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THE' NEWS-HERALD THE WEATHER ending in west portion this afternoon. Slowly rising temperature today. FINAL EDITION Leased Wire Service of The United Press. Exclusive NEA Pictures and Features. 6TH YEAR NO.

18,953. FRANKLIN AND OIL CITY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1942. THREE CENTS mom 3 Men Sentenced to Death for Treason in Chicago 3 Women YANKS. AUSSIES ARIES ADVANCE Two Soviet Armies Himmler Rules Death For Half ENLISTMENT OF AIRCRAFT, SHIP MEN IS BANNED Action Seen as Compromise Answer for Ban on All Voluntary Enlistments. DRAFT BOARDS INSTRUCTED Gain Momentum In Surrounding Nazis Great Tank Battle West of Stalingrad Is Raging; Third Red Force Cuts Rail to Rostov in Advance- Bv HENRY SHAPIRO.

MOSCOW, Nov. 24. UP A great and possibly decisive tank battle raged in the area west of Stalingrad today as battered German forces, foreseeing entrapment in an iron ring forged by the Red army, sought to rally for a counter-attack. (The German High Command admitted today that the Russians penetrated defenses southwest of Stalingrad and on the Don River bend, but said Nazi counter-measures were in progress. The communique complained of unfavorable weather but said "several hundred enemy tanks were The Soviet offensive gained momentum.

One army pushing southward reached the village of Pogodinsky, well inside the bend of the river Don, in a drive to achieve a junction with Russian forces hammering their way westward from Kalach. A third army, advancing from southern sectors, cut the railroad to Rostov and rolled on to the southeast. The German attempt at a counter-attack was having littlt success. One entire German division was reported exterminated in a single brief operation when it tried to cut off the Soviet wedge northwest of Stalingrad. The Russians beat off the counter-assault while other forces struck the enemy flanks and encircled the division.

Another German division met a similar fate. Col. Gen. Hermann Hoth, commander of the Germans in the Stalingrad area, hastened to develop a counter-offensive powerful enough to break the Russian drive before the big trap snapped shut and left him open to annihilation. The inspired Russians gave him a foretaste of the peril in four days of fighting, during which 26,000 Germans were killed while another 1,000, fighting inside the city of Stalingrad, were taken prisoner.

Booty was in proportion. In one Stalingrad segment alone the Russians annihilated a complete, fully-equip- nprl lnfnnrrv rlivnsmn nf 19 fMMl PUSH JAPS BACK IN NEW GUINEA Australians Near mop Up at Gona While Americans Drive to Within 1,200 Yards of Buna. ROODS HAMPER OPERATIONS By BRYDON C. TAVES. GEN.

M'ARTHUR'S HEAD QUAK THiKS. somewnere in Australia, Nov. 24. UP Ad vance elements of an Austral ian fores breaking into Gona were rolling back the right flank of the JapSnese Gona-Buna beach head today while American troops on the other Japanese flank penetrated to within 1,200 yards of Buna, Mopping up operations at Gona, a mission village of only three European houses, three schools, a church and a hospital, were expected to be completed shortly. A communique from Gen, Douglas MacArthur's headquarters said Australian units already were ad vancing upon Sanananda, a native village about 12 miles by land southeast of Gona and five miles northwest of Buna.

A dispatch from Harold Guard, United Press correspondent in New Guinea, said tropical downpours which flooded rivers and streams and made the normally swampy ground still more impassable, were hampering Allied operations somewhat, particu larly the movement of troops and sup plies. Yanks Capture Cape. Nevertheless, American troops, en gaging the enemy for the first time were giving as good an account of themselves as their tough, jungle-seasoned Australian Allies. While the communique merely reported that Americans had captured Cape En- daiadere, jutting into the sea slightly more than a mile southeast of Buna, Guard said an Australian-American column which came down one track from Soputa was within 1,200 yards of Buna last night. MacArthur's statement that "heavy resistance around Buna itself con tinues" was underlined by this Allied column's gain of about '550 yards in one day's fighting.

