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ABILENE, TEXAS,
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1944—TWELVE PAGES
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BASTOGNE GIS PEEVED: THEY WANT TO FINISH FIGHT
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.4 By ROBERT RICHARDS
7 BASTOGNE, Belgium, Dec. 27.—
(Delayed)—(UP)—An American re-
lief column has lifted the week-
long German siege of encircled
Bastogne, but the rescued dough-
boys aren't overjoyed about it.
9 They are a little peeved that
others are going to horn in on
their personal fight with the
Germans.
The column which relieved the
Bastogne garrison has knocked out
an estimated 200 German Panther
tanks in the last eight days.
“Of course, we ain't talking
about armor, mind you,” ex-
plained T-5 Dominic J. Ro-
chetto, 23, of Spring Valley, N.
D., “We’re always plenty glad
to see the armor and the air
corps, but we don't need no in-
fantry help right now.”
Rochetto and four buddies told
us what it was like lighting inside
the pocket while they leaned
against their Garands in the shad-
ow of a shell-blasted building.
American tanks had officially
lifted the siege at 5:10 p. m. yes-
terday with their arrival at Bas-
togne's outskirts. Trucks, jeeps and
other vehicles rumbled into the
battered city in force today.
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•Army Takes
.Over Seven
Ward Plants
God bless the C-47s (air trans-
ports) and Thunderbolts. They
really kept us going when
things got tough.
“There were times when we had
to ration our ammunlltion, but we
just shot straighter and made it
last.
“Hell, our outfit knocked out 105
for the Krauts."
"Those Germans were too
young for us,” added Pfc. Ray-
mond Derosier, 24, of Hartford,
Conn. “They were just kids.
Yesterday me and two other
guys captured seven and killed
five before they knew we were
even near them.
The doughboys' attitude reflected
that of their commander. Only 24
hours after Bastogne was surround-
ed, he received an ultimatum from
the German commander.
The American reply was classi-
of their vehicles the first two days
of action and we would have bang-
ed a lot more, but our ammunition
got so short toward the end we —.,---------
quit firing on convoys, saving it “Nuts!” he said.
cally brief and to the point.
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• CHICAGO, Dec. 28—pF) —The
■ Army seized Montgomery Ward and
■ company properties in seven cities
I today under a presidential order in
■ a showdown on the company's re-
■ fusal to comply with War Labor
, ■ a board directives.
I f Simultaneously government
I attorneys filed a petition in fed-
1 eral court asking for an injunc-
■ tion to restrain the company and
1 Ha officers from interferring
| with federal operation of the
r plants. Presumably thla waa
e precautionary in the event Ward's
I should offer legal resistance to
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the seizure.
Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Byron, di-
rector of the special service division,
army service forces, Washington, ac-
gcompanied by his staff, served the
seizure order on Sewell Avery,
Ward's chairman of the board, in
Avery's private office.
Avery greeted Gen. Byron
pleasantly and they shook hands.
The seizure came as the CIO
• united retell, wholesale and retell
employes of America began the
second strike at Ward's Chicago
plants this year. It was the second
Army seizure too, the first coming
last April 26 when an aide to the
Department of Commerce took over.
% On April 27 Avery was car-
ried bodily from his office by
two soldiers after the govern-
ment contended he refused to
cooperate in the seizure pro-
cedure._______:__________
D General Byron issued the follow-
ing statement in seizing the mall
order concern's properties:
"In accordance with the pro-
visions of an executive order, the
War department has taken posses-
sion of certain properties of Mont-
• gomery Ward and Company, Inc.,
in Chicago, Detroit, St Paul, Den-
ver, Jamaica, L. I., N. Y . Portland,
Ore., and Santa Rafael, Calif.
"These properties will be operated
under the terms of the directive or-
coders of the National War Labor
"board as specified in the executive
order " x x x
in the seven cities concerned long
standing labor disputes have exist-
ed between the union and Ward’s.
Maintenance of union membership
• was a fundamental issue In- the
• cases.
. More of the Same
"Weather Promised
More of the same soggy, dismal
weather that this area has had
since Christmas was promised by
Abilene's weatherman, C. E Stitch-
gyler this morning.
