Miami Daily News-Record (Newspaper) - December 15, 1942, Miami, Oklahoma I lUT o f if w M h Discloses of the Navy Knox said today that ft naval board of inquiry making a very thorough in into tho loss of the former liner President fb Was operating as an army transport the Islands Knox was asked whether the since it apparently was op crating close to might have hit an than an f I have rto information that It hit one of our Knox He added an explanation that the explanation lhat the location of the sinking was absolute evi dence that the mine was part of an American field since he said that mines could be planted by Japanese submarines inthe same waters in which our mines Loss Announced Saturday The loss of the was an There were crewmen and United States Army troops on board when the vessel hit the Jhe Navy and but four of them were A questioner at Knoxs press conference suggested there should be a thrilling story in such a mag rescue record and the sec said that the full stoiy eventually would be given but that at present there is a question of possible fault which made it inadvisable to re leases information at this In Solomons Area disclosed the fact that the ship was operating in the Solo mons the previous Navy an having said merely that it was lost in the South Pa As for the small loss of Knox said it was a very reason able inference that was close to shore when it went Nothing New Repotted The secretary was asked about that he knew nothing more about the situation in the Solomons than had come out of the that obviously the Japs had attempted build an airfield at Munda on New Georgia that we had concentrated on bombing whether this bombing might be in preparation to move in and capture the which lies 150 miles away from the American position on Guadal canal island in the Southeastern said that all that could be said was ing the place pretty It would not be he ex to discuss anything about what might or what might not be done in the since such information be ex tremely helpful to the Emma City Dies Emma 80yearold pioneer Miami at oclock Monday jn Mi ami Baptist who had lived here about 53 resided at 301 C street She was the widow of the late a former city was a member of Church of The Miami woman is survived by one William three Claud Earl and Floyd Los 11 grandchildren ami 11 Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Lane Funeral Today BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS army pursues Allied a i r strength in Tunisia fighting rages around Bunk mission fol lowing of village by Amer ican jungle repulse heaviest since beginning of winter After Storming Allies Are 1 Using Air Might The Navy announced today American air forces In the South pacific had poured more bombs on ihe Japanese at Munda on New Georgia Island on the fifth day of such of Navy communique 220 follows 4 South Pacific All dates are east Lone Nazi Raider Kills Six Britons least six persons were killed others were injured today when a lone German raider dropped astick of high explosive bombs on a street in a small east coast THE WEATHER Radio change ii temperature south becoming cold er north portion winds reaching 25 to 85 miles per rain this afternoon changing to tonight light rain south tonight warmer south today becoming colder except extreme reaching 25 to 30 miles per hour north rain northeas changing to snow ligh rain southeast tonight little change in temperature today be coming colder tonight much cold er extreme north winds reaching 25 to SO miles per hour r WIFE OF ARMY MANTO TRIAL v Margaret Charged With Murder of Captain 21yearold Margaret charged with the murder of her David antitank unit officer at near by Fort went on trial in Cochise county superior court lero Captain son of Charles Carr of was fa tally shot last 15 in a bed room of the Herlihy home in Miss Herlihy told au she fired after he started to beat Soon afterward it was disclosed they had been secretly married across the border at Agua on June County Attorney John Ross later said his investigations indi the couple quarreled over Captain Carrs previous marital Records Ross that the officer had been married at least twice previously and had never been Miss native of Fort is the daughter of At the time of the her father was as signed Fort but has Captain died a few hours after On 17 Miss Herlihy was charged with and three days later was released under formerly a School teacher and was called to active duty with the Louisiana national guard as a second He was ferred to Fort in was promoted to first lieutenant and became a captain last May Goat Proves He Can Bowl Em Over From Front SAN Dec Lawrence OConnell thought you have to turn your back and bend over to get dumped by a as the funny papers have tried to But its Some goats are masters of the frontal OConnell was called to Mizpah streets by 11 defense workers who wanted to go to They complained that George goat would put his head down and charge every time they tried to get on a street When the defense workers got up the street car was OConnell dismounted from his he is a mounted police strode the goat and looked him In the The goat knocked OConnell down twice before came