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Evening star., 1945-01-03
1,10O u. ). Bombers
Hit Transport Points
In West GERMANY
Masses Of Nozi Supplies
Bound for Front Ruided;
Berlin Roided by RAF
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Jan. 3.-Eleven hun
dred American Flying Fortresses
and Liberators smashed rail and
road centers in Western Ger
many for the 18th consecutive
day today for a new record for
sustained winter bombing.
The skies were cloudy. Only a
solitary German fighter, which made
an Intellectual pass at one bomber
formations was sighted by the 60t
escorting Thunderbolts and Mus
tangs.
The bombers spread from 5000 te
1000 tons of explosives over highway
intersections, ripe for traffic jams
northwest of karlsruhe and along
the Belgian-German border anc
over rail yards jammed with front
bound freight at Cologne, Aschaffen-
burg and Fulda, near Frankfurt.
Berlin Raided.
They followed RAF raids last
night on Nurnberg, Ludwigshafer
and Berlin.
| British and American forces
teamed yesterday IN two l ,000- bomb
er blows-one by day and the other
by night. Their targets were rail-
way yards congested with freight
key highway intersections and tank
and troop concentrations concealed
in woods.
Fighters and bombers operating
from France, Belgium and Holland
smashed the Nazis hard with day.
long attacks in support of ground
forces. The appearance of these
planes belied Germans claims of re-
suits obtained by Nazi pilots in their
surprise New Year Day strafing OF
Allied airields.
$50 Sorties Flown.
United States 9Th Air Force dive.
bombers alone g.. in 750 sorties
Their bag included 81 armored We
hicles knocked out and "a damaged
in the Bastogne-St. With area, q
German antiaircraft batteries de.
stroyed, 222 railroad cars wrecked
and 9 locomotives blasted.
A dozen Mustangs caught fivt
Messerschmitt 109s preparing tt
land and destroyed every one.
One hundred and fifty medium
bombers worked on railroad bridge
and communications centers in tn,
Nazi bulge inside Belgium.
All told, 13 German fighters were
shot down for a loss of IL fighters
and 10 bombers by the Allies.
Evening star., 1945-01-03
Latest Overseas Star
Ready for Mailing

The latest issue of The
Stars Overseas Edition is
ready for mailing today. Free
copies, with envelopes. are OBJ
tainable at The Stars business
counter and the Victory Bond
Booth in Lansburgh's Depart
ment Store.
The Overseas Star may be
sent by ordinary mail for 8
cents, but it will be delivered
much more quickly-and win
be all the more appreciated
il sent by airmail at IL cents.
Evening star., 1945-01-03
81, ,420 Tons Of Bombs
Dropped by RAF in Month
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 3.-Summarizing
December operations, the RAF an
nounced last night that during the
month its heavy bombers deluged
German targets with 54.420 tons of
explosives in 18 night and rs day
light missions.
All but 2,340 tons were dropped in
Western Germany in support of
Allied armies.
British Mosquito bombers COM
|pleted 46 missions and dropped $50
2-ton blockbusters, the announce
ment said.
Figures for the United States 9th
Air Force are not complete.
Evening star., 1945-01-03
10000 Nazis Killed,
10000 Wounded in
Budapest, Reds Say
Budo Almost Captured
And 232 Blocks Are
Occupied in Pest
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Jan 8. - Russian
forces today were smashing their
way through Budapest in fierce
house toulouse fighting.
Making progress in what an
official announcement called fierce
encounters In fortified houses. in
courtyards and in cellers," Red Army
troops yesterday captured 232 blocks
in Pest, the part of the city east of
the Danube, and SO more blocks in
Buda, on the opposite bank.
On the basis OF preliminary re-
ports, it is believed in Moscow that
the enemy garrison already has lost
10000 dead and possibly 10000
wounded.
! Although the Red Army has not
officially estimated the strength of
the trapped garrison, Col. Gen. Janos
Voros, minister of defense of the
provisional Hungarian government
recently set up in Russian-held ter
ritory, said last night the total may
run as high as $4,000 to 100000 Ger
mans, plus 10000 Hungarians.
1000 Prisoners Taken.
| With yesterdays advances, which
brought in approximately 1000 pris-
oners, the Russians now held nearly
1000 blocks Of the battered city.
How 100000 civilians, estimated
to be covering inside the city, are
surviving the struggle could only be
imagined.
1t now appeared likely that the
Russian armies would not resume
offensive operations in great force
| in the direction of the Austrian
frontier until Budapest Is largely
overwhelmed.
Forty-two miles northwest oi
Budapest and 10 miles southeast o1
the Danube communications center
of Komarom, fresh German armoreo
forces drawn from Austria lashec
out yesterday at the tip of Marsha
Feodor I. Tulbukhin's salient on the
main road to Vienna. 1t was an.
nounced officially the attack was re.
pulsed.
NaZi Break Fails.
Although this counterattack was
too far distant to affect the fate o1
the Germans cut off in Budapest, q
force of the latter, possibly in sheer
desperation, tried and failed tt
break out of the western part of the
Hungarian capital.
| Soviet correspondents said Rus
sian guns of all calibers were bat.
tering deeper inside the city some.
times dueling at less than 100-yaro
range with German tanks and self
propelled artillery.
An Izvestia correspondent said the
Germans had converted Budapest
University into fortress in the
icenter of blocks of burning houses
Evening star., 1945-01-03
BY the Associated Press,


