Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r-' - K sui TH CAROLINA Thursday, January 21,1943 • year G—Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Axis forces be^.tt retreat' toward startlnx' point. ‘AUK-s-bftmb Axis African sectors. •—All 1.600 pnss^ngers and crevf members' saved when 24.289-ton U. S. navy trans port Wakefield (formerly luxury liner Manhattan) s.vent by Ore at seat Wake field saved and brought, to Atlantic Dost by tug*: ■ j? - . • . ..*■77” 13—Houao to house, see-saw battle between. Nazis and Russians in progress St Stal ingrad. i* ■ . r . s, p 11—New type Nazi stratosphere bomber re* - ported-njing over England oerreconnals , sance tl'.^hts at 40,000 feet. 16—U. S. IS.O'iO-ton carrier Yorktown re ported sunk on J Mldwa< Vichy lune 7 during Battle ol French officers reject G£8V7 ' 4 ■ .. :* — * w T ■ -— - The year began with these im* ] portent eventi: ' ' :j January 1- —OPM bans retail sale of new ] eart, trucks. 2— Manila and Cavite naval bases fall to Japs. •—In message to Congress, President Roosevelt orders 60,000 plantes, 4^000* tanka in victory program. ’ 4 J 11—Japs invade NctberlaiMs East Indies. 26—AEP lands in North Ireland. . rmistice terms offered by British occu pying* Madagascar. -Tobruk attacked from sea while British mobile units raid Axis African positions SOO miles behind lines. 0 October irted by navy. Aleutian i mi mu ‘January < ./ - 1— Hitler takes command of retreating Nazi army on Moscow front. ; 2—Manila falls to Japs. -22—Dutch East Indies invaded by Japanese; MacArthur’s men again hurl enemies back on Luzon. 39—J a pa- take- Buraia- port. Taucy. f {—Australia calls on U. S. for help, lift—Dutch and Yanks take toll of 33 Jap k\ ships la Macassar strait. U*tU-U. S. AEF lands in North Ireland. M—Malaya falls—Jeps drive on for Singa pore. February 2— Nazis rush air and tank reinforcements to southern Russia battlefront. 4—AEF speeds aid to Far East Allies. -i-.-y oil town in Borneo captured by Japs. “ >—Hitler’s fleet escapes from Brest to Kiel. 2 —SINGAPORE FALLS TO JAPS. —Dutch destroy lOO-mllliorr-doUar oil fields in Sumatra. ' '—First Jap oombing of Darwin, Australia, id—New cabinet fbr Churchill. Japanese land on Timor island. SI—U. S.-Dutch air fleet.sink or damage 19 Jap ships. 23—British ’chutists and Commandos raid France. !>Iarch 1— Japs unload 50 transports on Java. 2— Wav4U dropped as Allied chieftain. 7—Japs invade New Guinea at two sectors. 11—YANKS-LAND IN AUSTRALIA. 37—MacArthur and aides escape from Philip pines. land In Australia. 77—Jap invasion fleet heading for Australia smashed by Allies. ■/ 25—U. S. navy rips Makin Island IJDOO miles off Jap capital. 2*—Chinese smash Burma trap, relieve re treating British. 29— British Commandos wreck Nazi-held St. N-rafre port. .April i—Hand-to-hand fighting with Japs on Ba taan. ■4—Navy admits three U. S. warships sunk by Jap planes. v 7, * * 6—Axis desert forces move against British in Lybia. V—BATAAN FALLS . . . 36.000 U. S. SOL DIERS TAKEN PRISONERS. 10—British-Indian self-rule parley collapses. 13—Laval named vice premier of France. 16—RAF blitz on German industrial centers roars into fifth day. 23—TOKYO BOMBED BY U. S. AIR 23—Commandos raid France at Boulogne, rout Nazis. 30— RAF again bombs Paris industries. ? T av 1—Hitler. Mussolini meet at Salzburg, leave Japan out. B—British, backed by U. S.. occupy Mada gascar. 6—CORREGIDOR FALLS TO THE JAPS: 7,000 U. S. TROOPS SURRENDER. •—U. S. sinks and smashes 13 Jap war ships in southwest Pacific. —Allied plane sinks Axis sub off Brazil. 27—Nazis launch terrific Libyan attack. June 1— Nazis trapped in Libyan desert; Jap subs sunk In Sydney harbor. 