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... , run V Wrath. Weather ,iSST",?port Foreeut: Nat to cold today and tonight. Temperature HKhett Yruerda; 11 Lowest this Morning 17 Get The Habit If 700 one ret the habit of aalnf too Want Adt roa win always drpond aa them to get joa what 70a want. Are they sxponilreT No Indeedl Think of reaching 7000 homta at a coot of only Me. Tribune FORD Full AuocilUd Prooa United Pros Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1942. NO. 244. ma j Med News Behind The News By Paul Mallon . Washington, Jan. 2. The year 1042 will not be as bad for busi ness as those now crowding FSosswl the mourners bench suggest. Sales will be great. Nearly everyone will b e employed. There will be ?wws more money In W KYI the hands of Ni ,SjJ the people and greater stocks of goods on merchant shelves or in Panl Mallon warehouses than ever before. It is true no new cars or tires will be available, but 3,750,000 new passenger autos were sold this year. Not many people will lack efficient transportation. All metal goods products will be tight (sewing machines, iceboxes, etc.), but the average American will not have to tighten his belt yet as the Germans did, only ease his foot from the accelerator of living. The careful calculations of the commerce department suggest retail and service sales through the year will average as high as 1936, which was not bad. o A LABOR shortage Is in pros pect for the latter part of the year. The old defense program contemplated 3,000,000 addition al workers; the new one will re quire twice as many. Taxes will be terrific. You can expect heavier nuisance taxes, probably a slight increase in income taxes, possibly a payroll tax. The mid dle classes and successful people (doctors, lawyers, teachers) will be hit hard. For them there will be no prosperity. Their pre-war Incomes will be cut tremen dously by taxes and higHer prices. But a fairly formidable price restriction bill will be passed by congress to stave off the giddiest heights of inflation for 1942 at least. The national income as a whole will rise from $92,000,000,000 this old year to about $110,000,000,000 in the new. Small manufacturers will suf- (Cominued ou Ptge Elevn Ellsworth Heads Alumni of Oregon Eugene, Jan. 2. (APV Mail balloting resulted in election of Harris Ellsworth, publisher of the Roseburg News-Review, as president of the University of Oregon alumni association, tell ers reported today; Radio Hlghlightsj (Time is Pacific Standard) Tonight, the war, subject to change 4 MBS; 4:15 NBC-red; 8 MBS; 8:55 CBS; 6:15 MBS 7 MBS; 7:30 NBC-blue; 7:45 CBS cast; 9 NBC CBS; 9:55 NBS CBS. Saturday, the war 715 MBS; 8 CBS MBS; 10 45 NBC; 11 CBS; 1 NBC-red; 1 30 CBS; 8 MBS; 3:25 NBC; 3:30 CBS; 3:45 CBS NBC-blue. Football MBS 11:45 a. m., East vs. West at New Orleans. NBC-red 11 a. m., Oklahoma City U. choir; 1:15 races at Tropical Park. CBS 2 Cleve land orchestra. NBC-blue 9:30 Four-H club program. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Alex and Nancy Hamilton be having like a gentleman and a lady, respectively, at a very ex citing occurrence. Armyman Ray Garcia relax ing after the hustle and bustle of moving himself and family Into new residence. Dean Showers encountering a customer who wanted to know If there wasn't a discount for quantity buying of defense savings stamps, such as three ten-Cent ones for a quarter. And MT Carrier Philip Gates finding it hard to satisfy cus tomers as he waits for a new supply of dime defense savings stamps to reach town. I I At -1 SHORTENED LINES ADD STRENGTH TO DEFENDEOLOWS Cavite Evacuated Before Japanese Entry Japs Hint Australia Move. By the Associated Press Japan's invasion armies cap tured Manila today and the U. S. naval base at Cavite has been evacuated, the government an nounced, while a Tokyo broad cast asserted that Gen. Douglas MacArthur's defense forces had fallen back to Corregidor island and to Batan peninsula for a "last stand." A war department communi que, however, indicated that American and Filipino troops were still fiercely battling the invaders north and south of Manila. Maneuver Praised The communique declared that Gen. MacArthur's brilliant tactical maneuver in shortening his lines, permitting the Japa nese to take the Philippine capi tal, would enable him to strike harder, co-ordinated . blows at the enemy than if he had elected