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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-08
Germans Take
Esztergonl In
Major Assault
Reds Launch New Drive In
Effort To Outflank
Nazis Above City
LOSSES ARE HEAVY
Enemy Disregards Casual
ties In Effort To Aid
Budapest Garrison

LONDON, Monday, Jan. 8
(AP)-Russian forces, with
drawing in the face of furi-
Gus German counterattacks
northwest of Budapest, have
evacuated Esztergom, on the
Danube 20 miles from the
battered capital, after IN
flicting heavy losses on the
enemy, Moscow announced
last night.
The broadcast Soviet commun1-
que, telling OF this setback, how
ever. also reported that the Red
Army had crossed the Hron GA
ROM river and surged forward II
- miles along the north bank OF
the Danube above Esztergom.
This fresh drive in southern
Czechoslovakia might be aimed at
out-flanking the Nazi counterat-
tackers in northwestern Hungary
as well as carrying the Soviet into
Austria. It has reached point
10 miles from the Danube COM
munications hub Of Komarom.
Casualties Heavy
The Russians said 1,400 Germans
had been killed, 800 captured and
40 tanks and Is arnnored troop
carriers Of the enemy had been
knocked out before their forces
retired from Esztergom.
When the German Hungarian
troops attempted to push closer to
Budapest from Esztergom, they
were beaten back. the Red air
force alone knocking out 20 tanks.
eight troop carriers and so trucks,
the early morning supplemental
report from Moscow said.
But the Germans apparently are
diSregarding heavy losses and con-
finulng their attempt to relieve the
trapped Nazi garrison in Budapest.
This garrison launched II con-
secutive counterattacks in central
Budapest. but all of them failed
and the enemy lost 400 men, the
Russians said. The Soviet COM
munlque reported that the Soviet
Storm troops in the capital had
captured another 116 blocks of
buildings, giving them control of
more than 1900 Of the city's $500
blocks.
Anchor Of Line
Esztergom was named by the
Germans Saturday as the northern
anchor of the line they have reach
ca northwest of Budapest. 1t had
oeen captured by the Russians
December 26.
The Russian forcing of the Hron
IN southern Czechoslovakia had
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-08
BRITISH ADVANCE
NORTH OF ATHENS
All Organize d ELIAS
Troops Are Pushed
Across "Scobie Line"

ATHENS, Jan. 7.-UP)-British
tank and infantry columns, haras-
sing retreating ELIAS forces, push
ed IS to 20 miles northwest of
Athens today and the fighting was
described officially as having TAX
en- on more of the aspect of punt
tive expedition than a war.
All organized ELIAS troops-arm-
ed wing of the EAM (national lib
GRAFTON front)-had been pushed
across the so-called "Scobie line"
over which 1t. Gen. Ronald M.
Scobie, British commander of AL
lied forces in Greece, had demand
ed that the ELIAS withdraw pre-
liminary to agreeing to a truce.
The official British view was that
because the ELIAS had refused to
retire across the line voluntarily
but had to be pushed over it, the
truce terms had not been met and
one officer said fighting still goes
on
Tanks and infantry last were re-
ported in the hamiets of Magoula,
Mandra, and Aspropirgos, north
west of Athens. The British, in
their advance, captured two rs
guns and considerable
ammunition stores but the main
ELIAS supply dumps still were in
tact.
In Saturdays fighting, it was an
that SO members of the
ELIAS forces were killed and 1876
including the command
er of the Athens brigade, captured
west of Athens
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Continued on Page Two; Col. s
Youngster Suffers Burns.
In Gas Tank Blast Here

Willie Durant,s 13-year-old Negro
of 519 McRae ST., received serious
burns yesterday afternoon when he
dropped a lighted match into an
abandoned underground gasoline
storage tank at 500 McRae ST.,
and it exploded, according TO a re-
port by investigating police.
The blast blew six-foot hole in
the street and scattered debris over
a 40-foot area.
Detectives E. B. Murray and N.
j. Wolfe, had just passed the loca-
ton in a radio patrol car, when the
section was shaken by the explos-
ion. They returned and located the
youth, who had left the scene,
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-08
Marshal Montgomery Asserts Allied
Teamwork Has Halted BELGIAN Drive

shall Karl Won Rundstedt's thrust
developed. and how he moved to
meet it.
Time and again he stressed that
above all it was the fighting abili-
ty Of American doughboys and
their "tenacity in battle that
makes a great soldier" that has
really saved the situation by the
stands at St. With, Bastogne, and
south OF Monschau.
He singled out two American ar
mored divisions, the Second and
Seventh, and two U S. airborne
divisions, the 82nd and 101st, and
the 106th Infantry as doing great
job. He also landed the u. S.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-08
ROMA SET ATTIRE
BY U. S. PLANES
Former Italian Liner At.
tackled In Genoa Harbor
By Thunderbolts

