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MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1943 THE JOURNAL," PLATTSMOUTH, KEBEASKA PAGE FIVE By Joral Field Pnpr.friT. . and oull always have tobacco in our old tobacco box! TjtTHEN I was a kid my father used to sing a song that ended up with this refrain: "Oh, tare up your money and put it in your bos, And jduU always hara tobeea b your old tobacco box." Well, the words stuck with me, but I guess the moral didn't. No matter how hard I tried ... I never seemed to be able to save up a red cent. But it's all different now! About 10 months ago, I started buying War Bonds on the Payroll Savings Plan. Figured it was the least I could do for Uncle Sam. , And that's the only way I thought about it . . . until just recently. Now, all of a sudden, I've discovered that for the first time in the history of Yours Truly I'm saving dough. Every month, rain - or shine, hell-ox -high-water I'm sticking away a War Bond, a Bond that'll bring me back $4.00 for every $3.00 I put in. Those Bonds are beginning to mount up sow. And I'm going to keep them mounting up. For I've discovered what a swell feeling it is to be ear ing ... on a plaa that's regular as clockwork and twice as sure. So I'm singing father's song ... a little different. "Oh, save up your War Bonds and put thorn ia your box, And you'll always hare tobacco in your old tobacco box." SAVE WITH U.S. WAR BONDS EVERYB0DY...EVERY PAYDAY... AT LEAST 10 Ed Redding, who has been work ing on the Glen Todd farm during the summer has moved into Murray. John Redding and family of Omaha have also come to Murray to .reside. Earl Amiek, who last week shelled bj6 corn crop from the previous year, is now busy harvesting and shelling his soy bean crop to make way for the time of corn husking. Mr. and Mrs. George Njckles were in Omaha on Monday of this week. During their absence Harry McCul ioch was looking after the business at the lumber yard for the day. Clark Jarvis, who has been spend ing a furlough with his mother, Mrs. John Frans, was taken by her to Omaha the past week where he joined two other buddies, the three making the trip back to their train ing at the University of California Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Davis of Lin coln was looking after matters of business and meeting their many friends in and near Murray on last Monday. Percy J. Wheeler was looking after some business in Plattsmouth last Monday evening. The Mrasek Transfer company was bringing three loads of cattle to Murray, for Philip Schafer, which he purchased in a sale and will place on feed. They also delivered cattle for Novak & Reed to be placed on teed at the farm where Mr. Reed resides. John Gakcmeier of Murdock was in Murray on business in connection with the sale of some land near the river south of Rock Bluffs. Dale Long, wife and daughter were visiting on last Sunday in Ne braska City at the home of the grandmother of Mrs. Long, Mrs George Smith. Mrs. Smith has just arrived from California and is a guest at the Albert Gruber home. Long presidential Tenure Opposed By Republicans Speech ol Willkie to Be Reflected in the Issues of the Coming Presi dential Elections This space is a contribution to America's all-out war effort by PLATTSMOUTH JOURNAL Japs Make Raid On American Held Attu Island No Damage Is Eeported United States Loses Two Destroyers in Mediterranean Strike Closes Furnaces Washington, Oct. 14. (UP) An ineffectual Japanese air raid on American-held Attu island in the Aleutians and loss of the U. S. des troyers. Bristol and Buck, in the Mediterranean were reported today by the navy. This was the first air attack on Attu since American troops wrested the island from the Japanese early in June. Xo damage was caused. The destroyers comparatively nor mal craft, were sunk as the result of under water explosions. No cas ualty details were received. The ships normally carry about 250 men each. The Buck, a 1,570-tonner craft, was sunk off Salerno on Oct. 9. The Bristol, a 1,700-tonner, was sunk in the Mediterranean yesterday. The Attu raid was carried out at high altitude by a formation of ten bombers presumably operating from Japanese bases in the northern Ku rile islands. American planes sought to inter cept the attackers, but apparently were unsuccessful in dropping any of the bombers. The navy reported "no damage to the U. S. intercepting fighters or to enemy planes." Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 15. (UP) The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road company its coal mines closed by this districts fourth strike since last March today ordered the bank ing of four blast furnaces and five open hearth furnaces for an estimat ed daily loss of 4,000 tons of pig iron and an undisclosed tonnage of finish ed steel. The furnaces are to be closed in rotation, beginning today and end ing Sunday. A company spokesman, announc ing also that the production of coke is down about 45 per cent said "our situation is critical. We have never been able to replenish fuel supplies from the tLree previous strikes its a very dark picture." Of the states 20,000 miners, 19, 000 were on strike and all captive mines feeding the steel makers Re public, Tennessee Coal and Iron. Willkie To Enter Race For G. 0. P. Nomination Expected to Make First Open Bid for the Nomination on Friday Night at St. Louis Confer on Invasion Japs Give 'Independence BY UNITED PRESS The conquered Philippines got their "independence" Japanese style today, but Tokyo radio broad casts left little doubt that the is lands were to be welded tightly to Japan and her war effort. Japan officially "dissolved" the occupying military administration of the islands but gave no sign that she would withdraw her troops. Instead, along with "recognizing" the Philippines as a nation, Japan signed a pact of alliance providing tor close cooperation "on matters political, economic and military for the successful prosecution of the war." London, Oct. 15. (UP) Josip (Tito) Brozovich leader of the Jugo slav partisan armies, has visited Cairo for important talks with Brit ish commanders probably to plan an eventual allied Balkan Invasion private advices said today. Brozovicii. 