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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1942.
NO. 259.
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News Behind
The News
by Paul Mallon
Washington, Jan. 20. Not
the Argentine government of
ficials, not nazi agents, but the
rich hacienda
owners of Ar
gentina were
the r;al ob
stacles to
una nimity at
Rio.
The Argen
tine delegate,
Dr. Ruiz Gui
n a z u, started
out talking
tough at the
rani Mallon Fan American
ft unification gathering (and he
can be as tough as foreign min
isters go). But all present knew
the political-powerful landlords
of his nation would have to be
appeased by any Argentine of
ficial who intended to stay in
office very long. Their tradi
tional policy is so strongly for
an Independent Argentina that
it has developed anti-United
States Intonations. (We do not
buy enough of the beef they
raise).
Their appeasement one way
or another was the only real
underlying obstacle to Joint
severance of diplomatic rela
tions, although Mr. Sumner
Welles was also bothered by
the fact that our own war
necessities will prevent us from
delivering all the goods we pro
mised to Latin America before
Pearl harbor. This may be off
set diplomatically by Increasing
our purchases of raw material!
from them. We also want an
. all-Americarj pooling of . ships
Q (Argentine and Chile have large
" investments In merchant ships).
If any nazi agents are hang
ing around the conference, they
will find we are also well rep
resented this time in that re
spect.
THIRTY-ONE nazi submarines
were presumed (in some of
ficial quarters here) to be off
our shores after the tanker Nor-
ness was sunk off Montauk.
The nazls apparently Intend-
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SEEK FLIERS' BODIES
IN MERCED RESERVOIR
Merced, Calif., Jan. 20. UPh
Deep sea divers traveled 175
miles inland today to recover
bodies of naval air men whose
plane plunged through a high
tension wire into the Exchequer
reservoir.
Sheriff J. J. Castagnetto of
Mariposa county reported two
men were in the naval plane
when it struck a power line
carrying 74,000 volts yesterday
afternoon. The aviators in the
metal ship undoubtedly were
electrocuted before the craft hit
the lake, he said.
Radio Highiights
. (Time Is Pacific standard)
Tonight: The war and Pan
American 5:55 CBS; 6:15 MBS;
7 MBS; 7:30 Blue; 7:45 CBS;
8 CBS; 8:20 Blue: 8:30 MBS:
P NBC CBS Blue; 9:55 NBC
CBS Blue.
CBS 7:15 Citizens for Vic-
Otory.
Blue 7:45 Sen. Joseph O'Ma
honey on "Farmer and Inflation."
Wednesday: The war 7 MBS;
7:15 Blue MBS; 8 MBS: 8:15
MBS; 9 CBS MBS; 10:45 NBC
and Blue: 11 MBS: 12 55 p. m..
CBS MBS; 11 MBS; 1:45 CBS
MBS; 1 55 Blue: 3 CBS MBS;
3:25 NBC; 3:45 CBS Blue.
SIDE GLANCES
BT
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Stan Sherwood planning to
begin life day after tomorrow
when he observes a certain
birthday.
MT Carrier Jerry Warren
phening in he feared the mumps
had caught up with him, he
reporting a pain behind the ear,
his pals waiting hopefully for
the final diagnosis.
' ....
10010 GERMANS
PERILED BY LOSS
OF LnSUALIENT
Whole of Present Central
Line In Russia Also Seen
Threatened By Stalinites.
By Roger D. Greene
(Associated Press War Editor)
The recapture of Mozhaisk,
57 miles west of Moscow and
the base of the last surviving
German salient within a 100
mile radius of the Soviet capital,
was announced tonight by the
Russian command.
The victory, which ' appeared
to directly imperil up to 100,
000 nazi troops in that sector
and to indirectly theaten the
whole of the present German
central line in Russia, was one
of the most important for Red
arms since the great Soviet
counter-offensive began.
Russia's armies, executing a
gigantic crack-the-whip move
ment, were reported to have
further narrowed the "escape
corridor" of 100,000 German
troops at Mozhaisk today and
smashed Adolf Hitler's winter
defense line at two important
points.
The battle for Kharkov, Rus
sia's "Pittsburgh" in the Uk
raine, also was reported enter
ing a decisive phase.
