ILLIED COMMAND” SHAKEUP HINTED (Continued from Page One) e supreme Allied commander re ins the prestige he won in North rica Italy and the smashing ccess of the Normandy invasion. G. Ward Price, Sunday Dispatch ar correspondent, just returned 3m the Western Front, declared at the setback “should pring tout changes, which before it oc rred, were already known to be I 'cessary by those on the inside Allied strategy." “Eisenhower,” he said, “is gen nely popular with all his subordi ite commanders, but his respon bilities are too depressed and i ide-spread for him to direct op [ 'ations of seven armies under his ■ders with the necessary detailed lowledge of the situation of each. Price recalled that during the ' ormandy campaign when things ent well, Montgomery was stra gic commander in chief in tne eld, exercising powers conferred " ?on him by Eisenhower, whose sadquarters then were in Eng :nd. Since September, when Eisenhow er went to France, Montgomery has been but one of the army 1 roup commanders under Eisen ower,’’ Price said. Those inside, Price said, have een disturbed by the Allied ar lies’ dispersing their strength m tead of concentrating it. He said lat one authority told him, “if lontgomery's advance into Nij Iiegen had bi.en backed by 10 Tnited States divisions, we should ave been in the Ruhr by now. No Confirmation WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.— UP) — v press report in London that a | hake-up in the Allied command is ! mpending found no indication of ! onfirmation here. A spokesman recalled Secretary ,f War Stimson’s statement Thurs lay that it was too early to at empt to place any individual blame or the German breakthrough in Jelgium. The spokesman indicat ed that is still the department’s dew. SILENT SUPE EME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED E X P E D I T I O NARY PORCES, Paris, Dec. 30.— (JP) — Supreme Allied headquarters was silent tonight on published reports hat the winter setback at the front vould result in a number of changes in command and organi sation. There seems to be no question out that Marshal Karl Gerd von Rundstedt took the Allied high command by surprise as he threw in his great attack, especially as regards to its size and scope. He was aided by a period of heavy logs which permitted him to con ceal big-scale movements from aerial observation — and perhaps was aided also by Allied com nl'i oanorr JAPS LEYTEV LOSSES BOOSTED TO 116,770 (Continued from Page One) off Panay island the night of December 28-29. (Tokyo radio yesterday broad cast a claim that Japanese planes in three days of attacks on a 50 ship convoy headed for Mindoro had sunk ten transports and a PT boat and had damaged two transports, a cruiser and one de stroyer. MacArthur’s communique said that eight of the attacking planes had been shot down. No menfion •was made of convoy losses. Patrol planes from newly estab lished American fields in the cen tral Philippines continued harass ing raids on enemy fields on Lu ton inland, the communique said. It added that a Japanese air raid on Mindoro was ineffective. American units which handed the Japanese the defeat on Leyte— which MacArthur has declared one of the worst in the Japanese army’s history—were the First Cavalry division. Eleventh Airborne division, and the Seventh, 24th, 82nd, 77th and 96th Infantry divi sions. They were opposed, the commu nique said, by the enemy's First, 16th, 26th and 102nd divisions and triajor elements of the Eighth and 80th divisions, most of which had seen service in China and earlier In the Philippines. I CLASSICSTAgELOVERS^^^ The lead parts in America’s number one long-run stage comedy, "Abie's Irish Bose,” are portrayed here as they will be played Saturday night, Jan. 6, at Thalian Hall, by Louise snyder and Clarence Geiger.___ DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATRE PUNNED The opening on or about March 1 of a drive-in theater With a capacity for 600 cars was an nounced yesterday by Pete Bala koff. Wilmington restaurant own er, one of the proprietors of the new entertainment project. It will be located on Market street road, approximately five miles beyond the city limits. In pointing out that he and the theater’s other backers felt that there existed a growing demand in the vicinity for such an estab lishment. Mr. Balakoff explained that whole families could view motion pictures together from cars in the spacious parking field. A high-visibility screen and scienti fically placed loudspeakers will in sure satisfaction at what Mr. Bala koff promised will be very reason able rates. The announcement was accom panied by an offer of a prize of $50 in war bonds to the person suggesting the most acceptable lame for the theater before Feb. 1. Contributions, limited to 50 words each, should be sent to Drive-In Theater Management, 22 5. Second street. -V 2,000 BOMBERS POUND GERMANY (Continued from Page One) ione by instruments in bad weath »r. Eight bombers and three fight ers were missing from these for :es, a U. S. communique said. Going as far east as Kassel, more than 150 miles from the Eighting fronts, American bombers made one of their deepest blows Eo date against the supply lines Eeeding Field Marshal Gen. Karl ion Rundstedt’s German armies, rhey also attacked railroad bridges some 30 miles east of the Siegried line. Dispatches from the 9th Air Force, based on the continent, said that wetaher and low-hanging clouds which the heavy bombers defied were too thick to permit more than limited operations by American—and German — fighters over the Belgian battlefields. Several Geman strafing attacks, were reported against American truck columns. -V Cryolite was discovered by the Danes in 1794. What Is Wrong When Prayer Failsl Thirty years ago, in Forbidden Tibet, behind the highest moun tains in the world, a young Eng lishman named Edwin J. Dingle found the answer to this question. A great mystic opened his eyes. He realized the strange Power that Knowledge gives. That Power, he says, can trans form the life of anyone. Questions, whatever they are, can be answer ed. The problems of health, death, poverty and wrong, can be solved. In his own case, he was brought back to splendid health. He acquir ed wealth, too, as well as world wide professional recognition. Thirty years ago, he was sick as a man could be and live. Once his coffin was bought. Years of almost continuous tropical fevers, broken bones, near blindness, pri vation and danger had made a human wreck of him, physically and mentally. He was about to be sent back to England to die, when a strange message came—“They are wait ing for you in Tibet.” He waqts to tell whole world what he leariv ed there, under the guidance o: L . ... the greatest mystic he ever en countered during his twenty-one years in the Far East. He wants everyone to experience the greater health and the Power, which there came to him. Within ten years, he was able to retire to this country with a fortune. He had been honored by fellowships in the World’s leading geographical societies, for his work as a geographer. And today, 30 years later, he is still so ath letic, capable of so much work, so young in appearance, it is h»fd to believe he has lived so long. As a first step in their progress toward the Power that Knowledgs gives, Mr. Dingle wants to send to readers of this paper a 9000-word treatise. He says the time hat come for it to be released to the Western World, and offers to send it, free of cost or obligation, to sincere readers of this notice. For your free copy, address The Insti tute of Mentalphysics, 213 South Hobart Blvd.. Dept. 220, Los An geles 4, Calif. Readers are urgec to write promptly, as only a lim ited number of the free books havt been printed. NAZIS LAUNCH DRIVE ON BASTOGNE ROUTE (Continued from Page One) seven of armor, have been “badly mauled, the broadcasts added. ) Using six divisions, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton’s Third army still was h ammering relentlessly against the southern side of the salient, w-idening its front from 35 to 40 miles and sending one spear head to a point five miles north west of relieved Bastogne, front dispatches said. This advance according to United Press Correspondent Robert Rich ards narrowed to 12 miles the gap between the Third army and First army troops attacking the Ger mans' northern flank. Allied head quarters, however, stated that the kap was “now” — presumably Saturday—16 miles wide and said that