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TD Forecast: Partly cloudy and colder (Details on pLge 7) Home Edition PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL LXIV NO 64 EL PASO TEXAS WEDNESDAY MARCH 15 1944 DELIVERED BY ARHUS lie PER WEEK I SCMIPPS -WOWABJ Victims of Form 1040 ffdDir Irtaii teftooira Jmm mm By Attociated Prett ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Naples March 15 Allied planes smashed the Germans in Cassino today in greatest concentrated attack unloading more than 1400 tons of bombs on a target area of less than a square mile and another 1400 tons on an area close by The assault was aimed to break a deadlock of more than two months and drive the Germans from the Cassino fortress on the main 5th Army front Wave after wave of aircraft of every type roared relentlessly over the bastion town from dawn until past noon The tremendous attack had one objective to destroy every building in Cassino and pulverize the ancient stone houses concealing countless guns blocking the 5th Army and to kill every German in the place The rumble of the bombing shook windows and houses 50 This picture taken today the of El Pasoans seeking advice at tax forms returns shows part of a long line offices on how to fill out income Capt Charlee Kelly off El Paso Arrives in Southwest Pacific Doughboys Greet First Wacs in New Guinea With 'Oohs' and 'Aahs' miles away Never before has such a weight of high explosive bombs been poured on so small an area in so short a time In intensity the raid eclipsed any ever inflicted on Germany 1 Observers said Cassino was wiped from the earth under the air assault and the storm of shell fire from massed artillery which followed it The first waves started at dawn then returned and reloaded to smash the same target a short time later A communique termed it a operation Timed to split-second perfection the relays of bombers went over at Intervals of every 10 or 15 minutes throughout the morning An Army announcement said: "The large scale air effort against Cassino the morning on Msrch 15 was part of a co-ordinated plan with the land forces "Immediately after cessation of the bombing at mid-day British and American artillery of the 5th Army took up the pounding of the positions In and aroand Cassino and our Infantry prewed forward extending maximum pressure on the This operation against Cassino was but one phase of an all-out offensive that continued into the (Continued on Fage 12 CoL 6) International Newt Service GENERAL HEADQUARTERS New Guinea March 15 The war definitely appeared brighter to doughboys in the Southwest Pacific today when with loud oohs and aahs they greeted the first contingent of Wacs to arrive in this theater To be sure the arrivals were merely five in number but House Passes Soldier Vote Bill to By Attociated Prett WASHINGTON March 15 Congress completed action on the stormy service vote issue today when the House adopted the bill which compromised differences between House and Senate and relayed it to President Roosevelt The House adopted the long-dis puted measure by a vote announced as 273 to 111 The President has not said whether he will sign this legislation which came out of weeks of lively dispute and conference committee action placing emphasis upon state controls over balloting by the armed forces in this general election year Mr Roosevelt who urged a straight federal ballot told a re cent press conference his attitude would be determined on the basis of whether more service people could vote under the compromise or under existing laws 'The House deviated from its usual one-hour limitation on debate when the conference report was brought up granting two hours for the members to express their (Continued on Page 12 Col 5) Attorney General Expects Many Soldier Votes tp 1 Many Texas soldiers still in this country wiU vote in forthcoming elections but it is unlikely that Texans overseas will cast their ballots Grover Sellers State Attorney General said in El Paso today "Many servicemen still in this country have paid their poll taxes and can he said "If out of the state they can apply at any time for an absentee ballot "While it is theoretically possible for men overseas to vote I doubt that they will be able to do so without close co-operation by the Army and Mr Sellers pointed out that $1 of the State poll tax is required to be paid under the Constitution The Attorney General ruled last January that all soldiers and sailors and Marines now on active duty are legally entitled to vote except members of the regular standing Army and Navy but that they must have the same qualifications as other voters Mr