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The idea is sup posed to be so good that the bill will make its second appearance with what is believed to be a pretty fair prospect of being en acted. Reason this hope is hem out Is. that almost every state in the Union is affected so wide spread have been the purchasing activities ot the military torces. There are counties In the northwest which are suffering I because the government bought so generously, and where more purchases are contemplated. One of the latest is the site- for a large air base at Mountain Home, Ida.; aonther, the navy plans to expand the blimp base on Tilla mook coast by 16,000 acres of fine pasture land. This blimp base, which was to have been lo cated in California, Is to be no temporary affair; it Is being built permanently, far win, lose or draw,' Japan will always be an enemy and must be watched. Every county court In Wash ington and Oregon, at least. which has seen property slip off the assessment rolls is behind the bill to make the army .and navy pay taxes. BY June, 1943, the armed i forces want another 55,000 nurses; by June, 1944, 65,000 more Training schools for nurses are all hospitals in the Pacific northwest and if a candidate cannot pay the fees the govern ment will absorb them. Of the 55,000 scheduled for graduation by next June there is a short age of 19,000. Eligibles are worn- (Continued on Paga SU) E Washington, Dec. 29 (U.B Small business concerns the kind that serve suburban neigh borhoods and crossroads towns- today received a promise from the war production board that in the future they can expect more equitable distribution of dwindling stocks of furniture, clothing and other consumers' goods. The WPB has set up controls over the sire of stock Inventories of large manufacturers, whole salers and retailers which even tually will force large concerns ' to share their merchandise more equitably with smaller ones. Affected by the order, which becomes effective early next year, are stores and stock-carry ing branches of manufacturers whose Individual annual sales total $200,000 or more and whose inventories -total at least $50,000. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTER Bert Daugherty, all graduated from Yale and dressed up in his Navy uniform, and home 'or a brief visit before leaving for duty "somewhere" and being quite ex plicit about not wanting his name in the paper. And Sgt. Don Lawrence of the army air force also home for a brief time after sojourning In Alaska and Las Vegas, Nev.. which he describes as out-Reno-Ing Rene Bl Men Surround Hideout, Move in At Early Morning Hour 2 Resisters Slain. Chicago. Dec. 29 (U.R) FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover today announced that the terrible Touhy gangsters "the most vi cious and most dangerous crim inals the country ever had were killed or captured in a series of raids by G-men early this morning in the seizure of Roger Touhy and Basil( the Owl) Banghart. Captured were: Roger (The Terrible) Touhy, gang leader. Basil (The Owl) Banghart, his lieutenant. . Edward Darlak, escaped Joliet prison lifer. William Stewart, lifer. Matthew Nelson, lifer. Slain resisting capture were: Eugene Lanthorn, alias James O'Connor, lifer. St. Clair Mclnerney, alls Baby Doll and the Saint, a safe blower and robber. "This wipes out the Touhy gang, Hoover said. Two Mowed Down After mowing down the two men who resisted, the FBI men moved against the gang leaders with tommy guns, tear gas, and rifles in a north side apartment. Hoover described the scene this way: ' ' "' "The aero hour was- set lor o o'clock this morning for the raid of the Touhv-Banghart hideout, FBI agents surrounded tne building. They had an apart ment on the floor opposite Touhy's apartment. The FBI was equipped with machine guns, high-powered rifles and tear Eas. The building was lighted with searchlights at ex actly 5 o clock. Banghart First "Loudspeakers which had been set up told the men to surrender arid instructed them to come out of their apartment backwards, hands ud and one at a lime, Ranshart first. The men deliberated 10 min utes. Banghart, acting as spokes man, indicated they wouia sur render and following instruc tions, backed out of the room, hands up, and was taken. The others louowea inu there was no struggle. They were Touhy and Edward Darlak. At that point Hoover smuea and remarked that the FBI's only Jurisdiction was for draft evasion, except in the case of Banghart, machine-gunner for the mob as it was constituted in the roaring prohibition era, who was wanted on a previous feder al conviction with 36 years to run for a $100,000 Charlotte N. C. mail robbery. Failed To Registsr The boys had neglected to register for the draft after they broke from Joliet, Touhy had dyed his curly black hair peroxide blond. The others were easily recognized by the men who had circularized the nation for their capture since they shot their way over the walls of the Stateville peniten tiary at Joliet, 111., last Octo- kav O The mob's hair-trigger leaders mrrehdered with a docility in marked contrast to the resist ance