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CAPTURES
VILLAGE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
ALGIERS. Dec. 20.—(AP)—
Clark’s Fifth Army, which cap
tured the heavily fortified village
of San Pietro after three days of
furious fighting, punched out new
gains toward San Viettore, the
next strong enemy defense on the
road to Cassino, in the mountains
to the northeast, and registered
gains up to two miles.
Montgomery’s Eighth Army
supported by tanks over-ran
enemy positions along the Ad
riatic coast inflicting severe loss
es to the Nazis while advancing
about a mile. Further inland
they captured the village of Con
salvi, six miles from Orsogna.
Montgomery’s artillery knock
out five German Mark IV. tanks,
bringing to 43 the total of Ger- |
man tanks bagged since the be
ginning of the Sangro river bat- I
tie.
Fifty German parachutists were
captured from a group who were
recently transferred from the
central mountainous terrain to
bolster the eastern defenses.
Fifth Army troops north of
Venafro in the mountains, were
blasting their way through diffi
cult terrain, forcing the enemy to
give ground in very hurried de
parture.
ANVIL LODGE, No 140
F. & A. M.
Special Communication
Tuesday, December 21st,
7:30 P. M.
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N. Strand, W. M.
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President Jailed
In Bolivia Revolt
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Government
Overthrown
By Army
LAPAZ, Bolivia, Dec 20.-—(AP)
—The Pro-Allied Bolivian gov
ernment president Penaranda,
was overthrown by a coup d’etat
of leaders of the Nationalist
Revolutionary movement organ
ization, the reson ascribed as be
ing strongly opposed to the poli
cies of the United States.
President Penaranda, along
with General Candia, Bolivia
minister of War: General Ichazo,
chief of staff, and Minister for
the Government Zilvetti, along
with other leaders of the Pen
aranda government were report
ed arrested by the Nationalist
oganization.
The successful coup was engi
neered by elements of the Boliv
ian army and youth organiza
tions.
The Naitonalist leaders succeed
ed in overthrowing the Penar
anda government after a gun bat
tle broke out at 3:00 a. m. this
morning, in which both machine
guns and rifle fire were heard.
Victor Paz Estenssoro, for
mer finance minister, arrested
41 in connection with the alleged
attempts on a Nazi putsch on
Bolivia, which appeared the pop
ulation would be of assistance.
“Consolidating” the revolution,
he is reported to have set him
self up in the President’s place.
FUNERAL POSTPONED
The funeral of Billy (Billikin)
Komonaseak, which has been
postponed, will take place Tues
day at 2:00 p. m. from the La
vinia Wallace Young Mission
Church.
Execute Four At Public
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Hanging In Moscow
Three Germans,
One Russian
Die For Crimes
—
I MOSCOW. Dec. 20.—The bodies
of the three German soldiers and
the Russian who corlfessed he
had helped them commit the
atrocities against the Russian
people, swung from the public
gallows in the icy wind in Khar
kov’s main square, at 11:00 a. m.
yesterday, after their convictions
in military tribunal on the Fourth
Ukrainian Front, in the first waf'
criminal trial. * I
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A crowd of 40,000 saw the con
demned men strung up. Since that
time hundreds have flocked to
the city from faraway sections
of the Kharkov Province to see
visible proof of the verdict car
ried out.
The men hanged were Wilhelm
Langheld, gestapo captain; Hans
Ritzi, vice-commander of the
j storm troops company; Richard
Ratzlaw, gestapo auxiliary police
corporal, and Michael Bulanov
Russian, who served as a chauf
feur for gestapo.
An editorial in the Moscow
newspaper Pravda, said this ac
tion was a warning to Hitler and
his henchmen that they await
the same fate.
‘‘All of them from the Sergeant
Bandit to the General Bandit,”
will pay for their deeds in full,
: it was stated in the article.
The question of whether a war
j criminal was a person who gives
BOMBERS HIT
NAZIS AGAIN
LONDON, Dec. 20— (AP)—
American heavy bombers struck
from the west, the much ^battered
northwest Germany at daylight,
in a quick follow-up of yester
day’s Mediterranean-based Al
lied heavies, in assault on Ins
bruck, and Augsburg, 20 miles
northwest of Munich on the
Brenner Pass route.
, The J>ig planer were , escorted
by a fleet of fighters, and again
renewed the onslaught of the
favorite targets—“Hitler’s U-Boat
nests," and shipbuilding ports on
the North Sea, to the industrial
districts in the west and south,
through fierce fighter opposition.
The Germans threw up 100
fighters in a futile attempt to
halt the giants in formation.
