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oufne Blackouts nncelled I Mrlher notice blackouts and radio bill J be imposed only In an em P warning wi" be lven by rad,os Pm'i nd otner sisnaI means Ulttt P" TODAY'S NEWS TODAY butch S Home Edition LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1941 ON STREETS 8c; NEWS STANDS 8o ffi ubs Claim M,OOQ Jap Troops Lsfe ;rman Rout In jssian Invasion Move Expected (Jew Direction, Lbably Middle East Rapture f yam Probable, Navy Admits. en THE ASSOCIATED PRESS disastrous end to Adolf Hit Invasion of Russia was freely tJ.j hu London, military ws today as Moscow pro Ld the utter defeat of a 750, fl. r.srman army and siens Lied that Hitler might be MM a new camyoisu uuuus kiria into Turiscy ana ine ivnu- L prospect that the nazl fueh- hCarmy SICK OI Uluuuy woora Liu. harlcViin cuff ered nn the ICUK J T k steppes of Russia, may have KM to lasn out 111 uuuuier at- tn iound tnese supporting , Britain announced max sne lunlntf immediate aerial re- Iwaents to the Middle East kstly to meet a new tnreat, L British armies alreadv had Germans and Italians on me I h North Africa, rrmfin.dnminated Bulgaria. ll, haA remained neutral and e legally not entitled to serve i base lor German operations, ired war on Britain and the id States. Germany has officially an ited that her armies in Russia withdrawing to "new defense Hrni," fni. th winter nrtssihlv E.VUU ... WV. . ......... f -J lese forces to the Middle East. Russian reports of new uer- "nMf fpplerc" in Mnvffiir. p tte Soviets have bluntly re in, lnaicaiea m&i muer wani ho free his hands for another pry venture. lai have been reported from u ume in soutnern Bulgaria, diner hpr Rlarlr Son nnrfa in I Q " uwu .w. w, ... Km 6... .... ....A-,- m..1.... rwu iv. nit abietm uu AUlAcy pt country refused to permit Isle's Cable, Radio Fail to Respond WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (AP) The navy announced today that it was unable to communicate with the Pacific island of Guam by either radio or cable and added that capture of the island by the Japanese was probable. A force of fewer than 400 naval personnel and 155 marines were stationed on the island, said the navy communique, and uiesc uuienuers nao Deen repeatedly bombed, Furthermore 7 Dead In Blast At Shell Plant SEE GERMANS STORY PAGE 3 BURLINGTON, la., Dec. 13. (P) A terrific T. N. T. explosion, which destroyed a melting unit at the Iowa ordnance plant and killed at least seven men, left officials today with even greater confidence in the construction soundness of the $60,000,000 defense project than before the tragedy. Four of the dead were identi fied from fingerprints, parts of two other bodies were recovered, and seven persons were listed as missing by George B. Yard, person nel director for Day and Zimmer man, Inc., Philadelphia, operators of the shell loading plant owned by the government. More than 40 other men were in jured, a score seriously, in the blast yesterday, which rocked this southeastern Iowa area for miles and left a heap of dead and dying in tne aeons. Declaring "I don't think there's a fiddler's chance of sabotage," Lieu tenant Colonel Keith F. Adamson, commanding officer, cited the ex plosion as a demonstration though terrible" of the soundness of the plant's design. "If this had happened during the World war, we wouldn't have had any plant left," he said. Yard identified trie aead as is. C. Schillerstrom, 50, Agency, la.; Pearly J. Pettitt, Rin Lansing, la.; John K. Cummings, 36, Bunch, la., and Woodrow Wehrle, 26, Rome, la., and Lyle M. Teal, 27, Keosaugua, la. !L.T. U I iuic iu neeu w Fatal EICAGO, Dec. 13. (IP) Sen ot and killed one man and led his companion near the FI naval reserve armory ptcday when the two failed to fi to warning shots and wo commands to halt their wrd motorboat. fy Dudley, 65, of Chicago a Bridewell hospital from a 'wound. His son-in-law, Otto 49, of Chicago, was d in the arm. ftofjr Commander W. F. p said the men were shot f they veered their boat close mast guard cutter. Subse 1 investigation appeared to wne out Gehrling's explana wa they were on a duck "I trip, f JT HURON, Mich., Dee. 13. iy"s woman was shot and t, . 1"' v uraay Dy an army on the Blue Water Interna "age spanning the St. Clair DeitVePn Tin-. TT. J hi, t i Jrul' n"lo" ana p, nt. She was not seri- F Wirt. The wnlra mIJ or. 7 " "earing the woman Stamen! Plans Indefinite FfRANciSCO, Dec. 13.