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: ' : Christmas Is divided into two
Ki the tree with its array of
and th Christmas dinner. It
,rd to choose between them,
lnd fortunately one doesn't have
fc. The latter supplements the for
mer. The query, "What would
phristroas be without a tree and
tUts?" is counterbalanced by this:
What would Christmas be with
out a big dinner?". So it may be
Appropriate this morning to write
Jomething about cooks.
There is the old saw: "Too many
jooks spoil the broth." But did
ou ever know of a Christmas
iinner that was ruined because
loo many cooks of the family
lathered in the kitchen? No in
Jeed, from that beehive of clatter
And industry emerges at last a
- . Heal to set vest buttons a-popping,
lnd even Junior to pushing back
Is plate of dessert.
1 There was a poet -once who
jrrote something . about cooks
Much has been quoted to the dis
lomfiture of mere man for years
fend years. Oh yes, you know what
is, Owen Meredith's
. We may Kv without poetry, music
. and art; - ,- .. - ,
We may live without conscience
I and live without heart;
We may. Uve without friends, we
: may live without books.
But civilized man cannot live
, without cooks.
. That has long been an effective
leflater of male vanity.
;' But the worm has finally turn
ad. Someone might well offer an
Intendment, adding a line: "Civil
: bed women cannot cook without
looks." And "ain't it the truf?"
' : How else do you account for the
tact that a recent edition of Mrs.
Jrma S. Rombauer's THE JOY OF
tOOKING outsold Wendell WI11
kie's ONE WORLD for a period
ki St Louis this, fall? And her
pook, which has passed through
J hnany editions with growing popu
arity, is only one of many cook
books. There's the old reliable
. annle Farmer's BOSTON COOK-NG-SCHOOL
COOKBOOK and
ithers too numerous to mention,
ach with its coterie of followers.
, Add to the .book the innumer
able pamphlets of, food processors
fend the daily grist of recipes such
s our own Maxine Buren pre
vents in , this newspaper. (Con
tinued on editorial page.)
Mott Declares
arent
-' The ' administration's gesture to
submerge the "new deal, slogan
twI substitute something current
ly more palatable is too transpar
ent to fool American voters, Con
cressman James W. Mott declar
ed upon his arrival here Friday
xiight from Washington, DC
Though he arrived in time to ob
serve Christmas, his aerial trip
was interrupted because of war
time conditions and enjoyment of
the holiday will be marred by the
fact that both he and Mrs. Mott,
Who was already at their ' home
- hear Salem, are ' suffering from
flu." -v.- :y- 'r:'-' f
"The administration apparently
feels the weight of the 'new aear
oke at the next election," Mott
Weiv DealMove
Traiisp
. said in briefly discussing national
nolitics.
Two outstanding issues will oc
cupy congress, attention in the
next few weeks: the tax bill and
the issue of food subsidies, the
congressman said, predicting that
the senate would follow the
house's lead in frowning upon a
continuance of the subsidy pro-.-
gram.''-';- '
"He ridiculed reports that there
will be an immediate falling off
In war production because of re
v cent allied success. He predicted
?hat aircraft manufacture particu
larly would be increased.
-"We will need many thousands
ef new planes before the war
reaches an end he declared.
Hearings on the appropriation
bill under which Oregon will re-.
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Steel Workers
Go on Strike
- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec. 24
pJP-K production stoppage af
fecting approximately 33,000 em
ployes of Republic Steel corpora
tion and- Youngstown Sheet. &
Tube company began tonight with
expiration at midnight of collec
tive bargaining contracts between
the CIO United Steel workers and
214 companies in the industry.
. Union officials reported 40
man picket line at Youngstown
Tube and CIO committees circu
lating among employes - awaiting
to report on the midnight shift at
Republic, Although no violence
occurred. Youngstown police nor
mally off at 11 pjn. (CWT) were
ordered to remain on duty in case
cf trouble. . . -,
Carl Beck," ' Youngstown CIO
council president, declared "labor
is striking for a retroactive sup
plement to be applied to any new
contract agreed upon by labor,
panagerrient and the national la-
ior relations board.? 1
Wremeh.
Alagnitiide
a ' : T : . 1 '
ui r orce nousr
speculation
By Robert Nt Sturdeva-t
LONDON, Dec. 24
(AP) The allies' greatest
aerial assault force In his
tory, numbering more than
3000 planes of which over
700 were American heavy
bombers, smashed nazi in
vasion - defenses on the
"rocket ; gun' coast of
France in a 'daylong as-
sauit from ' wnicn every
plane returned safely.
