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bring the task form dangerously close to coastal batteries.
 The assault touched off Specula- ton as to whether an attempt to size Truk was contemplated, but there was no information here, ot- ficial or otherwise, as to whether the raid was prelude to invasion.
 The huge American task force un- der Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, under whose command Kwajalein atoll in the MarshallS was wrested from the Japanese nearly two weeks ago, penetrated 3,20O miles west of Pearl Harbor into the heart of Ja- pans mandated Caroline Islands for the attack.
 It carried the war to base Japan long has considered impregnable 2.lOO miles east of Manila and $40 miles west of the nearest American base at newly-conquered Kwajalein.
 Carrier task forces normally ap- proach within 100 miles and often much closer before launching their planes. Their targets at Truk lay on a group of TO islands protected by a great encircnng reef with a radius of 30 miles, inside of which the whole Japanese fleet could an- chor.
 The photographs brought back by the two Marine Liberators that flew 1000 miles over enemy waters from a South Pacific base showed huge ship concentrations in the La goon, one island almost literally covered with airfields, heavy coastal guns on all five major islands and palatial living quarters.
 Capt. James Q. Yawn of Bogue Chitto, Miss. pilot of one of the Liberators, indicated that even more than the 25 ships reported by of- ficial sources were anchored at Truk.
 T counted 25 warships through one small gay in the clouds" he said. Tt looked like whole Jap anese fleet was down there and l saw only a part of one of the an- chorages."
 The first Liberator, piloted by Mai. James R. Christensen of Salt Lake City, encountered only few cratic bursts of anti-aircraft fire. but the second ran gauntlet of shells thrown up by Japanese guns ashore and on warships. Neither was damaged, however.
 News of the attack was received jubilantly in Flaw ii, where the hope was expressed thit the task force caught big Japanese fleet at an- chor so that the score might be evened for the enelny's sneak blow at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 2. 1941.
 Honolulu newspapers put out ex- tra editions on Nimitz'S conl- munique and radio stations inter
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While he talked to me out of one corner of his mind, Porteus was concentrating on the packing of a new machinegun and ammunition on the backs of himself and his fellow machinegunners.
 He explained:
 Our gun was finally knocked out SO we came back here to get a new one" Turning to his crew: Come on fellows, let's get back in there and get wet all over again"
 'It's always wet and muddy on this beachhead," Porteus said. "When the Germans came at us from around the factory CMusso- lini's so-called model farm settle ment which the Germans hold) we had been up there several days and we were still wet from the rains"
 AS they pushed of Tinkham re- marked:
 T think they're trying to push us into the sea but if they can't do better than they've done SO far we needn't worry"
 I thought of what the superior officers had told me-that this was an all-out effoxt by the Germans that their artillery barrage was the toughest of the beachhead campaign and of those rolling waves of Mark W and Tiger tanks I'd seen yes- terday. If they can't do better ; said this Ohio boy.
 The crew sloshed forward up a drainage ditch bending under its burdens. Already they were getting wet again. Up ahead the enemy was sending over more waves of at tacks. could see them stop to set up their guns. Soon they were shooting again at the Germans.
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\SSAASAAAoCA AAOAA1 \ utSS AZ
 religion and even of all moral law. False philosophies, frequently rem dered attractive by the ingenuity of evil, are taking root and flour ishing throughout the world. They promise, indeed, freedom and hap piness, but their constant purpose remains the enslavernent, body and soul, of men and nations.
 ". the fruits of this revolt against God and everything divine are all about us; no community is free from the evil harvest, no level of society unpoisoned by it the time for spiritual resistance is now"
 Cardinal O'Connell added that ex- ponents of these false philosophies use the pen as their weapon at one time, at another the public ros. trum, the stage or screen. Even newspapers and magazines are not neglected, for no medium, it seems, which serves their purpose is closed to their approach"
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(Continued from Page i) ported, and the Staraya Russa gar rison with all its heavy equipment was able to disengage itself toward new positions prepared long ago without the Soviets being able to interfere.
 Defiance < Staraya Russa had defied the best efforts of the Red Army since the first phase of the war in the east. The Russians once cut of an entire German army in that sec tor. but so firmly was it entrenclled that they were unable to carry through their intended battle of annihilation.
 The stronghold 135 miles south of Leningrad and 110 miles east of Pskov had been by-paSsed by the Red Army drive on the northern front. The Soviet push to the en- virons of Pskov left Staraya Russa dangling in peril at the nose of tottering salient, in effect making 1t untenable
 Its fall laid open the way for a Russian push westward from the vital rail hub toward the Ono June tion on the trunk line to Pskov.
 The plight of the Nazi propa- gandists in trying to maintain the morale of the home front in tllt face of ore disaster after another was indicated by the belated reccg nition of the trapping of 10 German divisions in the Ukraine.
 Despite unimaginable terrain, weather conditions, ard dogged So- viet resistance, simultaneous at tacks by several German armored formations managed to re-establisil contact with the German lines yes terday morning, DNB dispatch said.
 Squirming under the Moscow an nouncement of victory in the battle of annihilation, Berlin labeled it as false and said the Soviet figure Of German dead-52,000 - alone ex ceeded the total number who were encircled but have ''now escaped encirclement."
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ed up the attack and showered high explosives on the Campo Leone and Albano areas.
 Other medium bomberS hit ship ping off the west coast of Italy and the harbors of San Stefano, Marina Di Pisa and Porto Ercole.
 The army newspaper Stars and Stripes reported that the entire Rome area and the key communica- tion center of Florence, have been isolated by the Allied bombing, their networks of railroad lines reduced to mangled ruins. "
 Long-range Allied fighter -bombers struck across the Adriatic to ham mer enemy barracks and harbor in stallationS at IgoumennitSa, in Greece,
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Two Children Survive Crosh

