5th Army DrivesW edge
In Nazi Defense Lines
I ML KAI-SUKKS LOOK OYKR CAIRO
Ili lfliiii! Iiamls as tlicy look out over Cairo during a sightseeing lour
arc .Madame and fSeneraiissirno Chiang Kai-shek. China's leailcrs T!i<\v I
\ iMtril intcrestmr. points in the pity at I lie conclusion ot the important |
Hirer power contcrcnccs v.iht I'rcsidcnt Roosevelt and Prime .Minister j
( iiurchiii. OWl Kadiophoto. tInternational)
Strikes Result In
Unparalleled Fuel
i o ii <ty
Crisis, ickes bays
Granted $3,550,000
1 o Allocate Supplies
Of Coal This Winter
Washington, Dec. 1—(AT)
- ! !!t>r Secretary Ickes has
ti'lil Congress that the country
'•in'- a fuel crisis unparalleled
in its history as a result of the
1" s of 1(1,000.000 tons of coal
)>ni(luctiou through miners'
strikes.
lie in.Htt- this statement. i(
was l<-.iiiud tixl.iv. iii askinK for
a special >il|>i>l<*liii*nt;iI
.ipproprialioii to carry out a plan
id alloralini: available coal supplies
Olis winter. The Senate
snli-cemniitlcr on deficiency appropriations
a P p r o v e <1 (lie
anion ill.
I».: 11 i« t allocation office;; v. . iM
I up in li.'i cities under Icki.;'
plan.
I" a li'tli i to the sub C'onuiiil!re.
I'l.' olfice : aid llii' latest sine.- "i
■ in I.ile < >cloljci ai'd early
• i nilicr, cut ('>id production I""110,(10(1
inns on top of a production
I 1 of .'in.iiiiii.noil ions dunlin carl <'i
w-ork to|.iiii^c.. growing out of the
ci'iitracl deputes between .lolin I..
I^'wis" t'niied ]\7in« Worker.; and
""orators.
French Think
Invasion Is
Imminent.
Madrid. It-1 i (Al '; Pari- «•#»!*—
" of Mild-1(1 ttf'U .
|11;»f Kr.iiiM' i> bHH'4
' f»t l»y 1!»f• « '»*u iftjofi fluif mi Allifrl
i v i\'«i if in i .
Mm* (*'tricsnnndf'l)t I'lM'bl'* ♦'
to j^i • cilcfl
'*;»t ifi<nomrnf> oi AmiTicin ;nicl
Mr»| shipping. 1r«»»»p cmu'Wif: •;»tioii*
iiMrj ;• yi incrcasf* '>f obscrv*ifion
(Continued on Ft>2« t'our)
Act To Halt
Decline In
Weed Prices
CCC Head Promises
Immediate Move If
Prices Do Not Rise
II.ili-iuli. Hit. I — (AIM—Ooyiiiti*
l>rotii;lilnii said today th.it
.1. K. II lit son of Washington,
lirail of 1'ir (omniiidily Credit
Cm Iteration. 11.111 promisi-d in a
li-li'l'li (or roiivcrs.ilion, to art
lo halt tin- sharp ilrrliiu- ill
liriirs lor hrtti-r grades of toI'.irco
oil Ihr (Mil anil .Middle
I tells.
'I It c;<>\ ci'itor .-aid lli.it withdraw.il
tr«'::. biiyiim <>1 thru; ol Ihr lars"ir
ciKarette c«■•»:|i;«ni«-.s - altrr n-i.rliiim
their vcrninont-sct quotas—
i had preeipitaled a crisis "ii tin- niarl;rl...
and 111 it f»lher <-f>mpanies aiul
spi rtilai'Ts re buying at their
! <'«•» nriris.
f;ii\<-ni"i- Mi-nughl in said that
II ••mm had mliinatiil t'".it, il the
I ri-inai: in;i i'iMi]i:illi<-.- and spri-llla1
*ii|: iid 'i»t ii|> llifir prill's, hi<
< • ip lal iti would step in and begin
• !jnyit«ii "ti a large wale to force
j pi ir< up'.', a d.
Ill • tlghloM said prices for l»i»t'i-l*
::ivdi-s <»' t"liarro h id declined from
| ,iho\ i |n rrnt- a i" mil I » belmv
:»n cent in -■ 'mi' i- i i "-. The comp.niii's
whi'-h withdrew I •in luivina
WlllllMKlv)' he added. ttW Willing
to litiv more tdh ii '•'! •! their <| iotas
should In mereasecl.