along avenue to find out what was going and called off her f On December 14 air continued to attack the Jap anese installations and airfield which are being iii the Munda area of New Georgia is Used 1 A Seven Army Flying Fort resses Boeing attacked the area during the B Later in the day a striking force of Douglas dive bombers and Grumman Wild cat fighters attacked the same C No enemy air opposition encountered during either The dive bombers figured in op against the Munda base for the first time and apparently were used because the Japanese have not been able to defend their their nearest to the Ameri can field on with fighter Ordinarily dive bombers would be employed for high precision at tacks on specific enemy targets such as ammunition Or gasoline dumps and operations The assignment of the Grumman fight ers undoubtedly was to shoot up the Japanese workmen seeking to complete the From Guadalcanal Both these types of planes op erate from whereas the Flying Fortresses which spear headed the attacks on ginning ordinarily use Guadalcanal only as a refueling base and make their home field somewhere else in the Solomons area more remote from in the New Hebrides for in It is therefore more to employ dive bombers where possible although they carry a small load of bombs as compared with the Armys heavy fourmo tored Seize Buna Village ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN 15 American jungle support ed by stormed into Buna yesterday and heavy fighting i about the Japanese held Buna mission to the cast to day Allied bombers smash ed at new enemy invasion tions pur by a strong cruis er and destroyer force at two points up the New Guinea The Americans slashed their way into the village five days aft er the of Vi miles to the These were the main oi the foothold estab Phillips Gas To Burn in Vinita head of the Vi nita Fuel said today he received War Production boarc authorization to continue until further notice to supply gas to heat the Eastern Oklahoma hos said the lion came from Bart WPB Ha ger left for Washington last superintendent of the said the WPB hai ordered the hospital to cut its use of onethird on a threat of cutting off of the Slate Board of the declaring the state couk comply with it because the WPB had refused the states re quest for priorities to install oi OFFENSIV RUSSIAN Declare That Kite Checked With fly EDDIE 16 tanks and infantry attacks sprung out of A Wiling the Germans have seized the of fensive momentarily southwest of but the Russians de clared today that attacks which cost the Nazis men Were checked after On the battlefronts northwest Moscow armys rolled overrun ning a German trench west of Rzhev and capturing a hill near Luki despite the of German South of Stalingrad Descriptions of tho scene of the fierce fight southwest of Stalin grad indicated that it might be near on the casus rail line 90 miles southwest of tho t Military observers in London said German onslaught prob ably was aimed at freeing German forward forces from endan gered salient east of the These sources noted that the counterblow had been throe weeks in the making and said the Rus sian offensive on the central front down the Nazis there and forced them to bring up troops from deep in the rear for their relief Fighting The Russians reported hand bayonet and grenade fight ing in the fog which shrouded the and declared that the Nazis were checked despite the support they gof from divebomb The midnight communique said the attack cost the Germans and the noon war bulletin said 600 more were killed in four waves of They were described as proba bly the strongest counterattacks by the Germans since the Rus sians began their winter West of Rzhev the Germans Continued On Page Two by Japanese last July 23 in thrust toward northeast Continued On Page Two Italian Men Clashing in Milan 15 The Moscow radio broadcast today what was called on official an that clashes between German and Italian soldiers in Italy were becoming increasingly It was reported lhat in Milan a crowd of women threw stones at a group of German who then ripened fire on the It said Italian soldiers came to the aid of the women and administered a heating to the Softens Axis Mail a Gift for This crew of a Flying Fortress plans to deliver a little gift they have for Adolph well in time for of New poses as Father Christmas while other members of the crew stand They are William Long pilot John radio operator John air gunner and Arthur Photo wag taken at an airfield somewhere in NEA Britains Army Still Pursuing Men BY THE ASSOCIATED Eighth army plunged today in its renewal of the race across the North African sand after moving through Marsha Rommels El line against amazingly weak While the communique did not specify how far Sir Bern ard had military sources as they were miles into Trip the western segment of and far westward of eith er previous British push into While there was no assertion that Rommels fighters were in rout the headquarters announce ment spoke of weak rearguards which offer only slight resist This contrasted sharply with the defeat at El Alamein last when the British piled through the Axis line under cover of a stunning air