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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30
Highways In
Caucasus Area
Open
Nazi' S Position to
be Desperate if
Rostov Falls

ny International News Seryice)
Fifty 10 sixty Axis divisions, COM
prising 500. 600 TO 100000 OF Hitlers
best troops. were threatened with
capture or annihilation today as
Russian forces drove ahead through
the Caucasus and the Don basin
after capturing the key rail town OF
kotelnikoy.
The German invasion force OF
some 20 divisions in the Stalngrad
area was believed to be hopelessly
trapped. but roads OF escape still
were open for the AXIS armies in
the Caucasus.
Enemy forces In south Russias
conquered territory east OF the Uk-
raine originally were estimated 10
have numbered million. but the
German high command was believ-
ed TO have Withdrawn large forces
when il became apparent that the
Soviet offensiyes were gathering
momentum
Smash Forward
Russian columns smashed fo--
ward on an S0-mile line south OF
rscsptured kotelnikoy today rs
otherer Red army units surged up
from the central Caucasus area OF
Nalchik. Still more Russian forces
drove west and south through the
Don basin, encircling Nazi posi-
tons at many points in the general
sweep towards Rostoy.
This twice occupied city near the
- ha 81 10 ~
Azov is the funnel through which
supplies must move TO the German
divisions in the Caucasus and Don
and Volga areas II Rostov IL cap
tured or encircled, the position OF
the Nazi invaders will be desper-
ate.
Already the Russian encirclins.
tactics have isolated enemy fort II
at numerous points and reduces
their supplies 10 slr-borne igckie7'
/ On Monday 81 big German trans
port planes were shot down In the
Stallngrad area.
Russian defenders OF StainRrad
drove the enemy from strongly-held
positions In ruins OF the city's shat
tered factory area and drove steadi-
ly ahead In the multiple onensiyes
north and south OF the city.
Thus The ambitious summer plans
Of Hitler to cut the Nolga and seize
the rich oil stores OF the Caucasus
approached sn ienominious climax
az the carefully timed Russian
counter-offensiye slaughtered Nazi
divisions on a wholesale scale and
destroyed and captured Germany's
dwindling supplies OF war equip
mcnt.
The scale OF fighting Increased in
Tunisia and Libya. the last AXIS
footholdg on the African continent.
Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
was reported 10 have led some OF
his defeated Airika troops into
Tunisia after the headlong flight
across Egypt and Libya.
Some OF Rommels troops were
said 10 he in action against Allied
forces In south Tunisia while the
main force OF the pursuing British
eighth army was still 80 miles west
Of Sirte on the road OF THpoli
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30
New Batch of
Weather Here

The weatherman sent Ypsilanti
another batch Of bad weather today.
No sooner had the ice melted a
bit than he sent a new rain, ending
up with a freeze that makes walk
ing one OF the perilous sports and
driving something Of a nightmare.
Sanding the streets Is little more
than a gesture. for no sooner is IL
done than a new rain and freeze
covers the sand.
As for the skies, It Is believed the
sun has disappeared entirely and
lights are necessary most OF the
day Fog at night makes travel
interesting for workers in factor
les on night shifts. The first World
War was notable for below zero
cold and ice. Then people nearly
froze for lack Of coal and now 10 IS
oil thar fails
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30


Washington. Dec 30-INS-The
postwar program OF Vice President
Henry A. Wallace today appeared
likely to lead TO exhaustive debate
in the new Congress both on the
question OF peace and world recon
stmCtiOn
Congressional reaction TO Wal
lace's speech, interpreted by some
as a prelude to a statement OF
White House policy, varied from
scorn to praise.
The vice president was heartened
by receipt of scores OF kilograms
from every part OF the country
praising his proposal for some
kind OF a world council to pre-
serve peace and improve the eco
monte condition OF the world.
Chief criticism-mostly private
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

