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Hailu Btspafrii THIRTY-FIRST YEAR l.KASHI) WIHK SKKVK'R . •».• T1IK ASSlKMATKO 1'HtiSS. HENDERSON, N. ( THURSDAY AKTlvKNOON, APRIL |«mi I L If L18KKI» K VKit Y A KTKItNC MiN KXCKI'T **IJNI>AY. FIVE CKX'IS A COPY Invasion Dale Has Been Fixed Draft Will Trim U. S. Coal Supply 36,000 Miners Arc Under 26; Would Cut 28 Million Tons Washington. April (»—(AD - Secretary Icke.s said today that he had little hope that any eo.d miners under li<> will he deterred from the draft and lorecast that it will mean more restrictions on the use of coal next winter. At his news conference. Hie solid fuels administrator gave the coal manpower picture as follows ri)fr<* are .til.linn c'wl mine »'mploves under l>ii. nccordmg to the latc.;1 nr.vrv If noi'c Ki't occupatiniuil ilcferments, uo.non i f Hits'* xv II he inducted (the othri . being 4-1* in deferred for niisrelhincms I'csi: fills would mean ;i I of imn.iHHi t >r * ut rnal Such i toss would lie in addition to Hie • -t in• t«-• I 2l>.(Mi(l,li|iii dcfieit under the year's requirements w"h cv.tiei; m.iii|ii.Mci t t il dcfieit hi t.niiii.uitn ti us. II >i mi" L' ' through L'.'t ye n • >|,| with three ynii ■ ex|>eri'-nic ■ re de'erred. .n i..tm a,mm nniin I'li w • ii11-1 lie dratted, with .'i ci>nse. «|Ue|lt III. of | | .11(111.mill fill -rills proposal time vv-). {,ppVov«l hv 111" lo'i'l -ai'i'liey 1 'In ■ Iter I'nliMdeijnj; ||„. tIIIII .,1 del.-riiienl nl iih'p under ::ii. i.'ii II'..1 i;r .up 'atci ei sed ils po linn .mil deeidei| .m.iii'.l .my ill-ti lmi'iit , f, iinih'i s mder :;i; I'.inl V MeNntt, eh.ui man ut Hi,it ''"""in" I inanpoivei i * I ■ 1111 i nit,, was I i I.iv the iinesli hi bet ore the U'iir Manpower I'niiiinissinn today, hui all indications were that the inter-iigenry group's decision would not lie re\ i rsetl again. litis, said likes, would have a ". en.ins elfect." and it "looks n wi ll have to live on i hand-to-I in- tiili basis." flic ii.i*.on enteied the last coal vt u begun nig April I. I!)i;t. witn 00.iKiil iillli ions it soft r ial in stuck piles: this is flown to about ,ili.mid.iijiii tons at present, and average stocks of only "K days, weheras "we have to keep ,it least three weeks supply as .i cushion." Argentine Doctor Sa\ s Quintuplets Appear Authentic ftiienos Aires. Argentine. \|iril Ii—(Al'i—The l>ionnes appeared litdav to have an allihentie set of rivals from Argentina for <iuiutniilet honors. I»r. .lose lleruli informed the Argentine Mrilieal Association tli.it after a careful investigation he sail mi reason to doulil that Senora Franco Diligenti of Buenos Aires hore iiiiuituplets last •lull 15. two boys and three girls. Hi ISeruti said of the head of the head of the obstetrical department ol the University of Hueno.s Aires school of mi dicini . and first iecogni/rd medical authority to report on the .case, said the skepticism which greeted first newspaper announcemi nts ol the births apparently was, unwarranted liy the data he had uncovered. Hie skepticism arose when no trace of ipiiutuplets could he found in hiilli records. The paicnls explained that I hey had tiled lit keep Hie < •. i ot secret her a use ol the fear of publicity. " DR. GOEBBELS ISSUES A 'WARNING' AT ANZIO . AMERICAN SOLDIERS! Remember those happy days when you stepped out with your best girl "going places and doing things"? Ao mailer whether you two were enjoying a nice juicy steak at some tony restaurant or watching a thrilling movie with your favourite stars performing, or dancing to the lilt of a swing band you were happy. WHAT IS LEFT OF ALL THIS f Nothing! Nothing but days and nights of he heaviest fighting and for many of you HOTHIHG BUT A PLAIN WOODEN CROSS IN FOREIGN SOIL) J AMERICAN BOYS on the Anzio-Nettuno beachhead in Italy not only face the fire of German machine-guns and artillery but also undergo a leaflet barrage turned out by the Nazi propaganda mills of Dr. Joseph Goebbels. The leaflets shi \vn here, released for publication by our War Department, were dropped into the American lines by means of special shells. Tb^ leaflet above, designed to break morale, recalls to the finder happy days with his girl at home and attempts to turn his thoughts to his own chances of coining out alive Washington Ponders Course WiUkie May Follow In 1944 Willkie Qui, Admitting He Has Lost Omaha. \I>. ,V|iliI li—.1 \l'i—■ Wendell I.. WillUic, llie Itrpnhlican party's l!>10 st.iuilaril lirnrrr anil an iiidcluli>:.ilil<- r.iinpaienrr for tin* limiiirs tlii-* vimi-, lias withdrawn from tin imit, concrdine lir lias no i lia nee to win the party's lilt I presidential nomination. In all abrupt anil <li 11>- atir.iniiiccment at a i ill.v in <>m >|i < tv ailfill" tun last 11 !|!'11. Willi.H .it the conclusion ■>! Ii ■ prcpa; vil ,>t•• -i i in liirricn |M'lu.v' t 'l<l rinivil ni 3.IMMI that he \va i| tt.ni; . .• candidate t >i the tit >1' iiiiir.in.itii.il r president. .is -i'i tin;1. i- -lis .in.that I eat tin t lie tun mated " The entirely mivxiicrlt'd si iteincnl, which \V:IIUte dc: i ribed .1. .mcthillf! ipilte personal. •> it' r . i haps ot not much importance." tiiwl II rued t!i.it In. tiicrd' t ti 111 III v a'tiv ity" t'>\\ai(i his 1 >ti 1 i■ 1.• *■<>11 His decision i" «|tiite lite rate v • attributed In in. If.ihni' 1 v .11 .1 ...11(('"litinticd mi I\ib< 1111 • •• > HULL WILL SPEAK SUNDAY EVENING Wii&hinglon. April 15 (Al*> The Stale I >• |mi In 1 nt aniti'iiii'i ll today that Secretary Hull v. ill maue 1 .'»ullliiiiite : pcecli 1 11 foreign |>«»1 it . Sue day. The address is px|htN I«i lie all elabi ration "I Hi ret uy recently aiuiiuai i/eil IV -1 »■ nils ol foreign policy v .III Mine |iecitn' e\ani|>les <»t the 1;. 