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mawiATHMTaatffct—loow, wanner.THE TIMES RECORD1944-NO. i.^STun**?« MM I. IT*. )TROY. N. Y.. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3.1944.MICS MUR QMTSDestroyer Sinks Off New York Armies Racing For PolandSTALIN REPORTS NEW VICTORY BY RUSSIAN FORCESWounded War Dog Member of V. F. W.Novograd Volynski, last Nazi Bastion Before Old Poland, Fallsi, lt;£V-Driving within IB mile* of the pre-war Polish border, advance Russian force* today captured Novojprad Volynski, last major obstacle between the Russian armies and the old frontier In the Zhitr omer region,' Premier Joseph Stalin announced tonight.The Russian drive toward Poland thus became a race between two advance columns of Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's army. The second column, farther north in the Korosten area, was reported earlier to have smashed into Poyaski, only ten miles from old Poland.Novograd Volynski railwayCANADIAN TEOOPS NEARING ADRIATIC PORT OF PESCARAbastion 40 mile* southwest ofI the tdistance northwest of Zhitomir » fed to “a decisive offensive of * tank and infantry formations, Stalin said in the special order of the day, broadcast by Mos-Xondon UP)—Russia’s triumphant First Ukraine Army sped on today Virtually in sight of old.Poland following the capture of Foyaaki, last main fortified strong point the Kiev-War saw Railway ten miles from the border.The latest communique, announcing the capture of Poyski, northwest of Korosten, placed the Red Army only ten miles from the old frontier and disclosed that Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's First Ukrainian Army had made a spurt of .17 miles n day In some places—a pace which If.continued in the Poyaski sector would put it inside old Poland today.At the same time other units of the victorious First surged south-westward toward Zhmerinka, key Tail junction on the Odesaa-War-uv rail line serving the lower Ukraine, less than fifty miles from the Rumanian frontier.The whole German line from Korosten south to Berdichev appeared to be crumbling before the unflagging Red Army onslaught end the exhausted remnants of Gen. Fritz Von Mannstetn's Imposing army of 22 divisions being, slashed to ribbons.Prison Cages Filled.The Russian communique told of tremendous stores of Nazi war material being abandoned—fleets of tacks, parks of field guns, armored earriers, trucks, rolling stock and bugs ammunition dumps—and reported that more than 4,000 Germans were killed yesterday on this front alone.Prison cages behind the Russian Unas were filled to overflowing With “long lines of German prisoners, underfed and gray from privations, and many suffering from frostbite, a Moscow broadcast said in emphasizing the desperate plight of the retreating Nazis.(The Moscow radio, in a broadcast recorded in New York by the Federal Communications Commission, quoted Stockholm sources as asserting that Gen. Kurt ZeiUler. chief of the German army general staff, and Gen. Alfred Jodi, Adolf Hitler's personal military adviser, bad arrived at Von Mannstein’i headquarters on the Russian front.(Jodi, the broadcast said, had been given “very great powers by Hitler, Including authority to remove armv commanders from their posts.)Near Latvian Frontier.The rampaging Soviet forces also were advancing far to the north In White Russia. There, the First Baltic Army was said to be less than 46 miles from Latvia after ■terming forty village* and killing ION Nazis north and northwest ofRahway, N. J. (INS)— Pfc. Rudolph J. Kropacsek and his fox terrier, Oahu, were both received Into the Veterans of Foreign War* today as battle-scarred veterans of the present conflict. »Kropaccek was honorably discharged after receiving shell wound* and the order of the purple heart Oahu was wounded seriously by shrapnel in the Jap shelling of Csnton Island and also was given the purple heart, unofficially, in the hospital where his soldier-master was treated In Honolulu.White House Supports High Official Who Rapped UnionsWashington UP) — Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said today President Roosevelt seemed ‘to have been thinking along the same lines as the high official who asserted that the rail and steel controversies had strengthened German morale and will to resistThe government figure^ who