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JROUND ABOUT TOWN Let love be wit'aout dissimulation. Abhor Umt which is evil; cleave to that which Is 12-9. Good- men can more easily see through, bndmen than the latter ran Hie former Company A of the Texas state Guard'will meet tonight at 7:30, Woolen uniforms should be worn, and all members should wear the new "Tex" insignia on caps and blouses, according to capt. Ij. H.

Ijigon. Npn-coms are requested: to bring their old issue of pf111'Regu- lations nnd exchange for a later issue. Members arc urged to begin the new year by attending this Tuesday night meeting, and ligon asked that every- member make a special effort to attend every meet- Si ing during 1045. Roundabouting in January, 189G! J. R.

Christnl and wife sold 5 acres of the Puchalski survey in the City, of Denton at a consideration of W. Langlcy sold to Martha J. -Thatcher 5 acres of the R. Vaughan survey, consideration. licenses were issued lo J.

B. Thomas nnd Miss Alice Sullivan and Miss L. B. was selling nt from 5 lo cents per pound. seed were bringing $8 per County National Bank loans nnd were $12,642.02.

to Mr. nnd Mrs. J. W. py, Stony, boy; also to Mr.

and' Mrs. Robert Chitwood, a George Knowies nnd Will Ready of Gribble Springs have moved to Stover of Little Elm has been spending the week with friends nl and Mrs. M. B. Holt.

Mr. and Mrs. Wed Beall, Gus and Robert Beall. all of Fort Woi'lh, spent Christinas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.

M. A. Beall at S. J. Gober of Sangcr was in Denton J.

T. Chambers of Sangcr vlsllcd friends in Denton County A. Tallaferro was in Dallas the latter part of Ihe Euln Finer is spend- "fi ing thd holidays with home J. Stroud of Denlson visited his mother and family last C. Storric and family visited relatives in Dallas during the holidays.

i Grant, who is teaching in Collin 'county, is visiting in Denton this and Mrs. J. D. 4 "Park's ellwrtained a number of young Tuesday night. All report an enjoyable B.

Bandy went to Dallas Ada Davis of Pilot Point is visit- DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE VOL. XUl NO, 121 DENTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFrERNOON, JANUARY 2, 1945 Associated Press Leased SIX PAGES- GAIN TWO MILES IN NAZI BULGE By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor, Squadrons of U. planes leaking their iirst strong double-strike at Luzon Island where the decisive IwtUcs-of the; Philip pines will be fought; blew up a Japanese train and probably sank eight enemy ships; including three warcrait. Polish Qu One of A 'Tl has Polish long been one of Hie delicate prob- lews of the Bi itlsh-Rusbfoji-A' can the new a nobody knows where lo land It looks as though bomb. the'po! lish national committee, of liberation Lublin may have achieved by breaking with the exile Polish The successful attacks revealed I In London and pioclalming Itself apparent Japanese preparations to meet an expected Invasion of Luzon or to strike at nearby Mindoro Island where Tokyo radio has said, Americans were bringing in reinforcements.

Now ship arrivals avid 'the ward movement, of ammunition trains emphasized a Pacific fleet comment that Japanese leaders "know Ihey must not lose" the battle of the Philippines. U. S. bomber.s and attack planes caught, tho ships In Llngayeii Gulf, vhe original Japanese invasion route 150 miles north of'Manila. They left three large freighter-transports, two small freighters nnd three escorting warships sinking.

Ou- southwestern across a narrow waler channel from Mindoro. SO Marine Corsairs attacked four ammunition trains. One was blown up and three damaged. Twenty locomotives were attacked in Ihe same area. Nipponese planes raided Mindoro while U.

S. air forces dam-, aged five Japanese vessels'in raids reaching from tile Dutch Indies to the provisional government of.lib- erated Poland. The Lublin committee is. of course, working with the blessings of the Soviet government and will have presented the world with a sturdy fait-kccornpli if Moscow recognizes the provisional government, as is generally anticipated. 'However, the most intriguing aspect of as I see it rests, in another'contingency.

