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... . mu o t wnth Weather zZir"""" rmm: Little chant la temperature today and tonlgbt. Trmpcntsra Hlfknt Twterday 41 UvM thlt Morning li Gift of Money If 70a neatTea a fin ef moner lor Chrlttmas and with U tpend It profitably, fcaat chars lb Want Ada, rind a ftiod InTeatment. Splendid en port anl tin ara to ha (aond dally on the Want Ad psfe. Tribune FORD rnU Associated Press United Praia Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1941. fin IMl M Med saaagew tlB?fkajBABS' SeajeaaasBaafcaaaaiaaBBg ssaaassw' m 45 i US 1 -: MAIWlll vraIU J v I Kelly's Comment rrora Washington Capital Crowded By War Agencies Forest Service May Move West Wool Grower Protest Ceiling By John W. Kelly Washington, D. C. Dec. 30 Preliminary conversation! are under way suggesting that the forest service, the reclamation service, the fish and wildlife service be transferred from the national capital to the Pacific northwest where, because of their functions, they would be nearer the heart of their work. Owing to congestion at the capi tal, dozen permanent agencies have been ordered out of town, bag and baggage, within 60 days to make room for the inflocking horde of temporary workers in war agencies. More than 10,000 permanent workers will be sent away, not counting families and associated Industries, such as hundreds of patent lawyers and their office forces; the hundreds of printers at GPO. Director of the budget is sending the agencies to New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis. On the hill the assertion is made that all the bureaus of the Interior department should be moved to the west, and agencies of the department of agriculture To "make room" Secretary Ickes shipped the grazing divi sion to Salt Lake City where it will be In the heart of its opera tion. Only 63 people are In this division. HEADQUARTERS of the for est service, it is contended, (Continued on Pace Sli) "Archie" Batteries Hamper Jap Bombing In Singapore Region Singapore, Dec. SO. (JP) Blazing anti-aircraft batteries and searchlights which kept the Japanese planes high were cred ited today with holding the ef fect of overnight enemy raids on this stronghold to a mini mum. A communique said four raids were made, damaging some thatched houses whose flames Ignited a small gasoline dump and caused four casual ties. On the land front, a commun ique acknowledged that the in vaders had made a strong at tack against British lines in the Perak area yesterday but de clared they suffered heavy losses. Elsewhere the situation was described as unchanged. British forces were reported to be inflicting casualties at rates as high as 40-for-one, even while yielding fresh ground about Ipoh, a tin mining center 290 miles northwest of Singa pore. (Time Is Pacific Standard) Tonight: CBS 6:30, twelve crowded months, year's review; 8, basketball at N. Y. MBS 5:15. Brazil Presents; :30 songs for marching men, 7:43 Grand Rapids Schubert club. WednesdaTi NBC-Red 9:15 p. m., Rose Bowl kickoff lunch eon, Durham, N. C. CBS 12:30 Orange Bowl football preview. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Maurice Tedrow coming back from Portland with word re ceived directly from Kodiak, Alaska, that the Medford army cantonment will be built any minute now. Jerry Warren thoroughly en Joying the Mail Tribune carriers' banquet despite the fact he had eaten a hearty meal about two hours before. Radio Highlights! 25-NIILE SCORED AS ALLIES Invaders Change Victory Scheduled To Ten Days Later Veterans Land. Br the Associated Press JaDan's invasion armies were reported to have advanced with in 45 air-line miles of Manila to day as reports circulated in the Dutch East Indies that allied re inforcements were on their way to the Pacific and that a general offensive against Japan could be expected soon. The latest and closest Jap anese thrust toward the Philip pine capital came from the south east, in the Atimonan-Maubun sector, and Indicated that the invaders had registered a gain of 23 or more miles. Chanoe Schedule Dispatches from the fighting zone said tne Japanese naa reached Luisiana and Dolores, each about 45 miles by air from Manila. The Japanese, however took a 10-day margin on an earlier boast that they would capture Manila "before New Year s." In the north, the new Ameri can line, shortened and consoli dated, was described as running east and west through Zaragoza, 120 miles above the capital. It was apparent that American and Filipino troops defending the northern approaches to Manila have now withdrawn completely from the Llngayen gulf area, falling back about 45 miles to new positions. Manila reports said1 the in vaders were believed to be land' ing veteran troops used in the siege and capture of Hongkong, reinforcing