-W K today it was undecided L. to announce future plans c-j cantonments, three of fcwaln to be constructed tin 7 c ast I Sct? ' others also have kblei22..1Unds are i0' yet kiton 8 a new war ap" 2t Harol1 D- Stetson, 1 eoim.iT . "ur'nern jan ttuncil of toe Associatcd Hi, factors of America W t v malor construction , 06 completed In this house 33,000 men, at o ' anl Mcdford and Logger Dies From Injuries Ralnh M. Heath of Blue River died at the Eugene hospital Fri day evening as the result of in juries received Thursday in a log ging accident. He was employed by the Christensen Logging com, pany. He was born Feb. 19, ism, at Gates, Ore., and was a member of the Methodist church. He is survived by one daughter, Irene of Newport: two brothers, Gerald of Gates, and Edward of Ashland: three sisters, lona rieaa of Medford, Mrs. Spruce Hall of Salem, and Mrs. Otis Dike of De troit. Ore i unerai services win De neia Mondav at 10:30 a. m. from the Branstetter-Simon chapel. Inter ment will be in the Gates cemetery Monday afternoon. Japanese troops were said to have landed at sev eral points on the island. The navy said that Wake and Midway islands which lie closer to Hawaii than Guam which is closest to the Philippines were continuing to resist. "The navy department an. nounced that it is unable to corn. municato with Guam cither by radio or cable. The capture of the island is probable. A small force of less than 400 naval per sonnel and 155 marines were sta tioned in Guam. According to the last reports from Guam, the island had been bombed repeat edly and Japanese troops had landed at several points on the island. "Wake and Midway continue to resist. "The above Is based on reports until 9 a. m. today." The communique made no men tion of American civilians on Guam or what their fate might have been. Some time ago con gress appropriated considerable sums for development of sea plane facilities there, and it was believed that unless the workers had been withdrawn even after Japan's lightning attack on Pearl Harbor Sunday, many of them probably were on the island at the time of its supposed capture. Local Air Corps Enlistment Goes On The Eugene army recruiting office is still enlisting men direct ly Into the air corps, Tech. Serg. John T. Costello, recruiting offi cer, declared Saturday. Conflict ing reports have led men to be lieve this type of enlistment was not available, he said. The recruiting office is par ticularly interested in securing parachutists for duty in Panama, Hawaii, and other special assign ments. Amateur and commercial radio operators are being urged to enlist in the U. S. army signal corps. Enlistment of married men will henceforth be authorized if de pendents have sufficient means of support and the applicant signs a statement to that effect. Eugene naval recruiters D. B. Lockwood and B. J. Hall approved 22 applicants Friday the largest number of the entire week. They have urged that all applicants bring birth certificates at the time of application In order to speed up the entire enlistment process. If minors are accompan ied by their parents, the neces sary forms can be filled out with greater speed. More Eugeneans Reported In Pacific War Zones Gordon S. Benson, former Uni versity student, is with the army air corps, stationed at Iba, Phil ippine Islands. Lieutenant V. A. A. Powell, of Eugene, is with the navy, stationed at Pearl Harbor at Honolulu. He is the son of A. S. Powell, 2122 Roose velt. Frank Bill Bussear, Eugene, is employed in a construction camp at Midway island. Bussear is a son of Mrs. Arthur Cameron. A cablegram was received Thursday from Frank Ball of Eu gene that he is safe at Midway 1-1 A Mrs. Patrick Goggin, 1600 Moss street, has two sons in raciuc wa ters. Daryl H. Goggin is a machin ist mate on the U. S. S. Oklahoma Bernard Goggin is chief petty of nn the f-rntcer Helena. Elton B. (Bill) Briggs, son of Mrs. Arthur Purser, College Crest, is In the 93rd bombardment squad ron, Clark field. Ford stotsenc-urg, Pampanga, Luzon Island, Philip Several young men liom mut ton are in Pacific regions. Alex in the 'Philippines. He Is the son Pacific fleet Robert Sullivan is sta tioned at Pearl Harbor. Dan Camp is employed in Manila. Robert Car ver is stationed with the navy in the Philippines. Otis Carver, brother of Robert, is in the Ha waiian islands. Lt S. W. Hanns, formerly of Eugene, is among navy men