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Evening star., 1945-01-15
3 Nazi Oil Zones Hh,
243 Planes Destroyed
In 36-Hour Offensive
American Heavy Bombers
Hit Four Rail Yurds
In New Assaults
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Jan. 15.-Eighth Air
Force Flying Fortresses and Lib
FeratorS raided Germany by day
light today, continuing the Allied
aerial offensive which blasted
eight prime Nazi oil centers in a
36-hour period ending last night
and resulted in the destruction
yesterday of 243 German aircraft.
Nearly 1900 American bombers
and fighters today pounded four
railroad yards in Southern Germany
without interference from German
fighters. The targets were Freiburg,
Augsburg, Igolstadt and Reutlingen.
RAF heavies "in very great
strength" heaped tons of explosives
on the Leuna synthetic oil plant at
Merseberg and on a fuel depot at
Dulmen last night.
Use of the quoted phrase in Air
Ministry communicates generally in
dicates that force of more than
1000 bombers participated.
Berlin Also Raided.
A smaller force of raiders struck
a secondary blow at Berlin.
Yesterdays great armadas of AL
lied planes blasted Germany's oil
resources and communication and
in the best flying weather in DAYS
scourged the retreating Nazis in Bel
gium. Allied headquarters said 235
German planes were shot down in
the air and more were destroyed
aground, while Allied losses were
given as SO planes, including 10
American heavy bombers.
A special order of the day from
1t. Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander of
the United States Strategic Air
Forces in Europe, informed men of
the 9th Air Force assigned to at
tack German oil plants and depots
that German fuel reserves were
now critical. More than 900 heavy
bombers and an almost equal num-
Der of fighters participated.
Opposition Strong.
The German air force rose in
strength to protect its oil supply,
and the Britain-based American
planes knocked out 189 of them-149
falling to fighter planes which set
a new record for the 9th Air Force.
The previous record for a single day
was 1874.
The targets included the Hem
mingstedt oil plant near Heide on
the Danish Peninsula. a synthetic
oil refinery at Magdeburg, 100 miles
west of Berlin; a benzol plant and
the big Hermann Goering steel mills
at Hallendorf, south of Brunswick,
and oil depots at Derben, northeast
of Magdeburg, and at Emmen,
northeast of Brunswick.
RAF HalifaXes hit the Saarbruck-
en- rail yards for the third time in
a 24-hour period and other Ameri-
can heavies attacked the three re-
naming Rhine River bridges at
Cologne.
Evening star., 1945-01-15

