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News Behind
The News
by Paul Mallon
Washington, Jan. 11 Mr.
Churchill paraded his produc
tion dynamo Lord Beaverbrook
so conspicuously here that a
new pressure
. we has been gen
erated on the
Capitol Hill
folk for a com
p 1 e t e rejug
gling of the
defense set-up
which would
leave one man
like the lord
on top.
The British
prime minister
Paul Mallon
is supposed to
have talked closely to FDR
about eliminating boards upon
boards, commissions upon com
missions and authority upon
authority, as the existing set-up
provides.
The idea of one war control
has caught favor in congress
where they say that inasmuch
as Mr. Roosevelt wants one man
to run the price control regime
(Mr. Henderson) he should also
select one man with authority to
cut through the red tape in the
defense production department.
Apparently Mr. Roosevelt has
not found a production man like
Lord Beaverbrook. He allowed
the army and navy to slip Into
their munitions board a few
days back a strange, unconcern
ed civilian for the first time in
history. There are rumors that
this board will increase its ener
gy and function as a division of
supply, which Is, in effect, the
for which the critics have long
pined.
a
MR. Roosevelt has said noth
ing. Rumors that his Vice
President Wallace was to take
charge (being at least as ill-suited
as anyone mentioned for a
purely administrative Job) or
that W. L. Batt, the real busi
ness organizer in OPM, or per
haps Donald Nelson, the man
who is running it now, might be
hit by the magic wand, have all
been current for days. Seekers
have found no confirmation.
At bottom, unadvertised, is
certainly a personnel fever
against continuance of the pres-
(Continued on Pag 81)
T?ntin Jan. 12. P)-(USDA
Very few inquiries were be
ing received today tor aomesiic
wools In- Boston.
(Time Is Pacific standard)
New York, Jan. 12. (Wide
World) Listening tonight: The
war, subject to change 5 MBS,
8:55 CBS, 7 MBS, 7:30 Blue;
7:45 CBS-East, 8 CBS, 8:30
MBS, 9 NBC CBS, 9:55 CBS
NBC. .
Blue 4:30 talk. Brig. Gen.
D. N. Williams: 8 Rep. J. W.
Martin on "National Unity."
What to expect Tuesday: The
war 5 NBC CBS, 5:45 NBC
Red, 5:55 Blue, 6 CBS, 7 MBS.
7:15 Blue-MBS. 8 MBS, 8:15
MBS, 9 CBS MBS, 10:45 NBC,
11 MBS, 12:55 p. m. CBS, 1
MBS, 1:45 CBS MBS, 1:55
NBC-B. 3 CBS MBS, 3:25 NBC
Red, 3:45 CBS-Blue.
SIDE GLANCES
BT
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
State Cod Sane O. A. Mac
Kinnon filling up notebook after
notebook with facts gleaned at
the FBI civilian defense school.
Ashland's Mayor T. S. Wiley
and Recorder J. Q. Adams sign
ing a $2 check for a book from
the Medford Printing company,
the check coming to the MT
office Instead of the Oklahoma
company of the same name in
a city of the same name, pop.
1.121, where it belonged.
' Dick, Thelma and Billy Isaacs
having their Sunday plans dis
rupted when their canary got
out of its cage, they having to
spend the rest of the day chas
ing tt through the neighbors'
1. a!
Radio Highlightsj
BATTLESHIP, TWO
British Indicate Loss of
Rubber Capital Dutch
Counter-attack In Borneo
By the Associated Press
The sinking of two Japanese
transports, hits on at least two
others, a direct hit which caused
fire on a battleship, direct hits
on two cruisers and a near miss
on a destroyer were marked up
against the Japanese In Dutch
and United States communiques
over the week-end.
The successes were divided as
follows:
Sinkings
Two transports in the Gulf of
Siam, the recent work of a
Netherlands submarine cooper
ating with the British fleet for
east Asia. I
Hits ;
A battleship in Malaga bay,
Davao gulf, Philippine islands,
directly hit and left afire by
formation of heavy bombers of
the United States army.
Also under United States at
tack, with undetermined results,
were a cruiser and two large
transports In the Celebes sea.
Two transports, hit by American-built
planes of the Dutch
off the Island of Tarakan, near
Dutch Borneo.
A cruiser directly hit twice by
Dutch allied planes off Mina
hassa, Celebes.
A second cruiser hit once by
Dutch bombers off Tarakan.
