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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-03-07
SWEETHEARTS
AND FLETCHER
TO BATTLE

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-03-07

T0TT p - mn HTW
s<erlt people earrie1
pair ~ LIVE
ffIT STRENGTH
" ~ ~FT1C LODE
~IONEe whieh they
believed 70 - a
POWERfTI
liz ~ CHARM.
one ALLEGED - at
iraft good Issk TO
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-03-07
l. REED
TO OPEN AT
CLUB ZOMBIE

Al, tns treats SEE has made
turlrE Ger years stay a. Broad :
Cluh Zczels ass sIpsctel . ot q
hard Fr.1sy night 70 81 Betty
Tay.cr 1c!es II gs.z FsseFsll
party gwen !. be- -o-o- - ne
popular -oE-A s-- sp--
No-c2y N2rcA -sc-s.. Heea
usAsrs i. rs ae~ She's re eal.s
X ~Ano,1e- Day AID tsAt-ssr rs
so-g ~ re sane ra-s TAr1 -e
.n,-Ccsced here Al TIE oit Cllo
P.4-sA,soa lack L 49,; May BE-
..sVe Il . b his greatest SIR s1c
lis grt4issg shcw Ard TIA; os..s.
nay = xs,i-:c1rtsc ss c-ly re-
Gently lie --nt=r Ess recc-cs. ~
the Cats z-e Fiddle
Reed ~. feature Cho.y aa-
Dosty. Rae Pearl Nor;o- I'D MAJ
co.. Ircn Jaw ard Ma-cs..as VII
so-. Gee. Lees c.chesirA III. play
for dancing as sell as -.s sAou
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49, 49, ~.
rssftas - y shsfp
foor slssasd 81, sprsn9 ,fon
't. tnsir sac GRABBED tll sfc
b. ron ne abe ard f.r.w r.
AKA hsif-scb ard 1s'-t4-sA
b.gEsr fgng BIZ asr1s erasrt =,
shlsic b. fscs sr- re impact %
ifs osll struck nis sf.v HI bad
fh4' r.s eyes when ~ lad ziir1pssd
ne bell sailing 'tro49a he az to
~sfd bin. aid VIXEN ~ op@nsc his
eyes Das va flying through The
rear coor and ~ ne sane tine h
heard he bali hi, The foor and
roi. away. A hard pain ihrohbed IA
n's hand. He sprsng forward ,urs-
inK
You sonofabifch
He slipped on a cue suck iy.rx
10 ne middle Of the foos ane ,sn
blsd forward.
That's enough noE BizEsr. Doe
said. laughing Jack arr r ~ also
laughed. Bigger rose and Jared
them. holding his hurt hand pis
eyes we're red and be sfsrsd wth
speechless hate Just keep lsgzh.
INK" Bigger said sssin. ,Akinz On,
his knife
Watch what you're dolnz no. q
Doe cautioned. "Aw. B.eeer.. J.rk
said. backing away toward The rear
door. You done spoiled ,hinx,
now" CHI. said. Il reckon TIA,
was what you wanted
You 20 to hell'~ Bigger shouted
drowning out Chs voice.
Doc vent down behind the count
er snd when be stood up he Ia,
something In his hand which he dl.
not show He stood there Laughing
White splttls showed a. the corn
ers Of Bigzer's lips.
tCentinaed next wsekl
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TATTLINGS

