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_ WILMINGTON, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1944__FINAL EDITION
Snow Blocks Road, Breaks Trees In New York
This fairyland scene was left at Cortland, N. Y., by a heavy snow and wind storm which felled trees
oss the road and piled up snow to a depth of two feet. (AP wirephoto).
Admiral Byrd Lauds GI*s
In Urging WarProduction
LONDON, Dec. 3. — (A*) — Rear Admiral Richard E.
Bvrd, Polar explorer who staked America’s claim in the Ant
arctic. broke a long self-imposed public silence today to pay
document lists
AVIATION_PLANS
Result Of Conference De
clared Not All That
Was Expected
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—(J)—The In
ternational Civil Aviation Confer
ence made public today a docu
ment which brings together the
main body of its work begun No
vember 1.
Entitled a “Proposed Convention
on International Aviation," the
49-page paper represents the sum
of achievements on which pre
sumably all of the 54 nations rep
resented here can agree.
Hie result is not all that some
had hoped for when they came
to Chicago but it represents a tre
mendous step in the direction of
eventual complete cooperation for
regulating the movements of com
mercial aircraft.
in some respecis ine acineve
sient is more than the United
States had outlined in the agenda.
But in one fundamental principle
it falls far short of American
hopes—the effort to obtain univer
sal acceptance of open skies—a
simple set of rules permitting all
to fly so long as they played the
lame fairly. It was an attempt
!o extend the American principle
of free competition to air trans
port routes around the world.
The open sky formula is not
Witten into the main document.
Instead it will come out in two
separate documents, available for
signature by those states willing
'•3 exchange t! ese rights with oth
(r signatories.
^iie of these is the so-called
'h'o freedoms” which means the
™t to fly peacefully across an
ofher nation’s territory and to
ron-commerccial stops. The
fhEr!? thy "five freedoms” docu
r'tfered by the United States
-.rich includes the first two and
~addition ‘he right to carry home
=“:e outbound and inbound, and
~jhe most disputed of all points
“rp ‘fif,n freedom” which would
Perm-.t one country to carry air
,®c between two other coun
ties.
means that the air will be
-EE only above the territories of
countries agreeing to a mu
j'yCxchange, and will leave blocs
air which can be opened only
■ direct negotiations.
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DEATH TOLL rises
■ Another Dies From Auto
"reck Near Morganton
ttORGANTON, Dec. 3.— </P) —
£;e deatn of Clayton Shook, 30,
^'P'ne cafe operator, at a
Blanton hospital today broughi
or en death toll from a head
t.',a'Jtotn°bile collision early Sat
■ morning eight miles west oi
a°rSanton.
^.Persons were killed instantlj
. ;* -"rtc others died several hours
kt'.er.
J'T accident was the worst ir
history 0f North Carolina in
hg Passenger cars.
Chic-e_ ^arional Safety Council a
a®°- said complete records o:
' nd were not available, bu
‘-■sd a highway accident a
,-euj-ton, 111., .;n 1942 which tool
w, "es of nine persons, with >
victim dying later,
.
to urge on their behalf full pro
duction support by the folks back
home for a war “a helluva way
from finished.”
His appeal answered the specu
lation, “where’s Byrd; back at the
South Pole?” for he turned up, in
stead, on the European battlefront
where he is making a study of how
the tactical air forces support the
fighting ground troops. This may
be helpful in the Pacific theater
where the admiral twice has been
on aviation duty.
“This is the time of all times for
the home front to back up the bat
tlefront,” Byrd said in a statement
upon returning from the front lines
to London near the end of his pres
ent mission.
“The doughboys’ spirit jg magni
ficent.”
Navy man Byrd, looking fit de
spite the rigors of his polar ex
plorations, learned about army
life the hard way during his inqui
ry. He talked with all ranks during
his stay, from generals to privates
and for days sloshed around'in the
mud at the battle front.
“I know what cold is and believe
me it is cold up there,” he said.
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IS PERSONS KILLED
AND 148 WOUNDED
IN GREEK RIOTING
ATHENS, Dec. 3. — (JPi— Greek
police fired on a crowd of left
wing EAM demonstrations in this
capital today—killing 15 and wound
ing 148 persons by EAM account
—and a pitched battle broke out in
an Athens suburb between Royal
ists and EAM army members.
