About TownCaplHin D«vkl McCollurti of

rx)nip«ny H, 8U t« G uard t, r*- qucats n itn ib o n of hi* a n lt to r** p o rt a t th a a ta ta arm ory nex t M onday n l« h t fo r th e S ta te G uard P arad e and Review for G overnor KaJdwln In the H artfo rd S ta te A rm ory no t la te r th a n T p. m.

M em bera of W aablngton Lodge, UO.L.. will m eet a t their hall on E aa t C enter a tie e t tom orrow n ig h t a t 7:4R and proceed to Oie Thom aa G. Dougan Funeral Home to pay th e ir reapecta to th e ir fo r­m er .m em ber,, W illiam Reid.

T here will be a a ^ c ia l com ­m unication of M anchester I,K)dge of M asons in the Tenip 'e tom or­row n igh t a t 7;3«. The Fellow- e ra f t dcgiee will be exemplified.

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A vlattpn S tuden t W illiam P a lm ­er, eon o f Mr. and Mra. l» u is P a lm er of 171 South Main .street, w ho has been tak in g his basic tra in in g a t the San A ntonio, T ex­as. A ir base, has been aaslgned for advanced work, a t th e pre-flight tra in in g school a t the sam e fleld. H e w as g radua ted from M anches­te r H igh school la s t June.

C hapm an C ourt, O lder of A m a­ran th , w ill ho ld its annual m eeting tom orrow evening a t 7:45 in the M asonic Temple. The biisirieaa will Include th e reports of all com m it­tees and th e election of officers fo r the y ear 1944. A C hris tm as p a rty w ill follow w ith Mrs. Bel- ledna Nehson chairm an of th e re ­freshm en ts com m ittee, and Miss B eatrice Juu l chairm an of .deco­rations. M em bers are requested tc) bring a sm all g if t for the grab- bag.

R oberta Hynds. 12-year-old d augh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R obert Hynda of 45 Pleaisant s tree t, who has been seriously ill for the past e igh t weeks, and underw ent a m a­jo r operatjoji a t S t. F rancis hos­pital, H artfo rd , U slowly im prov­ing.

S a tu iilay evening the C ovenant League of the C ovenant-C ongre­gational church will have Its an ­nual C hristm as pa rty . The poalor, Kev. C harles Jolinsoii, will give a brief ta lk on the Holy land, in the region -of C h ris t’s b irth .

C harles E v ere tt Cannon, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. G aylord Cannon, of 45 L an caste r road, is enrolled for basic tra in ing in the N avy V-12 u n it a t W orcester Po ly tech­nic In s titu te a t W orcester, Mass.

Rol)b to Head Loral Seoiits

SiHTPPils Raynioiiir Mer­cer; Annual Re|>ortH Read at Meeting.Sherwood J . Robb w as nam ed

chairm an and S tu a r t S egar vice- chairm an rtf the M anchester D is­tric t, Boy Scouta of A m erica, last n ig h t .a t the annuiial m eeting and banquet held a t the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Robb who succeeds Raymond M ercer, s ta ted th a t as th e ch a ir­man of the various com m ittees has not .vet been named, he would a n ­nounce the com plete s la te a t a la te r date.

'.Annual Re|Kirt ReadA nnual reports w ere given by

Com m issioner H ayden Griswold, F inance C hairm an H arry Maid- m ent and A dvancem ent C hairm an, Raymond M ercer. The reporLs showed th a t acouting in M anches-

Ject. H e aU ted th a t if a study w as to be m ade th a t it should be m ade by a com m ittee th a t under- stoo«i child delinquency tho rough ­ly, and not by any one group who could no t understand the actions of a grow ing boy o r g irl. He cited m any cases wjiich have appeared in the Juvenile courts which should never have been b rough t up, cases which, if understood, would have .saved the courts a lo t. of trouble. The bad g irl o r bad boy problem if handled properly in th e ir , early years will .save m any a youth from becom ing a crim inal in la te r years, w as the speaker's conclusion.

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te r fo r 1943 built a solid founda­tion and th a t for •1944 there ahoul() be an increase in m em bership and activ ities. There a re a t jSreaent 2.’>0 Scouts and 70 Cub Scouts, w ith 10 troops and .w o Cub Packs.

I.«ave« To E n te r HervU-e Field Scout Blxecutive Roy Card

who has been w orking w ith the troops of M anchester and of H e­bron and A ndover will leave th is position the first of the y ear to en te r the service of his country. Mr. C ard has been of gr*eat a s s is t­ance to the .scoutm aslera and com ­m itteem en of th is d is tr ic t and the m em bera reg re t very much of his announcem ent to leave.

Im p o rtan t P roblem Now Scout E xecutive Nelson A. Sly

of C h arte r Oak t^ iuncir reported th a t the boy problem' la more im ­p o rtan t now than it ever w as be­fore to all m others and fa thers, and th a t we m ust no t forget th a t the boy of today will be. the man of tom orrow . To m ain ta in a de- m ocracy we canno t fo rg e t the , Home F ron t, fo r the tra in ing th a t ' boys and g irls g e t today will e ith ­er a tren g th en o r w eakend the fu tu r f of A m erica.

S peaker of th e Evening Ju d g e V 'llllam A. H arney , the

principal sp eak er of the evening waa then Introduced by C hairm an Robb. He took as his subject. '•Juvenile D elinquency.” Judge H arney w as very ln te re s ted 4 n the fac t th a t M anchester is about to m ake a tho rough study of th is sub-

'F r id a y , 'D e c . 17: Evening .serv­ices S t 8 p. m. Rabbi B. W oythaler will apeak on ‘T h e A postle" by Sholem Asi h.

S atu rday , Dec. 18: C hildren's services s t 10 a. m, Readera: Jack ie B ursack and Phyllis Sjlver- •stein.

Sunday, Dec. ’ 9: Religious, school fo r children a t 9:30 a. m. H annkah social and supper will tak e place a t 7 p. m. a t the T em ­ple.

Tuesday. Dec. 21: Religious school fo r children a t 3:45 p. m.

A du lt.c lass on "Jew ish C ustom s" will hold the las t session a t the home of Mrs. J . Rubinow at_7:30 p. m. ~

B oard m eeting of Hadas.sah a t 8:.30 p. m.

W ednesday, Dec. 22: H ebrew for ad u lts a t 3 p. m. N u trition cla.ss a t 7:30 p. m.

T hursday , Dec. 23: Religious school fo r children a t 3:45 p. m

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S ta r tin g S a tu rd ay each ca rr ie r will be assigned additional help­ers and it is expected th a t the m ail will be delivered to th e hom es on lim e th ia year.

The stam p and parcel post w in­dow will be open aga in on S a tu r­day un til 3 o'clock instead of clos­ing a t 1 o 'clock and th e sam e hours will be observed on Sunday as la s t week when ...the parcel post and stam p window w as open d u r­ing th e afternoon from noon until 4 o’clock.

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VOL. LXIII., NO. 66 (Claaallled A dverttalng o s P ag e 14)

French Units Win Against Germans

In Central Italy

MANCHESTER, CONN,, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1943

Allied Shipping Blasted by Germ an Bom bers at Bari

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Score Outstantling J \ a z i s P l c d S Ccesses in M ountain yFighting; Have Been 1 E v C r V C l u l d In Forw ard Positions j , w rrtFor Some T im e; Sup-j IS I i C 1 O yply Lines Hit A gain .' -------

A i- Goebbels Readying Wur- Weary German Pgo- pie fo r Their Gloom- iest Christmas o f W ar.

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Allied Headquarters, giers. Dec. 17.—('T’)—French troops, entering the war on the European mainland for the first time since 1940, have scored outstanding suc­cesses against the Germans in mountain fighting in cen­tral Italy, it was announced today. The F rench have b e e ^ in

• fo rw a rd poaltlona alongalde B rit­ish and A m erican aoldiera fo r tom e tim e, b u t th e ir p re tence w aa no t dlBclo-ied un til today’a/ com ­m unique from Allied h eadquar­te rs .

Completely Re-EquippedThey a re the sam e trOopa which

fo u g h t’alongside the Allies in Tu- nlaia, bu t since then have been com pletely re-equlppdd w ith A m erican uniform s, guna and m a­teria ls .

Soon a f te r moving up to the b a ltle f ro n l the F rench p artic ip a ted in a aeries of local a tta c k s , cap ­tu r in g several Im portan t G erm an hilltop positions and tak in g a num ­ber of prisoners, who expressed su rp rise a t finding the F rench in action .

The F rench forces had been tra in ed in N orth A frica under the d irection of Geri. H enri G iraud and th e ir usp of Aine*>can a rm s cam e under a rran g em en ts m ade a t the C asablanca conference la s t J a n u ­ary.

Fnm ence C reutea Sensation .T he ir presence created a sensa­

tion am ong the Ita lian people and th e quick successes of th e F rench soldiers co n trasted sharp ly w ith the abortive efforts recen tly of the f lis t Ita lian m ilitia to be sen t in ­to th e ’ Allied lines.

A nnouncem ent of the p a rtic ip a ­tion of th e F rench coincided w ith an aeria l a ssau lt fd r the second successive day on G erm an com ­m unications and supply lines in the A lpine region of no rth ern Ita ly , w here heavy bom bers w recked rail facilities a t P adua and Dogna.

G round ligh ting by bo th the F if th and E ig h th A rm ies w as con­fined la rge ly to consolidating p re ­vious ga in s and to b it te r local b a ttle s fo r a tra teg lc advantages.

A ssau lt G erm an B astionGen. M ark W. C lark s Allied

troops on the w eaterff end of the b a ttle f ro n t assau lted th e G erm an bastion of San P ie tro , which guards th e road to Rome, and the a tta c k in g In fan try ran in to a aeries of concrete pillboxes, and o th e r s tro n g po in ts resu lting in fierce hand-to-hand fighting.

O th e r heavy sk irm ishes w ere re­ported w est of F illignano, w here tw o m ore hills w ere taken . F a r th e r south a serious G erm an coun ter­a tta c k w as beaten off in th e m oun­ta in s H ead q u arte rs said th e F ifth

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Merit Basis Gains Favor

Storkhlom . Dec. 17.— (A*)-- Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels and his p ropaganda m achine have begun p reparing th e w ar-w eary G erm an people for th e ir gloom iest C h ris t­m as since 1939 by prom ising every child a toy—and a hom e­made one a t th a t

In a w ar-fro n t a tm osphere of ru ins and dea th due to Allied a ir bom bings, a lm ost daily executions by H einrich H im m ler’s Gestapo, and nation-w ide sh o rtag es of every com m odity, the G erm an press is looking fo rw ard to C hris t­m as by try in g to answ er the ques­tion "Is there any th ing to be hap' py a b o u t? ”

A dm it O utlook N ot B righ tTwo prom inent new spapers pub'

lished at. opposite ends of the R eich— the VOeDcischer Bcobach- te r and The Rheiniach -West- Faelische Z eitung-— acknow ledged the outlook is no t b righ t.

"The tim es have become even m ore severe, m ore serious,’’ they both said. ’ G reat num bers of our t-om en and m others w ith children m ust spend th is C h ris tm as in changed d is tr ic ts a m o -n -g s tran g ers . They have no homes and therefo re w on’t be able to cel-

Yankees Consolidate New Britain Landing;

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Aerial AttacksJaps Suffer

Real Setback•qb

In InvasionLaufling Obviously Is

Aimerl at Conqufsl of Entire Islunil anil the Seizure o f Rabaiil.

X.Low Cost Gains Era^

Is Ended

Allied '/easels He aflam e in the Ita lian h a rb o r of Bari, A dria tic seapo rt no rth of the Ita lthn heel, a f te r a daw n raid by 30-odd G erm an planes Dec. 2. .Secretary of W ar H enry L. Slim.son said th a t 17 cargo ships, five at them A m erican, and 1,00(1 casualties w as the score for the raiders. (A P W ire- photo from U. S. S ignal Corps, I / ,

New Tax BUI Must Await

Recess EndFinal Hasty Blessing by

Senate Finance Com­mittee Too I.ale to Allow Action Before.

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Toll of Rail Crash Dead

Rises to 70Eight More Boilies Are

Believetl Locked in Section of One of Cars Not Yet Entered.

Reorganization o f Army Prom otion System Aft­e r W ar Is Proposed.

Lum berton. N. C.. Dec. 17—(IP) —The toll of know n dead in the so u th ea s t’s w orst ra ilroad d isaste r rose to 70 today as w reckers w orked w ith little success to pry a p a rt four telescoped .»assenger cars th a t still blocked th e A tlan tic C oast line’s double-track m ainline from New Y ork to F lorida.

The body of an unidentified ci­vilian w as recovered from the w reckage early today. Red Cross and ra ilroad officials here reported e igh t moi'e bodies w ere believed locked in a section of one of the ca rs w hich had no t been entered.

The fou r steel cars, stacked one on top of the o ther, w ere so ja m ­m ed to g e th e r th a t they w ere little bigger^ th an one c a r is norm ally. The w reck ing tra in s w ere able to move th e pyram ided coaches only six fee t all n igh t.

The double pileup * of the two crack flyers produced a dea th list ju s t sh o r t of th a t in the w reck of th e C ongressional lim ited ' in P h ila­delphia la s t S ep tem ber w hen 80 persons lost th e ir lives.

The so u th easte rn seaboard ’s w orst previous ra il w reck occur-

W aahlngton, Dec. 17—(8')—P ost ‘ w a r reo rgan iza tion of the A rm y on a m erjt-p rom otion baaia w as p ro ­posed by m em bers today as th e S enate M ilitary .com m ittee receiv­ed legislation w hich w ould h a lt all p e rm an en t advancem ent In offi­cers’ ran k s du ring th e w ar.

S en a to r T hom as (D -U tah ), a c t­ing chairm an in th e absence of S en a to r R eynolds .(D -N B), said th e com m ittee w ould be called upon to exam ine th e A rm y’i o rgan- ixation w ith a view to e lim inating a repe tition , of the^ "hum p" th a t developed' in th e p rom otion line a l t e r th e la s t w ar.

"T he A rm y should be placed on a basis w here prom otions w ill be m ade on n>grit a n d -n o t alone on sen io rity ." T h o m as to ld a reporter, " I th ink we have som eth ing to le a rn from th e G erm ans in th e ir recognition of leadersh ip in build­ing up th e ir A rm y."

F orced to W alt Y o o n’Thomaa said th a t if num erous

' p rom otions in p erm an en t ra n k a re m ade ndw a situ a tio n m ay develop such a s existed a f te r th e la s t war, w hen deserving officers w ere fore ed to w a it y ea rs fo r sdvan< en t beesusa so m any o lder m en re' m aided in th e service w hen th e A rm y w sa reduced to peace-tim e size.

Thomas said provision should be made for retention in -higher ranks of officers promoted over their seniors because of unusual abiUty.

"T ba man who has earned temporary promotimi to brigadier

W ashington, Dec. 17— Sen­a te leaders all but slapped a Don't- O pen-U ntil-N ew Y ear’s label today on the new 12,284,000,000 tax bill

The h asty final blessing given the m easure by the S enate F inance com m ittee yesten lay apparen tly cam e too la te to perm it its enact- rnent by CTiristmas. M ajority L eader B ark ley an tic ip a tes a con­g ressional recess from the middle of n e x r v f s s k i in tl l about Jan . 4 p recluding early action on the bill

F inance C hairm an G eorge iD - G a.) said legislative d raftsm en could not possibly whip the m eas­ure and its accom panying report into final shape before M onday or Tuesday, and indicated he would ag ree to postponem ent if special legislation could be w orked out to cover an an tic ipated freeze in social secu rity tax ra te .

.\iito m atlc Increase Delayed Upon the insistence of S enator

V andenberg (R -M ich), the com ­m ittee w ro te in a provision delay­ing th roughou t 1944 a projected au tom atic increase in social se­cu rity taxes. U nless the V anden­berg proviso is adopted in the tax bill o r in o ther legislation, social secru ity lax ra tes, now 1 per cent each on em ployers and employes, rise to 2 per cent Jan . 1.

V andenberg tied a 6,0-day rate- freeze rider to a pending House- apnroved bill.

The com m ittee bill re so rts to

the

British Bombers Hit Berlin Heavily Again

Lnited States W ill Have To Be Prepared to P,ay Increasing Price In Blood and Tears.

. No F u rther Details of Action at Arawe; An-

\ nouncenient Iiulicatcs Little If Any Addition­al .^Opposition After B rie f’ Skirm ishes Ac- conipanyiug Amphibi­ous Landings, Dec. 1.5.

Loose Thum lerous Ex- ^ g g e r t N s z i s ’plosives on Nazi Nerve Center fo r 41st Time This Year; Fires Set.

(ConOiiued on Page Six)

Soloiis Ready For Vacation

Roosevelt ■ Sgfely Back After R ound of W ar (Conferences Ahriiail.

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Strike Halts Bus Service

Routes' South o f Nash ville and Chattanooga Affected by W alkout.A tla n ta , Dec. 17.—uPi—A a trike

of d rivers and m ain tenance m en caused suspension today of a ll service by th e S o u theaa te rn G rey bound Bus L ines on ro u tes sou th of N ashville and C hattanooga . Tenn

W. F . A rington, regional m ana­g e r in A tlan ta , said th e "s tr ik e ap p aren tly is apread ing ," a s he diacloaed th a t 700 d rivers and m ain tenance m en had w alked ouL T he line em ployes approx im ately 3,500 d riv e rs and m ain tenance m en on lU 10.000 m iles of routes.

Suspension of aervlce betw een NaahvUle and B irm ingham and O ia tta n o o g a dnd Jacksonville. F la., 'c u t cne of th e m ain bua

’ro u tes betw een F lo rid a and th e mid-.weat.

A ring ton sa id th e line handles approx im ate ly 1,750,000 paasen' gera « m onth and th rough Decem ­ber w ould handle ab o u t 2,000,000 o r a round 7,000 a day under nor' m at operatlona. F u lly th rea- fou rtha o f . t h is num ber, he said.

W ashington, Dec. 17 -— iiPi .— Safely back in th is coqn try a f te r a round of w a r conferences abroad. P res id en t R oosevelt today found C ongress g e ttin g ready to tak e a C h ris tm as vacation.

W hethe r a jo in t session will be held f i rs t to .h ea r Mr. R oosevelt re ­p o rt on h is m om entous m eetings in C airo and T eheran probably will be decided a t ta lk s he is expected to have soon w ith congressional leaders.

If th e leg isla to rs decide to go home n ex t ■ week fo r a 10-days rea,t, a s p resen t p lans call for, they probably w ill leave a ha lf dozen con troversia l iaauea hang ing fire un til a f te i th e first of th e ydar.v

The P res id en t w as in constaift co n tac t w ith th e W hite House tduring hia absence and p resum ­ably w aa k ep t fu lly inform ed of developm ents. In addition to rapid w ireless m essages, i t becam e known, he exchanged in form ation and docum ents w ith hia a ides here by a irp lan e couriers, w ho sh u ttled acro ss th e A tlan tic every tw o days and som etim es oftcncr.

-T eheran M ost D is tan t P o in t , 'The chief executive himself, m llita rv au tho ritiea aaid. w as never m ore than fo u r d ay s’ fly ing tim e from W ashington. T he m ost d is ta n t po in t he is know n here to have touched a t w as Teheran, w here he and P rim e M inister C hurchill confefred w ith M arshal S talin .

On to p of the rep o rt Mr. Roose ve lt Is expected to m ake to Con­g ress OB th e A llied w a r councils, the chief executive faced w ith ^ e

London, Dec., 17.—(/P)— Stricken Berlin heaved up fields of flame and smoke again last night as hundreds of giant, black R.A.F. bomb­ers loosed thunderous explo­sives on the Nazi nerve cen­ter for the 41st time this year. Stockholm dispatches said the cap ita l c ity w aa burning again today a f te r a tw o w eeks re s p i te r th e flam es from her g u t­ted buildings "reddening the sky."

T ran sp o rt R eported ParalyzedTelephone com m unication w as

irregu la r, and the c ap ita l’s tr a n s ­p o rt w as reported paralyzed from s tre e ts choked w ith debris.

The six th raid on th e cap ita l in a m onth waa launched from B rit-' ain ju a t a f te r A m erican L ibera to r and F lying F o rtresses re tu rn ed in tw iligh t from th e ir day ligh t ra ids on nortftw est G erinany. The E igh th A ir Force did no t specify the A m ericans' ta rg e t, bu t the G errhan com m unique said the f le e ts . w ere over H elgoland bay and "dropped a g re a t num ber of high explosives and incendiary bom bs on residen tia l -quarte rs in a num ber of localities in n o rth ­w estern G erm any" and Brem en. I t acknow ledged particu la rly heavy dam age to B rem en itself, the big U -boat base w hich the A m ericana b a tte red also on Nov. 26 and 29.

In ten t to F in ish Job SeenThe degree of the B erlin a s sa u lt

—m ore th an I ..560 long tons of bom bs—and the dete rm ina tion

! w ith which it w as pressed home despite the loss of 30 bom bers, left

' no doubt th a t the R. A. F. in tends to finish the job of leveling w hat rem ains of th e cap ita l c ity ’s acres of factories, governm ent build­ings, financial in s titu tio n s and w arehouses.

W ith las t n ig h t’s a tta c k , w hich cam e before bom b-exhausted B er­liners had a chance to fall asleep, m ore than 1.5,000 tons of high ex­plosives and incendiaries have been show ered upon the blackened and sh a tte re d city .

T here w aa no c lea r indication of w h a t a rea of B erlin the R .A.F. concen tra ted on la s t n ig h t a l­though p riv a te in form ation reach-

Drive Turned Into Retreat

Spectacular Defeat Is Inflictetl on L a t e s t ‘'A nn ih ilation '' Offen­sive in Yugoslav Area.London, Dec. 17—i/P) A spec­

ta c u la r d e fea t has baen Inflicted on the la te s t G erm an "an n ih ila ­tion" offen.sive a g a in s t Y ugoslav guerrilla.s, a special w ar bulletin from the head q u arte rs of M arshal Joaip Broz (T ito ) said today.

The b roadcast v ic to ry com m uni­que said th a t N azi and sa te llite forces everyw here had suffered defeats, 'an d th a t th e enem y had been throw n into re tre a t in num eroua sectors.

E xpending ,Men RecklesslyNazi forces w hich achieved one

b reak th rough in to liberated te r ­rito ry and then em barked on a cam paign of bu rn ing and looting a re expending men and tan k s recklessly w an effort to b reak the rising tide of T ito ’s fiercely- fighting guerrilla forces, th e bu l­letin continued. «

T ito ’s announcem ent of the suc­cesses of his fo rces come shortly a f te r the reg u la r daily com m uni­que gave details of the Nazi .set­back.

C airo repo rts had indicated p re ­viously th a t T ito ’s forces, aided by Allied aeria l blows, a re e n g ag ­ing or a re pinning down as m any G ecman divisions as a re being battled by Allied arm ies in the Ita lian cam paign on the o th e r side of the A driatic.

Spes-lflo Successes Listed These specific auccea.ses w ere

listed in T ito ’s w ar bulletin:C om plete defeat of enem y

forces w ith heavy losses in Roga- ti ta ; a large Nazi colum n p artly destroyed and th row n in to re-

W ash lng ton ,. Dec. 17—i/P)—The invasion of New B rita in , obviously aim ed a t conquest of the en tire is­land and seizure of R abaul. no t only th re a te n s the Japanese w ith the irre tr iev ab le loss of th a t key base bu t p resages the firs t real s tra te g ic .setback of the w ar fo r the R iaing Sun em pire.

Coinciding as i t did w ith P re s i­den t Roosci-elt’s r e tu r a to th e U ni­ted S ta te s , th e landing of Gen. D ouglas 5 a c A rth u r’s forces w ith N aval support on the bom b-sw ept beaches of A raw e gave f^gsh em ­phasis today to the decisions of C airo and T eheran to s h a t te r the m ilita ry m igh t of G erm any and to s tr ip Ja p a n of th e las t vestigea of her conquered em pire.

F-xll M ay N ot Come Qiilckly Thc fall of R abaul m ay no t come

quickly, bu t w hen it does it will open a hole 1,000 miles w ide in J a ­pan 's o u te r defense ring, from the no rthern coast of’ New G uinea to Ponape in the C aroline islands. M opp ing-jp jobs' will rem a in —or N ew B rita in , New Ire land and Bm igainville — but s tra teg ica lly the lapanese will have suffered a body blow.

The im plications (tf the long-ex­pected landings on New B rita in a re enorniona, and for the fir.st tim e the in terlocking n a tu re of the opera tions in New G uinea, th e Solomons and the G ilbert islands becom es read ily ap p aren t. W ith th e eventual cap tn re of R abaul, they m erge inevitably in to a g i­g an tic th ru s t pointed d irec tly a t the Philippines th rough a g rea t gap in th e enem y i.sland chain.„ ( 'a n E xpect More . \ l r A ttack s

V astly Increased a ir opera tions In M ac.A rthnr's th e a te r can bo ex pected in the nbar fu tu re , a.s bom hera act ou t to neu tra lize the rehaaining enem v a ir basea^ along the no rth coasF of New Guinea. T h a t will perm it the fleet to shell Jap an ese positions free of aeria l in terference, sm ashing th e enem y th ro u g h o u t New Guinea. H alm a- hera and a t Amhoina, and opening the rou te in to th e Phliippines.

A lready R abaul has been bomb ed in to uselessness as a N aval ba.se in rep ea ted a tta c k s by land and carrie r-based planes, and the Jap an ese have abandoned all a t ­tem p ts to send any th ing bu t sm all supply c ra f t in to its harbor. The a rea of the lan d ln g i'V t A raw e is su itab le for the r-p id construction of airfields, and Allied p lanes probably will be opera ting from

W a.shington, Dec. 17.—lA^i— The s t a r t of the long-awaite<l cam paign fo r Rabaul. to ge ther with, the cost­ly conquest a t T araw a island, closes th a t period of the w ar in w hich the U nited S ta te s frequently has been able to buy victory a t low cost.

F rom here on. In both Europe and th e Pacific, the U nited S ta te s will have to be prepared to pay an increasing price in blood ami tea rs . This is the stro n g convic­tion of rank ing officers whose du ty it is to calcu late lossea not for th e ir effect on home fron t m orale bu t for th e ir hearing on s tra teg y .

Key Fn C ourse Of F ig h tin gOne key to the courae of fu tu re

ligh ting Is th is: The d ay of the s tra teg ica l flanking a tta c k is p as t in both E urope and the Pacific T he day of the fro n ta l a t ta n k is here.

