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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1940)
The OQEGQIf STATESMAIL Sfllaau; Oregon. Thursday .Morning,'. December. 12 133 ; WLCZ TT7Z Fight G o es 6tt About Outpost Three : Italian Generals Captured in Apparent . Surprise Attack Continued from page 1.) , las; British - armored columns and at the same time - violently at tacking then Italian ' rear. Samming op. air activity. It was declared tonight - that-. In ' the past 24 soars at least 10 Italian aircraft- had been ; destroyed , The fall of Sldt BarranC the : greatest - success yet reported via the spectacular British desert ef fensire. and the con tin a In k thrust of British mechanised units to- th west along the Mediterranean coast Imperilled the entire Italian force In Egypt. - Just how far to the west this steel., spearhead- had been driven was not stated. At all events British advance forces already have. been reported in occupation of areas near Baa Buq, which lies some 35 miles west of Sidl Bar rani toward the frontier of Italian Libya, and the next objective of the .counter-invasion appeared to . be the important fascist base of Salam, which lies - Just within Egypt. Sidl Barranl Is 70 miles Inside the frontier and between that point and the Italian divisions supporting It to the west a "Wavell wedge!? the men of General Sir Archibald P. Wavell's Egyptian command has been driven. . -? That town; which' has been re ported strongly fortified for all the fact that it Is but a collec tion of primitive hovels, la the roadhead through which all sup plies mast be tunneled to the scat tered Italian outposts In the des ert.. . . - Sidl Barranl was the major capture effected by the Italians' themselves in their early fall of fensive into Egypt an offensive long stalled and . apparently now being turaed the other way. The Italians took the town on Sep tember 17.. . The British entered Sidl Bar ranl during tblf afternoon, said the high command's communique, and the circumstances suggested that the Italians may have been taken by surprise. - In London, the high mobility of the British forces in Egypt was likened to the spectacular cavalry raid led by the confederate Gen eral J. E. B. Stuart in the war between the states. . British sources, taking a cau tious tone, said they knew nothing to confirm front reports that the Italians cut otf about Sidl Bar ranl numbered two divisions. . "If our officers,' said one in formant, "find the Italian morale bad. and the troops not fighting and this seems true from early reports there is little reason why the offensive can't continue on an even larger scale." Non-Support Charged", f'5 DALLAS Morton F. Ferber waa arrested Tuesday by Deputy Sheriff W. W; Williams on a charge of non-support for Doug las county authorities. He is be ing held in the Polk county Jail. IT! - - lacoma Mills May Open Soon Warrenton'. Workers Back ' at Jobs : as ' Pickets Withdraw. (Continued- from -page 1.) hinged upon one restraining pro-' viao. - ....... Earl Hartley, president of the Paget Sound district council " of the ' lumber and sawmill work ers' unoin (AFL.), said the' $00 men at today's meeting voted 'ndt to return to work untfl a similar wage' increase proposal was sub mitted to approximately 500 log gers in the Morton-Mineral area. The loggers, .who went out on strike after the Tacoma mill workers had been out several weeks, were not Included under the agreement.' Th provision is for a 5-cent hourly wage increase, a week's vacation with pay and a government-directed survey of the Doug las fir Industry to determine a basis for a possible sliding wage scale. - Hartley said the Tacomans' vote was by "a substantial ma jority." The AFL union called the strike In support of a demand for TV cents ar hour more pay, to bring the minimum to 70 cents, "and a week's vacation. Mill at Everett now Running The favorable vote on the com promise proposal here followed the first break In the stalemate at' Everett. -, The anion approved the compromise there last night, and the first mill .reopened today. The agreement applied only. -to the Everett and Tacoma mills. .; . 'Spokesmen for the Koamos and the West Fork Logging companies In the Morton-Mineral area said the firm. took the position that the woods workers . had violated their eon?- vet by tailing to give proper i. Mice of intention - to strike and without Attempting, to negotiate; They said : the compa nies contended, .therefore," that they should return to work;under the same conditions which. : existed- previonsiy and then opes ne gotiations lor adjustments.-;-: - In announcing" the vote here. Hartley-said the agreement: also provided the men would return to work not later than Monday. He did hot explain which proviso would rule if the -Morton-Mineral issue wat-sot settled before-day; Tale of Prisoner Lost Peps (Continued from , page 1.) . probably will . be completed with Introduction of engineers' state ments today, according to Keyes. The paper and woolen mills make use of the stream tor water, and power. - No longer itself utilizing the stream -for power, the Salem water department has leased Its rights to the mill race to the. Port-J lana General Hiectnc, company for ODeratlon of the small hydro electric generating plant -which' iy Dougnc irom me cuy two jom.ra ago. . Dutcliablupls ! Freighter. Captor .