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Resumption Today Of Conferences In Railroad Dispute FDR Says Assurance 01 No Train Stoppage Good Christmas Gift Washington. 1 »*.•!•. *J1 — (A1 *) —White House conferences de .-ijMied to sett le l hi' rail mail waye dispute—anil avert a -chcdulcd strike—were restun «•«! today, last on the heels of ;i presidential statement that tiie best t'hristmas present the American people could jret would he an assurance there would lie no jreneral transpor tation stoppage. I lie operati: u hrotherho •<!- have already .set December :tu ;is tlu* tat.* tor .starting a proxies ive walkout, and !'ic 15 ii"ii-i.|)(-itiim union I iimed I" select their own .strike (i ;«• late today. pt'olialily I > «■ 'ineid • v. itli that "I then' lctlow workeis. Workers ol the five operating railroad brotherhoods went hark to the White House in the early afternoon to discuss with the President his proposal for si t'.liiii: ttieir «ase ease l»\ sup plementing a previous lour rents an hour award with an addit ional four rents in the form of overtime eontpensation. The brotherhood chiefs discusscd t*i' ill laltoii with their executive i i.mieittecs tor several li nil s ear lier in the ilav. It was unuei; to'ul tint tiie the leaders were not pre )i.i r ! to pledge all null'ighl aeeept .. :e "I the proposal but U'lHllll !isk, i" addition, ail allowaliee lor \ar.i t >n: The exact method the Presi dent had in mind for calculat ioi: a supplementary lour rents ao hour for overtiinr was not iiiuni'diatelv clarified. However, Mr. IJooscvelt m.i! he oped that railway executives and employe lepresi ntati\cs eo'dd get t. -tlier on a lorillllla which Would pi ■vitli- earnings increases. Senntc Retains Nominations for Generals' Ranks W.i l>mnJ..ti. Doe. LM. (AIM Ma im !v I.eader Il.irkley. Kenturkj in It I'd tml \ to keep alive pre-idcnt.al nominations to in— «• the permanent rank of 11 generals. unmllK l!ic;ii I.:. (it'll * IcolUt S. Pattoll. Ilarkloy obtained tinamious con ••mi fur tin- Senate In rctai' the i■" 11i11a 111111> through the Chi isheas ■ lid.iv Without I In- consent tilt' nun nation* \\<• Id luivc been sent > r. to I tic White Moist' and collld it -t have been acted upon until rc sui' iiittcd hv the Pre- dent The promotio: - were fro/en i:i a i.ill I..ry sub-committee. which has 1 11 iii\ estitiiil illK IVitt'in'- treatment '■I '>ldier.-. as ,i final navel It'll ml the lir t session of the Tilth Consjres-. elton to Kilter Arm\ ;it (duster llaleiuh, lire 21 (AP» -Con f11'111• r Nathan Yclton oi the State I I'm rd i f KdiK'.ti'iii will leave D'1 i ember I!li from l*'orl Custer, when* lie v. il! assume hi.- tinti<*s as rap ! i •) v'i tin. aimy military gtivcrr. llU'lll. Ill* h id bfeil flefenivl '••ice nt Ih" rel.ne.sl oi the* Slate, which said h - presence was desirable when 111" nru hoard assumed ol!i«'C .■Jiortly .iller the legislature adjuurned Navy-Made Jaw The extent to which Ameri can surgical science tan rebuild a body slia'.tcu-d hy war is simuii in .Marine I'fc. John Keed of Indiana. 1'enn.. who is niiu spurting a new j.i\v. tlianks to tlie Navy's dm tors, lie reeeived his injuries in the fight I'or (>ua daleanal. l Inlenialioiial) Wreck Probe Is Launched; Dead Are 72 LiiirS!»rrt<Jli. I>fe. 21.— - f .\I * > — The Keel Cioss completed today its iden titication of civilian dead and put the I n.il death toll in la-l Thursday's train wreck at 72 .">1 service men and women and 21 ei\ ilian- as the Atlantic Coast Line went ahead with plans i«>r an inquiry into tin- disus •er. The figure was reduced 73. a lied Cross spokesman .