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Weather ForecastcColder TonightPUBLISHED FOR• IIBuy War BondsDo Your Duty NowPEOPLEBIDDEFORD. SACO AND YORK COUNTYVOL. LIX, NO. 47.f HT/Wil ISHKIt 1881BIDDEFORD, MAINE, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1943.Full Leased Wire Service ef The Asslt;m l.itc'i Press and NEA Features** PRICE THREE CENTS.Moving Day on Guadalcanal3 ft ft.IIiaV*?;r mmI. iY • ,♦ * V .!V*Uncle Sam’s Soldier Today jRuSSlStnSGain OnFares Far Better Than In Days Of George WashingtonIiiiIX ISColumnsWith the Army on the job, U. S. Marines 1ond up and leave Guadalcanal on the some barges thatbrought them, and from the very .spot where they made first landings.tliied Warplanes pyss Hintsattack Japs OverSouth Seas AreaBoston, Feb. 25.—lt;/P)—American soldiers now receive a ration allowance of fruits and vegetables five times greater than that issued to Gen. George Washington's men in the Revolutionary War. the Boston Quartermaster Depot reported today.The present daily quota of 35 ounces includes potatoes, tomatoes. citrus fruits, leafy green 1 vegetables and canned fruits and ! vegetables. The seven-ounce-a-day ration of 1775 provided no fruits and only a limited vareityOf vegetables.Daiiy quantities of meat and milk are the same now* as then—a pound of meat and a quart ofmilk.Missing from the present ration list, however, is the quart a day of spruce beer or cider which helped quench the thirst of theContinental army.Big FrontCounter-attacksOf Nazis FailBy EDDY GILMOREMoscow, Feb. 25.—(IP)W ithdrawingivtMass Attack On Foe Near ^lore Local Men ForCanadians Soon Army Quota On MarchSoviet troops are ahead along thesweeping entire frontinthe face ofMac Arthur’s Troops InDrive Toward SaiamauaBy The Associated PressAllied warplanes today bombed and machine-gunned i Japanese forces in the Mubo sector of New Guinea, where General Douglas MacAtihur’s troops are slowly driving toward the big enemy base at Saiamaua, while other United Nations airmen attacked the Japanese over a vast area of the South Sea3.Heavy Allied bombers again -carried the assault to the enemy stronghold at Rabaul, New Britain, and attacked shipping, townsand airdromes at other key points.A direct bomb-hit was registered on a 10,000-ton Japanese cargo vessel at Rabaul, Allied headquarters said, and near hits shook two small enemy warships.. No Gains In China.A Ch inesc army spokesman.surveying the results of Japan’newly-announced offensive toknock China out of the war, declared that “on the whole the Japanese have gained nothing reccntly from their widespread drives.”The spokesman said enemy gains had been achieved only at a price of high casualties and that five of the seven Japanese drives had either been thrown back or were gradually losing ut.Maine Towns May Employ Same NurseWaBillVEmergencyOffered!Augusta, Feb. 25.—(IP)—A favorable report was returned by the committee on public healthPresidentWashington, Feb. 25. (/Pi President Roosevelt wasconfined to hi« living quarters in the White House 'o-da.v because of a slight intestinal disturbance .aides said. He cancelled all his up pointments.William f). Ifasvett, assistant presidential secretary, said the chief executive hadless than one degree of temperature but would have to remain quiet two or three days.oi I I tine tato Legislature today on an emergency measure toallow adjoining towns to employthe same public health nurse.The necessary induction of large numbers of practicing physicians, particularly in the ruralareas, and the “consequent difTi-culty of securing medical care were given as reason for the emergency clause.The committee on sea and shore fisheries reported favorably on abill authorizing the sea and shorefisheries commissioner to openlobster fishing from Cutler toCampobcllo Island theround. The present closed sea-on extend' from July 1 to August 31.Invite Sports WritersThe men who write about sports of forest and stream in Maine's newspapt rs were invited by the legislative fish and game commit-May See ActionLondon, Feb. 25.