joiaicrs Prayer on Christmas Day
n ^_
We thank thee. Lord, for Thy protection.
I haven't said that since I was a child. Lord,
But today—on Thy day, I say It once more,
And this time, more than any other,
jThesc thanks come from the heart.
Not so much for the Christmas dinner
Served to us here in this orchard in Belgium,
Or on a rain-soaked plain on Leyto Island.
Or in Italy, or on a ship at sea.
But more, Lord, for the richer food
That a blessed memory serves us;
The food of recollection—
Of other, better Christmas days .
Happy days with those we love,
• ■nod cheer, and gifts, and happy greetings
Exchanged by all of us—each with the other:
And while we thank thee, Lord,
For those memories,
We reverently and humbly ask
That there may be other Christmas days
!■ or us now so distant from our homes;
Days when we may join witli those we love
In a world of peace and good will.
May sit with tin- families we hold dear
And give thanks, with them, once again.
Again, laird, we thank Thee for Thy protection
Bless those at home today,
Help them lo realize that we are with them
In spirit more than ever today, and
May their day be a happy one.
Amen
_—By CpI. Alvin L. Krieg
wmm
Jap Escape
Being Cut
Ab andoned Jap Dead
Are Being Counted
At 1,800 Each Day
Dei serai MaeArUiur’s Head
(|'i;i rl ei's. 1 ’ 11:: s; i■ • 11!. . 11, , .
( A I’) Anp rii .’ii inl'act r i .n,,
I'llsisilig a I'M- whose ai isi IK in i :ei 1
(lead v- ..HI' (I si1 ■. i■;• 11•
I >1 1 •() ;i day, jire;e(! mi rei
II - -1 v ini !i' irl!i \\'( -1 I ,i \ t c
a.•'still.-I Nippon.■-• p-i re,a', i>:■•
wsti'iI I *al in |mu, \. hile sir: i. [nry
jumped In h hit : that last i >...-t
<>l i cape lira'l(|aart"i > tvpni't
t il t' dsty.
(in r.I.. lv-iii. 'Ir. I M md'ii'n j -
I ind then till no ground , pp,
.'III"- i , • . * V c 'lit mill "1 : ' .
a*1' eel. 1 ■ ■ ‘ 11 planes n
( "Mdial ill 1 v ' - I ' :il i-.11 i'i i., 11 liie.
Tv. •' Ann re i 1 ■ .! e, • y,, iIn t.
In lie- 1 ■ ■' i!;. I.- 'y t e t ■ ,. i, p. ■ ,
sci!'iy i n end, the Unit d
.Sl,,|e. ' , ! '..|| . .. Hi, C1.
Iieynnd < i it in ■ ■ c ■: , i,, .. .„(• Hir
ing Wit.' ' I , : 'lie |li,' l. 111 u n 1 ne
S'1 ad I' I '.iln ■;: uin, nil tile ni i'i h
wc.'t .h ■ lie ■ i the island.
Tile American ., after . estling <>!I
the enii'idni itself, were mopping ,,p
tile In a! !i ' i d A' |,[ ii ini -i ■ I iiei e, a -
will ns ii .mi.ml., attempting to e.
ea|ie Ay
P:t)■ hiij "ii ; ' "nl.,i y |,.,, ; •
lie ’. pi" ' 1 >y ; 1 r ’ ■ • i , , it n ■ "I
< >rm. "■ i" he |l ... ,i , iln i ,|
lh.lt tee J.. p.i i . , ■ i , i, 111 . , |
any Inn . e e-ipe 111 •nigh n ran ni
artillery .AelI .,■ d ,md .nr nt., I;
Ml T •• tile American.- could me.nit
(t• iii; nearby bases.
WEATHER
I <>l! NORTH ( \K()UN.\.
( loudv and continued cold to
■liiglit. Sunday partly cloudy. he
mming warmer in the after
noon.
