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EYFRYBOl DEL Rio NEWS-HERALD WEATHER fltiudny partly cloudy, Little r.liiingc In tcmpcrnturc. VOL. xv DEL RIO, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, I'M I NUMBER 223 BOMBERS HIT NORTH FRANCE If OS NEAR QUO POLISH HNNTIER Hammer Germans Back On 200-Mile Arc West Of Kiev IONDON, Jan. 1 Soviet units plunged ahead today 35 miles of the old Polish border and less than 90 miles pre-war Rurnaniin frontier after the Red Army, hammering the Germans back a'ong a 200- milc arc west of Klov, recaptured the vital rail town of Zhitomir and swept up 150 more communities. Pounding toward Volinski, the Russians took Emelyanov- ka, 21 mitr.s southwest of Korostcn at the northern end of the arc, a Moscow communique declared, and Mm.shed Into the town of Po- at the southern end in on, advance of 15 miles.

As Mwcow dispatches told of the happiest New Year's Eve celebrations of the war. the Red Army also lunged ahead In'three other Rectors. Troops of Gen. Ivan S. Badnun- lan'K Baltic Army cut the Vlteb- Bkorelia highway south of Vitebsk find advanced on both sides of that bltfrly contested stronghold.

Farther north, the Russians seized 60 communities west of Nevel. while i.1 Dnieper bend far to the the Third Ukrainian Army, deepening Its bridgehead the river, captured five more towns in drive tcwatti Nikopol. the fpod ncwi poured into twwt, MIohMi Why Allied Bombers Can Blast eomplete liberation of Soviet territory. A Moscow dispatch that a'rendy there Is talk of wfyat trooiw will be the first to reach he Halsey Sure 1044 Year Of Big Victories SOUTH PACIFIC ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Jan. 1 miral William P.

Halsey today voiced assurance that "1944 will be a yew of great, decisive victories for the cause of Pacific freedom." A jyear ago, he snid. the Allies styf faced the Japanese acrcsii the Jujigles and beaches of Guadalcanal. JSlncc then, American troops moved Into the northern Solomons and struck Bougainville the list of effective' Jap biues." 1 comrnarder South Pacific forces, added in hLs New Year's Day can promise the coining months KO many staggering blows anainst the enemy in so nmny places and front BO many i directions that his reluctant retreat 1 will be dlSHstreusly quickened as he backs up the road toward Tokyo. Is a pleasure note that such retreats are difficult to The Jap won't halt his." I AMERICANS TAKE THREE HEIGHTS NEAR CASSINO ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Algiers, Jan.

1 seized three heights CH.S- sino highway, the Eighth Army picking Its through mine fie'ds toward Pfscarn. The British, back from a hit and run raid behind the German line north ot the Qarigllmno Rive One reason why Allied pllanes AV can maintain 3 'round-the-clock attack on German Industrial and other military targets is oceans- In throughout, England and America, production lines are on a btusls, too. Typical is the Consolidated Vul- tec Fort Worth. Tex plant, pictured abov. Liberator bombers and Liber; tor transports roll off the double n.ssemb lines all dny nnd into the blackness of night.

att ftnportJnt railway Vandergrift New Marine Commandant WASHINGTON. Jan. i Gcnernl Alexander Vamiesn-ttl. IP der of the Americans wl'o urov? the Japanese from Guadalcanal. became the 18th commandant of the Marine Corps At ceremor.y In the office of Secretary of the Navy Knox, dergrllt was sworn in.

succwrdl.ii! Genera! Thomas Holcomb. Holcomb promoted to full general on the retired list the first four star Marine Corps general. Del Rio Weather In formation Furnlitlird by V. 8. Wcathrr Itureaii.

of DEL RIO AND VICINITY: Sunday piitly cloudy. Lltt'e chance in tempenm.rc'. temperature Friday 01; minimum temperature. 40. Minimum temperature Saturday, 48.

