0 APPROVES
FLOODCONTROL
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23— <ff) -
. Roosevelt’s signature put
preside
. dollar program of ap
1 ^ R0od control projects or
pr°'\atioMs postwar books today.
lhg.'t Congress still must appro
‘,’e ,he money for the projects,
pl,a. enc0mpass not only flood
"lllC,..n ..corks, but also reclama
ci'eCh hydroelectric power and
malar 'developments.
^ M,ming the bill authorizing
° nrogr ,ni. the President said
f legislation "is a step forward
the development of our national
ir ! resources and power
waie.
p°!‘Ciea™u-oving Missouri Valley
’’ ct^ embraced by the bill, Mr.
Csevelt said he did so in the un
f standi'1 ,hat 1he measure would
,5,PoD.irdize in any way the crea
!°n ol a Missouri Valley Authority
1 h program, which would be
. tome .i ay's parallel to the Ten
in^ec Valley Authority, should be
ref-idercd at an early opportunity
hv he next Congress, the President
asserted.
About ■< to 80 percent of the cost
, ,hc various floodcontrol pro
0 •< Senator Overton tD-La.) has
Simated. would go for labor.
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HoW William Sidney Porter hap
pened to rnoose O. Henry as a
Leudonv.n is a mystery but it
;■ v derive from Orrin Henry, who
; a guard at the Ohio State
Penitentiary- while the author was
incarcerated there,_
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Firing At Sniners In Acropolis
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a uriusn paratrooper fires on Greek rebel snipers, during an'
engagement between the British and the ELAS, from a position in-!
siae the Acropolis, ancient landmarke of Athens. Note the smoke
billows rising from a building set aflame in the fighting.
1.500 Yank Airmen
Interned By Swiss
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.— (/P) -
Some 1,500 United States airmen
forced down during bombing mis
sions to Germany had been intern
ed in Switzerland up to last Octo
ber 1, the Swiss legation said to
day.
A total of about 95,000 refugees
of twenty nationalities had been
admitted to Switzerland on that
date.
The American airmen were
among 16,000 military internees.
Other refugee classes are: 48,500
civilians from adjacent war zones;
18.500 former Italian soldiers; 7,500
emigrants blocked by the war
from proceeding to their destina
tion; 3.300 escaped prisoners of
war; 700 deserters from various
armies and 500 soldiers of various
countri.es, hospitalized in Switzer
land by their governments.
CIO CHIEF BACKS
BIG THREE UNION
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. — (IP) —
CIO President Philip Murray, writ
ing in an official Soviet trade un
ion publication, today urged organ
ized labor to guard the wartigie
coalition of the United States, Bri
tain and Russia, in the interest of
a secure peace.
Murray wrote an article for the
December 19 issue of "War and
the Working Classes,” official trade
union organ of the Soviet Union.
It will be re-printed in the CIO
news for December 25.
Urging establishment of a world
labor organization at the February
conference called by the British
Trades Union Congress, Murray
said such a united movement “will
be but the embodiment of #the
unity which ail the people fighting
Fascism feel.”
He saw in it “labor’s voice in
international affairs.”
The February conference first
was scheduled for last June, at the
request of the CIO. The European
invasion forced postponement.
in the meantime, the AFL, Unit
ed Mine Workers, and most of the
railroad brotherhoods have declin
ed to attend. Without saying so,
the AFL and UMW indicated that
the participation of the CIO and
the Soviet groups had a lot to do
with their decision to remain away.
But Murray’s organization has
enthusiastically supported the
meeting, sending Sidney Hillman,
R. J. Thomas, and Emil Rieve to
London for preliminaries, from
which they returned last week.
Bulkeley of PT Fame
Wins Another Honor
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 23. —I/P)—
Heavily decorated Commander
John D Bulkeley, USN., of PT
boat fame, received a second Sil
ver Star recently in ceremonies at
the Naval Operating l?ase here for
action off the southern coast of
France during the invasion.
Commanding the destroyer En
dicott, instead of a patrol torpedo
boat squadron, Comdr. Bulkeley
tackled two German warships off
Ciotat. which lies between Mar
seille and Toulon, on August 17, and
sank both, although his own ship
was badly crippled.
The Endicott’s victims were the
1,600-ton Kemid Allah and the Capi
aullo, ex-Italian destroyer of 1,100
tons.
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The Jewish calendar has 383
days; Julius Caesar’s, 365 days;
Mohametan, 355 days. The Gre
goriancalendar today is used in
all Christian countries except Rus
sia.
