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Number 10321
fTTa.NIf JENKINS
I?. nnMIl TOKYO.
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iTmontli Siiliiin-GuU.ii;
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i11 L.u . "...I ,...nrm w horo Kill
Ktowlll be easier lo gel.
R CHIEF GENERAL AR-
hnlllc FOR JAPAN linn
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empire Is now out ot our
no wur factory too ro
de to tool our bombs.
)le adds:
tho syslcniutic demolition ot
nh'i war production. begun
montha auu from China buses.
cciorlli will be carried mil
k ho japaiirau ,
umaic nivi"Y" m
fcd, sea I""1 "ir 'ori:cs-
HE program announced by
..........I Amu i IV innow
L pattern mndo familiar in
Ernnaiiy. When Ji production
1. rrl.nslv erlnnlivl. we'll
rUCVll d j . -
j, m or tho kill as wore
iiK In Europe now.
A word of caution:
tWl nviuipl II In hntinpn ALL
r ONCE. II look a lot ot tlmu
lid lives) to butler ucrmnny s
feduction down, it win ibko
ke to do the snmo to Japan.
Butllic Job hn been siaiu-
S this Is written (shortly be
lore noon) there linn been
announcement from our side
RESULTS unci LOSSES. That
nromised soon.
The Jap radio Is following the
itlonn since ninuc ininiiinr ay
irniany llttlo damage to mil
irv installations. MUCH dam-
If to hosnltnls and residences,
That's the standard, blown-ln
bottle propaganda squawk.
HERE Is one amusing (lo us)
idchsht:
According to the Tokyo radio.
( raid nrobnblv BROKE UP a
IP cabinet meeting called by
rim to consider what to do In
I way of meeting Japan s IM-
iuiaie wnr problems.
Our U-20s Drovldcd the ob
inswer: "Hun llko hell tor
t nearest nlr raid shelter."
RN Lcyte, MncArthur's men
Iiaxc iiimon nnti siog on
ithward in the mud. Their
tie lob from here on is tho
Krone of prying Jnns oul of
!n. (We're Just learning that
rua arc proving cxlremciy
lul in that bloody job, saving
my American lives.)
ti western Europe, tho French
ireflohllnn In Clrnelint.rr, nnrl
TH-mmy mive ine rcmnniits ui
Cr.r-rmnn lntl. ..frr.i.nrl
1 nil dm ...nl l.n..l f ll.n
K . v nLOV UlllllV Ul ill.
II L'.
iTherft
JissbourK two highway, one
" inn iiprmnnt cnu wn rn
IWIni for ONE of these
intiicnllng they hnven i
t occn destroyed.
Thesn nr.. (i... nwr v a-
Ft bridges from Strnsbourg
me owiss uorder. isisowhcrc
f nazls are using pontoon
., which they FOLD UP
innr, iim nurnig me ciay
win. iv 11 , Will."
Plnncs can't see to destroy
em.
jerc ore fnlrly dependable
Wis ns this Is written thnl our
wep patrols have CROSSED
E RHINE into Germany in
', These nro presumably
'"fMlssancc units.
fact that they enn
OVER Indlcnlos tliut the
continued on Pago Two)
olday Touch
Wed by Snow
Ridden snow storm added n
y touch lo Thanksgiving
g ns fmies nnd frlenfa
1Z "found festive boards
his Vr.k'!y nntl trimmings
third wnr-tlme Thanks-
fis In 1 1"1 "'llitnry inslnlla-
!rc m,.u . "'"ninin vicinuy
"ble ffiii " (leninntl by hos
l ' families nnd tew soldiers.
i Or mnnl.n. i... i i
"Si .;y,"P rlt following a de-
teeTo',m'ons- .. . .
lurkev "wrenuy, plenty
I cariu ; K" around dcspllc;
?sunniij '":r uncic am
."Wlcd his fighting forces
), ,h! traditional holiday
Yanks Win LLimon;
Plunge to South
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS. Philiooinei. Nov. 24 (AP) Mud-iloqqinq
Amorican infantrymen lunged southward from Llmon today after capturing that bastion of
tho Japanese Yamoshlro line in the climax of tho longest- and bitterest fighting of the en
tiro Leyte Island campaign.
