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Newspaper Page TextForm The Habit Tse Waal an the awrin Btaea foe kota har ul Mil. r. tossing tact Ada I habit with BHMt people It alfht py yon to form tb. habit. Eroy Say thera aia worthwhile ssortanltlai 1- Keep 'Em Flying Bay Defeat Stamp ar Hoedi from yoar bank, Tlnp antf loan aMotlatlont, Korea, paper carriers, or pott office. Sava and aid. TRIBUNE FORD Full Associated Press United Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1942. NO. 264. ft, V Med 1 Miff? : UN ULnM. Small, but Big Enough ' '-'J W -..'v jfwti - ) ( V'-J ' ) " i . i ' I-iK'' ' " i i ..3 J-.,,:, i CI Perhaps tha smallest man la Dockray (laft), 23-year-old cowboy from Capitan. N. M., it con vinced ba'a big anough to boat tha Japs. Dockray, nicknamad "Almost" mustered Roma halp bar to maka bis 4 feet 11 inehaa atand itib with Corp. Durrall Davis at Camp Callaa naar Sail Diago. Calif. Too ahort to qualify for tha draft, Willia got recruit ing officara to accept Mm by argulngi "Thoaa Japa aran't any big- gar wan ii News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, Jan. 28. A nazi rumor factory has been discov ered In Stockholm. It centers - . A U Grand hotel. a name full of movie spy Mstory. The nights are long, the wea ther cold and the Brannvin (Swedish vod ka stimulat ing. The hostel- raol Malloa ry Is over-run with nazi agents, bearing credentials from remote German newspapers unable to afford even a correspondent at home In Berlin. The official Nazi news agency DNB also presides there. Plenty of German money Is floating around, although it is necessary only to pay the bar bill in most instances. Swedish officials dare not risk the ire of the nazis. Hemmed in as they are by nazi might The Swedish press likewise furnishes fertile rumor soil as it ranges in Interest from straight communist to straight nazi. Hitler has even Installed a press attache at his Stockholm legation to make his machine complete. Out of this murky atmosphere has floated most of the stories of probable German collapse and of the troubles between Hitler and his generals. That is why most officials here do not believe this most comforting news that has come out of this war so far. They have full reports on the rumor factory, and they cannot con ceive of any Information displeas ing to Hitler escaping from Stockholm. Common suspicion Is that Hlt- Continued en Ff Four) LONO DAYS AHEAD Ontario, Ore., Jan. 20. Malheur county merchants said today that with daylight saving time coming into effect it will not get dark here during the summer until 10:30 p. m, - tha U. 8. irmr. Private Wlllla JAPS USE TRICKS T FORCES DEFENDING BATAN By Clark Lee With the U. S. Army, Baton Front, Jan. 21. (Delayed) The Japanese are trying every form of trickery aguinst Gen. Douglas MacArthur's defenders of Batan peninsula but the Americans refuse to be fooled. Take, for example, the Japan ese attempt to pass American sentries by dressing soldiers In American or Filipino uniforms. The Americans discovered an infallible way to detect them due to the Inability of the Japanese to pronounce the letter L, which they say as R. They simply pick a password with -numerous L's, such as lollapalooza. Sentries challenge approach ing figures and if the first two syllables of lollapalooze, for In stance, should come back as "Tor re" they open fire without wait ing to hear the remainder. - The Japanese also have resort ed to one of tha oldest tricks of Oriental warfare the setting off of firecrackers throughout the night along several sectors of the front. The Idea la to frighten and confuse the enemy but the Americans and Filipinos have re fused to be frightened or con fused. Japanese ' snipers are using fl ashless powder, which makes them difficult to detect In straight fighting, the fa natical Japanese disregard for human life has resulted In sev eral sectors of no man's land being piled high with Japanese bodies. Portland. Jan. 26. 