Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - January 28, 1942, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin THE BEST offense is a good Want Ad Use them often you'll be money ahead Twenty-Eighth 8766 Wisconsin Rapids Wis Wednesday January 28 1942 MONEY will help pay your fuel and taxes Let a Want Ad sell your don't wants Single Copy Five Cents U.S BOMBERS SINK LARGE JAP TRANSPORT Axis Subs Sink Fourteenth Ship Churchill's Critics in Commons Assure Him Vote of Confidence government was accused today of leading the country with childish inconsistency and filled promises of security in the Pacific war area but in almost the same breath Prime Minister Churchill's critics in the house of commons assured him the vote of confidence that he demands Attlee Proposes Starring the second day of debate over the government's war ship launched yesterday with the U.S Navy Fights One Indivisible pume minister's accounting to and the nation Clement Attlee his lieutenant in the house formally proposed the of con- Any shred of doubt over the out- come was dispelled when Churchill's own Conservative party announced after a meeting this afternoon that it supported him overwhelmingly The vote is expected tomorrow at the end of the three-day debate Sir John Wardlaw Milne an in- Conservative who led the critics attack announced less that he also would vote dence because an adverse vote would be disaster Cite Prospective U S Help As was foreseen Britain's re- verses in the battle for Singapore and the trend of the war in North Africa were two pivots of the at- tack and prospective United States help was cited on the credit side of the government's ledger We are entitled to look to the United States for naval control in the Sir John declared and I have no doubt that in the end we shall not be disappointed It would be valueless to discuss Pearl Harbor They at least had the excuse that they weren't at war We were and we were caught equally napping Laud Pool Agreement That the United States agreed at a time when she was attacked by a formidable enemy to pool her re- sources and let them be sent where they are most needed will stand high among the great transactions of these said Henry Graham White a Liberal Emanuel Shinwell one of the most outspoken Labor critics of the ad- ministration warned that it would be folly to rely on the United States shipbuilding program Naturally many vessels will be turned out in American he said but their program is vastly greater than their capacity for Go Over Top in Red Cross Drive Today The South Wood county campaign for the Red Cross emergency war relief fund went over the top today exceeding the quota set for this district by national Red Cross headquarters Up to noon today was on deposit in the fund it was an- by Miss Helen Peters treasurer This represented an addition of since day's report Two more townships made their final reports to campaign ters during the past 24 hours the town of turning in in contributions and the town of Port Edwards reporting collections of Also included in today's receipts were funds from two Boy Scout troops Troop 69 of the East Side Lutheran church giving and Troop 77 of the Lowell school giving With reports still to be received from Nekoosa Port Edwards lage and seven rural townships in- are that the fund will ex- ceed before the books are closed Campaign workers are re- quested by Chairman L L Bender to make every effort to complete their assignments this week Enemy Knox Says Chicago IP Secretary Frank Knox pictured the United States navy today as engaged in a gigantic job of protection and fighting in all the seas and all the oceans against one indivisible total my the world over It is an immense he said but your navy is doing the job The secretary in a speech pre- pared for a Chicago Association of Commerce luncheon asserted that if some people misunderstood his remarks of January 12 to the effect that Hitler was the principal en- emy the navy didn't He said he wished to make it emphatically clear that he re- the war in the Pacific the Atlantic Russia China Malaya Libya as all one war Hitler hatched this ghastly conspiracy on the whole world but the enemy is one indivisible total he said one Boy Scout Service Corps Planned Here Organization of an emergency service corps among Boy Scouts of the South Wood county district will be discussed at a scoutmasters roundtable to be held at this evening at the Elks club here Paul A Young assistant scout executive of the Samoset council will outline the purpose of the em- corps in assisting national defense Other important phases of scouting for 1942 will be considered and all scoutmasters and their assistants are urged to be present BRAZIL BREAKS TIES Rio de President Getulio Vargas today signed a de- cree breaking Brazil's diplomatic and commercial relations with many Italy and Japan The decree cited the fact that Brazil faithful to the can tradition never has failed in immediate fulfillment of continental decision and therefore was ing the unanimous recommendation of the conference of American for- eign ministers recommending the 21 republics break with the axis Boundary Issue Obstacle The boundary dis- pute between Peru and Ecuador which was believed last night to have been settled stumbled on hour obstacles once again today threatening hopes for a harmonious adjournment of the war con- ference of American foreign ters Delegates of the mediator nations tried to keep the agreement achieved in countless parleys with the disputing nations from falling apart Welles Has Meetings United States Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles held an early morning meeting at his hotel with Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Julio Tobar Donoso and then rushed to a conference with Alfredo Solf y Muro premier of Peru The difficulties were said to have arisen because of Ecuador's with