Berlin Is Blasted Second Night
Operators*
Contract
h Refused
Mi ners Not Interested
Id Agreement With
Half the Industry
Washington, Nov. 21 — (AI')
—uperiil ors producing about
.Mi percent <>f I In* nation's soft
cu;il have offered the I'nited
Mine Workers a contract that
i- substantially acceptable, but
t'nion Chief John L. Lewis declared
today the miners are
interested'' in an agreement
with half the industry,
liefusal of (lie Southern Coat
Producers Association to sign
on a |iortal-to-|>or(al basis and
tin* absence of the captive (steel
eiitnpun.v mine operators from
the waste conference appeared
In lie Die principal obstacles to
a contract that would be virlo;tll*
rational in scope.
('• 'ilr ecs agreed to resume i.'icii
(i . i. in!!- forthwith.
Ike c nlract offered in l.ewis is
r> 'initially tlu> Ickes-I.ewis aftrcc:
; under which the mines are
i operating. plus ilie Slo retropa.vmcni
for underground
: el time.
Kdvvarri IJ. ISurke. president of
tli,. southern producers, said his
, up would .-isn a contract that
ukl assure c<|uivalent callings
: u: !.<• declines to pay the money
it. -i i"!al-to-pnrtal basis and wants
< uiit hour.s ot productive work ased
instead of •"assumed" as i11
.tied in the Ickes-Lew i.s agreement.
Allies Take
Offensive In
All Theatres
l."tulon. Nov. 24 — (AP) — Kin*
(;< >!_•<■ VI. opening a new session
• Parliament. confidently told the
llnii Common.; today that "in
I> •• fourth year oi tho war "'o forci*.-;
i tin1 United Nations assumed the
■ :< n-ivc in ail theatres and in tho
i maig year we shall, with God\>
!■<-11». Ii(. able to hoar upon the en«
y a till greater weight of at tack.
Tlie now session i.< tho r.inth .since
' •• present Commons was elected i
N-a ember, 1 !)3f>. 'I ho current Par<11•*
nt is tho longest lived in Hrit
n's history.
Willi the growing help of uiir
j: ■ .it American ally and together
' i the other United Nations we
• 'I go forward with confidence
ii " ir cause until we have delivered
II i | .copies of the world from the
of the aggressor," tho king
s.ud.
Total Of
Casualties
Announced
\V -hinglon. Nov. 21— (AP)—An"•
'iirefl casuallies in all armed sorv"'
of the United Stales silltv
P' "I Harbor total Ul.:ili». with the
Ai-oy bearing the greater share—
'■lUi.iii as id November II
i ''"I the statistics show that ol
II."--" killed in action there i- a
'III I'lonce of only 4J between the
Arioy and Navy, with the Navy liav
Led Army Invaders
THE AMERICAN ARMY units fighting
in the Central Pacific Gilbert Islands
are under the command of
Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Jr.
(above)? With the support of Marine:-,
they stormed ashore under
protection of naval bombardment
of shore positions. (International)
Approval
Of Revenue
Bill Nears
Doughton Leads in
Arguments Against
Large Tax Increase
K
Washington. N'ov. 2-1—(AD
- Warily mauled i>n the l'ood
subsidy issue, the administration's
controverted anti-inflation
program came up for another
body blow today as the
House rolled toward approval
of a $2.1-10.000,000 new revenue
bill—a figurative drop in
the * 10,500.000,000 bucket held
out by the Treasury.
Representative Robert l.ee
Dnuchton, 80-year-ohl chairman
of the powerful Ways and .Means
Committee, led off a bi-partisan
chorus against large tax increases.
declaring they could be
"more crushing" than inflation.
"Too heavy n tax burden is as
great a danger to the nation's economy
ii- is ton huge a public debt,"
he said.
"Certainly w,« should nol pass on
in 1111.11«• taxpayers, many ol whc.m
\\ ill be our returning sold'crs, riebts
that we ourselves should pay. but
nei'hei should \vc pass on I• > them a
bu-iiie.-.s structure so weakened by
heavy taxes that it will be unable
to carry on in tin- postwar period.
When this war has been won we
want tin' bu.-incss and industry of
the nation in a condition uh:c!l will
cnabl(. it In otter the greatest ineapure
of opportunity and employment."
