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EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1943
NO. 21
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lZ'u considerable snow on
fund here, transportation
& and some defense
Li-jiving in ouuymg
frMe to get to the
U-WCIV
L wether bureau said it had
f ....i.,h to Issue any
1 been
,ings or forecasts.
, Melts to South
am" h Fans battled a deeP
Lt o( snow wnicn
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L wrather bureau toto or
t continuation for another 24
C ef storm wrnlnri on the
ton and wasuins.. v-,
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lfof nlnl wwr
rain and warm wind. The
a also reported considerable
, but said major roads were
,ed although slippery.
ie highway department sent
r plows out on several roads
,d Salem where the fall also
heavy. Hignway iranit
other sections of the Willam
was sharply curtailed.
trvallis reported a deep layer
kow but the storm there ended
it daylight.
My Keportea
fants Pass reported a variety
-rather. The temperature sag
to 14 degrees Monday when
homes were burned to- the
kid and the fire department
tered a near-record number of
Tuesday came two incnes oi
, Wednesday morning pro-
Id t downpour of rain which
M it off and brought the
Le river up to 16.33 feet, lust
k short of the January flood
fc A warm wind last night once
lied an estimated 30-mile
Hustry was operating at slow
la most sections. Shipyards
other factories here had not
tended but almost all 'of them
wlth'only partial crews. Some
Is reported all outside opera
l temporarily closed. Klamath
' mill operations . were cur
Id heavily.' The same was true
fills around Eugene and else
he in the Wiuamette Valley. ..
per failures were common-
i. Half of Grants Pass was
aA electricity for a time early
morning. The wind blew
a several billboards and trees
nd Grants Pass. v
oil Close '"
hool attendance was low. Most
'ortland schools were open-
pi ui nign schools which
suspended because of the
pier end but attendance was
umeit ana Gresham schools
i ciosea. schools operated at
Dalles, Salem and most other
I No schools nnonerl ot
fcaths Falls. Corvallls high and
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' SNOW CLUNG TO trees In Eucene Thursday morning after the heaviest fall In six yean. The above
picture, taken at Ninth and Lawrence, waa typical of the residential section. (Carl Baker photo, Wiltshire
engraving) . .
Heaviest Snowfall In 6 Years
Heaviest snowfall in six years
covered Lane county Wednesday
night and . Thursday morning,
causing one death, . disrupting
some power lines, throwing sev
eral telephone circuits out of or
der, and generally slowing up traf
fic. -
- George Cameron of Fall. Creek,
was killed Wednesday night and
two other persons injured when a
panel truck and a gravel truck
collided on the narrow snow-clogged
Jasper road. George . Drake
and his son, George M., Eugene, are
at the Eugene hospital as result
of the accident, .the boy- having a
broken leg, Mr. Drake suffering
with skull injuries and possible
broken leg. Mr. Drake regained
consciousness . Thursday morning
and his condition was reported
improved. ?
Power Lines Broken : '.' " ". 1
The water, board reported both
transmission lines between Eu
gene and " Waltervillef-oittTli!!?ii
'dav morninff -Ther ' v. 'rf'n.l LjaDB county tax collections in
SlBSlf1"2, totaIl .356,999.04, which
but that was later restored, 5 -iif ,
-n i -71 y u.
city, power system was using the
standby steam plant power until
transmission lines Were fixed. Sev
eral power circuits were out in the
west section of the city as result
or the storm. Crews were .out in
all sections during the day clear
ing lines of troubles, i . .
Telephone circuits were out to
Union Asking EFG
For Bargaining Right
.In behalf of Cannery Workers
local 23031, Eugene, Charles R.
Smith, AFL representative, and
Mrs. Leona W. Zilkoskl of the
Oregon Council of Cannery and
Process Workers Wednesday met
with E. A. McComack, manager
of the Eugene Fruit Growers asso
ciation, requesting the association
to recognize the union as a bar
gaining agent for the employes of
the plant, it is stated by Mr. Smith.
- Mr. McComack was out-of-town
Thursday and could not be con
tacted by the newspaper for a
statement. ,.
Mr. Smith reported Mr. McCor
nack as saying the latter had not.
the power to act upon the petition
of the union without first consult
ing the EFGA executive board.
