Ames Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - January 13, 1942, Ames, Iowa Ames Daily Tribune UNIVERSAL IN THE AMES TERRITORY WEATHER FORECAST Ames and vicinity Fair and warmer this after noon and tonight 1 p m 38 Tuesday 7 a ru 18 p m 40 VOL 75 NO 166 United Press Wire Service AMES IOWA TUESDAY JANUARY 13 1942 Official Ames and Story County Paper THREE CENTS ALLIES STAB JAPS FROM AIR Renewed Unrest In Labor Ranks Feared If Farm Bloc Wins WASHINGTON UE President Boosevelt was reported to have told members of the house banking committee today that adoption of senate farm bloc amendments to the price control would be likely to cause renewed labor un rest that would hamper the nai tions war effort I The president met with five members of the house committee for 45 minutes today One member reported that Mr pre diction of labor unrest was based on the belief that the senate hill would permit a substantial further increase in food prices The five committeemen who met Mr Roosevelt will represent the house in the conference to compromise differences between the price legislation passed by the chamber and the senate Conferees Impressed It was understood that the house conferees were generally impress ed with the Presidents views One conferee forecast that the house group would seek to reject the se nate amendments which would per mit farm prices to rise higher than they could under the house and which would place control of farm prices in the agriculture depart inent It probably wont be difficult to get an agreement in conference committee a house conferee said But questionable to me whether the senate or the house Trill adopt the report the confer ence committee returns Tho Willkie in Line for War Board Post Abolished By Order Chief Executive WASHINGTON President Ames Board Of Education To Buy Land Nearly 8 Acres To Be Added to Athletic Field Purchase of about seven an three quarters acres of land adja cent to the high school athletic and physical education field was form ally approved Monday night by the Ames board of education to fur ther negotiations started several months ago At least half of the pur chase price to he paid Sam Steig of Nevada Story county en for the land south and west TILL IT HURTS TMs nation is at war a fact that lias yet to make an im on too many hundreds of thousands in the j Continued refusal to admit the truth unpleasant as it may be will only extend the duration of the hardships we face Eight now there are dozens of clarion calls for money Most of us think we can not answer every one of them That though is not the truth Either we answer those calls now or our contributions may necessarily be even greater in the months to come Each of us can give more than he has given So long as and we continue to spend money on ourselves as we have in past and devote to defense only that money that formerly went j into a savings account we are not doing our part The Eed Gross needs money for immediate relief work and in making preparations designed as a safeguard against what the future may bring There are other worthy channels into which to pour your money but right now we are concerned only with the war fund quota the Eed Cross must meet Fifty cents from every resident of Ames would more than Retribution Smash Is Promised i By Exiles Plans Drafted For Punishing Axis Powers Japs In Duel Of Heavy Artillery to minded the ad ministration is going to have to exert tremendous pressure to get its program approved by either house The house conferees it was be also will go along with the President and accept the senate amendments which restore the price administrators authority to license business as a means of en forcing the legislation House Balks The house rejected the provi sions in the administration that authorized the price adminis tration to license dealers in vir tually all commodities and it es a 5man hoard to handle the price program instead of a single administrator The senate restored both provi sions to their original form Mr Roosevelt was said to have told the house conferees that if farm prices were to rise about 25 percent the resultant increase in the cpst of living would bring from labor renewed demands for wage hikes which employers might re fuse to meet Labors answer might be strikes to enforce its wages demands he said V Officials Study Lease of Fair Grounds DES MOINES rrp Army air corps officers farm leaders and state officials were expected to reach an agreement today concern ing the nse of the state fail grounds as an air corps recruit training center Roosevelt today was reported be considering the selection of Charles Evans Hughes Wendell L Willkie James A Farley and possibly Alfred E Smith as mem bers of a supplemental board of umpires to assist the new Na tional War Labor board The white house announced that Willkie 1940 republican presiden tial candidate was under consid for such appointment The report regarding the others could not immediately be confirm ed retired last year as chief justice of the United States preme court Farley resigned iUl 1UI1U West 11 i of the football fields will he offset carry the local chapter over the top But we can not be by income to be derived through tent with offering only the prorated share There are some in Ames who are unable to contribute a dime There are j can afford several dollars The Red Cross doesnt ask or want more than any person the sale of dirt to the Iowa State Highway