Sun-Journal from Lewiston, Maine • 1

1 We Shall Fight for the Things We Have Always Carried Nearest Our Woodrow Wflsony A 1 'V' 4 tonight DeWlTT MACKENZIE mow On Pag 4 VOLUME LXXXH 10 PAGES LEWISTON MAINE TUESDAY DECEMBER 29 1942 EAST EDITION PRICE CENTS go) lfo Increases 15000 Men $2 Million In Back Pay for In 5 Portland Shipyard Mclnerney G-Men In Attempt to Escape Touhy and Banghart Along With Darlak Captured Without a Nelson and Wilson Taken Secretly Escaped Joliet Prison in October 1 The gang described by FBI Chief Edgar Hoover as the most vicious and most dangerous the country has ever was smashed by the FBI last night and early today two members by killing and five by capture Announcement of the round-up in which not a single FBI man was injured despite a gun-battle with the two felons who were slain was made by Hoover at offices of the FBI He said he had been in Chicago where the gang was rounded up since Sunday and the seizure represented weeks of careful planning and timing The gang had been hunted aince Oct 9 when Roger Touhy leader of the gang that ruled Chicago a northwest gang circles during the prohibition era and six others fought and clubbed their way out of Stateville penitentiary near Joliet Killed by Mrs Herrick who baa conferred here for several weeks with union officials said the 13000000 would be in addition to 8500000 paid employes prior to Nov 18 Payment she said would represent pay and wage Increases retroactive to May when the management and the AFL agreed upon a contract for South Portland Shipbuilding Corp workers The War Labor Board and Maritime Commission did not approve that contract Permanent Scale On Nov 12 the War Labor Board approved an Interim wage scale until a permanent one eouid he completed Today's announcement indi'-ated that the interim scale had become the permanent one The new scale ranges from 82 i-enis an hour for beginners with less than 10 days experience to 8145 an hour fur certified welders The November walkout which Climax May Be Near Kotelnikovski -Hemmed in on Three Sides Ky Eddia Gilmer MOSCOW-JP-Col Gen Nikolai Vatutin' Ruaaian armies of the south thruit forward today along a 100-mile front epread fanwiae from Xovaya Kalltva just aouth of Ros-noKh at the edge of the Ukraine to Klchklno deep in the windswept Kalmyck steppes Where thla front cut acroaa the Stallngrad-Tlkhorclak railway the Ruaaiana reported smashing through Nazi outrr defenses' to capture Nagnlny three milea aouth of Kotelnikovaki where the Ger-mana braced for a terrific struggle The Rnaainn nnsurpe doaed in from three eidca of Kotelnikovaki the Important rail line citadel and atood aatride aome highway of ea-cape at lta rear i The rail line town of Millerovo -mAS 0 mllde north of Rostov alao waa iiird preaned aa the Ruaelana fought their way into Ternnvy two miiea See RUSSIA T'ikp 2 Col 2 British Troops Reach Vicinity OfRathcdaung NEW DELHI-P-Artvnnee ele ments of the Rritlah fnrcea pushing into Weetem Burma have reached the vicinity of Rathedaung ap1 proximately 25 milea northwest of Akyafc a British communique die finned today Rathedaung about seven miles Inland from the Bay of Bengal coast la approximately 20 miles south of Alethnng-Tow which British troops were reported to have reached a week ago The announcement said that Brit Ish patrols had- encountered Jap aneae troops in the vicinity of Rathedaung on the night of Dec 27 and the enemy had retired aft er an exchange of fire (The Paris radio quoted Bangkok reports that other British troops had reached the Chlndwln river valley in another push through the Chin hills of Burma to the north This wan not confirmed officially hut the British communique Saturday told of repulsing Japanese counterattacks on positions recently tnken hy the British) The bulletin also disclosed that the RAF had twice attacked the Important Japanese airdrome at Magwe yesterday In a follow-up to a heavy aerial assault on the same objective Sunday Magwe is about 120 miles east of Akj-ab See NEW DEMIT Page 5 Col 4 Touhy and his first lieutenant Basil Hugh (The Owl) Banghart a desperate criminal who boasted jaU can hold surrendered to FBI agents this morning without a shot being fired With them was Edward Darlak 32 serving 199 years imprisonment for the murder of a policeman Two Killed Last night two other members of the gang Eugene Lan-thorn better known by his alias of James and St Clair Mclnerney were shot down when they attempted to escape from a hiding place surrounded by FBI agents Previously Mathew Nelson whose correct name is Martilick Nelson alias Harold Seeger and William Stewart had been captured secretly by the FBI Touhy Banghart and Darlak were captured early this morning in an apartment at 5116 Kenmore Avenue without a shot being fired The FBI had erected floodlights about the building to guard against any slipaway in the early morning darkness Agents manned the roof of the building and others heavily armed were posted across the street A loudspeaker system was installed to call out orders to the hiding desperados At 5 AM the floodlights flashed on and the G-men called to Touhy Banghart and Darlak: out through the front door Come out backwards and with your hands up Banghart you coins first" For ten minutes the agents fingers on triggers wailed for a response Banghart Comas