Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

              SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
37TH YEAR, NO. 12—40 PAGES
CRUSHING LAST NAZIS
STALINGRAD TRAP
The Mines MustWork
If the order of the War Labor! Board fail, to aend the mineral back to work on Monday, it is ab¬ solutely essential that the govern¬ ment step in to get the mines once' more in production. There is no time to lose in giving again to thej nation the anthracite that has be¬ come a vital part of the war effort.' There is no time to lose if anthra-j cite is to regain some of its old < markets—rkther than to lose also tiiose it has so far managed to re-' Uin.
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That the miners would go back| immediately—t o d a y—Sunday— if Assured government operation, is eertain. Becauae back of all the preaent trouble is the fact that the^ union miners have lost all faith in' their union leaders. The present gtrike is purely a union affair that ahould ha^'C l>een .settled by the union leaders. However, these leaders, having lost the faith of the men, are helpless.
Under existing machinery for the aettlement of lalrar disputes no other result could have come from the Waahington conference than to direct the .striking mine workers to return to the collieries pending the orderly adjustment of griev- ancefi thet have caused the rank •nd file to become embittered i •gainst leaders who have ceased to give them loyal and unselfish! representation. I
I Until after the meethigs that have bc«n called by the officials of the colliery local.s, the public muat remain in a state of suspense, but the hope is universal that the men will favorably respond to the wishes of Washington and return to their positions and patiently •wait the outcome of the negotia¬ tions for a final settlement, this for no other reason than the onej •nd only answer that ean be made to the call of patriotism.
The nation is at war and the product of the anthracite mines is •orely needed in the war effort, to •ay nothing of the vslfish view¬ point which, as a result of the fuel oil  shortage, give, anthracite the
firat real opportunity in years  to     Hope for settlement of the mine
Win    back    the    markets    it    lost strike against the increase in unioni"; J'"""'' '""r''"" ';;¦-- r^^^ through    the    ill-advised    winter' dues, which has kept nearly 20,000 Japanese    airciatt,    damagea Strike, I workers from the jobs while the three  destroyers   and  left  a
nation's fuel supply grows low, rests | (,a,,gQ g^ip burning after scor-
»».        ,    * •    .      1 .     1. I"" the outcome of meetings to be   •       .        j;,.c»f uit. «« it
Iff only fair to state, howe\-er,L,,d ^^^y ^y the locals. They will '"» t^^° °'^^" ""^ °" "' that the strike began as a strictly ,^01, „„ {^o order given them in I Exacted at the COSt of SIX union affair, against a oOcent Y^^„hington by the War Labor,it c fighter nlanes and one Increase in dues The demand (or Board fnd International Presidenti ^.-f*-.^;^/,';,? ^hU toll WM an incre.se in the daily wage be- j„h„ u Lewis to go back to work dive-bombei, this toll WM fore the expiration of the contract !j|o„jjy morning taken   when   American   Iliers
I« fi^L'„°?„Tihe Hunuu"].^? A vote also will be taken this intercepted a series of enemy tohefoiiZ issue "^ »"""<>»" »" """^^er order from flotillas Containing 19 destroy-
* ine 1  u . ^^.^ ^^„,^^ j^^ tri-district mine e,.g ^nd were met by strong
committee, headed by Andrew Yev-  „„„,„., _;„ rnntinaonts I
Citizens in close touch with the chak, to disband. ^ enemj air Contingents.