Boston, Feb. IS - (U.P) Two 4-year r-old girls who survived a 50. foot plunge down an apartment house air shaft were recovering at a hospital today.
 Rosemary Scalfani and Mary El- fen Nunziato of the west end were playing on a roof yesterday when they crashed through the glass GOV. ering of the shaft. After falling five stories, they were found by Mrs. Mary Tamponi.
 Hospital attaches said that Rose- mary suffered fractured legs while Mary Ellen sustained only broken wrist.
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Walter Wi1lcIleII
 En Neze, York

SDear Waiter" wires the manage ment of the new hit drama "De- cision'O, "On behalf of authors play all papers here running big ad on show, including excerpt from review of New Workers mag critic Gibbs. Line used from that mag (which gave stupid notice) is as follows: The play reminds me of some people I used ot know in Glen Cove, Long Island Asked why show included tha tone line pro- ducer said because 1t Is the only line in Gibbs entire review that made any sense. Oddly enough Gibbs once was conductor on Long Island trainsl"
 "Dear Mir. w." writes 8 soldier from the Solomons, Tt burns me up to read and hear we get free movies Sure, we at smaller camps get free ones-dated back to 1887, such as Mark of Zorro It was SO streaky we could hardly see itl When are we going to get "The Great Train Robbery? And Coogan and Chaplin in the Kid? Oh, yes, the big camps get 'Guadalcanal Dairy and Ma dame Curie,' but you don't get in unless you pay 200. Why not let the home front know the actual Situ- ation?--Just Two Average G. Is Allardyce NicOll, Yale's drama de- partment chairman, in @ lecture opined: "Hellzapoppin' the show on Broadway was a hit because the actors left the stage and came out in the audience"
 Professor, that answer is incor- rect.
 Playwrights Ogden Nash and s. J. perelman were among the showfolks who went to Washington for the soldier vote arguments. It was Per- elman's first visit to Congress. He noted the lack of attention paid the speakers. A gin-rummy game was going strong in a corner and various other manifestations of boredom. When Rankin got up to rant, the author listened awhile and then groaned: Why I wouldn't cast some of them as Congress- men!"
 Talking about Rankin's belittling of foreign-sounding names, Judge Brand recalls @ certain bigot. who complained about name changers. His squawk about certain natural ized citizens was: '"They always take good old American nameS!"
 Which good old American names?" leased the Judge. "Poca- hontas, Hiawatha or Sitting Bull?"
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BELIEVED KILLED

San Diego, Cal, Feb. IS. CUPj- Six men were believed killed today and at least 30 ipjured when Q large bor-'''~~ plane crashed into bar r. lied with sailors, 10 miles south of here, the Coronado police reported.
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London, Feb. 18.-(UP)-The Lon- don Evening Star paid editorial tribute today to Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and the U. s. Navy for the attack on Truk.
 This mighty assault has been made far ahead of expectations with American initiative and drive goes American courage" the editorial said.
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Defense work has caused canceIl- .ation nf six passenger trains in Mex ic0
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England now has e7e,5OO civil service workers.
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rupted regular programs to flash the news.
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WOBURN

