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Evening star., 1944-03-19

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Evening star., 1944-03-19
14A11IN1, ONNOI q VOI
1910 q 81 NV
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CASHIER

With knowledge OF adding machine; 5-day
40-hour week good salary Apply in per-
son, 2040 West Virginia ave ne
Evening star., 1944-03-19
CASHIER

Women with experience for full-time
work Excellent starting salary. Meals
included. One OF Washington's largest
sea-food restaurants. Apply personnel
O,DONNEIr,c cp1rr
Evening star., 1944-03-19
STENOGRAPHER

Large, well-established real estate COM
pany desires experienced stenographer
39-hour week. with Saturday half holiday
the year-round. Yearly salary. 81, ZOO to
start, with opportunity for advancement
depending upon ability. Reply in own
handwriting, giving past experience. Re-
plies considered confidential. Box 22-E.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
- ~ - = = -
10n- z 81 n "
SAIESWOMAN

SALESWOMAN,
Experienced for lamp and gift depart.
ment, Splendid opportunity. Afternoons
or all day. Steady employment with ex-
ceNent salary. Pleasant surroundings
Apply in person.
WALES, Decorators,
Evening star., 1944-03-19
COLORED GIRL,

Refined, living with parents. high school
graduate. for light office and millinery
stockroom work must be very good at
figures. Apply Mr.. Williams 1117 G
st. NV.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
MILLINERY SALESLADY-
COLORED WOMAN

Permanent position. Some experience
necessary. Excellent salary plus commits
sion. Apply Mr.. Williams, Hollywood
Shops, 1902 F. St NV
Evening star., 1944-03-19
PRINTING BUSINESS

Well-known Washington offset and let
terpress business, complete in every de-
tail: modern tyre and machinery, fully
stated with competent help; several hun
dred ledger accounts; substantial down
payment required, balance properly Sc
cured: sold only as going concern This
business is in good shape and requires min
lmum MANAGEMENT to maintain present
output. If you are energetic you can
greatly increase volume. Because OF nature
OF business and integrity of trade name
please furnish references regarding your
self Davis, Post Office Box 6722, wash
Evening star., 1944-03-19
PETER PAN SCHOOL.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES,

or large or small parties elaborate dis
Law reasonable National Food Service
lc, 1908 N. Y. ave. NV. Ma 97i3
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07

You'll love its bright Poppy design.
its delicate styling. each tea cups and
saucers, dinner plates, B. & B. plates,
soup bowls, fruit dishes. Also platter,
vegetable dish, sugar and creamer.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07
REDEEM

There will be services at Nc
| Colley's Church next Sunday at
p, m. Preston Donovan, superin-
tendent Preaching at p. m. by
Rev. David T. Campbell.
The next meeting of the Wo-
mems Society of Christian Service
will be entertained at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Donovan
on Saturday evening. April s. La
dies. please bring cakes as ice
cream and cake will be for sale.
Also bring a package for the fish
pond.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Burton had
as dinner guests on Saturday, Rev.
and Mrs. David T. Campbell and
Mr.. and Mrs. Paris Burton. Mrs.
Charles Lofland was an evening
guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Rust and
family were among the guests of
Private and Mrs. Rodney Rust of
Georgetown on Sunday. Private
Rust is home on a furlough.
Mrs. Howard Burton wishes to
take this opportunity of thanking
all who so generously donated to
her for the American Red Cross
during the recent drive. The
amount of $500 was received by
Mrs. Burton and turned in to Fred
ireland, our captain, of Ellendale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Clendaniel
and sons. Edwin and Richard and
Mrs. Franklin MahOney visited Mr..
who is working at Lewes
OH Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07