to defend the city. Dome!, the Japanese news agency, said Gen. MacArthur himself had moved to the heavily-armed Corregidor fortress, whose 12-inch guns and bristling anti-aircraft batteries make it a powerful defense bastion. The navy said Cavite naval base, 10 miles southwest of Ma nila on Manila bay, was evacu ated before the Japanese entered the capital. Meanwhile, an official Tokyo broadcast reported cryptically that Japanese reconnaissance planes had returned safely from a flight "in the direction of Aus tralia." Imply New Drive No details were given, but underneath lay the clear impli cation that the flight may have been a scouting mission prelud ing a Japanese attempt to invade Australia, many of whose troops have left the colony to defend Singapore. A Japanese military spokes man declared that the fall of Manila would mean collapse sooner or later of the entire Philippine defense system and asserted there was little chance that Manila would become an East Asia Dunkerque. "All ships in the Manila bight which could have been used to remove troops have been sue cessfull bombed by the Japanese air force," the spokesman said, indicating that any hope of escape by sea had thus been cut off. A German broadcast reported that Japanese warships bom barded Manila's fortifications and harbor facilities and shelled the big Cavite naval base across the bay. Terse Statement With all communications with Manila blanked out for the third day, except for official messages the war department gave this terse summary of the situation at 7 a. m. Manila time: "All available forces have now been united. "In addition to the land posi tions, the harbor defenses and (Continued on Page Nine) FlILYSiNGS GAMBLED BY WIFE San Franciscc, Jan. 2. (Pi Across the breaMas table Wil liam Reed, 54-ycar-old deep sea diver, told his wife that he was going to withdraw theii $10,000 savings from the bank today and Invest it all In defense bonds. After breakfast he went out for shave. When he returned he found his wife, Jewell Reed, 35, lying dead across the gas stove with all Jets turned on and a bullet hole through ner mouth. A note beside her ariced his forgiveness and explained she had gambled away all but $4,000 of their savings. Transplanted Rose Bowl Chilly Place it m 1 IP mm. 1 t il Spectators at the Rote Bowl game, transplanted to Durham, N. C huddled together yester day under covers in this fashion as they saw Oregon State defeat Duke. 20 to 16, in a real grid Iron thriller. (A.P. photo by wire and Airmail to Mail Tribune). . Pacific Fleet Operations Must Wait Air Protection London, Jan. 2. (Pi A British spokesman declared today that British and American fleets cannot be expected to operate effectively in the south Pacific until they can obtain adequate air support. He asserted the Japanese I might even be able to neutralixe the use of Singapore as a naval base by bombing from air bases in Malaya. "However, he said, "we must keep the long view of the Pacif ic situation, remembering that in the long run the allies can outbalance the Japs. But the situation needs care ful handling at the present mo ment. "The fall of Manila," said this source, "will allow the Japanese to use their forces to the south." He added that Singapore would be in a "tough position" if the Japanese retained their hold in Malay. He labelled as "nonsense" the Japanese claim that they sank nine British destroyers in their capture of Hongkong, adding "there was only one old de stroyer at Hongkong, and most of the guns had been taken from it for use on land." PRICE CONTROL PLAN HAS COMMITTEE 0KEH Washington, Jan. 2. (JP) A broad-termed wartime price con trol measure was approved to day by a senate banking sub committee after listening to a lengthy dispute between Price Administrator Leon Henderson and Secretary of Agriculture Wickard over who should con trol farm prices. Chairman Brown (D-Mtch) said that the measure was a "much stronger bill" than one passed by the house before the outbreak of war. ICE WATER SWIM IS NEW YEAR FEATURE Seattle, Jan. 2. OP) Nine persons tne eldest was 60-year- old R. W. Smith swam off Alkl New Year's day under auspices of the Polar Bear club. Three thousand watched the chilled bathers' antics. The Polai Bear club founders, Clarence Carlsen and Harold Wlnqulst, did not at tend because of the death of Winqulsfs- father, Carl L. Win quist, builder. ASHLAND