Doughboys Spend Ch risimas
In Battle For Their Lives
Heavy Snow Covers
Western Front In
Thick White Mantle
London. Lee. 2:>— (AP)—A
heavy snowfall along the west
ern front, has guaranteed a
while Christmas for Amer'euV.
tie'll ting: men, hut in that n ,| eet
alone will it he like the tradi
tional 'luletido. A great pro
port ion of t he doughboys u i I he
fighting for their live
A., i n Thank. ,gi\ i g. 1111• t:• • y h.,
lieen tai.eh In the IV.mi ■■ i r\ t
I mad Si,ili ■ .. *' I f I j (■ i, linl i a ■( . II .'A
gel M mi Clin Ima- day M" I
I h" i m tile artual 1 inc 1 :II i "d II.
ail i a iiia I ration. Their la
will lio ..aved and they v. 111 ' . •
C'hia 1111a dinner when thoy amir
'll of hat I le if they eo|in • " i'
Si ■ e Germ a ns may feast on Am
eriean ( hr i: tina s I irkey. i. -i. ]•
lin y h;e. e rap!nred nnu ll a n
i the winter n| hush a.
Iltindii'ds of I ii'Uisand • "! i : ■
II ia | aim ha I ruin homo alia a a
1'iaehtd tile ti'iuips ill F an n i
a aia- .soldiers are eomplain1'. tin .
have I reel red lame and deel a a I i. .
m11-I. ha ve been Inst or I 'h'n.
In hr. annual Clin:!1 • mi m."
II. Ilia Ii! nil and Canadian V .• ■ ,
Field Mai .dial Mnnlgnmi ry I -I i d—
that ' tgorther you and I ha v .
ed miirh, and together we will ,,ee
thr Ihi"g through 1" the end."
In Britain many English la ,l.r
.‘.dl dial,, their Christmas rail'.
th Amerh a ns far from lmme. In
Bii inilu'liai i more than .atm An ■
vans will he entertained in p: i ale
homes.
Superforts
Meet Bitter
Jap Attacks
21st Bo bei i mimand, Saipan,
I ,f " i AP)- The .lap,iih e flun.u
>•'" pi oie-, ■ ilanni'd by hr t rani;
thei\>, I* riday at Superior! rc..se
o*: \a«oya. Japan, in a frantic ef
;"i ' 11 > pi • ent further damage to
I 111 'ail.) e r den d airerat t factories I
I h'.to. M : • tla• ! J-L’P* . ft • i^ii t liif:'
nd I and i'i : ded enemy wm ;ndus
II " er pc ■ 1 ol two ind a halt
ilOLU\>.
( ! in1 W ■ ■ Depart meut at W.t h
ingtnn nd m ,i oimmuni(|ii‘' early
today t;ii’ ■. ‘ t B-29 w.t . 1-* t 1 •
enemy ar‘i ■ • »ui of a sizable to-ve
wh ieh c* ai • -nrated t»n the M re.idy j
hard hd Mi; .j.- hi aircrarft . irks I
at Nam '.v.i. My of m >re than 1,- 1
(ina,mm .id. . Ida mile - ■ ith
west t>! d‘ ' . v • Five enemy nter- !
eepi,a • ■ • t : t t 11 dr.M) < >\v : and j
lor ol hi dan .mod. )
( i.t'!1 i ' prevented as •<*- nent «d !
i e>ults * ' •• instrument bombim;.
lodiiniin:', fi < r- expressed e Mifid- |
(.•in * so 1 r explosives added ; * the j
-c • ;e ii.me inflicted December
]:: on the Hal. idoki factory ‘ the1 '
M »,iibi-h world-, whieti p "duces
I'm*'tors and bombers.
Tokyo radio made the line 'idirm
c i-la.i tat fen B-2 IN were - hot
down.
No Dispatch
Christmas Day
In keeping with a custom as
( Id ;is llie paper itself, the Dis
patch will not he published on
f hristmas day next Monday . II
is die only day of the year that
a full holiday is taken. On Tues
day and thereafter the paper
y.ill he issued as usual
It is (la same old wish and the same spirit of other
year-; thal prompts ayain the Christmas preetintr. liu! there
is no diminishing ol the sincerity that accompanies it.
With a sense of deep gratitude, the entire staff of this |
newspaper extends the compliments of the season to its j
readers, its friends and to all men everywhere— j
A VERY AiERRY CHRISTMAS.
