The Daily News-Journal from Murfreesboro, Tennessee • 1

rt Murfreesboro The Friendly City The Weather Continued cool. -1 Volume 94 No. 18 Associated Press Wire Service Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Sunday Morning, March-21, 1941i. By Carrier, Per Week 15c Sirgl Copy 5c RUTHERFORD C2 U.S. Airmen Lead London Parade UMW Refuses To Message In The Snow-From A Rescue Party Su bm it Dispute l- To Government Reds Hold Firm Along Donets Line Unopposed U.

S. Forces NGarSened Rain, Dust Sloniis Restrict Operations On All Fronts In North Africa New York, Mar. 20. UP The Ixmdon racLo heard by CRS) said today Miat American forces in Central Tunisia arepnraerehinjr Se- New Yoi Mar. The United Miiie Workers union has voted down another proposal made by souLiiern soft coal operators.

The southern operators suggested that they and the union Immediately submit their dispute over contract verms to the government. The union has turned thurnbs i J. vr fw -vi down on, me grounds that i 1: a i -V s5 I 1 4 lSi fc agreement can be reached without government intervention. Northern and southern operators havebeen meeting with 'the uicn forthe past nine days in an attempt to agree on a contract that would replace the one expiring fhe end of this monthThei miners have threatened a walkoutunless a new cOntractjssignedU Earlier in the day, the 'northern operators sent, a to the White' House, but did not make public its contents. I I I i V- 1 t- tvf -U v- "if House Favors Withholding Tax Over Rum 1 Plan Washington, Mar.

20. (Pl-The majority membership of the House ways and means committee contends that revenue raising must rest on true and tried methods. Ground crews of Coast Guardsmen, searching the Alaska wilderness for survivors of a plane crash, signal- to an. assisting plane with a message In'the snow. A fileofuarsmencan-e-errekk- These members of the American Air Force in England led an-Allied procession along the Thames embankment in London as part TirTho wnnrte wyh ftthir f7tnenymqsforjct Tne program was.

sled. A woman passenger was killed in the plane crash, the pilot arranged in honor of the activities of ootn urmsn ana American, air fighters. 'This picture was radioed from London. Group -station witnout having rny enemy troops. Sened Station is nortli of the town of Sened on the railroad to Sf ax.

Heavy rams and, dust storms are restricting operations, but both sides 3 re wheeling equipment to the front and a decisive battle may be shaping up. If Ceneral Pat ton's hard-hitting divisions can break through the final miles to. the roagjOerman Marshal Rommel will be caught in the Mareth Line without means of support between the Americans end the British Eighth Army. Meantime, Patton's men are consolidating: their positions af Gafsa. and El Guetar.

Si rParalroopcrs In tor-Africa First London, Mar. 20. 7F It now cfn be revealed that Americart pnratroops were the first air-borne soldiers in action in North Africa i-aad-they me throtig wl UityiijC colors. 1 After taking off from England. they "hit the silk" over the La Ren i a a irfic ld-JiearjOran aptured the airdrome and held it unaided for 4 8 1 tours ag3injitLiffpposbL tionT British paratroops did not see until three days, later.

Not until the American sky fghters were taking off were they told where they, were going. They had been assembled in full battle kit on two English, airfields and were anxious to get going when the zero hour arrived. Not a single accident marred the departure -as the big- C-47 transports lum-berecf-down the runways and into -the air toward Africa. Riles Held For Miss Mastic Smith Funeral service gie Smith, who died at a Nashville hospital, Friday morning, were held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Smyrna Church of Christ: Smyrna. She is survived by two sisters, Miss Lillian Smith, and Mrs.

Mabel Morton, both of Smyrna. Services were conducted by Frother Charles R. Brewer, with King-Hoover funeral home of Smyrna, in- charge. Pallbearers were Asa Gresham, Fryant Jordan, John Haynes, Will, T.nmnrr Peebles and Cireg-ory Peebles. la Ityil i i a rd Un i I To Foirest Seek To Keep Gains "Of Win for; Report Successes' Below Kharkov; London, MaTT troops fighting doggedly to hold their winter gains in southern Russia and to keep from yielding any more" ground to a German onslaught apparently are holding firm a'ong the Donets river.

