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Shop Early And Shop in Noberly MOBERL MONITOR-INDEX and MOBERL EVENING DEMOCRAT Pages VOLUME 23 MEMBEll ASSOCIATED PHJ2SS VVI.I, LEASED WIRE SERVICE ZERO HOUR 'IN PACIFIC; JAPS CALL FOR PURGE Premier Togo For Action Against What He Calls U.S.-British Exploitation CANCEL TROOP LEAVES Japanese Cabinet Meets As Entire Orient Bristles With Tension (BULLETIN) NEW YORK, Nov. 29. IP The British radio reported late today at Premier General Hideki Tojo Japan, addressing simultaneous national meetings in Manchukuo, Occupied China and Japan, declared that the Japanese must "purge East Asia with a vengeance" of United States-British exploita- The BBC announcement, recorded here by CBS, said: "In a message to simultaneous national, meetings in Manchukuo, Occupied China and Japan, Gen- Tojo alleges that hostile nations. including Great Britain and the United States, are trying to exploit East Asia. The general adds: 'We must purge this sort of practice from East Asia with a vengeance'." (By The Associated Press) Britain cancelled all troop leaves for her great Far Eastern stronghold at Singapore today as a showdown on Japan's answer to the question of peace or war 4fci the Pacific neared the zero hour.

British authorities described the halting of military leaves as "a normal precautionary move in view of the Pacific situation." 4 he whole Orient bristled with Japan's press and radio b'tter- assailed the United today. declaring that "America has no sincerity has broken the. peace" and that "Tne United alone is responsible for what seems to be almost inevitable now" in other words, war. Jap Cabinet Meets. Amid an atmosphere reflecting alternate gloom and bristling Premier Gen.

Hideki Togo's cabinet met anew to deliberate on Japan's final stand on the negotiations with Washington. Tokyo observers agreed that President Roosevelt had laid the question of peace or war in the jjPacific directly on Japan's doorstep. and that the White House statement that there was no possibility of a "compromise" with Japan on the China war keynoted refusal by the United States to yield to any of Japan's demands. jjThese include: 1. That the United States stop sending' war aid to China.

2. That the ABCD powers of America, Britain. China and the Dutch East Indies stop their economic blockade against Japan. 3. And that the ABCD group recognize Japan's "co-prosperity sphere in East Asia" with its program for expansion southward.

Domei, the Japanese news agency. quoting authoritative Tokyo quarters, said that if the United i established an air patrol over the Burma Roa3 key route for China war supplies -Japan would regard it as a "directly hostile action an example of the most provocative armed aggression." Domei said Japan would be unable to overlook such an extension of the United States "defensive zone" to the Far East regardless of whether the United States "attempts to justify the move from point of strict interpretaion "of inernational law." Speculation In U. S. President Roosevelt sped southward from Washington for a long postponed visit to Warm Springs. stirring two types of speculation 1.

That the chief executive would not have left the White House if there had been any chance of hopeful further negotiations with Japan's special envoy, Saburu Kurusu. 2. That he would not have left if any sudden deterioration of the crisis were to be expected. Dispatches from Chungking. Chinese provisional capital, said Chinese authorities expected that a a would either strike into 'China's Yunnan, province to cut the Burma Road or invade Thailand in the event of war.

A British broadcast said Thailand had already sent a military representative to Singapore for with British officers -evidently in fear of such an tack. MOBERLY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1941' Republican Ediiors In Unusual Political Outburst Assail the Governor's Patronage Methods JEFFERSON CITY, Nov. --Long simmering dissatisfaction over Gov. Forrest C. Donnell's methods of passing out state jobs boiled over yesterday in one of the most unusual outbursts in Missouri's recent political history.

Thirty of the state's Republican editors stepped out from their newspaper columns and told the Republican governor face to face what they didn't like about his administration. It took them over three hours to air all their grievances in. a special conference with the governor. The meeting was arranged by Mrs. Frances J.

