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HEMEMBEB PEAHLHAHBOR AND BATAAN ~ FINAL EDITION . flurncane sideswipes Key West; Heads North Up Florida West Coast IL Dead, 100 Injured Ii I Havana; Wauchula Is I Hit By Tornado I MIAMI. Fla., Oct. 18.-4P, I a tropical hurricane deall Irt a lethal blow today; |t ed Key West and l Sd on to Offer a danger threat to the southwest Kjatb* and 100 injuries in Lana alone were reported in the Ue of the storm’s passage over La during the early morning, nd a heavier toll was expected L communications could be es -ablished into outlying areas which ‘ ere swept by 110-mile winds. Tbe hurricane whipped out of -uba into the Gulf of Mexico, still lursuing a northward course, and night was reported by the weath W MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 18.—(*>)— Tt!‘e weather bureau issued to 8 night this 11 P- m- hurricane ■ advisory: , 1t :0. “Hurricane alert indicated 11 §1 p. m. north of Fernandina to ■ Hatteras. §||. “The hurricane is centered S about 50 miles southwest of || Fort Myers, moving northward 9 about 13 miles per hour. ■ “it is attended by winds up jv to 100 miles per hour near cen |i ter, with dangerous gales over 9 a wide area. |§ "This severe storm will con jpl tinue to move northward, with 9 indications of a turn to north 9 northeast later tonight. H "it should cross the west 8 Florida coast between Fort H Myers and Tarpon Springs g§ early Thursday, and probably m pass into the Atlantic near M Jacksonville Thursday evening, gg threatening the coast north 9 ward to Hatteras. Her bureau to be centered about H6C miles northwest of Key West. H Key West was on the outer Hfringe of the strong "Circulation, ■ and had 100-mile winds only in 8gusts. Steady winds did not ex 9ceed 80 miles an hour, and the I island city apparently came through in good shape. An 8 p. m. Weather bureau bul letin, which kept South Georgia on an alert, said the storm center ■ will pass over the Florida main H land tomorrow on the West coast ■ between Fort Myers and Tarpon I Springs. 9 All of the Florida peninsula was 9 warned to prepare for strong 9 (Continued on Page Nine; Col. S) 1 -V HEAVY BOMBERS HIT REICH CITIES LONDON, Oct. 18.—(A5)—Ice-lad en Allied heavy bombers flew through freezing clowds today and bombed Cologne. Bonn and Kassel in Germany, while fighters swarm ed as far east as Kassel on straf ing expeditions. The Eighth airforce sent 550 fortresses and Liberators, and about 600 fighters on the mission. About half the bombers hit Cologne for the fourth time in five days, while the remainder cascaded de struction on Kassel, 100 miles east of the Rhine. Both cities contain Industrial targets of great import ance, including tank and truck fac tories. Besides acting as escorts, fight ers shot up trains and air fields in “e Kassel, Brunswick and Han nover areas. Bonn, 20 miles below Cologne, was hit by a force of RAF Lancas ters, The city, famed as a universi center, also is an important tu d y- on fhe west bank of e Rhine, and presently believed mu of German troops. It also may contain headquarters staffs, since ,les on a railway linking Duren i; -uskirchen, and on a main K runninS north and south just behind the front. Father Who Shot Baby Held For Grand Jury WHITEVILLE, Oct. 18 —Howard Marsh, Whiteville business ®an’ Was ordered held without on for grand jury investigation co * C“°ner's jury last night tn of hi ^ Wlth tne fatal shooting on siV9'month'old son, Thomas the hPie®ber 23 while he on mo:hef atbeiWeen his father and j The ' 31 "leir home near here. Columtf^Uest vvas conducted in the lore a Us county court house be pers eshtnated audience of 500 Moore nfWBh Solicitor J- Clifton veSti„.tot Bur^aw eading the in the ir,„10n' 1Iarsh was present for troubieq“'St ■ U",til signs °f heart ed t0 fVl -^uu'ed that he be return been heLCOUnty iail where be has new since the shooting. His wife. Mrs. Rosa Marsh, who reauired hospitalization following the' shooting for injuries sustained during an af ernoon of domestic disturbance climaxed by the shoot ing of her son, was not present. Witnesses who testified were Mrs. Marsh’s parents, Mr. arid Mrs. G. P. Reeves, her 16-year old brother, Quinerlin Reeves, and Sheriff H. D. Stanley. The inquest lasted until near midnight. It took the jury only 20 minutes to reach its decision. Highlight of the testimony came when Mrs. Reeves told of a talk she had with b?r son-in-law at his request after he was placed in