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i A 11 i ts 2 1 1 Js lv 0 T' a i 14 11 1 i 1 1 'G i 4 Thursday Evening December 24 1942 r' 1 'f A DEATHS ff 7 Wi TODAY THRU SATURDAY one just And ar 5 ti BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS AT THIS THEATER by Rev Otis Jones 750 gifts were dis 1 Maureen (MARA POWER DCATH BEM JOHN HE THINKS ASTER THAN THE DESPERATE KILLER LEV VAKKIELU ANDY DEVINE: HYSI KNOX OOH TERRY DON PORTER lKXA MWHQ i Helen Miss Miss Mrs Arthur Miss Orpha Lois UNITS ARRIVE AT ARICAN DAKAR PORT (Continued rom Page One) SURGING RED ORCES TAKE MORE VILLAGES (Continued rom: Page One) 4 I her two fend con vari hos Soldiers 5 ik in this mystery of a block a mtlhon dollars and a shadowed romance CHRISTMAS EVE HERE HOLIDAY RUSH OVER (Continued rom Page One) monogram I PICWRES I Mi acrnfS I P1 Ma BI Arrests Abele or Bank WASHINGTON Dec (AP) The BI announced tonight the an alleged bank robber who it is said had been accepted by many communities as a law abiding citizen and dog fancier The man'whose "name was given as John Christopher Abele had been sought seven years for an Ohio bana robbery and for ques tioning in other holdups r' The BI said Abele 40 Was ar rested today on the outskirts of Savannah at' a tourist camp waged battles against encircled German garri diock nouses doggedly in the factory area of northern Stalingrad in an attempt to recapture positions lost to the soviets but they retired to their initial positions after 300 nazi troops were slain Mn other sectors of the the communique said troops consolidated themselves in cap A tured i HEAVY ARTILLERY IRE A continuous exchange of ar tillery fire occurred northwest of the Volga industrial city Recon naissance patrols sent out by the Russians destroyed several enemy block houses' and dispersed nazi infantry Southwest Stalingrad tne soviets dislodged the Germans from another inhabited locality after slaying 1000 men Much war material was taken Assaults by nazi tanks and motorized in fantry were repulsed SOVIETS CONSOLIDATE In the third winter offensive on the central front west of Moscow the soviets consolidated newly won positions and Patterson home adjutant similar party was held Thursday afternoon in the hos pital and home for attend the sumptuous be served noon behind the Shanghai the Red Cross reported I Supplies of food clothing and up the hill I medicines were enroute to other was badly I prisoners in the Philippines which being torn I last Christmas was i fighting Japa A I aJ A A BACON ROSSVILLE Dec William Alva Bacon 39 died 'at his home in Sedalia at 1:30 a today after a few illness Born at Eugene Ind he was married in 1933 to Garnet Castle who sur vives with seven children: Carol I Minnie William Charlene xTedj James and Wanda also a brother Roy Camp Lee Va a sister Mrs Mary Edwards i Rossville a half brother James Scott rankfort and his mother Mrs Minnie Bacon Gosport Services at the Moore and Son funeral home here at 1030 a Saturday MRS WILLIAM SCARLETT WILLIAMSPORT Dec Mrs Lillian Scarlett 85 died Dec 13 at Maris hospital A lifelong resident of Warren county she was married to John Smart who died in 1914 She later married Burges Scarlett who died in 1935 uneral services were held at the Hamilton funeral home burial at Boswell LAST TIMES TODAY Sweethearts" WITH Van Heflin Marsha Hunt Kathryn Grayson MRS ANNA KOLSBECK Mrs Anna Kolsbeck 78 widow of Peter Kolsbeck died Thursday at 5 a at her home on route 2 Born in Holland she came to this country at the age of three with her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Huizenga and had lived in Tippe canoe county ever since She was a member Of Christian Reformed church She was married March 4 1883j Three Ichlldren survive Mrs Edward Polstra route 1 Ed ward Kolsbeck route 8 and Henry Kolsbeck at home riends call at the Hippensteel funeral home after 2 ri day Services there Saturday at 2 Rev Ghysels offi ciating Burial Rest Haven Joseph Morton1 who was on hand to see the Americans move in by land' sea and air and join their rench allies While their numbers were not large the arrival of the Ameri cans symbolized the' addition of Dakar to the list of allied bases in Africa and left only a thin coastal strip of Tunisia and a slowly diminishing portion of western Libya to the axis on the dark continent Morton said the Americans in 1 eluded members of the air