Ogden Standard-Examiner (Newspaper) - December 12, 1942, Ogden, Utah WEATHER Little change in t e m day and tonight TEMPERATURE For 24-hour period ending at seven m today M Ogden Albuquerque Atlanta Bismarck Chicago Denver New New York 28 28 40 3 20 32 i 52 37 City 10 Rock Springs Lake 49 San Antonio Louis 39 51 11 20 25 29 35 19 32 36 Seventy-third 173 The Press The Associated Press CITY UTAH SATURDAY EVENING DECEMBER 12 1942 AP Features NBA Service EIGHT FINAL EDITION CONGRESS TO RETRENCH ON FUNDS IN 43 New Year Resolution to Cut Expenses Made By House Head WILL CUT TO BONE Careful Supervision Seen In Allocating Funds For Military WASHINGTON Dec 12 first al new year retrenchment on all ment tures in made day by the chairman of the powerful house tions committee Serving notice that he intended to keep a tight on all departmental spending Rep non chairman of the com- which has initial sion over money bills said a policy of cutting costs to the bone already has been adopted And next he pledged we'll take out part of the bone Cannon declared that the com- policy toward the billions sure to be demanded by the army and the navy in coming months for material would be one of ful supervision but we'll give them the benefit of the doubt In allocating funds for the Cannon said the committee feels emphatically that it is ter to give a little too than too little We don't want to take any chance of crippling the war effort through lack of funds Firmer congressional control over operations of cies which do not obtain their funds by direct appropriations was today by senate Republican Leader McNary of Oregon Only Four Men Lost as Liner Sinks MEN SAVED The former liner President Coolidge operating as an army transport fully loaded with approximately troops hit a mine and sank in the South Pacific the navy announced today with a loss of only four men Prompt and efficient rescue efforts were credited with holding casualties to so small a number the navy said Survivors included Henry Nelson of San Francisco master of the President Coolidge R A F BLASTS Huge Damage Said Done To Italy's Large War Industry U.S Troop Ship Goes Down As South Pacific Mine Hit WASHINGTON Dec 12 UP Army bombers and fighters damaged a Jap WASHINGTON Dec 12 UP The U -S scored near hits on YANKS BOMB JAP TANKER DOWN PLANES Near Hits Scored on Nips In Northern Solomons Struggle NEW AIRFIELD IS HIT New Offensive Planned In New Guinea Sector liner President Coolidge transporting approximately army troops struck a mine in the South Pacific and sank with a loss of only four men the navy today LONDON Dec 12 UP One of the biggest fleets of British bombing and fighting planes seen in months roared over to pied France in daylight today soon after allied planes made the third attack in a week on Turin and a second great attack on Naples Though the Turin raiding force was comparatively small it was believed it did great damage to one of Italy's chief war industry rescue efforts casualties were centers raining demolition and in- j limited to four the navy's 4 o nnn xi announcement said A naval of- bombs up to j gaid men were Jost triple block busters through gaps The vessel owned by the ican Lines of San Francisco was chartered and operated by the war shipping administration for the army Loaded With Troops The vessel was fully loaded wtih troops and equipment at the time the navy said The Coolidge was the tenth American transport sunk in this war Her skipper was Henry Nelson 3714 Irving street San Francisco He was saved Through prompt and efficient UTAHNS SHOULD GET COAL FIRST Construction of the Alaskan railroad will be postponed for ture wartime use Having pushed a road up through British Columbia to the Alaskan area the builders their purpose which was to make Alaskan secure against attack Now if a rail line is deemed necessary the survey route will be made available This pushing of the Alaskan highway was an achievement of which our builders can be proud They must have worked like jans Now let the Japs come on if they want to We are prepared for them At least we are better prepared than we were a year ago For a long time they much uneasiness by their attacks on Dutch Harbor and on Kiska I asked a man who has been to Kiska why our armed forces did not drive out the last Jap His answer was enigmatic bu: I took his reply to mean that we could do so if the plan was not to leave just enough of a nant to cause the enemy to make an attempt at rescue The Japs are losing ship after ship As fast as aid is given they are blasted out of the sea So there may be strategy in this far away Kiska Ten days to when the days will grow longer Then gradually the nights will grow shorter and the days longer One would think the winter would be ending with the turning of the sun north but the ness of the