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at the end of January, Dithelm
said I'VE expect early in Febru-
airy heavy armament which al
ready has been embarked from
American ports.'
The minister asserted that the
military situation in Alsace 'nev-
err had been alarming-contrary
to some reports" but at the same
time, indicated the Allied High
Command at one time may have
considered retreat from Alsace.
ever since the Allied command
finally came around to our point
of view, there has not been any
question of abandoning an inch OF
Alsation territory" he said. "Our
forces there now are sufficient to
turn back any serious push
The French viewpoint is under
stood to have been that, given
equipment, French troops could
hold the Alsation front. The Al
lies are understood to have agreed
to supply the armament because,
among other factors, loss OF Al
SAGE would have been regarded
as a grave political blow to the
de Gaulle regime.
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Two More Big American
Invasion Fleets Nearing
Luzon, Tokyo Announces

WASHINGTON, J n. n.-(UP)
AT least two powerful American
invasion fleets are in waters Oft
Luzon in addition to III man.
moth concentrat ton in the Linga-
ven Gulf, and American reinforce
ments are streaming ashore on the
gulf coast despite strong japanese
attacks, Tokyo broadcasts said to-
day.
Interpersed with reports Of mill
itary developments, Tokyo disclos.
ed that japanese Premier Sen.
Kuniaki Koiso called an extraor-
binary meeting OF government
leaders to discuss various mat
ters." 1t also reported that poll
teal leaders had demanded new
measures to grid the country for
a finish fight and that leading
indicating open alarm
over the Luzon invasion demand
ed completely united home
front.
A Tokyo broadcast recorded by
the United Press in London as
serted that one American landing
force one Gen. Douglas NlacAr-
thurs left flank had been ousted
from its beachhead near Lavou.
TX miles north OF San Fabian.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-12
BRITISH GENERAL
KILLED BY BOMB
Officer May Have Died
While Standing By
Macarthur

LONDON. Jan. 11.-(R-Lt. Gen.
Herbert Lumsden, Prime Minister
Churchill's personal representative
to Gen. Macarthur, was killed by
Japanese air attack January 6
aboard an American Warship in the
Pacific, the War Office announced
today amid indications he may
Rave died while standing alongside
the American commander in chief
Whether Gen. Lumsden was kill
ed by a bomb hit on the bridge
of an American warship or by a
japanese suicide plane, the two
most likely causes, was not dis
closed. Since he was ChurchilIs
personal representative, however,
Gen. Lumsden should have been
on the fleet flagship and perhaps
near Macarthur. =
January was the day On which
the japanese said the American
fleet invading Luzon steamed into
Lingayen Gulf. The actual landing
on Luzon came January 9.
The War Office announcement
said that Gen. Lumsden was kill
ed by enemy air action January
s while on the bridge of one of the
U. S. warships engaged in the Pa
cific," and the announcement quot
ed a message from Gen. MacAr-
thur mentioning ''the complete
courage which this officer SO fire.
quently displayed in my immediate
presence during operations in this
theatre during the last year.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-12
LAWMAKER FOUND
MURDERED IN CAR
Principal Witness In Mich
igan Graft Case
Is Slain

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 11.-(P-
State Senator Warren G. Hooper,
Albion, Mich, Republican. was
found shot to death tonight in his
automobile four miles north OF
Springpot, Mich, and special
Prosecutor Kim Sigler ordered the
Carr Grand Jury investigators to
investigate his death at once.
Police said Hooper's automobile
was on fire when the body was
discovered. The body, police said,
was on the right side Of the front
seat of the car and no gun was
found at the scene. There was a
bullet hole through rear right
window of he car.
Sigler said Hooper Was a prin-
cipal witness in the Grand Jury S
case against Frank D. Mckay, of
Grand Rapids, Mich, former Re-
publican national committeeman
for Michigan; Floyd Fitzsimmons,
Benton Harbor, Mich, sports pro-
moter. and William Green of Hill
man, Mich, former State repre-
sentative, all arrested by the
Grand Jury ON a charge of con-
spiracy to bride State legislators
in connection with a pari-mutuel
betting bill.
Sigler said Hooper was 'of val
ue'' as witness against William
]. Burns, secretary of the Michi-
gan State Medical Society, W h o
was accused by the Grand Jury
of offering a bride on medical So
ciety legislation. Neither OF h e
two warrants have gone to trial.
He said Hooper had given
"complete confession to the Grand
Jury and had been granted i'm
munity from prosecution to testi-
fy concerning all the facts" in the
McKay-Fitzsimmons-Green case.
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France Will Have Army
Of 1900, 900 In Spring