ROME, Jan. 7.-CP)-The former
Italian transatlantic liner Roma
has been set afire in Genoa harbor
by Thunderbolts of the U. S. 18th
Air Force, Allied headquarters an
nounced today.
Heavy rains begged down action
on the Italian battle front gener-
ally but Canadian tanks and intan-
try cut off two German companies
in the marshes near Lagoon Valll
di Comacchio, 10 miles northwest
of Ravenna on the Adriatic coast,
and an enemy artillery unit which
was coming up to aid the Ger
mans. Most of the trapped Nazls
were captured or killed.
The Roma, which has been con-
verted into an aircraft carrier and
renamed the Aquila, was hit by
two big bombs. The vessel pre-
viously was attacked in June
when five hits were scored. The
Thunderbolt squadron, led by 1t
ohm X. King OF route ), 1uIloCh,
Calf, also destroyed two 50-foo1
boats and 10 smaller craft ano
blew up four gasoline storage
tanks in the harbor area.
Other Thunderbolts attacked en-
envy shipping in Imperia harbor
damaging a 5,00O-ton merchant
man and pier.
South of the Comacchio area
British troops were clearing the
Germans from their last remain.
ing foothold on the eastern bank
of the Senio river and have reduc-
ed the Nazi bridgehead to less
than 1000 yards. The Germans
were using flamethrowers in an
effort to stop the British.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-08

DIST ARMY GROUP HEAD
QUARTERS, Jan. 7.-(P- Field
Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgom-
cry today declared Allied team
work and especially the inherent
courage and good fighting quail
tv'' Of American troops had halted
the German drive into Belgium.
The battle is "far from over,
he asserted, but the Germans
sshave been halted, then sealed
off. and we are now in the process
of writing them off," with the in
itiative in Allied hands.
At his first press conference IN
months, the colorful Briton com
manding four armies north OF the
German bulge told how Field Mar
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-08
PEELE OUTLINES
METHODIST DRIVE
Bishop Says Crusade Will
Cover Four-Year Period
throughout World

bishop Walter W. Peele, in
charge of the Methodist confer
ehceS Of Virginia and North Caro-
ma called on all Methodist. church
nIeinoerS to enter heartily into all
phases Of the Crusade for Christ
III an address at Grace Methodist
'Aurcn at II a. m. yesterday.
Inc Crusade for Christ. he ex.
plaIhed, is a Methodist program
covering a four-year period, end
"s With the year 1913.
Inc Crusade will emphasize
''AseHSm, stewardship, Worlo
peace, the building up OF church
o oono o and the raising Of $685..
V"''oo IN America for relief and
reconstruction in war-torn areas o.
Ne earth, he continued.
ihe service was in charge of the
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Japs' Reports That War
ships Attacking Luzon
Coast Unconfirmed
SETUP EXPLOSIVE
Surface Units OF Another
American Force Stab
At Paramushiro
By MAC r. JOHNSON

