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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
To Register
Next Week
For Fuel Oil

Tacoma users of fuel oil will
register next Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday at all Of the eity's
various elementary schools for ra-
tioning books.
Schools will he open To
registrants between the hours
of 2:S0 and 3 p. m. each of the
three DAYS.
Industrial and commercial users
Of oil will register on the same
three days. but not at the schools.
They'll register at their local rat
ioning boards.
Much of the burden OF getting
fuel oil rationing rolling has been
placed on fuel oil dealers.
II has been and il their task
this week 20 mail registration
forms TO their customers. en-
closing In each letter a state
ment attesting 10 the amount
of oil consumed by the cnsto-
mers from June /, 1871 to
May 81, 1912.
Those receiving the registration
forms are asked 10 fill them out
before presenting them at ele-
mentary schools, If home users,
or at rationing boards II they are
commercial, industrial, etc. con-
sumers of oil.
Those not receiving forms
from their dealers by neat
Saturday should contact their
dealers. IL that IL unavailing
they should then obtain the
forms from their local ration
ing boards.
The forms will be merely Check
ed for accuracy at the elementary
schools and at the ration boards.
Continued on Page 3, Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
Reds Roll
On Kharkov
And Orel

MOS CoN - Russian armies
threatening the major Nazi bases
of kharkov and Orcl. swept on TO
capture new towns and villages
today while. in the south. thunder
bolt artillery bombardments began
AT two points of the Rostov-
atorsk- Msriupol trianE lie
which was being turned into
new man trap.
The Russians were only al
miles away from kharkov on the
north and northeast after captur-
ing Belgorod. an anchor point In
the German ukrainian defense
system. and the nearby town of
Shebekino. They were so miles
away on the east. 46 miles away
on the southeast. and 81 miles
away on the south-southeast.
~ MILES TO oREL
To the north, they were within
~ miles south of orel. the north
ern anchor point OF the 210-mile
kharkov-Orel Mani line. after taxi
ing Ponyu. IS miles north OF
kursk
They had made new gains
at Rostov where thes faced
the Germans across the Don,
and In the kraatorsk area In
the Donets basin. against Ger
man resistance which Haired
desperately n the danger In
creased that the Russians
would close . giant trap ON
the entire AREA As far west as
hariupol, 100 miles along the
coast from Rostov.
North of kursk, a Russian unit
stormed and captured big In
habited place in an attack 80
sudden that large quantity OF
war spoils was taken, today's noon
communique reported. and In
another sector Russian shock
troops after smashing a fortified
German position advanced 10
capture four villages, killing about
300 Germans.
THREATEN JUNCTION
In this area the Russians were
threatening an advance 10 the
important Lgov railroad junction.
3s miles west Of Kursk and 100
miles southeast of Bryansk. whore
the Kharkov-Bryansk and kusk-
kiev lines meet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11

win the adoption ~ the rsw
labor sterilization plan. sffsetsvs
throughout Washington ard orss
goa Wednesday. uerhers. VIVA fof
fust esnss. sish IA ~ tfanefefyed
10 another plant - indusffr. gill
ss governed ~ th> following pro-
refinres
Th@y vii flssf sbtsln The ap-
prevail n their unlnn repr>s<nts-
tive. Tray then vilI - 70 thesf
employer. state fheif eass and
request . csftifiasts ~ AyAais-
bsiIty. - preyla<a ~ th@ y. .
Employment SERVES.
Win the nses.<3ry c<ftifieAts
" Availability N hls - pef pes-
session. th~ WORKER u then free -
make application for ~a<h n ~
plant 10 which they deesf< - tfansv
fer Th< latter can MT hifs any
worker from another plant naie~s
the applicant MS oetssn@d NJ
formal feIsss~.
In ease the employer for ebom
they h4ss been working ref1tsee
to grant q Certificate II Avslie~
blissy, fns worker u kD<n ps1sii-
eyed 70 70 b<fof< th< War Mar
lcoaslhusa On fsse "A. coiums ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11

Increased Costs
Probe Fading
City Powers
Record Unsullied
Estimates Just
Soles Talk
(Conn,ent)