In th is sense the approach to R abaul. the projected invasion of th e MarshnII islands, the eventual drive from th e A leutlana into •1*aramnshiro“ in th e K uriles, and the expected landings in w estern

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Trea.8urv BalanceW ashington. Dec. 17.—(4»i— The

position of th e T reasu ry Dec. 15;R eceipts, $321.188.99,5.59; expen­

d itu res. $274,857,414.40; n e t b a l­ance, $12,263;523,713.19.

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Soviets Gain Upper Hand

Over NazisCounter-Attacks by Rus­

sians Dislofige (scr- m ans From S e t t l e ­m ents West o f Kiev.

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Piiuemonia Not Spreading NowGeneral I'mprovemenl

In (jliiireliill's ('onili- tion Is Maintaineil.

Moscow, Dec. 17—(/Pi—Gen. N ikolai V a tu tin ’s F ir s t U kraine A rm y appeared to have firm ly es­tab lished the upper hand w est of Kiev today a f te r m ore th an five w eeks of desperate figh ting ag a in s t heavy G erm an in fan try and tank a tta ck s .

R ussian co u n te r-a ttack s dis-1 looged the enem y from several ] se ttlem en ts in tth e T eterev river sec to r 55 m iles w est ot th e U kraine cap ita l fo r the second successive day yesterday . R ussian com m unique aaid, enabling V a tu ­tin 's colum ns to resum e th e ir drive no rthw est of Radomyal.„ , Hold Si-rtously T hreatened

N azi M arshal F ritz von M aiin- s te in ’s hold on th a t im p o rtan t stronghold ,’ lying betw een the .Ko- rosten-K iev and Zhitoniir-K iev m ain highw ays, is now .serioii.sly th rea ten ed by the R ussian gains, d .spa tches from the fron t indica­ted.

M eanw hile Gen, Ivan S. K onev’s Second U kraine A rm y, 200 m iles to the south, pressed its a tta i k be­low cap tu red C herkasy tow ard the

Genei’al MacArthur’Sj^iead- (liiarlers. New Guinea! I)ec.17.—(/P) — American troops that invaded the Arawe p e n - \ insula of New Britain island Wednesday are consolidating their positions, while the American Air Force has suc­cessfully repelled several Jap­anese oiir a tta ck s . The announce­m ent from Gen. DouglM M acA r- th u r 's head q u arte rs w as th e firs t since th e bulletins yesterday te ll­ing of the landing of A rm y troopg on the sou thw est coa.st of Ja p a n a m ain Island ba.se In the S ou thw est Pacific.

T here were no fu rth e r d e ta ils of the action a t Araw’c. bu t the announcem ent th a t T exas A rm y un its w ere consolidating th e ir po­sitions indicated there w as little if any additi'onal opposition a f te r the brief sk irm ishes accom pany­ing th e am phibious landings.

Seeking to C notact ,lapaneaeP a tro ls a re probably b ran ch in g

ou t in to the ram -soaked jung le la reconnaissance m issions seek ing to con tac t the Japanese.

A t the sam e tim e, M acA rth u r’s head q u arte rs announced th a t A us­tra lia n s on th e W’este rn side of Vi- tiaz s t r a i t w ere m aking "good p rog ress” up th e Huoii peninsula- of New G uinea and cap tu re of L a- kona w as "im loinent."

Jap an ese bom bers a tte m p te d U> a tta c k the Anacrlcan poeitiona soon a f te r th e in itia l land ings on A raw e, bu t A llied fig h te rs in te r­cepted them and..riM h ead lluarte ra spokesm an said th a t in each case " the a ir a t ta c k s w ere repeiled ."

F eu C asualties fu r ScopeThe A m crrcan S ix th A rm y ea-

tab lished its hold on th e A raw a peninsula w ith bu t few casua lties, considering th 6 scope of th e op­eration! The troops moved sho re­w ard w ith pow erful N aval and a ir support, and seven hours a f te r th e f irs t assau lt a t daw n W ednesday, B rig. Gen. Ju lian C unnihghanj, com m ander of the invading force, m essaged Gen. D ouglas M acA r- th u r "our objective is a tta in ed ."

I t w as the f irs t concerted ae-

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Flashes!(I ,a te B ulletins ol Ike (JP) W ire)

R eg re ts ra ra w a C asualtiesW ashington, Dec. 17.—' jP) -—

•T h ere a re no fox-holes off shore” an d "T here Is no royal road te Tokyo,” , U eu t. Gen. A. A . Vande- g rlf t, new com inundant of th e Ma­rine Corps, said today In answ er­ing a congressional Inquiry a s to the heavy 5liirlne easualtles in th e ra iitu re of T araw a. "N o one re­g re ts the losses in such an a tta c k itse ll,' he said in a le tte r to C halr-

Im iin W alsh (Il-M a.ss) of th e Sen- I a le Nuviil ..\ltu irs rom nilttee . who I m ore Ilian does the .Marine Corps j had iiiaile th e Inquiry.

Famous Nun Will Become First Saint for America

C hicago .' Dec. 17—(>P)— M o th e r- B om in Lo(li, N o rth Ita ly , in F rances X qyier ■CqbrinI, in te rn a - 1850, a d au g h te r of a farm er, she tionally fam ou* nun and o ften took vows of c h a s tity s t an early called th e "apostle of the, I ta lia n age. founded the m isrionary order im m ig ran t," who died in C hicago in Lodi, and cam e to New Y ork 26 years ago. w ill become th e f i r s t w hen she w as 39.A m erican e v e r‘ canonized a s a i n t : She w orked am ong the Ita lian by the C atholic church. } im m igran ta , o rganized a school,

A Sw iss T elegraph agency dis- ' la te r a hospital. Then she organ- fiatch from V atican C ity la s t n ig h t Ized s im ila r ven tu res abroad, bu t said the C ongregation of Sacred re tu rn ed to New O rleans, w herem a __stVwan jsa rin n ifffS . Tf A lta n a * \JLf*FA a i lf fa r in f i ' r a r in lR ites had decided upon canoniza- tidn of the Ita lian -born , n a tu ra l­ized A m erican citizen, w ho found­ed the In s titu te of th e M issionary S isU rs of the Sacred H e a rt of a su s and w as known on th ree con- U nenU fo r her w orks. Pope P ius X U will preside, s t a g a th e r in g of th e congregation fo r h e r sanctifi- ra t io n som etim e in Ja n u a ry .

Q uick C anonization U nusual C anonization so soon' a f te r h e r

d ea th is m ost unusual. In th e case o f Jo an of A rc; fo r exam ple, i t took 300 years . M other C abrin i becam e th e f i rs t A m erican to be beatified—the la s t s tep before canonizatiipn—in 193&

Ita lia n s 'w e re suffering racial per sed itio n a t th e tjine.

C hicago C en ter of U perationsA s th e o rder grew , she m ade

C hicago her cen te r of operations, and founded Colum bus hosp ita l and o th e r In s titu tions here. She founded 67 institu tions, including hosp ita ls, schools, orphanages, hom es and refuges In th e U nited S ta te s , E urope and South A m er­ica.

E vidences of tw o m iracles have been accep ted by th e congregation of S acred R ites—a required s tep fo r canonization . They w ere p re ­sen ted by a tr ib u n a l a t hearin g s

,here in 1833.

London, Dec. 17.-^(/Pi—G eneral im provem ent in P rim e M inister C hurchills ' condition has been m aintained, a bulletin from his bed-side announced th is afternoon .

"T here has been no sp read in the pneum onia, and im provem ent in the prim e m in isters genera l con­dition h as been m ain ta ined ." said th e bulletin issued a t No. 10 E/.,wn- Ing s tre e t. I t w as signed by Lord M oran, B rigad ie r E van Bedford and Lieut. R. J. V. P u lv e rta ft.

' M ay N am e .Acting L eader.C hurchill, suffering from his sec­

ond a tta c k of pneum onia tri 10 m onths, undoubtedly w ill require a long period fo r recupera tion and consequently it is expected B rl- ta in s w a r cab ine t n iay nam e an ac tin g leader to serve in his ab ­sence.

T he first of th e daily bulle tins prom ised from his bedside som e­w here in th e Middle E as t. W as issued from No. 10 D ow ning s tre e t flat 7 t . m. la s t n ig h t and reported

‘som e im provem ent In h is general condition” a f te r a res tfu l n igh t. He is u n d e r th e care of ..three physi­cians, Including a h e a rt speciaUat.

T he prim e m in isters illness waa announced y este rday m orning, ta k in g th e nation by com plete s u r­p rise and am u sin g qu irk anx ie ty .

R uggeats D elegating T ask s T he London press w as v irtua lly

unanim ous in suggesting th a t on hia re tu rn fce delegate to asa lst- mnts a g re a t portion of th e ta s k s th a t have k e p t him up a lm ost dally

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Half of Space Given to Trial;

High OHicer* DismissedI»hdnh , De«’. 17.— — Adolf

H iller, ac ting quickly to pul down a- "gencn ils revolt" w ith in thn (■••riiian .Army, has s ta r te d dis­m issing a num ber of h is high- ranking officers Including m ajo r generals, an in fo rm an t w ith close underground <*onne<’lions In Ger- ntany said today. T his Inform ant, w ho’cannot be fu rth er Identifled, said th a t offli-ers disiiaissed whole-

f ' . A . . . a ' '•ale along th e eastern: fron t and InG e s t u p o A g e n t i s a i d t<> $»vcry o4'4*iij»ted country

Have Pleatled Giiiltv | i-o »«cu’s^ of 'insubordiaa;• lion" and “negligence.

Tti S laving Pri.HonerH. * ' * .• ^ I To Bixiadcust C hris tm as .Message

cow press- devoted tw o of th e ir broadi-ast his trad itio n a l C hris t- four page.s to th e K harkov atroc-1 m essage to th e world froinity tr ia l of G erm an soldiers and a | th e V atlean radio Dec. 24 a tRu.ssian tr a ito r accused of m u r­ders. ^

P rincipal a tten tio n w as given ,to th e tr ia l " f C apt. W illiam L ang- held, 52, of the G estapo w h o was .said to have pleaded gu ilty to kill­ing civilians and R ussian prison­e rs of w ar.

The courtroom w as packed w ith w orkers, houscw’ives and soldiers.

The session y es te rd ay began w ith questioning of L angheld. by the p rosecu tor. Colonel of th e J u s ­tice D ep artm en t N . K. Dunaiev. "Three cou rt-appo in ted Moscow a t ­to rneys rep resen ted th e accused.

A ccount o f T r ia l Given The Moscow p ress gave th is ac­

count of th e tr ia l :A t iJie o u tse t of th e question­

ing. L angheld w aa a sk ed :" Is i t e stab lished th a t o rders for

m ass ex te rm in a tio n of innocent

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12:15 p. m. Romo tim e (7:15 a. III. e. w. t.) over w ave leng ths 3106 ami 1987. C hrls tm aa e»a he will ce leb rate m idnigh t m ass which also will be liroad rast. s t a r t ­ing a t II p. >n- Rome tim e (6:0* p. m. e. w. t.) A lthough th e Pope’s annim l C hristm an address In aw’aited w ith In tereat. It la not' generally bellesed th a t he wdll seek d lreetly to Influence th e w ar­ring nations.

s s sU rst Real D augh ter M en ” W illU nw port, Pa., Doc. 17— —T he last real D augh ter o f th e A m erican Revolution died ted ay .

.She w as .Mra .Annie K n igh t O ieg- ory, 100, whose fa th e r , R l r i a r i K night, w aa a d run u n er hey w ith W aahlngtM i a t Valley Forge . » e raae to a c ap U la e f In faa try la th e W ar of 1113. She WM tM b a t M atch .

i Pledge Every Child

Single Toy,Om»)

•lirste ClulM ino amongr their XamiUea ma w u their custom,

t b s Dsutschs Allfemeine Zei-

tun f declared "the hours o f the Christmas feast will lack most of their outward luster in this fifth yeat* of the war. . . . In the cities hit by the enemy bomhlnf terror it will be impossible to light Christ­mas trees in every house.”' Try To tXHWole Readers

The newapapera however, tried to console their readess by stat­ing that with a few Christmaa trees and candles the people, “who will be aUowed to relax for a few

days at Christmas and gain a breathing spell’ from the exertions of war, will at least have a sham festival to Celebrate.

Goebbels', as spokesman for the Nazi party, has acclaimed Christ­mas as a ‘test period" for the Ger­man people and has proclaimed this slogan in the press and from publle platforms throughout the Raich. Tho party has promised all Uiose who have been evacuated from their homes or who htfve suf­fered damage through air raida a "German war Christmas" with fes­tivals on Christmas eve or the day before.

There will be lighted ChCistmas tiees at those observances, out party spokesmen emphasized that there will be no presents given or received, except one tov to each child.

Millions of Hitler Youth have been mobilized to make the play­things. mostly carved from wood— because there are no commercial­ly manufactured toys on the Ger­man market this year. They will be distributed under the motto:

"For every German child —one itoy at Christmas.”

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The office at the Local Rationing Board la located to the Uncolo ■chool oppoaite the poet oSloe. Of­fice hours are aa foUpws: Monday, 10 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.; Tuesday, 3 p. m. to 0:15 p. m.; Wednesday, 3 p. m. to 5:10 p. m.; Thursday, 10 a. m. to S:lft p. m.; Friday, 10 a. m. to 5:16 p. m.; Saturday, 10 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.—Tho tele­phone number is 3—0495.

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red at Rockmart. G a . In 1926 when 20 were killed, TTie biggest wreck toll in the nation’s railroad history was 115 killed at Nash­ville, Tenn., Julv 9. 1918.

Toll Throughout Night, ' Workers toiled throughout' the

night and continued, today in 12- degree weather to clear the tracks and remove the dead.

Earlier the toll of dead— 48 ser­vicemen. and 21 civilians—was an­nounced by Atlantic Coast Line railroad headquarters at Wilming ton. ’ Tpwards of 50 persons were injured, many seriously.

Enough of the mass of tele­scoped cars and twisted rails was expected to be moved today.to per­mit resumption of normal traffic over the trunk A. C. L. lines.

Some civilian dead were still un­identified. Witnesses Mid a few victims were so dismembered it would be difficult to establish iden­tity.

Names of the soldier dead were withheld pending notification of kin. •

A broken rail, A.C.L. officials said, caused the first wreck— the derailment of three coaches of*the Florida-bound Tamlaml West Coast Champion. Only one person. First Lieut. Roy A. Griffin, a stu­dent Chaplain at Harvard univers­ity, was killed in this wreck.

Ploughs Into Dernlled Conches This Was at 2:10 a. m. Five min­

utes later the northbound Tamiami East Coast Champion ploughed into the derailed coaches of the first train.

'The disaster occurrckl on the coldest day of the winter, in 10-de­gree weather, and it waa two hours before some of the injured and dy­ing could be tended.

Magazine Publisher William Wood, a passenger on the first train and eye-witness of the sec­ond wreck, said five cars of the north bound train “ leaped the track and folded together like an accordion.

“ It was like a bad dream, filled with screams, and in the dark you couldn’t see what had happened,” he added. He told of an expectant mother, whose legs and thighs were badly mangled and who kept •saying, ” I won’t lose my baby, God help me. I won't.”

“ She had more spunk than I've ever seen in a woman before,” he said. "Later a doctor came up and examiiied her and gave her a seda­tive and told her that her baby would be born, ‘Thank God,’ she said.”

First arrivals at the scene told of the injured crying “ Shoot me!”. “ Kill me!” and begging for help and water.

The trains were crowded with holiday travelers. Scattered about the wreck scene were packages in Christmas wrappings, and broken Christmas toys.

After the first derailment, some of the passengers built bonfires of newspapers to atop two south­bound freight trains. They franti­cally endeavored by the same means to warn the northbound en­gineer, without succeeding.

Kelly, Bergt. Kenucth C.. Coal Valley, Pa.

KemmUr, Seaman 3rd Class. Robert P.. Charleston, S. C.

Klinger, Harry R., 6315 S. Satina street, Syracuse. N. Y.

Kimball, John, Naval Air Base, Charleston, S. C.

Koyolivlck, Cpl. Joseph, Pitts­burgh.

Lallier, Mrs. Clyde, Lockport, N. Y.

Lang, Mrs. Richard M., 145Parkview avenue, Bronxvillie, N. Y. iRelensed from hospital!.

I.,e.s.slcr. Pfc. Martin H.. Charles­ton, S. C., air base.

Licberman. Herbert. 3907 15th avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Massey, *Pvt. Julius, 725th MP Battalion, County Hall, Charleston, S.,C.

Mason. S-Sergt. John J.. 1124 Kingatfin avenue. Plainfield, N. J.

Matterson. I., New York, N. Y. (Continued Journey).

McKinney. Mrs. Faye, 241 Fourth street, Jack.sonville, FJa.

McKinney, Mrs. T. A., Ea.st Eeckley, W. Va.

Moss, Mhi. L., Pittsburgh. Pa. (Continued Journey).

Murphy, Mrs. C. M., Mother’s address, Mrs. S. D. Vaughn, 41 Sixth street. Charleston, S. C.

Parker. Pfc. I.aiw.ronce, 421 Air­borne squadron. Charleston, S. C.

Pasquine, Russell M„ U. S. Coast Guard, Charleston, S. C.

Pitsko. Vladimir A., Ft. Moul­trie. S. C. "

Raivell, Mrs. E.,‘ 811 Washing­ton street, Seattle, Wash.

Rasenski, Pfc. John H„ Air Corps. Miami Beach, Fla.

Rendell, P\'t. Clarence, 611 Washington avenue, S e a t t l e , Wash.

Rinsheimer, Mrs. J. W., I l l Trenor drive. New Rochelle, N.Y.

Rose, George, 1575 Theriot, Bronx, N. Y.

Roy, Mrs. Fay, Clinton, S. C. Ross, Mrs. A. J., Canton, O.- Schwartz, Corp. Morris, Arca­

dia Field. Fla. xSimonetta. S. Sergt Vito, Air

Corps, Miami Beach. Fla.Smith, Thomas F. (no address

given) ••Stonebanks. MaJ, Jack L., 1282

S. 15th street, Miami. Fla. Stonebanks, Mrs. J. L.Stowell, Winthrop M., Camp

Davis, N. C.Strachan, Mrs. Donald, Ro'se-

mont. Pa.Stevens, Sergt. Kenneth E., I l l

Hawthorne avenqe,*PikesviUe. Md.Tesslar, Pfc. Martin A., station­

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ton. S. C.Vanderveen, William H., Hotch-

kiss Lane, Madison, Conn.Wiehe, Theodore C., Empire

State Building, New York. N. Y Wilder, Joshua Irving. 5510

103rd street. Corona,' Long Is­land, N. Y.

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But Total Weight Not Yet Figured Until All Bundles Are Weighed.The used clothing collected in

Manchester has not as yet been weighed, but it looks as though there would be over 6,000 pounds. The rush of contributions • during the last fpw days of the drive two weeks affo gave no time for those in charge to get the bundles weighed. The exact amount will probably u t be known for a week or two.

The clothes are being put Into bundles and on Saturdayu and Sunday.^ they are taken by truck to a dry cleaning establiahment in Hartford where they are repaired and cleaned. There has already been several truck loads taken from the store here, but there still remains many more to be moved.

It is expected that more will be taken agaifl tomorrow and on Sunday. These are the only two days that work can be done on them in Hartford and this is one of the reasons that the final figure as to weight, is being held up.

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Soviet people was issued by the German government?”

’’Yes,” he answered in a firm,® clear voice.

The Gestapo captain then rela­ted how ten Red Army officers were killed in the Kharkov prison

to prevent their escape.”Dunaiev then asked Langhcld: ”How many Soviet citizens did

you kill yourself?”” It is hard to say exactly but I

think about 100,” Langheld an­swered.

”How many were killed by the Germans in Kharkov and Kharkov province?”

”I h^ard about 30,000 and about the same number in Kiev,” the German’s published testimony said. “ About 15,000 were killed in Poltava.”

Langheld then testified how ci­vilians and Russian Army officers were kept in the same camp and given the same treatment.

Identified Dead In W reck Listed

Lumberton. N. C., Dec. 17—fiP) —The identified dead in the wreck of two Atlantic Coast Line pas­senger trains near here yesterdayihcluded:

Clarence H. Lou, 22 W. Third street, Pottstown, Pa.

l fr. and Mrs. George Spindel,54 Jamaica avenue. Long Island,N. Y.

Mrs. Hazel Northrop, 1085 Glen- wood boulevard, Schenectady, N.'Y.

First Lieut. Roy A. Griffin, stu­dent chaplain at Harvard Univer- city.

Mrs. Jean E. Stein, wife of Julius Stein, stationed at Morrison Field, West Psdm Beach, Fla.

Mrs. Mary T. Valllancourt, wife of Corp. M. J. Vaillancourt, sta­tioned at Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Mias Mary Theresa Mintogh, 33 C street, Framingham, Mass.

Miss Helen Cohimeier, 146 Bis- cayne boulevard, Miami, Fla., and 102-27 Lefferth boulevard, Rich­mond HiHs, N. Y.

Mrs. Eva Mae Dunn, Charles­ton, 8. C., Navy Yard.

Partial List O f Injured

Lumberton, N. C., Dec. 17—(iP) —The list of injured in the A.C.L. train wreck near here yeaterday included: -

Abrams, Corp. Edward A., 108 Chapin street, Binghamton, N. T.

Allerton, Robert, 1628 Brooklyn avenue, Brooklyn, N. T.

Ball, E d w a ^ 1514 Barnett Building, JacksonviUe, Fla.

Basa, John Eugene, U. S. Navy (no address.)^Bourgeois, C. J., 200 8. Wilson

street, Gainesville, Fla.Boyer. Mrs. Josephine 8., 192

79th street. New York, » Y.Call, Mrs. Stanley S„ and baby,

113 Hillsdale avefiue. West Toron­to, Can.

Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. E!. M., 196 l i t Paul street Brookline, Maas.

Clarke, Seaman 2nd Claas Fran­cis H., Charleston.

CoUer, Raymond A., 722 N.Fifth street AUentown, Ps. ^

Clonnor, P v t Rara<md C„ Air Corpe, Charleston. S. C.

(^wee, BCrs. George, 337 Sher­man street MeadviUe, Pa.

OeOregory. Sergt G. 1*. Moul* trieviUe. 8, C.

Duchhowskl, S t a n l e y . 157 Franklin street Clinton, S. C

Friedman, Mrs. Sallj^ 519 La­fayette avenue, B rooklm N. Y.' Gagle, Paul F,, 720 Vstreet Portlimd, Ind.

Goldston,, Mrs. Elaine. Robo- hbrough, Mass.

Greeley, M n .» Eleanor, 1505 Broadway street Cleveland, O.

Jacobsen, Pfc. Gerald B., Re- verte Mb h

S n e T T h o in M . 524 N, 21M street Philadelphia. Pa.

Diffendale, Wilbert T-. Seaman Second Class, U. Si Naval hos-

Las Vegas, Nev., Dec. 17.—</Pi— Albert Stanwood Murphy says he and Former Film Star Madge Bel- Itmy "are nOt now and never have been husband and wife.”

Attorneys for the wealthy Cali­fornia lumberman filed an answer to the actress’ divorce suit yester­day. denying her allegation that she and Murphy were married un­der Nevada’s “ consent clause’ in April 1941 ,

In Sen Francisco last January, the actress was accused of firing three ineffectual shots in Mur­phy's direction because of his alleged ss.-ujclation with another woman. The latter subsequently was identified in the litigation aa Mrs. Murphy, t ie former June Almy of New York.

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Washington, Dec. 17 — (/P) — Awards of the Distinguished Fly­ing Cross and the Air Medal to more than 175 officers and enlisted men of the United States Army E!"vcnth Air Force for participat­

in g In bomhirfg missions over Els- ka In the western Aleutians before it was retaken by American forces, have been announced by the War department.

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S .'S LSS US “KiJ“w22; Life of VesajiusTo Be Published

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New Haven, Dec. 17— (Jf)— Rec­ognizing the highly significant

Charjes A. Plnncy, first llcuten-| part played by the medical ser- ant, pilot, 367 Silver Lane, East | vices in this and in former wars.Hartford. I the historical library of the Yale

University School. of- Medicine has arranged for the publication of a life o f Andreas Vesalius, the great mllitory surgeon and one of the m oll important figures in medi­cine of all time.

During the inclement winter of 1544, Vesalius served with the Armies of Charles V In the Marne valley, at Soissons, Chateau Thi­erry. and the Argonne. Hla biogra­

pher, the late Dr. Harvey Cushing, had struggled in the same terrain in the last war, and he dedicated the energies of the last years of his life to the portrayal of the life and work of Vesalius, foremost among the founders of modem medicine.

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Local Skating Rink en;Ice Is in Good Con

W ork<?r8 Use Acetylene Torch to Free InjiireilV

Aa *oon a« the .Ice: t* » thl6k«f. lh « hockey arena w t act ujf bn th e ^ n d n^ar the dam for the uac of local teama.

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OBiter Sprtnga Municipal akat-#cvenlnf for the c b h r ^ f e ^ img rink will b f open to public i ‘

today for» the fliat tlnie tkia Maaon. The paat week five IThtiT o f Ice have been formed oh' the fond and the park department, m dar whoae aupervialon the akatr lag In Center Bpringa Pond la held each aeaaon, officially opened the pond and akatinf lodge for public uae tWa morning. i

Laat aeaaon there were 33 ^ y * > o f abating n Center Springe Pond and upwarda of 26.000 peraona v l^ itad tne area for the udnter aport.

~ l i f t e d la Evralnga The pond will be lighted during

night ^ t l n g houra by large Hood lights M l up on the north ihore of the pood near the akatlng Icrfge.The lodgi will be open and flrea will he lighted each afUrnoon and

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1200 Workers To G et Bonus

Hockanum Mill Em­ployees to Receive S25 And $10 Checks.

Rockville. Dec. 17— (Special)— The 1200 workers of the Hocka­num Mllla Company o f the M. T. stevena A Sons Co., will receive a Chrlstmaa bonus again this year. The workers who have been employed a year or more will racelve $25 while those who have been employed six months will xe- colve $10.

Enters ServiceMiss Eva M. Shepard. 20. of

Route 3. who has been employed a t the greeting card packing de­partment of the National Printing ^tnpany for the past two years, left oh Thursday for Hunter Col­lege. Bronx, N. Y., for Indoctrina­tion Into the "Wavea,” She la the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Shepard and has two brothers in the service. Seaman Second Class Charles S. Shepard of the Coast Ouard and Private James D. Shep­ard of the Army.

