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NAZIS IN FULL
• RETREAT FROM
ARDENNES
PARIS, Jan. 10.—(AP)—Four
allied armies hammered relent,
lessly in the icy weatherd today
at the German’s Ardennes salient
and squeezed its waist to nine
' miles, as th^ Nazis began their re
treat to the western tip of the
Belgian bulge, it has been re
ported.
On the southern flank salient
th^ U. S. Third Army advanced
along a 20-mile front from the
north of Bastogne to the east of
Wiltz.
They have gained up to one
and a half miles, it was reported.
The First Airborne Division
pushed within four and one-half
miles of Houffalize, which is the
German hub in the heart of the
bulge. At the same time the U. S.
* First Army troops on the north
beat within three miles of the
vital Houffalize on the St. Vith
road.
Meanwhile, the southern sector
of the western front probed with
in 14 miles south of Strassbourg.
The U. S. Seventh Army bat
tered back into the Rhine bridge
‘ head town of Gambsheim, just
nine miles east of Strassbourg, and
held the Germans to a standstill
on both sides of Bitche.
The north Caladian First Army
advanced a mile nearer Wyler,
which is eight miles southwest of
^ Nijemgen and seven miles west of
Kleve.
Weather curtailed tactical air
support to the U. S. First and
Ninth armies, which are pressing
on Ardenneg from the north.
GERMANS NOW
ARE CUT OFF
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LONDON, Jan. 10.—(AP)—
Norwegian parachutists dropped
on Norway today and cut the
main railway line between Trond
heim and Oslo, over which the
Germans are being evacuated to
v Germany, it was reported.
The Norwegian government of
ficials disclosed that two German
divisions, which were in Norway,
are now fighting with Marshal
Von Rundstedt on the western
front.
The Germans are also trying to
get eight other divisions out of
Norway.
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CHINA'S YOUTH ON MAR CH _ Members of the China Youth Corps carry flag*
representing the government party as they march in Chengtu en route to a war memorial.
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NO ‘JIM CROW’
LAW FOR THE
TERRITORY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. — j
(AP) — ‘‘Alaska,” says Senator
Manguson ot Washington, I
“doesn’t want Jim-Crowism es-;
tablished in the Territory.’
“Alaska,” lie said, ‘‘hopes to j
absorb the Native Indians in its j
normal cultural and economic j
life, and purposes plans for seg-'
regating the Natives on resa|r-j
vations.”
Manguson told reporters he
had talked with operators of
fislh canneries, laborers, and
other residents of the Territory
including officials, and found
complete agreement that reser- j
vations were not agreeable.
He said he conferred with
Governor Gruening and Delegate
Bartlett of Alaska, and that he
would see Secretary of the In
terior Ickes within the next few
days.
Mr. Ickes recently wrote to
Chairman O’Connor of the House
Indian Affairs Committee, de
fending the establishment of
reservations in Alaska as ‘‘the
'necessary, honorable way,” of j
opening up the country for set-.
tlement.
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ROOSEVELT
REQUEST FOR
APPROPRIATION
—
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—(AP)
! —The Second request for a mil
| lion dollar fund for investiga
| tions preparatory for the devel
! opment of Alaska, was made to
I Congress by President Roosevelt,
j it was disclosed today.
| The request also included in
! the 1945 budget recommendation
j was that the Interior Department
! be authorized to spend $1,072,000
for that purpose.
The House Appropriations
Committee declined to provide
the amount for the 1945 supple
mental appropriation bill.
Among the larger changes
from the 1945 budget for Alas
ka, increase for fisheries, for
est management and protection,
game laws enforcement, wagon
roads and decreases in mineral
reservations.
INFANT SON
PASSES AWAY
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Buck, aged 29 days, died
on January 8 th of bronchial
pneumonia.
There are more than 3,707
nurses with the Canadian armed
forces.
ROOSEVELT
CONGRESS OF
COMMITMENTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—(AP)
—President Roosevelt today as
sured congressional leaders that
he will go to the forthcoming big
three conference free of prior
commitments in Europe’s tangled
political problems.
With senatorial critics com
plaining of this part of his handl_
ing of foreign affairs, the Presi
dent told the legislative lieuten
ants that he had nothing prom
ised in Quebec on Teheran, which
would tie his hands In an attempt'
to reach an agreement.
To such questions as Poland’s
future borders, the President re
plied that he was determined to
carry a closed hand conference
and he would not expand on it
now.
60,0<M MEN SAID
NOW ON LUZON
LONDr*AT Jan. m.—
The r->d:o todav '•'•noted a
ToVvo dj^o^tpb ng saving that
Ault r:eor» had a!neady
landed pf Lingayen in Luzon,
with 60 0n0 men.
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U. S. TROOPS
LAND ON LUZON
ISLE TUESDAY
ON LUZON ISLAND, Jan. 10.
—(AP)—General MacArthur per.
sonally led the Yanks of the U.
S. Sixth Army on Luzon Island
at Lingayan Gulf, a little over
100 miles north of Manila, Tues
day, and scored a four-point
landing, securing beachheads
against light opposition and cov
ered by withering warship and
aerial support, it was reported
today.
The attack troops successful
ly opened operations, the com
munique said, to close the door
to Japan’s supply lines to the East
Indies, and brougnt the decisive
battle for the South Pacific
close at hand.
General MacArthur announced
that this was a showdown move
in the Philippine archipelago, for
which the way was paved by
army and navy air and sea pow
er, which hit everything from
the Kuriles, Japan and the
Philippines.
BRITISH DRIVE
PATROL BACK
ROME, Jan. 10.—(AP)—British
troops have driven a 30-man
Nazi combat pairol back from
the south bank of the Reno
river, along which the Germans
have dug in their stand at th*
'xtreme eastern end of the Ital
ian battlefront, it was reported
today.
Allied headquarters said that
severe winter weather has kept
the activity on thg entire front
restricted to patrol sorties.
A communique from headquar
: ers said that allied warships off
! the south coast of France >n
inued to give gunfire support to
the ground forc^ near the
’"'rench-Italian frontier.
NOTICE!
A joint installation of Pioneer
me- and women will be held
a* th, Masonic Temple on Fri
da- evening. January 12th, at
<HP o'clock. Families are invit
ed. T^e P’oneer women will
m°et at 8:00 o'clock.
W1V7EL SEIFFERT, Pres.
BABY GIRL BORN
TO WILLIAM KAPUTAK'S
Mr. and Mrs. William Kaputak
ere the parents of a baby girl,
bom January 9t,h. She has been
lamed Mary Jane.