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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1941.
Japan's Worry Over Subs
Is Encouraging Hint That
U. S. Forces Now on Prowl
By DeWltt MacKansl
CWid World Wr Analyst)
There li (rim satisfaction In the warning to hli people by
Lieut. Commander Tomlnago of Japanese Imperial headquar
ters that probably twenty Yankee submarines big ones with
long cruising radius are operating off Japan.
Concrete indication that Tom
lnago may be right Is found in
our Admiral Hart's report that
U. S. submerslbles have made
two successful attacks. The na
ture of the victories isn't dis
closed but we can wait for that,
just so long as we know Santa
Ciaus Is on his way.
This strikes me as a very en
couraging sign, because It
means we are beginning to
wing Into offensive action In
the crucial battle area.
It is pleasing to feel that these
under-water boats are the pilot
fish which signal the advent of
American naval and air rein
forcements. I don't mean that
literally, because there Is no In
dication where the submarines
came from, but It has been
more than 10 days since the at
tack on Pearl Harbor, and
fair stretch of Pacific can be
crossed In that time. The golden
through the grand defense made
by our forces should pay returns
before long.
It wouldn't be surprising to
see a big naval engagement
break out almost any time now.
Our fleet 1 hunting the Japs,
and if they pursue the lines
which their strategy thus far
has indicated they are bound to
fight to keep us from bringing
aid to our bases, since Japan
ese success depends on securing
and holding control of these.
The Japs have had set-back in
not being able to seize the
Philippines during the time it
requires for a relief expedition
to cross the Pacific from Ha
waii. From the standpoint of the
ultimata outcome of the battle
of the Pacific the fierce attack
of the Japanese against the
I British on the Malay peninsula
hours which we have gained is more Important than the as-
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After Week of War in Pacific: Situation at a Glance
Japs say three
U S battleships
Sunk at Hawaii,
See a long war
Chinese forces
Mass to relieve
Jap pressure on
Burma, Hongkong
Jap land drives
Aim at Hongkong;
Malaya jungles
Balk invasion
Dutch subs sink
Four Jap ships
Off Gulf of Siam.
Drowning 4,000
Philippines fight off
New Jap bomb raids
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Navy says capture of
Guam isprobable'
Marines hold Wake
and Midway Islands
San Francisco area
Has four blackouts
Blackouts hit Panama
And Jacksonville posts
Hlghspots of the far east war after seven dayi of hostilities are indicated en this map. Including repercussions affecting
the continental United States and its inter-ocean artery, the Panama Canal.
sault against the Philippines.
The Japs, of course, are trying
to fight their way down the
peninsula to the great naval
base of Singapore, the fall of
which presumably would de
liver into their hands the great
wealth of the Dutch East Indies
which Singapore guards. Japan
needs the resources of the In
dies badly.
Fear that American naval and
air aid may be rushed to the
aid of the British undoubtedly
is spurring the Japanese to
make a supreme effort In
which, according to the British,
they are fighting like fanatics.
The situation is serious for
Britain, but it should be re
membered that the Japanese
have to fight their way four
hundred miles down the penin
sula before they come opposite
the great island which houses
Singapore. This world famous
naval base Isn't tottering yet by
any means.
OSC ENROLLMENT DIPS
Corvallis, Ore., Dec. 17. W)
Oregon State's college final
fall term enrollment dropped
exactly 400 from the 1040 fig
ure, the registrar said today.
The 1941 figure was 43S9 com
pared with 4759 last year.
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LINE UP HELP ON
CAMP PROJECTS
Frank J. Van Dyke, coordin
ator of the Medford cantonment
civilian coordination board, will
leave by train tonight for Port
land to confer with the U. S. dis
trict engineer's office and vari
ous government agencies that
have promised federal aid in
case the proposed camp is con
structed. Army officers expect
authorization to be granted any
day now.
Construction work has been
transferred from the quarter
master corps to the army engin
eers and so Mr. Van Dyke wants
to establish contact with the dis
trict engineer in Portland. If the
situation seems to warrant the
trip, Mr. Van Dyke said he
would continue to Seattle to con
sult other federal agencies on
projects outlined for develop
ment In case the camp came
here.
Mr. Van Dyke will be accom
panied by Mayor T. S. Wiley and
George Green of Ashland, who
will appear before the state
highway commission In Portland
regarding plans to take the
curve out of the plaza section
of Ashland.
Three Trainmen Die
As Kaly Flyer Hits
Idle Train Head On
Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 17
(P) The west bound Katy
Flyer, passenger train on the
M K T., crashed headon Into the
standing eastbound Flyer four
miles north of here early today.
killing three trainmen and in
juring five other railroad em
ployes. No passengers were hurt seri
ously. By dawn everyone in the
wreck had been accounted for.
The dead:
P. H. Handley, Sedalia, Mo.,
engineer.
F. M. Truett, Sedalia, Mo.,
engineer.
Richard Snell, New Franklin,
Mo., fireman.
A federal bureau of investiga
tion agent said he believed the
wreck the result of a clear accident.
Tucumcari, N. M., Dec. 17
WV-Four men were injured,
apparently none critically, when
eight cars of a westbound Rock
Island passenger train were de
railed SO miles northeast of
here at Nara Visa early today.
One car overturned.
TO VP GRAIN FEES
Salem, Dec. 17. P) The
state board of agriculture said
today that grain Inspection fees
would be Increased, probably
one cent per ton, to cover de
creased fee receipts.
Cat Mall mouoe ant ads.
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Russian Youths
Purloin Cranks
Off Nazi Autos
Moscow, Dec. 17 VP) The
Germans were caught without
crank handles to start their
motors because all had been
stolen by Russian boys, a
writer in Izvestia reported
from a village beyond recap
tured Klin today.
Terming it "an incident as
heroic as it is funny," the
writer, Evgenii Petrov, said
the Germans then "had to
run in a most natural manner,
using their own feet."
"The boys were the first to
scent that the Germans were
about to flee," said his ac
count. 'They pilfered all the
handles. ... as soon as our
troops appeared In the village
the boys solemnly presented
them with the handles."
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BOY CLIMBER HUMILIATED
Whlladelphia UP) When 9-year-old
Morton Levin climbed
to the roof of a school building
to retrieve a ball, two fire
trucks and two police cars were
summoned to get the boy down.
After being carried down a lad
der, Morton told reporters: "It
was Just a tough break. I'm real
ly the champeen climber of the
neighborhood."
Lisbon, Dec. 17. IP) The
Portuguese government today
denied British reports that
the Japanese had occupied the
Portuguese Island of Macao,
45 miles southwest of Hong.-kong.
London, Dec 17 IIP) The
British light cruiser Dunedia
has been sunk in the Atlantic,
the admiralty announced tonight.
According to the Department
of Education, 144 schools have
taken part in defense training
courses throughout the nation
and over 125,000 students have
been registered.
Navy Increase Bill
Goes lo President
Washington, Dec. 17. (IP)
Legislation authorizing an In
crease of 150.000 tons In the
navy's vessel strength was ap
proved by the senate today and
sent to the White House.
Chairman Walsh CD-Mass) of
the senate naval committee won
unanimous senate approval on a
measure previously passed by
the house authorizing the In
crease in tonnage of combatant
ships.
WARN HOUSEWIVES
Salem. Dec 17. 0P The
state derjartment of agriculture
warned housewives toaay mai,
several peddlers selling hams
and bacons have been caught
giving short weight.
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