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Newspaper Page TextFuU V t Heath. Weather 5rorepo,t Foreeaet: Uttle chenre ta temperature Tern pent ore Hlchrit Teiterday g Lowest tbu Morning , M Ad Widely Read It U wlw to depend apoa too Want Adi la thli aewepaper when 70a ha a want of an kind. Thonaande of hornet aro roaehed dell; and tha Ada ere wldeljr read, and too, the aro tnexpeaatva. Medford Tribune Full Associated Press United Pro Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1941. NO. 235. 1 1- 1 1 Kelly's Comment Fioai Washington Northwest To Give Manpower Plane Building Capacity Short West To Have More Air Bates r Br John W. Kelly Washington, D. C, Dec. 22. Within a year thousands of young men will be taken Into the army from the two northwest states; into the army and into the aviation service. In 18 months the United States plans on having 10 million men in the armed forces, seven million of whom will be in a mechanized army, 1,100,000 in the navy and 2,000,000 in the army air force. These soldiers, sailors and avia tors from the northwest will be scattered all over the Pacific, from continental America to continental Asia. The big job is to train these men and have them in fighting trim in the sum mer of 1943. This man power Is only one contribution the northwest will be called upon to give. Au thorization has been granted by congress to increase the navy 35 per cent and this means that the Bremerton navy yard and the private yards on Puget sound and the Columbia river will be deluged with orders. The mer chant marine is to be doubled; twice as many freighters as are now on the ways and on order. Federal maritime commission will have to amend Its policy of not establishing new yards if the increased merchant fleet is to be expedited. - - o o PLANS call for 1,000 heavy i bombers a month, not to mention interceptors and training planes. The amount of aluminum for this order will require a revision of the current estimate of 1,- 600,000,000 pounds a year. It is probable that the present and now under construction plants to produce aluminum Ingots will have to be expanded In the northwest If It is to furnish its share of the light metal. The (Continued on Pago Six) Christmas Business New Record For P.O. Medford postoffice Is experi encing the largest Christmas business In its history. Post master Frank DeSouza said to day. Trains are running late and planes are operating on irregu lar schedules but a tremendous volume of parcels and Christ mas correspondence is being handled at the postoffice, Mr. DeSouza said. He added that the sale of national defense sav ings stamps has been immense. By Associated Proas (Time is Pacific Standard) To foster the $50,000,000 war fund campaign of the Red Cross, the Christmas Eve broadcasts are being replaced with a special program. Eddie Cantor and his troupe will form the backbone of the program, which is being augmented by Ezra Stone's Aid rich Family, Fibber McGee and Molly and others. The speaker is to be Mayor F. H. LaGuardia. Tonight, Talks MBS 5:15 Keith Morgan on "Bill of Rights"; NBC-Blue 6 Radio For um. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Jack Boyl spending part of his lunch hour hovering over the teletype to watch the war news come in. Dock Eddie Durno hung'ily making a second advance upon dispensers of good things to eat at the Elks Xmas tree party. Army Sarge Joe Cuihman stepping across the hall to josh Navy Chief Jack Carpenter J ur ine; a brief lull in recruiting activities. Radio Highlights DEFENDERS GIVE Hand-to-Hand and Tank Combat Strews Dead on Beaches 80 Ships Used Manila, Dec. 22 (5:05 p. m., 12:05 a. m. PST AP) Hard fighting American and Filipino soldiers are more than holding their own against a swarm of thousands of Japanese soldiers unloaded from 80 transports off the Lingayen gateway to Manila, it was announced officially to day. "At one point Japanese de stroyers and transports were driven off by our heavy guns and that landing was prevent ed," said the communique. "Our troops are behaving well." Tanks Used The far eastern command de clared tanks were being used in the heavy and bloody fighting along a stretch of sheltered coastline some 100 miles north west of the Philippine capital. The Americans long have antici pated the Japanese would at tempt a major landing there and were waiting for it. While the fighting went on unabated on the