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News Behind
The News
by Paul Mallcn
Washington, Jan. 21 Jap suc
cesses in the "impenetrable"
Jungle of Malaya is not hard to
under stand.
Their tactics
have contrib
uted nothing
new to war
fare. No new
weapons have
been unveiled.
To get a notion
of what hap
pened there
(to disturb
iiiln world 1
Paul Mallon
nations of do-1
fense security)
tt Is necessary first to appreel-)
ate that the ncninsnla i Tint ill
Jungle. Tin and rubber indus-1
tries have built fairly good roads
through much of the territory
along the coast. They- raised
towns and villages, nearly all
furnished with air fields, as the
airplane was a common means
of commercial transportation.
Much of the ground is prairie
like and suitable to tank war
fare. The British defense relied on
the sea on one side, the Jungle
on the other and overestimated
the defense nature of rice fields
(through which Jap tanks rolled
without much effort).
The flank protection of the
sea and Jungle was broken
down by the elementary Jap
device of circumvention. When
the British formed a strong line,
the Japs merely moved around
it on,., both sides with small
bodies of troops. ' '
. . .
T3X Jungle side was penetrat
ed by especially trained Jap
troops, armed with machetes to
cut a path to the British rear.
(Continued on Page Pour)
reds Celebrate
Br the Associated Press
Russia celebrated her greatest
victory of the war today as the
Red armies drove six miles be
yond fallen Mozhaisk, 57 miles
west of Moscow, in pursuit of
Adolf Hitler's battered invaders
along the Napoleonic road of
) retreat to Smolensk.
Simultaneously, a bulletin
from Hitler's field headquarters
acknowledged that Soviet troops
had broken through German
lines on the upper Donets river
presumably in the fierce bat
tle for the big Donets river steel
city of Kharkov, Russia s "Pitts
burgh" in the Ukraine.
Radio Highlights
(Time Is Pacific Standard)
Tonight: MBS 8:15 Fight In
fantile Paralysis, Paul V. Mc
Nutt; 7:45. Dean Austin Pardue
on "Our Morale."
Thursday: The War 8:55
Blue; 6 CBS; 7 MBS: 7:15 Blue
MBS; 8 MBS: 8:15 MBS: 9 CBS
MBS; 10:45 NBC and Blue; 11
OMBS; 12:55 p. m., CBS; 1 MBS;
1:45 CBS, MBS; 1:55 Blue; 3
CBS, MBS; 3:25 NBC; 3:45 CBS
Blue.
SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
New City Treasurer Oris
Crawford passing out cigars and
candy at council meeting.
Poleeece Chief Clatous Mc
Credie and Doc L. Dow Inskeep
keeping up an animated conver
sation all through council meet
ing, their mumbling being at
least 10 decibels above ordinance-reading
Frank FarreU's
best.
Councilman Clarence Meeker
wishing Copco would talk in
terms of the understandable
"watt" instead of the unintel
ligible 'lumen" in discussing
light contracts.
WARSHIPS AIDING I Aam8t
EFFORT TO HALT
E
Admission From Tokyo Re
veals Allied Ships Firing
On Nippons- In Malay.
Br Roger D. Greene
(Associated Press War Editor)
Allied warships were report
ed shelling Japan's invasion
armies swarming down the Ma
lay coast 60 miles north of
Singapore today, and the
United Nations were further
heartened by President Roose-
vein disclosure that "the YanKs
are coming" with A.E.F. van-
guards already in action or en
route to far-flung battle zones.
In the Philippines, a war de
partment bulletin said Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's valiant
American-Filipino defense forces
had driven back the Japanese
invaders with heavy losses "in
particularly savage fighting" on
the Batan peninsula.
Jap Losses Heavy
The communique said Japan
ese troops had gained "some in
itial successes" by infiltrations
and frontal attack near the cen
ter of the line before counter
attacking U. S. army forces
hurled them back and. recap
tured all lost ground.
Enemy losses were very
heavy," the communique said.
"Our casualties were relatively
moderate."
Far north of the main battle
sector, , in upper Luzon island,
the war department said a guer
rilla band of Gen. MacArthur's
forces staged a surprise raid on
a Japanese airfield at Tugue
garao, killing 110 enemy troops
and putting 300 others to
flight.
Colncldentally, the Russian
army newspaper Red Star esti
mated that about 6,000 Ameri
can and 32,000 Filipino native
troops were opposing - 100,000
Japanese in Luzon.
