The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 50, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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AllietJ Headquarters, Naples,
March 1. (AP) ■— Two new Gerr
man attempts to penetrate fifth
army posiUous on the Anzio beach-
l>eHd front haVe been repulsed,
Allied, headquarte^ announced
today
...
Allied. llrii(l(|U¡uurs, Naples.
March t. TAP)—German troops;
armed with a new "secret weap-
rgnJ^W * loaded wit hexploaives,
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up
m
ave slugged out in new assaults
against the Ansio beachhead, and
Allied headquarters said this may
be a third great offensive aimed
at driving the invasion troops into
the sea.'
. The Nazis opened a heavy at-
tack midway between Carroceto
and ('¡sterna Tuesday morning,
alfid this was growing stronger.
- Artillery duels thundered,, aqd
front dispatches last night said the
enemy had pounded the beach-
head with the heaviest bombard-
ment since the initial landings.
Headquarters disclosed tWi Ger-
mans had used new radio - con
trolled tanks, bearing 1,000-
' charges and designed to bl<
within Allied lines, in toeii^ see
owl major offensive agpmst the
beachhead, and- that/Allied artil-
lery had exploded/ft of them be-
fore they reached the Allied line.
The blasts urtibably caused great
damage to^Na/.i positions instead.
The Germkji' struck at the
beachhead at two points Monday
and Tuesday, night, and continued
to "exert pressure" without result,
headquarters said.
There were riot details of the
thrust against the eastern h«lf of
the beachhead between Carroceto
and Ciktcrna, but if it davelopa in-
to a major offensive. It would be
a third attempt. to wipe out,
strongly - held Allied sector.
Allied artillery and bomber*
I..-iied «back, with - tí. S; planes
hammering Nazi troops .mid tanks
in "the Cisterna area. >'
The Germans were probing tlie
la-achhead lines, apparently seek-
ing a soft spot, and Nazi tanks
l>pcarcd in increasing numbers.
Allied artillery' and mortars
bmkc~np-a small but determined
attack on British fjositlons to the
ravine - cut Moletta area south-
west of'Carroceto, where, ¡close
fighting continued. This was the
third ottaek there in three days of
skirmishing in 'which 'four Nazi
tanks were knocked out.
Tltf Germans ! heavily shelled
American positions southeast of
LIKE RAINBOW5! C11ASING
would be the job of finding the
source of political' rumors pre-
vailing duringr most election cam-
paigns In view of the fact that the
rend of reports run in never-end-
ing circles. Facing of false ru-
mors «institute one of theendur-
inees that most candidates must
indergo. This is particularly a
Card part for new candidates in
he field especially the ones who
have forgotten the experiences of
¡hose who have gone before them.
iTarroeeto Monday night, aucl ganizatiaii
then two sli'ting eiwmy Patrols
pressed forward, hut Were thrhwn
back. Allied shells scored hits: on
what i.cemcd to be two enemy'
M -
The beat
wssfinHiíi'
with
veloping. in cloudy weather
showers, :....
On' the main Cassino front to
the east, British troops threw back
a Nazi .attack near Mt. Omito* in
the lower Garigliano river bend,
and Allied jf?uns successfully
shelled Gorman motor - borne
troops on highway six near Cas-
/ sino. ■ • • • "\
N Along the Adriatic sWtor, Eighth
army forces Improved position on
a ridtte south of Guard iageolei antl
^ . Allied patrols felt out Nazi lines.
Heavy guns were active..
An official announcement dc-
v scribed the Nazi radio - controlled
V, tank as having a low silhouette,
IjK;;,with a radio aerial fo& directing
It and then exploding It by remote
control agjunst a chosen target.