To Judge from current at
mosphere at the seat of city
government. it appears that
the proposed probe of vastly
increased Second Nisqually
Power project costs is about
to die aborning.
Probably, it is Just as well.
1t is doubtful if we would
learn anything not already
known to the city council.
Tacoma's City Power sys-
tenn land we note this with
pride) always has been free
of financial scandals.
There is utterly nothing TO
indicate that the present adj
ministration has done other
than add a similar chapter TO
this splendid record.
II appears that the increase
in costs over estimates is
chargeable to understandable
heavier wartime charges for
material and labor, and to at
least one other factor = the
blame for which probably only
civil engineers can assess
after a tussle with their
collective professional con-
science.
For. at a private session
with the city council. respon-
sible engineers admitted that
the "promOtiOnal" estimate of
cost of a new project often is
too low and known TO be too
low by the engineers who
offer it.
They excuse this by declar-
ing it is thus easier to SELF
the project, which will pro-
vide income for engineers and
constructors and others. to
the public. Doubtless, this is
true.
And for that, in all fair
ness, we can't wax too indig-
nant at the boys.
Competitive selling is very
much a part of the American
scene. Even members of such
straight-laced institutions as
the American Society of Civil
Engineers find it necessary to
exercise many methods of per-
suasion in order to stimulate
demand for their service.
Even as you and |.
But we suggest, TO the
council and to the public, that
in future this project esti-
mates REGULARITY of this
valued profession be borne in
mind during assaults of the
first waves of salesm - beg
pardon - engineers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
Planes Score
On Foes Off
.Guadalcanal
BY WILLIAM TYREE
United Press Writer

WITH THE 4. =. FLEET IN
THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Feb S
Delayed planes have
sunk at least two Japanese de-
stroyers and possibly five others
in a eat-and-mouse battle revolv-
ing around the strategic island Of
Guadalcanal.
Our fleet II out here-ss
Secretary of Navy Frank
Knox now puts it--and air
power already has scored the
first blow.
Here Is as much as can be told
about the naval situation at this
moment.
Twenty Japanese destroyers
started toward Guadalcanal
from the area of BUN and
were met by American air
striking groups. The Ameri-
can planes attacked and sank
one Japanese destroyer and
left three others burning
fiereely.
That ended the first japanese
threat.
Yesterday a second group Of
enemy destroyers started south
and was caught by long range
American bombers. This time one
destroyer was sunk and hits were
scored on three others. Two of
the three damaged vessels suffered
severely.
In the meantime we have been
reinforcing Guadaleanal for a
grand cleanup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
Gandhi Launches
Another Fast

NEW DELHI - Mohandas X.
Gandhi. emaciated. 70 year old
spiritual leader of Indian Ma
tionalist, started three-week
fast today in the luxurious palace
Of the Aga Khan where he is in
termed
Gandhi declined a government
offer of conditional freedom for
the duration of the fast. II was
understood that he had demanded
unconditional freedom.
The government declined To
accept responsibility for any
consequences as regards his
health. IL was announced.
Government quarters, reporting
that Gandhi was not embarking on
one of ms famous "fasts to death"
but hoped to survive his self-im-
posed ordeal in the interest OF
Nationalist rule. and would add
the juices of citrus fruit TO the
water he intends to permit him
self for the next three weeks.
Gandhi. interned at the Aga
Khsn's palace at Poona since last
August. was responsible for the
ssnguinary Hindu home rule riots.
He announced MS fast, effective
today. in = message TO the vieeroy
- I'D. the Marnf4e ~ 4u1ffH
gov
The government in turn an
nounced that il did not intend TO
be DETECTED from its policy.
Gandhi will be permitted his
own medical attendants and may
receive visits. during the fast,
from friends approved by the gov
eminent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11

MOON German planes
scored > direct hii on large ds.
psrtmsni store In a south England
town Wednesday and II was feared
that many persons we're burisd ia
the vrsekaKs
The department store WAS re-
ported 10 have been crowded -
the time.
The raid on England came -
American built vsEa vsntura
bom6srs n the Royal ar force
bombed railroad yards Al caen N
northwestern Francs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
War Workers
frozen 10
Their Jobs

