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Press Su bury Park AS NDAY 77ir; SHORE PRESS VOLUME LXVI. No. 26 toMnd Meon4 autur Juna to. 1931 it tb poiloBlc I Anbury Park. N.

under lha art of Mar. I. II7 ASBURY PARK, N. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1911 ttery flundit it os Mtttiioa Anbury Park.

N. J. 'c Ter rnvf ft? MbiI PRICE FIVE CENTS Killed in Action Three Nazi Divisions Council MoveslFf Steel Industry Salary Raises JLWO Against Yanks Hurled as. I To Free City From Restraint MacArthuv Tallies jap LeyleLossesal 1 16, 770 GKNKRAL MAC ARTHUR'S paign ended Christmas day when HKADQUAHTFRS. Philippines, his troops captured Palompon, last (Sunday) l.Vl-Gen.

Douglas Mac- enemy port of escape. Since then mopping up opera Americans Found Heavily at Shrink-inn Huljre in (fcrman Line PARIS, Sunday, Three German divisions have been hurled bv lilrl Marshal Kill Inn RnnHclorit Patlon's U. S. Thud army, a flcld dispatch reported last night, as American troops hammered heav ily all along the shrinking perimeter of the German bulge. The hard-won corridor supply ing Bastogne was hit by two of von Runrislcdts 'divisions from th I lions hae continued against b()1h sllos ()f lho HaMnKie Cor-nants of the Japanese force.

S. Arc Approved To A crape to 7 Onl An Hour and C.ol Million A car WASHINGTON. t.V) Steel workers received an okay from Stabilization Director Fred Vinson last night for War Labor board-approved wage increases estimated to average 5 to 7 cents an hour. Announcing his decision. Vinson said that the Office of Price administration had advised that this boost for the more than 400,000 in the iron and steel in- lliicti(.

tin! nm.Avcilita foil. i cinni products j.j i O. P. A. did advise.

msou said. an nu.r .1. ymr sum. steel products was overdue and would have to be made. In a letter to W.

L. B. Chairman William H.I Davis. Vinson said O. P.

A con-1 elusion was this: These increases will be made irrespective of the uase decision It is the judgment of the price niimslralnr that aflef these ni ii-p i adiiistments are made lho o- posed wage increases will not re-j f. I I 'P 1 1 el hpr i.pt lice, in l.p in.pi cippI prices. Accordingly, the wage in- icquncd by your direr-' live order may become elTeclive." talk no of reoniied nnrp in. ueases. mson relerred to the rp- nnlrniiianl I.a ClnK.li.

i.ir i Frankel Replaces Matlice in Fjht To Demolish Esplanade County council yesterday instructed Assistant City Solicitor Charles Frankel. in the absence of City Solicitor Joseph F. Mattice, to proceed at once with legal steps necessary to dissolve an injunction which now restrains the city from razing the F.splanade review over the beach at Fourth avenue. The temporary restraining order, returnable Jan. 4 at Long Branch, ordered city council to' show cause why It should not re-! instate the lease of the Esplanade; Amusement company, which was canceled when the council decid-j ed the building should be Vice Chancelor Wilfred H.

Javne granted the temporary injunction Arthur disclosed today, while ai new Mindoro-bound convoy press en on miner it- inforce his conquering forces, that ithe enemy had drawn troops from Mandml.ia al, cfroIl ,0 sU)p him The communiriue said Gen. To- moyuki Vamashita had lost in the futile defense of Leyte four army divisions and the elements of two piiioic. ocsiocs a naai in ik.iui- 1.. forcPS. Tola svcs.

uulu.lmg more killed in recent mopping mm il, Hi uni.s, i. i ii ii i in. i ..1 in a 'insloi ical resume" of the i. Japanese loiics 01 i i a ii. rpH Vh rinc shot rl rf 1110 ",0 o-llll le-W Hie escapn The communique said Japanese planes attacked a Mindora hound American convoy off Panay island the night of Dec.