I) aghton iititled Representative
Kn it son "i Minnesota, Ways ,-.n:l
Mr. ii- I?<-publican leader, in attaikIng
the administration's claim that
a $|n .ino.noo.noo tax program is essential
not only for war financ:ng
li-.l al o to drain tiff inflation.<.y
purchasing power.
'I'b, i-cmid wartime lax bill, s ipp.irlcd
by both parties, makes bol
little revision in the burdens on
individual incomes or on rorj>oifitio,i
| normal and surtaxes.
ing the larger loss— I2.KK3 In date.
The Army's total of ft!).fia0 listed
IL'.nil killed! Jt0,2ti.'{ wounded. 2.'t.I
inis-mg and 22.502 prisoners.
I The Navy'.; .ll.fiHfl total gave 12.883
killed: a.tiln wounded. 8.IH8 missing
and 4.22o prisoners. Navy figures
, included the Coast Guard and Marine
Corps.
Senate Committee To Ask
Report On Patton Affair
Wellington. Nov 21—(AIM Tlir
Sen;ite Military Alliiirs Committer
V"i((| unanimously tod;iy I" rec|iiest
SciM'|;iry of War Slim.Von 1" report
't oflieially on the incident 111
which Lt. Gen. Gourde S. Pnlton,
■'r • commander of the Seventh
Army, struck nn army private in
" hospital i(l Sicily.
t hainnan Reynolds (P. N. ('■)
he had been instructed to "'»■
jinn a report by Stint-on in connection
with the committee's consideration
of President ItoosevHI'- nmniifilmn
of Patlon. who now has tlx
• the permanent rank "f major K»'n!
oral.
The in tiiiu was taken. Heynnlds
said. if tin" snfiiiestion "I Senators
Hridaes (H. M- If.) and Johnson (I)..
i('nlii ) and «wa- concurred in by all
m-'inbot■. |>ro.-cut.
Reynolds told ii reporter that he
i personally believed liny action
jKMinst l';:ttim. who was relinked
by Oeremil Dwijiht I'. Kisenhower.
should be If I' in the hands of urmy
authorities He said, however. thai
there I:l<rly to be much Senate
d'Miis-ion of the affair befor,. ae
WW *★★★★★★★★
Nimitz Says Gilberts Secure
Position
Of Yanks
Makin Captured and
Tarawa Weakening,
Abcmama Mopped Up
Pearl Harbor. Nov. 21 —
(AC)—American forces, overj
powering savajre Japanese re|
si.stance with record speed, weiv
1 so firmly implanted today in
; the heart of llu* Gilberts on the
1 fifth day of the invasion that
i Admiral Chester W. Ximitz
j spoke confidently of "preparing
; to make further attacks."
"The Gilbert* iii»\\ arc seen rely
in our hands." said (he commander-in-chief
nl' the Pacific
I left aftrr only one of the more
than i:> atolls hail been comlilrtely
conquered and while two
others tottered toward a fall.
; The plain implication ot the admiral
was that troni Makm, Tarawa
and Abemama the invaders are in
position t<> dominate and rout what
Japanese troops may be on other
nearby islands.
Makiu has lieen captured.
Lt. Col. James Koosevelt. eldest
son of the President, was on
hand for its fall.
Tarawa, with a Tine bomber
base .. lios^ importance \vas emphasized
by the fierce defense
of an estimated 4,000 Japanese,
is about to Ijtll. The enemy
forces have been pushed to the
eastern shore of the main island
of Betio. Many have been slain,
few eaptured.
Abcmama is being mopped up.
Tokyo radio, gravely reporting to
thp Japanese people that "a part of
our territory has been exposed to
fierce battles." speculated on the
inevitability of decisive action by
the long hidden Nipponese fleet.
Admiral N'imitz expressed belief
that the Japanese fleet was dispersed
from the Kurites. to the north ot
Japan, all the way down to the
Dutch East Indies far to the south:
that recent air blows struck at Rabaiil.
New Britain, against enemy
cruisers and destroyers seriously
had impaired enemy naval ability
to retaliate in the area; and. even
if Japanese units were in striking
distance, the Xippoiuv- admirals
had held back in fear that the Gilbert
invasion might be a diversionary
leint.
Chetniks Have
Control Of
Montenegro
London, New 1! I—(AT1)—General
Driijn Mihailo\ ic said today that his
Yugoslav Oiictniks "have now iued
control of the entire country of
Montenegro.
