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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER SI. 1941.
NO. 242.
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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington. Dec. 31. Those
nibs with which the Japs an
noyed our Pacific coast ship-
""C'S ping were not
from sneak
bases in Lower
C a 1 if ornia or
Mexico, but
part of a long
range surprise
fleet that Tok
y o has long
been building
for this spe
cific purpose.
Fantastic
thouih It
V )
.vaV
rial Malloa
founds, these boats are supposed
to have a radius range of 8,000
miles. The Japs probably have
about 30 of them.
m.i mmlntf Is no sururlse
to the navy. Our admirals have j
known the Japs were nuuaing
this type for some time, but we
have never gone in for an un
dersea boat so "formidable" or
with such an extended cruising
range. Here again, just as with
the two-man submarines used
by the Japs at Pearl harbor,
the surprise was restricted to
those who do not follow such
' matters closely. (International
News photos published in Amer
ican newspapers some years ago
a photo smuggled out of Japan
showing the two-man sub in
operation).
i . With California only 6,000
miles from Japan, however, it
Is possible the 8,000 mile super
iub will continue to menace
our coastal shipping for a while.
In minor way.
TIE grand old man of the
American navy, Admiral
Leahy, Is coming back from
Vichy In four weeks. A discus
sion has been started as to what
job ha will get here.
This much can be related. Mr.
Roosevelt Insisted upon Leahy's
return over the objections of
the state department. Our diplo
mats had an idea he was solely
responsible for keeping the
French to their honorable
pledge, never to surrender their
fleet They feared what might
(Continued on Pa eu)
Radio Highlights
Th Rose Bowl football game
between Oregon State college
and Duke university, to be
played in Durham, N. C, to
morrow, New Year's day, will
be broadcast by Station KMED.
The game will go on the air
at 10:45 a. m. (PST).
(Time Is Pacific Standard)
New Year's Eve: I Resolve
CBS 7:15 New Year's resolu
tions.
Football NBC-Blue 7:45
Sugar Bowl same preview.
Watch night service NBC-
Red 8:30 from Riverside church,
N. Y.
Dancing parties to 1 a. m.
CBS NBC-Blue MBS open at 8
p. m.
New Year's Day:
Bowl games 10:45 a.m. MBS,
Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Texas A.
& M. vs. Albama.
10:45 NBC-Red, Rose Bowl at
Durham, N. C, Duke vs. Oregon
State.
11 CBS, Orange Bowl at Mi
ami, Georgia vs. Texas Christian
11 NBC-Blue, Sugar Bowl at
New Orleans, Fordham vs. Mis
souri.
Other features:
All MBS 8:15 a. m. Mum
mers' parade at Philadelphia;
8:30 a. m. "We hereby resolve,
special program by treasury de
partment, including William S
Knudsen, Albert Einstein and
others.
SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
HulrinH Thitrman onri Clara
Proctor arriving at the fire hall
with a. delectable cake to go
with hot coffee Just as the fire ,
laddies rolled back, cold and '
wet, from fire, the girls being
blessed for their timeliness. j
Dear friends sending Eddie
Nave some yarn and knitting
needles and a corsage of wilted
weeds after he had been laid
up by a whang on the neck In .
hockey practice. j
Walter Inch spending the
Horning digesting two books on
pruning and then not knowing
where to start trimming one of!
his shade trees. -
FMJL
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American, Filipino Troops
Battle Against Hopeless
Odds Planes Give Edge.
By the Associated Press
American and Filipino troops,
battling against apparently
hopeless odds, were reported
still offering "strong resistance.
inflicting heavy losses on the
enemy" today after executing a
further adjustment of their
lines.
While the fall of Manila ap
peared imminent and the army
attempted to evacuate 300 ser
iously wounded Americana from
Luzon island, a war depart-
m e n t communique indicated
that the 25-day-old struggle was
not yet ended.
Heavy Pressure
The enemy continues to
exert heavy pressure on all
fronts with extensive use of dive
bombers and armored units,"
the communique said.
The war department's bulle
tin covered the military situa
tion as of 6:30 a. m., PST (11:30
p. m., Manila time) Indicating
that the Japanese invasion
hordes had exactly 30 minutes
in which to make good their
original boast that they would
take Manila "before New
Year's."
Almost an hour later, the
navy department announced it
was still in communication with
the city.