The Oregon Council of Cannery
and Process Workers, affiliated
with the AFL, is making plans to
petition the war labor board for an
increase in wages for members of
local 23031 who work in the can
nery, such .action being delayed
until an answer comes from the
association, Smith added. - ,
Hungary in Panic at
Loses on Red Front
LONDON, Jan. SI (U.B Turk
ish dispatches said today a wave
of panic had swept Hungary as
the result of official revelations
ot Frightful Hungarian losses on
the Russian front and the can
celation of army leaves which was
apparently taken as warning that
more thousands were to be sac
rificed. Reports had reached London
yesterday that six of nine Hun
garian divisions had been smash
ed. Today, according to the Turk
ish advices, three of the divisions
were named the third from
Budapest, the sixth from Koma
ron and the seventh from Sopron.
Turkey, received reports that
Hungarian soldiers were sur
rendering wholesale "in face of
superior Russian forces from Si
beria with excellent equipment"
The Rumanian army, largest of
the Satellite forces, had been
broken and recent Russian com
muniques had told of Italians i
surrendering, with their officers, ,
ill groups oi up to S000. 1
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Eugene; Power Off
the coast regions for a time Thurs
day and were not in use to the
mountain areas to the east for
several hours.
Run-off from the snow was
gradual. The Willamette river at
the Eugene gauge showed only a
slight raise during the morning,
measuring 4.8 feet at 7 a. m. and
five and one-half feet at 10:30
a. m ,
Two of the citys schools were
closed because of lack of power,
the Whiteaker and Lincoln schools,
both on the west side.
Stiut-otfs on power and the
heavy snow slowed up logging and
mill operations, some concerns
Lane Tax Collections
Total $3,356,999.04:
? 'rsyrr
collected In nrevious veaJs.it is
revealed in figures released Thurs
day by A. P. McKinzey, chief dep
uty in the office of Sheriff O. E.
Crowe.
; The extra large amount in 1942
Is due to the change in the law
which made two tax collections
in the year, but even at that, the
amount collected in the last half
of the year was greater than the
total in at least two different years
during the past five-year period.
The collections from January,
1942, to June 30, 1942, amounted to
$1,406,534.70 and from July 1,
1942 to December 31, 1942, the
amount was $1,950,464.34, making
the total ot $3,356,999.04 for the
year.
Yearly collections in the four
previous years were as follows:
January 1, 1941 to December 31,
1941, $1,860,469.75. -
January 1, 1940 to December 31,.
1940, $2,030,382.10.'
January 1, 1939, to December 31,
1939, $2,133,934.36.
January 1, 1938 to December 31,
1938, $1,942,525.77.
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Newspapermen Here
For Press Meeting !
Representatives ' of newspapers
throughout .the state will begin ar
riving at the University of Oregon
Thursday night for the 25th Ore
gon Press conference, which will
officially begin Friday morning at
the school of journalism. Registra
tion will take place at 9 a. m., fol
lowed by the first general session
at 9:30, with Mrs. Joe C, Brown,
conference president, presiding.
. Pre-registration Inf or rh a 1 1 o n
shows that attendance will be
good for a wartime meeting, al
though representation is expected
to be lower than in previous years,
George Turnbull, professor of jour
nalism and conference secretary,
reported.
The effect of the war on news
papers will be the central theme
of the conference. War prices and
rationing, censorship, army public
relations, and the workjof the .Of
fice of War Information will be
discussed by officials from those
federal branches. Both editorial
and advertising problems will be
analyzed by experts in those fields.
The conference will end with a
luncheon Saturday noon.
Daily Release Of Navy
Casualty Lists Planned
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 G4
The navy announced yesterday
that effective immediately all cas
ualties of the navy, marine corps
I and coast guard would oe an
' nounced in a daily list Instead of
I in periodical accumulations as
theretofore.
The first dally list, containing
the names of 14 men killed, 15
wounded and 43 missing, was made
public today. The navy will con'
tinue to follow the policy of noti
tying next of kin before making
the name public
f ;-jfiA-
closing down because of the storm.
The pile-up of snow was greeted
joyfully by the younger folk, who
had a Dig time throwing snowballs,
On the hills in the southwest part
of town several were out tobog
ganing Thursday morning.