of two of their henchmen, r.n Lanthorn. alias O'Con nor, and St. Clair (Baby Doll) These men were surrounded In similar fashion at lliia p. m nit mowed down in a searing blast from tommy guns when they tried to shoot their way out of the trap. Had to Be Killed "We were waiting for them and they fired on us and they had to be killed. Hoover ex nlained. Lanthorn. the FBI director said, was one of the most vicious and ruthless criminals in the country. He was a thief at 12 and at 15, while handcuffed, he swam a swamp and escaped from police. His left arm was para lyzed from bullet wounds. The captures began at Minnea polis on Dec. 18 with Matthew (OonuaiMd on rage SU) Vichy Loses Somaliland, Last War Bulletins London. Dee. 29. (U.R) British fighting planes car tied out patrol missions ever the low countries and aorta era France today, aa air min istry communique announced. Mosquito planes of the bomber command attacked a railway target la France. Two British planss were tout ing. Washington. Dec 29 U.R President Roosevelt, dis counting reports to the con trary from abroad, said today he fully expected to confsr vary soon with Cea. Charles Do Gaulle, leader of the Fighting French. The president said no defin ite date had beea set for De Gsulle's visit. The trip of the French leader to the United States hsd beea p-ailjiieed twice, but he expected to see him very soon, Mr. Roosevelt added. Washington, Dec. 29 U.R) Allied units have been with drawn from the hill position six miles northeast of Medjes El Bsb la northern Tunisia, which thsy took on Christmas eve. the War department an nounced today. ING FORCE Moscow. Dec. 29 (U.R) A special Soviet communique said tonight that Russian troops had taken Kotelnikov ski. important rail center southwest of Stalingrad. ' (By Unitsd Press) Russian forces drove on Ros tov from the north and the northeast today, developing a gigantic plncer potentially cap able of isolating one-third of Adolf Hitler's armies. The Red army had all but en circled Kotelnikovski, principal German base southwest of Stal ingrad, and Soviet troops push ing down the Voronezh rail line were within 80 miles of Rostov, the gateway to the Caucasus. Success of the twin drives, to gether with the capitulation of 22 German divisions pocketed far to the rear of the present operations, would end the threat on the southern front for this winter 'at least and would seri ously cripple Hitler's manpower reserves for operations on all fronts. On the southwest Stalingrad front, driving forward through out the night, the Russians took several more small towns and villages, killed more than 2,000 Germans and knocked out 20 tanks. !E E Portland, Dec. 29 (U.R) Rus sell P. Kramer today assumed his new post as special agent In charge of the Portland office of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion, succeeding J. Douglas Swenson. who reportedly re signed because of displeasure over a proposed transfer to Dal las, Tex., has not announced fu ture plans. Jap's Bribery Try Net Ten Months Los Angeles, Dec. 29. (U.R) Atsushl Endo, 38-year-old Jap anese, began a 10 months' sent ence In the county Jail today for attempts to bribe civilian guards at Santa Anita assembly center. Endo was charged with offer ing 850 weekly to guards if they would allow him to oper ate gambling games. He pleaded guilty. . TANK CARS FROZEN Washington, Dec. 29 (U.R) The Office of Defense Transport ation today froze in eastern pe troleum service all tank cars op erating In that area. i - r I - - : TANKS ARE COMIN U.S. motorized columns in rapid advance in Algeria, raise a cloud of dust as they move up toward front! lines over coastal road in the North African theater of war. These troops are now encasine Axis in Tunisia. BL PAUL MITT Washington, Dec. 29. (U.R) War Manpower .Chief Paul V. McNutt todav revised UDward to 65,400,000 his estimate ot the number ol men and women of this country who will be en gaged in war industries and on the - battlefront by December, 104. '." r . .,':-'-: .,"' . McNutt, at press conference. declined to say whether the 2, 200,000 Increase over previous estimates of 1943 manpower re quirements was due to needs of the armed forces. He said 69,000,000 persons are now working in essential indus tries, agriculture, . non-essential Industries, professional or scien title professions, or are in the armed forces. This means that 6,400,000 more persons must go to work or become members of the armed forces in the text a months, he added. Asked why the estimate had been revised upward from 63, 200,000, McNutt said: "We now have a more com plete picture before us. It is. due to needs of agriculture, lend-lease, and supplying our armed forces." McNutt said 17,500,000 per sons now are employed in war industries alone, an Increase of 10,600,000 over December, 1941. The number employed in non .ntisl industries, decreased from 29,200,000 to 21,100,000, he said. Industry, he said, will neea 19,300,000 persons by December, loss -r 1.800.000 more than it h. nnw. This leave 4.600,000 to be found for agriculture ana the armed forces, he said. President Roosevelt sam