In Her Urgent Need" of U. S. Aid, England No Longer Worries Over Whether American Ambassadors Will Wear Knee-Length Breeches at Royal Receptions.
THE WEATHER
By U. 8. Weather Bureau
Fulr longhl mid Saturday. Morn
ing log. Continued cold.
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Day's
News
fly FRANK JKNKINS
fS Tuesday, official Itritulii list
ened to Hitler's speech and
Mzed it up. On Wednesday (to
day) Herbert Morrison, ihitish
home secretary, replies:
"Many people vould be ready
Id listen If (iennany could bold out
a convincing promise of a Kurope
enriched by economic unity and
jmctfied by the removal of national
rivalries."
Then he added:
"llut the organization the nnzls
offer is that of n SI.AVK PLAN
TATION." fXKFICIAL Britain, that is,
sumed that Hitler was
say-
Ing:
"I've, olready ACHIKVKI") this
Vnited States of Kurope. that peo
ple have been discussing. So bow
about culling it nulls, with your
keeping your empire and tne keep
ing the Kurope I've unified with
he sword?"
Oflcinl Britain replies:
"NO! ' Your unified Kuropo
Won't work because It Is merely
an aggregation of conquered peo
ples kept quiet by deadly fear. Wo
want nothing to do with it."
fn
Hitler's championship of the
have-nots against the haves,
Morrison answers:
"We see n post-war world in
which class privilege will he- In
defensible and intolerable anil
monopolies will he revised and
adapted lo the public good. We
must look forward to a society
that is free from the twin pests
of extreme riches and extreme
poverty."
That is to say. Hitler WAS
seeking to set class against class
in Knglnnd, and official Britain
goes him ono better and promises
a new and better world after the
war ends.
A Ai this, of course, is merely
VVi guess on this writer's part.
It seems, however, a rather rea
sonable guess.)
pASSINfi from the war of words
to the war of deeds, the Brit
ish intimate that they have dupli
cated General J. E. H. Stuart's fa
mous feat In riding clear around
the Union army In the Seven Days
(Continued on pace 4.)
200 Jews Drown In
Crack-Up of Ship
ISTANBUL. Per. 13. fAP)
Anproximately 2on Jewish refu
gees, among nenrlv 400 bound
Imn- rtnlnria to Palestine, drown
r,T when their ship broke to pieres
In high seas near Istanbul. Turk
ish newspapers reported today.
The disaster was said to have
occurred in the Sea of Marmora,
vent, of Istanbul, when a motors-hip
flying the Uruguayan flag
r:n into heavy seas and broke up
t;ear the shore.
Approximately passengers,
including rinny children and their
furthers, were thrown Into th sea
without an opportunity to tali1 to
lifeboats, a newspaper reported.
The captain of the boat succed
e 1 In swimming ashore and raMd
givernnient resc.ie crews to tie
scope.
About 10 survivors were picked
up nnd taken to hospitals.
Wanted Youths Nabbed in
Chase on Santiam Pass
BEND. Ore.. Dec. 13. (AP)
Sheriff Herbert Hamilton arrested
two youths after a OO-milean-hour
ebnse over the Santiam pass during
which he opened fire on the flee
ing pair yesterday.
The bullets forced Donald IT.
Tlood of Iowa and Everett Aeltnn
Yarwood nf Wisconsin to hair. The Downtown Christmas decoration
sheriff said the youths, both armed. Mfrhts will shine on. The mer
were wanted on charges of robbing chants have underwritten them.
I ll.n n- mm1-., at'ltlun i fr,trl.. f ..lit U.. ..
The chap boron after officers
aw the pair driving an automo-.thev
bile reported missing from Salem,
Narragansett
Turkey Show's
Grand Champ
Yearling Tom of A. D. Hudson
Adjudged Live Division's
Best; Association Names
Officers; Banquet Tonight.
Awards announced today at the
Northwestern Turkey show at Oak
land were as follows:
GRAND CHAMPION
L STANDARD LIVE DIVISION
Narragansett Yearling Tom A.
