Albuquerque Journal from Albuquerque, New Mexico • Page 1

IT Good Morning SI TODAY'S UMlLi: V. 1 I rcd I'. thicks had one gallon of casoline in his automobile when it was stolon Mnmlav nich t. lint when poliee recovered it Friday its tank held 15 gallonv 'lhe Russians Have Taken Velikie Luky From the Germans and tt Liklc Lucky Like That To Start the New Year. Published Every Morning Saturday Morning, January 2, 1943 Volume Number 2 63rd Year tuieieo icona amllti Albuqmtqut Price 5 Cents Def coders Victories 0 Moscow Reveals New Majo Axis ver Japs Strengthen Forces Holdin cr Elista Falls to Soviets In Drive to Rout All -'In Kiska Island ft -n i 1 Ji 4 Three American Planes Downed by Enemy Fighters ONE ZERO BAGGED U.

S. Bombers Return, Score Hits on Two Cargo Vessels iPAt I Nazis From Caucasus Two Other Offensives, in Middle Don And Southwest of Stalingrad, Still Are Rolling Forward, Jubilant Moscow Says MOSCOW, Saturday, Jan. 2 (AP) Velikie Luki, strongly held city on tie central front only 90 miles from h' Latvian border and Klista. capital of the desolate Kalmyck republic below Stalingrad have been captured WASHINGTON. Jan.

(AP) The Japanese apparently have strenothonod thoir hold on Kiska in the Aleutians and, in an air bat may have been bv the ieno IUU a PI10cial Sovipt communique new roi.K Frank Young of Roswell -SbcritT Fridav have de.stroyecl two ISWlft atld nnwerfnl At i', Dempsey Takes Oath, Dedicates Slale to Victory End to Extravagance, Waste Is Promised By New Governor CONFIRMS MILES POST Retiring Executive Will Be Appointed Chairman of PSC SANTA VK. i (AP) John J. Dompscy Friday assumed the go ernot'sliip ol New Mexico in the- first war time ihausriiratitiii in tin kiMnr, a speed leiici'wn, "the shadow of -rcat events I lcl iow-cttieti tile state v.o'.i; "more than her snare to me cause tl Promn'h- -non. on the speak- ti.e Mate hall Ormp-cv lcpeat Fd oat'i of uiLcc after Chief Justice A- Zmn jn the Of a ri "inch hiled the room to it crv rapacity. a spee.h was broad-rast to the Me successor lo called for fi l.

t'co o-i the home front, declared nrl most be hsK.r-ated and besought the "mutual and that wily on he established by Tiwcb; nn a crrnrcn-i ground of Mexico." i Office Miles taken the 1V'''h p.J lug do woaid to play an import part :) tjiV adtii.nii.tn.- p.ib- Mih hod to). pleasure" niter of the n0 iccce-i to.t'i-r.in.hiv.-. i.o..,- a I.islltnins bchter nlni.r,- The entire Gernian garrison at Velikie Luki 60 the Asians1 ilil refUSed down thdr armS'" It was one of the strongest Hitlerian positions in the road central Jront, forming with Rzhev and Vyazma a Kreat trtangle of defense. The Russians long have bcei 1 al hR center of the tri" a niedtnm Imniber, the dis accepted ai)i)(aitiiiciit a.s chief of the New Mexico Slate Police, succeeding Tom Snmmeis, Magdnlena. closed f'ndav mi 1 luinuwr oi retreat.

Hie rogulnr midnight Soviet communique, repeating vol. Hnr'nSov Vn'ikie and EIis decC as iillJlli in the Middle Don and War Plant Town Hit by Floods 1000 Lf ft Homeless Hv ollen Si ream 'IV v. ere do'vned clunt-v float -tM ''o and bombrr I was destroyed ediier by the tiqlit-: cvr anti-atrcraf! (lie. One Zero lost thr etittti-enieiit. avv communique ie-'ealed Ptat tiip Japanese ha Micceeded cleliverittj; at lend small aerial roinfnrcomchN to a.n idand where fhrir hold had been believed to be firounu' cteadjly lesc sect ire.