Soviet dispatches said Red
army troops, supported by hard-
riding Don Cossack cavalrymen.
had scored gain on both flanks
of the Mozhaisk hold-out garri
son, 57 miles west of Moscow.
Meanwhile, in tones ap
proaching panic, the Berlin
press declared that the "on
rushing enemy must be stopped,
no matter when, where or
how."
Churchill Expresses
Growing Confidence
In Pacific Triumph
London, Jan. 20. (IP) Prime
Minister Churchill, confronting
a restive house of commons, in
formed its members today that
he shared their anxiety about
operations in the Pacific but told
them he had "growing confi
dence" in eventual victory there.
Announcing that a three-day
debate would be held soon on
the war situation, the prime
minister also showed evidence
of equal confidence in his per
sonal strength.
Addressing parliament for the
first time since his return from
the historic conferences in Wash
ington and Ottawa, the prime
minister offered to call for
vote of confidence if the debate
should disclose any challenge to
his government.
3 DIE IN FALL OF
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 20. (IP)
A medium army bomber car
ried three airmen to their
deaths in a crash a mile from
its McChord field base south
west of here yesterday after
noon. The ship burned after the
crash.
Col. A. F. Herold, commander
of McChord field, announced
the men were:
Second Lieut. J. P. Ottosen,
Salt Lake City, pilot.
Second Lieut. C. G. Hopkins,
Parsons, Kas., co-pilot.
Sergt. Lee C. Osborn, Lot
Angeles, engineer.
Immediately after the crash,
residents within half a mile of
the scene were evacuated under
orders of the sheriff's office,
which said several bombs had
been located in the sparsely set
tled vicinity.
ALASKA PLANE LOST
Washington, Jan. 20. Ft A
cargo plane which disappeared
while on a night Saturday from
Ladd field, at Fairbanks, Alaska,
to White Horse, Yukon terri
tory, is being sought by the
army, the war department has
announced.
British Arrest
i i ! r. i
f-; i
U Saw, picturesque premier of Burma, was arrested by the
Britiih for conspiring with the Japanese. Picture was made as U
Saw arrived in New York recently after a visit to Britain during
which he tried to obtain dominion status for his fat eastern
country. -..-
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Break With Axis in Two Days
Seen for American Republics
Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 20. (IP) A unanimous break In rela
tions with the axis powers by the 21 American republics within
two days was predicted today by a high functionary of the
Pan American conference.
The informant, who declined
to be quoted by name, said
Argentina's attitude had been
"radically modified" after her
foreign minister, Dr. Enrique
Argentina Pressed
Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 20.
() President Getulio Var
gas of Brazil was 'reported
authoritatively tonight to be
telephoning Acting President
Ramon S. Castillo of Argen
tina in an effort to obtain
an Immediate Argentine deci
sion on breaking relations
with the axis powers
Ruiz Guinazu talked yesterday
with Brazil's foreign minister,.
Oswaldo Aranha.
There were high hopes that
Ruiz Guinazu would abandon
his isolationist position com
pletely.
Argentina and Chile have
been the lone holdouts, but ob
servers have expressed the be
lief that Chile would follow the
Argentine lead.
The prediction came as dele
gates ot the United States,
Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia
emerged from a conference in
Aranha' office with Sumner
Wells, United States undersec
retary of state and head of the
American delegation.
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London, Jan. 20. VP) If
million American troops were
landed In Britain, Hitler's
chances of attacking this country
would bo "gone with the wind."
Lord Maughan told the house of
Lords today.
"There Is no reason to think
Hitler is going to give us time
to put all our defenses In order,"
i he added.
"It is certain that an
attack on this country, if it ever
comes at all, will come as soon
as Hitler has stabilized hi line
In Russia and It will come be -
fore the United States can render
' us any substantia: assistance in
I the way of men and arms."
Burma Premier
Americans Captured
On Wake Isle Heard
In Tokyo Broadcast
Los Angeles, Jan. 20. JP)
Voices Interpreted by the NBC
listening post as those of Ameri
cans captured e Wake Island,
were heard over the Tokyo
radio last night.
