Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - February 4, 1942, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin THE BEST offense is a good Want Ad Use them often you'll be money ahead Tribune E E W S PV PER MONEY will help pay your fuel and taxes Let a Want Ad sell your don't wants Twenty-Eighth 8772 Wisconsin Rapids Wis Wednesday February -1 1942 Single Copy Five Cents REINFORCEMENTS WAVELL BATAN FORCES REPULSE ATTACK ON LEFT FLANK local at- tack on General Douglas thur's left flank on Batan peninsula the night of February 3 was sharply repulsed the war department an- today A communique also said that a delayed report from the lands Indies disclosed that seven American army bombers sank two Japanese transports and probably a third in an attack on enemy ping at Balik Papan on the east coast of Borneo on February 2 The department said this attack was be- to be the same mentioned in a communique issued yesterday by General Sir Archibald Wavell at Batavia Text of Communique The text of the communique No 91 of the war based on reports re- here up to a m C S T 1 Philippine During the night of February 3 elements of the Kimura division made a local attack on our left flank in Batan The attack was sharply repulsed Our troops continued to mop up tattered remnants of the Japanese who had previously landed on the west coast or who had infiltrated behind our lines These enemy troops were from the group and the Kimura division and were found in isolated pockets No forcements were able to reach them The enemy had attempted to supply them intermittently with food and ammunition dropped by parachute However most of these supplies fell into our hands Prisoners Surprised Japanese prisoners of war ex- pressed great surprise at the humane treatment they are ing at our hands They said they had been told that we would execute all prisoners On our right there was little activity during the past 24 hours Enemy air activity over our lines was limited to a few sporadic ing attacks which did no damage 2 Netherlands A delayed report advises that seven heavy American army ers of the flying fortress type at- tacked Japanese shipping at Balik Papan Borneo on February 2 Two enemy transports were sunk and a third which was hit repeatedly was probably sunk All of our planes returned to their base undamaged It is believed that this attack is the one mentioned in General Wavell's communique of yesterday 3 There is nothing to report from other areas See Increased U S Action The capital looked to American air and sea forces today to take an increasingly heavy toll of Japanese expeditions now threatening Java Although the destination of a ship Japanese convoy which the Chinese reported off Amoy was un- determined there was little doubt here that it would be subjected to continual pounding of American ships and planes if it attempted to reach the southwestern Pacific tle zone From Amoy the voyage to either the Macassar strait district from which the Japanese menace Java or to the Malay peninsula above Singapore would take about a week Battalion Joins MacArthur The navy's announcement that a naval battalion composed of jackets and marines has been and is fighting on Batan peninsula with Gen McArthur's command was taken to refer to forces which had been left behind when the navy withdrew from the Philippines a month ago The battalion presumably ed several hundred men Clark Lee Associated Press correspondent with 7 Referendum on Single Alderman for Each Ward Spiked by Council The common council Tuesday night turned thumbs down on a proposal to submit to referendum of the voters here April 7 the question of changing the present system of two-man ward tation on the council to a one-man aldermanic plan The vote was 11 to 5 Alderman Herman Koth exponent of the system of council representation who had proposed the referendum at the January meeting brought the idea to vote last night but he was joined in the roll call only by dermen William Gleue Charles V Stark Rudolph Hahn and Fred Duncan The vote was taken on a motion by Stark to approve for publication an ordinance which provided only that the question be made the sub- ject of a referendum Council action alone would not have accom- the change Taxpayers Should Decide Koth told the council that the taxpayers should be the ones in the end to decide this question He pointed out that aldermen were privileged to work against the plan at voting time if they chose and that in approving his measure they getting it before the James P Glennon 50 Dies at Stevens Point James P Glennon 50 a former resident of Wisconsin Rapids died at his home in Stevens Point early today being found dead in bed by his wife about 9 a m He had been ill since last Saturday but his con- dition had not been considered Mr Glennon was associated with the Rood Construction company in Wisconsin Rapids for a number of years prior to February 1020 when he accepted a position with the Hardware Mutual Casualty com- pany at Stevens Point During his residence here he was secretary of the Elks lodge and was also a ber of the Knights of Columbus and Holy Name society Mr Glennon is survived by his wife the former Fern Slattery a native of this city a son James