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Raid Signal it ft VA Slrt b will be the ofriclal Home Edition .i,m1. A Ion steady lately " minute long, will itpro ilftial. LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1942 ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS 5c NO. 5? Gigantic IN aval Battle Raging in Java pspufels w Board eetmg ror jumuu;, ike Lift txpecrea icmUCTON, Feb. 21.-01.B jUry of Labor Frances Per- certified to the war board a dispu'o between the ci-KeUy Lumber Co., Spnng j nn. and the International Ltorkers (CIO) involving 200 LL and union demands for U increases, a union snop mm fa vacations. LoTvr.nFT.n. Feb. 21. (Spe- ) Alter lour bargaining between union and tito by the war labor board in L. the no-Booth-Kelly dis- f, was apparently assured Sat lar morning following a Wash ' that. Secre- ircin aniiuuin.... , , t j i .hm- Trances Perkins had t ified the disagreement to that Ewas assumed that the month- i ,hita oraer wouia ue imcw n. srinifieid mill, operations Lmed, and the union demands L .are increases, union shop, d vacations, and other working tract provisions arDitraiea Dy km labor board alter me men tr. hark at work. CIO officials said Saturday that Dminf official confirmation of t certification, the union nego itinf committee will recommend e immediate return to work of 1 150 striking plant employes hvided that the company agrees illow them reasonable time to turn to their jobs and does not tace any discrimination. A mass meeting of all Booth illy union, employes has been lied tor Sunday at 2 p. m. in the irinjfield CIO hall. At this time e members of the negotiation pmittee explain the significance the certification, and, if the Ker has been confirmed, will tow the membership to vote kon a resolution calling for their ftum to work. The CIO is requesting that Com issioner Jessie Jacobsen of the bariment of conciliation service fringe another meeting with wth-Kelly representatives for K purpose of discussing the certi htion and immediate steDs to be fen in reopening the mill. Mac Arthur Not 'Wordy' SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 21 (U.R) A sample of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's terseness was posted today on a bulletin board in the Springfield Armory where the Garand automatic rifle is manu factured. In answer to a 32-word message of congratulations sent by an ar mory official in behalf of the plant's workers, MacArthur re plied from Bataan: Thanks." Uruguay Under Martial Law MONTEVIDEO. Feb. 21. tm President Alfredo Baldomir kept lirm grip on the Uruguayan government today in an interior political squabble which resulted in dissolution of congress, cancel lation of scheduled national elec tions March 29 and placed an army or iy.uuu men in control of the country. By an unexpected executive de cree, he blocked Uruguay's leading opponent of Pan-American cooper ation, Luis Alberto de Herrera, from forcing his hand on a tech nical voting dispute by which members of de Herrera's opposi tion party might hold cabinet posts and at the same time combat the government in congressional de bates. De Herrera has long opposed Baldomir's foreign policy and has been an outspoken critic of the administration's plan to build naval and air bases from United States funds. far Supplies Pile p Awaiting Ships WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 (Pi ped war materials were re pd today to be piling up on piencan wharves htly needed cargo ships to carry m to the far Pacific front. J of sufficient shipping, mer than Inadequate production, oesenbed authoritatively as most serious obstacle in the By Of hnleta-;..- uisiant lines. Iever, there was a conviction " capital that shipping would 1 My a temporary bottleneck. A senate armrnnriatinnc k Mtee was assured by under tary of war Robert P. Patter ni!e,crday ,hat manufacture Idmini p -'""j. iiom near K ,Emory s- Land' chai-- tC-the mari'ime commission, IZTr "?'vod a less encour- FJ" turning out raron ,..i, " DronJL.i-0'0-901-900 y-navy Cl bJ!L?'7,n J?'