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38TH YEAR, NO. i—44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1943
PRICE TEN CENTS
 
REDS STOP NAZI DRIVE
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8th Army Ready to Open Attack in Italy
No New Plan If Subsidies Are Beaten
OPA Has Nothing To Stop Price Rise; House Certain to Blocl( the Program
Washlniton, Nov. 20. (UP»— Antlclpatinc defeat of Us con¬ sumer subsidy program in the House next week, the administra¬ tion warned tonight that it h%s no workable alternative plan for fighting  Inflation.
As the House lesdership con¬ ceded a Iwo-to-one defeat for the aubsidy program when It comco to a vote Monday or Tuesdoy, Price Administrator Chester Bowles told newsmen that OPA has "no secondary line" of ac¬ tion in prospect to hold food prices In check If Congress outlaws sub- sidles.
Want Control by Ickea
Meanwhile, a House coalition, encouraged by the prospective death of the subsidy program, or¬ ganized to push through legisla¬ tion to remove coal and oil price* from control of the Office of Prioe Administratin and place them under Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes. who favors price in¬ creases for both  fuels.
As the food-subsidy lasue neared a climax. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox and War Production Board Chsirman Donald Nelaon made lllh hour pleaa for retention of the administration's program In letters to Rep. Wright Patman D., Tex., one of the pro-subsidy leader*.
"Subsidies are an Important tool that has been used by every bellg- crenl nation to atuln maximum production and preserve stability in the price structure," Knox wrote. "We could not afford to take the risks which would flow from fur¬ ther increases in the cost of liv¬ ing."
"I feel," wrote Nelson, "that the (Continued on Page A-20)
French Training In Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Nov. 20. UP) —The Army Fourth Service Com¬ mand announced tonight that French army veteran* of North Africa and France are being trained by the U. 8. Army Air Corps at Van de Graaf Field near here.
CONGRESS GIVEN NEWTAX BILL FOR $2J40JtLI0N
Find Administration Spending Estimate Greatly Exaggerated
Washington, Nov. 20. (UP)—Thc House wsys and means committee tonight formally presented its 1944 tax bill, calling for J2,140,00,000 In new revenue, in a report which charged that the administration bad exaggerated the need for ad¬ ditional  income.
The bill will go before the House next Tuesday  or Wednesday.
Criticizing the administration's original request for at least $10.- 500,000,000 in new taxes, the report flled by the Democratic majority contended that the proper anti- inflation psychology could be main¬ tained only "by strict economy in government expenditures, through effective price control, rationing and wage control." Tax Hlgber lluui Britain's
The majority report battered the argument frequently used aa justi¬ fying higher taxes here, that the British bear a heavier tax load than Americans. It insisted that the British per capita rata 1* low er than ours and that the corpor ate tax law of the United Kingodm and Canada is more lenient than thia  country's.
Both t/ie majority report and a minority report by 10 Republican members of the committee ssld that no matter how much any American earns in 1944. his ne* income after taxea will not be more than $25,000 (Continued on Page A-11)
Homelihe Touch For Yanks in Naples
Hurdy-gurdy cranks in front of Naples high school converted into
rest   center   for   weary Yanks  from  Sth   Army.
flghting Dough-
Cut Last Rail Line Below Rome
Patrols in Force Cross Sangro River To Lash Outposts; Sth Improves Line
By HARRISON SALISBIRII
Allied Headquarters, Algiers. Nov. 20. (UP)--Smashing ahead five miles against fierce resistance
Deadly Fire of Artillery Mows Tanks, Infantry
I German Drive Was Effort to End Threat to Plank of Winter Line; Reds Indicate Plan to Push Westward to Old Polish Border
By ROBERT S. MUSEL
London, Sunday, Nov. 21 (LP)—Ken. Nikolai F. Vatutin's the British Eighth Army has cut | First   Ukraine  .\rmy.  knocking  out  more   than   half  the
boys are all  set  for j m  sc.s.sion but  nary a WAC  is  i.    sight
Aussies Using Tanks In New Guinea Drive
OPA Offers Meat Stamps For Salvaged Fats, Oils
Washington, Nov, 20. (UP)—The Office ef Price Admlniatration an¬ nounced tonight that it hope* to double fall and oils aalvag* by offering houiewlves two meat ra¬ tion points for each pound of fat* turned in to retailers. The pro¬ gram will ga in effect Dec. 13, OPA (aid.