communique announced a penetra-
ton to within "a miles of Germanys
Silesian border and 80 miles from
Krakow, ancient Polish capital.
While the Russians had not yet
confirmed the launching of other
new attacks, an Associated Press
dispatch from Moscow said there
were signs "the Red Army may
shortly engage every division on the
eastern front in some of the heaviest
battles of the Russian German war.
eclipsing perhaps anything the
Soviets have yet thrown against
the Nazis.
Long preparation presumably
has been completed for a resump-
ton of operations against the Ger
mans in East Prussia and Northern
Poland"
Area of New Assaults.
The new Russian attacks in
South Poland described by the Ger
mans were from the Pulawy bridge
head over the Vistula River, 68
miles southeast of Warsaw and 13O
miles northeast of Krakow, and the
Warka bridgehead over the Vistula
80 miles south of Warsaw.
Warka on the Pilica, tributary
of the Vistula, is rs miles east of
Lodz, large industrial center in
Western Poland, and 25 miles north
of Radon, scene of major Polish
defeat in 1889. Pulawy is Is miles
east of Radon.
Above Warsaw from the ViStula-
Bug triangle the Russians presum-
ably were striking at Modlin,
strategic crossing at the confluence
of the Bug and vistula where out
numbered Poles fought a heroic
battle in 1889 and delayed the final
fall of Warsaw.
The Russians last were reported
on the Bug 10 miles east of Modlin
Farther to the northeast, the Ger
mans said, the Russians were attack
ing from their Narew bridgeheads on
both sides of Ostenburg, where they
(See RTISSTA poUe ALL
Evening star., 1945-01-15
Confessed Firebug Faces
Seven Charges Of Murder
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-Police todav
filed seven charges of murder
against Charles Bohme, 44-year-old
crippled factory worker, who, Police
Sergt. James Mcmahon said, con-
fessed setting q fires since July Is
Sergt. Mcmahon said the murder
charges were based on Bohme's con-
fession that one of the fires he set
was in the Lille Apartments in the
Kenwood district last November 10
IN which two men and four women
burned tc death. A fifth woman
died in plunge to escape the flames.
The police officer said Bohme
told him he set fire to mattress in
the basement of the apartment
building and remained nearby to
watch f1remen battle the blaze.
Capt. william Burke of the 9Th
district police said Bohme was taken
to the Lille Apartments and re-en-
acted the setting of the fire.
Evening star., 1945-01-15
Dealers Open Conference
On Cigarette Rationing
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-That day.
to-day uncertainty about finding
cigarettes-currently plaguing many
smokers throughout the Nation
may be somewhat alleviated by ef-
forts of a dealers conference open
ing today. The answer, they hold,
is rationing.
The National Association of To-
bacco Distributors met to do some
thing about the cigarette shortage
which they dislike as much as the
smokers. What they propose may
take the form of national cigarette
rationing to retailers aimed at fair
distribution of the limited supplies.
Joseph Kolodny, executive secre-
tary of the association, said cigar
cites would be rationed to stores by
ALLEGATION. He would not disclose
whether the rationing plan would
involve smokers through use of ra-
ton cards. Further details of the
plan will be announced later, he
c. i'll
Evening star., 1945-01-15
AFL Calls Higher Pay,
Not Labor Draft, Cure
For Manpower Issue
Socialists Criticize
Low Wages Also at
House Investigation

American Federation of Labor
and Socialist party representa-
tives today urged higher indus
trial wages, not work. fight
legislation, as the solution to the
current manpower shortage.
The House Military Affairs Com
mittee heard Lewis G. Hines, AF'I
spokesman, and Albert Hamilton OF
the Socialist Party National Execu-
tive Committee argue that the pres
ent voluntary recruiting system
with wage increases where neces-
sary. will meet manpower require
ments better than national service
legislation.
Opposing legislative action te
force AIS into war plants or uni.
forms, Mr.. Hines said manpowe,
shortages result from "the low leve
at which wages have been frozen BY
the War Labor Board in certain
plants" +" ...
He contended that upward ad.
justment of wages in plants where
it is necessary to speed war pro-
duction would have mo significant
inf1ationary effect"
Thomas Approves Statement.
Clearly this is a matter for Gov
ernment to decide he said. Does
it want war production? Or does il
think keeping wages frozen at low
levels in certain plants is more i'm
portant?
Speaking for the Socialist party
Mr.. Hamilton, expressed absolute
opposition" to pending draft pro-
posals. He said his statement hao
been approved by Norman Thomas
head of the Socialist party.
If it is desirable for the Gov
ernment to underwrite the private
enterprise system with profit per-
centages higher than ever before tc
get businessmen interested in wal
production, then there should be
no compunction about paying de-
cent wages to workers." Mr.. Ham
ilton asserted. Why not break the
Little Steel formula now and solve
some of the most pressing man.
power problems?"
A draft of civilian workers fol
private profit "is completely un-
democratic and will not help but
at this point will hinder produc-
tion," he said.
Mead Joins Opposition.
During the testimony Representa-
tive Short, Republican, of Missouri
broke in to assert the United States
can win the war more quickly with
free labor than with forced.
Meanwhile, Chairman Mead OF
the Senate War Investigating Com
mittee, revealed he does not regard
a work-or- fight bill as necessary
now and announced his committee
also would start hearings on the
manpower problem this week.
Senator Mead, whose committee
has made periodic studies of man.
power since the war began, an.
nounced that representatives of the
War Manpower Commission, Wal
Production Board and War Depart.
ment will be called by his group this
week to justify the need for the
proposed job control plan. They
also will be asked whether material
losses in the recent German break
through forced an upward revision
in manpower needs.
WPB already has told the House
committee that the estimated pro-
Evening star., 1945-01-15
Jops Report Deaths
OF 2 More AdmiroIs
By the Associated Press.

