Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Much colder, *now   flurrl**.
37THJi:EAR, NO. 7—S4 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1942
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TWO MORE GERMAN ATTACKS HURLED BACK IN TUNISIA
241,000 Nazis Lost Since Nov. 19, Russia Reports
Tropical Rains Delay Allied Attatk on Buna; Jap Airfield Bombed
Yanks, Autsies Ready for Big Push; Japs Fighting Amid Piles of Own Dead
Cen. >laeArMiur'* Hand^uert- ers. Auslralle. Kunday, Doe. It. (t-p)_Mx hundred Milr«»-«i«lit ,Jap*ne«e dead her* heon btiried *o far at Gona. Saw Otrinee, • eonmranlqnc *«M taday.
B)  BllVm>.\ V. TAVBB
Gen. MacArthur'* Headquatar*. AuJtrali*. Dec. 13., 8und»y, <UP>- Allied heavy and madium bomber* attacked J*panese airdrome* at flalamaua and Lae, today* com¬ munique reported, whil* h*avy tropirsl rain* kept ground opera¬ tion/ to * minimum and gave r*«- pite to the enemy'* *trong Buna eoajiisl poaitions, where a heavy Allied offenaiv* I* lmmin*nl.
At Goni, 30 miles *long the rca*t frsm Buna, Allied force* burled A3fl enemy dead, killed in th* final itage,< of the a**ult. Mopping up sperstions continued in th* area, where on* patrol. op*rating w**t- ward of Ih* town, deatroycd a party of enemy refugae*.
Tmigli -leh Ahead
Ther* ««« only d**ultory fight¬ ing nn  other sectors  and  only  r*-
mmmf
Right in II Duce's Face
To Quit Wednesday; Most Members Home, Business Stops
Washington, Dec, 12. fUPi-The 77th Congre«.s. during whose tenure *om« of the most momentou.° event* in United ."'tales hiatory oc¬ curred, will probably edjourn «ine die next \Vedne*day, it appeared to¬ night.
Senate Democratic Leader Alben W, Barkley, of Kentucky, told re¬ porters that a preliminary deciaion to end further conalderation of leg¬ islation had been reached In con- f*renc** during th* paat 24 hour.< between rongr**iion*l leader* of both parti**.
It was agreed In Informal talks between. Barkley,  Senate  Republi-
It all look* quit* paaceful and the big letter* on the building at left atill publ|cixe the man who got Italy into thi* mess. But the scene ia In Barre. Libya, and not long after the British Eighth
Army had chased Rommel out the olher end of town. If you look carefully, you'll «ee the Union Jack nver the building a* a *ort of anlMot* to Muasolini'* title.
American Bombers Hit Rouen
'i^.lPWmi'rlis to *
Turin While U.S. Planes from Cairo Hammer Naples
By  MIU.NEV  J. WILLIAMS
I..ondon. Dec. 12 ifF' Power¬ ful American Air Korre bombers, maintaining a shaltenng round- the-clock Allied offensive blasted Kurope from Italy to France, pomulcri I lie French .'i- duatrial town of Rouen today, fol¬ lowing up a two-way British- American sma^h at Italian ob- j jectives.
Allied   fighters   covered   the   big American    planes   as   they   picked their    way    up    the    Seine through    bad    weather   to
Germans Grow- Desperate in
Stalingrad Trap
^ Bf cofc out of StooiKing; lose  98  Transport  Planot Trying to  Bring in  Supplios
ran leader Charles L. McNar.v, of ronn»i»s*nc* »ctlvity In th* north- Or*gon, and fhe two House leader*, western   scrtsr,   th*    communlqti* -loseph   W.   Martin.   R.M***..   and
ftofcf Shows New Airfield Japs Built on Solomons
By M. .S. HANDLER
Moscow,   Dec.  1.1   (Sunday)   (IP)—The Ormans  have that begun deitpcrate countei'-a.x«ault«i in an effort to break the steel rinR forged about their diviaiontx trapped before Stalin- Kiad. the Soviet midniRht communique revealed today ns a special announcement disclosed  that  the  Nazis have  had 241,000 troops killed or captured on two fronts nince Nov. 10. The midnight communique revealed al.wo that the (iermann were counter-attacking on the central front, particularly in nivcr the > elikie Luki area, where the (lerman.s tried to check a eiivcr Soviet onslaught  with  counter-attackn. all of  which tions center  where hca%v  indua- <epul^nt  «ith   heavy  loHMCg.    in   that   battle   alone tries, oil rcfineric* and shipyard* Geimanit wei'c killed, the Communique !>aid.