Supposing that coincidental with' the Lublrn committee' move" the' Red army launches its long awall'ed offensive against Uie line and starts pushing tlic Germans back out of- It must be assumed that the Lublin committee would take over Polish territory as fast as It was liberated and organize it under the new provisional government, This would mean that the Lublin government would be In control of all Polish territory west of the Curzon aste on dbic on. uitarv Trainin GERMAN AGENTS folWpQ FROM SUB LOJie es By WILLIAM V. ARBOGAST Jan. (IP) Republican Leader Joe Mar- I tlit warned against "hasty action in the face of administration plans for enacting a universal peacetime draft law this compulsory military train- ing 1 legislation and revision sh'oultl wait until afler the fall of Gerniany, Martin indicated in reviewing for' reporters his ideas of what tlie new Congress convening Wednesday should lake up. 'T don't think there is any reason to be stampeded Into a hnsty.dej- Martin said.

"A peacetime draft cannot become effective until after the war, and it should receive mature consideration." "Perhaps." he added, "the boys coining back will want, to havi? something lo say about it." President Roosevelt has said he. would like to see a universal draft bill 'passed this winter, and ChairV man May (D-Ky.) has announced the House military committee would stirt hearings this month. the Army and Navy reportedly have urged early congressional consideration. Due to Come Up VMartin emphasized that he was not opposed' to compulsory peacetime training nnd believed tyiHi" be ordered, 'At the same time, Speaker Ray; burn of Texas lold reporters he the peacetime draft was certain to come before the new wei lino as SOCM as tlie Germans were Congress although he did not think -evicted. b( Then what would opponents of considered.

such a settlement of the Polish Martin pledged the cooperation of 'question do about it? Possession, the 190 House Republicans on leg- It'would be one of Uic first things To Begin Work Here Wednesday Both North TexasTeachers College and T. C. W. will resume classvork Wednesday morning after a Christmas -vacation since Dec. 15.

Many hundred of students are due lo arrive this afternoon and during the night. Regular closswork will continue nt Teachers College until Jan. 23 nnd final examinations for the semester will to held Jan. 23-26, nnd (lie latter day will mark the end of the term. A.

one-day registration is set for Jan. 29 for the spring semester. "Study week" preceding examinations at T. S. C.

W. is set. from Jan. 18 lo 20 and the examinations from Jan. 20 through Feb.

3. which marks the formal close of the term. Registration for the spring semester will be held Feb. 5 and 6 and class- work will begin Feb. 7.

Strange "Balls oi Fire" Keep Yank's Guessing About JSciv Nazi Weapon A U. S. NIGHT FIGHTER BASE, France, Jan, 2. American fighter pilots engaged In flying night Intruder missions over Germany report the Nazis have come up wllh new "secret mysterious "bolls of fire" which race along beside their planes for niiles Ilko will o' the wisps. Yank pilots hnvo dubbed them "foo and at first thought they might explode, but so far there is no Indication that any planes damaged by them.

pilots have expressed belief that the "foo fighter" was designed strictly ns a psychological weapon. Intelligence reports'seem to indicate it Is radio-controlled from Ihe ground and can keep pace with planes flying 300 miles per hour. Lieut. Donald Meiers of Chclago, Bombers Blast German Troops fly along nt wing Up; a vertical row or three balls of fire which fly In front of ine planes, 'and a group of about 15 lights which follow the plane tit distance, flickering oh oir. Main Drive To North Of Bastogne Germans Believed Moving Armor Out Of Belgian Bulge May Bo Interference By, i AMES M.

PARIS, Jan. The U. Third Army advanced two more miles into the south side of the Belgian b.ulge in heavy pressure at- there were indications today that the Germans were extricating what armor they could from the 'flaming cauidron. Tho Ninth Air Force attacked one German troop column definitely reported moving east In the St. Vlth area near the base of the German Wedge and another column of 100 vehicles Including tanks and other armor, was bombed and strafed near Iwo Jma, southern outpost of Tokyo know, is nine points of the law.

