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News Behind
The News
by Paul Mallon
Washington, Jan. 19. All the
most active warring nations are
beginning to feel the pinch of
plane losses.
Ttia Tan. hftt
nor
kMito withdraw
M their bombers
I Wm 4f from the Fhil-
s 3 t?m Innines (virtu-
allv ceasing at
tacks on Mac
Arthur) In or
der to make
the current
raids on Singa
pore. This is a
convincing In-
Pa a) Mallon
ft dlcatlon that while we may have
underestimated the Jap air
strength In the beginning, we are
tending to overestimate it now.
The Russians have air suprem
acy over the Nazis on their
front, It is true, but only because
they withdrew their planes from
the far east. Japan knows this
and has been able to cut the
wings of her home defense force
to the fuselage for the Malayan
campaign.
And the Nazis lost their su
premacy over the Reds because
they had to shift to Libya, Sicily,
Sardinia and the south Ukranian
fronts. Their losses in Russia run
29 to 30 per cent of their total
air force, and Goering's old com
mand is now scattered all around
Europe. Yet the Nazis have more
than 4,000 planes left and could
replace their losses with, three
months production, If they have
the materials.
This Is where our swelling
plane production will begin to
bear weight.
SPECTACULAR Nazi air at
H tack on Malta has been ex-
nM-tori the cast several davs. It
is looked upon as no more of
a dress rehearsal for an invasion
of England, than was the similar
conquest of Crete. An entirely
different formula would be used
for England.
Tha Nazi want Malta for bet
tmr mum than rehearaine. That
British stronghold sits astride the
route from Italy or Greece to
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Radio Highlights
Wartime restrictions on the
tale of automobiles is having
a reaction on radio. Two pro
grams, both on CBS and both
sponsored by auto manufacture
ers, are being affected.
First to announce a change
was the Major Bowes amateur
hour which this week will re
duce its Thursday night pro
gram to 30 minutes and change
its format somewhat to meet the
new condition.
Now comes an announcement
from Detroit that the Sunday
evening concert hour will dis
eoAVinue broadcasting after
March 1 for an indefiniate
period. The program Is In its
eighth season.
Dialing tonight: The war and
Pan-American S MBS; 5:55
CBS; 7 MBS; 7:30 Blue; 7:43
CBS-East Blue; 8 CBS; 8:30
MBS NBC; 9 NBC CBS Blue;
8:53 NBC CBS lue.
What to expect Tuesday: The
war 5 CBS NBC Blue; 5:45
NBC; 5:55 Blue; 8 CBS: 7 MBS;
. 7:15 Blue MBS; 8 MBS; 8:15
1 MBS; 8 CBS MBS; 10.45 NBC
and Blue; 11 MBS; 12:55 CBS
MBS; 1 MBS; 1:45 CBS MBS;
1:55 Blue; 2 MBS; 3:25 NBC;
3:45 CBS Blue.
SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Bart Gallagher coming all the
way back to Medford from Cali
fornia Just for a drink of good
water.
Jim Collins rolling his own,
not to escape the cigarette tax
but in a determined effort to
quit smoking altogether.
Postmaster Frank DeSouza
getting a letter from an ex
Ala.kan lamenting there was
no snow here so that the South
ern Pacific mail service might
be Improved by the use of dog
sleds
GREAT HUN! FOR
U-BOAT RAIDERS
OPENEDBY NAVY
Survivors From Unidentified
Ship Land In Canada
May Be Fourth Loss.
Washington, Jan. 19.-
Axis underseas raiders, hunters
and hunted by turns, stalked
new prey today in Atlantic
coastal waters, with third
merchantman to the credit of
their current foray.
The axis raiders appeared to
have reached coastal waters In
considerable force and their
scattered assaults have touched
off a great search by sea and
sky, but American authorities
are not likely to announce the
results of the U-boat hunt until
well after any successes.
(By Associated Press)
Twenty-two crewmen of a
United States tanker, caught in
a whirlpool of flames touched
off by the torpedo that shattered
their vessel, were given up for
lost today the latest reported
victims of an axis U-boat chal
lenge to the defense of the west
ern Atlantic.