Precipitation for the 24-hour
period ending at mid-morning tot-
aled .77 of an inch, pushing the
years rainfall to 25.37 inches, a
fraction over the normal for this
period, 25 06. To Dec 28 last year
“the precipitation totaled only 18.49
inches.
The weather menu calls for con-
tinued cloudy and cold with rain
or drizzle this afternoon and to-
night Lowest readings tonight are
due to be around the freezing mark
• with Friday cloudy and somewhat
„warmer.
Jobs tor
Veterans
Airmen Chasing
Jap Task Force
By the Associated Press
American bombers relentlessly pursued surviving Japa-
nese warships from a once powerful task force that shelled
U. S. airdromes in the Philippines while an American fleet
force steamed away almost unscathed from a similar bom-
bardment of an enemy air base island 750 miles south of
Tokyo.
The Nipponese attack on Mindoro island cost the
Japanese three destroyers sunk and one battleship and a
heavy cruiser damaged. Only three destroyers in the
force of eight warships escaped unharmed from a per-
sistent counterattack by PT-boats and every plane avail-
able on Mindoro.
Two American warships were hit by shore batteries
when they joined Saipan-
based bombers in pounding
Iwo Jima for the third time
Clyde 1st Army
Soldier Killed
CLYDE, Dec. 28—(Spl)—Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Norwood of Ranger, until
a month ago residents of Clyde, have
been notified by the War depart-
ment that their son, Pfc. Wayland
E Norwood, was killed in Germany
this month.
Iwo was shelled to protect Saipan,
from which some 50 Superforts yes-
terday attacked Tokyo, leaving
flames raging in the big Musashim
aircraft plant. (See story on Page
3).
The Japanese attack on Mindoro
was the first powerful attempt to
choke off Increasing U. S. fighter
and bomber attacks on air fields
around Manila, a half hour's flight
away. In three days of successive
By The Associated Press
A Japanese broadcast said a
"minor formation" of Super-
forts dropped incendiaries on
Ibaraki prefecture north of Tok-
yo today.
FCC monitors reported a
Japanese radio station, appar-
ently on Kyushu island, sounded
an air raid alert at 8:27 p. m.
(Tokyo time).
WAR AT A GLANCE
WESTERN FRONT-Germans’
southern flank sags under
weight of Doughboy and ar-
mored attack menacing Bel-
gian bulge; Americana cross
Sure river at four places, hold
narrow relief corridor to Bas-
togne.
PACIFIC FRONT— Japanese
warships shell Mindoro while
U. 8. task force bombards Iwo;
three Jap ships sunk, two dam-
aged.
EASTERN FRONT—Russians
gain in streets of Budapest
against doomed Nasi garrison.
ITALIAN FRONT— Fifth
army makes further withdrawals
as Germane continue counter-
attacks in Serchio valley.
Huns Stopped Cold
In Stavelot Sector
By The Associated Press
Field Marshal von Rundstedt’s southern flank
sagged under a tank-supported doughboy attack
along a 35-mile front which heightened a menace
to his entire Belgian bulge, field reports indicated
today.
In the Stavelot sector on his northern flank, von Rund-
stedt made virtually no progress in 24 hours, a front dispatch
timed at 3 a. m., CWT, today reported, and there were indi-
cations that his advance formations were abandoning equip-
ment and retreating to the center of the breakthrough area.
Simultaneously, Supreme Allied headquarters reported
a “large enemy force” has been surrounded between Rochefort
and Celles, at the tip of the Nazi bulge, and that several hun-
dred prisoners and a large number of armored vehicles have
been captured. . _
American armor and infantry which burst through to
beleaguered Bastogne, ending a seven-day siege of the Ameri-
can garrison, held open the narrow but solid relief corridor
against rapid Nazi counterattacks. This thrust was reported
in a front dispatch to have narrowed the width of German-
VAPOR TRAILS OVER GERMANY—Vapor trails mark the
paths of a flight of U. S. Eighth Air Force Flying Fortresses
as they are shown from below on their way to raid railway
marshalling yards at Koblenz, Cologne and elsewhere in
western Germany Dec. 18. (AP Wirephoto from Army Air
Forces).
PFC. WAYLAND NORWOOD
while acting as a scout for an In-
fantry unit in the First Anny.
Private Norwood was 19 in August.
