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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Rain, cooler, fresh winds. 36TH YEAR, NO. iS-44 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1942 PRICE TEN CENTS BIG GUNS TRAP GERMANS Tire Inspection, IS-Mile Speed |j«^ ^'^^'a*'^^\ Coming with National Gas Rationing p"ounds Suburbs Auto Rules Expected On Nov. 22 To Inspect Tires Every 60 Days; Rationing Plan Will Copy East's Ameritan Mosquitoes' Were in Raid on Oslo Washington, Sept. 2fl. (UP)—Price Admini.>trator Ixion Henderson an¬ nounced tonight that nation-wide rationing of gasoline will begin about Nov. 22 and that the nation's 27.000.000 motorists thereafter will be required to submit their tires for itderal inspection ev^ry 60 days. Simultaneously. Defense Trans¬ portation Chief Joseph B. Eastman ordered speeds of sll rubber-tired vehicle.^ in the United States limited to 35 miles an hour. Extension of the gasoline ration¬ ing plan now in effect in 17 eastern states to the remainder of the na¬ tion, compulsory tire inspection and the 3.S-milc speed limit ai^ designed to save rubber and tires. "They were amnng the recommendations made hy Bernard M. Baruch's rub¬ ber investigating committee. To Previde reaalUes Violators of lhe 3,'S-mile limit would bc subject to speeding penalties of the alale.s in which the violations occurred. Penalties for failure to submit tires to in¬ spection will be imposed hut their nature has not been decided yet. officials said. The rationing plan will follow the one now in effect in the Ea^t. Henderson said that some 20,000,000 paasenier cars outjiide of the pres¬ ent rationing area will be affected by the new program. He e.«tiniated also that rstioning will reduce the use of private pas.'enger car* an average of slmost <I0 per cent from normal. Owners of c»r» in the present iinrstioned area will be required to rrsisler and will receive a basic gssniine raiinn for their cara to allow 2.M0 miles of travel per year hs«ed on gasoline con.^umplion of IS mile.i lo the gallon. Hope In Htart Nov. *3 Henderson said the time and place for nation-wide registration will be nnnounced laler. He said, however, that registration probably will he completed and card.' dl.^- tributed in time to begin rstioning ahout Nov. 22. The Ktui Cns.st rationing plan, Henderson said, already has re¬ dured sverage passenger ear mile¬ age close tn the objective of 5,000 miles fixed in the Baruch report. He said the chsnges required for extending tho plan tn the remain¬ der of the country will be Incorpo¬ rated in the eastern plan when na¬ tion-wide mileage becomes effective so that all csrs throughout Ihe country will bt operating under the same rules. "This gasoline rationing systeni will be meshed into the tire ration¬ ing program to bring the overall mllesge of Amei ica'a autos within the limits of the available rubber supply with the use of tires being limited tn essential transportation needs of the country," Henderson said. "Observance of n 35-mlle per hour maximuni speed limit will be a basic requirement In both gnso¬ iine snd tire rntion allovances." Asking finvernor* to Art In ordering Ihc 3.'