- feu anH . "'. i a jpropria K,l!?n,ract authorizations lips. Th. V,,1'4'8 "erehant. liii.m l contemplates 4?.r0ddaUvCli0n t0arate Jr,.1 fv"V effort was ISSS. aIlevia,e Portages Y i to hnlH I a pan,CUIarIy steel, h He wi rrup,cd cnstnic h rate J, rcportcrs Iater that CCh!!lmo.mb were said h "." ""ormcd that shin Fanlu . cne"iv action weri to piE',ue!,ah w d at th i ,p on wharves deumSr convoys has kr - l-wi As i si-TTiTTTrt b fic ?. h.e fact that some n'm.. De.cl05ed Monday i.v .IT! , ; Washington's r ' the eh , J rs win sti" t:001 office0, s",rdirom ,he city no hft :j Army Objects To NLRB Hearing WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (U.B Some United States planes were reported today to be grounded in the Far East, the Middle East and in this country for lack of parts whose production may be further curtailed by a national labor rela tions board investigation of a dis pute in two Curtiss-Wright plants. War and navy representatives were said to have objected to the proposed NLRB hearing on grounds it would hamper produc tion by disrupting the plants. But the investigation now is scheduled to proceed under authority of the NLRB. One responsible official estimat ed the number of grounded planes in the hundreds and said half of them were in combat areas. Check ing other sources, however, the United Press was informed the number of grounded planes was comparatively small and that the parts situation which had been acute had shown recent and basi cally satisfactory improvement. In formation was contacting wnetner the planes had been shipped to combat areas without necessary parts or whether the shortage was in spares now needed. NLRB headquarters here told United Press that the Curtiss Wright case -was pending in the New York regional office. But Defense Area Includes All Of Washington All Japanese Must Surrender Firearms And Explosives OLYMPIA, Feb. 21 P) Wash ington state was declared a pro tective defense area today by Gov ernor Langlie, who ordered all Japanese to immediately surrender to the state patrol all firearms, ammunition, explosives or other instruments which might be used to damage property or life. The order was issued by procla mation after conferences with the military, at which the necessity was stressed for immediate action to keep articles of destruction from persons "who might use them in a campaign of sabotage, conducted at a given time or timed simul taneously with an aerial bombing or possible attempted invasion." The state patrol was authorized to regulate the sale, storage and use of explosives and firearms in the hands of everyone in the state, including white American citizens. There will be no interference with ordinary firearm sales to sports men for hunting purposes. Regulations for explosives will be drafted with a view to disrupt ing industrial operations as little as possible, while still affording the safeguards deemed necessary by the army and navy, the gover nor's office said. All Japanese, however, must immediately surrender their fire arms and explosives to the patrol by next Thursday, Feb. 26, and any violation is punishable by fine and imprisonment. Receipts will be issued by the patrol and the firearms will be r - "o holiday. SEE DEFENSE STORY PAGE 4 SEE ARMY STORY PAGE 4 Conciliation Panel Studies Lumber Dispute Charles Ray, federal conciliator from Chicago, said talks between representatives of the W. A. Wood ard lumber company of Cottage Grove, the federal panel and striking AFL union members "were progressing" Saturday. The groups were scheduled to continue their discussion at 1:30 p. m. after a recess for lunch. The three-week old dispute grew out of a strike of loggers asking for transportation to the woods. The mill workers went on strike Feb. H when the woods crew picketed the mill. Ray heads a federal conciliation panel investigating the strike. Portugal Sends Protest To Japs LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 21 W) Premier Antonio Oliveira de Salazar told the national assembly today that Portugal already had entered an "energetic protest" to Tokyo against Japanese occupa tion of the southwest Pacific island of Timor, Jointly the terri tory of Portugal and the Nether lands. Salazar said that the Japanese knew that Portuguese troops were on the way to take over the pro tection of the Portguese portion from Dutch and Australian troops, who occupied it last December. "We have remained faithful to the thesis that there can be no strategic reasons for the violation of the sovereignty of states," Sala zar said. The Portuguese press already was protesting the "new viola tion" of Portuguese territory when the national assembly was assembled in extraordinary session to hear the