2— Nazi city of Essen smashed by 1.00C RAF planes. 4—Dutch Harbor, Alaska, bombed twice by Japs. —Japs attack Midway island. 6—U. S. navy smashes Jap fleet at Midway island. 10—British announce 183,550 casualties dur ing first two years of war ending Sep tember 2, 1941. including 48.973 killed. 46.363 wounded. 12— Japanese land in Aleutians, Kiska har bor named by U. S. disoatches. 21—Tobruk. British stronghold, held since January 22, 1941, surrenders to Nazi des ert fighters. 25—Rommel drives 60 miles into Egypt; British abandon Solum. Sidi Omar. July 1—Germans capture Sevastopol after eight- month, 25-da> siege. 6—U. S.-made General Grant tanks battle Nazis in African war. **—Nazi 35,000-ton ship Tirpitz, torpedoed twice by Soviet sub. 13— Soviets place German losses for period May 15-July 19. at 900.000 men. Admit 399.000 of their awn killed in action. 39—German drive eastward to Stalingrad and southeastward to Rostov, slowed bv Soviets. RAF and Russians bomb Ber lin same night. 23—One of the largest U. S. convoys (the fifth) to cross Atlantic reaches North Ireland. 26— U. S. pilots In action over France, flying British Spitfires. One American-piloted Spitfire shot down by Nazis. 27— Russians admit Rostov, gateway to Cau casus. falls after evacuation of troops. 31—According to U. S. naval official. 10.000 Jap soldiers stationed in the Aleutians. August 30—Marines land In Solomons. Navy raids Jap Kiska positions In Aleutians. i 14—German military begins march on Stal ingrad. ■ 19—Ten thousand Allied troops, mostly Ca nadians. supported by British Comman dos and a few score U. S. Rangers raid Dieppe, France, for nine hours. Casu alties heavy on both sides. Overhead 1,000 British planes engage the enemy. ‘21 -Japs attempt to retake Solomon island positions. Repelled by U. S. marines. 2:2—Fifteen Jugoslav guerrilla planes bomb Ax’s garrison and Nazi troop columns west of Belgrade. 1 1'rptember 3— U. S. pilots down German Focke-VVulf bomber near Iceland, report U. S. mili tary authorities. 4— Lieut Gen. StilwelTs headquarters In Chungking announces tlvat bomb loaded i - V. S. fighters hit Japs in five different , zones. 3—U. S. army troops, sui occupy Andreanof oropp' of the Aleutian Islands, between Jap held Kiska and Alaskan Dutch Harbor. 17—U. S. troops arrive in Negro Republic of Liberia. 20—Total of 830 Axis submarines announced destroyed by British and U. S. navies gi nce Yvsir tj€£3n. 23—Jap mining installations in North China bombed by U. S. planes in successful 4 attack. * v ' r' •* 26—British start African campaign to drive Axis out of continent. 25— First U. S. air raid on Hong Kong de stroys Kowloon docks. 26— Naval officials announce that aircraft carrier. Wasp, sunk off Solomon islands on September 15; serious fighting con tinues on Guadalcanal with heavy Jap losses. * November l—Army troops reinforce marines on Guad alcanal; Aussies and Yanks push Japs back on New Guinea; U. S. air force bombs Japs daily on Aleutian Kiska. < 7— U. S. TROOPS LAND IN FRENCH AF RICA (FRENCH MOROCCO. ALGERIA) UNDER COMMANDER - IN - CHIEF LIEUT. GEN. DWIGHT D. ("IKE”) EISENHOWER TO FORESTALL SUC CESSFUL AXIS INVASION WHICH WOULD ENDANGER AMERICA. 8— Vichy government breaks relations with U. S. for first time since 1778. Nazis retreat to Libyan border. 11— Axis forces invade unoccupied France; Italians also land on Corsica. Under or ders from Adm. Jean Francois Darlan French North Africa surrenders to U. S. troops. Tunisia continues fighting. 12— Second naval battle of the Solomon is lands begins. 