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Today Is Friday To Kmi people Nosy to Jut another Amj. To others ftlday U ths dy to prepare tholr Wmnt Ads for I ho Sanaa? nomine edition, when remdlnff Udm U plntltol with Saj eheaa for action. Keep 'Em Flying Buy Defense Stamp or Bonds from your bank, satinet and loan auocUtloni, torn, paper carrier, or port office. Bar and aid. Tribune FORD Full Associated Ptm United Press Thirty-sixth Year MEDFORO, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1942. NO. 268. BOAT IS Al Med C"3 ' a HA ra Lnllluxl U News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington. Jan. 30 General MacArthur's losing defense of the Philippines will live forever f-! ..one of the strategic ma- 4" a neuvers of his tWmmM torv- There ii was not h 1 n g H. H defective in 1 . 1 ,V of attack. It was smart. The only thing wrong with it was that Mac Arthur was Paul Mallon smarter. The Japs have thrown 225,000 troops into Luzon. They had everything, a tank division, con trol of the ocean which was un disputed except feebly from the air, land-based bombers from Formosa which could be shut tled against the Philippines one day and Malay the next (63 is the largest number they sent over MacArthur in any one batch). On the last narrow mountain fighting front across Bataan Peninsula they outnum ber the American jungle fox 10 to 1. In seven weeks of clever war fare, they have surrounded him, chased him, even defeated him, but they have not caught him. The corner they have him in, on Bataan, is a corner he chose. And at his back is the island fortress of Corregidor where he can expect to hole in if chased again. O H0W MacArthur did' tt can now be understood by fill ing In the vacant spots between the daily communiques. What happened in the Philippines is now ready for telling. The Japs started by feinting at the far northern coastal points of Appari and Vigan. Primarily they wanted to draw MacAr thur's army north, so they could slip in behind him from the sea, halfway down toward Ma nila at Lingayen Bay, and cut him off from the capital. The fox did not bite. He sent nothing north except his few planes (one of .those planes sank the first (Continued on Po Tu Damage From Flood Grows in Grant Co. Pendleton, Jan. 30. (AP) O Flood .damage continues to mount in Grant county with most ranches bordering the John Day river and Its tributaries under one to two feet of water yesterday. Many farm buildings were Isolated in the canyon city district and stock had been moved to higher gruund. One section of the new bridge cross the middle fork of the John Day river has capsized. Radio Highlights (Time is Pacific standard.) Tonight: President's birthday programs: MBS 4:13 tribute from London by Phillip Guedalla, bi ographer; Blue 7:15 concert by Vladimir Horowitz, pianist; NBC CBS Blue MBS 8:13 hour s pick ups from various birthday cele brations, with response by Pres ident Roosevelt. MBS 7 boxing. Gus Lesne- vlch vs. Bob Pastor. Saturday: Blue 8:30 a. m. Ask Young America Forum; 9:45 Bing Crosby interviews golfers; MBS 1:15 Mrs. Roose velt on "Civilian Morale." SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Orb Cooksey and Doe Stan Philips recalling the numerous fishing bets they have paid off to each other, discovering that each had used any unorthodox rule to gain an end. Elsie Bashaw spending het day off In biographical research MT Motor Carritr Earl Rich ardson getting stuck five miles from the nearest line of com munication, thus being among !he mining lor several hour. U. S. Clash With Japs Frees German Hands Asserts Per Fuehrer Berlin, (from German broadcasts), Jan. Z0.4P) Adolf Hit ler In the first speech since his declaration of war against the United States told his people today that "America's war with Japan made us free to act" and "now we shall see what our U-boats may achieve. He declared that "I do not know whether the war will end this year," but said "we are armed against everything, from the north to the south." Hitler declared that on the eastern front the armies ct the reich were on the defensive against the weather not the Rus sians, and claimed that the front there had finally been stabilized. Hitler finished speaking at i 7:03 p. m. (9:30 a. m. PST.) He said of the Russian war thus far that "in the east we fought a struggle which one day will be the glory of our nation." Worst Part Over Cheers greeted his statement that in North Africa Field Mar shal Gen. Erwin Rommel "turn ed around the moment that our enemies thought he was beaten and drove the British before him." "The most difficult part is behind us," he asserted. He declared that winter had been the great hope of Ger many's enemies In the east, but that this hope never would be fulfilled. "The winter will break In the south and the ice will melt," he said, "and the hour will come when the ground will be hard and firm again and when our armies will storm ahead again." Then, he said, would come the revenge of "those who have now become the victims of frost." Although he said he did not know whether the war would end in 1942, Hitler declared he was confident, however, that "where we meet the enemy we will beat him." At one Juncture he shouted: "We shall see who wins the war those who have nothing to lose and everything to gain or those who have everything to lose and nothing to gain?" Raps F. R.. Churchill Hitler assailed