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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-12-04
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Operates Friday

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Funeral in Seattle
For Air Crash Victim

The body Of 2nd 1t. Jack ".
Finley who died In an sirplsne
crash Wednesday win be sent to
Seattle for burial. Arrangements
will be announced by Buckley
King Funeral chapel He Ia the
son Of DR.. J. II. Finley Of Seattle.
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WARRINGTON The STATE -
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WASHINGTON - Ths Naf d.
psrtment announces Authorization
for fhs eonstfsseslen - ar feFes
installations al Mountain Nome.
ia. 70 cost more fhsa - o1o. 900.
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WASHINGTON Five u. s.
naval transports were lost as a
result of submarine action during
the occupation of North Africa by
American forces in the early part
Of November.
In addition. five other American
vessels. three transports. a de-
stroyer and a tanker-were dam
aged during the operation, the
navy announced Thursday.
The transports lost were Tasker
X. Bliss. Hugh L. Scott and Ed
ward Rutledge. all sunk off Casa
blanca. the Joseph Hewes, sunk
off Rabat. and the Leedstown,
sunk off Algiers-
The navy did not announce the
names Of the damaged craft.
HERE Is CoMMUNIQUE
Text Of navy communique No.
200 announcing the losses follows:
Africa:
/. The following u. s. naval
transports were lost during the
early part of November as re-
suit of enemy submarine torpe-
does during the. occupation Of
North Africa by u. s. forces
"(a) The Tasker II. Bliss, Hugh
L. Scott and the Edward Rutledge
were sunk off cssablanca.
"(b) The Joseph Hewes was
sunk off Rabat.
"(el The Leedstown was sunk
off Algiers.
~. Three other ". s. transports,
one U. s. destroyer and one u. s.
tanker were damaged during the
operation.
IS. The next of kin of person
mel killed. wounded or missing are
being notified by telegram as soon
as information Is received"
ALL FORMER LINERS
The navy said IL had no infor-
nation as TO the extent of losses
on the transports, all Of which
were former American liners.
The nsvy's announcement of
these losses was the first II has
made of its part in the occupation
of North Africa.
Largest Of the sunken vessels
was the Hugh l.. Scott. the former
liner President Pierce. The vessel
had been serving the army in
recent years. but was transferred
to the naval service. The Scott
had a gross tonnage Of 1886 and
was built in 1921.
The Bliss. the former liner Pres
ident Cleveland. was approximate
ly Of the same tonnage. AS mer-
chant ships each carried a crew
of about $40 men.
The Scott was placed in COM
mission in the navy on Sept. I
this year and the Bliss on Sept Is
The Leedstown was formerly
the Santa Lucia. II was placed
in commission for the navy also in
September.
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Thursday from 5:Z2 p. m.
until S.39 a. m. Friday.
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LONDON British naval losses
in the gigantic allied landing oper-
atoms IN northwest Africa were
the small aircraft carrier Avenger.
an anti-sircraft escort ship. two
destroyers. a corvette. two cutters,
q sloop, a depot ship and a mine
sweeper. A. c. Alexander, first
lord Of the admiralty. told the
house Of commons Thursday
The Netherlands navy lost one
destroyer.
Our naval losses were oonsid-
erably less than had been expected
and with regard TO the scale OF
operations. are considered light,
Alexander said. They are far
less than the enemy claimed.
NOT YET COMPLETE
Assessment Of attacks on enemy
submarines are not yet complete.
Alexander said. but he commented:
1T IL already known that more
than 30 attacks caused destruction
or damage to u-Boats
He disclosed that for the
first time q torpedo plane had
torpedoed submarine.
Tne British destroyers lost Were
the i.e20-ton Martin and the
Broke. The Corvette was the
Cardenia and the sIoop was the
Ibis, 1880 tons. TIE depot ship
lost was the Hecla. the anti-air-
craft escort ship was the Tyn-
wald and the Netherlands destroy
er WAS the Isaac Sweers.
SIX AXIS SHIPS LOST
Alexander read TO the cheering
house an admiralty communique
reporting the sinking Of four sup
ply ships and two destroyers in
a British naval attack on an axis
convoy bound for Tunisla.
He went on to explain that the
allied North African force sailed
in three parts.
One sailed from the United
states for CasabIanca. on the
Atlantic coast. Two sailed
from Great Britain for Algeria
and Oran.
THE conveys contained not only
British and American merchant
men but Belgian. Danish. Dutch,
Norwegian and Polish boats.
Alexander said.
British navy escorts were as
sisted by Canadian corvettes and
Polish. Dutch and Norwegian war
ships. he revealed.
COMPLETE SURPRISE
Elaborate precautions were
taken to safeguard the landing
forces" Alexander said. with the
result that the enemy was COM
pletely surprised"
He disclosed that the two
expeditions which sailed from
Britain had $50 anti-aircraft
guns.
Navy planes gave protection TO
the landing parties and secured
such dominance over air fields that
the Royal air force and United
States air force were able 10 land
planes as soon as the fields had
been reached by troops" Alex
ander said.
Alexander said submarine at
tscks tn the North African zone
had slackened a little but. ne
added. the Allies had 10 keep their
forces supplied by sea and losses
must be expected.
He refused to give merchant ship
losses.
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LONDON - The British navy
has struck body blow II the
Axis forces In Tunlsla by sinking
four supply-transport ships and
two protecting destroycrs in an
attack on = convoy taking them
supplies and achievements. the
admiralty announced Thursday.
Announcement Of the victory
came at moment when the Ger
mans had stiffcned their rests
lance In the Tlnis area and. Al
lied authorities here admitted. had
won local air superiority because
OF their ability TO move planes
quickly from Sicily.
INTERCEPTED TUESDAY
A British light naval formation
consisting Of the cruisers Aurora.
slrsns ana ArKonaut snd' the de-
stroyers oyieberon. under Rear
AntHiFat - IL - naftoufts tHtff~
eepied the convoy Tuesday night
after airplanss had spotted Il
during the day.
steaming at full speed. Har-
court brought his ships into con-
tact with the enemy shortly after
midnight.
The enemy ships scattered.
throwing out a smoke screen, In
desperate flight.
LEFT BURNING WRECKS
Hsrcourt's ships steamed with
blazing guns into the convoy and
sank or left burning wrecks. 20
sink later. four supply and trans
port ships and two destroyers.
The British ships emerged with
out a scratch, but on the way
back 10 base enemy dive bombing
and torpedo planes attacked them
and the British destroyer Quentin
was hit. II sank later. but the
majority Of It's crew. including It's
commanding officer, were re-
ported saved.
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BANK TRANSACTIONS
Tacoma .............s7. OBS. 900
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Russians Rip
German Lines