The former-fciebE lfglment, a
crack unit which had Weep sta-
tioned permanently in Uie great
s" ^German training cenleFol
i ; , lit* to demonstrate the latest
. weapon* aiio tacties. was brought
to Ityty to put the tanks into ae-
<¡"11. í¡"y'"'
With great Tun fare, the regi-
méiM. now known as the 300th in-
fantry, paraded before- the main
Nazi forces a d staged an abor-
tive demonstrad * of the new
'weapon.'
f'.«. The tank whedli''sjpuii around.
but the tfriin fa i lad thrmwilvfis tn
TTOWFWTKattime. ,v
^.jUs.ed in the second offensive a-
BB5$fe gainst the. beachhead, none,of the
f tank actually reached Allied linea,
falling victim .to artillery tir^. §/
Allied airmen flew acme . 70Ó
| sorties ever the beachhead yes-
terday — compared with 90 by the
Germans —and delivered their
. heavieit blow at 'enemy cóncen-
tratiWis around Cisterna.
S. Invaders dropjied.14 tons
in a hour s attack there
rife M0 pounds of eX
ule
-was de- represento live of the YMCA, he
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THE ORANGE USO RECORD
has been, good throughout the'
history of the Institution. The
jood record is-far reaching in It's
scope according to information
|BK||í(í f{om> various
throughout the country.
quite true from, a loca ¿Standpoint
hi view of the -splendid relations
between the peouJi of this local-
ity, and the USQ. Hie opportu-
nity of meetjrig both old and new
friends at/tne USO has been ideal.
E-BUSINESS BUILDINGS
ane^soon to l>e iirovlded in Orange
ceording to the present outlook
as plans are made for the remod-
eling of structures to suit them
•for augmented and even new lines
it activities. The First National
Bank has "started the ball to roll-
ing" by letting a contract for an
Extension of the building on the
Front street sidc..to provide spacc
HARBOR
la vastly different at Truk today than tn. tbla
showa Japanese fishing boats aOmchoivtn a lagoon.
tory at Truk wtiera tl. 8. forces sunk 19 Jap ships and d<
• i — -íssjsr-—r- —
MWMW —«
photo of the Jap "Pearl Harbor,"
NaVyTfas annaunced a smashing vie-
ed 201 planea. (i liter national)
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Funeral ^services for 'Robert
Leon, infant son of Mr. and tyrs.
Robert W. Insall, who died at «
local hesptial Tuesday moriti:
were held at the Wheeler funeral
hope! t I p. m. Tuesday, with
Rev. Kd Barciis, pastor of the
fi'irst Methodist church, officiating,
burial taking place. In Evergreen
Cemetery under direction of <hu
Whepler Funeral Hothfc. jho in-
faht was one of twins born to Mr.
and Mrs. Insall.
Besides iMirents, surviving are
J rand parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
usall n nd Mrs. R: L. Garrett, all
of*"Gllmcr.
7^|imat,.ted fury.
vast additional sotrage spacc
records of the institution.
London,"'March 1- (a;*) — Rus-
sian troops were reported fighting
pn the very outskirts of Pskov as
the battle for that great German
communications base and. key to
cwtro^ of the Baltic raged on with
A review,of some of the current
activities oi* the Orange USO was
given by Jesse Bailéy. USO direc-
tor/ at a well attended weekly
meeting and luncheon of the Or-
ange Rotary Club held in the ban-
quet room of the Holland Hotel
at-noon Tuesday..
Colored motion pictures of
scenes in and around the USO
building included some of the
principal .gatherings held at the
place were featured -on Mje pro-
gram.. Director Bailey outlined
.high points rogardirig workings of
the USO in Orange, also recount-
ed some of-the history of the or-
Tim Whitehu'rst of Beaumont.
ou'lstatidfiiiTTri^ls woiTriTi connee-
tiou with the VKft'A, gave some
of his impressions of the USO in
sat in ciii thc di iginál organization
meeting^ ^
"hie program for this occasion
was in charge of J. E- Alexander.
A' biographical review of Dr.
John W. Buckley, was given. He is
among Rotarians whose birthdays
occur during the month of Febru-
ary. He was bom in Bridgeport,
Cónn., Feb. 22; 1906, and after
graduating, attended a New York
medical institution, spent four
years in interne service, and was;
engaged in private practice, for
<eVoh years. He is now hpad of
'he Orange County Health DeV
■artmen).