r-e.t body of mine worker.s andj Tired and haggard after long "^^ ^"T '^V*"'" '*'l.™™I'.nf„,?e Who have noticed their complaints hours of negotiations with the War •"'¦"P"}*""' '", /.^ ^"'"Th ?r. I «ow in volume are fearfu that Labor Board, followed by a two- *'"<=»l "'¦"> .'•«^''»'«<» '''"i.?"HZe-nIi the settlement all patriotic citizens hour session with the head of the 0»y. "S- troops on Guadalcana^ now ardently desire is likely to be international union, presidents and"*'!""*^ «"'7 "' ^?^ '° .i2^i •t best no more than a few months other delegates of the various strik-;?'"':!*,-"'"'"'^ **»;° m'I«»-»«»">S' breathing spell. The giievance the i„, „,„, ,ocals relumed to Wyo-!^"" '"'"^y reslsUnce. men bitterly complain kbout could 1 „)„, Valley late last night, deter-iO«»«»eI'»""* Bembe* ibe settled at tite next eonvention,l„i„^ to put b,fore their respec-! Japanese planes twice bombed but it is very doubtful if the close,tlve memberships the flat ultima-|U,S, positions on Guadalcanal •ssociates of John L. Lewis are in turn of the War Labor Bard: Thursday   morning   but   failed   to
position to bring this about with-i    ..qo  j^d,   to  work!" damage   any   insUIIations.     There
out  a  complete   loss of  face.     As q,        j.    .lumat,,-, were "some- casualties, however,
this is about all they have been in] i. » r. Presence of such a large number
pos.session of for several years Ileturning here on Jersey Cen- ^^ destroyers in the Solomons •rea they are not unselfish enough to tral and Lehigh Valley trains ^^^ regarded as particularly aig- make such a sacrifioe. j shortly after  10 oclock  last  night, i„,jip,nt in view of reports that the
the   delegates   confided   that   their,j,„„g   have   been   collecting   a
concentration    at
The Weather
Much colder.
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1943
PRICE TEN CENTS
Strike End Hinges on Votejoday
Delegates Return With Orders from WLB and John L Lewis To Go to Work
Large Scale Action In Solomons Area af Hand
3 Destroyers Hit, 30 Planes Downed As Japs Gather For Heavy Thrust
Washington, Jan. 16 (UP) —An indication of impending large-scale action in the Solo¬ mons area was seen tonight in the Navy's disclosure that on Friday, U. S. planes operating in those islands shot down 80
Cossacks Use Them Now
1,000 Sllips On/y 80,000 Left
Taiten to   Of 200,000 Men,
Nortll Africa Russians Repqrf
furious Affacks Opened as Cermans Refuse fo Surrender; Anofher Smashing Offensive Is Sfarfed Soufh of Voronezh
Russia's tough Cossack cavalrymen, famed for their daring with
the saber, have gone modern.   Above, armed with machine guns,
they charge the enemy on the Red front.
L
hopes  failed  to materialize  in  the
It  i.s  only  necessary  to mingle ""Jf',"""»,/» VT,    I .,:     huge    shipping
ith   the   rink   and   file   of   mine 1 "•"«'"" ^'Pf'-'^at whereas they j^.^aul on New Britain Island, 1«6
workers in .ny of the mining townsi"P"'«d a   'give and take    session
of  this  county  to come .to .  full ^^^^ President Lew^^^
GIVE TESTIMONY ATFlYmNG
Lists Charges on Political Leader Named Minister
By  SPENCER KLAW
l/'nited Press Bteft Correspondent
Washington, Jan.  1«.  (UP)-Sen.
Berlin Raided, Stockholm Reports
¦teckholm, Jan. 17.—(Sunday) — (UP) — The newspaper D«g- bl^dets Berliner reported today that Berlin was raided last night by bombers whose number and nationality were unknown. Heavy anti-aircraft fire met the raiders, the newspaper said.
Less Than 30 Lost; Final Attack on Rommel's Remnants May Have Started
By EDWARD W. BEATHE
London. Sunday, Jan. 17. (UP)- The arrival of a 66-ahip Allied con¬ voy in North Africa was reported today by Radio Morocco, which at¬ tributed the announcement to Ad¬ miral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham, Allied North African naval com¬ mander.
The convoy pa.ssed safely through watera infested with submarines and encountered SO on ita journey, according to Radio Morocco, which said Cunningham revealed that other convoys were reaching Malta from both east and west, greatly relieving the iaiand'a situation.
