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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-20
AZ zavezniskih
.pilOtOv ubitih
v Nemciijji
LONDON. 10. ma ia

LONDON, 10. rnaja. - Zu-
nanji minister Eden je danes v
parlamentu porocal, da Sc lie S
tposredovanjem eskdnih svicar-
skin virov zvedelo, da je bilo
s26. marca v Nemciji ustrelje-
nih AZ zavezniskih pilotov, ko
SO poskusili zbezati IL ujetni-
skega tabora Stalag Luft 3, XII
Sc nahaja so mill severovzhod-
no cd Dresdena.
Kakor Sc poroca, so bill ne
kateri ustreljeni, ko so Sc 20
perstavjali aretaciji, drugi pa
potem, ko so po zajetju iznova
poskusili zbezati.
Amerikancev mi med ubitimi
+ Ubiti pilotje so pripadali brit
ski, kanadski, dominijonskim in
drugim zavezniskim zracnim 81
lam. Ameriskih letalcev m e d
mimi nj bilo.
o slucaju Sc je zvedelo sele
II. aprila, ko je bill zastopnik
svice, XII med vojno zastopa "a
vezniske interese v Nemciji, ma
rutinskem ogledu jetniskih Ia
borisc.
Imena zrtev so znana
Eden je izjavil, da je bilo u
smreenje pilotov neupraviceno
in da predstavlja krsenje med
narodnih konvencij cd strani
Nemcije.
Imena vseh pilotov, XII so BIZ
Ii ubiti, SO znana in sorodniki so
bill ze obvesceni, ampak vlada
Sc Sc n. odloeila, &c Sc jih bo
objavilo.
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Zracna Ofenziva
|proti Nemciji
ZOpet v razlnahu

LONDON, sobota, 20. maja.
- Dve skupini britskih bomb
nikov sta danes zgodaj zjutraj
odhrumeli proti kontinentu in
Sc pridruzili obnovljeni zracni
ofenzivi ma Hitlerjevo Evropo,
potem ko je vcel al 1,5OO anne
riskih bombnikov in bojnih le-
tai vprizorilo napade ma Berlin
in Brunswick.
Amerikanci> zbili 125 nacijskih
letal
zracno ofenzivo so po 5-dnev-
mem odmoru otvorili Ameri-
kanci, Xxi SO tekom besnih zrac-
nih bitk mad severno Nemciio
zbili 125 nacijskih bojnih letal.
Ameriske izgube so znasale
26 bombnikov in 10 bojnih le-
tai.
Ena sekcija nocnega napada,
ma katerega so Sc podai brit
ski bombniki, 81 je, vzela "a tar
co nemske obrambe takozvane-
ga Atlantskega zida. Napad je
prekinil obstreljevanja Doverja
preko Rokavskega preliva, XII
so ga Nemci zaceli obstreljevati
S svojo tezko artilerijo.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-20
Nemska vojska v Italiji Sc nahaja ma begu
Zupan Laiische nj
izgubil made, da Sc
stavka prepreGi

Medtem ko VISA zrlame-
MIA kazejo, do Bodo unijski
usluzbenci mestne ulicne
zeleznice danes opolnoci
0dsli ma stavko, da vsilijo
zahtevo "a zvisahje svojih
mezd, kakor so I ogrOmno
vecino odglasovali preteklo
sredo, pa Sc je danes zju-
traj zvedelo, da Sc bo t.
kom dneya napfavilo pono-
vne pOizkuse, da Sc spor
izravna brez stavke, XII bi
brez dvofna resno prizade-
la vojno prodnkcijo.
zupan Frank j. Lausche
je snoci izrazil upanje, da
Sc spor poravna ter rekel,
da ne more verjeti, da bo-'
do delavci v tenn kriticnem
casu sli ma stavko. v polo
zaj je posegel vladni della, =
ski odbor, XII Sc je zavzel,
da stori vse, kar je mogo-
&c, da Sc nesoglasje izrav-
ma S pogajanji.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-20

Prijatelji Stanley Jankovicha
mu sedaj lahko pisejo ma novi
naslov: Cpl. Stanley Jankovich,
35526O4O, 346 ON. Dep. Co.
Sup, A. p O. $50, Go Post
master, New York, N. Y. Stan
ley je sin poznane dfuzine Mr..
in Mrs. Anton il Cilka Janko-
vich, 14214 Westropp Ave.
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Simovic poziva,
Eda sepoklitee e
'Tita v n0vo vlado