Democratic and Republican Ma.
tional Committees spent $4.S84, ,773. Il
in the 1914 presidential campaign
Reports filed with Congress today
exclusive of State campaign ex-
penses-showed the Democrats spent
$2,056, ,121.58 to re-elect President
Roosevelt to a fourth term.
The Republican committee said II
spent $2,828,651.5 Sc in its unsuccess-
full campaign for Gov. Dewey.
The two reports were filed as a
special House committee proposed
legislation to bring all political CAM
paign organizations under the scru-
tiny of the Corrupt Practices Act
Such provision would take in the
CIO Political Action Committee.
The major party reports showed
the Republicans took in 81, ,999, ,999 .48
Evening star., 1945-01-03
Lea Unit Gives Fec
Clean Bill Of HEALTH;
UphoIds WMCA Sale
Report to House Split,
; to z, on Party Lines;
Corcoron Is Cleared
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The special Lea committee, in
a split report. told the House to-
day that it had found nothing
basically wrong with operations
of the Federal Communications
Commission or with its handling
of the case growing out of the
sale of Radio Station WMCA in
New York.
The three Democratic members
signed the majority version and each
Of the two Republicans submitted
separate minority statements.
The committee, headed by Repre-
sentative Lea of California. was
created two years ago to investigate
the FEC. 1t filed its final report
Just before last midnight, when the
committee itself ceased to exist.
The majority report said James
L. Fly. former FEC chairman, CON
tributed materially to the better
functioning of the commission" and
'left it better than he found it,
However, it added, the former
chairman's actions in connection
with the sale of radio station WIFI
at Fort Lauderdale, Fla, amounted
to putting the heat" on the former
owner to sell to friend of Mr.
Fly.
FEC Differences Cited.
While taking note of differences of
opinion" among FEC members, the
committee said these were not "a
matter of condemnation" and IAN
honest difference of opinion as to
public administration is and may
well be of useful service"
The majority report was signed by
Representatives Lea, Hart of New
Jersey and Priest of Tennessee
Minority reports were filed by Rep
resentatives Miller of Missouri and
Wigglesworth of Massachusetts,.
OF the WMCA case, the commit
tees most publicized investigation
the majority said it found no evil
dence that Donald Flamm, former
owner, had sold it to Edward ]. No
BILE, one-time Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce. under pressure, coercion
or duress."
Allegations Called Baseless.
Mr.. Flamm contended he sold the
station for less than he could have
obtained because of fear that he
would lose his license if he did not
sell.
"The general allegations to the
effect that the White House hac
anything to do in pressuring Flamm
into selling his station to Noble i,
wholly without foundation in fact,
the majority said.
The committee added that i
found nothing to censure" in tn,
conduct of Thomas G. Corcoran
former White House aide, in con.
nection with the WMCA transac.
ton, and nothing to censure in tn,
conduct of Mr.. Edward j. Noble"
Changes in Act Asked.
The 25,000-word majority reporr
found "a basic need" for re-ex.
animation of provisions of the Com.
munications Act with view tx
their modification to conform tt
the requirements of administration
as demonstrated by the needs of ths
Evening star., 1945-01-03
B-29s Attack
War Plants on
Main Jap Isle
Army Reveals No
Details; Jops Report
go PIunes in Ruid
By the Associated Press,