An official Tokyo broadcast
asserted that allied warships
had entered the critical battle
of Singapore even as Japan's
navy minister, Vice Admiral
Shigetaro Shimada, boasted that
the Japanese navy "virtually
commands the Pacific from
Malaya and the Indies to the
west coast of the United States."
To jo Boastful
On the same exultant note.
Premier Gen. Hideki Tojo as
serted that Japan planned "in
creasingly vigorous operations"
in the Pacific and would con
tinue fighting until the United
States and Britain were
"brought to their knees."
Japanese front-line dispatches
said battle flags of the rising
sun were advancing southward
along the Malayan west coast
"in spite of gunfire from enemy
ships" in the Strait of Malacca.
which lies between the Malay
peninsula and tte Dutch East
Indies island of Sumatra.
British military quarters con
ceded that Japanese troops, ap
parently arriving in small boats
which hugged the shore, con-
tinued to land along the Malay
coast during the past 24 hours.
striking ahead of the main Jap
anese invasion army to harass
the British west flank
$65.52 Collected
In Warplane Drive
Contents of half of the 100
tins being used In the Redmen
Pocahontas "pe n n y -a -plane"
campaign were collected for the
first time yesterdav and the pen
nies totalled 165 52. it was an
nounced at a meeting of the
lndges last night. The other 50
cans were to be emptied today.
The tins were first put out
around town a week ago yester
day. The money is to be sent di
rectly to the secretary of war
for use in paying for fighter
planes.
BEACH BAN CLARIFIED
Astoria, Ore., Jan. 21. tJP
The army said yesterday that
northern Clatsop county beaches
except those in the immediate
vicinity of military installations
would remain open to the pub
lie. The announcement eUrified
an order which was believed at
fi'st to prohibit the use of re
sort beaches and commercial
clam-digging areas
Enrique RuU Gulnasu. Argeo
Una's foreign minister (above),
says his country will not partici
pate In any move that would
involve her in "belligerent or
pre-belligerent actions" against
the axis.
Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 21. (IP)
The defense committee of the
Pan American conference unani
mously adopted a resolution to
day expressing sympathy for
axis-occupied countries and as
suring recognition to their gov
ernments in exile.
Delegates said the Dig test Of
Pan American solidarity action
on the resolution to break off
relations with the axis which
Argentina has said she would
oppose would not come to com
mittee vote until tomorrow.
Hopes that Argentina might
fall into line on the proposal to
break relations with the axis
were dealt a blow last night by
Argentina s acting president, Ra
mon S. Castillo, who said his
government could not modify
its attitude toward the proposal.
E SAVI
PLEDGE CAMPAIGN
The general response was ex
cellent on the first day of the
national defense savings bond
pledge campaign, Moore Hamil
ton, director, stated today.
The house to house canvass
will continue for a week and
much of the calling will have
to be transferred to the evening
because so few persons are home
during the day, Mr. Hamilton
said.
The campaign started off aus
piciously for Mr. Hamilton him
self. Right after sunup a patri
otic business man and World
war 1 veteran called upon Mr.
Hamilton and pledged to buy a
$100 bond every month. Several
other such pledges were made
during the day, the director
said, adding, however, that
pledges of any amount, includ
ing a ten-cent stamp, are Just as
welcome because the pledge
campaign is Intended to show
the government bow much de
fense stamp and bond money
can be expected regularly eacb
week and month.
"No one should pledge more
than he feels he can afford to
keep up regularly," Mr. Hamil
ton said.
Cupid Takes Holiday
Since First of Year
A lull has come in activities
of Dan Cupid in Jackson coun
ty, and so far this month only
nine marriage licenses have been
Issued by the county clerk s of
fice. Another license department is
also not doing so well. So far,
only 69 dog licenses have been
issued. The fee is $1.50 per dog.
irrespective of sex. March 1 is
final date for procuring a II-
I cense, without payment of a
I penalty, heretofore $1.
I CONFEREES
VOICE SYMPATHY
- FOR CONQUERED
Nelson to Abolish PM
L
TRAILERJNFLUX
Ten-Year Renewal of Coico
Franchise Is Approved
Up Contractor License.
Anticipating an Influx of
transient army cantonment
workers, the city council last
night adopted a comprehensive
ordinance regulating trailers
and trailer camps.
The ordinance pertained prin
cipally to health and sanitation.
