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THE DEKALB DAI CHRONICLE DE KALB. ILLINOIS, MARCH 29, 1943 PRICE FIVE CENTS FORTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 74 nfi jtJ LJ LrL iUlgiu LnJ ALLIES SURGE Malmassy in Yank Hands Institutional Registration Starts Today Registration for all institutional and industrial users of meat, but- DAVIS STARTS FOR LAND ARMY RATIONING OF 6 MEATS BEGINS Residents to Display Flag: on Army Day All residents of this city are urged to display the American Flag on Tuesday, April 6, which is Army Day. Governor Dwight Fats and Cheese Also Are V- Under the Rule of Coupons Today. SYSTEM STARTS Washington, March 29 OLE Point rationing of meats, butter, cooking fat and cheese began today, bringing about 50 per cent of all foodstuffs under ration restric tions.

One of the wildest buying sprees a a-- with consumers besieging meat markets from coast to coast for meat, that had been completely sold out hours earlier, Police were deeded In some cities to quiet throngs. ter, cheese, margerine, shortening and oils, was started this morning at the office of the DeKalb War Price and Rationing Board. Registration will be continued until April but It is thought that most of the registration will have been completed by tomorrow as these users will have to secure their certificates before they will be able to purchase any of the rationed articles. These users are to submit Inventory statements to the board, the Inventory to be as of the supply on March 23 and will be computed on the point values. GARDEN PLANS NEED STIMULUS rnimittee Finds Little Re- iseto Pleas of Growing Vegetables for Home Use.

Efforts of a DeKalb committee. headed by P. M. Furr of the De Kalb Township High School, to learn what home gardening plans are contemplated In DeKalb dur lng the summer months have been disappointing. Although there Is a belief, anions committee mem bers that there will be a laree number of victory gardens in this community, efforts- to determine on what scale this war time mea sure will be followed have brought few returns.

The present indications point to wards the fact that If vegetables are to be had during the winter to come they will have to be grown In gardens In this locality. Next fall and winter it will be too late to make amends, and the committee Is urging that steps be taken now to eliminate any chance of a serious vegetable shortage about here. Most Plan Careful planning is essential. Uan-i Aiiuiuii iiiiib wsr i nsa am nrsiBTir- scaling down of eating habits In store, with such peacetime cades as two-pound steaks, pork Qenderloln and lamb chops virtual-y ly ruled out for the duration. The only Important Items still vnratloned are bread, cereals, fresh fish, poultry, game, fresh vegetables ana mat, potatoes, eggs ,1 First photo to reach U.

S. on the capture of Maknassy, Tunisia, shows American troops taking over the railroad station there as Axis forces gave way before determined drive of Allies to break a passage through the rugged hills to the Mediterranean. (Official Radiophoto From OWI). NEA Telephoto. milk.

As meat rationing, began, there were four other important de-. velopmehts: 1. Butter, cooking fats and oil and cheese, "frozen" In grocery-restores fcince March 22, and canned 'meats and canned fish, "frozen" since 18, were released for sale Again under point rationing on Ration Book NaT 2. 3. Rationing restrictions were lifted temporarily on all dried and 'dehydrated fruits and vegetables.

A TOWARD TUNIS Rommel Forced to Draw Back His Army Toward the Gabes Bottleneck. BIAST SUB BASE BULLETIN Allied North Africa, March Z9 01E The British Eixhth Army has brok- en through the Mareth Use. and the big Axis base of Gahea now Is under pressure from both the south and west while Allied warships are standing off the coast and pouring sheila Into the town! London, March 29. OIB Allied forces smashed hard at the Axla in two theaters today, pressing a record air offensive against Europe and driving Marshal Erwin Rom mel northward along the Tunisian coast after the collapse of hi Mareth Line positions. Large formations of Allied bomb ers and fighters maintained a shut tie service across the channel dur lng the day after the Royal Air-Force had dealt a stunning night blow at St Nazalre, main Nazi submarine base on the Atlantis coast of Europe.