PARIS, Jan. 11.-(P)-War Min
lister Andre Dithelm declared to-
day after tour of the Alsatian
battlefront that by the end of
spring France would nave an army
of 100000 men equipped and
powerfully armed with the latest
American materiel.
Frances increased contribution
to the Allied war effort is to be
a direct result of recent conversa-
tons among Prime Minister
Churchill, General Eisenhower
and General de Gaulle, in which
the Allies agreed to send larger
amounts of equipment to the
French.
Mobilization of three classes
1913, 1914 and 1945-will double
Frances present strength and in
reality increase her contribution
four-fold, Dithelm said, explain
ing that half of the current armed
strength Of 100000 men still was
in training or in the process Of
formation.
Pointing out that the class OF
1913 was being called to the colors
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Der 80, 1912, no railroad has been
permitted to operate special or ex-
cursion trains without ODT appro-
val. (The service of the Atlantic
Coast line will not be affected by
this order, it was learned Thursday
night. All ACL trains have been
operating to capacity for the past
few years, it was said.)
''Since that time no excursion
train and very few special trains
have been approved" it said. THE
effect of today's action is to elirni-
nate seasonal passenger train sche-
dulles to resort areas which were
not discontinued by the freeze Or
der of September 80, 1912"
Suburban a n d inter-urban serv-
ice are not affected by tonight'S
order.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-12
WAR P0WERSACT
OF N. {. PASSED
Joint Appropriations Com
mittee begins Work
In Assembly

RALEIGH, Jan. Ii Up The
Joint Appropriations Committee,
charged with passing on monetary
ALLEGATIONS to State institutions and
agencies, began work today after
brief Assembly session, but the
Joint Finance Committee, whose re.
sponsibility is to raise the money,
deferred it's first deliberations until
next Tuesday.
Under suspension of the rules,
the Senate passed measure by
Senator Gay Of Northampton to re-
inState the emergency war powers
of the Governor. Powers granted
the chief executive under the 1913
statute expired with the convening
last Wednesday of the Legislature.
Gays measure would continue
them for the duration of the war
and six months, giving the Cover
nor unusual authority over 'the
health, welfare, safety and protec'
ton of the civilian population.
Under the War Powers Bill, the
Governor, with approval OF h c
Council of State, could formulate
and execute plans for the dlstrlbu'
ton of food, fuel, clothing and other
necessities; could direct civilian de-
tense and its related activities;
could direct the activities OF fire.
fighting, police and o her civil
agencies: could lend State equip
ment to the armed services; could
authorize the temporary transfer
of State personnel to the armed
services: could control traffic; and
could amend other specified laws
if the Assembly were not in ses-
sion. >
The act originally was intended
to allow the Governor and Council
of State to cope with emergencies
without having to call the Legis'
lsture into special session.
Once again the Assembly took
cognizance of the experience Of
veteran Legislator Walter Pete)
Murphy OF Salisbury and the Sen
ate vote to recreate the post OF
liaison officer for him. He would
in effect, be the "go between Of
the House and Senate. Murphy was
defeated in his race last spring
Measures by Senator Wathers O.
Cleveland would permit the taking
of acknowledgements by officers 0:
the rank of ensign or second lieu
tenant; and petition the State:
congressman ito give careful con
sideration to the present methoe
of payment by the Federal Gov
eminent on forest lands, IVA prop
critics, and other properties owned
by the Federal Government, witt
a view of providing more stable
form of payment on forest land!
and more equitable payment, OF
IVA properties and other proper
ties owned by the Federal Govern
ment." '..
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-12

