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The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
Meeting OF Big Three
Is Reported By Moscow

teeth OF a German nation, now
beset by a three-sided war.
Neutral reports earlier said the
date of the ''secono front" inva.
sion from Britain probably h d
been set at the conference to back
up the new, ard thus far virtu-
ally unbroken aerial m p a 6 n
against Germany, which now has
Berlin practically half in ruins,
the Russian summer autumn rout
of the German army and the de-
veloping conquest of Italy.
This, the biggest meeting OF
world power heads in history, fol-
lowed closely the meeting of Mes.
srs. Roosevelt and Churchill and
Generalissimo Chan Kai-shek in
North Africa, where the fin !
blows against Japan were planned
and where, commentators h We
said, the last of the IS e on d
front" details probably were worb'
ed out.
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SECRET SERVICE
UNCOVERS PLOT
Continued from Page One)

about the White House neighbour
hood.
Meanwhile, however, Best had
run afoul of the Capitals traffic
regulations. He started across 9th
street at ''E" N. W.,-some blocks
away from the White Housewife
out regard for traffic signals and
Traffic Officer H. w. Estes pro-
ceeded to give him a ticket"
Because of Best's abusive
language, Estes took him to a pre-
cinct station where it was dis
covered that he was the man Sc
cret Service agents were hunt
ing.
Best was not armed when ar
rested, but Secret Service agents
said they found a loaded .38 cali
her revolver and 10 additional
rounds of ammunition in his hotel
1oom..
Carlson quoted the man as say
ing, II had electrodes RUNNING
through my brain and they tolo
me to get rid Of Roosevelt" He
said Best is a native of Nelson
Wis, and the father Of two small
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
Davis Tournaments
Continue At Camp
On Both Fronts

CAMP DAVIS, Dec. 8. - Camp
Davis tournament play continued
on two fronts-hasketbal and
touch football-late yesterday and
evening.
To start the ball rolling the 207th
AA Group eliminated the 9TH Bn.
AA school touch football club, TO,
when Walczak ran punt back
4G yards for touchdown in the
first half and passed for the ex-
ira point. The triumph boosted the
207th into the semi-final bracket
in this intracamp activity.
Basketball took over the even
ing spotlight and the double-head-
er saw the 18th AA~ Gun Bn.
smother the 3rd Tow Target quin-
tet, 4311, after which the HG., and
Hq. Btry. courtsters drew away
from the AA Board outfit in the
second half to. prevail BIB.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
AMERICAN FORCES
PLUNGE FORWARD
Continued from Page One)

division escaped to Sardinia be.
fore the mass German and Italian
surrender or Cap Bon.
(Radio France in Algiers report
ed, entirely without confirmation
from the Allied command, t h
Field Marshal Albert Kesselring,
Nazi commander in Italy, had Or
dered a retreat fir Q m positions
along the Adriatic following h e
"crumbling of his entire winter
line.")
The Germans were reported to
be driving the populations Of small
towns out toward the advancing
Fifth and Eighth armies and then
blowing up bridges behind them
in an attempt 10 create confusion
and hamper the Allied advance.
Yesterdays j m t d advance
gave General Ciark's warriors a
good sample of the deep defenses
the Nazis have built into the cen
ter of the liae they were instructed
to hold at least until the new year.
The attack was made through cur
tains of machine gun fire and
through barbed wire entanglements
and mineficlos.
Official reports said h e Ger
mans had mounted guns ION every
strategic height overlooking the
via Casil1na, which from a mar
row mountain gap through the Nazi
winter line at M1grano crosses a
broad valley 10 miles to Casino,
then extends northwest another 70
miles along the Liri and Sacco
river valleys to Rome.
Enormous fleets of Allied bomb
ers and fighters were wiping out
these strongpoints, with the heavi.
est bombings concentrated in the
vicinity of Ce~varo, less than four
miles due east of Casino; San
Giorgio, six and a half m i S
southwest of Casino, and Rocca
Devandro, eight miles south-south.
west of Casino.
Liberators winged north to bomb
Bolzano on the Bremen Pass rail
road and British destroyers bonn.
barded Durazzo in Albania by
night.
Liberators winged north to bomb
Bolzano on the Bremen Pass rail-
road and British destroyers bonn
barded Durazzo in Albania by
night.
The eep defensive system
against which Clark hurled h
troops and armor is approximately
2O-miles wide. 1t starts in the Ca
labritto area, just southwest OF
Mignano, and from there runs in
general northeasterly direction
through Mignano, west Of Venafro,
past Filignano to a point west OF
Montaquila
Front dispatches said the Fifth
Army's drive in the Calabritto area
yesterday was the biggest Allied
offensive since the landing at Sa-
lerno - presumably on a larger
scale than the Eighth Army's sue
cessful smash at Sangro r d e
earlier in the week. The Germans
were reported resisting fiercely,
and official advices were extreme.
ly reserved on how far Clark $
army progressed,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
PROMOTED