The midnight bulletin from Moscow- told '--of 800 Germans being killed and the destruction of 15 enemy tanks-in the-fighting zone below KharkovrAtt-toldr 3,220" azis'eTeestfoyeorin the' operations: In the Ct.ugtiev sector, the Russians said tbat some German tanks, loaded with tommy-gunners, rolled onto a mine field and were blown up. The BerlTn radio claimed the capture of Chuguev, but this is not confirmed by Moscow. 1 Onhen6rthwest front, Marshal TimoshenkfVs white-cloaked men killed 250 Germans in street-fight- -ing iu one large locality, and it is suggested that the Red Guards have edged closer to the prize they seek Staraya Russa. On central 'front, Russian columns are approaching niiravo-j which lies only 60 -miles from Smolensk. With the terrain turning to mud in many sectors, fighting in the air is intensif y4ng.

Ift one dogfight, seven Gernian planes were shot down against th loss of one Rus- DULLETflrTD (By The Associated Press) It has just been announced that Prime Minister Churchill will address the world by radio at .3 p.m. CWT Sunday. is broadcast will toe heard' "overTaTr major net-" works. New York. A special report by an organization of tea interests callea the Tea Bureau says that tea may not have to be rationed this year.

It says that present tea conservation methods may be enough. Melbourne Three- Jap car-vessels have been attacked toy Allied airmen." A direct hit -and several near misses were-scored on a merchantman off Cape Vandenbosch, Dutch New Guinea. A fire was started un the deck of a second freighter off Kaimana, in the same area, after several medium bomber's rhad swept over the vessel. Results of the attack ort the third ship, near Rabaul, New Britain island, were not observed. Other Allied bombers carried out raids in several areas.

i'ortland, Oregon. The Navy says that some, of the new aircraft escort carriers, designed primarily for antisubmarine convoy duty, aU ready are in service, At the same time, it is announced that the Willtamette Iron and Steel corporation has turned over one of the carriers to the (Continued on Page Eight) Peace ful Co it Sitings renvh Guiana To Allied Side Cayenne, French Guiana, -Mar 20. (iP--The full' "story of the change, of allegiance in French Guiana is now being told. The peaceful, bloodless coup was carried out March 16 by -high colonial army officers of the French colony in South America, and they had the backing of the population in swinging over to the Allied side. During the revolt against Vichy Governor Rene Veber fled.

He is said to have taken refuge in Dutch Guiana with four members of his cabinet and their families. The igovernoru-esigned-after the colonial army men had forced him to issue a declaration telling the world that the peopje of Guiana really wanted to line up with the Allies. New York. The first direct dispatches from "Cayenne do not clear up the dispute over whether French Guiana wants to-line up-witinthe Giraud or De Gaulle factions. -Both groupa ha veJbeen claiming a colony-ir South Ameiyca since, 'it -'swung out from Vichy domination.

i.i r- i i i 1 g. Red Cross Workers Ashed To Complete Calls, Turn In Reports Workers in the Red Cross VVar- Relief drive are" asked. to complete their' solicitations and turn in their reports as soon as possible, R. T. JBell, chairman of the drive, announced yesterday.

"The drive continues through the month of March, which leaves about 10 days to com-i plete the work of contacting the people of tne county and obtaining their contributions. We are naturally anxious to complete this work as soon as possible, but it is equally important 'that all those possible be seen before the drive closes," Mr. Bell said. Committees have ganizea in all parts of the county to -'assist in- raising-Rutherford county's quota of $14,000. TO UHcN NLW, NURSE'S AIDE COURSE Mrs.

Charles Lewis, chairman 'f the Nurse's Aide committee of the Red Cross, announced yesterday that registration for a new course in Nurse's Aide work will be held Tuesday morning at 9:30. Any woman lrom 18 to 50 years-p age may register by calling at the College street entrance to the Red Cross headquarters. ing throuqh-th-sow to a snar appear to oe clustered about a perisnea seeking neip, two men :ty.the Coast Guard, one being Kiwanis Glub Holds Program On Hobbies Boast-ng an attendance of 98 per cent, the Murfreesboro Kiwanis club enjoyed a "hobby program" last Thursday presented by the club's own 'members, under 'the direction of Major J. G. Sims, program chairman.

