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Blast at Germans
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day affair, but now both sides
were regrouping the forces and
' seeking to recover wrecked tanks.
"The edge will go to the one
s who regains bis strength more
quickly, ne saia. :
' lie ftTimiTrn toe ucrmain iuivc
M 14,000 combat troops available for
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t iains i vrmiiriiH li imiiv ir aiui xi. is
evident he plans to stay in Tunisia
until the last nosnble moment.
The Germans always nave ae
tided the British lor Dunkerque,
and maybe they are out to prove
they are ready to die for the
fuehrer."
Mateur, the third point in the
atratetdc trianele guarding the
approaches to Bizerte, is -about 18
miles south of that big naval base
on the north coast
- "Heavy fighting also is contin
nine in the Mateur area" the
spokesman said.
There Is no heavy fighting in
southern Tunisia, the spokes
man said, but American patrols
ander CoL Edson Raff are "be
ing a. damned nuisance to the
enemy . .
Colonel Raff is the American
parachute troop leader who flew
with his ; men 1500 miles from
Britain to Oran, Algeria, at the
beginning of the American cam
paign. The US parachutists cele
brated their leaders 35th birth
day Nov. 15 by landing from the
air on a Tunisian airdrome, cap
turing it, and then beating off
axis attempts tr regain it.
Over" the battle .area, air battles
kept pace with the action on .the
ground, and the First army re
ported allied fighters had broken
up an attack by German -dive-
bombers, forcing them to jettison
their bombs on their own troops.
In an attempt to raid one for
ward port, the German air force
was beaten off by the RAF with
every one of their bombers eith
er damaged or destroyed.
US bombers made low-level at
tacks on German artillery as Brit
ish and American forces attacked
near Djedeida.
The German version of the
Tebourba fUhtlng, reported by.
DXB, official German news ag
ency, said that "enemy troops
were . smashed and wiped oat
. by the German attack, 210 pris
l oners were taken and several
hundred dead remained on the
battlefield."
DNB asserted the battle of Te
bourba still was in progress, with
lively fighting" over a wide
front It said the Americans had
suffered "extraordinarily heavy
losses" and that S t u k a - dive
bombers had destroyed three
tanks and numerousvehicles.)
450 Japs Die
In New Guinea
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sank two empty -barges and two
others each containing about 20
Japanese soldiers. These barges
. were among those which' appar-
ently. were intended to transfer
troops to shore from the destroy
ers. ' The Japanese lost 23 planes out
of their screen over the destrdy-
ers. and F r i d a y's . communique
: added another 21 " destroyed or
damaged as a result of the blow at
. WnTinn ir m Vi a ,MihwiUrn fin
j f Timor. , ' ;-; ;
: This raid, 'which 1 caught the
Jsps so completely by surprise
I that their grounded., planes .were
r devastated , by ' the cannon and
: machlnegun fire of the low-flying
j allies, overshadowed the news
1 from : New Guinea where split
! groups' of ' enemy : defenders - are
entrapped at Gona and Buna.
The noon communique report
' ed only intermittent ground "fight-
' Ing in those areas in which the
'.Japs, cleverly dug in, were-re-
r eisting stubbornly.
The Keepang raiders
axed er destroyed It Jap bomb
ers and three fighters, leaving
fires ameng the aircraft and
, fuel donee which were risible
. fer 5 solles away. .-:-t -:
Much bombing attention has
been directed by General Mac-
Arthur at Portuguese Timor,
northwest of Australia since re
ceipt of reports ;. that the Japs,
.faced .with possible loss of New
.', Guinea. ; were moving in troops
and equipment. . Many of ., these
.. plane raids have been occupied
with?; the strafing of troops in
: Timor towns.
MEETINGS. CONTINUE
Firri Bspliri Cbsrch
Rev. Britton Ross, former ,
Pastor and Evangelist
Nov. 29 ta Dec. 13, each night
except Mondays at l:3t p. m.
FrL Dee. 4, "God and World
rolitics.,
Sat. Dee. 8, "The Rise and Fall
af Democracy."
Sun. Dec. C a. nw Trayer the
Power that Mores the Arm
ef God.
P. ZU "TTorlJ Wars Cause
:'aai Consequences." j
OHtleHOHEFROllT
. By BJttSL CELD3 ,
You have seen-her name in the
society columns; in her socially
prominent church group she is an
ab!e worker. -When X was growing
up in Salem, I heard of her as a
charming wife and ' mother. No
one has ever accused her in my
presence, of wasting, time, but.
neither has she been listed as one
of those frighteningly efficient
persons of whom it is so often
said "Of course, would be
able to do that!"
