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six weeks old band will get t7.600 at the Capitol. A record? A staffer on Q New York newspaper is in Q jam for allegedly handling S6.- 500 in graft coin to fix OPA viola. tions.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
Yanks Rush Repairin!
OF AirfieIds Taken
In Mindoro Invasion
lnfontrymen Penetrate
II Miles Inland; Troops
On Leyte Advance
By the Associated Press.

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines, Dec. 1S.
I-Airflelds were being whipped
into shape today on the south
ern end of Mindoro Island, now
securely in American hands.
Yank infantrymen were II miles
from the beachhead they estab-
lished at dawn Friday.
Only scant resistance was en-
Icountered, a spokesman reported
The Americans had command OF
strategic high ground and set up a
wide defense miles beyond the
town of San Jose.
Gen. Macarthur said in his COM
munique today, Our hold on the
southern part of the island is now
secure"
| On Leyte Island. troops of the
77th American Division outfanked
Japan's Yamashita line at the south
lern end of the Ormoc corridor ano
drove miles north toward an ulti-
mate junction with Yank forces
pressing southwark.
American and Australian con.
struction engineers on Mindoro were
busy repairing captured airstrips TO,
day and night fighter planes, These
airaelds are only $50 miles from
(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1944-12-18
100 Bombers, Fighters Race
To Support U.S.. 1st Army

ing the enemy's ground attacks. Two
RAF fighters were lost, both due to
flax, and 81 American pursuit craft
were listed as missing.
From all sectors Allied fighter
craft were summoned-even the
Raj Spitfires, Tempests and Ty-
phoons from the Netherlands-as q
sudden break in the weather ex-
posed long columns of German
tanks, trucks and troops moving
slowly toward the battle raging in
the American 1st Army lines.
The break in the weather forced
the German command to rush
planes into the air in an attempt
to provide cover for the attacking
ground troops.
American bombers based in Brit
ain could not get into the fray yes
terday due to bad weather. Fighter
escorted American Flying Fortresses
and Liberators from Italy, however
crossed the Alps and bombed rail-
roads at Salzburg near the old Ger
man-Austrian frontier. target at
Wells, oil reflneries at Blechhammer
and Odertal in German Silesia and
the Moravska Ostrave refinery in
Czechoslovakia. Allied fighters
strafed transports on a rail line
southeast of Munich between Rosen-
helm and Wells.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
By the Associated Pres,

DS tue AssOCldteQ fTeSS.
LONDON, Dec. 18.-Eleven hun
dred heavy bombers and fighters
raced from Britain to the flaming
American 1st Army battle front to-
day and smashed three German
railheads supplying the German
counteroffensive.
Five hundred American Flying
Fortresses dumped 1000 tons of
bombs on Cologne, Coblenz and
Mainz despite solid clouds which
blanketed them from view.
The clouds robbed the fighter
escort of 600 Mustangs OF a chance
to mix it with German fighters.
The daylight blows followed a
night pummeling of Munich, Ulm
and Duisburg by 1900 British heavy
bomhers, II of which were lost.
The big RAF planes dropped an
estimated 1000 tons of bombs on
the three German cities, all key
points in the Nazi railway network.
The triple blow last night-one of
the first struck by Raj heavy
bombers in weeks-came in the wake
|of day of bitter air combat be-
tween German and Allied fighters.
The Germans had 108 fighters
and bombers blasted out Of the air
Yesterday in air battles accompany
Evening star., 1944-12-18
200 Super Forts Raid Targets
AtNogoyoin Japan and Honkow
Photographs Show Attack on December Is
Damaged important Enemy Aircraft Plant

% smaller structures were destroyed
or damaged badly.
Enemy broadcasts, placing the size
of today's Nagoya raiding force at
about 10, claimed damage was slight
and added that other B-29s few
over the Kinki area in South Cen
tral Honshu without dropping
bombs. There were no claims of
losses to the B-29s.
The Japs said this raid was one
of an 18-hour series of B-29 attacks,
most of them described as minor.
Results of the latest strikes still
are to be assayed here.
These attacks followed the stepped
up schedule which Gen. Henry H.
Arnold, commanding general of the
Goth Air Force, has put into effect
against the japanese.
About 20 or 81 communicates of
raids on the japanese by the Super
(See SUPER FORTRESS page Al
Evening star., 1944-12-18
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Am merican super Fortress
bombers have made new attacks
on the japanese war machine
bombing targets at Nagoya, or
the main japanese Island OF
Honshu, and at Hankow, in Oc-
cupied China, the War Depart
ment announced today.
Up to 200 BIOS took part in the
raids, which originated from sep
arate bases.
The raiders hit both areas today
japanese time; Sunday, United
States time
Meanwhile, dispatches from Sal
pan said Photographic reconnais-
sance of the December 13 blow at
Nagoya disclosed damage to the
Hatsudoki aircraft factory was
greater than first reports indicated
Four large assembling buildings and
Evening star., 1944-12-18