(Prime Ministei George Papan
dreou in a broadcast to the Greek
nation, heard in London by the As
sociated Press, charged "leaders
of the extreme left are preparing
the way to civil war.")
The crowd of EAM sympathizers
turned back to police guns this
morning in constitution square in
cluded women and children.
A crowd was demonstrating
against Papandreou’s orders that
all guerrillas be disarmed and dis
banded.
In a suburb in the shadow of the
Acropolis, Royalists and men of the
Eias—the EAM’s army — battled
openly, and tha conflict had lasted
five hours by tonight.
This battle was a new flareup oi
long-drawn-out hostilities, and the
reason for the latest Elas attach
may be found in the fact (several
words censored) who were respon
sible for turning over British Ster
guns to the Athens civil police whe
opened fire n the demonstrator;
this morning._
CONGRESS FACES
WEEK OF F TS
Social Security Tax In
crease Expected To
Bring Battle
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.— UP) —
This is the week the 78th Congress
expected to close its books for
1 keeps—but won’t.
Instead, it runs head on into a
legislative docket containing the
makings of a first-class fight with
the White House and bulging with
enough business to keep the ‘‘lame
duck” session here for at least a
wpek longer than its leaders had
planned.
The fireworks are packaged in a
brief bill holding at one per cent
the employer and employe Social
Security tax, scheduled to rise to
two per cent on January 1 unless
Congress freezes it at the present
rate for the fourth time.
Despite predictions of a Presi
dential vet , the House plans to
pass the bill Wednesday'after de
bating it Tuesday. Prompt Senate
approval is expected by backers
of the legislation.
VV line LUIU1UC111 U1 CUUUgll VUICO
to shove the measure through both
branches, the bill’s proponents
aren’t so certain they can override
a veto.
Should the legislation clear the
House Wednesday as planned, it
will be followed by an overall sup
plemental appropriation bill, a
measure authorizing the appoint
ment of four five-star admirals and
four five-star generals, and a reso
lution urging that Palestine be
opened for development as a na
tional home for Jews.
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 8)
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27 Degree Temperature
Finds City Shivering
In Winter s Icy Grip
It was cold in Wilmington yes
terday
The Weather Bureau’s 24-hour
summary disclosed that the lowest
temperature was 27 degrees at 7:30
a. m. Sunday (there were many
early risers who might want a bet
that it was lower). By noon, the
mercury had struggled up to 39
degrees but the effort proved too
much; it quickly slipped back to
35 degrees at 7:30 p. m. (taking
the easy way out.)
During the day, bursted auto ra
diators were in evidence and more
than one property owner was cha
grined to discover ruined plumb
ing with the prospect of repairs
slight under war time rationing.
And by the way, the Weather
Bureau offers this chilling bit of
news—today will be cloudy and
continued cold.
I We repeat—it was cold in Wil
mington yesterday.
New Post For Wallace
Has Capital Guessing
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. — UPI —
The location of Henry A. Wallace’s
next seat-if any-at the Adminis
tiation table, ranks high in the
Capital’s perennial political guess
He will relinquish the Vice-Presi
dency January 30 to Senator Harry
A Truman of Missouri. Friends
represent him as saying made no
rlans for an official future.
' Although Wallace campaigned ac
tA ely for a fourth term for Presi
dent Roosevelt after losing m his
' own bid for renomination, there are
strong indications that the pub
. licly-expected repayment in the
! form of Federal appointment has
; not materialized even backstage.
; Wallace and the President have
- Hiked together several times since
[ he election but friends of the for
' mer insist that nothing definite has
been said about the Vice Presi
dent’s future role!
They point out that while Wallace
is willing to serve at almost any
major post the President might de
signate, his private financial situa
tion L such that he is no ordinary
retiring office holder in need of a
job. The earnings of his pioneer Hy
brid Corn company, his writing and
his interest in ar. Iowa farm paper
provide him somewhat more than
minimum social security.
Most recent speculation has cen
tered about the possibility thal
Wallace would be given a roving
diplomatic assignment. Before Wal
lace left on a journey to Siberia
and China last spring as the Presi
dent’s personal representative, Mr.
Roosevelt was reported to have
told the vice president he wanted
bin assistance *>r. important diplo
matic matters in the future.
