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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
FAMED BOMBSIGHT
MAKERS INDICTED
BY FEDERAL JURY

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-tR)-Car]
L. Norden, Inc, makers OF the
famed Norden bonlbsights, was
indicted oy Federal Grand Jury
today, accused of conspiracy to
hamper output Of the war devices
which have been credited with
playing major part in American
air successes.
Named in two indictments were
Theodore H. Barth, president, and
Ward E. Marvelle, vice president
of the Norden firm; the efficiency
survey company Of Corrigan, Os-
burne and Wells; Navy Cmdr.
John D. Corrigan as head of the
concern. and Robert H. Wells. vice
president.
The indictments further charge
a conspiracy designed to force War
plants to employ the survey COM
pany, specialists in the installation
of production control systems.
Carl L. Norden, Dutch-born in
ventor of the bombsight who re-
Gently turned over to the U. S.
government all patents, models
and designs, was not involved.
government officials said, adding
that he no longer was associated
with the firm.
The Norden firm said later in a
statement that the charges We're
as utterly fantastic as they are
untrue
This corporation developed tho
Norden bombsi1,1t, turned the pat
ents over to the Navy, and has not
only met but exceeded every pro-
duction schedule SET up by the
Navy" the statement continued.
Wells, in another statement, de-
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
NAz INFLUENCE
IN SPAIN CITED
British Envoy Says Coun-
try Was Morally
Occupied

LONDON, Dec. 19.-R-Spain
was morally occupied" by the
Germans in the early years of the
war, and Nazi influence directed
much of Spain's national life, Lord
Templewood told the House OF
Lords today. He resigned two days
ago after serving five years as am.
bassado., to Madrid.
Reviewing his experiences in the
once hostile Spanish capital, the
former Sir Samuel Hoare said that
:. ..althou Oh Spain was not maitarily
occupied in those early years OF
the war, Spain was morally occu-
pied"
He was assigned to Madrid in
1910 with instructions to kee Spain
as neutral IS possible.
Speaking as a patient man who
endured much, Templewood said:
During the greater part OF this
time, the German armies were on
the frontier. German influence per-
vaded many important sections of
the national life. The Germans fo~
instance had great influence with
the police and the press"
The conservative, aristrocratic
diplomat, who has been under fire
frequently at home for alleged ap-
peasement of FasciSts, carefully
refrained from criticizing the re-
gime of the Spanish dictator, Cen
eralissimo Franco.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
Many Camp Davis Gunners
Make IT Hot For Germans

wanted to surrender themselves
and the fort they occupied.
One officer and IS men of anoth-
er IA battalion accounted for
three German tanks and 81 men
near Paris. In the confused fight
ing at Mons, men from this same
battalion led by Captain Theodore
S. De France, of New York, am
pushed a German troop train,
knocked out the locomotive with
well-placed shots from a 37-nm
gun, and killed, wounded or cap
tured more than 100 Germans.
Men of the antiaircraft battali-
ons like to talk about shooting up
ground targets, but the sWastikas
painted on their guns bear evil
dence that they have done their
best work against enemy planes.
On August %, one AA battalion
knocked down Is of 80 enemy
planes while defending bridge
across the Seine at Melun. Of the
IA that turned and fled, eight trail
ed streams of black smoke.
On October 5, when Germans
tried their biggest daylight raid OF
the campaign, Al or the SO planes
fell within 20 minutes. Another sc
were blazing as they disappeared.
The AA battalion commanded by
1t. Col. William A. Stricken, Jr.,
Reform, Ala, leads in the number
of enemy planes shot down with
a confirmed total of So. The bat
talon has claimed 10 victims, but
not all have received the neces-
sary confirmation which included
discovery of the wreckage or eye
witness reports from several OBJ
servers.
First Army antiaircraft officers
attribute part of this success to
close cooperation with the Air
Force. Another part of their Sue
cess is the craftsmanship of their
gunners. Once early in the cam
paign, 1t. Gen. Omar N. Bradley,
then commanding the First Army.
jokingly chided his antiaircraft Of
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
Ring Of Russian Fire
Mrown Around KQssQ

