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mas warn m msm Eitablkhcd 1873 Mop-up Completed With Palompon's Fall Defeat Held Worst in Jap War History Manila Is Bombed Anew; Hirohito Admits Plight Of Nippon Is Worsening (By the Associated Press) Enemy forces in the Philip pines have "sustained perhaps the greatest defeat in the military annals of the Japanese army," General MacArthur announced today and Emperor Hirohito said the plight of Nippon in her "sa cred war" is "becoming more critical." In a double amphibious landing Christmas day, coupled with two overland pushes, American divi sions seized the only remaining Japanese escape ports and wrote a virtual end to the Leyte island campaign. The 67-day battle, MacArthur said, cost General Yamashita (Continued on page 4) In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS T 'HIS is the traditional season of peace on earth, toward men goodwill. Throughout the earth, on Christmas day this year, there was little of either. IT is tragic all the more tragic because for nearly 20 cen turies we have possessed the for mula for ENDING war and build ing among men the lasting good will that is the firm foundation for enduring peace. Here it is: "Do ye unlo others as ye would that others shall do unto you." IT is unbelievably simple. If generally followed, it would be tftibelievably effective. BECAUSE it has been little fol lowed among individual men and NOT AT ALL AMONG NA TIONS, we have war. FOR a little while, it seemed to us that the Atlantic charter might be the beginning of the practice among nations of this simple Golden Rule, but there can be little doubt that at his press conference the other day the president was breaking it to us gently that the Atlantic chart er not only never existed as a FORMAL DOCUMENT but that it must NOW be regarded as no more binding upon nations than (Continued on page 2) 2 Youths Jailed Here for Inquiry In Holdup Effort -William J. Scholz, IS. and Ed ward St. Louis. 19, both of Wis consin, were being held in the citv jail here today while investi gation is made into an attemDted holdup of H. L. McHenry, Port land, visiting in Roseburg over the holidavs with his mother-in-law. Mrs. George Kohlhagen. McHenry was approached Sun day night bv two youths, one of whom brandished a knife in the holdup attempt. Chief of Police F.rwin Short reported. When the Portland man exhibited siens of resistance the two youths re treated. Shortlv after the holdun at tempt had been renorted to police. Scholz and St. Louis ap peared at the city Jail and asked permission to slee- in one of the cells. MrHenrv was called and Identified them as the two who had threatened htm. Short said. Under Questioning, the officer renorted. the vouths admitted the holdup attemrit and sMd they had thnwn awv the knife Thev told officers. Short snlrt. that thev had been employed to work In shipyards at Portland and had been furnished trans portation to Portland, but that after coming to thP coast neither of them reported lor work. of Leyte rHff-r,. IN LEYTE BATTLE At top: Lt. Gen. Susuki, commander of the Japanese army that was practi cally annihilated in Gen. Mac Arthur's conquest of Leyte. Fate of Susuki, as well as that of his cunArlnr. Yamashita. was not revealed In dispatches. Photo below Is that ot Me.-fcen. A. v. Arnnlrl rnmmander of the U. S. 7th division that trapped a Japanese division near urmoc. I wo Jima, Nippon Mainland Given New Hammering V. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Dec. 26. (AP) From the air and sea American bombs and shells crashed Sunday (Japanese time) into Iwo Jima as superfortresses, Liberators and warships combin ed in an assault on the Nipponese island base only 750 miles south of Tokyo. Opposition was light, one en emy plane was destroyed on the ground and six others damaged. Anti-aircraft fire was meager. No American vessel was damaged. (Tokyo radio said three of the far-ranging B-20s dumped Incen diary bombs on Tokyo itself, and on Yokohama and Shizuoka pre fecture, southwest of the im perial capital. There was no al lied confirmation.) The Iwo Jima attack was the second in which warships and bombers acted in concert to plas ter the island, in the volcano group, from which the Japanese formerly launched raids on Sal pan, base of the Tokyo-raiding superforts. The first joint as sault on Iwo was made December 7, and since then there have been no Japanese raids on Saipan. A Japanese destroyer escort vessel was caught by the raiders and sunk by shellflre. Also de stroyed were an enemy patrol craft and a medium landing ship. Air force bombers on the same day raided Chichi Jima, In the Bonins