■NS Húlj)pi-t gav^c a report in
regard'to intercity programs stag-
ed'during.the -past week, one at
M>c Beaumont Rotary Club meet-
ing Wednesday rioon and the oth-
er St tlie "Port-Arthur club meet-
ing on Thursday: .Miss Jean
ir former WAC sergeant,
spoke in Beaumont and music was
furnlslied by the Bengal Debs in
Pt. Arthur. . .
Vice P^sMeut K. C. Marsh, of
tlie rlub, .presided oVer the meel-
ing iu the absence of It. C'. Cran-
tilt, dub^ president, who was
«cut- '
Tlw attendance prize was
warded to A. J. McKen/.ie.
J urt ¡ífO^c-dü^ iñwüTiií
Our troops ar.' overcoming
German resistance ami advancing
swiftly," a Russian communique
declared.
The bulletin said that Red army
troops had captured more than
250 additional towns arid villages,
JjMikiding Pogorelka, six miles
north of Pskov,"and Kutuzovo,- 11
miles to the ewt.
Helsinki d (snatches roat.-d
through Stockholm, meanwhile,
reported- HB*rrtet drive across ice-
bound Lake Peipus had establish-
ed bridgeheads on the Estonia!)
¿llore and asserted that tlie Rus-
sians were also attacking the nar-
rows between Lakes Pcius and
Pskov, 35 miles northeast of the
Bailie gateway city, There was
no immediate Russian confirma-
tion of these reportó.
Twenty - eight miles..soulhcns'1
of Pskov, Soviet columns stormed
into the town of Malkova, within
20 milesof the Latvian border....
Thirty -. «even miles further t<>
the southeast, other Red army
troops, driving yip from the. Novo
ON USO Schedule Of
Qy-i Activities
' WKDVESIIAV
• 7:30 p. W. Spuiiish Class < h
ganization Meeting. Reading Roopi
H:00 p.'in. Movies, Ij bhy
Finger Painting, Social Room
8:30 p.m.- Singspiration; every-
one inVited. i
TIIIIRSDAY
i!:00 p. m. Movies, Lobby.
8:00 p, m. Square Dauce Club
Meeting,, small Club Room ,
¡5:30 p. rn, Music Appreciation
Hour, Heading Room .*
FRIDAY n 5
•8:áo p; ip. Texas Independence
Day Dance; come as Texaus; Ser-
vice Men & GSO Hostesses j
SATURDAY >
8:00 p. m. Informa! Activities,
Lobby
SUNDAY
«£. Go to fc^turei Pf
Your Choicc*' 1
4-6:30 p. m Social Hour for
Service Men: Social Houm •«serv-
ed I'm1 Ser vice Men al id GSO' Hos-
tesses.
0:30 p. in. Music Appreciation
Hour, Reading Room
Arrested by FBI
iwkolniki^n oa. smashed the 21Ktl
Gcrmmi infantry di •ision and cap-
tured the large .town of Nóvorz-
htrv.
Fexon Decorated
As First To Land
On Admiralty Isles
Allied Iteadíti'iu'ters 4 in tlie
Southwest Pacific, March^'fAi')
(Jen. Douglas MaeAitliur has
gime. wsft«n^-al'..:Lbs Negros island
ifi the Admiralty group where Am-
erican fe«pe$«. established a iieacli--
4ri wl ^«*i4erriay and has inytwcled ftMHTfrfrf ^ yMdofat-Bureau of
«tb-
Two Cars Stolen
Here Tuesday Nite;
White Man Held
A white man was arrested in
.'«rincclinn with the disappear-
ance of a Butck automobile oñ
the Sam Carroll sales lot on
Green avenue, and Second street.
A 1038 Ford belonging to Louis
Landry was stolen from wlure it
was parked in Orange Tuesday
night, according to a import at po-
lice headquarters. . • - /
To Deliver Sermon
Here Wednesday •
• Rev. C. Gresham MarmIon, pas-
tor of St. George's *Epf c#al
Church of Port A.rthur, will de-
liver the sermon at the initial
Litány service at St. Paul's Epis-
copal Church here Weduesday
t „ i nighty This will be the first of o
gtgJ 'Sériv'a'orLehtén services to be
lield at this chui'eh. ,;p ...
