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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1941. E of mm DATA Forecasts Which Might Aid Enemy in Operations Off Coast Must be Silenced. Seattle, Dec 24. (IP) The army's 2nd Interceptor com mand today issued a memoran dum clarifying the reasons for the ban on certain weather data, with the statement that storm warnings which might save lives and property will be permitted, but other forecasts which might aid the enemy will be prohibited. "We know that an enemy Is operating off the coast," the statement added. "He Is in pos session of certain weather in formation, of course, but he Is out in the same weather which will reach us later. Foe Needs Data "The enemy, in planning an attack. Is in desperate need of confirmation from shore as to whether his calculations are correct. With the information he has, every little fact he can pick up from us is invaluable and may furnish the clue he needs as to the best day and hour for the attack. Even a light remark about 'how hard it rained here this afternoon,' may be the tip-off on how fast the weather front has ad vanced. "Therefore radio stations have been ordered to use noth ing on weather except temper ature forecasts (to warn against freeze damage and icy roads) and one or two other Items. The enemy may have ways of getting this Information to ships offshore, but at least let's not broadcast it to him. Permit Storm Warnings "Storm warnings will be flown, without Indicating the wind direction, and will be re leased to newspapers and to radio stations for broadcast In emergencies, as protection to life and property. "The weather bureau la co operating in every way possible with restrictions required by military agencies. The items quoted below are Intended to cover the area in Washington and Oregon west 'of the 120th meridian (which Is just east of Yakima, Ellensburg and Wen atchee. Wash., and Heppner. Condon and Lakeview, Ore.) "1. Temperature will be fore east for periods not exceeding 28 hours and may be published but not broadcast by radio. "2. Sky and precipitation ele ments will not be forecast. "I. Special warnings. Includ ing storm, flood, cold waves and livestock conditions will be forecast and published In modi lied form. "However these special warn ings will be broadcast by radio only after each such warning has been submitted to the 2nd Interceptor command. "4. Precipitation and wind data, both local and for the area west of the 120th merid ian, will neither be published, nor broadcast by radio until such data are at least one week old. "5. Weather maps have been discontinued for the duration of the emergency. However, lim ited weather bulletins contaln ' ing mostly temperature data will be substituted for the for mer weather maps. 'These are only a few of the restrictions In effect pertaining to the distribution of weather Information. With military ap proval and within certain limi tations, special forecasts will be prepared for responsible offic ials of public utility concerns, city, state and federal agencies. Also, private concerns known to be under contract to produce material for defense when weather Is a factor In produc tion, will be given forecasts if such forecssts are approved by the 2nd Interceptor command." President Roosevelt and War-Time Cabinet Meet UtaWlaa-- 3- JM Augmented by administrators charged with special war-time duti?s, the csblnet met with President Roosevelt at a regular conference. Clockwise around the table, starting at lower left corner, are: Lease-lsnd Administrator Harry Hopkins, Secretary el Labor Frances Perkins, Brlg.-General Philip B. Fleming. Federal Works adminlstratort Vice-President Henry A. Wallace; Civi lian Defense Director 7. H. LaGuardlat Federal Security admlni: trator Paul V. McNuttt Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jonesi Sec retary of Interior Harold L. Ickest Postmaster General Frank C. Walkeri Secretary of War Henry L. Stimsom Secretary of State Cordell Hull) the president Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jrj Attorney General Francis Blddlei Secretary of Nary Frank Knox, and Secretary ot Agriculture Claude Wlckard. Chromile Ore Pries Increased to Bring Domestic Sipplies Grants Pass, Dec. 24 Chromite ore prices have been increased and government pur chase contracts have been made more favorable for the .induc tion of war-essential chromite by small mine operators. Earl K. Nixon at Portland, director of the Oregon depart ment of geolrT and mineral industries, told the Grants Pass Courier that he had Just re ceived the information Tuesday by telephone from H. Dewitt Smith, president of the govern ment's Metals Reserve com pany. War In Atlantic and Pacific oceans has handicapped the flow of foreign