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TODAY'S NEWS TODAY . EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1945
NO. 13
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t. t ttp AMEBIC N LEGIONNAIRE Harlcv M. OUa, (center) first Japanese-American veteran
P in hroome an American Legion member is congratulated by official of the Hollywood,
F T ,? . m. arrrntanre. So far as can be as -ertaincd. Oka is the first person of Japanese an-
I post after MS arcepwi .. .-.n.,.tlnn. INVA ToTonhntol
I to become a memoi r . . . r
OTERRORISTSMEET TRAIN
p-Americans Return To Hood River
i Intr nv pv.iriipps Satn. an nrrh. I Th I-tWinn nnal cltx ham
RUNDSTEDT,
FALLS BACK
ON OURTHE
PARIS, Jan. 13. A)RI Lt. Gen.
Courtney H. Hodges' first army
smashed Into the northeastern
houlder of the Ardennes salient
in a new attack along a nine
mile front between Stavelot and
Malmedy today, driving a spear
head 1,200 yards Into the German
defenses.
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Jan. 13 OP) U. S.
first army troops drove more
than a mile through' snowbound
forests today toward Houffalize.
heart of the Germans' shrunken
bulge into Belgium, while third
army forces on the south battled
within five miles of the high
way stronghold.
The first army vanguards
sliced to within less than six
miles of Houffalize, menacing the
Germans' last escape road, and
narrowing the waist of the
enemy salient to less than 11
miles in the American nutcracker
clamp.
Ousted from 100 square miles
at the tip of the bloody salient,
Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt
Japs .Report
Slight Quake
By Associated Press
A "slight earthquake" struck
the central area of Honshu,
main Japanese home island to
day, the Japanese Domei agency
reported in a broadcast.
The dispatch, recorded by
the federal communications com
mission, said "a little dam
age to a small number of
houses" had been caused, but
declared "transportation facil
ities sustained no damage what
ever." The quake was recorded
at 3:55 a. m. (Tokyo time).
The Weston (Mass.) college
seismograph recorded a "se
vere earthquake, lasting about
three hours" in the direction of
Japan at 11:52 p.m. (Pacific
war time) yesterday, the Rev.
Daniel J. Linehan, college
seismologist, said.
'Work-Fight'
Legislation
Hits Obstacles
NAZIS CALL
RED DRIVE
'GIGANTIC
191 Jap Ships
Mit iv Yanks
Allied Troops On Luzon
Search For Jap Defenders
LONDON, Jan. 13. U.P A red
army offensive launched from the
tOO RIVER. Jan. 13.-U
pile efforts lo organize a
L.ns' committee to meet re-
rnlns Japanese-Americans
discourage them from re-
Line to the Hood River val
three nisei today were back
Ihe county without so much
Un eyebrow raised against
Ire three former evacuees
Sato, Sat Nojl and MM
-rtturnin? by train Frl
without attention from
Idtnts reported to be form-
'welcoming committee"
meet Incoming trains bear
ing any evacuees. Sato, an orch
ard owner, came from Cleve
land, O.. where he worked in
a war plant. The other two
were from undesignated desti
nations. They were "the first to
return to this valley under the
recent order by the western
defense command permitting
such rehabilitation.
Hood River gained nationwide
attention after the American
Legion post expunged from its
war honor roll the names of 16
Japanese-Americans serving
with the armed forces, bringing
down upon the post widespread
criticism from ministerial and
liberal groups.
The Legion post since has
advertised in Hood River news
papers, advising evacuees
against returning to the valley,
warning that such action would
arouse enmity. The ads prom
ised, however, that If any evac
uees did return the post would
do its utmost to see that law
and order were maintained. A
Legion ccmmlttee has asked the
county court te arrange an
election to determine popular
sentiment In regard to return
of Japanese-Americans.
On the day the first evacuees
returned the post had advertise
ments in papers restating the
post's opposition to their return.