At present fat salvages total 10.000,000 pounds a month, ac¬ cording to officials. The poin» premium "is hoped at least f) double   that   amount."
Token*  I,*iter
Meal Retailers will give stamps to   housewives    and   others    who
such a *lcp.   Milk now ii critically ahort  in many  areas.
Pressure for repioval of butter, fau and oils from the meat ration chart, Offlce of Price Administra¬ tion spokesmen asserted, ha* grown with the rl*e In the ration value of butter. Ne Need For New Book
Separation of the item* now grouped together and rationed with brown (lamp* could be achieved without issuing a new ration book, since Books three snd four hsve a variety of undesigned stamps.
Reported as highly acceptable to Col.     Bryan     Houston,     rationing
turn in fats when the program,chief, is a milk distribution plan stsrts, OPA said, but when one- similar lo one employed in Canada, point ration tokens become avail- Under this plan milk . would be able, tokens will be used in sal- allotted on the basis of minimum vaged  fat payments. requirements—to give every person
Rationing authorities also were in the country a basic, sustaininf! reported ready to submit several: ration—with all milk over that difTerent plan* for rationing milk amount being disposed of on thc nn a nationwide basis in event the'open market, probably when it is War  Food  Administration  advises I more  than a day old.
T
T KILLE0B0Y,13; MYSTERYSOLVEO
Playmate Cleaned Blood from House, Put Body in Yard
Ann Arbor. Mich.. Nov. 20. 'UP) —After his playmate, Barry Rolh- stein, 13, had been killed while they played with a pistol, Jackie Wall, 11 mopped up the blood in his parents' kitchen, hid the body, and told no one until police confronted him late today.
Barry's body was found in a vacant lot this morning, a bullet wound through the lungs, and his death was given n sinister aspect by a "death note" he had shown his parents. In a boyish scrawl, it said he was marked for desth and would be killed at 11 a. m. Confemion Clears Mystery minenl when 2.900 employees defied
But  Jackie  cleared  the  mystery a back t? woj;j« «>'',<«5''^<^' P'"_»^'^*_Pl by admitting that Barry's death had
I
IN SEVERAL AREAS
Fishermen in Port In Price Dispute; Tanneries Remain Idle
By I'NITED PRElM
Striking fishermen paralyzed New England'* $20,000,000 fishing Industry Saturday as other scat¬ tered walkouts disrupted war pro¬ duction across the  country.
Government seizure of S2 strike¬ bound tanneries at Beverly, Salem and Peabody, Mass., appeared  im-
been another of the tragedies re suiting from children playing wilh firearms. Authorities concluded that the note had been sent to him as a prank and waa coincidental. Jackie was released after he had told his story.
Prosecuting attorney Frank Kamman questioned him for hour*.
Jackie, a *llght, handsom*, brown eyed lad, confessed to hts father late today, then hysterically re¬ peated his story to Kamman and Police Chief Sherman H. Mor- tenson. Showed oft Gun
Jackie told Kamman and Mor- tcnson that Barry came to the Wall home about 4:30 p. m. yes¬ terday and wanted to see his gun. Barry knew they had a gun, Jackie said, because he had been telling other boys in the neighborhood about his father's automatic Mauser.
In his stalement to police, Wall said the gun wasn't safe.
Jackie  pulled  the  gun   from  the (Continued on Page  A-10)
Roosevelt. The Independent National Leather Workers voted to continue the walkout which in¬ volves a jurisdictional dispute with the CIO Fur and Leather Workers' Union. The Presideift ha.^ termed this situation "inexcusable" apd a "challeng* to gouernment by law." Th* independent anion said It is an "anti-Communism fight." Crane Men Out, Work Halta
At Homestead. Pa., 8T cran* men virtually stopped war production at tha Meats Machine Co. plant in a (Continued on Page A-11)
18 DIE AS NAVY PLANE CRASHES IN BRAZIL
Finschhafen Drive Seeks New Sites foi' Attacl(s on Rabaul
By DO.N CASWEIX.
