invited to Army Dance Female dancing partners for the soldiers will be the only civilian guests at a dance in the Salem armory Friday night, 8:30 to 11:30, United Hospitality association of ficials said Wednesday. Women of 18 years of age or older are invited. The public may look on from the balcony. Approximately 250 men from units stationed in and near Sa lem are expected to attend. Music will be provided by a military orchestra. Britain War Production Chief Named (Continued from Page 1) from the first a likely choice for the appointment. Already minister of supply, he had laid the groundwork for his new job on missions to which he had been sent in Washington and Moscow. The absence of Sir Stafford Crlpps from the resulting re alignment within the cabinet, however, occasioned some sur prise. There had been indications that Sir Stafford, former British am bassador to Moscow, was in line for an important assignment John Manning, Harold and James Leith. oi Sub Attack Tn OREGON STATESMAN. Satan, I J Men of the Soviet armed forces cheered in the anniversary procession. State Survey Seen as Test Inventory of Women's Skills Here Basis of Nationwide Canvass (Continued from page 1) of arrangements for the can vass, with Mrs. Anna Morgan, woman placement worker with the employment office, as sec retary. Salem co-chairman for the surrey are Mrs. Erie But ler and Mrs. Kay Toeom. Four hundred red women are to survey in Salem work on the alone, it was announced this week, and at least as many more are in process of organization for the task to be carried on throughout other parts of the county, WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Up)-A plan for compulsory registration of women for wartime work, if inai step becomes necessary be- cause of a long-tune drain upon the nation s labor supply, was dis- closed Wednesday by a spokesman I for the war production board. In voicing the possibility that the United States may have to foUow Britain's lead in that di rection, Miss Thelma McKelvey of the board's labor division said, however, that such action was "at least a year away." She told a special house com mittee studying defense migration and the problems of mustering all avaiiahie mrvu,r fnr th. wr effort that the need for compul- sory registration of the feminine forces had not yet been felt, "nor a need foreseen in the immediate future." She added: "But we are engaged in an all-out war in which all civil ians, men and women alike, have important roles. We can not predict the limits of our fu ture needs and the only wise course is to prepare for every eventnalitv." Miss McKelvey said that the labor division was studying Brit ain's experience in registering women, "hoping to profit by their successes and avoid their mis takes." Before she discussed the pos 14 a AAmnnlaAM spa m 4 . tion, Miss McKelvey said that volnntarv reristration was be- lag planned of women "willing to accept work or training for work, not only In the actual manafactore of goods for use by the armed forces, but in rals mg and processing foodstuffs and in maintenance of essential civilian service necessary to the war effort Chinese Meet Reverses CHUNGKING, Feb. 5.-(Thurs- day)-Jt)-C h i n e s e army head- auarten Wednesday acknowled- ged reverses In Kwangtung pro - rW.'..l. 1L 1 .4 claimed successes in Kiangsi, next nrAvinM northward Assisted by reinforcements, the Japanese recaptured P o k 1 o, 75 miles east of Canton m Kwang- rung province, and also started to converge on Waichow, 40 miles north of Hongkong, from three directions, a communique said. Meanwhile several thousand Japanese troops based at Nan- chang, ; principal city of Kiangsi province, started southward and were thrust back after suffering several hundred casualties, the Chinese said. Well-Known Australian Fight Promoter Dies NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-(ff)-Hugh D. Mcintosh, 65, Australian pro moter who. made and lost half a dozen fortunes in as many differ ent enterprises, died Wednesday in a London hospital after an op eration, according to word receiv ed here. having staged the world's heavy- wiffhti rftamnLfflshra rrl flant between Tommy Bums and Jacklgattons irom tne anuam sports - Johnson at Sydney, Australia, on unrisxmas a y, i uo, uununu used the 1185.000 he cleared that deal to enter the theatrical business. Japanese iiaia lutngooni san franosco, , Feb. 4-gp) RANGOON1, Burma, Thursday, Feb. : $-JP)-Jpnesc bombers! cohsultmg r engineer, " Wednesday raided! Rangoon 'twice before I assumed his new post as. regional dawn today. Explosions shook; the I director of the nriorities field j eastern and - northern sections umb uifj, u "v ucuuu u. uie re OrgW Thursday