Using more than 1300 American
planes, including the greatest
force of big American Flying
Fortresses and Liberators ever as
sembled on on mission, the great
armada thundered virtually un
opposed across th channel into
the Pas de Calais department of
France, 23 miles from England.
Triumphant I Kkirjns
ing Marauaersv a
and Typhoons j gv i
fighter escort, lei ;
tary installations'
area a mass ofyMs'
nuns. t
Thousands of airmen returned
astounded by the eass.with which
the highly secret mission was ac
complished over what was sup
posed to be the most heavily de
fended coast in the world. Virtual
ly no enemy fighter opposition
was encountered, a Joint commu
nique said, f '
;u The magnitude of . the mission
aroused speculation over the na
ture of the targets, ranging from
the popular theory that they were
German "rocket gun" emplace
ments to the belief that the cam
paign was connected with plans
for invasion.?-'v
- The communique used the rare
phrase "no fighter opposition was
encountered and spoke of "negli
gible fighter opposition" with ref
erence to other attacks. Anti-air
craft was fairly heavy at points
but failed to stop a single plane.
The mission was so highly se
cret that even the pilots and crew
men of the Fortresses and Libera
tors, joining for the first time in
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Wilson Named
To Succeed
Eisehliower
By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE
LONDON, Dec. 24 - F) - While
President! Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill assembled their
grand allied command under Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower for the' fi
nal lunge at the Germans, the
British announced tonight that
Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
had been named as supreme com
mander of the entire Mediterra
nean theatre in succession to
Eisenhower. - ,
Wilson J will move up from his
command of British forces in the
middle east and Gen. Sir Harold
Alexander, deputy commander in
chief in north Africa, will become
commander in chief of the .allied
armies in Italy.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom
ery, veteran commander of the
British Eighth army, was named
commander in chief of British ar
mies serving under Eisenhower.
The American strategic bomb
ing force which by its name will
not directly support invasion
will be commanded by LL Gen.
Carl A. Spaatz, who leaves his
post as commander of the north
west American air force.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2i-(JP)
President Roosevelt's announce
ment of .' the selection of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower as com
mander of the forthcoming Anglo
American attack on Germany
struck a popular chord 'among
members' of congress today. ;
There "was general belief, too,
that the president's praise of Gen.
George C Marshall meant the lat
ter's retention as chief of staff .
This was welcome news for most
congressmen. Mr. Roosevelt men
tioned Marshall and Admiral Er
nest J. King as military geniuses
who have the great responsibility
of planning global strategy.
Weather ,
Friday mtnlmum temper-
attire 57, minimum 41; rain
fall .39; river -L6 feet. .
- Occasional ; showers west
f the Cascades and ssew
"flurries east of the Cascades
Saturday. S n n 4 a y, partly
. eloody with saew . flurries
ever mountains. Cooler."
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Coast Blasted
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O-
ifjoldiers Observe Christmas
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With all the memories ef home Christmas revives In the minds of
Yanks everseas, they are net going to let the occasion pass without
mdm of the traditions,! ebscrvaaee. Here, somewhere in Italy, ar
; UDerymen cather aroaad tiny
- ents. Left to right: John Ssehanek, New. York; lee Flerro, Jersey
. City; Charles Myrieh, Centerville, Calif, and Leon L. Oben,
BemldJL Minn. (AP wtrephete
LafToothCkls, Orto&cs
By JOSEPH
ALLIED HEAjDQUARTERS,
infantrymen fighting a slow and
tle with bayonets and grenades
German Elite troops out of their
tona today after other Eighth
army units drove ahead : despite
snow and rain and captured the
village of Vezzani, three miles to
the southwest. I
On the air front, headquarters
announced that Marauder medium
bombers of the American ' 15th
air forces braved clouds and win
try storms yesterday to blast the
nazi's rail supply line along the
Riviera coast from France to Italy,
bombing yards and bridges at
three points. .'. j, :-''!:'; -
The American Fifth army
flchUng in snow captured high
ground a mile east of Aeq.ua
fondala, bnt was poshed back
off another hill half a mile
southeast of the mountain vil
lage of Viticuso.
