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Show TIIE LOGAN, UTAH, PAGE TWO. HERALD-JOURNA- Axis May Try To Land First Punch PROMINENT OGDEN SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 26 (U.Pi for Archie P. Bigelow, 75, pioneer Ogden banker and former vice president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Oakland, Cal., will be conducted at Ogden, Monday. Bigelow died Thursday in an Oakland hospital. - Funeral services philailt ( orresK)nilent HEADQUARTERS, 26 6 I1' NORTH AFRICA, Dim All developments indi(Delayed) cated today that the battle for Tunisia will llare again soon and some ot the signs led infmmed military commentators to forecast that the Gel mans may try to beat the allies to the opening punch While the main foiees on both sides were static, the (lei mans apparently had withdinwn their advanced patiols from tne country around Medjez-El-Ba- b -- strike. Germans have control of Mateur, the principal road junction south of Bizerte, while the allied forces hold Medjez-El-Bathe junction of two roads leading to Tunis, 28 miles east. Medjez-El-Bameans "gateway to the sea. It is the key to the northern sector of Tunisia, since the roads and a railway to Tunis run through the town. The Germans control these arteries east of the town and their mam line is established in an arc about 15 miles to The b the east. AND THEY GOT IT not officials of the Jack & Heintz Co., Cleveland, Employes lel.ix on the beach at Fort Lauder d.ale, fla., wheie they are guests of William F. (Bill) Jack is paying all their expenses and plans to give 140 of his Jack, "the best bos-- in the woild. woikeis similar vacations. He believes his plant should do as good a job foi the workers as. they have done in production. NICE WORK O, war plant, Gen Dwight D Eisenhower. American commander in chief of the allied forces, who returned to from a tour of the front as soon as he learned of Durian's is death Darlan died of two wounds, one in the mouth, the other in a lung, caused by bullets from a .25 caliber pistol which the assassin fired in a corridor of the government building as Darlan was about to enter ins office at 3.30 p. m. Thursday. I Eje-(ness Giraud was advised while on an inspection trip of the French army in Tunisia as he arrived in Algiers, and at once assumed responsibility for maintenance of order. (Spanish advices from Algiers, giving new details of Darlands death m a purported story, said Darlan, in admiral's uniform, was walking briskly along the dark corridor toward his office after spending "some time at the summer palace overlooking Algiers bay, when the shots were fired. (Darlan had to pass a waiting room, the door of which was closed, to get to his office before which a group of his aides were awaiting him with a budget of work. (As Darlan passed, the waiting room door opened and the youthful assassin came out, Madrid said. (The assassin whipped an automatic postol from a coat pocket, the advices said, and opened fire. (As the first bullet hit Darlan in the mouth, the advices reported, Darlan lunged at the assassin, but a second shot sent him plunging to the floor, blood covering his face and his uniform. (The murderer leaped over Dar-lan- 's body and dashed toward the other door, shooting and wounding the admirals aide de camp. But he was seized by other officers. (Madrid reported that the assassin was a member of the French fascist militia of the Pans collaborationist leader Jacques Doriot.) SUCCESSOR (Continued From Page Onei fortress type and it was claimed that four of them had been shot down and six damaged. BY C. R. CUNNINGHAM United Preaa Staff Correspondent ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA, Dec. 26 (L'lll Admiral Jean Francois Darlans murderer, a French citizen whose Italian mother lives in Italy, died at dawn today before a French army tiring squad approximately 40 hours after the No. 1 political assassination of World War II. The French imperial council of which Darlan was high commissioner announced that the assassin had been convicted and sentenced by a court martial of the 19th French military district which met at 6 p. m. yesterday. Meet Today Today the council meets to name a successor to Darlan. Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, commander in chief of the French African fighting forces, was the man of the hour and it was accepted that all he had to do to take leadership in which he undoubtedly would have the full support of Gen. Charles de Gaulle's fighting French who considered Darlan a traitor to France was to say the word. But there were strong indications that Giraud, a soldier with an abhorrence of politics, would elect to retain military le&dership without the complications of other office. Most prominent among others mentioned for leadership were Gen. Auguste Nogues, governor general of Morocco, one of the earliest north African adherents to the allied cause, and Governor General Pierre Boisson of French west Africa, the Dakar area, who was a close associate of Darlan. Allied