'
1
Backs Stalin
in Demands
Upon Poland
Hints Catastrophe
In Unity of Allies
i! Diccord Grows
1 ■■' 11' I "l i In- ! b (A P) —
Si'iii -■ .. i!; It;, ;a in the Pol -
i'll < 1 i - j i > • 1 • . Prime Minster
('imrehhi today eonfessed dis
appointment at delays in recon
vening tin “lug three” and be
P' tm:ty among the great
powers, lest m w ructure of
world p,tvnmient die in its in
cept inn.
! lie pnti'i mmislt r virtually
abandoned tin- London Polish
goM rnrnent, at least as now
constituted, and supported as
reasonable the Ku.-sian demands
tor territory in old Poland,
which the exiled government has
ret used to yield.
r:1 t ; — : c indlPorts
' 1; th■ ■ .go : 1 i igi i'e Again,
''"■ e.ent; . > . h inuca a failure
"it lac )>; t the three greatest
!1 • AC. . ■ . v. . a Act: cl W "tld .tain
's' ,'.l a for tie tuture
.a. a ' i ( ••! '.rid g..erne i id."
A 1 a e| C: . : It.-.,. ; .wet's, he
would v ipture this
"i id gat;./ d ip .oft Russia
titled to ■ ti t y m
a. i • i 1 ’■ U ■ i el. i .i mat lee
it i western
a ■' ’ • ! '■, ( a rail; -aid,
for its i aeri
al i 1 • in d iii'c'iy near the
"! l-'.ast Prussia
' ■ a tram.
(a .a y.
at (iim
speech
a t. "a ..... m:,cr the
■ ■ pi. o liftiu
. \ 1 .■ ■ l iacnt
S’ mu in meet
• ; ■ ‘ i ' t iiit moment.
. ,,.,:S ■ , i diplo
! 1 }
'
I 1 'm< !• 1 had 'nitgll
> lill'l ! 1 1 a ot'
i ■ i• s a l ight
• :■ : ill .Vu-h
i;:S ■ • , • • . urh meeting
t 'a -e i1 the L'lvi of
• • • .• id •. 7,000.
.' ■> ni faut'ii I; died.
1 a ini!' it,. I »• . 1 •"> ~~ ( A P) —
I’rinn Ai ii.i ' • • ( !iiire)iill, rail
ing !"!• .ni . in: nl of Polish
ftosthd- ,s 1 i -daily'.- expense,
;ij• 111 1!• ■,, s i ■ \ to President
ioa -■ \ oil -1 Pi’ornier Stall’n
t- aia; t-1 e mo to Ilritain “for
a lilt'- tinv ui tin earliest possible
moment.”
mi _i gar-dog I S',:am as a
'die nig three,''
(Sr - • • i a, g" !'I "any place"
■ ;id tie ai ranged.
' , .4:: i" Sc :, meeting of
' ■ a ' . , ■ >■ ' ;,, v. ei1 at the earliest
• ’a s: ■ ,a i. So tar
i ' ■ . i' ,4:. ' tai y (An
il i.\ i, r. ■ , re - >nri mod. we wilt
J 0(1, i I, ;.ny plaee at any time
i, . my .soil ions v. sere u e can
ITU VI ' s ; , i lit OU! tu ii chief
i i ,1 ’s..s j. above all a
a, ' "4 s •In.- . i... 111'. a meeting in
i • • ,' I t .is.i .vim a lias waged the
. 'in ' , and risked
.'.S', s ... snt i:. 111', ii: < 1 mmliita
(t '"id s'. .".i :i Page Six
I
Nazi Lines
l J At
Weak Points
New Punch Aimed
Al Judwigshafcn
And Mannheim Area
Pi I •» ■ A 11) P n* I ’ S
• ' i ■ 1 my in \ ;ni< i (hi m ,ny ; •
<!i iv K “1' 5 or i in Iiuus! ; i|)
A ! .i• < im1 • !:it1 t itl I > i • r .i,j j i' .
i: t* . ii- • . tluui :-r\ m null - ! ren
! . .1 ' ; .III- unci .‘hi 1 lillr; . M 'U i
• iu ,uM ljU< i\ :. :i11. Ml • l
. (.' i -h . i i-it m . - : ;!’.•• K:i jip-l;iu- i
I . S ; i I I in., ■.*. us lx-in:; . • 1!
