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'Sv ji ccruns mxcRmzz zzzizz na imntD press A A. a i TEMPEBATUB35 WEATHEB Shown by FUoordlno Thmtifr tr on Qasotto buUoln Max, 65, p. m. jnln 48 tvil tentinued, asal tonight. THIS PAPERPAPER IS NEEDED TO HELP WIN THE WAR 94th YEAR! PITTSTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1943 fpattle Of Tfap Volturno Riyer In Italy EIGHT PAGES .11 4 ii in in in i in Sw wbljl Vv I fi I I II ises Ends In Gomplete Victory.

For Alliei i ni I Biastea Germans Have Lost Bloody Battle And Retreat Under Way uenerai Advances Being Made Along The 100 Mile Front. i ALLIES BOMBING BALKANS Also Hit i Hull And Eden InnoscovFor Conference lannover 17.11. Dendle eiiairman Of (iccial Gifts 8 timal Chairman Leo A. Tier Mjy of th 194J Community War nrair uamDaiam or nnnon auia Berlin FALLBACK 1 2 lViH.ES By LTLE C. WILSON 7 (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Oct IS.

Swiftly following Secretary of Stats) Cord ell Hull's arrival in Moscow for ins foreign ministers' conference thM State Department today announced signature of a new agreement whereby the United States, Canada, IUbi H. Dandle, well known busl au who was chairman of last campaign. hM accepted the alnnnhlp of the Special Teems I JvWoH. and Great Britain will supply anfts ments, equipment, materials and food to the Soviet Union. Hull and British Foreign Minister Mpeeially well pleased with n.

Deadle's acceptance. His leadership of last year's campaign sites him the Ideal person for Important chairmanship and tb work he has already ac conwUsbed I feel certain that his Wtalon will be among the first to Anthony Eden arrived In Moscow yesterday to confer with Forsjgji Commissar V. M. Molotov. AK though Hull is believed to be pre oared to discuss any pertinent sub.

ject raised by the Russians, thV fact to remember is that this eo ference merely is a preliminary ''W a Kooseveit fjnurcniu Buuin niwi ing. No guarantee la mad that the ersrsbscrlbe its quota," said airman Tierney. t'JMpi Deodle hae announced that fjall supervising prlnci pf Bagbestown Schools, will "iand tbs Schools Division. At i tomey Kenneth J. Bngllah, former Inalyor of Flttstoa, has accepted the chairmanship of the Professional Crodp, Bey Btauffer, well known U4ollle dealer and defense plant three top men will meet But.

ths, conference of foreign nultsf be judged a sucsess or failure ly on whether ths Big TnrjM Ao finally get together. 'fr The misi iiilMlSriwijsrjs awwi.et.HW "VRetsiT Stores" Divleton; with Donaht i t.i Brnl nimuir nf J. Pennev's utor aar leader of the Chain Stores uroop. jui. nmr nave paxucipaieo I.

various campaigns in the past expected to make final decisions but to explore the vast Beta of Anglo American Russian relations preliminary to decision sought in the Big Three confsranosc The supply agreement revealed today was signed in London. tbS third of its kind and ths first Vu which Canada has been a signatory SM4 their leadership should serve tbtm well la the forthcoming drive, "With preliminary campaign de being gradually whipped into although she has contributed through both the United states TOTALOF 721 JAP By SANDOR S. KLEIN (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Oct 19. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox today revealed the sinking of 98 additional Japanese ships by U. S.

submarines, boosting to 721 a United Press compilation of Japanese vessels of al! types sunk American forces since Pearl Harbor. Knox released to a news conference a communique bringing up to date the toll taken by U. S. submarines which listed the 98 new sinkings, as well as five enemy vessels probably sunk and 46 others damaged by He said the action had been unannounced previously for security reasons. This brought the total bag of American underwater raiders in the Pacific to 219 sunk, 36 probably sunk and 105 damaged, according to the navy.

