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liiUUiiu vision ii.ouip Indiana State Library J0H1IS0II COUNTY'S LOCAL FORECAST WARMER IEADIII6 PAPEC VOLUME 60. NUMBER 137. FRANKLIN, INDIANA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1944 Suilneta 710. New 55 PRICE FOUR CENTS TrTTTTTT MM LL JllLJLJJ UiXDER FIRE PLAN PROGRAM FOR MEETINGS NET TOURNEY IS SCHEDULED GIVE PAGEANT AT WHITELAND GERMANS THROW RESERUES INTO BATTLE AS FIRST ARMY IS DRIVEN BACK TWENTY MILES SNOWY ROADS LEAD TO FOUR AUTO CRASHES "DurenlH GAINS MADE ON OTHER FRONTS -JAPAN IS HIT "-Stolberg onsha I Molmedy Honsf eld Belgium SMmm JllllSIl A' LJ I I I I CleryouxfcERMAY7 ViandeniV I Diekirch irfjS; I Echternach nvriiBMin -Irier Arlon i Luxembourg Ungwy Perl': CP A Kir i ir- i i -a MILES NAZIS STRIKE BACK Map above shows where German in-infantry and armor pounded at U. S.

1st Army's lines along a 70-mile front in a powerful counter-offensive which carried the enemy across the Belgian and Luxembourg borders to a depth of several miles. THALHAMER IS IN CALIFORNIA Franklin Man To Be lVen; Assignment In The United States SANTA ANA, Dec. 19- 0m Farm Bureau Committee To Discuss Activities Wednesday Night Activities and programs of ths Johnson County Farm Bureau units for the ccming year will be outlined at a meeting of a special committee with President Howard Clark, on Wednesday evening. The committe3 was named recently by Mr. Clark to select subject material.

Serving on the program committee are: Evertt Harrell, Ralph Coffman, Glen Dunn, Mrs. Fred Vandivier, Mrs. John Williams, Mrs. Glen Dunn, and Mrs. Paul Flinn.

Mr. Clark will meet with the group. It is anticipated that a number i of programs of special interest willi be listed by the committee for meet- mgs of the eight units during the winter and spring months, in ad- dition to the regular events which i are observed each year by the Fa' Bureau organization. QUARTET SINGS! AT LUNCHEON! High School Group Entertained Kiwanis Club, Tuesday Noon Members of the Franklin high school quartet gave an enjoyable program at the Kiwanis Club luncheon. Tuesday noon, singing a series of seven numbers which demonstrated their versatility and training.

While it was explained by Prof. Howard Isley, music director at the high school, that the group had been singing together only a few-times as a quartet, they gave a pleasing program. Members of the group, introduced by R. Kenneth Andrews, program chairman, were: -Tart fZnntt fircf tfnrr TT'iiono Vvl second tenor; Robert Smith, bari- toneand Hugh Andrews, bass, with oames xuung, Hearted Men; Russian Hymn, The Hard Men; Russian Hymn, In The Northland; Just a Dream of You; Night, Guests at the luncheon included Vernon Smith and Lieut (j.g.) Herman Hougland, who is home after i Inflict Heavy Damage On Nazis Details Of Fight Censored By Allied Commanders By International News Service The American First Army, sup-pcrted by strong aerial armadas which already have smashed more than 350 tanks, half-tracks and other Nazi vehicles, fought bitterly i today to contain the continued slashing German counter-assault on the western front. Despite these blows against Nazi armor, however, there was no in- dication that the savage Nazi push, which has gained some 20 miles i since the Germans pumped off more than three days ago, had spent its force.

On the contrary, reconnaissance reports said the Germans were massing still more armor and men and bringing them into the battle. However, the action was felt in some quarters to have dealt the Nazis losses comparable to those suffered by the enemy in the Ar-gentan-Falaise Gap after the Germans were pocketed in Normandy. May Have Reached Peak The Nazi penetration seemed to i have reached its peak early today in Belgium west of Stabelct where a group of Nazi armored units was hard-hit by American rocket-liring planes at points 20 miles from where the Nazi counter-thrust was launched. Just where the fighting was raging the heaviest today was not disclosed as the news blackout covered a large portion of the First Army front. But it was evident that Allied headquarters was not unduly alarmed by the thrust.