commission In removing the dirt to its own for filling in for a new building the commission will per form all engineering services bring the west portion of the tract to grade and pile the of our lives That day is more likely to come if we eon dirt so that it can he distributed to accept the tasks with which we are con easily in bringing the rest of the can give without depriving himself of The day j may come though when we will be glad to do without some of the things we now consider necessary to the normal con land to grade field with the athletic fronted Teachers salaries and Think it over tonight Decide what you believe to be your just share of the Eed Cross burden Then tomorrow make your the by enclosing that amount of money iri the re I Monday a 5man committee su the chairmanship of the democratic national committee and the post master generalship in Mr Roose velts cabinet after the latters nomination in July 1941 for a third term Smith was democratic presidential candidate in 1928 and opposed Mr nomina tion in 1932 and his in 1936 bolting the party in the protest conferred with Mr Roosevelt this morning but White i House Secretary Stephen Early said he did not think the possibili ty of appointment to the supplemental body was the pri mary purpose of the conference Mr Roosevelt created the war labor board by executive order Monday The order abolished the National Defense Mediation board and made William H Davis chair man of the new board Early disclosed that Willkie was one among several persons on a list yet to be compiled by the Pres ident for assisting the new labor board as umpires or arbitrators Will Sit As Panel In most important cases that come before the war labor board Early said the hoard members will sit as a panel with selected um pires from the supplemental list There have been reports for some time that Mr Roosevelt is planning to utilize ser vices in a war post Earlys sis that the meeting today was not necessarily to discuss role as an um pire or arbitrator renewed specula tion that the President may still have a more important post in mind for his 1940 rival One of the first tasks of the new war labor board may be a of the explosive closed shop issue The test may come in the case involving labor demands for a or closed shop at the Kearny N J plant of the Federal Continued on Page Two i Mercury On Way Up Temperatures in the 30s today were well on their way to a come early creased cost of living were discuss ed by the board at its second straight regular monthly meeting but no action was taken A budget prepared almost a year ago blocks at least temporarily any effort toi adjust salaries to the rising costs of living for the remainder of the school year turn envelope included with the letter you have received or will receive soon from the Ames chapter of the Eed Cross Rising Suns Rays Near Singapore The hoard went on record favor ing the participation of the public schools in a safety program in line Continued on Page Three Cambridge Woman Dies At Chicago Hazel Whit ney Goreham passed away night at Chicago suffered a stroke 46 of Cambridge suddenly Monday 111 after she Mrs Goreham had gone to Chicago to he with her daughter Mrs Dorothy Traw who was ill She was born at Cambridge May 17 1S95 She and her husband Bert Goreham who survives had formerly resided at Des Moines hut recently had lived with her parents Mr and Mrs C C Whit ney here Funeral arrangements have not been made Surviving besides the husband and parents are three daughters Mrs Traw Mrs Leona Halla and Mrs Maxine OMara all of ago a brother C E Whitney of Phoenix Ariz and two sisters Mrs May Oswego Kan and Mrs OMara of Minn Minn headed by Gov George A Wilson j back equaling last years was empowered to negotiate with I December marks ihe army on the proposal However status of the state fair should the air corps take over the i snow gave indications that many grounds is unknown It was sug days of similar weather would re gested by one official that it be duce ihe drifts considerably switched to another city and Local transportation companies ther proposed setting it up under have been able to return to sobe Western Unions Employes to Buy U S Defense Bonds As a means of aiding national defense the Western Union graph company has a convenient plan for its 52000 em ployes to purchase United States Defense Savings bonds Al C Green local manager announced today j The amount specified by each employee will be deducted from his monthly earnings weekly and ac THAILAND Indian Ocean RHIO ARCHIPELAGO Dutch BY UNITED PRESS j The Allies united fighting forces engaged the Japanese of nine dej offensive on all fronts in the far east today and smashed at the Germany and Axis j Axis in Russia and North J jn Philippines beleaguered American defenders of ing occupied Bataan peninsula scored a triumph in a heavy artillery duel countries and promised that that drove back the enemy smashed armored columns and bution will be swift and complete j broke up infantry concentrations attempting to mass for an after the war is won allout assault They met to draft plans for ju Indies Allied air reinforcements appeared to ishing the guilty and to make h arrived probably from America and intensified aerial tain that none of commit T p ting or ordering an shall j was beginning against Japanese invaders of the Dutch escape islands of Tarakan and Celebes as well as enemy and land Their purpose was enunciated