Nazi troops left behind the re
tiring main German force to make
this last-ditch defense at Ortona
were from the First Parachute di
vision, which was specially trained
for this type of action.
A number ' of - German tanks
were left behind ; to aid in this
fighting, apparently ready; to be
sacrificed eventually, since they
could hardly be withdrawn now
through the Eighth army's artil
lery blasts and - over the soggy
ground outside the town.;
In addition the allied soldiers
spent many hours digging out
mines sown with the usual Ger
man expertness in this branch of
warfare. 1 . ; J
The Germans presumably or
dered this desperate stand to per
mit them to establish a line be
hind the town. It was expected
they would - withdraw ultimately
to the high ground In front of the
Foro river, five miles beyond, i
Eighth army troops which cap
tured the village of Vezzani, which
lies about a mile north of the im
portant Ortona-Orsogna road, also
reached the outskirts of Villa
Grande, two miles west by south
west of Ortona. t : 'J
, While clouds and storms
grounded most of the air forces,
the American Marauders streaked
northward and blew up trackage
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Grable to Gable,
All Tops Y
HOLLYWOOD, Dee 24 -iJf)
The Motion Picture Herald, af
ter polling approximately 16,508
theater operators, announced t '
day that blonde Betty Grable
was the top : attraction: at : the
box office daring 1942, Miss
Grable came up from eighth
place last year -
Second best in the exhibitor
' poll this year was , Bob Hope.
Others of the tep 19, in order,
were Abbott St Costello, ranked
as a team; Bins Crosby, Gary
Cooper, Greer Garsea, Humph
rey Bogart, - James Cagney,
Mickey Eooney and Clark Gable.
" ' Gable managed to hold bis
place in "the first 10 he's never
been ent of it since the poll was
started in 1932 despite the
' fact that he Is In the army air
forces sfhd didn't make a picture
all year.
Flames
Christmas tree to epen their pres-
by signal corps radio.)
E. DYNAN
Algiers, Dec. 24-P-Canadian
sanguinary house-to-house bat
were rooting specially-trained
last footholds in strategic Or-
O
Pacific Roars
Under Bias
. By the Associated Press
The mis-named Pacific' thun
dered under allied bombs and
shells Saturday to echo the Christ
mas words of President Roosevelt
that "a band of steel is closing in
on Japan."-.
Three hundred more tons of ex
plosives were dropped on Cape
Gloucester on the Japanese-held
western tip of New Britain; allied
dive bombers attacked Bonis air
drome and Sahana island of Bou
gainville; Australians were push
ing onward toward Wandokai, 20
miles northwest of captured
Finschhafen on New Guinea.
There was continued jungle
warfare on New Guinea, Bougain
ville, New Britain but "never
again must our soldiers and sail
ors and marines be compelled to
fight from island to island as they
are fighting so gallantly and suc
cessfully today," MacArthur said.
In China, oriental troops re
captured the Yangtze river port
of Sungtze to recover four-fifths
of the great central rice bowL in
a prelude to the presidential prom
ise of a "driye. which will push
the Invader into the sea." A Chi-i
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Roosevelt Says
ningL )ut
Women Bring Christmas Peace
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-(P)-President Roosevelt told Amer
ican fighting men throughout the world in Christmas greetings
today that they have destroyed the enemy's dream of conquest
and that "through you at last the peace of Christmas will be re
stored to this land in our certain
The president, in another greeting to ill and wounded fight-
era, expressed the hope for their
The text of President Roosevelt's general greeting:
"Two years ago Americans observed Christmas in the first
dark hours of a global war. By
devotion to duty, you accepted
met and overcome a determined
and In the air. Fighting with skill
destroyed his dream of conquest.
"This Cisfmas I feel a sense of deep humility before the
great courage of the men and
your commander-in-chief I send my greetings with pride in your
heroic accomplishments. For you the nation's prayers will be
raised on Christmas day. Through
mag will be restored to this land
The text of the president's message to the ill and wounded:
'On behalf of a grateful nation, I welcome the privilege of
sending you Christmas good wishes. The uncomplaining gallantry
of our American soldier and sailor In his quiet, patient battle
against illness and aching wound
promising gallantry In his more
axis. -
"We cannot wish you a merry
-and we do. We can pray -and
recovery ,
Roosevelt
Meyeals.
teaders
. Gen; Eisenhower
To Command,
Radio Talk Tells
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
HYDE PARK, NY, Doc. 24
(Jf President Roosevelt, in a
Christmas 'eve war report to
. . - .