O. us ~ssss .1creass-tae.as-
ZOE 49, ~s aaye VI sn1 M-s
Wlrs,er Allsr. no are ;-o-e pag-
e-'s 9: harry g.r. Ruby T1sy
re..-s CT Rssss. street. Mr. and
Hfs. Lo-ls Dsfg.s G! 1884 81
A-t.r asts ossy tcy Lo.4s e.
xsrs ~ Sn- Ma Joll Hsy~1.t
2. Ht-+ 2 telrE Sz.el.s 3. : hsty
~ NJ sal Mrs Btar.s Cocc-
VI q, Hs y bsty E.-.
q o. s.tk asi are SIZE Alere
sa-ns Q. g A15.n. sc i re-
t-StEa.ag s.so Mrs.. SAFES n.ta-
- y-s. 10 = FsfFsi q zz5s
t..,o- s.fee. Vto "a cr.utsy Il.
q, ar vr!..rs Ms HANNAH se...
q. Fls-.-E H.s Car.s,.-e WEE
hey. O. "a. Dawson Ms. Lyr.s
Robinson, 2. Lorsx 4ME Zcr
t1-tri src gss.css q. .es4 Me- z
.tfss. Ass Ec..a Bfcvr o. cd
csrt street 4 vlsii ~. cheer
then
T-Its VITO tstossfsd 'he.- rs,s.
1sys = = PSF ~4ek lacicce David
so.o-s,r q zf.s Newton str4st
william LAFlsLr % River R1uzs
Nfs. bsssls ConDer and Jonn vi.
..snt, 0; s. A.ti- street.
yr ces-!'s LeH.s y Eas s.,
LOUIS Ne - ne 1o1ssguest .:
Me- ns-z4sr.'s Parker. D. s, Al
b, He s.zy VII. os .rcshlriie
4 sc-riA welding a1n!ss,ssry
~ss re ress-r back p: TIE bss.ow-
.1z ~ 10 SEE zi.s ,1n yrs MI.
.ie y Efczers Friday ~ her hus-
'src k.cazfc Rocg4rs. The rlt,s
we're cons.ra:!cn phonogrsrh
fseio snc satin ho.se cat
y taefe are s1y talent scou,e
sro11c se hope they read this.
kenny s'spkeIs. q, 81. AUTH. Ia.
citss tenor voice wnich would
p1i mary sroyn-1p 10 shame
Hes ca.y nire yssrs ot age. and
- he son O. Mrs.. Rosa Lee ste.
phsns. q Fleming street
Dent forget. boys. il eth ,sn,
TO ate % apply for those DSH
jcts. Ages required are from II
= %.
A srrpriSs birthday party va,
given IN honor Of Mrs. ss.l.e "
Pope last week. By her children and
HUSBAND. There vas a lovely csk.
With the inscription. Happy Birth.
day, Mother CANDY, ssndN,che,
and COOKIES were also on the menu
The honorse received many Eifts
some Of which we're dress 4
scar. shoes Mexican cookie lar
nosiery. money. fur coat. bat sns
purse. Merrynskers present. be.
sides the Immediate family. were
Mrs. Annie E<teil. Messrr. Gran
and George Duncan. Johnne Mel.
son, Ned Hines. Frank Csnady
Jamie Nae Allen and others.
/ Please send all news 70 rthls col.
umn 10 1902 St. Aubin.
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PLAYS FIEND
ROLE IN
HORROR FILM

W..trt6 Waiter. currently ssea
Il Nc-cxgszs TIE Human Mon
s-e- r.sy.1g a. re Echo theztsz.
S--iay AID Mc-cAy. March 8 and
-ss Lad one Q. TIE most v8Eis6
careers +. theatrical circles. he
14s teen. II :-rz. xine groxes. a
.-s-;ss--zz stcAeT ard designer
.,- AHA Pav.oWs tie noted dane
Hr- Il Rpo-. Erg.znd. March
:. $50 - Sz-e1ts were musicians.
~ zss sce ste1 3, To.br.dge. Lan-
sz--s E-c s.scs school o. AT. At
e. rs zssol z;.c1 VIII P2vlowz
"a -s-zi-atst Walter turned 10
act--z He p.sysc .eacs .; the Old
N.t 4aeztrs Roya.. Dr1ry Lane and
S,rs..o.d-or-Avon Memorial the
ster IL .o.-ec ;ae motion picture
-lc-s--y as actor. author and pro-
i 1877 -s toured ne United
>- z.'A as ow- nc-olc CUES
H-.Hse- tnen and 1895. Re rsturr-
81 W f+fi-r-r, appearing y suc1
a.,s a. -'Tc tie Victor Ovid Bob .
s.1 ccrv.ci 81 During The fall
~ -ts. and The vl-te- o: 1888. be
AKA. cured iA!s country With his
-c-e T-ts
= The Human Mo-s;es which
- tsse1 OF EDGAR wallacs's Dark
Eyes s. icacon Walter playes The
roe Q. Jake blind monster. For
Ills "a, .e spent three hours dali
y 5e.css le faced The cameras in
c--t- - makeup TO- tae horror
Tc- B4.a Lagos. IL starred IN the
s.- AID The supporting cas-; in
c,.1ss besides W.,.rst Walter
G-e'a Gyn,.Eugh Williams AID Ar
fs-- 2 OHen Waiter Summers
directed FOR producer John Argyle
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SUB-DEBS
icentinued from psg, ;,