I
Super Forresses today attacked
the principal Japanese island of
Honshu, hitting industrial tar
gets in daylight, the War Depart
ment announced here.
A department communique did
not disclose the size of the attack
ing force, nor did it give the exact
targets, but a japanese imperial
headquarters communique said about
80 B-2ss took part in the raid.
The japanese said the aircraft
center of Nagoya and neighboring
industrial cities of Osaka and Ha-
mamatsu were attacked. The figure
of 80 B-29s is the largest ever Of
ficially reported by the Japanese as
being over Japan.
II BOmbers DOwned, Japs Say.
The Tokyo communique, broad
cast by the Domei news agency and
recorded by the Federal Communi-
cations Commission, claimed II
Super Forts were downed and Is
damaged. Four of those downed
were listed as probables and three
as being destroyed by body-crash
attacks.
The three industrial cities Tokyo
reported were attacked today are on
the south-central coast of Honshu.
Osaka and Hamamatsu, respectively,
are roughly rs miles southwest and
southeast of Nagoya whose two big
Mitsubishi aircraft plants have been
repeated targets of B-29 raids.
japanese reports said the B-29s
struck in waves in midafternoon
with almost perfect visibility for the
bombardiers.
Japs Report Light Damage.
Although there were some dam
ages inflicted in the Nagoya and
Hamamatsu areas by the enemy in
cendiary bombs" the communique
said, there were almost no damages
inflicted upon vital facilities and
factories"
Imperial headquarters conceded
that two interceptors failed to re-
turn to their home fields.
The Tokyo radio said the B-29s
were divided in several formations"
which hit Nagoya principally but
"also Osaka, Kobe and Hamamatsu
areas"
Several incendiaries were dropped
in the Osaka and Nagoya areas"
said radio Tokyo, but the damage
was kept to minimum because of
the vigorous activities of our air de-
Evening star., 1945-01-03
Open City Stotus
Barred for Vienna
By the Associated Press.
TnNDON -

LONDON. Jan. 3.-The Paris
Radio said today that Adolph Hitler
has refused an appeal by Vienna
officials to declare Vienna an open
city to spare it the fate of Budapest
and has ordered the evacuation Of
the civilian population.
The broadcast also said the pro-
ylsional Hungarian government in
Russian occupied Debrecen has ap-
pealed to military and civilian au-
thorities in Budapest to cease fight
ing to preserve what is left of the
ancient Hungarian capital.
Evening star., 1945-01-03
Bombers
Batter Japs' Busiest
AirfieId Near Manila
MucArthur's Planes Set
Fire to Five Ships in
Sweep Toword Formosu
BY the Associated Press.


GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines, Jan. 8.
"A smashing New Year Day
bombing of Manila's Clark Field
by Leyte-based Liberators was
reported from a 5th Air Force
advance base as Gen. MacAr-
thurs stepped up air assaults
brought Formosa into his COM
munique today for the first time.
Fighter-escorted Liberators of the
veteran Red Riders group few
through intense antiaircraft fire to
drop bombs on the busiest airdrome
in the Philippines. Many bombers
were pierced by fax, but all re-
turned.
| The fighters tangled with jap
anese interceptors in numerous
dogf1ghts, and at least two enemy
aircraft were seen to go down.
I'VE gave those Nips an unhappy
start on 1945," observed Bombardier
1t. Raymond Seidel, Olympia,
Wash.
"a japanese Domei agency dis
patch said 20 American Liberia
tors raided Clark Field yesterday
in the second attack of the year
and claimed four were shot
down.
Luzon Targets Raided.
The Monday raid was an extension
of strong land-based assaults on Lu-
zon, reaching targets as far as $50
miles north of Manila, the last few
days.
Gen. Macarthur said in his COM
munique today that patrol planes
approached Formosa, the enemy's
island bastion 225 miles north of
the Philippines, Sunday, setting
five coastal ships afire and shooting
down four planes.
1t was the first strike by South
west Pacific planes SO far north.
Formosa was bombed in October
by Pacific Fleet carrier planes and
by Asia-based Super Fortresses.
Formosa is Japan's great staging
base for her Philippine forces.
I American bombers in widespread
Sunday raids poured the greatest
load, 1875 tons of bombs, on Halma-
hera, between New Guinea and the
Philippines. Halmahera's airdromes,
supply areas and antiaircraft posi-
tions were hammered in the con-
tinued naturalization campaign.
Jap Facilities Blasted.
Fighter planes sweeping over
Southern Luzon caused widespread
damage to warehouses, rail facili-
ties, power plants and wharves
Medium bombers, operating farther
north, sank a 2,000-ton merchant
ship off the Luzon coast and caused
fires and explosions at Laoag. A
gunboat was sunk by patrol planes
Mopping up proceeded on Leyte
Island as the Americans killed 778
more japanese and took prisoner
Total enemy dead or captured on
the, bloody Island has reached
1892.
| AT Pearl Harbor, Admiral Chester
w. Nimitz announced an Intellectual
RAID Monday by lone tWln-englned
japanese bomber on Saipan, the
Marianas base for the Tokyo-raid-
ing Super Fortresses.
He reported another bombing of
Two Jima, Japanese air base in the
Volcano Islands 750 miles south OF
Tokyo. Two, takeoff point for enemy
raids on Saipan, was bombed "a
times in December.
Tokyo radio, perhaps referring tc
the same raid, said "our air force
units attacked the enemy air base
on Saipan Island, and blasted anc
set ahlazn more than fmn r,oirafS .
Evening star., 1945-01-03
Puris Editor Executed

LONDON, Jan. 3 P.-The Paris
radio said Albert lie Jeune, former
manager and chief editor of the
Petit Nicois, was executed at dawn
today by firing squad after con-
viction as a collaborationist.
Evening star., 1945-01-03
Patton's Tanks Continue Gains
Toward ST. With From Bastoqne;
Nazis Attack in Dozen Places
Americans Lose
FoothoId Above
Sorreguemines
BULLETIN.

ON THE WESTERN FRONT
P.-German casualties for
the winter offensive were esti-
mated unoff1cially tonight at
$4,000, and an official estimate
placed the number of German
prisoners at 10000.
Evening star., 1945-01-03

TWo additional men from the
District area haze been re-
ported killed in this ,Dar. See
"On the Honor RoH," Page Az.
Evening star., 1945-01-03

tsee WESTERN FRONT, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1945-01-03

(See FEC, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1945-01-03

(See FREIGHT RATE, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1945-01-03

Crowded galleries watched the
Senate go through, the formality of
swearing in % of the 80 Senators
reelected or newly elected this year.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-20
Byrnes Announces
Midnight Curfew
On 'Amusemenfs'