The broadcast. In which there
were long pauses, appeared to
have been recorded aboard ship
wnne the prisoners were en
route from Wake to Japan.
A man who identified himself
as Hudson T. Sutherland of Port
land, Ore., and foreman of
Wake Island civilian defense
project, sent his best wishes to
his wife and daughter, who, he
said, were at Salinas, Calif.
The pauses in his talk were
believed by NBC to Indicate that
some of his remarks had been
censored.
"So far we have been treated
fine I think," Sutherland said.
Critical Colonel
Gets Trial Break
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 20. (IP)
All testimony by the fifth
corps area's chief of staff. Col.
John M. Eager, relating to the
arrest of Col. H. C. Kress Muhl
enberg on charges of violating
two articles of war was ordered
stricken from the record at
Muhlenberg's general court
martial today.
Muhlenberg, former com
mandant at Hlckam field, Ha
waii, Is accused of violating art
icles of war by criticizing Amer
ica's pre-war policy in a public
speech.
Heavy Penalty For
Salem Jaywalkers
Salem, Jan. 20. (IP) The
Salem city council passed an ord
inance last night providing pen
alties of 150 fine and 80 days In
Jail for any person who walks
across street against red
light, or who crosses a street be-
, tween Intersections.
The measure was to become
, law today on signature by Mayor
W. W. Chadwick.
New $L),000 Safeway
To Rise at Main and Oakdale
SEA-BORNE JAPS.
NEW HEAT TO
Invading Forces Cut Below
Main Battle Line Pres
sure Heavy In Malaya.
By Roger D. Greene
(Associated Press War Editor)
Japanese invasion troops, at
tacking only 60 miles north of
Singapore island, were official
ly reported exerting "heavy
pressure" on the entire front" in
western Malaya today, and a
crisis in the defense of Britain's
$400,000,000 stronghold was ap
parently imminent as sea-borne
Japanese forces cut in below
the main battle line.
Domei, official Japanese news
agency, said Japanese van
guards late yesterday had ad
vanced within 18 miles of the
causeway across Johore strait
to Singapore island.
Sink Jap Cruiser
In the Philippine war theater.
a war department bulletin re
ported that six American bomb
ers sank Japanese cruiser and
scored direct hits on a tanker.
leaving it in flames 100 miles
off Jolo ' - - t
The war department said
tnree Japanese bombers were
shot down in renewed attacks
on Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
valiant American-Filipino de
fense forces battling on Batan
peninsula, northwest of Man
ila.
The communique also dis
closed the first word in days
that American forces were still
resisting the Japanese on Min
danao island, 600 miles south of
Manila;
Sharp fighting was reported
In progress 35 miles north of
Davao, at the southern end of
Mindanao, which the Japanese
have been using as a base for
attacks on the Dutch East
Indies.
Japs Renew Attack
"The enemy has renewed the
attack on American and Philip
pine troops on Batan penin
sula," Gen. MacArthur's report
said.
"Japanese pressure is partic
ularly heavy at the center of the
line. The attack is supported by
aircraft."
Official dispatches said Jap
anese patrols and landing par
ties were swarming along a 30
mile coastal belt In western Ma
laya from the Muar river, 80
miles north of Singapore, to
Batu Pahat, barely 60 miles
away.
On the Malayan east coast.
Japanese forces were reported
to have reached the Endau area
75 miles north of Johore
strait.
British headquarters said
RAF fighters machine-gunned
enemy barges at the mouth of
the Muar river, in the Malacca
Straits settlement, where Brit
ish, Australian and Indian
troops were striving to stabilize
the front.
Advance Costly
Chinese intelligence reports
said 5,000 wounded Japanese
were crowding the hospitals in
Saigon, French Indo-Chlna, and
that urns containing the ashes
of another 5,000 dead were
awaiting shipment to Japan
attesting the high cost of Jap
anese conquest on the road to
Singapore.
Dispatches from the Malayan
jungle front credited Australian
troops with smashing 10 Jap
anese tanks and holding out all
day after they had been sur
rounded, until British troops
fought their way through to the
relief.
SCUSE PLEASE
Los Angeles, Jan. 20. (IP) F.
