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1344 ARE WWM 'U I INDEPENDENT 55th Year, No. 221, Phoenix, Arizona 112 N. Central Ave. Telephone 3-1111 Monday Morning, December 25, 1944 5c Copy; 10c Out of State. 16 Pages HJBMC I JL I Allied Air Might tails Germans American King Born Again In Old Rite By RELMAN MORIN BETHLEHEM, Dec.

24 (AP) The miracle of the ages was re-enacted in Bethlehem tonight and symbolically a babe was born again in the very grotto where nearly 2,000 years ago Christ was born. Just as then, men knelt in adoration, with their heads turned toward the spot where the manger once was. The stamp of war lay heavily on Bethlehem tonight. Manger Square was packed tight with men in uniform some flown here from the battlefields of France and Italy only vesterdav. For miles the road from Jerusalem vas lined with military cars and trucks, and at.

first glance it was like passing a convoy moving up to battle. Once within Bethlehem the grim illusion vanished, for Bethlehem glowed with a soft light like a golden crown on the dark hills of Judea. Overhead the sky was heafc'y with clouds, but for a time trfey broke and clear starlight shone Drastic Rationing Increase Is Made Units Hit Tellingly OXDOX. Der. 34 AP) Memo for card holder: The American Fortresses and Liberators which hit the Germans today used 4,250,000 gallons of gasoline.

By JAMES M. LONG PARIS, Dec. 24 (AP) The German offensive had WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (AP) A greatly expanded food rationing -program, again including canned vegetables, will become effective Tuesday. Chester Bowles, price administrator, announced this tonight, saying the tighter controls are necessary to assure fairer distribution of "small supplies." The changes beginning at 12:01 a.

m. Tuesday include a rise in the red point value of butter from 20 to 24 points a pound; cancellation of all red and blue stamps which became good before the first of December, and cancellation tui Ail dUKdi aim limine i an ning certificates except No. 34 Voted Bandsman through Varied Costumes I About 85 per cent of all meats will be placed under rationing beginning December 31. Here and there among the IVllSSinS clad soldiers were the white bur PARIS, Dec. 24 (AP) Maj been held virtually to a stand-i still for 48 hours, up to late Saturday, Allied supreme headquarters disclosed tonight, and jAmerican counterattacks against.

the enemy's southern flank gained ground in four sectors. A front dispatch covering fight-ling up to late Saturday morning Vegetables Listed The canned vegetables which will require points are peas, corn, green and wax beans, asparagus spinach, in addition to toma- Itoes which already are on the list. "Civilian supplies of sugar, but Glenn Miller, director ol the Army Air Forces Band and a former orchestra leader, is missing on a flight from Kngland to Paris, it was announced today. Miller, one of the outstanding orchestra leaders of the I'nited TAKEN BY DEATH: Roy N. ared American forces storming inn M.iv knUn Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt ter and commercially canned if States, left England December 15 tfruits and vegetables are at the1 sjar( and federal official and a i southern flank had gouged out as a passenger aboard a plane.

No lowest point since 4he war began' jeader of the Republican partv 'Fains along a 20-mile front in trace of the plane has been found and meat supplies are declining," ArWnnn iirt vptorriv in hit 'Northern Luxembourg, lifting the since, Bowles said. home at 522 West Lvnwood menace to that tiny aucny cap- ital. I It originallv was planned to an- street after a long illness. nooses and red tarbooshes of Moslems and the brocaded costumes of Palestinian women. The pilgrims waited patiently in the square fronting the Church of the Nativity.

Rain fell during the late afternoon but. still they waited. Most of them had been there since 2 p. when his beatitude, the Latin patriarch, came from Jerusalem. His procession passed through the historic Jaffa sate and along the Roman road past the Hill of Tan-tur and the remains of Herod's palace and the Tomb of Rachel.

