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Show THE RICH COUNTY Entered cs second class matter Feb. 8, 1929 t the Post Office, Randolph, Utah, under tb Act of March 3. 1879. Wm. E. Marshall. Bnsiness Manager SUBSCRIPTION 11.60 Per Year in Advance Lepton Marshall, Editor and Proprietor Induction of 18 and into the nations armed forces by U. S. North African Occupation Seen 1 As Springboard 1, 1943, for European Front; Thins Axis Forces for Russ Campaign the country indicated they would soon have to begin drafting childless married men. Final impediment to the laws passage was hurdled when a group of senators decided not to press their attempt to require a full years training for all the 18 and before they could be sent into combat service overseas. The house had previously approved a measure eliminating this feature. Meanwhile, selective service headquarters disclosed that local boards had been advised that increasing demands of the armed forces require that a large number of men in essential activities who are liable for service be released for induction. This meant that war plants would have to release key workers for the army and navy. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Accidents Cost People $4,000,000 During 41 I knew I shouldnt have done it, is a remark often made by accident victims after the damage has been done. And because the war now makes the full working ability of every man and woman more important than ever before, greater n care should be taken. Accidents cost the American people $4,000,000 in wages, medical expenses, insurance, and property damage last year. A total of 102,500 persons were killed, 350,000 permanently disabled and 8,950,000 temporarily injured. Much has been written on how to prevent accidents, but the best remedy is individual care and thoughtfulness. Common among the causes of accidents is placing hands between gears, chains, cutter knives, or other parts of machinery in motion. In addition to avoiding this danger, accident-preventio- Territory in North Africa occupied by U. S. expeditionary forces under Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will be used as a springboard for offensive action against Italy, the Adriatic Balkans and possibly southern France, military experts believe. Principal features on above map show (1) American control over Atlantic ports in French Morocco; (2) Mediterranean ports of Oran and Algiers in American hands; (3) strategic Bizerte in Tunisia, which would complete Allied control of the south MediterDakar, which military experts expect to be ranean; and (4) Vichy-helAllies. over taken by HITLER: BLITZ TIMETABLE: Beats Schedule Seizes All France Two immediate jobs had remained for Gen. Dwight D. (Iron Mike) other precautions are listed as follows: Do not cut toward yourself when using a knife. Do not climb a ladder until it is properly placed, firm and steady. Use a safety rope or strap when climbing a tree for pruning. Drive tractor and car carefully. Field machinery will last longer if operated at moderate speed. Farm machinery and equipment, as well as industrial machinery, are now provided better than ever with safety devices. Agriculture in Industry By FLORENCE C. WEED Tung Nuts Back in 1904, Dr. David Fairchild of the government bureau of plant industry secured a quantity of Tung nuts from China. They were planted widely in this country, in all except cold climates, and from this beginning, has sprung a new industry which aims to furnish essential g oil to the paint indusquick-dryin- try. A bumper crop in 1940 provided 5,000,000 pounds of tung nuts with a million dollar income to growers. A narrow belt in the southern states, 50 to 100 miles wide, has been found best suited to growing tung trees. These come into bearing in the third year. They yield nuts with woody hulls the size of small apples inside of which are from three to seven seeds. Machinery used in crushing the seeds is similar to that used for crushing oil from cotton seed, peanuts and soybeans. The residue left is pressed into cakes and returned to the grower who uses it for fertilizer. ' During the last ten years, before the outbreak of the war with Japan, oil valued at ten million dollars was imported from China each year. Much of this was of inferior grade and adulterated with other oils. It has sold from 5.1 cents to as high as 27.2 cents per pound in barrels at New York. With this foreign supply unavailable, the superior American product is finding a ready market Mills equipped for detailing and crushing tung seed have been estab Ushed in Alabama, Florida, Geor gi. Mississippi and Louisiana. During the progress of a lawsuit, a witness was regarding the habits and character of the defendant. a reputation for Has Mr. M being abnormally lazy? asked counsel, briskly. Well, sir, its this way Will you kindly answer the question asked? struck in the irascible lawyer. Well, sir, I was going to say its this way: I dont want to do the defendant an injustice, and I wont go so far as to say hes lazy exactly; but if it required any