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NO. 251
News Behind
The News
by Paul Mallon
Washington, Jan. 9 Solid
Fuellit Harold Ickes announced
everyona ihould convert to coal,
even though
there is a mi
nor ihortage in
New England.
People are Just
refusing to do
so because it
ia an inconven
ience," he as
serted. Well,
Washington is
not New Eng
land, so I de
cided to try it
again. Six
Paul Malloa
months ago no furnaces or
grates were available. Today
my oil dealer, who also handles
coal and furnaces, said: .
"Fine. 1 have just the fur
nace for you. It will cost $200."
' Now $200 is something more
than an inconvenience to me,
but not as much inconvenience
as my inability to get oil her.
Adequate oil coupons,' or oil
deliveries now at a time wheu
the government daily announces
(erroneously) plenty of oil is
available.
a a a
I HAD finally obtained 300 gal
lons shortly af .er my furnace
went out last night. The air
Tl-i frnm fhp tank to tha burner
thus became locked with air and
I had to call my furnace repair
man. But I finally got the furnace
going again today and went to
aee the dealer about conversion,
carying my fuel oil coupons
with me to pay up for oil used
so far this winter, the same
having been allotted to me un
der the complicated formula of
Leon Henderson's bright young
men, who proved themselves to
be such damned fools that they
figured only the floor space of
every house instead of the cubic
footaga (heating space to the
ceiling) in making oil alloca-
' tlons.
- a a a
TIE dealer took half my cou
pons, saying I had already
used them so far this winter.
As the winter has hardly begun
In this section, I could see I
can't get through on oil.
So I decided to suffer the $200
Inconvenience, on Mr. Ickes'
advice, and told the dealer I
would order the furnace. He
aid:
"Well. $200 is the price with
out installation, and I can't tell
you when I could get it in
stalled, because we have no
help."
"But If I once get It installed
can I get all the coal I want?"
I asked.
(Continued on Pge Pour)
CLOSE TO AKYAB,
New Delhi, Jan. 9 01.0 Field
Marshal Sir Archibald P. Wa
vell's troops, aided by powerful
air support, have penetrated the
Japanese defenses of Burma to
within 25 miles of the key port
of Akyab on the Bay of Bengal,
a communique reported today.
Resuming the offensive first
launched in mid-December, Wa
vell's forces now are in contact
with the enemy on both sides
of the Mayu river on the Mayu
peninsula and in the vicinity of
Rathedaung, about 60 miles
from the Indian border, the
communique said.
"Occasional encounters have
taken place during the past few
days," it said.
Wavell's communique and one
issued by Lieut Gen. Joseph W.
Stilwell's American headquar
ters in China reported Allied
air attacks on widely-separated
points throughout Japanese-held
Burma. No enemy interception
was reported at any of the
points raided.
North American B-25 Mitchell
bombers escorted by fighters
yesterday bombed explosives on
warehouses and strafed enemy
positions at Bahmo on the
Burma-Yunnan (China) border,
starting large fires and causing
a big explosion, Stilwell said.
His communique also report
ed P-40 fighter-plane attacks on
Japanese installations at Mag
shin on the Yunnan border,
where several hundred gasoline
drums were destroyed, and
ion the Irrlwaddy river,
where two barges were strafed
with undetermined results.
WAVELL'S TROOPS
DEADLOCK LOOMS
OVER PRESIDENCY
OF STATE.SENATE
Caucus Called Tonight To
End Tie M'Allister Slat
ed As House Speaker.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 9 (U.R) The
Oregon legislature, faced with
a session geared to the tempo
and tune of the national war
program, may go into its open
ing session here Monday morn
ing with the issue of the presi
dency of the senate still in doubt.
Assertedly split, 15-15, on
pledged votes tor the seat which
carries with it the honors and
responsibilities of the lieutenant
governorship, Senators Dorothy
McCullough Lee of Portland and
W. H. Steiwer of Fossil will cross
swords in the first bout Sunday
night at a pre-session caucus
called by Sen. Dean H. Walker,
retiring president, but the bat
tie may last through the caucus
and onto the floor of the senate,
Sen. Steiwer reportedly would
rather see the election cut and
dried in the caucus, while his
feminine opponent is said to fa
vor delaying the showdown un
til the formal ballot in the sen
ate Monday. In either case,
darkhorse candidate may . slip
tnrougn the rut and into the cov
eted seat.