—lt;/Pi—WarMinister Sir James Grigg told thehouse of commons todav he trust-ed that impatient Canadian sol-dicrs here “will not have to wait much longer for a mass attack against the cnemv.His comment came as he introduced a new army appropriationbill.He said that he noted that theCanadians had been irked bv the delay in “engaging themselves in bulk against the enemy.”“We trust that they will not I have to wait much longer and, when their chance does come, we know that they will acquit them-: selves doughtily and that the Mother Country' as well as the, cause of civilization generally;will have abundant reason to begrateful to them,” he said.These remarks were preceded by a forecast that new fields of ndeavor would open for British p iraehute troops, who participated on a large scale in theNorth African operations.Plan Cooperation.Grigg also declared the British were ready to apply to “other possible theaters of operations” the lessons of close army air sup-i ’ort and cooperation learned in I the Middle East—a cooperation which he described as the mostsuccessful of the war.Grigg's hints of forthcoming new ventures for Allied arms coincided with fresh manifestationsof impatience at the delay In(Continued On Page Keren)ILocal Draft Board No. 1 an-;»nounced today that 26 more men Ihave been called, have been ac-1 cep ted by the Army, and are to leave here March. 2. Some of those on the list arc volunteers. Four have already left. Theyarc: Bernard G. Boutin. ChesterD. Hatt, Jr.. Paul U. Labelle andPaul F. Trirnm.Four men have been accepted by the Navy: James L. MackelLLloyd F. Chute, John C. Hadiaris and Edward J Cookson: and twoby the Marine Corps: RaymondBoissonneault and Edmond A. Precourt. . - *Others to leave March 2 are: Bernard G. Boutin.Kostas G. Skinsacos.George A. Brochu.George I. Oendron.Eugene A. Tracey.Christo L. Ladakakos,Maurice E. St. Clair.Clarence J. Lewis.Alfred J. Labelle.Jean Paul Rhoaume.Marcel R. Daignault.William J. Wilson, Jr.Philip J. Cantara.Adrien F Couture.Paul E Cabana.Gorard Vachon.Robert W Perreault.Philip J. Taschereau.Ralph W. Fawkes, Jr.Grrard R Cote.Ravnald Dumont.Jean Pnul L. Thibault.Elwin E BlaekHorrne] Jnsenh Saucier.Worett s. Drakoulakos.Nicholas S. Kouzounas.increasing enemy counter-attacks and despite deep snows in Orel and i Kursk provinces and thick, sticky mud in the Ukraine and the northern Caucasus, field dispatches said today.The weather had lifted sufficiently, however, to permit the aviation of both sides to increase activity in the southern districts. It was clear enough to allow accurate bombing and numerous aerial dogfights developed.The German airforce was reported throwing its plant's intothe support of tank and infantry counter-attacks west of Rostov, actions which the Russians said they were repelling with heavy loss to the enemy,(The Berlin radio declared today that available reports indi- The | rated 58 Russian planes were shot{down in air duels Wednesday and .........■ »dwrt JMMtbaircraft guns broughtarea where George W. Palmer is j down three mlt;»re. Four Germanplanes failed to return from their I missions, the broadcast reported.) iThe most spectacular land fourth shell police said they fighting was reported in the areawest of Kharkov where the often-State Police Testify InPalmer TrialTell Jury AboutTest Of Shells;u Augusta. Feb. «s25.l( _ , three shells found in the woodedalleged to have murdered his wife and two of his children and aCommandos RaidJapsBurmaNew Delhi, India. Feb. 25.—(IV) ~ Commando-like raiders from Marshal Sir Archibald P. Wa-ycar ! veil s forces carried out an attacko n avillageAkyab in Burma three nights ago and destroyed all installations which had been useful to the enemy. it was announced today.“On the night of February 22-Federal Jobholders MayBring Protest From FDR23 one of our fighting patrols car-tf e for a preview' of a proposed j ried out a successful attack on new, simplified fishing and hunt- j the enemy occupied village ofMyebon about 00 miles fouthcnst I of Akyab,” said the British com-m unique.