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Evening star., 1944-11-11
BY the Associated Press.

bS the ASSOClhteQ FEeSS.
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines. Nov. IL.
The biggest and most crucial
battle since Gen. MacArthur'S
return to the Philippines, in
volving more than 100000 men,
is developing today.
Japan's Tiger of Malaya," Gen
Tomoyuri Yamashita, poured thou
sands of reinforcements against the
Yanks today, after landing them on
Leyte from a 19-ship convoy at a
cost of three transports and seven
destroyers.,
Gen. Yamashita, taking great risks
with Japans dwindling reserves of
cargo vessels and escort warships,
got reinforcements to Ormoc despite
determined attacks spaced over a
24-hour period by American planes
and patrol torpedo boats. A heavy
rain squall, prolonging a previous
cover of darkness, favored the
gamble.
Both Sides Well Equipped.
The reinforcements, which rea-
sonably might exceed 10000, but
tressed $4,000 other enemy troops
of three fresh divisions moved in on
Western Leyte to replace $4,000
casualties already inflicted by four
American divisions.
Both sides are we'll equipped and
backed by heavy artillery.
The enemy convoy of four 5000
ton transports and Is destroyers-
the japanese frequently use the
swift destroyers for troop carrying
as we'll as escort duty-was spotted
by American airmen Thursday aft
ernoon as it entered Ormoc Bay.
Lightning fighters divebombed
with 1,000-pound explosives Mitch
ell medium bombers went in at low
level. Ships guns dotted the skies
with bursting ack ack. The Yank
flyers were in small force, but left
a transport smoking before break
ing off the engagement.
Thursday night patrol torpedo
boats darted in and out of destroyer
searchlight paths, slipped by geysers
up by 5-inch guns and sue
ceeded in sinking destroyer.
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Soviet Forces Beqin
Flanking Budapest
From West and East
German Counteruttucks
In Southern Suburbs
Of Capital Halted
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Nov. 11.-A wide
flanking movement took shape
on two sides of Budapest today
while the main Russian forces
holding the city under siege
clung to their positions in the
capitals southern suburbs
against powerful Nazi counter
attacks.
One group Of Marshal Rodio Y.
Malinovsky's End Ukraine Army
edged westward from the Tisza
River bridgehead, capturing addi-
tional strong points northeast of
Budapest and strengthening the
Russians hold on the Budapest
Miskolcz railroad.
Other Russian units and Yugo-
slav Partisan troops of Marshal
Tito pushed forward west of the
Danube River in drive up through
Southern Hungary aimed at PEGS.
Budapest May Be By-passed.
The f1anking movements developed
attacks on German and Hungarian
positions over a 200-mile front,
either end of which can turn into a
serious by-passing of Budapest.
Marshal Malinovsky's troops yes
terday preached the Budapest
Miskolcz line at Mezokovesd, IS
miles northeast of Budapest.
Slogging onward in heavy mud,
the Russian infantry added eight
villages and one railway station to
the Soviet salient stretching from
the upper Tisza River to the base
of the Matra Mountains, Moscow an
nounced.
This sector, where the only essen
tial changes of the entire eastern
front were reported in the last "a
hours, was steadily growing men,
ace to the rear of the German and
Hungarian forces still strung out
some 40 miles east and northeast
of Budapest.
Mezokovesd Threatened.
Mezokovesd itself was threatened
by the Russians with the capture of
Borsodszemere, miles to the south
west and miles from the railway
which skirts the Matra Mountains.
The I'd Ukranian Army, captur-
ing 4,100 prisoners in the last 48
hours. raised its total bag of pris-
oners to more than $4,000 since Oc-
tober 6, when the invasion of Hun
tgary began, Moscow said.
The Soviet bulletin said the Ger
mans constantly were reinforcing
their troops on the southern ap-
proaches to Budapest.
The increased number of prison.
ers being taken was considered in
Moscow an indication of the spread
of defeatism in the Hungarian
ranks. -
Evening star., 1944-11-11
picture on Page A-3.)