Morning, February 5, 1942 as they paraded before Stalin Steelhammer Declares Speaker Candidacy John Steelhammer, Salem, now serving his second term as a mem ber of the lower house of the leg islature from Marion county, is an avowed candidate for speaker, provided he is reelected, he de clared here Wednesday. Among other persons mention ed for. speaker of the house is Eu gene Marsh, republican, of Mc Minnville. Escape Told TVfWiTIPl I3! llCnBlUCU On Luzon NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-(P)-First news of how some American cor resoondents escaped from Manila .head of the JaDanese and of how they are living in the field with Gen. MacArthur's forces anoears in this week's issue of Time mag- azine. ti.-. nM:nAnn( in vUm r,Pnhlr r-nnrtMi that he and Mrs. Jacoby and Clark Lee of the Associated Press fled In a small island freighter New Year's eve as the Manila docks went up in flames. The other AP men, R. P. Cronin, chief of the Manila bureau, and Russell Brines, were captured. Other correspondents, including Frank Hewlett of the United Press, and Nat Floyd, New York Times, escaped by automobile, speng over Dnui wmu. wc dynamited minutes later. On the Batan battlefield, the khaki-clad reporters live with the troops, visiting the front freely but taking no part in the actual fighting. Jacoby reported the first cas ualty among the correspondents was Franz Weisblatt of the United Press, who was wounded and panhired when he was cut oil I wim an army unii. 1 lroirga MlQliriPfl xiiTV jl xMAi To Aid Home I Tvr IViriGi "A VFJJ. W Preliminary organization lor the Louise Home drive in Salem was developed Wednesday night in a meeting of representatives from about 35 civic groups. Dr. Gussie A. Niles is local chairman for the campaign to raise funds . -l T 11 1 I tor tne nome i ruiu. wayward girls. Officers ehosen were airs. C. A. Sprague, secretary; Guy Hickok, treasurer; W. IS. Han son, solicitations chairman; E. Thomas, speakers, and Dr. Myrtle Douglas, publicity. r. Mary Jewell Ladd of Portland, member of the home's staff and state organizer, explained the 1 work. Other speakers were Rev. I n ft TT..i.L! H s rat4nii4 F. Lobdell, Mrs. V. A. Douglas Tir R TV Tjjnffhlin The campaign, to be conducted I through organizations am ested persons, will I March. The goal is $ Nimrods Hold Annual Parley More than 400 men and women of the mid-valley region gathered at St. Joseph's auditorium for the annual banquet of the Salem Hunters and Anglers club Wednes day" night , The value of the steelhead as a game fish, .Its life cycle and habits served as theme for the principal address of the evening by Clarence Faatske, chief bi ologist of the Washington state run eAmmisaion. Guests of the club were Gov. State Ban sneu ana memoers oi I the,' state game commission. Dele - men's club at Albany, tne Port- i uuiu jiuuku www onland Portland Xzaak Walton j league attended the session. AaaiiniM Nptf Pnfif James B, Harvey, San , Francisco of ( service in the Pacific- coast area,' - 1 me ouice v. ouu unuioge lllteKsr begiiy in early; J300 hereV Anzacs Return I To Singap ore Men Cut off in Malaya Fighting Find Way to Join Singapore Units (Continued from Page 1) We went on and came out on a road about two miles from the battle area, but a British officer told us e bridge at Sulong, cut tured the ting us off from the main party. "Then we set oat for Hata Pahat, not knowing then that It was In Jap hands. We were about to cross. the river when another chap rushed up a a d said there was a trap at the other side. We withdrew, and after wandering about seeking aa avenue of escape oar cap tain, who had done a magnifi cent Job la keeping us togeth er, decided that we would be better off if we split Into groups of five or six men. "It was then about six days after the battle had started. My mate and I then 'decided to ven ture for ourselves.. We went up stream, making for Ayer Hi tarn, which a Malay said was about 18 miles away. We found an eight foot skiff and rigged a sail for it and sailed down the river at night, passing Jap-occupied Batu Pahat at about 12:30 ajn. "We got out to sea and on the second night pulled into a fisher- man's pile hut on the water's I edge. At dawn we were startled 1 to see a heavily armored Jap j Sloop or destroyer lying south of us with about six or eight boats of about 150 tons. They seemed I w oe puiung iroops ana supplies i . MA A I asnore. ooon aner wey movea soum so we set out again ana, i uuruig uie uaj, came on anower skiff with four Aussies in it. 