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In A Hurry at It for Ml, rant, ar it Taaa fins. aaalnale pro pact la th ahorteat nw e Una the Want Ad War. Tkeaa Uttla ada grt nanlta la a harry aad thrjr ara aot ax acaalTa. Try Mum today. Weather Cnder army orders all vault er rr porta an prohibited. Medford Tribune fuU AaaocUUd PrM Ualtad Praaa MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942. H MM Thirty-sixth Year v . ' 'i, NO. 249. 7m sums i i News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Jan. 8. Several notable guccesses have been acored by. the United States navy in sub marine w a r fare in both the Pacific and Atlantic lately, but the navy has not k m m n lottinO s IV J news out. XTVin AccounU may At ' ? I able for weeka. The theory behind censor paal Mallon ship even of Its own achievements is that axis vessels, far from home, do not communicate with head quarters sometimes for weeks. Their sending radio is kept dead to conceal their where abouts. Consequently, Berlin and Tokyo cannot be sure, per haps for a month or two, of what it has afloat, if our navy keeps quiet about what has been sunk. The constant talk about Sta lin flying to Washington first came out of Budapest (a nazi rumor factory) via Stockholm (where most of our axis grease in the news is handled these days). Up to last Monday night, at least: no one had invited Stalin to fly here and Stalin had indicated to no one , that he wanted to. The idea never occurred to anyone except the axis greasers, desirous to mark his absence from the Roosevelt Churchill meetings. a . a f ORD Beaverbrook has Just I " filed a report with his gov- ernment on Stalin's religious views, which is supposed to be highly amusing. The smiles are not at Stalin's expense. The sufferers are Beaverbrook and Averill Harriman, F.D.Rs em issary, who sounded out the red leader in Moscow at a time when the religious aspects of the communist revolution in Russia were considered very pertinent in London and Wash ington, in connection with lend leasing. Neither Beaverbrook nor Har riman was suited to the task, it will appear when the report gets out. Their acquaintance with the Bible was casual, whereas Stalin had spent two years in a Russian orthodox theological seminary when he was young. (Continued on P8 Three) TO MARRY SOON Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 8. VP) The county clerk's office discovered today that Mickey Rooney of the films and Ava Gardner, the Wilson, N. D., girl who captured his heart six months after she came west, had been licensed to marry Monday. The application was ls'raed under Rooney's true name of Joe Yule, Jr. The license can br granted tomorrow, under California's three-day law. In Hollywood. Rooney's studio said he declined to give a hint when the nuptials will be. The license must be used In Santa Barbara county. SIDE GLANCES 8T TRIBUNE REPORTERS Paul Meyers standing by and watching as a fuel man Inserted his hose into a telephone con duit instead of the tank open ing, 25 gallons of oil spreading all over the First National bank basement before the error was discovered. Seth Bullis being kidded about the revenue his Copco has lost because of a street light re ported out since last November, Seth himself being worried lest routine company news be In ' flated Into "scare headlines." Charles Chrisler fluttering around in the presence of the bevy of comely stcnos he's sup ervising In indexing civilian de fense workers. I. I navy na noi Sineaoore. Jan. 8. (Pi A I "kj INVAUINU HUKUtS FORCE BRITISHERS ft BACK TO NEW LINE Singapore Communique Says Retreat Necessary To Preserve Solid Front. Singapore, Jan. 8. (IP) A further withdrawal of British troops in western Malaya was announced . today in a com munique which said the new defense line was south of the Slim river, a tributary of the Bernam river dividing the pro vinces of Perak and Selangor. The war bulletin said the withdrawal was necessitated to preserve a solid front because of a new penetration of British positions In the Intensified Jap anese drive toward Kuala Lum pur, capital of the Federated Malay states and of Selangor State, 240 miles north of Singa pore. Heavy Prstsure The communique said the British suffered some losses In guns and transports and report ed that Japanese pressure con tinued heavy along the lower Perak front. . . . . Reported from Klang, west of Kuala Lumpur toward the Malacca strait, said there had been some casualties in Japan ese air raids Tuesday. Br tha Associated Press