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Fifth Regains
!ost Territory
n Italy Gains
: ROME,. Jan. .l.-yP-Fifth army
.troops sweeping back across the
Serchio river valley, where they
were forced to gfcire around before
strong nazi offensive last week,
Jxave recaptured aU territory east
of the river, allied headquarters
f announced today. 'J:---
Driving forward a mile and a
half north of recaptured Barga,
r auieu iruop nctvc iKtuc'u
moclania, a tiny village east of
. the Serchio river and one of the
first towns taken by the Germans
at the start of their drive, the
'. communique, said. ' f
West of the Serchio other Fifth
. army units made small advances.
' The Germans maintained their
hold on Gallicano but the town
was covered by allied artillery
fire from the surrounding hills,
; Along the Po v a 11 e y front
-Eighth army troops continued ,to
push forward north of, Faenza,
: -capturing ; several localities
- against strong German resistance.
'. Bitter Dispute
Stffl Raging
Over Poland
By John M. Hightower
WASHINGTON, Jan. l--The
5 Jnited Nations made a badly han-
" tficapped.atart on their fourth year
.today, impeded by the bitter dis
i pute between Poland and Russia.
To" some officials here it began
: to appear that the issues of this
: dispute possibly are insoluble and
thaf the politick and ' territorial
conditions involved may remain
to disturb the world for years to
come. .
. The latest development, follow
ing the "weekend claim " of the
J Dublin committee of liberation
that it is the provisional govern
. ment of liberated Poland, consist
mA In a nimmmi hv RpTrptarv of
" State Stettinius that the United'
States continues to recognize the
exile Polish government at Lon-
don
that "the Lublin committee's claim
of governmental
.1 status yesterday
will be followed promptly by Mos
cow recognition of that claimThax
action would put Russia formally
behind one Polish government and
Britain and the United States be
hind the ptherl
The only; hope remaining here
for at least a surface settlement
is that the London Polish govern-
rent in desperation may restore
-former Premier Mikolajczyk to !
power and empower him, tosave
what he caffTofTlt" out of the
present mess. '
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Greek Regent
To Quit Arms
; I LONDON; Jan l.-p (JP -Arcnr
; bishop Damakinos, In his first of-
ficial statement as regent of
Greece, today told the Greek peo
ple that the immediate laying
down of arms is an "indispensa
ble pre-condition' toward solving
; the Greek crisis,
j ' Sunultaneoushy, a ; report from
: Athens said the Elas central com-
mittee had sent a note to Damas-
kmos Saying the committee was
prepared to-order its -members to
: cease fire immediately so that
negotiations for the end of civil
strife may begin.
4
The Elas message to the reg
added that .the committee will Or
der the laying down of arms when
current political questions are set
- tied.
Olson Called to Duty
Announcement oat Lt. CpL
Raymond Ferdinand Olson, Salem,
had been called to active duty in
the finance department of the ar-
my was issued Monday night from
Washington, DC. :
ITODDI3BS
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Havin? sirept down la a e!1-1
f?om c&nnon-iif hted skies, this sol
i dier is about to throw a grenade
t'"-d hia othprs cover his
' 'acux -A.ar Bond doliara put the
. grena-da In the soldier's liand. the
' ran mju-,V hanpin from his ahouUer.
People
Joe Martin Calls for Delay
On Military Training Bill
"I "'--)' By Wffllam FVArbott - j - 'i ' "
' WASHINGTON, Jan l-(ff)-House Republican Leader .Joe Martin
of Massachusetts warned today against "hasty" action' in the face of
administration plans for enacting a universal peacetime draft law this
year. VC"J - : " r - ''l--, f - i ' ", ) m J
Both compulsory military training legislation and tax revision
should wait until after the fall of Germany,- Martin IndicatccMa re
viewing for. reporters ' his ideas I
of what the- new congress conven-
fag Wednesday ishould take up.
