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MADE IN NORTH
JAP WATERS
By JIM HUTCHESON
GEN. MacARTHUR’S HEAD
QUARTERS IN THE PHILIP
PINES, Jan. 3.—(AP>—Formosa
has figured for the first time in
a communique from this head,
quarters, in an announcement to
day that Navy patrol planes at
tached to Gen. MacArthur’s
southwest Pacific command,
made a penetration in the north
into Japanese waters.
The communique reported the
first strike in the southwest
Pacific so far north of the Phil
ippines, and said that they had
downed four Japanese planes
and. set fire to five coastal
freighters on the east and south
of Formosa. The Pacific coast
carrier task force planes raided
’ Formosa early in October in that
long-held Japanese island.
This new long range blow
came after fighter and bomber
planes began operating in Leyte
and Mindoro fields, in the cen
tral Philippines. They have been
hammering targets for shipping
in the vital Luzon Island area,
and have struck at warehouses,
* railroad installations, power
plants and wharves.
Southern Luzon was also at
tacked the communique said, by
medium bombers operating over
Luzon.
^ North of Manila they caused
fires and explosions and sank a
2,000-ton merchantman and
gunboat off the coast.
Mitchell bombers started fires
on the Negros airdrome in the
central Philippines.
Patrol boats sank four bar
ges in the same area.
‘JAFSIE’ CONDON
DEAD AT 84
NEW YORK, Jan. 8.—(AP)—
Dr. John F. Condon, aged 84, died
after a prolonged Illness which
developed into pneumonia, it has
been reported today.
Dr. Condon became known as
“Jafsie”, when he figured so
prominently in the Lindbergh
kidnapping case.
This year is the tenth anni
versary of the opening of the
trial which eventually convict
ed Bruno Hauptmann of the
kidnapping and murder of
Charles Lindbergn, Jr.
RED FORCES
SMASH WAY
INTO BUDAPEST
MOSCOW, Jan. 3. — (AP) —
Russian storm forces are smash
ing their way through bloody
Budapest in probably the fierc
est house-to.house fighting
since the battle of Stalingrad, it
has been reported today.
The Red forces are making
progress in what the official an
nouncements called fierce en
counters with, fortified houses,
courtyards, and cellars.
Soviet troops yesterday cap- j
tured 232 blocks in the west
part of the city, and 53 blocks
east of the Danube, on the op
posite bank.
On a basis of preliminary re
ports, it is believed in Moscow
that the enemy garrison has al
ready lost 10,000 dead and pos
sibly another 30,000 wounded.
The Red Army has not offi
cially estimated the strength of
the trapped garrison, but Col.
Fen Voros, minister of defense
of the Hungarian government,
recently set up in the Russians
held territory, said last night
that the total may run as high
as 75,000 to 100,000 Germans
plus 30,000 Hungarians.
With the advances made yes
terday, the Red Army now have
approximately 1,000 prisoners.
The Russians now hold nearly
1,000 blocks of the battered city.
How 2,000,000 civilians are
cowering inside the city and
how they are surviving within
the city can only be imagined.
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COMPTROLLER
ISSUES CALL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—(AP)
—The Comptroller of the Cur
rency today issued a call for a
statement of all the national
business at the close of Decem
ber to the 30 federal deposit and
insurance corporations.
He also issued a call for the
condition of all insured banks on
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the same day.
PIONEERS ATTENTION!
Important meeting, Wednes
day night, January 3rd, at 8:00
oclock, at the old Whaley
Boarding House.
ROBERT BALDWIN, Secy.
Theodoric, King of the Ostro
goths, was educated at Constan
tinople.
DOUGHBOYS
STOP GERMAN
ADVANCES
PARIS, Jan. 3.—(AP)—The U.
S, Third and Seventh Army
troops have slowed or halted the
German jabs in nearly hall a
dozen places, against their posi
tions from the Saarbrucken to
the Rhine, it has been revealed.
In Belgium the lunge of Third
Army forces, spearheaded to new
positions four miles to the north
east of Bastogne.
Amid growing indications that
the Nazis are making withdraw
als, the German command de
clared that eight U. S. divisions
have been hurled into the battle
in an effort to ring the Nazi
positions in the Bastogne sector.
They suggested that somie 110,
000 Americans are assaulting
that sector alone.
The Germans added that since
their offensive started in De
cember 16th, the American cas„
ualties have exceeded 50,000.
They also claimed they have
gained up to two miles in one
, area while fighting against the
Third and Seventh Armies in
; the south.
j While fighting in the Belgian
salient, which approached some
thing like a stalemate in patch
es, the doughboys in the south
fell back at first before the Ger
,1 man drive which was braked
I yesterday arid then halted,
j In the advance on the lower
Vosges and southeast Maginot
Line, the strongpolnt, headquar
ters said the Germans had cross
i ed the Blies river, but were not
I specific. It is supposed that the
comm|unique referred to the re
gion east of Saaregumeins.
The bulletin said tanks raced
in a drive in the southest of
Bitche, which forced the U. S.
units to give ground. However,
i Nazi thrusts were either slowed
or stopped.
I The German attacks were
! marked by a surprising lack of
artillery, and nowhere achieved
anything like the proportion
which was reported in Von
Rundtstedt’s pre - Christmas
smash on the northern front.
A front line dispatch said the
attacks could not be classified as
either a major offensive or a
limited push. If the latter, it
' may be presumed this diversion
j will relieve the pressure on the
Belgium front.
Cold weather curtailed tacti
| cal air support on both sides.
'PARADOCTOR' IN UNIFORM— This is s “pars- ,
doctor,” a medical officer of the U. S. Army 8econd Air Foret
March and rescue unit, wearing the gear In which he jumps from
c s plane to give aid to air crash survivors. •
CANADIAN ADD
GROUND TO
ADVANCES
ROME, Jan. 3.—(AP)—Canad
ian troops are battling toward
Alfonsine on the Ravenna-Fer
rarahighway and have gained
considerable ground between
Fowro V°chio and the Senio
river, it has been reported.
Despite stiff enemy resistance
the Canadian thrust was launch
ed over the area of ribbon wa
terways.
In the west coast sector, the
Fifth Army patrols pushed out
along the route in the direction
of Massa, which is the strongest
German positions in the Tyrr
henian area. They also made
contact with the enemy at sev
eral points after inching through
dense rafine fields.
LADIES AID SOCIETY
TO MEET FRIDAY
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Federated Church, will meet at
the home of Mrs. Thorulf Leh
man on Friday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock.
ASK INDUCTION
OF FARM YOUTH
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I WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—War!
leader Byrnes today called on the
Selective Service to take steps
immediately for the induction
ntp the armed services of men
from 18 to 25 who now have ag-l
ricultural deferments.
There are 364,000 in this age
group with deferments.
The President’s secretary,
Steve Early, said the war mobil
ization director made the re
quest to General Hershey be_
cause’ representations have been
made to him by the army and
I
navy that they must have men.!
This group represents the lar
gest remaining source of young
men.
Members of the Alaska Ter
ritorial Guard who are . inter
ested in athletics, are asked to
be present at th> High School
|Gfrmnasium Friday night be
tween 7:00 and 8:30. |