She la the third worker at the NaUonal Printing Company to Join the. "Waves” in the past two months. Doris M. Mehr is at Hun­ter College for basic training and Betty Ruth BUlaworth reported at Hunter College. Thursday.

FuneralThe funeral of Mrs. Mary

Brookes, w ife o f Dr. George S. Brookes, pastor of the Union Con­gregational church was largely at­tended at the church on Thuraday afUmoon. Rev. Tertiua Van Dyke, dean of the Hartford Theolo^cat Seminary, officiated, assisted by Rev. James F. Engliah, auperln- tendent of the Connecticut Con­gregational churches. The bearers all deacons o f the Union church, were John Tomko, Eben H. Cobb, Jcdin Aliev, Charles H. Leonard, Otto Yost and Ralph Wilcox, Bur­ial waa in Grove Hill cemetery.

Gets DivorceSusan P. Bateman of Hartford,

formerly of Rockville, was grant­ed a dlvo’ ce from Arthur M. Bate­man of this city on grounds of in­tolerable cruelty, this week, in Hertford. Judge Frank P. Mc- Evoy heard the case.

.luninr FromThe class of 1015, Rockville High

school will hold its Junior Prom this evening at the Sykes gym­nasium. Earl Jbhnston, president and Norma Byrnes, vice president ' will lead the., gp^nd march. Music will be furnished by C. Cas-sarino and his orchestra. There will, be a number of private parties fo l­lowing the prom.

The chairmen in charge of ar­rangements include, decorations, Marlon Worcester; refreshments, Marie Dwonkus; tickets. Albert Hartenstein; music, Robert Fahey.

Sergt- Nutland Home Staff Sergeant Robert Nutland

is at his home in Rockville on a thirty-day sick leave, and is with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Nutland of Pavls aveiitie. Ser­geant-Nutland has served in'^’.' i- ous areas in the Pacific inclmling Munda and was sent home about three months ago bccnu.se of ill­ness. He undenvent a sinus opcr.i- Uon at a hospital at ,Fort Sam Houston, Texas. _ ,

His wife. Lieutenant Rita Nut­land is a member of the Army Nurses Corps and is .stationed at

; Bradley Field.' Windsor Locks.Party Tonigltt

The Pa.st Chiefs' rliib of the ^cahontas will hold a pot luck supper and Christmas party this evening at Red Men's hall at ■even o'clock. Efach member, will bring a 25-cent g ift for exchange.

Loses Certlllcate of Operation George F. Robertson of 130 Ver­

non avenue, has lost his certiflcalc lo r the operation of a taxicab serv­ice. as the .result'of a hearing held xecently. Complaint was filed with the Commission . by a pa.ssengcr 1 rho claimed Robertson had fre- < [Uently charged- her $3.00 for the ( oe-w.sy trip from Rockville to ' femon. Instead p f $1.00. His ( chedule called fbr a 25c rate In the city limits, $1.00 to vemon and $1.50 to Ellington, Talcottville and Tolland.

Requiem Mass Saturday A requiem mass for the' repose

o t the soul o f the late Rev. Francis J. Hlnchey will be c- ebrated Sat­urday morning at S t Bernard's church at eight o'clock. Father Hlnchey waa for eight years curate

. a t S t Bernard’s c'hurch. The mans Is being given by the Jellnek fam Ujr.( Elact Officer*

Aktoa Skinner Auxiliary, Bona of rVsAm Veterans will hold Its an- h^guel aleetlon o f officers this eye S tfB f. Mrs. Mery Buchanan la the L^ t eieat prealdaat FoUowlng the

A flag signal will be flown froiri a pole near the lodlie wheii" therfc la skating at the:pond.. When-’ no: flag la flown, skating is not per­mitted.

Special Constable William An-- drulot of the Park department is in charge of skating and the lodge. He stated this morning that the ice now Is of excellent qilallty with a fine skating surface and he expects several hundred persons to take advantage of the early skating this afternoon and eve­ning. The five inches of Ice was formed In the past six days on the pond.

meeting there will be a Christmas □arty with exchange of gifts.

BirthEnsign and Mrs. Frederick W.

Kone are the parents of a son born on Monday. Deccml^r 13 at the Hartford hoapltal. The child la the 6rst grandchild of Dr. and .Mra. .1. Ralph Morin of thla city. Mrs. .McKone la the former Miss Bernice Morin. Enaign McKone is station­ed In Florida.

Grange to MeetThere will be a regular meeting

this evening of the Vemon Grange at eight o’clock. A Christmas party will be enjoyed during the evening and each person attending will bring a gift.

Party SaturdayA Christmas party will be held

un Saturday from 3 to 5 p. ni. for the pupils of the-' Ann Marley School of Dancing, The pupils will meet In front of the Bcckendorf building at 8 East Main atrect.

War FundGeorge Coleman, chairman ot

the Vernon War Fund announces that the fund now totals $9,002.42 The sum of $140.77 waa received from the Community Sing the past week. Donations should be sent to Edward Buchanan, treasurer of the drive.

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Rescue workers use ,m acetylene torch to cut away portion.* of a car to release trapped Injured passengers of a n a c k Atl.antlc Coast Lino train which wrecked near B\iic, N. C., and was struck by

train bound In the ifipo-lle dircclltm. lA P W irculiolo.) • * •

Horse Not Mlsrepreoented

Salt Lake City—(iP)—The buyer can’t say he waa tricked. One of 80 horses offered for sale at Ogden ar.*enAI and Fort Douglas was publicly listed a.* having "one hoof fractured, and eyesight Im­paired In both eyes." Thirteen years old, too, the government proclaimed.

Synthetic- Rubber Belting Better

Middletown, Dec. 17—OP) —The Russell Manufacturing company announced yesterday that it bad resumed full scale production of rubberised belting, and said the synthetic rubber being tlse^ result­ed In a better proeluct than waa made with natural rubber before the war.

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task of preparing his annual budg­et message. He also may report on the state of the union soon af­ter the end of the holidays.

With congressional attendance nlready melting away, leaders have decided that the promise of start­ing a vacation next mid-week might bring the legislators back Jan. 4 more willing to get down to rases on these controversial mat tors:

Food subsidies — Apparently scheduled for temporary continu­ance until a showdown can be reached In January on the - farm bloc’s demand for their elimina­tion.

Higher taxes — Probably to bt' left open until early in January.

Social security—Signs pointing to enactment before the rcccs.* oi legislation freezing social security payroll levies at their present level of a per cent each on cmnloycr.i and employes. A veto might leave this as a holiday hangover too.

Likely to Ik;t iliilse Cool Railroad pay-Uom m lttee may

report out Senate-approved meas­ure to put into effect 8 cents an h9ur, Increase for non-operating clerks and other workers, but the

House is likely to let It cool until January.

Service vote -.Senate-approved, bill retaining state control of ab­sentee voting by uniformed per­sonnel likely to go over In Mouse with .stiff administration flght on it later. * J,

Mustering out pay--Temporarily hogged down in both House.*, but tlie' liglitning might strike any­time. Everybody is for it, the aiuount Is the big question.

Beslflca these major issues, fon- gress will have plenty of work t.o do when It comes back after its liist reers* since last summer.

Although some propo.sala have been mn-io for the legislators to take a longer re.st, Democratic Leader B.arkley (K y .» said that early enactment of the new

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t ) Congress Cohler ami S o m e Meiiibers o f Democratic P a’ r t y

pn Capllc’. hill baa become perhaps a littl>: leer ipifrlendly toward the idea. A t .vpy-'rate, there won't be a showdoww'urtil aiter Christmas.' 4. ByCiics also warned Congress

rv 1 XI U : . * * i «8atn«t granting a flat Increase of0|IC Illy H o s t ile to M in i, g cents an hour to the 1,100,000

-------- I jidn-operatir.g railroad, employes.Bv James Ma -’ -wv and yl He pointed out that Economic

George e - Stabilizer l-'red Vinson already hadDpr 17 — i/Pf __' tumcd thim down. Vinson con-

n u im . inaes-' Increase wouldPresident Roosevelt—like a maestro who took a day oft for ®lher, gj, been the admlnls-business—comes back' to find the, tratlon’* nmin yardstick to keepcongressional orchestra has torn up his music and'is busy playing its own, loudly,'

He returns to a home front dif­ferent fronr the one he left more than a month ago for historic con­ferences abroad. The Congress he left Was chilly toward him. It is colder now and .some meifibers of bfs own party are openly hostile to him-.

Line Nut .Xctiially BrokenHla "hold the line" plan against

inflation is .sagging under congres­sional battering. Yet that line has not actually been broken in any one of the dented places. It will be his job to try to push it hack Into shape.

These are the main domestic jobs on tap when he rolls up his sleeves and settles down to work in the White House;

1. He must prepare his annual budget message for delivery to Congress early in January, a.sking new billions of dollars to run the country and the war for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1944.

2. He can try, although Tew ex­pect him to succeed, to get Con­gress to vote a higher tax bill than the one it has in the oVen now. Mr. Roosevelt and his Treasury months ago asked Congress for 1 0 bil­lion dollars more in new high taxes.

To 7'leld Only Two Billion*Congress, with election coming

up, turned frosty and now is finish­ing up details on a program to yield, only about two billion dollars.

The administration's “hold the line” program against Inflation was built around high taxes and a rigid grip on -wages anil prices.*

3. "The piesident wanted Con­gress to votc_ money to\ pay food subsidies to k'eep prices—\and thus the cost of living—down. Congress in large part became icj\ toward that suggestlpn, too. \

Administration leaders, ofie after another, stepped in to warn that without subsidies prices would soar. On Dec. 8 War Mobilization Director James F, Byrnes appealed to Congress to pa.ss the .subsidy program

He said "we must make up our minds whtther we want to hold the line or break the line."

Mood I.lttle Less I'nfriendly . F--< a while the subsidy program

looked sunk. But recently so much consumer pressure , was used on Congress that the iiiood of the men

wages in jlne with pricesIgnortng Byrnes’ plea, the Sen­

ate overwhelmingly voted for the increase. It now is In the hands of a House committee to w,hom Vin­son yesterday made this appeal.

Would Threaten Program Approval would threaten the

wage stabilization program ' and administrative government and would make it difficult If not Im- pvissibic to deny wage increases to other groups. |

But the. railroad brotherhoods | don't waiA to be stymied now and, • in the most definite kind of nudge to Congress, tlircatei.ed a nation­wide strik.; Dec. 30 unless their de­mands are granted. |

5. The oil companies have been asking—and the OPA nas been re­fusing— an increa.*e of 35 cents a barrel In the price of elude oil. In his same general warning of Dec. 9 against inflation, Byrnes told Congress the increase should notbu allowed. -----

" I t is truly impossible," he said, "for any administration to at­tempt to administer equal justice under law If special ^oups, be they oil or coal producers or coal miners, or railroad employes, can get special treatment."

So the House went right behind Byrne.* and voted the increase which now is in the Senate’s lap for final disposition.

I f the president has any spare time he may try to straighten out the servicemen's vote jumble or ma.vbe .soothe some southern Dem­ocrats who have threatened to form a third party.

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Friday, December 17

Fast Island HoppingOnce again, In clear poaaeaalon

of the tnitiaUve. American strength In the South Pacific haa been able to choose ita offensive and move deeper Into the Jap string of empire outposts.

The Immediate objective of the landing on New Britain is called the "neutralization. ’ not the "cap­ture." of Rabaul. which haa, until racenUy, been the main fount of Jap strength in this area.

This la In line with what seems to be a daring, somewhat precan- •tis, but apparently workable new kind o f strategy In the South Pa­cific, particularly aa it applies to the southern arm of the pincers gradually being applied to Truk, the really Important base w'hich has been feeding Rabaul.

By this new kind of strategy, we are, .so far, doing more "neu­tralizing" than "wiping out.’ When General MacArthur leaps

— to New Britain, for inatancd,__ Ofi.

1.200 a month. You can find that many German Jiviuions arc no'v Kkcletuns of their fornici .strengths, even though they still parade as divisions.

Nor is such double infoi matioii and speculation confined to the Euronean front. Of late, we have been Offered two views of the Pacific war as well, one to the ef­fect that the extent of Jap con­quests makes them a most re­doubtable foe, the other to the ef­fect that the fact since the Jap conquests extend so precariously we can find a quick victory by knifing across them.

It wouldn't be unusual if the truth lies somewhere between such extremes. But wherever it lies, whether the job is going to be tougher than we think, or easier than we dare think, there is undiminiabed, reliable dividend from what we all put Into the war. Be it scheduled to be long or short, we cam make it shorter. Whether we think It’s going to end six months or six years from now, it needs the same thing from us— a single-minded, concentrated oevotion to i t That Is something easier to say than to give, a.s wit­ness tb i fact that too many of <is are currently doing most of our fighting on behalf of a softer and more profitable life, aa if, now that the wair will take care of it­self, our worries deserve free rein.

try on our side o f th* war. ButBritain ha.s to have coal to sur­vive and produce and fight. Coal is a military necessity. I f it can’t be produced in any other way, it has to be produced by drafted la­bor. ' •

America has, to date, seemed far removed from any such meas­ure. Our all-over manpower prob­lem has probably passed its crisis. But the production of coal haa not. We may have atlll another price to pay for our possession of John I* Uewis.

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Industry's War ProfitsAmong the pressure groups cur­

rently asasiling Congress is one formulated* bv Industry. Where la­bor wants high wages, where the farm bloc wants higher prices, an unwise section of industry is pressing for the destruction of the Renegotiation Act, by which th f government has been able to Im­pose s post-edntrset limit on in­dustrial profits, and by which more than five billion itpllars has already been saved for the tax­payers.

It is, of course, entirely natural and human for industry to want freer profits, quite as natural aa it ■s for the farm bloc to want hign- er prices, and labor to want high­er wages. But it Is likewise <lan-

Is still Isaving behind him sizeable Jap forces on New Oulnea. even­tually, they will have to be mopped up. But mesnipbils Gen­eral MacArthur la bolding them off with one hand; and then pass­ing them by.

Ws did something of the same thing pn Bougainville. Originally it haa been assumed that we would have to conquer all of that iNsnd before we could movo against New Britain. But in­stead, we landed at an isolated section o f Bougainville where It >s difficult for the Jap to get at us. That section is, hpW’ever, good enough to becopie s base for American air tower. That air power, once "lestablished, "neutral­izes” Jsp fOTcea on the remainder of th^ island, making it difficult for .them to get supplies and re- infbrcenMnta, establishing a situ-

Nation which will gradually wear the Bougainville Japs down.

Now, moving on New Britain we are again not presenting di­rect challenge to the' main Jap etrength. which is at Rabaul. We ara soma ^ 0 miles away from Ra­baul, with a formidable mountain range between us. But we are obviously going to establish air power whete we are, and that air

. power can "neutrailze" Rabaul and reduce its importance, even it there does happen to be a’ strong land force of Japs there. Judging by our developing strategy, we might even pass beyond ftabaul before we take it. although that Would be an extreme Instance of our daring o f movement.

The main point in this strategy is that It is a much faster brand o f "island hopping” y>an was in­dicated by our first experience on Guadalcanal. We are gettbig places, and if our progress is not at swift as all of us would like to r.ave it be, it is too fast for the pleasure or comfort of the Japs.

We Can Make It Shorter 'Whatever your mood concein-

Ing the pre<ient strength or weak­ness of Nazi Germany, you can find substantiation for it In state- Dients and statistics from tHamost eminent sources.

Are you convinced that Ger- ' many la iui tough as ever? Then

you need only take that recent hunk o f official pessimism '' which found that Germany has moreown, mora production, more divi­sions, more planes than abq had etTien she atarted this war.

Do you trend toward the more <VUmistic view that Germany haa been severely weakened and that aometbing is bound to crash?Then. from equally reliable aources. if not indeed,* frotn the very fiaine sources, you can get hsartealng information to the ef­fect tltat 6V per rent of .Germany ’s prime Induatriai targets 'have ai> ready baan dsatroyed by AUied bombing. You can find that Ger-

itlaoa production u down to

f c n u i . --------------------- --- —To date, labor and farm bloc

have been forced, by relatively good behavior on the part of in­dustry, to depend On each other ior their higher price and high-r waga arguments. This has been so because Industrial profits have not become a closed book. It there have been aome exorbitant profits, there la still opportunity for the government to gat aome of them back. But close off this renegotia­tion process, and both labor anu (arm bloc will have an additional argument for their own special demands. It will be an old famil­iar argument for them.

But apart from the fact that luoaa profits for Industry would spur and speed the ^present de­mands of labor and farm bloc for their own gains, the existence of such profits would mean future woe for industry llsetf. American Industry, today, is coming but of a long exile. It has demonstrated its value and its talent by playing Its full part-in our record of war production. The American pco- pie today are willing, aa they hay^ not been willing for many years, to haar o f the eanctl^ o f “ private enterprise.” The American peo­ple find inspiration in the fact that some progressive industrial Irafiers are proclaiming industry’s own posltiva responaibllity for the post-war years. Thara la. In this country, a hopeful disposition to believe that industry, instead of waiting to see what government is going to do to and for and around it, will provide its own dynamic leadership and take prob­lems out of the government’s field by solving these problems Itself.

One thing alone might have the power to destroy all this poten­tially healthy atmosphere. That would be for the American people to get' the idea that American in­dustry had enjoyed unreasonable profit from this war. There is far rnore danger to industry in such (iroflt than there it.temporary fi­nancial gain.

Student Club Presents Play

Nathan Hale SchooPa Young Thespians Give Fine Performance.

The Nathan Hale Dramatic Club gave two performances of Dlcken’e Christmas Carol for the pupils of Nathan Hals school at the regular school aaeembllee this week.

The program follows:Act I

T im a - Late afternoon before Christmas.

Place — Ebenezer Scrooges Counting House.

Characters; •Ebciiezer Scrooge—Robert Turek. Bob Cratchit, hie clerk — Michel

Vignone.Scrooge’s Nephew—’Thomas Glo-

vlno.Gentleman—Joe Acconero.A boy— Richard Barry.

Act IITime—One hour later. >Place— Sitting room of Scrooge’s

lodgings.Cbaradters;

Ebeneser NScrooge— Robert 'Turek. Ghost of Jacob Marley — Vincent

Diana. \S i^ lt of Christmas Past — Betty

Blevins. \Act mScene I

Time- -A few Rithutes later.Place — The l^all of Scrooge.*!

lodging. VCharacters; \

Rbenezer Scrooge—'Robei-l Turek. Spirit o f Christina.'! \Pa.st Betty

Blevins. \Spirit of Christmas Present Mary

McFall. \Scene II

Time— Cbristmaa dinner hour. Place—Cratchit home. ,

New Tax Bill Must Await

Recess End- ( jO e t l— ad tfom Page U se)

suclf diverse sources, most of them in the House veraton, as la­dles’ handbags, movie tickets and corporate excess profits levies to bring in an estimated g2,2fi4,000,- 000 above current ’Treasury re­ceipts of approximately $-41,300,- 000,000 annually. ’The Senate bill Is $144,000,000 larger than the version passed by *,he House.

Excise taxes account for around a billion dollars of the proposed

new reveniia; bat ladlvtdaals have to carry an axtra burden of more than $500,000,000. with cor­poration taxes and Ughcr poetal rates making up the balance.Earned Income Credit DroppedThe 'principal change for Indi­

vidual inceme taxpayers is elimi- nstion of the e a m ^ income cred­it which softened the impact of the normal tax rate in past years.

The Senate coniimlttee, however, rejected an elaborate house plan for integrating the victory tax with the ordinary income tax. Un­der the Senate plan, the victory levy, currently S per cent with off­set credits for dependents, be­comes s straight 3 per cent tax on all income over $024 a year ($12 per week),

’The excess profits tax rate on corporations goes up from 90 to 90 per cent, but both the House

and the Benkta eommittce retained the present combined normal and surtax rate « ( 40 per cent; and Ute overall 80 per cent ceiling fdr corporate normal, surtax and ex­cess profits U xea

Liqnoi Taxes increased^ e tax on whiskey goes from

$8 a gallon to $9. The beer tax goes dp from $7 a barrel to $8. and wine excises are boosted 50 to lOO per cent.

.Caught by heavily increased ex else rates were theater admissions, cabaret checks, telephone and tele­graph service, jewelry, furs, lug­gage, rail and bua tickets, cosme­tics and club duea, among other itemx

Airmail postage will cost 8 cents instead o f 8, under the pro- poaed bill, and locally delivered letters 3 cents in place of two.^No effort was made to write in

a Federal eales ipoaitido in tbe Houw and from the Treasury department.

Over the protest of labor unions, the committee retained a clause re­quiring such non-profit organisa­tions to file financial returns arlththe-government, even though they, are not now subject to taxation.

Turns Toe Neon

Milwaukee— UP) -nTbp motof- man of a Milwaukee trolley bus made a turn into a side street in the early morning darkness. Pas­sengers thought nothing about it when the bua stopped and the driver got out. He returned qiUck- ly with a very red face and said: "W ill aome of you fellows help me puah tbe bus back? ’There aren't ,any wires on this street!” He had turned two blocks too soon.

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Drafted Into The Mines'O n the same day which .saw ns|

Americans receive alarming i warning that we may face a coiil | famine next year, the Briti.sn I Minister of Labor in London was performing a curious cereihony. Me drew two numbers from a lot­tery box. ’These two numbers will form the basU of a draft within a draft. A ll British draft regis­trants whose numbers end with either of tbe two numbers drawn will be liable for national service, not in tbe armed forces, but ,ln British coal mines.

Those so drafted will be given drastic physical tests to deter­mine their ability to do mining work. Then they wu! be sent to tiaihing schools. And then they will go down into the mines.

No more severe measure has yet been undertaken by any coua*

(Characters:Rbenescr Scrooge— Robert \Turek. Spirit of (Christmas Present-VMary

McFall. \Bob Cratchit— Michel Vignone Mrs. Cratchit, his wife— Elekpor

Winzier. \Belinda—Louise Ristaii.Peter “ Joe Rivosa. klarths Barbara Ferris.First Young Cratchit — Richard'

Barry.Second young Cratchit — Mary

lamonaco.'Tiny ’n m —Tony Olovino.

Act IVTime—.(Christmas afternoon. P lace—Business section of Lon-

ilon—The Merchant Exchange. (Characters:

Ebenezer Scrooge— Robert Turek, Spirit o f (Christmas Yet To Come—

Ruth Graham.First Merchant— Erie Anderaon. Second Merchant— Earl Goalee. Third Merchahl—Wendell Austin. Fourth Merchant—^Albert Lee.

A rt V Scene I

Tim e—Christmas day.Placr— Skrooge’s sitting room. (Characters: ,

Ebenezer Scrooge—Robert Turelc. Boy - George Torrance./ ' Scene II

/T im e—^Morning after Christmas. Place—Scrooge’s office. Charactera:

Ebenezer Scrooge—Robert Turek. Nephew—’Thomas Oiovlno.Bob Cratchit—Michel Vlgpmne. Barbara Hall—Announcer . Antoinette Sartor— Prompter. Chairman Property Committee —

Grace Robjnson.Chairman Costume Committee —

Jean Matchett.Christmas Carols.

, The primary and intermediate grades rendered the following pro­gram of (Chrletmas carols.

"Away, in a Manger.”“ Hark the Herald Angels:’ ’

• "Silent Night.""W ind 'Through the Olive ’Trees.” “ Joy to the World.""On (Christmas Day."'The Junior High achool chorus

sang theae carols:"Silent Night.”"A w ay In a Manger."" I t (Came Upon the Midnight

(Clear.”“ Hark the Herald Angela Sing." ’’While Shepherd's W a t C h e d

Their Flocks.""God Rest Ye Merry Gentle­

men.""O ’ Little Town of Bethlehem." "O Come All Ye Faithful.’’.

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Chippendale end table showing Chinese influ­ence in its plain, straight legs and rimmed top. There’s ,a handy shelf, too. Genuine mahog­any, $10.95.

Use a drop-leaf Commode table as a lamp table, smoker’s cabinet or sewing table. A genuine mahogany model has a lyre pedestd base, $17.50.

A Chippendale design makes a sturdy, prac­tical coffee table with its four carved claw-and- ball feet; 20x36 inch rimmed top, $22.50,

Reflections of a happy gift idea

A happy g ift thought is s mirror with its sparkling reflections of the (Christmas tree! Among tbe dozens o f styles, shapes and finishes here at Watkina are thehorizontal mantel or buffet types. Here are a f-*w of them .. . .

Mirrors ranging from 21 to 26 inches high overall, and 28 1-2 inches wide come in three styles, all with fancy frames in gold finish,$6.50. 25x30 inch Leaf Scroll frame with bow-knot top, $10.50. _

33x36 inch Fancy frame with leaf and pierced shell top ornaments, $19.75.

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38 X 29 1-2 Plain metal leaf frame with clasic 3-plume top ornaments, $25.00.

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35 1-2 X 35 1-2 inch Classic design with urn and drape top ornament. Metal leaf $39.75.

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Black iron andirons with braM ball tops, $7.95; um tops $8.75.

Old Witch hearth brooms come with gaily laequtred handles, .re ^ blue or green with contraating atraw, $1.69.

Cathedral brooma have carved handles with two or three colors of straw in each broom, $1.39.

. Bellows to hatp the fire along come In walnut finlah with genaine leather and brass fittings. tlodel shown, 21 inches, $4.95.

You’ll want to 'give them a maple chair for their bedroom, study or living room and you I! atlll find tbs usual large selection at Wat­kins. Adjustaole back lounge modela, pint- form roukera, and no end of pegged occaaton. al chairs with the one sketched nere costing only $6.50. It comes In colorful chhitz cov-

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I f they’ve furnished with maple give them maple lamps! Bridge model shown, $2.95. Same lamp only with round tray aheU, $4u6Q. Junior floor lamp with reflector, $12JI0. Desk or boudoir lamps $1.95. Plain shades as shown.

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Watkins '"pictures f make perfect gifts for- they are “Decorator- Selected” to meet dec­orators’ needs!

French foshi(m prints and florals come in 7x9 Inch gold, maple or white frames at $1.2$. Others In 10x13 inch frames on plain bur­gundy, blue or rose backgrounds w i t h frames finished to match at-the same low price!

Miniature portraits. on valvst bsckgrounds' with gold eomposttUm framss,’ $1.7$ a pair. Othsn with crystal glass framss at $1.7$ and $$J$ a pair.

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4:30—'W n C — Lorenzo Jones; W DRC—Ad.U ner; W NBC — Time Views the News.