DO MEN DIE WHEN STORM
ITS THREE DESTROYERS
Bv LLOYD TUPLING I 50 horror-filled hours for most of
Ied Press War Correspondent ; the survivors in storm-tossed,
ITH ADMIRAL HALSEY'S ! j'l?."in.?'il!lv?l?,r?;.. L.bJ
ELES i5ri.n9. 7mii I Chief Machinist Henry J. Deet-
loon caught a group of third I '
vessels attempting to refuel
tankers at sea after cxtcn
operations, swept 500 men to
death, sank three destroyers,
damaged three craft.
Lss of the destroyers was an-
rced by the navy department
lasnmgton Wednesday.)
officers and men sur
28. of Boston snid a huge
wave rolled the Spence over on its
portsicle while it was floundering
helplessly with the steering con
trol gone.
Big Wave Hits
"I wns standing on the star
board side when the last big wave
hit us," he said. "Men were fall
ing all over each other fighting
I their way to the hatch. I just
Dr. Wetherbee
Dies; Practiced
Here 76 Years
Dr. J. R. Wetherbee, 73, who
probably was the first pre-medi-cal
student to complete his work
at the University of Oregon, md
who returned to Eugene about
If! years ago to make his home
after a busy life as an eye, par,
nose and throat specialist, world
traveler and lecturer, died Fri-
! WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 0J.R1
President Roosevelt's request for
"work-or-fight" legislation to
i uj -n , ,- .:ii. force 4-Ks into war worn ran inio
micuy nu iimci Ud';n iu wnn- ----- r .,. ,,, ,h. - ,h. Hnri n.:in, l,in k-
in two to three miles of the ,...r. 7. I V,.......- -J ..
iuwiiis uci ciupiimiifl ....... - ft , uuliiv miu naasA
ported: I (Kosice).
1. The congress of industrial Moscow Silent
organizations said such a law ; Moscmv remained silent on the
T,"!." .be t"hm,Uf 1 i "P"r,s " ,he rman high com-
npowr waseeS but J
ih. m.nnnwer nrotalems should ! t!"'ks o"ih the Vistula In the
h worked out bv management i northern sector of the Baranow
the
By LEONARD MILLIAM
Associated Press War Editor
For the second successive dav third fleet carrier rjlatiM
Sandomleri bridgehead west of dove on broken Japanese convovs off the south Asiatic coast
the Vistula has blasted a 87 -mile , today, determined to increase the toll of 191 Nipponese ships
oandn,!,dGr"7onM52lian'i '. slmk r d&ed Indio-China, Formosa
mile, to within 41 miles of Kra- and he ."'"PP,1"68-
kow, gateway to German Silesia. I Tne 191 to,al was announced last night by Adm. Chester
,, mu I W. Nimitz and Gen. Douglas McArthur for in naval actions
G& "my drive toward
red army had launched a gigantic Ma"''a ln the. PhlIlPP!nes-
winter offensive wh three, Jhe surprising strike yesterday at the Indo-China coast
mighty attacks in Poland, East b' fast carrier forces of Adm. William F. Halsey's third fleet
Prussia and northern Hungary. caught the Japanese completely by surprise. Twenty-five
The major assault, the Germans ships were sunk and 10 heavilv damacprl as Ammran nilnt.
fw' as 'rom the yist,ll riv" hammered four convoys as they prepared to sail for the
miles below German-held War
saw. Admitting penetration of
nazi lines west of Baranow, Ber
lin described this offensive as "the
biggest of all time."
Suggesting simultaneous flank
ing drives both in the north and
the south, 4S0 to 500 miles apart,
the Germans said the Russians
lashed out on a 30-mile front in
the East Prussian sector after tre
mendous artillery preparation,
while a Russian force of seven or
eight divisions struck nazi lines
Ourthe river. The new blows
menaced any Gorman hooes of
holding a line through Houffalize
east of the river.
Broadcast Heard
(A German broadcast said early
today the nazi withdrawal "does
not seem to have been con
cluded.") By unofficial estimate, Von
Rundstedt had lost the equiva
lent of 20 divisions perhaps
200,000 men in his breakthrough
drive. But he had rescued the
bulk of his far-reaching armor,
in strength still constituting a
striking threat.
The tip of Von Rundstedt's
drive had been bct back 23 to 25
miles from its nearest approach
to the Mouse river, and American
and British armies had regained
60 per cent of German-overrun
territory.