Emperor Hirohito's Invasion hordts were reported striking with peak fury down the Ma laya peninsula today, attacking the British in ' critical test of strength, and an unconfirmed Rome broadcast asserted that Japanese troops had captured Kuala Lumpur, 240 miles north of Singapore. ... Tokyo dispatches broadcast by the German radio said that Japanese troops now "threaten the outer positions of Kuala Lumpur" and that Japanese tanks and artillery had crossed a river west of the town, cut ting off the rear of British de fense forces. London military quarters ac knowledged that British forces had executed a new with drawal, but declared that they were, still about 60 miles north of Kuala Lumpur. The German radio, quoting "last-minute message from Tok yo, said the Japanese had opened an all-out offensive aim ed at Singapore, Britain's No. 1 defense stronghold In the far east. A British spokesman admit ted that so far the British have lose IS airdromes during retire ments in Malaya. Coinciding with tha Japanese land drive southward, Japanese warplanes were reported to have violently attacked military objectives in Dutch Sumatra across the narrow Malacca strait from Singapore, and raid- ed the big Dutch East Indies naval base at Amboina for the second time in two days. The British said Japan's Fifth division, veterans of a dozen campaigns in China, was lead ing the offensives, supported by swarms of bombers and dive bombers. Once again as in France, Greece and Crete the British appeared to have lost air super iority and were being sorely punished from the skies. AUTOlEFGIVEN 7-YEARPEN TERM A seven year state prison sen tence for auto theft was imposed on Floyd Shepard, 28, by Cir cuit Judge H. K. Hanna yester day. A two year term was given Robert D. Foster for forgery, and a suspended sentence was given Eddie A. Minkler for pass ing spurious checks. The latter Wo were sentenced Tuesday. Shepard, has a long prison record, and two weeks after his release from Folsom penitent iary in California on parole, was again In the toils of the law. Foster, also according to the authorities, has a prison record. He was sentenced for passing two checks In Ashland. Mink ler had no previous record. rnnnor wnnnrawi or nnnsn i n. British Back 1 rft fIPOH Jfr (AX Bernam ?. W KUALA SUMATRA k . .lf.lKUALA I -ArjOKLUMPUR I A Black arrows mark mala Japanese drives In Malaya, where British have been forced to withdraw from Kuantan (1), and In the west coast araa (2), when a seaborne thrust at Kuala Selangor threatened British troops north of there. Extant of withdrawals was not indicated. Jap bombing attacks on Singapore (3). and Johore were reported. START MACHINERY FOR CANTONMENT Being put in motion today was all the machinery set up months ago by tha civilian coordinating board to handle the various problems to be created by con struction of an army cantonment here. The coordinator, Frank J. Van Dyke, was back on the Job on a full-time basis after official announcement that . camp con struction had been authorized. Mr. Van Dyke said aU the communities likely to be affec ted by the cantonment were be ing lined up to file immediately their applications for various kinds of federal assistance in extending public utilities. The engineering work in the smaU communities had already been done and all that remained was the filling out of forms for filing with the Seattle office of the de fense public works division, fed eral works agency, he stated. Housing is to be handled through the defense housing agency at Portland. (Continued on Page four) Downey Denies Plan To Shift War Plants From Pacific Coast Washington, Jan. 8. (IP) Senator Downey (D-Callf.) said today he had learned from "re sponsible authorities In the war department" that there was "no plan under consideration by our military authorities looking to the removal of any Pacific coast defense industries because of fear of attack by Japanese air planes or submarines." Downey added In a statement that "while it is possible for a hit-and-run attack by enemy bombers or submarines at some point on the Pacific coast, the consequences of such attacks could not be very serious, and the likelihood of them grows steadily less as the Immense military resources of the United States are marshaled and organ ized to meet all eventualities." Census records reveal that mothers under 19 years of age bore 3,260 children in 1940, In cluding IS sets of twins. Ickes For 40 m. p. h. Speed Limit To Cut Wear and Tear On Tires Washington, Jan. 8. JP) In