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CLOUDY AND COLDER Vermont: Considerable cloudiness with a few snow flurries in the mountains and with slightly lower temperatures Friday. Saturday partly cloudy and moderately cold. For full weather report, see next to last page. My My My TifM will stay in this 1 1 war to th finish I tvary Arico VOL. 110.

NO. 5. BURLINGTON, VERMONT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1945. Oatsid Ttwwt Tea Onto PRICE FIVE CENTS mi. mm to prndiiil IWfes Tmiris 2 fflte Pa '0 Proctor Is Inaugurated Governor, Pledging To Further Strengthen And Revitalize State of Vermont He Maps Out 35-Point Program Covering A Broad Field Looking Toward Higher Ideals in Education, Welfare, Economics Vermont Press Bureau MONTPELIER, Jan.

4. Mortimer R. Proctor of Proc tor became the 64th governor in Vermont history today in representative's hall, pledging to "further strengthen and vitalize" Vermont in his inaugural message before a' joint 7 f' V- i i te- 1 assemDiy ana visitors wno iniea uie auditorium and gal leries to the limit. Rt. Rev.

G. F. Fisher New Archbishop Of Canterbury LONDON, Jan. 4. (ff) The Rt.

Rev. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Lord Bishop of London, an ex-schoolmaster who has hfd only a little more than 12 years of active clerical service, was nominated by King George VI tonight as the new archbishop of Canterbury and 98th primate of all England. Fisher, known for his tolerance and unconventionality and often called a non political bishop, was named to succeed Dr. William Temple, who died Oct. 26 after a heart attack.

Labor Attacks Byrnes' Mew ManpoverPolicy Senate and House Members Protest Culling of Farm Youth One Union Paper Says Byrnes Acts Like Bull in China Shop WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (AP) James F. Byrnes' proposed new, tough manpower policy tonight evoked a cascade of protest in labor cir cles and on Capitol Hill. Unioa publications sharply cri.

uviiea me -var moDiuzer oro- i xi posal to draft 4-F's for war jobs. Members of house and senate levelled their attack on the order to screen young farm workers again for possible military service. A labor contention that there is no shortage of workers for war-supporting civilian tasks collided sharply, however, with statements of war manpower commission officials in various states who spoke of "serious" and "acute" shortages. Denies Labor Shortage The publication "labor," organ of the Railroad Brotherhoods, accused Byrnes of acting like "a bull in a china shop." It said a confidential memorandum circulated in one of the war agencies denied there is a shortage. The AFL weekly news service assailed methods "to dragoon manpower." Senator Kilgore (D-WVa) hinted that he Had in mind at different approach than that adopted by THE NEW BISHOP OF BURLINGTON, the Most Rev.

Edward F. Ryan. The above picture shows him wearing the miter after his consecration at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Boston. He will formally assume his new duties Feb. 7.

Jap Shipping Around Luzon Takes Beating 35 Ships Are Sunk Or Damaged Big Transport Is Hit Official Silence Screens Attack On Formosa, Okinawa By JIM HUTCHESON GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, PHILIP PINES, Jan. 5 (Friday) vital Japanese shipping around Luzon, main Philippines' islandr took a body blow from American bombing and attack planes the first three days of 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur disclosed today. The headquarters communique announced' sinking or damaging of 35 ships at Subic bay and in Lin-gayen gulf Jan. 2 and 3.

Yesterday MacArthur reported 25 ships sunk or damaged in the same general area Jan. 1. In the latest raid an enemy transport of 9,000 to 12,000 tons was among ships hit. A headquarters spokesman said 15 transports or freighters were definitely destroyed and another 10 damaged. The transports and freighters alone aggregated 57,000 tons.

Among the remaining 10 ships, a seaplane carrier of unspecified size was damaged or possibly sunk in the San Fernando area on the fringe of Lingayen gulf-Japs' Strike Back While the enemy shipping was being reduced, the Japanese struck back with five air raids the night of Jan. 2 on the American airfield and shipping installations on Mindoro island, south of Luzon, inflicting damage which the com munique did not report in detail. Yank ack-ack accounted for three of the enemy planes. Reduction of Japan's air center at Clark field, 75 miles northwest of Manila, continued, the Yank bombers this time destroying 20 enemy fighters caught aground. There was no interception.

Continue Formosa Attack U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Jan. 4. UPl Official silence screening the American carrier plane attack on Formosa and Okinawa islands guarding Japan's southern flank was lifted briefly today to announce that the assault extended into the second dav but that details still were not available.

