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Salem Oregon.' Caturdar Morning. March 27, 1813 iro. 278 RAF Over 4k Farm A. I aV Merchantman Attacked at Mact Height For First Ti Assured 1 L i-' . i n 1 - 10 Q aim Traiirs Strafed 9 msm-SECOHP YEAB Rome me: TT aim , Pilot Regrets Not Finding Mussolini In Night Attack ROME, March 26-(JP)-HAT intruder planes, taking off from batter ed Malta where for months the words "b o m b Rome" have been chalked on the walls of ruined buildings, sallied boldly -over the Italian capital and environs Thursday .night, and one of the pilots on - .his return expressed 4 regret at not having, been -able to single out the "big. bullfrog" Mus solini First reports from Malta quot ed only the pilot who wanted to find Mussolini, but later it - was learned a number of attacking .craft had flown over the capital area for the first ; time. Erly editions of the London . meming papers gave the story tq display and the Daily Mail headline said: "RAF Over Rome Suburb." Only one pilot told of what the Italian capital looks like at night from the air. After seeing the blinking sight sights of Rome, the flier concentrated strafing attack n trains servlnr the capital and aa outlying railway station. "The moon was quite bright,' - the pilot said, ' "and although it was very hazy we could see -flashes of electric trams' or trains in Rome itself and the buildings of the city Enemy planes, apparently at tempting a reprisal for the closest known hostile approach to Rome, caused an alert Friday on Malta for the first time in 22 days. RAF planes rose to meet them, and ' one enemy raider was reported downed.;.-"-!''';'? : The - Italian w high f- command ""communique acknowledged "at tacks Thursday night on Campo Leone, 21 miles by rail from Rome, and Cisteraa, 31 miles out side the capital, : but said there were no .casualties. Both are on the route from Rome to Naples. -We left Rome. the 1AF pilot said, "and flew down the railway taward Naples- straf ; . lag trains as we went. In twe r more Instance we saw tare -mcdra flashes, similar " to these we had seen after we gunned trains outside Home. We gave railroad signal boxes, a pasting, tee, " Back in Malta, where the an nouncement of Thursday night's gortie was hailed with great plea sure, the pilot said the plane ap proached Rome over the Tiber and Pontine marshes. Germans Raze Dutch Houses For Defense LONDON, March 2-UP) -The '- Netherlands : information service reported - Friday - that the entire coastal area of Holland for a dis " tance of nearly 15 miles inland was being cleared of inhabitants by the Germans, who were wreck ing ; thousands of buildings and erecting coastal "defenses against an allied invasion. It said that probably 24,000 houses had been destroyed in The , Hague as the 'naxis - worked des perately to perfect their fortifies - . ; tionS. - :; : 'S. 't I A Tass dispatch from Stockholm iCiumawa inai , .least ew.wwi Dutchmen had been evacuated from their homes along the 'coast. Some of the evacuees were said to-have- been - sent ' to camps at ' Anaheim and then on into Ger many, presumably for forced' la-' -bor. ' - . - " -A Paris ; dispatch broadcast, by . the Berlin radio Friday said part of 'the civilian population of the ' 'Atlantic port of La Rochelle was -being ' evacuated to -the French -a i a a. I towns oi xiocneiurt anu ious. -' r- The Belgian news agency Inbel reported that -the Germans were - K A LCI 1U1III UK1I UCI CliATS MIUUK UK Belgian coast and had ordered all - former members of the disbanded - -Belgian army evacuated to the in terior. ' Storm Warnings Up SAN FRANCISCO, March 26 W) The: US weather bureau said Fri day storm warnings were con tinued until 5 p. m. Saturday on the Washington coast from r Ta toosh to the mouth of the Colum bia river and -: in the straits of Juan de Fuca. Storm warnings also-were hoisted on the Oregon roast from, the Columbia river - to C?e Elanco..' , - Dismissed l . -.' I I - ww.M.Mj..mm I..HW.MHMI.W w m . ' m.im.'H ' " "' 1- " H , - - NT ADM. JEAN MARIE ABRIAX. Former governor general Of Al geria-and mere j recently navy siakster in tb ! VIeby Frcneb cabinet, Adm. Aortal was re parted Friday te We been dls- I F Cabinet! Jobs Five Ministers Fired, As Several Diplomats Switch to Giraud n . By The Associated Press The Berlin radio announced Fri day night a shakeup in Pierre La val's Vichy cabinet in which five ministers were dismissed, and this development came amid continued