premier. "We maintain this principle, the premier declared, "That vio lation of rights by one does not justify violation of the same or another right by others." He outlined negotiations his government had conducted with Britain by which Portuguese troops were to take over their own guard of Portuguese Timor, and paid tribute to the good will of the British, Australians and Dutch. Low-Number Bike Tags Must Be Called For Children who were awarded low numbers for bicycle license tags must pick them up at the police station before next Saturday, ac cording to a police announcement made Saturday. After February 28 the numbers will no longer be reserved. Officer Richard Spies, in charge of the bicycle licenses, said Satur day that over 1000 tags had been affixed to wheels belonging both to children and adults in Eugene during February. He expects about three or four times this number as total licensing figure. i 4 S .'. -. ""Vy fA.0 JT JOT Ti''ST'" '.v. Jy- A f i . fs (7f f J ' -ass 1 ..iSM THE NAVY SHOWS ITS STRENGTH These pictures, taken during the raids on Jap bases on Wotjc, Gilbert and Marshall Islands, show the navy in action on the open sea, a different matter from being caught in Pearl harbor, as the Mikado s navy is dis covering in the Java sea to day. Above a U. S. cruiser bom bards Wotjc bases, left, a war ship swiftly dodging a load of Jap bombs. 1 In,. lttijWlf&&frH irnim Pan-American Convoy System Considered WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. P) Acting Secretary of State Welles said today the question of convoys for inter-American commerce would be considered soon by the hemisphere defense board. Commenting at his press confer. ence on the sinking of two Brazil ian merchant ships by Axis sub marines, the acting secretary re marked that convoys constituted one of the means by which the American republics would cooper ate for their mutual defense. He then added that correspond ents could take it for granted that practical measures of that charac ter would be worked out in the near future. Meanwhile, Rear Admiral Em ory S. Land, war shipping admin istrator, advised President Roose velt of the establishment of the Washington organization to super vise the pooling of cargo vessels for the United Nations. Land will represent the United States and Sir Arthur Salter will represent Great Britain on the Washington board. Civilians Ordered To Evacuate Darwin CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 21 VP) Evacuation of civilians from Darwin, northern Australia naval station which was bombed by Japanese air raiders Thurs day, was ordered today as mili tary authorities clamped strict control on all activities in the area. All women will be removed from Darwin except nurses, an announcement said. Australian authorities, mean while, issued a flat denial of Japanese claims that heavy dam age had been inflicted on Allied naval units in the Darwin raid. They said, however, that for mili tary reasons a detailed statement of the damage actually inflicted by the raiders could not be made at present. Prime Minister John curun, denying a statement by the Tokyo radio that a hospital ship at Dar win was not attacked during a Japanese raid on that port, said that the "hospital ship was at tacked and damaged and (Siere were casualties." Just A Matter Of Adaptation COFFEY V I LLE, Kas. The mother cat on the Carl Rich farm didn't mind so much when an old hen butted in and took over the raising of two new kittens. But Rich figures the cat has a legitimate complaint now. Each night when the hen goes to roost, the kittens climb up be side her to snooze. Employment Office Cancels Holiday Observance of a holiday follow ing Washington's birthday has been cancelled by the Eugene of fice of the United States employ ment service, according to an an- nouncement from J. H. Bagan, manager. This was done in line with the government's drive to speed up production and to enable the office to continue service to employers on war contracts. No claims for unemployment com pensation will be taken Monday, however, Bagan said. Hitler's Spring Offensive Said Still In 'Communique Form' Twenty Lost On Torpedoed Ship JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 21 (A)The sinking of the tanker Pan Massachusetts off the Atlan tic coast Thursday afternoon by an enemy submarine was announced by the navy today after the land ing