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v The weakening of : the body
finally drew the curtain on the
utill active mind of Mrs. C. P.
Bishop - Sunday morning. ; Death,
kindly in its touch, released the
. spirit which has been lonely since
the passing '.of her husband three
years ago. It has taken from Sa
lem one who for over 50 year
. exercised a leadership to which
her endowments of mind and
character naturally led her. Her
, lifetime covered the broadening
of the field of women's activities,
and in that expansion she was
prominent in Salem and the state.
..Yet her numerous outside inter
ests church, politics, clubs
never caused ber to neglect her
home. .She was, in a way, a mod
. ern matriarch, a mother who held
- the respect and. the devotion of
her family, who kept a guiding
hand on their lives and work.
A I marked characteristic . of
Mrs. Bishop was h e r inquiring
mind. I think I have never known
a woman whose appetite for In
formation and opinion in the "field
. of current affairs was as insatia
I ble. Often in public meetings she
would ply the speaker with ques
tions and sometimes she would
voice disagreement, for her, own
convictions were positive. Even in
recent years, when illness and In
jury confined her . most of the
time to ber home, she got out
- whenever she could to attend
meetings and participate in dis
cussion groups, the last being
(Continued on Editorial Page)
G.
Report Shows
Good Progress
Enlargement , of the business
Volume in the Salem area, estab
lishment of hew industries, furth
erance of the interests o existing
commercial estabiishmentsVand the
the promotion of progressive over
all Improvements in the trade area
were listed today as among the
achievements of the Salem cham
ber of commerce in 1944.yt, ;:
The annual report, contained in
an illustrated 16-page booklet, was
made by Carl W Hogg, 'retiring
president, ' the board: of directors
and committee members, and Gay
Cochran.! manager. It covers i the
third year of Hogg's presidency
of the chamber. Under his leader
ship the membership has been
tripled, and increased financial
support has enabled the organiza
tion to become one of the leading
chambers in the northwest
Hogg is succeeded as president
by Loyal A. .Warner, a director
for two years. i
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Blood Donors
Needed Today
Persons who have not registered
as blood denors but who feel they
are eligible should go to the First
Methodist church between 10 and
12 o'clock this morning, to make
their contribution toward saving
Jives of men on battlefronts rep-
resentatives of Salem Junior Cha-
: - . , ' -..-.,('
resentatives of Salem Junior
Chamber of Commerce declared
. . Monday night j
The list of registered woulibe
donors then was found to be S ap
proximately 60 short of the mobile
unit from Multnomah county Red
Crosa calls here today, it was said.
Persons who plan to give blood
should - limit their breakfasts to
unsweetened fruit iuices, black
coffee and unbuttered toast, they
pointed out '".Xly :''
Salem
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BrooksMan Killed iriAUermtion Witli Irate
Husband; George (Bud) Harris Held in Jail
Charged with second i degree
murder in connection with the
fatal shooting early Sunday morn
ing of Charles Batchelor, 25,
George. Elmer , (Bud) Harris, S3,
' cf Brooks, was in the county pail
today. Justice of the Peace Joseph
. jj. Yel ton said the charge was not
bailable.
Officers investigating the shoot
ing said Harris, who allegedly
found Batchelor with his wile,
the former Lorene Elizabeth
O'Neill, had planned on hunting
ducks Sunday in the Scappoose
district with Seth Miller of Port
land, but in. the meantime had left
Erooks Friday at 11 ajn. to ac-
company - a Boy, Scout troop to
Kmith creek prior5 to the hunting
trip , j -
i When he retired Saturday eve
rung he set the alarm for 3 a.m.
Vut, according to tte story he
t?!i state police, the boys re-set
the clock for even earlier. When
. ? 2 discovered he was up too early,
I 2 explained to police, he decided
1 stop at hij home and get his
I anting clothes instead of return-
Em
Predicts
Draft Gall
Increasb
. T!: ' j " - i" -If
WLB' Manpower
Edicts Would Be
Given New Tee tli
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By Sterling F. Green
WASHINGTON, . Jan. 1 -)- A
plan to force millions of 4-Fs into
military pr war-suporting tasks
was proposed today by War Mo
bilization, Director James T.