desertions from the Vichy govern ment by foreign I diplomats who were switching their" allegiance to Gen. Henry -Honor- Gir au d, French high commissioner in al lied northwest Aftfca. .j The ministers, fjtaking leave of Chief of State Petain," said th broadcast recorded by The Asso ciated Press, were: Joseph Barthelmr, nstlee,j Adn. Jcu Marie AbrlaU navy;: Cten.' Jean Frael Jannekyn. avtatieo; Jalea Brevie, colonies; and ; Rear Adm. Rene j PUton, seeretaxy of state In the! foreign ministry Held by Laval himself i The Berlin radio stressed that the shakeup was f harmonious, in suring unconditional support of the Laval government," and said some of the posts were being tele scoped to give greater concentra tion of power. ! I Actually, most! of the French ministries are obsolete because of war developments, France has lost nearly all her colonies to either Gen. Giraud or Gen Charles De Gaulle, Fighting i French leader, and the Germans' demobilized all the French military services when they 'occupied all of France last fall following. the! allied j invasion of north Africa. j .The change occurred a short time after French. Guiana had joined the allies,! and appeared also to have been dictated by con cern of an approaching' union of the two anti-aaisi French leaders, Giraud and De Gaulle. . General De Gaalle In a broad ! east- beamed tej; France a ' few : bears before the - Vicky change was need had said, he was . going te Algiers aeen te effect snea a union with Gbraud. De ': Gaalle 's liaison of fleer. General Catreax already Is reported la nerth Africa. i -A clue to Laval's concern over (Turn to Page 1, Story C) 1 ScKeiik Named Farrell Aide Appointment -' Hiiry f S. Schenkv' manager of the Oregon Newspaper i Publishers ; associa tion, as chief deputy secretary; of state, effective May I, was an nounced -Fridayj by Secretary Robert SFarreli,-Jri.?- U-tit" !:C ScherJt-wBl -succeed George H. Flagg, : chief deputy -since - 1934, who- is to be appointed -to another off ire rumored to be either that of r-publiC' utilities, commissioner or tate i liquor" administrator 3, next month.'; X'r- A ; graduate - of -University :! of Oregon in 1833, Schenk was em ployed on the Portland Journal, Eugene Register Guard and Mc- Minnvule Telephone-Register be fore he was named in 1939 to suc ceed Arna Rae as manager of the publishers organization, ! He r has also . been serving as 'assistant professor of journalism) at the state -university. 1 " ! v Secretary Farrell said Schenk s administrative - experience would be of value to the state depart ment. -r ; -1 ' . i Vichy Shifts Food Administrator To Be Independent"; Labor to Be Sent By WILLIAM T.l PEACOCK WASHINGTON, March! 26-dis- -President Roosevelt closed Friday that plans are in the making to get ery and labor on i- the making to get more machin- the farms to carry out the progjrams of Food Administrator Chester C. Davis, who, it was made clearj ; will have virtually a cabinet officer's status independent' of Secretary Of Agriculture Wickard. j ; In a press conference discus lion, the president i smilingly said he thought no one is going to starve, spoke in generally opti mistic terms of the food outlook, and reported: 1. Davis, when I he begins his duties Monday, will take up im mediately the question of farming a land -army of boys, girls and women to help produce Reeded wartime food. Mr. Rooseveltj men tioned also that some communi ties are doing a great deal on their own initiative toward help ing with farm work, and indicated this would be encouraged. He said 500,000 farm workers already had been deferred j from military service, selective service esjLimat ed 3,000,000 more would be this year, and that some experienced farm workers would be furlough ed from the army but each. case must be handled individually. 