Waterloo Daily Courier (Newspaper) - December 3, 1942, Waterloo, Iowa Support Each Fighting Buy All the Bonds You F I R S T WITH THE NEWS The Weather Rising temperatures forecast for Iowa and surrounding Mates on 2 ESTABLISHED 1854 WATERLOO IOWA THURSDAY DECEMBER 3 1942 TWENTY-TWO PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS TRANSPORTS LOST NO TIME Nazis Stiffen Lines at Tunis Wickard Flays Interference with Gov't Execution of Food Program DECRIES INTENTION TO PERPETUATE CONTROLS Chicago Secretary Wickard declared Thursday I for one have no intention and no wish to fasten ment controls in perpetuity on the food industry On the other hand those who have the responsibility for the government's wartime food program should be prepared to take prompt action whenever action is the secretary of culture declared in an address pre- pared for a regional meeting on 1943 food goals Already in this war I have seen the consequences of delay and wishful thinking too many he continued If reservation orders or ing are necessary for food these orders should be pu into effect The history of this war is the situations grow worse instead of better and that every day of de- lay is extremely costly to all con- cerned be taken that foot are pub interest ha asserted is not the time to carry out the pet of any group or class or to institute reforms for sake There is some fear he continued that power over food would mean radical changes in dis and marketing He added By and large I think the food industry is well organized and and for these reasons it should be interfered with as little as possible in the execution of a food program There no hesitancy in whatever steps are necessar to see that as much good food i produced as is possible Wickard de clared to see that as much of it i processed as possible to see that is economically packaged to sc Eight Below With Predicted After in which the sank to eight degrees Jelow zero lowest of the son the Waterloo temperature ose Thursday tp 17 above zero at 3 p m The Des Moines weather reau forecast warmer weather Thursday and in the east and tral portions night with scattered light snows Waterloo's previous low mark was seven below early Wednesday Early Thursday the temperature sank zero in most sections of Iowa Charles City reported eight below Fort Dodge Mason City and Sioux City seven below Council Bluffs and Iowa City six below and Burlington five below Highest reading Wednesday for the entire state Council Bluffs was 14 above at Blast Japs on Guadalcanal in Daylight Attack D can fliers the Japanese on Guadalcanal in daylight attacks while ground troops continued to mop up enemy patrols the navy announced Thursday Marines and army troops killed soldiers and cap- tured a quantity of arms and munition Of these marines attacked a patrol of GO Japanese near the upper Lunga river killing 35 In a smaller operation American patrols clashed west of Henderson field and 20 Japs left dead The navy did not say anything about American losses Good Fellows Store at 324 West Fourth THE FUND TODAY Previously reported 539 Friendship circle Women of the Moose 1 Total to date Tokyo Reveals Resistance in Broadcasts Claiming New Victories U S FILIPINO TROOPS ARE WELL ORGANIZED I By the United Press Strong completely organized a n d well-equipped U nit c d States and Philippines army forces are still holding out in the central eight mouths after the fall of and seven months after the der of the heroic garrison regidor Japan disclosed Thursday in a series of broadcasts It had been known fighting had up in some Philippines areas But the Japanese now revealed that the resistance was organized and that the United States and forces were even able to patrol the coasts of the islands to watch for Japanese landing parties There was every indication that Binder v the because J of its evidently Downtown headquarters to which toys may he brought for repair in conjunction with the Waterloo Daily Courier Good Bellows drive for Christmas cheer for underprivileged dren will be set up in a store building at 324 West Fourth street t was announced Thursday by Glenn store manager Stech said the Junior Chamber of Commerce committee aiding in the annual campaign for toys and other Christmas gifts for needy youngsters was o Thursday afternoon to clean the vacant store building and make it ready for Good to work in Tables will be set up and other work done Stech and it is expected the headquarters will be receive the discarded toys the first of the week No telephone has yet been installed There will be someone on duty at the downtown headquarters to give information to persons anxious to donate Christmas cheer A group of Girl Scouts has volunteered to help at the quarters after school it was re- ported be sent business Japs Won't Give Ouf Any News of S Prisoners Washington D ate naval affairs committee day was told that the Japanese have refused to give the United States information on American prisoners that it goes in the needed amounts in defiance Of international law to lend-lease and the armed ices and finally that the civilian supplies arc fairly to distributed each locality and each family for War Wickard estimated at least 25 per cent of the total 1943 American food output would go to