Reports that the three pro tem
senators are pledged 2-1 in fa
vor of Steiwer have raised a
rumor that their qualification
may be an issue in the election.
No weight has been given, how
ever, to any contention that
these wartime appointees differ
in status from the 13 other
newly-elected senators whose
qualifications must be Judged be
fore the senate holds its election.
Overshadowed by the senate
fireworks, the house of repre
sentatives is slated to run quick
ly through the formality of nam
ing i William H. McAllister of
Medford aa speaker and await
organization of the senate to that
the two houses can convene in
joint session for Governor
Charles Sprague's report and the
inauguration of Earl Snell as his
successor. The Inauguration cere
mony is scheduled for about 2
p. m. . .
For his part, Sprague has in
dicated that his final address as
governor will be confined large
ly to a review of his administra
tion and the state's place in the
war effort, leaving the field of
legislative recommendations to
Snell.
Following Incoming Governor
Snell s - inaugural address, the
two houses will be ready to
plunge into the study of finances
and legislation. Both are likely
to be colored to a great extent
by the change from peace to
war since the lawmakers last
met.
War prosperity has resulted in
a surplus of over $11,000,000 in
income tax revenues, which may
attract efforts to enlarge appro
priations or reduce taxes, or
which again may figure strongly
in plans for the time when the
state changes back to a peace
time economy. The war also
brought with it restrictions and
shortages of materials and labor,
together with threats of de
cline in various sources of reve
nue such as liquor and gasoline
taxes, and an opposing trend
toward higher costs.
Mingled with war-borne prob
lems will be other measuresold
age pensions, milk control, re
organization of the state tax
structure, sales tax, modernize
tion of the state hospital and
improvements at the state peni
tentiary.
TRAIL OF BLOOD
LEADS TO ARREST
San Francisco, Jan. 9 (U.R)
Police tonight held John Coch
ran, 20-year-old merchant ma
rine seaman, in connection with
the attempted rape of a blonde
army nurse in her room at Fort
Mason.
He was trailed to his ship by
blood dripping from his hand
after he was hurt in leaping
from a second-story window.
Officer Mervyn Chtolno aald
the nurse was asleep in her room
i.t the army military reservation
wh' . she was awakened by the
youth. She screamed, and the
in", uder Jumped from the win
dow, cutting his hand. When
police discovered blood beneath
the window, they followed the
trail to Cochran snip.
- Admiral Nimitz
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For successful accomplishment of a dangerous mission in enemy con
trolled waters. Lieutenant Chester W. Nlmlts Jr, right, submarine execu
tive officer, receives the Silver Star Medal from his father. Admiral Chester
W. Nimitz, commander-ln-chle! of the U. S. Pacific Fleet. The ceremonj
took Dlaca at Pearl Harbor
SEEK PROBE FOR
JAP CAMPS FOOD,
L
'Washington, Jan. 9 (U.R)
Reports that scarce foodstuffs
were made available in plenty
to Japanese-American war relo
cation camps in the far west,
while, resident of surrounding
areas were' subject to strict ra
tioning, brought congressional
demands tonight for investiga
tion of various phases of the re
location program.
Rep. F. Leroy Johnson, R.,
Cal., said he had received "nu
merous reports and rumors" that
huge shipments of scarce foods
including - eggs, butter, sugar,
coffee and meats were fur
nished the camps. Residents of
nearby areas had difficulty in
obtaining their allotted amounts
under the rationing program, ac
cording to the reports.
Johnson introduced a resolu
tion calling for an investigation
of these reports, and of the al
legedly "elaborate system of ed
ucation" contemplated for the
relocation projects.
YANKEE SUB
WITH DECK GUN
New London, Conn., Jan. 9
(U.R) The American submar
ine was cruising on the surface
"at the very doorstep of Japan"
when a big enemy merchant
vessel loomed directly ahead.
