GERMAN WEDGE 40 MILES DEEP NEAR MEUSE
Bv Germans
a?'
Enemy Bulge is Now
35 Fviiies Wide, With
Fresh Gains Shown
I’a'i-. Ihi . !'», i A P)—Po\V
<‘i fill tvv ui (n-nnaii <iri\ < - have
.-•quec-zed uni tin- American
wcdyi near St. \ itii and ni -rtred
ii'tu a sniffle bulge l'orty miles
d""|> that -till is iiamn'oring to
ward to Ai' is" oi!i\ thirteen
mil' s away, supivmt headquar
ter- dislosed today.
1 in- (>'■ onic "lies wide,
si i by S . y and eav, biped Roche
1 • 'it f"i bn losest approach to the
—v it"..:.-1 . . ....
In the heart of this bulge a
surrounded \itu rican l in e -ev
era I thousand strung fought dog
gedly to held the important fsel
gian road hub ol Bastognc after
rejecting a surrender ultimatum,
il is under incessant Nazi armor
and infantry attack.
'1 i.i 'i ■ :'• : iin:- i "luted force
d i ■ v." ".tii, where General
I- ' -ii v. ■ '• • inter a.-.aiult had
: '* back .ji the Arl n ro.-et. wilh
v I'Vt mil"- .1 R'u.t'jgnc. and still
v.'- gaining gi md.
'I lie Arm-lie..!, '.' edge v.-r a St,
bth bud kept Field Marshal Von
1! m.'tedl':, dr;. pin.
>'■. rraan stalls had veered north
ol Laroche through two Grand
iiicnil and Lierncuv threaten
ing to cut off Xmerieans dug in
on ridges «i si of St. Vith and
ke*-p Von Kun-tcdts assault
prongs from merging.
I'la ■" I" ' ' a"t I" be palled nut
in ..r guard fighting the last two
* o' tii.i'i day.-, .-up.""," In ., dip. a iters
■ I. and the Germ ui jur a! n .<• had
1.-d i,.v ('!n"s;- i . There
a I a - I 1 ■ ' > ., -si'll. Or
a : n. ; i' ai t; y that had
I III i -' |" > ' ' ' a n week
I me d the Gen nan
-■ nia ' a : ::. ■,t Riicheb'rt,
■ i mb' I i -, vl. ", ii ribeast
'■I he, i 1 •' ' - ; I : a Gfattci
• ' ■ ■ i .mill ' t to
M"US' : U ill
\ i ii id (lisp,ib a declared Von
it .1(1- alb .i . 11, autly was lioyv
• I-:"' ,i In e.i l-1 iirough toward
VI n,iu. r.itkcr than Liege. 34
miles northeast of Namur. Be
sides pi,nulling into Rochefort,
Germ.i t am ,. and infantry tar
ther s,until a-t also had taken
l.ihi iniunt, uiily miles from
Sedan and It, miles from the
In orh holder. Prisoners said
the (>"11111111 ton,, lalile called for
Paris l»y January It.
I' ib, ; <■ t.at main Ger
: ui pi" - • Belgi im appeared
' I," 1 west, where
ti" " till V" ' ' I g 1 gains, to the
A ill I n; ' a dated Monday,
* ■ ' ' • ino ,'O'i u'd iu ho
: u '1 ' — ' a. G, - :; ;a 11 in flu*
"1 •1 •' I'■: ■ ' ■ ' al"u« ihe northern
t' Germn brcakt hrough.
i'" a i ' t.-t 1 la- Germans lost
h"'"" .' ii : \ ci" - Christmas Eve
i ‘ •> an.- iboy line ni' ir
V IbnJi i bit l at led I" gain.
I OR NORTH ( VROL1N \
Rain and i elder tonight Wed
nesday i luud\ and coldera I nvest
temperatures ionigtit J‘i to 32.
YANKb CAPTURED IN GERMAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE
TAKEN FROM A ROLl OF FILMS found on a capturcd'Gorman, thi; photo dramatically tells Ike story of the
turn in the tide of battle through which thousands of American : hers are being taken pri.v icr. Here •
long line marches to the rear in Belgium, passing one of the big ,\h i Tiger tanks as it roll si during the
counter-offensive which the Germans have launched. Signal Corps Kadiophoto. (International Suundvhoto)
Black
in France Halts Drive
Paris. Dec. _'d.— (,\Pi One
white anti one \cgin soldier
1 rtnn Nnrtli ( arolina w ere
among I 1 soitliers convicted til
black market operations in roti
ncction with the diversion of
American supplies into the il
licit Ft cm h t haimels.
