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SIM They Keep FigMtr.g BUY WAR BONDS You Keep Euylng Final Edition Today's Latest News CENTRAL ILLINOIS HOMEll NEWSPAPER SINCE 1040 99TH YEAR. NO. 22. BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, PAGES. UT ASSOCIATED PRESS SINGLE COPY 0 CENTS i AFTER THREE YEARS Mighty Attacks Stagger Belgians Fear For LeoDold's 'Death March' Survivor Joins Yanks on Luzon Health, Safety Ci a on Roth Fronts BRUSSELLS.

flJ.R) Belgian authorities feared Monday for the health and safety of King Ieo pold, believed imprisoned in a me Biggest Battle of War Shaping Up East of Oder Hungry, Haggard Idaho Man First Found by Invaders Bright Medals May Adorn Bosoms of Congressmen Reds Grab Insterburg In Prussia Planes Rip Vehicles In 'Bulge' dieval castle in central Germany under conditions of cruelty and isolation resembling that of the nfjr.ty ar.4 arti.ry rrvttly tn5 the 78th congress did a particularly man in the iron mask that octter. U. S. BOMBER WING HEAD good job and this medal idea is BY I.DUY CILMORr. MOSCOW.

a The asest battle of the second World War was shaping up Sunday for the it.ll i Im c- The king, who has remained QUARTERS. NORTHERN LU to jy hether BY JAM IIS M. pro-Allied despite his inrarcera deeply sentimental. Several of us think we have been trying to do a good job on this war. We have ZON.

Haggard, footsore and BY FREDERICK C. OTHMAN. WASHINGTON, U.R) Now come medals for congressmen to hang on their chests. You think I'm kidding? I'm not. Neither is Rep.

John D. Dingell of Detroit, who in tion, is reported to be underfed PARIS. (T) Allied warplancs hungry for American chow, the snow covered, rollins lands east been voting for everything the and to have lost considerable caught 3.000 Ofrmair vehicles, the lirst survivor from the Bataan K. 7.hukov and I tan S. Kx frl tr.ey are strong carry irr.me-dk'.tlr to that sector or ul onier period for syrr.gVver.sr.g l.nrs of the Oder river a battle which army and navy needs and some of bulk of transport of an enure "Death March" to join his in weight.

It i lU'ifi a.rrr JLs. may decide whether the war Ls to rm in an aft pmntivi nralr a vading fellow countrymen on Lu i I end shortly or co into the sua oc.ux iouu nu srna me a from the Ardennes salient through troduced the bill to appoint the committee to design the medal for building up rojmnur.ia,..cv. zon rested Monday after hiding from Japanese and living on rice book," he pleaded in one of the the Siegfried line to the Rhine. mer and beyond The best infrme-i T7 few messages which have reached and Xo Uwm to pieces Monday President Roosevelt to pin on con gressional bosoms. us even were hanged in effigy before the war for voting for conscription and things like that.

Some of the designs suggested, such as the one showing a congressman in gold with his mouth open, are too whimsical. What we need, I think, is something neat The Russians are saying noth Sor nearly three years. the outside world. u-j ing about the prospects cf th.i He was Corp. Gerald G.

Wade tf Lewiston, Idaho, an army air rrtiwi The planes attacked with bombs, Rep. Dingell thinks $2 each is about right for a first class medal, with ribbon and safety pin at encounter coming to grips itj rockets and machine runs battle straigM to the tner frttn' 'V5'' the currrr.t ih of Ir' -r 43 lt Kcte 1j1 If ruuum ctk an anu-Aiurn siaicmcni wnm me the German army cll InuJe the corps mechanic. He passed through the American lines at an undis The Nazis had waited too long tached. Maybe $3. He adds, look Allies crowed the Belgian bonier.

Heirh but imtrad are slaking all to run the gantlet down the nw ing pointedly in my direction, that and not too guady and about three inches across. I think that's an excellent size. Makes a good solid Leopold was separated from his drilled escape roads ami were 1 tft I if anybody ridicules the idea, he wile and children and began a and tar nuM oi Ilovi mtmy IWri-n. i caught on two highways in con can iaKe it. medal that shows up well in the long procession of transfers from centrations so thick that the Allied "Some of us," he said, "believe t.

sunshine. prison to prison. pilots said afterwards "We couldn't miss. closed point and was brought here by plane. The shoes and a bad stone bruise made him limp.

