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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03
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W nekolik dnf zur1 prudka
bitva mezi americkym LODI
stvem a japonskymi obranci O.
strova Guiana. Guam lei v
Marianskem souostrov1 a patril
pred valkou Americe, byl vsak
I. prosince 1941 obsazen ia
ponci, protoze nebyl opevnen.
Utok ma Guam potvrdil admi-
raj Nimitz v komunike O 1toku
ma Marianske ostrovy, ale z a.
merickeho komunike nevyply-
va, re by bitva o Guam jeste
trvala. Poole zpravy admirala
Nimitze bylo americke lodstvo
ma ceste do Marianskych ostro-
WI odhaleno Japonci, ktef1 "a
hajili letecke 1toky. To vsak
nebylo lodstvu ma pTekazku, a
by k Marianam priplulo a Sc
stTelilo ma Mich 1876 letadel, pTi
cemz my jsme ztratili pouze 6.
Krone toho bylo potopeno II
menS1ch japonskych lodi, a A
mericane neztratili ami jedinou
LODI. Admiral Nimitz zdGraz-
nuje, re japonske lodstvo ne
bylo ami ma Marianech. z to-
no vyplyva, re japonske LODI
stvo je bud primo v japon-
skych prfstavech, anebo ma FL
lipinach. Toxic naznacuje, re
lie ocekavat americky 1tok ma
Formosu, velky japonsky O.
strov u c1nskeho pobfezi. Je v
kazdem prfpade jisto, re japon
ske lodstvo drive nebo pozdeji
Dude musit vyplout a zahajit
BOZ S Americany.
NOVY uSPECH v PACIFIKU.
Re Spojeneckeho stanu v il
hozapadnfm Pacifiku Sc ozna-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03

mule, re v dtery byly vylodeny
americke oddly 1. jezdecke di-
wise ma Los Negroes We skupin6
Admiralty Islands. Pc pfeko-
mani japonskeho odporu nase
vojsko obsadilo letist6. Tuto
akci osobn6 T1dil gen. MacAr-
thur z mGstsku ma valecne lodi.
Admiralty Islands jsou ma Sc
verozapad cd prfstavu Rabaul.
Truk je stale oslabovan valec-
nym lodstvem Spoj. StatG.
Hlavni stan lodstva S. S. v
Pearl Harbor. = Ponape a Ku.
safe, predn1 obrana japonske-
no ostrova Truk v Karolinach
je bombovana elm dale tim ca.
steji v americke offensive ma
strednim Tichem oceanu.
Admiral Chester w. Nimit2
oznamil, re Ponape i Kusaie
byly napadeny minuly patek g
re americke v1tezstv1 u Truku
We dnech 16. a II. 1nora je vet
81 nez bylo pGvodne mysleno.
We zprave sc pravi, re mimC
POI japonskych znicenych ae-
ropland SO jinych bylo posko-
zeno.
Kusaie ma nejmene tri do
bre pTlstavy. Prvn1 nalet ma
tuto zakladnu byl podniknut
II. ledna. V 1noru bylo bonn
bovano petkrate. Ponape by
10 zasazeno ctyTmi nalety.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03
Valka.
Letecka frOnta.
NEMECKY
PRUMYSL G.