111 which thai |Ni|icy is v.niKini; "lit The speech will he broadea • "■ the Columbia hroadi a-1 > I'm li 111 !>::{(» V1 7 p. 111.. i:\VT. \pr 11 :• > ITALIAN FIRESIDE CHAT WIFE OF THE MAYOR of a smiill llnlinn (own entertains two of lior pue.cts nt her fireside while a cheerful blaze limlits up the hearth. Quartered in the house, Sjjt. Vcrncn Dennis (left), Northonie, Minn., and Pvt. Harry lloone, Oneonta, N. Y., have been permitted to tack their pin-up picture* to the wall. Official U. S. Signal Corps photo, {International) Miylit I'acii !>i*cnmc M)l< Running M;iU:; M;i\ l>;icls Stiisscn As (i()l's ( aiuhiljilc V. i .lutvl'iti, . \ | • i ■ I i; (AI' i A |iii\.n!<.'iiti.<l i "imitation aiIIi hiI • ■ in::: il> .>I i-l-• «• before *»•''. ti hi it riimiii'is K. iH'iwy "I New Yuri. toiiay. a. Wi'iulell I. WillIs If «11«i f t|ic Kepulilicai I act1 iltc, 1' -,iiii; .1 lotitjsliot K• ■ 1111»!«• toi W i..cousin <leli i'ates. I Jewry. \v 11 • i leaded lot tin* pi i/.c .it i *1 i . I. .• i< -11 >i ■ i .i in lliln. only In linil Willkie li.nl ur.ii»br<l it, stooi I far .>s11 a - the leading possibility for tininiiiiiii.ition ii tin- wake <tf Willi;ie's dramai"' l>"v out "I a routes! on which he hail pent most nl Ins efii.i t:. I • Ha- I i.st hull veal's. While I li'Wev v. a mi all count:. topn n mi the party a,-, nl Infijiv. the <|lie'linii ol what W llkie iniuht ilo In til ''ie intense interest ol Kepulilican |e»Iit icians. who speculated on these possible (lc\ elopinent:.: t Willi.ii mittht plump lor a Uepul>!ican v. it': liberal international lew .III I St.i.MMI Hills |*l\inn that c.i didate*:. chalices a boost. II.- imulit return to the |)eiim • i .i' party. W'llirlt Ik ipnt lM*fort' Mill' in I jjl> * r.rii 111 f a I • >ii i*11 > ttin • .ntfvit i;>»> i-Ti. in II rill e I'l inlny I I {I • 1111»11 l J •villi ill'! in! see iv i'. rye willi liiiu "ii In: en-n ill t.iii (Tin-. iv;i on •• ion in! nit 1Si.it I WillUie inulil :«• invited in .share lllii- 11i-i.«-t wi'li tile I'resalmt i It. Hi- niiijlil lic.ifl .i i:nv "Hull Miri '• liiiiT;il iil"\emenl away ll'nm i Ihi- iiM Inn- Kep'.ihliian parly I ' li\ hi- ■nmlit H>< iilona with the (I <i I' iimni! ee. wlnii" •• itvil in.t> in*. (''•iitiniiiiiK his appea a "one v. m id" |>i*t mid I i |>rr. • Inline peace, .i pi'.ii i' li«- Ihn.s i-niilfi in into have iiihi- I .111<I in ho inula!.nu The W iIlk.i w thili iiwiil timy have 11.1\ I tin- \\ a \ lor i lii'V. ey Ii.iihIWiiuiiii, e.speeially .n thr Smith, where l inii.st liepuhl aii piilitn .ins has i' to I net in Ihe winner's pantile early if ' lliey e\pi .1 to k< ep their party lulls However, it loll the .situation emii III I' ll in Slieli .-.title;, as I Ircfton Jiixi i Mai y land. where WlUklc's W.i.