Duryea Youth Hit By Train AtFooteAve. While on his way home from Duryea Junior High School this morning at 9:35 o'clock, after having been excused by his registration teacher allegedly because of illness, Louis Tesnowski, aged 16 years, son of Frank Tesnowski, 449 Foots avenue, Duryea, was struck by a Lehigh Valley Railroad train at the Foote avenue crossing and received serious injuries. He is at the Taylor Hospital under treatment for a possible fractured skull, bruises of the body and shock The opinion was expressed by hospital attaches that, notwithstanding the seriousness of his condition, he will likely recover. Accredied reports are that two trains passed each other at the Foote avenue crossing just as young Tesnowski, having noted the passage of one. train, stepped onto the tracks in the path of the other.

Unrest Among Anthracite Mine Workers Hazleton, Oct 19. Fear of another general work stoppage In the anthracite fields was expressed today by local officers of the United Mine Workers following a vote by me bnenandoah general mine committee to stop work Oct 81 if there is no contract signed between the union and operators. The officials reported unrest in the ranks of the miners and ex pressed belief production will fall off during the next three weeks. The miners ordinarily observe Oct. 29 as a holiday in honor of John Mitchell, former president of the union.

Anthracite miners have been asked by their local officers to work that day, but the question Is still being debated In local meetings. Other holidays usually observed are Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, All Saints and All Souls Day as observed by the Roman Catholic Church and many miners are expected to refrain from work on those days as has been their custom. OLD FORGE DEATH Mrs.

Charlotte Roche, well known resident of Old Foree. died sud denly yesterday of a heart attack. She was the former Charlotte Fallon, daughter of the late John W. and Mary Conltn Fallon. Her husband, John T.

Roche, died sejteral years ago. she was a member of St Lawrence Church. For 10 veers she 'served as secretary treasurer of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association. Among her surviving children is Sister Charlotte Marls. member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Order, stationed at St John's Convent, this city.

Radio Repairs Stroll's Repair Shop Lux. Ave. Phong. 1160 HI By HENRT SHAPIRO (United Press Staff Correspondent) Moscow, Oct. 19.

Outmatched German troops have begun a retreat north of Kiev atter losing one of the bloodies tJia of the massive strugglpVS the Dnieper river line, semiiwiclal dispatches re vealed today. The government newspaper Iz vestia reported from the middle Dnieper front that Germans above Kiev were falling back to the west and southwest surrendering the northern defenses of the Ukrainian capital. vleld reports made it evident that the Nazis had thrown every resource they could muster Into the struggle on the approaches to Kiev, keystone base of the crumbling Dnieper line, and now apparently were conceding defeat. Izvestla'e announcement that the Germans were retreating in the sector north of Kiev was the first definite word in so high a quarter of a Nazi withdrawal In a key area. It coincided with reports that the Red army had driven a spear head into the Dnieper bend to point 86 miles of Krem enchug and 20 miles west of the river.

Advanced elements were only 10 miles above the Dnepropetrovsk railway on through the western Ukraine, accentuating the threat to German conSnunlca tlons between the Dnieper and the Black sea porta of Kherson and NikolaeV. (The German high command re ported heavy fighting along the Dnieper between Dnepropetrovsk and Kremenchug and acknowledged a Russian break through in an un identified sector.) t'rne oinciai German news agency DNB acknowledged that the Germans have been forced back In the Dnepropetrovsk sector by the tremendous pressure of more than 20 Soviet infantry divisions, normally at least 300,000 men. The London Daily Herald interpreted the broadcast to mean that the Germans had abandoned Dnepro petrovsk.) Rapidly expanding their original 15 mile deep and 28 mile wide breakthrough on the west shore of the Dnieper river northenst of Dnepropetrovsk, the Russians over ran 28 additional towns and vll lages and pounded to within 12 miles of the Dnepropetrovsk Bes saralbia railway and 50 miles of the vital Krlvoi Rog mines, which be. fore the war produced half of Rus. sia's Iron.

Soviet artillery already was shelling the railway. Elsewhere along a blazing 400 mile front, the Russians killed 2,000 more Germans In a yard by yard advance through the streets of Melitopol, gateway to the Crimea; tightened their grip on Kiev, capl of the Ukraine, and forced a fifth major bridgehead across the Dnieper only 60 miles east of the Prlpet marshes to all but complete the encirclement of Gomel, southeastern defense hinge In Whits Russia. Nearly 4,000 Germans were killed in the latest Russian advance into the German rear southeast of Kremenchug behind Dneprope trovsk and the Dnieper elbow. The street battle for Melitopol on the main railway to the Crimea roared its eighth day with the Russians reported clearing the enemy from the devastated city building by building in the bloodiest fighting since Stalingrad. More than 2,000 Germans were killed and 85 German tanks destroyed yesterday alone.