Mars than sno ~ civilian. In
Guiding thousands n rasamens.
we're ztshiiis<d n fh<ir var sndsss-
Try ions In Washington and or~-
Koa Wednesday eIth the privilege
81 switching iph~ aniY " they h~ss
q csffIflcsts ~ availability i.ss'sd
by their employers
TIE plan wss drafted along the
lines Of procedure nIrpads IN force
in the .hipnusldlns industry. ~
Bo~inT Asresaft CO. saa IN sxrt.
culture. Inmber. and nnn-fsrfuus
metals Industries
Mai Ten. ~. q. Winsor. chair
man Of the area VINO eommlEt~~.
vino annaunrea the orass. said
these three polnfs were Insslvrds
An employer shall hire .
waFker only npsn rfe~~ntzticn
NJ ssesilsbslity eeFtlfirats= fur
nlshsa by the ieh appllsant's last
eupioyrf of ~ IN agent NJ NE
VINO
= Certificates snail h. issued n
4 wnfkssx only wn~n . Grange
~ employment ~iii help ths var
effort
; Employers mail sst a'sehsrss
, AM employs except ~hess
such setlon IL n<e~s@stated hy rir-
rsimsfannes and conditions bsynnd
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
Must Tell u. S.
About Rent Paid

WASHINGTON Everyone VINO
paid rent Of $500 or more last
year 10 an individual bat not 10
q rental agent or corporatlon-=is
supposed 10 tell the internal rsvs-
nue. bureau about u BY next Mon
day. the treasury said Wednesday.
The filing Of an Information re-
turn on payment 81 rent. the
treasury explained. 10 required in
connection with income tar check.
ups.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11

Pierce county Offices and courts
AZ the courthouse vii b closed
an day Friday, LAncoIn's birth
DAY. county commissioner sid
Wednesday.
No special acton was taken
The city hall wiII also oe closed.
a. vel A. bank<
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
Bremen
SEATTLE
INcLUD Ed!

MAJ o~n N. q. wlasof. ssh-
regional director TOR this ARA To-
tho War Asnpowsr commission.
advised 1'hs Tesams Times fal.
lowing |. telephone call tn ssan
Francisco office Of VINO. that Ta-
coma and frsmerfan are Included
ln The as.hour wefk ~esk for III
employment established by rF~sl-
dent Roosevelt ss national policy.
The presidential policy set up n
critical areas fof establishment ~
the ts-hour week the Seattle ARA
was announced a. one ~ the~
AREAS II was not first known u
Tacoma was Included In thl. are.
Gen. winsors call 10 san Fran
cisco. however. clarified the sltna-
tisn. whsn the regional office
there informed him that not anly
Tacoma. but isf.msFton. a. we'll.
was included IN the seattle area
Gen. wlnsor said that the san
Francisco VINO office told MIN
tho ss.hnnr week applied 10 all
kindn ~ business In. seattle. Ts.
coma and Btsmsfton.
The new policy orders recruiting
81 nsw employees 10 stop at nncs
aud fatbids any discharges until
March u.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11

CAPITOL, Olympia - A cam
psign to get Initiative u onto the
floors simultaneously for action
Wednesday brought the oontro-
versial public power measure back
into focus as the largest issue Of
the 2sth Washington legislature
Proponents Of the measure
which would grant public uill-
ifv districts the right 20 com
bine, maneuvered to get both
the senate and house commit
tees 10 pass the initiative bill
out this week 10 prevent one
house or the other from stall
ing IL in committee.
Rep. J. x. Van Busklrk. D.
Cowltz, chairman Of the hoas'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
Storm WARNINGS

Storm warnings were order
ed Wednesday BY L. $.
weather tureau for inland
waters Of Washington ana on
the coast As far south a.
California line. The warning
order was 10 continue in effect
until Thursday ~ s N.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
. BARBS

II won't be long until golfers
will start digging to break a hum
dred.
Mussolini SAYS he'll hold out
longer than anyone, Like some
ballplsyers. the longer he holds
out the more he'll get paid.
Were smartest at so. saws a
college professor That isn't Civ
ing the women much of a chance
Japan has spent huge sums
In the coronation Of an emper-
or. Wen he glad % crown the
present one for nothing.
II the metal shortage takes
snappers off of purses. women
won't have anything TO do at the
movie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
sMyIoxylKs TO HEroRr

Re said ths ss-houf order would
apply in designated areas 10 81
employment. even where AZ en-
tsrprias employed only one psfsos-
BE thought employers would have
fconiinusd on Paes >. Column ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
NJ LYLE G. WILSON,
United Press writer


