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WASHINGTON, Feb. 12
(AP) -The navy depart
ment announced Thursday
night that important Jap
anese naval and air bases
flanking US supply routes
into New Zealand and Aus
tralia were wiped out in
the recent bold attacks by
units of the Pacific fleet
on the Gilbert and Mar
shall islands.
;t The mighty, Offensive actions
first since the " Japanese smashed
at Pearl Harbor December 7 also
yielded a rich harvest of destruc
tion n ships and planes.
Sixteen ships, including a con
verted aircraft carrier; a light
cruiser, a destroyer and two sub
marines, were blasted into useless
wreckage. Forty one enemy
planes either were sent flaming
from the skies or battered to bits
on the ground.
V The raid on the mid-Pacific
isles, a surprise attack brilliantly
executed, was carried out Janu
ary 31 under command of Vice
Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., of
Washington, DC, the bases at
tacked were in the Marshall and
Gilbert islands lying more than
2000 miles southwest of Pearl
Harbor. Five Roi, Kwajalein,
Wotje, Taroa and Jaluit are in
tbs- Marshall group, and one
Makin is in the Gilbert group.
It is from the bases of these
Islands that the Japanese have
sent their marauding submarines
to raid shipping on the,. Pacific
coast It was from these bases,
according to naval authorities
here, that they intended to strike
devastatingly at the US convoys
carrying reinforcements and sup
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Salem Chest
Officers Are
Re-Elected
' All officers of the Salem Com
munity Chest were reelected
Thursday night by the directors,
who also accepted the 1942 bud
get as recommended by the bud
get committee and discussed rela
tionship of the personnel to war
chest activities.
Officers are T. M. Hicks,
president; Guy Hickok and Irl
8. , McSberry, vice presidents;
Mrs. Kay Keene secretary, and
Linn C Smith, treasurer.
- Directors recently ' elected to
succeed themselves for . a Ihree
yea term were W. W. Chadwick,
Leo N. Childs, A. C Haag, Dr.
D. B. Hill, Floyd E. Miller, Irl
McSherry and Linn C. Smith, and
William Braun to succeed Ben J.
Ramseyer.
Smashed
FprayTold
Nation Celebrates
, : By The Associated Press
The United States, In its dark
est days, since the1860's made
Abraham . Lincoln's birthday an
niversary an occasion Thursday
lor renewed pledges that govern
tnent of the people, by the people
and for the people shall not perish
from the earth.
These words from the Civil war
president's -Gettysburg address
srere read at a ceremony in the
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blinking a messags to another ship. (Official US navy photo from
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Blaze Fatal
To Girl, 8
Body Sought in Home
.Near Silverton; Car
Wreck Hurts Family
SILVERTON, Feb. 13-The
body of eight-year-old Nettie Al
ger, believed to have perished in
the flames which .Thursday night
destroyed her family's home, was
sought throughout early hours of
this morning. State police and
Coroner L. E. Barrick joined
neighbors and city firemen in the
search at the charred ruins of the
old residence on Powerhouse hill.
In a Silverton hospital her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Al
rer, and her ZH months old
sister, Deett Nora, . received
care for Injuries sustained In
the fire and in a later automo
bile wreck.
Details of the highway accident
were not generally known, but
Mr. Alger was reported severely
cut and some bruises and cuts
were received by the other two
fire victims In the mishap, which
involved a neighbor's car as they
were en route to medical aid.
The story of the fire was re
lated by 12-year-old Virginia Al
ger, who with, Mary, 11, and
Leon, jr., 7, escaped practically
unscathed.
While the fire crackled
through the frame house on the
Silver Creek Falls highway
three miles east of Silverton,
Mary, sharing a bed with Net
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Shingle Weavers' Union
Demands Pay Increases
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 12-tfV
The AFL Oregon, Washington and
Idaho shingle weavers' union an
nounced Thursday it would de
mand increased wages and two-
weeks vacations with pay.
The union said its 4000 mem
bers would ask increases from
78 cents to $1 per hour and time
and one half for all work over
30 hours per week.
house of representatives and were
repeated at scores of other ob
servances. Democratic leader McCormack
of Massachusetts eulogized the
martyred Lincoln in the house as
"a great president a great Ameri
can and one of the outstanding
men in the long history of man."
"Lincoln preserved the nation
from internal danger," he said
"It is our duty to preserve the
nation from external danger.",.
In a low, firm voice, Mrs. Fran
Sea
y
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2000 Salem
Men Expected
To Register
Probably too ' men will be
registered in Salem this week
end for selective service, CoL
Elmer V. Wooton, state director,
said Thursday. , He ' estimated
1300 to 1460 would be signed In
each of the other Marion coun
ty boards, at Stay ton and
Woodburn.
CoL Wooton stated the figure
was only a guess because an
extremely large number of men
within the age groups, 20-21
and 36-44, had enlisted in serv
ices from this area.
