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Navy
Remains
Silent on Blow
Upon Formosa
: By Morrle Laadsberr
; u.:s. pacific fleet head.
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Jan. 5
(py-fh navy today reported the
27th Land 28th straight daily air
attacks - on Iwo Jima, Japanes
alrbase Island 750' miles south of
Tokyo, but was silent ofl activi
ties of the US carrier force which
hit Formosa and Okinawa Tuas
day and Wednesday.
Wfele Adm. Chester W. NimiU
communique, ignored the1, daring
naval air strike so close to Japan,
Tokyo radio broadcast a Domei
newsagency report ,of indications
that the task force, part of the US
third fleet, was cruising Friday
(US time) in waters northeast of
Formosa. ' . i
Iwo Jima Hit
Army Liberators of the strategic
air force bombed the airstrip and
Installation on Iwo Jima in the
Volcano islands Tuesday and
Wednesday (US time), ; Nimitz
said.! Lightning fighters accom
panied the heavies Tuesday, but
Wednesday the Liberators made It
alone and encountered moderate
antiaircraft fire and only one en
emy interceptor plane. ; -Marcus
Blasted !
The communique also reported
a: Libera tor attack on Marcus 'is
land; 695 miles east of Iwo Jima,
Tuesday. Fourth marine aircraft
wing planes hit the power plant
and other installations on Babel
thuap in the Ialaus while other,
marine aircraft 1 strafed Sonsorol
andjMerir islands to the south
west. - Absence of information in the
' communique concerning the car
rier j task force which pummeled
Formosa and Okinawa, the latter
in the Ryukyus, indicated the
Thijd fleet might be withdrawing
f rani the area under, radio silence.
The navy has not announced de
tail of the raids. j
Emil Holbub Dies
Friday at Scio Home
SCIO, Jan. 5 Emil Holbub. 55,
died at his home here Friday
right. - Survivors are" the widow,
Rose Holbub; a son, George Hol
bub, and' daughter, Louise; two
brothers, Joe Holbub of Albany
and Frank Holbub of Scio; also a
sister in. Eugene. -.- ; ,
Funeral' services are in charge
of Howe funeral home at Leba
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British. India Forces Take I
PijzeBurnmJPort of Akyabf
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CALCUTTA Jan. MBritish
water-borne swoop captured the important hort of iAkyab on the west
coast of Burma without firing a shot. This was the last bur Japanese
naval and air base in western Burma and its capture virtually sealed
me iaie oi Manaaiay, mues to
The Japanese, who had made
operations, since May; 1942, fled
before three allied; columns
swarmed ashore on Akyab island
which the city is situated-
early Wednesday morning, allied
headquarters announced : today.
Landing forces encountered only
mines and booby traps . j
Makes Good Base. i
Capture of the port gives the
allies an Invaluable new forward
base: for future operations against
the Japanese in lower; Burma.; In
addition to a spendid harbor Ak
yab) boasts seven military air
fields capable of handling the
largest bombers. S
American and British 1 airmen
have blasted the port ' so relent
lessly in the past yearj that it had
become known here at 'headquar
ters ot the allied land forces of
southeast.. Asia v as) the fBurma
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Actual occupation of .the prized
island was something of an anti
climax, as Capt W. Di David of
the I RAF had boldly landed a
small liaison plane onone of its
airfields the previous! day and
discovered that, the Japanese had
withdrawn to ttje mainland New
Year's day.
Take No Chances
The, British and Indians tak
ing no chances on any I enemy
trap struck the island if rom three
directions. j j 1
In withdrawing the Japanese
tried to take laborers of the local
population with them, but desist
ed when the Burmese 'threatened
to fight them with guns ! buried
by the British when they re
treated in. 1942. j ' i ;
In addition to making unten
able all Japanese ' positions I in
western Burma, seizure ot the
island promises to free from two
to four divisions'; of allied troops
to push on toward , the vital port
of Rangoon, 320 miles to the
southeast near the ' mouth of the
Irrawaddy river. For! two years
the; British have had to keep this
force to forestall a possible enemy
invasion of India along the nar
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$164,000 to Be! Spent
On Lakeview Navy Held
WASHINGTON, Dcj Jan. 5-ff)
Representative Stockman of Ore-'
gon said the navy advised him
today that $164,000 will be spent
immediately on the naval 'auxil
iary air facility at Lakeview, Ore.
Four miles of bituminous pave
ment will be laid and 1 several
buildings altered to make room
for a cobbler shop, a I tailor shop
and a post office. A heating plant
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Humphrey Begaif
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and Indian forces In an elaborate
the northeast ! .
the city of 40.000 a chief? base of
off War!