2. The war production board now admits it made a mistake In handling the farm machinery program, and It Is being revis ed. WFB had most of the larger manufacturers convert to arms prodnction, Mr. Roosevelt; ex plained, bat It developed ) that the smaller firms lacked the , distribution faculties which the bigger ones had threagh branch offices. Some of the bigger con cerns, he said, will retarn ' ta manufacture of farm machinery and also will distribute the) out put of smaller ones. He added that steel had been allocated for all the machinery needed. S. Mr. Roosevelt mentioned, too, as a favorable sign last weeks' advice by the federal crcjp re porting board that a nationwide survey indicates farmers will plant 10,000,000 more acres to food and feed crops this yea r than last, when production r?cords were broken. The president j released i it his conference the executive order establishing the new office c f food production and distribution to be headed by Davis. It said the ac tion was taken under the author ity vested in the president y the constitution, the first war lowers act, the office of the pres dency (Turn to Page 2, Story D) Senate Split On Two Farm Price Bills WASHINGTON, March 2&-JP) -The senate Friday, passed and sent to the White House apd ex pected veto legislation toj boost farmers' incomes by prohibiting the deduction of benefit payments in computing agricultural parity price ceilings. Approval of the swiftly and without a sign position after the falter in bloc conceded defeat in to bring to an an : even .broader immediat bill desii raise agricultural prices quiring that the cost of, labor be included m pari dards. ,. - ,. .. . . i - - . r s The Utter measure, previously passed by the house, went back to the senate agriculture commit tee, which approved ; It (unani mously at a . 10-minute session last Mondayjwithout the fprmal itv of hold in a nearnies ' ' There. ; wa. ; ample , evidence, however, .that .itwojuld ' be-. back oo the senate calendar m 4 mat ter of 19 days! or two jweeks, there to. plague; the administra tion leaders- who -Insisted that .its passage would provide a crowbar by which organized labor! could pry wage increases out of the war labor board and thus break down inflation: controls. , (. j :- A coalition of democrats and republicans, headed! by '.Majority Leader Barkley of ' Kentucky and Minority Leader McNary of Ore farm bloc apart gon, broke -the to force adoption of a motion by Senator Lucas (D-Ill) to return the bill; to committee. Although the Issue had" been close, the mo tion was -adopted on a voice - vote without dissent, ! , r " "p mi ii iw iniinfnyyimiinnr 1 " 1 - -X- ..- . V X, . -.sy, . . f . t, . 1 -r- - . . . 4 t' ' :Z- ' ' " - V' - -'-i t -- - - ' ' - ' '' - - ' . - - , f , s v s "" ' ' ' - - o i ' i i i , 1 - , ( f Ml l " ' y - - ' i S -- s -y 1. r s " ' I v i1 --- . - tr-. f 5-s - i ; -r-.v, r TTj. 4- , - r-. . 5r- . . . , -7- --rj .: .. . "Sari,". Allied bombers blast Japanese ships ia the Bismarck lea; another fierce naval and air engagement j which destroyed 22 Ja ships. This Hctnre,' taken from a Royal Australian air force plane, shews! medium bemaers attacking- an nemr merehaat ship at mast height daring the battle. Note burning ship en the horiseav US army air force photo f rem International News Sonndphotos. Eden Promises Britain to Stay Japan Said Included As Enemy; China Assured Aid j ANNAPOLIS, Md.,: March 26 (-Britain is out to Crush Japan as well as Germany, Foreign Secf- retary Anthony Eden assured Americans Friday night; there will be no rest until bojh ends of tne axis have been smashed.. "Let there be no mistake, Edeh said in an address prepared for the Maryland state assembly and for broadcast to the nation over CBS; "we shall not rest upon ouir arms until every one of our ene mies has unconditionally surren dered. We, no less than you, and our partner China, have a score to settle with the Japanese; nor shall we cease fighting until that evil growth in the Pacific has been cut back. We shall be with you in this to the end. ! ( l Jden had a special word of encouragement for China. I "Let China not misdeabt s,1 he said. "We shall not ferret how for years she resisted ag-J gresslon single-handed - . The' day will come when the Burma read will once again be open. Britain's foreign secretary men tioned only briefly his fortnight of conferences with President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Hul and others. He said he was "well pleased at the result," but added; You will not expect, I trust. sudden and - sensational develop ments. For there will be none. But there has been a meeting of minds between us about the present and the future that will, wa are sure, bear fruit. : --"j v i Eden emphasized but did not dwell on the question of dose col laboration with Russian, mention ing it only in connection with the broader theme of United Nations cooperation in war and peace. Declaring that in the period be tween the two T world wars ; the intentions of the peace loving na Mnna wot ' Yr71nt i hut their practice weak;; Eden 'said:.