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6 Bodies
Found
In Fire
' Dormitory Razed
In Shipyard,
Vancouver
VANCOUVER, f Wash., Nov.
13 -(P) Shipyard workers re
covered six bodies tonight after
ft .roaring fire destroyed a
dormitory at the Henry J.
Kaiser shipbuilding plant here.
-Coroner R. E. Durfresne
said other bodies might, yet be
found, but he would have to wait
until more of the wreckage cooled
before continuing the search, -;
Forty- others were injured i n
the blaze, ; which swept - through
,the : two-story v wooden structure
with explosive speed.- Only, three
were severely burned, however,
and none Is in a serious condi
tion. : . . -
' The six bodies were burned
eyond reeognitioa, bat Da-
Iresna said ane was Identified
as that of a woman. All .were
. found in the rnins of the dorm
- Itary's -. halls, f evidently over
come as they i ran from their
The blaze evidently started in
a wastebasket, and spread through
the building 'almost as fast as a
man could run. Many escaped
only by Jumping from windows
or braving f flames on the stair
way.1r ; -"f;v. ' . "
The building was a total loss
with . damage estimated between
250,000 and '450,000.
The woman's body' was thought
to be that of Mrs. Agnes Johnson,
a 'negress from New York. The
body wasilfound near ' her ' room,
and her husband; Fred, said she
was in the room a few minutes
before the Tire started. He has
been unable to find her since. -
Dufresne. said there was little
chance of identifying the others,
especially since the only list of
occupants was destroyed in the
iire. ! '.Ay . ; ''! "
: The dormitory, housed 320
workers, some of them - recently
recruited in New York. Eighty
of the occupants were women.
The fire was discovered j by
Deputy Sheriff Fred Greenwood,
who ran from room to room warn
ing occupants until the blaze
.forced him. from the building.
Greenwood said , he noticed
smoke as he went on doty. He
anlocked a linen storage room
In the ' center of " the building.
. A wastebasket inside was blas
. tag and as air rushed in. the
. whole room seemed to burst
into flame, he said.
.The flames chased him down
the hall, and Greenwood said he
had.no time to sound the fire
alarm. He pounded on doors as
be ran, shouting to occupants to
' escape. "
Adair Bugler
Only Record r
- CORVALLIS. Nov. 13
They've streamlined the bugler
right out of the army at Camp
Adair, which probably . will be
snore than the vets of '17-'18 can
forgive.' - 1
The sleeping soldiery here is
roused these chilly mornings . by
a wax trumpeter, played - on a
phonograph over a public address
system atop the provost marshal's
-office by Pfc Henry Klofkorn.'
Klofkorn, too young to worry
much about tradition of the good
old days, thinks the arrangement
is fine and is proud of his col
lection of bugle calls all on
platters. Besides all the army calls
he has the .Boy Scout call, , the
navy's abandon ship, and torpedo
defense calls.
So the 1942 soldier doesn't have
to hate the bugler nor yearn to
amputate his reveille and step
upon it heavily, as the" old song
put it All he need do if he can
is-bust Pfc. Klofkorn's records.
Ponder Company
. BlaWKHls 4;
COALMONT, Ind Nov. 13
(z?) -An explosion Friday at the
US Powder company's plant here
' took the lives of four men and
left another burned critically. ;
James Jones, vice president,
gaid a spark apparently caused
i the explosion. He said the plant
manufactured blasting powder for
' coal mines and had no defense
contracts-
Rickerbacker
Search Hope
Is Reneiced
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-JP)'
8arfaee ships and long-range
planes combed a wide sooth
Pacific area Friday with re
newed hope that they might
find Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker,
famous World war flier, missing
since he reported rapidly dwin
dling fuel supplies on October
31.
One of his comrades, Capt.
William T. Cherry, Jr., of Abi
lene Texas, has been found on a
life raft, and the war depart
ment said hopefully, it is "be
lieved possible that other sur
vivors may be on life rafts in
the same general vicinity."
Cherry, the department re
ported, although weakened by
about three weeks exposure to
sua and sea, is "in good condi
tion." He was the pilot of the
Rickenbacker plane.