j "l don't think there is any rea
son to be stampeded into a hasty
decision," Martin said. -'"A peace
time draft ; cannot become effec
tive until after the war. and it
should receive mature considera-
n0IU -
ctre 'Vets Tolee
"Perhaps," he added, "the boys
coming back - wul want to nave
something to say about iV j
President; Roosevelt has said he
would like to see a universal
draft bill passed this winter, and
Chairman May (D-Ky) has an
nounced the house military com
mittee would start hearings this
month! - j .- s I
j Both the army and the navy re
portedly have urged early con
gressional Consideration. 1
Not Against Idea
Martin emphasized that he was
not opposed! to compulsory peace
time training and; believed "some
type" should be ordered. . -
At the same time. Speaker Ray-
burn of Texas told reporters' he
believed the peace-time draft was
certain to j come before the new
congress although he did not think
it would bt one of the first things
considered;
He agreed with Martin that
general revision of the tax pro
gram would not be effected this
year. 1
Pledge Cooperation
Martin pledged the cooperation
of the 190 house republicans, on
legislation . directly connected with
the war, commenting that there
would be many other things to
light about.
"We must cut spending and ap
propriating as deeply ; and as
sharply as", we can,"" he said. "Even
war appropriations must be given
very close scrutiny." " r r
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WASHINGTON, Jan. I.-UPy-
This country's armed forces have
increased to 11,900,000 since 1940.
Of that! number 8,100,000 were
in the army; the remainder In the
navy, marines and coast guards.
The fig&res, compiled as of
Nov. 1, were presented recently to
a senate committee and given to
day in a report of War Mobiliza
tion Director Byrnes. !
Byrnes j cited them in empha
sizing the "remarkable job in mo
bilization'! since' 1940. At that
time the I military strength was
700,000. ; I M " '
The 11 00,000 was a net esti
mate after deducting 1,500,000 for
discharged and killed. j
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Colonies Eye
Better Tunes
WASHINGTON, Jan. MP)-
The New; Year brings an implied
promise of better things for col
onial peoples under Britain's' rule
-a promised based on an Anglo-
American: laboratory experiment
in the Caribbean.
Preparing for "increased activ-
ity in colonial development after ed Koiso as adding that the Philip
the war.! the British eovernment!
announced today that Sir Frank
Stockdalei comntroller of devlnn-1
. i
.v ""j wf w . !T.TYi
ui anu jndimwn oi me cnusn
Caribbean commission, had been
appointed; to a newly created post
of advisor of development plan-
which Stockdale emerges has
been nailed as cemonstraung that
it is possible for two or more pow
ers having direct concern In
backward areas to "adjust com-l
! mon problems on a. regional, basis
wun inei object or. assuring co
lonial communities a greater
measure ;of prosperity and sta
bility -i--. i
Dufazzo, ' 'ftJbania, . flourished
2500 years ago as Epidamnus of
the Greeks and was renamed
Dyrrachium when it passed into
the hands of the Romans.
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Fury of Soviet
By W. VP, Hercher
LONDON, Tuesday, Jan. 2-(JP)
The fanatical German and Hun
garian j defenders 1 of . Budapest,
trapped between assault forces
which squeezed steadily from both
the east; and west, felt the mount
ing fury of the red army today in
a battle which threatened td de
molish j the once beautiful Hun
garian capital. - :, ;
An early morning communique
broadcast from Moscow said the
enemy garrison, although supplied
by air, ! had lost more than 1000
men land had been pushed from
more than 200 additional blocks of
buildings in , savage fighting
through the city's streets Monday
Dispatches from Moscow said
frontline reports received there
indicated that the fall of Buda,
the section of the city west of the
Danube river, was expected with
in 24 to 38 hours. t? "
Once Buda is in Soviet hands,
red army guns; placed on its
heights will command the plain
of Pest and will be able to leve.
German defenses east of the river
at will. '
Holiday Death
Toll Reaches
Total ojf217
I By the Associated Press
Traffic accidents led as the
-cause of holiday deaths as fatali
ties In the nation's observance of
the three-day New Year week-end
reached 217 last night
The death toll; was swelled by a
Sunday morning "wrecks near Og-
den, Utah, of two Southern Pa
cific trains, from which 48 bodies
were recovered.1 ' '
Traffic accidents, . other than
the train wreck, resulted in 77
deaths. Fires accounted for 49
deaths. : Miscellaneous accidents
caused 43 deaths. ; Utah with 48
dead led the states. California was
second with 19. j Illinois, Michigan
ana ...rennsyivania each reported
13 deaths by accident.
