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PHONE NUMBERS News Room, 170 Subscription, Class Ads, and Display 205 The CoshoctonTribune XXXIII, NO. 183 But of Newspaper Pictorial COSHOCTON, OHIO, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1942 THE WEATHER OHIO Continued moderately cold tonight with occasional snow flurries. pull Leased Wire Report of United PreM THREE CENTS Enemy Submarine Shells Oil Field on U. S. West Coast Los Angeles Area Blacked Out as Planes Fly Over 4 4 4 Jtfi JAPS AIM ALL-OUT ASSAULT AT DUTCH Three of Enemy Transports Sunk As if in punctuation to President Roosevelt's speech stressing dangers to America, a Jap submarine shelled this tideland oil field along the Pacific ocean near Goleta, Calif.

CALIFORNIA fcsSSS Map marking location of Jap sub attack on California oil fields shows where first shells since World War 1 fell on U. S. soil. Enemy submarine that shelled California oil wag probably of type shown above, one of Japan's largest long-range raiders. Trainman Slain, Coroner Decides Conductor's Body Found in Canal MIDDLETOWN, O.

i traced meager eight-week old clues today in an effort to solve the mysterious slaying of W. G. Faber, 56-year-old conductor who disappeared from a northbound Big Four railroad mail train on Dec. 28. Corner Garret J.

Boone returned a verdict of murder after the body of the Cleveland trainman was found in a hydraulic canal ditch just north of Middletown yesterday. An autopsy showed the conductor had been stabbed in the chest by a weapon which pierced the felt lung. Authorities discounted a robbery motive inasmuch as S28 was found in Faber's pockets. A Negro arrested for riding on the train illegally will be questioned today. He is serving out a sentence of 30 days in jail and SI 00 fine in Dayton for his illegal ride.

Railroad officials said that ber was not seen after he boarded one of two "dead-head" coaches on the Cleveland-bound train to investigate a report that one or two men were riding in the darkened car. When the train stopped at Carlisle, north of Middletown, a door of one coach was found open and Faber's conductor cap and some money were on the coach floor. Trainmen said there was evidence of a struggle. The Great Miami river was dragged afterwards in hope of recovering Faber's body. It finally was discovered yesterday by a caretaker in the canal about one mile from where a Big Four bridge spans the canal.

Railroad officials said Faber, a native of Germany, was awaiting receipt of citizenship papers when he disappeared. Woman, Two Childen Perish as Home Burns STEUBENVILLE, O. A 51- year-old grandmother and two of her grandchildren burned to death death last night in a fire which destroyed rssidence barracks near the Bradley No. 1 mine of the U. S.

Coal South of Stcuben- ville. Th victims were Mrs. Margaret Chester, 51; Donald Coins. Ronald Woods, 7. Flames blocked their passage when they tried to flee the blazing building to Coroner Ray F.

Slee. An overheated coal stove was believed to have started the fire. Hospital Notes Mrs. Charles Stipes. 1426 Walnut major operation.

John Kaser, Warsaw Route 2, x-ray. Pensions Repeal Nearly Completed House Votes 329-7 To Kill Provision SOOT CATCHES FIRE Burning soot in a chimney senti the lower city fire truck to the home of Mrs. Howard Shaw, 934 Main at 8:05 last night. There was no damage. WASHINGTON--Repeal of the congressional pension law was virtually an accomplished fact today.

The house put itself on record late yesterday by an overwhelming 389 to 7 vote in favor of repeal. Both house and senate now stand committed to removal from the statute books of the month-ol law under which their members could qualify for retirement annuities. The senate last week voted 75 to 5 for repeal. Final action i be taken within a day or so by adoption of a conference committee report on a bill to which the pension repealer was attached as a rider in the senate. The repeal proposal probably will be sent to President Roosevelt for his signature by the end of the week.

The conference report is expected to be drafted speedily and adoption of it appeared likely to be only a formality. The senate rider to any army- navy allotment bill specified that elected officials and heads of executive departments shall not be eligible for retirement annuities. Members of congress, the president, and cabinet officers are barred from pensions under its terms. All members of the Ohio house delegation were present and voted to repeal the pension section. 11 Feared Lost On Sunken Ship Tanker Torpedoed Off Florida Coast FORT PIERCE, survivors of the torpedoed American tanker Cities Service Empire shuddered today when they envisioned their crew mates, burning and screaming in a lake of blazing oil.

