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Christmas Money If your Chrlitmal rut Is limited and you natt man tmaa, aril tha article yom na oncer need by adn( tba Want Ada, Oet aoma eitra Chrltt maa money, m thla manner yon cu help ethm. Weather Medford Tribune Beport an4 force "blarke ent bj rdcr of military authorities cUtnf powlbly TtUl Information to the enemy. Full Associated Pnh United Press Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1941. NO. 229. I ATTAEB i i . Kelly's Comment From Washington Coast Japanese Form Problem Yule Furlough Plan Upset Army Expansion Meant New Camps , Br John W. Kelly. Washington, D. C, Dec. 15. With every shipyard, aircraft factory, water system and public utility plant in the northwest under guard from possible sabot age; with Japanese prohibited from slipping into British Co lumbia or from one state to an other, the war department and the treasury have taken prelimi nary steps to curb enemy activi ties. There is no Japanese prob lem in any section of the United States, except along the Pacific coast; the Nipponese in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and else where are insignificant in num bers and readily located. But California, Oregon and Washing ton have a population of many thousands of the little brown men who have never been popu lar with their white neighbors. What to do with the Japanese on the Pacific coast has been puzzling federal officials. The nationals of the mikado are headed for concentration camps. Another group is a headache. These are the American-born of Japanese parentage, and they are as completely citizens as are those whose ancestry is British, Irish, German .Swedish or Rus sian. No statistics are available in the national capital for Wash ington or Oregon, but in Cali fornia the statement is made that 142,000 of these Japanese-Americans are registered voters. Gravely debated by congressmen is whether these native-born Japanese-Americans are loyal to the United States. Societies of the native-born have telegraphed President Roosevelt assuring him of their full support in the war against the land of their fathers and similar word has been ca bled from Honolulu, but mem bers of congress, especially those from the west coast, are reluct ant to accept these protestations without a grain of salt. Law requiring registration of (Continued on Page Pour) Radio Highlights (Time is Pacific Standard) Greater significance than ever la being attached to tonight's special broadcasts marking the ISOth anniversary of the ratifi cation of the bill of rights. High light of the schedule is a one hour program in which Presi dent Roosevelt is to speak at 7, which will be carried by all net works. Forty-five minutes will be devoted to Norman Corwin's drama, "We Hold These Truths," with the cast to include Lionel Barrymore, Walter Huston, Ed ward' G. Robinson, Bob Burns and others. After the president speaks, Leopold Stokowski will lead the NBC symphony in 'The Star Spangled Banner." In addition, these speakers, all discussing the bill of rights in the light of current develop ments, have been scheduled: MBS 5:15. Sen. C. Wayland Brooks of Illinois. NBC-blue 6, Rep. Sol Bloom of New York. MBS 6:15, Sen. Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUKI stEPORTERS Mary Lou Mann and Ann Scripter getting caught in the rain and bribing a friend for a ride with chocolata covered car mels the bribe work In J. Marjorie Kelly betas trailed over town by a Ions distance telephone call. Roy Lee remarking" 4 would be nice to be streamline) so one could eat desserts with Whipped cream with no fear of weighty after effects. r DEFENSE SERVICES 'NOT ON ALERT IS Battleship Arizona, Five Other Warcraft Lost 2,729 Dead To Probe. Washington, Dec. 15. AP) Secretary of the Navy Knox re ported today the battleship Ari zona and five other warships were lost in Sunday's Japanese air raid on the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. He said 91 officers and 2,638 enlisted men were known dead. Known Japanese losses, Knox said, included 3 submarines and 41 aircraft. After reporting to President Roosevelt on his return from a hurried five-day round trip to survey the effect of the raid at first hand, the naval secretary told a press conference that aside from the Arizona, ships de stroyed included the old target ship Utah, 3 destroyers the Cas- sin, Downes, and Shaw and also the mine layer Oglala. Damaged vessels