stip-Snow, Wind and Sleet Storm Slows Down Activity in ItalyAllied Headquarters, Algiers UP) —Heavy fighting raged north of Ortona where Canadian troops have fought their way to within nine miles and artillery range of the strategic Adriatic port of Pescara, Allied headquarters announced to-Rain, snow and high winds limited ground opiVIEWED STRIKESlOwMwri «■ P»C« 14-)Italy to patrolling, but strong forces of medium bomber* attacked rail communications at Taggia, Ventimiglia and Anna Riva Italian Riviera yesterday, while ; other medium bombers attacked the rail yards at Terni, 49 miles northeast of Rome, causing plosions and fire*.An air communique said fighters and fighter bombers caused “widi spread damage’’ In sweeps against motor transports and rolling stock on roads in the batCe area. Two Allied aircraft were lost in the operations.Nazis Near Exhaustion, an official Allied statement said the Germans were showing signs of exhaustion after throwing divisions piece-meal into the battle for Italy, the Allied Fifth Army gathered strength for a drive on Cassino and the road to Rome. British troops of the Fifth Army, it was announced, made a new bold foray across the Gariglano River, penetrating to Castel Forte and then withdrawing.The Germans are waging a war of attrition, but the attrition has been heavier on their side,” said an official review of the fighting in Italy. “Some German divisions have suffered such heavy casualties, sometimes up to 50 per cent, that they have been unable to stay in the line more than two weeks.”As one of the worst snow, wind and sleet storms of the Italian campaign raged on the Eighth Army front, Canadian troops captured San Tommaso, two r ” west of Ortona, it was annou yesterday.Canadians Near Pescara.Canadian troops advanced to within nine miles of Pescara, from which an important lateral road . leads to Rome, after fighting hour battle to clear the Germans from a long, low hill on the Adriatic coastal road. The Nazis treated to position* just south of the Arielli River.The fighting along the Adriatic was typical of the German tactics described in the official review of the Allied 15th Army group which stated that the Nazis are defending every feature, every position in hopes of wearing down the Allied attack to prevent the Allies from building up enough reserves to deal any great blow.Royal Air Force Smashes Berlin In Heavy AttackJAP SEA LANESHOW NAZIS EXPLAINLATEST RUSSIAN ROUTNew York (INS).—All other devices to explain away their various retreats in Russia having been tried, the Germans found a •ne today.Taken from a Natl news report received in Stockholm and relayed by NBC, the formula was:Our eastern front from Vitebsk to the Black Sea is moving westward.Comptroller Issues National Bank CallWasMitfttam CPI—The Comp-treftrr of ’he currency today homed a cafl for a statementOf the condition of *11 national huks *t the close of business Friday. Iter. 21. 1943,The Federal Reserve Board at the same time Issued a caff aa mate hanks that are mr»-he*« ef the Federal Reserve Bftaw. and the Federal Deviated that his name was not to be used, described the labor disputes »s a “great tragedy” which may eventually cost the lives of thousands of Allied soldiers. German p *pagandists have used them, he asserted, to picture chaos In the United States and thus holster Axis resistance.Early cited remarks Mr. Roosevelt made to chiefs of the Railroad Brotherhoods Dec. 23, telling them that if they could not take action by agreement, he would have to act himself and that he was “thinking about the American forces all over the world who are trying to win this war.Statement Aroused Unions. Asked by a reporter whether it was a fair deduction that the president had been advancing to some degree the view subsequently expressed by the anonymous government authority, Early 'plied:“I don't know whether there is any relation or connection. One probably is a little bit more military than the other, you see. That is his responsibility, entirely completely, and so is it the Presi-dent*£ as commander-in-chief.