Yanks Advance
and labor conferences with
government. I
2. Members of the house mili
tary affairs committee, currently ,
considering the May work-or-fight
bill, began to wonder if such
a law would force new war work- !
ers to join unions against their
iwill.
Trend Favorable
3. And at the same time war
production officials said the mar!
power crisis in industry would be (
greaiiy easea anyway u me uui
i rently reported trend of 4-Fs into
war work continued,
i The house committee has been
holding hearings all week on a
bill introduced by Chairman An
drew J. May (D. Ky.) to set up
bridgehead were broken
The German communique said
the Russians swept nazi positions
on the East Prussian border on
both sides of Rominten and Herth
with heavy artillery fire before
launching numerous attacks In
battalion strength. The German
communique said these attacks
were warded off and' added that
to the north several Russian at
tacks from the Memcl bridgehead
Philippines.
hlx loaded transports were sunk
at Qui-nhnn, 800 miles west of
Manila. Six more were sunk at
Siagon, 250 air miles southeast of
Qui-nhnn. A light cruiser was the
heaviest warshin sighted. It wan
unk. So were several dtrovers.
rianes Destroyed
Thirty-nine Japanese planes
were destroyed, most of them be
fore they could take off. Only 18
were encountered in the air all
over Siagon. Fires were left blaz
ing in three scattered military
centers.
No U. S. ships were, damaged
They continued their attack to
day, defying the enemy's land
based airforce.
This same task force struck
three days previously at Formosa,
1,000 miles to the northeast. To
their previously announced For
mosa toll, Nimitz added six ships
and IB small craft sunk; 41 ships
and 42 small craft damaged and
20 aircraft wiped out. Four Yank
planes were lost.
Freighters Blasted
MacArthur announced 46 small
freighters and coastal vessels, un
loading at San Fernando north of
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 W) the sixth army's invasion point on
JAP FLEET
LOSS TOTALED
By Associated Press
Here is the new Japanes
naval and merchant fleet des
truction at a glance:
Sunk 62 ships Including
12 loaded transports and half
a dozen warships; 18 small
craft.
Sunk or damaged 43 small
freighters and coastal vessels.
Damaged 54 ships, Includ
ing six destroyers; 42 small
craft.
Retraction
Of WPB Order
Expected Soon
were repulsed
The new'push In Poland was
reported to have begun at dawn
yesterday. A Berlin dispatch to a
Stockholm newspaper said It was
powered by eight soviet armies
.SoW'e" ot...Ve A2 lira' 8t0.l'"w., I A late report from Berlin to
lands south of Langlir, J.V, "J
miles above Houffalize, f reaehlng ommiUee of tne need for legi,la.
to within three miles of the nil- (ion to ,orce men int0 war work.
important Houffalize - St. Vith But the committee has not yet
highway. Germans fought back ! heard from labor, which is sched
violently. uled to present its side of the case
First army patrols which next week.
..... . -. c.t -I.. Conference Asked
siaooea east vi uie oaim uvc , - . . n...ut rMtin
i already were within nine miles M nht CIO President Philip
of St. Vith, and the largest third Jamea F. Byrnes in a letter that
dav at his home on Lake Drive, army u" , "the way to solve proaiicuon
5. Euzene. He had nrac- uxcmoourn u...
i the sinking of the destroy- waited until a hole cleared and
the USS Hull and the USS dived out, landing.on a bulkhead,
ifhan, 1,500-ton vessels of Then I grabbed a life jacket and
.-arragut class, and the USS ran out on the smoke stack which
ship of the was lying flat in the water and
jumped into tne sea
a 2,100-ton
l"her class.
pitn Die
:ee officers and 24 men nl
Hull, whose bodies or identi-
on tass were recovered, were
as dead. The remainder of :
XlTiDlempnts nf mnra ,!... enn
"The ship rested about 10 sec
onds on its side and then the bot
tom turned up. I think about 100
men got. off before she went
down.
me three vessels, except no Palif f,iH h and 9H others
:LT''ur?, ,rom ,he sPen-P. including Deeters reached a raft
m the Hull, and six from the which broke from the Spence be-
'sS officially ; fnre it sank.
ivn Survivors Injured
X!l vs"pl over I A gunnery officer whose ship
nerShJ f i- r.v 5 Ps and tw0 P'cket1 UP 5' of the 91 survivors
dtavL xnXme heat, said it was "just accidental" that
SS.ngme roo.m hm tne firs' survivor was rescued.
nSmknocked ! "Mst 4he ". we.re a,.n?,
!t In j, r , . out some were clinging io rails.