At Rachel's tomb the procession halted and the mayor of Bethlehem pxtended the ancient greeting to the Latin patriarch. Then it continued to Manser Square. The enclosure was lined with hundreds nf priests and acolytes in white The strains of a Latin hymn rose toward the sky and his beatitude, wearine the beautiful purple w' 'in the changes on Wednes-1 dav. December 27. The Office of State Party Price Administration said the effective time of the action was advanced 24 hours "to protect exist ing supplies on store shelves from His air forces hand had been playing in Paris.

No members of the. band were with him on the plane. Miller's home is at Tenaflj, N. .1., where his wife lives. Miller last led his band in a broadcast December 12.

His band, scheduled for a broadcast over the British Broadcasting Corporation network at 7 p. m. tomorrow (11 a. m. Phoenix time) in the "AEF Christmas will he conducted by Sgt.

Jerry Gray, deputy leader. buying runs. I No Food Crisis The second crisp clear flying day in a row loosed the vengeful fury of Allied air might and more than 7,000 warplanes the greatest battle force ever sent aloft lashed the enemy's front and traffic-jammed rear zones with a hurricane of destruction. Two thousand American Fortresses and Liberators, the biggest single force ever sent on a single mission, led the array, backed by close to 500 big British Hall-faxes and Lancasters. The German air force lost 116 Leader Dies At Age 65 OPA asserted its action did not mean a civilian food crisis and em-1 phasized "there is ample food for all.

I he step is to insure every one a fair share of scarce items, ROY N. DAVIDSON, state Re- it said. nnnliran IcaHer anH frrivii- ctatts' A cut in use of suear by restau- foHm-ai rfioH uriv voc.i planes trying to stop this aerial robe of his office, entered the Latin i Church of St. Catherine which ad-i joins the Church of the Nativity.) and the ceremony of celebrating) the Christ Child's birth had Hi eh Mass rants, hotels, borading houses and terday in his honie at 522 West! juggernaut, a staggering loss of institutions, effective January street, after a lone ill- uHjp Unprs Anb 3Frars (H)f All iJljr Ijrara Arr fUrl 3n Giirr etomrjJjt." Planes Hit Iwo Jima Is Blasted i Manila; Jap By American Planes WASHINGTON. Dec.

24 AP) A force of perhaps half a hun- aj iVI yiQ)f i dred Superfortresses set off "heavy explosions in military installa-JL 1UU A CCLi Vljtions" in the latest strike at IJvo Jima. enemy island midway between 'Japan and Saipan, the 20th Air Force announced today. By SPENCER DAMS A11 oJ the b29s returned to their base in the Marianas after GENERAL MAC ARTHUR'S; pncntermg only light and inaccurate antiaircraft fire and no fighter HEADQUARTERS. P.ulip pi p)ane opp0si ion," a communique said. This latter reference suggested ftor lers smashed aV Manilas! that more than two weeks of air attack on the island is reducing Grace Park Airfield on Luzon.

its defenses to the point where no serious opposition can he turned while the American 77th Division'; on army and navy planes visiting Iwo Jima. Prisoners Of War Are 294 planes in two days. Since the primary objectives were German ground forces and feed lines, some planes even dodged combat in order to reach their front-line targets. was announced. The reduction nes5: Ile was 65 vears old.

will be 10 per cent for users who; Hp was a member of the 24th i do their own baking and la per territorial legislature, having been! cent for those who do not. A re- elected from Yavapai county in! riuced allowance for industrial 1907 and fr0m 1922 to 1924 was1 users was announced earlier. isecretarv of the Republican state' It continued throughout the afternoon and early evening in successive rituals. The high pontificial mass began at 10 o'clock, leading gradually toward its climax at midnisht. Sacred music flowed through the candle-filled church with the altar ablaze The German wedges in Belgium Sucar Reduced icommittee after a year as secre- and Luxembourg aDoeared to be At Large The sugar allowance will be of the state senate.