Near Miss . ..,
A destroyer, rocked by
nearby blast, off Minahassa,
To New Position
Singapore, Jan. 12 UP) Loss
of Kula Lumpur, important rub
ber center and capital of the
Federated Malay States, was In
dicated by the British today In
a communique announcing that
their troops had retreated to
new positions before Seremban,
35 miles airline southeast of
that city, under heavy Japanese
assaults.
The Tokyo radio broadcast
an omciai announcement una . ,,
morning that Japanese troops Five principal mills and sev
had entered Kuala Lumpur Sun- 1 small concerns of-southern
day.)
The British withdrawal drop
ped the battle lines to little
more than 150 miles north of
Johore Strait, the narrow chan
nel over which a causeway con
nects Singapore island with the
Malayan mainland,
More than two-tniras oi ma-,
laya thus were left in Japanese
hands and the invaders were re-1
ported continuing their attack
on the land and in the air.
"Our withdrawal was closely
followed up by enemy infantry,
with continued attacks from en
emy aircraft," said a terse com
munique announcing the British
retreat.
While intimating the loss of
Kuala Lumpur, the communique
Indicated that Selangor state, in
which the city is situated, had
not been entirely surrendered to
the Japanese.
Batavia, N.E.I., Jan. 12 OP)
Hatd-hitting forces of the Neth
erlands Indies' allies (presum.
ably bomber and fighter squad
rons from the United States and
Australia) were declared offlci-1
ally today to be taking part in
vigorous counter action in which
the fiehtine Dutch battled strong
I Japanese Invasions of Borneo
and Celebes.
Japanese parachutists and sea
bome forces were battling dog'
gedly in an effort to improve ,ne SMU',e ,uctlon wouM
the positions they won early 1 or ,rmy .,,.
yesterday at the oil center island menU Medforj ,nd Colorado
of Tarakan. off northeastern Springgi Col. In. all the g-jvern-Borneo
and on the northern j ment bought several hundred
arm of Celebes. ! mmion board feet.
The fight at both Invasion
points continues stubbornly, a
special NEI armed forces state
ment declared.
Of the NEI and allied aerial
blows at the shipping which car
ried and supported the invasion,
the special statement said:
"Our allies are energetically
taking part in the fight against
the invaders." ....
Brazil is the world's greatest
potential producer of vegetable
oils and vegetable products.
Senator Broadcasts In Japanese
( Ij
Senator Elbert D. Thomas (D-Utah), a former Mormon oils
sionarv to Jaoan. works in Washington on the translation of a
script for a short wave broadcast
Pacific coast to Japan. Dolor blm on the desk is an English
Japanese dictionary and soma reference books.
MILLS GET HUG E
Part of 20 Million Feet Ear
marked for Colorado and
Local Camps.
urCKUIl vain) mvtmj vin -
lumber auction in Seattle Sat
urday with combined orders for
18 to 20 million board feet of
lumber for the government's
huge task of building canton
ments over the nation to accom
modate the swiftly-expanding
army, B. L. Nutting, general
th. Mrtfnrrt Cnrmr
jaUon uid today after hl, return
(rom tne Washington city. It was
the largest single order of. its
nature for the southern Oregon
mills.
The principal southern Oregon
mills receiving orders lncluaea
the Medford Corporation, South
ern Oregon Sugar Pine company.
Central Point, Alley Brothers,
Prospect, Tiller Mill tt Lumber
company, and the Ingham Lum
ber company, Glendale.
Mr. Nutting said these com
panies took orders primarily for
green fir, which means that the
lumber can be milled and ship
ped quickly without drying or
i seasoning. It was specified that
I shipments were to begin Febru-
, J, wm be utnlzed to f, the
orderf he reUted Me,ntlme
, wlll be continued, he
added.
Before the auction, a bulletin
Issued by the West Coast Lum
; 000 00() fwt of t, Jumber
bermen s association said 100,
' sought by the government in
Emergency Romance
San Diego, Calif., Jan. 12.
(JP) An advertisement in the
personal column of a news
paper gave evidence today of
the effectiveness of the gov
ernment's ban on sale of new
automobile tires. The ad read:
"Gentleman would like to
meet attractive young lady
with four ood tiren."
in Japanese beamed from the
NEW JERSEY TURNS
T TO BE
FBI Reveals Ardent Member
as Confidence Lady With
Long Prison Record.