' i . ■ i" j liitp- it- v. c kt..• r.u
i .1 ,.i - .'.uil Aii.« . ic.m ;«i*tilk*ry ■. ns
K hi ' \ .• i
i nivisio. chmui 'l to w.k m two
• • M \V : m ii iou! oi i t hi■ . i
• \ 7 - I hi* t l;il(* (I'Tin;n: '• •;n t or: * . .•.i
! . • • il l
' 11 <■ -7 Th.it j-'*» ncli | i ’: • . i • a n
It. Uiilc. \\ i • o! liu IT ;!11•.
(• n ral Hermann fsalek. ••on:
m inder ut (ierman urm.v group •<
rushed rciutorc'nncr.ts to l.i> bul
leted Inst and IMth armies, lie
also tried to lelieve pressure h,\
ii inton ing the bO()-s<|iiaro mil
pork**! '.round Colmar below
Strasbourg.
lii t-.. i.lerpnr Id. (b ! o-..:)
In v. ihr.'oh I « n . cl1 • p!11* • uf
tie v t si and re or.
I)• \ ci • 1 1 <o ii. i- *• Ari'M'i1 i n 1
V' cP* I dlY l i P :-te>( > i nil • e P 01*
ttv Uhi ,, ioi inr» m»h »i •, S . i;
• l I in.t in 1 he b nice \ n o 1... •
t4 * ’ : • Alt A. OP.PM ■ which tile A : ' . !
\‘ *Ci l eh. I. A l Mg.
! he l S. this (I arm of * i
(•Hi ration continued its inde
<‘'i\e battering ot the Siegfii.f!
to. itiatiom ai Saarltutern mil
InUPmcn I his lorn on l>e\‘*rs'
I- ! •. w i•!c ned its I ror.j iesid •
*. H..»t \ h\ eiossing the border
.'\ m;!es east of S.trreguemin* ■>.
1i h n. Pole!:. ond [ .ot > i! !)t . .
; n • \ ^ gi -up. V\ . pr. . i; • h i>
■ • p I • Koi .lit 1 *o!eh r h i
P’P .dy ep* .•• ! h.- 1: n
* • he gi ried he. ith . ghU'ee.i
n 240- A
In | A, ilit' b i: i e • H 11 the WC~tv. i'l i' • -
■ ni r .i! lint mplv • •
(I■ nurn front ors I ! oi cling p ’1 -
ip. IV H : . »\ ... o* *.. IV -
1 e hPlllldot V i } e • enle* I on :n|
.• i • .1 ii.urr 1 b .n b()0 miles its- ■
i I. imii div se *n> v. ,;Hn i as:a . •v
-oboerii From e e>;aU\ b-ur
p . oih. og..» today.
St;ito Is I r\ mu
. •~s
1 n I )c\ cl< >p Plllp
Ii\ ( ’< »tt< Ml I CSt
' igli. I )i e a : A!’ I The <v
t :■ and the ('oune'I "I Stale hav ■
. at'’U ST.“fill 11' a til'' i t 1 'Tl' tl n V
■ ' i t ■ 'll iugency tiiiui la completing
e'. . ; inn nts looking toward the u.i
• .• mi t I' cKtfon a> a ■ ree nm high
gl. de pillp.
<\ t-i nr'r lh f ighk n .-.ii t iday 'tie
t". , 'a tncnls \vt : ■ I" i g e "-I aied b>
i- r ink l 'inner n, p. "le-sor nl
• Ministry at the Unit ersily nl North
('at tiliiia. I)r. Cameron'.' .--on .cos are
being i t ntieicd at no ensi to the pr -
.1 * t■ 1. the gt V'i'Hor said, addihg that
tit" 1!• tenti*>n i> to be used I a' I'-ieii
tiai equipment and assistance.