The public is invited to attend
'.hese services. Rev, Tom Yerxa,
is- the local rector.
A special meeting of pdee as
sistants of the OPA will be held
Thursday at 10 n m. In the county
court room. H P. Hepinstall,
Held . representative, with head-
(piarters in Houston,* is to be here
to explain some of the principal
workings of/the Orange set-up. ;
New assistants are i'lftqucsted to
attend in ovdér to acquaint them-
selves/with tha work and others
whp have been in the service and
wOuld like fjirther information
'nr
ire invited to attend.
NEW OUTLOOK
KairbuiyrtfleT) (AP).— Sheritl
Dwight Young has been put in the
brick business by the county,;
The county attached the Fair-
child Clay Products company's
plant near Endicott for non pay-
ment of $2,168rlh taxes.
Young has deputliaa the guards
at the plant and aireiidy has sold
tour carloads of brick to apply to
the tax debt. ; . r
Veterans Urged To
Attend Meeting For
Election Of Officers
The Orange post of the Vetera !
of Foreign Wars will m->et at
elglu o'clock tonight In the olTice
of R. Lee Davis in the Petty build-
ing, it wits .announced today.
If the .attendance is large enough,
the election of officers for -'4 the
coming year will be held.
f//
m
rtt&S.
Mosi-oW-jicporlcd a -ne w SwjeH-thy 1 jjj,,- <• iu11111lü^tu^|d£j ir;
oflenSive, iti llie Ukraine south of I drome.
the iron pre*pity of Krivoi
to have captured 70 towns in a
20-mile drive down thd Insulets
river to NlkolWevka. Berlin broad-
casts saifl (he Red army" was using
artificial fog arid major artillery
units in this sector. •
The Germans also said the Rus-
sians were attacking fu the Vi-
tebsk and Novel' areas, south ol
¿Mfo .pripct j(n i$jhKá! and <,n the
Kei-cft * jictiiiiSMla labile Crimea.
The Ruáf¡an-oi^mu'mtfRé "faited TO
report any activity Iji- these sec-
tors.
Bi-itain's agreement was given
after consultation with Russia.
. As to whether 'Britain sliJI
would he at war witH Kin land' it
the terms were aecetfUfl. aiH au-
thoritative source who cannot be
further idenfTfiér) said thai .tinder
the terms of the Anglo - Soviet
treaty "a separate- peace cannot
be negotiated."./ " , :
* This informant explained that
under the treaty one of the Sig-
natories canpot negotimle [leace
without éonsuttirig thcuithrír. ffc
«•ailed Rvissian terms thris far ptil?-
lished a "press description" rather
than the n'Hiial,*formal tiytwi.
tured and ar
Invest,igaijflJ.
wrung
(Official news of ratieninc. nutrl-|uré I on tokens, OPA officials ex
tlon, war programs, and other ' ' ' ' " ■ ■
activities affecting the home
—prepared by the Orange In-
formation Service Corp )
K ExpUnatljjP'itf Itatlon Tokens
4m
' WsiT
•VP*
MaeA'HhiN'., win 'l"." iy' '||W' fWlD liT'rfMMii'TMii *N *T .'nuil
-Trufa tlie D, H-.A-llred (bottom), 21, escaped
bridge ot ir warship, was acetirh- ' military prisoners who were posing
panictf by Vice Adm. Tiiomas C. j as army officers. Both .had fled rc-
Kincaid and other high - ranking centiy from Ft. Knox, Ky., where
Allied officers; ^ I they, were serving long-term sen-
Only 20 minutes before Mac-' tencesj (International)
Arthur arrived, Japanese
had been killed on the edge of
- - _ .. & .. .. ...
"the new simplifies toVéii WprWi -Tl
piained that it is Ju^t a serial let-
ter that means nothing to the pub-
lic and that perhaps every letter
if^the alphabet may eventually be
uiied.'
