Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
38TH YEAR, NO. l%—44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1944
The Weather
Warmer, mdndy. poaaible   ahowera.
PRICE TEN CENTS
ANZIO COST NAZIS 15,000 MEN; REDS SAY GERMANS IN ROUT
Hershey Orders Review Of All Job Deferments; Aims at Men Under 26
Point to Million Non-Fathers Still Out of Uniform; Crucial Time Ahead
Washington, Feb. 26. (UP)— Maj. Gen. L«wi* B. Her*hey. direc¬ tor of Selective Service, ordered a review of all occupational defer¬ ments today, particularly thoae granted men under 2<l. in accord¬ ance with a warning by Prealdent Roosevelt Ihat Induction* are iag- glng at a time when "crucial cam¬ paigns" ar* imminent.
In a memorandum to Herahey and War Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt. Mr. Rooeevelt aaid:
"The altuation i* *o grav* that I feel that the time haa come to re¬ view all occupational deferments with a view to ipeedily mailing available peraonnel required by the armed force*." Younger Men Needed
Her»hey Immediately forwarded the Prealdent'* memorandum to atate Selective Service director* with ordera to review caaes of all regiatranta from 18 through 37 who have occupational deferment*. He told th* atate director*, that par¬ ticular attention should be given to men under 26 In view of the Presi¬ dent's statement that agriculture and Induatry ahould releaae young¬ er men for military aervice.
Th*      Prealdent'*    memorandum
OLD OPPONENT
Where Do Your Red Cross Dollars Go—?
Peron Real Power; American Nations Consult on Plans
Montevideo, Feb. St. (CP) — aen. Pedro lUnilrei, "retired* pre«ldent nf Argentina, haa been arreated by gavrminent police while Irving to take aaneluary of » foreign einlNU*>', unronflmi- ed report* from Buena* Alrer Mild tonight.
Ramlrec. fearing for hi* life, wn* reported to have fled tha preaidentlnl ninnalen. He wa* •elied by aeeret polire agent* Mid returned t« nl« qoarter*. where he U being held a vlrtunl priaoner, the*« report* aald.
By RK'ARDO ALVAREZ
Montevideo. Feb. 26. (UP)—Col. .Tuan Domingo Perch, daahing pro¬ fessional soldier long known for his resistance to democratic collabora-
warned that the armed forces were! tion. emerged today as the real preparing for "crucial campaia.ia of I master of the Argentine govern-! this .vear" which, he aaid. "will de- ment. leports from Buenos Aires' termine both Ihe length of thia war. said. i
and its price In men and I""!;" col. Peron, aecretary of labor and
Herahey    told   Selective    Serv "   ..n^er-iecretary of wir. domlnatea I chiefs that "replacement achedula* j ^^.^l„J  president    General    Edel- ahould be considered  for *uch /•" j miro Farrell.  who waa    delegated vision a* may be required with the \..ith      preaidentlai    authority    by Presidenl*  njemorandum. [ preal^ent Pedro P. Ramidez when;
"The Time Haa Paaaed... i i|,p   letter  retired  temporarily   be¬
lli the February issue of the aw;/ictuif ot  "111  health." reliable ad-i rial publication ".Selective Service, ] y|p,g {^^^ Bueno* Aire* reported.  I Hershey warned that '!'«'•« """Vh^     The advice, aald that Farrell  It "eternal vigilance' to the '"'J,'^•J. merely a puppet who haa heen sub-'
Jap Air Defenses Down to 'A Pitiful Handful of Planes'
Allied HeadquMtara. Beukliweat PmIAc, Sunday, Feb. t7—(I P) —L'. 8. n»Tnl oflleer*—mnny of whom fer t^o yenra have battled the Jap* and defc«tad them at sea and In the air —said today that enemy defenae* IWTe  "dwindled to a pitiful  handful of  planea."
8ea control of the Biamarrii Archipelago appeared to be definitely In Allied handa with the enemy air baaea on New Britain, .New Ireland and the Admlraltj' lalanda neutmllied. Home eatl- mated teme renuUnlnB Japa on New Britain—at the onoe-powerfnl Rabaul garriaon aad ahout 3t,0M ether* trapped In the Jtelomon* remain to he llquidatod—er i»1U die unpleaaantly ot *tarTation and dl*eaae. aceording ta a communique frem Geq. Dongia* Mae- Aribur"* headquarters taday.