President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill and declared that, ex cepting his axis partners, Ger many is fighting a new world war against her same old foes. Most of the address was a reiteration of Hitler's long standing arguments that Ger many was persecuted. He said that even In the last war Prime Minister Churchill was among the English "war mongers" and that President Roosevelt was the right hand of Woodrow Wilson, whom he de scribed as "the man who caused the greatest harm to the German people." The speech celebrated the ninth anniversary of Hitler'i elevation as reichschancellor. Addressing party members, soldiers and representatives of other axis powers in Berlin, he was introduced by Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels who complimented the fuehrer for looking "so fresh and healthy." Hitler declared that "at the time of the last war Germany was a monarchy and war was forced upon her." Today," he said, "Germany is not a monarchy but our same enemies say that it is the sys tom that they are fighting. "We have not wished to force our system upon others, and therefore we must ask what Is the actual reason why our sys tem is being fought. "England which claims to be a democracy has forced her rule upon 380,000,000 Indians. Eng land has throughout the centur ies subjected one people after another. "Ever since It has been Eng land's principal aim to maintain her rule by preventing any other nation in Europe from ris ing." , Hitler declared Engiana s aim had been to maintain the bal ance of power in Europe, and declared "they wanted a Europe divided against Itself." MILK PRICE IN BEND GOES UP FEBRUARY 1 Bend, Jan. 30. (AP Milk producers and distributor an nounced that prlcea would be in creased here Feb. 1, four per cent milk advancing to 13 cents a quart and five per cent to 14 Cent. Washington, Jan. 30 (JP) Mass movement of thousands of enemy aliens out of vital de fense areas is being ordered by the department of Justice on recommendation of the army and navy. The first such order. Issued last night, forbids German, Jap anese and Italians to remain in waterfront areas of Los Angeles and San Francisco after Feb. 24. Several thousand aliens will be affected. Relatively fewer aliens live in 27 other sectors covered in or ders being Issued today, effect ive Feb. 15. Other areas are to be designated. from time to time-. t Must Get Certificate A total of 1,100,000 Germans, Japanese and Italians are resi dent in the United States and must apply next month for cer tificates of identification. They will be required to answer ques tionnaires designed to show whether thehy might act against United States' Interests through Inclination or because of family, ties. Germans, Japanese and Itali ans in the eight states of the western command California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Montana, Utah, Arizona and Idaho must, apply for certifi cates of identification next Mon day. Those residing elsewhere in the United States must apply be tween Feb. 9 and Feb. 28. They will receive small book lets, similar to passports, which will bear their picture, a finger print, signature and description. These must be carried at all times. The certificates will be dis tributed by mail and must be delivered by postal carrier to the alien in person. .C.F. TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. C. F. Olson died at 1:45 this afternoon in her home at 301 North Peach street, after an extended illness. A complete obituary and an announcement of funeral arrangements by Per's will be published later. President 60 Yean In Physical By Douglas B. Cornell Washington, Jan. 30. (AP President Roosevelt is 60 years old today, and in some respects he doesn't act It At a time of life when many men of his means would have turned to a comfortable retire ment, he is working harder than ever. Since war broke ouf Dec. 7, he has scarcely been out of the White House and he rel ishes travel. His personal physician. Rear Admiral Ross T. Mclntlre, says that the chief executive is in fine physical and mental fettle for a man of sixty. Aside from the deepening of the lines In his face, and the graying and thinning of his hair, almost nine years in the White House have touched him relatively lightly. War Victim ' " 1 This Is Thomas S. Close, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude E. Close of McLeod. who was kUled with seven others In the crash of a navy plane on war duty off the I North Carolina coast last Fri day. Tommy, as he was known to his friends, enlisted in the navy in March, 1937. His body was to be sent to San Diego. Cat., where his wife resides, for funeral services. 