The I 1943 New Year holiday
death toll was 242 150 from traf
fic causes, and; 92 from miscel
laneous causes, an Associated
Press survey showed. ,
Koiso Insists
Japs Will Win
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By the ! Associated Press
Japanese Premier Gen. Kuniakl
Koiso broadcast to the subject
peoples of occupied Asia Monday
the claim that Japan would Idrive
its foes from the entire Greater
East; Asia in . 1945 but acknowl
edged that the j military situation
in the Philippines was growing in
in tensity.
ine roKyo Domel agency in a
! broadcast picked ud br the federal
ccmuiaunicaUons1 cornmission oubt-
hn ih om a. ni.i
i wi j j j i--. u -'.
ll'""' ! ucuaieu a everjr eDun.i
MiPl sent to i the : bottom by. our
orcfe j adds to enemy's ; des-
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pssnp witn which th namv
eratlons by of sheer weit
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SALINA, Kas, Jan. 1, -UP)
Twenty live bombs, jettisoned by
a crew forced to abandon a bi
army bomber, are scattered over
an area about 15 miles northwest
of here, army, officers warned to
night' -
The bombs were dropped from
the plane abandoned by the crew
last? Friday near Salina. The
crew parachuted to safety and
the plane crashed a short time
later near Concordia, Kas. -
ENDS TODAY!
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Utah Train Wreck Kills and Injures Many
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2 New Aldermen
At Council Meeting Tonight ;
Two new aldermen take their
nual message and announces new committee appointments to break
the monotony of what otherwise? promises to be purely a routine meet
ing of the Salem city council .tonight i '
G. F. Chambers, who succeeds I F. LeGarie as one of the alder
men from the second ward, and Lewis Mitchell, who replaces . Mrs.
G. Ft Lobdell from the fourth
ward, tonight join the! council to
which "they were elected in last
May's primaries, j
Mayor I. M. Doughton has . de
clared that his message will con
tain no revolutionary suggestions,
while : others in official circles
point to the fact ' that! the ' pros
pectus be laid down for his term
of office two years ago ia still
largely in the creative) stage. 1
Then one of the changes he
proposed was an expansion of the
city -boundaries to .take in well
populated adjoining suburban
areas, a matter which may come
to a vote-here April 6. An ordi
nance bill setting April 6 as the
date for - the special election to
consider the annexation of the
border j territories may be pre
sented ."tonight.
' An ordinance wlich is definite
ly slated to make its appearance
tonight will. provide that no fur
ther fees need be collected from
owners of rental pr6perties regis
tered with . the city's rent control
board.'; Funds sufficient for the
opera uon, qi we looara are on
hand or will be sefcured through
anticipated r e -Ar eg! strations of
properties as ownerships . change
or new : registrations as additional
residences go on rental lists,
it
is understood
Brownell Lauds Late
Mrs.?McCormick Simms
NEW YORK, Jan. l.0T)-Her-
bert BrownelX ' jr,i rhairman of
the . republican national
tee, today ; lauded the late Mrs.
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms as
one of the Outstanding leaders of
the republican party."
Mrs. Simms, who died Sunday,
had served on the national corn-
LJ
mittee and in congress., "She deffecemberT when, .44 Inches was
voted a constant and loyal .inter
est and an unflagging zeal" to the
party's interests, Brownell said.
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this Southern Fadfla train wreck ea
49 and 59 persons were killed
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Thumbnail
of War!
(By th Associated Press)
. Western front - Yank Third
army smashes forward up to six
miles between Bastogne and St
Hubert, as enemy desperately
flings in planes in battle to con
trol sky. j
KbmU 'Red troops press ahead
In .-- Budapest, tightening ring
around trapped garrison,
, Italy Fifth army troops re
cover all territory east of Serchio
river lost before a strong Nazi
offensive! last .week.
Greece Elas and British com-
, mander fail to come to terms on
truce plans in 'Athens.
Pacific-) Navy review of 1944
brings statement Japan's home
land is now open to fleet attack.
Last Month A
Fourth Driest
For December
December of 1944, with its 2.6?
inches V precipitation, v was the
fourth driest . for that month on
record, the lowest being in 1903
with 1.S5 inches, and; in 1938 with
2.28 Inches and in 1915 with 2.52
inches. : ., " '' .
