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Battle for Oivi Near
Decisive Stage;
Enemy Battered
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Hons in day-to-day American life
on the island yet to' come from an
official source. :
Brightened by many, humorous
touches,' bis story was none-the-
less one of grand fortitude on the
part of soldiers and marines, most
or whom nave imown . nardiy a
moment of unworried rest' since
the Solomons campaign began
three months ago. '
Even-under such circumstances,
Rolcorab reported, the marines
have developed their own humor
ous slant. To them the jap who
sends over a flight of seaplanes to
bomb their positions is "Louis the
Louse." The frequent lone sub
marine that shells them by night
is "Oscar the Sub, enemy artil
lery bombording them from the
jungle to the southwest is "Pistol
Pete", to the ground troops and
.Millimeter Pete" to the airmen,
and the cruiser-destroyer groups
which have landed about 900 men
regularly every other night con
stitute the "Tokio Express."
The marine general,! who ar
rived on Guadalcanal October 21
.to get first hand information on
training and equipment needs and
left on the 23rd, described the "To
kio Express" as consisting usually
of a cruiser which carried about
300 troops and four destroyers car
rying 150 each. He said that "Our
troops have accounted for two of
these groups."
General MaeArthurs Head
quarters, Aostrallia, Wednes
day, Nov. 11 (JP) The battle
for Oivi, 55 miles from the
northwestern New Guinea coast,
between Jap and allied ground
forces mw - is approaching the
decisive state, the high com
mand announced Wednesday.
Heavy fighting is in progress at
Oivi where the Japs elected to
make a stand after having re
treated since September 29 from
the point of their farthest ad
vance across the Owen Stanley
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Furnace fires glow and smoke surges from
the stacks of thousands of industrial plants
producing an ever -increasing -quantity of '
Hi! HI HE stacks of thousands of industrial plants r
planes, tanks, guns and other implements of wax. Thai's
the smoke that gets in the eyes of the Axis.
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:.. Eaw materials and completed units are loaded on long
; 1 rows of freight cars, go rumbling across country in a
never-ending procession, hauled by gigantic locomotives
followed by trails of smoke smoke that smarts the eyes -
of Hitler and Hlxohito. . - y
. Smoke 'em outlthaff our Job. Union Pacific, the
Strategic Middle Route connecting West with East, is
doing its part by "keeping 'em rolling." Inousands of
Union Pacific employees are working tirelessly and
bnyingVarBcoidscerotialy--for victory I ;
Per Information Concerning Passenger and Freight Transportation,
Address II. E. Lonnsbury, Traffic Slanager, :
151 nttock Clock, Portland. .
Oran Captured
Tunis Go Ahead
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seacoast from Algiers to Gibral
tar. : -
leaning back In his chair aft
er the tense hours, 1A. Gen. '
rDwight D. Eisenhower, closed
his eyes and said "It was no
'child's play at Oran and I. am
mighty proud of our boys who
. have not had any . sleep since
.Friday night. k
Then leaniing forward with a
serious expression on his face, he
added, "but I don't want to make
this appear as a great military
victory. The French are our
friends and we want to keep them
as our friends. We only fought
because we had to." ;
At Algiers, where Vichy's de
fense chief i Adm. Jean Darlan is
now a guest of an American gen
eral, the axis has been attacking
allied naval forces, but the dam
age is described by headquarters
as light.
Carrier-based ' planes and RAF
fiehter sauadrons stationed on
captured airdromes have exacted!
a heavy toil of these axis raiders,
it was said. .: .'
In the Algiers area American
troops are reported to have been
welcomed by the population " of
the famous city which sometimes
is called "Africa's Paris
There is official silence here on
the status of Darlan.
MaJ. Gen. George S. Patton's
mountains upon Port Moresby.
Since November 3, the allied
forces have been close to Oivi and,
encountering stiff resistance on a
scale they had not faced since the
Japs began backtracking, called
upon their, planes and tried en
circling and infiltration tactics to
crack the Jap defenses.
While the ground attack moved
toward a climax, - heavy aerial
blows were dealt between Oivi
and the Jap's northeastern New
Guinea coastal base on Buna near
which American troops, aerially
transported, already are fighting.
Ammunition dumps were de
stroyed and heavy anti-aircraft
guns were blown from their em
placements by planes which
bombed and strafed the Soputa
area between Buna and Oivi. ,
Continuous Today
1 to 11:30 P. M.
Held Over!