4") The Oregon state Gideon cabinet yesterday announced plans for supplying copies of the New Testament to personnel of the armed services stationed in Ore gon or departing from the state. Ralph Arensmeler, Eugene. vice-president, said 63S.O0O cop ies had been provided service wen. FIRST CONTINGENT GREETED; Yankee Combat Troops Jour ney Overseas Less Than 2 Months After War Start A Port In Northern Ireland, Jan. 28. UP) The second AEF has arrived In northern Ireland, less than two months after tha United States went to war with Germany and Italy. The prompt arrival of this first contingent of United States army combat troops, in striking contrast to the later arrival of their - counterpart of the first AEF nearly a quarter of a cen tury before, greatly impressed the British. Ma). Gen. Russell P. Hartle, the commanding officer of the disembarking troops, stepped ashore first and was warmly wel comed by British officials and British and United States army officers. Band Plays . A band broke into the strains of "America" as he reached the end of the gangplank. A speech of welcome was de livered by Sir Archibald Sin clair, British air minister, after the troops had formed ranks in front of a flag-draped shed. Military censors prevented identification of the units In the new American expeditionary force or publication, of their ex act aumbers.' " The ships steamed slowly In to this port as a large group of American and British army of ficers and Journalists stood wait ing, straining their eyes to catch the first glimpse of the Yanks lined against the deck railings.- There was no announcement of plans for the troops, but it was understood that they were being taken to an encampment somewhere in northern Ireland. Immediately after announcing the arrival of the troops, the British broadcasting company noted tonight that there had been "slight enemy air activity" over northern Ireland but that there had been no damage or casualties.-' The BBC tonight on Its S p. m. (noon PST) program gave the general British public its first news of the arrival of American troops. BY T Washington, Jan. 26. W Angry. demands came from con gress members today for the ex pulsion of any "incompetents holding responsible position in the war effort and tor courta martial to mete out punishment on those responsible for the deb acle of Pearl Harbor. A furore of rare bitterness on both sides of Capitol Hill fol lowed the week-end report of a presidential Investigating com mission, blaming non-cooperation and "dereliction of duty" by Hawaii area commanders of the army and navy for success of the Japanese sneak attack on the great Pacific naval base. . Many senators and represen tatives asserted that the commis sion' conclusions pointed to a. pressing need for a super-command with control over the op erations of both armed services Defense Head Says Mask Plan FoolUh Salem. Jan. 26. UP) The federal government's plans to supply civilians In coastal areas with gas masks were criticized today by State Defense Coordin ator Jen-old Owen, who said "the possibility of concentrated gas attacks in this area la noth ing short of fantastic." Owen said that space in ene my bombers Is too valuable to waste on gas bombs. Salem, Jan. 26. W Govern or Charles A. Sprague today ap pointed David Eccles, his execu tive secretary and budget direc tor, to coordinate wartime indus trial production for Oregon. Easy Success in Libya Puzzles Axis War Bulletins I aMaaaaaaBaaaaaaalBaaBaBWaBaBaaBBBBBBBBaaBBBBBBBBBBaaaa! London. Jan. 26 (APV The Swiss radio reported tonight that the French government -will return to Paris March 1. - -The source of the Informa tion was not given. Moscow, Tuesday. Jan. 17 (AP) The Soviet post-midnight communique said the red army registered new advances and liberated numeroua addi tional villages la fiercely-contested engagements which cost the Germans heavy losses. IT The city's three new air raid warning sirens gave perfect re mits in their first test at 10 o'clock this morning. Fire Chief Roy Elliott announced after re ceiving reports from checkers in 45 houses in all parts of town. Warren S. Barnes, Portland, manager of the fire apparatus division of the Nelson equipment company from whom the sirens were bought said that Medford was the first city in Oregon to obtain a satisfactory air raid alarm system. Mr. Barnes, here to help install the sirens and check results, has worked on this phase of civilian defense in nu merous nortn west cities ana sua all have had difficulty in attain ing sufficient volume of sound. -Another test will be made at 8:45 tonight to check the sirens under ' night . time conditions