reports of a 12-mile width which it ascribed to the BBC were "erroneous.” Widen Strip Before the Germans struck back against the Bastogne corridor, Patton’s men had widened the strip to nearly eight miles near its top with the capture of Lutrebois, three miles southeast of the city, and an advance to the vicinity of Harlange five miles southeast of Bastogne just over the border in Luxem Krti irff A furious battle was raging mean while at the edge of Rochefort, to where Field Marshal Karl Gerd von Rundstedt’s Panzers had been pushed back 11 miles from the high-water mark of their push. Loss of the key crossroads might force the Germans into headlong retire ment from Belgium and they were fighting savagely, supported by tanks, self propelled guns and multi-barreled mortars, to hold the city. Authorized quarters said the time has come when von Rundstedt must decide whether to renew his main drive or attempt to pull out his 20-odd divisions before they become cut off or invite substan tial losses in the course of their retreat. The situation had created con siderable suspense here and a spokesman remarked that “it's somebody’s move.” Von Rundstedt, provided he can withdraw his forces sufficiently in tact so that they could be used for the defense of other sectors, already has won a considerable victory in disruption of the Allies’ own winter plans. The Germans meanwhile had launched a series of intense prob ing actions along other sectors of the meandering 450 mile front and in one fairly strong assault at the northern end of the Roer line in the Rhineland had driven back into Tripsrath, 11 miles due north of Aachen. They had been dislodged from all except the north corner of the village at last reports. The Germans were also hurling Nebelwerfer rocket barrages across the Roer and directing V-l and V-2 fire against Allied dispositions farther to the rear. -V Higgins Claims Unions Have Ruined Shipyards WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—(i5»)— Andrew J. Higgins, New Orleans shipbuilder, told the War Labor Board shipbuilding commission today he wants to cancel his con tract with 33 American Federa tion of Labor unions January 1 because “organized labor had mad a madhouse” out of his shipyard. The commission directed him however to continue the present agreement in effect pending final settlement of the dispute with the 19,500 employes represented by the AFL to prevent a serious in terruption of war production next Tuesday. The commission said its order was effective immediately and could not be suspended or stayed by a petition for review. Obituaries WILLIAM L. FORMYDUVAL William L. Formyduval, 39, farmer and lifelong resident of Columbus county, died early Satur day morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. C. L. Sasser, of Nakina. He waS the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Prossie Formy duval. He is survived by five daughters, Mrs. E. L. Spivey, of Brunswick, Mrs. Mary Suggs, of Tabor City, Mrs. Mae Spruill, of Atlanta, Ga., Miss Hope Formyduval, of Savan nah, Ga., and Mrs. Sasser; seven sons, the Rev. Kirby Formyduval, of Cedar Grove, George Formy duval, of Mouza, Mont., L. F. Formyduval, of Wilmington, Maceo and C. L. Formyduval, of Nakina. Nakina, Blanco Formyduval, of Bladenboro. and Gladwyn Formy duval, of Savannah, Ga.; two broth ers, Bias and Coy Formyduval, of Ashe; as well as 38 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. Funeral servi es will be con ducted Sunday at 3 p. m. at the Happy Home church by the Rev. Bob Carter, of Conway, S. C. In terment will follow in the White villp cemeterv. MRS. FRANKIE M. POWERS Mrs. Frankie Morris Powers, 2318 Market street, died at 7 a. m. Friday at her home. Funer al services were held at. 3:30 p. m. Saturday at the Yopp funeral home by the Rev. C. D. Barclift and the Rev. Dr. Frederick W. Lewis. Burial was in Oakdale cemetery. Mrs. Powers was the daughter of the late Augustus H. and Sarah Cranmer Powers, both of Wilming ton. She was a member of the Fifth Avenue Methodist church. Survivors are her husband, James O. Powers, a daughter, Mrs. Eloise Powers Laing, one sister, Mrs. Allie Morris Whitfield, and one grandson, Harold Powers Laing, all of Wilmington. WADE