THE BATTLE
OF IHDV7AY
In Technicolor
Also - News and
Our Gang Comedy
by US Force;
Said Given
forces engaged la the Moroccan
campaign against' Casablanca,
have captured Mehdia In addl- -tloa
to Sail and Fedala and all :
troops are new reported ashore
and driving forward with their,
equipment. : '- H .
During the first two days
French destroyers and light tor
pedo boats made repeated attacks
in efforts to interrupt the land
ings. Rear Adm. H. K. Hewitt,
American commander' of naval
forces, finally had to turn loose
American sea and air strength to
annihilate the light French forces.
Fied reports there were not
clear whether the 35,000-t o n
French battleship at Casablanca
was damaged by bombs or i by
shells from the big guns 'of Amer
ican warships, but it was known
that American carrier-basedi dive
bombers have been attacking war
ships in the harbor. '
The Jean Bart never left j the
harbor at any time during the
battle. " : j
With the capture of Algiers and
Oran, the allies now hold the two
best points in the western Mediter
ranean and fighter cover j from
shore bases for their convoys.
"Our job now is to reorganize
and get after the enemy common
to both of us," said Eisenhower. '
Both Algiers and Oran j field
commanders reported that resist
ance at both those places was con
fined to professional soldiers and
sailors who obey Vichy orders.
The capture of Oran give
the allies a large naval base and
a deep harbor from which; the
largest ships of the American '
and British navies could support '
expanded offensive action j and :
seek oat Italy's seldom seen
fleet.
The supreme commander said
he could not praise too highly the
coordination between naval,
ground and air forces in the Oran
assault j
The fall of Oran is certain to
have a profound effect on ; the
fighting Morocco on the Atlantic
coast, where field reports j show
the forces of Maj. Gen. George S.
Patton, jr., are making steady
progress. Communications be
tween Algeria and Morocco; have
been hampered by bad atmos
pheric conditions. j
It took the Germans six weeks
to crush Norwegian resistance in
Norway a country much smaller
than French North Africa ; and
within easy reach of nazi bomb
ers. Eisenhower's split-second,
synchronized campaign, con
ceived in bases thousands of miles
away, has accomplished a com
parable result in 60 hours.! -
The tough one-time cowboy'
who now wears three. stars ton
each shoulder is giving the Ger
mans a lesson in the type of war
they originated blitzkrieg. ;
Hals bigrest regret concern
ing this campaign which is an
outstanding example of the ef
ficiency of having one supreme
commander for land, sea and
air forces is that "there was
any need ot fight at all." I ;
Preliminary and incomplete
reports indicate that allied; losses
were light for the gains involved
and were far below expectations.
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pilots who immediately ,jforgot
their lack of sleep and kept on
hammering at the opposing; arm
ored columns which were pushing
northward from! the direction' of
Sidt Bel Abbes." which la 1 head
quarters in : this region - for , the
French Foreign legion.' . , 4 r
The American pilots also put
out of action a number of artillery
batteries which, had been shelling
this airdrome. ' t - ; ' 1 -
Planes dropped leaflets from
Gen. Henri Honore Giraud (the
French general 1 who has Joined
the allied forces! and who will be
in charge of civil and military di
rection of the country) urging the
French to cease fighting, ..! ' : "
"Save your, bullets for the
Boche," they read.: . j ;
BfaJ. D. B. Avery. t5. of Salt
Lake City, Monday afternoon
spotted aa armored column
movinr nor ! RMt W
Abbes toward this airdrome and
went down close to investigate.
A couple of lucky shots atrack
his gas tank and he was foreed
to make a crash landing. ; He
landed unlnJnred 1 0 yards
from a hostile eolmnn but he
escaped and was picked ap by
one of tv motor eolnmns. .
IA. Col. F. M. Dean, j ;of St
Petersburg, Flai. . destroyed five
tanks In one enemy column; which
was Dushing northward from Sidl
Bel Abbes. ij-.
As I write this disoatch at 6:40
am,. Tuesday our Spitfires are
taking off to scout the area for the
remaining armored units and also
to attack with their machine guns
French ground batteries and
around forces near a second -airdrome.
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This second airdrome also Is
held by our trooos but I under
attack by French artillery and
armored units. The rolling; fire of
heavy guns Is nlainly audible from
hills some distance awav. i
I rode to General Doolittle's
headauarters with an armored
column. We had been warned to
expect trouble en route. At one
nlace along the; war French ar
tillery unsuccessful shelled the
road we were traveling, jj'
We halted at several villages
where MaJ. Don Coster, a Mon
treal advertising executive, who
lists his home towns as New York
City, and who 'was an ambulance
driver in, France before the Ger
mans ! caotured : Paris, talked in
French with a number of civilians.