"These experiments." the govern a'
'ii|, "have been given atlded impel'
t.miv n view ol the grave problem
tl t e nti lit till' Slate and lh" en
t ie S 111h in p spent to '.he - lit Iv:t
t i- n and pr- 'duet i ai of e- : t m- Many
suii.iMutes lor t1M toil hav t already
I e( u s ivo fully dev el >ped, and also
p ' dnetinn ol e itloii in tireas outside
tile United States have preceded to
a point that cn: stitutes a threat t
the position ol the Soull! in this
important phase nl its agriculture.
CLARE ViSiTS TRENTON HERO
- -•*** • ■ - ,_ __ _
A WOUNDED LAD from T,vr' ,n. N. J„—Corp. Glenn Remer-gots a sur
I’1 ' ' i;‘ ! -e Clare I, uce R.o.ith, of Connecticut, when
*,u '' 1 !::;h l;' n Hospital in France during the Congres
s'"’.1 11,1 ' ln I" . .-front areas. Here she is admiring his
Iuip.i. Heart award. U. S. Army Signal Corps ohoto. (International)
FDR Lreales Ihree High
PrcsuS* nt Quickly
Acts Upon Signings
New Congress Pill
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I'li cl ,-cin] i> al i'i I In aa ■ ami
■.cm r,.. ,| i lie ai’tiii- Hi tii- ii
gji min.i!'■'I I iin i a.lrni ral aii'l
frillr , ■ ie i ,il I'm' the ],. v. rat
ings.
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1 .1 .. ill’ I a.-cnlr '.I. '' i !
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i r " ■ ' nique rank > .
r , . • 1 ]i , cii iy ■" .
Me !.. I' lid C.a.v manic ml" '
Her Plea Answered
A MOTHER'S PLEA to President
Roosevelt for the return of her re
maining son, after two others were
killed in action, resulted in this re
union o„£ Marine Cpl. William J.
Reagan and his mother in their
Philadelphia home. The Juiriue
came back from a year of service
in South Pacific. (International)
I
(mm.idum I mops
Make Bridgehead
()n Italian Front
? me I fee ! 'MM —( at»it -
d > li'uups of the eighth arnn
hi\» estd.lishcd a hridgeh* ad
w ; -d ni the stcepl.v hank* r \a
» l. fin taaial »n a night attack and
are lidding its against strong op
i<« •• inn. \ilu*d headquarter-. an
muimcd today.
The advance was made h.\ the
-ame forces who two days ago
smadicd their wav through still
< erman del us'-s in crossing Uic
l river due w°st of IJ.i -
venna. \liied headquarters s u<(
tile i an.idiaiis turned hack a
P'.iinher ol (iernian ((muter »it
r k k*s. hut heav > lighting con
tinued.
Bowies Warns
Of Efforts At
Price Boosts
Washington. I)cc. 15—(AD —
Congress, press ,tn<l public were
i ii until e trnm I’riee Administra
tor (luster ISculcs today to
guard against pressure group tac
tics irem three industries for
price increases.
Houles (lenouueeil as “mis
guidid minoiilv ' of stove manu
laetur'Ts and an unidciitilied
publicity lirm lor attempting to
“counterfeit i.atilie opinion" in a
drive for higher profits on stoves.
"I am told that other such
plans are in preparation by other
small minority groups in three
industries." lie said last night.
" Mieailv sincere and honest bus -
iucss nu n hav ■■ warned us of
three of them. We are watching
these developments with inter
est."
Small Gains
For Cotton
New Yor].. Dec 15. -(.Mb Cot
ton futures opened unchanged to 21)
cents a hale higher. Noon prices
were 15 to 80 cents a hale higher.
December 21.82, March 21.88, May
21.85.
Pv. Close Open
December 21.79 21.79
March . 21.84 21.88
M iv. 21.79 21.82
July .21.41 21.44
October.20.41 2U.42
Jap Pianes
Neutralized
Upon Luzon
American Carrier
Bombers Devastate
Enemy’s Airfields
Aboard Vice Admiral Mc
Cain's Clanship of a Carrier
Force Off the Philippines, I.'ec.