terior Secretary Ickes. the petro leum coordinator, today ass.ired the nation there was "no imme diate prospect" of gasoline ra tioning as a war measure. He suggested at his press conference, however, that great savings in rubber, gasoline and automotive equipment could be accomplished through setting of a national speed limit at 40 Up In Malaya IOO MILES .MALAYA DUNGUN4 KUANTAN o SELANGOR k i i I A. A JOHORE r SINGAPORE 400 DELEGATES COMING FRIDAY F0RAFL MEET Almost 400 American Federa tion of Labor union delegate will be in, Medford for meetings over the week-end, this being the first time that such gather ings have been held here. Tomorrow night at 8 o clock 63 delegates are expected to at tend a meeting of all Teamster unions in the Oregon Joint Council of Drivers. The meeting will be held In the Hotel Med ford. A banquet Is scheduled for 9:30. The council embraces -all of Oregon and five counties In southwestern Washington. The 65 delegates will represent 12-, 500 union men In the council area. Phil Brady. Portland, Is coun- ell president. Marvin C. Mayo, Medford, is vice president. The council will elect officers at the meeting here. On Saturday and Sunday the Oregon State Building & Con struction Trades Council - will hold its semi-annual meeting in the Hotel Medford. About 300 delegates from all parts of the state and the five southwestern Washington counties are ex pected to attend. The delegate's will represent every A. F. of L. union in the council area. Johnny O'Nell, Portland, Is council secretary. F.R. ASKS SINGLE Washington, Jan. 8. VP) President Roosevelt asked the senate today to vest broad war time price controls In a "single responsible Individual." In messages to Democratic Leader Barkley (Ky.) and Sen ator Brown (D., Mich.) floor manager for the pending price control measure, the chief ex ecutive said "I am somewhat disturbed by reports that a board has been suggested as a substitute for a single Individ ual. I am also disturbed at the suggestion that control over ag ricultural commodities be sep arated from all other articles and vested in the department of agriculture." miles an hour, and he announced such a limit was being estab lished at once In all the national parks under his Jurisdiction , The rubber shortage, Ickes said, would postpone or obviate any need for gasoline ratlon'ng. His aides have estimated that tire rationing would result In a 35 per cent reduction In civil ian gasoline consumption In 1942. Tattered Hitlerites Retreating In Blinding African Sandstorm CANTONMENT TO E IN S. P. REMOVAL Post Office Receives Sched ule on Trucks To Replace Trains In Mail Hauling. Protest against discontinu ance -of the Southern Pacific's only two remaining trains con necting the Rogue River valley with California was to be tele graphed this afternoon to the interstate commerce commission after a telegram from J. A. Or- mandy, general passenger agent at Portland, asserted there was no change in the company's plan to cancel the trains Jan uary 12. The protest and petition for a desist order were to nave been telegraphed yesterday but were deferred when It was thought that official announce ment of authorization to build an army cantonment here might persuade the Southern Pacific company to keep the trains on. The telegram from Mr. Or mandy, however, said that con struction workers would use busses, adding that "when the cantonment Is completed, un doubtedly we will have nub- stantiali special train movement? in and out of the new camp which will be provided as re quired." Meantime, the tele- grant stated, the company "can not overlook the necessity of our utilizing all motive power for military purposes." Signed By Mayors The document embracing the protest and desist petition was signed by the mayors of Med ford, Ashland and Grants Pass, the judges of Jackson and Jose phine counties and the presi dents of the chambers of com merce In Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass. A motion express ing the protest sentiment was adopted at a general meeting In the Hotel Medford Tuesday. Postmaster Frank DeSouza to day received a postoffice de partment bulletin giving the schedules of the trucks that will replace the two trains in transporting mail between Grants Pass and Dunsmulr, Cal., where connections will be made with Klamath division trains. The northbound truck will leave Dunsmulr at 7:30 a. dally after arrival of the train from the south. It Is sched uled to arrive at Grants Pass at 2:30 p. m. Tha southbound truck will