15 PER CENT TAX ON WAGES JALKEB TO MEET OUTLAY Washington, Jan. 30. (AP) A 18 per cent payroll tax on all salaries above $1,000 a year was reported under discussion in ad ministration .circles today as evidence developed that congres sional and treasury officials thus far had failed to agree on funda mental principles of the new revenue bill. Treasury experts, faced with the necessity of rawing $7,000, 000,000 in general taxes if they are to meet President Roosevelt's request, were said to have renew ed their suggestions of last year for a 13 per cent levy on payrolls withheld at the source. The house ways and means committee Informally rejected the withholding tax proposal last year and a substantial number of members indicated recently they favored. Instead, a sales levy. As evidence that this trend was spreading to the senate, Sen ator Brown (D-Mich.) said he was convinced a majority of the fi nance committee would choose the sales tax, if they became con vinced that one of the two must be voted. He estimated that a 3 per cent levy on all retail sales, Including food, clothing and other necessi ties, would raise approximately $2,000,000,000. He said no esti mates had been given on the re turn from proposed payroll taxes, although some legislators have figured that a 15 per cent levy would bring In approxi mately $4,000,000,000. Old Today and Mental Pink In more than 12,000 parties and dances tonight all over the nation, America will celebrate the birthday of the most famous person to overcome the handicap of Infantile paralysis. Proceeds of the balls will be spent to help other victims of the dread dis ease. In the national capital, a galaxy of Hollywood stars helped celebrate Mr. Roosevelt's anni versary. They were invited to a White House luncheon at noon, a dinner and reception tonight, and then were scheduled to make the round of parties and dances tonight, along with Mrs. Frank lln D. Roosevelt The president will speak during an hourloni, radio program, to be carried by all four major networks, begin- nice at 8:19 pjn. (PST) Jap Invading Hordes Within Eighteen Miles of Singapore LUMBERJUPPLY 150,000,000 Board Feet To Be Purchased Next Week 60 Million For Corvallis Portland, Jan. 30 P) The Pacific Coast Lumber Digest said today 150,000,000 board feet of lumber for army con struction would be purchased from western lumbermen here next week. C. C. Crow, publisher, said he had been informed that Frank Collins of the procurement divi sion would come from Washing ton, D. C, Tuesday to conduct meetings at which approximate ly 200 western lumbermen would submit bids. The meet ings probably will continue for two or three days, he said. Lumber purchases. Crow said, would include 60,000,000 board feet for the cantonment at Cor vallis and a small amount yet not purchased for the Medford cantonment. Lumber also would be bought for construction on army ordnance plants in Cali fornia, Colorado, South Dakota and Arizona, he said, and for airports which include one In Washington and one in South Dakota. Crow estimated that about 33 per cent of the lumber to be purchased here would be pon derosa pine and 63 per cent Douglas fir and other western woods. MAY BRING STRIKE Tacoma, Jan. 30 (JP) Dis missal of nine welders at the Seattle-Tacoma shipyards here at midnight last night for non payment of AFL-Boilermakers' union dues may result In a strike by all 1,180 welders at the plant unless they are Immediately re Instated, Charles L. Brinkerhoff, secretary of the Independent Welders' and Burners' Council announced today. Brinkerhoff charged the men were dismissed at the insistence of Local 668 of the Boilermak ers' union because they wouldn't pay their dues, a continuation of the long struggle by the weld ers for an independent union of their own. Seattle welders have threat ened to strike tomorrow at noon unless some action is taken on similar complaints. Blaze in Arsenal Soon Controlled Springfield, Mass., Jan. 30. (Pi A three-alarm fire caused mator dams e today to one of the new buildings at the Spring field arsenal, home of the vital Garand automatic rifle, but the blaze was brought under contro. before it could spread to other structures In the reservation. General Gilbert Stewart, com mandant at the arsenal, told newsmen that the present pro duction of Garand rifle would not be hampered, as the $193, 000 building was still under con struction. State Is Offered Lower Juice Rate Portland Jan. 30. UP) Re duced electric rates to 18 state buildings, Including the capitol. In the Salem area were offered by the Portland General Elec tric company to the state board of control yesterday. It followed an offer from the Bonneville administration to supply power If the state would build its own distribution ays tern British Order VONO VLNC, : : MITAMt . ft ' The British military authorities ordered the evacuation of all civilians from a mile-deep strip on northern Singapore Island and it appeared the defenders were preparing to fall back upon the great base Itself. An are with a S0-mlle radius centered on the causeway to Singapore follows the approximate battle line when British ware fighting the Invaders. Heaviest fighting was reported at Bonggarang 11). iathe Ayes Hltem and Lulang area (2), and at Jemaluang (3). AXIS SUBMARINES OFF NEW JERSEY New York, Jan. 30 (Pi Three and perhaps four axis sub marines were sighted today close to the New Jersey coast the third naval district headquarters announced. The announcement followed upon a naval warning to all ships and shore stations of the locations where the submarines might be found. The areas given meant the undersea raiders were within sight of Atlantic City and Cape May, N. J. One position placed a U-boat at 35 miles east of Cape May, TANKER TORPEDOED Washington, Jan. 30. (AP) The navy department an nounced today that the tanker Rochester had been torpedoed by an enemy submarine today in an attack off the Atlantle coast and that the ship had been abandoned. another about 20 miles off At lantic City. A third position put a sub marine about 180 miles off Cape Charles, Va. This section of the coast has been the graveyard for more than nine ships In Hitler's at tempt to throttle British-American lifelines. Naval officials said they could not comment on any action taken by these U-boats. They said It could be assumed that strong counter-measures were being taken. The announcement followed a report from Los Angeles last night that naval planes had sighted and attacked an enemy submarine without learning the result of the action. On Wednesday navy planes reported sighting at least one and possibly two submarines In the Gulf of Mexico near Port Aransas, Tex. Street Car Return Planned in Portland Portland, Jan. 30. (AP) The city council yesterday granted the Portland Traction company's petition to return street cars to service on the bridge transfer line In a move to alleviate the shortage of busses. T.