Beatrice Daily Sun from Beatrice, Nebraska • Page 1

THE TEMPERATURES 3 p. 67 High yesterday 68 Low yesterday 46 High year ago 58 Low year ago 38 THE WEATffEK MMMMtaMHM 'If You Didn't See It la The SUN It Didn't Happen" Member of The Associated Press Bag 18 Supply Planes VOLUME XLI BEATRICE, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 6, 1943 Senate Group Forces OP.A. Boss To Speak Prentiss Brown Threatened With Subpoena By Agriculture Committee. FEAR VETO TO STAND WASHINGTON, April 6 The senate agriculture committee brought Price Administrator Prentiss Brown before it for testimony today under threat of subpoena and then voted to excuse him until Thursday morning.

Brown and Secretary of Agriculture Wickard agreed to appeal- after Chairman Smith (d-SC) described their failure to appear as a refusal and raised the possibility of subpoenaeing them. The committee met to consider the administration-opposed Pace hill to include farm labor costs in computations of parity prices, even as the senate approached a vote on overriding President Roosevelt's veto of the Bankhead bill to prohibit deduction of government benefit payments before fixing parity price ceilings. Bankhead Doubtful The author of the latter bill, Senator Bankhead (d-Ala), said today the outcome of the attempt to override is in doubt. Senate Majority Leader Barkley said he had reported to President Roosevelt at a White house conference today that tho chance of substaining the veto "looks fairly good." He remarked that he though) some go.od news probably would be welcomed by the president. "Disresptct toward a senate committee" was charged to Brown and Wickard by Chairman Smith, i but aides of the two officials denied this.

Manning Shaw, executive assistant to Brown, told reporters he had sought to have the price administrator excused from appearing. Shaw said he talked yesterday with E. D. Smith, secretary of the committee and son of Senator Smith, explaining that Brown had engagements today with out- of-town people. Wickard Asks Delay At the agriculture department an aide said Secretary Wickard, upon learning that Price Administrator Brown and Food Administrator Davis did not plan to appear today, asked the committee to allow him delay in giving his testimony until the other officials appeared, The aide said Wickard thought the postponement was agreeable with the committee.

In the hectic hour that preceded Brown's appearance, Chairman Smith (d-SC) had announced the "refusal" of the two officials to appear for testimony on the measure, which Brown has attacked as "highly inflationary." The committee went into a closed session from which Senator Aiken (r-Vt) emerged subsequently to say that. Brown and Wickard had been informed that if they did not appear they would be served with subpoenas and forced to do so. Brown arrived on the scene a few minutes later, but Wickard was not on hand. Brown said he was ready testify, the committee decided it did not have time to hear him oefore noon, when the sens nad arranged to begin debate oh the Bankhead veto. Brown "Accepts" When the group agreed to delay Brown's testimony until Thursday, the price administrator remarked; "Mr.

Chairman, I'll be here on the dot." At 11:15 a. m. Wickard walked into the committee room and members discussed with him his appearance at a future date. In open meeting, Senator Thomas (d-Okla) asserted that a letter Price Administrator Brown attacking the Pace bill as inflationary had led to its recommitment to the committee by the senate, "and I suggest that we have Mr. Brown as the first witness." Senator Aiken (r-Vt) expressed belief the administration "is afraid some testimony may develop here that will help the farmers in their fight, to- override the Bankhead bill veto." Seven Groups Sign To Place Displays In Vacant Windows Seven organizations already have signed up to decorate vacant windows in the business part town.

They are the Rotary club, city schools, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, St. John's Lutheran Willing Helpers, U. S. navy, and The Homestead monument committee of the chamber of commerce. There are a few more win- doys yet obtainable, said Secretary R.

S. Latta today. They are rent-free. Ail that is necessary is to agree to keep the window neat and change the display at least once a. month.

They can be engaged for a month or longer if desired. MRS. SULLIVAIV CHRISTENS DESTROYER NAMED FOR SONS Rally To Open WAAC Drive Auxiliary Lieutenant To Be Main Speaker At Auditorium Program. A rally April 15 in the city auditorium will begin a three day women's army auxiliary corps recruiting campaign in Beatrice. Specail speaker for the evening will be Lt.