OPA MEAT PLAN
BACKED IN N. Y.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—(£>>—'The
joint meat emergency committee,
representing consumer groups,
labor organizations and 10,000 New
York City meat dealers, today
backed a four-point OPA-sponsored
program to broaden Mayor F. H.
LaGuardia’s plan for averting a
butcher-shop shutdown into an of
ficial boycott of black market
meat.
The program, presented at a
meeting in OPA regional offices
here by Charles T. Abernethy,
deputy regional administrator, calls
for consumer, dealer and labor
cooperation with enforcement
agencies to ‘insure that meat will
be purchased and sold only at ceil
ing prices,” and ‘‘a program of
meat allocation with due regard
to the needs of various communi
ties” which will include provision
for subsidies if needed.
After adoption of the program,
Paul Ross, regional enforcement
executive, said he would put SO
inspectors in the field Tuesday,
starting date of the threatened shut
down, and if they saw “widespread
evidence of black market activi
ties” he would request U. S. at
torneys of the region to impanel
grand juries for possible action on
the findings.
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In Cuba, the click beetle is worn
as an ornament in the hair, or
among the folds of dresses of Cu
bann ladies. It gives off a brilliant
green light and looks like a living
emerald.
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ENEMY DEVELOPS
NEWSPYSETUP
By WES GALLAGHER
SOMEWHERE IN BELGIUM,
Dec. 22,—(Delayed) — (/P) — The
Nazi High Commend has improv
ed on its fifth column and has
developed a sixth column for the
present offensive.
This sixth column is composed of
a special command of trained as
sassins and saboteurs who speak
perfect English and are dropped
behind American lines dressed in
American and British uniforms
This sixth column was organized
last October when all German com
manders were given orders to de
tach all men in their service who
had lived either in the United
States or Britain before the war
and send them to a headquarters
near Berlin.
There they were given special
tests and only fearless, ruthless
men were kept. It was required not
only that they speak English but
speak it with a definite American
or British accent.
At the same time German com
manders were ordered to turn in all
captured American and British
equipment, including uniforms and
dog tags.
Organization ol this force for
offensive action was begi | last
October, indicating that Field Mar
shal von Rundstedt’s offensive was
at least two months in the plan
ning stage.
Given a mission to try to kill
high Allied officers and carry out
sabotage on a grand scale, the
force was equipped with Ameri
can jeeps, command cars, tanks
and half-tracks and ordered to in
filtrate American lines.
Some were dropped by parachute
behind the lines. Some were dress
ed in civilian clothes and ordered
to infiltrate towns, start fires,
fight with the local garrisons, and
then flee.
Some of these sixth columnists
were uncovered and captured in
Eelgium towns. They were found
equipped with tubes of sulphuric
acid to throw in their captor’*
faces and try to escape.
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Some wartime identification
badges are marked by secret de
signs, visible only under special
light rays.
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HAPPY nEUI YEAR
.GOOD WISHES.
So
things in this fast moving age make
it difficult to keep pace with an
ever-changing world . . . but with
the sincere expression of good will
enduring through all ages, we
repeat.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND
A HAPPY NEW YE ad
GREGG'S
Cor. Front & Market Sts.
On the eve of this Yuletide season, in a troubled
world, we need more than ever to remember
friends and loved ones in the true Christmas
spirit. And so from the depths of our hearts we
wish you the very merriest Christmas and a
happy and Victorious New Year.
MASON ELECTRIC CO.
* 107 NORTH 3RD ST.
The long awaited occasion is here and with it
the opportunity of renewing friendships... of saying
to our acquaintances that oil our good wishes go to
each of them and our heartfelt thanks for the pa-4
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tronage that we hove had during the time we have
served the people of this community.
So, for Christmos we say,
* PEACE FOR YOUR PATHWAY
* WISDOM FOR YOUR WORK
* PROSPERITY IN YOUR UNDERTAKINGS
In
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0. S. Brown, Mgr. * M
106 North Front St j|
May this Christmas be a season of good
cheer, friendliness, and hopes fulfilled.
May the unsuppressable mirth ot eager
youngsters, the crackling warmtn of the
early Yule log, and the invigorating scent
of holly and pine, make this Yuletide a
truly pleasureabhe one for you, your
families, and your friends.
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We wish to than\ you for your patronage during the past year, and s
look forward to pleasing you.again in 1945. Happy Hew Tear to all.\ |
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This earth’s people have as their strongest desire a life
time of peace and freedom from oppression. That is why
they sought the manger to welcome Him who was to
become theij teacher. That is why on this Christmas,
1944 years after, they look to the benefits of Victory as
the greatest of gifts, therichest of blessings, rekindling into
reality the lesson of "Peace on Earth, Good Will to Man”
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