Included the old battleship Oklahoma, which capsized, but can be repaired. Fleet at Sea "The entire balance of the Pa cific fleet with its aircraft car riers, its heavy cruisers, its light cruisers, its destroyers and sub marines are uninjured and are all at sea seeking contact with the enemy," Knox 'said. Quickly he told a questioner that the fleet included battle ships as well. "The Japanese failed," Knox said, in their purpose "to knock out the United States before the war began." Knox said flatly that the "United States services were not on the alert against the surprise attack." A formal investigation, he said, would be Instituted by President Roosevelt immedi ately. In the meantime, he said, there had been no changes in command. Tiny Subs Attack Taking part in the Japanese attack, Knox revealed, were two man submarines. Of the three submersibles known to have been lost, he said, one was normal size, one small. and the third, which was cap tured, was also a small one. Aside from those killed, 20 officers and 636 men were listed as wounded. The ratio of dead was heavy. Knox explained, because some ships rolled over. Fifth Column Busy "I think the most effective fifth column work of the entire war was done in Hawaii, with the possible exception of Nor way," Knox said. Responding to reporters' ques tions, Knox said: He believed between 150 to 300 planes took part in the attack too many to come from a single aircraft carrier. The attacks apparently were made only by single-engined planes and apparently none was land-based. As far as known, none was flown by Germans, and no new weapons of any kind made their appearance. Knox declined to say whether the navy had known of the existence of the two-man sub marines. Dry docks escaped damage he said, as did all oil storage and other important base facil ities. Lucky Hit Scored The secretary said the Ari zona went down from a "lucky hit." (The Arizona was built In the New York navy yard and launched June 19, 1915, a 32,-600-ton ship of the Pennsylvania class. Its normal .complement was 1,358 officers and men. It carried, according to Jane's fighting ships, twelve 14-inch guns, twelve 5-inch guns and eight 5-inch anti-aircraft weap ons, as well as three aircraft It cost 87,425,000. (The Oklahoma was another of the older battleships, launched March 23, 1914, at the yards of the New York Shipbuilding com pany. It had displacement of 29,000 tons, and a normal com plement of 1,301. It carried ten 14-inch guns, twelve 9-inch jcosuaued on re r.nj. Assembly Lines Rush Combat Planes Assembly linn such as these at a Curtis-Wright plant at Buffalo, N. Y are rushing fast, hard-hitting pursuit planes for the war effort, Two of the company's plants now oper ate a total of 13 asssembly lines and are near peak production. SOLDIER HELD IN OF LOS A: WOMAN 1 Los Angeles, Dee. 15. (AP)- A 19-year-old army private who fired when a motorist ignored his command to halt was in Jail on a suspicion of murder booking ' today as the army issued an ap peal for cooperation with senti nels and patrols. The army gave Private Eugene I. Tuttle of Divide, Mont., into the custody of the sheriff last night after Mrs. Adele Brandel, 52, socially prominent Los Ange les woman, was shot to death near the municipal airport. Sheriff's Inspector Walter Hunter said Tuttle, of the 65th field artillery, told him a motor cycle officer asked several sol diers to help him strip blue cov erings from automobile head lights. When the automobile bearing Mrs. Brandel and her husband, Dr. Harry M. Brandel, failed to stop at Tuttle's command, said Hunter, the youth fired. "I thought I fired into the air," the soldier was quoted as saying. After last week's initial air raid alert, many motorists in stalled blue coverings on their automobile lights in the mis taken belief they would be per mitted to drive during blackouts in that manner. The fatality follows two other Instances of gunfire involving soldier guards. Two army sentries guarding the Southern Pacific railroad tunnel, where five railroadmen perished in disaster Nov. 19, were fired on twice in daylight Sunday by an unseen assailant. Saturday night there was a mysterious attack upon soldiers guarding the Montalva bridge over the Santa Clara river near Oxnard. STILL HOLD OUT Washington, Dec. 15. (AP A brief war department com munique today omitted mention of Hawaii and the United States Pacific coast for the first time in several days. . Old