Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather*
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38tH YEAR, NO. 19 — 40 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1944
PRICE TEN CENTS
AMERICANS BOMB BERLI
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Crushed
Lepke Dies at iSing^g
Two Associates in IMurder, Inc.. Aiso; Last-Minute Effort
Bxccution Chamber. Sing Sing Priaon. Otsining, N. Y.. March 4. •tUP)- Kxwutive Director Louis (Lepl<ei Buchalter of million-dollar radceLn in extortion, vice, labor in¬ timidation and murder, died in NVw 'ynrl<  mate's electric chair tonight.
Two of Iha countless thugs and killers who carried out his orders during the 12 years that he was the big boss of the New Yoric City «nderworld. with nefarioiu connec- tloiu with iTlminals throughout the country, hsd the dubious distinction ef dying with him They were Louis Capone. 47, snd Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss, 3T. Ia Hrornrnl MIenvr
Buchalter was the laat of thc three to die. He walked boldly Into tka rxeriition chaml>er, accom¬ panied hy his spiritual advisor. Itabbi Jscob Katz, cast a scornful glanrr sround the smsU room, aaeming to eye each of the 24 offl- elgl witnesses in turn though he tank less thsn a second, then walk¬ ed over te the chair and sat down. Tha time was 11:14 p. m.
nvr guards swarmed arouad kllN, Ktrspping bis arms and legs ta the chair. Buchalter's face was atarn. his eyes wera fiashiag. He had not a word to say. TMpuardg stepped aside. Ona ralsednnii arm sllrhHfF'-^aM•' Bxecutloner Josepl' Frsnrel threw the switch. Th • time wnn 11;1S p. m.
Three times electricity was sent •urging thrnugh the sliaht body of the man who never killed a mHn personallv hut ordered €0 to 80 to their des'tha. At 11:17 p. m. Dra. C^srlrx f. Sweet and G. Kenneth McCrscken, prison physiclsna. step¬ ped forwsrd with »tetho.«cope.s and sfter n brief examinstion pro¬ nounced  him  dead.
Capone was first. He entered the chamber at 11:01 p. m., walked quietly over to the chair and sst down, reoeating the prayers fslllng from the lips of Rev. Bernard Msr- tln. the prison's Roman Catholic chaplain. Cspone's jaws were set snd. as the straps were tightened, his Iins clamped together in a hard, straight line. He eot the first shock at 11:02 p. m. snd after three more wss nroMOiinred rtcrni at 11:015. "Framed-up Case"
Then came Weisa. a Isrge man with bulky shoiildora. who was ac¬ companied by Rabbi Kali. Weiss was chewing gum. Apparently the men had been asked beforehand if they would wish to speak because he was asked by the lieutenant of guarda. who did not ask the others, if he harl anvthing to say.
"I want to say that this was a framed-up rase." he said, stand¬ ing beaide the chair, his wild eyea slipping furtively over the seated witnesses.    "Gov. Dewey knows it."
His   voice  trailed  off.   He  mum¬ bled.   Witneases understood him to say   something   about   "Gov.   Leh¬ man," Dewey's predecessor as chief (Continued  on  Pags A-lOi
Making Money on Anzio Beachhead
Anzio Beachhead. Italy, March 4. (UP)—This beachhead with its heavy fighting may be a littia short on entertainment facilities, but ^t is saving the American aoldiers   here   a   lot   of   monev.
One of the flnance offlcers, Capt. Frederick H. Diets, Hack- •ttstown, N. J., estimated that U. S. soldiers were sending an average 70 per cent of their Army pay to their families. Dur¬ ing the two months, before com¬ ing here, their average was 30 per  cent.
Diets explained that the in¬ crease was due to the lack of opportunities to buy things,
"On    this    beachhead,    there's
no kloIH. IBl ticddlers, nil'^Waiiarf' restaurants."