Major Sims presented Kiwanians Alfred Hudleston, Baxter Hob-good and O. L. Freeman, who discussed widely divergent recrea-' tional pursuits such as the cultivation of roses, amateur photography and the proper care to be given hunting dogs. The enthusiastic attention accorded the speakers, at tested to the interest of club mem bers in the topics" discussed. During its regular weekly busi ness session the Kiwanis club officially inducted into its mem bership Senator George S.

Buckner and Dr. J. Kenneth Kaufman. Senator BUr-kner is a well-known resident of Kutherford -county. Dr.

Kaufman recently moved to Mur freesboro from Tullahoma, Lend-Lease 12 Coast Guard Boats To Cnha Miami, Flan Mar. ((Un cle Sam is lend-teasing 12 of his speedy Coast uuafdahti-submarine patrol boats to Cuba. Ten Of them will be handed over to Commodore Julio Arguelles, chief of Cuban navy, at, Miami on Monday. The other two patrol vessels will be turned over to the Cubans in Cuba. The boats will soon go into active duty guarding the shipping lanes in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea.

They will be -manned by Cubans, trained in our Navy's school at Miami. from stores. The question of whether it will be necessary to, "freeze" retail sales of any of the storable rationed products, will not be decided until it is seen how public buying proceeds during the time remaining until rationing begins. In no event, "however, will there be a "freeze" of sales of meats. The program permits retailers to give change in ration stamps where a customer finds it impossible to give the exact amount of, valid red stamps when making a purchase.

This is a departure from the processed food prograrhTw'hTch requires the housewife to pay over the exact number of- points for canned goods in blue stamps and does not allow for the making of change. Only one point of any valid scries may be used in making change. Because it is not always possible to-cut meat or cheese to the exact nnrt that jH the reason why they are supporting the Administration backed plan of collecting income taxes. -j A tr th esa hi inebecoJiu3xit tee majority leveled an attack on you-go which has th supplorilinany-Republiean-eon gressmen. The- committee ma jority paid that the Ruml plan is like "robbing Peter to pay a bonus to Paul," and that it shifts a part of the tax burden from the few in the upper income brackets to the many at the middle and lower brackets Administration's tax-collec tion plan features the imposition" a 20.

per cent withohlding levy1 af ter July 1. Directors of the United; States Chamber of Commerce have endorsed, the income tax collection proposal of Representative Frank Carlson of Kansas. It is a modi-. fied version of the Ruml plan The Chamber of Commerce directors prefer a pay-as-you-go tax plan without the doubling up of taxes for two years War Production Up In February Washington, Mar. 20.

(JP) War production fell off eight per cent during January but pepped ug again last month-to-almost-the i'ec-ord level of December. Production Chief Donald Nelson announced that December produc tion was unsually high due to year-end adjustments. The January decline was due to the same rea-son. The production of airplanes rose nine per cent higher- in February than in January, but the "outpuf of heavy bombers was 36 per cent higher. Nelson's report gave no actual figures on production.

Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson estimated earlier that 5,000 planes were turned out iri January and 550P rolled off the line the next month. point system, even in the case of sales to the Army and Navy and to Lend-Lease. These latter buyers, however, will have point credits to the full extent of their needs in th official ration bank accounts and may buy as much as they need orr presentation of the correct number of points by means of ration bank checks. The new plan places no official restriction on any of the rationed foods raised by farmers for-use on their own tables. Farm families are being given their full quota of points but they are being re- quested to retain red stamps from their books equal to the point value of any of the rationed food produced on the farm and eaten at home.

In this way farm families would limittheir purchases of rationed foods not produced at home and would share the available supplies on a voluntary basis with city dwellers who must buy all their meats, cheese, -and butter ed members of the searching party helpt andtwo.others-were-resguee a month in the woods. Board Reports On 85 Registrants; 52 Placed In 1-A At ito meeting of March 17. the Ftutherford county Selective Service board announced re-classification, or calling for physical examination, of 85 registrants. Of thi3 list, fifty-two were placed in. Clasj 1-A.

The complete report follows: Class 1-A (Available for, general mih-'tary service when found accept- a Die to land or naval forces. tticnard N. Ralston, James Estes, Wilham H. Robinson. Wil liam H.

Jakes, James II. Jones John P. Burnette, James D. Wil son, WUliam M. Petty, Jr.