Now you can do your own decorating
without fuss, muss, bother or that
panty smell. Aqua Sheen was planned to
please the ladies E. and it sure does.
One Coof Cover-Dies in One Hour
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Webb OF
Glendale called on Mr.. and Mrs
Robert J.. Burton on Friday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Donovan
and daughter Florence were Sat
urday evening guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Linwood Penuel and family
of Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Handy Mcgee of
near Frankford were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Burton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Donovan
and daughter Florence and Mr.. and
Mrs. Paris Burton were Monday
evening guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Clendaniel and family.
Among those to attend the re-
vivals at Glendale from McColley's
during the past. week were Mr.. and
Mrs. William Clendaniel, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Clendaniel and son
Edwin, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bur-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Paris Burton and
Mrs. Charles H. Donovan and
daughter Florence.
Mrs. Dan Donovan and daugh-
ter Dorothy of Millsboro. were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Preston
Donovan on Friday.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07
OCEAN VIEW

Mr. and Mrs. James Lynch O
East Lansdowne accompanied thei
mother, Mrs. Martha Conoway. t.
her home here, after spending tn,
winter months with them.
Mrs. Isaac L. Bennett returned
from a visit with her daughter
Mrs. Alice Lathbury in Philadel
phia. Mrs. Ernest Lathbuly ant
baby son, Walter. has been visit.
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Isaac L. Bennett here. They rc-
turned to their home in Philadel.
phia ON Saturday.
Mrs. Owen Derrickson has been
visiting her son, Capt. Horace Der
rickson and family in Philadelphia
/ Elliott Evans spent a few days
in Philadelphia last week.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysses West mo-
tored from Camden, n. j., and spent
the weekend with parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Owen Derrickson.
Corporal and Mrs. Preston Out
ten of Millsboro visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Kitchens.
Last Saturday Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas II. Hudson entertained at
dinner the following guests: Rev.
c. +. Davis and son Raymond of
this town, and Rev. Z. l.. Bennett
and wife and their daughter Joyce
of DagsborO and St. Georges
Church; Mrs. Clara Ellis of Clarks-
vile and Mrs. Margaret Marshall
of Stony Landing. On Sunday their
dinner guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Kendall Hudson of Millsboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester X. Rick
ards and mother. Mrs. Clara Rick
ards and aunt. Mrs. Alonzo II. Ev-
ans, mOtored to RehOboth on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Beauchamp
and daughter and sOn-in-law. Mr..
and Mrs. Rupert Smith came from
Philadelphia and visited their bro
ther aud wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Harb
Hickman.
Mrs. Lidie Reynolds of Stockley
and daughter, Mrs. Burl Jones Wis
tied Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert VanSant
on Sunday.
Mrs. J. +. Parker of Ridgely Md.
and Miss Doris Hickman of New
Jersey circled among relatives and
friends here on Friday.
Mrs. William Wharton and
Mrs. Elsie Powell were
of Mrs. Julia Richards in
Philadelphia last week
Mrs Eflie Nelson spent the week
end with her sister. Mrs. Sarah +.
Derrickson at Ocean City. Md.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07
MILFORD NECK


