Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Newspaper) - February 5, 1942, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin BEST offense is a good Want Ad Use them often you'll be money ahead Daily A CONSTRUCTIVE S Twenty-Eighth 8773 MONEY help pay your fuel and taxes Let a Want Ad sell your don't wants Wisconsin Rapids Wis Thursday February 5 1942 U S PURSUIT PLANES WIN BATTLE Single Copy Five Cents JAVA Senate Swiftly Passes Naval Supply Singapore Guns Rake Transport of Troops Silence Jap Batteries BY C YATES MC DANIEL continuous and strafing by Japanese airmen Singapore's artillery has blasted observation posts knocked out opposing batteries and spread destruction in the transport of Japanese troops into jump off points for invasion of this island stronghold Intercept Jap Planes That the Japanese still have not won complete control of the air was demonstrated this morning by Hurricane fighters of the which intercepted a large formation over Singapore Civilian casualties from the past two days of blasting and gun by the Japanese air force neared the 300 in- jurer and killed Officially ever these casualties were called comparatively light The Japanese reported that their District State Health Office to Be Moved Here The district office of the state board of health which has been lo at Neillsville since 1937 wil be moved to Wisconsin Rapids Agnes Grube district advis o r nurse announced here today Quarters for the district office have been made available by the guns had been thundering across the Memorial armory where the mile wide Johore strait since 6 p m yesterday Singapore time Large Troap Movements Large movements of Japanese troops through Johore state toward the shore facing Singapore island were reported by British sance planes Enemy troops have been massing in the area of Johore Bahru since the British imperials finally withdrew to their stronghold early Saturday island The Japanese guns emplaced across the strait from Singapore began shelling the island last night and British guns retaliated with a bombardment of Japanese transport in the Johore Bahru area and of gun positions Japanese planes kept up their raids on Singapore making high level and low dive bombing and attacks on the island but the British far east command said they caused comparatively little damage or casualties Duel of Cannon Rages The sirens warning Singapore of the approach of Japanese planes sounded before dawn and just as day broke the British guns began booming in deep chorus For a while the duel of cannon raged across the trait The Japanese planes attacked shipping in Singapore harbor ricane fighters of the inter- a large formation of nese aircraft over Singapore and destroyed one probably destroyed another and damaged a third the British reported A ministry of information vey disclosed that 41 persons were killed and 138 injured in yester day's air raids on Singapore Says Spy Roundup Balked Operations of Another Ring New An FBI up of German spies last year wa said by a witness in federal cour today to have hampered the tions of another alleged espionage ring One man fled to a mountain out and a woman made plans to leave for Japan with information on defense industries army camps and the huge Douglas bomber the witness said Lucy ler who has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate the espionage act testified at the trial of six men and one woman Miss Boehmler testified that ter the 1911 roundup which ed in 33 convictions Kurt erick Ludwig named by the as leader of the ants now on trial fled to a Pocono mountain hideout She said that she Mrs Helen Pauline Mayer Hans Helmuth gel and Karl Mueller defendants and her uncle Oscar Huttenlauch visited Ludwig there in July 1941 The witness said Mrs Mayer asked her whether she had any secret writing pills because she had information she wanted to send to the other side Films on Water and Power Shown Tonight and Power lems in the United States will be the subject of the film forum at room 12 of the Witter Vocational building tonight at 7 o'clock The films will be of special interest to conservationists They are entitled The a picture of the floods T V a picture of the Columbia er development and Reclamation of the Arid a film of der and Grand Coulee dams the office staff will occupy a double office space and use the room on the second floor The office will move here this week-end and will be established at the armory next Monday Grube William Doyle district tary engineer and Miss Lorraine Welk office clerk are the office staff members who will come to consin Rapids at once At the present time the district is without a health officer One wii be appointed shortly Miss Grube said The Wisconsin Rapids office will serve eight Marathon Portage Clark Jackson Trempealeau Buffalo and Pepin CONSERVATION GROUP FORMED The Wood County Junior Con- servation league first of its kind to be organized in this county was launched Wednesday night an enthusiastic group of 69 boys signed as charter members Dick Bassett President The new organization chose Dick Bassett Wisconsin Rapids dent George Lyons Biron vice- president and Edward town of Grand Rapids treasurer as officers and named eight others to the board of di- rectors Directors are Roger Hoesly John Slusser Jim Saeger Clarence lish and John Henke Wisconsin Rapids Robert and ert Newman Biron and Harold Saeger town of Grand Rapids Deliberations were guided by a committee of members of the County Conservation league ing Earl Wallace Clarence Searles Edward Bassett Herbert A Bunde Von Holliday G W Millard E W Zenisek and S W Baranowski Mr Wallace acted as temporary man Addresses Group Paul Wested assistant tendent and engineer at Camp City Point addressed the meeting and moving pictures of wildlife were shown Gallons of pop and dozens of hot dogs were consumed by the youthful conservationists