S at Scott Field 111 a daughter gy at home and a sister Mrs John Crummey Stevens Point neral arrangements had not been completed this afternoon were only people Discussion developed the feeling among opponents that the plan should be initiated for referendum purposes by petition of voters and there was general agreement that the plan should be brought to we shouldn't take it to the people Alderman Meade Reeves sed belief that voters might inter- pret an enabling council vote on the action as indicating that the cil is in favor of the plan man Reinhard Knuth asserted that if any change is contemplated by the council a combination supervisor plan with dovetailing representation on the city council and county board of supervisors should be installed Jeffrey Special Attorney For the second time in less than a year the council installed John Jeffrey jr as special city attorney to fill the vacancy created by the absence of City Atty H D meyer who was called again into army service late last month frey was given a unanimous ballot by the aldermen One other local attorney W J Conway jr was nominated Jeffrey will serve until the spring election An issue of long standing with Third street residents Cleared its first hurdle with first reading and order to publish of an ordinance which would forbid parking at all times on the east side of Third street south from Birch street to the south city limits The ordinance will come up for second reading and final vote at the March meeting of the council Vote on the measure was taken on a motion by Alderman Knuth chairman of the street committee He reported his committee mended enactment of the ordinance designed to alleviate hazardous fic conditions on the narrow street Urge Sidewalk Narrowed Referred to the joint sidewalk and street committees was a letter 7 House Increases in Big Navy Washington The house agreed today to accept senate in- creases in the navy appropriations boosting the total to largest in history The conference report then went to the senate for approval House action on voice vote came only a few minutes after Rep ter took the floor to assert that the Republican minority had contributed wholeheartedly in ing the big measure through con- gress He made that statement he said because a charge made within the past few days that the minority was not a reference to a radio address by ward chairman of the national committee in which Flynn advised election this fall of a congress hostile to dent Roosevelt Frank Lupient of Curtiss Succumbs Junction City Wis William Frank Lupient of Curtiss Wis died Tuesday evening at the home of his daughter Mrs A M Hanson in Junction City where he had been cared for the past 10 days The body was taken back to Curtiss for the funeral at the Lutheran church and burial Besides the daughter in Junction City he leaves three other ters Mrs James Sullivan of this city Mrs Fred of ville and Miss Marion Lupient of Marinette one brother Fred of Marshfield and six grand- children His wife survives FREIGHTER SUNK BY SUB 2 DEAD Lewes freighter San Gil owned by the United Fruit company was torpedoed and shelled by an enemy submarine off the Maryland coast at o'clock last night with the loss of two lives it was disclosed with the landing of survivors here today Forty Saved Two Hurt Thirty-nine other members of the crew and one passenger Stewart Winslow Condon 26 of Mass were saved Four of the crew were injured The ship was struck first by a torpedo on the port side an cial spokesman for the fourth naval district said two ing members of the crew apparently were killed by an ex- plosion The crew launched two lifeboats and the submarine then shelled the ship All but about four of 15 shells hit the target Captain Walter W Koch 44 of N Y re- ported A second torpedo struck the ship as it sank by the stern A coast guard cutter picked up the ors after they had spent seven hours in the lifeboats Praises Radio Operator Radio Operator Robert S Thorp 41 of East Orange N J was praised by Captain Koch who said Thorp rigged an emergency antenna and flashed several distress signals after the first torpedo wrecked the vessel's standard antenna ment The San Gil was built in Belfast Ireland in 1920 WAR PRODUCTION MINISTER'S POST TO BEAVERBROOK London Prime Minister Churchill created the new cabinet post of minister of war production today an assignment aimed at peak cooperation be- tween Britain and the United States and entrusted it to Lord Beaverbrook one of his most ued aides Parallels Nelson Office The new ministry roughly lels the office of Donald M Nelson in directing the United States war production Making that comparison himself in the house of commons last week Churchill All the resources of our two countries are now pooled in ping munitions and raw materials and some similar will not say with the same scope but with similar be created here if harmonious and complete ing between Great Britain and the United States is maintained at this high level Lord Beaverbrook is succeeded as minister of supply by Sir Andrew Rae Duncan until now president of the board of trade Sir Rae is a British industrialist and a former minister of supply Cripps Not Appointed The assignments did not include Sir