Aa Intensive search was be
gan immediately upon receipt
of word that Cherry bad been
picked up. Planes were seat to
the area. Army aircraft- and ;
sarfaee esotls enreute to the
south Pacific fighting sea were
ordered to faa oat and cover as
much of the Pacific's surface as
possible.
Africa Assured
Arms and Food
Supplies to Be for
All to Fight Axis
On Lend-Lease
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (P)
lit a far-reaching move design
ed to add new legions of fighting
men, to the-, armies battling the
axlsyt President J. Roosevelt - Friday i
ordered ?arrnsv food 'and clothing
sped ; to the ., people of ' French
North Africa and promised the
same aid to any other; territory
occupied by the united nations.
"No one will go hungry or
without the other means of livli
hood in any territory occupied by
the united nations, if it is hu
manly within our powers to make
the t necessary supplies available
to them," he said in a statement.
"Weapons also will be supplied
to the people of these territories
to hasten the defeat of the axis."
The president's statement was
not limited to French North
Africa, and thus it conjured up
pictures of great new armies of
liberation springing up as the
anited natiens push their of
fensives into territory in Europe
and Asia now under the heel of
the axis.
The president's order,, issued to
the I lend-lease administration,
was interpreted to mean that the
United States would immediately
move to supply weapons to
Frenchmen in North Africa, as
well as to Arabs and other groups
willing to take up arms against
Germany and Italy.' - -
It was recalled that recent news
dispatches from allied headquart
eds : in Algeria said that' supplies
would do more to cement good re
lations than any number of al
lied proclamations. -
; Throughout the winter to come,
these i dispatches said, supplies
pouring into North Africa would
provide a promise to the enslaved
peoples of Europe what to expect
when I the allied invasion of the
continent begins.'
Secretary of Agriculture Wick
ard - has repeatedly said that
"food will win the war and write
the peace."
There was some speculation
here that the president's ' order
might-be an indirect bid to the
French fleet, supposedly still off
Toulon, France, to come over to
the united nations side. Supplies
would presumably be given to it
and its men. ' r 5 "
80-Hour Ship
Enters Water
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13 -P)
A r new coastal freighter floated
in San Francisco bay Friday, 80
hours after her keel was . laid,
smashing all records for speedy
ship construction. i.
' . She was the Samuel Very; 4000
tons, launched in a graving dock
by the Pacific Bridge company of
Alameda. She is smaller than the
Liberty ships. Henry J. Kaiser's
yards have been turning out; in
record lime, but her bunders em
phasized: that Just as much de
tailed work was involved. J .
"We can do it again any time
all the materials ; are available,"
commented E. J. Fallon, general
mr eager of the - shipbuilding di
vision of Pacific Bridge.
Wfi Signs
I
eens
Draft
Post-War Plan
Study Ordered;
Colleges Used
WASHINGTON,! Nov. 13
(IP) President Roosevelt . Fri
day night signed the 'teen-age
draft bill, and in a statement
said he had ordered a study
with a view to enabling the 18
and 18-year-olds called to ser
vice to resume their schooling
and training after the war.
The president also promised to
announce in the near future a
plan to utilize during the war the
facilities of certain colleges and
universities for the; training of a
limited number of men for "high
ly specialized duties" in the armed
forces.
"These men," the President
said, "will be selected solely on
the basis of their; ability and
without regard to whether er
not they are now in college or
whether they could otherwise
afford to go to college."
In signing the bill,' final action
on which was taken Thursday by
the senate, the President said:
"The time has now come when
the successful prosecution of the
war requires that we call to the
colors the men of 18 and 19. Many
have already volunteered. Others
have been eagerly awaiting the
call. All are ready and anxious
to serve.
"The civilian careers of these
men will be interrupted, as have
the careers of most ' of "their sen
iors' Large .numbers 4 about . to
enter the armed ! Services .!Vri
come from schools and colleges.
The vocational and' teachnical
training which the armed services
now offer to many; will stand
them in good stead.'
