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th Amy 'Paoslhi'es Tlhroooglh minraeD Ooiie H Enfidaville Taken In British Advance By WES GALLAGHER ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 21. W The British Eighth army has pushed about two miles north In th Djebel Garci area 10 miles west of Enfidaville In "very severs fight ing." it was announced today. Fighting raged on a 10-mile front as the dashing veterans of Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery pressed the battle to a bloody pitch after rantnrine Enfidaville. anchor rjolnt of Marshal Erwin Rommel's south LANE COUN HOME NEWSPAPER. Loo EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1943 - ON STREETS 5c NEWS STANDS 5c NO. Ill Execute US rmen, Saysi-Lm L -nij ADril 21 OP) President Roosevelt announced l"lNG. Snt today the "barbarous execution" by the Japa R statemf t tocuiy i members ot the American armed Ku into Japanese hands as an "incident of warfare.1 statement, is- Zwhite House, was re I-. . , p roim vaiue tui ByOPA on Soup . ... rkrict irdepartmenttothej government, j i t. Rnnseveu sum, , ires, "-..:, V, cameo me -ivin information that1 were capiuicu w 'iober 19, 1942, he said, mmeni learned from Jap- fdio broadcasts of the cap Li and severe punishment Americans. Led endeavor was maae confirmation ana n woo varch 12, 1943 that this Lt received the com U given by the Japanese Ut stating that these Lis had in fact been tnea the death penany nau lonoiraced. Lane Death as further stated that the enalty was commuted for tit president said, "but tmtence 01 aeam naa Viti to others. tar deoartment's detailed ion ol the American bomb fokyo disclosed that eight American fliers were pns- were presumed to be h of Japan, (resident's statement, ex- I feeling ol deepest nor :h he said was shared by lied peoples, did not say lay of the prisoners had tecuted. Mubirooi' recourse by out enemies kfutoess in barbarous," the it said. "The effort of the war lords thus to inti- luj wiU utterly fail. It will te American people more ned than ever to blot out iimeless militarism of K he had Instructed the tptrtment to make public of its note of protest, the It said that In this corn lion the United States has Id Japan that the American Btnt "will hold personally Icially responsible for these l cnmes all of those of- the Japanese government e participated therein and flue course bring those of- justice." gent Homicide is Scheduled Mai of Milo Johnson nf e, charged with negligent . U1 be held in circuit st Monday, it was an I Wednesday, and after the 'on trial is completed the w w excused until that rason is accused of being '.0l 'or the death of Em ,.131who allegedly died "lines in an automobile ' the state highway r- ..vicnce several months P m was riding in the W of the car which as driving. ;rf in the case nf B n L. M. Chapman, ini l0?!!ing contract, re- yerdict for the plaintiff f "lernoon. Th nisini t"JS,.Jin ,he ,irst cause r- and SRfi m , tns " 1,1 me second, s PUnitlVB daman.. of Wade M. Moore General Insurance Ot Amerirn u a " 'suit to collect $186.75 ' accident u. ids -iv . ' a un mai r o Gilbert, JnSTeFrilnlt' Stella R,iLS,uincr- Rob"t F. i nam? o t . t.J.-R'x. B. M? Pleaded I'vvA u years. t,1 ' Passing a bad kr;rrovie!Ur. T Mn r.5 Was am- Air Raid Signal ''-In,,"1' 'i' raid -w Hinal. WASHINGTON, April 21 (U.RT A sharp reduction m point val ue ot all frozen fruits and veg etables and all rationed soups effective at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, was ordered today by 'the Office of Price Administration. . Simultaneously OPA eliminated black-eyed paas, a staple diet throughout the southern states, from the list of rationed products. Point values of frozen foods were cut more sharply in the -commercial container sizes (two to 10 pounds) than in the small er household sizes. Officials said this was designed to restore a more normal flow of products to hotels, restaurants, hospitals and other large users. Housewives, as well as Institu tional users, however, may pur chase the larger sizes. Heavy Cuta Under the new program all kinds of frozen fruits, in net weight containers of 16 ounces, will cost six points instead of the present 13 points. Point values of frozen asparagus, green and wax ed beans, lima beans, corn, peas and spinach in domestic contain er sizes, are reduced also from 13 to six points a pound. All other frozen vegetables In the smaller