(f. Si-Destroyers Again Blast Japs at Kavieng
Loss Forces Germans to ChangePlans
Bring Troops from France to Italy; French Stop Drive On Cassino Front
No Opposition There Or When Bombers Again Smash Rabaul
JAPS' LIFELINE IN CENTRAL CHINA HIT
"no deferred man remains deferred
s^:ij».:>r        March is 'Red Cross Month'—Don't Forget!
ject  to  Peron'a   peraonal   influence
one day after he become*  "Pl'"-1 -(^p,  ,^^  Installation  of th* mill able, or one day after the demand ^^      re«lme on Jun* 4. for  hla  services  has  been   reduced      jf .      .   . .u   .-./-.tt ».   ..^ i
to   a   point   where   they   no   longer  „„t^.•''pn„^^^••^ htch  o^n^d^i' are cr Ileal In the war effort." °"'1„i^i ?"'•''^^hth^^iSf.
He  told  local  draft  boarda  that  ««"t'"%r"''t'^'';^'<h the Axl*.
the time wa. p«.sl when the public  *'«•¦•» n'"^'"
would   accept   deferments,   partic-1     «nat  line of  action  the  revlaed
ularly of voung men. except for the, Argentine  government  will    adopt
most rrltical rea.sons. I «"* " "'V'lS'" "' <:'>"1«'^t"''*'    ^oth
•The Armv and Navy need men."i P""",""** F""'" P"' enipha»is on
he said. "Tiie call* muat be  fliled. I'heir Intention  to give the Argen-
Tk.v will h» " I tine preai "a free hand."  Thl* waa
'""..'     "r , ,_. eonaldered here  as the  first move
Too Many Oovernment Job* I of an a»tute campaign to convince
Meanwhile.   Chairman   John   M. j,,,  ,„j „, ,,,j  continent  that  the
Costello.   D..   C alif..   of   the   Hou«e „,^^. „glme ia 100 per cent demo-
mllitary   affairs   subcommittee   in- j^^fj^ g^j j,,, reporta from the Ar-
veetigatlng    draft    deferments    In ^pntine capital aaid there has been
Reds Pound At Helsinki
government and Induatry. express¬ ed the hope that the President's statement would mean elimination of "all unjustifiable deferments."
"Far too many requests for the deferment of fathers In govern¬ ment are being made at thla time, rather than attempting to releaae aa many aa poasible in order that Selective Service quotas may he met" Costello aald in a statement.
"Unless there ia a more atringeni policy applied to the employees of government, we eannot expect In- dttatrv cr agriculture to aet the ex¬ ample."
Costello said that of 47«,000 pre- Pearl   Harbor   fathera   In   govern¬ ment   service   deferment   ha*   been requested for 190.000. 1,<MM,«M Non-Father*
It w«* believed fhe Prealdent's atatement also would hnve Ihe ef¬ fect of speeding recla.saiflcatlnn nrocedurcs bv local draft boarda. Selective Service policy always haa heen lo review periodically all clasa- ifleatlons. but manv boarda have been delinquent In this work.
Mr. Rooaevelt noted that Indua¬ trlal deferments include more than 1.000.000 i|on-fathers. of whom 380,- 000 are uiVier 2fi. Agricultural d" ferments,   he   .said.   Include   nea
nn noticeable relaxation of cenaor ship restrictions.
However. Alberto I.«nua. editorial writer of the Argentine newapaper Lan Prensa who was arrasted a week ago for criticizing the gov¬ ernment's decree regulating the pre.s.s. waa released yesterday aa one of the flr»t aet* of the ney admin¬ istration.
Diplomatic quartera here said the
Russians Using Captured Shells To Batter Enemy
Stockholm. Sunday. Feb. 27. (UP) —A force of about 300 Ruaaian bombers raided Helsinki Saturday night and continued to pound at the Finnish capital In tiie early hour* of this morning, reliable privat* lources reported today.
