Des Moines Tribune from Des Moines, Iowa • 1

THE WEATHER Local Fair Tuesday night; low est temperature about 30 In city to 28 in surrounding country. Cloudy Wednesday night and Thursday. Colder late Wednesday night and Thursday. The Paper With the Pictures PRICE nS? 5 CENTS- VOL. 6.3.

NO. 87. DES MOINES, IOWA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1943. 16 PAGES Entered as second-class matter Dec. 10, 1931.

at the post office at Des Moines. Iowa, under the act of March 3. lb, 9. List Details Of Lawson 240 POUNDS OF FIGHT iitish MMies Crack Flank or School Plan Of Gemrnaini Defense nine JLrl JUST A 10-HOUR JOB Vwv" 1 fW jffe, Maj. Hubert Miller, 27, who stands 6 feet and 4 inches tall, weighing 240 pounds, sights from the nose gun turret of a Flying Fortress.

After completing 25 bombing missions against the Nazis from England, Major Miller rejected an opportunity to return to the United States. Before the war he was a farmer at Ridgeland, S. and a college football player. Yanks Again Pound in Germany JS Ten hours after retreating Germans had blasted the original Allied forces, these United Stated army engineers wero putting the rebuilding the bridge somewhere in Italy. WIKEI'IIOTOS Vandegrif Is Named Marines' Commander University to Teach Principles O.

by Founder. The Des Moines University of Lawsonomy, to be estab lished on the old Des Moines university campus, will teach only the principles approved by its founder, Alfred Law- son. This was shown Tuesday la the articles of Incorporation filed hi the office of Secretary of State Wayne Hopes and in an operating agreement which accompanied the articles. Lawson, who came here from Detroit, for the purchase of the university property this sum mer, is a believer in "Direct Credits" under which the government would make all loans without in terest and in unusual theories of physics and health. Trustees.

The articles filed Tuesday set up a board of trustees to operate the university. The trustees named in the articles of the new non profit organization are Ernest Schiesser, president; Herbert A Blum, vice president; Violet Smith, secretary-treasurer; George Scott and Carl C. Carlsen. Carlsen was reported as being from Harlan, and the others from Des Moines. They were not listed in the Des Moines directory.

The members of the board serve without term but can be removed by board vote or by Lawson personally without "notice, cause, or explanation." Four mere members can be appointed by Lawson during his lifetime or elected by the board later. Towers. Powers of the corporation are those usually given such groups but one paragraph provides that Lawson can veto actions of the board of trustees in securing certain powi rs. "The mid corporutlon Is to be financed through the general sale to the public of the said books, pamphlets, articles and speeches as written and copyrighted by said Alfred Lawson, by free contributions or endowments by Interested people, and by such fees as may be from time to time arranged fcr the education of students," the articles said. Purpose.

Lawson is listed as the "donor" In the operating agreement, which contains with the following statement: "As the primary object of this university is to educate the people in the progressive knowledge that has taken the founder a lifetime to decipher and explain, and as this knowledge cannot be mixed with thr, ideas, beliefs, or theories of tiny other person, therefore it is extent iil iitnl agreed to: that wi-d no consideration or conditions in this university teach, print, publish, buy, sell or give away any other literature of any nature whatever, except that written or authorized by Alfred Lawson." This clause of the operating agreement, signed by both Law-son and the trustees, gives the founder complete control over educational matters. Example. The opening clauses of the operating agreement said that 3 931 Lawson "began to make a concrete example of myself, for others to follow, by renouncing the hoarding of wealth for my lavon Continued on Page Seven. Cloudy, Colder Weather Ahead November was closing up its books Tuesday with entries of "fair," "mild" and other pleasing Items. Tim outlook for December's opening was not quite ho good, for such Items as "Increasing cloudiness" and "colder late Wednesday night" were In the journal, awaiting transfer to the ledger.

Iowa City had a state low of 19 on the books Tuesday morning and Sioux City claimed the high of 47 Monday. Des Moines ranged from 33 to 27, but Tuesday was headed into the forties. Picture Page 1 Marines catching a i "breather" on the beach of Tarawa supplies rolling ir ashore Japs sprawled in the wreckage of their field kitchen a blasted Amer- ican tank these and other camera scenes bring the grim deadliness of the hardest won victory in the history of the U. S. marines on the Picture rage today.

Guilty Plea Ends Slot Trial Here Reese Pays $300.15 for Possession of Machine. The trial of J. H. Reese for illegal possession of slot ma chines came to a sudden termination Tuesday when Reese pleaded guilty before District Judge Joseph E. Meyer.