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. (UP)-
Nc bilization Director James F.
Byrnes has imposed midnight cur
few on the nations entertainment
spots.
He announced that he is request
ing all places of entertainment to
close by II o'clock midnight each
day, effective February g."
But he made it more than a re
quest" by announcing that various
federal agencies will be asked to
put pressure on viClators.
VINO ASKED TO AID
The war manpOwer commission
will be asked to deny manpower to
any places ignoring the request. The
war production board, the office of
defense transportation and office of
price administration will be asked
ito use their powers to the fullest
extent consistent with the law in
assisting the war manpower COM
mission"
Byrnes said the curfew was pri-
marily a fuel-saving action, but it
also would help conserve tranSpor-
taticn and manpower.
He listed the places affected as
including all night clubs, sport
arenas, theaters, dance halls, road
houses, saloons, bars and "other
similar enterprises" both public
and private. He exempted restau-
rants engaged exclusively in serving
food
ByInes expressed confidence that
Continued on Page 6, Col. 6)
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-20
County Speeds
on Park

County road equipment began
hauling dirt to Court House Park in
Ell Centre Monday and the board of
supervisors arranged to call for bids
for construction of curbs and side
walks around and through the park.
The supervisors told County Ag-
ricultural Commissioner B. A. Har-
rigan, who is in charge of the park
Identification, to have the curbs
and sidewalks built to conform with
regulations of the city of FL Gen.
tro.
And build the best quality side
walks and curbs," Chairman I.
Schlatter of Calexico told Harrigan.
Build them so they will last. While
we are working on this park let's
do good job of it," Other super
viSorS agreed
Supervisor Hugh Osborne said he
would use his men and equipment
to haul in and spread dirt needed
to level the park site Other super
visors agreed to help pay the cost
so that one road district will not
have all of the burden,
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-20

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20
(UP)-The Imperial Irriga-
ton District of California is
in danger of losing valuable
properties if the proposed
Mexican water treaty is rati-
fled, a witness told the SEN
ate foreign relations commit
tee today.
Evan T. Hewes, president of the
district, accused the state depart
ment of jeopardizing deliberately
the rights and property of Imperial
Valley RESIDENTS.
He said that L. M. Lawson, Amer
ican member of the international
boundary commission, Showed his
determination to use this treaty to
seize, not only our rights to the cap
acity in the All-American canal
needed to deliver water to Mexico
but also to seize our Alamo canal
property in the United States and
to permit Mexico to seize the Alamo
canal and the levees in Mexico"
CITES OVERSIGHTS
There is no commitment in the
treaty. Hewes added, to require eth
er government to acquire or pay for
the existing levees and canal works
on the Alamo system in Mexico.
80 far as this treaty is concern
ed," he said, "the state department
has left those farmers (of the I'M
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-20
House Committee
0kehs Draft
Of Single Nurses

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. (UP)-
The house military affairs commit
tee Tuesday approved a bill to draft
unmarried graduate nurses 20
through A (both ages inclusive).
It will be the first proposal to
draft women to reach the house.
Congress repeatedly in the past has
displayed reluctance to conScript
women.
While the measure now applies
to unmarried nurses, it would not
affect enlistment of married nurses.
Committee approval came after
three weeks of hearings in response
to President Roosevelts request last
January for a nurse draft. He said
the army and navy had to have
10000 more nurses at once.
The war manpower commission
procurement and assignment dlvl-
sion would be authorized by the
bill to order deferment of any
woman in essential civilian nurs-
ing service.
Veterans administration nurses
would be eligible for deferment.
Graduates of the federally financed
nurse corps, on the other hand,
could be deferred only on grounds
of dependency, family relationship
or physical disability.
No non-cadet graduate nurse
could be drafted until all qualified
and inductable cadet graduates reg
istered with the same board had
been taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-20
Hewes Says Pact
PeriIs Valley