O'Meara, Martinsburg, president of the Republican Editorial Association of Missouri, and all those attending were members of the association. Chief object of the editors' complaints was Frederick Stueck, St. Louis lawyer who managed Donnell's campaign for governor, became his appointee as chairman of the Public Service Commission, and handles most of the governor's patronage problems. Did We Elect Srueck? "We voted against Lawrence McDaniel (Democratic candidate), for Donnell and apparently elected Stueck," one irate editor injected into the attack on the Republican patronage chief. "Stueck is not sufficiently acquainted with rural conditions" to handle the job assignment, another told the governor.

Donr.ell went to the defense of Stueck. "I told I have the greatest confidence in Stueck and highly appreciate his assistance," the governor told reporters after the meeting. Among other things, the editors complained: That the Republican newspaper men are "not receiving sufficient recognition" in giving out state jobs. That with nine months of Donnell's administration g'one, many Democrats still hold jobs in departments under his control. Donnell's Reply "I assured the editors," Donnell said, "that there was no discrimination against Republican editors and that I value their support and cooperation.

I said my sole effort has been to appoint persons I thought qualified. "I also reminded them that everything cannot be accomplished at once." Questioned about his frequent reliance on Democratic Attorney General Roy McKittrick for legal advice, "in view of McKittric-k's rulings" against Donnell in his fight to be seated as governor, Donnell replied: "McKittrick is the attorney general and the state's legal advisor and in my opinion he has endeavored to render every possible assistance and to correctly interpret the laws." When the editors raised the question of old age pensions and the possibility of a special legislative session demanded by one pension group to raise their appropriation, Donnell said "the question is receiving careful consideration" but "I am unprepared to say" whether the legislature will be called. ROOSEVELT RESTS DISTRICT DEFENSE AT WARM SPRINGS COUNCIL MEETS Only the Most Urgent Business Will Be Placed Before Him Bv DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WARM SPRINGS, Nov. 29 (jp) President Roosevelt arrived at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation today to spend several days on-a vacation -from -at duties in the national capital.

Patients assembled on the pc.i-ch of George Hall, main building at the infantile paralysis foundation here, waved and yelled a greeting to the chief executive as he drove by. The younger children had drawn lots earlier for the honor ot sit- Mayor and Chairman Represent Randolph County at Macon Conference ting beside the President at a much-postponed turkey dinner tonight. Mr. Roosevelt had left a special train, on which he left Washington yesterday afternoon, at Newnan, and completed the last 40 miles of his trip by motor car --over the Franklin D. Roosevelt highway.

Shortly before noon a parade cars bearing the chief executive and his party swung through the foundation gateway, climbed the red clay road to Georgia Hall and moved on to "The Little White House" on Pine Mountain. There in a white frame cottage among the pine trees Mr. Roosevelt hoped to find complete relaxation for a few days. Aides said that unless the Japanese situation erupted, the President's visit here would be completely uneventful and only the most urgent official business would be placed before him. The fact that Roosevelt decided to journey southward, after twice postponing the trip, indicated to some analysts, however, that the government thought Far Eastern situation would grow no more disturbing in the next few days.

The President had a speech docketed for tonight, and while it wns expected that he might touch on foreign policy and defense, there was no advance indication of any major pronouncement. The address was scheduled for a dinner for all the patients and many former patients at Warm Springs Foundation for infantile paralysis victims. at- MARINE IS KILLED IN STREET FIGHT ST. LOUIS, Nov. 29.

D. Rabbitt. 23-year-old United States Marine, died early today of a slashed throat received, police said, in a street fight. A 36-year-old Negro porter was "suspected of manslaughter." Floyd Zweifel. 23.

Rabbitt's companion, was cut slightly. Rabbi.tt was home from San Diego. for a 10-day 'ur- Red Cross Total Expected to Pass the $2,000 Mark Randolph county's 1941 Cross drive ends tomorrow with but S1.S75.0S on hand at local headquarters at noon today. Receipts still anticipated will raise the total above S2.000. Mrs.