. . . , i V-
Wben her husband faces possi
bility of the loss of efficient, office
help, she willingly (though with
some trepidation,; she admits)
agrees that if it is necessary she
will work by -his side .there just
as she 'does .at there somewhat-
recentlacquired country home
But when there is -a meat short
age and no help available, there
is no fear in her.
. With bone saw -and butcher
knife she Thursday attacked and
conquered -a quarter of cornfed
beef, portion' of an animal they
had raised themselves.
1 Never having done it before.
she fell to with a will, and be
lieves that there was no waste in
her btrtchering, for her locker con
tains the I roasts and whatever
else It is that a quarter of beef
contains together with some
"fine hamburger.
I failed to ask her whether or
not she had a chart such things
are obtainable.' But because she
had been buying meat for years
(and she probably did the buying
thoughtfully as she does most
things) she knew ; when the job
was finished that it was well
done. " !.'.'
Of course, she didn't make soap
or weave homespun. More than
likely she didn't' even hook , a rug
Thursday. -On the other hand, she
did put away her implements of
kitchen warfare, dress " herself
smartly in ; black and cheerfully
come into Salem that night to at
tend a camp and hospital commit
tee meeting.
Ward Company
Sues Carriers
For Damages
SAN FRANCISCO, ' Dec. Z-(JP)
Montgomery-Ward & Co., mail
order house, filed suits in federal
courts both here and at Portland
late Thursday asking a total of
$4,882,153.11 actual, and .punitive
damages against a number of com
mon carriers as the result of la
bor trouble which closed the com
pany's west coast stores last year.
Both suits were based on the
carriers' refusal to handle mer
chandise shipments between De
cember 4, 1940, and July , 26, 1941
during the strike of AFT. retail
clerks, teamsters and warehouse
men. The strike itself was not
mentioned in either suit.
The action filed here in behalf
of the b i g Oakland offices of
Montgomery-Ward asked actual
damages of $1,026,544.17, plus ex
emplary or ; punitive damage of
$ 1,000,000 frorn 20 carriers for
"failure and refusal" to deliver
consigned goods.
At Portland, the suit asked $2,-
855,608.94 damages against rail
roads serving that area, the Rail
way Express agency and certain
truck lines, i .1 '
Injured Youth Goes
By Boat to Hospital
T A L B O T, Dec 3 Kenneth
Krebs was taken' from his home
in a boat Wednesday night to a
point where an automobile could
be reached to take him to Salem,
where' he was treated for a frac
tured left arm. The fracture was
suffered in a fall from his bicycle
Wednesday night.
The Krebs' home was isolated
from the highways by the high
water.
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Loses 16 Ships
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Sunk; Casualties
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tons; the Rutledge as the former
Exeter, 0360 tons, and the Hewes
as .the . former Excalibur of 9359
toasW All bad been converted - to
naval use since the war began, the
first three having, been commis
sioned as transports in December.
The British aircraft carrier
Avenger lost in the vast operation
was the former. American cargo
passenger liner ', Rio Hudson , of
17,500 tons, launched two years
ago at Chester, Pe
lt was owned by the Moore-
McCormack lines. Upon conver
sion as - an aircraft carrier, the
ship accompanied a convoy to
England laat spring and was
turned over to the British.
The three destroyers listed by
A. V. Alexander, first lard af
the admiralty, as sank were the
Broke and the Martin, : both
British, ; the Isaae Sweers, a
Netherlands ship which had
been towed half -completed to
England when the naxis invaded
the lowlands.
k Struck by a torpedo off Algiers,
e Sweers went down swiftly but
138 of the Dutch crew of 220 were
believed to have survived. The
Sweers previously had taken
gallant part in. a naval action in
the Mediterranean in which ' two
Italian cruisers i were destroyed
and a torpedo boat was crippled
The cutters. Walney and Hart
land, two former US coast. guard
vessels transferred to the! Royal
navy in 1941, were sunk in what
Alexander said was a "gallant at
tempt to prevent the scuttling of
blockships in Oran harbor. Al
though' burning, the cutters
smashed through the harbor boom
and penetrated to the inner har
bor to land troops before they
went down, he said.
Alexander told commons that,
as against these losses inflicted on
the great allied seaborne expedi
tion, seven axis supply ships, three
tankers and two destroyers had
been sunk in the Mediterranean
by British submarines since the
allied landing of November 8. In
addition, an axis cruiser, two de
stroyers and four supply ships had
been damaged, he said, while anti
aircraft fire from naval ships had
destroyed 25 enemy planes at lat
est .count.