jail. According to Mrs. Reeves, (Continued on Page Niue; Col. 1? COUNTY BAR PAYS taylortribute A resolution of respect to the memory of C. Ed Taylor, who was a member of the Brunswick County Bar association, was pass ed by the New Hanover County Bar association yesterday. The re solution was drawn up and signed by a committee comprised of Wm. B. Campbell, Jas D. Carr, C. D. Hogue, G. Dudley Humphrey and Murray James. The resolution follows: “Whereas, the members of the Bar of New Hanover county have earned with profound regret of the death, on October 16, 1944, at 6:30 a.m., of Honorable-C. Ed Taylor, a resident of Southport, North Carolina, and a member of the Brunswick county Bar for the past 40 years; and “Whereas, Mr. Taylor was an able lawyer of Wide experience, a man of exemplary character, al ways courteous and friendly in his association with his fellows and as sociates in the practice of law; and “Whereas, he freely gave his ser vices and time (o all matters re lating to civic improvement and community welfare. He was a life long member of the Methodist church, and at the time of his death was chairman of the Board of Stewards of Trinity Methodist church at Southport and the teach er of the Men’s Bible class; and “Whereas, Mr. Taylor served long and well his native county of Erunswick in many imporatant capacities, including holding the office of Register of Deeds, sub sequently representing Brunswick county in the General Assemby for several terms, and also from time tc time holding the position of County Attorney ; and “Whereas, the members of the New. Hanover county Bar and Honorable Henry J*. Stevens, Judge Presiding at the October 1944 term of the Superior Court, now in sesson, deem it desirable and fitting that the Court recess (Continued on Page Three; Col. 4) -V sun stockings, Ladies, Scheduled To Return WASHINGTON, Oct. 18- — (JP) — A glimmer of hope for silk stock ings (remember?) appeared today when the War Production board announced the way had been clear ed for importation of raw silk from China. It said the combined raw mate rials board had agreed to recom mendations that United States im porters be allowed to purchase such silk. Heretofore the entire supply has gone to the govern ment for military needs. There was no disclosure of the channels through which shipments will be made. WPB made ,no estimate of the amount which may he obtained by private importers, but a spokes man pointed out that only about 60.000 bales a year were available from China before the war, as compared with approximately 27.000 bales from Japan. -V——— Crash Survivor Spends Forty Hours Snowbound DUXBTJRY, Vt„ Oct. 18. —(&)— Pic. James W. Wilson, lone survi vor of Sunday night’s crash of a heavy bomber on Camel’s Hump mountain that killed nine of his crew mates, tonight told of his 40 hours in show'and below freezing weather as he waited for rescue “I’m glad you are here. 1 know I couldn’t last another night,” the 18-year-old Jacksonville, Fla., waist gunner said to Dr. E. H. Steele of Waterbury as a rescue party found the boy early today. The doctor said that Wilson, af ter giving his name, added* “I must have: been asleep in the waist of the plane, at the time of the crash because I don't remember anything until I regain ed consciousness Monday morn ing near the wreck.”__ Fighter Ace Col. Hubert Zemke (above), 30, of Missoula, Mont., is the leading fighter ace in the European war theater, with 28 plants to his cred it. Capt. Henry W. Brown of Ar lington, W. Ya., was former lead er but is now reported missing. TEACHERS ELECT MRS. R. E. CUTTING Mrs. Ruth Eborne Cutting, of Whiteville, was elected president of the Southeastern District of the North Carolina Education Associ ation at its convention in Fay etteville Tuesday. Others elected were Mrs. Ruth Barrington, of Lumberton city schools, vice-president, and Miss Annie McGoogan of Wilmington, vice-president of the district class room teachers organization, to fill the office which was left vacant during the summer. Attending from Wilmington were J. W- Grise, assistant superintend ent of New Hanover county schools: T. T. Hamilton. Jr., prin cipal of New Hanover High school, C. G. Berry, principal of Winter Park school and Wallace West, principal of Bradley’s Creek school, Mrs, S. Davis Polvogt, Miss Maude Weber, Mrs. Edith Winningham. Miss Virginia Her ren, Miss Virginia Ward, Mrs. ttutn vick warren, ivirs. navia Winstead, Mrs. Elmore Hinhant, Miss Edna Fussell