J. EVERETT Funeral services for Wade J. Ev erett, of Wilmington, who died Thursday at 12:30 p. m. at James Walker Memorial hospital, were held at the home, 11 North Jack son street, Sunset Park, at 3 p. m. today. The Rev. C. E. Bake pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church was in charge. Burial was in the family cemetery in Onslow county. Mr. Everett was Onslow county commissioner for many years and had served as tax collector. Surviving is his widow. Mollie Cavenaugh Everett, his father, L. W. Everett, two brothers, Rudolph and Don Everett, all of Onslow county; three sisters, Mrs. C. M. Yopp and Mrs. Guy Smith of Snead’s Ferry, and Mrs. Ora King of Hampstead. Mrs. Mane Louise Westbrook Mrs Marie Louise Westbrook. 40. of Nesbitt Courts, died at 1:45 a. m. yesterday at James Walker Memorial hospital after a short illness. She is survived by her husband. Victor H. Westbrook: a daughter, Mrs. S. E. Long: a son, Victor H. Westbrook, Jr.: her parents Mr. and Mrs. V. M. Watters: a sister. Mrs. Effie Huffmon; and a brother. J. L. Watters, all of Wilmington. Funeral services will be con ducted at 3 p. m. Tuesday in the Yopp funeral home by the Rev. C. C. Myers. Burial will take place in Bellevue cemetery. JOE A. SANFORD Joe A. Sanford of Richmond. Va., brother of R. L. Sanford of Rocky Point, died Thursday. Fun eral services were scheduled in Richmond. SIR CHARLES SWAN STOCKSFIELD-ON-TYNE. Eng land, Dec. JO. —UP)— Sir Charles Sheriton Sw- i 74, chairman of Swan, hunter and Wigham Rich ardson. Ltd., Shipbuilders, died today. His son. Sheriton Clements, 35. is a director of the company. litKIVlAlNo rKUiVllot TRIUMPH IN 1945 (Continued from Page One) resistance. The party is Germany. Adolf Hitler is the party and Ger many is Adolf Hitler. That is the great achievement of 1944.” Albert Speer, Reichsminister for armament, spoke as follows to the laborers in the war plants: ‘‘You, German workers, have made it possible that the enemy was halted at the Reich borders. You have worthily taken your place at the side of our soldiers. . . our task is victory.” And this from Reich labor leader Konstantin Hierl: "Stubbornly we enter the new year. We have faith in our nation, in the fuehrer and in our final victory.” WEATHER (Continued from Page One) WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—(^—Weath er bureau report of temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 8 p.m. in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: Station High Low Prec. Asheville - 52 34 0.01 Atlanta - 47 38 0.12 Boston - 30 15 o.OO Cleveland - 34 22 0.00 Detroit - 32 9 0.08 Fort Worth - 53 41 0.00 Jacksonville - 78 54 0.00 Little Rock - 46 34 0.00 Los Angeles - Louisville - 43 32 0.03 Memphis - 50 44 0.10 Miami - 75 71 o 00 Minn.-St. Paul- 33 25 0.00 Mobile - 74 61 o 00 New Orleans - 71 61 o 01 New York - 29 20 0.00 Norfolk - 37 13 o 10 Pittsburgh - 37 23 0.00 Portland. Me. - 22 -8 o no Richmond - 32 28 0 03 St. Louis - 35 so n'on San Francisco - 51 38 o'oo Savannah - 69 49 o 00 Washington - 31 25 0 00 Wilmington -—— 44 35 o!oo BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS TEBE D. SANFORD DIES IN HOSPITAL Tebe Dewitt Sanford, 52, who previous to his retirement in 1938 had served Wilmington for 15 years as a patrolman, sergeant and lieu tenant of the city police, died shortly before noon yesterday in the Fayetteville Veterans’ hospital. He had been ill 15 weeks. A native of Rockingham, he came to Wilmington in 1919 after his re turn from France, where he had served—and been wounded in ac tion—as a master sergeant in a Fifth division Army medical unit. He enlisted in the Coast Guard and served there two years, see ing duty on the U. S. S. Yamacaw and the U. S. S. Modoc. Upon the termination of his en listment he joined the Wilmington Police department as a patrolman on January 16, 1924. He served on the night relief and on downtown traffic duty under Chief C. C. C a s h w e 1 1. He received his sergeantcy from Chief Joseph H. Lane, in November. 