VIE Coleman AID wl1py Cole
-z- are ;wc c.1s-ent people.
Bless U-zSy. .s 5 ,1s lad wsth a
gfsa. Es.se Q; hg-oF. ard be has
syts cay =. Nsss.ss Fisaer.
EEK MtB.5cz ANXIOUS 70
k1oS 1css soo-: CARROTS Ted
ford.
r.. hard Dar.s.s. Q. Chicago. Is
stay.1g 3. re As,e- Cry rn;g
Eas;s. L4tky Letso.. iz.ezi
lo1.si'A Lsse- s-1 S-nny Wells
are szck icEe,ns- sEsir.
DIZZY. Boy Az Wase.er and
Dzv.- Heard
bernard Lo-z,1s i, .or Jean
.Aonpsc1, -. - cant forge;
Lve.yl WHO cor.1,
Lzvys1ts Jsckso. decided ia,
s.lc Str;n-s- wzs 50 -ezs hone
as rc4ie p-i q gong 70 south
eastern .cs ~E-et
Fsz-k aa.cE. said that Il
we1.c Ike % s~e s-asoa Ba.toz
fsnp hlz.
Song >uggesucns:
"F.snsl -Eo. Evans ynts-
c.ceo -s1zsc- B.rtcn. Every
'.i1- Tsppt.s 70 Ne June Bad
~ O.y 4 Rose Billy DUE
bar. In q .1g 70 Move Away OF
TIE C-;sk.-ts G: Toza willie
fcis1aL -. Pray for You Hay
S4y--c-. aud e.. he cihsr cc.osed
~ ELS.
Ill Bet You That:
PF.cce Make. IS C1zzs "a. b..
Ic. h@r beg friend.
b.. IzHscn came al ire way
from Ch!csgo .1s, % zee Car.
June BALDWIN has scre aew tai
e-t AID his : ore that Nome
hssn'. had first.
Juan Wisherspocr si4d.es hard
- AID gets better results trsn
H-r,ef; McFsc1ea.
The Mail Box:
TIE ;ce.nsn brought lster
from Do.!s Bel who = HAVING q
a-s '.lae a. Palmer Memorial
scaoc- She relsysd that Sc Is
-sr-.1c ike ne psclfc. and .rsa,.c
IKE re Atlantic.
Ray seymour wants all Dis
:flsa1s % wife him All TIE SCI.
c.s.s a. r. Mcclellan and he
o'-e- posts al over me country get
W a, 40 an. Taps are sogIeec
ats Pm.
Don't Forget
older Boys and Glris' ccn.sre- es
rs week. Keep reading The De-
,fo.. Tribune
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HuHyfH " mobets love. Eames 81
rhAnfe. and work. the Other beii<ved 20
keep one safe from rod lnek. svil. the
mn. and rad bF~Aks. No supernatural
claims made. sold ss genuine nnagnetie
~i0nes only.
livery PAIR GUARANTEED ALIVE
>"w 90. too. can get q live pair 81 thes<
strange. amazing eurios DKAN CON-
PIT. ATTRACT. sent postpaid for anly
sl.is u~r pair. 81 con plos postage
EDEr wifh every order; TalisnaA NE
InEE seal No fS~al % Good Lock
~ Play and Games. Rush yoar
order today
r. A. ARTURO.
- Esst zist- New York. NY.
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JIG Van Bo1:

IoDEsTONI LIVE AND STRONG
Ars ,eu unlorky IN EAmss % rhanes
le'e. non<,. business: I.egend sayt an
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"G-t ~ lain Faaz p a.. ys.
sgs.n
sloels Gus soa B.zzer .ss
The optl bare a. -ca :fou Gu
lrs
LEX a B4zEes ssse. 81 to.y
t.nglle x!th t.sfor
Gu eyes 1..ec s.fa tesrs
Lick D. I SAD Ys fk.1k III
playing
Gus looked around he room
Niihou. moving his hesa. Jos, oil
INK MS eyes 10 mute sppss. f1r
help. Bur no one moved Bizxers
left rs, VAS slowly lifting 10 s'Yize
Gus lips moved toward the knife
be stuck out bis tongue and .onth.
Cd the blade Gus lips quivtred
and tears strsamed down be-
cheeks
"Hshshshs Doc laughed
"Av leave i'm alone Jack call
ed.
Bigger watched Gus with lips
twisted In = crooked smile
'n- f'ttNFAf niN ytA fltItu lH
enough" Doc asked
Bigger did NOT answer. His eye,
CLEANED hard again. pregnant win
another idea.
Gus swallowed and stretched bis
hands along the wall. Leave in
alone. Bigger CHI. called weakly
I'm doing this Bigger said VI
put the IT'D of the blade into Gus
shirt and then made an arc viii
bis arm. a. though cutting a cir
Gle.
How would you like me 10 Gu
your belly out7"
Gus did not answer swsa
trickled down his temples. His lipi
hung wide. loose.
shut them liver lips Of yours
Gus did not move . muscle. Big
ger pushed the knife harder int
Gus stomach.
"Bixeef!@ Gus said In a tens
whisper.
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dent. Mrs. Z. shumaie. sec-eu,,l
Miss ]. Devaughn. assisisn, s.r,,1
tary J. Martin. corresponding ~
Rotary: J. c. Aiwaier treasurs..
a. Jones. parliamentary A \
Speed. critic: Mrs. Ethel Lee Bun,
reporter: VI. J. Jackson chapls,
Executive board members ara
William Hanson. L. smoo, AID :
Brown.
Ethel Lee Burns, is rep .tsr.
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Native Son