13— French garrisons in Tunisia reported' battling Axis forces landing by sea and air. Darlan assumes responsibility for French interests in Africa. 16— U. S. naval authorities announce crush ing defeat of Jap navy in second naval battle of Solomons; 23 ships sunk. 7 dam aged, with enemy casualties near the 40,000 mark. 18—Marshal Retain appoints Pierre Laval dictator of Nazi-occupied France. 24—Russian offensive smashes across Don, Germans lose 50,000 men in pincer drive. 27— French scuttle fleet at Toulon, 62 ships sent to bottom of harbor to avoid seizure by Hitler. 29—Prime Minister Churchill appeals, via radio, to Italian people to overthrow their dictator, sue for peace. December 1— Russia continues to advance in two large-scale offensives; Allied chutists seize airfield near Tunis. 2— U. S. drives to sea’ in Tunisia: Adm. Darlan assumes African rule in Petaln's name. , 5—PEARL HARBOR DISASTER RE VIEWED: 10 ships, floating dry dock sunk or damaged; 247 planes destroyed or disabled; 4,375 casualties. 7—Office of War Information reveals 58,307 casualties in first year of war. 14— Nazis retreat from stronghold at El Agheila in Libya. 15— U. S. troops capture Buna, following fall of GOm in New Guinea. 17— Units of Rommel’s retreating Nazi forces cut off by British in Libya. DOMESTIC ‘TEN BIGGEST 9 EVENTS OF 1942 SEIjEC££p By: BAUKHAGE (Wliu Washiagtoa 'Correspondent.) Establishment of a second front in Nortb Africa. The rationing of essential war materials and foodstuffs. The,fall of Bataan to the Jap anese. Republican gains in November elections. Gennany^s failure to destroy Russia!*! army. Tokyo bombed by U. S. air force. Eight Nazi saboteurs appre hended; sfx executed. - Jacs establish strongholds in Aleutian Islands. The battle of Midway and South Pacific. Eisenhower-Darlan agreement. January 1—Football results: Rose Bowl, Durham, N. C.—Oregon State 20, Duke 16; Sugar Bowl, New Orleans—Fordham 2. Mis souri 0; New York—Chicago Bears 35, 7—Virtually entire Japanese population of West coast (99,770) moved inland. 9—"Silver Shirt” William Dudley Pelley in dicted by Indianapolis. Ind., grand jury. 18—Prime Minister Churchill makes third visit with the President of the United States, at Capitol. 23—Genealogy magazine editor reveals Pres ident Roosevelt and Winston Churchill are eighth cousins, once removed—both descended from Mayflower passenger John Cooke. 26— Naval expansion bill of over 8*,C billion dollars passed by senate for 1.900.000 tons of ships. 27— EIGHT HIGHLY TRAINED NAZI SABO TEURS CAUGHT BY FBI. FOUR LANDED ON BEACH IN FLORIDA, OTHER FOUR LANDED ON LONG IS LAND. NAZI SUB USED IN OPERA TIONS. LONG ISLAND LANDING EF FECTED ON JUNE 13, FLORIDA LANDING FOUR DAYS LATER. National Football League All-Stars 24. 7—Heavyweight champ Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer, first round, Madison Square Garden. 14— Joe DiMaggio. Yankee outfielder, named "player of the year" for 1941 baseball season. 23—Willie Hoppe wins third straight world three-cushion billiard championship at Chicago, beating Welker Cochran 50-31 in 36 innings. February 5—Pole vaulfer Cornelius Warmerdam sets new record 15 feet 4k Inches, Madison Square Garden. 27—Gregory Rice of New York A. C. sets new world indoor three-mile record at National A. A. U. meet with time of 13:45.7. March 15— New York Rangers win National Hockey league championship. 18—Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball league championship won by Dartmouth, de feating Princeton 46-38 in play-off match at Philadelphia.