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By FRANK JENKINS
THE news today la not io shnrp
and clcnr. We have to put
two and two together, und draw
conclusion. T h e conclusions
thus arrived nt, however, In
dicate that our tide la ntlll doing
pretty woll. . ,
. !
COR a chonue, let's tiiko a look
at tho Pacific wur first.
The four J up destroyers thnt
were reported yesterday to bo
hanging off the New Guinea
coast (probably loaded with Jap
troops) innda a night attempt to
land reinforcements on the
i i . -i i . ....
oencn, lui worn unvun uu
U. 6; and Australian air forces.
Some Jap troops may have
been landed, but apparently not
many.
'A LC;NO the Buna-Gona
beaches, t penned-ln Jnp
tore is fighting stubbornly. If
these Japs aren't reinforced, they
will be killed or captured by
MaeArthur's Americans and Aus
tralians who have come across
the New Guinea hump from Port
Moresby.
i The Jap problem Is to got re
inforcements and supplies to
them before It Is too late.
V Our problem Is to STOP the
reinforcements and WIPE OUT
THE JAPS on the beaches,
' , ' -tfEpP-'
your eye on this Buna-
Gona . lighting. . . .11.. we do
well there, we'll probably go on
to SsUrhaua, less than 100 miles
north along, the Now Guinea
coast, ' where the Japs have a
minor base. From there, we
might jump to New.. Britain,
where the Japs have an import
ant base at Rnbaul, A lot of tho
Jap mischief In the Solomons
has beon brewed at Rahaul,
:' The BIG Jap base is at Turk,
some 800 miles north.
THE Germans seem to have got
. some reinforcements to their
trapped forces in tho Don-Volga
area west of Stalingrad.
The Russians, who had taken
two strategic hills southwest of
Stalingrad, today take another
one to the northwest. This, the
dispatches say, givos them a field
of fire over at least a part of the
German-held corridor into Stal
ingrad Itself.
This corridor must be used by
the Germans for either escape
or reinforcement. Russian artil
lery COMMANDING it from
heights 'makes both more difficult,-
BLIZZARDS of Increasing
T fierceness ore reported
weeping the Russian plains.
Moscow -dispatches speak' of
enow-blanketed nazl tanks and
trucks', now often found aban
doned and frozen. Pravda (Rus
sian newspaper) reports Gorman
captives still chid In summer
uniforms, with only carmuffs to
protect them from tho cold,
Ski troops are taking an In
creasing part In the fighting on
both , sides. Moscow says the
Russian winter drive is steadily
mounting.
. , '
CRONT line dispatches today
saVs a decisive, battle for
Blzerte and Tunis Is apparently
under way.
One allied column Is reported
to be striking from Mcdjez-el-
Bob toward Tunis and another
from' Mateur toward Blzerte.
Both are following railroads.
'. YoUr map will explain the
situation. It will also tell you
of the communications difficul
ties faced by both sides. Our
communications are tremend
ously long. The Germans' are
(Continued on Page Two)
jf You Stored Up
Gas, Read This
KANSAS' CITY, Dec. 3 (AP)
To the people who filled barrels
and dishpons and buckets and
jugs with gasoline for. their au
tomobiles State OPA Director J.
G, Calloway proclaims: - -,
It is not legal. Unless, of
c6urso, you surrender, gas cou
pons for the amount you have
stored, thore's a two-year prison
term, or $10,000 fine Involved.
NAZIS PUSHED
WESTWARD
MOSCOW LINE
Axis Fights for Life
On Stalingrad
Front
By EDDY OILMORE
MOSCOW, Dec. 3 (Pj White
clad Russian ski troops pressed
the iuizIs back on blizzurd-swcpt
buttleficlds west of Moscow to
day while between the Don and
the Volga the red army steadily
closed tho trap on Stalingrad's
boslegers from recaptured
heights northwest and southwest
of tho city.
Battlcfront dispatches gave
this account of the steadily
mounting Russian winter drive:
South of Leningrad and west
of Moscow tho Germans were
dying 1000 a day as ski troopers
armed with tommy guns clashed
with nazl alpinist reinforcements
in some of the fiercest fighting
of the past two weeks amid
snow-blanketed nazl tanks and
trucks, now often abandoned
and frozen.
