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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Cold, possibly anow. 38TH YEAR, NO. 16-^0 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1944 PRICE TEN CENTS r Army, Navy Journal Says Reds May Warn Japs to Seek Peace Wa*hliistaa, Feb. It.—(tP)—The Annjr and Navy Journal today raleed •«» et the mn*t InteretttBg dlplamatie passiMlitie* ot rerent months—that the Hovlet Inlon mifht deem It expedient te nam Japan ta aeek peace with the lnlted State* and Oreat Rrttain befare Germany i* heaten. the unelilelal *ervlee Jenmal aald Itolly thai one ef tlie reaaon* why .lapan has aet Invaded Siberia I* Tahyo'* desire "to keep open a powerful channel through whlrh te approach Waahlnslo* and Londen. Stale Department alBclals declined to eemment on thr Jeumal'* edIterlBl, but It was polntod ont In ether (|uartrrs that the enly peace everture* likely to set even elight attention here or In l..ondon weuld be thoee eipreaslnc Japan'* vilUliiBne** ta submit Back to a Country They Helped Free think about any peace that vteuld let Japan wcaael eat e( cem- plele occnpatlen by AlUed troop*. The Journal compared It* augceaHon with Secretary et Slate llordrll Hull'* recent warning to Finland ta get out ef the war er aufler the conae^ucnces. Poles in London Accused Of Hating Soviet Union By Official Red Paper All'Out Cerman Attack Absorbed—Strike Back RAF Bombers Out in Force I.4indon, Sunday. Feb. It. (VT) —A 43-minule parade of Britleh heavy bomber* •ticamed lUt acres* the channel toward Europe Saturda.v night, po**thly bound fer a bloritbuetar raid on Oer- iiliniiii«MapMHMi en thr Relrh oeeurMd during the night ef Jan. M, when a great force ef four-motored raid¬ er* blasted Berlin. Thlrtj-three bombers were loat In that attack. Allies Regain Initiative Behind Tremendous Barrage; Heavy Reinforcements Arrive; Churchill Shows Confidence Part of the Soviet forcea that have already driven the Nasi troopa back to the point from where the Invaaion of Ru**ia launched, th**e girl* of th* Ko*- eiuike Divi*lon ar* shown amil¬ ing at the proapect of returning to a homeland free of German i tyranny. ! Called 'Fascists* With Anti-Russia Policy Pushed in Underground Group alwaya dreamed about It and now, when the Red Army ia defeating the Germana. their atiffening rage ia even greater." I 1°. S. Rcanain* Neutral Waahington, Feb. 12. (UP)—The United Statea i* determined lo re-{ By M. S. HANDLER o'm'V"^"^"'.'" ,*''•.•^""f"' ""^''"-J Mo,cow, Feb. 12 (UP)-In an P'''."h dispute in tne intereat of, a tide brialllng wilh *.rca*m ,„d' "'"'n^"""* A hed unanimity for W.ter denunciation, the official P °" ^ •' '^''"•^'"••"°"- " , *«» «e^.M.aper Pravda today accuaed '"'•""'/»<»•>¦;. '^f«"'""? "' ^* the Poliah government In London I {r"* l*"*'" >>y other natlona, he -deapit* ita pro-Aliied pretentionaj United Slate, will r.mam on the -of not wanting victory over Ger-r"""""*' '.NE60TIAMF0R FINNISH PEACE SEEM AT HAND many and of working to carry out; American officiala whoae advice tn antl-Ruaaian policy through ita underground. The attack by the organ of the Soviet central commlltee produced Man Who Made '40 Treaty Is In Stockholm linden, reb. It. (UP)—Radio Helalnhl vi«nt off the air early (^tea eantrol* mattar af foreign palicy believe that the weatern ItltWera take aom* of the recent' Riualan alateinenla too aerioualv. a aenaatlon In "the "AuTed" corany! Th«y point out that the weatern tonight l-VM*", middle of a nenni here, and waa believed lo i,^y,,PO;^'Tn^inoud i>\tct U,Mt inc\itl^^, MM^^^ cloaed one chapter in Soviet-Poli.h;, """"l »l « " "" " Vatican.! Soviet air attack en the Fbinlah reiationa and marked the begin- '¦'' .""i""'^' ''"'^* /".?°'"'k ^'\ "" "^ nliiK of another. j Poliah diapute .,«ainat the back-1, "They (the Poliah governincnl In I.,ondon> wage a atruggle for th' utter defeat of the Soviet Union'' ground of the Soviet Union'a paat ^>' JACK FXEISCHKR reiationa with the outalde world. ! Stockholm, Feb. I'.'. (UP)—For- During the laat 20 year* of virtual mer Finniah Prime Minlater J. K Pr«vd« aald "It cannot even he iadalion from the reat of the world.iPaaaikivi, who negotiated the Adm. William F. Halaey'a South Pacific command atrucK al Rabaul aald that they look up an altitude I f^c jvorda ^generally addre..aed tn;^.^-"»f''i;;;?i»Ji_P"/j;.„'5««[.y 'jj 1,»«01 Thuraday for the aeyenth *traight 58 Jap Planes For 2'Day Bag In Rabaul Area Marine Drive on New Britain Finds More Starved Japanese; Withdrawing to Islands Center »f DON CASWEIX Allied H*adquart«r«, Southweat Pacific, Sunday, Feb. IS. (UP)— Allied airmen atepped up their offcnaive agalnat Japanoa* baaea hi the Biamarek archipelago Thuraday and Friday, deatroying an •*- timaled M enemy planea and dropping 174 ton* of bomha on Rabaul. New Britain, and 147 tona on Kavieng, New Ireland, it waa announced today, A force of medium bombera, torpedo-plane* and dive-bombera from but repreaent a working*a'ya~lem;V-M""'«'>'- critical atatementa out of .