Sellers' spoke briefly today to the Kiwanis Club at Hotel Cortes Tomorrow he and about 49 members of the El Paso Bar Ana will be guests of CoL John Brown FL Bliss post commander at luncheon Wade Bar Assn president said that tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the legal assistance plan to aid soldiers established by the War Department and the American Bar Assn Lytton Taylor is chairman of the War Work Committee of the El Paso Association The bar association has elected CoL Howard Whipple post adjutant an honorary member Mr Sellers was accompanied to El Paso by Mrs Sellers and two of his assistants Fagin Dickson and George Barcus Mr Dickson and Mr Barcus will argue a case before the El Paso Court of Civil Appeals Mr Sellers a prospective candidate for election to the post to which he was appointed by Governor Stevenson in 1943 had little to (Continued on Page 7 Col 1) Shielded Bombers Attack Germany By United Prete LONDON March American airmen flew back Into central Germany today and bombed their target Nazi broadcasts said it was the aircraft center of Brunswick without serious challenge by the battle-wary German air force Formations of Flying Fortresses described officially as again drove an aerial spearhead into the heart of Germany without luring TemiiDS PaiiiameHt Vote Keeps Nation in War With Nazis My Attociated Prett STOCKHOLM March The Finnish parliament decided today to continue at war with Soviet Russia rejecting final terms of armistice according to reliable information available here tonight The vote is understood to have been 160 to 40 only two score members of the Finn parliament being willing to accept peace conditions Thus the parliament supported the government position outlined by Premier Edwin Linkomies when in a secret session yesterday he described the armistice terms as unacceptable It was understood ho reply will be sent to Moscow before Saturday or Sunday but the Finnish government was expected to issue a com xnunique later tonight The prime minister was understood' to have told parliament that the present Soviet terms were substantially the same as those submitted more than a week ago and that Finland could not possibly accept them The parliament also was told it was reported that the Russians demanded a decision before the end of the week (An Associated Press dispatch from Moscow said foreign diplomats there believed that unless the Finns accept Russia's terms soon Finland can expect "terrible bombings and active operations from the land and The "dispatch adlded that high Soviet officials were reported rapidly tiring of and that Muscovites were that the Red Army immediately should set out to destroy the Finnish Army) Mrs Brancfi Craigs Dies After Illness Mrs Else Kohlberg Cralge of 517 Corto street outstanding leader in civic cultural and religious organizations and wife of Dr Branch Craige prominent physician died today at an El Paso hospital after a long illness She was 55 Funeral services will be held at 10 a tomorrow at St Church with the Rev Williams and Dr Wright rector officiating Burial will be in the family plot in Evergreen Cemetery under direction of Raster and Maxon Mrs Craige was born June 30 1888 in El Paso of prominent pioneer parents the late Mr and Mrs Ernst Kohlberg Her father founded the International Cigar Co in El Paso and the El Paso-made cigars became known throughout the United States and in many foreign countries Mr Kohlberg was the friend of many prominent mining engineers He built one of the first fine homes in El Paso on West Yandell boulevard and the Kohlberg home was the scene of many pioneer social events Mr Kohlberg came to this country from Germany Mrs Craige attended public schools in El Paso and attended Smith College from 1907 to 1910 when her college career was cut short by the death of her father She completed her college courses in 1932 at the College of Mines One of MTs Craige's main interests was the El Paso Public Library She was a member of the library board for many years (Continued on Page 12 Col 7) Practical Mexican Recipe- If you have searched for a book of practical recipes for good Mexican dishes your quest Is over Here it Is Cocina Mexicana In this book Sally Ann The Herald-Post food editor has assembled directions for preparing a wide variety of dishes just as they are prepared in Mexico To obtain a copy of "La Cocina send Sally Ann 10 cents in coin postage or a War Stamp and one will be promptly mailed to you Or call at the Society Desk In The Herald-Post News Room en the third floor of our building at Mills and Kansas streets Wilkie Shades Dewey in First Primary Test By United Prett CONCORD March 15 