“Our troops landed from vessels- of the Royal Indian Navyj mfiM ontlmiiMl On I’aee Seven)China Abrogates French TreatyChungking. Feb 25—(/Pi—In an action which threatened to bring to a head China’s relations with Vichy, France. China has abrogated the Treat of 18T) by whichFrance was given a lease onsmall Japanese-occupied Kwangchowman, 250 miles south-60 miles southeast of; we8t of Honing.On the nretcxt of “protecting” France’s interests, the Japanese on Feb. 17 took over Kwang* chowman, an area of about 325 square miles on the coast.A Chinese not* declared that the 1899 treaty provided that China’s sovereignty w as not to be affected, that the French offered no resistance to the Japanese occupation ,and that the treaty was now' null and void.found in Palmer’s pocket all hadthe same slight gunpowder odor when State Police Sergeant Arthur Freeman examined them, Palmer’s trial jury was told today. MM$mM'itk: MT, |S ITITT Freeman testified in superiorcourt that he and Captain Iwon P. Shepard, both made a “shell test” and found no difference as to the strength’of the odor.Freeman also identified 14 pictures taken in the Palmer home and in the wooded area where the quiet-spoken 44-yenr-old woodsman is alleged to have shot.to death his wife, Ellen, 44, and two of his seven children, Ross, 5, and Raymond, 18 months.Neighbor On Stand.Silas Reynolds, Palmer’s next-door neighbor at Unity township, testified yesterday that the Krag rifle which the state claims Palmer used to murder Ellen M. Palmer, 44. Ros C., 5. and Ray-i mond L.. 18 months, had been missing from hts home n week before the trio’s bodies were found ; in a patch of woods behind,Palmer’s farm home last Nov. 21. Palmer had borrowed the rifleand returned it some time befor** |he noted its aosenco. said Reynolds w'ho works at Peaks Island Portland, most n; each week andtestified that he always left his house unlocked for the con-! venience of friends and re! lives, jJustice Edward P. Murnv ad* Isive is aimed in a wide sweep bearing on the entire industrial Dneipor river valley, with Poltava and Konotop as the gate-1 wavs and Kiev. Kreinenchug, Dmeperopetrovsk and Zaporozheas the ultimate goals.Take Two Towns.In the last 24 hours two large towns were taken in that sector,the Russians announced, as theRed army smashed through en-lt; ( ohilnurd mi ragrWilhelmshavenRAF TargetAmericans And BritishChase Retreating ArmyBy Roger GreeneAssociated Press War Editor Field Marshal Erwin RommeFs battered tank columns were officially reported retreating deeper into the narrow six-mile-long Kasserine Pass in Central 1 unisia today, and a dispatch from Allied headquarters indicated that Allied troops were already storming into the Pass.A bulletin from General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s headquarters said Rommel’s armored forces, hit by a tempest of bombs, were continuing their withdrawal from the Gap, andannounced: .“Our forward elements are in contact with the enemythere.”While British and U. S. troops hounded Rommel into thePass, other allied forces struck menacingly at his right flank in the Sbeitla sector, 18 miles northeast of Kasserine.i ——— - -*«» lt;§ Strong Allied patrol* were reported pushing south from Sbiha toward Sbeitla. Sbiba lies 20 miles north of Sbeitla and about 20 miles cast of Thala, near theTo ProsecuteGuilty Maine Meat Dealershighwatcr mark of Rommel’s of-Refuse To Sell Smaller WeightLondnFeb. 25.—l/IV- RAFAugusta ,Fcb, 25. -i.J’t Attor ney General Frank 1. Cowan promised speedy prosecution, where warranted ,lt;f meal dealers refusing to sell a smaller poundage than any piece of meatthe dealer has in his store.”Cowan said last night that 1 i bombers attacked the Nazi naval j hurl been the victim of suchI base at Wilhelmshaven and objectives in western Germany last j night without the loss of a plane,, it was announced today.Allied fliers last hit Wilhelm-shaven Friday night. The latestclpractice .which inquiry disclosed was “prevalent in many sections of the state “practice apparently violated, tie said .a Maine law in posing a severe penalty for anyoneTheattack was the sixteenth on Ger- j who “unreasonably discriminate many this month. against anv person” in the scabThe blow at Wilhelmshaven I of the necessities of life.appeared to assure the RAF of a new record for the number of tons of bombs dropped on Axistargets in a single month.At the same time came the official announcement this morningthat “during darkness there has been no enemy activity over Britain.”Cowan said he might conduct public hearings in Portland. Lewiston, Bangor and other (‘(immunities to determine “to what extent dealers are forcing a shortage in necessities of life and making extension of the federal rationing plan necessary.’Revolt May SolveProblemIndiaBy DEWITT MACKENZIE.When I left India after studying the political crisis 1 submitted voluminous notes to British censorship so that I might be f’vt to take them out of the country, and among these explosive it's. was the following:“There are many people whoTicli ■■(? Washington. Feb. 25.