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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1941 E ENDED WITH LOSS DF LAST AIRPLANE Story of Heroic Stand By Less Than 403 Marines Told in Navy Dispatches. Honolulu, Dec. 30. UP) Dis patches sent while death rain ed from sky and sea on virtual ly shelterless Wake island sketched tersely today how less than 400 marines, with only four planes aloft, held off nu merically superior Japanese for 14 days, bagging 12 aircraft and five ships before being overpowered. "Probably no military force in American history, not even the defenders of the Alamo, ever fought against greater odds nor with greater effect In view of those odds," acclaimed the navy in summarizing the reports for the first time. Nor did those tough marines once admit defeat. "The issue Is In doubt," read the last dispatch sent on De cember 22. 200 Planes Attack Attack after attack wa:i hurl ed back. Beset by 200 planes during those 14 days, the little garrison, knowing there could be no reinforcements from Ha waii 2,300 miles away, loosed such deadly fire that the Jap anese had to abandon low-flying assaults for time. The navy's account, pieced from the dispatches, laid bare a gripping struggle: Dec. 8 Between 20 and 30 twin-engined bombers in the opening attack caught eight of the garrison's 12 planes on the ground, put the eight out of ac tion and killed 25 of the mar ines. Dec. 0 There were two more raids by planes which also car ried Incendiaries but "due to vigorous plane and anti-air craft defenses, damage was less severe than on December 8." Dec. 10 There was a fourth air raid at dawn while for the first time enemy warships "started pumping shells onto the flat, virtually shelterless atoll. . . . Nevertheless Wake's guns replied with such good ef fect to this double attack that a light cruiser and destroyer were sunk. The defenders also had the satisfaction of chalking up a total of six enemy planes destroyed to and Including this third day of the battle." Batteries Eifectiva "The effectiveness of the Wake shore batteries . . , evi dently Impressed the enemy." Two transports, escorted by cruisers and destroyers, kept out of range and made no at tempt to land while 18 planes came over for the fifth air raid. Only 18 departed. The marines still had three planes aloft. Dec. 11 A four-englned sea plane attacked. "Marine fliers were ready for It and promptly shot it down." The convoy re appeared. Marine fliers dam aged one vessel and sank a sub marine. Dec. 12 "The enemy did not appear." Dec. 13 By moonlight, four englned bombers came over. CENTURY'S PLEDGE 7 E PLEDGE America National Defense Pro gram and offer our complete co operation ... men, material and machine at thit time of National Emergency. Our equipment for production of the commercially tlistillcd ingredient necessary for defense munition . . . and the or ganization behind it . , . is at the service of our countryl CENTURY DISTILLING CO. Peoria, llll. lt Plan Missbsippi Wedding 4? m ml uM tikJ Will Price, film dialogue director, and his fiancee. Maureen O'Hara. film actress from Ireland, were together at a Hollywood airport before Price took off for his home town. McComb, Miss., to arrange for their marriage the last of Decsmbtr. Anti-aircraft fire discouraged them from dropping bombs. Dec. 14 Fifty bombers un loosed the heaviest air raid. "Anti-aircraft and planes brought down three and dam aged several others." The mar ines three planes were re duced to one but .during the brief night hours they managed heroically to patch a second one together. Dec. 19 At night a ninth air raid caused "no serious dam age." Dec. 16 More than 25 bomb ers attacked. Dec. 17 They cam back again. "By , now practically every Installation on the island was heavily damaged. The storehouse with spare parts and other material was gone, burn ed to the ground. The machine shop and blacksmith shop were wiped out." Dec. 18 Two-engined bomb ers devastated the few build ings left standing. Dec. 10 There was no raid. Use Dire Bombers Dec. 20 Dive-bombers, evi dently from a carrier, roared down on the dwindling group of marines. Dec. 21 "The enemy with held his hand." Dec. 22 "Land-based and carrier-operated planes attacked in large force how large was never reported." Wake's two planes gave battle. "Several en emy planes were shot down but one of the Wake pilots was lost and the second forced down, ALLEGIANCE to wounded Wake's air defense: were lost. The enemy at long last landed in force. There came finally what the navy praised as "a bit of understatement" 'The Issue is in doubt" Even that last dispatch made clear the marines were In there and fighting. It told of the dis abling of two Japanese destroy ers. FLAG DEFILER TO Trenton, N. fl., Dec. 30. UP) The New Jersey supreme court affirmed today the conviction of Hclga Schlueter, 20, German born alien of Lakewood, on a charge of defiling the American flag. Miss Schlueter, now In cus tody of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was sentenced to one to two years In a women's reformatory after