U. S. army headquarters in
the Philippines reported that
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
forces, desperately out-number
ed, were falling back north and
south of Manila under the as
sault of Japanese infantry.
tanks and dive bombers.
Bombers Blast Path
A Dome! dispatch from Shang
hai, broadcast by the official
Tokyo radio, asserted that Ja
pan s invasion forces were only
20 miles from Manila, striking
northwest from Lamon bay.
The dispatch said Japanese
dive bombers were blasting a
path for the advance through
American-Philippine tanks and
infantry lines.
Other axis reports broadcast
by the German radio perhaps
spreading their familiar "fear"
propaganda asserted variously
that the Japanese had advanced
within six and one-fourth and
four miles of the Philippine
capital.
Midway Worker Safe
He Cables Parents
Redmond, Dec. 31. IIP)
Ralph Wiley of Redmond, en
gaged in defense work at Mid
way island, cabled his parents
this week that he was safe.
Wiley is a graduate of Red
mond high school.
Flying Cadet Dies
In Tulare Crash
Tulare, Calif., Dec. 31 (Pt
Flying Cadet George E. Werner,
Jr., Cincinnati, O., crashed to
his death 25 miles southwest of
here last night.
The Vultee training plane he
was flying was demolished.
Werner's body was thrown clear
and was not found until mid
night, several hours after the
accident.
Death Takes
Nebbs Creator
Chicago, Tec. 31 OP) Sol
Hess, 69. creator of the comic
strip, "The Nebbs," died of a
heart attack today in his
apartment in the Shoreland
hotel. He had lived and work
ed in Chicago most of his life.
'The Nebbs" comic feature
has long been published by
the Mail Tribune in daily and
Sunday issues. According to
the Bell Syndicate, Inc.,
through which the Sol Hess
creation was distributed, a
sufficient supply of the car
toons is ob hand to permit
publication for many weeks
to come.
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Churchill Cheered by Ottawa Citizens
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Prime Minister Winston Churchill (left), ant Prime Minister
hearty welcome upon their arrival at Ottawa, following trip
Churchill had conferred with President Roosevelt.
Hitler Promises Troops
'42 Will See Complete
Breaking of Red Power
Berlin, Dec. 31. (Official Broadcast Recorded by AP)
Adolf Hitler, in a New Year's order to his troops, declared today
that the Russian winter counter attack "must and will be frus.
trated" and that the year 1942 would see the Soviet power brok
en completely. : "" . --
Addressing his troops on the.
eastern front, the fuehrer assert
ed that "Germany does not want
and cannot afford to be involved
in battle again every 25 years
. . '. and engage in a new war
for 'to be or not to be'
COUNTER CLAIM
London, Dec. 31. OP)
While Adolf Hitler was tell
ing Germany that the new
year would see Russian pow
er smashed, the Kuibyshev
radio was broadcasting to the
Germans today that "in 1942
we shall chase every Get man
out of Russia and score final
victory."
v. .,.,. ,
ly continue to lacerate itself
merely that the gang of Anglo-
American and Jewish conspira
tors may satisfy itself by Its self
ish machinations.
The blood which has been
spilled In this war shall be. we
hope, the last to be spilled In
Europe for generations."
His final words were these:
We all shall therefore ask God
Almighty that the year 1942 will
bring the decision for the rescue
of our people and of the nations
allied with us."
(In his speech last New Year's
Hitler declared flatly ' the year
1941 will bring completion of
the greatest victory of our his
tory.") Hlt'er's order of the day.
broadcast by the Berlin radio,
said 1941 "was a year of heavi
est decisions and the most san
guinary fighting" but predicted
that "it will be known in his
tory as the year of the greatest
victories of all times.
He told his troops:
"In the year 1941 you have In
innumerable battles driven the
enemy, who was ready to spring
his attack upon us, not only
from the frontiers of Finland,
Germany, Slovakia, Hungary
and Rumania, but you also have
flung him back more than 1,000
kilometers Into his own terri
tory. "The enemy's attempt during
the winter of 1941-1942 to igain
avert his fate by attacking us
Again must and will be frustra
ted. Yes, on the contrary, in the
year 1942 we shall again get
; hold of this enemy of mankind
with the aid of all the prepara
tions which have been made and
we shall beat him until the Jew
ish, capitalistic and bolshevist
lust lor destruction of the world
has been broken."