Registration f r Salem will
be in the armory beginning at
1 pjn. Saturday.
Ontario Chief
Says US -Navy
Fears Nippon
TORONTO, Feb. 12-()-Mit-chell
Hepburn, Ontario's provin
cial premier, sounded the possi
bility Thursday night of a Japa
nese invasion of Canada in three
months and charged that the
Amerjcan navy "is afraid to
make contact" with the Japanese
fleet
Hepburn's ire was fanned by
criticism of his previous state
ments in which he declared "the
American navy is in hiding."
"Wednesday Canadian Navy
Minister Angus L. Mac Donald
said Hepburn's statement, com
ing from one who" had long
been opposed to the Canadian
national government, in no
way reflected the official view
In Ottawa.
About the prospects of Japa
nese invasion, Hepburn said
"they will come down the prairie
side . and not the Pacific." Al
though he failed to elaborate his
statement, he apparently had the
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Lincoln's
ces P. Bolton, republican repre
sentative from Ohio, read ' Lin
coln's Gettysburg remarks. ' , .:
In accordance with long cus
tom, the republican party hold
dinners in many, communities.
Through all their speeches ran a
keynote of unity in prosecution of
the war against the axis, although
party spokesmen have emphasized
that there will be no moratorium
on criticism where they consider
criticism due. - j
President Roosevelt, follow
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gue Sees
Over-Faith
Tells GOP at Boise
US Too Confident;
Red Tape Slapped
BOISE, Feb. 12-(ff)-Warning
against overconfidence in Ameri
can strength in the present con'
flict was given Thursday night by
Gov. Charles A. Sprague of Ore
gon in an address at the annual
republican Lincoln day banquet
"The pages of history are full
of the failures of great nations
of great armies because their
greater powers were inexpertly
handled," he asserted.
He admonished members of the
republican party "to refrain from
criticism which seeks only party
advantage" and declared "in many
respects we have failed on our
industrial front Business was
slow to pitch in on war work .
strikes slowed down production
or delayed shipping.
The governor also remarked
there had been "woeful lack of
coordination" In. Washington
and that "bureaucratic obduracy
and red tape have crippled en
terprise." .
"All of these initial failures can
be overcome," he said. "It is un
thinkable that this nation, the
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State Farmers
Donate Iron
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 12P)
Three thousand tons of scrap iron
and steel enough to make ,; 250
light tanks have been turned in
by farmers . of 10 Oregon coun
ties, the state department of agri
culture war board was told
Thursday.
. Robert B. Taylor, Adams, state
chairman, urged farmers to re
double their efforts to clean up
scrap piles. Collections of the
metal have been made by granges,
the Future Farmers of America
and AAA committeemen.
Birthday
ing s ess tent of past years.
drove to the Lincoln Memorial
beside the Potomae river with a
wreath. - 4
Bareheaded in a chill wind, 'the
president stood ' within- a : cordon
of soldiers while his military side,
Colonel Horace B. Smith, laid the
floral tribute at the base of the
Lincoln Statue and the band play
ed the "Star Spangled Banner."
Lord Halifax, , the British am
bassador, placed a wreath on Lin
coln's tomb In Springfield,. BL
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WarMbrt
Of US Hit
ByWillkie
Wants MacArthur
Army Head; Flays
Perkins, Knox
BOSTON, Feb. 12--Wen-
dell Willkie asserted Thursday
night that there was "lack of
mutual confidence and central
direction' among our various
fighting forces" and demanded
that Gen. Douglas MacArthur
be brought home from the
Philippines and placed in su
preme command under the
president.
"Then," Willkie told the Mid
dlesex Republican club, "the peo
ple of the United States will have
reason to hope that skill, not
bungling and confusion directs
their efforts."
The republican leader's asser
tion came in a prepared Lincoln
dinner address in which he assail
ed what he termed "nibbling"' by
the administration at the authori
ty of Secretary of State Hull, and
he criticized the administration's
labor policy, declaring "we need
a Bevin, not a Perkins."
As for the part , the republican
party should play, Willkie said
"let us do more proposing than
opposing. Let us exercise our
freedom by developing our own
policies."
"The day of phrase-making
and showmanship for those in
government Is past," he added.
"The time for petty political
opposition and negation is over.
This is the day for touch and
resolute men; this is the hour
for patriotic men."
Calling on the republicans to
force "necessary reforms in or
ganization" of the nation's war
effort Willkie said:
"In the case of production and
labor, the confusion has arisen
from failure to appoint adminis
trators. In the case of the state
department, we see our most re
spected department of govern
ment gradually being destroyed
by a process of nibbling at the
authority of the administrator...
all because this administration
did not know and has not learned
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Hoodoo Day?
Watch Step!
