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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

LONDON. Dec. 18.-LRERussian
troops smashed two miles inside
southern Czechoslovakia on an
eivht-mile front today, crossing
the Kecske mountains of northern
Hungary and driving to within II
IL miles of h east Slovakian
stronghold of Kassa, a Moscow
communique announced.
Kassa was outflanked on h e
south and southwest as the Rus
SLAMS reached the Slovak frontier
on 68-mile front, the bulletin dis
closed. Berlin said that other So
Wet troops were advancing on Kas-
sa from positions within Is miles
to the east.
Gaining up to five miles from
their previous positions and threat
ening soon to smash e entire
German salient in eastern Slo-
vakia, between Hungary and Po-
land, the Russians crossed the
ron t e~ in the Horvaty-Janok
Reste area, three miles south OF
the communications center of Mol
dava, and 20 miles north of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
US. Approves
Reds Plan On
Polish Border
Agreement Conditional On
Mutual Accord By
Other Groups

WASHINGTON, Dec. 49,
lp,--The United States re-
stored some semblance of har-
mony to the ranks of the Big
three today by a declaration
# agreement in principle to
partition of Poland, de-
handed by Russia and ap-
moved by Britain.
The United States agreement,
ct forth in statement by Sec
,starv of State Stettinius, was
made conditional on mutual ac-
cord bv the United Nations di-
rectIv concerned in the new Po-
Nsh frontiers.
Bv these Nations, it was rees-
+sbusher, Stettinius meant Poland
md the Soviet Union, which seeks
tnp eastern third of Poland.
The Secretary of State inferen-
tallv urged such an accord, say
mg it could contribute to prose-
c1tion Of the war and that Poland
could have American assistance
in transfers of population and re-
hsbilitation of devastated areas.
As substitute for an ironclad
American guarantee of their pro-
posed new borders, ruled out by
traditional U. S. policy. the Poles
were offered the general security
envisaged under the United Ma
tons organization.
On Capitol Hill. Senator Con-
nally. of Texas, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee said:
The settlement of boundaries
arising from the war ought to be
delayed until the definite peace
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
CHURCHILL HELD
BACKING POLISH
CLAIM ON REICH

LONDON, Dec. 18.-(P)- Mos
cows Pravda, official organ OF
the Communist party printed an
article tadav by DR.. Stefan Yen
drikowski of the Lub1in Polish
Committee declaring that Prime
Minis er Churchill and Gen. de
Gaulle's French government sup
port Poland's claim to German
territory as far west as the Oder
river. within 30 miles of Berlin.
Churchill, in his Commons adj
dress last Friday, did not specify
The western boundary he had in
mind for Poland, but said that $50
far as Russia ard Great Britain
are concerned" the Poles were
free TO extend their territories
at the expense Il Germany to the
Ws2tt''
Yendrikowski declared that Po-
land has an historical right to the
territories, Which include western
and southern sectors of East Prus.
STA, and said that Russia, Yugo-
Savia and Czechoslovakia would
support her claim.
Some persons and even groups
IN the United States have no
grasped the complex problem OF
our western frontiers and add for
'Ais reason do Tot see eye to eye
70 Our demands" he added. He
Iaid claim 70 these lands:
% Both Upper and Lower Sile
aa INCLUDING BreSlaW: (2) "bor
der terri cries to the east of the
Oaer 81 Western Pomerania tt
me Oder: az the Vistula Estuary
'Danzlg): % Varmca and Ma
sura western and southern East
Prussia,
The task of the Polish people
is not only to liberate land from
NE Germans" Yendrikowsk
wrote, but 10 collect their histori
cal terriorias.''
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
Senators Attack British
Intervention In Greece