rays causes a ing of the cold spell Not until March 21 will the change be registered in this ern zone Then spring will be with us to cause us to rejoice Except those who go skiing They want the snow to pile up and the hills to be smooth with the They are the lovers of the out- doors and are fond of the zest that Continued on Page Two Column Sis in the clouds on targets of all sorts Three planes were reported all it was as the result of bad weather rather than of enemy gunfire The middle eastern command announced at Cairo that allied American army Consolidated Liberators which made the last raid there a week blasted Naples day Liberators made the first at- tack on Naples a week ago terday blasting an Italian naval squadron and opening the ised allied offensive against ern Italy and Italy admitted that in addition to great material age 159 persons had been killed and 358 wounded It looked as if today's daylight raids by allied planes might assume record proportions Later another big force of bombers and fighters returned to the English coast from the tion of France Abbeville in northwest Sixth Transport Lost The sinking occurred in recent weeks but the navy did not dis- close the exact date or the part of the south Pacific in which it occurred This was the sixth large transport whose sinking has been announced by the navy in the last few weeks The loss of five the Tasker H Bliss Hugh L Scott Edward Rutledge Joseph Hewes recently They were sunk off North Africa Four Gregory Calhoun and George F Elliott formerly City of Los Angeles were sunk in the Solomons The navy did not say whether the mine which caused the loss of the Coolidge was an American or an enemy one Presumably it was the latter The President Coolidge was a ship of gross tons and was completed in 1931 at the Newport News Shipbuilding Co Newport News Va She was 615 feet long with a beam of 81 feet and a draft of 28 feet Utah Mines Producing More Fuel Than State Needs SALT LAKE CITY Dec 12 AP Coal mined in Utah should go first to Utah homes and industries ernor Maw believes Statistics show that the Utah mines are now producing much more coal than is necessary to supply all of the needs of our he said Information which comes to me from the governors of other ern states is to the effect that no outside of cate that so much coal is being sent from Utah to supply the needs of other states that our own people are faced with serious shortages I intend to do everything in my power to see to it that our citizens and our industries are served first before coal is sent outside of Utah EDITOR SEIZED IN SCRAP CASE He Tried to Move Gun From State Capitol Lawn in Iron Drive JEFFERSON CITY Mo Dec 12 Ralph Coghlan chief of the St editorial staff was arraigned today on a complaint charging him and two others with grand larceny in an attempt to move a Mexican war cannon from the state capitol lawn to a scrap metal heap Coghlan was freed on a bond and his preliminary ing set for Tuesday Dec 22 The other St wanted in the W Stearns and R W bonds and were released Their hearing will be held the same day as lan's Stearns and Riley who com- prised the two-man taxpayers expeditionary force which tried to settle finally the doubtful title to the ancient gun by carting it away early Friday morning were charged also with carrying a con- weapon The added on their bonds was to cover that charge s Coghlan who Riley and Stearns say instigated the ture and paid them their expenses voluntarily surrendered to Cole County Sheriff Harry Mackey day He made no statement Bond for the three was posted by Fred Tanner Jefferson city business man The incident aroused and angered the state's Republican governor who pinned the blame for the entire affair on the tan The governor Forrest nell said that the law is going to be enforced in this the We are going to the limit on this he said It is simply outrageous The outrageous act was the plot of Stearns a couple of tree surgeons to move the non to a national junk pile for the scrap metal drive According to their own story they drove from St Louis in a truck day night and attempted to remove the cannon TIRES PILE UP IN OGDEN AREA Still Await Official Inspection By Appraiser Still they come and the end is not in eight on the idle tire which was scheduled to con- clude Dec 1 According to H W Carey executive secretary of boards usable tires are still being accepted at the Railway Ex- press Agency offices Frank JL Blaes official tire praiser said today he had inspected approximately tires But apparently this was only skimming the top for additional tires are awaiting his inspection in the express company offices and house Almost daily additional tires are stacked on top of the Idle tires from the Rock Springs Wyo area Battle i Mountain Nev tion and points north to Malad unloaded