Glory still flew over the tiny outposts on Wake and Mid way islands, where a handful of marines kept up the amazing re sistance which has covered them with glory. Guam's fate was not officially known, but the presumption was that the island, girdled by forti fied enemy bases, had been cap tured. An all-out Japanese offensive was hammering at the gates of Hongkong and the Japanese also were striking down the Malay peninsula toward Singapore, and a major battle appeared In pro - gress in the Jungle north of the first of three such NLRB elec great British base, I tlons this week tt&-; v-w. hjjd Roosevelt Booer Given $200 Fine Chicago, Dec. 15. (IP) Edward A. Loss, Jr., 23, of suburban Oak Park, who booed a sound movie of Pre sident Roosevelt in a news reel theatre, was fined $200, the maximum, on a disorderly conduct charge In municipal court today. He told the Judge "I didn't know what I was doing." He said he had been turned down by both the navy and marine corps because of his eyes but will go into service gladly if drafted. British Acknowledge Japs Gaining Ground In Northern Malaya Singapore, Dec. 15. (IP) A British communique acknowl edged tonight that the Japanese have gained ground In the Ke dah area of northern Malaya despite heavy losses. The announcement said that heavy fighting continued In south Kedah, on the west side of the Malay peninsula, and that the situation in the difficult Jungle country was "confused." Some fighting was going on the east side of the peninsula In Kelantan also, the communique said. The Japanese were using arm ored troops in their southern push. London, Dec. 15. (IP) A Bri tish source announced today that British troops were withdraw ing from Kowloon, a part of the British crown colony of Hongkong which Is on the Chi nese mainland, to the island of Hongkong. The withdrawal Is still In pro gress and "progressing accord ing to plan," he said. Special Session Is Aim In California Sacramento, Dec. 15. (IP) Governor Olson announced de finitely today he will call a war time special session of the Cali fornia legislature, probably be fore Christmas, to consider de fense matters. WILLKIE GETS DETAILS OF HONOLULU DAMAGE Washington, Dec. 15. (IP) Wendell L. Willkie received from President Roosevelt today detailed picture of the damage done by the Japanese In Hawaii and asserted afterward that he "felt much better" because he found no basis for rumors that the damage was so serious as to Impair America's ability to de feat Japan. Willkie and the man who beat him at the polls in 1940 confer red for more than an hour over a Whit House luncheon. Portland. Dec. 15. (V-Wes tern Union Telegraph company production employes voted to- ! day on labor representation, the i AMERICAN FLIERS BLAST INVADERS OFF PHILIPPINES MamWDec. 15. (IP) United States army bombers, resisting I Japanese attempts to reinforce troops landed at Legaspl. on the southeastern tip of Luzon Island 250 miles from Manila, heavily I damaged two Japanese trans ports yesterday, U. S. army headquarters reported today. Japanese air raiders, mean while, returned to the attack on Luzon, sweeping over the Man ila area about noon (8 p.m. PST Sunday) and dropping bombs which a brief communique said fell in the vicinity of Nichols field. The communique, Issued at 4 p. m., (midnight PST), said that enemy activities throughout the day were confined entirely to the air. Four Japanese fighter planes were shot down during yester day's action off Legaspi, a com munique declared. The picture evoked by these succeeding announcements, cou pled with reports of successes achieved by Netherlands sub marines off Malaya, was one of heavy Japanese losses. The Dutch announced yester day from Batavla that their sub marines, previously reported to have sunk four Japanese trans ports in the Gulf of Slam, also had sunk a Japanese tanker and a freighter In the same area. The situation in general in the Philippines, which Lieut. Gen eral Douglas MacArthur's head quarters said Sunday was "well in hand both on the ground and in the air, was described offic ially this morning as unchanged. Japan's Aggression and Perfidy Disgusting Record Says F. D. R. Washington, Dec. 15. (ZD- President . Roosevelt told cong ress today how Japan's course of aggression in the Pacific was climaxed by an attack on the United States at the very time she was voicing a desire for peace, and declared that "there is the record for all history to read In