Stafford Cripps former British ambassador to Moscow who it had been predicted would be named to a cabinet post which will come as a complete surprise Praising Lord Beaverbrook in his recent war review to parliament We are producing twice as many and far more complicated guns as we did in the peak of 1917 and 1918 Tank production has doubled in the past six months In aircraft production there is a steady in- crease not only in the numbers but in the size and quality of aircraft Col J J Llewellyn who was secretary to the try of aircraft production stepped up to Sir Andrew's former post as president of the board of trade Other new appointments Parliamentary undersecretary of state for lan Parliamentary secretary of the ministry of ton Parliamentary secretary to the ministry of war J The office of parliamentary and financial secretary to the admiralty is being divided and Sir Victor is being raised to the be parliamentary secretary G H Hall becomes financial secretary MacMillan was made a privy councillor INDIAN OCEAN JAVA raided Soerabaja major base of the Dutch East Indies It was the initial thrust at Java of the colonial government for the oil and agriculturally rich islands Java is 660 miles long and from 50 to 125 miles total area about the size of the state of New York There are excellent highways and railroads Seek Bids for Postal Substation Quarters Postmaster Joe Wheir announced today bids to provide quarters for a postoffice substation on the west side of the river here will be by him up to 2 p m ary 12 Bid forms may be obtained from the postmaster and are to be returned to him Bidders Mr Wheir said should be able to offer quarters in buildings open at least from 8 a m to 8 p m A previous call for bids brought no response Boy Scouts to Run City for Three Hours Saturday Boy Scouts will celebrate Boy Scout Civic Day here next day by assuming the posts of of- of Wisconsin Rapids and operate the city administrative and protective services during a hour tenure Mayor William T Nobles today formally proclaimed Civic Day for the Scouts and ordered city of- to relinquish their offices while the Scouts take over The function is part of the observance of Boy Scout anniversary week February 0 to 12 L W is chairman of the activity for the Wisconsin ids Scout organizations Mr Nobles proclamation Inasmuch as the week of ary is being observed out the nation as Boy Scout week and because this year the Boy Scouts of America are brating their anniversary as a character building and citizenship training movement and to further this training and to enrich their knowledge of city gov emment I hereby proclaim day February 7 1042 as Boy Scout Civic Day for the city of Wisconsin Rapids From 0 o'clock Saturday ing February 7 all city officials of the city of Wisconsin Rapids will relinquish their offices to be sited by the duly appointed Boy Scout officials whore period of of- fice shall be terminated at 32 clock noon on February 7 Heil Declares He Won't Ask Catlin to Resign Post Governor Julius P Heil said at Madison Tuesday that he did not in- tend to ask for the resignation of Mark Catlin sr of Appleton a member of the Wisconsin tion commission as had been re quested of the governor by the ington Game club Informed of the club's resolution which asked that Catlin either re- sign or that the governor should proceed with such measures as may be possible looking toward Catlin's Heil said cording to the Associated I have no cause for discharging him He is a dynamic individual and a good conservation commissioner I like him much The governor's expression was the first notice taken publicly by a state official of the controversy between Catlin and Wallace Grange founder of the Sandhill Game Farm Inc in western Wood county which took the form of vigorous statements by the two men at meetings of vation organizations last week at Nekoosa and It was at Babcock following a talk by Grange that the club proved the resolution concerning Catlin AMBOINA BATTLE RAGES FIERCELY Batavia N E I Dutch and Japanese troops are engaged in heavy fighting on the Dutch Indies naval base of Amboina the Dutch high command announced today The Dutch communique released through the news agency Aneta said the battle was undecided Japs Claim Island The Tokyo radio reported that Japanese troops had completed of Amboina island and so had occupied the Celebes sea port of British North Borneo Very considerable losses were inflicted on Dutch air forces in Japanese air attack on the naval base of Soerabaja it was re- ported The defense forces were said to have shot down presumably eight enemy fighters and two ers out of a total force of 70 to SO bombers with fighter escort Damage to military objectives was the communique declared Military Airport Target The Soerabaja military airport and the center of the town were the principal targets of the raid the first directed at the island of Java itself while airports at Malang dioen and Magetan all within a mile radius of Soerabaja also were machine gunned Attacks on Dutch naval vessels in various parts of the archipelago were said to have been carried out without results Amboina is second in importance and strategic situation in the Indies only to