A navy communique said the car rier borne typhoon which hit the enemy strongholds Tuesday con tinued to sweep the two islands the following day. "Details of this strike and that of the previous day are not yet available," said the brief announcement. 40 Superfortresses Raid Bangkok, Thailand WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (JH Once again Gen.

H. IL Arnold's mighty B-29s have treated the Japanese Empire outposts and home land to a stunning one-two punch A delayed communique from the war department told today of a surprise raid on Bangkok. Thail- and, by about 40 superfortresses Mapping out a 35-point program in a 57-minute address, the new governor laid out suggestions in many fields to "improve our economic situation, provide high standards in education, modernize our care of the unfortunate, broad en the scope of our health pro gram, and provide greater oppor tunity and security." The 55-year-old executive, who follows his father and grandfather in holding the top state office, spoke clearly and rapidly to an attentive audience which applauded resoundingly at the conclusion aft er listening in silence. Wills Reviews Administration This morning William H. Wills gave his final message to a crowd ed house, reviewing his four-year administration in which Vermont was fitted for a state of war, and made many recommendations to the legislature.

Sworn in by Moulton Proctor was sworn in by Chief Justice Sherman R. Moulton, who, together with other justices of the Supreme Court, filed in after the Senate and assumed their places near the rostrum. Please turn to Page 2, Col. 8 Governor Wills Closes Books On 4-Year Admn. Calls Attention to Money Reserves on Hand of $5,159,000 Special to the Free Presg MONTPELIER, Jan.

4. I i i li. I voy. morrimer r. rrocror News of Our Losses in Ardennes Battle Delayed, WASHINGTON, Jan.

4. () Sec retary of War Stirnson said today that "it will be some time before an accurate record" of American losses in men and materiel in the Ardennes battle can be established. He told a news conference that an accurate statement of total cas ualties resulting from the German breakthrough had not yet been received from allied supreme headquarters. His explanation was this: When casualties remain within your own lines the problem is not too difficult except during landing operations in the dark where there is usually great confusion as to the whereabouts of individuals, but in a retirement the problem is made exceedingly difficult for the company and regimental officers on whom the battle depends." In making his weekly announce ment on overall casualties for the army in ajU theatres, Stirnson plained that the figures did not reflect casualties sustained during the Ardennes struggle. Casualties reported through Dec.

21 (thereusually is about a three-week interval between the actual time of casualties and their statis tical report) totalled 556,352, an in crease of 8,529 for one week. The navy's total was 81,787, a rise of Fury of Yanks' Attack Matches The Elements Third Army Doesn't Budge an Inch Under Enemy Blows Then Lashes Out To Both East and West of Bastogne By AUSTIN BEALMEAR PARIS, Jan. 4. (AP) U. S.

first army armor and infantry struck through a raging blizzard today on a 17-mile front, grinding out gains up to three and a half miles which put them scarcely 12 miles from where the third army was hammering back an enemy onslaught led by 100 tanks. (Berlin broadcasts said British tanks and the U. S. ninth army had joined the offensive on the north, and the U. S.

seventh entered the struggle from the south, indicating Gen. Eisenhower was throwing such powerful forces into the battle that he had abandoned his winter drive into Germany.) Belgian Towns Engulfed The fury of the doughboy attack matched the fury of the elements. Three Belgian towns were engulfed at least six others were entered. and the battle to drive the enemy from Belgium for the second time in four months was breaking inside the main German northern de fenses. T-- On the south, the third army stood up under great enemy blows without losing an inch of then lashed out with half-mile gains both east and west of Bastogne which cut to three and a half miles, the neck of a five-mile deep box between Bastogne and Wiltz 10 miles to the east.

Artillery Slaughters Foe American artillery fire was bursting in the ranks of the Germans massed within the box, and dazed prisoners emerging from this mountainous inferno in northern Luxembourg told of company casualties as high as 75 per cent. The enemy lines at the tip of the Belgian triangle were giving way, the village of Bure, four miles southeast of Rochefort, was overrun, and a field dispatch said the enemy appeared to be pulling out of his dearly-won apex run ning westward from Bastogne. Enemy Armor Scarce There was little sign of enemy armor anywhere west of a line running north from Bastogne, and allied forces driving in northwest between Marche and Rochefort found the Germans were pulling back. Please turn to Page 7, Col. 5 Swiss Say Country Endangered by U.S.