The tanker, the 6,635-ton
Allan Jackson, of the Standard
Oil company, was en route to
New York yesterday off the
coast of North Carolina when,
in the gathering dusk, a torpedo
struck her amidships. She was
the third tanker so destroyed
within five days.
One of the 13 survivor of
the 35-maa crew said, "the ship
seemed to be "parting la- the
middle and there was fire every- i
where." So far as could be
learned the 13 were the only :
ones to escape the holocaust.
'Sea of Flam'
Even that group came . near 1
to be chopped to death In their
lifeboat by the churning pro
peller of the Alan Jackson be
fore the ship settled In its death
agony. They finally pulled away
with a strength born of knowl
edge of certain death if they
failed.
The explosion spewed flaming
crude oil onto the water and
the glare lighted the sea for
miles around.
Although the Allan Jackson
was the third reported victim
of the U-boat offensive into the
coastal waters of North Amer
ica, the arrival of survivors of
another sunken ship, an uniden
tified Panama-registered freight
er, at an eastern Canadian port
indicated that recent axis toll
might be four ships.
One o! the survivors of the
freighter declared that enemy
U-boats were "almost as thick
as catfish" in the western At
lantic waters where hi ship
went down.
The other known victims of
the U-boat campaign were the
tanker Norness, sunk last Wed
nesday off Long Island, and the
tanker Coimbra which went
down within 100 miles off New
York City on Thursday.
CIO. MM
NEXTSAJURDAY
New York, Jan. 19 m
Philip Murray, CIO president,
today advised John L. Lewis,
president of the Mine Worker
of America, that he would pre
sent Lewis proposal for a re
sumption of CIO-AFL peace
conferences to a meeting of the
CIO executive board here Jan.
24.
Murray pointed out In letter
to Lewis, his predecessor as
head of the CIO, that all ar
rangements in behalf of the CIO
"with reference to unity with
the American Federation of
Labor will necessarily have to
be initiated through the office
of the president of the Congress
of Industrial Organizations."
NORTHWEST PELTS tJP
Seattle, Jan. 19. JP) The
Seattle fuf exchange, summar
izing its monthly auction, re
ported today that all prices on
Pacific northwejt peltry were
steady except on ranched mink
which showed a 10 per cent
decline from December,
Aussies
Where Aussies Lead Attack On Japs
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Singapore reports laid Australian troops pouring north (arrow 1
tion ol Singapore (3) had ttntck
laya, and that British Imparls! troops, following the Aussies success,
the Japanese in an attack (anew
they held ia western Malaya.
SPECIAL INQUEST
IDENTIFIES BODY
OF MISS LOMBARD
Eight Plant Crash Victims
In Las Vegas Morgue
Task Difficult.
Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 18.
(AP The shattered bodies of
actress Carole Lombard and
eight other persons among 22
killed in mountain-top plane
crash Friday night lay in a Las
Vegas morgue today while men
toiled through snow to bring the
remaining 13 victims down from
the crash scene.
The dead included Miss Lom
bard and her mother and two
other women, the actress press
representative and IS army
fliers, in addition to the pilot and
co-pilot
Recovered from the plane
wreckage late yesterday were
the remain of two women and
seven men.
Wisps of blonde hair "and the
general contour of her face"
served to enable Edgar J. Man
nix, vice president of M. C. M.
studios, to Identify one body as
that of Misa Lombard. A three
man jury, conducting a special
inquest, decided that she died of
Injuries sustained in "the crash
of a T. W. A. liner en route from
Las Vegas to Los Angeles."
Another Inquest will be held
when ail of the bodies have been
recovered.
Deputy Coroner Jack Larry
said it might not be possible to
complete the task of removing
the bodies from the remote peak,
35 miles southwest of here, and
of Identifying them .until tomor
row.
CHURCHILL ACTED
AS PLANE- PILOT
London, Jan. 19. OPS The
saga of Prime minister Winston
Churchill spectacular visit to
Washington was given new
color today by the disclosure
that be personally had piloted
part way across the Atlantic the
big 74-passenger flying boat in
which he returned to Britain
Saturday,
The disclosure was mad by
Commander J. C. Rogers, cap
tain of the plane, who said the
prim minister had banked the
giant ship through two sweep
ing turns after getting the feel
J of the controls.