-acks of the line, paved over whe,i bussea were put into ser vice, will be uncovered. Washington, Jan. 30. (IP) Fred S. Chamberlln, Corvallis, Ore., was one of 163 first lieu tenants In the marine corps pro moted to temporary grade of captain, the navy department Aoounced today. Evacuation .eBEKOK. l MAWAI AMKUfl I ji j i j LOSS OF BENGAS IS ACKNOWLEDGE! BY BRITISH ARMY By Associated Free On the north African front, British headquarters has ack nowledged that Field Marshal Gen. Erwin Rommel's "greatly superior ' forces had recaptured the port of Bengasi, as an nounced yesterday in Berlin and Rome. Twice stressing the axis nunv erlcal auperlorlty, a British com munique conceded that British troops were making fresh with drawala in the entire combat area of western Libya, before heavy attacks. Informed London quarter said some British forces may have been cut off in Bengasi, trapped by an axis column which swept around the town to straddle the coast road to the north. Bengasi has changed hands four time ,1 the zig-zag desert warfare. In Russia, Soviet dispatch reported that Marshal Semeon Tlmoshenko's Red armies had by-passed the big steel city of Kharkov, Russia "Pittsburgh" of the Ukraine, and now threat ened German forces there with encirclement The Soviet Information bur eau announced In special com munique that Red army men paced by Cossack cavalry squad rons had smashed three German divisions and three regiments, pulverizing 80 timber and earth bastion in the process, to cap ture Lozovaya, only 70 miles northwest of the Dnieper river' big bend in the Ukraine. Battle trophies captured in 10 days of fighting were said to Include such items as tit field guns, 40 tanks and armor ed cars, 843 machine guns, 6, 013 automobiles, 438 supply trucks, 2,400 cart and 3,800 hones. 90,000 SOLDIERS E British Admit Gravity Of Situation Dutch Battle Japanese at Balik Papan. By Roger D. Greene Associated Press War Editor. Japan's invasion hordes storm ed within 18 miles of Singapore) (oaay, nurung HU.UOO troops into a bloody, climactic assault to snatch at the $400,000,000 'crown jewel" of Britain's far Pacific strongholds. As the battle thundered near er the mile-wide Johore Strait separating Singapore Island from the Malay Peninsula, Brit- MacArthur Refuses Washington, Jan. 30. VP) General Douglas Mac Arthur ha ignored a Japan ese demand that he surrender hi American and Filipino troops In the Philippines. ish headquarter acknowledged the gravity of the situation. jr-In rthe center, there 1 con tact with the enemy about Kulal," . communique said tersely. Causeway Mined Kulal, 18 mile north of the great naval base, lies on a broad highway leading to the Singa. pore causeway at Johore Bahru. The causeway already ha been mmea lor demolition. Across the South China Ma, Dutch troop were . reported locked in bitter fighting with other Japanese invader in four widely-separated tone of the Indie archipelago at Balln Papan, on the East Borneo coast; above Pontlanak, chief port in West Borneo on the) Mlnahassa peninsula, in north ern Celebes Island, and around Kendari in south-eastern Cele bes. "Fighting continues not only near Ballk Papan but in the town UiM," Dutch bulletin said. Indies troop previously had destroyed Ballk Papan'a rich oil field before the Japanese land ed. The hard-hitting DirVch, fight ing brilliantly with the small force at their command, report ed that 64 Japanese ships have been sunk or heavily damaged by the N.EX navy and air fore In the 64-day-old war. Philippines Quiet ' In the Philippines, a war de partment bulletin reported only light fighting on Batan penin sula in the past 24 hours, but added: "The arrival of fresh Japan troop at the front and move ments behind the line Indicate preparations by the enemy for the resumption of a large-scale offensive." More than 200,000 Japan a troops. Including an entire army have no-v besieged Gen. Doug las MacArthur' little defense force on Hatan for 28 day. In a graphic message to Presi dent Roosevelt, Gen. MacArthur declared: "Today, January 20, the anni versary of your birth, smoke begrimed men, covered with the marks of battle, rise from the foxhole of Batan and the bat teries of Corregidor to pray reverently that Cod may bless Immeasurably the president of the United States." NO BUSINESS PERMITS . FOR PORTLAND ALIEXS Portland. Jan. 10 JP) Inemy alien were refused renewal of license to do business in the city by unanimous rote of the city council yesterday. Japanese held 82 of the 111 license, which the council sus pended earlier in the month. All but one of the Japanese held permit bare bean tw isndered.