young, ill trained Japanese who began the assault on Luzon island. Claim Sea Victory A Japanese naval communique said Japanese aircraft had sunk a U. S. destroyer and two sub marines and damaged 76 mer chant ships in Luzon waters be tween Dec. 22-28. Bloody Japanese troop losses in land fighting at Mauban, 60 miles air-line southeast of Ma nila, were reported in dispatches from the Philippine capital. American and Filipino shore defenders there were said to have slaughtered the Japanese in great batches as they swarmed ashore on Christmas morning, Unending waves of Japanese re inforcements ultimately com pelled the defenders to fall back to new lines. "Everything is quiet," said Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head quarters, in the briefest commu nique of the war. The bulletin was issued at 11:45 a. m., Manila time. Some observers expected that synchronized land and sea drive on Manila was imminent and that Japanese naval forces would attempt to silence the big guns of Corregidor island fort ress, at the entrance to Manila harbor, then sail directly up the bay to the capital. Manila dispatches said the two-hour aerial assault on Cor regidor yesterday, in which four Japanese bombers were shot dewn, was generally regarded as the opening salvo in an attempt to reduce the fortress. Oakland, Calif.. Dec. iO.VP) An army pursuit plane crash ed, killing the pilot, on the marshes of West San Leandro today. The western defense command announced the flier who lost his life was Second Lieut. John A. Fink In, Jr, 22, of Fort Worth, Texas. Witnesses saw the plane falt ering over the marshland, as if the pilot wss trying to straighten it for a landing. It dropped sud denly and bounced and seemed to explode in the air. Flames consumed the wreck age. Lubang island is chief of the 1-1 m rA li iartav vmrwn4lw? atVi I r. ping routes to Mani.au ADVANCE Assault on Axis Homelands To Be Final Phase of War, Churchill Tells Canadians AXIS ATTEMPT TO STAND IN DESERT Violent Two-Day Tank Bat tle Destroys 42 Enemy Machines Near Agedabia By the Associated Press Britain's desert armies in a violent two-day tank battle have smashed an axis attempt to make a new stand after a 420 mile retreat from the Egyptian border, frontline dispatches said today, and British vanguards were reported pushing on to ward Trlpolltania, the western part of Libya and the last piece of Premier Mussolini's African empire. British Middle East headquar ters said 42 axis tanks were knocked out of action in a bat tle south of Agedabia, 80 miles below captured Bengasi, and de clared that "our pressure on the enemy is being maintained." With Clrenaica, or eastern Libya, conquered, British troops were said to be advancing some where along the road to El Ach eila, 80 miles beyond Agedabia, on the coastal highway skirting the gulf of Sirte. El Achella is near the Tripolitania border. . British Unhalted Axis versions of the Agedabia tank battle said 74 British tanks and armored cars had been des troyed, but neither the German nor Italian communique claimed to have halted the British sweep westward. On the Russian war front, So viet dispatches credited Red army soldiers with blasting the Germans from important de fenses on the Oka river ap parently in the Orel-Kaluga sec tor, south of Moscow and Rus sian parachute troops were re ported dropping behind German lines to hamper the nazi retreat. Dispatches to the newspaper Pravda said the Russians had broken through an elaborately fortified zone where the Ger mans had built trenches, dug outs, barbed-wire entanglements and blockhouses along the Oka river. GETS U. S. VESSEL New York, Dec. 30. m The sinking of an American freight er in the Atlantic DecemDer by an axis submarine whose commander spoke English nas been disclosed here with the ar rival of 19 of the torpedoed ves sel's 35 survivors who spent week in lifeboats on rations of six ounces of water and two bis cuits a day. Chief Officer Norrls Chad bourne of the freighter the America South Africa line's 6, 275 ton Sagadahoc said one seaman. Anthony Castro. U. S citizen of Spanish birth, prob ably had been killed in an ex plosion that followed the tor pedoing. The officer said the freighter's captain, Frederick Evans, and 15 other seamen, had reached South Africa safely, accounting for all except Castro. French "Red Mayor' Assassin' Target Vichy, Unoccupied France, Dec. 30. JPi Fernand Soupe, the former "Red mayor" of the Parisian suburb of Montreuil who turned collaborationist, wss shot by a cyclist last night The Paris press reported the Incident as another terrorist at tempt on turncoat communists. Soupe s condition today was reported Improving. War Bulletins Washington. Dec. 30. (P) The navy announced late today that Japanese vessels were suspected