Since the Allied invasion in Nov ember, the  radio said.  1,000  Allied ships   have  reached  North   Africa, with  losses  of less  than three psr cent.
Claim gth Army Repulsed
Tha Berlin radio, which earlier had reported defeat ef • powerful British tank force by an armored unit of the Afrika Kerps, said in later broadcasU that the British had started an offensive In North Africa Saturday morning. Details of the ssserted offensive were not
RAIL WAGE DISPUTE GOES TO MEDIATION
Chicago, Jan. 1«,   (UP)—Media¬ tion  efforts  to  settle  a  $450,000,000
disclosed and there was no mention tO RostOV.
By HENRY' SHAPIRO
Moscow, Jan. 17 (Sunday) (HP)—Soviet troops threatened today to annihilate all Axin troops encircled west nf Stalin- grad. where the pocketed garrison has been reduced by 120,000 or more men.
A special Soviet communique disclosed that the German commander of the garrison had refused a Russian ultimatum for its surrender. The encircled troops once were estimated at 200,000 to 220.000 men, the communique said, but now number between 70,000 and 80,000.
The communique reported that the Russian.s started an offensive last Sunday, Jan. 10, and had advanced 12 to 21 miles, tightening their noose about the Germans to the strangulation point. In the last seven days, it said, 25,000 enemy troops have been killed. The pocketed garrison'* plight was made mor*; severe by the fact that 600 German transport plans, beanng supplies and ammunition to them, had been shot down Betwten Nov. 19 and Jan. 10. Open Another Offcnsiva
The communique also diaeloaed that the Red Army had opened another smashing offensive from its positions south of Voronech and had advanced 81 to 55 miles in three day^ capturing the important center of Rossosh on the railroaa
of it Is Allied communiques.
It was believed possible, however, that the broadcast was Intended to Imply that the tank battle reported
earlier was the beginning of a ma- (Jcrmans.
In three days of that offensive, the Soviet high command
reported. Red Army troops had re-* -———
captured more than «<».'"'••"i?^!sUrted 'several days ago" In three places and killed more than IS-WW (ji^ctions  from  Russian   positions
[south   of
wage" dis'pute' involvin"g "in' majorl j?'".^?'*'^, "liV"'!'" '" ""y* ^^ '"•I    <««'"'' ^'¦"" '*"'"y edmltted forl~^'^,  \  ^ld,""rove^*"soulh^Mt railroads  and  900,000 of their  em-i»""»*' ^'f''"' ¦*"">• |the flrst time tonight that a«rman|,^„^ Silyavnaya   and   Shchuchaya
ployees collapsed today, but a threat     The   German   and   Italian   high i divisions    were    encircled    in    the],„j ^^st and north weat from Kan- of   a   nationwide   rail   strike   was commands asserted that Gen. Ber-1 Stalingrad area, a Transocean News j^jj|,|.jjy,jj|^  which  is   north  of  ths
with  ,., . ..„,„. , „„ ^^^^^  northwest  of  the   northern-
........   niost of the Solomons Islands.
realisation   of   the  hopeless  I«int '""'j:.^"' f.'^!" ?„"?,ni^ne?rre>fi Heavy Air EM^orto ^ 1   *¦ u <¦«.,»«.    ».;«..^    w»*L-.M diipute   connned   to   union   circles. ' ...
