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Wy EDITION CITY EDITION TODAY'S NEWS TODAY LAME COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. Wearing tat Victory wGuinea V.Lti.fl Fiereefv lu!,l Beachhead I row - m Buna, bona ( jbtARTHUH'S HEAD ES; Australia, Nov. 21 Km the nrth New . ..j ,.-;ih the L 4torr of e southwest fcoopaim- ,,.,. , Japanese "?""' MSft their backs to the, Led to s beachhead ex miles along the co.v t Bum and Gona and six I to the native vi sage j wtt. on the Bima-Kokoda v . M the fiiriwu c c awwa - t .. v , Allied ' alter "uut " , ripped Be Japanese w ... machine ffUn ftaing them for the final! Appear , st Heel oi enemy . UtmiW in rPtriPVP the 1 12 IB buckik aoi ra into action yesterday n the Allied positions, ccf forces of enemy Zero raked the Allied lines boob ana macmne guu Marines 'Take Care Of Army Reinforcements HEADQUARTERS, UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET, Bearl Harbor, Nov. 20. (Delayed) UI A group of army men who land-1 ed on Guadalcanal recently with a big supply oi food should have known the marines, but they got to know them the hard way. When the troops landed, Lieut. DeWitt Peterkin, Jr., New York City, said today on his return, the marines were most solicitous for their welfare. Especially the malrnes showed the troops hod to dive swiftly into fox holes when an air raid alarm sounded. When the first alarm came, the troops carried out the dive maneuver perfectly, and emerged with the ail clear to find that the marines had swiped their food. EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 3942 OH STREETS Sc; NSW3 STANDS Se 80, H ItSHlNGTOX, Nov. 21. W iiwrlsn troops on Guad- fcil aland Id the Solomons tidrsnced their western U Into territory former 1 bj the Japanese. tort to reduce the steady on the beachhead. L Japanese seemed prepared i last ditch stand in pre- positions which extend Bout to Gona on the coast sad! I triangular area to in- Soputa village. seriean troops were attack- 6 enemy on the outskirts of rale the Australians ham- K it strong Japanese de- pocket tt Soputa. MFiiblh)! Tet etaf vas heavier than In Pe so (ar In the southwest lite Japanese had the a! ol light artillery In ad- 10 taeir mortars and ma- IBB nd they kept up an pa ore. P-Tinf. to the rapidly grow- (Bed strength in the south- Bfl South Pacific, it was an- pl todaj that well equipped asiano torces had arrived pes. New Caledonia, south r Solomons, to reinforce the it (States trooD slremiv &MlrK frnm C... I M t-r-. ..u, OU.H, 111 U1C fill bllnrf - XT Sr.;i ecntalnwt lha nF;i.,i FfW that strong United Li "t re now stationed SsiansShow Fresh Win Attacks November 22 'Chest' Sunday Pastors of all churches In Eu gene are expected to call upon their congregations to participate generously in Eugene's first Com munity and War Chest campaign this coming Sunday. Sunday, Nov. 22 has been set aside as "Community and War Chest Sunday" in the city's churches, as a day on which to call the attention of the citizens of this community to the 15 social welfare and foreign War Relief appeals merged in the united campaign. . .Ministers are expected to an nounce the purpose of the cam paign and explain how, with its $39,043.50 goal, the Community and War Chest combines eight local social weifare agencies, two state organizations and five for eign relief organizations that are striving to maintain the home front in Eugene and aid millions of people in the war torn lands of our nation's allies. In addition the pastors are ex pected to point out the individual's obligation to support the agencies represented more generously than ever before in order to implement the nation's war effort and also perform their Christian responsi bility toward aiding others. The Community and War Chest campaign includes the appeals of United China Relief, Russian War Relief, Greek War Relief, War Prisoner's Aid Committee, British War Relief, the Oregon Protective Society, Boys and Girls Aid So ciety of Oregon, the Eugene Y. M.C.A., School Milk Fund, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Y. W. C. A., St. Vincent de Paul Society, Sal vation Army and University Y. M. C. A. The Chest appeal will be the only campaign for these agencies for a full year. Solons Clash With Jef fers On Gas Ration Administrator's Charge Draws Fire From Group Seeking Postponement WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. 