This mountainous little province
has been the center of intense guerilla
activity for months—with the
Chetnil;s and the Pratisans of General
Jnsip Mroz (Tito) fighting each
other «>s well as the Germans.
In his announcement. made
through the Yugoslav information
oilier a| Cairo. Mihailovic also said
his fiirccs had been ahle to take
over "the whole of lioka Kahorska
beyond the fortress area."
IJoka Katorska is a gulf on the
narrow strip or the Dalmatian coast
that separates Montenegro from the
Adriatic Sea.
Some Progress
In Stocks
New York. Nov. 21 (AIM -Oils
and a few specialities made .1 little
progress in today's stock market as
the majority of industrial and rail
leaders continued TuesrlavV down
drift.
Dealii were slow to midd y and
it was evident that market followers
reckoned on the possibility of important
international developments over
the Thanksgiving holiday.
Douglas Aircraft sold oft abi.nt tv,-<>
points to a new low lor toe ye. r.
then recovered. Losses i;, • •uic: |r/.y
JAP MID-PACIFIC BASE INVADED BY U.S. TROOPS
THIS AERIAL VIEW shows a section of the lauding strip on Tarawa, one of the two islands in the Gilberts
where U. S. Marines and Army troops landed Saturday to establish a beachhead in the opening of an offensive
on Jap bases in the Central Pacific. This picturc was taken in October during a raid on the island by
U. S. airmen and shows bombs bursting among planes dispersed on the coral airfield. (international)
Germany Claims
Capture Of Two
Towns In Ukraine
Nazis Nearing Kiev
As Reds Withdraw
Under Heavy Assault
London. Nov. 24—(AI'i—The
German radio assorted tonight !
tlia| lli'iisilov. 15 miles of Kiev,
and flirrnyaklmv, miles north |
of /hitomir. had heen recaptured
in the violent Nazi eonn(era
(lack against the Fkrainiau
bulge.
Moscow. Nov. 24—(A P) —
The (ri'iman army's ten-day old
counter offensive in the I kraine
moved closer to Kiev today
after Russian forces had
made their third withdrawal in
three days under pressure of
heavy tank and infantry assaults.
Spearheads of Field Marshal
Fritz von Mannslein's troops
have reached itrusilov. 45 miles
west of Kiev and are almost
halfway to the Fkrainian oapitol
from '/.hitomir. the first city
to fall before the German drive.
Von M.r n.-ii'iii .sent in another
strung! forces iuains( liiK^ian positions
mi the Chornyakhov area. 40
utiles northwest i»f Bnisilov. in his
all-out effort !«> turn (lie southern
flank of General Nikolai VafulinV
first Ukrainian army.
Allli'-ugh the Germans succeeded
in gaining ground on a
straight west to east line through
the /.hitomir-Korost.vshev-Briisilov
sector. the Ued Army appeared
to he holding strong positions
in front of Kiev, and
apparently was falling hack under
rniiers of the llussiau high
command mainly to avoid etielrelement
of its advance units.
The Germans paid heavily lor
their successes ir the Kiev bulge. i
Russian communique said. Pierce
hand In hand fighting and savage
Kim duels eiist Iheni more than 100
tanks and 2.0(H) dead, tibulletin
declared, and l!> Na/.i plane* wore
shot down a- I'ed army airmen
struck massed blows at (he advancing
for Von Manrstein was re
polled Ihrow inp largo rescue forces
into the battle.
While front dispatcher indicaled
Dial tho decisive stage of the
ha tile for (he Fkrainr had not
yet been reached, (he Ited Army
eotitinued lo surge ahead on
oilier «ec(io"s of (ho fron( north
and south of Kiev, particularly
s'lonr il>« lowii rear lit.'j of '.Jit,
I *• -m •>
Whisky Ruling
Delivered By
Supreme Court
that
I>a loijih. X 'V. _M. — (AIM
State Suprer e Court held to»i
|ll ■<Sf— .«»tl ill ;i i>;il! Ill 111" Iivp.'iid
whi.-Uv m .1 dry enmity
prima I..l ie evidence 111 iiU.: •.
session hi whi.-ky fur sale.
The decision was in an <■
written l>y Justice .1. W.iil. . 1
borne, who said it was the
inn 11I its kind by th,. eomt.