Stockholm relayed a Berlin re port that eighteen British planes) were shot down off Norway, an apparent sign of some big RAF1 action against the Nazfposltlona in the north, but there were na details and no substantiation in Al lied quarters. Diplomatic quarters understood that the Axis and Allies had assured Spain her neutrality would be respected. But the Spanish were said to be still Jittery over the presence of Nazi troops near their border In France, apparently not banking on German 'prom ises. Brazil Win Help. Reports from Brazil said the government had decided that th he ui-cewar.

against tne axis. They hinted that a "Brazilian 'ex peditionary force would be sent abroad as soon as possible probably a matter of some montha. Success finally crowned th British Army's 10-day assault on- the Mareth Line and Gen Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's desj ert veterans were pressing on northward against the key Axis base of Gabes. American and British forces were on the move all along the Tunisian front, constricting the iron ring, around the German and Italian forces fighting against tlma to delay the Allied cleanout preliminary to the year's main Job of smashing at the European fortress.

The Eighth Army broke through the Mareth positions in theic north-central section, captured S. 000 prisoners and the towns of Mareth, Toujane and. Matroa, and drove on toward Gabes. Rommel, after putting up a stiff delaying action at the old system of French fortifications, now was reported in retreat toward the Gabes bottleneck between the sea and the salt marshes. Raees Americans Not only was he fleeing the triumphant British forces but also he was racing against the American armed columns smashing through couth-central Tunisia toward the coast.

If the Americans win, it will mean a battle to the finish between the Allies and the Axis forces of the south, even while a still bigger pincers is pressing in against the Tunis-Blzerte bridgehead to the north. As the African prelude to the land attack on Europe whirled to- (Turn to Page H. Green has proclaimed this day as Army Day throughout Illinois and urges all citizens to display the flag on that day. The governor stated. The Army of the United States is now! larger than ever before and faces responsibilities correspondingly great.

In Us ranks, bravely upholding its finest traditions, stand men from every community in Army Day has been set nationally for April 6 by congressional resolution and presidential proclamation. DEKALB WINS SPEECH MEET Barb Students Also Garner Three Firsts in the Individual Events. DeKalb High School nosed out Elgin by just three points on Saturday in the final standings of the sectional speech tournament hwld at the DeKalb Township High School. Elgin and DeKalb were tied in the usual way of figuring the points but DeKalb was declared the winner by figuring the points on the basis of only these two schools in competition. Three DeKalb students were winners of Individual events, Joyce Thorpe winning the verse reading, Jean Klefer the extempo aneous reading and Andrew Plesa the comedy reading.

These three will be eligible to enter the state tournament which will be held at the University of Illinois on April 17. David Gray of DeKalb placed second In oratorical declamation and Barbara Bradt was second In serious reading. Elgin Debaters Win Elgin was the winner of the debate tourney with foirr wins and two losses. Rockford and Sandwich teams won three and lost three and DeKalb won two and lost four. The DeKalb negative team of Mary Ellen Spere and Joyce Thorpe handed Elgin one of Its two losses and the DeKalb affirmative team of Mary Jane Eaton and David Gray defeated the Sandwich negative team.

Edith Wentworth is the coach of the DeKalb Individual contestants and Mrs. Ralph McKinzie is (Turn to Page Please.) Farm Fire at Frank Coffey Estate Sunday Firemen from DeKalb and Maple Park were called out yesterday to the Frank Coffey estate farm six miles east of DeKalb, at present occupied by Melvin Larson. Fire Chief Tastad states it was one of those peculiar house fires, where the flames reached the partitions, the attic and burned part of the sidihg from the building as well. The Maple Park department was called at about the same time the alarm was sent to the DeKalb quarters. Fire Chief Tastad estimates the damage between $200 and $300.