The Cities Service Empire was torpeoded three times in the Atlantic ocean south of Fort Pierce on Sunday. Seven men were known dead, and four were missing and presumed dead. Thirty survived, and, of them, seven Were in hospitals for treatment of burns and other injuries. The navy's disclosure that the Cities Service Empire had been sunk brot to 23 the total of ships attacked by enemy submarines off the east coast since Jan. 14.

Twenty were sunk. It also was revealed yesterday that the ton tanker Republic of the Petroleum Navigation company's fleet, was hit by two torpedoes on Saturday, but. did not sink. Five members of her crew were dead or missing. G.

L. Reidenbach Dies Tuesday at Home Near Bernice No Bombs Dropped; Guns Active George L. Reidenbach, 62, died suddenly of a heart attack at 8:30 p. m. Tuesday at his home near Bernice.

He wns a lifelong resident of the Bernice and Hartwood vicinity and was born June 24, 1879, near Hartwood. Surviving are his wife, Dulcic; four daughters. Mrs. Stewart Taylor of Port Washington Route 1, Mrs. Dallas Crydcr, of Tippecanoe, Mrs.

Denver Craigo and Mrs. Frederick Loader 1 of Newcomerstown; two sons, Henry of Newcomerstown Route 3 and Hertle of the home; seven a i dren; a half-brother, James Dorsey of Newcomerstown Route 1, and a half-sister. Mrs. John i of Dennison. Short funeral services will be held at the home at 1 p.

m. Saturday, followed by services at 2 p. m. in the Hartwood church in charge of Rev. Fair of New Concord.

i a will be in the Hartwood cemetery. Friends will be received at the Jones-Lydick funeral home in Newcomerstown i 6 p. m. Thursday and at the home Friday. Planes Turn Away After Coming Few Miles Inland LOS Beach police reported that unidentified planes flew over coastal Los Angeles county early today while anti-aircraft searchlights and guns were active and the coast from Santa Monica to San Diego was blacked out.

The Long Beach police said they saw planes in the cone of army searchlights beams and that after penetrating a few miles inland from the ocean they veered to the south and disappeared. They said they saw either two separate flights, or the same one twice. Inglewood said they, too, saw unidentified planes in the searchlight beams as anti-aircraft guns fired over that southwest Los Angeles suburbs. Anti aircraft batteries along the Pacific ocean engaged in a sustained barrage, and the bursts of fire could be seen in downtown Los Angeles, approximately 15 miles away. An air raid warden at Gardena, .10 miles southwest of Los Angeles, said the activity appeared to be concentrated on what he described as a "big bag that looked something like a balloon." He he saw the bag, torn to shreds by the i settle slowly to earth.

Authorities at Los Angeles i i a airport told police that fell like rain" in that district. As far as police could learn, no bombs were dropped. A shell, apparently fired from an a i a i a gun, exploded in Ashbrook Marries Duffy Prepares to Run COLUMBUS, O. Herbert S. Duffy, Columbus, Democratic state attorney general in 1937-1938, circulated petitions for re-nomination to the office today.

He is the first Democrat to announce candidacy for attorney general. A marriage of Mrs. Marie Ashbrook, Johnstown, widow of Congressman i i a A. Ashbrook. and T.

D. Van Johnstown, was announced today. They were married recently at Maysville, Ky. Van Fossen is a Johnstown banker. EXECUTRIX NAMED Minnie Sauvray of Coshocton has been appointed in probate court as executrix of the W.

H. Sauvary estate. ALLEN RITES Funeral services for Richard Lee Allen, six-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Allen, who died yesterday morning, will be held Thursday at 2 p.

m. at 'he home. 656 Postoffice court, in charge of Rev. J. I.

Moore. Burial will be in South Lawn cemetery High School Senior Kills Girl Friend In Movie Theater; Jealousy Blamed CHICAGO. Clarence MacDonald. 17. confessed today he had shot pretty 17-year-old Dorothy Bim in the dark balcony of a downtown theater while a gangster i "Sealed unreeled on the screen.

MacDonald was arrested near his home a few hours a his victim classmate sweetheart, was identified. His arrest and confession climaxed a 12-hour investigation in which the police guarded exits at the Palace theater in hope of trapping i The dead girl was identilicd earlier thru newspaper pictures of her coat and other clothing. Elain Mastney, a friend of Dorothy, told police that she had quarreled recently with Mao- Donald and that the youth bad threatened Dorothy with a gun a week ago at a bowling alley. Elain said MacDonald was very jealous. "He told her a no one could have her, if he didn't," quoted Elain a saying.

i She told him that he had a a i a date with Dorothy to attend Palace theater and it was on this i a i that the police acted. The shooting occurred i the showing of a gangster i and patron, of the a heard the believed it was only a sound The girl died a few i later in the arms of a theater attendant before she could identify herself or her assailant. and Miss Bros were seniors jit Sterling Morton high school in Berwyn. A i recent quarrel, MacDonald i his classes. (Continued on Pane Three) 1942 Auto Driver Licenses Good Until Sept.