A license fee of S3 was estab
lished. The council approved a ten-
year renewal of a franchise and
a lighting contract with the Cali
fornia Oregon Power company.
Aside from minor changes in
phraseology, both franchise and
contract were identical with the
existing ones which are expir
ing. City Attorney Frank P Far
rell said. Councilman Harold
Frye stated calculations he made
showed the franchise to be fav
orable to the city and Mr. Far
rell said it was superior to the
average city franchise.
To Push Walk Repair
The city attorney was author
ized to bring such proceedings
as may be necessary to accomp
lish the repair of sidewalks
which are considered hazardous
and assess the cost against the
abutting property. Councilman
Frank J. Runtz reported that
over the past, few years about
600 sidewalks have been re
paired by the property owners
themselves but that 171 walks
where notices have been served
remain to be done, the . total
cost being estimated at about
$1700.
On recommendation of the
building and light committee,
the license fee for electrical con
tractors was increased from $50
to $100 for the first year and
from $25 to $50 for renewals:
The electrical merchandise li
cense was retained, merchants
previously having petitioned for
its repeal; and T. H. Barry war
appointed a deputy plumbing
inspector, his compensation to
be part of the fees collected.
Councilman Larry Schade said
the electrical contractors them
selves asked for the fee in
crease. A retail beer class C license
was granted Charles Bateman
for the restaurant he plans open
ing at 127 East Sixth street, the
former Japanese-owned Diam
ond cafe.
The council approved sale of
lot 21, block 2, Kenwood addi
tion, to Lee E. Watson for the
appraised price of $175.
Councilman C. H. Herman
was absent.
FARE INCREASE
Washington, Jan. 21. (IP)
The Interstate commerce com
mission granted today an in
crease of approximately 10 per
cent in railroad passenger fares.
except for special rates to mem
bers of the military or naval
forces on furlough and certain
extra fares applying to particu
lar trains.
The order did not cover the
railroads' application for a sim
ilar increase in freight rates,
which the commission said it
still has under consideration.
ALERT AIR CONTROLLER
PREVENTS BLACKOUT
San Francisco, Jan. 21 (IP)
Alertness of a controller on duty
at the fourth interceptor com
mand in establishing the Identi
ty of an approaching airplane as
friendly and thereby preventing
a complete blackout of the San
Francisco bay region early to
day was commended by head
quarters of the fourth army and
western defense command.
Tires and Tubes
Slashed, Ruined;
100 Must Walk
Hanover, Pa., Jan. 21. (IP)
Three hundred automobiles
and tractor tires and tubes
were slashed and ruined here
last night by an unidentified
vandal, or vandals, who broke
into garages and showrooms.
Chief of Police Jesse
Crabbs said 100 business men,
farmers and defense workers
are unable to use their ma
chines as a result of the de
struction. Crabbs expressed belief
that the same instrument
"probably a sharp knife"
wa used on all the tires.
INTERNING OF ALL
WEST COAST JAPS
Washington. Jan. 21. (IP)
Rep. Leland M. Ford (R-Calif. )
said in a statement today that
he was taking up with govern
ment officials "the seriousness
of the Japanese situation on the
west coast" and advocated mov
ing all Japanese, native born
and alien, to concentration
camps.
Ford said ha was taking up
the question with the secretaries
of state, war, navy and the FBI.
Ha said the question was "rath
er touchy in some quarters due
to the fact many Japanese are
native born.
"He feels that these native-
born Japanese may not be any
more loyal than are the foreign
born," the statement said, "but
stated that again there may be
those who are loyal and there
fore he is taking the position
that those who are loyal, if they
really are, should be willing to
acquiese in the movement of all
Japanese people to whatever lo
cation the military authorities
think they ought to be. and de
velops the fact that otfier loyal
Americans are enlisting in the
army and navy and air forces
and are willing to give their
lives for their country, and if
these men are willing to make
their contribution to the safety
and welfare of the country, he
believes it is not asking too
much of the Japanese to make
theirs In the form of permitting
inemseives to be placed in con
centration camps, although they
may De loyal."
JACK DEMPSEY TAKES
STATE GUARD RATING
New York. Jan. 21. UP)
Former heavyweight champion
Jack Dcmpsey, who was refused
by the army because of his age,
46, was sworn in today as a
lieutenant in the New York
state guard and assigned as
aide-de-camp to the command
ing general, Major General Wil
liam Ottman.