The first test of strength of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination today gave Wendell Willkie the edge over Governor Thomas Dewey of New York on the basis of incomplete returns in New Hampshire With nearly three-fourths of the light vote cast in balloting counted delegates pledged or inclined toward Willkie had won or were leading for five of the state's 11 seats Jn the nominating convention Candidates pledged to Dewey without his blessing were leading for two seats while the other four in front were unpledged The only candidate pledged to Gen Douglas MacArthur was trailing Willkie backers won four of the seven delegates-at-large posts with one going to a Dewey candidate and the other two to candidates who neither pledged nor indicated a preference In addition an unpledged but pro-Willkie candidate was leading for one of the four seats in the two congressional districts with a delegate backing Dewey and two unpledged candidates in front for the other three posts Five candidates each for Will-cie and Dewey were among those trailing along with the MacArthur delegate Willkie was the only one Who Campaigned lot the primary There was no contest in the Democratic primary which presented a slate solidly in favor of President Roosevelt for a fourth term Under New Hampshire law a pledged delegate must vote for his candidate at the convention until given written permission to switch VVLB Rejects AFL Wage Hike Plea By Aeeociated Prett WASHINGTON March The War Labor Board today rejected American Federation of Labor demands for a higher wage ceiling In a three-way blow at organ-zed drive for liberalization of the wage stabilization formula the board refused to approve the AFL petition requesting President Roosevelt "to modify the Little Steel formula rejected a proposal to hold a public hearing on that petition and umed down a third suggestion that it conduct a general hearing on wage stabilization for the of providing Congress with information on the subject The AFL petition had been before the board since Feb 9 The AFL and CIO members stood together in supporting the three motions but received no support from ndustry and public members Meanwhile CIO President Philip Murray told a War Labor Board Steel Panel that nothing would create "greater national confusion and than for the WLB to deny the Steel Workers Union a learing on demands for a 17 cents an hour wage increase for its 800-1 100 members John Stephens vice president of United States Steel Corp argued that only Congress could alter the "Little formula and chal-enged right to hear the case Colder weather was forecast for Northwest and extreme Northeast Texas today and tonight and in North Texas tomorrow with temperatures around 40 degrees in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and near freezing in the northwest and extreme north portions by Thursday morning General cloudy conditions were expected to remain over most of the state through tomorrow with freezing rains and light mow in the Panhandle expected to continue throughout today Fresh to strong winds were expected in all sections At 7:30 a the Weather Bureau reported readings of 26 degrees at Dalhart and Amarillo with light freezing rain falling at both places 27 degrees at Pam-pa 31 at Clarendon and 36 at Lubbock At Wichita Falls Abilene and Big Spring all on the fringe of the cold area reported readings in the lower El low temperature last night- was 49 Colder weather is forecast up any appreciable section of the Nazi fighter force for a test of strength Preliminary tabulations indicated that about 35 German fighters were shot down and American losses of both bombers and fighters were low Pilots conceded that dirty weather probably contributed to the lack of opposition The German fighters which did last day for filing income tax the Bureau of Internal Revenue Captain Kelly tain Kelly served as a recruiting officer in Texas and California before going abroad Red Cross Drive Results Bright Results after the first day of the Red Cross drive are encouraging Robert Folk general chairman of the drive said "We are confident that the citizens of El Paso will do their he said Under the direction of Sheriff Falby the people in the county are showing complete co-operation with the Red Cross workers Two additional workers on Mrs A committee are Mrs George Orr and Mrs Baker Latest reports received by the campaign headquarters show that organizations are fulfilling their quotas and many are over them Companies and percentages of their quotas include: El Paso Supply Co 100 per cent Gilliland and Co 133 per cent Citizens Finance Co 100 per cent Credit Bureau of