shore, a spokes man at the far eastern command headquarters said rumors were heard of the sinking of Japanese transports in Lingayen gulf. He added, however, that the rumors had not been verified and that there had been no new advices from the northern front. It was announced officially that at one point the Japanese attempted to land forces from the transports under the guns of destroyers but they were driven off by heavy guns of the U. S. far eastern army and a landing in that sector was prevented. A spokesman for General Douglas McArthur, commander of the U. S. army in the far east. in giving supplemental advices to this correspondent remarked I have good news for you. He said the American and Filipino force engaged in the crashing battle were "behaving well. Whether the Japanese succeed ed in bringing ashore heavy equipment was not known either. There are two possible routes from Lingayen to Manila. A principal railroad and highway network runs down the interior directly between the two cities and is flanked on each side by rugged mountains. (An alternate route is a coastal highway from Lingayen around the northern tip of mountains in the western Luzon and thence down the shore to Manila.) The far eastern command earlier had reported that the Japanese at Vigan, 200 mil north of Manila and up the west ern coast from Lingayen and Agoo, were thrusting southward. (This action apparently had been timed to form a Junction with the troops landing today.) While the action off Lingayen was developing (and perhaps in concert with it) Japanese planes raided Manila twice today. Most of the bombs fell harm lessly in the harbor. 5 IN BOMBER DIE , BLAZE Jackson. Miss, Dec. 22. UP An army official today blamed apparent engine failure for the crash of a B-26 bomber which killed the crew of five men. Col. J. H. Houghton, com mander of the Jackson air base, said the plane had taken off yesterday from the air base, made a turn and apparently was attempting to get back to the air port when it crashed, exploded and burned. The dead were listed as First Lieut John E. Doer, formerly of Orchard Place, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Second Lieut. Claud A. Knight, Ocala. Fla. Second Lieut Robert A. Saner, Freemont, O. Second Lieut Leslie M. Shl meall, Chicago. 111. Staff Sgt Harold A. Wissinger, Indian , Fa. Lingayen Gulf CAMP rLjlysh rrtor STOTSENBURGl V IFORT McfclNLEY t om 1 1 1 Riirum c riri r NBURGlVf fi CLARK FIELD Ml'MANIU CAVITE CHINA SEA Mi PHILIPPINE ISLANDS The Japanese launched their Philippine islands, a heavy float V7l I - . L V. P 11 VIA- inor.? V3f 80.000 and 100,000 men for an attempted landing mainly la the vicinity of Agoo oa the Innermost shore of Lingayea Gulf on the Island of Luson. Strict Censorship Decreed for War Operations in Northwest Fort Lewis. Dec 22. Military officials at Fort Lewis designated the eight western states and Alaska as a "theater of operations" and especially asked the press and radio of Oregon and Washington to Join in a atrlct program for safe guarding military information. MaJ. Gen. Kenyon A. Joyce, commander of the 9th army corps, directed that all "mili tary news, photographs, and other media of information in this sector (Oregon and Wash ington) be approved by military Intelligence at Fort Lewis The following regulations of the censorship were set down: "No photograph shall be pub lished which in any manner, di rectly or indirectly, reveal the identity of military units, the location of units, the strength or armament of units. The names of soldiers should not be used without specific approval of pro per authorities. "No news shall be dissemina ted which directly or indirectly reveals the movements of troops to, from or within the theater, or which discloses such inform ation as is referred to in the paragraph Immediately below. "Nothing shall be publis-ied, or broadcast, concerning the troops who are in defensive po sitions along the Pacific coast, defending either against possible attacks or sabotage. This in cludes location of bivouacs, ref erence to numbers of troops, (disclosure of works of areas be ing protected).' ETO London, Dec 22. W) The Japanese wer "being held" at Hongkong up to late afternoon Sunday despite furious assaults, the colonial office said today. The brief announcement was based on a message from Sir Mark Young, governor of Hong kong, which ms Issued in the embattled