He was chalky faced from malnutrition. He looked 15 years older than his 25 years. But he was happy and hungry. Wade told how he and other prisoners who were surrendered Vat Damace. There was every indication that Move Started to Clip Wallace's Loaf ing at Navy Yard Charged by Senator the rum would be the greatest since the wounded wehrmacht fed from the Seine through the Falaise IT- tr.t.

key Ur in I if U-e tVtlia Calls fe ll't. i.Ti'r C'? k- i. it r. c-t -g gap. The destruction of equipment to the Japanese at Bataan, on Wi ngs as Commerce Secretary promised virtually to immobilize southern Luzon, April 9, 1942, were mistreated and made to at least one of Field Marshal on Runditedt's two mobile reserve YOUR NEXT TAX march 85 miles north to a prison armies.

Would Take Loan 1HAMBURGER- camp. Japs Jeer. Same Norfolk Plant Wants 4,000 More Men The U. S. First army cUwed BILL LIKELY Brownell Thinks within two and a half miles of St Contro From FOOD FOR THE GODS Vith.

Gen. Eisenhower's commu TO BE STIFFER nique lusted 14 captured towns "They laughed and jeered at us," he said. "Some of them bashed us on the heads with poles as they drove by in trucks. They CHICAGO. (iP) The humble Jones' Successor yearly all in Belgium and Luxem Arrafr.

tv- cf l-r ef a hamburger has been cast in a front lines war role for delivery bourg, where the deflated bulge WASHINGTON. D. UP) Sen. James M. Mead (D.

N. reminded me of underdogs who was less than ISO square miles. WASHINGTON, D. (JPl to American soldiers in the field. Railroad avment lower than lxt jear.

indicating higher eounly lax rate Page finally had got the upper hand A move to strip Henry A. Wallace The British moved ith.n 35 1 told the senate Monday that at the His Plan Will Bring GOP Win Packed two to a can, with salt 3 11 miles of Dusseldorf and within Norfolk Navy yard said to be of control over federal loan and anH a fin.n.in 1 and Pepper added and featuri financing agencies Secretary of ne a r.J'e ti as hirt 4.000 essential workers- a charcoal broiled flavor they can 4n" f.e fAl I commerce was started in the sen be eaten cold when necessary five miles of the Rocr river in a fresh two mile advance through northwest Germany. Three Possibilities. war investigating corr.rr.r.ice ux week found "excels manpower. ate Monday by Finance Commit- tnn but the flavor is improved upon wasted labor, hoarded labor and enforced loafing.

Although it is too early yet to Wallace's nomination a a me newest addl- INDIANAPOLIS. (U.R) Rc ft-. t. -r. i fr -n rr r.l-',i irr tt.it mn tr i a fr-n At ('f a ire rr Yanks 60 Miles From Manila; southern Democrats and Tfeniihli publican National Chairman Her and didn't know how to act." (An official account of the "death march," based on reports of survivors who escaped and made their way to the United States, was given in a joint army-navy statement issued Jan.

27, 1S44. It said: "'The march of death began when thousands of prisoners were herded together at Mariveles air field on Bataan at daylight on April 19, 1942, in groups of 300 to 1,000 men." Fast Pace Set. "The third day after the sur cans, George offered legislation to 'The hamburgers will be packed The war investigating chairman angrily told senators that so many men are assigned to Mme jb "that they cannot rvm Kiucere into the place. MmI of them bert Brownell Monday sub mitted to the GOI national rom see the full effect, there are these possibilities: 1 The Germans, who rushed at least some of the thin armored reserve south to the Alsace plain for re-establish the Federal Loan ini a Pound package supply agency as a separate and inde- enough food for 10 soldiers mittee an eight point proposal for pendent arm of government. for one "ay- strengthening party organization around outside while a few work." Mil Id a- a "last try" blow at Strasbourg, He acted shortly after the sen as a step toward returning to may have had to switch their strat ate received President Roosevelt's Formosa Blasted hBMF r.