LONDON, Jan. H. Up Young
King Peter of Yugoslavia handed
Allied diplomats new Balkan po-
litical snarl tonight when he sud-
denly reversed his course and came
out in formal opposition to re-
gency plan drawn up by Marshal
Tito and his own prime minister,
Ivan Subasic.
The exiled monarch, who h d
promised a statement on the re-
gency at noon and then withheld
it without explanation, declared late
tonight that he approved the "ba-
sic proposals of the Tito-Subaslc
agreement, whereby the future
government of Yugoslavia would
be determined solely by free
decision of its peoples.
He objected, however, to the
suggested form OF regency and TO
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-12
CHEST TO RUN
OWN CAMPAIGN
Loo al Organization Dis
penses With Chicago
Groups Services

Services Of the American City
Bureau of Chicago, which has con-
Quoted the Wilmington Community
War Chest campaign for the past
three years, will be discontinued,
it was decided at a special meet
ing of the board of directors at
large was ordered increased from
10 to Is, according to an announce
ment last might by the Rev. Wal
ter B. Freed, chairman.
It was explained that the dis
continuance of the services of the
private agency would save consid-
erably on the expenses of the
drive, although the bureau charg-
ed a fixed fee which would have
been less than two per cent if fixed
on a percentage basis.
The change yesterday came
about following a survey made by
a special committee appointed at
the December ID. meeting of the
board Of directors, who were or
dered to study other campaigns of
this type conducted throughout
North Carolina as well as other
states.
1t was emphasized that no chan
ges were ordered in the number
Of institutional directors, those re-
presenting agencies benefited by
the Community War Chest.
Directors at large are elected
by the membership of the group, it
was said, and the place for the
annual meeting yet is to be named
The Rev. Freed announced a NOM
mating committee yesterday to
prepare slate of directors at
large to be offered at the cleo
ton meeting. Those appointed to
the committee are Mrs. Albert F.
Perry, E. A. Laney, James S.
Webb and L. D. Latta.
The board yesterday elected
James E.. L. Wade to represent
the New Hanover group in the
United War Fund of North Caro-
linz
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'SUPERF0RTS HIT
SINGAPORE BASE
Tokyo Vexed With Fire
Bombs In New Air
Attacks
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ii up

WASHINGTON, Jan. IL up -
Superforts, again demonstrating
their seven league boots, today
scourged the great naval base OF
Singapore and vexed Tokyo with
few fire bombs.
A medium force an expression
indicating about 40 BIOS, roarej
in from India to plaster the tip
of the Malay Peninsula with good
results the War Department an
nounced.
Tokyo radio, devoting much OF
l. its time these days to the BIS
subject, said three Saipan based
Superfortresses made nuisance
raids over the japanese capital.
They are not to be discounted, the
japanese we'll know, for several
big smashes at the home island
of Honshu have followed these one,
two and three plane expeditions.
The Singapore strike, in early
daylight, was made by the Goth
Bomber Command headquartered
in India. Superforts first hit Singa.
pore dry dock facilities November
5. The round trip of more than
3, 500 miles is the record for day
light flights by military planes Oh
mission.
In spite OF bad weather over the
target, the pilots said they saw
bombs hit the drydocks and naval
installations of the mighty base
stolen from Britain in Japan's on
rushing March of 1912.
None of the BIOS was lost de-
spite fighter opposition. One
fought off 20 Zeros.
The raid seemed to be a seq
ment in the master plan for lib
Grafton of the Philippines. Some Of
The Japanese ships crippled in the
big engagement that preceded the
Leyte invasion probably crawled to
Singapore for repairs. 1t is big
staging base also for fleet units
that might try to come to the res
cue of the enemy garrisons on Lu-
ION.
The War Department communi-
que indicated that the Japanese
may have been caught off guard
by the first wave of Superfortress-
es. 1t said only meagre and mac
curate ack-ack was thrown up. our
enemy fighter planes were shot
down, one was listed as a probable
and II damaged.
Cloud cover prevented close OBJ
servation of the damage inflicted.
1t may have been considerable for
the bombers also massaged h e
harbor on Penang Is
land off the west coast of the PENN
sula. This base long has been used
as a submarine haven.
The Japanese still were smarting
from Tuesdays BIG
smash against central Honshu. Tok-
70 radio said % of the so attacking
olanes were brought down or dam
lged. 4
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ODT Cancels Resort
Railroad Schedules
Order Supplements Byrnes' Directive TC
Conserve Coal; Atlantic Coast Line Will
Not Be Affected; Branch Lines Hit