voluntary work on his part to digest his food, hed die from lack of nourishment. cross-examin- ed 0HKsm,'Gs, RUSSIAN FRONT: Nazi Drives Stalled d A picture of an excellent Spartanburg county, South Carolina, farm showing strip rotation of cotton and small grain, with the small grain followed by annual lespedeza. appeared certain January as the senate finally approved legislation lowering the selective service induction age. In order to fill military requirements up to the first of the year, local boards throughout Hitlers Seizure of Southern France Greater Farm Safety Part of War Program Witness Exerted Himself A Bit to Put It Nicely DRAFT: Inductions Soar REAPER Eisenhowers American invasion forces after they had completed their spectacular blitzkrieg of French Morocco and Algeria in the record time of 77 hours. One job was to secure control of rectangular Tunisia, a French protectorate jutting northward into the Mediterranean and offering via strategic Bizerte an ideal stepping stone toward the Ards soft spots of Italy and the Adriatic Balkans. The other job was to complete with their British Allies the nutcracker drive into Libya to smash forever Marshal Rommels all but extinguished Afrika Korps. The capture of Morocco and Algeria had given the Americans control of 1,300 miles of precious North African seacoast on the Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean sea, including the key ports of Casablanca, Rabat, Oran and Algiers. Significantly enough, it was Adm. Jean Darlan, French chief of all defense forces who had given the cease-firin- g order to the French n colonies. Darlan was now in a new role of collaborationist with the United Nations, after secret negotiations with American army officers. The welcome of the n American forces by the inhabitants had been warmed by the presence with them of heroic Gen. Henri Giraud, dramatically flown to Algeria from France after a secret rendezvous with British airmen. Neighboring Tunisia was of key importance not only because of its strategic value for future offenEusives against rope, but because of the concentration there of Axis troops and combat planes. Hitler had not intended to give up North Africa without a struggle. His hold upon it would not have been possible without Tunisia. Possession of the port of Bizerte, best equipped French Mediterranean naval base, by the United Nations would mean that the Allies would have relatively easy access to Sicily and the Italian mainland and an effective springboard to powernearby Tripoli, former house of Axis North African activities. Success of the AEF operations prompted President Roosevelt to raise Gen. Mark Clark, second in command, to the rank of lieutenant North-Africa- French-Af-rica- Hitler-dominat- ed air-bor- general. ROMMEL: Nutcracker Bait Like a groggy before a knockout punch, Marshal Rommels shattered Afrika Korps had scurried across Libya pursued by General Montgomerys conquering Eighth British army. The chase had been nip and tuck with Rommel trying to reach Tripoli, his main base near Tunisia in an effort to use his remaining strength to make a stand. But Tripoli meant no rest for Rommel, for oncoming American armies from Algeria in the west and Montgomerys battering ram from Egypt in the east would converge in a mighty movement to annihilate Axis power in North Africa. prize-fight- nut-crack- er er back-pedali- observers agreed that Hitlers seizure of unoccupied France meant a further lengthening of his lines and a weakening of his forces. The Fuehrer had no other choice than to try to close the back door to prospective Allied invasion by ordering his own legions southward to the Mediterranean and the Spanish frontier and those of his Italian stooge northward to the Riviera. Corsica, island birthplace of Napoleon, was likewise seized. But Hitlers move into southern France meant that 20 to 30 Axis divisions would htfve tied down in occupation duties, thus weakening the English channel invasion coast and also his forces along the Russian front where action was at a stalemate. He had likewise enlarged the area where the Nazis would be sabotaged as they already have been elsewhere in occupied Europe. Reports from Russia indicated the Nazis had already begun to withdraw troops to build up their defenses elsewhere in Europe. These were further substantiated by word from Greece indicating the arrival of fresh German units at key seaport bases. Hitler had first Significantly, stopped his occupation forces 30 miles short of the French naval base at Toulon, designating it as a camp and set retranche to be of Center from occupation. apart speculation since the 1940 armistice, the French fleet comprising 62 warships was the prize at stake with the Axis .standing on the near side of the Mediterranean and Allies on the other. Now an Allied collaborationist in Africa, Adm. Jean Darlan had added his voice to that of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in a request for the French fleet to join him in Algeria. Military far-flu- ng Communiques from Moscow took an increasing