Early Saturday afternoon an alarm was received from the extreme south end of Second Street where a grass fire had become dangerous to adjoining property. One piece of apparatus from the DeKalb department answered the alarm and the trouble was quickly ended with the aid of brooms. In order, bemg all jnlontlrountryheaiM aean poesiDje oezore me puwic; a jneet-inw PACIFIC WAR GAINS TEMPO Great Activity Is Shown on All Points of Vast Arc Washington, March 29. UD More vigorous Allied campaigns against the Japanese were believed today to be presaged by a War Department announcement that military leaders from three Pacific commands have conferred 'xin Washington with U. S.

chiefs of those theaters. Heading the conferees were Lieut. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, commander of army forces In Hawaii: Lieut.

Gen. Millard F. Har mon, commander of army forces in the South Pacific, and Lieut. Gen. George Kenney, commander of Allied air forces in the southwest Pacific.

The tempo of the Pacific war appeared to be Increasing, although little new action was re ported today. At Washington, the Navy revealed in a communique that Flvin Fortresses bombed enemy air bases at Buln and Ka hili In the Solomons, scoring hits on a runway and protective works. Other force were throwing powerful blocks Into ambitious Japa nese sea and air forays and there were Increasing signs that- both sides were building fast for the showdown fight. Issue Communique A communique from Gen. Douglas MacArthurs Australia head-auarters said 25 planes were brought down or damaged out of a- bis fleet that attacked tne North New Guinea coast Sunday.

It was the largest Japanese air fleet yet sent over our strong points on New Guinea, giving cre dence to Allied reports that the Japanese are strengthening their arc of bases above New Guinea and Australia either to attempt a resumption of their southward drive or to hold an Allied offen slve. The Navy Department in Wash ington reported on the first major (Torn te Page PI Assumes His Position as Food Administrator and Goes Right to Work. TO HELP FARMERS Washington, March 29 (UB Chester Davis took office today as war food administrator and Immediately began conferences on plans for organization of a land army to meet urgent demands of farmers for help in producing food. Davis called Agricultural Labor Administration officials, including Director Wayne' Darrow, into conference shortly after he took the oath of office. President Roosevelt said last week that Davis 'first task would be the organization of a land army.

The labor administration already was well started on plans for recruiting 3,500,000 additional farm workers this year. Davis, who left his Job as head of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, at the "draff call of Mr. Roosevelt, established a temporary office In the Agriculture Department, where he was head of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration from 1934 to 1936. Wickard en Job Claude R.

Wickard, whom Davis succeeds as Food Administrator, remained on the job as Secretary of Agriculture. Some quarters were urging that he be appointed as a roving "food ambassador" to coordinate the food production and distribution programs of the United Nations -A job that would remove him from the department. Wickard, however, declined to comment on reports and the White House Cautioned against "going out on a limb" about Wickard's future. Davis said he had no plans for administrative changes In the di visions which he takes over. He said he plans a series of conferences and that no' specific action is contemplated until late- this week at the earliest.

Hendrickson to Stay For the time being, at least, Roy -Hendrickson will remain as food distribution administrator, M. Clifford Townsend as food production J. B. Hudson- as president of the Commodity Credit and M. L.

Wilson as extension service director. Davis plans to bring Jesse W. Tapp, former head of the Surplus Commodities Corp, back to Washington as his first assistant. Tapp left the Agriculture Department in 1939 to become vice president of the Bank of America. Wickard and Davis conferred for three hours yesterday, immediately after Davis' arrival from St.

Louis. They were said by Agriculture Department officials to have reached complete agreement on administrative and policy matters. Davis will accompany a group of farm organization leaders to the White House tomorrow for a conference with Mr. Roosevelt. Mrs.

Milo T. Oakland Is Injured in Fall Today Mrs. Milo T. Oakland of Augusta Avenue fell from a ladder while washing windows at her home this morning and dislocated her right elbow. She was taken to the office of a doctor to have the injury treated and then was able to return to her home.

She was badly shaken In the fall and the elbow Injury Is very painful. She will be forced to take It easy for a few days. Rachmaninoff was born at Nov gorod, Russia, In 1873 soon asserted his talent. He entered the St Petersburg Conservatory at the age of nine. At twenty, he wrote the Sharp Minor Prelude which gained him an invitation to conduct his own works with the London Philharmonic.