Sugar stamps Nos ,HO and 'tO arc
•hritH good now "Tpr -8 '
jHnmy 'i"
and
pounded .the town , of Cisterna it-
self, .
Si* Allied land «ix German
planes were lost during the day.
Other Allied formations
First Car license
Tag of 1944 Goes
'ToC A, Donoaud
the .impbrtant .aii-atrip.
"In recognition of a yatinnt sol-,
filer as well as a gatlaiit iitiit. Gen-
eral MaeArtiiur pre,sentefi the
d isti ha 11 ished-se i-v i ce er&'ó it thj?
battlefield to tlie first man to
land-, First Lt. Frank Hensha.w,
Alice,.Texas, saying: 'I take great
pride i" citing you. to the order
f tlie-jtay for distinguished fier-
'Ce. You were the first shore in-
.this 'tpi>mcnUais ; lifiuiing. This
decoration wilf be fni ¡ill eyes and
all time a symbol of the forlltude
arid the delermiiiatiori ánd i*our^-
nge' witii which >ou and the First
cavalry • huvi?*" sei yefl your : oun-
h'V-' ,..v" ],
"Iteioi'e leaving, -«enerid Mae-
Arthur congratutai/TKl («enera I
Chime saying: 'Vbít have all per-
fntfmert magiiificenlly. Hold what
yiki -have • taken no matter .a-
gafetT/whalev«}i o'l'i.'v You hiive
rhiir fcelh In liim now. Don't let
f "Kveiyihitig -elickeil beautifully
from the opening air boniblng
through the naval bombardment
plan goes Into use for tlie. ration
ing of proeesiicd food jtnd meats,
fats ami oils. Mrs, Consumer' will
begin receiving red' and blue fiber
lisk ^tokens in change for ration
itamps:. The blue tokens wiU. l>e
ised in thtí purchases of processed
*. . . .. ■ _ _ 'foods anft-the' red tokens will'be
Frank Hubert To Be¡uscd in u,e purchase ■ of meats.
■. _ '_ - • _ . i butters, fats, canned meats, ote
MC at Texas Ex- iR"th <ocl and wue-
_ | ¡worth
Students Banquet ah
Frank ,'ÍIubert will be master of ration book No. 4 are worth
ceremonies*at the Texas/Utitver-I',0'n's each. - Validity dates tot.
Sity cx-studeriCs' banquet to be re<* *m' blue. tamp/i are given tn
held Thursday night in the Hoi-!'he ration calendar below. Red
is, iais, canneo meats, etc.
rod and. blue" tokens >vill tie
i ] point each/-'-' /
red arid blue/stamps -in wai
i book No, 4/are worth 10
land hotel banquet room, it -was
announced Tuesday. Mrs,; Betty
Jean Cooper will sing. .
The banquet is to be minus oi
the usual features, e'imiViating
speeches and the servjug tit 'peas
itur! fiotatócs.- ít was staled.
Rfeseryatioiis for the jn*n(U '[ Je#(j
ihay lie sciured by calling jimmy the tj|lu. o(
'and blue tokens will be used tn
riiake change... for red and blue
stamps only • when a purchase is
made,
" '"'/•■ if' -r
C.'.UHtomoijki aijt*. advised by Oj'A
that stores are not permitted to
exchange stamps for tokens- un-
less a purchase Is made and ' at
for canning purposes only) wilt
not expire until February 28, 184?.
RATION FACTS
All' stamps for processed foods
and meats and fats that are. valid
February 20, 1044 will carry the
point'value íi-S-2-l until they ex-
pire. However, the new series at
stamps which become valid on
Feb. 27, 1044. in Ration Book-4,
wilt twy a value 'of it) points
each. These are the starpps which
will lie/in series bfirir.oiitot in Ra-
tion Book 4. Merchants may give
tokens,. or I -point stamps as
i.'hanMo on all valid Stamps, b¿¿
pnnipg Feb, 27, 1044 to March ¿0,
it)44,/ jrrespective of whether lm
stam'tis carry unit values of 8fí«-
2-T ¿r It) points each.; After March
¡ Other Allied formations pound-
ed Nazi targets ringing the beach-
head, and Marauder raided the
Vlterfeo airfield northwest of
Rome.