re cently that the armed torces would have 9,7uu,uug men, .i. u n nfficers. bv the end of 1943, an increase of 4.200.000 over the present estimates siic. Thn. mi McNutt s revisea ins ures, it would appear tnai " remaining 400,000 are needed in agriculture. Austin, Tex, Dec. 29 (U.R) The last edition of the Austin Daily Tribune was Issued today. A brief announcement in the paper said: "This Is the last publication of the Austin Dally Tribune. Con- servstion is ever in the public Interest. "We are grateful to those who have with loyalty supported this undertaking. "Uncertainty and trial shall reign for some time, yet there are none but who with militant confidence face the future with unfailing hope. The Tribune be gan an - Ideal which shall re main." Announcement came as sur- prise even to editorial employes, '"&'b ' ' v'rtL'iw BAY AREAJTREMBLES San Francisco, Dec. 29 (U.R) A dish-rattling earthquake shook San Francisco, Berkeley, Richmond and other nearby communities at 11:18 a. m. today but no damage was re ported. Prof. Perry Byerly, University I of California seismologist, de scribed the tremor as "small but sharp". The quake was recorded over a period of three minutes on the university selsmograpn. Byerly said the epicenter of the quake was 15 miles from Berk eley. . Chandeliers swayed and dishes rattled in many homes. The tremor was felt In downtown ot flee blilldings. " '. " The quake was felt as far east as Concord in Contra Costa county, where telephone lines quivered during the brief tem blor. Dish-rattling was reported at Richmond on tha east side of San Francisco Bay, and In other metropolitan communities fring ing the bay. A quick, up-and-down move ment was felt in top stories of San Francisco buildings. L TO HELP SALVAGE EMPTY TIN CANS Save your tin cans because the school children will be around to gather them up. The tin can salvage Is expected to go Into high gear In the schools as quickly as large containers can be provided for the tin, E. ti Hedrick, city school superin tendent, stated today. The con tainers on hand at the school house now are being used for metal and rubber salvage. A. S. Cummins, county sal- vase chairman, has promised that a means of gathering up the tin cans will be provided from the schoolhouses when a local outlet for the cans has been secured Housewives were reminded to take the label from the can wash the can thoroughly, remove both ends, flatter the can and In sert the ends, making a compact and neat package of tin salvage. These cans, when. properly pre pared, may be stored in mue space until picked up by the school children in uie aiv drive. , GIVEN NEW HOPE Portland, Dec. 29 (U.R) Port land restaurants, plagued by help shortage and the prospect of forced closure In some in stances, were heartened today with the announcement that rep resentatives of the army, navy and war manpower commission would conduct a series of meet ings beginning tomorrow In an effort to work out a solution. The labor shortage reached a climax Christmas day when the failure of hundreds of employes to report for work forced many restaurants to close their doors. French Strongnold OF 125 UNITS TO Plans for the Federal Housing Administration project to be constructed here near the Jack son school,' are being prepared by Architects Francis C. Jacob- berger and Frank C. Clark, as sisted by a force of 'eight draughtsmen. The project will cost in the neighborhood of $400,000, and will consist of 125 family units, arranged ' In 28 rows of houses. The site Is about 15 acres, bounded by Mo Andrews Road, Summit avenue, Clark street .and Jackson street, Clark reported: Besides the family units, there will be a Community House, with the administrator's office, storage space and social room There will be a children's play ground, and parks through the project. It will be used by de fense workers and soldiers with families. Allocation of (10,000 for landscaping had been made, Clark further explained. Each unit will consist of a oarlor. dinlnl room, kitchen, bath room and bedrooms, the number of bedrooms varying, They will be built according to government specifications, with shingled exteriors, slate chip mineral composition roofs, and gypsom board and panelled, in teriors. The plans were slated to be pnmDleted by January 1, but have been delayed by surveying details. Clark said. There also are several sewer and water problems to be adjusted. The work will be let In lump contract, to be 50 per cent completed In BU wonting oays, and the balance In 30 more working days, Clark .further said. Skelton' Cruelty Detail Unrecited Hollywood, Dec. 29. 