JN azis Dig Deeper Into Belgium
Ar Ar ★ ★ -x- -i- * * * * *
Churchill Hints A Hied Accord Is Not 100 Percent
HAMPTON ROADS PIER LOST IN $400,000 FIRE
CHARRED SHELLS OF FREIGHT CARS and the burned tips of piling are about all that’s left in V - ; ; •; ;l-o of the
smoking ruin of Pier No. li at the Ilamptt n, Vaport of embarkat i n. One merchant sen n d e I in the fire,
anil eight others were rescued by Coast Gu ird firefighters. Tiie t • ney loss in goods a:, i 1 i . • uo
n.ent was estimated at m re than S400.uim. This is a Coast Guard photo. (IntcmalioMli
Bailey Kills
Senate Postal
Pay Measure
\Y ' 1 11! iy‘, 'ii i It r -a ( A i ‘ ,\ It
(• 111• ■ i 11111 by Si : :iT 'I I;. i::* •i A 1 !<•■ 1
until next .. "i.i II • • ' i i'i lull
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li'U'.-l.itiim v. ■ uId "In e ik tne stabi
li/ali"ti . ,n, ■ ..nil (It-, i: t y the III tie
steel I -rn ila."
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larity, cr sreatly reduci .V 1:1 i
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:,.V. III. Ill in ins lie ss tin . :l«l h-'t
\ el Slllll i'sI'.i I' " : I I Ac ei y
eepl.il>:- ar - sin, tin. lime.
(\ • '"(Mil.':! 1C ' r lilt '"I > ' tilt'
p- l,i| t ■ :n |.!. iy 1 . "'.•'ll 'I'm i"i
s" it
"'1 11' - ‘
.-in. el 1 ■ Ihe
line and til .A. "S' the I I tie .-let I An -
i i 11 . Tli".--e ss i(I a I wish U > m > ais
tin- , 'a 11 1 /aIi"ti line .ire i mi .t ing
I" t tin1 (Amy! I" I" lilt - li. !' 1 as .
I: re p; ■ ' o w "
cell. I rn in i t ' ie i >1. the sI;11)i11/ 'It'll
line ss ill ..ay. Y"'s' i I." .ed the pay ■ I
|." ■ e I > ■' .'''I »%s "tli
Uie itltci, pereuil; n"\v let us 'a-'
I' :! i | : i ,i new . e ■ ot
and a nt v. sel is - "I ilcinnfti>."
weavers Idle
In Cone Mill
(1 it 1 :!'• 1 \!' I V. ••
lllg I"* *i ■ i iipcl aim s at the IT ‘\ a i it\
Mam laeftirmg Company large I'lmt
here emiUuui'd idle t1 day in then
second day ■ 1 n.anile. 1 !11 ’h st against
inlrnduetie "I a levs work plan in
their tic part.I mcl the pov bility
appeared ilia! I'f i> el mti r- ••nti.m
ma.v he e\ peet cel 1 theiI - P
tnieted de-lay in the- war pi"duetl"H
orders on which the null has been
engaged.
Meanwhile-. Herman P"'s'
de-nt i I the emnpany. said 11-' 1 "'ml
see no immediate pi ospect "I a s'-ttle
inent at the sit iatam. He said Hie
lnanagcniei.i wishes t" si-e IP "
wm k plan gi\ ii a lair triaI I -y the
weavers, and the plan will mil he
v, ithelrawn.
The lint selicdule ol weavers due
In hegin work at 7 a n today i>
iii- lied entirely eiway Irmn the- loams
with exception ut a t‘'W wotk'-ts
who entered the plant and then
withdrew Ire in the premises
This morning the carding -'net
spin- ing rooms at Proximity wott
operating on accumulated mate-nas,
but the management estimf tvcl tna.
these departments wenilit : mi a'1
work by the end of the shift at fl
o'clock tonight.