contained, at least for the moment, with licrht juuct'u nv mi t-n mux tut- nvr-pjunu nt: ndu an evi awioimu 'ui ine uermans eaieray aa- oires 01 ine Eieai oens 01 neimf-. r.ncrc nf war annearen at Tnree -w i t- in hem rang out. This was the mo-. vailev cations Tart night and re- lh PAnuarv to 1 A dispatch reported that, mcnt all Christendom awaited qUesfs to authorities for their r-vel iV worth a total of: Funeral Tomorrow to latP(t yesterday morning. On the altar a babe lay Revealed rst brought the revelation that 23 50Mt Villie valNl Funeral se will be conduct- "f.lh?rt prisoners had escaped yesterday tn compared with ed at 4 p.

m. tomorrow by iJif iiiiicinH itf-ciidLiru. from thP FaDaeO far Camp. a. Pov VHu- T.nno Tr n- ax.iM i.u wi'iri, a imica "vnn- t.

a. i ill t' I I m. a Holiday Auto Mishaps Kill Two Motorists R. Duffey. agent in charge of OPA said, because about 85.

Hy Cr.thedral. Cremation will 'Lif nf ivAp bn.P moved rapidly in on Palompon, last; This latest attack carried well Japanese strongpoint on Leyte f- into the third week a continuing land, a headquarters communique; bombardment, of the vitally $tra-reported today. tegio position hv armv and navy And in strange rontiast to thfnombers and surface ships. Moody battle, transport olanes on a Pounded Steadily peaceful mission dropped Christmas; Armv Liberators and navy planes greetings on liberated Filipinos. jhave pounded steadily on the en-uho waved in holiday spirit to the: emy island since early in the American airmen.

month. American airmen gave an ex-: The apparent objective is to neu-plosive holiday greeting to ihe tRP Japanese base in the emy on Northern Halmahera. in Tdanri frnm which hnmh- of the civilian meat sup- low at ureenw oon lai i ai nf the ranital nSv VTlHuiah11 w.vesore Federal bureau of' Invtiga-: thriU n- musirJhrok" aeainT ti3n re" confirmed the arrests but ply wi music nioe aeainsi n- nlhor nfnrma on nG cent sid he had no other information about ill he rationed compared to rienos may cai a ine ura me Vit. i ner cent now Koom Chapel ot A. 1.

Moore ann V. per cent now. 37 heavv columns be to God Mnrtuarv netween ine nours on the escapes. in the highest THE FIRST aulo acc.dent deaths of 1944's Christmas holidav week- The patriarch look the symbol iaie iasi mgni i riant 'c'' neremher No npw iirar st amn Mr. Davidson was born in Mo- brouch, five miles east of M.artel- wHralidted0 5 FettT.

111.. January 7, 1879. He ange. the Moluccas, where 280 tons of inrr attacks on B-29 fields have been pnf1 were reported yesterday. Af on men sTill at lai-se The five red stamps to be ali- received grammar and mgn scnooi sixteen miles due north of the it j0f t.

v.1 pflucation in i.namnai:n. ana i Amorix i nnc John Chennault. desk sergeant Majestic Trocession blue stamps wUl be C-2 then continued study in he Uni- Tnp maiestic procession wound; at the sheriffs office, said no kk ce versitv of Illinois Law School. ww rtf TMe fnw comDS were aroppea on airnromes, aunrh0fj Dorothv McDuffce. 24-vear-old supply and communications facili-; Th( announcement of the Tucson mother, was killed aimost ties and defense positions.

latest attack said: linstantly seven miles west of Casa Flares "B-29s of Brig. Gen. H. S. Han- Grande yesterday afternoon when Fuel dumps, gun emplacements.