by MAJ N. JOAA4>oO4>
United Press War Correspondent
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, PEARL
HARBOR, Jan. T. UP) -
American carrier and land
based planes attacked the
main Philippines island Of Lu-
zon Saturday FRIDAY Pear
Harbor time), it was an
nounced today, and japanese
broadcasts asserted that Unit
ed States forces were trying
to land on the island.
Naval planes hammered ships,
airdromes and installations on
Luzon. And Liberator bombers of
Gen. Douglas Macarthur COM
mand hit Nichols and Nelson air
fields south of Manila and Clark
Field, Al miles northwest Of
Manila, destroying l8 Japanese
planes in the ninth successive day
of heavy land-based attacks on
LuZon.
Macarthur also announced that
American troops had extended
their ground lines to within 81
miles of Manila, Selling the town
of Paluan on the northwestern
coast of Mindoro only "a miles
from the southwestern coast OF
Luzon. Other American forces on
Martinique island are 10 miles
from southeastern Luzon.
No Confirmation
There was no confirmation of
Tokyo's reports that American
warships were bombarding the
|Lingayen gulf coast, ITO miles
northwest of Manila. All that was
known was that the entire west
ern Pacific sitaution was explosive.
Tokyo reported a fierce battle
aging in the Lingayen gulf and
said that American battleships,
cruisers, destroyers and planes
were bombarding the coast, the
warships approaching to within a
few thousand yards of the shore
line.
Assertions that landing attempts
were being made on Luzon were
not confirmed by u. S. sources
and it was noted that Tokyo re-
ferred to alleged landing opera.
tons merely as attempts without
saying that any landing craft had
started in.
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz, an
Inouncing the carrier plane attack
on Luzon, said that ships, air.
dromes and installations were the
targets and that according to in
complete reports Al enemy planes
| nad been destroyed or damaged.
Attack Paramushiro
Surface units of another force,
Nirnitz announced, attacked Para.
mushiro in the northern Kuriles
islands, 1880 miles north of Tokyo.
The warships hurled shells into
installations at Suribachi, strong
est enemy naval base in the north
ern Pacific, in their attack on
Paramushiro, which is nearly g.
300 miles north of Manila on
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-08
Congress Prepares For Action
On Job OfMassing Labor Pool
OPPOSITION SEEN
Organized Labor Opposes
Call For National Service
Legislation
BY DEAN w. DITTMER
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-UP)-
Congress tonight prepared fol
swift action to carry out the tor
priority job of massing the nation s
labor pool solidly behind its fight
ing men but stiff opposition was
developing the President Roose
velt's mandate for National Ser
vice legislation.
Congressional republicans and
spokesman for organized labor
strongly opposed such a law and
administration leaders were luke
warm. But both parties seemed
ready to take prompt action on all
measures short of national service
to insure the total mobilization
which the president called SO
urgently necessary.
There appeared little opposition
to the induction of nurses, At
draft registrants who refuse to take
war jobs and occupationally de-
ferred registrants who change jobs
without draft board consent. Bills
affecting 4-F's and job jumpers al
ready have been introduced and
may go to the floor this week.
Senate Democratic Leader Al
ben W. Barley of Kentucky, who
maintains close iaison with the
president, had no immediate plans
for engineering a national service
act but he endorsed Mr.. Roosevelt S
manpower suggestions in general
as constructive and realistic.
He expects much stronger op-
position to national service legis-
lation than to bills affecting ATS
Little opposition is expected re-
garding the draft of nurses. The
Red Cross has been making re-
peated appeals for qualified nurses
CONTINUED on Page Two; Col. s.
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Seventh Corps, and praised Gen.
eral EisenhoWer's leadership.
what was Won Rundstedt try
ing to achieve? 1 don't know"
Montgomery said in an hour-long
talk. The only guide we have is
his order OF the day which told
his soldiers they must go all out
on this last big effort.
ION the map you see his gains,
that will not win the war. He is
slowly but surely to lose it all. He
must have scraped, together every
reserve he could lay his hands
on for his job.
Zone must admit that he has
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with burns on the left side of his
head and face. They took him to
James Walker Memorial hospital,
where doctors described the burns
as first and second degree, but
not too serious. He was treated
and discharged.
The officers. questioned Durant
about the blast and he told them
that he had placed his hand over
the pipe extending about foot
above the ground, and that it just
went off"
When they asked him if he
played with matches, he assured
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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-08
HIGHWAY PROGRAM
FUND APP0RTIONED
North Carolina Scheduled
To Receive Total OF
$11,379,148

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-UP)-
Apportionment of the first $780,.
900, 900 of the $1,000, 100000 author
lied by Congress for postwar re-
Mobilization of. the nations high
way system was announced to-
night by Maj. Gen. Philip B Elem
ing, federal works administrator
Of the initial total, 500, 1000, 000
will be made available for surveys,
plans and purchases of rights-of.
way as soon as congress appropri-
CONTINUED on Page Two: Col, 81
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WEATHER
Eastern Standard Time)
INV u. S. Weather Bureau)


Meteorological data for the "a hour
ending 1880 M, yesterday
Temperature
1870 am. Sc; 1880 am, 59.5; 1:3o pm, 62.'
1850 pm, $50.
Maximum $40; Minimum 46.s; Mean
$50; Normal At
Humidity
1870 am, 100; 7:3O am, So; 1880 PM Ss
1880 pm, 81. ,
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending 1880 pm
OBJ inches.
Total since the first OF the mohln
3.19 incl. :.
Tides For Today
(From the Tide tables pub.Shed oS
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
High Low
sap 12:23p
Masonboro Inlet 3:0Oa 9:1ea
sop 9:3op
Sunrise, 7:ls am; Sunset, 5:1s pm
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FORECAST

xo~.h Carolina: Cloudy with occasion
=, Toht rains or drizzle Monday, with
mn, change in temperature
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1945-12-20