MOSCOW - Russian forces
have captured Nerchne-Gnil-
ovsky, one Of the Germans
most important bases on the
east bank Of the Don River,
northwest Of Stalingrad. In q
sudden move that may force
the Nazis to abandon all their
positions between the Volga
and the Don, front dispatches
said Thursday night.
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TAKE VALUABLE HEIGHT

Shock troops in night attack
occupied a valuable fortified height
northwest OF Stalingrad after
smashing q 6ugouts and pillboxes
CONTINUED on Page Is, Column 81
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SCOW - Russian shock
troops are driving through line
after line Of German defenses on
the stalingrad front despite stiff
fleming resistance by air-borne
Nazi reinforcements, special dis
patches said today.
Tanks ripped into the flsnks of
German attachments, isolating
them one by one from main forces
and leaving them open to infantry
and cavalry attack from the rear.
USING ARTILLERY
Beaten back everywhere on the
snow swept steppes, the Germans
chung doggedly to fortified villages
but Russian soldiers aided by Red
army artillery and army eoopera-
ton planes. were throwing them
out of one strong point after
another.
The Germans succeeded in rein
forcing some defense points with
air-borne troops, but the fresh men
were not able to stop the Russian
advance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-29
THREE GERMAN
DIVISIONS ARE
NOW HEMMED In
REPORTED THAT 10000 MA
ZIS EITHER HAVE BEEN
KILLED OR TAKEN PRISON
ERS IN RUSSIA
(By Associated Press)