Hitler also Issued a proclama
tion to the German people, read
over the Berlin radio.
In It he reiterated his state
ments that Germany was not the
aggressor and had tried to main
jtain peace even alter the out-
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break of fighting In September,
1939.
For the failure of these al
leged efforts he blamed Britain
and the United States.
Thus." he declared, "the year
1941 had to come, and with it
j the beginning of the greatest
struggle the world ever witness
ed." Hitler complained bitterly
that the war kept him from other
i self-imposed tasks.
I 'The German people will be-
! neve me," he said, "that I should
; have preferred to choose peace
j instead of war. For peace includ
ed for myself a heap of fortun-
iate tasks. What I and the whole
"nal "j movement will
be prevented from accomplish
ing for years on account of this
war fills me with deepest regret.
It Is a shame that it Is Im
possible to prevent duffers and
lazybones from stealing ones
precious time which one Intend
ed to devote to cultural, social
and economic tasks for the peo
ple
Of his Fascist partner, Hitler
commented:
'The same thing Is true also
of Fascist Italy, where likewise
a single man has eternalized his
name for all times by a civilized
and national revolution of secu
lar dimension and which like
wise cannot be compared with
democratic and political blund
erers . . . who, for Instance, in
Anglo-Saxon countries squander
ed the wealth of their fathers
or accumulated new fortunes by
dirty business transactions."
He expressed sympathy for
Japan, remarking:
We therefore readily under
stand that at last Japan, tired
of everlasting blackmail and
daring threats, finally acted In
self-defense against the most In
famous warmonger of all."
Fiercely denouncing Soviet
Russia, and Britain and the Uni
ted States for aiding her, he de
clared "Churchill and Roosevelt
have delivered Europe to Sulin
and predicted that Britain and
the United States themselves
would succumb to bolshevlsm.
Major Weaver New
Chief of Air Corps
Washington! Dec. II. UP,
The assignment of Major Gen
eral Walter R. Weaver as act
ing chief of the air corps with
headquarters In Washington was
announced today by the war de
partment. The orders relieved Weaver
of his assignment as command
ing general of the southeast air
corps training center with head
quarters at Maxwell field, Ala.
A
BSSSSSSSSSSSSSM I
MacKenile King received a
from Washington, D. C where
THREATEN ENTIRE
HITLERITE FORCE
By the Associated Press '
The soviet command an
nounced early Thursday (Rus
sian time) that the central red
armies had recaptured Kaluga,
an Important railroad center on
the Oka river 110 miles below
Moscow, in a continuing push
synchronized with the grand
Russian offensive in the Crimea,
This appeared to threaten all
the surviving Nazi forces on the
lower Moscow front, and was
good news for the allies on a
day that saw the situation turn
ing against the defenders of
Manila.
A bulletin from Hitler's field
headquarters conceded that the
Russians "during the last few
days again landed strong forces
on the Kerch peninsula and near
Feodosiya" In an attempt to lift
the siege of Sevastopol naval
base.
"Necessary counter measures
have been started," the commu
nique declared, and asserted
thai German and Rumanian
troops In bitter hand-to-hand
fighting had captured a large
number of Soviet positions and
knifed deep Into Sevastopol's
defense system.
On the north African battle-
front, the British reported strik
ing heavy new blows to Gen.
Erwin Rommel's retreating arm
ored forces In fierce fighting
south of Agedabia.
Salem Milk Price
Goes Up Thursday
Salem, Dec. 31 (JPi The
price of milk In the Salem area
will be Increased tomorrow
from 12 to 13 cents a quart, the
state milk control board an
nounced today.
The order follows a hearing
here December 13.
Other price increases effective
tomorrow: 5 per cent milk, 13
to 15 cents a quart: coffee cream
15 to 16 cents a half pint; whip
ping cream, IB to 22 cents a
half pint
North Bend Gets
Coin For Airport
Washington, Dec. 31 (IP)
Senator McNary (R-Ore) said to
day that President Roosevelt
had approved a $173,000 WPA
allocation to Improve the mu
nicipal airport at North Bend,
Ore.