H Ih    le^e« who i^ srnooLdiThe  War  Labor  Board  dominated!    Speculation  has been  r fe about
fnir   aSetart    rf    sJ^t.    Cordellit" handle such emergencies, ;an  Axis  armored  army  In  an   en- Axis  forces withdrew  to the  west'*''• ""«* Vr^^. drove throuah
Hjil-^lL'.^monld ^rt'esllirt'-l    Chairman George A   Cook of thcloirclmg maneuver^   The Briti.h lost following Soviet break-throughs.)    |,^^^; ^^ 'Jl.'n'Te ent^'on"';"'?- fore   the  Senate  foreign   relation. !Na_t|on«l_Rai'way Mediation  Board i»,,:»':l': J',"," :::"H'.J,''':^'::,tJ^V..Vt^^^^ front near Silyavnaya and on
near  Shshuchaya. Kantemlrovka was 8T
t I-..     »!,„   .»„„...™,   „f  «,«..b that   the   20,000   mine   workers   re ,
Jw^'nmentnffX.   realise t"'"   ^   *»"•"•   P""'"   immediately.!to   a   Japanese   thrust   into   some t L h „?.^h?fo . nuiel end w-ttNo other outlet ^n given and some hitherlo-qulet sector  of  the South must be brought toa quick end was ^, ^^^ Paeific, or to enemy effort, to re-
just one niore protest cf the men' ,^ ^,^„ being infrce    sorely-pressed    force,    on
•gainst    their    leadcr.ship,      "n«y'undoubtedIv   eave   the   War  Labor New Guinea  or Guadalcanal.    The !'"P_^"iiS''"yj^r„*^;:?. "^'^^ !!:«Bia?SLut':,ne course to follllt'tn Navy   reports   indicated   the   Solo
mons  might   be   ihe  enemy fleet'a Australia.
• voicelcs.s  majority   in  their  •n-  .    ,, ...    .,       ..      .
nual conventions, thi Uwis bitum- ""»"« "^'^  "^e  dispute. ^^^,
inou.s districts having almost four     They felt that a conference with      conaidciable     significance     also
times as many delegatea in the in- tne  head   of  the   union   preceding ^^.^^ ^^^^ j„  ^^^ ^j^g „, ,lr escorU
ternational conventions as the an- tne   session   with   the   War   Labor^   ^^^.j^j ^^^ ^^^ enemy sea forces.
thracite territorj'. | Board,   would   probably   bring   an ,j,^|^ j, ^^ ^^ Inji^^j, that the
committee   on   the   fitness   of  Ed- """"""ced    thai    his    conferen ward  J.  Flynn  to   be  minister  to ^^ management and 16 co-opera
jard 35 lanKs ana were repulsed, the! The special communique waa one|_|,. 7-„_. _,„. i nces Axis claimed, without mentioning of the longest Issued by the Soviets ™j,/^,J|i' f"„^ ' era- Ax's losses. i„   recent   weeks.   It   was   of   two Th» tmnt •» Km
ince     The  batlle,  which  was not  con-Sections,   dealing   with   the   Stalin-'',,'„,h.
I The hard coal workers ob.ject to I their leaders pouring tremendous {•mounts of money into political [Campaigns and increasing their idue.s for purposes entirely foi-eign
adjustment    to    the delegates     were
dispute, accord
All that
Lewis could knock off Ihe extra M-cent dues—if he so willed—as he dictates  the policies of the United
much-bombed enemy airfield at Munda on New Guinea Island, 180 nautical miles northwest of the Guadalcanal field, is being used by
plea
I--   ,     .   ¦     : .       .      , .,     _¦     igave them but two answers,
ito the true  interests of thv-  mine|,^^ harmony  In  the  ranks  and  a
I Workcr.«.
Mine  Workers  of  America.   Lewis '^e   Japanese   despite   thejevere
pounding   it   has   been    given   by
American fliers. I request  that  they   abide  with   him  Bomb Munds Again
ling   employee   brotherhoods            	
.,   ,. ,, „        ,,. , Jan.  7  had  failed  to  bring  «grce-,'i'"'"*d in Allied communiques, prob-!jrad situation and  the new offen-
At   the   same   time    Commitiee     g^t ^„ ^^^^ brotherhood demands a^ly was fought in the rough, gulch- ,ive   from   Voronesh.
until   the   next   Internallonal   con-     The Navy'a communique summed n^ady to Subpena I     The government always hesitates vention. -      —        - .   _ ..
