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Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Mrs. Matte J. Greenly of Lin
coin, announces the engagement of
her daughter, Miss Margaret Es-
ther Greenly to Pfc. William Shan
non Rothermel, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. S. Rothermel of Ashland, Pa.
Miss Greenly is a graduate of Mil
ford High School and is now a stu
dent of Jefferson Hospital School
of Nursing. Pfc. Rothermel is a
graduate of Colgate University and
is now attending Jefferson Medical
College
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

first wedding anniversary.
Friends enjoyed an evening of
bingO.
Mrs. August F. Faix delight
fully entertained at dessert
bridge on Wednesday afternoon
at her home on Kings High
way. Guests arriving at one
thirty were Mrs. Philip Jacobs,
Mrs. Robert Rudolph, Mrs. Will
mer Lankford. Mrs. Herman
Johnson, Mrs. Jack NAPLES,
Mrs. N. M. Stokes, Mrs. M. Has
well Pierce, Mrs. l. d. Short,
Mrs. Leslie March. Mrs. Joseph
J. Pearce, Mrs. Lester Adkins
and Mrs. &. Marshall Town
send.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12
COW GRIFFITH

Mrs. Esther Cow of Milford,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
II. Greenly of FELTON,, and George
Marshall Griffith, son of the late
William and Mrs. Susanna Griffith,
of Milford, were married on Satur-
day. October 30, at Milford, by the
Rev. NJ. Z. Hungerford.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Miss Della H. Hall gave an in
formal luncheon at her home in
honor of her house guest. Miss Clara
Peters of Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Rev. Francis Burgette Short. pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
of Spokane. Washington. has been
the guest of his brother. l. d. Short,
in Milford, this week.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Edward Melvin of Philadelphia.
spent this weekend with his ia
ther, Edwin Melvin.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Lofand Deputy will sell his per-
sonal property next Tuesday, No
vember Is.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Mrs. Charles G. Fisher and daugh-
ters have moved from the Causey
mansion in South Milford to the
residence on West Front street.
North Milford, next door 10 S. J.
Abbott
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Mrs. Jennie D. Marshall and son
have moved from Wilmington to the
old mansion house where she was
born. at the corner of Walnut street
and Causey avenue.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Lieutenant and Mrs. Norman
Bennett welcomed a new daugh-
ter in Wilmington on Thurs
day, November 4. She has been
named Norma Jane. Lieutenant
Bennett is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Bennett.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12
Obituary
SMITH

SMITH
Mrs. Marie r. Smith. age 79
years, died suddenly Tuesday eve
ming, November 8. 1943 lat her home
on Columbia street, South Milford.
She is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Carl Allen, Milford;
Mrs. Leslie Buckson. Mrs. Harry
Rodell. William Smith of Black
wood, n. j., and Joseph Smith of
Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barker will
attend the sessions of the National
Grange. which will be held at Man
chester, New Hampshire. November
- to 90. They will also visit other
points of interest in New England.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Mrs William c. Bailey has been
the guest of her cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Davis at Redden this
week
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Mrs. S. E. Shockley, Miss Grace
Shockley and Master Delno Mag
are visiting relatives and friends at
Dover, Smyrna and Middletown.
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

Edwin Walton and daughter Wis
tied friends in Philadelphia this
week
Milford chronicle., 1943-11-12

The Chronicle will be glad to buy
six pairs of rabbits tomorrow night.
trapped rabbits are preferred. but
that will be no disqualification if
they are not badly shot up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
FULL REPORT OF
 PATTON 5LAppING
 INCIDENT E ASKED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 = The Senate Military Committee has ask ed for a full report of the skipping of a shell-shocked private by It Gen. George S. Patton and in the meantime clamped an informal hold on promotions of IA high ranking Army officials, including It. Gen Somervell who heads the Army Supply Service.
 In a conference with the news men, Secretary of War Henry l.. Stimson said responsibility in dis ciplining Patton for striking an en- listed man in fit of anger is placed squarely on Gen. Dwight Eisen- hover. Stimson said Patton's extra ordinary leadership and aggressive fighting qualities have been demon- strated in two wars but most par ticularly in his victorious campaigns at Casablanca, Tunsia, and Sicily.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
CAPS ARE SMASHED