(By the Associate Press)
. Western Front Seqond big
German offensive hits firm re
sistance after piercing 15 miles
Into northeastern France. .
f : Kossia Russians hurl back
300 German tanks seeking to re
lieve trapped ! nazi garrison in
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-Burma British imperial forc
es capture port of Akyab, last
big Jap naval and air base in
.western Burma., U
Pacific f- Jtf acArthur's troops
land unopposed on Marinduque
island, 80 miles southeast of
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REEDSPORT,; Jan. 5 --Preliminary
surveys for the improve
ment of jetties in the JUmpqua
river mouth were under way here
today. A five-man crew from the
U. S. army j engineers' f office,
which is in charge of the postwar
project, established a temporary
office here. ; i j i', "
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Byrnes Urges
Cancellation of
Conventions
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WASHINGTON, ' Jan. 5 P
Jame. F. Byrnes proposed tonight!' Susetieln"
fhm ranroilaf iVn f .T gesu azei narper, secretary in
the cancellation of conventions
scheduled sifter February 1 unless
they are iri the war interest
11 The Voluntary ban proposed by
the 1 ; war - mobilization , ' director,
with President ' Roosevelt's I . ar-
provaL would apply to conven
tions attended by more than 50
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Byrnes said' he was so certain
bis. appeal jMwpuld receive imme
diate public support and 'general
cooperation" Hhat he has taken no
measures to establish government
enforcement procedures. -' j "
In ' addition Ho weine curtail
ment of group1 meetings not nec
essary to the war effort, Byrnes
asked the general public to defer
non-essential travel. " H ,
He Appointed ka committee;
heeded by Director J. M. John
son of the office of .defense trans
portation, to receive and pass up
on' applications for meetings to
be! attended by more than 50 in
dividuals. This agency, on which
representatives of the war and
navy departments, war produc
tion board and war manpower
commission will sit, is to decide
whether the conventions are f suf
ficiently in the war Interest to
warrant the tax on transportation
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January Is well on, lt way to
meeting the bormal amount of
rainfall of . 5J53 inches with j .50
inches recorded so far, according
to C. R. Stearns, senior observer
at j the airports.' weather bureau.
Precipitation :for Friday was 0
inches, .15 of which fell during the
period from .11 a.m. to 7 pm. i
y Temperaturjes Friday were a lit
tle above average, maximum re
cording was SO degrees and mini
mum 45 degrees, compared to nor
mal temperature of 4L2 degrees
for a January day in Salem.;
I Prevailing wind was from i the
south and southeast with the high
est -velocity at 15 miles per hour,
registered at 10.-30 pjn. Pressure
Friday was 23.92 inches.
Chimney. IFire Reported
' little' damage 'was done when
theichimney at 425 South 1 23rd
street caughtl rlre Friday evening.
Firemen saidj it was caused ;by a
defective fluii and quickly extin
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Ti In this city Aariuary S. Grace Char
lotte Morse., late resident of 942 North
Summer. Survived by husband, i Walt
er W. Morse o Salem; three sisters.
Edith Welborn of Salem, Mrs. Violet
Inman of El mire, ni, Mrs. J. W -Mc-lnturff
of Cooa Bay, three brothers.
Ralph Welborn of The Dalles, War
ren Welborn ofi Salem and Forrest
Welborn of: Alameda, Calif. Funeral
announcement later by the W. T.
lugaon comptnj.
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ON theHOUE FRONT
i By tSASIX CH2DS -
One of the reasons why women
the civilian defense office and
head of the block leaders organi
zation, is the f fact that jnany of
them' are conscious of the absence
from' their homes and j communi
ties of young men who may be
brought home safer and sooner if
war bond drives are over-sub
scribed, v ; j f,.--'. .i'ifk.
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Take, , for instance, Mrs. Guy
Croddy,' 2209 .North Front street,
former resident of : Monmouth,
One son, Petty Officer John Crod
dy, a ifire controlman in the navy
for .. almost two years, has been
missing in " action ! since the de
stroyer on which'he served went
down. The young radar man was
19 years old, if he 'was alive. No
vember 16, last year.
Another ; son, Pfc. Guy ! W.
Croddy, known to associates as
"Billy," ;spent hisi 21st birthday
last August as he had spent oth
ers before it in at Tokyo prison.
He was oa Cbrregidor. v
Pvt. Arnold Croddy has been In
the engineers almost a year and
la at Tort LewisJ Mrs. Croddy
takes this business of being a
block leader seriously. . i
Mrs. Sidney J. Gentzkow; 1853
South 13th street, -! another block
leader, has three sons in the ser
vice, i ' :,;::
Lt Robert Gentzkow. AUS, has
been overseas three years. ' He is
a flyer, in the Pacific theatre.
Sgt Bernard Gentzkow in a
signal depot Company for , 27
months in the Pacific, was for; 19
months in New Guinea. Now ! he
is guarding German prisoners in
Marysville, Calif,) but has not
been home in four years.