'These chaps said they had drifted past transport activity during the night. On the fourth day we pulled Into two small villages and Malays, who took as for Japs, threatened us with knives. Soon after, sounds of fire made us pull out to sea again and we were fired on soon after. We drifted on feel ing pretty done in and one night got ashore at a lonely hut "When we finally made contact with the main body the troops gave us food and a bath, and after a good rest we reported in to headquarters. All the Chinese we met in our long wanderings were wonderful In their actions to us. All our chaps owe them a great deal." Music HA11 Stage Gets New Drapes Latest addition to the new mu sic hall at Willamette university, stage curtains from an anony mous donof, was announced Wednesday by Dean Melvin H. I Geist, who said hall furnishings I were were now nearly complete. The gift of the heavy velvet drapes, colored rich red, was made through Mu Phi Epsllon, national music sorority of which the donor Is a patroness. They were purchased from a local firm and are hung In the hall's auditorium. Geist said the room will be the scene Friday from 2 to 3 pm. of a concert on the Carnegie set for I nrM,.Hn, aa I "' "C public is invited. Prof. Maurice Brennen and Clara Eness are ar ranging programs. New window shades and dorr- knobs have finally been installed lly been installed following delays. Four of five new desks arrived early this week and are in use. Ex-Convict SlirPPIinppc I V11UC1 O Ben William Blackman, alias Benson Blackman, parole violator from California Si lice here late WeesaT afT- noon and surrendered hiLelf to em. He was nlaeed in M-ri Hr 4;t ..... - " w urivm or tne us uuirsnai, ior ne acumtted theft of $350 in Railway Express travel er's checks and $40 from a pas- j" n 40 mterstate - Blackman, 31, is on parole from a three-year sentence for issuing fictitious checks in California and has served time in San CWt,h prison and Oregon penitentiary He confessed to kavi.. J checks "out" in Portland. Earthworm FTi.- n: HILLSDALE, Mich-Feb. 4 -a v pxwessor wno concluded aft-Ilwo ugs arter damaging slightly, 1 W naif century of research that! .Mvy vessel . . 1 nave no personality, xuesaay nignt ot a heart at- - .w uk "ur Condition Is "Fair" Condition of Pvt. Frank Mar. tinez, 115th cavalry, continued "fair" at Salem General hospital Wednesday night He , suffered head and bodv kiluries whm vA I motorcycle on which" he - was rid- i ins; couiaea wiua m irucx Tues- KtoDKiT CAMDEN, NX, Feb. 4-P) Thieves who stole some baggies la 1899 can breathe easier now their crimes have been forgotten. . The buggy thefts were listed among 206 old indictments quashed Wednesday in the Camden common; pleas court. Alien Ban Extended Salem Prohibited Area Outlined in Federal Orders on Coast- (Continued from Page 1) agency announced that it would tuvrvlse the removal of enemy aliens and their families from thA prohibited areas and their resettlement in agriculturar-Tre-vitma elsewhere. Administrator Paul V. McNutt appealed for con siderate treatment of them by the public. K The major restricted area ex tends from the California-Ore-gon border to 59 miles above Lh Anxeles. It differs from previously announced prohib ited" areas m that U win per mit Germans, Japanese and Italians ta rentals ta their names and work at their Jobs. The new regulations will be enforced largely through the cer- tificates of identification which --m v issued to enemy aliens in hc fc?ht states of the western defense command within the next few- weeks. Enemy aliens in those states must apply before Satur- midnight at first or second fing. or county seat postoillces - jor juch certificates, whicn will resemble passports and will bear the alien's Picture. IlngerprUKS, signature and full description. The prohibited areas in Oregon included: No. t The area surrounding the city water -supply standby pumping station in saiem, at Trade and Commercial streets. No. 3 The area . surrounding the reservoir and elevated steel tank in Salem, Rural and John streets: No. 4--Tlie area sur- EC osaacaaa v i ' -a, ait; oaa ,m aiu rounding the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph building at 740 State street, Salem. No. 6 The area in Salem bounded by Court, Front, State, and Fir streets. No. 7 The area In Albany, Ore., bounded by Water, Broad- albin. First and Ferry streets. Specified areas in Eugene, Roseburg, Marshfield, G r a n ts Pass, Medford, tJmatilla, Pendle ton and LaGrande. No. 28 The area within one mile of the armory on the Ore gon State college campus at Cor- vallis, Ore. No. 30 An area in the states of Washington and Oregon along the Columbia river above and below, the Bonneville dam and extending on each side of the river about one-half mile inland uiu etenoing oownsiream to a line drawn between Bridal Veil, ure, ana rrinaie, Wash-, and ex tending upstream