I v.v -.-4 . Patriotic! ' JACKSONVILLE, Fll,, Feb..llH!PhClaude Brldger Watson, 47 Joined the navy when his ton was killed at . Pearl Harbor. Wednesday he Invested the 9500V war. In ' sorance In defense' bonds. You Pay v Income taxes wf3 be dee soon. If yen are in doubt about jour federal tax, ton so The Statesman editorial. POUNDDD I6S1 NINETY-FIRST YEAB Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning, February 12, 1942 Pries- So' Newsstcmda So No. 278 sing .Demand. go r : t lire On Ration List Now . Rubber Goods of All Types Feel New US Slash WASHINGTON, Feb.1 11 (AP) Picturing the rubber supply situation as "much blacker" than a month ago, the government Wednesday ordered the rubber content of tires and other products cur tailed sharply and announced that retreaded and recapped tires would be rationed. Officials laid the increas ing gravity of the rubber sit uation to additional military re quirements and the prospect of "very substantial increases" in these needs. In the first action of its kind, the war production board issued detailed specifications for 10 ma jor classes of rubber goods to save some 25,000 tons of crude rubber annually. The order provided for 15 per cent less rubber in automobile tires, only IVi ounces in bicycle tires instead of 17, and only half a pound of rubber in boots and overshoes. Administrator Leon Henderson said so little crude rubber was available for retreading that prob ably . no . motorists except those now eligible to buy new tires would be able to buy retreads or have their present tires recapped under the rationing to start Feb ruary 18. However, in case addi tioaak supplies of retreading . ma terial become ' tfBbiv aecond- (Turn to Page & Col. 8) Dutch Admiral Pacific Chief - Helfrich Takes Place Of Hart; Offensive Tactics Expected WASHINGTON, Feb. W-(1P) An admiral of the Royal Nether lands navy succeeded to the com mand of American' and other al lied sea forces defending the rich East Indies today. The shakeup in command was occasioned, it was officially an nbunced, by the heretofore un- revealed illness of Admiral Thorn as C. Hart, 64-year-old American, who requested to be relieved of his weighty duties as chief of the combined naval forces In the western Pacific. To the place he had held since January 17 the United Nations leadership elevated his second-in-command. Vice Admiral C. E. L. Helfrich. This 53-year-old native of the Indies thus becomes supreme director of al lied naval stratery In the face (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Five Months Needed to Right Liner i -I V i s 1 The designer of the eapsixed Normandie said that the fallen giant could be righted only by its own buoy ttr and estimated that that Job would take five months. "Men and machines aren't powerful enough,"; i Vladimir L Toupkevitca said. The Normandie will have to save Itself,", As the first step in salvag- i.r ih ffrf.ararred S&O.OOO.CQs liner that was the pride ef France, he said all openings and vents in ' the ship's upper part, now under watermust be repaired and the .compartments pumped free ef 'J water. Then he would pour COOS tons of water Into the double bottom and fill other lower compaxt- . gnents to help create buoyancy. Dutch Chit,. Succeeds Hart s , - - - t& Y: ': Ii f ifiYiHiniiiiiiii nil mi' n inMiiMMiii viiimuimmmmimm ' n The Dutch Vice-Admiral Helfrich (eentcr has been named by -and succeeded US Admiral Hart, it was announced Wednesday. Adm. Hart, reports indicate is seriously ill at the Java headquarters of the allied Pacific command. War Orders For State Seen Near Probability David Eccles Returns From Washington With Reports of Possible Proposals For Several Major Oregon Industries Definitely hopeful that Oregon industries may scon be re ceiving additional defense contracts, David Eccles, the governor's coordinator of war industries, returned to Salem from Washing ton, DC, Wednesday to report on his journey and to conduct a round of informative discussions with interested manufacturers. Contracts for wooden lifeboats, engines and projectiles are in the making and others may be antici pated soon, Eccles said. Eccles conf erred Oregon congressmen, maritime officials and heads of other departments dealing with the war program. "1 found the maritime officials interested in our situation," he reported. "Without committing themselves they indicated they would f o as far as possible in assisting Oregon and its indus tries." , Most effective approach for in dustrialists to keep their plants busy is to present specific con tract proposals, Eccles declared, He said he was unable to disclose the nature of several major pro posals already being formulated. Within the next few days Eccles expects to meet with a number of industrial leaders to assist in promoting a profitable program for the state. All sec tions of the state having indus trial facilities will be consider ed, he said. Loggers Draft New Plan PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 11-fciP) The Columbia Basin Loggers as sociation ' is drafting a new pro posal designed to end transporta tion strikes in Oregon lumber camps, the CIO International Woodworkers of America said Wednesday. V t Salem to Get Defense Aids .... . 4 Cas Masks, Marly Other Protective Articles Alloted, Says Chief Breakdown of federal allotments of fire protection, gas and other defense equipment, to Oregon cities of more than 10,00 popula tion, other than for the Portland metropolitan area which was an nounced Tuesday, was released by State Defense Coordinator Jer rold Owen here Wednesday.