The Soviet bombera atruck In waves, centering their attack on the northern and central aection* of the city   thi* lource said.
About .V) separate  fires were  re ported raging in the battered capi- „   koBKKT MVHKL. tal.   and  it   waa  reported that   be-    •; „     .,       .^ ,.   __     ,..„,    „        _
tween   10   and   Vi   Rus.sisn   plane*;    Lcndon. Sunday. Feb. 27.—(UP)—Four Russian armies pushing west- were shot down bv the defenders.    |Ward toward the Baltic Statea on a 150-mile front captured more than
The attack began  about 7  p   m  '0*> towna  and  settlement* yeaterday  as they  advanced  to within  .10
Pushing Towards Baltic States On Hammering 150-Mile Front; Open Rail Line in White Russia
American republics may adopt  b"* g-vediah   time   and    was   reported ">"»' '"'t  of Pakov on  the northern  end  of  the  line  while opening altitude that the executive author- ^^j,,   j^   progreas   more   than   five «  "«^^ drive  in   the  south  toward  the  last  German-held  longitudinal
Itv was atrlpped from Ramirex by force and that mutual consultation mav he neceaiary In order to define the situation and determine a Joint approach.
By JOHN A. RRICmiANN
Washington.   Feb.   26   (UP)—The American republics have begun con. aultatlon on the queation of recog¬ nition  of the  new  Argentine  gov- (Continued on Page A-10)
progreas hours later, thia source said.
Telephone    communicaliona     be- je,.j,„pin     ,„to  a  rout,  by repirt ':'.m.^^'^rt*'Tit^lU6\ll^^^^^^ -"Slments on  the fronj  directly south
railroad  in Northern Rusaia.    (tlee .^iap on  Page A-10.) Moscow'* broadcaat communique* indicated the German retreat waa
than .^.^0.000 are under Ifl.
Both the Prealdcnl's memoran¬ dum and teatlmonv bv Hershey he- fore the Senate agriculture commlt-
. ,    J- . uaing   captured    ammunition    and of that cloaine on Pskov,
the  evening and had not been  r*-^rlillerv   to   shell   "the   retreating       "^""f "''"K sumed at a late hour tonight. i enemy."
Air raid alarms were sounded In -^^ Ruaaian* hammered out the rtorlheaslern Swedish towns ofj^j^imum gains of 15 miles yester- Torneaa and Haparanda, near thejjgy „ ^^ey also cleared the Oer- FinnUh border, but no planea were „^,„ f,„n, j^elr last 50-mile grip observed, „„ (),*  Dno-Novo-Sokelnikl aector
of the L.enlngrad-'Vitebak  railroad and thua opened a 340-mlIe atretch of   the   lin*   *outhward   from   the _        .      .       , former Czarist capital to the vicin- oU'Pnae Attacka Ity   of    German-held    Vitebsk    tai northern White Russia. Red* Renume Attack Moacow  revealed   that  the  Rus- landon    today    aa   a   renewal    of|Charged that Russian  planes  drop-; .Una   had   resi^^^^^^ almost    nightly   air   raids   atarted |Prd>mnbs on Swedish territory this west _and_n«rthx^^^^^^^
LONDON STARTING THIRD EVACUATION
London.    Feb.    28.    (UP)—Thou- 'j!jy sands    of    women    and     children
Planes Over Ht4Mhhalm
L.ondou. Feb. 28. (UP)—Radio Stockholm said tonight that uniden¬ tified foreign planea flew over the Stockholm area thia evening and were fired upon by Swedish anti¬ aircraft gunners.
(The   Swedish   radio   previously
In the Novoisokolniki area Mos¬ cow announced that another Rus¬ sian armv — Gen. Popov lasl com¬ manded there but Moscow ha.s not revealed who Is the new com¬ mander — atruck through strongly fortified German defenaea in a drive which carried to withfh 55 miles of the Latvian border.