Further Changes
tn Department Arc
To Be Made Soon
Washjngtni . llec. ' i ' ;.
j ret a' y S< >-T I j -,,rmi\ <■ s :■ -t.J f.,d
j t r-ixi■:I Slat. Depart. • 1 ii ft- p t .
clay his liard-v, a a in ot nev
as.-i -tan! s was ■ i ll m.
11 II i ■ it. i'U:i: a! a n. ei
nl respunsi hi lily . nr. i. ai ■ ■ ay
and the inner t;i i y, .1 • i (
C . I' V, V. rel it" r.i nl n 1 ■' I i I'll
Stettin u- and Un v. will v, ■ i. k t »
gether .is ,i unit.
T if M'i "I'lary ; nl rep,.; t. D s i
I his aim a, bring tun be a qn ilii'«•.
ni' ii in .\i'ii' i 111111 li':> ir*
me | and t-, make it tin lie. t p ■
arm n1 ihe gi'. ernnieni in i■ : ,:,
1 di ft ieulf 1 1 i.. . keai I. Kurt In n lan
gi s al'e iu J i i.-peet. hr iI,d r 11 i
Thin ex p I a 11 a tl i 'll
di part rm m ■! inaciunt r.y lia. ; , en
vnin|ted. tli, team wrk tin'.. , . .
enlist,mll.v i mpiiasi/ed.
Under Secretary drew and i m
a.--i.-lant .eeri'lai ies were a j
’ey ,\ - i it,' .1, la! u',' Hi" ii. : ' ,
Siipren i■ U'lurl. al ter i hal:■ a Pi.
Si II.Pi ■ y\- 'lilt •;
light ended In I nig:,! alter !• ■ n",i
l!"i,M.n eP, In I,"I I hey wei e '. i e
lie wanted : ■. 1 a> jnl> -.
One "I tile tivi new a -a.u m! see
l'i '1 a I 1 l'a W a: III is l ! 11 t I'. >111 I'd.",'
I e e," 1 He 1 III I g, a I a I CD'!, ,
Julius ('. H n 1 a 11" s, wlin is i)..v. it
Pal Iinishing ip bis juh t t
tn (leneral Kt -eulr 'V. er. H,. ill ■
t'li'' ill-re January In, S;■ pSn u ml
lu . in. mal >iinnient d.'.",i - ,t;■
Ilu' I'eni gani/aI mn. Sie':. ■ , . lid
"Nn -1"lie will he left ia11 u m i I
II lake liie , le| in i'll, lent a! rung mid : 1 ■;
et|ui|iped In iiiseiiarge r I e.-.pni1
I• 11:111 s hi I! ,' I u;urn."
B-29.S Bomb
Tokyo Again?
China Raided
i ( I.v i '■ ■ uirt
• uri't' Sm
Ij'llll :j, (I
liny bn m a > I ■ : I i ■ 111, the 11 ., 1 ■ i
i -laiul . : .I;, jm i!. i I n! m i
' |nrl:i111 • n "I i In- i > a , m 4 til 1 II 2'.l •
nn niuhtlv H.jhl- t" 11‘i'nrt i' ,■ we -
' IK, ..vi f lap r . I 1 It -an..' I
• \;,4‘ ya Tl\ y ti-nl.-y . - 12
’ t,lit ri .. i i I • ,i tii | city
I hi' : ' 1 1 I' irlay . 1 at I ark -
b\ Sup1. r' ’ • ■ it a.li P 2aai , i,
in . a lid t ii(. in \‘> a, i \v 11 a i I : ! i bla. t
||rlluwiTl by i I'll i * na l in.y a I , ;r
.Millin' arm. A tit: ■.,.. r .1 '. 1 iv a. a -.
mi'iiyn . ami t t. ii rii,s;ht Cmalm wlir'i
1 ca i v up iA'l't ' iim (liM.unaa
.1 *! N I.ONI ill M ) i iani
I . S. SI \< i\ i» V HO\(, HUSO
Chims'king IVc A'1 {AIM A
lai :;i■ .1., j or • liii • * in -.’i!'. .■ iifl
ail enO'iy <it■ -11 (,t .ini two 1:t: r;.’