Louis XL- Nicholson. Lysander M. Robert son, Cecil J. Cates, Horatio A Zoop, Willie R. Barrett, Cary Shipley.

Robert- J. Fulghum, Jr Ben B. -Agee, Jesse R. Zumbro, Marshall Llewellyn, Robert aughn, Clifton Overall, Lee Tarter, Fred H. Sisco, Ollie Ivie, JohmM.

Richardson, Joe Wil sen. earlET ShipIey Joseph E. Lewis Alford James L. Lyon, Betram B. Clark Earnest C.

Morgan, -James Iowe, James W. Daniel, Edgar Todd, Robert S. Casity, Raymond T. Brashear. Clarence vyipdrOw John C.

Betey. Redmon W. John son, Hubert Carter, J. C. Carter, Briscoe Frye.iWill Stemm, Wallace J-L Florida, Warner B.

Woodmore, Henry H. Sharber, Roland GUess Thomas C. Stone, Ellis E. Mc- Crary, John W. Garrett, William 15.

Victory, Edmon Odom." Class 1-C MembefcL of- land or naval forces of United States.) Grover E. Maxwell. Class 2-A Man necessary in his civilian activicy.L Harold P. Lawler, Thomas C. Continued on Page Eight) WAAC Recruiting Officer Here Monday, Tuesday Lieut: Florence M.

Bangert, re cruiting officer for the will be in Murfreesboro on Mon day and Tuesday to receive appli cations for enlistment in the wo men's auxiliary of. theJL-SArmy Lieutenant Bangert, who will, bt accompanied by Sgt. B. Law, will have her headquarters in the council room at City Hall, 'from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

ach day. Applicants for WAAC enlistment will be interviewed here, and given a mental alertness" test. No physical examinations will be given here; candidates for enlistments who are accepted here will be sent to Nashville, with expenses paid, for such examinations; 7 To be eligible for: enlistment in the WAAC, a woman must be a United States citizen, between the ages of 21 and 44 inclusive, -be of excelent. character, present two character references rorn regpori-sible persons, pass the mental alertness test, conform to the OiTi-cial height and weight chart, and Continued on Page Eighty passengers hiked to the coast for, brought out on a sled after spending Civilmn-jEm ployes Baser Win Treasury War Bond Flag Announcement has been made that 90 per cent of the Civil Service employes of the. Smyrna Air Base are purchasing War Bonds under the pay roll deduction plan.

A totaljjf 10 per cent of the salary is represented by the deductions, Major Patrick T. McMeniman, bond officer, reports. The Civil Service employes of the. Air Base thus qualify for a Treasury flag, join-. ing the growing- list of Rutherford county firms that are already flying that flag, signifying participation in the payroll savings plan.

In some of the Rutherford county plants, 100 per cent of the employes are regularly purchasing war bonds. OPA Sets Com Ceiliiii Prices In Tennessee Nashville, March 20 The OPA today announced permanent maximum prices on corn, in order to keep feed, prices in line with ceil- and assure the farmer a fair pro- fit on his product. Peak prices, OPA officials pointed out, apply to ear and snap corn sold by the farmer to anyone, whether his neighbor, a dealer, or a trucker. The ceilings apply afso to prices a trucker may charge on resale of corn. The following Tennessee locality prices listed by OPA are delivered prices per barrel: Murfreesboro Woodbury 5.92 Manchester 6.00 Shelbyville Nashville 5.97 Sliin 168 lbs.

of Salvaged Hosiery One hundred 68 pounds of salvaged silk and nylon hosiery comprised the second shipment from Rutherford county -collection stations. Miss Myrtie county salvage chairman announced yes terday. Together with the first shipment of 138. pounds, coun-, (Continued on Page Eight) Ex-Governpr deir Dies Tucson, Ariz, iJP A blacksmith'3 son, who twicewas a candidate for the Republican, presidential nomination Frank Lowden died to day while spending the -winterin Arizona. The 82-year-old former governor of Illinois during the first Congressman rorh Illinffis.

lie had been active in politics since President Mckinley's full dinner pail campaign in 1896. Beasle Speaking' before the regular monthly session of the Rutherford Education association, Dean N. C. Beasley yesterday outlined wartime needs iri teaching programs, and stressed the teacher's job thorough preparation of prospective soldiers in the subjects most favored by the armed forces. At the general session, in which teachers of all groups convened, D.