arc  located.
i    Two   bom'ocrs   and   four   fighters failed to return but a joint British
Attack on Rommel May Have Started
I    British Sub Shells
I    Coast of Italy; Others Torpedo Six Mediterranean Ships
By  RDWARD W.  BEATTLE
London, Dec. 12. (UP)— American-BritLsh forcea hav* dri\en hack twn more Axis tank and ini'aiitr.\ .attacks in northorn Tunisia, it was an« nounced toniKht. amidst in* dications that (ien. Sir Ber¬ nard L. .MontjTomery had .•started a drive at Kl Aghoila to clo.sp  the   Lilnan  end   cf
were the     .\orth     African     nut-
1,200 cracker.
tsid.
Heavy bomber* *tt*ck*d th* air¬ drome *t 8a1*maua. th* eomnatini- qu* reported, and *tart*d fir** there. Bnlh heax'y and medium bombers were used in th* tA» raid, during which aircraft di*p«r*al in- ttallatinns at the airdreme wer* ltt*ckrd.
OiTiipslion of Uona, JO mile* up th* rsist from Buna, cut into th* Japanese right flank, but th* Alii** faced a tough job of cro*aing river*
.lohn A'. McCormack, D..Maa*.. th*t ahsance of Hou*c m*mber* mad* It impos*ible te *ct on th* two remaining controver*ial m***- ures on the calendar -bill* to In¬ crease the borrowing capacity of the Reconstruction Finance Cor¬ poration hy *,1 ooo.noo.ooo and to grant feder*! employee* overtime pay. Mo*t  Member*  Itone  NanM
Bpa*ker S«m Rayburn told Bark- enemy   with    heav-y ley   no   controversial    hill   had   a tacks   on   Japanese
Down Six Zeros; Only 4 Men Lost as U.S. TranspmlSinks
Bjr SA.NDOR ». KLEIN
Waahlngton,  D«r,  12.   lUPi-
Th* United Htat** ha* iMt a 22.(M-teii tranaport in the South Pacific but American fore** in th* fMomon* *till ar* carrying the fight to th* bombing at-1 s*a   and   air |
i»AN FIGHT 'WILL BE BLOODY,
Lieut.    Gen.    Krii"p*h    A. The (leniian countoi-assault.* in the Slaliniriad area were N. Ander,son'.<( Allied forces
_    undertaken a.s their desperate position wa.« revealed by the battering   omian   efforts   to  d**
American     conimuniquo     reported  C.xtent of air transport   beinjf  shot  down.  The  communique  ^'''•'P  •*"'¦¦   offensive   near   Medjea thai u enemy fighters had  been said 38 transport.^ weie shot down Fridax. A recoid 60 wne ^^\^']',-   ","'""  ^vest  cf Tunig
shot    down   bv    the    homnei.s    anri ^ji^j .ij ij- i     L-r   ¦ ,i     .    .,       *""    •''     miles    s.iuth    of    Bizerte,
four  bvthei.-Allied escort planes   '•'^POl-te'i   ^^''Ot   down   the   day   before,   testifying   that   the  b.al   off   m   enemv   tank   and   in:
entrapped    .Nazis    were   devoid    of * : fantry   attack   in   thai   sector   and
communication* .ave by air. j^ j^^^, g, gg enemv plane* were   ''Pu'-^'d  another  to th*  north,  an
Th*    Germans    counter-*ttack*d ,hot  down  in  th» Stalingrad  are*,  •^l"*''    headquarters    communiqua
both   northwest   and   *outhw*»t   nf Soviet Air Fore* units rangad over announced.
