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F.R. Would Open
Immigration Door
Tar Banned In
Branding Sheep
Wheat Acreage
To Be Reduced
Br John W. rally
Washington, Dec. 8 High of
ficials are trying to give the
rush act to two pieces of pro
posed legislation. One is to per
mit the president to set aside
the immigration laws and admit
European refugees who are wait
ing in England, Mexico, Cuba
and co im tries in Latin-America
for the opportunity to dash Into
the United States. The other is
a bill, not yet introduced, which
would enable Bonneville power
administration to buy the
Puget Sound Power Sc Light
with "revenue bonds." Sponsors
explain that this is the entire
intent of this measure. Just to
take over the Puget Sound pri
vate utility and not bother any
other private company in the
Bonneville Coulee area Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho.
It is no secret that the White
House is demanding the power
to suspend the immigration
laws and the tariff act. The
White House has insisted on
having this legislation passed be
fore January 3, when this ses
sion of congress (the 77th) ad
journs sine die. The recent re
surgence of the Republican
party in both branches of con
gress, the White House appar
ently believes, would prevent
the granting of these additional
powers; therefore the present
overwhelmingly new deal con
gress is looked to for accom
plishing the Job.
Explanation of administration
leaders is that suspending the
immigration act will simplify
the movement of troops In and
out of Canada and British Col
umbia; wUl facilitate the entry
of foreign missions by removing
red tape of the immigration serv
ice. Republican members do not
object to these provisions but
insist that these exceptions be
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WILLPLAY HOST
Veterans of the first World
War stationed at Camp White
are giving a party for veterans
and their wives of the Rogue
River valley, at Service Club
No. 1, Thursday evening, Dec.
10. There are aboJt sixty veter
ans of World War I at the camp
and all local veterans and es
pecially their wives are urged
to attend the party which will
include music by the 91st Mili
tary band, old time music and
dancing.
For those not wishing to drive
to the camp a bus will leave the
Rogue Terminal bus station at
7:30.
50 Killed In Blast
Al Belgian Factory
. London, Dec. 8 (U.R) The
Free Belgian News Agency to
day reported that SO workers
were killed in an explosion at
the La Forcita Powder Works at
Baelen, Belgium, and that a new
series of fires in Flanders, ap
parently started by saboteurs,
has destroyed more than 1,000,
000 francs worth of flax.
SIDE GLANCES
Bt
tribune reporter
Gene Rlebe, back from the
navy for a short stay, and getting
admiring feminine glances for
his uniform.
Emma Jane Brewer being ac
companist for brother John and
June Jarmin who presented an
excellent group of numbers for
Crater Lake Guild.
And Clara Danielj receiving
much applause for her two read
ings on the ausa program.
25 PER CENT OF
AFLOATJTACT
Revelation by Sec'y Knox
Indicates German At
tempt, to Mislead Allies.
Washington, Dec. 8 (U.R) At
least 15 French warships, in
cluding four submarines under
construction, and five tankers
fell undamaged into 'German
hands at Toulon despite the dra
matic scuttling operations of
November 27, Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox said today.
Fifty-four warships and one
merchant vessel were sunk,
damaged or unaccounted for aft
er being previously observed
afloat in the harbor, he added.
Seen From Sky
Knox's disclosures were made
possible by aerial reconnais
sance over Toulon after the
smoke had cleared away follow
ing the French fleet's partially
successful suicide attempt.
The secretary released a list
of surviving ships which showed
that Vichy radio accounts of the
scuttling had been exaggerated.
On November 27, the Vichy ra
dio said that by 10 a. m. that
day not a single French war
ship was afloat in the harbor.
In addition to the vessels
which fell undamaged to the
Germans, two large battleships
the Dunkerque and Strasbourg
are in salvageable condition,
Knox said.
. Even though., the Germans
should be able to make immedi
ate use of the ships which es
caped destruction in Toulon, the
allied acquisition of Dakar and
French vessels In that West
African base would more than
offset the German gains.
Asked for comment on Dakar,
Knox said the agreement with
French authorities there
"brought with it quite a number
of French ships." He said the
strategic advantage, however,
are "largely negative, In that we
can now deny any use of the
port to the enemy.