Hrttdrraon Daily DiapatHj
0
Hundreds Of
Planes Smash
At Fhe Nazis
‘ Deo. 2.3 { M ‘ i Huii
: " ‘ ' 1 i nd light
• *' I ■ < ■ • i':11 in .'inmn cd
■ .■ it her i n
T- 1 i ' i i ; i i r :i 111 1 in ft 1*,■ * r-'int
eei; of Jog and
ini. t.
’" : -ei rumbled
’ ' ’ ' • '' u i . >1 light
*■ 'it : .'lid forth aero. ->
11 .• (••• ih'i'-i .i • Alla ; got then
i u. j 11 ( i n g G c i •
' • ei 7.1 ir o; zem living
W'eat I Km .
1 . U :,|:. i.«i - i id I lu'PO 1 >n f
"! fhe west
• ei • . ini di.scontinu
• i '11 ’ 1 « t . e:i f, ii id:cat -
'1 - • nd fighters
- i 1 • • ■ m the
11 "i ■ 1 lines.
A ■'i 11 i. 11 . . •i i no broke out
o e; I. a enabling the
plane h» •> ■ the German
col iimn.-..
;mt a go of better
■ " •' in ha held Ki -oihow
e; ' air i - i • I* >■,: i >•nmd for days
w h:!e Ike ( i n ei »! l'on.sivo pre
cede led, I " *: • e bombed
f lu i ‘ i: :*,e: >■ ' i e 7 :3«i a. m
, ' ■ ,ze '»! ihe at tack
to some of the
ipi'd ;u past week".
• { not announce i im
Old State Bond Of 1910
More Than Doubled Now
BY LYNN NISBLT
Daily Dispatch Bureau
I; deigh, 1 )ec. 2.3 -North (*;11 din
ii.i> goii(., through several via,’ u
i;p.-. and downs during the past 3
real ... . ■ was enifiha ized Fi d.i,
i\ In ii Slate Tri asurer (’ll irle. .1 dm
. . m i an am ... a lei tr r da Pal Alas- 1
19 I il d he taller was igned h.v I! 1.
Lacy, till'll State treasurer, ard vv i
iddrossed to a bond dealer replied
mg him to bid on an issue of fou
pereent bonds then going on the mar
!;o 1. Treasurer Lacy stated wit I
evidence of pride that fou
iriT!-nt Stale bond.. It,id •'within th
past eight years sold for a m tc
106.” Since thru the Ktati ha
sorrowed money .at six percenl *V,
rst, and at the present time has . mi
sixty million dollars to lend out
nearly fifty millions ol it lining \
rested in Federal securities that yiel
about two percent.
INCRFMF.NT -Treasurer Johnso
unused liimsell for a few minute
iy figuring the present day vain
that 1919 bond and found il t
he 116.31 In other words. $1.98
pond bought in 1910 would tmlj b
worth $1,163.10 Meantime the own
! er would I <•■ •Heeled >1,300 in
iiil(t<’si. Stak'd another way, it the
i bond hod I. od away 34 years
l ■ • I la j i » . ■ . • \ ,,!iir with accrued
I interest a ' i ■ > S2.323.1 h—more •
•* 11' ii i a o . i; i i hall tunes original
- cost.
t .MAT : Tin : ' . v i )e|lartment
sji.il Agri«- diui'e ha - just moved 2a
- | high grade her I type calves from
Mleghany • ■ u.ly to Wake county
- | and distributed them among vora
i | tional .agriculture classes and FFA
■ I chile foi pr pen . oi l;. Wake .a d
■ adjoining ei'imti< . nuv(. n< i gone in
i | \ c ry i n:;l v foi be'1! cat! je pr* *■ I ir •
tl 11. and till* -igrieult U1'C‘ classes ! ■
trying t - km nidi* interest in that
• iiiurce ni tarm income.