15—(AP) - Km ploy inn star'
linn new and dcvastalinn ••ea
berne airplane tactics. \’icc Ad
miral McCain s yrcat air ar
mada by day and by niyht
pinned down the Japanese air
force on Luzon island and held
■t there while others of his Hell
Cats sank their daws into Jap
anese military targets.
1\\ xi y nnc of I. ■ 11 ■ .1 rl ,x|<l .
lailnhermg alii x I HID .I ;nc: .illj 11;;
Manila' ■ Clark I n 111, ■ ■ ■: ■ ' . 1 • ■ 1
11 v tlx■ 1 ■ H la'l-l.it':' 1 1;Hell C,■' . •' >'
Iat. J;. 1 sea -t HDD : 1:1 • 1 >■ !■ I• t ' H
S it 11 it 1 r wheels >: tlx.' hi outcl
lno:pun barrel; w anii.
\dmiral MeCaai'.- carrier plan"
swept m from c!<. id.v niunimg skit .
which gu\ c g' si o r. 1 rage, an I
The etie< ti\ • lies') ol the llo.'l
< at umbrella on r l.u/.on's ttl.UOO
stjiiare miles was demonstrate.*;
b.v llr* heli’lessuess ol the ! »;>■»
ues(* *o strike bark by air. Swe.it
setukid. gi inning pilots n tiirniuf;
Irovn the earl.\ strike said thr\
met no airborne opposition, and
that the planes they caught aid
destroyed ill tin* air were tle*re
bv accident. An eailv score in
dicated that at least X;» planes
w»t<* destre yed 11 in tin air .in.I
71 on the ground.
VI
issueii . *' i 5‘ • .• • 1 i i ■ i »■ 1 1 i y. 11<
that A in 1 ■ - a j 1 m had d- . • ■ y l
l) 1 .la}).i::e.-i■ ;• Vito: . ! ! in tr.r an and
77 oil tar gr u d.j
!l \\ th" tin t tan-' Anna .in
run nr | Jane, had hr* u * *■. . . 1 in
id i i I i}»}. i 11 • ■ ! n 'i1 .‘v>\ < •: nher L’b. v, in i
the la.'* <»l li\ •• m; in i•-1 j
strafed again ! .u/> n. c.n Ih»
J;»I Min. 'h< Ii i I ’■ d : i[ u M* I'm- !•
Wells Says
Churchill
Should Quit
! mirimy In I . -.MV V ‘ V.
I I I. YVel i< mat I Til !
i. ‘• i (’Inn rhi i; i>.i - mi11; \ **, V in
r- de as Mi ll mi - I mi:! my • Jn! - •- and
a.-mV that "ii , hvh time he r< V:«. d
uj)' •;» In. la .. i Is be! a: e we ' n get
I In* deiat we • ■ ' him.”
.'n an ari a a • pubh.dird ye. u- vday.
the hist I’ian aid Ihe in iair hums
tei V in!-*r\ til!i' u in the (»r*,en sitvn
tarn wa. .1 "dia redit” to the nation.
He dr “I a red V a in hi! I hod 'Vm f i -
head romplrtrly” and heroine a
‘Avnuldbr I». ' l. h f m brer.”
Wells asserted the British p ■. •••
in ' Ireecr r*• nltrd from t ii • ll's
"pr )-roya!Lsm.' ins "lavishnr-V* a'.d
limited range "I ideas.” The artielg
was entitled, 'Churchill Mad 1\
SAL Strike
Called Off
On FDR Move
Washington. Dec. 15—( MM —
Presidential action foreslaPcd
the strike railed for today on tin*
Seaboard \ir l ine ruilwov
An emergency mediation bauid
named b.\ President Roosevelt
laM night will explore the t!;s
pcile between the carrier and the
brotherhood of locomotive tire
men and cnginemcn.
Fted rring the case to this b>o;d
finite d the proposed si rike a4 \» -t
until the iid determine., tin* i -
sues.