Southwest of Melitopol, the Ger mans launched a heavy counter attack in an effort to regain con trol of the railway to the Crimea, but were thrown back to their In itial positions with heavy losses. Body Of Miner Caught By Flood Was Recovered Hazleton, Oct 19. Weary miners of the Payne Coal Company's Spring Mountain Colliery at nearby Jeanesvllle, rested today after recovering the body of Christ Beishline, forty three, who early By WALTER CBONKITE (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Oct 19. British four englned bombers, hundreds strong, resumed their block buster raids on Germany last night with a heavy assault on Hannover while twin engined Mosquitos hit Berlin for the second time In 24 hours. Air experts said the new raid probably reduoed Hannover, whose importance as a communications center makes it the "Chicago" of northwest Germany, to a stage of devastation equaling that at Hamburg.

Hannover now has been the target of four heavy block buster raids since Sept 22. Seventeen bombers were lost in two attacks and subsidiary raids on other but unidentified targets, including a Mosquito attack on western Germany, Uie air ministry announced. The big Stirlings, Lancaeters and Halifaxes swarmed over the big arms center of Hannover in strength for the second time this month to heap new destruction on the city's already devastated Industrial and business areas. Hundreds of tons of high explo sive and Incendiary bombs were dropped on the city, but clouds prevented observation of, detailed results. However, numerous fires painted the sky a rosy tint The raid, ending a nine night lull in the operations of the heavy bombers, was the 8 let of the war on Hannover, sits of a big synthetic ruoDer piant, a nuge on rennery, numerous aircraft tank," gun and truck plants and three railway marshalling yards.

"The RAF last attacked Hannover the night of Oct 8 and reconnais sance photographs taken later showed one and a half miles In the center of the city devastated, The Mosquito raid on Berlin was the 85th attack of the war on the German capital and was believed designed to draw off German fight. er strength from the main assault on Hannover, as well as to keep the nerves of Berllners on edge. German planes appeared over London last night for the third straight night and dropped bombs In at least one section. Bombs also fell In East Anglta and southern England. A communique reported damage fend a small number of deaths.

There was no Immediate explana tion of the mission from which American Flying Fortresses were seen returning across the English southeast coast yesterday, but it was possible that they were on training flights. British Typhoon fighter bombers attacked the St Omer airfield in northwest France yesterday and teamed with Spitfires In raids on enemy shipping off Holland and Belgium and on locomotives in France. Two planes were lost Possibility Of Avoca Airport Being Approved Construction of the long delayed Scranton Wllkes Barre airport at Avoca next spring appeared prob able today following a conference of Scranton civic leaders with Civil Aeronautics Administrator Charles I. Stanton at Washington yesterday. Mr.

Stanton assured the delegation that he would ask the War Production Board to approve construction of the 82,800,000 project next spring. He pointed out, however, that WPB and the army air forces and not the Civil Aeronautics Administration have the final power of approval. Mr. Stanton explained that the delay In starting work on the airport was a matter of priorities and that other landing areas had rated higher than the Scranton project from a military point of view. The materials question was not an important factor, he said.

REPUBLICANS OPPOSE INCREASED INCOME TAX Washington, Oct. 19. Republican members of the house ways and means committee today came out flatly against any Increase In the federal income taxes. They said the present levies constitute the highest per capita burden In the worM. By RICHARD D.

McMTLLAN (United Press Staff Correspondent) Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Oct 19. Allied armies completed conquest of the German defense line on the Volturno River yester day, stamping out the last enemy toehold on the north bank, In gen. eral advances along the 100 mlle fighting front which overran 23 towns and villages. American troops advanced on the right flank of the Fifth Army along the upper reaches of the Volturno In the most significant gains of the day which laid open the Appian way to Rome. British units comprising ths coastal wing of Lieut Gen.