^-nille limit. Kastmnn nnnounced thnt hc would request all stale governors to put such n limitation In effect In their stntes hy prncl;iniation or nther- wlse. nnd to enforce it strictly. The speed limit becomes effective Oct. 1 for all vehicles except those operated by common carriers in acheduled regular route nervice. For those In Ihe latter group - Trucks and busses operated on regular schedules nver regular (Continued on Page A-lO) Attacked in Broad Daylight To. Chase Quisling By WUXIA.M B. DICKINSCN London, Sept. 28. (UP)—The air mlniitry disclosed today that new- twin-engined light bombers known a* Mosquitoes saw action for the first time In Fridays dnylight raid en Nazi headquarte-s nt Oslo, Nor¬ way. The attack was carried out by four planes while Norwsy'.s puppet premier, Maj. Vikdun Qui.'i- llng. and other party leaders were conferring. * The raid was msde in brilliant mid-afternoon sunshine the air ministry disclosed. The pilot of the leading plane said the raiders flew through clouds over the North Sea but found sunshine over the Skaggerak. Faiight all (iermaaa He said the British attaclied from the east of the city, but encountered a flight of Focke-Wulf 190's which shot down one British plsne into the Oslo Fjord. Another Mosquito was hit by cannon fire in its star¬ board propeller, but continued in the air. German planes pursued the raiders ."50 miles. The Royal Air Force pilots ap¬ proached thc Nazi headqunrters at very low level, bombing from about 100 feet. One aircraft crew saw tbe bambs from another plane hit thc corner of the Gestapo's cen¬ tral building. That crew then bombed the other side of the party] quarters. Much smoke and debris] waa thrown from the building and French StUl Worrying Italy New York. Sept. 2«. (UP)—The Russian Tass news agency re¬ ported tonight in dispatchea from Geneva that Italy, irked by French military maneuvera near the Italian border, waa concen¬ trating large armed forcea near the frontier. Tass, in a broadcast from Mos- tow picked up here by United Press, aaid tHat the Itallana re¬ garded the maneuvers aa evi¬ dence that Germany favored France in Franco-Italian terri¬ torial disputes involving Nice, Corsica and Savoy. Start of Bumper Crop it still was visible when the RAF crews flew out of Oslo. { Dispatches from Stockholm said! Quisling was forced to take refuge' i'l the cellar of a University of Oslo building. It was reported that that building was not hit. German radio claims put British casualties at three of the four attacking planes, but the air minis¬ try said flatly that only one was lost. The enemy said all casualties were among the civilian population. Seven were killed and eight in¬ jured. Hit Int aalon leaat Naval plsnes and Hurricanes ef the coastal command bombed enemy shipping along the Nether- ianda coast, and in the Dover straits during the night, th* air (Continued on Page A-10) , Tanks Smash Namis Facing Flanking Drivt in Northwest, Aimtd at Taking Hills Which Will Force von Bock to Retire Mechanic removes the bumper from auto owned by one Harry Engel of New York, who flgures that with the national speed limit set at 35 milea an hour, there won't be much use for bumpers. sn he sets an example by donat¬ ing them lo the U. S. salvage drive. (Story on Page A-ll.i Destroy Jap Transport No Change in Jap Toward Russia, Says Hit by Bombers West of Solomons; Using Artillery In Mountain Fighting Foreign Minister Says Relations Unaffected by War MERCHANT MARINERS HONORED TOMORROW By NKD Rl S.SEIX London. Sept. 26. (UP>-Masa- yuki Tani, ne>.ly appointed Japan¬ ese foreign minister, spesking today in 'Toliyo on the eve of the lecond anniversary of the signing of the tripartite Axia agreement, said Japan planned no changes in in Baltimore at the Bethlehem its policv toward Russia despiH Fairfield shipyard way from which developments in the European war. the Patrick Henry,, flrst of the Tani a statement was perhaps the '¦moretncy cargo vessels, hit the most significant made by any of ""A" *'!»'