Tiiceiiain Results' Tiie cornniuniqup yaij etv eontttcr ftr-t hut: v.rek 1 r.e-cs southwest of Stalingrad were roll- ill inaugural in inaugural juntN j. ucivirat-i 13 awurvp is as j4-oerior cerr- nioitic! at Santa Fe Friday noon. Admits NterinK the oath is to JuMicp A. Zinn of the state Supreme Court. Justice Zimi, a major in the Army, discarded the traditional robe of a jurist and appeared in military uniform.

Holding the Bihle a.s tho chief executive with uprated hand pledges to uphold the constitution, is Herbert (lerhart. clerk of 1ho state supeoitT" c'trt. t. Three Axis Ships Sunk Off Africa Air Fjyhh'ng Marks Tunisia Action POINT ASA NT, w. Jan.

1 i ri- -The ui)r fadorv town of Point Pleasant, its usual ac- a f-. 1 Ing on and that scores of towns and villages had been recaptured "several dozen" in the latter area alone-Elista is 170 miles south of Stal-uigi'ad, but the Russians were well bejond it on the banks of tha frozen Lake Manych, only 80 miles short of the major Caucasian rail center at Salsk. Tha mam rtu.s.sian weight immmj tnoie nnfbcb'd titan they of hie Ohio fin er flood Friday to at (Xllietolay a force nf 1ie tone anm oaeherl i I Admiral Halsey Predicts Allied Victory This Year Atnctican hun-en- a me.v:. med nierliom Imttil.rn with a IticiiinR towatd an evuee'ed! L)'ND0-V- Jan. 1 'Allied British Silent On Sea Battle Speculate German Battleship Involved 'Itahtning attached ctieinv midnttthl 0f r.5 feet, la feet an" Axis ffobnd forces in Kisk harbor with above fioo.l level, the Ohio which 'heir jtrerRlh for the develop- V' Ulll" Tt.nisia or j'otni fleas- tj10u if caiitiotn probine tactict Ft'I- 'Complete, Absolute, Defeat for A xis, Says Naval Hero oi cioiiii ant ov eight leet and put a irlual .1 directed Salsk, whence a railway leads loo miles to Rostov to the northwest.

Koslor Threatened Rostov is threatened by other Russian forces sweeping south from the Middle Don below sur-rounded MilJerovo. This force is less than inn miles from the city at the month of the Don-the Gateway to the Caucasus. The BlA end lo operations at a bi boat- i IIP stow campaign IniilduiR plant and a Government i0' aftrilion in the Mediterranean ordnance works. three more enemy cargo ships cover to atn toll they nceeded in rlifjtitint; down the two This- firo time since last fall that the Japs LONDON. Jat ion that thr Sper-tta-attteshio Ttr- mm persons were home- nerhans rover a I if dared sunk.

Br NORMAN LODGE WITH THE UNITED STATES IN THE SOUTH PACI-FK'. Jan. 2 for thf 1 i -1 Nations tin 'tar i th-D: edict ion of Artmiriil Wiibaoi a strot.r, "i an pt to in'o the North A'ianttc A nrilish bad oirered any ki'l of ft-iiter h'ss lot). Hood supplies were ample pbstie res: at Ki ka, jbut and Hie were Oirered a'tat on the rdarid by thai the worst would (htm 5 the late fail and v.inter be have been sporailic became of the Seven Plants Closed from announced the ranforB th pi! nta tr.an r.a r. rcma ttie i he; he; he v.

onhi 'Hh'T 'inttrcnt to c. p. i i i i i tii ore s' il' .1 et tbst lioob- banket atid a Hep i accepted an on r.ig in Cairo leadquarters announced (-filters of Tormosin south unanswered Fridav ip.y.pv of the South had weather i loutnoo to tiif ioi; a-; AurmraPv si- I'arifo- fnrcp of tnp I'uofif fleet Kep kent In the area around Wheeling In ie nottii, where seven big yteel idls for lack of nian- ra Toe aritinra! maoe tilts ct; o. in bet west of Stalinm-ad, and Chikola, mtlie North Caucasus. The town and railwav station of Velikie Luki both were captured "as the result of a decisive assault," the communique said, Velikie Luki Is on the railwav in an tnter tew i.