Mark W. Clark's army cleared the entire northern bank of the Volturno River from Capua to the sea. The day's victories put the final seal on the bloody struggle for the river line athwart the coastal route to the Italian capital, on which the Germans tried In vain to make a stand. As the battle of the Volturno ended, the British Eighth Army beat off a number of German coun ter attacks In heavy fighting and bucked ahead an average of three miles along the southern part of Its front The gains, synchronized with those of the Fifth Army, ac. centuatsd th long range flanking threat to Rome, already technically by passed far to the east.

German resistance to ths ad. vanctog American units beyond the upper Volturno definitely dropped off. Instead of the bloody hand to hand fighting in which the Nazis opposed the first attempts to smash the Volturno line, they now were back to their trick of depending on artillery and heavy machine guns to delay their harriers. American divisions struck north' westward In the region of the Vol turno's upper reaches. Beyond Amorosl and Calazzo they captur ed Falchhlo, Avlgnano, Glola, Li bert and Pontelatone, the main strong points anchoring the Ger man positions, together with sev eral lesser communities.

Bressa, five and a half miles west of Capua, fell to collapse the last German hold on tha north bank of the Volturno. The victory was the main one of ths day for the British on the left flank of the Fifth Army. Besides clearing the mnks of the Volturno, the British of the Fifth Army advanced slightly along the coast. The weather still was impeding the Fifth Army advance, making difficult the bringing up of sup plies and weapons. Across the Apennines, the Brit' ish Eighth Army pushed Its flank ing drive toward Rome with the capture of Monteclifone, In a three' mile advance from Gugllonesl, and San Stefano, four miles northwest of Campobasso, after heavy fight' lng.

Eight of the towns seized on the Fifth Army front fell to Americans advancing up the east side of ths main road to Rome from Capua, while the British coastal column seized' full control of the north bank of the Volturno River, 100 miles south of Rome, with the oap ture of Bressa, 6tt miles west of Capua. Executing a sweeping wheeling movement northeast of Capua, the Americans overran Avlgnano, six miles north of Calazzo; nine miles northeast of Capua; Glola, eight miles north of Amorosl; Falchhlo, four miles west of Cer reto; Pontelatone, north of Ru fiano, and three other small vil lages. Advances ranged up to four miles. German resistance slackened considerably and the enemy ap peared moving back behind his rear guards for a possible stand along the Garlgliano River, 18 miles above the Volturno. "On the Fifth Army front prog.

ress Is satisfactory," the Allied communique said. "Our troops con. tlnue to push northward beyond the Volturno River, from which the enemy now has been cleared." The Eighth Army ran into stiffened resistance and beat off several counter attacks In Its push westward toward Rome. The British drove back into Monteclifone, from which their patrols had been routed Sunday, and also seised San Stefano, four miles northwest of Campobasso. The Germans were using massed artillery and widespread mines and demolitions In their efforts to slow ths Eighth Army's advance.

Bad weather continued to stow ths movement of me and mater at and at sna plans lor me openmg soeetinr the T. M. C. A. audi tDriuai next Monday evening about complete, Chairman Tierney and his ties) chairmen feel certain that the strong sentiment manifest A sag the working people In gen presages a successful drive for inds to enable the 11 health and building agencies, as well tb V.

S. O. and IT other war teilef agencies, carry on their pro tar 1944. Tierney, peaking on the ef the war agencies, said: 1 United States Committee for thO Care of European Children, a Isjember agency of the National fflmi" Fund, has retained reeponsN pOity for 1,670 of the 2,000 refugee MoagBters brought to this country Wife early months of the war." A few. British children, having 17, returned to England for Others were adopted.

All In the remaining youngsters have een placed private foster homes, smder eare of 110 Protestant, 'Wish. Oatholte and non sectarian designated by the Chll luurMtr By JOHN A. PARRIS (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Oct 19. Allied bombers have joined In the spreading battle of Jugoslavia for the first time since the start of the war, an Al giere communique said today. Jugoslav partisan sources reported new successes in their campaign against Germany's reinforced Bal kan armies.

Striking directly at the heart of German communications through the Varder Valley into Greece, medium bombers and fighter bombers of the Northwest African Air Force yesterday hammered the railway yards at Skolpje, In south ern Jugoslavia. The raiders, possibly operating from newly won Italian air bases 300 miles across the Adriatic Sea, caught the German defenders so completely off guard that they failed to put up a single fighter plane or fire their anti aircraft guns. Mitchell medium bombers led off the attack with a series of bomb hits that ripped up railway tracks all along the Skolpje yards and smashed at least 16 railway cars and a number of motor vehicle Two hours later. Lightning fight er bombers bombed a railway bridge four miles to the southeast, while fighters machine gunned and destroyed three locomotives. It was the first Allied raid on German positions In Jugoslavia and marked a new northward extension of the Northwest African Air Force's hitting power.