- The snow storm came following
low temperature during the early
weeK. tne tnermometer reading as
follows: Monday,. 12.7 degrees;
Tuesday, 21.4 degrees; Wednesday,
24.1 degrees. r
In the accident resulting In the
death of George Cameron, Harris
Lee Peter of Eugene was driver
of the gravel truck and George
Drake of the panel delivery truck,
Mr. Cameron being a passenger
with the Drakes.
Cameron was employed In a
local cafe. The coroner and police
officials were attempting to locate
relatives Thursday. So . far as
known Thursday afternoon he had,
no relatives here,, . 'f'm .
Heavy Snow At Seattle
SEATTLE, iJan. 21. MP)
Seattle's war. industries struggled
against one of the heaviest snow
falls in 20 years yesterday and
last night but managed to operate
partially.
A shipyard guard was electro
cuted when he contacted a live
wire on a street.
Seattle stores closed In mid-afternoon
and schools remained idle
today.
Some shipayrds said last night
they might suspend operations to
day due largely to crippled bus
service. ... ...
The Boeing Aircraft company's
plant No. 1, a small unit, closed
last night because of a power
shortage. -. ,
Hotels were jammed beyond ca
pacity as companies hired blocks
of rooms to house employes unable
to reach their homes.'
Peggy Satterlee Tells
Of Coming To Eugene
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Brunettfi. Hemiirft-nnnMrlntf Pbsn
LaRue Satterlee, who testified
yesterday she underwent an op
eration which the state stipulated
was an aDortion, today fixed the
date as last July or August
aimosi a year alter she charges
Errol Flynn with intimacies aboard
his yacht ." , .
iater in the month, Mhe day
after she and her mother made
their first complaints to the dis
trict attorney against Flynn, they
were Instructed to return to. juv
enile hall the following day but
went, Instead, to Santa Barbara
and later to Eugene,. Ore., where
Peggy went to work in a theater.
She said she believed she-gave
her age there as 18.
"When you went to Oregon, did
your mother buy you a consider
able amount of new clothes?"
Giesler queried.
- State objections were upheld
before she had time to answer.
Returning tn HoIIvuhwI mhi
raid she went to work in a night
club on swank Sunset strip.
"What age did you give?" asked
the attorney.
"I don't remember. I bellwa it
was 21." -
Roseburg Dairymen
Want Price Increase
ROSEBURG. Ore.. .Tan 91 flin
Roseburg milk distributors en-
nouncea toaay mat producers had
threatened to halt deliveries Feb.
l unless a demand is granted pro
viding for a nrlce of BS
pound for butterfat
The producers demand the
benefit of the one-cent increase
in rfft&il nrim inihiwl, 1 ...
iweek by the OPA. Distributors
.contend they are currently op
' erating at a loss and are prepar
ing to appeal to the OPA for
'further advance la) ""nnyrr prfc
Dairymen Want
90 Cents Feb. 1;
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The Lint County Market Milk
Producers, Inc., which Includes
51 dairies providing some 55 per
cent of table milk supply has
forced the "lower cream line" Is
sue her by its decision to raise
price on bulk milk February 1
from 75 cents pound butterfat
content ($3 per 100 pounds) to
90 cents butterfat ($3.60 per 100
pounds).
The retail price ot milk re
mains unchanged at 13 cents, the
ceilng which OPA has refused to
alter. (Although 5 per cent milk
may stay on the market at 15
cents a quart).
JSllect of the dairymen's move
is to pass over to the creameries
who do the processing and retail
ing tne proDiem oi absorbing the
losses which the datirymen have
been' carrying. The' dairymen
who also distribute have both ends
of the "hot iron."
Two major steps are contem
plated to solve the problem tor
distributors:
1. Cut the "cream line" (but
terfat content) from 4 per cent
to 3.5 per cent, a change strong
ly urged by OPA to spread sup
ply and correct "luxurious
tastes.")
2. Further retrenchments In
delivery service which may
take much time to work out.