+ Peace comes not with power
+ nor with statesmen's art; peact
, comes like a flower, growing from
the heart"
j Methodist Church
Rev. ID. Z. Wood, Pastor
, Sunday, April 9
2 p. m.-Sunday school.
Let the blessed hope of the
Easter season reign in your heart
throughout the years"
p. m.-Sermon by the pastor
He layeth up sound wisdom for
the righteous; he is a buckler TO
them that walk uprightly." Pro-
verbs 2:7.
The Easter pageant will be Civ
en- Monday evening. April 10. at
s p. m. Plan to spend that eve
ming in Milford Neck Church. Mrs.
Wood and Mrs. Sarah Webb COM
pose the program committee.
The Ladies' Aid will meet in the
church on Friday evening. April
IA. at 1880 O'Clock. Mrs. J. S. Will
lis is on the entertainment COM
mittee. This promises to he de
lightful occasion. so plan to come.
Ice cream for sale.
Mrs. Paris Kirby spent Tuesday
/ with her daughter, Mrs. Olivia
Thomas in Richardson Park, Will
mingtOn.
Mrs. Wilbur Galloway of Fred
erica spent Sunday with her daugh-
ter and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win Short.
Mrs. Hulda Willis was Will
mingtOn visitor on Saturday.
Whom do we worship today: A
loving Lord, Whom death could not
destroy
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hammond
entertained friends from town on
Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Sapp of
Dover spent Sunday with Mrs.
Sapp's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Fris-
by Kirby.
Mr.. and Mrs. james Iluey have
brought their baby son from the
hospital where he had undergone
Il successful ear operation.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roland
jackson on Sunday were Mrs.
Anna Lee Straple and son Billy
of Milford. Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Mills and daughter Susanna of
Cedar Neck.
Mrs. John Hammond is quite in-
disposed at this writing.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Weaver and son Han
way were guests of Mrs MacKin-
ley Maloney on Friday.
John Hickman is in the Milford
Memorial Hospital suffering from
IL fractured limb.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mackinley Maloney
and son Bruce spent Sunday with
Mrs. Maloneys mother, Mrs. Sally
of Milford.
Mrs. Lizzie TOrbert is still very
i'll.
Plan to attend Easter services
at our church this Sunday.
Not even - cowboy. wild and wo0llY
Could tame a running belt aud pulley.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07

Mrs. David Hall and Mrs. Clar-
ence Hearn have returned from a
visit with relatives in Philadelphia.
James A. Richards has returned
home after spending the winter
with his children in Philadelphia,
namely. Mrs. Clarence Cooper.
/ Messrs. Harry and Russell Rick
ards of Philadelphia and Mrs. Ir-
ma Wilfong of Chesapeake. city, al
so Mrs. Madge Wright of Whining
ton. The latter accompanied her
father to his home here and spent
few days before she returned.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Belts of
Clarksville visited their sister, Mrs.
Clara Richards and had dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Richards
on Sunday. They all attended the
services at Bethel Methodist
Church on Sunday evening, after
which Mrs. Clara Richards accom-
panied them to Clarksville where
she spent Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ebe Davidson call
ed on Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew David
SUI anu uduShACi 4hCibd Oi oul-
day afternoon. Mrs. Andrew David
son is suffering with an heart
ailment. We hope she will improve
more rapidly with warmer weather
in view.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bunting
are receiving congratulations upon
the birth of a son, born Friday, /
March 81. The baby weighed 3
pounds and ounces and has been
named Barry Ray. Mrs. Bunting
will he remembered as Loretta Dol
by. The grandparents here are Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson Dolby.
The Easter sermon will be
preached by Rev. c. +. Davis at
the Methodist Church on Sunday
morning. Several young people will
unite with the church and besides
others will have their membership
transferred here from former
residence.
Miss Mary c. Evans of Seaford
spent the weekend with her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Ev-
ans. Her mother. Mrs. Name c.
Evans observed her birthday on
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07
Odd Fellows Hold
Important lTeefing