!      And  the  doughboys  have diffl- ;   culty tr.ving to  play carda.  Diets I   KSid.   noting: {      "It's hard to play poker in fog-
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ON SENATE EFFORT
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Teils Danieis to F^ace Committee on Pressure Attempt
Waahiagtaa. .^larrh 4. (IP)— laaatliaa Daniels, administrative atwistant ta PrMident Roosevelt, ¦aM tanlgkt ka naw le wUIIm ta aaswer ttw eineaUaaa he refusal t« tmtm hafara a Haaate sateaiu- arflte* laat Maaday aa4 whMi pratnnto4 the subrommittee ta vate i» recamnsead roatempt pra- ceedinga againat him.
Washington. March 4. (UP)— President Roosevelt retreated to¬ night in the face of a Senate sub¬ committee's determination to force a test of strength between the executive and legislative branches and inatructed his administrative a.%slatant. Jonathan Daniels, to give information sought by the sub¬ committee.
The subcommittee had voted to recommend that Daniels be haled hefore the Senate on contempt pro¬ ceedings because he tiad refuaed to anawer questons at a hearing last Monday.
In a letter to Subcommittee Chairman Ellison D. Smith. D.. g. C. Daniels aaid he had conferred with the President and Mr. {iooae- velt "does not think that in this particular matter my testimony would adversely affect the publii- intereat."
"In fact." Daniels' letter added. "The Preaident stated to me that i If the committee wishes lo discuss ; the matter with him peraonally. hc I will be happy to see the committee I at any time."
.Smith   said   Daniels*  letter    waa I "an   admission   that   we   have   the power" to require executive offlcials 'to teatify.    He aaid he expects thc I contempt  proteedinga   to  be   droo¬ ped  if  Daniels  appears before  the aubcomniittee   and   anawera   ques¬ tions aatlsfKrlorlly.    But he added, that he would  have  to tske it up with the committee. i Requeslrd Resignation I    Smith's    group,    an    agriculture '        (Continued  on  Page A-10>
Another Axis Target Bites the Dust
1st UmS. Raid on Capital Finds Luftwaffe Helpless
Berlin Getting More Bombs
The Berlin radio went off the air suddenly early Sunday morn¬ ing after flashing a warning that "enemy planes" wera approach¬ ing the capital. U. 8. govern¬ mrnt monitors reported the Nazi station's  abrupt  blackout.
TANK-LED ORIVE BY NAZIS STOPPED
In support of Allied troops on beachhead southwest of Rome, Army  planes  have  been blasting
Nail artillery. Photo shows an A-20 Bolton Bomber of U. S. 12th Air  F^rce   registering   hit   on   a
target st Cisterna Di Llttorla where enemy gun positions were a   menace   to   Anzio   defenders.
Pskov Batde still Raging
No Report from DIOMlf ^' Ml uflole; Attaclc in South
By ROBERT Mt'SEl.
'    London. Sunday. March 5. (UP)—
The Red Army advanced to within 19 miles of the Latvian border in a westward sweep below Pskov yea¬ terday, while in aouthern Russia the Third Ukrainian Army, reaum-
iing   ita   offensive  south  of  Krivoi
jRoK. pushed acroaa the Inguielsi River on a IS-mile front and open¬ ed a road toward the German Black Se.i stronghold of Nikolayev.
More than 3.200 Germans werei killed in the day-long fighting. 2.000 of them in a fierce battle below Krivoi Rog. The Germana aban¬ doned 33 field guns and 127 ma¬ chine guns in this sector, A Soviet communique said, and a "consider-
jablc number" of prisoners were taken.
I Pitkov Rattle Rage* on
Moacow's broadcast communi¬ ques gave no report on the prog¬ ress of the battle for Pakov, whirh front reports from the Soviet capi¬ tal said wa.s one of the fiercest of thc winter campaign. A aup- plementary Moscow raciio account snid the CJermana were suffering heavy losses in futile attempta to take  lost  poaitions  on  the  22-mile
jcresccnt-ahaped front apread half¬ way   around    the    Baltic   gateway
Iclty.    (See  map  Page  C-2)
i Berlin broadcnats aald the Ger¬ man command had pulled ita ad¬ vanced     posts    back    toward    the
I mnin   Nazi   lines  around   Pskov.