The Japaneio first division has been practically destroyed, Gen. Douglai MacArthur
aid in announcing that the Yankee 32nd had smashed into and through Limon yesterday
aftor a typhoon-slowed battle that had remained fairly static for two weeks.
Easier country lies ahead, but it was emphasized that this does not mean the heavy
fighting it over. The terrain is such that the Japanese will be able to make defensive stands
and force the battle-worn American doughboys to dig thorn out of machinegun nesti and
pillboxes.
General MacArthur In his communique said tho American victory at Limon may result
In tho rolling up of the entire Yamashita line upon which the enemy depends in his fight
to hold Leyte island.
The communique said the Americans had advanced 1000 yards south of Limon and
had reached the nearby Leyte
nvor.
It fell to units under Col.
John A. Hettinger, . Colorado
Springs, Colo., to break down
the last Japanese resistance in
Allies Cross Rhine;
German Blow Drives
Britons From Towns
Western Front
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Allies crossed the Rhine east
ot nearly - captured Strasbourg
as German counterblows drove
British forces from the villages
of Ruck and Hoven to the
north. In Holland, Tommies
inched nearer Venlo.
Church Hails
U. S. War Power
LONDON. Nov. 24 (VP) The
United Stntes was hailed ns the
world's greatest military nnd
naval power by Prime Minister
Churchill in a surprise imiuw
giving address last night.
SmuiMni, nt Albert Hall be
fore 8000 persons including
Ainnrlmn servicemen attending
a concert. Churchill said the
allies were moving irroslstably
and "perhaps, with God's aid,
swlfllv towards victorious
dcbcc."
Never more than now have
Americans had Justification for
thanksgiving, the prime minis
ter said, "when wo see that in
three or four years the United
Stntes lias, in souor iact, DC'
nnmp tho erentest military,
nnvnl and air power in the
world."
Allied Bombers
Swoop Over Reich
' LONDON, Nov. 24 M1) The
Gorman radio said tonight aiucci
bombers were over the rclch
ngnin nnd were approaching the
Drunswlck-Hnnnovcr area and
tho provlnco of Brandenburg
which Includes Berlin.
Air CIMrta in the Brunswick'
Hannover area were raked with
cannon fire and bombed at low
level by RAF Mosqultos last
night.
U. S. eighth air force planes
were grounded during me nay
By WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON, Nov. 24 (IP) Al
lied advance units were reported
today to have crossed the flood
ed Rhine east of Strasbourg,
which French and American
troops had captured save for a
small but powerfully defended
bridgehead nt the western end
of -the main bridge.
Field Marshal Gen. Gerd von
Rundstedt. committed 10 or .12
divisions to the great battle of
nttntlon on lne soggy Cologne
plain to tliS north and behind
llama throwers and a drumfire
artillery barrage drove tho Brit
ish second army from the vil
lage, ot Bccck and Hoven, three
mucs norincasi oi uciiciiKircnen,
Knocks Out Tank
The U. S. Ninth army, fighting
for Jullch on the brown and tur
bulent Roer river 25 miles front
Cologne, knocked out its 110th
German tank in a seven-day bat
tle on the right nanK ot trie Brit
ish second army front. Ifi Hol
land, the British inched to with
In a mile and a half of Venlo,
the Dutch road center on the
great bend of the Maas (Mcuse)
river.
The U. S. first army cdeod
back into the Indc river village
oi wen .cuer, zut miles from
Cologne, fighting house by house.
German trucks and horse vehi
cles were observed pulling out
of the town to the northeast be
hind a strong rear guard screen.