Holt, secretary of the TEA, spoke on the new education bill, and its effects on education in the state. He praised the work done in behalf of the bill's passage by Senator Q. S. Buckner and Representative Shelton Edwards. rrecedhig the general elementary, intermediate, and high school groups met in separate sessions for their programs.

Speaking? on the topic "Pre-In-duction Courses," Dean Beasley lirtcd the five subjects of most value to the armed forces as mathematics, phvsics, geography, his-tory. and English. "If these are Uie subjects soldiers need," he said, "then they should get them, and get them thoroughly. It is our job, as teachers, to see they Bean Bjgjsley also outlined three 'pointg-in prnrtviure nhich ho nup- gested might well influence high school and College teaching. These procedures' are: 1.

planning and presentation Of the work each day; 2. Definite- limitation pf subject matter and material; 3. Systematic evaluation of the individual student ani his progress, ftchieyemen tests at-the beginning of the, course; frequent tests based on every three to five recitations; and achievement, tests at the end, to Tiiea sure prressTjm adeF -z Bombardiers-" i es A Hero Ixndon, Mar. 20 OTV-The American Hero who held onto life until he could bomb his target has been identified as Lieutenant Jack Mathis, a 20-year-old country boy from San Arigelo, Texas. Lieutenant Mathis was a bombardier on the Flying Fortress which took part in Thursday's raid on thex Vegesack submarine yards near Bremen.

As the bomber approached the target Mathis was. struck by flying pieces of shell which almost tore his arm off and knocked him nine feet back into the plane. Gritting hts teeth, he pulled himself back to his bombsjght.jnd With hisrrnfruhglirrn sent; the explosives hurling "Bombs whispered Lieutenant MathiWand died. He lrfmTsnedthe usual phrase "Bombs away." SOLDIERS' WIVES WELCO All soldiers'. wives who live here are invited all Monday afternoon programs, which begin at 3 o'clock, at the Woman's club.

A contingent of Company L. personnel, local -SfaTe Guard unit, under command of Lieut DeWitt I3ridTes, left yesterday morning for Camp- Forrest, where they will-be stationed for a week's training eoxirso in Army routine and prop- 7 ertvrotection methods. This is the second of a series 'of -training periods, being 'held n.t Camp for each of the state's three brigades- The West Tennessee brigade moved, out of Forrest yesterday, oFtoUeVw this week by the Middle Tennessee brigade The East Tennessee unit will train the week of-: March 29. Edible Content To Set Point Values Nashville, March 20 Price nounced later. Administrator Brown, following Every pound of meat and cheese, receipt of official authorization as well as the other newly ration-from Secretarv of Aericulture ed items, will be sold under the Nance Jortlnn To Lieutenant In Navy Word Ii as been receivedhere "of vronotion to Lieutenant1 from lieutenant, junior grade, of Nance UT Jordan, former basketball and assistant football coach at T'ehnes-see State college.

Jordan is stationed at the Naval Reserve Air Base at Wickard, announced last week that the OPA will start the rationing of fats, edible oils including butter cheeses, and canned fish at midnight Sunday, March 28, Beginning March 29, the country's housewives will use. the red stamps in War Ration Book Two to obtain supplies of the newly rationed foods under the now familiar point system. In the first month each holder of War Ration Book Two, re-. gardless -of- ager-will have a basic allotment of 16 points a week to spend on the rationed foods. The red stamps l.will become.

valid in weekly periods. Series A will become valid on March 29, Series on April 4, Series on April 11, Series on April 18, Series on April 25 AH these stamps, except series EM'ili ex-pire on April The date of expiration for Series will be announced later. The point value of the rationed foods also will be an Now Orleans. SUBSCRIBERS! Subscribers who miss the DAILY NEWS JOURNAL are asked to call 38. On Sunday, call from 8 :30 to a.m.

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But cooperation of subscribers is requested in -calling atthe hmjrs listed above. 'Because, of gasoline rationing, if is- impossible to make" delivery unless notification is received during those periods. poundage-requested bv thereiistoTztWorldTTSVarwasteef orethat a mer, OPA is providing a so-call conversion table-as a part of the official point list. This table (Continued on Page Eight).