-' '-. : M T Tf there ia one lesson we should have learned from the distresses (Turn to Page 2 Story E) f Young Chaplain Said Missing 11 I - WASHINGTON. March Four more army chaplains have Joined the ranks of war casualties. the of tic, of the chief 01 cnapiains said Friday, listing them as "miss-; ing at sea in the North American; area." ' . . .t. r - .1? 1 The circumstances of their loss were- not ; divulged but the Na-j tional Jewish Welfare . board, of Newr York said one of th fourj Alexander Goode, " formerly ; i'a York, Pa, rabbi, died when a-ship was sunk in the AtiahUc early fni February. The board isaid he was; the first Jewish chaplain casualty of the war, - - "The others: 3 - Clark V. Poling, :$2, sen of Dr. Daniel Poling of Philadel phia, president ef U World Christian Endeavor anion. A member ef the Reformed church In America, he eatered " the chaplain service from Scbenee- Udx. NY, Jane IS, 1812. TIa was ,a v --- - r -tMMji ' ix. - v """"L a . RAF Bombs Ruhr Again j LONDON.. Saturday, March 27 -iJPr- British bombers were ever the iadastrial Kahr region of Germany daring the night. It was learned authoritatively Saturday. There were Indications that the RAF was eat ia force. One ef the biggest raids of the year was delivered In the same area when Essen was blasted March 12. Huniing and Fishing Said More Needed CHICAGO, March 26-(P-Hunt- ing and fishing during the war can be "justified from the cold blooded economic standpoint," Executive Secretary Kenneth A. Rid of the Izaak Walton League of American stated Friday. He said the sports would bene fit health and morale but stress ed the contention that the food value of game and fish made these "wild life crops" doubly import ant in times like these. "In many sections game has reached or exceeded the food or forage available for its survival during the winter," Reid set forth in a statement at the organiza tion's annual convention. "Should hunting be dispensed with for the duration," the state ment said, "big game In many congested areas would not only starve to death in large num bers, but in the process would eat itself out of house and home with resulting devastation to the for ests and other vegetation, soil erosion and other dire results. "And in the small game field there might well be serious ' de struction of farm crops Just at a time when farmers are urged by the government to raise all . the foodthey possibly can.. Reid also asserted that a "sound program of conservation of na tural resources must be continued during the . war," and during" the post-war period. . " . at Sea .a gradaate of Ratgers and the Yale dlvmlty - seaeeL (Clark Poling visited in Salem several years ago, It was recalled Friday " night, when hi father spoke at meetings. Dr. Daniel ing resided in Salem in his youth.) George L Fox, '43, a veteran enlisted man of the first World war whose decorations : included the silver star and croix de guerre. He entered the service from Gil man,' Vt.; July 24, 1942. A Metho dist, he was a graduate of Blin ois Wesley an and the Boston univer sity school of theology. - John P. Washington, 34, a Cath olic who was graduated from Se ton hail and the Immaculate Con ception seminary in New Jersey. He was appointed a chaplain April 24, :'-1842, entering from Arling ton, N J. I Several others chaplains have been listed as dead and xrJ:;ix2- Poling craphle picture of a scene la 'that Bombers Slash Japs at Wewak j Merchant Ships Badly 1 Damaged; Supply Installations Hit ALLIED HEAbQUARTErJS IN AUSTRALIA, Saturday, March 27 -(ffr-rMpping as low as 75 feet to loose their bombs, allied four-motored bombers blasted newly-constructed installations and shipping at the new Japanese base of We wak on the north coast of New Guinea in a three-hour! night at-, tack, an'- allied communique said Saturday. Using 500 and' 1000-pound bombs, the Flying Fortresses scor ed two hits on ' a 4000-ton mer chantman in the harbor, leaving it badly damaged,'; and pounded the airdrome, town, ; and . docks with 19 tons of explosives. ' I The 1009-pound bombs, the ajMemeemeat said, "caused - es pecially sertoas damage among the shore installations." The attacking planet dived threagh heavy anti-aircraft fire and all retamed safely, the eom Braaiase said. Wewak, 350 miles above -Port Moresby, apparently was given special attention because of its po sition as a reinforcement and in termediate supply port for the hard-pressed Japanese holding the Lae-Salamaua sector to the south. Wewak was the recent objective of a convoy