Gets Warning

Washington. Dec. 3O-INS- The
18th Congress. not yet convened.
was on notice today from President
Roosevelt thst any cuts II may
/ make in so-callcd non war federal
spending would be on its own re.
sponsibility.
In what was obviously the open.
ing executive move to forestall
widespread reductions in some gov.
eminent activities by the almost.
Republican lower house. President
Roosevelt told a press conference
that only Congress can determine
what is and Is not non-eEsentlal
activity
Mr.. Rooseyelt's discussion was
prompted by reporters question
asking II he contemplated recon-
mending reductions in non-war
spending in his annual or budget
messages to Congress. due Jan. I
and Jan. y. respectively.
Replies Sharply
The President replied somewhat
sharply that he did not understand
how people get thar way. and then
swung into a dissertation on the
subject.
First. he pointediy emphasized
the fact that there had been steady
and continuing cuts in federal ex-
penditures for non-essential puf-
poses since the outbreak OF the en-.
ergency, and that in the last year
alone these items had been reduced
by about Sl,000,000, 900 annually.
Then he declared that II was ex-
ceedingly difficult and open to end.
less argument as to what actually
L. EnA-1, L.-,c H..
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30
Cycles Control Bustles, Fishing, Depression


Schenectady, y. y, Dec. 29-lNs
In order OF their importance we
will have BUSHES In 1875; bell
shaped dresses in 1913, good sal
mon fishing IN eastern Canada In
19i3-and depression iu 1917.
Thus did the seers predict today
following the General Electric SCI
enCe Forum. What's more It's all
based on the law Of cycles
when one deals with things that
recur regularly. one is al the very
heart OF predictability,' observed
Edward r. Dewey. director OF The
Foundation for the study OF cycles.
To him. mysteries OF finance. fish
inr. wOmen's fash ons or war are
unlocked merely By studying the
past.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

The next depression. Nj. Dewey
observed. should last until 1851.
which should make war bonds q
good investment today
MANY businesses" he declared.
show combination OF nine nd
1S.year rhythms. both Of which are
due for lows about nine years from
nov.
I'm my own personal affairs.
am count ng Gearing war disior.
tom on good business until about
19i1. and then falling off until
about 1851 or 952. II my guess T.
right. people who buy war bonds
TOW aud hold them 90 maturity will
find them mighty useful and o.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30
Officers Named by
Municipal Workers

Tuesday evening Municipal
Workers OF America Union clio.
-269 y elected officers at their
meeting at 20 r. Michigan Ave. All
Oh officers and stewards we're re-
tsined except the president.
They are. william Hughes. pres.
iient. Leon Hammond. vice presi-
denet. Samuel J. Cazier. financial
secretary and treasurer. and Ken
meth Rice, secretary. The stewards
are. Elmer Robinson. Pau. Clay.
Chauncy Green. Guy Okey and
Leon Hammond. Sergeant-at-arms
Is Eugene Williams.
The retiring president is RUBY
Wynn. There we're approximately
- present
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30
Hundreds of Thousands of
HitLer's Picked Soldiers
Believed in Soviet Trap
Liquor, Fighting Brings End
to Vicious TOuhy Gangsters


were reported TO have assisted In
the savage punishment
Horst. agent for the apartment
said Mrs Horst went to Nelson 3
room the day after the dght an }
found II empty Mrs Horst said
there were bloodstains all over the
floor and furniture, Pillows and
bedclothes were soaked with blood.
A tenant In a room adjoining re-,
ported that the fight was so furious
she feared the combatants we're
going to smash through the partl
ton.
That led TO the partial break up
81 the gang and, IL was believed. 20
the capture OF Ave OF the mem bers
and the killing of the other two.
Goes 10 Mother
Nelson went 10 Minneapolis :
whore his mother lives and told his
story. Relatives were understood
to have notified FRI agents in the
twin cities although Hoover would
not admit this. Nelson was arrest.
ed there and the arrest Of Stewart
In Chicago followed shortly
Hoover did not say that eth ,r
Nelson or Stewart had 'sQuealed'
but 1t was within few days after.
ward that the trail OF the remainder
OF the gang was picked up in Chi.
cago, at the Leland Ave. apartment
and later at the kenmore Ave.
apartment where the other gangs
tiers went after the fight
Then began the elaborate pre-
parations for the trap A federal
agent went 10 the Leland Ave.
place and. posing as n building in,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30
BODIES RECOVERED

Grand Rapids, Mich. Dec. 90
Tuesday. bodies OF three OF -four
persons who drowned Monday when
ice gave way beneath them. were
recovered from the Thornapple Riv-
or near Ada. The body " Robert
Dcrtoin. "a. was taken from the
river Monday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30
Flashes of
Late News
THE WEATHER: Tonight;
Continued Rain