Vashon, Wash.. Jan. 21-W)
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Smith
swelled with pride when son
John won an appointment to
Annapolis. They were proud
again when son George was cho
sen for West Point. John and
George are twins.
Defense Profits Control Bill
Is Result of Blunt Criticism
Washington, Jan. 21. VP)'
Far-reaching legislation to com
pel "special Interest" groups to
submit accountings of their
funds and to limit profits on
defense work was prepared to
day to meet the house naval
'jmmlttM's blunt criticism of
practices It declared were cur
rent. Chairman Vinson (D., Ga.)
said he would Introduce immed
iately a bill to require "big
chambers of commerce, labor
unions and all special interest
groups" to report to a federal
agency their assets, liabilities,
contributions and expenditures.
Wall-Informed congressional
SUPPLY OF MILK
TO BEJISCUSSED
Meeting Tonight at Court
House To Be Attended By
Producers, Distributors.
The problems facing southern
Oregon dairymen in providing
an adequate supply of approved
market milk for the army can
tonment and the considerable
increase in civilian population
expected in this area will be
discussed at a meeting of pro
ducers and distributors in the
county courthouse tonight at
7:30. All producers and distribu
tors are urged to attend.
The' meeting was called by
the planning committee of the
dairy Industry in this section,
Frank R. Rowe, representative
of the Oregon Milk Control
Board In this district, Robert
Fowler, county agent and Paul
Carpenter, farm economist con
nected with the extension serv
ice at Oregon State college.
Need Big Supply
Mr. Rowe said the canton
ment will tax to the utmost the
dairy facilities of the Rogue
River valley. He explained that
the production of fluid market
milk for human consumption
must conform to rigid sanitary
rules and regulations as laid
down by the sanitary author
ities.
Citing figures, ha said that
the total production of market
milk by dairymen in the Med
ford, Ashland and Grants Pass
districts for December, 1941,
was 87,000 gallons, and estimat
ed that the demand to care for
the cantonment and the ' in
creased civilian population
would be 185,000 gallons alter
the camp was occupied, and
105,000 gallons during lis con
struction.
Sales in the bottle and can
trade for December totaled
75.000 gallons, leaving a surplus
of 12,000 gallons, much of which
went into ice cream and otner
products, he stated.
British Primate Who
Forced Edward Out
Will Resign Office
London. Jan. 21. (IP) The
Archbishop of Canterbury, pri
mate of all England and a cen
tral figure in forcing the abdi
cation of King Edward VIII, an
nounced today he would resign
March 31 to make way for a
younger man.
The archbishop, the Most Rev
erend and Right Honorable Cos
mo Gordon Lang, was 77 years
old last October 31 and has been
the Archbishop of Canterbury
since July 27, 1928.
Vichy, Unoccupied Franca
Jan. 21. (IP) Thirty-three ml
ners were killed and 30 injured
today in a fire-damp explosion
in a coal mine at St. Etlenne.
only important coal mining
town In unoccupied France,
circles said that such a program
had been discussed by Presi
dent Roosevelt with conferees
on labor legislation two months
ago.
At the same time, Vinson said
he was working on a second
bill designed to prevent the "ex
cessive and unconscionable"
profits which the committee de
clared some corporations had
made on naval contracts.
The Georgian said that the
legislation could not fairly be
based on a fixed percentage of
profit, but probably would be
built around average profits
over a given period of years.
The naval committee tent
in New
War Bulletins
Washington, Jan. 21 (JPh
The navy department an
nounced today two mora at
tacks en steamers by enemy
submarines off the Atlantic
coast with one ship sunk, the
other believed sunk, and a
list of 41 men dead and miss
ing. The steamers were the
American ship City of Atlan
ta, which was sunk either by
shell fire or torpedoeing, and
the Latvian steamer Clltvalra.
Cairo. -Egypt. Jan. 21. W)
The worst sand and rain
storms seen la Libya in 10
years are hampering the
movements of British land
and air forces attempting to
strike at Gen. Erwin Rom
mel's axis forces along the
Gulf of Sirte, British bead
quarters said today.
LOSS OF TRAINS
SET FOR JAN. 26
Grants Pass, Jan. 21. (AV
A preliminary PUC Investiga
tion will be held Jan. 26 at I
Salem on Southern Pacific aban
donment of cassenaer service in
part of southern Oregon. Com-
raissioner . Qrmond" Bean .
nounced In Salem today.
The hearing in Yreka has
been postponed to February .
according to word received
here late this afternoon.
