Sandusky Register Star News (Newspaper) - December 22, 1942, Sandusky, Ohio MAKE EVERY PAY DAY r BOND DAY Register m te Your 1822. Vol. 120. No. 309 DECEMBER 22, 1942 Price Four Cents Bally BRITISH RAID Rain Eliminates Paralyzes Traffic Here Higher Food Prices To Replace So Washington Indicates Dec. 22 administration officials appeared about ready today to discard most farm subsidies in favor of higher food price A strong move to drop subsidies as a means of keeping down food costs following closely the resignation of Price Administrator Leon their chief Ceiling prices on wholesalers and retailers could be raised to permit higher prices to farmers whose products are not directly controlled by CPA Farm organization leaders and many Congressmen are opposed to tlie Tlie agriculture department never has liked Food processors have insisted they were doomed to Economic stabilization Director James F. who was said tb have supported Henderson's now .is expected to reconsider subsidies and possibly order their Some such as those to keep down food costs and to help small meat packers stay in are expected to be Farm such as purchase programs and soil conservation would not be officials direct subsidies may be made from time to time to meet temporarily unbalanced food production Japs Pinned In 2 Major Allies Reveal Dec. 22 - American planes heavily Japan's submarine base on Kiska island in the Aleutians the Navy reported while In the South Pacific Army fortresses executed new raids on the enemy airfield at in the Solomons and at least one cargo ship near Bougainville By WILLIAM BONI SOMEWHERE IN N E W Dec. 22 - An Allied general which began last Sunday and tanks in the Buna area for the first has pinned the Japanese down to two major sectors with a combined coastal length of approximately five the Japanese just few weeks held a solid 12-mile strip between Cape and Cape General Douglas MacArthur's forces still feel no cause for The enemy has fortified both sectors The sectors are separated by the American force which captured Buna The Allies report continued The night of December 20, the driving west from Cape along the coastal reached a point less than a mile and a half from Buna government The tank which played such a vital role in the capture of Cape has been split to Page 8-No. 7.) The Weather Rain and warmer tonight with temperature above Moderate Mr. and Mrs. Aaron A. Route 2, a at Mr. and Mrs. R. D. 2, a at Good Samaritan The agriculture department has ordered only two food on cheese nationally and on milk in the New York and the milk The milk subsidies have proved expensive to Page 8-No 3.) Another Bulkeley PEOPLE TAKE TO STREETS TO Sidewalks Glassy And Buses Autos Find Going Street Crews One Man March On Rostov U. Navy Capt. Jerauld led the escape of Gen. Henri Giraud from France in time for the Africa U. S. Navy SEE CORPORAL NEW Dec. 22 - Corporal Marion L. author of the best Private had as Ills bride today the former Alison Pfeiffer of Glen N. J Hargrove and Miss 20, a Smith College were married last Relax Restrictions On School Bus Operat ions 22 Office of Defense Transportation has relaxed its restrictions on school bus local officials discretion to eliminate extreme danger and serious physical hardship to their state education officials disclosed Sees Darlan Change Major Hitler Loss Dec. 22 W - Dr. former economic adviser to the reichsbank of believes Hitler suffered his major moral when Admiral Jean Darlan joined the which he described as a diplomatic victory that may eventually overshadow the military achievement of winning French North swing to the Allies was the first major moral defeat suffered by and one that will have far reaching effects on the diplomatic front throughout Dr. said in an address selling his to Hitler needed more than military He used Darlan as one of his major pointing out that the foremost military man of France had accepted the Fascist When Darlan joined the it was like the state's star witness suddenly testifying for the Darlan's value to the Allied the economist was apparent in the fact he was able to deliver all of French North Africa with its economic resources and its military recognizes the American acceptance of Darlan as an invitation to every Quisling in Europe to desert the Nazi and join the fight for he LATE NEWS FLASHES PREPARE ALL-OUT AIR DRIVE Dec. 22 S. Army's eighth air force service which handles procurement supplies and maintenance is getting ready to service air offensive against the Axis and will be ready to accomplish this mission within a very brief Major General Henry F. Miller said General the new commander of the made the announcement at a press ATTACK VITAL JAPANESE BASE NEW Dec. 22 British communique today that Royal Air Force fighter again had attacked the vital Japanese base of Akyab in western apparently softening up enemy defenses in preparation for an assault by ground forces to have advanced to within less than 45 miles of the ALLIES ADOPT NEW MOTTO HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH Dec. 22 Dwight D. Eisenhower has out a plan to unite Allied forces in Tunisia with the British eighth army for a grand assault on the and preparations are going forward under the motto of your time and make sure of pedestrian and was paralyzed here early today when freezing as it covered a heavy layer oi bringing to Sandusky and the most serious this But Observer C. C. Cooper at noon indicated that warmer weather and more rain would remove most of the icy condition by ' late this afternoon or early The rain also may remove Sandusky's White Christmas Starting shortly after 6 a. the rain came down stopping practically all vehicular FIREMEN REMOVE ICICLE Delbert state director of school bus today that local school officials throughout the state have said today that local school officials throughout the state have received permission to interpret regulations locally in order to eliminate and physical in routing school bus is what we have been Woodford commenting upon the series of protest