to a line drawn between Farley, Ore, and Car- son. Wash. The justice department did not explain the fact that seven ambers were n Using from the areas, adding that it was actus- merely oa the recom mendations of the war depart ment and that additions ta the 1W of prohibited or restricted areas coald be expected from tune to time.; The numbering system for the areas ts the nny'a, not the Justice depart ment's. A -miI. rPl 1 KXtW -UVll Suspect Held State police iWednor turned over to .Washing ... v onicers Clyde C. LeVaDey 34 wh0 was arrested llZ Judith S. Walte P1 found Wednesday In I field near Tf T. . r m Picked up Vil ey Wai4g alonJ highway an? arreted "JS xney said he formerly served t;- I in the 0B!!xi! tvT I f- - j , . AMI ru, auio larrenv Anti-Sub Net SnasrsFerrv O c J SEATTLE. Feb. 4-flk-A I -ubmarine net in a Puiret P"6 anared a ferry boat Wed I nesday nisht for the 7 Wth navy district uoiuquanen reported. - 1 ton-bound from Seattl a w wuppewi, Bremer- I entangled. Tho naw .Tm?? r News Comes of DmiIi LAKE LABISH Besi 5S? teacher at Lake Labish, was call-' ed to San Francisco by the deatl of her mother. Mrs. Avald Bar nick is .teachinf until she retum- IbJnert n lOMrraf (mm US Ship Sunk OffMai Freighter Torpedoed By Sub la Fifteenth Atlantic Coast Loss (Continued from Page 1) American or allied vessel official, ly reported sunk off the Atlantic coast by Marauding U-boats since the United States entered the war. a sixteenth vessel, the tanker Ma lay, was attacked but escaped sinking. 1 -j V; --r Distress signals flashed from an emergency antenna rigged up by Radio Operator Robert S. Thorp, 41, of East Orange, NJ., after his regular equipment was wrecked brought aid to the survivors seven hours after they took to lifeboats, Captain' Koch said. The : first torpedo was fired without warning, the 44-year-old captain related. It touched off the explosion in the engine room, where the missing men, Beaumont Bar be, 19, ef Ant werp, Belgium, and Secondino Castro, 36, of Honduras, were stationed. Koch said they ap parently were killed Instantly. After tho explosion, the captain said he threw everything but the ship's papers overboard and took command of one of the lifeboats. "We had just pulled clear when the submarine from a range oi about 1,000 feet began to shell th vessel," he added. "We laid thers while the sub fired 15 shells. Four I missed but the other 11 made a I Wreck of her. It was Just 12:50, I almost an hour after the torpedo struck that she maneuvered into position on the, other side of our ship and launched another tor- l peao. I V just gat there and watched u all, hoping against hope that thev wouldn't shell u T ow mv thanks to whoever was in com- mand of that submarine that they waited to shell our boat until everyone had made a lifeboat. 1 - rhey gave us a break, that's all a man can ask." TV" 1?m. laVy J? UiailCe ' I ' . Bill Given Senate Okeh WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-6 Almost without debate the house passed and sped to the senate Wednesday in final form a $26,- 500,000,000 naval appropriation bill and an authorization for a $500,000,000 program of aid to China. The unprecedented naval bill. increa&d by about $6,000,000,000 in the senate, would provide 23, 354 naval planes this year and would increase to the staggering total of 100,000 the number of army and navy planes for which congress has appropriated in the last 19 months. - Hershey Asks Deferment of Apprentices WASHINGTON. Feb. Brigadier General Lewis B. Her shey, selective service director, advised local draft boards Wed nesday to consider deferment of apprentices who had served a year or more in trades essential to war production. "It is contrary to the policv and purpose of the selective serv ice system to deplete the man power of the country engaged in tne production of the implements ot war," Hershey said. "There fore, employers should have no hesitancy in continuing existing bona fide apprenticeship pro- gauu or m esiaoiismn? new ones." Federal Defense Bond Sales Rise in Oregon Z S rr?? i? Oregon leaped 1to $3,700,000 for December from a V' 7 "verae be' feLS1 defens! ' .uumusuon r e p o riea Wednesday. MOTHER - tfve YOUR child - ! ryland 5 eXBli CZTB CJtd When J mrmm mm mm At tba first sin ef a chest coU-Um QmatapW throata aait cbmU are rubbed, with Mostarola a product bronchial and eroupy ceugaa. MaiUrol gives sack wondarfal re tdts bwanssjt's MORE than aa ordi nary ssIts."' it helps break up local eongestioa. Einca Motterole U sed ea tho Quiato you may bo sure youro as. lwr3.u BESTprodaet made! S1 1 STRENGTHS Childrta's MiU cJ?JSiU,a abar and Extra btzeagtk far rrown-ops who prefer a stroBgor product. All drogstoros, r