(Tokyo radio yesterday broadcast claim that Japanese planes in three days of attacks on a SO-ship convoy headed for Mindoro had ports and a PT boat 1. II. suiin u. omi and had damaged two transports, cruiser and one destrover MacArthur communique said ii.vIiih' nlaiirs i im.l Ih.pi. vIk.i il.m nipnluin as made of coin losses I ..1 nL It- p.l p.

i on Mindoro inelleetive, 1 lit M.iril Olll.l I. II American units which handed, Itle Japanese the defeat on I.e. tc I ailll. (ICSI 1 ll 1(1 (HI l.c; i.mh-u miui ii n. Mal.Avtl,lir one division.

Ihctial Philippines continued haias- lmh participated in the bat- sing raids on enemy fields on l.u- of Hataan aKalnst early in on island, the communique said. l.a mr rani io ine dn usemeiu concern uec cation from Roland J. Mines. Councilman Thomas J. Smith, in chairman of the committee of op-making the motion that launched eration of tne Asbury retaliatory action, stated 0 in wnicn hp requpsts a hearing that Mr frankel should proceed before fitv C()Unti, t0 express the with all speed to have the ve-j commiUee-s views thp strainer removed so that he work sap of now of rebuilding the boardwalk should uljized bv the L- al Gl and not be impeded.

and Sewa avpmlps lion act that price increases bcuvol), about equal in num. in "hardship" cases -See PIIILIPPIM'S Pace 1 1 in. u. rn ,1 i.ini II I 1 American had re- 1 1 1 1 1 1 Wcl M'IC won pearly onc-llurd of the terrl- lUItl Ilvul 1 1 ilfilO.lory overrun in the Germans sur- I I prise countcrolTcnslve, badly nar- Allot $27,000 Lr llV 1 01 ttllV (Special to The Press) ii'iBiiivcmv Al.l. Jersey per capita share of pos.

war hiahwav funds is second low- 'u me counir. ine 1 01 as- est in the count rv. the City of As- bury Park shares equally per capita wan oilier cities ill tunns; for improvement of city a s. was learned yesterday. expenditure over a period of three V- Iron, the armed forces.

receives tne lop allot- ment. OXU per motor vehicle and 1 l.i. in 1 1 r.i Members of congress from the nnnns p.tncsicn siirnil- I. n.lMIM lllll II. HIS I tl I 1 1 1 1 1 It'l I I which favor states with less am pss tl.afriP, PVP overruled.

Rased on Population The urban highway funds $125.0001100 a veai is allotted ain(me npo nooula ull IMipill.1 vV. to nun. llliwiMf. lilt federal aid nignways in rural areas is on a I. expenditure Funds avail- SC.T.

I II FORI) RI.OOIMiOOi) I I 1 SC.T. Wll.l.lAM II. UKAN. Jr. I i teimmed on the basis of present; earnings records compared with pre-war earnings.

Decided Case Nov. 25 The 1, derided the steel waae rase on m- bill sai.i tl.n nav chances it aoormed should no! muiicu was in complete ai-coru, with his proposal, and also with mniinn thai rpm.MipH ritv Man "un lo I council that the transaction ever action is necessary to protect UH- ...11 odds Were F.ven n.I10SnB llllCCS Oil 1 I rieclarcd the cam- If I I 1 11 (rai I 1 1 1 1 il Ilw- IIUll A.I It I fm .1 4 w. nnwi 1 Li Ii It A --Morris A. tinker. 0...

nf 180 Franklin avtMiue was )itkpl, l0 Monmouth Memorial ()spita critical condition last i.p ornrk bv an automoltile al 'lhnd and Chcl- sea avenues few hours earlier Fire Chief Kicharri II lliehters car and an 11 111 DIM i. II. I niuiiiiii n.i anil I.iheitv street while answer- a alarm John Frey driv .1... I I The War at a ('dance (Br The Asioclatrd PrMt Canadian First. British Second and V.

S. Ninth armies: No chanje. I'. S. First army: Fought to Rochefort.

15 miles from Meuse. Belgian radio said it was recaptured: with Third army constricted width of Belgian bulge Thursday to 16 miles. I'. S. Third army: Widened Bastogne relief corridor and won positions four miles north of Bastogne; pounded bark to German border at three points in northeastern Luxembourg; placed Nazi supply routes under artillery fire.