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CfO Demands
Wage Policy
Relaxation
CHICAGO. Nov. 24 (?) The
CIO convention today pressed a
formal demand on the govern
ment to relax its wage policy
immediately in the interest of
the war effort.
The 600 delegates adopted two
resolutions which expressed
their displeasure with what they
described as "the poor admin
istration nnd unfortunate pol
icies" of the war labor board.
They urged that th6 wage lid be
removed to permit cost of living
pay adjustments.
the battle for the mountainous
defile leading into the Ormoc
corridor.
The fight started after the
Japanese had landed heavy re
inforcements at Ormoc Oct. 25.
The opposing forces great in
number for this type of war
fare launched almost simul
taneous attacks.
Thrown Off Balance
The weight of American arms
threw the enemy off balance
ar.N forced him to take the de
fensive. In his communique an
nouncing the victory Gen. Mac
Arthur credited Yankee artil
lery and superior infantry fire
nowcr with inflicting "terrific
losses" on the Nipponese.'
II was the Second Japanese
division whose virtual annihila
tion has been announced by
MacArthur. Earlier he had re-
ported the destruction o the
Japanese 16th. which had play
ed a leading' pmfin-ther-defeat
of American forces at uataan.
, Hit From Air
American warplanos ranged
the air and dealt otner aamag
ini! blows to the Japanese,
Heavy bombers blasted supply
(Continued on i'age iwo;
REDS CLEAR NAZIS
LONDON, Nov. 24 (P) Rus
sian forces have cleared the
Germans from the island of
Snare, north of the entrance to
the Gulf ofs Riga, Marshal Stalin
announced tonight m a broad
cast order of the day.
Stalin said the clearing of the
1000-squure-mile island complet
ed the liberation of all Estonian
territory. Moscow saluted the
victory with 20 salvos from 224
guns.
The vlclorv was achieved by
Marshal Lavrentl Govorov's
Leningrad army, supported by
units of the Russian Baltic licet.
To the south in Latvia a mas
sive battle to annihilate the
German northern army corps
was rcDorled flaming again, al
though Moscow remained silent
concerning it.
Berlin said the red .army had
resumed the offensive in the
Alice area, about 55 miles smith-
west of Riga, and was driving
on tho Baltic port of Licpaja
(Llbau) 70 miles west- of Alice,
Heavy artillery barrages preced
ed the pushes in botn sectors,
the Uermans said.
Pact for Control of Reich
. Signed, Sent to Capitals
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (P)
A three-power agreement for
controlling Germany during
military occupation has . been
signed and referred to Wash
ington, London and Moscow for
acceptance.
It is understood to call for a
supreme allied council to rule
the defeated Reich,
Undersecretary of State Stet
tlnlus confirmed today that tho
Anglo-Soviet-Amcrican advisory
commission In London had for
warded Its recommendations to
the three governments. Ho de
clines to discuss Kb contents.
Acceptance Probable
Acceptance Is considered high
ly probable because all points
covered in the agreement were
referred to the three allied capi
tals before the European advis
ory commission made its own
decisions.
While details are still secret,
tho plan approved by tho com
mission is understood to call for
the long-discussed three-way
split of Rclch territory and even
. r
a three-way division of occupa
tion troops in Benin ltseit-
Full authority over German
affairs would be vested in the
supreme allied council of which
the American and British mem
bers initially might be General
Dwlght D. Eisenhower and Field
Marshal Sir Bemad L. Mont
gomery, respectively. The Rus
sians also are expected to name
an oiflccr oi the nignest ranK
probably someone like Marshal
Voroshllov. who has lust been
released from his supremo war
council duties in Moscow, pre
sumably to take on Important
assignments in other fields.
While the overall control of
Germany during military occu
pation would be a three-way
split by tne great powers, tnc
arrangement docs not preclude
nartlclDatlon of French and oth
er allied troops. In fact it is
expected that France, particu
larly, will be given important
industrial areas sueh as the Ruhr
for long-term occupation and un
doubtedly have a place, although
not a top place, in tne supreme
allien council organization,
Named Surplus Disposers
Lieut. Col. Edward H.' Heller (left), of California, and former
Gov. Robert A. Hurley (right), of Connecticut, were nominated by
President Roosevelt as members of the surplus property disposal
board. (AP wirephoto).
