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IN TWO PARTS PART I GENERAL NEWS ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME Largest Hom Delivered Circulation Largest Advertising Volume LIBERTY UNDER THE LAW TRUE INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM Times Office: 202 West First Street Los Angeles 53, Col. Times Telephone Number MAdison 2345 DAILY, FIVE CENTS VOL LXIH cc MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1944 mm DISCLOSE VDCTOMY 2000 Yank Planes Smash Heavy Rain, Hail and Snow Storm Lashes -City, Crippling Power Service 19 Jap Ships Sunk, 201 Enemy Planes Destroyed in Raid U.S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, Feb. 20. (P)United States carrier planes sank at least 19 Jap ships, probably sank seven more and destroyed 201 enemy planes and damaged more than 50 others at Truk, Adm.

Chester W. Nimitz reported today. Stiff Wind Blows Down Trees; Large Runoff in Foothills Follows 3.93-Inch Fall Here f. nut Snow and hail spread a blanket of white over almost all of Los Angeles yesterday the heaviest in 13 years, in a storm of lashing rain, wind and lightning that blew down trees, wrecked power lines and brought a heavy runoff of water in i Mil, 1 1 1 tt i CI the foothills. Punctuating a day of steady rain, a 10-minute hailstorm, accompanied by snow flurries in some sections, descended fc on the city at 4:30 p.m.

4 Punctuating a day of steady Nazi Cities Record Air Fleet Hits Reich After R.A.F. Pulverizes Leipzig LONDON, Feb. 21 (Monday.) 0J.E) R.A.F. bombers were over Germany last night, it was learned authoritatively. LONDON, Feb.

21 (Monday.) (U.E Two thousand American planes destroyed 25 per cent of Germany's fighter plane production yesterday, blasting six German cities and penetrating confused German fighter defenses to within sight of Berlin itself in the greatest daylight assault of the war. One of their targets was aircraft center which, the R.A.F. blasted Saturday night with tons of bombs. Last night there were coastal reports that the R.A.F. was again winging toward the Continent where air attacks had reached an unprecedented scale in the last 24 hours.

C'loe to Berlin United States Army European headquarters reported some I'nited States fighter pilots said thev were within sight of Ber rain, a 10-minute hailstorm, ac companied by snow flurries in some sections, descended on the i 1 1 1 i r. city at 4:30 p.m. Move Started to End Strike of Utility Workers The hailstones, some as large as good-sized peas, piled up on cars and in gutters, completely covering the streets. ,4 Our losses were only 17 planes lost and one ship "moderately damaged" in the two-day attack, Adm. Nimitz reported in his communique.

The initial approach of United States forces was not detected, the admiral said, and added "there was no enemy air opposition on the second day of the attack." That explains why American losses were so small in comparison with those of the Japs. List of Jap Ships Sunk Nimitz listed these enemy ships as sunk: Two light cruisers. Three destroyers. One ammunition ship. One seaplane tender.

Two oilers. Two gunboats. Eight cargo ships. Reported hit and probably sunk: One cruiser or large destroyer, two oilers and four cargo ships. No Larger Ships at Truk Adm.

Nimitz's failure to mention Jap carriers or battleships undoubtedly means the enemy had no ships of those classes at Truk at the time of the two-day raid, which started last Wednesday. Reconnaissance pictures taken Feb. 4 showed at least two carriers in the lagoon, but whether these were patrolling or ferrying badly needed materiel to Streetcars wore canopies of First steps toward settlement of the week-old strike of Water and Power Department, em white and in the hilly sections small "icebergs' of accumulated hail flowed down the streets in the runoff water of the previous ployees, which left hundreds of homes without electricity mainly due to unrepaired short circuits caused by the week-end storm. rain. Snow Mantles Lawns Lawns around public buildings the Civic Center and else' were taken yesterday after a conference between an A.F.L.