I'. S. Seventh and French First armies: No change. Hearing Asked On USO Sale J. Oliver Armstrong, city man- is in retPipt of a communi.

Th. Orthodox rl pw -r sPking to put chase the vravtrXi'' cnui'cn 0Ut. in to i ih war' 1Iin. in ki lh. citv manauer.

stated that the com- mi'ttees action is "prompted bv' the fact that the most imoortaut u-hn ih war 0Ver. ity'has contributed heavily to the number of men that are now ini this war. These men will require care, occupational therapy, moral readjustment and vocational guid- Th. I' I. a n.

in.l nf lllis cnmrTlllnltv I Si II Mas chanopri iu nmoiani in rnnlnrni With these needs f'ltns 1 finn 1 There a re I 800 vo unteer workers in the Asbury Park L. O. representing JO different or gamrations consoi mated and to- orclinateil under L. h. who havp envpil llipmsp vp In I hp r.

pnnt I lianpA nf Ihls Drpat niTWram for our men for whom we have Hnn vorv 1 1 1 4 un i (ho nrnenn time." the letter continued ici us urn niahe imp same mis- lane we run aner ine lasi war, Mr. Hmes warned in his cnmniun- NF.WARK. of New ark area slaughterers, meat retailers and poultry men ill meet Jan 7 in the Robert Treat hotel to cast a final yes-or-no vote I I i the tvs nlerests" In th mailer minnignt tonight. Approve Transfer On recommendation of the city manager, council voted to cancel an unneeded appropriation of 000 for poor relief in the 1944 bud- i II LONDON. Sunday.

1.T1 The hopelessly outiiiinibcred and sin- 10111HIC11 iicrman garrison 111 a Russian mii icikIi l'. pcsis ii.ii 1 1. (ii si. cn maluni, killing Iwo licit army emissaries earning a white flag, and I he annihila inn of a group IR in ally estimated nearlv 100 men now is in final cow announced last night. The German rrfus.nl occurred Friday and Moscow announced C.t I I l.l'i I .1.

smashed into the eastern side of the rity for the first lime. Soviet' dispatches said they had linked up witn the western invasion me on Moscow also announced that tic 1 1 uni 1.1 1 uov ernment headed by Premier- (Jen Ilela Miklos had declared war inn (ierman.v. The declaration, is- isiicd hy a iccunc set up in De 1 get. transferring the funds to sur-j Today we have in our armed al one time by the Fischer Baking Ashury Park's share of the forces 12 000 000 men and women company and later as a guard at 000,000 earmarked for urban high- A permit was granted the As- wjth additional reinforcements sli1''' penilentiarv Trenton He ways in the Federal Aid Highway hury Park drapery shop, F.mory rPOnested bv the war department entered the service again Sept. 1, act of 1944.

recently signed by the street, to erect an outdoor sign. l0 replace heavy losses now being 194H and went overseas last March president, is New Jor-The Ocean hotel. 215 Asburv sustained on manv' SurvivinR. besides his wife. r'l'" share of the entire ropoi.

pH ipMr u.pp. t.i. -Thi. a luce-. ear-old daughter.

Donna 1000.000 apropnatinn. scheduled for IH'SKIVS Ills vs ill. i three vear-old riauchter, Diinna si in I .11 I nr 1 1 1 I aproprialion, scheduled for (1 (M lilt Hlllinil.lli.i. Sllilill.l iiiniiiiioi i 1 1 Fire Chief Rithtcr as un in Hired Mr. Allinger was knoiked down hy a car operated hv ll.iv mnnd I IPIfC IOKI IKllKT I.HPI lllrtl 7 Are Injured; Two From Beliuar Die In Europe; Asbury Park Man Missing on Flight Three more Shore men are dead, two missing and seven wounded according to war department announcements.

Families of the casualties have previously been sent all available information. The dead: Sgt. William H. Dean, 31. husband of Mrs.