A program will be set up for- mally at the next meeting of the Junior league March 4 and com- will be appointed Purpose of the club is to stimulate vation activity among boys who will carry on the work when they reach manhood Tree planting game bird raising and kindred conservation work will form the program of the league The senior organization plans to offer worthwhile prizes for com- petition among the boys Second Accident With Gun Proves Fatal gun with which his sister was accidentally in- jured last Thanksgiving day day caused the death of Percy Becken 20 home from Chicago to visit with his parents here The gun discharged as young Becken was crawling through a fence 01 lis return from a rabbit hunt the bullet striking him in the mouth 200 SURVIVORS OF TO MEET Twenty-four years ago February 5 liner cania in use as a troopship ing U S soldiers of the first A E F to France was sunk by a man submarine off the coast of land 200 to Gather Here On Saturday and Sunday some 200 survivors of the ing will gather in Wisconsin ids for the annual meeting of one of the nation's unusual National association The convention begins with a banquet at Hotel ter Saturday night at 7 o'clock The 1942 meeting at which the association will pay homage to the 269 men on the who ished will be all the more cant since of a new A E F are on the seas facing not only U-boat attacks but the danger of aerial bombing Martin to Speak John E Martin Wisconsin's at- torney general will be the speaker at the banquet to which the lic is invited His address will be broadcast at over station and the Wisconsin network Following the banquet a stag ty will be held at the Elks club From many cities in Wisconsin and from points in the nation will come Reservations have been made by association members from from Washington D C from Chicago from Beverly Mass Wheaton 111 and Connaut Marion and Columbus in Ohio Convention arrangements are in charge of Dr F F Firnstahl president and non M Kelly secretary-treasurer of the association both men of Wisconsin Rapids First Transport Lost Nearly men were aboard the ship a British vessel un- der British convoy when she was torpedoed The was the first transport lost in the movement of nearly American troops to Europe Leo V Zimmerman Milwaukee association historian describes the It felt running into a bar in addition to the roar of the explosion and the crash of steel and Hatchways were filled with soldiers adjusting lifebelts No panic was apparent There in the dark we stood on the slanting deck counting off as we awaited the of the rissing serpentine streaks of fire REDS PRESS DRIVES ON SMOLENSK STRIKE IN German reserve troops have failed to halt the advancing Russians and Moscow said red army columns arrows were stabbing toward the Nazi anchor city of Smolensk The frontal drive on Smolensk continued from the direction of while a flanking attack was developing from the Kirov area sweeping past to within 100 miles of Smolensk In the Ukraine the spearheads of Marshal forces apparently having Stalino were reported by Moscow to have struck to within 20 miles of the main southern German base at signals of dis- The stars blinked sadly and the lighthouse many miles away reckoned us like a siren Not Without Oddities The tragedy was not without its oddities however Two men were dice when their raft was 9 loroner P C Ludovic Neillsville said the safety bolt on the gun was HONOR MAC ARTHUR President Roosevelt to award he congressional medal of honor o General Douglas MacArthur for lis fight in the Philippines was introduced today by Rep s R-N Mayor Accuses of Negligence Stevens Point Wis a y o r rank G Lasecke and the Stevens oint fire and police commission were at loggerheads today over a threat by the mayor that he would assume emergency powers over the police department if the sion did not put into effect demands submitted to the commission The mayor accused Police Chief A W Risch of negligence of duty demanded that he wear a uniform and patrol a beat and ordered that he notify Lasecke when he is to be absent from the city The mayor said he would exercise his full over the department ed him under an emergency ance if the commission did not act as ho directed The commission at its meeting Wednesday night voted to defer action on demands They promised full cooperation on ters subject to joint control but re- served the own ers granted under statutes ing departmental direction Expect Men in District to Register for Selective Service About men between the military ages of 20 and are expected to register under in the south Wood county district on Saturday Sunday and Monday February M 15 and the dates for registration in Wisconsin proclaimed by ernor Heil Board Announces Hours The local draft board today announced the registration in this district will be conducted on Saturday and Sunday February 14 and 15 from 12 noon until 9 p.m On Monday lours will be between 7 and p.m Monday is the regular tration day but those unable to re- Jap Planes Attack Port in New Guinea Melbourne Australia anese four engine flying boats at- coast of New Guinea before dawn today dropping 30 bombs and ing away with cannon and machine gun fire in the second raid there in three days port on February 1C may register on the two previous days Chairman Fred Wilkins of the draft board in charge of the tration for the district will conduct the registration at the Remington town hall in Babcock Henry Becker board member and Mrs Mathilda clerk will he m charge at the courthouse here and Ermon Bennett board member and Mrs Howard Amundson clerk will supervise the registration at the Nekoosa American Legion hall Uniform Hours Prevail The hours -ire the same for all throe registration places and will apply also for the north Wood ty district registration which will be conducted at the com- munity hall the Marshfield city hall Sigel town