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VOL. LUI. NO. 199.
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1943
FINAL HOME EDITION
i
Series
* J
I /
in
Of Heavy Raids
Blows; New Africa Air Chief Named
i
Mr. and Mrs. Orville M. Nash, and son, Chester Lee
■I
Without Loss of Plane
•far to A B.
the
the riod had been used from both books.
to
French Patriots Keep
means not duclaeed R A. F loams
aation.
wert Thirtieth street. and
T
*1
Navy Limits Siie
ALLIED -HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRIC
[ OM
PRICE FIVE
British Renew
Burma Drive
at the curb not later than Saturday
night because the 44 trucks to be used
Ration Board Probe
To Follow Rum Cate
*
ttefc jsaanlmlonw ta the of the state tn that same period.
TraMportatioa Causes Shortage
Oklahoma la now producing approx-
•**
Me put up 8BB9 bad.
Milk Dispute Studied
NAMPA. Maha. Jen. 9. — gpy
Er to Sjcta to ^dV^ ^^re7oLn^“te“?loJ?e«^
■note TUesdsy names of the
ton ot the board of affairs, high-
"■mission. tax commission and
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War Today
In Brief
*;x / 4*
■•w
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AFRICA—Flying Fortresses
bombs o nBizerte, axis
In a series of three I
raids, as other alltori p
strafe Rommel’s still-retreat-, port, with big four-motored Flying Fortresses bombing' U
ing columns near Tripoli. (This on three separate raids, it was announced Saturday.
pa<r The attack coincided with the news from Lieut Gen.
pacific—u 8. heavy and medium Dwight D. Eisenhower, allied commander in north Africa,
pmftoig a ctarifteatao at
■ashatea price rasulatasaa 1
Roy Denmark, 48 yean old. MOO
Cd'chLw F but mV di"to Li STpI^T ’^2
Mg
U. S. Bombers Defy Axis Ack-Ack And
Planes to Deal One of War’s Heaviest
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■! Trucks to Start Early Sunday
» Stria ever have been
M * P” “ employes, but
**» Jean Maria
Aff" °*d. wm go to work
Last State Road
Contract Awarded
The last state highway <anrtn*c-
* --- -
' *
> *
1 '»•*!« Fhmt Pitl
*bSer.OU,
n- • —(^—After
fhA*1-? •** to crash the trad- •
bT- * Chicago Board ot
tn 77**^ exclusive haven of ,
, *®e wye who run the et'
“let me ”•*“*” wera «nditod with shooting
- -----i «to-wn tour Japanese planes for eer-
tela, probably destroying three others
and damaging I out of the M Zeros
which they attacked Another flight
scSSittK
ttttwy ef Kato the state. ; haying two A gasoline ration books
•****« toate officials were -The cities Service pipeline from 1M^d for the »me cy-
mrite and have announced no th< Texas panhandle across Elte. l.„W^fLAc?rd' tc*Pl*^n 10 charge of
Tf - - ___ _ nwvuww, vruuuB unuiue. ana a cor- . . ■ ~-----■--—
St xs1 ? ar-SiS"
.. - inch line n u Qje company's pipe- “
line north and south across the east
side of the state that does not carry
sufficient gas to meet the needs In
the extreme northeast corner of the
state ”
Howard eaid the known natural gas
reserve in Oklahoma's side of 1
Natural Gas Rationing Held
* Unnecessary for Oklahoma
Limited Pipelines. Not Lack of Fuel, Blamed
For Shortage in Eastern Part of State
There is no need for the federal government to ration the
f*w toto Tuntota aadattacted_atfl5- faired that the reguset be
Marshal Irwin Rommel «a* st- usrydldQot tatnoesUMs
* mnainu to* mS KU m.—J. ■■■> toto ■ “ J.
Warmer and Windy
Weather Promised .
Considerably wanner enter wtoto
and down the east-
attacking all
Ptoeue fires
were reported started la a bombard-
ment to ths axis-held atodretti at
Kairouan.
Formations of tanka were attacked
at Gabes. In this action the assault
forces had their first targe encounter
to tte day with the hiftwaffe, shoot-
ing down two P-W 190's without tore
While bad weather hampered the R.
