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MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1943 THE PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Germany Opens Radio Jamming Warfare Today Attempt to Keep Neutral and Allied Broadcasts From the Ger mans or Slave Nations London. Jan. 15 (UP) Germany opened a new radio jamming war today in an attempt to keen neu tral and allied broadcasts telling of its mounting military and political troubles, from Germans who listen to foreign programs at the risk of their lives. Neutral news programs, from such countries as Switzerland and Swe den one hour east of London, were first to encounter the German jam ming efforts. Then the jamming extended to the British wireless, which started- using low speed Morse code for some news broadcasts, repeating each word twice, in order to get through. As the morning advanced the jamming became worse. A wave of arrests which had swept through southeastern Satel lite Europe was extended to France and to Germany Itself. A Berlin broadcast announced that "a gang of 27 criminals" had been arrested there, 23 of them for eigners. Germany reported under a Vichy date that Vichy police under per sonal charge of Rene Bousquet, Sec retary General of Police in the cabi net, were "wiping out the Marseil les underworld." "Certain districts of the city, es pecially the harbor side, which are used by criminals, will be specially searched and combed out by strong police detachments." Marseilles, the big French Medi terranean port, is now a German prohibited zone, used for reinforce ment of axis forces in Sicily and Africa. Germany revealed also that ap parently as part of this new cam paign to get rid of possible dissi dent elements, the demobilization of the personnel of the "former French fleet" at Toulon, the Medi terranean naval base, was "making quick progress." "Twenty-five thousand demobil ized naval officers and men already have left Toulon for their homes," Berlin said. A Swiciis hrnnrlf-Qcf- rpnfirtf'fl that ' S the municipal council of the indus- trial city of Lyons, key town in in land southeastern France, had been ' C dismissed, and that a Lyons univer sity professor had been put in charge of municipal administrative affairs. V--' Stockholm reported that in F.uda- j " pest 73 men had been arrested as:PpJra FnS tfiylr members of a secret political organi-jii ICtfl3 Ui ?t vl I. zation formed by opposition parties, j German broadcasts said a Hungar-j ian court martial had sentenced! three members of the forbidden re- ; ligious sect "Witnesses of the Lord j Jehovah" to death and 52 to terms! of imprisonment ransins from six months to life, but that the death sentences had been commuted to life imprisonment. Swiss advices said Hungary was anxious over the visit to Adolf Hit ler of Marshal Ion Antonescu, Ru manian dictator, believing the meeting was directed against it. "Well informed quarters in Euda pest forecast far reaching German demands against Hungary and they fear territorial claims at Hungary's expense," it was said. EETUEN INDICTMENT Washington, Jan. 14 (UP) At- torney General Biddle today an- nounced that a Federal Grand Jury at Fawtucket. Rhode Island has re- turned an indictment charging that the Anaconda Wire and Cable Com pany there sold defective wire and cable for combat use to the United States army Signal corps and to the British war industries. This was the second indictment returned against Anaconda Wire and Cable Company charging it with conspiracy to de fraud the U. S. by circumventing rules and inspection requirements. Cqunty Agent Here Willard Waldo. Cass county ex tension agent, was in the city today to look after some matters at the court house. He states that the Cass County Farm Bureau is soon to hold their annual business and select their directors and officeis. Visiting in Kansas Mrs. F. I. Rea is spending a few days at Reserve, Kansas, visiting with her relatives in that vicinity. There re only 25,500 street cars in the U. S. and less than 10,000 elevated and subway cars M.D. and Osteopath Battle Lincoln, Nebr. Jan. 15 (UP) The Nebraska Legislature passed it's first two bills of the session shortly after noon today, which provide for the pay of 43 members and staff and expenses of the Unicameral. The rules were suspended to pass the pay bills. Nine more bills were introduced during the morning. Chief of the bills introduced were LB130 providing for creation of a state water conservation board and LB124 which sets up new regula-j tions for osteopaths and which is j sure to bring on another heated bat- I tie between physicians and surgeons and osteopaths. j Osteopaths would be given per- j mission, under the bill, to practice ( surgery but only after they had in- j terned for -one year or served an' "assistanceship" of two years to a j have to show 4400 hours of study before being eligible for a license. Assist in Job Training Washington. Jan. 14 U.P. War! man Power Chief, Paul V. McNutt,! said tcday that his agency has as- sisted an average of 1,100 establish-! ments monthly to organize on the ! jcb short term training and appren- j tice programs since FeDruary 1942. 