Betty Seeley of the Omaha recruiting office who will present to the audience a picture of WAAC life. Mayor Morris will give an address of welcome to the recruiting officer and her helpers. Richard Wood of Beatrice will present a review and company Nebraska state guard, will make its first formal appearance in'uniform that evening under the leadership of ts officers. Beatrice girl scouts vill usher. WAAC enlistments will be taken at the Paddock hotel April 15, 16, 17.

Any girl interested in the WAAC's can contact Mrs. T. A. Woodward, chairman of the Civil- an committee, or her aides, Mildred Buchanan, Lucille Totsch. and Mrs.

W. P. Wilson. Booklets on WAAC requirements are in the hands of these women. Mrs.

Fred Harms Dies At Home Near Wymore Mrs. Fred Harms, 64, formerly Kate Goes, died at her home southwest of- Wymore this morning after a lingering illness. She leaves three a daughter, Mrs, Antje Ricker of Wymore; two sons, Henry and Andrew at two brothers, Andrew Goes of Beatrice, and John Goes of Wymore. Funeral services will be Thurs day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home'and at 2:30 o'clock from St. John's Lutheran church south of Wymore, G.

Wendt officiating. Interment in the church cemetery. TEACHERS: TAKE, EXAMS ColMity Supt. H. Vy.

advises anyone who planning to teach school next nor- inal strainers' and those taking 'the new accelerated to take the teachers', examinations to be neM', Saturday April 10, 8 and 1 p. m. They may be taken at any of these places At the" ppurt -house, Beatrice, -and at Adams and Last November the five sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sullivan, of Waterloo, Iowa, went clown with the United States cfrulser Juneau In the South Pacific.

Here the destroyer "The Sullivan" is launched in San Francisco, to avenge those boys. Mrj. Sullivan, right, mother of the five boys, christens the destroyer In the launching ceremony. Left right arc: JLt. Mel Venter, Genevieve Sullivan, sister of the boys, and Mrs.

Sullivan. Staff photo passed by U. S. Navy censors, (NEA Telephoto.) Bring Charge In Meat Case Price Administrator Says Ac- Blow To lion Biggest Black Twin Corporal Hurt As Car Leaves Hihwa Corporals Ervin and Ernest Beerenstrauch. twin sons of Mr.

and Mrs. Carl H. Beerenstrauch of near DeWitt, met with an automobile accident about 4 o'clock Monday afternoon when their car left the pavement about 10 miles this side of Seneca, Kas. One of the boys notified their parents by phone, and the father and another brother, Elmer Beer- enstrauch, left by car immediately for the scene of the accident, Ervin was brought to the Lutheran hospital by ambulance, and Ernest by his father and brother in their car. Upon examination at the hospital by Dr.

H. D. Runty of DeWitt, it was found Ervin had sustained a fractured pelvis, and Ernest a fractured sternum, but no ribs were broken. Both will recover, in the opinion of Dr. Runty at noon today.

The twin corporals were on their way home for a day's leave just before their transfer to another army camp. The car did not turn over. Just how badly the car was damaged, the father, Carl Beerenstrauch, could not say. Neither could the boys tell just what caused the accident, except that the car left the pavement. Learn Of Victory Tax Next Friday Evening Friday, April 9, is the date set for the proposed meeting for all those interested in knowing how the new Victory tax is to be paid.

It will be held at 8 p. in the Beatrice senior high school auditorium. Authorization for the meeting has come through from Omaha, and Grant V. Godfrey, deputy collector of internal revenue, will be present to explain the procedure of payments, and to answer questions. Here is a chance for employers to get correct details on how to keep their records'.

The meeting is for everybody "who pays out money for Victory tax, and all are wel- c'ome, says Secretary R. S. Latta of the chamber of commerce. NEWAPvK, N. April 6 New Jersey headquarters of the office of price administration announced today seven mid-west and New Jersey corporations and eleven individuals had been indicted here on charges of conspiracy to violate on a nation-wide scale federal regulations governing meat prices and quotas.

Nathan L. Jacobs, chief attorney for the state OPA headquarters, said the indictments were returned by a federal grand jury here last Tuesday and impounded since then. 10,000,000 Pound Sale The government charges the defendants were responsible for bringing- into New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut than 10,000,000 pounds of "black market beef arid veal" between December 16 and January 31. "This represents about $2,000,000 in overcharges to the consumers," Jacobs estimated. The defendants named in the indictments are: The Enkay Packing Company, Nathan Krupnick and George Moran of Paterson, J.

