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mber 14, 1944
SIXTH WAR LOAN
County Quota .......$3,395,000.00
Series E Quota ......$1,055,000.00
Series E Sales . $1,058,172.75
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GERMANS CAPTURED ON GREENLAND—Coast Guardsmen guard a group of German
prisoners who raise their hands in surrender after their capture on Greenland. The Ger-
"mans were attempting to establish and maintain radio weather stations. The Coast Guards-
men accounted for the capture of 60 German prisoners, destruction of two enemy bases, cap-
ture of a new armed trawler, and forced the scuttling of another with a third abandoned
in the ice. (AP Wirephoto from Coast Guard).
Taylor Tops
E Bond Goal;
Sales Record
• Taylor county has met and pass-
ed its E bond quota for the Sixth
War Loan drive, total sales amount-
ing to $1,058,172.75—$4,172.75 more
Navy Planes Batter
Luzon Second Day
than the quota, according to un-
official records. ... .
. The county oversubscribed its
“overall quota last Saturday and
auch sales now amount to, $3,937,-
844.60, topping by $542,844.60 the
quota of $3,395,000. Deadline was
to be tomorrow night.
“The sale of E bonds has
- gone better in thla drive than
C in any before, ft has been a
very satisfactory drive, with
everyone purchasing bonds ear-
ly,” Roscoe Blankenship, Taylor
county E bond ehairman, said
today.
a Taylor county has never failed
"to meet Its quota before the dead-
line. he added.
Although the drive officially
closes Saturday night, purchases of
- Eswill be credited the county quo-
ta through Dec. 31.
Five-Star Generals,
Admirals Nominated
* WASHINGTON, Dec 15-(P)
resident Roosevelt signed a bill to-
day creating the ranks of fleet ad-
miral of the Navy and general of the
Army He then nominated three
admirals and four generate for the
Ter ratings.
To be admirals of the fleet, the
first in decades, the President nom-
inated William D. Leahy, his per-
sonal chief of staff: Ernest J. King,
commander in chief of the fleet and
chief of naval operations: and
“Chester w Nimitz. commander in
chief of the Pacific fleet and of
Pacific ocean areas
, By the Associated Press
The Tokyo radio today said a “powerful” Allied convoy passed
westward through Mindanao strait into the Sulu sea Thursday
(Japan time) as American carrier-borne planes blasted Japanese in-
stallations and air fields on Luzon, Philippnies.
At By the Associated Pless
Big armadas of American carrier-based planes have at-
tacked the Japanese-held northern Philippines again today
(Japanese time) the Nipponese radio revealed in an uncon-
firmed broadcast which, followed disclosure the American
Navy was using spectacular new tactics in the area.
Thursday (Japanese time) carrier planes kept most of
Japan's northern Philippines airforce pinned to the ground
while destroying 91 enemy planes, setting two destroyers
afire and damaging other Nipponese ships.
The Japanese reported 100 planes in today's attack hit the
Clark field area near Manila
while "some 300 others" as-
By the Associated Frees
LONDON, Dec. 15—Britain
today virtually abandoned the
London Polish government,
with Prime Minister Church-
ill supporting as reasonable
the Russian demands for ter-
ritory in old Poland—terri-
tory the exiled regime has re-
fused to give up.
Poland, Churchill said, would be
be compensated for its sacrifice of
Lwow and territory near the
Ukraine by tracts of East Prussia
and Danzig, to be wrested from
Germany.
In one of the most significant
commons addresses of the war
—a speech which drew from
one member the comment that
the Atlantic charter has be-
come a ghost—the prime min-
ister also appealed to President
Roosevelt and Marshal Stalin
to meet with him “at the ear-
liest possible moment.”
Apparently distraught over diplo-
matic developments which have
raised differences among the Unit-
ed Nations, the prime minister con-
fessed disappointment that it had
"been found impossible to arrange
any meeting of the three great
powers."
Bluntly warning that the “largest
battles fought in, this war" will
occupy the spring and summer.
Churchill reported that 3,000.000 or
7 000.000 Germans already had been
killed.
Churchill said President
Roosevelt had been informed
of Russian-British decisions of
Poland, but “I find great dif-
ficulty in discussing these mat-
ters because the attitude of the
United States has net been de-
fined" with precision.
Placing before Britain’s lawmak-
era what he called "the bare grim
bones of the Polish problem,”
Churchill made these points:
1. The Poles have no alternative
but to meet Russia’s demands for
a western frontier along the Cur-
zon line.
2. In return Poland would be
February Larliest tC
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
(Copyright, 1944, By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—(P—There will be no Roosevelt-Churchill-
Stalin conference before the end of January.