The crew, witness to the Jap
anese treachery at Pearl Harbor,
"was a blood-thirsty lot," and the
captain apparently had neither
the time nor the inclination to
submerge. He turned to his gun
pointer and said:
"Hit the bridge with the frst
shell."
The gun pointer, Ensign Sam
uel E. Clark, of Birmingham,
Ala., turned hi sights on a per
fect target dead ahead a big
red rising sun painted on the
bridge and the submarine's
deck gun went off. Two more
shells slammed into the Japanese
craft. She caught fire and then
went down. .
That was the story told by En
sign Clark today at this submar
ine base, the story of the first
United States submarine, to pa
trol boldly off Tokyo's harbor,
and the first undersea boat to
ink an enemy with its deck gun.
This was only the-beginning,
for Clark's sub went on to claim
six of seven other enemy ihips
during on-the-surface engage
ments. Several more enemy craft
are listed in it log as sunk by
torpedoes.
. A submarine need 250,000
pound of lead for storage bat
teries and 200.000 pounds for
batteries, altogether as much as
goes into the storage batteries
of 8,200 automobiles.
Honors Son
CONGRESS PLANS
CLOSE SCRUTINY
OF ALL SPENDING
Washington, Jan. 9 (U.R) An
economy minded congress to
night awaited a presidential
budget message expected to call
for spending in one year more
than two-thirds of the total gov
ernmentar outlay during the en
tire 10 year of the Roosevelt
administration.
In his annual budget message
to congress on Monday, Presi
dent Roosevelt is expected to pro
pose spending about $100,000,-
000,000 during the 12 months
from July 1 1943, to June 30,
1944.
That would be only $42,000,-
000,000 less than the total federal
spending since Mr. Roosevelt en
tered the White House in March.
1933.
But Democrats and Repub
licans in both houses of congress
have announced plans to give
every item, regardless of size,
the closest scrutiny.
Members of the house appro
priations committee have an
nounced that every item will
have to be Justified by "compe
tent persons.
"Congress must recapture and
hold the purse strings," is the at
titude of Sen. Gerald P. Nye. R,
N. D., ranking minority member
of the senate appropriations com
mittee.
Not only will congress be con
cerned over the dollar-for-dotlar
need in new appropriation re
quests, but some members ex
pect to demand specific infor
mation on the spending of funds
previously appropriated.
Some members want to know
more about the lend-lease pro
gram. Some question the need for
continuing such depression-born
agencies as the National Youth
Administration.
Washington, Jan. 9 (U.R) A
heated fight appeared to be
brewing tonight among Repub
lican members of the house
over whether Mrs. Clare Booth
Luce, newly-elected Republican
congresswoman from Connecti
cut, should be given a seat on
the house foreign affairs com
mittee.
The controversy apparently
is part of the lntra-party row
between isolationist and sup
porter of Wende.l I,. Villkie in
hi efforts to force the G. O. P.
to abandon its traditional isola
tionism. Mrs. Luce, attractive
wife of Publisher Henry Luce,
is regarded as a Willkielte and
had his support in last Novem
ber's elections.
The fight also Involves the
effort of Rep. Hamilton Fish.,
R., N. Y- to force his minority
colleagues to adhere to an old
rule limiting each Republican
member of the house to rank
ing t membership on only one
commute.
CLARE .BOOTH IS
CENTER GOP. ROW
ERROL FLYNN TO
DENY STORIES OF
TEEN-AGE GIRLS
Film Star Goes On Trial To
morrow "Shakedown"
Try Hinted. :
Hollywood, Jan. 9 (UJ9 Er
rol Flynn, swashbuckler of the
movie heroics, will testify In his
own defense and deny the stories
of two teen-age girl that he at
tacked them, on one occasion
without removing his shoes, his
attorney announced tonight.
Flynn goes on trial Monday on
three counts of statutory rape
in the film city most sensational
case since Actress Mary As tor's
lurid diary was read into court
records in 1936.