* 25—West Virginia wins National Invitation basketball tournament, defeating West- 23—"Flash floods" in eastern and central Pennsylvania kill or drown 32 persons. Honesdale-Hawley region, with 24 dead, hit hardest. tune *--While on iiaza-dous, experimental mis- vivor. 12—Oklahoma City struck by tornado: 29 dead, more than 50 injured. July * I—Army air crashes near Welch, W. Va.. and March Field. Calif., kill 30 army men. 4—Independence day traffic accidents claim 144 lives, drowning 80 more; 1941 total. 628. 24—Army observation plane crash near Waynesboro. Tenn., kills Maj. Gen. Frank Mahin, 54, commanding officer of 33rd division. Camp Forrest. Tenn., and two army fliers. ern Kentucky State, Square Garden. 47-45, Madison July 1—Navy’s giant 70-ton patrol bomber. Mars, tests over Chesapeake makes official Bay. Md. 8—Seven-man military commission. Doint- appo! ed by President, begins secret trial of January - • v : 1—Sales of new cats banned pending ration ing. 5— Congress reconvenes, tackles war prob lem. 6— War draft of 20-44 announced. 10— Industrialists protest automobile labor- management plan, rejected. 11— OPM orders halt in private home build ing. 14—Donald Nelson. Chicago, now chief of all war production. * " 16—Welles asks Pan-American antl-Axls front, at Rio. 19—Roosevelt asks congress for another 28 Ik billion dollars. 21— OPM abolished by Donald Nelson. 22— South American anti-Axis compact com pleted. 28—N£ ation told 80 Nazi U-boats off Easr coast. 30—Price control bill passes; President’s 60th birthday. February 4— Congress working on loans to China. 5— Giant Jap spy ring disclosed on West coast. 10— House kills so-called "frivolity” In OCD. 16—U. S. registers nine million more for draft. 20-44. 25—Two waves of planes over Los Angeles, immediate blackout. 28—Bill to end 40-hour week defeated. March 2— Auto rationing begins. 3— Army air force now an equal branch of army. 6— All new, used typewriter sales halted. 8—Supreme command of all U. S. naval operations given to Admiral King. 11— U. S. fixes used tire prices. 12— House farm bloc kills sub-parity bill. ia-“-First wartime lottery since 1918. 24— U. S. takes over strike-bound Toledo, Peoria and Western railroad. 25— Lindbergh offered position in Ford’s bomber plant. 27—U. S. unifies command to end U-boat menace. April 1— Senate defeats ban on 40 hour week, closed shop upheld. 2— All bicycle sales halted. 7— Plan to halt production of most durable eight Nazi saboteurs in Washington. ' 10—Elmer Davis, director of the new Office of War Information, names new assist ants, says OWI shall try to give Ameri can people an accurate picture of na tion's war activities. 17—Super-powered, troop carrier command announced by Lieut. Gen. Arnold, chief of armv air forces. 29—Henry Ford urges world federation after present war to prevent another "more terrible conflict. August 1— Local police and FBI agents round up more than 80 Japs, Nazis, and Italians In New York city and Philadelphia. 2— Lindbergh testifies at sedition trial of William Dudley Pelley. Indianapolis. 8—Six of eight Nazi saboteurs executed in the electric chair at Washington. D. C. Two others (who turned state's evi dence) sentenced to prison. 14—Commemorating first anniversary of At lantic Charter President sends message to Chin-chill reaffirming principles for a happier world. 19—James Bennett Jr., attorney general of New York defeats White House favorite. Sen. James M. Mead, for Democratic gubernatorial nomination. 25—Pending stabilization of farm prices and wages at present level hinted by the President during press conference. April 4—Yale wins National A.A.U. swimming championship at Yale pool. New Haven, with 59 points. 