- I lit' only name entert il Bombs At Cassino Kill Many A llied Soldiers Allied lle.idtm.irfei s, Naples, April l»—(AI1) —1#|. (tin Ira i . I**akrr disrlosrd today (hat a nunilvr of Allied soldiers hid been killed In honihs u liirh aeeitlfntall*. fell f.tr from the tar rH fhiriiii; tlie cre.it Allied assault on < .i-sino .March 15. Ih . .'ire by th#* e« mmaii'lor «•* iI:Mh» 'l Mrrlitci i ancait forces c;»i • dm titi « press wh.rh !»«• rlisriis .<*H nrin.v aspcet.. «»1 t1:«• i :* • VI# i i#i fli.it \\ 1111 f • '»!'« i iti<'it.. I*.nl failed i•» »icak CJerinaii i -1.ifi«*f it Ii.mI ,h fMtnplfslieii ail III if \va • e\pec lecf of it by an (met* '"Mini it'l'-i. I!* «i l»!.. 1 »«*|irt that lh«* < *• h«»iilr| tint l»o constru«*rl .»•. ;» rrfli***tn»n « i» 11* fH»lrnti;itif i«\s «»f th.it i i ji«»v■#*i h,i«. it.s Imiit.iti* »ns hi l)"tnl».»i • • »it, «|i rl.iimi: frankly Siinif ••! the v li'fh missel the t Mijft «» * ;»*. foil \cfr|c ««f thin in H I. I km .Mi i n! ,i mrrh.iUKiil latlni'iv ' ntvr tit«'iti<»T lt»\vmu V11.«t till* l»r»inh I' i«l Ik'coiiii* Hi5J«»(Iu«mI ti mi 1 ♦ i ;n 1 »n<l \vh*n t|ir b<»ml> #| finrs v »*i»• *»|i*aii«*il t li#*y Ik*c MM«* ftrr (99lt«*t \vhi«'h »lii ppiMl it Wnafi", far lirhuul 'h- front, l.iilmu ;i imiihIj«*i \!!iiij fj-'Hip.. ummi' .« mi.l.iko '•I l.jrijii fir I iff cat ion. Eukt't H»rl.iMil. Britain Plans Slirk iYh'f IhmI To En<! Slrikrs I.' Mll'lll. \ |• t f I I! — I ,\IM — I'llcl MiiiKlT l.lii.vil <>u\hiini (•rui'Kr llllll (In* 11'Mlsr »l ( oilimiHIS t»il.n in an rni|ili.ilicalb wordfd statement thai "strike actlnn in timr <>l war cannot In- instil led." and siniiili inriiiis tuveriunrnl moves indicated Itritain was fasliinninc a "hie stick" In rinl wlilrntiri-ail stoppages in the milling and shipiuiildin;; iinltistri-s. As the United States Army lent a band to speed milling operations in the Northumberland coal fields. Lloyd Crtoi»*e declared that the coal crisis is the worst since 1P£(>, and , dct'kircd 'lie " government cannot I.II d .1 nil .Mil .ill., \ , ..llr. ln .■ li lt u ni'ini; ■ - II" tiiarhilH'i v i.f runi-iliilinn .•»i«I .hi. ' .inhi m (Ins vital imd )r> '.i l.i- .lUriif'tl hi :ti .11 nvi-il." Ill* (I'll I ' I (i|v|-|l. I- 11\ hill IMMIIS (Ins w .s il. I pic\I-|.||-(|. I.Ill l.iinn Minislei I'm' I I levin tiiis !ii-<-n .111ihni'i/cii .% i.,.- .ahinet i.. (leal with 'mll.m .-i i . under lli<- wartime delcrse -.I tlic realm act. anil the |(i vi-mniriil .mnoimccd il wns n.iisiderinjj wli.it .special powers weniicccm 11> in i.iinp mil oull.iu walkouts. Uovd (Sin «e announced that lh< lnilk mi the strikers were 'completely out <if hand and refused to accept the ..d\ hi' of their leaders." Time Table Is Ready In Last Detail Only Few Topmcn Know; Iroops Told Of Jobs Assigned With tin- I". S. Arin\ Somewhere in liritain, April ti— ( A I') 'I i day lists Ih.h'H set. I ho A11 it-it western invasion t im<* table ha. been worked out to tin1 ininuti'sl detail. Only a I'ew hijrh ranking officios know the (late, however, and only a few will know it beforehand. Hu' topflight wiitmaii'lei in talk . Will) Itu n • .Jtand iik'Ii. av being amazingly Inn k !n some ii^ixi is —«-\ t ii to 11!