Reds Take Height
On the Stalingrad front the
Germans were resisting savage
ly In a fight for life, and the
Russian onslaught wont into its
third week slowed - but unstop
ped. A . .communique said sovlot
troops stormed and held another
strategic, height northwest of the
city, 'ibis, with the height South
west of Stalingrad Which was
reported yesterday ' as recap
tured, fnvo the Russians a field
of fire over at least part of the
German corridor of escape or
reinforcement to Stalingrad. .
Nasls Reinforced
The Germans rushed rein
forcements Into at leant three
key salients In a desperote ef
.(Continued on Pago Two)
2 ChaTgeVwiih
Passing Faulty
Ammunition
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (AP)
Attorney General Biddle an
nounced today the indictment
of Robert C. Mercer, chief area
supervisor, of inspection at the
Des Moines, Iowa, ordnance
plant, and Henry A. Rcploglc,
former assistant chief, on
charges of causing defective am
munition to be approved and
certified as of high quality.
The 'Indictment was returned
by a federal grand Jury at Des
Moines in what the justice de
partment's war frauds unit des
cribed as its first case Involving
ammunition intended for usu
on the fighting fronts.
Tho men have been accused,
the department said, of altering
an inspection machine so it
would pass defective ammuni
tion, and of having substituted
approval slips for rejection slips
which were removed and de
stroyed. In some cases the men had
approved ammunition contain'
lng Insufficient powder, the de
partment .. said tho indictment
charged.
A Justice official said Mercer
still was employed at the plant,
but that Replogle had resigned.
Unidentified Vessels"
Reported Off West Coast
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3 (P)
The 12th navy district said today
that "a large number of uniden
tified surface vessels" had been
reported 450 miles off the Cali
fornia coast, but thnt a thorough
search of the area "failed to con
firm their presence."
(Presumably the order broad
cast before dawn today for fleet
personnel to return to their ships
was based on this report,)
The navy's statement follows: ,
"A laie number, of unidontir
fled surface vessels was reported
by naval patrol at dusk on the
second of December on an easter
ly course 450 miles off the coast
of California. r ,'
"Since the presence' of such! a
force would constitute' a . serious
wss n )!
A German tank rolled down the street In Toulouse, France, during the nail occupation of
Vichy territory. Toulouse is In southwestern France, west of Marseille and-Toulon, not far from
the French-Spanish frontier. This picture reached London from neutral Portugal and was radioed
from London to New York,
BRITISH FLAT-TOP
LOST 1
Eight Smaller Vessels
Downed in African
Occupation
LONDON, ' Dee. - 3 OT The
British Aircraft Carrier Avenger,
three destroyers and five' lighter
vessels were among allied naval
losses Incident to the North
African landings, A. V. Alex
ander, first lord of the admiralty
announced today. ' '
Alexander said the British de
stroyers' Brook' and Martin and
the Netherlands destroyer Isaac
Sweers were lost, along with the
Avenger, two cutters, a sloop,- a
minesweeper and an anti-aircraft
ship. -
Tho Avenger Is not listed in
Jane's directory and naval
sources declined to identify her
further. It is possible that she
was a converted merchantman.
The allied naval losses were
considerably smaller than ex
pected, Alexander reported in a
statement to the house, of -corn-(Continued
on Page Two)
RAF Renews Raids
On Reich; 6 Planes
Lost in Frankfurt
LONDON. Dec S (AP) The
RAF, renewing its night assaults
on tho reich after a lapse 'of 10
days, struck lost night at Frank
furt ond several other objectives
In western Germany, the air
ministry announced today.
Sx aircraft were lost in' the
assault, said tho announcement,
which guvo no indication of the
size of the raiding force.
(Estimating that : the losses
were five per cent, however a
figure frequently used as an
index - in tho past this would
mean that a force of about 120
bombers was employed.). :.. '
The Berlin radio referred 'to
the raids the first on Germany
by night since the attack on
Stuttgart November 22 -as
"nuisance raids."
hazard to the west coast, every
effort was made by army and
navy aircraft to verify the re
ported contact and all available
forces were alerted and steps
taken to intercept any enemy
forces. ' ; .