Laura Kellers Dean, Kiver road. Belmar, killed in Hermans' Dec. 7. Sgt. Clifford Bloodgood.

27. son of Air. and Mrs. Willis Blondgood.l nnltimi- ill France Dec. 13.

Pfc. Arthur Verne Pittman, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis Pittman, Barnegat, killed in Gerininy Dec. 3.

Missing: Staff Sgt. Bert Cottrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cottrell, 1102 Asburv avenue. Asbury Park, aerial gunner on a B-17.

missing since Nov. 21 over Germany. Pvt. Adrian Patten, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Russell Patten, Adelphia. tail gunner on a Flying Fortress, missing on a mission over Ger-i man-held Italy Nov. 18. Wounded: Staff Sgt. Francisco A.

Truslia, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Trug-lia, 162 Wall street. West Long Branch: Sgt. Wilbur .1.

Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Thompson, 312 Ocean avenue, Lakewnod; Pfc.

Frank N. Weaver, son of Mr. Weaver, 90f Bond street. Asburv Park: Pfc. John H.

McMillan. husband of Mrs. Florence Mil- n- rTlT, (apt. Marvin F. liter, husband of Mrs.

Frances Ltter, 68 East Main street. Freehold; Pvt. Albert Ren- rechold; nott son of Mr and Mrs William nriiii.ii. B. i.

Vri. Kdward Briinner, R. D. Sorccant Dean, a member of the ha a ho infantry in Germany, finished a fonr-vear period of service with 11.0 at at Knit M.mmnuth six ago. He was emplnvod his parents and three sisters, ..,.,1,,..

Sergeant Bloodgood was a mem- w' I II 1 atW I s. armv lip l.tfl hppn 1 overseas since last Septemlier. go- mr 111. ,.1 1.11 Jan 17 1040. and went with company Mh ()f Npw j01.SPV Kov, nix.

with r.st drafted from aloa Sgt. Charles K. i was Killed in ranee on dpi: t. was as IZT" ntZ Washington and Kansas, 1PIP he went overseas He as unmarried and leaves i nainnu three, Dec. 2J, receiving his basic training at Camp Campbell.

Ky. Later he as nominated for an course at Ohio Stale university, but transferred to the infantry when the course was abol- ears old. is a graduate of Asburv i. i. i i nJ niii siiiihii.

mi- in the armv air corps in December. 1942. and as called to active duty Feb. 24. 1043 He received his basic See CSLALT1FS Page IP Ends Year which had been forfeited to the boro and they are again on the lax lists, and pa.v ing a share of the 'conditions, the collection rale ha hit a new high of HI 30 peiceul.

an increase of 4 .31 percent ov er last fe will close the vear with a general account cash balance of SOU. 510 20, plus $30,000 in war honds and $10 000 due from beach- frOIlt CCCt HI st 11 Ct lOll fllllds. A tOt.il fit S. It. .1 I "As a result of this prudent' management of the business of lho hum up H.ai mav be nossihe to incur the cost the heaihfmnt of Sepl.

14. ihe budge, for 194... ann vet kept, ine i'ia, lav raip down to a reasonable figure." In a companion statement read at the meeting Mayor John Rogers thanked his fellow rwirms and commissioner r.u gene n. for their co operation and support He also expressed gratitude to the boro citizens for "the constructive interest they have shown in the boro busi- ness ano io loe ooro employes uir i it JJ I 1 i Ihreren in rtrin Hungary niominentlv ves- make alterations and additions amounting to $20,000. providing they meet the approval of the city fire department.

Council will hold its first meet- rr ii, al. a to pass on a temporary budget. Boy Arrested After Entry ciimpn anai-H at thp Spapnat A. prtnptc nf llllr. Kppkpr a onv- Trust company, and prompt act.on -itv nntirf rPnllpH in h( nr.

rest last night nf Cleveland Wash- ip tt.p p-u inRion. io. oi avenue, a icvv moments aner ne broke Into the service station of units I woum ran necessiiaie an niriease 111 sieci pi lies 01 ill 8fi Mtho 400,000 woikcis in r. 'oinpanies are tne only ones at- iision may (Hill oilier ho C. I.