LONDON, Nov. 26. The Red Army has captured Gomel and the surrounding White Russian Ter ritory, completing the separation of the Nazi forces in the center of the Ukraine, according to German broadcasts, as a powerful new So- viet offensive smashed gaps in the enemy lines north and south of the fallen rail center.
 The German broadcast said that Gomel was destroyed before it was evacuated.
 Five railways radiate from the city of 145.000 people, the last im- portant German stronghold east of the Dnieper River Two of the lines lead to Poland, one in the direction of Brest Litovsk, and the other through Minsk to Wilma and Lithuania. Other lines connect Gomel with Moscow, Odessa and Leningrad.
 In the crucial defense battle west of Kiev, Moscow dispatches said, the Ukrainian army of Gen. Vatu- tin is standing firm under the 13- day old German drive which ap- peared to be weakening. New Nazi attacks, however, were launched near Korosten, 45 miles north of zhitomir. The Russians, as is their custom, did not immediately con- firm the capture of Gomel
 In later Moscow dispatches the Red Star said the new Soviet of fensiye has. reached the upper Dnieper and cut the Gomel- Mog- Hey Highway, the most important German lateral communication in White Russia. and a major Red Army maneuver appeared under way in the frozen terrain north of the Pripet marshes.
 The Germans took Gomel in mid August of l941. It is on the lofty west bank of the Sozh River, 35 miles north of it's confluence with the Dnieper,
 Foreign military opinion is that if the Germans were unable to make much headway with such strong forces which they have con- centrated on the attack in the Dnieper bulge, the chances are that further major offensives from the Germans is extremely slight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
American Doughboys on
 Italian Front Gel Treat ol
 Turkey on Thanksgiving

NAPLES, Nov. 26-Up there in the bleak, foggy windswept mountain positions of the farthest American advances on the Italian front. doughboys yesterday ate turkey and all the trimmings with one hand while they cradled rifles with the other.
 The Army Quartermaster said the American soldiers were going to have a Thanksgiving dinner if they didn't have anything else to mark the day.
 For weeks past, the Quartermas- ter's Department dressed turkeys that have been coming to Naples by ships and planes. |.
 Army cooks prepared the turkeys, sealed them in special heat retain ing kits, along with cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes.
 Army trucks took the fare into the mountains as far as the roads were passable. then pack mules carried on. Tn many cases soldiers themselves lugged the boxes the rest of the way so all on the front had Thanksgiving Day spread.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26

Invasion Forces of US. In Complete Control of
 Mid.patifit Isle Group

PEARL HARBOR, Nov 26-The American Invasion forces have com- pleted the conquest of the Mid-Pa- cific Gilbedt Islands by the capture of Betio Island and it's strategic airfield, killing most of the 4,000 defenders.
 Tarawa, Maxim and Abemama are firmly in American hands. The landing forces are hunting the few remaining remnants of the Japan csc forces.
 With the Gilberts now in Amer ican hands, the group provides a potential springboard for new am- phibious and aerial attacks on Japan's outer island defenses.
 In the capture of Betio, the Leathernecks forged on to take control of the island in less than six hours. The capture of the island came on the fourth day of the Central Pacific offensive.
 
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz said it is too early to estimate the cas- ualties on either side but the Jap anese losses have been heavy
 On all the islands the Japanese had advantage of artillery and mor- tar positions, machine gun nests and pill boxes The Americans were forced to concentrate their fire power against such defenses as the Marines poured ashore. Fierce fight ing took place and was often hand to hand bayonet engagements, but the Japanese were pushed back and virtually annihilated.
 The conquest for the Gilbert Is- land group was less than 76 hours in comparison to the IT days 1t took the Japs to capture Wake is- land early in the war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
Service Men and
 Women Are 10 Gel
 No Work Insurance

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Bills introduced in both Houses of Con- gress provide for unemployment insurance from Sl5 to $25 week, social security credits as out of ser vice benefits for Americas service men and women.
 Earlier, Chairman May of the House Military Committee, promised swift action by the committee on a bill he plans to introduce to pro- vide $500 as mastering out pay to those holding ranks no higher than an Army Captain or Navy Lieuten- ant, senior grade.
 A duplicate of the May bill win be introduced in the Senate spon- sored there by Senate Majority leader Barkley, benefits continuing up to 52 weeks if tke serviceman remains unemployed that long after discharge and would supplement the existing State Unemployment insurance benefits,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
1 JAPANESE DE5TR0YER5
 SENT DOWN
U. 5. Light Force Inierlepis Enemy Unifs in Solo,
 mons Off 'RdbduI

