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By FRANK JENKINS
A SIGN appears In the iky
today.
Tho Russians assert thnt the
German army la In FULL RE
TREAT In tha Caucasus, blow
ing up bridges ond mining roads.
Router (British news service)
estimates In London that hnlf a
million of Hitler's finest troops
aro In headlong withdrawal be
fore the twin Rusaiun offensives
In the Caucasus and tho Mlddlo
Don area.
e e . e
TT mny bo tho sign wo have
been awaiting,
h It Is CERTAIN that If and
when Hitler begins to pull his
armies out of tho sack In which
tho Russians havo enclosed them
he will face a situation that
bristles with dire possibilities.
The problem ho faces looks
roughly Ilka this:
If he tries to take his armies
out through the narrow Rostov
land gap, the Russians will be
tearing at his flanks and tear
ing at a retrcnting enemy's flanks
has been a Russian specialty for
centuries. Particularly In
WINTER.
If he tries to escape by water
(Black Sea and Sea of Azov, with
the narrow Kerch strait between)
he will be harried by the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet, which Is
now based at Bntum. The floot
will be abetted by Russian land-
based planes helped possibly by
British and American planes sent
kJn from Iraq.
J
TF he decides to sit tight and
A stick It out, ho will havo a
tough time supplying his armies.
Any way he looks at H, tho pic
ture Isn't a pleasant one for Hit
ler. Everything deponds on the
strength tho Russians still havo
in reserve
TN the accompanying rough
doodlo drawing, which Is a
crudo attempt to set forth Hit
ler's present difficulties in Rus
sia, tho arrows represent Rus
sian armies closing in on tho
Gormnns from nearly all sides.
CROM elsewhere In tho world,
tho news Isn't particularly ex
citing today.
J Thcro Is air raiding and small
scale ground activity (mostly by
the British) In northern Tunisia.
Wcs Gallagher, AP correspond
ent, told us yesterday not to
look for anything decisive there
for at least a couple of months.
During this period of rains and
mud, both sides will bo strain
ing every nerve to got In rein
forcements, and tho air forces
will keep hacking away at each
other.
nOMMEL Is still lost In tha
v Libyan dust storms. At least
wo'vo hoard nothing . ot his
whereabouts for several days. It
may be that this news silence
means that something is cooking
there. That Is often tho case.
TJS an& Australian heavy
bombers hit Jap shipping
at Robnul (maybe tho Jap
armada Australia has been talk
ing about), leaving EIGHT Jnp
ships afire or sinking and de
stroying a ninth ship with a
direct bomb hit. Thoy were all
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7BTH CONGRESS
AMID CHEERS
Bureaucrats Warned;
Congress Waits
FDR Speech
WASHINGTON, Jon. 0 VP)
Spcukcr Rayburn told a cheer
ing houso today that when vic
tory at war Is won "this tlmo
there must be no stopping until
tho vandalism and paganism of
Berlin, Romo and Tokyo are
wiped from tho faco of tha
world."
"We must disarm theso van
dals and keep them disarmed,"
Rayburn said. He had shortly
beforo been reelected houso
speaker as tho 78th congress
convoncd.
Determination Pledged
He told the houso that this
nation would be confronted with
"worldshaklng" problems at the
war's end and that the problems
of "trnclo and commerce, peace
and civilization must bo looked
to."
Simultaneously, he pledged
that It would be his "unswerv
ing determination" as speaker
"to protect, to defend tho rights,
tho prerogative and the powers
of the house."
Both the senate and house
quickly disposed of prelimin
aries so that President Roose
velt moy report tomorrow on a
year at war and his program
lo, acmove victory. -Rayburn
called for "team'
work" between the legislative
and administrative branches of
government, and asserted: "The
cooperation must bo mutual and
understood by all of us."
Consult Whit House
He said that he had "no com
plaint" about tho cooperation
tendered congress In tho past by
tl.o president, of whom he said
"I do not believe that a greater
war leader than our present
commander-in-chief could be
found."
