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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
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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
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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. .
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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-
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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.
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properly to carry out the func
tions of my office and to accom
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business and private dwellings.
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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
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