Canadian Cabinet in Crisis
Over Adoption of Draft for
Overseas Reinforcements
OTTAWA. Nov. 24 (?) Prime
Minister W. L. Mackenzie King
struggled to hold his government
together today in the most seri
ous cabinet crisis in 20 years.
sharpened by anti-conscription
demonstrations in the trench
speaking province of Quebec.
Disturbances reminiscent . of
rioting in the last war br,ike out
In Quebec last night after the
King' government- announced it
had adopted partial conscription
to meet an urgent need for rein
forcements on tho western front.
Youths in their late teens and
early twenties paraded by t h e
hundreds through the streets of
Quebec City, shouting against
conscription, smashing windows
in the building of the English
language Chronicle Telegraph
and storming an army recruiting
office and a Liberal party club.
Police prevented entry in any of
the buildings.
Not Serious
Brig. Edmond Blais. command
ing the Quebec military district,
said today that "there is no dan
ger of any serious disorder." He
termed the demonstrators "hot
heads" and declared he would
see that "calm is maintained in
Quebes."
Demonstrating English-speaking
youths in the town of Oak-
ville, Ontario, locked up a
Prison Break at
Joliet Halted
JOLIET; 111., Nov. 24 (P) A
guard was killed and four con
victs were wounded today as
tower guards halted with gun
fire 10 prisoners, two of them
survivors of the 1942 Roger
Touhy break, who tried to scale
the walls of Stateville peniten
tiary with a makeshift ladder.
E. Skaggs. a guard, was fatal
ly wounded, apparently while
the convicts were using him as
a hostage or shield from other
guards fire. Two of the con
victs wounded were reported in
serious condition.
Skaggs died of a bullet wound
above the heart about nn hour
after the attempted break was
lolled.
Two of the 10 convicts were
William Stewart and Matthew
Nelson, who with Roger (The
Terrible) Touhy and four other
long-term criminals shot their
way out of the huge prison on
October 9, 1942. Touhy,. leader
of a liquor gang that was the
scourge of Chicago's North Side
during the prohibition era, and
four of his accomplices were re
captured by the FBI.
Two were slain by federal
agents when they tried to fight
out of a trap on uccemoer zy,
1942.
Swedish Ship
Lost in Baltic
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 24 (P)
The 563-ton Swedish passenger
ship Hansa was .hours overdue
at the Baltic island of Gotland
today, and Swedish military air
craft reported sighting debris,
bodies and a lifeboat with ap
parent survivors 25 miles from
Gotland.
Disappearance of the ship In
good weather recalled the re
cent German proclamation that
shipping in the Baltic and the
Gulf of Bothnin was liable to
be sunk without warning.
group of 18 call-up troops men
drafted for home service who
had not volunteered to fight
abroad in a restaurant for -two
hours. Military police were call
ed out to help local police re
store order.
Party Crumbles
With emotions running "high
across the country, P.rime Minis
ter K.ing s iiDerai party, was
crumbling' "under the impact of
the conscription issue. Half : of
the 60-odd liberal members from
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LEi -LEASE TO END
TH WAR'S F
Fires Lef-v
Burning in
Jap Capiical
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Ft Fires still were burning in the
center of Tokyo hours after the attack by B-29'i today, the 20th
air iorce reported.
A communique reporting this said that all but two of a "large
task force" of the Superfortresses making the strike against the
enemy capital have returned. t,
Anti-aircraft fire was moderate and initial reports indicated
only slight fighter opposition.
The attacking planes, taking off from new bases on Saipan
Island, selected one of the principal units of the big Nakajima
Aircraft company as a major target and also dropped explosive .
and fire bombs on other plants in the industrial area.