Allied Headquarter*, Southwe*t Pacific. Sunday, Nov, 21. (UP) — Australian forces supported by light tanks on Friday Increased their pressure against the southern defense line of Japanese-heid Sat¬ elberg above Finschhafen on the New Guinea coast, while Allied bombers dumped 39 tons of bombs on enemy positions in the area, it wa* announced  today.
Gen. Dougla* MacArthur's Sun- da.v communique reported the heavy raids against Kulungtufu. 15 miles northwest of Satelberg, where bivouac areas and suppl.v installations were hit. Fires and heavy damage were caused in the building area. The raid was car¬ ried out by a force of Mitchell, Marauder and Boston bombers Friday   morning.
The most advanced flank of the
le?ow"RoTe' 'and'"^"nt "pSjT""?'  """'^'''"f../''"'^  strength  and  mowing  down  his swarming   in   force   across   the!"?'*"">'  ^*"" artillery  and  trench   mortars,  turned back
turbid Sangro River to lash enemy defense outposts, dispatches re¬ ported   today.
Fifth Army troops in western Italy Improved their positiops somewhat despite heavy enemy artillery fire and continued nasty weather conditions which also limited  aerial  operations.
In   heavy   fighting,   the   British
German thrust.s near  Korostishev yesterday,  halting the Nazi drive into the Zhitomir salient west of Kiev.
Despite the loss of Zhitomir, abandoned in the face of pressure from an estimated ir>0.000 Orman troops on Friday Official Soviet reports indicated the Red .\rmy planned to push its drive westward tn the pre-war Polish frontier, which was only .'>2 miles beyond the fighting line northwest of Kiev. Fierce battles raged in tlie Dnieper bend around Clier- and Canadian troops of Gen. Sir ka.s.s.v, southeast of tiic Zhitomir .salient, and on three fronts B. L. Montgomery captured Pera-;to the north where Russian armies pres.sed slowlv foi-ward
no, on the east bank of thc Sangro I  - - • ' . . v.
five mllea northwest of Alessa, to' cut   the    rail   line   running   from Ortona on the Adriatic to Alfedena
-way across     e    a an   eg,     attacks had been repelled "near Korostishev", 15 miles east
of Zhitomir. They did not mention
From Alfedena. the Ortona rail¬ road cuts due norlh lo Sulmona and Joins the Pescara-Rome trunk line. Its course through the Sangro val¬ ley alread.v had come under British artillery fire, making it untenable for the Germana and leaving the enemy dependent on secondary highways.
The capture of Perana also brought the Eighth Army to within a mile or less of the Sangro east bank for a distance of 12 miles in¬ land from the Adriatic. Patrols were immediately dispatched across the river and returned wilh reports of dealing heavy casualties to Ger¬ man troops on the far bank. Expect Big Attack by Stti
Patrol fighting was reiiorled par¬ ticularly heavy near the mouth of the Sangro while at the other end of the Eighth Army's front, above Rionero, Montgomery's vnnguard fought sharp clashes with German rear guards.
(Berlin  dispatches to  the Stock
tlirough   savage   German   resistance   toward   the   Pripet Marshes fringing the Polish border.
Communiques broadcast b.v Moscow .said heavy Gennan
RAF WIPING OUT NAZI GERMANY'S nCALPLAIITS
Special Targets of War's Mightiest Non-Stop Assaults
By PfUL ALXT
London. Nov. 20 (UP)—Racing through thick weather to keep Ger¬ many quaking under the mightiest
""""¦'"n ¦'¦¦ "'»»"" "f ^* *'*'"• Australian forces w»s slightly less "o'™ P"" ¦*''' '^"'' Montgomery hundreds of British bombers last than a mile from Satelberg Thurs-i»»o" w" expected to launch a ^i^^t blasted the Reich's biggest day, as Australian forces drove i'lrge-scale offensive against the, guip^uric acid factory in a block- against the enemy defenses guard- Germans'   Adriatic   flank   with   the bugter    attack    that    might    have
activity In the immediate vicinity of Zhitomir itself, but German broadcasts, betraying uneasiness, said battle-weary Nazi troops were awaiting attacks "by fresh flood* of Soviet fightcr.s' nt the important Ukraine railroad junction. Two Regiment* Slopped
In one sector of Ihe Korostishev front, two regiments of German In¬ fantry, supported by KO tanks, at- tacked the Soviet positions. In a sharp battle, 800 of the Germans were slain and 32 Nazi tank* knocked out.