0J.B Irate western' congressmen fighting ! a last-ditch battle to delay nation-! wide gasoline rationing demanded today that Rubber Administrator! William M. Jeflere be called on the j carpet to explain his charge that "people who should know better" j are financing opposition to the! program. Rep. Hatton W. Summers, D., Tex., chairman of a steering com-: mittee directing the postponement ! drive, was bitterly critical of Jef- fer's statement, contained in his; "unalterable opposition" to delay- ' ing rationing beyond the Dec, I deadline. i "Amaied" at Statement "I am amazed," Sumners said.! "Such a statement is utterly uo-: warranted." The dignified Texans asked newsmen not to quote him fur ther because "I'm mad now." Rep. Jed Johnson, D., Okla., who served as chairman of the caucus of 108 western congressmen who opened the postponement drive, paraphrased Jeffers' statement that he was "unalterably opposed" to postponement: "We are unalterably opposed to Washington bureaucrats making unreasonable restrictions on the country for the purpose of trying to make people more war consci ous. Our people already are more war conscious than many ot the bureaucrats.'! Flans Not Discussed Although all committee members refused to discuss their plan of action, there was growing indica tion that 8n appeal to President Roosevelt would be made, prob ably by the middle of next week. It appeared that only presidential action could postpone the dead line. ' The committee planned to wait theaoutcorne of hearings before the house interstate and foreign com merce committee, studying war time production and consumption of rubber. Chairman Clarence F. Lea, D., Cal., said his group would consider the advisability of post poning the rationing program at hearings Monday and Tuesday, Allies Advance to Outskirts Off' ISizerte. Tunis Dri Sitter FogSnt Enemy Hemmed In Along 8th Army Hits Rommel 70 Miles From El Agheila British Column Races Across Desert After Capture Of Bengasi CAIRO, Nov. 21. m Racine westward at a speed unequaled in modern desert warfare, the British Bth army today hurled its forward elements against Marshal Rom mel's rearguard at Agedabia, some 70 miles from the narrow El Agheila defile. The British, apparently making a supreme effort to keep Rommel from organizing a defense at Agheila, pressed on without pause at the heels of the enemy after triumphantly hoisting the union Jack over Bengasi yesterday for the third time in this war. Already the Bth army was half way to Tunisia from its starting point at El Alamein in Egypt, end more than half way to Tripoli. Contact was established with the Axis rearguard at Agedabia, on the coastal road 100 miles soulh of Bengasi, by one of General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's forces which made a beeltne across the Libyan hump. Other 8th army forces followed the lower route around the hump and marched into Bengasi. Air Blows Struck Supporting the two-way Allied Nov. 2!.-MSuc- r- 'fining heights at Stal- lri.Il "Poriea showing -iui me oerman ft the night a 'is'it 5nuweasi fc. - - me mid- i, northeast of F-C ninth. . . L-. unit was Wh killing lOOfnemen in attack such a, the 1 cam h& . . "ratal for several fcs " 0!i'm?rad attacks Cr groups were re- fcr M m the southern t..tare Rd cr,,mt.r Jr height a few I is ''.".sve scouting 'renchei I u- uermans j lines in Stalin- t saXT" saults since k nt brealt- fces "ern workers' f iKteJ 1d in an 'he Kf7S TAKEV -"V (AIriy, Air Rom I - it, minuie. Police Face Difficult Task in Poison Case SALEM, Ore., Nov. 21 (U.B The investigation of the roach powder poisoning case that was fatal to 47 patients at the Oregon state hospital was still mired deep ly in the process of checking and re-checking information from em ployes and patients, according to Captain Walter Lansing, of the state police. "To understand