egy in the middle of the move and formal nomination of Wallace to China Picture save whatever strength possible succeed Jesse Jones, a post for which Jones said the former vice la AUet4rt Am. for the supreme test in the spring Personal Work Done. Mead said workmen spend "valuable time and materials" mak.r.; personal trinkets for superiors. While we were in the yard." he continued, "work was being done on an ornate checker board and and summer. president is unsuited.

nv irnwuii miiiimw. mm Wt S4 national power in the 1946 and 1948 elections. In offering his program, Brownell predicted that if carried out intelligently it would win for the Republican party in the 1946 congressional elections. Full Time Staff. He proposed: 1.

A national organization to 29 rr ir.wie T.t 1" 2 The Germans were getting Jones Rejected. out of the flattened Ardennes bulge Armored American t-e I ta Mr. iiooseven rejection of a in virtually a complete abandon congressional request that Jones on a special tame ior oycr.ir.j ir.rocsn i i -i oyster. The table was Inter dedjruiM of TarUc Mocday ftxi'x i. Looks Better; Route Reopened be retained as head of the Recon ment of a 15 to -20 mile flank northwest of Vianden and heavy struction Finance corporation and for use at Just one oyster feast tJ m.irs a i to be attended by a few agatmt U-e Jarar.eie-'e troop train movements reported at its subsidiary agencies in event funciion full time with an enlarged staff instead of ooeratinc Bonn reflected last minute changes render was the worst of all," Wade said.

"We-were forced to march 132 steps a minute while the sun was beating down on us and the sweat rolling down until out clothes were soaking wet. Again we had no food nor water." The Americans were worn out and dropping from exhaustion. Malaria, fever and chills beset them. Yet the brutal march went en at 132 pace a minute and let stragglers beware. "We chewed sugar the of Wallace's appointment stirred masters.

gathered pmJ. I 1 1 a. 1 1 1 in the wehrmacht's cross-Rhine bitter resentment on capitol hill Mead said deferred workmer' .7. wmr only at campaign time. IS fr, line in the north.

ion iiuivi niarrrti if As the storm fathered Wallace 1 2. Close work inc relations with m.ine vaiiMuir pjiki unni iui, .1 1. himself issued a statement in KANDY, CEYLON. (U.R) The That suggested that the Gcr mture for shop matters an! that Republ ican leaders in congress. which he said he saw onoortunitv campaign to reoDcn China' over mans were goins once more over 3.

at national head lilrtili mym in his new post to ra ise the lot of I'ana supply route from India over the erection of an elaborate Chrul- inrre m.e to a mere delaying defense. quarters a research staff "to show the "common man" to a point the Ledo-Burma road virtually in i-e 1 ar.s c-r-c mas tree and a model village the fallacies of New Deal doc 3 For the first time, it began a v' elaborat lichtinz. "All of this nurma on tre seaay to Han trines and help prepare affirma to seem likely that the Allies where he will be no less prosper- was completed Monday as a Chi-ous in peace than in war. nese expeditionary force and Lt. v.

1.. fMin ar.d tive legislative proposals. rnrnoral said. "It kept a lot of would get in the next big offensive blow as the Nazi command wa Wallace called for "full and ef- Gen. Daniel I.

Sultan's First worn was oirrcicn Tckro rr.n Tr he added. ifU'TI Rjilm rr-r li ir o-. 4. Co-operation as well with Re us eoine." ficient employment" throughout Chinese army of Burma met in vered between conflicting demands publican governors and state leg islators. the nation and for "opportunity force for the first time at Muse of the western and eastern fronts.

They stopped at a hacienda where rice was issued by the for free enterprise. near the China-Burma border amlng Spread. I forces were again STna.Jiir.g at Tor- Irn O-rrt: Mead said workmen were told Land bicd r.ar.e -to "stretch out Jobs and to appear tx-ood r-nvna hit a cseyl Near Mala to be working" and a few m.nutes of? h. CKir rraai ifwV nUMl tv 5. Integration of national com Where and how soon that blow-would fall could not be disclosed.