While the Germans crushed Ihrn.mh tr- TTHrct A rmv frrvnt thrAff other Yank armies made substantial gains to the north and south of the Nazi drive. The U. S. Ninth Armv suraed eastward of Geilenkir School To Give Program I Thursday Night In Gymnasium WHITELAND. Dec.

19 The Whiteland school is presenting a pageant "Christmas of the in story and song. Thursday night, December 21. at 7:30 in the gym- nasium. duction It Ls an entire school -emed by all eight glades, the huh school choir, and the high sclv ol and junior The scene is that of a typical American heme on Christmas eve with the coru-picious with the many customary Christmas decora- tion.s and motives oi our country, John Park, an American Boy, falls to sleep hile wondering alx ut the various customs of decoration about him, and a famastic dream brings groups of children from other na-' tions, telling him the origin of our customs, and singing the carols; which portray them. The 7th and 8th grades appear lirst representing England, then me the 3rd and 4th as Italian boys and girls.

The high school choir presents French customs and song, followed by the 5th and 6th as mid- i die European peasant children. Last comes the wee folk of America from the 1st and 2nd grades who empha-! size the Ameucan customs which! particularly appeal to cnildren aro present them in American songs. inspired by his dream, the Amer- ican Boy then invites the entire audience and performers tc join in singing the gieat familiar carols oi today and this community sing will be accompanied by a community orchestra composed of the regular school orchestra, the junior orches-j tra, and seeral people of the com-, nmnity. The public is ccrdially invited to the program and urged to bring a book of carols and join in a really inspiring song-fest. EDINBURG MAN TO BROADCAST FROM LONDON From London via two way short-wave radio.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Long, 300 South Holland street, Edinburg, will get a firsthand account ot the attack on Aachen, tonight when their son, Sgt. Elbert T. Loifg talks on a trans-oceanic hookup during ths broadcast of Everything for the Boys," radio show, December 19th, at 6:30 p.m., over station WGBF.

The Edinburg serviceman will be one of a group of four Americans who will participate in the overseas portion of the program, chatting with singing emcee Dick Haymes. Long was sent to England in April of this year, moved into German territory in September, and during the attack on Aachen was wounded by shrapnel from German 88 s. He is now recovering in a hospital in England. The short-wave talks between Hollywood and overseas fighting bases are a weekly feature of the radio program, which is heard every Tuesday night in this area over station WGBF. PLAN RITES FOR JOHNSON INFANT Pravpr services rnniiirfprf hv fhf 1 I tist church, for Marv Loir tmiv dal chter of Mr.

and Mrs Ov Johnson no nierl af hirth rue- I at 5.30 a at Metnodist hospital, will be held Wednesday at p. m. at the Vandivier funeral home. Burial will be made in Green-lawn cemetery. The other daughter, Shirley Sue, and the mother aie gtting along nicely.

I i I i of James Emmert, attorney-general of Indiana and successful candidate for re-election in the last election, was under fire today as U. S. Senators Stewart and Ball continued their hearing into alleged irregularities. Em mert's telegram contradicting instructions of the State Election Commissions to local boards, was criticized. RIHFR, 1IN 1 rKUDEi COP Heads Before Senate Investigators Others Give Testimony INDIANAPOLIS.

Dec. 19 INS Leaders in the campaign which landed Indiana in the Republican column on Nov. 7 were grilled today by two United States Senators who voted for President Roosevelt. The political atmosphere thickened as Senators Thomas Stewart (D) of Tennessee and Joseph H. Ball, rebel Republican of Minnesota, con tinued the Green Senate subcom mittee hearing on charges of Hoos ier election irregularities.

The major senatorial target today. was Attorney General James A. Em mert. Others scheduled for exam ination were Henry E. Ostro Marion county Republican chairman, and James L.

Bradford, G. O. P. 11th district chairman. Emmert is regraded as a possibility for the 1948 Republican gubernatorial nomination.

He has been assailed by the two senators for instructing county election boards to refuse to honor affi- tered with a charge that the Demo- to be used in precincts over the state, if the voter's name did not appear on the poll book. 'ROTAR1 TO -HiAlV IJU AlV I I A Franklin high school boys quar- tet composed of Hugh Andrews. Bob, Smith, Eugene Cole and Jack Scott, with Jimmy Young pianist, will present a program of music before the Rotary Club here Wednesday noon. The program will be in charge of; Howard Isley, Franklin high school music instructor. 1 I I Sgt.