I Moscow announced that' on thr Narva   front   in   northern   Estonia
I (Continued  on  Page A-lOi
Wave After Wave Wiped out for Complete Defeat
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SfiOO Nips Killed Since Invasiont American Dead Listed at But 61; Destroyers Venture to Far Bases
B> DON CASWBIX
Allied Headquarters, Atutrailla, Seunday. Maroh 6. (UPi—American aoldiers beat back fierce Japaneae counter-attacks on Loa Negros Island in the Admiralties throughout Friday night. Gen. Douglsa .MacArthur announced today. The Yanks wiped out wave after wave of fanatical Nipponeee before the enemy recoiled in complete defeat.
In one of the fiercest encounters of the Southwest Pacific war. the American successfully defended Momote airfield and were prepared to resume their advance, McArthur's daily communique  snnounced.
An     estimated    3,000    Japanese troops had been killed or wounded
Show Heavy Damage By U.S. Raid on Rome Rail Yards
in the raging battle on Los Negros since American disnnountsd cavalry¬ men landed at Momote 'Tuesday, .laps llirow Everything
Thousands of Japanese counter¬ attacked Fridsy night, as the Jap¬ anese apparentlv recovered from the rom plete surprise of the initial landing snd threw everything the.v hnci againat the American defense iienmeler in a gruelling attack last¬ ing from duak to dawn, a spokes¬ man  for MacArthur said.
The     Japaneae     foroes     "hurled
GERMANS ADMIT STRIKES IN ITALY
A Nazi admission thst strikes were sweeping northern Italy and that the situation had become so acute that German army officera were driving trolley cara in Milan, waa made Saturday in a (Jerman DNB agency dispatch reported by U.S. Government monitors.
The  diapatch,  deaigned  for  Ger-
the
the   communique,munista and directed from abroad."
*"     11 J "   ¦•'<*  Orman   occupaiioij   forcea iqualled! -».* .u. . «.
the     bloody     New
them.selves    against    our    lines    iniman   home   coAaumption.   aaid
'"'"J'M    ?i^L..",h.*    •"»'•'».   1° I strikes were  "engineered  bv  C reach   the  field,     the   conT~ '
stated    in   describing   the
battle   which   aPPire^tly   equalled I ^d the puppet Fa;,.i:,t regime had direct    hits    and    damaging
By r. R. CX VNINOHA^I
Allied Headquartars. Naples, March 4 (UPi—American troops, backed by strong artillery blows, have smashed s tank-led German assault at "Dead Woman's Corner" near Cisterna on the Anzio beach¬ head and the Britiah have blunted two other light jabs possibly pre- aaging a fourth all-out Nail at¬ tack it was disclosed today.
Reconnaissance photographs re¬ vealed at the aame time that Amer¬ ican Flying Fortreaaes struck a crippling blow againet Oarman communications in their attack Friday on the sprawling Uttorio rail yards in Rome, where bomb< ripped through more than 2,000 plecea of rolling etock. |
Oct lliree Taaka '
American guns knocked out three out ef an attack group of eight German tanks at "Dead Woman's, (Tomer," a mile and a half south-1 wast of Clamterna, so named be¬ cauae the Italian village there ia named Femina Morta — desd woman.
t«rge German patrols attacked, tha British positions both south and southwest of Carrocato on the weat- \ em flank of the beachhead line and were knocked back with sharp, losses. The Germane were massing
Little Opposition over City But Weather Was Big Obstade; Fortress Crews See Bombs Hit
By WALTER CRO.NKITE
London, March 4 (UP)—Ameiican bombers blasted th* outlving sections of Berlin for the flr«t time in the war today, and found tho Luftwaffe virtually powerless to meet tho historic challenge which opened the daylight offensive against Adolf Hitler's doomed capital.
Through a snow and cloud-packed sky where the temper* ature was 60 degrees below zero, B-17 Fortresses delivered the bioH that had been the dream of e>ery .\merican airmail based in Britain. They were powerfully supported by .\merican fighters, including waves of the new P.31 Mustangs.