But he served notice, as he
did at a democratic caucus yes
terday, that department and
bureau heads, seeking passage
ot legislation, must see to it that
"those In position ot responsibil
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Big Nazi Troop
Transport Sunk
In Mediterranean
LONDON, Jan. 6 VP) The ad
miralty announced tonight that a
largo enemy troop transport and
a supply ship had been destroyed
and that two other ships had
been hit and probably sunk by
British submarines in the Medi
terranean. Tho big troop transport was
encountered off Sicily whtlo
bound southward toward Afri
ca with a heavy escort but she
was hit by three torpedoes and
sunk, tho communique sold.
Lawrence Lowell,
President Emeritus
Of Harvard, Dies
BOSTON, Jan. 6 (fP) A. Law
renco Lowell, 86, president em
eritus of Harvard university,
died today at his Boston home.
.The elderly educator, . who
presided over the destinies of
the three-centurles-old universi
ty for three decades, died after
a brief illness.
General Clark to Head
Fifth Army in Tunisia
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, Jan. 6 lP)
Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark, the
tall, 48-year-old American of
ficer who made a daring landing
on tho hostile shoro of North
Africa from a submarine for a
secret meeting with French of
ficers before the allied occupa
tion, has been placed ' in com
mand of tho newly activated
U S, fifth army, now preparing
with its British and French al
lies to drive axis forces from
Tunisia. .
C.7s.i iimii mi i
The taplan tender McFarland, a converted 1200-ton destroyer, had a largo section of her
stern blown off when attacked by Jap bombing planes off Guadalcanal, but tha craw patched her
up and used telephone poles to make Jury rudder and brought her back to Pearl Harbor. Tb
temporary rudder Is shown,
French C66perati6nWith
Allies Assured, Despite
Dorian's Death, Report
By WES GALLAGHER
ALGIERS,1 Algeria, Jan. 6 VP)
An authoritative source said to
day that the political compiles'
Hons following the death of Ad
miral Jenrl Darlari had made no
change In. the admiral's pledge
to use the French fleet at Dakar
with the United States and Brit
ish navies and had caused ' no
slackening of pro-allied French
military effort. ....
"French sailors have been sad'
dened by the admiral's death,
but thoro has been no slacken
ing of their morale and they
are ready to take their ships to
sea against the axis when they
are ordered, which will be as
soon as possible," said this in
formant, whose identity may not
be divulged.
Persons, in the confidence of
Gen. Henri Giraud. high com'
mlssioncr for French North and
West Africa, expressed satisfac
tion with the suggestion ot Gen.
Charles de Gaulle for a meeting
to unite pro-allied Frenchmen
under one banner and pointed
out that there were no differ
ences between the two men, both
U. S. Has Reached
Desperation Point''
In Rubber, Report
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 W) This
nation has reached the "desper
ation point" concerning rubber,
says W. L. White, of the war
production board advisory com
mittee, who adds that "the War
will be won by. the country that
has the last 'pound of crude rub
ber."
White, also a member of the
advisory committee of the Rub'
ber Reserve corporation, told the
Export Managers' club yesterday
that United States technologists
must solve in the next seven
months the problems of ade
quate synthetics that Germany
has "not solved in seven years"
and predicted it would" be
done. , , ..
He declared the task could be
done if congress stopped .what
he termed "monkey business" in
synthetic rubber production.
The announcement that Gen.
Clark, formerly deputy commander-in-chief
to Lieut. Gen.
Dwlght D. Elsenhower in North
Africa, had assumed his com
mand came as most of the long
Tunisian front lay quiet in the
mud and winter rains.
(The announcement of the
activation of the U. S. fifth army
indicates that a force of at least
two or three divisions has been
organized and made ready to
take its place besides the. Brit
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of whom are fiercely antl-nazl
"It is a question of method
rather than ot principles," one
source said,
. Off lclally, the Giraud -govern
msnt .has been silent on any
plans or negotiations with the
fighting French. (De Gaulle sent
his offer to meet Giraud .on
French soil on Christmas day).