Byrnes, in case present man-power
measures prove inadequate. !
r Laws to put teeth into war labor
board arid manpower edicts1 also
were suggested by Byrnes - in a
massive ; report ; to President
Roosevelt and congress, which he
elaborated at a news conference.
He predicted increases in draft
calls beyond the Jump of 20,000
men monthly which went into ef
fectv today to . U gaps! in the
ranks of the fighting forces and
man newj navy ships.
Reconversion Out ! r J
And, in the Jarring report on his
administration of the office of war
mobilization and reconversion,
Byrnes jswept , the reconversion
phase into the background and de
cried last summer's "too early
start" on peacetime production.
"The i truth is that our soldiers
at the front today are not short
o! ammunition and supplies as a
result of any production failures,"
he said, j "However, they may be
short a 'few weeks hence if we
fail." j r- : - I -":;-M ; i
If recent actions to tighten the
war production effort Jail, Byrnes
said he believed congress should
clamp controls on those found
disqualified for; military duty, so
"they may render their war ser
vice in essential war activities."
Not All Included I.
. Byrnes said he referred to 4-F
men not bow in war work. He sug
gested they ' be j drafted and then
either used for limited, services in
the armed forces or channeled
where needed into war industry.
He declined to give details, say
ing congress should work J them
out.;vvl-';:-'(i---K !4 !.;;- ! :'
Byrnes said congress should
give war labor board rulings sta
tutory 1 authority so that WLB
could "enforce its decisions in the
courts Without : resort to seizure."
Less than a week after army
seizure for non-compliance
properties for non-compliance
with WLB rulings which Ward's
chairman, Sewell Avery1, declared
unconstitutional, Byrnes observed
that seizure is "an . inadequate
remedy j in many cases.1 . . -.- v '
I Xwn ftf Herman I I.Ron t
Pigoners Recaptured
; PHOENIX, Ariz, Jan. 1-V?y
Two of ;19 German U-boat prison
ers still at large after a sensational
Christmas eve break here were
recaptured tonight ; 1 !
H. R. Duff ey, agent, in charge
of the federal bureau of investi
gation, i said the prisoners, Capt
Hans Werner KrSuss and Helmut
Drescher, were apprehended i 12
miles. west of Casa Grande, Ariz.,
by a farmer. :
Harris told state police he ar
rived at his home at Brooks about
3 a.m. and, finding the, back door
lucked,: gained entrance -through a
window. He told police he turned
on the j light in the front room,
opened the bedroom j door and
found bis wife and Batchelor in
the bed, asleep in each other's
arms., j: j
He dragged Batchelor from the
bed, ' be told j police, j and ' when
Batchelor struck at him "with his
fist he hit him over the head with
the gun. He stated farther! that
he fired one shot, aiming at
Batchelor's legs, but missed, j." A
bullet hole was found in the iloor,
police said, i : 1
Harris said he was t"ien knock
ed into a corner and that in -the
ensuing scuffle with Batchelor the
trigger iwas pulled and .Batchelor
sbot ! 'y:-r::i-vfr:i
-Harris placed the ' wounded
Batchelor on the bed and went to
had Dorothy Dahl; on duty there,
the Southern Pacific station and
call an 'ambulance and notify po -
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Rockets Streak
A barrage of rockets fired from an LCI boat streaks; ashore to batter
Japanese defenses al American forces invaded the island of Min
dore In the Philippines Dec. IS. (AP wirephoto from US navy) t
Nimitz Would Welcome Red
j Participation in Jcip Jar
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS Honolulu, Jan. 1-(P-Fleet
Adiniral Chester W. Nimitz said todayi he would wel
come Russian participation in the Pacific war against Japan. .J
, . The commanderin-chief of the Pacific fleet saidfWje
will have to occupy nough )f Japan in order td win the peace
arid enforce the peace and declared the China! coast was still
a fleet goat He reiterated an as
sertion of sometime ago that it
would be essential to land on the
China coast "sometime or anoth
er" to secure bases for large-scale
air attacks on the enemy's home
land. , . . -
Nimitz was asked at a - press
conference if he would welcome
Russian participation "on our
side." ,
He answered "yes" and observ
ed "I'm glad you put that last
phrase in-on our sidef.', -
Nimitz, back from; a visit to
Guam, Saipan and other advanced
positions, said he' didn't think the
Japanese would capitulate unless
their homeland was occupied.