The Luftwaffe's touted squadrons appeared to have been caught off guard. The few enemy planes that jfot through the thick cloud banks were reported none too eager to meet this crowning demonstration of our ability to blast the .\aa war effort to ils central root—Berlin.
14 Bombers Ijost
Fourteen Iieavy bombers and 26 escorting fighter."; failed lo return from the widespread attacks, lepiesenling onl\ a small percentage of what was described officially as a very strong force.
The American and AUied fighters shot down nine enemy fighters, in addition to a still-unannounced number of Naz|„^ planes downed by the bomber guns.
The terse announcement from U. S. European Theat lieadquarters, signifying that Immb-wary Berliners now cad know aa respite  froaa tb* aerial terror by night er day. aald^imly
that   in   the   course  of  attaftck  on
i
MlUag  their   bomba   "in   tha   facO
of Intense flghter opposition." whlcM targeu   in   eastern   Germany   one was "seriously impeded by weathe^ American   formation   'reported  at-i-„_j|.,„_-•¦ tacking a target in the Berlin dia   conaicions.
trict."
The tiirilllng eye-wltneea aterjr •f the flrst American bambiaf sf Berlin, written by tlie pUot ef ona af tlia planea—aa well aa an article on the commander af the stil Air Force—wlU be faund on Page A-t.
"The   flight
s   mada   through
;;;rrVand' mo;;-»«" MalnsTTh"el'',"»7" „ '^^'"',^^^'^^0 fm'^ beachhead and two of thi dlvisiona';l°"ds oUen a. high as 30,000 feet, that took part in thU weeks a bor- ^^' communique said. Uve   push   were   newly   arri\-ed   on     But Fortress cicwa climbing out
iof  their  bombera   bsck   in  Britain
the Anzio front.
DNB said not a single bomb fed in Berlin itaelf but that ;sofne wer« dropped "on acattered targets la the outskirts."
It was assumed that yeaterday'd sweep over Berlin by P-38 Light* nings was a reconnaissance opera* tion for today's  raid.
Othar targets of today's Fortrest attacks were not immediately dis* cloaed but it was not believed tha big bombers went east of Berlin, although fighter patrols extended beyond the capital.
RAF.  Dominion  and  Allied Billj^
Mitchell, Boston and Mosqutta On til. .t.l.n..f.rf r^.«<n» #rnnt j lold" oY'blasting thc outer areaa ofjbomhcr.s pounded objectnes ia On  the stalemated Cassino front   g^^^^  ^^^^^  « terrible battle  with north   France  during  tlie  morninf
clearer  weather  was   reported   but atreams atill  were mud hampered the Fifth Army Rail Yards Choked
U.S. 15th Air Force headquarters reported that very heavy damage | was   caused   bv   tiie   Fortreaaes   in
'iir,I!!!^A.V\t iw.'Ihe  weather  and   heavy   flak   over  with   Typhoon  and  Spitfire  escort, l?/i.!  »*„,.        the  Ruhr,  although  the   resistance On the  Rngliah  side  of the Chsn-
although  ii.»  ..=.«.....,-1 - «  .—r.     --  —  	
over Berlin  itself  waa  ao weak  as nel  the   noise  of  exploding   bombs
anti-climatic. |on   the   occupied   coast   rould   ba
heard    for   hours    and    all   Allied
_. .   .,       .i-iPlones returned to base.
The   targets   were  attacked   •¦••• 'i*^
to  prove
Had View af aty
th. Littorio yards raid,  the  photo^, :l;-^::'';P:n:-^-,-^j-i!^! taJl^ "^^.Jl^ ^""^^T ^ graph all ac the Tiber
Other   Fortresaea   scored   several
iiiiorio  ysrai  raia.   ine   P""'"" ,up„,,_h   hVeaka   in   the   ceilins  the I'•"''''*"'    ooiectives    in    Dcriin    ana s ahowing that bombs spread   ^^""Bh  breaks  in  ^he^^e^^ Germany     while     other
TOSS the choked sidinga fr."m    "^« ««;^ P»'-'''^^7^^'"«\^^ laid mines in enemy waters.
e^"For\'lUV.'^;^ored"::l"er«l h^^^^ the heart^f; One  plane waa miaaing.