A P, which reported destroying eno
German plane and toeing one of Ms
Jan. 9.—</P>—The United States air force has struck one of
the heaviest blows of the war at Biserte, a vital axis supply
r Oenroor Phillips had not only re-
■eesd all his personal possession*
from the executive offices but the
ifMUiy tm moved from the executive
* '
Guymon Folk
Fly; Laugh
At Travel Ban
They Hop Into City
For Ballet Russe,
And Some Shopping
Mr and Mrs. Orville M. Nash,
and their son, Chester Lee, 7
years old, flew to Oklahoma City
Friday afternoon to see ths Bal
let Russe de Monte Carlo. They
spent Saturday shopping and
returned Sunday.
That is the uay Guymon's local
newspaper probably will report the
trip of a young Panhandle merchant
It to the usual thins for him to do
But in Oklahoma City, where dis-
tances are shorter, and faat transpor-
tation not quite so difficult ou the
ground, M to a significant peek into
the future of what all America may
expect after the war
In fact, the Nash family was but
two hours and fifty minutes from
Guymon when they landed at Wiley
Poet slrport Then they spent an-
other hour and fifty minutes trying
to get into the city under rubber ra-
tioning restrictions.
Cheaper and Farter
Orville Naah. and his two brothers.
Ed and Howard, operate the Nash
Brothers Hardware stores at Guymon
»nd Hooker They long since took
to the air to serve their customers,
rsnehers who need things and serv-
ices in a hurry.
"It to cheaper and it la faster.- ssys
Nash. “We average about 25 miles
to the gallon of gasoline. Then, we
don't fly as many miles as we drive
because we don't have to go around
by road."
Many a farmer has taken a ride
with one of the Nash brothers. One
man recently wanted to buy a second-
hand combine, had only an hour or
taro to see it. Nash and hto customer
jumped in the plane, hopped out 50
Allies Down 344, Lose
147 Planes in Africa
ALUXD HXADQUARTIR8 North
Africa. Jan. American and
British fighter pilots and ground
D.I.K rto-tM* z . defenses shot down 244 enemy planes
'»• run-- Oto Oto
• to January a against a tom of 147.
an allied spokesman announced Sat-
urday.
Of the total number of enetnv planes
-ctr;—- the spokesman said. ISO
1 wm shot down by the R A. P. and
1140 by American airmen. Twenty more
were reported destroyed on the
•• »he floor ,
• Mrs
<• tad m wouM rtee bito the art be*m
•« «ta nightfall oan wewM rewsate abase
The Weather
a-*'®1* JFMPthATt ag
Bir-Sfi ttE:::::
I 1! '
S
hto own personal safety." - i
Lieutenant Snipes, a graduate of
the University of Oklahoma, to the
son of 1 O Snipm of Corpus Ctirtstu.
Texaa
[Wense Biu
rerouting Will
ptart Sunday
|k*-routing of air depot and Douglas
to eliminate congestion
L*toto street will be made effective
ptoy pending further study of the
ptasd ordinance requiring opera-
P N— to out-of-city points to
F®tai off-the-street terminals.
^Qty council members have had the
Wj under advisement several
RM following lu recommendation
r th* etty traffic wrenmitoton
IM the agreement by which Okla-
RJtaBwap Co., buses wm re-route
P.™* * the two war plants. 8 C.
company superintendent, said
I buses will move north on
' Z? t*enu* to Grand avenue.
* • ***t 00 Grand to Robinson
r™to_tad turn south on Robinson.
LJtow routes to the two war plants
k,rT>ato the same, and time
*»• not affected by the
p* to routing he added.
Iritish Airliner Burns,
»nshe8, Killing 15
.UtaON. Jm.
• —f^—Fourteen or
*oro kiltod Saturday when
■™*to passenger sirhner caught fire
U» Ttfus*r^° “ ,l TeU
^^toluded the British crew.
lZ women, a customs
pacific—u s. heavy and medium Dwight D. Eisenhower, allied commander in north
525210^ ^SnJS“to^,that-U’ a Spaatx has beta mads co
and Rekata bay on Santa Isabel
island in the Solomons; slued air
fleets chase remnants ef Jap convoy
into harbor at Lae. (This page.)