Move BERN, Jan. 4. (JP) Switzerland took the view tonight following a Washington announcement that she has been cut off from supplies. that, the United States, in effect, sought to force her to become a weapon against Germany. A Swiss government spokesman said his country's existence has been endangered by the United States move, which.

Washington sources said was brought about by too much Swiss economic -help for the Nazis. The conservative Swiss newspaper Bund said Switzerland would "definitely refuse to accept demands of any nature." Plumley Says Rankin Resolution 'III Advised' WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. UPl Rep. Plumley (R-Vt) today described the Rankin resolution establishing the so-called Dies committee as a permanent house committee as "HI advised, out of time and ill considered." QUICKIES By Ken Reynolds 1 "Your idea of using Free Press" Classified Ads has cleaned our store to the walls now maybe you can suggest a Want Ad that will put us back in business again!" sj-J ft U.

5. Should Form Definite Policy Says British Press By JAMES F. KING LONDON, Jan. 4. UPt Sections of the British press, challenging A uvmencan critics oi iritisn foreign policy, especially in Greece and Poland, asserted today that the umiea states snouia iorm a more r3firiA 4-1 uviiiint yjjn.y UJ.

ii UWI1 Jdllltl Two weekly Ji RpavprhrnnVc rnnin rt publications Nagoya, Japan's 3rd Largest City Is Set Ablaze WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. Uf) American superfortresses have left Japan's third largest city, Nagoya, smouldering and bornb-cratered and also have lashed out again at the BangkQk area. The Thailand raid, which struck Japanese communications on Tuesday, was announced by the war department today in a delayed communique.

The Saipan-based B-29s kindled large fires and attained good results, the war department announced, when they ripped into Nagoya yesterday for the fourth time. Nazis Attempt To Relieve Budapest 6 Armored Divisions, Infantry Divisions Hurled Into Action By W. H. HERCHER LONDON, Friday Jan. 5.

(fl-Six German armored divisions, "sev eral" infantry divisions and strong units of the Luftwaffe have been hurled at Russian forces in north western Hungary in an attempt to relieve the Nazi garrison trapped in beleagured Budapest, Moscow announced last night. The Soviet report indicated that the German counterattacks have developed into massive clashes of armor and airpower somewhere between the Hungarian capital and the borders of Austria on the east and Czechoslovakia on the north. Soviet communique broad cast from Moscow did not state where the German attacks were made or what points the German advances, if any, had reached. In one clash on the south bank of the Danube yesterday, an early morning report from the Soviet capital said, more than 1,500 Crer-mans were slain and 53 tanks and mobile guns, 16 armored troop car riers and 50 trucks were destroyed, Lunges Repulsed The communique claimed that the Nazi lunges toward Budapest all had been repulsed with sim ilarly heavy losses. On Wednesday alone, 78 German tanks were disabled or destroyed in this sector and 58 enemy planes were shot down, the Soviet bulletin said a suggestion that the Luftwaffe was being used, in greater force northwest of Budapest than it has been elsewhere against the Russians in months.

The grim reduction of the Hungarian capital continued. Moscow announced the capture of another 277 blocks of buildings, giving them control of a total of more than 1,300. Gripsholm To Carry More Exchange Prisoners VV V3ITXlt 1 till. 1. Mil Alic Swedish steamer Gripsholm is expected to sail from New York Saturday carrying out another ex change of sick and seriously wounded war prisoners with Germany.

Announcing the plan tonight, the state and war departments said a number of German civilians in United States custody and a num ber from Mexico, also will be ex changed for United States nation- als and nationals of certain other rinv rir I reSLKJSSinU CHICAGO, Jan. 4. Montgom ery Ward and company today accused the army of "trespassing" and going beyond what it called "the president's illegal order of seizure" in operation of company properties in seven cites seized a week ago. stamps, tightening up in the draft, and tne freezing of civilian produc tion. To Cover All 1945 Waring's telegram released by the ATA office here said the order was expected to cover all 1945.