when they would be used in actual warnings. The test sched uled for 3 p. ra. was cancelled. Chief ElUott counselled the pub lic not to become excited at the test blasts at 8:43. As reports were received, Mr. Barnes checked a large map of the city and environs and when the map was completed it showed that the sirens this morning were heard in closed houses at Cen tral Point. Inside the Medford Corporation, the municipal air port and the CCC central repair unit at the old county fair grounds south of town, Chief El liott said, adding that in the Med ford homes checked the radios, washing machines and other electrical appliances were kept going to determine whether the sirens could be heard ' above them. SUB SINKS TANKER OFF NEW JERSEY Sea Isle City, N. J, Jan. 26. W) Striking without warning. an enemy submarine sunk the Norwegian tanker Varanger In p re-dawn attack only 39 miles off the Atlantic coast yesterday but the crew of 42 was saved. Three torpedoes rammed the 9,305-ton motorshlp within 12 minutes in one of the closest to the U. S. Atlantic coast enemy attacks of shipping, but for the first time since the nation ent ered the war, no lives were lost in Atlantic waters. The explo sions shook houses in several South Jersey communities, in cluding Atlantic City, 20 miles north of here. The Varanger was the sixth vessel sunk by submarines in Atlantic coast waters off the United States within the last 12 days. A seventh, shelled and damaged, reached port. Service Restored After Hard Blow Portland, Jan. M-UjPh-Services were back to normal today after Saturday night's wind storm which caused power fail ures, two dozen small fires and minor damage from uprooted trees. Power interruptions were gen eral over the city for approxi mately two hours. Falling wires started several roof fires. OVER 30 YANKS AND DUTCH TAKE HEAVY TOLL IN JAVA DEFENSE Four Days Fighting In Ma cassar Strait May Have Shattered Invasion Try. Washington, Jan. 26 ?" The navy reported today that an American submarine had torpedoed a Japanese aircraft carrier in the continuing bat tle with enemy convoys in the Macassar strait western Paci fic, and that the aircraft car rier "Is believed to have sunk." Further, the communique reported that a second motor torpedo boat raid Into Suble bay along the Japanese-held shore of the Philippine islands, had resulted in the sinking of a 5,000-toa enemy vessel. By Clyde A. Famsworth Associated Press War Editor. United States and Dutch sea and air forces, locked in a great running battle with a Japanese invasion -annaaa in in strait of Macassar, have sunk or dam aged upwards of 30 and per haps 33 transports and war ships in the four days of fight ing and may have shattered an attempt to invade Java, the heart of the united nations de fense in the southwest Pacific. The next few days will tell In what strength if any the Japanese armada was able to negotiate the narrow shortcut to the inner arc of The Nether lands East Indies. . I Gain One Foothold The Japanese, however, won at least one foothold on this sea road to Java the Dutch oil port of Balik Papan, on the strait side of the island of Borneo, but the size of the invasion fleet indicated that Tokyo was shoot ing for higher stakes to the south. I The Strait of Macassar Is the most direct route between Jap anese concentration points in the Philippines and the rich Island of Java on which the united nations have centered their supreme command and much of their armed strength. Boerabala, the great Dutch naval base, for example, lies less than 830 miles southwest of the southern mouth of the strait The score against tha Jap anese in the Macassar straits battle, as thus far reported in the communiques from the Java headquarters, Batavla and Wash ingon, follows with possible overlapping in some instances: Destroyed! . , Ten transports, one destroyer. Probably sunki Six transports. Damaged (excluding probable sinkings): - A warship, unclassified as to type, five cruisers, two destroy ers, eight transports. Cruiser Hit The damaged ships Included a cruiser which may have gone down. The submarine which (ConUDtMd oa Paa fit.) MARY LIVINGSTON IN FAINT AFTER PROGRAM Hollywood, Jan. 26. (P Actress Mary Livingston, wife of Jack Benny, was recovering from a sinus attack today. She fainted upor completion of