er   Fortresaea _ scored   several i"-'   s„„,, *   „., ---orted that 	
Bombed Rabaul All Alone
All Turned Back but the Plane with One-Man Crew
By F'RANK TKRMAINE
A 13th AAF Bomber Base. South Parific. March 4 lUPi A Billy Mitchell bomber normally carries a crew of six or aeven men, but 2nd Lt. Jamea Cook, 24. of Wil- Ilamaburg, la., deciding to take one up alone, made a one-man attack en Rabaul. Japaneae baae on New Britain, in one of the moat amaz¬ ing aerial exploita of the war, it Waa   revenled  by officera  today.
Cook aaid he male the flight Jan. 14 "on the apiw of the moment." It waa an unauthorized five-hour ex¬ ploit, diring Japanese fighter planea and an anli-aircraf' fire, and np hroiicht the giant plane "Beau¬ tiful Girl" home through tropic storma and without instrumenta or lighta. which had been shot out by ark-ack fire. *Danin Fool Thing"
Said Cook, laconically, 'I'll admit It waa a damn fool thing to do."
Becauae of the heavy storma, 11 other bombera whirh had aet on: on another Rabaul mission to neu-
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tralize the Jap naval bastion turn¬ ed back. The baae at that time waa bristling with some 200 fighter in¬ terceptors and had searchlights and ground batteries which veteran fliers .laid were comparable to the dcfcii.aea of Berlin.
Cook decided to take "Beautiful Girl" along with the 11 bombera a.asij(nc(l to thc mi.iaion. ami when he I'oared paat the control tower and the observers saw 12 planea "they thought lliey couliln't count," he   aaid.
When tlic rcmiiar piunc!! Itn ir,'<i about because of the weather. Cook calmly climbed to 8.000 feet lo pasa mountain.^ and go in for hia lone- uolf attai U. Went In Alone
"A few minutes later the clouda broke and I saw Keravat and Vunakanau airfields and Rabaul township, wliere there were a few lights," he said. "My primary tar¬ get was the Lukunai airdrome and it was wide open so I decided to attack. I mnde a long glide over llie city with my motors off so aa to make no noi.sc. But when I got down to fl.OOO foci I renliz.crl I couldn't make Lurtunai without opening up tlic power, so I headed for   the  Kernvat   fleld."
Aa soon as Cook returned to hia hase. hc waa taken to aee Col. Wilaon, commanding.
"The colonel wss astonished and didn't know what to aay, but he ordered me grounded until a doctor
could examine me," Cook said. "They thought T waa crazy, but the flight surgeon reported me okay,   so   they   let   me   fly   again."
in     intensity
Guinea   campaigiis   earlier' in   the
war.
Despite the heavy Japanese caaualties in the steady fighting aince Tuesday, the American troops have loat only 61 Icilled nnd 244 wounded. Seven hun- hundred enemy dead were burled by the U. S. troops on the west¬ ern perimeter of Momote airfield, won in the first day's action. Dealrn.vera   Hit   R«ep
While Kioimd forcea were locked in   Ihc   bitter  struggle   around   the
"."¦"''''h   A'J['.!Vhe'Ri.n?.*,V'u'"'«" multipllcltv of groupa offennc help
steamed  across  the   Biamarek   Sea „„j ,7„.i.r. .1 t~ 1.     „™„.i.. ,1..
to bombard  enemy  ahore   positions ;"f„".?¦*''* '       '^ll  'I TPi ''-^h
prevented  "riots  and bloodshed.'
MINNESOTA PLANS REAL AID FOR VETS
Minneapolis. March 4. (UP)— Minnesota today became the first state in the nalion to consider a plan for returning servicemen which includes referral centers in metro¬ politan areaa to handle ever.v prob- leb veterana are likely to face. They will  aid  veteran.a  coiifii.sed   by  the
Seadler   harbor
Left Handed Pitcher
Williamaburg. Ia., March 4. 'UPl 2nd Lt. James Cook, s left handed baaeball pitcher during hia high school and college days, was more worried about his mothera reactions than what his superior officers would any afler hia sinsle- handed bombing mission over Ra¬ baul
Mrs. C. C. Cook said tonight tliat "Jimmy" had written her ahout his experience but left out many of the detnila contained in a United Press dispatih from a 13th A.\K bomber base.