meetings throughout the state which have attacked ODT tha children living within two miles of their school must walk and that others must walk as much as a mile and a half to a school bus ODT officials in a letter to Harry M. a member of the board of said ODT is depending upon state and local school authorities to interpret extreme danger and serious physical hardship for the local school officials are not asked to reduce the service to such an extent that harm come to any child of absence from school will be caused by inadequate to Page 8-No. 6.) City firemen yesterday afternoon removed a large icicle from the edge of the roof at the Sandusky The pointed icicle presented a menace io pedestrians and the theater managers asked firemen to help in removing it. Buses were not on any given officials of the Lake Shore Coach Lines and Greyhound Lines saying that their vehicles were just Harry 63, residing with his daughter at 613 fell this on an icy sidewalk on and is to have suffered a broken right He was removed to Good Samaritan Hospital in the Andres ambulance and attended by Dr. E. J. who conducted a Limberios is employed at the Plum Brook ordnance works He came to Detroit from Greece and then to the local ordnance Patrolman Wilbur Beier investigated for Police also reported that 35, 106 East was treated for a hip injury by Dr. J. L. Carroll following an automobile accident occurring Monday to Page 2.1 Boston Has Another Major Blaze Today Dec. 22 - Boston's fourth major fire in five weeks swept two coal loading a and tons of bituminous coal at the C. H. Sprague and Son Co. plant in South today with loss variously estimated at to Four alarms brought all available apparatus in the city together with seven coast guard a S. Navy fireboat and an emergency crew of 10 coast This augmented force battled the blaze for three handicapped by near zero weather and low water Much of the coal destroyed was destined for use by the Boston Edison which supplies greater Boston with light and power and many of the city's buildings with Chief Warns Again Of Christmas Decorations Fire Chief Wilson McLaughlin today again pointed out the dangers of having inflammable Christmas decorations in the home and business As an Chief McLaughlin said that he a blaze in a home Monday that was caused by decorations over a Although the tenants extinguished the blaze without assistance of the fire considerable damage was In addition to discarding inflammable Chief McLaughlin also requests that a check-up made of used for various St. Game For Tonight Off Because Of Icy Roads The High school cage scheduled to be played here was cancelled by officials of the latter school shortly before noon Icy condition of the roads was the reason for postponing the School buses that daily bring Lakeside pupils to school not run and classes were not Coach Leo Zierolf announced that all tickets sold in advance for contest will be honored at the next St. Mary's home Lakeside probably will play here at a later MILES RUSSIAN THRUSTS THREATS Russian forces intensifying their winter offensive threaten to cut off German armies Stalingrad area and the Caucasus with the new drive on Map shows this pincers movement and the encircling thrust aimed at Smolensk in the Moscow Tunisia Attacked From Penetrate Within Five Miles Of Capital Dec. 22 from the British first army have attacked Tunisia from the sea and penetrated to within five miles of Reuters reported to The landing was made in heavy seas last week and the Commandos just have returned to their the British agency said in a dispatch Lieutenant General A. N. Anderson's army in Losses were light only because the landing was unopposed and of us had to swim for the commanding officer hammered from the air and dogged by the British eighth Field Marshal Rommel's Africa Corps today was only 100 miles from Tripoli and indications increased he intended to continue on into The Morocco radio reported the Nazi field marshal already had reached 100 miles east of There was no immediate confirmation from In Tunisia bad weather slowed ground operations but French forces now at about 80 miles south of driving eastward to the coast to cut the line of retreat if Rommel tries to drive to a junction with the German-Italian ' A French communique said by Resistance pD Eastern Front Danger To Children On s Commission last received the first mitten against tlie caution light system Inaugurated two weelis in an effort to conserve A letter from a resident complained to the Commission that the use of the caution light at tlie intersection of Hayes and Osborne presented a peril to school children and requested that the three-light system formerly used again be placed in The writer told the commission that she did not believe possible loss of life would compensate for the small amount of gasoline She pointed out that children crossing had been taught from the first grade to obey the light and now were at a loss to know what to Another protesting but which was in the paper be- troops was beaten off west of 25 miles east of where the French are driving to cut through to the coast at The Italian communique mentioned heavy fighting in Tunisia and said allied attacks were But it gave no details to indicate where or in what force the opposing armies Neither the British nor the Italian communiques reported major developments in the Libyan chase and both were trying to whittle down opposing resources with air blows on rear on Page 9.) Suffers dause it was not attacked the use ot the caution light plan at Hayes Osborne and also at Columbus and The second letter asked the commission several questions including liability in case of an accident at any of the eight crossings where the caution lights only are Commissioner James Higgins asked City Manager A. J. Lauber whether there had been any accidents at any of the Intersections and was informed that there had to Page 4.) Skating Basin Closed To Skaters Tonight Dom East Battery Park announced that the park basin used by ice skaters will be closed Lights will