leave Grants Pass at 4:30 p. m. daily and is due to arrive at Dunsmulr at 11 p. m., connecting with the southbound train. Intermediate schedules were not yet available, Mr. De Souza said. The trucks will carry all classes of mall, Including regis tered mall, tha postmaster stated. New York Firemen Battle Hemes in Near Zero Weather New York, Jan, 8 VP) A spectacular five-alarm fire swept a mldtown Hudson river pier today the coldest day In six years and it was hardly under control before a four-alarm blaze was discovered in a six-story warehouse 35 blocks away. Spray from the firemen's hoses flew through the early morning air like pellets and streams of water froze almost Immediately on contact with the burning structures. Sidewalks, fire apparatus and firemen's clothing and helmets were glazed with Ice by the near zero weather. Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy said tha fir did not appear to be of suspicious origin. The other fire, of undeter mined origin, started on the fourth floor of a brick ware house at 13th street and Sixth avenue, - DEFENDERS BRACE SELVES FOR BIG JAP ASSAULT Gen. MacArthur Says Philip pine Forces Will Continue Grim Back-to Wall Stand By the Associated Press In the Philippine war theater, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's battle-worn troops were reported still fighting doggedly against Japanese land and air assaults as the invaders sought to crush the American-Filipino "last stand" forces on Batan penin sula. A war department bulletin said Gen. MacArthur's troops, manning defense lines in the pe ninsula Jungles, were now brac ing themselves to meet a "large- scale general attack." The bulletin said Gen. Mac- Arthur, personally directing the heroic defense against over whelming odds, reported that the determination and morale of both American and Filipino troops was high and declared: "They will continue their re sistance with skill and courage." Japs Reinforced " Fighting of "varying Intens ity" raged along the narrow front, the war department said, with Japanese reinforcements being brought up to tha front. The latest U. S. war depart ment advices Indicated that Americans and Filipinos, hang ing on grimly In their back'-to-the-wall stand for a corner of Luzon Island north and west of Manila, were repeatedly machine-gunned and pounded by the virtually unchallenged Japanese air force. MORE SLEET FOR PORTLAND REGION Portland, Jan. 8 VP) Tha weather bureau here, with per mission of the second intercep tor command, announced that more sleet and sub-freezing weather were In store for the Portland area tonight. An ear - Iter forecast had been for light rains. ' Tha Spaniards established the first permanent colony In New Mexico In 1898 at San Gabriel. Recreational Center Opened Here for Soldiers, Sailors The "Out Post," a recrea tional center for men of Uncle Sam's armed forces, will be opened at 8 p. m. tomorrow at 214V East Main street by the recreation committee of the Jackson County Council of De fense, It was announced today by Mrs. Alfred S. V. Carpenter, chairman. Tha premises, the old Johnson Jewelry store, have been lent to the committee by M. N. Hogan. lessee) of the property. The placa Is being redecor ated without charge by Frank J. Runtz, painting contractor, rurnlture and facilities will be put in place tomorrow r..ornlng for the opening at 3 p. m. After tomorrow the Out Post will be open dally from 11 a. m. to 10 p. m. Volunteer workers will run It. Mrs. Larry Schade, Sr., has been appointed chairman of the sub-committe on soldier and sailor clubs. Volunteers who care to assist in running the Out Post were asked to tele phone her at 2980 or 2545. The Out Post will provide facilities for recreation, loung ing, reading and writing, much in the manner -f the club oper ated by the cc-nmittee in the county courthouse last summer Fights Off Japs Lieut. William Leverette Kab- lar (above), had been awarded tha navr Croas and recommend ed for immediate promotion to the raik of Lieut. Commander for bringing hit ship, tha sea plane tender Heron, safely throuah a 7-hour attack br Is Japanese bombers la the far east. Distilless to Make Industrial Alcohol Washington, Jan. 8 UP) The government today ordered ap proximately 60 per cent of the nation's distilleries to turn their available facilities Into produc tion of Industrial alcohol. The order, issued by Donald M. Nelson. OPM director of priorities, provided that distil leries with facilities to make industrial alcohol from corn or other grain must use them after January 15 only in producing that type of alcohol. No shortage in alcoholic bev erages was anticipated since there Is more than five years normal supply already In stor age. Industrial alcohol technically 190 proof ethyl alcohol la es sential In variety of Industrial and war operations and la par ticularly Important In the pro duction of smokeless powder. . 