1926, less than three years after he had first as sumed his badge. A year and a half before his re tirement, while serving at the headquarters switchboard, he re ceived his promotion to the grade of lieutenant and became desk of ficer. Increasingly ill health forced his retirement late in 1938. Chief Charles Casteen. who serv ed with him as patrolman. ser geant and lieutenant, summed up the opinion of his associates and acquaintances yesterday in calling him a fearless and faithful offi cer and a good friend. He was a member of the Amer ican Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mr. Sanford is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louise Sanford, of 605 S. Third street; a daughter. Miss Menola Sanford, and one son, Tebe D. Sanford. Jr., a prisoner of-war in the hands of the Japa nese. Also surviving are two sis ters, Mrs. L. W. Anderson, of Max Laurinburg; and five brothers, Os ton. and Mrs. Lizzie Fields, of car G. Sanford, of Wilmington, L. T. Sanford and W. W. Sanford, of Laurinburg. B. F. Sanford, of Asheboro, and Ralph N. Sanford, of Raleigh. Funeral services, of which de tails are not yet complete, will be held Tuesday at 4 p. m. at the Yopp funeral home, and interment will follow in Bellevue cemetery. 4th Division Praised For Saving Luxemboug WITH THE U. S. THIRD ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Dec. 30. —(JP—High praise for the Fourth Infantry division for saving Lux embourg was expressed by Lt.Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., in a letter today to the division's commander Maj. Gen. Raymond O. Barton of Ada. Okla. Patton's letter said in part: “Your fight in the Hurtgen For est was an epic of stark infantry combat, but in my opinion your most recent fight—frrom Dec. 16 to Dec. 26—when a tied division you halted the left shoulder of tne German thrust into the American lines and saved the city of Luxem bourg ... is the most outstanding accomplishment of yourself and your division." LAW TO BACK WAR LABOR CODE ASKED (Continued from Page One) President Roosevelt appealed per sonally to Petrillo for compliance in the recording case. When Petril lo : c (used, the government took no further action. "If there is no legal basis for action against union defiance.” Ball said. “then, it is the respon sibility of the executive branch to so report to Congress to have draft ed and recommend to Congress legislation which in ks opinion will remedy that fatal defect.” OUGHT TO STOP WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—(ff) Sen. Wiley (R-Wis) complained today that people are picking on the Senate. It ought to stop, he said. In a statement the senator asserted that “in these days of momentous foreign relations ‘baiting the senate’ has become a favorite indoor sport in cer tain quarters.’’ Then he propounded a list of 16 questions — no answers— about what’s behind it all, and why the senate is being abused and villified he said, on such things as isolationism, the League of Nations and foreign policy in general. “Let’s stop baiting the sen ate,” he urged. “Let’s show some confidence in it and in America. Let’s maintain our national legislative branch strong and independent.” \7 INSURANCE RATING BUREAU PLANNED RALEIGH, Dec. 30.—(£>)-A bill to amend the state’s general sta tutes to create a state fire insur ance rating bureau and to provide for the regulation of casualty and miscellaneous insurance rates has been prepared for presentation to the 1945 general assembly. The measure follows closely the recommendations made by a com mission appointed by Governor Broughton in mid-summer to make an intensive study and recommen dations of changes in the state’s insurance laws. The rating bureau would de termine the price policyholders would pay for insurance covering losses by fire, lightning, wind storm, explosion, direct damage motor vehicle insurance, and ’’all other kinds of insurance which fire insurance companies are au thorized to write in this state. Exemptions from the rating bureau would be those companies writing inland marine insurancs only, commercial aircraft risks, and insurance covering rolling stock of railroad corporations and property of interstate common car riers carrying freight, passengers or merchandise, and reinsurance. Under the suggested bill, casual ty and miscellaneous insurance companied operating in this state would have to be members of a rating bureau licensed by the state; it provides for the licensing of qualified rating bureaus for casual ty and other insurance, and force rating bureaus and insurance com panies which make their own rafts file rate manuals with the State Insurance Commissioner. —-V TV A Reports Net Income Of $14,116,000 In Year WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.