Halt Nippo Drive Near Singapore
hard at Japanese lorees in eastern
2) farther west,
Tha dotted line
ARGENTINA, CHILE
STALL SEVERANCE
AXIS RELATIONS
Rio Be Janeiro, Jan. 18 (tf)
Mexico presented a proposal
to the Pan American conference
today to extend to all the united
nations the status of non-belligerents
in their fight against the
axis power.
Led by Argentina, most of the
Latin American countries al
ready have declared the United
States a non-belligerent. Among
other things, this means that
United States warships can en
ter and leave their ports at will,
free of the regulation forcing
ships to limit their stays to 24
hours.
The proposal came a the for
eign minister of 19 American
republics exerted pressure on
Argentina and Chile to line up
in solid western hemisphere
severance of relation with the
totalitarian nations.
Argentine source said their
delegation wished to present a
compromise proposal, but was
careful to ascertain whether any
stand they suggested had a
chance ot success.
WAKE PRISONERS
REACH YOKOHAMA
Tokyo, Jan. 19. (Official
Broadcast Recorded by AP
Showln little signs of their or
deal except beards and soiled
uniforms. 1.235 men captured on
Wake Island by the Japanese
arrived at Yokohama yesterday,
The prisoners Included Com
mander Winired Cunningham
described at commander of tee
United States forces on Wake
island, and Nathan Daniel Tet-
ers, civilian in charge of 1,050
defense employes on the Island
The party consisted of 30 of
ficers who wore their uniforms,
423 non-commissioned officers
and enlisted men and 782 civil
tans, most of whom were em
ployed on defense construction
projects.
This group was the second to
reach Japan. The first prisoners
were from Guam,
Boston, Jan. 19 OPMUSDA)
The Boston wool market was
quiet toiay.
through Jshsre from tha direc
Kesri Sambitan province o! Ma
had inflict d Mar? tosses on
show positions the Japs claimed
ALLIED STRATEGY
TO CRUSH HITLER,
WAR EXPERT SAYS
Can Give Ground To Japan
and Win Nazi Position
Now Serious.
Syracuse, N. Y, Jan. 19 W)
Dewitt Mackenzie, Wide World
war analyst, declared today al
lied strategy must not be direct
ed toward the smashing of Ja
pan but toward "the crushing of
the mainspring of the entire war
Adolf Hitler."
Predicting ultimate allied tri
umph, Mackenzie, In an address
prepared for the 22nd annual
convention of the New York
State Publishers association as
serted "we can give ground to
Japan temporarily in the orient
and still win the world conflict."
The foreign affairs expert said
the one great thing we have to
remember is that this is a war
of resource coupled with con
trol of the seven seas which
must bear those resource to tha ;
combatants,"
"Our lack of control of the
Pacific certainly ia matter of
concern," Mackenzie said, but I
fear that America for sentimen
tal reasons is laying too much
stress on that weakness. The
war with Japan Is part and par
cel of the world upheaval ana
cannot be disassociated from it
in military sense."
That being so," he added,
"allied strategy must be direct
ed toward concentrating on tha
major objective. The Immediate
goal ia not the smashing of
Japan but the crushing of tha
mainspring of the entire war
Adolf Hitter,"
"When we have finished off
the Germans as we shall then
the rest of the axis structure
will collapse. "
"Hitler s position is o seri
ous," he continued, "that unless
his proverbial good luck return
to him it will be only a matter
of time and not such long one
at that before he will com to
the end he deserves."
Kansas City, Jan. !. AP
Mayor Earl Millikin of Sesttle,
a former Kansan, said today that
war production in that west coast
city presented an encouraging
picture which tended to allay the
fears of civilians already accus
tomed to blackout.
If ARTHUR'S FORCE
N LUZON AWAIT
JAP MASS ATTACK
Desultory Moves Reported
Invaders Seize Farms
and Food Supply.
Washington, Jan. 18.
The war department reported to
day that American army bomb
ers had shot down nine enemy
planes in a fight in the Nether
lands Indies and, striking tor the
first time is Malaya, baa suc
cessfully raided a Japanese held
airdrome.