CHlCAGO-INS- Good Night
Ladies'" a comedy running in Chi.
cago, was In the hands OF a TEN.
porary receiver today on the CON-
plant OF d. ID. Feldman, Houston,
Texas, oil man, who charsed he was
induced to sell his quarter interest
IN the show after Howard Lang,
the producer, allegedly represented
it as a probable failure. Since that
time. Feldman charged, the show
has crossed $3.50 600 and has sold
movie rights for S25O,OOO.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

LANSING, Mleh.-AP-Don-
aid Kennedy resigned today as
state highway commissioned TO
become vice president for high
way traffic In AutomotiVe Safe
ty Foundation In Washington.
Governor Murray D. Van Was-
oner Immediately appointed
Lloyd 3. Reid, deputy state
highway commissioner as Ken
nedy's successor. Van Wagon
er In announcing kennedy's
resignation described him as
the best highway commission
er Michigan has ever had" and
declared that arrangements
for Kennedy 70 take the Job
with the safety foundation had
been completed more than a
year ago.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

See CONGRESS Page S
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

WASHINGTON-AP- vfsualiz.
Ing the establishment OF a federal.
ly-financed marketing system
through which consumers would
pay less for their food and farmers
would receive more, Chairman Full
mer (D-SC) Of the House Agri.
culture Committee said today the
committee would undertake a stu.
dy of the proposal shortly after
Congress eonyeues next week.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

WASHlNGTON-AP 49, DESPITE
the tremendous printing job yet to
be done, ONCE Of Price Administra.
ton officials expressed confdenc,
today the pointrationing program
for canned, dried and frozen food
would get undei way sometime i'm
February.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

WASIlINGTON-AP - Eastern
motorists and consumers of fuel
oil learned today that the railroads
expect to deliver more gasoline
and oil to the Atlantic seaboard
next montil-but probably they
won't get single extra gallon. The
best they can hope for. in the opin
ion OF Economic Director James r
Byrnes. is that their present ra.
tons will be maintained.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

PITTSBURGH-AP- Upsurging
streams Of the upper Ohio River
watershed threatened today to In.
terfere with production OF several
large Industrial plants as they pass.
ed flood stage and neared more
dangerous Highly alter marks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

MEXICO CITY-AP- The Rio
Grande station master reported 10
the National Railroad Administra.
ton yesterday that a group OF
armed men protesting compulsory
military training had shot up the
little farming town Of Miguel ANA.
400 miles north OF here. killing six
persons and wounding several 9th.
erS.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

NEW YORK-AP- an Which
We Serve. Noel towards British
naval drama, has been chosen By
the New York Film Critics as the
outstanding motion picture produc-
ed and released in 1912.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

WASHINGTON-AP- As part
payment for that future supply OF
crude rubber expected from the
southern republics, the United
States is permitting small shin
ments OF rubber tires and tubes 10
20 to four or five countries on the
east coast Of South America. Board
OF economic warfare officials sad
Today the shipments are in line
with our policy to share with Latin
America our shortages as well as
our SURPRISES"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

LONDON-lNS - Residents OF
France were warned again today
for the first time in months by the
British radio 10 move away from
possible areas OF invasion and from
centers producing war materials
for the Nazis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

SYRACUSE. n. Y-AP 49, One
man was dead from a fire that d ?.
siroyed the historic four.story I'm
plre Hotel block and an adioinin ,
three-story bus terminal building
in the down town district early TO-
day Eight stories in the hotels
ground floor also were lost.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

NEW YORK-INS-D Divorce pro-
ceedings instituted by the eighth
wife Of Joe Howard, 7S-year.old
song writer, radio and night-club
star, is scheduled to be aired in
Supreme Court today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

LONDON-INS-Sir Neville Mey-
rick Henderson, British diplomat
who was England's last ambassador
TO Berlin before outbreak OF the
war. died in London last night, il
was announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30

SANTIAGO, Chile-AP-Despifo
unofficial reports that Il was about
to approve a resolution urging A
diplomatic break with the Axis. tho
chilean senate adjourned a long
debate on international affairs LAST
night with the issue apparently
still unsettled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
ALGIERS
 ATTACKED
 BY AXIS
German Dive Bombers Hit Troop Transports at
 CdpifuIated Port