LEAP INTO RIVER
Astoria, Ore., Dee. 31 Ph
Albert Davis and Andy Melhoff,
S. P. It S. railroad section em
ployes, leaped Into the Colum
bia river last night after a can
of kerosene exploded and ignit
ed their clothing. Both were
hospitalized with third degree
burns,
sreaaM ir
JiSURPRISE COMING
I FOR JAPANESE IS
J CHURCHILL WORD
Prime Minister Sure British
Will Hold Singapore
Minimizes Island Seizure.
Flustered
Ottawa, Dee. 31. -UPh-Even
prime , ministers get
flustered.
When Canadian newspaper
men presented Prime Minis
ter Churchill with a sealskin
fur hat today he laid down
his torpedo-shaped cigar to
try the hat on.
When he stuck his cigar
back in his mouth, he used
the wrong end, and was
forced hastily to brush away
the ashes and rub the mom
entary burn.
Ottawa, Ont., Oct 31. yP
Prime Minister Churchill
praised the defense of the Phil
ippines by American and Fili
pino forces today and said he
thought the Japanese were In
for some surprises .before the
fight ended.
Asked by a London reporter
at a press conference If he
thought the British would hold
Singapore, he responded, "I sure
do."
The Japanese "have some
thing coming to them one of
these days," he asserted in an
swer to a question as to when
the allies would take the offen
sive against the Japanese.
He is continuing to discuss
grand strategy of the war with
President Roosevelt, ha said,
and he added that he hoped the
decisions Would be expressed
"In deeds and not In words."
Minor Matter
He said the Free French seiz
ure of St Pierre and Miquelon
islands was without the assent
of Britain, the United States or
Canada, but declined to go into
details and expressed confidence
the controversy would be set
tled.
He said he regarded the mat
ter as minor, compared with
other business now under way.
Of the battle of the Atlantic
he said: "In February we were
concerned over the high rate of
losses of ships, but now we have
managed so as to keep the u-
boats farther out break their
link with nazl planes, arm our
merchantmen, and allowing
for new British building we
have reduced our losses to one-
fifth the former rate.
We now feel confident that
we can carry on our convoys
until the great blow of ships
begins coming from the United
State? "
There's a lot of good stuff
on the way," but he added with
emphasis, "we want more.
He told a press conference
that he did not have much hope
of Italy falling out of the war
soon.
I'm afraid the organ grinder
has the monkey too firmly by
the collar," he sa.d.
Continental U. S. Well Guarded
Against Enemy Aerial Attacks
By Devon Francis
New York, Deo. ilOPh
(Wide World) A four-ply guard
against the possibility of enemy
bomber attacks on continental
United States has been set up
by the army and the namy.
On both the east and the west
coasts air and sea patrols are
maintained at a considerable
distance from shore to eliminate
surprise.
On the seaboards proper de
fending fighter planes are on
"ground alert" at scores of
fields, ready to take to the air if
enemy planes approach.
Anti-aircraft units rapidly are
being Installed at key points to
help ward off attacks on cities,
factories, air fields, docks, rail
roads, bridges and such vital
targets as water supply lines
and gas and electric plants.
. Finally, aa elaborate all" raid
War Bulletins
Caracas, Venesuela, Dee.
SI. (IV- Veneiuela severed
diplomatic relations with
Germany. Italy and Japan to
day. Singapore, Dee. tl-4Ph
Brltlih headquarters said to
day that "offensive actions
have been taken with good
results" by British patrols
against some of the Japanese
Invaders e! Malaya end that
pressure ea the Perak front
was slight.
TOR LOCAL AREA
Motorists were warned today
by the U. S. weather bureau at
the Medford municipal airport
of a local cold wave today and
tonight with temperatures 20
degrees or lower. East of the
Cascades It was expected that
the wave would be more severe
with temperatures ranging to
zero or lower tonight
Snow was forecast east of the
120th meridian with a strong
wind. Temperatures a year ago
today were recorded as 42 de
grees maximum and 29 mini
mum. AT BIG Y MARKET
Charged with petty larceny,
Ray Christiansen, 32, local man.
given four-months sua-
Dended lati sentence this m
ing in Justice of the peace court
Christiansen, according to the
complaint was caught shoplift
ing at the Big Y market late
yesterday, but was apprehended
Immediately after he lew tne
store by Mae McCargar, owner,
State oollce were called and
Christiansen was taken to the
county jail.