By TIE ASS "clated Press.
The deaths of two more japanese
admirals, Vice Admiral Sadamichi
Kajioka and Rear Admiral Nine
goro Kameyama, were reported last
night by Domei, Japanese news
agency. The announcement did not
reveal how or where they died.
The deaths brought to 80 the num-
Der of Japanese admirals reported
to have died on active duty since
last May.
Evening star., 1945-01-15
200 Carrier Planes
Hit Formosa Targets,
Jap Army Announces
Blow Follows Attack
By B-29s; Damage to
AirfieIds Admitted
e, the Associated Press.

Z! the Associated PreSS.
japanese Army headquarters at
FormoSa announced that some
200 carrier borne United States
planes struck today at airfields
and communications" of For
mosa, following up an assault
yesterday on the island fortress
by China based American Super
Fortresses.
The announcement, transmitted
by Domei News Agency, said to-
days raid began at $50 o'clock
Japanese time) and lasted for
nearly Az hours.
Some damage was caused to our
airfields and facilities" the Japan
ese Army announcement admitted.
Five American planes were shot
down, the army report said.
The American planes hit targets
which were worked over by the
B-29s yesterday, and at least 30
japanese civilians were killed in the
raid, the broadcast said.
May Be McCain's Planes.
If the japanese report is true,
these 200 planes may be a part of
Vice Admiral John S. McCain's car
rier force which has been rampag-
ing deep in what was formerly a
Japanese controlled sea except for
Allied submarine forays.
A group of Admiral McCains
planes struck at harbors, shipping,
seaplane bases and airfields along
the French Indo-China coast last
Friday. This was the last official
report of activity of the Mccain
task force.
While one fleet of Super For
tresses bombed Formosa yesterday
another blasted the japanese home
island of Honshu
The two daylight strikes-each
with more than 100 planes taking
part-Were carried out without
single loss to enemy action, the War
Department reported here.
Nagoya Attacked.
Japanese broadcastS said the tar
get of the Honshu raiders was Ma
goya, vital aircraft center. An i'm
perial communique read over the
Tokyo radio claimed of the Super
Forts were shot down and "a dam
aged over Honshu.
Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LIE Mays
China-based goth Air Force made
the raid on Formosa. Fighter op-
position was lacking.
Brig. Gen. H. S. Hansell's 21st
Bomber Group made the run on
Honshu from Saipan bases, blasting
the huge Nagoya aircraft manufac-
turing center.
At Pearl Harbor, the Navy still
had nothing further to report on its
bold South China Sea thrust, but
delayed flagship report declared the
Sd Fleet cut that vital japanese en-
pire life line with surprising ease.
Planes Unchallenged.
In report from Admiral Mccain S
carrier force dated January IL
N1iol oddy, cd1lucIy IL, 1edIl f1dfUOT
and United States time), Associated
Press Correspondent Rembert James
said:
Japan lost control of her vital
South China Sea route today"
The enemy, he added, failed to
challenge the carrier planes in the
air as they attacked harbors, ship
ping, seaplane bases and airfields
along the coast of French Indo-
China.
Last official word on the Sd Fleets
activities was in Friday night COM
munique reporting the attacks,
which had sunk Is enemy warships
and transports and damaged 10
others, were going into their second
day.
Mr.. James report, written on the
first day, said Japanese warships
were helpless against the might of
the Sd Fleets surface and air power.
Evening star., 1945-01-15
West Front Battles
Called Skirmishes
By Soviet Writer
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Jan. 15.-The Al
lied battles in the Ardennes or
Vosges seem to be skirmishes by
comparison with the fighting on
the Eastern Front, Ilya Ehren-
burg wrote today in Pravda.
He quoted the Germans as
saying the battle in Belgium
was an ersatz offensive.
Evening star., 1945-01-15
Secret War Report Set