"I think," he asserte "that the
only safe plan is to assume we
must invade their homeland and
line up our forces accordingly.'
, His remark that the China coast
goal was not abandoned suggested
allied forces might move in that
direction and against Ja pan prop
er at the same time. v
Prominent Cathoiic
Priest Dies Monday
PORTLAND, Jan. l.-Rev.
Gregory Robl, O. S. B., prominent
in northwest Catholic circles, died
tonight in St Vincent's hospital.
' Father Gregory was pastor of
the Church of the Sacred Heart
here for 40 years. Archbishop Ed
ward D. Howard will Officiate at
solemn requiem; high mass Thurs
day at 10 a. m. Interment will be
at the abbey at Mt; Angel.
lice. Harris was arrested at
his
home and brought to Salem.
State police quoted Mrs. Harris
as saying ; s&evdid not know
"there was aJjiaan in the house"
until her husband returned home.
' Batchelor wasi foreman of an
onion house at Brooks and he and
Harris had been fiends for years,
state police said they . were in
formed. ; ' . :. V- ... -
Coroner L. E. Barrick said no
inquest would be held because pf
known facts in The case. Judge
Felton said a hearing might be
held todays depending on District
Attorney : Miller. B. Hayden's
wishes and whoever , Harris en
gages for legal counsel.
Funeral services for Batchelor
wUI be held from the Clough-Bar-rlck
chapel Wednesday, Rev. Dud
ley Strain ! officiating: ; Interment
will be in the Pioneer cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Fran
ces Batchelor of Salem; a daugh
ter, "Barbara Elian Batchelor of
Salem; v two sons, Fred C. and
Gerald J. Batchelor, also of Sa
lem, and his mother, Mrs. Mary
j Batchelor al Sherwood. . n
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Labor Temple
eningDrmvs
Large Crowd
ii Sparkling from floors to ceilings
with the workmanship of its. new
owners, the Labor Temple at 447
Center street first j large down
town building to jbe owned by or
ganized labor 'here;. was opened
with speech and fanfare Monday.
T Mayor I. M. Doughton, ! Paul
Gurske of the state accident com
mission, Executive Secretary J. T.
Marr of the state! federation of la
bor, AFL Organizer ; Charles R.
Smith and Gertrude Sweet, organ
izer for the Hotel, Restaurant Em
ployes International alliance,
spoke to approximately 300 per
sons at the afternoon ceremonies.
Gurske represented Gov. Earl
SneU.
I A capacity crowd danced to mu
sic by the Top Hatters in the hall's
large and attractive ballroom at
the close of the day. John Babur
ski, Earl Franklin . and : Ruth
Weatherill provided music for the
afternoon program. Students from
Hollywood Dance studio and Capf
ltola ; RoUer rink presented the
door show at the dance. .
Lt. G61. Reed
Dies iii Action
HEADQUARTERS U. S. 14TH
Am FORCE. China. Dec. 20. I
(Delayed, by COTsW)iP)-Lt. Col
William Nonnan Reed, who joined
the original "Flying tigers' for,
the love of adventure and became
the ranking activf ace of the 14th
air force, died on a mission last
night - '
- The circumi lances surrounding
the death of the ij 27-year-old na
tive of Stone Cityi Iowa, were not
disclosed. V - " j ; '.y- j
' ) He was acting command of "AT
Assassins," a fighter group of the
Chinese-America composite wint
whose record against the Japanese
has established the group as one
cf the deadliest In army air force!
Oiling All Taxpayers j
- first of a series of articles
clarifying the federal income J
' tax and the task of tomput- i
ing it appears; today on the
. ifditorial page of- :--
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Eolem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning. January 2.
D, S.Aces
Hit;:North
Of Manila
. Yankee Planes
Sink or Damage
8 Nippon Ships ;
By Jim Hutcheson
GENERAL Mac ARTHUR'S
H E A D QUARTERS, Phnippines,
Tuesday, Jan. 2-fl,)Planes based
in the central Philippines, making
their- deepest penetration of invasion-menaced
Luzon island,, swept
150 miles beyond Manila Saturday
to sink or probably sink three en
emy warships and five cargo ves
sels at Lingayen gulf. .