RUSSIA—Russian armies push ctoeer
to key German cities of Rostov and
Salsk, as the Reds challenge Berlin
to teU the truth about the Nasi
debacle in Russia. (Page X)
ASIA—British renew Burma drive
with gains near Akyab. Page *-)
KUROPB—R A. F. bombers again
blast the Ruhr industrial rexion of
Germany, in the fifth 1543 raid
(TMe page.)
Sunday.
h More than 100 highschool studenu
will help in the ooDectton. The cans
Rekata Bay, Kiska,
Bougainville Raided
By Army Planes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.— I
Americxn bombers in a
raid on a Japanese base at
Rekata bay in the Solomons
started fires in shore instal-
lations, the navy reported
Friday in a communique
* which told also of new air at-
tacks on enemy bases at Bou-
gainville and Kiska.
The text of the communique,
No. 245:
"North Pacific:
1. On January 7, a force of
Liberator heavy bombers (Con-
solidated B-24) dropped bombs
on enemy positions in Kiska.
Results were not observed.
Tww Zwrvm Dwwwwd
"(A.) During the morning a force
of Flying Pomes heavy bombers
(Boeing B-17) bombed enemy areas on
the island of Bougainville. Twelve
Japanese Zero fighters attacked the
Fortreeeee. Two Zero* were shot down.
No N. 8. planes were lost.
“(B.) A force of Marauder medium
bombers (Martin B-M) with Aaira-
cobr* i Bell P-3«» escort attacked
enemy installations at Rekata bay ou
Santa Isabel island. Fires were
started and two enemy float-type
planes were damaged. Two U. 8.
planes were shot down by enemy anti-
aircraft fire.”
Farces Strengthened
Rekata bay to about IM mites
northwest of Guadalcanal airfield.
The Japanese have been established
there for some months, but the at-
tack reported Saturday was the first
our forces have made there in some
time.
It was taken to Indicate that the
enemy has been strengthening hto
forces there recently.
Phillips Quits
Mansion, Kerrs
Arrive Monday
Capitol Boards Ready
To Turn Over Keya
To Incoming Bureaus
Saturday waa moving day
at the fovernor'a mansion.
Th? Robert S. Kerr family ia
taking over Monday at high
Loon where and when the
Lgon C. Phillipses leave off
'as first family of Oklahoma.
Monday high noon is inau-
guratton hour for the new gov-
ernor of Oklahoma, to serve four
er of a new allied air force on that front.
Spaatx will supervise not only the 12th U. S. air force
under Major Gen. James H. Doolittle but also the R. A. P.
under Air Vice-Marshal Sir William L. Welsh and such
French units as may serve with the allies.
Five American planes were lost, in the Biserte raids, aD
P-38 twin-engined Lightning fighters.
The Fortress raids on Biserte were said to have formed
one of the most concentrated attacks of the campaign oa a
•ingle target, carrying out their bombings despite ground
fi.- _..J 7
The bombers shot down four ■
planes over Biserte. which to
rated amon< airmen as one of
the hottest anti-aircraft areas
in the world.
SMmy dock, to Tripoli ata wwv
alteckwd
Operating along tte vumny xuppiy
Uno leading Much from Kairouan to-
ward Gobea, Amertcnn medium bomb-
U. S. Bomb. Enemy Bum
vtotepreta raMto oe teak ooueentra-
ttota. radraata and airftota
There wore no reporte ef tend aotan
on the northern Tpnteten treat ex-
cept patrol aeUvtty.
Light anted bomben wtta flgtoter
oeeort roamed--—
era coart of _
typea of euamy targeta.
, • Only properly prepared Un cans will
teettons of properly aquaabed Un cans be collected by tbe worker*. Helm aaM.
Tte can. muxt be thoroughly cleaned
both end. removed, and tte can iteelf
unartied flat. Tte collectors will not
carry off boxes erm tain tng tte can.
after emptying tte can. the receptacles
wiB be replaced on tte curb.