12—Baseball season opens: Dodgers beat Gi ants. 7-5; Yankees defeat Senators, 7-0. 24—Joe Louis' trainer. Jack ("Chappie”) Blackburn, 58. Negro, dies after appar ent recovery from pneumonia. May 2—Shut Out, Wayne Wright up, wins 68th Kentucky Derby. Wins largest purse in history of the race: $64,225. 18—All New York city night baseball banned for duration by New York police com missioner. Sky glow endangers ship ping. June 20—New York Athletic club wins National A.A.U. track and field championships ■with 129.7 points. 27—National intercollegiate tennis singles championship won by Ted Schroeder, Stanford university, beating team-mate. Larry Dee, 6-3. 0-6. 6-2. 6-3, at New Orleans. » July 6—National League All-Stars, Leo Durocher, manager, defeated by American League All-Stars. Joe McCarthy, manager, 3-1, New York. 11—Bob Falkenburg. 16, Hollywood, wins National U. S. School lenms champion ship at Philadelnhia. 22—Byron Nelson, Toledo. Ohio, wins Tam O'Shanter Open golf tournament in Chi cago with a 5 under par 67; $2,508 first prize. August 14—Army plane crashes into Berkshire Hills near Pittsfield. Mass., killing. 17 of 20 in crew*. Nine more- die in army bomber, crash near Hastings. Mich. September 24—Twenty dead as two Washington-bound B. & O. passenger trains smash, involv ing freight t^n on adjoining track, near Dickerson. Md. October 1—U. S. army transport plane crashes to interior of Puerto Rico with 22 deaths. 4—American plane carrying 37 passengers crashes near Botwood, Newfoundland, killing 11. injuring eight. 23—American Airline plane collides with army bomber near Palm Springs. Calif.; 12 die. Bomber pilot charged by army with manslaughter. 28— Sixteen are killed, more than score in jured when Detroit bus Jammed with school children and war-workers struck by speeding passenger train. November 29— Five hundred die when Boston. Mass., night club burns. Fire started when bus boy strikes match to replace ceiling electric bulb removed by prankster. December 1—Suffolk county grand Jury Convenes to investigate Boston’s Cocoanut Grove night club disaster. 13—Fire takes 110 lives in St. Johns, New foundland, dance hall. Many service men present. 17—Eight soldiers lose lives when army bomber crashes, explodes at Blythe, „ < Calif., air base. August September goods. 23—Su ■>ugar for restaurants and other food services cut 50 per cent. 24—U. S. opens sedition quiz of suspects. 27—Thirteen million sign 45-65 labor ques tionnaire 30—Report three Nazi bids for peace since first of year. May • 1— Plans to draft women for war service temporarily abandoned. 2— Director of Defense Transportation East man announces restriction of competing train and bus service. 4—National sugar registration for ration hooks begins, first of four days. 12—House passes (102-40) increase in pay to $50 for army and marine privates, navy and coast guard apprentice seamen. 16—Earl Browder, former secretary of the American Communist party, has four- year federal sentence commuted to 14 months already served. 19—East coast gas rationing to be put on national scale. Roosevelt hints. 26—Commercial air service for 25 cities. 21 routes, curtailed by Civil Aeronautics board. 7 To'al of 13TC0 women apply as candi dates for officers" training school of the Women's Army Auxiliary corps: WAACs. ‘ On the grounds he is a Communist party member. Harry Bridges. Australian born West coast CIO leader, ordered deported t>v Attorney General Francis Biddle. east.-rn .r.a*:v. ; • :.-yrlse black- 1 hc.d in New Jersey. * 2—John McCloy. assistant secretary of war. says 500.000 American fighting men and technicians are now abroad. 