I nited Steel kcis have collective bargaining agree- ments O. I i.i. i A. after cost studies wound up with an estimate thai the boost f.n.l nitn 1 11 111 I ll.l 1 anH SRO (1(1(1 0(111 a Silppl mm. i r.

(, A difTirulty in figuring the cost he fart that the increases ap proved are not in the basic wae asked 17 cent. the steel workers asked 17 cents an h(lr inrrff in basic wage but 1 in tin. p0CV The main increase approved was 'See STKFL Page 1 1 Driscoll Warns II liars on I lours "II M. Mm I NEWARK. '-Pi- Implementing a plea In New Years celebrants to avoin iiangoveis nu miikih siow war production.

Alfred K. Driscoll. New Jersey alcoholic beverage control commissioner said ester-day his staff would he out in full force" to see that bars close at the legal hour. Driscoll said A B. C.

agents would apprehend any lirensee remaining open afler legal closing hours, or selling drinks lo any obviously intosicaled person Llccn- Announcement of the enforce n.pnt fnllnupil a nlpa h- llricpnll lis pptpl.ranl Ii. "lippi-. faith u-ith m.r n.pn vi.inip,. i i i iniemperaie icars reieora had been driving nort on Third; .1,,., In. .1.1 he ahnut two feet north of the cross walk line he saw a man.

dressed in dark clothes, crossing Thud avcniie tow aid the east side of tlic street. Mr Pierce Recording I he, stoiv he told police, pulled his car In the left to avoid striking Mr. lAttinger hut the iithl lieadliglil the car had struck him. knock "ie n' ni buhi- r. h() xrv r()P hv adminis tried first aid Mi.

Attiuger. uni nnsciniis. was taken In the hospital the West Long Branch ambulance the hospital it was said his condition i Theodore Shoheld at f.mory and ication. "and let us continue to Hov. and Willis.

ouo Lake avenues. provide a home for our own men. Jr wo Mrs. Marion nPn. 1 Mf rta fpa' Becker telephoned police head- where they will receive rehabil- vnp Wesl Belmar and Mrs Kr- is divulci on a ha is of e-quarters at 8 45 p.m.

that someone itat.on and readjustment by the ncst Johnson. Manasquan; and live lhh.d area, one-third for rural was the gas station and that it 'See ISO Pagell nephews in the armed forces, three allf) for mile- had been closed for the day much o( them overseas. He attended the a(jp sta. earlier in the evening. MVli li) Ol Belmar grammar school and Mana- favn.jnK slBtPS wilh Urge'areas A patrol car.

manned by Sgt squan high school. am small populations LeRoy Holloway and Patrolman I III l'll I Hll If Private Pittman was Inducted The states must contribute half wasgiave lie bad suffered a frac-1 ho quit seciinl.v Hungarians tine of the left leg. bad a com-'afler interi ugal ion. to be allowed pound fiactuie of the right leg. a in disperse to their homes and Iractiiie of the right wnsl.

a pos-; Germans, after the war. to return sihle fiactuie of the skull, possible I tn (iermany or any other counlrj concussion of the brain, rnnlusion they (Icsiie." nf the right eve and abrasions of Fond and medical aid were prom-face and hands troops The collision of Fire Chief Rich-' mn- ansu er it tnwl ail. rrnintis 11 hmir-glat-s shaped front and blasted areas the Germans have been iinnti g.Hneiiiig tin now 1I1IUSIS yh, Hum force, fr.ni nc th. nioailoiied thru flout along tn south of the German bulge to nearly 50 miles, struck west of Bas- r- "V', hi c.itencd to ul oil enemv arnini maneuvering grnunrt for von Itiindstedt three armies. Progi ess ol the new battle was not al once disclosed, nor was the time at which it broke.

supreme headquar ters had reported under the tlfi- hv ves. terday morning one Third army force drove into Moiiry. II miles nr MmllraM of Sl. Hll. American gar.