WASHINGTON The admlnls=
tration has ordered a mlnlmnm
.s-honr work week for "sa en-
ploymeas" In ~ critical areas and
proposes further 10 solve the man
power problem BY freezing e<sen-
tlai workers In their jobs and By
forcing former agricultural labor
10 return 10 the farms.
Agricultural workers who fled
TO the factories should hs given
the choice. said Economic stsbi-
likation Director James y. uyfnss.
~ returning 20 the farm o. going
into the armed sarviees~st iens
pay either way. And hs ssld thgss
ON the farms should stay there.
SOLDIERS To FARMS
Byrnss revealed aIso ln . radio
address last night that the Nsr
depa rtmsni was considering fhs
prsctlcshiiity ~ using army men
on the farms By Issue ~ peak
season fsrionghs Bat ~ said no
plan has besn agreed upon.
The ~ hsss wsrh weeks
ordered into effect IN - ss~ea.
was established ~ fre~1a<st
Roosevelt ~ . ssslsssi pslies.
n ~s. isu 10 Chsirusss Fsss
v. Ns>att Of the sssspssss
commission 90 deeide hsw
widely n ~hssia prevail Ne
named the N svitleai s<sss.
The work-wssk order protected
al time snd-ons- oy~ftims pay
rights Of Labor under contract OF
under the wage hours art
Deputy War Aanpowsf Chair
man Fowler w. Harp~r said var
Industries nav working over -
and under a. hours were mossd
up 10 ths higher figure. and fhefs
s~suld bs an additional 800. 900
voorhees, released for the war II.
fort.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
.0LzHEfkI5

From 6:26 .. m. Wednesday
until s:22 a. m. Thursday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
Lieutenant Captures Nozi Field Morshol
German Commander
May Be Blamed for
Siege Atrocities
Russion Commission Noxv live sfioofino
Russion Commission Now investigating

n
y n N
Red arm, Vas dr,ins IN. invader sesisssdb
STAIINGRAD-Feld Marshall Friedrich Won Pauns.
commander in chief of the Germany army destroyed Stall
ngrsd be held responsible for atrocities perpetated
by the Axis during the siege of this ruined Voga City
made known today.
Mai Krylo. army
which the city chief Odessa and seyspol
cities that
removal Of the civilian population Germany
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11

Rep J. z Fen blsFIfhs D
Cowlitz, chairman Of the house
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29
Bombard Flank Miles
Behind Nazi Lines
CONTINUED from Page 1.>

more small towns-Fosalto, three
miles north Of Gorella, San Biase,
six north Of Gorella, and San Felice,
three northwest Of Acquaviva.
Bold Shake
A United States cruiser and de-
stroyers struck boldly into the Gaeta
Gulf Wednesday night to pound the
German shore positions In the Min
turo area, some IL miles behind the
Mondragone coastal anchor Of the
German line.
The blow at the main German
communication line along the coast
was reminiscent Of the thanking tao
tics by sea which served the Allies
so well in the latter stages Of the
Sicilian campaign and the Eighth
Army push UP the toe and foot Of
Italy.
A military spokesman said 1t was
raining like hell" along both the
Fifth and Eighth Army fronts, con-
ceding tina THE downpour had put
q crimp in the Allier movement be-
fore the strongest natural defense
positions below Rome.
The line now was within artil-
lery range and the Allies presum-
ably were taking advantage Of the
situation to soften the German posi-
tons for the frontal onslaught.
Fifth Army
The chief action on the Fifth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29
Ex-ExcurSion
Croft Torpedoed

1ostoR. Oct. %. (UP)-The ex-
cursion steamers Boston and New
York, which operated between those
cities for II years, have been tor
pedoed and sunk in the North At
lantic, the Navy announced today.
They were the only ships lost in
a convoy to England, according to
the announcement. The Germans
claimed as losses: "A 19,000-ton
Viceroy of India type liner, and q
17,000-ton Reina Del Pacifico type
vessel" Actually, the Boston and
New York were Of 1900 registered
tons each, but because they sat so
high In the water the German o.
boat commanders may have thought
them considerably larger.
The steamers made hundreds Of
excursions and overnight sails be-
fore completing their schedule two
weeks before Pearl Harbor. When
the federal government took them
over under q requisition charter.
they were used as training ships and
later were turned over to Great
Britain under lend-lease agreement.
The Boston was launched in
October, 1923, at the Bethlehem
shipbuilding Corp. plant, Sparrow's
Point, Md. The New York was
launched at the same yard in jan
uary 1924.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29
Silver Fire.
Maxi Weapon