:ri'isjhlt 1., ■ ia• tn ■ ainiily sank in a
bum ■ ' - . I' > I - \ t tcrrla.v
\ a! lb tie. K' Mai" ('.'■Ilf! al W'de
imi y in '.. !11 •.1111; i l li'i. a mu n' ni’i'lI t1i
■ da.v.
'1 bis Mii i im be 1i ■■ y<■<I Iw > eneiny
{■ i n 111 : if r ■ 11 in .tubal. I he r nn
. 11:i.iij11111 ,al 'I am J.ijiaiifso pianos
caneiil 'll an .. .a. iii»* ritt.' y '.‘sen'
■ a ■ i\ ■ . i dan • "I.
The pif : i.i \bi ;.mu. in . dawn
: i , nnissaun I built, ! nd 11. Hi -
. nil bin nine 11 •• tile fiorer alt irk
I Monday b\ a. en 11.rirr.-.-i's and P
I le illI \ I'll an fill111IV 1)11.111)! "
i . t r 111, 11 in.. i i l ml.I ami k mek
: ed ell*w 11 one A I' ur .Japanese plane.-:
II it atta l;nI : i Thirteen J a] inexe
e; ere dr ini.yi'd by Mil tany.
■ m the Monday raid ■ -:i tI f l.nw. and
. e\ ell i it I :ri s \\ < re la i fibly dl'.-l 11 wed
j hi badly dainnyrd.
Cooperation
i o Continue,
Briton Says
Won't Comment On
Query o! Spheres
Ot Iniiuence Set
I/.mlmi, I )oc. 20 (AI’)—
I’rinie .Minister Churchill told
. I In 11'disc ul ('omminis 11idav
[that ila■ tlinv great powers wert
la ‘‘entire agreement about tin.
I general amis whell iiiml our al
| liamv,’ but at bled t hat '‘whe
ther there is complete agreement
I' n every aspect of these rnatter.
is another uucstinji altogether.’
< i d< ..ate or Brit i.-ii policy
|!| hi" aeil land.-, tin' prime inmis
"V\ e h*»d a ' i ton t tins,\vn
• and v.n a ■■ disri.aigtng i|
' di .-I.,: ..nr ,,: a v. '
He . ■ : 'd line ,o lar as the
i'e11"d SI ip .. and :Hn,..-.ia were con
I l'l a i I hi , i. . | ||.,1 th,. .,!;ghie..l ci- ,ubl
'in: the fonu)!ett. nd ellei’tivt. n
,l"'i al|" i 11! go ■ ii in all aspects
; 11 I ho war.”
< fiin hill sidi stepped an at
tempt to draw him into a discus
sion ol widely reported state
ments that file gloat powers al
ready hud agreed upon some
"spli.-ws of ini I'.ieuee.”
1 hie ii-ieo t asi.eiI the prime min
ister wlitthei ' lie on not agree that
: oi: ; i danger n implementa
t" 'ii o| |ji ii,u a |>. ul tie I i imharloi
l **■'-■- o Hire lii.r, II oorlain ])io.vei;
■: asij-ii il ..'-.I, spin res of ini he
Cl 0 1 I I ; , I j I ' ■ : ■ ., IS II"
■no mil I nr , r 'operation daring tin
A ir'1"
"1 fliink that is a topi| that
ok> eloi'i i shoe!! lint attempt to
deal with now.” replied Churi li
nk Pressed as to whether there
(Continued on Hugo Two.)
