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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Jan. 6. A phony
optimism Is springing up In
this country. It Is being fed
by extrava
gant Russian
communiqu e s,
and oft-repeat-e
d rose-color-ed
observa
tions about
our chances in
the far east.
As a back
ground for the
red communi
ques, just re
member that
rani Mallon
n nrrtinarv winter would cover
the fighting front in Russia
with 8 to 12 feet of snow along
bout now, certainly within a
week or two. Only the south
ernmost front can be excepted,
and do not forget the Crimea, at
the southern tip, is as far north
of the equator as Nova Scotia
and Minneapolis. The Black sea
keeps it relatively warm, but
the whole central and northern
fronts will become stabilized
for winter shortly, It is reason
able to expect Then will come
spring, and another campaign.
No one blames the reds for
making as much propaganda
as possible out of their aston
ishing successes, but for our peo
ple to use it as a guide, is fool
ish. In war, people have a ten
dency to believe only what fits
in with their wishes. They
should know officials here now
are saying: "We can lose this
war." They mean we can lose
ft right now by slipping into
condition of unreal security
tha same false sense which pre
vented our rearmament In
time.
a a
TIE public should be aware
of these following possibili
ties which must occupy the mili
tary mind:
If the nazis get the French
fleet we will be outnumbered
in the Atlantic as we now are
in the Pacific.
Nearest Jap base to Hawaii
(Continued on Page four)
MURDER DENIED
Oregon City, Jan. 6. (AP) A
plea of Innocent was entered in
circuit court here yesterday by
Clarence McPherson, 56, charged
with murder in the death of Dave
Smith, 48. Both were stablemen
at the Oswego hunt club where
the shooting is alleged to have
taken place Dec. 16, following a
card game argument.
(Time is Pacific Standard)
As a preview to the broadcast
of the Joe Louis-Buddy Baer
fight Friday night for the bene
fit of the navy relief fund, MBS
is planning a half-hour at 6:30
Wednesday night in which Walt
er Winchell, a lieutenant com
mander in the navy, is to act as
master of ceremonies. Louis is to
be Interviewed, and fight an
nouncer Don Dunphy is to read
a statement from Baer.
Tonight: MBS 6:30, fight for
freedom rally, Gov. Keen John
son of Ky. and others.
Wednesday: The war 8 MBS,
8:15 MBS, 9 CBS MBS, 10:45
NBC, 11 MBS, 12:53 p. m., CBS
MBS, 1 MBS, 1:45 CBS MBS.
1:55 NBC-Blue, 3 CBS MBS.
8 33 NBC-Red, 3:43 CBS NBC
Blue. SIDE GLANCES
BT
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Ivan Gay still oohing and ah
lng over the puppy layette that
Santa brought him.
Vic Tengwald dashing madly
from one office to another to
catch telephone calls, the parties
Invariably hanging up just as he
grabs, for tha receiver.
Ma
Radio Highlights
Task Is Hard,
Time Is Short,
Congress Told
Washington, Jan. 6. (AP) President Roosevelt promised con
gress and the nation today that the war would end in victory and
outlined a tremendous production plan embracing an output of
123,000 planes, 75,000 tanks, 35,000 anti-aircraft guns and 10,000,
000 tons of shipping in 1943.
For this year 1942 he declared that "we shall produce 60,000
planes, 10,000 more than the goal set a year and a half ago," 45,000
tanks, 20,000 anti-aircraft guns and 8,000,000 deadweight tons of
merchant vessels.
In a grimly worded message delivered in person to a Joint ses
sion of the senate and house, the chief executive declared that the
task was hard and unprecedented
He spoke of sacrifices to come ,
and said that it would appear in
his budget message tomorrow
that "our war program for the
coming fiscal year will cost fifty-
six billion dollars or, in other
words, more than one-half of the
estimated annual national In
come." Means Ail-Out War
"This means taxes and bonds
and bonds and taxes," Mr. Roose
velt asserted. "It means cutting
luxuries and other non-essentials.
In a word, it means an 'all-out'
war by individual effort and
family effort in a united coun
try." The chief executive mentioned
American reverses at the outset
of the conflict, but he declared
that powerful ' and offensive
actions must and will be taken
in proper time."