Islation directly connected with the which was hit for the 24th con- in any event, the Anglo-American warj commenting that there would' members of the big three still will be many other things to fight about, have to'declare their attitudes must cut spending and ap- secutive day. Koiso Cautions Japancso Premier Gen. Kuninki Koiso warned the Japanese thai they musl look forward to increasing air raids iltles" as the with "greater Erich Gimpcl, top, Germrm citizen, and William Curtts Colo- paujjh. bottom, discharged U. S.

Navy vcterrm, who nro buing held by the FBI ns German spies. They are accused of landing in this country from a Germfm submnrlne. (NEA Tclephoto-) Held rcporU estimated the Germans had lost 363 planes yesterday in their hcnvy air blows on the West- Front. 'An Air Force officer in tielgiiini said reports from all parts of the i i i colored an n.io wis no definite repori which way tho second column was moving but the size of the armored force Field Marshal von Hundstedt had in the relatively small salient glowing globes might mnde lt seem unrcasonn blfi that he was sending in more tanks and Just Uon well be added elements In attempts NEW YORK, Jan. ward the Lublin committee action, propriatlng as deeply a-nd as sharp-, Qf Naz acellts i nel i Arrest Seine questions that have been asked about the banquet of the Setter Pointer Club at the Eagle Gate, Friday -night at 7 o'clock.

Do I have to own a bird- dog to be a member? The answer is "No." no have to bring a quail for my dinner? Again, the answer is There will be several of the boys who won't have quail, but a friend there may have two or three and willing to divide. Mrs. Marlon McQcc, Marion Me- ed, "the road to Tokyo is rough In 1944 by Americans ana long The hardest battles, hi the Pacific war are still to come." Current reports of land fighting I WASHINGTON, Jan. ing Miss Hnzzic ater dIfflcu kus Dewilt of Illllsboro visited Den- fr friends this Head of Ardmore spent-Christmas with I A Pacific fleet aienton rjpmtfi II. wltli" ntost.

of outer "strorig- enrorl, assisted by Mrs. O. Gra- 1 )okls to impotence or ham Mrs. W. G.

Burton, ashcs the home islands are now Frank Edwnrds, Misses Dolly Long, opcn to attack by naval task forces Ruby Gnnn, Ruby Chilton nnd ns well ns bombers. But, it caution- Clara Hnnri, will receive from 2 to o'clock p. m. January 1, 1897. AH friends your produce lo and buy your groceries from Polter Co.

in tlic Klncnid and Mrs. 'John A. Douglass are spending the holidays in B. Schmitz advertised the largest line of bed room sets, chairs and A. Miller advertised as Dcnton's oldest barber shop and Invited nil J.

Byas advertised nineteen pieces of Denton County properly for Craft lias sold his interest in the "grocery business or W. H. Durham Co. to Walter T. Fields has moved liin restaurant, to De- Pulton sold lo A.

B. Roberts 00 acres of the James Gilbert survey, consideration, $480. relieve that 'If 'the govern- close scrutiny." came largely from the cleanup campaign on Leyte Island in the Philippines where 995 inore Japanese were killed, and Burma with Japanese withdrawing from virtlially every frovit. Tile only active Nipponese opposition was to prevent reopening of the Burma road. Associated Press War Corresiwndent John Grover speculated the end of the Burma campaign Is "merely a mailer of months." British troops occupied the village of Kaduma, on the rim of Burma's rice bowl.

Advance units were flG miles from Mandalay. In tlie south unopposed British units took over llic east bank of the Mayn River, 25 miles north of Akyab. 100 Belgians Met Death at Hands of SS at Breakthrough By HAL BOYLE STAVELOT, Belgium, Jan. 1 Army officers estimate that fanatical Nazis SS (Elite Guard) troops slaughtered without provocation at least 100 Belgian ment formally recognizes the Lublin I Rnyburn predicted a fight over provisional government. France will i legislation to give permanent statu- remploy- ment practices committee and sold he had no doubt that Ihcre would bo a lively, controversy over proposals to outlaw stato poll taxes.

I Both the speaker and Martin 'agreed lhat legislation broadening the social security program would be considered by the new Congress, but not Immediately. Long Session Due Rayburn said he believed Congress would remain in session all year. "Even war', er espionage and sabotage, who were ed. landed by U-boat on the Maine Earlier figures assembled. Gee and Frank A.