TRUCK Sneaking of farm in
l come, the tat -lical division of the
Stn1r Depot' >• of ni Agriciilturi has
i estimated thi:»t the value of principal
a truck <•!"!'-• in North Carolina this
? year wa S11 >77,0(4. This was six
> mill'on : nder the t943 . g
l gi’egate. nr and a half mik ’ l
above the • -ye; r average. Reason
- lor the ilk-; from last year was
German Thrust Now
Through Luxembourg
Nazis Approaching
Strategic Sedan As
Other Spearheads
Advance Elsewhere
I’a r is, Dec. 2:’. — (AID A
powerful German armored
smash hammering forty miles
across Luxembourg and into
Delgium had reached within 21)
miles o! historic Sedan by
Thursday noon, and N’a/.L ha\e
entered the bypassed Itelgian
i road key of Ilastogne, it wa dis
closed today.
Sup! eino headquai t-'i ,u| tin
j s'l oag central wedge ol the < ;. t ,, ,n
: counter olli nsivo laid cari 'in-! ] ti
1 miles he.vond Mnslogno w S' ||'w
,2(t miles northeast ei' Sedan, 'tr'
1 ol the 1 ll 10 Hiller break tin ■ ign. iw
j u; ys ago.
A field dispatch said the (Pm-., sns
had entered the surrounded Bu o,
lour miles inside Belgium, and iiad
won control ol Will/, ten miles !ar
Dhei east in.-ide Luxembourg lease
.actions also occurred Thursday.
Kvrnts ot the hist 4K in .., ’ .dill
w"ic cloaked m the security news
' ban.
I ii<• plunge to St Hubert masked
f arepest penetration by die f.. r
m, n , s\\ coping cle;n a I. tx< m
bopI'g ul d 20 miles on into He,;;
II had sprung from Viand1 n. neat
'he :lea h frontier.
The German northern v.erjg- a! ,o
's.a . reported about forty rrule- into
In Igemi in the- area west d ll ,i
11 "id and Malmedy Supren e hend
’ oi.il! I "I said that up to m "II 1 all
day tli, d aighbiiys in Ba t gn -nil
i wc re , "Idmg out and reporled '.Vih/
oeri in, w11li no w, i d o: the fate
oi li.e America garris n.
Bm information gi eu rnrrespon
j dents m the field said deiiiulely 1.hai
Baslogne Iiad been entered and I .it
tiie Germans had taken c mtroi ->r
j Wi.ttz.
I g- vhich for three days aim's!,
completely grounded the massiv > Al
lied , . | or re - - lifted sulftcien1 ly to
pel u ii Kiying Kotre. ses and liglol rs
la,M,i in Britain to hammer weslor
German !a rget.. this :in dug,
HAL Lancaste" and Halilaxms last
(Itight i - siilfil'd ('oblenz and 15.i . en,
i ail hi al; tceding ti’c Gcrm.ie d -
leiiia, aid Mosqu loir punched at
t in sports behind the Belgian
la.e i le . iv mi 300 sortie.-..
German planes also v ere ;e
hi rn ng a I strafing United S'.de.
I'at’h .-eetors yesterday and las',
night.
: mallei average yields on lever
mu Reduction in acreage was ten
pc awill, lint decrease in acreage ca
ll i,. v,a.-. a lull st 30 percent.
PARTIES Christmas parties w<
the order of the day at • and the
sipi re Friday as State ofliee w a kei
gol ready to leie e foi- the holiday...
Several departments had trees, citing)
hah a common assembly room tor
exchanging gifts, while some stuei;
t),v tin’ individual har.d-"iil me ell id.
Kor Ihi newspaper folks who regu
larly make the Capil 0 heat, high . pot
ol the week was a bird dinner given
them by Governor and Mr- llrough
tnn at the mansion Wednesday night.
HOWfflcjRGWN — The given).ir
took pride in the tact every it. .u on
the menu, except a lew condiments',
was North Carolina-produced, m< a
ol it coming from his own farm in
Wake county—including the birds
which the governor himsel: got. 'Ihe
dinner started with ulsters irorn Car
teret county and endded wi‘11 apple
pie that had its origin in I’olu county.