"It's a very good port, how
evera good base," he added.
Not all ships which survived
the Toulon scuttling fell into
German hands.
FRENCH VESSELS
ON ALLIES' SIDE
Allied North African Head
quarters, Dec. 8. (U.R) A siz
able portion of the French fleet
and the French merchant marine
Joined the cause of the United
Nations today as Pierre Boisson,
governor-general of French West
Africa came to a definite agree
ment with Lieut. Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, Allied command
er in chief.
The agreement turned the
strategic port of Dakar, on the
western bulge of Africa closest
to South America, with its dom
inance of the south Atlantic,
over to the United Nations for
naval uses. West African air
dromes were Included.
The number of French war
ships and merchant ships in Da
kar harbor was not known here,
but they were believed to in
clude the 35.000 ton battleship
Richelieu, completed In 1940.
three 7,600 ton cruisers, Gloire,
Montcalm and Georges Leygues,
three 2.569 ton destroyers. Fan
tasque, Malin and Terrible, 12
submarines, three mine sweep
ers, 10 corvettes, other light ves
sels and a large number of mer
chant ships.
Eisenhower, In announcing
the agreement, said the details
"involving the future employ
ment" of these formidable fight
ing and merchant fleets would
be worked out in conferences at
Dakar.
FOREST SUPERVISOR
Missoula, Mont., Dec. 8 (U.R)
Clyde S. Webb, acting regional
forester here, announced today
the appointment of Clayton S.
Crocker as supervisor of the Nez
Pcrct national fur est ia Idaho.
Allied Drive From East Planned
To Nip Rommel Between Jaws
LOCAL DEFENSES
RECEIVE TEST IN
MOCK AIR ATTACK
Air Raid Wardens, Control
Center, Medical and Other
Branches in Operation.
You probably didn't know it
but your air raid wardens, your
control center, the medical, pub
lic utilities and police services
of civilian defense went into op
eration last night to protect you
from a mock attack when these
volunteers were called for a par
tial mobilization in a test raid.
Four incidents, located in four
different parts of the city were
carried through from beginning
to end and those in charge re
ported today that 'everything
went along fine". Eighteen "cas
ualties" were reported and these
were carefully handled by the
stretcher teams, ambulances and
hospitals.
Auxiliary police blocked the
streets and helped with first aid.
The control center went into
immediate action.
The public utilities depart
ment set about making necessary
repairs to keep the community
in shape when electrical lines,
gas lines, water mains and tele
phones were put out of com
mission."
Both hospitals were complete
ly blacked-out for the mobiliza
tion and patients were trans
ferred from the ambulances to
the operating rooms, were given
Immediate attention by doctors,
x-rayed if necessary and put to
bed by nurses. Those in charge
reported today that bom nos
pitals cooperated 100 per cent
and worked in complete coordi
nation. First aid had been given
the "patients", who were tagged
with their supposed injuries, and
doctors reported that the first
aid treatment showed ability
and a fine understanding of first
aid fundamentals.
Wnrkine on the test were
Shelby Tuttle, commander uf
the protection division; bod in or
ris, control center; Claude Hag
gard, first aid; medical, Dr. L. D.
lnskeep; utilities, John Boyle;
oolice. Svd Brown; wardens in
the various districts; George
Field, executive officer at the
control center, and others.
Leonard Mayfield, Ward Ham
mond, Guy Davis and Earl Yoak
ley were each stationed at one
of the incidents and made full
report on the manner In whicn
it was handled. Also present
was Lieut. Stokey, liason officer
(mm Camn White.
Delays occurred as expected
in the test mobilization uiose in
charge stated, but on the whole
it was handled in record time.
Detroit, Dec. 8 U.PJ Albert
Kahn, noted industrial arcniteci
who has designed hundreds of
factories, Including Henry Ford's
high Willow Run bomber plant
died today. He. was 73.
Rationing Board
Asks Public To
Help Ease Flood
Despite the fact that ration
ing boards throughout the
country are closing their
doors for several days in
order to catch up on their
work, the local war price and
rationing board is remaining
open, board members stated
today. It was thought by the
members that the board could
best serve the public by re
maining open despite the
press of work.