our difficulty." said Captain Lansing, who is han dling the investigation almost sin glehandedly, "It must be under stood tha,t e great deal of our discussion must be with the pa tients of this institution, and their Information is not reliable. He told of getting several "beau tiful stories" from patients, only to have them refuted. One man's de tailed account evaporated when his doctor said he was confined in another part of the institution all during the time of the poison ing. Although several theories have developed, the question of exact ly when or how the fatal dose of sodium fluoride contained in the roach powder was mixed with the scrambled eggs has not been de termined, Lansing said, adding that he was working on the theory that the power was brought into the kitchen on the day of the poison ing. The last time the powder was used for Its normal purpose was over a month ago, according to present information, he said. "W hen we determine who brouRht the powder into the kitch enaid Lansing. "We will have got to the bottom of this case." Governor Charles A. Sprague, who has been keeping in cloe touch with Lansing's work, said he was confident a solution would be reached. Dr. John C. Evans, hospital su perintendent who has been assi't ing Lansing, particularly with the questioning of the patient', had little to say regarding the progress of the case. His chief concern was with the welfare of his stricken pxtient. .all but a half dozen of whom have recovered, and these are improving. "We are having trouble keep ing them in bed." he said. "They want to be up and around." Long Distance Phone Rales Under FCC Fire WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 " The federal communications com mission today ordered the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph com pany to show cause why its long distance telephone rates and other charges should not be substantial ly reduced. The commission said figures re ported to it by the long lines de partment of the company Indi cated earnings on net book in vestment at a rate of 24.37 per cent annually before making pro vision for federal income taxes, and a rate of 14.82 per cent after providing for the new federal nor mal and surtaxes. A. T. & T. was ordered to answer the commission's order by December I and to appear at a hearing on December 16. The investigation, the FCC said, "will cover not only rates but all charges, classifications, practices and regulations in connection with the communication service ren dered by the long lines depart ment." Butter, Cheese Hex! On Rationing Lis! S FAIN" sty t. alt Aft ALGIERS OR AN m. T ITALY V )CREECe4 TITVPV STATUTC MtLCS SWING IN TO CLOSE TRAP ON ROMMEI. F.eht.nff French force wa tms3.ii.sf through Libya to help close the trap on Bosnme.'s baffereti fortes sfiil in retreat south of Bengasi. Vanguards of Hie Biiiwh 8th army raced westward alone the coasttat hunts an drive against the Axis in Libya ! south of Bengasi area in attempt to cut off foe from i Agheifs corridor. The allies con and Tunisia, Malta-based bombers tinned to push eastward into Tunisia. Dark shading of areas in joHie?s 55-tJitaiss sppraxi yesterday bombed Catania, Augus-1 mate penetration, ta and Cosimo airdromes in Sicily ! and struck new blows against Axis shipping in the Mediterranean. - Flying from Malta tq the support i ui jxiuccictiii tfiia oi lush uuui closing in on Bizerie and Tunis in Tunisia. British bombers also at tacked a large Axis vessel off Cape Bon, Tunisia, and raked it with cannon fire. Two German planes were shot down in the same area, the com munique said. One British plane was reported lost in the operations. Laval AdYOCateS JWadn Brief t German Alliance VICHY From French Broad casts), Nov. 21 W) Pierre La val advocated an alliance with: Germany aa Eurane's sofle hone i ne occupation ot Bengasi nra lor peace in a broadcast to the been expected for hours since the people of Na2i -occupied France mr the tfaltet! Pm LONDON Allied columns close In on Bizerte-Tunls and Gabes In Tumi; royal air farce hit Turin with strongest attack on Italy of war; waters off Spain- and