-aid. in a recheck with army otlicials Tin* last body nleiitilicd was that «>t Mrs. Irene lie (Jregory. West Warick. IS. I., v. He ol an army sergeant, who was mie the I2H injured ,n liie collision. Tin* Atlantic Coast I.me li.iilway ii .inagcincnl plans In conduct an in i|Uiry t Kocky Mount December 27 ml" the collision of two trains near here Thursday in which 7X persons d:«'(i and many more were injured. Tills was announced I.>-1 night .u H'llming'on I»y C. C. Sibley. general manager ol the railway. wl»o .-aid Interstate Commerce Commission in spectors would assist, lie -aid liie objective would be to develop 'the lac's .mil to place responsibility for the accident." S. X. Mills, director of the ICC's bureau ol safety, had said in Wash ington that three ollicial- v.eic ill ve-iigating the accident but were iioi conducting tormal hearings, in .-tend. lie sad, they were cooperat ing with other interested parlii . The woi k of identifying the dead ,.nri iiotilynig relatives meanwhile wcnl lorward. The l.'cd Cr»v> said only one civilian remained yet to be identified. N. C. Laws Adequate For Soldier Absentee Voting I )*'('. . (AIM North; ' 'i ■ 1111;i l.iv.s, .in amended liy lli»" i IIM.'I legislature. jii'c "lnlly ;•<?<• «|l» >»••" tii allnl'll snldieis iltl • »j »i > T hllllt.V 111 villi' III primal ie> ■ 11cI Hell ••liil cloi'lmils iiini ;i special .«<•— inn ill Hi:' assembly cntlld r.nt in11n • >v •• litem, (fiivcriinr IJruUKhion said (•• tlity. lie made I lie stale.;ienl ultei a ' (inli'i I'tici' v. ilii Co!. \V iliiain 'I', .in.v ner ill I! ili i^li. ehaii in.in hi iiif slite Imij.iiI in cli-ci'iih : itayinontf Mux- , Well, secreta rv hi tin- I mil rd. and Secretary of Slide Thud Ktire. Ktirc siid '.lie session u .is inner I' IV "1.1 • Nnl'tll Cii'i'lliii iii li .iily ii:ih .in I*: elite • I diet lav. V\"'11 ;>< •. »i' . !lie \«iliim '>> iiiisenlee li:ii;nl • I c.i'iV |l|»'l:llier I I'l" •'! II tri forces over 21 ye.ir> age. Kiiic in«.'.e In >rit« ent in ei e niciiliim mi ;i letter v. Inch Warren V. ii.;i ni t*; tii i*«■)>i i■;i« ;mi Member nf the S!: le IS-iard of ••'.lec tion*. . .ni hi 'I been icritieti (;••■ • .«■ tmr Mi'dtujliliili bv Seiiiii 't" •!" i..'> . Mniley, Hail ~iild n lev .nUKcsted 'hit Hi" Gtvemyi tell a . p.wui xtbs.vu ui Hit ,i«-ii.11 i- '• 111!>IV 1" i n.i.'i i;i— I inn lo .ill-ju jiliM'iiii c voliiit; |in\ i Icros I" nieniljei .• ii| tin- iiriiied llU'Cf-. Klli'c. wli'i ii.s -cri rliii y Hi slate ■<l — • ninist' i s ledeiid \ otitic in Mie Mi.!e, siiifl llii- prex nl l.wv. i ii-I eniieted h> (lie i!'ll Kei:er;il il-snnlily, pin 1 i'L1; lot viilmn Ii V ser\ icctnt'ii iid wn.niT in prtmiirie* stud yrtieiid < In: mil-. i'liH liic ciiimmimty. enmi ty. -t..le .iiici federal nITieer*. Dentil Sentence Kcprix es Granted Kileiilh. Dec. 21 (AIM - Ale?; lliirris. 4li. "I HnUe eoimly. and Wiiyi.i.'in (irjiiim'T. .'