Private Turner Harris. Negro,
of I !0 Pender street. Wilson,
was sentenced to .'in years for
allegedly ruin WVOI. anil sup
porting liimseli for two months
in a Paris hotel on proceeds
■tom black market operations.
Th.e while in in Private lliim
er 15. Caidweil. HIT Pearl street.
Iturham. was given .‘a years on
charges of being WVOI.. selling
government properly and im
personating a mm-rommissioii
ed oil it er.
Paris. I lee. Hi. (At1) A hi.;;
ranking Ann-, em; olta-er pre.hetet
today 111 at "1 ov- detail
would be unit led in Ft > t y
when tin ,. my i ' 1 trial an
other bat-'h t*i 1 m's'd State -ere ire
men aeea ted u selling tag,mdtes
ga soli an? and din' il ilitry
In the Fl ench Id ifl mat i.el.
•■I know id l.ii u dins cuddy
without .1 drop " 'hue a 1,
soldiers :-elnnd ' e 1 ins peddle,
il by the ga11>nu ' the j d i leer -a a
as he di taissed liadi mil In.i irking
net i\ it it1- for wh eh -1 "i'e d .in r
already have bet u sentencetI i 1 pi •
son terms ranging trim one year P
life.
Mis statement intlicaletl that tie,',
light might Ire shed upon the extern
ill American soldiers' part ieipalim
ip the hlaek marked, although many
id'licer- have I'eiliert that the ins;
c» 1 supplies nr garni me, e-limated a
several hundred '.hoasand gallons ;
V. Vi k, ha i! reel'd til'- c i 1 :i
tary .auction.
They pointed out :h • !. ti . m .-s
have ore: rred lor the n • part
i;iany miles behind the )me
and that rue! supply le\ cl., .a com
bat areas are high.
Black market operations have
been mi extensive that they are .aid
j to have eausei! the r*svn‘ in eak
| down ot the eigai file upply h - t •
' Allied !' a r. by 1 nnelliie; m ! l. -n
(Cold iiHiid on I’agi l’hi ee.J
. .. _ - _ . -
Czechs Nopmg 1 o
A\oid Contusions
When Liberated
LinnI; ' >• -i -t» '-'.i'i - S'- -
e\ i i tin- • 1 I 11!» l'.i "
for llio 17‘ Is ak i. pul)In-. I'n' .
It. nt K(iun;i I Be vs and t i
lov.ik cabinet arc ic id.y l" • -l in
motion a ■ • .i'll:nc which lb- 1 ■ >>ix•
will avo cl tin- diiaI ins imiI c :i: lie!
In setting si c other . ■ . iimcii'
in exile a ip i tin i r ' 'rely I in i ; -v" lv
first aii'l f i '-iii" l. tic i n -
sistaiu'c Hi" cun nis at h m ui'
I’ave t h, • i licit I1.! say. '1 ■ ■ < •' • ■11 • -
.- 1-.vale Vii linet iii exile. ; • ere' r x
v. ill re. i:fn a - a Ijoil.v the ... I
all in11<■ i"■ Ii 1 it’nt ( ■■' vl-n>.-lo\ all i ■
CP II ]■' : (' i ' met i'll 111"',.
i Inly Bi ni s hi11'.-ell 11 i |i"i'ar■!\
-.Vi11 rc'.iin hi t«iv.ct-., mi"' in.I
authority, but only I'm con’:;: it r.
.ns. Ke will aC1 i the
link bet wee thr t /.r n!i ,.il,i. pix
1! liter protect orate and tin- I'1 it ore
As - tch, he will appoint a ru - c bi
net composed almost exi . i ; i ol
resistance movement repiv eiitate
CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS AT SEA
THE USE OP A MOP as the substitute for the traditional evergreen tree
dot: not damper: '.ne enthusiasm shown at this Christmas party aboard
a Coast Guard c. ..ft in the Pacific. Smiles as cheerful as gay Xmas bulbs
light up the faces of the boys r.s they open their packages from home.