Al»int :r . "Ma.mini) p. ■>( t-.haeeo
i'Oliuiin> to lie sold ,• N'niih
' fro-olid;', irineipally on the Old and
Middle 'tells.
%Vf-A THFR
FOR NORTH ( AROI.INA
f'arllv ' londv aril laild tonight
ili U uiiiiiJ,- •
Americans Gain Two
Miles Calabritto
Reported Captured
A11 in! Headquarters. Algiers,
Hit. 1.— I AIM—IX Gcii. Mark
IV. < lark's l'ift ti Army has
smashed a wedge into (Herman
defenses after Ihr heaviest artillery
and aerial bombardment
til Ihr Italian campaign had pulverized
iif.m.v strong points and
had driven ahead two miles
;«!«::»•• the Via Casilina toward
Home, headquarters announced
today.
i (The Algiers radio reported
the I'll'lh Army had taken the
important town ol' Calabritto,
about seven miles southwest of
Mi guano.)
(>11 the Adriatic Iront, the British
! i I•' 11 Army. Unit mik ahead toward
tise "bad; din ir" in I {nine, approach•
it lite mil-kills uf San Vito, lti miles
Im ! i\v !!v port nf IVscara. and also
swiyl up the town of Lanciano,
l ii -;n>i iM niina and C'asoli. all in
!li inland i- Htntry beyond the Sangro
river. < Irsognn, the farthest point
• «i ;.ii\ami' inland, is about eight
mi!' Iiiyiincl Ute Sangrn.
Itiitish and American troop*
ol the f itth Army launched their
IuiI-scale offensive on mountain
positions guarding both sides of
the Via Casilina. a main road to
Heme, on Thursday night, it was
disclosed. The assault, aimed III
the direction of Cassino, drove
the (irrtnaus from the important
Tainino and Maggiore heights,
west of V'-nano. front line dispatches
said.
.ah ItAF .statement reported that
M-.er.il Ci'tiiiaii prisoners taken
v. lien the ISntish smashed the lower
Sangro river line had gone insane
limn the effects of the relentless Allied
i»ombing.s and most of the other*.
were shaken and exhausted front
the ceaseless bombing which paccd
lite attack.
Cassina Held
As Nazi Agent
Ni".v York. Dec. 4.—(AP)— Carlos
Wjarnoy Cassina. described by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation as
a cousin of the Duke or Alba, was
ni'.-tod today *it his home on a
charge of acting as unregistered foreign
agent.
Announcing the arrest. E. E. Conmy,
special H»1 agent here, said ttiat
Yejarano, known in New York and
Hollywood society as Count Nava <le
Tajo. had been assigned to this country
by the German intelligence system
:o sound out members ol Congrc.->
on United Stales foreign
policy.
11 iu Germ; ns had considered .--endint,
Ye.i.irano t > England on a similar
mission but abandoned the plan in
iavor of ua assignment here, Conroy
said.
Wareo Shaky
As Australians
Press Japs
Soi:thwe.-l Pacific Allied llead<iu,liters,
Dec. -I — (AP) — Warco,
I strategic juncture of jungle trails
loitiling Hie line of Japanese retreat,
is loitering before Australian forces
pressing a campaign to drive the
enemy from the Huon peninsula of
northeastern New Guinea.
Aus-io elements advancing from
the south have reached a ixii'nt
within hall a mile of the native
village and old mission station after
investing the outlying settlement of
'.•iiiinko.
Simultaneously, a second Austra
(Conlintied on Page Four)
Report Turks
At Conference
(Ttv the Associated Press)
I'rcslilrnt Ismet Inonl of Turkey.
accompanied by Foreign
.Minister Nttmatt MrnemeiifloRlti
and .Marshal Fev/I t'akmak. commander
in eltlrf of the Turkish
army, left today for a conference
Prime Minister Churchill
and President llosevelt at either
Tabriz or Carlo, the Herlln radio
said.
• lie Nazi broadcast credited
"Turkish political circles" at
I t.r hul for the report.
P&S7RUC11CN ROARS TOWARD BREMEN
W.V/!T!3 TT V15 of condensing vapor behind formations of Flying K r!n ;os of the I" 1 '!i t*. s.