sources upon which the United States has largely relied. Stockpiles will be established in Oregon and California with in 100 miles of the mines and in some cases at railhead. One stockpile will be in the Coo: Bay district and presumably one In the Grants Pass district, Nixon was told. ' Ore will be purchased In single carlots. The price of 48 percent chromic oxide with three to one iron ratio will be $50 per ton at stockpiles. Price of 40 percent chromic oxide, two to one iron ration, is $28 per ton. ASTORIA DUMP MOVES Astoria, Dec. 24 (JP The Astoria city dump slid from its old location on hiU at the edge of town into the quarry of the Tidepoint company yester day, burying the rock pit fat 29 feet of tin cans, wrecked auto mobiles and sundry refuse. Tha slide followed heavy rains. Tha dump dropped about 1000 feet. Us Mat! Tribune want ad. Laura Ingalls Cited As Publicity Agent Of Nazi Government Washington, Dee. 24. JP) A federal grand jury today Indict ed Laura Ingalls, 38, of New York, one of the nation's best known women pilots, on a charge of falling to register as a foreign agent. The Indictment charged she had been paid as a publicity agent by Baron Ulrich von Glenanth, second secretary of the German embassy. Miss Ingalls was arrested last Wednesday. She was released from jail under $7,500 bond on Sunday, but will be required to appear in court and have new bond fixed under the Indictment The Indictment charged, the Justice department said, that be tween March 1 and December 18 Miss Ingalls had "acted as a public relations counsel, pub licity agent, and representative for the German government through its accredited represen tative and diplomatic officer, Baron Von- Gienanth, second secretary of the German em bassy, in matters pertaining to political Interest, public rela tions, and public policy." Defense Instructions Say 'Phone Systems Should Be Kept Open Salem. Dee. 24. (IP) All school officials and county de fense councils were advised to day by Defense Coordinator Jerrold Owen that pupils should not be sent home during an air raid. Pupils should be allowed to go home only when there Is a precautionary alarm at least 20 minutes before enemy planes are expected. After the actual warning sounds, It is too late to send them home. Other orders contained on Owen's bulletin: Counties In which telephone systems are not In operation 24 hours a day should provide wo men volunteers to keep the lines open at all times. All amateur radio operators are asked to volunteer for the state civilian defense radio net work, which might be allowed to go on the air If the army grants special permission for the network to operate. All ama teurs now are- banned from the air. Closing tlmt (or CluuiflM Art t . m Too Late to Clualfr 13:30 p. ra. Cm stall Trlbuns irmnt xls WEST SIDE PHARMACY "The Retail Store" MAIN AND GRAPE PHONE 3330 Washington, Dec. 24. IP) Democratic and Republican leaders In the senate Joined to day in a demand that some thing be done at ence to keep small business and Industry op erating during the wartime emergency. Majority Leader Barkley (D. Ky.) said he feared that dup lication of defense and congres sional action might cause "con fusion in the minds of small businessmen as to where to go for relief." Minority Leader McNary (R.. Ore.) said It was necessary to do something to protect small buslnjs "as early as possible." The discussion preceded sen ate approval of a $10,000 in crease in funds for Its special small business committee head ed by Senator Murray (D., Mont.) who said that It was a "well known fact that small business Is rapidly being driven out of the country." URUGUAYANS WOULD AID U. S. WITH WARPLANES Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec. 24. A subscription was launched today to equip and send 90 Uruguay airmen to serve In the United States' air forces. Uruguayan cattle raisers also have begun a fund-raising drive to buy an ambulance as a gift for the United States army. They previously had bought one for Britain. FIVE BAIL OUT WHEN BOMBER ENGINE FAILS Wlnterset, Iowa, Dec. 24. (IP) Five United States army of ficers were reported to have bailed out of their twin-motored transport four miles south east of here this afternoon and landed safely while the ship crashed and burned. The crew members were re ported to have been flying east rrom Utah when motor trouble developed. Battleship Arizona Went Down Fighting Photograph Reveals Washington, Dec. 24. (P) The navy released today a pho tograph of the ravaged battle ship Arizona, hit by bombs and aerial torpedoes, showing that the dreadnaught sank to the bottom of Pearl harbor with flag flying and anti-aircraft guns turned aloft. Although Secretary of the Navy Knox listed the 32,600- ton battle wagon as "destroy