~"Tbunderbolu and Spitflrtp «ti
tacked along the Yugoslav coast,
" ant ahtp ne|f Dub-
and motor trana-
wmmKM
•«¡'.sank
The first 1044 car |iceii.se plate
Issued in Orange county went to
C. A. Donnaud, a Green avenue'
r. btuiness mwi, at the office of
- County Tax Asse*s<jr - Collector O.
D. Butler Wednesday. Mr. Butler
called attention to the fact that
applications tor 1944 motor li«
catea , muat be accompanied by
the 1M2 license nümber, p well
as certificates of title.
v Butler said that he was sat
' '•that the number of can to
spiration of the general's presence
ha<i an electrical effeeri on all
troops. . ' iii;'
Allen at 237d, or at\ ÜWÍ Holland
HoMl t:af •. I ■ '
Secretaries Ass'n
To Meet Tonight
At 6:30 In USO
"X regular inccting of Lunc SU.V WKcn urtjhtt«iog prppsjed. .'fwida
to the inudlng and consoiidatióo of chapter of the National Secretar^ ¡*
■ '"-rnji II íffnilT, 1 J mwanto—tu l^iiiníniii ni lulll hnl
tic time of th« purchase. For in*
stance if J fWireltMse ( meat re*
quires K pointW the eustome5lb(iir-
reudei's a Ifr point red stamp and
I red tokens will bo given in
A pound of butter calls
for Ifi points iii which-casa two
lo-pi/irrt-,r$d^tarópH will be given
Ijy-'tjie fMistoinei. w^to ,«n turn w¡W
wpeiVc 4 r«,"d tokww<!Jn-charge.
RJ| .l;..., -.i . !-■■■■ (■■■■ ■■■■■
ITjr^tocklike precision und in- ' 'eadini' room r,f tlie USO at 6:30 '>K'C K
p. m.-Wednesday, with' Mm, Mavis'two- 10-po«nt blue stomps, w,
for
hilé
Powell: pfeside'n'vif charge'/ Miss stfimp wilteontlriue to expire ac-
tckerson will be in chárgc cording to Ol A schedules, token
jessie Dickersón
oí the educational program:
WANTED ¡-Newspaper Delivery Boys
MUST HAVE BICYCLE - 'COPW. ^ÍH
•Of far
will remain valid indefinitely.
Beginning today tokens . will be
given in change for all at
green; brown, red, and blue
tokens for brown and red atampa
n stampa. Sxcept for their
value, which will remain the ' D8, JES, F8, value 10 poin
valid March 12 to May 30.
used for ehange.
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By Richard C BerghoU,
nted Pre*.s War-Writer
Americans landed in Die ,
ity islands i.n..the Bismarck
reitérdüy and quickly ca *'
tine of the two pririf:ipal ai«
igainat negligible enemy opp
,ioit- .
Oen. Douglas MacArthur.
directed operation from a
ship arid who went ashore j"
after Sixth army troops
amiofuicedtoday the in
bring* the end qf the"
oanipalgn "clearly, in sight"
"In addition to troops already
".rapped In the Solomon islands,
¡orne 50,000 of the enemy, lar.,
in New Britain and at Rabaut.
low enclosed," he .said.
The lailding in Uos
land in thd Admiralties ye
morning drew no air er naval op-* .
niiuiflun Ulmettly i.rioeuM.erl 1 ti- í
position. Shortly afterward,
jneso marines near the cépt
Momote airdrome oflered mir
resistance but were overwh
The new Allied beachhead ¡
ees Airiencans within 250
of Kavieng, New Ireland.
miles of Rabaul, and 7ft.u
miles, of. Truk, mighty
stronghold hrthe Caroline
Control of the Admiralty ¡
would complete the domination i
supply lines extending to Js
jse torces still fighting on.