perial Valley to pay the entire
$3,C0O,0O0 debt on their Mexican
investment, which Mexico is now
using and enjoying"
Hewes asserted that the state de-
partment in 1914 promised to nego-
tiate with Mexico for waiver OF
her rights to the 100000 acre feet
of water she was then using from
the Colorado in return for the priv
ilege of receiving surplus through
the All-American canal during a
shortage period.
II think it is OF ne utmost import
ance," Hewes said. that this COM
mittee learn and know whether or
not the state department did secure
that waiver. If it cid. then the
claim that Mexico used 100000
acre feet that year is of no import
ance in considering this treaty. II 1t
did not, then the state department
was woefully negligent in the dis
charge of its duties to protect the
rights of America in the Colorado
river"
The state department, Hewes said,
has either wilfully or negligently
aided Mexico in building up that
claim of right. 1t is that claim which
the department now presses as
justification for this treaty"
Hewes told the committee that
the state department had been in
formed of Imperials offer of $340,-
COO worth of water year to Mexico
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-20
Canadians Halted
On West Wall

: PARIS, Feb. 20. (UP)-
Fierce G Germ m a n counterat-
tacks slowed the Canadian
First army drive on the Ruhr
Tuesday after the Allies had
cleared all but c small cor
ner of Goch and outflanked
the Rhine stronghold of CAL
car.
German armcred and Infantry re-
serves were reported streaming into
the MaaS-Rhine corridor in a deter
mined effort to stem the Canadian
offensive which already had cracked
through the toughest fixed Sieg-
fried line defenses before Goch
Practically ali OF Goch, at the
center of the 17-mile-wide corridor,
was in Allied hands after "a hours
of furious house-to-house fighting.
Field dispatches said Scottish and
Welsh infantrymen were roofing out
the last die-hard Nazi snipers from
the ruins of the town, while their
main forces were pushing on to the
east, west and south against oppo-
sition.
The Germans threw in their main
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. -
Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-20
Onrushing YanI<s Pierce
South End Of Island
Tanks and Famethrowers Pave Way
For Sweep to Western Coast;
Bitter Resistance Meets Attacks
= BY WILLIAM TYREE -

ADMIRAL NIMITZ HEADQUARTERS, Guam, Wednes-
day. Feb 81. UP)-Amercan marines have captured the
main airfeld on Two Jima occupied approximately
third of the island and opened powerful attack led by
tanks and flaehrowers against fanatcay resisting Jap
anese, it disclosed Tuesday.
In bloody fighting the fourth and fifth marine div-
siOns established straight eastwest line the island
north of the air field Then, with spearhead of
estimated by Tokyo to number 3OO the leathernecks
charged forward against the ntenched enemy aerial OBJ
servers reported.
Bitter Fighting Marks SUeepng Advance
Fleet Admiral Chester w. Nimitz announced capture of
the arfied richest single prize the bleak eight-square
mile island $50 miles south of Tokyo. A headquarters
spokesman later said the fighting continued bitter
that of the bloody battles the Pacific-from
Guadacana to Tarawa, to Saipan
After capturing the air field the marines drove
the neck of Two and reached the shore
Consolidating their lines, the marines pvoted their
ahead with the tanks and faehrowers in the vanguard
Of the attack against the enemys nterlockng pboxes
and concrete bunkerS
The japanese defenders have been split into pockets
the drive which slashed the southern
island Marines stormed the fobidding flank of towering
Surbach volcano from the crater of which enemy
raining shells the Americans
Tokyo Reports 800 Yank Tanks on Isle
Japanese Domei news agency dispatch broadcast by
Tokyo radio said 300 American tanks have landed
the marine beachhead Tokyo reported that
alone held by 10000 marines, there tanks The
enemy claimed 80 had been blasted"
In addition to extending their lines northward along
both coasts and gaining control of Motoyama aired
ber with its 5O25Oot runway the also made
slight gains southwark.
On the west coast the invaders extended their lines
norhwad about $50 yards and southwark about yards
to Wednesday, approximately doubling the
ern beachhead held Monday evening