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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
Allies Pound Nazis
With 114,7OO Tons
Of Bombs In Month

LONDON, Dec. 3.-LR--Alied
warplanes dropped more than Ill.,
700 tons of bombs on Germany du.
ring November, the greatest a.
mount Of explosives to hit the
Reich in a single month, it was
announced today.
British-based bombers of the
Raj Jared Germany with a rec
ord load of $4,000 tons on 10 days
and % nights of operations in No
vember, the biggest winter opera
tional month of the war.
Fortresses and Liberators of the
U. S. Air Force based in Britain
flew $500 trips on 18 operationa
days - compared with only l.
days Of flying in November, 1884
and ripped Germany with 1888
tons of explosives. The Eight
Air Forces biggest bombin!
month of the war was during tn
invasion month of June when 60,
900 tons were scattered over bot
France and Germany.
Heavy bombers Of the U. S. 15tl
Air Force stationed in Italy bal
tered Germany with an additions
| 1890 tons.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
Crisis In Italian
Government Marked
By Street Fighting

ROME, Dec. 3.-lR-Fistfights
between Monarchists and Repub-
licans marked the beginning to-
day of the second week of the
Italian government crisis, still I'M
solved four days after Crown
Prince Umberto asked Premier
Ivanoe Bonomi to reform his cab
met.
A two-hour free-for-all broke out
at the Quiring theatre when Mon
archist Leader EMO Selvaggi
spoke on the aims of the Demo
cratic party, strongest political
group backing the monarchy.
Republicans began chanting
"Pescara, Pescara' - the port
from which King Vittorio Eman-
uefe embarked for. southern Italy
after the armistice. Fights start
ed, and spread to the streets be-
fore being quelled by city police
and mounted Carabinieri.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04

WITH AN AMERICAN IMAM
TRY OUTFIT IN GERMANY, Dec.
3-R)-The deep and almost I'M
reasoning terror Germans have
for American artillery, which is by
far the most awesome weapon on
the Western Front, was illustrated
today in a diary taken from a cap
tured Nazi medical aid man.
Here is what he said:
t'The first light shows in the
east. The hour is approaching. We
expect the Ami GERRY slang for
Americans to attack at 1880 a. m.
Then our fate will be decided. 1t is
Sunday; my God, today is Sunday.
The edge of our forest gets a bar
rage. The earth trembles, concus-
sion takes away my breath. To our
left machineguns begin and here
come the Ami.
"Now Ami artillery ceases and
Ami tank guns are firing Like mad.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
IS PERSONS KILLED
AND l46 WOUNDED
IN GREEK RIOTING

ATHENS, Dec. 3. Up Greek
police fired on a crowd of left
wing Fam demonstrations in this
capital bodybuilding Is and wound
ing 148 persons by Fam account
and pitched battle broke out in
an Athens suburb between Royal
lists and EAM army members.
prime Minister George Papan-
dreou in broadcast to the Greek
nation, heard in London by the AS
scciated Press, charged leaders
of the extreme left are preparing
the way to civil wary
The crowd of EAM synpathizers
turned back to police guns this
morning in constitution square in
Guided women and children.
A crowd was demonstrating
against Papandreou's orders that
oil guerrillas be disarmed and dis
banded.
In suburb in the shadow of the
Acropolis, Royalists and men Of the
Ella s-the EAM's army - battled
openly. and til conflict had lasted
five hours by tonight.
This battle was a new flareup OF
long-drawn-out hostilities, and the
reason for the latest Elias attack
nav be found in the fact (several
words censoreO who were respon'
sible for turning over British Sten
guns to the Athens civil police who
onened fire n the demonstrators
+kie ~ orniroC
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
CONGRESS FACES
WEEK OF FIGHTS
Social Security Tax In
crease Expected To
Bring Battle

WASHINGTON, Dec. s. Up -
This is the week the 18th Congress
expected to close its books for
keeps-but won't.
Instead, it runs head on into a
legislative docket containing the
makings Of a first-class fight with
the White House and bullying with
enough business to keep the "lame
duck session here for at least a
week longer than its leaders had
planned.
The fireworks are packaged in a
brief bill holding at one per cent
the employer and employee Social
Security tax, scheduled to rise to
two per cent on January 1 unless
Congress freezes it at the present
rate for the fourth time.
Despite predictions Of a Presi-
Dental vet the House plans to
pass the bill Wednesday after de.
batting it Tuesday. Prompt Senate
approval is expected by hackers
of the legislation.
While confident of enough votes
to shove the measure through both
branches, the bills proponents
aren't so certain they can override
a veto.
Should the legislation clear the
House Wednesday as planned, il
will be followed by an overall sup
Elemental appropriation bill, q
measure authorizing the appoint
ment of four five-star admirals and
four five-star generals. and reso
luton urging that Palestine be
opened for development as ma
tiona1 home for Jews.
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
JAPS HELD TESTING
BASIC STRATEGY IN
U.S.. AID TO CHINA