ST JOHNS BAPTIST CHURCH
Req Harold T Branch, Pastor
WoBURN, Mass, Nov 81 -
Last Sunday was observed as
Mems Day at the church, The
pastor preached interestingly
in the morning on 1.-THE Flee
ing Prophet. Rev Chas r Nc
Cleary of Portsmouth, N H
spoke for the Mems Day pro-
gram in the evening, bringing
a challenging message on the
subject, "a New Man for a New
Day" Mr. Albert w White was
the soloist. The pastor spoke
at a Youth Council meeting in
Lowell In the afternoon. The
pastor asks every man in the
community to join in the Mems
Day program to be conducted
quarterly in the church. ouS
Victory Drive starts one month
from next Sunday. The every
man canvass begins Dec :.
Every one Is asked to help the
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= DriinSfiieId

ber' Jackson of 1874 Essex st
received his honorable dis
charge from the army due to
the efforts of Col Pitts, a COL
ored attorney Of Chicago.
Jackson was stationed at FIT.
Hauchuca, Ariz. His mother
Mrs Sally Jackson has been
seriously i'll but is now recov-
ering.
The colored ministers of this
city have organized a. Minis
terial Alliance of Greater
Springfield. The purpose is to
sustain a united program in
the interest Of all colored pro-
teStant churches. Rev C H
Brewer of the Holy Temple
church Is president, Rev James
Hamer of Mt Calvary, vice
president, Rev H L Moore of
Bethel is secretary, Rev H NJ
Hutchins of Alden st Baptist is
treasurer, Rev Herbert L VII
kins of st Johns is critic, and
Rev H A Rogers Of Third Bap-
fist is in charge of programs
and publicity.
Colored population has In
creased about 40 percent in the
past six years due to the num-
erous industries here that are
concerned in war work, New
corners are here from all parts
of the country but mostly from
the South Eastern states. The
churches have made great
progress because of this in
hux. 1t is therefore important
that civic, religious and po-
litical leaders widen their
programs to interest these new
citizens. Many of them will not
return to their homes after
the war. Jobs that are open to
us now may not be so after
the war unless a concerted ell
fort is made by our group to
place wedges in where they
are needed to maintain them.
We propose to use this column
of the GUARDIAN as a voice
of colored citizens in their
various walks OF life. Your
suggestions and news of inter
est are welcome for publication
in this column. Address your
news to the writer Of this col
umn. Papers may be obtained
at Malone's barbershop on
Dwight st and at Mr. Dubose
Hancock and Union SITS. Your
news may also be left at these
places for THE GUARDIAN.
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Rev E Woodhouse. Announce
mepts, Offering and a COLA
ton. Committee, Mrs Wooden,
chairman, Mesdames B Hatton,
NJ L Robertson, E Tyler, F
Davis, F Bland, Emma Lee,
Misses S Hall and M Sparrow.
Sunday, Nov 10, at A. M. text,
GLORY and Shame" is now in
full swing the world over. Great
Christian nations fighting FOR
peace, righteousness, lib,rty
and prosperity at the sa- Ae
time their hearts filled with
hatred, injustice, segregation
and greed and power. Second
text, like some women when
expecting company do so lie
hcusecleaning. But Jesus, ne
King Of kings, made his way
to Jerusalem to His Father's
house and found the house
ready. Now he is coming bark
and cleaning this old world
of His that He gave us to run
and what a mess He found,
Amen.
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Trustees and DeaconS. The
men held an informal meeting
at the home Of Mr. William F
Roberts, 80 Center st. Com
munion comes next Sunday
evening. The former members
of the choir are urged to at
tend the -rehearsalS regularly.
Mrs Bostic, the organist, would
like all the girls who are meni-
bers to attend on time. The
Sunshine Band held their reg
ular monthly meeting last
Sunday afternoon under the
direction of Miss Catherine
Canada. Mrs Charity Keller of
Mt Pleasant st is out again az
ter being confined at the home
of her daughter, Mrs Pearly
Smith Of w Medford for a few
days.
CITY NOTES
Woburn a n d Winchester
hostesseS of the Aver USO
iourneyed there Sunday for
Vespers and Indoor Picnic,
Mrs Maude Crowell of Win
chester in charge, assisted by
Mrs Verna Canada and Miss
Constance White Of Woburn.
Rev H Perry of Western Ave
Baptist church, Cambridge,
was the guest speaker. These
services are held the second
and fourth Sundays and are
we'll attended by the boys. A
spaghetti dinner was served
after the services. Sgt Ed
ward Parker has returned to
Camp Devens after spending a
20 day furlough with his moth
er, Mrs Maude Crowelli. He
was the recipient of several Sc
cial courtesies extended by the
Woburn hoSteSSes. - Mrs Mae
Petite of 66 Park st entertained
the Monday breakfast club on
Monday. Mrs Martha Finley
and Mrs Gladys Crucher and
son were the Thanksgiving Day
guests Of Mr. and Mrs Edward
Taylor of Dorchester in their
beautiful recently purchased
new home. Mrs Taylor is the
former Christine Finley of this
city.
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WEST MEDFORD

SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH
Rep J frederick Bailey, Pastor
w. MEDFORD, Mass, Nov.
81 - Christian people some
times seek the easiest way in
stead of carrying their share
of the Cross, said Pastor Bailey
last Sunday, a truism that is
prevalent today especially in
the Western World. Pew Rally
will be next Sunday and The
Christmas Pageant is in The
making. The former Alyce
Donnellan, now married and a
former Medfordite, was here
recently from Pennsylvania.
She visited her friend Miss AL
ice Roberts of Usher road. Mr.
Lloyd ReayiS and son, Lloyd,
Jr, recently visited his parents.
Mrs Reavis is still confined to
bed with illness. Her youngest
son, Gene Reavis, now a SCR
gent in a Paratroop regiment,
is also the proud father of R
baby boy, according to news
this week. Among LEGAL boys
home recently were Paul and
Barney Alves of the U S Coast
Guard and Cortland Digger
and Eddie Valentine of the US
Navy. AS we predicted, Army"
Furey who will be heard from
in schoolboy track did get into
the Maiden Medford grid claS-
sic and it was his pass inter
ception that helped to keep
Maiden from scoring, Mrs Mad
cline Kountze, who is still on
cur sick list, wishes to thank
those who have been sending
tokens OF cheer. We haven't
much time this week but will
try to bring you more next
Tina
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Segregation: Its Vicious
Purpose

segregation is the special
American means of branding
colored Americans as the in
feriors of interiors in public
status.
"When the white South
found itself confronted with
the federal status Of equality
for colored people, the former
slayes-equality of citizen
ship, of freedom, of franchise
rights, backed by the nation
al government - it selected
the denial of presence and OF
service in places opened Tor
public patronage as the one
great way to brand coloreo
people as having been a slave
race and make them forever
the scorn of civil society.
at is a very effective meas
ure. Colored people are trai;
tors to themselves to aid ana
abet the idea by self-segrega-
ton"
w. M. TRoTTER. |
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By OLIVER NJ BUGGS
40 Franklin Street

AZ franklin Street
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Nov.
27-HILL TO DWIGHT ST.
Mrs Kellum of SO Tenth st.
was hostess to the Home Mis-
sion Society of Mt Calvary Ba j.
fist. The Alma Noble Club met
home of Mrs Cottle So Tenth st.
Mrs Hattie Robinson enter
tanned the Ladies Activity
Club. 49, Mrs Rebecca Johnson;
MRS Agnes Bryant and Mr.
Harrison Fitch Of the st Johns
Forum will present Mr. Clar-
ence w. Galloway in vocal
concert December 3. Mr. Cal
loway is a graduate Of the
the Springfield Conservatory
of Music and has appeared In
several operas with the Spring
field Opera Company of which
he is a member. - Mr. and Mrs
Fred Alexander Of Oak st are
proud parents of a baby boy,
horn Nov 6. The mother, Lois,
is Ill in the Springfield hos
pital with a stomach ailment:
baby is doing fine. Daddy Fred
die is very popular here and
his friends wish for Lois 9 a
quick recovery. - Sgt Chestiy
Crump was home on furlough
from Camp Shelby, Miss. His
parents Mr. and Mrs S Crump
resides at TOT Main st, AM
herst, Mass. - The Book Low
ers Club held their regular
meeting at the home Of Mrs
Helen Clinton of Stebbins St
Miss Adele Addison will be the
Soloist in the Springfield SYM
phony's second concert Dec 8
at the City auditorium. Miss
Addison is a graduate of Class
zeal High and studied at the
Westminster Choir College at
New Jersey. Mrs Stella
Thomas, Anderson Scott, Sam
uel SimonS and Charles Hill
were appointed to the building
committee to consider final
disposal of the question as to
what will be done with the old
Strickland school building. DR.
William N DeBarry once con-
sidered it as a recreational
center for the Dunbar Com
munity League. The USO led
by Anderson Scott would like
to use it as q USO center.
Mayor Albion Anderson does
not favor a segregated unit IN
city property. - Frank Rub
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@. receive $4,000 a month
from my husband, who is a
T/Sgt. He says this is all the
Government pays for me.
Why don't 1 get $4,000 like
other wives?
A. Apparently your hus.
band is drawing rental al
lowance for you-soldiers
holding a grade of S/Sgt. or
higher before Nov. l, A drew
such an alIowance--and in
turn has the $4,000 allotment
paid to you. He can increase
this amount if he wishes. The
$50 paid to a wive of a SOL
der is Family Allowance, S22
from the soldier and S28 from
the Government. A soldier
may not draw both Family
Allowance and rental allow
ance.
@. I am a soldiers wife and
have one child. My allowance
check has been cut from $50
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west NEWTON
MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Req J H Dennis, Pastor