Enjoying the informal par*;- are (1. to r.): ltnbc - Al. Gray, Americas,
Kan.; Wayne Wagner, Washington, Iowa; M ■ :a.i Watlher, loud du
X,ac, V.Csx; and Ray Boiler, Chicago. Coast Guard photo. (Internationali
Six German
Escapees In
Custody'Now
25 Gain Freedom
In Celebration Of
Western Victories
I .. . '.! i!' ■ :■!; \I ’ I - A
Na i erlvonilri t»l tvi lei n front
. In .i n |, ol.P:,|i mo
Park mn » h >re shortly
’ - i k man. v: • 'I, t.'f -|( 1:11 >! 1
V ■' 1' ■ . 11' •Men. c ii inn :i:, }• ■ .
tn clt - ed
II • Mr- . I ,'triy y ; IM! , 1 id I-.
, ci i j
a1 i -it ’‘in S. ' . o’, v 11\ i.’; 111j 11 ■ him
• ' ■ d p; s «»Mi ■> m mn»• n! If.*- c.mip*.
< h Iv . I n, time.- c:11 I' all . »,h
-i i:i■ i nmn, iivi . t.* ht i
app, t m-mU d.
i ht> i.1111;111 mend• »t 1»1 1 h,« fire iv)
la. ( I. .1 .1 :;t i Wat leni.ery, Ik
Ai 1 y. • lii- . •* . -: I r:;< • ; >< mi. ,c\ ci a I
language .
! a h i;1 i iiai \- m\ c ! i:;at i- »n I Inlth . t
p -i t-’d. i ii'.'aU d Hi,. . ailm -mc -p
- d i - v ' I -1:l, .i a i 'i ah'! -foot d - »ubic
wire barbed Pnce.
‘•Wr I I-- >ay e\acMy what
I apja '11 •) 1 m; il i hi inv tiyal inv.
■ e fi <>' ' I. r< pm l I I“!d( r ■
ported.
’ill!' ' • • : I'd t“ I I I !vt‘ pci >1 i c
i Wi I' : I • I -iw. fill : I Wit III F’hm-- ,
II . : ia i ( i in • t:' la • ih it 11, (he:'! laiiy’.,
i a a it'd i - -1 c< -, i miantfer, was pi jy
oncr here.
FVien, 11111 - ! !i-d by i in ler 1’nr
dal icy the ll:P , ba'lllc-hip hVyal
1 1 1 a "' ■ , i 1 !rl!P did ;i«.t
' ' 1 • d . I'm I 'lit ■ T . i h
iis v. crniy a a. per intpiiry.
Large Nazi
ArmvPenned
1/
in Budapest
Encirclement About
Hungarian Capital
Aii but Completed
i\Iu; cow, I tec. ill) (A I’)
liipi;t 11. ;". 1 11i\ 1 .-’.ions o 1 <ji• r
man. anil 11 mipariaii.s w< re n -
|;i»iled 11 :opt'd ill iill!la|u'.-t to
da,\, cut "I I I'l'oni c. cape xcept
by air, or pussHajy one roatl us
able only by 111-111 as the Kelt
armi" nro\c to tlie we: tern city
limit in a lo mile ad\ mice.
Ill* t ici1 1 ■ Il P .' I)! 11! S|. 1 I:,: . ri.. i:
e i|> 'si .. \ irtu.illy 11 ■ 111>1 1. a, and
I l ‘ 01' ■ , I - p I' " ,1 - 111 1 ; >'. II.: |.;u' 1 > hill |
b' :pei .' . a leal a- ... mp ol 1 . •
siii 1 . ' 'I oii'l In tia eneiey,
while Stoi mevil: . d ineiiioit nn’inii
•11 e an; m ile m i ,- the
'■ oil 1 .1 -i I a I.
rirt* ’ ’,:i . in I'nIt view
ol I Is-.- a.n unit that y< .-lelfday
di o'-1 to tin- l a i v h. ;|., 1,1 | an,ala--/
s tb ' .-. : s,,: - i 1 ’.ui.i,
>'•1 a ; ■ 1 ■ 11 ol 1 :n- lo.ijuibc-strat 1
Cl 1 1C; 1 . pilal.
I S - I ; O, III: r , ,,. ivp. l ied 1 ,
' ere rrsoued all ... ijlaljle anlmmi- !
d1 li mid I 1 :. .,■ pnl them unde]
•I sc I s Is. ,y ,- ■ . url. oideriiio
' ■ e il II, IS Ian s , , to ; til IK I lay
'•’■S', ill; la I. and all the warm
diitm 1" - -•:.1 e. d o, |e<i lo the
specula' 1 11 that larpc enemy units '
m si I I: .- '• 1 mam . 1 n'eak I'm- jt.