First Lieut.. Thomas Oliver Muir
vay. Of WIghtSville avenue, has
lust been plonleted to captaincy at
he Misses ppi Ordnance Plant,
Jackson, Miss. Captain Murphy
Vas decorated with the Legion of
Merit in Oct. 1913, for meritorious
conduct when ne maintained the
a3s for task force IN the Arctic
dunn. the hard Arctic winter I'm
De, syprse conditions and with on
" limited squipment, he succeed
ednattina up ships and serving
The task force so that its mission
was successful Captain Murphy is
assigned to the Ordnance Unit
Training center as an automotive
instructor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
Clintstock Disqualified
Milo Steinborn Wins
In Wrestling Bout

The big Clinstock was disquali-
1ied in the first fall of last night S
ITALIAN Hall bouts, after % min
ates for eye-gouging, and Milo
Steinborn, who replaced John Aur-
thor, took the second fall of the
evening utilizing a terrific "bear
hug.
Holding the spotlight of last
nights wrestling bill was the tag
team match. \ An affair in which
Pete Mannagoff and Babe Zahar-
las lead the partner ARRAYS. Man.
nagoff had as his buddy the tough
Cowboy Luttrall, but that didn't
help the team to win over the out
fit composing Zaharias and AL
Massey, who took the first and
third falls in this two-out- three
fall card.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
DIPLOMAT URGES
GREATER UNITY
Continued from Page One)

great things in shipbuilding. We
hope now the Axis war on ship
building has been broken up"
Following the luncheon, the en-
voy toured the yards of the North
Carolina Shipbuilding company,
where he boarded one of the CO
vessels and inspected the ship
from one end to the other.
Both Homer Ferguson, chairman
of the board of the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Roger Williams,
vice-president of the firm which
is the parent of the local concern,
explained that they had never seen
an outsider manifest "as intelli'
gent interest ir a shipyard." Lord
Halifax was said to have asked
"a thousand questions, and to
have shown much interest in the
welding and riveting by Individual
workers.
Viscount Halifax arrived at 49,
pm. He was accompanied on the
trip from Raleigh by Major H.
G.. Lockhart, his secretary, Hugh
C. McClelland, British consul at
Baltimore, and Storer P. Ware,
British vice-consul in Wilmington
The diplomat spoke at Duke Uni
versity Thursday night, where he
told capacity audience that al
though the situation for the Allies
is now more favorable than ever,
the enemy is still strong, and there
are mo shortcuts to victory
Lord Halifax was the guest OF
Governor J. Melville Broughton
during his two-day stay. He was
a visitor to Chapel Hill and the
University of North Carolina
Thursday afternoon.
Commenting here on North Caro-.
lima, Halifax remarked that the
! countryside was very lovely" and
that his visit had been highly en-.
joyable.
Before leaving Wilmington for
Washington Friday night Halifax
visited the CORVALLIS House al
Third and Market streets, where
the British Tory general of Rev
dictionary fame made his head
quarters, a site he had expressed
keen desire to see. The building
is in the process Of conversion
into an officers club.
Halifax took time out, prior tt
his appearance before the Cape
Fear club, to express to young
Gerald Baker, New Hanover High
school student reporter, and re
fugee from England since 1910
that the youth would soon be able
to join his parents at New Castle
on the Tyne. Baker lives in the
home of H. Jaffe, 315 North 18th
street.
"When you get back to England
you will be able to see daylight,
the Yorkshireman added.
The holder of the most import.
ant diplomatic post in Washington
Lord Halifax for nearly three
years has been the leading liaisor
officer of his government between
the two great democracies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
OFFICIAL TO Be
AT DEDICATION
Ralph A. Bard Will Attend
Ceremonies AT Cherry
Point Marine Base

