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Nomiaiulie Hit
Hole Cut in Hull as
Vessel Lists; Navy -Plans
Quick Repair
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juries suffered when be Jumped
from' deck te the pier.
At least 110 persons were hos
pitalized and about the same
number treated for less serious
Hum anH inlnrioa Kl rif the in
Jured were of the navy. They
were taken tc the navy hospital.
Fear was expressed in first re
ports of the fire that 200 men
were trapped deep in the vessel
but Andrews said after an in
spection trip of the smoJced
scarred interior that no bodies
were "found.
Following a 6urvey of the ves
sel, the admiral said "there Is
nothing to indicate sabotage.
Tons of water from every
available piece of land and sea
going Manhattan fire equip
ment were thrown into the
trey-clad monster, from which
huse billows of midnight black
smoke rose high Into a brilliant
winter sky to be seen and won
dered at by thousands for miles
around.
Disaster units from every New
York city hospital many of them
only recently set up to cope with
possible air raids were organ
ized at the liner's 50th street pier
to care for the injured.
The fire reached five-alarm
proportions after its discovery at
11:30 a. m. (PWT) and flames still
were eating through - what once
were richly appointed salons at
S p. m. All of the exquisite French
furnishings and objects d'arts had
been removed since the United
States took over the ship last De
cember 12.
While the liner appeared to have
a slight list to port, the result of
the quantities of water which had
been poured into her, Lieut
Comdr. Lester S. Scott, head of
the navy bureau of repairs, ex
pressed belief the ship was not
entirely lost
A strong wind swept the
river's edge as firemen fought
In 33-degree weather. Fire boats
had some difficulty reaching
the uppermost parts of the ship's
blazing superstructure and the
dense smoke at times obscured
the whole 1029-foot length of
thm Normandle from shore
watchers.
Most of the 1500 civilian work
men, 400 -sailors and 300 cpast
guardsmen aboard were able to
scramble to safety down gang
planks and ladders, some of" which
were hastily rigged to accommo
date them. A warning sounded
through the ship's loud speaker
system enabled 20 welders work
ing on boilers at the bottom of
the vessel to reach safety.
Tied up at its French line pier
since a few days after France
entered the war on September 3,
1939, the giant Normandie has
been a fixture of the New York
scene, viewed by thousands
dally from the elevated high
way which skirts her mooring
place.
Mayor Mulls
Solon Race
Mayor W. W. Chadwick ad
mitted Monday night that he is
seriously considering seeking re
publican nomination as candidate
for a state legislative post at the
May primaries.
Completing his second term as
mayor of Salem Chadwick said
he had not decided whether to
run for a third- term or for the
legislative position. At least one
committee has urged that he en
ter the race for a place in the
uwuse wi representatives.
Hard By Blaze
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the ri0::?pLae'a capital city. Manila, had fallen te the Japanese. In-
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The luxury liner Norftiandie, recently renamed Lafayette, lies a
charred hulk at a New York pier following a disastrous fire which
destroyed the upper decks and ate deep Into its interior. Latest re
ports indicate the hull will be used as a basis for rebuilding. (See
story on page one.)
Optimism for Valley Future
Expressed at Realty Banquet
(Continued from Page 1)
Newman of the Portland board,
K. A. Bennett of Eugene, Charles
Vroman of Astoria, Jess Barton of
Coos county, Fred Hutchcroft of
McMinnville, E. F. Chilcott of
Klamath Falls. W. G. Hardy, Sa
lem board president presided.
During the afternoon preced
ing the banquet, the directors of
the state association met here,
presided over by Holbrook.
Principal business was the
setting of the 1942 conference
for Klamath Falls, probably
August 6, 7, and 8. A special
train Is planned to run through
the valley and take realtors to
the meeting.
The entire state was represented
at the session, and directors re
ported acceleration of the real es
tate market, especially in the farm
field.