IT'LL KILL IN, Bigger said through
shut teeth, tightening his hold on Gus
i collar choking him harder
Turn m-n-m-me l-l-loose,' Gus
gurgled struggling.
Make me- Bigger said, drawing his
fingers tighter.
Gus very st..l resting rs knees Then. like
tat Dow 1Ecrg release ne sprsng rs feet. shaking
loose r T Bigger a-c -rrng % get away Bigger stag
resec c4c. sgsns. the wall bressnless for
B.ggers oslc moved - swiftly thst melody i;
cleaning blaze flashed He made org step. grace
IL e ANNA esprg 'sreH o.. rs .e.. 100. and trip
ped G-s % Ire 1oc. G- t-rnsc 81 Bigger
was or .op ~ d ~,- ne knife open and ready
fsi s-t ~ s.ss t5-s..s
1as'F szst HsFs Gas ~. f ,-rt.-at' -*==. -
G-s ~
Ece-sv- E.Ezt-
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UNDERWRITERS
INSTALL THEIR
OFFICERS

The Michigan vrderHr.,eFs ar
ISOLATION asia - annual .rstalla-
'9a al he :; Antoine Banch
INCA " c We, dscl. executive
- The yMCA is..,ere1 lie address
Oricers irs:s,s1 ;of ,ae ensuing
YEAR were ss .o.ioes
A G Danes prssiiert Percy
ackf a..s' v.cs f-fs.csn Mrs
L.-ssy sscc-. s.rs Pres dent
~. 4 s.--c-s tsird we pres!-
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F.oyc K-r- sozg rf.,er ard
composer {. C1ess Il. Be or Ny
Way, has cggxa.1ec rs csr cor-
% Z C1.csgo made ~ O. Electric
E-..A-. ts-cs sax lass r.o.. vicez
sae S.s1c HATS TO ntE lures
are Keep A -z.kir ard Hoorzy
.os rze.s ST.
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81. yC-- - ~
Cas- 49, IS -o-1 Doc .sggh-
- lax az. CT s-r-s- Tssn
2 xxs- s.srse- ssrs arc .coEec q.
c. $50 s-s You ov- -
ss- p, r-r -a--s cov- s.t
- On ftk. t.&r Re Sk't,e- G-s
T-s c-r-, p ,sar. yoE 70
s's -tr; e seq
Ts ar, s;s Exgsr Re sf!il
ze re
So. -, :. Is s.s EzEsr 81
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Kirby, South Join

l1an kirby and Eddie South are
bon appearing 3: CAFE society Up
ios-. New York Kirby moves %
TIE Pump Room. Chicago, IN May.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
New Secret u. S. Tank Helps Rout RommeI

him pretty roughly. I'm a gen
eral,' ne said.
mo ono was more surprised
than 1 when I found out whom
we had captured"
Thoma is the glummest looking
man in the western desert. He
wears a greatcoat with red
tabled collar over his uniform.
1t. Gen Bernard L. Montgomery
met Thoma in desert tent, which
was the British commanders head
quarters, and talked to him
through an interpreter.
The wiry. pugnacious Montgom-
cry looked over Thoma, dressed
in a winter uniform. and in his
sharp, incisive way. told the inter-
prefer:
Tell him / came to the desert
In August. In September I met
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

Rommel. In October 1 beat
him."
The Italians are much shorter
on transport than the Germans,
and it is very likely that Rommel
commandeered the vehicles of his
ally. That explains why there are
so many Italian stragglers.
/ saw one party of Italians who
had fallen asleep on the roadside
by heaps Of dead. They were still
asleep when our mopping-up in
fantry reached them.
Almost every Italian gun I've
seen has been spiked. indicating
that the Italians clear off in good
time. But German guns mostly
are intact, and often the gunners
lie dead beside them.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Roosevelt
Halls Gain
I'm Africa