oi being in the vicinity of Kodlak. Alaska. All merchant vassals have been warned of the presence of the Japanese war craft, presumably submarines, in the Alaskan waters, a navy communique said. Washington, Dee. 30. (Pi Th army announced late to day that 27 men were killed and (0 wounded In the Jap anese bombing ol the Philip pine fortress Coregidor at the entrance to Manila bay. London. Dec. 30. (JP) The German radio announced to night that Nasi Propaganda Minister Goebbels will broad cast Adolf Hitler's New Year message to the German nation tomorrow at 7 p.m. London time (10 a.m. PST). Singapore. Dec 30. VP) Martial law was declared in the Singapore area tonight. A semi-official statement said offenses against public safety and cases of treachery, assistance to the enemy or looting will be triad by mili tary courts. TO GET RIFLES AT Arms will be issued to the 60 men of Company A, nrsx in fantry regiment of the Oregon state guard, and the ten men of headquarters detachment, first battalion, when the organizations meet for their weekly drills in the armory at 8 tonight. Capt. James W. Grigsby, com manding Company A, announced arrival of the rifles, all Enfields of the type used in World war He said they were covered with grease and the first Job for the men after issuance of the arms tonight would be to clean them. He asked each man to bring a couple of cleaning rags to the armory tonight. Those having such things were asked to bring cleaning rods and oil. Both units will receive first aid instruction tonight and will practice close order drills, Capt. Grigsby said. Uniforms, he ad ded, are expected to arrive soon. Headquarters detachment is commanded by Lieut. Moore Hamilton. Chungking, Dee. 30 (AP) Chinese dispatches said the bat tle of northern Hunan province developed In intensity today as the Japanese put more troops across the Milo river and at tempted to hammer the Chinese back toward Changsha, the pro visional capital. Previous reports, describing the Japanese offensive as the main spearhead of a broad cam paign In Central China, said it had driven to within 40 miles north of Changsha after forcing a crossing of the Milo. As a constant stream of Japan ese reinforcements flowed to the front from the north, Japanese svarplanes attacked Chinese troop concentrations and com munications lines. XEEP MINERAL RIGHTS Kansas City, Dec. 30. AP The Long-Bell Lumber Co., of Kansas City announced today that purchasers of its 124,503 acres of cut-over timber In Ark a as and Louisiana obtained half the mineral rights while the company retained the other half. S LEADER TAUNTS DICTATORS IN OTTAWASPEECII Extirpation of Hitler Tyran ny, Jap Frenzy and Mus solini Flop Termed Goal Ottawa, Dec. 80. (IP) Prime Minister Churchill, in a speech filled with confidence, told the people of Canada today that the final phase of the war must be "an assault on the citadel and homeland of the guilty powers both In Europe and Asia. Speaking by radio from the chamber of the house of com mons of Britain's senior domin ion, the prime minister declared the final goal of the allied demo cratic powers was the total ex tirpation of "Hitler tyranny, Japanese frenzy and the Musso lini flop." Allies Praised Time and again, the crowded chamber burst into a storm of applause and cheering, especial ly as Churchill called a toll of the allies, praising,-one bj,eneJ the contributions to the common cause of the United States, Rus sia, The Netherlands, China and the Free French. Canada's own contribution, Churchill called "magnificent.' He told the dominion Its troops stood in the key posi tions to defend Britain and said that enemy fear of engaging them might avert a frightful battle when the "invasion sea son" comes again. His speech was filled with jibes and taunts at the axis part ners which moved the crowded chamber to cheers and laugh ter, but most of it was a calm, confident review of the road al ready traveled and the road still left to travel. Three phases remain, he said consolidation, in which all the allies might Is marshalled; liber ation, when conquered terri tories are recovered and their people rise In revolt; and the assault on the axis nation's own homelands. Chamber Crowded Crowded into the commons chamber was a colorful gather ing of senators, members ol commons, high service omcers and other dignitaries eager to see and hear In person the man who leads the empire to war. Canada's Prime Minister w. (Continued on Pais Sann) Roosevelt Reveals Half of U. S. Income To Go Toward War Washington, Dec. 30. President Roosevelt, divulging soma phases of an overall war program, said today he was aim ing at devoting 50 per cent of the national income to that ef fort. He told a press conference that by the end of this fiscal year next June 30 27 