<1. C'lliimlvis (• •Hilly N'ri»fi>. wh'i were seluduled Ii (lit Meccmlier HI f"i murder h;ivr Ih'cii ^r.iiiletl fcn-d;i.v reprieves. I'.t rcics C'(nnmtsM ieer ll;itli..w;iy C'ihs = iid I id;iy. T'l ■ ^t »vs '■ illfiivtl V ci>t til ' llt\l '.iVilli; (ullto no Juilllill'i 2ii. Air War Upon Germany Intensified U. S. Army In Italy Gains Two Miles Nazis Fight To Bolster Satellites Bulgarian Bombings Severe With Growing Losses for Germans Allied Ilcad«|iiarlers. Aljriers. Dtc. 21 — (A I* J —American j Fifth Army forces have Unified forward 2'-' miles in a snow storm to capture 2.000 foot Mount Spinnccio. while I'. S. loth Air Force iieavy bombers escorted by lonjr ranjre fighters attacked Sofia, the capital of liul^aria. and an Alliens air ilieid. i( was amioiinccii today. Iii ;i companion u;ive. (icner.il M< • tjjomery'- I'.r.lilli Army forces I pushed ahead in "stiff IiithOnft'* lo ' ward 1 ■ ■»Ii» mi lilt - central sector «. ! Ok Adriatic lr« at. improving their I position- ni';,r < Jrl'Miii. tIn* Allied | head<!i::irt i in added , (Iim iii.ni :c.-i.-t; iii i- was t.ito be 1 increasing. Allied planes shut down "!K encni\ plant's in tlir twin at tacks on Soiia railroad yards anil the lllcvsis airlicl.l in (irwci! anil in oilier operations wliicli inelinli'il lighter-bomber raids on rail and motor targets in tlir Koine area. Eleven al lied planes failed to return. This brought the (<c: man air lore. losses in t\\«• days o| sky battles to 71 plane> plus three more shot down ! y Ann i .can anti-aircraft lire dur ing t\v<> C;« rii'.an attacks on newly captured San I'ietro. Another announcement said that Ameriean motor torpcuo boats, which gained fame in the Pacific, teamed up with British era ft to fielit a vigorous night action December IX off the is- { laud of Klha with two N'azi de estrnyers i>n which torpedo hits | were scored. Apparently trying hard to keep their Balkan satellites from being liomhed out of uie war. the Germans threw" large ■lumbers of fighters into the air. j Ki.uhtinn American infantrymen. : who have been ceaselessly attacking In/ .several days, swarmed up the 1 slopes o! Mount Spinnuccio, to 21. imiis west of recently taken l.a Ro;.e. imdi'. se\ ere conditions. All of tiie mountains in this area are i covered with snow and many of | them tower above 3.00(1 leet. On the remainder o! the Fi.'tb i Army front, only patrol activity was j reported. The Anieric in attacks on Sofia 1 and Alliens lol lowed powerful aerial i blows, aimed from base? in this the atre "I operation.-, on Augsburg in (Seimany aid InsbrucU in Austria,' both of which are on the Brcnnre Pass rni:'.e. vital l » tlie supply oI the Nazi lorce- in Italy. Brisk air combats with enemy interceptors were reported by to day's All'cd cominunii|tle to have taken place in yesterday's American Balkan raids. IV J V Scuttler of German Meet Dies l.ondon. Itrr. '!l.— (AIM—The (■ertnaii l)\lt aeeiiey s.iiil today dial \ ire Admiral I.lid wis V«ll ! Krulrr, wlui ordered I In* scuttling id" llir (irrnian fleet in Kcutta Flow in 1919. died loilav of In-.ir( disease. Tlir Berlin broadcast was recorded l»y I lie Associated I'rpss. 1 Americans ; Taking All New Britain A'lv c< rl Allied Ileadipiarteiv. j ! New (tiiiiioa. Dei" (AIM "I'lic* J j American Sixlli Army espandiii}; six I miles limn it- C"ii|K* Mentis. New Hrituin lie.iclihc.nl. has taken the i Arawe air -trip. adding another land itii! field to I tie perchcs Ircmi whicli Allied war birds are pmaiim Hie air nf Japanese. (ieveral Ihmxlas \l;icArthur's cum H1<1I1I<III<- I "day s id the Arawe field was secured Sunday, and liy failing I • mention any Japanese aerial acti- , vily in the southwestern New Mri lain seclnr. for the firsl time since the Americans stormed ashore there December 15. it underscored Allied nir power in the -k.es. A head<|tiarlei.