IM1 li)kl ilp Rasl0l.nP.hKp Millld and hold. nr forces I leht hi Itoi hefort nil Itllllrlslpilf 's WTstprnmnst WKSTF.RN FRONT Page 111 Allied Slinl ym i I I pi (Mil I Reporled Near LONDON i.l'. Reports that a shakeup of the Allied command tbe Western front as imminent torrlnv bv the London afternoon pi One military rniumrulatnr de. arr, nicial statement llcailtjiiartvi Silent ttn Command Shakvu SI I'lll MK IIIMiql ARTI RS. i l'i Supreme Allied hearitiuar- trr silent on published re ports that the winter setback at the front would result In a number of changes In command and nraanlalion, there serins In he no question but that Marshal Karl Gerd von Itiindstedt took the Allied hleh hv surprise as he threw In his (rent attack, especially at regards to Its sb.e and scope.

So far there has been no Information Issued hv the auprrma Allied command fixing Ihe. responsibility for the setback, noe has supreme headquarters per milled publication of any definite Information as to Ihe estent of Allied losses. This silence haa hern esplnlnrd hy officials a. necessary for security reasons while the battle Is still on. PVPrmK nf ihe re.

grouping of the Allied command nnn armies was expected shortlv. mibliration nf whieh with a definite imnrove. menl of the Allied position on th Western front, were without any olticial confirmation. The London press also carried reports from Washington that an American major general had been recalled from France and demoted, but not heraiise of the German counter-offensive. Despite the setback suffered hy the Allies In Relgiiim, there ap-neared tn be no disnositinn ber Tl.

RpokPsman indicated that i still the departments view. Reports in London papers lhat. an American major general had Paifi in(i a the war de- pdi i it ii'ii i an t-i nil in 1111111 uinlion "J' ly recllH from 1h, Announcement Helen E. Jones, M.D.. will open nlttees Jan 5nd 104.

at KIT 7t A. P. Oilire hours 2 to 4, ,7 fn a sunrfav hv mnnint. I Blue Moon Inn Happv New Years Eve parhf. Farmingdale.

N. J. jrlv ter's car and the ambulance lrfl'rf lhp (westi bank of the highway FI NDS Page 11'MT! "fder will lose their licenses, he added dated Thursdav. said thai Cerman.v. forced Hungary into the war 'against Russia, and "attacked and occupied mingai iviarrii i I 1 1 imposing a Nal regime on the counnv.

(IITrred Srciirltv Rus.ia ultimatum demanded miniediale iease-1'iie nidcrs on the p.ul of the t.erman commander in Budapest, and the surrender all and eiiuipmenl. II offered all, Danube at nimn, Dec 30. in willing brought by jour lepresenta-tives who must ride in automobiles bearing a white flag" "If you reject It conclud ed, "the troops of the Bed army and air force will begin operations for the annihilation of vour en-clrrled troops and all responsibil ity for their annihilation and also nll mnannaius win rest One Soviet office). Moscow in spite of his clearly visible white flag." was riddled by Get man ride and machinegun lire as he drove thru the suburb of Kispesl Friday Simultaneously, another Russian (See PI SSIA Page ID J' 1 -f on the impending Jan. 10.

Holiday." Morris H. Conn counsel; lie was sent overseas in Sep- 'he New Jersey Slaughterers' temher 1944. and bad since been association said yesterday. lavvarde dthe Purple Heart He was three meat industry or- a graduate of Bai negat high school aaimatinns would be represented i Cottrell Missing They were is assoriat ion, the New SeiKcant Cottrell. who is 20 (, ronverien mm apaiiuicnis "Considering the magnitude of r'lremen frnm Independent i ih.

cine romiiHiiy. first tn arrive both cars damaged They collided as the ambulance was racing Cast on Rrnadwav and the fire "H'eel They were responding to an alarm at Second and Garfield venues in a hiee-snrv riwe Itmc overflow pipe The building Is i 1 wlcel and steeling The chief's ear had damaged nl.mnrr an(i barl. 1 'V smashed grill wntk A. C. commissioner said shiokp niai n.tu ip.i.inr ine iiesiruciion oi nuoapesi anil is not the time to start a new year10 ilh any nt.pi'pc&u i-v ni u.