REPORT — The North Carolina
Committee—United Stales lir-wers'
Foundation has released its I d 111 an
nual report, showing .1 eonlinued
improvement in the beer trade. The
eommittee is headed by Col. Edgar
II. Bain of Goldsboro as dire tor,
«li. has held that position from in
ception of the program in 1D3S) the
I eport features facsimile let lets from
Governor Broughton and Irvuri,
('. mmissioner Gill commending the
• "mm.Dec's work, and quotes from
in 1 ■ 1.- army officers and I iw en
loreeoenl agencies expressing simi
lar sentiments Emphasis is placed
n the main purpose "I requiring all
distributors and retail dealers to
conduct business on a high plane.
WARNING T B idle Ward, eom
II issioner "I mutor vehicles, use I the
la : few minutes spent in his otlieoj
before cheeking out for the ("or;-1-1
mas holiday to make sure no an' >- |
mobile driver in North Carolina
would have a eha we to forge; ad
monition for caution and careful
driving. Commissioner Ward a ked
ill the newspapers to carry i story
on the matter and he wired every
•■adio station in North Carolina re
questing them to make triquent >■ vd
announcements urging all motorists
1 (Continued on Page Three.)
Pent-L [> I* ur\ ()}
Allied Air Pow er
Loosed On Nazis
r.n is, Dec - ( u'i |„.
Pent n|) fury ot Allieu air pow -
er shackled lev w eek of had
weather was loosed today
against the armor of Field .Mar
shal \'on Kundstedt's drive Ml
miles deep in doughboy lines,
and first reports indicated a
staggering blow may have been
dealt the German counter offen
sive.
Germany Is
Withholding
Final Power
Waiting for Moment
For “Kill” in Great
West Front Battle
Washington, Dee. '!!!—( \Pi —
Germany is withholding her ul
timate total strength from the
breakthrough battle ol the yvest
ern front until the Nazi lngli
command <\u> determine the
I'rcisp<-ets fen a truly major vic
tory.
Mililit' men here, reporting
this teda.v, suggcsgled the prob
able Gentian idea of such a vie
lory woul l he the trapping and
destruction ol twee or three Allied
armies, cut oil from the rest ol
the forces in I ranee.
The j\ 1 i if tensive, di pin is : i -
ti ll .-wilt i•• i u-' > . h.c nut reached
the puinl whin v the lugh nimn, aicl
cm nmke tin’ cleterr n diuij
1 >ne me • . y e%|icil. , plytl.g tli.it
the Get i t .
behind oil lime I.idle. -,.ici th.e
111 V le\\ u| tiny c .ill;. Hives., ., c tie.'
breakthrough Ihe cm my ,-h .id Ine •
progressed fiiiThei than the 3l)-uc)d
miles he is known to h;.\e advanced
since Iasi Saturday
Tlie.e is. however, no inclination
to I urn a Way from the f ei that the j
si I mat .on in K ope e. ait i n ues e eve.
The cue c.y by 1 u means ha cotn
mitteci hi- b : u.-I stlength to the
breakthrough y rnture. military stu
dents here . ay Sources - r lein
I'oreemcnl, both men and armor, :
Great Winter Offensive
Of Russians Under Way
Long Eastern Front
Lies Beneath Hard,
Firm, Frozen Snows
M" I li e 2.",— ( AIM—An
oll'icial announcement of the de
struction of HU German tanks
in a 2 1 hour period ending
I hursda\ night gave realistic
support toda\ to German re
port.' that the Red army's great
winter nllenUve is getting un
der way.
t '' ',1; 1 tie. 1 mg c istcrn I rout
111 ■ i"I' r !i , ■ i, 11.'!; snow, with
deep live/, ell. : i!,c Russians just
tile kind 1 *■ dlie. n< 1 Red for their
“Its-lung i: ■Jiiiuughnut th: war
tIs. • ., 1 v-. i . .iisnenced their
ggext . itioi .:. 1 1st such v.x's
iher •i,.i tempi 1 aluro.
I ■ ;e - ,,; 1 ■ bet!• pcjtopped
'Is 1 * ,, (tern,.ms and the r< ord
\ mi 'ie; i hey a re em
' 1 might tiiem when
the l id Set 111.