Behem jednoho tydne bylo
ma Nemecko svrzeno anglo-a-
merickym letectvem 1900 tun
v%ybusnin, predevsfm ma nemec-
Ike letecke tovarny. Mluvcf We
litelstv1 osmeho americkeho le-
teckeho sboru prohlasil v Lon
dyne, re ted bylo definitivne
zjisteno, re Nemecko neni S to
znemoznit spojeneck6 strate-
gicke bombardovanf. Tento
mluvcl oznamil, re Nemecko
uz nemGze nahrazovat ztraty,
ktere utrpelo v stihacfm letec-
tvu. Cd 1. ledna bylo zniceno
30 procent vyroby ~dvoumotoro-
vych stihacek a 60 procent jed
nomotorovych stihacfch letadel
V Nemecku.
Americana bombardovali z
Angle a z Italie take Fuerth,
Reno a Augspurk Bavorsku
a Zell am See v Rakousku. A
mericane pri vsech techto male
tech (take ma Stuttgart a Mini
chow ztratili SO letadel a Sc
stfelili 142 nemecke letadla.
Anglicane provedli mohutny
nalet ma Augspurk. Pr tonic
naletu, kdy Anglicane shazo-
vail bomby ma mesto osvetlene
pozary zalozenymi americkymi
letci, bylo svrzeno 24OO tun W.
buSnin a Anglicane ztratili "a
letadla.
Nemci tvrdi, re krone toho
byl take bombardovan Frank
furt mad Mohanem. Mensi ma
Lefty byly take provedeny ma i
talske prfstavy Rjeku s Pulje a
ma letiste u styrskeho Hradce
v Rakousku a ma francouzske
invasn1 pobfez1.
Sovetsky fisk velmi promi-
nentne oznamuje mohutne ma
lety Anglican1 a Americana
na Nemecko a Rusku jsou
pTesvedceni, re tyto nalety jsou
1vodem k druhe fronte.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03
SpOrtOvnf Hl1dka.
TURNAJ o MISTROVSTVf
SVETA v KRfzKOVEM OBO-
RU 4 PRfSTf UTE
RY " COLISEUM.

Ma zaklade ornament Statnf
Atleticke Komise re Sc uprazd-
milo Jim Londose svetove mis-
trovstv1 tezk6 vahy, poradatel
Ed Contos uspoTada sensacnf
iednovecernf turnaj prfstf Ute
ry, 8. brezna v Coliseum coz
Dude velkou udalostf V nasem
meste. V1tez tohoto vecera bu-
de komis1 uznan uchazecem O
miStrOvskGu korunu a utka Sc S
Ed (Strangler) Lewisem v "a
pase o mistrovstvf sveta v case
stanOvenem komisf.
Tento zapas Dude sc odbyva-
ii jeste tento mes1c a zajem
milovn1kG tohoto sportu Dude
upren ma naSe mesto Baltimore.
Mr.. Ed Contos zaslal telegra-
my vsem vynikajfc1m zapasnf-
kun We Spoj. Statech a Kama
de by Sc %s1castnili tohoto tur-
maize.
Pred opust6nim areny minu-
lie 1tery ctyfi vynikajfci zapas-
n1ci pfijmuli nabfdku z1castni-
tt Sc turnaje. Tito jsou: Cam
pofreda, Evans, Babe Sharkey
a Yellow Mask.
Bude to nejdGlezitejsf uda-
lost V kf1zkovych zapasech po-
fadanych v Baltimore. Vitezi
opet utkaj1 Sc s dalsfmi vitezi
a posledn1 v1tez utka Sc S Levi
sem o titul mistrovstvf sveta.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03
Napadnik.


Vase nabidnutf k snatku
jest proste nestydatostf! Jak Sc
mGzete opovaziti bez haleTe
pence, trikrat r~ozvedeny, diva
KRAFT trestany, Wy dry clovece!
w koukejte, rychle, kde ne
chal tesar dlru, nebo vas dam
domovn1kem shodit Sc scho-
dG!"
MAN to snad p~ovazovat "a
kosfcek, milostiva slecno?"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03

New York (CTK) = V Pre-
sove bolo koncom decembra
1913 ods1dene jedenast osob z
Kezmarku a Popradu pre- "ko-
munistick1 cinnost'. z tychto
Gustav Batory, SO rocny z Kez-
marku a Jozef Stole, 80 rocny
z Popradu, boil ods1deni ma 2
roxy do vazenia "a to, re boil
clenmi ilegalnej komunistickej
strany cd roku 1912, platili pr1
spevky a ucastnili sa schodz1 a
rozsirovali komunisticke leta-
ky. Ostatn1 boil ods1den1 ma
4 az 6 mesiacov.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03

Pred uzaverkou listu dostali
lsme smutnou zpravu, re padl
kraJan P. F. G. Rudolf K. Ma
tousek, syn p. Karla Matouska,
tajemnlka STAY. Spolkd Madi-
son a Bradford st. a Cesk6ho
Severo-Vychodniho.
Podrobnou zpravu pfinese-
me pr1Ste.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03
Ruska frOnta.