—(IP)— Federal jobholders seemed slatedto provoke a fresh presidentialprotest today. The judiciary committee was apparently determined to force a senate vote on legislation requiring confirmation of appointees receiving $4,500 or more a year. Chairman Van Nuys (D., Ind.) said the committee was certain to report it out Monday for a floor vote. The president has opposed the measure on the grounds that it “presupposes congressional responsibility for theCoastal Forces and remained in possession of the place about fivej hours.! “All buildings which had been useful to the enemy were burned, the jetty was blown up and a J 00-foot river steamer was destroyed.“The opposition was very slieht and quickly overcome.” The raiders suffered no casualties, the communique added.rnitted as evider ! 1 I n Acounsel’s objections, three lOrklCSS KCcHIS AfCshells allegedly found near the bodies and a fourth police claim-(( on! in Him! md !•;*«♦* Ttvo)Declared “SabotagenLateBulletins(A*)—Baked The idea is IBombay, Feb. 25.—(/P)—An official bulletin said today that there was no change in the condition of Mohandas K. Gandhi, now in the 16th day of his 21-day fast.a*.Washington, Feb. 25.—(/P)—A measure authorizing construction, acquisition or conversion of a million tons of auxiliary11 onvrf Peabody Man nava^ vesscI* was approved swiftly today by the House navalPortland. Feb. 25.—beans without pork?a threat to morale.“Why. it’s sabotage,” fumed President Hiram S. Cole as the Portland Retail Grocers Association considered a report that saltnork is vanishing from the American scene because the existingwholesale price ceiling makes it more profitable for packers to render pork into lard.The association voted to askOPA to jack up the ceiling.Indict .Meat Firms.Boston, Feb. 25, —4/P- A federal grand jury yesterday indicted Snider Brothers, Inc.. of Worcester. charging the selling of meat above ceiling prices.tensive.French Press Foe.Farthei north, French troops in I tlu Ousseltia region were report-| ed w iping out “several pockets I of resistance which remained from ,i recent enemy attack. Itali m troops serving as rearguards for the Germans were taken prisoner .it was announced. On the southern Tunisianfront, the communique said, armor* I cnis of the British 8th Army were actively patrolling east of the Mareth line. *Dispatches from Allied head* quartei ; suggested that Rommel, ;»werelv punished and driven back 14 miles in a three-day battle, might retreat to the jumping off point of his offensive at Fa id Pass, 53 miles southeast of Kasserine Pass.American and British troops vlt; n reported already challeng-*ng Rommel's control of the boxshaped Kasserine Gap salient, while wave after wave of Allied planes subjected the cramped Nazis to a merciless bombardment.( irclc Mareth Fine.At the same time, unconfirmed reports said vanguards ofGen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's British 8th Army had circled around the Axis-held Mareth “Littllt;‘ Maginot” line in Southern Tunisia and were thrusting northward in the vicinity of the Chott Djerid dried lake.The northern rim of the Chottlie-, about 130 miles below Kas-At the same time, the black i serine Gap.