country's early intervention in the
war, who were fighting the nomi-
nations.
Russia and England, he said
were looking after their own in
terests first but if anybody here
says he is for America first, he's
an isolationist. What could t h G
United States do, he asked, if Rus.
STA says she is going to take the
Balkans, the Dardanelles and Fin
land?
Chairman Tom Connally (D-Tex)
of the Foreign Relations Commit.
tee, his sometime irony sheathed
in favor of the soft answer, plead.
ed for quick confirmation of the
appointees. Otherwise, he said, the
world would tn k President
Roosevelt has '1ost his leader
Ship on foreign affairs.
Claude Pepper, Florida Demo
crat who said he nearly always
has followed the President because
he though NJ. Roosevelt was right,
called the nominations mistake
He sought to delay action or
them until after the new Congress
meets, hoped Mr.. Roosevelt would
reconsider.
Arthur Vandenberg. Michigan Re
publican who thought tn de
bate out of all proportion to the
confirmation question involved
called for a statement of foreign
policy by President Roosevelt
Pepper agreed the American ideas
ought to be "articulated, clarifi'
ed
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
BRITISH-ELAS
BATTLE RACES
IS Insurgents Captured As
Fight Moves Toward
Piraeus

ATHENS, Dec. 18. -{P- The
battle between British forces and
the Greek ELIAS grew heavier this
afternoon, moving southwark in
ATHENS towards s IA and the
city's port, Plraeus.
British paratrooper, infantry and
armored units which began their
offensive south of the Acropolis
at dawn this morning met sitter
ELIAS resistance as the day wore
on. 1t was a patrol job for the
British and, for the most part,
successful The patrols are spread
over a wide area.
Accompanying a patrol this af-
ternoon which lost one man and
took As ELIAS prisoners who sur
rendered only after hard fighting
they held out for several hours
until the paratroopers used their
deadly plat "ne-man anti tank
guns.
The British drive against the
ELIAS, fighting arm of the Left
Wing EAM party. has been de-
scribed as an about effort to
clear the armed Leftists from the
capital. Its first goal was to open
the main highway between Athens
Piraeus and Kalamaki airport.
An ELIAS group which was cap
tured had dug themselves into a
block of apartment buildings and
fought back fiercely for several
hours. Then one of the British
paratroopers was killed and his
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
Enemy Struck
Weakest Part
of Yank Line
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18-lRAThe

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18-lRAThe
German counter offensive struck
the weakest part of the Allied line
on the Western Front, War Depart
ment sources disclosed today. They
conceded that some Allied units
may get bottled up in the advance
On the whole, however, these
sources were inclined to minimize
the force of the Nazi thrust. They
said it probably was aimed:
1. - At drawing Allied reserves
from seriously threatened points on
the German defense line.
AT giving the German home
front a lift at Christmas time with
a report of victory
The sector at which the Nazi at
tack was thrown, officials explain
ed, was weak because of the wide
dispersion of Allied divisions. The
sector was lightly held, because the
terrain in front and behind the
line was not considered very i'm
portant.
The Germans, it was said, have
thrown in substantial part of their
strategic general reserves, includ-
ing at least three Panzer units,
and now have numerical superi.
GRITTY on that sector two to three
times Allied strength.
These sources declined to specu-
late how far the German offensive
might carry, but said that it still
could go a lot farther without caus.
ing serious damage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

WASHINGTON, Dec. 49, Up -
The Senate today debated Ameri-
can foreign policy with a bitter
ness that spilled over into bipar-
tisan condemnation of Britain S
military intervention in Greece
and criticism of Russias role in
the Balkans.
With six State Department NOM
nations before it as the excuse,
the Senate furnished an hours long
preview of what might be expect
ed when it receives peace treaty.
Otherwise loyal New Dealers
criticized the slate of staff appoint
ments President Roosevelt had
sent up. Republicans defended the
Presidents right to pick the men
he wants. Calls came from both
sides of the chamber for an enun-
citation of American foreign poll
cy.
Hiram Johnson, California Re.
publican who fought the League OF
Nations, raised Quavering voice
0 urge the Senate to- do some
hing about Greece. There, he said,
people were being "shot like dogs
with weapons we provided the
British
A. B. Happy Chandler, Ken
lucky Democrat who girdled the
world in an Army bomber, said
ne didn't want American diplo.
mats who might follow the Brit.
ish."
Burton K. Wheeler. Montana
Democrat, shook his finger at his
colleagues and asserted it was moi
the so-caned isolationists, bu1
those who had plugged for this
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
|95 ENEMY TANKS
| ARE KNOCKED OUT
Censorship impose On
Battle Held Vital To
War Course
SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS A LIE D EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, Paris,