Another American force which had captured one small air strip continued to attack the main Japanese air field about two miles south of Buna in a stretch of grassland between cocnanut plantations and a sago swamp stretching inland from the cape. The Yanks necessarily had to pro ceed cautiously, because the Japanese were using snipers and were entrench ed in strong machine gun posts, tout a number of the latter were captured. uccupation ot uape inaaiadere gave the Americans an important advantage since they can now pound the main (Continued on Page 8.) Africalnvasion Fleet Returns Safely to Port By JAMES McGLTXCY. AT A SCOTTISH PORT, Nov. 24.

UP Crews of Allied warships poured into this port between Scottish hills today and told the amazing story of how they took United States and Brit ish forces to Africa. They said the German and Italian submarine and air forces had been caught flat-footed by one of the most remarkable naval operations in history. It was a thrilling adventure, they agreed, tout they said the greatest thrill came at the zero hour when a gigantic fleet of more than 300 ships reached its objectives and it was realized that the Germans and Italians knew nothing of its presence. Everything Done Right. "This time, perhaps for the first time in the war, everything was right timing, deception, equipment and strength," an officer said.

So precise was the timing that when Maj. Gen. Charles W. Ryder landed at Algiers, he looked at his watch and commented "Four minutes early. Can you beat it?" Because of the timing and the extreme secrecy of preparation, loss of life was kept at an absolute minimum.

Enemy attacks started only after the most important part of the Allied operations had been completed with the landing of thousands of American troops, the crews said. Tie" attacks were savage but they were too late. There was only praise for the planning and execution of the operations. The Germans and the Italians could not assemble concentrations of submarines and plaues because they simply did not know where the Allied fleet was going. Carried Special Phuies.

The British fleet for the first time had carrier based planes which were np to land plane standards, a veteran commander said. Hurricanes. Sword-fish and Spitfires, ail specially adapted for carrier duty, were among them. The special Spitfires were called Sea-fires. Before the planes went into their action their British markings were replaced by the American star.

The strength of the fleet has been described, but a British officer said: "You simply couldn't believe that such concentration of ships was possible." AS PLATiES POUND BIZERTEJUNIS Tripoli and Axis Bases in Sicily Also Bombed; Grand Scale Battle is Imminent. FRENCH UNDER U. S. COMMAND By EDWARD W. BEATTIE.

LONDON, Nov. 24. UP Allied air forces struck from west and east in an intensified savage aerial offensive against Axis positions at Bizerte, Tunis and Tripoli today while the masses of the American, British and French armies pressed on toward enemy ground positions in Tunisia. Allied planes based on northeast Africa ferociously bombed Bizerte and the vital Axis west Libyan base of Tripoli, radio Morocco reported. Long range Allied bombers of the British Eighth Army flew across Libya to give Bizerte still another pasting and fighter planes from Malta shot down at least three giant German transport planes off the east Tunisia coast Libyan Advance Continues.

Other attacks were made by Malta and middle eastern planes on Palermo airdrome, Sicily, and enemy shipping off Sardinia, where a merchantman was sunk. The British Eighth Army, driviug through Libya westward toward Tripoli and Tunis occupied Agedabia, on the Gulf of Sirte coast 70 miles from El Agheila, and the iuiand oasis of Jalo. Radio Morocco repoted that in skirmishes calculated to lead soon to a grand scale battle, the Allies in Tunisia had taken many Axis prisoners, including 40 at one point. German-controlled radio Paris reported that all French forces in Africa had been put under the command of Lieut. Gen.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dy aereement with Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, active commander of French Fighting forces. Though the report was not confirm ed here, it was regarded as the logical sequel to the swing of all French west (Continued on Page 8.) Troop Planes Of Axis From Africa Bagged Bv GEORGE PALMER. ABOARD A BRITISH WARSHIP IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, Nov.

19. (Delayed) UP British warships and British and American long-range patrol planes are standing astride the Axis sea lanes, fighting desperate enemv attempts to evacuate important personnel from North Africa by trans port plane. Ships have been sweeping a storm- ridden sea supported by Allied aviators who fight their way through heavy winds for hundreds of miles along the escape route. From the bridge of this ship I have just watched squadrons of German Junker-52 transport planes skimming the waves toward Italy like migrating birds. Fight Off Stukas.