^">' » >••¦¦ •«" the foreign ministers of Ihe three Washington, Sept. 2«. (UP)—The men who build and aail America's wartime merchant ships will be honored throughout the nation to¬ morrow in celebration of Victory Fleet Da.v, anniversary of the flrst Liberty Ship launching. Thc key ceremony will be held major Axis partners — (IJermany year Mr.-i. Hems' A. Wallace, wife of thc Vice President, who christened Italy and Japan^who joined in 'he Patrick Henry, has aent a radio their three-way alliance Sept. 1940. "RelatloMa I nchanged" me.s.sagc to that ship, now some¬ where st sen. Her message and the reply of Capl. Richard O. Ellis skipper, will be rend al the Balll In his first ofBcial address since ^nre exercises If the shlp'a reply cnn be picked up in time. IN MEDITERRANEAN he became foreign minister, Tnni according to a Domel News Agency broadcast, said Japan's relslicns with the Soviet Union to the north F|VE AXIS SHIPS SUNK remain unchanged. In connection,with thc European war, he ridiculed the United Na- tions' efforts to csUbllsh a second London, Sept. 26. (UP)—The ad- front and praised "the dazzling miralty reported today that British victories" of Germany and Italy submarines in the Mediterranean "in Europe and thc Atlantic ns hnve sunk «t least flve and possl- wcll as in North Africa, thus con- bly seven Axis ' supply ships and tribuling further to the swift prog- seriously damaged another, ress of thc new worid order." The communique reported flve "When thc tliree powers concen- ¦'"'Pl''.^" "liP" 'i"'' *>'«" deflnltely trate their tolnl power," he said, >'""'< «'"1 '"" '"<>" "¦•" »'"«<' "» "there Is no doubt that Britain probable. nnd the United States will be anni- ^.———^——^^^^^^—^^ hilated and the consiruction of a he mnde no reference lo hia earlier new world order will be auccess- siatcnient concerning Russia, fully nccomplishcd." "i am profoundly convinced," he Rome Mklp» Runslan Part said, "that Germany and Italy are Thc Rome radio, devoting more able, from the material as well as time tn thc observance nf thc anni- *piritunl poinl of view, due lo their versary than Ihe broadcasters nf prepnredness of .many years, to Its Allied countries, reported mrs- carry out siicce,«.sfully the great sages by Tani. German Foreign ta.il< <of winning the war)." Minister Joachim vnn Rlbbentrori Rlbhentrop Warn* and Itnlian Foreign Minister Count Ribhenlron and Ciano did not Galeazzo Ciano. reflect Tnnls enthusiasm. Tanl'd message, h.s hrnadcast The German foreign minister from Rome, said the Axia wa-s warned lhnt the Axia mast expect "firmly decided to carry out this morc hard fighting, because the atruggle to thc bitter end. what- United Nations would not concede ever be the circumstances." In It they were being beaten. By HENRV SHAPIRO t Moscow (Sunda.v) Sept. 27 (LP)—Russian defenders of Stalinicrad. aided b.v a "Murpri^e" artiller.v attacit, have killed iiundreds of German aMiault troops In the <iuburbs of thc ke.v \ olga cit.v, the midnight cr.mmuniquv said toda.'^, Mhiie Russian tani< units smashed into the enemy's left flaRk northwest of the city. Fierce .street fiffhtinff wa.< in progre*^ within the city, front dispatches said, and great German tanit thrusts had been repelled in Stalingrad's .streets with casualties running up to 70 per cent of some combat units. I The communique said operations were underlay south of lhe city, a.s well a.s to the north and northwest. In that sector, il .