union group and a department representative-After meeting with H. A. Van where turned to white under 1 i A' Norman, general manager of the department, Ernest Taylor, i business manager for local B-18, I.B.E.W., issued the following Statement: Negotiations now are being their icy mantle, keeping the glistening coat until washed away by later rains. In the city the storm total rose to 3.93 inches by midnight last night Rainfall for the sea-8on to date is 12.31 inches, compared to 10.38 inches last year at this time and a normal rainfall of 10.09. Many sections of the city were in an enforced blackout as lightning and rain shorted out power lines, which went unrepaired because all mechanics and linemen held for an unofficial meeting with the Department of Water and Power commissioners to dis ,4 cuss a possible settlement." Van Xorman Insistent Van Norman, however, was firm in standing by a previous ultimatum that the strikers must return to work before the board Pictures of snow and flood conditions in yesterday's storm THIS IS UNUSUAL Snow flurries ond a violent1 10-minute hailstorm laid a white canopy over most of Los Angeles yesterday.

This scene was taken at First and Spring where snow and hail left a patchwork of "ice floes" on streets and City Hall lawn. will be found on Page 2. Part TimM phoro and Page 1. PartIL Most of Eniwetok Atoll Seized U.S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, Feb.

20. (Infantry and marine troops have landed on Eniwetok Island, captured the western half and now have seized all of Eniwetok atoll except the Jap base on Parry Island. Landings on Eniwetok made yesterday, were announced in a communique by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz who said "Casualties continue to be light." The marines already had seized Engebi Island with its important mile-long airfield and all other islands on the northern tip of the atoll.

Nimitz still has not reported the extent of resistance the 22nd Marines or 106th Infantry met on Engebi or are meeting on Eniwetok. of commissioners will consider rfny discussion of the existing differences. He said he met with a group of strikers yesterday at their request, and that Taylor asked Dermission to be present. If a U.S. Tanks Turn Tide of Rome Battle to Allies J.

B. Ely Enters President Race BOSTON, Feb. 20. (U.ft) Joseph R. former Governor of i mans for its extinction Associ group of strikers, or anyone else, wants to meet with the board.

Van Norman said that probably will be in order, but arbitration will be out of the question while the strike continues. Mayor: Bowron, who spent most of the day at the City Hall on strike matters, supported Van Norman's stand. "There is no relaxing from our i BY EDWARD KENNEDY ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NAPLES, Feb. 20. (American armored columns smashed lin during the daylight operations, and t'nited States bombers in raiding Tutow.

75 miles north of Berlin, were closer than ever before to the German capital. Allied fighters accompanying the United States bombers shot down 61 enemy fighters while Allied losses were 22 heavy bombers and four fighters, headquarters of the European theater announced, R.A.F. losses in the Leipzig raid were 79 planes a record. The enemy losses do not include planes shot down by the United States heavy bombers, which have not been determined, the announcement said. Biggest In History The cities struck in yesterday's record-breaking daylight blows at the vitals of German aircraft production included Oschersleben, Bernberg, Brunswick, Gotha and Tutow.

Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of the Army Air Forces, said in Washington last night that the raids were "the biggest United States air mission in history" and that the American losses must be considered light. 'Arnold's statement helped to lift the usual veil of secrecy that surrounds bombing operations and permitted European headquarters to reveal that more than 1000 heavy bombers and almost an equal number of fighters participated in the daylight drubbing of Nazi cities. If each bomber carried only a two-and-a-half-ton load it would have meant that 2000 tons were loosed on the German aircraft plants.

Arnold said that "more than 300 German fighter planes" had been destroyed or damaged by United States fighters which accompanied the bomber fleets, and that the number of enemy Turn to Page 6, Column 1 original position- and we are standinsr nat." the Mayor de clared. "There can be no media into the German flank today, and have driven two miles toward Carroceto in a fierce counterattack sprung after invasion beach head forces had blunted an all-out, reckless onslaught by nine Nazi divisions. Allied and Axis aircraft swarmed above the beach head, attacking opposing lines and opposing squadrons in maneuvers that were approaching record proportions until worsening weather limited their operations. Allied aircraft aloft ranged from Flying Fortresses to Cubs. German strength was equally evident, with packs of 30 to 40 of the Bureau of Power and Light are on strike.