"I am causing a study to be
made by a committee of edu
cators, under the , auspices of
the war and navy departments,
for the taking of steps to en
able the young men whose edu
cation has been interrupted to
resume their schooling' and af
ford eqaal opportunity for the
training and education, of oth
er young men of ability after
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Cities League
Asks Greater
Aid by State
Foreshadowing probable de
mands upon the 1943 legislature,
members attending v a regional
meeting of the League of Oregon
Cities at the Marion hotel in Sa
lem Saturday night went on re
cord asking for greater state aid
to cities. ;
Liquor and gasoline taxes were
proposed as sources of increased
financial assistance to their muni
cipal units.
The group, presided over at the
dinner hour by Mayor W. W.
Chadwick of Salem, discussed a
wide variety of municipal prob
lems. . i- "
Salem, ; reported 1 Dr. ; W. ; J.
Stone, city-county health officer,
may face a milk shortage under
existing conditions of price com
petition being given in the local
market by Camp Adah and Portland.-
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Dr. Stone said the" city might
have "to let thei bars down
on quality." At present, he said,
. the bacteria count en milk sold
la the city averages 20.000 . as
against the 50,000 minimum per
- mitted under US bureau of pub
lic health specifications. ,
Portland has authorized distri
bution of "market -milk pasteur
ized." the equivalent of grade C
milk he pointed out. Only grade
A raw or pasteurized may be sold
for consunaption in Salem.
Cities may expect soon to he
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Gasoline , Ration t
Sure Decener l -
SAN FRANCISCO Nov.H3 t--(ff1)
Gasoline rationing definitely
will go into effect in the west on
Tuesday Decemberi 1, Harry ; F.
Camp, regional OPA administra
tor, said Friday. , J
Camp asked the press to stress
the date: "in order- to officially
deny rumors that another, post
ponement has been ordered."
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Collapse
Of Axis
Neater'
Cassidy Queries
Answered; Reds
To Fulfill Task
By HENRY C. CASSIDY
Copyright, 1942, by The Associated
.Press
MOSCOW, Saturday, Nov.
14 Joseph Stalin asserted
Saturday the American and
British campaign in Africa
had turned the military and
political position in Europe
radically in favor of the allies,
opening the way for the early
collapse of the; German and
Italian axis.
The soviet leader praised Amer
ican and British leaders of "first
rate organizers" of the Africa
campaign and expressed confi
dence that it soon would relieve
German pressure ion the eastern
front.
He pledged that the Russian
army would carry; out its part of
the war task with honor. t
The statements were made in
the second exclusive autographed
letter by the Russian leader to
this correspondent,
Stalin in the first letter te
me on October S said a second
front was of paramount impor
tance and declared that allied
aid Riissl had been of lit-
l tie effect compared' to Trk
e contnouuon to . prosecution
of the war and called on te
allies to fulfill their obligations
fully and promptly. Y
I sent a letter to the Kremlin
Thursday evening asking the sov
iet view of the new' situation
since the American landings in
French North Africa and the
British victry in Egypt.
Stalin's reply reflecting the
soviet appreciation of the cam
paign was handed to me Ffiday
at midnight by Nikolai Palgunov,
chief of the press ! department of
the foreign commissariat.
The text of Stalin's letter in
its authorized English translation
follows: j -
"Dear Mr. Cassidy.
. "I am answering your, questions
which reached me on November
12. ' ' : -
"One. "What is soviet view of
the allied campaign - in - Africa?
"Answer. The soviet view of
this campaign Is that it repre
sents aa outstanding fact of
major importance demonstrat
ing:' the growing might, of the
: armed forces of the allies and
opening the prospect of the dis
integration - of ' the ' Italo-Ger-maa
coalition Ea the nearest
future. " Y'-" j. 'v .
"The campaign J in Africa re
futes once more the skeptics who
of firm that 'Anglo-American lead
ers are not capable of organizing
a serious war campaign. There
can be no doubt, that no one but
first rate organizers could carry
out such : serious war operations
as the successful landings in
North t Africa across the ocean,
as the quick occupation of har
bors and wide i territories i from
Casablanca to Bougie, and as the
smashing of Itali-German. armies
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Assassination
Tried, Giraud
London; .Nov; H.-vSy-The
Paris radio reported Saturday that
an unsuccessful attempt was made
Friday morning on the life of
Gen. Henri Giraud, v e t e r a n
French officer who has allied him
self with the American, and Brit
ish, forces in Algiers. . .'I.- 1" -: '
' Giraud was not injured, the
broadcast ' said. v"T ;j. x '
,. .. . .. , .