Chungking, Feb. 2« UP i--Strik¬ ing at the Japaneae lifeline in cen¬ trnl   (Tiins.   Uth   V   S    Air   Force
By  UO.\ ( AHWELL
Allied Headquarter*, Southwest "'•" «>'-«"'ull.v ""I'd shining Pacific, Sunday, Feb. 27 (UP)- *nd other Urgets along the Yan- American dcstrovera swept Ihrough ftie River during the past two the northern Bismarck Sea at da.vs, a communique from Lt. On. dawn Friday and bombarded the Jof'P" W. Stillwell a headquarter* Japanese supply bas* at Kavieng, ""d today. .   „    ,. „
.\ew Ireland, for the third time f>n Thursday, eacorted Mitchell within a week, whil* Allied bomb-1 mediums attacked warehou*** and ers dropped 100 ton* of bomb* on '¦¦''¦¦"«'' V^^ds «t Kiuklang, 130 Rabaul.   New   Britain,   it   wa*   an- >""" *outheaat  of Hankow, atart-| two   powei^ul   attacks  Ofi   the
"»""«'' ^»''-• I ng'hierli^tempud Pn'tfrcep-'ttorb" I beachliead betv een Feb. 8 and
one was shot down and the seven   18  that  bl°0U{rllt  on  sonie  of others damaged      „ „ ,, ^, ,    I the heaviest  fitriiting of the
fl.h'Jer,   "I^we'enlV; ^h. ^4in"jt?.l •""«••     Mediterranean     campaign
fX'^.^hinchSw'" o'  P«VJb,"^"i?:-„ k^1;^e';'e'rs'rL'd Zi itSj stroyed   15  sampans  and  damaged'[^,°„'',"°'"""» ""**"<* °"*-''""'"
By  ROBERT  VERMILLION
AlUed Headquarters, Naples Feb. 26 (UP)—Gen. Eber- hai'd von Mackensen's Ger¬ man 14th Army has suffered 15,000 casualties in the battle of the Anzio beachhead and as a result the Nazi^ have had to revise their defense plans for western Europe as well as those in Ital.v, an Allied spokesman said tonight.
Most of the German losses were suffered in the course of
nounced loday
The destroyers sank on* Jap¬ aneae ship and left two burning, while several harbor craft were hit and shore batteries allenced. Gen, Douglas MacArthur's communique reported.  The   American   warships
shelled   Kavi«nf   for    nearly    m f^-^t^Vr'boals:Tn"cludi"n7flv*ia;ic hour   without   a   •lnt •   JiP-neseitu,, t„^,„^ ,„,j,j h„»,„
plane  appearing to retaliate.     N'e destroyer* used spotting planes to direct *h*ll flr* in the daring day¬ light operation. Btill Ne Oppealtioa
Thursday's ratd on Rabaul, ky mor* than ISO plane*, th* 22nd een- **cutive air attack on that once- formidabia 9«'«w Britain baae, tail¬ ed  to  draw enemy  air oppoaltlon
JAPANESE IN BURMA BEING OUTFLANKED
The Germans are now "on tha defensive" below Rome, and are regrouping under cover of local, unsuccessful thruat* against tha Allied beachhead line and attack* on our landing operationa with bomba. ahall* and motor torpeda baats, It waa revealed. Needed ta France
The 14th Army includes t':iree In* fantry regimenta and one artillery regiment (more than 13.000 men) ag
N*w Delhi, Feb, 28.  (UP)-Brit¬ ish West African troops have cap' tured the Kaladan Valley town ef Kyauktaw in Western Burma, poa- for the fifth straight day. Soiomons-1»»«   •   new   threat   to   the   hard- .,,...,.       ^      _
based bombers unloaded at leisureipressed Japanese on the Arakan,we|I aa a tank liattallon drawa their bombs on an ammunition i front a Southeast Asia command from France it.»clf. it was dlsclo«*d. dump,   a   power   plant  and  many communique said today. In   addition,   other   part*   of   von
buildings i The Weat Africans occupied Mackeasina 10 diviaiom! had heen Th. ale ¦n,4 ... hln..u..l. nf TV'.u, Kyauktaw after cro'^ing a stream scheduled for movement lo France Irriiid L,d N>w Britain .rowing i" the fac* of opposition and now by thla time in order to bolster th. ev.r llahfer h« fut^ff « «?l' «"« >" * poaltlon to outflank thai German west wall, threatened wit* ever   lighter   haa  eut  off  an  esti-  .        . r ..     .  _     .. Invasion from Britain.