WEST TEXAS: "West o'f 100th Meridian:" Uttlo chunt'e in temperature; clearing the El Paso srea a.id Panhandle TOTAL OF .96 RAIN FALLS IN DEL RIO Ninetv-six of an inch i of rain fell in Del Rio up to roon Saturday, records of the Unitsd! States Weather Bureau show. I Before midnight Friday, rainfall I amounted to .11 of an Inch, that' amount being counted on rainfall for December and the remainder, on January rainfall, H. L. Moly- iwux. observer, said For the entire year of 1943, rainfall was 1D.55 Irches, 1.35 inches below the normal yearly rainfall Executive of the Boy Scouts, an- of 19.90 inches.

Saturday that the annual For the month of Dscemoer, raln- meeting of the Boy Scout leaders and their wives will be held Jan. PARTISANS PRESSING OFFENSIVES Force Nazis To Occupy New Defenses LONDON, Jan. 1 Partisans are pressing their offensives in Hercegovina, Montenegro and the Sanjak province of Blsnia, an Army of Liberation com- munique today, a.id heavy fighting continued in East Bosnia. The broadcast communique saiti the Germans occupied "new defensive positions" the Livno-Duvno sector' of Bosnia, where bitter fighting has been reported for the past week. A Partisan force occupied Ljubin- je In Hercegovina and defeated .1 Gerfrra'n-Chetnlk detachment near Bndar, the bulletin saicl.

while in Serbia other guerrilla units were reported to have beaten a of Chetniks. Slovenian units captured Bela, killing German soldiers, the bulletin added. Operations railways we-re reported to be in- cre-sing throughout the country, especially in. Vojvodina and Croatia. Newscamera Shot Spoiler fsl.cim.-in Monirose, NEA-Acme jNewspictiires war correspondent ui'h filth Army in lUily, mounts a pile of debris to get a good on a shot in war-blasted town of Magnapo.

Montrose, who v.ur liuiits- in Guadalcanal, where he contracted malaria, iv hi. i itu-ived a lug is serving in Italy as ediloi of liic U'lii I'irture Pool Annual Meet Of IJVir TVf Joe O. Oalbralth, District Field 12. The place for the event will fall totaled 1.58 inches. Normal rainfall is .69 of an inch.

Molyneux's records show. be anncunced later. Decision of the date for the DREARY WEATHER FOR TEXAS meeiiiiK was made during a meet- By the Associated Press nu of the pr-aram nnd Dreary weather jolted New Vejr's mcnts committee Saturday evening Day in Texas todsy as rain fell in Brackettville. Those fbrmlne every portion of the suite, the committee were John L. Dod-j Temperatures, except in some son.

DruiT Wood, and JudRe Grov-, Panhandle points, remained above er Poole. the freezing level. Tickets for this dinner meet- in'? will be available through chair- I IToo 1 fid mtn of the various Troop Com- llttO lU-t German Seamen At Queenstown LONDON, Jim. 1 BOV- errinent's bureiui announced 164 German pos- Mble survivors of the Bay of Bis- ruy in which three des- troyers were sunk, h.ive been pick- i ed up by an Irish ship aacl land- cd at In neutral Eire. Membership Aim Of Boy Scouts Met "Reaching their membership ob- i jective, the Val Verde District of! the Bry Scoul.s enrolled .119 Cubs; nnd 375 Boy Scouts during Joe O.

Galbraith, district field ex- i-'-'Utke for (Vie Boy Scouts, said Saturday. i Siun H. Walk, chairman of the membership committee, will an- rour.ee the membership objective! for 1944. followinir a meeting dur- i ing the later prirt of January. i Roosevelt Asks People For Cc-Operation 1 Pre- tuta'd New Day statement that the people pledge co-operation and continue the United Nations' determination to carry to fi.ial victory in the war.