RUNNING, China, Dec. SIP
The Japanese offensive in south
eastern China already has exploit
ed certain weaknesses in the Am
erican-Chinese partnership and is
testing the basic strategy Of Am.
erican help for China.
1t is quite possible that the enc
my, aiming at least for KWeiyang,
will also strike for Running and
Chungking and will attempt to off
set the prospective opening of the
Ledo-Burma road from India. The
Americans may be forced to take
extraordinary measures to save a
tremendous military investment
here.
The japanese already have par
tally neutraEzed the value of the
Ledo-Rurma road by their often
sive against Chinese forces in the
southeast, who were ultimately to
be equipped with tonnages sent in
over that supply link.
1t is probable that the equipment
and training expended on prepar-
ing the Chinese expeditionary force
for the Burma road offensive would
have saved southeastern China.
Apparently the fundamental err
ror in estimating the Chinese mill.
tary situation was in making the
road the first order of business. II
now has become obvious that the
American airbases in southeastern
China we're never secure, and the
American program never got
around to preparing the Chinese te
protect them. This elaborate pro
gram never passed the paper
stage. The order of business called
for the supply and equipment Of
these forces out of tonnages over
the Iedo-Burma road.
AS a result, the Japanese now
are consolidating a virtual lane
link between Manchuria and 1ndo
China, and the U. S. 18th Air Force
has lost its bases for its highly
successful seasweeps against Jap
anese shipping as well as for po'
tential support of an American
landing on the China coast. The
japanese also have improved thei1
defense of their homeland agains1
B-29 raids from China.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
BRITISH ADVANCE
TO WITHIN TWO
MILES OF RUSSl

ROME, Dec. s. Up British
Eighth Army troops advancing
through the Pc valley on broad
front northeast of Faenza have
driven to within two miles Of
Russi, junction city astride the
main Ravenna-Faenza highway,
the Allied high command announe.
ed today.
Supported by more than $500
planes of all types and strong tank
formations, the British drive start
ed yesterday and the Germans
were forced back toward Russi
between Albereto and the Montons
river. The retreat cost the Ger.
mans their last footholds on the
west bank of the Montone. The
Allied communique said the Ger
mans were trying to establish a
line along the Scolo via Culpa
canal just south of Russi.
The German news agency DNB
in a Berlin broadcast admitted
British troops attacking on large
scale had succeeded in "pene-
trating into the German main
fighting area" but said Nazi
counterattacks had forced the
British to withdraw.
Clear skies over the italian bat.
tie front afforded the Allied air
force ideal flying weather and the
pilots had their biggest day in
three months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
WAR INDUSTRY
LEFT IN RUIN
Pilots Report Toughest OPP
position Over Nippon
csc City

SAIPAN, Dec. 3.-(By Ma
Wy Radio)-(P)-Saipan bas-
e d Superfortress bombers,
raiding Tokyo's great Musa-
shima aircraft factory today
or their fourth visit to the
Japanese capital, lodged In.
tense anti-aircraft fire and
fought off swarms Of fight
ers but left industrial areas in
flames and ruin.
Pilots said this was the toughest
Tokyo raid yet but also the mos
successful, since the target wa:
clearly outlined in sunlight during
the hour and half assault.
Second 1t. John w. lid of Rud
yard, Mich, copilot of the frs
plane over the target, saw hi
bombs touch off several explo
sions. Each following wave saw
stronger proof of devastation be
low, but also had stronger inter
ception.
An undetermined number o
enemy planes were shot down.
The attackers flew over thicl
overcast unit! the Tokyo area "ans
then it was clear as bell TO,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
BRITISH ATTACK
IN NETHERLANDS
German Air Force Sends
Up Many Planes To
Protect Troops