Smith arc the or ones to observe the second day of January ns their birthday annl- versary. civilians during the first few days It may be a little bit early for you to start making oub that Income, Tax. but if you are so nnxl- the recent German break- Acting mostly under direct orders from German officers to kill all civilians f.icountercd, pampered troops clubbed, shot and burned to death men, women and children without cause. oils to gel It over with and haven't "We know positively of 63 Bcl- the needed blanks, the Chamber! gian civilians they killed in the Commerce has 'an, according stavclot area," said Cnpt. Melviri to Fowler, mnnngcr, nnd you are welcome to 'em, Kays.

It won't be but n-short time now regret to Inform Messages like that went to the homes of 495,052 Americans in uniform during 1044. They bore the news that a son, a husband, a brother hud been killed, or was wounded, missing, interned or a prisoner. Official Army and Navy casualty figures, as of Dec. 14, disclose, that 82,634 Americans lost their lives in combat during the year. Of these, 10,676 were In the Army and in the Navy.

Marine Corps and Coast Guard. An additional 318,157 were in Ihe Army and 20.84D In the other services. Stiil another 04,261 were missing, in enemy hands or 88,053 in the Army and 6,208 in Ihe services. That's the price of the triumphs of 1944. Heavy Toll of Life for Holidays (By Associated Press) A tola! of 2S4 persons were killed in the Untied States during the three-day New Year's holiday weekend.

The death toll this year was boosted by 48 fatalities In a collision of two Southern Pacific trains near Ogdcn, Utah, Sunday. Otherwise, traffic mishaps accounted for S6 deaths, with 54 attributed to fires and JjG from miscellaneous causes. Last year the New Year's death was 242, traffic accidents causing 150 fatalities. H. Handvlllc, former stale trooper utah with 48 deaths ft from Syracuse, N.

who hivesti- ta by states, with California gated German atrocities in this area I next wlth 22 Pennsylvania and II- tend toward the belief that they area where the waist of the bulge instmrt nm the last was reported only 13 miles wide. const last Nov. 29, was announced J. director of PPI- Hoover Identified Ihe men ns William Curlls Colcpaugh, 26, U. S'.

citizen of Nianlie, and Erich Gimpel, 35, native of Germany who nij Concentrations I would permit announced ns captured. The big bombers striking out to- I.accuracy'In control. these were'on the perimeter of the day rained moro than 3,000 tons of The glow, coupled with the DOS- American corridor through Bas- explosives on Nazi tank nnd troop sibie magnetic action, might come togne, which front dispatches said 'as a' radio engineer In South concentrations, bridges, road Inter- from the type'of gns they contain as widened and strengthened iinerica. The artests were made sections and rallyavds. to aid In their electrical minlltles These were Hubermont, Houmont, Ami several days ago in the New York area.

Hoover said the men supplied a full story of their activities since landing at Hancock Point -in Frenchmen's Bay. Me. They came Whether President Roosevelt will I ashore in rubber boat at night, deliver his annual statc-of the union Hoover said they carried automatic message In person or have it read revolvers, compass, camera, secret by a and when the message links, and a variety of draft papers will be transmitted, has not been nnd discharges from the Navy. announced. Capitol Hill expects it to be read by a clerk, perhaps at a joint Senate-House session Saturday to count tlic electoral vote.

U. S. Announces I iflSS Ol JUOO Ui They lind been supplied with $00,000 in American money, of which $56,574.61 remained at the time of the Comi.ieuting on Ihe arresUi awl the. recent discoveries of two Japanese balloons in Oregon nnd Moil- lana, which he said might have carried spies instead of explosives, Hoover declared were evidence The Flying Fortresses and Lib- and to add to their buoyancy, erators of the Britain-based Eighth Air Force were supported by 060 Mustangs and Thunderbolts in this close support attack. German tanks and infantry were caught in a wooded northeast of Snarlnutern, German fighters, which sprang Budapest Nazis Being Crushed Chenpnge, Remange, and Ward in.