In another sector of the same front, German Infantry massed in the thick forests on the outskirts bf a town. Soviet artillery and trench mortar batteries raked the enemy lines, sending thc Germans into flight, leaving behind 200 of their dead and two of their prized self-propelling "Ferdinand" guns.
Moscow's midnisht supplement¬ ary communique listed some 4,200 Germans slain in Saturday's fight¬ ing on five fronts.
ing the ba.se of the high plateau where the town is situated.
Japanese barge staging points along the New Guinea coast and Masangko. near Satelberg, were also bombed Friday as bombers supported the ground troops aim¬ ing to push the enemy from thc position he has held since the cap¬ ture of Finschhafen on Oct. 23.
Boston bombers swept the coast 10 miles above Fin.schhafen be¬ tween Gui.sko and Sialum, the barge depots, where supplies might be moved   in  to   the  Satelberg  forces
idea of rolling •» their entire line. Strong British ana _ lillery forma¬ tions   are   concentrated   near    the
coast   for  the  assault,   which   mayjth* I. G. Farben plants which make
already   be   undsr   way   with   theipoigon   gas   components,   waa   the
(Continued on Page A-10) (Continued on Page  A-10)
,,     .„. Heavy     fighting    was    reported
loosed  poison  gas  on   the  area.       m^ar Cherkassy. 95 miles .southeast Leverkusen.   six   miles   north   of „,   j^|,^.    ^^^.^^^^    ^^^^    j^^^    ^^.^^
formed  another  major  crossing of
bomb-battered Cologne and site of
Germans Land on Samos, Morocco Radio Reports
the   Dnieper  Friday   in   a  spectac¬ ular    action    co-ordinating    para¬ troopers and guerrillas. Fighting Near CTierkasey
Although there was no Indica¬ tion how close the Soviets had ad¬ vanced lo Cherkassy, where fight¬ ing was in progress on the town'* i approaches, the Soviet communi¬ que noted that the C;ermans were being driven  out  of strong   pointi
north
Keep Airfield* Useless
were   again    active   over
^ Sea Battle to the Death
^ U. S. Planes and Blimp Sink U-Boat, Capture Crew
. h #    tv,      »     IV,        London,    Nov.   20   (UP)   —  Thi [Turkish shore between Rhodes and on the Dnieper's west bank.   Three
„.°;u '""""^   """   'artner  lo  me Morocco radio reported today that!Coo,  and   returned  without   losses,  hundred   Germans  were  slain  and
the  Germans   had   invaded   Samos | Three small patrols were reported^ an  artillery  battery  and  ammuni-
and  British   official  sources,  while i to have entered  thc town of Simi.jtion  dump captured.
not confirming the report, said the  partly   wrecked   an   enemy   head-1    At   one   point   in   the   Cherkassy
small   garrison   of   the   Allies'   last   quarters, overcome a German pal- i fighting.   Soviet  patrols   penetrated
Aegean    base    may   already   ha'e  rol   of  14  men   and   blown   up  the  inside  German  lines  and  blew  up
been withdrawn. I main nninuinilion dump.
The  Morocco broadcast gave  noi    On Thursday  night.  RAF  heavv
details   of   the   reported   Nazi   at-1 bombers   attacked   the   harbor   of
tack,    which    has    been    expccte.l  ancient Chalcis in Greece, an RAF
since the fall of Lero lo the south   communique    announced,     causing
left   the   defenders   of   Samoa   vir- j heavy   explosions   and   large   Arcs
Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 20.   (LP)~-A ^j^^^p^           __^^ _     ^^^_    	
U. S. Navy transport plane crash-JB„„j,^i„^.i||g ^„j g^^^^^ ,^ ^^^ cd 30 miles west of Rio de Janeiro northern Solomons intent upon today, killing all 18 persons aboard. ,,gppj„j,  ^^^  enemy's  scattered  air
An   official   announcement   gave fj^i^, (^^^ being .-eturned to oper- few details of the crash, but It was „{ion
understood the rlan^ ^"^ carry- jjbcrator bombers blasted the ing offlclal documents and corrc- ^^^^^ ^^^^ Wednesday and Thurs- spondence to thc United htates ^^^. <jroppi„g 70 ions of bombs in Embassy in  Rio  de Janeiro. ^,,p gecond raid.    Tlie runway and
The big transport crashed abnut dispersal arena were well covered of reinforcements. 8 p. m. while en route to the'and an enemy bomber on the! The Exchange Telegraph agency BraziHan capital and all 14 pas- ground wh.s destroyed or damaged reported that Allied commando.; sengers and the four Navy crew- and the Buka airdrome left un-, h^d carried out a successful raid men were believed lo have been serviceable. Mitchells raided Mat-1 „gainst. German installations on killed  instantly. 1 rcontinucd on Page A-ll 1 Ithe   island   of   Simi,   close   to   the
aeveral   dugouts   and   blockhouses together   with   their   occupants.