the Jack Benny radio program yes terday and had to be carried off stage. Seattle, Jan. 26 AP Wash ington state beet sugar growers. who produced approximately third of the sugar used by the state s residents last year, will undoubtedly Increase their plant ings this year, Paul Kirker, state representative of the Utah and Idaho Sugar company, said to day. JAP SHIPS SUNK MacArthur Marks Birthday By Whacking Jap Invaders By Edward E. Bomar Washington. Jan. 26 (if) General Douglas MacArthur. the Jaunty beau sabreur of an already historic Philippines cam paign, celebrated his sixty-second birthday today in tha thick of the fighting on a crucial war front His personality, martial spirit and record as a soldier make it evident that he would prefer no finer setting for the occasion. MacArthur and his indomit able little army of American and Filipino troops made the birthday anniversary a doubly auspicious event by registering a spectacular victory yesterday in a counter-attack which shat tered the lines of a heavily su perior enemy. The war department normal ly restrained In its language, used the words "smashing suc cess" to hail the MacArthur tri umph which further dislocated the Japanese timetable for con quest in the South Pacific. The official communique's ref erence to the operation as a "brilliant maneuver" testified to the admiration felt by official Washington and the nation for this tost ditch fight In the Phil ippines. ' The battle now raging in the Philippines Is probably the sev erest that MacArthur has. ever faced. Under leas critical cir cumstance be was decorated several times in the first World war for "great courage' and "conspicuous courage" under fire in France as a brigade com mander of the 42nd or Rainbow division. , PILOTLESS PLANE Everett, Wash- Jan. 26. UP) An army pursuit plane sliced through two Everett houses, an outbuilding and number of trees yesterday in a high-speed crash after its pilot had safely bailed out over Puget sound. The pilot Lieut. Laune C. Erlckspn, former University of Idaho boxer and football player, took to his parachute when he discovered that the plane, on routine training flight was about to crash. He came down in the water a short distance from shore and was rescued by boat The Dalles, Ore., Jan, 26. OP) An army bomber on a routine training flight crashed without Injury to its occupants as it at tempted an emergency landing on The Dalles airport late Sat urday. The big ship, apparently forced down by icing conditions, missed the runway and nosed over in soft ground. Chsrcfcill Ssffcrt Frea Heavy Cold London, Jan. 26. UP) Prime Minister Churchill is suffering from a heavy cold and, acting upon medical advice, will not make a broadcast tomorrow, the ministry of information said to night He hopes to make a statement in commons shortly, however. mo broadcast bad been an nounced, but the statement In dicated he had planned to make one. , Nuisance Raid It Expected in S. F. San Francisco, Jan. 26. HP) A submarine raid on San Fran cisco Is 'Very probable," Ad miral J. W, Greenslade, com mandant of the 12th naval dis trict, said today. Such a raid, with a r. bmarlne coming to the surface and firing on the city with Its deck guns, would have only a nuisance value for Its effect on civilian morale and use In Japanese propaganda broadcasts; E U. S. WAR AIMS (By the Associated Press) Rio De Janeira. Jan. 26. The political committee of the Pan- American conference adopted to day a proposal to declare the United States and all her Ameri can allies non-belligerents, and approved the principles of the Atlantic charter which embodied the war alms of the United States and Britain. Action on both resolutions was unanimous. At the committee meeting rep resentatives of Paraguay and Bolivia announced formally that their goKernraenta, following the recommendation of the jconfer ence, v had . severed diploma tlo and economic relations with the axis.! ir - Delegates cheered the an nouncement which raised to IT the number of American repub lics which have broken off with Berlin, Rome and Tokyo. Also approved were resolu tions calling for an immediate meeting of the general staffs of all American nations, and pro posing that no American nation represent the interests of war ring government not on this con tinent in any other