ed" and therefore presumably beyond salvage, the photograph showed the deck was about one foot above the surface and much of the stern superstruc ture to outward appearance: undamaged. The photograph apparently was taken within a day or so after the Japanese onslaught of December 7 for smoke still poured from the blare which gutted the Arizona amidships, and a rescue and salvage tug was moored at the stern of the warship. E BO? Fluhrer's Bakery today gave Christmas gifts of defense bonds and stamps to its 58 employes. Eight department heads and five employes with 10 years of service received paid up bonds while other employes received partially paid up bonds In ac cordance with the number of years of service. Similar Christmas gifts were given to the 52 employes of Fluhrer's bakery at Klamath Falls. Seattle, Doc. 24. (T) Rep. Henry Jackson (D., Wash.) of Everett is In Seattle to conduct hearings on the problem of northwest shipping firms who have lost their business because of the direct buying by war ring nations from producers. Merry Christmas AND A Prosperous New Year to all Our Friends Jackson County Federal savings & loan association 126 East Main ' '. :x : . A t V ' It got around that it was somehow unmanly to believe in God. Sissy to say your prayers. t Those were the queer, sick years be tween the two wars. When morality had to do with vice, drinking and the other fellow; when it was all right for even free governments to get away with making promises the instruments of their own renunciation. Those were the years when we forgot justice for "progress" while the world's conscience slipped softly into decline. So now the half gods rule, loosed in a tempest of our own making. It is the day of the Black Faith, religion of neglect and despair. The creed of brutality and force drives its millions with the fury of a holy war. Humanity is pretty sick, and while planes, tanks and battleships may save the patient just this once again they cannot ever cure the disease. Free men are face to face with a mighty decision. Either they must meet the Black Faith with a great Faith of their own or surrender to the deluge. The choice is plain. To oppose the fanatic religion of negation and force with the Faith of their fathers. To learn to live by the creed of decency and justice, right eousness, sympathy and understanding. To find resolution in their belief in the Father hood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. Or to deny all hope. Decent men in their hearts are sick of kindliness and charity just at Christmastime and greed and suspicion the rest of the year. They are weary of a world that has produced telephones and printing presses but has forgotten honesty and the Ten Commandments. We Wih Our Many Patrons and Friends AVERY MERRY CHRISTMAS Wt will serve a very fin Deluxe Turkey Dinner 85c and $1.25 from 12 noon to 10 p. m. SPECIAL KIDDIES' PLATE ranklin's Uafe c, cs (ML It h a pleasant and cheering custom to renew friendly associations during tha Yuletide by ex pressing a "Merry Christmas" greeting. This we do most heartily and, because of the grave crisia now facing our great Nation, we offer this added, sobering message upon this occasion. Through FAITH Alone Can HOPE Survive! Decent men want to think of other men as fellow human beings. It is high time for free America to find again the ideals of its founders. To take pride in mothering the oppressed. To reach out for the meaning of mercy, sympathy and love. To share in proud humility a Bimple belief in God. It is a paradox that, in this critical period in our history, we are employing the death-dealing implements of warfare in the struggle to perpetuate the American ideals of liberty, freedom and justice. Through no choice of ours we are plunged into a world-wide war and we have dedicated our lives and fortunes to the "inevitable triumph." As great as the questions of conflict that now face America are the problems of the years to come, the enormous, chal lenging problems that we shall have to solve as the great free people of the post war world. We shall have to solve them in the spirit of helpfulness and brother hood. We shall have to dedicate our strength and our free ideals in wisdom to bring about the lasting peace that will find no nation a pawn, no man a scape-goat, but all peoples neighbors and friends. We tried it the other way once. And it did not work. Perhaps, even now, unnoticed, the ground swell is beginning. We like to think that, quietly, out of these racking times there may stem a new dignity, never yet attained, for all mankind; rooted in Faith and flowering, not in mere tolerance or respect, but in kindliness and sympathy; in a real wish to understand our fellow men. 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