US Sinks 9
Jap Vessels
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learned that the enemy could be
expected to come back.
American warships this time in
tercepted the Japanese armada in
waters off the north coast of the
island, in about the same vicinity
as the scene of the last naval bat
tle.
"The enemy was interrupted In
his attempt to reinforce and sup
ply his troops on the island," the
communique related succinctly.
and no landing was effected.
There did come ashore, how
ever, some Japanese sailors .res
cued from life rafts the following
day. They were off the destroyer
Takanami, believed to be a 1500-
ton ship.
The sinkings ' announced 1 hi
the latest action brought Jap
anese leases in the Solomons as
officially announced so far to
131 ships sunk or damaged. In
cluding SI sunk.-
In an earlier communique, the
navy told of additional daylight
raids made by army and navy air
craft on Japanese positions in var
ious parts of the island and of pa
trol skirmishes west of Henderson
field in which 55 more Japanese
were killed.
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3:43 a. m. on November 12, Kirch
ner said, adding that the force' of
the explosion : had 'stopped the
watches' of a number of men
aboard. .; . 4J;,":.;
Running out of the mess; hall,
he heard a friend shout that he
couldn't swim. The boy refused
to Jump, ao Kirchner helped pitch
him overboard. 2
"He knew how to swim by the
time he hit the water," the sea
man said. "He ' got away from
there fast enough to set a record.'
' When a second torpedo struck
a few minutes later, ' Kirchner
jumped.
Things happened so fast yea
didnt have tune ta get aeared,"
ha eentiaaed. MOar gans went
Into action at eaee. No one got
excited. Bat most af the crew
were la the water When they
were still yelling 'abandon
ship.
Kirchner said he had a choice
of about SO rafts floating around
the sinking ship. With three oth
er men, he climbed aboard one
and saw the sun: set before a
small amphibian boat picked
them up.
20 Day Rooms'
Furnishings
Delivered
" Auxiliary furnishings for 20
day rooms at Camp Adair have
already been delivered at the
camp from Marion .county sources
ana len omers are ready to go,
the county committee of the
Adair camp and hospital council
learned at its meeting Thursday
night.
Furnishings for 60 rooms have
been pledged, and representatives
of several communities at the
Thursday meeting ' declared the
probability that their groups
would adopt the project.
Col. Carl Abrams. Marion coun
ty day room committee chairman.
and Milton Meyers, chairman of
the six-county camp and hospital
council, suggested troes of read
ing and writing tables suitable for
the rooms, explaining how they
could be obtained inexpensively.
Specifications for the draperies,
lists of the needed furnishings
with another list of the articles to
be provided by the army and
drawings of the two types of dav
rooms, and directions as to pro
cedure in sending the materials to
the camp through the ; proper
channels may be obtained throueh
the Marion county chapter Red
Cross office, Mrs. Chester F. Luth
er, county committee chairman,
said.
Attending the meeting with
Mrs. . E. E. Bergman were mem
bers of her purchasing committee
who are spending the money given
to the committee for day room
equipment to secure the most suit
able furnishings.
Most organizations to whom a
speaker has been sent have be
come enthusiastic backers of the
day room project, Mrs. E. E.
Bingenheimer, speakers bureau
chairman, declared.
Plane Crash Kills 5
HALIFAX, Dec. 3.-(JP)-A plane
crashed in Halifax's Point Pleas
ant park late . Thursday, killing
five persons, including two girl
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Legionys Head
Flays Suit
Against AP
, NEW YORK, Dec 3 De
claring the American Legion is
aninst encroachings on the
American ideals of government;
CoL Roane Waring, national com
mander of the Legion, Thursday
criticized the order limiting net
salaries to $25,000 yearly and as
sailed the government's anti
trust suit against the Associated
Press. ";? 1 if
The Legion commander, speak
ing at a luncheon of Legion mem
bers, referred to the salary ceil
ing as "communistic in its incep
tion." Its .purpose, he said, was
to- stifle personal endeavor and
initiative and deny man the right
to earn whatever ha can by his
own efforts.
"The government, Waring as-
serted, "has adopted purely page
from the communistic platform
and, from a money standpoint, it
isn't going, to amount to a hill of
beans for the government, but
the theory of it is bad. It is un-
American."
Legion members, ha said, were
willing to submit to anything
necessary in the war effort, but
the limited income rule isn't
necessary ' and. was. a "bad" way
in which to use the war effort
Waring : declared the govern
ment suit against the Associated
Press was "one of the most dan
gerous ' things that happened in
this country."