A. Wilhoit, visiting Yavas, Aril.,
motorist, decided the best way
to reach downtown Los Angeles
was to follow the street car just
ahead. He did and wound up
in a subway station, a mil and
a half from daylight.
EFFECTIVE FEB. 9
Saving of 500,000 Kilowatt
Hours of Electricity Is
Expected Through Year.
Washington, Jan. 20. VP)
President Roosevelt signed the
daylight-saving bill today and it
becomes effective at 2 a. m. on
the morning of February 9, for
all interstate commerce and fed
eral government activities.
During congressional debate It
was said that it was assumed the
observance of daylight time, by
moving all clocks ahead one
hour, would become general
throughout the nation.
The measure will become in
operative six months after the
war ends, unless congress votes
to terminate It before then.
Stephen Early, presidential
secretary said that it had the
same objectives as the daylight
saving act of the last World war
"greater efficiency in our in
dustrial war effort."
In report to the president
while be was still director gen
eral of the office of production
management, William 8. Knud
sen had estimated that there
would be a saving of 900,000
kilowatt hours of electricity a
year through adoption of the
daylight-saving measure. .
Congressional action was
necessary. Early pointed out, so
that there would be a uniform
daylight saving system through
out all the states.
Salem, Jan. 20. GP Gover
nor Charles A. Sprague said
today he would Issue a state
ment regarding congressional
nassaie of the daylight saving
bill, signed today by President
Roosevelt.
The governor did not Indicate
what the statement would con
tain, nor did he hint when the
statement would be Issued.
Although the daylight-saving
measure has been pending for
some time and is considered a
defense move to conserve elec
tric energy and avoid hazard
ous blackout circumstances, it
apparently has been given little
thought here.
County Judge J. B. Coleman
said that the question of put
ting county offices on the daylight-saving
schedule would
have to be considered by the
whole county court, probably
after consultation with 'depart
ment heads. Mayor H. S. Deuel
said the matter would be
brought before the city council
at its meeting tonight. Managers
of the two branch banks assert
ed they felt sure their institu
tions would cooperate tuny
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No Rationing; of Used Cars.
No Commudeering Planned
Chicago, Jan. 20. UP) Leon
Henderson, federal price admin
istrator, told representatives of
42,000 automobile dealers today
"as far as the office of price
administration Is concerned,
there la not now any prospect
either of rationing used cars or
ot commandeering private cars."
His address was read to the
National Automobile Dealers
association by Cyrus McCor
mlck, chief of the OPA automo
bile and truck section, because
business kept Henderson In
Washington. Convention head
quarters said the statement re
lieved a tension that had dis
turbed the trade badly.
"I have frequently been ask
ed." Henderson said, "whether
we contemplate any need to
ration used cars. I have also
been asked as to whether there
is any immediate prospect ot
War Bulletins
Aa East Coast Canadian
Pert. Jan. 20 (A3) The fact
that a number of men cf the
United States army were
among the latest contingent
of Canadian troops embarking
for Britain was released for
publication today, after word
was received from London of
the convoy's safe arrival la a
British port. Small numbers
of United States soldiers, go
ing as observers, have sailed
ia previous Canadian troops
convoys.
London, Jan. 20 (IP) Reu
ters said tonight that the In.
dlaa radio at Madras reported
another enemy penetration of
southern Burma, this time by
Thai forces fighting for Japan.
Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 2
VP) A full-scale air attack on
Rabaul In Australian-mandated
New Britain, north of
Australia, was launched to
day by Japanese bombers
escorted by fighters, aa offi
cial announcement said today.
14 CREMATED AS
E
NIGHT
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Lyiuv Vats- Jan. 20. IIP)
Flames wept through five-
story apartment and rooming
house here' today, sending fire
from basement to roof as if it
were a huge brick furnace and
leaving 14 dead and 21 in hos
pitals while firemen worked
through smoking embers in
search of eight persons still miss
ing.
The fire started in the base
ment and swept upward so
quickly that dozens of tenants,
many of them aged and infirm,
were trapped on the top floors
of the structure, Melvtn Hall, in
the center of the city.