Zprava o nemecke evakuaci
Vitebska nebyla potvrzena a.
nj nemeckym, ami sovetskym
vrchn1m velitelstv1m. Tato
zprava byla vydana N6mci ne
oficialne "a patrne znamena, re
Sc jeste bojuie v ulic1ch Viteb-
ska, a re zadna strana 81 jeste
nenf jista vysledkem tohoto bo-
je. Rusove "a to oznamuj1 no.
We 1spechy v pskovske oblasti,
kde postupuj1 ma mesto drzen6
Nemci tremi smery. Re severn
jsou Rusove vzdaleni 6 mil cd
mesta ktere ostTeluj1.
Sovetsky fisk tvrdi, Re jedi
nou pTekazkou ruskym arma-
dam pred Pskovem jsou hlavne
m1nova pole, a re Sc nemecky
odpor tn rychle hrout1.
Ia to Nemci zahajili prudke
proti1toky Rogaceva, kde
Rusove postupuj1 smerem ma
Bobrujsk a Minsk. Tyto meme
cke 1toky byly odrazeny, a po-
die moskevskych hlasenf SOVIET
sky postup pokracuje.
Nemci hlas1, re RusGm Sc pc
daTilo opet prolomit nemeckou
frontu jizn6 a zapadne cd Kri-
veho Rogu, ale re tento postup
pry byl zastaven.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03
DHstojnici zatceni Gestapem.

Moskevsky rozhlas Poole de-
pese ~agentury Tass z Curychu
We svycarsku hlasil, re Costa
30 zatknulo Tadu nemeckych
ddstojnik1, protoze k%ritisovali
nazisticke vrchni velen1 We spo-
ienf sc ztratou 10 divis1 u Kor-
SUM.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1944-03-03
"Protektorat" bombardovan?

Londyn (CTK) - Prazsky
rozhlas v sobotu, 26. 1nora We
Ger pripustil, re ~spojenecka le-
tadla pronikla mad "Protekto-
rat'', zp6sobila pry jen nepatr-
ne skody.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
CLOTHING DRIVE
 STARTS SEPT. IS
Russian War Relief, Inc, to Sponsor l2.Day Canl'
 paign Locally

Russian War Relief, Inc. will spon' sor a clothing drive Sept, le through the 30th throughout the city it was announced today in proclamation issued by Mayor John s. Monagan' W. J, Pape is chairman of Russian War Relief in this city,
 The mayors proclamation Is as follows:
 "Today the armed might of the United Nations is rapidly pushing the NaZi to the wall. We are hope ful that the day of victory is near at hand. Even in this moment of success, however, we must not for- get the privation and hardship to which the people of Europe have been subjected by the German op- pressor. We should also keep be- fore us the magnificent contribution of the Russian people toward the victory which soon will be ours"
 "The Russian successes were bought with the blod and starvation of all classes of the people. Today hundreds of thousands are without the necessities of life, It is our duty as fellow human beings to make every effort to tighten the burden of those civilians who have sheltered us by themselves enduring the hor- TOTS of modern war"
 "As Mayor of the City of Water- bury hereby proclaim September 18th to the 30th as Clothing for ussia Days" and call upon all citizens of this City to participate in the drive sponsored by Russian War Re- lief Inc. by preparing and con- tributing bundles of clothing which they can Share With The ussian People"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
EXIT OF TIN CAN
 SEEN IN NEW
 FOOD PACKAGES
BY CLAIRE cox