forces and supply services technicians and an army navy commission headed by Vice Admiral William Glassford The latter immediately began work to determine how the airports and excellent har bor facilities as well as the re maining units of the rench fleet could best Ije fitted into the broad plan for expediting men and ma terial to Africa and combatting the submarine menace off the 'Af rican coast GLAD TO SEE YANKS Morton said there was no doubt that 90 ner cent of the peculation was to see the Americans In September 1940 rench troops at Dakar reuulsed an at tack by British and fighting rench naval i forces seeking 1 to bring the port under allied control and prevent its use as a base for German submarine operations Lieut Gen Dwight Eisen hower commander of the allied forces tn north Africa 'announced two weeks ago that the port was being turned over to the' allies and Admiral Jean Darlan said later In an interview that rench fleet units there would join the allies In Tunisia General Henri Hon ore rench troons were rennrted to have knocked the Ital ians out their near Pont du ehs some 30 of Tunis canturing nnumb ir of prisone 1 At the snnrn time other forces went into action ngnlns the nxls on a small gt three points southwest of Tunis and on an arc stretching out from nine to fourteen miles east of Medjez Awi ww 4 I ST jW co oy military circles to De most active in that region Roosevelt jr and children ranklin III SURVIVORS I fend phristopher Mrs James born at Americus Roosevelt of New the presi 1925 Besides his sister in law Harry Booker survived by three I New York and (Mr and Mrs Ray Booth Battle Harry Hopkins and Christmas morning the Lee president anti Mrs Roosevelt and also a the family will attend services 4 mb Margaret Hayes John Al IV VIBOCC Wallace ord Spencer Charter JohaMIIJan WIHIa Beat LAIRD CREGAR THOMAS MITCHELL GEORGE SANDERS ANTHONY QUINNe GEORGE ZUCCO Dincttd by HENRY KING Prodvnd by ROBERY BASSLER Suh haybylsnHethLSittBlMiHir Adapted byhtea LMilltrJnm Navel bytofulSabatlal 1 heur koneymosn he Vh th mtwiunsl makers Mrs 'G Hoffer com mittee chairman 1 Twenty four children to 10 years of age enjoyed Tarty giv en for 'them at i the the Jefferson Girl' Reserves Games were played 'and Mrs Edward Butler itold a Christmas" story The 'children' were given tan geriries ios Jcandy' Members the 1 Bells" service division of theWL club entertained V'18 boys and girls over 10 years of age" with games and music Refreshments were the same' p' Giris 'assisting were: Janice Warren Margaret Heim Joyce 1 Amstutz Barbara Abbett Phyllis Lommel Grace Ann Carrick Marcia tUdine Jean iShephard and 4 Margaret Cooley XT SCHNAIBIE UNERAL uneral services for Walter Schnaible will be held at 10 a Saturday from the Soller Baker funeral home Rev Schmidt officiating burial Spring Vale cemetery riends may call at the funeral home after 6 Thurs day i MISS MABLE HARRIS SHELDON Ill Dec Miss Mabie Harris 594 formerly a resident of Sheldon community died Wednesday at' her home in Normal Ill where she had been a resident for five years She was born at Sheldon Ill aryl was a member of the Sheldon Methodist church Surviving are four sisters: Mrs Ella Baker of Puyallup Wash White of Sheldon Ill Harris of Normal Ill Wolfe of Detroit Mich The body was taken from the Eastburn funeral home in Watseka Ill to Ithe Arthur White home in Sheldon uneral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 from the Sheldon Methodist church Rev Pal mer burial in the Sheldon ceme tery 1 Starting Tomorrow the 24 hours mentioned will be utilized in Some departments for production as usual and also for necessary repairs and mainte nance thus putting equipment in better shape when normal oper ations efre resumed SANTA ON JOB Santa has already made his ap pearance at numerous places and occasions but as usual was ex pected to perform the greater part of his work Thursday night A number of special Christmas have already been held in local churches and others are announced for Christmas eve some at midnight and others on Christmas Day Special motor coach service was promised for those attending The usual Christmas dinners will be enjoyed Thursday How ever there will probably be fewer guests than in previous years due to gasoline rations and crowd ed conditions on trains The high price of turkey traditional fea ture of holiday "meals appears to have