- Owen said the equipment probably would not be distribut ed within six months but be did net know whether cities of less than 10,009 population would receive equipment under the 1100,000,000 civilian defense ap propriation. Included in the firemen's allo cation are clothing, including hel mets, hip boots, coats, pants and gas masks. Block equipment units are fire-fighting units assigned to small areas and manned by aux iliary firemen. A summary of allotments for Salem 30,908 gas masks, 9 surgi cal equipment units, 24 stretch ers, 600 steel helmets, 900 gas proof capes, 120 firemen's cloth ing units, 9 pumper units, 455 block equipment units and 1800 arm bands. US Sends Troops To Venezuela To Aid Defence Of Islands off Guiana Coast WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (AP) The state department announced Wednesday night that the United States had sent a contingent of troops to Curacao and Aruba off Dutch Guiana to assist the Dutch armed forces in the de fense of those islands. . The United States forces: will operate under the general super vision of the governor of Curacao and will be withdrawn after the war. It is understood, the state de partment announced, that the Venezuelan and the Netherlands governments have reached an agreement for Venezuela to co operate in the defense. The department added that Venezuela had indicated its rhole hearted approval of the measures. The text of the state depart ment announcement follows: The United States govern ment, at the request of The Netherlands government, has sent a contingent of the United States army to Curacao and Arura to assist the Dutch armed forces la the defense of these islands and the oU ! re fineries thereon which are vital to the war effort of the United Nations and the defense of the western hemisphere. The United States forces; will operate under the general super vision i th governor of BTa cao and will be 'withdrawn upon the termination of the emergency. It is understood furthermore that the Venezuelan and the Netherlands governments have reached an agreement whereby the former will cooperate lr this defense measure in a manner similar to that agreed upon be tween the sovernments of Brazil and The Netherlands in the: case of Surinam. The government of Venezuela has indicated its wholehearted approval of these emergency measures. The governments of the Amer ican republics are being notified of the foregoing arrangements. Piano Loan , Wanted by UH A Chief "Do yen have a spare : pi ano?" That was the call issued Tuesday night by Dr. Henry E. Morris, president of the United Hospitality association, in ' be half of soldiers stationed at the fairgrounds here. The instrument Is needed both for the orchestra and for general recreation. Persons wishing to lean a piano for two to four months may call T. B. Torn Hill or Dr. Morris, who said the men bad promised good ' care. Picture postcards of Salem .for the soldiers to send 'the "folks back home are also needed. i Aiken Named et George W. Aiken, publisher of the Ontario Argus, is to succeed David Eccles aa state budget di rer'ajid. executive secretary to the . governor, ' Gov. .Charles, A. Sprague .'announced Wednesday. He win take over the-dual posi tion on March L , - '.. I ., - Eccles was recently . appointed as coordinator of war production for the state. . . ' I Aiken, former mayor of Ontario, la a republicarv 7 ti?r Salem Offices to Qose For Lincoln Birthfiay StateTunty 'and elty efflcea In Salem, 'with the exception ef those charged with keeping the ; "peace, are ' closed today m en . servanee of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. ;- Only government agency open for regular business, .witlt. the exception l f ' emergency and police units, fa the poctoffiee. 'Banks,' too' are dosed. ti -c Buds 'Fall of Matter &f MQursiluvw Entry; Dutch Preparefar Bataan Awaits Renewed Drive By Japanese MacArthur Tells Air Battle Details Over Defending Forces WASHINGTON, Feb. -IP) Awaiting a renewed offensive by the heavily reinforced Jap anese, General Douglas Mac Arthur Wednesday reported to the war department -th e de tails of a "spectacular" air bat tle in the Philippines in which a force of six enemy planes was completely destroyed. One American pursuit ship was missing as a result of the action, which was first reported Wednes day. Several American fighter planes, which had been escorting a slow moving photographic plane, were about to land when they spotted the enemy group. Instead of tak ing to the ground they pounced upon the Japs. "A series of thrilling dog fights ensued," the war department said. 'Tour enemy fighters :were Im mediately shot down. A fifth was crippled and veered-off tojlhe north, landing on an air field hear Pilar where it was .destroyed by our artillery. The sixth plane fell out of control and was ultimately found where It crashed in the mountains of Bataan. This ac counted for all ef the enemy planes engaged In the combat. One of our planes is missing." The photographic plane, which had been on a mission over Cavite province, was piloted by Captain Jesus Villamor of the Philippine air force, who recently was awarded the distinguished service cross with oak leaf cluster for re peated acts of extraordinary hero ism He had landed safely when the enemy planes were sighted. On Bataan peninsula, mean while, the fighting was in a lull, with the American and Filipino troops there bracing themselves for a full scale attack obviously in the making. The "movements