and Miss Mil dred Bradford, all teachers in the Wilmington area. Members of the association were welcomed Tuesday morning by Horace Sisk, superintendent of Fayetteville schools Mrs. Margaret Davis Winstead, if Winter Park school, southeast ern district director of the NCEA, *ave greetings from the board of directors of the association. Alice Paulukas and Sarah Foust, field secretaries of the NCEA, al so brought greetings. Round table and open forum discussion on “The Legislative Program of the NCEA,’’ was con ducted by A. D. Wilkins, chair man of the state legislative com mittee, members of the commit tee and association officials, with participation from the floor. The main address of the morn ing was given by Dr- Clyde A. Er win, state superintendent of pub (Continued on Rage Three; Col. 2) \T Applications For New *A' Gasoline Rations Ready RALEIGH, Oct. 18.— W —Theo dore S: Johnson, Raleigh OPA di rector, said today that 512,608 own ers of passenger automobiles in eastern North Carolina may now apply by mail for their new ‘A” gasoline: ration books which wijl be come valid on November 9. Johnson said that all 62 local War Price and Rationing Boards in the 54-county Raleigh OPA dis trict have received the new “A” gasoline coupons and that thou sands of applications for the new coupons have been distributed by the boards. In towns where the ap plications have not been distribut ed, Johnson said, application blanks may be obtained at the Lo cal War Price and Rationing board. WEATHER FORECAST North Carolina; Cloudy and mild with rain beginning in south, portion in morn ing and northeast portion in late after noon. (Eastern Standard Time) (By U. S. Weather Bureau) Meteorological data for the 24 hours ending 7:30 p.m., yesterday. Temperature 1:30 am, 54; 7:30 am, 53; 1:30 pm, 72; 7:30 pm, 66. Maximum 73; Minimum 52; Mean 62; Normal 64. Humidity 1:30 am, 79; 7:30 am, 00; 1:30 pm, 63; 7:30 pm, 79. Precipitation Total for the 24 hours ending 7:30 pm, 0.00 inched. Total since the first of the month. 3.17 Inches. . Tides For Today (From the Tide Tables published by U. S.' Coast and Geodetie Survey) High Low Wilmington ---11:14a 5:58a ll:18p 6:30p Masonb'oro Inlet- 8:45® 2:33a 8:52p 3:09p Sunrise, 6:20 a.m.; Sunset, ?:34 p.m.; Moonrise, 8:34 a.m.;^ Moonset, 7:19 p.a|. a orms e^Reich _ JESPERATE Old Men, Boys, Even Girls And Women Ordered To Take Up Arms *By RICHARD KASICHKE LONDON, Oct. 18.—{E$f— Old men and boys—and “if need be women and girls”— were ordered to defend Ger many with gr's, swords, pitchforks, scythes and clubs as Adolf Hitler proclaimed to night the formation of an armed home guard for a last ditch defense of the Reich. With Allied armies beating against the Reich from the west, east, southeast and south, Hitler established by decree the "Volks sturm” (people’s army) composed of every able-bodied German man and boy from 16 to 60 and pro claimed them part of the German army under international law. Then Heinrich Himmler, com mander in chief of the home front, addressing the nation from a Volks strum barracks in East Prussia, ordered the defense of Germany by “every village, every house, ev ery farm, every ditch, every forest and every bush.” Himmler was followed by East Prussian Gauleiter Erich Koch, who fanatically pledged Hitler “we in East Prussia will not retreat an inch.” Hitler’s proclamation was read over the Berlin radio. The Fuehr er, whose voice has not been heard on the air since shortly after the reported assassination attempt Ju ly 20, was quoted as saying: “Just as in 1939 we are facing toe enemy alone. In a first tenor mous effort of our German people’s strength we succeeded then . . . Germany’s second all-out effort must and will succeed. Relying on our own force, we will not only break the enemy’s will of destruc tion, but we will throw him back again. I call on all able bodied men to fight.” For this the German version of Prime Minister Churchill’s call to the people of Britain in 1940 after the fall of France 1o “fight on (Continued on Page Three; C61. 