Judge Meyer immediately fined lleese $250 and costs and ordered the 12 machines on exhibit in court to be condemned and destroyed. Included in the $50.15 costs were the expense of transportation of the slot machines and salary of guards while the machines were kept overnight in the courtroom. Fine. Reese and his attorney, Milton W. Strickler, were accompanied to the clerk's office by Atty.

Carl S. Missildine, where Missildine paid the $300.15. Missildine en tered the case Monday afternoon. The jury for the trial was selected Monday, with the defense attorney questioning prospective jurors regarding the existence of gambling machines in the city. Reese's plea of guilty left un answered the intentions of the de fense in subpoenaing Safety Supt.

Clarence Koenigsberger, Chief of Police Floyd Hartzer and several Des Moines amusement device operators, as defense witnesses. Sheriff. "It is conclusively shown now that these machines are gambling machines," the judge announced after receiving the cuiltv rlca. "and it is hereby ordered that they be condemned and turned over to the county sheriff for destruction." Before the machines were removed to the sheriff's "booze" room in the basement, several score of persons, including jury panel members, viewed the devices in the courtroom. Reese was seen in the courtroom giving an explanation to several women jurors of the operation of the machines.

Demonstration. Before court opened Tuesday morning, electricians had installed an electrical device changing di rect current to alternating current order that the machines could ba demonstrated at the trial. Persons acquainted with the seized machines said only two of the 12 appeared to be of any great value, the other 10 being somewhat out of date and some of them lacking mechanisms. The machines had been seized by police from a storage room at the rear of 413 E. Sixth st.

last Aug. 5. Hero Honored At Italy Front WITH U. S. 5TH ARMY IN ITALY (Nov.

29, Delayed) VP) The nation's highest award the Congressional Medal of Honor was awarded Lieut. David C. Wav- bur, Piedmont, by Lieut. Gen. Mark W.

Clark, 5th army commander, in a ceremony this after noon on a muddy, shell-pocked field just behind tho front lines. Waybur, 24-year-old leader of a third division reconnaissance platoon, single-handedly and standing in bright moonlight, destroyed an enemy tank with a submachine gun and put to flight two other tanks, soon afterward captured, during the Sicilian campaign. This was done despite the fact he was seriously wounded. Waybur is the first man to get the medal of honor in Italy and the second to receive it in the Mediterranean theater. Five Minnesota Deer Hunters Die MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.

(U.P.) The five-day deer hunting season claimed a total of seven casualties in Minnesota this year, a survey showed Tuesday. Five hunters were shot accidentally, one man drowned when his boat overturned, and a seventh died of a heart attack immediately after he had shot a deer. Rout Nazis From City; Push Ahead 5th Army Inches Forward, Takes a Town. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, ALGIERS, ALGERIA' VP) The British 8th army has cracked the main winter defense line of the Germans on the Adriatic end of the Italian front by driving four miles forward from the San-gro river, Allied headquarters announced Tuesday. In 36 hours of continuous day and night fighting, Gen.

Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's forces captured portions of the vital San-gro ridge northwest of the river and routed the Nazis from the town of Mezza-grogna. Simultaneously, United States units of the Allied 5th army fought their way forward one mila through blistering enemy shell-fire to occupy the town of Castel-nuovo northwest of Montaquila. 12 Miles. While clawing up the Sangro ridge, which rises 750 to 1,000 feet above the river valley, the British, New Zealand and Indian troops under Montgomery also widened their bridgehead to 12 miles.

This frontal aault on the enemy's heavily fortified mountain positions was supported by deadly artillery and aerial bombardment, which in Itself was almost sufficient to make the Germans' defense system in this section crumble. The advancing British captured numerous prisoners from the German 65th infantry division who were described as "bomb happy" indicating they were shocked and demoralized from the heavy bombing and shelling. 8th Army. After taking Mezzagrogna, the 8th army hammered away in the direction of Romagnoli at the extreme south end of the ridge and north toward Fossacesia at the northeastern end of the ridge. During this surge onto higher ground tho little villages of Marcatitoiilo, lUsllo, Marcuecla, ('asone, C'occo, Marcono and Sun Onofsla were overrun.