Air res v.'ins toss tho Enjlifh Oh »in?l t ward tho submarine yank and <1 e!ss at l"r«.wn. (;; rrnany.
v :»th •}• l.-! i November 13. D*.;rin3 that u ".:i tho Forts raided Uctch 11 ti... • a i • >rd. *i
1 M >\v was • inst Solin^sn, Ir K ih.-llhinslandarea. Amur Air Force photo. (/. ■ laiio ••i
Red 2-Way
Approach
To Zhlcfem
Plunge Deeper Into
German Lines Near
Dnieper Bridgehead
London. Dec. I — (Ai'i U<mI
army troops. -U'.-iiiny, forward
through !;n< < -(i-cp snow ;t1i
nuid, were closing- in from two
directions today on XI i !< >1 >i 11.
important (stimuli held rail
and communication:- liuK at tin*
juncture of tin (loniol-.Min k i
and Lcniiu rad-o<
in White litis ia.
Far to tin* v>tili; oilier ^ iet
forces plunged deeper iut-i <.<-iman
linos \\<-t nl their Dnieper
river hri.l::oliead lielitu Kremi neluic.
and Inn led li.u k lierre
counterattacks aimed it liie upriver
Soviet pn -i| tons in the
t'hrrkasy area, a Kussiun communit)tie
said.
There wits i • mention .. the S >
vict bulletin . ■ in ; u-\ i • i • : ' .
in the Kiev bulge, where the tier-I
mans *il .■ 11 ■ • • t;<• 1 v rt. • !•' n
Zhitomir and Kurosten on the I .en- I
ingrad-Odt. IVi! n o .. Icasts
said t! I I- I :i
til major ni| ir in il, |
snaked area I the past !HI I. >urj.
General tt i n I: • .<>. ••
whlte-elfiil I wen re; • d :
raising lui\ ■> 5 he (it
way iii'lwn 1 Invest n| (
and the ;i mnmi i<| . ri
more than !••*» •• d« I pi .et v. •
OVCrilin in I « ;■«!> :.(l\
In the IJniei > end, Soviet tro
were said t > 1 • i I ■. te-1 tfe i •
westward IS • from thclt K:<mcnc-hli«
l>r <; <■!i< I Tinmen
t apparei'ly v... designed to
lievr the |e >.n S<»\ •« 1
in the die ' li.-nt. 7"
to the no' tli II e tititiieroii .
counter llin ! ■■ ere re|»ul I. ■ cording
t<» the S \ iet i >111111 1
and hundreds «•! CSern i:killed.
t
<6r%k
jwpfvm
Massive Bombing
Of Leipzig Follows
Deception By RAF
1 r ;t n Meeting
Reports Not
Kxpccted Soon
V>';i>!im)cIiiii. Ih'c, I.— (AIM—
lioiisf Srerrtury Slrplirn
I .irl- (nlii reporters toil.in thai
In- tl.il not «'\|iwl ally aniinnnrriiiiiii
to 1st* iikiiIi* soon on the
nv iilt- «f ili«* ii<>osrvi*ll-( liurr!iill-Si.ilin
war roiiferriu(*n ;< 1
'IVhri'an. Iran.
( lanmrnting on press anil
i j(!n> ii'iaiils from aliru.iii th.it
~ • -mi iMlni.il aiinonnrrnirnts
v. in isprttril inimn'nt ii iit.
( .nil said:
"I lankly. I ilon'l m*i* them .is
(oii'tnt; tli.it i|iii< kl>. h i!-< -■
ivrrr I think I won III know
know .ilioiit it."
WirTi his allcnlion « i 11S:•«!
ti .. statement In I liner
direi tor ol tin- Oil ice of War lol<
filiation, i\jin s.init sti:pii<
in rr tin* official M'.mum a i
ni-tiaeeinfnl mat tin* ■ llirei
li.nl met anil a;ricil mi .niliVn •
anil poliliral niifslioiis \\ illioot
simtillanroiis ili-. !osii-< in tinilllirr
AIIit-il r.i|>it.il». I arl\ aid:
"IVf ki;iM nullum; alioui il."
Train Wreck
Kills Two,
Injures 25
. ' •! IV
I' mm vl\
till'.- ■ per
I !>i tin- .
ti.
• I » !" I" '!! !
rho injinid. i
I' t.. If
1 .11!
