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Tolu M E 2 4—N O. 15 8
GOOSE CREEK. TEXAS. FRIDAY. DECEMRER 18. 1942
UPPED AXIS FORCES S
ussians Drive Toward Smolensk
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Ian Pivot Henderson Ousted by Farm Bloc New Allied
int |s G08l Four-Way Deal Made With White House Drive Against
Offensive
apid Progress Claimed
[Russians in Advance
i Nazi Supply Center
[)W, Dec. 18. (UD — The
army revealed today that
bad driven on the central
to within 85 mllea of Smo-
, pivot point of the whole
an campaign in Russia.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18. CD — ere to drop the wage-cost bill,, the
An administration deaf with the administration agreed to:
congressional farm bloc, which Henderson a. OPA
ssLssi. a sss
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son to resign, congressional sourc-
es said today.
Hot)sc aad President Roosevelt
set in motion the most drastic
shake-up on the civilian war front
since the war began. * '
The first announcement came
r from the White House which re-
iWaSHSSS-’"- 0«™l*.mPr..p.ct
congress held all the high cards, Wickard was said to have closed a rather bad impairment of my * n‘
and climaxed a long, bitter feud ' the deal late yesterday afternoon. eyesight”--and the president's ac-
between President Roosevelt and He flashed the word to the White ceptance.
Japs Looms
Potrol Activity Near
Salamaua Indicates New
FLEEING
BY ADV
the farm bloc. On the basis of
mn current information, the farm
special communique said the hag won a substantial victory.
KL Kfes north Sen. Prentia. M. Brown tD,
llty or 83 miles nurui v
I sUghtly east of Smolensk,
! 60 miles west of the Rzhev-
na railway line.
ply Center : •■■■ v '• > ' ' 1
(The Russians were making
progress. The noon com-
Mich.), defeated tor reelection last
month, is expected to succeed
Henderson. He is a strong admin-
istration supporter who steered
the anti-inflation bill through the
senate, but will be f9r more ac-
r_________ ceptable to congress than Hen-
uc reported Soviet forces detson..
jg in “the area of the Congressional sources said the
-Vyazma- railroad" had farm bloc was ready-and has the
red a village, the ninth votes in the new congress—to jam
had taken In this area in through a bill that would force
the administration to Include all
of the costs of farm labor, includ-
ing that of the farmer and his
family, in the computation of
farm parity prices. That would
send food prices skyrocketing and
wreck the president’s anti-infla-
tion program.
Thus, with Brown acting as go-
t last three days.
Ia main railway runs 'from
•‘iensk, back through War-
“Into Germany. From Smo-
Germari supply lines
north and south..
The capture of Smolensk
remove the heart of this
The only place in Rus-
- lost Smolensk, the Germans
Russians Drive, Page 2) !
bought off congress. -In return 16t%
agreement among farm bloc lead-
Henderson Med
By Resignation;
Says Health Bad
'Can Tell Them No and
I Don't Give a Damn'
Baltimore;, Md„ Dee. u. cd~
Leon Henderson Is not pleased
about his resignation .as price ad-
ministrator.
He made that plain here last
night where he “sang” his swan
song at a heatless, coffeeless, su-
garless and butterless meal with
rationing board 234. To that board
ITERS, Australia, Dec, 1*.
dph — Renewed Allied patrol
activity around Salamua, key
Japanese hose, and highly effec-
tive use of a new parachute
fragmentation bomb against the
dnemy at Mamba indicated to-
day: that a new Allied drive wns
In the making in New Guinea.
Gen. Douglas MacAythur
awarded the Purple Heart deco-
ration to Lieut.-Gen. George C.
Kenney, commander of Allied air
forces In the Southwest Pacific,
in recognition of meritorious
service in inventing the new
bomb.