LONDON, Nov. 9.-Reuters new. agency today quoted the Vichy radio in report that German dive bomb CTS attacked six United States trool transports which entered the road stead at Algiers early this after noon.
 The American and British troops were arriving at the capitulated port which is said to be strengthening its anti-aircraft defenses.
 Both shore and naval guns are reported frequently in action against the Axi planes.
 Two dive bombers scored near misses in midafternoon on a trans port landing troops, it was said.
 The broadcast added that U. S., British, German and Italian planes tangled ip a free-for-all over the coast about twelve miles west of AL giers. Several unidentified planes were seen to drop into the sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
CLAUDE M. HIRST WILL TAKE TRIP
 TO WASHINGTON

General Superintendent Claude M. Hirst of the Alaska Office of Indian Affairs plans to leave Ju- neau Wednesday by boat for his annual trip, which he missed last year, to attend to routine business matters in Seattle, Chicago an d Washington, DC.
 This will be his first trip Out side in two years. Mrs. Hirst will accompany him. The trip to Chi cago is necessitated because part of the Indian Office has been moved from Washington to Chi cago.
 During MT. Hirst's absence of several months, Administrative As sistant Fred R. Geeslin will be in charge of the office here
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
New Advance
 Is M a d e in
 GuadaItana|
American Troops Move Eastward . Jap Air
 Attack Beaten Off

WASHINGTON, Nov. g. = The Navy Department reported Saturday night that American troops have advanced eastward from their posi- tions on Guadalcanal in what ap- peared to be a maneuver to isolate the threatened Jap beachhead in the vicinity of Koli Point.
 Up to late Saturday night only light enemy resistance on the west ern flank of the American defense area was reported. Here the Marines again repulsed enemy counter-at- tackS.
 It is also reported that enemy bombers struck for the first time since October 29 at Guadalcanal but no damage was done.
 United States planes maintain a continuous patrol over enemy posi- tions, bombing and strafing troop concentrations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
EVERETT SMITH SPENDS LEAVE ON
 HUNTING TRIPS

Everett Smith, office manager for the United States Employment Ser vice, was back at his desk today after two-week leave during which he went on, not one, but two hunting trips.
 MT. Smith and his father, Gene Smith, left two weeks ago on the latter's boat, Clara R, for Tenakee and Admiralty Island where they spent several days with moderate success in hunting. They returned to Juneau and left again, taking Art Burke and E. o. Davis with them to Oliver Inlet where they hunted for week in the district. The party of four returned to town with three bucks and report ed lots of geese in the Oliver Inlet district and many deer on the north end of Admiralty Island.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
E. ]. LESSEN IS APPOINTED TODAY
 TO ALASkA POST
Fairbanks Editor Named 10 UnempI pIoymenf
 Commission

The appointment of Ernest F. Jes- sen, Fairbanks, as a member of the Unemployment Compensation Com mission of Alaska was announced today by Acting Governor E. L. Bart lett. lessen will fill the post made vacant by the death of Harry Phil lips of Fairbanks.
 The new member of the commits sion is a pioneer resident of Alaska. Now editor and publisher of lessen s Weekly at Fairbanks, he formerly was editor of the Seward Gateway and before that was newspaper man in Anchorage.
 His appointment is for the period ending March ', 1945. He will be the Republican member of the com
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
pRESBYTERIANS TO HAVE DINNER HERE
 WEDNESDAY, NIGHT

An opportunity for all members of the congregation to become bet ter acquainted is offered the mem bers of the Northern Light Pres byterian Church in it's Fellowship Dinner to be held at pm. We'd nesday.
 All members and others in the city who are not members of the church but attend services are in- vited
 Honor guests will be those who have joined the church since Mo- vember of 1941, totalling fl new members.
 The Martha Society and World Service Circle are supervising plans for the covered dish dinner and anyone wishing suggestions as to what to bring is invited to call Mrs. A. J. Ficken, red 198.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
AIRFIELD5
 SEIZED BY
 US. FORCES
More Landings, North Afri- 1a-Viehy Government
 Breaks with U. 5.
Continued from Page One)
Breaks off Relations