El Paso 120 per cent Scales Co 128 per cent Texas Credential Insurance Co 105 per cent Wright Mora and Gonzales 100 per cent Harding Memorial Chapel 133 per cent Golden State Cafe 100 per cent El Paso Electric Co 111 per cent General Electric Co 120 per cent Lyon Co 500 per cent Purity Baking Co 100 per cent Yearwood Grocery 100 per cent American Red Cross 144 per cent 4 El Pasoans Rash To Beat Deadline For Income Tax Five hundred El Pasoans jammed the second floor of the Courthouse today to file income tax returns before the deadline at midnight Ernest Fannin Jr division chief of the El Paso Division of Internal Revenue said that roughly one out of every three returns filed will be in the form of a "you owe note to Uncle Sam Washington income tax authorities today estimated that throughout the nation 1400000000 will be refunded to some 16000000 persons who paid too much in paycheck deductions or were inducted Into the armed forces Mr Fannin today said that he aided in filling out an income tax return for an Army doctor who will receive a $1000 refund One case was handled today by Mr Fannin whereby a man with nine children will receive a $600 refund Harassed taxpayers flooded the tax bureau with telephone calls Tired clerks in the office took the telephone off the hook at 6 a Clerks and office help from the County offices were recruited yesterday by officials to aid in handling record crowd of 1000 persons who filed returns Humorous incidents were related by income tax clerks One prominent El Pasoan presented an addition to his return stating that the reason his business failed was because "El Pasoans would only pay $5 for a He explained that he selected El Paso as the ideal climate to raise highly-bred Persian cats He said that the "cat breeding was only he found to his sorrow that El Pasoans would not pay over $5 for an animal that was worth Many unusual types of business were revealed by income tax returns One man filed a return for a business in which he takes moss from trees for automobile seat stuffing An employe of a casket-making company filed a return for a gross income of $800 "I'd bury myself before trying to fill out this simplified form by he said Tax payers with children who will receive refunds said tax is a wonderful thing why don't we have it Lloyd Givens Negro elevator operator In the Court House shouted instructions to hurrying taxpayers as he transported scores of them to the second floor Said Givens "Get your forms in room 241 present them in room 240 step Into the line at your left and order Typical of income tax payers who rushed to meet the deadline was Carmon Thrash 20 operator for the El Paso City Lines "I just kept putting it he said a notary public told me he couldn't help me as his waiting list was too long Til have to stay here in line until they take care of several Beunos Aires newspapers expressed skepticism Two of the leading newspapers La Prensa and El Mundo did not even mention the matter La Nacion published the story though treating it -with considerable reserve La Nacion in particular asked why the rare blessed event was not revealed immediately by the civil register and even expressed wond-(Continued on Fsge 12 CoL 3) Marines Make 4th New Britain Hop By United Prett ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Southwest Pacific March Marines won a new foothold on the northern New Britain coast in their drive toward Rabaul while American troops nearly 300 miles to the northwest cleared the enemy from Hauwei and Butjo Luo Islands to bring the Japanese main Admiralty Islands base of Lorengau on Manus Island within artillery range it was disclosed to- hey comprised the advance echelon for a much larger group whose arrival is expected shortly The five were officers Lieut CoL Mary Agnes Brown of Wash-ngton Capt Charlee Kelly of El Paso Tex Capt Juanita Stryker of Stockville Miss 1st Lieut Jeanne Latellier of Seneca Falls and 2nd Lieut Vera Mankinen Capt Charlee Kelly is the daughter of Mrs Kelly of 1617 Arizona street and the late Mayor Kelly of El Paso Captain Kelly was among the first El Pasoans chosen as a candidate for the Wacs in July 1942 She lad been a teacher and counselor at El Faso High SchooL She is a sis-er of Miss Elizabeth Kelly of the Public Library staff Miss Ann Kel-y of the El Paso High faculty and Mrs Quinn College of Mines teacher Commissioned late in 1942 Cap- Joseph Eastman Dias is Capitol By Attociated Prete WASHINGTON March 15 Joseph Eastman director of defense transportation and for 25 years a of the Interstate i Commerce Commission died today after an illness of several weeks le was 61 years old Eastman a bachelor passed