Yanks Break Into Siegfried Line;
& okyo Motor Plant Hit By B-29s;
P-T Boats Sink 4,000 Ton Vessel
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WAR INDUSTRY
LEFT IN RUIN
Pilots Report Toughest Op
position Over Nippon
ese City
SAIPAN, Dec. 3—(By Na
vy Radio)—(/P)—Saipan bas
e d Superfortress bombers,
raiding Tokyo’s great Musa
shima aircraft factory today
on their fourth visit to the
Japanese capital, dodged in
tense anti-aircraft fire and
fought off swarms of fight
ers but left industrial areas in
flames and ruin.
Pilots said this was the toughest
Tokyo raid yet but also the most
successful, since the target was
clearly outlined in sunlight during
the hour and a half assault.
Second Lt. John W. lid of Rud
yard, Mich., copilot of the first
plane over the target, saw his
bombs touch off several explo
sions. Each following wave saw
stronger proof of devastation be
low, but also had stronger inter
ception.
An undetermined number of
enemy planes were shot down.
The attackers flew over thick
overcast until the Tokyo area "and
then it was clear as a bell for
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 6)
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JAPS HELD TESTING
BASIC STRATEGY IN
U. 5. AID TO CHINA
KUMMING, China, Dec. 8.—CP)
—The Japanese offensive in south
eastern China already has exploit
ed certain -weaknesses in the Am
erican-Chinese partnership and is
testing the basic strategy of Am
erican help for China.
It is quite possible that the ene
my, aiming at least for Kweiyang,
will also strike for Kunming and
Chungking and will attempt to off
set the prospective opening of the
Ledo-Burma road from India. The
Americans may bo forced to take
extraordinary measures to save a
tremendous military investment
here.
The Japanese already have par
tially neutralized the value of the
Ledo-Burma road by their offen
sive against Chinese forces in the
southeast, who were ultimately to
be equipped with tonnages sent in
over that supply link.
it is prouame mat tne equipment
and training expended on prepar
ing the Chinese expeditionary force
for the Burma road offensive would
have saved southeastern China.
Apparently the fundamental er
ror in estimating the Chinese mili
tary situation was in making the
road the first order of business. It
now has become obvious that the
American airbases in southeastern
China were never secure, and the
American program never got
around to preparing the Chinese to
protect them. This elaborate pro
gram never passed the paper
stage. The order of business called
for the supply and equipment of
these forces out of tonnages over
the Ledo-Burma road.
As a result, the Japanese now
are consolidating a virtual land
link between Manchuria and Indo
china, and the U. S. 14th Air Force
has lost its bases for its highly
successful seasweeps against Jap
anese shipping as well as for po
tential support of an American
landing on the China coast. The
Japanese also have improved their
defense of their homeland against
B-29 raids from China.
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Crisis In Italian
Government Marked
By Street Fighting
ROME, Dec. 3.—(J)—Fistfights
between Monarchists and Repub
licans marked the beginning to
day of the second week of the
Italian government crisis, still un
solved four days after Crown
Prince Umberto asked Premier
Ivanoe Bonomi to reform his cab
inet.
A two-hour free-for-all broke out
at the Quiring theatre when Mon
archist Leader Enzo Selvaggi
spoke on the aims of the “Demo
cratic” party, strongest political
group backing the monarchy.
! Republicans began chanting
“Pescara, Pescara” — the port
from which King Vittorio Eman
uefe embarked for- southern Italy
after the armistice. Fights start
ed, and spread to the streets be
fore being quelled by city police
and mounted Carabinieri.
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British Colonials
Capture Kalewa In
Strike For Monywa
SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
IEADQUARTERS, KANDY, Cey
on, Dec. 3.—f/P)—British East
African troops driving southward
hrough the Myittha gorge have
:aptured the supply port of Ka
ewa on the Chindwin river, 140
miles northwest of Mandalay, Ai
ded headquarters announced to
3ay.
The communique said other Brit
sh forces which had been moving
along the west bank of the Chind
win had joined the East Africans
at Kalewa where the joint force
may strike for Monywa, 100 miles
down the Chindwin and 40 miles
west of Mandalay.
Chinese troops in North Burma
continued to tighten a noose around
1,000 Japanese troops trapped in
Bhamo, 200 miles northeast ol
Kalewa and 170 miles northeast of
Mandalay.