D. Hudson, Tangent,
RESERVE CHAMPION
White Holland Old Hen Eugene
Hamrick, Salem.
BREED CHAMPIONS
Narragansett Yearling Tom A.
D. Hudson, Tangent.
Bronze Yealing Hen Roy Med
ley, Oakland.
White Holland Old Hen Eugene
Hamrick, Salem.
Bourbon Red Yearling Tom
Mrr, Nella Butler, HMIsboro.
Black Yearling Hen Mrs. Fay
Leatherwood, Oakland.
CLASS CHAMPIONS
Old Tom, Black Mrs. Fay Lea
therwood, Oakland.
Yearling Tom, Narragansett A,
D. Hudson, Tangent.
Young Tom Narragansett A.
D. Hudson, Tangent.
Old Hen, White Holland Eugene
Hamrick. Salem.
Yearling Hen, Black Mrs. Fay
Leatherwood, Oakland.
Pullet, Bronze Roy Medley, Oak
land. MASTER BREEDER'S DISPLAY
Strongs, Oakland first.
Mrs. Fay Leatherwood, Oakland
second.
The annual Northwestern Turkey
Show In progress at Oakland was
scheduled to reach its climax with
the awarding lain today of the
grand championship, breed nnd
class championships nnd special
prizes. It was anticipated the final
Judging would be completed late
in lite afternoon. Kxhibitors win
ning the coveted honors will re
ceive their trophies at the turkey
show banquet to he held tonight.
The banquet program will fea
ture an address by K. B. Mnc
Naugbton of Portland. Clyde K.
Williamson of Albany will act as
toast master. Oherlln Kvenson,
baritone, of the University or Ore
gon school of music, will be featur
ed in the musical program.
Assn. Elects Officers.
The N01 Ihwestern Turkey Breed
ers association, which sponsors the
(Continued on pngo (1)
New Officer Heads
Defense Building
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (AP)
The war department announced
today that Lieutenant Colonel lire
hon B. Somervell, who has the re
putation of being a hard-hitting
administrator, has been placed In
command of Its lagging JLHT.dOO.
iMio construction program.
The department said in a state
ment that Brigadier General
Charles Hartman. who had been
in eharrp of construction, entered
a hospital Wednesday "for obser
vation and treatment following a
long period of overwork."
General Oeorge C. Marshall,
chief of staff, said that delays in
certain construction projects "had
no bearing on the assignment of
Colonel Somervill." These delays,
lie added, bad been due to causes
beyond the control of the construe
lion division.
Secretary of War RNmson dis
closed at a press conference yes
terday that tentative dates for
taking 96.00ft national guardsmen
Into the federal service had been
revised because pome housing
and other facilities inevitably were
not being completed on schedule.
Colonel Somervell, a native of
Little Itork, Ark., recently has
been WPA administrator In N
York City. He is a former presi
dent of the Mississippi river com
mission and once was in charge of
cim struct ion on the controversial
Florida ship canal.
Cash Basis Law Forces
City Into Yule Blackout
COLUMBUS. Has.. Dec. IT
CAPi The streot lights in this
southeastern Kansas citv of 3.2VO
will he blacked out tonight and ev
ery night fnr the rest of December
by peacetime nerpssity by the
Kansn ruth basis law
their car lights. As for pedestrian.
miy cany lantorm If they
choose.
'I Am' Witness
3
E 1 ' 1
Harry Sieber , above, first
business manager of the "I Am"
movement, a government wit
ness In the Los Angeles $3,000,
000 mail fraud trial against lead
ers of the cult. He told of a busi
ness manager's "cut" of "love
gifts" donated by followers.
Former Teacher
Of 1). of 0. Accused
Dr. Ralph C. Bennett Booked On
Assault Charge as Sequel
..To Money Litigations . ....
i EL MONTI-:, Calif.. Dec. 13.
(AP) Dr. Ralph Culver Bennett,
T-9, former law professor at the
University ol Oregon, faced ar
raignment today on assault,
charges niter officers asserted he
attacked two persons with a ham
mer. Dr. Bennett, a resident of Pasa
dena, was accused on two accounts
of assault with a deadly weapon.