in Pa cific waters. His sister, Mrs. Roslna Bruhn, is on the staff at the Kula sanitarium, Waiakoa, Maul island, Hawaiian islands. They both sent word to local relatives late Wed nesday that they are safe. Their sister, Mrs. Joseph A. Kremmei, and their brothers, P. J. Hanns and S. J. Hanns, live in Eugene as well as Mrs. Bruhn's daughter, Miss Dorothy Bruhn, student at the University here. Albert Lincoln Moore of this city is among those in the servico in the Philippines. He i the son of Mrs. Svlvia Moore of this city. Kenneth Allen Booher is among Lcne county men in the army at LONDON? NOT ON YOUR LIFE SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER 1941 Mark De cember 11, 1941, in your calendar. That's the day first sandbag protection against air raids appeared in San Francisco. Yes, it can happen here, with the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company the first San Francisco firm to protect itself against dangers from the air. Note armed guards. ace ninnr. r.lir.ENEANS STORY I PAUE S Rate Increases WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 P The nation's railroads petitioned the interstate commerce commis sion today for increased freight and passenger rates which would produce approximately $356,525, 000 in additional revenue annual ly. The increases were asked to enable the carriers to meet high er operating costs resulting from the recent wage Increases granted their employes. The proposed increases includ ed: 1 Increase of 10 per cent in all passenger fares except the V cents per mile special rate al lowed members of military or naval forces travelling on fur lough. There would be no in crease in the extra fare charged on some trains. 2 Increase of 10 per cent in all freight rates except those on an thracite and bituminous coal, coke and iron ore. In the case of anthracite and bituminous coal, the railroads pro posed an increase of 5 cents in rates stated on a net ton basis and 6 cents where stated on a gross ton basis, except that rates from all origins to points west of Chi cago and Milwaukee would be in creased as follows: Rates of 75 cents and less, an Increase of three cents; rates from 76 cents to $1, an increase of 5 cents; rates over $1, an increase of 10 cents. Weather Note: 'Threatening BOSTON. The Brighton Citi zen, a weekly newspaper, nas come up with this "weather re port": 'For Japan and vicinity heavy showers of bombs, with scattered clouds of planes, probably followed by parachutes. Bulletins WASHINGTON. Dec 13. IP) The Hungarian government Informed the United States to day It considered a slate of war to exist between Hungary and the United States. BALBOA, C. Z Dec. 13. (IP) A V. S. bomber taking off from an outlying field last night crashed Into a barrack killing five persons -and injuring ten, army officials said today. 'Wash Jacket, HoldtheTeeth!' FORT RILEY. Kas. A frantic customer who shouted "please don't wash my teeth" over the telephone had the laundry in an uproar for a wnnc. Then they found 'cm Paul Cul limore's store bought choppers He'd left them in the pocket of a jacket in the week s wash. Phelan's Contract Not To Be Renewed SEATTLE, Dec. 13. (P) Ray L. Eckmann, University of Wash ington athletics and student ac tivities director, announced to day that Football Coach James Phelan's contract would not be renewed for 1942. Neither will those of Phelan's assistants, Chester "Cotton" Wilcox and Ralph 'Test" Welch. He stated a new coaching staff will be employed, and that while Phelan, Wilcox and Welch are paid through next March 31, their dismissals are effective today. 100 Women Needed For Filter Center The Eugene filter center can use 100 new women volunteers, Lt. Ray Siegenthaler, commanding officer, announced Saturday. They will be called for training as soon as sched ules can be arranged. Volunteers may sign up in the offices of the Lane county defense council in the armory. Stimson Urges Draff Change WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. W Secretary of War Stimson urged the house military committee to day to approve promptly far reaching extensions of the draft act to provide "a great pool of men" to meet any eventuality. In a letter sent to Chairman May (D-Ky) as the committee opened hearings on legislation to register all men from 18 to 64, inclusive, and to make men from 19 to 44, inclusive, liable for military duty, Stimson said: "I desire