meet military and lend-lease needs War needs took about 13 per cent of the 1942 yield Our task grows larger month by he said recalling that only a month ago the agriculture department figured war needs would take only 20 per cent of the 1943 production Wickard characterized as the farmers 1942 ance in which they smashed all previous records for total duction but said an even er job confronted them in 1943 We just can't produce too much of the needed farm products next year We can't produce enough of some For example our fighting forces our anies and our own people would like to have 18 billion pounds more milk than we have scheduled in the 1943 goals But it be produced There arc not enough cows on hand even tho the nation's dairy cow population is the largest on record The secretary said farmers had done so well that there was a gen oral impression that America was a bottomless well of food from Continued on page 11 Maj Gen Jay L Benedict head of the dependency board and al officers urged passage of a permitting members of the armed forces to be carried as missing be- yond the present one year tion for purposes of pay and ances to dependents Gen Benedict said the war de- carried more than 18.000 as missing most of them in the campaign About 600 are missing in Java r ODORS DUE TO HOARDING GASOLINE Peoples Gas Light and Coke company announced it had received 300 telephone calls from apartment house dwellers re- porting odors from possible gas leakage The company the first 25 calls and found in each case that residents had violated city fire by hoarding Japan admitted the were still getting re from the Philippines lation For- some reason not apparent unless it was to report a victory however the Japanese ed Wednesday to broadcast reT ports about the Philippines First Japanese imperial quarters said that since the com- plete occupation of the Philippines Japanese troops have annihilated the majority of the remnants of the Americans and Filipinos who into mountainous regions Next it was said that the remnants existed in other in- accessible parts of the island Then came the revelation Thursday that the Japanese army and navy were both in action in an attempt to hold down the American and Filipino troops A special dispatch by one moto Kanai a Domei news agency correspondent with the navy aboard a Japanese saic that the defenders were still ing out in the Visayan islands in the vain hope that reinforcements would be forthcoming to them from the United States The Visayan islands are on page 11 3 mm Morocco Says Germans Have Been Receiving Heavy Reinforcements ROYAL NAVY SINKS FOUR TRANSPORTS 2 WARSHIPS Navy Tells s Here Less than three months after his brother had been reported missing in action at sea Clarence Wendell Ray son of Mr and Mrs Frank L Ray 204 apartments was reported the navy department as killed n action in Pacific waters Mrs Ray learned that she had ost a second son in the service of his country in a wire re- ceived from Rear Admiral Randall cobs s h o r tly House OK's Puffing Farmer in Parity by those wishing to v children a happy Christmas help with Statement on Manpower to Come Quickly Washington D bers of the labor war board said Thursday after a con- ference with President that an announcement about the administration's new manpower program would be made very quickly William Green AFL president told reporters as he left the dent's office there will be thing to announce very soon on the manpower situation Philip Murray president of the industrial organizations said the announcement would come as quickly as the president is able to get around to it CZAR OF ALL TRAVEL LATE AT LOS ANGELES Los Angeles Eastman war czar of all U S travel arrived here Thursday from the cast one day late due to a plane delay Steel Man Takes Fourth Bride line in basements clothes closets kitchens and News Feature Index 18 SHOPPING DAYS X TO WAR STAMPS Believe It fir Not 10 Brady's Health Talk 4 Cedar Falls News 12 j City in Classified Ads Comics Editorial 4 Markets in News 4 Northeast Events 13 Parsons Movie Talk 17 Private Lives 4 Radio Programs 17 Serial Story It Society Theatre Entertainment 17 Uncle Corner 10 Uncle War Activities Directory 10 on Broadway Tom Girdler steel magnate and aviation executive with his bride the former Helen R Brennan 36 after their in York NEA Telephoto New Mercer Girdler 65 of Cleveland steel and aircraft executive and Miss Helen R Brennan 36 of New York City who was once his secretary were married Wednesday The riage Girdler's fourth came five days after he and the former lian C Snowden of Maryland whom he married in 1024 were di- in Reno reported Thursday that German forces in Africa have been heavily reinforced and front reports disclosed that senate lied columns driving on Tunis and Bizerte had encountered stiff opposition from nazi tanks heavy and strong air force elements The German radio claimed that a nazi column advancing from had captured rail communications center 18 miles west of Tunis There was no confirmation of this assertion from allied quarters and the latest dispatches from the field in Africa reported that allied troops at were beating off a strong German counterattack The Germans said that they were a steady pf modern war equipment and