CHERRY POINT. Dec. 3.-Ralph
A. Bard, assistant secretary Of the
Navy, will be the principal speak
Ct at the dedication Of the largest
assembly and repair establishment
n the Marine Corps. at this Ma
ne Ar Station Saturday morning.
OlAers participating in the pro-
sFam are Congressman Graham A.
Sarden Of New Bern, General
Claude K. Larkin, U. S. M. c.,
commanding the Third Marine Air
craft wing, and Colonel C. F.
ScAllt. Commanding Officer of the
Station.
Nh Bard will be accompanied
BY staff of Naval personnel whose
names will be announced later.
Arn0hS the distinguished visitors
j be Captain E. J. Estess, U. S.
l.; IRet.) Commandant, More
us1o Naval Section base, and the
sl,iay01S Of Greenville, Kinston,
u Jew Bern and Morehead City, B.
i, Susg, J, R. Sans, L. C. Law
eace and D. B. Willis.
Inc dedication will be held with
4 ne hangar of the aircraft over
.aul building, before the entire
'-llae and civilian personnel
Eo ;1, on the station.
me program for the dedication
me two buildings, costing ap-
~. pnAAately 5 IL million dollars,
\, III t. consist of an opening prayer
r.s ae Protestant chaplain, an in.
n Y.uEaon by Colonel Schilt, a
pserA BY Congressman Barden
" =: PRESENTATION of bond flags tc
a-aa departments having the
guest record in war bond pur.
aSses' and the introduction Of
.te'afy Bard by General Larkin
aee Will be a benediction at the
sle oy the Catholic Chaplain anc
lasc1lons played by the Air Sta
PoA band.
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LACUARDIA BACKS
SUBSIDY MEASURE
Continued From Page One)

rector of the OPA's industrial man.
}.facturing price division who said
that 100000, 900 spent this year
to control prices of such items as
copper, steel, wood pulp, rubber
and tools was saving many times
that amount. Higher food prices
would mean higher wages and re-
suit also in a clamor from manu-.
fscturers for higher return, said
Slocum.
dicated that he was considering
a counter proposal which would
continue subsidies only as long as
he war labor board maintained
The little steel formula which holds
general wage increases to 10 per
Cent E above levels of Jan. l. 1s4i |:
I,aGuardia commented t h a 1t
might be possible to tie these two
together.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04

,;red his basic tralning at the
Narfolk training station, where he
s N since been stationed.
l' Malnass completed high school at
Mice Mary L. Aiderman's private
Who abool in the class of 1888. He took
SLOTS raining course at the
pp,notbenthal Airport and received
L;s nriyate pilots license just be-
. soro + enlisting in the Navy Air
CorCS
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
CHURCH CELEBRATION

CHURCH CELEBRATION
Delgado Presbyterian Church
will celebrate the 18th anniver-
sary of the pastorate of its
pastor, the Rev. C. C. Myers,
Sunday, Dec. S.
On Dec. 1, 1925, the Rev.
Myers came here from Con-
cord, N. c., to take up his work
here.
All friends and former men,
bers as well as present men,
bers of the church are invited
to attend this service at 1880
p. m. There will be testimon-
ial meeting in which all who
care to may take part.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
REYNOLDS DIVIDEND