■ ’lr.maiul did not
• '■ ' 1 ' • .> .. aft ere..I this
' i s- 'jGerm-ins,
i- ■ 11 1 '■ i ' sat u mighty
' • - ' 270,000 wintei -hardened
R .. ! 1 oops . i' on the move in
•'1 o' I s'', is where an esti
mated; ...... ions are pi icketed
,. tiie Haiti •
J ill". ... 1 ik. . reports of those
' ink .e. '...eild mean that
i ze: ■ .."ie . - g ung on
-■> ■ .u ’ *it(. ..ctor is not 1 ke.
■ • j S! s. ..I.ia, to; it is a •, until
i- s ■’ ;ailed tor tank
:i that laige
' . g place in a
- : :e I. • wee.'. I poly
s .. ,■ s> rth ot Buda
' • s.li s i sgh command was
.- . e_ tiling alls;! It.
I ■ in i described the
So,/ u;,s Latvia ns "a big
i a.rational import
anre."
lie. Iv today said the
ns e s : troe: . st.rring into
unit • tiie south
■ , > ■ i's.: • I dr.-ee to within
• : 1 • . .. tout Slovakian
J i. . 'I.reatening to
' . 1/ 1!.1. 1 • //'e of Germans,
1 o 1 red 'ii 1 1 i ngartan Malra
s R issian drive
:.p fro . the util
exist riiesp er include root e
e; le ';' v i ' :. ills of less ac
ts e , . eng tin1 central Rus
sian front,
T: ,, a : 1 we\ er. have as
e on t /• 'a o v. /.'tern allies that
o \\ si- 1 tie:. 1 vo coming.
700,000 Slain By Nazis
In Camps, Russians Claim
London, Dec 23 -(AID The M<>.-.
cow radio aid today an extiaordi
nary Si>\ iet cimuni >n had estai>
lisherl that nearly Ton,1)1)0 persons
ineluding an unde'ei muied numhei
of A met leans and 15. at i i Iron Ger
man i)r; n ea ops. u i re t rtured and
slain in t.he Nazi extei nat n canij
at Lw iv\.
The liroadaa.--1. n . ruled I • a •' b.v
the Soviet mon 11 i i . m a dd i t lona
200,000 persons wen1 ulled ill au
ra Inn Nazi ’amp at .la niv\. iikI 0 0
ehildrei. were slaughtered in target
praetiee.
The broaden I did not n < ... cleat
whet hot the British nid \inerh in
were P'l. oner o| van or e|\ ilians
and did not iati then mu a nr.
Itelatmg eye-w tnes.s di eriptio:
ol tile most horrible terror-tart irs
the broadcast said the commissi a
liad i labl shed 11 minih• ' dii ir'
participat" ii in the Lwtnv .troeit e,.
It said 1 he Ge.tapo chief visilei
Iavow, in the eastern part ot win
was pre-war P"!.and, several times
Il was own in by the Ku. -ians some
time ago.
The broadcast said the comm is
sirn's report was ei ' firmed by in
morons statements of Soviet citizens
as v. <11 by Kivu h prisoners who
wt i'i. lioei tih iiy the advancing Red
army in I.w •r .
C'liilih i n wore selected and given
I" detachment "I Hitler youths as
target lo: shooting practice, the
comm sawn said.
Many Krone! ■ an ami Knglishmen
' a!/.■' e i sided liv .-.low degrees in
ramp at I!.era ft i -kaya, Ihe re
I "I ‘ i i A Frenchman was quoted
iymi; Met when he irrived at the
el." p in September. 1 !)•}:{. there was
lonly one uatia tap l■.. the use of
i Id.niiO p' i n,-. and Hit prisoners
wen alii \vt d to ige t only a lew
hum . a day
i it ro" nil a n' report said a ty
' ph li pi" ■ e w .nt 'riufed in one
- ill I; roll V p .Ming typhoid
r nil ers liming healthy prisoners.
It look 5,000 lives, ti;i‘ commission
sa id.
Ihe report described special mea
> a e t ken o' HimmU r's orders in
•Tune. 1045. when thousands of corp
ses wi e exhumed and Inirned and
the asher si!*od by special machines.
By this means, the t eport said, 110,
000 kilogra" Ol gold were recovered
and sent back to Gcrmnay.
I