Washington, Jan. 19-
Japanese patrols have bees act
ive against American and Fili
pino force to the Philippines
during the last 24 hours but re
sults have been indecisive, the
war department reported today,
Ground operations have been
of a desultory nature since
American troops smashed
heavy Japanese attack, the com
munique Mid,
Enemy air activities were coa-'
fined to frequent reconnaissance :
flight.
General Douglas MacArthur
reported that Filipino in the
occupied areas had bees de
prived of their mean ct trans
portation. He . said farmer had bean
evicted front their farms and
formed Into labor groups and
the invader had seized harvest
ed crops and food stores,
By Aiecia1d Pre)
A gallant band of American
and Filipino wax contributing
materially to the united nation
defense of Singapore and the
Netherlands East Indies by hold
ing lit check large army of
Japanese on Luzon bland but
there teemed no doubt that Its
situation wa deteriorating,
In two weeks, relentless Jap
anese pressure has forced the
men of General Douglas Mac
Arthur back 20 mile ea the
Batan peninsula, even though at
tremendous cost to the invader.
The war department reported
yesterday General MacArthur
won back some previously tost
positions. But there wera signs
that the Japanese were grouping
their preponderant strength for
a fresh offensive against the
MacArthur army to defeat it a
soon as possible and press on to
richer field.
NO AGREEMENT ON
FARM AMENDMENT
Washington, Jan. IS
Chairman Brown (D-Mich.) said
a Joint senate-house conference
committee appeared today to be
farther away from agreement
than ever before after two
hour ttudy of farm amendment
to the administration t price con
trol bill.
"Both sides seem to be atif
fenlng in their resistance,'
Brown told reporters. Senator
Danaher (R-Conn.), another con
feree, said there appeared to be
no agreement in sight.
Chief provision in contention
is senate appruved amend
ment linking farm prices to In
dustrial wages. Opponents have
charged this would permit 23
per cent increase in present food
costs.
STEVE NYE GETS
CALL TO COLORS
Portland, Jan. 19. Wr Tht
army today ordered the follow
ing reserve officer to duty;
Can tain Steahen G. Nye. Quar
termaster corps, Medford: See-
ond Lieut. Robert G. Nltittn, in -
fantry, Eugene.
War Bulletins
Laden, Jan. 1 I. (P) Ru
tars heard a Tokyo broadcast
today resorting a Japanese
Imperial nradqaartars claim
that Japanese navel aircraft
yesterday scoiad direct bits
en "four enemy ehtpc totaling
9,500 tons off the Philippine
island of Cabu.
London, Jaa, IS. X Tha
admiralty announced tonight
that tha 803-ton British da
itroyec Visiter had bees
ausic
Tha aavBou&camsnt gmim bo
Indlcatl whan or hew the
was swat to tha bottom.
CtaasgMag, Jan. 1. (?
Chlaeam : rapot t said today
that Saltad State marines
captured by tha Japasesa at
Peipiaf? had been put ts hard
labor ; & lstanaat tamp.
111. Tnaaday. Jan. 30.
? Tv Hessians announce
today) a their troops sad
captor i steasbrovo "is tha
8 mot' t diftrict." and ether
itihaa, .4 tecaiitiaa In a itaasr
drteavanantaiard s the central
iron; i
CaVsClzTPt. Jan. Ifc-ffS
Brttts Mal aircraft stsnd
torp f kits en tarf axis
tank- 41 a oeairoT ia the
oath Mediterranean Satur
day n f the RAT anssuse
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Ri. IS LAUNCH
liQMSEON
LEp: T FRONT
Assault j,K,
. soda Itt'
Fighting W
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'.Street
London, Jan, ' The
Russian comma; ' apparency
has opened a ) or aasanlt
across the ice nf k Ladoga
to pinch off the ; ilusselburg
end of Use Cermai j fronting
Leningrad, Soviet ' Jurces here
said today. i v
Report from th ' fee. of the
ice-iocked lake . artress of
Schlusselburg, SS ( las east of
Leningrad, said the feerU wa
"increasing in tnt ajty," and
that one particulai " sustained
attack had carried We; ted army
past German defenses between
Schlusselburg nd Ut Moscow
Leningrad railway. However,
the Russians had not yet Man
aged a break through in force, it
was said.