Members Of Congress are
going to hear a report January
"a from Gen. George C. Mar
shall, Army Chief Of Staff, and
Admiral Ernest ]. King, COM
mander in chief of the feet,
which is SO confidential that
even the place of the meeting
is secret, Senate Majority
Leader Barkley announced to-
day. The report, he predicted,
will give Congress "a better
picture of the war"
Evening star., 1945-01-15
Late Bulletins
Black Market Law Uroed

Attorney General Biddle
proposed to Congress today
enactment of legislation to
wipe out so-called black mar
kets in the sale of railroad
tickets. Chairman McCarran
said Mr.. Biddle told the SEN
ate Judiciary Committee he
would send up a bill aimed at
black markets generally, max
ing it a criminal offense to
split" money with purchasers
of tickets or of any services or
commodities sold at above
ceiling prices.
Evening star., 1945-01-15
Fall Of Houffa|ize Appears Near
AS Yanks Move In on Three Sides;
First and Third Armies Joined
Tanks, Infantry
In Fierce Bottle
Near St. With
BULLETIN.

American casualties slightly
under 10000 we're reported in
preliminary figures released
today by Secretary of War
StimSon for the period of
fighting during the German
counteroffenSive in the Ar
dennes from December 16 to
January 7.
Evening star., 1945-01-15

FtUe additional mea from the
District area hare been reported
killed in this tDdr. See "On the
Honor Roll" Page Az.
Evening star., 1945-01-15

(See RUSSIA, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1945-01-15

-oe WESTERN FRONT, Pace AS.
Evening star., 1945-01-15

(See POLICY, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1945-01-15

Snow changing to rain this afternoon
and tonight; clearing tomorrow.
Temperatures today-Highest, 33, at
80 pm; lowest, 30, at TBS am. Yes
terday-Highest, IS, at 1901 a.m.;
lowest, 81, at 11:55 pm.
Evening star., 1945-01-15

(See PHILIPPINES, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1945-01-15

(See DRAFT, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1945-01-15

(See MANPOWER, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1945-01-15

(See FREDDY, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1945-01-15
Guide for Readers

! Associofed Press Newspaper
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28

including the 346th Engineer Com
bat battalion; 38th Cavalry Recon
Nuisance squadron; 963rd Fiele
Artillery battalion; 101st Evacue
ton hospital; 885th Medical Col
lecting company; 18th Chemical
company.
Monticello - e,347 undesignated
troops.
Antioch Victory 1865 undesig-
mated troops. ..
Waterbury Victory-1, 969 troops,
including the 237th Engineer Com
bat b TT a ion; 47Oth Engineer
Maintenance company; 635th En-
gineer Camouflage battalion;
Headquarters and Headquarters
Battery 182nd and 2O2nd Field Ar
tillery groups; Alta, 421st and
425th Military Police escort guard
companies; 3938th Quartermaster
Gas Supply company; 2O8th Signal
Depot company and eight ci-
villains.
George Dern-629 troops, includ-
ing the 51st Evacuation hospital
and tn 4092nd Quartermaster
Service company.
Haverford Victory 1868 undes-
ignated troops.
USS Savannah - 1855 lndesig-
mated troops.
La Crosse Victory-1.696 troops,
including the 981st Field Artillery
battalion; 572nd Ambulance COM
pany; Headquarters and Head
quarters company, 1115th Engi-
neer Combat group; 109Oth Engi-
neer Utility company; 203rd Cen
eral hospital; 301Oth and 3951st
Quartermaster Bakery companies.
Pierre Soule-580 troops, includ-
ing the 561st, Send and 563rd Am
bulance companies; Headquarters
Deta chments 4ta and Goth hospital
trains; 4147th Quartermaste Sew
ice companies.
Cape Plumas - 81 undesignated
troops.
Fort Frelinghuysen- % undesig-
mated troops.
Due at Boston:
Barbara Fritchie - Is miscel-
laneous Army troops,
Betty Zane - 500 miscellaneous
troops.
James Fannin - STA troops, in
Guiding the 195th Field Artillery
battalion.
Due at San Francisco:
Admiral Hugh Rodman - 1890
undesignated troops.
Crittendon - 1,058 undesignated
troops.
Beckham - 2,011 undesignated
troops.
Biloxi-576 undesignated troops.
Cuya ANA - 80 undesignated
troops.
Naubic- IA undesignated troops.
Hope Victory 16 undesignated
troops.
Queens Victory-three troops.
Braxton - 1851 undesignated
troops.
Notre Dame Victory 26 I'M
designated troops. '
Thomas F. Farrell-34 undesig-
mated troops.
Edward Hough-49 undesignated
troops.
ATA216-15 undesignated troops.
/. Due at San Diego = :
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
A TROOP SHIPS
y DOCK YESTERDAY
r,;ted Press