Washington, Oct. 29.-(UP)-"Sil-
yer fire., one Of the Nazis' new
weapons against raiding bombers,
recently set fire to flying fortress,
the War Department revealed today.
Fortress crews returning from q
raid over Germany reporting seeing
massed clusters Of whitish phosphor-
escent discs Of "silver fire" falling
in front Of the formation. One clus-
ter struck fort and instantly en-
quilted it in flames.
The department said study and
analysis Of other new enemy weapons
showed that:
Rocket guns are being used from
the ground as well as from the air,
the rocket principle permitting an
unusually powerful shell to reach
extremely high attitudes.
Rocket guns have been reported
on Nazi ME-109's, ME- zoos and on
JU-88's, the cylinders attached be-
meath the wings.
The rocket gun has the advantage
Of less load and less recoil, but also
Is less accurate.
Aerial bombs equipped with time
fuses are being dropped by German
planes on top Of Allied bombers.
Radio-controlled glide bombs"
repeatedly have been used against
surfact targets but not against air
rcaft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29
Would Halt
Fake Stamps

Boston, Oct. 20.--(Up)--In o move
to halt gasoline black marketeering,
the OPA has announced that 1t no
longer will redeem counterfeit gaso.
line ration coupons turned In by Oil
companies.
The ruling was made last night BY
OPA oflcials who described the gaso-
line situation in Massachusetts as
serious. OIL companies agreed TO
tighten their restrictions and warned
truck drivers not to accept fake
coupons from service station opera
tors.
Both OpA and industry said the
racket IN counterfeit coupons appar-
entity had reached huge proportions.
Twenty Rhode Island operators have
had licenses suspended for accepting
unendorsed coupons. Yesterdays
turn-in sheet Of gasoline coupons
contained only fake coupons, OPA
announced.
"Unless the ration racket can be
controlled by coordinated efforts Of
federal and local authorities, filling
stations and citizens TO whom the
stamps are offered for sale, the ef-
feet will be the same as Axis schemes
to disrupt economy in Allied coun-
tries by spreading counterfeit cur
rency and ration certificates"
Regional OPA Administrator Ken
meth B. Backman said.
Meanwhile, Springfield OPA OH.
cials announced that the arrest Of
six men during q To-day investiga-
ton Of fake stamps had halted coun-
terfeiting In the Connecticut val
ley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-29
Nazi Retreat Develops
Into Heavy Rout
CONTINUED arom Page l.,

center Of Krivoi Rog, half way
across the Dnieper Bend, TO close Q
trap on one Of the biggest German
armies since Stalingrad.
Battle-weary German units were
fleeing for their lives over made.
uuate, roundabout railways and
highways on both sides Of the
Dnieper as the Soviets steadily
frightened the draw-strings about
the Dnieper- Nogaisk Bulge.
Though there are upwards Of l.
900, 600 Axis troops In the southern
Ukraine, the number remaining In
the Dnieper-N ogaisk Bulge was q
matter Of conjecture.
5000 Killed
Some 5000 Germans were killed
In q futile attempt to save the
Nizhny Serogozsy junction, from
which roads radiate southeast and
southwest to the Crimea, and west
and north to the Dnieper, and 800
died In bitter counter attacks
around Krivoi Rog, northern trap
Of the escape gap.
The Communist party organ
pravda said the enemy's retreat
lines on the Nogaisk Steppes were
Uttered with corpses as German and
Satellite Rumanian units raced
westward to escape rapid Russian
tank thrusts.
Following close behind the arm
ored vanguard, Russian artillery
units rushed their guns through
gaps In wall surrounding orchards
and ran roughshod over rich fruit
lands taking the shortest cuts to
get into position for further blows
at the enemy.
Maintaining their pace Of IL
miles q day, the Russians captured
more than 80 additional towns and
villages on the Nogaisk Steppes yes
terday and pounded to within 26
miles Of the lower reaches Of the
Dnieper Bend.
Red Air force planes, supporting
the Soviet advance, wrecked 800
trucks and dispersed and partly
wiped out an enemy infantry regi-
ment. Fourteen enemy planes were
shot down.
At Krivoi Rog, the Russions push
ed deeper into the city from three
sides and broadened the base OF
their wedge in the German lines,
cutting o railway line to the west
with the capture of Moiseevka, 3 Ia
miles from Krivoi Rog.
East and northeast Of Krivoi Rog,
the Red Army overran a number of
additional localities, killing 1900
Germans. A whole German infantry
company surrendered m one sector.
Russian forces west Of Moscow
stepped up their local offensive and
captured Surazh- Vitebski, IS miles
north Of Vitebsk at the confluence
Of the Kasplia and western Dvina
rivers, and more than 80 other
towns.
Surazh- Vitebski fell after the
Russians overcame q network Of
concrete forts, machine gun posts
and nlineflelds.