Down to 75 Feet
It was revealed that hundreds
were dropped from levels as low
as 75 feet, on Japanese barges
add landing points In the break-
ing up of the enemy landing at-
tempt at the mouth of the Mam-
bare river Monday. The frag-
mentation devices also were
used, it was said, in the Buna
Rommel's Afrike
•"*“1 V"’
planes slash at a trapped enemy
force to the east,
nounced today
LONDON. DC- « .. -
vanced units
Eighth army are in
of the rear guard of
shot Erwin
Korps more than 90 m
of El Aghelle while
tanks, guns, (nfantrymen end ^
was an- and
known." tl
4 communique of the Middle °
Eastern command Isused in Cai-
ro, disclosed that the British
advanced forces throughout yes-
terday fought the fleeing rear
guard, pressing it closely, south-
west of Nofilia, which is 90
miles west of Gen. Sir Bernard
Montgomery’s jumping off place
in his new offensive aimed at
Tripoli, then Tunisia.
Extent Net Known
In the area between the Mar-
HHEEff
•■-P£ip
From the
to northern
the African
Axis forces ...
teas land, sea and air
In Tuniala, the ‘
air force went o
Tensive against t
dromes, commun
and ships.
A British subr
lieved to have sunk two
sized supply ships,
FIELD MARSHAL ROMMEL / »le /rch flying field, 40 mil*, destroyers, in the Oulf of
west of El Agheila, and Wadi an admiralty
I EH?
Three hiu
ships.
RAF Bombs German Cities HS2E
18 Planes Lost in Stormy Attack
LONDON, Dec. 18. CD — Con-
tinuing its offensive on Axis ob-
jectives despite difficult condi-
tions, the RAF bombed north-
west Germany last night In raln-
• lout clouds,
storms and
ss. tsrxr
laden with motor
northeastern England last night, ^ndltlon **r0Und *" * '
wao’^’safd **there Middle Eastern co,
sa d, there were casualties f(ghUr probably
on Malta, destroyed at eiast five
. cloud
LEON HENDERSON
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big enemy aircraft, taking troop*
and supplies to Africa, off Sicily.
The situation in the Libyan bat-
tle area was that the Britiah ad-
vanced forcea had caught up with
ecall of 'A' Cords in East Ordered
1000,000 Automobiles Are Forced Oft Highway
k:; j \\ •
VGTON, Dec. 18. CP> — Administrator Harold U Ickea states. When if comes Into
ndous military needs for was making tills survey today. feet it will mean that .approxi-
me oauy headquarters com-
munique stud that in the Sala-
maua sector “our patrols main-
(8ee New Offensive, Page 2)
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genial Henderson’s isolation cam-
paign came when reporter* were
/: buried from the dinner after first
being invited. That action ap-
parently was taken by the ration-
-S2i*srfi£
•on- ■ - .; , :s;
But Henderson himself angrily **.#»■ ■
turned away from reporters after- MPAT NAlPC I AAITI
_____ ______________ When if comee Into ef- wards and told them: "IvUl JOILJ LVVIII
military needs for was making this survey today. feet It will mean that .approxt- *^’Ve gotten to thb place now
fighting fronts today The OPA order—effective at mately 70 per cent of all private where I don’t have to be nice to 35 Ounces Per Week Is
government to stop mw mhh.w—anacificaliv Drohlbit.x automobile owntra Jn theae neonie nnv more i' can *» out (ylgfg Preliminsfy Mov#
Added Cuts in
rwident Roosevelt, explaining cial vehicles or one coupon of any Ion to meet a fuel oil famine in i am a private citizen and there
drastic action to his press con- class for emergency use." New York, Washington, Balti-
“ --------- ^ “ It was prepared- after Petro- more and other eastern cities
leum Administrator Harold L. was believed imminent. Officials
Ickes conferred yesterday in said, however, it was not Hke y
New York on the sudden critl- to tike the form of immediate
cal gasoline situation In eastern ^^^rosemjue^toi1 rations.