the text of a ment protocol drafted last night Held in Attempts to Wreck Fast Train Wausau Wis thon county authorities arrested a youth today in ion with two attempts to wreck the Chippewa Flyer fast Milwaukee road passenger train December 1 near Marinette He was turned over to Sheriff Kohlman of Marinette county He denied all charges The boy had been staying with his grand- father having come here from Iron Mountain a few weeks ago He is an orphan Two other 15 and the other were being held in inson county Mich Sheriff YANKS MARCH IN United States diers part of the contingent that reached Northern Ireland marched along a street en route to an encampment Photo sent via cable from London to New York Nelson Tells of Strict New Rules on Hiring of Men Washington Chairman Donald Nelson said today that if strict new requirements he has laid down for the em- ployment of men by the war production board are not in the case ofany such man he will be asked to leave Nelson told of his new rules in an appearance before the senate de- fense investigating committee which has criticized the year government employment of men lent by private companies on Compromise Administration forces in the ate agreed today to compromise a provision of a pending war powers so that a section of the Hatch act barring certain political activities by government officials would continue to apply to men Senator O'Mahoney floor manager for the measure an- he would offer a substitute for an amendment by Senator lette and in it would make clear that men could not take part in political Rules and Limitations Nelson testified he had imposed these rules and limitations ing of 1 No person shall be appointed on a basis unless lie is a man of outstanding business Mrs Spanlding 44 Succumbs at Madison Hospital Mrs Arthur Spaulding 44 1531 Apricot street died at a m on Tuesday at the Wisconsin General hospital in Madison following a ering illness The Rev H R covic will conduct funeral services at the Krohn and Berard chapel on Friday January 30 at a m Burial will be in Forest Hill tery Mrs Spaulding nee Blanche ner was born in Mount III on January 14 3898 the daughter of Mr and Mrs Reuben and has lived in the city 25 years Her marriage to Arthur Spaulding took place on January 15 1917 at Biron Besides her husband she leaves two children Edward and Mrs aid Landerman both of this city one grandchild three brothers Cecil and Lawrence Renner of this city or technical ability of and Walter Renner of Strongs able and especially Prairie and two sisters Mrs FranK fied for the work for which he is Shepard and Mrs Earl FIVE DEAD 374 MISSING FROM ALLIED LINER a Crew members of the torpedoed tanker Francis E Powell brought ashore at Norfolk after rescue by the coast guard said today the enemy submarine that sank their trailed their lifeboat for hours and then attempted to follow their rescue ship The guard vessel however easily out- ran the raider By the Associated Press Axis submarines ranging the eastern American coast from the Gulf of to northern an sunk at least 14 American and allied ships since the undersea raiders appeared off Nova Scotia January 12 374 Persons Missing Latest announced blow the torpedoing of a large allied ger liner carrying 450 passengers and crew from Bermuda to an ern port Only 71 have been saved five bodies recovered and 374 sons are missing from the liner As this blow was announced the navy at Corpus Christi Tex said that a submarine doubtlessly man had been sighted 15 miles from nearby Port Aransas and that probably another U-boat was in the vicinity Believe Three Lost This announcement followed upon last night's report 01 a U-boat's sinking the American tanker Francis E Powell off Lewes Del with an indicated loss of three lives The fate of another American tanker the tons remained in doubt following a radio report yesterday afternoon that she was being attacked The carried 38 men Thirty-three survivors from a Greek freighter and a Norwegian tanker arrived at an eastern dian port last night and reported that 51 men were missing or dead in successful attacks on their sels Eight Officially Listed Official navy statements list eight ships sunk off the eastern American coast in 14 days These ships ing tons went down with a loss of 99 lives while 275 men were saved in wide-spread rescues Germany said yesterday that 30 ships totaling tons had been sunk off the American coasts al officers said that was an gerated score Previously it had been ed that three ships had been sunk off large passenger liner and a Norwegian freighter both on January 12 and an unidentified Panamanian freighter a few days later Direct Hit Scored Upon Enemy Cruiser Lose One Plane in Macassar Fight Washington A for- mation of heavy can army bombers sank a large Japanese transport at Balik Papan and scored a di- rect hit on a cruiser there ing the battle of Macassar straits Lose One Bomber The war department an- the action today ing that one of the bombers was lost during the attack Bahk Papan is a port on the east coast of Borneo in the Indies The transport was sunk in the liver there but the cruiser was outside the harbor In the Philippines the ment's communique said the enemy landed a small number of troops in the Subic bay area but enemy -in- activity was limited to sance flights and there was no ground activity on the Batan peninsula of Communique The text of the communique based on reports up to a m C S T 1 Philippine There was practically no ground activity on the Balan peninsula The landed relatively small numbers in the Subic bay area Enemy air activity was limited to reconnaissance flights Sink Jap Transport 2 Netherlands Further reports of the action in Macassar straits disclose that heavy American army bombers sank a large Japanese transport in the river at Balik Papan and scored a direct hit on a cruiser outside of the harbor During this attack one of our