amazement. In sorrow, In horror and In disgust!" "We are now at war," the president said. "We are fighting in self defense. We are fighting in defense of our national ex istence, of our right to be se cure, of our right to enjoy the blessings of peace. "We are fighting in defense of principles ot law and order, and Justice, against an effort of unprecedented ferocity to over throw those principles and to Impose upon humanity a regime of ruthless domination by un restricted and arbitrary force." The chief executive's message was chronology ot American i dim ljuuiiidi wc Bring Heavy Loss L EXPANSION GETS QUICK OKEH E Type of Ships Left to Dis cretion of President and Navy No Battleships. Washington. Dec. 15. (IP) A draft expansion bill call ing for registration of all men from 18 to 64 Inclusive, and making those from 21 to 44. Inclusive, subject to military service was approved today by the house military commit tee. Washington, Dec. 15. (IP) Authorization for an expansion of the United States two-ocean navy was approved quickly to day by the house naval affairs committee after the size of the contemplated increase was re duced from 900,000 tons to 150, 000 tons at the request of the navy. The measure left the type of ships to be constructed to the discretion of the president and the navy department, but Chair man Vinson (D., Ga.) said that it would Include no battleships. He hastened to add, however, that "this does not mean that we are abandoning ,lhe idea of battlesttips, but 1C takes fangtor to build them." War Power Coming The senate Judiciary commit tee Informally approved a bill giving President Roosevelt ex traordinary war-time powers and Chairman Van Nuya CD., Ind.) said he expected a formal unanimous vote of approval later in the day. He said he would ask the senate to pass it tomorrow. Van Nuys aald that Attorney General Biddle had assured the committee that a provision glV' lng the president control over communications would not In volve any domestic censorship of newspapers, radio stations or other communications. Also reenacted would be pro visions of the 1917 "trading with the enemy" act, giving the president wide control over commercial transactions. Legislation to change draft age limits was also ready for swift congressional actions. Charles Redding Sworn As Judge Portland, Dec. 15. (AP) Charles W. Redding, 37, Port land attorney, was sworn In by Presiding Circuit Judge James W. Crawford today as Judge of Multnomah county circuit court, department No. 6. Judge Redding was appointed to the office by Governor Sprague to succeed the late Judge James P. Stapleton, who died recently. and Japanese negotiations and ot history prior to Japan's on slaught In the Pacific eight days ago. Supporting his summary with documents snd correspondence, Mr. Roosevelt asserted that the "barbaric aggression of Japan in Manchuria," ten years sgo set the example and pattern for the course of conquest pursued by the axis powers. Through the years which followed," he said, "Germany, Italy and Japan reached an un derstanding to time their acts of aggression to their common advantage and to bring about the ultimate enslavement ot the rest of the world." He disclosed that several for mulas were offered and discuss ed In negotiations by which United States hoped to achieve an understanding with Japan for achieving permanent peace In the Pacific. But the Japanese government, ha said, continued War Bulletins HEIGHT TRANSPORTS Washington, Dee. 15. ) The navy announced today a Norwegian motor ship was sunk while approaching the Hawaiian islands. Dover, England, Dec. 15 (AP) German long-range guns on the coast of France pound ed away for three hours today In the longest and heaviest bombardment of B r 1 1 a 1 n'a southeast coast In several weeks. Most of the shells landed In the Dover area. London, Dec 15. (AP) Tha destruction of two large Axis supply and transport ships and the sinking or dam aging of half a dosen smaller vessels by submarines In the Mediterranean was reported by the admiralty today, and Informed quarters said the ac tion Indicated desperate axis efforts to rush reinforcements to Africa without regard to losses. REDS IN EFFORT TO PURGE SOIL (By the Associated Press) . The. Russian army was report ed today pressing an offensive for the extermination of all Ger man armies on nussian sou. Pravda, communist party organ In Moscow, said the soviet troops already had destroyed "an en tire generation