He fled his native Russia after the revolutionary authorities confiscated his estate He won wide acclaim from American audiences soon after he arrived from England. Known to thousands of music lovers as a brilliant concert pianist, he was applauded also as a composer. He wrote several symphonies, three operas, tuuch chamber music and many vocal choruses. Of a'- serious mind, he worked for his brilliance and on his lengthy concert tours he took four pianos with him. For relaxation he read detective stories avidly and when his tours took him to cold-climates he proudly displayed and utilized specially-made electric- muffs to Tax Battle Is Still Raging: in the House Washington, March 29.

UD Rep. Thomas Jenkins, Ohio, today urged supporters of the Ruml sklp-a-year-lncome tax plan to accept no compromise as the House began its fourth and final day of general debate on pay-as-you-go income- tax legislation. Jenkins, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, asserted that the people "will not accept" the proposal of a majority of the committee which provides cancellation of no taxes. To become current under the committee bill. a taxpayer would to pay two years taxee fer one year.

The plan, as embodies in a bill by Rep. Frank Carlson, Kana would permit taxpayers to skip 1942 taxes or, In some cases, 1943 taxes. Jenkins said the committee pro posal was "far worse than the present law." As for the Robert-son-Forand bill a compromise proposal providing partial forgive ness Jenkins said that was "a make-shift bill prepared by the treasury In an effort to thwart the Ruml movement." Republican leaders took the view that they should continue to press for passage of the Carlson bill in the House and let the Senate com promise Democratic objections. That appeared to be Jenkins' position in opposing any compromise. BRAZIL WILL SEND AN ARMY i In Several Months Army From South America Will Join the Allies.

Rio De Janeiro, March 29 The government is un derstood to have decided on active military participation In the war and unless something unforeseen occurs to prevent It, a Brazilian expeditionary force will be sent abroad for active duty as soon as possible. The size of the force and when It will depart is a matter of logistics. It probably will be several months before such a force could leave, It was stated today. Its destination would be a mat ter of military expediency at the moment it is ready to depart. The ferrying of an expeditionary force by big transport planes Is being considered.

Brig. Gen. Eduardo Gomes, Bra zilian air commander of the Atlantic "bulge," presently is in North Africa at the Invitation of the Al lied high command. Te probably would command the air component of a Brazilian expeditionary force. Gen.

Newton Cavalcanti, mech anized expert presently commanding troops on the "bulge," probably wouia command ground troops. If? Agitated Agitation for active military par ticipation in the war overseas began the first of the year when leading newspapers started a campaign for an expeditionary force. The campaign has grown steadily since. On March 28, Gen. Manoel Rabello, president of the Society of Friends of America, began a nation-wide speaking tour urging or ganization and dispatch of an ex pedltionary force.

It is believed certain that both his tour and the press campaign have government sanction If they BRYDIA SEEKS TIME CHANGE Representative From This District Wants Return to Standard Time. Rep. George Brydla of Prophets-town, Republican representative from the 33th district In the General Assembly, stated Saturday that his bin to, set Illinois time, exeeptCook County, back to standard would "produce more food than all the victory gardens put together." Brydla bill which will be heard by the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow, would push the downstate clocks back one hour. (( "Farmers must go to town for many every-day necessities, he said. "During the summer months when they could remain In the fields producing the record crop asked for by the federal government they must quit at an early hour if they have to go to town because stores close an hour earlier under war time than under stan dard time.