-»-.2... h.u..c.=u.^ -.«.... ... amaahing foUow-up to Aeeuaed ef Hatred Iff'!"''!"" '" "" "''"*" ""¦•" lil-^"-?. "^''Lf."!..?-"'*' nw' U^* prevloua day-a^M-ton Arcualng the landon Pole* of diacu*»lon DENY UNION SHOP IN SHIPYARD MERGER Immediately be Interviewed. Ob aervera aaid, however, that he prob- ,, , . , ablv will confer with Ruaala'a drom* t.mporarlly unaervieeabU. blind hatred of the Soviet* and .•^•i«.«.i» __.,,„ determination to ace them dealroy- By I NITEil PRrJW o„,.j.„ ici.™. ., , .. «.» ed by ualng Germana to ac_hiev. „_The Ru,ai.n-.,pon,or.d^ Union „f ambaaaador^lo^Sweden^^ Kavieng Alee Hit Another force of American bomb- thai"polTc7'Pr;;da"«IdVhe"Pohah!Poliah Patriota ha, formed «|*'''''»"^„Jf.,^rt°"°":;i'n ^i"" J^^^^ emigre government haa alwaya re-"national council;' Inaide Poland, in|he^n^«ot;;«l^d !" l,*l\,u"tVl .1. «" "nged 150 mile* northw**t of Washington, Feb, 12. (UP)—Thc War Labor Board tonight refuaed raid to extend a union ahop contract to all employeea affected by the merger of two South Portland, M*., *hlpyarda, but allowed the union ahop proviao to apply to all new Reds Gain on NorthFront Capture Rail Line; Seem Regrouping for New Drive In South; Closing Death Trap Allied Headquarters, Naples, Feb. 12 (UP)—Anerlcan i British fnrcex. in fierce and bloody fighting, have regainoi part of thc territory lost to (ierman counter-attacks alter' heroically absorbing the enemy'.^ first all-out effort to shatter the blood-stained Allied beachhead below Rome it was dis* closed tonight. As a dramatic statement of Prime .flinister Winston Churchill'M office in London expressed confidence that the battle to capture Rome "will be won." a delayed front dis¬ patch from Reynolds Packard of the United PresM indicated the second offensive phase (rf Allied landing operations might already be under way. (Page A-3). Packard reported tliat the Allies laslieti back at the Germans in a canning: factory settlement—once part of one of Benito Alus.solini's m()del farms—whicii tlie Germans had seized at the height of their offensive and fortified with machinegun nests behind sandbags. It ^^as probably Aprilia. Attacking beliind a terrific barrage wliicii virtuall.v ripped the settlement apart and must have killed hundietis of Germans, the Allies moved back into the village and as of Friday night were pressing the Germans back in continuing By BOBERT MrSEL London, Sunday, Feb. 13. (UP)- Ruiala'a armiea of the north, I fierce fighting. Ii?f!t^JJl*f„\'!ISV^'l..„''/h°r'«..f."w*.w^l Tlie onslaught appeared to have, momentarily at least. defenaea. fought Inlo the oulaktrt* i j ii • •..• i' .* ii /-. i • -xi j of th* German atronghoid of Luka I crested the initiative from the Gcnnans. who since Monday yeaterday and captured th* rail- had been attacking manlgeaUy; road junctisn at Batetakaya, 11 aver row* of their own d*ad aa| front diapatchea told ot an Allied milei to M>* aoutheaal. harolc American and Britiah troopa barrage being directed on German The combined forcea of Gen. atood firm and mowed tbem down, poaitlona there, but the core ot tb* Leonid A, Govorov and Gen. Kyril Huge Convoy Arrive* beachhead remained intact, A. MereUkov, which in 80 daya! (Mjehael Chlnlgo, repreaenting W"M"f Out Caeaino have cleared the ^aIla from t .^^^ combined Allied preaa, reported American troopa on the Caaalna large area weat and aoiilh of Lenin-! j,,^^ , ^ reinforcement convoy front were alowly but surely blaat- grad, captured more than 40 other ij^j arrived al the beachhead,'Ing the Germana loose from their towna and aettlemenla In break-1^^^^^^, ^^^^^ ^g^^^ German deep emplacementa In the town and Bf.r.tTv/frl,'.!? M„.".!li'l hr^S' »"i»' attack*, and Unded a atream!on Monte Ca-aino to the immediate fA. ^^^*,^„n.„ .:. .nn^n^^^^ ^ne of the toughe.t SUf a^rtin.. ,„ .w. L.,h • Heavy barrage from Naii long-' Nazi neata In Caasino. the baaement Some «.W mile* to the aoulh, irtilleri-> of the town jail, waa cleaned out other Soviet force* acored ad- '^•"»= annier}.; _ . j . vancei of three mile* a* Ihey „.„e.. «r rnr.. n,.... .. rn.v <'n London, Xo. 10 Downing J^riday and olher buildinga were yance* or mree muea a* me.v announced that Gena Sir caP'ur'd '" 'he northern part of lopped off another large aegment ;f''^"'^ m .^ j ,.. , j S town hut con.iderahla Cerman on the northern end eaatern iidea "'"O" Maitland Wilaon and Sir|io«n, But consiaeranie t^rman ? lu mAu , ^ :.^ V Harold R L. C Alexander had a»- 'orce» remained. of the "Cherka**y pocket' where "»'^"'<' "• .'