north of Iwo, concen trating on the airstrips. Marine fiehters strafed Babel- huap in the Palaus group, firing buildings. Bombers continued at tacks in an effort to knock out isolated enemy bases In the Mar shall islands. Govt. Rent Control for Lane County Ordered WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (AP) Federal rent control will go In to effect Jan. 1. the OPA an nounced todav In Lane county. Or., of which Eugene and Spring field are the major cities; Jan. 1, 1944, it the maximum tent date. ROSEBURG, OREGON. Business Man, "Ruined" By Secrc' Thefts. Dies in Nv ry Drop NEW YOI. 26. (AP) Oscar H. Gro 'i'Ht' owner of a leather goods ere a secre tary recently tccused of "Robin Hood" t. O ' B've em ployes pay raises death today from A hotel suite, police GrooDer left nott d to his th floor s wife and his attorney, p- 0 ..id, in which he had writk-.V "Thefts have ruined me." He was head of Gropper. Inc.. from which Mrs. Madeline Dun nigan, 22, was accused on De cember 8 of taking between $30,- 000 and $40,000. She is under arrest on a charge or grand lar ceny. Assistant uisiricr Auorney Francis X. Clark said that Mrs. Dunnlean told him she Increased one fellow employee's salary from $30 to $55 a week, and an other from $3 to $15 a day. One friend received 9t weeKiy, ana Mrs. Dunniean, who earned $40 a week, used some of the money to purchase clothes for nerseu, Clark said. Lead in Bond Race Retained By Douglas Douglas county continued to hold its lead in the "Battle of Bonds" with Coos county as E bond sales through Dec. 21 were cleared at the Federal Reserve bank. Douglas county had sales of $418,677 or 87.2 per cent of quota, and Coos county's sales amounted to $463,522 or 74.8 per cent of quota. Purchases of E bonds through Dec. 31 will be counted in the con test, if cleared through the feder al reserve bank prior to Jan. .2, but the countyj committee urges that purchases be made early in the week by Wednesday night if possible in order to give ample time for clearance. It is particularly urged that firms which will be called upon to buy bonds this week from pay roll deduction funds, secure the bonds in advance in order to help out in the contest and aid in reaching the E bond goal of $480, 000. Douglas county is well over the quota in all departments except E bonds, having reached" iw.1 per cent of Quota with sales, al lotments, etc., amounting to $1,- (Contlnued on page 4) Robot Bomb Defense Instructions Issued WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (AP) The office of civilian defense has issued instructions for de fense against robot bomb and rocket bomb attacks. Instructions sent to state de fense councils to be passed on to the public, OCD pointed out that little or no advance warning Is possible, adding: "The public should realize the danger and be constantly on the aleit, particularly along the coastal areas." The agency emphasized that its action is purely precautionary. Assault-Theft Victim Identifies Pair Here Brent Clarence Parker. 23. Madras, Ore., and John Elmer Davis, 29. Lakeport, Calif., were being held in the county jail by tne state ponce wnue investiga tion is made intq assault and robbery allegedly committed upon Walter Elder. 78. at Can- yonvllle last December 9, State Police Sergeant Paul Morgan re ported today. The two men were arrested in Roseburg Saturday night and are being questioned by noiice following identification by Elder, Morgan said. Brother of Roseburg Woman Killed on Leyte Mrs. O. T. Carter received word Saturday that her brother, Lieutenant David Finch, was killed November 13, while In ac tion on Levte. Lieutenant Fhich had visited in Roseburg on sev eral occasions with his brother-in-law and sister. Sheriff and Mrs. Carter. His wife and nine- months-old son reside In Seattle. Killed by Jap Rifle He Brought Back as Souvenir PIEDMONT, Mo.. Deo. 26. (AP) George Lee Lewis, Jr., 21, an electrician! mate first clasi In the navy, brought home a Japanese rifle as a -souvenir of his two years In the South Piolflc . - While ha was examining . his prized rifle yesterday, It .' was accidentally discharged. - He was shot through the : head, and died Instantly, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 26. Budapest Now Encircled By Soviet Steel MOSCOW, Dec. 26. (API Eight to 10 divisions of Germans and Hungarians were reuorted "trapped in Budapest today ut on irom escape except Dyur or possioiy one .roau usauie omy py night as the Red army drove to the western city limits In a 15- mile advance. - - The encirclement of the Hurl1 garlan capital was virtually com pleted and front dispatches said soviet guns naaoegun a system, atic