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Also ran-Milered R., Last Fight
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Within kelly $50 24C
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Also ran-Miss Novice. Uncle Ol, Bill
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Evening star., 1944-12-18
Naval Air Group IS
Returns From Pacific
BY the Associated Press.

by ll6 ASSOCl6teQ tT6SS.
ALAMEDA, Calf, Dec. 1s.-Air
Group IS has returned to the Ala
media naval air station with an out
standing record after participating
in every major amphibious operation
in the Pacific in the last 13 months.
Skippered by 1t. Comdr Fred
erick T. Moore, jr., of West Rox-
bury, Mass, the air group gave air
support to amphibious landings at
Tarawa, Kwajelein, Eniwetok, Hol-
landia-Aitape, Saipan, Guam,
Morctai and Leyte, destroying or
damaging SO planes and sinking or
damaging 81 ships. Its carrier
steamed 10000 miles, four and a
half times around the world, on
these missions.
Air Group IS flew 4,644 sorties of
all kinds In the combat zone, On
BIB of these the enemy was con-
tacted and damage was inflicted.
The air group lost five pilots dur.
Ing the 13 months.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
.Ndzis Launch
New and More
Violent Attacks
Allies Order News
Blockout on Details
Of Enemy Assault
BY the Associated Pres,

PARIS, Dec. 1s.-Lt. Gen.
Courtney H. Hodges American
1st Army today struck back at
the greatest enemy blow launched
against American troops in Eu-
rope.
Front line dispatches said Gen.
Hodges had thrown armor against
the German thrusts and London
dispatches said 1,100 heavy bombers
and fighters rushed from Britain to
aid the 1st Army, bombing Cologne.
Coblenz and Mainz, three railroads
supplying the German counter
offensive.
Throwing hundreds of carefully
conserved planes, hundreds of tanks,
many divisions and even para
chutists into surprising winter
counteroffensive, Field Marshal
Karl Rudolf Gerd Won RundsteH
had achieved penetration of sew
eral miles in the American lines. re-
invaded Belgium in the Monschau
area 16 miles south of Aachen and
Ire-entered Luxembourg at two other
points
Nazis Pushing Advance.
Today the Germans were pushing
their advance along an 80-mile front
from the Monschau area to the
southern tip of the Luxembourg
border with new and more violent
attacks
Berlin said late today the Ger
mans had crossed the northern
part of Luxembourg on a broad
front and were nearing the Lux
embourg-Belgium border. The
Allied-controlled radio station
at Eindhoven, Holland, went
abruptly off the air without ex-
planation.
Earlier the German high COM
mand had said Nazi forces had
overrun forward American posi-
| tions in the first onrush.'O
! CAS- first broadcast, the Ger
man communique said the at
/ tack was making favorable
| progress" but later the Berlin
radio issued a correction deleting
Evening star., 1944-12-18
Wards Defiant Stand
Gould Pro|ong War,
WLB Chairman Says
Davis Points to Solemn
Decision Facing Firm
As DeodIine Neurs
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

War Labor Board Chairman
William H. Davis declared today
that continued defiance of the
Government by Montgomery
Ward could prolong the war" as
the hour neared for the COM
pany either to comply with board
orders affecting working condi-
tions of its employees or face
Federal seizure of its properties.
In the strongest official statement
SO far in the case, Mr.. Davis said
company officials who have been
given until midnight to accept WLB
rulings, to-day have a solemn de-
cision to make, a decision which will
have a profound effect on the fu-
ture production of our war plants
and on the morale of our fighting
men"
Mr.. Davis appealed to Ward off,
cials to accept WLB rulings He
pointed out that hundreds of thou
sands of employers and millions of
workers have been confronted with
the same decision" and when many
of them did not like the boards
decisions they complied with them
in the interests of prosecuting the
war successfully
Warning Still Unheeded.
While the company has until
midnight to put into effect a score
of outstanding WLB directives af-
fecting working conditions of en-
ployes in seven cities, it was held
unlikely Ward would heed the
warning.
Sewell Avery, Ward board chair
man. promised to send a message
to the board early this week." but
officials said it would have no effect
on the administrations determina-
ton for a final showdown in the
long standing labor dispute. Mr.
Avery could come in for a hearing
today, but that possibility, too, was
not considered likely
Our military leaders are asking
the home front for increased war
production" Mr. Davis said. Il
Evening star., 1944-12-18
ST. PauI's Will Sell
Site 10 Government,
Build on K Street
Philip Frohmon Engaged
As Architect for New
Church Building
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS.