Despite reports to the contrary and problems crying for adjustment.
February probably is the earliest that the Big Three of the United
Nations can assemble.
That is the present judgment, not only of State department and
British spokesmen in Washington, but also of a high-ranking of-
ficial who would have a hand in advance arrangements.
It contrasts sharply with London talk of an imminent meeting.
Supporting it are these facts:
President Roosevelt has arranged for his customary Christmas-eve
broadcast to his countrymen. He must submit his annual and budget
messages to congress the first week in January. He must be on hand
January 20 for his fourth-term inauguration.
Although It. too, may be unlikely, another meeting between the
President and Churchill somewhere between these dates is not pre-
cluded.
Yet there sre factors operating against another immediate meet-
r Big Three Talks
ing of the two. They would not, for instance, want Russia to get
an impression they were ganging up, or seeking a solid array of
. plans and opinions, la advance of a conference with Premier Stalin.
Furthermore, there are Indications lesser workmen already are reap-
ing away with some success st rough edges of Anglo-American relation-
ships. 2
simultaneously, Britain and the United States bespoke their ap-
proval yesterday of a new Italian government
Lack of advance consultation over earlier Italian plans to make Count
Carlo Sforza premier or foreign minister had created Anglo-American
friction The British didn’t like Sforza and said so. That prompted
an American statement of opposition to outside interference In setting
up European governments.
Sforza was left out of the new Italian cabinet.
But in the face of these signs of better Allied cooperation, plenty
of problems still stood out that could benefit from the personal atten-
tion of Roosevelt and Churchill—and Stalin-in the not too distant
future.
Inside Germany
WAR AT A GLANCE
PACIFIC—400 American car-
rier planes hit Japanese instal-
lations on Luzon, Japanese re-
port.
ITALY: Eight army Cana-
dians establish bridgehead west
of Canale Daviglio, threatening
Bagnacavallo.
EASTERN FRONT: Russians
engage Nazi elite forces in sav-
age battle along Ipoly river
north of Danube bend.
WESTERN FRONT: U. s.
Seventh army invades Ger-
many; First and Ninth armies
drawn up along Roer 15 miles
beyond Aachen; Third army
hacking its way slowly forward
in fortifications.
$256 Is Added to
Advance Threatens
To
Saarland
PARIS, Dec. 15.—(AP)—The U. S. Seventh army In-
vaded Germany today, driving across the northeast tip of
Alsace into the old Bavarian Palatinate less than seven
Soviets Surge
Down Shortest
Road to Vienna
MOSCOW, Dec. 15 —(P)—Russian
flying columns at tanks and motor-
ized infantry have engaged a Ger-
man elite 83 force in savage bat-
tle along the Ipoly river north of
the Danube bend and little more
miles from Karlsruhe and 35 from Mannheim and Lud-
wigshafen, all great industrial cities of the Rhineland.
The Siegfried line was being shelled at perhaps its
weakest points. The Germans said American artillery was
cratering Karlsruhe itself. American divisions charged to
within two miles of Wissembourg on the border, a natural -------------„ .
invasion gateway into the Bavarian Palatinate and. key Second. Ukraine army was closely
to the flat German land between the Eifel range and the -
Bien Wald forest. That French fortress town is 16 miles
than 85 miles east of the Slovakian
capital of Bratislava, dispatches
said today.
This powerful thrust by elements
of Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky’s
sailed targets in Luzon and
the Visayan area.
From radio Tokyo came an
unconfirmed report that few
B29s flew over the capital be-
tween 3:30 and 6 a. m. today
(Japanese time) and dropped
Incendiary bombs. It may be
the prelude to another heavy
American raid equalling the
smash at Inflammable Nagoya
two days ago.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur esti-
mates the first 55 days of the
Philippines invasion has cost the,
defending Japanese 82,554 casual-
ties and the Americans 10,409 kill-
ed. wounded and macing.
water Private
Killed on Leyte
SWEETWATER, Dec. IS—fSpl)—
Pvt. Eber M. Davies, IS. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Davies of
Sweetwater, was killed in action on
Leyte Island Nov. 12. according to
a telegram received by his par-
ents.
Private Davies had been in
service only a little more than
a year. He was engaged In
farming prior to entering ser-
vice. He received all his train-
Ing in Maryland.
The last letter from Private Da-
Fighting has ranged so far from vies was dated two months ago.
Pearl Harbor that Adm. Chester W. Survivors in addition to the par-
Nimitz, Pacific
To be general* of the Army Mr.