'ft KT * a ■*
minister Is
Accused As
Nazi Spy Aid
■ h i gtci Ir< ■. 2f) (AP> Tie
11 ' 1 : i 1 ' 1 : 'day ant ton need
he nclir i ■ s < 11; . i |<irni. minister,
p : die (I- ; ;: *:i! .. i id, had been
1 ■ 11 '"cl ;aliiislt iii11i.self m this
1 ' 1 ■ ■'1 >' a 1 1 'lllarl I nr (lotirtiti t
spieo
t hah '11 • 111 :i•' .rnerl at New
"; • ■•’ I < 'arl Kinil Ludwig
• •;' 1*1 (,r, nl iYewark, with violating
1 ;" - a.i.-iiip and foreign
."a mi -, slat die.
I '<■ ai-ti.m mm vs more titan two
•v' 1in • ' a 11! m i iy Inn FecL
II 1,1 ' Invi -t mat am, origi
"ij; 11 "it; * l ine supplied by hhl
M the I":M ' ( "Titian saboteurs wile
I "II : -■ Atlantic coast Iran
| ■-uhi, i1 II !• a : -I line, I <1-1 It.
1 i'm tu cut alleges that Krep
p' ' 1 'ii'i'd with Walter Kappa
''illied ; - ■ , Fill as a director n<
| inc -\a/ ... 'age .school in Berlin
;:ncl I’u 'I ile. Bertha Krepper,
1,1 '’.I ;a, a lerfcrc witli and ob
■ net ho '■ tinnal defense "i :a.
1 P S' p 11 a I I" Use a rede aim
oll;ur lil in ■ I" eireumvcnt eer-or
slnp."
Bigger Fight
Coming, Nazi
Radio States
Loudon. !»«•<•. JO.— (,\Pl_Tile
•b'lim radio declared today that
tlir Genual) counter offensive
in Itelgiiiiii and Luxembourg
already bad paid dividends by
eoui|ir!ling the \ilies to halt at
lai ks on other sectors, hut said
military security precluded full
details on llie Nazi drive.
The broadcast quoted Adoll'
Hitler's newspaper as saying:
"It is certain we are only at
I the beginning of heavier figlil
I ing. The German people, edu
i rated by the advanees and re
treats of this war. view the sit
uation cold-bloodedly, realisti
cally and callously, but there is
1 joy in r\ efj one's eye. We are
| advancing again.”
I
Clenei a I M;n-A i! . ll.\.dij .. t
fi . I ‘nil i)ipm(v. I it i .:•> • AI’j -
l‘"II < rgim* V .m, .• . : the
• lapain l:iM' a | . a.'!i : ! a .. !1 of
Valencia, tngo'i.n • .v til »n .,i. ; :ckl,
' ' 1. 1, , irov < • I'l I • . j ■ ft.) ■ ;
.smith today in an el in '. to t ^}, •,• ii
House ahmit the I, i ge • urbanized
enemy I.pfr-e . t.ll rigii! lg on v e.-t
i.e.v te island.
Seizure ol Vhih'lici.i. a.it eight
miles north of the ' ategie A i.m
a an-helrl port of lira v. "a, dis
closed •> 1 1 CM 1C 1
and the 77*h died into
the city, the fit • , ah y -\\ 11 ;
ii a flanknig I: :\ e ami e i;;tiwd
1 s .m>y -.inm1 ■ . V’ eni i
In so doing, r1 ov a .1 1 >ehind a
siroijg Japanese Iz it already pin
ned down by the l S. ;;jmi, and
' ' ' ' . ' . ' IHCS11
mi." ."T. wt,t Happed In
'J ■ ' -V" Ana. ■ m ■ i dr. : an
I he ”U placed th<
Valencia ai field in use, as if fc
pro ding ' - e for Ame: . .
plane.- 1 . ■ ■ < : ■ < ■ cm it. 11 l..11!y
harass nr .1.. a -a '.ipp.ng and
sUiJplv r, ,i : a . . :i ( . inpaisn -1!
attrition.
■Alter V ■ the
' ■' ; ■■ i ' ttd Gen
et I Mm \ •• I ' . • mliinr '
ip" nne.rant ■ 1 .• .. p i.verfnl
A .t ■ - . j ; - ' i * i• ■. i iron ent
I" ul.- I'.v ':n i it hr last
lea da\ ..| tin- : r.-M.r I’ iloniton,
rti 1 ,eyte .'.it i ' , the sole
port O' i .v i i'i'n. i.i" ii.r i:. .la|sine.-e
hands.