MOSCOW. Dec. 29.-The Soviet
noon communique said that three
German divisions on the middle
Don are almost completely sur
rounded, that 10000 Germans
have either been killed or taken
prisoners, and that 90 enemy
tanks and 40 motorized trucks
have been destroyed and an I'M
determined number seized as war
booty.
The fighting in that area is still
continuing, while the Germans
are retreating doggedly toward
Rostov, their centralized and most
important base in Russia. The
Russians today are reported to be
within 20 miles of Rostov.
Battling in the Stalingrad area,
which was as furious yesterday as
it had ever been there, though on
far more limited scale, has quiet
ed down, according to the COM
munique. Three more German
pillboxeS and eight large-sized
dugouts were captured without
much fighting, as the Germans
appeared intent on surrendering.
Six hundred prisoners are repot-
ed to have been captued in that
area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-29
American Planes Play Important
Part In Fighting Where General
Montgomery Is Pursuing Enemy
(By Associated Press)

CAIRO, Dec. 20. - American
Lockheed planes played an i'm
portant part today in the fighting
in the western desert, where Gen.
Montgomery's eighth army is
striving to keep up with the flee
ing Germans and Italians.
The report said that the planes
had bombed and machine-gunned
RommeIs motorized forces that
stretched over the desert for
several miles, TWenty-eight mo-
torized vehicles were seen to be
completely smashed and aban-
doned, while a countless number
had been damaged in varying de-
grees. Up and down the line, the
planes flew while Embossed blaz-
ing death on men and damage on
vehicles, including lorries, tanks
and gun carriages.
Despite the delaying action
caused by this strafing, the Axis
forces continued to flee at SO rap
i'd pace Montgomery's tanks did
not make contact with them.
Military circles here say it is
evident that Marshal Rommel will
not attempt to make a stand at
Tripoli. That opinion is based on
the fact that the Fighting
Continued on Page Four
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Effort To Be Made Toward
Having Grocery Stores Here
Replenish Stocks Regularly

The question of the lack of food
stuffs in Key West, while not ex-
actly of a serious nature, is yet
pressing enough to warrant Key
Westers, through civic or public
bodies, to try to offset the slow
ness with which stocks in local
groceries are replenished.
1t was with that end in view
that Key West groceryman has
appealed to the Key West Cham
Der of Commerce to use its influ-
ence to stop the continued deple-
ton of stocks of foodstuffs in this
city. Said the groceryman:
I'VE are dependent in a large
measure on foodstuffs from the
wholesalers in Miami. Before the
war, they were anxious to serve
us, but at present they can sell
practically all they have to re-
tailers in that city and in nearby
communities, so that their seihne
to us is little more than an accom-
mediation.
Il am aware that every other
retail groceryman in Key West
has just as much difficulty as
have in trying to keep up his
stock. Gradually, it has become
less and less till it has reached that
point where we should begin to be
anxious about our supplies. The
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-29
With Tuohy In Roundup
In Chicago Today Were
Notorious Basil Banhart
And Eddie Darlac
(By Associated Press)