Plans have been made her
for representatives of the Jack
son county court, the city and
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce to attend a 'hearing
the California railroad commis
sion is to conduct In Yreka, Cel.,
next Monday on the Southern
Pacific company s action in dis
continuing the last remaining
train service for passengers and
mail between the Rogue River
valley and northern California,
Frank Hull, chamber of com
merce manager said today.
If the hearing in Salem should
be held on the same day, as the
announcement from Grants Pass
states, mere win ds a acnoue
conflict and a division In the
strength that otherwise cor.ld be
mustered, it was pointed out.
There has been indication of a
growing lack of confidence In
the southern Oregon leadership
in the railroad deal, there being
a feeling that Yreka and Siski
you county of California have
shown greater resourcefulness
and persistence than have been
manifest here.
In this connection it has been
Indicated that the Ashland
Chamber of Commerce Is look
ing more to Yreka for leader
ship than to Medford. The rail
road protest for southern Oregon
communities was placed in the
hands of Nlel R. Allen of 6ranU
Pass.
Despite the war Rotary clubs
are carrying on In Sweden, Fin
land and Switzerland.
voluminous report to the house
yesterday summarizing Its in
vestigation of 19,088 naval con
tracts. All members approved
the report as a whole, but nine
dissented sharply from the ma
jority's findings regarding labor.
The heavily-documented re
port made these observations:
Manufacturers as a whole
should not be criticized, but In
view of the fact that many made
profits far above 7 percent
the highest was 247 percent on
a small order "the necessity is
clearly indicated for measures
to be taken to prevent exces
sive and unconscionable pro
fits.'' .
Set-Up
I WAR PRODUCTION
CHAIRMAN PLANS
FULLJTHORITY
Six Major Divisions Under
Board To Displace Con
tract Distribution Unit,
Washington, Jan. 21 (JPy
Donald M. Nelson announced to
day he would abolish the office
of production management and
bring all of its functions and
activities under his authority a
chairman of the new war pro
duction board.
Nelson told a press conference
he was setting up'six major divi
sions under the board, eliminat
ing the old contract distribution
division entirely, and incorpor
ating the priorities and alloca
tions system under a new divuv
ion of Industry operations charg
ed with full responsibility for
the conversion of all possible
American industry to war pro
duction. He said an Important branch
of the new set-up would be a,
requirements committee, head
ed by William L. Batt, Philadel
phia Industrialist, and composed
of representatives of the army,
navy, lend-lease administration
and all other agencies concerned
w" producttoii of raw mats.
The reorganization, "effective.
as soon as the orders can be
drawn," was described by the
war production chief as an In
terim plan subject to possible
future revision.
"Any revolutionary change
would only bring delay", he
commented.
As a first move In the conver
sion program. Nelson appointed
Ernest Kanzler, long-time asso
ciate of Henry Ford and former
ly In charge of Ford production,
to head up the automobile con
version program with "all the
authority I've got to get that
Job done."
Illlustratlnf the authority
delegated to Kanzler, Nelson
asserted:
"If there are tools in Ford's)
factory that are needed In Gen
eral Motors they will be
moved over."
Last night Nelson command
ed the automobile Industry to
halt production February 1 and
turn its full power to war pro
duction. Allotment to Faslly
by Enlisted Eea Has
Army, Navy Support
Washington, Jan. ll(AP
War and navy department sup
port "in principle" was claimed!
by interested legislators today
for proposed legislation requir
ing enlisted men In the armed!
services to allot $15 of their
monthly pay to dependent wive
and children, with the govern
ment matching or bettering that
with an additional allowance to)
families.
Such was the system adopter!
six months after the United
States entered the world war in
1917. Before the armistice, about
400,000 men were making allot
ments to relatives struggling in
the economic backwash of the
war.
Rep. Edmlston (D-W. Va.) in
troduced the new legislation
after conferences with leaders of
veterans' organizations. He said
today that service officials fa
vored its objective, but ques
tioned its government allow
ances, in some Instances much
higher than those In the 191V
act. The measure would covet
regulars as well as selectees.
BARRACKS COMMANDER '
Vancouver, Wash., Jan. 31--V
Lieut-Col. Raymond F. Ed
wards, Fort Custer, Mich., infan
try officer, wv named yester
day as new post commander for
Vancouver Barracks. He will re
place Lleut.-Col. J. W. Crlssy,
who has held the position ta
months. '