Japanese for the first time. There Would Create New Job. At the same time, British inva mittee activities with those of were only two rice issues in six Oenrpe's hill, which hp intrn- Mn iorces in soutnwest Burma state and county committees, in davs. ciuciing consultation with state duced without floor comment, moveQ against. Japanese deienders would set aside President Roose- on Ramree island, 65 miles south- before invet.gators -pear raul t.e Kur.les.

arl IV-r t-. ftrr 1 cf Reveres- tear through the shops an4 wrranos ea.i giving the alarm. juxith of Tokyo. I rrfxe ri 1-- UUP chairmen fr.r this purpose. vpit's PYPniitivP nrriM- rf 1 H9.

easi oi AKyaa and zoo miles from Japanese troadca al djmt t' "Our committee did not receive More Action. 6. A more active Dart for in transferring the Federal Loan "a.ngn aiier a successiul am- At San Fernando the second handful of rice was distributed. One Japanese officer gave some cf the men a few cans' of sardines to supplement their pitifully small this treatment." he said. robably aeenrv.

the Reconstruct on Fi- lanaing ounoay in carrier trr.e airrratt tatl lor n.ts -t btmted Forrrvrna rt rsrattjy II -r. Hensel Named Ass't Navy Secretary dividual members of the national nance corporation and its subsidi- 10 reoaim me Arnan committee in development and ary agencies to the jurisdiction of 1U1C r.awa in the Hrukyu ii.r.j. rr iv-: day fir the ecrcd CT I t''' promotion of the national pro because we appeared t-n s---ort notice, lt was worked on others." The committee, he added, "is in possession information" that manpower is being ration. Then the Americans were loaded in small gauge freight cars the commerce department. Sultan's troops advanced 16 gram.

rt trmr.r.r,.:tnTg t-'e C.U-.m 'i The order was issued when miles, clearing ridges dominating 7. A financial nrocram designed Osaka area ef Jjran trtt t-r Tt-t i Jones 'was both commerce secie- the road south of the Shweli river to "broaden the basis of contribu until there was no longer room to breathe and hauled to O'Don-nel where a concentration camp WASHINGTON. D. H. used inefficiently a great many tary and loan administrator.

to reach. Muse and link up. with tions" by encouraeine small indi The bill calls for the appoint- the expeditionary force, which had vidual donations. ment by the President of a $12,000 pushed south from Wanting to 8. "An intensive two-year cam brought back photos the l-'als great Kawaiaki a.rrra!t rtar.i wai kr-nfkH wit 1 n4.

ISuOrion aC Tarlac is Urcrit an1 rv'- JVYwUCil JaVg irr.portar.t tow-n caftwrrd ty Urk forre. The Jarar.ne a fL mm-, lJ -tr it after dousing UtMrzt I I I I fj II 5 ridVc administrator to head the re- close a pincers on Japanese be was being prepared. No Rest, Little Food. "I got out early from O'Don Struve Hensel of New Jersey was nominated Monday by President Roosevelt to be assistant secretary of the navy. Hensel.

who has been serving the Navy department in a legal paign in co-operation with sena tween the two armies established agency. torial and congressional committees to win ReDubl ican control The Japanese were caught be war plants." Coming: Bill To Keep Our Navy on Top tween heavy artillery fire which Chaos Threatened gasoline ar1 ilj. rg UrJ of the senate and house of representatives in 1946.w set the jungle ablaze for three miles along" the Burma road and capacity on contracts for some three years, will move into the Jitters Now By Jones Ousting were reported fleeing south nel," Wade said. "There were only three lookout towers then and for some reason the water supply failed. Americans were sent to fill cans of water.

One day the radio operator call him Gilbert and I were sent for water outside the barbed wire fence which was still being constructed. position vacated when Ralph Bard became undersecretary. Other nominations submitted to Trucks and ambulances were Diet Too Thin, Prisoners Give In Japs, U. S. WASHINGTON, C.

Presi- using the captured road section dif I-a. l. iv the senate included: dent Roosevelt's decision to oust east of Namhkam and the first WASHINGTON. tV The Jesse Jones as secretary of com- China-bound Allied convoy, which Aubrey W. Williams of Ala- I will send to cungsos sn jmraviv rtAiin merce in favor of Henry A.