«• extent <•! tellnu; tlx* troops III'- l"!> cut <»il f*T then) Amnnc Anictk'iin tr^ip: who will portieipiito in llic initial assault on Hitler- foi Ire .a grow tug ten: •.•new ean be tv-ttc. <1 1*1 III** i b.iii.id, the ■ ■ I«ii*. t.ilk among IIu'IiincIvii!, I» it f is Iremend" • crilllH cull |'C::.MC>. ,im"i i; then when th'-v .oe •••it:.ulc «• imp. Gov. Bricker Expects Some Willkie Vote I'ollltllllUK, Ohio, Apl I li (AP)— ( »ii\ «Mmil John W l!i • ker -aic) !••<1 iv lie riiil mil kuo.\ v. here Wendell Willkie'.s strength might go iiuu' that ti..- 194*1 ReiHibliriin presidential staml ii (I beat it lias removed hutl..<•11 11 mil Iln* lllil i tice lor nomination Newsmen a l.ed llio urily rtvmnn ■ ng c.mdid.ite A lio i.- i umpaigning personally tor the Humiliation whether it wa.-. not .i natural ;issumption tli.it he Hoped to get "your share ol th.it strength." "Ye-. "I eour.se." tin- governm replied. Briekei returned earH t.ida.v from I'ittsbiiruh, where In* met lust night, he -aid. with "lilly or sixty itidustr.il.M " lie wa> in that meeting when word ot Willkie'- withdrawal was announced, and Bnelcer irt in .i brief statenient that the move ••come, as a surprise." The withdrawal. Ilrseker said. | Mould make no difleremv in his c imiKiign pi.in- Tin- three-term (Ci iitmued on Page Thiee ) ECTC BOARD MEETS TO RETIRE MEADOWS Ki'iU'iUh. Api il <» (AIM I- ir.frrs of K.'st ('.ii oliii.'i Tr;irh«T.s C'nllrm* will inrrt hen tntin»rr<*\\ prmn piiMy t«» roiisifln .i nqtH's! «»f IV«\si 1 a . n Mi nlovvs th;sf ho !»«• iHirrfl M thr oti'l SChfWil y || Seme's Iiim #• ..(I fh»\v liHirvnl lh' V' I Ir I rl'»;rrl. ;«n<l t!. t .i .n!» <-omnii»tir !>•• ip pointed » '«n.-:'"I«*• tin* .««li c 11 mi ;t «i||rc ••• • i f»> Mo.'kIow* N i" '• fh • f;11 h* •• ;«»<• flio r <•! .hmf If Km, !1. »ip«*i mit«i*t11 «»< f)i«» <;irrii \ illf rity rh <«ii> It Phil lip "I C'fi.ip' l Hill, ' li.ni n.m «»t th«* pl.innt? ^ «♦•'»nri:.Moi| of flu* .\ortl' ( II >' II I I'li !» if lull A IfMJll loll. l'c I )r;ul, I* i\ c Missing In I>I;ist \l N;i\ ;il \i scmijiI ll.istincs. \p|i \|iiil li. ( M'i \ 11 l\ Illusion ,ll llll' II.M.I I .i ill mil ii >1 i<in <li'|nil imiIv I'iiI.h killed I luce prrsntis, old live nlliris itiissiuc .or lirrsiinird In Ik- Head, i iplaln l>. I I'.illn siill. collllll oidiiic *il r ii 1*1 ,i I lllldri'i't. s.ii»l 'Mir e\plosion occurred in ^i i iilio.ol lio\ cat. It set oil .01 other in a shell filled uith mines and depth eh.uues. In addition. .'