Deputy Grand Master Charlie.
T. Swain of the Grand Lodge o.
Delaware, Independent Order o.
Odd Fellows, with some of the
members of his staff, visited Union
Lodge No. 8 here on Monday might
and at the same time had repre-
sentatives of the different lodges
for a discussion. Prof. E. Pau
Burkholder, a member of Union
Lodge and Past Grand Represen-
tative of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, was the principal speaker.
Prof. Burkholder is a rural super
visor of schools in lower Kent and
upper Sussex counties. A short
business session took place before
the main portion of the program.
Music was furnished by members
of the Georgetown High School or
chestra. Refreshments were serv-
ed.
Prof. George Keen. assistant SUI
perintendent of the Georgetown
Public Schools and boys athletic
director. has completed his base
ball schedule for the year. as fol-
lows: Varsity Wednesday. April
26, Milton at Milton; Tuesday. May
2. Seaford at SeafOrd; Wednesday,
May 3. Milton at home; Friday.
May 5, Laurel at home; Tuesday.
May 9, Laurel at Laurel; Friday.
May ~, SeafOrd at home; Wednes-
day, May II, Lewes at Lewes; Fri
day. May 10. Lewes at home. The
schedule for the interclass games
follows: Monday, April 3. Fresh
men VS.. SOphOmOres; Wednesday,
April 5. Juniors VS.. Seniors: Mon
day. April 10, SophomOres VS.. Sen
iOrs; Wednesday. April l2, Fresh
men VS.. Juniors; Monday, April II,
Freshmen VS.. Seniors; Wednesday.
April 10. SophomOres VS.. Juniors.
Coach Keen has young material
10 work with and much like the
football and basketball outfits he
is not anticipating such Il great
season.
Captain and Mrs. Ernest f.
Smith and little daughter. Mary
Catherine. have returned to Or
andO. Florida. where he is sta
ioned. Mrs. Smith is the former
Miss Dorothy Pepper. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Pepper of West
Market street.
Raymond TimmOnS, who has just
'cturned from Il trip with the Mer-
liant Marines. has been spending
few days with his mother, Mrs.
lellic Wcrts and sister. Miss Pau
inc TimmOns.
Mrs. Emily DeGraw. formerly of
Georgetown, now living between
Glendale and Greenwood. has re-
eivetl word that her oldest son,
private Charles DeGraw. is in
hospital i'm Italy. having been
wounded i'm the left arm. He has
zen awarded the Purple Heart
Or bravery in action.
Pfc Charles S. Lee. Little Creek
district. stationed with the India
'hina Wing Air Transport. has
zen awarded citation medal for
he part which he and his outfit
layed in helping by air to trans
ort necessary materials to China.
Corporal Russell r. Veasey. 525
last Market street. Georgetown. is
member of the service unit at
he Eighth AAF Fighter Station
81 Mustang Base in England, ac-
Ording to word received by his
wife. Mrs. Louise Carey Veasey.
rho lives with her grandparents.
Ir. and Mrs. Ralph Green. COrpor-
| Veasey attended the Georgetown
Iigh School and when inducted
ito service was employed at the
uPont Nylon Plant at Seaford.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hurley and
daughter, Gladys Lou and MISS
Madaline Savage called on Mr.. ana
Mrs. Robert ]. Burton on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles b. Dick
erson, Mr.. and Mrs. Paris Burton,
MIR. and Mrs. William Walton, Jr.,
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. WilDert
4. Mitchell and family, Mrs. Chas.
Burton. Edwin. Richard and How
ard Clendaniel and Woodrow Webb
were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles H. Donovan and fam
lily.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07
How To Hold
FALSE TEETH
More Firmly In Place

Do your false teeth annoy and en-
barrass by slipping. dropping or wab.
bling when you eat, laugh or taik?
Inst sprinkle little FASTEETH on
your plates. This alkaline (non-acidl
powder holds false teeth more nrnly
pnd more comfortably No gumniy.
gOOey. pasty taste or feeling. Does
moi sour. Checks plate Odor" (den-
iure breathl. Get FASTEETH today
at any drug store.
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07

FOR VICTORY; BUY BONDS ----
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07

Not even - cowboy. wild aud wo0lly
Could tame a running belt aud pulley
Milford chronicle., 1944-04-07

You can't buy a better synthetic tire
today! B. F. Goodrich makes the only
synthetic tire backed by full years Of
extra synthetic tire experience II the
only synthetic rubber tire backed by an
SO,OO0,000 mile road test started ba&
in 1870. We have all popular passenger
tire sizes in stock.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-13
wLB Maps Inquiry
On Ward Firms
Compliance Stand

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. UP)-
The national War Labor Board, at
tempting to settle other long dis
puted controversies between Mont
gcmery Ward and its employees in
conjunction with the Detroit strike,
will hold hearing here Friday on
the failure of the company to COM
ply with NWLB orders in six other
cities, including San Rafael Cali
fornia
The Tenth regional WLB in San
Francisco, acting in a three-year-
old dispute, last May ordered Mcnt-
gomery Wards San Rafael store to
put into effect the standard vo,un-
tary maintenance of membership
clause and other benefits for en-
ployes.
The company appealed the order
and the national board upheld the
board last September.
San Rafael employees and others
in the San Francisco bay area are
members of the Retail Clerks Inter
national Protective A socia On
(AFL). Union officials discounted
any possibility they would join the
strike of Detroit employees of the
company, affiliated with the CIO.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-13
Deaths Trail
Winter Storm
BY UNITED PRESS