l»ed   .10V Fighter*
Indicative of the »trcnt;lh of the raiding formation*, the air minis¬ try announced loniRht Ihil .100 fighters participalcd in the raid. .N'o figurf wa* spciificd for the number ef Ainciitan bombers, which was de*cribc<l in the Brit¬ ish communiqu* as "a larse force,"
The American riifl.i tame cnly a
Stalingrad »nd were  repulsed with  the    front    Frld*y     destroying   or Sub* Hit Four Axis Ship* heavy losses in each instance. damaging 20 German tanks, 80 Ior-      i.Simullaiieously the War Depart*
Northwest  of th* city,  the  Red r'** fill*'! with troop* and aupplie*, ^ rnant  at   Washinfton   issued   com* Army had fortified its positions and ailenring   10  anti-«lrcr*ft   hstteries munique No. 266    It said: withstood   «   ferociou*   assault   by and  blowing  up three ammunition      (•¦].   Our   forces   yeaterday   beat tank*, planes and infantry, in which dunios. ^ About a battalion of Ger- off two  enemy   tank  and   infantry
aircraft fir* accounted for six Nazi total of 189,000 Axis troop* reported t|,^  other  in  the  region  of  Medjei
planes.
"Continued  on  Pag* A-10>
and swamp. Interlacad with barbed '=»'¦"« »' P««»inf th« Hou»*   *ince base.,  th*  Nap- di»clo*ed toda.v. wire barricades and concealed ma-  ""»»'    "'   '*"    member*   had   left      V.   H.   bomber*   on   \N*dn*«day
chine   gun   nesls,   Kn*niy   *nip.r*  WasMngton   with   th*   underatand- (Island Tim*, blasted a brand n.w
fired from cocoanut lr**.s and th»lr '"« *^"' ""»"'¦''  '"f*''*"°" "¦'»"''' •"*"'¦'¦   •""    ''*'''   ""'¦'    '*"   """"
be  taken   up   in   their  absence.
machine-gunners from pill boxe*.      "•  "k*n   up
*«n.. nil       < <x       ...    .. I.*cklng  a  House  quorum,   Ray-
Among rile, of Own Dnrf „urn   pointed   out.   a   aingle   mem-
The .Iapanese situation was des- ber'» objection would be aiifflcient perate hut there were many evi- to kill any bill * ihance* of pass- riencei of the enemy's determination *g».
to fi«hi lo the finiah. In their The RFC provision Is non-con- •Isnd SI f'.nna. th* .laps hung on by trover.ial biit it* doom was vir- wesring respirators amid piles of tuallv sealed when Penate farm their dead and many dug und*r bloc members thre*tened to attach roots nf giant trees. , rider calling for the Inclusion of
The enemy   forces   were   divided farm labor cost* in computing agri- h»tw»en Runs village and the mis- cultural   paritv   formula*, •ion   s   shorl    distance    down    the
Sees U.S. Troops Over 'Buck Fever,' Ready for Tough Foe
few   houra   after  Roy.il   .\ir  Force -3 tanks, eight guns. SO lorrle*. and man infantry wa* wiped oul. attack*  in  forward area*     One at-
bomber* had returned from U^lr some "00 men were wiped out. AntI- ^'^'T .'?'"**"*'* .*''"''' '""""' '*'' tack was in a northern sector and third raid of the v.ecl< on Turin, northern Italian iiiiiu.strial center. That raid. In turn, had followed a daylight attack nn Naples by heavy American bombera of the Middle Eastern (nmmand. I While the Ameruan planes were attacking Rouen, which had been dtvaaialed in a raid earlier thi.'< fall,    Bntiah    fighter.s    fanned    out
parity
rnsai    i„  iii;..i     _ <j Beaentful at Dela.v
co«»i.   An Allied communique lald
th. Japanese linea had heen pound-      Ajoutnment    without    action . .„..„,„„„,
M continuously with lOB-milllmeter raia* th* p.y of federal employee, but re.cue work ".",."" .P'^^'TP and S7-millimeter gun* and mor- «as looked on a* a rebuff to Presi- end efficient, the Navy said, thet tars dent   Rooievelt,   who   sent   a   per- only four men wer*  lost.