Farther inland the situation around the second bridgehead across the Sangro river near Archi was reported generally quiet, and Montgomery's headquarters gave no intimation whether the enemy's important supply road along the river in that sector had been cut. On the 5th army front, heavy fighting by the Americans during the past 48 hours continued around the Falconara mountain, where Castelnuovo was occupied. Air Action Allied aircraft joined in the blows at tho Germans' mountain entrenchments and other installations and also extended their operations to include an air attack on the Yugoslav city of Sarajevo. American B-23 Mitchell bombers made the Sarajevo raid, overcome a barrier of clouds to hit an explosives factory, enemy barracks and a transport repair shop. American Flying Fortresses and B-26s delivered a heavy attack on the airport and railroad yards at Grosseto, 80 miles north of Rome, and American Mitchells laid out a pattern bombing of roads, rail ways and bridges at Giulianova, a communications center north of Pescara on the Adriatic coast.

A few hours earlier R.A.F. Bos tons made a night attack on har bor installations at Pescara. The German airforce, which had been much in evidence over the battle lines and had opposed Allied bombing raids far behind the front over the weekend, failed to appear in strength Monday. Where to Find It Almanac Page 11 Ashby column Page 4 Comics 12 Editorials Page 4 Markets Page 13 Radio Page 11 Soldiers Page 11 Spoitn 10 Women's features 6 bridge to Iiamner the advance of finishing touches to their Job of WW 1 1 II. I Kli It 1 1 T.

Marine Chiefs Old and New. O. K. Party Role In Soldier Vote WASHINGTON, D. C.

(U.P.) The senate Tuesday voted, 40 to 39, to require the president to select members tof the four-man war ballot commission which will handle soldi voting from lists submitted by the national committees of the Republican and Democratic parties. The senate had rejected the pro vision with a tie vote Monday. It voted, 40 to 33, to reconsider Tuesday, however, and subsequently passed the amendment. Wl Targets Eleventh Major Raid This Month. LONDON, ENGLAND United States 8th air force heavy bombers attacked targets in western Germany in daylight Tuesday, setting a record of 11 major raids for one month's heavy operations from bases in Britain.

Following on the heels of Monday night's It.A.F. Mosquito bomber raid on the same general area, the American heavies were supported by United States, K.A.F., Dominion and Restaurants' Prices Eyed Two-Thirds Not Over April Level. Two-thirds of the restaurants In the Des Moines OPA district are reported as not exceeding their Apr. 4 to 10 prices in results of a survey conducted by District OPA Director Rae E. Walters.

The survey covered about 2, 000 restaurants in the 61-county district. Although the situation was not regarded as alarmine. a tendency toward price Increase was shown in the fact that 34 per cent of restaurants were reported to have increased prices on one item or more. luteal Hoards. The mirvey was taken bv the local hoard In the district, and the reports were made to Walters for informational purposes.

There are no ceilings or frozen prices on restaurant meals in the district now, but the OPA director can obtain authority to fix them if he feels they are needed to hold down price spirals. The director's office does not feel that the survey requires the freezing of prices at present. Wal ters said. However, another check will be made later. Letters.

4 Wherever price increases have been shown, letters will bo sent to the restaurant proprietor warning him that he should reduce to the Apr. 4 to 10 level. The OPA office believes that this is possible in spite of the fact that some food' products have increased in price and wages may be up. The factors which offset such ex tra costs are increased volume of business, a 10 per cent rollback on meat and butter costs, the elimination of extra services and the reduction of the number of persons on the payroll, Walters said. Tule Lake Japs Operated a Still REDDING, CAL.

UP) Japa nese at the Tule Lake center op erated a large moonshine whisky still in the camp and sold some of the liquor to civilian workers outside, says Dewey Eagan, liquor enforcement officer for the state board of equalization. Eagan said lie received information several months ago that four stills were being operated at the camp, but could not gain admission to the grounds. He said Kenneth Blair, In charge of the federal alcohol tax bureau, Sacramento, told him the army re cently found a large still and a quantity of mash in the camp. WASHINGTON, D. C.

(ay- Lieut. Gen. Alexander A. Vande- grift Tuesday was appointed com mandant of the marine corps, cf fective Jan. 1, in succession to Lieut.

Gen. Thomas Holcomb, retiring because of age. Announcement of the appointment was made by Secretary of the Navy Knox at a marine corps headquarters press conference attended by Holcomb and Vandegrlft. Holcomb reached the normal retirement age of 64 last August, but President Roosevelt requested that he remain in his present post until the end of this year. Vandegrift, at 56, is a veteran of 34 years of service.