of hostile re inforcements" indicated, the de partment said, the early resump tion of an "attack in force" upon the position of the defending forces." Huge McChord Bomber Falls McCHORD FIELD, Wash., Feb. HHyP)-The McChord field public relations office reported Wednes day night that one of the base's twin-motored bombers was miss ing after an airplane's crash had been reported from the farming district near Tolt, 20 miles' east of Seattle. , The office said it had no in formation on how many men were aboard nor the pilot's Iden tity. A bomber of the type norm ally carries a crew ol three to five men. V The field reported the bomber was unreported on a routlne flight A crew went from ' the field to Tolt to work with the state patrol at he scene. . The crashed plane did not burn. Meet Slated STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 11 P)-Mal. Vidkun Quisling, nazi installed Norwegian premier Is expected' in' Berlin within' 24 hours for "peace - negotiations' between ' his German-occupied country 'and the reich, press dis patches said Wednesday. 'i-r- Under such an agreement Nor way Would not have ' to pay the big cost of German occupation, it was said, and there also were reports that Norway hoped to ob tain 'sovereignty "over : certain territories which Norway f claims because of historical rights" after tne war. - ..--.". Norway British, Singapore Dispatch Riders s 'I 1 ' f V This photograph, airmailed to The ::oBJsejJ IF-HfiTiiii-r"rrfrniir , mm riders carrying orders from inland Singapore Island to army bead quarters la the doomed British bastion. - War Board, Tin Can Only Farm Production Produce Goals Are Unaffected; Canners Told to Eliminate Smaller Containers; Time Limits Set WASHINGTON, Feb. ll-P-The war production board Wednesday ordered a drastic reduction in the manufacture and use of tin cans and prohibited the canning of such products as beer, dog food, pork and beans, coffee, tobacco and oil after Marion Women Rally Is Held Store Than 400 Attend Meet te Prepare for . State Skills Survey - More than 400 Marion county women rallied to the call of state and industry Wednesday as they gathered at the Salem chamber of commerce to prepare for the voluntary mobilization of women which opens next Monday throughout Oregon. In packages, counted out ac cording to their own estimates of the number ef women In their home .communities, they (Turn to Page 2, CoL B) How Japs Pouted Troops Into Singapore i , n.iiutonn..mmmitinMIIWnlMMMWtHinlt.MiimUK J& M';;t;r'"";;M 4 lirn!!lniH;IH;!;!!!iH!!!!a 1- M.ttV- British sources called the Singapore situation "very bad" as Japanese forces pesred enlotOe Wff I along the Tengah river (1), down put Tengah airdrome toward Bukit Tlnuh (J), acroM Johore strait i between Maadal and KranJi. and over the causeway which they bad repaired V(I), ! Eeperte; .Indicate the Japa crossed from PaUu TJbln (4) also. . Si Mis tMm tin - 1 i1 ft 1 'I Statesman, shews British dispatch Orders Cut production March 1. The board also directed manu facturers to eliminate small-size cans and established priorities on future production. Experts esti mated the orders would cut con sumption of tin by can manufac turers about 40 per cent compared with. 1941 figures a saving of at least. 15,500 tons. Unlimited production ef cans wiA be permitted for packaging the principal items - on which the agriculture department has set production goals and which would spoil if not canned while (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Tuesday's Weather Weather forecasts withheld and temperature data delayed by army reqoest Wednesday river, 9.5 feet. Max. tempera tare Tuesday, 55, mixL, 40. i oH Jo R E SINGAPORE i Qililf 'yi'- j yasskV"!! Seen As British Buying Time to Assist Fleeing People Nippon Chiefs Cast Broader lines for Invasion of Java ' By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE Associated Press War Editor Britain's vaunted Singa pore war base appeared about to fall completely to the Japanese after nine weeks of conflict, but a sputtering island radio was heard broadcasting from' there at ,7 a.m. Thursday, Singapore Time (5 p.mi Wednesday, PWT). The BBC said the broad- cast was unintelligible be cause of bad reception, but the faint message indicated the Brit ish imperials still, were-fighting bitterly against the swelling Japa nese ranks pouring in ."from the Malayan mainlands.' ,&tJt? ; f 1 The ' last ' "communique issued Wednesday night amlanuwsmok ing ruins of cracked British lines said the imperials had fallen back toward the city under the impact of Japanese tanks, bombers and infantrymen. The Japanese had claimed earl ier that they had entered the. city itself, but the British said they had ignored an unconditional sur render demand dropped from a Japanese plane. Across the Java sea the Dutch defenders of Sumatra and Java made ready for the grim conse quences of Singapore's fall. The Butch meanwhile an nounced the recent sinking ef two Japanese cruisers, a de stroyer and a submarine off Amboina island which the Japa nese have captured In part A third cruiser already had been announced aa destroyed. Short of air power,, short of men, short of equipment, bankrupt of hope, the British imperial line on Singapore counter-attacked with gallantry that was serving only one limited purpose: To buy brief time against the fall of what had been the very seat and home of British power in the Pacific. The Japanese claimed to have (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) - MAIN eOA0S - (Ukaaoaos ' 4