. . aon*l  mra*age to Congreas yeater-     The  sinking    inth   of   an   Am*r
¦"< Bomber* d,,^.   „i,inj   n  to  act   Immediately ican transport in this war   occurred ting
northwest  of Guadalcanal,   In  an other raid  th* aame  da.v, they  de
atroved  aix Japanese Zero fighter.      Washington,   Dee.   12    UP'    .Sec- „  n     ^        ..
while   s(-oring    thiee   hits   on    one r*tary   of   War   Henry   L.   Stimson   "ver Holland in diversicnary offen- tanker   and   "straddling"   *   second aaid today that th* b«ttle of North «'^«  Patrols. at   Falsi   harbor,   2-,'i  mil*s   north-  Afrlc*   will   be   long,   ¦rdiiou*   *nd K.AF Attack*  Barge* west   of  their base. bloody, "Our fighter.s atlariicd an airfield
l.4Me 4 .Men . t t.aaa "Any idea that there Is to be no and canal barges and destroyed two
The  lost  transport  wa. the  for-  further toil and sweat and blood." enemy    fighter*    without    loss    to
h* told a press conference, "would  them.selves."  an   air ministry  rom-
simply lead thia country to a tre-  munique said. "From all our patrol*.
mendou* dUappolntmenl " o"" aircraft ia missing."
Ncvcrtheleas. h* added, th* nation      It  was  th*   first   .«ortie  over  the ing  *   prolonged   dl.put*   with   th»
may b* proud of th* wav American  continent  by  th*  U,SAAF'*   power- armed    aervicea.     ha*    placed    in        ful   Flying  Fortreaaes  and  Libera- WPB-Vlce-Chairman     Charles     F.
Army, Navy Scrap With Donald Nelson Ended
mer American Prealdent liner President Coolidg*. which waa be¬ ing operated by the War Ship¬ ping Administration for the Army. Carrying    4.000    troopa    with    full
I    WPB Head Gives i    Plane Production * Control to Wilson
Washington, Dec. 12. 'UP>- Productlon Board Chairman Don¬ ald  M.  Nelson,  formerly  termin*t-
Artillerv
WhIl these
bomhpr« Mrafed and bombed Ihe »nemy landing strip and dispersal My's snti-airrrafl defenses between Gsiropa Point and the Buna Mis¬ sion. The planes started fires visible for ,^^ mile*. Australian WirrawRvs dive-bombed enemy •upply dumps In the mission area.
The  .lapaneae   y*sterday
equipment,  it  atruck  a mine—pre- troopa—never befor* tried in b«tll* to sumably   enem.v—and   went   down    ^^^ .tanding up against the Ger-
mana In Tunisia. Now Oror 'Vurk Fever"
"The** fore**," h* »»id, "are get- a   chanc*   to   get   over   their
tor* aince  last  .Sunday,  when  they Wilson   complete followed up the RAF's morning raid  1943    war    plan*
control   oyer   the production    pro-
El Bab. v2.   V.   S.   Army   B-25   bombera
attacked the railway near Sfax.
("3. British submarines hava again been active in the Mediter* rane*n. On* *ubmarine obtained torpedo hits on four merchant ve.s- *els carrying troop* or supplies  to
^  Axia   forces   in   Tunisia.     Another
submarine dctroycrl or d.imageil powers lo the aervice* l*st March, two train.-, r.n the Italian coast. Br¬ and when he .ought to rerapture sides .-ihelling and damaging oil thi* authority the Army and Nax-y tank* an demoliahing tiie facUryi eppo*ed him. L'pon specific in- chimney, .she a'.oO *ank an antl» atructiona from Prealdent Roose- submarine sriiooncr and an e-- velt Ihat they work out the proh- French merr-hant vessel of 2.009 lem in conferences, an agreement tona manned bv Germans > finally   was   reached. i. g. nmnhrn AHark
Th* agreement was not made American heav.v bombers rangeit public and a «k»lchy outline of it over Tunisia, blasting Axis corn- announced hy Nelson waa aubject muniraliona while Britlih aubmar* to several interpretations as to who ine* hampered German Gen. Wal- won.  Nelson's   associates   felt   that  ther .Nehring'. aupply lines througlt
on Eindhoven.   The Fortreaaes then Rram and wide *iip«rvisory powers h* had emerged triumphant. Army the   Mediterranean.     Anderson, bombed  the  Kives-Lllle  locomotive over th* output of other munltiTfl*. ;"<| •^'*^[^'. """'!'.'"*" "f,''' ''• services meanwhile wa.s bringing up auppllej
In  hresU
the    artillery    h.immered or   fo   give   him   the   authority positions,      Martin       B-2« adjust government salaries.