The Superb Packing Company, State Packing Company, Peter and Morris Freund of Chicago. Sam and Albert Simons, Jacob Schmidt, the U. S. Packing Company, and the Kansas City Dressed Beef Company, of Kansas City, Leo Waxenberg, Samuel E. Jacobs, Jacob R.

Cohn and the Nebraska Beef company of Omaha, Neb. Herbert C. Liebman and the Liebman Packing Company, Inc. of Green Bay, The indictments charged the defendants required purchasers to falsify their records to show lega' deliveries and prices. In Washington, Price Administrator Prentiss M.

Brown described the indictments as "the biggest hammer blow we have dealt yet to the black markets." Of Golas, Brown said "only a short time ago he was a little known liver poddler, with a modest business in livers and hearts The amazing expansion of his volume of business and opera- Suilding Loans Aid In Getting Taxes Paid Reference was made yesterday a sizeable check received by he county treasurer from the Home Owners Loan corporation in jayment of taxes on borrowers' roperty. This plan of helping borrowers keep their real estate taxes paid in common use by building and oan associations. The State Savings Loan per- ormed the service for borrowers or several years and finally made nonthly payments to the tax account a loan requirement. The lome Savings Loan did not require monthly payments on taxes until this year. In 1942, State Savings Loan handled, for 1,450 borrowers, tax amounting to $86,000.

Vbout 650 of these cases were in lage county. LIONS MEET TONIGHT An important meeting of the Lions club ia to be held this Tuesday evening at 6:30 at the Y. W. C. A.

The question of change in the day and hour for meeting will come up for consideration. Russell Gibbs of the Homesteader organization will present a pictorial visual education program. B. T. WeeJtes wilj preside.

SUGAR FOR CANNING In about 10 days, the Gag? county -war price and rationing office expects to have information as to the procedure in obtaining extra sugar for canning. Word to this effect was received today from the state office. So if anxious housewives will kindly wait until about April 16, may receive the information they tions since coupled with last autumn complaints heart among competitors as to his trade methods, led to the invexStigation by OPA which culminated in today's court actions." CLASS PLAY AT LIBERTY "Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick" is the picturesque title of the senior class play of Liberty high school, to be presented Thursday evening, April 29, af the high school auditorium at Lib erty, according to Supt. Alberi Hietbrink. TO ADDRESS DEMOS OMAHA, April 6 Eugen' Casey, one of President Roose velt's personal secretaries; has ac cepted an invitation to speak a the Nebraska Jackson day dinne: here April 17, national Committee man James C.

Quigley of Valen tine announced today. EARTHQUAKE BUENOS AIRES, April 6 The meteorological observatory said an earthquake of "strong intensity" was registered in the Buenos Aires area today beginning at 12:05 p. m. (eastern war The tremor lasted 40 minutes and was not generally perceptible. JEWS ARRESTED The Berlin radio broadcast today a Sofia dispatch reporting that police there had "purged" the city "of undesirable- elements, arrest ing 357 persons, 'including 80 'wo" men Jews," The broad cast-was recorded by the Assoclat ed Press, Farm Prices Up In State Grain, Livestock, Dairy Products Show Good Increases In March.

Troops Reject Hitler Order Italians Refuse To Send American, British Citizens Into Germany. BERN, Switzerland, April 6 -Italians armed with maehine- uns opposed nazi orders in a for- ier unoccupied zone of France now controlled by the Italians and through their intervention prevented the transfer to Germany, of 100 American and British citizens, a frontier dispatch to the Gazette de jausanne said today. On March 26 it was reported here that French police, in compliance with nazi demands, rounded up about 3,600 British and Am- irican citizens, including women, in the former Vichy-controlled part of France. Today's dispatch to the Gazette said 100 of these had been gathered at Grenoble, where they were to be put on a train for Lyon, the first lap of the trip to Germany. Force French Back The Lausanne newspaper said the Italians intervened, declaring they were responsible for foreigners in the territory they occupied, and forced the French mobile guards to withdraw.

It was reported the British and Americans were held a few hours in a barracks and then were told by the Italians they were free to go home. Since then there have been no arrests of British or Americans in the territory occupied by the Italians, the dispatch, added. LINCOLN, April 6 UP) received by Nebraska farmers in mid-March 9 were five points higher than a month earlier, it was reported today by the state-federal division of agricultural statistics. The index for each commodity group was higher than on Feb. 15.