Americans at home and over
seas, disclosed today the selec
tion of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower to com ma nd early
sledgehammer . - blows "' at Hit
ler's European stronghold,
' Thus to j Eisenhower goes the
top field command of the Anglo
American allies and the all-important
assignment to blast inva
sion routes into ' the continent
from the "west or north. The pres
ident said the new attacks would
complete the "encirclement" of
Germany.
While the .president spoke, it
was announced in London that
Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
had been designated allied com
mander In the Mediterranean area'
to succeed Eisen
wer. and that
IT"! Sir
roldiexar" would
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1 4Vi
Spaatz will command -the Ameri
can strategic bombing force oper
ating against Germany.
The United Nations, the presi
dent said, did not Intend to use
the invasion as an instrumentality
to "enslave the German Pole.
But he said that he and Prime
Minister Churchill and ' Premier
Stalin were "united in determi
nation that Germany must be
stripped of her military might and
be - given no opportunity . within
the foreseeable future to regain
mat -might-:-1 ,r; ; , '
. The German people, he de-diU-edS.were
to be rid, once and
for all. Of "nazism and Prussian
militarism and the fantastic and
disastrous action that they const!
tute the 'master race."
And if force is necessary to
maintain peace after the war, the
president declared , firmly and
grimly, force will " be used. On
that, he said, there is agreement
among the "big four" of the Unit
ed Nations Russia, Britain, Chi
na and the United States.
The president refrained v from
revealing, of course, when- the
new blows would be leveled at
Germany. But, pointing up the
idea of Inuninency, he asserted
near the close of his address:
"The war is now reaching the
stage where we have to look
forward to large casualty lists
dead, wounded and missing.
"War entails Just that. There
Is no' easy road to victory ."And
the end Is not yet in sight.
He said plans were discussed at
Cairo H and . Teheran, " with" the
leaders of Britain,' Russia and
China, for stepping up attacks on
the foes "as quickly as possible"
and from many points of the
compass. ,
He renewed a pledge made at
Cairo for the "permanent elimi
nation of the empire of Japan as
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Service Men9
victoryj?
speedy recovery. "
sacrifice and courage and stern
the challenge boldly. You have
enemy on the land, on the sea
and bravery you have already
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women of our armed forces. As
you at last the peace of Christ-
in our certain victory .
Is no less epic than his uncom
widely heralded fight against the
Christmas.' We can salute you
we do: May. God speed your
7
II r ! t"i r i-
rry m
NcustPrisdner,
Sends Greeting
WASHINGTON, Dee, 24 -ff)
"Merry Christmas, " Aaa h bik
ing of yen.". ,...!.-..
Old words. Bat Very mean
Ingf uL And traveling a strange
delivery . route. They : came
through today, addressed to all
the families of all American
air men who are prisoners ef
war in Europe.
' The sender - was CoL Delmar
T. Spivey, senior American offi
cer in the German prison camp
10 miles southeast of Berlin. He
sent . the message through the
Bed Cress at Geneva. Switzer
land, and it was given eat by
American Bed Cross headquar
ters here this afternoon.
, "CoL Spivey's wife lives at
Jersey City.
oseln
vo,
Thwart Nazis
By E. C. DANIEL
LONDON. Dee. 24-(P)Mar-ahal
Josip Bros (Tito's) Togo
slav partisans. In hard fighting
in eastern and central Bosnia,
thwarted German attempts to
advance on their headquarter
at Jajce today and closed in
from two directions upon Sara
jejroTan army ef liberation com-
mnpie said.
Tl
and Vares after destroying a pow
er station and killing SO Germans.
Breza is on a branch railway IS
miles north of Sarajevo and Vares
is the northern terminus of the
line. The partisans already have
been reported approaching Sara
jevo from the south.
Seventy miles east of Sarajevo
near Livno, the partisans, the war
bulletin said. Were maintaining
their initiative in continuing bit
ter fighting in the mountain coun
try, while in the' vicinity of; Su
jeta, Tito's forces foiled a German
break-through attempt which was
made with a "large number of
tanks." '
Jajce is 63 miles northeast of
Sarajevo- The Germans claimed
last week to nave occupied this
partisan headquarters city and to
have put the partisan commander
to flight a claim which the Yugo
slav communique refuted today
with the announcement that "all
German attempts to advance from
the direction of Pravnek towards
Bugojno (25 miles, south of Jajce)
and Jajce were frustrated."