NIW DBLMX. India. Jan. I.
Imperial Iroopa are a
Burma at
mlta northwMt°of AkyateMtoTcm' tte
Mayu penlneute, which forma tte Wvrt
bank of the river, a Brttteh com-
munique announced Saturday.
Fighter-eacorted Blenheim bombers
raided Rathedaung Friday and bomb-
era went in again over Akyab and
nearby airdrome and anti-aircraft gun
poattiona. it waa reported.
Fighter pianea ata .truck at trans-
port concentration, near Kyaukpada-
ung. on the MeiktUa road, the com-
munique laid. AH of the ptanoa re-
turned from the expedition., it sdded
Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault •
American Skydragooa carried out auc-
ceaaful attacks on two Japansm bare,
in Burma in the part two days with- j
out the lore of a plane, a communicue
from American headquarters at
Chungking announced Saturday.
On Thursday Ctenna ult's fliers >
■truck at Mangxhfri, and Friday they
bombed enemy installation, at Bhamo.
a strategic point at tte tend of novi- ;
gaUon on the Irrawaddy river in
upper Burma.
State Flier Gets D. F. C.
For Raids in Aleutians
JACKSONVILLE Fla., Jan. <|T
—Lteut Beecher Snipm of Waurika,
Okla., has been awarded the navy Dte-
tinguished Flying .
Cross for his part
. ------- to serial attacks f
much mauled by allied airmen was protected 00 Japeneee
m the Aleutian
Islands
Tte award
was presented
Friday by CapL
J. D. Price, com-
mandant of tire
Jacksonville na-
val air .tatton. A
citation from
President Room
veil accompany-
ing the award
----———wwwww. nnuwwr iirem Sa Id Lieutenant
of 15Lightnings, oppoesd by 20 Zeros. Snipes partfci- t4^ i
ata shot down four, it was reported 3BU*1 toward-
An allied medium bomber unit raid- <M“ rall*tons 1 with utter disregard for
ad the airdrome at (k^.u m*. ““ —ere. -
®rtUta. a0™1* Uw night and started
iirea. the communique reported.
Veteran Lumber Man
1 At Sulphur Is Dead
Murton Rice. 41 years old. wrenaeer
hrsn!*h ^~n*Tt^*Td IsimbOT CO . , —— w»i« w—i-
branch at Sulphur for 14 years, dted tten contract to be tot by the pre iwit
. to-9* th*rw Saturday after an highway fnmmioiton was swarded
“to— of more than a year. He ted Saturday to the Standard ftvmg Co.
been employed by the lumber finn for Tuta
. . — —» was a mem- Tte contract calls for the tsaSnir-
bw_cf_the Plrsa Bepsisg church in tion of 2.4 mites of highway in Ottawa
county, beginning st a point sevtti
mlta east ot Mrland and extending
taunit Rice; his wife. Mrs dxabeth northeast to the Seneca Indian reboot
Fagan Rtee. and five children. Feran Tte low Md was aMXl« and the
Rice. 19 years old. reaman first ris— catenated cort of tltf ta was 9*7 <31
: Gertrude. 17; Betty (—I 14* Tte road to to be brought to gradg
'I, and Martha Ann. 7. * drainage and given a gravel nr-
j Funeral services will be teM Sun- tore.
Maaaad Named ChaplaiB
IGO . aniM>n Rev. Oeorpe Mossad, pastor ef 81
Jan. 9 —Workers EUjah’s Orthodox ctarch. 1930 North-
ever weet Thirtieth street, and mldv—-
tte theft of nine steel girders from m ■tostonary. has been designated
f----* — - . - - -
dteeovered that 34 one^foot sgimre
timbers weighing 9.540 pounds had
disappeared from their yard , __
They said it would take three husky sssslnni tf tte Marland and
• toen to lift one beam onto a truck. I odasmistratiana.
Evening except Sunday
fire and fighter opposition. ----------------------- ■■■
F rench Seize
••
Libya Outpost
» . •y.i r
PMSta at Biltmore
Tte governor to established aVthe
dtossro hotel while Mrs. Phillips and
Mb dsaghtar. Xois. haw moved into
Mr apartment bouse.