sizes were marked down from eight to four points a pound. In commercial sizes of two pounds up to and including 10 pound sizes, all frozen fruits, fruit juices and vegetables -under the reyised system will have a point value of four points a pound. In domestic container sizes (below two pounds) the basic point val ue of frozen fruit Juices will be four points a pound, and of froz en fruits and vegetables, six points a pound. Under the new program, the point value of all canned and bottled soups Is reduced from eight points a pound to six points except for tomato soup which is cut in half to four points a pound. The basic point value is the same for both household and commer cial container sizes. Officials explaining reasons for the point ' cuts said they were prompted by the same set of con ditions that brought about previ ous reductions in point values. Among these conditions, they said, were slow sales, indicating con sumer reluctance to pay the re quired number of points, and the additional factor of spoilage with the approach of warm weather and rising humidity. Officer fo Enforce Dog Ordinance Named Arthur T. Hall, 469 Sixth ave nue west, is Eugene's new hu mane officer who will enforce the city council's wartime dog ordi nance in cooperation with the Lane County Humane society. Announcement of Hall's ap pointment came Wednesday from Sidney W. Claypool, society sec retary, who said that Mr. Hall has had extensixe experience in handling animals. "The society has hired Mr. Hall and thinks he is well qualified for the positioni" Claypool said. "We have every tonfidence in his abil ity, and feel that he will be able to work out dog problems with city residents." Impounding for loose dogs will begin this week, Claypool reveal ed, and permanent headquarters for the work will be set up on FDR, Camacho I In U.S. After Mexican Visit CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., April 21. U.R President Roosevelt ana resident Manuel Avila Cam acho arrived here together today as the Mexican chief executive repaid the visit which Mr. Roose velt made yesterday to Monterrey. Then two presidents came here for a luncheon and a big air show at the navy air station. Special cars for Avila Camacho and his party of high Mexican of ficials were added to Mr. Roose velt's train before it pulled out of Monterrey. . Mr. Roosevelt and the Mexican president were together until late last night delving into the war problems of the Americas and charting co-operation in the peace ! to follow. MONTERREY, Mexico, April 21 (U.R) President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the U. S., and Manuel Avila Camacho of Mexico, after a j dramatic meeting demonstrating I unity and friendliness among the Americas, last night advocated a worldwide good neighbor policy to prevent the faults of ambition, imperialism- and privilege from ever causing another war. Both presidents reaffirmed the unity of the Americas and offer ed the good neighbor policy as a model for the world, once "the machinery of barbarism con structed by the dictators" Is com pletely destroyed. Mr. Roosevelt had arrived here late today, one week after leaving Washington. President Avila Ca , macho honored him with a review of a full motorized division of the Mexican army. The two presidents dined together and spoke from I their dinner table. , praise Given Each president, f 1 a n k e d - by leaders of his own government, praised the other's country in combating the Axis and prepar ing for the peace to follow. "It is time," said Mr. Roosevelt, "that every citizen in every one of the American republics recog nizes that the good neighbor pol icy means that harm to one re public means harm to every re public. We have, all of us, recog nized the privilege of interde pendence one upon another." Mr. Roosevelt said that the at tacks of the Axis powers during the past few years against "our common heritage as free men" culminated in the "unspeakable and unprovoked aggressions of December 7, 1941, and May 14, 1942, and the shedding of blood on those dates of citizens of the United States and Mexico alike." ".Those attacks did not find the western hemisphere unprepared," Mr. Roosevelt said. "The 21 free republics of the Americas during the past 10 years have devised a system of international coopera tion which has become a great bulwark in the defense of our heritage and our future.' That system,- he said,. Is based primarily upon a renunciation of the use of force and the enshrin ing of international justice and mutual respect as the governing rule of conduct by all nations. Sued zW.W ChoojKvA- M,ic.