The consolidation of the united
nations' total war effort against
our common enemies is being
achieved, the president said.
That was the purpose, he ex
plained, of conferences which
have been held during the past
two weeks here, in Moscow and
in Chungking and was the pri
mary objective of the declara
tion of solidarity signed in Wash
ington at the start of the new
year by 26 nations united against
the axis forces.
"The militarists In Berlin and
Tokyo started this war," the
chief executive charged sternly.
"But the massed, angered forces
of common humanity will finish
it."
The war cannot be waged In
a defensive spirit, the president
declared, adding:
To Carry Attack
"As our power and our re
sources are fully mobilized, we
shall carry the attack against the
enemy we shall hit him and hit
him again wherever and when
ever we can reach him.
"We must keep him far from
our shores, for we Intend to
bring this battle to him on his
own home grounds."
Wherever in the world it
seems advisable to engage en
emy forces, Mr. Roosevelt said.
American armed forces must be
used. The operations In some
cases are to be defensive and
in others offensive with a view
to complete encirclement and
"eventual total defeat" of the
foes.
"American armed forces will
operate at many points in the
Far East," the chief executive
said.
"American armed forces will
be on all the oceans helping
to guard the essential communi
cations which are vital to the
united nations.
"American land and air and
sea forces will take stations In
the British isles, which consti
tute an essential fortress in this
world struggle.
"American armed forces will
help to protect this hemisphere
and also bases outside this
hemisphere, which could be
used for an attack on the Amer
icas." In these terse paragraphs, the
president gave a sketchy picture
of possible operations of an
other American expeditionary
force and of possible occupation
of strategic bases across the
seas which otherwise might be
used as jumping off places for
onslaughts on this hemisphere.
Terror Raids Been
Any long range bombing raids
on America by suicide squad
rons of enemy planes from Eur
op or Asia, Mr. Roosevelt pra-
and the time short.
Western Solons
Join in Praise
Washington, Jan. 6. (AP)
Democrats and Republicans
of the congress joined today
in praise of President Roose
velt's address on the state of
the union.
Vice-President Wallace said
the "speech speaks for itself."
Senator Holman (R-Ore.), said
"I endorse everything he said
as to our purposes."
Senator McNary of Oregon,
the Republican leader, said
the president made "a scrappy
speech," adding that his pro
gram "will cost a mountain of
money and each item of ex
penses must be carefully scru
tinized." Senator Bone (D-Wash.): "A
very realistic approach to the
problem we have at hand."
dieted, will be r.ttempted only
in the hope of terrorizing our
people and disrupting our mor
ale. But our people are not
afraid of that, he remarked.
"We know that we muy have
to pay a heavy price for free
dom," he continued. "We will
pay this price with a will. What
ever the price, it is a thousand
times worth it
"No matter what our enemies,
in their desperation may at
tempt to do to us we will say,
as the people of London have
said, 'We can take it.' And
what's more, we can give it
back and we will give it back
with compound interest.
"When our enemies chal
lenged our country to stand up
and fight, they challenged each
and every one of us. And each
and every one of us has accept
ed the challenge for himself
and for the nation."
The message was the annual
one to congress on the state of
the union. At the very outset,
the president said ha was proud
to report that the spirit of the
American people was never
higher, that the union was never
more closely knit together, that
the country was never more
deeply determined to face the
solemn tasks before It.
He outlined the steps leading
up to America's entry Into the
new world conflict and de
clared that our own objectives
were clear: smashing the mill
tarism imposed by war lords on
their enslaved peoples, liberat
ing subjugated nations, estab
lishing and securing freedom of
speech, freedom of religions,
freedom from want and freedom
from fear everywhere in the
world.
No Halfwit Victory
"We shall not stop short of
these objectives nor shall we
be satisfied merely to gain them
and then call it a day," Mr.
Roosevelt asserted.
He explained that this time
we are determined not only to
win the war but also "to main
tain the security of the peace
which will follow."