Holbrook said Officers found, on
a tour of southern Oregon cities
recently, a great stimulus in ac
tivity and advised realtors to keep
House Survey
At Monmouth
Asked by DHA
MONMOUTH Federal Division
of Defense Housing has ordered
the Monmouth city housing com
mittee to list every house, apart
ment and room in or adjacent to
the city, whether rented or va
cant They are to report to the
Home Registration Division of
Defense Housing, Washington,
DC, so the division may lend such
assistance in the way of building
materials or finances as may be
necessary to provide adequate
dwelling accommodations for
cantonment construction workers,
it is believed.
A mass meeting has been called
for tonight in Campbell hall audi
torium on the Oregon College of
Education campus, so that resi
dents of Monmouth and vicinity
may cooperate with the city hous
ing committee, headed by C. F.
Gillette.
A recheck Monday, disclosed
that at least 10 vacant houses are
available, In addition to many
apartments and sleeping rooms.
f
Thn
Swept by Blaze
pace with the government by pro
moting orderly zoning to care for
increased populations. He stated
Klamath ?alls, Ashland, Medford,
Grants Pass and Roseburg boards
joined the state association in en
tirety. Chinese Chief
Visits India
Will Discuss Problem
Of Burma Defense in
British Consultation
(Continued from Page 1)
ers banded in the fight against
the axis.
In the words of one observer,
"It disposes once for all of the
nasi propaganda which has
been hinting at an entirely
non-existent discord between
China and her allies." -The
Chinese commander's
counsel manifestly will be of
great value1 to the other allied
military leaders and the cordial
atmosphere is taken to mean
that China and India will hold
nothing back in efforts toward
victory.
Funeral Held
For Polk Man
DALLAS Funeral services for
Arthur R. Hartman, 48, who died
at his home here last Friday, were
held Sunday in the Presbyterian
church under the direction of
Henkle and Ballman. Interment
was in the Dallas cemetery.
Mr. Hartman was born in Ana
cortes, Wash., on January 4, 1894.
He resided in Portland and Tilla
mook before coming to Dallas inJ
1923, where he has been employed
by the Willamett Valley lumber
company. He was a member of
the Dallas City school board until
his illness in September prevent
ed further duty.
He was a member of the Royal
Arch Masons, Hodson Council of
Salem: Jennings lodge number
nine, and the Salem Lions club.
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.Berlin where If was published.' A
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OSEGON STATESMAN. Salem,
British, Japs
Battle It Out
Invaders Met With
Counter-Attacks
At Singapore
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purpose , and were sheltered first
by powerful artillery fire and la
tter, upon the approach of day
light, by dive bombers which beat
back the British lines In some
sectors and cleared the way for
an enemy infiltration eastward
toward the heart of the island,
i MaJ. Gen. Henry Gordon Ben
nett, commanding the Australian
forces standing at the head of the
British line, loosed a strong
counter-offensive and declared
late in the day: "The situation is
well in hand."
He was less reassuring, how
ever, in adding only that it was
hoped to "recover as much as
possible of the lost terrain.'
While Monday's British com
munique was silent as to the
specific Japanese advances or
iginally accomplished, Tokyo
itself claimed that the Tengah
airdrome below the head of
Kranji estuary and Just 10 miles
above Singapore city bad fall
en; that the already Immobilized
British naval base was under
attack and that the forward
British line In the northwest of
the Island was being assaulted
from the rear.
The Germans in a propaganda
agency dispatch from Tokyo
claimed that a movement of en
velopment had been formed by
landings made on northeast Sing
apore, from Palau Ubin island
in the Johore strait in conjunc
tion with those from the north
west No stranger struggle had ever
been known in the history of
warfare. While bomb and artil
lery blasts- added a red, incon
gruously modern note, much of
the action in the western island
was a kind of creeping death pro
ceeding without pattern or plan
the action of individual men
reaching out for each other's
throats in the utter darkness of
the mangrove swamps.
In the whole Pacific, Singa
pore thus was the one area of
crisis. Its fall, while In no
sense Imminent, appeared en
tirely possible, and with it a
tremendous loss in the allied
position.