- spokesman termed i i!ie ulnckpnittK Jnp i c*c nctiv ily over i (CuiitiUUkd on 1 >vo) , RAIL UNION LEADERS CONFER WITH F. I). R. Arli'ifi to avert or imslpimr the threatened "nrosrfsdvo" national rai'r.i.xl strike scheduled to start Dee. HO. President ISoosovelt summoned to Washington on Sunday Ihc Vive leaders ol the operating brother hoods (above) and representatives of llir roads. Tli • unii:n men, sln.wn i.alMdo «t the While llouse. are (I. to r.) T. t'. I'ashen. president ol' the A. I", l-.'s s itchmen's uiiicn: il. >1. I'raser. president ol llie order of railway conductors; ,\. I". Whitney, president of t le hrniherhoed nl railroad trainmen: Alvanley John son. Iie:'d of the brotherhood of locomotive eugince s. and I). 15. Itobertson, president of the brotherhood of ioeonio'ive firemen and eiigincnicn. (International Soundphoto.t Russian Army Advances To Feint Near Vitebsk Breakthrough Perils Whole German Seclor South of Leningrad London, Dec. 21 — (A1 ) Tlu Russian Waltic army, steadilv expanding it* in the heavily-fortified German line, has plunged down the east side of the Nevel-Vitebsk rail way t<» within 20 miles <»l \ i teb.-k. Reuters reuurted today from Moscow. This repri-sented an sidvamv < 13 miles Kllss,i,n ""CCS f rum thi'.r last reported jiositimi. Ti c- lircls Maud barely f>«» miles liom Uk- fl'l Polish l-alvian liviitio>». The lied army's success m northern llussia. threalcnt.iK to disrupt Ih- entire N»« sv-.tcni south of l.cnlnsrad. Iiatl immediate repcreussiotis on oili er sectors of the Ions easiern trout, Dispatches indicated that new reiiiiorce.iienls "'e Oer mans are Ihrowl.iB into he Se vc-l battle were possibb hi mi. drawii Iroin the Iront west of Kiev. II not further soiitli. TriMtus the lirst Ukraine anv>. ; 11 v »alk«"d Nazi M- ' " shut Von Mum stein's powerful lank drive in '!«• I'"-'-'- lasl b vk .<« the Koroslcn sect t yi -.tl-rilav. .bspatches sa.d. ami had repulsed a aeries Of sharp en 1 ",V liispat. hes said that the ■» si.'ns w ere esertli.R strong pressure from the sou Invest I KriovoKratl. Dnieper bend in ,.n,v liase. in an apparent drive to isolate mat industrial rente The Kusoian eoinmunmue said Mr German-. lost I'lOII men k.l ,.(l a„d Ml tanks destroyed m futile eounlerallaeks there >«> t\rl,Cl;Vtn .n tar.v sp-Ue.-i.ian , Stockholm new. - wa* ah tlinl the Oertiuiiw K^e —me >■' •-im-t.nl toward M ..-.-I .-II l'ape Two.) CHURCHILL IS STILL SLOWLY IMPROVING I ihii'.oii. lice. M — (API Prime Minister Churchill •eon liliues I- improve" In his, recov er v from pneumonia. No. » imwniiiK street announced l» ilay. __ Mac Arthur Silent About Nomination To the Presidency Advanced* Allied lleadnuar Irrs. New Guinea. Dec. • " , \|«» No eomment was avail able from General l»otiRlaH MaeArlliur or his staff today on the latest UashliiKlon press stories stmeeslluB thai he would accept the Republican presiden tial nomination. The Southwest Pacific com mand- and his senior officers were described as too occuni -d with the ctircnl New Britain campalcii t» have lime or »i - ,..triiioitv for comment on >'«• lilii.it issue*. u<n>slav Army In Great Advance In Kor Major Buttle I.ondon, Dee. 21.