The fleet has fought off repeated at tacks bv Stuka dive bombing planes which hurtle from the clouds. Sometimes the gun fire brings Al lied land-based fighters which chase the enemy planes. Apparently the 'Germans are trying to take advantage of the bad weather to sneak through their airplanes, flying so low that their undr carriages seem to touch the waves. Once we sighted a big flock of enemy transport planes but they veered off because we could fire. Demonstrating the close naval and air co-operation of the Allies, our signals brought three Allied fighter planes which chased the enemy transport planes into the clouds.

Results could not toe seen but it was easy to guess what happened when the crack fighter planes tangled with the heavy transports. ENEMYIeIRTSIEW BATTLE IN SOLOMONS LONDON. Nov. 24. UP The Nazi-controlled Paris radio said today that, according to an official Japanese source, a new naval battle is progressing in the Solomons Islands area.

No further details were available, the broadcast said. WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. UP The Navy Department would not comment today on Japanese reports of a new naval battle in the Solomons.

ENEMY SIB SINK. WITH THE AEF AT ORAN, Nov. IS. (Delayed UP An AUied antisubmarine patrol operating some miles off Oran forced a German U-boat to the surface with depth charges today after which a British plane blew up the U-boat with a torjK'dp. There were only two survivors.

ATTENTION. MOOSE Meet at Iodic rooms tonight. 7:43, to go to the Boyd N. Park Funeral Home to pay otir respects to our late brother, J. L.

Snyder. Sentenced To Prison Kin, Friends of Spy To Die in Chair On Jan. 22. CHICAGO, Nov. 24 UP Judge William J.

Campbell today sentenced three men to death and three women to prison for treason in connection with assistance given to a member of the Nazi sabotage mission. Campbell sentenced the three men to die in the electric chair Jan. 22 and the three women to 25 years in prison and fines of $10000 each. Gave Aid to Haupt. Tiie sentencing climaxed the biggest case in the nation's history.

All the naturalized German-American de fendants were accused of giving aid to Herbert Haupt, electrocuted Nazi saboteur. The men were Haas Max Haupt, the saboteur's father, Walter Wilhelm Froehling, the boy's uncle, and Otto Richard Wergin, a friend of the Haupt family. The women were young Haupt's mother, Erna Emma Haupt. his aunt, Lucille Froehling, and Mrs. Kate Wergin.

Judge Campbell said in his opinion with reference to the women defendants "There is no priority on mercy and (Continued on Page 8.) JAPS ISOLATED ON GUADALCANAL Knox Says Enemy is Cut Off Front Reinforcements, Faces Probable Extinction. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. UP Japanese forces on Gaudalcanal have been cut off from reinforcements and supplies and face probable extinction, Secretary of Navy Frank Knox said today. Knox said at a press conference that U.

S. fleet and air forces are maintaining such a tight, 24-hour patrol around the island that it is "improbable" the enemy will toe able to make any further troop landings, even by night. "Do you think we can wipe out the Japs on Guadalcanal?" he was asked. "That is our objective," Knox replied. Yanks Extend Lines.

Knox's statements were in amplification of yesterday's Navy communique which disclosed that U. S. ground forces are steadily driving the enemy back into the jungles west of Henderson airfield in the face of "stubborn resistance." How long the Japanese, lacking food and replenishment of their munitions, can continue such resistance remains to be seen. Knox disclosed, however, that in recent heavy fighting the Americans had pushed their advance lines seven to nine miles west of the vital airport. At the same time they have extended the area between their western and eastern lines, on each side of the field, morv than 16 miles.

Although the U. position of the island is less than three per cent, of the total area, that part which includes Henderson Field is strategically far more important that its size would indicate. The remainder is jungle. Triple Size of Bridgehead. Knox's disclosure of the increased effectiveness of American naval and air patrol underscored the great naval victory of Nov.

13-14-15. It left no doubt that the TJnited States, for the time being, at least, holds absolute supremacy in the waters around Guadalcanal The area now held by American forces, who are less than 20. miles from Cape Esperance on the northwestern tip of the island where the Japanese in the past have landed their largest troop concentrations is more than three times as large as tbe area they held in the early weeks of the Solomons battle. PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR IS WRITE HOUSE GUEST Arroyo Pays Visit to Congress and Attends Luncheon. WASHINGTON, Nov.