‘T dor.’t think they are connected or related except as they seem to have been thinking along the same lines.”The anonymous statement New Year's Eve that the strike situations and the taking over of the railroads by the government may delayed victory over Germany was denounced by railroad union leaders who said they would ask the Truman Senate Committee ir vestigate.Quotes President One union chief declared the statement was “resented bitterly” and that he and his associates would “take very definite steps to find out the source.”Early referred to a transcript of what the President had told rail brotherhood chieftains Dec. 23, week before they had scheduled strike growing out of a wage co troversy.“We have now corns to an a tion date,” Early quoted the Chief Executive ae »aying. We have been talking here since Sunday. It you can’t take action by agreement I will have to take action myself.”The presidential secretary said he had noticed that some people had appeared to be surprised when Mr. Roosevelt subsequently ordered government seizure of the rail-wavs and that he had always wondered where the surprise element lt;-ame in. since the Chief Executive had been so plain and blunt to the union executives.Infantry Division Quickly Overcomes Enemy ResistanceBY THE ASSOCIATED TRESS.American landings at Saidor on the jungle-lined north coast of New Guinea pointed a serious threat today at Japanese security along the lanes leading to enemy island fortresses that stand between the advancing Allies and the Philippines.Midwestern units of the 32nd Infantry Division landed without opposition at three Saidor beaches at dawn Sunday and quickly overcame slight resistance which developed after the veterans of earlier New Guinea campaigns had dug in around the captured airfield.“The harbor and airfields are in our firm grasp,” said the communique telling of General McArthur’s third blow at ths Japanese in 1® days.A fight with the Japanese was in prospect, however, for the latest landings placed the American Sixth Army troops only 35 miles south-German Capital Trembles Under Second Air Raid of New YearREP. JJ. CURLEYPresident’s Illness May Affect MessageLondon UP)—Berlin, ths R. A. F.'s first target for 1944, was given its second seething bath of fire and botnbs of the new year today by British airmen who delivered their tenth great blow against the charred capital.The newest attack came while fires still were burning from a 1,000-ton or bigger assault that was made early Sunday and while German rescue workers still were digging dead ind injured from the ruins.The air minstry, describing today's attack as “heavy,” said 28 aircraft were lost in the Berlin raid. Mosquito stabs in Western Germany and Northern France and minelaying operatons in enemy waters.The RA.F.'s second 1,000-ton assault in less than 24 hours on the crumbling capital was made after the big bombers fought their way through the stiffest fighter and antiaircraft resistance encountered in many weeks, returning air-Waehingvon lt;/F—Still •uttering from the effect* of a cold which developed Into grippe. President Roosevelt remained in bed today and there was a possibility that ho might beMYSTERY BLAST SIS WARSHIPMassachusetts Democrat and Six Associates Named DefendantsWashington (U.E)—Rep. James M. Curley, D., Mass., and six associates in Engineers Group, Inc., contract brokerage firm, we reindicted by a federal grand Jury today for alleged violations of the mail fraud statute, Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle announced.Curley and five of the defendants were indicted on identical charges Sept. 16, 1943. The new indictment adds to the list of defendants David E. Desmond, Boston, a salesman for the organization.Curley, three-term mayor of Boston and former governor of Massachusetts, I* that state’s Democratic committeeman.The original indictment was set aside Nov. 1 on technical grounds that the order Impaneling the grand jury which returned it had not been signed by the chief justice or the senior associate justice of the District of Columbia Federal Court. A new grand jury was authorized.Those Indicted.unable to deliver hi* annual message to Congress in person a week from now.Mr. Roosevelt h*d no fever but hi* Ulnes* had sapped some of his strength. The White House said a decision on whether he would deliver his annual message In person, as has been his custom, was entirely up to hi* physician, Rear Admiral Ross T. Mc-Iiitire.east of Madang, big enemy air and supply base on Astrolabe Bay.Beachhead* Extended.The landings, carried out with the