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Japanese paratroopers bent on
s-abotage, caught the Nipponese
strategists unaware. At the hour
of landing, a 13-ship enemy re
inforcement convoy bound for
Ormoc was spotted and it whs
wiped out. together with the
4000 troops and equipment
aboard, during the day by fight
er planes.
The Leyte campaign, stale
mated for more than a month
by storms and Japanese rein
forcements after swift conquest
of its eastern side, roared into
high gear on the third anniver
sary of Pearl Harbor Day,
19 Ships Sunk
In all, 10 enemy ships, in
cluding seven destroyers, were
sunk Thursday off Leyte in
troop-carrying operations while
planes elsewhere in the Philip
pines areas blasted nine cargo
vessels.
Sixty-two Nipponese planes
were shot down over and around
Leyte at a cost of five U. S.
planes whose pilots were res
cued. Armv Ma). Richard I. Bong,
of Poplar. Wis., celebrating his
award of the Congressional
Medal of Honor, bagged two to
run his score as America's lead
ing war ace in all theaters to
38
The army's 49th fighter plane
group pushed its record toll of
enemy aircraft above 600 by
downing 15. '
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gram, and. that would be unfor
tunate." Asked by Senator Ferguson
(R-Mich.) if he objected to de
bate on such a question, Hay
said he did not, but declared:
"There is a difference between
a time limit and eternity."
. Tracking Workers
His testimony before the sen
ate war investigating committee
came. as WMC prepared to track
down straying workers and get
them back to their benches.
Plans are being laid also, at
a' meeting of WMC regional di
rectors here, to impose stern
employment ceilings on night
clubs, taverns, racetracks and
other "luxury" establishments
to squeeze able bodied workers
into military productive tasks.
Favoring but not expecting
legislation such as that called
for by Chairman J. A. Krug of
the war production board yes
terday to put "more teeth" in
fo manpower rules, the agency
Iras disclosed to be intensifying
its application of powers already
possessed under its executive
order from President Roosevelt.
The : United Slates ranks
fourth in world population with
its 130,000,000 inhabitants.
New Top Rank
Bill Approved
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (.?)
The house voted without dis
sent today to put up a new tem
porary rank atop the army and
navy the five-star ranks of
"general of the army" and "ad
miral of the fleet."
The bill, passed by voice vote
after brief debate, provides four
such ranks for each branch of
the service. The section dealing
with the army preserves, how
ever, General John J. Persh
ing's superior rank as "the gen
eral of the army,"-
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BUILDINGS
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depleted but that buying in this
line had started last September.
Ornaments for the Christmas
tree were snapped up early and
there was little of this sort of
tiling available.
Win Purchased
The stuff that noes into fruit
cakes, as well as ready-made
fruit cakes, was going fast and
a large grocery firm also ob
served that many of its custom
ers were laying in wine which
they said was for "gift" pur
poses. Candy is not too plentiful and
will probably result in going
back to home-made sweets as
lone as the sugar holds out.
What candy did reach Klamath
stores was purchased as soon as
it was found on the counter.
By and large, basin merchants
anticipated a banner year in dol
lars and cents as Santa's pack
appeared plentifully stuffed this
fourth war-time Christmas.
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earthquake include Hamamatsu,
Shizuoka, Nagano and their vi
cinities, where some damage
was caused to dwellings.
"In Shizuoka prefecture
(roughly 125 miles southwest of
Tokyo) tidal waves caused some
houses to be inundated, while in
I Nagoya damage was slight, with
only window panes ocing
broken.
"Damage Slight"
"In general, the damage was
slight with practically no dam
age caused to our production
facilities," Doniei said.
No mention was made of dam
age sustained in shipping. This
may well have been heavy.
An earlier broadcast by radio
Tokyo said that "a landslide on
a minor scale and the crumbling
of cottages took place over a
limited area."
Domei"s identification of the
cities in which there was dam
age indicated that the tremor
had affected not only the south
eastern coastal area but also had
run in a northern diagonal to the
city of Nagano on the west coast
of Tonshu.
In addition to Nagano, the
cities qf Shizuoka and Hama
matsu on the southeast coast had
suffered some damage, accord
ing io uomci. wnicn added that
in Nagoya one of Japan's ma
jor cities "damage was slight
with only window planes being
broken."
Lay ton Executed;
Protests Innocence
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me. They were afraid to. I want
to make this statement for my
mother."
The execution was delayed
by fog. It is customary at the
prison to turn all prisoners into
the yard at such times, but the
fog was so thick that Warden
George Alexander held them
in their cells for more than an
hour. .
Not Afraid
The Rev. S. Raynor Smith,
prison chaplain, entered the
chamber . with . the condemned
man. Likewise he spent the
night with him. He said Layton
was not afraid had never been
afraid. He ate a fried chicken
dinner last night, and a few
minutes before entering the
death chamber was given soft
boiled eggs,
Layton went to the gas cham
ber after seeking freedom frcm
every source open to him. The
state supreme court affirmed
his circuit court conviction in
August, 1943. He turned to the
United ' States supreme court,
which refused to review the
case.
