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THE TEMPERATURES At .1 p. 34 High 88 Low i Precipitation 11 High year ago 24 Low year ago 18 BEATRICE DAILY SUN "If Ton Didn't Sec It In The BUN It Didn't Happen" Member of The Associated THE MM perature. 1 change tew-: perature. VOLUME XLI BEATRICE, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11.

1942 1 Million In A.E.F. By 1943 President Declares Allies Hold Initiative On All Fronts Over Globe. DISCOVERY WHEN POT BOILS OVER LEND-LEASE REPORT WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 President Roosevelt informed congress today that by the end of this month American forces overseas will number more than 1,000,000 men. The president, in the seventh quarterly report on lend lease operations', said in a letter of transmittal that the axis powers "have, temporarily at least, lost the and added: "We must do all we can to keep them from regaining it." Lend lease aid in the last three months up to December 11, totaled $2,367,000,000, he reported.

This was more than a third higher than the figure for the previous quarter and four times the total for three months immediately preceding 'United States entry into the war, Allies Choose Battlefields The president said since the last report the war had entered a new phase with United Nations forces attacking from Egypt and North Africa and contesting with the axis "for control of the Afri- can coastline of the Medditerran- ean." "The Soviet' army, having held stubborn bravery at Stalin- igrad, has now assumed the off en Isive," he added. "The Japanese lhave been recklessly expending 'ships and men in the Solomons, a i battleground of our own choosing "The axis powers have, temp lorarily, at least, lost the initiative I 1 We must do all we Jean to keep them from The chief executive went on to I say that "we must bring the full of all the United Nations llto bear directly against the llemy," adding! "We must bring together our ijoint productive capacity and our I material resources, our finished Ifmunitions, and our fighting power; we must do this in accordance I with a single world strategy. Good Progress Shown "Thai! we are making good pro- I gress In this direction I think is I shown by recent developments, and by this report on the part Iplayed by lend lease." I The president said that as the tallied striking power grows and Knew territories are liberated a new itask develops supplying medi- pcines, food, and clothing to the lpeoples who had been "plundered, and starved." "The nazis and Japanese," he said, "have butchered innocent nen and women in a campaign of organized terror. They have stripped the lands they hold of food and jother resources. They have used lunger as an instrument of the IJslavery they seek to impose." Allied policy is the "direct op- oosite" he continued, adding: tert, Nations forces will bring food for the starving and medicine 'for the sick.

Every aid possible vill be given to restore each of £he liberated countries to soundness and strength, so that each aay make its full contribution to Jnited Nations victory, and to the peace which follows." Total value of lend lease goods transferred and services rendered since the beginning of the prograro on March 11, 1941, to November 30, 1942, was placed at in the report. This compared ith $5,129,000,000 reported in the report three months ago. For the 12 months ending No- cembe.r 30, the first year of American participation in the war, lend lease aid totaled $6,526,000,300. The report placed the current of assistance at annually. This is ibout 15 per cent of the current I'ate of spending "on thp overall "Jnited States war program," the president said, and "thus, we are jiow putting about one-seventh of bur total effort into lend lease 'aid to the other United Nations." Charge Young Army With Sedition Say 'Radical' Tried To Organize Subversivfe Organization Within Army.

Heavy Allied Fire. ATTACKED ROOSEVELT! SHELL JAP AIRDROME Yanks, Aussies Two Nazi Tank Column? Strike For Tunisian Roa Junction: One Turned BacM Hammer Enemy Strip At Buna Single Japanese Counterattack Collapses Under SEATTLE, Dec. 11 A young, unidentified army officer at Fort Lewis, has been arrested in connection with a reported attempts to "vilify President Roosevelt" and form a subversive element within the army, the Post-Intelligencer said today. "It is understood," the newspaper said, "that the officer mailed seditious literature to members of the one-time America First committee and to William Dudley Pelley's silvershirts. The arrested officer likewise is reported to have attempted to organize a subversive organization within the army itself." "Radical" Background The Post-Intelligencer described the officer as "a young man not long out of college and with a radical political background," and said he faces charges of sedition, "punishable by from 10 to 20 years in an army disciplinary barracks." Dr.