2) --V ANTWERP BATTLE IS GRIM AFFAIR SUPREME HEADQUARTERS allied ex peditionary FORCE, PARIS, Oct. 18— UP) — The battle lor the port ol Antwerp is moving into its final phase—the start ol one ol the grimmest Ger man death stands yet encounter ed and the beginning ol a lull power Allied onslaught to pry open that port. The great Dutch Schelde river mouth port was the first on the whole invasion coast to topple in to Allied hands undamaged, and its importance is obvious from its position only a hundred miles Erom the Rhine-Ruhr confluence. But capture ol the port Sept. 4 in the swifth British-Canadian sweep north through Belgium was nardly even the beginning of the Eight. Its docks are 50 miles up the Schelde estuary from the sea and both sides of that 50 miles are guarded by German garrisons and German guns. The preliminary mop-up now is virtually completed. The Canadi ans have squeezed the Nazis out al all but the last south bank box roughly 12 miles wide and 10 to 15 miles deep across from Flush The British earthquake bomb breaching ol the Wolcheren dikes drowned defensive positions on most ol the western hall of that island and some parts just around Flushing itself where there still are battery emplacements. 350 Are To Take Part In Harvest Festival More than 350 young children, teen-agers and adults will partici pate in the first annual celebra tion of the City Recreation depart ment tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock, when the Harvest Festival of the United Nations will be stag ed at Pembroke Jones playground, opposite New Hanover high school. Arrangements have been made to seat approximately 1,000 per sons, and there will be no admis sion charge, Jesse A. Reynolds, recreational director, pointed out. Reynolds said the purpose of the festivtl i sto promote good will toward the United Nations, repre sented by costume and perform ances by the youngsters, and to promote understanding of com munity association and fellowship. A large platform has been con structed with a background of tre&s and foliage. With the cooper ation of the Tide Water Power com pany and the city electrician, ar rangements were made for flood lights. Portable dressing rooms have dressing rooms have been provided fof ' the boys and girls participating i nthe colorful show. Music will be furnished by the High School band, along with othpr musical arrangements made pos sible by the recreation depart ment. (Coaiiaued on Page Three; Col. 9|p« U.S. CARRIER PLANES CONTINUE PHILIPPINE AERIAL INVASION; REDS ENTER CZECHOSLOVAKIA 100-MILE SALIENT TRAP FOR ENEMY Moscow Remains Silent On Battle For East Prus sia And Hungary LONDON, Thursday, Oct. 19.—(JP)—The Red army has plunged across the Carpa thian mountains southward into Czechoslovakia on a 170 mile front, cutting clear across the eastern tip of the country and placing the Ger mans in a dangerous 100-mile deep salient from which they must flee quickly or be anni hilated, Marshal Stalin dis closed last night. Moscow remained resolutely si lent concerning the reported So viet offensive against East Prus sia, which German broadcasts said was lashing against the province’s eastern, borders along a 30-mile stretch and had reached the fron tier around the German town of Schirwindt. The Nazis portrayed it as the biggest of all the bat tles on the Eastern front. In a triumphant order of the day, Stalin said Gen. Ivan D- Pe trov’s Fourth Ukrainian army group had captured the Carpath ian mountain passes to Tatar, Ja blonica, Lupkow, Ruska, Uzok, Vereczke and Wyskow. advanced 12 1-2 to 31 miles on Czechoslo vak territory, and seized the north Transylvania town of Sighet. By this great thrust Petrov’s Army evidently joined forces with Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky’s Russian and Romanian troops which had driven northward through Transylvania to the Cze choslovak border. The regular Moscow midnight communique announced further advances for Malinovsky’s men all across northward Transylvania from the Hungarian border at Va lea-Lui-Mihai to the Sighet vicini ty. Having won the towering passes of the Carpathians, Petrov’s men had downhill routes before them to the Tisza river valley, and with Malinovsky’s men formed three sides of a great 100-mile square enclosing a large but undisclosed number of German and Hung arian troops. The western side of this square remained open, but the mountain ous terrain and absence of through railways confronted the Nazis with a desperate effort if they were to (Continued on Page Nine; Col. 3) :_ 8TH ARMY NEARS PO VALLEY PRIZE ROME, Oct. 18.—(A1)—The Brit ish Eight Army’s drive from the southeast corner of the Po river valley placed vanguards within two miles of the important road junction town of Cesena from both the east and south today. Capture of Cesena would put the Eighth army units in position both to continue their drive north westward along the ancient Via Aemilia toward Forli. 