Troy Miller announced at headquarters this afternon. Several reports were expected later today and among thosa still to be received are the collections at Huntsville and Higbee. both of which are considerable every year. Mayor T. J.

Tydings and Ja.mcs Todd attended a district meeting at Macon yesterday to discuss plans for the organization of county councils of defense. Mayor Tydings is of the state council, while Mr. Todd was appointed chairman, of the Randolph council council. Meetings of the type held at Macon yesterday have taken place in various parts of the state. Hugh Stephens, Jefferson City, vice- chairman of the Si-ate Council of Defense, presided.

Governor C. Donnell is chairman of the state council. Nine counties were represented at the Macon meeting. Walter C. Goodson of Macon was elected district chairman, with Mrs.

J. C. Mills, Kirksville as secretary. These two, with Grover Morgan of Unionville. will compose the executive committee.

Mr. Stephens reviewed the action of the legislature which created the defense council. He told of the urgent necessity of mobilizing all civilians in the present national emergency. "Regardless of what action may be taken by our army in the present war, the conflict already has a tremendous efect upon the lives of every man, woman and child in the United States," Mr. Stephens declared.

"This defense organization may never have to deal with actual crash of arms, but it will have to meet the impact of war no matter where waged or how caused. The effects of that war are already beginning to be felt in tremendous taxes, civil and industrial strife, changed standards of living and the like. The military is not adequate to cope with the situation," Mr. Stephens said. Most Expensive War "This is developing into the most expensive war in history.

Civilians must pay the bill. They will feel the pinch of food, health, industry, small business and big business, transportation, agriculture. Strain will come on nerves and pocket books. All this without a soldier being shot. ''Bombs may be a long way but sabotage and subversive activity can hit us.

It has happen! ed elsewhere. It can happen here. Weather Change May Be Gradual ST. LOUIS. Nov.

29 WP--Discord crept into Missouri's fall weather idyl! today. Increasing cloudiness and not quite so warm temperatures were due for week-end residents. But fair skies tonight and prospect that the temperature drop probably would not be too abrupt offered an optimistic note. Not to orga.nize in a time like this would lay Missourians open to the charge of criminal neglect," the chairman declared, if the emergency of threatened attack passes, it is worth something for the people of a state to unite under stress they can do so without regard to politics, race or creed." Some of the objectives of the defense program a Enumeration of all usable war resources of man power, materials and industries. food production and nutrition and conditions bearing upon the production of food supplies; consumer interest effecting the pocketbook of the citizenship, migration of labor from towns and farms, dislocation and precaution agairst sabotage and subversive activities and the enlistment of volunteers.

FIRST BOY IX 52 TEAKS PARIS. Nov. 29--Mr. and Mrs. Carl Squires are the parents of a son born Nov.

21. He has been named Donald Carl. Mrs. Squires is the former Miss Lucille Forbis. This is the first child of Mr.

and Mrs. Squires and is -the first r.oy born in the Forbis family in 62 years. GREAT NEW TANK CLASH IN LIBYA Neither Side Has Given or Gained Ground Near Tobruk, British Say NAZIS TRYING TO FIGHT WAY OUT Other North African Forces Plunging Forward to Meet Main Gennan Forces On By Associated Press the North African front, Britain's desert armies today were reported plunging westward across the sandy wastes of Libya, striking at the heart or Gen. Erwin Rommel's main German corps, while other imperial forces- closed in an trapped Axis units between Tobruk and the Libyan-Egyptian frontier. A bulletin from British Middle East headquarters said large ish and Axis forces were locked in a great new tar-k battle southeast of Rezegh, 10 miles from Tobruk.