Sheriffs deputies asserted he at
tacked William T. Cleeson, fi2, a
process server, and Mrs. Helen
Chivers, fill, proprietor of a sani
tarium. Neither was seriously
hurt.
The alleged assault occurred out
side the court or Justice of Ihe
Peaco Kldred K. Wolford. who had
refused to set aside a $150 judg
ment obtained by Mrs. Chivers
against Bennett for support of his
fU-year-old mother, Mrs. Clara
Henuett.
Sheriff's Deputies Robert. Jones
and Dan Holloway said Bennett
attacked Mrs. Chivers and Clee
son when the latter attempted to
serve a suhpeona in another ac
tion In which Mrs. Chivers seeks
collection of $:i additional.
Bennett was returned to the
court, where the charges were fil
ed and his bond fixed at Sl.Ooo.
He was lodged later in the Ios
Angeles county jail.
Bennett declared he acted in
self-defense.
"I knew these people expected
to waylay me." he asserted, "and
that is why I took the hammer
with me when I went to court. I
was ready for them when they set
upon tne."
EUOKNK. Dec. 13. (AP) Br,
Ralph Culver Bennett, arrested in
Del Monte. Calif., on a charge of
assault, was a law professor at
the University of Oregon during
ithe year of 1014-15. The school
whs then located in Portland.
Earlier Assessment Date
In Oregon to Be Asked
PORTLAND Dec. 13. (AP) A
tax commission attorney outlined
plans yesterday to change county
I assessment dates from March 1 to
January 1 and to shift filing dates
I for county budgets from November
x o May or June 1.
James o. Smith told the state
district attorneys' association that
the proposals would be presented
at the state legislature. He also
presented a plan to exempt non
profit cooperative telephone lines
and farmers' lines from taxation.
Actor Novarro Hurt in
Crash of Automobile
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 1(AP
Ramon Novarro. 11-year-old screen
: tor. was seriously injured early
today in an automobile accident.
Physicians at Hollywood police,
h'lfpjtal. where he was taken, said
be suffered undetermined chest In
juries, concussion of the brain and
cuts.
Winter's Icy
Clutch Holds
MuchofU.S:
Sub-Zero .Temperatures, Snow
and Rain Experienced in
Various Areas; Utah Town
Awash, Air Traffic Hit.
(By the Associated Press)
It was winter by the thermometer
if. not by the calendar in a wide
area of the nation today.
Winter does not mnko its official
debut for more than a week but
wintry weather prevailed over the
great plains and upper Mississippi
valley.
Sub-zero' temperatures marked
the pr ogress of a cold wave ncross
Montana, the Dakotas, and Minne
sota. A low of 25 below was re
ported yesterday at Warroad, Minn.
The same cold wave swept ovor
the Rocky mountains on to the Pa
cific, coast, bringing northern and
central California the coldest
weather in four years.
"Much colder" was the forecast
for most of the central states to-
duy and the eastern states tonight.
armer weather was predicted
for the week-end.
The wen'.her bureau warned
shippers against temperatures of B
to l:i below in the northwest nnd
west, zero to 10 above in the north,
and 10 to 20 above In the south
and east.
Snow and Rain Fall!.
Snow blanketed the plains states.
Rocky mountain region, portions of
the lake region and the tipper Mis
sissippi valley while rain pelted
the gulf states, Ohio valley and the
Appalachian region.
A gale whipped fresh snow Into
deep drifts in Colorado mountain
areas but major highways were
open. The snow fall In Colorado
ranged from four and a half Inches
at Denver to III Inches at Tellurlde,
a mountain mining town which was
hit by a blizzard shortly after noon
yesterday.