^ l. Aicxanaer naa »¦ ..,. . .u the remnanu of 10 crack German »"'¦*'* ..P"/"' Minlater Winaton! The feeling here wa* that the divUion* wer* b*ing annihilated. I Churchill that "the great battle now | Fifth Army would redouble iU ' proceeding for the capture of Rome efforta lo take Cassino and drive on up the Roman valleya while the beachhead forcea clung grimly to their poailiona. Oet as PUnea In Trap i ..,. ., „,._„, Th* Ruaalana reduced the pocket j'" " *""' ' further by capturing aeven towna fierce galea and rain thai had on a 20-mlle front curving north- turned the balUefield into a qua«- cail around Komun, heart of the mire aubaided loday and the aun ....trap area which waa being batter-1 broke Ihrough over weatern lUly, employeea of the company, Iheied by hundred* of Soviet artillery «uRuring a renewal of the German —„.. „- - _ -, .„.„,.. .iih.r .Iri-ariv i.> mnckhnlm nr »x. "" ""»•=" "~ —¦•— ¦•.'•."..•.w ».iXew England Shopbuildlng Corp. I piece* and planea garded the Soviet Union and the a bid to unify all anti-Nazi Poliah ^Vt/d to arrive fhortiv : R»>""' "» »>" K'^leng. key aupplyl The bSard* order repreaented alAlr Force flier* *hot Red Armv a* enemiea. - element* iinder It* direction, Rndio Pf*-'" '"""'^^ """"¦>• j point and airplane replacement j compromlae between ita atandard day 33 Junker tranaporta trying to .luppor "Never have Poliah imliticiana of Moacovr diacloaed Saturday. „ ,,"1 .V V.' , j ...... .j j ^"nter for Rabaul, d**troying Un'maintenance of membership award fly auppUe* to the beleaguered Ger- Friday. the Sosnkowakl alamp «Gen. Kazi- In « broadcaat beamed lo Poland Belief that I-inland had decided p.^^.j aircraft in the l«7-ton at->nd the union ahop demand of the man*. i Air SuppoH Returning mlerz Soankowaki. commandcr-in- and recorded by U.8. government to heed Secretary of SUte Cordell ,jp,, „„ j^e Kavieng airdrome—the International Union of Marine and| Moacow'* war bulletina reported q American aeclor where Front dispatchea aaid the Ger¬ mana had been attacking like packa of wolves and when one wave waa or soviet artillery ""K"""* • .cjicy.«. .n u.c .^r-.......;, j . frlirhtful slauah- .. In the air. Red a*«ults, bul promiaing for the nj°««^ ^°"" " « '^^^^ ahot down on Fri- hard presaed Alliea tha direct aerial It-n atronger liok i^ nlice We«!5 •anaporta trying to .support that waa ao aorely miaaed !!*" "I^Tf."''°'^L'^'^ f-?'Kr!!:X rhief of Poliah emigre armiea 1 ever monitora, Radio Moscow .aaid the Hull a recent warning to quit boa- i,ggyi„i attack yet made agalnat eonaldered the Red Army aa the council "aeta itaelf the aim of or-tllltiea waa alrengthened by the ^,,j^j ^^, j;„ ,„e,ny planea ««t 'allv of our alliea,"' the newapaper ganization of all national forcea (in reported arrival In Stockholm of ^j^^ Allied force aaid "When thev aav ao ll'a a'PoIand" lo hasten the <3erman de- Finniah Minlater of the Interior .¦ _ »u i. i. downright lie. Thev can't conceal feat and the liberation of Polnnd." Leo Ehrnrooth. Al«,, Finland'., ,»"'''t* ^'"^"^,^•'• *V,^" their Fascist hatred of the Rua- The council, 11 aaid, Includea »trongeal party, the Social Oemo-jof the Japanese air force from the •ian people ! repreaenlalivea of the Poliah crata, held a meeting yeaterday at «l<ie« in the Rabaul attack, the "Blinded hy animal hatred for peaaanta partv, Polish Sociallata, which they paaaed a reaolutlon de-Solomons-baaed aircraft deatroyed evervthing Ruaaian. the Poliah im-the Poliah workera party, and other manding that the Helainkl govern- one parked *nemy Bomber and perialiata doni think of their coun-|democratic political groupa. ment "aaoertaln ai\d examine" the probably aix other* aa they rained trv aa oppreaaed bv the Germana. i "The formation of the national Ruaaian conditlona. j their bomba on Tobera and Bun- Thcv don't give a damn about the council ia a step forward toward (The Britiah radio, recorded bvlal**"*" airdromea, blaating U «un freedom-loving peoplea'fight agalnat the conaolldation of all national U.S. governmenl monitora. ,aldiPO»it'on»«na leaving area vUlble Hitleriam. On the contrary, they elements Inaide Poland In the face'Saturday that Prealdent Riato Ryli ''"' *" milea. Shipbuilding Workera (CIO«, which advancea only on the Luga luid ^j, Americana were digging in be- U..1 . .._. u »!. "--icherkaaay front*. Indicating that! other Soviet forcea which had been had a unon shop contract with theiCherka»*y front*. Indicating thatU,ind minefields and barbed-wire. Todd Balh Shipyard, Inc.. one of other Soviet forcea which had beenL^.,,, ^^^ ^^^^ Pegged for and re- the merged companies. clearing th* Germana from the ^.^.^^^ ^^^i,;^^^^^,, ,„ig„„,„j, „o; ea*ternmo«l bulge of the Dniepern,,^^^,^ „f ^ ahorlage of men but Bend mighl be regrouping before jj^^ j^ ^„j j^uj^j determination tc T9 SOLDIERS KILLED AS 3 ARMY BOMBER CRASH Greenville, S. C, Feb. 12. (UP)— Nineteen men were killed early today when three B-25 medium bombera collided during formation the Greenville Army Air kaya-Novgorod railroad, the fourlh 11,^^,,^ against the beaciihead Una Into the former Ciariat capital | .j,,,, ^„^,„ of Carocetto, 10 mile.