by '+r ships were scheduled TO
-, aG' at East and West coast !! ports ats
sosn with more than 'z'OO0
troops
~ Mo at New York:
o o Mary - 1850 troops, in
s .;po headquarters and base
cluoi ns squadron 40 Air Service
servl's 93I 337, 339 Bomb squad
group nth Station Complement
rons' ,.on 82oth Air Engineer
squad dron. headquarters and head
squ@ stars detachment 64th' 21o6th
qua 81 o1o7tb Ordnance battalions;
ana '!s.d 45s+h Ordnance Evacuation
4''l .nanies; 8l6th Service Signal
e COMP company; ss7th Engineer
9 oanot company; 111ta Chemical
DDeapo 0, company; 555th
oc !o, R i head compa-
e''l osQ+b Field Artillery battalion;
ny ny Tnpineer Light Pontoon COM
~. .r. 679th Engineer Topographic
pan n,nanv, Headquarters d
[y} Di.l company Hand En-
n ?,aer Combat group; 429th and
: s Ambulance companies; 28th
,rd q5th General hospitals; Head
CHARTERS a,a Detachment 44th hospital
.rair. s47th, 262nd, 529th and 273rd
po a companies; 535ta Field Ar
4;11erv battalion; Headquarters
and Headquarters Battery 252nd
Tield Artillery group; 64sth Engi-
neer Topographic company; 393rd
Medical Collecting company, SO CT
villains.
Marine Wolf - with 2,503 troops
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28

conditions rejecting the desire of
traders to await the announcement
OF ceiling prices on the 1916 rye
crop, notice of intention to deliver
on December contracts, and the
December flour subsidy rate.
At the finish wheat was unchang-
ed to IL higher than yesterdays
close December $1.8O IL. Corn was
unchanged at ceiling. $1.18 ~ for
all deliveries. Oats were unchang-
ed to IL higher, December rs IL.
Rye was 1-8 higher to l 1-8 lower,
December $1.87. Barley was I'M
changed to SO higher, December
|S1.21 7-8.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Nov. 27-lRH Grain
futures prices moved ahead during
the early part of today's trading,
ana then fell off at the finish, led
by nervous rye, which declined on
reports that a small amount of
Texas rye had been purchased for
delivery here.
During the early trade prices
We're bolstered by milling demand
Tor the July delivery of wheat, the
deferred deliveries showing a
strong tone and the nearby remain
ing at the $1.00 IL ceiling.
Trade was slow most of the day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28
Four ships-Escort Carrier Mum

Four ships-Escort Carrier Mum
! and net layers Corkwood, Win
arberry and Terebinth-with no
,tals or unit designations.
Due at Newport News, Va:
Central Falls Victory - 1882
troops, including the following
units OF the 291st infantry: Service
company, Cannon company; and
lst and End battalions.
Blomfontein - 2,241 troops, in
Guiding the 449th AAA AW bat
talon and miscellaneous troops.
Mahney City Victory g. 1,947
troops, including the 249th Engi-
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28

'neer c battalion, 513th Engineer
L Pom company, and miscenane-
Gus personnel.
Kames Moore = STA undeslgnat-
ed troops.
C Floyd % undesignated
troops. :
w Marshall-no information.
William Floyd-587 undeslgnated
troops.
Baton Rouge Victory-one army
officer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-28