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-UP>-
The Government tonight ordered
railroads to cancel all passenger
trains, effective March l, on which
IS per cent of the seats were not
occupied during last November and
instructed them to discontinue inn
mediately seasonal service to any
resort area.
The Office of Defense Transport
tation acted to implement Wa- Mo-
bilization Director James F.
Byrnes' order last night to curtail
non essential railroad schedules
to save coal. The Eyrnes' order
also called for a partial blackout
of electric sign displays and othe--
including reduced heat
in homes and office buildings-all
aimed at coal conservation.
The ODT said that since Septem-
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First Enemy
Opposition Is
Met By Yanks
48-Hour Advance Has Car
ried Americans South
OF Swamps

GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, LUZON,
Friday, Jan. H. (AP) -
American invaders of Luzon,
punching seven to nine miles
inland from their 25-mile-
wide Lingayen Gulf beach
heads, have seized five more
towns and terminals of four
main highways and a rail-
road leading to Manila. They
found the first appreciate
opposition at their deepest
spearhead.
1t. Gen. Walter Krueger's Sixth
Army units have been advancing
for two days as far and as fast
as reasonable caution and the
movement of supplies has permit
ted.
The Yanks now have taken nine
towns and more than a score Of
villages.
The 48 hour advance has car
ried the Americans well south OF
the maze of swamp country at the
mouth OF the meandering Agno riv-
er and across the river line along
which the Japanese might have
been able to make delaying stand.
Only on the extreme left flank,
along the Pozorrubio road, have
the Americans run into anything
more than isolated and quickly
eliminated sniper resistance.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's COM
munique today made the first men
ton of combat contact near Po-
zorrubio, at the end of the deepest
spearhead east of the San Fabian
landing beach. He gave no lndica-
ton of the severity of the fighting
there.
The original IS mile beachheads
were widened to at least Is miles
with the capture Of the mouth OF
the Agno, which empties into the
Lingayen Gulf west Of captured
Lingayen town.
Nine miles represented the dep
est point of penetration in the
time covered in the communique.
Since the communique always lags
"a hours behind operations it was
probable patrols had driven deeper
since then.
Planes from Seventh Fleet ba.
by flattops provided close cover
for the advance, while land-based
Army bombers and fighters raked
enemy targets all over Luzon.
Associated Press Correspondent
Spencer Davis reported from the
Seventh Fleet flagship that Navy
Wildcats cleaned out nest OF about
70 cleverly-camouflaged barges.
small islets in northwestern Linz
gayen Gulf since the American
landing.
The first stiffened resistance was
at the left flank east of the San
Fabian beachhead. There the Sixth
Army troops had seized the road
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Peter Refuses Regency
Balkans Again Snarled

''the provisions by which (Titos)
anti-Fascist Council of National
Liberation would WELD unrestrict
ed legislative power until con
stituent assembly had completed
its work.
Although the door was not en-
tirely closed, observers here could
find little hope for any revision
of the Tito-approved agreement
solution.
London diplomatic observers gen.
orally have expressed the view tina
rejection of a regency by Peter
might result in his loss of the
throne.
The granting of the legislative
power to Titos council suggests
the transfer of power in Yugoslavia
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MacArthurs TroopszTake Five More Town
Punch Inland On z3-Mile Luzon Beachhea'
Nazis Flee Into Forest Before Third Arm
Ingram Reiterate,
Robot Warning But
Clarifies Position