RED ARMIES TAKE
TWO NAZI POINTS
Soviet Legions Drive To
Within 72 Miles Of
Austria
LONDON, Monday, Dec. 4—(JP)
—Three Russian armies yesterday
toppled Miskolc and Satoraljauy
hely, last big German strongholds
northeast of Budapest, pushed
closer to the Hungarian capital
along the west bank of the Danube
and drove to within 72 miles of the
Austrian frontier.
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky’s
Second Ukranian Army stormed
tiie great rail center of Miskolc, 85
miles northeast of Budapest, and
elements of his troops together
with Gen. Ivan Petrov’s Fourth
Ukranian Army captured Satoral
jaujhely, on the Slovak frontier 45
miles northeast of Miskolc.
Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin’s
Third Ukraine Army, in a five
mile advance, captured Dunafol
dvar, on the Danube 43 miles south
of Budapest, in the drive to take
the Hungarian capital from the
rear.
In the push toward the Austrian
frontier Tolbukhin’s troops seized
the important rail junction of Ta
masi. only 21 miles below Lake
Balaton, guardian of the strategic
approaches to Austria.
Tolbukhin’s smashing success
engulfed more than 80 places, in
cluding Kaposmero, 5 1-2 miles
west of Kaposvar, taken Saturday.
Kaposmero • was the closest ap
proach to the Austrian frontier, 72
miles beyond, and put the Rus
sians within 36 miles of Nagykani
zsa, junction of another major Bu
dapest-Zagreb railway line.
In capturing Tamasi, the Red
army scored an advance of more
than 11 miles from previously won
positions.
J.U1UIUVJ.AXX* u ****** *•*
steadily expanding front below
Lake Balaton, and the capture of
Kaposmero and other points far to
the northeast gave the Russians a
36-rmle hold on the Budapest-Za
gret Trieste railway connecting the
German defenders in Budapest
with those in Yugoslavia and north
Italy.
Kemes, 41 miles southeast of Ka
posvar, and 18 miles south of Pecs,
fell to Tolbukhin’s troops at the
lower end of his front moving
along the Drava river frontier with
Yugoslavia.
In addition to capturing Miskolc,
Marshal Malinovsky’s troops seiz
ed Homrogd, 11 miles to the
northeast, and the Soviet commu
nique said they captured 21,745
Germans and Hungarians in the
fighting from November 8 through
last Saturday.
Gen. Ivan Petrov’s Fourth Ukrai
nian troops, in addition to captur
ing Satoraljauhely, increased pres
sure on the eastern Slovakia
strongpoint of Kassa (Kosice).
PATROLS SPAR
FOR POSITION
Warfare On Leyte Settles
Down To Slow
Operation
GENERAL M’ARTHUR’S
HEADQUARTERS, PHILIP
PINES, Dec. 4.— (Monday) —
(/P)—In action reminiscent of
the slow-moving Buna cam
paign on New Guinea Ameri
can and Jap patrols sparred
today for positions on the
north end of the Ormoc corri
dor of Leyte island while U.
S. Naval aircraft slugged it
out with the Nipponese in the
air and on sea.
Again Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s
communique reported no ground
advances where doughboys are
battling both the Japanese in
strength and the worst weather
ever recorded in Leyte. But on the
sea hard-hitting P-T boats dam
aged a 4,000-ton vessel off southern
Masbate early Friday, the com
munique reported.
American fighter planes attack
ed enemy supply bases at Valen
cia, about the middle of the Or
moc corridor.
Japanese and Americans traded
air blows, U. S. heavy bombers
dropping 135 tons of explosives on
Palawan island, westernmost of
the central Philippines. Nipponese
planes made light nuisance attacks
on American Leyte installations,
but there was no damage.
In his Sunday communique, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur reported, wide
spread Yank aerial strikes against
Japanesce airdromes and ship
ping. Nippon airmen raided Ameri
can positions on Carigara bay,
north Leyte, and also hit Morotai
island, some 300 miles south of
the Philippines.
(Tokyo continued to claim, with
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 2)
JAPANESE DRIVE
ON TUSHAN AREA
IN DEEP ADVANCE
CHUNGKING, Dec. 3. — UP) —
Japanese troops have attacked
Chinese positions seven miles west
of Tushan, 75 miles southeast of
Kweiyang, in their deepest pene
tration of Kweichow province the
Chinese high command acknowl
edged tonight.