Four Red Columns Move
On German. Anchor Town
In ( Czechoslovakia Area
M'vciia, Dec. 20. -(AT) Four
Hed army column.;, were 1 'mi urging
in heavy attacks today mi the city
of Kassa, imrimr of the entire (he
man defense system in the mown
tains of caste1 Czecho !•o uk;.,.
Advanced i'orre> already a we re
ported within easy artillery range ot
the old provincial center, .vimm
Slovak-H mgai .an pop ..n belo.-e
the war totaled oho a M 1.0(H).
A ciiirniimique la ! night am
no u peed the full ol the dlage ot
Sony,1, only nine m 1<• ' • dm* ■ > n •:
Other Sov et columns Ae>e i>oring
in from the outh a«*s* . mi nea t aid
east. I add dmpali In > ' en*a u*d
steady progress. Chi tne • outiiwe-t.
the mam demon high a ay r ill e;
cape route w u> cut. Othei 1 • t
leading through the n.madams ot
Middle Slovakia are rei mVd con
- i
titilKiily ii r --ou : pai: i * bands
The di r. c b ii the c, n oted town i
wn.- .1 r-1..1 din.iied rfte t of two
pu'Ain ln! Hu.-, .it; in: ce»—<hc second
uni I mirth 1' . armies. The
c-uivcrguig t'.'i;; gained as much
a cigl;: iii’e» ye t'"ii in . b.utenng
! !:eu n\ .in t:: g". mg German
fortification el the mouil
ta u is.
Sna\cl\ Released
From 11 is \\ ork At
Cornell at Once
llliaca, \ t \ . Dec *!0—(\V)
-toinell 1 mversil\ s hoard of
ph.\ sieal rdur iiion and athletics
granted fail suavely, coach of
the log red loothall team smee
a. lelease from his eontraet,
due to expire next spring.
ih. I . I Dus, i niversit\ presi
dent. and < hail man oi the ath
h lit hoard, said he had granted
the release in a phone call to
Snaielx at Montgomery. \la.
Snavely. who stopped off .it
l hape ! iliil Monda.x on Ids way
south, is expected to conclude a
conference there today, with ath
letics officials of the* l niversity
c ! North v a.rolina on liis possible
return next fall as coach of the
Tar Heels. I
fnfantry Is
Following
l ank Gains
First Army Piight
Definitely Better,
front News States
Palis, Dec. 20—(APi— l/nit
Monchan, in German.' and
eneekifi the initial impetus oi
'.lie powerful German counter
offensive, which bit more than
twenty miles deep into Belgium.
'Ilie iron' still was unsuhil.zed
tonight, however.
Paris, Dec. 2<)—(AP) —Ger
man inlantry rammed in today
behind swift Nazi armored col
umns advancing more than
twenty miles into Belgium, but
1 nih'd .-states tanks end dough
b vs were noidnig linn in some
sectors of tin Nazi break
through chauued.
f)ne 1 rout dispatch said the
Prst army's situation was offi
cially termed “definitely better”
i;|-'t night, will bardening of the
American Hanks above end be
leu tin- I on r-prolonged Nazi
counter oftenstve. American
tanks and tank destroyers hit
m ironi these sides.
" n 'l'iiie !.-. - |-i e -ors disclosed
1 “‘<> (iciai nns had i. .. i-eef five to 20
end by M ly i hip. in four
° ln' a rli . ait . Belgium and
Luxembourg
But lotl.it the German " i Id cat
a rim ied columns struck deeper
nito lieigium. and Nazi infantry
ul St iles troop-, iia'e recaptured
".is beginning to back up these
lingers "in some strength," a first
a mo trout dispatch said.