However, these forcea, as well ag nine divisions of the German 10th Army on the Cassino and AdriaUe
ever  lighter,  haa eut  off an  esti- ,.„ .,-.__i,.iH  „» i>Mfi.i.«.,._.   »«
mated   60,000   Japanese   troops   on i*,?..'?""!.'".^  "/ Buthldaung,  28
the   two   islands   whe   app"r*ntly | ""V;.' *° i*.'., m«v„ ,.n..  i„ .h.
face alow starvatien aa Allied »hips! ,;;"'"[,'i^' **,">" rtngt. in tlie
anil ni.n.. h..n» .!<._ .-J «..» «»»"'*'" Arakan battle area, remnants
ll enemv shiDSlnalTlhe Biamarek "f • J«P«n*se  raiding  party  were|fronU  not  only  are tied down  In-
Areh^^Ln   '^'^   * Bismarck driven  from the chief creat of the definitely but have been so battered
Mayu   Ridge.     Britiah   and   Indian troops  once again  were firmly ea
definitely 1
In   tiie   fighting   since   the   Anaio
landings Jan. T2 that their fighting
Archipelago,
Friday's ahelllng of Kavieng fol lowed   the   Feb.   18   naval   attack tablfshe'd In N^ak.vedauk Paiii'aiTd iTreiigth C^^^^^ agalnat  that   base  when   IS  ahips traffic   across   the   range   was  un- were  blasted   In the  harbor.    De- molested   by  the  Japa  throughout stroyer force*  returned laat Tue*- yesterday, day to bombafd the base again. 	
Other Allied bombera covering ,, „,. , ^n laiiipsi the Bismarck Sea struck at Lor-|l1 KILLED WHEN engau  and  Momote  airdromea  on
The official summary of the cam¬ paign said that the Germans had lost approximately 7,500 men killed, wounded or taken prisoner in each of two costlv efforts to erase the Allied landing strip below Rom*. The prisoners totalled 2,«16. 10 Dlvtslon* .Mauled The German command cannot „, , ,„  J      J .     iview  their situaiion  In the beach-
Eleven persona were killed and five ^^\d   battle  with  any  natisfaction.
Admiralty and Loa NeirM"laTanda  NAVY  PLANE  CRASHES
in  the Admiralty group, 370 milea 	
uorthwest  of  Rabaul,   in  two sue-!    Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 28 (UP)— cessive attacka.
Set Freighter'Afire j injured,  none   critically,  lale  today i!',""""yj°,j'^|.e\he'Airies not only
A medium  bomber added to .la-1 when a transport plane attached to!u,.., ,,.a  '    io of the enemy'* be*t pan's   shipping  losses   by  bombing the headquartera  of  the  naval  nir "*^bal ¦'    -    ¦¦
up divisions
but   have   dealt
and   atrafing  a  8.000-ton   freighter primary   training   crashed   at   the,^j^ .„, ,ogj,„ vyhlch will take
caught off New    Hanover   laland. | Olalhe   Naval   Air  SUtion   "hortly!^*'"/"'^"/ti^"\o rw^^^^^ northwest of Kavieng,  leaving the, afler   taking   off.   the   public   rela-|    rp't,      uiest    enemv    jab    came l."/,!Jt.?i?i''  '"¦¦•  '."^  »inking,   the[tiona offi.e said  tonight. One offl-        ;„,(   the   American   right  flank ' x,:!i.""!.''^!.rr.?'"'!f''-    ,.    v,. ..   \':"}^1" ^^!t^^-^^Jl^  •"•" •"• afong   the  MusaoUm Canal,  but  It
was easily broken up by an Allied
Two succeksive air raids hit the I listed men were victims. Wewak    area  of    northern    Newi •	
cauaing extensive damage, destrov-1 SENATE   IN   NO   HURRY
o"t{;er'X'eTJiurh?o'n'R"rLnd' ON McNARY SUCCESSOR The   medium   bombera  and  attack planea  silenced  at  leaat  four  gun positions and destroyed or damag
Washington,     Feb.     28     (UP) —
..   Choice   of   a   Senate    Republican
ed ten barge* In the harbor. There leader to succeed the late Charlea
was  no interception  in either    at- L. McNarv appeared  tonight to lie
J.000.000 non-fnthera. of whom moVeiiT^^l^''  .."JLir'l.  ^r»'"r'new^T'or changed ThaT R^ss^Jn'^pla'neV dr~op-] ^ had   resumed
great   evacu- week.)