Handicaps Production If a store closes at 6:00 o'clock war time, It is closing at 5:00 o'clock standard time which causes the farmer to leave his work early and tends to handicap farm pro duction. State Director of Agriculture Howard Leonard said he favored such a bill If It were uniform over the state. "It would substantially Increase the productive oi larm laoor, especially ac nar- vest time because farming has to be done by the sun and not by the clock," Leonard said. He added that a farmer couldn't go into the field In the morning while the dew is still heavy regard less, of what hour the clock says. Farmers hiring day labor from 9:00.

to 6:00 o'clock, he said, are handicapped because the laborer goes off the Job at the best working hour of the day. Save Man Hours According to the 1940 Bureau of Census there are 312,000 farms in Illinois with an average of 4.5 persons per farm, making a total of 937,200 persons. Brydla figures that his bill would save 11,076,000 man-hours if only one adult person from each farm went to town twice a week during the six big farm labor months from April through September. One bill Involving standard time already has been passed by the Senate and sent to House. It is by Wallace Thompson, Gales-burg, and provides that all public sales be held on standard time.

Remove Sheds on Girard of Haish Estate Workmen Saturday and yester day removed a row of small sheds on Girard Street, just east of the Service, store, which greatly 1m proves the appearance of that piece of property. It is understood the small buildings were purchased by a farmer and whether the Haish estate plans to replace them or -aotherwUa repair the property was not learned According to report of people who saw the buildings cleaned out and made ready for removal, they were not used for anything except storage of papers and used cans of various slzev 3. Point values were cut drastically for all fruit and vegetable Juices and dehydrated soups and 'were Increased for more than half a dozen other canned ltems, in- eluding applesauce, peaches, pineapple and canned fresh lima beans. 4. Supplies of rationed foods to restaurants were cut between 25 and 50 per cent to put restaurant eaten on the same basis as other consumers.

Xee of Price Administration officials predicted the new meat and fats rationing program will allow the average consumer about two pounds of meat, half a pound of butter and cooking fats and two ounces of cheese weekly. Rev. Morford -Will Serve in7 the Air Corps Rev. Kenneth E. Morford, former pastor of the St.

Paul's Episcopal church in DeKalb, has resigned as pastor of the Grace Episcopal church at Sterling, In order to serve in the Army Air Forces for the duration of the war. He expects to leave early In April for Cambridge. where he will undergo training for duty as an army chaplain. He has been commissioned -a first lieutenant has asked to be assigned to a heavy bombardment squadron of the air corps. Rev.

Morford has been tnterect- ed In flying for. some time and when located in DeKalb was part (Jwner of a plane ketet at the Waterman airport which he piloted as often as he could find the time. Since- going to Sterling he has been active in the Sterling unit of the civil air patrol. 0 He left DeKalb in February 1942 become the pastor of the Grace, church Sterling. He Is unmarried and has been making his home with his mother, who will continue to reside In Sterling until her son given a permanent assignment Mftev.

Morford attended the Episco- pallan ministry school at Nashotah, Wla and following his ordination tn 1932 was assigned to the St. Andrews Church in Peoria. While residing in DeKalb CJnade a host of friends who will be Interested In learning of his joining ther service and who will wish him well as he leaves In a short time. Ctart Repair on Highway on the East Side City Street employees today be-ran the annual spring task of Ohaking necessary repairs to the Lincoln highway and work today for the most part was confined to the east side of town. As a result of the wintry weather, the brick shoulders to the Oement leading east from the city become of a lower level than the highway proper, this requires the use of the air hammer, removal of brick and more foundation added to bring the shoulders up, to Void damage to tires and' possibly prevent an accident.

The Weather For DeKalb: Warmer this after noon through Tuesday forenoon. Lowest tonight above freezing. Moderate to fresh winds. Sunrise: 6:38 a. sunset: 7:13 lng is being called for Tuesday nighty March 30 at the ag room of the DeKalb High School.

At this sessionr -the essential details of garden culture will be outlined. If there is enough interest shown in this initial meeting, additional (Turn te Page Please.) DeKalb Man's Brother Dies in Florida City Word was received in DeKalb yesterday of the sudden death of Walter Rlddell, 79 years old, who away suddenly at his home in Claremont, Fla. He was a broth' er of Frank W. Rlddell of the De Kalb police force. No further Information concern ing the Florida man's demise was received here, and little Is known of the funeral arrangements.

