Superfortress Blows
Leave Tokyo Burning
YANKS MOVE THROUGH FLOOD
COMMANDER OF THE THIRD CORPS C 11
lama in a iecp :it the I'einl "I a i
streets "f I’ont-A-.Muu.'Snn. France. This t.n,
I; ver, experienced its v. ••r.-t t'ond in ti; y > ; ns \. i
moved through tlie aiea. LI. S Army Srjr.al C .. to. .1. ' . ,
3, BOOJapsDro wn ed
AsAmencanf Lanes
Sink Leyte Convoy
■ ilM .vAii . :'A Hr r. ■ .
■ .. N • . AT ( AIM \ ; ■
•IV i.v c i; ry mi; rrn' . . i
' • e'r.l 'r! I icd Jnpam r i l.i ■
i ■ > l)(" 1: (led I ■ ' Vr( i , Ann'; -
: t■’c piano, and an •• M." itr
Nlppi'r l'"" \Vr r . 'r I h
• !.• d, a ( "aim : inn' an;, ’inn- i
; I ,i v'r- 11.1 - • 11 . nr .. , ' . .; . ,'
:a is;ht. and id ny 1
• • !>. : alb; tj..ve • -an p..i t
1 i •pt’l. Urn i} In ;i
1 'iiihr n a-, : .. ,• ;
'll a til li Ipt.. ' I'I'rll i r
' i:;!', t my srr -
1 a la hi ibmg a it ac.. n ' r 1
; i :• i'll* ;i, an cm - v d'
1 | hi v. ci c in;,;. :
’ 'laI cl--. r|i ; I i'll, 111'' ia
il 'in M. .• \rti".i i' i" red I ■ i
■■ dap a . r !. r! ; . ., nd ; -.
r i , ,yi d y an.'
; : 'red . i .i * h i . r
an; il Id ' .,1' ' ■ 1 rma a '
.i.v ! lb,, .Japan ■ r 1, . ■
a . air ilv, v. nil lb,- li- 1: : ■
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a ' ' )-ta'_
a- n.'i , • a ■ a' a a. a a'ai . a r •
\ ■ i ., . iiil i'i- ;a "| y
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27 More Jap Ships
k.ngt'W.. N«\. ( API S.;:>
. ,1 n|ierali* u 1:1 l’.mi :v an l
F... ■ waters have sunk 27 add .
i • <\ ve-sels, inelud mu . cl1'.-*-•«»>•* .
: ,, I'* in'i l ied sun! oat.
r o Navy reported ; '
a i •m:v:miqiit' that said tain
.d hikings hr ••uskl ' 1 '!' ■■
losses in!lifted by sumnarute:
tlfi 1 ink. 37 probably sunk and It#
d i.i . i god.
Tiie oth.fr 27 ri portei 1 11 day
eie:ia-t era 11. me hided '•■ogf
• i if..not p a large tanker, a • r'g‘
e,i ,,o transport, two medium t own .
,1
MlCl - i\ ' . ‘ M I
\ 11 y i : • ■
t.• NVlii. i land- d’M). : m'c. i “
Kill ■ ■1 I ' 1' '
l"; S'. • ' i ' >■' '
ttuil.ill v. ;.!i !■>' -.in.. 5..VI" t ’M.
n!' iMu iiiy .'liippinv
1': 7m ! rMi'Mi.v v '
~11i- > .>; ;t:■ ■' in!..' ■ il l'idi ■ di , nil' ;
I. i . . i 111111r; !•1
.,1 , M'i . ini .1 MH-ludi'd ::!>
(I,rm . . : 1 in .u!.- >■! s, u • ' tiMKk 1 •
and 77 I''....
Over 2,000 U. S. Planes
Blast At Nazi Targets
I ■' 1.1. ■ . x, . 2.1 ' AP> M' re ' an
1.title Amei ican heavy bon i i'.-. a
1 ■ >mj<aiii( cl l.iv an ei|::al numi i r
lighter escorts, bombed Ihe I. u
a ■vnthetic oil rclineiy .,1 Mi -eourg.
t' cI.iy -'me -i rnul lime ill I t u. m
a v e” . with more than fi.fMHi
"I e\ j, 1, sa cs.
lie- i.,g Flying F'ortre-se.- od l-i'1
orator- were accompanied ;,v
than l.Ooo 1 luinderbolts. Must.mu
• in Light- mgs of both tne I nr-,
stater eighth and ninth air loreo
The great fleet of bombers
Ihcir " 'ardc :e no.* fie;''. ” *
..... ., ti m.,
it*;- "i;h Id
I.i ui pi t. hen) >’
,1.1)110 0 ;, 1.1 '-il HI, "Pi. ■ ■ - 111'
j>o1 • :' « ■ i- >' raid 'A 1,351
j. v ii'-, i' : i' ■ ;i"u l a)' ■ an(
; lull | i I’:-'.
i Still
, •••!', ,id ill,, i'iiinlH'i'*- • ’r-i'
(j. • . ., ,■ ■,,il;i• :acililii'.' and., all
.... j is at Binsse .west i Mi.
