Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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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
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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