Richard G. Tlialhamer, SOlHivTanHv m- T.ittlo. TViun nf Poth ivir-v ttlalv mainamer, wesiilehem; We Thg Kings, arid Silent chne and captured the towns of i Base after having completed 8 Wurn and Beeck. bat missions as a Radio gunner on Third and Seventh Gains an American Liberator in the Eu-At the same time the Third Army ropean theater, which whioped Gennan defenses! Sgt. Thalhamer has been award- three years active duty with the TJ.

davits of registration, thereby dis-S. Navy. franchising thousands of voters, ac- Members of the Kiwanis lub will cording to allegations, go to the Dunaan farm Wednesday! The attorney general has coun- morning to cut a large Christmas ON JAN. 12-13 County Tournament Plans Drawn By Officials Of Eight Schools Meeting Here Monday Plans for the annual Johnson county high school basketball tour- nament were formulated here Mon- day afternoon at a meeting of county high school principals in the office of the county superintendent of schools, Custer Baker, in the courthouse The play-offs will be held at the Franklin high school gymnasium on January 12 and 13. With four sessions necessary to silt a champion from the eight competing teams, the schedule calls for contests Friday afternooon and nisht, and Satur- day afternoon and night.

I First-round contests will be play- ed Friday at 2, 3, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. I The semi-finals are scheduled for Saturday at 2 and 3 o'clock, with the championship contest that night 1 at 8 pm. Ret Drawing For Jan. 6. The group came so near to break- ing a precedent at the meeting a full month ahead of the tourney that a vote was actually taken on the matter.

The suggestion was voted down, however, and pairinas will be made a week prior to the tourney as usual, at 10 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, January 6. For the first time since 1935 there will be no "bye" game, since Masonic Home has consolidate with Franklin. As a 'consequence, the tourney field will be the smallest in history. Officials will be Mark Williams and George Williams, brothers, from Anderson.

Hopes for having a band at the tourney were voted down Masonic Home has previously furnished the music. No action was taken on a touranment trophy Other Arrangements. Single session tickets will be sold for 50 cents and season ducats will be priced at $1.50. The principals decided to continue with their 1-for-10 policy, giving a ticket to each students who sells 10. The candy concessions were allowed to Edinburg high school, the rotation of schools policy being followed here.

Lloyd Hensley, teacher at Hopewell junior high school, will be invited to continue as official scorekeeper, and Harold McGinnis, official timer lor Franklin high school, will be invited to again serve in that capacity at the tournament. Arnold Greer, principal of Trafalgar high school, was placed in charge of team eligibility lists, and a limit of 10 players was voted for each i team. The Franklin Kiwanis Club will be invited to usher at the tour- Principal Glenn V. Ray of Whiteland will have charge of the' purchase of the tourney basketball and scorebook. Lor an Bills, principal of Center Grove high school, has charge of the i (Continued on Page Four.) TODAY'S WASHINGTON ROUND-UP By International News Service.

Military experts in Washington are speculating on whether Japan has launched a new "secret weapon" against the United States. Cause fori ic tha pbt'q Hc-tvw. ure that a JaUnese "free baToon uc wai was discovered hanging to snow- covered tree-tops in northwestern ao an escaped "barrage balloon." From other sources it is learned that President Roosevelt will submit a budget message to congress early in January which will "assume" that the war against Germany will be won by July 1, 1945. He will request appropriations which will reflect the administration's belief that the war against Japan will continue for minimum of 18 months more or at least unil July 1, 1946. Elsewhere in Washington it is announced that draft quotas will be boosted from 60,000 to 80,000 a month for January and February.