French sources said the sha
dow of Petaln lies heavily upon
the people of North Africa, who
also have been subjected to two
years of , nazl propaganda, and
any premature move to . open
negotiations might increase pub
lic tension.
The United States and Britain
seemed to have adopted a policy
of leaving the French to settle
their own political problems de
spite the arrival of Harold Mac-
Millan as British resident mln
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Over-Optimism
About Early End
Of War Rapped
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 OP)
Elmer Davis, director of war in
formation spoke out today
against over-optimism about an
early end to the war and stressed
particularly the "continuing
serious submarine menace."
Davis, who in his New Year's
message to the people last week,
advised them to expect casual
ties and losses inevitable in war,
took specific exception to a pre
diction of Admiral William F.
Halsey, South Pacific command
er, that the war will end this
year. -
; "I have no Information to
support such a prediction, ' al
though I have been trying to get
some," Davis told a press con
ference. The information director said
that, to the best of his know
ledge, the Germans still were
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Flood Drives.500
Marion Families
From' Residences
SALEM, Jan. 6 (ff) Approxi
mately. BOO Marlon county fam
ilies were driven from their
homes in the Willamette river
flood last week, the Marion
county Red Cross said today as
it prepared to rehabilitate all of
the victims. Between ISO and
200 of those families suffered
severe property damage.
The river dropped to 15.3 feet
today, five feet ' below flood
stage and IS feet below Satur
day's crest.
The bodies of two highway
department workers who were
drowned in repairing the Salem
West Salem bridge Saturday
night have -not been found. i
10 P0UCEF0RCE
Civil Service Commis
sion Settles Leave
a-- Question ,-.
Former Police Judge Leigh
Ackerman was back on the city
police force Wednesday, follow
ing determination of a question
raised as to his civil service
status after more than two years
in the police judge's office.
At a meeting of the eivil ser
vice commission Tuesday- night,
City ' Attorney "Joe ' Carnahan
gave the opinion that the rules
would not prevent Ackerman's
return to the force and said it
would be "dangerous" not . to
reinstate him. '
Leaves Granted
The question . was raised
through a request by police force
members for a clarification ; of
the rulings as regards leaves of
absence and their effect on the
status of department personnel.
Sergeant. Paul Robertson stated
the question; was hot raised as
a personal issue with Ackerman.
' It was brought out in the dis
cussion that Ackerman was first
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California Eyes .
Revocation of .
Alien Citizenship
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8 VPh
Revocation of the American citi
zenship ' of all ' American born
Japanese who have professed
dual citizenship allegiance to
Japan was - proposed today In
both houses of the California
legislature. -
' A series of bills and resolu
tions with this proposal as their
main objective were announced
by State Senator Clair . Engle,
former 'district attorney of Red
Bluff,- id Assemblyman Lloyd
Lowrey of Rumsey.
They also advocated the denial
of commercial fishing licenses to
Nipponese aliens and in press
statements declared their inten
tion to work for the strengtnen
ing of the state's alien land act
which prohibits non-naturalized
Japanese from owning or leasing
land In this state.
London's Worried
Over Opening of
New U. S. Congress
LOr'DON, Jan. 6 (JP) London
newspapers displayed anxiety to
day over the opening of the new
congress In the United States.
Headlines read: .: .
Daily Mirror: "Will U. S.
Again Become a World Hermit?"
Dally Mall: "Roosevelt's Foes
Today Start ' Congress Battle to
Cut JJown His Power."