been no drawback for heavy sales of the bird fare re puxeeu CHEER IS SPREAD Holiday cheer will not be fined to private homes for ous institutions such as the pitals orphanage the Home and even the jail have spe cial programs and feasts ranged As already indicated the na first' year in War II is being reflected many ways in the Christmas season Many homes with sons and husbands' in service with some injured and ill and a few already killed find a pall of sadness and gloom cast over them which even the all pervading cheer of Christmas will not entirely vanquish AT HOME Old St Nick is making his usual visits to the Indiana state Home: spreading seasonal cheer to the many war veterans their wives and widows at the institution Members of the: staff are also remembered The annual Christmas party was held Wednesday evening in the chapel more than 400 mem bers and staff personnel present A musical program was provided under direction of Miss Murphy of the home staff Mary Ellis soprano and Carolyn Wood contralto of Pur due and Donnie Cole sang and Sal Palma led community sing ing of carols and army songs Col Irvin Baumann comman dant gave a short talk and in vocation was chaplain More than tributed The home following its usual custom provided a gift for person In addition every veteran received: a package from the Indiana of the American Legion Auxiliary and many were also remembered by Indiana War Mothers The auxili ary of the Indiana department USWV provided a gift for each wife and widow of a veteran Also the Home provided treats The party was arranged under the general 4 direction of Capt rred Transport Plane With ive Aboard "Reported Missing SACRAMENTO Dec twin engined transport air plane withf five men aboard was reported missing' today by the Sacramento air depot at McClel lan field Capt Richard Nimmons" public relations' officer' said' the planetook off yesterday afternoon on an operational mission of 90 min utes in' the immediate' Sacramento area Air searching parties have been hindered by weather and next iof kin'have been notified the plane is missing The aboard and next of kin were: I 2nd Lieut RAI ph Martin Duff ie pilot father 'C Duffle 118 Pike St Bromley Ky 2nd Lieut Herman Loeffler Jr co pilotmother' Mrs Bertha Loeffler American ork Utah 2nd Lieut James a A Howell navigator mother Mrs Emma Howell RD Middleton Ill 2nd Lieut navi gator mother Mrs Mary Russell RD 9 Huntington Ipd Master Sergeant Reginald Tolas crew chief fatherEarnest Tolar Ennis Tex STARTS TODAY 1 Two irst Run Hitts zr I rruu MLs St Having a Midnight Service Central featurfe of he tradi tional Christmas eve program" to' night at St Episcopal church will be a "communion serv ice for which there will be an appropriate musical 'pro vided bythe choir and the organist Harry Irwin Metzger The service will! begin at 11:15 WASHINGTON Dec 23 (AP) approval of a contract with Andrtvv' Hlgglna 'of New Orleans for production of an' un disclosed of cargo planes for the army" air forces was an nounced today1 by the war de partment RANKLIN UNGER ROSSVILLE Dec 23 ranklin Don Unger fifteen old son of rank and Lulu (Israel) Unger of one half mile west of Sedalia died at 7 Wednes day after an tillness of several weeks 1 Surviving are the parents a brother: Melvin at home a sis ter Mary Jane at home three half brothers: Raymond Sedalia George rankfort and Harold Marines a half sister Mrs Arthur McGill Rossville and tfie maternal grandparents: Mr'and Mrs John Israel Sedalia The body was taken to the Moore funeral home and will be re turned to the residence Thursday afternoon Services will be held Saturday at 1:30 from the Sedalia Methodist church' Rev Edward Lantz i officiating burial in Rossville ceimetery Married Bothered and Scared! icvenrrmng ouriove on rnoir vveaamg mghH) Sabotage Party Is Wiped Out Say Nazis LONDON Dec The Berlin radio today broadcast a German high command com munique which? that on Dec 17 near Bordeaux rance a British sabotage party 'was in tercepted and destroys carrying out its lAissiort LATEST PATHE NEWS wno nave oeen separaieu up with from their families "jammed trains the water I and buses in a last minute rusn ror ine nonaays senses partly at least but went There was standing room only on down under the weight of his some lines but few cared about clothing 4 1 that' City and state police sheriff Alter dinner tonight following and