Friday 13th
This is a .season of marriages
in Salem and s time for regis
tration of candidates seeking of
fice, but the man on the street
is saTe in predicting that few
will apply for marriage licenses
today or file for places en the
ballot Throughout this "unsu
perstltious" world this k Fri
day, the 13th, doubly unlucky.
What Is more this is only the
beginning, for the 1942 calendar
contains three such days, March
and November completing the
trio.
To the capital city's curbstone
philosophers, who Thursday
night took time off from telling
the president how to ran the
country, the editor how to pub
lish his paper and passing driv
ers Just what was wrong with
their technique, there Is a simple
answer for persons who worry
about Implication of this date.
"It's Friday, the 13th fat Ger
many, Japan and Italy, too, Isnt
Itr they asked and then turned
their eyes and conversations to
the sUk stocking problem.
Famed Artist Dies on .
Eve of 50th BiiihcLiy
IOWA CITY, la, Feb. 12-(ff)
Grant. Wood, famed mid-western
artist : whose : paintings caused
periodic nation-wide 'Controver
sies, died here Thursday..
Recognized as - one of the
greatest- portray era on canvass
of the mid-western scene and the
leader In what .has- been' termed
a new "regional" school of art,
the Iowan would - have been , 50
years old Friday. ', ;
Over
2861 Receipt
Returned to
Statesman
An 80-year old reminder that
The Oregon Statesman Is one
of Oregon's earliest newspapers,
a subscription receipt Issued in
186L was brought to the States
man office Wednesday by Mrs.
L Knox, 1I1S Sooth High
street
Signed on the back, "Receipt
from' Bosh," evidently by
Asahel Bush, founder of The
Statesman, the receipt read:
"Received of John Wilson SIS
for The Oregon Statesman
Vols. 8, f, 10, and 11. Salem,
Oct IS, 1861. (signed) H. Gor
don." Wilson, Mrs. Knox said, was
the grandfather of her brother-in-law,
E. J. Sears, of Cot
tage tirove.
Japs Close in
On Singapore
British Admit Enemy
Within Two Miles of
Gty's Outskirts
BOMBAY, Feb. 12-(JPy-Tht
British Thursday night reported
an intensification of Japanese
pressure on the northern part of
Singapore Island and Officially
announced that the invaders-were
within two miles of the city of
Singapore itself.
(This dispatch, delayed in trans
mission from Bombay, although
confirming earlier indications of
the British position on Singapore
island brought the first official
announcement of this position.)
Thursday nig ht's regular
Singapore communique, relayed
here : by radio, stated that
"heavy fifhting continues in the
western and northern sectors"
of the island, and Indicated that
the British still held the naval
base in the north.
The British line, said the com
munique, runs from this base to
Tanglin in the south. Tanglin is a
point just two miles northwest of
Singapore city.
The British also reported suc
cessful counter-attacks on the
Japanese left flank, presumably
at the north of the island.
The communique relayed here
by wireless.
"At 7:SS sjil, today, Japanese
military bombers with a fighter
escort fought an unsuccessful
engagement against our air
force over Malaya.
"Heavy fighting continues in
the western and northern see
tors. In the north of ihe Island
enemy activity has been intensi
fied. "Enemy sir activity ceased dur
ing the night, but was resumed
early this morning. The enemy
attack was supported by d 1 v e-
bombing and machine-gunning as
well ss by medium tanks.
"The British line extends from
the naval base in the north to
the center of the island to Tanglin
in the south.
"From Sungei Sunya the line
runs north. Counter attacks by our
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Boys Locate
Odom s Body
AtTroutdale
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb, -()
The body of Foster L. O d o m,
Oregon City contractor missing
since ; January 6 when a car in
which he was riding plunged Into
the Sandy river near Troutdale,
was found Thursday by two 12-year-old
boys, r
Odom's family h&d offered a re
ward of $1000 for recovery of the
body.. The boys we re Richard
Schultze and Martin Chase, both
Troutdale. . ' .-.,
- Odom w a s - a ' Salem resident
until a few years, ago, - .
TTednesflays Weather :
Weather forecasts . withheld
and temperature delayed by
army request Elver Thursday,
. f feet Max. temperature, Wed
nesday, 52, mbx, 28. .
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Japs Set
For Final
Bataan Awaits
Mass Attempt;
Isle Occupied
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-()
A Japanese drive southward to
occupy the remaining islands of
the Philippines was disclosed
Thursday as more enemy troops
massed for a renewed attempt
to smash the defenses of the
Bataan peninsula.
Nipponese troops who pre
sumably moved southward
from Luzon occupied the island
of Masbate, the war department
announced. Thus they extended
their control to the central part
of the archipelago which had es
caped invasion.
In Masbate, seventh largest is
land in the Philippines, the invad
ers are within 200 miles of clos
ing the gap between the island of
Luzon and Mindanao, the south
ernmost extremity. Within a les
ser radius are Cebu and Hoilo,
the second and third cities of the
Philippines. ?