In addition to the DeKalb man as a brother, he Is survived by another brother, Wallace, two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Helming, who was spending the winter months at Claremont, and Mrs. Anna Sagle of Aurora. One daughter lives in Annapolis, Md. Mr.

Rlddell had been afflicted with heart trouble for some time past, and while his health had failed, his death diffme very unex pectedly. The deceased was general super intendent of the railway mail di vision for the government during the administration of Warren G. Hardinz. His last visit to his De- rKalb and, Aurora relatives was about three years ago. been an open book.

The question now is whether Rommel under estimated Allied strength or over estimated his own. The Americans are threatening to drive through to the coast from east of El Guettar, toward from east of Maknassy towards Mahares or Sfax, and In the Fon-douk region of Northern Central Tunisia, where they are headed for the center of Kal-rouan, some 50 miles from Sousse. In the extreme north, the Brit ish First Army Is showing signs of tense activity in the Djebel Aboid sector, northwest of Tunis, where they are containing a large part of Rommel's forces. What Rommel Thought. Rommel evidently calculated that he could hold the heights at these threatened "points in Central Tunisia and keep his avenue of escape open while he made a massive delaying stand at the Mareth Line.

sacrifices there, however, have not gained III tier as much time as Rommel had hoped. It iTurn te rage riease.it Noted Wizard of Piano Passes Away on Sunday Rommel Is Facing Hard Task in Making Escape Navy Films to Be Presented on Wednesday Four Navy films will be shown at the DeKalb Township High School on Wednesday evening, March 31, and the public Is cordially invited to attend, They will be shown at 8:00 o'clock and the program will last for about an hour. The sound films are being brought here by Chief Petty Officer M. F. Stimers, who is la.

charge of the Aurora recruiting of-. flee. The films are not being Beverly Hills, March 29. -OLEV-Music lovers today mourned the loss of Sergei Rachmaninoff, noted Russian-born pianist and composer whose talented fingers were stilled by death yesterday. Requiem mass for the tall, solemn-faced artist who once said the United States has the best symphony orchestras in the world, will be held tonight at the Russian Orthodox church.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow. Rachmaninoff died at the age of 69. His death was attributed to complications resulting from pleurisy. -j -v He" had come to the west coast a month ago to fulfill a series of concert engagements but was taken to the hospital almost immediately. He was released several days later and had been confined to his home.

'v At his bedside were his wife, Natalie, his daughter. Princess Irene Wolkonsky of New York and his sister-in-law. Miss Sophie Satin. Was American Citizen The composer and his wife were naturalized in New York, last Feb-ruarjr JL, New York. March 29.

Marshal Erwin Rommel's general ship and his ability to plan for any contingency In the most Important battle to date in the North African war, seems about to be put to the supreme test. His grip on the strong Maretn Line Rommel has no ap parent choice but to withdraw as rapidly and In as good order as possible to Gabes and beyond tn a retreat along the coast which would be greatly similar to that from El Alamein across the Libyan desert. This retreat, if success ful, would carry him successfully to Mahares, Sfax, Sousse, and thence to a junction with the other main body of his army under Gen. Jurgen von Arnlm In the Bizerte- Tunia area. This, retreat differs In one very important respect, however, from that in Libya.

In Libya, aa in Tunisia, Rommel had the sea on his right. His left was protected by the desert, so that he was im mune to serious flanknlg attack. Flank la Exposed. In Tunisia, his left flank is high ly. exposed.

'Allied strategy; has shown in the Interest of recruiting, but to provide information regard lng the United States Navy. The four films which wm bo presented are: "First Line of Defense," "Service In "Submarines at Sea, and "American The films were: shown at the meeting of the Men'a Brotherhood of the Finnish Luth-' eran Church a week ago and were very Interesting and educational. On April 28 at the grade school gym. films provided by the office) of War Information will be shown and the public will be welcome to attend this session also. Thla meeting la being sponsored by th hlga school and grade, schools keep his hands warm before play lng.

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