"1 Gen; " Douglas MacArthtir an
nounced the attack today, aimed
at one of the. points where' Japan
originally invaded the Philippines
and a logical point of Nipponese
reinforcement and supply.
Large Force Used
Low-flying B-25 medium bomb
ers, A-20 attack planes and P-40
fighter bombers made the attack
in "substantial force,' a spokesman
said,- flying from new bases on
Mindoro. , I
Returning fliers said they' saw
some ships go down and feel cer
tain the others also sank.
This was the third straight com
munique to report a sinking " in
Lingayen, the others being accom
plished by patrol planes. . -
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Still Have Far
To Go9 in War
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 -(JP)
President Roosevelt, observing the
third anniversary of the United
Nations, declared today that "we
stil have far to go" in order to
wir the war and secure W; or
ganized peace. : . ,. A
yfe know," he added, "that it
is only as united nations that we
have it within our power to win
complete and final victory in this
war, then to. win the peace. We
know that by maintaining and
strengthening the United Nations
we shall do bouV
Mr. Roosevelt made the state
ment in a letter to Secretary of
State Stettinius which jStettinius
read , at ceremonies in : which
France became the 36th country
to adhere to the United Nations
declaration, originally signed three
years ago by the United States,
Britain, Russia and China.
Balloon Found
Near Portland
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. l.-i)-An
enormous balloon, found hang
ing in a tree ten 'miles from Esta
cadia, was studied .today by the
JFJSI . and the army as a possible
duplicate of, the, Japanese -inscribed
balloon discovered in
1 Montana. i ' " : v ' ".y
Discovery of the balloon, caught
m : tree limbs 70 feet above Uie
ground, was reported Sunday by
state police to the FBI and the
army. FBI agents refused to dis
close any details, other than say
ing that no explosives were found
with the balloon. - . .
The balloon found by a farmer
near Kalispell, Mont, was made
of paper 33 H Seet in diameter, and
had a gas capacity of. 18,000 cubic
feeV : ' -H-
One Person in 20 on
Government Payroll
, WASHI NGTON, Jan. 1 -(Jf)
Nearly one person in 20 is on a
governmental payroll in this
country.' - I - '
There are 153,116 separate, ac
tive ' governmental j units in " the
United States, the census bureau
reported today, -.with 6,503,000
civilian employes as of Oct L -
The total includes 1,306,000
teachers and- other school em
ployes., j. ,
1945 Liquor Permits
Go on Sale Today -
PORTLAND, Jan. -1-(fly-The
Oregon liquor control commission
will place 1945 permits oh sale in
its stores and agencies Tuesday.
Administrator Ray Conway said
purchasers must present their No.
4 ration book and pay $L
say
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Threei Babies Two
Boys,' Girl Arrive
Here New Year's
Three babies, two boys and one
girl, arrived in, Salem hospitals on
New. Year's day."
At 12:33 ; a Jn. the first baby of
the new year arrived at General
hospital, a daughter,- born to Mr.
and, Mrs. Sylvester 'Scharbach, 790
Highland 'avenue. ; ;
' Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Byjoum,
route one. Scio, became the par
ents of a sOffc in Salem Deaconess
hospital kt 6:15 ajn.'
The third baby, a boy, was boru
to; Mr. and Mrs. James. Mason,
route six Salem, in-General hos
pital at 8:30 ajn.
FBIiArrests 2
German Spies;
Land From Sub
NEW WORK, Jaa l.-(Jfh J.
Edgar Hoover, director of the, fed
eral bureau of 1 investigation, . an- i
nounced tonight the arrest here
of two men! whom he described as
German agents landed from a U
boat on. the coast of Maine on
Novemberj 29 . last. , i ":
Hoover said the men one of
whom he ; said was an American
citizen were landed from the
submariner In a rubber boat near
Hancock Point at Frenchman's
Bay, Maihe, and then came to
New YorS aty afters; stopping
briefly in Boston. m . t
Hoover lidentified the men ! as
William Curtis fColepaughy 26, a
native of frantic, Cohn who he
said was a former student at the
Massachusetts institute of tech
nology, arid: Erich G impel,, 35, a
native of Merseberg, Germany.
The FBI head said men na(j
in .their possession when arrested
a short-wave radio, special ink for
transmitting: messages and a quan
tity of fraduleni? documents', which
he! said included blank selective
service cards, discharge papers for
the United I' States . navy and a
Connecticut -birth certificate.
