Current Events January 11, 1943; $108 BILLION BUGET TO CONGRESS / KEY CITY TAKEN BY RUSSIANS / U. S. CAPTURES SANANANDA / FRENCH, NEW THREAT TO ROMMEL :

Oakland Tribune

OAKLAND. CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 11. 1S43

Japs Suffer Major Defeat in Pacific Area

Yanks Down 138 Zeros Over Guinea

F. R. WARNS U. S. TO TIGHTEN BELTS

               San Mateo Times

          SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1943

$108 Billion Budget Given To Congress

Chief Advocates 'Harsh Program' to Raise War Needs

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—

(U.P.)—President Roosevelt today submitted to congress for

the 1944 fiscal year a $108,903,047,923 "maximum effort" war

budget. calling; for new taxes and forced saving's to raise an

additional $16,000,000,000 of revenue annually.

That would increase treasury gross revenue to-451,000,000,000--a

year, enabling the present generation to bear about half the war

cost as we fight.

Harsh Program

Russ Take Key City Georgievsk

MacArthur Takes Another Village

Guinea Troops Approaching New Jap Lines

GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia,

Jan 11.— (U.P.)---The United States troops, opening' direct operations

against the last Japanese in Papuan New Guinea, have

captured Tarakena village, one and a half miles from Sanananda

point, where the enemy is pinned against his beach-head,

Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today.

The Americans advanced up the coast from Buna to take the village,

which lies southeastward of Sanananda point at the mouth of a

small creek.

Kill 40 Japs

They killed 40 Japanese in their advance and captured five machine

guns and a mortar. Directly inland from the point, the Americans and A-stralians

were moving slowly but steadily along (ho trail which leads to the

interior and were reported only about one and a half miles from the

main Japanese positions.

17 More Places In Caucasus Fall to Reds

MOSCOW, Jan. 11.—(U.P)—

Russian troops have captured Georgievsk, major rail junction

275 miles southeast of Rostov, a special Soviet communique said

today. Georgievsk is a major junction on the most important

rail system in the Caucasus area.

FRENCH OFFER

NEW THREAT

TO ROMMEL

LONDON, Jan. II. —(UP) —A back door" threat to the big Axis

base of Tripoli was reported^ to have developed today as Marshal

Erwin Rommel hastily attempted to throw up defense lines to lialt tlie

advance of the British Eighth army toward the city.

French Approach Radio Dakar said a strong:

French force had fought its way from southern Tunisia into Tripplitania

and was menacing an .important Italian position less than

300 miles southwest of Tripoli. The London Evening Standard, which

recorded the Radio Dakar broadcast, described fierce fighting north

of Ghadames and about 25 miles inside Tripolitania.

The French force would represent the fourth threat to Tripoli. The

British JKighth army is pressing westward toward the city, Allied

planes from Tunisia have bombed the Tripoli airport and there is a

Fighting French force moving; up from Lake Chad to strike at Tripoli

from the south.Bases Bombed.