The March 15 index of prices received was 195 as compared with 190 in mid-February and 162 a year ago. Based on the U. S. index of prices paid the relationship between prices received by Nebraska farmers and prices paid was 121 or two points higher than Feb. 15 and 12 points higher than March 15, 1942.

In the grain group all items advanced and raised the index to 154, or eight points higher: than Feb. 15. A seven-cent increase in the price of -corn accounted for most of that increase. Livestock Prices Up Higher prices for cattle, calves, sheep and lambs caused a four point increase to 220 in the meat animal index. The price of hogs was the same as in mid-February- Dairy products advanced to 189, or three points higher than February 15.

Butterfat and butter prices were higher while wholesale and retail milk remained the same. Moderate advances in chickens and eggs caused a three point rise to 179 in the chickens and eggs index. The miscellaneous index rose to 93, as compared with 91 in mid- February. This advance was due mainly to a. five-cent increase in potatoes although hay, horses, wool, flaxseed and alfalfa seed were also higher and also contributed to the rise, the division said.

NEW UNIT WORK LEADER Capital Lays Plan For Open Trade Program Offer Suggestion For Breaking Cartels' Control Of Production. NEW MONETARY SETUP WASHINGTON, April 6 plan designed to break down international cartels and thus open up world trade was proposed today by Rep, Dewey (r-Ill) during a meeting of Treasury Secretary Mor- genthau with the house foreign affairs, banking and coinage committees. The Illinois member said the cartels' control of production could be broken by American pledging gold to an international bank anc other countries contributing equivalents of critical materials. "Such a bank could control the prices of critical materials, such as quinine, chromium, and bauxite," Dewey told newspapermen after the closed joint meeting "This would prevent production controls by cartels and open up international trade." Morgenthau Outlines Plan Dewey, member of the ways and means committee, made his pro posal, he said, after Morgenthau gave the committees a. broad out line of the administration's pro gram to stabilize postwar curren cies.

Chairman Steagall (d-Ala) the banking committee said th secretary had presented an inter esting case, althouugh the pro gram was now in crude form an require considerable studj before mature judgment could rendered. "I think we've got to do some thing to put our vast stocks gold to useful purposes," he added Morgenthau said on leaving th meeting that he would discuss th program in detail with newspaper men later in the day. End Currency Wars The secretary outlined at a closed session of three senate committees yesterday a plan to tie world currencies to gold, establish an international stabilization fund of perhaps $5,000,000,000 and by mutual agreement put an end to competitive currency wars among nations. These which he "Ae- scribed to members of the senate foreign relations, banking and currency, and postwar economy and planning committees in 'extraordinary session, will be discussed in further detail by the secretary with members of the house foreign affairs, coinage, weights and measures, and banking and currency committees. Make Details Public Later today, Morgenthau told Interest Lacking In City Election Contest Of State Associated The quietest municipal" elections in years took place in out- state Nebraska today.

Special issues were few and in many instances candidates for important offices had opposition. Special issues included the proposal to issue $310,000 in bonds at Kearney to purchase the properties there of Consumers' public power district which have been evaluated by a court of condemnation. At Scottsbluff Mayor S. Everett Dennis sought re-election against Earl I. Mead.

Mitchell voters were asked to approve purchase of 200 acres south of the citly for development of a municipal airport. City funds for the development are available without a bond issue, City Clerk W. A. Herman said. Japs Massing Warship Fleet MacArthur's Bombers Continue To Blast Concentrations Near Kaveing.

Aisociated Frevs Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters announced today that allied warplanes pounded at least 10 Japanese bases in sweeps over the islands above Australia, but- the enemy continued to mass warships and merchant vessels in the vicinity of Kavieng despite a violent three-day pounding, Kavieng is a port in New Ireland, immediately above the big Japanese base at Rabaul, New Britain. Seven enemy warships and five cargo vessels had previously been sunk or severely damaged in the Kavieng raids. Reconnaissance yesterday, however, disclosed that he enemy had returned to the ar- a. A light Japanese cruiser, pro- bly one of those hit Sunday, was eported washed up on the beach.