A seven-Inch fall at Beaver, in
southern Utah, clogged nu irriga
tion ditch nnd sent flood waters
into the business district. Wet snow
proved a boon to the dry range
lands In southwestern Utah nnd
drought affected parts of Wyoming.
his incites of snow covered the
western section of Nebraska and
(Continued on page 6)
Conscription Act Repeal
Urged by CIO Groups
ASTORIA. Ore.. Dec. 13. (AP)
The CIO International Fishermen
and Allied Workers union urged
re pen 1 of the Burke-Wndsworth con
scription net yesterday.
The union claimed the act wns
unwarranted nnd passed In an "un
democratic nnd hysterical manner."
I-or the first time fishermen fa
vored prohibiting ocean trolling In
March, April and May.
Oregon and Washington were
asked in a supplementary resolu
tion to prevent landing 01 troll-
caught salmon during those months.
Friday, 13th, Registers in Various Forms
it i if
III Luck, Oddities Mingle in Record
fRy the Associated Press)
Thirreens Aplenty
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 13. (AP)
-On this Friday, the 13th, little
Shirley Johnson has more 1Tb than
you ean shake n Jinx at.
It was on Friday the 13lh that
Mrs. Johnson took out n hospitali
zation policy in January. 19.'tn.
Shirley was born on Fridny the
1.1th of September. 1010.
She was born at 11 a. m. which
appears as the 13th hour in some
time reckonings.
She weighed seven pounds, 1.1
ounces at birth. Today she is 13
weeks old and weighs exactly 13
pounds.
Hoodoo
WATERLOO, la. Traffic Officer
Donald Malcolm kept his fingers
crossed today. Thirteen weeks ago
to the day (Friday 13th). his mo
torcycle collided with a truck while
he was chasing a speeder. He Is
still on crutches.
Quadruple Misfortune
ONEIDA. Wis. Talk about Fri
day ihe nib lurk, listen to this la
ment by Mrs. Carl Dwyer:
Returning from a trip he found
her home burglarized. She started
for the constable's office, but the
ax!- on her automobile snapped.
Windsor May
, Be Next Envoy
To U. S., Rumor
MIAMI, Fin., Doc. 13. (AD
Tho dulio of Windsor flow away
from Miami In a naval nlnne to
day for iin undisclosed destination,
amid HprondliiK reports that Jin
would confer with President ItooRe
velt nnd mlKht become nrltlsh am
bassador to the United Stnte9.
"I am sorry I am unable to make
any Htntemeut,' he said.
Speculation on tho possibility
that tho former kins might repre
sont his nation officially at Wash
ington was stirred nfresh today
when the duke's nldo do camp.
Captain lii-ury. disclosed through n.
press representative thnt Windsor
was flying In a naval plane, today
to- "an undisclosed destination on
important official business." it
wuii added that tho stote depart
ment wished nil details withheld
at present.
Vhe duke carried no luggage nnd
Cnptulu Ilrury told reporters "I ex
port you'll be seeing him ngnlu
soon." bolstering belief thnt ho
might lie heading; for a meeting
wllh the chief execullve who Is
cruising In . nearby llahamlan
waters.
ODDITIES
(Fly the Assoclnted Press)
Canine Gold
SAI.lSlimv, Md. "Raleigh." nn
Knglish bulldog owned by Dr. Ver
non W. Itichni-ds. has a golden grin
thene days. "Italeigh" lost a tooth,
so the dentist made him n gold ono
and tho shiny lower left cuspid
stic ks out of tho jntllng uiuler-Jaw
beyond all other teeth.
Vfcnison Vanishes
CIIICAtiO Frank Fenern plnn
ned a venison dinner In his tavern
and hung tho deer enrenss on a
sign high nbnve the front door. To
day he bad to cancel (he dinner.
The deer was gone. On the side
walk beneath Ihe sign wns n long
pole with a knife lied lo tho end.
Warning
WASHINGTON M.ivbo It's on
nccount of Ibo shopping throngs,
but tile census bureau snys wntch
out for automobile accidents tho
Salurdny before Christinns.
Records nf the bureau showed
that the automobile death toll on
that day Is two to three times ns
largo ns usunl.