Near-zero temperatures were pre-
dicted for some sections of the east
Wednesday, following in the wake
of the seasons first major snow
storm, which blanketed most of
the nation as far south as Georgia
and westward into Nebraska and
the mountain states.
The storm, which reached its full
fury along the Atlantic seaboard
Tuesday, has virtually moved out
OF the country, the Federal Weather
Bureau at Chicago reported, and
break in The resultant low tenn
peratures can be expected in the
midwest today, with the coastal
states experiencing warme" wealth
eo tomorrow.
At least 65 deaths wert caused by
the storm in its eastward sweep
across the nation and southern
Canada. The majority Of them were
attributed to traffic accidents on
icy highways. Several persons died
from over-exertion while battling
the snow and gale-strength winds.
UP to % inches of snow were
reported in parts of West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and valley stations
III the Smokes and sub-zero tenn
npratlIre readings were registered
in the west, with Yellowstone Ma
tional Park hitting a national low
OF II below
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-13
100 Superforts Hammer
AT Honshu Isle Plants

from Tokyo and other key cities.
. Simultaneously with the attack
on Nagoya, Tokyo broadcasts said,
one or two Superfortresses appear
ed over the Tokyo o-Yokohama dis
trict, the Hiroshima district, 425
miles to the west, and the Keijo
district of Korea, but all were said
to have been repulsed "before they
were able to co any mischief
Other nuisance raids by lone B.
Eos we're made on the great Tokyo
area during the night, a German
DNB dispatch said. Bombs were
dropped, it said, but they fell al
most entirely in coastal waters
without causing damage.
The war department announced,
Wednesdays attack on industrial
targets on HonShu without naming
any specific objectives. but nearly
three hours later Tokyo said the
Superfortresses had hit the "vicin-
tiles" of Nagoya. los miles south
west of Tokyo, and HamamatSu, SIS
miles southeast of Nagoya.
Another Tokyo broadcast. heard
Ia London sale, that as Superfort-
ress attacks against Japan steadily
increased, priority in evacuation"
was being given the "most import
ant industries and n-essential
civilians.
The report indicated that Japan,
following the lead of hol,,h- hat
tered Britain and Germany, was
setting up a system of "shae ow
factories" dispersed over the Jap
anese home islands to house indus
tries now concentrated in ajor
cities, where they offer juicy targets
to American bombardiers.
Axis radios yesterday said that
civilians were being evacuated from
Tokyo at the rate of 10000 a day.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-13
British Bombs
Fall on Ruhr

LONDON, Dec. 13. (UP)-More
than 500 British heavy bombers at
tackled the German rail and indus
trial center CT Essen in the Ruhr
valley Tuesday night while RAF
Mosquito raiders pounded enemy
targets at Osnabruck.
Dense cloud formations blanketed
Essen, but returning bomber crews
reported that the glow of huge fires
was clearly visible through the over
cast and that pillars of smoke bill
lowed up almost four miles over the
city.
Night fighters of the RAF bomber
command supported the main at
tack, destroying five enemy fight
ers and shooting up Nazi airfields
en- route.
Most of Essen already had been
badly battered by repeated British
and American attacks, but the city
still was considered an important
cog in the German army's western
supply and communications system,
containing more than score of
big freight yards.
The night attacks followed wide
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-13
Western Group
Would Know
Of Japs' Return