shelling of two airports still held by the enemy, while bomb ers flew Incessant sorties pvef the strife-torn capital. - The greatest panic was report ed from Inside the city in full view of Russian units that yes-J teraay arove to tne loity nuis iei Buuakesz, adjoining tne city nn its of Buda, western half of the Danube-straddling capital. . . Nazis Prepare to Flee. " U The Germans were reported to have grabbed all available auto mobiles and buses and put mem under strict military command,: ordering the Hungarian drivers to stand by with blankets and all the warm clothing possible. This led to the speculation that large enemy units might try to make a break for it. The last narrow escape corri dor that appeared still open to them on the basis of frontline dispatches extended 19 miles northwest from the capital to fcsztepgom, on tne soutnern Dank of the big Danube bend. The war bulletin declared that in the last five days of fighting west and southwest of the capi tal the Russians had slain '14,000 (Continued on page 4) Check Protectors Used : By Juvenile Forgers ! - PORTL'ANDr6re"r, Deer 2Ui' (AP) A juvenile check forging gang accused of passing $1500 in bogus checks duriner the Dast two months was broken up today with the arrest of three boys with pre vious records. The three were charged with burglary not in a dwelling, ob taining money bv false, pretenses and forgery. Police said the trio was arrested while attempting to cash checks carefully made out with a stolen check protector. , Detectives found the check pro tector and 50 of a lumber com pany's stolen blank checks in a downtown hotel hideout. Ring-leader of the group was a 16-year-old boy who twice served sentences in the Oregon state training school at Woodburn, po lice said. Fatal Shooting Follows Party at Farm Home VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 26. (AP) William J. Moss, 33, was fatally' shot outside the farm nome oi Artnur Miner, oj, al ter a party early this morning. Moss, a Longview man who has been living temporarily in Washougal, was shot after an ar gument with Miller, a shipyard worker, Coroner Dufresne said. Miller was being held In the county Jail here, but no charges have been filed. Scores of U. 5. Soldiers Get Prison Sentences for Black MarketOperafions Abroad "3"pARIS, Doc. 26. (AP) A high-ranking American officer pre dicted today that many "slimy" details would be unfolded in Febru ary when the army brings to trial another batch of U. S. servicemen accused of selling cigarets, gasoline and other military supplies to the French black market. I know of tanks sitting empty without a drop of gasoline while soldiers behind the lines peaaiea It bv the gallon," the officer said as he discussed thefts and hi jacking activities for which scor es of soldiers already have been sentenced to prison terms rang inp from one year to life. Hl statement Indicated that new light miuht he shed upon the ex'ent of American soldiers' par tlclDaMon In the black mark"!, al though many ireneral officers hnwe denied tht the lo:s of sun plies or gasoline estimated at several hundred thousand trallons a wpek hts affected the current military situation. Thev pointed out that the loss es have occurred for the most nart manv miles behind the hat tie lines and that fuel siimitv lev els In combat areas are high. H'-'acklno Disclosed Nevertheless details already un folded have revealed fantastic In cidents nf prmv truck driver h ln Ambushed on lonely roads and relieved of vehicles and ear- pops at gunpoint, or of driver delivering loaded trucks to black market operators at fees report ediy ranging up to $6.000. 1944, Canned Vegetables, 85 Pet. 0 Meats go Back on Ration;' Butter Points Hoisted to 24 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 26." (AP) A tighter and broader food rationing program became effective toddy. Canned vegetables returned to the ration list and butter and sugar came under new restrictions. " Salient aspects of the new program: New Price Tops On Frozen Fruits, Vegetables Issued ! WASHINGTON.iDec. 26 (AP) i Hie OPA issued processors' price ceilings on a number of frozen fruits, vegetables and ber: ries today but said the cost of consumers 'will not be changed substantially ." . ' -The amendment, effective Jan uary 2, provides dollurs-arid-cents celling for large containers Of some frozen berries and pre scribes pricing formulas to be .used by processors on frozen1 .fruits, vegetables and berries' in small containers. " Generally, the flat prices for most berries are about ope-half cent a pound less than a year ago. The flat celling on frozen strawberries, however, Is about two cents a pound higher. - ; Increased raw material costs Were said to be reflected in the frozen strawberries ceilings and also in some of the other formula-priced commpditlcs, mainly Maine blueberries and California pears. . The processors' ceiling for frozen strawberries (other than the, Ettersburg variety) will re flect a raw material cost of 15 cents a pound Instead of 12 cents; Maine blusberries,. 