civilians used boats and! tradition the president will read grappling hooks to recover the 1 Aloud to the family and guests body The civilians who aided Christmas carol Those Jhe authorities were Bert Hath expected to be present are Mrs awav urover fniinns ana rjames trank in Ogborn DEWITT DeWitt was December 31 parents he is sisters Mrs Ground rural route 1 Mrs Leroy I daughter Diana agin Lafayette rural route 3 I On near Amencus and Helms Buck Creek a the family will attend services grandmother Mrs August Mach arranged by the 1 Washington ler' Monticello or the past sev I ederation of Churches Presents eral months the boy had bden I will be opened in the afternoon employed at the DeKalb seed I and Mr Roosevelt will carve the plant on East Union street I turkey at dinner in the evening UNERAL SATURDAY HiA funeral will be held at the Rogers and Henderson funeral home at 2 Saturday the Rev I Smith officiating burial at Spring Vale riends call after noon riday 4WENTURB' £iror bold hearts could answer that call in the days when wore' a sash and waved a cutlass! A Corpses in bed gang sters in the closet cops at the keyhole and a blonde chasing the groom! GUARANTEED to make you scream! sons Numerous were destroyed and considerable booty captured it was said During Wednesday the red arinies in the middle Don scored gains of 12 to 18 miles in their drive to outflank the Germans at Stalingrad and in the Caucasus As the red army forces pushed on the Ukraine a Berlin radio announcement said all men on leave from the Russian front had been called back to activeservice in an effort to the threatening Russian offensive Soviet spearheads drove from north and east in the direction of Millerovo strategic rail center 132 miles north of Rostov and re occupied several additional towns TRAP GERMAN ORCES Meantime a sudden upsurge of soviet offensive power on the Black sea" front was reported to have trapped large German forces in the mountains is northeast of Tuapse A surprise pincers drivo crushed the enemy who lost 3000 men in sham fighting as the soviets pressed their campaign to Clear the enemy out of the vital co' tai area i The Germans suff' ed "heavy losses as the Don offnslve en tered Its ninth day Announce ment that an additional 8 000 enemy troops hd been slain in fighting raised the death toll to 45 000 and a special communique said 'prisoners to taled 38500 since December 18 Enemy casualties thus exceeded uuw not jnauaed wounaea NEWS! BRIES! PRINCETON Ill Dec 231 (UP) A Princeton family was wiped out tbday with the death of seven persons whose: auto was struck by a train as they were en route to a 'school? Christmas party in a young daughter was to nave played a part The identified dead are Mr and Mrs William Clan and their three children whose approximate ageswere eight four and one Another woman and child believed to be a part of the family group have not yet been Identified positively ST LOUIS! Dec (AP) Three incubator babies at the St Louis twat infant Orangutans and a are thriving on practically the same care given he had operated a year anf a half under thes name of John 'Henry CariipbellH Hq faces an in dictment returned i at Cleveland for the 526000 robbery 1935 of the armers National Bank at Salem 4 7 SERVICE TONIGHT 7 A Yuuelnal rriclmBe nmBTfltYrt will' be given riday night an nt 'AnActnlin TTnith church North Ninth street Rev Hayes Duncan is the: pastor Daniel Boone was a wagoner blacksmith' a hbnter 1 and trapper also in the those who could not big party The usual Christmas dinner will at Home riday GIT TREES Children in 00 Lafayette homes were i made happy when Christ mas frees that have 7 been used as pre holiday street decorations were distributed to boys and girls at Central fire station Thursday It was intended to give the trees to boys and girls who not other wise would have had trees in their homes on Christmas day Children who received them were selected by the Parent Teacher organizations in the various schools of the city City firemen donated their services Wednesday in removing the trees from the boulevard lamp posts and hauling them to the fire station it was announced at Greater Lafayette Chamber of Commerce offices CHRISTMAS Children of members of the YWCA Homemakers club anc girls belonging to the MBC or ganization now sponsored by the YWCA were entertained at two Christmas parties by Jefferson