The public Is asked to re
frain from calling on the
board in person or by tele
phone unless their needs are
urgent. Volunteer workers
through the chamber of com
merce and other sources are
helping ease the work which
is now In the hands of the
board.
FRANCO'S ADDRESS'
SEEN REITERATION
0 F NEUTRAL AIMS
Middle-of-Road Policy Read
in Spanish Leader's Talk
Before Falangist Council.
London, Dec. 8 (U.R) Politi
cal circles believed today that
Gen. Francisco Franco once
more has made plain that he de
sires to keep Spain neutral In
the spreading World War.
That was the interpretation
placed on Franco's address be
fore the Falangist council which
was described privately as "lip
service" to the axis.
It was believed here that
Franco had re-emphasized his
determination to continue to
straddle the fence as he has done
since start of the war unless
forced by armed action by. one
side or the other to take a posi
tive stand.
Comment Walts
There was no official com
ment on the speech here and
none was expected until the text
bad been closely studied.
However, it was noted that
Franco. owes his position to the
armed support of both Germany
and Italy and that he has always
stated his public support of the
axis.
One source said that similar
lip service to the axis might be
expected from Spanish leaders
up to the moment of Germany's
final defeat but that this did
not alter the fact that Spain
wants to stay out of war and
Franco knows it.
Diplomatic circles believed
that Franco might well succeed
in his ambition of going through
the war on the sidelines.
These quarters felt that Adolf
Hitler had enough on his hands
without undertaking the Job of
policing a resentful population
many of whom fought against
Fascism less than four years ago.
One diplomat said, "The par
allel with Napoleon would be
too complete if Hitler attacked
Spain. The allies could ask for
nothing better."
PEN AND PENCIL MAKERS
ORDERED TO CUT OUTPUT
Washington, Dec. 8 (U.R)
The war production board has
ordered sharp cuts in the produc
tion of pens and pencils and
banned the use of critical mater
ials wherever possible in their
manufacture.
OLDEST WOMAN DIES
St. Johny. Newfoundland, Dec.
8 U.R Mrs. Ella N. Carroll,
113, died Sunday at her home
at North River Conception Bay.
She was said to have been the
oldest woman in the British empire.
Test Raid Mobilization Mistake Shows
Flaws in Civilian Defense Machinery
l Salt Lake City, Dec. 8 U.R !
, The Intermountain west Utah,
' Idaho and Montana today was
; gradually recovering from the
, shock of its first practice atr raid
alert an alert that authorities
maintained was the "real thing"
for nearly two hours.
The signal for a "red alert air
raid mobilization was sounded
here at 7:55 p. m MWT, last
night by Gus P. Backman, civil
ian defense sector coordinator
for the three states. An 'all
clear" was not sounded until 10
p. m. a tew minutes after Back
man said he discovered the or
der should have read "red alert
test mobilization."
Military authorities month
ago had placed ban on any air
raid detente tests in this area,
so when Backman sounded hi
War Bulletins
London. Dec 8 (U.R)
Speedy, low-level mosquito at
tack bombers of the Royal Air
Force this aftornoon continued
the allied air of fansive against
axis occupied Europe with at
tacks en Industrial objectives
In Holland and northwest Ger
many, an air ministry com
munique announced.
Simultaneously, British
fighter formatlou swept over
northern France and Belgium,
attacking railways, barges,
and other targets, the com
munique said.
One bomber was lost.
21 JAP PLANES
ADDED TO LIST
Gen. MacArthur's Headquar
ters, Australia, Dec. 8 (U.R)
Allied air forces had destroyed
21 more Japanese planes on the
New Guinea front today as
methodical preparations went
on for a final assault against the
enemy garrisons in , the Buna
area.
"As far as ground fighting Is
concerned," said a spokesman
for Gen. Douglas MacArthur,
"this hasn't been a quiet day up
there. Just because it Isn't re
ported that Buna has been cap
tured, it doesn't mean they
haven't been fighting to beat
hell up there."
The Japanese had lost 68 air
craft since Dec. 1 and an estimat
ed 107 since the drive against
Buna began 20 days ago.