-tf rfyZj(i 1.. i aAk -fAxz -Tcboursouk .. I JkJi M. . .tIArouna .f j-,Font iu fiSSm affTT i . i, V S ' M 'Aff 1 II I 1 t. 7 XMiaktnff . fwhtint 0 Ijj Pichon .:,:;icherossSsprSiditlHoni Boyriijini TebmiTbTI I T ST 7- 1 I .r s ' AAIn Groseiia X "pjtmtni allied drive FontIouk yX Kmm" 1 K,n9r" Ztramedinc Bcn! Ho"" II I 1 Ali-hild area Kci'jef jfe- ern line of the Tunis-Bizerte defenses. They had already repulsed four determined counterattacks. While the British blasted at the caves and dug-ln positions, of the Nazis and Fascists with artil-, ; AN EIGHTH ARMY attack in the Enfidaville sector of the Tunisian batllefront has resulted In the capture of that city, along with strategic heights no rth and west or the anchor of Rommel's southern line. The First army has also made slight gains In the Mcdyez el Bab sector. Arrows show direction of allied drives. . ' ' Jury Pondering I Banks Boost Kuban Battle .aneDona i orai Byrnes OKs Increase For Pine Workers WASHINGTON. April 21. W) The war labor board announced today that Stabilization Director James F. Byrnes has approved a wage increase for 26,880 employes of 88 pine industry concerns in the northwestern United States. In general, the increase is 7 V4 cents an hour. The WLB's west coast lumber commission originally approved the increase, with the labor mem hpr riisscntinc and arguing for a The war laDor lnrppr amount. The war hoard aoDroved the commission's South Hilyard by next week at the j decision early in March by a 5 to latest. 4 vote. Wayne L. Morse, a public Pleased at being-named officer member, and three labor mem- lor the controversial duty, Hall i bers were in ine minority. said: "I'm familiar with dogs and have been practically all my life. I like the idea of the control and the whole set-up. I think the idea of having a humane officer will be in harmony with the ideas of the people, who want their dogs as well as their gardens protect ed." The ordinance makes It illegal for dogs to be off their owner's property, except on a leash, dur ing the six months starting April 1. Pets in violation -will be im pounded, and the owner will be subject to fine on second offense. MINERS STRIKE HARLAN. Ky., April 21. U.R) Strikes involving 2.400 workers at five rtiffnrwnt mine, rnntintiprf tn stall production of coal today in , sen fined him $30 and turned his The WLB acted prior to the president's hold the line executive order of April 8, but the decision was referred to Director Byrnes because of its possible affect on price ceilings. Byrnes' approval it was understood, does not neces sarily authorize an increase in price ceilings. . Another Speeder Loses Gasoline Ration Card Another driver lost his gasoline ration card when he appeared in the Eugene Justice court Wednes day on a charge of violating the basic traffic rule. Harry Gordon Olson was accused of speeding his car at 55 miles an hour in the 25 mile zone. Justice of the Peace John Bry- Fate of Folkes ALBANY, Ore., April 21 W Eight women and four men jurors began life-or-death deliberation at 10:15 a. m PWT today in the first-degree murder trial of Robert E. Lee Folkes, accused of the fan tastic "Lower 13" knife slaying of Mrs. Martha Virginia James, The jurors mostly arm folk took the case with Circuit Judge L. G. Lewelling's detailed instruc tions after hearing testimony and arguments for 13 days in the trial of the 20-year-old negro second cook of a Southern Pacific limited. The state asks his death for the throat slashing of the attractive Norfolk, Va., bride of a navy en sign who lay in berth Lower 13 last January 23 as the train roared past a village station near here in the pre-dawn blackness. The defense maintains Folkes was in the dining car galley pre paring breakfast at the time she was knifed in the throat. She died a few moments later in a pool of her own blood In the aisle of the sleeping car. Judge Lewelling told the jury lt could return any one of four verdicts: Guilty of murder in the first-degree which automatically calls for the death penalty if un accompanied by a recommendation for leniency: first degree with a recommendation for life imprison ment; second degree which carries mandatory life imprisonment; or acquittal. The court dwelt