*u ,,, (i.l . rl i\ i I'r.lllll '"li' a-’laV.
dustrial ai eu. 1 a*v unde
‘,;u, iV j.viu the American third army
1 U. 5. Planes
Ply in Over City
At 400-Mile Speed
1 u ui!rsl 1 . S. Ik inner
i ’■ inn,; mi. Sainm;. S'i, \. ■
(A!’| A! i; Jit y superfortress
mlVrs left industrial -< ■ -tinns
"I mitral i >iky11 in flames, a.'
nn ricaii ci rnmander • today
I>r< claimed tIn- hi-u■ .ric noonday
Io.nih;i'u' a- lie op: niny ln,,.\ of
a reii ntiess earn'-aiyn to knock
out Japan’s war plailts.
Fly Hi; .. i I • -jp jr
Saipan i a, . , a -d . ::lv t, .’
m • ■ a ii
• T- AVI 1 • • : 7<1 .1.1' t I
llcv. in i. a:i ' . - • ' i'.iii *. il
■ • ■
cloy M,J • t V. i ; 1. i.v.l tiu’l 1 m ■
v. 4h ch .idly ,-T.i
Kit fill.' . . ipa ■ - liuv, -
later, with sm- ,.*• , i nr; l • great
Two of the Superi'orts w °re
acknowledge! lost in this first
l.md-hase J raid on T«k>o. a cUs
(if ne;ul\ 7.000.000. ! in- indus
trial heart e. tin d.(panes,. em
pire Vwp. hombrd once bedor*.
\mil IK. 101’!. b\ carrier launch
ed. *> !."> M(tch',ll medium bomb
ers, led b> Lt. (iciv. ,fimm> !)o*>
little.
‘ j' i V . , . ' ' ' a, i ■ * ■ ...it* :.
i-iipe: : d K'j.iFi'F a [lie eloimi^
tl at live 11 atch ’ . ul
(: 1 I •
i, Kl o : tea 11 v n . ci; eh* w as n
t ■ I v .1 di
' 1 I.’.' (p :1 M .o’1' H : .
.-ay inti:
“The ' nv i r.< A '■ r r w j i ■ ’
Japan will '• I t '
; i eil el l'*1 r■ ■ ml: • ho d :
I. A
ri'ki. ;• non.-mei" of I'nc :’nili : n
i i. ■ •> . 'i
>v \::n n Inin )e <i
i:i Chill,: anti ■ Sa pan 1
Small Arms
Plants Heed
Speed Plea
an. -AP)- S nail
. i I,mis. rut • . >
i:n\\ n ’enlny a wlo'i " new a-- A i
lit Ifnm Gl'IH'l i 1- ■ III
Ha- appeal i . . I Oil pet u
n in it pu». a * *. possible t i
■ a ntain tin .tut" i"t 1 :■ Al
ia.s' ul fell.- ts'e .i.4ailist Gesm.my
Pi ml.- inn ■ i u* . a ft: v. . : . ■ 111,1 ■
,i , piMiflueth t Hoard G lirman .1
A Krua an: n ne"d > ■. i. v that
bets t ■ "roimhly d‘lUlile" in seal
-ei wd’ills 1 a.d !ice it d'-1 a. 1 eitei. to i •'
plan's Tliev v. i'l need .,ppi'"\ "nU -
l_v corkers, nvi dab
1 'jDo.mui ttiat mu. i be ..'ttitd n .
I ai.".,.: eiallt otlU'l e.'li > ■■■ a.unit lull;
] pri mi ants.
K, ip a as now Indued that m tlhf
wo. la r la. in tl*"'" plants '. id bi
no nil. y ta k
The st.tltfen tk maud tor a It i-'a
production in . -a-c mainly in Mil
! ,■ a 1 i111 e bullet - ,a d maeltilH' at ea ■
I ti aipes - is-..nit from bat tie e\pi n
■ ,,,.,)(- ai til.' western front in tin
' | last few week-. Kniu told a new
1 e, lilt el cnee 11" -. Gel le ad I I "11
1 hi w i r si ,t: w > ird tins a.nnv.mt!i m .