Richard Gentzkow, a petty offi
cer second class, radio operator
and gunner on a torpedo plane.
has been in service on, a carrier
for more than 2 years. Their
mother would be glad to have all
of them at home. I
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Myer Says Opposition
To Nisei Not Serious
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PORTLAND, Jan. J-C-Dillon
S. Myer, 'national director of the
war relocation authority, predict
ed today that opposition to Japa
nese return to the coast will grad
ually disappear.
Terming the opposition "mostly
talk," rather than a forerunner of
actual trouble, Myer accused some
groups of "peddling un-American
racism In a package labeled 'old
fashioned Americanism'. . ;
He repeated previous statements
that only a scattered number of
Japanese - Americans have re
turned to the northwest "
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OEFI ANC Entld bf her handler. Cpt John Adair. -Gnssle." Army Senrfceprees mascot. spiU
defiance at another brown tabby at Empire Cat Clab show in New
Time, UP May
Have Jimiped
Gun on; News
: By the- Aaeociated Preaa :
Supreme headquarters in Paris
announced yesterday that stories
circulated In the United States by
Time magazine and the ; United
Press j in advance of official dis
closures of changes in the Allied
western front command had been
brought under immediate investi
gation ; as possible violations of
military security, . i- r "
Time, in its current issue, pub
lished an. "estimate of the situa
tion by Correspondent James
Shelpley who on December 27 left
supreme headquarters in I France
and flew to New York. . Within
the bounds of secuity,, said Time,
"this is his report on the German
counter-off ensive. I contained
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Tells; Chaage "'"
"Because of disrupted com
munications he . (Gen. . Eisenhow
er) switched command j of the
U.S. first and ninth armies from
General Bradley's headquarters
to the 21st army group command
ed by Field Marshal Montgom
ery. Monty was to meet the Ger
man spearhead in the west and
counterattack toward Patton from
the north with British and U. S.
divisions." - ;r i
The United Press, in a Parisi-
datelined dispatch circulated to
early editions of afternoon ! news
papers yesterday said:
Montr Takes Over - iH I
"PARIS, Jan. 5 Field Marshal
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, com
mander of the 21st army group,
has been given over-all command
of the American First and Ninth
armies and is directing the assault
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the north, and west,, it can be re
vealed today, -r -i-f
Eric Hodgins, vice president of
Time, Inc, said the Shelple ar
ticle was submitted to the review
section of the war department In
Washington and on December 30
was approved for publication, i '
No comment was . forthcoming
immediately from the United
Press.
EL AS Pulls Gut
From Athens
IV ATHENS, Jan. 5-(-The Brit
ish .. reported .; today highly suc
cessful operations against the
ELAS, who have been informed
by the new Greek government of
Gen. Nicholas Plastiras that fight
ing must cease before parleys on
political differences ca begin.",
j (The BBC correspondent In
Athens reported that organized
fighting ceased In Athens and Pi
reaus today, and that the ELAS
have apparently withdrawn from
the Greek eapitaL j ;
("British columns and, patrols
which ranged in northern! Athens,
the last area held by the ELAS,
met with no opposition and found
nothing but an occasional sni
per, his broadcast said.)'
Egg Producers Urged
To Order Cases Now t ,
PORTLAND, Jan. 5 - () - The
war food administration appealed
to egg. producers and distributors
today to order egg cases at once
in order to assure sufficient con
tainers for an expected, record
production. . 1 j J j ,.
The WFA predicted ! 40,000,000
cases most of them not yet man
ufactured would be needed for
the spring egg output. , I ;
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Weapons for War!
Yankee Naval
Fliers Explore
Asiatic Coast,
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ABOARD ADMIRAL MCCAIN'S
FAST CARRIER FORCE FLAG
SHIP OFF FORMOSA, Jan. 4
(East Longitude Time)-- With
the green pastures and rice fields
of China as a background, Amer
ican . naval . fliers explored 50(T
miles of Asiatic coast from Foo-' w
chow southward almost to Hong- -kong.
seeking Japanese shipping,
while other planes struck for the
second day Formosa and Okinawa.-;:-'
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Pilots returning to their car
riers described how China's main
land looked to them after seeing
only . Islands during their three
years the navy; has been fighting
its way across the Pacific.
"I .thought I could: even smell
chop suey," said Pilot Lt. Daniel
Kalus of Cudahy, jWis., after ;
bringing his Hellcat fighter back
from a long flight down the coast.
Pilots said they could easily
have flown on inland to American
bases in China, refueled and shut- 1
tied back to their carriers if this
bid been the plan for today. '
Twin Boy, Girl Bom
To Thomas Morrisses -
Twins, a girt and boy, were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morris of
262 West Miller , street Triday
morning at the Deaconess hospital.
The little boy weighed 5 lbs. and
the girl 4 lbs. and 5 ounces.!
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