authorities ordered Dar-lanbody taken during the night 's from the government general building at Algiers, where it lay in state yesterday, to the cathedral for a state funeral after which it will be taken, probably this afternoon, to the summer palace to remain until a decision has been made on a final burial place. Bay of Mourning Thousands of Frenchmen, whose Christmas had been turned into a clay of mourning, filed past Dar-lan- 's casket throughout yesterday along with thousands of American and British soldiers. council, The French imperial whose members including Giraud, assembled at Algiers by airplanes from all over French Africa, held a preliminary meeting last night on the succession problem as the court martial condemned Darlans assassinto death. In its communique announcing the sentence the council baid tex-tuall- y: "A court martial of the 19th military district met today (Friday) at 6 p. m. to try the assassin of Admiral Darlan. "The court martial condemned the assassin to death and the sentence will be carried out tomonow WASHINGTON. Dec. 26 (lR Cordell Hull Secretary of State describing the assassination of Admiral Jean Darlan as "an odious and cowardly act, said today that the all important consideration now is that we be not diverted for a moment from the supreme objective" of gaining control of the Africun continent. Some Objective Asked at his press conference for comment regarding the Darlan assassination. Hull said: "The all important consideration is that we be not diverted for a moment from the supreme objective of the united nations in the present battle against the axis forces for control of the African continental and the Mediterranean. "This battle is still at a crucial and critical stage. The fullest measure of unified support is needed by Gen. Eisenhower and his associates. "Of Admiral Darlan. it may be repeated that the part he played m north Africa related primarily to the military situation and was of incalculable aid to the allied armies in the battle which is still an raging. His assassination was odious and cowardly act." Departing from usual custom, Hull permitted his remarks to be quoted directly. Hull was asked if he could confirm reports which have been heard here that Gen. Charles de Gaulle, head of the fighting French forces, is going to visit Washington. Hull replied that this situation was not definite enough for comment and that he would prefer to take it up later after obtaining further information. Hull declined to answer further questions on the north African MINIMUM PROFIT SET ON GASOLINE morning. "The assassin, who was caught in the act, made a complete confession. He insisted he acted without accomplices. "The assassin, whose name is being kept secret for reasons of military security, was of French Dec 26 61'' WASHINGTON. Tli Offa e of Price Admiinslr.i- turn, moving to protect oil dealers and filling stations, throughout the notion, today established a minimum profit on gisolme and granted ail incic.usc ir, the prue of fuel oil. nationality. Inquiry icvealed that a mini- A his mother is Italian and is now mum regulation establishingof three opeiatmg margin living in Italy. cents a gallon for retail gasoline "Several letters between the as- units .statided to sassin and his mother were seized tions Oftmals said the filling order was but their contents threw no light part of the lllA's pmgiani to aal on the case or the actual circum- small business to establishments stances of the crime withstand the impact of war. The council's statement was isAt the same time. Price Ad- sued from the headquarters of mi'iis'ritor Lt on llenditson aiilh- - et Guadalcanal Force Is Replaced HERE'S MORE ABOUT Cache Christmas (Continued BY SANBOK S. KLEIN United Frefw Staff Corresxndent WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 U'.pi The marire force that participated in the initial attack on Guadalcanal probably has been replaced after more than 100 days under fire in hellish tropical heat. Although there has been no official indication that those troops have been removed from the island, naval experts said today that it was hardly likely that the leathernecks who first stormed Guadalcanal's beaches last Aug. 7 are still there. The chances are that they are spending the Christmas holiday far removed from the Solomons battlefront. (Christmas day in the Solomons began when it was 9 a. m. ewt., Dec. 24). Experts based their opinion on the comparative lack of any important combat' activity by American forces on Guadalcanal since the end of November. Nov. 30 marked the 116th day of American occupation of the island; today is the 140th. It was suggested that the shortlived ground offensive by American troops during November was designed to keep the Japanese at arms length while replacement operations were under way. The experts said that in all p r o b a b ility, only comparatively small groups of the marines could be replaced at one time. It would be militarily imprudent to remove them all at once. The replacement would be gradual, with cadres of veterans remaind new to troops. instruct ing Since the latter part of November, activity on Guadalcanal has been confined entirely to ground all initiated patrol and Rir action, The Japanby American forces. ' ese have not even stirred in the direction of American positions. There has been an almost complete absence of Japanese airmen over Guadalcanal. No important land action is expected on the island for the next several months because the rainy season will be in full swing, making ground operations exceedingly difficult. battle-hardene- Has the federal government Q expanded its civilian payroll materially since Pearl Harbor? 