The war labor board is expected to refer the Montgomery Ward case to the White House and diplomatic circles regard fall of the Polish government as an inevitable consequence of the state department's declaration on the Polish-Russian question. Your days ore numbered Four remain, Shop today rN tome sno or rain More r-T i i i i i I i i i i tree which is being decorated foricratic state committee had ordered Wakeman hospital at Camp Atter-! and paid for 50,000 of the affidavits -50 MILES Lingoyen LUZON Cabanatuan Pasig MANILA Lipa jKi JLucena 'rsond oto.igos Passage Colapan Mt. Calavite Santo Cruz'fe- MINDORO Sobloyon Mttoco TuskPkMjf Knob Pk. Yanks 12 miles nlond after Mindoro landing YANKS PUSH INLAND American forces on Mindoro Lland in the Philippines pushed 12 miles inland, as shown on above map, after capturing San Jose and its airfield. PLAN SERVICE AT MIDNIGHT First Baptist Church Ar-, ranges Program For Christmas Eve The First Baptist church will introduce a new type of service among the protestants of this community when they offer the public a late ser-' vice on Christmas eve.

The choir of the church and prominent soloists from the community will hold a ser-i vice of Christmas songs and Carols beginning at eleven o'clock and closing with the ringing of the church bell at 12 o'clock. Mrs. Will Burton, director of the Baptist church choir is preparing a special musical program for the ev- ening. The pastor, Rev. Fred Baldus will tell the story of the nativity I from the scriptures.

A special com- I mittee has been selected to provide special lights and decorations for rebuilt an5 "vbe usd for the time Sunday. The public is invited to attend this service WOUNDED VETS ENTERTAINED Wakeman Hospital Group Guests Of Legion Post Monday Night A turkey dinner was served at the Legion Mixer's annual Christmas party at the Legion Heme. Monday evening when 40 wounded veterans from the Wakeman General Hos- i Entertainment was provided bv ah luuMiwus. jtic. iooujc ncrnr- m- York, sang.

accompanied by Pvt. Denny Craig, Terre Haute, scng writer. The two boys are from the Wakeman hospital. The remainder of the evening was spent socially. The veterans were given gifts of cigars cigarettes.

MAYO HEATH 5 San Fernando Malolos Balanga fL Bataanfl iotremng up or I Luzon by air I rntinti here 1 SanVLr Jose ste is I I I I I along the Saar river into a froth, virtually cleared the strategic city of Dillencen of all Nazi resistance, Farther south the Seventh Army also blasted toward Saar defenses -ized the towns of Budenthal ana eaer-niettenDacK miles i vvissuiiuoig.j i Clark Net Players Are Involved In Three Accidents One Hurt Slightly Two members of the Clark high school basketball team and a mem-J ber cf last year's squad were involv-i ed in three of four automobile accidents reported today. More snow fell Monday afternoon and at intervals throughout the I night to add to the perils of driving, The temperature continued to hover far below freezing, Vaught Cut on Chin Robert H. Vaught, 1944 graduate of the school and son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Vaught of Whiteland R.

R. 1, suffered a severely lacerated chin early Monday afternoon when the 1939 Chevrolet town sedan he was driving went out of control and struck a utility pole near the Elba Coy farm on the Boone road. He was brought to the office of Dr. Walter L. Port tens in Franklin, where several stitches were required to close the wound.

Vaught was driving east and attempted to avoid killing a flock of guineas which were walking across the road. The car careened into a utility brace pole, knocking loose a transformer. A repair crew from the Public Service Company office in Franklin repaired the pole. uamage to tne automobile was estimated at $200. Cars In Collision A 1937 Ford club cabriolet being driven by Doral Logan, high-scoring member of this year's Clark Lions, escaped injury Sunday afternoon In an accident at the intersection of Orange and Land on streets in Indianapolis.

Logan was driving south on Lan-don and was struck by an automobile which was going west on Orange, the driver suddenly turning" 111UJ UIC U1 lIie au to, the leit door and lett tront fen- der were wrecked. A 1936 Ford sedan being driven by Bill McRae, member of this year's Clark net squad, was damaged about 8 o'clock Sunday night when it crashed into a ditch at the Frank Mullendore farm south of the Rock-lane Christian church after a tire blew out. Neither McRae nor his companion. Miss Betty Combs, a student in Clark high school, was injured. The car was not badly wrecked, Car and Truck Meet A 1934 Plymouth sedan belonging to Kenneth Blackwell, an employe of the South Side Repair Shop, was slightly damaged late Monday night when it collided with a truck at the ui uuiui aiiu oouin streets.