21st Bomber Command basedja car driven by hr husband over- through the church with the flames of the escape had been rmain at in Mrh. He ramp to Arizona in 10(11 and inriif.at a nine-mile ari- of the candles glinting and shim-ieiven when George Jacksion. on stance a "ngaced in mining activities in vance, since the day before the mering on the robes of the pre-jduty at the Water Users Joint Head Tn rnnrelincr red and blue stamns Frescntt anrl trown ning. AIIC1 wmtuuustb aii'l iiiuiui vena ics in tho VTarianas on F)p- turnefl tnree times. Americans had been operating in lates.

The acolytes and choirboys -pumping station, called for an ol 6 PA left as valid red "stamps service in the territorial legisla- he arca Merscht even iles J2 ieiir0.anf "Vnr'rnber 24 (Japanese time bombed: Second Lt. Eugene N. Matzk irtinf him, maun inii io iase a piisunei niiu iusiuuj. n.5 g.5 which became iure, nf uiifu iui iiif- iw- south of Grobous) militarv installations on the Japa- 25. El Camno.

died Saturdav nitaries of the church and ia5t the! r-A onH Kino-News Service, then returned Other Gains nese-held island of Iwo Jima. 750. night in the Williams Field to as patriarch himself, carrying ihe rep-! cftmc v- a. 9 r. the minin2 nusiness, working Other gains were announced in resentation of the Son of God.

i JacKson saia ine man niipt, tin' Herk nf the steam shovel miles to the northwest or feaipan. Gen. H. H. Arnold, commanding an area five miles west and north- J- IhorD fl 5 1 fl fOT whp Pf 311(1 1 OOfl "Ollir- ClUM CT mwr, A i -J 'A fet upward, returning airmen re- Jiorted.

One American plane was ost in the operation. It was the second successive daylight strike by heaw bomhers on Manila, and the enemy offered no interception. Sunday's communi- of injuries suffered Decemher 16 in an accident between Tempe and Scottsdale. They were Ihe 200th and 201st fatalities resulting from motor ve- iney wen. oown a 1 sno.

r. uignc efation he readilv The canceled red nepannien. i. nf DicK-irch, or about 18 to -ne stens towards the srotto mai. in iuiiciiuuii nr 1 an.

Company from l.Ho to stone stamps are A-R depa: U5 throuch P-o Copp stamps are A-S Conner 10 miles north of Luxembourg. general of the 20th Air Force, announced at. the war department. "Further details will be announced when the information becomes where Marv had been and ne wes an of which 1921. 11 1 Yet.

another force hammered on nri ennpr 11.1.1 Tc 4 wnicn me ngni 01 ine guiuinK nar.i- had heen outstanding since early eat of Diekirch apparently around ha2 ,0 I Checking Papa go Pf'k. yeat, Mr. David to 4 Candles flickered there just assault said he 2 Canceled blue stamps are A-S Mtions as aessoi Gila embourg and less ihan a mile and 1944 This Date 1943 uif-v mifciM nrtt-iiuiic mi uiai iiii 1. jjiisiMK-i nn.i r3la.ti tnrougn a.nn a-. imougn -o -j nT a half from the German border M.

In 1019. he married Minme hit Clark Field, big Manila drome, leaving it in partial his is th wond ttark hv Saturday night navy Hellcat the first, having occutred ers Hasted Bulan Airdrome below on December 8. Manila in a daring singif. at tack. i Levte's erntind fichtinor anneared! PEART, HARROR.

Dec. 24 (AP) in the past. Beneath there is a sil-: lashing rainstorm ye.sieraay aner- in Book 4. 201 177 (Berlin radio said tonight that Lambert, who survives him. when she was head nurse of the United Verde hospital.