I in German frontier also American 'Infantryv tanks and planes exacted a ffreat and growing loll of Field von Buncl- stcdt's materiel, 'die German had 'lost fully 110 tanks and armored 1 vehicles, 208 planes and hundreds heavy assaults themselves yestcr- LONDON, Jan. Fall of of other Implements of war. day, did not Interfere. Buda. western section of Danube- Below Bastogne, Patton wld- The weather was clear nnd crows 'raddllng Budapest, appeared to bo ened to six miles the corridor feed- saw bombs hit tho targets except a matter of hours today as Ing his main offensive threat by for a- few bridges in the 'coblenz le do Nnzl gnrrlson crumbled capturing the villages'of Houmcnt, area where bombardiers alined by attacking Russian forces five nnd a half miles southwest, and instruments.

utilizing virtually every weapon CUenongc, four mites southwest at Revised tallies showed at least 221 known modern warfare. the road center. At last reports, the German planes wrecked In Mon- A broadcast early Third Army was 13 miles from the day's widespread combats while from Moscow said the great- U. S. First Army Ranking the north Berlin declared 427 Allied' planes Iy outnumbered German and Hun- side of the bulge.

JJitittLO nn rlntfrtAfiHr. CM TIT- WASHINGTON, Jan. -xc. ItlUllKO I were destroyed, most of them on Barton defenders had lost more of an espionag and sabotage offen- the round In morning swoops on thnn "lied yesterday In sive against the entire American fighter bases behind the Western Sava 8 street fighting nnd had been that two German counterattacks Strong IJIvciionary Siring Supreme headquarters said today hemisphere. The last known landing of enemy Front, ship and two uotor torpedo boats was announced today by the Navy.

The submarine Harder Is overdue from patrol and presumed lost, a communique said. The landing ship LSM 318 and the PT 300 were lost as result compressed into an area less thnn were repulsed in the orca 300 German nlanes darted Iour miles.wide and a mile deep. Champs, three miles northwest of (A Cairo radio broadcast last i Bastogne, and near fn at treeto. eover scatte ed night said all the Germans hadi ne-Eua, five miles southeast. The American and British bases a few oped.

At least 188 raiders were knock- et occupied 200 addl- the U. S. 7th Army mound Bltolie UK; ci ouu JUSL us it IIT-IUH. ijoover ALtornpv npnevfll irtm of enemy action in the Philippine Fr aS lda would decide cd down lcs RAF figWers, 35 na Mocte in Buda yesterday, and eastward to and along "the area, a.id the PT 311 was lost to te neniS Mustangs, and 4B by to 600 number now I Rhine appeared in prellrninary ap- "We have confirmed reports of till Denton takes on Its regular similar killings In other sectors," dress. For some several days now' he added.

we've 'misted those fine boys nnd Rlrls of the North Texas State Teachers College and the girls of Texas state College for Women, but they'll be back soon. Too, we've missed a lot.of the teachers of both faculties who have been away'for the holidays. Welcome home, all. THE CIRCLE A touring Eastern go-getter spied a lazy Indian chief lolling Indolently at tile door of his tepee somewhere out West. "Chief," remonstrated the go- getter, "why don't, you get yourself a Job in war plnnt?" "Why?" grunted the Chief.

"Well, you coulrt earn' a lot of money; maybe a hundred dollars week." "Why?" Insisted.the Chief. "Oh, if you worked hard and saved your money, you'd soon have a account. Wouldn't you like that?" "Why?" tigtvln risked the Chief. "Pat gosh's snkel" shouted the exasperated go-getter. "With a big bunk qccoiint you could retire, nnd never have to worK again." "Never Work," Bald the hit' Chief.

"Their SS Irops have been more cruel here llian anywhere else. We heard of many'instances in olher places where they shot down Belgian unarmed men for no reason, but this is the first place I have known them to kill women and 1 Tile Germans practiced similar excesses In iiils area in August, 1914 when they marched across Belgium. In addition to atrocities against civilians in Ihe Stavelot area, German Iroops probably massacred more than 150 American troops. This Is a very conservative figure. The Slate Department has officially protested the slaughter of 135 out of 150 American unarmed soldiers lined up In a field and iha- chhic-gunned near Malmedy.