He was inducted in November, 1943.
and trained at Camp Callan, Calif.,
and Camp Carson, Colo., before go-
ing overseas. He waa graduated from
i Clyde high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Norwood had lived
at Clyde six years before moving to
Ranger. Norwood la section foreman
for the Texas and Pacific railroad.
Private Norwood’s brother, Bobby
Gale, is attending school at Clyde.
General Killed
LONDON. Dec. 28—'Fl—The Bud-
apest radio announced today that
Gen Ivan Hindy. Identified as com-
mander of the Hungarian troops de-
fending the capital against the Rus-
sian advance, was killed In action.
The Weather
(Apply to War Manpower
Commission, 1141 North 2nd).
Veterans placed since
Sept. 1 ...............257
Veterans placed yesterday 1
Interviewed yesterday ... 1
Referred yesterday *
Routed to other agencies
"Festerday
Jobs listed
Situation Is Still
Grave-Stimson
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28--4P-
War Secretary Stimson said today
the latest news from France is fav-
orable, but that the overall situa-
tion on the western front "continues
critical.”
Stimson said the Nasi troops
had penetrated some M miles
westward. So long as any Gor-
man column continues to ad-
vance, he added, it will “not be
appropriate to say that the en-
emy has been contained or that
the danger Is over."
The German army, he said, has
taken some hard blows, suffering
many casualties in this offensive.
As an example, the secretary said.
held territory in the sector to
20 miles.
“Unless he can quickly halt the
American advance, particularly in
the Bastogne sector, the German
marshal s Belgian bulge will be in a
critical condition,” the dispatch
said..
A German broadcast identified
the American units encircled at
Bastogne as the 101st airborne
division, the Tenth armored di-
vision and “remnants” of the
28th infantry division.
r Berlin said Lt. Gen George S.
Patton’s Third army troops were
engaged in the southern flank
operations, and that virtually the
whole Third army had moved up to
the Nazi southern flank.
On one sector of Marshal von
Rundstedt’s southern flank In
the west, the Americans resum-
ed their advance to the Ger-
j man salient west and north-
west of Echternach, creasing the
Sore river at four places. Ech-
ternach is the southern anchor
of the German counteroffen-
sive into Luxembourg.
Germans taken prisoner in one sec-
tor told of two panzer regiments in
their area which suffered over 50
percent casualties.
Stimson said more than 13,000
Nazi prisoners have been taken
during the German offensive,
and added:
"We, too, are suffering severe
casualties.”
In the period from Saturday
through Wednesday, he reported.
483 German planes were destroyed
and 507 armored vehicles and 3,177
motor vehicles were destroyed or
damaged.
attacks on Clark field, planes from
Mindoro have pock-marked runways
and destroyed 124 Japanese aircraft.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur des- - - , ., an
cribed the naval attack as "fruitless Solon Assails OPA
U.S. DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE AND VICINITY—Continued
cloudy and cold with rain or drizzle
this afternoon and tonight. Friday
cloudy and somemwhat warmer. Lowest
temperatures tonight near freezing.
EAST TEXAS Rain this afternoon, to-
night and Friday. Not quite 00 cold
Friday and in extreme northwest portion
“West TEXAS: Snow in Panhandle,
freezing rain in South Plains and rain
elsewhere this afternoon and tonight
Friday considerable cloudiness, rain
ending during the morning. Not quite so
cold In Fanhandle and South Plains to-
"Maximum temperature last 24 hours,
"Minimum temperature EFE RATOA#
Thu-Wed Wed-Tue
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and Inaccurate shelling."
A Japanese communique said the
warships lighted "a veritable sea
of fire" around U. S. air fields and
a munitions dump.
The American attack on the
surface force began at dusk as
the warships approached and
continued until midnight when
the enemy turned and fled to-
ward the China sea at 25 knots.
Bombers from Mindoro were af-
ter them at dawn. Results of
this pursuit hare not yet been
reported, but all such previous
attacks have ended In almoat
complete destruction of the flee-
ing enemy naval units.
Speeding the attrition, Yank
fighters shot down 13 of 20 inter-
ceptor* put up In the weakening
defense of Clark field, near Manila.