Play With Hatches
Starts Fatal Fin
Tacoma, Dec, 31. (P A six-
year-old boy's passion for play
ing with matches resulted in
the fire last night in which his
smaller brother and sister died
in their blazing home. Fire In
spector Robbie Larson reported
today after an Investigation.
Larson said the boy, Orvllle
McGruder, admitted starting the
blaze by accidentally setting fire
to a cotton and evergreen cen
ter piece on the dining room
table. The boy had been un
able to extinguish it with
broom, so he told the smaller
children to stay where they
were while he ran to get their
mother who was shopping at
nearby grocery store.
Redmond, Ore., Dec 31. VP)
Fred Sankey. in charge of ro
dent control in this district for
the government has announced
a rabbit drive to be held in the
Fort Rock area of northern
Lake county January 3.
precaution service has been or
ganized among civilians. If en
emy planes escape the notice of
the patrols far at sea, they can
be spotted by thousands of ob
servers at picked posts. That
service is supplemented by ro
bots called radiolocators.
When the attack comes If It
does come It is unlikely that a
repetition of the surprise Pearl
Harbor foray can occur.
That does not mean that
enemy bombers cannot reach
vital objectives. They have a
couple of million cubic miles of
air through which to fly, strike
and flee. It does mean that a sea
board attack in great force and
without heavy casualties among
enemy airmen would be diffi
cult.
The army maintains a ground
alert instead of an air alert in
order to have the maximum
number of planes to muster for
a attack en enemy bombers.
0
AGED WOMAN IS
NEAR EAGLE PL
as Manas.
Mrs. Esther Dutton, 96, Per
ishes As Blaze Destroys
Home Tuesday Afternoon
A 88-year-old woman, living
alone in her two-story, seven
room frame home a mile east of
the Crater Lake highway and
five miles south of Eagle Point,
perished late Tuesday afternoon,
in a fire which completely aes
troyed the house and all of lta
furnishings.
The victim of the tragedy was
Mrs. Esther Dutton, a native of
England and a resident of tha
Antelope district for the past 38
years. She was burned beyond;
recognition in the flames which)
rapidly leveled the structure to
smoldering bed oi asnes ana
coals. Deputy Coroner Carlos
W. Morris said origin of the fire)
was not known.
Rescuers Too Late
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reynolds.
whose home is on a small hill
about a quarter of a mile south
of Mrs. Dutton'a place, were tha
first to discover the fire, tbout
5:45 p. m. They, and J. W. Big
ham, another neighbor living
about a mile east, hurried to tha
blazing dwelling but were too
late to attempt a rescue of tha
aged woman.
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds told
Morris that when they arrived
at the burning house they kicked
in a bedroom window in tha
hope that Mrs. Dutton was in
bed. Not seeing her, they circled
the house and managed to look
in a living room window, they
told Morris.
Mrs. Dutton. they said, was
lying face down near a table in
the living room, which was ai
most a solid mass of flames. Mrs.
Dutton, Morris said he learned.
used candles exclusively in her
home, and it was near a table
(Conunuad on Pat Two)
HERE TOMORROW
Business in general will halt
here tomorrow in observance of
New Year's but because of tha
war there will be no relaxation
in guarding against any posslbla
subversive move.
Most stores will be closed,
though a few grocery and drug
stores will probably remain
open. Banks and other business)
places will close for tne aay,
as will most federal, state, count
ty and city offices. The post
office will be closed and thera
will be no mall delivery.
A sufficient number of men
will be kept on duty, however,
to avert any possible attempts
at sabotage. The Jackson Courv.
ty Council of Defense will ba
on the Job and the public in
general was reminded that this)
country is at war.
An air alert means a constant
patrol at varying altitudes.
When fighter planes are kept
on the ground, ready to take off
on a second's notice, their fuel
tanks are always full and their
pilots are rested.
The type of plane wixn wnicn
defending American fighter
nllota Drobably would have to
cope in an initial attack would
be dive bombers, usually ni
type carries only a pilot and
rear gunner. Dive bombers are
slower than either standard
heavy bombers, such at tha
American Flying Fortress, and
slngle-sester fighters.
In an attack on this country
they would be expected to ap
proach in formation. That en
ables gunners to mass their fire
against attackers. In diving on
targets, they "peel off' from tha
formation, air the plane at what
they want to hit release the)
bomb vid Irvel eft