Betty Hansen, 17, screenstruck
Nebraska school girl, testified at
Flynn's preliminary hearing that
she permitted Flynn to undress
her, remove all his own clothing
except his footwear, and then
become intimate with her in an
upstaid bedroom at a gay Hol
lywood party.
Peggy Larue Satterlee, 17,
Hollywood dancer, asserted at
the hearing that Flynn invited
her to view the moon from
porthole of his palatial yacht,
the Sirocco, during a trip to
Cherry Cove at Catalina island
She added that she submitted
twice to his advance after he
pushed her upon the stateroom
bunk below the porthole.
"When the defense gets it In
ning, Flynn will take the stand
in a complete and frank personal
defense," Attorney Jerry Giesler,
one of the west's outstanding
criminal lawyers, revealed.
"We are planning to develop
all the facts and all particulars
In this case to the utmost. And
that includes the motives of all
parties concerned, every angle
and every detail that has any
bearing."
The handsome film "actor ha
steadfastly, maintained his in-
nocense and appealed to hi
world-wide screen audience to
withhold Judgment. Flynn re
turned a week ago from a va
cation in Mexico during which
he saw much of Ann Sheridan,
curvesome film beauty.
The defense was expected to
develop statements of Peter
Stackpole, photographer for Life
and Time magazines, who took
pictures of Flynn and Miss Sat
terlee aboard the star's yacht.
His testimony at Flynn's hearing
last November hinted at possi
bility of a "shakedown" attempt,
Eugene, Ore.. Jan. 9 (U.R)
L. C. Stoll, Oregon area direc
tor for the war manpower com
mission, today predicted the ap
proach of a general "leveling
off" of the record employment
at Portland shipyards.
Speaking before the annual
meeting of the CJ.O. State In
dustrial Union council, Stoll told
delegates that April 1 had been
forecast as the date on which
the leveling off process would be
manifested.
He said facts and figure
would be released shortly to
substantiate his prediction.
Stoll waa optimistic over la
bor prospects in agriculture.
"I think the agricultural sit
uation will be better," he said.
"I realize it is a broad statement
and that I'm out on a limb,
though," he added.
NEW BOMBING DRILL
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 9 (U.R)
Realistic maneuvers combining
tear cas. smoke bombs, camou
flaged sniper, "flour" bomb
from airplane, and hand-to-
hand combat were inaugurated
today at McClellan field as a
new training method for the
maintenance men who "keep
'em flying" for Uncle Sam on
the war front.
AGITATOR ARRAIGNED
Hot Springs, Ark., Jan. 9
(U.R) George Deatherage, one
time head of the Anti-Semitic
KnighU of the Whit Camellia,
today was arraigned and releas
ed under bond on federal charg I
of conspiring to damage the mor
ale of the armed forces.
With the American Forces In
New Guinea, Jan. 9 (U.R)
American doughboys place the
Garand rifle at the top of a list
of "seven wonders" that brought
success in the allied campaign
gain t Buna.
PRP ,M STARTS
Ull 1
Ration Stamps Are To Be
Cleared Through Nation's
Banks Is Compulsory.
Washington, Jan. 9 (U.R)
The Office of Price Administra
tion tonight announced detail of
its new ration banking program
under which coupon taken in
by itorekeeper and other sellers
of rationed commodities will
flow back to primary suppliers
through the nation 15,000 com
mercial banks.
Operation of the program
which will begin on a nation
wide basis Jan. 27 parallel
that of the ordinary checking ac
count. The public is not directly
affected since the program starts
where public buying of rationed
commodities leaves off. Its pur
pose is to simplify clearance of
ration "paper" through the many
necessary steps.
Afrjr the public has turned in
ration stamps and certificates to
storekeepers and coupons to
gasoline dealers, they will be
cleared through the banks in
stead of through local rationing
boards. Consumers will continue
to get their stamps, coupons, and
certificates from the boards,
however.
Those for whom ration bank
ing becomes compulsory Jan
27 are:
1. Retailers of rationed foods
whose December, 1942, sales of
all food merchandise totaled
$5,000 or more. (Other food re
tailers may open ration bank ac
counts if they wish.)
2. Chain stores.
3. Food wholesalers and other
food distributors below the re
tail level.