Convicts Held
In Solitary
ATLANTA. Dec. 8 M)
Twenty-five convicts who seized
a building at the Atlanta federal
penitentiary and held four
guards prisoner for three days
remained in solitary confine
ment today awaiting trial in fed
eral court. '
Attorney General Biddle an
nounced in Washington that the
men would be tried promptly
on charges of violating prison
security, regulations and would
be severely punished.
Griffin Replaces
Adm, Taffinder
SEATTLE, Dec. 8 (.P) Rear
Adm, S, A. Taffinder, l.tlh naval
district commandant, will be re
lieved December 13 by Rear
Adm. R. M. Griffin and go lo a
command at soa.
Admiral Griffin, now com
mandant at the Puget Sound
navy yard at Bremerton, will
relaln tliHt post, the district's
public relations office said, mak
ing the announcement. He as
sumed the position last Juno 14,
coming from wnsmngion, u. v-. i
Admiral Taffinder has been on
duty in this area since ho took
command of the navy yard
March 31. 1942. He became dis
trict commandant October 12,
1943.
Open Hearings
Set on Aides
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (.-D
The senate foreign relations
committee decided today to hold
open hearings on President
Roosevelt's four state depart
ment appointments.
Senator Clark lD-Mo.), who
left a closed session early, told'
reporters members had agreed
that Joseph C. Grew, named
under secretary of stntc, and
three other nominees would be
questioned In public hearings.
The committee also tackled
another problem that may have
a direct bearing on the trend
of future foreign policy. This
was a resolution calling for the
opening of Palestine to Jewish
immigration.
State Department
Posts Created
WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 Wl
President Roosevelt today
signed legislation creating two
new assistant secretaries of
state, then nominated James C.
Dunn and Brig. Gen. Julius C.
Holmes for the posts.
Dunn, of New York, has been
serving in the state department
as chief of the division of Eu
ropean affairs.
Holmes, of Kansas, has been
assistant to the army chief of
staff at supreme allied head
quarters in charge of political
affairs.
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Pier, five miles northwest of
the Roer river olladol of Dureii.
They advanced onto a ridge
commanding Schllch and forced
tho Germans back for several
hundred yards n o r t h of tho
Hurtgen forest village of Berg
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six rail lines 36 miles southwest
of Budapest, was temporarily
by.oii.ised by tho Russians lu
their accelerated drive up the
Danube s bank.
Tho soviet supremo command
was still silent on what oper
ations marshal Rocllou Y. Matin
ovsky's second Ukraine army
may be undertaking to seal off
Budapest from the northeast,
but he and Tobulkhln appeared
certain to coordinate closely
their assaulU to complete in
vestment of Hungary's greatest
city.
Widens Grip
Taking prisoners at the rate
ot zuuu a day lotniikiuii also
widened his grip along the
Drava river within 71) miles ot
the Croatian capital of lagrcb
through which German divi
sions lu the Balkans hope to
escape into Austria.
Soviet front-line correspond
ents declared that new, hasty
fortifications between Lake Bal
aton and the Danubo havo been
overrun by tho Russian attacks
in the Budapest direction. (South
of the lake Russian units were
last reported spearheading to
within 33 miles of the Austrian
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Britain acted In Greece with full
armed force "to Insure Hint
gangsters did not descend from
,I.H n..M,lnltlH II, ,H 4llllll llll-llt.
selves, wllh all their bloody ter
ror ami vigor, ill runwi m
Athens."
A t. KCiti-m fin ttjilv.) lie
says: "Britain simply ilucm I
trust him, nor would we put the
slightest coulldunco ill any gov-
criimciu oi which iiu in h uuih
lniiiit mi'inbur."
Sunun nu un the whole nftiur
quite clearly, ho says: "All
llflluli, tumitv III Itlil Ulll-I'llll-lt
countries Is governments which
will liUAllrtmr-r. ua nit,
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IICSS.
Britain lu nder Churchill's
leadership) Isn't Just being
ornerv. She Is pursuing what
lor 4U0 years has been her basic
,i..m-u it.ni'M i.imtlrn 1 1 lu-
Uttlo island of BrlUiln supports ,
ilsclf out of its empire.) This
theory (of official friends lu stia- ;
logic places) Is as fundamental 1
with the llrltish as the MONKOfc
UOCTK1NE is with us.
The Churchill vote of con
fidence in Parliament is no mere
concession to the fact that Brit
ain is at war. The British
PEOPLE, who are emplrc-mlnd-cd,
who know what builers their
bread, would support the policy
announced by Churchill in at
least the proportion indicated by
the confidence vote In parlia
ment. FLLOW1NG the vote of con
fidence, British Ambassador
Halifax says in Washington that
the U. S. and British govern
ments have "achieved an under
standing" on tho Greek and
Italian issues.
He doesn't amplify this state
ment. One guesses that OUR govern
ment (in its hands-off statement)
was merely outlining OUR posi
tion and had no thought of com
ing to a head-on collision with
tho llrltish.
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know, if ha doesn't LIKE it,
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V.1 elusion that Churchill and
Stalin must have had some
sort of understanding as lu
llriliiln'a sphere of influence In
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of Canada gets a confidence
vote from the Canadian parlia
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scription l.-wue which ho forced
by his decision to scud KI.UOU
of Canada's home , army run.
scripts lo Italy and Ilia western
front.
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members of the QURIIKC dele
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