The enemy sent in yesterday
its strongest air force since the
campaign opened, in an attempt
to relieve pressure on the hard
pressed ground forces, but of 18
medium Japanese bombers, six
were shot down. Of eight dive
bombers, five were destroyed,
and only five of a dozen zero
fighters escaped.
E
Cleveland, Dec. 8 (U.R) Su
burban Euclid officials today re
ported discovery of a hoard of
gasoline that could keep a
motorist with a basic "A" ration
book riding for nearly 10 years.
The gasoline hoard, totaling
1,960 gallons, was concealed in
two tanks burled under a tennis
court on the property of Abra
ham L. Carson, a Cleveland busi
ness man. He was charged with
violating the building code.
alarm, most citizens thought for
a while at least that enemy
planes might actually be head
ing tor this rich inland Indus
trial empire.
Backman contended his order
came from the pre-arranged
source at Portland. However.
Portland authorities maintained
they Issued no such order. The
Pacific northwest Itself had an
alert last night, but it was a pre
scheduled affair, one of a series,
and there 'was none of the con
fusion there that there was in
the Intermountain area.
Throughout the alert, all mili
tary sources maintained silence.
Salt Lake City radio stations
left the air from 8:45 p. m. until
10 p. m. Montana stations were
also off briefly.
Lights In Salt Lake City and
Salt Lake county Including
(BRITISH TO MOVE
WESTWARD FROM
EL AGHEILA AREA
New Strategy Would Pinch
Axis in Tunisia Yankees
Wait Air Reinforcements.
By Edward W. Beattte
United Press Correspondent
London, Dec. 8 (U.R) A
grand allied assault from the
east on the Axis position in
Africa, it appeared today, may
hit the Germans and Italians
while the Tunisia fighting still
is in the hard skirmishing stage.
The British Eighth army, in
the opinion of London observ
ers, probably has completed
preparations for the break
through attack at El Agheila
which is expected to throw
Marshal Erwin Rommel Into a
new retreat for Tripoli.
To Pinch Axis
As the Eighth army attack
develops, it was said, the Brit
ish first army with its Ameri
can and French elements under
Lieut. Gen. K. A. N. Anderson
can be expected to move for
ward to pinch the Axis from the
west,
For the moment, reports from
Africa made plain, the allies in
Tunisia were on the defensive
as they worked to bring up suf
ficient air strength to break the
Luftwaffes dominance of the
forward fighting zone.
However, it was doubted that
the Germans with the limited
land forces at theis disposal will
attempt to press forward any
great distance despite their suc
cess in the opening rounds of
the Tebourba - DJedelda Mateur
battle.
Air Strength Needed
It was agreed that allied losses
in tanks and men will probably
continue so long as the Axis air
superiority can be maintained in
the battle area. '
Allied bombing of Axis air
dromes at Bizerte and Tunis was
believed to be hampering the
Nazis in employing these fields
and cutting their air attacks on
American and British troops to
a considerable extent.
German radio reports from
Tangier said that Anderson's
headquarters indicated the al
lies would be forced to wage a
defensive battle in Tunisia for
some time.
Radio Vichy claimed that
new and violent tank battle was
being fought west of Tebourba
and the DNB Nazi news agency
said Gernfan divebombers and
lighters had destroyed many al
lied tanks.
The rapid expansion of gov
ernment expenditures for goods
and services will raise them to
an estimated annual rate of 889
billion in the first half of 1943
those at the vital Utah Copper
company works were blacked
out for an hour. Ft. Douglas,
headquarters of the Ninth Serv
ice Command, kept its lights on
most of the time.
Gov. Chase Clark of Idaho,
transmitting Backman's order,
called a "red alert" and ordered
the State Home Guard mobilized
A similar "red alert" was Issued
In Montana by State Defense
Coordinator W. G. Ferguson,
One pedestrian was struck by
a car during the test and serf
ously injured. Two key defense
officials had a heated argument
over orders.
Backman said the test, "while
unexpected," proved "there are
a lot of flaws In our civilian de
fense machinery that must be
corrected so for that it was a
good thing.'