Mr. Davidson moved to Phoenix Escapees in Aiizona since fast reachine a conclusion, as Jap-; Liberators based in the Marianas: hicle accidents ver star and there the patriarch noon that tney just suineien placed ihe babe. jaway like eels." Then in the final scene of this i The Arizona Highway Patrol said Joseph's movement was re-'jt was notified at 7:37 p. m. that jenacted am.

the child was liftedifhe prisoners had escaped "about and placed gently where the man-j-jQ FZ'TL, en.e, rNot long after the firs, prisoner "the situation of the greater while battle in the Ardennes has not changed decisively during the last 24 hours." ihe period covered by the Allied news blackout, but admitted lhat American forces had carved out advances on the south flank.) A in Altnougn a siaunrn j.r-. A I lei-AI publican, he was popular in Demo-. t5 ilOLCCl cratii- circles. He was a member. of Siema Chi fraternity and a Krrtiiolit 1n 1 ho rnnntv inil.

TTInir 4CT 1he nH Horman -ar 4 un llnK brought to ihe county jail tcw. -U m.a 1 wt, 1 1 L.i 1 iiitiiinti 'i 1 iwufi 13 4,. rrtSflinfT v. Dnnrtn' .1.. 1.

I rt; a'was The focus of the fighling swung rt. r. iiuiin-i itoiuiit iMiiR'i iiwiii inpow ieceii'i. ne nm uiun- in Park, according to the identifies- the Luhrs huil'dins, specializing in abruptly yesterday 10 the enemy s. south of Tempe.

called for an offi anese resistance steadi.v weakened bombed Iwo Jima on Friday (Sat-! January 1. in the face of aggressive attacks byjurday, Japanese time,) for the 16th! B. C. Cratzberg. state patrolman th 77th Division.

straight day in the campaign to of Casa Grande, said the McDuffee More than 13,000 enemy dead neutralize the Nipponese base near- car overturned after drivinc into have been counted on Leyte in the est the Saipan take-off point forja dip at high speed. H. McDuffee. last, eight, days. Gen.

Douglas Mac-ithe Tokvo-bombing the driver, and his daughter. Carol. Arthur said. Much material hasj Two Jananese interceptors came! five, received minor injury and been captured, including hundreds! up but offered only slight resist-jwere ireated in Lincoln Hospital of trucks, quantities ot tanks and'ance 10 the Liberators, Adm. Casa Grande, heavy artillery weapons.

Iter YV. Nimitz announced in a com-j The soldier died of internal in.ju- War Goes On imunique: iries and a fractured pelvis. Two Although the war's tempo didn't, other Liberators from Lt. Gen. other young army officers suffered low for Christmas Eve, Filipino' Millard F.

Harmon's strategic air lss serious in.iurv in mo accident, youngsters gathered in front of force bombed Woleai in the West- The car overturned. finiil.l lilt. '1 nuo uciiuc" hem. cer because two prisoners had ap- tions given peace officers late last He was admitted to prac-. southern flank below Bastogne, peared at her home asking shelter night: tire as an agent before the V.

where the strength of an American from the storm, and iood. Wolf Claus. pounds. Treasury Department. assault forced the Germans to let.

Taken To Jail blue eves, brow hair. 2S years old. r-g-f i up their siege of that strategic Helmut Drescher. rvif blue i Aumone I rtlH highway center and rush forces John Gregg. Tempe constable.

English Vjei IllCinS 1 Old south to meet it. Drought them to the county jail. The supreme headnuarters secur- Duffey identified these three wilhrlm Gunlhor. Kfi. blue TJ 1 blackout-now shortened to 21 men as Herman uchs, Ferdinand oQ I 1 AI rSl 1 C7 hours haired renorts nf nrnress Chief Offers Peace Prayer general MacArtnurs neanquarreis pl Carolines in a "check nz UD -wr ana sang carols.

MacArthur in a sortie to make sure the Japanese ImiT statement wished the rilipinos "all have'not been able to flv in rein- WASHINGTON. Dec. 24 AP iFuge and Kirt Strehle. 1 MWJ since then and masked the nature President Roosevelt prayed that'; Each was equipped with what Fritz Gugenberger. 6.