"A thorough search of the area
concerned fail to confirm . the
presence of any unidentified ves
sels and the report is considered
In error."
The statement was Issued by
Vice Admiral . John W. Green-
Islade, commander of the west
ern sea, frontier.
Starting at 4 a. m., radio sta
tions had broadcast orders to
fleet personnel to report at once
to their ships.
(Continued onV Page Two)'
First Picture of Nazis Invading Vichy France
Five Naval Transports
Lost in North African
Landings, U. S. Reveals
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (P)
The navy department announced
today that five United States
naval transports were lost during
the occupation of North Africi
by United States forces... " if
- Three other transports," one
destroyer, and one tanker were
damaged during the operation.
A ' navy- spokesman said casualties-were
very, small. ,
- The transports sunk were list
ed in ' the communique . as the
REDEFINE PIT!
Inclusion of All Labor
Costs Written
In Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (A3)
The house by unanimous consent
today-passed legislation redefin
ing agricultural parity to Include
the costs of all farm labor, a
step against which President
Roosevelt expressed "unalterable
opposition" when anti-inflation
proposals were before congress
two months ago. .
At the time parity redefinition
was debated in the anti-inflation
fight, one government office con
tended this , might result . in an
Increase ' In living costs of as
much as $3,500,000 a year.
Stoppage Seen ' '
Rep. :Paco (D-Ga.), author of
the measure, told the house he
did not know what effects it
might have on living costs, v
f ' The legislation now goes to
the senate.
. Pace told the house that under
agricultural labor policies being
established by the government
"virtually no crops will be pro
duced next year, unless farmers
are allowed to embrace the in
creased labor costs Into the parity
formula."
(Parity is an arbitrary price
calculated to give farmers buy
ing power equal to that of'some
past favorable period for agri
culture usually' 1009-14). -
Japs Claim More
U. S. Ships; Admit'
Loss of Destroyer
TOKYO (From Japanese
Broadcasts), Dec! 3 ' (AP) Im
perial headquarters announced
today the sinking of an allied
battleship, a cruiser of the
Augusta class and two destroy
ers on the night of November
30 off Guadalcanal In the Solo
mon islands- ' '
(The Japanese claims were not
confirmed by any allied sources,)
The Japanese asserted they
also had set fire to two other
allied destroyers, and acknowl.
edged the loss of one of their
own,
Tasker -H. Bliss, the Hugh L.
Scott, and the Edward Rutledge,
which were sunk off Casablanca;
the -i Joseph i Hewes, ,. sunk off
Rabat and the-Leedstown, uhk
off Alglejrs;-; . -ji. -t---.-.--
The early "morning commun
ique said the next to kin of per
sonnel killed,-wounded, or. miss
ing were being notified by. tele
gram, , . ; ;: ' -.:" ... :
The names of the damaged vessels-were
hot disclosed.-;
Communique, number 209,
follows: (About 100): .
Africa: ; i -i -
"1. The following United
States ; naval transports were
lost during the early part of No
vember as a result of - enemy
submarine torpedoes during the
occupation of North Africa by
United States forces. '
"(A) The Tasker H. Bliss,
Hugh L. Scott and the Edward
Rutledge were sunk, off Casa
blanca. .
.. "(B)'The Joseph Hewes was
sunk off Rabat.".
"(C). The Leedstown was sunk
off Algiers.; .
"2. Three other United States
(Continued on Page Two) '
Gas Rationing
Brings Some
Bright News
SALEM, Dec. 3 (AP) Motor
ists who've been, kicking about
gasoline rationing -got some
bright news today their col'
lision insurance rates are re
duced. . .,; . . ;
Independent companies, which
write 60 to .70. per cent of the
collision- Insurance 'in Oregon.1
announced the reduced rates ef
fective, as-of December 1. All
other companies are expected
to follow suit, the state Insur
ance department 'said. -
The .reduced races'.- are not
retroactive, and no -refunds will
be granted on policies now, in
effect. But the lower rates will
apply to: all new insurance.