Nte stale board of public welfare
t etech tte governor to chairman 1
■st tor tte last time Saturday mom- '
■ anf approved an salary claims for
C Mptoyes op to the end of this
Tte three members of the state
astt ef affairs had their personal be- !
■raw, packed W. M. Bell chair
MB. said that the only problem left
r tte new .board is the McAlester
■tor MU.
Tbto MU has been tn controversy far
io yean and finally tte city of Me-
isner offered a compromise which
stated that the city would make no __
■tas against the state, and the state natural gas supply to domestic consumers even though the pro-
?! duceri plpe <0J«».<»0,000 cubic feet a year out of the state, Walker
- ^tim mi >■ held T- Pound, chief conservation officer, said Saturday.
Beu Mid that tte three members of Pound based his statement on figures compiled by Dan How-
• team refused to sign the poet be- <rd, chief engineer of the department, after dispatches from
Waahln»ton hinted it might be necessary to ration natural gas
Oklahoma. Kansas and Missouri.
gttg Howard's figures show that in ihra--- —
Mmbsn ot all major board and nrtt six months of 1942 the state i . ,
■atatoM appotntod by the gover- produced 44,470,331,000 cubic feet of 1_ ITwww^l
w wan ready to move out as soon natural gas and 92.191,099,000 X\<11C1C1 S > 1HC1
i thsb mocssson have been named cub‘c toot of casing head gas. for a ,
tbs sew gseeraoc and eooflnned by grand total of 144.541.420.000 cubic rI\. _
• Mate. feet in a aix-month period. And 23,- 1HO A VsHTClS
Cart B. Sebring state treasurer, who 505.528.000 cubic fret was piped out
issaMS H-1. 'mramwasw 4 ■awraes Bas •tara Aug SBara ■SaAa. Bra toff- - — - .~s — ^a I
re ataintotraUrtn had all the ae-
Writo to the treasurer's office
J <LT‘kS“X’ 1~“» cubic Ml Ji CM
every (lay of the year. Howard aakl
' He admita that in the northrait cor« *.■ - — -- •--—• ----
, mnk Ok nre of the state there to a shortare
of state, have to facilities rather than lack of gas and “ complaint of
, cm - CM. I ~C -cu- * m. ■», H<5~« SZSS'm JX. w o’ ^r
In City-Wide Tin Can Drive
Thrrrwuhly mechHl Ua WM. via be duatped oireeur ialo tracui rar aw. .... hoo.'
heaped on Oklahoma City curbings «*ro at the loading dock at the Okla- rival, he was t_-
JX-T-i I *“ ‘”ump‘ -
to meet the ctty'i 115-ton quota. hot meals for tbe volunteer workers at
C. T. Helin. bead of tbe salvage noon,
drive, urged dUaens to ptace their coi-
Oklahoma City Times
iBvsaias Britta tf Tte Deny Okiahemaa.) taatarsg at tbs Oktebsm■ Citr. Olrtabsma Fastsftes as sss^ ra. sub awtrie eata ths am •( -__■, a irm.
Paid Circulation Greater Than Any Other Evening Newspaper PuhUahed in Oklahoma
TWELVE PAGES—500 N. BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, SATURDAY? JANUARY 9,
KZd ]Fortresses Blast
By Americans
i I Bizerte
Soviet Woman ‘Hero’
‘Dies at Her Post’
MOSCOW (from Soviet Broad-
show that during tbe first six months casta), Jan. 9.—<JP)—Marin, Roskova,
of 1942 a total of 23.605.528,000 cubic hero of the Soviet union and famous
feet of natural gas was piped out of in Russia as a woman long-distance
Oklahoma for tbe benefit of other flier and military pilot, has “died at
states. her post." it waa announced Saturday.
Ne Reason for Rationing Seen No deL*11* of the circumstances of her
“With Oklahoma producing 146.861.- ^th were disclosed. (The broadcast
420.000 cubic feet of natural In a MX- ™“ Loa6oa The Aaso-
month period and st the same time I *
piping only 23.905.52S.000 cubic feet I
out of the state, this department is
unable to see tte neceuitv^of rationing
natural gas to Oklahoma consumers.”