LONDON, 49,. maja. - Gen.
Dusan Simovic, XII je naceloval
kabinetu, XII je leta 1941 izvr-
Sill proti-nacijski puc, je danes
pozval kralja Petra, GA naslo-
vi APPEL ma vse frakcije v Jugo-
slaviji, da nehajo z medseboj-
MIN bojem in da zdruzeno ma
stopijo proti skupnemu sovraz-
niku. ~'
Medtem skusa hrvaski ban
DIR. Subasic sestaviti novo VIA
do, XII maj bi zavzela mesto Pu-
ricevega kabineta. =
Nova vlada mora biti reprezen-
tativna p.
Gen. Simovic, XII je nedavno
prekinil svoj molk z javno hva-
10 "a marsala Tita, je danes pri-
porocal, da Sc v novo Via d o
vkljuci marsala Tita, oziroma
.predstavnike Jugoslovanskega
anti-fasisticnega sveta. Da do
tega v resnici pride, Sc tu sma-
ira "a mogoce, kajti DIR. suba-
Sic je naklonjen osvobodilnemu
gibanju v Jugoslaviji. j.:
Peter Sc je posvetoval 2 angle
SkO Waldo
Po mnenju gen. Simovica bi
Sc morale pri sestavi move Via
de gledati, da b 0 d o vkljueeni
predstavniki vseh pristnih gi-
banj v Jugoslaviji, ne glede ma
politicno pripadnost. Ako Sc to
napravi, DO jugoslovanska kri-
"a resena, je izjavil Simovi;.
Kralj Peter je odpustil Puri-
Icevo vlado in poveril sestavo
novega kabineta banu subasi-
eli po veetedenskem posvetova-
nju 2 angleskimi vladimir kro-
|gi.
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Ameriski sovansk kongres Greater New Yorku je
kup cd North American Aviation CO. tri bojna leala
P-51 Mustangs) in ih poklonil armadi Zedinjenh dr.
zav Leala XII bodo pomagala zdrobiti Hitlerevo 'rd-
njavo Evropo" nosjo zgodovinsko pomembna imena ::
"Duh jugoslovanske ljudske osvobodne voske,' "Duh
Lidic, in duh Varsave Zgornje slike posnete po
ura dnih fotografih zakladniskega departmental Zed
drZaV. H.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1944-05-20
SVEzI SADEzI

v cvetlicarni Olga in Charles
Slapnik, COPS st. Clair Ave-, 81
lahko nabavite sveze sadeze
lflance) "a ma vrt posaditi.
Kdor jih rabi, maj 81 Jill ogleda.
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VOlitUe u SlOueniijiii III
Bile SO tajne in vrsile so Sc ma
0syobojenem ozemlju