11 miles dis tant, and due north along another first class road toward Ravenna, 19 miles away. A furious battle still raged south of Bologna, the main German sup ply and communication base in northern Paly, with reinforced German units holding the Fifth army’s American spearhead to a virtual standstill nine miles south of the city. The Allied communique said the Americans had moved forward slightly and had captured Monte Belmonte on the Bologna front. -— -- * Where Japs Were Mauled and Fleet Ran 0 100 »■. ~ STATUTE MILES AT EQUATOR )KKAlOO ? | HONSH0 JAPAN CHINA JfTokyo I :vushu ^ ^UKYUJS „JB^|N LUZON MARIANAS^ -1 Man,,at^PHIUPPIN£S SAIPAN*; g—a _ #GUAM YAP^ ^ TRUK * PALAU IS.;’ «:.\.r* V > Davao •' -n, „, •*• ' BESS CAROLINE IS ■BORNEO ... ’ " ADM'RA'Tr... ',■(■ A I rAusTRAMAj^rni Japanese warships (broken arrow) approached Formosa but turned and fled when it saw the power of the U. S. Third fleet which had been carrying out devastating carrier air attacks on the main inner defense bases. Carrier symbol indicates cours of successive V. S. attacks against Formosa, Ryukyu islands and Philippines during the past week. In same period, several smashing B-29 attacks were made on Formosa and Borneo. (^P wirephoto). ROOSEVELT GOING TO N. Y. BOROUGHS NEW YORK, Oct. 18. —(£>)— A daytime tour by President Roose velt through four of New York City’s five boroughs was in pro spect today as a prelude to his address Saturday night before the Foreign Policy Association here. Democratic National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan told a press conference that the President would be in New York City throughout the day and would in ad probability tour Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Manhat tan. Hannegan said plans for the tour were not completed, but the schedule listed inspection tours of the Brooklyn Navy yard and a Wave unit at Hunter college, and a rally at Ebbets field, Brooklyn, in behalf of Democratic U. S. Sen. Robert F, Wagner who is seeking re-election. A tour of Manhattan, the Bronx and Kings (Brooklyn) would take the President through the heart of democratic strength in New fork City. And an excursion into Queens would take him into a district which in recent years had gone republican and where re publicans are known to be hop ing for an increased majority to offset democratic heads in the oth ;r three boroughs. The President’s chances of win ning New York’s 47 electoral votes rest largely on his polling in New York City, a majority larg ;r than Dewey will get in republi :an districts upstate. The President carried New York Sty in 1940 by a majority of 718, XX) votes—224,000 more than Wen lell L. Willkie’s upstate majority. VIr. Roosevelt rolled up this New fork City margin in Manhattan, he Bronx and Kings, having lost Queens by 35,000 votes. Hannegan’s announcement was mother indication of a stepped-up ;empo in the President’s campaign n the few weeks before election lay. It was announced in Washing ton yesterday that he would speak Oct. 27 'in Philadelphia’s Shibe Park SFORZA TO HEAD ITALIAN MISSION NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—(®—The iwiss radio said tonight that Count Itarlo Sforza has been appointed read of the Italian diplomatic mis sion to Washington. The broadcast, monitored by NBC, quoted an announcement by the Italian government as the source of its information. Sforza, 71 years old, was one of Lily’s jutstanding diplomats before Mus iolini’s rise to power. DEWEY POINTS OUT FDR’S ‘FAILURES’ NEW YORK, Oct. 18 —UP)—Gov. Thomas E. Dewey declared tonight that Americans are ‘paying in blood” on the battlefields of Ger many for What he described as the Roosevelt administration’s failure to have an ‘intelligent program for dealing with invaded Ger many.” The Republican presidential nominee, addressing a non-politi? cal but applauding gathering at the New York Herald Tribune’s annual forum on current events also attri buted to President Roosevelt’s per sonal secret diplomacy” chaos in France and hunger and degrada tion in Italy. He declared: 1'. That Nazi propaganda Minis ter Goebbels has seized upon the absence of any official American plan for Germany to ‘‘terrify the Germans into fanatical resistance” 2. That President Roosevelt’s re fusal to resognize the French de Gaulle government “is contribut ing t othe increasing chaos behind our lines at a critical period of the war.” 3. That Mr. Roosevelt has failed to win Russian recognition of“those whom we consider to be the true government of Poland,” despite his personal talks with Premier Stalin. 