50-year-old former shoe maker whose troops are waging a growing war against the Germans, was reported to have Been Dussian representatives at the same time, Ther was no indication he conferred with King Peter, exiled Jugoslav monarch, who is in Cairo. ; As a result of the talks, it was said, the partisan armies has been reorganized into "floating divisions" capable of swift movement to strike at the nazis. Nek York, Oct. 15. (UP) Wen dell L. Willkie has decided definite ly to enter the race for the 1944 republican presidential nomination, although he may not announce for mally his vaidcayedhs'j mally his candidacy until January. The former GOP nominee is ex pected to make his first open bid for party leadership tonight when he speaks at St. Louis in what pro bably will be his most important address since he completed his 'round the world tour. Associates said Willkie is expect ed to take is.ue with the Roosevelt administration over its domestic and foreign policies including post-war planning, in an effort to remove criticism that he follows adminis tration policies. His formal entry into next yeav contest, it was said, will come short ly after the middle of January when he is expected to enter his name Sn the New Hampshire primaries held March 14th. Celebrated First Birthday Bell Long, the year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Long celebrat ed her anniversary on last Monday Mr. and Mrs. Simon Gruber grand parents of the little lady and their two children of Union were visiting in Murray on Saturday and greeted the grandaughter on her coming birthday. Haryey Gregg has been makin repairs to his chimney the past week, which was necessitated by the extension to his chimney being blown off recently. On Monday of this week Charles Boedeker who has been raising cat tle in Missouri delivered some seven ty head to Glen Todd. The trucks of Mrasek Transfer and one of Earl Wolfe made the deliveries. FALL OF MERIT0P0L AS GOMEL IS SEEN NEAR Have Police Problem Secure Marriage Licenses Marriage licenses were issued in the office of the county judge to the following: Milford Gail Meisinger, Louisville, son of Mr. nd Mrs. John R. Meisinger, and Sylvia Mae Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Miller of Louis ville. Marion Clifford Weber, Murdock, and Doris Sclma Bornemeier, of Wabash. Criticise Argentina Tirpitz Out of Service For YOUR Sake, Bny War Bonds Washington, Oct. 12. (P) Secre tary of the Navy Frank Knox, said today that the British midget sub- S marine attack on the German super battleship Tirpitz was "successful" and evidently immobilized the ship, at least temporarily. Knox disclosed that the British submarine was handled by a two man crew, the size of the operating torce of the Japanese midget sub marines. "Knox said he knew the British had been experimenting for time with the small craft but that there was nothing comparable to the midget sun in the United States navy. Claim Russian Offensive London, Oct. 13. (UP) The Ber lin radio reported today that Russia had launched a great new offensive on a 200-mile central front and signs increased that the red army was squaring off for an attempt to wrest the Crimea from nazi hands. Nazi broadcasts reported an at tempted soviet landing in the Yalta area of the south Crimea, and Mos cow dispatches told of red army ar tillery shelling Kerch, coastal town tipping the peninsula of the same name, comprising the eastern Cri mea. The Berlin radio acknowledged "temporary" breaches in its lines as a result of a "heavy" soviet of fensive along the entire central iront. Washington Oct. 14. (UP) Presi dent Roosevelt today sharply criti cised the government of Argentina for halting the publication of Jewish newspapers. He characterized this action as kkin to the most repug nant phases of nazism. "While this matter is, of course, one which concerns primarily the Argentine government and people," he said, "I eannot forbear to givo expression to my own feeling of appreciation at the taking in this hemisphere of action obviously anti emetic in nature and of a charac ter so closely identified with the re pugnant features of nazi doctrine." Washington, Oct. 16, (UP) Wendell L. Willkie charge that pro longed presidential tenure jeopar dizes free government was regarded here today as the republican party's keynote speech on the fourth term issue. Though they may differ with Willkie on other issues, organization republicans are likely to accept the argument that "long continuance of power is hazardous to the perpetua tion of free government." Willkie made that statement last night in Ins -St. Louis address which, as a whole, promises to win applauw? among republicans. Willkie spoke as an Acknowledged candidate for text year' republicuu presidential nomination and dedicat ed himself to ousting President Rosevelt from the White House. Re publicans fere for that Willkie contended that individ uals onjoying prolonged power "in evitably come sincerely to believe that they alone possess the requi site knowledge to govern the peo pie." Mr. Roosevelt has not revealed his political plans for next year. There i a minority here which believes he will not seek renomination. But most politicians believe he will be a fourth term candidate and a great many of them think he will be t& elected. Whatever his intentions may be. Mr. Roosevelt has sought on no oc casion during his current term to intimate that he did not expect to remain in the White House. In his second term, however, he more than hinted that he did not expect a third. Jt was on the evening of March 4. 