>aiil, the Soviet unit annihilated a force "of several hundreds of German officers and men." Reds Ise More .\rtillery It implied that Soviet ai'tiller\ was playin" a more import¬ ant I'ole in the valiant defen.se of the steel city. Placing the scene of action onl.v as "in the suburbs of Stalingrad," the communique said an artillery unil of the Red Guards, who rank among the foremost of Russia's fighting men, had carried tut a surprise attack and destroyed an entire enemy battalion. ' Far north of Stalingrad, in the Sinyavino sector where Soviet troops two weeks ago started an offensive aimed at breaking the siege of I^insrad, the communique said, new Axis counter-attacks were'succissfully repelled. ' Fighting also was reported south of Stalingrad, in the Mozdok area, where the Germans sought to force their way ' At U. fS. Air Fore. Headquarters, '^"""^ " "" "'" Caucasus oil : China, Sept. 2« UPi American fi'lds. On other .¦seclora, the mid- house by house fighting within the bombers, with fighter escort, at- night communique snid, "There city. taclced the Gai I.,nm air fleld al ^^.,,.J „„ material changes." Confirm Hea»y Naai Losaea Hanoi, Indo - China, yesterday, -,,.,„, ,^ tnmnU <iermuia Th'" »aj no doubl that tht shooting down three intercepting '7 Tu v. VTVi „„,.>,,..., firman casualties were extremely planea and proba)ily destroying or '" 'he chain of hills northwest ^^^^.^. j^ German prisoner taken damaging several nthers. Lieut- of Stalingrad, .M«r.»hal Seymon ,[ Stalingrad said hia regiment Ben. Joseph \V. Stilwell announced Timoshenico's lank forces aought hnd lost 70 per cent of its effec- f,«nl< the main Nazi attackers li^^ne.•s in four day.,' fighting Timoahenl<o. using newly-arrived Itnifed into gun - studded positions in the northwest were loat. >..u nom. »cciu™. •• ru..i u.:.- ^,„g ^„^ ^^^^ .Saturdav noon com- On Sept. 22. Stilwell roporled, e^'muers. "c'k w« pr^slng"^for"- '""""''"' »""* '"« Soviets had ad- American fighter planea of the 'v^^nfeidily \"""'.? I. T'' favorable p.,si. bomb hit on an unidentified ship at Sen. George W. Norris. Ind. Neb.. China Air Taak Force attacked a "'"""J- tions.' The Germans concentrated the Japanese-held Rabaul. New "•'<! tonight that the Baruch rub- column of 30 Japanese trucks on Guinea, harbor. Three possible hits ber commlltee had done an "abso- the L.ungUng-Tung>ueh road in "'»"": "'"'' «iar, warnea mai me range nf hills tn cope were scored on a third Japaneae lutely inexcusable" act in appoint- Southwestern Yunnan province, de- , ,, . ,. ., .... „;,,., , , . „ j ^ . vessel, sesrchlight positions along ing a "prejudiced" chemist -Dr. stro.ving between 12 and 20 of "'"'»''""''.'*.'''"V ..^ J ."i! "''•'•''''""''l^l'*''f**'""'?^.^^^^ the harbor were machine-gunned Ernest A. Haaaer—to a.ssisl in its them. and the Japanese were forced to "'udy of the nations rubber prob- ,.j.|,g All-India Radio, heard in extinguish their lights, the com- '""»• London, broadcaat a Chungking re- munique aaid, Norris asserted that the selection port that Japanese forces facing The situation in th* Owen Stan- of Hauser by Bernard M. Baruch, Kinhwa, in Cehkiang province, now ley Mountains •f New Guinea was - unchanged following forcing Japanese outpos draw yesterday, abandoning some things that yet has forward positions north of Port connection with the rubber situa- Moresby. tion." AlHed Artillery in Mountain* Norris charged that Hnuser's Heavy rains