. " According .to the Paris radio,
which is controlled by the Ger
mans, j the" attempt on Giraud's
life was ; made'; by two y o u n g
French naval .officers who fired
on him with their ; revolvers after
denouncing him as' a traitor,
: Both : shots missed T their mark,
the broadcaster said, and the of
ficers were disarmed, by, persons
nearby and ."immediately shot by
Americans." . ' . i '
;, (There was no confirmation ; of
this . axis report from, any other
source.)
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Winter
Ersatz Rubber
Grange's Committee
Says Process Ready
For Alcohol Use
WENATCHEE, Wash Nov. 13
(JPThe chairman of the power-l
ful transportation committee of
the National . Grange charged inj
a synthetic rubber report Friday
night that production had been:
delayed and complete stoppage;
was threatened "by the greed of
the rubber, petroleum and in
dustries pi Jhe JtpttonStm
TUft report A-as made by H T,!
xujiur, cnainnan ox we cunumir
tee which met to draw'up resolu-l
tions on the rubber problem fori
presentation before a general ses-
sion of the 76th annual National
Grange convention here. '-..'
In an interview, Taylor pro
mised that the national farm or
ganization would take definite ac
tion pn the problem.
' Ho declared the "world knows
, oar position today. We are be
ing pushed around some by the
Germans who are doing a won
derful Job of fighting a war oa
rubber made from call pota- -toes."
'
He reported to the committee,
among other things; . - ?
1. Of what he said was a hew,
heretofore secret and simple pie
ces for making synthetic rubber
which was now in the hands of
the, federal government. ,
. 2. That on August 17 last, Sec
retary of State Cordell Hull
turned down another offer by the:
Russian government for use of its
process, "because 1 to develop; our
own rubber industry would in
terfere ; with our good neighbor
policy after the war."' .-
3. That the agricultural indus
try of the nation was, Teady-and
able to start ' almost ' immediate
production; of synthetic rubber
whereby one bushel of wheat,
currently selling at around one
dollar, could make two : 6:00-16
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Girls Allbwied
To Take Jobs
"NEW YORK, Nov. lS-rVThe !
United States government Friday
released another reservoir of pow-:
er in this case young manpower!
into , its - war production : ma- i
chine.';t ' J:; rJ: - '. - t :
The ' department of ; labor ruled ;
that girls of 16 and 17. are now
eligible to replace men in indus
try holding government contracts.!
The ruling extends to all in
dustry operating .under terms of
the Walsh-Healey contracts act
the privileges of hiring girls who
have reached the age of 16, it the
state law permits. The previous
limit was 18 except in 15 speci
fied industries previously exemp--
ted. - ; t. y;-
The Walsh-Healey act applies
to firms, corporations or indivi
duals engaged in producing $10,
000 or more of war materials and
supplies' r for , any government
agency. .. : 'v. .;. 5;j:v ;
US Charges Spies "
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Nov. 13-iaV-The Argentine gov
ernment announced Friday night
that the United States had pre
sented " to it three memoranda
charging the existence of nazi es
pionage in Argentina. ,
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Delay Charged
can
Comes to the Caucasus
Half j burled in the snow for eon
: eealment, red army snipers
watch for German soldiers aa-
. whiter settles on the northera
. Caucasus mountains. Associated
Press . Telemat via radio : from
- Moscow.
Russians Beat
Off Germans,
Stalingrad
MOSCOW, Saturday, Nov. 14
(A-Russian defenders of Stalin
grad; beat off new German drives
whici in limited sectors : devel
oped into, fighting of great inten
sity 1 Friday, the ' Russians an
nodnc9d , Saturday. . , . ; :
Oki hihjtge r populated f place?
northwest of ; Sbdingrad Aj; was
stormed , by . one Russian , unit
which dislodged the Germans and
"inflicted a j heavy . defeat on
them," aTass correspondent re
ported in ' a dispatch broadcast
by the Moscow radio.