It was handed down 11 th-.- ,
State versus Jack Snddn! . ■ , ■
convicted in t'allwe!! county at
February 1!>4:$ term ■: S;i|H-i . 1
uf illegal pnwi's- 1 n: ,.iu-':y
sale. Stiddreth . 11»|>«•■. t-.i ! ; 11
Sllltl and costs an i
tencc ot I'J n:• iiit .
granted and the (it
court reversed.
Ill reviewing i:u
trial. .1 u-t
live pint.- ot ta\been
to nil at Sudiheth's home.
Under the State's liquoi laws, ho
s.nd. legally t'oiiuhl ta\ pa.d whi.-ky
ol not in■ >ri• than one Ration m.y lie
kept iti one".- home or one's own consumption.
To rule otherwise, he said,
the co.:: t wn.ild i>e "Ir; slating".
•■)t is not the duty ol the court
to Icgiylatu." he suitl. "its duty u t •
1 prct legislation."
ponded sei
Ili- appeal w.
• 'II tile low 1
idence at
Winiiouriie s.iid
(I whisky
the
th t
had
WEATHER.
KOK NORTH CAKOI.IN A
I'.iir and continued cool tonight
with temperatures two to four
llrsrrrs lower in east and central
portions.
f#OPP//V<?
Myst&r
<T\
Eighth Army
In Village
On Sangro
Enemy Artillery Heavy
On Fifth Army Front;
Weather Still Bad
Allied Headquarter.-. Algiers.
Nov . J I — < A1 *»—The I'.ritish
l.iuhtii Army of (Irneral IJern.ird
I.. M«.ntjronier\ has puslt«•(]
foruard t<» lli>' hanks of the
Saiijrni ri\«•»• in tin- mitral sit
tor «»f tin- Italian front u> occupy
the important villajre «»l
Alt'edeiia. allied headquarters
announced inday.
The high < ••• ami •mmiiniqitt
d tin* \ ..I.me had oecn destroyed
hv the retreating Germans. (TlH
»r«» radio .Mil Kightii Army .mi:il
tin* Sangro: the German*
acknowledged a crossing yesterday.)
'•|jn-m\ artillcrx \va- active
i::i tin* Fifth \rm> fri'nt." the
bulletin -.lid. "There i\a> little
iiiipfavcincitt in the weather
which continue- In hamper °P*
eratimis."
The ci mi iiin«iU|. referred ;
heavy ai:i mi I lie n • a nder "i tin
British front toward the Adrialii
anil -a.d. "'Iliere v.. - i"le change.'
S.IIM.I. I \l!Ml:i;> l>IM I5SIFYINT.
College Station. ll.ileiuh. Nov. 24
— Small farmer- are diversifying
their act v;t:es and :!:<•> a>-e add.in:
I me .iiiiK.inlc >1 I • the stockpiles
l»e iu l>uilt ;i hi t i r od Ko
Freed " fighi. says i >unly Agent
K. II. (tarnson. Jr.. n i tepnrt to the
St.etc College KnUm- >n Set vice here
Devastating
Bombing Of
German City
Capital is Isolated
With Communications
Systems Paralyzed
1 .< Mull >ii. Nov. '21—(Al')—■
Tin- 1 iA !•' hurled tons «»r .le
struct ion down on l.crlin a;vain
last nitflit. .seeking lor the <irond
tiijjrlit in succession to knock
out tli<i (lennan capital, nuii\i
ol it already devastated.
The force and wei«rht oi'
bombs dropped last nijrht prolia!>ly
approached l»iit did not i xceed
the record of Monday when
over 2,I ltnijr tun- were deli1. ered
l»y approximately l.oou
bombers, nearly all of them
fi.nr-enjrined giants.
•"Concentrated atirt etlecttvc" v. ■
tlu- .'ii ministry* descriptio. oi ;)»•
.second great attack -.ii the \\ .j in .
:lio.; bombed
!)•.spite more favorable wcatliei
the dett n<e. tj.,. l;.\K |,,m only
Jn j !ani-.s in the *• »!i<l IV'i Iin .>t
t!u*U :iii(l Kim ill..mi . .- Mo.<(|uitii attack*
' \.«.-!«■! ■ i Cc many. c tupared
;<> Ji! !i m comparable ■ .
:itiiiiis tl»«» ni«»ht t ft ii*-.
lici t in Hire id.v was chaotic
I'niin history's greatest arcial
attack ili'livrri'd oitl» 'It hours
before when tin- aew deluge ol'
.Vied bombs sl: in !i last nit;111.