The     chief     executive's     anpenl stirred resentful comment on f'spi- lol Hill even among administration mons followers,   becau**   of   the   alleged tardiness   of   the   White   House   In  rtrw broarhing the subject, Georgia
The Senate civil service commit¬ tee   is  scheduled   to  meet   Monday aought to reconsider ils deciaion to approve      Signs
to in   recent   weeks  but  th* Navy did 'buck   fever'   at   being   up
and carriage works and Ihe Liber-  It   was   revealed  tonight. atora bla.sted the Abbeville airport.'    Nelson   aigned   four   admlnistra- "^¦""l]  Seven enemy plane* were shot down  tive    order*    which    bor*    directly
h*d   fared  well.  A  third  group  re¬ garded the pact as a compromise. Wil.son's role was clarified hv ad-
not reveal the precise time or place, the  alrong**t  nation  In th*  world  ^^^^j ^^^.^ bomber* were lost on that "P""   the   authority  which   Wilson  miniatralive  orders  signed by Nel- or B.ierte.
and reinfcrccments through th* Tunisian mud, rcndyins his Britiah forcea for a new dri\e againat Tunlj
bill wee
establishing a
Japa Open New Airport on land.
The Navya report from the Solo- "They hav* had a chance to make
confirmed  recent  indications a   ahow   of   thenvselves  which   has
that the .lapsnese were operating a been very  gratifying  lo them  and
sir   field   al  .Munda   an   New undoubtedly   disheartening   to   the
Island,   pre.sumahly   in   an enemy,"
effort to checkmate American flier* Stimson   said   the   surprise   ele-
finm Gu*dalran»l. ment   of    th*    North    Africen    nf-
of activity  at  Munda  laat fensive.   which   accountad   for   its
basic "iV-hour montii  were  followed by American «pect«cul*r    Initial     *uccess
raid. will   have   over  arm*   output   *!••
.Since  daybreak,   there  had  been i'>ff   the   coming  y**r,   and   »pecif
non-.stop air activity over the south. Icnlly over the vital  role  of sched
east British coast, "with swarms of uling   produrtlon   which
son on  Dec. t. They have not heen made   public,   reportedly   due   to  a desire b.v Nelson tn avoid a renewal heretofore  of   friction   with   the   service*
bombers and  fighters crossing and has   heen
reirossing     to     France.       Coastal Navy,
watchers reported Ihat the biggest Prowldent
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don*   by  th*   Army  and Control* Arma Production
I
Orderofl  C^tnferenee
transferred
had worn off and  that the  battle  was iContlnurd on Pag* A-10>
out of a ring of Amer- , l«n snd Australian troop* that liad trapped them two and a half jniles inland from Sanananda an Hnlniioie Bay Allied troop* had fanned out through the jungle. hen cut in behind Ihe Jap* on •ne load between Boputa and Banansmla Heavy enemy lo«ses *rre  reported.
Mopping   up   in   th*   Gona   area. _ ,, „ . ,...,.