Police said Blackwell was 1.... 1 South as the truck approached. Mrs. Lucille Doty, wife of Sheldon Doty of Greenwood rural route, (Continued on Page Four.) FRANKLIN BOYS HOLD REUNIONS Men In Service Encounter Friends In England And Hawaii Franklin boys have been holding some reunions in other countries lately according to letters received by their families. Bob Service, Lyle Wayne Stillabower of Franklin, and Ernest Rainey of near Franklin, all Seamen Second Class, held their reunion in Hawaii.

Rainey and Stillabower are at the same base and vis- i ited Service. Service also spent a recent week-! end with Pvt. Fred Edwards of Franklin, a member of the Army Engineers Corps. Bob took along some Franklin Stars which were very welcome. Sgt.

Thomas Mitchell, an M. P. son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mitch ell, and Lt.

James L. Doane, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. C.

Doane. of Franklin, met in England. Neither had met anyone else from home and they had a pleasant visit. WEATHER Data furnished by J. L.

Van-Cleave, observer for the Franklin co-operative weather station. MONDAY. DECEMBER 18 Maximum temperature 32 Minimum temperature 17 Low mark last night .08 Precipitation .01 FORECAST For Franklin And Vicinity Fair and warmer tonight and increasing cloudiness Wednesday. FIVE-DAY WEATHER FORECAST Temperatures will average near normal. Mild Wednesday and Thursday followed by brief cooling Thursday night.

Warmer Friday night and Saturday becoming colder Sunday. Precipitation will average light occurring as light snow Thursday and again Sunday. ine Germans broadcast an aamis- station ot the AAF Personnel Dis-sion that American armor on thj i tribution Command, returned corn-Seventh Army front was pushing bat veterans receive complete med-its way relentlessly in the direction ical examinations, reclassification of WLssembomg. according to military skills and re- DU1'y- EDINBURG MAN TO WITTCC 15 EDINBURG. Dec.

19 The war department announced today that Oscar Hill. 35-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hill of Edinburg has teen reported missing in action on the Western Front since November The young man has been in ser- ice approximately one year and was in England and Belgium before entering Germany with the United States Ninth Army. Still farther south the combined Continued on Fage Three.) Good Cheer Fund Must Be Made The Good Cheer fund was richerLarry Campbell 1.00 A QUICK LOOK AT THE OTW (OF TTIHIIE DDAY By International News Service PARIS.

Americans hit hard with aid of Yank and British airmen to stem Nazi counter-drive into Belgium. Adams Franklin, Ls currently assigned to the AAF redistribution station of the Santa Ana Armv Air ed the Air Medal along with two Oak Leaf Clusters. After processing here he will be assigned to duty in the Continental United States. Sgt. Thalhamer entered the service on November 18, 1942 and went oversea ai oania Ana Army Air ease, a assignment to domestic stations of; the AAF.

Contributions by Saturday Noon Joe and Mary Sehreder 2.00 Willis O. Higgins 2.00 Franklin Home Ec Club 3.00 Georse Niccum 1.00 C. B. Vawter 10.00 Franklin Memorial Church 12.50 Christian Men's Brotherhood 10.00 Mr. and Mrs.

Mont Williams 3.00 American Legion Auxiliary 3.00 Robert Harold Chasteen 1.00 Diane Kae Chasteen 1.00 Lynda Kay Keesling 1.00 Eugene Carr 10.00 I. C. Club 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Levi Ehl 2.00 Dr.

and Mrs. W. G. 5.00 Nancy Sue Matlock 1.00 Elizabeth Ann Hargis 1.00 Mr. and Mrs.

Robert Coffman 5,00 A Friend 10.00 Mrs. S. H. McClain 2.00 Mr. and Mrs.

W. VV. Suckow 5.00 i Alice Ann Handley 2.00 Harold, A'len and Lowell Haw- kins 1.50 Dr. and Mrs. Oren A.

Prov- I ince 10.00 Tommy and Esther 4.00 Home Service lub 2.001 Bill and Mickey Dugan 100 Minnie Mae 5.00 Artcraft and Franklin Theaters 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Austin Flinn 5.00 Mary Thompson Bible Class 2.00 Onie Eillan 2.50 Woman's Study Club 5.00 A Friend 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gay 5.00 A Friend 3.00 Mr.

and Mrs. Olen Graham 3.00 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Catlett 2.00 Jon Earl McClelland 1.00 Mrs. Louise B.