Ret I'm correspondents of Swo«Ush
nev simpers said new fires
anil "walls »l flames" more than
half a mile Ions swept Berlin
after tlic second attack.
_ Stockholm'* A llchataia estimated
I J5.IHIII persihis were killed in tins
lii'sl attack It added tin* center it.
Berlin auain was tin- main Viruet
last night ami railway station*. «i>
and water jnaai.s »n!iivi'd heavilv
Tlic Oerman capital wa_s isolated
from the world today by telephone
and telegraph. Neither telephone
in.: telegrams were being accepted
n Berlin tins nior.ing n"j weio
Sw edish cm icspunde- t> able tu telephone
out ol the city.
I elcf5i-:i!vv !rom Stockholm in.
i 'ended foi Bei | j ti were being .seat to
I Hamburg but i; was unknown how
: '"fy were being relayed to i),.. canIt
al. '« '
Been ise Berlin ;s hub r.| !lit.
' ' :' • i»«■. i a.ni'iiiic . "i
s with virtually the whole con:
.He: 1 u cfr al lei ted.
j The impact of the paralyzing
attack^ "ii the fSerman eapilal
| made it clear that wholly aside
from physical damage lo either
the adminislrativc cil.x or the
war industries in the suburbs,
lit,, new aerial drive bulked as
the wars creates! offensive
against eneini morale.
While the Grrnian high command
coiiiin .!i.ip;e ,it ,;n « ledged "new
>' 'I" by tire" i.iii.ivI
" la»1 ght', attack. the Stockholm
* 'tuaigen the repeated
concentrated bombing was virtually
-''l: MnncinyV.
Kxplosiotu: ,.t !,] H'k busters i n, ked
all sect inns .>t Berlin, the newspaper.*
said, but fire* provided tti-•
worst horror Storm clouds ot a-lie-,
-wept through the streets and often
there were terrific mists f|„, , .
a I by the petuliar effect ot l»ig
The e\p|..s . ti,. seemed rreaV
• \ aciitini « hich wa> follow cd by i
•v. ! *nic wa\e ot lire.
Kr-e fighters were tumble p..
'•v''b I lie :- t. - . fj e' lire an.,, p..,
to twelve blocks lonu wer« euvel*
>P«'d in 11.,IPCs till- 111 ■ it;;
HAP flret* returned from last
niuht\ raid d< elared Ihev "nev.'-r
<»W such tires- as ti lilglllg
lu'i nn slrrots
Veterans ot the I94IMI a<saulf><
hi l. 'iid.'n v. c e st,iveered todav '.\Ing
to conceive tin- havoc wroush'
in Berlin l»v two such heaw attack,
in «i row.
Heavy Allied Bombing Of
Gasmata In New Britain
Southwest Aillel I|iiH<|;i;i ters.
\<n :i i \|>; \!l ed bombers
illld liuhtci- ill 1; n;; t!|« ;t liilo.-t
visit the OWnmtii mrji oti \eu
Ur t;ij11 li;i\e |»t;:sti»vi• ! .l,i > mese ,111
and supply h.isev wHi 1 v: tuns (It
l»aml>». the lie v.iest I<>;icl vet.
I he Monday mid. antiot need l>\
General Douglas M;ie.V (litir today
brought t" 11211 Ions the total amoiml
hi bomlv dropped there 111 three eonM-eutivo
do vs.
It was tile otilstiilulinc pttlielt deItvered
dmi:-« the day by Allied jnr.
me who vi«ited tl ereiuv l'-ea1iti«r
i-i -i! ;• ., •? • . : . : ■ -iv
i of explosive (idling c:ir(K
The altnck on (he tljwmafn
seetor made by mmc t«, n tun
('is ;md halite s, were directed M the
airdrome i.ii \k i, vt.,,,,1
•i'tiohs nt Uindenluifen. Tito flier;
spici-d j| wifli ,i machine mm -lrafin((.
using 33 rounds <>l mmunifton Thev
left numerous fires and heavv damage.
No mention was made • >r fi«lifjnij
in the Sottclhoi'K arm on rorlhc;isl''I'"
N<"w Guinea. where Australian
troops and t.nks have been adv ,mcniK
'lowly njri nst X ppouc r "*,*
'"•••• *n »v'- .