Waterloo Daily Courier (Newspaper) - January 28, 1942, Waterloo, Iowa Remember Pearl Buy Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps FIRST WITH NEWS The Weather Slightly warmer tonight Complete forecast for Iowa and surrounding states on page 2 ESTABLISHED 1854 WATERLOO IOWA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 28 1942 EIGHTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS SINKS SHIP 250 MISSING OPA Says Situations Will Be Met by Gov't Action as They Arise HENDERSON PROBABLE BOSS FOR ALL BUYING Washington D Every tli ing that Americans buy at the stores became liable to rationing Wednesday and legal price fixing was only one short step away The war production board delegated to Acting Price Ad- ministrator Leon Henderson lull power to ration retail commodities only a short time before the senate completed congressional action Tuesday on a end eel price control and sent it on to dent Roosevelt Democratic leaders said hey expected the chief executive to sign the measure some of Us farm price sections were known to be distasteful to him He had asked for the legislation more than six months ago as a check against inflation Living costs have risen more than 11 per cent since September 1939 government economists sav and parallel price rises have eral dollars to the cost of the nation's armament program Will Keep Henderson The capital generally conceded that Henderson would be retained in the price administration post he now holds by virtue of an executive order The added rationing authority given him with Roosevelt's al virtually guaranteed that the name of Henderson in the next few weeks would become in the kitchens corner stores and of- fices of America Further the WPB observed seems inevitable Signature of the price fixing measure will not necessarily mean an immediate flood of price-fixing orders said one of Henderson's lieutenants who declared lhal will be met as they arise Relying almost entirely up to now on voluntary and orders without the specific of law the OPA lias fixed price ceilings on 72 commodities ranging from washed hair to steel Third Now Under Control In addition it has reached tary price agreements will about 100 individual producers frozen some prices and listed others al what it considered fair In all about per cent of the total value of wholesale is already tinder price control as is almost half the field of metais and metal products The scope of price control is en- tremendously by the new measure Here arc its principa A single administrator is to fix price on selected commodities ever he believes prices are ex- and threaten the war production program Except as to farm prices the lev els between October 1 and 15 would be used as standard Before farm prices could be they could rise to 110 per cent of parity the average price between or the level on Oct 1 or Dec 15 1941 i Farm price orders would be sub- ject to approval of the secretary of agriculture Can Also Buy and Srll The administrator also could buy and sell commodities to stimulate production and control prices and would have the power lo check profiteering and hoarding Rent maximums with April 1 1941 charges as a standard also could be ordered in crowded de- fense areas Buyers and sellers of all affected by price ex- cept farmers and fishermen would be licensed one violation and a the could ask the courts to suspend a license for as long 12 months Criminal penalties up to line and two years in jail also are provided for violators Appeals could be taken from orders cither to the a special of federal or the supreme court Wages are exempt from limitation BS are rates charged by publishers of newspapers books and cals press associations railroads U S Bomber Planes Still Blasting Japs His Birthday Cake v JITTERS Knox Explains Why Public Is Sometimes Deprived of War Facts SAYS TOKYO WONDERING WHAT U S FLEET DOING President Roosevelt coaxed a speech out of Jill Myrup when she acted as spokesman for the Bakery and Confectionery Workers union in presenting the president a birthday cake for his jubilee Friday Standing left to right President William Green of the A F of L and Clement Maggia who made the cake British Order Evacuation of the North Coast of Singapore military command faced with in- creasing Japanese pressure in Malaya Wednesday ordered the evacuation of the north coast of Singapore island by noon Friday The order indicated that the battle of Singapore is imminent Coincident with British orders to evacuate that portion of Singa- pore island facing the Malayan mainland Japanese quarters in Tokyo asserted that their forces operating in central Malaya had advanced 28 miles to within 25 miles of the straight separating Malaya from Singapore island Latest advices said Japanese forces were converging