LONDON, Thursday, Dec. TO-
R-Bursting through a network
Of trenches and blockhouses with.
in nine miles Of the Czechoslovak
communications hub of Kassa, the
Red Army yesterday threw siege
arc around that hinge position OF
the German Gefenses and cut the
road-rail escape route to the South
west.
The drive on Kdssa was the high
spot Of day Of general advances
on a front Of more than 80 miles
in southern Slovakia and northern
Hungary, the Moscow broadcast
communique disclosed, with gains
as much as eight miles from pre-
viously-announced positions and
entries into Slovakia at many new
points.
Both the regular nightly COM
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munique and a rost-midnight sup.
plement stressed the stubborn ma
ture of the enemy defenses both
in men and in engineering works
in the forested mountains.
In capturing the village of Sen
va, alone nine miles south of Kas-
sa, the Russians killed 400 Ger
mans and Hungariars and captur-
ed more than 1000 it was announc-
ed.
They thrust within eight miles
OF the frontier south of Losonc in
series of fighting maneuvers
that promiser quickly to give them
q solid front of 140-odd miles from
kassa on the east to captured
lpoly-Sa2 on the west
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
Churchill
To- Debate
Greece

sONDON, Dec. 19.-tRAA show
sown on British policy in Greece
developed suddenly tonight when it
was agreed that a special emer-
gency debate on the issue should
be held in the House Of Commons
tomorrow.
Prime Minister Churchill, w h o
had refused requests to debate the
Greek question today, served no
tice on his critics that if they
wanted a showdown it would have
to come on a vote of censure,
with his coalition government
standing or falling on tn out
come.
The minority Labor party ac-
copied the prime minister's chal-
lenge and agreed to the debate
on the vote of censure.-
Churchill himself a n d possibly
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
are expected to plead the Govern
ment's case.
Leaders of the Laborite mem.
bers of Parliament called spe-
cial meeting to draft the party
policy.
Just few hours before the an
nouncement of the emergency de-
bate Churchill hit back at his crit
les in stormy session Of Com
mons, defending the policy of in
tervention, not only in Greece, but
also in Belgium, where, he said,
1--WE are acting upon American in
structions.'
The prime minister declined to
give any review of the military
situation to Parliament before
Christmas in view of security cen
sorship imposed by the military
command on the Western Front.
"A great battle is proceeding
now," he said. THE question of
temporary news blackout on the
Western Front is one for the SUI
preme commander to settle on the
spot, and, of course, l support
him."
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
Rivers, HarbOrs BillKi11ed
AS 18th Congress Closes:
State Nominations Passes
FDR Denies Kristen !,
Of Atlantic ChQr,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.llRH
President Roosevelt. returning to
a Capital seething with debate on
foreign policy, today declared he
stills stands on the Atlantic Char.
ter's principles.
He told news conference that
the Charter does not exist as a
formal document signed by him
self and Prime Minister Churchill
but that it was signed in sub
stance.
1t was Mr.. Roosevelt's first op-
portunity to use the world sound
ing board of a White House con-
ference in more than three weeks
he returned this morning from
restful visit to Warm Springs,
Ga.-and he picked his way care
fully through a cross-fire of ques-
tons dealing chiefly with foreign
affairs. AS result, direct, spe-
cific. answers were few and far
between.
Besides the Atlantic Charter,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
NATIONAL DEBT
LIMIT BOOSTED
Wartime Lawmaking Ses-
sion Had Stormy Battle
With FDR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 49,
Up, - A half billion dollar
rpost-war Rivers and Harbors
In was killed tonight when
the 18th Congress adjourned.
stringent opposition against the
rsasure developed from House
. ..ssed rider exempting the $780,
mNOOO Central Valley project
raIif) from a 42-year old recla-
nation law
Snearheading objection to the ri
dor we're Senators LaFollette (prog-
Wis and Hatch (D-NNI) who con-
tended ii would affect the basic
lind laws of the country and should
MT he handled in a hasty manner.
The two Westerners suggested,
instead, that the Central Valley is
zip be studied b. the Senate r.
restion and Reclamation Commit
l.cN''9
lee.
Had the measure passed, it faced
possible veto because of opposi-
inn of Interior Secretary Ickes to
he rider which, he said, would
nave the way for land speculation
in California.
The gavel fell in the House at
f59 pm. and the Senate ended its
,rOlonged wartime session at 1922
pm,
The final days before adjourn
mem saw an eruption of opposi-
lion 10 six State Department NOM
Eitions made by the President but
tae Senate finaliY confirmed them.
Twice during the two years OF al
most continuous sessions the Presi-
dent was overridden on vetores of
major legislation. Over his objec-
hons. the Congress wrote into the
law the Snith-Connally War Labor
Disputes Act and the 1914 Tax Act.
The later measure, a 50, 300, 100000
bill which fell far short of Admins
stration hopes, SO irritated the
President that he wrote Congress a
singing rebuke that precipitated
The historic but temporary break
between the White House and its
Senate floor leader, Alben w. Bark
ley Of Kentucky.
The President Jared better on a
third major veto, of legislation out
having the Administrations food
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
First Army Massing Forces
For Counterblows At Nazis;
Enemy Offensive Continues
GERMAN TANKS
| CRUSH DEFENSE
Some Doughboys Die Un.
der Treads Rather Than
Retreat w. I'd,