1 In I. . t 11.11 .-,.. <■ 1 pe is rndor
Hist pip "d .-.til I open lo tin ' .mi
'He ■'. 1 , •>: 11 ' ; ! on- di pa!rhe ,
e’- 'midi -i III mill II" -there I .. the
laps: s . ,. 1 1t ■ , ml hen 1
Is: . "I ' : - • r I j s 111; i m - I tend.
I be 1 ■ ■ r , ml the eapitsl wa ■
1" u..Hep"[ hi ;d; * 1! 11 - ;- i| 1 reel mar a! !
d. . i '. ram. 1:r rmn 1 r-s, m,lo,, oe
die v. 1 .-1 Pi ai.iuut nine miles on the
east.
'I od .y' e ie uni'|in:’ : 11 o r| r|| I
a ei'nliiniiii ; perl suv . u-o,. ... ,.„i_
1' ■ o I; 11. . I 1 ■ elm.. | I,, , ,n
He; si. a I,. 1 a ,, , 11 i ,, alonp
•be ’■ i'n- s. Vs 1111:1 :ul Ili-mi. Ia\
■’ ’ ie. ip ’ 1 tir :, 1 lo . ami i;;, ,,, j p.
S':'. - | , ■ '
i’-si 111,, v. 1 • : 111 Meti Iiph-Ifimi
He , ■ "I l!ud:e 1 • dec hi i mi
H mI 01 Mu- | - li.,- day.-; of lir: 111 m; i
v '' ' 1:1 " ’' e 1 1,1 ip,, capdai I
’ll I I .llflll ( da- J
Air ¥ orces
Are Active
On Germans
L* iulnn, i» ' i; ( AP) In .d rung
.--ii)ipnrt ill’ . ; i •.111 l run)), hat tling :
1: a- ( I er 11, i • i • . i 1 . t \ l . S. i m >■ i.; mM'.
and lighte r I lie dunth day at- ]
tacki d (tun... i uimum i rattens and
supply line (
1 iead()ii,i ' . nf 1i«e lS. d r.itegic* |
;nr teree . •e.-Miieed that the targets ;
included 1 i ailread yards in the
(’obit n/ an . nd bridges and rail
line - bet v. < i < u>l( n/ and I i<urn.
'Idle i 1 ni' :d 1 all 1 alum- j
lnr.. and i \ I' ri re., -e. , act'1 un
((‘mi 11 ue. i nn I 'age Three.)
Jap Plane Attacks
Fail Against Yanks
Wn.-h i njd on, I Hr. 2(5-—(AI’;
- Na'.v Secretary Fonr.ial sail
today .Japanese air attacks had
failed to di- nipt American plan
for continued heavy offensives
Acknowledging that naval I nice
in liit* Philippine.-, area have suf
It lid an damage, he . aid all
re delayed becausi
" .- d*» . ol v. i s 11 the Jap am. .-e t1
r.r w wha, ship.-- they have hit. or h
w hat exti nl vi. ol. hav c bei n Ul
mi d, n i I a1 .\ soon they may b
batk m action.”
•'Phis neci . ;a,y silence,” K- ires
1; I t i ni a ti<* I. "h left the field i lea
for the Japanese to make lantastii
Haims, perhaps fi.-l.ing for informa
lion..
Peril.• i.. tl“* lu* t way to a>s'*s.
tin result o Japanese air atlaei*
. .a h-t our fleets since the seen a
buttle oi tin Philippines Sea is t
sk whether those* attacks hav(. dis
i upti d ur plans for future action
; hey have not. The fall of Leyte
and our landing on Mindoro are t:
euncreh i i • :ti a turn that they 1
I j have ie *;
i'oiit ; 'ali ment, reviewing the !
: four: e -a • • ! 'aril ic war. pointed
• also t■ * ; i . ja.me raids an Lu/.o .
, and ampmh, . ; at mi ns <m < >rnv .
and *‘n n i • p 1 reedian 11 an sui -
tare hemP rdmeni on Leyte and
• ; Minri* ■. ideiwe tlie .Japan* -e
■ campaign i • ! ailed."