Radio  Paris  said  the  Cherkasty area   was   becoming   one   of   the most   important   centers   of   fight¬ ing   on    the   Russian   front,   with tually   isolated   and   without   hope j One plane was missing. ithe  Red  Army  pouring  masses  of
The German radio asserted that airborne and parachute troops Into German fighter - bombers ha'! | violent fighting around the town, scored several hits on an Allied 1 Take Heavy Toll crui.'cr and destroyer in thc east-j Tlic day's heaviest toll of Oer- crn Mediterranean, severely dam-1 mans was taken in the difficult aging  both   vessels. (Continued on Page A-11)
Washington, Nov. 20 (UP) — A knock - down, d rag - out. 10 - hour fight between a German submarine and seven Navy and Army planes plus a blimp, ended with destruc-
planc is listed as missing in action. The blimp's crew was rescued. Tlie pilot of. one of the damaged planes was killed and four other mem¬ bers  of his  crew were  injured.
tion of the U-boat and  one of t'lr. Flying Boat DIsappei
attacking    planes,    the    Navy    r^-l
vealed  tonight.  Forly survivors  ofi^vas sighted in the early afternoon
the    German    crew    were    made by a Marlin  Mariner Navy  living
prisoner. .r.n
damaged   by   the   first   atlack,   it TURKEY TO STAND  BY was unable to submerge. l.»w.»,^..   .. . .........
Brave Fire t« Attack | BRITISH   ALLIANCE
Crockett circled twice, fhen, as he dove to attack, the U-hoal opened   up   with   murderous   anti-
IHar   Nummary
Russian     artiller.v     sliowed
The    hig-   heavily-armed    U-boat 1 sircrnft   fire.   Crockett's   bow   gun¬ ner    sprayed    lead    at    the    sub's
  its American inlereits in the Far East
T.tnnhi.l    Vnv.   on   (IIP.    Turkish PO^tr  again   and   stopped   thc   one j-  until  thai  policy .hanged  to  one s-,::.^    «¦• ^     AT M„,,",,,   German advance in months on the of bomba at  Pearl Harbor.    (Story
Foreign   Minis er   N""^an   Menem- front- near    Koraslishev '"-  °.~-  *-
encloglu   ha.s   informed   tho   Allied
Halt Nazis Below Fiume By Attacks of Partisans
In addition, two of the planes were seriously damaged and the blimp wa* lost later when it wai forced down after exhausting its fuel. The action occurred in the Caribbean several months ago. The 10-man    crew    of    the    destroyed
In Today'a laaue
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^itorial     C—S
^levies     B—10
'*oclal A—1«
8|>ort*      B_l
•*«"e  B—10
Outdoor    Jl—U
boat piloted by Lt. Robert Matu- skl. of Setauket, N. Y. Maluski st- lackcd and a few minutes later re¬ ported the U-boat had been dam¬ aged and was visible wilh its bow out of the water, making a speed of only two knots. A moment later he flashed this last message: "Damaged, damaged, fire" Mntu- skl and the nine other members of his crew were never seen aga'n. Another Mariner, piloted by Lt. David Crockett. Nsahville. Tenn., arrived   two hours after Matuski's
and Axis amba-ssadora  in  Istanbul
It
WHS   reported   tliat    tanks   and! mowed    down. ^
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Ry RMRKRT RK HARDS
which   the  Germans   claimed   day* crowded  conning tow-e.  The  Mar-ISarTurke^^nt;^
iner's  firat salvo of  bombs  landed i,pr obligations under  her militii'
Great* Britain,    thc
off   the   port   quarter   of thc   aub,  alliance   with shaking   thc    U-boat   so   severely that   all   anti-aircraft   flre   ceased momentaril.v.