10—Creation of Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying command, headed by Mrs. Nancy Hark- ness Love, announced by war depart ment. 13—Selective Service Director Maj. Gen. Hershey says married men with chil dren face draft in ’43. 21-rWPB Chairman Donald Nelson forecasts f reat civilian economy to win war. ap-sponsored disobedience program in Chicago broken up by FBI. One white woman. 84 Negroes arrested. October 1—President Roosevelt ends two-week, se cret circle trip of nation. 3—Office of Economic Stabilization created by the President to stabilize farm prices, rents, wages and salaries. 7—United Mine Workers Cincinnati conven tion votes to withdraw its 500,000 mem bers from CIO. 9—U. S., Britain announce willingness to f ive up extra-territorial rights in China; Ithiopia Joins United Nations; WPB or- I ders all except small gold mines to cease operations. Raise In food prices. 12—Department of Justice’s petition for in junction against James C. Petrillo's ban on commercial recording dismissed by Chicago U. S. District court. 14—Wendell Wiilkie arrives in Washington to report to President Roosevelt on his 31.- 000-mile trip. AFL president Green re elected at close of Federation’s conven tion in Toronto, Canada. 21—Army to furlough 4,000 experienced min ers because of shortages in copper, lead, molybdenum, tungsten. 22—Draft bill rider by Sen. Josh Lee. D., Okla., banning sale of alcoholic bever ages in or near military reservations defeated by senate: 49-25. 26—In a New York broadcast Wendell Win kle, reporting on his globe-circling trip, renews his demand for a second front in Europe. 27—WMC Director McNutt announces plan to freeze all necessary skilled dairy, livestock and poultry workers. 29—War Secretary Stiptson announces armv trucks now using all of the 1,671 mile Alcan highway. r November 1—U. S. takes over all short-wave broad castings for use by the Overseas Divi sion of Office of War Information. 2—To relieve growing coal shortage in West, UMW executive committee author izes seven-day week. 4—Republicans make new gains: 19 In s< o- ate, 42 in the house of representath s. 9—President scores France’s chief of oov. ernment, Laval, and expresses re, ! that Laval fbreed diplomatic brea : of U. S. and France. 14—Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, 52, and i: i members rescued. 13—President orders registration of 6r < h youths who reached 18th birthday .' July 1. 20—Women’s Auxiliary Reserve in the ''■> Guard termed "Spars.” 24—Saboteurs sentenced in Chicago’ ■» get death, women 25 years in Ja 26—All war industries continue wo >r g while nation celebrates Thanksgivir. , 27—Virginia conference of the Met' -t Church South demands through tlv • *'• fleial organ that song "Praise the 1 • I" be eliminated from radio broadcas 28—New ration book (No. 2) to be i toward end of year, or first part o' 9—With a perfect 250, Dr. Leroy W. Childs. Lake Kerr, Fla , wins 12-gauge national amateur skeet title at Syracuse. N. Y., tournament. 23—Breaking his own record for 2,000-meter run in Stockholm, Gunder Haegg, Swed ish track star, makes new time of 5:11.8. 23—Professional football champions, Chica- o Bears, defeat College All-Stars, 21-0,- "ore 101.200 fans at Soldier Field, Chi cago. September 6—Women’s National Tennis crown won by Pauline Betz, Los Angeles, when she de feats Louise Brough, Beverly Hills. 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. 20— Final standings in minor league base ball: International league: Newark. W. 92, L. 61; American association: Kansas City, W. 84, L. 69; Eastern league; Al bany. W. 84, L. 56; Southern association; Little Rock. W. 87. L. 59; Texas league: Beaumont. W. 89. L. 58; Pacific Coast league: Sacramento, W. 185. L. 73. 