Ito employ its full P"wer in temiin-,p,„^,^,  p      ,„^,„ •ting   labor   disputes,    *—*   —'—-
Chairman  Tom Connally, D., Tex   ,„^ ,  ^,„„j  ^^ ^
announced   that   hearings   on   'he ^„^, P
Flynn    appointment    vi-ould    ope" hourly   minimum.
Xl^lf.^L'^flf'Vhe^Xd wit I Cook also disclosed that arbltra- officials   the   first   scheduled   wit-   , ,    .      j,.„.,,_   i, j   v
nesses. Connally said he hsd asked | '"" 5" A*''t^!"'"'!,A'^ *""""¦ Hull to "send up some represents-^^''^ »'."'• _7"'"«''"»- The tlve" to discuss Flynn's quslifi<-- "*"»f«"""* ^"''""^•' ?"^'""- tions   and   the   work   which   the tf"«""°""«d  that they had ^^^^
diplomatic poat will Involve, but he f»»fd ^hMf^^^eiS t„ Tif ¦^^'' doubted  that   Hull   himself  would »»"'-   ^^L'^T .rWtr r ^^^
„„„. u.e .u. ~.»i<i.. .wage    Issue    to    arbitration.    The
come before the committee. krotherdoods    refused
(Continued   on   Page  C-S) I    It   said   tha   new   offensive
Planes Aid Final Drive On Last Jap Garrison
In three days, the communique said, the Russians had captured more than 600 inhabited placea, most important of which wa. Ros¬ sosh, lOS miles aouth of Voroneih and 210 miles north of Rostov on the rail line leading from the Cau¬ cusus gateway to Voroneih.
Nine infantry divisions — three German and six Hungarian-were routed in the three-day advance and 17,000 enemy troops were cap-
but   when
up   the  Thursday  and   Friday   aC' tions thus: told      On the night of Jan. 13-14, U. S.
,_ ,^ ,. menla, and the future of a united morning: U. S troops scored their This strike never should have gta.nd on this and other matters, advances on Guadalcanal, and our happened. That it did was be-j^^ g^jj j,^ would <lo his utmost P'ancs bombed Sorum village, three cause the union leaders once afrain Lq ^gin for the anthracile mine miles east of the Japanese airfield failed theii men. The men deter-^.^^i^p^g ^ substantial inrrease in on the southern end of Buka minedly opposed following thei ^y gt the expiration of the exist- lisland. 400 nautical miles north- leader.-hip, but they are patriotic, j„^   union-operators'    contratl   on weat of Guadalcanal.
and on the request of the govern- »_.|i    j     5943    regardless   of   the     The  sea-air  engagements occur-   "ir".l''C^~J'"Jl^J!,''T.''~',„^'„rfrA^'''^"'   """"u ment and for the sake of the thou-,^vXBs  wage   control   policies, red   Friday.   They   began   early   in S^^^'.^'/^^t^ P"„*''t^„"eZ?g   R    „reet   '   Br
sands   of   sons   and   brothers   they,     .,p„gi<je„t i^.vis is a very force- the morning,  when  a Catailna  re-'"'' "*"• '*'^*'"'' "' Vandenberg, n., street,      Br
(Continued  on  Page   C-S)
Gen,   MacArthur'a  Headquarters, reported,    "American    troops    also to   disclose *"*tralia, Jan. 17   (Sundsyl—(UP) lare  advancing   from   Tarakena  on tured. their   attitude   on   arbitration,   butir A".'ed  troops, strongly supported | while    Australians    who    captured     "During   the   ssme   period."   the
In • formal statement filed with,under terms of the Railwav Labor '>y P'anss. "re closing in rapidly on|Gona are  in  the  vicinity  of Cape .peciai communique said, "'accord- the    foreign    relations    committee, 1 Act   refusal   to   arbitrate   bv   one Sanananda where the last Japanese Killerton.' Ing to  Incomplete data our troops
Bridges listed the 34 per.ons he said party Is sufficient to eliminate that,KarrLson in Papuan New Guinea is:    cape   Killerton   is   Just   north   of captured   the   following   booty:   75
should  be   summoned—^by subpena alternative, if   necessary—to   produce  evidence on four apecific charges which he ^^iad j^^ WIFE, haa lodged against Flynn. Flynn,   nominated   by   President
BI RNS MOL'SR
New   York.   Jan,
hax-B in this global war are ex¬ pected to do so purely as a matter] of patriotism.