4:45—w n c — Young Wldder Brown; WNBC!—Tommy Dor­sey.

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5:15—w n c — PorUa Faces Life;WNBC!— Dick Tracy.

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6 :4 .i5— W TIC — Lowell Thomas: ' WDRC—News: W TH T— Music;

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7:00— W TIC — Fred W a r i n g ; WDRC— I Love a Mystery: W TH T — Fulton Lewis, Jr.; W NBC—News; Archie Andrews

7:15— w n c News; WDRC —Dateline; W TH T — M e m o r y Lane.

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W TH T— Shell Digei^; W NBC— Lone Ranger.

7:45—W TH T—Moaea Berkman. 8:00—wnc — ClUes Service Concert; WDRC—Kate Smith

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8:15— W TH T—Let’s Learn Span­ish; W NBC— Parker Family.

8:30— w n c —Your A ll Time H it Parade; W TH T—New s;' CaaUea In the A ir; WNBC— Meet Your Navy.

9:00—wnc — Orville Wright Dinner; WDRC — Great Mo­menta from Great Plays; W TH T Gabriel Heatter; WNBC—Gang- busters.

9:15— W TH T— Grade Fields.9:30— WTIC!— People Are Fun­ny; WDRC — That Brewster Boy; W TH T—Double or Noth­ing; WNBC!— Spotlight Bands; This Thing Called Love.

10:00— W TIC— Amos and Andy; WDRC— Durante and Moore; W TH T—Boxlrig— Sammy An-gott and Bobby Ruffin; WNBC ■“ News,’ *

10:15— WNBC!— Freddie Martin. 10:30— W TIC— Sports Newsreel of

the-A ir; WDRC!— Stage Door Canteen; W TH T C o n c e r t Hour; WNB(3—What’s YourW ar Job?

10:45— W TIC—Senator Albert W.Hawkes; W TH T—Sports.

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11:30—W nC!— Radio <3ity Music Hall; WDRC— Dance Orchestra.

11:45— WNBC— Dance Orchestra; News.

12:00— wnC!— News; Three Suns Trio: WDRC!— News, W TH T — News.

12:30— W TIC — Thomas Peluso’s Orchestra; News.

Stratford, Dec. 16— [If)—^Mrs. Hulda Wegenroth, 66, was found dead in a gaa-filled room at her

honu bare last night by hsr daughter, Mn. Robert Metsgar, whoa* hair waa singed when an explosion rssulted from th* fumei shortly after her arrival.

Mrs. W egAroth lived on the seQond floor and her daughter on the first. .

Police aald Mrs. Metzger told

them she found tour Jsta of m gas stove (ipen. —

Dr. Edward Connors aald that Mrs. Wegenroth had been ill re­cently.

She leaves her husband,. two sons and a brother besides her daughter:

Funeral senrlcea will be held Monday. ’ ' „

Short Waves to Carry Christmas to Europe

New York, Dec. 17— L ik e . the standard broadcast waves, the short waves will be joining In Christmas cheer broadcasting come Christmas eve and day. Va­rious languages will be used, in­cluding French, Portuguese, Span­ish, Italian and German.

NBC will beam moat o f its short wave programs on Europe in the hope of reaching peoples of the Nazi occupied territory to carry | "America’s wish for a victorious ; New Year for the United Nations.’’ '* Relays also are scheduled to South Anrterica. ,

Among features listed for trana- | mission are Pope Pius’ Christmaa message, variety and musical pro­grams as well as a "Christmaa In America” broadcast in German dl-

*rected to German-speaking peo­ples. This one also will depict the life o f German prisoners In Amer­ica.

That part of the annual Chrlst- ,maa morning broadcast to the em-

/(Pire by British radio which Is to (Include the message .o f King : George has been announced for re­lay by NBC and the BLU In addi­tion to MBS, which is to carry the eniire program lasting an hour and a quarter. The king is to con­clude the broadcast with % 15-

‘ minute address at approximately 10 o’clock.

As a feature of Its Christmas day three-hom: show Unking home and battle frohto,-l*BC:bxpect8 to

ihave as a special guest Mrs. Em- _ma van Coutren of New York .who vi^l greet her 10 children now In the service. Three are WACs, one Is In the Arm y and thie other six are in the Navy. I t is hoped that several of them may respond, ‘probably with two-way hookups.

Manchester Date Book

TonlgtitChristmaa party, Pinea Civic

Association for Junior High and High school students, 72 Llnhmore Drive at 8.

Annual meeting C h a p m a n Court, Order o f Amaranth, Ma­sonic Tem plefat 7:45.

V. F. W. (Thriatmas party for children, Post rooms, Manchester Green.

; TomorrowChristmas party, Anderaon-

8hea Post and Auxiliary at V. F. W . Home, Manchester Green.

(Christmas party, Gibbons As­sembly, C. L. o f C., at the Y . '

Pines Civic Association Clhriat- maa party for children. -

Covenant League Christmas

Programs Tonight: NBC— 7:30, Rep. John Rankin on "Soldier Vote BiU” ; 8, Lucille Manners concert; 8:30, All-Time Hits; 9. Orville Wright testimonial dinner. Vis­count Halifax and others; 9:30, People Are Funny; 10, Amos and Andy; 10:45, Sen. A. W. Hawkes on "Free Enterprise."

CBS— 7:30, Friday on Broad­way; 8, Kate Smith show; 9, Brian Donlevy in “Wake Island"; 10, Garry Moore - Jimmy Durante; 10:30, Stage Door Canteen.

BLU— 7:30, Lone Ranger; 8:15, Parker Family; 8:30, Meet Your Navy; 0, Gang Busters; 9:30, Dick Himber Band; 10:30, Swing Shift Frolics, new time.

MBS— 7, Fulton Lewis com­ments; 8:30, Cisco Kid; 9:30, Dou­ble or Nothing from Rhode Island; 10. Bout, Sammy Angott vs. Bob­by Ruffin.

What to Expect Saturday: NBC— 12:30 p. m.. Rep. C. L White on "A Simplified Monetary System"; 1, Draina, Freedom of the Press; 2, Roy Shield Co.; 5, Drama, “An Englishman Looks at Brooklyn." CBS— 11:05 a. m.. Night Before C!hri8tmas; 3 p. m.. Country Journal; 5, S. S. Cyril and Methodigs Seminary C!hoir, De­troit; 6:15, People's Platform, "Youth and Wartime Lawleas- ness.”' BLU— 10 a. m., Yankee Doodle Quiz, new time; 11, Dramatiza­tion, "U. S. Navy Log” ; 2 p. m.. Metropolitan opera "Rigoletto” ; 5:45, New Nan(^ Martin song sea- aion. MBS— 12 noon, Bobby Hook­ey; 3 p. m., Drake U. Choir, J ^ a s Song; 4:15, New Orleans H one Racing; 6, Salvation Arm y Xmaa Party.

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Monday, Dec. 20Troop 9, Giri Scouts, (Thriatmas

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Also Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Christmas party In Odd Fellows' halL

Admit Stealing Turkeys

Union, Dec. 17—(fi>) —: CUfford Collette, 19, and John F. Une,- !6, both of Stafford Springs, pleaded guilty last night before Justice Paul Rizner to the theft o f turkeys and chickens, and were held for the Superior court in $2,000 ball each. State Police Lieut. Harris J. Hulburt said the pair had confess­ed stealing about 150 turkeys and chickeiia from farms in Union, Ashford, Tolland, Stafford and Somers. . . •

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nottre Denies Talking Peace With Germans

Britain^)* Envoy to Spain, in liit<*rvi«*w With NEA Writer, Preiliels Year o f ar.

1903 1943

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By llenrj- J. Taylor NEA Correspondont

Madrid—Sir Samuel Hoare has defiled to me peralstent rumors linking him here with peace feel­ers. He has done so categorically.

Bed-ridden with influenra, Sir Samuel received me at his resi­dence on the Avenida del General- Isimo Franco.

“ As regularly as clockwork I read these same things from New York, from London, from Stock­holm and elsewhere— how the Ger- ihans are in touch w'ith me for peace," said Britain's former For­eign Secretary, now his country's senior ambassador on the conti­nent of Europe.

" I have not been talking peace with (anvbody, including the well- known German ambassador here.'

Lauds Hull1 reminded Sir Samuel that our

people abroad had a way .of taking such denials with a grain of salt, and only yesterday here I heard a radio repoVt from Switzerland that he had rot had influenza at all but was meeting Germany's Von I'a- pen at the Vatican.

"Well," Sir Samuel said with the pleasant smile that has endeared him widely in Madrid, "maybe I don't have influenza and maybe this is the Vatican—but 1 don't think so. 'Seriously: what more can I say? 1 feel Mr. Hull express­ed the matter admirably in his press conference in Washington recently when he said, 'Such state­ments are evidently put out with

Dickens Play Is Presented

Seventh and Eighth Grades of Barnard School Entertain.^The Seventh and Eighth Grade

Dramatic Club of Barnard school presented ‘ The Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. The play was (iven in five acts— Act I, taking place in Ebenezer Scrooges office. Act II in his sitting room. Act 111 In the Bob Cratchit’a dining room, Act IV in Scrooge’s sitting room again and Act. V in the Scrooge business office. > .

Cast of characters for the play was as follows:Ebenezer Scrooge ......................

.........................Dudley BickfordBob Cratchit ......... Lee FreedmanJacob Marley .........Lee FreedmanScrooge's Nephew. .Robert HaughPortly Gentleman....... .................

................... . Willard BasaetteB o y ...........................Alton Munsic,Mra Cratchit.......... ............ — ^

....... ........ Elizabeth KlrpatrlckBelinda................Leona HawkesM artha...................Sylvia KeithFirst Young Cratchit ...........

....... ............. Beverly SwiiUowSecond Young Cratchit---- /.-----

.. .......................Eleanor KovacaTiny Tftl^___ Tony GlovlnlSpirit of Chr^maa Past ...........

. ; .......... , ’ . . . . Virginia GreenSpirit of Christmas Present.........

. . . . . . . ...... .............. JuneSpirit fff Christmas Yet To Come..

. . . i . . ................Dolores DonzeLaborer............... Robert Britton

it Merchant . . . . Andre Myette iecond Merchant ,. Elbert Carlson

Third Merchant ...Robert Hutson Fourth Merchant . . . Alton Munsie Fifth Merchant . . . Robert Britton Sixth Merchant . .W^iilard Bassetto Announcer . . . .Elizabeth KllcollinsProperties....... Donald Caldwell.

Raymond Brown, Philip Skowes Carpi Singers

The carol singers were: Avis

H \'ie\v to creating over-confidence among the Allie.-i.' , ,

"1 am glad to coHtribute» my share' toward squa.shing them If possible and esiiccially when 1 lim dragged Into atorie.s with sneh an­noying fieqnene'y."

Si'es \ ear jit War In the ligb of. bi.-- uiiexcellid

familliutiv with alf.continental af­fairs, 1 'asked Kir Kanuiel bow .soon, rc'gaidle.s.s of riimois, he would say peace would come to Europe.

■'Ohcitmsly. ' be sabl. "tlM' time of peai e will be decided by the ili- labgibles in this war, of whiih there ar<’ .so in.iny. Clearly theavar has.been blown tip out ol the straiglit, logistics slatii.s into the psychological and politkal iiiea where anything can happen. 1 be­lieve the war will.end in a .snipi i.se of some kind nitliongh I do not know what it may be,

■'But 1 .s e c , Hiiolher yearOt war ahead and am convince il ninch more fighting remains .to b<- done on the ground in Kmope and in llic air' ove. Ei.roije lliao people abroad seem to roalizi . To my mind It i.s as dange rous and foc.l- hard.v l(. assume peace now a.s it was to laugh dining lb- .'-o-callcd pbo::v wur.'-; |

Holue is not .seriously ill. In­fluenza s . oinnion in Madrid at this time of year. After a bi'n I rcst In the countryside near .Madrid, Britain's former foreign nnnister will resume daily work at the im­mense British Embassy here.

Heechler, Kii.san ToiUI, I’hyllis Townsend, Barbara Blacltslone, Janet Hammond, Barbara Johnson, Mildred Binks, Betty Chapman.

Carols simgs ini’luded; “ Silent Night". ''Cherry Tree Carol'', "God Rest You Merry Gentlemen". “The First Noel", "O Come All Ye Faithful", "Hark! Tlio Herald Angels Sing", "Oh Little'Town of Bethlehem."

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First Apartments on Forest Street to '•Be F'inished First o f Year.

The first units of the nine being built by the Garden Apartment Corporation to be completed are those on Forest street. The finish­ing, touches are now being applied and the plan is to have them ready to oc-eupy between January 1 and 15. A hot water heating .system has been installed. The floors are being laid and as soon as one or two rooms are finished, the radia­tors are set and then comes the polishing of the floors. 'Phe p.iint- erh following right after and net time i.s being lost in getting the apartments ready.

It is expected that another unit will be ready in about another month and all will be completed early in the spring. ^

The work of grading and laying walks is going on around all the apartments.

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Kansas City. Kas., Dec. 17.—W) — Jurors who prefaced their de­liberations with a prayer for Di­vine guidance convicted' Thomas Robertson of bigamy, on his 18th. birthday yesterday—while two of hts three wiyes looked sadly on.

Mrs. Mina Francos ^ igh Hob- ertson, 18, Wife No. 3, chewed her fingernails. She said she'd wait for her husband; she h»d testified she still loved him. She said .she didn’t know, though, abbiit waiting If the fnaximum five-year prison term were im\ioscd. Sentencing was set fo; today. /' _

Wife No. 2, Mrs. Lucille Kniily Miller Robertson,- 17. buried • her face on ' her mother's shoukler when the. vet diet was read. She said she didn’t know how she felt.■ Wife No. 1, Mrs. Katherine Nor­ris Robertson. 20, had listened to closing arguments, then walked out withcfut waiting for the ver­dict.

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Chicago— f/P) —Joseph O’Neil had a story to tell the 7101101’ "Prom now on,” he , told Srrgt. John Wall, " I ’m for western jus­tice. H ang’em!"

"Hang who?" Sergeant Wall asked.

"My horse ----"Hang your Horse?” exploded

the sergeant."No,’’ answered O’Neil, "the

buys who stole my horse. I was delivering coal in a house and when I came out my sorrel mare was gone."

O'Neil said his horse is blind in one eye, is 11 years old and has a white mark on it^.left fear hoof.

Forty years ago, I)ec. 17, IPiiJ, 111 the wind swept dunes of, Kitl.v

Hawk, N. man'.s, age-olddream of flight in a heuvier-tlian * air machine came true when Wil­bur Wright, prone on the lower wing of wluil nmoiinted to a mo­torized kite, took off and flotV 8,'>2 feet in ,'jti seconds. Aclti.tlly il was not the lir.sl lliglit of the Dayton, O.. brothers, but il was llio'long- e.st and proved the jiinctieality of their contraption. The historic (light is pietii^'d at top, above, Willi brother . Orville, watching. I ’hoto.s below symbolize the devel­opment of the airplane in the short span of two-score years - as a mighty■ factor in winning ths war for the United Nations; as a swift earner of men and mate­rials to the earth's far corners, with the pihrnise of globe-girdling aerUtI voyages for Mr. and Mrs. Anierira after the wat* the Navy's great ft.ving boat Mars, implicit with promise of regular petrue time trans-Atlantic pas.sehger Service: and a preview of the helicoviler hailed by iis enUimfl- a.«ta as the family "llivvei" of the future.

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Nitroglycerine was invented in 1846 by Ascanio Sobrsro.

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Hartford, Dec. 17 -(ff*!- Small but wide.spread la.voffs occunmg during the pa.st month in Connecr ticut have introduced a new note in the labor supply picture in this state. Slate Manpower Director William J. Fitzgerald said today, on the basis of surveys made by his a real manpower directors.

So ,ar, the layoffs, due- almost entirely to cutbacks and canccHa- tiohs in. small arms and munitions, have Served the purpose of easing labor stringencies; these, together with a sharp reijuction in estima­ted labor needs for the coming months, have made the gap be­tween supply and dejnand clo.ser than it has been in months. This is particularly true in the New. Ha­ven and Bridgeport areas; while Hartford remains-less affected.

Complicating tly labor picture in tile Hartford area-is the critical need for workers in ball-ticaring plants in adjacent areas, and all available workers wre being fun­nelled into these industries.

I{e-E<Uicatl(in Necessary ■ The introduction of controlled

hiring in central Connecticut has iiuuie' neeessar.v conaidernble re­education of blith emplq.vers and

' i rnpliiyes,. hut this method of re- feinil on priorit.v basis has become, inerea.smgiy effective -ever,v day. There has' been a,.noticeable drop

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Uokling a model plane, OrvUle" Wright is shown above in his latest photograph taken 40 years after the epoch-making airplane flights with his brother, Wilbur, at Kitty Hawk, N. C., on Dec. 17, 1903. In.sel piint(>s show the Wright brothers. OrWUe at lef , ns they

looked during- days when, they pioneered in aviation.

in requests for statements of availability wftich may be due to the feeling of uncertainty- created b,v minor layoffs. Under controlled hiring, too, job shopping is no longer possible,' and this has act­ed as a deterrent to job shifting.

In Fitzgerald's opinion, the present time is one of shifting em­

phasis in production and does not presage a significant overall re­duction in employment, as work­ers are being quickly absorbed In other industries following layoffs. While some lessening of the labor I deficit might be expected, supply equal to the demand Is not yet in | sight.

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TWO Rip POINTS and 44 will be given free to you for every pound of used (x>oking fat you turn in to your meat dealer. These points can be used any time, anywhere, for the purchase of any foods requiting red ration stamps.

RUT NOT PRIMARILY for the free points ufill you save u ^ cooking fata. It's because fats make glycerine and glycerine is nePded to make gunpowder, medicines and other battlefield essentials. No fat Is too black or burned to jdeld crystal-clear glyearine. No amount is too small. So save every drop—in any kind of tin can, not glass. Start todayl '

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W ill some nice kid you know . . . just out of high school. . . lie still forever on a South Sea beach . . . just because someone didn't care?

Didn't care enough to save waste paper and turn jc in regularly?

Didn’t realize that waste paper makes fuse parts, para­chutes, shell containers, cam­ouflage?

Didn’t know that paper ac­tually packs all the 700,000

articles needed by pur figh tin g men?Didn’t hear that 25 war plants are closed

from lack o f waste paper right now?Today we do know and we do care. That’s

why a regular campaign to save and collect waste paper is under way in this city now.

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I VVe.tt llavc>n, bee. 17. i/Fi— A 'whrann and four childn.-ri, all of them cnticxll,'' burned, fought for lile lodfi,v in a New Haven ho.spi-

-tal whili' It.'ea Skeljon, 39-,vear- old railroad Iter, wa.a hailed as a lu-M) ' I'll- 111.'-' vvi'irk in helping tli(>m out of their blazing apart­ment.

Kki'lt'm H'i> awakened from a nap ,Vl'. t(.'l lav afti-rnoon when he In'iird -Mrs. Lina Crisante. 32, oe- enpuht of the flat above him in a Iwo-familv 'lou.si' here, screaming: "Mv God! A Fire! A fire!"

Mrs I'lisanle. her ycar-and-half old twin diu:ghle>-s, Angelina and De.nna; anoU.ei daughter, Mary Fr.inc «. nine moijths old. and a neplunv, Fn..<ioalc Urisantc, 3, were reprii ted on the danger list at the hosniul. son. Michael Crisante, 11 , was burned slithtly and dis­charged fron- the hospital after treatment.' Ila 'r Ueiii| letel> Burned .■%way

Klcelton, whvT brought Mrs. Cris­ante and the three babies out ot the apartment, making hia la.st trip into the blazing rooms in smoke so dense thin It blinded him tempor.anl.said all were badly blistered ant' bleeding and that Mf.s. ('risante's hair was complete­ly burned iCway and most of the clothing huintil from her body.

Mrs. Cri.sante had managed to get. two of the children “to the top of the stainvay in the rear of the house by the time Skelton, arous­ed by her screams, rushed to aid them.

After helping them out of dobrs he heard Michael crying "TheVe’s

up the stairs.Baby Found Beneath Sink .

Skelton could hear the infant' whimpering but could see nothing through the dense smoke. Groping toward the sound, he found the baby on the floor beneath the kitchen sink, snatched It up and made his way outside. His eye­brows, eyelashes and much of his hair was burned off.

Skelton said he did not see Pas- l]unlc Crisante at any time and had no knowledge of how he got out of the house.

Mrs. Cri.sante’s condition pre­vented any questioning, but Fire Chief Lloyd C. Cameron said the blaze apparently started when a portable oil stove overflowcigi

Lvoiis Noiiiiiialed For Slate Senate

Norwalk. Dec. 17—()P)—A spe­cial Reupblican convention last night nominated William J. Lyons for state senator from the 26th district to succeed Judge Stanley P. Mead tR.): former state sena­tor, who resigned after being named to the Juvenile court bench.

Lyons has been twice a member of the State House of Representa­tives.

Se\en State Jobs 0|>en

6 Shopping Days Till CHMSTMAS

Schools Are Closed ;For the Holiday

Manchester public s c h o o l s closed for the Christmas vacation this afternoon and will reopen on Monday, Dec. 27. Many of the pu­pils have secured work in stores during the vacation period and others will work at the post office.

The State Trade School does not close until next week when It will be closed only on Dec. 24 and 25.

Believes Epidemic Peak

Hartford, Dec. 17—l/P) — The Personnel department announced yesterday that applications from persons wishing to take competi­tive examinations for seven state jobs would be received during the next two weeks. The jobs are: Domestic animals inspector 42,040 a year; toll collector (Charter Oak bridge). 41.500; welfare rc.searCh associate,. 42,400; senior child wel­fare case worker, 41,920; child wel­fare social worker .41,560; social worker, 41,560; mental defectives' social worker, 41,560.

Hartford, Dec. 17— (A^-- State Health Gor.iiiijssioner Stanley H. Osborn, returning to his office yes­terday after having been confined to his home fpr five days with the mild Influenza now so prevalent, said he believed the epidemic had about reached Its peak and that the i number of cases would begin to deyrease within a few days.

513C 1 opics On' Agenda

Legislative Council Se> lects Subjects for Spe­cial Session.Hartford, ,Dec. 17.—(iP)— .When

Governor Baldwin returns from the New England govemora’ confer­ence at Boston he will find on his desk sn agenda for the special ses­sion of the Legislature everyone expects him to call next month.

It was prepared yesterday at a final meeting of the Legislative council-and contains six topics:

1. Extension of ifie governor's war powers, which expire Feb. 1, 1944, for one year beyond that (date.

2. Simplification of the statutespcitaining to absentee voting, to make it easier for men and-wo­men in the arme^ forces to cast ballots. !

3. Extension of the voting hours at stats elections from 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. to accommcidats persons working st considerable distances from their homes. (The council also recommended a bill giving In­dividual munlcipalitiea the power to set their own voting hours, within limits, for local electicms.)

Wonid Repeal Eviction Law b. Repeal of the law enacted by

the last General Assembly ellmi- rating the ntne-day grace period formerly given tenants before evic­tion proceedings for non-payment of rent could be started.

5. Enactment of legislation

would pdhmit two or mors towns to operate airports jointly. (Such a measure was rejected by the last General Assembly).

8. Amending the Bristol city charter to allow that municipali­ty to purchase a pond as a supple­mentary water supply.

Although the Le^slatlve coun­cil limited the agenda to these topics. It suggested to the gover­nor that he leave places open in the call for the session In case it became desirable to recommend legislation dealing with the cnir- rent milk supply problem. Another suggestion which the council left for the governor to decide was whether the special session should consider legislation providing for the care of servicemen who may be mentally ill upon their dis­charge. This suggestion came from John J. Burke, past president of

the East Hartford Town OauaciLlTh« bl-partlsan council agreed

unanimously that the busineas of the special session should be con­fined to the prepared agenda, all of the topics on which were de­scribed as non-controversial.

It was expected in many quar­ters, however, that there would be a fairly vigbrous attempt on the part of some legislators to intro­duce bills not referred to in- the call.

The leaders of both Houses are reported ready to rule such at­tempts out of order, but a majority vote could upset tlfelr ruling.

The governor has not yet an­nounced formally that he would call a special session, but for weeks it has been taken for granted that sucli action would be forthcoming and Capitol sources have set the | datie for convening at Jan. 19.

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i«U junction of Smela and re- jwlaed fUrce German counter-at- tacka launched from the partly- mcircled industrial city of Kiro- ^ofrad, 66 miles southwest of Kremenchug.

In these twin drives on Smela and .Kirovograd, In which Red Army airmen participated by blasting »he Smela railway station nnd blowing up an enemy train "and other transport, Soviet troops killed 800 Germans, captured a number of villages and picked up considerable stores of abandoned War material, the Russian war bulletin said.peavy Fighting on Three Fronts

CThe German radio, admitting gtrong Russian counterrdrives west of Kiev, announced at the same time that at least three So­viet offensives were now under vray In White Russia, one south of Nevel, a second west of Krlchev In the Mogilev area and the third southwest of Zhlabin. Berlin said heavy fighting; was taking place on all three fronts, but that the Itusslans have failed to achieve TWaterial gains.)

Moscow paid major attention to developments in the Kiev bulge where Vatutin apparently has broken the back of another de- iarmlned sally by von Mannstein's tanks. The fighting centered along the Teterev river between Rado- mysl and Malln to the north, and the Soviet war bulletin said a Ger­man attempt to force an unnamed water barrier (probably the Tet- k r w ) was dispersed, with the Ger­mans leaving 800 dead on the field M batUe.

Storm To Smela uutsklrta , In the fighting above the Dnie­

per l)end, the communique said. WMiguards of Konev’s Army atarm- adforw ard to the outskirts of

SImela under cover of a devastat- ng artillery barrage which was Slowly crumbling the defenses of

th a t Important communications lind supply center. The Germans ^•ere reMstlng fiercely in an at-

)t to save some part of their network from the advancing

IS, who now control all but . the lines feeding German

troop concentrations in the lower jM eper and Krivol Rog basin.^ Good visibility which followed Vlays of bllsurds permitted exten­sive air activity, the communique paid, and the Red Army Air Force svported 100 Gemum plahes shot iSown !n air combat or by anti-air­craft fire.

t!on is usually dateu from the opci ing of a well , in Venaiigo county, Penna., Aug.'' 29, 1859.

The average U. S; war expendi­tures per month now exceed the largest amount ever spent in a single peacetime year.