bombers was lost In a attack by our planes in this action one enemy transport was sunk and another sot afire as e- ported on January 3 There is nothing to report from other areas chosen 2 No man shall bo appointed to any position if with 7 both of this city The body will lie at tho Krohn and Rerard funeral home where friends may pay their respects Fire Damage to Home Here Reported Fire of undetermined origin did considerable to the land Akey 321 Fourth avenue south shortly noon today destroying personal ings in three second-floor rooms The home is owned by Nate An- derson Wisconsin Rapids Fire Chief C Miller said this afternoon that the fire apparently started in a closet and spread to a bedroom doing more than damage to the building and com- destroying furnishings in one room and smoke doing damage in two other rooms There was no insurance on the Akey property Chief Miller ed Firemen used two trucks and overcame the blaze in 35 minutes Civilians to Quit Singapore Strip Orders were issued today for the evacuation by noon Friday of all civilians and from a strip one mile deep on the northern shore of Singapore island which faces the an mainland across the narrow Johore strait The edict came as the ing lines about 50 miles above the water hurdle which the Japanese must cross in any land-based at- tempt to invade this British Pacific bastion As the battle drew closer suburban Singapore under- went another bombing from 27 Japanese planes which quickly dropped their cargoes and dis- appeared The night communique that the front at least for the moment was holding firm Thirty-Four Die in Blast Coal Mine in Anticipate Capacity Crowd for President's Birthday Ball Friday In I C 1 1 1 i With sale of tickets for the ball Friday night at Memorial armory proceeding briskly today the local Committee for the Celebration of the President's Birthday anticipate a capacity crowd for the event Nobles Urges Support In a public appeal urging full and sympathetic support of the campaign to raise funds for the A J JLUI man said that the two had fight against infantile paralysis ted that they and their companion Mayor William T Nobles declared piled large boulders and ties on the road's right of way in attempts to derail both northbound and bound flyers Both attempts failed UNDERGOES OPERATION E B Redford 431 Witter street underwent a major operation at a Rochester Minn hospital Tuesday and friends here informed day that his condition is considered favorable Mrs Redford is at Ro- chester with her husband celebrate the birthday of President Roosevelt It is the president self who is responsible for this good cause and on this occasion we demonstrate our loyalty to him as well as make our donations to the cause which is linked to him port the Birthday Ball Dance that others may walk Music for the dance will be by Frank Wilde and his Troubadors popular orchestra that that a ticket for the Birthday features both old-time and modern Ball is an of the finest i dance music Robert Brown general sentiments of the American ple Infantile paralysis is an enemy of our country in the same sense as any Mayor Nobles said It attacks and destroys and strikes will be the chairman of the ball announced day Dancing will be from 9 to 1 Refreshments and lunch will be served at the armory A special entertainment feature amusement tax J J man of the advance sale is being assisted by a west side sales com- of Harvey Gee Kd Krohn L G Shugart John ler and George The east side committee consists of Andrew Schill John Brauer and Walter Herschleb At Biron the cale is in charge of Phil Nobles and J R Kahoun New Contributions Among contributions from reported by ward J Gilbertson general man of the campaign were from the General Drivers local and from the local of the State County Municipal Employes without warning at its victims There is none immune to it none can foresee where it will strike next appearance at 30 Mr Gilbertson again called at- At Memorial armory Friday night this community will join with j witu cum inr others throughout the nation to students Both prices include the Til f fi v o clock of the Sons of the Legion tention of the public to the milk drum and bugle corps The corps bottle collection which will be will stage a concert under direction made Friday Bottles for each ward of Matt Marshall Of the city will be placed at the Tickets for the affair are 50 approaches to the Grand avenue cents for adults and 25 cents for bridge into which donations to the fund may be made Mount Harris miners in an ex- plosion in the Victor American Fuel company coal mine late last night Only four men escaped Black damp deadly carbon gas filled the shaft after the blast and impeded the work of cue crews unable to reach the tims for nearly six hours Nearly family in this small mining community 200 miles west of Denver had relatives em- ployed in the mine Mine Superintendent Henry son said the ol men were trapped about feet inside the tunnel of the mine which slopes at an angle of about lo degrees into Mount Harris The four who escaped were ing nearer the entrance They heard the blast and fled Rescue crews ought the cating gas with huge blowers ing air into the mine and sucking the fumes out The miners families rushed to the pit from their homes in the surrounding towns of Craig den and Steamboat Springs but were advised to return to Ambulances and hearses wen called from all surrounding towns and State Mine Inspector I hennas Allen left for the from ver FLIERS BAG SIX JAP PLANES Rangoon volunteer fliers achieved another miracle east of goon today when in a daylight fight they destroyed six Japanese fighter planes by unofficial count probably destroyed six more and damaged nine others of a disrupted formation of 37 Incur No Casualties The American fighters returned to their base suffering any casualties Unofficial reports said that a for- mation of R A F bombers ed