Occupants of modern all-electric homes who use electrical power for heating as well as light and cooking were the hardest hit, many of them frantically seeking hotel accommodations. It was estimated by both the Police Department and the power bureau that the combination of the storm and the strike had left 65,000 homes in Los Angeles in darkness and that 5000 street lights in the city were out. Although union leaders released a few repairmen to take care of dangerous wires in streets, there was no restoration of service except, as in all emer-gpncies, to hospitals or defense Freak Accidents Two persons were injured in freak storm accidents. Struck by lightning via telephone was Jack F. Carlin, 43, of 5331 Third a supervisor for the Los Angeles Railway Co.

Carlin was using a company telephone on a pole at Fifth and Flower Sts. when lightning came through the instrument. He, managed to reach his car near by and then collapsed. Appar-i ently uninjured otherwise, he was taken to Georgia Street Receiving Hospital, where he was treated for shock. -j Miss Marjorie Swanson, 24, of 701 W.

35th Place, a paralytic, Turn to Page 2, Column 4 ated Press Correspondent Daniel De Luce said in a front dispatch written at 12:30 p.m. The mauled Germans relaxed the initiative, he reported, and the United States armored thrusts, biting into the eastern flank of the Nazi salient, gained "as much as three kilometers (two miles) in the direction of Carroceto." These blows by tanks and infantry began at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, and continued today, Thus the ground lost below Carroceto to the intense German charges was being recovered, and De Luce said the Germans may have lost so heavily "that another attack cannot be mounted on a similar scale." More than 500 prisoners have been taken in the last 24 hours, he added, and "German aggressive spirit faded in some spots Turn to Page 5, Column 5 some Jap outpost or are on other duty is a matter -of speculation. One assumption is the carriers might have been recalled to guard Tokyo itself. This is based on Radio Tokyo's repeated and insistent broadcasts that the Jap homeland itself is menaced by the new United States might in the Pacific.

Carrier pilots shot down 127 Jap planes in combat and destroyed 74 on the ground. They damaged more than 50 others which never were able to take off. Air Defense Knocked Out The admiral's simple statement, "there was no enemy air opposition on the second day," shows how complete was the destruction of the Jap air strength. Shore facilities on the principal islands, including airdrome i-unways and installations, were thoroughly bombed and strafed, the communique added. Adm.

Raymond A. Spruance commanded the operation and Adm. Marc A. Mitscher, former captain of the carrier Tarn to Page 2, Column 7 Massachusetts, tonight announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President in an acknowledged attempt to block a fourth term for President Roosevelt. The announcement was accompanied by a suggestion that'Jef-fersonian Democrats" nominate their own candidate if they are unsuccessful in forestalling President Roosevelt's nomination at the Democratic convention.

Long one of the foremost critics of the Roosevelt administration, Ely; is a stanch friend of former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York and placed Smith's name in nomination for the Democratic Presidential candidacy at the 1932 convention in Chicago. If his- delegates are, successful at the State primaries April 25, tion until the men go back to work." Storm Adds to' Troubles The strike of electrical workers, coupled with the week-end storm, left hundreds of families without electricity as no repairs were being made to storm-damaged lines and equipment except vital military or transportation purposes. A.

spokesman for the department said 1000 calls an hour were flooding the complaint board as the rain shorted out power lines all over the city. In Wilmington, raw sewage was being dumped direct into the bay because of the power failure on lines servicing the Mar Vista sewage treatment plant. This same power Turn to Page 2, Column 1 or mere enemy planes cutting into the crowded sky lanes. The tide of battle has turned, and "the beach head was never more secure than today" the date reportedly set by the Ger- Crewless Red Car Hits Auto JAPANESE ADMIT HEAVY LOSSES IN TRUK FIGHT Ely would control 31 of the 34 Massachusetts votes at the Democratic convention. and I res Two Pa sse rs MONDAY FEBRUARY 21, 1944 IN THE TIMES' TODAY THE WORLD'S WAR FRONTS PACIFIC Nineteen Japanese ships sunk and 201 enemy planes destroyed in United States carrier attack on Truk; Army bombers in new raids on Carolines and Marshalls.

Page 1. JiOXDOX Yanks throw 2000 planes at Reich aircraft plants in greatest American daylight bomber, attack of war. Page 1. RUSSIA Soviets capture 100 towns and approach Nazi positions at Dno and Pskov. Page 5.