Newark, N. J, Jan. 12 (IP)
The people of the parish of staid
Roseville Methodist church were
astounded today at the news
that their most ardent church
worker had been arrested as a
confidence woman with a record
of a half-century of swindling
and prison life.
The charge against Mrs. Ame
lia Carr, gentle-voiced bespec
tacled wife of the chairman of
the church trustees, was de
frauding another church woman
of $4,700. Essex county Prosecu
tor William A. Wachenfeld said
a check of fingerprints by the
FBI unveiled -a career of crime
starting in 1891 during which
Mrs. Carr, now 66, had swin
dled numerous victims of more
than $1,000,000.
The husband, J. Clarence
Carr, 70, was heartbroken. He
couldn't believe tt. "She has
been a queen to me. I know
nothing about any unfortunate
affairs of her past," he said. "I
know nonly goodness about her.
She was noble, good and loyal.
I can't help but feel this is all a
terrible mistake."
The church pastor, the Rev.
Edron R. Leach, could only say:
"It simply amazes me, be-
cause for the past five years I
have watched her doing cnariv
able work and acting the role
of a good churchwoman."
The police were likewise
aghast when the charges were
first brought last month, for no
one stood higher in the church
community.
HEAVY FIRING ON
E
Washington, Jan. 12. VP
A heavy artillery battle along
the entire front In the Philip
pines was reported today by the
war department, with ground
activity increasing as fresh Jap
anese troops moved up, accom-
panied by renewed air attacks
on American and Philippine de-
i fen.
AT
EARLY DATE WITH
FLEET SEEN
Battle of Atlantic More Vi
tal, Secy. Knox Says
U. S. Warships Not Idle.
Washington, Jan. 12. (AP)
Secretary of the Navy Knox said
today that while the American
fleet was not Idle no early con
clusive showdown could be ex
pected with the Japanese fleet
and that the battle of the At
lantic was still the war's most
important struggle.
The navy's number one Job,
he said in a speech prepared for
the annual United States confer
ence of mayors, is keeping the
sea lanes open between America
and Britain to bring about the
defeat of Hitler's Germany
"our great enemy."
"I would not be frank with
you if I led you to believe that
you could expect favorable, dra
matic developments of trium
phant, American, full-scale naval
engagements In the Pacific In the
near future," Knox said.
"The elements of distance, of
time, and the necessarily wide
distribution of our naval forces
preclude what I know you all
wish me to suggest: Early con
clusive showdown with the Jap
anese navy. But you know that
by this I do not mean to imply
that the Pacific fleet is Idle.
Strategy Dictates
"It is not Idle and you will
hear from it again and again
when and where careful strate
gic considerations dictate."
Folifting out that Germany, by
bringing Japan into the war
sought to divert the attention of
America and Britain from the
Atlantic, Secretary Knox told the
mayors:
"It might easily have led to
action out of the" excess of right
eous anger but the cool-headed
leadership provided Jjy our commander-in-chief,
the president,
kept us safe from that danger.
Under Roosevelt, we have kept
our heads and we will make our
own plans in our own way and
we will strike where and when
we are ready, not before."
"We know who our great
enemy Is. The enemy who, be
fore all others must be defeated
first. It is not Japan, it is not
Italy. It is Hitler and Hitler's
I nazis. Hitler's Germanv. It is
Hitler we must destroy.
"That done, the whole axis
fabric will collapse.'
WINTER DEFENSE
LINE OF HITLER
Moscow, Jan. 12. (AP) On-
rushing Russian soldiers have
broken the new German winter
defense line between Vyazma
and Bryansk, on the central
front, by capturing the steel-producing
center of Lyudinovo, it
was reported today.
The midnight Russian commu
nique announced toe reoccupa-
tlon of Lyudinovo, 40 miles
north of Bryansk, and the cap
ture of the Important railway
Junction of Tikhonova Pustyn, a
few miles north of Kaluga, which
is almost half-way between Mos
cow and Bryansk.
A mid-day communique re
ported continued successes, chief
of which was "annihilation of
2,700 German officers and men"
and destruction of five anti-air
craft batteries and three trench
mortar batteries during a two
day battle on the southwestern
front.