Out Then the door opened and Banghart hands overhead backed cautiously through the door See GANGSTERS Page 2 Col 3 World Council Plan Seen as Trial Balloon WASHINGTON- JP -Vice President Wallace's proposal for a world council after the war to direct a planned global economy was viewed in some congressional quarters balloon" for Yanks Withdraw From Position Near Medje-el-Bab "WASHINGTON (AP) The war department reported to day that Allied troops had withdrawn from a hill position six miles northeast of Medjez El Bab in Tunisia after inflicting severe casualties on the enemy west yard but whose pay was lower would benefit by equalisation of rates at least insofar as minimum scales were concerned' Slightly Higher The new wage scale was described as slightly higher "in general" than the average provided in contracts at eastern seaboard shipyards Mrs Herrick commented that some differences in pay scales of the two yards remained but said it was unlikely they could be out until the new election is held" The new contract scale calls for organisation of training groups in which newcomers can train and work up to higher pay classifications Mrs Herrick said her suggestion that payment of back ftioney be in war bonds had been approved by the War Labor Board and was awaiting a decision from union offi- cials Sharp Gashes Air Assaults Continued LONDON -JP- Sharp clashes by Allied patrols probing Axis positions and continued air assaults on enemy bases Indicated today the hour might be approaching for military showdown in Tunisia while politically there were In creasing signs of growing unity among the anti-Axis French elements in North Africa and London Torrential rains which have held up any large-scale actions in Tunisia were reported yesterday to be easing but the ground still was slippery and muddy Eighth Army Advance To the east In the huge North African battlefront meanwhile the British Eighth Army was advancing well beyond Sirte in its chase of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Libyan army See TUNISIA Pape 7 Col 7 Fitzgerald Resigns as Maine WPA Head PORTLAXD-JP-John Fits- gerald Maine Works Project ad- ministrator said today he had sub mitted his resignation effective Dec II President Rposevelt 'recently ordered termination of WPA affairs a consequence' of war-time elimination of unemployment Fltsgerald said that Maine WPA projeqts should be completed by Feb 1 Fitzgerald who formerly practised law in Fitchburg Mas and Bath said that after a vacation be planned to resume practise in Portland William Crowell nf Cape Elizabeth WPA director of tha division of operations will carry on ns head of the organisation until completion of its projects Fitzgerald became head of the State WPA in 1987 succeeding Albert Abmhamson under whom he served as assistant administrator union officials said waa unauthorised stemmed from a classification disagreement the union contending thfre were two classifications helpers and first class machinists and the management claiming no provision had been made for second and third class yfrorkmen In no case among the mors than 70 classifications Is the new wage scale higher than that provided in the original agreement between management and union Reductions were made in many categories Mrs Herrick said some employes in the east yard where the CIO Is the bargaining agent would share in the benefits An election is scheduled Jan 12 to determine a single bargaining agent for the workers in both yards a consequence of the consolidation of the two corporations Mrs Herrick explained that workers at the east yard holding com parable jobs to those in the attacked roads behind the enemy! lines Both sides yesterday briefly shelled the other's positions Our forces destroyed two enemy lanky with artillery fire Light enemy units attacked one of our positione Pee WITHDRAWAL Page 2 Col 2 Last Saturday he was the Big Bad Wolf but today he was her Lambie Pie so Ruth Mayberry of Mechanic Falla paid a visit to the Auburn Municipal Court seeking her husband's release from the county Jail where he wae sent after he was convicted last Saturday of beating up hia wife and slater-in-IaW Judge Frank Linnell cocked hie head to one side aa he listened to the young woman's pleas do you know he won't beat you up' again 7" he queried The young woman half smiled hesitated turned her head towards her husband then replied: "He promised me he would be Judge Linnell then called the 25 year old husband to the stand you like that placer the court asked referring to the county jail where Mayberry had served three daya of a 10 day sentence See FAMILY LIFE Page 7 Col PORTLAND- JP -Terms of an AFL-mansgement contract a p-provbd hy the War Labor Board and the I 8 Maritime Commission will give more than 15000 Routh Portland Shipbuilding Cnrp employes approximately $2000000 in wage increases and back pay a company representative said today Mrs Ellnore Herrick Todd Shipyard personnel director said 80 or 00 per cent of those benefiting worked in the company's west yard where many employes halted work for1 three days last month in -a wage-classification dispute The west yard formerly was known as the South Portland Shipbuilding Cnrp as distinguished from the Todd-Rath Iron Shipbuilding Cnrp which recently was merged with the former concern and designated