Other bombers ranging over the
Philippines and Borneo sank seven
small Japanese cargo ships of 1.000
tons or less •
Abilenians Offer
To Help Veteran of
Pacific Warfare
For Voiding Stamps
WASHINGTON, Dec 28— (P—The
Office of Price administration and
Economic Stabiliser Fred Vinson
were accused today by Representa-
live Andresen (R-Minn) of having
swindled millions of "thrifty Amer-
ican housewives."
This, Andresen said in a state-
ment, resulted when Vinson and
OPA Boss Chester Bowles "con-
spired to issue the new ration order
which cancelled unused redland blue
stamps."
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Two Abilenians today had offer-
ed to give money to replace the San
Diego railroad ticket of Marine Sgt.
Pleasant K. Turner which he lost
in a local movie house Tuesday
night.
Sergeant Turner is a veteran of
the Guadalcanal, Tarawa and Sal-
pan battles He was wounded In the
Saipan battle. He Is home for the
first time since 1940. In his billfold,
which was in a coat he laid on a
theater seat, were his return ticket
end 880 cash. He isn’t worried so
much about the money as the ticket.
He must leave Abilene not later
than Saturday to reach San Diego
before his leave expires.
Anyone wishing to help this hero
of some of the bitterest batites of
the war Is Invited to notify The Re-
porter-News.
Sergeant Turner's mother, Mrs. J.
- Prapron, resided at 1750 Cedar.
[Meuse R.
Berlin said last night that a
British division had joined with a
“still another American division -
withdrawn from the Aachen front
in making particularly grim coun-
terattacks" on the northern flank,
and that "battles of the greatest
scale" were being fought there.
Supreme headquarters announced
today that heavy fighting continued
at Grandmenil and Manhay on the
northern flank of the attack in Bel-
gium. In the area of St. Hubert,
roadblocks mines and blown bridg-
es gave indications of a German
withdrawal
Southwest of Echternach the Ger-
mans were retreating and northwest
of that southern hinge of the sal-
ent, they were preparing an escape
bridge under American fire and
were preparing to pull back into
Germany across the Sure.
Three of the American crossings
of the Sure, which Berlin broad-
casts said were by the U. S Third
army were near Bonnal, 2 1-2 miles
northwest of Eschdorf. The fourth
was at a place three miles northeast
of Martelange. All the crossings
were within about 15 miles of Bas-
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BOMB SPLITS FRENCH HOUSE IN TWO—Half a house re-
mains standing at the end of a street in a French town on the
U. S. Third Army front, after the other half was destroyed by
high explosive bomb. (AP Wirephoto).-
Former Abilene C of C Nominee
Pilot Dismissed Ballots in Mails
First Lt. Ernest F Boruski Jr., of
Des Moines, Iowa, formerly station-
ed at Abilene Army air field, was
one of two officers dismissed from
the Army Air Forces for low flying.
It was announced Wednesday by
headquarters of the Second Air
Force at Colorado Springs, Colo.
Lieutenant Boruski and 2d Lt.
Daydon E Chafin of Tucumcari, N.
M. other officer dismissed, were
tried by a general court martial.—
A West Point graduate, Bor-
usky was pilot of a plane from
the Abilene field that struck
power lines over Lake Brown-
wood last September and landed
in the lake. Cpl. Edward L.
Peterson, a passenger whose
wife lives at Hamlin, was killed
in the crash.
Besides being dismissed, Boruski
was ordered confined at hard labor
for six months.
Chafin was accused of flying low
over his hometown last October.
OPA Ups Ceiling
Prices on Bread
One-cent increase in the celling
price on pound loaves of whole
wheat and white bread has been
authorized tor Taylor county. Mrs
Iva C. Wroten, local rationing clerk,
was informed this morning by the
AMERICANS COUNTERATTACK—American troops have
driven a deep salient into German lines, it was disclosed to-
day. Supreme headquarters announced earlier that a German
armored thrust toward the Meuse river had been checked
at Celles and Ciney and the Germans rolled back. Arrows
show center of action indicated by field dispatches. (AP Wire-
photo Map).
Bash Germany
LONDON, Dec 28—(P)Seventeen
hundred heavy bombers hammered
11 rail targets in western Germany
today despite a severe sleet storm
which curtailed close air support for
American ground forces.
Five hundred British bombers
struck just before dawn, aiming
their bomb load of about 2,500 tons
on ground flares planted by path-
finder planes at Opladen, 12 miles
north of Cologne.