NEW YORK-With crime a daily
subject during the recent wave in
the metropolitan area, Joseph Brod-
sky, proprietor of a drug store at
1913 Clinton avenue, had become ac-
customed to almost anything. At
least he showed no surprise when a
hold-up man walked in one night
this week.
Remember me?" the thug asked.
EYES," said Brodsky, and did, be-
cause it was the second hold-up by
the same bandit in three weeks.
"Shall | remove my trousers as I
did last timer"
NO." came the reply. "Just hand
over the dough and give me ten
minutes"
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
ESTATE OF
RICHARD E. WROE, JR.,
L2-20-4t
Deceased

Notice is hereby given, That the
subscriber has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Washington Coun-
ty, Letters of Administration on the
estate of Richard E. Wroe, Jr., late
of said County, deceased. All per-
sons having claims against said de-
ceased are hereby warned to file the
same in said Court, with the vouch-
ers thereof, legally authenticated, on
or before the 4th day of July, next;
and no claim not filed within the
period specified shall thereafter be
asserted against the real estate of
said deceased in the hands of a
purchaser for value.
Given under my hand this 4th day
Of December A. D. 1945.
HAROLD H. HOFFMAN, .
12-6-3t Administrator.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
KENNETH MADDRAN
DOROTHY ANN MADDRAN

VS..
DOROTHY ANN MADDRAN
No 1896 Equity, In the Circuit
Court for Washington County, sit
ting as a Court of Equity.
The object of this suit is to pro-
cure a divorce A VINCULO MATRI-
MONII or an annulment of the mar
riage between the parties.
The Bill states that the parties
were married in 1912, and that no
children were born; that since the
date Of said marriage the Complain
ant has behaved himself as a faith
full and chaste husband; that the
Defendant, without any just cause
or reason abandoned and deserted
your Complainant and declared her
intention to live with him no longer
and that said abandonment and de-
sertion is deliberate and final on
the part of the Defendant and is be-
yond any reasonable hope or ex-
pectation of reconciliation and has
continued uninterruptedly for more
than 18 months, last past; that, at
the time of said marriage, there was
a valid, existing marriage between
the Defendant and a certain Carl
E. Wisner, and that said marriage
had not been dissolved by death or
divorce; that the Complainant would
not have entered into marriage with
the said Defendant had he known
of said existing marriage; that the
Complainant is resident of Wash
ington County, Maryland, and that
the Defendant is a nonresident of
the State of Maryland, and does not
reside therein The Bill prays for
a divorce A VINCULO MATRI-
MONII or that the marriage may
be declared null and void alb initio
and such other, further and more
general relief as his cause may re-
quire.
It is thereupon, this 9th day of
December 1915, by the Circuit Court
for Washington County, sitting as a
Court of Equity, ordered that the
Complainant, by inserting a copy of
this Order in some newspaper pub
lished in Washington County, Mary
land, once in each of four successive
weeks prior to the 18th day of Jan
uary 1916, giving notice to the said
absent Defendant of the object and
substance of this suit, and warning
her to be and appear i'll this Court,
either in person of by Solicitor, on
or before the 4th day of February
1916, and show cause, if any she has,
why a decree ought not to pass as
prayed.
EDWARD OSWALD, Clerk
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
BRUIN HOPEWELL BRADFIELD