utilizing the east coast ports of Sfax and for tho most part Has Heavy Tanks They that Maj Gen Nehring commanding the defense of Tunisia was equipped vith numbers of heavy tanks and guns Luftwaffe elements included both he top nazi planes the 190 and the schmitt Nazi dispatches also said that an model was operating on the front According to radio Morocco employed many tanks and strong elements in the counterattack at However the Germans were said o have suffered heavy losses ot men and material Allied planes many of them American Boeing Flying Fortresses maintained an almost continuous of the nazi held dromes at Tunis Bizerte and Sfax German planes raided Algiers early Thursday dropping 15 bombs snd causing minor damage Sink Four Axis Transports In the Mediterranean the navy struck a powerful blow against nazi efforts to move in ments and supplies by sinking four axis transports and two destroyers in an attack by light naval forces on a convoy Announcement of the victory came at a moment when the mans had stiffened their resistance the Tunis area and allied here admitted had won cal air superiority because of their ability to move planes quickly from Sicily A British light naval formation consisting of the cruisers Aurora Sirius and and the de- stroyer under Rear Admiral C H J Harcourt inter- the convoy Tuesday night after airplanes had spotted it ing the day Steaming at full speed Harcourt brought his ships into contact with the enemy shortly after midnight The enemy ships scattered ing out a smoke screen in ate flight ships steamed with blazing guns into the convoy and sank or left burning wrecks to sink later four supply and trans- port ships two Destroyer Sunk Later The British ships emerged out a scratch but on the way back to base enemy dive bombing and torpedo planes attacked them and tho British destroyer was hit It sank later but the majority of its crew including its ins officer were reported saved The Germans tacking persistently and in northeastern Tunisia and dispatches reported that they had lost about 20 tanks Radio Morocco broadcast that the German attacks were more and more powerful hut Continued on page 2 column 3 Washington D house by unanimous consent Thursday passed legislation redefining cultural parity to include the costs of all farm labor a step against which President Roosevelt ex- pressed unalterable opposition when proposals were before congress two months ago At the time parity redefinition was debated one government office contended this might result in an increase in living costs of as much as a year Rep Pace author of the measure told the house he did not know what effects it might have on living costs he legislation now goes to the Says Britain Not Bound by Darlan Action in Africa London Anthony Eden Britain's foreign secretary day told the house of commons that the British government con- siders itself in no way bound by Admiral Jean Francois Darlan's proclamation announcing his sumption of responsibility as -head of the government in French North Africa The asked whether any government with the Nation had made commitments Darlan Eden said that the British were not consulted in the temporary appointment of Darlan trator and to do with his assumption of leadership in the French colonies French Ships on Lease to Allies Under Own Flag ships in allied and French African harbors are to operate in the service under the French flag armed and with French crews ad vices from north Africa day Admiral Jean Francois Darlan civil head of French north Africa already has leased part of th French merchant fleet to the allies the advices said and is In getting the ships moving It was said that the ship ar rangement would greatly aid mov ing of lend-lease supplies to Africa especially for the rapidly organiz ing French army War Dependents Get 150 Million Newark N millio payments totaling more than will be month t dependents of soldiers Colone Harold N Gilbert director of th office of dependency benefits an Thursday This is the largest amount yet t be paid to soldiers families Col onel Gilbert said The payments which includ nearly first allowances o new claims are the first to go out since the ODB moved to Newark from Washington FIRST DECREE MURDER VERDICT AT OSKALOOSA C W after a packet of letters and a birthday gift sent to her son Harry year-old c h ief m a c h i n is t's mate were re- turned u Navy in Reporting Occupation Battle Says Casualties Were Very Small BRITISH LOST CARRIER AND THREE DESTROYERS claimed day morning Brother on Astoria Harry had been reported missing since the sinking of the cruiser U S S Astoria on which he was stationed in September Clarence Wendell a first class seaman who was taking a course eading to a rating as a signalman striker had enlisted in the navy Jan 3 1942 The last letter received by his parents was dated Nov 8 he was on duty in the A brother Lynn Ray now living in Minneapolis Minn also had seen naval service from 1930 to and four cousins are sailors First to Lose Two Sons Tears were in the eyes of the first mother in Waterloo to lose two sons in World War II as she We can always hope and pray that Harry will be found where alive but this this is nal Clarence Wendell Ray was born in Waterloo June 30 1921 and had been a student