Aikens 5.00 Mrs. Robert Sellers and Mrs. Irvin Spingler 2,00 West Jefferson Neighborhood Club 2,00 Modem Woodmen of America 5.00 Mrs. Matilda Mason 2,00 In memory of Mrs. H.

J. Wheat 5.00 Mrs. W. L. Beck 4.00 (Continued on Page Three.) MOSCOW.

Russians advance more than 12 miles in northern Hungary to reach Czechoslovak border on 70-mile front; seize 11 Slovak towns. GEN. Mac ARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS. Yanks 12 miles inland Mindoro; capture airdrome on Levte. Describe Hazardous Mission of Mayo Heath Behind German Lines A story of the heroism displayed by Pfc.

Mayo S. Heath, son of Dr. and Mrs. Dwight F. Heath of McGregor, Texas, formerly of Franklin, was received by The Star today from the army communications center in the European theater of operations.

He is serving with the 82nd Airborne Division in Holland. The story follows: The rain-swept flatlands of the Netherlands had become a sea of mud. The table-top "no man's land" lay near a dyke which stood on by $41 today and a lot of little boys and girLs helped make it so. These rlUie friends of the fund will have a cause tney nave neipea maKe nappv for some one else. This makes la lowl OI wa 10 Ti1P children are Kenneth Paul Reeves, Judy Jo Clore, Stevie Keck.

Robert and Janet Zaring, Marsha Ann Israel and Jane Fer-rara. Among the other donors is Staff Sgt. Harold F. Bridges, son of Mrs. Nelle Bridges, who is with the Army in New Guinea.

It is nice to know the boys so far from home remember the Good Cheer fund. New contributors are: Kenneth and Paul Reeves, Jr. 1.00 Jesse R. Reeves and family 5.00 Judy Jo Clore 1.00 Stevie Keck 2.00 Mrs. Nelle Bridges 1.00 SSgt.

Harold F. Bridges 1.00 Robert and Janet Zaring 2.00 i Mr. and Mrs. James R. Davis 5.00 Marsha Ann Israel 1.00 Jane Ferrara 6.00 Mr.

and Mrs. Oral Burnett 5.00 Kiwanis lub 11.00 Contributions previously listed: Franklin Stir $10.00 Beta Tau Sifma 10.00 Mr. and Mrs. Lather Poe 10.00 J. B- Deputy 10.00 Presyteriin Men'i club 5-00 Psi Iota Xi 10.00 Fraxiklin-Xeedham Women's Republican club.

2.50 American Legion Post No. 205 5.00 Varynit Mills 25.00 Rotary Club 10.00 Nick Banos, Jr 1.00 St. Rose Altar Guild 3.00 Dr. and Mrs. W.

IL Schlosser 4.00 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Todd 5.00 Amos Houghland of Farm Bu- reau Insurance 10.00 A Friend 1.00 Smith-Tranter Shoe Store 5.00 Friendly Homemakers Club'. 3.25 Tri Kappa Chapter 10.00 Leo Couglin 1.00 WASHINGTON.

Discovery of Japanese "free balloon" in Montana causes military experts to speculate hether Japan has launched a new "secret weapon" against U. S. WASHINGTON. Nagoya appears to be high on list of targets for B-29's following second attack on that important enemy city. CHICAGO.

No mass exodus of Japanese-Americans from the Chicago area was expected today as a result of the order permitting them to the West Coast, beginning January 2. the far side of a canal like a feudal castle set behind a moat. The Germans had burrowed, mdle-fashion, into the reverse side of the dyke. Rifles were posted every few yards and machine guns were placed along the entire dyke. The Germans could cover the flats with withering for 200 yards.

Watched German Sentry. Corporal Norman Smith of Columbus. and Pvt. Heath laid in mud in front of the dyke and watched the Germans. It was nearly midnight and rain was falling.

Heavy clouds blotted out the moon and. save tor giant, searenngnts wno-e beams reflected a glow from the low, swirling clouds, the night was pitch dark. A German sentry walked to the top of the dyke. At each hole he stopped and called, "Comrade," then moved to the next. He was keeping (Continued on rfe Three.) I ROME.

Heavy fighting in progress between Allied Eighth Army and Germans around NEW YORK. More than 5,600 long-line telephone operators, telephone administrative personnel and maintenance workers began taking a strike vote today..