Show WEEKLY YN NEWS WS alys ANALYSIS re pac pacific fic S sea ea vict vic victories tories ries I 1 prove U S naval str strength nath Is s gro growing as japs declines russ smash b N nazi i threat to caucasus macarthur encircles japs in new guinea a an 1 0 4 r 7 tt T t I 1 fa I 1 IF he end I 1 he a of their at to north at the in ahil part enod in he V s it of to th berl the aeve one of the first pl north africa agunat aunat of french det aliment of S I 1 I pir fare ad b y th war p shows A y P duerian mediterranean village we t of oil I 1 ending it a p 9 SOLOMONS smashing U S victory americans had scarcely received th the news a we 0 of f T the brilliant naval victory in m th the solomons which drove the a japs 1 back 11 1 reeling with 23 21 ships I 1 sunk and 30 00 f sailors and soldiers drowned when additional reports war were forthcoming on the staking sinking of ft five va enemy worship warships tile the a second all the concluding part pact of a action ch a was great three dev dav engagement which routed muted the JP jap fleet from the quad gurld are area sh shrewd d and nd resourceful vice admiral rat W william 1 lam F halsey command con imand a er of the ania american ii forces force emerged from the battle as one are of the out standing heroes of the war ar to for it was its his audacity and p pluck 1 uck in the face of superior japanese fare forces vies that won as a smashing three day victory jan ship losses in the slugging encounter included eluded one battleship three beaw cruisers two light cruis calls ers r s five destroyers and eight troop j laden d afi t transports sunk k four cargo transports destroyed destroy 1 on 0 the beach near car guadalcanal Guadal canal and dubau one broad battle 1 ship and six destroyers damaged damage enemy losses Us in the ad second ri engagement were ona battleship three large c cruisers se rs one and a one ne destroy desmer t er sunk sank naval officials said there was less good gold reason to believe that the sin kings reported fl in second engagement were in addition to those previously recorded american A an I 1 losses we were two light cruisers and alses six destroyers sunk the in major j or p part a r t ot of t the he s sea e a a action 0 n was fg fought h t dir directly e c t ly 0 off ff gu a d al c n a I 1 island which the japs approached appa with three strong fleet task tak f forces intent on an effecting a land landing as that would dislodge the h heroic a at american defenders one of the decisive elements Us in the battle was the daring of american surface units in steam mg directly bet between beten en the lines imes of the jun jap columns firing broadsides broad sides in i both d directions baags in this phase rear adm daniel J callaghan former faial at aide of president t roosebelt Roos eielt it was kill killed ed in action at while the navy rejoiced in its in it accorded full credit to gen are eral macarthur a aircraft which had originally or really spotted the jap concentrations trat ions lons and made repeated bomb ing attacks on an the enemy shipping NEW GUINEA lap jap dunkirk steadily the laws aws of the austral lan an american trap had dosed closed on the strategic jip J ip held port of buna barra in new guinea significant of the importance ot oi the a new N aw guinea dr drive to d dislodge I 1 cl in the japs japs was the presence in an the field a of gen c doug douglas macarthur while his hia land forces converged ral on the enemy positions position a M macarthurs Mac car Arthurs t burs bombers bomber had tanned flin d out for far wide spread aerial activities on their calling ca ing list besides buna were enemy alu Y enst installations a at lae and safea maus u a the critical plight ot of the jap go garrison at buna ban was emphasized by the arrival of eig eight achl t enemy warships in the vicinity tv in a grim game of 1 hide ds and seek that ensued between american e Z flying fly g ferll fortresses O and ad the file jap vessels e is one am enemy cruiser and 3 4 destroyer were en sunk ak and ad another it es et troyer royer damaged before the flo toija fi fled ad observers were of the opinion 11 that th at the JP jap warships might t at PIT gr g h lave eve b been preparing p to evacuate t t the abe jop ap defenders ol of buna 1819 YEAR DRAFT high deferred p president r e roosevelt set a aside ali three r e weeks b beginning gr arant fl december eta r 11 for registration r of youths who have deac reached h ad or will