,.eipa expend <1 at an ut lour time
' the i life any . lie expe t d.
_WEATHER
lOK N'OUTIl ( AKOI.1NA
( louib anil continued cool to
niuht and Suiid.v,
Baseball I lead I )ies
m ' . _ • *'• iti ■■"y™
II'IX.I K. SI. I \M)IS
judge Landis,
Baseball Head,
Dies At 78
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a. ni. ("iVT. '.nil.iv.
LanUi I
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U nediati .ti
1.0-!:.. ..I ()•(•:.: .1. nidi- .
\
Says South
Can Finance
Own Growth
» ■
eroaOn.» i.al a»• • - •: ’ '•
So. .. : !’.
by tho F« *;t* . .. • o. mnm.i.
t Ct
1 c. i mi nt l.b i -as
Pi* i :«■ : i bill! . m . .!
alii n by eap :. o. a *
1,: jt. , 11 *i i ' • tilt* -' aiy . ■ u i -
1 • K't
New Polish K\ile
Premier Max Not
1* nul New Cabinet
1. X i A1 ’ i * • ■
diill!’1 dr'. i • tud.iy lh:d -I..i- Is
pitisk . ■ Mined premia
Puli-! u rn! m i'Vr.
fm-uyii ••• ■ r 1 '. : nr it
I., its ti.tt t >> the Hi et -
Iv.v;,. . Si.,;- -i.r
. k.dnir/yi • •' ■■ uneii .•nudi-n '•
; lllf;id.
I .... ! 11 .r,.'-.,'
licudni ; M •• .lic/yi.. were ■ ’
. itiitivi'l;. Mi'd in ... d< •
an i ' i ■ >
net. Mur ' ■ ■ di'i'i.-i.mi w. - ■
t.l ;.»• ., ' el-' 1'i"" l" K\ ...'.I'
•11,!.''' , M.l'-!- WI'S I'M'
ti i .'.ii'. i .dii in- :dU nipt 1"
It i. \:q-- . iU 1 i t m mombt•.>- *
socialist (..i.iian democratic
French Closing
On Huge azi
Most o: Strasbourg
lias L>rm Capture U;
/Aiiicti iUb Checked
' » \. lb> < .\ I * i - i r.
iCo ( -aid tou.y that
I' r« ;ii" »vi -s w are m«1 ng 11»
V. ... • a I a •! ion i > t ■! w \ i it U
<■.ii" :'..:» d St l'.a-1 > rg altd
( 1 i! a i t " t in Sutit h. ,V 111;.; silUt
x > 1 ' j a i mall t • !’ JH t iia
\ ’■ : nountain s
. . il. i.’.- (.iTni.ii;> w it, usin*;
: . ■ . . < ! .is i i on: I r .n x ai n»s>
t • Ul i * l!.r Siivai.r I r .shin r
< . i. . • i tu r I v r V.. i rip. j ions
pi Hi v.irhcu sector h Ill the
; ;» '.Hi'.' < ihie<* Alin (1 i;.rn« > to
.. • i i\*. i raw 1.
• <i ,
. I - I- ( 1 • lll.l iy.
1 he a.it is i tili * ..i i.I other
ill .timo’oil unit . UK, u
.lion., J*.,- w r i hank ot tin* Khlnr
ho;. Mr.isln jr;;. wen- within
« naies o> a inert in-. w it:*, .ul
\ 1 ip;!Ls ot l:i ! • • a- ii i ir 1
. i a. \ an i; i ip; (lr*u ii m Uhin •
> n i •Im u. IIS iiiil's - null of
' n.'l ' i r. 1 h(» 1>5 o.ltii . • l s.l i < 1
i ’’ r t cm ii .m l C u*rm, u err
11" l.t in:, in thr sti rM> ot ( olniai*.
• f . I ' live
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• V . : J 1 . .. . - . ' , .1 it ;• ; ! IS
' • • . :i1 ‘ '
• i nu 'i» « l«|U i Its e m• -
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! a ■' . . , : .
' . ' i;• ; it ' *'•• • .‘.’III • • - • .«!
L ctton 1 rend
Firm At End
V N :'| (AP) l
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' ire-, eii.seit
• -■ • •• • • ••• 1 > >1 l V n'llN
P ('.:■■ i >;>en
i)i . 21.70 21.71
7 I (01 7 1.101
;u \ 21.70 7i,or
I . . 71. >' 71..i2
, 20 70 7.0. tn
Seme Stocks
Up Slightly
\V. \ . . \ *
Spec ;d - c\ l.ieted a eta A n
..:. -a::' • •! 1 •vni;!! : “ia\*. *• "V.