Preview of Phone Movie
Shown Rorarians, Guests
Members of the Roseburg Rotary
club nnd their guests yesterday saw
a preview of the Telephone com
pany talking movio entitled "A New
Voice for Mr. X." Tho film depict
ed lax telephone "manners," how to
improve them und Ihe flno results
of doing so.
Ihe annual Christmas party of
tho club was set for Friday eve
ning, December 20.
She went to a brother-ln tnw's
farm and took a horse from the
barn. As she prepared to have the
horse pull the car off the road, the
horse felt dead.
She went home. Returning later
she found someone had stolen tho
1'iip battery and rear-view mirror.
Stork Deals Hand
MIDDLETOWN, Conn Friday
the LHli meant something to the
Middlesex county hospital.
Superintendent Howard Sf. Pflr
mnn paid there were 13 mothers
and 13 Infants In the maternity
ward (oday nnd that the 13th ar
rival came 13 hours after the moth
er was admitted.
Tho child. Raymond Clovls Mor
row, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Morrow of Chester, has 13 letters In
his given names nnd Is the 13th
grand' hlld.
Only Half Worry
SEATTLE Todav. Friday the
13th. Is nlso the 13th birthday for
Claire Wilson, but she's not wor
ried. "I figure It ought to be extra
good luck. Iislead of had. having
two tblrteens that way." she said.
She's more troubled, though, fear
ing her 42 schoolmates In the fith
grade nt St. Benedict's srhool will
find out about It. Thirteen ear-
putling or the like 42 times, would
be something.
Italians9 Main Coastal Base
Blasted, Airfields Wrecked
Nazis Blast
Steel Center
Of Sheffield
Many Buildings Destroyed, Fires
Set, Casualties Inflicted;
Berlin Reports Additional
Toll of British Vessels.
LONDON. Dec. 13. (API Shef
field, great steel center in the north
of Knglaud, drew the concentrated
blows of (iermauy's night raiders
lust night.
A number of buildings were de
stroyed nnd roads damaged or tem
porarily Mocked, the government
reported.
From nnrly last nlgbl until Parly
today, largo formations of raiders
scattered incendiary, high explo
sive and delayed-action bombs on
the city.
Exchange Telegraph. Hrltlsh
news agency, said raiding planes
machine-gunned firemen us they
fought the blazes. Most of tho
fires were extinguished quickly, but
somo of tho larger ones burned for
hours.
The total killed nnd Injured, Ex
change Telegraph said, "while con
siderable, was umazingly low con
sidering the , consist cy and
weight of the raid."
A number of bodies have still to
be taken from widespread wreck
age, In commercial, shopping and
residential areas.
There were no reports nf damage
In Loudon but a church and a fur
niture factory were destroyed In a
midlands town. The southeast
coast and other areas also reported
raiderH overhead.
RAF RAIDS BREST
A raiil on the docks at Brest,
nazl-hehl French port on the At
lantic, by "n small formal ion of
aircraft of Ihe coastal command"
was reported by the air ministry
today.
The ministry nlso reported an nt
tack by a British plane on "nu ene
my supply ship" off tho Dutch
coast last night In which "a direct
hit on tho flliip was obtained."
Other bombing operations of the
royal air force were cancelled last
night owing lo unfavorable wea
ther, said another announcement.
Nazi Ship Sunk
Tho BriliHh submarine Snnffsh
has sunk a Herman supply ship of
about 1 1.Otiu tons off tho Norwegian
(Continued on page G)
Europe Has Three
Months' Food Left
WASHINGTON. Dee. 13. (AP)
State department Intervention
tu behalf of foot! relief for Europe
is unlikely for at least three
mouMis, a hirh official said today,
because the department has Infor
mation that there are enough sup
plies abroad to last until late next
spring.
A survey oT food conditions, com
piled lor the department by au
thor itativo Aincrlmu sou re es,
shows that Europe faces no star
vation for a minimum of five or
six months, the official reported.
This information, he said, cou
pled with Britain's recent, refusal
to pats food shipments through
her blockade, has virtually decid
ed Hie state department to defer
any general action on the subject
until the end of the winter.