"Bitter fighting continues without either side having given or gained ground," the communique said. The battle began yesterday and raged into the night, it was reported, with the Germans apparently struggling desperately to fight their way out of British encirclement while the British attempted to smash them into smaller groups as a prelude to annihilation. Widen the Conflict The communique British and New Zealand troops were "widening their corridor of contact" leading to long-besieged Tobruk. Advices reaching London said the "artillery is thinning out" in the Tobruk sector, 90 miles west of Egypt, but it was uncertain whether they were being withdrawn to the west--indicating- a German retreat. Tlie Nazi high command conceded that the British were push- irig "toward Tobruk, but a Berlin spokesman asserted that they had not yet established contact with the Tobruk garrison--as officially claimed by the British--and said Axis armored legions were executing encirclement attacks on British forces advancing from the southeast.

Premier Mussolini's high command reported the "annihilation" of a British motorized brigade along with the capture of more than 1,000 prisoners in bitter fighting in the central desert zone. A yew Attack "At Tobruk, a new attack bj the adversary in the easterly direction attempting- to break the ring- which holds him tightly was completely 'broken by troops of the Bologna division," the Fascist high command said. By contrast, the British yesterday reported the destruction ol almost the entire Bologna division. British front-line reports said small pockets; of Axis resistance TM "OJXITOH, CSTABLISHED ISM IXUEX. KST.

MOBERLY DEMOCRAT, NUMBER 128 NAZI PUSH FOR PEACE INMINA Stalin Praises Troops for Deliverance of City, Gateway to Caucasus HARD FIGHTING ON CENTRAL FRONT Both Sides Report Gains; Nazis Claim New Foothold in Crimea (By Clark Lee) MANILA, Nov. 29, -Nazi NAZIS DRIVEN OUT OF ROSTOV, VON KLEIST'S ARMY SMASHED IN GREAT RED COUNTER ATTACK Germans, In Rare Announcement, Acknowledge Withdrawal From Rostov, Plan Severe Reprisals agents in the Far East are making a determined attempt to bring about negotiated peace between Japan and closely connected with Japan's puppet Chinese regime at Nan- king disclosed today. At the same time an authorized Chinese source declared that any lessening of United States aid to China might force Chung- king to accept pea.ce terms. The German campaign was said to have been underway for same weeks. Weidemann On Job Nanking sources said the Germans had advanced peace feelers through Premier Wang Ching- Wei's puppet government which maintains secret communication with some elements at Chung- king, and that both Capt.

Fritz Weidemann, formerly consul general at San Francisco, recently appointed consul general at Tien- tsin, and Heinrich Georg Stahmer, formerly a special envoy to Tokyo who recently took up his post as ambassador to Nanking, had definite instructions from Hitler to seek a Chinese-Japanese reapproachment. The German purpose was said to be the release of the Japanese army and air force now pinned down in China for thrusts in other directions in the orient. The outcome, Nanking quarters suggested, depended upon Japanese-American negotiations and whether these resulted in lessening the flow of supplies to Chiang Kai-Shek. Is War Weary Drying up of supply sources might bring a collapse of morale at Chungking, it was said, because of pretty general feeling among the war-weary populace that China has done her share of fighting. However, flat rejection of Japan's demands and a speeding up of supplies to Chungking probably would spur the Chinese to fight on, these quarters said.

Many Chinese here believed that American aid to China has been more verbal than real and that it should be increased. Chinese quarters said the Washington talk between Japanese and Americans have created great public apprehension in Chungking, which neither reassurances in the official Chinese press nor Secretary of State Hull's statements have succeeded in dissipating. Chinese Argument Many Chinese argue that if Japan and China could patch up a peace now the western powers in the Pacific would have to take up the battle against Japan BERLIN, Nov. 29. 2P--The German High Command acknowledged today a partial withdrawal from Rostov on the Don but on the Moscow front, according to DNB, three strongpoints on the capital's defense line have been wrested from the Red army--Klin, Solnetschnogorski and Voloko- lamsk.