Midway in his address he
spoke of a need for attaining
"overwhelming superiority of
armaments." It was then that
he said he had just sent a let
ter to appropriate governmental
departments and agencies order
ing immediate steps:
"1. To Increase our produc
tion rate of airplanes so rapid
jConuauea oa fate eTa
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1942.
AMERICAN PLANES
ARRIVE TO HELP
ISLAND DEFENSE
Tokyo Lets Admission Slip
That Drive Against Mac
Arthur Progresses Little.
By the Associated Press
Imperial Tokyo headquarters
let slip what seemed an admis
sion today that Japanese troops
have made little progress in at
tempting to drive Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's forces back into
Batan peninsula, and more good
news came with the reported
arrival of American aerial re
inforcements in the Philippine
conflict
U. S. ahti -aircraft gunners
were officially reported to have
hit at least seven Japanese
planes during a four-hour aerial
assault yesterday upon Corregl
dor Island fortress and Marl
veles. 60 Planes Attack
A war department communi
que said 60 Japanese planes
took part in the attacks but that
"material damage and casualties
were light"
The war department added:
"While ground activity was
considerably less than on the
previous day, enemy pressure is
continuing on all American and
Philippine outposts."
Tokyo itself claimed no fresh
gains.
Japanese military aircraft.
cooperating with land forces on
Batan peninsula, have bombed
enemy concentrations at Riraal,
Balanga and Sublc," a Tokyo
communique said.
The key to the Japanese
acknowledgement lay in the
reference to Sublc which lies In
Zambales province, six miles
north of the Batan province
border, at the head of Sublc
bay.
With Gen. MacArthur a troops
still holding Sublc, it appeared
to follow that the Japanese had
failed to achieve any deep
thrust into Batan, since a ma
jor advance would out-flank
Subic's defenders and presum
ably force them to withdraw
southward Into Batan.
COPCO REVENUES
UP; INCOME DIPS
San Francisco, Jan. 8
California Oregon Power com
pany reports a rise in revenues
but a decline In net income for
the final month of 1941 com
pared with 1940.
Revenues Increased to $476,
993 from $433,927, while net in
come declined to $83,074 from
$94,971.
Figures for the first 11
months of the year followed a
similar pattern. Revenues rose
to $5,076,410 from $4,819,827,
while net Income tapered off to
$864,970 from $888,027.
Willkie Says Shakeup Necessary '
If Armament Program to Succeed
New York. Jan. . W)
Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 Repub
lican presidential candldata. to
day had this to say in regard
to President Roosevelt's arma
ment program as outlined to
congress:
The president's recital of the
directions which he has given
as to our production of air
planes and tanks and guns for
1942 and 1943 was the predic
tion of an accomplishment
which none of us thought pos
sible. "It Is a msgnlflcent program
It is to be hoped that he Im
mediately reorganize his gov
ernment and policies to the end
that these ccomrjlInments may
b mad possible. They cannot
SEVASTOPOL REDS
:il
AFTERLONG SIEGE
Berlin Radio Admits Breach
German Line Before Mos
cow; Center Drive Rages.
By the Associated Press
Russia's long-besieged garris
on at Sevastopol appeared to
have broken German lines
around that key Black sea naval
base today, while Soviet trans
ports boldly attempted to land
troops on the Crimean west
coast 40 miles to the rear of the
Nazi siege armies.
Front-line dispatches said Rus
sian troops had sallied forth
from Sevastopol, advancing at
a number of points to smash
German outposts and destroy
fortifications.
Nasi Line Broken
At the same time, the Berlin
radio acknowledged that the
Red armies had broken "the
German main line" before Mos
cow perhaps referring to the
vital Mozhaisk sector, 37 miles
west of the Russian capital,
where the Germans have con
centrated powerful forces.
It seemed clear that the Rus
sians, already over-running the
eastern Crimea in a tempestu
ous counter-invasion, were seek
ing to gain a toehold on the
west coast where they could
trap the Germans by cutting off
the escape route north to the
narrow Perekop Isthmus.
Dispatches to the Soviet gov
ernment newspaper Izvestla said
Russian troops which landed at
Feodosiya, In the eastern Cri
mea, had reached the Sea of
Azov, cutting off the entire
Kerch peninsula.