I'm typhoon had he said. "Shnrks hovered around
the men and we fired machine
guns to drive them off. Some of
the men had long slivers of flesh
route 5, Eugene.
ticed medicine in
, years.
Dr. Wetherbee was
: 26, 1871, at Middlesburg, Vt. He
came west in 1891, to Seattle,
then went to Salem as general
Oregon for 40 Irom vianacn.
Along the southern end of the
born Nov. rrcm' .u' ' i
were iorcea irom ueunK, nvc
miles southwest of Saarbrucken.
But farther eat in the Bitche
salient the Americans were doing
most of the advancing now, and
occupied Althorn, six miles below
Bitche.
1 The stllDS. fnllmvino
.?'.. ""Predictable course
we formation was unable
plLl
' ;h ,V'TrS ns,s''"ingcon-
"ttmpting to get clear
- Z .?rM- Fit the Hull.
, - the i Monashan and the
overturna J
T:ireA k . ... "ere
torn from their feet, annarentlv
by barracudas, but none was se- ; travel abroad. In 1906, he stud-
riously injured." led at the University of Berlin,
The officer said his ship re- Germany, and he later did gradu
mained tn search an area of 25 : at? work in other large universl-
secretary and physical education
director for the YMCA. He came
to Eugene in 1893, and organized
the department of physical edu
cation here, serving as its first
director while he also was a stu- .. lnll-r iiat
dent in pre-medics. DIMUU I INU I
On completion of his work at; p0R OREGON
the university, he went to Jeffer- WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (U.B
son Medical college at Philadel- Ncw ..rtimout" regulation for 11
phia, where he was graduated in luminated advertising signs and
1900. For two years he was In street lighting probably will not
Alabama as company surgeon for . apply to the Pacific northwest.
Republic Iron and Steel Co.
Travels Abroad
He came west again, to Port
land, where he maintained his
practice until coming to Eugene,
with frequent interruptions for
problems is not through such un
workable measures ' oui oy a con
ference of labor, agriculture,'
management and government
leaders.
Such a conference, he said,
could determine where production
is lagging, where ample facilities
and manpower are located and
whether increased wages would
boost production.
Today Murray and spokesmen
for most of the big CIO unions
met with military and civilian
government leaders to give spe
cific recommendations and to list
certain practices which they said
were wasting labor and should be
corrected.
Meanwhile one production of
ficial said that on the basis of
newspaper reports of 4-Fs flock
ing to war Jobs, many of the 300.
000 men needed in war plants
might be recruited voluntarily.
Sen. Wayne Morse (R, Ore.) said
today.
Morse said he had been in
formed by War Mobilization Di
rector James F. Byrnes that the
dimout was necessitated by the
coal shortage ana consequently nd loca police were on tne oolc.
will affect onlv areas defending . . .
on coal for generating power.
PRISONER ESCAPES
SALEM Jan. 1 3 11 B State
rapsizinn i ' ? , '"earner permr
-iJs(nllo-cd by ' air and surface.
P-ONER SHOT
' tiCAPE TRY
'?lD'Ja".-.-'nuards
- --.'wnin til
square miles and that the entire"' )jes. 1923. he made
iurce turnen nacx as soon as ..,j .,m
erman pris-
T l ZS "iri today.
"Tl'Pn-
,.. re,e int0
were?;- Two
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5? aZ m temperature.
- f t"vl ' .1 r'P'W'Km ! their marriage, and
" 1lr-s at 11:30 I reared their femii.
JFr. 1 .18 fret.
sunset (PUT 1.