and West Lafayette aenlor high school girls The girls gave out Christmas gifts and refreshments were provided bythe home tnpisTRnnffi it OHItHUTHV SM1LEY BURNETTE VIRGINIA GRtY CLAIRS OuSRtV LUCIIN lITTltItlD IOS STRAUCH JR Morgan conway wumm eonMit wnntt PLUS SECOND inri PnmaYlAn and PavgIw STARTING TODAY 1 ttfl MA Ljlai Alan Jones Jane razee Ci 4 4 BRITISH UNITS 4 KEEP ROMMEL1 1 "ON THERUN" CAIRO Dec vance units of the British Eighth Army urged by their commander to on the were reportedbeyond Sirte vand nearly half way to Tripoli from El Ag heiia tonight as the fleeing Afrika Korps kept well out in front by i means of wholesale mine (The Allied controlled Morocco radio heard by the United Press in London said the British van guard was approaching Beurat sj 54 miles' west 'of Sirte while the bulkoL the Afrika Korps had passed Misurata 120 miles east of Tripoli leaving the rather strong local Italian garrison to' put up a defense (Eighth army patrols are oper ating deep on the flanks of the Axis rear guard the Morocco sta tion said quoting advices from Cairo) i SMALL AIR ACTIVITY I A British joint communique re ported patrol activity was con I tinning on the desert front and I that clearing and road re pair is procedcing I Air activity over the battle area was reported on a small scale London dispatches said observ ers in the British capital were watching for the first indications in broadcasts that eld Mar I shal' Erwin Rommel would aban I don Tripoli and try to join Maj Gen Walther Nehring for the de fense of Tunisia hr main armor strength is now in the vicinity of Mis urata the London reports said and it was not considered likely he would attempt a serious "tand at of the several1' Wadis (drj river beds) east of there which hejis reported fortifying ROUT NUISANCE ACTIONS (The Rome radio heard by the United Press in New York said that in the region of the Gulf of Sirte which might mean any where from Benghazi to Misur ata Allied groups "attempting nuisance actions were The broadcast said two Al lied planes' were shot down) Gen Sir Bernard Montgom ery eighth army commander in Ithe meantime issued a Christmas message to his troops JThe eighth army has turned the enemy out of his famous Ag I heiia positions and is now advan I cing into Montgom I ery sadi is wonderful what has been achieved since the 23rd I "ofTi October when we started the I battle of Egypt "i I "Before the battle began I sent I you a message in which I said I us pray that the Lord Al I mighty in battle iill give us vic I He has done so and I I know you will agree with me I whervt I say we must not forget I to: thank him Yor his 7 I Ingenious Soldier Solves Mess Problem I CAMP ATTERBURY Ind Dec I Corporal Reuben Shll man is an ingenious fellow and I the entire 8th General hospital I personnel is very happy that he I I Everyone was dreading the as I signment to' kitchen police on I Christmas day of all days so I Corporal Shilman came through I with an idea I He rounded up '24 Jewish sol I diets who volunteered to take I over all: KP4 duty Christmas range BOB STEELE TOM TYLER RUE DAVIS THE GREATEST WESTERN STAR IN THE HISTORY AND NOW THE GREATEST PICTURE HIS CAREER? HERE ARE THRILLS UNBOUNDED ADVENTURE BRIMMED WITH ACTION AND ROMANCE TINGED Gen Chennaiilt I Leader 01 Airmen In China Honored WITH AIR ORCES IN CHINA Dec (UP) Brig dem Claire Chennault whose airmen have all but chased the Japanese out of ree skies was decorated today with the Distinguished Service Medal The medal his first American decoration was presented by Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell com mander of American forces in India and China in a brief cer emony outside the small yellow building which first headquarters' greatly outnumbered in personnel andairplanes and other essential' the cita tion said "succeeded in" pro tecting a large section vo unoc cupied China from enemy air at tack and have caused severe loss es to the Chennault commanding air forces in also won praise for appreciation and understanding of 4 Chinese prob lems which has resulted in a high degree of good will between army forces and the Chinese people Although the medal was the first American decoration receiv ed by Chennault during the war he previously had been awarded the highest Chinese honors Many of the airmen flying un der command wit nessed the presentation and then inspected the