24. UP President Carlos Arroyo del Rio, of Ecuador, today began a heavy schedule of official entertainment after spend- ng the night at the White House, where he was the honored guest at a state dinner. Arroyo was scheduled to visit Con gress at noon, then attend a luncheon given by the Pan American Union. He will hold a press conference at Blair House, which will be his residence while in this country, then go to George Washington University during the afternoon to receive a degree. Secretary of State Cordel! Hull will give a dinner lit Arroyo tonight Arroyo arrived here late yesterday.

Mr. Roosevelt went to a nearby airport to greet him and accompanied him to the White House. Of Polish Jews By SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS. LONDON, Nov.

24. UP Heinrich Himmler, head off the Nazi Gestapo, has ordered that one-half of the large Jewish population in occupied Poland be exterminated by the end of the year, reports from the Polish underground movement to the Polish govern ment-in-exile here said today. The first step in the bloody pro gram, it was said, would be to kill 50 cent, of the thousands of Jews living in Ghettos established by the Nazis. The remainder would be "liquidated" later. There were 3,113,000 Jews, or 9.8 per cent, of the total population, in Poland according to the 1931 census, but the Germans during more than three years of occupation have re duced this number by killing thou sands outright or 'permitting them to die of starvation and disease.

"Liquidation" Squads Dispatched. Special Nazi "liquidation" battal ions, commanded by members of the notorious SS elite guard, were said to be carrying out Himmler pro- Continued on Page 8.) CRITIIIADE OF CHURCHILL Laborite Rebukes Suppression of Radio Speech by De Gaulle Hits Darlan's Role. LONDON, Nov. 24. UP Prime Minister Churchill was criticized bitterly in the House of Commons today toy Richard L.

Stokes, Laborite, who charged that he had suppressed a ra dio speech by Gen. Charles De Gaulle, Fighting French leader, last Sunday. "De Gaull's script for the broadcast, intended for the Foreign News Service Sunday, was approved by Foreign Minister Anthony Eden but suppressed by Mr. Churchill," Stokes charged. Other quarters said, however, that De Gaulle had withdrawn from the broadcast voluntarily after "a high authority suggested that it would complicate matters momentarily." It was understood that De Gaulle had intend ed to be "very outspoken" concerning the North African political setup, ot which the Fighting French have been skeptical because of the inclusion of Admiral Jean Francois Darlan, former vice premier of the Vichy government.

Forces of Reaction Appear. "We are seriously disturbed by the sudden appearance of the forces of reaction everywhere," Stokes said. "It looks pretty squalid." He asked Eden what Churcmu oo- pected to in the De Gaulle speech. "There was no difference tfetween the prime minister and myself," Eden said. He promised to arrange for a full reply to Stokes.

'People are asking 'Vthy Stokes told Eden. He read some of Darlan's past orders to the French forces such as: "Never forget that the English be trayed you in Flanders England shall 'I wonder whether the tsritisn Broadcasting Corporation will be allowed to broadcast tonight or whether the prime minister with his red-headed Goebbels (Information Minister Bren dan Bracken) will sit on it?" Stokes asked. Why Sacrifice for Darians? "Is not the head of the Fighting French allow to Broadcast? It is very humiliating. People are saying, 'why sacrifice our lives to make the world full of "Why was Sir Stafford Cripps ousted?" (from the war cabinet). "Here the forces of reaction are at work aeain.

I wonder whether the next victim will toe the Archbishop of Canterbury?" The Archbishop recently pu'Misflea a liberal post-war program. Demands Made for Strict Senate Rule Limiting Debates WASHINGTON. Nor. 24. UP De feat by filibuster of anti-poll tax legis lation today created demands for stricter Senate rules on limiting de bate and for greater consultation among Democratic members in the handling of legislation.

Pressure for modernization of the rules came from the group favoring abolition of state poll taxes as a requirement for voting in Federal elections, and was sponsored by Sen. Claude Pepper. author of the anti-poll tax bill. Pressure for party eaucusus on im portant legislation came from the op position. Both pressures tended to center on Senate Democratic Leader Alben W.

Barklev of Kentucky, who. incident ally, celebrates his 6oth birthday today. The Senate adjourned last night un til Wednesday after defeating, 41 to 1 I oi, nis motion lo umu uwrnie, inereuj killing all hope of passage of the anti- poll tax bill this session. Democratic lutra-party bitterness reaehtd a new peak in the poll tax controversy, since it came to a head just after the Republicans had won nine new seats In the Senate. Republicans believed that the leadership of south ern Lemocrats in we ruiouster win strengthen the G.