st. PaulS Episcopal Church,
S17 Twenty-third street NV,
which has been fighting the Gov
ernment in court to prevent con-
demnation of its property for a
new hospital, has decided to sell
to the United States and build
a new church on the south side
of K street, between Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth streets
NV.
This was announced to the con-
gregation yesterday by Wales Jack,
junior warden of the church, who is
chairman of the vestry's committee
handling the complex problems fac
ing the parish.
Roger j. Whiteford, counsel for
the church, indicated that negotia-
tions for sale of the old church had
progressed so far that an agreement
virtually was assured. Many details.
including the exact price to pc paid
by the Government and the num-
Der of religious and historic parts
of the old building to be saved, re-
main to be settled. he said. He was
confident. however, that a final
agreement could be reached.
May Yet Appeal.
Previous plans to appeal the court
case to the Court of Appeals had
virtually been abandoned, he said,
although there still is time to carry
the appeal on up to the higher tri-
bunal, should there be any last
minute hitch in the negotiations.
Action was taken by the entire
vestry, Mr.. Jack told the congrega-
ton, and an architect has been en-
gagged to design the new church. He
is Philip Frohman of this city, one
of the most noted church architects
in the country.
The decision of ST. Paul's virtu-
ally clears the way for the Govern
ment's proceedings to take possess
(See ST. PAUL'S, Page Aid
Evening star., 1944-12-18

that phrase and saying instead
that the attack was continuing
C'In order not to give the
enemy, who was taken completely
by surprise. any clues, details
will be announced only later"
the broadcast bulletin said.)
Specific Information Withheld.
Allied military authorities direct
ing the battle said it had been de-
clded not to make public specific in
formation now as to the exact places
where the German columns we're
smashing through and how far they
had advanced.
But 1st Army headquarters dis
patches said the Germans had
gained several miles and American
troops were locked in battle. The
penetration apparently had been at
least miles in one area 10 miles
east of Malmedy, Belgian town
just north of the Luxembourg bor-
der.
This was push by strong Ger
man-armored column supported
overnight by artillery and bombing
and straflng planes on 7-mile front.
Several German arnlored divi-
sions and infantry divisions were
striking savagely and bending back
the lines of the fiercely struggling
doughboys.
Nazis Seek Out Soft Spots.
Elsewhere along the S0-mile front
the Germans were delivering stiff
punches aimed at seeking soft spots
and there were indications the su-
preme German effort would mount
in intensity before it subsided.
On many other army fronts there
were signs of impending German
blows.
American Sd Army dispatches said
the heaviest enemy rail movement
ever seen behind the Sd Army front
had been observed yesterday.
Reports from the British I'd Army
front to the north said German
flyers in the greatest strength since
D-Day had appeared in the skies
along the Aachen sector, along with
many reconnaissance aircraft over
the British front.
A 10-mile long German column
was blasted by Allied fighter bomb
ers in the Neunkirchen area, 10
miles northeast of Saarbrucken.
In the Alsace plain German count
erattacks rolled over three villages
in the Colmar and Selestat areas.
But at Gen. Eisenhower's supreme
headquarters it was said the Allied
command is taking measures to deal
with the situation and that there
was no cause for undue alarm.
Marshal Won Rundstedt undoubt-
Evening star., 1944-12-18
Conn Aids in Saving
Pilot in Burning Plane
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
| UNITED STATES AIR SERVICE
COMMAND HEADQUARTERS IN
EUROPE, Dec. 18.-Corpl. Billy
Conn and his troupe of boxers tour
ing Army bases in Britain, France
and Italy rescued an American
| fighter pilot from his burning plane
in Italy, it was disclosed today.
The plane crashed in a swamp.
Conn and other boxers riding nearby
in ieep fought through the flames
and dragged out the unsconscious
pilot
Evening star., 1944-12-18
British Launch Drive
To Wipe Out Leftists
Fighting in Athens
ELIAS Stronghold Token;
Clearing of Airport
Is Reported Gaining
By the Associated Press.