of nazis." The red army's general offen sive, northwest of Moscow, was concentrated on an effort to re store the main Moscow-Leningrad connection through Klin. The communist organ Pravda said the Russians had recaptured Solnetschnogorskl, 31 miles northwest of Moscow and east of Klin, having taken 42 com munities and 75 German tanks in a single day. The Tikhvln-Volkhov railway, southeast ot Leningrad, has been cleared of the enemy, Prav da said. As the Russians took tha of fensive after reporting the suc cessful defense of Moscow, Len ingrad and the Caucasus, they claimed Adolf Hitler had lost, since the Invasion began June 22, 6,000,000 men, mora than 15.000 tanks, 13,000 planes and 19,000 cannon. German forces in the southern Russian port ot Taganrog, 40 miles west of Rostov, now are surrounded, the Russians de clared. Hlllsboro, Ore., Dec. An automobile killed Joseph A. Dvsack, 65, Portland pedes trian, near Camp Manning on the Wolf creek highway shortly after midnight today. upon Its course ot war and con quest. Japan's real reply to the um mate effort to preserve peace, made by the war lords and evi dently formulated many days before, the president said, "took the form of the attack which had already been made without warning upon our territories at various points In the Pacific. For the record of history, he noted that tha actual air and submarine attack In tha Hawal- ian Islands this wss tha first disclosure that undersea craft craft had attacked the Islands alone with planes began at 1:20 p. m., Washington time, on Sunday. December 7. At 2:20 p. m., the Japanese ambassador here delivered to Secretary of State Hull, he said, message which said that es tablishment of peace In the Pa cific and the world had been "the cherished desire" ot the 'Japanese emperor. nuairio for Japs SENT TO BOTTOM Five Other Jap Transports Reported Damaged Jap ane'se Officials Worried- By the Associated Press Japanese officials took wor ried cognizance today of an al lied aerial and submarine counter-offensive which has taken a toll ot uncounted thousands of Japanese troops enroute to Ori ental battlegrounds. A Joint army-navy communi que warned the Japanese people today "against the lurking dan ger of enemy submarines" off Japan's island coasts and urged them to "prepare for a protract ed war wherein hostile subma rines and aircraft bombing will play a role." Thus far, between them, the United States air force and tha Dutch submarine fleet, operating over and under the China sea, have sunk eight troop-laden ves sels headed for Philippine and Malayan landings, along with two supply ships, while the air force la credited with damaging five additional transports. Formosa Alarmed Formosa, Japanese island off the southeast China coast, was alarmed Saturday night when 12 planes, apparently on reconnals- 4 sance, were sighted off Wako. Tha Japanese statement indi cated that the war on tha sea and in tha air was drawing closer to the Island empire. The struggle In the Philippines was resolved today Into a con test for air supremacy while tha British acknowledged that that Japanese had gained ground in the Kedah area of northern Ma laya where "confused" warfare) has taken root in tha Jungle fast nesses. ALL INVITED TO PATRIOTIC MEET Everyone is Invited to attend tha "Bill of Rights" program In tha Holly theater at 7:30 tonight. The program is being given hero ss part of a national observance- of the 150th anniversary of tha adoption of tha bill of rights which guarantees fundamental liberties and freedom to the) American people. Tha program follows; Music High School Band. Presentation ot Colors Boy Scouts. Pledge of Allegiance Boy Scouts, "Star Spangled Banner" Band. Songs High School Quar tette. Prayer Tha Rev. It W. Colt man. "God Bless America" Audi ence. Address N I el R. Allan, Grants Pass. Prayer Father Francis W. Black. t NAN HONEYMAN TO BE ) CUSTOMS COLLECTOR Washington, Dee. 15 HP) President Roosevelt nominated Nsn Wood Honeyman, Portland, former congresswoman from Oregon, today to be customs col lector tor district 29, with head quarters at Portland. j METZOER INJURED Robert Metzger, SO, of Jack sonville suffered compound fracture of tha lower right leg, several broken ribs. Internal in juries and shock In an accident this afternoon at the county poor farm where he was working. It was reported that a concrete mixer being unloaded from a truck rolled on him. Ho was taken to Community hospital.