in i forces in the western Pacific and MalaVa a declaration which promised to j Dutch bombers using some of the 50 secret jungle air exact retribution of every one j dromes prepared against the Japanese roared eastward over regardless of nationality who is j to at the enemy naval and land forces in the guilty of perpetrating atrocities in T k d islands and Dutch officials said that a x program of heavy systematic bombing the enemy was starting An official statement that the scorched earth had destroyed all oil I resources on Tarakan island before it surrendered to the Japanese Increased Allied air forces appeared to be in action in Ma where the Japanese made i their severe night and day air raids on Singapore but suffered losses of almost 10 percent of the attacking bomb ers British defense forces were i reported fighting bitterly on the peninsula ahout 150 miles north of Singapore but there was DES MOINES OID of any important change occupied countries Gen Wadislaw Sikorski Polish in exile and chairman of the ing said the declarations immed iate practical significance would be a waning to all oppressing or helping to oppress civilian popula tions that there can be no crime without punishment j It also gives a gleam of hope j and comfort to all those millions i of men and women who while ful filling their daily tasks in their oc homelands henceforth know that punishment awaits en emy acts of violence and that there will be no suffering without regret he said The most sweeping charges of atrocities were made by Edward Polish am to Britain He said more than 80000 had been Continued on Page Two Freighter Is Torpedoed Off Hemispheric Tie Rests on Agriculture AAA Expert Urges North American Nations to Unite ture is the strongest tie America Jin positions can use to bind together the coun tries of the western hemisphere Wayne Darrow director of in formation for the Agricultural ad justment administration at Wash ington declared today Darrow spoke before members of the second annual convention of the AAA county committees in Iowa on The AllAmerican Farm Northward in Burma there was another air alarm at Rangoon and indications increased that operations yere iag axis reported that the Japanese were moving against Burma while Allied re ports have indicated that tie British with the help of Chinese troops might strike at Japanese OTT WV V u l i A A Thp Tnc to Front Ha urged a unified farm pro igram for all the Americas as es to tho defense of the western hemisphere after study of a freighter 1GO miles off the j jng fam conditions in Puerto coast of Nova Scotia was revealed I Rico Haiti Cuba Panama and today with the arrival here of 89 Costa Rica survivors rear bases in Thailand Axis claims of less vigorous today although the Berlin official news agency broad cast said thata battleship report ed sank off Egypt last hv a German Uboat had now heen They said 91 persons aboard the vessel lost their lives identified as Britains 31100ton Darrow called for London can public corporations to furnish I made oa the Barham credit and technicians to farmers of these countries for ica in Russia Adolf Hitler was re ported to have abandoned his head JUBI s stand W uai e uo Authorities said the attack off Jon ot at Smolensk and moved pointed out because they use the southward as the Red army offen the Nova coast was the closest to the Canadian shore of any during the present war One vessel detected submarines when it was only SO miles off shore hut eluded them The name of the 10000ton freighter was not disclosed Two torpedoes struck the ves sel the survivors said The sur drifted for several hours in an open boat before they were re Thirtytwo of them were taken to a hospital for treatment while the others were ordered to bed by doctors who treated them for shock and exposure Continued on Page Two Complacency Described as Worst Enemy sive hammered forward southwest Moscow south of Leningrad on the Arctic coast in the far north and in Crimea on sea In Egypt the British imperials captured the Axis fortress of Sol ura on the Egyptian border and took 350 prisoners while advance forces far across the Libyan des ert renewed pressure against the enemy in the El sector WASHINGTON The worst i Apparent enemy that the United States must overcome in the months On all war fronts except Russia the Allies still were forced to 5 Policemen and 3 Firemen Get Red Cross vision of contract distribution told the United States conference of mayors today It will not be necessary to keep i the people in a constant frenzy i about the war Odium said but sectors in an effort to oppose con Axis strength but there were indications that the new united command inthe Pac was getting results In the Dutch East Indies they must not be permitted to go j acknowledged officially that Jap back to sleep anese forces had taken Tarakan You must keep before youri Off the east coast of Bor As Jap troops surge southward in Malaya British defenders of Singapore are making their stand on the lower part of the Malay peninsula before retiring behind the big guns of the island base it self From Kuala Lumpur to Singapore is still 200 miles of moun tains swamps and jungles Five policemen and three communities constantly this glar n aft a had battle Some of circus tents Agricultural leaders believed loss j to operate of the fair would be a loss to far weeks mor morale especially since agri culture has been charged with the task of