here of 18 survivors. They told a harrowing story of their escape and the death of 20 fellow crew- man in an inferno of burning oil. Cant. Robert E. Christie, 52- year-old sea veteran who lost the first ship of his career, said two torpedoes exploding in quick suc cession turned the ship into a mass of flames and "the sea soon was afire for half a mile around us as the gasoline and oil spread." Christie, of 1308 Mesquue si., Corpus Christi, Tex., said "three or four shells also exploded on us after we were ablaze" but the sub marine "was not seen by any of us the two lookouts died in the fire aboard ship, and they are the only men who might have seen it." The survivors were picked up by a ship which Captain Christie Nazis Announce Soviet Losses In Rshev Area , By DeWITT MacKENZIE (Wide World War Analyst) The German high command dusts off the old, warped phono graph record about "encirclement and annihilation" on the Russian front today and claims the slaugh ter of 27,000 Russians and impris onment of 5,000 in four weeks on the central sector. It has "very good reasons of its own for this prc-spring offensive by communique: 1. It is time for Adolf Hitler to pretend to make good on his prom ises, made in his speech of Janu ary 30, that good news for Ger mans might be expected from the east in a few weeks. 2. It is probable that the Rus sian command will announce by I tomorrow or Monday the accumu j lated results of the last few weeks ' of winter counter-offensive, and since there is every reason to be- lleve these gains hava been ex- to tensive, the Germans want take the edge off them. German "military circles," which designation is a device used by the Nazis to accredit information which the high command docs not want to stand officially be hind, say this action took place "near Rzhcv." This probably is an excellent tip that the Russians will announce capture of that city, on the upper Volga 125 miles northwest of Moscow, which they long ago by-passed. They prob ably also will announce and docu ment gains far west of Rrhcv, close to the frontiers of the Nazi occupied and typhus-ridden Bal tic states, plus an important pene tration of the south. This expected Russian com munique may well be the last compilation of large-scale offen- SEE HITLER'S STORY PAGE 4 SEE TWENTY LOST STORY PAGE 4 0. E. Crow Appointed Defense Commander The appointment of O. E. Crow to the post of commander of ci vilian defense organizations in the Springfield area was announced Saturday by Judqe Clinton V. Hurd, chairman of the county dc fense council. Crow will take over the dirco tion of defense activities in the newly created District No. 9. The district includes. Springfield and environs, the Mohawk and Mc Kcnzie river valleys and the Mid dle Fork of the Willamette up to and including Dexter. The new commander will co ordinate defense organizations already set up in the areas and establish new units as needed. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Adolf Hitler's high command asserted today that German tank forces had killed 27,000 Russians and captured 5.000 prisoners in a four-week battle of encirclement near Rzhev, key nazi Invasion base 125 miles northeast of Moscow, while the London radio reported that fresh Soviet troops had L.id ed In the Crimea. Russian front-line dispatches had previously declared that the German hold-out garrison at Rzhev, guarding the north flank of the nazi retreat from Moscow, had been surrounded. In the Crimea, a BBC broadcast said Russian troops were advanc ing upon the port of Feodosiya, at the neck of the Kerch penin sula. Soviet warplanes aiding in the defense of Sevastopol, Crimean naval base, were declared to have killed nearly 30,000 Germans in a scries of 300 offensive thrusts. On the Moscow front. Hitler's headquarters said German troops, fighting in bitter sub-zero cold, had "destroyed the bulk of an enemy army and beaten a large part of a further enemy army" presumably in the Rzhcv sector. The claim of total dead and wounded would represent about two divisions, or half of one Rus sian army corps. A still larger Red army assault was pledged in Moscow to counter Adolf Hitler's plans for a spring offensive and Red Star said the Russians were determined to "put an end to nazi Germany in 1942." U. S.