in. Barney Popok. was dispatched to the filling station thru a message, over police radio. The car hap- pened to be right around the corn- er and they caught Washington be- fore he had an opportunity to take anything. the police report states Washington had gained entrv to the station hv breaking a window.

police reported, and he was hooked on a charge of burglarly. Shofield also operates' a filling ct.ppt anrt SppnnH Police on Lookout For Hit-Hun Auto (Staff Correspondent) RED BANK Police thruout the county were on the lookout last night for a hit-run motorist who struck Peter (liorno, 43, 83 illow street, Fair Haven, at Monmouth street and the railroad crossing, leaving him unconscious in the street Tl Rivervlew hosDital where the ipiim a taken In the Red i Jersey Meat Retailers' association ami mr rvrmii and the New Jersey Ri Poultry associal ion. The three groups root ally all the civilian suppl in the area. Colin said. i ii i i.

Poultry association. The three groups control virtu-1 ally all the civilian supply of meat Bradley Beach ii I With Balance of $106,510 7 -hangovers. Driscoll added that VtnnUe licensees 111 Hose before the legal hour." unii 's. nseu d.v muni, i- oa ordinances thrunut New varv widely and in ine sc ary lnpl 8,1,1 ln some municipalities bars may remain "P''n nighl. ln Newark, where lrKal mvaiioaica a special ordinance nxing closing time as m.

rsew day. two organi 'ations wnicn represent most ot "lp l'iy licensees promised mem would not take advantage of usual schedules New Near da. and early shifts may find not only t-a 1 1, and Ii an fin hi nn if.li- em- "tCanlions Optimism Marks Vkl irl1 iigtl KinI Itciiiiion I'Dllll till it I IIOOI llf unilcH Point I'lca-ant Hov- in l)ilanl i.pcia! tn Ihe Snntiau Prr.j' POINT PI.FVSWT HPAf'lf t. ine iciininii oi iwo lormer mint school bovs on the vvcalher deck of a I hatlle wagon was effected on the after. noon of Dec II in the waters i iPoml Pleasant high school class of 41 worn bv one of the two sailors nTiT: Caruso.

Ar aliout when Emidio fa on of Mr. and Mrs A Arnold avenue shotted a fellow in a group of whose face seemed familiar But Caruso couldn't lie sine and wput no fur- and there it was on a finger nf Ye his left hand a Point Pleasant i. i i.i niKu nuni i.iss i -i Hsu miw 'he three-masted ship design that he remembered so well i 'en'd over 'Im .11 iisii. i inn I r.smii hlil 'd'l Olgll. 4.1 Mv dad a lailor in In.i.n il.iv.li ii, "Sure replied the other I'm Bill Hess fJraduated in '41 Fath- iimjiii ini in.

i. sister. Maris, is a adv marine. Mv orolrier a marine, too Thv received by his paients "ft -(. seaman, first class.

and Hess an aviation radio me- rhanic that of a vear ago, a report ny Com-1 boro expenses. As a result ot con- ther. Later in the day he saw the mr "h-iukim "mini peimiueti nv ink first aid ambulance it was missioner Albert II. Kirms. diree- tinuoiis pressure in the tax rollec- same sailor standing quite alone law- Most bars will close ohr.i,,.

'or of revenue and finance, at es- tion activities, aided by general Caruso edged a little closer tn him 'anly at 4 a they said. Rank hnJ nl( hlJ, nP wnicn might tiring Astrological Research society, said ln nueslinn Ihe ability of General "The war will wear itself out and 1 Kisenhow pr lo control the gradually into a period of lon occupation wherein Russia will he, ontirinallon Here the guardian of the peace ill Ku-j NSHINGTON. A prejs rope and Asia report in London that a shakeup Russia's top-flight foreign thp Alrr) eommand is impend-mentator. Ilva Ehrenburg. said uijlnE fn( no indication of con-a broadcast "We will finish oft the i fimiation here.