4. Gasoline wholesalers and
other distributors of gasoline ex
cept retailers. (Fuel oil is ex
cepted from the, plan. .tor
th
present.)
JOBS FOR ALL IS
PRESIDENT'S PLAN
Washington, Jan. 9 (U.R)
Jobs for all rather than social
security will receive the major
emphasis when and If President
Roosevelt presents to congress a
blueprint for post-war planning,
it was learned tonight.
A concrete plan already has
been submitted to Mr. Roosevelt,
but thus far its drafters have
been unable to persuade him to
place it before the public. This
plan is radically different from
the still-undisclosed "American
Beveridge report" drawn by the
National Resources Planning
Board, which the "Jobs-for-aU"
group believes is Inadequate and
unworkable.
It was said that the president
thus far has made no decision
on whether the new plan should
be submitted to congress for con
sideration, or whether a differ
ent course the mere presenta
tion of a basis for discussion
would be followed, y
In the latter event, it would
be up to congress to dig in, devel
op the plan from scratch and
enact implementing legislation.
Social security, it was said,
will not be overlooked. The
post-war program would be ex
tended to cover virtually every
person.
GAS CARDS LOOMS
Washington, Jan. 9 (U.R)
Price and Ration Administrator
Leon Henderson held out hopes
today to more than 7,500,000
Eastern motorist that the value
of their rationing coupon will
not be further reduced in the
near future, and pledged contin
ued opposition to proposals that
"A" books be eliminated.
He took this stand at a press
conference during which he also:
Endorsed an OPA-prepared
plan calling for the Investment
of billions of dollar In consum
ers goods during the war, for de
livery in post-war years.
Declared that coffee supplies
are adequate to meet rationed de
War Bulletins
Maw York. Jan. I (U.R)
Gutav Siegfried Eina, the
clandestine radio station un
derstood to be operated by
dissident Germans, said to
night that Gen. Kurt Zaitslar
waa abaut to be dismissed by
Adolf Hitler as chief of staff
of the German high com
mand. Hitler was said to bo disap
point ad in the results Zeltaler
was achieving on the Russian
front. He has held tha post
alnce Hitler, following his
"military intuition" discharg
ed Gen. Fran Haider as chief
of staff.
With the United State
Army Air Forces in China.
Jan. (D 1 a 7 d) U.R
American bombers, stabbing
again at key Japanese supply
bases In Burma, rained de
struction today on a mile-long
barracks and warehouse area
at the Burma-Yunnan border
town of Bhamo.
AT.
Results Of Aleutian "Soft
ening Up" Attack Not Ob
served, Navy Says.
By Alton B. Parker
Washington, Jan. 9 (U.R)
American airmen on Thursday
continued their relentless pound
ing at Japanese Installations on
both ends of the Pacific battle
line the Solomons and the Aleu
tians the navy revealed today,
They bombed "enemy posi
tions" at Kiska In the Aleutian
but were unable to observe re
sults; bombed 'enemy areas" and
shot down two Japanese Zero
fighter plane at Bougainville
Island, about 800 mile north
west of Guadalcanal, and started
big fires and damaged two float
type enemy planes at Rekata
bay, 135 miles northwest of
Guadalcanal.
U. S. warplane operating
from Guadalcanal and Alaskan
fields have been hammering at
the enemy, wherever his instal
lations are within reach, almost
daily for some time.
In the Aleutian, they appear
to be trying to "soften up" the
Japanese for a final effort to
oust them from the area. In the
Solomons, the raids apparently
are also designed to help bomb'
ers from Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur'i southwest Pacific com
mand In their effort to break up
the huge shipping concentration
which the Japanese are reported
to be collecting at Rabaul and
nearby bases.
The Thursday raid on Kiska
waa carried out by four-englned
Consolidated "Liberator" bomb
ers. They "dropped bombs on
enemy positions at Kiska," the
navy said, "but results were not
observed."
SENT TO CYPRUS
London, Jan. 9 (U.R) United
States air force units have been
transferred from Syria to the
Mediterranean island of Cyprus,
which Turkish official believe
will become an important war
theatre next spring, the German
news agency JNB reported to
day in a broadcast heard by the
United Press.