hall and high school The south county district con- sists of the towns of Remington Dexter Hiles Seneca Grand ids Saratoga and Port Edwards villages of Hiron and Port Edwards and cities of Nekoosa and Wisconsin Rapids Registrants may report at the registration place most convenient for them however and are not re- quired to register within their own 9 JAPANESE AGAIN RAID SOERABAJA Batavia N E Japanese bombers started new fires today in the second air raid in three days on the big Soerabaja naval base while official silence suddenly cloaked the fate of Amboina second most im- portant Dutch naval station miles farther east No News from Amboina An N E T communique reported by said there was 710 further news from Amboina midway be- tween Celebes and New Guinea since the announcement yesterday that bitter fighting had developed between defense forces and landed Japanese troops with the tide of battle shifting Neither was there any word to indicate the turn of the fight Jit Kendari on southeastern Celebes where the Japanese drove ward beachhead by beachhead The official announcement of the second raid on on eastern Java said some damage was caused No further details were given The first raid on was on Tuesday when 70 to SO bombers with strong fighter escort raided the base the city itself and other towns within a 125 miles radius 9 SEND MEASURE FOR CHINA AID TO WHITE HOUSE Washington The senate completed legislative action in five minutes today on a naval supply boosting congress total military to proximately in the first month of this session This action followed swiftly on a to 0 vote by which it passed and sent to the White House a ure making in cial aid available to China the fund to be administered by the secretary of the treasury under direction of the president Expect Early Signature The huge naval largest ure of its kind ever to win final proval of a legislative body now goes to President Roosevelt for his expected early signature Congress previously had voted and the ident approved a ar- my airplane appropriation As finally approved the navy measure carried approximately in cash and contract authority to produce airplanes and equipment for the navy in the next six months Ship construction would entail expenditures of fleet operations would cost and would gn into ordnance and personnel payments Debate 20 Minutes Only 20 minutes of debate ded senate passage of the China aid measure Passed yesterday by the house the was approved speedily by the senate foreign relations tee after about two hours of mony during which Secretary of War Stimson Secretary of Navy Knox Secretary of Treasury and Secretary of Commerce Jones supported ilp provisions Committee members said the ey to be made available could be used for a direct loan the ment of credit for China in this country and for the support of the Chinese currency This aid would be in addition to lease-lend help they explained Appeals for Ked Aid Senator Pepper added to the loan discussion an appeal for increased deliveries of military plies to Russia Voicing approval of the ed China loan Pepper told ers this country also to do everything it could to speed up the transfer of war materials to ia The Florida senator said be did not doubt that the of ing reinforcements to the western Pacific had interfered with the schedule of deliveries to Russia causing the lag which has created considerable concern in some ters here Defense officials said there was no question of ignoring HIUS given Moscow On the con- trary they asserted the ion of the promised supplies was generally on or ahead of ule Bag Jap Bomber Pursuit Ship One U S Plane Missing U S army pursuit planes attacked greatly superior force of Japanese bombers and fighting planes in Java shooting clown one enemy bomber and one enemy ship the war department announced today One American plane is missing The American planes were P-H fighters and this was the first indication that planes of this type piloted by American army fliers had reached Netherlands Kast Indies There was a lull in the fighting on Batan peninsula in th Philippines iti the last 24 Welles Terms Famine in Greece Appalling Washington tary of Stale Welles today the famine in Greece had become utterly appalling The state department Welles told a press conference has been receiving disturbing reports on the Greek situation for some time past Particularly alarming he said are reports of constantly ing infant mortality among the un- der nourished population in hours the department said with combat limited to minor patrol actions The text of the que No 92 of the war based on reports here up to central standard time Lull in Katan Battle 1 Philippine There was a lull in the battle of during the past 24 hours Combat was limited to relatively minor patrol actions which lacked the savage character of the ing which has been almost during the past two weeks The Japanese troops confronting our right sector arc under the command of Lieutenant General Akira Nara and those facing our loft are under Lieutenant General Naoki Kimura There was no marked activity in either Feet or 2 Netherlands Over Java a small formation of American army fighting planes encountered a greatly superior force of Japanese bombers escorted by pursuit aircraft In the ensuing combat one enemy bomber and one enemy pursuit plane were shot down One of our planes is missing There is nothing to report from other areas Yanks Coming French Told R A F bombers doubling as boys for the U S A are strewing occupied France with pamphlets by the millions ing the gigantic scope of America's war plans and conveying to a con- people the implicit The Yanks are coming Presidential Secretary Stephen Karly made Known the newest ies of pamphlet raids today and disclosed that the leaflet ment was particularly intense on the peninsula The same ports and towns were the first to see thi