1941, In November, A Yes. there were 1,545,131 civilian employes. The best estimate today runs close to 3,000,000 The actual June 1 figure was 2.207.754 and about 150,000 have been added monthly. puppet Q Denmarks premier has said Germany may debuy all the Danish products it sires. What can the tiny country produce? A Denmark is one great dairy farm, producing butter, eggs and bacon. pro-Na- One of the following persons is an officer of the federal government, one an office of a state government and one a city official. Which is which? Paul V. o McNutt, Thomas E. 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DONA DRAKE - E X the 1 Directed by DAVID BUTlf R 0 )9nol Screen Play Frank butter and Den Hartman FAMOl S BANDS west rationed states The prue advance I: dou Starts Tomorrow! 1925. orized Hn increase of three-tenth- s of a cent per gallon in the pine of fuel oil delivered to coupon hnldeis in the 30 east and mid- t' nst, hai A Q Are the Aleutian Islands actually a part of Alaska" A- - Yes, they are included in the Alaskan Territory ' ior Don-Vol- how successive many years did Bill Tilden win the U. S men's singles tennis champion- through f :es WITH OFR SPECLYL (Continued FYom Page One) n 1920 ' st. of New Dewey is governor-elec- t Yoik. LaGuardia is mayor of New York City. Six, 5 Jolla United Nations LaGuardia. is director of the Federal Security Administration, A clos j aimed f'Oji'ion 01OiUlt 40 eves. 6 H. ship a Mde bt jPragri Fio-rcll- Q-l- Dor! M'thi Tur''i'eric n . NEW BELlU-itwo Japanese retaking Cilia . Pocatello. First rites will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in the Pocatello Fourth ward chapel, and then the body will be brought to Logan CANINE SENTINEL French poodle scales fence to limber up for Monday evening. Friends may call guard duty at Mitchel Field, L. I. Dogs are additional guarantee at the W. Lloyal Hall mortuary against trespassing on Army air base. in Logan Monday from 7 to 9 p, m and at the home of John B. Glenn in Weilsville Tuesday from had bombed the Japanese base at In Libya, occupying Sirte, where 10 a.m. until time of services. off the northwestern tip the enemy had fought a rear Funeral services will be con- Sabang, ducted in the Weilsville tabernacle of Sumatra. It was regarded as a guard action. There was renewed Tuesday at 1 pm. with burial in preliminary stab at the western activity in Tunisia and allied that community's cemetery under fringe of the Japanese hold in the forces occupied a height dominatthe direction of the W. Loyal Hall Dutch East Indies. There was ing Medjez-El-BaOn- - Thursday, mortuary. Admiral Darlan much discussion of a successor to Mrs. Glenn, formerly a of was assassinated by a Frenchman Darlan. General Giraud Weilsville and Logan, died un- whose name was not given. Pres- Admiral a Press correspondent told United of a heart ident Roosevelt deplored the slay- that he expectedly Thursday to furnish a French hopes 30. ailment. She was born October ing in a formal statement. The al- army of 300,000 and that he in- -' 1893, in Weilsville, a daughter of lies began what appeared to 'be a tends to fully with Gen. Thomas and Jane Leishman Kerr. preliminary thrust towards the Gaulie, leader of the After spending her early life in coast in central Tunisia, occupy- Charles de fighting French. The Russians reWeilsville, she moved to Drum- ing an important position near ported driving the Germans back mond, Mont., where she lived until Medjez-El-BaThe Russians miles in a sector southwest coming to Logan for 10 .years claimed considerable advances eight of Stalingrad and claimed addiresidence. The family moved to both on the front tional, advances in the Caucasus. Pocatello in 1932. and in the Caucasus, where The Americans announced the deShe was married to Irvin B. the Germans appeared to be fall- struction of 24 Japanese planes in Glenn December 5, 1916, in the Salt ing back. Allied headquarters re- a raid on New Georgia island in Lake L D S temple. the sinking of a Japanese the southwest Pacific. Tokyo reSurvivors, besides her husband, ported and a transport in the ported that American planes also include a son, Eugene Glenn, in destroyer Solomons area. had raided Wake Island, held by the United States marine corps; On Friday, the British advanced the Japanese. brothers and sisters: Mrs, eight Annie Bailey of Pocatello, Mrs. of