Kates for holders of , "A" ra
tion cards will receive , a 20 per
cent cut, . while the reduction
on "B" card . holders will
amount to 10 per cent.' There
will be no reduction for hold
ers of "C" cards. .
Effective September 1,: rates
for publio liability and prop-
continued on- Page Seven)
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BATTLE RAGES
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OFJilSIA
Nazis Make Vain Ef
: fort to Cut Off
. J Allied Wedge
ALLIED FORCE HEAD
QUARTERS IN NORTH AF
RICA, Dec: 3 OP) The allied
command announced today that
a second enemy attack on a
larger scale than that of yester
day was repulsed today with
considerable destruction of en
emy equipment.
The action again took place
In the area of Tebourba, 20 miles
west bf Tunis and 35 miles south
of Bizerta. .. -,
LONDON, Dec. 3 OP) : The
decisive battle for Blzerte and
Tunis apparently was under way
today with British and American-
troops converging on the
bomb-battered axis strongholds
after smashing a German counter-attack
; which .touched- off . the
heaviest fighting of .the .Tunis
liftn, campaign. 'Vclv?:
v Dispatches from the -front said
the .Americans had played -a
major role in repulsing the nazl
assault,, directed at the allied'
lines in the vicinity of Tebourba,
Vital- railway -junction 20 miles
West of Tunis and 35 miles south
of Blzerte. - ' -, - - - j
: Drive Repulsed ' j
' Allied headquarters declared
the nazis had lost . heavily; in
their unsuccessful ; conterblow,
launched with the apparent hope
of cutting off the. wedge which
the allies 'have driven between
the two ports. ' . ' .
Another ' German . counter
attack, said a communique
broadcast by the Morocco radio,
was repulsed at Pont de-Fahs,
30 miles south - of Tunis, ,by
French - forces which captured
that place several days ago. - - '
.. . , P-38's Score
Heavy fighting also .was re
ported around Mateur, 12 miles
south of Bizerte, where an allied
column . is : driving toward the
coast. r '.
: , American medium., bombers,
escorted by P-3 8 fighters, raided
the. Tunis airdrome for the. fifth
. (Continued on Page Two) .
RAF Keeps Slugging
At Japs in Burma
NEW . DELHI, Dec. 3 (AP)
Blenheim bombers of the KAF,
escorted by fighter planes, suc
cessfully attacked the Japanese
airdrome at Magwe, Burma, yes
terday, scoring hits on the main
runway and dispersal bays, a
British communique announced
today. '
Railway stations at Kadu and
Hangton on the Mandalay-Myit-
kylna line also . were . attacked,
the bulletin said.
Some anti-aircraft fire but no
fighter: opposition was encount-
the communique added, and all
the - raiders returned.
ered in the attack on Maowe,
Nazis Fling Supply Troops :
Into North African Battle
' By WILLIAM B. KING
' MEDJEZ-EL-BAB, WITH THE
ALLIED F O R C E S ON THE
TUNISIAN BATTLEFRONT,
Nov.' . 27 (Delayed) ' (P) Allied
officers reported today that
papers taken from captured Ger
mans indicated that much of the
force thrown into Tunisia had
been drawn from supply troops,
the pioneer corps and other mis
cellaneous categories . quickly
formed into infantry .units.
. This neat white village, which
dates from the days of Hannibal,
lay in deserted ruins as the
force of the allied drive against
the axis swept closer to Tunis.
- Infantrymen, of t h e British.
Sinks Eight Jap Ships
' mi. j i Ji--' '
: " . x .
"LI. Comdr.- T. B. Klalcring
(above),, of - San-" Mateo, - Calif.,
was to receive the navy cross
from ' Admiral Chester W. N ta
lis at Pearl - Harbor, T. H., for
the sinking of eight Jap cargo
ships and damaging four -others.
Klakring s sub - was so close , to
Japan , that its crew "watched
Jap pony, races at a- big city
track.", , i - fr
ALLIES BULK JT
Destroyers Forced to
', Withdraw From .j
,. Island
By C. YATES MC DANIEL :
A L L I ED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, Dec. 3 (AP)--General-.