Herbert M. Strong and Dr. marguerite Nape look over synthetic rubber in their Chicago laboratory which they discovered when a pot of soy bean oil and chemicals boiled over. It makes rubber, not suited for tires but for much needed sponge rubber for tank helmets, cushions and plane de-icers. List BBS Boys In S.

Army High School Places All Names Available On Honor Roll, Asks Public Help. Former Beatrice senior high school, students now in U. S. armed forces will be recognized by erection of a "roll of honor" plaque to be erected sometime soon in the high school building, Prin. L.

E. Henderson announced today. Students in the commercial department, working with Miss Alice Winsor of the school faculty, have been busy for some time tabulating the list of names to be placed on the plaque. They realize, however that the school's sources of information are not entirely adequate, and the help of the public in making the list complete is solicited. The list printed here is as complete as it can be made with school records.

Any names men who are in the army and which do not appear here, should be given to the senior high school, by calling number 250, at an early date. Names of navy, marine corps and coast guard men already have been tabulated. Following is -the list of former high school students who now are in army service: Army Men James Allen, Lawrence Allen, Register Boys For War Dutv First Of 18-Year-Olds Reg- LICENSE SLUMP This year, up to November 19, county court had issued 173 carriage licenses; then came a and for three weeks. not single marriage license was Business revived yesterday ind the total for the year up to tow is 177. BLACKOUT INSTRUCTIONS on the part of to out fcUck- out tariwr Injury or death to mMjr.

feUum cam i only criminal of feaiei. Bo not pull the main electrical because it off all I ytn, etc. Bach lirht should turned out tepartely. Bo not chut off main fas jalre. limply turn off tawm that Ufhted, but leave pilot lifhte, water heater, main water and furnace I BON ihould tied up wardens, police, metienf en 1 and otter wU outTMd IOOM watch dog mifht a a Thf voluntary cooperation of ettiMU to MmMtly solicited.

Harris Andrews, AC, Alvin Arnold, Robert Arnold, Chester Arthur, Harold Arthur, James Ashenfelter, Harold Atherton, Charles Atkinson, Wayne Atkinson, Acl- olph Baete, Donald Balderson, AC, Merle Balderson, Percy Beck, AC, Alonzo Becks, William Becks, Harry Beckwith, Richard Bell, William Best, Percy Bick, Everett Bindernagel. Herbert Bitting, Junior Bitting, Willard Bitting, Dale Bonham Lyle Bowhay, Ted Boyd, James Bredwell, William Brewster, Clarence Brott, James Brown, John Brown, Richard Brown, Reed Buchanan, Ted Buckley, AC, Russe' Buchnell, Edgar Burgett, 'Edgai Burroughs, Wayne Carpenter, Zach Carpenter, Frederick W. Carstens, Edward Cass, William Chadwell (Continued Page 5, Column 5) E. L. Novotny Selected Planning Board Chic Although he was not present a the meeting, Supt.

E. L. Novotnji of the Beatrice schools last nigh' was elected president of the civil planning board. He received newi of the action today with the comment that he always is eager to do anything he can in the public interest. Also elected were Ernest Scharton, of Dempster's, vice president; and Glen Chap'man, of Store Kraft, secretary, Re-elected to the board were Harold Stout, George Steinmeyer, Miss Valeta Woods and Walter Andrews.

A spokesman for the board, which operates without benefit of press representation, said that no other matters of public interest were taken up. ister With Local Board Friday. Draft William Robert Fulton of 911 Ella, Beatrice, had the honor this morning of being the first new 18-year-old in Gage county to reg- ster for selective service. Fulton, whose birthday was July 12, 1924, the son of Mrs. S.

R. Fulton of the same address. After the close of the registration period Dec. 31, the selective service board, at whose office reg- strations are being taken, will sort the names according to birthdays. The first order number in the new series will be assigned to the registrant whose birthday was the first after June 30, 1924, and so on.