This attack to break Germs n
Field Marshal General Bitter
von Leeb't Leningrad front wa
reported as ether Bussian ad
vices said red troop were fight
ing hand-to-hand in the street
of burning Mozhaisk, &7 miles
west of Moscow, and In Orel,
300 mile south of Moscow.
Moscow, Jan. 19 (&l Grim
Bussisn soldier and Nasi troops
comprising the "cream ct th
German forces' are fighting
desperate hand-to-hand battle In
th blazing key city ot Mozhaisk,
the Russian army newspaper
Bed Star declared today.
As Stasia's great winter of
fensive gained momentum along
the entire front from the Arctic
to the Black sea. Red Star also
reported that stubborn street
fighting was taking place in
another town In the Moscow
sector whose same was set
given.
Mozhaisk, 57 miles west of
Moscow, was th pivot of the
German plncer moves against
Moscow last fail and the high
point of the Hail advance upon
Moscow from the west.
eon.Tr coKsciritcr
Tacome, Jan. IB. ) The
victim of a guilty conscience,
Harold Makui, civilian employe
of the post exchange at Mc
Chord Field, walked Into the
police station today and told the
first officer he met "Lock me
jup. 1'vs just stolen 11,500 In
Kn xrotst tc post excr-cg.
BRITISH RETREAT
FROM TAVOY AND
N JOHORE STATE
Battle In Critical Staflfr
Imperial Force Seats Off
Muar River Drives.
Melbourne, Australia. Jan. IS
L VP) Australia's imperial
jorce. ruxnea to zne aia or nara-
pressed Indian troops in Muar
river battle zone northwest of
Singapore, were declared today
to have stopped the Japanese
onrush, beating off almost cease
less assaults.
"Australians are holding their
ground everywhere," Major
General Gordon Bennett, com
mander of the Australian imper
ials, reported to War Miniate?
Francis Ford.
Bennett said hi troop were
"sent to stabilize the position in
the Muar river area, where In
dian troops have been forced to
give ground under enemy pres
sure.
'Almost Immediately after
ft nstraBsns bad taken up
positions the enemy launched a
vigorous taut attacx wwco wa
beaten off by our troops," Ben
nett's report to Army Minister
Francis Forde said. "Tha enemy
lost eight tanks, -
"Again this morning Monday
the enemy attacked and V
tacked again, and again. And
were defeated by our troop.
Autratlni are holding their
ground everywhere."
Rangoon, Burma, Jan. 1 C
British forces have withdraws
from Tavoy, the southern Bur
ma port Just across from Japanese-occupied
Thailand, a com
munique announced tonlgBU
It said the withdrawal wa
made ia th fc of superior
enemy forces end put Burma's
defender to wore favorable po
sition.
The eommunioua added that
th Japanese already were be
lieved to have based lighter
planes on Tavoy.
British planes. It said, carried
out several raid resulting ist
tha destruction of one aaeaqr
aircraft en an occupied airfield.
Singapore, Jan. IS UP) The
battle of Singapore entered
more critical phase today as Use
British acknowledged a turner
withdrawal along th west coast
of Johor state and reported
that Use Japanese were hammer
ing heavily at their lines near
Segsmat, n the central Malay
an, railroad U mile from Jo
bore strait.
The withdrawal of the British
left flank, in the Muar river area
wa carried out, a communiQua
said, to meet the threat of itp
snes troops filtering southward
along the coast.
SERIiNfflAL:
SURVWES KNIFE
Berlin. 3an. 1. Official
broadcast recorded by AP)A
Berlin broadcast said today that
Field Marshal General Walther
von Srauchitaca "had t mb
dergo an operation which wee
performed satisfactorily despite
serious heart trouble from
which he had been suffer tet
two months."
The broadcast added that "the
field marshal already it on the
way to recovery but afterward
will take a prolonged cure.1 It
said Adolf Hitler cent "hit best
wishes lor speedy recovery."
Berlin. Jan. 1 . (Of f Scial
Broadcast Recorded by APT
The German high command
nounced today that Nasi and Ro
manian troop had recaptured
the port ot Feodosiya na the
southeast coast of the Crimea
penlnsul. stepping ttoae to the
Caucasus,
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