All three towns are in the directly threatened northwestern defense zone of Moscow --Klin 50 miles from the city, Solnetschno- gorski. 31 miles, and Volokolamsk, 65 miles. The announcement of the Ros- tov withdrawal was a rarity in modern German military action. Only a week ago the Germans had boasted of their prize, a big river port and northern gateway to the Caucasus. While the Germans battled against powerful new Russian counter attacks in this southern sector, DNB reported that on the central front the cotton manufacturing town of Volokolamsk, 65 miles northwest of Moscow, had been captured in the steady Nazi squeeze on the Russian capital.

Rostov, which the Germans had described as one o'f their most strategic prizes of the war, was singled out for severe reprisals. The high command disclosed the move by saying "occupation troops of Rostov, in compliance with are evacuating the central district of the in order to make the most thorough preparations for necessary measures against the population which contrary to international law participated in fighting at the rear of the German troops." How far the troops withdrew was not indicated, but the official report indicated it was not far. It referred to the evacuated area as "engere stadtgebeit" interpreted generally to mean built up sections of the city. The impression was given that sniping by civilians had developed to an unprecedented extent back of the lines against -which Russian forces were hurled recklessly. Observers said this was one of the rare instances since the start the war when the Germans admitted withdrawing from an important position.

The outstanding previous instance was Narvik, from which the Germans withdrew under English pressure May 29, 1940, and then retook the Norwegian port 12 days later. were being mopped up along the nff thev Bardia rotd while pockets whet, China left off, that still held out at Sidi Omar. China thereby vould spared further bloodshed. Every report of meetings between President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull and the Japanese envoys having the outward appearance of friendliness strengthens the hands of the Chungking peace advocates, it was said. Chinese said this situation undoubtedly had been made clear to the United States government by Chinese Ambassador, Dr.

Hu Shih. SEVERAL GERMAN TRANSPORTSSUNK British Subs Inflict Heavy Loss On Ships Headed For Murmansk LONDON, Nov. 29. ff--At least eight German transports and supply ships carrying i-einforcements to Murmansk front near the Soviet Arctic port, have been sunk by British submarines, the admiralty announced late today. A communique said that five others were damaged by torpedoes or gunfire.

British submarines operating in Arctic waters "have been inflicting severe losses upon German troops transports and supply ships carrying reinforcements of men and material to the German armies on the Murmansk front," the- communique said. One of the British submarines, Tigris, under command Commander H. F. Bone, has sunk five Axis ships and seriously damaged a sixth, the bulletin said. Another attack was against "a heavily escorted convoy" of three supply ships.

Two of the three vessel's were sunk. The submarine Trident, under Commander G. F. Sladen, "successfully attacked seven enemy transport and supply ships," the admiralty said, adding that three of these were seen to sink, and that "the other four were so seriously damaged that their destruction is considered "It is known," admiralty said, "that two of the ships sunk by H. M.

S. Trident were transports laden with troops." One of the Trident's attacks was said to have been against a heavily escorted convoy of four ships, of which one sank imrne- diately and another was seen list- i ville. Clifton Hill, Higbee, Clark the measure, inuudmg- Navy Beats Army, Rallying Strong In Third Quarter MUNICIPAL STADIUM, Philadelphia, Nov. 29. JP Two crunching, ground-eating marches in the third quarter.one for 69 yards and the second for 68, brought Navy's we'l manned football forces a.

fine 14-6 victory over Army today in their 42nd clash before a sun-warmed crowd of 9S.S24 paying customers. It was the third straight tri- over the Cadets for the Midshipmen, and wound up the coaching career of Marine Major Emery E. (Swede) Larson with a perfect record. Larson, a member of three winning Navy teams as 'a player, also coached three winners over Army by 10-0 in 1939, and 14-0 a year ago. RURAL CARRIERS GUESTS AT PARTY AT JACKSONVILLE Jacksonville's postoffice force were hosts to rural carriers of the county Tuesday evening, at a party held at the Sam Shoffner home.

A covered dish dinner was served and entertainment for the evening included games and conversation. Carriers and their families were MARK TWAIN DAY IS PROCLAIMED Nationwide Broadcast From Hannibal Monday; Movie Planned CITY, Nov. --Gov. Forrest C. Donnell today proclaimed tomorrow as Mark Twain Day, to "be observed by Missouri in honor of this great and lovable man, Samuel Langhorne -Clemens, better known as Mark Twain." HANNIBAL, Nov.