O. P. among negro organizations, which had actively backed the legislation. By JOHN M. MECKLIN.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 24, UP The. government today prohibited voluntary enlistment in the armed forces by any essential worker in the aircraft and shipbuilding industries. The action was seen as a compro mise answer demands among Fed eral manpower agencies that all voluntary enlistments be stopped.

Told to Refuse Releases. Acting after approval had been obtained from the War and Navy Departments, Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, instructed local draft 'boards by telegram to refuse releases for enlistment to essential aircraft or shipbuilding workers.

He defined essential workers as "any registrant who is, or should toe, classified in class 2-B or 3-B and who Is employed in the aircraft or shipbuilding industries." Ihe ruling also applies to registrants who resigned from essential jobs in those industries within (50 days before seeking to enlist. Hershey emphasized that "this is not a blanket deferment of workers in these industries, who will continue to be called for military service as they are needed and as they can be replaced in essential jobs." Some observers interpreted the order as indicating that President Roosevelt has decided to reject a plea by War Manpower Commission Chairman Paul V. McNutt that all voluntary enlistments toe stopped in order to make possible "orderly withdrawal" for military duty of men from essential industries. McNutt is supported by Hershey and other manpower officials. May Extend Ruling.

Officials suggested that the new ruling might be extended to other industries as labor shortages become more acute. Essential agricultural workers must be deferred under the recent 'teen age amendment to the se lective service act. The Army and Navy already have stopped accepting enlistments of de ferred Federal workers, including em ployes of Navy yards, Army arsenals and other government war production plants, unless their employers will certify that they can toe spared. Hershey's telegram to local boards mentioned specifically an issue which fast is becoming one of the knottiest problems of the Federal manpower program "Since this action has been taken to protect the aircraft and shipbuild ing industries from an uncontrolled loss of essential employes, local boards have a major responsibility to carefully and promptly determine wheth er or not a release will be issued upon request to a registrant wishing to enlist." This, significantly, followed a press conference comment' by McNutt yes terday that tighter controls should be applied to make sure that local boards observe directives from Washington. Other Developments.

There were these other developments in the manpower field: 1. The national roster of scientific and specialized personnel, a part of WMC, urged senior and graduate students of chemistry, physics, engineering, and-other specialized subjects to add their names to the 550,000 already listed on the roster, which covers more than 60 specialized occupations. The roster reported it already has channeled to war jobs more than (Continued on Page 8.) 20 Ships Sunk in St. Lawrence Area By Subs This Year OTTAWA, Nov. 24.

UP Twenty United Nations merchant ships have been sunk since Jan. 1 In the St. Lawrence River and Gulf and in adjacent waters, Navy Minister Angus L. MacDonald revealed today. No ships had been torpedoed by Axis submarines in those waters prior to this year.

Questioned at a press conference as to whether there was any confirmation of enemy subniersibles having landed men along the St. Lawrence, MacDonald said: "It is quite possible that an Axis submarine might land a few persons in remote areas. They landed some in the United States. It is quite possible that will be done in Canada with a view(to sabotage." He emphasized he was speaking only about a hypothetical situation now. MacDonald also revealed that Canada had contributed 17 corvettes and 14200 men to the North African campaign.

ERIE WOMAN KILLED BY CAR ON WAY TO WORK ERIE, Nov. 24 UP Mary Loeseh, 62, of Erie, was killed today when struck by a car as she was en route to work in the school cafeteria. ionald Kingsmore, 16, driver of the car, said he did not see the victim until his car hit her. She died of a fractured skulL SPAIN REPORTS ALLIED VICTORY Madrid Hears of German Defeat at Jalo in Tunisia Darlan Or-des Fleet to Stay at Dakar. MADRID, Nov.

24. UP AUied columns advancing toward the Tunisian promontory along the valley of the Medperda River, which runs northeasterly to the Mediterranean between Tunis and Bizerte, defeated a German column at Jalo, reports from Algiers said today. The advancing Allied force encountered resistance from the Nazi column, a light armored unit, but repelled it, the reports said. Other African reports said Admiral Jean Francois Darlan had ordered all French warships and merchant vessels at Dakar to remain there while he dispatches a special staff to Dakar to organize the port for full cooperation with the Allies. Among French naval forces at Dakar were said to be the damaged French battleship Richelieu, a cruiser and 21 submarines.