from Idaho are being express cars It was indicated company would continue to accept usable tires until given the order to halt Skiers Join in Plane Search BOISE Dec 12 AP Army searching equipped with skis joined the search for the missing army monoplane today as the hunt went Into the fourth day Missing since Wednesday ing after leaving the Burley port for Gowen field in Boise the Luke field Arizona training plane with two officers aboard so far has been unreported The search is now centered in the area 15 to 20 miles north of Mountain Home in Elmore county Gowen field searching units left early today to ski into the remote areas between the Long Tom and the Little Canyon reservoirs Capt E L Davis Gowen field public relations officer said re- ports had come from that area on a low flying plane but he said nothing definite had been Marvel Murphy Is Snowball Queen Miss Marvel Murphy daughter of Mr and Mrs Castle H phy 500 Thirty-second was chosen queen the Weber college nix Snowball dance held Friday night in the college room Miss Murphy was elected to the position by secret balloting Miss Jean Chamberlain and Miss Janice McKay the other contestants were named attendants Club members presented Miss Murphy with a necklace bearing the express j the Phoenix pin on a mother of- British Strike At Axis With Land Air Power In New Libya Advance j another and shot down six Zeros in a raid on bor 275 miles northwest of the navy an- today Meanwhile flying fortresses a new Jap air field in the central Solomons only 150 miles northwest of Guadalcanal This field is located at Munda on New island and had previously reported under construction Surface Hit In the attack on Faisi Harbor which is near Shortland island 11 fortresses and eight Lockheed Lightning fighter planes bombed enemy surface vessels gathered there Three bomb hits were made on one tanker and two bomb straddles were seen on a second tanker The Lightnings shot down five Zeros that sought to intercept the American airmen The fortresses destroyed another All army planes returned undamaged activity was confined to patrol action and a Jap artillery position containing mortars and machine guns was silenced Offensive Slated Headquarters U S Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor said united tions forces are preparing a double-barreled offensive from the Solomon islands and New Guinea as the result of their recent cesses well informed quarters be- today The steady mopping up of the on Guadalcanal and the advances of General Douglas MacArthur's American and troops against the Jap beachhead at Buna on the north New Guinea coast were believed to mean that the allies soon would have strong springboards for a real offensive American and Australian troops have trapped a strong Jap force five miles from Buna on the north New Guinea coast and have re- pulsed with heavy losses to the enemy a series of desperate at- tempts by the entrapped forces to break through to safety advices from the front said today A mixed American Australian column moving on Buna along the main inland trail met ance by a big force of enemy troops about five miles from Buna and miles from up the coast Hill Field Event Uses New Talent Keep em weekly ter hour broadcast sponsored over KLO by Hill field Saturdays at eight p m will feature new talent this week according to an official announcement Featured entertainers will be Miss Anna Lee Shippen and Miss Norma Robinson civilian employes of the depot who are well known locally as vocalists Sharing the spotlight with them will be Pvt James Blodgett pianist from Los Angeles Pvt Blodgett son of Dr and Mrs H H Blodgett of Beverly Hills is a former student the University of Southern California and the University of California at Los Angeles where he won several music contests The show will also feature a piano duet by Sgt K Ed Berry arid Pvt Woody Olsen whose original arrangements are weekly highlights pearl Railroad Reports Scarcity of Help Difficulty in obtaining men to help load and unload day mail is being experienced by the Ogden Union Railway Depp Co it was reported Originally the call was for full-time baggage workers said Leo Carney chief clerk but to date only about 65 men have an- swered If the full quota of full-time men is not reached next week the company will sign up part-time employes to assist in handling the deluge of mail Mr Carney said Alarm Clock Case Alarming Made and Supply Fades By KENNETH L DIXON the of WASHINGTON Dec 12 j per and brass Sooner or later some smart-aleck j Wide-awake is sure to say that the alarm j promptly began to build little clock situation is alarming i gadgets like bombsights to help Since it is federal officials beat I put the axis to sleep punners to the punch today and hinted that folks should not kill the old red