providing foodstuffs for American Allies as well as for na tional needs Gov Wilson said the state would not take any action to hamper the army if it decides to use the ground Atty Gen John M han dule this week after being forced behind time for two kin was of the opinion however that it is illegal far the state oxe council or the fair board to lease or lend the fair ground Army engineers are making n survey of the sewer and heath facilities of the site Dis of the air corps officers and the governors committee pro will center on the method of transfer Credit Union to Meet Wednesday The Ace Credit union of employes of the city of will hold its annual meeting Wed at p m at Carrs Rol ler Rink on Lincoln Way Officers will lie elected and year ly business of A social program lunch radio quiz and roller skating will be the order of the evening Prizes will be awarded and tho music will for furnished by thr citys electric organ deposited in a special tank count When the required amount Already the streets were cleared haR he com of ice and a noticeable decrease in pany vm purchase and deliver a Defense Savings bond registered hi accordance with the directions of the employee Defense stamps will be placed on sale to the public at Western Union offices soon V Compositions by 3 Ames High Grads To Be Broadcast Compositions written by three graduates of Ames high school while they were attending Iowa State college will bo read on radio station WOI Monday Jan 1 ati p m on the weekly program sponsored by the Iowa State de of English arid speech Tho compositions arc Doors by Joe R Reynolds and U by Dorothea students college now by 1erier who imw ho Michigan Via Arbor Todays War Moves firemen j for completion of the Red j to our output will save j Cross advanced course in first aid i American lives he said j The presentations were made by j By doing that you may save the city council this nation from a Dunkirk Those receiving awards were or worse Policemen L Donaldson Ed Odium told the mayors they I Morris Harold 0 G help dot America with i son and Frank The fire thousands of arsenals each con Karl more than its share to i men included Sam Lous and y By LOUIS F KEEMLE Of The United Press War Desk A barrage of reports from Swiss Swedish and other sour ces indicates that m addition to his military reverses on he Russian front Hitler is hav ing trouble at home within his army and in the occupied countries Ad these reports cannot be taken at face but there are so many of them and from such varied sources that they cannot be entirely ignored If it is true that Hitler has lost 25 of his generals in the wake of the dismissal of Field Marshal Von Brauchitsch must be considerable dissen sion in the command At a time when leadership and energy are needed to halt the Russian advance and save the German armies from a win ter rout this would be import ant news Moreover divided leadership would have a bad effect on the morale of the troops already reported det The bitter cold the lack of proper clothing and shortage of of transportation difficulties are factors bound to have a bad effect on morale In connection with supply the German Trans ocean news agency carried a dispatch saying the daily trans port of food clothing and equip ment to Rumanian troops east of the Dnieper had teen tern discontinued If this means the expected to live off the country they find it next to impossible From the the German position remains bad The Russian advances alous the line is reliably to huf oil his I on tinned on Tasc Four I Student Guard to Patrol Hill on j Good Sliding Days I Louis or Eigin I an Iowa college student has been hired by the Ames Recreation to bo guard duty every hours ard iil clay on good coasting days at the hill north of Thirteenth and we of avenue Kenneth Wells coordinator for the commission today V Von Bock STOCKHOLM A high military source in Scan said today that Field Mar Von who had i been in command of tho middle sector of the front lurl arrest in liis villa at suburb of the mass of weapons i Our archenemy shown us the way i struggle compiled Hitler has to win this Odium said Figures or our army command indicate that Hitler had 000000000 worth of tanks and planes avd guns when he went against horse cavalry to the mainland Later Japanese air fleets op ened an attack on the ebes coast and Ternate island in ihe Molucca group which is 150 miles farther east This appeared to be a possible prelude to an other invasion stab designed to give the Japanese of is land bases that would endanger he supply to the East Indies and Singapore Thirty bombs were dropped on on the Celebes coast and In persons were killed and 24 injured at Ternate Continued on Page Two Treasure Chest Fabulously Rich East Indies Comprise Worlds Colonial Prize Sought By Japs By UNITED PRESS The fabulously rich Easi Indies the colonial prize is the i objective of a huge Japanese pin rers ranging southward through the Philippines on the east and i Malaya the west i lu this Pacific war theater arc the natural riches of some 2000 i islands of the Netherlands Kast Indies whoso seas uv vath rouies Oil rubber tin quinine coffee tea sugar gold and spices these are the stakes in the grow ing struggle between defenders and the Japanese attack ers The Dutch who govern East In dies trade and the lives of 60000 000 natives number about 125 000 Their of teamis de fenses revolves 5itavia temporary Java island of Continued on 1aee Sovca