note of optimism as the Russians maintained that the German offensive against the Red lines from the Baltic to the Black sea had been smashed for the year. Southeast of Nalchik where the German drive for the strategic military highway had been stalled, the Russ defenders continued to repel attacks. Elsewhere in the Caucasus the Reds were holding the Nazis well in check. Soviet armies continued to keep a German force encircled in the mountainous vicinity of Tuapse, Black sea base, and thwarted every enemy attempt to break through. The defenders of Stalingrad continued their heroic resistance. While small enemy detachments infiltrated from the south these were thrown Meanwhile Soviet troops jack. northwest of the city continued to larass the Germans. on Trans-Caucasi- Joints on Hinges One of the oddest tattooing jobs known was that done on a London gentleman a few years ago when hq had a hinge with screws tattooed on every joint of his body. an SOUTH PACIFIC: MacArthur Pincer warfare continued in the air and on the ground in the South Pacific, with American and Australian forces pressing the Japs Slam-ban- g lard on New Guinea and at Guadal- canal in the Solomon Islands. General MacArthurs headquarters reported that at Oivi on New Guinea, Allied forces were using pincer tactics to squeeze the Japs out. Australian columns had cut off a If THIS! To relieve discomforts, one of the best things you can do is put a good spoonful of home-test- ed Vicks VapoRub in a bowl of boiling water. Then feel the wonderful relief come as you breathe in the steaming medicated vapors that penetrate to the upper breathing passagesl See how this soothes Irritation, quiets coughing, and helps clear the ing grand comfort. DO ed head-bring- FOR RODEO RELIEF . . . rub throat, chest and back with VapoRub at bedtime. Vicks VapoRub works for hours 2 ways at once to bring relief from distress. Remember its Vicks VapoRub you want. Typewritten Clues A typewritten letter can be easily traced to its source, as no two machines, even when brand-neand of the same make and model, ever write exactly alike. w by-pass- ed ALLIES OPTIMISTIC: Channel Thrust? From both sides of the Atlantic official optimism over the wars future outlook was expressed by leaders as a result of the Allied successes in North Africa. President Roosevelt predicted the Axis inevitable defeat, and welcomed the increasing number of Frenchmen who are joining the United Nations cause. In London, Prime Minister Churchill for the first time since the bleak days of 1940 told the British public to rejoice. Mr. Churchill pointed out that a direct thrust across the English channel was coming in due time. He suggested that the day would be nearer as soon as it was evident that Germany was becoming demoralized. The prime minister said that the Allied drive in Africa had as its primary objective the exposure of the underbelly of the Axis, especially Italy, to heavy at- tacks. The extent of the armada that had carried American and British forces to the shores of North Africa was disclosed by Oliver Lyttleton, British minister of production, who said that 500 transports and 350 warships had comprised the mammoth invasion fleet. SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR . . Pincer squeezes Japs. Japanese retreat by means of a flanking movement. The Japs, effort to cut their way through to the rear had been stopped by American troops flown by aerial transport to the vicinity of Buna, 55 miles northeast of the Oivi battleground in the Owen Stanley mountain area. At Guadalcanal, American troops met enemy attempts to recapture Henderson airfield by an offensive that threw the Japs back several miles. An example of spectacular heroism in the Guadalcanal fighting was cited by a navy department release recounting the feat of Marine Pvt. Albert A. Schmid, whose companions in arms say he killed more than 200 Japs in a single night, while manning a machine gun. From Washington came a navy communique announcing the sinking of seven more Jap ships in the southwest Pacific by American subma- government's goal Is to pro-dsynthetic rubber at a rat of mora than 800,000 ton par yaar by tha and at 1943. Th ue Even without a War program requiring tremendous quantities oi rubber, the U. S. used 648,000 tons oi rubber in 1940. Any lira mad In th last two or thro years Is good for alght to ton ysars if not worn avt In service. In 1933, 900 farm tractors were sold with rubber tires and 3,000 steel wheeled tractors were changed over to rubber. Six years later 161,800 rubber tired tractors were bought by American tanners and in addition 45,300 wor converted to robber wheels. steadily advancing petition, tiro llto In tha U. S. has roughly doubled In each af tha past decoder. Following rines. U. S. ARMED FORCES: To Total 9,700,000 Armed forces for the United States totaling 9,700,000 by the end of 1943 were envisioned by President Roose- velt. Mr. Roosevelts estimates included an army of 7,500,000, a navy of and marines and coast 1,500,000 guard forces totaling 700,000. GEER UDdUlUTQjg |