No one can refer to these miners as unpatriotic who knows the part members of their families are play¬ ing in the war effort. It is doubt¬ ful if any other group of like num¬ bers in the entire country could •how more veterans of the last war Ginge
(Continued   on  Page   A-8)
Ginger and Marine Losf No Time- They're Now on 3'Day Honeymoon
Hollywood. Jan. 16. (UP)-Actreas,    Paramount    Pictures    suspended ri^n'uf. ineer   Rogers    31,   married   Jack work on the  million dollar film to     ,     _. inger   r\u»t:i=,   o.,                 wi..   n--.,.   1...,.   ».-   u.-      ,••—inat
             16.   (UP)—Be-
Roosevelt last Monday for the dip- cause  he  waa  angrj-   over  his  es- lomalic poat, is scheduled to resign tranged   wife's   refusal   to   a   re- Monday as chairman of the Demo-^„„ciliallon,  Thomas  Price,  47,   »etl-"—-;;^-;-^ materiallv. a spokes- cratic national committee. ^^^'fire    to    her    apartment     causmg ,„ f;^„„,, Mgcj^^hur said,     i
Bridge's insistence thai witnesses j3 500   damage,   it   was   charged   in!„.__-,,    ,,    ,       , who  refuse   to  appear  voluntarily I fpiony  court  today. , Steadily (losing In 1
o lives at 870 President,    "This   .series   of   action.   1.   ron-' Brooklyn,      pleaded      not;cerned with isolating and attacking Mich., a member of the foreign re- gulltv fo an arson charge and was Japanese    outposts    on    the    south latlons committee. held "in $10,000  ball, 'lide of the pocket," the spokesman
New   York's   Mayor   F.   H.   La- _^_^__^_^___^^_^_^____^_______^__^___
Guardia,  whose  name  afipear.  "" . -,
Bridges'  list,   haa   announced   thai W^jkm     %nnimill*V
he would not testify on the Flynn   ^W W     iTtMWSSaMS-J
appointment unless subpenaed. i^^^^^""     """^^^^^"^^""TT"      .1 ^ ... .   m, ... .
I    Axis    forces    encircled    in     the, port planes and their fighter escorts
fighting for its life, a communique Sanananda. tanks, 800 guna of all calibers, 493
from   Gen.    Douglas   MscArthur's     Austrslian   patrol,   were   active trench mortars, 1,200 machine guns, headuarters reported today. [around   Mubo,   where   a   three-day ,14,000 rifles, .^20 lorries. 130 tractora.
The pocket of Japanese resist- gidrmish damaged Japanese posi- 672 carts, 700 horses, 21 radio trans- ance near Sanananda point on the<tion. 125 miles up the coast from mitters. S.VIOOO shells, more than northeaat coast was growing small-]Sanananda, the communique re- 9,000,000 cartridges and 70 dumps er and the three miles of seafront ported. of ammunitions and war .upplies."
that the enemy held for a time has,    American B-2S medium bombers,;    In addition to the l.l.OOO men klll-
(Conlinued  on  Page  C-3) (Continued  on   Page  B-7)
23 Axis Plaites Downed While Allies Lose but 8
forces     encircled     in Stalingrad area have been reduced! flying from Italy, four    charges    against ^^^^   220,000   to   about   80,000   in   ai
Appointed Datch Schults
Bridges'
Sl. sheriff of Bronx coun
.even-day drive of the Red Army,'    Axl. reports heard in London said special   Soviet   communique   re- the British Eighth  Army had been
Smash Air Convey As Superiority Grows Apparent
Allied  North  African  Headquar-
Tha bombers waded Inte tb* formation just like their fleet ascorU and bagged a few traa*. poru. During this engagement five transport, went down.