1 In a statement based on a year : end report by Wm. F. Patterson, Director of the apprentice and train- inr service, McNutt said that as : a result cf the programs, thousands of production workers and skilled craftsmen had been made available to war plants during: the past ten months. Arrest Windsoor Friend Washington, Jan. l'i U.P Sec retary of State Cordell Hull said to day that Charles Bedaux friend of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, has been placed under arrest in .Tench North Africa. Hull made his statement in re--.per.se to a Question at his press ; confeience. lie said he did not knowj the details. It was not clear whether i he had been arrested by the allied ' military authorities cr by the French j : civil authorities. j 1 In 1D33 Bedaux hud attempted I to arrange a tour of the United j i States ftr the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, but various later elements 1 were so critical of Bedaux the in- J i ventor of a so-called labor agency J :m- that ti.e tour never took! P'aee. ressmg n Mrs. E. M. Sutton, Regional In structor Pays Visit to Platts mouth Center Ofiicials and workers of the Red omn-ni uicaams " J ""1' I received high praise for their work I from Mrs. It. M. Sutton, area instruc ! tor. I Mrs. Sutton whose territory ex ' tends beyond the state borders visit- ed the workroom Wednesday and jher report was termed "glowing" by 'Mrs. E. H. Bernhardt and Mrs. F. t I. Rea, county chairmen of this or ganization making bandages and dressings for wounded soldiers The visiting instructor paid high tribute when she said: "To my know ledge this is the only county hav ing as many as ten sub-work rooms." Told of the high quota to be reached by the shop, Mrs. Sutton was quite impressed. "I am amazed j at the high figure set," she said, j But upon .complete examination of j the shop and its facilities she stat- ed that if the whole hearted coop eration of the community women continued, she believed the goal would be reached. Mrs. Sutton said that any destruc tive criticism against this organi zation or its work constituted sabo tage. In commenting on statements to the effect that warehouses were now full of surgical dressings, she said, "I hope it is true. But," she cautioned, "remember that after the 'boys are injured its too late to begin making dressings." The visitor also told of the part factories are playing in the making of dressings. She assured her listen ers that these factories were work ing to capacity and that the eleven types of dressings being made in county shops are those which take much help and time factors to be considered in industry these days. Mrs. Bernhardt explained that a large number of local women are giving part of every day to the work. Others she said are working ,a number of hours every week. She .stated that 39,000 dressings have ' been shipped from here. Royalists Claimed Implicated In Darlan Death Had Intended to Capitalize on the Unsettled Conditions of North Africa New York, Jan. 14 (UP) Charl es Collingwood, the Columbia broad casting system's correspondent at allied north African headquarters, said last night in a broadcast that it was "common gossip" that Royal ists were implicated in the assassin ation of Admiral Jean Francois Dar lan, because he would not fall in with their plan to set up a mon archy. "It was the Royalists' plan to capitalize on the unsettled condi tions caused by the allied invasion and set up a monarchy in French north Africa. . ." he said. "The candidate for king is the Count of Paris, and he has been in Algiers under a false name. The Royalists coup seems to have been timed for Christmas eve, and it is common gossip that certain Royal ists were implicated in the murder of Darlan because the Admiral re fused to play their game. "But something went wrong. . . and the Count of Paris was never proclaimed king of France. Instead the Royalists missed their chance. . and their stock has steadily declin ed." War Production Board To Assume Responsibilities Army and Navy Heads Ask Board to Supervise Thirty-four Vital War Materials Washington, Jan. 16 (UP) Sec retary of War Henry L. Stlmson and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox have asked the War Production Board to assume full responsibility for scheduling and production of 34 