(CmiiI intirri oil iMm*(lt; oiitinueri on !M*r freven)Finns May Have Sent TermsOf Peace Through SwedenBv The Associated PressW ishington, Feb. 25i. PiWhde rumors flew over thlt;committee. Chairman Vinson, (D., Ga.) estimated that the Empty Shelves Facesibiliv of apos-Russian-FinnishUrsula ParrottStep-Daughter Death i cost would be approximately $1,000,000,000.icve that cither Britain and operation of executive agencies.” the warring parties will scttie.and would require too much thrir differences now or the dis- time.epute will be settled ultimatelyin the old-fashioned \ av—bv— ■-revolution. Gandhi has admittedthe possibility of civil stri'Now of course the fact thatthe censor passed this note doesn't necessarily mean that he agreed there was danger of rebellion, but only that he accorded me extreme freedom of speech. Certainly there could be no challenge to the statement that in anv foresee revolt as the alternativeto quick settlement.Two of his appointees—men defeated in the last election—already were under fire. Three Re-publican senators assailed his nomination of former Senator Schwartz (D„ Wyo.) to the na-J tional mediation board, and a pair of Louisiana Democratic senators mobilized for a fight against the appointment of former Federal District Judge James V. Allred ofTexas to the fifth U. S. circuit court of appeals.London, Feb. 25.—(IP)—Prime Minister Churchill, whohas been ill with pneumonia, 3pent a restful night and his condition continued to show general improvement, it was announced today.Washington, Feb. 25.lt;7P)A bill to exempt fathersfrom military service was whipped into shape today calling forSalem. Mass., Feb. 25.—(IP)—Roger W. Mason, 49. of Peabody, was convicted of murder in thesecond degree today in the breadsknife slaying of his step-daughter, Ruth Stone, 24, in the Mason home last September. The verdict carries with it a mandatory life sentence.An Essex county jury which bad heard the cast since Feb. 15 j had deliberated throughout the night since 5.45 d. m. yesterday.Mason appeared calm when the verdict was announced.The jurors had been informed by Judge J. Arthur Baker that German Marshal Rommel in Africa are highly-trained, ratherthey might convict the defendant j than green, and said also that there does not seem to be enough uf muuiei in the first degree. a jfarm emergency to send troops in training to pick Arizonatransfer of able-bodiedaction”army men “from desks to fields ofand replacement by men of from 38 to 45.Washington, Feb. 25.—(IP)—Secretary of War Stimson declared today the American soldiers who helped beat backCustomers In FallNew York, Feb. 25-Empty shelves will be about all the average customer will see in retail stores this fall, the National Retail Dry Goods association warned in a special bulletin tonight. hk:jWhile retailers’ stocks are expected to be reasonably adequate through the first half of the year,j stores all over the country willbe short of “almost everythingthereafter, the association said.The association estimated that 1 1943 store sal^s would he 10 to 25 per cent smaller than last year's and suggested that its 5,000 member stores introduce operatingp ace, the nation’s capital today was mostly a city of hot spots— with congressmen, government work rs, Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt and some presidential app« inte( s all sharing the heatOn TrialMiamiMiami, Fla., Feb. 25.—(4*)— Novelist Ursula Parrott went on trial today on a charge of undermining the loyalty and discipline of the armed forces as well as ontogi ther. . . .The belief that Finland might ! accusations growing out ofagain be near the end of her the flight of a soldier friend fromarmed conflict with Russia wasstrengthened by stories reachinghere through diplomatic chan-an Army stockade at MiamiBeach.Federal JudgeJohn W. Hoineb. just three years after sim- ‘ land overruled a defense effort toilar reports were followed by thefirM peace of this war between the two nations.The new information indicated that specific peace proposals soon will be or already have been— drawn uu bv the Finns. Some re-Scnator Robertson (R.. Wyo.) i tnurder in the second degree or (( out In ued On Page lour) ‘ acquit him by reason of insanity.cotton.economics wherever possible to ports had it that such terms al-! compensate for this reduced busi- ,-eadv have been transmittedI ness. (Continued on Page Two)have the undermining charge; stricken from the indictment, which also names the novelist for aiding and harboring a deserter.The judge held that Pvt. Michael Neeley Bryan, whom Mrs. Parrott is accused of spiriting out of the stockade, was incarcerated“and had a negative duty not toescape.”*
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