Partisan units, operating in
Croatia to the north, have clear
ed Kordun province of German
troops by capturing the town of
Tobosko, the war bulletin said,
adding that the enemy suffered
heavy . casualties in men and
material in this fighting in
.which seven nasi tanks were
knocked out. Bitter fighting also
was reported continuing in the
Croat province of Baneja.
By JOHN F. CHESTER
CAIRO, Dec. 24-(r-A high of
ficer in the army supporting King
Peter's Yugoslav government-in-exile
predicted today that no ma
jor, offensive against the Germans
by the forces led by Gen. Draja
Mihailovic can be expected until
the allies invade Yugoslavia.
He linked with this prediction a
statement that the bitterness be
tween the rival resistance forces
of Marshal Josip Bros (Tito) and
Mihailovic is too deep to be eradi
cated. .
Sub Grayling
Lost at Sea
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-)
The submarine Grayling, presum
ably one of the fleet of American
undersea craft which have sunk
or damaged at least 524 Japanese
merchant vessels and warships,
has been lost at sea.
No Indication was given by the
navy today in announcing wis
16th sub loss as to where the
Grayling ' last went : Into : action
against the enemy. She usually
carried a" crew "of 65.
Of the enemy I ships reported
blasted by American - subs, 274
definitely have been sunk, anoth
er 36 probably sunk and 114 dam
aged. Compared .with that heavy
damage, American warship losses
in all parts of the .world have
totaled 113 ships Including the 16
submarines. ' r--
Cold Causes Deaths
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 - (P)
Flu and cold weather combined
to cause a sharply increased num
ber of deaths during the first three
weeks of December, although the
census bureau 'said the mortality
jump was minor in comparison
Slavs CI
un aaraie
with previous epidemics.
Attending Church, Feting
" Visiting Soldiers, Entertaining
Families Scheduled by Blany
Cold snap broken by comparatively warm rains,
Salem dreamed of no white Christmas last niht.
Nor did "visions of sugarplums dance through"
the heads of a sophisticated wartime generation.
But there is no lack of turkey, chicken, Wildfowl
or even point rationed meat in the average home of
the capital city, market men declared as they prepared
to go home in time to watch the hanging of the Christ
mas stockings. ..-;;- S V- '
'1 At closing time Christmas eve there were still a few turkeys
on market racks. The lack of last-minute shoppers on downtown
streets and of undelivered mail in the city postoffice was mute
evidence of the success of "shop early" and "mail early" cam
paigns. " Christmas stocks, while depleted, were not completely sold
out despite complaints of shortages in many lines. '
Except for Catholic masses and services in a few protestant
churches, principal observance of today in Salem will be cen
tered in the city's homes. Closure of restaurants is general, and
many Salem eating establishments will not reopen until Monday,
taking advantage of the long weekend to recoup ration points
and to give employes a home holiday.- . i
4 Today in Salem, too, there is "room in the inn?' but there'
are few travelers. For the first week end in many months hotel
reservations are still available today, j - W
v Soldiers coming into Salem following ample camp Christmas
dinners will find welcomes in hundreds of the city's homes and
complete cold suppers of turkey and proper accompaniments at
both USO clubs.
Baltic Army
rtfe line,
Gorodok
By JAMES M. LONG
LONDON, Dec. 25 -Jpy The
Russian Baltic army cracked a
model German defense-in-depth
line and captured the heavily
fortified lake town of Gorodok, 20
-miles north of Vitebsk yesterday.
sweeping , on over 2,000 German
dead in a continuing offensive to
take 60 more towns and hamlets,
Moscow . announced early today.
. Resuming their -drive after a
two-day slow down, the Russians
swept , to within 15 miles of the
Vitebsk-polotsk rail tine,'an Im
portant .east-west supply artery
for the Germans, as they advanced
along the Nevel-Vitebsk . railroad
- In another fighting area to .the
southsouthwest of Zholbin the
Russians reported killing another
2,000 Germans and wrecking 28
Nazi tanks as they successfully
repulsed attacks by large German
forces hammering their lines in
that area,-
The Gorodok victory was an
nounced . yesterday by Premier
Marshal Joseph Stalin in a
special order of the day to -Soviet
Armenian Gen. Ivan C.
