Allied Headquarters, Leyte, Philippines,
Not. 23.—U, a fighter
planes and motor torpedo boats, attacking
Japanese supply lines to
small*coastal Teasels and 64 barges,
DW at them carrying troops and
«uppOes, it was announced today.
Gen. Douglas MacArthurt daily
war boOttin also reported that t)M
Japanese commander on Leyte, Lt
CoL Tomoyuki Yamashita, had drawn
heavily en hamediatw lasirras to
bolster Us Baas along the 20-mile
Ormae corridor menaced by American
forces attacking from the north
Frwl dispatches said that the
small- seals attempts to niafome
the stay of some 36,000 men holding
the Ormoc corridor, or "Yamashita"
line.
Daylight Raids.
MasAitliui announced that fighter
i' prowling the Camotee
Sea Mates Lsyte and the aanyheid
Wand of Cebu to the wast
severely damaged four small freightbarges
in dayfcht attacks Tuesday.
More than 40 other beiges 'on the
beaches south of the. Japanese
stronghold port of Ormoc, at the
southern and at the Ormoc corridor,
were destroyed by strafing attacks.
It was bettered those barges were being
assd for moving Japanese troops
along the west coast of Lsyte.
Motor torpedo hosts, in a series of
Sunday night attacks, sank two Japsneae
luggers and four troop barges
off Ormoc and damaged other small
craft. There was no eetimate at the
number at troops they were carrying.
MneArthur said that 32nd Division
troops attacking the Japansse bastion
at Limon were continuing to
apply pressure on that northern an- j
chor of the enemy line, "where the
enemy has apparently elected to
make his principal stand in the defense
at the Ormoc corridor .
he ha* drawn heavily on his immediate
isaerres to thia iim»
of resistance"
Dispatches said that almost the
entire oombat strength at the Japaaction
along the fringe of the Ormoc
line. • "
American artillery continued battering
the limoD area, and troope
to the iwUmit in the Pinamapoan
and Capooc&n sectors of the north
cos at of Leyte are rooming op scattered
enemy groups seeking to infiltrate
oar Uses.
Jay Cralaer Destroyed.
An enrfler supplemental bulletin
announsed that American heavy
bomben had blown up a Japanese
light cruiser and damaged another
warship fax the third raid la four I
days en the enemy nscral base at
Brunei Bay, in northwestern Bar
Hatvan; Bitter Battle
Raging I n Western
Latvia J5R81
London, No*. 23.—Red Army twoja
yeeterday throat to within 18 mflfl
of the Danube River north «f Bod *<<
pert in a drive designed to iaolato
catga-be of Peat, tike Roaaians bypaaaed
northern outiktiU of the
capital and brought the vital Budapest-Hatvan
railroad and highway
under artillery firs. Berlin also admitted
the lose of Tokaj In north
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Reverses Previous Action
On Crop Insurance
Bill
Washington, Vov. 22^-Reversing a
IMS stand, the house today puMd a
federal insuranee program to protect
the nation's fanners from future crop
By a reti call vet* of 2M to II the
house stat to the senate a
endowed by both major political
parties providing immedisto iiunuv
ance for wheat, cotton and flax
crops. Eventually its terms will be
extended to protect practically aU
grain, fruit aqd
The bill itself contains no financing
and sponsors said they eouldnt
estimate the cost of the program.
The house killed a limited crop insurance
program last year
members said it was too oostly.
Since then crop guarantees have
been pledged by both major party
platforms and, as Bap. Coo ley, (DMC)
told the house:, , | |
is our flat opportunity to,
the pledges ot the
paign." —Without
estimating the total cost,
federal insurance against the loss
of wheat, cotton and flar crop* il*
carries provisions that eventaally
will extend 1fee coverage to
cally anything a farmer plants i
harveeta.
Opposition to the measure — marked
by the administration for
age before congress quits next t
found itself ev«r*fhelmed on tho only
test vote y
Rep. Tarver, (D-Gs) offered an
amendment which would have killed
•L-**s?aa
The Mil would protect
jng farmers against crop
to drought, flood, halt, w T«t.
infestation- ifH* plant ditoW
the house no
t«n application 1m the
ANNUAL UNION
Wm THANKSGIVING
Detroit and Washington
Tysons-Mays To
vSjHn nJL
ami unc lufKaj
Rev. E. a CoatesTo Deliver
Address at Christian
Church; Picnic
Dinner Follows
_
Descendants of the Tyson and May
f&tr0H «Q1 assemble at the Christian
Church here today, Friday, No▼ember
24, at 10:18 A. M„ for the
34th annual meeting of the Tyaons
and Maya, which mprtmmU one of
the me* rifo*WB reunion organisations
in the State.
John & Lewis is program chairman;
Andrew Joof Greensboro,
is President, a* Mm. Edward May,
secretary.
Rev. Edwin S. CM** will deliver
the addreas and Mrs. G. Alex Boose
will hare charge of the nw. Miss
Tahltha M. DeViaconti will give the
genealogy report
Members at the two families are
requested to brine with them Information
regarding the military farriee
of thoee of their own immediate family
circles in order tiwt > ownytato
and peace, let us not forget the battle
still to be won right her* at home.
Tuberculosis, like the enemies of democracy,
strikes without warning, destroying
or crippling thousand* of
live* annually.
"From first cause of death in the
United States in 1#00 to seventh today;
from orer 200 deaths annually
par 100,000 population then to about
40 now; from generally lata diagnosis
at ttnui to increaahuriy early dis"
,s4™. :■! ■ • TL-; w " ■ ' 1 w ■ ■
Technician Fifth Grade Joeeph a
Wffliford, Jr., of tiha FMd Artillery,
United State* Army, son «f Mm.
Martha R. Ruaaell, Fmremlle Rt 1,
hat been awarded a medal, tlie citation
for which i# "for hemic achieve
meet in connection with military
operation* against the enemy la New
Guinea during the period * Jxflj to
12 July, '44. Am a member of a for
they have Is their effort to protect
the industrial Ruhr from the Americas
First and Ninth anttiea.
Alone » 400-mile front, Allied
armies wet* piling 19 saccaaees at
an tmpeafac rato and official eoor 3
fidnoe was exptaieed that if the
pace ie continued in this greatest
drive ever mounted in Europe, the
British