18 cents in stead of 12 cents; and California Pears, $80 a toh -insteal of $65 B-ton. . ffff.V, ' ' Nine Dead, Scores Hurt r In Portland Yuletfde PORTLAND, Dec!. 26 (AP) The Yuletldo season fatality toll ended with an all-time high for arty similar period in. this area, police reported today, with nine violent deaths and scores taken to hospitals. Portland's 1944 -death toll In traffic accidents mounted to 44 wjleri a pedestrian, Domingo V. RUez, 62, was Injured fatally by a streetcar in Portland's cast side last, night. Ruez was - the holiday's sixth traffic fatality. The weekend also saw a two-year-old girl burned to death and two persons fatally shot. Three Gasoline Ration Coupons Expire Dec. 31 WASHINGTON. Dec. 26 (AP) Gasoline ration coupons B-4, C 4 and fourth-quarter T will expire Deq. 31, the OPA announced to day. Few B-4 and C-4 coupons are still outstanding, OPA said, be cause local ration boards halted their Issuance last August. The fourth-quarter T coupons for trucks, taxis and buses were Is sued for use in the fourth quar ter only and their invalidation is intended to prevent leftover cou pons from being used Illegally. Black market operations have been so extensive that they are said to have caused the recent breakdown of the cigaret sunpiy for the allied forces by funnelling millions of packages' into French brothels, restaurants and pri vate homes. More than 90 per cent of the cigarets reached the black mar ket by way of the armed forces, it was disclosed. Developing from operations that had a patriotic basis under German occupation, the French black market expanded In post Invasion days Into a gigantic com- Dine oi aeaiers in stolen gooas, counterfeiters, white slavers and speculators. It reached staggering proportions and American sol diers were drawn into its opera tions. French Civilians Involved Since D-day, its chief source of supply has been the army,- from wnicn- it nag araineo gasoline, Soap, food, cigarets and post ex change Items. For every American arrested for black marketing, ten French .(Continued on page 41' ! No. 44-215 Butter is raised from 20 to 24 points a pound. ' ah reu ana uiue siamps wnicn became, good before Dec. . 1 are cancelled. Canned peas,- corn, green and wax beans, asparagus and spin ach require points. All sugar stamps and : home cunning certificates except sugar stamp No. 34 are cancelled. About ta per cent oi an meats will: require ration points begin ning Sunday.' . In announcing the stricter ra tioning rules. OPA- assured con sumers that ample food is avail able for atl.- The action was tak en, the agency said, because of de clining meat .supplies una low stocks of butter und canned fruits and vegetables. ) : . Cancelled Stamps Listed The red stamps canceled are A8 -through Z8, and A5 through P5 in ration book . 4. The . blue stamps canceled are A8 through Z8 and 5A through W5 in the same book. , This will retire all red stamps (Continued on page 4) Violent Deaths in Nation 332 Over 3 Days' Holiday (By the Associated Press) Th- nation's toll of violent deaths over the threc-dav Christ mas .holiday was -at least 332, ah Assgctad,Pre8s survey disclosed lodavSTheV Viliinber' was bddi'OxI- mHtvly iths'sdme asrecorded over a;intlUar bWlod (n-19.43 -, AccUletiW'bn tbe-Mliliways, as prtjuimtur,,. uy, .saiery,.. experts, clalititsd'jthfeuthost, lives. The sur vey ,s;ltowed;i88'persbns' were kill ed' in!' automobile .shiashups. iln 1943,-the .Christmas, holiday' traf fic toll Was '216 of the total of 339 violent ,deitfis.;. : . ' Plant?.. crashes,, .fires,- falls, shootlttgsf'rdrowhing ' and other vlolehtr.fdfcrtis of 'death were re ported throughout the country as the -'natloh' 'observed the-long weekend; tet?.perl.6(. -,, , ; .