On Luzon, the war depart
ment's morning communique re
ported. General Douglas MacAr
thur's infantry and artillery again
scored heartening victories.
A number of concealed enemy
batteries which had been bom
barding the American Manila bay
fortifications were smashed by
American fire, and in heavy in
fantry fighting on Bataan penin
sula all enemy assaults were
thrown back. Again it appeared
that MacArthur bad delayed the
enemy's anticipated grand attack.
On the Banna front the Brlt
I s h command reported no
change on the Salween river
front and It appeared that the
Japanese had been indefinitely
stalled there a hundred miles
short of their major objective
at Rangoon, the head of the
Burma supply road to China,
by British troops and Chinese
and Indian reinforcements.
All the available Information,
in fact supported a cautious al
lied optimism as to the Burmese
theatre, and the day brought as
well confirmation that the score
of Japanese raiding, planes shot
down over Rangoon by American
volunteer fliers had reached 101.
No. 101, it deTl'.oped, had
been shot down b: Robert Kee
ton of Colorado, former US na
val flier, on Feb. I, although he
bad not been certain of it at
the time.
In the Dutch East Indies the
principal development was a Jap
anese air raid upon Batavia, the
capital of the key island Java, in
which damage to grounded Dutch
aircraft was acknowledged. The
defense, however, appeared to
have been effective, for at least
copy wai made by LendoVianil
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Oman. Tuesday Morning. February 10. 1942 ;
one and possibly two of the six
to eight raiders were shot down.
As to land fighting, the Dutch
conceded that Japanese troops
beating southward from occupied
Balikpapan in eastern Borneo
were I "apparently planning to
reachSBandjermasin,''which if
occupied could serve as a strong
base for the expected eventual
all-out attempt to invade Java
itself. -
On the Russian front a gen
eral advance was reported from
the Leningrad front In the
nortli where soviet reoccupa
tion'of St additional towns was
reported to the Ukraine la the
south.
In this latter area, the Moscow
radio declared, the Russians were
overrunning town after town in
a push that was strongly aided
by American-built planes but
handicapped by mine fields thick
ly 1 a I d by the retreating nazis.
Russian sappers were reported to
have pulled up 2600 anti-tank
mines on a single sector.
Still further to the south the
soviet command in the besieged
Crimean naval base of Sevasto
pol sent out word that a total of
40,000 Germans had fallen dn
their long and vain effort to seize
that seat of 'soviet sea power.
As to the central front Mon
day's ; Russian advices told of
the recapture of 18 more towns
between Moscow and Smo
lensk. Reports from Stockholm
were to the effect that the
northern nasi anchor of Rxhev,
130 miles northwest of Moscow,
had been breached by soviet
forces which had occupied the
town's eastern suburbs.
The day brought a significant
but still not wholly explained stir
involving American - Vichy
French relations.
The US state department dis
closed r without elaboration that
certain information of great urg
ency had been received from the
Vichy government.
US Ambassador Leahy called
on Marshal Petain in the after
noon for his first conference since
Feb. 2, and it was assumed In
some quarters that ho went to
Petain in connection with- Brit
ish statements that Vichy had al
lowed reinforcements for the axis
Libyan armies to move through
French territory.
City Liaison
Group Named
By Chadwick
Frank Earnest freight lino
manager and King Bins of Sa
lem's Cherrians was Monday
named chairman of the city's new
liaison committee, recommended
at the most recent meeting of the
city council.
The eemmittee, outlined by
-Um wann aa a thr .mn b
terprise, has Earnest as It busi
ness representative, Mayor W.
W. Chadwick said Monday. Al
derman Tom Armstrong, who as
airport chairman represented
the dty as host to air corps men
here last summer, was named as
councilman member. Tom Hill,
vice-chairman of the United
Hospitality association, was ap
pointed to the committee as
representative of that organiza
tion. As a liaison organization be
tween the city and army units
coming Into or through Salem, the
committee already is facing prob
lems of needed campsites, mem
bers said Monday. Not lack of
space but lack of accommodations
for comfortable living i noted,
they said.
