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u Sunday Want Ad Masy people pnrer Uu luo r awmlBf eeitloa for tkdr Want Ada. If roo on oao of UU aooiber m Is Iho Moie. to prepare joar copy. A At In koforo t:M Boioraoy T. M. wUl oe cuuoirkd. Keep 'Em Flying Mebford Tribune Boy OefcsM Stamp or Bonao from yoor bonk, otorea, pa per carriers, or post offlc. Bon ml aid. Full Associated Prow United Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1942. NO. 262. II Kf BliBi 5 u News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, Jan. 23. Navy Secretary Knox has been trim med behind the ears both in congress ana d o w ntown since his speech announcing the Atlantic was clear (a day or so before . the Nazi subs ap peared), and p r o c 1 aiming Hitler our ma jor enemy, to the dismay of root Molloa the Chinese. A man not so far from Mr. Roosevelt has observed that the subs apparently came for Chur chill, "but might get Knox." (meaning, of course, Mr. Knox's official position). A group of four congressional leaders went so far as to discuss the matter with Mr. Roosevelt. They (Barkley, George, Rayburn and McCormack) talked about Issuing a public statement on the "major enemy" angle to let China know officially that Knox should not be taken too liter ally. It was decided Senator George would compose a short wave speech to the Chinese peo ple. Mr. Roosevelt made it clear subsequently in his press confer ence, that the battle of the Far East is being waged harder than the battle of the Atlantic. Oft heard in congressional cloakroom was the advice that "Knox should run the navy and quit making speeches." IF you are perplexed to under- stand why labor's No. .1 ag gressor, John Lewis, has sudden ly sprouted wings of peace, you are not alone. Bill Green's right hand public relations man in' AFL, Philip Pearl, is writing with lifted eyebrow, In the cur rent issue of the AFL bulletin: "What new form Of skulldug gery is John Lewis up to now?" My guess is that Lewis wanted to remove the political curse (Continued on in)' till DUE FORJEARING Washington, Jan. 23. (AP Chairman Chandler (D-Ky.) said today a military affairs subcom mittee had ordered hearings next week on President Roosevelt's nomination of William S. Knud aen, former OPM chief, as a lieu tenant general in the army. Chandler said Senator Austin of Vermont, the assistant Repub lican leader, had asked that the hearing be held. Chairman Reynolds (D-NO of the full committee said he had turned over to the subcommittee several telegrams of protest against the Knudsen appoint ment. Reynolds said most of these telegrams complained that the elevation of a civilian to th hish military post would have an ad verse euect on army morale. Radio Highlights (Time Is Pacific Standard) Tonight: CBS 8:15, Infantile paralysis drive. Blue 7:45, Justice Frank Murphy on "Challenge to Our National Character. Saturday: CBS 1 p. m. St. Paul Winter Carnival, Gov. Stas sen. Blue 8:30 a. m., Ask Young America, forum. MBS 1:30 Palm Beach horse racing. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Chauncey Brewer scraping and painting buggy that he plans to hitch to his horse and use for transportation, hoping to save on rubber tires. Ted Crawford giving an ad vance audition to Craterian em ployes of organ novelties to be presented at the theatre starting Sunday. m 33,000 NEW SHIPS PROVIDED FOR IN E Plant Expansion, Armor, Ammunition and Radio Also Authorized in Bill. - Washington, Jan. 23 An unprecedented $12,523,872, 474 appropriation for 33,000 new war planes was approved by the house with little debate today and sent to the senate. Passage was on a roll call vote, announced as 389 to 0. No opposition developed In debate to the huge fund, but argument over an additional $30,000,000 appropriation for the controversial Douglas power dam In the Tennessee Valley Authority delayed for a while passage of the omnibus measure.- About 75 percent of the big appropriation would be spent on planes themselves and the rest would be allocated to plant expansion facilities, armor, am munition and radio, explosive and Incendiary supplies. At the last minute, the house added $800,000 for state de partment foreign service trans portation costs. Opening debate on the un precedented appropriation the largest single military fund in the. history of congress Chair man Cannon (D., Mo.) of the house appropriations committee tpld his colleagues' "The whole issue of this war depends n tektog and holding control of the air In every theater of the war. "Until we have secured con trol over the Russian front, the Mediterranean and the Pacific we cannot begin our first step toward winning the war." TOO MUCH ROWING OVER LEADERSHIP CLUBWOMEN TOLD Washington, Jan. 23. (IP) Mrs. John L. Whitehurst of Bal timore, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, told 1,200 clubwomen from all parts of the nation today that she had never known the wom en to quarrel so bitterly" for places of leadership as they are doing In the war program. "Selfishness Is dominating our people today," Mrs. Whitehurst asserted, and warned that blck ering over places of preferment could cause the downfall of democracy. "Hitler has stated many times" she said, "that due to our hetero