As Crockett started his second run. R shell ruptured a gas line between his plane's hull and the wing tank. A mass of flames filled the    starboard    wing.   A    warrant
officer     finally     extinguished     the      Istanbul.    Nov.    19 flames,     and     Crockett     attacked i Informed   circles   said   today again.  Diving  Into a hail  of gun-[German    Ambassador    Franz    von flre.   he  dropped   a  bomb   about  ."iO, Papen   had   gone   to  Adolf  Hitler's
near     ClierKa.ssy.     prcs.ed     «1." ° «;;%'^^;,^„P« f.°^\ »""'"^''„"'">" ^ have   halted   a   German     The   Partisans  halted  a German
pro-Axis newspaper Son Posta re- ^"''''""^' ""? ^"^^^ Marshes and .>"^."'^„^„^"/'^° ^'\"/"^/"Y.^^?.! *n >''-i^« "clow Flume wim a scries of column between Fiume and Senj, 30 ported today '^''''^''^ u^^''VV?"u''^'' l^'' ^"'''' ZT,n^>H ^^ ''='«     eounter-atlacks.     Jugloslav!miles  to  the  south,  by  taking full
M,L      ^°"">- on   to   thr  old   Polish   border,   now line south of Rome was cut. " -
The newspaper said that decision ^^^^^. ^^ ^ji^.^ beyond the line wesl
was reached last Tuesday at « meeting of deputies of the Republi¬ can People's party—the only po¬ litical  party In Turkey.
of Kiev.
From Russia also came a report that    100.000     persons     had     been
The Au.'Aralians were using tanks In New Guinea, as the drive went
sources .said tonight, upsetting Mar- advantage   of   their    knowledge   of
shal Erwin Rommel's plans lo boi-; the  terrain  and  disregarding (3er-
ster the Nazis' eastern Adriatic de-j")*" superiority  in weapons. Jugo-
on to clear the Huon Peninsula andl'^"*<=^ against po.ssiblc Allied thrusts slav quarters said.
give the Allies a good   base to  the  froni Italy inlo tho Balkans. |    This column w as  a main   cog In
imurdcrcd  hv  the Germans  during west of Rabaul.   This will serve the      Other Partisan.s under Gen. Josip j Rommel's  machinery  to  clean  out
'UP)—Well- (^,ir two years in Kiev.    (Story on,same  purpose  as  will  Bougainville I Brcz  (Titoi   halted  or threw  back 1 Ihc Jugoslav coa^l  fiom Fiums to
that
Page A-10). Ion the ea.st.    There was no report German   forces   in   central   Bosnia Albania.
from Bougainville.   Raids continued and in lower Dalmatia. inland from      A German column suffered heavy The  Stale   Department   Issued   ti\„  pi„   t|,e   Japanese   down   in   all Split   (Spalato).    A  Partisan   com- losses   between   Imotski   and   Po- last   report   and   spotted   the   s'lb, jfcrt   astern   the  U-boat.   The  Ger- headquarters   tp   assure   him   that l.sumniary   of   dealings   with   Japan areas. munique   reported   strong   fighting susjr. 38 and 45 miles east of Split,
its bow still up. moving slowly and man began to settle b.v the stern      jTurkey  will   not enter  the  war  on between    1931    and     1941—showing' against   German   marines   and   am-i respectively,    a    Partisan    commu-
with  blue smoke  trailing from  the      A   Navy   blimp   returning   lo   itsithe side  of the Allies,   parlirularly how Tok.vn continually was  apolo-:    From China came reports of Jap-, phibious   troops   on   thc   islands   of niqur  said.
stern.    German   survivors   reported:Caribbean base and a naval «hore-[if   Germany   maintain*   a   strongjgizing   but   csrrying   out   also   its anese advances in the central area.[Krak and Cres below Fiume. and on!    Partisans    fighting    around    tha later thst ths U-boat had been so| (Continued on Pag* A-20) position In the Aegean. Isteady -plan    lo    infringe    upon It was a threat to CSiangsba. the   Peljesac   peninsula,   all   areas'        (Continued op P*«* A-10»