- . T^„ „, ,H. „,.-, hurst into 'I''''''' •"" il^*'^*^'" "¦•*'' '""i north of Anzio, or part of it. ha.^ defeat of the Soviet Union and threaten the Poliah nation." the daya to consider the Unlled Slates', taking part in the Kavieng attack -J^" "'„.., ,,7*.""^^ to withdraw from the relurned aafely to baae. the com- P^^VJ^*?"* »"'l ''\,'^'.../ .".".the Pakov-Luga aection of the|_; fear auch a victory becauae with of the complete ruin and annihila- had met with the Finniah cabinet j Four plane* were loit In tht ^^r^"'lfIT^''^'''',Ct"\'^r,i^t all their heart they hope for the tion with which the German* for the fourth time in aa manylRabaul attack, while all plane*|'"J!* '°"/"*^. ' ,"7/'V^,„r 1^^^^^ resuming their attacks Moacow announced that the cap- lure of Batetakaya, presumably by (Jen. Meretakov** 'Volkhov River Army, gave the Ruaalana full poa- aeaalon of the Leningrad-Balela- throw off the German attack with ever.v poaaible resource. Allied warahipa pinch-hil for the planea and alowed and brought l.^ a momentary alandatiil the enemv juggernaut which Adolf Hiller hac the defeat of Ruaaia. They havrbruadcaat 'lid. Turlcs Yfill Join Wlien Given Materials Kleaiior ParJtard, lnlted I'rena {had committed heraelf lo enler the ataff rnrre*p<iMdrnt at Ankara, |war on Ihe Allied aide when and if haa had an Interview nith Nukni Great Britain and the United Hararnglu, Prime .Minister of States reapond to her requeat for Turkey, hi whirh ahe report* the I certain war materlala. minlater apoke "very frankly." Hararogiu *|Mike only with the understanding that the eorrr- apondeiil, uhile free to rable her "warning war.t ! munique aaid. Juho Eljas Brkko, former Fin-! Eacorted medium bombera and nlah foreign minlater and prealdent attack planea covering the north- - ~ - - em coaat of New Britain probably aank a 1,000-lon cargo veaael oft Jacquinot Bay, dropped 2S tona of bomba on enemy aupply and bivo¬ uac areaa near the Cape Hoakina airfield and attacked building* at Talaaea. An enemy coaatal ve**el was aunk by an air patrol off the coaat. (Continued on Page B-O CONGRESS EXPECTED TO EXTEND CCC BUT BAN FOOD SUBSIDIES "imprraaloiin" afler the vlalt, Would not quote him dirrrtly. TTie eorreapondent's iinprea^inna, reported below, thrretorr shed eonaiderablr light nn thr Turkish enigma, a queatlon mark on the War map aInre the Calm eonfer- enre*. By ELEANOR PACKARD Ankara Feb. 10. (UP) -A frank tnnversallon with Sukru Saracoglu, Prime Minister of Turkey, gave me the distinct impression that Turkey not only was willing bul actually 'n Today'a Issue (laaained Kditnrlal ^lovlea Social Npnrta _ . Radio . Uutdnnt ..'.,'...'. ' .B—11 C—2 B—10 A—14 . B—1 . B—10 aa they were, thc Allies braced for even more furious assault*, strengthened by constant landing of supplies and reinforcements anti hoping for a break in the weather that would bring them the mighty tactical aerial support. Nazi* Say Attacka Stopped (A German communique asserted that the Allies renes^ed allaclu en new German positions at Aprilia, the Fascist name for Carocetto. but asserted they were repulsed In bloody fighting which coat the British heavy casualties. (Homer Bigart. repreaenting th* combined U. S. preaa, said thai th* Britia:i. in hand-to-hand fighting, ,vere alowly dislodging the Ormana (Continued on Page B-«) the wreckage of all three waa ¦trewn over a wide area, but wilh no damage to the baae installa¬ tion*. Army offlcer* *aid. Ther* were no aurvivora. The Pakov - Leningrad double - tracked line aa the only railroad to aupply their forcea on the northern front. 30,000 Died There The Soviet midnight war bulletin "i'",? Z"l.^^^ r° n«rf ^ fiur announced that more than 4,600 SU T^rt:ir':\!rJZotrr.tnt wer. killed In yeaterday'a offlcer* 1* Inveatlgating. ' (Continued on Page B-«l War SiiniinarT from man fortification* outside Lenin- Clark Predicts Victory On Anzio Beachhead By JA>IES E. ROPER I "Remember always, the enemy With the Fifth Army in Italy, '« "red, he dreads jour repeated Feb. 12. (UP)--Ll. Gen. Mark \V. attacks, each one more keenly Clark haa commended hii American jttian the last. You have klllad and British Fiflh Armv troops on him by the thousand*. Give him Shool everyone who fl^ Far better were reports from man loruncaiiona """""e Lenin- ^^^.^ „,g^jjj ^^,^.^^,.jj,^jj^^„ i„„o real. Shool everyone the heroic battle on the Anilo grad told of their Breat ¦trength ^^.^^ j^^ ^„^j^ ^^^^.^^^^^ ,^,„^,, g,,o«.a hia head. H* must beachhead, where American «nd which took hea^T concenlrationa of ^^^^ ^^^ declared confidently lhatl««y. British met the full force of thfe «rllllery flre before Ihey were re- ^^^.