I the   capital's    third ation  of  the  war. . .     .        ........   .u  '    Babv   carriages   blocked   station Favor AnnUtice Terma
 ee   vesterdav   Indicated   that   the p,aj,„,.,„,   „„j   ngg^ly   every   com-     London.   Feb.  26.    (UP)—Finland man        „„,, ,„,.h ,,..,..„,.„ ». armed forces can expect little new        ^jpnt   „.,,   transformed   into  a is giving serious and favorable con- ';""\P""r'ur, iso     fl!? .u
mannower  from   -e-examlnation  of r„,„„^   nurserv  In   scenes  remlnia-sideration to armistice terma offer- der from Pskov I.W milea south phvaical  atand^rda. ,.e„t of   the  outbreak   of  war   and ed   by  Ruaaia,   neutral   sourcea   re- PololaU.
Mr.   Rooaevelt   aald   the   nation's the   opening   of   the   German   air ported  today,  and   a   Budapeat  re- of Pskov (Continued on Page A-10) bllti of 1940. (Continued on Page A-lOi
Moscow said that on some parts of the Novosokolniki front thejcupicd the viUagea of Billau, Waral Russiana struck with stunning aur- and Sindaman. big Liberator bomb- priae. At one point Red Army men ers increased the tempo of attacks broke into a town during the nightjon enemv Installations In the north- and attacked so suddenly that notiern New Guinea coast, niki which fell on Jan '•9 and had " "'ngle one of l.ono (jermansl More than .^3 tons of bomba wert pushed westward to wlthiA 38 miles ^'^P*^'   "'"'' *"•' 'i''"^'' '''l'i°"B''l dropped on gun positions at Nubia
of Idritsa. junction on the Ust Ger- "'•J '^"* '"P^"^'''''    ,_,   ,^ , "  "      '
north-south    railroad    which I    ^he   Berlin   radio   said   that
artillery barrage* Gen. Eberhard von Mackcnscn's troops also at¬ tempted another infiltration of tha British lines below Carroceto. but alert Allied patrols tfrove back the enemy groups.
Heavy rains, hampered both sidea as they Jockeyed into position for the next round but. by day and night, the (Jcrmans were lobbinc shells around the Anzio harbor. Thr Luftwaffe waa making sneak raids almost every night on ahip- ping in the Anzio and Nettuno roadsteads. Wednesday night, Ger¬ man      E-Boata —       motor-torpeda
^°'Vh';'"i;^d^v'^'o!^s/;"'chi^ies l' t»';;ip-t^oth'^t;'IhTr^o^'eS.*
McNar?'leave;r here'bv'^r«i',rto-- -"•'l"'^'* '""'"' ""' ""• '''" nighl  for his home at Salem. Ore., «"  °« «' communique aaaerted
-. -  .»'^"« f'-""«' ""¦'"» "•" "^''"'-  that in serial attack* on Anzio laat
on  Hansa  Bay. 100 miles north  ofi"''" for Friday. In-ht   three Allied  vessela totaling
In,Madang. while Installations and air-1,   A/"""/ m"'JV,|;^^^"\ce^°[ ^°'].d^ 120(«^^  tons and a destroyer    wera
seriously  damaged  while    another
tack, tlie communique said, Aid Troopa' Advance
Whil* Am*rlcan ground force* slowly advancing weatward from Saidor on  the Huon  Peninsula oc-
among Sens. Wallace H. Whit* jr.. Me.: Arthur H. 'Vandenberg, Mich.: Robert A. Taft. O.. and Style* Bridges, N. H. There waa no dla- poaltion among Republican aena¬ tor*, to hurry the selection.