heavy damage in a raid last night on Bangkok capital of Thailand British and Burmese forces en- gaged Japanese advance units today in a region described as east of the Salween river principal watercourse of eastern Burma which flows south into the Gulf of Martaban at Reach Defense Lines An army communique which re- ported contact with the Japanese in that sector said a number of troops of the Burma rifles and Burma frontier force had won their way back to the defense lines from Tavoy That port region some ISO miles down the peninsula from Moulmein had been evacuated the nese advance In general the communique re- ported that the situation on the Tenasserim southern Burma front remains unchanged Dies Warns Against West Coast Attack Washington tive Dies told the house today that unless thr government adopts an alert there will occur on the west coast a tragedy that will make Pearl Harbor sink in significance The Pearl Harbor disaster Dies said was largely due to a fear of displeasing foreign powers and a maudlin altitude toward fifth col- He said the Tragedy might never have had the house com- on un-American activities which he heads been permitted to disclose last September its ings on Japanese espionage Dies said he would make public within a week or two a full and complete report on Japanese and sabotage in this country including official letters disclosing the true attitude of official ington toward the whole fifth col- umn question Hire Engineer to Help Install Police Two-Way Radio Chairman William Rusk sa supervisor and head of the Wood county traffic committee today announced the committee has a part-time radio neer to assist in the installation of the two-way police radio stem I he engineer is Victor Nickel of His ment Rusk said becomes ts e February 1 and permanent dis- of the engineer's services will be brought before the county board at its March meeting Some parts of the police radio equipment to be installed by the county have already arrived Rusk said The operation permit from the federal communications commission has not been received however The chairman said a elate for the ning of service could not be forecast The committee also announced purchase of two new Chevrolet cars for the county's traffic officers at a cost of each in addition to the trade-in of the present vehicles The cars were bought from the Chevrolet company low ders among four companies sub- proposals FINNS CLAIM SUCCESS Helsinki Finland Two local Russian attacks above Lake Onega were smashed while lery duels and infantry skirmishes occurred on tho front and lively patrol activity continued along the far northern front nish headquarters said today W ash ington P An- other big Japanese transport has fallen victim of American army bombers in the battle of Macassar straits the war de- reported today while range plans for surprise army expeditions by the ed nations began to take hape The department's communique No 80 of the war said that one of our eight heavy bombers participating in the attack had been lost but added that a direct hit had been scored on a Japanese cruiser Separate Action Whether this action was separate from a similar one recounted by the united nations high command at ia in the Netherlands East Indies was not definitely known War department officials said that because of time differentials and variance in wording of the re- ports they could not be sure The Batavia report was that an undisclosed number of American bombers had sunk a anese transport set a second one afire shot down two Japanese fighter planes which sought to in- straddled an enemy cruiser with bombs and returned to base without the loss of a single er Washington discussions of the developing long-term plan of the United States and Britain were based on indications gleaned from official statements Pass Navy Fund Disclosures of President velt Prime Minister Churchill and congressional leaders gave broad outlines of the plan and congress rushed legislation to carry it out The house passed 388 to 0 and sent to the senate last night the naval appropriations in- a special emergency ion for the developing amphibious strategy The provides for emergency construction of special vessels The house naval committee disclosed in a report that this provision would give the essary ships with which to conduct the amphibious operations which it is contemplated may be necessary to prosecute the present war to a conclusion Depend on U S Ships Mr Churchill meanwhile had told parliament that the United States was being depended upon for trans- port and supply ships When they arc ready he said we shall be able to across the ocean next year two three and even four times as large armies as the considerable forces we are able to handle at ent Although Churchill said that T Railroads Ready to Serve Rotary Told Expressing his confident opinion that this nation with the help of the network of railroad systems could lick any transportation lems brought about by the present C Jorgenson Green Bay general traffic manager of the Green Bay railroad addressed tha Rotary club at its weekly noon luncheon meeting at the Hotel ter today The railroads of necessity will play a great part in the crisis that faces the United he said but they stand ready to serve in any capacity Jorgenson told his audience that modern warfare is as dependent upon efficient and speedy tation as it is upon men machines and materials America's railroads are ready to move men and ment from one part of the nation to another if such be the he stated It's true that we are all on the spot but the U S will win and will help in making this world a better place in which to the railroad man concluded THE WEATHER For Not much change i n temperature this afternoon warmer tonight WARMER Today's Weather Maximum temperature for hour period ending at 7 a m 36 minimum temperature for 24-hour period ending at 7 a m at 7 a m