Izvestia's correspondent said
the Germans tried to shift part
of their Sevastopol forces to
stem the Russian onslaught on
the Kerch peninsula, only to
meet a deadly hail of shells
from Soviet warships and coast
al artillery and bombs from Rus
sian naval aircraft.
On the central front, the
lengthening arm of the Soviet
counter-offensive was reported
sweeping the Germans back up
on Kursk, 280 miles below Mos
cow and about 100 miles south
of Orel.
Soviet dispatches said that
Red army troops who routed
the Germans from Tim, 40 miles
east of Kursk, were advancing
rapidly and that the road In this
sector was littered for IS miles
with Nazi corpses, shot-torn cars
and trucks.
VEGETABLES HIT HARD
IN IMPERIAL VALLEY
El Centro, Calif., Jan. 8. UP)
Winter vegetables In Imperial
Valley have been damaged up
to SO per cent by frost, reports
Agricultural Commissioner B.
A. Harrigan.
In the Westmorland district,
ha said, 80 per cent of the to
matoes and 73 of squash have
been lost
be brought about by his present
organization and administrative
methods."
Detroit Jan. 6. (JP) Henry
Ford, commenting on Presi
dent Roosevelt's war production
program, said today that Its
achievement not only was as
sured but that It meant an early
end of the war possibly in
1943.
Pittsburgh, Jan. 6. UP) Wil
liam P. Witherow, president of
the National Association of Man
ufacturers, said today President
Roosevelt's proposal for ship,
tank and plane production was
a "stupendous" program and "if
It's within the realm of possi
bility, it will ba dona"
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Jack Rice, Associated Press photographer, to an unannounced
Pacific destination soon after the war started. Men are pictured
at tha rail of one ship with another transport seen in the distance,
War Bulletins
London. Jan. -4P The
main German radio station
including thosa at Berlin.
Hamburg. Cologne, Leipzig,
and Stuttgart closed down to
night after the 7 p. m. news
bulletin.
Singapore, Jan. t-4JP)
British troop on the Malaya
front "are undertaking local
offensives with most satlsfae
tory results," a military
spokesman declared tonight
He specified no localities,
but said that "the enemy's
firing power is Inferior to that
of the British."
New York. Jan. 8- W
Tha British radio said today
that Husslans were reported
to have crossed the upper
Donets river as part of aa at
tack on a broad front This
could ba In the region of
Kharkov. The broadcast was
beard by CBS.
PROFESSOR VANCE
OF O.S.C. KILLED
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Corva'lls. Ore.. Jan. 8. (IP)
Herbert Townsend Vance, 63.
Oregon State college department
head jlnee 1919, was killed in
stantly this morning by an auto
mobile as he was walking to
work.
Witnesses said the educator,
crossing a street near the cam
pus, slipped and lunged into the
path of a car driven by a nurse
fiom a Corvallls hospital.
He came to OSC in 1916,
headed the department of secre
tarial training In 1919 and, when
the department was reorganized
continued as head of the degree
granting department of secre
tarial science.
The widow and five married
daughters survive.
He was a member of the Alpha
Delta Sigma, national profession
al advertising fraternity; Alpha
Kappa Psl, commerce fraternity:
Delia Chi. social fratrrnlty; a
master Mason and a member of
the board of trustees of the
Methodist church here.
City Patrolman Tom Logan
who Investigated the accident.
said Marjorie Lange, driver of
the car, was net at fault
mm
on Pacific
40,000 JAPANESE
Chungking, Jan. 6. (IP) For
ty thousand Japanese troops are
caught In a Chinese trap on the
plains between the Laotao and
Liuyang rivers northeast of
Changsha in Hunan province
and Chinese forces are confident
of wiping out most of them,
Chinese spokesman acid today,
Estimating that the Japanese
had suffered 30.000 casualties in
the battle before Changsha, the
spokesman said only .30.000 of
the original force of 100,000 had
escaped toward their jumping off
point at Yochow, 100 mile to
the north.
The spokesman's estimate of
30,000 casualties was a reduc
tion from previous estimates of
52.000.