(UP
'ian bor-iPre-war   Poland   the  Germans  had'drome aupply areas at Madang and '»"<•« received today by the wid()w south tnil'eKun   to   counler-nttacU   south   nf Ale.'cishafcn    were    attacked.      One,"' the  69-year-old Senate  Republl-
transport  could  be atroyed".)
"preauflied
the   Caasino  front,   th* <le*»
Modern Atoll Warfare
No Jap Snipers After Flamethrowers Finish Work
tending   east   of   the  Pakov-Idritsa
line.  Those armies won more than
100  towns  vesterday,   among   them
I the  stronghold   of  Porkhov  which
By  RICHARIl W.  JOHNSTON        ing   dull,   brass   tubes   Instead   of tached to Lt. Col. Harold Mizony's ^ is 42 milea east of Pakov.
With the Combined Army and guns, connected a hose lo the back- battalion which is cleaning up the indicating that the Russians Marine Forces Atta«klng KnI- borne containers and paused as eastern end of this island — Ihe planned no halt before Pakov, Mo*- wetok Island, Feb. 20. (UP)—Two enemy bullets sunk in around them.,largeat coral Island of the Eniwe-, ,.o^^,., communique for the first figures-bent    under    some    great     Suddenly   from   thc   tubes   great tok   atoll. time  told   of  attacks   being   made
weight on their shoulders —slipped white  hoi   plumes  of  flre  billowed p„,„, Caroenter In the "Pskov direction."
put of thc dense  mangrove  foliage nut.   enveloping   the   thicket.    The '   '"',    ^¦'P«"»'' •'"J" ».„„,h
in the rear flank of our advancing foliage   shriveled   and   disappeared.     Hildreth,    a    l.ig    »qu«r*-jaw'ed   Mo^e Do«n >(•¦¦">•« tanka    and    crept    up    to    palm-The   thicket   waa   completely   con- blue-eyed   six-footer,   has  not   aeen     One wing of the Ru.ssian armiea, thatched   thicket. sumed. Trenches and foxholes thcn'nny  of  the   enemy,   but  hes   done striking   down   the   railroad   wliich
Infantrymen moving up the tall stood out where a momenl before '» lot of burning. In less than 38,runs southwest from Luga into of this dug-ln Island watched thev had been utterly concealed— hours of action he burned out two p3kov. cantured the station of Novo br*athle*«ly.   Two   soldier*,   carry-even   after   atlack.s   bv  tanka. Jap   pillboxes  mnde   o»  rocks   and Rpiye norneasiof the Baltic gate-
- .No living thing could survive that iloR.s nnd  four dug-outs. i wav cily of 60,000
iblnst   of   flre nnd   the   infantry      "How   did   you   guys   happen   to'    Moscow    """"""I'^f^.,;'''"',, "j"™
1 moved up In the wake of the two get i„|o su. h a specialized occupa-. than l.S(K) (T.erm^na were killed in hunched figures who di.-appeiired Hon aa flamethrowing?' I "ik"'- the battle f"; Novo Se ye «a the ,ln .scHrch of more Jap-Infested Hildreth said he wns a carp nlrr jenemv fought desperate y to keep 'thickets before he \vent into the Army and the   R''*''""'   '¦¦"'"  J*''',"'   ?''l°^'
The flamethrowers were Pvt. found the Army "didn't have much , from the .""rth >>  or' ^"Jl 'oree, .Harlev .fohnson. 59, of Wichita, use for carpenters." an he d.dn t jto the east each It Force, under Kan., and T ,^ Jame. Hildreth, 2\,object when th.y mad. a flam*-|C^n. ^^'^^ail S. JChozln capturjd 'of Belmont   N. Y.   Both are at-'throw.r af him. »<»•  t^"»  *»•  ^""^ •"• ••***^
Tdrltsa i« 110 miles south «   ""*   extending   from   I.ulsk.   8,\ parked bomber waa deatroyed in theL."" 'e»d'r was one from President
Idrltsa       no miles south ^^„^^  ,^^jj^  ^^  Po\nu6. which   thelMsdang area. Roosevelt   which   said   "the   great n,rmana
.-,    .   .»«4„,i., ..   . Russians took on B-eb. .V   The Rua-;    over the Dutch East Indies, long-,"«'•"' "regon    and the nation as i French ww^ue™^^
Meanwhile two Soviet armies un-,ians  ^ave   not   reported  on   fight- ..Rnge   fightera  atrafed  villages   "n' a whole have loat the counaels of a     On   'he   Caasino  front der   (enerala   Leonid   A.   Govorov i„g   ,„   that  area   since  early  thia Timor     Island's     aouthern     coast. lf«*thful  and   efficient  public '"V- mans again attacked French , and Markian M. Popov pressed to- month. while a  heavv  bomber damaged  a »"t." I (Contmued on Pag* A-10)
"¦"m    ,f, .Vf r^.Tl'mmn^i.^Mi^Jl      """>   P"ris   radio   Indicated   the 3.000-lon  frelihlor transport south-	
^iTh'the'huge ¦3^'rmanTarie?t"«-i-       'C°"^""'"' - ^''^ A-10) ea.st of Misool laland. near Ceram.