This communique added that
soviet troops had occupied "an
other populated place" and an
nihilated a German infantry bat
talion on the central, front and
wiped out 240 officers and men
and destroyed six enemy tanks
in another unidentified sector,
(Adolf Hitler was said Jan. 1
In Stockholm reports to London
to have set up headquarters at
I Smolensk, 110 miles northwest
1 of Lyudinovo and 220 miles west
I of Moscow, after taking personal
I charge of the army
HEARING LIKELY
ON TRAIN SLASH
SAYS COMM. BEAN
Salem Receives Protests
No Word From ICC on
Desist Order.
Salem, Jan. 12. (P) Public
Utilities Comrnlsloner Ormond
R. Bean said today he has re
ceived many protests from south
ern Oregon against the South
ern Pacific railroad's request to
be permitted to discontinue pas
senger service between Grants
Pass and California points.
He said the protests were
made by the cities of Grants
Pass, Medford and Ashland; the
chambers of commerce of those
cities; Jackson and Josephine
counties; and by the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen.
Bean said he probably would
grant a hearing, but that the is
sue is up to the Interstate com
merce commission.
The Rogue river valley's last
remaining passenger and mall
railroad link with California
was definitely severed today
when the Southern Pacific com
pany yanked off the last two
trains in this service.
The crawling, puffing, old
train from the south did not ap
pear this morning and the south
bound train from Grants Pass
made its final run last night.
Passengers arriving from the
south this morning came by
Greyhound bus from Dunnulr,
Cal., although the local railroad
office said that special de luxe
busses would ba substituted for
the two trains, the 'stages' to op
erate between Grants Pass and
Dunsmuir vhere connectlonr are
made with Klamath division
trains.
Meantime no word had been
received here regarding the pro
test and petition for a desist or
der filed by various communi
ties and organizations with the
interstate commerce commis
sion. A desist order was sought
pending investigation of the
company's contention that It was
discontinuing the trains because
of military necessity. It was
pointed out by the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce,
one of the protest signers, that
ordinarily the issuance of a de
sist order Is mandatory UDon the
pending adjudication. Up
10 mis atternooit, however, not
even an acknowledgement of the
protest and petition had been
received here.
At a public meeting here last
week, railroad representatives
said the trains would be restored
when the present "emergency
was over. Community represen
tatives at the meeting, however.
expressed the fear that once the
trains were taken off, they'd
never De restored.
STOCKllPTS
AND PRICES HIGH
Portland. Ore.. Jan. 12. UP)
Cattle receipts at the north Port
land stockyards were at the
highest mark today since Oct. 8
1923, the U. S. department of
agriculture reported, with 4,100
head in 178 cars.
Despite the heavy volume, the
market was generally steady
and steers touched a 10-year top
at $13.25.
Fed lambs also reached
10-year high at a top of $12.25
The market reporting service
said heavy demand occasioned
by light receipts In the past
three weeks supported the mar
ket, but hogs were oft sharply,
a local reaction to last week's
prices regarded as too high.
BANFIELD. ADVISORY HEAD
Washington, Jan. 12. OP
Thomas H. Banfleld, Portland,
has been appointed chairman of
the Oregon advisory committee
of the OPM contract distribu
tion division.
HEADS WOOLMEIf
La Grande, Jan. 12 (JP) Mae
Hoke, Pendelton, was elected
president for the third succes
sive time by the Oregon Wool-
growers' association here Satur-
dar
War Bulletins
London. Jan. 12 (VP) Rus
sia's Black sea ileat. operat
ing from the great Sevastopol
base which the Nails failed
to destroy or capture, was
shslllng retreating German
columns la the eastern Cri
mea today, reports reaching
here said.
One object el the ffast
drive into the Crimea was to
restrict the Black sea licet.
Failure of that aim was ap
parent when the red navy
took a large and successful
part In SovUt landings on the
Kerch peninsula December 28.
Washington. Jan. 12. W)
Dactruction by fire of the
army transport Cliveden in
Alaskan waters was reported
today by the war dapartmaut.
The ship, a combination
passenger and freight vessel
of 7.3 IS tons was said to be
a total loss, but all personnel
war saved.
The cause of the fire is be
ing Investigated, the war de
partment said, without Indi
cating whether It was believed
te have resulted from enemy
action.
The loss was reported In a
late day communique which
failed te mention develop
ments in the Philippines.
The communique said the
Hawaiian department com
mander had advised that of
897 soldiers wounded In the
December 7 bombing of Pearl
Harbor, 55 had returned te
duty and the early recovery of
most of the others was ex
pected. CITY TREASURER
EFFECTIVE JAN. 15
Appointment of Oris Craw
ford as city treasurer to succeed
the lata Gui Samuels was an
nounced today by Mayor H. 8.