(A Japanese communique placed the size oi the raiding force
at about 70 Superfortresses and claimed that three were shot
down. "Our damages have been slight," the imperial war bulletin
contended.
(Radio Tokyo in an earlier broadcast said the B-29's unloosed
explosive and incendiary bombs on the southern and northern
outskirts ofthe capital but caused no fire. The propaganda ver-
slightly damaged").
The communique said that "substantial bomb tonnaoei ware
dropped upon the Musashina airplane plant located in the north
west section of tne city, and on other selected targets in the in
dustrial area.
Musashina is operated by the Nakajima company which, '
with Mitsubishi, . is a principal supplier of Japanese military
aircraft."
The first planes over the targets saw their bombs fall wit'i '
the target area, causing an explosion and fires. The second group
reported equally good bombing, as did later elements arriving
over Tokyo.
"The first reconnaissance photographs showed fires still burn
ing in central Tokyo after the attack, and smoke rising to great
heights in the industrial areas : - : '
that were bombed." . r
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Nov- 24 iff)
President Roosevelt told con
gress today that lend-lease and
reverse lend-lease "should - end
with the war.", , - ,
The statement appeared to be
a pointed reply to suggestions
that some sort of lend-lease as
sistance should be continued to
Britain and possibly, other allied
nations even after both the
European and Pacific wars have
ended.
Mr. Roosevelt had previously
called for continuation of lend
lease so long as Japan remains
in the war.
Combined Supply
"Lend-lease and reverse lend-
lease are a system of combined
war supply," the chief executive
said today. "They should end
with the war. But the United
Nations partnership must go on
and must grow stronger.
This policy declaration wound
up a letter by which the presi
dent transmitted to congress a
detailed report of reverse lend-
lease from Britain. The British
put out a similar report a few
hours earlier covering about tho
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The .communique did not
comment on the reason for the
failure of the two B-29's to re
turn to Saipan, leaving it un
certain whether they were down
because of operational difficul
ties or because of enemy attack.
The raid on Tokyo today ap
parently . took the Japanese by
surprise,-' said. Brig. Gen. Em
mett "Rosie" O'Donnel tonight
on returning to Saipan from the
attack. . r
The general said the Japa
nese offered no fighter resist
ance and that anti-aircraft fire
was meager' and inaccurate.
'The aerial task force was
from the recently-established
21st bomber "command of the
20th army air forces operating
from the Marianas, under tne
command of Brig. Gen, way
ward S. "Possum" Hansell Jr.,
of San Antonio, Tex.
The first use of these bases
south and east of Tokyo creates
a twoiway .aerial squeeze
against Japan's vital industries,
with other B-29's from China,
to the westward.
' First official announcements
of today's .raid merely said a
"sizeable task force" of Super
forts "attacked industrial tar
gets in Tokyo." Another com
munique was promised when
further details were available.
Cab Drivers Hold
Forbidden Meet
" SEATTLE, : Nov. -24 WV.
Nearly a third of Seattle's 800
taxicab drivers met today in a
session which Dave Beck, Team
sters' union leader expressly for
bade, as they undertook consid
eration of the election of new
officers for their local union.
Cab service continued during
the meeting although one firm,
a cooperative enterprise with
60 cabs, said it could pffer only
"emergency" service during the
interval because most of its
drivers were at the meeting.
' The insurgents appointed a
five-man committee to guide
them pending an election.
Asahel Curtis, who presided,
said the meeting had been called
by officers of the local oeiore
Beck forbade a meeting, so was
"official."
FLY II TOKYO RAID
By The Associated Press .
A Japanese imperial commun
ique reported about 70 Super-'
forts participated in the raid on
Tokyo today (Japanese time) and :
claimed three were shot down.
The communique, recorded by '
the federal communications com
mission in a Tokyo broadcast,
said the B-29s raided Tokyo -for !
about two hours, starting at '.
.12:20 p. m. " . '"..:.