Bale- lialyGeisWorsi Bombing of War arics mined; Pierre Laval .olZ'S'iVi that fighto FresKh Be 30-Mile Strip Sitter Ftgfttmg Rfjges; 1 Hitier Reportediy KBSiimg Keinforcements By ItOGEH D. GREENS Associated Press Vtt Editor Affierlcaa snd Ecttish troops, sicoring a five-mile advance In itw direction, pitched Into tlw GermaJi on ihe muier defemset of Bijerf and TBnis today while If. S. Fiyin Fortress rained deadly punish ment on the enenty hemmed ta along a 38-mlle-wSae coastal atrip. German reports aaid. Adolf Hitler rushing a strums t1 sir-ijonse reinfosvements, iJwstwSing; tsnks, across the Mediterranean In s d perate effort to (ent t AUiel offenilve. Fit-id dispatches ait tfca bi growing more biiiw notsr by flour, with Allied troops stormissk Nri toctltlcsttons only Bo miles from coin cities In tea Trectelt North Africa colony. One Aiiiwf vanguard was ?e perferi to have driven forward five miles to point 25 tniles southeast ot Tunis, the capital, fighting over ancient hatUeiields ot t Csci'nt ginlan empire. Jiessiss Clsim Seceew liallsn hdqrtrs sssertesi Bve baitla wee developing "os & Tunisian-Algerian taoMet" aoout S3 mile west of th cea ae srribed by Aiiied riiapalchea xrA decisred ihst operstlon "beve (one to the sdventojes tS the Axis." A Fa-cist communique said Beit lh and American troops w , iumtd back in lis frroiiier region afier imint armored cars end trucks. The German radio claimed that AkIs torces Thursday night seized a railway ttatioa east of Tabarka, es miies- west of Bi2eri, end re- yesterday that the port had been abandoned by German troops, Agedabia, where British forward troops were reported In contact with the Germans, is about 100 miles south of Bengasi and approx imately 70 miles northeast of El Agheila, where Hommei is expect ed to take advantage of favorable terrain and make a stand. Coffee Sales Suspend At Midnight Saturday France toward military partner- gmp with Germany, ROME British attack cctuces immense damage at Turin. last night and declared new volun- S""r m pIf ?raT teer leiions wonM h ri?s , Shaii. advance guard hiia NaJia at Jsst night by HAS. fenmbera in litical heir to Marshal Petain. He accused the United States and Britain of tearing away bit by bit at ihe French empire be cause of (heir losses in the Pa cific; said he was ccriain of a German victory. "From what has happened in North Africa we have discovered PORTLAND, Nov. 21 W Coffee sales will be suspended In Oregon and throughout the naUon , ,he late lhat wai(j! us tomorrow if , , ltev(lt gets away with U La """"rr . ubmil 10 fnation by com- - i munlsu nrl Jjw iGsullist troops had been thrown : raid whicb sn aoihoriiaiive Briiish t t(t , source termed toe "heaviest yeti Jyszi fcroadcaat said li Ai : m on lla'y- Ht -teni,. r,ri t MiMjBi ran Of scores of Siiriin3, Haiifa-xra, w drstrosred in Use first clash Lanrasiers and Weiiingiona s-! u, Tunisia. signed to the mission, ftree failed to return. ! Ax rlnn ta Caast inforcements reported moving to? The nihera Jaade the ISO-miie! A Nazi broadcast oiioiing Allied Siriiy. round trip sucrrssfuiiy to . Spni3h Mororra, said j MOSCOW Bussian irmA more " sksi-ks uias are prov- iiilfj fOTr had reached the area qures; aiis ana Humaniana lose " " r i e Uimiwmtt, aisout 4 mite heavily southeast of Nalrhifc. ! the industrial vitals of the Axis, j jguineaj, cj Tunis, on the ult ot GW. Uc ARTHUR'S HEAB- A terse alt- commanlque said Gah, QUARTERS Heavy fighting In onfy; i -j,, if confirmed would mean Buna-Gona area; New Zealand j "The attack was heavy and con- j the Afiirj had now pinned the Aait iroops in ?f r-w Caledonia; Amerl- eentraled but dense smoke from j inio a small corner of the msnseast cans in FS jjj. many fires made observation of the j Tunisian coast and cut off th AT THE BUNA FROff T resnif a difficult." j route ot retreat to Italian Tripoli- American general swims for life Clear wesiiicr gave fte largess j tnla. In that case, the two mala sharp outlines, however, snd an xls forces in Tunisia and Libya Italian communique itselt said the wouid be split. British, attacking In waves, "drop- j The Algiers radio said French pad