Tushan, formerly the terminus
of the Kwangsi-Kweichow railroad,
is 35 miles inside Kweichow prov
inve, and is an important point on
the rail line which now runs to
Tuyun, about 35 miles north.
Earlier a communique from the
headquarters of the 14th U. S. Air
force announced 100 Japanese had
been killed in a strafing attack on
Kichang, 90 miles southeast of
Kweiyang, capital of Kweichow
province and strategic Burma road
junction point.
The enemy’s last reported posi
tion was about 100 miles from
Kweiyang.
The Chinese high command said
300 enemy troops were killed in a
battle near Liuchai, about 95 miles
south and east of Kweiyang.
The Air Force communique said
railroad yards 15 miles north of
Nantan, Kwangsi province city 102
miles south of Kweiyang were
bombed and that returning pilots
reported sighting a large column
of Japanese troops south of Tu
shan, Kweichow city approximate
ly 100 miles southeast of Kwei
Xang.
Allies Pound Nazis }
With 114,700 Tons
Of Bombs In Month
LONDON, Dec. 3.—UP)—Allied (
warplanes dropped more than 114,
700 tons of bombs on Germany du
ring November, the greatest a
mount of explosives to hit the
Reich in a single month, it was
announced today.
British-based bombers of the
RAF jarred Germany with a rec
ord load of 59,000 tons on 19 days
and 22 nights of operations in No
vember, the biggest winter opera
tional month of the war.
Fortresses and Liberators of the
U. S. Air Force based in Britain
flew 16,500 trips on 18 operational
days — compared with only 11
days of flying in November, 1934—
and ripped Germany with 37,880
tons of explosives. The Eighth
Air Force’s biggest bombing
month of the war was during the
invasion month of June when 60,
000 tons were scattered over both
France and Germany.
Heavy bombers of the U. S- 15th
Air Force stationed in Italy bat
tered Germany with an additional
17,820 tons.
YANKS STRAFE
RUSSIAN UNIT
‘Error In Navigation* Held
Responsible For
Accident
ROME, Dec. 3.— (iP) —American
fighter planes swooping over Yugo
slavia attacked a Russian column
by mistake, headquarters of the
Mediterranean Allied Air Force
disclosed today.
Results of this attack last No
vember 7 on an ally were not re
vealed.
An official headquarters state
ment declared the attack was due
to an error in target identification
through faulty navigation, and said
that apologies had been sent to
Moscow and to the commander of
the Russian forces involved.
An official statement said:
“Mediterranean Allied Air Force
headquarters report that on No
vember 7 a squadron of fighters
from the U. S. 15th Air Force, en
gaged in a strafing mission in
Yugoslavia, attacked by mistake a
Russian column.
“The error was entirely due to
a mistake in target identification
through faulty navigation.
“The incident was promptly re
ported by the squadron when de
velopment of gun camera film
verified the error.
“The U. S. joint chiefs of staff
from Washington expressed their
deep regret to Moscow, and Gen
eral Wilson, supreme Allied com
mander in the Mediterranean, sent
a similar message to the Russian
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 1)
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Hitler-Signed Decree
Orders Nazi Work Units
Into Military Service
LONDON, Dec. 3.—MP)—Decree is
sued by order of Heinrich Himmler,
under the name of the silent Adolt
Hitler, today drafted Germany’s
labor service corps into military
service.
The laborers will be given mili
tary training in addition to their
present duties, said the German
radio, adding that “this decree was
issued in accordance with Reich
fuehrer SS Himmler.”
BRITISH ATTACK .
IN NETHERLANDS
jerman Air Force Sends
Up Many Planes To
Protect Troops
SUPREME HEADQUAR.
rERS ALLIED EXPEDI
riONARY FORCE, PARIS,
Dec. 3.—(A3)—The U. S. Third
Army smashed organized re
sistance in most of the fac
tory city of Saarlautern and
broke across the Saar river
into the Siegfied Line today
as the First Army seized four
towns in triple assaults west
of Cologne that rolled back
the Roer defenses a mile or
tyi rvT'ra
The tempo of the Allies’ winter
offensive rose furiously. The Bri
tish Second Army sprang to the
attack in eastern Holland with a
dawn assault that swept up to 600
yards into the stout Maas river
defenses at Venlo, last German bas
tion on that front short of th*
Reich.
