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MEDFORO, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1942.
NO. 268.
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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
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' 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.