weee reporled in the written opinions "brand him as a NOIIIilSm^bKo General MacArthur's Headquar¬ ters, Austrslia, Sunday, Sept. 27. (UP)—Allied medium bombers de¬ stroyed a Japanese transport off Kitava Islnnd, in the Trobriand Group on Saturday, n communique announced today. The Trobrinnda are west of the Salomon Islands. Allied bombers scored n direct hit on the transport and flamea swept the vessel. The attack oc¬ curred in the northesstern sector of thc farflung battlefront, the com¬ munique stated. Allied heavy bombers also in an¬ other raid Saturday, scored a direct IST U.S. AIRMEN IN CHINA 'ATTACK JAP AIRPORT, DOWN THREE PLANES Says Hauser is 'Prejudiced' Against Grain Alcohol Method I today. His communique said results of to the bomb;-,«;;;nor;;.; ;dbu »' \^''<-^y^^-f force them .0 puii ,,•,,- r»r,nr»H .U.t _» k.....!...„ „!.„.. ^aiU forccs from the norlhweal reported that no American planes , ., . t- ^ * j;. <nem\ «¦-,.. i^t nnd north sectors. Front dis- . ,,. ., By A. SHIRLEV BROW.V Washington. Sept. 26. (UP»- Nevertheless, the Red Army masses of anii-tank artillery in the oignn. Red Slar, warned that the range nf hiila tn cope with the situation wns of utmost gravity Soviet tanks, hut the Russians defl- Hitler nitel.v controlled advsnt was prepared lo wheel north for tiona on at least two hlUs. a new attack on Moscow if he Thirly-nne enemy tanks were de¬ ls given a momenta respite on stroyed In bitter fighting for the the critical .xouthern front. hllla and upwards of a full regi- Mnrshal .Seymon Timoshenko ap- ment (nhout 3,000 menl were killed peared to he gaining gradually in by the Russians. In the attack on ^nt ?hi AlheV ert ruhher c^mriu,«cL.'^r,u^^^^^ serlously threatened by forces „„ ^.f,,,,, „, u,c Vol»a key city, the flr.t hill, thc Germsns lost 17 iufnn... tn w th Lt^f Z T,^, nnf^r nLie '"^'"""'" "" "'*"' ""' where German aiege forces again tanks nnd mnny mnre were .eri- ^hl^Hnnlnr ^,^me ,Z^. L, v.f h^l Tc .^^^^^^^^^^^ "^'""» ^"•'^>' "'^ ^^"' «" Mil-d tn advnncr. In 12 hours Up nualv dnmaged es the Rua.ai«ns re- ibandnning some things that yet has occurred in i,,.,.„ fi~htin» i„ „,>„.... i„ »_ .. o-. ¦_.. .1.. u.j .-,_1j .1.- :. heavy fighting In progress in An- m Saturrtny noon, the enemy hnd tnined the positinn. hwei province, where the Japanese Injit L.'iOO men. 20 tanks and 1- (iemians Korced to Divert Strength were using heavy tanks.) cnnnnn in the block hy blnck nnd Diverting morc and more of their strength to holster their threatened battle area around loribaiwn, only 82 milea by airline north of Mores¬ by, the important Auatralinn out¬ post. The aeaaonal rains were ex- man of prejudice agninst the mnnu- fncturing of synthetic rubber from grnin alcohol for which we are fighting and his appointment by IVar Suminarj The Russian position at Stalin- uneasiness and pected to make conditions worse Baruch" is absolutel.'i'' inexcusable." Rrnd appeared to be Improving pied Franre. A along the already muddy supply .Muat Face Committee somewhat tonight a« Marshal Sem- explosions were reported along the tracka, further hindering the Jnp- -phe Nebraska senstor is ranking y°" •*¦ Timoshenko's tanks .smashed Riviera, and the Nazi-like French anese advance. member of a Senate agriculture auRi""'the Germnn left flank in an Legion .Storm Troops were taking MacArthur's communique dia- subcommittee which Is scheduled to 'fori to break the siege and .Soviet .stern reprisals. There were food closed that the Allies had succeed- have Hauser testify next