President Roosevelt paid trib-
ute to Americas fallen heroes at
the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier in Arlington National Gene
terry today and shortly there
after Edward N. Scheiberling,
national commander of the
American Legion, pledged that
the record Of broken promises"
of lasting peace after the World
War will not be repeated.
Leading the Nations observance
of the Armistice that ended the last
war 26 years ago, Mr.. Roosevelt
stood at attention in front of the
Unknown Soldiers Tomb as his
military aide and secretary, Maj
Gen. Edwin NJ. Watson, laid q
wreath at the base.
The President rode up beside the
tomb in his open car, with Secre-
tary of War Stimson beside him
and his little grandson, Jimmy
Boettiger, sitting beside the chauf.
feur in the front seat.
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Nutrition Value
OF Bread Rated
| Above Beer
BY the Associated Press.


Bread won a decision over beer
yesterday when the Federal Trade
Commission held it has more nu-
tritional value.
1T is necessary to INCEST rela-
lively large amounts of beer to OBJ
tain the nutrients and calories OBJ
tanned by what would to a working
man be a relatively small amount
Of white bread" the commission
said in a ruling regarding adver-
tising by brewers.
As a result of study, the FTC re-
ported, the Minnesota Brewers As
sociation of st. Paul and 13 men,
bers have agreed to stop advertis-
ing that "beer is comparable to or
the equivalent of bread in nutri-
tional value"
The commission declared "recog-
nized medical knowledge" shows
that: "Of nutritional ingredients,
beer contains no fiber or fat, as in
bread, and bread contains no alcohol,
as In beer
Evening star., 1944-11-11

"our present military shortages are
not product of our failure or our
mistakes.
They are a product of our sue
cesses," he added. 1--WE are running
months ahead of our military time
table. AS a result, we must obtain
from our war factories material that
was not scheduled for production
until next March"
The armed forces need heavy
artillery and mortar ammunition
especially, Mr.. Byrnes related. Gen.
Eisenhower's troops are currently
drawing upon their reserve supplies,
he said, and in the. Pacific Gen. Mac
Arthur's forces will use as much
105-mm. ammunition this month as
they did in all of last year.
ITO meet these demands from
the front, hot shells are being
(See BYRNES page A-o1
Evening star., 1944-11-11
President to Confer
On inaugural PIuns

Plans for the inaugural ceremonies
January 20 started shaping up today
when President Roosevelt arranged
q conference with David Lynn, ar
chitect of the Capital, and Edwin A.
Halsey, secretary Of the Senate.
The meeting was set for 5 o'clock
this afternoon.
1t is expected that the fourth
term inaugural ceremonies will be
simple.
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Three Prisoners Fail
In Lewisburg Break
BY the Associated Press.

Three prisoners made an unsuc-
cessful attempt to escape from the
Federal Penitentiary at Lewisburg
Pa, shortly after 9 am. today.
Disclosing the attempt, the Fed
eral Bureau of Prisons said the
three were overcome with tear gas
near the prison entrance.
The announcement said the pris-
oners, fourishing improvised knives,
forced the penitentiary medical Of
ficer, DR.. Edward Rinck, and his
secretary, Miss Norma Ruttkay, to
accompany them toward the prison
gates.
The bureau reported that guards
became suspicious, and when the
group entered the double-door in
closure leading to the exit, one OF
them fired a number of tear gas
bombs.
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Paris Crowds Cheer
Churchill al Rites
Al Arc de Triomphe
Prime Minister Has Eden
And High OfficioIs With
Him for Conference
BY the Associatec Press.