The Japanese had retreated
more than 10 miles from the
Hunan province capital, dis
patches said.
The third major Japanese de
feat at Changsha in three years
was attributed to their inability
to move heavy armament south
of the Mllo river because of
water-filled rice fields and ob
literation of the roads by Chin
ese forces who for the first time
were able to concentrate superior
artillery fire upon their foe.
Four Aotoisls Fined
For Lack of License
Four motorists were assessed
$1 fines and $4.50 costs In jus
tice court yesterday on charges
of displaying no 1942 license
plates on their vehicles.
They were Lewis O. Gilman,
route 3, Medford: Ralph L. Haz-
elton, Medford; Richard N.
Milestone, and Mary FulXord
Webster.
Three others, Camden X.
Wheaton, Will Algora Whltelaw,
and Albert Oliver Helm,
charged with the same offense.
were scheduled to appear today.
MEDIATION OFFER
Salem, Jan. 6 . OP) Gover
nor Sprague said yesterday he
would lend his good offices in
an attempt to settle a five-day'
old strike of 1600 CIO employes
at the Doernbecher Furniture
company at Portland.
No. 247.
HA
Mo
II
OF TRAINS SOUTH
Representatives of Neighbor
Communities Reach De
cision at Conference Heret
Tha gathering, before ad
journing, adopted a resolution
to file a formal protest with
the Oregon public utilities
commissioner and the Inter
state commerce commission
against discontinuance of the
two trains and to petition the
ICC for a desist order for such
discontinuance unless U should
ba found that the curtailment
la necessitated by military ex
pedience. More than 30 community rep
resentatives of Medford, Ashland
and Grants Pas thl afternoon
discussed the advisability of pro
testing the action of tha South
ern Pacific company in discon
tinuing the only two trains con
necting southern Oregon and
California January 12 after exe
cutives of the railroad had al
lured tha gathering that only
the most urgent military neces
sity was behind the curtailment
in service and promised that tha
trains would ba restored attar
the present emergency." - " .
Claude E. Peterson, assistant
to the vice president of tho
Southern Pacific company at
Son Francisco, read a prepared
statement setting forth tha mill
tary demand mad upon the)
railroad and citing curtailment
of passenger service la Califor
nia. -
Return Pledged
J. A. Ormandy of Portland,
general passenger agent, said
that in a curtailment notice filed
with th Oregon public utilities
commission the railroad stipu
lated that after tho emergency
the two trains would be restored
to southern Oregon. He added
that the commission had been
requested by tha company to
file this stipulation with tha in
terstate commerce commission so
that it would form part of tha
federal record. Mr. Peterson
volunteered that the stipulation
was made In good faith and
would ba kept.
Despite these assurances.
George M. Roberts made a mo
tion that the curtailment action
be protested and a desist order
sought until it could be determ
ined to the satisfaction of tha
communities affected what th
reasons behind the move were.
The motion set off a lengthy dis
cussion. Nlel R. Allen of Grant
Pas laid he was convinced that
military reason war tha only
basis of th curtailment and ex
pressed confidence that th rail
road was endeavoring to serve
th nation' war need before)
any other consideration.
Moor Differ
Rawle Moor said ba differ
ed In every particular with what
wai said by Mr. Allen, who gave
tha longest talk of th discus
sion which followed a luncheon
in the Hotel Medford.
1 frankly don't believe well
ever get thosa trains back if wa
lose them now," Mr. Moor said.
"Every time w try to play ball
with tha Southern Pacific, w
get it In tha neck. That ba bwm
our experience for ten year.
I can't believe," Mr. Moor
continued, "that tha military
emergency la o great that tak
ing off a couple of old locomo
tives and a few dilapidated pas
senger cars from southern Ore
gon service will be of any value)
to th war effort."
Glenn L. Jackson, president
of tha Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce presided.
HIGHWAY DANGEROUS
Portland, Jan. 6. iP) Tha
second interceptor command
authorized th following state
ment this afternoon: "Danger
ous road conditions exist at
present in tha area between
Portland and Eugene. Motorists
are advised not to travel miles
it I absolutely I