Dr. Blair Stewart, OPA's state
price officer tojd the Register
Guard over long distance that he
thought both ateps proper and
pointed to the terms of OPA's
price ruling last Saturday which
stateo:
"Milk means cow's milk, pro
cessed, distributed and sold tor
consumption In fluid form as
whole milk having a butter fat
content ef not less than 3.8 per
cent, EXCEPT THAT WHERE
A LOWER MINIMUM MILK
FAT CONTENT IS PRESCRIB
ED BY LEGAL AUTHORITY,
then the term milk shall include
milk ot a milk-fat -content not
less than the legal minimum." '
' Since Eugene is under a city
ordinance which copies exactly
tne u. S. Department of. Agricul
hire's much advocated "federal
codes" the minimum here has long
been 3.2 butterfat, although 4 per
cent .has been . general practice
under the Oregon , milk, control
board ' (although ' 'it ' prescribed
maximums and not mlnimums in
esch price bracket).
In the mixing of skim with high
content milk to stabilize market
milk at a specific point 3.5 is con
sidered a better point than 3.8 for
practical purposes, although the
"savings in butterfat" may not net
. SEE DAIRYMEN STORY
PAGE t.
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Local Boards Name
Draft Delinquents
.Lane county local boards No. 2
and ' No. 3 Thursday released
names of delinquent registrants
whose present addresses are un
known. .
"Anyone . having Information
concerning any of these regis
trants should transmit that in.
formation to the local board, and
advise the men that it will be to
their best interest to contact the
board voluntarily," it is announc
ed. The groups Include the follow
ing, listed with their order num.
bers and addresses at time of reg.
istration.
Board t:
, Frank Peterson, 375 Mapleton;
Harry Cook, 1475, Horton; Robert
Audley Frost, 5855, 44 Cleveland
avenue north, Eugene; Harry
Wilks, 2176, Cabin City, Eugene;
Jack Williams, 10640, General De
livery, Eugene.
Board I:
Edward Charneski, 500, 1140
Sixth south, Cottage Grove; Roy
Johnson, 10245, Disston route,
Dorena; George Charles McFad-
den, 2819,. 811 Main, Cottage
Grove; Chester Dan Southern,
3127, 1530 Ash, care of Art Funk,
Cottage Grove; Philip Kelley St.
ciair, 1402, westur,
.
Big U. S. Transport
Plane Crashes In Dutch
Guiana, 35 Killed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 V-
The crash of a transport plane
under contract to the army, with
26 passengers and nine crew
members killed January 15 near
the coast or Dutch uuiana in
South America, was announced
today by Major General Harold
L. George, commander general of
j the air transport command.
I There were no survivors of the
' crah, which General George
said occurred in a remote section,
of the Guiana coast The next ot
kin of all the military personnel
aboard the plane have been noti
fied, he said, and the announce
ment of the crash was delayed
only because ot the time required
to reach the scene and determine ,
the extent ox we euuajues.
Last Piece Of Italian Empire
In Africa About To Collapse
Reds By-Pass
Rostov, Aim
At Encirclement
LONDON,. Jan. 21 P The
Russians announced tonight the
capture of the city of Voroshllovsk
in the Transcaueasus.
MOSCOW, Thursday, Jan. 21.
(U.PJ Russian forces plunging
westward into the Ukraine by
passed Rostov 120 miles to the
north yesterday, capturing a
string ot towns down within 28
miles of Voroshilovgrad, big in
dustrial capital ot the Donets ba
sin, the Red army reported today.
bovlet communiques revealed
that troops striking 45 miles be
yond the lower Rostov-Voronezh
railway had advanced well west
of the north-south line through
Rostov and captured Bolshe-
Chernigovka, 28 miles north of
Voroshilovgrad.
That town and others captured
in the area marked the course of
a southwestward sweep from the
northern Donets, its direction sug
gesting that the Russians might
try to swing In behind Rostov and
cut off the German forces to the
south and east
By The Associated Press
Russia Red army troops, now
driving 50 miles into the Ukraine,
were reported forging a new pinc
ers threat to the big steel city, of
Kharkov, the Soviet "Pittsburgh,"
after a 17-mile advance to the
southeast
Other Soviet columns were re
ported sweeping through the
southeastern Ukraine toward the
sea ot Azov in a move to close a
steel arc around Rostov, whose
fall would cut off the land "es
cape' corridor" of perhaps 500,000
axis troops fighting in southern
Russia. .
Manych River Covered
Below Rostov, Red army shock
troops were reported pouring
westward across the Manych river
within 15 miles of the rail iune
tion at Salsk In a drive to cut oft
Adolf Hitler's Caucasian armies.
Salsk lies about 90 miles south-
east of Rostov.