In other cases American truck driver's, trapped by fast-moving panzers, were pulled from vehicles, disarmed nnd ruthlessly shot. 10-SIAN CREW PARACHUTES TO SAFETY WACO, Jan. Blackland Army Air Field said today the 10-man crew of four-motored iirmy boihtcr parachuted to safety Inst night when their piano cniiRht fire ot McGregor.near here. linois each had 16. TEMPERATURE AT 30 DEGREES The mercury didn't drop as Monday night as had been Indicated in weather forecasts and the minimum registered ta the State Experiment Station here was 30 degrees, two higher than the preceding morning.

The maximum registration Monday afternoon was 45 degrees. Decline Shown in Crude Production TULSA, Jan. States oil production declined 7,200 barrels daily in the week ended Dee. 30 to 4,714,350 barrels per day, the Oil nnd Gas Journal says. Texas output, was up 50 barrels lo Oklahoma showed an increase of 600 barrels ivlth a tola! of East Texas, stallonary at Rocky Mountain area up 2250 to 124,550, and eastern Held up 2,150 to 02,450.

Callfornln production fell off to Illinois, down lo 202.800; Kam-ns ndown 8,100 to 271,100 nnd Louisiana down 400 to 300,050. Claim Bag Of 550 B-29's Army Seizes Two Warehouses area, the PT 311 was lost to charges would bo placed agaias enemy action in the Mediterranean colepaugh and Glmpel. nrea. Tlie landing ship was sunk during a Japanese air attack off Ormoc Dec. 7.

The submarine Harder was of type which carries a normal complement, of 65 men. The normal crew of landing ship medium, is 52 and of PT boats from 11 to 15. of.kin of all fatalities nnd all severely wounded crew members of the 318 also have been notified. The announcement brought to 35 the number of United States submarines lost from all causes since the start of the war and the total of miscellaneous types to 132. The total of all naval vessels lost was raised lo 243.

American Mustangs, and 48 by nnd American ground gun-i under Russlan domination. pralsal lo have netted little gain. I nrrs. i Katushos, glant.r<rocket These probably were the first of Thirty-three olher German planes wcre brou Sht Into the capital on several strong diversionary efforts, were reported destroyed in other i ce of American mode trucks to i The German still was throwing daylight operations 17 of them fall- blast str fortifications. Desper-! most of his strength into the Bel- 1 Blan bu i gc He was bracing the hard defensive line St.

Hubert- Wiltz and. persisting, in.counterat- CHICAGO, Jan. Maj. Gen. Joseph W.

Byron reported today that Montgomery Ward and Company personnel who refused loj cooperate in army operation of seized properties in seven cities was being re- piaccd and made subject to service rcclasslficadon. CHICAGO, Jan. -2. Mflj. Gen.

Joseph W. Byron asserted today that Sewell Avery and other officials of Monlgomery Co. refused to operate company Ing to American fighters escort- te Oen countsraf.iacks with Ing' 800 big bombers raiding Co- trlnlcs ancl guns were blenz and an oil plant 20 miles crus In the overwhelming Red cait of Hannover. army assault with flame-throwers tacks around Bastogne. Thc bag of gunners aboard the antl henv guns that threatened to The next moves In the gigantic heavy bombers was not disclosed clem 1 sh the hattlc-scarred capital, i test of men, strategy and machines immediately, nor was the number i Other Russian forces captured 14 were not yet apparent.

It, was plain, ol bombers lost. more places and drove within two however, that von Rundstedt has Allltd headquarters conceded! mi of Losonc (Lpcenec), Slo- been hurt and badly by, sustained scmt aircraft were wrecked aground vnlc communications hub on the and heavy Allied air attacks wnich on fighter bases, but did not con- i unBarlan frontier above went into their llth day. firm noi-mar Claims sys British' Moscow reports said a new offen- i The whole front from Linnich and AiYieth rained ve "gainst Auslrln was expected to Stnvelot 'at the north-central 7D In air and uy antl- i S6t underway as soon as the part of the bulge saw little activ- aircraft nre over of Budapest was complet- grand total of 427. ed. The German high command Allies Lose 27 I was reported to have Included VI- (By Associated Press) The Tokyo newspaper Asahl cs- limaled today that "approximately 550 B-29 bombers" been destroyed or damaged since they began attacking Japan six' months ago.