23— Prior to entering the army, Leland Stan ford ("Larry”) MacPhail, 52, resigns as president, general manager of Brooklyn Dodgers, contintaing as a director. October 5—Cardinals beat Yankees. 4-2, at New York, to wm their fourth straight vic tory and the World Series title; 69,052 fans. 24— Whirlaway wins Washington Handicap at Laurel. Md. Earnings now total $528,- 33G. 27— Morton Cecil Cooper, St. Louis Cardinal pitcher, voted National league's most valuable player for 1942 by Baseball Writers association. 29—Branch Rickey. 62. former business man ager of St. Louis Cardinals, named pres ident and general manager of Brooklyn Dodgers, succeeding Larry MacPhail. November 3—Baseball Writers association committee | names Joe Gordon. Yankee second base- man. as American league’s most valu able player. 19—Leo Durocher signs contract with Branch Rickey, Brooklyn Baseball club presi dent, to manage Dodgers for fifth year. 21— Ohio State wins Western conference football championship. 28— Steve O'Neill, former Cleveland manag er, named manager of Detroit Tigers. December 5—American Bowling Congress tournament opens at Chicago. i 13—Connie Schwoegler wins national bowl ing championship crown, dethroning Ned Day. 17—St. Louis Cardinals named “outstanding team of the year." January 16—Carole Lombard, screen actress, her mother and 19 others killed in transport plane crash near Las Vegas, Nev.; 15 U. S. aviators among dead. 28—Colorado’s worst coal mine disaster in 25 years occurred at Mount Harris when mile underground explosion snuffs out 34 miners’ lives. February d .J. December ♦ 1— Gas rationing begins on nation-wick ;a- sis. 2— Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New \ rk becomes director of foreign relief .,nd rehabilitation. 4—President orders Works Progress aci ,in- istration abolished. 7—Hurrison E. Spangler, Iowa, named chairman of Republican party. 11—Approximately G60.009 war workers fro zen to jobs in Deiroit. 15—OPA orders change in heating oil ration- : for North zone. 17—jji.o.i irbr.d^rson. director'of C,.ki-'e o Price Administia’iua. ahnouhees re.'!^ nation. 6—Tornadoes in Arkansas, Mississippi, Ala bama, Tennessee, Georgia kill 18 per sons; four persons killed when flood and ; mud avalanches roll down in northern ; California. March 4—Burlington, Iowa, ordnance plant expio- ! sion kills 16. injures 51. Explosion here Dec. 12. 1541, killed 13. 16—Tornadoes again sweep southern and central states killing 150 persons and i leaving $3,000,000 damage. Ten army | fliers killed when bomber crashes into mountain peak near Pendleton. Ore. ! Four others killed near Boise. Idaho. April 12—Near Livermore. Calif., 14 fliers killed when two navy bombers crash. 26— High speed Hudson & Manhattan rail road train wrecked in tube at Jersey City, N. J. Kiu-o killed, 222 injured. 27- -Tornadoes roar through Oklahoma. Min nesota, killing S0-100; $1,000,000 damage. May 1- Eastbound airliner crashes into moun- .ain peak near Sait Lake City. Utah, dur ing rain storm: 17 killed. During past eight years til persons killed in a,r erashe in Inis area. 2— More acines swop Midwest. 23 t'_rd. 12—L'oai _ m.i.e eryku. in near Morganl-n- o. \V. Va., traps -o. Lwonty thice killer;. January v 4—Dean of American stage, Otis Skinner. 83. 9—Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford. 72, founder and head of Jehovah's Witness since 1919. 22— Dr. William Dick Cutter, 63, educator and secretary of Hospital of American Medical Association. February 1—Marion Sayle Taylor, 53, "Voice of Ex perience” radio adviser. 