Bagramian, commander of the
Baltic army. Stalin called Gor
odok a "large railway station"
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Bolivians
To Follow
Constitution
By WILLIAM D. CARTER "
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21-JP)-
The Bolivian nationalist revolu
tionary government of Gualberto
Villarroel tonight officially de
creed that the 1938 constitution,
except for minor changes, will
remain in - force, . United Nations
commitments in their entirety will
be adhered to and .a . plebiscite
will be held "at the first oppor
tunity- ' .-:
In effect, - other than " pointing
out that the government will con
tinue to function through official
decree, the document brought out
that Bolivian constitutionality
will be scarcely changed. .
The eight-point program stated:
( 1 ) The political constitution of
the state as of 1938 is decreed in
force with ; only the restrictions
contained herein and those deter
mined by . the state of law. (2)
The executive ' power , of the gov
ernment is. constituted by the
president, the ' cabinet' and the
secretary general of the govern
ment whose powers are, determ
ined by the law of political or
ganization and by other laws and
special decrees. (3) The executive
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17 Perish in Fire
On Christmas Eve . .
NEW YORK. Dec 24 - (Pi - In
one of - the worst Christmas eve
tragedies in New York city's his
tory, 17 persons perished late to
day when a fire mushroomed rap
idly through the five-story Stan
dard hotel. - " ' -. ' ' V
Some of the victims were
killed in leaps from windows, but
most died in the flames. 4
Only five of the victims had
been ; identified tonight.
Fire Commissioner Patrick
Walsh said the death toll might
increase to 20. . '. i .
. By th Associated Press
A world at war greeted Christ
ines again today with thoughts of
many loved ones far from home.
As always It was children's day
In America, but attention centered
as never before on men and wo
men In. uniform. ,
Most of them were held at their
war tasks, but thousands of Amer
ican homes glowed with greater
Joy because their boys and girls
were back on holiday furloughs.
Not so long ago there was hope
that this was the day that would
signal the end of warfare In the
European theatre. But peace did
not come.
The chief hope now among the
Allied peoples, expressed in
church and in prayer at home was
that the ; promised invasion of
Europe would end strife there be
fore another Christmas day.
; Even that hope wa tempered
with government predictions that
the next three months may cost
500,000 casualties.
.In the enemy countries of Eur
ope the day was a cheerless one,
made so by constant Allied air
bombardments.
Even outwardly, Christmas in
America too showed marks of the
war. The traditional turkey was ;
missing from many tables and
public decorations, while gay, bore
fewer lights to save power.
An estimated 3,000 persons at
tended the annual Christmas tree
ceremony on the White House
lawn In Washington. The" tree was
unlighfed as part of the conserva
tion program.
Government employes were
given one-day leave today.
Individuals and organization
outdid themselves to make the day
a happy one for the soldiers.
marines and merchant seamen.
The army, marines and naw
made every effort to provide the
traditional turkey dinner on sea
and in faraway lands, whether in
Artie or Tropic areas. The postal
service strove to deliver presents
from home in time.
Lacking fir trees in the troDies
the USO decorated Palm or Nut
meg trees. ' ;
The YMCA sent Christmas
packages to every American ser
vice man known to be' a prisoner
of war.
At home, furloughs anneared to
have been granted to the limit of
security. At one" point yesterday
It was estimated that 90 per cent
of the travelers in Grand Central
Terminal, Ne wYork. were in
uniform, hurrying to their homes.
Travel over the holiday ranged
from 10 to 20 per cent greater
than at 1 the corresponding time
last year. . Railroads "and airlines
were booked to capacity and bus
terminals were thronged.
The most prominent traveler
was PresidentRoosevelt who left
Washington to spend Christmas
with his family at their heme in
Hyde Park, NY.
Treasury; Grants
Coal Workers'
Boost in Pay
WASH IN GTON, Dec 24-P)
Taking. note of reports that coal
mine foremen are voicing dissat
isfaction" with their wage treat
ment under the recent strike set
tlement agreement and the earl
ier extension of mine hours, the
treasury - . today told . bituminous
operators they may grant auto
matic pay hikes to supervisory
personnel earning less than Z2i
a- month. i - .
Raises must be made within a
formula that scales down the raise
as the supervisory salary level
Increases.
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