>ri tienole snsI .lined injuries ilcsciihed as miniir. Don.irc \\,is cstim.itcd iiI S.'iO.ODO. ( ipl.iin I'.iltelson s.iid. All Die dead and injured ncrr civilian depot cinplnvces lit inc near line. HEATHEH FOR NOKTII CAROLINA I'iiir alul not unite «tn cold tnninlit, with frost east and central 1 portions. Days A reNum bered For Odessa As Base For Axis In Russia Blasts New Deal NOVELIST nn-;e Wilder Lane hn« stopped writing well-paying fiction mid has ictired, with firtO pounds of pork and 800 inrs of preserves, to « farm in Danbur.v, Conn. I-.xplr»in — ins* her action, siie says, "I don't v.hv I should work to support the Writers War Board, the OWI and nil such New Deal pifilo whilo men are dying and work's to I n done." She called the income tax "the last straw." (Iiilcniitioiinl) Japs Apply Pressure On Assam Line Allies Inflicting Heavy Casualties On Enemy, However New Delhi. India. .\,>!il l> (Al*) Japanese ton's .tic conliimm.'J l<> e\ert ptessllie .ill along the Aj-.--.tin ;:•>»!» north .>f Imphal. but Allied troop. intlir'.d ca.ii.ilties mi tin- t iicmy m iiiiihiishi-: I.iid down idiils north and until ol that Indian base. \diniral l/'ifl I.• nn-- M intba'ten'r headquarters ..i ivniirei) tod iv. In ivrlhern Hunt i meanwhile, tin- announcement said. Chine:;'" f'liri' . are ditvini: the enemy .stear'il.v southward m 'hi- 11j»;•«-» M.>gaung valley mil are advaiovng 11.• • villain "I Wal. twng Th. bulletin .il . d> 1 .-<1 1■ . 1 "I .l.tpalie .- plan**-- It »d |n-» n di- T r-i-. t in ill .ii' .•■■mti ..tido all n-1. .'Iliain.si f ■ 'tie .11 )|. Ill 'I • till,.| p. .in.,i rn.-id iv !• :ht< i ,i:|. t. who |.-I.ir|..-.I l.. tnSpert II... airdrome oil Hie following iIh.v fi'tirliM thai it aptwuicil •«» lie • .-Iilii.lv .1. .It.I.v III. ,. ... Ii ..| th.- iv inl'tiilo t -id In Hi" \ .am I 'i n i- . i. ..■ I . | > * • .. I: .... .'•'/i*.I 15 tii11.•. .,i the lmph..i K< hiiitji lilglm and ire III" '<• lit• • I • .j.'.i Ito , .< n< nnicd i' m< i i i 200,000 Soldiers Trapped; Retreat Lines Are Bombed I,<>iii|i.h. April •'» (AIM —■ (lem-ral Kodinti \ . \lalino\ sky's third I'krainian army was reported closing in rapidly <»u Odessa from tin- fast and north today, alter -evoriiij.; tin* last major railway I'-cape r«tut#- to Rumania I •> r approximately UOO.OtMi (ii nuati and Knmaniati trt-op a iv.«m"d i*i tin ilet'cn-aj of t It** >:•'* at KlaeU Si-a port. Front 'I: p >'• . ml" i i|m! 1Uc days >•( Hi,- ni-li-iinu'-i• i nh v.-i'i"1 nnmbf n-d .ui'i that tin ' inatiii ..1ready v.-'T" tiyinn In <• -.eape tin law;; iif a Soviet pin. n n-"'. rmciil by lleeillK ai-|o the I Inn" tor e tnary v.viitv mil- - tin- v.i t .11!< lower Iiossai nbia. Mnsrnu ailvii'vs said (!••■ Nazi line nl retreat \i ,i-> *»*••»»}: vstimatleallt attaeked In t'i•• l%i- I air !ni 11* .mil thai units nl III" Itiis•i.in Itl.tek set tli i-1 were sl,iuil>tic iiltshut • it.i;I\ it- |,il:i in the • nili.ir.'liiifiil. Mali • r>l |:• j' t' !!ii | • 11 • . • I rltn • .i. t ami south in i'ci|iMri' n inn : 1 ' v. ii- :• 11«I illaue Sivirt I <1111111 lllll|llf (■!