The incidence of trench mouth, widespread in World War 1, is now only 2.3 per 1,000 soldiers overseas. \ f

A hu rricane ddcs not become a hu rricane in w eather bureau te r ­m inology un til its wind velocity rises above 75 m ites an houn

French Units Will OVER THE COUNTEIR P O IN T SAgainst Germans

In Central Italy(Continued (rum Page Une)

The B ritish Guiana sinoponera grandis, an insect rang ing from one to tw o inches in length, is the la rg e s t a n t known to entom olo­g ists.

G erm any requires so much fe r­tilizer (or ag ricu ltu re because m ost of the land is largely an old g lacier plain over w hich glaciers moved large quan tities of sand.

An ensign is a flag flown on ships, a s tan d ard a flag carried by m ounted or m otorized un its and a color a flag carried by unm ounted units.

M arriage ra te s In the U nited S ta te s since 1868 have followed economic trends, rising in tim es of p rosperity and declining in tim es of" depression.

L aw rence W ashington, b ro th er of George- W ashington, w as an officer ih the U. S. M arines.

M ajor Sam uel N icholas w as the f irs t com m andant of the U. S. M arines.

Did You Know That--

The first accordion was patent­ed in 1839 by Z. Damian, a Vene- tiaa.

■•paranto and Ido are the best known artificial languages.

Qwieva bscams part of Switser- laadlnlB lS. .

The territory of Alaska was purchased by the United States from Russia In 1867 for 81,720,000.

Galileo demonstrated In 1632 that the earth revolved around the ■un.

Gypsies are believed to have en­tered Europe early in the 15th •antury.

England paid Hessian troops al most 89,000,000 to fight In the American Revolution.

The first collected edition of Chaucer's works appeared 132 years after his death.

I t has been estimated that the average pet dog understands as many as 60 words.

'In June, 1943, almost 811,000,- 000 an hour was spent for war purposes by the U. S. -T

Sand and pumice were used to attain cleanliness before soap wa.s Invented.

About 39 per cent of the forest fires that occur in the Rocky Mountain region are caused by man, says the U. S. forest service.

When the United States entered World War I there were only O."!8lanes, 65 officers and 1,000 en-.

sted men in the Army Air Corps.

- Modem soap Industries began in Italy, Germany and France in the 13th century.

The Hebrides islands were ruled by the kings of Norway until 1266, when the islands were ceded to Scotland.

Captain Cook, discoverer of the Hawaiian islands, was killed by natives on his second visit there in 1779.

John Paul Jones, the U. S. naval hero, became an admiral In the Russian Navy after the American Revolution. ^

Catalonia in Spain sent a dele gation to the peace conference in Paris in 1919, asking that it be made into an independent state.

The name of the Hohenzollern family, which ruled Germany un­til 1918, was taken from a hill called Zollem near Stuttgart.

Since 1634 only the Pope has had authority to canoniiM persona as saints of the Roman (Catholic church. .

A rm y also took "a num ber of hills" fa r th e r Inland.

The G erm ans Intensified th e ir e fforts to hold off the re len tless E ig h th A rm y on the A driatic end of the line, throw ing m ore and m ore tan k s and flam e-throw ers in to the strugg le , bu t New Z ea­landers and C anadians beat off every N azi a tte m p t to b reak th e ir hold on the O rsogna-O rtnna h igh­w ay which had been cu t in th ree places the previous day.

The la te s t operation by the new i 15th S tra teg ic Air Force w as its ! th ird im portan t mission in as : m any days- -follow ing up heavy blows a t a irp o rts and h .trbor In­sta lla tio n s in the A thens vicinity T uesday and aga ih s t rail junctipns on both sides of the B renner pas.s th rough .he Alps W ednesday.

N o Indieatiim of SizeT here w as no indication rtf the

size of the flee t of heavy bom bers and fig h te rs w hich sm ashed ra il­w ay yards a t Padua, 18 m iles w est of Venice, and the tunnel and bridge a t Dogiia. ju s t south of the A ustrian border, about 25 miles from Vdine, m ore than 300 planes had p artic ip a ted In the a tta c k s the tw o previous days.

I t w as ap p aren t th a t the 15th A ir Force w as aim ing a t cu ttin g off the G erm an troops in I ta ly from th e ir sources of supply,

P adua is one of the principal junctions of a secondary rail rou te th rough no rth easte rn I ta ly connecting a t V illach In A ustria w ith the m ain con tinen ta l rail sy s tem s and the line had been com parative ly free of bom bings.

Lighter Aircraft ActiveT he com m unique said ligh ter

a ir c ra f t a \fo w ere very active | a g a in s t (Jerm an positions and | sn ipp ing in both coasts of I ta ly and ag a in s t th e N azis in Y ugosla­via, w here th ey supported the g u errilla w a rfa re by a tta c k in g enem y tra n sp o rts in the Sibenik and D ubrovnik a rea and by s t r a f ­ing m otor supply colum ns.

The h a rbo r a t tM vitavccchia no rth of Rome again w as bomlicil and h its observed on ships and w arehouses.

E leven enem y a irc ra f t w ere de­stroyed ag a in s t the loss of tw o by the Allies du ring the day 's opera­tions.

The R oyal N avy joined In the operations by a tta ck in g G erm an sh ipp ing on th e A driatic, sink ing a G erm an tu g off the Y ugoslav port o f KOtor. A no ther destroyer force san k a sm all G erm an ship off S iv itlanuova on the east coast of Ita ly .

A llied head q u arte rs al.sn an ­nounced th a t L ieut. Gen. C. W. A llfrey, who fough t In Tunlsin, now is com m anding a B ritish un it on th e Ita lian front.'

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The Harmattan wind which blowa from the Sahara between October and March is known as "the doctor” because of its health­ful effects.

The Marine orchestra waa or­ganized by William H. Santel- mann, father of the present lead­er, Capt. William Frederick San- tclmann.

Test tires of synthetic materials are reported to last as long as na­tural rubber tires, and in some cases, have been usable for 100,000 miles.

The Portuguese discovered Java early In the 16th century.

Glycerine la used as a de-icing agent on the wings of airplanes.

Halley's eoinet will not bis visi­ble again until 1985.

The Hippocratic oath is a pledge of professional ethics taken by graduates of medical schools.

The U. S. G razing Sers-ice con­ducts schools to teach fa rm ers and canchers p roper m ethods of g raz-

l > -ing livestock.

The h is to ry of U. S. «pil produc-

TALL CEDARS

B I N G OTONIGHTORANGE HALL

The best know n English tr a n s ­lations o f H om er are those of A ndrew Lang, C hapm an and Pope.

The Sem lnoles a re said to tie the least E uropeanized of imy A m erican Indians.

The g u ita r , one of th e oldest m usical Inatrum enta, traces unln te rru p te d lineage to 550 B.C.

ObituaryFunerals

Sofia Sirens Set Going Tu'ice

London, Uec. 17 — (,V- Tlio H u n g arian radio .tajd today tha t Allied plane.s roaring o \'er Sofia had se t the sirens going tw ice dur­ing the n ig h t in the B ulgaiian cap ita l.

The b roadcast, recorded by R eu­te rs , said th a t according to flr.st rep o rts no bombs w ere dropped.

A m erican four-cnglned bom bers from the M ed iterranean th e a te r bombed Sofia in a steady proces­sion fo r 105 m inutes th e afternoon of -Dec. 10—the th ird tim e they had sm ashed the city In a month.

About TownThe O ak Grove A ssociation of

South C oven try held a raffle las t n igh t, when prizes w ere d raw n by th e follow ing people: first, Louis Casey, H artfo rd^ second, Pauline S talb , South C oventry: th ird W il­liam Lynch, Bloomfield and fou rth W ill Dc.scy of M anchester.

The N orth M ethodist church school will have Its annual C hrist- maa p a rty a t th e church T uesday evening a t seven o'clock. The B ooster club will have its C h ris t­m as p a rty a t the parsonage, 70 H enry s tre e t, M onday evening a t e ig h t o'clock, and th e Boy Scouts will have th e ir business, m eeting and p a rty W ednesday evening a t seven o 'clock a t th e church.

E very P res id en t since George W ashington has heard the M arine B and. -

Mg Sweden indicated th a t the (?en- ral section had suffered heavily.'

'J ho Sw iss radio said the P’oreign on 'ice d is tric t Was stru ck , and one Berlin b roadcast clung to the fam iliar line th a t the resW ential a rea had been the ta rg e t.

The G erm an high com m and, in its b roadcast com m unique, ac ­knowledged only th a t "con.slder- able dam age" had resulted.

C anadian filers who p a rtic ipa ted agreed the cap ita l had been given a s tag g erin g blow.

"H eavy clouds made It difficult to as.sess th e d am ag e w ith ac­curacy, bu t judg ing from the glow 1 th ink our concen tra tion of bombs m ust have done g re a t dam age," said L ieut. Rod Dunphy, of W inni­peg.

A no ther C anadian flier said flares had illum inated the p a th to Berlin .o r 25 m iles. He said the clouils effectively b lanketed de­fensive se a l eliliglits. but I tie re ­flected (ires from the b inn ing d ly could be seen p lain ly a s they de parted hom ew ard.

W hile the h e a v y . bom bers w ere th u s engaged, Mo.squitos slabbed a t w estern G erm any and o th e r planes a tta c k e d ta rg e ts in n o rth ­ern l-'ranee.

The R.A.F. w ent otit early la s t n igh t ju s t as A m erican F o rtresses and L ibera to rs w ere re tu rn in g to d arken ing basea a f te r a tr ip som e­w here .into n o rth w es te rn G erm any through in tense flak.

T he A m ericana lo s t 11 bom bers and one fighter, a com m unique said, b u t the Fortrea-ses and L ib­e ra to rs shot down 16 N azi figh ters ou t of the few th a t challenged them in the tough w eather. E sc o rt­ing T hunderbo lts bagged tw o more.■ The n o rthw est G erm any ta rg e ts w ent u n p am td In th e official an ­nouncem ent fo r th e th ird tim e in five m ajo r D ecem ber operations, b u t 'i t w as obvious th e A m ericans w ere pounding th e region of G er­m any 's subm arine and shipbuild­ing yards.

W hile the Allied A ir F orces w ere p ressing home their new a t ­tacks, N azi p ropagand ists , w ho have been p rom ising E ngland a te rrib le re ta lia tio n and ch a tte rin g about a secre t w eapon, cam e up w ith the suggestion of a new hor­ro r for th e B ritish .

The conviction Is grow ing In G erm any, said th e Berlin co rres­pondent of a M adrid new spaper, th a t th e N azi h igh com m and soon will be ready to launch a pow erful A ir Force, consisting of m any new

types of planes. In a genera l offen­sive ag a in s t B ritain .

T his correspondent w ro te th a t the G erm ans have announced no new types of planes fo r m any m onths w ith th e exception of a aix- m otored g ian t tra n sp o r t plane.

Strict Censorship On Correspondents

Stockholm , Dec. 17.—(iP)— A s tr ic t censorship ap p aren tly w as clam ped on foreign correspondents In Berlin today, bu t a correspon­d en t fo r Stockholm 's A ftonb ladet w as perm itted to say th a t Berlin w as burn ing again following la.«t n ig h t 's sm ash ing R. A. F. assau lt.

"T rem endous fires reddened the sky ," he said.

Ind ica ting th a t the blackened cap ita l’s defenses had been cau g h t flat-footed by the firs t ra id in tw o w eeks, th e co rrespondent said th a t a Swede w h o left*h is d inner th e . m om ent th e s iren s w ailed had gone only a few hundred paces be­fore th e first exploslcns shook th e city. The sh e lte r he finally reach ­ed w as shaken repeated ly although it w as deep underground.

B erliners them selves showed th ey a re no longer nonchalan t abou t ra id a larm s, bu t scu rry for cover a t the first signal.

t r e a t in C roa tia ; an enem y defeat "w hich will considerably influence his fu r th e r o p era tions” in w estern Bosnia, and heavy G erm an losses in a b a ttle still rag in g in th e Livno-Duvne sec to r; tw o G erm an colum ns defeated and supplies cap tu red n ear Zljebovl and R oga- tlca in e as te rn B osnia; G erm an evacuation of K ladan j in cen tra l Bosnia; and th e destruc tion of ■Nazi supply and com m unications lines in m any sec to rs o f Y ugo­slavia,

The vengeful, Nazis, m ak ing an ­o ther of th e ir big-scale tank -led >'fforLs to crush the fiery p a tr io ts , wore b rough’ to ha lt ju s t six days <ftcr T ito ,-In a d ram a tic appeal to his men, told them " th is Is the decisive hour.” T ito ’s com m unique w as b roadcast by the F ree Yugo­slav radio and recorded here by The A ssociated P ress.Slay Several Hundred Germans

The G erm an offensives w ere aim ed a t th e K ordun and B aniya d is tr ic ts of C roatia . In w estern Bosnia to th e soilTh, the Yugo­slavs announced the slaying of several hundred G erm ans and Sat­ellite troops n e a r Llvno and Duv- no, while in easte rn Bosnia the p a tr io ts also engaged in success­ful opera tions ag a in s t u n its o f th e 1st A lpenjaeger (A lpine) division.

The G erm ans, striv in g to de­stro y T ito 's A rm y before the A l­lies launch a possible invasion of the B alkans, w ere ru sh ing re in ­forcem ents to a ll areas.

In th e S and jak a rea in ' Bosnia b itte r fighting w as repo rted -near Byelo Polje and B roadarevo, and th e form er tow n ■was recap tu red in a fierce coun :e r-a tta ck by the partisans.

F resh forces of ta n k s and in fan ­

try from L^bljanlt joined German unlU besieging the town of Kocevje in. muthiem Slovenia and after heavy fighting forced units of the 15th 'division to evacuate. The battle is being continued on the town’s outskirts, Tito’s bulle­tin said, adding that the Germans are suffering severe losses. More than 200 were killed and more than 1,150 wounded in the latest clash, Tito asserted.

Gold and diamond prospectors of British Guiana are called pork- nockera because salt pork la one of the principal staples of the bush i country and is carried in the packs j of^he prospectors.

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until the wee hours of the morn­ing.

Prayers went up throughout the nation for his quick recovery. King George Vl arranged for a messen­ger to bring him hourly news.

The prime ministers eract whereabouta was not disclosed, but The bally Mirror quoted the Ger­man satellite Vichy radio as say­ing be was ill in Cairo.

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Mrs. R obert SsddT he funera l service fo r M rs.

Lena T. Sadd, widow of R obert Sadd. who died W ednesday, De­cem ber 15, M anassas, V irginia a f te r a long illness, will ta k e place Sunday afternoon a t th ree o ’clock a t the iWapplng cem etery. Rev M arshall Budd of th e W applng F ederated church will be in charge of th e com m itta l service.

Mrs. Sadd w as the fo rm er Miss Lena Townsend and a f te r h e r m a r­riage to Mr> Sadd they m ade th e ir tiome fo r m any years in W applng. She leaves tw o sons and several g randchildren . Mrs. Buel G ran t of W ashington s tre e t Is' a niece and the only m em ber of the Sadd fa m ­ily liv ing in th is section.

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Torrihglon Company to Distribute ?60,009 in Excess Earuiugs.H artfo rd , Dec. 17.—(.T*)— Tor-

rlng ton hCMiaeholdera worf’t g e t any lig h t b in thlF mont^L Instead , the T o rring ton E lectric L 'g h t com pany w ill pay them money.

The Public U tilities 'com m iaslcn announced y e s te rd e - It had o rder­ed the conipany to d is tribu te about $60,000 in excess 1943 earn ings to Its customer.s.

T he paym ents. It w as estim ated ., will am oun t to abou t 15 per cen t of th e custom ers’ electricit.V coats for th e year. On the average, the checks expected to be, mklied th ta m onth to each consum er w '“ am oun t approx im ately to' the ^ t o f pow er fo r a m onth and a /n a lf

In d u s tria l U serg N ot A ffyfied S haring in th e paym or.br will be'

7,164 housfhoi'd users an ^8 S 3 com ­m ercial u sers o f p o w c ^ In dustria l users a re no t a f f c c t e ^ y the order.

The com m issionysald th a t t h ^ m ethed of re.ihiting cxce.ssiye p ro fits In w a r t ^ e by o rdering a custom er dividend w as consj<fered m ore cqultaW c th a n a tte rag tin g to in s ti tu te ra te redHctiofi, a

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Comm ission m em ners em phasiz­ed U rat th ey received "100 per cen t coppora’don fM ni -T orrington coro-

ay officials who accepted tli*' . filan w ithput a rg o m en t.’ and th a t no compMltnl abou t fa te s had been received from any custom er in Torcifigton.

O nly a few days ago th e com- .r'ission reported th a t the D erby G as &■ F lec lric com pany had r.groed (o its plan for a d is tribu ­tion of SGO.OOc In e x re rs earn ings to th a t com pany’s custom ers th is m onth a s well as a to ta l of F 15,000 in reb a tes each m hnth fo r th e nex t six month.s.

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Vaughn Monroe-<iil Malaow ' ^u rp h j* S isters

Believes in P lan n in g .\h ead

B ow ling Green, O. — (/Pi — A L im a high .school junior. Miss Louise Stallbohm , believes in p lann ing ahead. Some la te app li­c a n ts fo r d o rm ito ry room s a t B ow ling G reen S ta te U niversity w'ere di.sappointcU th is year, so— M iss S tallbohm has reserved a room fo r 1945, 20 m onths in ad ­vance. J ,

V auglm Monroe, i-pnianttc young band leading idol, whoeesm art young o rch es tra and th rob­bing baritone voice have cstab-' tislied him as A m erica 's No. 1 m usic niaeatro, ia here fo r an In P riso n engagem en t a t th e S ta te tlica te r, H artfo rd , today, S a tu r- dav and Sunday. B lllrd as "The M ost T alked Of Bund in A m eri­ca ,” Monroe has been labeled a s the first g re a t sing ing bandleader since th e diiys of Rudy VaUee. Be­sides, V aughn M onroe bi;ing3 a m am m oth s tage revue, fea tu rin g Gil M aison A Co., com edy s ta rs of the B roadw ay S tag e H it, " S ta r & G a rte r” ; the * M urphy S isters. "F am ous H arm ony S w ingsters”.; Mildred Law, S inging & D ancing S ta r of ‘'A rtis la & Models." and o thers. As usual, there ia a m id­n ig h t .show tonight.

T icke ts a re now on sale for the G ala N ew Y ear’s Eve m idnigh t two hour s tag e show. R eserve tick e ts now bv mail o r by phoning 2-26.52 o r 7-6652.

D elaw are, Marydand. K entucky and M issouri all w ere rep resen ted m tile C onfederate CJongress a l- tiiough none seceded from th e Union during the ' W ar Betw een

I the S ta te s , ;

arw ser-viwe men and ^onicfi on, furlough.

Protest Labor Bsdfd Dedsidn The strike bega'h In Birmiagliain

yesterday, whph 200 drivers and maintenance men walked out kn protest a^:ai^t a War Labor board decision/reducing pay of drivers under a new contract signed Oct

George Rice, secretary of the /plimlngtaan: local of the Amalga-. DJAted Aasociatlon of Street Elec­tric Railway and Motor Stage Drivers of America (AFL) said the WLB dcciaioif'cut the contract rate oY 4.84T per mite for .Southeastern Greyhound drivers to iJ t i cents a B'.ilc.

^icc said this represented in- ci Aaca for men with top experi­ence and beginners, but represent­ed a wage cut for the "middle group.”

Arington (rs.serted that the com­pany signed a new cmrtract lor drivers and maintenance men pro­viding approximately a 20 per cent increase, but the WLB decision handed down Dec. 11, cut it about four per cent.

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Scene from the most vivid,unforgeUAble picture to come out of the war, "Guadalcanal Diary." with Lloyd Nolan and Preston Foster,

playing, a t the SUte Sunday. Monday and Tuesday.

Given Hnmoroiiw .AccoladeLondon—(/P—American ■ preci­

sion bombing received a humorous accolade today from the magaxine ■Aeroplane." The periodical print­

ed a cartoon ahowing a- group of U. S. Army Air Force officers reg­istering dismay as a high-flying American plane scores a miss In bombing practice. "It’s Cadet Schmaltz sir.'’ says one as the bomb falls outside the target. •He’s hopeless.” The target is—a

rain barrel.

Men^s Club Loses To Knights TeamI t Is anMI that if one triee hard

enough, success will eventually croufn your effenta. For a long time there has been a spirit of friendly rivalry between the Men’s Club of St. Bridget’s church and the Campbell Council Knights of Columbus’ setback team. Try as they might the K. of C. had never been able to beat the doughy lads from the North End in the pibit

An entirely different story to­day following the sitting last eve­

ning at the K. of C. home.on Main street The Knights downed the Men’s club with Bernard F^KRTty and Joseph Volx 'capturing high score of 108. However, Jim Foley and Thomas' Shea were right hind with 101. The next sitting will be on Thursday evening, Jan. 6. The Men’s Club came off b ^ t in j the first round.

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Mm i} Jap Troopa li^ Area Lai'ce number* o f Jupanese

troop* remain In the areh— the enemy may nave aa iMny 000 In New Britain. BougatavlUe and New Ireland. But complete air superiority la held by the .Al* lied force*, and they also com­mand the *ea lane*. With Japa­nese communication* smashed, as they are already, the collapse of resistance is a foregone conclu- irion. however bloody and desper­ate the fighting that precedes it.

On the other side of the world, the aerial olTenaive continues against Nazi Europe, with 8th A ir Force bombers roaring out against targets in northwest Ger­many In a pre-invasion softening up.

Inv-asion Imminence HintedThe imminence of that invasion

was broadly hinted in the House of Commons by Anthony Eden, Brit­ish foreign secretary, the day be­fore Mr. Roosevelt’s arrival in the United States was disclosed.

It may be significant that, al­though the Navy and Army let it be known that Admiral Ernest J. King, fleet commander and Naval operations chief, Gen. H. H. A r­nold, A ir Forces commander, and Lieut. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, commanding the Army Service forces,'alt had returned from the Sairo and Teheran conferences, there was "no information" about Gen. George C. Karshall.

ilarshall. chief of staff. Is sche­duled to take the field command of Allied forces for the invasion. He attended the Middle East meet­ings, and there has been some

;apeculation that he might be pro ceeding to London to take over his new post without returning to Washington.

About Town

Yauks Consolidate New Britain Hold; Repel Air Attacks

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A chminey fire at the home of ■ James Aceto, 591 Hilliard' street.

brought the Manchester Fire de- . partment to the home after a long

cold ride. The fire evidently start­ed from papers being burned in a fireplace. Chief Roy Griawold re­ported no damage. '

Mis* Marlon T. Jeaaeman, chil­dren’s librarian at the Mary Che­ney Library, .wilt conduct another story hour tomorrow morning at ten o’clock for children o f second, third and fourth grades. The story liour will be in the children’s room, where there is a Christmas tree, and Miss ’ Jeaseman will tell Christmaa atoriea;

Mr. and Mrs. William M. Brown . of 42.Janaen atr.jet have received

news that their son. Staff Ser ; geant Albert E. Brown, better

known as “ A ce" Brown, has sue- caasfully passed all examinations at Miami Beach required to allow him to be transferred to the A ir Corps. His new address is A-S A l­bert E. .Brown, -31125106, 40th C.T.D., Box 242 Woodford College, Bpartahburg, 8. C.

A daughter was born yesterday to Attorney and Mrs. Harold Gar- rity, of 141 Pitkin street, at Man­chester Memorial hospital, inie little newcomer is their second

'Child.

A Christmas party for all em­ployees of the Manchester Clean-

,ers will be held at the plant on Wells street on Friday, Dec. 24.

. A t that time a Christmaa bonus will be distributed to all by the management. The amount will be contingent on the length of ser­vice. Presents will also be ex­changed among those present.

Just a reminder that the time o f the supper for the Nurses’ Aide Corps ' Christmas party on the 20th ia 6:45 p. m., not 7:45 aa originally announced. Be sure to bring a 10 cent gift for the grab bag. .

Ho8|>il:il (Notes'Admitted yesterday; Mrs. Mary

Hayes. 148 Main street; Miss June Winchester, 107 Summit .street; Donald Tourtelloto. 150 (Charter Oak street; Mrs. Ellen Grant, 95 Forest- street: Charles Stanley; 65 East Cento"- street.

Admitted totlay; Mrs. Anna . Dare, RFD, Manchester.

Discharged today: Mrs. Hamil­ton Mullen and son. 4 Hudson ■ftreet; Mrs. Edward 'Tibbetts, and daughter, Diamond Lake, Glaston­bury.

EHrth: 'I'estcrday. a daughter to Attorney and .Mrs. Harold Garri- ty, 141. Pitkin street: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Rliiott Fish. 6P1 Hartford Road, Enfield and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. 'Richaid Putnam, Cast Hartford.

tlon for the Sixth' Army, com­manded by Lieut. Gen. Walter Krueger, and 11 won a strategical­ly Important position for the A l­lies. liv in g them command of the Southern entrance to iVtiaz and Dampier straits which separate New Britain from the northeast coaat of New Guinea, now firmly held by the Australian*.

A United State* destroyer force ■qnder Rcer Admiral Daniel Bar- Itoy pourided Arawe and the tiny islanda at the entrance to the har­bor before the first Army assault troops ahoved off in force for the shore. Hfcavy and medium bomb­ers added uieir explosive* to the ton* of steel thrown at the enemy.

Try to Cut Retreat LinePreceding, the principal assault,

aimed at Orange bCach at the foot of the peninsula, a force composed mostly of Texans under Capt. BJd-. ward Wright of Dallas, slipped away from the invading fleet in rubber boats, intent on making the first beachhead at the top of the peninsula, to cut the Japanese re- trjht line.

But the Texans were met with heavy machine-gun and light can­non fire as they neared the shore, and their attack ended oh a reef, with one-quarter of the force killed or wounded. Thcae were the principal casualties of the entire operation.

General MacArthur, directing the operation from a small island off the north coaat of New Gui­nea. said hot a plane of the Amer­ican and Australian squadrons that supported the action was lost, nor was aiiy of our naval of transport ahips lost

The main assault troops hit the beach from their Higgins landing boats and speedily proceeded to mop up the few Japanese who at­tempted resistance from dugouts.

Aside from the volume of bombs and ahellt hurled at the de­fenders preceding and during the assault, the Allied A ir Force had softened up the invaded area Tuesday with a 356-ton bombing.

Jap Air Force .AbaentA * in this prevloua bombing,

the Japanese A ir Force was ab­sent during the early stage of the landing, but put in an appear­ance after the troops had the area maatered and Admiral Barbey’a destroyers were moving away.