(Is urola Slovemskega ameri;
skega marodmega sveta)
Po radiu IL osvobojene Jugo
slavic S. maja.
Kako neopravicena je boja
zen povojnega kaosa v Jugosla
viii, najbolj spricuje obstoj ir
aktivnosti organov resnicno de-
mokraticne narodne oblasti ne
osvobojenem ozemlju. Ii orga,
nj, XII so Sc razvili il lokalnih cd.
borrow, narascajo v stopnjah '
organe Wade, zavzemajoce da.
leko seine probleme politicne
gospodarske in kulturne vrste
Ia sedaj demokraticna oblast
je izliv in posledica borbe "a O.
svobojenje. : H..
Eden izmed najsvetlejsih do.
kazov pomanjkanja podlage "a
kako bojazen o povojni zines.
njavi SO volitve, XII so Sc pred
kratkem vrsile v Sloveniji, "a
oblastne urade v vaseh, mestih
in distriktih, ma podlagi splos-
nih, enakih in direktnih volil-
nih pravic S tajnim glasova
MEM. Kdo maj pricakuje zmes-
njavo v dezeli, k a t era izvaja
tajne demokraticne volitve Ma
osvobojenem teritoriju, XII je cd
vseh strani obkrozen cd podiv-
janega sovraznika v sredini ma
raseajoce vojne?
Ljudske oblasti v Sloveniji j.
majo svoje krajevne poiticne
odpore osvobojenja V vaseh in
mestih, kakor tudi zasedanja
ljudskih zastopnikov v okra jih
in zupanijah, in "a svoje visje
organe Narodni odbor "a osvo-
bojenje.s
Pred kratkim SO sc vrsile vo-
litve za vaske in mestne odbo-
re osvobojenja in "a okrajne
odbore; volitve" "a zupanijske
odbore Sc bodo vrsile v KRAFT
KEN. Izvajane so bile ma princi-
pu volilne pravice "a vsakega
,drzavljana brez razlike ma spoil,
narodnost,, vero it'd, XII je spoil
nil starost 18 let.
Moski, XII pripadajo k ljudski
osvobodilni vojski in partizan-
skim oddelkom, imajo isto pra-
vico, kakor tudi mladina oboje-
ga spola pod starostjo 18 let, a.
ko je prostovoljno pristopila v
ljudsko vojsko. stevilo kandi-
datov je presegalo potrebno
stevilo in tako so volilci imeli
pravico eprecrtati imena onih,
"a katere MISC hotel glasovati.
Vsak volilec je tudi incl pravi-
co predlagati ime novega kan
didata ma volilno listo, XII je BIZ
la izdelana in objavljena tri dni
pred datumom volitev.
Vse organizacije, XII so Sc ko-
lickaj udejstvovale v borbi pro-
ii Nemcem, SO bile upravicene
predloziti listo kandidatov. To-
da vse organizacije so Sc zdru-
zile "a enotno listo Osvobodilne
fronte. Pred volitvami so Sc vr-
sile stevilne konference in seje,
ma katerlh Sc je razpravljalo Q
nominacijah. Delegate treh "a
vezniskih vojaskih sill, pridelje-
nj najvisjemu vojaskemu po-
yeljstvu "a Slovenijo, so obiska-
Ii predvolitvene seje in nekate-
ra yolisca ma dan volitev in tam
50 imeli priliko prepricati Sc Q
popolni edinosti slovenskega
ljudstva, Q njegovi neomejeni
lojalnosti "a borbo osvobojenja
in njegovi neomahljivi solidar-
nosti napram voditeljem Osvo-
bodilne fronte, kakor tudi . po-
polni demokraciji volitev. Ia
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.HITLER JEvA
.LINIJA p0kA:
.0GR0MEN pLEN
Zavezniske sile zabile
globoko zagozdo v nem-
sko linijo; 100 vasi in
trgov iztrganih Nemcem

Zadnja porocila z italijan-
ske fronte javljajo, da je po
vseh znamenjih sodec, Hit
lerjeva obrambna linija juz-
no cd Rifha zacela pokati.
Opotekajoc Sc pod silno
zaveznisko ofenzivo, XII je
.zdrobila Gustav linijo, so Sc
Nemci umaknili IL vec kot
100 vasi in trgov V juzni Ita-
LII, in uradni komunikej z
.zavezniskega glavnega stana
v Neaplju pravi, da Sc pod
neusmiljenimi napadi anne
riskih, britskih in francoskih
Get Nemci skoro ma cell
'front.' nahajajo ma splosnem
in nerednem umiku.
Zavezniki dobili ogromen
= ! plen = 81
w zavezniske roke padajo
ogromne kolicine nemske
vojne opreme.
Medtem ko postajajo vrste
nemskih ujenikov, XII korakajo
proti ozadju, cim dalje daljse,
Sc pomikajo proti 'front.' vedno
vecje mase zavezniskih topov,
tankov in vojastva, XII brez od-
mora udarjajo po umikajocem
Sc soVrazniku.
Amerikanci i'm FrancOzi predrli
Hitlerjevo linijo
Francoska pehota, podprta z
ameriskimi t a XII, je glasom
zadnje vesti fronte, predrla
Hitlerjevo linijo pri SAINT Olivia
CD reki Liri, 10 mill juznozapad-
no cd Cassina.
IL tega porocila je prvic raz-
vidno, da SO Sc Amerikanci pri-
druzili Francozom blizu centra
bojne fronte, liz cesar sc sklepa,
da ameriske cete prodirajo ma
vijugasti 'front.', XII sc 16 mill
dalec razteza cd reke Liri do
luke Gaeta v blizini Formiie.
Napredovanje britskih in ka-
nadskih Get
Britske in kasaadske cete SO
vceraj metodicnem napredo-
vanju prodirale skozi dolino Lii
ri proti Aquino, kjer Sc naha.ja
trdnjava, ma katero je pritr-
jen eden izmed tecajev Hitler
jeve linije.
Neki zavezniski predstavnik
je vceraj izjavil, da je to prvie,
odkar je teku kampanja "
Italiji, da Sc ameriska peta ar
mada in angleska osma armada
borita kot ena enota pod po-
veljstvom gen. Sir Harold Alex
andra. =
Ma skrajno severnem koncu
fronte, so Poljaki, XII so poma-
gall pri zavzetju Cassina, wee
raj prodirali naprej in Sc naha-
jajo samo emo milo cd Piedi-
monte, XII je ena izmed mocnih
postojank Hitlerjeve liniie, Sc
verno cd Via Casilina, kakor Sc
imenuje glavna costa, vodeca
proti Rimu.
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SELITEV