rooster He may be needed to wake war workers up in the morning Some such solution or perhaps a more practical one is being sought to shake the nation's sleepy heads out of it when the sun be- gins to shine for not only are no more civilian alarm clocks be- ing made but also the supply is gone from almost markets The alarm clock had past tense please a lot of brass It also con- much copper Both quoth the war production board recently are needed to fight a war So they But the public yawned not ing up to the truth until it triec to buy a new clock At any rate commerce ment officials said only one com- pany still is in the ing business putting out an ex- plastic job strictly for the fighting men In gentle tones the officials blasted dreams of a supposed ply of clocks on the civilian ket There isn't they said In fact the situation is so bad in some sections that folks are ing into hotels where they can be called in the morning RUSS TIGHTEN CIRCLE AROUND Reds Smash Nazi Lines On West Bank of Don River MOSCOW Dec 12 UP A powerful new Russian at- tack has smashed through German defense lines west of Rzhev with gathering mentum front dispatches re- today New gains in the Stalingrad area tightened the soviet circle nazi siege army The German high command ad- mitted that a large-scale soviet of- fensive had been launched with fresh troops on the front south of Rzhev The nazis claimed they had beaten off the attack which was said to have had unusually strong infantry and tank support Water Barrier Crossed Front dispatches said the Red army stormed across a water rier and broke through the first German lines of defense in heavy fighting Weather conditions which have hampered operations on the tral front were said to be ing up attack planes out large scale attacks on nazi tions and troop concentrations German in the sector the dispatches said were beaten off and encircled nazi garrisons were destroyed On the Stalingrad front Russian forces on the west bank of the Don northwest of the city and southwest oT the city were ing the noose around the Germans even tighter Beds Enter Positions Russian spearheads were ing German positions in the Ka- latch sector along the Kharkov railroad and were be- to be so strongly entrenched that German forces to the east will find it impossible to break out Destruction of 60 German trans- port planes in a single day was regarded as an indication of the large scale efforts of the Germans to supply their troops by air due to the closing of land supply routes STOCK MARKET IS IRREGULAR NEW YORK Dec 12 selling while still light again was a- factor in maintaining today's slightly irregular stock market trend Fractional advances were at the start and near the distributed adic recoveries in the final hour Scattered specialties did well and weakness was a rarity in any de- Transfers were around shares Budd Mfg preferred was an iso- lated strong spot at a -1942 peak Industrial Rayon and Celanese also touched best marks for the year American Car Foundry pushed forward in the wake of the com- statement showing net of a common share for six months ending Oct 31 against in the like 1941 period Intermittent plus signs were posted for American Telephone Great Northern Chrysler General Motors Westinghouse tional Telephone Anaconda ard Oil N J Boeing Goodrich Sears Roebuck and U S Gypsum FIRM IS TOLD WASHINGTON Dec 12 President Roosevelt directed gomery Ward Co today to com- ply without further delay with the war labor ruling that it sign a C I O contract ing a clause for maintenance of union membership The first time he acted after the company had objected to the union security clause and said it would comply only in case the president ordered the company to do so Home Again 1 Allies Coast Sectors Move Toward Rommel Lines NAZIS BOLSTER ARMY German set by Growing Might Of Air Forces By The Associated Press Britain's eighth army was reported by the German radio today to have struck anew at the axis on a wide front in Libya with great land and air power The Berlin radio broadcast a DNB dispatch that Gen Sir nard L Montgomery had thrust forward again east of El yesterday with two tank divisions and two infantry divisions ed by aircraft This enemy had no allied confirmation in London or the allies attacked both at Mersa El Brega on the gulf of Sirte coast anti further inland toward the short line nazi Marshal Erwin Rommel holds between the Mediterranean coast at and impassable salt marshes to the south Force Ready to Roll This report followed the uneasy prediction of the Rome radio that the allied offensive in Libya was ready to roll forward after a ing which it said Montgomery held with Gen Sir Kenneth A N An- derson commander of the British First army in Tunisia An allied headquarters man announced in Africa that German attacks were not