BULLETIN
The Medford high school bas
ketball team lost to Roseburg
27 to 28 in a hard fought and
thrilling game at Roseburg last
night. The Tornado was ahead
26 to 25, with less than 30
seconds to play. A desperation
heave, with the ball in the air
when the final gun sounded,
whiffed through the basket.
Friday night Medford was de
feated 32 to 31.
In the game Saturday night,
Fawcett waa high man with
eight points. Both teams play
hard and fast ball. The teams
were evenly matched. It was
the first time in the memory
of the oldest fan that two games
In a row were lost by one point.
Grants Pass defeated Ashland
24 to 27 Friday night at Ash-
JAP AIR LOSSES
IN NEW GUINEA
Transports Sunk Off Lae
Trap Sanananda Force
Papuan Drive Ends.
Genera MacArthur'a Head
quarters, Sunday, Jan. 10 (U.R)
The three-day battle between
Allied planes and a Japanese
convoy, which had heavy fight
er plane coverage, haa ended
off Lae in victory for the Allied
forces which drove off the con
voy's remnant after it had
landed some troops, supplies
and equipment, today' commu
nique reported.
Two more Japanese trans
port were hit, the communique
announced, and 39 Japanese
fighter plane were shot down,
in addition to the 73 previously
reported shot down or dam
aged, during the third 24-hour
period of the battle between
Friday and Saturday afternoons.
The convoy consisted of two
cruisers, four destroyers and
six transport. Out of these,
three transports were sunk and
three received direct hit.
Incessant dog fight over th.
convoy resulted in a total of
77 Japanese fighters being de
stroyed, while Allied losses
were comparatively negligible.
Gen. MacArthur'a Headquar
ters, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 10
(U.R) Direct bomb hit were
scored on two more Japanese
transport off Lae, New Guinea,
Saturday, a communique aald
today.
With the dawn, 39 more Jap
fighter planes were shot down
and four destroyed on the
ground. Seventeen other Japan
ese planea were "probably de
stroyed." A spokesman said, "The en
emy's air losses during the past
days in this area may be regard
ed aa serlou."..
- At Sanananda, New Guinea,'
the allies were Increasing pres
sure on tha Japanese ground
force trapped there.
Text of today' communique:
Northeastern lector.
N w Guinea Huon Gulf
The convoy which attempted to
reinforce the enemy garrison at.'
Lae was Joined by two additional
merchant vessels. Our air force
of all categories continuously at
tacked throughout tha day and
night. One transport received six
direct hits and was left burning.
Another transport waa hit fore,
aft and amidships and was
beached.
Gen. MacArthur'a Headquatv
ten, Australia, Jan. 9 (U.R)
Allied air forces gave warning
today that they are ready to
blast any attempt to reinforce
sorely-pressed Japanese troops lit
New Guinea.
Allied planes attacked
crippled transport, two cruisers
and four destroyer at Lae on
Huon Gulf after a three-day bat
tle against a Japanese convoy In
which American and Australian
airmen had sunk three transports
and either destroyed or damaged
73 enemy planes.
Allied losses were reported to
be relatively small.
Gen. MacArthur returned to
his Australian headquarters af
ter personally directing the
Papuan campaign in which all
but one small Japanese center of
Japanese resistance t h a t at
Sanananda Point wer mopped
up in the Buna sector.
"The dead of Bataan should
rest a little easier tonight," he
said.
NANKING PUPPET
Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Japanese
Broadcast Recorded by U.P. at
New York) The Nanking gov
ernment of China, pledging co
operation with Japan toward es
tablishment of "a new order In
greater east Asia on an ethical
basis," declared war on th
United States and Britain yester
day, the Japanese new agency
Domel reported tonight.
(At New York, the office of
war information said the de
claration wa made by Wang
Ching-Wel, whom it described a
"the Chinese Quisling who haa
been cooperating fully with the
Japanese since they set him up
as head of the puppet Nanking
government in the occupied part
of China.")
(Wang recently visited Tokyo,
OWI saidj