DY AAc hSSOCldltC fftSs.
PARIS, Nov. 11.-Prime Min
lister Churchill emerged from a
24-hour secrecy screen in Paris
today and joined Gen. Charles
de Gaulle in a traditional tribute
to war dead at the Arc de
Triomphe on Frances first Armi-
stice Day observance in five
years.
Mr.. Churchill arrived in Paris yes
terday with Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden for political and eco
nomic talks with the French.
Wearing the powder blue uniform
Of a marshal of the Royal Air Force
Mr.. Churchill laid a wreath on the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and
reviewed an hour-long parade OF
French forces down the Champs
Eysees
Americans Take Part.
Small detachments of British SOL
diers and American Army and Navy
base units also marched in the pa
rade
Despite the official secrecy of Mr.
Chuchill's visit until his ii o'clock
appearance at the ceremony, the
capitals main avenue was bordered
by a tight jam of people. Thou
sands kept up an intermitten chant,
"Vive Churchill, Vive De Gaulle,
Vive Koenig" CIT. Gen. Joseph
Pierre Koenig, commander of
French Forces of the Interior and
military governor of Paris.
Scores of Raj planes wheeled
overhead in the dim sunlight, and
a frigid breeze whipped the tongues
OF the eternal flame as Mr.. Churchill
placed the wreath and signed an
American Red Gross guest book.
Then the Prime Minister stood by
as Gen. de Gaulle pinned decorations
on a dozen soldiers and airmen.
three of them British Army officers
Foch's Widow Present.
The guests of honor included the
widow of Marshal Foch, World War
French commander in chief, and
severely wounded veterans of the
last war, some of them in wheel
chairs.
(Mr. Churchill and Gen. de
Gaulle were to participate later
in ceremonies in the Compiegne
Forest, scene of the signing of the
French armistice with Germany
in 1910, the London radio said in
a broadcast over the Blue Net
work..
1t was the first visit by a foreign
governmental chief since France.
liberation and Mr.. Churchill's frs
visit since the June of 1910 when hi
carried an invitation for union tt
tottering France.
Mr.. Churchill and Mr.. Eden were
accompanied by Mrs. Churchill ane
the Churchills' daughter Mary, Sil
Alexander Gadogan, permanent un.
dersecretary for foreign affairs. ane
a small party of military and civilian
aides.
They landed at a United State.
Air Transport Command base out.
side Paris, where they were met by
Gen. de Gaulle and other French
(See CHURCHILL page A-21
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Fire Hats Auction Sale
On Downtown Street

Nearly 100 persons were driven to
the street today when smoke from a
small basement fire interrupted the
regular Saturday auction sales at
the c. G.. Sloan Co., tbs Thirteenth
street NV Firemen quickly ex-
tinguished the blaze.
Three women employees in Sec
ond-floor office were unable to de-
scend the smoke-filled stairway.
They opened windows overlooking
the street and remained in the office
until smoke cleared away.
According to one witness, several
women attending the auction at
first refused to leave the auction
room when urged by firemen. Mark
McKnew Sloan, who was conducting
an auction of household goods, said
there would be no further sales to-
des.
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Shanghai Nanking Hit by B-29s;
Yanks> Well Beyond 1918 Lines,
Drive Ahead Southeast Of Metz
Nozis Report 800
Tanks Engaged in
Patton Offensive
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 11.-American
tanks and infantry, slugging well
beyond the 1918 Armistice Day
battleline, deepened a broad
wedge southeast of Metz today
and all but sliced the Metz
Sarrebourg railroad in fighting
advances within 20 miles of Ger
many's Saar border.
1t. Gen. George Patton's Sd Army
had thrust as deep as 8 miles in
three days, and Berlin asserted 600
tanks were engaged in the offensive
now in its fourth day of earth
shaking battle.
Fourth Division armored units
reached Lucy, II miles southeast of
Metz, and miles from the Sarre-
bourg railway, virtually denying its
use by the Germans These units
had advanced 514 miles beyond
Define Ridge in "a hours. Six miles
to the northwest. men, of the 9Th
Armored Division entered Luppy, 3
miles from the rail line.
Three Bridgeheads Over Moselle.
Other Doughboys drove nearly 7
miles north of captured Chateau
Salins to Haboudange, "a miles
southeast of Metz, and 20 miles from
the Saar.
North OF Metz, another Sd Army
prong pushed slowly eastward from
Mazieres, occupying a woods about
4 miles above Metz 1t was about
Is miles from the nearest columns
battering into the German flank
southeast of that fortress city.
Still farther north, Sd Army
troops had established three bridge
heads over the Moselle River near
Luxembourg on a curving battle
front that was as close as 10 miles
to the frontier of the industrial
Saar.
Rain, minefields and stubborn re-
Sistance slowed progress along the
75-mile Metz front Two German
counterattacks were beaten off near
Mazieres and Koeningsmacher on
the Moselle sectors.
German Forces Split.
Elements Of the 9Th Armored Divi-
sion. which took Luppy and fought
astride the road from Pont-a- Nous
son to Falquemont, split German
forces of undisclosed size. Some of
the enemy retreated northwest
toward Metz and some fell back
eastward.
On this 26th anniversary of the
armistice of the World War and
Gen. Patton's 59th birthday at least
six infantry divisions and two
armored divisions were engaged
along the line above and below Metz
They were advancing in two wings
divided by the German defensive
positions bulging out just west of
Metz.
The German Transocean news
agency broadcast a report that 600
tanks were engaged in the Allied
offensive and said that "the earth
of Lorraine is shaking from a hun
dredfold thunder of countless heavy
guns"
Despite these enemy reports of
the mounting intensity of the bat
tle-one claimed the recapture by the
Germans of the strategically impor-
tant Define Ridge-the Allied COM
munique said the Americans had
advanced against light to mod
crate resistance"
Gains south and east of Koenigs-
macher in the Moselle bridgehead
19 miles north of Metz were re-
Evening star., 1944-11-11
One Dies as Submarine
Rums Coast Guard Boot
By the Associated Press