island at 5:30 p. m, Sunday, Hongkong time (1:30 a. m.. Sunday, PST.) The colonial office said Its In formation was baaed on excerpts from this communique which said "the enemy has been very active aU day" but "is being held." With aU the resistance that weary British empire soldiers can put up against overwhelm ing odds, however, no hope was held here that the crown colony could b saved. Jap Objective so too ISO p a c i r t c j OCEAN heaviest attack today oa tha of transports bringing between Reds Snap at Heels Of Retreating Army; Bodies Litter Roads Moscow, Dec. 22. (JP) Rus sian armies slashing at the heels of retreating German forces claimed today that aeries of week-end successes had serious ly imperiled the nazi position in the Tula sector below Moscow and further relieved pressure in the Leningrad area. Tha outstanding success re ported by the Russians was re capture of the important high way Juncture of Plavsk, between Tula and Orel, which was said to nave served the Germans as a supply base and concentration point. Tula is about 100 miles from the capital and Orel ap proximately the same distance farther south. K rap vino, a town southwest of Tula, also was officially re ported in Russian hands. Pravda reported that the Ger mans were abandoning "scores" of villages on the Tula front and said the Russians had recaptured 35 towns in a single day. Foreign correspondents who visited the front said that the Klinvolokoamsk road was Ut tered with German Domes ana wrecked equipment DRAFT EXPANSION Washington, Dec 22. (TV President Roosevelt signed today the bill enlarging the selective service plan while the aeimte heard demands that all recruit ing be halted and that 'he na tion rely entirely upon the draft to build up a war machine of 6.000 000 men or mora. Under the new law, all men of 18 through 64 must register and all from 20 through 44 are liable for active military service. The senate later approved legislation to Increase the au thorized enlisted strength of the navy from 300.000 to 500.000 and to raise the limit on the marine corps from 60,000 to 104,000 men. The measure now goes to the house. Secretary of War Stimson al ready has announced that the army will stop accepting volun teers as soon as there Is a falling off in the patriotic rush promp ted by declarations of war against tha axis power. l fTT '"Mindanao E3 Sub At ack Survivors Land Safe in Eureka; More Vessels Shelled HITLER ASSUMES LEADERSOUSTED Defeat In Russia, Possible Rift Between Army and Party Possible Cause. By tha Associated Proas Bern, Switzerland, Dec. 22. Field Marshal General Walther von Brauchitsch, who led the German armies victoriously through France, across the Bal kans and into Russia, was tum bled from a hero's pedestal to day by Adolf Hitler's momentous decision to assume personal com mand of his legions. The fuehrer's stroke, taken at an hour when ha himself de clared Germany's battle was rast approaching its "culminating and turning point," created a sensation when it was disclosed last night in dispatches from Berlin. Observers In this neutral capi tal, seeking an explanation for a move- which they believed must have not only profound causes but vital consequence, w these possibilities: 1. That the German reverses in Russia which Berlin has dis counted as a strategic withdraw al to winter holding positions actually are so serious that Hit ler has lost faith In his army command. 2. That a serious rift has de veloped between German army leaders and Nazi party chief tains on a question of strategy. 3. That tha whole maneuver Is a feint a piece of Nazi hick ory designed to distract the at tention of Germany's enemies from some new move now In the process of making, such as an invasion of England, an attack upon Turkey or a thrust through Spain toward Gibraltar. The Stockholm correspond ent of the Swiss newspaper Na tional Zeltung quoted German newspapers as saying Hitler probably would entrust actual army command to his two inti mates. General Alfred JodI and Col. Gen. Franz Haider Gen. JodI, an artilleryman, has been a sort of personal advisor to the Fuehrer on military matters. Haider has been chief of the general staff of the army. It was thought Hitler would not be able personally to carry out the com mand of the army because of his other duties. Rilea Sworn In At ' Adjutant General Salem, Dec 22, W Brig. Gen. Thomas Rilea was sworn in as Oregon's adjutant general today and Governor Charles A. Spragu Immediately granted him a leave of absence to per mit him to retain command of the 41st division's 62d brigade at Fort Lewis. Rilea succeeds the lata Ma. Gen. George A. White. County Defense Council Instructions for Public The Jackson County Council of Defense today Issued tha fol lowing special bulletin: "By order of Lleut.