Wal- has been waiting at Myitkyina May Trade Prisoners We dumped the cans and took off in broad daylight. lace threatened Monday to plunge was expected to start moving his fourth administration into a soon. wide onen quarrel with coneress. "We didn't know where to go to we headed for the hills. We rested on a hilltop about five kilometers from the camp when In the face of pleas from such WF LL BfcT Mb GOT Youth administration, to be Rural lrst Installment of a At r.i Electrification administrator.

fofm. jmn fcWer UVn Ls 1. .1 Edward Jackson Kyle of UiC bn a t.r1 ar I 7T.n to be ambassador to Guatemala. rank of worJd P-- ThttrV.sy tr rf VT; Joseph F. McGurk to be am- Congressional source who aiked It, mk r.t Ktk V.t A -J 2 "rl-l bassador to the Dominican re- that their names be withheld du- today al were g.m t- 7 -public.

closed Monday that some of tnt.r.t meaU U. F. lt "4 R. Henry Norweb of Ohio, now postwar navy's blueprint will be if.VtT.! nrtOn Cane PAnnfillw tT Tav I WASHINGTON. and Bailey (D, N.

-that Jones A YVAKIV1 WtLVUMt Gilbert shouted, "a Jap is com- The Japanese government has advised Washington that it expects be kept on at least in his capacity inz.n He turned out to be a Fill as head of vast federal financing pino with his haid cut short. He agencies, the President called for 10 oe aDie to carry out an exchange of interned citizens of the two countries some time thi war took us to a barrio. and received the latter's bitter but Again he wandered through full acquiescence. Pampanga province into the Bu The state department Monday made public a note sent from I must accede to your deci lusan flatlands, and retraced his ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.

(JP) Capt. Russell Kerr of the army air transport command received a warm welcome from his wife and two sisters upon his return home after 18 months overseas. Among them he divided 24 pairs of silk stockings he had bought in South America. amDassador to t'oriugai, 10 be am- woramg in way a. it't- bassador to Panama.

by midyear. The prioT c.f.nrT-r! 1 -7 The bill probably will t.n the gard ca.t jV, 7 Inmrpd Mxn DIt legislation intended to keep irnrr wwk tr inurea rvian uies the UmTiC M.r many ct ute.ct.Mr w.u i- i.y HILLSDORO. (UP) William renerve officers who have been mi roift Iw un'A ww H. Smith. 64.

injured Saturday in active duty during the war. LegU-r rrved. U. WrrVfTr-'t i fc an automobile citlltsmn w-ith a carllation may be t- set up. 1 driven by William Price.

19. 50 "little AnnanU" Pntlr a Prnhi ti Tokyo late last year through Span- careful steps into the rugged Sam sion, said Jones, in a letter emphasizing that "I can not agree bales mountains. There was no i.n aipiomaiic channels giving the enemy's oMicial reaction to in that Wallace, until Saturday the ret and little food. He kept vice president, would be a good moving. sistent Amrican proposals that a third exchange be arranged as man for the job.

Wade ended his story with a yawn, "but I'll sleep tonight, my Litchfield, died Sunday Hills- throughout the r.ntry to train soon as possible. Series of 14 Burglaries boro hopital. 'officers fur the twntw ar llcrt The Japanese said that they are particularly interested in repatri first real sleep In three years Illinois Man Hurt ating nationals held at the Tule MEN OF 78TH RESCUE 70 TRAPPED BUDDIES Lake, Calif, segregation center. VICTORIA, TEX. (P) Pf Lewis M.

Snowden, 22, a Canton DIAPERS, CHEMISES-YANKS MUST WEAR 'EM ctmtirtu rt ta irf. gxu rdrmcr vndrgca a rotbs-ry at Md-t Dry Ail of Product Wltn bCnCadinq in s-ic r.r c-f 1 5nU.V, tii 1 Sioce Jan I. 'X. 1 ta Two employe- Vi fuM 111., soldier stationed at Foster Peace Negotiations In Greece This Week WITH THE U. S.