Fridav. defenders held Axis assault troops riots at Sainte Claude, fd in moving artillerv into the Hnuser s appearance was originaliy '" f"ocious street fighting. Stanley battle area. Twenly-five scheduled for this week, but he R,jnf„r.ed Russian Innk force- ReprUaN also were underway in J«i"nst''7he'^V;,"r""' 'h "'""'l ^^" 'T"}" '" '°'"" """ *"' '"'"^ bnt.r,"d at giinstudrt'd G^Vn ,„ O'"""' «h"« 700 Greeks were re- eSemv tr^n. "'""""'^ advanced „oxt Friday. positions in the hill, northwest gf P"""* »^'^'" "y occupa'.nn author- pitrol ?J^!"^- ^. , A ^""''"''••"' "', *.';'' ""b'^n'"'"'''''^ Stalingrad, hoping to force the "'" 'o-" patriotic activities. Patrol_ skirmishes were reported l,«vc expressed the opinion that ,„,^,, ^„ p„ll back part of his left flank, the collapse of which would peril their siege of Stalin- grad. the enemy attacked the other .Soviet hill positinn flve times, loa- unrest in unoccu- , ,^ i^^,^^ „„j „„,j „, ^ ,. half-dozen homb _" , forces assaulting the tity from the The Brlli'^h near Snlnmnua, on thc Huon Gulf Hau.srr. a chemist nt the Mnasa- Th"e'T°lM''* °"'""''' ""'¦"' "})""; •l)"»<''ts In.itilute of Technology. „„,.„, „„^ northwest. Below Stalin- nounced The Japanese took several Allied «¦„, "completely prejudiced ' again.st g,„,, „,p R„,,i,na reported vvreck- light ,¦11 r that a new bomher carried nilnstry an- Iwin-engined out Friday's fn V^fr^ „ r 1 '''1 ""'" ""¦ P'-'"''"'""" nf synthetic ruhhrr i,,^ .,., „f ^^ „„^, ,„,rking in the raid on Oslo, bombing Nazi nartv n. .h." •'"'^!»'y,'•<¦¦«'•"'¦•'''• ""tor- from Rrnin alcohol, a method which Mozdok Vallev. pnthwav to the headquarters whil- the puppet pre- no«-I. r»7^» " • Ihcy liavc been adncntlng since last ,.,rn?.ny oil fields. mier. Mn(. Vidkun Quislin?. v.aa ment. New Russian armored forces, mainly high speed motor boats, ioined in the battle for Stalingrad itaelf. They sped along the Volga, engaging German tanks and artil¬ lery nt ahnrt rnnge and aiding their .shore bnlleries protecting th» river crossing. The German air forre pounde<l the river crossing without mercy, (Continued on Page A-10) BIGGEST ALLIED CONVOY HAS REACHED RUSSIA °ir'"ih^"'.'! .''*"* ., ... Kchniary. ..... „ . --Peaking nenrhv. The new plane, tr.n. „!,! .r u""/ "f A"^- Both the subcommittee and the Advices from Kurope reported kn„„.„ „ ,h, mosquito, ia a mtli iraua, where action hns lagged fnr .senate lonimittee inveatlgating the exchange of gunfire between Hun tary ••vai-ai ,i,..i.. «i • .1 — .J •'¦¦•¦•¦¦ - ¦ ¦ . . i: JZ • " ,_ , ., 'TV secrri, aiinnugn aiiesten ns actfJlK. f», K Ju ri"" """I"''? wnr program^hended hy Son. Hnrry garinn and numnnlan troops nn the f„j j,v the fact that three nf four bnmbei. r.^H.H nn. .u ,'¦^'"'1 •'' '^'"""'"' ^ M" ¦ «",'- nngered Mnzdnk front. The H.ingnrians ^,^j,^j j, ,„ .^^ ^„^ „^j,„,^, oomoers raided Dill, on the island by statements appenring in a recent were aent lo reinforce a flnnU held fj, of Tlvor, Friday morning, shooting book nf which Hauser waa ro- hy the Rumanians, it said nnd their ^ down l.«aniington. Rngla.id, Sept. M. < I'P I-Foreign Secretary Anthony aecret, although atteated as Eden disclosed tonight that a giant convoy, escorted hy 7.