135. blue XEW YORK Dec 24 (AP) nf Ihe Allied countermeasures being victory will nnng lasting peace for a refl tQ be about 100-pound 0ves. brown hair, 20, thin face. Paul Joseph Goehbels. Nazi propa- taken.

Holds Out Hope 1 forcements. I Marine Corsairs based on Peleliu the world i r.ar.i, im- llrtort vnare n- Vr. ,1 i-lor innnonari nrn firm -if i 1 3 1 1. Tu Unu todav around the national commun we oiessings or cnristmas ana realization of their fervent hopes for the new year." American air units sank or dam-2ed 13 more cargo vessels off Mindanao Saturdav, the communique iil strafed Babeithuap in the ir'aiaus, LONDON, Dec. 24 (AP) -King sinking three enemy barges and Haakon of Norwav in a broadcast damaging three others.

to his people tonight held out the ing, cereais, caiiueii unus, iimu- Utio HOlCi lcnier. o. nine iv 10 ine iierman poopn. iraiiym ira xnr nan vi uuui cal supplies and quantities of cig- eves, blond wavv hair, 34. dimpled the failure of Adolf Hitler to ad- flanks was firm and it was re- ity Christmas tree on the White House lawn.

arettes which startled officers and large build. dress them directly 0:1 Christ mas garded as likely that, flanking blows Marine fighters and dive bomn- hope of earlv victory and libera 1 mu i faille 111 a vniiaLiiiao in-a- Hans Warner Kraus. 5'S erav Eve and declared Ihe dictator trom one sine or the otner nad a tion before another Christmas. broadcast to the armed nroaacasi 10 me armea: -ers struck the Japanese-held Mar Hrrt'I Ts ur: i lh' JmJshalls, dying on the vine since Kwa The tall, poker-straight. 72-year- estimotni i.

riut ijaieni was tapiuini iircuiy jem oin sovereign, in a message mien timVj was capturen nearly a vear old sovereign, in a message sage was 1 horouhlv eves, brown hair, high forehead.1 had planned and directed the cur- strong bearing on the slackened forces over w.orld i thoiouenlv wound scar on rem German offensive. impetus of the westward push, with the annual ceremony of light-; soaked ana snivenng. -left arm "The fuehrer made me his which at one point was 17 miles ing the tree While Gregg was in the sheriff Jurer' Quaet Faslem blue; spokesman tocreet th. Onmn.non from 1 he French border. We cannot say when our vie- ioffice here, another call came from jr cl Fmnch r.ermans at home who stand hemnd The enemy had nonnded his way tory will come." he said.

"Our iTempe tliat two more prisoners had hirn (icehhels was imn the hiiiv hes.it nf the Arrlen. enemies still fight fanatically. laDDeared at a Latin-American prav ouoted as saving in a taernn ramo nes lorest throuch whim heswent with disappointment, said lie had hoped to spend this Christmas at home but that fate had willed otherwise. For most Norwegian', particularly the homeless wanderers sent into the Arctic cold by the ruthless German evacuation of far North- Artur Karstens. oil 'rs strafed two Luzon lieids with-as-cut opposition.

A In the earlier blow at Clark SUOnOmU Field, Gen. MacArthur said that: tt most of 100 grounded aircraft were' A P.jr nhhl I Wrecked or damaged. Huso fires lOpUlClr nODDy Ji'ere kindled among the installa-. ASTRONOMY is America's T0ns. A 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ko-f i.ncari'ac man 1.