(). II u.is I rum tin- fast anil northeast. hinifvr. that the greatest threat In Odessa appeared. Ili-rc .Malinnvskv's left wmi; suraetl lorwani aleni; the l>iai-\ Sea cnast to eaptare StariyeItel.van . IK miles I rum tin- purl ami Kuhanku. i I miles In ilie northeast on the Odessa -Vi<sn-sensk railua>. the Itussiaii romm ii iiii| lie declared. In nil. the * li i I'd I 'i. i .i.iii. in iiimy swept u|> mni'L1 tli.in I.'{ii t"v. ;is and \ ill;if"e.s yc: U i da\ hi .1. Mn.ishini; <1 ri\ «• down the :,o .tl, Kuss.an steppe ci n. lit i y. Mii.seiinuam tailed tu iiii'iittiin the progress nl the ••■•••nil I . inn army, la.-t icportod within eight 11111 • nt Ins!, ai l ■ . the IVul rivet" in 1!1111 .1111a proper. To the northwest. meanwhile. Mai ■ lial Gregory K /.liuUov . Iirst L'ltrainian army battled a reinforced (»ei man gains..n in the streets of larniipnl tnr the fourth straight day. I'ln eitv had boon encircled twelve days ag. and on Momiay Soviet assault ti .ops ••! 'l ined through its i; i-er deleiisi's to uain p". ■ • ion ot the greater |■ 11 . I In- town Bombers Hit "Invasion" Coast Hard bciatoi today iKimhrd tlic 'invasion const (if Kranee, Mrikilic the Pas <te ' ■' '"i "'i ei oiui <-.insert!' tn •• a IV undo' «.i i ..i i ininderbolt tiiihtei pi in.Nil ."l'|-mi ti i .ml n , anviatt v."'!' 1 .1 ..ti ii,,- ..pei itinn, which en- .nut. i..,i „|,|v ,|;(|. .|iw) "" ' •' "I'l" -Iti 'ii A 1,'W !„„„, earlier HAK bomberv. flying •,,] p,. 'hue in .• wfk, mttinted from M "illifiii«««i on p.jijp Thircv") 4U hue my I'lanes Downed In Piocsli Oil Bombing more li'.ni foit.v plaite. .im j in« y !'• 'I l)i« i.i i on I'l.| Htimniiia. G anyV imiiii K'turce ot oil, \ iwii hc;i(l<|uiit*(r>rM amt'ii fired . Tfir *■>., ii « "'jfi on litis mid were ! rail yiird elxtktd with tank cars, tU nil 'cir htrtvcrwl over (racks, I rolling ■<■!> and adjacent building*!,1 c*i 'ij many fircj* and explosion#, an anno m-emenl .-,i <1 Adjacent oil re! .nr ies were also hit Smaller formations of Flying Kortresst s and Liberators atlaeked railways at Nis and I<eskovae in N ugo^lavm tt.- the Allies pursued a relentless campaign against German vonimiiniculiuns in the ttjlkuiu m • 'In ' i M H i jn land I r I \ line \VI: If tii<- 1hm\ . Ipo iiIh iv WOIO ih';. iii-citjinfi •:t• iii.-',ii,i tnrfctHi II Cllllilll .111(1 liull'cl lll'llllllMS conlur id llien campaign against (»cr« iii.hi (mi niunu;ili(ins ii lliilv. An Marshal St John (' Slessor, deputy commander In-chief of (ho Mediterranean MI'Cll ,1! lot'COS, dl->« 'tl 'lie llll I! jlli ' '111 I' '>1 I hf illC < (i.ilKn ill I'm lialk.il' . Miid till! I»Uh-i "ii fields wore vital to tho (ii'i'iiinii- 'mi anything like ;i lout} term basis." Tl«w holds. Slcsser said. are «»no nf Ihc ino4 important Balkan taruels. and if they can he knocked out and kept knockcd out the effect an the outcome ol the war may bo very ureal, for they arc Germany'* big source ol natural petroleum.
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