Greatest precipitation registered
for the month, of December -was
in 1933,. when 17.54 inches was
commit-trecordedaDriost seven times as
much as the' 1944 amount. Other
"wetT Decembers were 1917 'with
14.03 inches jud 1937 with 13.60
inches. f ' , ;-:-Most
rainfall for any 24-hour
period in December, 1944, was on
recorded, according to Gilbert L.
Stearns, senior observer at the
airport weather bureau.;
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a rack fllf-ln leadmr aata the
and mora than IM lnjared. (AP
British Troops
ReacHJ3urma
Rice Golmtry
HEADQUARTERS ALLIED
LAND FORCES im SOUTHEAST
ASIA, Jan. l.-P)British imper-i
ial troops have entered , Kaduma,
16 miles from Yeu and the, triple
drive from northern Burma had
reached the northern and western
rim of the Burma rice bow where
all roads lead to; Mandalay.
The approach ! td Yeus, only 70
miles northeast of iMandalay, was
announced by the headquarters of
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten
today, i J' j
At the same time was announc
ed that other British forces fight
ing southward along the bay of
Bengal coast occupied Rathedaung,
ke Japanese defense position the
east side of the Mayu river 25
miles north . of j. Akyab, without
meeting ppposition, - i"i
pThese twin developments em
phasized the current opinion that
the Japanese high command' has
written off Burma as a bad in
vestment fori troops' and materials
arid is pulling , out; v"
jThree, years after their Jungle
style blitz, the i Japanese Burma
bubble has burst; fi I i
The New Year; finds the Japa
nese in retreat . tor in hazard on
every Burma front.
Pravda WriterRebukes
Anglo-American rohcy
In Liberated Countries'
. LONDON, Jan i-WhIlya Ehr
enburg, writing in the communist
party newspaper jPravda, declared
today that the Russians have not
disarmed partisans ; In countries
liberated lay Russia because "the
red army is a liberator and not a
nurse.' f.-1 "- ,-" ; ;
The writer's tHinlyf veiled slap
at Anglo-American policies in lib
erated countries, (broadcast by the
Moscow radio, asserted also that
the Russians had; not ' meddled in
people's affairs nor .denied any
factions freedom j of expression in
countries they had liberated.
A human adult has half
ounce of! sugar ia his blood.
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Germans Hurl
Air Force Into
Fight, Lose 241
By John A. Parr is. Jr., j j
LONDON, Jan; WThe Cer
. ..v tnrrm lost at least 241 of
its carefully boarded plane today,
with most of the downea piancs
208--a'crificed in a desperate at
tempt to cripple allied aerial su
periority by bombing and strafing
allied air fields in France, Bel
gium, and Holland.-ViV- V'Vt.
The surprise off ensJve was i; tne
hr the luftwaffe since its
heydey of 1940-41, but it
check the momentum 01 m
aerial offensive that sent at least
6000 American-anoV British planes
over the continent on New Year a
day. These included more wan
160a US Eightn air iorce
bombers and fighters. '
First reports placed allied plane
nt tndav at 25. The figure aia
not include losses of heavy bomb
ersf the Eighth air force, which
were not yet tabulated.
A front disoatch said soma! of
the German planes that struck the
llid air fields shortly alter
a m. were American craft captur
ed by the 'Nazis tn the? recent
breakthrough into Luxembourg.
2 Yanks Get
OrdenofBath
LONDON,- Jak HflVKing
George VI "approved ; today the
award of the order of commander
of the bath to two American gen
erals in recognition of their aer
vices In the southeast Asia com-'
mand. - !
The two are Maj. Gen. Albert C
Wedemeyer," until recently deputy
chief of staff in southeast Asia and
now commanding general of US
army forces in. Chica, and Maj.
Gen. George E, Stratmeyer, com
mander of the East air command
and second in command of allied;
airforces in southeast Asia,
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they had succeeueu u .'ur
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Slays Exhume Bodies ,
Of 3500 Shpt by Nazii ;
' LONDON, Tuesday, Jan. 2Uty
The bodies of 3500 Yugoslav pa- ,
triots shot by the Germans in ,a
concentration .camp between
March, 1943, and ApriL 1944, have
been exhumed from 70 small and
two large graves bn Bezanija ridge
near Belgrade, : the Free .Yugoslar,
radio said last rught&Tha broadrv
cast said the victims clothing had
been sold publicly by German splr
diers. - . j
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