A score o f enemy dive-bombers finslly came over to make a few ineffectual pasaea over the beach and drop bomba near a zigzag­ging destroyer, which had blos­somed with anti-aircraft fire.

Allied fighters dove trom heavy cloud banks to drive off the at­tackers, ehootlng down two of the enemy and keeping control of the aif.

'The Japanese had established a barge hideout, floatplane base and communicatlona center at Arawe in Febi-uary, 1942, after they had wrested New Britain from 6 small Auatralian garrison.

The Araw# peninsula ia 85 miles west o f Gasmata, enemy supply and air center which, has fiieen pounded frequently of late by Allied bombers, and 70 miles from Cape Gloucester, another Japanese air base on the western tip o f the long, narrow, hooked island.

'The L-ahaped peninsula is three miles in length. A t its tip is Cape Markus and just south of the cape lies the tiny Island of PileloT West of the penimsula are six small islands. 'The Arawe air- ilrome, which ia unserviceable, is six miles east of the peninsula’s tip.

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Strewn along the right of way of the Atlantic Coast Line tracks, near Buie, about 20 miles from Lumberton, N. C., ate the passenger car* of two crack streamlined trains that figured in an early morning crash in which approximately 70 were fatally injured. (AP, Wirephoto.)

Local Persons In B i" Wreck

Frank W. Williams, Mt- And Mrsi Carl Slant* indger Not Injured.

Former Selectman . P’ rank V. Williama of Tolland Turnpike was I a passenger on the Tamiami West Coast Champion train that was derailed and later telescoped by a northbound train of the Atlantic Coast Line at 1 o’clock Thursday morning at Buie,, near Lumberton,

N. C., with more than 70 casual­ties and scores of people injured. Mr. Williams was en route to St. doiid . Fla., to apend Cliristmas with hia father. (Clinton Williams, formerly of this town, who has made his permanent home in St. ( ’loud for about 15 years.

It ha* been learned also that Mr. and Mrs. Stautindger of 8 North Fairfield street, this town, were also passengers on the III- fsted streamliner. They were en route to Plant City, near Tampa, where they have daughters living.

No Local Folks HurtAs soon as he could get a mes­

sage through . Mr. Williama tele­graphed his wife in the afternoon that none of the Manchester folks were injured. He left New York Tuesday and expected to be in St.

Cloud yesterday at one o'clock. Mrs. Williams received another telegram from him today* saying that he arrived in St. CHoud at 9:30 this forenoon. Mrs. Clinton Williams died suddenly on Satur­day. Jidy 31 last, and, was buried in the Buckland cemetery. Her husband preferring the climate to that Of New England continuea to live there and his son Frank de­cided to spend the holiday season with him.

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The truck was in charge o f Rus­sell Sodrozinski and^ had been brought to a atop in front df the Liberty House at 12-14 street;

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The driver called his office and another truck was sent out to as- .slat. With a chain attached to the rear and the engine of the truck that was in trouble assist­ing, the truck was backed just enough to clear the tree. It was then allowed to roll down the hill and was driven out from behind the house onto Center street, where an examination showed that it had not been badly dam- aged. ;

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Eight Jap Cargo Ship$ Added to Subs* Toll’ Washington, Dec. 17 —dP) — United State* submarines roaming the Pacific have added eight- more Japanese cargo ships to their "sighted and sunk" list. These raise the total of all Japanese ves­sels sunk since the start of the war to 374.

The Navy announced the new sinkings today In Communique No. 490:

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’•Sunk<"Two ihrge transports.“Two iar^e tankers ."Three medium freighters.“ One small freighter."2. These actions have not been

announced in any, previous Navy department communique."

Our submarines in the Pacific now have sunk, probably sunk or damaged a grand total of 524 Jap­anese vessel*, both fighting ships and merchantmen. In addition to today's report bringing the sunk totol to 374, 36 have been reported as probably sunk and 114 dam­aged.

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Japanese Retiring Vnder Pressure

Chungking, Dec. 17.—OP)— Jap­anese forces south of the Lin riv­er, which twists eastward into Tungting lake to split the CSiineac eic* bowl in half, were retiring un­der pressure at the rat* of nine and one-half miles a day,* Maj. Gen. C. C. Tseng, American-train­ed Chinese Army spokesm ^ as­serted at a press confer ence to­day.

Tseng ifiadicted that the Japa­nese would soon be cleared from the area south of the Lin river, thus restoring to China at least half of her rice bowl.

Two pockets of Japanese resist­ance remained south of the Lin river, Tseng said, one northwest of the highway town of Lihll and the other northeast o f the towm.

As the Crhinesc continued to hammer at the Japanese forces in thcae regions, other Japanese col­umns north of the Lin river were falling back under CHiinesc at­tacks from the west, Tseng re-

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N.B.A. Champion Rated At 13*5 in Garden Bout; Ruffin Lightly Regarded Tonight.

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Meriden High's crack basketballteam comes to Manchester this evening intent upon defending it* 1912 honors against the Red and White team which apparently found itself at Middletown on Twsday of this week. Although Biiiitol Is leading the (X I L league at the present time it was said, unofficially here today, that Man­chester has designs on that spot before th > present season is over.

Mrst Game at 6;S0 The first game will start at 6:30

according to the high school au­thorities here today. This in agree­ment with the other schools on the schedule so that the teams may reaph home a bit earlier than un­der former conditions. Kdson Bai­ley, principal of Manchester High said, also, tliat there would be a I'mltcd number of scats for the general public on sale at 8 o'clock, or just before the vhrsity teams take the floor.

Local LUtliorities limited the ca­pacity of the crowd to 500 last j"ear after the high school Mid lost the Armory aa its home floor. A careful examination was made of the building and it was settled with the State Police department that no more than this number should be allowed to the Blast Side gym.

.Meriden StrongThe Meriden' team is said to bo

aggressive and strong again this season. Five of last year's squad are back at school and In addition the'entlre squad has had plehty oi time to get ready for this season's campaign. French, lanky center of 1942's rietorious team is gone but there are plenty of replacements for that position.

Manchester got away to a bad start against Bristol and looked even worse against Rockville High last Friday, However. Coach W il­fred Clarke hqs made some changes and the team really click­ed against Middletown Tuesfiay. If they can continue the same pace agaln.st the visitor.* tonight there should be plenty of action. The first game at 6:30 and the \"arslty struggle at 8 o'clock according to present condltio'ns.

Count Fleet Sweeps Field

Named Top Horse To­day Over Best for ‘ 13; Rat’ij’Not Even Closte.

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(.ee ihr other fellow hii)-ing thins., ha. ins * sooil time, ami prelly 1.0011 you follow .nil. You're killen by the “ Squander Hus’* and qwnd neciilea.ly. Hill there’* one »ure way lo eon- irol thi* vieinu* liltle pe*t. Swat him with a War Bond— the mott attcieni “ Squander Hus’* (watler on the market today. Gel bu*y!

Craig Wood Breaks Par

At FloridaOpen Champion in Rare . Form on Fir.st Day in Big ’Miami M a t c h ; Drizzle, Cold BfitFier.

By Hen t'untrrMiami. Fla.. Dec. —The

uncanny putting of Craig Wood, duration National Open champion, was the talk of the galleries with the blond blaster from Mamaro- neck, N. Y., starting the second round o f the, Miami Open today in fit *l spot hv a stroke

Wood carded a 34-14-68 for the best fii.st-dav showing ovet the hitlri.c wind and d'lr-Mng rain that sent mnnv scores kiting.

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Sports Roundup.B.y Hugh Fullerton, Jr.

New York, Dec. 17.—1,4b—At­tention footlyall. coaches; Since you 'll.a ll probably be counting heavily on freshmen next season, taki; a look- at a’ ’ few of these high ■•■chool slaud'Juls of 1(M3...Dinkey Brown. 175-pound halfback from Greenville, .Mi.ss., apparently took the sca.soii's sicorin.g honors. He scored oO touchdowns and place- kicked 47 extra points for 22f points in ten gam es.. .Dinkey al­so pa."':,ed for VI scores, two of thoin when his team was trailing llOly Cros.s 19-7 in the hist, quar­ter of the New Orleans Toy Bowl gam e .... In spite of that, Thoncis "Shorty" M W ill ams of Meridian was named the most outstanding player In the C g Light conference (whli h has I I teams). Shorty aiso made 50 too: l'dowr.3. aveiaging SG yards on oa h scoring run. pa red for o'":ht more, avcragvU about 40 van ’s on punt and back-

i the Dodgers likely will play one of them for the benefit of the Red Cross.. . Besides coaching at Union College and playing foot­ball for the pro Giants _on Sun- . w.days, Mel Hein fin ^ tiffe to play in ^

By Jack HandNew Yofk, l ^ . IT—(4b— "Ra-

tiring” Sammy Angott o f Wash­ington, Pa., is a la to 5 favorite to give the lightweight title ptet- zel another twist tonight as the N.B.A.-blessed champ goes to the post against Bobby Ruffin, the Astoria (N . Y .) artist who holds a decision over Beau^Jack, New York ’* titleholder.

Angott’s laurellp will not be on the block as both boys are coming in for the Madison ^ u a r * Garden 10-rounder over the 135-pound di­vision limit. Mike Jacobs expects 14.000 and 340,000.

It promises to be the most un­orthodox spectacle since L ll' D*' vid rocked Goliath to sleep with a slingshot although not quite as decisive. Bammy is a hit and hold performer who doesn't get the cheers from the mob but usually gets the votes from the judges. Ruffin's style Is just as confusing to the faithful.

The bout .Itself comes ss an anti­climax to a week o f bickering and public debates featuring Maurie Waxman, spokesman for Ruffin and (Thick Wergelea, who handles Beau Jack's business affairs. It all revolves around the principals and payoff for a later Garden date that it supposed to bring a rematch of Bobby and the .Beau but may be shuffled when tonight’s returns are in.

Angott, who “ retired’’ a year .ro, recaptured the N. B. A.

crown by beating Slugger White In California a few months back. He’s the fellow who stopped Willie Pep's win streak at 62 and is a solid choice against any 135- pounder.

Ruffin has everything to gain as a win will place him in the unique position of having beaten the head men In both halves o f the light-

Polo Grbunds Lik^ Concrete

Both Teams W ill Wear Basketball Shoes In Sunday^s Game.New York, Dec. 17.-^ie>-^"The

team that owni the mott basket­ball sneakers is likely to win the eastern pro football championship.

Steve Owen, coach of the New York GiapU was speaking and ^ I s apparently Incongruous state­ment became less Involved aa S t^ e recalled how his Giants had b e a t^ the CTilcago Bears In 1934 by uso\pf those very same rub- ber-soled\sho*s.

W ith thk Polo Grounds surface frozen solid yust as It gives every promise of being for the eastern title game with" Washington Sun­day, basketball shoes provide the only good footing.

It was nine years a ^ almost to the date that the Giants and Bears found themselves sliding, all over the field with the New Yorkers rapidly losing a game because they couldnt stand Up. A hurry call be­tween halves brought rubber-sdled shoes for the Owen-coached eleven and they proceeded to scamper off with the title much to the dismay of the cleat-footed Bniins.

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Prokop Makes Tech Tick With His Brilliant Ph^

By Romney Wheeler «w h ile a win-o'-the-whiap fraab-Atlanta. Dec. 17.— I f Georgia ! man, Clint (Sastleberty, shot Ttoh

Tech could only harness Eddie Pro- ! Into the headlines. HU kop and the law of averages, there'd be no doubt who'd win the Sugar Bowl game New Years Day.However, unbeaten Tulsa will have its hands full.

The Cleveland (Cannoneer threw the ball this season on the average of every other play—and hie com­pleted every, other pass for an average gain of 12.2 yards. On alternate plays he plowed up op­posing lines at the rate o f 4.6 yards a whack.

I ■ Succeeded (jastleherry I It .was Prokops t ig year. .-He came to Georgia Tech from Oiat- tanooga's football-conscious Bay­lor School with a gold-ptatcd repu­tation as a runner and passer. As a freshman he ran over everything in sight, but his sophomore se.-i- zon— his first with the varsity— found him playing second string

into the headlines. H is, passing was adept, but a kna* Injury, hin­dered hia running gam*.

Meanwhile Castleberry joined the Army A ir Forces reservs and Prokop signed with the Navy V-12 program. Game spring, and CUistleberry was called for active service. Prokop also was put In uniform, but the Navy re-aastgned him tp Georgia Tech to complete - his engineering etudlea.

It was Eddies chance, and he made the most at i t In the off­season he underwent a knee op­eration which restored his siqier- lative running skill. When C<^b Bill Alexander called practice July 20, Prokop was on deck. All through the broiling summer he practiced passing, place-kicking, blocking and ball-handling, includ­ing swift, break-away runs whlcb were to delight fall fans

sneakers but Steve had a new sup­ply brought down from Manhattan college for the boys to try on dur­ing practice yesterday.

Fra’nk Liebel, tbe end with the broken nose, and (Pa rley Avedls- Ian. who suffered a shoulder separation last week, both report­ed for practice as Owen uncover­

ed five new plays for tiae against the 'Skins.

Washington arrived early for a change and went into training quarters in the Westchester Cojin- try club. Coach Dutch Bergman In­dicated that he expects (o keep the Redskins there until game time Sunday.

The small grems put .a rre"” !' m i e j up the line <(h deicn.se.

^ y «*a l>dprNew York, Dec. 17—(JPV— By the

most lop-sided margin in the eight- year history of their poll, thb .Na­tion's Sports Writer* today named Count Fleet "The Horse Of The Year" for 1043—-and the Count did Icss .wcrk foT it than any of the seven .previous winners.

Although he's been on vacation for six months and had only half- a-dozen trips to the post alto­gether in his vlctorioils campaign. The Fleet came in all by himself with the. year's top honors in the snnuaJ poll of Writers and Broad­casters conducted by the turf and Sports Digest to be published Mon­day in the Magazine's January issu^.

Eclipaing even the sweep that hard-working Seabiscuit reglsttred in 1938 and the “double" busy Whirlaway/chalked up In '41 and ’42, John D. Hertz'-* triple crown winner was named head man by 135 of the 143 voters, against twp each for Market Wise and Slide Rule and one apiece for Thumbs Up and Occupy. The nomination

■ was blank on two twllots... On top o f that, the rangy rocket from the Blue Grasa made even more o f a one-sided waits o f ,the' three • year-old championship, drawing 142 of 143 flrat-place nominations and piling up a total of 428 points, compared to 219 for W. E. Boeing’s Slide Rule, the late-

‘Tieason star who picked up the only other top vote. Voting for age was on a basis o f three points for first, two for second and one for third. Only single nominations were made for horse of the year.

• The Count's runaways for the top spot, and the three-year-pld crown and tba unexpectedly easy victory o f John Marach'a Occupy among the two-year-old colts, were in sharp contrast to the tight tua- sles for the two-ycar-old filly and handicap horse titles.

Although Occupy, winijer of the ' Washington Park and Belmont

Futuriea, drew 7g first-place votes and 316 points to take the honors over Platter among (he ' Juvenile cPIts,' the “ Young Ladles" had a r'Srry three-way ’scramble before ’ ’cr:en Wright's Tw lllsht Tear , :rlly nosed out Brownell CSemha’ I'-ii-rrna’ and Beatrice MacGulre’s ’ ■ ■ .'''ac In that order. The original

i Rugs To JUchea.” Y larkel V.ifs, barely got the nod over uovla-man Louis M. Mayer’s rhumbk Up among the four-yaar- 3lds and up. l*at year’s Darby Finttar. lUut Out, a closa-up third.

n rutting and Wood was m a ifr tb fc .

! Gonirnl Ch.tlrman H. H. Arnold itucl; tn his firediction tho.t "7S for the 72 holes would carture the Sl.OOO in '".ar bonds that goei to the winner But he shortened h!s list of-potonlinl victor."! to three.

"I 'll ride with Wno.i. Smimv Bvrd and B(.b Hnmilton,” he de- dared.

In making his fick :"fter the first acor«B won* in Ai nold dun far down the list. B"Td. the p 'o from P liin M.-iMov., Detroit, was t'ed for eighth place 'vith .IG-liG 72 and Hamilton, of Evansville, Ind , was in a tie f'p- 18th with .'16-29 ~r>.

Arnold was banking on’ Bvrd's steidincsi and Hamilton's imiting ability, .'tammy, the foririer Y.in- Uee (v.it'lelder, was .shooting at jfSr and his estd showed regulation fig­ures. except .for two bogies. Hamlltons putter lu'-t wa-^n’t work­ing but Arnold believes it will in the later lonnds.

To share amateur honors Eos. Willie Turnesa of- the famous golf- Ing family slipped throngh wifh a 26-31—70 to go into a three-way tie for third place. He divided the spot v.’ilh F.arl Chri.stianscn, Miami amsteur. and Orville White of Winston-.'ialfm. N. C.

Ex-Champ Referees

Fresno, Calif.— (/Pi—Young Cor- betL who held the world's welter­weight boxing title for the .short­est period on recogd (thrc"e months) operates a tavern In Fresno and referees fights-at near­by army training camps.

The (Itiicr Foot Among tile stamlput- p'are-kick-

ers oi the pjvp -season was Bob F idlcr of A:.hland.- K; ., who con­verted 31 extra points to equal his 19;1'J total. He ini8.:cd ‘23 in years...J . C. Keanard. captain IP i* and high sc irer il3S points) for -\Elilr.ml, earrieil the b-ill 36 limes on his team's 37 attempts in one game and scored iovir times. He cnl:steil in the Navy Air Corps lo e»cui>e the college scoiils. .. .’I'he-i there's Kheldoii Homer of Fallon,Nev., who curried th« ba I foui limes on end around play.s against ■ Sparlis Hi.gh and made four touch­downs on' runs of (4, 06, 47 and .4i yards...B e was just copying hi.* roai h. We.s Goudnei, who once worked tile play three limes lU one game to score for the Univer­sity of Nevada.

Tough DerTilon •Bill Summers, the American

League umpire, ran into a real puzzler this fall when a kid asked him what umild be the verdict it a iiatsman hit a pitched bal), the ball broke in half and one piece was caught by the first bueman while the' other fell in sq’fc terri­tory . . . . Instead of answering off­hand, Summers secured a ball, wedged it firmly on a chopping block and took a whack at it with an axe. . . the axe cut through the coyer and yarn, but when 'rt struck the rubber core it bounced back.. .So Bill decide*! he wouldn't have to worry about that problem any more.

One-3Ilnute Sports l*ageWith only seven exhibition

games scheduled for next spring.

basketball in the Y.M.C.A. senior hasketball league at Schenectady, N. Y. Mel scored 18 points in his first game. One of his teammates is A l Ciampa. who played on Co­lumbia’s Rose Bowl team ...O ilp Royal, A P Feature Service sports editor, will .lirect the New York Basebiill Writcrs’'-3how at the an­nual fiesta Feb. 6. Chip once was an actor, which bars him as a participant in this affair on grounds of professionalism.

Service Dept.Brigham Young and the Uni­

versity of Utah may Join the I'tah service basketball league that is being organized with two teams from Kearns Field. Salt I.ake Army Air Bose. Hill Field .and F >rt Dougins already entered.. . .Coast Guardsman Joe Hernaii- tiez. former New York city fight­er. is rated a leading contender for the Hawaiian w-elterwelght ti­tle .. . Recalling on P.earl Harbor day what he .was doiiig on Dec. i.

Chief Specialist Paul Run­yan of the Norfolk Naval Training station s.ald that he and Harry trooper had been practicing for n golf tourney over a toiigh Miamt. I" la.. course. . . When a caddie brought word of the Jap sneak at­tack, Cooper exploded: "W h y those yellow rats. Every one ot them should oe foned to play th.s course for a month just for pun­ishment."

would be in the spot to force a scrap with either or both at the legal poundage.

Lester Krell’s Joey Peralta, who gave both main go performers close battles, meets Mike Della of Los Angeles in the eight-round semi.

Rec Juniors Op en Season

Three Fast East Side Evening.

Cont^ta at Gym Last

Woinan's Intuition, «198 Pound* Worth

And Still Champ^een

Hickory, N. C.—<4 —When Mrs. M. P. Lipe. Jr., pf Hickory, killed a 125-pound deer’ ^recently, the local paper suggested maybe she’d like a pic,ture of it'published.

•No, ” said Mrs. Upe, "wait a little."

A few days later she returned froni a hunt w ith 'a 10-point, 198- pound buck.

She wa.s ready, then, to call the photographer. ; _ _

■ J \Sharp Shooter V

North Camp Polk, La. — —Pvt. Thomas Brown of the 8th Armored Division has told his. new pals here that marksmanship 'was right down hia alley because he came from the Kentucky long- rifie country.

Came the day when oSicers put him on the range with a rifle long enough to satisfy the fussiest Kentuckian. A 37mm. gun and the target was set up a good 600 yards gway.

TTie 19-yea^-oId Oakdale, Ky., soldier scored 10 bull's-eyes in exactly 10 shots. He didn't appear the least bit surprised.

The Rec Junior League got un­derway last night at the East Side Rec and three close games result­ed. The ’Raven* plucked the Sea- haw"ke handily, .37-25 as both teapis staged a fast finish. The Rangers were forced to stave off a determined Fighting Irish in Uie last four mlnutM and managed to leave the floor with a three-point margin, 26-23. Likewise the Phan­toms who were well out in (rdnt at half time were given a scare by the Buckeneer* but kept their scant four-point margin to win, 26-22. The scores:

RoversB F. X.

Hyde, rf ................ 4 0 8Turkington, If . . . . . . I 0 2Pheipe, c ................. 0 0 0HassetL rg ............. 8 1 17Symington, Ig ........ 0 0 0Duf^, Ig ................. 5 0 10

Totals .

Warnock. rt Graaso, if .. Stidham, e . Pinken, rg . Flavell, Ig . Ogren, Ig ..

............. 18Seahawka

Deer Get* Frisky

cniarleaton, W. Va.—(A*)— A buck deer ventured well within the city limits recently,. He was believed to bqve strayed from Kanawha state forest. The deer was seen browsing about lawns and badges in the residential area. He may have been" looking for some action, what with the ammunition short­age.

Na\-y'* Luirk Plee*

Day wins 89000 and trophies ragaining national match-gane championship ia Chicago Wssl .AUis. Wis.. bowler held titto four

years b«ore yielding crown in 1948.

Annapolis, Md.— — *n%at'a the way to win ball games," said Capt, John Whelchel, Navy foot” ball coach, two days before the Army gan>e. The retiring Mlddia mentor wss referring to a four, leaf elever he had fucked from the turf on the praotloe fltid. Navy won tfie game, 73-0.

Tota l! .................Referee Kanehl.

12 1 25

PhantomsB.> F. T.

DlBattisto, r f .......... 0 0 0Shea, If ............. . 2 1 5Coughlin, c . . . . . . . . 2 1 5Gustafson, c ........... 1 8 2McKinney, rg . . . . ; . 3 1 7Finnegan, Ig 3 6Bailey, ig 0 1 1

Totals .................... 11 4 26Bucklneers -

Lewis, r f ................. 2 0 4Arendt, If 2 1 5Dickson, c ............... . 1 0 2Gustafson, rt ......... 8. 1 3Cruckshanks, rg . . . * 2 1 6Pendleton, Ig .......... 0 n 0F. Lee, Ig . . . ......... .. 1 0 2As I f eec****** . 0 1 1

ToU ls ..................... 9 4 22Referees, Kanehl and Klein-

semIdL

RangersT.a F,

W irtalla, rt . . . . . . . . . 0 0 0Berggran. U ...........Stratton, I f .............

. 0

. 161

03

C seeee'eeeee* . 6 0 12Zanla. r g ................. . 0 " 0 0

I f *••*«**** . . 5 1 11Sebroibar, Ig . . . . . . . . 0 0 0

Totala . . . — — i f 1 86figh tin g Utah

Berry, i f ................. . 1 0 818M f run* \t aakaaeeaa . 6 0

Duffy, 0 ................... . 1 6Fallon, rg . . . . . . . . v . 0 i 1iJOlMCa I f saaeaaa*** * V 0 1

TotolB ................... 10 1 nReferot. Kanahl.

-• I itu's Wants Classified Fbr\bur Benefit1m ( UnI Found

ix x r r —TH tm sDAY e v e n in gy»iit store at Center, six linen tandkerchlefs, eroclieted edges. Talepbone 8463 or leave in store.

FOUNI»—IN THE LOBBY of The Manchester Trust Co., a sum of money. Owner may have same by proving ownership and paying for this adv.

Annooncenents

WANTED—RIDER? to Hartford, lisave ManchfSter 7:30 a. m.. Phone 6477.

FOR SALE2 family duplex house of

12 rooms, 6 rooms on each side, furnace heat and garage. One side ready for immediate occupancy.

6 rooms, Cape Cod, 4 rooms down and 2 up. Steam heat, garage, storm win­dows. This house is thor­oughly insulated,. Situated in the Green Acre section.

3 room cottage, alV mod­em except furnace. Situated on comer lot, 100x150.

Stuart J. WasleyReal Estate and Insurance

State Theater Building Telephone 6648-7146

W ANTED Meat Cutter

Fun or Part Time. Steady Work.

Manchester Public Market

WEST buhb o r MANOHESTER— .

e-Boom Slagle. Hot water Iwat. Beoeatly redecorated ttaronglioat. 1-cor garage. IMMEDIATE OCXICPANCY. $1,000 Down. TMk I*'a real good boy.

Antama Street. 8-roont ■Ingle with all Improvements but beat." Oarage. Good lot. S .P .8 8 3 0 . D. P.gSOO. IM­MEDIATE DCCUPANOY. \

OFF MIDD1.E TUBNpiKE WEST—

S-RoM Single. AU im­provements. 3-csr garage. Large lot. S. P. $6,000. D. P. $1,300. IMMEDIATE - OCCUPANCY.

Birch Street. 4-room sin­gle. Hot-air heat. S. P. $4,800. D. P. $1,000.

Parker Street. 8 acres of land with 8-room single boose. Steam heat with coal. One and 3-ear garages. Bam. Chicken coop. S. P. $7,000. D. P. $3,000.

Allen Realty Company

95S Malo Street, Manchester Telephone SSOl

All Kinds of Insurance Written By

^ ALLEN & HITCHCOCK, INC

Manchester Otiloe:0S$ MAIN ST. TEL. SSOl

WlUlmantlo Oflleet 834 MAIN ST. TEL. I0S6Office Open 8:S0 A. M. To SUM P. M. Dslly Except Sun­day. Also 3 to 8 P. M Thursday Bveninga.