incendiary bombs la great ijjoops below Tunis bad captured auamniea, maimy in an ceniraa jome Naiis in I igist northeast ot the Port ot Gabes. answer "the fresh insults which , rr' fr.. , ., . ly raided. Allflr aTJ. ANKARA-Large Nari air - rica. "We are again seeking recon ciliation and an entente with Ger many," Laval declared In his first address since he was given dic tatorial powers and named es po- when Jho plane sinks trawler. PKAHi, HARBOR Americans prepare to knock Japanese oft Guadalcanal. tionlng books may buy one pound of coffee with sugar stamp No. 27. covering 1he period from Nov. 29 to Jan. 3. If by that time all-purpose ra tion books have not been issued, other sugar stamps will be des ignated for further coffee pur chases. Those without sugar ration books will obtain from their local ration board sugar books with the first 18 stamps removed. These they may use for coffee purchases. Persons without sugar books WASHINGTON, Nov. 2t flifS 1 whose sugar stocks are exhausted A nationwide milk conservation s e're aii-purpose owns are - nrogram, bunt arouna sinngcni i hntter and cheese rationing to ci ! vilians soon will be inaugurated, : a top-ranking government official i reported today. 1 He said the program, to be di ' rrctcd bv Secretary of Agriculture i Claude R. Wickard. will provide J for tight federal control over all ' m-nnHa bill rine not con- sued, also may get sugar ration books from the local boards. Industry Accident Toll Dwarfs War Casualties :i Poll Tax Bill Appears z Doomed as Vote Hears district of ihe iwn." The Italians said the British te- fllcled damage and spread fires! and listed casualties at 20 dead and ? (The dark little collaboration- Hftftmdfl 3? VAtA HASfC 120 wounded. isi's talk of volunteer legions """"" ' Member of everaJ Canaaian such as ihe rielarhroenia which so.urf'on wbirh psriiripaied in! have fought alongside the Ger- f WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 .. (he raid said Turin's air defenses i mans on the Russian front sug- j Tfle controveraal anti-poll tax bill, included only one searchlight. i gested that Laval was not pre- flustered for ven days, was Fires were visible SO miles from i pared at this time to thrust the oeor ihe sensie fodsy but under the city, they said, and smoke from j nation into a formal state ot war nwKc-snii agreement nir p-; one noiahly large one rose v ai Lehman Seen Choke For Relief Director NEW YORK, Nov. II 1 The New York Times reported today agaimt the allies He did not men- Paren' do0!n h! most iS.909 W One filer said i President Roosevelt was - Z :"he tTisCftSS I armyTeal: ' f ! bed an oil j J? sBriM SZTSS mentsand the Toulon-based fleet ern senators called o!tdump was hit. Another said ft . ""i whl-h .(ill tk. . s their f ilibmier last night after the taw "one bla building fall apart" to wid-wide post arimini- whlch still take orders from Vichy.) In his IS-minuie speech Laval assured his people again that Ger many would not lose the war, de clared he had tried to maintain peace wiih the United States and bill's proponents- agreed 1 iheivejwtvm two-ton block-buster burst siraior of feeding, rioihsnj and It Monday if tnry fait to get two- j on It. thirds vote for a rarelv-invoked i cloture drastic gag rule limiting i debase. They are highly confident that ! Plywood Wage Boost gunpoint after centuries i ship. jTire Disposal DeodUne rehabilitating countries friendly to or occupied by the United Nations. Lehman could not be reached for comment Immediately, The artieie aid the pot "i one of such magnitude" ihat ii is believed tne effort -would Be un dertaken jointly by the United Na tions, but with th United States, bearing th g 0JZtzl Order Clarified nturies of friend- kwv , , j shared hv some whn b-ked ihe( PORTLAND. Or.. Nov. 51 : as th wealthiest. measure and Sen. Albert B. Chan- f The wt coast lumber commls-; largest harden. Lehman would not dier, D. Ky contended his slde slon today clarified an order es Rave any Qomesue looa reapoRii was already defeaird. i Nov. 9 which made a 7i-rni-n-; biiiiis. CHICAGO. Nov. tt 1 The . , . . "I don't se why iiiey tfcml hour wage