^ ^^ j^^,y ^^^ "doomed to "I know that you have fought German attack, slopped It and ducea. defeat," it waa revealed loday. for a long time and thai we hAT* moved ahead, Heav>* reinforce- j^^ ^j^^ Rabaul area of the Bia- In a alirring order of the day taken our own loasea. but h* Waahington, Feb.. 12 (UP)—Cor- ^,„„ gurved Japa greaa tonight waa exliected to aei • _,. ^ „„«,„„ nin h. i>...-ti j Thai nesotiationa for iranafer of to President Rooaevelt next week „1'^^' ° "T ™", -n New BHtl!l these materials are at a most un-_legislation extending the life of the f;,°"d for the first tlrMh. a wSik certain stage would seem lo be in-,Commodity Credit Corporation but -eporl thai Marine ground dicaled by the fad that Saracoglu j banning continuation of the admin- (^.^jj, ranging toward Cape Men- Hccmcd as Interested In my opinion I latratlon's food aubaidy program—,!, " „„ Borgen Bay found many whether these arma would be forth- a iirohlbilir- —1-'-«- «- --j •- " " . . . • . . . coming as I waa in hia. I bring a p Troop* Trained ibill. | q.-rvation and diseaae had t«U.nI "''""" «;"¦¦">«:"¦'.)' •"¦•"' "- -7- ..iwo aaya, wiin rumaui ana in aup-i—• .-..—...¦.— .. —¦•-. ,— >.>.^... -. ...- —•¦-"": The Prime Minlater apoke wilhi The meaaure probably will be ""f "*\ „ , ,„ aoldieM .. '^'¦'¦'*' "»m-lng his men. lounded t,„j .g^jora pounded from thelpromlsed death lo the Germans j which the troopa of th* flth Artl«r complete ,frankneaa bul bound me brought before the Houae Monday, ^_ "",^ Guinea "Indlcallrur thei'"" P"'"- ^here were belter aigna ^j^ pirst reports In a week [wherever they are met. [have made to the victory that !¦ not to quote him directly. He told but ll la expected to be aent to con- ^^J^i^^, dlaruplion of enemy .unolv •'»» ''"^ '"e Caasino area. from New Britain Island found the "Uith the forces we have a ready |sure to come. Marines advancing and the Japan-,built up in the beachhead, including "Again, aa your commander, X Germany may have been bat- ese not ataging major resistance. 1 heavy ajmor, and those which atill galute the valient Fifth Army,"* tered again laat night, to follow^There waa more evidence of atarva- are arriving we welcome hia (the up the heavy American raid. How- tion and diaeaae taking toll ofenemyai assaults, tor they give lion which ia expected to j^ „, <j„d abandoned in the'"'•nia arrived through atorm »nd ,^^^,.^^ Archipelago 58 Japaneae to his men on the beachhead and suffered more: he knowa he I* preaidentlai veto of the ^^.^g I bullets, and Winston Churchill jpj^^g^ ^,^g downed In the laat'to the main Fifth Army Force onjdoomed lo defeat and he know* i (...rvation and diaeaae had t«u.n ¦'"''*• """"''•""y *'^"* ^'"^ ^'y'i,two daya, with Rabaul and ils aup-Ithe Caaaino-Garigliano front. Clark,the e.Ttent of the eontributlem ...L. . 1.. 1 ' Starvation ana aiaease naa iaKen^,__,_ , ..,_ .»,,n^*H< .. •' . . . - ..^ «..-«.i--.i j..(u ... .u^ r....M.ana ,..u,..u .u- *•»».. ^t .u^ «»k Ammw quote him directly. He lold|J"t 't la expecteil to be »ent to con- ,,,,ioug disruption of enemy supply ma, however, that I was free to "''•"''« 'or consideration of^Senate ^^^^^^ caused by the conatant at- cable my "imprea.siona" afler our """""''"*"ts. '"- *- conversation. The foll(»wing, there¬ fore, represents my impressions of Turkey's role afler talking lo the head of the governmenl: Turkey has assembled hundreds of young jillots and tankmen, trained and walling for the where¬ withal lo fight. They have been trained partly in Great Britain, partly in the United T ., , u ,t?''";f..,n°""°7'"f tacks by our air and light naval Leader John W. McCormack of j,,.^,j,. ^^e communique aaid. Masaachusell* and other congrea- «.„.:„_ 1. „...i„ na —n alonal leaders foresaw prompt Cape Menaing la nearly 18 milea agreementa however, and aaid It ffom American PoaUlon* at Cape will oe al the White Houae before Glouceater indlcaUng the great ex- Ihe week ends tent of the unpubliclzed advance Aa mailers now atand, the ,ub- »"ong the northwestern tip of New aldy program together with the Britain. Ind cations were that the CCC'a powera and authority, will «"«mv wa.s withdrawing toward the die exlenalon Statea and partl.v in Turke.v with ^.