^ warship*, had reached Russia "at a critical ermany'a faatfst fighter, the moment' with the largest numbef Forkf-Wulfc 109. of planes, tank« guna. and niuni< tlons ever aent the Soviet Union Ifl The admiralty announced In Lon- '*«'"«'* ^">'"«f- ... ... don that British submarines had •" " speech here emphasliinf ta* sunk at least flve, a.r.d possibly . extent of nid to Ruasia. Eden said 'The Hardest Fighting Is Ahead/ Says Admiral Pearl Harbor. Sept. 29. lUPi- Vice-Admlral Wiliiani F. Hnlsey, senior task force commander of the Pacific Fleet, warned today In Today'a laaue riasslHed B—IJ Edilnrlal C—'J Moviea _ A—1» Radio A—2» Social A—14 Sporta B—I ¦torjf ..._ ¦—11 that "the hardc:it fighting ia ahead" ns he conferred decorations on 38 Navy officers and men for their heroism in the battles of Coral Sea and Midway. "Thc dally shifts nt homc from nptimism to pessimism do not re¬ flect the true cour.sc of the wnr. HaUey said. "Wc who are doing the actual fighting appreciate thnt thc com¬ plexion of this vast Paciflc effort cannot change nvernight. We knnw we by nn meani have the enemy on the run." Halsey pinnled the Na\'j' Crosses and Distinguished Flying Crosses on thc breasts of the men in a ceremony aboard a flghting ship at the Pacific Fleet headquartera here. Thc Navy Cios.s wn.s awarded to Lieut. Commander DeWitt W. Shuniway, Syracu.'c. N. Y. DLstinftui.shed Flying Croasea were awarded lo: Radioman 1st Clasa William Bergin, Connella- ville, Ps.; .Machinlnl'a Male 2nd Clasa David F. Johnson Jr., Osain- ing, N Y.; Avintioi Rndiomsn 2nd Claas Joseph L.yifcb, Bpringfield, MaM, ^ two of four intercepting author. The book asserted that Axia allies, resenting interference, Japanese Zero-fighters, the com- synthetic rubber produced frnm opened fire. The shots were re- munique aaid. The Allied planes p'etroleum wss cheaper, more easily turned and there were cnaunltiea auffered no losses. This was the nisnufactuied and quicker to mnke on both sides, the leporta raid. .first aerial opposition encountered ti,.n a rubber subatitute proceaaed ¦ -' ¦>—" ¦•¦'• ¦»'¦" rv,^=."... nri-i.h hnmhinv nffensiva l^^^r... by Aiiied Planes in several jj.,,, .,y J^er^mslerial. .r^,::i;J^tZ:l^T^Xt. ^:^tr^.r''' ''''' '"' ''' ^'f^ ^::^''V^I^^^'"^ ' The Japanese action consisted of xorrls pointed out tnat "we hnve President Roosevelf. representa- 'Wc nre going to maintain and a feeble night raid on Darwin, in „„ wav in the world of telling ex- tive, said on the eve of his de- in thc Paciflc theatre. Gen, Doug- ,."»,?»„ its vi-eieht week by Auatralia Itself. No damage was „,.|iv how far the Baruch .om-Porture from Moacow that next !»« MacArthur reported that planes ;.'i^u* month bv mnnth D^^^^ ""«"• mlltec followed the advice of this summer mighty be too late .0 open had destroyed a Japanese trans- i,^„%^' .j^d julv 'th^ I^j^F dropp.5 mnn. and therein lies thc danger. » ccona front. port and that Allied nrtillcry had 130^ ,o,„ of bombs In the first TAYLOR 8EK.S POPF. Baruch replying to queries from Another crisis arose for Pierre i""" ,7°^''' .'"^° '^e 0«"' '''tan- ,^ j^,., „, September. 5.000 tona SPAMARm REPORT Truman ami Oillette declared that ,,,^.^,.^ pro-Naxl government in '^ Mountains, nnrth nf Port have been dropped on nine towns. Madrid. Sept. 26. (UP)-The Hnuser was employed by his com- y,^^^. ^j^.,, ,., j, j^at hi.s re- Moresby, and had forced J-ipaiiesc ...^y^^ ^^^^^.^ „, jy,, p^jp offensive Spanish Efc news agency reported mittee only ns a technicnl inve.stl- Rime was tonight thnt Pope Plus'today re- K«tor. nnd tlint his personal opin- „,„.,„,,„ .^^t hia go'vernmenl wns PO^'tiona. tottering, Lavnl told f>'tPO«ts to nbnndon their advanced ,, „„. ,„ fHchten the German, but - ,-- —.. .- .- , ,, .. At hia governmenl wns P°"'t'ona. ,g pRmiyzo him-to mnke him in» celved Myron C. Taylor, Presidenl Ions bid no influence on the com- ..