War  l^uiiiiiiary
Regardless  of   further  conquests i    Four Russian armies ar* drlvln, of territory In Italy, where alread.v jon the Baltic Stalea on a 150-mile;
airniof"'*'"''*''',''' "h*^ l?''p-L'»lr^'>s f""t,  wilh   Moscow   reporting   the By L'NITtlD PRES8 making "it   possible   for    Mediter! German relre.l is becoming a rout.      The Britiah radio reported Salur. ranean bombers to join in on raids j    Once  again  American destroyers of Germany,  the Italian  c.impalgn (,„^,j  .teamed  up  lo  bombard  the ia   paying   dividends.    With   l.Mi")  ,       . , ,.    ¦ j i.     ^
casSaltlef suffered at Anzio, the ¦I«P. »««« »' Kavieng and bonjbers Germans hnve been forced to hrinslaK"" have raided Rabaul Once in troopa from other parts of their f8»i" there was no opposition by European   defense  areas,  changing^fhe   enemy   and   observers  in   tliat
Japs Say Furious Battle JHas Been Raging at Guam
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There waa no confirmation  that all their plans for protection in face theatre report the Japanese air de-|such a bailie was underway of the invasion threat. ,[*"''!, ]"*". dwindled   to   a   pitiful i    ggf.  moniUus quoted the
handful   of  planes. ; broadcast as aaying:
In England  it has been reported'
Pacific battering Japanese baatlana and virtually daring tha Japaaaaa day  that il  had  picked  up a Ger-1 fleet to come out and fight, report- man  Transocean  agency broadcast  ed   Friday  that    Guam  had    bee* quoting renorta from Tokyo that a'bombed  by   the   same  force  whleh
struck at Saipan and Tinian, north¬ east of the former American htM last Tuesday. There wer* no da- tails of the attack on Guam, how* ever.
Observers    here  l>clieved it possible the German report was
violent hattie hss been going on for some days at Guam, in the Marianas.
Nazi
exaggerated   vresion     of    Minlta'g
officiallv that the last hone of the'    It    wa.s    reported    that    Winston      "For  some  days  a violent  battle   announcement or that it may have Germans   for   slaging   a.ustalned Churchill's aon had parachuted inlo  ha.s   been  going  on   for  pos.seaaion  . ..-,:.„_..  a... ^.
aerial defenae haa been cruahed Jugoslavia. Anolher report was under the bombers which wrecked that King Peter had requested their fighter plane Industrv . . • ! rescue from the "'Whit* Hand", Reiumptlon of raid* on London hss.which waa holding him a virtual atarud another avaouatiea there,   ipriaenar.
o' Guam hetween the garriaon and enemy naval force*."
Adm. Cheater W. Nlmiti, com¬ mander of U. 8. Pacific force* whidi have been reaming the mid-
been a deliberate Axis propaganda attempt to "huild up" the attaek on Guam, auch as occurred recent¬ ly in the assault on Truk. for tha purpose of later claiming that M AUied atuck had beea
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