~, nI" YORK, Dec. 3-lR-Direc-
b h VI II. J. Reynolds Tobacco
|iva. 'ooay declared a year-end
|onr lo OF 10 cents a share on
Isr ~1lloh and common %" stock
n 'J NE Dec. 27 to holders of rec.
|esr D &C., 10. Dividends for the
Iear wal sl'5O against $1,7O last
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
ALARM ANSWERED

Considerable damage was
caused last night by a blaze at
liz Jessamine avenue, which
was determined as a result of
carelessness by firemen arriv-
ing on the scene. The fire was
started at about nine O'Clock
by lamp. which was placed
on a shelf. The department
answered another alarm at
this address last November
Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04

W AAo SS44
Zones has re-
turned to the
Atlanta Ordn-
aIlcc Depot, At
l q n t a, G a.,
where he is
training with
the 431st Com
pany, a f t e r
spending a fur
Tough with his
parents, M r.
.rG Mrs r a
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
Electricians Beat !.
Painters Department |
In Shipyard League

The Electricians Of the shipyard
took over the Painters department.
Thursday night in the shipyard
bowling league with total score
of 2181, leaving the painters with
only 1899 points. The Erectors
came in ahead of the Filters de.
partment with a score Of 1858, q
mere margin above the Filters
2257 points. Z
W y
The average width Of Chile 10
100 miles.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04

rones of 24l3 Chestnut street. Pri-
,,.tp ZONES ente. ed tie armed serv-
ices in May, 1913 at Fort Bragg.
Vp was sent from there to Aber-
deem Proving Ground. where he re-
rpvpd medal as az expert rifle
man
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
DINNER DANCE

A dinrer-dance was held at
the St. Johns Tavern Friday
evening by the Division of
Training Publications of the
Antiai' craft Artillery School,
Camp Davis. This affair is
The third the division has held
this wear.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04

ODeQ II. NAL
pass, son of
Mrs Elsie B.
Malpass of 1910
South Sixth st.,
has made his
first class rat
ing as aviation
machinist mate.
He enlisted in
the United Sta
ties Naval Re-
serve on April
|, 1912 and re-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
SERVICE MEN

Service Mems Saturday, a
program of the social life and
recreation for those in the SER
vice, and members of the
church, is held each Saturday
at First Christian church, Third
and Ann streets, from 5 to
10 p. m. Supper is served for
all present from 6 to : D. m.
All service men are welcome.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
SCAVENGER HUNT

A scavenger hunt will be held
at the Third and Grace USO
Dec. 4 at $3.50 pm. for serv-
Ice men and women, wives,
and junior hostesses, Miss Mar
tina Ordway, director, announc-
ed Friday.
A program of Christmas carol
singing will be open to all in
terested at pm. Sunday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04

and s,0 49, o. forest and grazing
'overn aui mn stored By the federal
E3Ooolo,' { Oan for Indians is around
VUOOO acres, eiiiorace 49,
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04

Including automobile receiving
sets, there are 60,000,000 radio re-
| ceiving sets in the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04

Three years ago the Navy 4 mac, naa
1888 fighting ships; today 1t mas well
over 300.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
RADIO STOLEN

hAD1O SIOLEN
Mrs. L. r. Lynch, 308 South
Second street, reported to po-
lice yesterday that some I'M
known person had entered her
home and carried away an
RCA radio table set. A fur
Their description of the radio
could not be obtained.
FIRING NOTICE
Anti-aircraft Artillery Train
ing Center of Camp Davis an
nounces that firing will be
held at 8-12 a. m. December 4
at Fort Fisher. The danger zone
is the water area including a
distance off shore of 10000
yards at ort Fisher.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-04
City Briefs
MONEY STOLEN