Soerabaja which since apore became unavailable has be- come the united nations chief base in the south seas Of Soerabaja a naval ment said several moored seaplanes were damaged by the enemy hut they were of an ob- solete type used for training Area to Follow Lead of Industry Daylight Time Starts Monday Following the lead of industry in this predominantly trial area the Wisconsin Rapids Nekoosa Fort Edwards and Biron community next Monday will push clocks ahead one hour and go on daylight saving time A proclamation by Mayor William T Nobles today gave official to the new time standard and industry business men and school officials agreed that the community would follow the line laid down by congress recently in decreeing the the nation time for Report Camp McCoy Development Planned son said today he had ob- information although from an unofficial source that the war department would receive bids the latter part of the week on a development to convert McCoy into a nent camp for a triangular division Stevenson did not reveal the source of hip information but said it did not result from the familiar war department courtesy to con- gressmen A war department spokesman de- to give any information ex- cept to point out that Camp McCoy was included in a list for development when money and army expansion were authorized House Passes Grant for Loan to China Washington With debate the house unanimously ed and sent to the senate today an authorization for a propriation to aid China The would be administered by Secretary Morgenthau at the di- rection of President Roosevelt Rep Fish R-N Y and I cratic Leader McCormack of spoke briefly in favor of I the fund in the brief debate j Cormack saying that this is a very important for the defense of China ADOPT SCALK Marshfield city cil Tuesday night established a for hourly workers employed by the city commencing at 40 cents an hour for common labor as extra men men are to receive 45 cents an hour and skilled workers 50 cents There has been no official i- mation as yet by Governor Julius P Heil although last the ney general ruled that Wisconsin should adopt the changed time Industries Move Clocks Spokesmen for industry hero Tuesday afternoon said mills and factories would operate on daylight saving lime Industries contacted in- cluded Consolidated Water Power Paper company Paper company Paper Products company and Wabers Products company At a meeting Tuesday evening di- rectors of the Wisconsin Rapids Community club voted unanimously to follow industry and ent of Schools Floyd Smith said schools here would likewise use the new time Mayor's Proclamation At its meeting Tuesday night the instructed Mayor Nobles to proclaim the new time for city The major's proclamation Whereas the national ment has ordained what is ly called daylight saving for the nation and Whereas in the interests of the nation's war effort this change in time becomes effective next February then Therefore I William T Nobles mayor of Wisconsin Rapids ant to instruction by the common council do hereby proclaim that commencing Monday the affairs of this eminent shall be conducted cling to light saving time and I further r quest that all business schools and private individuals join with industry m the new time standard Effective at 2 A M Actually time goes into effect at 2 i m Prudent householders will doubtless set clocks ahead flay night SUGAR STAMPS TO BE REQUIRED Washington Special ar to be issued by the consumers will be required before purchases can be made under the sugar rationing gram it was learned today Permit Purchases Each stamp will permit an vidual to buy 12 ounces of sugar his weekly ration A for the office of price administration disclosed that booklets containing enough stamps to last three months or more would be printed and that the time ed for the printing would delay op- of the rationing machinery for at least another month It was reported that the plan con- templates of consumers by families with stamp booklets to be issued to each member of the family regardless of age However no more than one stamp per person may be used each week This would allow a family of three for example a weekly ration of ounces of ar The OPA spokesman said details of the registration requirements had not yet been worked out but that the would not be handled local Stamp books will be issued at the time of registration Local Boards In Supervise OPA said rationing would be supervised by local boards probably the same hoards now handling tire rationing but augmented by a ber or members drawn from the ry It was understood that retailers accepting the sugar stamps would paste them on sugar cards When a card is filled the retailer then present it to his wholesaler as to purchase the exact amount f represented by the stamps on card Details of the rationing arc being perfected jointly by the and war production board SINGAPORE GUNS STAND IS URGED Singapore Heavy of embattled Singapore thundered into action today against the massing ranks of the Japanese invasion army across the Strait of Johore Generalissimo Sir Archi- bald declared the my must be stopped cold Great Reinforcements Wavell cheered on the de- fenders of the mighty hold with the promise that great