STOCKHOLM. Dec. 19.-M~
The Aftonbladet said In an usas
attributed story today that 1t
was rumored in Berlin new
attempt was made recently
on the life of Adolf Hitler. The
rumors say the Plessheim cas-
tie In Bavaria was swept by
fire while Hitler was staying
there, the newspaper stated.
SUPREME HEADQUAR.
TIERS ALLIED EXPEDI.
TIONARY FORCE, Paris.
Dec. 19.-B - The German
Christmas COMPREHENSIVE
on the Western Front assum-
ed the proportions of an at
tempted major breakthrough
tonight as the first frontline
dispatches trickling through
a news blackout disclosed that
the U. S. First Army was
massing infantry and armor
in an effort to stabilize the
front.
Despite the Americans desper.
ate holding fight, the enemys
tank-led battering ram continued
probing into Belgium and Luxem-
bourg on a front Of approximate
ly 70 miles extending from above
Monschau in the north to the vi
cinity of Echternach in the south.
The Germans apparently were
hammering with the same fury
that in the first three days of the
assault rolled back the First Ar.
my at least 20 miles at one point.
Associated Press Correspondent
Yves Gallagher said the Nazi adj
vance had been halted south of
Monschau today in bloody fight
ing during which "some gallant
doughboys stood fast in their fox
holes and let themselves actually
be run over by Nazi tanks without
retreating."
But farther south The situation
still remained fluid and obscure,
Gallagher said.
While they were not permitted
to give specific information as to
where and how far the German
columns had penetrated, cores
pondents at the front told of saw.
age fighting with heavy casualties
on both sides.
Kenneth Dixon OF the Associated
Press reported that there was no
doubt the German onslaught was
aimed at breakthrough Of the
First Army's lines. He said the
enemy in some places had dropped
paratroops and also had brought
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
PUBLIC PROMISED - !.
TRUE STATEMENT
ON NAZI ADVANCE

SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
A L L I E D ExPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Paris, Dec. 10. - R) 49,
The full and truthful account Of
the reverses on the American First
Army front will be given the pub
lie at the earliest moment con.
sistent with military security. SUI
preme Headquarters promised to-
night.
The statement was in answer to
protests of American and British
correspondents against the news
blackout imposed on the German
counteroffensive in Belgium and
Luxembourg.
There was no indication, how
ever, as to now soon any part of
the story would be brought into
the open and no likelihood that the
restrictions would be removed
within the next "a hours
Correspondents here were told
that the news ban was imposed
upon the specific direction Of 1t.
Gen. Courtney H. Hodges COM
the First Army with the
concurrence Of Supreme Headquar-
tiers.
The blackout, it was said, would
not be lifted until Hodges agreed
that Allied disclosures would not
be giving the Germans information
on the extent and location of the
generations which they might not
otherwise know definitely due to
the fluid battle and extended
commune tons.
Correspondents expressed tie
view that it should be possible at
least to give an account of the
first days developments in the
counteroffensive, declaring it I'M
likely to assume that the German
command was not now fully aware
ion was raised whether continu-
If its gains on Sunday. The oues-
ance Of the blackout now was due
to security or stemmed in
part from actual inability to COM
nunicate between SHAEF ana
First Army headquarters
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
II More Jap Ships
Destroyed By Navy
Fliers Over Luzon