Firemen found many clinging
to high ledges as flames envel
oped the building. Others had
Jumped and lay moaning and
screaming on the ground.
I saw a number ot persons
come to the windows on the
top floor and then fall back,"
said Police Sergeant WiUiam
Gillespie.
The fire was one of the most
costly in loss ot life in the his
tory of Lynn, and one of the
worst in New England aince the
early 1900 s. -
Harry Anderson, Janitor of
the building, discovered the fire
at 1:45 a. m. in a coal bin in
the cellar. A half hour later a
general alarm was turned In and
apparatus was summoned from
all nearby cities.
Mayor Albert T. Cole of Lynn
said he would demand a state
investigation to determine why
fire escapes were not available
for the tenants. There were no
..I.I 1 mmm. An
t I the building.
commandeering private cars.
Any answer that I might make
to either of these questions
would only serve to disturb the
industry more (han it la now
disturbed. .
"All I can say Is that as far
as the office of price adminis
tration aj concerned, there is
not now any prospect either ot
rationing seed cars or of com
mandeerins! private cars."
Henderson said that In his
ludgment an need tor consid
ering any rationing plan for
used car might be dissipated
b a decline In the use) ot cars
due to shortage of Urea.
Henderson predicted failure
for some automobile dealers.
and loss ot Jobs for' many em
ployes, but said he anticipated
there would be work in i. Jn
production for every -ployed
man before Ion. . ,'
Market
RAZE OLD CHURCH
TO CLEAR GROUND
Work To Start Immediately
On Completion Removal
Of Methodist Structure.
Dismantling of the old South
Methodist church building at
West Main street and Oakdale
avenue, a landmark in Medford,
was started yesterday to make
way for the $20,000 food mar
ket to be constructed by Safe
way Stores, Inc. Ladd and
Jones, local contractors, are de
molishing the church.
According to Mark A. Goldy,
who handled the transfer of the
property from the First Metho
dist church to Safeway Stores,
Inc., several months ago, the
grocery concern will start eon.
istructloo of its new building
immediately upon completion ot
the church dismantling. The
work will be done by A. D.
Ford and Sons, Portland con
tractors. The structure will be
completed and open for business
In 80 to 90 days, Goldy said.
Reinforced Concrete
The new market, designed by
non . neeney, locar archie
tect. will have a Kn.rt
age at 802-510 West Main
street, will be 140 feet in depth
along the alley Intersecting
mam ana oixin streets and will
be 172 feet In deDth on the eaat
side toward Oakdale avenue.
It will be constructed of rev
inforced concrete, with a con
crete floor and a composition
roof, and will be modern in
every respect.
The spacious parkin lot will
be located at the corner of Main
street and Oakdale avenue and
continue along Oakdale avenue
the entire depth of the lot,
whose dimensions art 100 by
165 by 239 feet.
It was not known whether
Safeway Stores, Inc., which
already operates two store in
Medford, would discontinue one
of them when the new market
la completed.
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If. S. Contribslins la
War on Many Frosts
Roosevelt Decl&rcs
Washington, Jan. 20. VPh
President Roosevelt assured a
press conference today that the
United State was contributing
to the war against the axis in
almost every part of the globe.
He said he could not be spe
cific. But he told reporters to
look at a map of the world and
they could assume that we were
doing something there. Staff
talks, he said, cover offense.
defense, all the continents, every
one of the seven seas, war
supplies and the movement of
things, ships and human beings
from on part of the wot Id to
another.
The chief executive'! remark
were ot a type to give reassur
ance to China and Australia,
where some uneasiness has been
reported over the possibility
that American supplies might
go more into the battle against
Hitler than into the fight against
Japan.
AIR CRASH KILLS TRIO
Boundary Bay, B. C. Jan. 20.
IIP) Two atudent pilot and an
Instructor were killed near the
No. 18 elementary flying train
ing school here yesterday when
a Royal Canadian air force
training plane collided with
another.
CRASH KILLS TWO
Tacoma, Jan. 20. A) Two
women from Astoria, Ore., were
killed today when their automo
bile was in collision with an
army truck nine mile south ot
here on the Paclflo highway.
The dead were: Grace Kaasin,
19, and Edith Jensen, 25.