4.000 INTERNED Berlin, Jan. 8. OP) Official broadcast recorded by the AP) Tha Berlin radio today broad- ; cast the following dispatch from '. Shanghai: "About 4,000 British and Americans were Interned In the Manila region up to Thurs day, according to Japanese re ports her (Shanghai) from the Philippine capital. for the air corps men who camp ed out on the Rogue river for three weeks. While most of the furniture and facilities ara on hand, the committee would like to have book case or maga zine rack, a small flat-ton desk or writing table and new rec ords of modern music for phonograph, Mrs. Carpenter said. These things. If anyone able to donate them, may be left at the Out Post tomorrow morning when the premises will be put In readiness for the open ing. Committee workers will be there at 9 a. m. Mrs. Carpenter pointed out that the store too small to accommodate large pieces of furniture. Thus far the recreation com mittee has met all service men' needs with what la considered eminent success. One of its most widely-used centers Is the can teen at Medford municipal air port. Installed some months ago tor officers and men of tha air corps. The canteen Is now oper ated under the direct supervis lin of Mrs. William H. Fluhrer. Tha recreation committee has also procured ping pong tables for the service men at the arm ory, there being billiard tables there also, 1 - V10BILE PURSUIT BITES AT FLANKS OF AXIS FORCES Soviet Forces Drive Wedges Half-Way Through Nazi Defenses, Central Front. By the Associated Prose Adolf Hitler's tattered north African armies have started new retreat on the west-bound road to Tripoli, the British an nounced today, and British spearheads now are operating 60Q miles from the starting-point of the drive Into Libya. A bulletin from British Mid dle East headquarters said tha axis forces, which failed to give battle at Agedabla, 80 mllee south of Bengasi, were falling back under cover of a blinding sandstorm. The communique said British mobile columns were in pursuit, slashing at tha axis flanks and rear. Bads Hip Defense More good news came from the Soviet battlefront, with Rus sia's armies officially reported to have advanced within 40 miles of tha Vyazma-Bryansk Una on which the Germans had been expected to attempt to dig in for tha winter. Soviet dispatches said Russian troops had driven wedges mors) than half way through Nazi de fenses on the central front, ranging aa deep as four and one- half miles. Including a system of camouflaged dugouts heated by stoves and covered with six or seven tiers of logs. The dispatches did not aay whether these were outposts or part of the main German de fenses, but certainly indicated that the invaders expected a long winter's stay. London newspaper reports) said machine-gun posts were be ing set up at strategic points In Berlin, manned by Hitler's own SS (elite guard) troops, as pre caution against a coup d-etat. but a British foreign office) spokesman warned that reports) of a possible Internal upheaval In Germany should Da treaten with reserve. SEEK LOST PLANE T Information was sought her today regarding an overdue army plane that passed over this city about 10:30 a. m. Tues day and la feared down some where south. Army officers are here seeking clues. The plana was headed south, any anyone ' hearing an army plana passing over last Tuesday morning is requested to contact tha Medford municipal airport, or the sheriffs office. A United Airliner passed over the area about tha same time and people are cautioned not to confuse it with the missing plane. The missing craft was an army photographic plana with pilot and two enlisted men aboard. It left Fort Lewis ear lier Tuesday. Cizsrtt Tax B.K. Uni la C:f!:j Portland, Jan. 8. Local Tobacco dealers are expected to meet today to draft plana for a court fight on the 3-cent-a-paek cigaret tax which became effec tive today. Oswald West, attorney, said a suit was likely. Ha identified those backing it only as local tobacco dealers, DAM TRAFFIC UP 1 ortland, Ore., Jan. 8 Bonneville dam traffic was up 48 per cent In 1941 tonnage over 1940, tha U. S. district tnglnees office said today.