-Dutch Fleet Smashes Back At Invasion Hordes Two-Day Engagement May Surpass Battle Of Macassar Strait By ROGER D. GREENE Associated Press War Editor United States and Dutch war ships, aided by dive bombers and fighting planes, smashed back at Japan's invasion hordes in a flam ing sea battle oft the island of Bali today, and by latest accounts had already blown up a Japanese cruiser and inflicted damaging blows on two other cruisers, two destroyers and four transports. As the battle raged into its sec ond day in the shark-infested Java sea, dispatches from Batavia said it was potentially greater than the fight for Macassar strait, the scene of Japan's worst naval disaster of the war. United States cruisers and hea vy bombers, combined with Dutch cruisers and destroyers under the aggressive command of the Dutch Vice-Admiral C. E. L. Helfrich, were reported blasting furiously at the invaders. "Flying Dutchman" Return The N. E. I. warships steaming out to battle must have seemed -like a ghostly return of the legen dary "Flying Dutchman," for Im perial Tokyo headquarters pro claimed on Feb. 6 that "The Dutch navy was practically entirely wip ed out." On that date, a Tokyo commun ique asserted that two Dutch cruisers were sunk and a third Dutch cruiser comprising "the main N.E.I, fleet" and a United States cruiser were damaged in a fight in the Java sea. This, fol lowed the bloody battle of Macas sar Strait, In which various esti mates listed Japanese losses as high as 46 warships and trans- ' ports. U. S. Bombers Score Hits ' ' A war department bulletin. Is sued in Washington, said at least 10 heavy American bombers at tacking the Japanese armada off Bali scored direct hits on three enemy cruisers and four trans ports, and also shot down four Japanese planes. Four American planes were acknowledged lost. Batavia dispatches said the Java sea fight was the first Allied nav al offensive in the critical battle for the Indies. One Allied destroyer was tor pedoed and sunft. A bulletin from United Nations headquarters in Java said the planes sank a large Japanese trans port and scored a series of direct hits on enemy cruisers and de stroyers. "One of the cruisers, which re ceived two direct hits of heavy bombs, was seen to be stationary and on fire," a communique said. Dispatches from Batavia said the fighting began shortly after midnight yesterday' in Lombok DeWitt Restores Army Salute Regulations SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21 ) The army has got strict again about salutes between officers and men. Under a new order by Lieut. -Gen. John L. DeWitt, command ing general of the western defense command and fourth army, sa lutes will be exchanged on prac tically all occasions when officers and enlisted men meet. This restored older regulations that were modified in 1940 to pro vide that salutes need not be exchanged between an officer and enlisted men when "off duty out side the confines of military posts, ramps or stations unless the en listed man is addressed by an officer." SEE V. S. DUTCH STORY PAGE 4 Skiing Good At Cascade Summit Five feet of snow with a six inch topping of new snow that's the confection the skiers will be hurrying to sample Sunday at the Willamette summit winter sports area. The Greyhound company is again sending up a bus, which leaves the Tenth and Pearl sta tion at 7:45 a. m., and the Col lege Side Inn at 8 a. m., returning late in the afternoon. The bus will stay at the ski area all day giving the skiers a warm and comfort able place to catch their breath, between slides. On the way up, the bus will make stops at Oak ridge and Salt Creek Falls. The ski tow will be in operation as usual Saturday and Sunday, On account of some schools ob serving Washington's birthday Monday a holiday has been de clared for several class ski parties, that day. The highway department has cleared a large parking area for cars and school busses at the junc tion of the summit and the road leading to the play area and the lake. Lunches and refreshments can be had at the shelter. The following are expected to represent their organizations as guests of the Upper Willamette Winter Sports association this Sunday, Feb. 22: J. R. Bruckart, supervisor Willamette National forest; R. A. Elliott, assistant sup ervisor Willamette National For est; Lloyd Lillie, Boy Scout ex ecutive; Fred Brenne, secretary chamber of commerce; J. E. Turn bull, chairman, highway commit tee, chamber of commerce; J. M. Edge, Greyhound Lines,