The entire list of registrants will be placed in the board's files immediately following that of 18 and 19-year-olds who registered June 30, 1942. Thus, the day of the week on which a young man goes to the draft office to register will have no effect upon his order number. Registrations, as announced earlier, are being taken in three periods during the remainder of December. Here is the complete schedule: Today through Dec. 17 for men who reached their 18th birthdays in July or August, 1942.

Dec. 18 'through Dec. men who reached their 18th birth- The foregoing story originally bore a "specific restriction" from the army authority at Fort Lewis saying it had been approved for publication provided nothing larger than a one-column headline were used. A storm of protest from the nation's editors resulted. Later the office of censorship in Washington informed editors they could use the story without restriction, saying "no authority exists to order any restriction of press headlines or typographical arrangements of any kind." No Attempted Dictation At Seattle early today (Friday), the Post-Intelligencer, which had been working several days on the story of the arrest, said there had been no effort on the part of the military authorities to "dictate" to it.

Aiioclatea Vren Fresh from the victory at Gona, allied troops on New Guinea concentrated today upon the Japanese hemmed in along nine miles of the Bua beach between Cape Killerton and Cape Endaiadere, repulsing one counterattack and battering the invaders with howitzer and mortar fire. Australians who stormed the Gona beach defenses 12 miles northwest of Buna were reported to have mopped up quickly and pressed down along the coast to be in on the assault. Their advance was toward Cape Killerton, six miles northwest of Buna, where American and Australian troops already had boxed in Japanese flank. Americans cut off the other flank earlier this week by preventing the Japanese from fighting their way along Cape Endaiadere, three miles southeast of Buna. One Jap Group Inland The invaders have been backed virtually to the sea along this narrow strip.

One force of Japanese, however, was reported still holding out on the trail to Sopu- ta, some six miles inland. Curtiss P-40's strafed their position. A communique from allied headquarters where Gen. Douglas MacArthur is directing the cleanup declared that a Japanese night counter-attack near Buna village collapsed under heavy fire. "Bitter hand-to-hand fighting ensued throughout Qie position in a struggle for pillbox type enemy machine-gun emplacements," the communique said.

Buna airdrome was under heavy fire of the allies' 105 millimeter howitzers and 25-pound mortars. Allies Meet Second Stab; No Decision U. S. Troops Strike Toward Gulf Of Gabes Opening Second Front. DELAY LIBYAN DRIVE "The information we had gathered was submitted to the military authorities to obtain confirmation of the facts.

and release of the story," the night managing editor of the Post-Intelligencer said. "The question was raised whether publication at this time would interfere with the investigation still being conducted at Fort Lewis. It was suggested that if the story was handled conservatively and not displayed in an alarmist manner, publication would be proper. Shown on the map above is the junction city of Medez-el-Bab toward which axis troops were reported today to have been driving when -they were finally stopped by the allies 2,000 yards short of their goal. Also shown are Tebourba," around which heavy fighting has been centered, Tunis and Bixcrte, the two axis strongholds in Tunisia, Army Objects To Food Plan Positive Need For Gas Limit days in September 1942.

Dec, 26 through or October, Dec. men who reached their 18th birthdays in November or 1942. December, Filley Church To Show Result Of Unique Plan (Tha Own Service) FILLEY, Dec. of Filley Methodist 'church have set the night of Sunday, Dec. 20 for celebration of their unique "God's Acre-Farm," whereby members of the congregation each gave the equivalent of an acre of corn to help remodel and redecorate the' church building.

More than $600 has been accumulated from last year's corn crop, and is bemg used in" the work on the building, which will be finished in time for the celebration. In connection with the event, boys from the church who are in service, and their families, will be honored. By midafternoon today, only five young men had registered here. Draft board office hours are 9 a. m.

to 5 p. m. weekdays, and 9 a. m. to 12 noon on Saturdays.