along the four main highways of Malaya pressing down behind tank heads toward the imperial troops British Australian and Indian who were massing near the tip of the peninsula for the climactic battle of Singapore The Japanese were last reported 43 miles from Singapore at the nearest point public utilities radio tures or other theatres outdoor ad- firms doctors and yers Hurley Is Envoy to New Zealand Washington D dent Roosevelt Wednesday named Patrick J Hurley who was of war under Herbert Hoover as America's first ter to New Zealand Some days ago Hurley who held a colonel's commission in the reserves was made a brigadier general It was assumed that he already has reached his post in the west Pacific BRITISH BOMBS BLAST BREST AND BOULOGNE bombers at- tacked docks in the French seaport cities of Brest and Boulogne it was announced Wednesday by the British war Martin King Edward Isabels 2 or Emerson San Felice Verso cigars Up to p m EST the ular daily communique had not been issued in Singapore It was evident that the order there applied only to civilians and civilian prises in order to make way for increased preparations to defend the island against frontal Only a mile across the strait from the north side of the island of Singapore is Johore Bharu north of which the British were preparing a defense ring to fight the Japanese on the mainland and so far as possible to keep island out of the range of Japanese land artillery Singapore island is connected with Johore Bharu by a granite causeway which is broken only by a drawbridge over n channel navigable by small craft Tons of explosive would be re- quired to make it impassable to enemy troops and mechanized transport attempting to reach the island Some 13 miles from the causeway head is the great Singapore naval base bristling with long range coast artillery to defend the island against attack from the sea Because of Singapore's defenses against sea attack the most Japanese threat to the island would be expected to come from the land side with artillery supplemented by anese air assaults and efforts to land troops from the sea and by parachute their drive against the island the Japanese at the cost of a cruiser and a transport hit by British planes have landed a strong forco on the east coast of Malaya There were reports also of new Japanese landings on the west coast Four main Japanese columns wore now driving down on a line which ran from the rang 43 above News Feature Index Page Believe It or Not 8 Brady's Health Talk fi Cedar Falls City in Brief 7 Classified Ads Comics 17 Courier Files fi Editorial B Farm News 18 Markets Merry-Go-Round in News 6 Northeast Iowa Events J Parsons Movie Talk 13 Private Lives 6 Radio Programs 13 Serial Story 8 Society 7 Sports Stamp Stories K Theatre Entertainment 13 Ray's Corner 8 R on Broadway 8 Continued on page 2 column Secretary Knox Wednesday told cans wondering what our atic fleet is doing to tern ember the Japs are more curious than you are The navy secretary devoted much of his prepared address to the Chicago Association of Commerce on the naval war gram to the vexations and business of security and the public information policy Japanese uncertainty over what our fleet is doing or where it is going he said is one such as has caused of you to ask What is Hitler going to do He said it had manifest value because not knowing what your adversary is going to do you have to disperse your forces and attempt to be ready for anything Knox said a navy department study of what axis short wave tions call news indicated the Japs are jittery because they can't de- termine just where the American fleet is and what its objects may be He Bring Three Back For example on Jan 1 they an- that they had sunk seven of our battleships no less But by Jan 15 a spirit of prudence had crept over them and they magnanimously changed the figure to four thus restoring three to the surface where others may follow in due course On the 21st curiously enough their compilation omitted any mention of a seaplane carrier whose demise had been ly chronicled the week before He said he often was asked why he wished to keep something cret when he knew people already knew of it and have been talking about it My answer is that our enemies past masters at such tics plant and circulate rumors in order to confuse us It is not the circulation but the of so-called facts that is important Confirmation Hurts If official confirmation given these inside stories that always in wartime if some sible member of the government publicly backs them up the ment uncertainty is destroyed Our enemies are then free to make their plans and carry out their with a far greater degree of precision and certainty press and radio said have cooperated perfectly And as a newspaper man it is not