Vandegrift led the marines ashore at Guadalcanal a year ago last summer. He saw action as far back as 1912 when serving with an expeditionary battalion in Nicaragua. He participated in the battle of Vera Cruz, Mexico, fought hostile forces in Haiti, saw service in China. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz conferred the Navy Cross on him for leadership in the bitter fighting at Guadalcanal, to add to the many decorations he has received.

Allied fighters during their mission. The four-engined American bombers exceeded by one the previous record of 10 operations set in July and equalled in September. The announcement, of the widespread fighter support was a rare combination for the big bombers which are usually accompanied only by American fighters. It was the second successive day penetration of Germany for the American bombers which bombed Bremen Monday for the second Air Continued on Page Five. Meat Point Cut Is Expected WASHINGTON, D.

C. A general reduction of most meat ration point values will be indicated by price administrator Chester Bowles in an address Tuesday night. (Station KSO will carry the talk at 10:45 p. Dowles, it was learned, will point out that substantial improvement of meat supplies for civilians has made possible ration cost reductions for nearly all items, including beef. The detailed point schedule for December will be announced later this week.

Street Car Man Clanged His Bell; Husband Jealous LOS ANGELES. CAL. (U.P.) Swing-shifter Margaret Weaver sought a divorce Tuesday, charging that her husband was jealous because the street car motorman always clanged his bell "good night" when she left the car. "The motorman used to wait while I ran down the dark street," she said. "When I got to the street light I'd wave and he'd ring the IkII." Her husband tried to strike her with his golf clubs, she said, but she countered the blow and broke her hand on his jaw.

Joan Fontaine A Nurse's Aide HARTFORD, CONN. (2P Film Star Joan Fontaine is working as a nurse's aide at the Hartford hospital. It was sup posed to be something of a secret, but the news got out Tuesday. "I love it," Miss Fontaine told rep orters "Whenever I'm on vacation (right now she is visiting friends in West Hartford) I always work as a v-rWi? nurse's aide. (Her fontaine.

hours are 8:30 a. m. to 1 p. "In Hollywood, we live in a goldfish bowl, and everywhere you go people stare at you. Here nobody knows star." you.

The patient is the Exchange Ship Due In N. Y. Wednesday NEW YORK, N. Y. UP) The diplomatic exchange ship Grips-holm will steam into New York harbor about 9 a.

m. Wednesday, bringing home from the Orient 1,236 United States nationals and 221 Canadians interned by the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. Smash Naples Black Market U. S. Soldiers Held in Roundup.

NAPLES, ITALY (ff) A soldier's purchase of a dozen bottles of cheap wine led to the arrest Tuesday of what police believe are the key men in an Italian "black market" ring which has been dealing mainly in American army ra tions, tires, gasoline and oth er articles valued at thou sands of dollars. An undisclosed number of American soldiers and military truck drivers also have been arrested. Sale of government property to Italians has been under investigation for more than a month. Allied military government (AMG) in spectors, working with Italian po lice, made some arrests in what was obviously an organized ring, but were unable to track down the heads of tho organization. Soldier.

Ovtr the weekend a British sol dier went into a small shop and bought a dozen bottles of wine. He told AMO police he thought the price was exorbitant and1 the wine tasted "a bit odd." An analysis showed the wine was one of the cheapest known brands and had been bolstered with methylated syrup. The soldier led an inspector back to the shop. They found it com pletely stocked with labels for virtually every well known brand of wine and spirits in existence, as well as bottles, corka and leadfoil caps. Barrels of chemicals and adul terants were found in the "bot tling room." Arrested.

The owner and some workmen were arrested. Under questioning they admitted that the shop was part of a black market ring. The proprietor offered to lead AMG police to "something more important." And he did. Three small storehouses stocked with cases of American army rations, gasoline, shoes, clothing, white flour and various types of mechanical equipment were found. Three trucks worked all day Monday removing the articles.

In the meantime, Italians be lieved to have headed the ring were located and arrested. They said they had bought the goods in small quantities at a time from army truck drivers. The truck drivers face a court martial. i ALLIES DRIVE AHEAD WWW, ITALY JSfe' 011 vCastel S. Felicfcab fr oTolF ront on CancellSkf S.

Felice STATUTE MILES The British 8th army broke into the main defenses of the Nazi winter line in Italy Tuesday and swept up Mezzagrogna, in a drive which enlarged the Sangro bridgehead to 12 miles. On the nth army front, American troops advanced north of Venafro and captured Castelnuovo. Solid lino Indicates approximate present front. WIUKPIIOTO Vl.