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Nov. IL
One enlisted Coast Guard was killed.
another was injured seriously and
eight enlisted members of the crew
of a Coast Guard patrol craft were
rescued when the vessel was
rammed by submarine last night.
The lst Naval District public re-
lations Office said the submarine was
on routine operational mission
when she rammed and sank the
Coast Guard vessel near the ap-
proach to Portsmouth Harbor.
The submarine was not damaged
and none of her crew was injured.
The names of the casualties we're
withheld.
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Cut
In IS Meat Seen by
Agriculture Officials
Slaughter Of Hogs May
Drop IS Per Cent From
Lost Years Levels
BY the Associated Press.

by the AssOciateu freSS.
The Agriculture Department
today predicted that 1945 meat
production will be 10000, 900
pounds less than this year, or
about 8 per cent, due to livestock
liquidation. 1t also forecast a
lower level of production in 1916.
Prices of meats are expected to
hold close to ceiling levels because
of prospective continued heavy de-
mand.
Meat production this year is ex-
pected to total $500 900 900 pounds,
dressed meat basis.
Hog Slaughter Reduction.
The bulk of the predicted reduc-
tion in meat supplies will be pork.
the department said, estimating hog
slaughter in 1945 may be Is per
cent less than this years record
level.
Slaughter of sheep and lambs next
year may be 10 to 20 per cent smaller
than this year, the department said,
due to reduced production.
The departments Crop Reporting
Board said favorable weather for
maturing and harvesting of crops
during October had assured farmers
that 1914 crop production will be at
record levels.
The previous record output was in
1941. This years production of crops,
coupled with animal products,
establishes new record for the pro-
duction of all farm products.
Corn Prospects Better.
The department said good October
weather raised the prospective yields
of corn, sorghums, soybeans cotton,
potatoes, sweet potatoes and several
other minor crops.
Although these increases were off,,
set partially by heavy damages to
oranges. grapefruit and vegetables
along the Atlantic Coast, there was
q general improvement in prospects
for the country as whole.
The department raised its previous
estimate of corn production 81 ,000,-
900 bushels to place this important
grain crop at 3.258. .378, 900 bushels,
the largest on record. Corn produc-
ton totaled 3,076. .159, 900 bushels
last year and averaged 1850 1884 600
the last 10 years.
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Dewey Leaves Albany
For Georgia Vacation
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 1l.-Gov
Dewey left Albany today en- route to
Sea Island, Ga, for a rest of two OF
three weeks.
The Governor was accompanied
by Mrs. Dewey, their two sons
Thomas, jr., IL, and John Martin, 8
and Paul 8. Lockwood, the Cover
nor,s secretary. They were to be
joined In New York by Mr.. and Mrs
Carl T. (Pat) Hogan.
The Governors mother, Mrs.
George F. Dewey, will return y her
home In Owosso, Mich, tonight.
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Byrnes Says Invasion
Saved London From
Virtual Destruction
BY the Associated Press.


COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. IL
If Allied forces had not landed
on the continent June 6, little
would have been left of Lon
don" because of the flying
bomb menace, War Mobiliza-
ton Director Byrnes said to-
day.
Mr.. Byrnes, in an Armstice
Day speech, said an inspection
of a flying bomb launching site
near Cherbourg had convinced
him that only by invasion
could we ever have curbed the
destruction by those flying
bombs"
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Pro-Russiun Heads
New Finnish Cabinet

Ey tlie ASSoc13teG FfeSS.
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Finnish
radio announced today that Juho
Paasikivi, veteran peace envoy and
friendly to Soviet Russia, had ac-
cepted the premiership in new
Finnish government.
He succeeds Erhu Castren, whose
government has been criticized for
its handling Of the RUSSO Finnish
armistice problems. 4
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Shells Being Shipped
While Still Hot Due
To Needs, Byrnes Says
U. S, Military Successes
Causing Shortages of
Supplies, He Reveals
BY the Associated Press.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. IL
Demand for artillery ammuni-
ton is so great that hot shells
are being loaded into freight cars
for overseas shipment as soon as
the INT inside them hardens,
War Mobilization Director Byrnes
said today.
He made this disclosure in an
Armistice Day address:
I'VE must not let pride in our
accomplishments blind us to the
magnitude of our needs" Mr..
Byrnes cautioned. explaining that
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Biggest Philippine Battle Near
As Japanese Pour in Troops
Enemy Lands Reinforcements on Leyte
Despite Loss Of 10 Ships in Convoy

At dawn yesterday Mitchells In
force took the air. But a rain squall
blotted out the newly arrived con-
voy. When that cleared, the Japa-
nese billowed smoke screen over
the ships.
A japanese air cover of more than
20 planes was routed. At least l6
were shot down, possibly more.
BY noon the Mitchells got to work
They sank three transports and six
destroyers. The enemy had achieved
sizable landings, but his work wasn't
all done.
Capt. Edward Maurer of Nyack,
N. Y, who led one flight of Mitch
ellis, saw one transport 60 down in
30 seconds.
Convoy Remnants Flee.
The action ended late yesterday
when the convoy remnants fed west
toward Cebu. The attack cost four
bombers and four fighters.
Yamashita, shifted in an emer-
gency from Malaga to the Philip
pines, committed his reinforce
ments to a sector of Leyte covered
by mountain ridges and crossed by
single, narrow, winding road from
American-held Pinamopoan south
to Japanese-held Ormoc.
Yanks moved north, south and
west against these japanese from
Eastern Yeyte, whose ports, air.
fields and highway network were
wrested swiftly from Yamashita' s
Inflated predecessor, 1t. Gen.
Shigoneri Kuroda.
Moving south from Carigara Bay,
dismounted lst Cavalry Division
troops of Maj. Verne D. Nudge
gained miles yesterday in ridge
country on one flank of the Pima
mopoan- -Ormo0 road.
Down the road and in bordering
high ground, the oath Infantry Div
ision of Maj. Gen. Frederick A.
Irving encountered tough going.
Near Hill 1.525, they hurled back
japanese counterattacks, inflicting
severe casualties.
A field dispatch today from Spen-
(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-40
Evening star., 1944-11-11
National Stadium
Plans Outlined