MICKEY FINN

Announcements 2 Business Services Offered 13WANTED— RIDERS to United Aircraft. Leave Adams and Cen­ter streets, 11:30 p. m. Leave Air­craft 7:30 a. m. Tel. 6332.

Aotomobiles For Sale 4FXJRD DELUXE 1941 tudor tour­ing sedan, radio, heater, spot light, fog lighta, driven only 15,- 000 miles, $995. -Terms, $12 week­ly. Open evenings. Brunner's, 80 Oakland street. Phone 5191.

1936 CHRYSLER 6 4 door sedan, $295, terms and trades, $5 weekly. Brunners, open evenings. Tele­phone 5191.

1939 FORD 4 DOOR sedan, radio and heater, $595, $8 weekly.Terms and tradea. Brunner’s. Open evenings. Tel. 5191.

1939 PLYMOUTH 4 door sedan, 193/ lymouth 4 dooi sedan, 1938 Willys sedan, 1937 Chevrolet sedan, 1936 Pontiac sedan. We buy cars for cash. Cole Motors. Tel. 4164.

CASH FOR YOUR CAR - Any. 35 to «1 High prices paid. Drive over now to 80 Oakland street. Brunner’s. Open evenings aiitil 9. Saturdays 6. Phone 5191—4485.

1941 OLDSMOBILE 4 door sedan, driven only 5,000 miles, like new; 1941 Chevrolet Club coupe, radio, heater, $895. Terms and trades, $12 weekly: 1936 Plymouth 4 door sedan; 193$ Chevrolet 4 door sedan, $475. Terms and trades, $8 weekly. Brunners, open eve­nings. Telephone 5191.

Motorcycles— Bicycles 11FOR SALE —BOY’S BICYCLE, like new, 2 speed coaster brake, $35; also girl’s bicycle, gdod con­dition, $20. Telephone Manchea ter 2-1833.

Iluv‘ness Services Offered 13STORM WINDOWS and doors In­stalled. roofing of all kinds, asbes­tos side waliB wood ehlngling, gutters repaired, general repair­ing, workmanship guaranteed. Write Box W, Herald.

WANTED --: ELECTRIC wiring and repairing by licensed master electrician. Phono 3976 before 7 p. m.

Florists— N urseries 15PUTK OUT YOUR Christmas tree at New England Water Lily Gar­dens where they grow. 36 Bush Hill Road.

MoviliK—Truck ing— Storage 20

THE AUSTIN CHAMBERS CO., local and long distance moving. Return load system, Twnlture, storage. Dial 6260.

Repairing ZS

SEWING MACHINES, vacuums, Irona and all small electrical ap­pliances repaired. Genuine parts, expert workm tiiahip. Parts for all makes. A B. C. Flxlt Co., 21 Maple street. Tel. 3-1575.

Help Wanted— Male 36YOUNG MAN WANTED full or part time, nice hours, excellent salary. See Mr. Lltchman, Arthur Drug, Rublnow Building.

Eiogs— Birdn— Feta 41FOR SALE C A N A R IES. Young, also cages. Nothing better for a Christmas gift thaii a beautiful singing bird. Phone .5467, 195Henry street.

Household Goods 513 ROOMS OF Modem furniture complete in every detaU, Includ­ing a combination stove. Reason­able. Albert's Furniture Oo., 43 Allyn street, Hartford. •

FOR SALE — SISKU-CANARY, Hybrearis young birds, first time offered for sale in Manchester. Good singers. 61 Winter street. Phone 2-1554 after 5 p. m.

Live Stock— Vehiclds 42FOR SALE—WORK HORSE, har­ness, wagon, hitch single or dou­ble. Telephone Rockville 742-23. Oscar Forand, R. F. D. No. 1, Rockville.

FOR R ALE-TW O GOATS, one milker and one young. Inquire 24 North street.

PIANO TUNING AND repairing. Player piano specialty. John Cockerham, 28 Bigelow street Tel. 4219.

NEW (XlNVER'nBLE TOPS. Cel- • lulold replaced in curtains, all I kinds of leather work. C%as Lak-

Ing, 90 Cambridge street Tele­phone 4740.

WAN'PED TO TUNE, repali and regulate your piano or player piano. Tel. Manchester 2-0402. ' ''

Help Wanted— Female 3.5WOMAN PRESS Workers wanted. Nice hours, good pay, steady work. New System Laundry , Har­rison street.

WANTED — CASHIER. State Theater.

Apply

WANTED— WAITRESS. Apply Center Lunch, 609 Main street.

AS 1 .VM NOW UVING Ir your vicinity am able to take or con­tracts for building, remodeling and odd Jobs, including masonry. No telephone at present. For con­tact write A. Charon, Box 451, Manchester.

EXPERT RADIO service. CaU H. Meade. . Telephone Manchester 2-0898.

RANGE BURNERS cleaned and serviced. Call 2-1309 between 10 a. m. and 6 p. m.

ASHES AND RUBBISH removed. CaU 8444.

WANTED - tEXPERIENCED typ­ist and bookkeeping machine operator. Write Box X, Herald.

WANTED —WOMAN for time housework. Call 2-1177.

part

WANTED —TWO WOMEN to learn woolen card room work. Apply Aldon Spinning Mill, Tal- cottville.

WANTED—CAPABLE saleslady, permanent position, good salary. Apply SUbros, 881 Main street

Ward’sFarm Store

■ 43 Purnell Place Manchester

ELECTRIC BROODERS 200 • 500 Capacity

19.45 to 24.00

COAL BROODERS 500 Capacity — 19.75

KEROSENE BROODERS 200 Capacity — 9.95

POULTRY FEEDS Starter, Growing and

Laying Mash — 69.60 Ton

BARBED WIRE 80 Rod Spool

14 Gauge 2 Pt...............3.1212 !4 Gauge 2 Pt...........4.20

BABY CHICKSPlace Your Order Now For January Delivery!

ALL BREEDS 3 Star As Hatched18.00 Per Hundred

WANTED—SOMEONE to care for baby In own home from Dec. 23- 28. $3.50 per day. Box C, Herald.

Help Wanted— Male 36

Poultry and Supplies 43FOR SA LE -R O A S'nN G chick­ens for Christmas. Donald Gehr- ing, telephone 8758.

TOR SALE—1500 BROILERS and young roasters, live weight. H. A. Frink,' Wapping.

Articles for Sale 45

A'l'LAS AND WORLD globes, $2.00 and up. Kemp's Furniture.

FOR SALE—2 PAIR OF girl's white shoe skates, size 4 and 5, $3.00 pair. Call 2-0082.

FOR SALE—AT KEMP'S, sewing cabinets in mapie and mahogany Kemp's Furniture.

WINDOW SHADES -VENICTIAN blinds. Owing to our very low overhead, get out special low prices on high grade window shades and Venetian blinds com­pletely installed. Samples furnish­ed. Capitol Window Shade Co., 241 North Main street. Phone 8819. Open evenlnga.

MIRRORS, LARGE Kemp's Furniture.

assortment.

BUY YOUR STOVES now. As Old Man Winter Is Just around the comer. See Jones. He.has a large variety of stoves. New and uOed. 31 Oak street Tel. 8254.

TOR SALE -G A S SToyE. phone 5697.

Wanted—To Bay 58 Wanted— Rooma—Board 62

WANTED TO BUY baby carriage. In good condition. Call 2-1777.

Rooms Without Board 59FOR RENT—TWO DOUBLE bed­rooms. maple furnished, 3 min- utea from Cheneys. Call 5290.

LARGE PLEASANT furnished room, near bath, with kitchen prlvUeges if desired. Call af^er five p. m. at 11 Locust.

FOR RENT—ATTRACTIVE mas­ter bed room for two gentlemen. Clean, warm and comfortable, twin beds, 1 block west of Main at Strickland. 124 Oxford street.

FOR RENT—ROOMS, private en­trance. Call 2-0759.

Tele-

FOR SALE—WHITE Rotary elec­tric sewing machine. In perfect condition, $69.50. Call 8924.

FOR SALE—GREEIN and cream enameled stove. Inquire at 10 Chestnut street Sunday only.

FOR SALE — BROWN enamel Heatrola, slightly used, for coal or wood, heata 4 rooms; also other stoves. Conrad Merz, Phoe­nix street, Vernon.

Machinery and Toola 52USED CATERPILLAR 22, excel-

lent condition. Saw rigs, cement mixers, used silo filler late style. Dublin Tractor Company, WlUi- mantlc.

ROOMS—SINGLE AND DOUBLE beds, kitchen privilege, 237 Cen­ter street. Tel. 2-1561. Girls only.

Low Costins Era Is Ended

WANTED—BOARD for 1 or 3 weeks, for 10 yea old boy. Write Box P, Herald. '

^Apartmenta, Flata, ** Tenemrnta 63

FOR RENT—6 Call 7382.

ROOM tenement,

FOR Re n t —6 r o o m tenement, all Improvements, wired for elec­tric stove, oil burner heat, ga­rage. 28 Russell street.

Houses foi Sale 72IMMEDIA/TE OCCUPANCY, 9 Robin Road. Out ot town owner, 6 rooms, steam heat, fireplace, cop­per plumbing, moaemlstlc Idtch- en, basement laundry, good con­dition. Lot 60x130. Price $6850. Shown by appointment. Walter W. Grant,' 647 Main street, Hart­ford. Tel. 2-7584. Residence Phone

. Manchester 3160.

Houses for SaleOCCUPANCY 30 DAYS. 67 Bran­

ford street, privately owned John­son built Capi Cod home, 4 roems and bath tub shower, second floor partially finished Insulated, steam

heat (coal), thermostat control, fireplace, copper plumbing. Good condition, basement laundry, lot 50x130. FHA mortgage. W e e $6800. Shown by appointment. Walton W. Grant, 647 Main atreet, Hartford. Tel. 2-7084. Resi­dence Phont Manchester 3160.

Legal Notires 78

CXnitlnaed from Page Oi>e)

Musical Instruments 53

FOR SALE—MAN'S heavy black onyx ring, set wlt> a 22 100 per­cent blue white diamond, $85 for quick sale. Call 2 0381.

TOR SALE— ERECTOR SET!, metal box. motor. Also divan, wicKer porch furplturc, three sizes sleds. Telephone 2-1358.

FOR SALE—NEW DOLL house with furniture, $7.50. Inquire 97 Hollister street, telephone 5221.

TOR SALE—ALL TYPES Of rec­ord cases an'’ cabinets In assort­ed .r.lors at Kemp's. Musi/ Dept.

WANTED— SAXOPHONES, piano accordians, ciarinets, trumpets. Call 5709 or write Chester OsosKy. 89 Union street.

Electrical Appliances-— Radio 49

FOR SALE— MAJESTIC radio table model, fair condition, $20. Call Manchester 8152.

COMPLETE DRUM SET, Leedys Mother o f Pearl Finish, includes base drum with $10.(M) pedal, snare drum with carrying case, small and large tuneable tom tonub, top hat (foot cymbals), 3 oriental cymbals, 2 cow bells, temple block, practice pad, drum sticks and brushes. Scarcely used. Cost $321.00. will sell f'>r $225.00. Can be seen at 73 CThurch street, or call 2-1034 aftei 6:00.

Hoiischnid Gniids 51FOR SALE -LARGE assortment of hassocks. All sizes and :olors. Kemp's Furniture, 736 Main St.

WANTED—MIDDLE AGED man for ft.ctory work. Steady work, good pay. Apply Tober Baseball Mfg. Oo., Elm street, Manches­ter.

WANTED —AUTOMOB$LE me­chanic, good pay. Solimene and Flagg Inc., Dodge A Plymouth Dealers, 634 Center street.

WAN’TED—TWO MEN to learn woolen card room work. Apply Aldon Spinning Mill, Talcottvllle, Conn.

KEEP

TOR SALE—UNIVERSAL gle. Phone 7991.

man-

HOSPITAL BED FOR SALE or rent, fully adjustable Kates rea­sonable. Call Keith Furniture. Tel. 4159.

FOR SALE—LARGE Assortment of pictures, all sizes and prices- at Kemp's Furniture.

F,OR SALE—SMALL 2 burner cast Iron kitchen stove with oil burner, also 2 burner .portable

heater. Cal) 4888.

Wearing Apparel— Furs 57FOR SALE—LADIES dark skin­ned racoon coat, size 16-18. Excel­lent condition, $50. Call 7132 after 8 p. m.

Wanted— To Bay 58

U.SED FURNITURE and stoves, bought, solo and exchanged Highest prices paid Jones Furni­ture, 31 Oak street. Tel. S’j'54.

^EWING MAtTlINES. vacuums, any electrical appliance regard­less of condition iDstimates in your liome. A. B. C. Flxlt (3o. 21 Maple street. Tel 2-1575.

WANTEn>—A SECOND hand bath tub and two hot air furnaces. Phone Mancheste- 3301.

DAIRY FEEDS Super 1 8 % . . . . . .66.60 Ton

MILKING MACHINESDouble U n it .............144.95Two Double Unit ...225.00

Supplement Your Heating System

BURN CANNEL andFIREPLACE COAL% * ■ - ■ ,

which ignites instantly and hums with a large longdasting hlaze that radiates warmth and cheer throughout the entire room . W ill deliver any quantity from 100 lbs. up to a ton or more per custom- er. Phone ns your order now fo r immlidiate delivery.

Manchester Lumber & Fuel Co.CENTER STREET

Everett T; McKinney, Mgr.TELEPHONE 5145

Europe share a common element— frontal attack.

It is true o f course that tacti­cal flanking operations will still be possible. The attack on a par­ticular sector of line or fortified island will probe for the weakest point, but the fact remains that the headlong assault itself must be made to win the objective. ..

Opposition Not Worth PriceThat la because - as the war

moves Into the zone of the ene­my's vital interests almost every point hit is one which the enemy must defend. The British moved Into southern Italy with no opposi­tion primarily because the Ger­mans decided opposition was not worth the price.

It was vastly different when the Anglo-American 5th - Army went into Salerno, and but for an un­quenchable will to stick it out plus the timely arrival of supports and reinforcements the 5th would have lost Its beachhead. Yet casualties, frightful as they were, were pro­portionately light in comparison with the Russians have been losing over Individual points on the east­ern front and what the Anglo- Americans will lose when they push across the English channel.

Million Casualties Seen Some well-qualified estimates of

Allied losses in the big push—al­ways assuming that an aerial a j- sault does not crack Germany be­forehand—are that they will run up to 1,000,000 casualties before the beachhead is thoroughly secur­ed.

The losses at. Tarawa are an example of what can happen. The attack on Tarawa, in the Brr ki- owned Gilberts which the Japanese occupied early in 1942, was plan­ned as a strategical flanking at­tack. The' high command obvious­ly considered It a secondary point in relation to Japan's main posi­tions in the nearby Marshall is­lands, occupied by Nippon since World War 1.

But the Japanese considered the Gilberts an Important part or their strategical position in the Central Pacific. They compelled American landing forces to make a. frontal attack. As a result the bodies of a thousand dead littered the beaches of Tarawa before the American flag was raised over Its batt'e-tom palms. ,

Offensive Began Year .AgoThe offensive In the direction of

Rabaul, now reaching its climax, began more than a year ago when Marines landed on Guadalcanal and American and Australian trOops drove over the mountains from Port Moresby, New Guinea, and Into enemy territory.

Now the forcea/edme up to at­

tack Rabaul Itself. It is a formid able bastion, easily defended, and if the enemy Is willing to spend the men and materials he can ex­act a heavy toll.

Otherwise he must withdraw his main forces back into the Caroline islands, where the main Naval base is Truk, or toward the Phil­ippines, leaving only a rear-guard to delay the conquest. Shipping losses might force such a with­drawal.

Beyond Rabaul the problem of frontal attack becomes even more acute.

The only thing which, can mini­mize losses is Americaii^ superior­ity of weapons, especially air­planes. But Tarawa proved that In the last analysis It's the vulner­able foot-soldier with a rifle who captures and holds positions—at the cost of his own blood.

I.KIL’OK PKIIM IT N O TITB OF A P F L IF A T IO V

T h is is to a lv c n otice that 1 B at­tista A nsaldi o f H(l M aple street, M anchester, Conn., have flletl an a p ­p lica tion dated the 9th day o f Dec., w ith the L iquor C ontrol C om m is­sion fo r a C lub Perm it fo r the sale o f a lcoh o lic liqu or on the prom ises at 135 K ldrldR c street. M anchester, Conn. T he bu siness Is ow n ed by .M anchester Ita lia n -A m erica n Club, Ine., o f 135 K Idridxe atreet, M an­chester. Conn., and w ill he co n d u ct ­ed by B attista AnenUli o f 140.Maple street, M anchester, Conn., ns per­m ittee.

B A TTISTA ANSALDI D ated 9th o f Dec., 1943.

11-13-10-43.

Merit BasisGains Favor

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general and has proved his worth in that post ought not to be drop­ped back to major when the war is over.” he observed.

should Probe Whole Subject Senator Trumai. (D., Mo.), who

Joined with Senators Wallgren (D., Wash.) and Kilgore (D,, W. 'Va.) in introducing legislation to freeze permanent promotions, said he felt, like Thomaa, that the whole’ subject of the Army's or­ganization ought to be investiga­ted. The measure they offered would bar Senate consideration of presidential nominations for per­manent promotions, all of which must be submitted for confirma­tion.

On the'other hand. Senator Gur­ney (R., S. D.) said the committee should not set Itself up as a Judge on promotions but should leave such matters to the chief of staff.

Senator Chandler (D., Ky.) said a subcommittee he heads would sti’dy the'prom otijn freeze legls- latio;. In permanent rank. The sub­committee has postponed action indefinitely on 14 such promotions. The list Includes presidential rec­ommendations for promotions to permanent ranlt of major general for Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stllwell, Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., Lieut. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell and Lieut. Gen. Joseph T. McNar- ney.

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Sense and NonsenseFAITH B A L D W IN

Not the Proper Wife C b o p t s /X X l/

The board meeting took place at headquarters. Emily, waiting her turn to speak, looked at her audience in some trepidation. Elsie Edgar smiled at her encouraging­ly. But Elsie was thinking. It’s too bod of Frank . . . Emily was by no moans the sort o f daughter-in- law Elsie wanted. She liked to be the social service worker in the family. Nancy amused and rested her. A second Mrs. Edgar who would undoubtedly have her fin­ger in all sorts of civic pic^ was not to Mrs. Edgar’s liking.

Mollle, one of the industrial nurses, was speaking earnestly. Her entb'ulaam carried her away and several members looked at one another with veiled amuse­ment wha Mollle spoke in blunt terms of- the difficulty of proper care of workers under adverse -'ondicions, and placed the blame of the typhoid outbreak at the proper doors—whiqh led to the workers' houses.

Mrs. Edgar stirred and redden­ed painfully.

Emily’s little speech was a sym­pathetic selection of case histories. The story of a sick child, saved In time. The story of a child, too often homo during school flours, as the visiting nurse could easily see. Yet *t was not a matter for a truant officer. There was no one at home to care for the patient and the younger children, except this child. Matters were better ar­ranged through the father of the family, through the V. N. A. It­self, and the doctor at the dispen­sary. She told them about the El- -ters, and eventiudly about Mrs. Reman. The Reman case Inter­ested them, they leaned forward

,ahd she knew she had their whole attention. She spoke briefly but graphically of the house in which she had foilnd Timmy. . . .

eemnNaHT. i m a MCA ■■nvicK. me.

spend money on half a dozen ram­shackle buildings which are bring­ing next tO no rent now. As for the mill houses, the city hasn’t com­plained of them, and the inspec­tors are perfectly satisfied. Em­ily’s a good girl, no doubt, but she's a meddler and 1 cannot tol­erate meddlers."

Frank h ^ lost his head. He had said that Emily didn’t meddle, that he Was seriously In love with her and^that he was determined to marry her If she would have him.

"Of course she’ll have you, said his mother scornfully, "why shouldn't she?”

She went on, '.'However, if she does accept you. Frank, you will be marrying her without my con­sent."

Absurd. He was free, white and well over 21. But if his mother, through Carter,'"wished to demote him at the mill, if she wished to throw him out altogether, without as much as an allowance, she could.

She was telling him now just what he might expect if he per­sisted in this silly infatuation.

"But 1 thought you liked Emily. "1 do like per. But she is not

the proper wife for 'you . . ." She added, "And if you have any in­fluence with her, Frank, I’d ad­vise her not to be too carried away by her—Job. Otherwise she might not have it very long, in Cranberry.”

(To Be Continued)

Obstacles ^Obstacles are those frightful

things you see when you take your eyes off the gosd.

Difficulties loom large when they attract most of your attention. .

They assume their proper size when your gaze never wavci-s from that which you wish to ac­complish.

Father iwhen his son got his first Job)—When you approach your new Job you should make up your mind to do it well. I remember when first started to work, I was fired with enthusiasm for what I waa doing.

A couple of days later the boy came home looking downcast. ^

Father—That Isn’t the way* to look. What happened anyway?

Son—The same thing that hap­pened to you on your flrat Job, dad. A waa fired ’with enthusiasm— much enthusiasm it seemed to me.

Thank God you’ve, got a Job to do a Job th&t you can fill;

It matters not how small the spot, Just do it with a will.

Don't criticize your neighbor. Just do the best you can:

Remember “ V" for Victory is worn by every man.

Be deaf and dumb to rumor's voice, hove faith, keep courage Aear;

Hold up your chin, 'twill help you win your victory over fear.

Remember w’e're Americans, all rooted, from one tree;

So fall in step we need your pep to keep Democracy!

—Vincy Wilder.

Father (as he laid ths leather strap across the boy’s stern )-r-My boy. I'm really spanking you be- CatiSe I love you.

Dad (moaning)— Dad, I only wish I was big enough to return your love, .

FUNNY BUSINESS

.M akes T ru e P re d ic t io n

After the meeting Mrs. Edgar beckoned her. She said, in her dominant, forthright way,

"You did very well, Emily. I agree with Miaa Ansing that di­rect contact with actual nursing problems through the nurses them­selves is Invaluable to the board.’’ She patted Emily's shoulder and smiled. "Why don’t you come up and dine with us sometime, my dear? 1 hear of you through Frank but 1 don’t see you often enough," she said.

Emily had a word with Miss Ansing later. She said,

“She’s furious! Not only about the mill district, but about the Reman cose.”

“1 noticed you mentioned the strMt,” sold Miss Ansing. She sighed. “ It’s too(bad. Of courae I don’t know Mrs. Edgar well. 1 didn’t get the impression that she waa—annoyed. If she was, it’s a pity: w'e can't afford to antagonize her."

Emily said, distressed,“ I didn’t mean to—anger her.

Just point out ^She stopped as Miss Ansing

touched her arm warnlngly and turned to speak to tjie chairman of the board.

Frank appearing a night or two later, had a word to say.

"What In the world did you do to my mother?” he inquired.

"Nothing,” said Emily. "W hy?”“ She’s seriously annoyed," said

Frank.“ Is that why she asked me to

dipner?”"Perhaps she plans to poison

you.” He shrugg^ his shoulders, “Oh, forget it," he said, “she’ll get over It."

But he was uneasy. He wasn’t sure. His mother had waited up for him Jie night of the hoard meeting. She had said, marching him Into the library, "I want you to atop seeing so much of Emily Hall."

Oklahoma City, —t/Pi— When Floyd Farley, golf pro, heard that h)s boyhood friend. Charley Weis- ner, bad a destroyer torpedoed from under him last October, he wasn’t worried. "Why,” said Far­ley. "he’ll show up somewhere in a day or two, asking for a ham­burger.” The other night came a knock at the Farley door. There stood (IJharley. Well, he asked, shall we have a hamburger?

E\'en GivM Nickname

Spokane, Wash.—(4*)— A nurse in a Spokane hospital, says Chronicle Columnist Myrtle Gay­lord, noted that all patients in a ward—except one—had cake for. dinner.

"I ’d like some, too,” he com­plained.

“What’s your name?" asked the nurse. “ I don’t know whether you’re allowed to eat cake."

"My name is Pickens—and if It’s anything to you, the nick­name is Slim.”

Frank was aghast."But I thought . . he began

and she Interrupted forcefully, “You thought Millicent was my

closest friend? She is. That has nothing to do with the matter. Has Emily, ever spoken to you about the small section houses?”

“Yes,” he admitted uneasily, "but—"

"That’s enough. She told the en­tire board tonight about the con­ditions in the Elderberry block. You know that we expect to dis­pose of that property as spon as the government makes up its mind

' where the new defense houses are to ga It would be sheer folly to

On Meeting People:Do not worry about what people

are thinking about you— for they are not thinking about you They are wondering \ hat you are'think­ing about tliem.

Two Negjo boys were having an argument about ghosts. One of them claimed to have aeei a ghost as he passed the cemetery the night before.

Doubtful Negro—What was dia here ghost doin' when yo' las' seen him?

Other Negro—Jes' failin' behin' mis.tah, Jes' failin' behin' rapid.

Teacher—Junior, come and give me what you your mouth.

Junior—1 wish I could toothache.

up here have in

It’s a

Hav* It W«U LoadedHush. Htrohlto,Don’t you cry.You'll get mure scrap metal By and By.—Dorsey T. Black.

So long a^ war lasts, no sacri­fice IS too great for Americans, if everyone makes the same sacri­fice.. That's why rationing Us fair­er than vdluntary restrictions. ■

Wifoy—How do you like my new gown 7 I got it for a ridiculous price.

Hubby— You me n you got it for an absurd figure.

An attorney, angered over an adverse ruling by the judge left the courtroom, remarking to another lawyer that “ the Judge was an ass and shouldn't .he on the bench."

Before the case ended, the Judge heard of the remark, and called the attorney before him, saying;

Judge— I hear that you called me an ass and said I ought not to

be or the bench.Attorney (quick-witted)—Sure.

Anybody with your profound knowledge of the law is ah ass to be on the bench. You ought to be practicing before -.the bar, where your talents could be cssheu Into big money.

HOLD EVERYTHING:

grandma’s glasses, just leaves them empties them.

We never used to be able to find blit now

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.Aided Getting Onions

Kansas City— (jPl —The well - dressed guest sidled up to Hotel Doorman Charley Ranfield 'and .said: "M y wife just phoned me from Washington and asked me to bring home some onions: she can’t buy onions any place . . Ranfield helped.him locate a gro­cery. He bought onions, said please keep this mum, and gave Ranfield his card. He Is an official of s nationally known grocery cliain.

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‘I won these in a domestic battle!”

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Yow moBtff goes into battle every time invest in War Bonds—goesup to the German llnea in the form of tanks, planes, essenlt boats aa pie- tired here in the Mediterranean area.