'Pop' Christensen,
Lane Rancher, Dies
Lawrence "Pop" Christensen,
61, well-known cattleman of the
Spencer Butte district, died Sat
urday morning nt Sacred Heart
hospital. He was the proprietor of
one of the largest cattle and
sheep ranches of the Willamette
valley, located on the Fox Hollow
road, which he and his sons had
developed. The ranch supplied
stock for the Lane county rodeo
last summer.
Born at Denver, Colo., he was
brought to Lane county as an In
fant by his parents in 1384. They
settled at Bailey Hill, where his
mother. Mrs. Christina Christen
sen. still resides.
Christensen worked as a pro
fessional woodsman for many
years. He was married to Molly
Almasie in Eugene in 1911. They
purchased the ranch which Is the
present family home soon after
where they
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He is survived by his wife: one
daughter, 1 Mrs. W. B. Markley:
two sons. Henry and Albert
Christensen, all of Eugene; his
mother, 'and one brotheV. George
Christensen. both of Bailey Hill;
two grandchildren. Ke was a
member of St. Mary's Catholic
church.
Funeral services will be an
nounced later through the Veatch
Hollingjworth mortuary.
his first
indulging
a hobby for Oriental philosophy. 1
Three other globe-circling trips
were made, as educational direc
tor of world cruises, which were
followed by a season of lectur
ing. He was married In December,
1927. In Minneapolis, to Phyllis
Harrington Arnold, who survives
him.
During the last war. Dr. Weth
erbee served as a major in the
medical corps.
Holds Offices
During his residence ln Port
land, the medical man held many
positions of civic importance, and
had retained his membership in
the Portland chamber of com
merce. In Eugene he was a char
ter member of the Round Table,
a member of First Congregational
church, the chamber of commerce
and Kiwanis clubs. He was af
filiated with county and 't'te
and national medical associations,
and was a 32nd degree Scottish
rite Mason, and Shriner.
Besides his wife. Dr. Wet!ier'ee
is survived by two sisters. Mrs. j
Mary Cone of Portland and Mrs.
Jennie Dill of Los Angeles; sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Private funeral sen-ices are lo
be held Monday at 11 a.m. at ;
the Simon mortuary, with ere
mation to follow.
The northwest. Morse pointed
oTlt. draws its power from hydro-
' electric sources such as Bonneville
' dam.
out today for Bernard Walton,
22, who escaped from the state
penitentiary here yesterday while
at work near the flax sheds out
side the prison walls.
French, Belgians Backing
Allied War With Men, Arms
GIRI. JUMPS TO DEAVH
PORTLAND, Jan. I3-'i An
unidentified tirl leaped to her
death from the Broadway bridge
early this morning.
By DEWITT MACKENZIE
Associated Press War Analyst
Uncle Sam's soldiers are suffer
ing heavy casualties In the bloody
battle of the Belgian bulge and
the end Isn't In sight. So great is
the call for manpower In Europe,
and in the Pacific theater, that
Washington Is inducting a mini
mum of 900.000 men for , the
-rmed services in the first six
months of 1945.
With this stark background, the
publisher of a daily newspaper
has asked me what substantiation
there is for reports that, while
our boys arc being sacrificed,
there are French and Belgian
youths who also could be used,
but are not. Well, that's an un
pleasant subject hut one which
should he ironed out,, for the
sake of all concerned.
To state my conclusions first, I
find no support for such an idea.
On the contrary, both France and
Belgium seem to be doing all they
can to get their available men
into action, and the allies are
rendering such assistance as they
can. However, the situation is
complicated and difficult.
Take the case of France. With
a pre-war population of about
42.000.000 afce might be expected
under norrrrsl conditions to put a
maximum of ten per cent under
irmi My 4,000,000 spirt from
colonial troops. But actually the
French government reports that
the Germans are holding 780,000
French prisoners of war, 225.000
voluntary French workers, 750,
000 French slaves, 600,000 deport
ees of military age, and 600,000
deportees from Alsace and Lor
raine, mostly men. That's reach
ing for 3,000.000. or close lo three
quarters of France's quota of
fighting men.
Moreover, France has been
short of equipment for those
troops she could raise, and hasn't
even had sufficient arms for
training. Her fecllties for manu
facturing are limited, and she has
been contributing some supplies
to the allies. j
Despite these handicaps, Gen
eral De Gaulle hr flung an eager
force into the flaming western
battle front, and is reported plan
ning to add l.ROO.000 to the army,
making a total of more than 2.