ReU J H Dennis, Pastor
Yes, God is looking for quail
ity and quantity; but not per
Sonality. Neither will race,
creed or color change him. Not
even where you worship in
cabin or a castle, all alike to
God. He wants you and your
service. Meet us at Zion Sun
day, Dec 3. At 1O:45 a m theme,
Failing Away" 1915 p m s S
At 6:15 p m Young People
meet. 7;30 p m Communion,
the pastor in charge. Sunday,
Nov 26, was a very beautiful
day at Mt Zion, The morning
and evening themes were made
for all, Falling away from the
church starts with the church
so weak are some of the milk
fed ones that not only dc false
prophetse lead them astTay
but they are supporters of am
usements. Thus we preachers
must keep before the church.
Night theme, HE Did and He
Didn't" Jesus allowed Herod to
behead John the Baptist. Also
PUT James, the peoples leader,
to death seeing that it gave
Herod power and pleased the
people. He put Peter, another
apostle, in prison to meet the
same fate on the Feast Day.
Here God did. He sent His an
gel, his servant and our SER
want and delivered Peter. Then
Srnote He Herod Of an ar,>nl
and worms ate him in the
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The Army Has The
Answers"

@. Gould you please tell me
if a mother can receive an al
lotment for two soldiers in the
service?
A. If the mother Is depend
ent upon both soldiers and the
fact supported by certificate,
she may receive Family Allow
ance from both, whereby the
soldier contributes S22 and the
Government adds an allow
ance; if both soldiers wish to
send a Class Il allotment of
their pay, to which no amount
is added by the Government,
she Is entitled to receive what
ever amount they wish to
send.
@. II a soldier is confined to
a hospital does he receive his
pay or is it stopped until he
is able to resume active duty?
A. If the soldiers illness is
contracted in line of duty, that
is through no misconduct of
his own, his pay continues.
Q. My husband is an officer
and has my allotment sent to
the bank. / would rather have
this come directly to my home,
where shall / write?
A. As the allotment is is
sued now it is made payable
to the bank for deposit to
your credit, or to your hus-
bands. To have it sent to your
home would necessitate a
change in payee checks
would have TO be issued in
your name instead of to the
bank. This change may be
authorized only by the officer.
1t would be necessary for
him to cancel the authorize
ton as it stands and submit
a new one requesting checks
be made payable to you.
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Maiden
UNION BAPTIST CHURCH

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
Req Willard L Clayton, Pastor
MAIDEN, Mass. - where
There is No Vision, the People
Perish was the theme of the
pastors discourse for t h e
for the morning. At the after
noon service Robert w. Whit
aker was conSecrated a dea-
con and Deacon Charles Young
was added to the board. Rev
Clayton in delivering the
charge to them used as his
theme, Men Upon Whom the
Church Would Lay Hands," The
deacon board assisted In tie
service in the conservation
prayer. Special music was rem
oered by the deacons' wives
and the visiting committee in
charge Of Mrs William r Ken
ney. - Upon the resignation
of Rev Ernest L Mills as presi-
dent of the Maiden Ministers
Association, Rev Clayton was
elected to the ONCE, being the
vice president. Mr. Mills is &C
ceptjng a charge in another
city, - A number of the young
people were in attendance at
the Fourth Rally on Wednes-
day at the Maplewood Baptist
church with Miss Mary Smith
as leader of the group from the
church. The movement includ-
ed all youths Of Protestant
churches of the city.