A communique broadcast from Jugoslav partisan headquarters reported continued heavy fighting In northwetern Jugoslavia and along the Adriatic coast. Partisans and Slovene guerrilla units, the communique said, have driven the Germans from a num ber of strongly fortified villages. Heavy street righting was reported In progress In Kostanjevlca, about 30 miles southeast of Susak, after the guerrillas had broken In to ths town under cover of a heavy artillery barrage. The Dally Telegraph reported that the Germans were moving re. tnforcements to the aid of their hard pressed garrisons in the Bal kans, sending three divisions Into Jugoslavia and two to Albania.

The partisans said enemy troops were being cleared from the moun tainous lower Styrlan sector along the Jugoslav Austrian frontier. Third Loan Went Four Billions Over The Quota Washington, Oct. 19. The Treas ury today announced that the 316, 000,000,000 Third War Loan went over the top by 83.943,000,000. Sales to Individuals were 8377, 000,000 over the 35,000,000,000 quota.

Corporations, associations and other large purchasers exceeded their $10,000,000,000 goal by $2,936,000,000. Government trust accounts pur chased $630,000,000. Final figures showed West Vir ginia led the nation, over subscrib ing a quota of $76,000,000 by 77 per with purchases totaling $186, 000,000. Maryland was second, sell ing $331,000,000, 69 per cent over its $196,000,000 goal. Ohio oversubscribed by Is per cent Vermont was the only state short of Its quota, raising $26,000,000 for a 98 per cent total.

BENITO MUSSOLINI CRITICALLY ILL Madrid, Oct 19. Benito Musso lini Is critically ill In a sanatorium at Pleve DI Cadore in the Vene tian Alps, reports from Vichy said today. The ailing ex duoe, the reports said, now delivers long "pep talks" to the sanatorium staff to the ef fect that Fascist Italy has won the war. Take Old Clothes for Greek War Belief to 52 N. Main American Theatre Bldg.

4 1 I i London, Oct 19. The Berlin radio said today that the massing of large Soviet forces northwest of Dnepropetrovsk had caused the Germans to fall back about 12 miles to new positions. The broadcast admission of a major German reversal In the Dnieper bend area followed Moscow reports that the Russians had driven a spearhead 20 miles beyond the river to within 10 miles of the Dnepropetrovsk railway to Bessarabia. The Nazi radio report quoted a special correspondent of the official DNB news agency, Ernst Von Hammer, who said the massed Soviet forces Included motorized and tank units. The Russians gained ground southeast of Kremenchug, Von Hammer reported, but lost heavily in men and material.

The Germans also admitted Russian break through north of Kiev, where Moscow said the Nazis were in retreat after being beaten in one of the bloodiest battles of the Dnieper line. The break' through, the radio said, was check ed by a counter attack in which "considerable Soviet force was annl hilated." Col. Lawrence Going Back To His State Job Harrlsburg, Oct. 19. Gov.

Ed ward Martin said today he would re appoint Lt Col. Henry S. Law rence, Scranton, to the State Un employment Compensation Board of Review for a 6 year term at 88, 500 a year Martin added that he had no Job for former Mayor Stanley J. Davis, Scranton, substitute board member who served during Law rence's military service. Lawrence, on leave for military service since 1941, was placed on the army's Inactive list Oct 15 be.

cause of his health. His 5 year term on the board expired July 1, Other board members are Chair. man Harry A. Englehart Ebens burg, and Clarence E. Blackburn Philadelphia.

Martin took the occasion to em phasize that his Oct. SO address to Scranton Republicans holds "no significance about getting party factions together." He explained he had not been In Lackawanna County since he became governor and that he had no knowledge of Scranton Mayor Howard Snow. don's refusal to speak on the same program. Women Fell From Bridge And Drowns In Susquehanna The body of a woman Identified as Mrs. Sophia Steps, 65, of 881 North Pennsylvania avenue, Wllkes Barre, was recovered from the Susquehanna river this morning at 1:30 o'clock after she jumped, or was hurled by a locomotive, from Wllkes Barre Connecting Railroad bridge in the northern end of the city.