support cf heavy naval and air bombardments, threatened to isolate considerable number of Japanese who have been falling back for weeks under prodding by Australian forces. One Aussie unit has moved beyond Blucher Point, thirty miles north of Allied-held Finsch-hafen which in turn Is 115 airline miles from Madang. Another force driving up the Ramu Valley is lei than 35 miles from Madang. but rugged mountain range separates from the Saidor beachhead.American Marines on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, enlarged their 19-day-old beachheads, while patrols made contact with the enemy south of the seized airdrome, and a Japanese barge attempting to sneak into Borgen Bay was sunk. The count on enemy dead has gone irer the 1,000 mark.The Gloucester and Saidor operations gave the Allies a footholdDIVORCES IN CHICAGO REACH ALL-TIME HIGHChicago (INS) — Records in Circuit and Superior Courts showed today that an all-time high of more“The flak was so thick we could have stuck our wheels down and idden on it,” was the way Flight Sgt. M. Sherman of Toronto des-•lbed the heavy anti-aircraft fire thrown up by ground defenses. Two large concentrations of fire ere left roaring in the city, the communique said, and Swedish dispatches declared the tortured Ger-capital had had its worst since the “destroy Berlin” campaign began Nov. 18.At the same time the Vichy radio said the suburbs of Nice in Southern France had been attacked by. British or American planes. Tht broadcast gave no date for the attack, however. ..About 21 hour* elapsed between ths two attacks on Berlin, but Swedish correspondents said the menace of delayed action bombs had kept residents of the city in shelters until 3 pm. yesterday and that leas than eight hours later the sirens were shrieking again. The mein blow fell several hours later however.Hitter’s Chancellery Hit. Swedish reports said Hitler’s lux-rious new chancellery on the Wil-helmplatz was one of the places hit in the aerial barrage which struck first at the outlying industrial areas and then worked to the official and residential areas in the heart of the capital.It was regarded as extremely doubtful that Hitler was near toAttorney General, Secretaries ef War and Labor Involved(Continued on l-age 11.) both sides of the Vitiaz Straitsthat lead to Truk and other Japanese bases itt the Caroline Islands to the north and to the Philippines to the northwest- First of the three recent thrusts was thp Dec, 15 landing at Arawe, on the southeast coast of New Britain.Rabaul Heavily Blunted.Evidence that Rabaul could no longer be counted on as a primary Japanese base to stem the Allied tide was teen in the destruction wreaked by American plane* in recent raids and disclosure of a new bomber base only 250 miles from the smashed bastion of New Britain-Solomons-based planes have downed 129 and probably 146 fight-by count at South Pacific head-than 3',616 divorce, annulment and j quarters, over Rabaul m the eight separate maintenance suits were days ending last Thursday, -till filed in 1943.Judges and lawyers forecast a ew record would be set In 1944. They blamed the war for the more than 15 per cent increase above the previous record of 12,655 filed in 1942.How War Changed Young Nazi Soldierheavier blow* appeared likely disclosure of a new American field for light and medium bombers Piva on the west-central coast of Bougainville. A fighter strip at Torokina has been In operation since Dec. 12.Enemy positions on Bougainville itself shared attention with often-bombed Rabaul. Liberator* and Mitchells raided the Kahili bivouac and supply areas on the island’s south end Friday. Kiel*.«*ast coast, came In bombing.anotherHEROIC U. S. GUNNER STILL FIRING AT JAPS ' AS PLANE SANK IN SEAWashington lt;JPl—The War Department today revealed the story of courageous Staff Scrgt. Ben P. Colecchi of New Castle. Pa., gunner who continued firing at strafing enemy zeros from the severed tall of his bomber until it disappeared in the ocean.Witnesses on the Sept. 11 Para-muatairu-Shimushu bombing mission brought back the word.The four engine bomber was attacked simultaneously by two Zeros and crashed. Flyers of the R-2lj Liberator formation said the tail section of the sinking plane broke! away from the rest of the wreckage and remained afloat momentarily. Scrgt. Colecchi. sitting