reinforcements of American and British aie being sent to wrest the initiative from the nese and called grimly for a stand like Tobruk's to hold the hosts of Mikado until that help arrives His call took the form of an order of the day presumably issued from his headquarters on Java 1 look to you he declared to fight this battle without ther thought of retreat Despite the sudden flurry of ar- tillery and air activity there was no sign that the Japanese were about to begin their expected at- tempt to cross Johore strait and a communique described the general situation as unchanged The announcement said that the new Japanese air assaults had ed some damage but few military casualties 22 Killed by Raiders It was acknowledged officially that 22 persons were ed and 90 injured by air raiders yesterday It also was disclosed that craft guns had shot down two and probably three Japanese planes over the island Sunday and day advantage of each ing hour free from attack soldiers and civilians labored shoulder to shoulder today to strengthen Singa- defenses while anti-aircraft crews manned their guns to ward off the Japanese air raiders In the tangled mangrove swamps along Johore Strait across which the Japanese were massing on the Malayan mainland troops iar with the art of camouflage masked new machine-gun nests rifle pits and gun ments with which every chink in the island's armor was being stoppered Instruct Reinforcements imperial troops meanwhile worked swiftly to in- struct newly arrived reinforcements in tricks of war learned in the Mal- ajan jungles where for more than she weeks they fought the invaders British military men declared that every day the Japanese ed in launching their expected sault would make the attack more difficult and more costly A Gorman radio broadcast heard last night in London acknowledged that the Japanese would face a task if they tried to take Singapore Singapore still has 7 Two Axis Ships Left Sinking in Channel London Allied warships intercepted two axis supply ships off the channel inlands this ing and left both of them sinking the admiralU announced tonight of and Marine Corps Prisoners or Missing The senate naval committee heard testimony day that officers and men of the navy and marine corps arc known to be prisoners of war or missing in action This information was submitted by naval and marine officers at a committee hearing on legislation which would enable the government to make allowances out of the pay of men in enemy hands to ents or for payment of insurance premiums The measure would cover men in the ranks of the army navy and marine corps and civilian employes of the war and departments who were captured or missing in action The officials said they had no information on the number of ian employes who fallen into enemy m the Pacific but that the number was relatively small A bureau of navigation officer said that naval officers were supposed to be prisoners of war while five cithers were missing in action their status undetermined I About 30 men of the navy were missing in action he said 75 were probably prisoners and about 300 others we suspect are prisoners A marine officer testified that 44 officers and 710 men of the marines were in the hands of the while one officer and enlisted men were rated as missing Paralysis Fund Dance at Nekoosa Saturday A dance for the benefit of the Nekoosa infantile paralysis fund will be given at the old gymnasium of Alexander high school Saturday night February 7 from 8 p m to midnight under the sponsorship of the Nekoosa Parents of School Musicians Admission will be 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for students Both old time and modern music will he provided for the dance and refreshments will be served by the organization for the benefit of the fund U S defense stamps will be given as door prizes Mrs D C Woodward president of the organization is directing ar- rangements and is enlisting the aid of all Nekoosa groups the benefit affair C K Boles is chairman of the Nekoosa fund campaign British Bomb Japs in Martaban Sector aircraft today bombed Japanese invaders in the Martaban sector whore strong enemy forces have trying to cross the Salween river on their westward thrust into Burma Commute Sentence in Gentry Murder Case Madison Wis Carl D Church to state prison in to serve a life term for Earl Gentry former guard of a Ku KIux Klan official was granted a commutation of tence by Governor today ing him for parole The governor announced Church's sentence was reduced to years on recommendation of the pardon board Church now 43 years old is a native of Kansas He was sentenced in Jefferson county circuit court July 5 1934 for first degree der Authorities charged he shot Gentry because the latter abused Mrs Gill a known as the Sunshine Lady Gentry was described at the trial as a former associate of D C Stephenson one- time Indiana Klan leader THE WEATHER For Occasional light drizzle north and central light rain or drizzle south portion this and slightly warmer this little change in tonight WARMER Today's Weather Maximum temperature for hour period ending at 7 a m 27 minimum temperature for 24-hour period ending at 7 a m 19 at 7 a m 27 Precipitation trace