Germans this year we havei A spnkpsman recalled Secretary suffered too much to stop short ()f Wa. stlmson satPrT1Pnt Thurs-of Berlin." dav that it was too earlv to attempt Other predictions and car-end anv inrilvua blame foP statements: he flerman hreakthru in Relslnm The boro of Bradley Beach closed its records on 1944 with a balance nearly double terday sperial session revealed Included in the total of 510 20. Mr. Kirms reported, are 1 i $30,000 in war bonds and $10 (inti ilnp friiin bpachfrnnt rpconst rur tion funds. I ast vear the animmt on band ii ts.

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IV ill 1-4 women were burned to death in a fire which swept the two-storv mr iim ii -mi uir ivMi-iwi. packing ami shipping building of xut yesterday 1 hey were not immedi- ately identified, hut four women THE EAT HP" Ft Sundav, Dec. 31, 1944 Cloudy, warmer, with rain. (See F'age 2.) Dave lluins Orchestra Featuring Marv Dugan. vocalist, i ci I LtlllHlMO ill.

Ihl Ai.nrlalrd err.il The great, the near-great and ll.n mill It, 11,11 tttppt llllmlM11 in M1T fight- victory and peace, Concerning the war the Pari- IIC IVOOfll I. I HI HI Mill. IlllUfl- secretary war, declared; I have found nothing to support the can dispose of Japan in vhi.rl nn nnrp l.prmanv is defeat them Ihe hard way However, vice Adm. Marc A Mitscher. who heloed whin I he In two namr tit imp iMnhppine, sea, predicted from tparl tlarhnr'thaf "In another year ould have their navy prelty well cleaned up nevt sum- nesy seat be sitting on a de in ine em "Man In the Street" A representative "man in the street, Jim Goodman.

70-year-old rigar counterman, declared "Once Germany Is thru. Russia is going to help us go after Japan There II be more cigarets sold than: ever before." i A professional predider Nicholas deVore, president of thej way to work, but rrowded trans- Churches thruout the state will fai.ilili.a h. ,1., anil "i- wafch night services are planned mon a til. gar Arkett. New Jersey command er nf the Salvation Army, said his monin religious campaign iron me 1 New Ye ev New Jersey.

i I Ii a el vv a eve ZZ Nar day Th. S. wealher bureau, in a special nationwide forecast for the 'weekend, reported a "rather wide spread" precipitation area would cover east ward sect ions. II vpar up ni-mii ef for a tci ucrnflrip necessai hv thp hurrtranr The Rev Ralph NV Sockman Ipaslor of Park Avenues Christ irhurrh Methodist I in New Nork: I "The church must sustain the; himi ini We failed our soldiers Mler the last war bv believinc loo milch. Let beware lest we fall this lime by believing too little .1.

A. MUX. cnnirm.in. it oomu. inc imiiiii i.uiii- is that we are not producing war; goods fast enough to meet the ar- tual urgent demands of our Oarrvl F.

Zanuck, head Of Twen lieth Century Fox i "American films will play an im 1 n'of 9:, pPr thp ra iiw-a ti niises a inn ine itate and count ta'x rate, were in-, ceased. In the face of rising costs! and intTeasertbnro.cllv.lie.. we have saved 87 from the aim- cipaled tioro expenses, less 467 44 for increased expenses in oDoration of the beachfront artivi b' realized that this increase of beachfront expenses re suited in an increase of 22 'or in OPaco 'portant part in reeducation of the'mpnt tpi a niehls Make vour New Vear'i f.ve Thp Press Will Sol lie Published Tomorrow, Xew Year's Day world for peace." Henry P. Rusk, dean nf the Col- lege nf Agrirulture. I niversity of (See CAl'TIOl Page 1 1t reservation.

Tel Belmar 50. adv Largeat variety cigars and rsndv bars. Hills Drug. 700 Mattisnn. adv front 'n" tneir exceiien.

worK and inv aitv (lies Sa'es ommiss.oners Kirms and Low "We have sold at profitable enstein joined In the expresvinns prires, most o' the propertiesof gratitude. I.