easy for me to be counselling restrictions silence and faith but as knowledge end of the problem spreads skepticism and confusion will diminish and the people will realize why there must be a news shortage as well as a rubber shortage Not Much Change in Temperature DCS you've been dissatisfied with the cool er the last day or so the man will try to do something about it He forecast slightly warmer weather in the west and central portions Wednesday night but not much change in Tuesday's high was 47 degrees nt Sioux City while Tuesday night's low was 22 at Charles City Fort Dodge and Mason City Americans and Japs in Gov't Net Washington D Three American citizens aSkl three prominent Japanese were indicted by a eral grand jury Wednesday in connection with the tion of pro-Japanese propaganda in alleged violation of the agents registration act c r i c a n s on charges of conspiring to late the act were Ralph send of Lake Geneva Wis and David Warren Ryder and erick Vincent Williams San Francisco The Japanese named were tomti Obana secretary of the anese Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco K Takahashi and S Takeuchi San Francisco managers of the Steamship Co and the Co respectively The jury also returned ments against Townsend and Ryder on charges of failing to register as agents of a foreign principal Williams was charged on nine counts of failure to state material facts in registration statements he subsequently filed under the act as an agent of the Japan Times aVid Mail an English language newspaper published in Tokyo Obana was charged in four tional counts with wilfully omitting material facts in his registration statements filed in behalf of the Japanese committee on trade and information Named but not as defendants were Kanzo Shiosaki aand Toshito Sato both former anese consul generals in San Quake Near Macassar Strait Battle New uni- seismograph Wednesday indicated an earthquake by Australian seismographs possibly occurred close to Macassar strai where American and Dutch air anc sea forces have dealt a heavy blow to Japanese warships and transports The Fordham seismograph ed the temblor Wednesday bly while the major engagement a sea was in progress The first shock occurred at a m the second three utes later Tire Thieves Stay Out of Dodge City Dodge City Sheriff Harry Brown suggested that auto- mobile owners have an individual like a cattle molded into tires when they're re- capped The folks in this one-time tier town ever hear of Boot Hil got the idea all right And then get a vigilante so nodded an enthusiastic citi zen I'm ready to organize one the first tire that's Outgun Japanese Fliers Air Attack in Battle of Macassar in AMERICAN FLIERS KNOCK OUT JAPANESE PLANES the Associated Press Batavia N E I Huge American bombers sank another big Japanese transport Tuesday in the strait of Macassar set a second trans- port afire splashed bombs around a cruiser and out- gunned Japanese fighter planes which tried to break their attack the united tions command disclosed day Thus the toll in the first five days of the battle for the key sea lane between Borneo and Celebes was boosted to at least 10 troop and supply laden ships sunk or badly damaged and at least 11 warships sent to the bottom or badly smashed Washington announcements gave an even higher loll for the day operations and not counting the two additional transports listed losses of 34 Japanese ships 11 known sinkings six probable ings and 17 damaged Stress Fighting Power The lighting power of the big American planes was stressed in the united nations headquarters communique which said Japanese York The British radio heard Wednesday by CBS reported that to nese are said to have been already in the united nations air and sea attacks on Japanese troops transports and warships in the Strait of Macassar fighter aircraft which attempted to intercept our bombers were ly handled Two were shot the com- reported and one was damaged All the American planes returned to base safely Whether he Japanese er to what extent was not specified The communique said only that the cruiser was closely straddled with several sticks of bombs Japanese bombers made a heavy raid Wednesday on on the west coast of Sumatra setting fire to two ships and damaging a third Some casualties were as a result a new attack in the Continued on page 2 column 3 Black Damp Kills 34 in Mine Blast Hayden The bodies of 34 coal miners were found Wednesday in the depths of a shaft at the Wedge mine where they were asphyxiated by black damp An explosion rocked the er shaft at 10 o'clock Tuesday night exhausting the limited supply oxygen from the damp air There was no fire nor casein Four of the night crew of 38 men escaped It was the worst mine disaster in history A rescue crew of six