Mary Haslam Logan, John Kerr of David Kerr of Weilsville, Ogden, Utah. Tresa Kerr and a (win brother, Elmer Kerr, of Preston, Thomas Kerr of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Jessie Hill of Oakland, Cal.; also two grandchildren. porting an advance of up to 75 miles in their offensive to diUe. A large force of allied planes, headed by American bombers, made a heavy raid on France, striking at a German held airfield near Paris. On Monday, the Russians reported an advance of nearly 15 miles on the front, with the capture of several towns. Henry Shapiro, United Press correspondent who was the first newspaperman permitted to visit the Stalingrad fighting area, reported that he found Russian morale extremely high, with complete confidence in fnal victory. The royal air force bombed the industrial center of Duisberg in Germany, losing 11 bombers in a large-scal- e raid. In the far east, allied planes were active over Burma, while British troops continued their exploratory advance down the coast of the Bay of Bengal. On Tuesday, the Russians announced more advances west of Stalingrad, while bitter fighting went on in the city itself. Bntish planes made a mass bombing raid on Munich, shrine of the nazi party. Maj. Gen. Henry Miller, new supply commander of the American army air force in Britain, predicted that soon American planes would launch a general aerial offensive against Germany. Allied planes again were busy over Burma and Japanese planes made MARKETS AT A CLAM E a small reprisal raid on Calcutta in India. By I'nilrJ Press On Wednesday, the Russians reStocks irregularly higher and ported some progress in heavy quiet. Bonds irregular. fighting on the central and StalinCurb stocks mixed grad fronts. Allied planes bombed Cotton up as muili as 5o icnts objectives in northern France and the Netherlands. The British ana bale. nounced that their naval planes Wheat and corn steady. n ,i0 nrthea - t bridge, tore 20 feet of the guard rail out, then landed on its side in the river. The young couple, unhurt, were given assistance by John Bauer. The other traffic accident in- volved cars driven by Eldon Pay Walker, 22, of 133 South Seve ith West street, and L. George Hei-zoalso of Logan. It occurred Friday at 1.30 p. m. at the intersection of First South and Sixth West. Neither driver saw the other until it was too late to avoid a collision, according to police reports. Although there was considerable damage to cars, no one was injured. Pageant Praised The early morning pageant, under the general supervision of Warren Schow, was another triumjh for Logans ability to stage pageants. Lighting, music and acting were all good, as was costuming. Some of the characters hesitated sometimes in speaking lines, but for the greater part, preparation was good. Directing music was Frank H. Baugh, Jr., while Pearl Spencer, Hattie Morrell and Ann Neddo were in charge of play direction. Music was furnished by the high school chorus. Professor and Mrs. N. W. Christiansen, Professor S. E. Clark, Georgene Doutre, Dorothea Rasmuson and a string' ensemble. Electricians were Loland Goff and Cliff Haws; stage managers, Dean Fletcher and John Wilson, and interior decorations were arranged by Superintendent Heber C. Maughan. Morgan Outstanding Most memorable character In Dickens A Christmas Carol" was, of course, Professor Floyd T. Morgan as Scrooge. The transformation from the "Bah, Humbug" stage to the "Merry Christmas" stage was effective. Bob Preston as Fred was outstanding, also. In the' nativity play, "The Adoration," Marion Everton gained laurels as the inn keeper. When the servicemen at Utah State entertained 50 underprivileged children from Logan, the ceremony was attended by Lieutenant Commander S. R. Stock, Lieutenant Carles J. Badger and President E. G. Peterson. The kiddies ate dinner with the sailors and marines, then went to the barracks where Santa distributed gifts around a Christmas tree. i fan,, , i, b. From Page One) outmoded . both Funeral services in Pocatello and Weilsville had been arranged today for Mrs. Elva Kerr Glenn, 49, wife of Irvin B. Glenn who died Thursday at her home in ss HERES MORE ABOUT LONDON For Elva Kerr Glenn and then force was perculinily inactive as if it were being conserved It was believed in some high quarters that the axis commander. Col. Gen Walther Nthring. may go into offensive action with the considerable forces of men and tanks which have been fort led across the Mediterranean by sea and air during the last few weeks If he enlarges the Get man foothold m Tunisia, he must art before Lieut Gen. Kenneth A N. Anderson's force can strike The opposing generals have been jockeying for positions and awaiting the moment when each feels that he has sufficient supplies to permit successful attack. Sometimes a lull in patrol activity portends a readiness to iron strategic Weilsville Rites Set air Li? mm BANKER IS TAKEN b I'nited Ircss stuff ALLIED SATURDAY, DKCKMi'ip L by Aft I 4 - de. 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