30th People who now have 1942 auto driver's licenses will not be required to obtain new licenses until September, it was pointed out today by Clyde Phillips', district auditor for the bureau of motor vehicles. A news story in yesterday's Tribune Have the erroneous impression a all motorists must obtain new driver's licenses by A i 1 if they arc to avoid taking a lest. a a of fact, motorists who held 1941 driver's licenses and neglected to get new ones laM a may still do so i penalty and i a i a test i A i 1. This a to a six- month "grace period." Mr. Phillips said: "Persons having a 1942 driver's license need not purchase a new license until September.

"Anyone who has not purchased an auto driver's license for 1942; and has a 1941 driver's and wants to get renewed, must do so before A i 1, After this date a i a must a i a temporary instruction permit and undergo an Brooder House Damaged by Fire i A stubborn i badly damaged a 52,000 galvanized brooder house on the Joe McCloy a four miles northwest of Co.shocton, last i Firemen from the upper station answered an alarm at 5:45 last evening and were forced to stay on the job several hours. A spark from a stove, used to heat the brooder house, is believed to have ignited sawdust used as i a i between the sheet metal outer walls and the i walls. Thru fast work, none of the large flock of chickens were lost. Mr McCoy and a helper saved them a Mrs. McCloy today said the loss was not covered by insurance, as the i i was to be fireproof.

Strikers Back at Work; Investigated COLUMBUS, em- ployes of the Ralston Steel Car reminded of the president's warning Monday that production must not be interrupted, returned to work today. Members of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee Monday when two union leaders were discharged and the company refused to consider an election to' determine a bargaining agent. The strikers received written appeals to return to work and promises that their grievances would be investigated from Sidney Hillman, labor relations director of the War Production Board, and Phillip G. Phillips. Cincinnati, regional director of NLRB.

Tax Money Set Aside Muskingum Area Assessments Paid For Three Years An allotment of $720,000 has been approved to pay flood control taxes of the Muskingum conservancy district for the next three years, it was announced today by Maj. Falkner of the army engineers' office at Hunlington, W. Va. The government has been paying these taxes, under the Secrest bill, every year since the first year the conservancy district taxes went into effect. This is the first time, however, that the allotment has been for three years and relieves anxiety which had been felt by some taxpayers that the government might suspend these payments during the war.

Congressman J. Harry McGregor of West Lafayette and other Ohio congressmen of both parlies have been working to keep the payments in effect, Maj. Falkner also announced an allotment of $262,000 for highway relocations and other purposes in the conservancy district. Paying for the conservancy district's flood control projects i.s set up over a 30-year period, Birth Notes A a was born Monday to Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Hcisser, Greenville, formerly of Coshocton. The son burn Feb. 21 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul EmJer, St.

Clairsville, has been named John Michael. Mr. Emlcr i.s the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.

G. Emlcr, Hay and Mrs Kmler's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Burl i i st. A daughter was born this morning to Mr.

and Mrs. Wilbert March, Fresno route. Burma Battle Near Climax; Java Says, "They Shall Not Pass" By UNITED PRESS The battle for Burma neared a climax today and Japan's all-out attack upon Java was expected to be launched at any moment. Only in the Philippines where Gen. MacArthur's reported desultory fighting, had the momentum of Japan's southwest Pacific offensive slowed down.

United Nations' forces defending Java scored an- ither success against the big invasion fleets plying southwest Pacific waters, sinking three more transports near Macassar Straits. But the Japanese air force replied with blasting dive bombing, level bombing and machine gun strafing attacks upon key Java points, and the Allied high command indicated belief that invasion thrusts may be launched at any time. The situation: Javo: launch pre-invasion nir attacks; three more Jap transports sunk by United Nations' planes; American fighters bag two more Jap planes over Java. Burma: Powerful Japanes forces attack British Sittung river lines; new air raids on Rangoon run Japanese losses in attacks on Burma capital to 122 planes destroyed, 43 probables and 42 damaged. India: Leslie Horc-Bclisha, former war secretary, demands prompt British action to meet Gen.