Suecegg of our troops depends upon the help they get from the home front/ BuBeta fired yesterday won’t win tomonow’s battle. War Bonds bought lest moaith won’t p i f tor our next offensive. Ghra your <361- Isrs action: Boy More War Beads.

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wHl meet tonight « t 8 o'clock M thetr ;Iubhi>ui* on Maple street to go th the Dougan fiineral lw\jpie to pay their reapccts to their former member, William Reid.

Troop #, Otrl Scout*, will hold their Christmas party Monday. Dec. 20. at 4 o’clock at the South Methodist church. Everyone is urged to be present, and to bring a present for the Girl Scout whose name they drew.

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Nutmeg District, L. O. L., No. 2ir will instsil their officers and officers of subordinate lodges Sat­urday etrenln,? at 7 o'clock. The exercises will he held in Orange Hall. WorthJ' District Master David Mullen wilt install Ihe offi­cers of Ihe, various lodges. A sup­per to be served by Osano will fol­low. •

Sunset Rebekah Lodge will ojiQn ■its business meeting Monday eve­ning in Odd Fellows hall at 7 o'clock. Officers for 1944 will ^e Sleeted at this time. Shortly after 8 o'clock the Rebekahs and Odd Fellows will have a joint Christ­mas party, with a Christmas tree and appropriate program. Mrs. Emma Dowd- heads the refi'csh- ment committee. Each one attend-' ing is a.sked to provide a ten-cent gift.

Sunday School teachers of Emanuel Lutheran church- will meet tonight at 7:30 at the church instead of at the home of Mrs, Ar­thur Tolf of Woodland street as at first planned. Final ariange- ments will he made for the Christ­mas program which the .Sunday school chlldien will present Sun­day evening. Dec. 26.

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5th Army Pincers Nears San Pietro;

Tanks in Battles

MANCHESTER, CONN., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18,1943

May Command Invasion Forces

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Hand to Hand Fighting ^ F a C t O V S Continues as Ameri­cans Dig Garmans Out O f Pillboxes on Out­skirts o f Heavily Forti­fied Village Today.

Slow Gains Along 'Boot

Allied Headquarters, Al­giers, Dec. 18.—K^)~^A Fifth Army pincers movement closed in today on the heavily fortified village of San Pietro, seven miles southeast of Cas- sino, as the Eighth Army re­ported capturing or destroy­ing 15 German tanks in a se­ries of srmored battle* on the other side of the peninsula. Amer­ican troopa reached the outskirts of San Pietro, where hand to hand fighting continued for the second straight day as the doughboys dug the German* out of their pill­boxes one ty one.

Only One Road to Escape The ’ Americana how hold

heights north, east, south and southwest of the village, a mili­tary commentator said, leaving the Germans only one road to es­cape. s

The attack on San Pietro was coordinated w'ith an assault on 1,000-foot Mount Lungo, to the south of the Rome road. Closing of the pincers would chop off a large section of the road near the en­trance into the Casslno plain.

Further inland Allied troops captured Lagone, a 2.000-foot mountain village two miles west of Filignano in hard street fight­ing. Three German attacks north­west of Venafro were repulsed, but in central lU Iy on the Fifth Army front Allied positions were driven back by a fierce German mountain lunge.

Reinforce Defense Hilla The critical nature of the strug­

gle on the Fifth Aftny front was evidenced by the fact that the Ger­mans had reinforced their defense of the hills with a new division, the Fifth Mountain division, which a military commentator said had come direct from Russia.

Around San Pietro the eACiny----was barricaded in innumerable concrete pillboxes and caves and

'■ all approaches to the village were guarded with mines and booby- traps— making the progress of the Americans slow and costly de­spite the fact that the Fifth Army now dominates the hills on three Bides of the village.

Fighting on the Eighth Army's end of the line was equally bitter with the Germans counter-attack­ing and both sides using tanks. By nightfall yesterday, 13 German tanks had been turned into flam­ing wrecks and two had been cap­tured intact.

Fight Way North of RoadNew Zealand troops fought

■> their way on to thS north of the Orsogna-Ortona road which they had crosaed three days ago and Tt was against those units that the Germans directed their heaviest counter blows, particularly in the vicinity j f Orsogna.

Some of the enemy's First Para­chute division was wlthdawn from mountain positions to take part in this fighting.

Bad weather gi-ounded the big bombers of the 15th Strategic Air Force which on the three previous days had smashed at enemy alr-

Italian Aid Le$$ Than Expected; Competing In Priorities; Rome of Little Military Value.

By Wes GallagherAllied Headquarters, ‘ Algiers,

bee. 18.—'.'PI—Three factors, as Important, if not more so, than terrain and weather, have played

large part In the alow progress of the American Fifth and the British Eighth Army up the Italian boot, it appears to me after a tour of southern Italy.

They are: ,1. The Italian surrender has

produced.far less in a military sense than had first been hoped for. The Italian armed forces have not yet proved of any great value, especially on land, and Italian guerrilla activity and sabotage has been negligible.

2. This Mediterranean theater is competing in priorities with other theaters which figure higher in Allied plans.

3. ' Outside of prestige there is little military value in capturing Rome. It would not be worth the tremendous cost in infantry casual­ties to bring the campaign to a quick end.'

Campaign Worth CostBut despite the fart that there is

little chance that the drive can be 'seeded up. I am convinced that the' campaign has been worth the

6th Army Occupies Merkus Peninsula;

Continues to GainNazis Report White Russia

Battle Heavy

Plans Shift For Leader Of Invasion

Ruflflians Strengthen En-\ Belief Is Expressed Mar-

General Eisenhower, center, above, welcoming President Roosevelt at the airport In CMtelvetrano, Sicily, may have been picked as commander of the Allied forcea to Invade Europe from Britain, ac­cording to the Army and Navy Register. Elsenhower is to tackle the job *for Gen. Marshall, who. It is reported, is to remain in his position as chief of staff of the U. S. Army. Shown in the picture at the left Is Lieut. Gen. Geo rge S. Patton.

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Liquor, Taxes Twin Issues

For Senate

Big Munitions Plant Blasted During Raid

FightTwo-Fisted Floor Affecting----Both Im­pends; Hope .to Re­lease Whiskey Held.

Swedish Engineer Tells Final Death Of Violent Explosion Shaking Berlin During British Air Attack.

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Lewis, Mine Owners Sign

Wage TermsDispute Close to. Set tlenient as Railroad Controversy Still Has Its Harsh Gratings.

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Bus Drivers Work Again

Return To Jobs and Ask Reconsideration' o f De­cision on Pav Contract.

Washington, .Dec. 18- (JC} The coal wage dispute came clo.se to a definite aettlement |pday after j nearly a year o t wrangling but the railroad controversy still had Its harsh gratings.

John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, signed a two-year. no-strike agreement with operators, representing more than two-thirds of the soft coal in­dustry. ' , w

This sign of peace on the labor front was disturbed however by the reaction of a railroad union leader to the refusal of Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson to approve an eight-Cents- an.hour wage boost for non-oper­ating employes.

Harrison Warns Democrats While Lewis and his UMW made

peace with a majority of the coal producers, George M. Harrison, president of the Brotherhood al Railroad and Steamship Clerks warned that Vinson's action /had “done the Democrats nq, damn good.” Harrison said President Roosevelt himself had urged the eight cent Increase as a compro­mise to the original 20 cents an hour demand. /

Vinson turned It down as infla­tionary, the Senate passed a reso-

Washington, Dec. 18—(iP)—Liq­uor and taxes, which started out as separate congressional prob­lems. turned out to be twins in the Senate today. A two-fisted floor fight, affecting both, im­pended.

The link, setting up the prom­ised scrap, was established this way:

The Senate Finance committee adopted a new tax bill to yield $2,- 284,000.000 more next year, less than a fifth of what the Treasury asked.

Sentiment to Tax WhiskeyA special committee invi^stigat-

ing the liquor shortage found that U7.000.000 gallons was stored in warehouses waiting to be eight' years old ’when Federal taxes can be imposed. So sentiment arose for taxing the whiskey at the age of four 'years, on the theory this would reliease much of it for the parched public and at the same tinie provide a badly needed extra billion dollars to finance the gi­gantic war costs'.'

Chairman George (D., Ga.) of the Finance committee tried to put the liquor tax chahgc into the new revenue bill and w,s defeat­ed. 17 to 2.

He said, however, that he would seek to add considerable revcYiue to the tax bill \vhen it hits the floor without expl,imng whether he had the liquor question m mind again, or whether he might demand some

Atlanta, Def. l8—(4>)—Striking drivers and maintenance employes of the Southeastern Greyhounfl Bus lines returned to work at, 12:01 a. m. today and aaked the Regional War I^bor Board to re­consider its decision on their wage, contract. ,

"nie workers contended the de­cision contained inequities by re­ducing the contract scale in cer­tain categories while permitting raises-in other categories, the WLB reported.

Approximately 800 drivers and 2,500 maintenance workers, mem­bers of the Amalgamated Associa­tion of Street Electric Railway and Motor Co«ch Employes (A FL ), were involved at Birm Ingham. and Tuacalooaa, Ala.; Chattanooga, knoxville and Nash' ville, Tenn.; Louisville and LeX'

y Ington, Ky., and Atlanta.The declalon to return to work

waa announced late last night by Faul L. Styles, director ef dispute* of the Regional WLB.

The WLB said itg ruling was on a contract agreed to by the union and the Greyhound Company.

Main Bua Routes Affected Service m routes south of Naqb-

viUe and Chattanooga wa# aW- pendad by the gj rike, a f f « c t o g ^ m a^ bua rautat batwean Florida and th* mid-west. The strike be­gan at BtnrUngham Thursday

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Soldier Bonus / Talk Revived

Stockholm, Dec. 18.— (/P)— One of Berlin’s largest muni­tions factories ip suburban Babelsberg was blown up by the R.A.F.’s Thursday night raid, a Swedish engineer just returned from the Reich cap-

. ita\ said today. The engineer, Karl Erikson said, “ it was light as day on the streets from fires and I counted 41 in a 15-min- iite walk down the street. A quar­ter of an hour after I retired in the Hotel Excelsior, which waa practically untouched except that the windows were broken, a vlo- Icht explosion shook Berlin. The next moniing I learned the blast was at one of Berlin's largest munitions factories at Babelsberg which was destroyed by a delayed action bomb."

Erikson. who has been install­ing turbines, in Italy for the past four S’cars, was passing through Berlin en route to Sw'eUen from Genoa. ,/ .

Worst Experience In Life "I had experienced several Bnt-

i.sh and American air raids before, but this was the worst experience in my life," he said. ,

"Bombs dropped unceasingly for nearly half'an hour, especial­ly around the air raid shelter near Anhalter station, where I stayed."

He estimated the area within a radius of a third of a mile of the Anhalter statipn had been de­vastated, but said the station it­self was undamaged. Also hard hit were the weatern suburbs ot Babelsberg and Neuzelsberg.

“When I left the Tempelholf airfield fires were still burning in three administration offices. The pei'sonnel told rpe that four hqh- gars were destroyed and parts, of

Toll likely To Hit 80

Weary And Tug Winch

at Debris With Upon Truck.

cirelenienl o f K irovo­grad; K ill 800 Colin-j ter - Atta<6king Foes. |

London, Dec. 18—(>P»—Troops of Gen. Ivan S. Konev's Second Ukraine Army have strengthened their encirclement of the indus­trial city of Kirovograd, killing 800 counter-attacking Germans, Moscow announced today as Nazi sources reported new and heavy fighting in White Russia.

Capture of Kirovograd seriously menace the German gar­rison at Krivol Rog, principal source of manganese for Ger many's war machine. The Ger­mans have held to this vital min­ing center for months, hurling back rfpeated Red Army frontal attacks.

Report Unusually Laconic Today's Russian communique

was unusually laconic, confining itself mainly to action around K1 rovograd, but Berlin reported ter­rific battles in White Russia, pos­sibly heralding the opening of a full-scale Russian winter drive for the Baltic.

Dispatches from Henry C. Cas­sidy, Associated Press correspon­dent in Moscow, meanwhile, said that Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's First Ukraine Army, in smashing Mar

offensive in the Kiev bulge, ''hss won a defensive victory ss 4mpor' tant as some of its offensive vic­tories.

•The tknk battle west of Kiev has died down after five weeks of frantic but futile German efforts to break the Red Army’s main Dnieper river salient," Cassidy wrote.

"Although the Germans gained; the important rail cities of Zhit mir and Korosten, and the hlgh-

Cross I way junction of Radomsyl i^pro­longed and expensive armpred as­saults, they failed to achieve a ma jor breakthrough, "m fighting which originally ipvolved eight German tank divisions has now dwindled to scouting operations.”

Holds Wide Springboard Cassidy ^ e d that Vatutin still

holds a wide springboard west of Kiev for further expected Russian offenslvea toward the old PoIi#i froiriuer.

Most important of the reported

shfdl to Stay in Pres­ent Job; Eisenhotver To Direct Landings.

Takes Coinplele Control O f Neck o f Land Flanking Arawe Har­bor; No Distinct Bat­t l e l i n e Establisbcd; Scaltereil Enemy Re- sislanee Eliininated Bv Ainericun Forces.

Washington, Dec. 18.—(/P(— The unofficial but usually authoritative Army and Navy registes-expressed belief today that revised plans would place Gen. Dwight D. Elsen­hower in charge of the Invasion of we.'rtern Europe and that Gen. George... C. Marshall, previously slated to take over supreme com­mand of Ahierlcan-Brltisb forces, would continue in his present post as U. S. Army chief of staff.

The register, crediting "well-in­formed sources" for its informa­tion, saldj'this reversal" of plant apparently stemmed from the re­cent Middle-East jionferenc# be­tween President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, stating 'some decision must have been reached___ that makes it more de­sirable for General Marshall to stay In Washington where his ad­ministrative ahlUtiea, sjtrategical talents, and wise counsel,will be available to others of the top-side at • home concerned with prosecu­tion of the war."----------------------

With Eisenhower directing th ,

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General MacArthur’s Head­quarters, New Guinea, Dec 18. — (JP) — Troops of th« United States Si.fth Arm> have (fecupied the entii’4 Cape Merkus peninsula in th« Arawe sector of New Britaii island, and,are continuing t< advance. G e n e r a l MacAr- thur'a headquarters announced to. night. This gave the invasios forces which landed four day* ago complete control of the three-mill neck of land flanking the Armwi harbor on the southwest coast ol the big island, and leading to» ward the site of the presently serviceable air atrip

Initisl Objectives of TI The peninsula, together with

the off^lying Pilelo teland wblcM was overrun the first day of the attack, were deagtlbed aa the prime initial objectives of the sea-borne * tr y « against Japanese occupation fn New Britain, theil major has* in the Southwest Pa» eifle area

CHrr force neai Arawa eontln- ues-^ expand Ita position;*’ .a head-

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Mililary Folice 1 .hal FriU_ von

Wrecking Crews

Lumberton. N. C., Dec. 18—1,0 The task of extrtcaUng mangled dead from the wreckage of two At­lantic Coast Line trains which col­lided near here Thursday sped for­ward today, and the Red estimated that the final death toll might mount to 80. Upwards of 50 others were injured.

Weary mililary police and wrecking- crews tugged at debris with a winch-equipped truck and tore through the smashed railway cars, discovering portions of bodies and pulling out blood-soaked cloth­ing.Traffic Resumed on Trunk IJnes The wreckage waa shoved off the^j,yjgt drives in White Russia, ac-

tracka and traffic Was resunipd.L.j,rdingr to Berlin, waa an attack over the A.C.L.'a trunk lines ^ s -1 pegun last Monday by Gen. Andrei terday. . . . . -w

The number of known dead was reported by Ihe Red CjXiss at 70 yesterday—47 service-men and 23 civilians '-but later .the Red Cross said possibly 10 prfire are still in one car. y-;'

The War (jepartment antiounced

Storm Troop Leader Gives ^ Stler Blame

il-^ys Fuehrer Responfli- ble for Reign o f Cruel­ly in Soviet Union; Doeiinientfl FalnifiFd.

Sasis of developments through tsrday.

No distinct battleline he* becB established, the spokesman said, but Americans in intermlttant combat eliminated scattered enemy resisUnce aa it waa encountered.

Th* Japanese were reported te have continued their air activity over the sector in an effort to ham­per American gams, but thera bat been no indication of any damage caused. The enemy’s earlier aerial

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43 Believed Lost at Sea

Boston Collier Suffolk Unreported A f t e r Two Distress Calls.

Boston, Dec. 18 -(4») - Thirty- seven merchantmen and a Navy gun crew of six were believed lost today as the Boston collier Suffolk remained unreported after tending out two radio distress calls during last Saturday’s gale off Montauk Point, Long Uland.

Sole hop* lay In the possibility that the men may have been pick­ed up by a ship moving with her radio silenced.

No Trsrc of Survivors . Returning searchers reported

they found no trace of survivors or debris In the area and her owners, C. H. Sprague and Sons, of Boston, listed her as “overdue.”

First indication that the Suffolk was IB trouble came flbout U;80 a. m. last Saturday. A second radio call 30 minutes later reported she was in a badigale, had been blown

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Outgrowth o f Unani­mous Senate Approval O f Mustering-Out Pay.Washington, Dec. 18.— —Sol­

dier bonus talk was he^rd again today ,ih the ca(>ttol. outgrowth of unanimous Senate approval for a measure authorizing from $200 to $500 mustering-out pay for vet­erans of World war TSvo.

Sponsors of what amounts to a bonus were spurred to new activity by the dispatch with which the Senate decided yeatdrday that uni formed men and women ought to have a substantial government check to tide them over the return to civilian life.

Promised Early Hearing Senator McFarland (D., Ariz.),

who Joined with Senator‘Maybank (D., S. C.) in Introducing a World war II bonus bin for twice the compensation paid veterans after the last war, said he had been promised .an early hearing by the Senate Finance committee. '

This bill would provide each 'Ceteran with a bond-caahaWe with­in three years after Ita iasuance— allowing $2 for each day of service in the armed lorcea in this country, with a ■ maximum of $1,000, and $2.50 daily for overseas service, with a maximum of $1,250.

The recipient veteran could draw a periodic amount monthly for educatleiwt. purpoMS. for purchM* e f « home or farm er fw aa iudua- trial venture, or get the whole aum in cash after three years. He also:

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Treasury Balance

Washington, Dec. 18.-—WP)—The position of the Treasury Dec. 16:

Receipts, $365,782,892.02; ex- peniUtures, $265,355,660.53; .net balance, $12,247,821,644.10; cus­toms receipts for month, $18,968,- 540.64.

from Wa-sbihgton last night the names soldiers killed, butwas upable to say if the list was compfiete. The Red Cross iden- tifted a dozen civilian dead and the tesk of identifying others confinii- ed slowly.

Headed by Ueut. Clinton Gris­wold of West Allis, Wise., a group of four military police from the Laurlnburg-Maxlon Army air base ripped through the wreckage to rearch and recover bodies. Pfc. Wil­liam Busko of New York. Corp. James MayheW, of Dallas, Tex and Pfc. Harold Sieling of Fre­mont, O.. climbed into the shamb­led cars time after time to attach a cable objects which blocked the rescue pathi. Hach time the vrinch

1. Yeremenko in the area’ south of Nevcl, 70 miles from the Latvian border.

Here, the German broadcasts asserted, the Red Army has ex­tended its operations west and northwest of Nevcl Yeremenko was said by the Nazis to be using at least 60,000 troops bolstered by

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Plot Reason For Movinjj

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Roosevelt Reveals Warn­ing Given liy Stalin At Teheran Talks.

Moscow, Dec. 18—(.P)—A Nazi storm troop commander was quot­ed today as telling a Kharkov court trying him for murder as a war criminal that "there was no question of international law” on the ea.stern front—“Adolf Hitler was the man responsible for the reign of cruelty in the Soviet union."

He then added, according to the Moscow press account of the trial, that Heinrich Himmler. Gestapo chief and minister of the Interior, had issued orders to "execute ac­cording to one’s oWn Aryan feel­ings." —

The witness,' Hans Ritz, is be­ing tried with other Germans and one Russian traitor under the pledge b.v the Soviet union, the United States and Great Britain that war criminals would be brought td justice at the scenes of their crimes and tried under local law.

Detailed .Vcceunts GivenDetailed accounts of the pro­

ceedings. the first since the three- power pledge, were given in Mos­cow newspapers. Col. N. K Dunaiev of the Justice department is comiucting the prosecution, and the defendants are represented by

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Italian Group Apologizes For Neo-Fascism Charge

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■ \ _____J.Naples, Dec. 17— (Delayed) — .

The Italian Committee of Na­tional Liberation, representing slX democratic parties, charged in a letter tonight that the Allied mili­tary government had become the "tools of nco-Fasciam" in Italy, but later withdrev. the letter and apologized for the statemenL

The committee, accompanied by Benedetto Croce. Italian philoso­pher, called en maase at the AMG offices and presented the* docu­ment. which protested the prohibi­tion of ah intended political .con­gress in Naples and asked that the ban be rescinded.• .Ask 'Trensmlsslon to I,e*dera

Party leaders asked that the letter be transmitted to. President Roepevelt, Frtme Minister Churcli- iU and t^R iler Stalin. .

Aa se «i a* Signer Arangio- Rulz, president of the committee, had read the letter, Lieut. Col. Carl Kraege of Burlington, Kana.,

demanded an explanation of the accusation that the AMB had be­come the “tools of neo-Fascism." A long debate followed at the end of which the letter was withdrawn with apologies.

The protest also was heard by Maj. Ridg-'way Khight of New York City.

Refuses to Allow ihe MeetingThe controversy, the most seri-

oua yet to sTtae between the AMG and Italian pollUcians, was gen­erated by the Allies’ refusal to permit a congress of all the com­mittees of National Liberation which the Naples committee had scheduled Mr Dec. 20 without no­tifying the AMG or asking per­mission.

It was .Icarped from a reliable Intennaat that the order refusing pemlsston earn* fron» "hlrter « i - thority” than the AMG. He Indi­cated that the prohibition was laid down by the American and Britiah govemmentai.

Washington. Dec. 18.—(Fy — Peace for this generation at lea.st may evolve from the Cairo-Teh- eran conferences, says President Roosevelt, hack at his White House desk today after a 36-day 25.000-mile trip that was spiced, to say the least, by a threat to his personal safety.

Mr. Roosevelt gave reporters yesterday a aketchy glimpse of his epochal meetings with Priqje Minister Churchill. Premier Stalin and President Chiang Kai-Shek. He promised more detail in a world broadcast at 3 p. m. iewt) next Friday, the day before Christmas. What he doe.snt say in that speech will be contained in a report to Congress later.

The president got to Washing­ton at 9:30 a. m. yesterday, promptly met with congressional leaders, representatives of the British, Clilnese. Russian, Turkish. Iranian and EgypUan govern­ments, and his cabinet. ■

Reveals Reason For Moving ’ Meeting the press after this, Mr.

Roosevelt, with his usual flair for the unexpected, revealed why he moved to the Russian embassy in Teheran, Iran, for his talks with Stalin and Chutchlll.

Stalin, he said, warned him that Uicre was a Nazi plot afoot against all three All«d leaders. By moving, \Mr. Roosevelt ex-

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Partisan Units Hit Nazis Hard

Held for Superior CourtBridgeport, Dee. 18.—( ^ —Wafr*

Ing examlnatton on charges a< eea spiracy, three partlclpaata la a fake hold-up In which a $2,018 pay­roll of the Fairfleld Dree* Cons- pany was taken were bound a w to the January term of Superior court when arraigned before Judge D. Harold Cotter la City Court to­day. The company’* boolikeeper, Mrs. Fay Pappas, 35, of 1003 Blad- ison avenue, and her brother, Peter Bocklaro, 22. of 56 Albioa streeL Mere able to furnish bond* of 85.000 each, but .Mm. PaPPM* brother-in-law, Anthony Conte, 8^ of 197 Hurd avenue, waa unable to provide a similar bond.

• ♦ •Financial Guarantees Required

New York, Dec. 18.—(A’l— Hela- rlch liiinmler, chief of Ihe (iermaa Gestapo, now requires German* to rive flnanrial and personal guar­antees that they “will not enter in­to any discussion about the situa­tion in Germany” before permit­ting them to visit a neighboring ciiuniry. the British radio said to­day In a broadcast recorded by CBS. Bi'fore a visa Is Issued the Gestaim makes a |iersonal Investi­gation. requires the deposit of a large suiii of money and obtains Ihe signature of two relatives or friends who are thus threatened with arrest If the prospective trav­eler falls to live up to his promises, the broadeasl said.

Seize Initiative After Breaking Heaviest Ger-

A88aii1t8 Yet.man

London, Dec. 18. —‘/Fi — Yugo­slav partl-san troops have gone over to the counter-offensive in three sectors, seizing the initia­tive after breaking the heaviest German assaults vet launched against the liberated tcifitory, it was announced today.

Marshal Josip Bi'oz's tT:tO‘8» communique, broadcast by the Free Yugoslav radio, reported that in the' Serbia-Montenegro border area his Second Corps waa "clear­ing the territory of the enemy,” that in eastern ^stiia his troopa were going forward in "very heavy fighting” against tanks, and that in Crotia as well. Yugoslav foicea were on the offensive.

Capture Much War Gear The Germans were hard hit in

Montenegro, where partisan forces were battling them to a standstill.

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MaV Fight YugoslavtansCairo. Dei'. 18— J’— The ex'led

Vugoslav government’s Ipforaia- , tion office said today that Han* Neiihai'her. the Nazis’ special en- v„N to sSiithrastcrn Europe. Is negotiating w4th (he Hungarian^ government over the latter s pro­posal to withdraw -Hungarian trooiis from Russia and send them Into Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav statement said that If the plaa I* approved Hungarian force# would lie sent Into Yugoslavia to m l^ force German troop* nghung against both Marshal Josip Bros (Tito), the partisan leader, and Gen. Draj* Mihallovlc, Ring Feter’s war minister and leader of the regular fon-es.

Prevent Safe RobberyLynn, .Has*., Dec. 18—(F^T w u

policemen got locked up for h while early tiutey but they pr*e vented a safe robbery. *n.vwv- Hc’iirlDR prowler* !■ th®Ijtundrv, OMlcers Thonrna 4- O’Neil and Salvatore TumlneUI en­tered the building.. The k u r g ^ got behind the olficem I* mauner and. fled after Iwkkqr M deor from the outald*. Before were releeaed, the offleem 9mm the outer door of the aef* haagm forced hut the taaer deer waa I