doughboys a quarter of a century ago and that maritime section of France would be one of the likely theaters of action whenever the united tions are leady to open a major in- vasion campaign to the con- Drop Leaflets Karly who reported that a total of pamphlets had been dropped in the latest raids said In- had been told that operations to date constituted the biggest bombing job ever done More than leaflets were dropped in the initial raids a month ago Significant or not the Brittany area was the and only section to date to be blanketed with a new 9 Russia's President Says Germans Never Will Recapture Initiative I t t A A I Front line dispatches said sia's winter campaign designed to Soviet republics will return to the family of the U S S R and declared that the red armies now are approaching the borders of i White Russia Latvia Estonia and tacked 1 ort Moresby on the south j Lithuania Claims Gains The Germans never will ture from the red army the tive which has been in said adding that Soviet troops By the Associated Press Russia's President Michael in proclaimed today that the hour j cripple the Germans and break their is near when all of the occupied i spring offensive before it can get republics will A communique said some damage was caused but there were no known casualties in the raid on the city capital of Papua on southeastern New Guinea 300 miles northeast Cape York Australia under way forward was pressing steadily is miles west of bruk and 140 miles from the tian border Coupled with the axis resurgence in Libya Moscow newspapers warned Turkey to keep its eyes On the North African front Cairo open because Hitler is up to something in the Balkans dispatches said it was believed that German spea -head had advanced within 50 miles of historic Tobruk M miles west of the V an frontier after a drive eastward from the Gulf of Sirte headquarters said had thrown the invaders back mobile columns and patrols wore milos in some sectors active along the whole of our A Soviet broadcast reported that front but gave no details while had thrown several fresh communique reported ward Smolensk in the south Ventral into the conflict mostly of homers pounded axis forces east of I front between Kursk and Kharkov- older classes i and in the Donets basin Hiller A Soviet commentator said Hitler planned to seize the trolled Dardanelles as a gateway to the Caucasus and the eastern Mediterranean Russian war indicated the rod army was pressing hardest in throe of Moscow Discuss Organizer for Air Warning Service James J Wood county erican Lee inn ed today he would call a conference of rs of this county and consult them on ment of a organizer of taft warning service Mr snid he has been fied by the state council of defense that aircraft warning service will be a special function of the Legion The service an arm of civilian de- fense is from air warden and oilier defense sections Details will be given to post com- manders of Wisconsin Rapids koosa and at the conference which he will call shortly Mr said Submarine Is Lost British Acknowledge British announced tonight that submarine Triumph had been lost The Triumph was a patrol submarine with a surface displaces m en t of tons submerge Her normal was 53 men and she was with 10 torpedo tubes The admiralty said the had sunk four axis naval units in- a U-boat and nine axis ply ships in a succession of patrols in the can All these successes said the ad- had been announced pre- but had not been attributed to the Triumph On December 26 1939 while on North sea patrol the Triumph hit a German mine but managed to make her way 300 miles through the North sea to a repair base The triumph was a sister ship of the which sank in the Irish sea in June 1939 with a loss of 98 lives LINER ESCAPES 3 AXIS Red Cross War Relief Fund Reaches Boosted by totals from two more municipalities the South Wood County Red Cross chapter fund day stood at Port Edwards village turned in of which was from organized labor of the village and from other organizations and individuals E Turley was chairman of the Port Edwards The town of Wood where man Louis Woodman directed the drive reported With several other townships as yet unreported the emergency war relief fund is certain to pass the than over the chapter's quota New American passenger ship arrived today a thrilling escape from three axis submarines which made crash when a patrol plane appeared on scene while the unarmed ship wni trying to ram one of the Sighted Near West Indies Although the captain of the her name was withheld by navy refused comment on his at- tempt to ram the undersea crew members said the sighted on the surface Sunday short ly after the vessel left a West Irw dies port Third naval district ters allowed publication of the story after conferring with officials After the submarines disappeared American planes escorted the vessel through dangerous waters The liner brought in 25 if the Canadian passenger liner Lady Hawkins torpedoed and sunk January 19 with a loss of 251 lives The survivors were Chief Officer Percy M Kelly eight members of his crew and 1C American defense workers en route to a southern basd when their ship was sunk Officer Discounts Praise Kelly a sandy-haired Nova tian discounted credit given him for his cool work in guiding a lifeboat with 71 passengers through five days of rough seas preceding their rescue Vincel Peoples 34 of St Joseph Mo foreman of the workers said we're still on our way to our base whenever they want to send us Peoples said many persons were left floundering in the water be- cause their lifeboat built to carry had 76 persons on board THE WEATHER For Continued mild temperature thia afternoon and early tonight changing to snow in west and north portions FAIR Today's Weather Maximum temperature fof hour period ending at 7 a m minimum temperature for 24-hour period at 7 a m at 7 in 13