Masonic Head
Dies Monday
PORTLAND, Jan. l-ff)-D. Ru
fus Cheney, grand secretary of the
Oregon Masonic lodge since 1922,
died here today;
Cheney, j a 33d degree Scottish
rite Mason, was the third Oregon
Mason named ' honorary - past
grand master a title he received
in 1938. He had the second long
est service record of any grand
secretary. f
"His widow and two grandchil
dren survive. Donald H: Cheney,
his only son, a marine, 'was killed
last July in .the Port Chicago ex
plosion. J j
Honiahi Holland, Noted
Writer, Dies Jn France
v .
, PARIS, Jan. 1 -(JP)- The .noted
writer, Ramain Rolland, died at
hi Villa, Vezelay, '.ear Clamecy,
shortly before midnight' Dec. 30,
it was announced today. , , '
i.; Winner , jof the Nobel prize in
literature I in 1916, Rolland was
78 years old. , v .
Loss Near Million in Cannery
Fire; Rebuilding Plans Made
Checking ! by officials of the
Blue Lake Producers cooperative
increased jthe estimated loss to
about $976,000 In the fire which
early; Sunday morning destroyed
the packing and canning plant at
West Salem,! Albert Lamb, assist
ant manager, said Monday ,
Lamb listed the loss at $498,000
in stock, . $300,000 building and
equipment? and i$180j000 for bus
mess mtertuption.'5;. J":-Z;'.''- -'"V' v
; The government, f Lamb said,
stands to lose about half of the
stock loss. 1 He estimated that be
tween 10,000 and 15,000 cases of
processed foods would constitute
the g overnrnents salvage. He also
said, that between 25,000 and 30,-
000; cases of gobds probably would
be salvaged. ' '
Other canneries in - this area,
Lamb said, i had volunteered to
lenoTsufficient equipment to per
mit the E'ua Lake to resume full
production!' in: -Its still-intact de
hydrating r plant within two to
three weeks.
. Res;innption of opers tions in the
(dchyclrs'Jr.j il-ni pcrrJt
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Great Air Strike
':.18e-'-24IiPlaiies:
Enemy Launches Attacks on U.S.
Third, Seventh Army Fronts but
Gain Slightly at Only One Point
- - - By Austin Ikalniear J '
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS i ALLIED EXPEDI
TIONARY FORCE, Paris, Tuesday j Jan. 2 (AP) -The
Germans gambled men and machines in combined air and
land thrusts at the allies on New Year's day, counterattack-'
big against the US "Third and Seventh armies and attempting
their greatest aerial 'of fensire operation in three years. '
It was a gamble for which the itazis paid a staggering'
cost They sent out more than 300 planes in surprise attacks
on airfields over a Wide area behind the battle zones, in a
desperate effort to shrink "allied air superiority. The Ger-
Fireman May
Of Rail Wreck
OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 1MJP)-A
railroad fireman who dodged
death . which took his engineer
may supply some explanation , of
why one Southern Pacific train
crashed into another in! one of the
west's most-terrible rail disasters
48. killed, t hurt -I " ;
The second section o the west
bound Pacific limited, loaded with
'express and maiCdrilled at high
speed yesterday into the rear of
the slowly moving first! section, a
passenger train, on a. causeway
crossing a shallow-estuary of great
Salt Lake. , I 1;; " ;:. "
; Engineer James McDonald, . 64,
of Ogden, died at his throttle as
the ponderous locomotive ripped
Into a tail-end sleeper-, but the
fireman, M. . Hardman of Og
den, came out with minor injur
ies. : l '
. Twenty-eight of the j dead and
40 of the injured were military
personnel. j '
Mrs. Bishop
Dies Sunday;
Rites
Funeral services for Mrs.
Charles P. Bishop, long-time resi
dent of Salem, will be held at the
First Presbyterian church at 2
p.m. today. . ' , : . . , ::.; :
Dr."Henry Marcotte of Portland
and the Rev. Chester Hamblin of
Salem will officiate, Concluding
services will be held at City View
cemetery, under the direction of
Clough-Barrick. I
Mrs; Bishop died at ler home,
785 Court street, Sunday, after an
illness of several weeks.1 She cele
brated her 87th birthday on No
vember 29, with a f am ly dinner
at her home. ""Her sons Roy and
Clarence, and grandsor , Robert
Bishop, were at her bedside at the
time of her death.