— (AIM—The '■I50.00-ma n Yugoslav partisan army of .Marshal Tito announced today it had advanced into the vicinity of the Croatian capital of Zagreb, 'in a campaign which l.ondon termed a major battle. Tito's jcsilicnt forces were de clared in l.ondon to he engaging nine German and three puppet divisions in the main lighting areas in addition to containing three to lour Nazi divisions in sporadic comhats in tin* Istrian peninsula bordering Italy. The Germans and their mercenaries were said to have six divisions in Croatia, two on the Dalmatian coast and four in the Mostcr region, including the Prince I gene SS Elile outfit. Polish Air Force Ready To Go Alone London. Dec 2! (A1' The I'ii-I I lisli ai! lorce, third I.u";i . ' . a.-i d ill Briliiin, wm« draliirnl nlmost readyI | today to av.ay ! the II.M* as .>n iiidcpi'ii'1 ' ' nu «•;:.<iti— I «ilim. .inri tlif ' :ll MivnaM !'inli. the ispcc'til .i. isi i ol Mil rope Id mi the u e The rebirth "i Poland's nil* arm '.is ;m a lim>r.i'•;!> -tronp will occur soon iific • .?;i:i i.-iiy I. it was learn ed t'eli li'lv. I'limgh details 11:i\ • not • h In i ii di.»c!oM'd liy the I'ritisii under wI'om- the force has been op cr: .Jiug li lour ye;.is. But it i.- known ili.it the Polish air iorcc is lar stronger than when its I lies - t • ■ ■ . t Ine .ill II I!»:«! to liui ! tlivn ch e.- i • 11«■ I> maidst I he then all-powerful Germun air t»fw .• \ ,i< i - hi, the Polish homeland, To J I*" 1 i11 I'orci row e" ,!n arc- 1-4 weil j en'iippeil ami highly trained s(|ii;<ci 1 Brou<rliton Seeks it Kel;iMn<^ of Bans ()n 11< ><r Rationing fiiilcigh. Dec '.!! -(Al'i (Jover |io Krouuhtni hus asked Chester Itovles. ndmi ■•st'ator ol the* Olf.c,' o| Price Adiiunistr.iti"'i. 'to elimi nate rationing i I hoy meats for I'll days to ease what the governor teemed a "grave" hog. marketing .situation In a lelegl'am 1o Howies. Itioiigii lon .-aid North Carolina farmers were unable to ivarkct lings because packing companies were operalm^ on limited t-ehe.'hiles due to the In lii'i -h' it,me and were unable lo l.-il r '.lie farmers' offerings. : A copv of (he telegram was se i I !„ >i.o-. i„ F,adminis ' tialor. . . „ „ New Chinese Victory In "Rice Bowl" I Four Jap Bases Are Taken and Enemy's j Position Is Menaced I'hunuUiim, Doc. 21 (AI*)—Cln | ncso forces have ^mashed forward I in the contra I China rice bowl area. capturing the four main Japancs. I ad\ 'since ba.se.> ot L.ihsien. Nanhsie:' Ansiant; and Tsuigshih. Cienersilis I slum Cluaiiit Kai-shek's I'.eadQiiar • ters announced todav. The victory. a ft llow-up of tli. smashing at Ch'.uigleh .•! a Japan I c-e offensive against the important Chine-e base and communication eenter nt Changsha. eii'eetivel\ cleared tl»e northern banks oi Lsikt Tungping. It also made the posi ' tion af tile Japanese forces between the lake and the Yangtze river ex tremely precarious. Meanwhile a combined American and I'AK bombing torce attacked ooiectiM.' m llaiigkav. Thailand, tin niaht uf I locembe:- l!>. in the firs' It :i^ range operation >•: the newly i • i ed Kastcrn Am \i ■ Command i .as aim ninced today. A eonniilipiij e sa d :» strong f.ir piatai:: .•! I'nitefl State- bombers a' tacked the docks while the RAF nounced in southern tlurr.a. ti it* raided the enemy nrst nal are'i Widespread attack- were also nn nAF bombing by I aiit and Ihr USAAK by day. MOPP//V& wyst&r 2,000 Tons Bombs Hit Frankfurt U. S. and Britain Lose 90 Planes in 24 H ours Of Attack on Reich London. I)ec. 21 — (AIM — Hundreds of KAK bomber' jrave Frankfurt its most •ru-h injr blow of the war last niirht. raininjr 2.HOU long; tons of in cendiaries and explosives on the German chemical and arm ament center. In this and subsidiary attack, tile KAK lost 12 !»onil»ers. The