vital war materials, responsible sources said today. WPB Vice-Chairman Charles E. Wilson, production boss, has assign ed the responsibiltiy to Ralph J. Cordiner, his 42-year-old schedul ing aide, these sources said. Success of this year's over-all pro gram, it was said, will depend in large measure upon his ability to in crease production by cutting through the confusion reportedly existing when the armed services had con trol. Cordiner left a high-salaried job as head of Schick, Inc., Stamford, Conn., last Decetibtr to work for WPB. He already has initiated a far- reaching program to obtain an ade quate supply of such critical, though common, materials as gears, engine accessories, aluminum forgi n g s, crankshafts, blowers and fans, con veying equipment and heat exchang ers. He operates under Wilson who, according to Chairman Donald M. Nelson, has final say about schedul ing claims of army and navy of ficials to the contrary. Nelson feels that he emerged tri umphant in his recent dispute with the services over who should con trol scheduling of war weapons, as well as other operations bearing on production. He said Wilson has complete authority to step into any bottle-neck situation and order pro duction changes wherever necessary. For example, he could order one plant to stop producing valves and turn out heat exchangers if the latter Is more urgently needed. This authority, Nelson said, has not been challenged by the armed services and they are giving WPB their complete cooperation. K. B. Bridge Club Members of the K. B. Bridge club met with Mrs. Fred Lugsch last night. Those awarded prizes for high scores were Mrs. L. W. Egen beger. Mrs. F. R. Gobleman, Mrs. Margaret Scotten. Guest for the ev ening was Miss Scotten. The even ing was concluded with the serving of delicious refreshments. AUBURN SAILOR KILLED Norfolk, Va. Ensign Robert Warren Koontz, twenty-two, Au burn,. Nebr., was killed yesterday when a navy plane crached in Chesa peake Bay,! it :was'v- disclosed today by the navy. Koontz, was the pilot of the plane. His body has not been recovered. Koontz, who was a reserve offi cer is survived by his wife, who bad lived here with him. and aa uncle, O. L. Little, or Aunurn, Nebr. Victory Sausage Now St. Louis, Jan. 14. U.P- Victory sausage "a little meat and a lot of soy beans in casings," will make its appearance in the corner butcher shop soon, the National Independent Meat Packer's Association announ ced today unhappily. The meat packers, here for their annual convention, learned about the new product only yesterday and they were generally gloomy about it. They described it as standarized ersatz commodity designed by the Of fice of Price Administration to stretch the nation's meat supply. The packers were unprepared for the announcement which came in a speech by Charles M. Elkinton, Price Executive of the meat, fish, fats and oils division of the O-P.A. Four Nebraskans Decorated Cairo, Jan. 14 (UP) Four Ne braskans were among 458 flying officers and enlisted men awarded decorations by Brigadier General Patrick Timberlake, Chief of the American Bomber Command in the middle east. Air medals were awarded to first lieutenants: Charles O. Peek, Te cumseh; Louis Prchal, Omaha; Lee M. Williams, Bloomfield, and Don ald S. Sherman, Sutherland Aliens Serving In Armed Forces are Naturalized Many of the Men of the Italian and German Races Now Serving the United States Washington, Jan. 15 (UP) For the first time in history aliens out side the United States and serving as members of the American armed forces have been naturalized by ad ministrative procedure, Attorney General Francis Biddle announced today. The proceedings, which took place in the Canal zone, British and Dutch Guiana, Trinidad, Antigua, Cara cao and Aruba, granted citizenship to 289 aliens 56 of whom were Natlonals"of Germany, Italy, Bul garia, Hungary and Rumania. The naturalization was conduct ed by Deputy Commissioner T. B. Shoemaker, Philadelphia, of the Im migration and Naturalization divi sion of the Justice department. He first naturalized 236 soldiers and sailors in the Canal zone. "More than one alien soldier told me with tears in his eyes that the day of his naturalization was the happiest of his life," Shoemaker re ported. Granting of citizenship to such aliens outside of the jurisdiction of the naturalization courts was made possible by enactment of the second War Powers act several months ago. "It was generally felt by the law makers," Shoemaker said in com menting on the act, "that if these soldiers were willing and good enough to fight for the United Sta tes then they were good enough to be made citizens." Homemakers Exension Club The Homemakers Extension club met