ITALY United States tanks smash German flank in advance on Carroceto and, turn tide of beach head battle in favor of Allies. Page 1. THE CITY. City gets 3.9.1 Inches of rain with snow and hail in worst storm in 13 years. Page 1, Part 1.

Move started to end water and power strike as storm hits service. Page 1, Part I. Traffic claims lives of six. Page 2, Part II. Trials of; Charles Chaplin and.

codefendants scheduled to start today. Page 3, Part II. New industrial strides' predicted bv Chamber of Commerce. Page 14, Part II. Bound downtown from Hollywood, they stopped the car, without passengers, on the southbound track at Marion St.

and Sunset Blvd. to switch to the north track and return to Hollywood. The snow-clogged switch was stubborn, and both conductor and motorman got out to throw it. The car took off without them. It ran into the automobile five blocks farther on.

Mrs. Jenny Shcrpind, 36, visitor from Iowa, and Mrs. Marie Bridston, 40, of 1427. Monte Vista passengers in the automobile driven by Mrs. Bridston's brother, Otto J.

Senum of Pasadena, were treated at Georgia Street Hospital for leg abrasions and bruises. Senum was not injured. "Flash news! Flash news The imperial headquarters said the imperial army and naval of res in the Truk group attacked an enemy mobile unit which raided this area and routed the enemy force. "In this action two enemy cruisers, one of which was possibly a battleship, were sunk, and an aircraft carrier and one unidentified warship were damaged. "Our forres also shot down more than 54 enemy aircraft In this action.

"The Japanese losses in this action were two cruisers, three destroyers and 13 transports and also 120 aircraft. In addition some damages were incurred among the land Powered only by gravity, a Pacific Electric Hollywood Rlvd. car coasted away without its crew last night, struck an automobile, injuring two passengers, took two turns and sped through the Hill St. tunnel before it was halted at Temple St. In hot pursuit of what they believed to be a "hit-and-run" rriotorman, Traffic Officers G.

L. Restovich and G. L. Schotzheur overtook the runaway at the Subway Terminal where it was driven by the motorman of a following car. Meanwhile, Motorman Tom Owsian, W.

and Conductor Franz Kilian, 8971 W. 24th who followed the runaway to the Terminal on another "red car," were explaining how it all happened. BY THK UNITED PRESS Japanese imperial headquarters, in a communique issued today, admitted the loss of two cruisers, three destroyers. 13 transports and 120 aircraft in the American raid on Truk, as well as some damage to land installations. The communique, issued at 4 p.m.

Monday afternoon (Tokyo time.) claimed however that the "enemy mobile unit" which raided the Truk area had been routed by imperial army and naval forces which sank two American cruisers and damaged an aircraft carrier and an unidentified warship. The text of the broadcast, as recorded by the United Press in San Francisco a few minutes after it was Issued, follows: Tr. Eleanor R. Wentlbridge, psychologist, dies. Page 14, Part II.

Three Los Angeles Navy officers decorated. Page 2, Part II. WASHINGTON. Veto of tax bill indicated. Page 9, Part I.

GENERAL Former Gov. Ely of Massachusetts to seek Democratic nomination for President Page 1, Part I. Gallup poll majority frowns on unions' "make-work" policies. Page 9, Part I. THE WEST.

Knight quits G.O.P. Senate primary race and backs Houser. Page 8, Part I. Republican" year forecast by Stanford educator. Page 8, Part I.

THE WAR. Pages 1, 2, 4, 5 and 8. Part RADIO, Page 2, Part II. COMICS. Faore 12.

Part 1. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES. Pages 3, 6 and 7, Part II. PUZZLE. Page 12, Part I.

MOTION PICTURES AND THEATERS. Pages 10 and 11, Part I. DEATH NOTICES. Page 9, Part I. FULL, PAGE WAR MAP.

Page 3. Part 1. THE SOUTHLAND. State cannery school graduates first class, fage 2, Part II. SPORTS.

Times boxers await invasion of Chicago's Golden Gloves tournament. Page 8, Part II. Buck Weaver's 139 wins Palm Springs golf tourney. Page 8, Part REMEMBER THIS The good citizen moves naturally toward, not away from, the policeman. i.