per cent of the national Income would be devoted to war pur poses and that in the year en suing he hoped to build the per centage up to 50. He estimated that during the fiscal year be ginning next July 1 the national Income would approximate $100,000,000,000. Congress Will End Session On Friday Washington, Dec. 30. JPh Congress decided today to end the present session of congress Friday. The legislators also ad vanced the day for opening the next session from the usual Jan uary 8 to Monday, Jan. . Ja " Bomb Open City of I r szs " ! -ttt 1 :' i UL: VI til) JUliWH : J J f 44rfc4 ' . ,. ssssttt Wad 11a had been declared an open city by American officials. In the foreground Is the legislative build. Ing. A direct hit was scored on the Philippine treasury building shown la lower picture which was taken recently by Deane Dickason. American author and lecturer. . Gen. MacArthur Asks Retaliation For Repeated. Senseless Bombing Washington, Dec. 30. (Pi General Douglas MacArthur urged ' today that retaliatory measures be taken against the Japanese for the recent bomb ings of Manila, which he char acterized as "completely viola tive of all the civilized processes of international law." An official war department communique said a survey of damage to "undefended Manila by the repeated senseless and savage bombing by Japanese air craft Indicates that churches and other centers of Christian wor ship and culture were dellber- Too Many Generals In Civilian Defense; 'Frisco Leader Quits San Francisco, Dec. 30 (IP) San Francisco wss In the mar ket for a new director of civilian defense today following the res ignation of its first director, Eric Cullenward, who gave up his post with the declaration the defense council has "mora gen erals than privates." Mayor Angelo Rossi, who ac cepted the resignation, named Joseph A. Murphy, former ex ecutive officer of the defense council, to take over Cullen ward's duties temporarily. He said he had no ona In mind for permanent appointment to the $600 a month position. CuUrnwsrd's resignation came after he had held the po sition only three weeks. In a letter to the mayor he said: "Undoubtedly you realize that I have been constantly hamper- : in ' ' I ' k"' havaa In h famous old walled otely selected as special targets for enemy attacks." The damage, said the depart ment, extended to the great cathedral of the Immaculate Con ception, the historic college of San Juan Lateran, two convents, a hospital and at least five other churches and three colleges sup ported by religious Institutions. MacArthur's message to the war department said "enemy mercilessly bombed the open city of Manila using 63 bombers." He added: "Damage has been sever and Includes all types of civilian In Press and Radio Given Orchid on Churchill News WaaVtlnrftnn T)er 30 PrMlHont Roosevelt bestowed upon the press and radio to day, through his secretary, Stephen Early, a "well-deserved but somewhat belated orchid" for cooperation in measures taken to safeguard Prime Minister Churchill. Early said the president had asked him to pass along the verbal "orchid" for the with holding of news about Churc hill's visit until his actual ar rival and for refraining from publicising the prim min ister's departure Sunday not withstanding an official an nouncement in Ottawa as to the time Churchill was due there. ed and thwarted In my efforts properly to carry out the func tions of my office and to accom plish the purpose desired by you ..." - . S a I Hi U Ills I 111 Till! Manila afravranaaaaaa Ill fif'lsrljii ..nJni.L5!M mmm IIIIIIUJ dtv of Manila (upper) after Man stallations such as churches, the) rathedml. hosnitala. convents. business and private dwellings. "It Is notable that Delore Man ila was declared an open city anrl Hfnra nur antl aircraft de fense evacuated therefrom, ha (the enemy) had abstained from attempted bombing of anything in Manila except muiiary insuu latlons. "Hla nrrxvnt aetlana can only be deemed completely violative of all the civilized processes or, international law. At the proper time I bespeak due retaliatory measures." Capons Heir Weds School Sweetheart; Parents at Rites Miami Beach, Fla, Dee. 36, (P) The high school romance) of Albert (Sonny) Capon and Diana Ruth Casey of Chatta nooga and Miami Beach wss climaxed today In their mar riage before 300 guests In St. Patrick's Catholic church today. The bridegroom's father, Al phons Capons, the former Chi cago gang chieftain, and Mrs. Capons arrived Just before the mid-morning ceremony in sep arata cars. Mies Casey, 21-year-old daugh ter of Mrs. Ruth M. Casey of Miami Beach and James F. Casey of Chattanooga was given In marriage by an unci. The Rt Rev. William Barry performed the ceremony. Young Capon and his brld were classmate at Miami high school. T ' liiiiii i