The office is closed on Sundays. Eleven Schools Enter Meat Production Test Agriculture students in Beatrice high school, along with in schools at Falls City, Tecumseh, H'umboldt, Pawnee City, Lewiston, DeWitt, Fairbury, Barneston and Hebron, are participating in a meat and other produce production contest which will continue through Jan. 1, 1944, it was announced today. Beatrice students have set the following goals, to be met by the close of the contest period: pork, Two Faculty Members Attend School Meet Miss Johnson, head of the English department in Beatrice school and vice-president of the Nebraska state education association, and Supt. E.

L. Novotny will attend a delegate assembly of the association tonight and tomorrow at Lincoln. Topics to be considered will be the high. school victory corps, schools at war, curriculum in war time, and the PTA and the home. Novotny will discuss the problem of students working outside school during school hours, which was the basis of a recent experiment locally.

Want Hot Lunch Setup Continued In County County officials learned today that WPA help with school lunch projects "throughout Nebraska' will terminate Jan. 31, but hope was expressed locally that arrangements can be made to carry on with Gage county's widespread school lunch program. At the most recent check-up, 1,855 poungsters in the county were eating complete or partial lunches through the program. Continuation of the lunch program after Jan. 31, in a number of large schools in the county, apparently will depend upon volunteer workers to prepare the lunches.

Fifty-two schools in Gage county, including both city and rural districts, have lunch arrangements using federal surplus commodities, the county relief office said this afternoon. Of this total, 15 schools serve complete lunches to an average of 849 students. WPA help is instrumental in serving lunches to 791 of the 849. Lunches are served to the remainder by volunteer workers. In 37 other schools, partial lunches (fruit only) are served to another 506 students.

WPA does not enter into the picture in these cases, the relief office said, as most of these schools are smaller, and the work of serving lunches is handled by the teacher. The relief office said that, so far as is known here, the termination of WPA will have no effect upon the federal surplus commodities program, which makes the lunches possible. Snowfall Fools Most Weather Forecasters Local wiseacres who predicted a quick thaw after'the warm spell yesterday afternoon were set back on their heels when a second sizeable snow fell here during the night. The total precipitation was pf an inch, A-feature of last night's precipitation waa the great amount of snow which remained PR tree branches today. Evergreens, ticularjy, presented- a beautiful fight.

In, spite of the weather WM mild, 204,231 pounds; pounds; mutton, beef, 48,958 1,140 pounds; poultry, 8396 pounds; butterfat, 1,440 pounds; and eggs, 12,114 total of 276,379 pounds, averaging 5,757.8 pounds per are 48 students enrolled in the local school. Goals will'be set by each school, students enrolled on or before Dec. 15 will be eligible to participate. A plaque will be awarded to the school with the greatest number of pounds per student. Wayne Larsen, Future Farmers president for Beatrice, is contest chairman, and William Woods, DeWitt, is secretary.

POULTRY COURSE OPENS I. G. Christenson, Beatrice hatchery operator, has been selected as instructor of the course in poultry production, the first meeting of which will be at 8 o'clock tonight in the agriculture classroom at senior high school. Any person living in or near Beatrice is welcome to enroll. There will be no charge for the course.

Ad' Discloses Steel Tank Making Navy "Ash Cans" Return Match Between War, i i lian Administration Seen Likely. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (m Talk of a possible new row between the army and the civilian administration was heard in senate cloakrooms time over Secretary of Agriculture Wickard's food control powers. As reported by one senator, who asked to remain anonymous, the army is apprehensice over the broad new powers delegated to Wickard, pointing out that he could, if he so chose, make the army eat beans seven days a week. Army Wants Control There has been no suggestion that Wickard harbors any such intention, the army critics concede, but they would like to regain full control over diet.

As in the recently settled dispute with the war production board over the scheduling of arms production, Lieut. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell's services of supply again is involved. President Roosevelt, in giving Secretary Wickard sweeping control over producing and distributing food for domestic and overseas use, authorized and directed him such federal agencies and to such to "purchase and procure food fox extent as he shall determine necessary or desirable, and promulgate policies to govern the purchase and procurement of food by all other federal agencies." That, in effect, gives the secretary the power to fix the diet of the soldiers, sailors and marines and what they are afraid of, the senatorial informant said, is tha' the department mgiht try to pro vide them with an abundance o.

food from a few surplus crops. Wickard himself told a presi conference yesterday that "ou boys will be the best fed soldiers' in the world. He described the prospects meeting wartime food needs a good, taut would make no predic tions as to the possibility of add ing other foods to the rationed list May Be Some "I can say, however," he addec "that we cannot afford to wasteful. We may go hungrj for some things. But I think will continue to be the best fe nation in the world.