GREENHOUSE HIT BY $2,500 FIRE Ashland, Jan. 2. (AP) The boiler room and office of the Ashland Flower Shop green house were destroyed by a fire yesterday at an estimated $2500 damage. Fire fighters were hampered by ice which formed in the 12 degree temperature. RATES REVISED Portland, Ore., Jan. 2. AP Bonneville's optional wholesale power rate was revised today to that all kilowatt hours In excess of 50 per cent load factor will cost one mill Instead of two and one-halt km i i ii ' 'I ft Big Stem Whistle ,. Will Undergo Test At Medco Saturday The public was reminded to day that steam whistle at the Medford Corporation will be tested three times for volume to morrow, at 10 a. m., 3 p. m. and 6 p. m. The public was asked by Fire Chief Roy Elliott not to get excited when the whistle blows. If the whistle is audible enough it will replace the fire siren, in giving air raid alarms for blackouts, Chief Elliott ex plained. There will be 150 pounds of steam behind the whistle and the hope is that the blast will be loud enough to be heard In all parts of tha city, he said. Checkers will be stationed throughout the town to report on audibility. If the steam whistle proves satisfactory, the fire siren will be used only for fires and will no longer signal blackouts, the chief said. He added that he had been working for some time on plans to procure a whistle that could be heard In all parts of the city under all wind condi tions. The Jackson County Council of Defense asked to have a post card mailed to it at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce by persons on the outskirts of town who hear the test whistles. Marriage licenses Issued by the county clerk the past year numbered 330, 25' more than In 1940 when the total was 303. June lead with 35 licenses end January was lowest with only 10, and February , with 11. In March Dan Cupid's business started to pick up with 22. In April 20 were Issued, May. 29; July, 28; August, 20; September 29; October, 24; November, 21 and last December, 24, LAST KNOWN DRIVER OF STAGE LINE DIES Roseburg, Ore., Jan. i.4JPy Thomas B. Burnett, 83, last known surviving driver for the old Oregon and California Stage company, will be burled here today. He died Tuesday at Eugene. Burnett drove the last horse-drawn stage conch for his company out of Roseburg on completion of the Southern Pa cific railway to this point in 1882. TOO MINUTE.SAYS I Grants Pass,' Jan. I CD Hope that tin; a war-essential metal, has been found In Oregon in commercial quantities has been blasted Insofar as the state department of geology and min eral industries is concerned. A state report, specially is sued here by Director Earl K. Nixon, says "the Juniper ridge tin' deposits near Burns, Ore gon, are reported not to be com mercial." Presence of tin in minute quantities, is reported, however, by Dr. H. C. Harrison, spectro scopist and chief chemist, who made more than 5,000 individ ual tests In a five-month period on. samples secured by John Eliot Allen of the department Dr. Harrison concluded: "No data have been obtained by me to Indicate that any of the Juni per ridge samples, believed by us to be representative, that I have analyzed contain commer cial quantities of tin in any form. The tin content of this rock probably varies from .001 per cent to .05 per cent." Previously, the United States geological survey had reported no significant amount of tin present in the deposits, a report which the state department la belled at that time as "prema ture." Washington, Jan. 2 (JP President Roosevelt .disclosed today that the question of mov ing airplane and other war in dustries, from vulnerable sea- coast points to the interior was receiving new consideration. Fall of Manila to Japanese Recalls Its Capture by U. S. By the Associated Press It was nearly 44 years ago that the American people were electrified by the news that the Spanish fleet had been destroy ed In Manila bay In a dawn-to-lunch battle with Dewey's cruis ers. Passing the then lightly arm ed island of Corregidor, where big guns now guard the en trance. Commodore George Dewey attacked the Spanish fleet anchored In the bay on May 1, 1898, and destroyed it to the last ship. The surrender of Manila fol lowed on Aug. 13. Previously the Philippine capital had been occupied by the Spaniards In 1565, captured and sacked by the British in 1762 and returned by