OMAtsW EESsu SSaAA SvEEUaN0mueMt
 Chicago, Sept. s-tUP)-rSitohen mechanics who are working tlreless. ly on new and improver non- squirt non-cut can openers may have to return to building better mousse traps when the war Is over, The tin can is being pushed off It's household pinnacle, Q spokesman for the nations grocers stated.
 Mrs, Rose M, Kiefer, executive secretary of the National Assocla. ton of Retail drocers is convinced that "seeing Is believing" will be the postwar selling point on foods As e result many commodities will be packed in "visual containers, !" Instead of in tin cans, the contents of which are diVulged only over the kitchen stove,
 But, she added, that si only onu reason why the tin con will never return to its pre-war supremacy.
 Many foods will be frozen and sold in cardboard containers" Mrs Kiefer said. "Others will be dc. hydrated. Concentrates developed through the scientific study of amino acids also will become ln- creasinsly popular
 with the widespread use of helicapters, fleld-fresh fruits and vegetables will be flown from farm to kitchen door in Q matter of min" utes, Peas, for example, will Do shell. cd at the farm and rushed by air to homes in the nearest communi. ties"
 All Under One Roof
 Improvements also will be made In the corner store, for the house. wife who prefers to shop around for groceries, according to Mrs, Kiefer,
 She predicted the store of to- morrow will be one in which the consumer can obtain his entire needs under one roof Installation of separate departments for frozen foods, dellcatessens, refrigerated lockers, lunch counters, bakery and catering departments also Is In prospect she said.
 Not only will commodities be more attraetively arranged, but various self-help devices, such aS rotating counters, may be introduce cd,
 At these counters, housewives will study attractive arrangements of commodities with the food speaking for Itself In visual con. tainers,' instead of hiding behind fancy labels, she said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

Lieut. Col Evans F. Carlson of Plymouth, intrepid organizer and leader of the famous Carlson Raiders, officially the Second Marine Raider Battalion was guest on the recent MeetYour Navy radio program broadcast from the Naval Hospital in San Diego, Call fornia where he is recovering from wounds received Lurinp the Saipan campaign "Our fighting men in the Pacific are convinced there be no peace until the military and naval power of Japan Is utterly crushed They are willing and eager, regardless of the sacrifice in order that victory be unconditional for freedom lives ony for those who willing to make sacrifices" he declared "Our men are stalking their lives on those at home, You must not nulify their sacrifices by leaving the job only half done" Colonel Carlson is the of Rev. Thomas A, Carlson of Ply mouth and Is a veteran of World War in which he served as captain In the Army. He enlisted in the Marines as a private in 1926 and had been promoted to the rank of captain when he resigned Colonel Carlson reensted in the Marines in l94l, and as major organized and trained Carlsons Raiders He has been recipient of the Navy Cross three times and the Purple Heart, and has been included in two Presidential unit citations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

Police Sergeant Jim Wagner was a recent week. end visitor in town. He's been in Washington D. C. Mir. and Mrs. Henry DOnohue of Derby, former Grandview Avenue residents celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary last Sunday. The former is Scout Executive of the Derby Council and leaves this month for new assignment in New York State, He's a former assistant to David BabsOn of Matta- tuck Council, Boy Scouts, here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
RABBI, WAC GUESTS
 AT ROTARY DINNER

Guest speakers at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club today at the Hotel Elton, were Rabbi William Greenfield and Staff Sergeant Mary Ann McNamara, Women's Army Corps. stationed here with a recruiting staff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

Ruth A .Norville of Clinton Street and Barbara Rogers of Euclid Avenue have enlisted in the WAVES and are awaiting call. William Brown of Herkimer Street has departed for Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst Mass, where he is enrolled in the dyke IT, and Harold Stowe are undergoing boot train tng at the Naval base at Sampson, NY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

Doris M. Nelson daughter of MT. and Mrs, F. J, Nelson of Ill Highland Avenue Is serving the Amer can Red Cross in England and her brother Earl is with recently was promoted to first lOoc with the Army Air Force in England He has been awarded the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

Dewey Gauthier is back with Hadleys after spend- ing little year in Dayton, Ohio. Char lotte Hager has been promoted by the WACS to a private first class Mr. and Mrs. Robert w. Clark, Jr of 154 Arden Road have decided to Christen their son of August p, Roger Ford Rev. Dr. John C.. Walker, Second Congregational pastor plans to have a service of thanksgiving and interceSsion in the Chapel if and when there is a sudden cessation of hostiltieS in Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
MARRY DoATsP

And all those precious little lambs, Whats become of those little mares That used to thrive on oats2
 Some of them must have been goats
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
s-DAY

Labor Day has come and gone.
 Now why the sad faces2 Jimmy and Tommy are dreadine-- Children. take your placesl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
Tall Tower Topics

Good Evening.
 AT THE SCHOOL YARD GATE Variation on q well Modern Theme
 The ringing
 every boy and gall
 teachers waiting Henry Ruth and Sal
 Everybody Is waiting a,, They're all congregatns "G} At the school yard gate 'iE., principals watching
 For every gal and boy Tomorrows the fatal day '%t The youngsters don't enjoy Everybody is waiting all congregaing " At the school yard gatel EM EM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

