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RED ARMY IS
CONVERGING
ON ATTACKS
MOSCOW, Dec. 20.—(API
Four Red Army columns are con
verging in heavy attacks on the
•Sty of Kassa, the anchor for the
entire German defense system in
the mountains of eastern
Czechoslovakia, it has been re
ported.
The advanced forces are al
ready reported with easy artil
lery range of the old highland
provincial center, whose mixed
Slovak and Hungarian popula
tion once totalled 84,000.
The communique announced
which is only nine miles south
th^ fall of the village of Seya,
of the city. •
Other Soviet columns are bor
ing in from the southwest and
the southeast.
Field dispaches reported steady
progress on the southwest main
German highway escape route.
They cut off other routes lead
ing through the mountains to the
middle of Slovakia.
j
The coordinated effort of the
^wo powerful Russian forces un
der Field Marshal Malinovsky’s
Second Ukrainian Army, and
General Petrov’s Fourth Army
are converging on the strong
German fortifications set up in
the mountains on the borders of
Slovakia and northern Hungary.
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ANNOUNCES !
NEW AIR-SEA
WAR PLANS
• —
U. • S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, Dec. 20.—
(AP)—Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser,
commander-in-chief of the new
British Pacific fleet, confirmed
plans to extend sea and air
blockade of Japan.
The conference began some
days ago but has just been dis
closed.
* It was reported from Mel
bourne that Fraser’s fleet alone,
was capable of challenging the
entire Jap fflet.
MR. AND MRS. MUNZ
ON TRIP TO STATES
Mr. and Mrs. William Munz
left on the P. A. A. for a trip to
the States where they plan o
spend the holidays with rela
tives. During their bsence the
Munz Airlines will not be oper
* a ting. I*
TESTING RESCUE HARNESS-. AMM1/C Carl A. Yanuzzi Is hauled up to the eabtn
•f a Coast Guard helicopter in a test of a new-type rescue harness near Brooklyn ^
ROOSEVELT
GIVES VIEWS
ON CHARTER
WASHINGTON, D.C. Dec. 20,—
(AP)—President Rooseveut today
declared in a news conference,
that the Atlantic Charter did not
exist as a formal document
which he and Churchill had
signed, but that he still stood by
it’s principles.
President Roosevelt added,
“The charter which was drafted
in a conference at sea between
himself and Churchill, is now
only a series of of memoranda
turned over to the operators on
the ship, for transmission to the
two capitols, London and Wash
ington.
( The President made i|t clear
that he believed in, and adhered
firmly to the principles it con
tained.
When asked to comment on
the recent statement by Lord
Bevin, British Labor Minister, I
that he, the President, initialed
the plan at Quebec, to stabilize
the government of Greece, he
replied, “The State Department |
should deny that report.’’
Korea wa sincorporated as an
integral part of the Japanese
empire,
lavy.,
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MORGENTHAU
SEND HIS
THANKS
JUNEAU, Dec. 20. — (AP>—1The
following congratulatory mes
sages were received here by
Treasury bond chairman, Kath
erine Nordale, from Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Morganthau
Jr., “I am delighted to learn
that Alaska has exceeded its ov
erall quota for the sixth war loan,
congratulations to you and your,
co-workers for making this splen
did record possible, and am con
fident that when the final figures
are tabulated at the close of the
month that your territory will
have attained another outstand
ing success in the history of war
finance.”
Another message was received!
from R. W. Coyne, Field direc
tor of the War Finance Division,
‘‘I take great pleasure in extend
ing the appreciation of the dep
artment, to the people of Alaska
on having reached 170 per cent
of their “E,> bond quota as of
December 14th.. Success in this
catagory is most gratifying to th
Treasury
‘‘Best wishes for continued
success.”
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JAPANESE LIKE
IDAHO STATE
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Dec.
20, —(AP>—The West Coast to-^
day is preparing for the return
of the exiled Japanese who were
excluded from this area nearly
three years ago. Members of
that race expressed their doubts
that many would return for some
time. Some stated that the per
iod of exile had stripped them of
their economic livelihood in the
West. Older Japanese business
men said they felt they had lost
their lifelong business and felt
there is no starting over.
Yoshito Fuji, chairman of the
Mininkoda Relocation Center
Community Council in the Hunt,
Idaho camp, told reporters that
he hoped Pacific Coast residents
would exhibit the same toler
ance toward the returning Jap
anese, as the people in Idaho
have shown.
ROUSTS ON VISIT
TO THE STATES
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Roust and
son left folr a combined busi
ness and pleasure (trip. Mr.
Roust will go to the States on
business for Carrington & Co.,
and Mrs. Roust nd son will re
<main in Juiieau 'to visit with
relatives. During their absence
the business will remain closed.
They plan to return about the
first of February.
NAZIS BREAKS
THROUGH 1st
ARMY LINES
PARIS, Dec. 20. —(AP)—Sup
reme Allied Headquarters today
disclosed that the German coun
teroffensive has broken through
the U. S. First Army lines in 4
places, from 5 to 25 miles into
Belgium and Luxembourg.
The German reports claim the
spearheads are still advancing
and that more than 10,000 pris
oner shave ben takn in th sur
pris assaul.
Dispatches from the front said
that General Hodges had thrown
infantry and armored troops a
and in the confusion some of the
doughboys stayed, and fought un
til their foxholes were overrun
by the enemy tanks.
The deepest German penetra
tion reported was at Stavelot,
22, miles southeast of Liege and
25 miles southwest of Aachen.
The Nazis poured on every
thing they possibly could, in
cluding tanks planes, “V” weap
ons and crack troops, into this
all-out counteroffensive.
The German field marshal
has launched his bid to crack
the allied lines, throwing in all
planes, tanks and men, despite
heavy losses.
Thefact that the field marshal
is concentrating on armored and
motor transport, and using cer
tain marked elements known to
have been reserved for life or
death defense of the Reich, in
dicated that the plan was ex
tremely ambitious.
Alhough the spearheads have
made advances, the Germans
have been unable to widen the
point of break-thru
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