them to the Spaniards In 1763. Sailing from Mir bay new RAUJS FOR AUTOS, TIRES; QUOTASARE FIXED Jackson County Allowed 56 Tires for Cars, 137 for Trucks, Busses In Jan. Salem, Jan. 2. (AP) Gov ernor Charles A. Sprague, an nouncing today appointment of 52 local rationing committees, said the committees would han dle rationing of new automobiles. as well as tires and tubes. Secretary of State Earl Snell estimated that 108 tons of rub ber could be saved in Oregon each month if motorists would drive at reduced speeds, avoid sudden stops, and have their wheels aligned properly. Rationing committees appoint ed today Include: Jackson county Ashland dis trict: Harry McNair, Henry G. Enders and Marchial Stansbury, Ashland; Medford district: A. C. Hubbard, Leonard Carpenter, both of Medford, and Mrs. Ruth Sparrow, Central Point. Josephine county Sam Baker, Marvin Clark and Mrs. Louis Gerlinger, Grants Pass. Klamath county Percy Mur ray, Don Drury and Mrs. Effle Garcelon, Klamath Falls. Tire and tube quotas for Ore gon counties during January were announced by the governor with rationing to begin January 5. No tires or tubes will be al lowed for private use. The state's quota for passen ger cars, motorcycle and light trucks Is 1,646 Urea and 1,204 tubes. For trucks and buses 3,200 tires and 2,683 tubes. Following are tire quotas for southern Oregon counties, the first figure being the number of tires allowed for passenger cars, trucks and motorcycles, and the second figure being the number that can be bought for trucks and buses: Jackson 56 and 137; Josephine 24 and 60; Klamath 64 and 150; Lake 0 and 84. 265 Violent Deaths Listed On Holiday; 171 In Auto Mishaps (By the Associated Press) A total of 265 persons lost their lives over the New Year's holiday in automobile accident!. drownings, falls, shootings and by other violent means, a nation wide survey showed today. Automobile accidents ac counted for 171 of the total. An army bomber crash on Long Is land took five lives, Two Ute Indian brothers froze to death after their automobile stalled within a mile of their Utah ranch home. In Forth Worth, Tex., a Mexican and four of his children perished In their burning home. The New Year's figures com. pared with national total of j 431 for the Christmas holiday of which 334 deaths were in traf- '.fie, 07 elsewhere. Hongkong, Dewey disregarded the danger of mines and torpe does to take his four little arm ored cruisers Olympla, Balti more, Raleigh and Boston, the unarmored cruiser Concord, the gunboat Petrel, and the armed revenue cutter Hugh McCul loch Into the bay at dawn on May 1, 1898. Admiral Montojo of Spain had anchored his two armored cruisers, two gunboats, an old wooden steamer and two other warships in line just cast of the spit on the south side of the bay that became the United States naval base of Cavite. Dewey, parading his ships past in a line, opened fire st 5,000 yards at 8:41 a. m., "You may fire when you are ready, Grldley" and then quit at 7:33 a. m., for breakfast. Just before lunch he resumed Family Car Due For Early Sal Or Life of Ease New York, Jan. 2. () The average family car is either going to be sold or else treated like a baby in the next few months, automobile dealers and service mea said today. Repair Inquiries picked up "terrifically" this morning: almost as large was the num ber of owners seeking to sell. Those were the first results her of the federal ban on new car sales and the an nouncement that rationing would follow. The nation's 41,000 dealers in new passenger cars and trucks were reported looking for new angles to the car business. Most planned to expand repair departments, it was reported. There were numerous unofficial predic tions of unemployment for iome of the sales and service employes, estimated to total around 1.300.000. SALE OF ALL NEW Washington, Jan. 1. -tPV Price Administrator Leon Hen derson said today that the gov ernment might eventually . have to buy or commandeer private automobiles when available stocks of new cars estimated at maximum of 650,000 units exhausted. Washington, Jan. 2 (IP) Sale of new passenger cars and trucks was prohibited through out the United States today under government orders mobil izing the entire American auto mobile industry for war produc tion only. To put the country's army on wheels and give it the guns, planes and tanks to fight with, the factories