Pred casom Sc je poznana
druzina Skabar preselila il E.
70 St, ma 92O Herrick Rd., kjer
'jo zaanci lahko obiscejo.
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NOVA GOSTILNA

Danes bo rojak John Modic
formalno otvoril svojo gostilno
ma 4O34 E. 123 st. Priporoca
Sc znancem in prijateijem "a O
bisk.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-08
Major Bong Increases
Score To 80 Planes;
Wins Congress Medal

A LEYTE, PHILIPPINES, AIR.
BASE. Dec. T. ZAP Army Major
Richard I. Bong. Americas pre-.
mier air ace, racked up two more
victories during he furious fight
ing over Leyte today, bringing his
total of Japanese planes downeo
to SO.
(The War Department announc.
ed at Washington today that Bond
of Poplar, Wis, has been awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor,
the Nations highest dtcoration.)
Bond, returning to action after
several weeks of inactivity. bag.
ged his two victims during the
japanese attack on the 77th U. S.
Infantry division landing near Or.
moe.
In the same battle. Maj. Thorn
as B. Mcclure, Jr., Army fighter
pilot of Ridgewood, N. j., and San
Antonio. Tex, second ranking ace
in the Southwest Pacific, scored
two more kills to run his total
to 80.
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Quiet-Spoken Columnist
Ends Convict Rebellion

ATLANTA, Dec. 7.-LRp-A quiet
spoken slender man with stopped
shoulders and kindly eyes, backed
by the bold type of his newspaper S
front page, today quelled a three
day mutiny of Is convicts at the
Atlanta Federal prison.
The man was Morgan Blake, edi-
torial columnist for the Atlanta
Journal and Sunday school teach
er, who carried out with streamer
headlines, his promise to publicize
the convicts' grievances if they in
turn would surrender themselves
and four hostages without vio-
lence.
The prisoners, who overpoWered
the four guards and shut them
selves up in the prisons segrega-
ton building along with nearly 100
other prisoners Monday night,
read Blake's story carefully, lis
tened to the columnist's persuasive
voice and then surrendered the
keys to the building.
Prison officials said five of the
convicts admitted they were the
ring leaders. Prisons Director
James V. Bennett of Washington,
who was here throughout the dis
turbance, said no decision had
been reached on what action would
be taken against the men.
Attorney General Biddle in
Washington announced late today
that the Is had been placed in soil
tary confinement and would be
tried promptly and severely pun
ished
The ring leaders were identified
as Jack Floyd Adams, %, Rich.
mond, Va, serving 80 years for
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-08
$4,000 IN BONDS
BOUGHT BY LOCAL
BUSINESS HOUSE

New Hanover county's Sixth War
Loan drive was credited yesterday
with S25,000 purchase by Sears
Roebuck and Company, according
to an announcement by Walter J.
Cartier, of the Chamber of Com
merce. who received the report
from Rana1d Stewart, manager OF
the local store.
The War Bond drive is half over
and New Hanover county has re-
ported SO per cent of the overall
goal campaign officials said yes.
terday.
Cartier said that merchants were
requested to make reports of sales
by last Monday, and so far. no re-
ports have reached his office. He
stressed the importance of secur-
ing reports as soon as possible
Total bond sales receipts yes.
terdav were 60 9s5. 2o1 so. Of this
amount 1889, 991 is reported for Sc
ries "E" sales. which amounts to
"A per cent of the series "E' quota
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Anpricans Split Yamashita Line;
q Ship Jap Convoy Wiped Out;
u. S. Plunges On Saarbrucken
l8-Year-OIds Sent
To Battlefront As
Casualties Increase

