The Neosho Daily News from Neosho, Missouri • Page 1

VOLUME M. ALLIES, CLOSING IN ON TUNIS AND BIZERTE, OVERCOME RESISTANCE HITLER RUSHES AIR REINFORCEMENTS FROM RUSSIA TO AFRICA AS BIG SCALE BATTLES DEVELOP IN TUNISIAN CAMPAIGN NEOBHO, MO, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 1942. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS (By the United Preat) The Axis is throwing all the planes, men and machines it can muster into an all-out effort to stall or stop the Allied drive in Tunisia. A German broadcast says these heavy reinforcements include tanks, assault guns, motorized units, antitank units, infantry and engineers.

Allied and Axis sources say the Germans also have pulled powerful air forces from the Russian front and sent them to the Axis islands of Sicily and Sardinia, 100 miles or more from Tunisia. Allied harbors and shipping are under almost continuous and heavy attack. The Axis claims the sinking of a British cruiser, and the damaging of a destroyer and seven Allied supply ships in the waters off the North African coast. A Rome communique reports that an Italian submarine has sunk an Allied steamer off Algeria. Italian torpedo planes, according to the high command, attacked and sunk a trans- Atlantic liner of 20,000 tons, a 6,000 ton merchantship and a third medium-sized vessel.

In London, a spokesman said there is a possibility that the Italian he said probably included six move into action off Algeria. But he added that an Allied naval force is waiting for it. Allied columns have advanced to within 24 miles of Tunis. Advanced units are battling repeatedly with Axis forward units and American parachutists have broken up an enemy armored column heading westward. But one Axis column has driven 70 miles inland from Gabes and Sfax to take an important highway center In the path of the advancing Allied forces.

The British Eighth Army in Libya is rolling steadily toward El Agheila the Germans are expected to make a strong stand. The main body of the Eighth Army has passed Agedabia. Another British force is at the desert Oasis of Jalo, probably preparing lor a drive to the northwest to join the Eighth Army In hitting Fl Agheila from two sides. The political action regarding "North Africa centered in London, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden faced a barrage of questions in the House of Commons regarding the political policies in North Africa, particularly with reference to Admiral Darlan. He asked if the point had been reached where a General in the field decides the alliances of the United "Nations.

Eden replied that Lieutenant General Elsenhower's arrangements with Admiral Darlan were made as Commander of forces, and under the authority of President Hoosevelt. TRUCK OWNERS GIVEN ADVICE AS TO HOW TO PROCEED TO GET CAS Temporary Transportation Rations Have Been Arranged For. The following procedure will take of emergency cases wherein truckers have not been given sufficient gasoline rations to take care of their essential mileage pending 'a decision of their appeal which will be filed for a corrected transportation ration for their essential needs. (Note: The telegram, explaining the procedure, was sent to Geo. R.

Sutler, chairman of the Newton County USDA War Board, by Fred S. Wallace, Special War Board Assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture.) The telegram: "Owners of farm vehicles whose certificate of war necessity provide insufficient mileage and gasoline allowance for operation for 30 day period jshould present certificate to local War Price and Rationing Board stating that obvious error has occurred and request temporary transportation ration in amount to permit operation for, essential purposes to December 31. The Board will issue ration requested which amount will later be deducted from total gallons allowed on corrected certificate of war necessity. OPA Ration Board will also direct farm vehicle operators to Chairman of County Farm Transportation Committees who will 'assist in preparation of appeal for corrected certificate. ODT appeal I forms will be sent County Committees soon.

This procedure will take 'care of emergency cases and give committees time to consider appeals 'and make proper recommendations to ODT under regular appeal procedure." NUMBER 261. ANNIHILATION OF STALINGRAD INVADERS APPEARS CERTAIN THE HIGHWAY PATROL Ten accidents were caused last month by cars that were parked in the roadway because they had run out of gasoline. When your car runs out of gas let it coast on to the shoulder before you're going uphill and it stops let it roll back to get off the traveled portion of the road. TRUCK OWNERS WARNED THEY CANT GET ANY GAS WITHOUT CERTIFICATES Deadline Is Dec. 1, Yet Many Have Not Yet Applied For Gas Rations.

Hundreds of thousands of trucks and other commercial motor vehicles German Forces In Don River Bend Are Virtually Encircled 90-Day Siege of Volga City Ends As Column Breaks Thru From North AXIS FORCES FLEE, OFFERING ONLY REARGUARD DEFENSES Red Verdun Living Up to Its Name With a Vengeance. capturing one village after another in a southwesterly drive. The exact aim of this offensive is not yet clear. But it is headed toward Kotel- nikovski on the way to the Black Sea, and it might be intended to parallel a drive down the Eton river from the west to cut off the fustrat- ed German armies in the Caucasus. The Germans themselves say the Russians are continuing their strong infantry and tank attacks.