Masbate, the captured island,
was one of the best airports in the
Philippines .end Is the site of a
large gold inlnej ' " ; ' '"
-. A eompartive lull in the Ba
taan fighting In last 24 hours
was said to Indicate that the
enemy- was awaiting additional
new supplies and reinforce
ments before resuming the of
sense against Gen. Douglas
MaeArthur's little defending
UV7i
In Manila and other occupied
areas of the islands, the Japanese
had clamped tight control over an
printed matter. A late day com
munique from the war department
told of a Japanese proclamation
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Third Crash
at
McChord
McCHORD FIELD, Wash. Feb.
12 HJPh An army bomber crash.
after the pilot apparently kept
the plane aloft to avoid plunging
into a small community 20 miles
east of Seattle, carried four men
to death late Wednesday night
The; twin-motored light bomb
er landed in a swampy pasture
near 4be town of Tolt Police
Chief William Munson said the
plane was flying low and the
pilot seemed to be trying to
keep It aloft
The dead:
Second Lieut Harry L. Klein,
24, 5308 Montrose, Ave., Chicago,
pilot lis widow lives In Tacoma.
Corp. W. W. Bentley, 23, Post
Falls, . Ida. Mother, Mrs. Jennie
B. ' Bentley, Post Falls.
Pvt Walter M. Dings, 24, Seat
tle. His mother lives In Seattle.
First Lieut Harry C. Hosfelt
Detroit Mich., an observer. His
widow lives at 290-S. Morrell St,
Detroit
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Assaults
Reported
British Lose ;
42 Planes in
Channel Row
LONDON. Friday, Feb.
1 3- ( AP) The long-refuged
German battleshipt
Gneisenau and S e h a r n -horst
and the criuser Prina
Eugen slipped away from
their French coast anchor
ages Thursday with a
strong air and surface es
cort and engaged the royal
airf orce and the British
navy in the greatest land-sea-air
battle off the Dover
coast since the fall of
France.
After the furious battle, to
which even the shore guns on
the Dover cliff added their thun
der, the German ships were last
reported escaping to new bases
In the Helgoland bight
The cost was great to both
sides, in this tremendous gamblo
to free the 28,000-ton battleships
and the Prinz Eugen, a survivor
of the Bismark-Hood sinkings,
for new nazi implements in the
battle of the Atlantic
The British acknowledged they
lost 42 planes including 20 bomb
ers and said "casualties in our
destroyers were not heavy."
The Joint admiralty-air minis
try communique early Friday
placed the German losses at It
fighter planes and said that de
spite poor visibility, the crews
of British planes and surface
ships claimed five or six hits
with torpedoes on the big - ships.
RAF pilots also . were : convinced
they scored -direct bomb hits on
the threfesseifc.;U B ..i
The liavy : German "ships,
bombed and reported hit fre
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Posters Warn
Enemy Aliens
Prohibited Areas in
Oregon to Be Vacated
Sunday Says Order
C. S. Burdell, special assistant
to the attorney general, has an
nounced that enemy aliens must
vacate prohibited areas in Oregon
by midnight February 15.
CoL Joseph L. Stromme, com
manding officer at the Portland
air base, said that the same held
true of the area around the base
although it was not one of the
regular prohibited districts.
Posters in English, German,
Italian and Japanese are to be
distributed notifying aliens to con
sult their federal social security
boards for additional information.
PORTLAND, Feb. 12-PV-Ene-
tny aliens may be barred from
additional areas in Oregon, US
Attorney Carl C Donaugh said
Thursday as federal agents began
posting the 23 prohibited districts
already designated.
Future orders may include the
Portland metropolitan region,
Donaugh said. If this Is done, he'
estimated the total number of
aliens affected in the state will
be about 5000. Under present re
strictions only about 1500
mostly Japanese merchants and
truck gardeners are affected,'
he said.
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 12-UPi
Two Japanese, one German and
one Italian aliens were arrested as
federal bureau of investigation '
agents searched alien homes in the
Astoria district, J. Douglas Swen-
son, FBI chief here, said Thurs
day :- '; . ,. v -
Swenson said those arrested
had contraband articles In then
. possession. Eight guns, anuavunl-
tion, two sticks of dynamite and
-five short wave radios were
confiscated la the raid. : -iThe
search centered in the vi
cinity of Tongue; Point naval sir
station, - Fort Stevens, r Astoria,
Hammond and warren ton
Oreson
Get Contract :
PORTLAND, Feb. 12 - (ff) - A
$3,001,000 contract fpr $redproctt
ing " marine . engines f, has; been
awarded by , the maritime, com-'
mission to a Portland pooi of IS
metal working plants X. CVSam
mons, president of the group, an
nounced Thursday. . . '
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