Douglas MaeArthur's
air . -forces supporting - ground
troops closing in on the Buna
Gona .area, on theNew. Guinea
coast have smashed new Jap
anese attempts to land rein
forcements in a 12-hour running
battle - with - four J apanese : de
stroyers and their screen of
fighter planes. ,;; ;. : - -
' The allied planes knocked' 23
enemy - fighters out of the air
as .they carried .the- attack, to
sea, forcing - the destroyers to
withdraw without materially
aiding their hard-pressed, forces
on the. shallow, beachhead ring
ed by allied ground troops. ; .
1 Sighted Tuesday -. ' '
' Brief reports . from ' allied
airmen described the ' night
fight In the air and at. sea as
"a great fireworks display with
enemy warships shooting Tockets
(Continued on Page Two)
Mussolini Orders -Urban
Evacuation
LONDON,' Dec. 3 (AP)
Reuters said today that the
Rome radio broadcast an ap
peal by Premier Mussolini to
all Italian mayors to "get to
work with a minimum of red
tape on the evacuation of Ital
ian cities." . .
first army supported by United
States forces - pressed into this
keypolnt last night to find that
the Germans had fled. .
Our forces pressed on in pur
suit, making contact . with the
foe again at Tebourba (20 miles
west of Tunis and 35 miles
south of Bizerte) where the
drive toward the sea was held
up momentarily by a ; counter
attack into the town by a small
group of German tanks. -
The Germans fleeing from
Medjez-El-Bab blew a gaping
hole in the ancient Roman
bridge spanning Oued Medjerda
(a river), in' an effort to alow
' (Continued on Page Two)
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U.S. CRUISER
LOST IN FIGHT
,0FFS0INS
Landing Force De
; stroyed on Night
V;- Of Nov; 30
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 0P
The navy told today of a sharp
night battle off Guadalcanal is
land in which nine Japanese
ships were sent' to the bottom
and one American cruiser -was
lost in the continuing bloody
fight of the Solomons. .
- The United States forces thus
repelled another Japanese at
tempt to land reinforcements
and regain strategic Henderson
airfield on Guadalcanal.
; No Soldiers Landed
Losses inflicted on the enemy
during- the night of November
30-December - 1, included two
large -destroyers " or cruisers
Slink- fnlir ?strnvra otinb-- 4mn
troop transports sunk; and one
cargo snip sunK, tne navy said..
The possibility that the two
troop -transports were heavily
loaded with Japanese soldiers
headed -for-tfie -battle of Guadal
canal was seen in reports that
no. soldiers were landed.
U. S: Cruiser Sunk
Such, transports could carry, a
total of between fnitr nnrl flA
thousand-men.
In - the sharp' night action,
which-followed interception of
the Japanese force by a United
States task force, one American
cruiser was sunk and other Unit
ed States vessels were damaged,
the. navy said. . ; ;
No word, as to the number of
casualties has been received, nor
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Applications for
Coffee, Sugar,
Tires Held Up
l No'.; applications for . coffee,
sugar or tires, may be acted upon
by the local war price and ra
tioning board until December 8,
the board was informed by state.
OPA offices Thursday. Purpose
is ' to keep the way clear for
"catching-up" on gas rationing
details. ' . -: - - ' -
The gas program was working
smoothly-Thursday and most of
the supplemental ration authori
zations had been mailed out.
BoaTd Member Don Drury said
the board will review all rejects
again,, and persons who received
reject notices and feel a mistake
(Continued on Page Two)
Liberia Grants
U. S. Rights; Negro
Troops Landed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 W5)
Liberia has granted the United
States air. base rights for. the
duration of the war and Amer
ican troops, principally ; negro
units, are- stationed already In
that strategic west African re
public '.'...-
The ' United States acted, it
said . today, at the request of
Liberia, which said that because
of the. nation's strategic location
it was in danger of attack and
wanted, to- "safeguard the inde
pendence and security of the re
public." -
"The traditional friendly inter
est of the United States in tho
welfare of Liberia" led to the
agreement, the state department
said. .' ,
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Editorial ;..Page 4
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