Nazi Froni Crumbling In
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Germans Hit At Six Points On Rome Front
INVASION GINS RKDl'CK JAP FORT TO RL BBI.K
'!!'•« r i rrlr I stcil ir 1 rmiiTe'e liiiirkliuusi' <111 N !..(!r rii !i\v;i •ali-in ;it?>l 1. is mute but strikinc
liiiiMim |r (In- frrnritv <•! 'lie lit ml. • ;• i ami air ho n'l.u n'.v > li.» I scftiMirtl up tliis section of llie Miirsliill
i—■;•'». I'll- i in- invasion Imi rs. Tills rfln-livt* h irra;:!' is »•••«■»!jtf<i mr till' small price in lives we
i.iit| lor raiit'jriii!: 11;11 s!ratej*ir miit-l'arifie bastion. (International Souiulphoto)
Diplomatic Groundwork For
invasion Now Iri Full Swing
Labor Need
Threatens
Somite Committee
informed of Crisis
Hy Admiral Land
U: iijii<:i<ni. 1'i'li. |o (AIM
Manpower >lwrtatfe> .tiiil i"'>
ti<mo\er aiuinijr • -\|»«ti« I
workers threaten defeat "I
l'.» I !'- . hip proiliii-ti'.ii jroals.
Aili ir.i! I\rnni'\ S. l .itnl. ehairiii.hi
i>l' ihf .Maritime I niiuui —
>inii. told the Senate .Military
< "iiniiiMei1 i<«liiy.
Advoe it tig it national servkw jiel
i" !h"i'i/c 111«• dialling 11! rviiliati
] I .antl declined: "Voluntary
i h iti il- will mil seen re ii t'lii'tijih
in v. . s'kt-i's in Hie i'i>;ht |>I 'ci ; at
'If i 'il I me."
A Mali' na! mv kc art. lie • aid.
wimlil ii.al.c rcrl ilii III'I tl:< i' mi
|>aiali\cly few pew-n at a lew
: M«»t . if,\ in Kin 11 i>ci I. it important
l'i t| . arh c\eniiril nf Hie w.r pi i
• w •> i Ii I l>i available I" fill
t'fitnl worken at Ihu paria-d.n
I •»! tlifI ifiilly."
l«»ml sjild slnp deliveries In *laniiaty
were lhe lowest t>ln«*e !•"«-i»rt«;try.
I •» i;; t*rcKluclion fell rrom
-0,! hi|»s if) DitpimIht I t 1*J I I;.:/
1 • nth. )n« vr|n>rtr(l.
Revolt Nipped
By Colombia
Government
!'"C.ol,,. ColomhiKcl.. Ill f.\r»
I In- uovei'liment I'i'Iii.v. wariiin :
tin opp'isilion, which li <1 prm-l hip'"!
' "I'-iuhia "<iti (he lioiil'i <>l ii-V'hi,|''11
• anl it v.,i piepaied to rvnla
"i'i.• I law il miv miIivh i '•<>•.<""1,1
developed
'' ' ii 11i111* wa- i in (I .i tin- i "It
of ,i iiintiife to hy llii' i (ii '■
Jivo pnrly whoso leader, ^Senal'M"
■- -hi''aim f 11iiiif /. \\. ,H 11- i \» teiii.iy
mi ,i charge n| I'.'iin iniit "f
''"tilt .tiiil hi'lil m jail iivei niiilit
Si in i,f pcisim, wrrr in.iinod in
v 11' • 't li'.ih' ni; tliiinii;hou< tin- country
I'rtiM cn fi irnd'- and foe . of
» (CurUnued on I'ugc Four)
Led Surprise Raid
A U. 5. NAVY task force of the North
l\irilic Fleet under the commiind
of Vice Adin. Frank Jack Flelchcr
(above) dealt tlie fust blow against
Japanese home territory when it
fliellcd r.iramushiro Island, in tlio
Knriles. The attack caught the enemy
bv surorise. (International)
Favorites In
Stocks Lower
:;..v y»»i Fcii Hi—(AT*) —Tirnifl
tn v in : i "iilni u <1 1" di ••}» Iail.s !
,.in! i thci : i tti I'll tt'H'k market t
juv hiIi- today but many loaders i
> ■ 11 i VI II in.iiile t" .illi Cl v. •rill- i
while ! i|>|»»il
Alie id *>>1 <>f the lime were
SntitlHTii Itailway, Atlantic CVwiKt
I, c ( i iy. I**i aful (ietieial \t«• rliSH'kv
.ill'''I V " II' I' S. Still. I ll'tll Icliein.