Ii: p ‘• «•: . ii the .Japane..• I * e
1 I been atm ... . ail n With tliei r nr v J
• and \\ 11 i i Ms laid -based a ii era! I^
• 1 he coin 1111 .< d, we aid not tin y re \
' win n ng I Ik lipiign b»r the Philip- 1
; pme. . We o ' dominate the water. '
■ I ar mnd tn- • i lands.” J
l
: I - -- t
EX-SENATOR FROM
MARYLAND IS DEAD
i
t Wii; Inn: ' ' . I 'tv. 21! (AIM I •]'- i
nice I'. S Srnnl.ii' III,urn I.nn nl i
Maryland, iml lost night at the age ;
of 37. ! ,i o -iTved in the Senate
! from 1913 to 1917. I
WHY NAZIS GAMBLE IN DF.iVE
i
I
MILITARY OBSERVERS ABROAD nre of the opinion that the expkm.at 1-m of
the present German counter-offensive lies in the < a. t. It . ...n rail s. *y
construction and concentration ot supplies have reached tic: end" c*
proportions now that the ground has hardened. General Von Runatcdt,
fearful ot being caught between grand scale offensive, on two fronts,
appears to have started his present drive in the west to dc. troy the hug®
amount of Allied supplies there before the Soviet bate are able to at
tack him in the east. Achievement of this aim wmild give hi:: tine to
swing his forces to the cast while Allied armie • would be Mailed i f
heavy losses of men and equipment. Arrows show the din M <n o! tho
Nazi attack and nrobable route of Red drives. ' International)
Germans rut Everything
They Had Into Campaign
Drive Slowed Down
but Objective Was
To Shatter Allies
1’ari. , I» r. lil'i — ( A1 ’) — At
1 lea. t tv. i ( h -email a rmie have
Iirrll tIn'eW 11 ilitn tile II1 i\V . lowed
|Cei me a of IVii.- i. i- -believed at
supreme b: adqilal'ti-l I u have
! been planned by Hiller himself.
'1 In- lx • i[if,11m.111- n . .>il:illit Ip. p
i.. tlml I'm (ieni.iiii:. I.- nit-m h thei.
rouiili-! attai-k v ah 1 U'<> sv;i:and ;
j I ip ih,,iily ; lin jii .m , :: ■ t In ..hatl
I he All cd I'm i-i-. m I ‘ p ., •• !.
Ait- ,' ill. a I , I In- ill Ini-ii il ml ,r ,.li
able, ill'.- ' : 11-:i i i i ■:P am i t-,
burst llipiUi - , .i ...
\\ ay In !- ,■ 11 I.,, a, i;i, | ,-1.- 11
I P lit ' ", nil I liv I cli.injj .1:1 Dally
t i a- i ' ait I in- Alin . ai l •• Aai'iu'i,
. 1' '! < i ■
I'*!*• counter attack gi»l nil In
a thing start. Whatever the
curtailment impost .! on its ambi
tious intent hy the tough dough
ho\ drtciisc and b> \ 11»«»il mini
tc attacks, il has succeeded ai
reach in thinning (ioina! I iscu
bowers w inter *• i i-* nsi\ ** <;t t
schedule and ninmcntraih out ol
gear.
! ’*i .1 ihr ’« m i y - .1 it }»:.«• ;
■ ! Ift( <
: ig.gCsiIl1 ■ 111..; 1 hr (il r r, \Y i 111 :
V» »n R und: I'd! I.- cl 11 ■ i i ling i <t ;! Inn !
ly. already has begun in go w< aig
.Old !* a j u i;, rr;.uju.-'a < i;: i ‘; a !d. |
I .. • ' t' t • • Von
i:1 uni si rdt i ii" r w i ■ . 111 t i •1: ! r ;., ihr •
i r TTVib.
The old n\ ruth army, rriulilt alt*M
the Norn-ainly rii Unde, .uni r m -
1 ! I 1
1 .l aiulrtihiirgr! . tin- !r< ug hi' u m
•!• army, and |>o i:,iy one < ' ia
lull panzer army, were hurird into'
the ltrra.ii.
Admittedly the all ml; caught the :
A 11n .s ,11 a 111in j>• ■■ aiat (It i ma11 1
armor rac'd al !n 1 through tfir
. in >W oi lri ( \ rdr •: Ur no | ;1 ry tdV.Ul i i
Ihr lYIm.'r rr rr, •. .: ' i, : ly lumhv ;.;.>d
While lin on r i h .ha I men -1< • a eu,
1 here i,- n « i:nli: ■ ! n ,d ipi CM111' 1
• - t vet
hern brought to lull hop it tint
M might not «■' -'ii • ’i■ ai'ii the Mm.
on .. limt: r (1 11 .ait. Alter that r ,
remains lo hr mvii what \’«»n K’.iii.i- j
strdt will try impm\ no.
Norway s Premier
Asks The Allies To
Attack I I is I .and
Uniidnii. Dee :!(►—1 \i')— fohaii
N vgaarrlsvold prime minister of
Norway, disclosed tonight that his
uevernment had urged the \l
lies to launch an immediate in
vasion of Norway from tip* west.