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS ALLIE D EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, Paris,
Dec. 10 - (P) - The great
e erman counteroffensive,
hammering a deep dent in U.
IS. First Army lines, plunged
at least 10 miles inside Bel
GUM today despite a lashing
ground defense and Allied air
blows that knocked out IS
enemy tanks and armored
vehicles and d a m a g d 26
more.
First indication of the extent of
the German drive came from the
U. S. Ninth Air Force, which an
nounced that British Typhoons had
attacked 20 German armored We
hicles west of Stavelot", which
is 10 miles west OF the frontier
and "a miles southeast of the for.
tress of Liege.
This was Is miles from where
the lines stood before the German
push began.
Both the First and Ninth Army
sectors were bombarded day and
night by new German V-Weapon
of undisclosed nature. The front
rocked to the explosions of the
weapons and the thunder of Ameri-
can antiaircraft fire, Flares light
ed the night sky.
Through heavy censorship of
ground troop movements on the
First Army front came reports of
pilots participating in the greatest
mass destruction of enemy armor
since the battle of the Falaise Gap
in Normandy last summer.
U. S. fighterbombers, lending
priceless aid to ground troops,
many of whom had their positions
overrun, ripped up and down the
Western Front, destroying an adj
ditional 265 transport vehicles.
They also pounded German
troops and gun positions, bombing
and strafing.
The German high command
hurled scores of thousands of
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
Warning For Road Curve
At Greenfield Is Urged

car overturned after leaving the
road.
Complaints were heard by COM
missioners relating to the hazard
provided by lights from automo-
biles on the section of Front street
which passes near the Greenfield
curve. It was apparent that head
lights of automobiles on Front
street confuse drivers entering
and leaving the City at the curve
ON Third street.
City Manager Nichols sent his
second request to the State High
way Commission. His first re-
quest for safety measures was
made Immediately after the death
of two Marines.
In other phases of the county
session. Addison Hewlett. chair
man of the board, was re-appolnt-
Continued on Page Two; Col. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
Army To Increase Draft
By 20, 900 In January

rejected for military service since
last February !, except those with
obvious physical defects, will be
re-examined next year.
A Selective Service official said
the order already in the hands of
local draft boards applies princl-
pally to border line cases"
Selective Service said the Army
agreed to re examine the men to
determine whether some of the
BORDER line cases" might be
available for general duty. The
matter was taken up with the Ar
my after Seiective Service noted
an increase in the number OF re-
jections of men once found fit for
service but subsequently turned
down when finally called for in
duction.
The Army ordinarily gives draf-
tees a second examination if they
are called for induction more than
80 days after taking their original
examination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. -P)-
The War Department announced
today that it has asked Selective
Service to increase the Army's
January and February calls from
60, 900 to $4,000.
The department said that since
last July it has asked Selective
Service for fewer men than the
estimated requirements. The de-
ficits were made up by combing
Army units to obtain. men or field
service.
BY this method, the department
said the Selective Service call
had been held to $4,000 a month,
but that now is necessary to in
crease the calls by 10000 month.
It will be determined later, the
department said, whether it will
be necessary to continue the 3d.
900 rate in March and April.
Se1ective Service announced that
all men under &c who had been
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
Invasion Of Europe
Has Cost Americans
258,l24 Casualties

WASHINGTON. Dec 10. -(P)-
Invasion operations in France, the
lowlands and the German border
region cost the Army Ground For
ces casualties to- aling 258, 124 te
December l, the War Department
reported today.
The total included 44,l43 killed
1918 wounded and 24,863 missing
Air Force casualties were moi
included in the report. Casualties
reported in November amounted
to Sits, the department said, add
ing that this figure might include
casualties from previous months
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
ACL RAIL PURCHASE
@,OOO,00G Order Placed With
Tennessee Company

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. IL
CP - The Tennessee Coal,
IRON and Railroad Co. today
announced it had received all
order from the Atlantic Coast
1.-The Railroad for $4,000 tons
Of rails, valued at approximate
ly $4,000
The order, for 1915 delivery,
brings to about 41c 900 tons the
weight involved in rail orders
placed with the TCI within re-
cent days.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