L. B. Vaskwar reported that
when he returned from work
Friday morning to his room n
the Carolina apartments at
Second and Market streets, he
found that someone had used
a knife, cutting the night lock
to his room loose, and had
taken $52 in small change out
of a cigar box.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10
LIVE Up TO PACT

Guarigla and AmbroSio were
reported 10 have given Premier
Badoglio'S promise that Italy
would live up 10 the tripartite
pact for the present, but added
that the talks would not be con-
Sidered conclusive If new develop
mentS more favorable TO Italy
should arise.
1t was understood. a frontier
dispatch said. that Badoglio con-
Sidered himself forced 10 continue
at the side Of Germany because
acceptance of the Allied demand
for unconditional surrender would
jeopardlZe the honor OF both
Italy and the House of Savoy"
Arrival Of four additional PAN
Zer divisions -4S. 900 troops and
500 tanks in Greece was re-
ported from Madrid. The Ger
mans. under Marshal Erwin Rom
mel erStwhile Desert Fox were
said 20 be taking over the garri-
Soning Of Greece from Italian
troops called back TO their home
land.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10
War Shipments
Halted by Strike
Photo by International News Sound Pho

Shipment Of army trucks was
halted today for the second day at
the Lynch road plant of the
Chrysler Corp. as $50 UAW-CIO
members continued their strike in
protest to the disciplining of a
worker.
A company spokesman said that
600 on the day shift failed to re-
port for work this morning. He
charged that the strike was un-
authorized and was apparently
being conducted under some
body'S careful direction"
The strike started yesterday
when IS workers struck in protest
to the disciplinary layoff of an en-
ploye who had left work early
Saturday without permission. They
were joined a short time later by
the rest of the day crew and the
afternoon shift of $50.
If the strike continues il NAV
affect other Chrysler truck ship
ping, the company spokesman said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10
GAIN 100 MILES IN MONTH

On the north coast the left wing
OF 1t. Gen. George S. Patton's
Seventh Army forged ahead and
was estimated to have reached a
point less than five miles west OF
Capo d'Orlando.
1t was west of the cape that the
Seventh Army with u. S. Navy
assistance turned the German
flank Sunday morning in a land
ing now revealed to have been on
a much larger scale than first in
dicated.
The original number of 800 pris-
oners captured by the Americans
in the amphibious foray was
boosted to l,500, most of whom
where described as Italians.
The Seventh Army was esti-
mated 10 have advanced more
than 120 miles and the Eighth
Army more than so since they
stormed the Sicilian beaches a
month ago.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10
War P |dntS
In Rhine|dnd
B|o(k-Busted
Factories in Mannheim
and tudwieshafen
Left in Flames by Raj

LONDON, Aug. 10 CUP) a
large force Of iour-cnglncd British
bomberS struck heavily last night
al the German industrial center
of Observation-Disclosures. shat
tering key war factories and other
detectives with upwards Of ! OOO
tons OF explosives IN what may
have been the first Of another
Hamburg series OF RAIDS
The Raj shifted IFS offensive
back 20 the Rhineland 20 end
Germany's one-week respite from
Allied blockbusterS and left huge
spreading coniiagratlonS racing
through chemical, tank and other
war plants m the twin cities span
ming the Rhine.
Farther north along the Rhine
twln-engined Mosquito bomberS
hammered targets IN the other
great German industrial area. the
Ruhr.
Only nine bombers were lost in
the two raids
The raids came az a time when
European dispatches were report
ing civilian exodus approaching
panicky flight from Germany
principal industrial cities. includ-
ing Berlin.
The concentration Of vital tar
gets in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
whose inland port handles a vol
ume Of traffic second only 10
Hamburg. and the fact that last
nights raid followed so closely on
the string OF nine attacks on
Hamburg. raised the possibility
that u may be marked for de-
struction.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10
Riot Blame PLACED
On Zooters' DruQ