78TII DIVI At one time the cooks organ field. was in critical con dition Monday following a skull SION IN GERMANY. (Delayed) Lack of white WITH THE UNITED STATESl ized a party and almost reached the trapped men. On the sixth day Sgt. Chester C.

Scurlock of fracture received in an NEW YORK. M) Greek For out which ytu nukf a peffectirn-n cam. a nrwry i bile collision that killed two and eign Minister John Sofianopoulos injured four others near here announced in Athens Sunday Detroit, led a patrol in twice and saved every man. target was made up fr in armhirh ii t.af r. lous way with remit wi'n-tru SI tretr sr.t;r- t- tM-hold.

Sime unit, sufh as thosuM ir- fr. II FIRST ARMY. (Delayed) U1) The United States army, tt be the best dre.sMl and the best equipped in the whole yesterday. night that peace negotiations between the government of Premier For this action Scurlock was promoted to second lieutenant, and First infjntry diii.m. of the rr.rn r.t r.

tr lucky enigh to caj ture a ut- ht nfte ttt O. ef tf Jrt. tl (Jf) A determined and successful effort by men of the 78th division to rescue 70 of their buddies trapped in a German cellar for six days has given a great lift to this famous outfit whose history goes back to World War I. At Kesternich south of Aachen one battalion of the 310th infantry regiment was cut off by overwhelming German odds during Nicholas Plastiras and the left wing ELAS forces would begin at Ml the division commander, Maj. Gen.

world, has taken a back seat on both counts along the western Fair, Colder Says Forecast ficient quantity of I Knaburg ,.4 thai eo-j'-se t', rt 4 p. m. next Thursday, said th 1 to mum an eniirr tnnrriurn ir-uukm i American broadcasting station in outfits not so lucky Edwin C. Parker, pinned the gold bars on the Michigan lad's shoulders. The 78th division boasts three World War I battle streamers St.

have hl tn0f j.r ir.icf. however. C.OVTRNMENT WEATHER FORECASTS manage wiin wr.at l-lcy couii scrounge from civilians, who tr. c'r Press Association turope recorded by the OWI. Moscow Reports Army Leaders, Hitler Confer ELOOMINGTOX AND VICINITY Fair Ama m-a MMlriKM! I Sa the enemy's Ardennes break Mihiel, the Limey sector and the Mondar night and Tuesday.

Colder Mon-fluy nlcht, little chance in temperature front. It is still the world's fightingest army but an official fumble somewhere along the line has denied it necessities for a rigorous campaign in the snow and ice frorr Arnhem to the Relfort gap. The troops themselves by high, wide anil handsome provising are keeping warm and camouflaged SS. iff It linen, sheets and old clothes. IUth C-ancelS Vjut MeCtma TunUv.

Lowest Monday nlpht is through. Casualties were high and the lieutenant-colonel in command is still missing. LONDON. OV- The Moscow towels make gol helmet cover-J cf Jv "if it From one fhfle I saw pro--Daily li iat.n. l.i? truding a helmet tmrtf I its reprrsee.l.ftg JI6 1.1 cheat 32.

rANTACRATH WEATHER RECORD. in4T'a 33: minimum. 2S Meuse-Argonne. It was originally organized in August, 1917. In this war, approximately one half the men wearing the divisional shoulder patch of red with a streak of lightning come from Ohio.

Illi When it was learned that 70 radio said Sunday night that ther men of the 310th were trapped in had been nn extraordinary meet Mondr Su m. 11 m. 2 p. a cellar inside the German-held But the effect In some cases ha paisley crepe de rhtne made fut newspaper. nnoufH r.

of discardcl chemise. Anotherthat it had m-J- 1 k- -j 7 21 2S 32 Sua mm Mondny: Pirn Tnenday: 8:18. been a tatterdemalion getup rival ing of military leaders at Adolf Hitler's headquarters to review the alarming situation on the town and were refusing to surren nois, Pennsylvania and New York. The remainder represent almost soldier had ht helmet rovctal imT mw KhsJ.ei iro Br.w ing Washington's army at Valley der, every man in the division 129-Zt In Chicago. la PANTAGRAPH PHONES 6900-5 with a frayed diaper.

eastern front. wanted to go to their help. Forge. every state in the union..