AO the civilians said they
were delighted "that yon
Americans have ' arrived." nd
asked us not to Judge them by'
the- resistance being made by
others. . "'- j " ' : -
All day long Monday three
American squadrons kept up con
tinual ground strafing attacks.
The first French planes to be
shot down were credited; to Lt.
Carl W. Payne, 21. of Columbus,
Ohio; Lt. Charles Kenworthy, 23,
of Shenandoah, la., and Maj. Har
rison R. Thyng. 24, of Barnstead,
NH. : i
Within a few hours after the
ground troops had seized their
positions our Spitfires landed and
immediately began to use the field
as a base for military operations.
Governor Sets
Tlianksgivihg
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lie Thanksgiving, i In this! critical
year God through nature has
blessed the long toil of the hus
bandmen, giving bountiful crops
now safely harvested. The state
has been spared' natural calamity
and waste and loss from jfires in
our forests! No serious contagion
has impaired the health j of - the
people. Unemployment is no long
er the dread" spectre at m a, n y
doorsteps..- vlf-;;. -Hi" VH
I call on the people of the state
to assemble . in ! their places ' of
worship on the day herein ap
pointed, there to offer j solemn
thanks to Almighty God for the
blessings we enjoy, to pray for
divine guidance if or ourj nation,
and to beseech divine favor on the
progress of our arms. " j -
In the homes let the i day be
spent soberly, without gluttony,
matching in these war times the
spartan courage of our! soldiers
with spartan continence in living.
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A Companion Feature
Klaxfng Acnon In ; the
Land of ThxiUs and Ex-
-dSement! i
OHlheHOllEFROHT
By ISASQT CHU-D3
On the eve of Armistice day.
he was recalling experiences of
that other war and relaxing. For
this was his night off from work
at the shipyards, but whatever he
had taken to help him relax left
no gleam in his eyes as hejaned
across our table in a downtown
restaurant. No- one . off ered..him
a seat,, but there were - those r fat
our , party who recalled with the
man of the iron-grey hair events
of 25 years ago and the welcome
was sincere. ; '
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Somewhere between that first
Armistice day and this ' differ
ent kind of warfare had entered
the life of our friend, and be was
frank In telling us his story.
- Marriage, three children, suc
cess In business, bankruptcy a
full 15 years age and with It 111
feelings and a broken home.
- Today he speaks, or at least
last night he did. with pride of
the sons and daughter .he left.-
The yet-handsome face, brown
and lined,' the tired eyes beneath
the shock of hair now revealed
and again hidden as the rakish hat
was removed, replaced and tipped
back, took on a pew : expression
as he spoke of mat trio. The old
est is fighting he believes. ,
But there could be no surety in
what he believes, for he has not
heard from them in 15 years. -
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Embittered In his thoughts of
the life he lost, although appar
entry glad to be. doing the work
he accomplishes today, he has
never taken a pencil to write
these, simple words: , "Dear sons
and daughter, your dad would
like to know how you are, what
you are doing and that you still
think of him as he does of you.
They have not written to him,
why should he address a line to
them?
So, he fighta Mr. Hitler, he
declares, as he fits ships, but I
cannot help feeling that the lad
"now fighting, or at least old
enough to" could meet with
better spirit the -danger on the
battlefront had he this one ex
tra bit of "news from home".
AUied Fleet
f Gathering9
At Gibraltar
(Continued from Page 1)
and a transport, and that 14
other vessels had been hit by
bombs.
Rome said there had been "suc
cessful attacks" by submarines on
British and American warships in
Mediterranean waters.
The Italian surface fleet, a con
siderable' force possibly including
as many as seven battleships, was
still in hiding. But it seemed cer
tain that Hitler, in his reported
conference -with Pierre Laval and
Mussolini at' Rome, would have
some assignment for the Italian
war vessels.
The British admiralty reported
the torpedoing of an Italian cruis
er off tfie north coast of Sicily, in
dicating that the British were
pressing the sea war right to the
shores of Italy. '
German submarines were ex
pected to step up their activity.
But from the allied side came a
bit of encouraging news regard
ing, the war against submarines.
A. V. Alexander, first lord of the
admiralty, j reported in the house
of commons that to date 5? Ger
man under aea vessels are- known
to have been ' sunk, damaged or
(-captured.