WASHINGTON, Dec. T. tR -
Eighteen-year-old soldiers now are
being sent to the battle fronts be-
cause of urgent military require
ments," the Army disclosed today
Under-secretary Of War Pa,ter
son said at news conference
the Army has departed from its
policy of not sendlrg men under
IS years overseas for Infantry Of
Arnored Force duty. He gave
these reasons:
The tempo of operations has
been stepped up greatly.
The bulk of the Army is in &C
ton, and accordingly. the need fol-
replacements has increased.
The supply of replacement
from the pool OF men 10 and ovel
has decreased because t h e per
centage of inductees in that ag'
group has fallen off.
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kidnapping; Richard Arthur Myles,
20, St. Louis, ten years for auto
theft; William Henry Sanders, 80,
Durant, Okla. ten years for auto
theft. James Donald Douglas, 90
Miami, Fla, five years for auto
theft; and George Hollingsworth,
%, Shawnee, Okla, six years for
auto theft.
The four guards held as hostages
went Immediately to their homes
after their release. They said they
had not been harmed and were not
under any great duress during
their detention.
Blake, former sports editor OF
the Journal, was called in by the
prisoners late yesterday.
While the columnist, who de-
scribes himself as mo longer a
young man." shivered in the cold
wet afternoon despite two over
coats, the prisoners outlined their
demands to him through a broken
window.
Today, Blake revealed in a story
the Journal published in four
column spread across the front
page, that the convicts told him
they did not have proper medical
supervision; had not been given
any religious services for six
months; were paid a lower wage
for prison labor than non-segregat-
ed inmates; were housed with Nazi
spies and saboteurs; were denied
privilege of communicating with
the outside world on legal matters;
and were denied recreational ia.
cilities.
Continued on Page Five; Col. a
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Tanks To Help Rebuild
Robot BHfzed London

The expenses of the troops will be
borne by the United States army.
Cheers greeted the first an
nouncement of the offer of Ameri-
can aid in the House of Commons
by Minister of Works Duncan San
dys who said, eve wish to express
our warm thanks for this very
welcome aid and for the feelings
of friendship and sympathy which
have inspired it.
The first contingent of doughboys
begin work Tuesday, but already
scores had pitched in as volunteers
some giving up part Of their fur
loughs to clear long standing
wreckage.
One-third Of Britain's civilian
craftsmen mearly 10000 of them
already are repairing blasted
homes in the governments S140.-
000,000 winter building program.
commanding the hospital reported.
hospital was moved in an hour
and a half.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-08
VIOLENT QUAKE
SHAKES PACIFIC
Center Believed In Japan;
Huge Damage May Be
Expected
By the Associated Press

A violent earthquake, described
by observers as "catastrophlc, "
struck in the vicinity of Japan yes
terday. third anniversary of Pearl
Harbor.
There was no direct word from
the Japanese, but seismograph sta
tons around the world recorded a
prolonged earthquake of terrific
intensity, conceivably centered on
tie Niyyonese mainland.
The shocks were reported by sci
entists in England, Switzerland.
IGermany, India and the United
States.
Each observatory said the trem-
ors were "extremely violent. In
West Bromwich, England Seismol-
ogist J. J. Shaw said 1.-The whole
EARTH had vibrated nearly six
hours after the shock.
Shaw, who said the shocks were
recorded at 8:48 a m. Greenwich
Time Q2:48 a. M astern War
Time 12:48 a. m. Eastern War
obScured tracing the direction bu1
said it was likely then centered "in
the Aleutians. the Kuriles or ia
pam"
The Bombay observatory, accord
ing to Reuters dispatch, estimat-
ed the quake's epicenter as prob
ably Honshu," largest of the Jap
anese islands, on which are Tokyo
Yokohama and the great naval
bases of Kobe nd Osaga.
Commenting on this dispatch
Shaw said:
eff this is so, then Japan has
suffered a greater catastrophe thar
in 1923 '(when 1881 persons were
killed.. The disturbance on my in.
strument was not nearly so big in
1921
He added there was a possibility
the epicenter may have been in
Continued on Page Seven; Col. s.
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Canadian Draft Vote
Gives King Majority
To Defeat Opposition