-Gen. John L. DeWltt. commanding officer of the fourth army, transmitted through Brig -Gen. Carlyle H. Wash, head of the second interceptor command, all Neon signs, flood lights, advertising display lights, window lights, theatre lights and markers, roadside signs, must be extinguished by Monday night December 22. Permission to turn theo lights back on murt be obtained from either city police, state police, or the sheriff's office who will grant this permission only after satisfactory evidence has been shown that these lights have been equipped with switches so that they can be extinguished within 60 seconds. "When i no attendant Is on duty who can turn switches off within 60 seconds, lights must be extinguished before leaving place of business. CaU your local police officials for an Inspec tion and do not turn on lights until the inspection has been made and a permit issued. All switches must be Installed where ther are a"eahle " ARMORY OFFICE IS REOPENED BY CM TJ. BEAN Constructing Quartermaster Unable to Give Out Infor mation on Cantonment- Capt. Theron W. Bean, con structing quartermaster for Med ford and vicinity, today re opened an office in the armory here. The office here, which had been working on revision of drawings of phases of the pro poeds Beagle - Antelope army cantonment, was transferred De cember 4 to the zone construct ing quartermaster's office in San Francisco. The office had been conducted here, along with the architect-engineer's office, since early last May. Lieut Byron E. Doll, who had been on Capt Bean's staff and was transferred when the Med ford office was moved to San Francisco, is expected to rejoin the captain here Wednesday, Soma of the civilians on Capt Beans staff her will b re employed. Silent Oa Plana Capt Bean said that aside from confirming the report that the office would be re-opened here he could give out no infor mation. All information about the proposed cantonment hence forth, he stated, would have to be cleared through the Portland office of the corps of engineers because of the necessity of guarding military secrets. Since the office her was closed December 4, aU construc tion work carried on by tha quartermaster corps has been transferred to the corps of engi neers. Capt Bean himself has been transferred to the engi neers. Both the divisional and district offices of the corps of engineers for this area are in Portland. Accompanied by his wife, Capt Bean arrived her last night The couple wiU occupy the same horn as before, 24 Highland Drive. SELECTEE NAMES E AH local boards have been or dered not to release to the press any lists of men called for in duction because publication of surh lists would give military information to the enemy, ac cording to word received from state selective service headquar ters. Quotas of selectees are to leave her In January but un der the new ruling no Informa tion about them will be given out. War Bulletins Santa Barbara, Calif.. Doc 22 -;p An enemy submar ine fired a torpedo at the Standard Oil tanker H. M. Story this morning off Point Arguello. 45 miles north of Santa Barbara, the Coast Guard announced. Tha tanker waa not hit however. Ocean City, Md.. Dec 22 (P) Loud explosions offshore tattled windows and slightly shook houses In this resort city today and wore heard In Berlin. Md.. eight miles In land. Coast Guard officials bar would not comment Tha sounds alsa war heard all along the lower Dolswars coast. Maw York. Dec 22. MV British troops "aro Inflicting sever losses oa tha Japanese" who gained a foothold la Sara wak on tba Island of Borneo, th BBC said tonight In quot ing a Batavta dispatch. Th broadcast was heard by CBS. Berlin. Dec 22 (Official Broadcast Recorded by APt Th German high command announced la a pedal com munique today that a British aircraft carrier has boon sunk la the Atlantic "A submarine operating la th Atlaatl un der th command of Capt Bl galk," th announcement said, "torpedoed British aircraft carrier, Th ship sank." Bold British Patrol Surprises