«'here   the   Japanese   were   beaten     a.,,   Francisco    Dec,   12.   (UPi      you already  have done  so well.       igrcat    rcaponalbllity.    Lieutenant Into  submission   earlier  thi*  week. Admiral    Ernest    .1.    King,    com-     King   then   read   the   cilalion   to Commander McCandle.ss boldly cnn- <«n enemy dead were counted and mander-in-chief  of  the  U.S.  Fleet. McCandless.   who  has   been   raised tinned to engage the enemy and to Wher  bodies   were   reported   lying g^f,o(\   on   the   quarterdeck   of   ths in rank since the night of Nov. •n   the   beaches.    Sixteen   .Tapane.sc i,,„i,.gcarred cruiser Sen Francisco when    Ihe   San    Francisco    fat.il*   t.i *«re taken  prisoner. ,„.,„..    .„,,    nre.en'ed    the    Con- crippled    a     ,Tapane.«e    battleship
k  for federal  workera and au- bomber r^ld* which left not a single iContinued  on  Page A-lO. K-ontinued  on  Pag* A-lOi	
The Kind Who Win Wars
Young OHittr Led U.S. Fleet to Croat Vittory
War   KiiniiiiMrT
Almost   :>00   miles   to   the   east,
.Montsoinery's troop.'!  were  probing
iiieihodlcally at llie A\is lines in th*
El  Aghella  ilcfilc.  and  there  wer*
indications Ihat  Field  Marshal  Er»
As  official*  explained  It.  Wilson ^vin   Rommel  might   withdraw   th*
will have authority over all sched- remnants of his Axis Libyan armiea
scheduling  uling   of   new   production   for   the without a fight nn the Gulf of Sirte.
——.^^-^^.— Army, Navy and Maritime .Service.      A    Middle   Eastern   communiqu*
Hi* power over aircraft production,  aai"! today: "Developments in the Bl
lit  wa*  *aid,   i«  absolute.   He  like-  Aghoila area are proceeding accord.
wi*e will exercise conlrol  over the
40 mile* we.t of ^''^J^.'"'^'^ ?.' ""'"' """*¦ """P'' tions and other war weapons, in¬ cluding merchant shipping.
In addition  to Wilson,  this com- mit'ee include* Lieut. Gen. Brehon
m*nder-in-chief  of  the reported   lying ^^qq^   on   the   quarterdeck
Sixteen  .Japanese (,atlle-*carred cruiser .Sen Francisco when
prisoner.                             todav    and    prcsen'ed    the    Con- crippled    a     ,Tapane.«e    battleship   Showed "Great Courage"
Tank. Holdinc « Ilav*                        grctWonsl Med^l of Honor to Cmdr. sank  a  cruiser and  deatroyei,  and      -Lgigely Uirough hi.s brilliRnl sea      .
A    Hi.„ ...          ^        „         „   Bruce  McCundless  for  con»picuou« damigrd several nther enemy ships  manjhip nnd great courage, the .Sin nislil   for   Ihe
Z  ar;rr,cr''^r°"'rd    ""^''Th''e"";a;"rl.e'';f"hallle   put   Mc- "';:;,  eltatlon  read:
^hfinV   ^"'s^l'irt V";t:e:''B:i^^;""<^'--   ---itg RTach'"ti;r «- Serlou.l.v Wound*.
^•i"«Kr    and    Ihe    mission    for    six ""'" "'"'¦'^'                    , „r^hP iienvv 'In   Ihe niid.M   of a   violent  night
"M-s. ref,„in,7„ .Tj,",,"";;;  r|."p;„trd '" '"¦''""•'" .¦"""''^'.'.l^L'IV:";: engagement.    Ihc    fir.sl    of
of
assaults. He said another party lanka had been attacking Japan- •«• positions «t Cape Endaiadere ¦inc. Nov. lt» and, although unable to advance, had killed many anlpers. Another front line di*palcli told "f numerous luicide* among enemy joldiers when they ¦*w that fr*  wa,  InevlUble.
cruiser amid«l   an
de-
American   and   British    bombers Medjez  EI   Bah,
and    RiLssian    tanks    blasted    new Tunis and .'pfl miles south of Bizei le.
destruction    in    Axi^i    ranks    this Supplies   and   reinforcements   were
weekend,    while    Allied    for. es    in reported (oming up to advance lines
Tuni'ia    held     firm    asainst    Axis In  preparation for a big Allied at-
sasaiilt   a.s   supplies   and   reinforce- tack.