Roosevelt named George C. Mar- area.
shall. Army chief of staff; Douglas
MMacArthur, commander in the
Southwest Pacific; Dwight D. Eisen-
hower. Allied commander in chief
in western Europe; and H. H. Arn-
—old. commanding the Army—air
forces. Gen. John J. Pershing, re-
tired. holds the unique rank of gen-
Oral of the armies of the United
States.
Hommond Director
Of Farm Bureau
•CHICAGO, Dec. 15—(UPi-W*I-
ter Hammond of Tye, Tex, was
named today as a director of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
at its annual convention here.
The federation went on record
gesterday as approving United
States participation in a world peace
organization, backed by force If nec-
essary.
announced he will establish ad-
vanced headquarters in a forward
A few- days ago the Aus-
tralian radio said Nimitz was mov-
ing his headquarters to Guam.
fleet commander | ents are three brothers and four
sisters one of the brothers, Sgt.
Forrest Davies, has been in service
three years and is now with the
Fifth Army in Italy. Another, Wil-
Jobs tor
Veterans
Veterans placed since
Sept. 1 248
Weterans placed yesterday 1
Interviewed yesterday ... 5
Referred yesterday .... 5
Routed to other
Agencies yesterday
tobs listed ......
There has been no further word
from Washington on the Superfor-
tress raid against military target*
Tin Burma and Thailand, other than
that the sixe of the force involved
was “substantial "
Rembert James, Associated
Press war correspondent aboard
a flagship of * fast carrier force
off the Philippines, said the
new American tactics Involved
sending up continuous combat
air patrol* day and night over
, every one of the almost IM Jap-
anese airfield* on Luxon Island.
He described the maneuver aa
“startling."
The Japanese were caught by
surprise as the planes swept out
of cloudy skies in the early morn-
ing (Thursday Manila time), James
said, and in the first few hours
counted 300 Japanese planes, only
a few of which were in the air
He Mid at least 35 enemy planes
were destroyed, 14 in the air and
T1 on the ground.
mer Davies, recently received an
honorable discharge and is em-
ployed in Fort Worth. The third
brother is J B. Davies, employed
in Sweetwater.
One of the sisters, Mrs Reba
Hamil of Stephenville, is a twin of
Private Davies. The other sister*
are Mrs. Mary Evans and Mrs. Has-
sie Stocks, both with Mrs. Hamil
in Stephenville while the husband*
of all three are in service; and
Mrs. Lillie Gay Spaulding of
Sweetwater.
The Weather
compensated with territory “at
Germany’s expense," including
Danzig and all of East Prussia
south and west to Konigsberg.
3. Mass transfers of population
would be made to prevent minority
disputes from troubling the future
peace.
Churchill took Poland's exiled
government to task for what he
called its delaying tactics.
As a result, he contended the
authority of the rival, Soviet-
sponsored, Polish National Lib-
eration committee will grow
and its contacts with the So-
viet government will become
more intimate and atrong. "
He implied strongly that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had agreed to this
solution of the Russian-Polish prob-
lem.
"The President is aware of ev-
erything that has passed," he said,
as well as what is in the minds
both of Russia and the British.
x X X All I can say is that I have
received no formal disagreement
during all these long months upon
the way in which the future of
Poland seems to be shaping itself,
or is being shaped No doubt, when
the time comes the United States
will make their own pronounce-
ment upon these matters."
"The liberation of Poland," said
Churchill, "may presently be
achieved by the Russian armies af-
ter those armies have suffered mil-
lions of casualties in breaking the
German military machine
“I cannot feel that the Rus-
sians demands for reassurance
about her western frontiers goes
beyond the limit of what la
reasonable or just. Marshal Sta-
lin and I also spoke and agreed
upon the need for Poland to
obtain compensation a t the
expense of Germany both in
the north and in the west.
This was perhaps the first chief-
of-state declaration that Germany
Goodfellow Fund
The Goodfellows roll is growing
with new Goodfellows contributing
$256, making a total now of $1,230.-
50, over half of the $2,000 needed to
answer the plea* of Abilene * needy.
Letters have been received this
week from several old couple*, many
of whom have been on the Good-
fellow liat in previous years. Their
only Christmas cheer will be that
brought to them by the Goodfellows.
“One old man has written
asking us to remember him. His
wife, whom he was married to
for M years, died recently and
they had been helped by the
Goodfellows for the last five
years," one Goodfellow reported.
“Another letter has been received
from an old man who is bedridden.
He is cared for by his daughter but
she can not provide much for them
since she can't leave him to take
work. One letter received from an
aged lady asked 'Just anything you
could bring would be appreciated,"
the Goodfellow added
Contributions received today in-
clude:
Mrs J. L. Hankins ..........t 10
Satterwhite Brokerage Co. .........10
west of the Rhine.