0J.R Edna Skelton, manager, gag- writer and wife of Red Skelton the screen and radio comedian, accused her husband of cruelty todav In a divorce suit. Without detailing her charge. Mrs. Skelton said that she could work with her husband but that she couldn't continue living with him because of his cruelty. They separated last Septem ber 22, she said. They were married June 1, 1931, at Kansas City, Mo. DUCK1 COST MORE Washington, Dec. 29 (UR A temporary Increase of from one-half cent to seven cents pound In the price of ducks wss suthorlzed by the Office of Price Administration for producers and wholesale dealers to assure an adequate supply of the fowl lor Mew leer nouaay laoies. ' F IN AFRICAN SEAS London, Dec. 29 (U.R) Brit ish submarines have blasted tour ships attempting to reinforce the Germans in North Africa, and the allied air attack has grown so heavy that observers said to day that every axis-held port in Tunisia was dsmagad heavily. " The submarines struck along the axis' Tunlsia-Slclly-Italy sup ply line and sank two ships, forced anothei to beach itself, and probably sank a fourth, ac cording to a British Admiralty announcement. German positions in Tunisia were under two-way attack from the air. Bombers and fighters at tached to the British Eighth army roamed far from their bases to strike at German bases in Tunisia. Then allied planes based on Tunisian airdromes took up the attack in what al most amounted to a round-the- clock air offensive. American Lockheed Light nings, long range, twin fuselage fighters, carried the battle from Tunisia into Tripolitania and at tacked a German supply column au miles west of Tripoli. . Los Angeles. Dec. 29 (U.R) A price celling, effective within 48 hours, will be placed on Southern California's citrus fruits, local Office ot Price Ad ministration officials announced today. Present regulations set the price on fresh citrus sold at re tail at the highest price the re taller charged between Septem ber 28 and October 2, 1942, offi cials explained. In addition tha new order will bring citrus growers and whole salers under OPA regulations already governing retailers, OPA chiefs said. Despite an Increase of ap proximately 8,000,000 boxes of citrus fruit for the 1942-43 sea son over last year, officials pre dicted less fruit will be available for civilian use. Large quanti ties of the pack will be diverted into concentrated orange Juice and similar products for lend lesse and the armed forces, spokesmen aald. Control of Franc Given to Gettapo London, Dec. 29. 0J.R) Re ports from the continent tonight said Heinrlch Hlmmler'a Ges tapo had taken over control of the entire Internal administra tion of France. - The reports tended to confirm earlier ones that Otto Abets, German ambassador to Paris, hsd been recalled to Berlin and would not return to his post. The Allied occupation ot North Africa was reported to have de stroyed Hitler's confidence In Abets. in Africa ' STRATEGIC AREA FAILS TO ALLIES WITHOUT BATTLE Fighting French Hoist Flag at Djibouti Area Straits Between Red Sea, Aden. (By United Press) French Somaliland, V I e h y France's last stronghold in Afri ca, came over to the cause ot the United Nations today. The flag of the Fighting French was hoisted last night at Djibouti, capital of French Somaliland and the terminus of an important railroad leading to Addia Ababa, capital of Ethiopa, Announcement ot Somali land's adherence to the Allied cause was made at the London headquarters ot Gen. Charles De Gaulle's Fighting French. The British foreign office an nounced later that compact waa signed between British and Fighting French leaden on on side and General Du Pont, act ing governor ot French Somali land, on the other. Axis propa ganda broadcasts attempted to picture hard fighting in Somali. land, but Allied sources Indi cated there was little resistance). The strategic value of French Somaliland- la that . it controls the straits between the Red sea and the Gulf ot Aden. It has 8,492 square miles ot territory and population ot 45,000 na tives and 1,700 Europeans. Axis radios sought to make it appear that Britain was trying to take over French Somaliland before the United States did. : ADO JAP CRUISER TO RABAUL Somewhere in New Guinea. Dec. 28 (Delayed (U.R) It's always good hunting for Lieut. James J. Crawford and the bomber crew of "The Yanks from Hell." To the envy ot more veteran pilots, Crawford, of Taylorvllle, 111., destroyed an 8,000 ton Jap anese freighter In St. George Channel at Rabaul, In New Brit ain, last Saturday and today led another attack that broke the back of "a Japanese heavy cruis er at Kabaul. Describing the action, Craw ford ssld, "We arrived in the Rabaul area before dawn and hung around for a long time awaiting daylight. Finally we made a run across the harbor at a medium altitude. That's where Smitty (the bombardier) took over for the bomb run. We hit the cruiser the first time and un loaded our whole batch. Then we died away Into the clouds be cause both ship and shore bat teries were sending up plenty of stuff, hot and heavy. TO HALT RABIES New City. N. Y, Dee. It (U.R) Police with high-powered rifles began hunting dogs today in an effort to stop rabies epidemic. The hunt extended over most of the county. Most of the dogs they sought to kill were former pets, now running wild In packs snd killing deer like wolves. They sought only dogs "at large" that is without visible means of support. Twenty or more persons and 50 animals have been bitten by mad dogs recently, and, al though msny infected animals have been killed, cases of dog bite steadily increased. POLICE HUNT DOGS