"I wrote him that I thought he waa making up a good story," she laughed.
"But he took me seriously and in his next letter said:
'"Mnrn, I never thought you'd doubt iiiy word. That worries me more than 'what my commandin,; officer will do to inc.'"
In explaining his unorthodox' and uiiHiithoiizrd flight. Cook toMj hla mother that he never took a' step   before   thinking  thinga  oirt      j
"I got to thinking about the, many lives that could be aaved ifj only one man could handle a hom-j ber inatead of fiva or six," he wrote.
"I knew what I was dein*."
at   Ijoreiigau   and on   Manna   laland.
Adm. William F. Halsey's naval units penetrated farther north than at any previous time In the Southweat Pacific war to bring the Japaneae bases under the punishing fire of the destroyer's guna.
The Kriday night defeat of the Japanese and MacArthur's confi¬ dent assertion that "our troops are preparing to resume their ad¬ vance." indicated that the main vrsicr ciicmv atrenglh on Lo» N'cg.-os has i.u.fn', i.„-, been   broken.                                             !•:'>'"« »""
agency or bureau able to help each meet hla specific problems. Bach center would include reprcjienta- tives from all intere.sted groupa, persona qualified to analyze difficul¬ ties of veterana and refer tliem to the proper agency.
misses  on   thc   Tibertina  yards  in
..-¦the city.   Some crewa reported that 'the clouda opened as they dropped'
I their   bombs   and   they   were  able
th* eastern part of the city, while ""'^ .""'""¦-''".,"'^f.^A'Tn;" B-2« Marauder. pounded the '" ""^''''./hem plummet down for Oatienae yarda in the southern out-i""-"'  ^its  on   the  target.
AIRMEN EXCHANGED BY GERMANS HEADING HOME
Lisbon   Msrch   4.   (UPl—Thirty-
skirts.   An ofllcial Air Force state-j    The   return   trip   was- virtually
ment said that, as in previoua raids 1 without incident except for the on-      ..,„.„
on the capital, "care was taken to alauifhts of the weather and many 1 five American soldiers and airmen, avoid damage to religious and cul- "f the fliers came back suffering happy and in impriived health from tural monuments." aevere frostbite. | a  week s   real   and   good   food   in
Liberators   blasted   the   Viterbo,     The   German   Transocean    news I Portugal   after   montha   of    ntern- Canino and Fabrica airfields north agency',   version   of   the   raid    as """t     in    Oerman    concentration of the Eternal City.   Eleven enemy |reported by the BBC monitor said planea were ahot down  during the that Allicd_bomber formationa ap day and 10 of ours are missing.
Second Week of Ralna Helpe Germann
With ithe  Sth  Army  Before Cas¬ sino.   March   4.   (UP)-The   second
camps, embarked today on the ex¬ change shop Gripsholm for tha preached Berlin from the weat, l»»t stage of their journey home, with strong fighter protection, but. The remaining repatriate, here asserted "only a small number | are scheduled to embark at 10 a. m. reached the built-up area of Ber-j Sunday, while 3fil Americans. !• lln." Peruvian,   and   two   Guatemalana
Berlin Belittle* Raid I sre   expected  on   other  train  Sun-
were   asaerted day from the French frontier.   TTia
o;7r^heC?s^in„"X''where°h^d'to^''«^^^^^ the   immediate Gripsholm    is    acheduled    te
weYthe"; lighting   on'th?Vide''"o1iV'='"»V  »'   '^e   cspitsl   after  jetti- Stinady night the  Germans,   has   kept  the  Allies' (Continued  on  Page A-lOi I
War   !^uiiimarT
Th am
block the deaperate Japanese at¬ tempt to regain the airfield. Mit¬ chell and Boston bombers co¬ operated with ground focces Friday nfternoon before the big battle broke out, atrafing and bombing encniv lines.