■ i i' ' ' .- tins more
'1 t m! .nd
“ 1 “ v 1. a. <•' -■ i penc
ta V e 101, ■ ■■ e •. | y
' ■-• mi inly 22
i r -- the ' - ■ a--.- -,i I_:cge.
middle German eoiunin has
achieved lie. greatest advance,
dispatches said, hammering hc
.' o k the column that reached
mum h t. Precise details were
v. ithheld.
■ - ' 1 man fnechan
.. ‘ in quest,
'• efiean : ; but were re
1; eetjng little success.
One first arm> officer declared
the cr.cinv had drained troops
irin other sectors for this “very
hold" move, and that if the
counter offensive were crushed,
“the w ar can he p on right here.’’
American knocked back numer
ous i cmy hinter attacks on the
> ■'!' n mid "f the northern flank,
i'i' :“-’i fe dawn today east
•'h ' ■> • ' ■ the corridor where
U t.i.i, ' ■ ot 'he main force of
I he - • v do ight,” an AP corre
> J '.1! 1 > i L‘ n J .- I ' i.
V deluge of flying bombs ac
companied the German blows.
i The German high command
declared pithout confirmation
that more than 10.000 Americans
had been captured so far.)
1. S. troops were holding out in
some key towns ind pockets by
passed liy the mam German forces
in this fluid warfare.
^ S - reme 1 caaquarters lifted the
cl s:k i I secrecy I i toll of the five
to 2l)-n Y advances up to Monday
'Ten. "no G( rmans were crushing
into increasingly dense defenses
thrown up by the first army.
American anti-aircraft guns
halted German tanks near Stave
lot ycsterdav. hut elsewhere the
armored spearheads moved fer
pard Stavelot and St. Vith. elev
en miles to Uie southeast, both
were in I nited States iiands yes
terday morning, a dispatch said,
pith heavy fighting east of St.
Vith.
■V:' -.can antiaircraft gunners
cl , mod more than 200 German
plain . h -I d ■ ’. n in 'hree days.
In ;l id, c infused battle, some
il"tig' hoys f'-ught mi until they were
ov i in ' :o\ holes by tanks.
G* rni.e p.-ii.n-hute troopers seized
\mci-a in hospital, bul dough
h. Vs ro-v. 11 id freeing tip. captives.
The part al lifting ot the security
blackout gave t e first official dis
ci--sure of the . pih and danger of
I'd Nmi/ --I icn.-iv mivinfect with all
the power l Gi m any's arsenal_
rested cinch dive ■ tanks, planes,
V-vveapnns, par iiute troops an<J
amphib-ous ven.cles.
SCENE OF NAZI COUNTERATTACK
HITTING THEIR HARDEST BLOW against American troops in Europe, Nazi
forces have selected a relatively inactive front between Trier and the
Monschau Forest for a furious drive against Gen. Hodges’ i • Army. This
“supreme assault” ah mg a G0-m:le line, shown on the map, was believed
by many experts to be a desperate attempt to interfere with huge new
drives for which tne Allies are set and to force Allied troop.; from the
Duren and Saarbruckcn areas where the enemy has been hard hit. Care
fully conserved planes, tanks, parachutists and many div. mm have sud
denly been put into action by the Nazi Command.. <international)
MIA I flli Jv
Kilt NOKTH < AKOI.IVV
I'aii- anti warmer I •»n i111:
Thursday lair and mild, becom
ing partly cloudy and colder
west portion in afternoon. with
showers in mountains.
YOU CAN GET 'EM—IN GERMANY
_ _ . - 4* •••'«>
HERE ARE SOME of those cigarets you’ve been trying i > get. They're at
tlie iri lit, in Germany. And they're being handed out by a pretty girl.
Pie. L( ro’y Zehn (left), of Lebanon. Pa., is get'.i' a. a 1.and n So Abe
Swick of New York. The young lady is f lice Schram of Nov Orleans,
i a Red Cross worker. Red Cross pnotv (International S-rindphoto;