on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Joe McMaken, with ten members present to enjoy the Interesting meeting. It was voted to continue the extension lessons. The club discussed the possibili ties of a nutrition class if there was sufficient interest shown. Mrs. Joe McMaken will be the leader. After the program the members packed boxes that will be sent to the soldiers at Fort Crook. The club voted instead of meet ing in January to devote this time to surgical dressings. Wanted To Buy Forage Crop Grains SWEET CLOVER SEED RED CLOVER ALFALFA BROME GRASS POP CORN Edward Bartling Seed Co. Nebraska City, Nebr. Food For Freedom Loans Available To The Farmers Will Furnish Credit to the Farm--era to Pay Expense and Produce Needed War Goal Crops Mr. R. J. Burke, Field Supervisor for the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan Office announced, today that "Food for Freedom" loans are now available. The loans furnish credit to farm rs to pay expenses and purchase supplies needed to plant, produce and harvest special war goal crops, victory home gardens, regular cash crops, feed and soil conservation crops and purchase or produce feed to increase the production of vital ly needed dairy products, beef and The loan funds can be used to purchase seed, feed, tractor fuel and oil, machinery repairs, fertilizer and other supplies. Mr. Burke states that a first lien on. the crop produced or livestock fed is required as security. Farmers who are unable to arrange for credit from local banks, production credit associations or other local sources on reasonable terms are eligible to apply. The interest rate is four per cent per year and special arrange ments have been made to have the loan funds in the farmer's hands within a week or ten days after the application reaches the Regional Of fice. . To obtain information on where to make application, farmers should get in touch with the County Agent, AAA County Committee or Town ship Committeeman or by writiing to Mr. R. J. Burke at 244 Postoffice Building, Lincoln, Nebraska. Set Meeting Date The Directors of the Nehawka and Otoe County Nat'l Farm Loan Associations have set Tuesday, February 2, for the annual meeting of members to be held at the Nehaw ka Auditorium. Directors of the Al vo and Greenwood Farm Loan As sociations have set Saturday Febru ary 6 for the annual meeting of its members at the School Building in Alvo. The headquarters of the four associations has been recently mov ed from Alvo to Weeping Water. According to Harold C. Elliott, Secretary -Treasurer, 550 Lancaster, Otoe and Cass County farmers and their wives, are members of these four Credit Cooperatives. Mr. Elliott said that short meet ings are planned this year to give the members every opportunity to make their trip to town count. Secure Building Contract John Alwi.n local contractor, has received the contract for the repair of the building of Stander & Stand er at Louisville, his bid being ac cepted by the building owners. The building was occupied by the hardware store of the Standers and was badly damaged in a fire several weeks ago. The structure Is to be modernized also during the repairing and a fine modern front is to be placed with the glass held by aluminum strips and the show windows will be lowered some ten to twelve inches. The work of cleaning up the building is expected to start at once to enable the owners of the store to get their stocks arranged. Attend County Court J. C. Bryant, well known Ashland attorney, with E. A. Landon, of GreenwooO, were here today to look after some matters in the county court. Mr. Landon is the administra tor of the Catherine M. Coleman estate and Mr. Bryant the attor ney. 100 Wool Ready-To-Put-On Suits $33.50 By a most fortunate purchase we are able to make the above offer before the final blackout of wool suits. These are hard finish fancy blue worsteds and 100 wool. Don't ask for them later on They won't be here! WESCOTT'S Good Clothes For 3 generations Major Offensive On Guadalcanal Isianl Expected Indications That Americans Pre paring Heavy Attacks on Enemy Outposts Washington, Jan. 14. (UP) American forces on Guadalcanal were believed today to be preparing for a large-scale drive to wipe out the virtualy isolated Japanese troops still on the island. Observers here considered current operations against enemy outposts scattered around American positions to be a prelude to a major offen sive. The elimination of minor enemy elements is essential in order to permit unhampered movement of material and other supplies for a sustained drive. Recent dispatches from the south west Pacific revealed the reinforce ment of the American garrison on Guadalcanal by another division cf army troops. Those new forces give the