1 iiicv inn na.c noti'cj vi iiiui laiiyil lllflf. VilfSK liinimimieij I Kv-m i hair and military power. But, theyiturned to Tenme and lodged the.tsV lgnt nro 11 na themselves know that they and two prisoners in the there. Walter Kozur. 22.

sneaks broadcast heard by National Broad- far more rapidly in 1040 where Company ana Columbia lank and mechanized movement 141 blue Broadcasting System monitors. "He arP difficult except along main his wishes to vou on this roads. 1.V5 blue Christmas Eve. All day and in hi The riough'oovs were backed into sleepless nights the fuehrer stronger defense positions, and the blue thoughts are always w-th you." eount rv ahead of on Rundstedt ie luemmer, eves, brow hair. 21.

ei nnvav. lie sain I lls I nrist- IllUiL ii i oi iciuuiv i.iov jia.m-ii uir unj- uiai. uwiinneimui i.ugger ann neimair ii.n vremer VI if we here at. home continue to do Johann Strang hn-n hi our full share. 1 iki i 1XUII it-i I hair, 23.

small mus come soon. We prav that until! The three men jailed here spoke eyes, brown ine propaeaiina sm.i,,. difticult ail the way to the Hitler's mind "is clear and vigorous. jfifv hobby, according to an analysis mas would he the "darkest and of questions received by ourmnst difficult of the whole occu-Washington Information Bu-patjon- reau. Year after year the bureau: He saj that he could offer answers more questions on mod-'bis people this Christmas was ern astronomy than on and confidenee in the future scientific subject.

In its belief "we shall celebrate illustrated booklet on Christmas together in a free then, God will protect our gallant English, and the two last taken in tache contrary to tre ur nir out p-'- This wa- the battle position UP NBC men and women in the uniforms-tempe were report ea to speaK reiuun nacanda of the Allies." the mirirlav vot.t ovri nn llio rnnn- i English. rrencii. l'nnisii. iw -j of the united nations that He will Spanish. description.

receive into His infinite grace; Papago Park authorities remain monitored report said, adding: "He teroffensi front from north to is determined tn hit the enemy i0utir wherever and whener possible lank. American 160. gra on will linn tne answers io IhncD maL-o Ihoir clim-omo e3p ai ,1 HeinriClt lailltei country when if will once more be ov MlfM, oil I IIP F. hair. 24 hundreds of questions you have tnp fe.ti al of hone and peace the festial of hemic and peac I mice in me cause or rignieous-; to accept telephone calls or 10 165.

lnn never iias me jjonps out anew near Mau- 'Martpn Peter' Reese. 5'10" Nazi Oil Plant Iness and love of Him and His teach- comment on the reports the law speak- re hach. mx mi es souih ot Duren. i tnri' ohMt-n K-v tho new nffnnsi shown hv the new offensie. mrs i muff 1 alwavs wanxen to bsk.

as en as an authoritative survey of the entire subiect. Send today for vour copy. Fifteen cents viuuuiit n.riii ir.i icim ihl iic- vneiish and French. ana mane some on mis noer for Hitler's pray inai wiin victory win received from the Burma Rail Line Ripped By Nips MYITKYINA, Norih Burma. 2J (Delayed 1AP1 Japanese forces retreating toward the south! wfore British 11th Aimy troops, lave ripped up two miles of rails; the main Burma railway line at i point roughly 73 miles northwest; Mandalay.

An American 10th Air Force re-j wnnaissance pilot who scouted en- my territory south of the rapidly British and Indian columns reported lhat Japanese units removed tracks 20 miles' nn of Shwebo. Many railway onages in the same area also were iafd ed by 1he enem' tne Pilot Plane Lands Safely After Mid-Air Crash camp. sehroder. R'. 171.

blue u' a nver tiont. As come a new riay or peace on earth in which all the nations of the postpaid. The packs carried by the pris- PVOs blond hair. 25. false teeth.

trnm nu iM' view. hi Thp Monschau-Malmedy shoul-" I he fuehrer has a lot to sav. but a.inst local enemv 'oners were as water-logged as theigppa's English. earth wilt join for all time ne win sa i ui'ii i i nm-vs i n- thrusts. crowd estimated by White'men's clothing, and most of the; Friedrich Lpzolino.