first group of North American medium bombers (B 25 Mitchells) which arrived at this field today i 1' Bl Sped Handling of JND MEXICANS disclosed 'is': planning to WASHINGTON" Dec (UP) speed up and simplify the han I United States and Mexico dling of labor disputes by giving today signed reciprocal trade greatly increased' authority to ten agreementr the first such pact be war labor boards" scat I tween the two countries tered' throughout the country Secretary of State Hull 1 Under this decentralization plan father of the reciprocal trade much of the work of settling dis I treaty keystone of the good yutes will be 'done in 'the field I neighbor signed on behalf with the national board confining of United States Ambassador itself largely to hearing appeals I ranc) scO Castillo Najera signed and making policy '1 "I for Mexico in a simple ceremony Another major procedural step at the state department will permit the ten 1J( regional di I The treaty involves a long list rectors to make final decisions I of mutual tariff ebneessjons In on voluntary wage or salary ad I eluding an oil clause regarded as justment cases involving employ the most important can ers" of not more than' 100 per quota restretions on im sons I ports of Mexican crude and fuel this process of regionalizing 1 oil and reducing the importduty its work the board' expects to I from one half to one quarter cent keep nearly all dispute cases and a gallon about two thirds of the voluntary I The pact will extend for three tvage and salary cases in the I years but carries a six months es field I cape clause' I The board 'also said is draft important items re ing a simplified form applica I ceiving tariff include tion for wage and salary adjust I ale beer cattle hordes' mules ments to make it easier for the certain fruits and vegetablestur small business concern to apply pentine zinc oxide resin vanilla for rulings on proposed adjust beans fluorspar graphite onyx ments I lead zinc sawed lumber and tim The streamlined procedure for ber handling dispute cases provides for the establishment of perma nent panels major cities De ROOSEVELT" TO certain rights of review and WARTI ME CHRISTMAS peal to be announced The board I Continued rom Page One) said that as soon is the panels I are established and plans of pro day rations to add to their cedure are completed the entire h0StSppolp Ast program will be announced in de I KUMlbL DIG hLAsJ tail? I The navy promised a spread of turkey ham potatoes oyster 2 I cocktails' cranberry and ARIEDIOIIQ I AR 1 CADO other trimmings for its officers AMtnlUUd LAU LtArb hnd bluejackets Nuts candy and INTO RIVER DROWNS ice cream rounded out the menu (Continued from Page One) The army expected to do as well in gaily decorated mess halls when the accident occurred The with 5000000 pounds' of turkey car belonging to Andrews was and tons of potatoes pies and driven by DeWitt with the girl' I other delicacies seated between them The train There was turkey too for the was drawn by two locomotives 1500 Americans imprisoned by the and the car crashed into the side Japs at Camp Woosung near of the first cylinder The car was going toward Elston It wrecked the motor out and hurled more than 100 feet nese invaders Police found the machine in the At home despite rationing and middle of the road about 15 feet some scarcities fatter pocket from the tracks Both Andrews I books gave promise of ample and the girl were still in the I Christmas dinners Andjunior 'wreckage' too probably will find that Kris RUNS TO RIVER pack is bulging with 1 Jacob Hoekstra 28 of 1016 toys though some may lack the Hartford street a witness told I shiny metal of other years the police he pursued the fleeing THOUSANDS JAM TRAINS DeWitt through a cornfield all 5 Thousands of soldiers and work th 1 wav rn tma river nut WHS I ers unable to catch After Dlunzinr into the youth appeared to regain his I to get home senses MT 1 hi 1 Kryf rr i "'I i ft I jvt i l9 A I I Tyrone I a 4 A I I 1 I 1 1 I eg BMW'' WSRW senders eats tig ITlI rl ti 'J QI 1 9 HUMUS IL 'VrN Al iMl I fli Li Tib jism Blit jjt Tap asaiy 1 IL 1 Mwm Je Buy TVar ponds' rQ joaay tor Ama I A 4 't 1 1 St 1 Ilin III iiiiiiiii mill I ml I I ii uhi ih fs qUfi 5 Ti SYt I 4 i A A "ft 3 4 5 1 'S "1 4 5 5 t1 1 Ifr' 3 ft 4 2o lyi' 1 IV 3 HE THINKS ASTER THAN THE DESPERATE KILLER i1 RUT MAS STAMPS AHO SUNOS St THIS THfSIRl a.