bItOIN 1OHEW ELL BRADEIEllO
VS..
VIOLET COLLIDE BRADFIELID
No. 1896 Equity, In the Circuit
Court for Washington County, sit
ting as Court of Equity.
The object of this suit is to pro-
cure divorce A VINCULO MATRI-
MONII for the Complainant.
The Bill states that the parties
were married in 1884, and that chill
dren were born; that since the date
of the marriage the Complainant has
behaved himself as a faithful and
chaste husband; that notwithstand-
ing, the said Defendant, without any
just cause or reason failed and re-
fused to perform her marital duties
and refused to live with him as hus-
band and wife and that said aband-
onment and desertion is deliberate
and final on the part of the Defend
ant and is beyond any reasonable
hope or expectation of reconciliation
and has continued uninterruptedly
for more than Is months, last past:
that the Complainant has been a
resident of Washington County,
Maryland, for more than one year,
last past, and that the Defendant is
a nonresident of the State of Mary
land, and does not reside therein.
The Bill prays for divorce A VIM
CULO MATRIMONII and such other,
further and more general relief as
his cause may require.
1t is thereupon, this 9th day of
December 1915, by the Circuit Court
for Washington County, sitting as
a Court of Equity, ordered that the
Complainant, by inserting a copy of
this Order in some newspaper pub
lished in Washington County, Mary
land, once in each of four successive
weeks prior to the 18th day of Jan
uary 1916, giving notice to the said
absent Defendant of the object and
substance of this suit, and warning
her to be and appear in this Court,
either in person or by Solicitor, on
or before the 4th day of February
1916, and show cause, if any she
has, why decree ought not to pass
as prayed.
EDWARD OSWALD, Clerk
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
CHARLES EDWARD holland
VIC
VIOLET IRENE holland

VlOlEI IRENE NOLAIND
No. 16491 Equity. In the Circuit
Court for Washington County, sit
ting as a Court of Equity.
The object of this suit is to pro-
cure an annulment of the marriage
between the parties.
The Bill states that the parties
were married in 1912, and that no
children were born; that since the
date of said marriage the Complain
ant has behaved himself as a faith
full and chaste husband; that, at the
time of said marriage, there was a
valid, existing marriage between the
Defendant and Stanley SODA or
Henry Floyd Talmade, and that said
marriage had not been dissolved by
death or divorce, that the Complain
ant is a resident of Washington Coun-
ty, Maryland, and that the Defend
ant is a nonresident of the State of
Maryland, and does not reside there
in. The Bill prays that the marriage
may be declared null and void alb
initio and such other, further and
more general relief as his cause may
require.
1t is thereupon, this 9Th day of
December 1915, by the Circuit Court
for Washington County, sitting as a
Court of Equity, ordered that the
Complainant, by inserting a copy of
this Order in some newspaper pub
lished in Washington County, Mary
land, once in each of four successive
weeks prior to the 18th day of Jan
uary 1916, giving notice to the said
absent Defendant of the object and
substance of this suit, and warning
her to be and appear in this Court,
either in person or by Solicitor, on
or before the 4th day of February
1916, and show cause, if any she has,
why a decree ought not to pass as
prayed.
EDWARD OSWALD, Clerk
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION
ROSE KEPLINGER

VS..
RUSSELL CLAGGETT KEPLINGER
No 1868 Equity. In the Circuit
Court for Washington County, sit
ting as Court of Equity.
In compliance with the laws of the
State of Maryland, where two sue
cessive subpoenas against the De-
PENDANT have been returned non est,
two successive subpoenas having
been issued in the above titled cause
and returned non est, the Defend
ant, is proceeded against as if he
were nonresident.
The object of this suit is to pro-
cure divorce A VINCULO MAT
RIMONII for the Complainant a.
gainst the Defendant.
The Bill states that the parties
were married January 2, 1887, and
that no children were born; that
ever since the date of said marriage
the Complainant has behaved herself
as faithful and chaste wife; that
the Defendant has failed and re-
fused to support your Complainant
or contribute anything for her sup
port; that the Defendant, without
any just cause or reason, abandoned
and deserted your Complainant and
declared his intention to live with
her no longer and that said aband-
onment and desertion is deliberate
and final on the part of the Defend
ant and is beyond any reasonable
hope or expectation of reconcilia-
ton and has continued uninterrupt-
eddy for more than Is months, last
past; that your Complainant has
been a resident of Washington
County, Maryland, for more than
one year, last past land that the
Defendant is a resident of Baltimore
City, Maryland. The Bill prays
for a divorce A VINCULO MATRI-
MONII and such other, further and
more general relief as, her cause may
require.
It is thereupon, this 9Th day of
December 1915, by the Circuit Court
for Washington County, sitting as a
Court of Equity, ordered that the
Complainant, by inserting copy Of
this Order in some newspaper pub
lished in Washington County, Mary
land, once in each of four successive
weeks prior to the 18th day of Jan
uary 1916, giving notice to the said
absent Defendant of the object and
substance of this suit, and warning
him to be and appear in this Court,
either in person or by Solicitor, on
or before the 4th day of February
1916, and show cause, if any he has,
why a decree ought not to pass as
prayed.
EDWARD OSWALD, Clerk
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