Detter Indu uuCOHultIOAdA Jul
render.
WITH THE U. S. NINTH
ARMY IN GERMANY, Dec
18-(P)-A new type of Ger:
man V-weapon bombardec
the U. S. Ninth and First
Army fronts today.
During the night, the entire
combined fronts were lighted by
flares and rocked to the thunder
of antiaircraft guns and explosions
of Hitler's new secret weapon,
details of which presently are re-
stricted.
The Luftwaffe' s. struggle against
the Allied air forces ragged or
undated up and down the Roer
valley in support of the German
commemorative.
Clouds were so low over the
front that some planes had tc
fly at tree-top height across noun.
famous areas. Dogfights took
place under 1000 feet in some
places.
One group of Thunderbolt fight.
ers, jumping 80 ME-190's neal
Duren, reported the pilots were
''of inferior caliber" and fled into
the clouds.
In other sectors the German all
force fought with an aggressive
ness it has not shown in months
r The unceasing German aeria
assault began Saturday about II
p. m. and has continued since
then, despite heavy losses. More
than 200 enemy fighters already
have been shot down.
German night fighters and bomb
ers strafed and bombed their owr
towns in Germany as well as sew
eral in Holland. They dived down
out of the clouds plastering some
streets with machinegun fire.
Air operations in the Ninth
Army sector apparently are de-
signed to try TO disrupt commune
cations and block any supporting
moves to the First Army.
During the day, the German
planes struck closely to the from
along the Roer river valley anc
thence south into Belgium anc
Luxembourg.
They appeared content to inter
cept American planes as they
came over and not risk undue
losses with penetrations over Am
erican and British territory, where
the cloud-laden skies were filled
with the drone of hundreds O.
fighters.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
BLASTS ROCKING
WESTERN FRONT
Allied Air Forces Join Bat.
tie With Nazi
Planes

LONDON. Dec. 18-lR-Ber-
lin propagandists limited today
that Field Marshal Won Rund-
stedt's counter-offensive might
be "peace offensive" de-
signed, through attrition, to
gain for Germany something
better than unconditional sur
render.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19
FORECAST

For Wilmington and Vicinity: Clearing
and colder today with highest temper
atures about 46 degrees.
Yesterdays temperatures:
High, Glow, SO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-19

Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-09
DUNBAR LOSES
TO ASHLAND, Ky.

ASHLAND KY, Dec. 9.-(Spel.
to the Bulletin) "A speedy Dunbar
high school quintet were met with
too strong opposition as the Booker
Washington high school edged out
a 1886 victory over the visiting
Dayton squad.
Dunbar, although at a disadvan-
tage in height, held the advantage
throughout the first three quarters
of the game, but Ashland worked
the ball through the Wolverine de-
fense the last few minutes to edge
out a three-point victory.
Hawkins lead the scoring of both
teams with ten points.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-09
HELD IN $1,000 BAIL ON
MAN5LAUGHTER CHARGE

Albert Williams, 40, 43 Olive
street, was held in $1,000 bail yes
terday on a charge of second degree
manslaughter in connection with
the death Of Minnie Dinninger, 80,
of so South Findlay street.
Mrs. Dinninger died October "a
from injuries suffered September
"a when an automobile in which she
was riding, driven by Marguerite E.
Fansher, 27, of 1248 Everett drive,
was struck, police asserted, by
car driven by Williams, at Summit
and Steiner streets.
Williams posted bail and was re-
leased, pending a hearing in COM
mon pleas court on December II.
The case of Ora Russell, Sc, of
1909 Germantown street, whose car
collided with that of Robert w.
Chapel, %, Of 555 South Broad
way, in which Carl Chapel Of 523
Pontiac street was killed, was dis
missed by the county office after
completion of investigation by the
police.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-09
By "Breeze FInmer'

By "Breeze Fanner"
A local sports writer took issue
yesterday with Elwood Parsons,
well-known sports promoter, for
booking the famous Grumman
Wildcats basketball team and the
Indianapolis Kautsky's for a pro
game at Memorial Hall tomorrow
night.
The writer decried the fact that
another basketball game is booked
by local team at the Coliseum for
the same time, and seemed to think
that Parsons should not have
booked a game for the same night.
He also made reference to a "feud'
between the two.
Be that as it may, we take issue
in Parsons favor, for one excel
lent reason. He booked professional
sports events into Dayton when nc
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-09

to charity patients, so that they
would be available to all patients !;
(3) the people who receive and the
physicians and hospitals which fur
nish service should both be repre-
sented on all the national, state
and local policy-determining bod
les, which should thus be response
BILE to the public interest rather
than to the interests Of any voca-
tional or economic group; (4
methods of paying doctors must be
adjusted locally to meet varying
conditions; (5) tax funds should
be used when necessary to estab-
lish new Observation-Disclosures
facilities and to improve these ex-
listing, especially in rural areas.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-09
ROBBED BY THREE men