Advances ranged up to seven mile*. More than a
dozen French towns fell.
Gen. Hermann Balck, commander of German army
group G, rushed reinforcements to his buffeted First and
19th armies. He also tried to relieve pressure by reinforcing
the 600-square mile pocket around Colmar below Strasbourg.
His counterpart, Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, threatened de-
lopment of the Palatinate and the Saarland to the west from
the rear. Devers’ 14 or more American and French divisions
stood on or near the Rhine for 105 miles from Switzerland
to the border town of Lauterbourg, against which the Ameri-
cans were charging.
1ST AND 3D STRENGTHEN FRONTS
coordinated with joint operations by
his right wink and Gen. Ivan
Petrov’s Fourth Ukraine army
seeking to cut off the Germans in
eastern Slovakia from a chance of
escape
(Although thla dispatch did
net make riear whether Mal-
novsky’s forces had invaded .
western Slovakia, a Berlin
broadcast said they had at-
tempted to storm Ipelysag, a
half-mile north of the border).
The Russian attacks against ths
strongest natural defense still
guarding the shortest invasion
route to Vienna, 415 miles to the
west, came while Budapest, the out-
flanked Hungarian capital, quivered
under siege warfare.
A Russian communique said Red
army troops yesterday drove for-
ward six miles to within two miles
The U. 8 Third Army of Lt Gen of Lauterbourg and presumably szenarocog omined mosinense"
was closest to Karlsruhe on the Budapest The gains carried
George S Patton Jr., continued it*
indecisive battering of the Sieg-
fried fortifications in the Saarland
at Saarlautern and Dillengren. This
force, on Devers’ left, widened its
front inside Germany by. crossing
the border six miles east of Sar
reguemines.
The U. S. First Army
strengthened its positions on
the Roer river before Duren by
rapturing Birgel, less than twa
miles to the southwest. The
104th and 9th divisions cleared
the wrsi bank of the Roer from
Mariaweller norl h to Shop-
hoven. deploying at places with-
In 20 1-2 miles of Cologne.
The Seventh Army, commanded
by Lt. Gen Alexander M Patch
and part of Dever*" Sixth Army
group, was immediately southwest
Rhine just east of the town
Budapest. The gains carried the
Russians to within nine miles of
Karlsruhe (190,000) is a strongly the central Slovakian frontier at
fortified city in the Siegfried line, two points.
Six miles beyond the Rhine Man- (The Moscow communique did
six miles beyond the Knine not mention the Budapest battle,
neheim (284,000) is a great chemic- but a German broadcast said “the
al and munitions center and close next few days will decide whether .
by the storied university city of concentrated German and Hunga-
Heldelberg. Ludwigshafen 1154,000) rian forces will be able to stop the
Is a twin city of Manneheim ly- Russians"
ing across the Rhine in Bavaria. All — —
three threatened places have be-
come familiar as favored bombing
targets.
His arrival at the Bavarian
boundary represented sn ad-
vance of more than 500 miles
since his veteran 3rd, 36th and
45th divisions waded ashore in
southern France exactly four
months ago today.
Morgan Jones 3#
Roland Jones .... 15
Mr, and Mrs. R. M. Means ******** 10
Mrs. Fred F. Seett ..........1
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Penrod -..•.•.•*
Julia Sayles Murphy ..... B
Dereas class, St. Paul Methodist .. It
Cash sen
Dr. John A. Rebersen B
Unit Ne, 6. First Presbyterian church *
Sterling # Weeten
wane ====== WADVING IM Ml ID DDAICED
voir ."tine Mheeim sb UIS WUKNINU IN MUD KADED
Lublin Government
To Be Set Up Soon
MOSCOW, Dec. 15—IP) Agita-
tion for formation of a Polish pro-
visional government from the So.
viet-sponsored Committee of Na-
7 sham an Eys
WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE AND VICINITY—Fair with
not much change in temperature this
afternoon, tonight and Saturday Tem-
peratures In the 50‘s today and Satur-
day Lowest reading Saturday morning,
EAST TEXAS Fair this afternoon and
tonight warmer tonight and near the
coast this afternoon: Saturday fair
south and central cloudy and colder
extreme north portion
WEST TEXAS: Fair, not much
change in temperatures this afternoon
and tonight: lowest 24-28 except 36 40
Del Rio Eagle Pass area tonight Sat-
urday cloudy and colder Panhandle and
South Plalei with snow flurries Pan-
handle
Maximum temperature last 34 hours.