■‘_p*. , i i ide ■ •:. I!
. • • u • a. . J vn.v. :>
S ;.c * .. •- .,ee led V . all
II n i l S Smv. .M i i(*e ; ill.' .. e! e
* •, |, n,.u . .. s A . . il an i
<• , ] >, ,,, | .i
1 i , i \\ .. \ M aids « \ ’ t. t a eet; \ e
iAli
ja n\ eel.
Manila Area Gets
Fresh Plastering
From Slnp Planes
i iI\ The \sste iaUvl Press i
\m"i it an cai i iei -inn ne pla:e*s
returned i«» lilt* attack (if M.»
m'a lodav. the la panese-cm
trailed Manila ratlin r i»m ted
\hoi;l till planes raided Manila
anti in ai 1»s ( lark licld. the ra
tlin ‘.•aid tn a broadt ast recordt* I
In the I • cieral ( nmiminic ituias
1 uiumissitm. l ilt* repart vv as
without Ymernan rnnfu malioe.
tml Manila nr It k>n raciies have
always been lirsi to report new
air strikes at tin* heart uf the
Philippine .
I 1' . . ■ > ■' UlC L : -
WAR FINALE AT RHlNE-EiSENHQLVER
::.3p *
^JMEtH| V^^;Ui>BURO GERMANY 1
<B®^’ ,jj^stioo/f iA-*'^nNrT]
fSiNKfuat
f
fd
• THE ONLY SENSIBLE eoene lur Gel • aii.V .. I'.ght I.* i ' v.-esl . f
l■■■• . oen. 17.'•niejv.iT l■ .• i w.il "'iT'.i wide. .Abu'.e, t’.
j- ..ded .ilea nil LI]*.- nap slio-.vj area at m. Ijuttlinruuml L iv.fj M-e
l:I.,lie. he ■ aid, A'Oilld "amount I--1 .< liav.il - pn tion ' -.n.v i;i..i- ■ la ldge.
< i. i «• •; ha\ t* In.;, blasted by bonm;.. Sn. ill tae <i -I..- ■
. --.r Ivin- ei the key Rhine-IvtU&cs. On the light in*; ip-iit • l> the t
i : Amy i a.eo- in; IliMard ideny lit- ..el Rhino le.nA. I1'' ' . ei. 7. i
;J’ h. .> taken .y.mebourg and a ns at S':-;-., bout;-. 'i'tie 1 S. Th’-'-J
n .... ei Iho Sleylc I; -1 ni ki.iiPi;.' ... J ptimts be I -v- M' .'■'ll-')
b.ltei ••"illlter-olteus: ej nuct the Uri.e ..it Ctili'inn: t,b l-,-1 neb-ORa')
Reds Take Hatvan,
Vital Hungary City
N'U . 1 A P) -A
(xcmian i'i'aiisuewui repnrl
: ula;. i i: a I lit* Russia!.- haul
rapiui -il ll.iUsu iu Hungary.
].. . IV i\ s. VP) — Iviis.-ian
■ - ... ia!.. i 1.s si:i. tr
If"! . . 1' ' :.' i: :‘ ... ! V a! : -
I-'-.-s ■ ’■!'!■ throw >> nasi. again by
f lei til . itei . s . -. a B«rlln
i r.-.i'ini', ..it! !■ ti.i'.
"T;. ■ a nit I.- ... 11:;'. ' -
• ! I
. . ■ ... Hu
a j broade
I t ■ lii. .,!_-.. tit ■ i i ift . : . I ■
ii as .n .i;'. i:t.11s 'i a: is..itii t'lra
;. m •• s; a w ave • '' aj-saul: s: ins
C111111 .-t ■ u . . : i. .
S. ", t 1 lit " ' : t. 1' t t ■ vi i s .
... : ' . . i . : 11 - • , t‘>.'. i .. u •
( it ;!:i,tM ■ I : : .. 11 •! I t'tis s ' I .t' t St ■ ft
against tfi. Ii- Us ay cap! nv af lilt'
: i ' .1 ..-.is j v
.'••it. I . . . c: ‘ ‘ : i <•
nvw.r*i •>[ iho gu!i iv<•. i.j. it• ii
v ('■*•’U’i ci;I1 '■ . . i!
■ *. i ].'•••: ...i ■ . .11.» 4»• .N.i/:
•A. If'.iii.. oil-!]. I . ri.: 1 -ly- • < ;« ::r
. ... a y . .,
\l .>.
