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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. - -
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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
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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.
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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.