Chiang Kai-Shek's urgent request that Britain grant political concessions which will bring India's all- out participation in war. Russia: German ICth army encircled in Staraya Russa area, slashing Soviet offensives bite deeper into German lines. Berlin: Adolf Hitler indicates big German spring offensive i.s being prepared in Crimea and Russia; claims advent of Russian winter "surprised" Nazis. Dutch spokesman in London admitted the Japanese almost have completed preparations for the Java assault. The spokesman said a the now arc in pos- scsison of Bali and Sumatra air bases located for pounding Java.

The gravity of Java's situation was not marked by any indications of weakening Dutch intent to put up the best battle of which they are capable with limited forces. A new army paper published for British and American forces in Java declared that the slogan "They Shall Not Pass," had been adopted by the defenders of Java. Second only to Java as a critical front was Burma where the British fell back west of the Sittang (Continued on Page Seven) Auto Rationing Authorities Release 34 New Cars for Next Three Months i new passenger autos will be released for sale in Coshocton county over a three- month period a i next Monday, it was revealed today in a dispatch from Washington. Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced that 8,261 autos will be released for sale in Ohio in the three-month period. The quota for Holmes county is 14 and for Tuscarawas county 81.

Persons eligible to purchase the cars include farmers without other means to transport produce and supplies, physicians, nurses, clergymen, fire, police and other safety officials, mail carriers, taxi operators, executives and workers in vital industries, salesmen a i essential supplies and state and local i i a in vital services. Ohio's quota was part of a nation-wide release of 145,000 passenger cars, representing 43 percent of the 340,000 passenger cars to be released in the next 12 months. Thirty percent of the supply of 480,000 cars now in the hands of manufacturers, distributors and dealers will be released the first year and the remainder held for in 1943 and later. The supply on a for the a i i.s estimated at about six weeks supply, measured by 1941 stand- ards. Tire quotas for March for the various counties in Ohio were announced today by the state del fense council at Columbus.

The! quotas include: Coshocton 23 tires and 19 BOARD MEET The city a i i board i meet at this evening at the F.dmont Mfg. Co. office to okay sales of automobiles effected prior Jan. 1, 1942. Conservationists Name Delegates Will Attend Meet In Cambridge The Coshocton county conservation committee has elected Clifford Miller to represent farm- crs and Owen Popham sportsmen at the district conservation council meeting at Cambridge In March.

Thruout the state each year county representatives are named to assist in forming the state conservation laws and policies for the following year. The two local delegates wero elected Monday night at a meet. ing of the local conservation committee at public library assembly room. Five reels of movies showing Canadian wildlife were shown by C. H.

Gamcrtsfelder to about (55 men. Robert BuUcrfield of Cambridge, district game management officer, spoke on coon hunting and showed several artificial dens. Harry Colon, past committee president, also gave a talk on the urgent need for an "all- out" conservation of natural resources i the war. Chris Feme, president of the county committee, named the following committees to serve during the ensuing year: Game distribution--Don Shryock, Jim Preston, John Criswell and Russell Rose; fish--Kenneth Fortune, Waldo Ncldon, Harry Foster and L. C.

Mirise; forestry --W, D. Hoover, i Miller, W. D. and Jack Conner; lakes and parks--Ross Lawrence, Carl Nick Maris and Dave Metz; social--George Zimmer, Melvie Shryock, Harlcy Miller and Albert Abel; law enforcement--C; V.Croy, George Lowery, Everett Bailey and Scott Garbry. and finance--Dave Croy, Charles Wilson, Dan Meek and Charles Heiman.

tubes for pasenger autos; 73 tires, I 31 retreads and 82 tubes for trucks and buses. Holmes--nine tire; and eight tubes for passenger autos; 381 tires, 16 retreads and 43 tubes trucks nnd bluses. Tuscarawas 53 tires and 4i i tubes for p.issengcr autos; 159 tires, 68 retreads and 179 tubes! for trucks and buses. Coshocton Native Dead at Columbus Mrs. J.

K. Hayes of Columbus, a native of Coshocton county, died Monday i at White Cross hospital in Columbus following a lingering illness with diabetes. She was 62. Alice Gibson was born in the Chalfant vaicinity June 4, 1879, a daughter of Andrew and Susan Gibson. Surviving are the husband: three sisters, Mrs.

Rhoda Emerson and Miss Clara Gibson, both of Newcomerstown, and Mrs. Laura Pryer of Detroit, and two brothers, G. L. Gibson of Trinway Fred Gibson of i a Valley. 111.

Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Second Av, Presbyterian church in Columbus, of which she was a member. Burial will be in a Columbia cemetery txx'txx St: 1 Jr" bPAPEROsiuilI.