-The - Germans promptly coun-
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Bombers Hit
Three Jap
. GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Australia,
Saturday, Nov. v14- (JP) -Heavy
bombers blasted two light Jap
cruisers ; and .set fire to a trans
port ; in Ihe same Buin-Faisi area
of the north Solomons where only
Friday four troop-laden transports
were bombed, the allied high com
mand reported Saturday.' , .
Dropping down, to within .1000
feet,! in the face of heavy anti
aircraft f fire, - the . bombers - also
scored a near miss on a destroyer,
left the 8000-ton transport ablaze
and cratered the runway of-the
KahQi airdrome, then got' away
safely. .
- The same communique told of
continued success of the allied
ground troops . fighting their way
toward the northeast New Guinea
coast.j In the Gorari "area, where
a Jap force was - surrounded and
annihilated earlier in the week,
th4 .' bodies ! of : five officers and
more ; than 500 men " have been
counted in the; "Jungle. .At , Oivi,
where another Jap force was poc
keted, several hundred additional
dead have been found.". - i : ;
Me inwhile, the advancing allies
have moved into the- vicinity of
Hinow: , which Is .between . Gorari
and the northeast coastal base of
Bunai less than 50 miles away; ,
.An enemy force has been, sur
rounded near .Binow." ;
..This latest news bore out ear
lier dispatches depicting the Japa
nese as in flight and endangered
byj tiS ' troops ; seeking to catch
them from me ; rear.
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Naval Battle
LONDON, Saturday, , Nov. 14
tP-Ueuters said Saturday that
the Tichy radio had broadcast a
report that a big naval battle is
mi progress off : Algiers. "
The announcer ' quoted a dis
patch from La Linea, Spain, on
the ! Gibraltar border, as saying
confirmation , of .the report of the
battle was seen ' ia- the departure
of! British-naval and' air-units
from G ibraltar during Friday. '
(This dispatch gave no further
details and did not say where the
Vichy report of the battle orig
inated.) t . - '
Wjarships
Vichy
Reports
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GkmpaigM Enemy .
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British Speed
Past Tobndc
All of Axis Force
Destroyed or k
Caught, Egypt j
CAIRO, Nov. 13 VP) The
swiftly-advancing British Eighth
army occupied the stronghold of
Tobruk without a struggle Friday
and sped on into the Libyan des
ert every axis ' soldier left in
North Africa; "Good hunting to
you all," said the British com
mander. j'tf-,"x "J W:-,-rGen.-"
B. L."' Montgomery' in an
order of v the - day . saicw Marshal
Rommel's - army was "completely
smashed with the capture of 30,
000 prisoners and the destruction
of 12 axis divisions, but added:
"There is some good hunting
to be had further te the west In
Libya and our leading troops
are now in Libya ready to be
gin. On with the task and
good hunting to yon all ';
(Prime Minister Churchill said
on Wednesday, that the axis suf
fered 59,000 casualties In. dead,
wounded and captured, but said
there were many Italians still be
ing rounded up in the desert.)
Allied air forces already "are
operating from j Libyan air fields
in the. pursuit of the axis troops.
Battle-scarred Tobruk 60 miles
inside Libya, site of some of the
fiercest and most heroic fighting
of the war, was . abandoned - by
Marshal Rommel's broken legions
after the nazis had salvaged what
supplies they could and fled west
ward . under a torrent of allied
aerial bombs. P 'r
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Injured in
Boiiib
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SEATTLE, Nov. lS-iV-A navy
patrol bomber's crash on the beach
near :: a ; residential area at the
north end of Lake Washington
killed the co-pilot and injured
eight other navy men Friday.
; Ensign W.C Davis, USNR, who
came to the Sand. Point naval air
base from Yakima, was killed.
His widow resides here. .
The Injured, all of whom
were expected to recover, were:
Lt. W. R. Stevens. USN, the
pilot, of Salem. Ore. : "
Lt (JG) G. T. Anderson, USNR,
Femley, Nev.J Ensign Q. M.
Bergh, USNR, Redstone, Monti
G. D. Colette, jr aviation radio
man, third class, Dallas, 1 Tex.;
William A. Mercy, SUverton, Ore.;
M.. A. Blue, Kenesaw, Neb.; A. L.