An exception may be made. In
formed sources said, in behalf of
Red Cross efforts lo send sup
plies to Spain, where the food sit
uation is believed critical, nnd
for shipments of condensed milk
and concentrated vitamin foods
for Infants and children in unoc
cupied France.
Lions Offer Trophy for
Best Yule Decoration
Conforming to Its annual cus
tom, the Roseburg Lions club 1b
again offering a trophy for the
best exterior decoration at a
ItoHeburg residence during the
Christmas season, ending Decem
ber 25. Judging of the seasoml
display will he made by a com
mitter of three persons outside nf
the club's membership on Ihe eve
ning of December 21. An?iounce
ment of the winner of the tnphy
i handponm gold-lined, silver
cup will appear In the New-Re
view. The personnel or the judges
Iwill not he divulged eltlnj. before
or ."ter their decision is mad'-.
Fresh Fascist
Troops Fail To
Halt Greek Tide
ATHENS, Deo. 13. (AP) Fresh
Italian troopR throwu into tho
battlo In Albania were reported to
day to have failed to halt the alanli
lug (Ireek ndvance nKninat hnightfl
mirronnding the coastal town nt
C'hlmara, north of captured Porto
?hla, despite desperatB resistance.
Hero and elsewherB tho Crocks
said that tho Kalians wore replnc
Infr large units with new troops
but thnt the Intter were no more
successful In checking tho tireoks.
Especially large Italian concentra
tions wore declared thrown Into
tho fight along tho const in a dos
perato effort to halt the flrocks.
Ono dispatch from tho front snld
that uftor tho flrnoks repulsed fns
clst counter-attacks nt various
points "tho Initiative along the en
tire front passod once again to
(lrnk troops and tho enemy Is con
tinuing to retreat.'
Captured Italian officers worn
Raid by tho (Jreeks to havo ex
pressed doubt of Italy's n,billly to
continue the struggle after the
likely fall of Kllflurn pass, where
thoy hnd hoped to chock the flroek
advance toward TepolenI, road
Junction 20 miles north or fl reek
hold Arglrocnstro. Kllsnra In JO
miles northeast of TepolenI.
"Thin statement coincides with
other reports of internnl dissen
sions In Ilnly," the (ireeks snld,
"and a situation has developed
creating Insurmountable difficul
ties for the Italians who aro trying
to nnd a way out."
A ronnnnnlssanco lillot reported
yesterday thnt Valonn, socond only
to l)tirazo in Importance to tho
fascists, had been nindo virtually
useless for large vessels by bombs
which smashed piers and Jetties.
Influenza Increase In
Oregon Is Not Checked
ronTf.AN'n, Ore., T)ep. 13. (AP)
A slight Increase In Oregon in
fluenza, continued today.
Wlllainutle university, Rnlem,
cancelled nil uncial functions un
til after C'hrlstmua nnd schools in
lialbis closed until Monday.
Absences roso to 22 per cent In
Portland high schools and 12 per
cent In grade schools. Total ab
sences were RR71,
Col. Clifton M. Irwin, comman
der, ali! nt Camp Clatsop thnt a
cold caHt wind had revived Influ
enza, after It appeared tho dlsonse
was abating. '
Deputy Sheriff Faces
Fund Shortage Charge
TUB nAIJ.KS, Doc IS (AP)
Sheriff Harold Sexton haled Deputy
Sheriff (iuy Duvnll Into Justice
court yesterday aflor auditors re
ported a shortage of sheriff office
funds.
Duvnll. who waived preliminary
hearing, was held lo tUo grand Jury
under bond of $12.0(10. He had been
u deputy for 12 years.
Creswell Mill Workers
Strike for Wage Boost
Rt'OENR. Dec. 13. (AP) The
Pacific Lumber mill fit Creswell
rUmcil yenterday as workmen wont
on strike for a wage Increase from
lid to Ml cents an hour.
The action wns scparato from tho
demand by Atf. unions In other
plants of tills area for a 7b cent In
crease. Postmaster of Troutdale
Found Dead in His Car
. Pnp.TI.ANn. Ilec. 13. (AP)
The hoily of Charles Purrell. 02.