- Three . separate plane smash ups cost the lives of 20 persons, including 10 soldiers in an army transport flying to Minneapolis who were killed when the ship crashed near Harrlsburg, Pa. Five other army fliers lost their lives in a plant crash, at Rldgoly, Tenn,, ; while . five 'sorvlcemen were Killed In a crash of a trans port plane hear Indianapolis. Of the . total violent deaths, 88 were recorded as from miscel laneous causes, 45 resulting from fires and one from weather. By states, California reported the most number . of : fatalities 37, Including 33 traffic deaths. Girl Saves 2 Children In Christmas Tree Fire PORTLAND. Dec. 26 (AP) Eleven-year-old Carol Flnlcy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L-. A. Flnley,- Portland, prevented a Christmas day traeedv bv rescu ing two' small cousins from upstairs- rooms when defective Christmas tree lights set fire to the Flnlev home. Carol had been left to care for Richard Graves, 6, and Dona Graves, 4, cousins, while the Fin- leys went to a show. The girl had put the smaller children to bed upstairs and was waiting downstairs for her purents' re turn when the fire broke out. She quickly tan upstairs ahd brought tne emiuren to saiety. Coast Utilities Bought By Calif. -Pacific Co. MEDFORD. Ore.. Dee. 25 (AP) Purchase of Coast Coun ties Gas and Electric company s ouiune air-gas aisiriDUting sys tems at Yreka and Dunsmuir, Calif., was announced today by the California-Pacific Utllties Co. California-Pacific Utilities Co.. in addition to the newly acquired properties, operates In Klamath Falls, Ashland, Medford, Grants Pass and Roseburg. Civilians to Get Fewer Tires During January WASHINGTON. Dec. 26 (AP) Tires available for civilians In January will be pared- sharply below the December figure. , OPA says , military demands for rubber have slashed the Jan uary allocation tt passenger tires to 1,800,000 from 2,000,000 In De cember, small truck and bus tires to aiq.OQO from 280,000 heavy truck and bus tires to 110,000 from 120,000. Foe Seizes Rochefort, Drives Nearer Sedan; Yanks Cling to Bastogne Under ' ' ' 1 6y 4he Associated Press) ''" German armor and Infantry of two and possibly three nail armies had plunged to within four miles of the Mouse river by- Sunday night, supreme headquarters disclosed today, tn the giant" counteroftensive believed to have been planned personally by Hitler as a bid to smash the allied armios of the west. On the northern flank of the great German drivo, twin prongs joined forces In the St. Vith sector, closing off theivaliantly de-' fended American salient there and welding the counteroffensive front into a single massive blugo miles wide. . , The German effort has been Meuse river, but supreme headquarters, still operating under a" security news delay, said the counteroffensive had been slowed. Churchill, Eden In Athens Trying To Restore Peace ATHENS. Dec. 26 (API- Prime Minister Churchill sought to end the bloody Greek civil war today as a British patrol reported discovering a ton of dynamite un der street car lines opposite the main doors of the note). Grande Bretagne. , ' ' Officials of the Greek govern ment and Lt. Gen. Ronald Sco ble live at tho hotel. (The dispatch from Athens did not say -whether Churchill was striving at the hotel.) The dynamite, which the pa trol said was in boxes bearing German markings, apparently was laid during the night as the area hnd been carefully searched yesterday evening. Churchill arrived here yester day accompanied by British For eign, secretnry t-oen as tne an cient capital echoed to the sound of street fighting between left wing ELAS partisans and Greek government supported by British troops. British headquarters announc ed plans tp convene today a con ference "representative so far as possible of Greek political onln ion" with he object of "ending fratricidal strife and enabling Greece to resume her place amoi the, united nations." MairCfilebi;ation 25 War Prisoners PHOENIX Ariz.. Dec. 26 (AP) A nazl celebration of west ern front victories was broken up witn ciuos. at. Fupago park war prisoner camp near here shortly before 25' Germans escaned. Col. William A:' Holden, commandant, has disclosed. . Holden said army guards had to resort to force In ending- a demonstration Saturday by , a "couple hundred" prisoners In one of the camp's compounds. uniy six of the escapees, all submarine officers and men, have been apprehended. The ranking member of the group Is Lt. Col. JUrgen Wattenberg, 43. Many of those at large speak several lan guages. ' . ... preliminary investigation, hoi deri reportedr Indicated the sail ors escaped by. sealing tin eight foot double-wire barbed fence. Some of the prisoners, may have fled during the demonstration but Hoiden said probably most or them got away during a severe rainstorm Sunday evening. Tho escape served to make pub lic a war rumor long current In Phoenix that Guenther Prlen, Germany's famed U-boat com mander, was prisoner here. Prlen, docorated by Hitler for sinking the British battleshiD Royal Ark at Scapa Flow in 1939, did not escape. Woman Admits Slaying Her Husband With Ax TACOMA, Dee. 26 (AP) Pierce Countv Prosecutor Thor C. Tollefson said todav