shattered by allied airmen while trying to slip into the port from the northeast. It was believed at the time that the convoy had taken a circuitous route around .the -. Admiralty is lands from Rabaul after a 22-ship convoy was annihilated in - the Bismarck sea on a more direct at tempt to reinforce New Guinea. Japanese New Guinea positions at Lae, Salamaua, Finschhafen and' Mubo along the coast south east of Wewak, also were bombed and strafed during Friday's oper ations. ' " - - - - : Lewis Says Miners Not Oljligated byl. ;Vo-Strike Pledge, .WASHINGTON, March ; 2ft-rp) -In a dramatic hearingfrequent ly punctuated by sharp exchang es with investigating .senators, John L. Lewi Insisted Friday that coal miners must' have highern wages and- contended they, are under no obligation not ,to strtkf- JI IDC. IMU ttt Cl UKUh .. - The president ' of the ' United Mine .Workers said he Joined with fall Americans In hoping no work stoppage will be necessary" but repeatedly- declared he was not. rnecessarily bound? s: by- the .no strike pledge labor leaders, made In 194L - . : j That agreement, he asserted; was voided by the war labor board's adoption " of the "Tittle steel" formula for fixing wages. - Indicating he would insist . on the full g2-a-da3r Increase he Is asking for the miners, Lewis said this figure was based on the min ers', ausbructions to - him - and the Increased cost of living in mining communities. . 1 ..i"". ; - i He argued, too, that industry is waxing fat off government con tracts while miners are forced by low incomes to follow a diet de ficient td the point of endanger ing productivit. ;: ' ". 1 orces Flank Air Of tensive . . 7. ' :.. t -S MnrLQTinjiTricankrracas -- fey DANIEL, .ALLIED HEADQUARTERS -6TKlnfantryiof the British Eiehth Armv inched slowlv forward intofortificatiohs of the Mareth . j ... ... , i ti . I . ov.irhila Arrterisn fnrr 70 Marshal Erwiii -Rornrners flank The seventh night of Gen. $. . -rr Reds Advance OfiiSmdlehsk Ifaxi Coiiitcr-BIows Thrown! Back on Kharkov! Frorit LONDON, Saturday, March 27 Cfp)-3lussian troops beating against Smolensk's distaht defenses wiped out a Gennadi garrisbn at one strougpoint and captured another, whifeT holding ffirm against nazi couiter-assauts on the Donets rhre front narf Kharkov in the south, Moscow j announced Satur- dy. , If. t The new central front gains an nounced in the; 'midnight commu nique recorded by the soviet mon itorfwere said te be south of Bely, presumably near Dukhovschina, 32 roUes frorn3 Smolensk. ! ' . A Stockholm dispatch said Eosian tanks )tlreadj had brok en) into Defogobash, St miles ,eait of- Smolensk,- fas a frontal assault supporting the north ' eastern w e Id g e fn SmeJenak'a aollj lug aerrme belt ..f ;r;:r l;The'c6mmTiiniQue saiid 500 Ger mans 'were killed In the capture of the two enemy : points, ' 300 of theih - in the garrison iwhich was f outflanked a4d; then attacked from the rear after group (ff red army men stole acrctss a rivjer. , Four enemyj guns, 20 machine gunl, five ttti-tank . rifles and other war haertal was captured in one of thjfcsq actions Several populated places were tak6n in this! continuing drive ovef dif ficul terrain, bjit the com munique Suggested pfert of the Russian troops! were consolidating theSt- hard viorii gains ih the great salifcnt whicji) o long had threat ened Moscow; 1 J s Approximately I10( Germans were reported slain f futile ef forts to brebl Russian positions between Belgorod and phuguev in the JCharkovJsector of the Ukraine durhg Fridays fighting which found the .Germans still using a consjderablejhmber of tanks. One sovftt ; unit a f o n e -destroyed 42 naz tanks an4 wiped out a bat- talicai of infantry. r. Fleets Vhe W1SHINGT,PN, March 26-iJPh. Thanavy disclosed Kiday that the first of aj fleet of auxiliary air craft carriers lire in combat areas and scores ef jothere axe building in shipyardsj both on the Atlantic and .pacific coasts. , .- . v - - 1 Tfee ;' primary V funct ion ' of the auxiliary carriers at this .time is to help smaihthe German U-boat offensive in j the Atlantic, but they are by no means limited to fur nishing conj-oy protection, having uses also-aaj ferrying Craft and in fleet? operations. The 'greatest need for them? nowr- bewever, is In ; tJW nortli Atlantic land, indica tionj were tbat that wie where the bulk: of the forces -would be dis Posed. V; - IL f - T - . The report of the new. program was made public at aj press con ference of secretary . of - the . navy Brcnnan'o Here! With 'the I amiable j terrers af the US navy, Messrs. JL Lisa and Thai Dahaevaa (alias Farce. ;;...;-.. :'""t,t - aadjUralas, rf be.) te back ?: .aim ss. Fred- eriek Haslltt - Brck nan,' the'; 14 ' I t ".