During 1944, many conventions were cancelled or postponed in re sponse to requests of the office of defense transportation. Waring, a former commander of the American legion and now pres ident of the Memphis street rail ways, declared for the transit as sociation: "We are prepared to bow to the judgment of those who command the facts and knowledge of the urgency in behalf of the war ef fort which such an act on your part surely represents." 3 iiiiam xi. nis loaavithan hit at others andry suSestea as a tem closed the books on his four- year tenure Of Office as gOV-standard snapped back at com- ernor of Vermont with a re-ments om American port to the newly general assembly COVerine.it called attempts of "American Pubkcists to indulge themselves to again cull the Thus the grand total was Believe New Nazi Weapons Will Set Back War Month By THOMAS F. HAWKINS BERN, Jan. 4.

W) Information from inside Germany, discounting Nazi propaganda, indicates that German armies equipped with a series of new weapons must be reckoned a fighting force capable of continued effective resistance perhaps for many months. Moreover, the Nazis apparently believe they can still win the war' by taking advantage of. allied mistakes and difficulties. German Strength Reports dealing with the German military situation, and use of secret weapons coming from a half dozen independent sources in the Reich stress these factors: While'a fluke might end the war tomorrow, or a new allied offensive might quickly smash massing Nazi forces, it appears (1) that the Germans have sufficient gasoline to carry out present battle plan; (2) new secret weapons are being turned out steadily in underground factories, and (3) troop reinforcements are still available in large quantity. It is difficult to determine the degree these informants have un consciously absorbed Nazi propa ganda, but they are in a position to be well informed and proved reliable in the past.

Observers Berlin are convinced the Nazis had far greater underground stores of gasoline than the allies iaelieved. Synthetic gasoline is still being manufactured, and the Germans need far less fuel for their operations than in the days when the Luftwaffe went out steadily. One German said of the Luftwaffe, "we now go into action only after good' scouting and intelligence reports indicate it will be worthwhile." These informants believe firmly that ''V-weapons," being turned out in underground factories in Czechoslovakia as well as in 'the Reich, now number up to ten. They say a new airplane, ready for use, is shot up from the ground a rocket. St.

Lawrence Project Bill Is Introduced WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. UD Leg islation providing for completion of the St. Lawrence river waterway was introduced today by Rep.

Pit- tenger (K-llmn). His bill calls for construction work as outlined in an agree ment between the United States and Canada. It provides that the New York state power authority pay the government $93,375,000 for power ngnis. Vermont Senators' Committee Assignments WASHINGTON. Jan.

4. 0B New England Republican senators, some of, whom already hold top committee posts, added to their prestige today with announcement countries who have iai ieasi xneQ to assume their full measure of responsibility towards other nations." Slaps Critics of The Tribute took to task also what it rbimoH by some American commentators draft of their yuth- telegrams that Russia wac streets are "clogged ud" with which roared out of India American countries. While the smoke of this blow stilllrT Tr a was blowing skyward, Saipan-bas-jV fjrd Co. AcCUSeS ed superf orts smashed at Nagoya, a muu idigoi tuj aim nuiuc of giant aircraft factories The daylight punch at the Thailand capital produced "excellent results," returning pilots reported. Fighter opposition was described as "weak" and, anti-aircraft fire meagre to inaccurate." Radio Program on Page 12.

porary measure tnat 4-irs be put in uniform and replace thousands of civilian army and navy employes to halt what he termed "a wasting of manpower." The Byrnes order for draft 364,000 farm workers 18 through 25 years oi age to weed out the unneeded for a uniform was hit in both the senate and house. Senator Thomas (D-Okla) received from a half dozen warmers of his state a protest against the soldiers and sailors. Few Available In Northeast Senator Aiken (R-Vt) asserted that the new screening will yield very few men in the northeast. The farm labor situation now is "tighter than ever," he contended. Rep.

Arnold (R-Mo) said that the farmers would be unable to feed the nation if they are pressed further because they are uf agauisi ii now. ne said selective service ought to comb "of fices and desk. jobs for men" instead. Please turn to Page 7, Col. 6 WASHINGTON, Jan.

4. UPl Drastic tightening of production controls to assure essential supplies of moderate and low-priced clothing was forecast tonight with emphesis on protection" of inexpensive and medium-priced children's wear. Record-Smashing Were $21 ,621 ,000,000 Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, announcing the final results at a special news conference, said final sales of "the people's war bond were $2,868,000,000. This was not a new record but it was more than many treasury officials had dared to hope. The "Sixth" was not only the first Yule season drive, but it marked the first time three drives had been held in one year.