000.000. At least part of the
equipment problem has been
solved. President Roosevelt re
ported In his recent message to
congress that he was glad to say
"we are now about to equip new
French forces with the most mod
ern weapons lor combat duty,"
nd this has now been Imple
mented by the huge new produc
tion program announced yesterday.
Stockholm said the Russians were
attacking In Poland with 500 guns,
two air fleets, several tank arm
ies and innumerable Infantry di
visions In "the greatest offensive
yet launched," smid "extremely
violent fighting."
When fighting subsided In this
area last August the Russians
held positions only 20 miles south
east of Kiclce, rail town connect
ing German-held Warsaw with
Krakow. Kielce and Krakow ap
pear to be the Immediate objec
tives of the fresh assault at the
threshhold of German Silesia.
The soviet high "command an
nounced last night that Inside
devastated Budapest the Russians
continued systematic liquidation
of German and Hungarian die
hards. A midnight soviet war bul
letin said Hungarian patriots had
risen and were firing on the Ger
mans from cellars and rooftops.
Men OF West
Ride High
In Congress
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.
The west was riding high as the
79th congress Inched through Its
first business week.
In committee assignments so
far announced the west claimed
two new senate chairmanships
Murray (D.-Mont.) for labor and
Education, O'Mahoney (D.-Wyo.)
for Indian affairs; while Thomas
(D.-Utah) shifted from education
to military affairs.
ft also placed Rep. Anderson'
(D.-N.M.) on the house ways and
means committee, Reps. Gillespie
(R.Colo.) and Horan (R.-Wash.)
on appropriations. Most others
found themselves strategically as
signed to aid their states' inter
ests. President Roosevelt presented
a budgpt that seemed to meet the
needs of most western activities,
Including $44,000,000 for reclama
tion. But he also renewed his sug
gestion for water resource devel
opment on a basin-wide basis,
which isn't too happy a prospect
for most western members.
Westerners forced a postpone
ment of Increases In grazing fees
and proposed to look into the
necessity for the change, but lost
their fight against OPA ceilings
on beef "on the hoof." Some were
consoled by the belief that Ihe
new ceilings were not so bad as
had been expected.
The river and harbors bill came
back to the senate containing sev
eral ne"ded projects to fit west
ern harbors for Ihe new, heavier
type vessels and minds the item
whlrh blocked approval of the
half-million dollar program last
session. This was the proposal of.
Rep. Elliott (D.-Calif.) to waive
the reclamation law's IBO-acre
limitation for the central valley
project.
Twenty-nine of the 43 western
house members cast a futile vote
against the bill to re-create the
(Dies) committee to
un-American kfftlri.
The war production board pro
poses shortly to emasculate Its re
conversion order allowing ad
vance production of machinery
and plant equipment for peace
time manufacturing.
The action, expected within
five or six days, would wipe out
the authority now granted ma
chinery builders to ill orders
which lack military or other pri
ority standing.
Responsible officials revealed
todav that the only equipment
which could be produced for
peacetime use would be printing
trades machinery, if the order Is
signed as now written.
This would deliver the second
crippling blow to WPB's three
point reconversion program,
pushed to adoption by Former
Chairman Donald M. Nelson last
summer after bitter army and
navy opposition.
The "spot" plan for civilian
goods manufacture, another key
element of Nelson's program, was
virtually shelved yestetday when
officials revealed that new curb
on materials will permit only a
comparative "driblet" of consum
er output through the "spot" ma
chinery.
Further bad news Is In prospect
for manufacturers holding spot
authorizations, It was learned
also. WPB's Industry divisions
have been asked to review au
thorizations already granted and
to cancel them where relocation
would not mean hardship to tbe
producing company.
yesterday s clamp down on ma
terials did not cancel authoriza
tions previously made. Such re
vocations as may hereafter corr,
It was predicted, could not be
ordered within the next 30 days.
The new machinery order will
bar producers until further notice
from fitting Into their production
schedules any orders which lack
priority ratings.