and artillery Then Rammel was able to muster a spirited rearguard Both sides face the problem of supply inthe arid stretch ahead to Rommels next defensible position some 300 miles west from El The whole El which was organized in some still may not ly the communique The retreating troops left large minefields along tho com plicating the British advance through perilous PLANE CARRYING OVER 14PERSONS MISSING IN UTAH Western on Flight to Los Took Off Today BULLETIN SALT LAKE of a western air lines which carried 19 was located today about two miles from the emergency Utah Casper Wolf of a the Civil pa sighted wreckage from the air and landed his small craft Wolf said most or probably all of those aboard were American Land and Sea Forces Will Have Weapons by Next Summer To Begin Big Drives Against Axis Theres Plenty of Liquor for Ally Government Expert Limit in Ohio Quart Per yay LOS Western Airlines announced today that a passenger liner with more than 14 occupants was on a flight here from Salt Lake The craft took off at and was last reported 15 miles west over a station at Leo executive vice president of the said an air search was being He said there was o radio contact with the craft after the The airlines listed the crew as Edward First Officer Cliff Cleo Los stew Passenger List Given An incomplete passenger list was as Knight Salt Lake Dick Salt Lake a company Guy western regional manager for the Great Miss Salt Lake Salt Lake Salt Lake Great Great The airlines said no announce ment of the names or number of military personnel aboard could be made until government clearance had Although liquor production is at a standstill because of the government experts see no dearth of Christmas cheer this your for those who have the money to Or next year mat In says Stewart deputy commissioner of the treas urys alcohol tax government warehouses right are bulging with enough liquor to meet normal requirements for jabout three and a half Reports of shortages developing in some he are prob ably due to transportation ties or other causes of a purely local Quart a Day in Ohio Rationing on the basis of a quart a day per person has been instituted by Ohio state liquor stores and a more comprehensive card rationing system is planned next North Carolina also have begun rationing In New York same dealers sug gested a voluntary Ohio stores have been forced to operate reduced hours be cause of inability to get sufficient Growing manpower short ages are expected eventually feet retail stores in other Shortages in areas where ration ing has been adopted or is under consideration were attributed to shipping heavy buying by consumers anxious to avoid payment of the additional tax which became effective and in some cases to speculative Power Pool Shows Comparative Rates LITTLE groundwork for an in court the southwest power pool today offered and had rejected by Examiner Frank Hampton of the Federal Power commission a detailed comparison of rates charged by it and the coopera tive for supplied the gov Lake Catherine alumin um plant near The technical maneuver pied most of the morning of the second day of the invest gation into the rates and details of the power pools con tract with the defense plant cor which operates the alum inum who refused yester day to the pool make such a agreed today to al low the utilities to note legal ex ceptions in order to enable a re view in By JOHN American air and land to all available indica should have by late next summer the weapons to begin a series of powerful drives against the The which will than particularly in the probably will make most of the actions to date look like glorified skirmishes by This picture of the mak ing comes from closures on the production of giant aircraft carriers and bat and other formidable new weapons or improved types of old Highlights Are Cited Here are the high spots of those disclosures Bombing great new bombers are on the way and may soon begin to show up in small numbers on the fighting Henry chief of army said in a speech Sunday that they would make the Flying Fortress es look just like small Judged by usual se Arnolds revelation of the existence of these giants certainly was not made until they were ac tually in Assuming that plans for quantity out put were being made long they should be reaching the battle zones in quantity six or eight months from Only last night the Fairchild Engine and Airplane announced development of a radical new piano vvhich Susi supplies am BOMBERS RANGE OVER TUNIS FOR DAMAGING RAIDS Presence of Planes There for Four Hours Proof of Strength BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS air grown to such strength that bombers cruised over Tunis for four was tipping the scales against the Axis today in the battle of North Africa as Mar shal Rommels Libyan army treated front the Gulf of Sirte coast in Central The pace the British Eighth armys pursuit of not some estimates placed British forces in Tripolitania beyond the marble arch 40 miles west El Military observers were surpris ed at f he weakness of the Axis stand on the El Retreat Continues Axis forces are continuing their retreat from the El position while