Mr. and Mrs Francis Mulligan observed their third wedding anniversary last Sunday The latter is the former Betty Bergin. Dr. and Mrs. william LenkOwski are celebrating their second sedding anniversary today. The latter is the former AlEa Baldwin, daughter of PatrOlman and Mrs Richard Baldwin of S7 Hillside Avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05
LEADING LADY

LEADING LADY .. Isabel Irving one of the fine ladies of the theatre She retired in 1886 is not familiar with the younger generation. In her day she was leading lady for John Drew, Kyrle BeIlew and others, and she likewise starred Her death occurred last week at the age of seventy years, after half century the stage in many well known attractions of another day. such '"The Crises" 'sTO Have and To Hold" "A Marriage of C0nvenience," "Under Two Flags" "A Message from Mars" some Shakespearean plays. Lattery she was seen in "Craigs Wife," Under Cover" and Uncle Vanya."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

Mir. and Mrs. Palmer F. Brick of William Street are celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary today They have been blessed with three children, Mary PattyJo and John, all Sacred Heart School students. MT. and Mrs Frank KackowSki of g Woodbine Street, Union City, have christened their of July B. Will Ham, after his uncle, Weenie Zenick former local pany in Italy. Weenie' was godfather by proxy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

Harry Savoy. in a hurry to get to NEG for his Thursday night broad. cast, tripped over something in the street and sprawled on the ground. One of those inquisitive women came along and asked, Did you Slip?" No" said Savoy. I'm just lying here listening for footsteps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

Max Marcin Is ironing the kinks out of a new mystery series, sched- uled to start Friday, Sept. IS, over OBS. Marcin. who will direct, is enc gagged in clearing the title. casting fug this new show. which win To- the series and selecting his writer place we who Dream" for the same sponsor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-05

Good Night
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-02
Riuers And Harbors
Bill Before Senate

the bill or whether it had time to
pass before adjournment. A
Reinsertion of the 100000, 600 Ten.
nessee Tombigbee project in the
measure by a Senate Commerce
subcommittee, after the House had
stricken it out, was attacked by
Senator Arthur Vandenberg (R..
Mich) as jeopardizing the entire
bill. The project, which would con-
meet the Tennessee river with the
Tombigbee river and improve the
latter, was defined by Senator Theo.
dore G.. Bilbo Cd. Miss.
Improvements included in the bill
for Wilmington are $1,000, 900 fer
widening and deepening the present
30 foot channel from Wilmington
to Southport and improving the
turning basin at Wilmington; S73,.
COO for improving the Northeast
Cape Fear river at Wilmington: and
$4,000 for providing a deeper chan
rel from the Inalnd Waterway at
Wrightsboro to Masonboro ira&t at
Wrightsville Beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-02
$1,000 OF FOE
BOTTLED UP BY
CRETE PATRIOTS

GUERRILLA HEADQUARTERS
NEAR KHANIA, Crete, Nov. 80.
-tR- Delayed Fifteen thou
sand German and Fascist Italian
troops now are effectively bottled
up in the northwest corner OF Crete
without hope of escape.
Several thousand men trained
and armed by British and Ameri.
can iaison officers, are holding a
40-mile-long perimeter against the
enemy. The German holdings in-
clude the Suda bay area.
The guerillas are headed by
Gen. Nikola Papadakis, military
governor of Crete for the Greek
government.
Operations against the Germans
and Italians are directed from a
headquarters 5000 feet in the
mountains overlooking all of the
Eamelas Andartes and the EOK,
the latter a Crete nationalist group
that is holding four-fifths of the
line.
At present action is confined to
repulsing German forays. A VIC
tory was won November IL to IA
after German armored-car squads
had razed seven small villages.
burned % villagers alive and ex.
ecuted number of hostages.
The Cretans ambushed the main
German column in a ravine, killed
30, wounded 100 anc put the rest
to flight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-02
Break In Allied Raids
Gives Nazis Chance To
Protect Supply Channels