Luzon island, were sunk or dam
aged by U. S. destroyers.
Nimitz confirmed the sinking of
the 45,000 ton Battleship Musashi,
one of Japan's newest and best,
in the second battle ot the Philip
pines last October.
lit. Gen. Walter Krueger's sixth
army troops were still hunting for
the Japanese defense line on
Luzon. Spearheads in the center
advanced 12 miles from the beach
head to Malasiqui without seeing
a single enemy soldier,
fighting Sharp
Some sharp fighting was re
ported on the east flank where
Nipponese pumped artillery and
mortar shells Into American posi
tions in the foothills at the rate of
60 a minute until warships si
lenced their batteries. Tokyo
promised "a major ground battle"
was developing in that area.
There were Increasing Indica
tions Gen. Tomoyukl Yamashlta
has built his first deefnse Una
along the wide and winding Agna
river. Tank-paced American in
fantrymen In the center of the Una
at San Carlos and Malasiqui wera
about eight air miles from tha
river. The west flankf pushing
aside small enemy groups on high
way 13 on the way to Aguilar,
were on the other side ot tha
Agno.
Carrier pilots said they could
find no sign of the enemy.
Southeast Asia command head
quarters announced that troops of
the 15th Indian corps have landed
on Myebon peninsula In Hunters
bay, 32 miles from Akyab.
The landing forces encountered
opposition from Japanese artillery
and mnchlneguns, but have suc
ceeded In establishing a beachhead.
LOGGERS WANT
GOVERNMENT
WOOD RESEARCH
SEASIDE, Jan. 13 W) The
1000-odd delegates to the Pacific
Logging congress headed home
ward today after calling for government-financed
research ln the
lumber industry.
Declaring that the timber fu
ture rests upon scientific discov
eries, western lumbermen voted
unanimously to urge congression
al and state legislation of research
in logging and milling methods
and ncw wood uses.
The resolution passed after
chemists demonstrated new ply
woods, airplane parts and house
hold equipment developed in
wood laboratories.
Lumbermen appealed to con
gress to Increase forest service
funds for operation of the Na
tional Forest Products laboratory,
Madison, Wis.
Another resolution endorsed the
federal depletion value law nf
1943, which aids operators In re
foresting private timber lands.
CORDON ASKS
PACIFIC COAST
NAVAL SCHOOL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 0P)
Defense of the Pacific coast would
be strengthened, Senator Cordon
(R. Ore.) says, by establishment
of a naval academy in that area.
Cordon, like his predecessor,
the late Senator Charles L. Mc
Nary, has introduced a bill to
i establish such a federal school.
Men trained on the Pacific
coast, Cordon told a reporter,
I would have a more comprehen
islve knowledge of defense needs
I of the coast; they would encoun
! ter every conceivable condition of
! terrain, climate and navigable
water.
Oppostion of the war and navy
departments heretofore has pre
vented enactment of a bill author
izing an additional academy, Cor
don said, but he expressed belief
that opinions may be changed bjp
experiences In this war.
He predicted that an additional
academy would be necessary be
cause of "the enormous increase
in the present enrollment and the
probability that a much larger
peacetime military and naval
strength will be maintained In the
future."
SECOND JUDGE ASKED
MEDFORD, Jan. 13 "P A
law AfHriififf taennH nHo tn tha
Josenhine-Jackson counlv circuit 1 ,i,,h rmy Patrols probing deep
NAZIS VICIOUS
NEAR BOLOGNA
ROME, Jan. 13 ') American
court is asked by Grants Pass
residents. State Representative
O. H. Bengtson said here today.
MAN SENTENCED
THE DALLES. Jan. 13 flj
Sentence was Impose! today on
Sam Brendcl, of The Dalle, who
was found guilty of manslatich-
Investigate ter by a circuit court Jury here
I last night.
into Germat, positions south of
Bologna have encountered vicious
enemy resistance, allied head
quarters announced today.
On the Adriatic sector British
eighth army troops tangled with
German forces on the Comacchio
spit north of Ravenna, captured
40 Germans and killed 20.
Field Marshal Albert Kesselrlng
continued to slip patrols acrost
tha Senio river north ot Faenu.