ureal ;m hIIi'iimvc again ' Germany reached a new inten ily w ill) thc.»c additional attacks dm - nig the past 24 h »ui> 1. RAF snbsidany formation- .r tacked Mannhem* - 1. ,dv. i^shafen. Monquitos stabbed at western (!i>r* many and Ri-lgiu:- and mini - v. e;e laid in < < inv water - 2. Heavy formations i Ameri can 'Liberators and Fortieses in daylight simc!. heav ily :.t tin- (iei nan L'-lx>ui campaign by ixuitbisuc b'einen. :t. Anier.can i <i ■: ei> ha <-(i on in1 Mediterranean i i !. •' in" m recent weeks bluntc* lite rail yard- <>I Si.'i.i, capital et wai v.eiir.v Bulgaria ;a\l . large aiil.eld near Athens. 4. Amer.ean a: d Krti-li tucdi mi bombers spread destruction on I — dels in northern Fratve. The Allies lost more than !»f> planes in the 21-hour opera tions. This includes (count ing 15 heavy bombers) over Bremen. 41i in Uu* RAF sweeps including an unspecified num ber of heavy bombers. 11 in the Italiau-iialkau area and si\ lighters over northern France. Last night's RAF attack probably with Merlin. Cologne. Hamburg ;:ml i>laeed Frankfurt in the catergory Kassel as Germany's most bonioed cities. It was carried out in near top strength by a force which p'>s -sibly number ttno or more heavy bombers. Huge lircs were lelt binning in the city lor more than a halt i it lion which already had been s • badly devastated in 41 raids thai i large proportion of liie population tad been forced ft. leave. Continuing the air offensive, a ■steady stream-o! medium and l.glil bombers winged ncro-s lb" soutli •asf coast toward France in day light today, baekr g lip heavy i> -anlts iK-gun yesterday on what ay well >e German rocket gun em placements. Miipmcnt Kelieves Kerosene Shortage Felt at kinston Kinslon. Dee. 1 — (AP) — An acute shortage of kerosene hoie v .1 relieved with the ;< several loads <>! rin allotment ol Ufi, 000 barrel* ol the flic! from Hie Clreensho' ■ > pirn-!.tie terminal f"i' caste .'it North (ir.>!ina user.. "I'llis was said to t'O the fir-t al lo'.ment ir.ide .it M e ton lliii! lui' the eastern arc < of the stale. Mayor John T< Sams said the al• lotmcllt \va.« e.afle alter Urgent ap« peals ft • >m -event mayor*. c'vlr or ganizations and Guwino.' l!i " i-;h ton. ' WEATHER I'OK NOISTII CAISOI.IN \ Warmer this afternoon. Bolivia Tin Mines Are Guarded By New Regime 1,ii Pa,.. Hi>11\ Doc- I AP) - Troop- unaided l?oli\i,,- tin ore mine* today as nationalist .inula wlnc-h yesterday overthrow the- #ov crn:nont <•! Cionro 'I IVnaranria an i ouncod ih t M \\ ,i I i inly oti'ren rhorl and d sonunted minors tliat a on !if<" rovol, Ion had hoKiui. The troops wore stationed at the initios, pind'ioine a laruo portion of tin ore- tisod in Hit- niamitaotuic ol t'nitod Stall's and Hritish arm.-, in one of the first acts of the now Kov ertimo I which pledscd, bowoyor. to in-a ijp to Boii\ Hi the Lu.teJ Kdtjori.-. Viciot I'.i/ icjidor ni (lit? ("<»l!|i iilirt lieu fiiMiicc milH.-lri . Inlfi ttfl interviewer that "(lie Atlantic Charter and nthei niihuat inns of I5n||\ .. vr ill !>.• roperled and m.iiti taillid .r d the w\\ i;n\ n rmii'til in 11" (ii-o will altar the i111<*< n.itinujil s.tliiitum .it (In- side nl the I'liitccl Niittiiiis." Slniilii- sentimenls wcie expressed l»y \?a|nr Allx'i'ln Ygllarnel, tiic now president Alt executive decree of last \pril, (led ring vmii mi tin- axis. \va- af firmed ''v thi; legislature on titular 4.
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