ATHENS, Dec. 18.-Britis +
forces today launched full
scale drive against leftwing ELIAS
forces in Athens, and it appeared
likely to be only matter OF
hours before the siege of the
capital is lifted.
Within a short time after Jump
ing off at dawn the British had
captured an ELIAS stronghold on
the highway leading from Athens
through the summer resort of Pha-
leron to the Kalamaki airport. The
ELIAS forces, estimated at about 200,
had barricaded themselves in a
brewery and were equipped with
heavy machine guns.
The Kalamaki airport already had
been cleared to depth of 300 yards
and British armored vehicles we're
traversing the road from Athens to
Piraeus.
British Forces Gain.
Strong forces moved up the main
Piraeus road from Phaleron, knock
ing out ELIAS strong points en- route,
A junction between British para
troopers pushing south from the
southeast corner of the Acropolis
and the troops moving in from Pha-
leron appeared imminent.
Before the main attack began,
British forces took Sikelias Hill,
south of the Acropolis, which had
been strongly held by the ELIAS.
The first goal of the British
cleanup operations was to open the
main highway between Athens, the
port of Piraeus and Kalamaki air.
port.
Armored forces as we'll as infantry
participated. A number of prison.
ers were taken in the first hours of
the drive.
Meanwhile strong ELIAS forces
made simultaneous attacks on RAF
headquarters and Averoff Prison
which was held by a British de-
tachment and Greek police. The
prison houses number Of political
prisoners.
Raj Headquarters Defended.
Raj headquarters was defended
by Raj forces and British infantry.
Fighting increased in Athens over
the week end after rejection by
British Commander 1t. Gen. r. M
Scobie of leftwing Fam peace pro-
posals.
British headquarters reported that
Gen. Scobie turned down the peace
offer because it ibid not provide for
the immediate cessation of the two
weeks old civil warfare as pre-
lininary to final negotiations.
The American position of strict
neutrality in the Greek political
crisis was reaffirmed by high mill
tary spokesman, who said American
activities were strictly limited to
relief and rehabilitation"
| Raj Spitf1res and rocket-fring
Beauf1ghters attacked ELIAS forces
in the city yesterday after ELIAS
members had opened up with heavy
artillery and mortar fire.
Pireaus Cleared.
Premier George Papandreou' s
press secretary announced the ELIAS
had been completely cleared from
Pireaus, but the British, apparently
not entirely satisfied, were contin-
uing operations there.
Relief shipping has piled up at
Pireaus and yesterday a general
strike was called in Salonika, where
other vessels crammed with relief
supplies remained unloaded.
Brig. Gen. Percy L. Sadler, deputy
commander of United States forces
in the Middle East and in charge of
the distribution of American relief
(See GREECE. Page A.14)
Evening star., 1944-12-18

MYITKYINA, North Burma, Dec
II Delayed P.-Col. Joseph w
Stilwell, jr.. received the Legion o1
Merit today for "meritorious con.
duct in the performance of out.
standing services during the
Hukawng and Mogaung Valley cam.
paigns." The son of Gen. Stilwel
is assistant chief of staff, CO., ir
the northern combat area of the
Burma theater.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
New V-Weopon
Reported in Use
On Western Front
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE NITED
STATES ARMY IN GER
MANY, Dec. l8.-The Ger
mans have launched a new
"V" weapon on the Western
Front and are bombarding
rear areas with it by night and
day.
The dispatch gave no details
concerning the weapon.
The Germans have used both
their vi and W. weapons
the robot bomb and the "tele-
graph pole" rocket bomb
against troops and areas be-
hind the front.
Evening star., 1944-12-18

Three GdGitional men from
the District area haze been re-
ported killed in this Ddr. See
"On the Honor Roll,P Page Az.
Evening star., 1944-12-18

teee WESTERN FRONT. Pg. Ala.
Evening star., 1944-12-18
StilweII's Son Decorated

See MONTGOMERY WARD, ALA
Evening star., 1944-12-18
Charles Town Results

(See GREECE, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1944-12-18

(See POLICY, Page A-14.)
Evening star., 1944-12-18

(See GASOLINE, age A-14.)
Evening star., 1944-12-18
BY the Associated Press.