Hundreds of American and Bri
tish fighterbombers swarmed up in
support of the new drives in the
north, and the German air forca
met the challenge with the biggest
show of strength in weeks, sending
at least 75 jet-propelled planea
against the British.
Their Third Army’s 95th Division
boldly seized a bridge over the
formidable Saar and sent infantry
and armored tank destroyers rac
ing across in the first attack on
this front against the Siegfried line.
The Westwall’s big guns opened
up on American postions in Saar
Lautern, sentinel city of the forti
i'.cations guarding the baar s vital
war industries, but all organized
resistance in the major part of th«
city west of the river wilted quick
ly, a front report said.
Patton’s troops also crossed the
Saar frontier at a new point eight
miles south of Saarlautern, and ex.
panded their hold on the Saar's
west bank north of Saarlautern
where the Germans burned a vil
lage in the first example of scorch
ed earth inside the Reich.
Inden, Lucherberg, Luchem and
Brandenberg fell to the First Ar
my, which made an assault cross
ing of the Inde river. It was push,
ing toward the Roer at three points
along a 12-mile front.
Lucherberg, a mile southeast oj
fhe Inde crossing, two and a hall
miles from the Roer, and five miles
(Continued on Page Two; Col. Sfc
BRITISH ADVANCE
TO WITHIN TWO
MILES OF RUSSl
ROME, Dec. 3.— —British
Eighth Army troops advancing
through the Po valley on a broad
front northeast of Faenza hav*
driven to within two miles of
Russi, junction city astride th#
main Ravenna-Faenza highway,
the Allied high command announ®
ed today.
Supported by more than 2,500
planes of all types and strong tank
formations, the British drive start
ed yesterday and the German*
were forced back toward Russ!
between Albereto and the Monton*
river. The retreat cost the Ger
mans their last foothold^ on th*
west bank of the Montone. Th®
Allied communique said the Ger
mans were trying to establish *
line along the Scolo via Culp*,
canal just south of Russi.
The German news agency DNB
in a Berlin broadcast admitted
British troops attacking on a larg®
scale had succeeded in “pene
trating into the German main
fighting area,” but said Nazi
counterattacks had forced th*
British to withdraw.
Clear skies over the Italian bat
tle front afforded the Allied aif
force ideal flying weather and th*
pilots had their biggest day is
three months.
NAZI CRUISER SUNK
Danes Report Ship Rammed
By Battleship Luetzow
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 3. — m
The German 6.000-ton cruiser Leip
zig was rammed amidships and
sunk by the German pocket battle
ship Luetzow two weeks ago in a
northern German port, the Danish
free press service said tonight.
Forty-three sailors were killed
and the lO.OOOton Luetzow will be
laid up indefinitely with a badly
damaged prow, the Danish agency
reported.
H.
Nazi Dread Of American
Artillery Told In Diary
WITH AN AMERICAN INFAN
TRY OUTFIT IN GERMANY, Dec.
3.—(iP)—The deep and almost un
reasoning terror Germans have
for American artillery, which is by
far the most awesome weapon on
the Western Front, was illustrated
today in a diary taken from a cap
tured Nazi medical aid man.
Here is what he said:
“The first light shows in the
east. The hour is approaching. We
expect the ‘Ami’ (Jerry slang for
Americans) to attack at 7:30 a. m.
Then our fate will be decided. It is
Sunday; my God, today is Sunday.
The edge of our forest gets a bar
rage. The earth trembles, concus
sion takes away my breath. To our
left machineguns begin and here
come the Ami.
“Now Ami artillery ceases and
Ami tank guns are firing like mad.
‘But Ami infantry takes cover,
the attack slows down. It is stop
ped. Unbelievable. Now we move
forward to counterattack. Can t go
far though. Our people are drop
ping like tired flies. Slowly Ami
artillery begins. It is going again.
Drumming, drumming, drumming
without letup.
“Our people are overtired. When
the Ami really attacks again then
he has got to break through. I
can’t believe that this land can be
held any longer. Some of our boys
have run away but we are going
to fight.
“Now Ami artillery is worse
than ever. Suddenly the tanks and
hordes of Amis are breaking out of
the forest. Terrible fire meets h^m
but he does not even take cover
(Continued on Page Two; Col. 5)