' "Our damages have: been
slight," the imperial commun-'
ique said, "and -the result con
firmed up to now is three enemy
planes shot down." .' ,. -.
. .. Minimise Damage .
Previous unofficial Tokyo ra
dio broadcasts also tried to
minimize the effect of the air
bombardment.
Domei. official Japanese news
agency, said in- a broadcast that
the raiders carried only light
missiles and incendiaries and
that, they flew. at a great height.
All bombs dropped by the
enemy were wide of their ap
parently intended, targets,"- the
broadcast said. .
Quell Fires
Domei said Japanese civilian
defenses -functioned efficiently
in quelling fires- :
- The- broadcast claimed that
the bombers still were in the sky
over Tokyo when the San Fran
cisco , radio broadcast an an
nouncement of the attack at 1:30
p. m. (Japanese time).
FCC said all Tokyo radios ap
peared to have been broadcast
ing as usual at the time of the
air raid.
Early Christmas Mailing
Suggested by Postmaster
Mail all Christmas packages
by December 1 at the latestl
This was urged Friday by Post
master Burt E. Hawkins to pre
vent a serious jam at postal
windows nt both sending and
receiving points.
There are millions of service
men and women in army camps
and naval stations here in the
United States, and their Christ
mas may be made a merry one
if persons sending gifts will ad
here to a few simple sugges
tions, Hawkins said.
He outlined the following
steps that the public should
take in order that its Christmas
mail may bo delivered safely
and promptly:
(1) Mall all Christmas pack
ages by December 1 at the lat
est. (2) All first-class Christmas
mail, which includes Christmas
cards, should also be mailed ,in
that time unless they are so
local that they would arrive
lone before Christmas.
(3) Be sure to address cor
rectly, and wrap all packages
securely so as to afford the ut
most protection.
(4) Mall progressively. That
is. do not mail all your Christ
mas cards and packages the
same day, but space it out over
several days to help avoid con
fusion at the local post office.
(5) As mentioned, all Christ
mas cards should be sent by
first-class mail. This is especial
ly important in these days when
many DeoDlc have moved, in
which case cards mailed at first-
class rates .will be forwarded.
It was pointed out by Hawk
ins that mail volume has in
creased 50 - tier -cent over last
year and, while the local post
office has more employes than
last year at this time, no addi
tional help has been put on ns
yet . to handle the Christmas
rusli that will be forthcoming
this year.
Applications are now being
taken by the post office for the
Christmas rush and aid will be
especially needed . for two or
three weeks between December
1 and January 1.
"Other things citizens can do
to heln." continued Hawkins,
"include, offering his or her
services part-time at the local
post office, and urging all the
friends and family to cooperate
I in the early mailing campaign. '
Klamath Planes
Crash Near Lake
Two planes from the Klamath
naval air station collided in the
air and crashed about three
miles from Clear Lake reservoir
and six miles from Steele Swamp
ranch south of Klamath Falls
early Friday morning.' '
Two men were observed to
have parachuted to safety, it
was learned here. They had not
reported back to their base at
a late hour this afternoon.
The planes were single mo
tored bombers and were on rou
tine training missions when the
mid-air crash occurred. The re
port of the accident was re
ceived here at 9:43 a. m.
An ambulance and rescue
party were dispatched from the
naval air station and Camp Tule
lake was contacted and an am
bulance and medical officer sent
to the scene. No word had been
received as to their findings at
press time.
Clear Lake and Steele Swamp
are in a remote section of north
ern California. - -
Drafts Published
By Conferees ;
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (P) Th
American and British delega
tions to the international civil
aviation conference today pub
lished separate drafts of the
disputed points In their joint,
proposnl for world air trans
port regulation, thus bringing
fully into the open the results
of private negotiations. .
Tho drafts supported lnfor
mation received more than a
week ago that the two great
powers were together on prin
ciple and had encountered dif
ficulty primarily In working out
the details of operating and
economic questions. . .