Later, when  the German forma-
anow more veterans of the   ast war ^'"»'='    .."a^--,   --¦ »..,;„- ..,,.,.1,   MUa   Rmrera  laavn   for   h>i>     ¦••—*n«i «s ¦nrnn ui dikii* ¦."—¦   a   special   ooviei   luiiiMiuiuMinr   .t- .".r u....... .^.B.,...  r.....j  ...... .,......, - ,,,1,,    _.      .,,   j L.aier, wnen  me vicnnan i
•nd father,Tf"ordiers. sailors and Calvin   Briggs.  .2^->r'-"Jjl, ^»T,! ^""2 I.f"  '"'^"'  '"^'  '"'  *"'ty in 1925, Flynn appointed_Arthur parted Saturday night and the rei..-defeated   in   a   big   tank   battle   m]  "'••'"»»; '"fj-;^".? ^'''i.'.': tion   was  returning  to  lUly
marines serving in this.
" Corps   private,   in   a   secre'.   elope I ment to Pasadena, Cal.. today
marriage She   met
Private   Briggs   three
Flegenhelmer—alias Dutch Schulti,      ^t   j,   threatened   with   annlhila- Libya, where a British   tsnk   force  force of Msj. Gen. Carl A. SpaaU .j.^,^,      jj.^   Allied   group   attacked
They want to work and we ex¬ pect they will  take the  necessary      .
•teps to d . so at the meetings  of I      .   "7;-'i^'"Angeles.    They drove locals   that   have   been   called   for:yL"lJ".t:iv m pLadena. where Dr.
by government officials i •Bore necessi ef the War.
; just one
...   _ „ - ...,.«..««, B-..B=,.^.-as  a  deputy tion^    The    Russians,    who    began had   attacked   an   armored   unit   of demonstrated its growing superior- j„ ,„j ^^gj jo^„ two transporU
Briggs   obtained   ""v^.f"";,.'^^ ^.""'^'     fw.r Rnnrt J^n n. f^,  »""'"• their    drive     last    Sunday,     killed U.e   Afrika  Korps   in  an  encircling  ity by dov.mg 23 Axis planes during ,„j two fighter..    Two P-88's Were
Marine   Corp,   base   at   San   Diego D'CKO °n a War Bond ""'"B tourj     j.-Xhat   as   city   chamberlain   of 2.,.ooo of the enemy, the communi- maneuver and was repulsed.    Allied tne last 24 hours while losing only ,„,t ;„ ^^^ engagement but aU the Miss   Rogers  met  him  at   the The   ™mj;?'-«_^tween_the  actress ^^^^  ^"^«   "^^^^V  j^^.^^^^j   public aue said. source,  did   not  confirm  this  Ger- eight,  a headquartera  communique bombers  returned safely
man report. reported today.    Tne score was one »-    ,   ,        «...__ i_ b^j
of the most decisive of the TunUian ^¦"» *^*' ***•" " "^^
Overman    planes    increased    the
opened   a   big   offensive   south   of troop,  had   beaten   off   a Japane.e      In a battle off the coast of Tun- tempo of their assault upon AlUed .   .        ¦        ,:_•   j Voroneih and  In  three  day.s  drove counter-attack   at   Rathedaung.   25 Isia.   Allied   bomber,   and   fighters fields   and, '•~That • grand  jury invesiiga-1 ^^   ^^ ^  miles,   capturing  the   im- miles    north    of   Akyab.    Burmese dealt a heavy blow to German at- plane.