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-(up)
Adm. Jonas H. Ingram. com.
mander in chief of the U. S.. At.
lantic Fleet, reiterated tonight
that in his opinion an attack by
German robot bombs on East
Coast cities was possible and
feasible"
He did not, however, repeat his
previous warning that robot bomb.
ing Of New York and Washington
was possible and probable with.
in the next 80 to 60 days, warn.
ing he issued during a press con.
ference at an, East Coast port.
He explained in a radio broad
cast blue Network that his re-
cent caution twas in keeping with
my ideas of reasonable precau-
tionary measures for the defense
of our Eastern approaches.
Il entertain no decisions on the
subject. In my opinion such an
attack is possible and feasible.
When I say the threat exists,
mean there is a chance that we
may be called upon to stop any
attack from enemy seaborne ap-
paratus-and that is my job and
the job of the Atlantic Fleet.
can assure you that the sea and
air defenses of all possible points
of attack in the Atlantic are ad-
justed to my satisfa ction. We have
disposed ships at sea and their
operations are closely coordinated
with the Army land and air de-
fenes."
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Patton Cuts
Strong Line
BY Surprize
Entire Luxembourg Front
Threatened; British
Open Up

PARIS, Jan. 11.-(AP)-
The U. S. Third Army threat
ened to cave in the Luxem'
bourg front with a surprise
stroke today that sent thous'
ands of Germans fleeing into
the woods and in Belgium the
enemy began a 23-mile with
drawal that turned loose Brit
ish patrols on a 10-mile east
ward sweep.
The northwestern enemy anchor
of La Roche fell along with Is
other towns as German forces
were reported evacuating the en-
tire western apex Of their Belgian
and Luxembourg conquests.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton's
troops cut in half powerful box
positions southeast of Bastogne
from which three enemy divisions
had been hammering at his lines
from the east. The neck out OF the
box now was no more than two
miles wide.
Resistance in the remainder Of
this area was reported collapsing
rapidly as the Germans-caught
off guard by the unexpected blow
off into the snow
drifts and woods toward the I'M
certain haven of Wilt, ten miles
east of Bastogne, where other
Third Army forces lie in wait.
The last road out of the box was
cut by capture of Doncols. near
it's center, and the Germans had
no choice but to strike out through
the woods to escape humiliation.
The bodies of hundreds OF enemy
lay in the snow.
In the first II hours of the as
sault, which jumped off at 1 am.
in the numbing cold of near zero
weather, 400 prisoners were taken
and front dispatch from Associat-
ed Press Correspondent Lewis
Hawkins said the final count would
be much more.
The German High Command adj
mitted it was quitting all the Bel
gian bulge west of the Ourthe river
and front dispatches said the new
line was expected to run from Well
salm on the north for 16 miles
southwest thro ugh Houffalize to
near Bastogne.
This line would contain only
about one-fourth of the territory
overrun at the height of the Ger
mans great offensive. 1t is q
miles from Grupont, at the tip OF
the bulge as it existed Wednesday,
to Houffalize.
The closing jaws of the Allied
wise were expected to catch few
prisoners, for Field Marshal Won
apparently had cleared
out the bulk and the best of his
troops with the help of fog, deep
discouraging swift pur-
suit, and dense mine fields.
While the British were coming
up on the west in general ad-
vance of three miles, the Ger
mans had pulled out so quickly
that all contact was lost except
for a few snirers.
Tommies moved in from the
northwest in force and seized the
town of Ronchamps, only three
miles southwest of Doughboys in
newly-captured La Roche.
On the north, American gains in
the last "a hours carried them into
Vielsalm and across the Saln, and
to within about six miles Of Hour
falize on the north.