American nation. This last resolution on repre sentation of foreign Interests was redrafted in subcommittee to get around objections by Argen tina to its phrasing. VQTEDBY HOUSE Washington. Jan. 26. APV- A compromise war-time price control bill was approved finally by the house today and sent to the senate. Passage came after the house rejected on 209 to 189 roll-call vote a Republican demand that the legislation be sent back to a Joint conference committee with instructions to eliminate provis ions ror licensing of business and to create a board of review te study price orders. Democratic Leader McCor mack of Massachusetts had told uie house earlier that some of the Republican objections to the measure were not sound and that rresident Roosevelt would sign the bill into law, even though additional remedial legislation migm De necessary. Radio Highlights (Time Is Pacific Standard) Tonight Talks Blue 8 Radio Forum, E. O. Harrison, "Control of Allen Enemies;" Blue 7:48, President's Birthday Ball, Sec Morgenthau. MBS 8:19 Amateur Boxing at Boston. Tueadsy: The War 8 MBS; 9:19 MBS; 9 CBS, MBS; 10:49 NBC and Blue; 11 MBS; 12:89 p. m., CBS; 1 MBS; 1:49 CBS, MBS; 1:59 Blue; 8 MBS; 3.25 NBC; i:49 CBS Blue. BOX MAGNATE DIES London, Ontario, Jan. 28. (CP) Clifford J. Munce, 83, president of six of the world's largest corrugated box com- panles, died her today after soon ii mesa. . N COUNTER-ATTACK MAKES 40 MILES SINCEYESTERDAY Bengasi Again Threatened; Italian Spokesman Says Retreat Reason Unclear. (By Associated Press) Bengasi in north Africa again was threatened today by axle forces which had developed their "reconnaissance in force" of last week Into a full-scale offensive. The British admitted the mala battle was now in the Zouiet Msus.area, which meant they had been driven back 40 miles since yesterday and 143 miles from the westernmost point of their advance in the Elaghella area. Zouiet Msus lg only about 70 miles southeast of Bengasi which the British captured on Christmas day in their second Libyan offensive. Lack Explanation That the axis itself was some what puzzled by Its own success was Indicated by Roma spokesman who spoke of tha i "improvised counterattack" and said "it is not quite clear what has happened to the pow erful British army. While It la true that the nature of tha ter rain in Clrenalca calls for long- . range operations, this would not be a sufficient explanation for the retreat" . The Italian hlch command claimed huge losses had been inflicted, including the destruc tion or capture of 238 tanks and armored ears and 198 guns. it was evident that the Ger mans and Italians were rushing heavy reinforcements and that tha British may.' be In for an even' more difficult time. The Italians - announced 4m arrival of another important convoy at Tripoli, despite heavy British bombing and torpedo attacks which were acknowl edged to nave sunk one' large liner. The Germans said Malta had been bombed heavily again, and eight British fighter planes shot down. They said their bombers also Intercepted a British fleet ir Tobruk and hit light cruiser. Rasslsas Men Op Russian soldiers fighting their way forward in tha coldest weather in decades were re ported mopplni up vast areas of tha Russian front after virtu ally wiping out the winter line established by Adolf Hitler. Russian reports said clean-up operations were in full swing in the section east of a 270-mUe line running from the vicinity of Smolensk, 230 miles west of Moscow, to Orel and Kursk. There was no information tost how far the Russians were from Smolensk but the British radio broadcast Stockholm report that Hitler had moved his head quarters from Smolensk 800 miles west to Minsk, capital of White 'Russia. CALIFI'UIS I Sacramento. Jan. 88. Daylight time for California, ef fective February 8, was estab lished in a proclamation today by Governor Culberf L. Olson. On that date, Olson said, at 11 p. m. clocks will be advanced one hour to put the state on day light saving time and will re main that way until six months after the termination of war er until congress shall designate an earlier termination, Ottawa, Ont., Jan. 26. tN All Canada will go on daylight saving time on February 9, coin cident with similar action in tha United States, Munitions Mini ster Howe told the today.