Field dispatches said feverish
German efforts to establish a
stable line along the left bank of
the Manych were failing and de
clared Russian troops were cap
turing point after point while the
Germans were blowing up bridges
in rapid retreat
' Many ot the Nazi slain fell and.
are still falling in the Soviet trap
before Stalingrad, where the Rus
sians say' less than 50,000 Ger
mans survive out of 22 divisions
tightly sealed in the Don-Volga
corridor.
Hitler headquarters today said
"large masses" of Red army troops
were attacking constantly to wipe
out the encircled remnants and
declared that the Nazis, offering
"extreme resistance," repulsed the
Russians in bitter fighting.
Grocery Chains Face
Anti-Trust Charges
KANSAS CITY, Kans., Jan. 21.
(U.R) The nation's second and
third . largest grocery chains
Safeway Stores, Inc., and Kroger
Grocery and Baking Co. were
charged with alleged violations
of the anti-trust laws in indict
ments returned by a federal grand
Jury here today.
The indictments charged that
the companies conspired to con
trol prices and policies in the pro
duction, processing, manufacture
and distribution of food and that
they secretly "enhanced their ac
tual prices above advertised prices
by "short changing, short-weighting
and marking up prices on
store tags and purchases.".
The chsrges were similar to
those brought against the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea company,
the nation's largest grocery chain.
In Dallas recently.
Five Axis Subs Sunk
In South Atlantic
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 21 OP)
Rear Admiral Jonas H. Ingram,
commander of United States naval
forces in the south Atlantic, an
nounced today that five axis sub
marines have been sunk in the
last month.
Ingram said German aurface
raider had been Intercepted in
these waters and scuttled by her
crew in the same period.
"There have been comparatively
few sinkings of allied ships In the
south Atlantic," Ingrsm told a
press conference, "and we've got
ten a high percentage of enemy
craft higher, I believe, than
in
'otber soo.es.
U.S. Getting
News Of War
Says AP Writer
"The American public is getting
the news and all the news al
though it may be delayed and for
good reason," Wendell Webb, As
sociated Press correspondent who
covered the battle of Midway,
told a Joint luncheon meeting ot
the Active club and the chamber
of commerce Thursday noon at
the Euueni. hnlpl. I
the Eugene hotel
There has been "some sem
blance of reasonable, censorship
worked out" for adequate cover
age ot warfront news, Webb aaid,
pointing out that the "real news"
sent by a correspondent is from
official communiques, that a cor
respondent's chief reason for per
sonal coverage Is to give eyewit
ness accounts.
Navy communiques regarding
Jap losses at Midway were "very
. SEE U. 8. STORY
. PAGE 1
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Compensation
Bills Brought In
By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR.
SALEM, Jan. 21 OP) Em.
ployers and labor submitted their
workmen s compensation pro
grams to the legislature today, and
both groups were not very far
apart in their requests.
The labor bill, introduced by
the senate industries committee,
would give compensation to em.
ployes in hazardous industries
who are stricken with occupation
al diseases, which have increas
ed at a tremendous rate because
ot the coming war of industries to
Oregon. Employes have offered no
opposition to the plan. .
The measure is similar to laws
of 25 othMu slntai-. ,. r.
The two groups! however, each
had their own bills to compel all
employers to be covered by in.
dustrlal accident ' insurance.
The employer bill would allow
employers to insure with ' pri
vate, companies, to seix-insure, - or
to take out Insurance with the
state Industrial accident com
mission, bu) It would force them
to be covered by one of the three
systems.
This measure would create a
board, under the accident com
mission, to fix rates and to police
the private companlea and the
self-insurers. A bad risk fund
would be set up, .the cost to be
borne by the state, the self-Insurers
and the private insurance
companies.
The labor bill, however, would
compel all employers to be cov
ered under the state system, lab
or leaders believing the state sys
tem will break down unless there
is universal coverage by the state
Industrial accident system. They
said the state gets all the bad
risks, while the companies got the
good risks. ' .
German Planes Raid
London Again; Few
Get Through Barrage
LONDON, Thursday, Jan. 21.
(U.(0 Anti-aircraft guns in the
London area opened fire again
on German planes last night, less
than 12 hours after fighter-bombers
in a lunch-hour terror raid
on the capital killed at least 68
persons, Including 34 children
trapped in a bombed schoolhouse.