not be turned on and the refreshment stand Cua said that large crowds of skating enthusiasts have enjoyed the ice at the park for the past two but that the ice today is in poor The through the will announce when the ice is again favorable for Who Cares About a Few just between you wouldn't be would if it turned out that you were a better judre of ads than you thought and therefore received a few dollars as an award In the Community You there are only two ways to conduct a One is to send interviewers to your You be busy when they You not give the answers because the interviewer unintentionally could the wrong The other and perfect way to conduct a survey is to have you do it voluntarily on your own sitting comfortably at without anyone hurrying or bothering The information we ask for in the Community Survey is really very important to every member of our community because newspaper serves as a between every family and every How can we do it Since all is written for you you are the ones to answer Be a Fill out your Community Survey Answer Form this Forget about the possibility receiving an Let that be a happy surprise if your are what the entire community LARGE ADS A. & P. Super Market Esmond Dairy J. H. Herman Co. The Ohio Public Service Co. Shoe Store Smith Hardware State Theater H. L. Herman MEDIUM ADS J. Inc. C. A. Good Furniture Ohio Theater Riccelli Co. SMALL ADS Erie County Investment Co. Song Shop Plaza Theater Sandusky Co-op Sales Inc. Smith Coal Co. British Fliers Some of County Offices To Close The majority of offices in the court house will be closed Dec. 26, elective officials indicated City offices will remain open it was A few of the offices have not yet indicated they will but the consensus of opinion expressed by the officials is that the closing would be in line with that of other public and private Many law offices and practically all downtown stores will be closed that day so there would be very few persons in the business By closing the court house offices and allowing a triple holiday for public officials said they believed they would be accomplishing a measure of officials The action will conserve on electricity and fuel in times when conservation of all products is officials pointed If offices remain the belief is that there would be so few persons transacting business that the fees collected would not begin to pay for the cost of operating the 2,700 Tons Of Scrap Salvaged In November Nearly 2,700 tons of scrap metals were salvaged by 113 factories In the area during a report by the industrial salvage committee of the Chamber of Commerce Homer L. executive secretary of the said 4,-776,097 pounds of steel and Iron was the largest metals amounted to 43,823 3,330 and all other 538,999 for a total of 5,362,258 GET WAGE INCREASES Dec. 22 L. J. Smith announced today a salary increase of annually for all teachers custodians and maintenance men of the Public school system will be granted in Jan Dec. 22 m British bombers smashed at Munich last dropping a of bombs and starting fires In their second successive night raid over the Clouds hampered the and two German fighters were shot while the British lost 12 the air ministry The loss indicated a heavy ing force in the first blow at important war industry since Sept. 20. The Berlin radio acknowledged some damage and but declared strong defenses had forced the raiders to scatter their The Germans claimed a toll of 11 British In the Sept. 20 smash at the air ministry said large to Page 8-No. 5.) By EDDY GILMORE Dec. 22 German marked by increasing stiffened against the Scd army today ta the Don the reported had resulted In the of a large town as they smashed on ward Blaek sea port. midday did not name the town taken but the next populated in the path of the Russians was important junction 120-odd miles from The Germans were rushing reserves to the middle Don front in an attempt to halt the swift pace of Colonel General N. F. legions which had stormed to within 20 miles of The front southwest of grad also was boiling anew in fierce struggle German bolstering reserves with large tank brought heavier pressure against the Russian thrust down along the The increasing tempo of man resistance was foreseen once the Axis troops a place that they were allowed stand and on Page Sewer To Be Completed In Taxi Appeal Filed City Engineer R. R. Smith In a report to City Commission last night told of the progress of the sewer project and informed the Commission that the entire joo would be completed in the spring of 1943. Smith's report said all pipe was in place with but few that most of the remainder of the work consisted of repairing installing 23 catch basins and three manholes and cleaning up of curbs and Commission also was informed by Attorney Murray that Sandusky taxicab operators have applied to the Office of Price Administration for an increase in rates and requested that Jan. 25, 1943 be sot as the date for a public The commission approved the Dedication of several in MacArthur Park to the city was authorized following receipt of plans from the park An ordinance to transfer from the corporation fund to the judgment fund was Judge Williams Speaker Here At Templar Service Sir of Eric No. 23, Knights will hold their annual observance at the Masonic Temple on Friday morning at 11 Judge Roy H. of the Ohio supremo will be the Sir Masons and their families are invited to The following program has been arranged under the direction of George M. Come All Ye Sir Knight G. L. Posting the gled the Most Eminent Grand Harry Eminent Sir George M. Boisen Response of the Most Eminent Grand Sir Knight Wallace C. Selection; Girls Ensemble Barbara Ruth Esther Jane to Page 8-No. 1.) Surgical Dressing Class Open Wednesday Officials in charge of the surgical dressing classes at Red Cross 901 said today that the classes will be in progress this evening and again on There will be no classes on Friday or Saturday of this Next week the women will be hi on Tuesday evening and alter which the work will be for hte rest of the