inof fire at Japanese strafing planes. until the compartment went out of; sightHe Is listed as missing In action.” The air medal has been awarded him by order of Maj. Gen. Davenport Johnson, commanding general of ths eleventh air force.Colecchi* fattier. Beneddetto Colecchi Uvea at New Castle. Pa.The new indictment named: Representative Curley of the lltb Congressional District of Massachusetts, former governor of Massachusetts and former mayor of Boston, and until December, 1941, president of Engineers Group, Inc-Marshall J. Fitzgerald Washington, formerly of Chicago, legislative counsel for the firm:James G. Puller, nati Kingston, N.Y., now serving year federal sentence for sending fraudulent securities through the mails and former executive vice president of the firm.Donald Wakefield Smith, Washington, formerly of Pittsburg and at one time a member -of the National Labor Relations Board. HIS position in the firm was a* treasurer and director.James Barton Underwood, a native of Louisville, Ky., who holds the rank of group captain in the Royal Hellenic (Greek) Air Force with headquarter* in Cairo, Egypt. Underwood is now in this country furlough. He was president and directors of Engineers Group dur-ng January and February, 1942.Bert Hail, formerly of Dallas, rex., now of Tulsa, Okla., an inventor who was vice president and lirector.Conspiracy Charged.The first 15 counts of the indictment are based on individual matl-.. . of letters and brochures by the defendants in furtherance of the alleged scheme to defraud. The 16th :hargcd a conspiracy to defratld.The indictment charged that ths defendants, who maintained offices n Washington, Boston and Chi-:ago, “falsely and fraudulently rep--esentcd themselves a* being an experienced and competent firm of consulting engineers with special facilities and qualifications for (curing; war contracts from the avcrnment.”Actually, the indictment charged. ..*ey had. little or no experience of the sort claimed, and could not and did not produce any of the services for which they were paid retainer fees of as much ss 57,500. They entered into contracts callingHINT AT PENDINGNavy Reports 163 Known Survivors; Many Are Seriously BurnedNew York UP)—A United Statu destroyer sank in lower New York Bay today after an explosion of undetermined origin which Shook many sections of the metropolitan area and awakened thousands before dawn.There were at least 163 known survivors, including 108 injured. Fifty-four of them, many with third degree burns, were at the Army Hospital at Fort Hancock, N. J.There was no announcement regarding loss of life. The wartime complement of a destroyer, depend-the type, varies from 150 toWashington (INS)—Whits House Intimates are whispering today that President Roosevelt will shake up his cabinet shortly for the purpose of getting greater strength in his inner council during the final victory drives on Germany and Japan.The posts of ettnrn-y general, secretary tff war and secretary of labor are involved in the If the changes are made, how-will300 mconclude immediately that President is putting his “cabinet in order” for a fourth term campaign.The whispering says that Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle will leave the cabinet during January, presumably for diplomatic post abroad. There is a hint that Biddle will be named ambassador to Mexico, to succeed George S. Messersmith, a career diplomat, who would be moved elsewhere.Sttmson May Retire.The names of Solicitor General Charles Fahy and special assistant to the attorney general, James P-McGranery, are being mentioned as possibilities for the attorney generalship. Fahy, like Biddle, is a protege of Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter while McGran-ery, who resigned a seat in the House of Representatives to take his present post, is a personal friend of the President.The whispering adds that Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson will retire shortly and be offered the post of ambassador to Great Britain. His appointment to London would please the British, as Stim-former secretary of state, has been on most intimate relations With ths British representatives in Washington.The names of Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Louis A. Johnson, former undersecretary and one-time national