WASHINGTON. Nov. 7 (INSl
President Roosevelt today hailed
the growing magnitude OF Allied
successes in Egypt and indicated
that Marshal Rommel's first deci-
sive defeat in the seesawing battle
for North Africa is finally in the
making.
Mr.. Roosevelt. however, care
fully cautioned against the use OF
superlatives on the scope Of Amer
lean operations al Guadalcanal. in
the Solomon Islands. explaining
that they were necessarily limited
in magnitude because both sides
were hampered by supply difficult
ties.
Secretary OF the Navy Frank
Knox expressed pleasure over the
North African situation but
warned that Il don't think Rom
mel has been completely smashed. "
"Some retreats In the past
have been as dramatic as this
one" Knox said.
The secretary added that in his
opinion it would be dangerous 10
assume from reports received TO
date that the North African cam
paign" is complete about victory
for keeps
Knox said that German subma-
rines had been driven from Ameri-
can coastal waters by improved
aerial and surface controls. But, he
added. they are still operating on
the high seas in large numbers.
Equipment being used by 1t.
Gen. b. l.. Montgomery's Eighth
Army in Africa was described by
the Chief Executive as being pre-
dominantly British.
The American share" was esti-
mated at less than so per cent, but
the President reported that he was
pleased by reports of its perform
ance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Germans
Retreat i'm
Stalingrad
WHY SHE DID 1T

MOSCOW. Nov. 7 tUP).--The
Red army, encouraged by Premier
Josef Stains promise of an early
offensive against a weakening foe
hurled the Germans from fortified
points in Stslingrad and blasted
them with armored trains in the
Nalchik area of the Caucasus
today.
The Germans we're pinned down
or retreating everywhere and suf'
fering continual big losses as
Stain issued an order of the day
on the twenty-fifth anniversary OF
the Russian Revolution. telling his
army that IL had put 5000. 900 oil
the enemy out of action.
"a Soviet unit In q factory
area (of northern Stalingrad)
dislodged the enemy from two
fortified points and wiped out a
company 900 men," the noon
communique said. "In the south
ern sector Of the city, they de-
molished nine pillboxes and
wiped out 500 Germans"
Northwest of Stalingrad, and
not many miles from the northern
part of the city, Russian artillery
in heavy barrages destroyed eight
enemy forts and partly wiped out
a battalion 1000 mem OF in
fantry.
The communique revealed that
two armored trains had beer
thrown into the fight southeast OF
Nalchik and in six-hour battle
had destroyed 10 tanks, an ar
mored vehicle and plane and dis
persed two companies OF infantry
On another sector southeast OF
Nalchik, two German regiments
(6, 900 mem and tanks were re-
pulsed with heavy losses.
The Russian high command had
not reported in four days any Ger
man progress toward the Grozny
oil fields and Ordzhonikidze. termi'
nus of two military roads TO the
southern caucasus.
East of Tuapse, a naval base or
the Black Sea, where the Rus
SLAMS have the initiative, Red army
units surrounded ITO of the enemy
and wiped them out 10 man. tho
noon communique said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

Egypt some time and were rushed
up to the front in the greatest
secrecy for the opening OF the Of
fenSlNd
Even troops of the Eighth Army
didn't know they had arrived until
they saw them moving forward,
looking like futuristic land battle
ships in the dust that swirled
around them in brilliant moonlight.
The General Sherman tank APP
parently is A refinement OF the
General Lee, which was an i'm
provcment over the General Grant.
The Grant was riveted. with a Is
nm. gun mounted on the right
side. The Lee was all-welded or
cast and mounted Is nm. gun
IN a revolving turret.
1t had the additional advantage
of living closer to the ground and
providing a more difficult target
than the Grant.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07

mont, who commanded the tank,
continued, "and didn't stop US
from nghting."
A Sherman tank was mainly
responsible for the capture of Gen.
eral Ritter Won Thoma, second in
command OF the Afrika Korps. A
British staff car was hit by a So
milimeter shell. and young Hus-
ssr lieutenant ordered a Sherman:
BRASS up that German tank
In front of you.'
The Sherman fired a shot and
set the German tank on fire. Four
men jumped out. Three escaped,
but the lieutenant grabbed the
fourth.
81 was pretty angry with them
because they had nearly killed
me-" he said, land the captured
German thought I had handled
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-07
Ry RICHARD ID. MCMILLAN
Tinted Press stan correspondent