geneous mass of people ' we would be easy to conquer, that we would fight among ourselves until we would weaken our de fense mechanism." Mrs. Whitehurst did not spare the men, saying they had the same shortcomings as women. Mrs. Lafell Dicklsson, of Keene, N. H., federation first vice president, urged the women not to hoard. The club women were called here for a series of defense for ums. E OF LEG Toronto, Jan. 23. Canadian Press) Premier Mitchell Hep burn said today that the On tario provincial government had called upon Dr. John Lalng Mc Donald, orthopedic specialist of Toronto, to study a muscular ailment, (suspected atrophy) In the leg of Marie, one of the Dlonne quintuplets. Hepburn said an advance re port on the little girl was "not alarming" but was such that the government had decided on a consultation and examination to be held next Sunday at the nursery in Callender. Tuia-where ft .. , Gorman prisoners of war trudge through the snows near Tula, hsadod for prison camp. It was htre that the Gormans met the full blast of winter and Russia points to Tula as the turning point of the invasion tide. Reds Advance in Snowstorm To Surprise German Forces London, Jan. 23. (AP) Advancing behind the curtain of a blinding snowstorm, red army units tonight were reported to have launched a surprise attack on German - positions In the 40-mlle sector between Novgorod and the Moscow-Leningrad railway in a drive to flank the Leningrad boslogersi -i - '"Coupled with hews "of this. fierce drive, which had develop ed the "most violent fighting of the new year," came fresh bul letins stating that in the Ukraine Marshal Semcon Timoshenko's forces were continuing to- ad vance along a 100-mile front be tween Kursk and Kharkov, a Russian Pittsburgh. One military observer declared this push already might have won back Orel which, ho said, "has been nearly encircled for a fortnight." "The Russian statement that 44 towns and villages have been reoccupied in this area should be the fore-runner of big news,", he' added. No Mora Rubber for Girdle Manufactsre After February 1st Washington, Jan. 23. P) Sorry, girls, but the war pro duction board confirmed that bad news about girdles today. After February 1, an order declared, no more crude rubber or latex may be used in manu facturing girdles or other foun dation garments, golf and tennis balls, erasers, bathing suits and caps, lawn and garden hose and hundreds of other . common household items. Extending already strict gov ernment control over the rub ber Industry, the board made public a long list of "ewentlsl" products which may be manu factured; established production quotas for each class of pro ducts, and directed that use of crude rubber for a wide variety of "essential" civilian goods be reduced about 75 percent below recent annual consumption. E TO MODIFIED ACT Bueno Aires, Jan. 23. MP Argentina now has agreed to a modified resolution calling for a Pan-American dip! o m a 1 1 e break with the axis, a foreign office source said tonight The other nation had threat ened to vote on the measure to morrow whether or not Ar gentina's support was forthcom ing. A compromise again was effected, this source said. Argentina had sought repeat edly to weaken the declaration to make it mere recommenda tion instead of a statement of forthright action in support of the United States' war effort Nazis Met uP Via y r & a v , . m i s u -ow a" tiliillotAlliiiiailoTiioWJiliiioWtot ON ENEMY SUBS BY Washington, Jan. 23. (AP) A navy spokesman said today that "some" of the enemy sub marines which have been and are still operating off the United States Atlantic coast would never return home. Whether these subs have been captured or destroyed the spokes man did not make clear. At the same time he urged the public to give out no information about specific destruction or capturing of undersea craft, declaring that by thus helping to make psycho logical warfare on the enemy. every American can make his contribution to the navy's world wide effort to eliminate the enemy submarine menace." The spokesman declared that two way traffic is satisfactorily on the decline," as far as sub marines Invading United States territorial waters are concerned. "But there will be no Informa tion given out about the fata of the enemy excursionists who don't get home, until that In formation is no longer of aid and comfort to the enemy." California to Scan Alien Land Holdings In Rich Farm Areas San Francisco, Jan. 23 (IP) California decided' today to check up on alien land holdings In the state, with especial refer ence to the legality of Japanese occupation of farm areas. Many Japanese occupy truck gardens In the coastal counties, and farms In the rich Sacramen to and San Joaquin valleys ' Attorney General Earl War ren announced today he was calling a conference for Feb. 2 Of sheriffs and district attorneys of the counties most affected. In this conference an Investigation will be launched Into the alien land situation. There has been a good deal of apathy about the whole thing," Warren said. London, Jan. 23. CAP) Tur key has banned the sale of the German propaganda news maga- sine Signal, distributed by the millions over Europe, Reuters said today in a dispatch from Ankara. with wbte