aa the east yard Tunisia Allies Deepen Wedge in Jap lines at Buna ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AU8TRAL1A-JP-Allied troops have deepened their wedge in the Japan- esc lines in the Buna area of New Guinea despite desperate enemy attempts to smash the Allied trap with a long naval shelling and a futile counter-attack General Mac-Arthur's headquarters announced today Japanese wnreraft probably submarines sent shells into the Allied lines at Runa village for live hours yesterday an Allied communique reported in the first naval shelling by the enemy in the New Guinea war The communique said the shelling caused no damage The bombardment began at midnight and at the same time in the Runa airstrip sector to the right Japanese troops launched a counter-attack but were beaten back by American and Australian forces in a fierce engagement headquarters reported Then Allied troops smashed forward and drove a wedge deep into the Japanese defensive line along the narrowing coastal strip To the left In the Sanananda and Papula track area some Japanese snipers and a listening post were reported wiped out while Allied troops kept up relentless pressure against strong enemy resistance Aircraft and artillery Joined In hammering at the Japanese fort! (Rations Forces Enter Gafsa BERLIN (From German Rroad-cats)-JP-The Berlin radio said today that United States troops have entered Gafsa in central Tunisia some 200 miles southeast of Tunis Gafsa is deep inland far behind the active Tunisian fronts but the German report may mean a new Allied thrust toward the gulf of Gabes coast to try to prevent any possible junction between the enemy's Tunisian army and Marshal Rommel's forces from Libya 113 Become Second Lieutenants Overseas SOMEWHERE IN AL'STRALTA -JP-One hundred and thirteen United States army enlisted men became second lieutenants- today the first graduates of the officer candidate course in tne southwest Pacific area' aince the war begHn The new officers come from 29 states The text of the communique no 280: Africa: Our patrols In the northern area were in contact with the enemy during the night of Dec 27-28 At the aame time hninhers FAMILY LIFE today as possibly a President Roosevelt's address to Congress on Jan 7 Wallace who was known to have consulted with the President while preparing hia speech said In a broadcast commemorating the birthday of Woodrow Wilson last night that the new freedom for which Wilson fought was fora- runner of the Roosevelt New Deal of 1933 and of the worldwide new democracy which Is the goal of tho United Nations in this present task of our generation tho generation which President Roosevelt once said waa a with ho said so to See WALLACE PageS Col 5 Can Publish Casualty Lists in Full WASHINGTON -JP- The Navy formally announced today that for the first time since the war began its casuaiity lists of men dead missing and wounded may be printed or broadcast in full without area restriction and the Army said that it would adopt the aame policy The restriction that casualty lists would be made available for publication or broadcast only in the home localities of the listed men except in cases where there was National interest was first an nounced personally hy President Roosevelt Dec 12 1941 The new policy worked out primarily by the Office of War Information In the interest of fuller war news coverage was applied to Navy casualty list No 19 to be released for publication in morning papers of Thursday December 81 and made available for radio broadcast at 8 PM in ail the zones December 30 There was no official statement explaining the'" reasons behind the new policy Today's formal announcement merely said: contained in paragraphs 1 2 3 4 and 5 of previous memorandum covering release are hereby removed The casualty list may be printed or broadcast in The numbered paragraphs referred to in the cover sheet of casualty list 19 had stated: The list shall in no circumstance be used in full Bee LISTS Page 7 Col 3 Navy Not To Release Men of 38 WASHINGTON -JP- Secretary of the Navy Knox said today that very early In the war an American battleship had struck an uncharted reef hut had long since been repaired The secretary was asked at a press conference regarding reports that such a mishap had occurred and he replied don't' think there's any harm in saying that in the very early stages of the war one of the battleships did hit an uncharted reef and was repaired a long time He gave no detail of the occur- See NAVY Page 2 Col 2 Credit Aplenty SHIRLEY Mass -JP- The timeworn advice: credit where credit is well might apply in the case of the Shirley resident who has given six credits to bis country He la Joseph Credit They are his sons Vincent and Lionel (Navy): Frederick Edmond and Edward (Army) and Laurence (Marines) Ex Big Bad Wolf Becomes Lambie Pie Is Forgiven Let Out of County Jail IjTllsworlh Dairy to Close Down Raise More Money Than Needed for Cruiser Houston WABIXGTOX-JP-Secretary of the Navy Knox said today that money collected- by citixens of Houston Texas to cover the cost of a new cruiser to bear the name of their city was far in excess of the cost of such a vessel and that he would seek to apply the extra funds on a new aircraft carrier Holding his first press conference since he from a visit to Houston- in