incrrase granted Myi . . , ? ft,.;A milk at : ,t t..A rYfintOft 1 A llflrfimhar I ...iV..i-,... i I 'ri'. in , .. . - anlfl i...ri. in ? it this time. i pared total casualties of 3,8,S00 idead. Why spread the funersl cut Oregon nd WashingVm plywood 0 At tea Taift f eeartflrt I Rather, he said, a principal ob- ; among war workers since Fcarii WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, (UBi over three daytl" i plants retroactive to Jan. IS, , T VflVC iGftC tlt.GJCU i iprtiv-p will be to meet ail civilian rlaroor to 4.s casualties in tne ocre "i s ane senaie w jo meel ax noon,) ana amenoea oraer aaia mti . i rf,.manrf for tnts nroauct or i ermeo torces as arim evioence; ..-.- yy nnyv mr ooiure pruiion, aea or i TFiuwi-Mi-a w mui ! rArti of less nufritionai ! (hat accidents drain the nation of Nov. 22 to Dec. J, the date sched- Democratic Jjeadrr Alfcen Yf. by Dee, 1 to all employes ( i. t lime. . M9nnnwr luMiM Inr virinrv f Uled for ihe Siart of nationwide ! RarkV t tJentlllcv mint lie oavrolt as of Feb. 15. Emoloves meeting huge dairy food needs of '-Those who die in battle die for (toline rationing. ; over one full legislative day before 1 who left their employment since PORTLAND, Or., Nov. SI JS ithe armed forces. la cause," said Ned H. Dearborn,! Possession of tires In excess of il can be acted upon. The vol will Feb. IS hut prior to th e!fectivj State police headquarters her Declaring that immediate sctlon executive vice-president of Ine: 'iv per car, with on additional; be taken at I p. m., Monday. date of tee increase shall rceivf announced today tea capture of is imperative to svosd serious dis- council. "Those struck down by 'or each running wheel of trailers ; The measure, to outlaw poll tax' rrtrosrtive wages from Feb. IS tofTurrnan Wilson, IS-year-oid -, ir"iir.Ti during the current low- accidents die in vain." i or simitar equipment, will be If- payments in eight southern siaiee ! ihe dale they iefl provided they ; viried rapist and esrapejl renvJri, ,DCa " . -..( i, ;x Ii;.. (Mat 1h ISnI nf nl mmlh ; .. - 1..,- . ) a . k l ,1. t .,..-.- prixi'jction season, mis minin . tim iuiwi t,uBnm .- , ... nB m a,i,u,,,c , vi,,,s " (said Wickard's food requirements . American workers since Pearl under gasoline rationing reguia- federal elections, would expire committee la expected to rom-j Harbor up In Nov. IS have been tions, j automatically with tins session ot (nlete oreparalions for the pro-j 44.500 dead and 3,gno.OOu wound-j I congress on Jan. 8. ' gram "within a matter of days." ed. Government figures for cas j He described as a forerunner, ualtles In the armed forces during hi not an actual part ot the pro- the same period were S,M deao,i tVei Convict at iaSrande worked 38 days or more before Sin ihe ciima of wild automobile departing, the commissi said, j chase near LeGrande, Ore. The commission pointed out Officers said they understood that non of th parties mad any j Glenn Wilson, Turman1 i1-y- UtiTCH TOW FINE!) j i fc,4n. i in S ij,li'rni raHrnai TMl 1JNDON, N. 2t tJPl Th ft-FME MfMSTKX BfK i The youth escaped the Oregon u, -ihi' war ornduclion :SA3S wounded and 3,27 missing Germans hsi-e Imposed tMft.non! CAPETOWN, fViuth Africa, Nov.! Frank Morris, manager nf i slate peniieniiary yesieniay, lie- board order freering for war uses ', or prisoners. The iolal nation! fine on The Netherlands town of St. V General J. it. M. Hert- j Springfield Plywood piant, said j srenriing from the roof on a "rep ' aooroximatclT 40 per rent or i acrident toil since Pearl Harbos Blormendaal after Jhe cutting of i"g, 7, who ws pnrne minister of ; that he believes tne lumber toro-j of ioweis. Wssfl an cider brother, 'nearlv 35 000 000 pound of th ! hss been B,00ff killed and ap- several rabies belonging to Nihe Vn'm of Swath Africa at the' mission's ruling would atfed only; Rsssie, they were serving JonJ I roid storage butter sup-j proximately ..800,000 wounded, occupation forces, Anela reported outbreak of Woiid War ff, died I Af L sawmills. Th Springiieldi term tor th rsc o two St, Spues? 1 th council said. itoday, 'today, j r-lsaat i under CQ. iJohia, Or aJrS.