The Si »h' • ■ i d’ goner;d mar «.;♦ *i•
••aid the i a d , m.hI v. dI mTepI ,i y d- • -
(‘is i< >11 <>t t111 ci i 1 ’ n d The
pro} ed i! i!-1• tin • drifted 1 • t
ilitei'>!;’t( < ■ ■■ merer in \' m
Ni rth and Smith Carolina, Ce gin.
Alabama and Florida, and t<> d*mi' .e
part nt tin* nalamal essential ti ins
poidatnmi service.
The ma n p rsident said the dime
had loan i dVd Im* noon today r -
cause the id read refused ? > gi ad
the union pm right t.• represent m •
bers employed as engineers in ' • d
ling their individual grievances and
claims against the company.
SGLGN5 VIEW PACIFIC A5R MIGHT
ABOARD A NAVY CARRIER DECK, Congn . ■ : to, j tlflc
observe the accuracy ( I ' y gunnci lu i • ' . : i , . .target
Shown peering through the I t < • \ lai ■ . i 1 • \rh ci« ter
W, Ninutz. Pacilic rii< ! ..' I Pacilic Ocean <■. ■ ,.(•
At lus right is Cciigro • -I .1. I klieni.in • 1 \h , y. , .uni ,,i |. left
is (.’• iugrouswoi: ;an Moil i : c; C S.in'h ol M.i.ii'-. 1 ", w ml: •. • < ■ 'ill
ative to visit this Pacilic wat area. U. S. N..vy photo. </- <■ it onah
New Storms Pose
Greater Problem:-*
I*or ()uter 1> inks
f'.h/ahrth ( i t >. f >»'* i \ i )
— Ji reak storms kt-dim; t:.. i •* t t
lliis uctk haw eiit a : - tmt
inlet tinoui; 11 tin* « 111•'i liGihs a
m')‘ north ni the stoi ;n :. »11o: <• cl
\ illar.c of \ on a • • • ‘ • • mu
eemnKinieatioii \ ith 1 M < • %
- * iiiiiv. .ai H 5i • il2 •• i '■ ' ■ : ! :*V
linat, ami new i . m.t* < n * ‘
; • • . mul t 1 . . >
;f ai e. no. . I • H po. t .
I O.: -1 •>!» hi l i <’••1 ■ \ .
N't# h tto> lal f».«m i. ii . • n
i i pin i* t! in \\ i n or ; '•
Jo a n lilt onln kllii* .1
linos in tin nppi r eat .. . =
i ■•OIK! ii illMl-n i ' i:o ‘ l
paved • ae- w.o . : u - <i
i j. i • a ■ *1 with • o; * ■ l
•' ‘ ' ■: ■'1 t'
vjtr00K iviii§
Hesitates To
Step Aside
/\ 1}i* 11 . ! ** i•. : . ( ,\ i I jt • i. . * il\
K1 s I ■ i ■
with 1
day in ll futfinji jam-e*
1I1K
II
n-^ent Tli, i-r, ■
Ur-. | it 'uni i y . 1’h ; I- i ! >■ 1 ii
win Him ii> <’"tinh .* . i■
ITT II.Il l-1 , 1 '■
Hnwi M V
i n d 11 ; 111 111 i Km:., ( i
arfl'rr 1 ■■ I::,1 t • Ml. I 1 .i
Lund, ii.
ini'ili,a11’ i;i..\:
ami i'liy,,;i <1 ill .i
Hn!i. h |ir.ii-ln;t■
lii'li H i wit!H I• n.; I’■1
C|! Mlli.’l > Mill ! 111". * ‘ ' ' I ■ i I'M
mini':; v. i'l l' Jiiojjm i\ I■-11• I " : n- '
pi I IS1\ r.s . ■ ■ ■: ii I I'll
Till! Hi ' • , ■ ’■ i! i
i r. • by Hr.' ■1
purl ,l A’I i ii . 1
thi- mam ;>i• i iI ■ h :” ■
LI. GOV. RA1.LFNTINK,
MRS. PHOENIX MARRY
It, li'iuh. I 1 ■> • \" I •* <
t'li'rl !. V If' I n
. Mia tor flu,' \V.. ..ll.'.. i. !
if, .• If I’!'. .',■ I
i ,\ c M-i-ri-iai > of i hu M,,n i a
! M. n it 'hi h' Lira 11' I A - " 1 ■1 :'i ■
- 11 I. M I K'll Il'M I ■ !. I.'l HUM I '
Thu iii. i i v. i • pin,', I •
' l)r. M (>. S . .. . ' " ’I'
Ht li.ii;h First I’n ■ h.