as heavy as the day when two thrusts upon allied holdings in the el Bab sector were turned back Apparently referring to that tion a French communique said French forces operating at el Bab in liaison with British and American forces had turned back a German column of infantry and 15 tanks The enemy was forced to draw after having lost heavily in infantry and more than half the the communique said Further word was lacking on re- ports yesterday that American parachutists and tank forces were striking across Tunisia towards the gulf of Gabes 150 miles south of the front Axis Reinforced Confronted with a steadily forced axis army of the lies faced a hard and bloody gle today in the battle for Tunisia but the first cautious probing of the enemy's line at El in Libya raised the possibility that Marshal Erwin Rommel may not make a stand there The Germans and Italians were pouring air-borne reinforcements into Tunisia to bolster forces ready holding the advantage of a well-fortified compact area and dispatches from that North African front showed plainly that the allies were in for a bitter struggle to win Tunis and Bizerte Offsetting the axis advantage somewhat was the growing allied air might in Tunisia and the entire Mediterranean area as emphasized by the one-two punches yesterday in new and devastating raids by American bombers upon Naples and by another attack of based British bombers last night on Turin The Tunisian picture was too by the British middle east announcement that in the re- lated battle for Libya ments are proceeding according to plan without interference from the enemy British Cautious Some quarters in London gested this meant Rommel might have been outmaneuvered at El while others taking a more cautious view conjectured that he might have left just a screen of token forces along the de- file there while withdrawing the bulk of his remaining forces toward Tripoli axis nervousness and reports that British patrols had penetrated as deep as two miles within enemy lines between the gulf of Sirte and the El salt depression lent support to the theory that Rommel had decided against a stand there Lt Gen Dwight D Eisenhower W W Call coach at West Weber m SHIP RUNS GAUNTLET After taking a mauling but silencing a Jap battleship so de- could finish it off San Francisco's own cruiser the U S S San Francisco steams tered but proudly under Golden Gate bridge to be by city and nation for heroic action in the Solomon islands Official U S navy photo RHOME WAR SAN FRANCISCO Dec 12 AP Battle-scarred but proud the er San Francisco is home from the Solomons for the repair of ages she suffered while sinking a Jap cruiser and destroyer am starting a Jap battleship on its way to the bottom The story of the San Francisco is proof of the navy's way of train- ing men Critical Moments A officer Lt Comdr Bruce McCandless of Long Beach Calif took charge of the vessel flagship of its task force and fought the critical moments of a great battle off Savo island in the Solomons early in the morning of Nov 18 Command was handed from Rear Admiral J Callaghan through 11 officers and by the moment's peculiar finally came to McCandless Callaghan Capt Cassin Young and three commanders were the senior officers All but one com- mander killed He was badly wounded McCandless was senior surviving officer on the bridge The command passed ally to the senior lieutenant com- mander H E Schonland of land Me But he was deep in the ship directing damage control work and sent his word to I have a hell of a lot of water to take care of If you need any help let me know The navy which has cited Candless for the congressional medal of honor made it clear it treasured this story of how young officers rose to the responsibility of command Cheering People The San Francisco crept into the bay shortly before dawn almost un- noticed After daylight came and the navy permitted an ment of the hero ship's arrival from the Solomons the waterfront was jammed with cheering people The cruiser that licked a ship was home and the town went wild Gift Presented To School Coach school will leave for service in the U S navy Sunday Coach Call has received a commission as ensign Recently at a school assembly the students presented him with a gift and Mr Call responded with a talk This is Mr Call's first year at West Weber His wife the former Beth son of Burch Creek who is ing at Burch Creek school will con- her duties the muddy Tunisian hills and an allied spokesman was optimistic that an overwhelming allied ing force would be in position to push the Germans back to the sea in due time The enemy has been able to get appreciable men and materials from he said Gen son LL Gen K A N Anderson commander of the British First army cannot commit himself to a major battle until he is certain of winning