He asked their co-operation behind the international organization "of all peace-loving nations to maintain peace and security in gcr.erations to come." "Our armed forces," he said, "are p-thering for new find greater assaults which will bri.ig about the downfall of th? Axis aggressors." He remained in bed on orders of his physician. RATION CALENDAR IMI JANUAHY 1H4 1 2 3 1 5 6 10 12 13 14 IS 16 17 19 20 21 22 26 27 28 29 It" FEBRUAHV IKI 12345 I 9 10 11 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 KING I'KTEK LEAVKS FOR CAIKO LLONDON, Jan. 1 Reuters said Kins Peter Yugoslavia, 'who has been with hLs exils-d government, left Cairo "for secret destination." No. 18 In Book No. and Stamp 1 on "Airplane" sheet, Book Three, good for one pair of shoes indefinitely.

MEAT, EDIBLE FATS AND OILS, (including butter) CHEEfcfiS CANNED stamps in War Ration Book 3 used. Each holder of Book 3 allowed 16 polntf per week. Brown stamps and through Jan. 20. PROCESSED FOODS Green stamps and M8 points) in War Ration Book Four good for purchase of rationed processed foods through Jan.

20. Marine Hero TeJis How He Got 7 Japs £AN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1 Marine hero Capt. James E.

Sw 23, San Mateo, home after 13 months in the South Pacific combat urea, told hav; he downed seven Japanese planes in a SO- minute fight. The exploit won him' the Congressional Medal of Honor. "I was trying to get away from ack-ack over Florida Lsland," Swett related to newsmen yesterday. "I blundered into a flight of about, 15 divebombers. I opened up on them and had a field day.

It was like shooting ducks. Seven went down in flames." Swett in his 13 months overseas accounted personally for 14 1-2 Japanese planes by official count. Of these nine were divebombert. three were medium b. mbers and 2 1-2 were Zeros.

Urges Greek Guerrillas To Form One Unit CAIRO. Jan. 1 New Year's appeal to 'Greek cuerrilhi forces to unite and nsiiute a siiiKle iinny of lieedorn embodied in the Allied Army" was issued last night by Premier Emmanuele Tsouderos of the Greek Kovern- ment-in-exile. Allied hason cfl leers with the suernlkis have been authorized to ac; as inrennrdiiirie.s to settle dif- len nces aiuoim the patriot groups, lie said, and "the ehief ui the Allied forces also will bf your commander-in-chief. Your efforis be coordinated by him." Tokyo Papers Warns Americans 'Mass Forces NEW YORK, Jan.

1 newspapers have warned the Japanese that the Americans are massing invasion forces, including OCC airplanes 'and six divisions of troops, in Alaska and the Aleutians, the Berlin radio declared last night. Quoting the Yomiuri Hochi Ha- imbun, the broadcast recorded by the Federal Communications Commission said arament was piling up at Dutch Harbor "while masse.s of planes, especially bombers, are being assembled at Dutch Harbor. Kodiak. Nome. Kiska and Attu.

These arc estimated to number 1.000 aircraft. "In Alaska itself, about six divisions are concentrated. They comprise motorized units, tank forces and parachute troops. The fleet is also represented and two especially constructed aircraft, carriers and a number of cruisers and destroyers are repoted in northern bases." Another paper said there wero about 30 TJ. S.

air bases in China that mitiht be used in preparing for air attacks on Japan. CLAIM SINKINGS LONDON. Jan. i Berlin Lrc.adc.: st declared today that Ger- escort vessels have three i ships oil the American North At- i Ian lie coast. There was no Allied continuation cl such a c'aim.

SIM IN LONDON LONDON. Jan. 1 i Spaatz, who will comm.iiKi the AmM'iciin bonibinu nt fcuixpe. arrived in London today. U.

S. PLANES HIT PLANTS NEAR PARIS Ballbearing Plants Hit At Ivry, Bois De Colombes LONDON. Jan. 1 Air Force Mo.squitos and Hurricane fiKhttT bombers attacked military cl.jrctives in northern today, the British Although the weather hampered the attack, raiders a number of hits on targets. All pianos returned.