Breaks off Relations Marshal Petain's Vichy Govern ment ordered all French troops to resist the American invasion and the government immediately broke off diplomatic relations with the United States.
 Both Vichy and Axis reports late Sunday indicated naval and air ac- tions were being fought both on the Atlantic and Mediterranean at points where huge Allied conveys were disembarking troops for the invasion of Africa.
 Is Second Front
 Both Vichy and Axis broadcasts said it is generally regarded that the invasion is the first step toward op- ening a Second Front in Europe, perhaps through Italy.
 Naval Battle Reported
 A Berlin radio last night, quoting a Vichy report, said the new 35,000- ton French battleship Jean Bart and four French submarines have been hit in action by Allied dive bombers, presumably in action near Casablanca on the Atlantic Coast of French Morocco.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
ASK APPLICANTS TO RETURN BLANKS
 FOR NURSE5' AIDE

Fifteen application blanks have been sent out to Juneau women interested in taking the American Red Cross Nurses Aide course, Mrs Harley Turner, registration chair man, said today
 Mrs. Fred Geeslin, chairman of Nurses Aides, requested today that II those who have not yet re- ,urned application blanks to Mrs. Turner do so as soon as possible 50 that organization of the new lass can be completed soon.
 Physical examinations and im- munizations are given only after Ill applications have been sent ut and returned, she said.
 The committee would like to have few more registrations, as a class of nearly 20 is preferred before organized.
 It is hoped that registration will be completed this week so that the classwork can be carried out be- fore the Christmas holidays. : Anyone wishing to apply for registration is asked to call Mrs. Harley Turner, blue 440.
 Approximately 2,600,000 automo- piles are annually retired from ser- vice in the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09

divisions of the British Army.
 The statement further said the landing provides an effective Second Front assistance to our he- roic Allies in Russia"
 The Presidents statement also said the French Government and people have been informed of the purpose of the American expedi- ton and they have been assured that the Allies seek no territory and have no intention of interfer- ring with the friendly French au- thorities in Africa.
 Cooperation Asked
 The President, in his statement said the Government of France and it's people and those in the French possessions are requested to cooperate with and assist the Am erican expedition" in it's efforts to repel the German and Italian in- ternational criminals and by so doing to liberate France and the French Empire from the Axis yoke. !"
 The statement Saturday night did not specify the exact points where the powerful force disem- parked.
 Simultaneously with the state ment, the White House made it public that President Roosevelt, in an address recording which was broadcast Saturday night to the French people by short wave from Washington and London, asked for their assistance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
HOME NURSING TO
 MEET ON TUESDAY

Members of the Home Nursing Class scheduled to meet on Wednes- day afternoons in the Juneau Health Center, are reminded that this week, because of Armistice Day, they will meet at l 80 D. m. tomorrow instead.
 Miss Stephenie Bogdon, Public Health Nurse and Home Nursing in structor, will go to Douglas tomorrow only in the morning hours and will return in time to conduct the Home Nursing Class
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
GERMAN VIEWPOINT

LONDON, Nov. Slate la st Saturday afternoon a broadcast from the German controlled radio station Hilversum in The Neither lands, said the big convoy moving suddenly across the Mediterranean from the direction of Gibraltar was no doubt an aim of the Allies to capture North African ports in or der to set up a Second Front from there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
5,1S8 JAp5 ARE KILLED,
 50l0M0N5

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-At least 5,l88 Japs have been killed in the Solomon Islands land fighting since the American invasion began on August ', the Navy Department an nounced last Saturday night.
 This figure, the Navy further an nounced, does not include estimates of Japs killed within their own lines by naval aerial bombardments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
NURSES TO MEET
 THIS EVENING

Gastineau Channel Nurses As sociation will meet at o'clock to- night in the home of Mrs. Hector Mclean, 624 Sixth Street, it was announced this morning by Mrs. Harley Turner A large attendance is requested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
GROVER c. WYNN BACK
 FROM TWO-MONTH TRIP

Grover c. Vim, prominent Ju- neau attorney and City Magistrate, returned last night from the States where he has been for the last two months. MT Vim accompanied his daughter, Suzy- Vim, to Portland. Oregon where she entered Reed Col lo0o
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-11-09
ALBERT E. wITHEY.

When foreign enterprise in 1876 built China's first railroad-a To- mile, narrow gauge line from Shanghai to Woosung - it was promptly bought and destroyed by the government.