Plans for the National Sta
dium in Washington as an
appropriate war memorial,
which will be given impetus
by the initiation of a city-wide
movement next week, are out
lined in an illustrated feature
appearing in The Star tomor-
row. Also, in the feature sec
ton, will be presented the first
of a series of articles dealing
with the Army Service Forces
and the all-encompassing role
1t is playing in the logistics Of
total war, tomorrow in
Evening star., 1944-11-11
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Japanese controlled Nanking,
China, felt the blows of B-29
Super FortresseS today, while a
Japanese broadcast claimed
other formations of air giants
had raided the islands of Kyushu
and Saishu.
A later japanese announcement
said Shanghai also was, attacked, but
claimed damage was extremely
negligible"
A War Department communique
said a large task force of China
based planes bombed docks and
warehouses at Nanking. Details of
the damage inflicted were not made
known, but the War Department
said further information would be
given as soon as available.
Eighty Planes Reported Attacking.
An imperial japanese communi-
que, broadcast by the Domei news
agency and recorded by the Federal
Communications Commission, as
serted that 80 of the Super Fort
resses had struck at the two home
islands about 10 am. Saturday
(Tokyo time.
The bombers caused only slight
damage" and fled after blindly
dropping bombs from above the
Clouds" the broadcast said
The Tnb,ro Iio rooo,,
Nuisance fight by "a slight number
of enemy planes" over the southeast
coastal area of Honshu, main island
of Japan. The type of planes was
not specified. -...e--. .ar
Kyushu is the southermost of the
Japanese home islands. Saishu,
just below the southern tip of Ko-
rea, is about $50 miles to the west
Flew Through Daylight.
The Super Fortresses flew through
daylight to accomplish their mission,
the War Department said. 1t was
the second major daylight operation
by planes of the goth Air Force with
IN a week, other India based craft
having struck on November 5 at in
stallations at Singapore, at the tip of
the Malay Peninsula, and at an oil
refinery at Pangkalan-Brandon on
the north coast of Sumatra.
Kyushu Island was hit by strong
force of Super Fortresses on Octo-
ber Is, and returning pilots said the
Omura air base there was perfectly
pattered with bombs. The area en-
braces one of the most important
aircraft assembly plants in the Jap
anese home islands.
Today's War Department an
nouncement made no mention of
any raids other than against Nam
king.
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, in his ca
pacity as commanding general of
the Goth Air Force, said the Nam
king attack was staged by Maj. Gen.
Curtis E. LeMay's bomber command.
Nanking, located 225 miles inland
from Shanghai, near where the
Yangtze empties into the East China
Sea, is the seat of populous Kiangsu
Province and headquarters for a
Japanese-controlled puppet govern
ment.
On November 2 the puppet gov
ernment announced the appoint
ment of Jen Yuan-tao, navy min
lister, as governor of Kiangsu Prov
ince "in view of the strategic i'm
portance of the province"
Evening star., 1944-11-11
One Super ortress
Believed Missino,
Communique Says
BULLETIN.

B-29s today hit three vitally
important enemy targets
Nanking and Shanghai in oc-
cupied China and Omura on
the Japanese home island of
kyushu. On the basis of pre-
liminary reports, one of the
Super Fortresses is missing,
the Goth Air Force said in a
communique. Two enemy
planes were shot down, seven
others probably destroyed and
II damaged.
Evening star., 1944-11-11
Sweden AssuiIs Nozis
For Closing BuItic
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.-Sweden
has protested vigorously to Berlin
against German declaration that
any ship in the Baltic Sea might be
sunk without warning. a Stockholm
dispatch to the American-Swedish
news exchange said today.
Sweden's protest, handed to the
German Minister in Stockholm, held
the declaration unjustified and
warned that the German govern
ment would be held responsible fol
any attacks on Swedish shipping.
Evening star., 1944-11-11

The German radio today declared
the Baltic was an operational area
in which every ship was lihely to
be sunk without warning. ~