her conviction by an Ocean county Jury. She was free on ball when the FBI took her into custody shortly after the outbreak of the war. She was charged with tearing up and throwing to the ground while a firemen's parade was in progress on June 29, 1940, in l.akcwood, a small American flag that was attached to her motorcycle. REPUBLICAN CHAIRMEN DELAY CAPITAL MEET Grants Pass, Dec. 30 (,T" The scheduled conference of Re publican stale chairmen In Wash ington, D. C, at which Oregon Chairman Niel R. Allen Is to outline the new state organiza tion plan, has been postponed from January 12 to a later date Allen received notification from National Chairman Joseph W. Martin along with the state ment that the party would cam paign as a unit toward defense of the American way of life, both on foreign and domestic fronts. Your Place In The Sun It si VAH-KI INN, s small dfierl inn anJ gurtt rinca Jjnining tht farnoua Caa Grin.1t Nitionil Moaumiol near Coolidge, Aritons. Vail Kl Inn. in sour't irlrs from either Ph.nnii oi Tucoa, offert tomforl and fummitncs la t limned nutnhei ol guta. Special fonide'iiion i avfe to dim. individual needi and witnra. Ymif noxt Ser Toe) mint (atcintnng perttinailf con luctrd one-dav ifipa ena the Ina at tht stalling point Tear Heid THEODORA and WALTER SMITH Mar w itnJ ef ( ftliJ Itldn ieirritiiw ria Ctaart. Antft, "vktri tk U yeff nff." frVAH-M LI IN OREGON CITIES 'E Medford Down 46.5 Per Cent Compared With Oc toberOregon City Leads University of Oregon, Eugene (Spl.) Building permit valua tions for November in 48 Ore gon cities showed a decline of 17.8 per cent over the previous month, it was revealed here by Lloyd M. Faust, research associ ate in the school of business ad ministration, University of Ore gon. Total permit valuations for October amounted to $2,072,171 while those for Novembei were $1,706,787. The decline was at tributed to seasonal variations and to defense priority regula tions. New residential permit valua tions declined 6.6 per cent while additions, alterations and repairs were off 6S.1 per cent. New non residential permit valuations in creased 23.6 per cent with de fense projects at Astoria and Pendleton accounting for most of the gain. Oregon City Leads Building permit valuations at Astoria increased 1208 9 per cent and at Pendleton 739 per cent. Oregon City led the list with a gain of 4712 per cent, although the gain was due to an abnormally low October total, $230 against $12,030 for Novem ber. Other Oregon cities of over $,000 population experienced the following changes in Novem ber over October: Astoria, 1208.9 per cent in crease; Pendli ton, 739 per cent increase; Oregon City, 4712 per cent increase; Salem, 87 1 per cent Increase; Portland 23 9 per cent increase; Albany, 74 8 per cent decrease; Corvallis, 80 1 per cent decrease; Eugene 78.8 per cent decrease; Marshfield 14.2 per cent decrease; Roseburg. 92.1 per cent decrease; Med ford, 46.9 per cent decrease; The Dalles, 6.5 per cent decrease; Bend, 78 per cent Increase; Klamath Falls. 63.1 per cent de crease; Baker 21 per cent In crease; La Grande, 64.1 per cent decrease. RITES HELD FOR E Gold Hill, Dee. 30. (Spl.V Mrs. Alta Rose Moore passed away in a Medford hospital on December 23. following several weeks illness from complications due to injuries suffered In a tall at her home here. Funeral services were held on December 27 at the Litwiller Funeral home at Ashland and burial was at Mountain View cemetery. She was born September 15, 1864 and was married to Curtis R. Moore May 7, 1889. They resided In Ashland for many years before moving to Medford and finally to Gold Hill. Sur viving are her husband, Curtis R. Moore; also five children Miss Marguerite Moore and Miss Mabel Moore of Gold Hill; Charles Moore, Ashland; Mrs Cecil Flfield, latent: Mrs. Clyde E. Moore, Rosevllle, Calif. Twelve grandchildren survive, one of whom, Mary Rose Bailey. resides here. INVEST For Earnings Save Where Saving Pays Another dividend will be distributed to our members en January first. All accounts up to $5,000 are insured by be Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation. Fundi invested by January 10th will earn dividends payable in July. Jackson County Federal savings & loan association 126 East Main Fanatical Nippon Fighters Press on to Slaughter in Fantastic Far East Drama By DeWltt Mackensle (Wide World War Analyst) The Japanese reportedly are dying forty to one for their British enemy on the edge of the steaming Jungle country of the Malay peninsula, and are being slaughtered by the Fili pinos southeast of Manila but still the Japs continue to come in ever growing numbers to increase the pressure in both these strategic centers. And as the Nipponese soldiers i flying themselves into- the flames of death with that fan atical abandon which marks their race, the Japanese nation watches for Premier General Tojo to Journey to the grand shrines of Ise to offer his pagan prayer for victory to the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu O Mi Kami. The whole drama of this war with its Oriental outlook and barbaric