Pound said. ' “And thia is especially I
true when we consider tte fact that - r---
there to a known tasrre fa one field *
lanaing waa made in a awamp.
milea, made the deal and returned—
on time.
In the broad open country of the
Panhandle they can “set 'er down”
in almost any fanner's yard. There
is no gasoline rationing, even though
the government is taking most of tbe
high test grade needed and it is
retting a bit difficult to find Nash's __
!'Lde_' Cr0Mel 1J American a^d A«l^
little more than a half hour. ’
Bus Ride ThnJH Bev
Chester Lee has flown so
with his father that he isn't
unless we do a loop or fighter planes
■ fiin Afh.c. «■ _____
CHICAGO. <“ __
jurt had recovered from surprise
front of a leap building, when they serve as ehaptain at the bouse at rep-
reaentatives during the flrtt fall week
at ito sssrtoxM. Mr. Mamed served as
chaplain for similar periods Swing
Denmark told Acord one book, to-
sued under another name, was in the
car when be purchased it from a deal-
er several weeks ago. The second
ration book was issued to him later,
he said.
AU the coupons for the current pe-
___side ___ _
Hugoton field in the Oklahoma pan- j Acord said,
handle to nine trillion cubic feet. Denmark was released from the city
“If Cities Service would build a pipe Friday night on a 820 cash bond.
line from that field directly east across ------ra------
tbe northern tier of counties of this re • ...
state, it could, with a 26-inch line. SOViet U 001311 HCFO
carry a total of 165.000.000 cubic feet ,
of natural gas dally into tte northeast ‘Ries at Hf»r Pnct’
corner of the state,” he mid.
Howard ata produced figures
a year.
more than 21 years. He
11— - — —
talpbur.
_He to survived by his matter. Mrs
Fagan R*ce. and five children. Fagan
! U. 8. N.: ( . _
and Martha A^i. 7.
day afternoon la Sulphur
mu-«_ *
ciated Press).
She was awarded the UUe. Hero of
the Soviet Union, for a non-stop flight
of 4 031 miles with two other Russian
women fhers in 1938 The trio flew
from Moscow to a point near Komso-
molsk adjacent to the 8ibenan-Man-
forced
there to a known reserve fh one field (
of more than nine trillion cubic feet
of natural gas.
Both Pound and Howard pointed
out that the reserve figures do not in-
clude such big natural gas fields as
West Cement and Chickasha, from
which much of tte gas consumed in
Oklahoma City oomes Then there to
the Bast Cement field, which to ata
tapped forjiatural gas supplies
gas engineer ot Pittsburgh. Pa. in an
address at the quarterly meeting of
the Interstate Oil Compact commission
in Chicago tat October, said there is
enough natural gas tn reserve in the gertroyvd.
y”1, ne*r where tbe
which arrived Wednes-
^rigtand. took off to test a 1------------ — —• •• —
ta snd 20 minutes nallon 10 ®ore than 20 years. _ n r
In thto statement, be waa supported i<o by American airmen. Twenty
by N. C. McGowan. Shreveport, La., were reported destroyed ou ...,
president of the United Gas Pipe Line ground by fire anad 34 at night bv
Co., and a district administrator in i-----zzZ ~ y
the Petroleum Co-ordinator s organ!- were put at 71 aircraft and American
mllou. tomea st 78.
tbe spokesman said.
Battered Convoy
Chased Into Lae >
^LLOD HKADQU ARTKRS IN AUS-
TRALIA. Jan. 9-<47-A bettered
Japaneee convoy—three of ite trans-
porta at the bottom of the Pacific and tartto
a fourth damaged—waa pursued into tte
tbe harbor of Lae, New Guinea, and
there, along with the landing area, and
other enemy beach installations, was
given a merciless pounding Friday by
almost every type at plane at the call
of the southwest Pacific air force com-
mand. an allied communique reported
Saturday.
Tte Japaneee. trying to reinforce
their remaining New Guinea strong-
holds by carrying troops from New
Britain to Lae. succeeded at best in
landing only "fragmentary" troop ele-
ments. tbe communique indicated.