Officials Ask
Housing Plan
In Camp Area
Designation of a defense area
in the mid-Willamette valley so
that cities affected by the estab
lishment of a cantonment In Polk
and Benton counties would be eli
gible for benefits under the de
fense housing plan -has been asked
by Gov. Charles A. Sprague, May
or W. W. Chadwick and the Salem
chamber of commerce, it was re
vealed here Monday.
- From offices of all three, air
mail letters have been directed
te Charles F. Palmer, defense
housing coordinator.) Priority
ratings tn obtaining J necessary
building materials are particu
larly needed, Chadwkk's mes
sage declares, pointing out that
"Wo hare plenty of capital and
a number of people tn the city
who would like te construct the
needed housing. If thls'can be
dene there will be no necessity
of temporary housing here.
Cities of Albany, Corvallis, In
dependence, Monmouth ! and Sa
lem would be included in a de
fense area recommended by the
governor. At the same time the
governor wrote Major General
Jay L. Benedict commander of
the Ninth Corps area recommend
ing that Josephine as well as
Jackson county be designated a
defense area for the Medford
cantonment..
In Salenv . representatives of at
least two firms or syndicates said
Monday that they were interested
Lin building to meet housing needs
if they could secure the right to
purchase .materials. r-.-.....
To Better
Misery of
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Tablet
Km Drops
Ceagk Drops
' Try Ku-Iiy-Ttm Woa4rfal
New War Time
Puzzles Some
Failure to Remember
Clock Change Results
In Funny Incidents
(Continued from Page 1)
morning. The question was wheth
er to pay men on the 12 midnight
to 8 a. m. shift for seven or eight
hours. They reported on standard
time, left by war time to make
way for the morning shift
At Idaho Falls, Idaho, a school
bus driver passed up two chil
dren waiting along a rural road.
Called to account he said "it
was so dark I couldnt see
them."
Some would-be safe cracker at
Houston, Tex, forgot to change
his scheduled. A laundry owner
came down on new time to open
for business. He found the knob
knocked off the safe and fresh
tracks leading from the door, evi
dence that he had disturbed the
cracksman by the early showup.
A Stillwater, Okla., vicar was
puzzled Sunday morning when
no one appeared for what he
thought was 8 o'clock commun
ion service. His wife explained
to him that the clock change
wasn't due until Sunday night;
he had set it ahead on Satur
day night
Grays Harbor, Wash, loggers
found it too dark to start work
at the usual 8 a. m. and did not
enter the woods until 9 o'clock.
Officials said the starting time of
some mill workers, such as tally
men, might have to be changed
until spring time.
QueUe's PUC
Hearing Is
Completed
Hearing of the complaint of F.
H. Chatas, proprietor of the Quelle
restaurant here, for cancellation
of the common carrier permit of
Pacific Truck Express came to a
sudden close before the state utili
ties commissioner Monday when
the defendant waived testimony.
The truck line will rely for its de
fense on briefs to be submitted.
Chatas testified that his place
of business has been picketed for
several months, despite that he
has had no labor trouble with
his' employes, and the Pacific Ex
press has refused to deliver mer
chandise consigned to his ad
dress.
Authority to
Talk Tonight
On Lincoln
"Lincoln during the winter of
1860 and 1861" is to be the subject
of Judge Wallace McCamant of
Portland when he addresses Mar
ion county republicans at their
Lincoln day program meeting to
night at the Marion hotel. The
program opens at 8 o'clock.
A Lincoln enthusiast whose
hobby has given him an unusual
background of knowledge of the
Civil war president the speak
er comes to Salem as guest of
the Marion county republican
central committee. However,
the meeting is open without
charge to the interested public,
Mrs. R. L. Wright committee
chairman, emphasized Monday
night
Soloist for the occasion is to be
Mrs. Gordon McGilchrist with
Mrs. Ted Gordon as accompanist
Cutting ices at the informal re
ception which follows the pro
gram, and which is also open to
the public, are to be Mrs. Charles
A. Sprague, Mrs. Earl Snell and
Mrs. Leslie Scott
Working Hours
Of PO Employes
May Be Boosted
Lengthening the work week of
postal employes from 40 to 44 or
48 hours is being considered as an
emergency measure, Postmaster H.