ments   were   brought   up   for   the .retain   scheduling   conlrol   In   Ihe
final   offensive   there. British patrols probing th* Rom- Army:   Vice  Admirsl  S.  M.   Robin-
mel   lines   at   El   Aghella   found   *  »<"'•   Maj.   Oltver   P.   Echols.   Rear
A   laigc   force   of   Allied   planes, curious lack of Nazi opposition, in- Af!mir*l   R   A.   Davi.on.   Rear  Ad-
.                  roaring  in   continuous   waves   over dicaling a possibility that the Ger- miral   How«rd   L.   VIckery   of   the
lead our column of following ve.«»el.s ^J,p continent,   delivered a  .'hatter- nians might withdraw to Miaurata. Maritime   Commission,   and   Ferdl-
great victory.                                  j^j, hiow on Rouen Saturday afler- 290 mile, west of Aghella. without nand   Eberatadt,   WPB   vice-chalr-
"  man.
in   on*   Industrial   town.
nferno nf shell-  engagement,    the    fir.il    of    a J     I 1      A,..in>i   over- teiniined an  de.«prrate enemy scri-
fire   and   shrapnel.     Against   ovc^r^ ^^_^|^.    ^^.„^„j„j    Lieutenant    Com¬ mander   McCnndlc,-s   and   rendered
cap-
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whelming odds, McCa his shin victorlou'ly against a Japa¬ nese  fleet. .
King arrived here frnm Washing¬ ton   lo  represent   President  Roote- velt and Congress in presenting the nation's highest award for heroism J|n tn McCandle.s. "Welcome"—"Well Done"
Addres.sing the assembled crew. King said: •
"Fir.st. \,clconie home. Secondly, well done. II is men I lie you in .'.hips like this who will do a m-jcr pari ill wiiinins thia v.ar. I fiii confident Ihst when your shin p ;« out   to   sea   again   ynu   will   be   de
him unconscious, killed or wound¬ ed Ihe admiral In command, his staff, the captain of the ship, naviiptor and all other peraonnel the nsivisating snd aigt^al bridges.
"F;'ccd with the lack of superior command upon his recovery, and displa;. ins: superb inilialive, he pi'omplly ?-::riiicd comni'nd of the .ship mil ordered her i our.e gun fire r.t-insl an overwhel Inily   pov.erful   force.
Wirh  his suii».-lopa In other ve*
Francisco was brought bock to port javed to fight again in the aervice of her country."
-McCandless.  at the  outset of the persona
bellle, was outranked hv Rear Ad- „      , , ,    ,
mira'   Daniel   J.   Callagh;in    Capt.     I"""    nussian.s    launched    a    new
Ca.:sin Young. Cmdr. lUv Harri.son. offensive west of Rzhoy, crossing «
Lieut. Cmdr. H. E. Schonland   and river barrier to pierce Oerman lines
Lieut. Cmdr. J. I. Cone destroy 1.". blockhouses^ IS gun —
Callaghan. thre* members nf ki, pl«'-'n.cnts  nnd  kill  800  .Nazis. ataff. and  Voting  war
noon,   battered   Naples  hy   daylight  putting up much of a fight. nn   Friday   nnd   bombed   Turin   at
third   assault   In   a      From General MacArthur's hcad-
wcck   on   that   devastated   city. quarters   in   Australia   came   word
Axi.«   r.ildcrs   attacked  weakly  at  tli.Tl an offensive had begun against
several   Fnslish   points,   killing   l.'i strong   Japanese    positions   in   the
ing to plan without interferenck."
Radio   D.iksr   broadcast   an   an- nouncement   that   Montgomery   al¬ ready had begun his grand aaaault on   EI  Agheils,  but  this was  with* _ out conflrmalion In Allied quarter*
Somerveirwho'le'd The'fiiht'to »"'' "'" treated with reserve bar*.