Gsrrlsoa FarinTripolitasia Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 22. (V A patrol far out In front of Brit ain's rapidly advancing army In Libya has mad a bold, surprise stab against an axis garrison 150 miles into Tripolitanla, British general headquarters disclosed today In a communique which, for the third successive day, In dicated that th main British forces were pressing westward at top speed. The exact site of tha daring swoop, where an entire garrison was said to have been "ac counted for" although It out numbered the attackers six to one and at least 24 German and Italian planes destroyed on the ground, was not given. That it was 150 mile insld th western section of Libya, however, meant that Britain s vanguards had pierced beyond th high water mark of th first big westward push at El Aghella and had crossed Into Tripolitanla for tha first time. El Aghella Is at th souther most point of th Gulf of Sirt only 10 miles east of tha divid ing line between Libya's two main areas, Clrenaica on the east and Tripolitanla on th west Salem. Dee. J - () Uni form air raid regulation for Oregon and Washlngon wi adopted today in Portland at meeting of defense officials, Defense Coordinator Jerrold Owen said. Air raid warning signals, to last two minute and to b given 15 minute before th expected raid, will consist either of "un dulating, fluctuating or war bling signal of varying pitch, or a succession of Intermittent blasts." Th all-clear signal will b a steady two-minute blast Owen said uniform traffic '1 regulation also wer adopted. FIVE ON TANKER E SUFFER INJURIES One Tanker Escapes By Dodging Submarine Fire ICO Miles From San Fran Washington, Dee. 22. (AP) The navy announced today the S3 Samoa was attacked by a submarine off tha coast of Cali fornia during tha night of De cember 20 and that tha stoanv ship Lahalna was shelled and sunk by an enemy submarine on December 11 on th way to San Francisco, Tha torpedo exploded In th vicinity of tha Samoa but ther were no casualties and th ship was not damaged. Two of tha crew of th Laha lna are dead and two are miss ing. Thirty survivors have land ed at Hahulul on th .Hawaiian Island of Maul. . Secretary of th Navy Knox announced that at least 14 un dersea marauders had been sunk or damaged in th Atlantic and several Japanese submarlna dealt with in tha Pacific. San Francisco, Dee. 22. (t All but five men of a crew of 36 survived th enemy tub- marina attack on tha tanker Emldlo, th captain of tha ship said today as he and his man , wer landed at Eureka by a coastguard cutter. He described th Saturday torpedoing and shelling of th tanker aa th "most ruthlee thing I've heard about" Thro of th ship's lifeboats war shelled. Captain Clark A. Farrow of Long Bnach said five of hi men were Injured, but no on was in serious condition. Tha Eml dlo still was afloat Eureka la about 27S miles north of San Francisco. Th attack on tha Emldlo was one of two submarine assault off th California coast dutlng tn week-end. Patrols by sea and air wer launched Immediately. On Tanker Escape Several hours before th Ernie dlo was fired upon, another American tanker, th Agwi- world, escaped from a submar ine off Cypress point. 100 miles south of San Francisco. Although eight shells war) hurled at tha Agwiworld from th attacker' deck gun, tha tanker, maneuvered by a aub-marlne-wlae sk.pper, zigzagged lta way to safety in a 30-minut chas. This attack also was only 20 miles off shot. Upon reaching San Francisco th next morUng, th Agwi world crew man's single reac tion war "If we'd only had a gun" Emldlo crew members listed at missing wer: Third Assistant Engineer B. A. Winters, San Pedro, Calif. Stuart McGl.llvray, 17. Watt Seattle high school boy. R. W. Pennington, Lot Ange les. Kenneth Klrnet, San Pedro. Fred Potts, Los Angeles. Emldlo Southbouad Th Emldlo, with Captain Clark A. Farrow of Long Beech. Calif., a her matter, was south bound without cargo. Sh I 6,12-ton craft owned by th Socony-Vacuum Oil company. Captain Gonculves of th Ag wiworld interviewed In San Francisco, modestly attributed to luck his vessel' escape, but oth er officer of th ship and crew member spoke admiringly of th Skipper' coolness and sea manship under fro. Goncalve described th tub marine at an unusually largo one, which broke th turfaea nearby at th Agwiworld plow ed northward about 20 rr.il from short outsid of atoatei Bay.