On the Burma front, British said RAF heavy, dropped jombs on the central railway sta- ion at Japanese-occupied Rangoon, setting fires visible for 60 miles, while RAF Hurricanes broke up a raid rby more than 50 the' vicinity of Transport Aircraft Rushing Gasoline, Oil To Axis African Corps. REDS CONTINUE GAINS Associated Cannon-flaming U. S. fighteB planes have sent 18 big nazi air transports crashing into the sea and knocked down 13 other enemy planes off the coast of Tunisia. In one of the greatest air battles ever seen the North African theater, dispacthes from allied headquarters declared today.

In addition, United Nations airmen blew up an axis destroyer and' rained fiery destruction among- ships of a convoy en route to 'tile Tunisian front. fliers pounced on the'; huge fighter-escorted armada of German Junkers 2 transports oi'-, er the Sicilian straits, about 25 miles north of Tunisia, and in battle sent plane after plane spinning into the sea. Carry Gas or Oil Pilots said flames which from the transports when they hitf the waters indicated they G. A. Feather, who comes from Hiimboldt, will be a new work unit leader associated with the Gage county soil conservation district.

He was a giiest this noon the meeting of the USDA war board. Others present were D. E. Hutchinson, of Pawnee City, district soil conservation supervisor; Kenneth Reed, extension agent; H. L.

Gayer, secretary of the. Beatrice Production Credit association; R. S. Rinne, FSA supervisor, and Nelson Walker, of the county AAA office. Wins Spelling Contest "Norris Hale of Cortland, one of Gage county's entrants, won first in 'oral contest of the Nebraska Inter-' County Spelling contest at the Wilber court house Monday, April 5.

There were 21 entrants, with Dr. I. J. Montgomery and County Supt, Glenn E. Turner of Lincoln in charge.

County Supt. H. Munson of Beatrice was one of the judges. Norris spelled "symposium 1 correctly after his nearest competitor 'had spelled it "sympos- sium." He also finished fourth in the written contest, thus duplicating his last yaer's record at Wilber: First in oral and fourth in written, He is a son of Mr. and Mrs.

Matt Hale, his father being a teacher in the Cortland school, Winners of the first six places Wilber Monday and their counties; Oral contest; Norris Hale, Gage, first; Delores Lovegrove, Fillmore rural, second; Lois Siedhoff, Saline, third; Jim Edee, Pawnee, fourth; Barbara Ka- lin, aPwnee, fifth; Darleen Homolka, Saline, sixth. Written, contest; Barbara Ka- iin, Pawnee, first; Darleen molka, Saline rural, second; Lois SiedhpfC SaUne; third; Norris Gage, fpurth; Rose Mary Saline, fiflth; Jim Edee, Pawnee, sixth. 1 Others taking part from Gage county Jean Mahoney, reporters, he will make public full details of the tentative proposals for postwar currency stabilization which the treasury has submitted to the 34 nations that have been invited to send representatives here to discuss the problem. Reports from London said an inter-allied, conference on currency problems was scheduled in Washington this month, but Mor- genthau said no date had been set for a formal meeting, He said United Nations "technicians" would confer with American officials whenever they can arrange transportation to this country. The London report was the latest of a series emanating from the British capital on American currency plans which moved the secretary to a display of annoyance at his press conference yesterday, and which are believed responsible for his decision to reveal the entire treasury program to the public today.

He attributed what he called "leaks" to the governments in exile in London and expressed coix- fldence the currency disclosures had not come from official British sources. The secretary's suggestion to fix currency values on the basis of gold brought an immedaite challenge from the silver bloc in congress, member of which they said would fight to have that metal included in any stabilization plan. Morgenthau told the senate committees that the treasury was "deeply concerned with the threat of international monetary chaos at the end of the war" and believed that work should begin now on plans to devise an international agency to deal with the problem because "the completion of sucuh a task Is certain to take months." many MISSING IN ACTION Among the names of 185 United States soldiers reported missing in action by the war department today is that of Staff Sgt Leo J. Eilts, whose father is Ben Eilts of Fairbury, He was in the Pacific area. Norris Hale Donna Fralin and Kent Axtell, making the trip with Supt.