! and the Marine developed without New York,   Flynn   invested   pubic que said.
immediately to Pasadena, wnerei^r. Ihe    usual    fanfare    of    Hollywoodi'l'ld.j.n the State Title_and^_^J°.-t_;      ^^   ^^^ -.-,-  «• IC-1UU.JII   ana  lonigni..     ¦'*"" Edwin    Day   perfo
they will take this action because' =   the First Methodist Cliurch. Wiarriage plans came aa • surprise,
thev b. ™ v.:..™  ;—1—J .-  J  ' u..—.mnon Third For Ginger
'^Th't'^upI^Tft  r. three-day     This was Miss Rogers' third mar-
«»    »k. gage Co    in  which  Flynn  had  an     At   the   same   time   It   was   an-
I      interest ' and    which    subMquently nounced    thai    the    RuMiana    had     A Delhi communique said British  campaign.
wore necessary step in the Winning!.   J^"^.^^„';';,»'';,i;hou,"';ev"eaUng"lheiV riage.   She previously was married
IdesUnation,    Miss  Rogers -«--<"-'' »" J"'
lit Todatta laam
obtained to Jack Pepper, a vaudeville actor, rvrca'tio'n from her work on "Lady and to I^w Ayres. film actor^ now in the Dark,
It   was   the   first   marriage   for
the Dicture in which serving in the Army Medical Ckirpa
1  u .. .t.rrire Phe divorced AyTes In 1934.
she now '» 'tarrirg^ „
^''•¦".be^remony^BrC"-ore Briggs. He is a native of New hi^Manne Co';;runffo,S^«nd Mis, Yorl and played stage roles there Rogers wore .brown tailored suit before commg to Hollywood and with   matching accessories,   includ- entering pictures.   He pUyed a small
irng b":^  ba'l with  sable  tail.^ a -'• '"J«,'-j^«~- P"^"^ "T-.
Isuede bag and white baby orchids. ,Dick  •nd lUrry.
failed.
as a  result,   lost seven
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tion   of  Flynn s   use   of  »••'<»  '"f    portant   town   of   Rossosh   on   the port,   and   that   RAF   bomber,   had tempts to reinforce Col. Gen. Hans German planes were brought down owned   paving  blocks  ana  38  '^"^^ railroad to Rostiv. blasted enemy  Installations  in  the von Arnims Tunisian troops by de- by    P-*0    Warhawks,    which    the
employees   on   his   L*ke   Mahopac, Akyab area.    It was announced  in stroying seven transporta  and  two Americans   had   presented   te   the
N. Y.. estate, was improperly con-      There was good  news alao  from Baghdad that Iraff hsd Joined  the escorting fighter planes. French Lafayette E:scadrills a week
ducted. North    Africa,    where    Allied    air United Nation.. Attack Air Canvoy ago.
4.—That  Flynn.  as  a member of power was  showing its superiority, B-25   Mitchell    medium   bombers      Six enemy bombers were destre^
the law firm of Goldwaler * Flynn over the Axis. Allied medium Dispatches from On Douglas and P-38 Lightnings twice attrrked ed last night in bombing raids e« represented Serge Rubinstein, who bombers and fighters shot down 23 MacArthur's headquarters in Aus- a formation of 50 Junkers-52 (3er- Algiers and other Allied basea The had large Japanese interesU and Axis planes in 24 hours while losing tralia reported that the Japanese man transports and fighters. One Ormans took advantage of • made a present of fund, to the only eight, a headquarters com- were on the verge of being driven Allied group swooped down on the bright moon, raiding Algiers !¦ Japanese govemment ahortly befoee munlque aald. The principal action from their laet stronghold la Pap- formation while It w« flying over early evening. A heavy Pearl UarbeK '^'x ** attnek ea M Oennan trana- aaa New Guinea. 'the aea aertkeaat ef Tunia. .protected   the
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