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov. 62. American light naval forces sank fon Japanese destroyers and damaged fifth destroyer in the first hours of Thanksgiving Day in naval action fought for the first time so close to the enemy's naval. fortress at Rabaul
 A sixth destroyer escaped the tor-I pedoes and guns.
 The American forces emerged un- scathed.
 The battle occurred shortly after Wednesday m idn g h t, or early Thanksgiving Day morning, when American boats intercepted enemy units off the northwest coast of invaded Bougainville.
 The Japanese destroyers were vir-4 tually eliminated after long but thrilling battle.
 The American units. in a most daring action. pursued the enemy within easy range of Japanese aii cover.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
MASSIVE
 OFFENSIVE CONTINUES
Many Areas Are Under A. taek . Berlin Rdided
 for Fourth Night

LONDON, Nov. 26 American heavy bombers struck northwest Germany today, taking up in day light massive aerial offensive against the Nazis after the Royal Air Force gave Berlin it's fourth straight night of bombing.
 Heavily attacked was Frankfurt On Main and other targets of the bombers and their fighter escorts are not immediately announced but the Bremen radio station went off the air suggesting it as an objective of this first operation in a week by heavy formation of the Eighth Air Force in the eighteenth heavy AL lied attack from Britain since No- vember g, in addition to Frankfurt On-Main.
 A German radio picked up here this afternoon said the bombers mt Offenback-Leath, chemical town, SIX miles east of Frankfurt.
 RAF Mosquitos simultaneously struck Berlin. Thirteen British bombers failed to return compared to A the last time Frankfurt was hit on October 22. The visit Of raiders on Berlin last night meant the Nazi capital was wakened by bombs 20 of the 25 nights in Noyem- Der.
 In the daylight raid today, the American bombers were supplement- ed by Marauder medium bombers which made the second attack ln four days against Pas de Calais, a long narrow French department ex- tending inland about 30 miles from the English Channel, promontory cloest to England. It is the second time Marauders have undertaken operations against objectives which have not been specified in northern France.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
46 JAPANESE PLANES SHOT
 OUT OF AIR
Sfrengh of Nippons in GiI- berts Diminished 10
 Zero Is Report

PEARL HARBOR, Nov. 26. = Evidence that the Japanese strength in the Gilbert Islands has dimin- ished steadily in planes, material and will to fight is reported by the spokesman of the Pacific fleet in connection with the communique reporting another aerial victory and mopping up operations.
 Admiral Chester w. Nimitz an nounces downing of 34 enemy fight CTS, nine bombers and three patrol planes by one carrier division that suffered loss of three fighters and one bomber.
 Other carrier divisions are not reported in the communique which also states that only a few Japs remain in the Gilberts.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
SUBS SMASH JAP PACIFIC
 SUPPLY LINE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Ameri- can submarines are hitting hard the Jap supply lines in the Pacific. Nine more enemy ships have been sent down bringing to a total of 505 the number of Jap vessels sunk or probably sunk or damaged.
 The latest report on sub activities lists seven medium freighters, one medium tanker and one medium sized airplane transport vessel sunk at undisclosed points.
 The new sinkings boosted to 745 the number of Jap vessels of all types and have been given death blows by American weapons since the war started.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
1000 JApS ARE SLAUGHTERED BY
 INvASI0N UNITS
Bougdinvi|Ie Bedthhedd Is Now Six Miles Long,
 Aussies in Action

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov. 26-The slaughter of more than 1000 Japs since the invasion of Bougainville on November l and the possible killing of 1000 others. is reported by the spokesman fov Admiral William Halsey.
 Simultaneously Gen. Macarthur announced that Japanese counter attacks were repulsed against the Bougainville beachhead and Sattel- berg, New Guinea, where the Au- stralians are moving from three sides.
 The beachhead on Bougainville is now six miles with the recent extension of two miles,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
NAzI(ApITAL
 E HIT THIRD
 TIME, } DAYS