Thirty-seven of the Nazi at
tackers were downed and 22
others probably destroyed,
against the loss of 16 of the
Mediterranean based allied
planes, but some of the missing
allied airmen are believed to
have landed in friendly territory'.
The Inruforuck rail yards were
torn up with a great, accurate
bombardment.
orders or one who carries them
out, received but one answer.
In the Kharkov trials all of
the men pleaded guilty, but each
in turn said he was only carry
ing out orders.
BID FOR AIR
SUPREMACY
' ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NEW GUINEA, Dec 20.—(AP)—
The Allied bid for air supremacy
over New Britain brought re
ports of new successes including
the war’s first fighter-plane
sweep over Rabaui from new'
American airfields only 250 miles
to the southeast on Bougainville
Island
The fighters tabled with 40
Jap Zeros .and aowneS'six. with a
loss of two of our own. '
The Japanese are having no
luck breaking through the screen
of Thunderbolt fighters guarding
the Arawe area, as the fighter
umbrella drove off the enemy.
In ground fighting in the Arawe
beachhead area the communique
confirmed the capture of Umtin
galu on Cape Merkus.
Two enemy airfields, a possible
menace to Arawe, took heavy
poundings from allied bombers,
when they blasted Cape Glouces
ter and Cape Hoskins airdromes.
The entire airbase areas were
given complete coverage for the
first three weeks in December.
Cape Gloucester on Gorgen Bay,
alone has recevied 1200 tons of
explosives.
A formation of lightning fight
ers ran off 40 Zeros although
outnumbered 2 to 1, and downed
three against the loss of two, the
pilot of one being saved.
FORCED LAN DIN troop* assault a heavily fortified shoreline live ammunition as they perfect their Invasion
a . i. technique on an course "somewhere la laihni". Under Bre, they come ashore from laadlne craft.
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Officials to
Meet in
London Soon
LONDON, Dec. 20.—Admiral
Stark, who as commander of the
United States naval forces in Eu
ropean waters, will likely play a
major role in any seaborne inva
sion of the continent, returned to
Washington for a conference ex
pected to center on the final de
tails of the grand assault on Hit
ler’s European fortress.
At the same time it was an
nounced that Gen. Sir Alan
Brooke, chief of the imperial gen
eral’s staff, returned from a tour
of the Italian front.
This suggested the top British
military leaders were about to
begin climactic “invasion con
ferences”. |
Giraud On Way to London
LONDON. Dec. 20.—(AP) —
Paralleling talks in London, the
Brazzaville radio said that Gen.
Giraud, commander of the
French armed forces also was
coming to London for the staff
talks.
The report said he would be
accompanied by Admiral Lem
monier, chief of the French naval
c*aff, and Rear Admiral Auboy
nau, deputy chief.
Acro'ss the channel, Germans
were reported engaged feverishly
on ounter invasion plans.
A Vichy broadcast said Gen.
Rommel reach the headquarters
of Marshal von Rundstedt, Gem
man commander in the west.
Paris radio said the Nazi mili
tary chieftains were mapping
plans to stiffen defenses on the
German Atlantic wall.
Reports from Washington indi
cate that Gen. Marshall would
not head the allied invasion of
western Europe. This caused great
surprise in London, where the
United States chief of staff had
long been accepted unofficially
as the logical selection.
British officers, although re
luctant to accept the reports*
seemed to feel that even if the
change was made, it did not nec
essarily put Britain in command.
Yesterday, London papers dis
closed that huge American forces
were steadily pouring into Brit
ain. The paper said “U. S. troops
were straphanging across the At
lantic on a no-stop run, in great
fleets of transports”.
The Chronicle reported Great
Britain was about to become a
mighty springboard in the United
Nation’s leap in the direction of
Hitler's fortress.
FEDERATED CHURCH
CALENDAR FOR WEEK
Monday, 6:00 p. m. — Fellowv
ship Group at parsonage
Tuesday, 4:00 p. m.,—Junior
Ohoir; 7:30 p. m.—Young Peoples*
Carol Practice; Federated choir
rehearsal.
Thursday, 9:30 p. m.—Federated
choir rehearsal.
Friday, 7:00 p. m.—Federated
choir on WXLN; 9:00 p. m.—Cardl
singing in community.
Sunday, 10:45 p. m.—Churela
School Christmas program; 5:30
p. m.—Junior Choir on Voice of
Religion; 7:45 p. m.—Christmas
Worship Service. Special music
and choruses from Handel’s
‘‘Messiah.” 9:00 p. m.—Social
hour, refreshments.