^.^^^ ^^„^ „ xeverthclesa. he dls- .nr.ible of further harm." Rooaevelfa personal envoy to the mitlees final ''•'P"'' missed hla fnrmer close naaocinte, The Britiah annnunicd that their Eden snid that recent phate< Vatican, for the third time. Noma contended. "0**"^ tnni j,^^,,,, Benolat-Mechin ns aecre- trnnpa nperating from Tananarive graphs showing the damage doni ' The audience laaied 40 minutes "thTf is no telling whether nr not ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ charge of Germnn "^<^ Bricknvllle, Madagascar, had in devastating attacks on Karlsruha ^nnd Taylor was believed lr> hnve this mnn Hnuser preaentert one- ^^,;j(|Q„g joined forces east nf the rapi'isl. nnd DueaaeMnrf proved the aceuf asked for permission to return lo •'^ d reports or not. He added t),, French indicated resistance aev of British bombing wai IB* jthe Unittd States, Kfa aaid. (Continued on Pf A-101 '' Ther* wm avidsiiM af svrMdlnc wu eontinuing on tha iaUnd. ereuiac
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1942-09-27 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1942 |
Issue | 48 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Date | 1942-09-27 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 27 |
Year | 1942 |
Issue | 48 |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Wilkes-Barre |
Type | Sunday Newspaper |
Source | Microfilm |
Format | tiff |
Subject | Wilkes Barre PA Sunday Newspaper |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Rights | Public Domain |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from film at 300 dpi. The original file size was 29572 kilobytes. |
FileName | 19420927_001.tif |
Date Digital | 2009-08-13 |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Rain, cooler,
fresh winds.
36TH YEAR, NO. iS-44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1942
PRICE TEN CENTS
BIG GUNS TRAP GERMANS
Tire Inspection, IS-Mile Speed |j«^ ^'^^'a*'^^\
Coming with National Gas Rationing p"ounds Suburbs
Auto Rules Expected On Nov. 22
To Inspect Tires Every 60 Days; Rationing Plan Will Copy East's
Ameritan Mosquitoes' Were in Raid on Oslo
Washington, Sept. 2fl. (UP)—Price Admini.>trator Ixion Henderson an¬ nounced tonight that nation-wide rationing of gasoline will begin about Nov. 22 and that the nation's 27.000.000 motorists thereafter will be required to submit their tires for itderal inspection ev^ry 60 days.
Simultaneously. Defense Trans¬ portation Chief Joseph B. Eastman ordered speeds of sll rubber-tired vehicle.^ in the United States limited to 35 miles an hour.
Extension of the gasoline ration¬ ing plan now in effect in 17 eastern states to the remainder of the na¬ tion, compulsory tire inspection and the 3.S-milc speed limit ai^ designed to save rubber and tires. "They were amnng the recommendations made hy Bernard M. Baruch's rub¬ ber investigating committee. To Previde reaalUes
Violators of lhe 3,'S-mile limit would bc subject to speeding penalties of the alale.s in which the violations occurred. Penalties for failure to submit tires to in¬ spection will be imposed hut their nature has not been decided yet. officials said.
The rationing plan will follow the one now in effect in the Ea^t. Henderson said that some 20,000,000 paasenier cars outjiide of the pres¬ ent rationing area will be affected by the new program. He e.«tiniated also that rstioning will reduce the use of private pas.'enger car* an average of slmost |
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