that a psy chiatric examination will be giv en todav to Mrs. Plertra Lorpnt son, 39. who Is belni? held In the citv 1ail In connection with tho lavlni of her husband, Nick, Dee. 24. , The bodv of Nick t-orentsnn was found In hit hnm last Sun day afternoon. He hnd heen kill ed bv ax blows. Capt. William E. Vnrrar of Tncoma police quoted Mrs. Lorentson as snvlne In n sipned statement that she had re turned home from a snnttorlum 'Or the Christmas holiday, hnd become (inhered nt her husband ahd had killed him. Midwest Shivers In Sub-Zero Temperatures (Bv the Atsortated Press) A new cold wave with hitter below zero temperatures hit the midwest todav. The mercurv nhmaed fflr hetow the "mm read. lie In the Pntus. Mlnne'iotn, Nehi-nsia, Wisconsin, Tnwa, northern nnd central "Thlnnis, northern Indiana, tinner Michi gan ant norrmns nr inio. Rnekforrt. - til.. 71 miles rorth unt nf PMma tvnnrted 99 tn. low as the coldest on the Chica go weather bureau's man. Kniwcasrers sain tne coin wave would snifarl to th fastprn and northeastern state bv tomorrow mornlntr hut would diminish In in Intensity. Heavy Attack SO miles into Belgium and 35 spreading rapidly toward thai" The American wedge west pt St. Vith had kept the German anve spilt, mere was no indica tion whether any American troops now were pocketed In tha sector. . In the center of the German bulge a gallant force of Ameri cans several thousand strong held doggedly to Bastogne, Liege Arlon road town, under ceaseless tank and infantry attacks. Their hope of rescue lay to the souths where members of a famous ar mored unit beat their way north, and at last reports were five miles away. Headquarters conceded Ger man occupation of Rochefort, 14 b miles from the Meuse, and said ' enemy pressure Increased In the areas Immediately northeast. At the southwest corner of the great' bulge the Germans have taken Llbramont 16 miles from Franco' and 23 from fortress Sedan. Parla la Hitler's Goal "- Americans released by their" comrades after bein held prison--er said they were told bv nazl officers that Hitler's schedule called for arrival in Paris, Jan.' 17. after which, the Germans said, perhaps "Roosevelt will talk peace." Allied planes hit again today nt the German columns, and up to noon the ninth tactical air force alone had destroyed six tanks, six armored vehicles and 237 motor vehicles, besides down-, ing 22 enemy planes. Costly engagements raged through Christmas day In the great battle of the western front In Belgium and Luxembourg. Allied planes struck again yes--terday, almost as heavily as In Sunday's record 7,000-plane as- (Continued on page 4) - ' Salem Market fa Price THf; Drops ' Plan to Suspend 7 SALEM, Ore., Dec. 26. (AP) The Salem Paramount market. which had been scheduled to close last Saturday because of price celling difficulties, will remain open, H. E. Carlson, Portland sec retary of the Independent retail grocers and meat dealers associa toln, said today. W; L. Lewis, owner, had no stntement, saying he would let Carlson speak for him. Lewis had said he would close because the OPA had lowered his ceiling prices because his volume of business had Increased, and that he could not operate under the new ceilings. Carlson said todav that Lewis had been unaware that he could appeal to the OPA for higher cell- ings, wtitcn would make lt pos sible for Lewis to provide his credit and delivery services, and still make a profit. In the meantime, the OPA, which has accused Lewis of vio lating price ceilings, asked the circuit court here Saturday fop an injunction to compel Lewis to obey price ceilings. Rural School Pupils Exceed Bond Sale Goal . JASPER, Ore., Dec. 26 (AP) Mrs. Ruby Kennedy, teacher of a one-room school at nearby Ed envale, was curicus to see what her 27 pupils would do for tho sixth war loan drive. She put tho entire campaign In their hands. ; - Tho students kuickly named captains and chose sides, setting the goal at $20,000. Excitement mounted with the announcement that the losers were to treat the winners to a party. Grand total at the end of the race 522,125. Ex-Senator Blair Lee :., Of Maryland Passes WASHINGTON. Dec. 26: (AP) Former U. S. Senator Blair Lee of Maryland died last night at the age of 87. Lee served In te senate from 1913 to 1917. Lee was a delegate to eight democratic national conventions and at the Baltimore convention of 1912 he was a leader In the movement resulting In the nomi nation of Woodrow Wilson, a, friend of his college dnvs. 1 ! stl eBWssH New rationing by the OPA Full many a hep will bury, With sugar stamps banned, ., It twats at th plans Of those seasonal twins, Tom and Jerry. M v." f t. Of.: j