That is if production and distribution properly managed." Wickard announced a reorgan; zation of his department into tw main groups to carry out his new authority. He appointed Roy F. Hendrickson, former Washington newspaperman and now administrator of the agricultural marketing administration, as director of the new distribution administration administration. Heading the producton administration will be Herbert W. Parisius, formerly of Rce Lake, and now associate director of the office of agricultural war relations.

Tobias Man Expired Suddenly On Street Phil Skinner, about died suddenly Wednesday, evening the streets in Tobias, where he had operated a shoe and harness repair business for years. He Is survived by his father, Phil Skinner, and other relatives. Mrs. Clifford Bachoritch of Fairbury aistev, For the first time since the Beatrice Steel Tank manufacturing company began work on its war contract, the plant's cans" to carry depth receiving publicity which points to the plant's product by name. This week's Issue of Time magazine carries a full-page advertisement by the DeVilbiss company, manufacturers of spray systems used by Steel Tank in giving its "ash cans" a protective coating of paint.

Illustrating the advertisement is an official U. S. navy photograph showing the tremendous geyser of water caused by explosion of an "ash can." Inset is a photograph of Harry White-' head, paint spray operator at Steel Tank, using the equipment advertised. The- inset ture shows one of the "ash cans," a tank some 12 to 15 Inches in diameter, and perhaps two feet long. the advertisement; 'Sub sighted to The helm goes hard over.

And quickly Uncle Sam's sea- dogs plummet 'ash cans' over the spot where the German sea- wolf was last seen. A deep, dull roar. Then a tremendous geyser appears astern. Again the helm is hard over and the destroyer crew swings back to look for oil. For a film of oil on the surface means that they their another Axis sub has been laid to rest in Davey Jones' locker The advertisement goes on to explain that Steel Tank, manufacturers of "ash cans," and a winner of the Navy uses the equipment advertised.

Thus, at long, last, an open comes to light. The fact that Steel Tank is making "ash cans" has been a matter of public knowledge ever since work on the navy contract began. But until now, navy censorship had forbade mention of that fact, in a local newspaper, Senate Committee Finds Method Of Computing Fuel Oil Need Inadequate. WASHINGTON, Dec. ll Senators investigating gasoline and fuel oil rationing reported today that the oil program was bogged down in a formula of complex calculations by experts who disdain a simple percentage cut procedure.

Price administration formula fixers! the special defense committee reported, went back 43 years in their exploration of tem- arid 'came up that ignores serature statistics with a procedure wind velocity, even that old weather standby, humidity. Instead of assuming the average householder had not deliberately wasted money in previous years by "purchasing fuel oil he did not need," and cutting his allotment on a percentage system based on the need for reducing consumption in his area, the committee said, the experts calculated the amount of oil necessary to heat a given number square feet in a given county. Not only did these calculations ignore wind velocity and humidity, continued the report, but the height of ceilings and the thickness of walls as well, leaving many homes with "uninhabitable" allowances. Gun Rationing The committee found nationwide gasoline rationing to conserve rubber "abundantly justified by the developments of every passing day" and commended Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers for "dqjng a good job." "Pleasure driving should pass out for the duration," the committee declared.

It drew this conclusion on Jeffers' testimony: "Only a miracle can produce the rubber essential to keep our military machine functioning." Farm Labor Shortage Effecting Production Amoclated Freii Two German tank columns sup; 4 ported by infantry have turning attacks against the right flank of the allies' Tunisian ltae, and allied headquarters announced today that one had carried to in 2,000 of Medjez el Bab before being repulsed. That vital road junction 20 miles southwest of and 35 miles southwest of Tunis has been in allied hands Nov. 26. The column which drove to Medjez el Bab came from Jj east and withdrew after ering artillery and fighter fire, an allied communique announced. The allies counter-attacked the 1 other column, which struck fronlt the north, but the outcome of fight was not given.