A' i •■'II ( hi ami Daugla.-\ircraft.
C iriici "Hiilj. weir si-Ii i 1 i\ ely
liiltliei ('nifiimdilic : leailied
Sharp Gains
For Cotton
New %
(nil fill HI
. I, .i, hif{li(*r. \"'M VIlltK* were
-il I.> .. . i • mI .. I. ile In ••• r. March :
.•in;:-. May ami July 10.88. i
l':evi'>u« ''l"se Open I
March 20.111 20.02 I
M iv 20.1(1 20 2:i
r !v ... 10.17 loci
rn-t i>« I ... I!) 27 Ml 30
lAtC.ili.LT 1U.1J iu.il
Spain, France, Italy,
Finland Are Focal
Feints of Program
Washington. I'd). Ill—t.M'i—
Diplomatic pre parations lor the
invalid) nl I uropc apprulrd In
be in lull swing in Washington
and l.iuulon now with Spain,
France. Italy anil 1'inlaiid as
focal points ol' developing Allied
foreign policy.
The ohjeelive is twii-rolti—to
split ell I in in Germany as much
outside support and eooperation
as pnssihle. and lo pave the wa.v
for invading forees striking from
Imlli the north and south.
Kxpectcd developments include:
France Ifl roci»gniIi<m of
Hie authority cf the French National
C'i imritlce n| Liberation at Algiers
which wil assure its light to govern
lilicntcti areas ot France until ratia'
'> no .1 eivil machinery can
lie >et up to give them :i voice in
government.
Italy — liet oi.Moeration of the
wholt i| i«■ -1i«i• oi keeping King Vit—
torin Kmaniicle in power, a step
which may ii-.-tilt in his getting mil
liefore the Allied armies reach
Koine. alsi expansion of the territory
ii, >.outlicrn Italy nnder the
i a -1 i<-t i< hi ol the Italian govern•'iient
Spain observation of the
means wlijeh the Franco governi!
i nt employs to make good ;Ls ;inm
inieed ntention of maintaining
"strict neutrality " This is what the
Allies want, instead of a "neutrality"
tav rali|e to (iermany.
l-'in!.mil I'se of whatever rliplo:i
atii inea. ures may lie possible in
(oni iiicti• m v 1111 l»ii: sian military
aeli'-n. s '-ii the recent bombings
n1 Hi I ii! to yet Full i(i<I onl of
tlx- war Soie.- authorities he1>\e
i' s' II i not too late for the Finns
t.i ie ike pi . witli Cussia and Britain
.mil pre. erve 1 licit* territorial
nl, -i i\ lint tiny have little* time in
which to acl. | I
Fighting In
Cassino Is
Vicieni
Three of Thrusts
Below Rome Aimed
Al the Americans
Allied Jle;id<|tiarleiv. Aljrier'
Keli. 10— (Al*)—The (.lermaii.Itave
laiinelied a strong attempt
to lireak tliroisjtii Allied lines'
•'in the Air/.in lifaehlnad. strik-'
iiiK at -ix points aloiijj the America.n-Iii
ilisii defense pcrime-j
ter. Iieaii«|iiarler.. ai'iuniiiced today.
as violent li;riitiiij? con
tinned in the ruins of Cassino.
'I lie tii.-cist ei tlie bcachhcad sit—
tiicl. came in the nrosi north and
wnit <•' farri'.ii'fti < V' iJia) vvluvt!
light ii . < . 11t■ iiutMI a- force*
sought :< in the enemy plunges.
Mine til tlie enemy thrusts
were i!:rcrt"d axiiinsl American
pi sitions wi-st ill' Cistcrna tuil
tlic> ucrc beaten hark and the
(lmn;lili:..v> rccaptured swmc
Kround.
American troops "I the Kift!'.
At my who have ii! au;ed Into Cassino
11 <illi <!ie imit In and s >:11ti stilt
«;re liKhlintt fiercely in the streets
against deter i.incd enemy resistance.
hcsii!i|uarlc:s sim.o meed today.
Allied lit. tubers. m sweeps nil' tlio
west coast nl Italy yesterday, hit
smtl one in Nice hsirbor, liio sinthree
merchant ve.-sels near Corsica
HullIlCc-IIU'lli said.
Hard I'iuhlinu rimed on the
beachhead be low Koine as (>er■nan
turn's pruheil llie American
and ISritisli defense |iusitiuiis
in a cuntiiiuiui; attempt tu drive
tlie Allies hark tu the sea.
(in some sections of the Cassino
lit nt the enemy launched eonnterSlttaeks.
the communique said, but
all were repulsed.