The newspaperrestlmnte.v.'as reported in a Japanese domestic propaganda broadcast intercepted by the Federal Communications Commission. It claimed about 4,000 U. S. airmen were lost. It arrived at the 550 figure by arfdlng together 15B Supcrforts claimed shot down, Including those unconfirmed; 146 claimed drmag- Allicd announcements listed 27; cnlm 5n tne "threatened Bone" and nahters cnrt two medium bombers' 5t rtcd Partial evacuation and oth- propertles seized by the Army 0 llr i tho and eight RAP tc emergency measures in the Aus- seven cities under tiie general's di- heavy bombers d'uring night- as- tria capital.

re a fuel plant near port- nk German Surge in Italy Is Stopped They also refused, he said, to do "certain acts" necessary to his mission and "this will make It necessary for me to place operating personnel at each oi the properties." Ben. Byron, director of the Army's mimd and railyards at 'Voehwi near Dusseldorf. While the Germans achieved an element r.f surprise at some of the scores ol fields at which they struck, they apparently failed to Special Services Division, seized. uw down the Allied aerial offen- properties under presidential vc Approximately 6,000 Americnn order Thursday. His preliminnry re- arul British planes were reporled port to of Wnr Stlm- son today clarified for the first time tho position of Avery who refused to recognize validity of Uie seizure and said the company would not obey It.

The general also announced that nt 10:30. n. Eastern War: Time, today trie Army seized two Mont- hurled against the enemy on New Year's Day, Including more than 1,600 U. S. Eighth Air Force heavy bombers and fighters.

Censorship did hot permit disclosure of the damage done to airfield li.stalli>?loivs. ed; and a guess that 240 were Wtl gomery Ward warehouses in Japanese mld3 on B-29 bases in the Marinrins, China nnd India. The figure Is roughly 00 times larger thnn announced American losses, which not Include tho number damaged. NEW FUEL TABLET FOR COMBAT RATIONS trolt, after a team of officers sent) WASHItCjTOW, Jon. 2, there to make survey reported.

Army has adopted new fuel tablet ta him the warehouses were for use In heating combat rations, "nscessnry for effective gaveriimen- Known ns ignites tnl operation of tho'four ward i readily nnd bums about seven stores In the Detroit nren." I minutes. ROME, Jan. Fifth Army patrols probed enemy poslllons. today in the Scrchlo alley sector of the Italian front, where the short- lived 'thrust of last week ap- liears definitely ended. At Ihe sarrie time.

Allied pressure was maintained further "west In the Tyrrhenian coastal area where the Germans were last reported massing rneii and (vjulpment. ity Monday. American flak guns destroyed 17 strafing planes In the area. Allied artillery beat off German self-propelled guns 'which the enemy ferried across the 1 Maas iri (See GAIN, Page'3) Light rain south jwrlion; light snow northeast, IHUo change In temp-jratnre toiar; pirtly colder vi-est tonight, lowest temperatures 15 lo 20 northwest, 25 to 30 southeast; wcilnescH- partly cloudy, colder in the. west porUoi).

EAST TBXAS: Cloudy this after- The 'greatest activity yesterday noon, tonight and Wednesday: ime near the Eighth Army right bcelnnlvig to north porlton ln(e nnnV. in the Vo Valley. There 'a German raiding party by niortar fire crossed the Scnlo River of B'uslgnano; Canadian troops broke up the raid, setod several m-lsoners and sent the rest fleeing back. I 'o- nljht or WeiiHesday tn south- rost portion slightly warmer tonight. Fresh ulnds, WEST TEXAS: Farth cloudy thk, afternoun, fonlght and Wpdnosdixy; slightly coMer iiv El paso lirta.