BUY U. S. VICTORY BONDS
Kodiak mirror., 1945-03-31
KODIAK !. DIARY

We wish to- apologize for an error in the story last week that listed Dora Naughton as 8 guest at a party. Our reporter turned in the name Dora Gregoroff but we knew Dora Gregoroff had married and become a Naughton so we changed the name to Naughton but Dora Gregoroff Naughton was not at the party; instead it was Dora Gregoroff, her sister-in-law who didn't used to be Gregoroff but be- came Dora Gregoroff when she marrled Dora Gregoroff's bro- ther.
 We don't see how we ever made such a mistake.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-03-31

Mrs. Ruth Breckburg, who re- turned to Kodiak on the Cor dova, has written the following impression of her trip, which provides an interesting sidelight on how the great Outside looks to a traveller from Kodiak:
 "The Cinderella curfew-all entertainment places are closed at midnight sharp-and the blackout of outside advertising in the large Eastern cities com bine to give the States a differ ent aspect now. l just got back on the Cordova from an 8,000- mile jaunt-my first Outside
 (continued on page 9
Kodiak mirror., 1945-03-31

"Wiseman was given wide ! publicity several years ago by Robert Marshall Tn his book, Arctic Village" but the little community has changed since then," Jack McCord, widely known Alaskan from Kodiak, declared in Fairbanks after a tlip to the old-time camp.
 Before the war Wiseman had a considerable population, com posed of Whites and Natives. Now most of it's pre-war resid- ents of both races have moved away.
 "The camp has only l2 White men, one White woman ana a few Natives.
 "The towns White men range from 93 to 60, the average being about 75 years
 "For instance, Carl Frank, miner, is 93; J. Creacy, Negro, Spanish American war veteran, mining on Kelly's Mistake, is 80; Hans Christensen, miner, 78; Albert Nash, mining on Goldbot om, 76; Ace, Wilcox, miner, 76; Nick Skovich, mining on Mascot, 73; Billy English, U. IS. Commissioner and storekeep- CT, 70; Joe Ulan, radio operator. who reports the weather hourly 13 hours a day, 68; Sm tn Wana- maker, mining on Nolan Creek, 60; his wife is the only White woman.
 Almost all of Wiseman's in- habitants have lived there more than 40 years, and they are un- usually active for their ages, and lack none of the necessities of life, even with the airplane freight rate from Fairbanks 12 I cents pound.
 "Wiseman is now a camp of fine men and coarse gold. Be cause of it's yellow metal re sources, it's growth and develop ment are certain when peace comes again. "
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-08-11
Emperor Selassie
Wins Back Stolen
ValuableS

Adds ABABA - (SNS)- The
United States government has re-
turned to Ethiopia's Emperor Halle
Selassie large case of silverware,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-08-11

GREENEVILLE- Ernest Mcclure
Stokely, csc USNR%was killed at
sea on Maya while OH, duty in de-
Tense of his country according to
message fronf> the War Depart
ment received by his wife, Mrs
Frances A. Stokeley. The message
stated that he was buried ON an
Island in an allied cemetery IN the
Pacific.
Seaman Stokely volunteered for
service in the Navy September 80,
1912, and received his boot train
ing at Camp Roberts Smalls, Great
Lakes, ILL.,, and was stationed at
several other points in the United
States before being sent overseas
in April 1915.
He was member of the Friend
ship Baptist Church of Greenville
Tenn. He was a graduate of Geo
Glenn High School and took an ac-
tive part in the various activities
of the campus and city at large.
At the time he entered the SER
vice he was employed at o. K. Bar
Der Shop in Greeneville. He was
well respected by the citizens OF
both races. Through the years he
had won for himself many friends
surviving are his wife, Mrs. Fran
ces N. Stokely two children, Lemiel
J and Bertha Marie of Bristol, Va
six brothers, Rev William H. Stok-
ely of Greeneville, Tenn, Mr.. ThOs
Stokely of Indianapolis, Ind, Mr.
Joseph and John r. Stokely of
Newport, Tenn, Mr.. Roosevelt and
James. Stokely Of Knoxville, Tenn,
two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Bryant of
Greeneville, Tenn, and Mrs. Mat
tie Olden of Knoxville, Tenn.