In .1 broadcast to hi. hom°
land, the prime minister called
puoii evny Norwegian to hamper
the Germans in any way possible
h\ sinking Nazi transports or
sabotaging eimmmnu *tioe.s. lie
" '•rv.e.J that every German sol
dbo- who escapes t <» the south
w ill helo lengtb°n the vv ar.
In lime to conn*, v\ hen tin*
fighting will heeome still more
intense, and may affeet the whole
oi our profile more dir^ctlv w«*
must, he prepared to accept all
sacrifices which the situation
wilt demand.” he said.
Jap Emperor
In Warnings
Of War Peri*
(I »y The A . i m .1 fd I 'ri ss )
.i 'pilin' C ci II}M’!'| m 111 I nh ! t ' i’s rc_
(o ipi i c.ai at the i"i in.o 1 i |jenni:', 1 *
In IKilh regular i< *n «•! the lap
• ih'-c diet warned “the war situu
ion is becoming more .idical.”
din' brnadeu.-l "1 bis message, p*_
•oided bv tin* Federal C'lmmiMic i
i"ns (''Hi tie.'i on urged his .-‘liiuet .
" "truly d( \ tile their total el turi to
■cpel the enemy."
File emperor praised the Japa"ese
lavy and army l'(.r "dest ruying the
jovv erl'ul enemy.” and \\ as q "ted:
"While the war .-at uat mn n greater
'•a.-l A.-ia p! "gre-daily, the al
i 1 lie*• with our I rieiuiI\ not a ms are
F • iieing further soliditied
”V\ e expert In see an early ae
"mplishment of the objective." of
Ids sacred war.”
1 In- emprior culled upon his min
ders to "submit die budget draft '
'lams for the hseal year ID la and
( \*raordiiiary mint uy expenen
ures.”
Leyte Drive
[s Ended In
U. S. Victory
l annul IVlncA rt li ill's Heedquar- ]
er.>. 1’hilippiiie.. Dee. lid ( AI ’ > — .\
hiostmas niori mg mii prise f<»r Ja
•an in the term of an umphibiou.-.
luasion ol i\rlompoii harbor brought
nr .bloody. () i -day Ueyte-Saiuar cam
Migu to an end. except tor mopping
p operation.^, and General .YlaeAr
bur today haded it "perhaps the
reua - i defeat in the military annals
1 the Japanese ai my.”
lh(. United Stall's 77th division,
imving up from Ormoe into Pal »m
»"ii, the t'ncmy's last remaining port
n 1 ryto. stormed ashore under rnv
rm.it fire from patroi-turpedn boats
ind artillery. The Japanese were
(Continued on Page Three.)
Find Dynamite in Athens
On Arrival Of Churchill
.Alliens. Il<'(. h>— VIM — Prime
.Minister (liilieliill sought to end
the Mood' Greek eivil war to
day as a British patrol reported
discovering a ton of dynamite
uiidei street car lines opposite the
main doors oi the hotel in which
oilicials oi the Greek govern
ment and l.t. Gen. Ronald Sco
bie live.
(The dispatch I'i'oiii Athens dol not
.-.i.v whether Churchill was ..’eying
at the hotel.)
The dyn.imit., wh h the p ■ ■ ■!
said wa. in bnxr- boning Gene.in
markings, apparently was laid during
the night as the area had been < i -
fully sirarelied yesterday evciung
( huiahill s arrival here yester
day . accompanied b\ British For
eign Minister Anthony Fdon,
echoed to the sound of street
i fighting between the left wing
I I.As partisans and Greek gov
rrnnn nt lorces supported by
British troops.
Ilit prime minister went into ac
' ''i ediati y. communicated with
field Ma Mill Sir llareild Alexander,
Mlied Mediterranean e- 'mmander;
ti n old MaeMill.m. British resident
minister for the eentinl Med terran
e..n. and the Greek Premier George
Papandre.hi. Am.-tly thereafter, Bri
tish headii'iai ie:.- announced plans
to envene al 4 p. m. today a confer
flirc rcpi rsm!11\ o so l’;ir as possible
ol Greek political opinion. with the
objoi t of ■'ending fratricidal strife
i d enihling Greece to resume her
plac-e among the United Nations.”
Archbishop 1) muskiuos of Athens
was named ' > orcsidc over the con
tcivnee and El,AS representatives
vere guaranteed safe conduct.