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Commemorating the attack on Pearl Harbor Just a year ago, soldiers of i
Uncle Sam's Army march up San Francisco's rain -swept Market street!
In the Deo. 7 parade. News headlines of the day on the newsreel theater
sign in the background proclaim the Allied swing to the offensive.
Silver Senator Renews Filibuster
Against Measure to Permit Sale
Washington, Dec. 8 0J.R) Sen. Pat McCarran. D.. Nev.. to
day continued a determined attempt to prevent senate consid
eration of legislation to permit
war use at B0 cents an ounce.
Speaking in a low voice al
most inaudible In the galleries,!
McCarran said he was prepared
to "talk for a long time" to keep
the bill from coming up in this
session. He started talking
against the measure yesterday.
McCarran has proposed a sub
stitute for the original silver bill
which would permit treasury sil
ver to be sold at 71.11 cents on
ounce. The standard price of
non-monetary silver is $1.29 an
ounce.
While McCarran spoke, the'
senate awaited house approval,
expected today, of a revised con
ference report on another contro
versial measure a bill to estab
lish a three-man commission to
pro-rate $40,000,000 in claims of
American nationals against the
Mexican government.
Marshfleld, Ore., Dee. 8 U.R)
John Nodine, Sixes, Ore.,
rancher, was held here by police
today following his reported ad
mission to a coroner's Jury that
he shot and killed his sister,
Katherine Nodine, 51, during a
dispute.
At Gold Beach, where Curry
County Coroner W. A. Cart
wright conducted an autopsy, it
was determined that Miss Noline
died when a single buckshot
from her brother's shotgun
punctured her lung.
Cartwright said Nodine ad
mitted firing the fatal shot but
said he was forced to fire in self
defense when his sister and an
other brother came to his ranch
and provoked a shooting fray
during which the -woman was
shot.
Tax Collections
Total $864,086
Tax Collections up to Decem
ber 1, for 1942-1943 taxes
amounted to $864,086.02, the
tax collection department of the
sheriff's office reported today.
The collections are for the tax
year ending June 10, 1943. No
comparison with the previous
year Is possible, due to the
change In taxpaylng time, the
first of this year made by legis
lative enactment.
SOCIALITE SUES
Los Angeles, Dec. 8. (U.R
Socially prominent Mrs. Jocelyn
Starlight today filed suit to di
vorce Benjamin V. Starlight
(CQ) New York financier, charg
ing cruelty and asking $1,000 a
month alimony. Her complaint
estimated his fortune at $400,
000 and said he had an income
of $4,000 to $5,000 a month.
They were married In Phoenix.
Ariz., January 1 and separated
1 last Saturday.
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sale of treasury-owned silver for
TO SLAY ENEMY
Moscow, Dec. 8 (U.R) A bliz
zard swept the Stalingrad battle
front today while hard-riding
Russian Cossacks dashed over the
snow cutting down stragglers
from German units bogged down
In the deep drifts.
Despite the driving snow,
fighting was heavy and artillery
duels continued day and night.
The big shells threw up great
geysers of snow amid struggling
masses of men and machines.
Russian' sapper crews, advanc
ing into the German minefields,
were having difficulty clearing
away enemy obstructions, front
dispatches said. Mines and tank
traps were buried deep under the
snow, and operations were
slowed somewhat by bad weather
conditions and Impassable snow
banks.
The German resistance was
stiffening along the entire front,
and the Nazi commander!
whipped their thin-clad men into
tierce and repeated counterat
tacks without regard for losses.
Washington, Dec. 8 (U.R)
Agriculture department officials
said today no Immediate change
were contemplated in the food
program because of appointment
of Secretary Claude R. Wlckard
as food administrator.
"We are going right ahead
with plans to ration meats, and
possibly some dairy products,'
an official said.
Definite plans will await re
turn of Wlckard from a meeting
of southern agricultural program
directors in Memphis, Tenn. He
plans to attend similar confer
ences in Chicago and New York
during the next 10 days.
Radio Highlights
Washington, Dec. 8 U.I0
Petroleum Administrator Harold
L. Ickes will discuss the petro
leum supply situation in a radio
address over the Columbia
Broadcasting System at 6:30 p
m. P.W.T, tonight.
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