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 CUP)-A
committee of west coast congress-
men Wednesday asked the War De-
partment and the War Relocation
Authority fer bi-weekly reports ION
the release of Japanese from intern
ment camps and the geographical
locations to which they are as
signed"
The request was contained in a
letter to Secretary of War Henry l..
Stimson and WRA Director Dillon
S. Meyer. 1t was signed by Repre-
sentative Harry r. Sheppard CD :.
California, chairman of TIE tri-state
japanese problem committee, estab-
lished on Monday by west coast con-
gressmen to protest any plans for a
mass return of Japanese Americans
to California, oregon and Washing
ton.
Sheppard wrote that frequent re-
ports will obviate the necessity of
calling government officials before
his committee.
He urged the War Department
and the WRA to take cognizance"
of 'the physical hazards that might
develop to the japanese WHO return
to the west coast with particular
reference to California, the pcssibil-
ity of sabotage that might result
(and) the definite housing shortage
that prevails in the area.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-13

Takes
Bostion
yanks Sweep
Toward Rhine
In New Drive

PARIS, Dec. 13. (UP)-
Lieutenant General Courtney
II. Hodges First army lash
ed out toward the Rhine in
a new offensive south of the
Hurtgen forest Wednesday.
Scoring early successes in
Guiding the capture of Rol-
lesbroich, IA miles south
west of the embattled Roer
river bastion of Duren.
The central sector of the
U. g. First army front blaz-
ed into action at 6 am. when
doughboys went over the top
under cover of a thunderous
artillery bombardment, extending
the battle zone southwark from the
shell-churned Cologne plain.
The first front dispatches dis
closing Hodges new offensive action
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. y
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-13
County Lacks
$4,000 Of
War Bond Goal
SOLD-S2,32 900.
QUOTA-S2,750,0OO.


QUOTA-S2,75O,O 900.
Turn these figures around and do
a bit of subtraction and the result is
-S423 900.
Tie last figure represents the
amount of war bonds that must be
purchased in the next three days if
Imperial county is to reach it's quota
in the Sixth loan drive.
Again, some mathematics. Divided
by 3, means a daily sale of S14l,3333.
And still more, the $423,000 bal
ance calls fer individual purchases
the E series.
Roughly speaking, it means a 500
bond purchased by every man,
woman and child in the county
Briefly, all this is the report to the
public by the directors and workers
in the drive. They believe the report
is plain. They believe the people of
the county will rally to the call.
Among sales reported Wednesday
was $43,881, bought by resident
Chinese. The Filipincs are conduct
ing vigorous drive for the rest of
the week.
Also under way in Ell Centre is a
push on sale of 500 bonds or higher.
as an entrance ticket for a tour of
the Ell Centro marine station Satur-
day and Sunday afternoons.
Tickets are ready at all bond is
suing agencies in the county and
the plan is not limited to Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-13
Hunger
Capital
] otters
Nazis Impress
Budapest
Citizen Army

z LONDON, Dec. 13. (UP)
The Germans began arm
ing a rag-tag army of Hun
garian civilians for a suicid-
al stand in the streets of Bu-
dapest Wednesday as Soviet
tanks and shock troops
stormed through the eastern
suburbs behind an earth
shaking artillery barrage.
The desperate Nazi move came on
the heels of a Moscow broadcast
declaring that Budapest was at the
mercy of the Red army and that
its fall was expected imminently.
House-to-house fighting already
was raging in outlying districts on
the east bank of the Danube, where
the Russians overran and silenced
scores of enemy guns and cut one
o. the main loop railways over which
the Germans had been shutting
troops to meet the multiple Soviet
threat.
But great concentration of Nazi
artillery still was raking the Red
army assault lines with a murder
Gus counter fire and defiant Ger
man and Hungarian military auth
orities proclaimed their intention
of defending the capital to the
death.
With the bulk of their own regu-
lar troops repeatedly evacuated to
escape entrapment in the burning
city. the Nazis called upon the
citizens of Budapest to take up
the the, guns ,,9f, of the fallen a1d fight for
Moscow reports asserted, however,
that OBJECTIONS were spreading
Hungarian troops and civil
ians and that many of them were
their weapons against Ger
mans in the suburban areas.