at East High school He is by his parents his brothers Lynn and Frank roy of Minneapolis and Charles Russell at home a sister Mrs Ralph Wolfe Cedar Heights drive and his paternal an- Washington D The navy department Thursday that United States naval were lost the of North Africa by United States forces Three other transports one destroyer and one tanker were damaged during the operation A navy spokesman said ties were very smalL The sunk were listed in the communique as the Tasker H Bliss the Hugh L Scott and the Edward Rutledge which were sunk off Casablanca the Joseph Hewes sunk off bat and the sunk off Algiers The early morning communique said the next of kin of personnel killed wounded or missing were being notified by telegram 1 The names of the damaged sels were not disclosed Text Communique number er la Mrs Reuben Ray Clarksville The navy department notified Ray's parents here that conditions make recovery of the body sible Coast Alarm of Ships Off Shore Glen son Oskaloosa was found guilty of first degree murder late Wednesday by a jury which recommended he be sentenced to life imprisonment rather than death He was accused of killing Harry Bolden Oskaloosa Negro last June Charges of murder in tion with the same case are ing against Wilson's brothers Al and Dick The state contends they held while Glen Wilson beat the Negro with a club Harvester San Felice Emerson now King Edward quality Clear 2 or c San Francisco Cal The Twelfth navy district said day that a large number of un- identified surface vessels had been reported 450 miles off the California coast but that a thoro search of the area failed to con- firm their presence Presumably an order cast before dawn Thursday for fleet personnel to return to their ships was based on this The navy's statement A large number of unidentified surface vessels was reported by naval patrol at dusk on the ond of December on an easterly course 450 miles off the coast of California Since the presence of such a force would constitute a serious hazard to the west coast every effort was made by army and navy aircraft to verify the reported con- tact and all available forces were and steps taken to inter- cept any enemy forces A thoro search of the area concerned fail to confirm the presence of any unidentified sels and the report is ered in error The statement was issued by Vice Admiral John W commander of the western sea frontier Starting at 4 a m radio stations had broadcast orders to fleet to report at once to their ships SAVE A LIFE IN Traffic Toll m City ot Waterloo This Year and Last Samt Jan 1 Dale Number of accidents Number injured 109 Number killed 2 411 156 RAF Renews Attacks on Nazis RAF renewing its night assaults on the reich after a lapse of 10 days struck day night at Frankfurt and several other objectives in western many the air ministry announced Thursday Six aircraft were lost in the sault said the announcement which gave no indication the size of the raiding force The Berlin radio referred to the first on Germany by night since the attack on Nov nuisance 1 The following naval transports were lost during the early part of November as ap result of enemy submarine torper does during the occupation -of North Africa by United States forces The Tasker H L Scott and the Edward Rutledge were sxmk off Casablanca The Joseph Hewes off Rabat The was sunk off Algiers 2 Three other transports one U S destroyer and one U S tanker were aged during the operation 3 The next of kin of personnel killed wounded or missing are being notified by telegram as soon as information is This was the navy's first com- on operations in the North African area There was no mention of the possible number of men lost Former Passenger Ships The communique identified the Tasker H Bliss as the former er President Cleveland at Baltimore and placed in com- mission by the navy Sept 15 She was built for passenger ice Newport building and company Va in 1921 and as a merchant ship had a crew of 235 Her gross tonnage was The formerly was the Santa Lucia converted at the Cramp Shipbuilding company Philadelphia in September 1942 She was built at Kearny N J in 1933 and had a gross tonnage of The vessel was named for town in Westmoreland The Hugh L Scott formerly the President Pierce had a gross nage of and carried a of 240 as a passenger vessel She was converted at the Todd Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co boken N commissioned by the navy last Sept 7 The vessel was built for ger service by the Bethlehem building company Sparrows Point Md in 1920 Exter Built in 1931 Formerly the Exter the Edward Rutledge was converted at pa Shipbuilding company Tampa and placed in naval service early this year She was built for passenger ice at the New York Shipbuilding company Camden N J in 1931 and had a crew of 104 as a ger vessel Her gross tonnage was She was named for Edward ledge of South Carolina a signer of the Declaration of Independence The Joseph Hewes formerly the had a frost nage of and carried a crew of 104 as a passenger vessel She was converted at the Norfolk navy yard early last summer The Hewes was built in 1830 by the New York Shipbuilding pany N J and for Joseph Hewes of North Carolina a signer of the tion of Independence British LOM British