Eight enemy planea attempted to inienept the attacking planea and Inst one fighter. Thc communique mentioned no Allied plane losses in the minor air action. Rabaul Piiniahed  Again
With   all   Admiralty baaes  knocked  out by pre
American  flying men of the 8th. down  the  Allies  in   Italy,  but  the Air Force hit their personal J«cl<-'German attacks on the Anrio beach- pot   yeaterday   «»''•"   lilL-'^";!;'   ''JI head    have    been    overcome.    The rirea.^ea  raided-3.vlm in ,,,^^.^^ ,^^^^ ^ stalemated in deep
mud   but   the   bombing   of   Rome's rail yarda spread great damage.
waffe and it waa icy weather rather than the enemy which gavtf them  most trouble.
On  the  other  side   of the world
the reinforced cavalrymen, without
their horscji.  who totik Loa Ncgro.i
in    the    Admiralty    Islands. , atood
victoriou.s.    Wave    after    wave    of
fanatical Japanese attacks had been
erased  in  blood.   Some 3.000 of the
enemv have been  killed while only
Bl Americana had to die. Raids con-
f.y.-j,   .,  1 tinued   throughout  that   area  with
r» lnJ..i-_l^- "   destrovers venturing  far into
re-invasion|,n,n,y ^^ters to bombard  Jap r»-
bomhing raids, it was believed the-;.-';_""' t-,,    .dv«n«    in
Japanese   fighters  which   »PP"red ||'J""*r^^„„„ ^»    "'^»"*'*    ^ over   the   l.land.   probably    csmer"™' eontlnuea.
(Continued oei Page A-lO)        •    Alo&oat   aenatant   mIm    bofffed
One of the lierceat battlea of the winter ia raging around Pskov, with but meager details reported. Ruaalana are eonfldent. More at¬ tack, were started in the Ukraine, ... The parlay with the Finns aeenia to have produced nothing but a Finniah rejection of terms- while detinltely keeping the door open for further negotiations. Mos¬ cow's demand for internment of German forces was said the msin difficulty.
Air forces continued to pound re¬ maining Jap baaes in ths Marahalla to keep enemy planes from raiding our positions, while Liberators flew far to tha Carolinee to hit the important baaa ea Poaapa,
Liberators Bomb Japs On Ponape and Kusaie
I    While Thursday's attack was B«l . [vary strong, its effect—along witk
By UlLUA-M r. TYREE
Pearl   Hiubor,   Maich   4.   (UP)    .      ¦ ,       , , -   ,
B-24  Liberators  of  the  U.S.  Army, other asaaulta—is to keep the Jap- Tth   Air   Force,   striking   weatward "neae   from   air   attacka  on  Ama^ into   the   Carolines    attacked    thei I'sn-held  MsrshsU  Islanda. Japanese    baaea    of    Ponape    and'. Hit Marshalls
Kusaie Thuraday. Adm. Chester W. ^ .\s the heavies struck westwar<fc Nimitz announced today, while Army Mitchell medium bombers American medium bombera attacked I and -Navy Venturas of Fleet Air iaolated enemy positions in the Wing Two attacked two enemy; Marshall.. baaea in the eastern Marshall, with
Big four-engined Liberators, ap-|l7 tons of bombs, hitting airdromes parently in small formations, snd starting fires, dropped approximately eight tons Some anti-aircraft flre was an> of bombs on aircraft runways and countered by the American planac buildings on Ponape and also at- < but all returned safely to bases, tacked ahipping at the dock area These attacks were made on tha of Kuaaie. The presence of Japa- same dsy as the latest Na\Tr alf neae ahipping at Kusaie indicated | attack on Paramushiru in tha the enemy may he reinforcing that jKuriles. announced yesterday, whea stronghold, the easternmoat of the Fleet Air Wing Four sent a small Carolines and only 340 mile, from force of Ventura, sgaln.t this Jap- Kwsjalein Ponape and Kuaaie are anese stronghold in the north 38^ and 878 miles respectively east Pacific. Theae plane, attacked ef Truk ifrom Attu, 765 milest to tha