(Additional story page 5).
the cooperative to carry out Us
contract with the government for
one million pounds of dehydrated
potatoes.
Plans already are being form
ulated to rebuild as soon as pri
orities can be obtained and Lamb
said there was little doubt these'
would be forthcoming because of
the government's ' interest in the
plant's output. "; ! ;
O. E. Snider. 'manager, who has
-been in the east on a sales trip.
was due in Washington early this
week, Lamb said, to appear at a
hearing in the capital aimed at se
curing priorities for construction
of a freezing plant: This project,
he said, would have to be setback
for the present for the larger proi
Ject of rebuilding the main plant
Offices have been opened in thf
city hall in West Salem. The com-
panys . books are locked in the
safe, , Lamb said. In arriving at
loss figures, he said, the data: in
the hands of Itichard O. Severin,
who handled - insurance on the
jbst, ves used as a base
Supply
Today
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AttemDt ;
mans kt at least 203 in these -
lt at
fierce actions, and a total of at
least 241. ' : - ; -
What damage the enemy did to
the airfields . was not disclosed.
Allied air. losses during the day
were 25 planes, not counting Am- .
erican heavy bombers which :
pounded oil and rail targets. Their
figures were not announced last
night . . ' ' I , f.'" r '. -
. On land the Germans mad a
series f five attacks against the.
northern, flank of the Seventh ,
army and punched at the Third
army's hold on the Bastogna cor
ridor. : ,
Gain At One Fobs " '
German forces . g a i n e d soma
ground In p wooded region south
ot Bannstein, five miles southeast
of Bltche, but were held or thrown '
back at other points along the -Seventh
army front ; ' f.
Front dispatches ; said the as- -saults
were launched, on Sunday -and
were mostly in small strength." "
These enemy blows came as in
formation on the. fighting against
the enemy's bulge into Belgium, '
still subject to 24 hours or more
delay for security reasons, told of
gains; up to six miles by Lt Gen.;
George S. Patton's Third army at
the ; southwestern corner of the .
German salient . .
94 Tanks Destroyed
Jn fierce armored battles on '
both sides of the Bastogne eorri-
dor the Third army destroyed or ,
damaged I 94 German tanks, and
at the corridor from the east- In vWr
the same; area fighter .bombers of
the U. S. Ninth air force disabled
123 tanks; and motor vehicles be
fore noon today.
Most of the action was in the
air, with sky battles raging from
one end of the sprawling front to
the other as the Allies met the
direct challenge of Ue t Nazi air
force. -,: :.:. - !
Nazis' Repalsed
Every attempt by Field Marshal '
Karl von Rundstedtfs forces to ;
reduce the Third army's corridor
into Bastogne 1 was repelled, and
the Inazis '. most K important gain,
was; one of 200 yards at a point
four and a half miles southwest
of Bastogne. ; r i ' 1.
The Germans recaptured Moir-.
cy, 11 miles west of Bastcjgne, and
gained mile, at another point,
but 1 neither enemy advance af
fected Pat ton's' five-mile-Wde re
lief -corridor. Patton's forces
launched sharp attackxnorth of,
Bastogne lat the narrowest point
of the nazi salient and made some
progress. ' -1
AS his bold Belgium adventure
backfired and threatened possibly
to develop into a major disaster,- A
Von Rundstedt hurled a series of
night and day attacks' against the
American Seventh army in the;i
cinity of the old Maginot line for
tress city of Bitche in the French .
Saar. '
Starts Last Night :
. The new nasi assaults, two of
which were in at least battalion
strength, began before last mid- .
night and continued through to-r
day along: a 10-mile front on both,
sides, of Eitche. Allied headquar
ters conceded" that- the . enemy;
might have made some progress. ;
12rear.01(l Negro c
Gives BirtK to Baby
' FORT WAYNE, Ind.,f Jan. 1.
(JPfA 12-year-bld negro girl gave
birth to a daughter weighing five
pounds and nine ounces la Z t
Joseph's hospital today. V
Police and hospital authority s
believe the girl is the your.r' -t
mother in the city's rastory. EcOi
she and de child were report i
kvocd ca-.cltlcn.
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