McLean, Birmingham, Ala, and
C W. I Clifton," Dallas, Tex, all
aviation machinist's mates, third
Class. ;
Lieutenant Stevens, whose skull
was fractured, ? was Misted as the
most- seriously injured, ; but his
condition was U "not considered
critical. ; ! v-':, .; .-
The 13th naval district report
ed the PBY Catalina flying boat
was on a routine training flight
The pilot of the crashed ship is
Lt William B. ' Stevens, son 'of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W.. Stevens,
1815 South Church street, ; where
his wife also resides. His home
had been Miere since February,
1941. :W :y -i: Z: - v: '.;
Carl Stcvensi whd -hy superin-;
tendeht of Indian education for
the ' northwest, l and his wife and
daughter-in-law left early Friday
night for Seattle- "
Force
Grow
Americans Drive
Eastward; Allies )
Hold Off Planes
By WES GALLAGHER '
US Correspondent with the ATT
, in North Africa .
ALLIED FORCE HEAD
QUARTERS IN NORTH AF
RICA, Nov. 13 (AP)
French garrisons in Tunisia
are; fighting: the Germans in
Tunis -and other sections for
control of the country as the
allied Jforces advance from the
westi field reports indicated
Friday.
It was .reported reliably that
the French and Germans were
battling in the city of Tunis al-
LONDON, Saturday. Nov. 14
W) Reuters said in a Tan
gier dispatch Saturday that
British troops have crossed into
Tunisia from Algeria. 4
though German parachute troops
control the air field outside the.
city. '.' ;i :
.The Germans hare landed 12-
ton tanks in Tunisia by air and
are trying desperately to rein
force their force by sea, according
to field reports.
Vice Adm. Jean Darlan appealed
to all Frenchmen to lay down
their arms and cooperate with the
allies, but little hope was held
here for the success of that appeal.
Nevertheless it was apparent that
French hatred , for the . Germans
flared up In Tunisia to precipitate
a battle." ; '
. Smashing forward in a light
ning1 drive to squeeze Marshal
Erwln Rommel's army, from Af - -.
rica, American and British
troops occupied Bone, 60, miles
from the Tunisian border, un
: der the protecting cover of RAF r
fighters who shot down 11 axis
planes in violent battles ever
' Bougie." .
Lt Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
blitz progressed 150 miles, in 43
hours despite furious attempts by
the luftwaffe operating from Sar
dinia to interfere. ,
Meanwhile, in the newly-clear
ed north African harbors of Oran,
Algiers, Casablanca and others,
American soldiers and French
workers labored in the hot sun,
rushing the unloading of supplies
to support the drive and to has
ten the turn-round of the ships.
American soldiers placed guards
around key points, such as radio
stations, harbor installations in all
principal areas, to guard against
sabotage or attack by axis air
borne' troops . 'r
The allied forces under Lt .
. Gen. K. A. N. Anderson were
engaged in an' all-out . drive to
keep the " axis on., the run la
, conjunction with the Eighth
army drive from Egypt and the
aews of the fall of Tabruk was
received at this .." headquarters
with satisfaction. - J
. Although the Muftwaffe ., was
making strong efforts - to halt
British and American progress by
air alone, one of the most famous
fighter; squadrons in the battle
of j Britain .was,' providing protec
tion and German casualties have,
been extremely heavy. . U ,
. This fighter group took off for
Algiers airfields before they were
Captured, depending on American
troops to take the fields . while
they . were en ; route. This faith
was not misplaced and the squad-'
rons landed with Swiss watch
. . (Turn to Page 2)
RAF Bombs
am
LONDON, Saturday, Nov. 14
JP) Home-ba ed British bombers
attacked northern Italy again dur
ing the night, it was' announced
Saturday. '
It was the first RAF attack ca
Italy since the night of November
7, when British planes took the
long jaunt across the Alps to give
Genoa its worst bombing of the
war. .-- : . - ;
Neither the targets nor the size
of the force .which participated ia
the raid ' Friday night were im
mediately . disclosed, j Indications
that a large force of bombers was
employed was seen, however, ii
reports from Switzerland that t: 5
cities of Bern, Geneva and Laus
anne 'had air alarms lasting 73
minutes. - "
Italy
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