^^^ ^^„ b.v that dale. The ex- "(fht. ever, while a big force of RAF N'ipponeae troopa deaerled whemyou additional opportunities to kill To eomply with rratrictioaa l» heavy bombers waa out, they may threatened. , . . The Navy waa ai- your hated enemy in large num-1 uae of newsprint, the Sunday have been engaged In another of lent on the Marahall lalanda area-! bera. he aald, ; Indei»endenl haa made uae af the myaterioua "maneuvera" which "Us open aeason in the Anno' niany apace - aaving economlea. they have alaged lately I ^he diplomatic front was very | bridgehead and there is no limit Iio«ever, every effort haa heen alive. Turkey indicated it waa > to the number ot Ormans you can I nmde to afronipiiah these witk- a iJu.vcTi!. aim auiiiuii.. "••• Though Continuing to cruah in the ready to join the Alliea when ila'kill." ' out interfrrrnrr with proper and on Thursday, aasuming thit thej (tenter of th* Uland «nd thus far ^ ^ ^,^,^^ * elalmed lo have own force waa properly aupplied.i Irge* Them On couiplete preM-nUtion of the new. snalon legislation haa not be- ¦» not •ttempling to put up a atlff t,,^^^ 3^^ German Uvea already The Ruaalana unleaahed a furiou.v To hia . Iroopa fighting in the »' the world and of Wyoming In ita deadly pocket, the Ruasianjverbal aasault on the Poles, calling mountaina above Caaaino and along! Valley, Sarai'oglu would not react favor- (Conllnucd on Pag* B-a) equipment already delivered *nd f,„gi„„ ^,,0)^,^^ ^ ,pp,oved by No action othar th«n patrol re- arm le* *eemed ye»terday to be their London group "FaaciaU.'ithe Garigliano River. Clark aald: Your part la to make the now, for the most part, worn out, ,^g Senate yesierday, would extend aialanc* around Borgen Bay haa paualng for regrouping perhapi ia Finland ahowed more aigna of| "I urge you on lo an even great- dn double and triple duty. Shara Wanta No Allied .Men ^^e enrporation'a life until June SO.jheen r*porl*d for many week* aa'preparation for anolher drive. Only|Wanllng peace, wilh Stockhohn er effort in order to break through it with those unable to buy a 1B4.1. hut ban *ub»idie* after July 1 jthe Marine* mov*d forward to tak*lln the north waa aetion r*port*d.|*eemlng a gathering apot torlhl* thinned-out line* and tn cruahl copy and then aee that It la thl* year, ((7ontinu*d an Pag* B-«) • , , Correepondenta viaiting Gar- > envegra. him en your way to the norlh. I faved and turned la ter
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Cold, possibly anow.
38TH YEAR, NO. 16-^0 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1944
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Army, Navy Journal Says Reds May Warn Japs to Seek Peace
Wa*hliistaa, Feb. It.—(tP)—The Annjr and Navy Journal today raleed •«» et the mn*t InteretttBg dlplamatie passiMlitie* ot rerent months—that the Hovlet Inlon mifht deem It expedient te nam Japan ta aeek peace with the lnlted State* and Oreat Rrttain befare Germany i* heaten.
the unelilelal *ervlee Jenmal aald Itolly thai one ef tlie reaaon* why .lapan has aet Invaded Siberia I* Tahyo'* desire "to keep open a powerful channel through whlrh te approach Waahlnslo* and Londen.
Stale Department alBclals declined to eemment on thr Jeumal'* edIterlBl, but It was polntod ont In ether (|uartrrs that the enly peace everture* likely to set even elight attention here or In l..ondon weuld be thoee eipreaslnc Japan'* vilUliiBne** ta submit
Back to a Country They Helped Free
think about any peace that vteuld let Japan wcaael eat e( cem- plele occnpatlen by AlUed troop*.
The Journal compared It* augceaHon with Secretary et Slate llordrll Hull'* recent warning to Finland ta get out ef the war er aufler the conae^ucnces.
Poles in London Accused Of Hating Soviet Union By Official Red Paper
All'Out Cerman Attack Absorbed—Strike Back
RAF Bombers Out in Force
I.4indon, Sunday. Feb. It. (VT) —A 43-minule parade of Britleh heavy bomber* •ticamed lUt acres* the channel toward Europe Saturda.v night, po**thly bound fer a bloritbuetar raid on Oer-
iiliniiii«MapMHMi
en thr Relrh oeeurMd during the night ef Jan. M, when a great force ef four-motored raid¬ er* blasted Berlin. Thlrtj-three bombers were loat In that attack.
Allies Regain Initiative Behind Tremendous Barrage; Heavy Reinforcements Arrive; Churchill Shows Confidence
Part of the Soviet forcea that have already driven the Nasi troopa back to the point from
where the Invaaion of Ru**ia launched, th**e girl* of th* Ko*- eiuike Divi*lon ar* shown amil¬
ing at the proapect of returning to a homeland free of German i tyranny. !
Called 'Fascists* With Anti-Russia Policy Pushed in Underground Group
alwaya dreamed about It and now, when the Red Army ia defeating the Germana. their atiffening rage ia even greater." I
1°. S. Rcanain* Neutral
Waahington, Feb. 12. (UP)—The United Statea i* determined lo re-{
By M. S. HANDLER o'm'V"^"^"'.'" ,*''•.•^""f"' ""^''"-J
Mo,cow, Feb. 12 (UP)-In an P'''."h dispute in tne intereat of, a tide brialllng wilh *.rca*m ,„d' "'"'n^"""* A hed unanimity for W.ter denunciation, the official P °" ^ •' '^''"•^'"••"°"- " , *«» «e^.M.aper Pravda today accuaed '"'•""'/»<»•>¦;. '^f«"'""? "' ^* the Poliah government In London I {r"* l*"*'" >>y other natlona, he -deapit* ita pro-Aliied pretentionaj United Slate, will r.mam on the -of not wanting victory over Ger-r"""""*'
'.NE60TIAMF0R FINNISH PEACE SEEM AT HAND
many and of working to carry out;
American officiala whoae advice
tn antl-Ruaaian policy through ita underground.