Minimum temperature last 13 hours.
TEMPERATURES
Fri-Thu Thu-Wed
AM Hour PM
42 36- 1-57 48
35— 2— 60 52
33— 3— 63 53
34—4 62 53
36- 5—63 53
37— 6 59 51
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would be sliced up after victory. 1---------------------— - -
"Our British principle.” he said, tional Liberation reached a climax
“has been enunciated that all ter-
today as Polish committee leaden
returned to Lublin after a series
ritorial changes must await the
conference at the peace table after of conferences in Moscow
victory has been won, but to that
there is an exception in principle.
That exception is changes mutual-
ay agreed. That must not be tor-
gotten."
The Russian press printed in
considerable length stories re-
46 39—0 40 43
S3 42—10- 40 41
ST 49— 11- 41 42
62 $3— 12- 39 38
unrise this morning
unset tonight .....
a :s
Steffinius Promises
To Tell U. S. Policy
WASHINGTON, Dec 15—P -
Secretary of State Stettinius prom-
ised today to give a frank state-
ment soon on American policy on
respect to British and Russian
moves in Europe
Stettinius backed off answering
any news conference questions on
Poland saying he had only frag-
mentary report* of Prime Minuter
Churchill * speech this morning and
had not had time to analyze It
porting a growing popular de-
mand in liberated Polish terri-
tory for elevation of the com-
mittee to governmental status.
Hannover, Kassel
Walloped by Forte
LONDON, Dec 15-(PP — More
than 650 U. 8. Flying Fortresses
hammered the western Germany
rail and industrial center* of Han-
nover and Kassel today with more
than 2,000 tons of bombs.
The bomber fleet., from the Brit-
ala-based u. s Eighth’ air force, was
accompanied by 550 Mustang and
Thunderbolt fighters
The raid was -timed simultaneous-
ly with another by_the U 8. 15th
air force based in Taly, according
to German radio reports.
Gunshot Victim
Is Resting Well
Jim Lackey, who received a bullet
BY FORMER 11TH COMMANDER
By THOBURN WIANT
WITH THE U 8 TTH ARMY IN
ALSACE. Dec. 9—(Delayed)-(-
The eight dirty and unshaved Amer-
ican GI‘s working on a muddy road
a few hundred yards from German
positions did not know what to ex-
pect when a jeep bearing a two-star
plate pulled up beside them
A six-foot. 175-pound man crawl-
ed out, returned salutes and told the
GI‘s to gather around.
"I just want to tell you f
think your job is as important
as the job being done by the
men with guns," he said. "The
men avee there making all that
noise are helpless unless am-
munition and supplies of all
kinds can get over this road to
them."
wound in his chest yesterday when
W he was shot by his brother-in-law.
R H Andrews, about 70, following
an argument, is resting well today
according to attendants at St Ann
hospital where he is a patient.
Lackey, who lives two miles
southeast of Tuacola went to the
Andrews home, broke In the door
and grabbed Mrs Andrews, at-
1 tempting to throw her down. Sher-
, Iff w T. McQuary said he was
told. Andrews told the sheriff, the
I latter reported, that he got out of
' bed and fired his rifle. He has been
ill for several days.
I Charges were expected to be filed
I thia afternoon against Andrews.
Whereupon, 51-year-old Maj. Gen.
Edward H. Brooks, of Concord. N
H., who succeeded Lt. Gen Lucian
K Truscott, Jr, new commander of
the U. S. Fifth army in Italy, as
the Sixth army corps commander,
crawled back into hU jeep and drove
off to another part of the front.
That is typical of Brooks.
That’s one reason why men like
to take orders from him.
Before Pearl Harbor, Brooks left
the War department's general staff
to join the armored force for which
GENERAL BROOKS
he developed the self-propelled 105
mm howitzer and an assault gun
4 % *
General Brooks was commanding
general of the 11th Armored divis-
ion during its stay at Camp Berke-
ley in the fall of 1943 and became
well-known to Abilenians, both per-
sonally and as a dynamic war bond
speaker.
Abilenian Presides
At Health Meeting
AUSTIN. Dec 15 (UP)—Sani-
tation problems in various parts of
Texas were being discussed here
today by about 300 health officiate.
Roy P. Cypert, sanitary engineer
for the Abilene-Taylor county
health unit, presided at the ---
ing session of the t
sponsored by the St.
partment. Discuss tons ...nod
sanitation in the state educations:
program. - i
Denison Dam's
Father Is Dead
DENISON. Dec 15 - V -George
Moulton, 75, credited with initiat-
ing the idea for the construction
of the Denison dam, died here yes-
terday.
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