BRITISH, BATTLE HE A D.
QUARTERS IN THE EGYPTIAN
DESERT. Nov. ,delayed) Big
forces Of American made General
sherman tanks. the latest. hardest
hitting. heaviest armored models,
helped beat Marshal Erwin Rom
mel 20 his knees. and today we're
IN hot pursuit Of the fleeing rem
nants Of the Afrika Korps.
The Sherman has proved itself
the best tank in tho desert vastly
superior 10 the vaunted German
Mark US
British crews who have manned
ShrrruauS IN the last two weeks OF
tho wars bittereSt battle on tho
desert believe they are the best
tanks ever made
The ShcrmanS have been in
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In the great battle which drove
a double breach into enemy armor
around Tel ell Akakkir, saw
Shermans spread out like pawns
on a chessboard. pounding enemy
tanks which were punched on the
horizon and moving in and out Of
clouds of white smoke.
After this battle, the crew Of
Sherman said they had received
two hits by armor-piercing shells
from a German Mark IV-one on
the turret and another on the
front -and had not been damaged.
"Yes. our new tank is a won
der" Sgt Donald Egremont,
fresh-faced English country lad,
said I'VE got a third hit on the
track. Look AT It,"
He pointed TO dented steel
sprocket.
He even hit the track" Eyre
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laps Fight Back
In New Guinea

ENERAL MACARTHUR S
HEADQUARTERS. Australia
Nov. 7 (UP).-Allied forces ad.
vancing toward Buna. the mair
enemy base on New Guinea's
north shore. have met stiff oppo'
sition near Oivi, so miles from the
coast, General Macarthur indi.
Gated today. w
For the third successive day
his communique reported thal
fighting continues near Owl"
Air activity was limited in the
Southwest Pacific theater. For the
second time in several weeks
MacArthur's communique did moi
mention operations in support Of
the Solomon's battle.
Hudson bombers raided stront
japanese troop concentrations anc
supply installations at Bobonaro
Timor Island, in daylight Thurs
day. Direct hits were scored or
several buildings and many fire
were started.
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President Pins Hopes
On New Congress

election results ." the President
was asked
tie replied that all he thought
he could say was that he had a
very pleasant surprise-that on
Tuesday morning when he went
10 Hyde Park 10 vote he was per-
fectly delighted TO find that the
polling place was OPEN. There
was a ripple OF laughter among
the newsmen.
Apparently the Presidents in
tention was TO chide those fore
casters who said the elections
would be called off in some way
by the administration in order 10
perpetuate itself In power.
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Axis Reports
Convoy Move

LONDON. Nov. z (UP) Axis
dispatches said today that Amer
ican and British troop transports
were among great convoy re.
ported TO have steamed out oil
Gibraltar into the Mediterranean
late yesterday.
Dispatches from La Linea, Spain
said the convoy was led by bat
tie feet, including the battleshir
Rodney, the carrier Argus. 70 de-
stroyers and several corvettes.
A Radio Berlin broadcast said
today that the Rodney left Glib
raltar under an umbrella of fighter
planes. 1t was escorting both
American and British troop car.
riers, the broadcast said.
The official Spanish news agency
said Gibraltar authorities had con-
fiscated all barges, lighters
dredges and scows for immediate
use. II implied that they would
be used for transporting troops.
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WASHINGTON Nov. Z (INS)
Roosevelt stated at
his press conference that he as
sumes the newly-elected Congress
is in favor of winning the war
just as he is.
He said his attitude toward the
new Congress, with its 222 Demo
Gratis and 208 Republicans. would
be no different than has been his
attitude toward the present Con-
gress. with its Overwhelmingly
Democratic majority in Senate
and House.
How do you account for the
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FLEE IN DISORDER

Front dispatches indicated that
three days OF full retreat had con-
verified the once-proud co-ordinated
fighting machine Of the Germans
and Italians into few direction
less groups, each trying TO save
itself by somehow reaching the
Libyan border
Three British armored divisions
slashed at the Axis TANKS and
artillery and air units maintained
a ceaseless pounding.
The only cohesion OF the Afrika
KorpS appeared to be in the Mat.
rub area, where some remnants
were fighting back 10 degree
but their prospects of escape less
'ened by the hour.
Observers here said there was
no indication that British force:
had moved behind the Axis force:
TO cut of their retreat, but added
that such feat appeared immi
nent.