The Yanks made slight progress
in Cassino altl ••iifth llie Germans
still held tin- main portions ol the
town as well .is llie crest ot the hill
on which is perched llie ancient
monastery just west of the town.
(Hie and a I. ill miles northwest ot
Cassino the Germans counter-attacked
at Monte Albanetsi. but were
beaten back ISelow Cassino. the
Ilritish sidv.mccil against Mi.nte (>rnito.
two sind ;i hall miles north
of CasU'ltorte, uainiiiK slightly and
two sittsicks.
Gas And Oil
Supply Faces
Crucial Test
IVasliiiislini. Iil». 10—(AIM —
Interim SrriHary Iclu's, warning
tli.it llic r;ist I'liast supply
of suMiliiii' .mil fuel nil is now
faring a rrtni.il ti-sl. saiil Onlay
dial from mm oil it will lir a
rarr lirlwern liniilril transporlation
anil tin- In-avy winter
- rmisiimiiiu season.
Ickt's. v. h ■ . i>i> acts ;is petrnIcim
admim-' "I', added. Ifowcvrr,
Ihiit tIn"i"«- nil swim* hupi' that
i-mri nciicv ■ ■ 11« «- in effect in the
area will 11• I.• it |mssil>li* I<m consumers
i iitzc thrmiuh with
only lirn I .nai I >c«'il shnrtiiljos." ,
"Kvcn 1 li« >11 :•»i nil shipments t • •
Ihi' cast aie ' irly :t(l(l.non barn'ls
daily nbmc • -si* «»f a yeai nun,
military < l» <ls have ni"ic than
ri nntiT-haianred this gain." Ickes
said.
Record Soil Program Of
$290 Millions Planned
\V;i 'iillS'nn, F(lit—(AP)—The
W.ir ~"><l \dni!nistr;ition iinnmmced
drt.nls I'diiy of ;i 10-14 soil con? 'rv.-itioii
pi".'r - n under which upwards
of SSfl/i.fMio.ooii will be distributed
;imonu fiirn.ers who employ ;if>rirultur:il
cultivnfing pr;ietiee.s designed
to increase output of needed crops.
Those pi K tiees emphasize the application
of fertilizers unci other
materials. the planting of winter
'.u'i'5 civ %iwiX lu prutvel the soil
from erosion, the harvesting of icnume
iind m seeds of which there
is it shortage, ;inri the use ol iye<i
sines for controlling wnter .m.l i>n
Venting wind blowing of soil.
, The government h;is been niiik.iu;
piiyments for soil conservation |>r;icliCPS
since lit.Kt. hut the iimoimt <>f!
fcred this yciir is the l.irgcst ever set
I (wide fro such purpoMes. L si yttu
soil conservation payments tot;iIc I
1 about SlOt/'Oi.Ooo.
ALEXANDER AT ROME BEACHHEAD
A GROUP of American nanp.ers fifihtinK in the sector below Home, lis",en
nttciilivcly as Gen. Sir Harold Alexander (rip.ht) discus, r:; battle plan.-:.
The visit to the front was a surprise and the Yanks apologized for not
shaving. The new Allied chief in the Mediterranean said he had done
enouuh shavine for all. Smnal Cotus Hadionhoto. 'in;erj>ctio:isl)
Japs Fuiiy Beaten
In New Guinea Area
President Calls
For Larger Funds
For Works Agencv
Washington. Feb. 10—(Al'i —
I'roidi'iil Koosc volt approved i
today and transmitted to Congress
a rcconicndalion of the
hudset bureau for an additional
appropriation of S150.000.000 for
tin* Federal Works Agency to In* j
nsi'd in providing public works |
and services in war expanded j
communities.
Congress eriKinall.v authorized !
S500.000.000 for the purpose anil
appropriated S:»50.000.000. The j
agency has spent most of this j
fund and now wants the rcmaining
SI50.000.000. The nmney
is being used for such things j
as schools, hospitals, streets and
hgiliways, waterworks and sew«-r«
* 1 at . til
Western Rail
Agreements
Repressive
\V. hinutuii, l-en in. (-\I') \'.iimi!..
r.nli'i>;i<i iir.ici n i nl.s and pr.ic- j
tn t-.s hnvc "vlimwl totally suppre—|
cd" competition west tIk* Mis- - I
sippi I i\ it, eui' l« ■ • it v. ! . \ ,i .
mil prevented ' ■ •<ln«-i\ sistiint
A Hon ii •• < •< ii' I Wi 'di II
llergc ("Id .i Senate itb-cummitiec
today.