155, i 3 ripe." 'the reports said mi anH all Ihoir ell nnl ies .10 -i cigarettes and all their hair. 40. wedge remained The St a clot ttnnw attenHantc at noi I blue eves, blond 1 Rnnmtncr House Blaze stabilized. Sup'ieme headquarters 43. ARIZONA REPUBLIC Information Bureau, 316 Eve N.

Washington 2, D. C. I enclose herewith FIFTEEN CENTS in coin (carefully wrapped in paper) for a copy of the booklet ASTRONOMY. disclosed yesterdays announce- ffillc Frktir In Dftmif ment that Stavelot was lost was in around the 30-foot' Rods- Jurgen Wallenberg. spruce tree on the south lawn and ed by the continuous rainstorm.

blue eyes, light brown ban other thousands lined the iron speaks English, fence outside the grounds. 11 CI It rPalClS Hans imnorf, 11 1R2. hlue t- error. 1 he town still was in Amer- DETROIT. Dec.

24-AP-Four lcan hands; aithouh 1here had been An nour or music by the United, ee. nrown imn. a including two sisters, were see-saw fighting at the outskirts. The town of St. Vith, at the States Marine Band and Christmas 1 XKT English.

suffocated and burned to death 10- carols by a mixed navv chorus pre-AJcOOlffy CUt fieri Karl Heinz Frenzel IU dav jn a fire that swept through a ceded the President's address. tup tvrATvPM4' green eyes, lair complexion, nn- house. Five other? were Production Cut MEDITERRANEAN AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS. Rome. Dec.

24 (AP) A total of more than 3.500 tons of bombs dropped by the 15th Air Force from December 17 to 22 has restricted operations of the synthetic oil plants of Austria and Po-, land which produce an estimated one third of the gasoline used by; the German war machine, it was reported here today. The Blechhammer. Germany, plant has shown no sign of activity at its north refinery since the las! raid there and the south refinery was severely damaged. The plant at Oswiecum. Poland, is officially described as "probabiy rendered in-act ive." The operations against oil producing plants cost the 15th Air Force 4 bomber and five fighters.

December IT, 48 enemy craft were shotdown. 1 vhith splits the two German drives. Name ery wavy. -1. speaK.

jn the blaze. nr nrAiviicflc imnvmpmont 1 .3.1 1 Gifts For Prisoners Tho were Miss -well Walls rf 1,1 rt dl" Dec. 24 rinl ARBOR, Mich English. tooav in pnoen v.nrisimas weaui- no blue 1 hp wins of American an i neinnaro .1 hi k. .1 11 hv AS plane was struck ceeSn'V backed by strong Cfit tendon lc and John Kirnev forces of tanks, held to wooded the'ianiior r'dges to the which hae kept mVe In Sweden sund rainstorm red-blond wavy hair.

STOCKHOLM. Dec. 24 -( APi The rain, he said, will not be as I oarlpr InSiirprl The Swedish motorshin Saio or- heaw as vesterdav. when at rariy Leaner liijutcu Street or Rural Route outnwest of here todav. hut Victor Evans I'uni, ol "lork.

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Ko I ncu hrtr and ActiO City was sertoustv iniureo ita room, i ci r. nui Christmas parcels for Allied no mal erial change in temnei at leader the IT) passengers and Non of lhIfe crew oiiirferi v. 'in Kinney cnarren r.oo- munn un- Dusniii" sun oners of war in Germany. RpH Ftacstaff and the Oianri Canon his automobile memhers was injured. in-s sain ine- ex- were two men promised a whi.e Christmas a tnirk.

Hi" wi! with all other fommunities hut hi siy-mor' h-Oi'i in the CAP piane. held out, were supplied from the and -ro railed on to fend off i only minor stabs lesterday. -Itgh'lv htirt in th" ha-ernnt he- appa' son was attempted to fig'T th ifire. State (Mail to Washington, D. pne ten to tranship ine packets to aloni h.r,2 from Ynsilanti.

i harmed. i a hove the 5.000 feet mark. rmany within a few days. out and their plane clashed..