CHICAGO. Dec. 2s.-The re-
naming three members of the
Roger TuohY gang. including
TuohY himself. were captured
today by FBI men in an apart
ment at slls Kenmore avenue,
The EBI men, were led by J, Ed
gar HoeysE himself ai ass,...l.
For almost q week, it was said.
Hoover and his investigators had
been hot on TuohY's trail. but
II was not until early this morn
ing that they secured informa-
tion that convinced them that
Tuohy and the other two toughs
were in the Kenmore Apart
ment.
There was not anything spec
tacular about the arrest. The
three thugs, once they saw it was
useless to attempt to shoot it
out, threw up their hands and
backed out of the apartment un-
der the command of Hoover, who,
with his men, gained entrance
through a door that had been
unlocked. With Tuohy were the
notorious Basil Banhart and Ed
die Darlac.
They, with four other MEM
bers of the gang, made their es-
cape after the kidnapping and
murder with. which they were
charged. In the running fight
that followed, two members of
the gang were killed and two
others were apprehended short
time afterward. Ever since that
time countrywide search had
been made for the other three
men, and it developed, after the
arrest, that they had never left
this city.
Tuohy, Banhart and Darlac
submitted meekly to being hand
cuffed. All the braggadocia and
supposed daring they had shown
on other occasions were gone as
they were led out of the apart
ment to cars waiting in front of
it to take them away.
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decrease has continued to grow,
week after week, so that at pres
ent we are unable to supply this
or that staple food, and almost
every day we run out of some es-
sential food and are unable to get
it except in quantities that are al
together too small.
1T would open the eyes of Key
Westers generally if they could
see our order sheets after copies
of them are returned to us. Some
times almost evey other item has
been crossed off, and, after we
have repeated the order, it comes
back crossed off again.
Our trouble is our depending
on Miami as our sole distributing
area. Of course, we deal with To-
cal wholesalers, but they can not
fill all our needs, and frequently
they are as unable as we are to OBJ
tain certain foodstuffs. While we
continue to deal with Miami, we
should look about us and try to gel
additional foodstuffs from some
other large center" 90
The Citizen was informed that
the Key West Chamber of Com.
merce is fully aware of the grow
ing necessity for the grocerS OF
this city to be able to get larger
stocks than they are getting al
present. They have tried in al
the ways at their command, but
large stocks as they need for their
still have been unable to get a:
large stocks as they need for theil
trade.
That is the reason, the grocery.
man in question said, that actual
ed him to call the matter to the at.
tention of the Chamber of Com
: merce.
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Paul Albury 20 represent the
city and J. Frank Roberts .
represent the county.
This committee. comprising
Eberilardt. Everett Russell. j.
lus Stone. Dion. AIbUry and
Roberts, VIII decide on the steps
necessary for the securing Of thls
cC-mOdi0us building and 50 pro
Nlding modern hOspItsiIzatl0u f0r
the work % BE- done By the Me-
cedes Hospital, a token donation
70 the corporation from tE-e
Chamber Of Commerce was an.
thorized
Present al the meeting were
Glenn c. Price. Fred J. Dan.
Fred o. Eberhardt, Bascum T.
Grooms, Ernest A RAMS.
Everett ". Russell. Charles s.
Taylor and Paul c. AIbury.
The resignation Of Albert F
PIERCE 70 enter the Z. s ARM.
was accepted with regret Mr.
PIERCE has won the esteem Of his
associates by ms ability, energv
and WILLINGNESS 70 serve the CITY
in which he 4 made his home
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Very Little Fighting Re-
ported Between Allies
And Axis IN Areas In Vi
cinity OF Tunis

LONDON. Dec. 2s.-The col
umn of Fighting French. which
came into contact with the enc
my southeast of Tunis two days
age. was reported today to be
within IS miles of that city.
wh~-e they met what was char
scterized as stiff opposition.
The Freachmen are attempting
an snvelopins movement against
the Axis forces IN Tunis. and
that object must have manifest
cd itself 10 the Axis commanders
there. because, IN the fighting
Today. they had three or four
times as many men as thew did
when they met the French yes
ieEdaY end retreated.
The enemy now is holding Il
was reported and the battle in
that sector Is still raging.
There Is LILLE fighting between
TIE Allies and The Axis powsrs
in the areas west Of Tunis end
southwest Of Bizs-ta. Tss
ground In those sectors have been
turned into quagmirss by the
daily rains during the last nine
days. Most Of the action today
was II the air. where the Allies
showed a notable superiority.
T5~Y succeeded IN beating back
Axis planes that were attempting
to raid the Allied lines and aIs5
in -tesdilY pounding the enemY's
advanced and supporting posi-
tons.
News was received here today
Ebout the activity Of still another
Fighting French force Il has
captured Southland which cen
trolls the narrow straits between
n he !oy6'f @''gm ' q Red
Sea y
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AMERICAN PLANES
SINK JAP CRUISER
SQUADRON SIGHTED NIPPON
ESE VESSEL WHILE ON
SCOUTING TRIP

(By Associated PressD
DARWIN. Dec. ga squad
ron of American planes took off
from Henderson airfield on
Guadalcanal yesterday on a
scouting trip. looking for Jap
ships. and before they returned
they found a Nipponese cruiser
in the harbor of Raboul. New
Guinea. nose-dived toward her
and dropped 5oo-pound bombs.
Three of the bombs scored
perfect hits, and when the planes,
none of which were damaged
started their homeward journey,
the cruiser was a mass of flames
and was sinking by the stern.
The fighting at Buna today is
confined chiefly to artillery. The
Americans and the Australians
are concentrating their fire or
the Japs' stronghold in the strip
of ground they occupy west OF
Buna Mission.
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-TTJ1L n TI5Iq57T
Commerce Body Committee To
Start Immediate Action For
Securing New Hospital Here