In .i ■ tiiteuiiil prepared lor lln
Kl'i.up. wine Ii i t alyuin war innl>ili/..iiiiui
probli . ISerue parlioulaily
cored Hie so-cnllcd '•western
iiKrcoinelit", aiiioiu: Hie 1: ic- opcialmt:
wi- I tin- Mis>i.-.-ippi.
I le .i.d Ihe \\ i lei n ai;i'"i • •
Willi ii nviracil purpose ol avud- j
iin; "pi. i iice- v. • ticli will ill ip.iir |
i .nl ii id ' e.irniii:', ill tin v. ■ 1c: n '
ili 1 ru t." Wiis> t illered into IVui • . r
I. I!>:(!!. .mil .ciiiaincd in efltcl n itil
April 23, I ill:!, "when it wa.- repul
idly cancelled by tin* signatory railroad
alter the Department • .Ju tiee,
having ju.-i discovered lis c.sislenee.
addressed an intpiiry lo the
we,tern commissioner."
The (lepiil'lineni now U enn ideriiii'.
"wli il legal acHmi, il any. i re- t
tpiircd tinder all the tacts and cut
i hp stance-" of Hie western tig Oimi
lit.
WtAIMtR
roll NORTH (MIOI.INA
Cloudv with liltlr chance in
temperature tonight. Cloudy Friday
and slightly warmer.
Australians Near
Contact Now With
American Soldiers
A11 ii-(l lii.i.i<|iiai°t('rs in the
Southwest I'ucilic, Kcl). 10 —
(.AIM—Australian troops puslii
111; up the Xcu (iiiincj northeast
coast air expected to make
I'ontai't soon with American
troops only seven miles away,
virtually ending the lltnin peninsula
campaign which began o
months ago.
At: Australian otlieir General
I hnsitlas MaeAiIhur's headquarters
expressed expectati n o' contact ol
Irit- two l< rees iid commented "The
Jap is thoroughly beaten."
l.ate reports placid eh ■ t'lils ol
tho American 32 nd I »i\ :.-i.•? . uliicli
made an invasion landing ijaiiior
January at old Vnsmi;i.i. 15 miles
below Sauior. and "Illy si \ en mile.-.
I.-ill the Alls les win- ha\e beaten
liieir way alonj. tin i-•.i■: 130 miles
through jungle iind bush in the past
lliree months.
L'tiien <>l tin 1\V" ones may prnI
ice an Allied (it \ e on till' Japan»•
coastal base at Madali'4. about
" mill along the i ast aortlnves'.
p| Stridor.
H it today. Oli n l 'leiiM ■ >I>. Asso;iji)«l
Press war cornniKindcnt, rein
i't« 'I t• v..i- i ideilce th.it the
■laimncse have abandoiid Madam:.
American bombing crews sweeping
! 'W ' ■.(•. Ilie b. i s:n\ indications
lliat tlie enemy li.i> anwit tip bliildi!i">
livr not ;i I it iv (lestn veil bv
repealed Allied bombings.
Cli'ineiils said tli it Australians o|
another force whid ha: been fighl
American Bombers Strike
German And Dutch Bases
1 .11! If I. (II, !:• i'l. I.U') -V. S.
IiimVI t■• •• i.1 >« : lot: > I.ir—
get* ul I Si .»: .. ,t. (C'tilral (irriiumy,
army htwkj artoi • announced.
At t <■ Mini time formal ons of
Ijilic. itii" i'" ■' !Ik I'll ili«
big Niix flKhter Imino .•! tiilw-llijciii
1 lot lurid. and Mrontf forccs ol U. S.
Mil .ill H-i - 111 v, . .llll-l I.) . > III.•■liillii'ion.
m inllirm Kimihi
Tin (! il/»-l{ ijci i i '". pi
kiiiM'kcd on' iii.iiiy enemy Ilulitriwbioli
would have* I won in (In* nil*
cftninM tlie I'.i itwwlrk^alltifklng liir*
Iiism's liiifl the iMilili fighter ti;i e
in en left iiii(Ii-IuiIi((I
No Iiriiits on |il,nuv- sho' down
on (ho Brmmwick nllnck or tm
1 r»--v e* wen- .i nl.ihlr ii"inofli.iIcly
Ii'vin the L". b an lorcc. <jn a
East
Retreat In
Ukraine Is
Near Rout
Red Army Pincers
Close in Tiyhtly on
Remnants of Enemy
Moscow, 1-Vli. lti— CAP) —
ItiTiiraiiy's once all-powerful
eastern front was eniiiililiiiK
at many point.- inlay under tinstajr:-rerin;r
sledjre - hammer
iilows iti' scM-n Knssiaii armies.