(Continued from page 1), . , not say whether the freighter sub sequently sank er was taken aa'a prise. The dash toward a German port which the -Rheln started on No vember S waa the freighter's second . attempt to , slip through the British naval" cordon around western hemisphere" porta. On November Is the Rheln,. together with the Idarwild and the Phry gla, left Tamplco to .run the block ade bat sighted unidentified war ship a few hours afterwards. The Rheln and One Idarwald -scurried back to -Tamplco -bat the. Phry gians -crew scuttled her .In the belief- that the - naval nnlta alrhted Bfesrf were-' enemy- eraft.' - I The sews that one or more Dutch naval . units were working wlthithe British In patrolling western: Atlantic waters came as something of a surprise. There had bees no previous indications that The Netherlands navy was represented In new, world operations. Greeks Advancing In Southern Area (Con tinned from page 1) rying but "Important moves which are now In fall development. sent shock' troops armed with long knives Into battle against the Italians and claimed uninter rupted advances In every sector. These fresh unite dark ' and reeklep? ; men front the Island of Crete -rex --declared - to- -hav urrtflee -the . fascists .wttk . the ferocity ef their charges. . - . - From reports reaching here the picture ef the day's fighting was one ef many fierce local engage ments spread est through the cold mountainous terrain ef Albania. .". ."Nevertheless. said one report. "Our troope have been able to oe--l espy a 'mountainous area of the greatest Importance .for. .the de fense of which the Italians rushed retnf oreemests by atr. - Greek dispatches said that the continuing bad weather . and the activities of the' British air-force had-knocked the Italian airdromes in Albania substantially out of ac tion, for the time being. ' . - ; - 'The 'British themselves ' an nounced a new raid on Valona, an Italian supply port on the- Alban ian coast. In which it was declared that a ship' In the harbor was hit along -with -a munitions .damp and some-buildings. - i Every British plane participat ing ; was reported Jo have got away safelyt Wardell Family Home Completed - EVENS VALLEY Mr. and Mr?. Pierre Wardell have moved lz-.o their new four room house re cently constructed by C. E. Ander son. The house Is completely mod ern and water Is piped from a spring 00 feet distant: The place Is well known as' the old Ruble farm. Evelyn, Martha and Charles Clark have left the Evens. Valley school district and are now. en rolled In Rickey school near Sa lem. , " Indo-Quna Seen' As Trouble Sp bt ; (Continued from Page 1.) ; expected that British .warshlpe would bombard the sir feild ssd naval base If the .Japanese took over.; ..-- - - '- -. - One . factor la the situation ' U the split between DeGaulIlst and pro-Vichy sympathizers is the ranks of army leaders as well as civilian officials - , . " .. The administration In Novem ber was tryint to put. down the worst native uprisings since HIT. Within s radius of 100 miles of Saigon at least IS major upris ings, officially attributed to com. munists; took -place In the week ending November SC. - with as many as I0-.000 "natives participat ing in S'almrle incident. - Planes left Saigon daily and were said to have bombed the re bellions" natives each time" they went.: out. Two hundred natives were reported lined up and shot at the Saigon airport November 22. A prominent planter named Arnaat. former -member: of the disbanded Indo-Chraa planning joard, was assassinated by natives on. bis plantation- near Saigon -No- . eer A church and part of the busi ness district of Mytho. SO miles from Saigon, were reported burn ed November 24.-. Foreign legionnaires. Including many Germans, , were t h t onII military guard at, Saigon. No for tifications were being erected there. Both the foreign legion and the south Indo-Chinese army were reported poorly equipped, each man with only a few 'rounds' of ammunition. Play Is Success, T Silverton H1IL5 ETLVERTON HILLS D own on Abbie's Farm proved success ful Saturday night both from the tandnoint of the aadlenee and of the performers. The play was well delivered - and the house well CBed.v " : ,. - . This was the first presentation made by -the silverton Hills Dra matis club this autumn.' Requests for' a -" repetition have bees - re ceived. -The" club will decide this v week whether -it will he repeated. -Should the decision be in the af- f: flnnative, it Is .likely (he play will -be -given elsewhere, - probably at : Silverton, members of the cast , said. " - . - V Homecoming Date v Reset, Wo o dburn : WOO DBURN The date for the Wood barn high school homecom ing has been changed from De cember 20 to December 20. It Is believed that by changing the date, it will enable more alumni to attend. - - . ; The homecoming will be hell Monday night at the high school. Registration will - eommdiiee St 7:10 o'clock ssd the progress -will be at t o'clock. Following the program there will be the annual basketball game - between the present high school team asd s team composed of alumni. - (-l " - . -I-' ' t X X .".y 1 "ji ' fife,' S. -JSw: IN BUYING 33li w IN BUYING FOR MEN AT THIS GREAT "ECONOMY" STORE . . . 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