reach their firth b birthdays it day since no june joe a 30 the be prebi pro d danta I 1 order a r likewise a a pro provided it continuous t registration on n their a birth days of ya youths th wh who baxi become 18 on or after or next I 1 tj january I 1 A pre presidential dartad P proclamation I 1 hailed bladd the h new registration na as ad advisable abells to victory RUSSIAN FRONT reds mettle fettle the nazi threat to the caucasus me mountain britain passes parses and the brozny oil rein fields was lifted illicit when the III ross russians a staged a fierce counter all attack Is in the 0 area which h resu resulted it ad in the annihilation of 5 german ger troops and the ayt capture ure of 1 4 0 ger ei iran a tanks leaks aj 70 it field e it g guns 2 5 0 ar army tris tr Is and 1000 rounds of ammunition b I 1 the furious nature of 0 the red assault and the fact that the russ forces were fully equipped with planes tanks ranks and other mechanized equipment indicated that on this a engagement gag ga nt alt might be the sign signal 11 teri for a far thing flung counteroffensive counter counte offensive all a along the S soviet viat front A at t the other end and of at the caucasus front german attempts to break through the soviet lines near v e ere repeatedly peat edly beaten back meanwhile reports said winter was closing 71 down rapidly over the entire russian front As A it had bad for far week past the near nazi front at stalingrad Stal ingrad remained at a stalemate with german attacks beaten off by tu the stout hearted rus trum sian defenders the industrial duen stil cw cat s factory area was the principal tar get of the nazis naas effort to gain a firm foothold in this strategic volga metropolis NORTH AFRICA 3 pronged pincer what was as left of the tot tring axis empire in north africa had brawn ck closer r around tripoli as allied forces e menaced it from th the east the w west est and south while the M Medi a terra n nean li on the north had fast become a lake dominated by united nations air and sea power from the east cart gen montgomery agam a eighth british army had swept through libya in pursuit of M marthal marshal rommel a battered afrika korps E from rom the west american and british forms forces had poured into tunisia aided by units oi of gen giraud a F french ch north african arav from the south it was reported d that IO 10 00 of tile the fighting F french reach arm army Y mechanized with american america equipment had a truck struck north ward d from lake chad in french west africa goal of the anglo british armies armice from the west had been strategic alert a in tunisia seacoast sea c coast aa t spring pr g be board ard I 1 to southern at italy a 1 british n t h I 1 ps paratroops p f flown 1 in A american m planes i had captured airfields deep in T tu 1 nalia reports disclosed th the a I 1 morocco 1 I 1 raid described these para par troop operations as the largest a ever carried out by airborne air borne troops FRANCE laval off pierre laval could now write it fit his own ticket observers believed that ark ticket would be filled out with orders tor for greater french col coll labora bor tion lam with the axis asia for far when lad dod dering marshal arshal petain pet ol invested laval with dictatorial power giving ir him ran the right on his simple sig ing nat nature re alone to make laws the immediate fate of continental france was in P pro berlin hands pun petain 7 de decree simply I 1 g gave official tra sanction to in what hot izod had been an unofficial me fact for far months month it everybody a ya in and out at of europe knew laval had been the real met boss bass or of the vichy vi achy ichy regime and petain the figurehead 69 it a it I 1 now 4 ow laval could emerge m his true role across the mediterranean in at al gerial gena A admiral jean darlan continued uw d as the tuta titular at in head ead of french loranc north oz africa but no longer long had he V vichy h y 1 ibl blessing ig and 1 no 1 1 longer 1 was b he heir e r ive gw presumptive in to getaw c t is s post as achieving th the abt doubtful distinction I 1 of international tu tuss turncoat ss N no e 1 garlan it 11 lad bad dller dexterously u ay cast h his is lot with t the UZ ibern allies following in R the successful it 1 aminian invasion n P previously u ly he had been notoriously PA P pro A axis his her elevation to second IL in command d to ill pat had been a reward for h his e axis asia leanings alter