French infantry and helped repel the attacks, the munique disclosed. Enemy Losses Higher "We lost a few tanks," it "Enemy losses were considerably higher. 4jg The communique said: "One column came down fromrj the north along the west bank the Medjerda. Our forces erattacked immediately stroyed a number of tanks. 3 "The other column, from the east, came.within yards of Medjez el Bab, but engaged by our ar'tlllery er aircraft withdrew.

tanks were destroyed in the tie." It was not disclosed far nazi tank and" infantry; were thrown back, br what.the battle positions were allied right flank. Open Second'Front A second Tunisian battlefront appeared to be taking fdrm as United States parachutists.anu,. tank forces struck toward Gulf of Gabes, 150 miles south the mired Tebourba front, and the-J axis rushed troops by transrx and glider train to meet Other German forces pushed in.r$ land from their coastaj bases of Sfax, Gabes and Sousse to the 'Americans whose, swiftly veloping thrust threatened to 'c off the axis-held bulge of isia from Italian Supporting the picked forces under command of son Raff are French artillery and camel corps in desert war. This is the mixed which gave German advance! troops a decisive licking last week! near Tebessa in the isian border mountains 100 milepV south of the then swept on toward the Gabes 150 miles to the southea Hold Libyan Drive A British communique Cairo said the British eighth arrojrj had not yet touched off its bat BOY STILL IN COMA Although nearly two weeks have passed since Dallas Mack, small son of Mr. and Mrs.

Edwin Mack of the Liberty vicinity suffered serious head injuries in a fall at his home, he still remains in a coma at the Mennonite hospital where he was taken after he was hurt. Little change was reported in his condition today. SUES FOR MAINTENANCE Gladys C. Thorn filed suit in district court today against Harold S. Thorn, asking separate maintenance for herself and two minor children.

Petition alleges plaintiff started an action against defendant but dismissed it upon promise of betted behavior toward her, that the promise has not been kept. They were married in 1920. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 The agriculture department reported today that shortages of farm labor and a consequent necessity of using available manpow- on the most important agricul- work was beginning to show up in various short cuts and adjustments that tend to reduce farm production. "There is evidence," the department said, "of an increasing tendency to turn cattle and hogs into fields of sorghums or peanuts to gather their own feed.

Some farmers have delayed weaning the calves or stopped stripping the strippers. "Some dairy herds, dependent on hired labor, have been dispersed, particularly in areas close to munitions plants where wages have necessarily been high enough to pull men from other occupations." NEW "AG" HEAD LINCOLN, Dec. 11 Dwight Griswold announced today the appointment of Rufus M. Howard of Flats as the state department of agriculture and inspection. Howard, a rancher and speaker of the unicameral legislature last session, replaces Alan G.

Burke of Bancroft. The appointment is effective Jan, ,7, TRACTOR FIRE The fire department made a run to the airport north of town this afternoon about 2:30 o'clock to extinguish a'fire that had started in one of the tractors used for trading Damage WM minor, offensive against the El Agheilitj line in Libya, but reported that (Continued on Page 2, Col. 8) Striking War Workers Given Chance OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. Aircraft com workers who walked off the Wednesday and went rabbit' ing are going to be offered an allf expense big-game the quarry instead of rabbits. The electricians returned work yesterday on orders of international electricians' unlc CAFL).

One union member' declined use of his name, series of small grievances caused the men to take the day a rabbit hunt. Countered B. Watson. VJJMJ man of county draft board no. Our rabbit hunters will classified so they can do so; hunting.

"I don't think it's right workers making (105 leave their jobs while oufc are, giving their liven month." HERO WARSHIP HOME SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 11 cruiser San Francisco, which fought and whipped Japanese battle fop? an epjc engagement off the Solomqriaj i -v i i i i 'YV -'r j- 1 4 vs.