expressed
on sale of
(i hope that the
gasofu» to i
1PRH any
rts except commercial ve-
: could be lifted in a day or
5 *■
’ Office of Price Adminiatra-
which issued the order, said
time and extent of relaxation
ban would be determined
|« survey of supplies. Petroleum
is no reason Why I should talk
to you”'
Although Henedsorn seemed re-
WA8HINGTON, Dec. 18. HU!) -
Agriculture department officials
said today that the order reduc-
SUZ CtocMI Reported on
only a preliminary move, and that ^ jfigtOfl
and some damage. One raider
was destroyed. • ■'
but lost j (The German radio claimed
18 planes. f Nazi fighter planes attacked
The high loss resulted from traffic and armament establish-
bad weather. The pilots battled ment* in central England, start-
rainstorms ovsr the continent li| llTee. Of the British raid raur guard of Rommel's army,
;SSS
« Tripoli, capita^ of Ubya, and
The air mlnUtry, reporting on T ni'hnfiL. a
the raid, did not announce the ^e night of Dec. 61 and1 ori tiie
targets. bombings of Karlsruhe and
It said in addition to bombing p^heim roilroad junctions on
German land insUllatlons, the "““ r j™,' 3
RAF mined enemy waters. r'
The RAF'S night raid on
Turin, a week ago, was made
through clouds that hung over Tu,* |f{||a<l in
the continent to an altitude of Irfw vQUvlJ nlllvU 111
*”“*■ TrMng Plane Crash
385 miles east of Tunisia.
Axis force was fleeing lor
(See Trapped German, Page 2)
State Budget Is
Cut $10,310,34?
DspaHmsnts Seek Way*
To Reduce Expenditures
A few German planes raided
WACO, Dec. 18. (HE)-An array
training plane which spun into a
AUSTIN, Dec. 18. <l!.R> —State
department and institution head*
today began figuring on reduc-
ing their expenses u the state
17.
1- * '
kOUND TOWN
tte Tri-CIMes: Mrs. S. F.
“tnskie hag taken a job eit her
• that will keep her busy now
y**- • • • But she
Mind. ... gam Sjolandcr
Ration Book, No. 1
Issuance Extended
Deadline for issuing war ration
Tlie present acute gasoUne |^g» 5n administration deal
crl.U in'toe" east developed in wjto the rongresJon'.I farm bloc-
toe; |«st 48 hours following re-
ported sudden largiwicsle de-
mands which rationing author-
ities had been unable to
see.
tion of
anU draining of supplies from
fore-
This. led to serious deple-
of 'big east coast reserves
= BS,-.-saai*J5rs
olty a^ation cSete the public re- ‘Swtftoe" romnfwi
lations office of the Waco army n£m
fijring Bchool announced today Goy ^ R gtevengoni who
Keane balled out of the plane 683,651.670 but are not complete
and apparently escaped, but at the and may be increased if addl-
lieved to be oh the Way out of further cuts may bring conaump-
OPA. it was apparent that the tion to less than two pounds a
way his resignation came about- week after the first of the year. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 18. (UP)-A
«- - - - -- --------- - A rising demand for meat for Lisbon dispatch of toe newspaper
the armed forces and lend-iease Allehanda said today that Prime
irked him. ~ shipments caused^ Food Adminis- Minister Winston Churchill had
He tsid the dinner gathering Claude R. Wickard to order ]eft for Washington to confer with
that the local rationing officials A ^..Per cent reduction idi;«Mr President Roosevelt on French
“are the people who can’t be fired Sui deliveries for the first quarter .... . ^ _ ..........■
mm.% mmm wmm smm •
Jan 15, Mrs. Bert Darby, in plete automobile tmne stoppage President Roosevelt and Bernard beef also would be restricted soon left for Washington to confer manns body was trapped in the tors have agrwd to an eoawOBiy
charge bfthe local ration office in such centers as New York. Henderson Irked, Page 2) (8w Addrd Cllts, Page 2) with President Roosevelt. wreckage. (See State Budget, Page 2) -
was Informed today by Ben Taub, A similar sudden depletion of v.