which in peacetime made four times as many auto mobiles as the rest of the world put together will be required to halt all manufacture of new cars and light trucks for civilian use "within a few weeks," it was announced. The 450,000 passenger cars and the light and heavy trucks now in stock with dealers can be bought only by government, lend-lease and the most essential civilian users. Pending establish ment of a rationing system to handle distribution of these automobiles, the purchase, sale and delivery of all new cars and trucks is prohibited. The rationing set-up 1 expect ed to be in operation by Jan. IS. It will be supervised by Price Administrator Leon Henderson, whose office yesterday imposed drastic quotas reducing by about 00 per cent the number of new Urea and tubes available for sale to civilians. Luzon, the most American of the 7,000 Philippine islands, is about as big as Virginia. the battle, but by that time two of Montojo's best warships were afire, and aU Dewey had to do was sink the rest of them and silence the shore batteries. Just seven Americans were wounded. The Spaniards lost 167 killed and 214 wounded. Taking possession of Cavite, Dewey sent word to Washington he could capture Manila any time, but lacked the men to hold It. He waited there most of the summer until nearly 11,000 troops had arrived from San Francisco. Then the Americans entrenched within 1,000 yards of the city on Aug. 7. The 13,000 Spaniards within the city were surrounded by Filipino Insurgents and were un able to put up a prolonged fight when the general assault began on the morning of Aug. 13. They raised the white flag at 11 a. m. U. S. FLEET Netherlands Communique Discloses One American Warship Attacked. Batavla, N. E. I., Jan. 2. (ff? Units of the United State fleet have joined the Dutch navy In defense of the widespread East Indies archipelago. The official disclosure came in today's communique from the Dutch high command, which re ported that "one of the war ships belonging to the American forces which are cooperating with the Netherlands navy in the defense of these regions" had been attacked without suffer ing "serioua damage" by Jap anese; planes in the northern part of the islands. An official communique said that in the same area Japanese aircraft also Attacked two U. S. planes. The American planes were not damaged. In their "continued attempts to terrorize the population," the high command added, three Jap anese planes bombed the east coast of Sumatra yesterday. E ALL ,S. Baltimore, Jan. 1 (---Col. John M. Andrews of federal selective service headquarters declared today the time may come soon when all available manpower must be made avail able at once for the total defense effort. Ha spoke at the meeting of the American Association o( Junior Colleges at the sam time its big brother organization the Association of American Colleges, heard a message from PresidentRooasve't that the one great task before them was "to . win the war." Colonel Andrews said that when all manpower was needed "not only should the young col lege men rush to Join the armed forces, but all men capable of military and naval service should do this. All others not qualified for rich service should make themselves available for defense work of other types." PORTLAlilSTS Portland, Jan. 2 (AP There are about 1000 new passenger automobiles and light trucks in local warehouses and show rooms, the Oregon Journal said today. Dealers said the order halt ing sales of new cars and light trucks was shattering blow to them. They had expected a sus pension of passenger car manu facturing, but did not dream de liveries would be frozen. Several dealers held automo biles for purchasers who didnt want delivery until after Jan. 1 and in some such esses the dealer already had sold the used car turned In. LONO STRETCH Olympla, Wash.,- Jan. S, UP) Richard Jennings, attorney for the regional OPM office at San Francisco, described the nation's tire-rationing program today as aimed to stretch a two-months supply of rubber tires in this couLtry over two-year period. War Bulletins Cairo. Egypt. Jsn. IWr South African troops with fixed beyonets, rushing Into battle behind powerful BriV Ish tanks, have occupied the Libyan port of Bardla and killed or captured all of tke S.000 axis defenders. It was announced tonight. The de fenders numbered about 4.000 Italians and 1.000 1