The directors of the Chamber
of Commerce held a meeting
last night TO take action On the
proposal to acquire a hospital for
Key West to meet the needs
that have been filled by the Ma
rine Hospital, which viii be-
closed in the next two Months
or so.
Chairman Eberhardt, Of the
disqualification Committee, made
detailed report Of the commit
tees activity to get & h ~ital
for Key West, including &C r.
spondence with Surgeon General
Thomas J. ParFan, Senator
Claude Pepper. Governor SPECS
Sard l. Holland and the owners
of the Trust cigar factory on
Flagler Avenue, between Third
and Fourth Streets.
That building can be converted
into a modern hospital, stated
by faculty detailed for that pur-
pose by the United States Public
Health Service, provided that
city and county secure title TO if.
Realizing the delay nat must
ensue before the nece ssary leg
islative steps can be taken TO
enable them to do this. and the
necessity for prompt action, the
disqualification Committee was
empowered TO act as Z Ways and
Means Committee, and enlarged
by the addition Of Fred J. Dion,
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By THoBURN WANT


Wide World Features
CAIRO, Dec. 29.-Ten days of
flying, eating and sleeping with
American filters in the western
desert have made me fairly glow
with patriotism. B.
l am prouder than ever that
I'm an American after seeing our
boys and what they are doing.
They are flying medium bombers
which are blasting enemy troop
concentrations, motor transport,
tanks and airports, thereby en-
abling the Allied ground forces
to advance toward the west. They
are flying fighter planes which
protect bomber missions that are
scoring terrific records in the de-
Struction of enemy planes.
Talk Of The Desert
Their achievements are the talk
of the western desert, yet they
are modest and reluctant to talk
about what they have done. They
prefer to listen to swing records
such as Bing Crosby singing I'll
See You In My Dreams or Dinah
Shore grooming Il Wanna Go
Where You Are"
All are, young; their average
age is %. Col. Curtis Low, of
Needham Heights. Mass, execu-
tive officer of the bomber outfit
with which spent several days,
is 80 years old.
The men swear by him. AS an
operations officer, Col Low is
entitled to stay behind the lines
and direct the activities of 9TH
ers. But he isn't content to do
just that. The other day he went
on dangerous bombing mission,
flew into heavy ack-ack and
dropped eggs. Some ack-ack
knocked out his right engine and
he headed back for a landing
behind our lines. When he put
the plane down, the left tire hit
sharp stone and blew out. But
he brought her in safely. Amer
lean officers are like that-al-
ways doing more than they are
supposed to do.
Morale of the boys I met was
high. Captain T. S. Cordill, SO,
of Los Angeles, who is our Senior
Chaplain in the Middle East, told
me that they have no worries
except those caused by news in
, their letters from home.
All Are Healthier
They are the healthiest bunch
l ever saw rosy checked,
tanned, clear-eyed. Captain o.
H Akre, 26, of Clarkfield, Mimi,
flight surgeon of one unit, told
me the men are healthier in the
western desert than in the Unit
ed States.
All these boys have what il
takes to win wars.
I spent "a hours with eight
fighter pilots going out on a pre-
dawn strafing mission. In the
evening we briefed-that is, we
received instructions about STRAIT
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-29

In the first paragraph Of ration
ing regulations as printed in The
Citizen yesterday in which If was
stated that Sugar Ration Stamp
No. II, good for 3 pounds until
January 81, should have been No.
10, instead.
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Remaining Members OF
Tuohy Gang Captured
CONSOLIDATION OF
FRENCH FORCES MAIN
WASHINGTON TOPIC
(By Associated Press)

tBy Associated PreSsb
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2s.-
Talk about the converting of
congress next week. which
had been the chief topic of
discussion here for several
days. gave way today TO a
discussion of the consolida-
ton of the Fighting French.
under General De Gaulle. and
the Free French. under
General Giraud.
- The opinion was unani-
nous that. should these two
French leaders come togeth-
er. as every circumstance in
dicates they will and throw
all their power into the AL
lied cause. it will mean the
shortening of the war in the
European theater by many
months.
II YVES stated. though not
officially. that General De
Gaulle is expected to arrive
here early next week. which
will precede by several days
the conference he is to hold
with General Gireud. the
French chieftain in North
Africa. Whether he comes
here or not. il is known posi-
lively that American leaders
are striving to have the two
great Frenchmen consolidate
their powers with the Allied
cause. Y