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD.
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Dec.
19.-LP-Adm. Chester w. Ninitz
today reported the additional de-
struction of IA ships and small
craft in the carrier plane sweeps
over Lzon December 10, IA, and
Is, raising to al the number of en-
envy vessels sunk in the three-dav
attack. =
The conmunique revised down
ward from 66 to 81 the number of
vessels DAMAGED.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
Large Japanese Force
On Leyte Is Trapped

GENERAL MACARTHURS HEADQUARTERS, Phil
ippines, Dec. 20-(PThe largest Npponese organized
force still in action West Leyte has been caught in trap
convergng Yanks within six miles of swapping shut
even larger trap the enemy and organized resistance
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-20
FORECAST

Fer Wilmington and Vicinity: Clearins
and colder today with highest temper
ot,res about As degrees.
Yesterdays temperatures:
High. Glow, 80.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
Will They Learn?

Many of the changes proposed in the Price Control Act before it was renewed for another year, undoubtedly had a eElutary effect on the administrators of the law.
 Changes in the Act as passed reduced mandatory fines or damages for lnadyert- ent errors in price ceilings. That colossal failure of two years standing, the High est Price Line Limitations order, which prevented many established stores from selling certain of the lOWest-pfieed W0men'g and ehildren's wearing apparel, was definitely eliminated. But Federal District Courts or Circuit Courts of Ap- peal were not opened to litigants to ehal- ienge the validity of price regulations.
 As the smoke clears away, there IS the definite impression that OPA officials realize that, while the public is behind them on the basic principles Of ratlonlng and price control, t is definitely ipslstent on OPA showing spirit of tolerance and cooperation, rather than bureauefailc diefation.
 It is to be hoped that those ip charge Of administering the Price Control Aet will now be more disposed to cooperate with industry, and that high government officials who determine OPAs policies, may be more willing to make needed ad. lustments without endless delays that are detrimental to the consuming pubic ag well as producers and retailers,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
lronie Paradoxes

Sir Ronald Storrs, former British gov. ernor of Palestine. has taken Americans Co task for advocating opening PaleS- tine to refugee Jews in teSty piece in London paper. Tt is an ironic paradox" he writes, that Allied citizens should seek to prove their sympathy with per- secuted European Jewry not by open ing their own doors. but by forcing yet more myriadS into a denSely populated and protesting country the size of Wales, Of which they themselves are neither the owners nor the mandatory controllers"
 Sir Ronald forgetS. or perhaps has not heard, that we have opened our doors belatedly and inadequately perhaps, but at least to the extent of one free port" of haven. He forgetS or perhaps does not believe that the Jews have a claim to Palestine centuries older than owner ship" or mandatorieS.
 We should like to recommend to Sir Ronald a recent book on Palestine by pr. Walter C. Lowdermilk, who is not a poli- tician but an American agricultural ex. pert pr. Lowdermilk tells how the Jews in Palestine, by conservation and irriga- tion, have made large desert areas of this "densely populated" country fertile and productive He also tells pathetic story of the Shipload of Jews who had fled the Nazis in Czechoslovakia, and who were allowed to dock in Palestine only be- cause their ship was vermin-infested. The passengers were doctors, lawyers, scien- lists. educators. soldiers. All were sick with scurvy. Some had died, packed in Shelf-like wooden hunks in the hull of their old tramp steamer, stifled by weeks at sea under the broiliEg Mediterranean summer sun. Many more, perhaps, all, would die. For they couldn't stay. The Nazis had given them no viSas. They couldn't land in British-msndated Pales- tine-or anywhere else-without them. So they went back to sea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
Canada's Own Army