— (A5) — The Tennessee Valley Authority re ported today a net of $14,116,000 on power operations in the 1944 fis cal year, and an increased war ef fort. In its annual report to Congress and President Roosevelt, covering the 12 months ended last June 30, the agency gave its gross reve nues from power as $35,429,000. It said the number of TVA em ployes dropped from 28,400 to 21, 000 with nearly 3,000 departing for military service. To you WORRY? ■w RUPTURE Why worry and suffer any longer if we lean help you? Try a Brooks Patented Air Cushion. This marvelous appli ance for most forms of reducible rupture is GUARANTEED to oring you heavenly comfort and security—day and night—a work and play—or i t costs youNOTHING! Thou sands happy. Light, neat-fitting. No hard pads or springs. For men, women and children. Durable, cheap. Sant on trial to prove i t. Not sold i n stores. Beware of imitations. Write for Free Book on Rupture, no-risk trial order plan, and Proof of Results. All Correspondence Confidential. BROOKS COMPANY 892 State St, Marshall, Mick. I PUBLIC C OUS ABOUT_YEAR By The Associated Press The great, the near-great and the man in the street expressed cautious optimism today in pre dicting events to some in 1945— a year sure to see bloody fight ing, but one which might bring victory and peace. In London, Prime Minister Churchill said the new year "should bring victory in Europe,” and added: "before many months have passed the evil gang that has long dominated that unhappy con tinent will be wiped out.” Russia's top-flight foreign com mentator, Ilya Ehrenburg, said in a broadcast: "We will finish off the Germans this year x x x we have suffered too much to sVp short of Berlin.” Concerning the war in the Pa cific, Robert T. Patterson, under secretary of war, declared: “I have found nothing to support the notion that we can dispose of Japan in short order once Ger many is finally beaten. We will have to defeat them the hard way.” However, Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, who helped whip the Japanese in two battles of the Philippines sea, predicted from Pearl Harbor that “in another year we should have their navy pretty well cleaned up; x x x by next summer, they will be sitting on a decidedly uneasy seat in the empire.” A representative “man in the street,” Jim Goodman, 70-year old cigar counterman, deobr.^ Once Germany is through r d: sis is going to help us 6 ‘ K.;ls' Japan . . . There’ll be m80r*I er arettes sold than ever h i C1»' A professional precUcter m' las de Vore, president of'the ^ trological Research sociceh A,‘ “The war will wear ”eif ™ .*ai0: dissolve gradually imo 1 ai,d of occupation wherein RlLpen':d be the guardian of the 0*7 " "l Europe and Asia.” peac* « Neu) Order May Close Tar HeeUlico Mines WASHINGTON. Dec 30 .» A stiffly-contested government 07 der on mica purchases wiP 7 , efect Monday-a move which™? close nearly all North Carolffi mica mines. ma s Rolla P. Stovall, acting ehief nf war production board's mica 7 tion, told a reporter today that afw considering possible changes ;• order WPB had decided to enf07 it as originally drawn ce North Carolina's Governor r » Broughton at conferences here u 7 congressmen and industry 7,7 sentatives declared recently *he tion would close 90 per cent of 7 state's mines and leave 3.000 \ ers jobless. -V-_ ARRESTED SAN JOSE, Calif.. Dec. 30_p» Arrested after a five-mile ami chase, William Groesbeck. 45 ex. ecutive of Guggenhime & Co San Francisco dried fruit packers’ arrested today on a San Francisco warrant charging forgery 0f a com pany check for $5,000. BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Accept an old fashioned greeting with old fash ioned sincerity. And as the clock in the tower strikes the coming of ’45, our thoughts will be with yours, for the Vic tory and Peace toward which all of our efforts and energies are now united. 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