I'iiti I ('• rii-.i i ii. c. .|
i ,.i lifter (he I r•» >tt ol i «•; .>ylvanfa'j
Liberty Lin Med 'truck (he
nH-tii'-bUf. *llW MlKliirrr, .Mm
h-M iti v. > r lii u \ p . „•
" i in mil •<> *;n, il tin* * ■ ]•
'.i '>•>.' '''Mr r111 n: in. i: ii',.
il W. t!>\ i|lc. Ohi". .-iirifiTd rr.icfced
I ti c ildrtl s-'l »p "
n ■ mm l mci'IImii • the Liberty
. i ' •'! "v .1-. n.il'lr to ■ tup", (;I i
I'li'fl. " •" I >iras!i<*rl *it" till* rrn
i| tlx tti'flt train, irii--i i.ivii,; ||n
fit i* fc.-t ini ■ the I.i-i -!cc|i;iiu
ar -in |ho in -I Irfiin."
Thi ltv« i r.ir fmit'lios tvrw 1.1 ■
cii|K'd tna<-ihrr. \vi(ik's.-<.\« ir|j(>Mivl.
r.ci "s.l cLiaiiuct.
Change of Targets
From Nazi Capital
Draws Off Fighters
I >ec. I—(A1' >—The
r commander. tricking
the (jfiniaus with u well
ti!ii<-(i shin oi' targets. sent Mosi|i!
i 1 ds n.arinjf over scorched
lltilin an«l heavy bombers
l'i inti11k at the Nazi capital last
nijrht. then struck with devastating
effect a! thi' great Gerai;.n
trading and railway cen!•
. i• i Leipzig. where 1.3UU long
■ explosives were unloaded.
. dm1))! mi drew ufl the great
lily (iiiin..:t .'.111 lighters
v f» Is se once in n I ■ give biil.
v. n. ii ii . ! !•! ; '.-i; UUst.nn
i i.i.< ii- hi-.ideii the expiring
■•u-t .is tli,. in,'.in .itl.u k sreinril
.'.iiiuit to bct'jk iivcr Berlin.
I!;. m i mii .irniiiihii itrrakrtl
miiiI!i\\.nil .mil hit l.i'ip/iu. from
when- the \.i/is h.i". e heen tryiii.-:
tn -iiceor the eapit.il '.villi food
;il d supplies.
. i ' vy. \ .i. ! I r t unit
tie* i that i'I homU s were miiw•
• ;. . 1 " i • Liter c<>r■
■ ' to . compared
i • ■ •<-. losses ul
''■ >-i . . Merlin,
(■altered IkTlin. however. did not
i i'ni a in. .. ilestr.iet -n.
A 1:m In \ hmiv ile lheii
. i . ' . i n i ni 1 h( ." ill. s\\ lit
• v. i i■ • 11 i.In s darted in i •
■ ■ • ._• • . : keep the
weary eapitai . il< i «>ge for the
i i Hiece«dve ght following
: • hea\ \ lii i\\>.
striking wrll niter iniiluiuht
ill ,i uiiie\cli.ini;i- nl iiroeet'nrr
the lie.ivx hunihers dumped
Mcli < \;il«i.sives .mil iiiicinti.irics
i > |i/ii;'s indie tM .iikI her
► i • :: I' I * .irils .tlre.idt .Ii.tilled to
I' e liinii to ,i"t'inimoil.ite Utls
•i;:i hound u.iv tr.iltii- < iirrenl1>
(art 'il litis >\ n In H'rlin's m.ot•:leil
i >"'il>illiiii idinr .
■ '
• * st t' ■ ■ i i runt the l.nnit
i" ii' i 1 i 'rip 1 ' i "icentr
'i ll ii'id elleel \ <• hinting iif the
" "f m< i' th it Tee 4K)0 |K>|Hllntlon.
I .t. (joon.rc (lilliani
I'i o:nui-tl In Arnu
W.is!" mlie: I)|'| I (AIM The
Win* Met :rtn'«'Mt itttitotincpd today a
1 >.t ■ 1 'ii uy }n• imotions ol ot•i
i"rl"ditti{ tties" I rout North
("at-I'l'iiu;
Sc. mi.I 3ii'iitenant I.i >t l.enleli:i"t
Cc'ru' (iitliiim. .'r . 312 K
i it "in street. KranUlit-ton: Tnlm"i«e
l-'dvard Newton. .If . Kmston;
J. ll.ii I3..ii iivt.-n. Jr., L imbci ton.
Washington
Looking For
Sharp Move
No Pronouncement
I Of This War Waited
With Such Anxiety
Washington. Dec. ] — (AT)
—Military action to shorten tinwar
Iiv weeks or months. am!
prohahly a dramatic ultimatum
to tin; German people to throw
off Fascism ami .-.urn nder, or
else face destruction, are the
explosive result s expected if Hill
the conference ■>; j'lv-hleiit
Roosevelt. 1' r i m • Minister
Churchill and 1'rentier Stalin.