The attack by the organ of the Soviet central commlltee produced
Man Who Made '40 Treaty Is In Stockholm
linden, reb. It. (UP)—Radio Helalnhl vi«nt off the air early
(^tea eantrol* mattar af foreign
palicy believe that the weatern
ItltWera take aom* of the recent'
Riualan alateinenla too aerioualv. a aenaatlon In "the "AuTed" corany! Th«y point out that the weatern tonight l-VM*", middle of a nenni here, and waa believed lo i,^y,,PO;^'Tn^inoud i>\tct U,Mt inc\itl^^, MM^^^
cloaed one chapter in Soviet-Poli.h;, """"l »l « " "" " Vatican.! Soviet air attack en the Fbinlah reiationa and marked the begin- '¦'' .""i""'^' ''"'^* /".?°'"'k ^'\ "" "^ nliiK of another. j Poliah diapute .,«ainat the back-1,
"They (the Poliah governincnl In I.,ondon> wage a atruggle for th' utter defeat of the Soviet Union''
ground of the Soviet Union'a paat ^>' JACK FXEISCHKR
reiationa with the outalde world. ! Stockholm, Feb. I'.'. (UP)—For-
During the laat 20 year* of virtual mer Finniah Prime Minlater J. K
Pr«vd« aald "It cannot even he iadalion from the reat of the world.iPaaaikivi, who negotiated the Adm. William F. Halaey'a South Pacific command atrucK al Rabaul aald that they look up an altitude I f^c jvorda ^generally addre..aed tn;^.^-"»f''i;;;?i»Ji_P"/j;.„'5««[.y 'jj 1,»«01 Thuraday for the aeyenth *traight
58 Jap Planes For 2'Day Bag In Rabaul Area
Marine Drive on New Britain Finds More Starved Japanese; Withdrawing to Islands Center
»f DON CASWEIX
Allied H*adquart«r«, Southweat Pacific, Sunday, Feb. IS. (UP)— Allied airmen atepped up their offcnaive agalnat Japanoa* baaea hi the Biamarek archipelago Thuraday and Friday, deatroying an •*- timaled M enemy planea and dropping 174 ton* of bomha on Rabaul. New Britain, and 147 tona on Kavieng, New Ireland, it waa announced today,
A force of medium bombera, torpedo-plane* and dive-bombera from
but repreaent a working*a'ya~lem;V-M""'«'>'- critical atatementa out of .-»-.2... h.u..c.=u.^ -.«.... ... amaahing foUow-up to
Aeeuaed ef Hatred Iff'!"''!"" '" "" "''"*" ""¦•" lil-^"-?. "^''Lf."!..?-"'*' nw' U^* prevloua day-a^M-ton
Arcualng the landon Pole* of diacu*»lon
DENY UNION SHOP IN SHIPYARD MERGER
Immediately be Interviewed. Ob
aervera aaid, however, that he prob- ,, , . ,
ablv will confer with Ruaala'a drom* t.mporarlly unaervieeabU.
blind hatred of the Soviet* and .•^•i«.«.i» __.,,„
determination to ace them dealroy- By I NITEil PRrJW o„,.j.„ ici.™. ., , .. «.»
ed by ualng Germana to ac_hiev. „_The Ru,ai.n-.,pon,or.d^ Union „f ambaaaador^lo^Sweden^^ Kavieng Alee Hit
Another force of American bomb-
thai"polTc7'Pr;;da"«IdVhe"Pohah!Poliah Patriota ha, formed «|*'''''»"^„Jf.,^rt°"°":;i'n ^i"" J^^^^
emigre government haa alwaya re-"national council;' Inaide Poland, in|he^n^«ot;;«l^d !" l,*l\,u"tVl .1. «" "nged 150 mile* northw**t of
Washington, Feb, 12. (UP)—Thc War Labor Board tonight refuaed raid to extend a union ahop contract to all employeea affected by the merger of two South Portland, M*., *hlpyarda, but allowed the union ahop proviao to apply to all new
Reds Gain on NorthFront
Capture Rail Line; Seem Regrouping for New Drive In South; Closing Death Trap
Allied Headquarters, Naples, Feb. 12 (UP)—Anerlcan i British fnrcex. in fierce and bloody fighting, have regainoi part of thc territory lost to (ierman counter-attacks alter' heroically absorbing the enemy'.^ first all-out effort to shatter the blood-stained Allied beachhead below Rome it was dis* closed tonight.
As a dramatic statement of Prime .flinister Winston Churchill'M office in London expressed confidence that the battle to capture Rome "will be won." a delayed front dis¬ patch from Reynolds Packard of the United PresM indicated the second offensive phase (rf Allied landing operations might already be under way. (Page A-3).
Packard reported tliat the Allies laslieti back at the Germans in a canning: factory settlement—once part of one of Benito Alus.solini's m()del farms—whicii tlie Germans had seized at the height of their offensive and fortified with machinegun nests behind sandbags. It ^^as probably Aprilia.
Attacking beliind a terrific barrage wliicii virtuall.v ripped the settlement apart and must have killed hundietis of Germans, the Allies moved back into the village and as of Friday night were pressing the Germans back in continuing
By BOBERT MrSEL
London, Sunday, Feb. 13. (UP)- Ruiala'a armiea of the north, I fierce fighting.