Deuel. Mr. Crawford Is assistant
manager of the Medford office
r.
Oris Crawford
of the First National Bank of
Portland. The appointment be
comes effective Jan. 15.
In announcing the appoint
ment, made with the advice and
consent of the city council.
Mayor Deuel said: "We feel Mr,
Crawford will fill the position
with honor and efficiency. He
has lived here most of his life,
he la thoroughly trained for the
position and he is held In high
esteem. We feel that w are
indeed fortunate in procuring
the services of one so eminently
qualified to fill this important
position."
Mr. Crawford, who resides at
914 West Main street, completed
39 years of faithful service with
the bank on January 1. The
bank, then the First National of
Medford, was only a year and a
half old when he Joined the
staff. Ha rose through the vari
ous positions to assistant cashier
and then to ccshier, position
he held for many years. When
the local bank was purchased
by the Portland Institution a
few years ago, Mr. Crawford
was made assistant manager.
Mr. Crawford went to work
for the bank shortly after com
ing to Medford. Prior to coming
here he resided for four years
in Jacksonville, where he served
as a deputy sheriff, and for It
yean In Cold Hill
NAZI DISSENSION
SPREADS TO NAVY;
U-Boat Chief Charges Supe
rior With False Reports
About Sea Successes.
(By the Associated Press)
Disease, disunity and military
disaster stalked the once con
quering legions of Adolf Hitler
today and, barring surprises,
seemed to be hastening the day
of Hitlerism's ultimate defeat
Hundreds of additional doctors
and nurses were reported by the
Berlin correspondent of a Swiw
newspaper to have been rushed
recently to the eastern front to
combat a wave of vermin-spread
typhus, both among the waver
ing troops in Russia and behind
the lines in conquered countries.
Berlin added a footnote to the
chapter of European unrest with
an announcement ail former of
ficers of the Norwegian air fore .
and navy had been ordered ar
rested because some 100 of their
number had escaped to England
to fight for liberation of Norway;
London, Jan. 12 (P Grow
ing dissension in the Nazi high
command was reliably reported
to have spread to the navy to
day with a sharp disagreement
between Grand Admiral Erich
Raeder and his submarine chief.
Vice Admiral Karl Doenitz.
Earlier the London Star quo-'
ed a Moscow broadcast that
Field Marshal General Wilhelm '
Keitel, chief of the Nazi nigh
command, suddenly " had been
taken 111. - - - .
A foreign source, whoso in
formation about Germany has
almost invariably proved accur
ate, said Doenitz had accused
his superior of misleading him
about successea . of submarine
raiders and the availability of
replacements. He flatly charged
Raeder with "being responsible
for the miscarriage of submarine
warfare.", ....
This source said the Doenttt.
phrase, which ha described as a
direct quotation, "bears out In
dications that things are not go-,
tag so well for the Germans in .
the battle of the Atlantic."
Doenitz, this source said. Is an
admirer and friend of Field
Marshal General Walther von
Brauchitsch, whoea retirement
from his command in Russia has
been reported to have resulted
from his Insistence that Hitler
break off the campaign before
winter set in and retire to lines
behind Khalm, Smolensk and
Kharkov.
The submarine chief has been
responsible for the main activ
ities of Germanys' navy in raid
ing commerce and transports.
He was said to have occupied
high place in the regard of naval
experts.
This source said that Doanlts'
charged that Raeder deliberate
ly permitted false reports to
spread indicating the rate of
sinkings of British and allied
ships was much higher than it
actually was. He also was said
to have charged that the rate of
new submarine construction was
much lower than the Germans
reported.
SEVENPERISH III
Fairfield, Calif., Jan. 12 (AP)
Seven persons were killed to
day in an automobile accident
and subsequent fire.
Highway Patrolman Leo Boyle
said military buttons and pieces)
of clothing indicated some of the
victims, possibly five, were mem
ber of the U. S. marina corps
at Mare Island navy yard.
Hours elapsed before the vte
time could be Identified.
Six of those killed were tat the)
Kennedy car. The seventh wee
the driver of a truck, killed ae
the two machines met head-on.
CALIFORNIA SOLONS MEET
Sacramento, Calif, Jan. 12
(P After 20-day "think it
over" recess, the California state)
legislature met for the second
part of wartime special session
today.