away at the Emergency Hospital shortly after 7 a A native of Katonah Eastman was named to the Interstate i Commerce Commission in 1919 after service on the Massachusetts Pubic Service Commission In 1933 President Roosevelt Eastman co-ordinator of the railroads and he sought to effect economies in operation at the depth of the depression In 1942 Eastman was named director of the Office of Defense Transportation and given the tremendous task of bossing the movement of everything that poured hrough domestic channels into the war effort A prodigius worker for years he arrived at his office at 8:30 a and did not leave until long after dark His physician said Eastman died suddenly from a coronary occlusion He suffered a previous attack about a month ago and since had been confined to bed Eastman's death left vacant the ob of running the nation's war-time ransportation system Temporarily lis deputy Brig Gen Charles Young will in charge Inside Your Herald-Post Yata a la a 4 1 a i Cmirt Craswr4 Pssl Dr Conner Eleanor Bosevelt Emit Fylt Mirktlt Radi Clock Serial Star Side-Bar Kemarke Snorts Xewa day A communique from Gen Douglas headquarters also revealed that Allied airmen again attacked the big Japanese New Guinea stronghold of Wewak on the northern coast shooting down 65 enemy planes in a three-day assault (The Japanese Dome! agency re- rise were pounced on by overwhelming numbers of Lightnings and Thunderbolts which escorted the bombers lit great strength on the first penetration of Germany since Saturday Allied reports indicated a formidable shield of fighters and the Germans said that more fighters than bombers were over the Reich Belying Nazi propaganda claims (Continued on Fage 12 CoL 2) ported that a Japanese naval garrison repulsed an Allied attempt ts land on Hauwei last Saturday and wiped out the entire landing force and the motor torpedoboat and ond landing vessel that carried it) The new landing on New Britain the fourth in three months was made at Llnga Llnga in Elea-(Continued on Page 7 CoL 3) The War Today Allied air forces pulverise CmMino opening big 5th Army push on south Italy front British drive Germans from Anzio beachhead strong point Germans raid Naples GERMANY Clouds of fighters escort heavy bombers In attack on Brunswick Nazi aircraft center RUSSIA Russians hack trapped Nazi force north of Kherson rip into middle Bng defenses BRITAIN Heavy German fire raid hits London SOUTHWEST PACIFIC Marine! make new leap-frog landing on New Britain 8 dismounted cavalry clears two more small Admiralty islands Allied airmen shoot down 65 Jap planes over Wewak New Guinea Jap attacks on Bougainville subsiding Have Patience Folks! Cold Wave Is Coming? Russians Hack Trapped Nazis Report of Argentine Quint Birth Doubted There was a cold wave in Texas today but only residents of he Panhandle and Upper South Plains regions were physically aware of it Elsewhere over the state Texans perspired freely inunseasonal warm sultry temperatures while waiting for he sharp break in the weather predicted for several days The Weather Bureau still had not given up hope today however that time and patience would fulfill its forecasts that colder temperatures were on the way With sub-freezing readings light snow and freezing rain and fog reported in the Panhandle this morning the Bureau predicted cold er weather for the Panhandle and South Plains today considerably cooler weather for the remainder of West Texas tonight and By United Prete MOSCOW March Gen Ro dion Army of the Ukraine carried a battle of annihilation against several trapped German divisions into the mop-up stage today steadily increasing the Nazi losses now totalling more than 14-000 men killed or captured Field dispatches predicting early Solviet victory over the German divisions encircled north of Kherson said the stamping out of resistance in the pocket probably would make untenable the Nazi position at nearby Nikolaev last major German-held Black Sea port east of Odessa Repeated German armored counter-attacks failed to break the Soviet ring and the fate of the divisions as well as of Nikolaev appeared in the balance Nazi Marshall Fritz Von Mann-stein's insistence in trying to hold his lines in the Ukraine will cost (Continued on Page 12 Col 5) International Newt Service BUENOS AIRES March Argentina was not entirely convinced today by the announcement of a wealthy Argentine couple that quin-tuplets had been born to them eight months ago and that the multiple birth had been kept secret to avoid publicity While the country was agog at the announcement that three girls and two boys were bom to Franco Diligent! and his wife last July 11 I.