A Berlin radio broadcast virtually confirms the Nazi danger of being boxed up by insisting that the Russians have not brought their forces but only about 30 miles remain for the ring to close in the west. Mrs. R. C. McEwen of Los Angeles, has returned to her home after a visit with her mother, Mrs.

W. M. Oliver and sisters, Mrs. Nell Tarrant and Mias Edith Oliver. 24-Hour Service.

32 Cab Co. tf. PRO-NAZI DORIOT DIES AS A RESULT OF BEATING London Evening Standard reports that Jacques Doriot, the radical pro-Nazi French leader of Paris, is dead. Doriot presumably died of Injuries suffered in a beating he received at the hands of a mob about a week ago. unless applications for Certificates of War Necessity for these vehicles are submitted to the Office of Defense Transportation at once, ODT officials warned today.

"Despite repeated warnings," G. C. Ashley, ODT district manager, declared, "many commercial motor vehicle operators in this district still do realize, apparently, that they must have Certificates of War Necessity for their vehicles. "Not only will it be impossible to purchase gasoline for commercial motor vehicles after December 1 without these Certificates, but the Certificates also will be needed to purchase tires and spare parts. "Operators who have not yet submitted applications for Certificates of War Necessity for their vehicles haven't an hour to lose," Mr.

Ashley declared. "Applications for Certificates are not coming in fast enough. Unless there is an immediate increase in the number of applications received, it will be Impossible for the ODT to issue all Certificates before December 1. "General Order ODT No. 21, under which trucks, buses, taxicabs and other commercial motor vehicles are required to carry Certificates of War Necessity originally was scheduled to go into effect November 15.

The ef- date of the order, however. GAS BOOK REGISTRATION IS CLOSED UNTIL AFTER DEC. 1ST Registration of passenger car owners for gasoline ration books will be closed after today until December 1, it was announced by rationing board officials this morning. Some persons failed to register for their basic ration books last week during the regular period of three days allotted for the purpose, and the ration office has been attempting to take care of their tardy registration this week. However, other business of the office now requires attention and the further registration of this class will have to be deferred until later.

Mrs. Amy Zewicke of Linn, arrived a few days ago for a visit with her daughter. Miss Laura Zewicke who is Home Demonstration Agent for Newton county. (By the United Frets) The Russians are raining hammer blows on the German armies that have been caught in i pocket around Stalingrad. Two powerful Soviet columns are racing towards each other over the frozen wastelands west of the Don river elbow.

I With only 30 miles between them, I they are driving to box in the entire German forces in the bend of the perhaps the entire Nazi Stalingrad army. Prom the north, more Red Army forces are rolling across the upper arm of the river bend and driving the fleeing Germans and Rumanians deeper into the closing trap. Within the city itself, the successful defenders, now joined by a column that broke into the city from the north, are hurling back the enemy troops in a determined offensive of their own. The army newspaper Red Star says Russia is fighting for the complete extermination of the enemy. German to Moscow mounted in less than a week's fighting to more than 160,000, including the remnants of three entire divisions which were captured complete with their Commanding Generals and staffs.

There are unconfirmed reports that the German command has ordered a general withdrawal from the entire Stalingrad salient to prevent complete disaster. The Red forces seized one town HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING RAGES IN NEW GUINEA AS JAPS MAKE LAST STAND BIG LAND BATHE MAY BE PENDING ON GUADALCANAL the Office of Price Administration's mileage rationing program for priv- I ue destr one now go into ef- I The Russian tanks drove up, fill- On yourself this question SURE you're too busy now to stop and think. But on that next day you have off, set aside a few minutes to consider the future. This war is bound to end some day. There will be tremendous readjustments in our jobs and our lives.

There will, perhaps, be much hardship. Knowing these things, isn't it the wise course to provide ready cash, by steady saving at this bank? We have a certificate issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, authorizing this bank to sell United Defense Savings Bonds, and we have hem ready for delivery. wrt don't seem I to realize," Mr. Ashley said, "is that (Oerrnans south of the Volga city. many applications take several days where strong Russian forces are to reach the ODT and that several more days are needed to process the Certificates, and get, them back to the operators.

"Only applications made on blanks obtained at district offices of the ODT should be returned to those offices. All applications made on blanks received tn the 'mall from the ODT's central mailing office at Detroit must be returned to that office. WAAC ADVANCE GUARD ARRIVES AT CROWDER Two Young Ladies Investigating How Many Will Be Needed Here. "If an operator received an appll- i cation blank from the Detroit office and sends his application to his dls- Camp Crowder, Nov. trict office, it must be forwarded to Two third officers of the Women's Detroit by-the district office.