- favorite ah art' story author af millions, makes hU.dcbot la The Statesman to, dar with a: riotous! fanny se: rial steryirjMThey Sen Sailers Elehantsr . ;--:-;-' x: : , y Don't aiss a chapter of this new aevf 1$ tell yar . friends they'll find it la The Statesman.' They ?t'.l Eailar.raephanU. ti'zs teiT ca fzzi i. " ' Means mom Retreat Area; Heaviest Yet DE LUCE IN NORTH AFRICA, March 23 line' under a hail of gunfire Fri- 1 milps awnv fmirhf rrimlr tn Vppt pinned to the Tunisian coast. ; ? ' Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's at- i . . . L. ' . ' .. . .. tacK on 1 tne aeep Maretn pen ox ininefields and pillboxes backed up by concentrations of armor and artillery : found the British and the ehemy still locked in a struggle reminiscent of . the first World war's many "battles of position aiiKl attrition. T' . V fThere was complete absence of information on. the situation! hi thje El Hamma 'area, where daring units i of " the i. Eighth army have struck far : around and into' the - rear pi we iuarein ime. ou con tinued heavy attacks by the allies' western desert air force on enemy armor in the vicinity of 1 Hamma indicated that the flanking Brit ish force was holding its initial gains there despite its - long sup ply line. '. I ,.' ! . j (The Algiers radio said the British before , El Hamma, which htl miles from the axis iapply pert i of Gsbes, were saeeting an "extremely dense ' intl-tank defense system. but that they had captured the height ef DJebel Tebaga. domi nating Gabes. There was no al- fied eenflrmatlon ef this report.) American troops entrenched on the' heights dominating Guetaria pass, through which runs the southernmost road from Gafsa to the sea," were counter-attacked again by German Infantry seek ing 'to' infiltrate - and ' outflank reir rocky positions.: j ; Although" the Germans 1 got' a foothold on the southern slopes oi Djebel Derba, which is on tha sjouth side of. the pass, front line dispatches': said - the Americana kept control of the road. . i j Gen. George S. Pattori, jr.'s, oth er American forces were engaged in difficult mopping up opera tions against the enemy holding high ground ji five miles . south of Maknassy and elsewhere in the ling Orbata range. ' ! i " The allied air offensive for the week was the heaviest sa the hlctarv of th African uir Inflicting serious strategic blows aa well aa staunchly supporting the . British and American ground attacks with a record aamber of tactical missions. ! ' Full reports of the American Flying Fortress raid Monday on Palermo showed that it was oni of the most damaging of the cam paign. One (large ship, believed loaded with ammunition, bleW up and. several small, ships dis appeared completely. Two small ships were blown out of the wafer-onto the quay and a number Of nearby buildings were demoU ished. r- . ; r. ' j (The Berlin radio broadcast a Commentary by Capt Ludwig Sertorious saying the lull in , tha Tunisian ; battle by no means meant that the fighting was over because the!; "enemy Is determin ed to enforce a decision." H ad ded that while allied losses had been serious, the British and Am ericans have ample reserves and have "not . exhausted their offen sive power." : . - There yet was- na ladleatloa thai the Germans and Italians defending the formidable fertl- mm J ' . a . ikiwbi wen ncmia( anucr A fPILit. - 1 . aser - Mews, bat - the decreasbig I pewer- ef the eeanter-aitaeks- -laaaeaed , by : Marshal Erwto " Bammel attested the effectlve neas af the British assaalt by land and an' j-Friday's allied .communique gave the j first Indication - that Montgomery r rjgnters-nan recov ered completely from the setback they suffered last Tuesday, when great forces of .German tanks and 1 4 tl...... V l- 4. VT. jUMUU UIICW U1VIU VL UICU Original positions, and were slash ing forward again, j (The Morrocro radio said. that M.1 1 - - A 1 1 3 I Dioouj exiKageroenia vx. naiiu- to-hand fighting" were in prog ress at several points along the Mareth line.) New Slceners Slated CHICAGO, March '26-iflP)-The Association .of American Rail roads announced Friday the na tion's carriers had tentatively agreed, to put into service It' 3 troop sleepers, of a special ce sijn and 4C0 army kitchen cars. t -'