S. BOMBERS HIT PAKIS LONDON, Jan. 1 a struck at two important ballbearing plants near Paris and two airfields in France yesterday. Twenly-niiie bombers ard three Hunters were reported lost. Identifying the targets for the first time, the air ministry and the United States 'Army communi- que saicl the planes hit the cam ballbearing factories at Ivry.

Bois de Colombes ard airfields at Chateau Bernard and, Jean D'An- pcl.v. TAcnty-i-ight enemy pbnes were clowned. Cross-Channel aerial activity continued today. Reporting hits on both the Paris objectives and the airfields, returning crewmen said they could still fee columns of smoke rising up when they were as far away is the French coast on their way home. The air pnse jit Bernard in'west central Fj'ncc isi believed to be used by German planes collaborating with attacks against Allied shipping.

The raids the northern French coast, carried out by U. S. Marauders and RAF and Dominion planes, met negligible German cp- pcsition. but a Fortress formation returring from one of the other assignments jumped by from 50 to 75 Nazi fighter p'anes antl engaged in a great running battle from the Brest Peninsula to the middle of the ErRlish Channel. A Paris broadcast ssid that 200 persons were killed and more than 2.000 injured in a on the cut- skirts of the city and that the metropolis, last bombed by tha American in mid-September, was over- lui.ig with a cloud of "reeking powder fhme" after the attack.

Nazis Claim 607 Merchantmen Of Allies Sunk LONDON, Jan. 1 German n. vy in 1943 sank 607 mifrchantshlps, a.i aircraft carrier, six cruisers, 63 destroyers, 18 suta- ritit-s, three corvettes. 56 do boats and several midget submarines, the German Radio a.s- Tli" claim, without Allied substantiation, also declared the Germans have three ships cfl the American North At'antu, coast. Resume of Important Events of Del Rio and Val Verde County in 1943 JANUARY ijan.

Sam Walk heads USO advisory committee. Jan. War Housing Committee organized here. Jan. Mrs.

W. R. Latham burned in fire that destroys home. Jan. U.

Guy Brantly 25, killed In action in Africa. Mrs Mamie Wilkinson, 73, dies: Xtna made cuhler of Del Rio BanU and Trust Comiwny. jJ.aiv Mrs, C. Johnson, 60, succumbs. Jan.

held for Edward Jones, 70. Lt. Tony Morales 21, killed In air crash la South Val Verde Lamb Show and (Bale champion tet lamb (tt 50 cenU a pound. Annual Btrthda? Ball reported L- B. Miner, 71, dies, Charles L.

Russell un- Army Plying School be- training. Del Rio promised 492 dwelling units for war workers at Flying Field. Feb. School boys or-1 ganlze Victory Corps. Peb, Elmore Jr.

reported prisoner of Jai)s, Feb. plant for production of ethyl alcohol from sotol here. Gaitan held prls- of Jans. Feb. for War Ration Book Two begins.

Feb. 25-Lt. Col. Allan Smith reported killed in Second Plvlslon activated at Fort Clark. Theatre destroyed by fire.

MAECK March B. Buchanan Jr. heads Texas Exes. March W. R.

Latham, 29, dies of burns. Pvt. Agustlu fcllvas drowns on maneuvers. Mrs. Pearl Graham, 65, buried.

March J. McDowell, 62, former post master dies. hurt' named (or late Lt. Jack Laughlin. March Elizabeth Koog, 74, dies.

Scoutorama attended by .400. Marcfc, orders more meat for Del Rio. March Jay Ryan reported a prisoner of Ihe Japs. Vel Verde County gets quota of 30,000 Red Crass surgical dressings. March Rloims dot: ate blood to Red Cross brink in San Antonio under sponsorship of B.

and P.W. Club, March Field dedicated In Impressive ceremony. March W. Slaughter, 86, dies. AI'KIL April exceeds Red Cross quota'of $8.400 by $600.

April Field chapels dedicated. April totals 1.32. April Rto track team places third In San Angela meet. April T. F.