Three shabbily dressed men
robbed Beulah Simpkins, 21, of 4447
Woodcliffe avenue of her purse
containing two checks of $50, after
knocking her down at Arcadia and
Emmons avenue at 7:15 last night,
she reported to police. The men fled
in an old model black sedan, the vic
tim added.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-09
JURY VERDICT AGAINST COLOR
BAR IN MASSACHUSETTS

BOSTON, Dec. 9 (ANP)-An
all-white jury returned a verdict
to Judge John E. Swift in superior
court in favor of Novella Taylor,
popular night club entertainer, in
her civil suit against the Tic Toe
Restaurant, Inc, on the allegation
that she had suffered discrimin-
alton there. The case started over
a year ago when counsel for Miss
Taylor, Atty. William S.. West, pc
titioned the licensing board to sus-
pend the Tic Toe license because
Miss Taylor and her escort, men,
Der of the armed forces, was re-
fused seats near the bandstand.
They were informed that the Sec
ton was reserved for whites only.
Since the licensing boards ac-
ton was not forthcoming Atty.
West brought civil action against
the Tic Toe. The defendants re-
fused to make a settlement out of
court, as requested by Judge Swift,
and the jury trial resulted. Under
the Massachusetts, Civil Rights act
fine of up to $500 can result plus
suspension of license.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-09
MISS BERNI(E J0HNIGAh TO
ADDRESS FLORIST GRADUATES

Dayton's leading business wom-
an, Miss Bernice Johnigan, will be
the principal speaker at the din
ner in honor of graduates of J. B.
Dixon's school of floral art. The
dinner will be held at the Y.W.C.A.
on Summit street, at 7 o'clock Mon
day evening.
J. B. Dixon, head of the school,
will preside, and present the dip
lomas to the graduates.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-09
E|wood Parsons Deserving
Sports Enthusiasts SUPPORT

other promoter would venture the
chance, and many times took it
on the chin" financially to do so.
We would not have had profes-
sional baseball of any kind here,
during the past summer, especially,
if Parsons had not brought the top
Negro and white ball clubs here.
The same held true for basketball
last winter.
Contrary to the belief of the av-
erage fan, there is very little money
to be made in local pro sports pro-
motion; at least, that has been the
experience of promoters in the
past, and we believe "Woody" Par
sons deserves the support of the
fans because of his efforts to bring
high class attractions to Dayton.
In tomorrow nights game at
Memorial Hall, many nationally
known college stars will be in ac-
ton. The Hellcats will be remem-
bered as the semi-finalists in the
Worlds championship at Chicago
in 1943, being made up of such
outstanding stars as Dolly King
Irv Torgoff, Johnny Isaacs, and
"Pop" Gates.
King and Torgoff were All
American on Claire Nee's great
Long Island University team tha1
was rated one of the finest com
binations to ever step on a basket
ball court. Isaacs will be remem
bered for his play with the New
York "Ren," and Gates is regarded
by many as the greatest Negr,
player in action today.
The Kautsky club is built arount
former Purdue and Indiana uni
VerSlty stars, who nave been tn
top players in the Big Ten fo
many years.
In addition, Parsons has booke'
a preliminary between the NCI
and Frigidaire girls teams, whicl
should prove an attractive contest
| Local sports fans can show thei
appreciation for Parsons effort
to bring professional sports her
by attending this game. At tn
same time basketball fans are as
sured of seeing a lot of fast actor
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1944-12-09
PLAN $675,0oo HEALTH
PROGRAM IN LIBERIA

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (ANP)
A total of $675,OOO will be spent
during the next five years in the
promotion of the health program
in Liberia which DR.. John B. West
will head. He left two weehs ago
with two other members of the
mission which the United States
Public Health service, in coopera-
tion with the state department, is
sponsoring.