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TIERS ALLIED EXPEDL
TIONARY FORCE, PARIS,
Dec. 3.-(P)-The U. S. Third
Army smashed organized re-
sistance in most of the fac
tory city of Saarlautern and
broke across the Saar river
into the Siegfied Line today
as the First Army seized four
towns in triple assaults west
of Cologne that rolled back
the Roer defenses a mile or
more.
The tempo of the Allies winter
offensive rose furiously. The Bri.
fish Second Army sprang to the
attack in eastern Holland with a
dawn assault that swept up to 900
yards into the stout Mas river
defenses at Venlo, last German bas-
ton on that front short of the
Reich.
Hundreds of American and Bril-
| fish fighterbombers swarmed up in
support of the new drives in the
north, and the German air force
met the challenge with the biggest
show of strength in weeks. sending
at least rs jet-propelled planes
against the British.
Their Third Army's 95th Division
boldly seized a bridge over the
formidable Saar and sent infantry
and armored tank destroyers rae.
ing across in the first attack on
this front against the Siegfried line.
The WestwalIs big guns opened
UP on American. positions in Saar-
'|Lautern, sentinel city of the forti.
fications guarding the Saar's vital
war industries, but all organized
resistance in the major part of the
city west of the river wilted quick.
~. front report said.
! Patton's troops also crossed the
!, Saar frontier at a new point eight
miles south of Saarlautern, and ex-
| banded their hold on the Saa1's
west bank north of Saarlautern
{ where the Germans burned VIII
lage in the first example of scorch-
ed earth inside the Reich.
linden, Lucherberg, Luchem and
Brandenberg fell to the First Ar.
my, which made an assault cross
irg of the indie river. 1t was push
ing toward the Roer at three points
along a 12-mile front.
Lucherberg, mile southeast OF
the indie crossing, two and a half
miles from the Roer, and five miles
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04

Il1DutC W CllC 1A11lly . vi JUGS dIlO
to urge on their behalf full pro-
duction support by the folks back
home for war "a helluva way
from finished.
His appeal answered the specu-
lat1on, where's Byrd; back at the
South Pole?" for he turned up, in
stead, on the European battlefront
where he is making study of how
the tactical air forces support the
fighting ground troops. This may
be helpful in the Pacific theater
where the admiral twice has been
on aviation duty.
'This is the time of all times for
the home front to back up the bat
tlefront," Byrd said in statement
upon returning from the front lines
to London near the end of his pres
ent mission.
1.-THE doughboys' spirit is magni-
ficent."
Navy man Byrd, looking fit de-
spite the rigors of his polar ex-
plorations, learned about army
life the hard way during his inqui-
ry. He talked with all ranks during
his stay, from generals to privates
and for days sloshed around in the
mud at the battle front.
81 know what cold is and believe
me it is cold up there he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
RED ARMIES TAKE
TWO NAZ POINTS
Soviet Legions Drive To
Within II Miles OF
Austria

LONDON, Monday, Dec. 4.-CR
Three Russian armies yesterday
toppled Miskolc and Satoraljauy-
hely, last big German strongholds
northeast of Budapest, pushed
closer to the Hungarian capital
along the west bank of the Danube
and drove to within 70 miles Of the
Austrian frontier. &C.
Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky' S
Second Ukranian Army stormed
the great rail center of Miskolc, IS
miles northeast of Budapest. and
elements of his troops together
with Gen. Ivan Petrov's Fourth
Ukranian Army captured Satoral-
jaujhely, on the Slovak frontier As
miles northeast of Miskolc.
Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin's
Third Ukraine Army, in five
mile advance, captured Dunafol-
dvar, on the Danube 43 miles south
of Budapest, in the drive to take
the Hungarian capital from the
rear.
In the push toward the Austrian
frontier Tolbukhin's troops seized
the important rail junction of Ia
masi. only 81 miles below Lake
Balaton, guardian of the strategic
approa ches to Austria.
Tolbukhin's smashing success
engulfed more than 80 places, in
Guiding Kaposmero, S IL miles
west of Kaposvar, taken Saturday.
Kaposmero was the closest ap.
proach to the Austrian frontier. Y
miles beyond, and put the Rus
slams within 36 miles of Nagykani-
zsa, junction of another major Blu
dapest-Zagreb railway line.
In capturing Tamasi, the Red
army scored an advance of more
than II miles from previously won
positions.
Tolbukhin's success won him a
steadily expanding front below
Lake Balaton, and the capture OF
Kaposmero and other points far tc
the northeast gave the Russians a
36-mile hold on the Budapest-Za.
greb Trieste railway connecting the
German defenders in Budapest
with those in ,Yugoslavia and north
Italy.
Kemes, Al miles southeast of Ka-
posvar, and 10 miles south of PEGS,
fell to Tolbukhin's troops at the
lower end of his front moving
along the Drava river frontier with
Yugoslavia.
In addition to capturing Miskolc,
Marshal Malinovsky' troops seiz
ed Homrogd, II miles to the
northeast, and the Soviet commu,
nique said they captured 21,745
Germans and Hungarians in the
fighting from November 8 through
last Saturday,.
Gen. Ivan Petrov's Fourth Ukrai-
MAN troops, in addition to captur'
ing Satoraljauhely, increased pres
sure on the eastern Slovakla
stronghold of Kassa Rosice).
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. - R -
The location of Henry A. Wallace's
next seat-if any-at the Admins
ttation table, ranks high in the
Capitals perennial political guess
ing game.
He will relinquish the Vice-Presl-
dencv January 20 to Senator Harry
A truman of Missouri. Friends
renresent him as saying made no
Tlans for an official future.
Although Wallace campalgned ac-
t;vely for a fourth term Tor Presl-
dent Roosevelt after losing in his
own bid for denomination, there are
strong indications that the pub
l;c1v-expected repayment in the
forn Of Federal appointment has
mt materialized even backstage.
wallace and the President have
talked together several times since
the election but friends OF the for
n nv, insist that nothing definite has
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
Nazi Dread of American
Artillery Told In Diary