5. That a Soviet emissary signed last month’s peace treaty with Rominai in behalf of the United States, before the State depart ment had a chance to study it. Dewey spoke before a crowd that jammed the Waldorf-Astoria’s (Continued on Page Nine; Col. 8) Air Forces Drive Hard At Philippine Outposts' ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. NEW GUINEA, Thursday, Oct. 19. CP)—One hundred fifty Allied planes smashed installations, ship ping and airdromes on Ceram and Boeroe islands, flank bases to the approaches to the Philippines, headquarters announced today. This raid Monday was the sec ond 150-plane assault in recent days on these bases. A total of 90 tons of bombs was unloaded in the Monday assault. Heavy bombers cratered air fields at Namlea and at Ambon, tonboina island, while medium bombers and fighter - bombers smashed small shipping nearby and swept the coastlines of Ceram ind Amboina. Fighter planes paid widespread attention to shipping. P-38’s dam aged and sank small shipping along the coasts of Halmaher* island. They also proceeded as far northward as Cagayan harbor, Mindanao, for the second consec utive day and set fire to two freighters. Australian P-40’s swept Man okwari harbor in Dutch New Gui nea, hitfing supply dumps and installations Tuesday. Night air patrols again started large fires at Baliknapan. the im portant and heavily-blasted Borneo oil center* mn REPORTS RAID OVER LUZON Box Score Shows Japanese Air Losses For Seven Days To Be 915 By RAY CRONIN Associated Press War Editor America’s aerial invasion of the northern Philippines by carrier-based planes of the mighty Third fleet continues without letup, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz reported Wednes day afternoon as he disclosed new sweeps across Luzon, ma jor island of the Archipelago. The admiral’s communique tol4 of the destruction of 19 Japanes« planes and the sinking or settini afire of seven ships Tuesday, TJ. S. time. He said “action is con tinuing.” The Japanese-controlled Manila radio, bearing out the Pacific fleet chief’s statement, reported raids Tuesday night, U. S. time, by 30 carrier planes on the Manila area. It also announced new strikes against Clark Field, big air depot 40 miles northwest of Manila, and Legaspi, important seaport on southeastern Luzon. The Japanese claimed their fighter planes and anti-aircraft guns knocked down 16 of the raiders. The planes attacking the Philip pines were definitely off lhira fleet carriers — the fleet that the Japanese pictured several days ago as badly defeated and limp ing away after a battle with Nip pon warships. Nimitz previously listing two of his medium men-of war as damaged, has said the Jap anese fleet units, finding the fight ing power of the Third fleet unim paired, fled instead of challenging. In a still incomplete b6x score covering the seven days from Oct. 9 to 15, during which Yank carrier airmen blasted the Ryukyu islands, Formosa, the Pescadores and the Phil ippines, the admiral said the Japanese lost 915 planes — 565 shot down and 350 destroyed on the ground. Of the total 269 were nailed over targets, 265 were blasted out of the air by American fliers near the Third fleet and 40 were shot down by fleet anti-aircraft guns. More complete reports of the Formosa actions of Oct. 11 showed these results: Japanese ships sunk, (Continued on Page Nine; Col. 4) _v_ ALLIED FORCES CAPTURE VENRAY LONDON, Oct. 18. —(!?)— Bri tish forces with American armor on the right flank and rocket-fir ing typhoons overhead pushed through the Dutch rail and road junction of Venray today and cap tured two more towns beyond, cut ting deep into the enemy’s Maas river salient with a steady ad vance toward the German border and the Ruhr valley. The American First army beat off a small German counterat tack at Aachen to the South and strengthened its encirclement of the great German border city, which Berlin radio commentators for the first time publicly wrots off as lost. A great rain fell all along ths Western front from Holland to the Swiss border, turning ths ground into mud and making Al lied advances difficult, but every where there was evidence of a build-up for a vast Allied offen sive which a British Second army (Continued on Page Three; Col. I)
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