commander of the American Legion, arc being mentioned as possible successors to Stimson.Th* naval announcement with* held the name of the destroyer and the size of her crew.The explosion, which occurred at 6:18 a-m. (E.W.T.), as the ship, six miles northeast of Sandy Hook, which anchored three hours earlier ofr New Jersey and which was preparing to move, was so terrific, the Navy said, that men were blown oversides.Men Blown Into Water.The third naval district gave this description of the explosion:“All communications on the ship were disrupted. The mast toppled, the bridge buckled and collapsed and one man said he saw th« barrel of the forward five-inch gun go whirling through the air.“Many men were blown oversides into the water by the blast.“There was no disorder and firs fighting companies were organized.“After the blast engineers secured the number one boiler and left number four on to keep light power and steam up.“Tbe ship was ablaze forward and ir» the bridge. Fire fighters could get no closer than the number one stack.“Survivors said she seemed to break in two under the number two gun turret.”Survivors Rescued.Coast Guard craft went to tbe scene. One nosed into the side of ship and ran line., aboard, ths y said, taking survivors aboard r boats.he tire was fought until 7:05 . when the ship was orderedabandoned.it down soon after,” thefor commissions of as much ss 8 per cent on all war busini secured, the indictment said.HOT FOOT FATAL TO DETROIT WAR WORKERI Detroit »rr.» A hot-fool” proved fatal to LouMarino. 29-vcar-oldrest pi da;.Manno was-binned fatally whe Hoibert Pome rank*. 30. a felhr worker at the Continental Motor Corp. plant, stuck a match In his •hoe, as a practical joke and lit IL Marino's oil-soaked trouser* v ignited by the blaze and he was veloped In flames.Police held Fomcraake but charges bar* been placed against him.Pat-( Continuedi page 14.)TOMMY MANVILLES FORMER WIFE ROBBED BY CHICAGO BANDITSChicago lt;UR — Sunny Ainsworth, 19-year-old former wife of Tommy Manville, said today she wj ’frozen with fright wh'r. ttm gunmen took a $750 watch ar $400 ring from hiSavy iThe seventh Mrs. Manvilk she had com* m f: date and was going o-.i* to lt;•hen the bandits held up 'hethe first wartime sinking ■ al vessel ro close to New York.Although the official announce-lent reported only one blast, residents of the Borough of Brooklyn* Queens and of North New Jersey communities said they heard others.Hundreds telephoned police headquarters and newspaper offices for jnformaton. Some said the blast felt like an earthquake, which rocked their homes. Window* were brokn in many stores along the Coney Island boardwalk and storm windows were blown from tfiair fastenlngaNear Rockaway Point The announced location of tbe sinking, six miles northeast of Sandy Hook, would place It only two miles south of Rockaway Point* tbe Long Island promontory marking the northern entrance to New York Harbor. Fort Tilden occupies the northern point* while Fort Hancock sprawl* along Sandy Hook. Hancock is also a Coast Guard and has .superior landinghotr5 she ithey overlooked $400 in cash In her purse.One of the bandits, William Auburn Thompson. 28. Salem, Ora. described by police as en Army deserter and former convict, was shot and captured by police as tbe three men attempted another hotel holdup later In the evening.Allied Headquarters. Algiers QP j Englishman. All this retreating CONGRESS URGED TO -Allied headquarters today re- *£.*^^4*7before his POSTPONE ACTION ON leased a diary of a former Storm | official statement I -renaitv bib aTroop leader in the Hitter youth j 53^, the following was found inj SOCIAL SECURITY DILLmovement captured in Italy which his diary: . xew York (UR—The Chamber of“Yesterday night, during retreat ' „I broke finally and irrevocably Cownierce of lhc 5lA1* orwith my old life. Gone are all the **•*old values, ail that was precious to me. la my soul only one thing remains, hatred for the bestiality of the German army. For at last ons is human.