But Ami infantry takes cover,
the attack slows down. 1t is stop
ped. Unbelievable. Now we move
forward to counterattack. Cant go
far though. Our people are drop.
ping like tired flies. Slowly Ami
artillery begins. It is going again.
Drumming, drumming, drumming
without letup.
"our people are overtired. When
the Ami really attacks again then
he has got to break through. l
can't believe that this land can be
held any longer. Some OF our boys
have run away but we are going
to fight.
''Now Ami artillery is worse
than ever. Suddenly the tanks and
hordes of Arnis are breaking out OF
the forest. Terrible fire meets ham
but he does not even take cover
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
DEATH TOLL RISES
"'O'her Dies From Auto
wreck Near Morganton

~ a.ORGANToN, Dec. s. (R =
r tls Death of Clayton Shook, 80,
Ns si Alpine cafe operator, at a
n santoh hospital today brought
:, 'eN the death toll from a head
H.. automobile collision early Sat
M, sa3 morning eight miles west Of
W. Va persons were killed instantly
u, 'Afee others died several hours
~ sle accident was the worst in
rol,. history Of North Carolina in
siAg passenger cars.
Cine Inc National Safety Council at
4: 'dgo, said complete records Of
,s,. Nnd We're not available, but
.o ed highway accident al
M suaNon, Ill, in 1912 which took
tssAl pVes of nine persons, with g
'"D' victim dying later.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
JAPANESE DRIVE
ON TUSHAN AREA
IN DEEP ADVANCE

CHUNGKING, Dec. 3. - Up -
Japanese troops have attacked
Chinese positions seven miles west
of Tushan, rs miles southeast OF
Kweiyang, in their deepest pene-
tration of Kweichow province the
Chinese high command acknowl-
edged tonight.
Tushan, formerly the terminus
of the Kwangsi-Kweichow railroad.
is IS miles inside Kweichow prov
inve, and is an important point on
the rail line which now runs to
Tuyun, about IS miles north.
Earlier a communique from the
headquarters of the 18th U. S. Air
force announced 100 japanese had
been killed in a strafing attack on
Kichang, 80 miles southeast OF
Kweiyang, capital of Kweichow
province and strategic Burma road
junction point.
The enemy's last reported posi-
ton was about 100 miles from
Kweiyang.
The Chinese high command said
300 enemy troops were killed in a
battle near Liuchai, about 95 miles
south and east Of Kweiyang.
The Air Force communique said
railroad yards IS miles north OF
Nantan. Kwangsi province city 1O2
miles south of Kweiyang were
bombed and that returning pilots
reported sighting a large column
of Japanese troops south of Tu-
shan, Kweichow city approximate
ly 100 miles southeast of Kwei-
yang.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
Nev Post For Wallace
Has Capital Guessing

been said about the Vice Presi-
cents future role.
They point out that while Wallace
is willing to serve at almost any
major post the President might de-
signate, his private financial situa-
ton i, such that he is no ordinary
retiring office holder in need of a
job. The earnings of his pioneer Hy-
brid Corn company, his writing and
lis interest in ar Iowa farm paper
provide him somewhat more than
minimum socia! security.
Most recent speculation has cen
tered about the possibility that
Wallace would be given a rowing
Diplomatic assignment. Before Wal
lace left on a journey to Siberia
end China last spring as the Presi-
cents personal representative, MIR.
Roosevelt was reported to have
told the vice president he wanted
his assistance Or important diplo'
matte matters in the future.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
Yanks Break Into Siegfried Line;
- okyo Motor Plant Hit By BIOS;
PIT Boats Sink 1000 Ton Vessel
British Colonials
Capture Kalewa In
Strike For Monywa

SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, HANDY, Cey-
Ion, Dec. 3.-P)-British East
African troops driving southwark
through the Myittha gorge have
captured the supply port of Ka-
leWa on the ChindWin river, 40
miles northwest of Mandalay, Al
lied headquarters announced to-
day.
The communique said other Brit
ish forces which had been moving
along the west bank of the Chind-
win had joined the East Africans
at Kalewa where the joint force
may strike for Monywa, 100 miles
down the Chindwin and 40 miles
west of Mandalay.
Chinese troops in North Burma
continued to tighten a moose around
1000 Japanese troops trapped in
Bhamo, 200 miles northeast OF
Kalewa and ITO miles northeast OF
Mandalay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
u Degree Temperature
Finds City Shiuering
In Winters Icy Grip

It was cold in Wilmington yes
terday
The Weather Bureaus 24-hour
summary disclosed that the lowest
temperature was 81 degrees at 1880
a. m. Sunday fhere were many
early risers who might want a bet
that it was 1ower). By noon, the
mercury had struggled up to SO
degrees but the effort proved too
much; it quickly slipped back to
IS degrees at 7:30 p. m. taking
the easy way out)
During the day, bursted auto ra-
diators were in evidence and more
than one property owner was cha
grined to discover ruined plumb
ing with the prospect of repairs
slight under war time rationing.
And by the way, the Weather
Bureau offers this chilling bit of
news-today will be cloudy and
continued cold.
We repeat-it was cold in Will
minetOn YESTERDAY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
SPAR
FOR POSITION
Warfare On Leyte Settles
Down To Slow
Operation

GENERAL M'ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, PHILIP
PINES, Dec. 4.-(Monday)-
P)-In action reminiscent of
the slow-moving Buna cam
paign on New Guinea Ameri-
can and Jap patrols spared
today for positions on the
north end of the Ormoc CORR
dor of Leyte island while U.
S. Naval aircraft slugged it
out with the Nipponese in the
air and on sea.
Again Gen. Douglas Macarthur
communique reported no ground
advances where doughboys are
battling both the Japanese in
strength and the worst weather
ever recorded in Leyte. But on the
sea hard-hitting PIT boats dam.
aged 4,0O0-ton vessel off southern
Masbate early Friday, the com
munique reported.
American fighter planes attack
ed enemy supply bases at Valen
cha, about the middle of the Or
moe corridor.
Japanese and Americans traded
air blows, U. S. heavy bomber:
dropping 1875 tons of explosives or
Palawan island, westernmost O.
the central Philippines. Nipponese
planes made light nuisance attack!
on American Leyte installations
but there was no damage.
In his Sunday communique, Gen
Douglas Macarthur reported wide
spread Yank aerial strikes agains
Japanese airdromes and ship
ping. Nippon airmen raided Ameri
can positions on Carigara bay
north Leyte, and also hit Morota
island, some 300 miles south o
the Philippines.
(Tokyo continued to claim, with
| fCon<;puad m Do 90 Tuo. CnJ o
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-04
YANKS STRAFE
RUSSIAN UNIT
Error In Navigation Held
Responsible For
Accident

ROME, Dec. s. up American
fighter planes swooping over Yugo-
slavia attacked Russian column
by mistake, headquarters of the
Mediterranean Allied Air Force
disclosed today.
Results of this attack last No
vember 7 on an ally were not re-
vealed.
An official headquarters state
ment declared the attack was due
to an error in target Identification
through faulty navigation, and said
that apologies had been sent tc
Moscow and to the commander Of
the Russian forces involved.
An official statement said:
Mediterranean Allied Air Force
headquarters report that on No
vember Z a squadron of fighters
from the U. S. 18th Air Force, en-.
gagged in a strafing mission in
Yugoslavia, attacked by mistake a
Russian column.
'"The error was entirely due to
a mistake in target Identification
through faulty navigation.
1.-THE incident was promptly ~e-
ported by the squadron when de-
velopment of gun camera film
verified the error.
1.-THE U. S. joint chiefs of staff
from Washington expressed their
deep regret to Moscow, and Gen.
e1al Wilson, supreme Allied com
mander in the Mediterranean, sent
a similar message to the Russian
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