CliiiBman new Red Cross surgical dressing chairman. April Rlo's good credit rate on lire insurance raised to 20 per cent. April Lambert reported missing at sea. April Gladys Lambert, mother of Jack Lambert, dies in Snn Antonio hospital. April ceilings established in Del Rio.

April T. Laughlln, 79, dies. MAY May Club formally opened with ceremony. Rites held lor Albert Lane Wilkinson, 41. May held for Albert (Bert i Warner, 57.

May 6, sleeps through it all when parents' car stolen with him In the back seat. Wildcat Band places In Music Festival. May rites for Ray Stuart, 55, held. May Col. R.

H. (Bill) Rogers prisoner of Japs. I Am an American Day observed. May Ration Three Issued. Mary Virginia Tinnln valedictorian fL-r Class of '43; Juck Crosby, salutatorian.

May Myrtle Bruce, 68, dies. May amounts to 1.77 inches. May High School graduates hear Chaplain Russell; Deitch. May High School I graduates hear Gerald Munn. JUNE June Christian Church re-dedicated.

June J. Latham, 42, dies. June A. MacDonald. 42, killed in air accident.

Schools Ket, $8,509 grant from Federal Works Administration. June Apple Hernandez prisoner of Japs. June held, for Mrs. N. S.

Zickefoose, 55. June Lyster Brumley, Flying Fortress pilot, la raid on Germany. June Gilbert, 9, critically injured in car accident. JULY July of 1942 tax! roll 05.1 per cent. July E.

Word, 81, succumbs. July totals 2.49 inches. July James Carter missing over France. July held tor Homer Wilson, 51. July 18--Mftj Quinn Corley receives DFC.

John A. 41). tiles. J. O.

Boothe resigns from Bank and Trust. July Lopez succumbs. July John Bode, 89, dies. AirCJUST AUK. A.

Wilson killed in a "I Ion. Aus. 11 Rites held for J. D. Kelly.

7, i. Any. H. Chulk. 63, dies.

Aug. 17 lukiMi by Border for smiujjlinu. Any J. L. Avar.t, ()4.

dies. J. II. LiiU dies of heart Tyler Wilkinson, 78, dies. Rites held f.

Mrs. C. M. 7ti. SEPTEMBKH Sept.

of .53 brings first moisture for more than month. Sept. dedicate church. Construction of 39 houses i.s authorized here. Sept.

Frank Qualia, 73, dies. Sept. USO Cltib opened. Sept. Vivian Reyes reported missing In action.

W. D. D. ckery heads Chamber of Commerce post-war planning board. Sept.

Rites held for Mrs. Martha Azzie Lee Duuean, 5B. Sept. E. Whitehead, 83, pioneer ranchman, dies.

Sept held for E. L. Earwood. 70. Sept.

held for Louie 75. Sepl, 30. New Rita Theatre opened. OCTOBKK On. Verde County tops War Drive Quota of $612,000.

Oct. Ifl services held tor Mrs. Ham-v Hall. Oft Alfred Laugh- lln wounded in action in Italy. Oct.

War Ration Book issued. Oct. B. Gobble, (iti, dies. Oct.

Grillett Sanchez. 21. fatally stabbed. Oct. Laughlin marks anniversary of field.

NOVEMBER Nov. held for H. T. Calk. Nov.

Owen accidentally shot in leg. Nov. EvVlio Flort'S Villa rrciil prisoner of Germans. Nov. D.

Daniels, 03. dies. Nov. Sergeant GllbsrtM M. Ortiz missing.

Nov. W. Hwbst, 81, pioneer runchman. dies. nEC'EMBEK Dec.

and Mrs. C. K. McDowell mark fiftieth wedding anniversary. Dec.

Sucuts Rally held for third year. Dec. William Golden missing. Dec. held for G.

D. Willis, 74. Dec. McBee, 56, dies J. E.

Blankenshlp, 58, dies on hur.Ung trip, Dec. L. A. LaOrosse, 82, succumbs. Dec.

Cook, 26, kUU ed flying in Asia. Community Christmas sung for first year as B. and P.W. Club pro? Ject..