1 >* * • 1 A ■ • : ; ■ • .1.1 * ; l; • 'll i-SU: A i
i.H-tR.n us-o u«*v. . >..<a. • i o . i><..r t
<'>•. "ir. • ' i . - a- j .s d : L. • -
•'i : ’. a! .a.; .i - •>. -nt : i
I :' A 'H*0. TO 1: 1 A* Hi It iC
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III ! '.I‘i i • . . . a. .■ ...:!4
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i. i ■ IU-: 1A ; ■ i -i t 1 . . i
th. ■ I.a’., i,.': j.iJi'U.-1 . :-.ii rAio . *■ kiri
111 c v5- • 1’ .< • ■ ■«., iij - a
tin', t- ■ -n K.i.-! Pi tissi.i,
I': \! . i -.. . -1."A
U . i ’: - ... • . \ i 'I, • ’ini's
in • t /v.■ ’i .... i am Iii:;i —
;’1. ’ v .
American r mancmg
Of World Intimated
YY. :ih a:. \ l!u VP) :Ve
ideut ilfUJM • .
MrHi hn blip I tin. l':i;vd Na ti a
t : 11' up v. • i •- )vl,i dud :i < >
* • i. > as I ntlP;’ P »\\ at d ) m- at.
A i uru .u tin; mmJ iuTp in :
'..u.
'turn
’ U ; \l, K- >. • « w .1 sa ■ l
p. • * tm.it u'i! - ..isr : a a si <.'• i who:.
• • • . his • . all
• • . • • r • ! .\;u«'ib I' Ml ••is :p • n!
40 u and . 1st hi 1 »’• •- U'1 nmer • • •!
ieuislat-.i - *" .-pucuiai mp tie ■
• • t - . * n I x (' t n tim
..!iu« in Aii-id rehalviUmviv'it.
I'li.r •an t’onnaily. Texas Pun
, ,■ i . Sena m K a eipr Id. .dams
Jl im ; hit . . '‘dieted 1i it nine- p,e>
. i , • •. i 1 > ( >' .
<»..•» ! I.H-Ping stops. P V "Ml! ul
, i; • . H.o atii*a> an fteloa in s*» tU-u n
1 ..-I i ..ml. pie ■>' o.nii’fiSl said
] • - 'i . a c: .1 :. ■ .: ■ i . •
me. tip. u i.T.ei plan s, and
. \. - . : - Man ill 4 • two
< m \ on mhm's spoetaeulnrly >A• •»
d. :a ; ,y • vurate Nippon iiii’im
era.' i i re
C.anei pmiies iirsi struck at spi -
pi.'u ' Manila oay. which A ui e. n
pi;, a. nave previously reported has
been Air nod into a s»li i ppm ^ruve
yard.
! \ , i ■;i - - A ■ 93 l s
•’.si •> A ' i. : , r. ie ;i,> t .
S' .!*• . •' l 'a 1 i 1 ■■ a.a Repin
s.. (i h«* • ••• • i '• •' ei’L- * is • 11i
\ | - 11 u i: i. 4 ' •«* i .v •• it Tit A • i ♦ •< • ]. j —
■ • Sid-:,- .. .li V •• , :
a t ' C -us: a' A ... • I.
m i . A :« 4• -l.r ;if; ■ ■' ir .t
ii • ’ < i ')i'. a: !' s ‘n >i» '. • • -
*'• o". "A thi . i icdit p and
trade.
Michig
Id'pU'h • a -Ipin.*'! it. w S' na
' • (!e«»rgi . (rin.-re 1> tpa*' .dri
ed ‘ p A'gisL.A •: ast | »«•-.
•il.e it ’1 i ■ i . ' the Amer -
• miis 'Ail: \r. *.. » y v j Kl t. ig
!»• nr done Sr' An Ptppl’i. Khv
n. I K ■ i "pfap .i ; in - et* n: ;•> will
uilr-v v-f> ;aim ;ne t ade
. e\ ihiil ! ' ' ie ai • • tlot
t ■" tin tilings \v, grow and ;>uuoe
ho r
Hi a pa be ■ • ■ a i • nest • •: tin*
World \\ I (loot .iLed ' • pay,
tug> i. !r gemr:d!> w <re ■ etnnt
Iv» boll v • * that th • r.Mjniry will go
m lor anv »• \ U:1si\ ■ governmental
lending upend 11 *i i' m too poslwar ora.
I The signs ponded i toward inter
national cooperative efi’oits. they