upon the Issue of intoxication at length during his 43-minuie instruction If the jurors found the evidence showed Folkes was intoxicated at the time he made his alleged con fession of the crime, Lewelling said, this fact should be considered although intoxication does not make a confession inadmissable as evidence unless the person mak ing the confession has lost posses sion of his faculties. As to intoxication at the time of the crime, Lewelling said that 1 if the jurors ascertained that the I evidence showed- Folkes was in- toxicatcd, this should be weighed. ! But he stressed that intoxication ' does not excuse a crime. "Intoxication, in the main," he said, "should be weighed in de- Purchases in the second war loan Wednesday were almost doubled over the previous day's figure for Lane county. Loan headquarters revealed that of the $4,600,000 goal, $3,293,127 have been turned in so far. The figure indicates that 71 per cent of the quota has been raised. It is a 34 per cent gain over Tuesday, when the total stood at $1,709,715. Bulk of the Wednesday pur chases was $1,500,000 in govern ment securities bought by the Eu gene, and Junction City branches of the U. S. National bank. The re mainder was made up of Scries E and other war bonds, sold to in dividual buyers. 2nd War Loan Goal May Be Increased WASHINGTON, April 21. (A) Treasury officials reported to day that many communities have reset their sights in the record breaking $13,000,000,000 second war loan campaign and are now trying to double their original quotas. This development was reported as sales passed the $10,000,000,000 mark and signs pointed to achievement of the goal well In advance of the three week dead line. Because of the enthusiastic re sponse throughout the country, treasury officials said, many com munities already have reached or passed their quotas and now have started out to double their ori ginal goal. "Double the quota" has become the slogan for these communities. Desnite the record outpouring of funds, treasury officials, includ- asserted More Intense MOSCOW, April 21. P A violent strupgle for an important height marked the mounting bat tle in the Kuban delta above Nov orossisk today as the Germans threw in more troops in an at tempt to regain lost positions, but nowhere did they succeed in gain ing any ground, the Russians re ported todny. A dispatch to Red Star ,the army newspaper, said that ar tillery action has Increased and there are more and more bomb ings by the German air forces op erating In strength from the wat ers of the black sea northward to the sea of Azov, Pravda, communist party news paper, printed a front line dis patch which said Rumanian troops were in the fight but that war prisoners - complained the Ger mans had abandoned them. The Germans, using more tanks to flank their increased infantry forces,, smashed at the Russian lines in one sector in a scries of 10 attacks moving in groups of from 25 to 30 which were turned back almost immediately, lt was said. The Nazis then shoved In two more fresh infantry regiments, 40 more tanks and hew plane units but after a two hour battle they retreated, leaving 1,400 dead and nearly a score of tanks destroyed. Four hours later they tried to attack again and lost 25 planes shot down and eight damaged, the Russians said. (The German communique broadcast by the Berlin radio and recorded by the Associated Press that the German air ine Secretary Morgenthau pressed disappointment at sales of bonds to individuals and made plans to concentrate more heavily on this group during the next two weeKs. v PORTLAND, Ore., April 21 (U R) Oregon today chalked up war securities sales of $24,707,064 to ward its goal nf $100,000,000 in the Second war finance campaign. ex- i force shot down 91 Soviet planes me m fighting yesterday south of Gleemen Broadcast Set For April 27 The Glceman radio broadcast, called off Tuesday evening, will be JJovorossisk and lost two planes. Light German naval forces also sank three ammunition barges, it was cleared, but the locale was not specified.) cidins the degree of guilt.' The court warned the jury held next Tuesday evening, April . . ... . i . . . i no f. . vnnv i against permuting me aymna-, ji, 11 was an""u"L,:'" company the vote among the em lilies, renuiin-iii mm yuuuc J- ntancjuny. ine ,. in In o In zt,n nt lha Tiiatriav ' - - Workers At Two Lane Mills Vote For AFL Returns from two elections In Lane