A train crew of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive, reported that the accident occurred this morning at 1:05 o'clock and were of the opinion that their engine struck her. TREASURY BALANCE i Washington, Oct It. Cash bal clrsB's Bureau of the United States Department of "ialf of the children are English; remainder Include Polish, Aus French, Hungarian, German, Russian, Csech, Portuguese, Bel gian, Armenian, Turkish, Spanish, Rumanian, Iranian. Some of them Var stateless. They are chiefly be tween five and 15 years old.

About per cent of the group are Pro testant; 25 per cent Jewish; and per cent Catholic. 'Ths V. S. Committee will receive tlSS.542 from the National War Great Britain to the Soviet, war effort A first agreement signed in OA 1941, was followed by another alga ed In Washington a year later. The second expired June 30.

1948. during the three month Interim without an agreement tha Depart ment said, ''the flow of supplies ed all kinds to the Union of Socialist Soviet republics has continued out Interruption." The new agreement Is understood to provide for substantial fa creases In supplies to the Soviet TTnlon, Ik eluding additional fighter aadt bombing planes, wheat and other foodstuffs, machine tools and other strategie materials. Sine signature of the first agreement th United States is understood to bV: sent $2,500,000,060 worth of suppttas) to Russia. 'V' Ambassador John G. WInant sign ed for the United States In London; Other signatories were: British, Pi eduction Minister Oliver LytWl ton, British Permanent Foreign Undersecretary Sir Alexander Cado gan, Canadian High Commissioner Vincent Massey, Soviet Amhssss dor Feodor Gusev and Dmitri" Bdrlsenko, Soviet supply repressa.

tative. Actlng Secretary of State Edward R. Stettlnius, announced that Hull and his party had reached Moscow, i Publication of the names tfces accompanying Hull made 'it elsar that the 72 year old secretary would be ready to discuss potttfoal. military and economic questions TAX CASE QUASHED Trenton, N. Oct 19.

AJrv'tP dlctment charging Enoeh, a (Nucky) Johnson, former Repuh'. can boss of Atlantic County ''at four other defendants with Inset 1 tax evasion was quashed by eral Judge Phillip Forman yesW day. Assistant Attorney General Bam. uel Clark, in requesting tha ac tion, gave no reason. ials and once again tha air force failed to make a stmgle sortie over the Allied lines.

While Allied heavy bombers M. malned on the ground, Kltehvlf medium bombers with an escort of Lightnings swept across tha Ad riatld Sea from Italian bases and r. raided Jugoslavia, for tha first1 time. They bombed railroad yards Skoplje la southern Jugoslavia and caught the enemy so flatfootel that he aras unable to pnt rfr 'm. single Otttter or a single burst.

ef anti aircraft fire. In Italy. Allied Harht boMhsr. fighter bombers" and fighter tacked airfields la the Rome ar farther north and enemy tro concentrations and oommubleatj a number of point behind Cknnaa Mass. 9vaA for the upkeep of those now nnaer pnnTCum, ana an aum tional $46,365 as a contingency fund phlldren who may revert to Its Viitre should sponsors be unable to fMtntinue support For a group of Chtldren now waiting In Eur "Vi brought to America, the wnmlttee will receive $567,911.

We of Greater Plttston are going help these agencies continue their jjlendld humanitarian work which aMn our democratic way of Irving," 'declared Chairman Tierney. Internees Are DsSng Exchanged India Today If ormtigao, Portuguese India, Oct Tiansfer of the passengers of exchange ships Grlpeholm and X.B.TU oegan toaay while zvv llors aboard the Grlpsholm were yn strike for shore leave, i The sailors began their strike contending they were yesterday was caught In a rush of muck and water. Superintendent James Miller said Beishline, noted as a pigeon shooter, had apparently met instant death when a pocket of water, accumulated from recent rains, broke into the workings carrying mock and SIR. i5(' irv' Mfl sjrter a month long voy pert with Japanese re afsia being exchanged i ar South American eMi Wtha Orient.