district manager of OPA. stocks occurred in October due -
SSjJSES ffiSri MrSHp j?Rj«8» tnbm Ubr In Criticism of OPA
.SSasSB pasarfasw sssmasu s*f**jw*> twit a 8-a *—• mm. ci.» i,v*.d
^a^erbWto‘e2teS VdLrNTEERS STOPPED
^WtenSbecn'raTse^bv board* “nd a des,re be “fig* (Pf»!?£0>u":
most public service prompted toe tedrs for the navy. M^rand
Ijecal gentry about how much to Stend' thT'K'7t ^
Geoige Walmsley aver- iflJuing the books," Mr. Taub told order today even before their in-
- ^tion into service. _ Telejraph-
DALLAS. Dec. 18. (UJf>—Relief ap-
peared to be in sight today for the WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (C.E)-The tour of southern and southwestern bad been set so low “as to induce
hous* •ra*il bu*,ne8S states, said the corporation’s re- a decline in production of' c«m-
Sf&sSTl*- t*lel southwest and gin_,ed QUt the 4 the Of- suits in those areas was. “prac- modifies .vitally necessary to the
to" 'toroughou*the*^tire *ar^^" ftcc of Price Administration for tically negligible.” It blamed bad Health of^a nation." ^ ^
A spokesman in tue OPA rej
ional office here said that revi
;, ■‘ 7 -I • ,;s; :> ;js-X. \
Brazilian General Says
Army Formed by Nazis
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 18. CD
-A “complete German army,
aimed to forestall the United
States war effort,” was organiz-
ed In Brazil by General Nleden-
fuhr, former German military
EE* “!d<~ifw»inwgh S
K3BB|&&&***■ —-It ■
Itltt ^ f the hardtet luck guy • P 1. OPA policies, which have
[toe universe toe man whose _ _ , _ , _ _ 1 “seriously undermined and weak- f
bitter crltlsims today In a prelim- management. "The obvious practical --------
revla- -SJntlZto^ned^T St jUS Sw at^' Gen. ManoeL Rabello of
class.” are too thin to permit of continued operating mark-up a* well protect Kabello. who Is
If,. snau wu
» birthday comes on Dec.
w"o»e marrit
* Mi Dec. 26.
are too tnra to permit ot conunuea operaun* Jimm-up ag *«■ •»»». — regarded as
The committee cited these “cru- ojNeration except at a loss,” It the retailer or^other^diitributor om
mmg Stocks Close Today
tmarnnsam........... M -■--.r.....?ia gg?>£5,*
ened” our system of consumer
gboda distribution. The committee
■ wafhed that unless speedily cor
"... .tooted the - -||||
Wjjciauuu CAVC|» rav » avow.
said in other cases, retell ceilings (See Probers Attack, Page 2>
Goodfellows Time is Short
ed in the newspaper O Globo,
that the force was organised
viz and to wit et us and
Sanu Claus' coat and
Match were found.
The
agency
American T. and T. .........125* ^kato^Motors ‘.. ’■ *.'. ^
Chrysler Motors’!!,’.! !!!,’.’.■!■ 68 (Pure 00...........11’/.2084,
1 ^orget" the”’ Goodfellows aUes S*™"................ 3%. H°ller ™ ............ 2fi
*t the Bay theater at 10 Commercial Solvent ......... 9* Skdlly ................;......30
~ ..........** **’/ Socony Vacuum .............. 10*
Sperry Corporation ..... 25
Standard Oil of Indiana .... 27%
Standard Oil of New Jersey ,. 45*
Sunray Oil............... . 1%
Texas Corporation .......... 40%
T»x»s Gulf Sulphur .....37
Tidewater Corporation ...... 9 %
T-P Coal and Oil ............ 8
United Aircraft 26
United Corporation ......... %
United Gas .......%
United States Steel..........48%
Wajworth ..... 4%
Western Union . 27
Company w,..... 4*
19
..... 58
.... 1334
S.P................. .......157% rogtag death when h
- ' •- 14U **■ forced down in the neme
___
........■ ...........