1937, at a democratic victory din ner to celebrate the 1S36 elections in which the republican party all but disappeared. Alf. M. Landon car ried two states that year Mairc and Vermont. With his party leaders about him and a nation listening to the radio, Mr. Roosevelt related what he had wiid to a mysterious congressional caller identified only as "John." "My great ambition pn Jan. 20, 1941," Mr. Roosevelt quoted him self as having informed John, "is to turn over this desk and chair in the White House to my successor, whoever he may be, with the assure ance that I am at the same time turning over to him as president, a ration intact, a naion at peace, a nation prosperous." John never identified himself in house or senate and Mr, Roosevelt did not disclose his name. But the statement was regarded for some time as an answer to third term rumors which began to develop in 1938. There were no further formal statements on third term intentions until Sen. Alben W. Barkley, D., Ky., chairman of the 1940 democratic na tional convention in Chicago, read in his own words a message from Mr. Roosevelt which included this lan guage: " "The president has never had, and has not today, any desire or purpose to continue in the office of president, to be a candidate for that office or to be nominated by the convention for that office." Mayor R. B. Hayes and the police committee of the city council have a real problem on their bands in supplying an adeauate police force tor the city. Officers Lancaster and Lytle are leaving the force to take up other lines of activity and this will leave Chief of Police Parker as the only remaining member of the force after Sunday. The city officials have found that the manpower supply is very limit ed in securing the proper kind of men for the force or in fact any person that would aecept the job. Higher wages in other lines of work have lured away the available men. The job on the police force in years past was one of the choice plums in the city government and each succeeding mayor was beseiged hy applicants for the job and the councilmen were buttonholed to try and use their influence with the mayor for the applicants. Predict Defeat Of Sales Tax By The Congress Member of Ways and Means Com mittee Says Members Not to Vote as They Talk on Measure Moscow, Oct. 16. (UP) The bat tles for Meritopol and Gomel reach ed a pressing climax today and front dispatches indicated that even mounting German counter attacks could not long delay the fall. Radio Moscow said the Germans were thrown out of Zaporozhe, 70 miles north of Meritopol, so quickly that they had no time to blow up a railroad bridge across the Dnieper river. A German broadcast yesterday, acknowledged the evacuation of Za porozhe, said the retreating forces blew up a dam across the Dnieper, but made no mention of the railway bridge. (German broadcast acknowledging that nazi lines now were "far west of Gomel" implied that the Germans nave abandoned the White Russian stvunghold. Another German broad cast said the Russians were throw ing powerful threes into a new thrust on the White Russian front.) Other red army units tightened their grip on Keiv, capital of the Ukraine after smashing counter at tacks by upwards of 6,000 German troops and 100 tanks. Soviet guns knocked out 67 tanks and the in fantry, deprived of its cover, fled in desperation, the pursuing Rus sians killed nearly 3,000. Seeks Damages Jap Air Power Less Washington, Oct. 16. (UP) Rep. John D. Diugell, D., Mich., a member of the House Ways and Means com mittee, today predicted that the sales tax would be defeated because 'the members just aren't going to vote the way they're talking." His statement came after Presi dent Philip Murray of the congress of industrial organizations told the committee yesterday that a general sales tax would equal a majority military defeat and would force labor to seek higher wages. "The sales tax always takes . a good ride at first, but in the final showdown it lackB the votes," Din gell told reporters. He said senti ment for the sales tax as a replace ment for the administration's $10,- 500,000,000 program for increased income, excise and estate taxes is "grossly overrated." Dingell favors an alternate ad ministration proposal for an increase of at least $5,300,000,000 in social security taxes. Murray told the committee a salea tax would bear most heavily on low-income groups and violate the government's obligations to hold prices as well as wages in line with levels prevailing on Sept. 15, 1942. He said it would be tantamount i to a national wage eut and would require organized labor to balance it by seeking wage increases. It would open the inflation dikes, he claimed. land make it impossible longer to 'hold the line." However, Murray indicated that sales tax or no sales tax the CIO would seek higher wages to, "secure the most effective prosecution of the war." "It takes Lard cold cash to buy the necessities of life," he said. "Wc must revise our national wage policy in order to grant appropriate wage increases." Among the leading advocates of the sales tax are officials of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Among its leading foes arc labor and the administration. To Start Roundup Of Draft Evaders Tightened Control Over Manpower to Cover Those Who Have Failed to Abide By Draft Bules The Axis Stps at Nothing, Dpn't stop your War Bond Payroll Savings at M. Every soldier is a 103 percenter. Fig ure it out yourself. Guadalcanal, (UP) MaJ. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, U. S. army air chief in the Solomons area, is con vinced that Japanese air power in the South Pacific is "hanging on the ropes." Twining told a press conference yesterday that allied planes in the Solomons have met no enemy opposi tion for three days. Shipping in the Vella Lavella area and between New Georgia and Bougainville has not been attacked from the air, he said. Previously, he said, allied aircraft and surface vessels have been sub ject to constant attack. "Although the Jap has got his tail down, we are no going to let him rest," he said. "We intend to throw the hook as far as airpower is concerned." Re-Elect William Green Pittsburgh, Oct. 13. (UP) The federal government today brought suit in federal court to recover dam ages from the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation, the U. S. Steel Export company and nine individuals for J alleged sub-standard steel plates furnished to tho eovernment. 1 v-k mw mm .1 mm The government seeks $2,000 Pepitfy Q MOUntUatien "from each of the defendants for . each of the acts and transactions Washington, Oct. 15, (UP)--described which may be found by Maj. Gen. Albert Coady .Wedemeyer this (federal) court to constitute a (of the U. S. army has been appointed violation, and, in addition, double J deputy of staff to Lord Louis Mount the amount of damages which , the batten, superior allied, commander in court finds the United States had bus- ' southeast A.pia, the war department tainei by reason of the doing r ! announced today. Wedenieyer is a committing of such acts." native of Omaha. Boston, Oct. 15. (UP) President William Green of the American Fed eration of Labor was re-elected unanimously for his twentieth term as leader of the nation's largest labor organizations today, at the 63rd an nual convention. Applause and cheers from the more than 600 delegates greeted the an nouncement that the 7P-year-old Green again had been chosen to lead the organizations representing some 6,500,000 of the nation's wage earn ers. In his acceptance speech, Greeu pledged the support of labor to the war effort "until our troops march into Berlin and Tokyo." Washington, Oct. 14, (UP) Tightened controls over manpower, including the start of a roundup of 100,000 draft -delinquents, became ef fective today.' Selective service was sifting the supply of draft-age registrants to make more men available to the armed forces by ordering immediate induction, beginning November 1, of all draft-age men who have failed to abide by draft regulations such as failing to report for physical ex aminations failing to report changes of address and failing to complete and return questionairres within 10 days. Those wrho know or believe they are delinquent have until No vember 1 to get straight with their draft boards. Another new selective service pro gram contemplates obtaining, prior to induction, the physical and health records of registrants for a two-fold purpose: first, to prevent induction of those known to have poor physical and mental stamina which might not show up in an ex amination, and second, to make cer tain of the induction of those whose previous records show no positive cause for rejection. New controls over the working force result from a revised policy announced in August by War Man power Chief Paul V. McNutt and are accomplished through revised area and regional employment stabiliza tion programs which became effect ive last midnight. The plans are elastic but do not permit practices below certain minimum standards: 1. A worker cannot take a new job if, during the preceding 60-day period (the former "waiting" period was 30 days), he or she was employed in an essential activity, unless the transfer will aid more effectively in the prosecution of the war and the worker has a certificate of availabil ity from the most recent essential employer or has been referred to new work by the U, S. Employment service. . 2. Any person with any of 149 co-called critical skills must be in an essential activity or enter the armed forces. Persons with theso 'cU-m3 cannot take new lobs without U. S. Employment service approval, thereby permitting their being di rected to the plac4 where they are most needed. 3. A person who has not lived or worked in the area where he seeks work during the preceding 30 days cannot be hired without U. S. Em ployment service approval. Here for Anniversary Miss Hazel Dovey of Canton, Ohio, arrived in Omaha last evening where she was met by her sister, Mrs. J. R. Brown of Clevelapd. Ohio, and Ms Barbara Gericg this eity, the ladies bringing Miss Dovey on to Italy's Part In War Washington, Oct. 14, (UP) Italy's declaration of war on Ger many may have a very important bearing on the progress of the war, but it is due soon to determine im mediate results. Secretary of War Henry L. StiniBon said today. The bulk of the Italian navy, Stim son said, already has joined allied forces but the greater part of the this city. SJie is to be here for the sixtieth wedding anniversary Of her - Italian army is in areas dominated parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Dovey. by the Germans. v