This was Wii.shii „i n c'i ti t .
Uiu Mi»scuv. i itl:u ..Mil .t. ' .cut
that the "Bin Three" ha mpleted
tlii'ir e\tr;i"i(l n..' v n ;.t IViH'i'ii!:
anil that . t.r> • n .1 l> •
j-suicil lain, in ha- >'. 1 .r ming
the military aiut political de(.'isintis
naf'a'fi.
i'roluhlv no iitoa.iniii '.'iii< lit »t
this war has hei-n auailed with
such intiitse ami ut.-ihUxi»le intrrcst.
l or ' > tile ' \\i :i! that
it l'«rt'sh>:li a*. •••• tor. «>:i tinliuhtinu
Irnr.t ;-a:l i i the h.itllis
»f rervrs. It iim> luriiisii «l«'.sr
<• I Ill's to II'T* litre :<l< I il llllK' ill*
the miuht.v lilo-as mm in pir|iaraliiin
asair-t Ci;' ' Tlre«s of
luriiiic.
IUyoitd d» .1.:, >>:u . . !•„. major
topics of dUcus-i'iiu v... iIh.' proK'l'U'd
A ulo-A ill III (tf
western K'li'ttjM■. v. , ; it Kn.-Miuu:
luive been uvRiug Iinun ulim«t the
'i v that tin- IJni'rd S" .'< eipitalcd
int.i v. r two >«• irs a{j'»
in Tuesday.
Those most familiar willi the
Uussian armimenis. .is already
presented to Allie.I statesmen
and military ItutitT.s. Iirlirvi'
thai Stalin and his uiiiitar.s advisors
slit'ssct! the necessity of
iiivasiim as the only means ol°
forcing victory at a reasonably
early date.
On llu- other iiaini, th>- Angl j-Aiuer
ran position has t • :t. a: d probably
v. as at Teheran, ti.at any attempt
to open . mi iul :r.i: v odd
be Miic.dai w 11 . ill ..Urc|llate
preparation. This prepa uti»n must
incltide the t ..." ■ : overwhelming
force* to thr< v. net ■ - the Chan*
net and the iHui.tiini: ol tjii <11
industrial. mi; p'y a:.d t >:i
centers into .. state paralysis.
The aerial onslaught against llerlin
already has aroused spc< ulat >11
that direct p: eparutiuu :.a in\a-io.i
may be underway.
When '.tie tu drive . ii'u.- tho
Channel actually is a", hand, bow*
ever, tit•> k nd ol rear iircu softcn~
inn up nti.-i i>c tu'.i .-..I'll ; v roncenIrated
aerial bombardment ol tiio
pntenli.il in\a.-.. a t ai franco
and Brim
(•no rdiase ot tlie second trout
prrparalion. the formation ot .1
joint British-.\iucrii in stall to
direct it. is in progress anil many
informed persons here expert
that General (irorcc < • .Marshall,
rcpiirtrdly chosen to lie.id the
staff as \llied global <11111111.111«ler.
will co direi 11> Irom the
Middle l ast rnnl ircitic to I iiali-.'id
to begin his nioinrutoiis
tasks.
Behind .1 I li'itr's
censorth p cj nnot i. tin- in*
((' intituled on 1', I'liiir)
Importance
Of Speed In
War Stressed
Chcry I'
el .ran si .
prc-in\.i.- it
away vvcr<.
planes :i'u
much t n • ■
lions." A .•
Navy Ualpi
Hard e\]
addles pth«
dcdleal
Die Mal'iin
Dixftissin
where lie
deailv lor
Haul (• linn
"We pul
fore
■ f new build
ail tin:
I ilf'
"i< my
tr
opcrnthu
• n an
'TV lit
('■ I ]i- ^ : S
14.- at
' 11 ill here.
il Tarawa
urines -.aid
1 ie\ w "1,''
i
l.indiiu: Imt
•ne type ol \\arl .r
may me.ni Hie dillcenc
\ irini y ;»»-«! annihil. ' - hi.
ins craft had (•. reach
quickly. The M. nines
Tarawa know 1hal ■ bear
Going to ens! then many men
they rlid nol stop to count the
in '.hr;r lives,"
l» > mute be*
nihiliious is
lie . spe-d
<• 1 "'tween
Our landshrnc
and
who tonic
ehhead was
hut
"jfc