Ii?f!t^JJl*f„\'!ISV^'l..„''/h°r'«..f."w*.w^l Tlie onslaught appeared to have, momentarily at least.
defenaea. fought Inlo the oulaktrt* i j ii • •..• i' .* ii /-. i • -xi j
of th* German atronghoid of Luka I crested the initiative from the Gcnnans. who since Monday yeaterday and captured th* rail- had been attacking manlgeaUy;
road junctisn at Batetakaya, 11 aver row* of their own d*ad aa| front diapatchea told ot an Allied
milei to M>* aoutheaal. harolc American and Britiah troopa barrage being directed on German
The combined forcea of Gen. atood firm and mowed tbem down, poaitlona there, but the core ot tb*
Leonid A, Govorov and Gen. Kyril Huge Convoy Arrive* beachhead remained intact,
A. MereUkov, which in 80 daya! (Mjehael Chlnlgo, repreaenting W"M"f Out Caeaino
have cleared the ^aIla from t .^^^ combined Allied preaa, reported American troopa on the Caaalna
large area weat and aoiilh of Lenin-! j,,^^ , ^ reinforcement convoy front were alowly but surely blaat-
grad, captured more than 40 other ij^j arrived al the beachhead,'Ing the Germana loose from their
towna and aettlemenla In break-1^^^^^^, ^^^^^ ^g^^^ German deep emplacementa In the town and
Bf.r.tTv/frl,'.!? M„.".!li'l hr^S' »"i»' attack*, and Unded a atream!on Monte Ca-aino to the immediate
fA. ^^^*,^„n.„ .:. .nn^n^^^^ ^ne of the toughe.t
SUf a^rtin.. ,„ .w. L.,h • Heavy barrage from Naii long-' Nazi neata In Caasino. the baaement
Some «.W mile* to the aoulh, irtilleri-> of the town jail, waa cleaned out
other Soviet force* acored ad- '^•"»= annier}.; _ . j .
vancei of three mile* a* Ihey
„.„e.. «r rnr.. n,.... .. rn.v <'n London, Xo. 10 Downing J^riday and olher buildinga were
yance* or mree muea a* me.v announced that Gena Sir caP'ur'd '" 'he northern part of
lopped off another large aegment ;f''^"'^ m .^ j ,.. , j S town hut con.iderahla Cerman
on the northern end eaatern iidea "'"O" Maitland Wilaon and Sir|io«n, But consiaeranie t^rman
? lu mAu , ^ :.^ V Harold R L. C Alexander had a»- 'orce» remained.
of the "Cherka**y pocket' where "»'^"'<' "• .'^ l. Aicxanaer naa »¦ ..,. . .u
the remnanu of 10 crack German »"'¦*'* ..P"/"' Minlater Winaton! The feeling here wa* that the divUion* wer* b*ing annihilated. I Churchill that "the great battle now | Fifth Army would redouble iU
' proceeding for the capture of Rome efforta lo take Cassino and drive
on up the Roman valleya while the beachhead forcea clung grimly to their poailiona.
Oet as PUnea In Trap i ..,. ., „,._„,
Th* Ruaalana reduced the pocket j'" " *""' '
further by capturing aeven towna fierce galea and rain thai had
on a 20-mlle front curving north- turned the balUefield into a qua«-
cail around Komun, heart of the mire aubaided loday and the aun
....trap area which waa being batter-1 broke Ihrough over weatern lUly,
employeea of the company, Iheied by hundred* of Soviet artillery «uRuring a renewal of the German
—„.. „- - _ -, .„.„,.. .iih.r .Iri-ariv i.> mnckhnlm nr »x. "" ""»•=" "~ —¦•— ¦•.'•."..•.w ».iXew England Shopbuildlng Corp. I piece* and planea
garded the Soviet Union and the a bid to unify all anti-Nazi Poliah ^Vt/d to arrive fhortiv : R»>""' "» »>" K'^leng. key aupplyl The bSard* order repreaented alAlr Force flier* *hot
Red Armv a* enemiea. - element* iinder It* direction, Rndio Pf*-'" '"""'^^ """"¦>• j point and airplane replacement j compromlae between ita atandard day 33 Junker tranaporta trying to .luppor
"Never have Poliah imliticiana of Moacovr diacloaed Saturday. „ ,,"1 .V V.' , j ...... .j j ^"nter for Rabaul, d**troying Un'maintenance of membership award fly auppUe* to the beleaguered Ger- Friday.
the Sosnkowakl alamp «Gen. Kazi- In « broadcaat beamed lo Poland Belief that I-inland had decided p.^^.j aircraft in the l«7-ton at->nd the union ahop demand of the man*. i Air SuppoH Returning
mlerz Soankowaki. commandcr-in- and recorded by U.8. government to heed Secretary of SUte Cordell ,jp,, „„ j^e Kavieng airdrome—the International Union of Marine and| Moacow'* war bulletina reported q American aeclor where
Front dispatchea aaid the Ger¬ mana had been attacking like packa of wolves and when one wave waa
or soviet artillery ""K"""* • .cjicy.«. .n u.c .^r-.......;, j . frlirhtful slauah-
.. In the air. Red a*«ults, bul promiaing for the nj°««^ ^°"" " « '^^^^
ahot down on Fri- hard presaed Alliea tha direct aerial It-n atronger liok i^ nlice We«!5
•anaporta trying to .support that waa ao aorely miaaed !!*" "I^Tf."''°'^L'^'^ f-?'Kr!!:X
rhief of Poliah emigre armiea 1 ever monitora, Radio Moscow .aaid the Hull a recent warning to quit boa- i,ggyi„i attack yet made agalnat eonaldered the Red Army aa the council "aeta itaelf the aim of or-tllltiea waa alrengthened by the ^,,j^j ^^, j;„ ,„e,ny planea ««t 'allv of our alliea,"' the newapaper ganization of all national forcea (in reported arrival In Stockholm of ^j^^ Allied force aaid "When thev aav ao ll'a a'PoIand" lo hasten the <3erman de- Finniah Minlater of the Interior .¦ _ »u i. i.
downright lie. Thev can't conceal feat and the liberation of Polnnd." Leo Ehrnrooth. Al«,, Finland'., ,»"'''t* ^'"^"^,^•'• *V,^" their Fascist hatred of the Rua- The council, 11 aaid, Includea »trongeal party, the Social Oemo-jof the Japanese air force from the •ian people ! repreaenlalivea of the Poliah crata, held a meeting yeaterday at «l |
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