county among sawmill em ployes regarding the question of union affiliation have been re ported by Homer Haney, reprc- i sentative of the carpenters' union. At the Cottage Grove Lumber lery and infantry, sleet and snow storms swirlea over ine mountain- ous area today and restricted the , great allied air offensive which ! had been summoned to paralyze 1 Axis airfields. Accompanying Gen. Sir Ber nard L. Montgomery's drive from the south, which was opened at 11 o'clock Monday night with a mighty barrage from hundreds of guns, the British First army has moved forward slightly in the Medjez-El-Bab sector west of Tunis, said a communique from I Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters. 27 Planes Shot Down The newest assaults, aimed' at collapsing the mountain rim held by Marshal Erwin Rommel and Col. Gen. Jurgen Von Arnim, were meshed with the northwest African air force's heaviest bom bardments of Axis airfields the campaign has been yet and by violent air battles in which it enemy, aircraft were shot down yesterday. Along with other planes shot down on previous days but not previously reported here, this score brought to 151 the total of enemy planes destroyed in the last three days. "Enfidaville has been occupied and all initial objectives captured after fierce fighting," the com munique said. "Four enemy coun terattacks have been repulsed, Fighting continues," Falcrmo Damaged , While hundreds of Allied planes ranged the skies, air reconnais sance showed that Flying Fortress attacks on Palermo, Sicily, had caused tremendous damage, with the harbor blocked by the hulks ot 28 ships, sunk or damaged. The sunken shipping consisted of five merchant vessels, a destroyer, another naval vessel and a mine layer, an official report said, while damaged shins included seven merchant ships two escort vessels, a tanker and a repair ship, in active shipping in the harbor in cluded four motor ferries,, at least two ot which were sevetiy dam aged, three hopper barges, two of which were damaged, one subma rine probably, damaged and one .nerchant vessel. The communique said it had been found that 10 more Axis planes were destroyed on Sunday, the day huge German air trans port tormations were shot up, bringing that day's aerial losses of the enemy to 98 aircraft. An authoritative spokesman said the Eighth army's assault was meeting with "extremely vigor ous" opposition. The fact that the Germans launched four counterattacks "with great promptness" was taken as an indication that Rom mel was defending each foot of ground to the maximum of his ability. The capture of Enfidaville It self was not believed to be of great strategic importance, but the tak ing of the heights around the town and the digging out of German machine-gun nests one by one was vital to further advances. (Delayed dispatches directly from the front, filed shortly after noon yesterday, said the British took Enfidaville itself without op nnsition. but were still engaged In a hitter hattle for Takrouna, five miles northwest of Enfidaville and nhont elcht miles inland. (Takrouna. 48 miles south of Tunis, was encircled by the Brit Ish after a three-mile advance, these advices said, but Montgom ery's men had to turn back Ger man counterattacks before contin uing their storming of Takrouna v age Itself.) Montgomery's shock troops were nfiltrat ng UD the sides of nllis and crawling from wadl to wadi In a slow, costly and daring ad vance, but never halting. The whole difficult operation drawing upon Montgomery's ex perience as a specialist in night infantry attacks, was preceded by a flying visit nf Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, allied ground force commander, and the Eighth nrmy commander to Elsenhower's head quarters the day before the assault was launched. The slight advance by the Brit ish First army was said by spokes men to have resulted in the cap ture of the village of Smadia, about three miles north of Mcdjez-El-Bab. Describing the allied air offen sive, an official statement said 'the full weight of the northwest African air forces was turned against enemy airfields in the j northwest tip nf Tunisia. It was i the heaviest and most successful blow yet struck against enemy airpowcr In Tunisia." Rostock, Stettin Raided by RAF LONDON, April 21 P Heavy British bombers attacked the German Baltic porta of Stettin and Rostock last night while speedy mosquito bombers pound ed