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Peggy Moran William Frawley
Bombers Hit
German Area
British Race Rommel:
Into Libya; Russia
Fighting' Reduced
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Sidi Barrani land the border out
post of Salum, land was certain to
be quickly liquidated.
:f The allied air f orce operating
from new advance fields has been
giving the enemy no peace as he
flees along the! coast, road. .
Axis fortified areas and posi
tions deep! in Libya "were being
subjected to relentless bombings.
Far behind j fat the Egyptian
desert one of (the etarkest trag--edles
of the conflict waa enfold
ing ai British searching, parties
rounded wp; Ithe thousands of
napless Italians who were; aban-
doned without sufficient t&
and water by! their German al- '
lies when Lt Gen. B. L. Mont
gomery's I troops first amashed
through at Ell Alamein. ,
MOSCOW, ! Wednesday Nov. 11
(P) Military operations . along
the Russian front dwindled almost
to skirmish leyel Wednesday and
foreign dbservers ' speculated that
the Germans might be regrouping
for a new major blow at-the red
lines now holding firmly from the
Baltic to the Black sea.
The heaviest engagement Tues
day was fought along the. Black
sea coast northeast of Tuapse but
there the Invaders struck with
relatively light - forces , and were
promptly hurled back, the Rus
sians said. , ; f : f"'v '-y , ;
In Stalingrad there was sharp
- fighting but, in comparison with
the- msnsesj 'mt tr pa thrown
: against the ' yolga stronghold a
few weeks' ; ago Wednesday's
' clashes Involved Uttle mora than
heavy patrols.
Hitler Says
Plan Known
For Landing
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"German; occupation troops
have been given orders for joint
action.;-: -h J j u ' ..
'"Given on November 11, 1942.
"Signed Adolf Hitler."
The letter was read by a spokes
man of the German army.
The announcement began: 1
"Frenchmen, of fleers and men
rof the French army:
On September ' U2S. the
British government without
cause or reason declared war
upon Germany. -
"Those jrespjonsible for this war
unfortunately i succeeded at that
time, in instigating the French
government to join the declaration
of war. : ,f l ' . --v'-'- '- '
"For Germany this constituted
an unbearable provocation. .The
uerman government nad never
made any claims on her which
might have caused her offense.
The German-people who then
had to face this aggression while
sacrificing the blood of its sons
never felt any hatred for France.
Nevertheless, this war started
in this fashion . and involved a
great many I families of the two
countries in grief and sorrow.
"After the crumbling of the An
glo-French front which, after the
flight of the British to Dunkerque,
developed, into. a catastrophe,
France asked j Germany for an ar
mistice, i ' .
. "Under ike 'armistice Ger
many asked nothing which
might be Incompatible with the
; honor of the j French army.
"Precautions, however, had to
be taken In order to prevent
the fight front being' started
again la the interests f the
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"Germany had nr 1 n t e n t i o n
whatsoever of humiliating France
or of Infringing on the integrity
of the French empire... j
"She hoped by a subsequent
reasonable peace to achieve an at
mosphere of mutual understand
ing in Europe, I -'-- r
"Since that time Great Britain
and now also the United2 States
have sought to set foot .again "on
French soil in order to continue
the war, as suits their j interests,
on French territory. j
"After s e v e r a 1 attempts had
come to a lamentable end, the Anglo-American
attack was launched
against the colonies of North and
West Africa.'
"Having regard to i the weak
ness of the French forces in those
parts," it went on, fthe enemy
would find it an easier ground
for operations, than in i the west
where the - country' la iprotectea
by - Germany. ; ; J! : '-;""-
"The German government has
known for 24 .hours that plans
of these operations provide that
the next attack will be : made
against Corsica m order to occupy-
that Island and j against the
south coast of Fjrance; t ,c ; .
In thai e- circuntstaneee -X
felt compelled : to j order the
German' army - immediately to
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130 to o'clock, open house by
both groups . with general enter
tainment; the VFW public Initia
tion of new members at their hall
at 830 and the VFW victory dance
following at 9 o'clock. Of the two
dances, that of the Legion at the
armory la open to the general pub
march through the unoccupied
aone and this Is now being '
done and to march to the
point aimed at by the Anglo
American, landing troops.
4 "The . German -- army does not
come as an enemy of the French
people nor. of its soldiers, nor does
it intend to govern these terri
tories.: j j; .
"It has a' single aim to repel
together with its allies any land
ing attempt by the Anglo-American;
forces. " '';:- , . i
i "Marshal Petain . and his gov
ernment . are entirely free and
are In the position to fulfill their
duty as In the past,"
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