TO OUTBUILD ALL Washington, Jan. 23. (AP) With "good strong foundations" already established, America is on its way today to "outbuilding the world" In planes and tanks the "two most Important wea pons" In modern war and is stepping up rapidly all lines of war output. Moreover, said a red, white and blue bordered "report to the nation" issued by the newly formed office of facts and fig ures, the navy has 346 new com bat vessels under construction double its present strength; con tracts have been let for 099 mer chant ships; the army Is expand ing toward a possible 7,000,000 men, and economic warfare is proceeding on world-wide fronts. . The report, first official sum mary of the defense-war effort since the government clamped down on publication of produc tion figures several months ago, was prepared at the request of President Roosevelt. It covered the period from the fall of France in 1940 to Pearl Harbor and on to the end of 1941. Archibald MacLelsh. director of O. F. F. (He also is librarian of congress) described American industry as having passed the period of transition and said that while In a sense the "real work is only now beginning," a tre mendous start has been made and the Job ahead "will be done." BODIES OF THREE Baltimore, Jan. 23 (IP) Two married sisters, one of them shot and the other stabbed, and an unidentified man, also shot, were found early today on a bush-lined roadside near Catons ville, Baltimore suburb. Baltimore county police, re porting they found neither knife nor pistol near the scene, said It was possible the women and the man were slain elsewhere and their bodies dumped beside the road. The women were Identified as Mrs. Helen Johnson, 21, and her sister, Mrs. Irene Carter, 32. Leonard Johnson of Alberton, Mr., husband of Mrs. Johnson, made the identification, police Mid. japs Strike at Australia HEARING ON S. P. Commissioner Bean Delays Preliminary Meeting Until Presidio Conference. Grants Pass, Jan. 23. (AP) Public Utilities Commissioner Ormond Bean has postponed the preliminary investigation set for January 28 at Salem to hear southern Oregon protests over abandonment of Southern Pacific railroad service earlier this month. Bean said In Salem today he had been instructed by Governor Charles A. Sprague to confer with army authorities at the Pre sidio, San Francisco, and there to obtain any testimony which the army might not wish to dis close at a public hearing. Chambers of commerce, may ors, and county judges of Jose phine and Jackson counties have protested abandonment of pas senger rail service from the Rogue River valley to California. Frank Hull, manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, said the request for the San Francisco consultation came from headquarters of the fourth army and was relayed by Gov, sprague. o- far waa known here, there- has been no change In the plana of the Call forma railroad commission to hold a public hearing in Yreka, cai., February 9 on discontinu ance of the train service. Hull said he was Informed that Bean would issue a clarifying statement after the conference with the army authorities. i Lad Who Killed Trio On Hemlslon Ranch Faces Gas Chamber Pendleton, Ore.. Jan. 23 UP) John A. Soto faced the state's lethal gas chamber today for a triple slaying near Hermiston on Sept 29. A circuit court jury convicted the 17-year-old escapee from a California reformatory after de liberating two hours and 20 min utes late yesterday. He was charged with first de gree murder in the deaths of Mrs. Cora Tobln, farm operator, Kenneth Gorsuch, her son, and Marvin Adams, her nephew. Shortly after his arrest at Kennewlck, Wash., he was quot ed as saying, "they found out about me." Sheriff Boad said Soto escaped from the Eld ridge, Calif., reformatory on July 7, 1941, where he was serving a term for extortion. His attorneys asked acquittal on the grounds of Insanity. Tojo Reveals Attempt For Peace With China Tokyo, Jan. 23. (Official Broadcast Recorded by AP) Addressing parliament this after noon. Premier General Hldekl Tojo reiterated Japanese willing ness to accept any Chungking overtures for peaceful reconcilia tion If that regime change It attitude. He declared that although Japan ha been fighting Chung king for five years, she still re gards China as a sister nation and ha not changed her mind about receiving Chungking with open arms if she on(y rectifies her mistaken Ideas. London, Jan. 23. (AP) Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Chinese ambassador to London, told a press conference today he doubt ed "very much" the rumor that China might conclude a separate peace with Japan. Tokyo. Jan. 23. (Official 1 Foreign Minister Shtgenorl Togo i told the house of representative War Bulletins London. Jan. 23. Elevea persons, nine of them women or girls, were killed and ethers wounded and miss lag la daylight raid today by single Gorman bomber on a town la East Anglla. The bombs foil la a congested working class London. Jan. 23 V Royal air force bombers car rled out a concentrated attack oa Muenster last Bight, the air ministry announced today. Mew York, Jan. tiJP) The British radio relayed to day a report that Chinese guerrillas had crossed the Yel low sea and stormed Japan ese naval