Berlin in widespread raids from which 31 planes are missing, Uie air ministry announced today. The night's operations also In cluded mine-laying in enemy wat ers and sharp attacks by fighters and fighter-bombers on enemy railways, barges and coastal ship ping, a communique said. The operations were favored by . good weather and the bombing attacks on Stettin and Rostock which were carried out by some nf the RAF's mightiest planes were well concentrated, the air ministry said. The air ministry said tonight that the RAF dropped more than 150 4000-pound bombs in 40 min utes last night on Stettin, Ger many, in addition to hundreds of other high explosives and thou sands of incendiaries. Pilots who bombed Rostock said they hit the main plant of the Heinkel works about two and one half miles outside the city. The factory, normally employing 10, 000 persons, is the assembly cen ter for Heinkel parts manufactur ed elsewhere In Rostock. Southeast coast observers said the cross-channel offensive con tinued late into the afternoon with explosions in the direction of Calais and Boulogne which wera so intense they shook buildings miles inland from England's coast. Rostock Is the site of the Hein kel and Neptuna works and the communique said ' the port and the Heinkel works were the speci fic targets In last night's raid. The last previous British raid on Ros tock was. April-26, -1942 when it was bombed for the fourth night in a row. At that time fires were set that were seen 250 miles away and the center of the city wai reduced to a heap of ashes. - Medal, Owner To Be Reunited - Portland police, who are look Ing for Granville M. (Jim) Smith, former Eugenean, to giv him a medal which he received in 1922 will find him at 2135 Vine street, Klamath Falls. The former Eugenean, son of Mrs. H. F. Gerlach, Eugene, re ceived the Carnegie award fSr saving his step-father, Ham Gerlach, on June 28, 1022. Gerlach had gone into a well which was being dug on his place and was overcome by fumes. Smith, 22, at the time, climbed down into the well and tied a rope around his step father, making the rescue pos sible. He was Identified through hlj mother, Mrs. Gerlach. Smith now works In a Klamath Falls sawmill. The award was found by Luther J. Neufer, now of Portland, several years ago In Klamath Falls, SCHOOLS EXPANDED BOISE, Idaho, April 21. OP) Lowiston.and Albion state normal schools, two-year institutions since their establishment, will offer four-year courses leading to a de gree of bachelor of arts in educa tion beginning in the fall of 1943. MM.nl m illnnnrniral In tujav ...... 1 --m O ,n Din n i.w... , v r ' i union in reaming a veraici. over in jviuiuai coasi uciwui. routes remain iiiiijmjvc, nrrangermiiva mr ,,"'"" . fl in -(.-- (-.rove seemingly bored, during the were made through the efforts of "UP -"" ive. AFL No. 2627, Lumber and Sawmill Workers, is the AFL southeastern Kentucky. I card over to the ration board. court's instructions Wilbur Brinson, the slain wo- I man s lather, ana ner widower, j Ensign Richard F. James, were in i the courtroom when the Jury re i tired. Neither showed visible emo I Uon, the local radio station and the ai sncnsiromi iumoer com chamber of commerce. The broad-1 P"ny the vote was as follows: AFL, i. .iv.n m rfvorll E.iBene.l 83: CIO, 48; neither affiliation, 19. although no commercials are used.' The event was called oil this ween because of President Roosevelt's talk Tuesday evening. Saturday Deadline For City Bicycle Licences Saturday, May I, is the deadline! for purchasing 1943 city bicycle! licenses, Chief of Police Carl F. Bergman said Wednesday. i Approximately 2,750 bicycles are still without licenses. Only 1,-! 250 have been taken out so far. The AFL group here is local No. ! Tne police ,tati,m open 24 houri "m' , I a day and will Issue licenses at The elections are held under df- I any .time. The annual fee ti 25 i rectum of NLRB. I cent. PARADE IT IN TOKYOI Barkirtg touchy shim on that outgrown baby buggy every time you step into your crowded garage is madden ingbut Tojo loves Itl Dusted off and sold you can parade It In Tokyo. I'll find the customer, you buy War Stamps with the cash. Uncle Sam will buy bullets for General Doollttle's next flight to Japan. Ain't that smart? I'm a Register - Guard Want Ad. I send all kinds of discarded things to war every day. rhnne mo at 1200 ' and I'll send something to war for youl M f v. :i if- i-