LONDON, Nov 26.-Swift RAF Mosquito bombers set air raid si- rens bowling in Berlin for the third successive night Wednesday night by stabbing at the German Capital City as smoke still rose skyward from conflagrations set by British heavy bombers on two pre- vious nights.
 Only one raider failed to return from the confused and battered city already burned and devastated on a scale hitherto unknown.
 A thick yellow pail of smoke spread 300 miles from Berlin as far as the Swedish east coast.
 New Bombings
 Yesterday, medium bombers and Fighter escorts cut through ! the brilliant sunshine toward the con- tinent for further bombing raids. It is said a slight rain lent a welcome helping hand to the ire fighters struggling to overcome the handicap of water shortages caused by broken mains.
 Goebbeps Proclamation
 A proclamation read by Goebbeis Wednesday night and broadcast by short wave by DNB, said: "Our will to win cannot be shaken. It is true that parts of our city have been heavily damaged and a num- Der of our fellow citizens killed or injured, but trying times through which we are now passing will soon come to an end"
 Hitler Caught In Raid
 A dispatch received in London from the Swiss border, says Hitler himself was sent scurrying to a raid shelter last Monday night dur ing the raid but left Berlin the next day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
PORT CITY I5
 ATTA(k
 ON NF0RM05A
Tokyo Broadcast Gives Re. port of Latest Assault
 on Japan

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.--Allied planes struck within $50 miles of the Japanese homeland yes terday when approximately 20 planes raided Shinchiku, port city on the northwest coast of Formosa.
 This is according to broad cast from the Tokyo radio sta- tion and picked up here.
 Tokyo said the attack was presumably launched from AL lied bases within China.
 The broadcast also claimed three of. the 20 raiders were downed by Japanese naval Fighters.
 Formosa was wrested from the Chinese in 1895 and lies within 90 miles off the east coast of China, some 200 miles north of sthe Philippines and only a little more than $50 miles southwest of Kyushu, southcrmost island of the Jap anesel home group.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
NAzI DEFENSE DENTED,
 ITALIAN FRONT
Bridgehead Established by Montgomery's Forces
 on Sdngro River

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Nov 26.-Montgomery' y's Eighth Army battered it's way across the swollen Sangro River yesterday in the face of the tough est obstacle yet encountered in the march up the Italian Peninsula. Terrific fire was encountered but Hitler's defense he was cracked 5000 yards wide and 2,000 yards deep. This is the first full scale dent yet made in the German de- fense line
 German prisoners taken said they were ordered to hold their line at all costs.
 The newly won ground is being safely held.
 Montgomery Talks
 Gen Montgomery, speaking with in sound of the guns of the Sangro River front, declared the British bridgehead across the river is very firmly held and i've have finally got what we wanted after hard fighting, in dreadful weather The soldiers have risen to the great heights The Germans counter-at- tackled very strongly but we've got the bridgehead.
 Heavy rains caused the river to rise five feet on Thursday washing many men to death.
 New Force In Action
 The American 45th Division, once part of the Seventh Army under It. Gen. Patton in the action in Sicily has joined the Fifth Army, it is announced, and the Allied units have beaten off enemy coun- ter-attacks along a generally un- changed front.
 The Fighting 45th" is one of the most colorful Divisions of the Am erican Army and helped roll back the German tide when the Salerno bridgehead appeared likely to be overrun early in the critical period after the first landing.
 The Division is made up largely of troops from Colorado, Oklahoma and New Mexico, more than 1000 southwest Indians and is rated in Army circles as one of the tough est under the flag. e"
 Germans Use Planes
 The German Air force joined the ground forces in determined attacks yesterday against the Britis h Eighth Army now securely en- trenched in bridgehead carved out of the winter defense line across the flooded Sangro River near Italy's Adriatic shore.
 On Thanksgiving day, fighting on the Fifth Army Front, western line, was limited to violent 15-minute artillery bombardments against tar gets behind the enemys lines, as well as normal patrolling.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
54 ITALIANS
 MA5SA(RED
 BY GERMANS
Are Shot Down for Pre- venting Kidnapping
 of Young Girl

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Nov. 26.-The story Is given out here, as related by a British obseryor officer. of the mas sacre of 54 men and boys at Bel Iona, Naples Province, by Germans on October '. The massacre was ln reprisal, the officer said, for the killing of German soldier and the wounding of another, as the two Nazis attempted to carry off a young Italian girl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON tNs,or Rober. 6. Allen on active dutyJ