R. Crawford reported Monday on
his return from a postmasters'
conference at Seattle.
The problem of manpower has
hit some postoffices along with
private businesses, Crawford said.
Extension of hours to meet the
shortage was reported as im
pending by postal department of
ficials from Washington.
Due mainly to illnesses, Salem's
postal delivery service was cur
tailed for a short time last month.
The carriers are all back at work
now, Crawford said.
Probe Tire Violations
PORTLAND, Feb. .-(ff)-In-
vesiigation ox tire rationing viola
tions in Oregon was started Mon
day by inspectors for the office
ox price administration. i
Rectal Soreness
Get Relief New Easy Way
Sit tn Comfort
Dont scbct to&r iwr taokca (pots
raand wrtif . Fr jlrm Br as Ha&ia t
iniWetioa. A quick UpcnUbi nllmr
ractel irni faTTa It nwUtaUBriaw
aothhir km of comfort poa nafct.
forma protectiac film orr or area, kctpa
Mtroy rnfeetioog gam aid Hatara baai
raw, Wokra teaaa. No oil M iih
to atataelothmg. Sold bomt hack aw
aataa. x UiM Modcra reUcf todaruk tar
PROLAnr.lON RECTAL
Fred Moycr ;
Druz Section
Readers Note
Early Flood
Date Error
What happened yesterday on
the weather front no longer ap
pears in dally newspapers pub
llshedidertVolttntary censor
ship regulations, but a flood .81
years age Is itm Interesting
reading, a Statesman reporter
discovered when she mistaken
ly mentioned that inundation aa
having occurred :ibt 1MB.? -
The great flood of., the Wil
lamette river vhich washed
away most ef the buildings 1
lngi north of the mouth ef Mill
creek and west ef Front street
was "an event of the winter of
1861 and 1862. and a number of
The Statesman's readers recall
It ' 4;
The error In the flood ref
erence which occurred in s
Sunday feature page article has
brought to the now-apologetle
writer several telephone calls.
Civil Defense
Office Flayed
House Plans Probe
Of 'Boondoggling' in
Appropriation Okeh
(Continued from Page 1)
If dollar-a-vear men are con
sidered patriotic, she asked, why
is not - Douglas, whom she de
scribed as an emert in his field.
given the same consideration?
Hep. Houston (D-Kas) asked
Mrs. Norton if it was not a fact
that Douelas had civ en ud a
8200,000 Job to come here. She
replied It was.
The day also brought a vir
tual challenge at her press con
ference by Mrs. Soosevelt as
sistant director of the OCD, thai
the congressional critics give
her "the courtesy; of appearing
and discussing" the matter.
But Taber. referring in debate
to Nero's fiddling while Rome
burned, contended that if anvono
wanted congress "to provide for
fiddling, or for another WPA
writer's project or theater project
or arts project he should go be
fore the military affairs commit
tee and ask for that kind of a
bill." Off the floor, he said that
Mrs. Roosevelt could take such
action and that "the move is up
to her."
Rep. Woodram (D-Va) told
the house that its entire dis
cussion seemed "a rather gra
tuitous fling at one of the of
ficials of the OCD which I dont
think is a very nice thine- te da."
It was Woodrum. as rankintr
majority member of the appro
priations committee; who Dledced
that a thorough Inquiry would be
maae snortly into the OCD's ac
tivities, acknowledging that "they
look frivolous to me and not in
keeping with the serious business
or defense." The committee chair
man, Rep. Cannon: (D-Mo. also
promised the inquiry.