Troulihile iHistmasler, was found In
his nutomobllo in a ditch off tho
Mnsellne road today. Deputy Cor
oner (lldeon Snook said he appar
ently had succumbed to a heart nt
tack. 500 Italians Yield to
One Tank; What to Do?
AnoAni) a nnrnsir tie-
STHOYICIt OFF THE EOYP
TIAN COAST. Dec. 13. (AP)
A radio tnensngo picked up to
day by this warship from tho
officer of a Hrltlsh tnnk taking
part In Ihe offensive beyond Sldl
Ilarrani said:
"I am In tho middle of C00 In
fantrymen, all with their hands
up but I cannot hold them much
longer. Bend Infantry quickly."
Prisoner Jar
Supply Takes
Rise Heavily
Retreating Italians Strafed By
Warships; British May
Launch Counter Invasion
Over Border Into Libya.
LONDON, Deo. 13. (AP)
British forces In Egypt's west
ern desert were reported to
night by Reuters, British news
agency, In a Cairo dispatch to
have captured the entire stock
of fuel and food which the
Italians had for the Invasion of
Egypt.
CAIRO. Deo. 13. (ATM Brit
ish ItAF bombers and fighting
planes blasted Italian bases, am
munition dumps, troops, com
munications and grounded aircraft
in tho 6-dny-old battle of Egypt,
tho Hrltlsh command reported to
day. More than twelvo Italian air
fields were said to have been
bombed.
Striking throughout last night
nnd yesterday, the command said,
uio iiaf attacked Italy's main war
base of Tobmk, on tho Libyan
coast, and "completely gutted"
hangars at El Adorn airdrome neat
Tobruk.
"Many tons nf bomb were drop
ped on the town tof Tobruk anil
harbor." the ministry reported.
"Fires were observed burning
fiercely In many places and vio
lent explosions and fires near
petrol dumps wero so)i from So
lum bay by our aircraft ion tho re
turn Journey. Thorn wero nlso
heavy explosions In tliei vicinity
of nmmuiiitlnn ''stores;"
At El Adorn nlrdromo, "'nlrcrnft
on tho ground were heavily inn-chine-gunned
by our reconnais
sance machines."
Heavy raids were nlso made on
Itardla. about 15 miles Inside tho
Libyan border, the announcement
said, nnd homb hlls set off a vio
lent explosion In a "stores dump
which resulted In flames rising lo
a thousand feet."
rim report said Italian air
craft on the ground were machine
gunned and three CM 42's de
stroyed.
Prisoners Increased
The number of Italian raptured
troops has been "Increased by
several tlinusumls" over the 20,
000 previously announced, n com
munique reported today from tho
western desert front.
Five general are among tho cap
tives, the coiuinunifiio said.
It milled that Hrltlsh patrols all
along the Anglo-Egyptian Kudnn
frontier are continuing to inflict
casualties on the Italians.
Tho British victory. at Sidi P.-ir.
rani bus broken any imniedUid
threat to the Hues canni, Hrit.sli
military qunrters said today, as
Hrltaln's forces were report, id S'.:ll
rolling forward with growin? mo
mentum In the western desert.
There wns nn Inillrntln y.it hoyr
fnr the Hrltlsh intend to press
(Continued on pnge (1)
Norway's Finest Liner
Strikes Mine and Sinks
NEW YOHK. Dec. 13. (AP)
Authoritative shipping circles snld
tnilay that the IS. 073-ton passenger
liner Oslofjord, Nunvny's largest
and finest, ship, struck a mine and
sank two days ngo off Nowcastlo in
the Hrltlsh Isles.
Chartered by Englnnd after seek
ing refuge hero from the war, the
Oslorjord sailed secretly Inst Oct.
2fi for Halifax, where she reported
ly picked up Canadian aviators for
England.
She was reported to have lnndeil
tho aviators nnd to havo started
back to Canada when she struck
the mine.
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