Canadian soldiers at last are fighting as members of their own army. They and their countrymen can well be proud that the Canadian lSt army, organized in England in 1922, is finally operating in England in l942, is finally operating in France as a separate entity And we in this country. as admirers Of our good neighbor and ally to the north, can un- derstand and share that pride.
 In this war as in the last one, Can- adians have won the reputation of be- ing among the worlds best soldiers. AS such they have been called on to do lot of tough and bloody tasks. Two years ago at Dieppe they displayed bravery that can stand in their country's his- tory with that of their fathers at Ypres, the Somme, Viny Ridge, Amiens and Cambrai
 Canadians have distinguished them selves in the Italian campaign. and in the recent smash through German de- lenses at Caen. In the dark days after Dunkirk. Canadian troops were Englands best hope to repel the expected Nazi invasion.
 Canadian flyers have participated in all the great raids on Germany and oc- cipied Europe often making up 30 to 8 per cent Of RAF personnel. And Can- allan sailors have manned almost half ne total convoy operations between hlnerica and Britain
 Canada. as we well know, has done lar more than her per capita share toward victory. Her army of 478.000 navy of 8O.00O, and air force of 203,000 men are a tremendous force from a country Of ll 500 900 people. All the men on over seas duty are volunteers. This contribu- fion has been made almost anonymously as part of the British military force. Can ada is a young, proud. strong nation. Ma turally she appreciates national recogni- ti0n.
 Her industry has built up navy from what was almost literally one tugboat before the war to a fleet that could put more than 100 ships into the D-D ln- vasion. Her industry has helped to trans form a few Canadian infantry divisions into what is probably the most heavily armored force in any of the worlds armies-a sort Of elite assault corps. Tn the allied plan of teamwork which Gen. eral Eisenhower has preached so earnest ly and practiced so superbly the Cana dians now have their own team. They are not subsidiaries any more, but equals In view of their spirit. their accomplish naentg and their sacrifices. this is as 1t should be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
There's a Difference

Periodically the question of consumer cooperatives is brought to public atten- ton. For some reason, promoters Of consumer cooperativeS always lead the public to believe that private business fights such organizations; also that for some reason a consumer cooperative IS more efficient and run by more honest men than ordinary private business.
 As a matter of fact, consumer cooper actiyes are no better managed and have no more honest men in charge of them than private stores. They are all sub- feet to the same shortcomings and the same failures. Most members of con- sumner cooperatives run some business or farm of their own for profit" and yet they will support "non-profit" coopera- tiyes to buy their own supplies "at cost.
 Every merchant knows that if all bus mess ran on the mo profit" program oi the consumer cooperative, we would soon go back to the progressive" days of the Stone Age. But if hundred or thou sand men want to buy and sell merchan- disc to themselves at no profit, they have a right to do so, so long as they do not ask public subsidies and tax exemptions
 The difference between a marketing coop and a consumer coop IS that Jhe marketing coop seeks to sell the product of its members for flair and reasonable profit" The consumer coop is pretty much like a flea on dog-as long as there is a dog to fatten on. the flea can live. As long as there is somebody nlak- ing profit at some kind of business, con sEIner co-ops can get customers to sel to at mo profit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14

side of the veil, We can imagine fhet quite 2 few distinguished men Of letters had Q good laugh at EIltlegs expense the day the books were burned.
 Mankind has an lpyeteFate uD- willingness to fact facts, and the more eyll people are, the Less are they willing 10 faee them, We kn0W how 70 our own experience we Wlll GO alm0st anything but fact up with some unpleasant reality which VII reveal our pettlness, our weak ness Of character, our IIleaness,
 One Gf the most impeFishable things lD all the world ls fact We may hate it all we have Q mind to, but there lt stands, arms aktmb0, asking us what we gre going to do about lt. If we try t0 set fire to c. or strike It down with Q sword, we hear pealg of deFlslve laughter eoIns Ing out or nowhere, and we know that the universe ls making sport Of us
 There ls only ono thing to do with a fact. and that ie to face lt and recognize its demands,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-14
An Opportunity for Progress

The United States Public Health Serv- ice has been given authority to make grants-in-aid for medical research ID public or private institutions, increase apprOpriations to states engaged in gen. eral public health work. establish a rational tuberculosis program and toSteF preventative medicine.
 It would seem that such cooperation by the government with both public and private agencies is one Of its legitimate functions ia carrying out any pubic health program. It is not compulsory, but it does provide a basis for coordtnat- ing the medical facilities Of this nation, and making the results Of medical educa- ton, research and practice available to individuals. doctors and hospitals ln every city and rural community.
 If the hand Of politics can be kept out of the United States Public Health Sefy' ice, 1t can be the focal point for encour' aging rapid strides in progressive Amefl' can medicine, COOrdinating public and private health activities for the benefit of all the people, without destroying the initiative Of American medicine by ere, ating a national medical monopoly and compulsory medical practices, Is ule goal that must be kept in sight.
 If there is any agency 0f government that should cooperate With all neallb agencies, it is the United States Pubic Health Service. Let us hope that VII be it's policy and that private medicine may work with it with a feeling Of secuf- ity rather than fear.