Martinez News-Gazette from Martinez, California • 1

TT calif 's 1 A mm wrtr RUSSIANS CUT INTO NAZI LINES Kilr tat with RUSSIA SCALE Of MILES MOSCOW nimi ahim9atmm roc: iHta temperatures: gTf-SlXTH YEAR SO 1100'' M0 NUMBER- 65 MARTINEZ CALIFORNIA SATURDAY DECEMBER 4 1943 rtn JAMES ROOSEVELT TELLS NEWSMEN OF MAKIN BATTLE Airmen Trick Nazis In Feint' At Berlin Allied Italy Gain Hy miTRD PRRSS) 1 Axis Europe rocked today under the impact of powerful Allied blows and the threat of a decisive grand-scale campaign implicit in new military as well as reached by Josef Sfalin President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at Teheran CARRYING ON OFFENSIVES along moot of tta southern front as shown on this map Red Army forces meanwhile continued to repel desperate German counter-attacks west of Kiev Heavy locoes wars inflicted on the Nasta in this area near Brusilov (International) Senate In Saturday Session To Ponder 1944 Tax Measure AB HELD TEHERAN yield Or Die' femand Expected )ri Germany ONDON Dec 4 (U-R) tident Roosevelt Prime iiter Churchill and Premier ip were revealed today to concluded a conference at inn at which they prob-pt the final ntamp of ap-il on plan for an inruion of rn Europe and the complete it Germany some time next cmmunique waa expected (Airily that will call upon Europe to or and bin post-wir fate raid terms that become in-liqly itringent for every ad-h1 wmth she restate Unnnuniqua probably will A aa explaeive eriita ia Mast perhaps leading to snip collapse of salary aih and Bulgaria mad doom ea then tic details conference about the whole world has been kttaf for nearly a month dtaeloaed by the official Rus-Xm Agency Tasa early toll transmission over the Radio for Rnestan roil ampapers The Taas dia-I later was repeated in the whams broadcasts at observers were convinced political discussions dominat-la Tehran conference Balkan satellites 4 wire shaky that a "unique or proclama-hf the calling then to surrender to escape 1 fal retribution that awaits cesld bo oapacted to "dsn aad far-reaching of- HOW MAKIN BUND WAS WBSTD from the Japs by American forces Is described to newsmen at Pear! Harbor by Lieut CatJunca Roosevelt 8 1L CL standing above Colonel Roosevelt went ashore with the farces aa Xakin Seated at desk at left of cherts is Lieut CoL Evans Curb aotveommandwaf the Marina Raiders who told of the fierce battle on Tarawa Island where American landing forces suffered heavy caauaKiee Ofldal EL Navy phota (International Soaadpboto) WASHINGTON Dec 4 The Senate finance committee called an extraordinary Saturday session today in ifk attempt to complete action on the 1943 tax bill before congress starts a Christmas recess about December 20 Representatives of tax-exempt religious charitable and educational organizations were scheduled witnesses They sought to write into the house-approved $2140000000 measure an amendment to the pay-as-you-go tax law enacted last spring They propose that individual taxpayers be permitted to estimate in advance their contributions to tax-exempt organisations and deduct that amount before -computing their net earnings on which the 20 percent withholding tax ia levied Under present law the 20 per cent is collected on net income after deduction of personal exemptions only Credit for contributions must be claimed at the end of the year Thus a taxpayer with exceedingly high contributions over-pays on a current basis and must claim a rebate from the treasury SOLDIER VOTE BILL UP SENATE ENDS LONG DEBATE GAZETTE READERS AGAIN ANSWER RED CROSS PLEA Aa electric ires electric percolator aod varies utcnaila gift received in reaponi to an American appeal have been delivered to delighted Battery Mococo it revealed Mr Elisabeth Russia made public the open secret that Stalin had left hi homeland for the first time In more than 30 years to meet Roosevelt and Churchill at Teheran Iran ROM CONFIRM CONFAB I Possibly impatient of the fiasco developing over tlie abortive surrounding the Cairo and Teheran ronferencm the official Soviet news agency Tons broadcast word of the latter war coanrll "Problems of warfare against were discussed as well as political lasnea Tass said and were taken which will be ITALY DRIVE HITS STRIDE The long sluggish Italian rampafgn hit full stride when Lieut General Stark TV Clark sent his Fifth Army against German defenses in western Italy in a companion offensive to that which General Sir Her-naitl Montgomery was waging on the Adriatic wing of the front heights