Radio Rome, reported, however, that .Montgomery and Anderson had conferred, "foreahadnwing con* certed action In Tunia and CyT»» naica <Libyai." Itallana Expeet Attack "Th* Anglo-American* ar* maili* 'Continued  on  Page A-10)
IK gun em II believed thai the Russian ring
Buna coastal «rea of northern N'ew Guin»R. .Such an offensive Involved crossing rivers and swamps, pene¬ trating barbed wire entanglements, eliminating machine gun nesls and dodging sniper* in the trees.
British  Paratroops  in  Tunisia Raise Havo€ Behind Axis Lines
London.   Dec.   12
forming officer.
The   que.stlon
lUPi ~ An   Bx-i    L'nder cover of darkneis. th* park-
cocoaut change     Telegraph     correspondent | chutists  raided  the enemy alrfMM
reporled from an advanced base in  at   Oudna.   10   miles   from   Tunlg,
eastern Tunliia today that  British Tuesday  morning.    They  aurpriaad
A  Chinese  communiqu*  reported parachute troops dropped 2S miles the   Axis   forces   and   destroyed   a
that    Japanese    columns     itriking southea.'l of Tunis a week ago had  half   doren   planes   and   set   *torag
northward    from    T*ngchung   had spread havoc until their explosives afire before they withdrew.
of his ""Harrison w«. wn„n,i-.«    i"!.*"* ,""ll around German forces before Stalin.
^'" "e""d''"o""rem;in"b:L"d':c;;i";o K""' """• ^'T'- '"" •h"'""^'haVc direct repair work.    Cone w  s    er- -"'  '^'"'"''."  divisoiis  whose  chance
vital   »*rvlce   a*   g" nc7y f !,'!'ui.m?eh «e"w''d[m'!ircr and'lhc ''"¦" "topped by Chinas*  forces  In ran out and then marched 80 miles Helped by Arab*
• ''¦¦"''. '"''^",'"  ,,,'",    l.v noli    » heavy battle which waa continu- back to the British ba.'c. 	
• Pert   Armv   slrcnsthcned   Its   posi-  ,__   ^^    ,  ,,        ,_  ___ ,,_.  ,...^.j     j^    ^
conversation
of   command ni between   McCandlea*
Army The Germans were
posi- slriving
"l*''JI'A'f,'* '"^.•''•¦'"•t''itele"phone J|,''';^i„^ in  reinforcements  hy air.
but l>« Iran.^port planes were  shot
and '?fl'''uTl,.^^';°r'»"'l' '«"'^^- '^''^   Hown Fridav and .•is more yesterday  ^'>--''i"B to another report.
¦'-  ""{rnf::rr^sJhria'nd"Jrour per- ^-.^^.^T 1^;!^St^lrn-irad"'"'"''     At New D.lhl. an Ameri aonnel situation,    aaid McCandles*. '^'' sir   force   communique   sai
He sent   back   word  that  he   was     In sel.i   iinaws'-c   rf the   In.s..  of   their very bu*y.    f told him to go ahead tank
termined   to   do   avan   mora   than admiral,   and   chaliengad   by   his with what he had to do."
northern   Tunisia,   two and   infantry   assaults   wer
beaten back by Allied forces neat,Andaman blanda.
heavy battle which waa cnntinu- back to the British ba^e. After    they    ran    short    of    aa-
ing. The Japanese apparently were     A.^ soon as Ihey landed,  the dis- plosives the parachutist* decided ta
preparing   for   an   invasion   of   the patch said, the parachutists started return   to   thrir   lines     During  Ul*
Interior   of   Yunnan    province,   ac- for tiie capital, shooting up eneni. 80-mile   march   through   the  moun-
iran.iports along the way. The Gci- lain.s they slept  days and marched
mans aent out tanks, armored cars at  night.    They  had only  iron  ra»
can  loth and   truckload^   of   infsiilry   in   an tions.but Arabs provided olher food,
d   heavy effort to round up the parachutists One night they entered a vlllagt
Axis bombers  had   raided Japanese-helH but two of the tanks were knocked and   were   warned   by   Arab*   that
Rangoon   and    Port   Blair   in    the nut  and three  lorries were deatroy- German tanks were at th* oppoaH*
,*d In on* akirmi.h Monday.
and of tha town.
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