29. -This city will honor the 106th birthday of its favorite son, Mark Twain, Monday with a nationwide radio broadcast and presentation of a bust of the famous author and humorist by Walter Russell, New Yoi'k sculptor? The statuary will be unveiled at a banquet Monday night. Principal speaker will be Jesse L. Lasky, Hollywood producer, who is expected to discuss plans for a forthcoming movie based on. the adventures of Mark Twain.

14. Football Scores FINAL Navy 14, Army. 6. Holy Cross 13, Boston College 4 Fordha-m 30. New York U.

9. Carnegie Tech 0, Pittsburgh 27. Texas Tech 35, Wake Forest 6. Perm State 19, South- Carolina 12. THTRD PERIOD Iowa State 13, Marquette 21.

Michigan State 14, West Virginia 6. Tennessee 20, Vanderbilt 0. Oklahoma 6, Nebraska 7. SECOND Washington Louis 0, St. Louis U.

13. Southern Methodist 7, Texas Christian 6. Baylor 0, Rice 7. Georgia 7, Georgia Tech 0. Clemson 0, Auburn 14.

Mississippi State 6, Ole Miss 0. La. State 7, Tuiane 0. MEAT PRICE FIX CHARGES DENIED Meat Institute Denies Any Part in a Conspiracy; Says Packers Innocent Nov. 29.

American denied in a statement today a federal charge that the institute 1 14 large packing companies and 37 packing executives had conspired to fix meat prices. In the fifth indictment returned here since grand juries began investigating food prices in May, the 52 defendants were accused of having violated the anti-trust laws for 13 years by setting prices paid farmers for live stock and fixing prices to be charged consumers. The 14 companies were estimated to furnish more than half tne meat consumed in the United States. The indictment said packers belonging to the institute sold more than $2.500,000,000 worth of meat annually, or about 90 per cent of the country's consumption. The institute said it felt "we do not deserve to have levelled at us the implications of this indictment, and that neither the industry nor the companies, or the individuals involved, have at any time violated any law or done anything contrary to the public Seek to Free Jap Trbopi and Planes for Action Elsewhere U.

TALKS WORRY CHINESE Some of the War Weary Apprehensive; Their Fears Strengthen Nazi Drive The indictment alleged a conspiracy was carried out in part by publication of weekly bulletins in which the defendants suggested standard costs, purchase prices for livestock selling prices for meat. The effect, the government charged, was to suppress price competition, reduce the price paid the producer and raise the price paid by the consumer. CHURCHILL IS 67 LONDON, Nov. 29 tff)-- Prime Minister Winston Churchill will be 67 years old tomorrow. No special observance is planned.

Price Control Bill, Badly Battered in House, Has Little Chance of Passage This Year WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 A badly battered version of the administration's anti-inflation price control bill rested on the Senate's doorstep today after a wearing trip through the House, but there seemed little chance of it becornV ing law before next year. The legislation, which President Roosevelt requested four moiitns ago to avert the threat of unchecked inflation arising from the huge defense spending program, passed the House last night by a roll call vote of 224 to 161, but only at the cost of major concessions and several defeats for administration forces. Senate leaders indicated that while committee consideration of the measure might begin relatively soon, there was little chance of Senate action on it at this session. MOSCOW, Nov.