In til; va-I n ac!u - of «.litlowt
r I'kraiue vln* Nazi retreat
approached a mut as the tentacles
of a (rival Ued army pincer
clo-ed < n di-organized remHants
of i.• tv. in In .■iiiil 1"»
liatti red (I • ■ r 111 a n division*
trapped in llii- ram - soaked
steppe ■Hi'!! between Clu-rka
\ and N.K >pui. 2tM» miles lo
tile south.
(•i ruiaii d< ;>ti littered tin- Ital(It'iirliis
,s '.!< i .uliiucd third
anil Ioiiu'i I kr.ttnian armies
ifiJrr <irm 'ab I'nUiutkin anil
M.tlincvsky turn (I tilt* (iermatt
le treat \v«--1 in \r islnlovn ii'tii
;t :l«mil: l.titkc I lite Rl'cal
iri v. 'i'r (•(cr ul lirivtti Kits
Ircia On* sc.utll a' u siiriscd westwar;!
in imperil llir Kirv-N'lkiilavv
railway, m lc remaining escape
route It-It in tin* llrcini;
enemy.
Forty i win were captured m this
tremendous drive to clear the Ukraine
-I tile invading Germans. i:ii!•.id:!»U
the in|)i rtant striuitthold nf
i: idtishm jre. 14 miles northwest <.f
A pit* * ..ah and lr - tnan • iuht miles
ii • in heiA-ily iKi'tiiiu-d Krivoi Ii«»iS.
Soviet cuinimi: ifjsaid.
In tin- Dnieper death circle,
nitrlli and fast m the towns of
Slii'nl.t and SvrniRiiritilka. I'll*
first and si'i'iinil Ikraiuiau armies
under tienerals Vatutin
and Kitnev stormed and cap|
lined lite important town ::f
(■iidorodisehe. IK miles north ol'
| Sh'iola. Uilliitu hundreds of («erinans.
taking many prisoners
and sweeping up great stores
of war materiel, im-ltiiliiiu 2<i
his guns. i: ne my airfields
ih roil sit which supplies were
reaching the dimmed (irrmuns
also were captured.
The war in lletm said that at least
Mazi ti' .ips ivi'ii' killed in the
past 21 h"iii> ;.li 11ii the entire 1,20(1milc-long
lii't ;•> 111 i >le than 57
towns and \ illams were liberated
Ity the victor mis Ued army troops.
inn townrd Madang in the itainu
\ alley 11.,\ t• found Japanese soldiers
dead •>! starvation and disease tilnnx
trail.- ,ti the r u«eil Finisterre inniintai'
. indication they liad been ii'iiiblr
lo get supplies from the Haitians
base.
The A rtericans 1 tnding at Salditr
aim 'lie A ! .1:1- .- ilt.-i«|nenf capture
ul Sin January 15 on the Ilium
pi-iiiMs i' !i ' ;! • .lapanese trapped
ali .; •] ..i • .'in-mile stretch of
beach. The enemy was hemmed in
ijowteen I ho sea and the 12,000-foot
Kinisii iti ''anai'
Tli' re was spec ilation Ibat llto
enemy may h; \ e i-\ 'cuatefl lo bis
other base at Alexishnfen. about ten
miles north, and Wewak, 175 air«
j lim s nnrtliue.-l nl Madam:.
'Ilierc also were indications Ibat
| the cm v v w.i- i «-iiiictnu his nclivit.c.
at Italian), the shipping anil
plane i', i>:i the northeastern tip
I "t New lb itain.
ili' !> .1 iv 'i v 11 1'i lit unswicU,
I( l-.l-lu I -it'll.CI .11(1 MillinT tillH lilt!
Y.itik !'»;(■' i<> ' (>ii heaxv bombers
i but ,ni l.'i'J N . l;ulili'i.N Irom tins
■ -i;\ The hi • went bail; t«i limns*
i w i'K and 11.,-, "Si .I.iii .ir.v XO and
j -ii,>" down !U i nc i v a-.)' craft whilo
iosum i!" bomber*.
Several ain l I'.irt.s assembly
plant- lire ulltiulcd ,>t Dmnitwlcki In*
(I iding (i c Uriiri-wiek-WaKHiiin
I Melln assembly factory which was
hard In! prev • >11-1 >• Tin' city of about,
'^'i mhi persons w.i, stamsercd with
'J.tilHi loin; tons of bombs in 2,t minute
dui'inu an IJAK night att.icl;
.1,Hillary I I. between tile two pI'C*
Vioiis American assaults.
The t' S. an force now has con*
d '-'<•! ten major npc.alions against
the cvntincat .1} the ]a=t 13 days,