. M-i only »l A'W ni -I'
di: iIp fain'ilit's and ft 1 Is atlrnd1
Mil..,.".- 1
. il ; l'M.dl'Ilt ' 1! tilO A... Ill C.-tf.
. Vuiiii-, Dotm crats.
fi r*
Si i g f 1 ' £1 ~f l %
&
Pfl * ■:
i v/ice A
J ,.i< i 'i'.ip.* a; a lid i. to
> i -..) i an:c i .ow,
I he ii Intimat - !i
( ' '! : i ■ I l*iv- i
.\ m <• i huh ,Su|.i' rfnrti<•;
■I .ill. a) I!' " i ll: < ■■ I ill all
iin dii it mi ll i'l'i.aili nst. I lew t»v
I.'l' I - - , ial . . , a i lie ll
in ' a : -I a (JajialH 11
i 11 a aiun t in a' tlu'
-! a i M -i in ' "I \ nierieatl al
ii" a I; i.' -1 i . i i 11 - a 1111
• ; '1 * ' i .i": threats
■ '" my ,.i
... . ' • 1! ■ .Min 'l l. . . Ill
i I.I a - A'.
in ' : i ■ f. • • • . e \piH-1aht •, . >
1 , I .1:1 1 !h‘ i!! fi-nir.
i ' ' 1 ! . • i Th*‘ 1 ‘V •.MhM.st
in bnim* }i..id
*« .
' Oil Milan ( MJOIJNA
«r I ni.ht: \\.irini i in \\<sl
\< * linn tonight v. ah little
rli.iiig! m ii’iii|) ' .ihm* in oast;
'» ' i liim|u-r,t! in ;* tonight ill tn
•.a L.r«‘* v. s.iturilay tail* ami
n, i nit r.
Russian Hying Columns
Hank Nazis In Slovakia
\Ti» ' I '• i 1 • * \ I' > R11....inn
imu < I' M. ! nik md ni -h.r
! • • '|| \ | , I ■ • ..'.''ll . ( i • T
«•' '• ' : i nee battle
•! . I:. ,.|y ' i . * Iu. tf, o! the
i K'j i ill I. i. mri I it I ’• ni' ■ ■ than
'in:*. < • ; he Si .'.in <*api
' a I • i Mrali !.i\ d i. p . ■ ehes said
tilin'.
! n. • . • ;; t t.y . men! .
i ■! ! !’• • e i id .me .si ‘n\ was
i-!. • • > >• ■ • d n.iti d with .i" nt oprra
i '•••-. . \ ’ . m t \\ ing ..| 1 i urth
.i . i n. :i > v■ i•-nig 1 • ■;i 1 • t! tin
(. :• ns ■ • ! :i Slu\ n;.in ' r »m a
vhnnee uf es- n an
j i'ac.v. K an o Una •, against the
1 =;i ' i, • ■ •! i til' guard
ing the " 1 t inva.s in route t •
\ >" ’ ■ • 11 1 1 ' iif u ' !, tame
’ • ! i ■ I '!■>■'. ' 'i!i’ a"1 Hun
n 'll |'ii I. <i i aider siege
It ’ expected 1 it :1 the armies
■ i air to c " "hd.it' .ind i etnforce
' '’ il'"!.: t! !paly, the next
Cl ' '! .ni:a II I w ,rd \v<• .Id be a. lied
at f ; .■!.i ;• tin an mediate ippmaehes
'■I 1’. ' .a a, ml thi Vienna plain.
'!'h .Infined (;.■!■!> hi command,
■ivivit. is n-|• .rti .i here to have
hi 1 reserves into the line to meet
the threat.