Americans an overwhelming ad vantage over the Japanese, since the enemy already was out-numbered. It indicated the determination of tin; Americans to take full control of the island, a necessary stepping stone io seizure of the rest of the Solomons. Until a month ago, it was the at titude of some military experts that there was no need to drive the Jap Free Soil Again m:jy iJ Kwy fc5SSJ Not slavery, but liberation, is brought by this U. S. soldier planting the stars and stripes on French soil in Northern Africa in March of Time's '"Prelude to Victory." Italy, war-weary and ripe for revolt, says the film, is watching anxiously our occupation of Tunisia, spring board for many a former European invasion. Reg. IT. S. Pat. Off. prepared for Your Newspaper by Betty Crocker Home Service Department MID-WINTER PARTY - 1943 STYLE Old Dobbin is coming back into his own in more ways than one these days. For instance, there's a group of girls living at a club house in a mid-western city. They invited some service men to an old time bob-sled ride not long ago. Guests and hostesses assembled at the club house on a Saturday afternoon, then boarded a trolley car and rode to the end of the line. At The End Of The Line There a farmer met them with a bob-sied well covered with straw. They rode for about two hours until the sun had set and the stars had come out. They sang and they ran beside the sled. Now and then someone would tumble off into a snow bank, much to the merriment of the others. At last they arrived at a farm house, where the wife of the farmer who drove the sled had a hot supper ready for them. It was warm and cozy inside, and they were ravenously hungry so you can just imagine how they enjoyed the supper which the girls who were giving the party, had planned and which the farmer's wife had prepared. A Good Time Was Had By All After supper there was more singing some games and then a drive back more directly and quickly this time, to the street car The girls who told about the party said it was twice as much fun as getting into someone's car and going off to the usual road-side eating places. In fact, I think some of those girb thought that perhaps grand mother didn't have such a dull time when she was a girl, after all even though there were no radios and automobiles. ' Here is the supper that was served that night Hamburger Balls with Chili Beans Mashed Potatoes Cabbage and Apple Salad Enriched Bread and Batter Old-Fashioned Marble Cake Cocoa HAMBURGER BALLS WITH CHILI BEANS Combine the following ingredients together and form them into 16 balls: 1 lb. ground beef t cup fresh bread crumbs (packed in cup) 1 tsp. salt ',4 tsp. pepper 1 egg (well beaten) 2 tbsp. milk. Saute ii cup diced bacon (4 slices) in a heavy frying pan over low heat. Add cup diced onion (1 large onion) and cook until yellow Take out the onion and bacon and brown the meat balls in the fat. Make A Paste Make a paste with 2 tbsp. flour and 2 tbsp. cold water Stir thU paste into 3', cups cooked tomatoes (1 No. 21, can). Add i, tap salt 2 tsp. chili powder (or less) 2 bay leaves yt tsp. ground cloves and the cooked bacon and onion. Cook uncovered for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Now remove the bay leaves and add 2i cups red kidney beans or V, lb dried kidney beans soaked in water overnight and cooked until tender V about 2 hours). When adding the kidney beans add all the liquor which with them and cook another 15 minutes. This makes 6 to 8 serving The girls doubled the recipe for their party of ten, wiags. anese out of Guadalcanal so long as the Americans retained control of Henderson airfield and the immed iate surrounding area. That view was changed with the disclosure that the Japanese had set up an air base at Munda, only 180 miles northwest of Guadalcanal. The Munda base could be a potential source of trouBTe for Americans on Guadalcanal unless it were seized or, at least, rendered untenable. The navy reported that small scale offensive operations against enemy outposts on Guadalcanal, be gun last Sunday (Island Time), were "progressing satisfactorily" and that several minor enemy posi tions were isolated Another bombing raid was made on the Munda airfield. The fighter-escorted Martin B-26 medium bombers met no opposition except anti-aircraft fire. All planes re turned to their base. For the first time in nearly a month, an enemy plane made its appearance over American positions, apparently on a combined bombing reconnaissance mission. The plane Americans and wounding several others. Union Visitors in Town This morning Mr. and Mrs. David Eaton and John Everett, well known residents of southeast of Union, were in the city. They were accom panied by W. H. Mark, also off that place-