29. --Russ proclaimed tonight that Rostov haj been delivered from the German conquest by a thundering- counter-offensive which carried the Red army back across the river Don, and smashed the southern army of Field Marshal General Ewald Von Kleist. Premier Stalin, in a message or congratulation to his southern commanders who apparently had turned back the great' German threat to the Caucasus, praised the Red troops for "deliverance of Rostov from the Fascist invaders 1 and raising again "our glorious Soviet flag in Rostov." Cross the Don The first announcement came from the Moscow radio which said that troops under a Commander Lemidov had crossed the Don. and occupied the southern part of the city while other troops broke through to the northeast of the strategic city. The broadcast said: "Von Kle'st's army has been.

smashed. His 14th and 16th tank divisions, 60th motor division arid S. S- 'Viking' division are fleeing in disorder in the direction of Taganrog. The Red army following close on their heels. Germans have lost 5,000 By The Associated Press Adolf Hitler's high command late today acknowledged that German troops had partially withdrawn from Rostov-on-Don, key gateway to the Caucasus oil fields, while on the central front, Nazi military dispatches reported the capture of three strongpointa in Moscow's "ciefeSse' Solnetschnogorski and Volokolam- sk.

Klin is 50 miles Eorth of Moscow, Solnetschnogorski 31 miles north, and Volokolamsk, 65 miles northwest. In the far north, the British admiralty announced that two Brit- isli submarines slashing a German reinforcements en route to the Arctic front around Murman- sk had sunk at least eight Nazi troop and supply ships and damaged five others. Occupy Port In the Crimea campaign, little mentioned since German troops overran the peninsula to Kerch, the Berlin radio declared that Axis troops had occupied the port of Balaklava a few miles southeast of Russia's great Black Sea naval base of Sevastopol. Soiviet dispatches said Russia's armies had recaptured part of Rostov-on-Don, smashed back German assault forces in three key sectors on the Moscow front, and killed more than 9,000 Nazis in recent bloody fighting. Linked with this brightening picture of Russia's defense effort, a British broadcast said Red counterattacks oa the north flank of Moscow's defense arc had recaptured 10 villages between Klin and Kalinin, respectively 50 and 95 miles northwest of the capital.

The German radio, however, declared that Gen. Fedor Von Bock's central front armies had captured the city of Volokolamsk, 65 miles northwest of Moscow. Cross the Volga The Moscow radio said Gen. Gregory K. Zhukov's Red armies had launched a powerful counter-, attack northwest of the capital, crossed the ice-topped Volga river and drive the Germans out of town after in an advance still continuing.

Soviet front-line dispatches said 2,000 Germans had been killed in the Klin sector, another 2,000 by Russian aerial attacks, and more than 5,000 in fighting around Leningrad. The Moscow newspaper Pravda gave this summary of the struggle on the central front: Volokolamsk, 65 miles northwest of Moscow--the Germans attempted to advance along a highway but were thrown back across would be fatal. Administration leaders privately expressed hone, i UL4L. WCJ.C U1HUW1J however, that some of the shim- iver and lost several towns nated provisions could be restored. AS approved by the House, the bill would authorize a price-control administrator to establish ceilings over commodity prices which get out of line with the rest of the price structure, but a board of review, provided at the inistence of the Republican membership, was empowered to set aside his rulings upon appeals.

Before the House agreed to approve the legislation, it performed ing- heavily two hours later. represented from Moberly. Hunts- a number of major operations on the measure, inuudmg- change" which members contended The administrator also could prescribe ceilings for rents ir, de- fense areas, based on rents prevailing around April 1, 1940, if state and local governments failed to adopt his recommendations for such regulations within 60 days. When the balloting -was over, Rep. Short fR-Mo) summed up the situation this way: "A hodgepodge.

I doubt that a anc Cairo, Mozhaisk, 57 miles Germans were repulsed in trying to cross an anti-tank ditch. Stalinogorsk, 120 miles southeast Russian counter-attacks drove the Nazi invaders from, two villages. Sitter, all-night fighting raged along the entire front from Leningrad to Rostov, the Russians sa'd, with the German also intens.ly- ing their drive against Russia's beleaguered Crimean naval base at Sevastopol. WEATHER Local Weather Data Temperature at 2:30. 67.

Minimum last night. 3S. Maximum yesterday. 65. Missouri: Fair tonight; Sunday single member of the committee i increasing cloudiness, not tf knows now what's in this bill," warm..