M Mere Planes DI was 4
In addition to the three transports
reported definitely tort since tbe con-
voy was sighted and attacked Jan-
uary 6. 20 more Japaneee escort
planes were reported destroyed, bring-
ing to 38 the enemy aircraft shoe
down tn the action.
While the aerial hammering at Lae
continued and American and Austral-
ian troops closed in on the only re-
maining pocket of Japaneee
in tbe Buna region at Sanananda.
General Douglas MacArthur returned
to Australia from tte New Guinea
battle front with high praise for tbe
Australian and American forces under
bis command.
He awarded Distinguished Service
B vital implement part in ian officers
E»<»rt at 183 Ptaaea
The Japaneee convoy so severely
W A Z—. f mxxurru WM proiecLra
a ■ — —--much in ita landing effort by 102 Janane^ 10
has to push the pedals.” Chester aads communique »««^ay •
He really got a thrill out of riding'
a bus from the slrport and one of
the '10031“ duties of his parents on
their weekend here waa to *
ride on a street car." He a never
done that yet.
Naah has a. big want. too. He
wants a plane that win fold up its
»1ngs or leave them at the airport
while he dens his necessary running
around in town That, he confides.
“ • raal problem about getting
around. And it wont be long after
the war until he will have jurt that
kind of a plane, he believes.
One-Man Trial Just
hirl of Torts, Retorts
SAN FRANCT8CO Jan. 9 —UP)—
Stanley W. Taylor, apartment house
o’Tter being tried on OPA rent riola-
tton charges, played a dual role tn
i court.
Acting as hto own attorney, be
would ask courteous, carefully phrswd
Then loudly and emotion-,
ally he would give the answers as a
witness
a A: that, he wasn't tte whole show
can*, win be dumped directly into freight forJU^reO'^^P^nhhS^<
curbings car* st tte loading <tock_ of the Okla- rival, be wa* arrested and charged
T court.
Oum^r I nhappy \
Tak^o Horoe, Uon^o Bike |
DENt’ER. Jan 9—UPi—C. B Roth
toid police someone removed a fine
°Ry norw from hia corral during tbe
nignt.
««nV*ooUted either.
***** k*1 tamng
•onm the eorral.
* k *>■ about to fan apart.
ited with downing sevm somy planes ■ wMh
tn widespread astivity.
An air force ^otoesmea announced
that fortress gunner Bergt Herman
Haag ot Latrobe. Fa_ wm credited
with the destruction at one en—y
plane over Biserte and three fortress
gunner* stared in tte itettrurtion at ■
I a Fteke-Wotf 199.
Axia Hammered w Overseas Parcels
Near Tripoli
• wmxiw. food amt me^Boi suppSaR
LONDON. Jan. f.— (UP) — Allied the navy restricted Sataday ths Has
■ planes hammered tbe axle armies at at parbasss which emy be StttoW to
1 both ends at tbe north African battle- mm in naval servtas atemd.
' front Saturday and penetrated within He partass will be aesspted wMBto
33 miles ef ite Mg Oohmb base at weighs more than Are M
I Tripoli toward which tte rasstettls gf SttBttM amre ttan II ta
tbe Africa corps are retreating length or M tachos ta tab
Tte Bnum amth army reported girth nntabteil. Only m sm
that its aerial raiders had PtacMne wm be acsepted ta one week.
gunned retraatine axis forces only 86 , The limltatloa ett MCtane atom te
sates eart at Tripoli, and the pttote the same as that snMwnmd writer
aaM German and Italian vehicles of by tte army ta new rsgutattano m to
ah descriptions were strung out far 43 mail far 'iterI oversaw However,
■ita along tte Libyan roads the army fartede Mailing ef any arto>
Eighth army planes ata ranged ete not riqsutag by a soidter and re.
over into Tunisia and attacked mlB- quired that tte regustt bo approved by
tary instatetton. st Max and Tunis, the soldiers —rf&mr. Tte
temptmc to got hto supply units tote
Tripoli txtt it wm uncertain whether
be planned to make ■ stand there. '
t * f *
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