men aided by masks and oxygen tanks battled down the pit to find the 34 bodies on the mine floor Some of the miners ly had progressed toward the mine entrance before lack of oxygen overcame them The Wedge mine is operated by the company in the heart of the Colorado 200 miles west of Denver Supt Henry Johnson ordered several emergency crews to prepare for recovery of the bodies as soon as gas cleared from the single nel of the shaft Ecuador Peru Settle Dispute at Rio Meeting Rio de cen boundary dispute between Ecuador and Peru finally was set tied Wednesday and Brazil wa about to become the American nation to break diplomat ic relations with the axis Thus the last obstacle to har conclusion of the emer conference of American for eign ministers was removed The final plenary session formal ly to approve a resolution recom mending that all the American re publics break with the axis anc 39 other military economic and po defense measures was t convene at 6 p m EST Starve to Death in Athens in Single Day Bern conditions in Greece are so acute that 2.000 persons died in Athens alone in a single day and breac sells for a loaf the Journal de Geneve reported The paper quoted an anonymous letter dated Dec 9 1941 from a writer in Greece as the source o its information People of the streets are all skeletons and on every corner poo pie are lying the letter said The winter is especially and there is no wood Only the richest can afford avail able food with bread selling at a loaf General Chaney Greets Hartle and First Troops SAVE A LIFE IN Traffic Toll in of Waterloo This Year and Last Jan 1 184 Number of accidents Number of injured 14 Number killed 0 Same Dale M 13 anded at Puerto Rico After Rescue by Steamer of Puerto Rican SUB MENACE GROWS AS MORE SHIPS TORPEDOED General James E Chaney named commander of U S troops in the United Kingdom Gen Russell P Hartle as latter arrived In northern Ireland with the second A E F Photo passed by censors cabled from London NEA Port Arthur shipping interests were warned Wednesday of the presence of a sub- marine 15 miles off sas pass at 9 a m ing- to an announcement from the office of Cmdr R R Ferguson naval port director for Port Arthur San Juan Puerto S S Coamo arrived Wednesday with 71 survivors of an allied steamer torpedoed in the Atlantic with 321 sons aboard about 250 of whom were dead or missing Some of the survivors were picked up Friday night by the Coamo of the Puerto Rico line from lifeboats had set out from the torpedoed vessel with 76 persons aboard Five died during the lifeboats six days at sea Twenty-two of the survivors were crew members Two hundred of those aboard the allied steamer were swept overboard when the first of two torpedoes struck an officer of the steamer said One of the torpedoes struck the engine room and the steamer sank in 25 minutes The torpedoing occurred at a m Jan 19 Torpedo Smashes Lifeboats The chief officer said two lifeboats were smashed by the torpedo explosions I think two other lifeboats aged to get he said The night was perfect and moonless and the sea was smooth when the attack came The rescue took 20 minutes The ship sank in 25 minutes The captain of the steamer was among the missing The first torpedo struck the steamer near the bridge and pled over the vessel's mainmast the officer related The ship heeled over sweeping many into the sea The survivors included in tion to the crew members con- struction workers and a year old girl with her mother and er Passengers Calm The little girl was very the chief officer said One of the survivors said that the passengers were calm after the torpedoing They followed orders ha said A crew member said they had been six days in the lifeboat The captain of the Coamo said the survivors had escaped In three lifeboats and believed that more either had been picked up or would be soon Sixteen of the survivors were from St Joseph Mo including Charles Clifford Vincent and land Peoples G E Mooney C L Mooney F L Williams Charles Nielson Thomas Cooney E W Witherow E Broune Charles W Adams L C Cann Charles Reed and James Coil Other survivors included mond Dawson of Savannah Mo Tanker Survivors Landed An oast coast Canadian survivors ot a British tanker were landed hero Wednesday after spending 33 hours in an open lifeboat Survivors said many of crew were killed when a big submarine sent two torpedoes crashing into the ship's hull It was the third lorpedolnj? reported In the Atlantic off the Canadian coast within 21 hours Thirty-three survivors of two other ships sunk by axis ines were being treated at a pital Twenty-one wore Norwegians ibo crew of a tanker condition critical Twelve wore survivors of n freighter Two of the men injured They were taken to it on stretchers Survivors their ship sank iu the Atlantic 1