■ tomorrow . ' . ju*t*one'"fiVe- Consolidated Aircraft ..... 18%
gets you in (but you Consolidated Oil .........■••• 7
ffS gSKSJi«
; the attraction is Electric Bond and Share .... 1%
unova |„ -Slg Hopkins." Electric Power and Light.... 1%
'•* Porte: Ed Stdlivan i. a E1 Paso Natural Gas .......*8%
'J'man these days Dickie Freeport Sulphur ........... 86
f*n about to go out, oMnisU Gen€ral Electric ............ 29%
^ the duration meybe General Motors ............. 48%
““ John Eckhardt is pretty °bdd*n ^ ......... 14£
*H Over all this Christmas graham Paige ........ *
Mrs. Harold Pfeiffer Greyhound ........ 14%
* Jjer purse in a Houston store Gu^ OH .................... 27%
Maybe ,omet^y arebbed t Houston Oil ................. 3%
'vasn’t™yk$red Hudson Motor,.............. 4%
L*?y the next S t W Humbla ..................«
ln /ront Of a Houston a"d LftU*blln ..... ^
S* i“S.“anc SrMS«:r::s «
«•
K-'- . ...w ... ■ .
Yangtze, river in the southeast-
ern part of Shj#st province.
WASHINGTON, bee. 18^-Army
Flying Fortretees, accompanied
by Cannon • firing Airacobra
fighter*, attacked the Japanese
base at Munda on New Georgia
island in the Solomons for the
seventh consecutive day of raid*
in that area, the navy announc-
ed today.
ROME, Dec. 18. (Italian radio)—
A Stefan] agency dispatch said
today that Pope Pin* would
broadcast an "important mes-
■uomei.t and problems” to the
w orld on Christina*.
SAN FRANCDOO, Dee. IE —
i apt Eddie Rickenhacker ha-
returned to the mainland, it was
learned today, after na-rowly es-
Ua plane
Previously reported
complexity and multiplicity of reg- Tuesday Bridge Luncheon
ulations.” (lab .......................... 2^5
3. “Failure” of the smaller war Billie Reed.............—........— 5.9#
plant* cooperation, aet up to help Alice Fay Wenckene------------ LM
sraali manufacturers get war con- Cedar Bayou PTA 3A3
tracts, to function. The committee, Total today _________________8238.80
which recently returned from a ^ CHrEf. OOODFELU)W
There is little time left for you
Miners Trapped in -
TnnndBeBeyedAlhe.^SSa
fund.
This annual party ot the Good-
fellows is almost here, and, as In
other years, is planned with one
purpose in mind, and that is to
spread Christmas cheer to all the
needy youngsters in this area.
jcya* fisyts
• and delivery win be
SHINNSTON, W. Va.. Dec. 18.
(U.E)—At least five miners have
been trapped in the Owings mine
of the Consolidation Coal do.
near Shlnninston for more than
seven hours, but there is “some
evidence*’ that they are still
alive, company officials report-
ed today.
A company spokesman said
that a slate fall pinned the men
in the mine.. He added, how-
W-“S 3S-&&3 M.
that some of the miners might mixed i
still be alive. * candy i
Invited to drop by the toy room of
the Goodfeilews and see the work
being done.
And everybody is Invited to help
deliver. If you have the time,
and a little extra gas, drop around
Wednesday about 10 am. The
more the merrier, and if you’re
not needed we will gladly tell you
so. Remember, first come first
served on this delivery business,
as we try to have all hags deliver-
ed on Wednesday.
The fund today stands at |
thanks to
listed above
bers of the ’.
cheon Club, the
among <he German residents of
,;Bra*il ;and that other
ies of Germans have
ganized Jin neighboring «
These' forces could V
ganized at a moment’s
Rabello said.
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 158, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1942, newspaper, December 18, 1942; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1100046/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.