8— Composer of song, "Back Home in In diana," James F. Hanley. 49. 12—Famous Midwestern artist. Grant Wood, on eve of 50th birthday. 17—Frank Lucius Packard. 65, author <if "Jimmie Dale" stories. 23— Double suicide: Stefan Zweig, 60, world- famous Austrian-born author, and wife. Elizabeth, 30, of poison, Petropolis. Bra zil. March 4—Dr. George Washington Kirchwey, 87. dean of Columbia law school (1901-1910), warden of Sing Sing (1915-1916), crim- inologist, lawyer. 16— Francis Irenee Du Pont, 68. research chemist on smokeless powder. April 12—Dr. John Elliott. 73, advocate of better housing and public health. 15— Hugh S. Johnson, 59. NR A administrator during 1933-34. 17— Dr. Alfred Hertz, 69. conductor of San fswasif 0 symp “ ony orchestra from May _ * „ 9— Graham McNamee, 53. NBC’s famous sports and commercial announcer. 10— Member of the classic Dutch stage com edy twosome. Joseph M. ("Joe”) Weber. 74. 26—Dr. John R. Brinkley. 56. widely known "goat gland" specialist. 29—Radio, stage and screen star. John Blythe Barrymore. 60. Greatest per formances in role of Hamlet from ’22 to ’29. June 8— Brian Beil, 52. head of Associated Pies* Washington bureau for three years. 22—Actress Anne Sutherland, 75. July 20—Moses L. Annenherg, 64, publisher ol Philadelphia Inquirer and former holier of monopoly in race horse information field. 25—George John Murdock, 84, invertor of World War I seif-sealing gas tank. August 4— Veteran screen director, James Cruze 43, famous for hits such as "The Cov ered Wagon.” "Old Ironsides." Real name was James Cruze Bosen. 6— Dr. J. H. Tufts, 80, American philoso pher. president of University of Chicago in ’25. 20—Alice Duer Miller, 68. author of "The White Cliffs.” September 1—Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, 64, a: Bar Harbor. Maine. 3—Cowboy artist and writer, William Rod erick ("Will”) James, 50. 9— Mrs. Myrta Edith Bell Lewis, 62. wife of John L. Lewis, president of United Mine Workers. 16— "Father of blind flying,” Col. William C Ocker, 66. U.S.A. inventor and aviator 22—August Luer, 86, banker, meat packer, kidnaped in 1933 for $100,000 ransom. October 11— Wilbur Glenn Voliva, 72, overseer of the religious sect known as the Christian Catholic Apostolic Churfth of Zion since 1907. 20—May Robson, 78. American stage and screen actress, Beverly Hills. Dr. Frederick A. Stock, 69, director of Chicago Symphony orchestra since ’OS November 1—Artie McGovern, 50, conditioner of fa mous athletes, including Babe Ruth. Jack Dempsey, New York city. 5— George M. Cohan, 64, aetor, producer playwright and song writer. New Yor’^ city. 9—Edna May Oliver, 59. stage and sere' character comedienne in Hollywood. 11—William Morgan ("Billy”) DeBeck, r’ cartoonist, creator of Barney Goo Spark Plug. Snuffy Smith. 29—W. S. Parish, 61, president of Stan Oil company (N. J.). December 7— Orland S. Loomis, governor-elect of \ consin. 8— Albert Kahn, architect and onginee’ Deiroit. LC—Waiter Patton Murphy, 69, Chic philanthropist, donor of Northwestei c.nveisily Technological institute. Released by Western Newspaper 'jaicn. J \ i I ? »Sii i RATIONING I PRODUCTION TAXES WAGES HARVEST ALL-TIME RECORD The year drew to a close with these important events: December 14— Nazis retreat from strong hold at El Agheila in Libya. 15— U. S. troops capture Buna it> New 1 Guinea. 13—Adm. Jean Darlan, high rom*- missiorer of French Africa,, w declares French fleet will join Allied naval units. 17—Leon Henderson, director of the Office of Price Adminis tration, announces his resig nation because of “a recur rent physical difficulty.”