This Army Auxiliary Corps arrived at takes additional time." Crowder today on an ODT officials at Washington said inspection tour. They will remain that oat of- approximately 3,500,000 here a week and then return commercial''motor vehicle operators'to Washington to report the results in the United States, upwards of of their survey. 000,000 had not yet submitted appli- They are Lieutenant Muriel A. Mc- catlons for Certificates of War Neces- Call, of Seattle, and Lieuten- sity. ant Ruth W.

Brainerd, of Sharon The ODT has the machinery set up Hill, Pa. Both are attached to to handle this many applications in WAAC headquarters In Washington time to get the Certificates to the and at present are assigned for liai- operators before December 1, provided the applications are submitted without further delay, ODT officials said. However, ODT officials pointed outi if operators wait until the last minute to file their applications they face almost certain suspension of op- i erations. I "The longer an operator delays in I filing his application, the longer it I will be before he receives his Certif- Mr. Ashley pointed out.

Any operator who has not received son duty with the Signal Corps. Purpose of their visit to Camp Crowder is to guage the number of clerical and service duty jobs the WAACS will be able to fill at this post, thus relieving an equal number of enlisted. men. far. active field duty.

A company of WAACS is scheduled to arrive here late iu December, and buildings to house the unit are now under construction. The two third officers conferred with Major General Walter E. Prosser, commandant of the Midwestern Japs, With No Air Support, Fight With Backs to Sea. (Bn the United Prett) American and Australian jungle fighters are slowly driving Japanese invasion forces in New Guinea back into the sea. The bodies of hundreds of dead Japs lie strewn over the swamps, beaches and jungles around Buna-; Gona where the Allies are making their final assault on the enemy's last defense line.

Artillery is in full swing on both' sides with thundering barrages churning up the entire 15-mile bat- tleline. Bayonet and pistol duels are' common since the opposing forces, are separated by only a few, yards at some points. The Allies are making slow progress for they have to silence one concealed machine gun nest after another. The Yanks and the Aus- sies already have cleaned dozens of Jap snipers from camouflaged nests in coconut palm trees. For a change, the enemy realizes what it is like to be without protection.

Allied planes are pounding at the Japs day and night without havoc on their artillery emplacements and supplies. Other British and American planes are patrolling offshore watching for an 3- enemy vessels which might try to either reinforce or evacuate the invaders. But if Jap planes failed to show up in New Guinea, they were busy elsewhere. Eighteen of them raided Port Darwin in northern Australia during the- night. Results-no damage and two raiders shot down.

In retaliation, Allied bombers smashed the airfield at Lae, 150 miles north of Buna and attacked Timor Island from where the Darwin raiders probably came. The news from Guadalcanal is meagre, but indications are that the Japs are building up to what may be a decisive land struggle for the island. Feverish enemy activity is reported southwest of Henderson field from where American are moving toward the main body of Japanese troops. Across the Pacific. American military sources in India hint that the Allied air offensive against Burma is about to be stepped up tremendously.

These indications came following a night raid by British bombers on the Jap air base of Melktila some 90 miles southwest of Mandalay. The RAF planes blasted holes in the main runway of the hit other started several fires. BUM in Hosiery Invisibly mended. Inquire at our Hosiery Section. Signal Corps Training Center; Colonel E.

A. Allen, MSCTC chief of Von should have a Savings Aocomt If possible, even If do not need a regalar Checking Account. MONET TO LOAN All applications for loans given prompt consideration. Postal Savings Depository Member Federal Reserve System Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FIRST NATIONAL BANK Mlstturi an application blank or has lost it should report to his district office at once, preferably in person or by i staff, and Colonel Francis A. Rickly, telephone, Mr.

Ashley said. post executive officer. Counties served by Mr. Ashley's office include Newton county. At the same time, Mr.

Ashley ed all operators not to address inquiries concerning the Certificate of War Necessity program to the Detroit office. "The Detroit, Office is not set to handle inquiries," Mr. Ashley pointed out. "For that reason, all communications sent to that office are being referred to the proper district offices. "It will save time, if the operators will send their inquiries directly to their district office." THE WEATHER the United rrcisl Colder in the north and west portions by evening; colder tonight; much colder in the north portion with hard freeze; light scattered showers in the north and west portions today and in the southeast portion early tonight.

THANKSGIVING DANCE TOMORROW NIGHT Members of the Junior Chamber Commerce are sponsoring a i Thanksgiving dance tomorrow night to be held in the Municipal Auditorium. Music will start at 9 o'clock to strains of music by Evcrottc Orman and his orchestra of Dcnve: 1 Colo. Tickets are on sale at a discount, if purchased in advance at Evans Drug Store, Cummins Radio Shop, Jones Pharmacy or Hopton's Lunch. Avon Products. Mrs.

J. A. Phone 454-W. 217-tf. ROYAL MILLS SNUGGIES Warm knitted cotton vests and pants for women.

Smooth fitting winter underwear you will find it a pleasure to wear this winter. The garment 39c McGINTYS.