connection with the fund raising campaign climax last week Knox said that he thought Texas hits the high in war enthusiasm" He was presented with a check for 8S5000000 and aome odd dollars he reported more than twice the 836000000 which the city set out to raise for a successor to the cruiser Houtson lost near Java early this year Two Firemen Hurt In Lynn Blaze LYNN Mass -JP- Two firemen wwe injured today when ai ceiling collapsed as they were fighting a blaze in an unoccupied garage at 229-333 Washington St Fire Destroys 10000 Gallons Of Gasoline PROVIDENCE I -JP- Fire which started after a 25-car train of loaded tank cars backed Into an idle engine in the Cranston yard of the New Haven Railroad early today consumed 10000 gallons of gssoline in one tank car set an engine ablaze and heavily damaged four freight cars loaded with merchandise on a parallel track Leslie Abell 51 of New London Conn a brakeman suffered burns of the face and scalp and was treated at a local hospital Us was one of a crew of trainmen who worked successfully to uncouple the tank cars that did not Ignite Railroad official said that Brakeman FUlvey also of New London suffered leg abrasions Four n-bound passenger trains were delayed from 0 to 90 minutes because officials halted them as a precautionary measure See FIRE Page 2 Col 2 Adopt Voluntary Rationing in MANCHESTER --Adopting the slogan: "Rationing is sharing with men at the New Hampshire grocers today put Into effect a voluntary rationing ova-tern to serve aa a stop-gap until the federal plan ia in force in February of understanding he acknowledged but be declared ho was certain there now was opposition in thg services to the scheduling work newly by his production vice Charles Wilson former president of General Electric of the civilian economy objective which some congressional and other sources have at-to Ueut-Gen Brehon chief of tho army serges NELSON Page I CoL Want Butter Meat Rationed BOSTOX-JP-New Englanders appeared today to have taken in stride the announcement of the point rationing plan for numerous fooda Predicting the plan would go Into effect Elden CL Shoup regional OPA rationing executive said bs office had been under pressure from consumers to have butter and meat rationed OPA officials said they heard little reaction in trade circles add virtually none from the publio concerning the wartime measure One housewife commented: now we women will know where we Shoup said the people had become familiar with rationing through their gasoline fuel oil coffee 'and sugar coupons and they wero longer afraid of There were no reports of excessive stocking up of food A number of stores already had their own rationing plan having frequently restricted sales to one article of a kind to a customer during the past few weeks AFTER-CHBISTMAS SALE FURS COATS DRESSES ELLSWORTH -JP- Because of war-time conditions the Franklin Farms and Dairies distributors of more than 1500 quarts of milk here announced today it would close lta plant as of Dec 1 the shortage of milk makes it necessary before that date" Inability to replace trucks departure of employes to the armed services lack of tires and prints regulations were among reasons- given The concern is owned by Richard Dyer TONIGHT SNOW Weather forecast for Portland and vicinity: snow mixed with sleet or rain Moderate temperature tonight TOMORROW'S ALMANAC Sun rises 817 AM sets 510 PM Length of day I hra 55 mini Moon 23 daya old Tides at Portland Tues 431 PM Wed 515 PM Theatres Today list 1:00 Eva with Victor Hsture sad Lucille BelL STBAND Contfnuoue tram 13 Noon JaurueyV with Errol Ttynn and HURCILLA Hat 8:00 Eve Pled Piper" with Monty Wool-ley aleo Brooklyn with the East Klde AUBURN Mat 3:00 Eve Glass with Brian Don-levy end Veronica Lakh May Ban Display Lights In AU Store Windows Nelson Says No Fight Over War Production i 1 Lewiston store windows will be blacked out after dark every night If a new Federal order reported to be in tbe draft stage ia promulgated as expected on February 1 The condition will not be a blackout or dlmout but a new war-lnepired situation: Brownout Business Week for Dec 28 announces the impending regulation in its Washington Bulletin It saya: 'Display lighting soon will be turned off all over the country for the duration Now being drafted WPB'i order probably Will become effective about Feb 1 aad will baa lighting of signs store windows marquees and other display aad decorative lighting gay white ways etc ban is solely a fuel conservation measure WPB'i power division estimates that It will cut the coal consumption of utilities by tons a roughly 5 and make smaller but more significant dents in consumption of oil and gas Quick Rssctieii Here Reginald A Ouellette secretary of the Lewiston Chamber of Corn- Bee LIGHT Page 7 Col By Sterlin Green WASHINGTON -IP- There has been no fight between the War Production Board and tho armed services over control of munitions production or control of tho civilian economy in the expressed opinion of WPB Chairman Donald Nelson Neleon today authorised reporters to make public some off-the-record statements made by him at a conference last Thursday adding the stipulation that he hot be quoted directly There have been misconceptions and lack absolutely no production undertaken chairman Company Control an Somervell.