Report Fleet Movement. (The French newa agency Havas reported from La Linea, Spain, today that a British convoy of 28 merchant ships escorted by warships, bombers and fighters had passed through the Strait of Gibraltar toward the Atlantic. Two American destroyers were said to have entered Gibraltar harbor this afternoon. The barbor already contained three battleships, two air craft carriers, several British destroy ers and 35 merchantmen, including several American cargo Tessels. the dispatch said.) Algerian reports said the Axis forces were landing detachments of parachutists along the east coast of Tunisia.

Isolated French groups were said to have ceased opposition in some areas because of failure of Allied reinforcements to arrive. Spanish reports said it appeared doubtful whether there was any organized French resistance on the coast south of Sousse, about 70 miles south of Tunis. The reports indicated the Allies were not moving forward rapidly enough to prevent German landings. The Nazis have persistently reported heavy German troop landings at Gabes.and Sfax, indicating they hope to re-establish land communications with Tripoli. STAYS WITH FLAMING PLANE TO SAVE LIVES LONDON, Nov.

24. UP Lieut. Harvey Dalton Johnson, American pilot who went down with his mr-ning plane rather than endanger civilians, was ouried today with full military honors. Fellow fliers were the pallbearers and tbe body was escorted to Brookwood Cemetery by a military process-ion After the services a salute was fired over the grave and a bugler sounded last post. Johnson, whose borne was at Westville.

N. was killed Sunday. When his plane caught fire over a suburban residential area, instead of baling out." he made a crash landing on a football field. which had arrived at the front recently. Winter is Disaster to Nazis.

The Russian was giving the Germans a taste of disaster also. The entire steppe was frozen and blanket- ed with snuw. The newspaper Pravda reported that the Soviet thrust south of Stalingrad across the frozen Kalmyk steppes was developing no less successfully thau the western and northwestern offensives. Large German and Rumanian units, miserably clad, roamed the windswept steppes and often surrendered without a fight, the newspaper said. Those who resisted were encircled quickly and wiped out.

While the Russians have crushed and battered dozens of German divisions in the past three months, the newspaper Izvestia pointed out, dozens of other divisions, numbering hundreds of thousands of Nazi trops still were concentrated in the area. Over the Kalmyk steppes south of Stalingrad today the roads were cluttered with overturned and burned out enemy machines and thousands of green-uniformed corpses. The howling west wind brought with it some German leaflets, recently printed. They demanded that the Russians surrendered to the "hitherto never defeated, invincible German army." Pincers Are 40 Miies Apart. The "hitherto never defeated, invincible German army" was in a bad way.

The Soviets' southern attack, launched originally ou a 14-iuile front, was bolstered considerably by occupation of Tundutovo and Aksai, roughly 40 miles apart, as the Red trops pushed out tanks and guns on each side of the assaulting force to guard against a break-through. The northern attack from Serafimo-vitch was supported from Kletskaya. The seriousness of the German situation was evident in the fact that to escape, the Nazi forces either would have to break through the Russian pincers or cross the Don north of Kalach (Continued on Page 8.) FORD WORKERS IN CANADA ON STRIKE Protest Hiring of Women at Lower Wages Than Men. WINDSOR, Nov. 24.

UP Approximately 10,000 employes of the Ford Motor of Canada, went ou strike today in protest against hiring of women at a wage less thau rhat paid men ou similar jobs. Harry Rowe, assistant regional UAW-CIO director for Canada, said all 10,000 workers at the company's No. 1 plant left their jobs and it was "a safe assumption" that another on the night shift also would not work. "They locked the gates," said. Company officials had no comment on the situation.

Rowe asserted that the Ford management hired women in vi latioa of an agreement reached beUveen the company and union before the Ontario War Labour Board that no Windsor plant would hire wouien workers without consulting the union pendins settlement of the wase issue. He said it had been azreed temporarily that no woman would be hired at less than cents an hour and estimated the wage paid women already employed by the Ford plant at about -V cents an hour. SPECIAL, EAGLES! Meeting Tuesday night of importance, followed by lunch, refreshments. Zero hour. Music and fun..