Guinea and New Britain. -
Np mention was made oí
ations agalrist Lorengau, princ
enemy base on Manus island. I
gest in the group. ReetRt rald
gainst Momdte and LoreKgau l
failed to draw air Interception i
sntl-alrcraft tin. ;;,CM;
A special communique i
Allied, headquarters ¿aid "a
thing clicked beautlf
opéhini
-i val t
and consolidation of)
negligible losses."
During his battlefield i
tlon, MácArthur told dismo
units of the First cavalry divb
«nd their commander. Brig,
William C. Chase, "hold what yoit
have taken, no matter agninsit
whatever odds. You have your,
teeth In him now. Dnnt let go,"
Significantly, MacArthin V, com-*
niUriftptc pointed out the' landing. •
olaccs the Allies l,3tif) miles from
the Philippines, where MacArthur•
first tiattledi toe Japanese and -
where he has vi«wed he. Will
turn. '
Rabaul, already flanked by tlw ' >.
Allied landing in the Green'
lands 120 miles east oif the New
Hrltaip base, was pouud«d_w.ith. .
lt)l tot is of bombs in the ImK r:>-
i|.HecutiV)| attack, no enemy
"ceptors we^e «ncounlére«f
Other t>< oibcr* ripped away at
Mansa bay off the W<w Guine
bast wltli 123 tons of e)f)losivíL
md at Wcwak. main eneniy l w:w
m New Guinea^ with 53 tons
.bombs..
In New Delhi, India. Adm, Loi/t
taring Mountbatfen announced 4.- .
500 Japanese have beeii filled of
wounded by Allied troops since an
1,000-man enemy tore : attemjpt^fl. 5
jn;,ui. v'e.s.sfull.y to .i-ncli clc Jiifhan f
forces Qn the . Ariikan fi-ont- in«
Burma last Fotj. 4. s
':]. > . ' ■ - - / p'i fe*®
Mopping up operatjons Contiri-
led and slight progress was
ported on other BurmcMt frimta.
f.0. 1IH1, Red TokefttL will b« used
for change on meat and fats
Blue Tokens (mly -^M be used tor
ehahge on processed! foods. ; Ef-
lertlve February 27Í 1D44. l--pó¡ut.
firkfti Stamps maW be giviwri-ar
changf' on pna^-'ssed foods, 'tlhis ir
the fli st time that chsrigu has been
allowed on this f<iod.
VitHrttiy JÍÍamp ami Tokens Kf-
fcctive February 27. 1044:
• Groen SÍ.<mtÁ f Ration Book 1)
Processsetl riftydii I.^ttets K, h,
M Value b-5-2-1 (.16 points; Va-
lidity Feb) I to March 20 Tokens
or Green f-i«iint Stamps "Used for
chánée^
In the central Páciílc, Adtn.
later. W, Nimitz reported tiPiivy
íbera plastCMid Potiápít in too ^
Carolines with :tt) tons o( e>piu<-' *
ive.i Sunday while other lutnyc
and navy planes hit seven undes-
ignated átotl ijv tlie Mafnhafl iii-;
landi*. Kusifie in the 'CatMji
bit Saturday.
MeatK and Fats. Letters L
ue tt-8-2^1 lid points) Valid Fab.
13. March 20; Z, valu* 8-5-2-1 (t«
points) Valid Feb. 20 to March 20.
Tokens or Brown 1 «point stamp*
used for change. . ^ ,
Red Stamps (Ration Book 4)
Meats and Fata: Letters A8, B8,
C8. Value 10 point* each. Valid
loKens lor nrown ana reo stamps uo. vatue iu points eacn. vano strong whic
and blur token* for . blue and Fev. 27 to May 20. Token* only successfully
C-' T " ^ ■'
used
■pplfa:!
tame, brown and green
will be uaed Just a* the red and onl
blue stamps until the '*
piration. , ' ;
When a*ked the'
letter W on either
Stami
si
New Deihi,
Admiral Lord
announced
troop* had
lapinM|c
routing an i
•thing which
and,
we tar i
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