practices is fantastic like a yellowed page of history from the days of the shoguns. Still, fantastic though It is, there is no gain-saying it is so very real that the position of the allies In the far east grows more grave hourly as they await reinforcements. The Japanese, operating close to their island kingdom and having plenty of well-equipped bases, possess a vast advantage at this stage. There is no telling how much ground the allies may have to give In these early days. Cer tainly the temporary sacrifices may be great, and we should be prepared for that possibility. As remarked before, it depends on the nature of the reinforce ments and how soon they ar rive. One hears many expressions of concern that American rein forcements haven't reached Ma nila before this, but there is no occasion for such surprise. Even if help started immediate ly after the attack on Pearl harbor, It could scarcely reach the battle-field by this time, as suming that a convoy was in volved. It's a long haul across the Pacific. Longer Route Safer Now Then, too, one would scarcely expect a naval contingent to try to proceed direct to the Philip pines, running the Japanese blockade which has been swung across the accustomed route. There are other possibilities, however, but involving a longer voyage. Australia provides excellent naval bases. Sydney, with its new graving dock, which is big enough for a battleship, is one of them. Brisbane is another. And then we have the northern port of Darwin, which is stra tegically situated in relation to the entire war zone. It is close to the Dutch East Indies, and only about 2,300 miles from either Singapore or Manila. Numerous allied island-bases lie much closer. Since the European war start ed and the Japanese threat de veloped, Darwin has been great ly developed. Not only has the docking accommodation been extended, but a modern mili tary airdrome has been built and the port has been connect ed with southern Australia by a military highway which links with railways. THREE RABBITS Bcardstown, 111. UP How ard Little, Bcardstown, set up a new record when hunting in Schuyler county. He saw three rabbits in a line, fired once, and killed all three. Ed Whited, his companion, verified his story. The United States naval aca demy at Annapolis was opened October 10, lt)43. L FOR AIR SERVICE Washington, Dec. 30 The army air corps said today Charles A. Lindbergh had vol unteered his services. Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of the air forces and depu ty chief of staff of the army, said "Lindbergh's act indicates a definite change from his iso lationist stand and expresses a deep desire to help the country rMp HERE ARE SOME jr0Mm :0 TYPICAL VALUES: rZ0mWXi W GIRLS COATS... WERE 6.98 and 7.98 'WjSwa O. If o thasel With or without 4sq1Wm fur ln wooL W001 ,nd "J011- SC50 5y:1Wl;M Even all-purpose coat and pant sets 1 1 QSlEll Includedl 9-12. 11-16. W Mi WOMEN'S COATS . . . WERE 58 and 10.98 " l lucky women will get one of I thes -tunning sports coatsl Warm SCSU . fleecec and tweeds in all wool or w fj " ' wool and rayon. IZ-' -. W tMStS WOMEN'S COATS . . . WERE $12.98, NOW 0) ojO There are only 10 of these beau- m tlfully tailored sports coats leitl 1 II hi: RtfA' Fine all-wool fleeces and tweeds, v I some with rayon. W I f O WOMEN'S COATS . . . WERE 14.98, NOW vSW 11 sports and dress coats In the m m ... ft smartest styles of the seasonl CI Kfl I . efO1' Even fur trim included. All wool I I ,w Oftt' er woo with "rn 1J"0, 11 '' r5UkVy4 FUR-TRIMMED COATS . . WERE 24.75, NOW ,i 31 That's alii Furred casuals and m ajsf) - dress coats, including some with $1 M 7 5 Jirz L ' separate fur boleros. Fine wool "I m clJ 'fp'' D' rTon blends. Plus tax. I I 0i0r' FUR-LIKE COATS, WERE 8.98, NOW "sSi5-N There are more than 3 women In- . Zc-tS I m'- terestedl But that's all we have oi g IT Cfl fyvX iS, , '.-!., ' these lustrous rayon pile fabric wr eo,u- wf.-JjO&l FUR-LIKE COATS, WERE 14.98, NOW C M3 J aW 4 1 J"" Caracul and Persian m m rr ,1 i ,afL4 Y type fabrics that look like real SIT 50 i. a-X W ' ' iM furl (100a wool and mohair face "II V" ""ith e0iXn bCk' New Saturday .TigS-jj? -. Closing Time SSgGiye 0p- 'm CATAIOO OtOK MSVKI AArVy o 1 17 80. CENTRAL TELEPHONE 39 JO along the lines he trained him self for many yean.' Last summer Lindbergh, at that time engaged in making many speeches for the America First committee in opposition to President Roosevelt's foreign policies, submitted his resigna tion as a colonel in the reserves ELKS' ANNUAL NEW YEAR'S EVE WED. NIGHT DECEMBER 31 afrie ELKS' TEMPLE Greet the New Year with music of Steve Whipple's Orchestra from 10 to 3. Elks $1.50 per couple, including tax Guests by invitation card only. $2.00 per couple, inc. tax. to President Roosevelt by letter. The resignation was accepted. 1$ DIE IN TRAIN CRASH London, Dec. 30. UP) Fif teen persons were killed and about 100 injured today In the collision ox iwo trains ai cccies, Lancashire. t INN Coolidge- Abizona. Eill....iiiiimniiiiii.iiMiu:imiinii., Mim,iiiimn.iii,iiiuiiii,ii,iiii.i,,iiii,uiil.i,i..ii.iua