O'h I leat tied oat you don 1 '-eat aixint the hen talkifi 1 Mk. that, naval torpedo planes had hit an enemy merchant ship off Sicily, setting her afire, and the British Admiralty disclosed that British submarines off the Gulf of Tunis and off Bi.erle had sunk two more Axis cargo vessels, both big ones. An enemy de-sH'oyer off Hierh was torpedoed 1V Not Pacific ill tin A few boor- nttai'k on the with tm 'he- medi on bomta Ki. ka at 117 a a od ored to, i cai 'o and tin "1' first. ship had cr'am results, tetotneii to ''U Olie Jot) r-e on ('limed fioiit oarh lit to 2- iiM'i ''id, l.irce-.

Tho tha' tlto I boon itich Afiniirai'" and withu'tc north'-rn Diiert ay; a I v.an'ed him ffaitlnurt on Patft Tn Staff of 45 Collects Taxes MM i leading from Riga. Latvia, through Novosokolniki to Rzhev and Moscow and is one of the main supply routes from the Reich I through Riya. It also ts on a branch line leading northeast Admiral ll.ilsev eim t'ie ball lo see if-'- into the hat the a orth so I pu an idea whfl lore?" and not seen again. Crete Hasr Attacked In the widespread Allied ait Of a. 'n diiert rp.tc "Can ti.f new "ear it All S.

Planet 'hat action. Start Year Hifiht i The Albert a Pa rU v.ilii -Ne'1; dam from Polotsk in White Russia to A ihe-tnao i p' -f I''tf a no a 'Aiiat i. Increased Oil Output Asked 1 louse Committer RlMii Is on Survey ov. -r e. Satiua (df on, a Hon ta'' Si ca'er (..

(j CJ i tr. at in-, (O ining offensive over with the Moscow-Len Santa IV and Roswe we in trie boi the tatfls oil a Jap ingrad line above Kalinin. things so thev revrr bo ai.ie to rt'e Messae or llirohito "This year?" "Ye' "'Do "Yes. sir. and here'; me.

fonOniied on rr' Mm t-t'l Grt Major Zone i MiiU'rrnnrnti and from tiie fightiFtp: th-'or back enst- arrl In this 1K1 itr ia. 'T mcoAed Tins was hos T.h foe t-tc Na- i.t'.n ttorit. Complete, acc-o' t'e defeat foe ti.e Axi1- (rc'to't jft's cot crlu! he Mopped tti'S 'iw i.rttil fix Kiga Next Goal The capture of Velikie Luki placed the Russians at a ooint will serve New Mexicans turning ur was on the big wesl than they have ever (nnllnnnl rtn l'ai lo India Newspapers Plan Strike Wednesday reached before and the Red armv tneir no ome lax reports held air bare at Candia, on the F. yp a. 'o-lant Mate of Crete.

The base interna! revenue colleetor, hi if Parade of Bonds Brings Treasury $65,887,000 was declared in a good position to drive west along the railway toward Riga. Novosokolniki is only 20 miles Jan, 1 DEI, In- ornecloerj i with 20 fires. Thirt-dive of these are located) A communique from Allied in 'lie Aih orioeto.e off, ces at 'he headnoarlert in North Africa an-'' C'al Jat 1.0'. been ailed 'hi-- Jan. fi le- AS A DEN A Pa-adenn's pa I Holiday Toll Sharply Reduced 68 Violent Deaths RecorcjpcJ in Nation By the Assorialed Pres reflet al uidii.g.

one oflir-es no-, at Satda Fe, Po- ell, (iaJlop, are a -ie I a ed new Aloef-J raids on the ontlrnird nn PMgfl mi man pro to ho on 10 extents it; to; baia i. i re-' Yeai's "o- a.1, 0. i Cruces ee- a i i r-narm? pat a or HV: west of Velikie Luki and is at a junction of another railway leading from Leningrad to Vitebsk which is a major supply artery for the German armies on the central front and their forces besieging Leningrad. The loss of Novosokolniki would endanger orn es Co tiie SiI.it City 'pi if' the Santa Fe lie if-r Pi ernploM'-v Ros i.o-.'.' have a "major zone -Or Krif i en f. entoaliv, of nn ln hrp i 'f r.