maintaining weak rearguards which offer slight re the Cairo communique The Morocco radio in a broad cast of a dispatch purportedly from said that Rommels forces numbered four German di including two armored di ENEMY HAS LOST 70 PLANES ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH The United States 12th air force and the RAF teamed up in a heavy battering of many ports and lines in Axis held areas of Tunisia yesterday but ground action was limited to troops to distant Aircraft carriers last July three and three carriers converted m cruisers which were still on the ways have been Former ly it took a year from launching date to put a carrier in commission but this has probably been cut un der the Navy by two to four New Carriers in 43 Thus new carriers should begin to join the fleet early in 1943 and Continued On Page Two FDR Recommends Senator Lee For Aeronautics Job today nomin ated Senator Josh Lee who was defeated for reelection last for membership on the Civil Lee would succeed George Bak who resigned and is expected to undertake a mission Ed a scored a surprise victory over who had served only one term in the Senate after a term in the House of Now 50 years and a veteran of the last Lee was known as the boy orator at In 1919 he the public speak ing department of the University of Roosevelt also nominated Oswald Ryan of Indiana for re appointment to the aeronautics Lee reached his home at Norman last week for the Christ mas holidays he said lhat he was interested in the air board posi The field of aviation appeals to mo much more than anything he My conviction of the importance of air power in the war is well State Agents Seize Five Slot Machines OKLAHOMA and local officers were guests of honor at a down town night club here and as their own cover against the house made five slot ma chief investigator of the Department of Public Safe said an audit then was made of the contents of the as the machines sometimes are referred The count said Hus lhat about half the coins in the dime machine were street car FIVE WOMEN ON TROLLEY JOB SINCE LAST WAR KANSAS street car Five Kansas City women chuckle heart Theyve been on the job ever since the last World sur of a 1918 crew of 130 split skirted at whom passengers used to gape in sur The women kept getting mar or and now we have just five explains Fen transportation boss of the Kansas City Public Service com They make change nowa at busy transfer But we plan to employ as thinks Jeanette M fi one of the five will be just I dont think women get con fused as much as men she And it seems to mo the men operators get crabby and grouchy quicker than Women can answer more silly questions and not got mad about They also give advice to tho Edna Eng one of the first women Congress Decides To End Sessions The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution today calling for final adjournment ot the Congress The reso lution was sent to the where speedy approval was ex Minority Leader McNary announced that in view of the res ho would object to the con sideration of any bills of a con or of any more which had to go to the Evan as the lawmakers prepar ed to end the historic session which saw war declared against the Axis after the Japanese attacked Pearl leaders to con vene the Congress 12th spokesman announced that American planes destroyed a total of 70 craft and 43 more from the beginning of the North Af rican campaign through Twelfth air force losses in that 1 period were 35 planes lost and eight v On the long waterless road of and at the Tunisian supply ports at the other end of the North African British and American planes were taking a terrific Tunis Pounded Anew The Cairo communique said the most successful attacks yet re corded were made on the harbors of Tunis and its port of La Gou lette Sunday Aircraft were over the targets for four hours in all and hits were scored on at least three ships at La all of which were set on Other fires were started on La Goulette island and near the main dock at One fuel fire could bo seen 100 miles Attacks also were made on Tunisian rail The in air to the whole fight was seen in the communiques an that from these at from incessant strafing of Rommels and from raids on Axis shipping off the North African only two planes failed to return to their Italians Admit Losses The Italian communique ac knowledged the intensity of the air attack on Tunis and said the Port of Sousse also was hard It reported 200 killed in two In contrast to the British an of weak the Italians said the Libyan fighting had been and declared that in spite of enemy superiority in men and the enemy advance was stopped by the brave resistance of Italian armored That suggested that once again Rommel might have left his Ital ian allies to fight whatever rear guard action there Shawnee Flier Gets Action in Hospital Myrl was shipped to the thick of the fighting in North Africa but the only action he has seen so far was on an operating The Shawnee flier wrote his par ents that he had no sooner readi ed Africa with his fighter squad ron than he was taken to a hos pial for an Warren received his wings last April after completing advanced training at