The U. S. Eighth air force’s
1,200 heavies, also baaed In Brit-
ain. bombed the other targeta
by instruments through dense
clouds. They were escorted by
700 U. 8. fighters which Sa-
countered no opposition from
German planes. The British
escort, likewise, had no opposi-
tion in the air.___-
The 4,000-ton bomb load of the
American armada fell on 10 rail
yards and bridges and on junction
points between the German salient
in Belgium and the Rhine. The
RAP hit the railway workshop at
Opladen, where the Germans have
been trying to repair damaged mill-
tary rolling stock.
The German radio said day raid-
ere also were striking into ths Reich
Ballot forms listing 15 nominees from the south suggesting opera,
for consideration in election of five tions by the Italian-based U. 8. 15th
force.
Official accounts said almost
Ballot forms listing 15 nominees
new members to the Abilene cham-
ber of commerce board of directors 2,000 pieces of German rail and
have been malted members of the road transport were demolished
1 yesterday and 90 German right-
era were shot down by some 4,000
Allied bombers and fighters
chamber.___________________
The official ballet contains
the names of T. C. Campbell
Jr., A. B. Barrow, Malcolm M.
Meek, S. M. Jay, Ellis A. Hall,
G. C. McDonald. Wendell Bedi-
check. H G. Haynie, R. M.
Fielder, George Foster, C. A.
McGaughey. H. M. Harrison.
Arch Batjer, John Ray and
George Barron.
Those receiving ballots are in-
structed to scratch all names but
five, and to return the ballot be-
fore Jan. ■. when votes are to be
which took the sir.
Allied losses were five bomberg
and 23 tighter*.________H
Winnie, Eden Leave
counted.
The retiring directors are V. E
[ Behrens, P. W Campbell, W E.
Jarrett, E P. Mead. Homer Scott
LONDON, Dec. 28— (P)— Prime
Minister Churchill and Foreign
Secretary Eden have left Athens for
London to urge King George II of
Greece to approve creation of a reg-
ency, BBC's corespondent in Athens
reported today.
and Frank Grimes Grimes, as a
past president, was held over last
year
Hold-over directors are: B R.
Blankenship, R B Leach, Merle
Gruver, C M Caldwell. Henry
James, W D Minter. E A. Ungren.
Jesse F. Winters, W. P. Wright and
Morgan Jones Jr.
Seawolf Is Lost
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—)
The, U. S.-submarine Seawolf1
overdue from petrol and presumed
lost. .
The Navy’s announcement today
said the vessel was under command
of Lt Comdr. Albert M. Bontier
of White Plains, N. Y., who is listed
as missing.
district OPA office
New ceilings are 8 cents for whole-
sale, 10 cents for retail and 8 cents
for chain stores.
Other counties in this area where
the new ceilings have been estab-
lished are Brown, Callahan, Com-
anche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton,
Jack, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Ste-
phens and Young.
HUNS SHOOT FIVE PRISONERS,
STOMP FACES WITH HOBNAILS
Time’s A-Westing!
Renewal Time for
REPORTER-NEWS
Subscribers About
to Expire
Call at Office, See Your
Agent, ev Telephone 7271
for details
WITH U. 8 FORCES ON WESTERN FRONT. Dec. 28-UP,
American Army officials announced today that Nasi ss guardsmen D
in cold blood a United States lieutenant and four doushroys r
west of Bastogne and than stomped their faces with hobnailed, Pot them
Disclosing another authenticated caae ofthe Germans murders
prisoners, authorities said the report had been verified, and tailed
the announced policy of the SS elite guard in this camp is, but
The only survivor of the ruthless slaughter was " rounded bast A
to crawl a tortuous mile and a half to the American lines
The six-man patrol was surrounded and forced to surrender, onith
night of Dec. 17 in the area west of Bastogne, Belgian transport cemtee
where an American force was encircled and now has been.rellexet, then
The survivor was marked for death with his companions e Duntt
German captors had questioned them perfunctorily. A hall of uy
I crumpled them to the ground. _ wan. the Germans
Riddled with bullets, the survivor played dead while *55-7
ground their hobnalls Into the faces of the Americans sad M
"Choking one ‘erles of pain, the doughboy waited until the Germans
had finished their gory task and left. Then he dragged his PE,
land battered body Pe to friendly territory.
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