to emphasize the psy chological or moral effects of the passage of a great measure along these lines. It will make clear to the American people the character of the effort that will be required to defeat the vast forces arrayed against us. To the outside world it will be a symbol that we are providing the means to make good our declared policy to 'accept no result save victory, final and com' plete. "The broad purpose of the bill is to provide a framework into which we can steadily and solidly Duud stone by stone a structure which will accomplish the victory. Warns Against Restrictions "I wish most respectfully to ex press a caution against the InclU' sion in the bill of any restrictions as to the priorities whereby men may be called for military service, or restrictions as to administrative procedures, because all such re strictions might turn out to be shackles that would hamper the SEE STIMSON STORY PAGE 3 Pearl Harbor Affair Blasts Dangerous Overconfidence Marines Wipe Out LuzonBridgeheads By ASSOCIATED PRESS Bad news for Tokyo was reported from Batavia (Dutch East Indies) saying 4000 Japanese troops lost their lives when Netherlands submarines sank four Japanese troop trans ports off southern Thailand, near Malaya. Another naval force was said to have liquidated a Japanese settlement pa the east coast of Borneo. Sea-borne Japanese troops which gained a foothold at Liagayen on the west- coast of Luzon island, 100 miles north of Manila, have been wiped out. it was reported officially today as American fighter planes pitched into waves of Japa nese bombers in spectacular dogfights over the Philippine capital. 14 Found Guilty ionage Of Espi NEW YORK. Dec. 13 W) The conviction of 14 tight-lipped de fendants accused of supplying military Information to Germany today capped the governments drive against one of the most fantastically-operated spy rings in recent .history. Against a backdrop of the day- old war between the two coun tries, the 14-week-long trial end ed early today with a compara tively speedy verdict. A jury of nine men and three women dell berated only eight hours before finding the 14 guilty on both counts of an indictment charging conspiracy to avoid registering as German government agents and conspiracy to deliver to the Nazi government vital American de fense secrets. The verdict carried a maximum sentence of 22 years. Federal Judge Mortimer W. Byers said in his 2-hour charge to the jury that it was "unfortunate" that war started during the trial, de claring it was "probably no ex aggeration" to say the defendants had "manifested deep sympathy for Germany." Those convicted were Herman Land, 40, a Norden company em ploye; Conradin Dold. 35; Hein rich Eilers, 42; Paul Scholz, 41; Franz Josef Stigner, 34; Erich Strunch, 32; Adolf Walischr ewskl, 50, all employes of Ameri can steamship lines; Frederick L. Duquesne, 63; Rudolph Ebellng, 43; Edmund Heine, 50; Josef Klein, 38; Carl Reuper, 37; Leo Waalen, 34; and Axel Wheeler-Hill, who admitted he was paid to report ship movements in the U. S. If there was any good in the naval disaster at Pearl Harbor it was hat every bit of overconfi dence, which has marked the attitude of American naval of ficials, must have been wiped com pletely out, Dr. Harold J. Noble, professor of history at the uni versity and recognized authority on the Far East, told a student assembly Friday in his last talk here before leaving for Washing ton D. C. where he will work with the war department. "Wn must not forget that the Japanese are courageous, deter mined and skilled and that they have good equipment and an ex cellent naval tradition," Dr. Noble cautioned. There are no better fighting men in the world and the United States must realize that we will suffer more disastrous losses before final victory is won, Noble added. Singapore Vital Ho emphasized the importance of holding the great British naval base ot Singapore tor which h said no sacrifice was too great. This base, Noble said, is prob ably the greatest single factor in the war and the United States and Britain must hold it. It will be largely up to Americans to re inforce Singapore both with planes and men because the British have most of their available manpower spread out in other parts of the world, Noble pointed out. These reinforcements cannot be dis patched too soon, he declared. The Japanese strategy in strik ing at Hawaii was nothing new, lt