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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1941
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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.
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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.
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IN OREGON CITIES
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Coolidge-
Abizona.
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