orn August (iao-'' on campaign ev. r.paprr 'ne boti revolve-' nf break of ooi- riif Na --ad -1 The n-. tp (ie. pn Ho lb of the tor's (oc Ioeide- arooci rpteii. f-l CP I Oill erl to ar.

an illdieaier Three Convicts Caught Sawing Way From Prison I CANON CITY, Jan. 1 bP, --Three Colorado penitentiary inmate-; rawed their way out of solitary 'Tattle Siberia." ceil house for lettirned escapees, and 'Acre tt'nut one sky IiLtht bar ot omape earlv Friday lien a guard them. Lavetgne and John Soldier Stabbed To Death in Fight i a O-fia' o'l we, v. here -be'ote leioi ns were roMe'-'ed bv maJ, as in Gallup, SiP.fr and Las Ct tees. Office" I oc tie open all mi! ifhnK 'be noon hour, six a week.

The foe per een Vii-forv Tax lo' f'Oilii r-tt Will be of-d if 1 'ed the wliole German defense sys- I Conllntird nn Tit Slayer Escapes Jail Second Time in 3 Months LAS VEGAS, New, Jan. 1 Farrington G. Hill, accused slayer oo-oe He- from a i Illf HI MIIOUI! i.oi An. togethvi i01 vvane aucKwaid, Las vegas v. ho escaped Writer Fiides Bomber Blasting Wake Island -a Cither of C.

Gov- bf OI.I.N W. I KMKN 1 a -(, ilO' rati; Jn s'''ing to seeonds from tiie prison a montii ago, and 1 engineered his a previous es- -w'd escape in three months apei ed tiirougii the Oiilled-: fror" ihe Clark County jail, ted of their "Little Siberia Officers said Hill and a federal celb, during the waning hours of prisoner, whose name was with-lD-tJ. They had cut through all hpld bV the FBI. plotted the es-but one bar in a skylight of the wape. They overpowered Deputy cell bloi when the guard walketi Sheriff Paul Jones as he returned in on them eatl Fndav morning to their cells after they had On.di..-- -a, taken 'inthc aa oioof it, t'lO'e ti e-rv: enr.

person 'in his Fm going in ir.f over a i b'-iit for 40 land I fieati! o.u that no a k-a' It mifhmih The i- MnrH tf JO'. P- Fi al of died ten. Uj'JBhP OVE dead fr wake hi 'hem' I. a oa a'oii ocked in a cell. Hill fled but a tew da' al'er his oreak and 1 1 it; 1 1 i Weather Forecast Co-P La lo: K.i ti.e I OOfif ie u.iJv.

v. v- been hit! No, Unit's kind of dive the Army lias .1 Of: rrhsie a a -o as horn the prtson and Lavargne was his companion reconsidered and hi Kearney, a short surrendered, tone Oct. 21. Hill scaled a jail ven- Hattia a in Pueblo tilator to another floor of the after li.s escape, jCOtirtiiouse. slid down a light cable.

He was apprehended last i MONTANA (H AKE month in El Paso, and re- HELENA. Jan. 1 Wij turned to fac a murder charge. Helena lesklents felt a weak. 1 Authorities say he also has ad-one-secottd earthquake at slaying Carl Aldinger, a.

m. (MWT) Fridav. It was lhe night clerk at the Garden of Al--WVh in a oes of tremors lah Hotel in Hollywood, during i v. beian ia 1333 'holdup last July Mavbe a ro'w and botTib A to i Heoemi-oi m. totic JiJ-i voiifh io nor ur ''a' ti rd cor- r-.

il CrJlC. I land grow the i ''To. ii A-. ova tow'e r.l Ot I K(H I nlltinilerl null! "i.iuirdav. NttV MEXICO: ontinued mild Vitunhiv evrept li'-oming oliler not ihrj-t portion lite in lie a ihhoi.

l)i I no i Uf diuu- If.iu Ifp'ot oil r.i;t Stu-ip am an J-)i o. j--ir ar ago stand. 'he i ar k-a; k. 'he elo'k. 't'i- i to parachute? I fo: go" I itch feebly at kf r.

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