Daily Express: "The Next Six
ty Days Don't Lose Faith in
America,"
MIGHTY EFFORT
IDE TO CHECK
RED ONSLAUGHT
Red Steamroller Ad
vancing on All :
Fronts
By HENRY C. CASSIDY
MOSCOW. Jan. 6 VP) The
German army was reported in
full retreat in the Caucasus to
day, blowing up bridges and min
ing roads in a desperate effort
to check the surging advance of
Russian forces driving hard at
its heels.
Red Star, organ of the soviet
army, said Russian forces, which
already - had stormed and won
the important towns ot Mozdok,
Nalchik, Prokhladnenskl, Kotly
arevskaya and Maiskoye, contin
ued ' their - sweeping advance
along a wide front, winning back
a large number of additional
towns.
Town Overrun '
The entire province of North
Osetia, lying between Ordzhoni
kidze and Nalchik, had been won
back 'under slthe red banner by
soviet forces operating along the
west bank of the Terek, river,
while other Russian troops rolled
the Germans back to the north,
Red Star asserted. ' ' , ' ;
- To the north, along the lower
Don," the Russians were reported
fighting fo.ward after overrun
ning the important nazl .bridge
head town of Tsimlyansk and
thus driving a second spearhead
within 125 miles of Rostov,
whose fall might doom the entire
German force in the Caucasus. .
The first spearhead was thrust
earlier southwest of Kamensk to
a point about 100 miles north
west of the great Don mouth port
of Rostov.
Line Shattered .
(Reuters, British News Agen
. (Continued on Page Two) .
OP A Outlaws
Pleasure Driving
On East Coast
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (Ph
The office of price administra
tion today outlawed all pleasure
driving by holders of "A," "B"
and "C" gasoline ration cards
on the Atlantic seaboard and
prescribed the cancellation of
gasoline rations as the penalty
for failure to comply. .-
The order is . effective as of
noon tomorrow, January 7. '.
"The presence of passenger
cars at any gathering for pur
poses of sport or amusement will
be taken as prima facie evidence
that gasoline rations and tires
are being dissipated needlessly
and illegally," said OPA. "The
ban on pleasure driving will also
apply to driving to purely social
engagements."
Simultaneously, OPA declared
fuel oil heating rations of all
buildings except those used for
residential purposes in the east
would be "cut substantially with
in the next 24 hours."' No de
tails were given. -
U. S., RAF Crews Cripple
Jap Facilities in Burma
NEW DELHI, Jan. 6 (IP)
United States and Royal Air
Force flying crews are crip
pling some river and rail -trans-,
port facilities used to transport
Japanese troops and supplies in
Burma, communiques, reported
today.
While United States bombers
f aided railroad yards in Manda
lay Monday, starting fires that
could be seen for 70 miles, other
crews attacked a 13,000-ton ves
sel moving up the Irrawaddl
river -toward ' Rangoon.'- Thick
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tay On ram
Battle Zone
Pacific Octan
AUSTftAU,
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' Allied bomber spread-eagled
the southwest Pacific battle son
today, attacking in New Guinea,
New . Britain, and sinking or
damaging 10 - enemy ships in
Rabaul harbor. An Australian
official warned of a Jap armada
massing in -the area. '
ALLIES CAPTURE
Axis Driven From Stra
tegic Hi lis West :
Of Mateur . v
. ALLIED -HEADQUARTERS.
IN WORTH AFRICA. Jan. 6 OPl
Allied forced have captured
DJebel Azzag and other, points
In: the ! vicinit as' part of at
tacks in . which ' British troops
have driven ' the ' enemy from
strategic hills 15 miles west of
Mateur, allied headquarters an
nounced today. - : ;
The .newly won positions
were " not immediately located
and the communique did not de
scribe them. ' ,'
Sfax Bombed
fOur forces are: mopping . up
isolated machine-gun posts and
have repulsed a counter-attack
against one of our. newly won
positions," ' the communique
added.