(See JAPANESE, Page AID
Evening star., 1944-12-18
Weather Forecast

Temperatures today-Highest, A. at
1:3o pm; lowest, %, at am. Yes
terday-Highest, A, at 2:14 PM;
lowest, Is, at $40 am.
Evening star., 1944-07-09
WONDER HORSE
A True Story by CLARENCE BROWN
tssAywoed Ptedvess e"t Dkse,es

Please, Mr. Brown" he pleaded. you
can have Duke for only twenty-five dollars"
What do you want with twenty-five
dollars?"
Il got to buy him fancy blanket like
those other horses have" he said He's as
good race horse as they are!'
Tell you what" compromised, your
horse is out. But help the boys around the
paddock and I'll pay you for that
From then on | was busy making the
picture, and didn't talk to Herk for weeks
Everybody Liked Him
YET he was around. The gang around the
barns and paddock liked him because he
was willing worker and they could kid him
about his Duke. the Wonder Horse.
But they never kidded him out of his con-
viction that Duke could beat anything on
four legs.
On the afternoon of the final day of loca-
Duke of Orleans All the 200 members OF
the company rallied around for look.
Sure enough, the kid had bought blank
ct for Duke, and he was proud as Punch.
Nobody wanted to hurt the kids feelings,
50 we all looked Duke over and talked about
what championship material he was 1t was
Herk's big moment.
Look Mr.. Brown he said, 'let me run
him against King Charles will va? I'll show
you he's champ"
Shooting was over. 50 l agreed knew
Herk's heart would be broken. but could
mt talk him out of it. Joey. one of the pro-
fessional jockeys, brought out King Charles.
Down the Stretch
EVERYBODY yelled, and they were off. Herk
rode we'll for an amateur. and to my amaze
ment he stayed neck -and-nec with Joey
right up to the last Then the kid and his
horse came in first by couple of feet.
Herk was the happiest kid you ever saw
in your life His horse could outrun the
champion. Herk wouldn't have sold Duke
right then for a million dollars.
Joey, my jockey, came over to me.
What happened?" chuckled.
Don't ask me, Mr. Brown. l rode like
always did," His face was puzzled.
well, what's bothering you Joey?"
He took chew of tobacco. ''Mr Brown"
he said, Il got hunch that King Charles
threw that race!'
TW-7->-44
Evening star., 1944-07-09

could beat the movie champ!
WE PICTURE people usually try to avoid
" advance publicity when we 60 out to
make location shots because onlookers occa-
sonally get in the way. That's why there
had been no advance notices when took
my National Velvet" troupe from M-G-M
to site near Monterey, California. to film
scenes against background representing
an English racetrack.
But word got around and the morning we
arrived group was waiting for US
The first time l saw this kid he was
watching my crew unload cameras He must
have been 10 years old and he had butch
haircut and a freckled. intense little face.
He was Just like any kid watching a
movie company.
Crazy Over Horses
MICKEY ROONEY arrived and all the other
boys were looking goggle-eyed and saying.
Gee, it's really Mickey. amt ito'
Not this kid, though. His eyes fell on the
race horses in the trailers, and his face lit up.
Mickey and the cameras all just faded away.
You could see it in his face He was horse
crazy.
We had five thoroughbred race horses,
the cream of the Western tracks. who fig
ured in British track and steeplechase
scenes. And had crew of some of the best
jockeys and trainers in the business.
This kid ran over to the paddock, strad-
died the fence, and breathlessly watched
King Charles and the other track champions
being groomed for the days scenes.
didn't see the kid again until we broke
for lunch. Then he sidled up to me.
You're the head man, ain'tcha?" he
asked
YES" said. WHO are you?"
''Pm Herk,'' he said. 81 got a race
horse. His name is Duke Of Orleans, but
l call him Duke. My uncle gave him to
me-
"Well?" asked.
WELL" he said, would you want to
rent Duke for the picture? III bet he can
run faster than any horse you've got over
there. We've got track around our barn
and race him every morning."
"Herk," said, 'I'm afraid we have all
the horses we need"
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27

Placer Location Notices now on sale al The Nome Nugge'.
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27
DODGE HEIR MARRIES IN COLORADO

DENVER, Colo, Oct. 27.-(AP) Corp. and Mrs. Horace Elgin Dodge, III, are honeymooning in a small three-room apartment here and today stated they hoped it would be restful after the hectic days just past.
 The affable young heir to the Dodge Motor Co. fortune, married a college sweetheart, the former Margery Gehman of Buffalof1 They were quietly married last night in a simple wartime ceremony, cli- maxed by six days of uncertainty since the groom's father, Major Horace Dodge, thrice married and divorced, announced in New York that he would try and stop them.
The Nome nugget., 1944-10-27
CHURCHILL
 TELLS COMMONS OF AGREEMENT

LONDON Oct. FLAP Prime Minister Winston Church ill told the House of Commons today that a very good working agreement had been reached with the Russians on problems in southeastern Europe, but acknow- ledged that efforts to end the Russian and Polish dispute. had not proved successful.
 Churchill said that he and President Roosevelt should confer with Marshal Stalin before the years end, but declared that all is "solid, sure and sound" among the three.