WASHINGTON = s m e outside businessmen coming into the war government have done Al jobs; some have been medium; some have been complete washouts. Most outstanding achievement is prob ably that of Charles E. Wilson, President of General Electric and production wizard of the War Pro- duction Board. If any man de- serves credit for the stupendotls airplane miracle of around 100000 planes a year, it is Charley Wilson.
 Now, he is leaving the govern ment. There are several reasons why. One climaxing reason was Wilson's recent visit to Dallas, Texas, to speed up tagging produc- tion of the North American Avia- tion bomber plant.
 When he arrived, James Kindel- berger, President of North Ameri- can, took him up a high elevation where he could get bird's-eye view of the great plant.
 One of the best exhibits of stat uary I've ever seen." said Wilson.
 What do you mean?" asked Kindelberger.
 There's nobody moving" replied Wilson. They're statues. No, wait a minute. There's someone lifting his hand"
 North American had planned to add 5000 more men by January l, but Wilson intruded flat veto. He said that the plant was wasting power wasn't using what it had, and gave orders for economies which would both save labor and speed up production. He also took Dallas out of the category of No. war area, which meant that other industries could come in and con- pete with North American for labor
 Then Wilson took plane back to Washington. When he got back, the Army went over his head, tele- rhoned Dallas and reversed his inr structions. Thus North American, instead of saving labor, could get those 5000 more men.
 North American was too smart to accept the Army's reversal, but this was the crowning climax for Will son. Shortly thereafter, he sub mitted his resignation.
 AIR SECRETARY" WILSON?
 For months, Wilson had battled the Army on similar matters. Con- stantly the brass hats asked him
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
AninlaIsin Berlin Zoo
 Freed, 5hoi

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 26. = Ele- plants and bears in Berlin's zoo were liberated during the record raid of last Monday night, when hunted down and shot by guards of Tiergarten Park with machine guns.
 This is according to travellers ar irving here by plane from Berlin.
 Reports also received by Swedish newspapers say every building of the zoo was destroyed in Monday nights raid.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov 26.-Closing of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 5A, American Can 8l1s. Anacon- da 25, Bethlehem Steel 55h. Cur tiss Wright 6a, International Har- vester ST, Kennecott 30A, New York Central IS, Northern Pacific l2h United States Steel 50, Pound s4.04
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 131.31 rails 3208, utilities 20.77.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
 Italy Drive,
 Made Public

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. Casual ties suffered by the American Fifth Army since the landing in Italy on September 9 to date totals l0.659 and of this number, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson reports, 1913 were killed, 6,36l wounded and D. 685 are missing.
 Stimson also said foul weather is greatly restricting operations in the Italian theatre.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
DEATH AND PANIC ]. STRIKES BERLIN'5
 RAID SHELTERS

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 26.-Scenes lof death and panic in Berlin air raid shelters were described today by reliable eyewitnesses, who say vast expanses of the sprawling nerve center were destroyed by air raids.
 One witness said half the shell ters were hit. A Finnish diplomat, reaching Sweden said only three of 31 in his shelter escaped death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
Charge Japs Using Poison
 Gas in China

CHUNGKING. Nov. 26. More than 5000 Japs were wiped out in battle for Chagteh gateway to Changsha, in the enemy's offensive against the nations rice bowl
 The Chinese again charge the Japs with using poison gas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
C0kEL FALLS TOREDARMY
 MAJOR PUSH
Last Big Town East of ] Dnieper Is in Russian
 ! Hdnds-Desfroyed

BULLETIN-Mos Nov. 26. The Red Army has captured Gomel, Stalin announces, and this completes separation of the Nazis' forces of the center and Ukraine thrust which climaxed the encircling drive that has been tightening the moose about the communications hub for three weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
PILOTS HERE

Guests at the Baranof Hotel last night were w. L. Lavery and l.. Currie, pilots of the Alaska Air lines, aaAAA
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
- WEATHER REPORT (U. s. Bureau)

Temp. for November "A Maximum 54; Minimum 32 Rain .00
 Temp, for November 25 Maximum 55; Minimum Al Rain .27.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26
Hitler Caught In Raid

BUY WAR BONDS
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1943-11-26

AIR SECRETARY" WILSON?
 For months, Wilson had battled the Army on similar matters. Con- stantly the brass hats asked him