“What have we to fight for?Everyone cursed the Nazi government but few have the courage to against it. Why? Because ISweden Hears Allied Troops Landed In Southern Dalmatiashowed Uwt th. young N'Mi had had a complete change o! heart after lew than * year of fighting.Extracts from the diary, aa released by headquarters, included these:J-n. IS,- JM3—Whal excitement My first day as a real soldier.”Jam 23, 1943—“Fitted out In uniform. I look fine lt;f a little odd.’Feh. 15, 1943—C radually I n ■ beginning to feel myself s realtor brutality and tbe power of op- ,. * soldier. j ' presnicn .ire still strong. If only ’’There followed a long poem the opportunity offered. 1 would I about the armor*? grenadier*, in j help strengthen the thousands who i September, the ex-Storm troop lead- long for the day of the final came to Italy, -ind in November ’ York. In a report maintaining that jobs In private enterprise should be the concern of the Federal Government. today urged postponement of congressional action on the Wagner-Murray-Dlngall bill increasing social security benefit*.The report, prepared by ft specialthe .tone of the diary changed There were reference* to the weight of Ttatty1! artillery fire” and the nSfttef of German casualties.i°~ r”xx,x%Teverh',S'’o ™mpMe socml security Is » leave the front al.ve St least ' Ishall have seen through tbe tawdry facade of Nad politics, I shall know the points at which the Nazis i are weakest xxxwhy was I born: a Omni? Z feel myself alwaysLondon (UI9-Allied and Italian Th* Dalmatian coast lie* across troops have landed in southern Dal-1 the Adriatic from the Allied-held rostia end seized several strategic-1 Italian porta of Barf and Brindisi ally-important points, a roundabout. and there has been widespread report reaching flweden said today, speculation that British end Amer* aa the Red Army * advance from j ican troop* might thrust into Yugo-the east heightened prospects or *;»iavia and possibly Greece for in-Balkans explosion. jvsaion of tha Balkans coincidentalThe report, published to the with the Soviet approach to Ru-— - • * h inams from the East.n- The Tidmngea dispatch said and said: j formation from Belgrade, indicat'd Greek partisan* also were steppingI aeruritv be,ng primarily ithe landing* if thev oreuned at up ihejr offensive activities in con- ------ v . .nt*v»vmeni problem it ia all -were in Ihe nature of a patrol junction with Italian garrison to accommodate German wounded■ - - - DO#1 actions to pave the for a full troops who fled to the mountain* from the Russian front.job. scale invasion later. To resist the Germans following Reports reaching Turkey fromThe dispatch also said the A es Italy’s surrender to the Allies, Th* Rumania indicated morale »** towhad landed large quantities of Italians and Greeks were said to weapons and ammunition at the oc-1 nave established contact with Br copied points and at Dalmatian zovtch for the establishment of a h'M by Yugoslav Partisan J common Balkan frontstrong reinforcements had bolstered the number of Axis troop* in Southeastern Europe to between 300.000 and 400,000.Travelers from Sofia told Turkish correspondent* that all transport in Bulgaria bad been requisitioned by the German* and only military transport was running south and east Trains from Sofia reached th# Turkish border 10 to 12 hours late. Schools and hospitals in Bulgaria were said to have been requisitioned by the Germansxplosion was heard through-considerable area of New Jersey, but apparently attracted minimum attention in communities nearest the Hook.Resident* of Atlantia Highland, Long Branch and other nmnicipalfc ties dismissed it as practice flkia| of trig guns at Fort Hancock et the morning gun at Fort Mew mouth, a few mile# Inland.Shell# Were “ripping. With 40-millimeter shells pop ping off *11 around us. the stricken warship looked just tike tbi Wasp when she Sank. Chi el Machinist's Mate Rene H- Pinclel 32. San Diego. CaL said.Oil was blazing and Mnrovml tion exploding all around the ssel as they abandoned ship, the be grimed* and haggard survivor* said “The Coast Guard Ship was ttta(Continue* en Itafs D)liative for a Job, government policies toward business that result in job* are better than social la-•u ranee for saainUiniag social security and provide the best and -nmfllasjdred, reaching Turks* ■and new* of Axis defeats was being suppressed. Rumanian underground broadcasts, undoubtedly from Russian territory, trumpetedThe Index•ifmClassifiedamCohoesisComicsMEditorial1*ObituariesItPulse of the PeopleMRadio•Society•SporU»Theater*mvmmi retuMMMfw.waptuBHCHIVF
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