Death Takes
Albany Man
ALBANY Following a linger
ing illness, Charles B. Wise. A7 .
resident of Albany for the past
29 years, died at the family home
Saturday. Funeral services by the
Fisher Funeral home, have not
been completed, but interment
will take place ins the Palmyra
cemetery near Dixon. 111., the for
mer home of the deceased.
Mr. Wise was born July 15,
1854, at Belleville. Pa. He made
his home at Woosung, Illinois, for
many years, and it was there that
he married Sarah M. Richard
February 9, 1882. They came to
Albany in 1913, aid Mrs. Wise
died in this city on December 24,
1827. Surviving is ne daughter,
Miss Neva Wise.
fORCET about the
cold, gray dawn when
you go to bed; nights!
Get ud in a house that
is wtrm. and comfortable.
oil-heat with the knowledge
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279 North Commercial Phone 4141
Billions Asked
For' Armv Work
Appoints Aflm. Land
Maritime Czar and
Signs Navy Measure
: ' (Continued from page 1)
In coastwise, intercoastal and in
land transportation.':
Only one restraint was placed
upon him. ; The presidenfl order
directed that when deciding which
cargoes should be brought to this
country I from overseas, land
should be guided by ' priority
schedules turned over to him by
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the
war production board. '
- Alone with .the army ap
propriations, President Roose
velt asked conrress for $1,502,
009,000 In cash for the maritime
commission and requested that
it be authorized to make con
tract obligations totaling f 2,
350,000,000 additional.
The commission's plans call for
construction of about 850 ships
aggregating 8,000,000 tons this
year with the pace stepped up to
10,000,000 tons next year.
For military reasons, only the
most general terms were used in
telling how the requested army
appropriations would be spent
Among the items were $13,
252,200,000 for "ordnance ser
vice and supplies," $3,01L512,
000 for the office of the secre
tary of war for use In "expedit
ing production," $3491,168300
for the Quartermaster corps for
army subsistence and supplies,
and $L349,000,000 for the signal
corps. ; .
The $28,495,265,474 naval ap-
propriation includes funds for
about 25,000 airplanes as well as
for . additions, of undisclosed
strength, to the surface fleet
Funeral Slated
Wednesday for
Aged Linn Man
ALBANY Funeral services for
Thomas Judson Risley, 76, who
died at the family home in North
Albany; Saturday following a
paralytic stroke, will be held from
the Albany Baptist church Wed
nesday at 2 o'clock. Rev. Edzar
B. Luther will preach the funeral
sermon. Burial will be In River
side cemetery., '
Born in Wabash. IU on De
cember 24, 1865, Thomas Rislej
moved with his Darents tn Kn'
when he was six months of age
Ten years later, in 1875, the fam
ily moved to Oregon, During the
68 years Risley had made his
home here, he had lived on a
part of. the old home place of his
parents. For some 25 years he
taught school and after retiring
from that work had farmed. He
was a member of the Bantist
church.
On December 10. 1898. he mar
ried Maggie L. Havden at Alsea.
She survives, as do a daughter.
Mrs. Earl Tobey of route 4, Al
bany, and a son. Havden L. Ris
ley, of Alberta, Canada. He is also
survived by three brothers, W. D.
of Alsea, Paul J. of Palouse,
Wash., and Arthur of Corvallis;
one sister, Mrs. Mason Thompson
of Pendleton; six grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
Women Skill
Survey Set
(Continued from Page 1)
in defense industries, Mary An
derson, director of the women's
bureau of the department of labor,
predicted Monday.
She addressed volunteer work
ers of the state board of mobiliza
tion of women who will begin a
house-to-house canvass next Mon
day to determine the wartime
skills of Oregon women. All
women over 18 will be registered.
Enjoy the luxury of automatic
that fuel bills are lower thin ever
before. Come in and1 well
show you the new H. C.
. Little "Cottage- Unit with
Forced-Air Fan. Burns cheap
Diesel oil; easily installed
in basement or closet; em
ploys warm air ducts to every
part of your house. Auto
matic, thermostatic controls
; And a new low price!
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