The night raiders turned back
without penetrating London's
anti-aircraft barrage, and no re
ports of bombing were received.
The alert lasted only about 20
minutes, the all-clear coming
shortly before midnight.
Rescue squads early today still
were digging in the wreckage of
the London schoolhouse wrecked
in yesterday's raid and it was
feared that the death toll there
might reach 80. Authorities said
28 persons still were missing,
while the number of Injured was
placed at 25. The school accom
modate 600 children, but most of
them had gone home for lunch.
New U. S. S. Yorktown
Hits Water Too Soon
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 21
U.R As though Impatient for
battle, the U. S. S. Yorktown
second aircraft carrier to bear
that Illustrious name Jumped the
gun five minutes at her launch
ing here today. , .
In so doing, the mammoth "flat
top" Interrupted one speech In her
honor and effectively cancelled
the ceremony'a main address by
Aremus L, Gates, assistant secre
tary of the navy for air.
The only explanation navy of
ficials gave tor the premature
launching was that "something
went haywire."
8th Army Takes
Tarhuna, Horns;
Tripoli Next S
LONDON, Jan. tl. UP) A
Reutera dispatch quoting a com
munique from Brlg.-Gen. Jacques
fClero' headquarters Indicated
Jod,y "1!t the Fighting French
ff.001!" hd made contact In Trip,
!ilanl wUh under Gen.
Henri Glrauda command from
Tunisia.
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
Final collapse of Premier Mus
solini's African empire appeared
to be only a matter of hours today .
amid signs that Field Marshal Er-
wln Rommel was hastily aban
doning the burning city of Trip
oil, aa the British 8th Army
stormed forward. i
TrlpoU is the last citadel of
Italy's dark continent - domain
which once embraced Eritrea,
Italian Somaliland, Abyssinia,
Clrenacla and Trlpolltania. -4-
Two Towns Taken
A bulletin from Gen. Sir Ber
nard L. Montgomery's 8th army
headquarters said British troops
yesterday captured the towns of
Tarhuna and Horns, respectively
40 and 56 miles from Tripoli, and
continued their pursuit of Rom
mel's fleeing armies. '
Frontline dispatches said Rom
mel's troops and equipment wer
mreaoy streaming westward iroaa
Tripoli toward the Tunisian fron
tier, 100 miles away, with allied
planes making a shambles ot the
enemy's line of retreat.
A 50-mlle stretch of coastal
road between Tripoli and Zuara.
waa described as littered with the
bombed and bullet-s mashed"
wreckage ot trucks and other
equipment ',
British headquarters Indicated
that Tarhuna and Horns tell early
yesterday and said that "during
the day our troops were in close
contact with the enemy retreating
to the west" , ,
Other Fronte '
For the moment, the downfall
of Mussolini's once proud African,
realm eclipsed other events, but
vital developments were shaping
elsewhere in the global war: ,
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Army Man Takes Over
On Guadalcanal Front1
WASHINGTON,' Jan, 81 (p-i!'
Undersecretary of War Robert
Patterson disclosed today that
army ground troops have replaced
the marines In the Solomons and
are commanded by Major Gen
enl Alexander Patch, who has
moved his headquarters from
New Caledonia to Guadalcanal.
"The marines who fought e)
long and so well in the Solomons .
are now getting a chance to rest,''
Patterson said at press confer
ence. , ' ,,,.
Patch, who commanded the
army troops which landed in New
Caledonia last year, relieved Ma
jor Alexander A. Vandegrift of
the marines not quite a month,
ago, Patterson said;
The army troops and Patch art
under the general command of
Major General Millard F. Hari
mon, who commands ail army
troops in the south Pacific, but
the operations In that entire area
are still under the command of
Admiral William F. Halsey, Pal.
terson said. .
The American position In th
Solomons has improved further
during the last week, Patterson
said, but the Japanese are ex
pected to make new efforts to re
inforce their troops on Guadal
canal. Axis Partners Sign
TOKYO, Jan. 21 (Japanese,
Broadcast Recorded by (U.R) at
San Francisco) Japan, Germany
and Italy have signed new agree
ments designed to substantiate the
tri-partite pact "in the field of
economics," the board ot Informa
tion announced today.
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