after the 1940 amna french b collapse ROOSEVELT wars turning point american victories in the solomons and in N north rth africa might we well 11 f turning 1 I ug apparent b be hailed as an R roose oo 00 a point in the war or president thed t the t h velt tt declared acal but he warned merican american people the there is time only for far working and fighting none a lor for exaltation it ex the he P president 2 it it coupled its his rely wit with t in djs of 1 recent military events a rebuke to critics of the go govern 72 ment out a 3 war and international t mat ional poll cles cies who speak air either at out 0 of ig 9 norance a or out at of political bills bias declaring that hot h he e had a made a constant aart t effort fraz to k keep e P politics pol itice out of t the h a fighting of th the war mr roo roosevelt t pl pleaded aed stich guilty line lineer however er to h hav 1 ing per permitted tied pressure to disclose the sinking of an al american america borc aircraft ft carrier 10 days before the novem her ber elections he said he lid had 0 real o aed that it I 1 the news lell of t the h e sinking had be been g given av out at t two w ri or three hr weeks later it would be pu publicly b ly charged that this news had bad b been cen suppressed by me until after the te election the result was that vigorous protests had bad earn come IS from am corn man mancing it in e admirals in th the e southwest uth w at pacific and at P pearl 1 harbor that military information was being given givan to the japs because bee iise th they Y pro b ably laid had no sure wieda knowledge of the sinking GAS RATION curtailed in east demands for petroleum products by the american expeditionary forces in north africa fr far in excess of I 1 original rg 1 estimates resulted in a 1 curtailment to lg t of 25 jr per cent n in the ita gas oline aline of motorists in the eastern edw states the OPA order I 1 did not hot at fe feet t the middle west where here rat ration I 1 ing lad had been scheduled in for 1 decem seem b ber ati I 1 motorists traveling in the east fron from other states however hovver would have t to comply with the rew new rations which gave three galb gallons a of gial gasoline for A coupons instead of d fee four official officials I 1 a said t the he east coast a cur baoit bould uld result all I 1 in ii saving ing about 20 barrels barrel of gasoline a day FREE fund grab foiled how a plot to spirit exiled king C arol of rumania into the united states from mexico ad establish a free R u manian 0 movement in this country ws failed was disclosed with the indictment detroit of three id I d the bal at stake was nearly 80 in frozen ru I 1 EX KING CAROL he eyed manian funds now new in custody of the U S treasury t y the indictments charged violation of the foreign agents registration and ad E espionage ae an acts the defend pr ants w were Gli charie self if styled leader of the movement stefan and george banfer SEA SAGA boise story told triumphant survivor survival of as a battle in which she helped sink six am jap warships off ff guadalcanal Guadal canal I 1 in early october tee h a heroic light cruise cs r boise was undergoing repairs at a an n call eastern t ern A american merican shipyard after all or being b g battered by genf gunfire ire sapt pt S y a atam as ames and losing a of her er crew cra in biml that the boise would be re eted fitted in t aurre eurre ill team off to war again was am it ir alize ss sl by her c m numer C U P 1 E J C mike more ad U is afi Us I 1 a the boise wals a ad hip 1 A task force a ela bellan 9 t p oops for or a are salomon b a the briant 1 the fighting w huh the enemy lost two cruise a a light cruiser andhree destroy given up for lost in the battle the boise later it ion a h ins after he upion UP lit engg u 1 ilar b j g pla in the a engagement g n t I 1 the e boise eo fired 5 are than I 1 0 0 roun d 3 0 of in mch hell in 27 1 fee miscellany baslington BAS HINGTON in a move eve to speed P e it shipments of important mia war 1 11 materials ed I states state arul through has he agreed mexico me x to at finance the a heun amt r re habilitation hall th it a of key it lines of the ry can national lla railways s it bounced need here the T h was an an U 1 8 govern ave all ment it ath has agreed g read to bear be r the I 1 cost a of necessary a a materials at e r I 1 ill and it ment in n t as well arll as al a equip far p repair ep costs ibur the expense a a of at far a |