OTTAWA, Dec. T. R -Resolu'
tons favoring about Consumption
and no CONSUMPTION at all for over
seas service were defeated decis-
lively in he House of Commons
tonight, and the margins showed
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
with enough support among Liber-
al members alone to exceed any
combined opposition,
The defeated motions represent
ed the extremes of the opposition
to Kings plan to draft $1,000 men
for duty in Europe.
The House first voted 1853 to 43
against a French-Canadian motion
stating the government h d not
made the best use of its resources
"without resorting to CONSUMPTION
for service overseas"
I then voted 100 to A against
a motion of the official opposition
party, the Progressive Conserva-
tives, favoring all-out CONSUMPTION
the drafting of the entire home
army of 10000 men instead of
merely the $4,000 which have been
designated by the government.
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$4,000 PLANES HIT
10 GERMAN CITIES
IN u HOUR ATTACK

LONDON, Dec. T. Up B a d
weather interrupted the Allied air
attack on Germany from British
bases today, but soon after dark
tonight force Of Raj Mosquitoes
blasted the industrial city OF Co.
logne with tWo-ton blockbusters.
This assault was a cntinuatlon
of the great aerial campaign TO
seal off enemy men and supplies
from the fighting front-an effort
which sent $4,000 warplanes
against 10 of the Reich's cities in
the 70 hours preceding today.
Smoke and flames still rose
from Berlin, Osnabruck. Giessen,
Oberhausen, Munster, Soest d
Karlsruhe and the big Leuna syn
thetic oil plant at Merseburg, as
well as other transportation cen.
tiers in the almost unbroken three
day offensive.
Raj Mosquitoes staged the 172nd
raid of the war on Berlin in a
follow-up to Tuesdays daylight at
tack by some 1000 U. S. warp
planes in which 81 enemy inter-
ceptors were shot down. Revised
figures put American losses at
nine fighters, in place Of %.
British heavyWeights dumped T.
900 tons of bombs last night on
the Leuna plant-setting fires that
lighted up the overcast - and on
freight yards at Osnabruck d
'GieSSen.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-08
SEVENTH ARMY
JOINS PATTON
Third Yields Saarlautern
Bridgehead Solid With
South

PARIS, Dec. 7.-P)-The
outer defense works of Ger
many's arsenal of Saarbruck-
en- shook today from U. S.
Third Army tank assaults on
the outpost of Forbach -
three and a half miles south
west-and the Seventh Army
Joined the drive on the Saar
basin with attacks along 2 35-
mile front.
The Third Army, forging ahead
despite the mud and rain, welded
it's Saarlautern bridgehead solldly
with one on the south, while g
third bridgehead on the north was
extended into the woods of Pach'
tener-Buchwald, slashing across
the railway from Saarlautern te
the fortress of Merzig.
This wedge into the Siegfrlec
Line defenses, hammered out by
the Goth Division, was eight miles
inside Germany-the deepest pen
etration into the Reich by Thire
Army forces.
ABSIE, the American broadcast
ing station in Europe, heard by the
Blue Network, said the Third wa!
Is miles inside Germany at this
point.
The Seventh Army, coming W
hard on the Thirds right flank
broadened it's battle lines in north
ern Lorraine to IS miles. Advance
forces entered Enchenberg, sever
miles from the Saar border south
east of Saarbrucken and close t,
the old Maginot Tine Notifications
As the winter offensive's frs
month ended with 700 square mile
(Coufinvod IN PaUa Five. Col e
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-12-08
RUSSIANS SEVER
AXIS RAIL Line
Reds Clear South Bank Of
Lake Balaton In Aus
trian Drive

LONDON, Friday, Dec. 8.-R-
Russian troops completely cleared
the south bank of strategic Lake
Balaton in western Hungary yes
terday, rolling to within al miles
of Austria's ore-rich province OF
Styria and cutting direct rail COM
munications b W e n Budapest
and Axis fronts in Croatia and
northern Italy.
Hurting the enemy back on a
135-mile front and advancing up to
nine miles, the Third Ukraine Ar
my drove to within 81 miles OF
Zagreb, capital of the Axis puppet
Croat government in northern Yu-
goslavia, and to within % miles
south of Budapest in an enclrcllng
movement along the west bank OF
the Danube.
Unofficial M C o w dispatches
said Third Army units already had
swept around the southwestern
end of Lake Balaton n d were
within IS to 40 miles of Austria and
less than ITO miles from Vienna,
the capital
Berlin meanwhile said t h
another Soviet army, in a new Of
fensive squirt beyond fallen Hatvan
northeast of Budapest, had broken
through German lines on 1O-mlle
front and reached points only Is
miles northeast of Budapest. Hun
garian government officials were
reported leaving the imperilled
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