Use of a drug known variously
10 zoot-suiters as "goofy balls, -
yellow packets" or caps" was
largely responsible for much of
the disturbance during the recent
riots, police charged today
This was revealed with the ar
rest of Sam Rice. 50, druggist at
Forest and Beaubien. for allegedly
selling narcotics to minors. Rice
will be arraigned today before Re-
corder'S Judge Brennan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10
Detroit First Step
On Clare Luce Tour

GREENWICH, Conn. Aug. 10
tUP)-Rep. Clare Boothe Luce
today made preparations for a
speaking tour of the Midwest.
Pacific Coast and South late next
month
Announcement by her office
said the tour. scheduled 10 start
in Detroit and end in Parkers-
burg. w Va. was deemed by the
Republican national committee to
be helpful in arousing interest in
politics during a nonelection year.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10
End of-Wdr-in-1943
0ptimists Foolish

PORTLAND, Me, Aug. 10 (UP)
People who believe the war will
end this year were termed foolish
optlmistS' by Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox last night.
"He fall of Sicily would not
mean the end of the war;" he
said I'VE still have to gain
foothold on the European
continent Itself"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10
War Fronts

RUSSIA-RedS within II miles
OF Kharkov. leave enemy only
one route Of escape fall OF
key city believed near Page
L.
SICILY Cornered AXIS troops
begin heavy demolltionS pre-
-paratorY evacuation as
YankS and Eighth Army make
junction. page ID
THE AIR WAR RAF resumes
block-buster raids on German
industrial centerS with heavy
assault on war plants OF
NJ a nnh G m-LudwlgShafen.
Page ID
ITALY, on don hears Italy
pledges Germany to keep on
fighting unless Allies offer
more acceptable peace terms.
Page L.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC-Gen.
Macarthur announces heavy
"Softening-up' air raids on
Jap bases at Salamaua. Now
Guinea and the Villa airdrome
and Bairoko Harbor in the
SolOmons. page p
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10
Increase in Casualties
Predicted by General

CINCINNATI. Aug. 10 INS)
Growing casualty lists will soon
put Americas courage 10 the
supreme test, Brig. Gen. Robert
l.. Denig of the marines told Ohio
representatives of the American
Legion in conference today.
Gen. Denig said that the United
Nations had just begun TO fight
and declared that. after 20
months of fighting. we have just
reached the Chateau Thierry of
the first world war"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10

the building and called upon the
shore patrol and military police 10
break up the crowd which shouted
threats 10 get the patrolman
they accused Of mishandling one
Of their buddieS.
The crowd broke up upon the
arrival Of about IS military police.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10
7 Soviet Generals
Killed in Battles

MOSCOW. Aug. 10 CUP)-Mai
Gen Leonti y. Gurtiev. a hero of
the siege Of Stalingrad, was killed
in the battle around Orel and
Gen Joseph r. Apanasenko died
in the fight in which Belgorod
was captured, II was announced
today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10

force of infantry with tanks and
mobile artillery landed secretly
from the sea seven miles behind
The enemyS front lines at 3 a. m.
Sunday.
CHANCE GIVEN FEW
1t Col. Lyle w. Bernard of
Highland Falls, n. Y, instructed
the force before landing:
This Is a chance only a few
outfits get so let's cut a rug and
and knock off those Dutchmen."
And cut a rug they did.
The Americans landed almost
in the middle of the sleeping
enemy and Immediately took 90
prisoners, destroyed three tanks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-10

CAP to Blanket
Detroit i'm Raid

Bombs Detroit will become reality today as
Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties undergo daytime
alert 10 afford the thousands of OCD volunteers their
test under simulated enemy air raid conditions
Escorted by Flying Fortress and ~ Selfrdge Field
pursuit planes 70 CAP planes VIII fly the city at 748
p. to begin their attack with 100000 paper bombs
No section of the community will be spared during the
0-mnute attack Plans have been made to enable every