headquarters oa Yoko Island, off the coast of Korea. CBS recorded the BBC broadcast. AXIS RECAPTURES AGEDABIA IN NEW AFRICAN EFFORT Cairo, Jan. 23. (AP) Gen. Erwln Rommel's mechanised desert army, apparently making a desperate new bid for axis re conquest of eastern Libya, has recaptured Agedabla in a thrust 90 miles northeast el El Ageila where the axis forces made their stand, 'the British announced of ficially today. Indicating strong aerial rein forcements had bolstered Rom mel's counter attack, the British headquarters ' war bulletin si the axis advance was "strongly covered by German and Italian bomber aircraft with fighter pro tection.". American-built Kitty hawk (Curtlss) fighters of the Austral ian air force attacked the axis formations and brought down three planes. Including diva bomber. At the same time RAT bomb ers raided concentrations of axis motor transport in the battle area. (A reuters report that there were 400 vehicles In this concen tration pointed up the weight of the axis push.) The communique, which said the axis forward movement was continuing, declared that "light covering forces - of Britain's eighth army" had withdrawn to positions east of Agedabla. COMPROMISE ON PRICES GOES OVER TO MONDAY Washington, Jan. IS UP) The house todsy postponed until Monday consideration of the final compromise on price con trol legislation. The senate had waited In re cess for more than two hours for the house to act on the con ference report on the price bill. today that at th very outset of the war In the Pacific Japan naa received assurance from th Soviet government that Russia would observe her neutrality pact with Japan to th letter. The foreign minister spoke a few minutes after Premier Gen eral Hldekl Tojo sold "war Is not on by money" and expressed confidence that Japan' resources in trained manpower would off set the material resource of th United States. Ho said Japan was assured of further triumphs "in greater east Asia" because she po missis the "manpower, training and mater ials necessary for prosecution of th wr. "In th first factor, which In cludes th quantity of men," Tojo said, "Japan tops the world. "So long a w have men train ed In S,000 year of history, we will not be defeated by America which relies on material strength, because after all war la ioudht by men," ARE INVADED BY SEA-BORNE FOES New Guinea. Solomon Is lands, Probably New Brit tain, In War Front Spread By Roger D. Or Associated Press War Editor -Japan's march of conquest struck directly toward Australia today as sea-borne Japanese troops landed In New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and prob ably New Britain In a sweep Jeopardizing not only the land down under" but also United States routes to the Pacific war zone. At Its nearest point, New Guinea is only 100 miles across the Torres strait from Cape York, northernmost tip of Aus tralia. Picture Darkens Blazing forth like a star-shell against the somber background of the Pacific struggle, a war department bulletin reported that Gen. Douglas MacArthuri heroic defenders In the Philip pines again had beaten off all Japanese . attacks yiUh bloody tosses. . ,. .. x -'-. . The communique said Japa nese assault troops, strongly re inforced,, had launched "ex tremely heavy" attacks la the past 24 hours only to be met by. a withering fire from Gen. Mae A r t h u r's American Filipino forces on Batan peninsula, across the bay from Manila. Gen. MacArthur reported the invaders were making almost continuous attack without re gard to losses. In general, the news was dark from fronts In the far Paclfla conflict, relieved by word from Washington that the United States was beginning to pour a stream of reinforcement Into what has been, until now, a lop sided struggle. Critical hours again were at hand In the battles of Malaya and Burma. Dutch heavy bombera and fighters lashed out at the Mika do's invasion horde (warming into th South Sea islands, scor ing 12 direct hits on eight Jap anese warships and transport la the Strait of Mac star, between. Dutch Borneo and Celebes .Triple X Military strategist empha sized th triple menace of Ja pan's newest thrusts: I. The war be been Drougnl to territory within easy striking distance of Australia. 2. Japan has forged new link In her chain of base stretching south and east for 2,800 miles from Tokyo to the Solomon Iilsnds. 2. Th united nation supply line to the Dutch East Indiaa, Singapore, Burma and China have been sharply endangered. From th base In New Guinea and in the 780-mile-long Solomon chain to th east. Japan may now command the vital Torres Strait between Aus tralia and New Guinea and force) allied shipping Into a 1,000-mU detour south of the Australia In swift alarm, Australia erd- blackouta In all el ties. militia unit were equipped with full battle ores, and the com monwealth war cabinet waa called In emergency sisslon. Urgent new appeal were asot to Washington and London stressing the need for reinforce ments. Gravity EatpaasUed Th local of th Japan landing In Now Oulnea was not given, but presumably th In vaders put ashore near of bombed Madang, en the north east coast, 4IV0 mile airline from Cap York, Australia, and 1400 mils from Australia' treat fort Oanria Mval I f r ,