H. W. Munsofl, Jean Mahoney, who won the county oral contest here March 27 by spelling such a missed three words in the written contest at Wilber, Those missing more than one word were barred from the oral. EDEN TO REPORT LONDON, April 6 Minister 'Churchill assured, the of commons todaj; tha Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden would report shortly on the mission to the United States and Can ada from which, he has just re turned. 322ND VOLUNTEER Clarence Rexford Plank pf Beat rice, age 19, volunteered today fo; the 'armed forces, as reported, from the selective service office, ese" planes Maun'gdaw in western Burma, At least 11 of the enemy raiders ivere 1 crippled in a series of dog- ights, British said.

Suggest Use Of State Funds In War Bonds LINCOLN, April 6 With 'unds continuing to pile up in the state treasury, State Treasurer rl Swanson said today he had recommended to Governor Griswold that surplus funds be invested in government bonds, Last fall when a similar condition existed state purchased about 000 in government bonds. Swanson' March report on the condition of the treasury shows that there is $2,494,208 in the general fund and a total of about in all current funds. Besides the general fund the highway department has a balance amounting to $3,717,179. The statement issued today shows that receipts into all current funds were $2,401,357 and disbursements were $2,003,802. There are still $629,890 in warrants 'outstanding against these.

Total warrants redeemed during the month amounted to $3,132,476. Federal fund receipts were $461,905 and disbursements were $732,067. Joseph Kovarik Dies At Home In Wilber Joseph Kovarik, 76, well known retired Saline county farmer, who located in Wilber in 1923, died at his home there last week. Native of Wisconsin, he located in Saline county in 1867 where his parents homesteaded. For a number of years they lived in a dugout.

His wife passed away in 1941, and a son William, died in 1918 while serving in the U. S. army, Surviving are four Mrs. George A. Swanton, Omaha; Mrs.

Otto R. Tichy, Wilber; J. Robert Kovarik and Edward A. Kovarik, Crete; eight grandchil-, dren, two great grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Rima, Crete, and Mrs.

Mary Bittner, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Services were held Sunday at Wilber with Rev. K. Zavadil officiating. Interment was in Wilber cemetery.

carrying gasoline or oil for Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's tanks and air force. One pilot described the enemy planes as looking '-'like a 'V of locusts," flying in a -giant formation about 50 feet off -thf water. Meanwhile, nazi broadcasts rarij a series of alarms on the'Toa! campaign, reporting that 8th army guns had started'' 1 barding Rommel's, defense- along the Wadi el 20 north of Gabes, and that rejrifoi ed American troops "seem preparing for a major The 'Germans also reported that Gen. Sir Bernard L. was moving his tanks up 'to? front in preparation for an i sault.

''i General nervousness over' Tunisian campaign was by German or radio broadcasts, which erican troops under, cUeutXGSeji George S. Patton, constantly reinforced nassy were evidentlyipreparing.td'B- Nazls Keep Gap Open i Latest reports, however, Rommel had still managed to-He open a 40-mile gap between Americans at El Guetar and it British 8th army on the The Berlin radio'said artillery was laying down shots" on Rommel's new' deferfsal lines and declared' the 1 of British tanks indicated "an attack against positions will now' not be "verfe! long, in coming." Tne concerted tone of" casts, all stressing sive maneuvers, the nazis were preparing man people for more bad nV the critical struggle Cin, Africa. Allied Patrols Active A communique r- 6 Dwight D. Eisenhower's quarters announced that- patrols were "active in "all 1 tors" of the 250-mile but said there were no major! gagements on land. In the skies, thp' pommuriL, said, allied warplanes kepttiS their terrific assault' oh dromes, railways," concentrations and other Altogether, 48 axis destroyed, while 12 allied were lost.

Sweeping Sicilian straits, allied bombers escorted by tacked an axis convoy destroyer was seen to blow'i other vessels received and were 'left a munique said. Sink Supply Ship At the- same time, announced British warships Tunisian ply ship and probably er in an-attack on. a i on Page 1 2, ODDS, WITH, LONDON, April 6 Sir William James, chief of naval information, said today are loaded heavily" in favor of axis in any allied attempt to land on the continent of- -but he said ways and means- would We found "when the time to attack, Army Plane Crasl( To New Jersey Bl TUCKERTON, J. ApriJ. army plane crashed iij flat today at Gel-mania, 20 miles west' of here, starting a'new in an being swept liy.

1 Jersey's worst 1943 forest State forest fire headquai at Trenton -announced A fire, which started yestetL checked was again out, of'c sweeping through the' four miles wesfc of he State poltce' 'at Aba' army plane had i i I 1 i.