LONDON, Dec. 1.-RNMurky
weather brought pause today in
the great aerial offensive against
Germany by Britain based war
planes and the NaZis were reported
taking advantage Of the lull to pro-
vide new method of protection for
their mal1led supply lines.
Vehicles loaded with critical ma
terial for front line Nazi troops
will be ordered to stop and black
out their lights at night when sig
nailed that Allieo planes are ap-
preaching, the Berlin radio report
ed.
Air raid alert flags of various
co;crs will be stuck along roads
to the front during the day to warn
drivers.
Motor vehicles must be parked
end camouflaged if possible when
an air attack is imminent" said
the Berlin radio.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-02
DRIVER CLEARED
IN BOYS DEATH
UNDER TWP BUS


A coroner's jury yesterday ex-
onerated r. G. Ramsey, POPS Cline
road, in the death of Robert
Branch, 12-year-old stepson OF
Norwood Miller, 306 Wooster
street, who was fatally injured by
q Tide Water Power bus Wednes-
Gay night at Front and Market
streets.
At the inquest yesterday after
noon in the grand jury room OF
the courthouse, it was termed that
the Branch child came to his
death Through all unavoidable ac-
cident." Ramsey was the operator
OF the bus.
Witnesses testified that the child,
with his 16-year-old sister, Hilda,
crossed Market street going south,
ard either ran into the side OF
the bus, or stopped SO close that
the bus struck them as it made
left turn off Of Front street into
a bus stop.
Hilda Branch received slight
bruises as she was knocked to the
side of the bus as her brother
was crushed beneath the rear
wheels.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-02
Enemy Pulling Back
In Bologna-Faenza
Area After Attack

ROME, Dec. L. Up The Ger.
mans appeared tc be pulling back
today from the mountains toward
Highway Nine between Bologna and
Faenza against the threat of Brit
ish Eighth A rmy breakthrough
from the east.
Allied headquarters said British
troops of the Fifth Army entered
F ontanelice, 9 IL miles southwest
of Imola which is on Highway
Nine between Bologna and Faenza
and found it hao been evacuated.
Southwest Of Faenza. an Indian
division ran into only light resis-
lance in clearing the enemy from
number of important heights.
To protect the withdrawal, the
Germans laid down an extremely
heavy artillery barrage on Ameri-
cans dug in along an arc nine
miles south of Bologna and engaged
Eighth Army units northeast OF
Faenza in fierce fighting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-02
NAILS MAY END
. WARFARE RULES
Enemy Complains Of Le-
Clerc Order And Promis-
es Reprisals

LONDON, Dec. 1.-REThe Ger
man high command threatened to-
night to abandon international
rules of warfare as the result of
what it charged was increasing
infringements Of International law
by our enemies.
The immediate cause of the
statement. broadcast by the Ger
man official news agency, DNB.
was the proclamation issued Tues
day by French Maj. Gen. JAG
ques lie Clerc that unless sniping in
the city of Strasbourg ceased, five
German hostages would be execut-
ed for each Frenchman shot.
The Nazi high command assert
ed that if this order were carried
out, Germany will resort to the
most energetic counter-reprisals'
against Frenchmen in the Reich.
However, the statement said,
AN inquiry already is in progress
as to whether Germany should
continue to regard herself bound by
the Geneva and Hague Conven-
tons" and charged that "increas-
ing infringements of international
law by our enemies can only have
been perpetrated Intentionally"
Among the important provisions
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-12-02
CHINESE WITHDRAW
Japs May BE Massing For
Drive On Chungking

CHUNGKING, Dec. 1.-R-Japa.
nese forces driving toward the pro.
vincial capital of Kweiyang on the
Burma Road have forced Chinese
troops to make further Withdrawals
to positions along the border OF
Kwangsi and Kweichow prvinces,
the Chinese high cmmand said to-
day.
Unofficial reports here indicated
that japanese cavalry detachraents
already were operating well inside
Kweichow province and that t h e
enemy's main forces were massing
for an all out drive to capture
Kweiyang and to menace Chung
king, some 235 airline miles beyond.
The Chinese high command, while
not conceding that Japanese forces
had crossed the provincial border,
said that enemy pressure IA miles
northwest of Hochih forced Chinese
roops to retire to new positions on
the border.