has been set down in naval books and was well known by American naval experts, Noble told the group. That strategy was to try to knock out the United States navy at Pearl Harbor, tem porarily at least, in order to give the Japanese main drive against Luzon and Singapore a chance to succeed before reinforcements could be sent. Noble also stressed the im- SEE PEARL HARBOR STORY PAGE I Navy Lists Don'fs For Conversation SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13. (IP) "This is a modern war," the navy warned today. "The enemy will utilize every conceivable means to obtain information." Addressing a caution to civilians, the navy imposed five "don'ts:" 1. Don't discuss movements or concentrations of our navy or mer chant ships. 2. Don't discuss new military techniques or new weapons. 3. Don't discuss defense plant production capacities. 4. Don't discuss movements or concentrations of naval personnel or marines. S. Don't discuss naval shore con struction projects. Enemy spies, the navy warned. "Will be listening for the stray spoken word, watching avidly for the chance clue in the printed story," and in either of these in one innocently sounding phrase, there may be "enough information to sink a troop-packed transport. or blast a shipyard." The war department In Wash ington said in a later communi que than the one issued at Manila, that Japanese aircraft had bomb-' ed Cebu, south of the concent trated defenses on the island ot Luzon. The Japanese plan was described as one to establish "im provised air bases" outside ground defense areas. Admit Wake Holdlnc Oat Simultaneously, Imperial Tokyo headquarters obligingly conceded that American forces were still holding out on tiny Wake island; about halfway between Honolulu and Manila, where U. S. marines have been fighting off savage Japanese air and sea attacks tor days. Japanese headquarters' said" military objectives on Wake island had been severely damaged in ah' attack by Japanese naval units Thursday. The Japanese suffered some losses, it was admitted. ',, A Tokyo communique said eight American planes were shot down in aerial attacks on the Philippines and 14 others destroyed on the ground. : Eleven American flying boats also were claimed destroyed. Claim Hong Kong Doomed In the Far East, Dome! broad cast a dispatch from Saigon, French Indo-China, asserting that British troops defending Hong kong had withdrawn from their first line of defense following Japanese capture of Kowloon on the mainland facing ' the great British naval base. Dome! declared that "British forces in Hongkong have been trapped and the fate of the crown colony is virtually sealed." The Japanese ambassador in Buenos Aires said Hongkong had fallen but this had no substantia tion, not ever from Tokyo. A bulletin from the Manila headquarters of Lieut-Gen. Doug las MacArthur, U. S. army com mander in chief of the Far East, indicated that Japanese forces at tacking the Philippines had failed to gain any new bridgeheads on Luzon island. "The situation on the ground has not changed," the communi que said, adding that "mopping up in the Lingayen area has been concluded." Manila itself experienced wild, gun-blazing night in which sentries and police battled fifth columnists who fired red signal rockets over the city. Rifle fire crackled in the sec tions where the rockets were sent up, and sentries shot into several houses showing lights in violation of the city's rigid blackout. Reuters, the British news agency, quoted a Dome! dispatch from Shanghai as saying Hono lulu had undergone six Japanese air raids within nine hours after Secretary of the Navy Knox ar rived there. There was no con firmation of this report Blue Lights Banned For Normal Driving SALEM, Dec. 13 OP) Use of colored automobile headlights that reduce road illumination below the plain requirements of the state law must be stopped, in the interests of safety, Charles P. Pray, superintendent ot state police, declared today. "Motorists driving with these colored lights outside ot blackout periods are subject to arrest," Pray warned, "And, of course, they must not drive nt all during blackouts unless they aro prop erly authorized , ONLY 9 MORE SHOPPING DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS You'll find 101 Tift iuc qestlons in tho Gift Guide) very night listed there by Eugene stores and shops, on today's Classified page of - The Register-Guard