"It is stifling freedom of speech,
freedom on contract," the legion
commander declared. "It is say
ing that a group of men can't
get together and decide they are
going to get some news and pub
lish it without requiring them to
give It to everybohdy else. There
is nothing American in that.
No monopoly was involved, he
asserted.
"It isn't intended as a suit to
stop monopoly, he continued.
"It is intended for the very pur
pose for, which it Is being done,
to stifle private interest, private
energy, private ability and; say
to them: You have got to work
under a regimented, form of life
and government-
The suit, he said, was. "one of
the most serious blows yet along
the line of regimentation and bu
reaucracy.
Juveniles Charged
With School Thefts
Two juvenile" hoys, one from
Salem and the other from Port
land, were apprehended by Salem
city police Thursday afternoon
and charged with- larceny in a
building after they admitted, po
lice said, having entered the, Am
ity, Independence, Corvallis, Mon
mouth, Albany and Shedd schools
in the early part of November,
taking' several purses and money
among other items. The boys, 1 18
and 16 years of age, were turned
over to the Linn county sheriff. :
war workers who were being
given a flight as .a reward for
high bond sales in the recent vic
tory loan campaign. j iv-f, ?
Remember,
VICTORY .
DAIICE!
In cooperation . with the
Marion County Bond
Sales Committee and the
American Legion Auxil
iary; WAR BONDS AND
STAMPS win be sold at
the "PearT Harbor i' Vic
tory Booth, adjacent to
dance floor, Mond a y -night!
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Approval o USCT
Fund Not Certain
Further doubt as .to the status
of the proposed annex for Sa
lem's USO service center at Che
meketa and Cottage streets was
cast by a letter received by "Al
derman T Tom Armstrong, acting
chairman of the city defense rec
reation committee, Thursday from
James W. Barton, field represen
tative - for the federal defense
health and welfare service. ;
Barton ; wrote that .federal
works agency officials in Seattle
had no information as. to whether
or not a request of a 127,000 sup
plemental appropriation for the
local USO . project : had been ap
proved. He suggested it might be
necessary to spend part of the
$12,000 already : allocated for
needed shower - and other facili
ties in the present building, prop
erty of Capital post No. 9, Amer
ican Legion.
The official also advised Arm
strong that he expected to come
to Salem soon to discuss a- re
quest for federal recreational
funds. . . .
North Santiam
Road Opened;
South Closed
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crew was up against, the difficul
ties are better , realized. -
"The normal county road crew
was 50 men and now we are lucky
to have 18. The work, was done
in accordance with plans made by
the county and state and a firm
base for the bridge was con
structed.
The repaired 'bridge will be In
spected this morning by -Judge
Murphy, E. G. Ricketts, state
highway engineer, and N. i C
Hubbs, county engineer.
The Willamette river began
falling "Thursday morning after
reaching a crest of 20.9 feet; The
east side secondary highway be
tween Albany and Corvallis was
still closed to traffic by the high
water at the Corvallis end, and
the Woodburn-Molalla highway
was blocked to traffic by flood
conditions at Pudding river. i
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with other soviet units, a strongly-fortified
height was taken af
ter a hand to hand fight in which
the Germans lost 300 men, five
guns and 10 blockhouses.. ,
Another . 1200 Germans were
killed and 13 tanks and armored
cars, 90 trucks, eight mortars, 23
machine guns and 28. blockhouses
were destroyed southwest of Stal
ingrad, - presumably - - along : the
railway leading toward Kotelnlk-
, Central frant Q a r man
counter-attacks were beaten aft
east of Vellkle Lokl which Is
only 99 miles from the Latvian
border. One; Koaslaa vnlt kCled
99 Germans in this area where
white-clad Bnsslan ski troops
were reported engaging German
Alpine reiaf oreeaeenta roshed
fc from the rear.
West of ' Rxhev the Russians
scored new gains, one unit smash
ing, a - strong enemy defense line
to capture o station, on a branch
railway line. Another unit killed
1000 Germans, destroyed six tanks
and 150 trucks, and seized several
inhabited localities. Dispatches
also said that a heavy fight wag
going on south of Rzhev on the
railway leading to Vyazma. '
Rzhev itself is 130 miles north
west of Moscow. The Russians
have been reported fighting- in
the outskirts of this heavily forti
fied German pivot for weeks.
Workers May Return
SOUTH PORTLAND, Me, Dec.
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her .the manual or ARMS. and what
a pnpil she made! .
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union representatives -.reported
early Friday that a "general re
turn to work seems to . be devel
oping" at the south Portland ship
building ; corporation yard, scene
of a three-day walkout over a
classification and wage dispute.
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