Flying Fortresses U. S. four
motored B-17 bombers raiding
the enemy port of Sfax. were
said to have , scored hits on or
near- a cruiser leaving the har
bor and to have left the power
station - in - flames. American
medium B-26 Marauder ' bombers-
also - attacked : a nazl air
drome at - Kairouan, about ;36
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Sen. O'Daniel i
To Try Again on
Army Beer Ban .
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 ()
Senator. O'Daniel (D-Tex.) announced-
today his intention to
lay before congress again a pro
posal to banish beer and strong
er alcoholic drinks from army
camps, naval stations and siuv
rounding territory.
He told reporters he would In
troduce in the new congress a
bill similar to that which died
with , the old session after the
senate demonstrated opposition
to such partial prohibition.
.His bill, he said, would .pro
hibit the sale of alcoholic bever
ages in the camps and within a
radius of them to be determined
by the commanding officers.
smoke, billowed from the ship
after two direct bomb hits and
three near misses;
Heavy bombers from the
tenth airforce made the attacks
on the ship and a concentration
ot freight cars and other railroad
equipment in the Mandalay rail
road yards,' communiques said.
The same day railroad instal
lations at Naba Junction, also in
Burma,, were attacked by med
ium bombers and the communi
que said "a high percentage of
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Two- Fisted Assault
Lashes Pacific
Islands
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (IP)
The navy reported today: that
1 American bombers had sunk a
Japanese cargo ship in Aleu
tian water, January -5, and.
- had scored a direct hit "on an
other ship. -
. By The Associated Press-
American warships boldly
steaming Into-the heart of the
Japanese . defense zone In the
Solomons have successfully
bombarded the . airfield at Mu'n
da, New. Georgia., island, 180
miles northwest of Guadalcanal,
where the enemy has been de
veloping an important base.
The foray, announced in , a
navy department ..bulletin, wai
the deepest northwest thrust- by
by. U. S. surface , ships , so far
reported in the immediate
waters, of the . Solomon arcbi-
pejago. . t
"Twb-F&ted k Assault
' The communique, said ' Japa
nese bombers tried ito intercept
the warships but were driven
off by Jour. navy, fighter planes
which shot four into the Pacific
and : probably .destroyed . . two
others. It- said 'the .' action oc
curred in the, pre-dawn darkness
of 'Tuesday,:."--;;?'-.
. The sea attack was part of a
two-fisted . a s a U 1 1 - by allied
forces . on Japanese "bases menac
ing the American hold on Guad
alcanal. Heavy bombers were
credited officially - today with
sinking or damaging 10 enemy
ships in. Rabaul harbor, New
Britain. '.
- Cruiser Attacked
In the " background of these
attacks was an Australian warn
ing that Japan was massing a
new war fleet in the southwest
Pacific.:-
: The navy - communique : said
that B-26 medium bombera fol
lowed the : warships in another
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9000 Miners Remain
Away From Jobs in
Pennsylvania Fields .
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Jan.' 8
(JP) Nine thousand miners re
mained away from their Jobs in
nine of the largest collieries in
the Pennsylvania anthracite
fields today in a fractional dis
pute centering around a 60-centa
a month increase in union dues.
The movement, condemned by
the. United Mine Workers of
America, develope-' while . the
UMW and mine operators work
ed on a plan to increase produc
tion for war needs, in accordance
with a request from Solid Fuels
Coordinator Ickes.
A dues increase from $1 to
$1.50 was voted at a UMW con
vention last October, over the
protests of many anthracite dele
gates. Many leaders from bitu
minous fields favored it. .:' -
The' first increases were de
ducted under the check-off sys
tem from the miners' last two
pay checks. . The miners- want
this money returned.
Body of Third
Flood Victim
Found Near Isle
CORVALLIS, Jan. 6 VP) The
body of the third Benton county
victim of the Willamette river
flood, John Heffner, was found
Tuesday near Ingram island, a
short distance from the spot
where he went down.
Sheriff W. M. Harper and as
sistants went to the island to
aid in the search, but neighbors
had- recovered the . body before
they arrived. r