No exact figures were ready on saies to maiviauais ana, corpora tions. But Morgenthau said individual sales were about nearly a billion dollars above the individual quota of $5,000,000,000. his stewardship during: the State's most critical wartime penuu. The retiring governor expressed his appreciation to the "people of Vermont" and their elected repre- sentatives for their "finest co op- eration," reviewed the work of de- partments of governments? trie' various war born agencies and pointed with modest pride to the fiscal picture, which shows reserves on hand of $5,159,000. In addition, his report showed approximately $11,000,000 in the unemployment compensation fund which he described as a "backlog of funds" which will "help us meet the period of reconstruction by furnishing jobs" and helping to "cushion any extended period of unemployment." Many Suggestions Gov.

Wills also made no less than a score of suggestions or recommendations which he hopefully called to the attention of the legislators. Specifically, these were: An appropriation to carry on the work of the "governor's committee on veterans' affairs" and its full-time secretary: Amend laws to Dermit returned veterans to benefit fully from pro- visions oi the GI of rights pertaining to securing of loans from state financial institutions: State Guard Camp maKing by statute the state guard camp at Colchester a per manent memorial to the late Gen. Herbert T. Johnson by nam- i i. it amp Johnson; Please turn to Page 13, Col.

5 U. S. Bombers Blast The Brenner Pass LONDON, Jan. 4. W) bombers based in Italy, going 'into action for the first time in five days, blasted the Brenner pass and communications in northern Italy today, but snow and fog enveloping the western front held back al lied airpower based in Britain and on the continent.

638,139. Germans Have More Planes Than on D-Day SUPREME HEADQUAR TERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Paris, Jan. 4. UPt Ger many, despite heavy losses, has more warplanes today than when the allies landed in Normandy, but her pilots now are inadeauately trained because of fuel shortages and are less to be feared than the enemy's terrific anti aircraft gun defenses, high American air force officers told correspondents today. Bad plus the fact that there is only half as much daylight on the western front now.

as on D-day, prevented adequate air reconnaissance of German preparations for the great offensive into Belgium and Luxembourg last month, the air officers explained in a general review of the past year. Attending the conference -were nine American -air generals, includ ing Lieut. Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander of U. S.

strategic air forces in Europe; Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, commander of the eighth air force; Maj. Gen.

Hoyt S. commander of the ninth air force, and Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce, commander of the first tactical air force. Charlie Chaplin Case Ends in Mistrial XOS ANGELES.

Jan. 4. (l The Charles Chaplin case ended today in a -istrial. Still in doubt, and left for possible reconsideration, some months is the question which provided 13 court days of sensational testimony and. vitriolic argument: Is the 55-year-old comedian-pro ducer the father of Joan Berry's Ban on National Conventions Appears punches" on the eastern front.

ftussia, it saia, "is engaging her forces in Hungary on as great a scale as Britain and America on the western front." The politically conservative weekly Spectator called for an end to trans Atlantic "bickering," said some things about the United States could be justly criticized and appealed to Americans "to pause and consider' how indispensable in the present and in any visible future phase of the world's evolution our two countries are to one another." Throughout its long article the Spectator repeated, "what does America want?" WASHINGTON, UP) The navy asked congress today for a billion and a half dollars "to keep pace with a vastly expanding operation program." Total Sales in the 6th War Loan Drive WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (tf) Total sales in the record-smashing sixth war loan drive were announced today as $21,621,000,000 This is a billion dollars above the the previous all-time world financing record of $20,639,000,000 established in the fifth war' loan last summer. The nation in its first Christmas season bond drive took the theme, "The war's not over yet," and piled up one and a half times the quota of 14 billion dollars. E-Bonds Oversubscribed The hard-to-get quota of for series E-Bonds was also over subscribed.

As Next Move in Tightening War Effort NEW YORK, Jan. 4. A ban on national conventions appeared today as the next move in tightening up the war effort. Such an order was anticiDated by the American transit association, whose president, Col. Roane Waring of Memphis, sent to War Mobilization Director Byrnes a tele gram offering cooperation in such a move.

The telegram to Byrnes said the ATA was "informoi that your office Is contemplating a ban on all national conventions for, the current calendar year." i The expected directive, intended to ease some of the burden on the nation's transportation systems, would become another in the series that has marked the turn of the year: an end to racing, cancella tion of many outstanding ration of assignments for the 79th congress. Among the assignments: Aiken of Vermont: Agriculture and forestry, civil service, education and labor, expenditures in executive departments, and pensions. Austin of Vermont: Foreign relations, interstate commerce, military affairs, and territories and affairs..