have been captured and the advance is continuing" General Dwight headquarters said In announcing the Fifth Army offensive The Eighth Army alao scored new gains capturing three towns after bitter battles with the German rear guard RAF POUNDS LEIPZIG The Royal Air Force sprang a feinting maneuver on the Germans which threw their defenses off guard and kept the toll in the boule-barrelled blast at Berlin and Leipzig to 23 bombers barely half the number lost the night before over Berlin The big bombers made a beeline for Berlin and at the last moment swung against Leipzig OO uillca distant to pound It with nearly 1700 tons of explosives The light and speedy mosquitoes swarmed against Berlin stoking the fires left by tlie heavy attark St hours earlier The Red Army clamped a con' atrlrting assault arc on the approaches to Zhlobin key rail junction in lower White Russia and appeared to have weathered safely the all-out German counterattacks which had checked the Soviet offensive in other sectors FERRY FETE PLANS MADE FOR DEC 12 Symbolic of the cutting of the Carquinez Straits transportation bottleneck which has existed at intervals since the first crude ferry was launched at Benicia 96 years ago a huge plywood bottle will be sawed in half December 12 as Martinet Benicia and the Benicia Arsenal tSnebratq the inauguration of steamlined ferry service Col Paul Rutten commanding officer of the arsenal and Mayor A Ricks of Martinss 111 be at the handles of a buck taw in the qeremonUl RKCHRlHTKXrXO CEREMONY Mra Rutten who will also par-tlclpate in the dedication ceremony will rechrlsten the former Rlchmond-San Rafael steamer "City of Son by breaking bottle of California champagne over tta bow Her maid of honor will be a girl employe of the arsenal selected by her own fellow employee Plana for the program tentatively act for 1 Dofrmbrr 18 at the end of the new' city wharf were mapped yesterday at conference at the arsenal attended by Lindsay Van Ton-geren chamber of commerce srrretnry Fort Capt A Woodrrsa ferry lino manager Bayly Hlpkias civilian liaison officer to the commanding officer and Bitch Chairman Jo Shepard could not attend The arsenal arrangement for participation will be handled by Capt Pierce public relations officer and Lieut Wiley Knight FERRYBOAT REFLOATED The refloated City of San Rafael now at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company drydock at Alameda ia scheduled for arrival at the Martinet dock next Friday Now owned by the Army it will be formally turned over to the city by Colonel Rutten at the dedicatory service probably on a lease baata kitchen Red Croa boys at waa today by Hoey chairman of the local Red Croat chapter aha laid let a An appeal for fund to bny Cbriitmna pmaanti for the bey in the service wa made today with the request that contribution be brought to Red Croa headquarter a loon a pot-ible to finance pure ha a Information may be obtained from Mr Hoey phene 802 or Mr Haul Sburtleff vice-chairman phene 15F2 or at the offices of the American Rad Cress Richmond Housing Mess Flayed By Judge Bray District Attorney To Put Murray Murder Case In Hands Of Grand Jury The esse against Edwin week after Deputy District Attor- Richmond housing conditions which Superior Judge A Bray characterized aa and outrageous" were disclosed yesterday at the preliminary hearing of 33-year-old Pearl Marshall held on charges of contributing to the delinquency of her three children The woman who had a newly incurred black rye was arrested on ii complaint signed by County Probation Officer Fredarica Edgar after she had refused to cooperate with authorities A second complaint of inebriacy may be filed according to Mrs Edgar Testimony in the hearing disclosed that fhe family pi four lived in a room 12 by 12 at 259 Seventh street Richmoond They PBid $15 a week rent to George Zanes whose Gold Mine Cafe situated in front of the apartment house Judge Bray who visited the premises found the floor littered with bits of bread and other food The quarters were without cooking facilities The juvenile court judge said he is writing a letter to the Richmond health officer and the OPA asking that action be taken against the landlord Mrs Marshall was ordered to cooperate with health and probation authorities when an investigation disclosed that her 10-year-old daughter was suffering from a social disease Instead ahe put the three children the eldest 17 on a bus for Vancouver Washington bat Saturday House To Ponder Several Measures WASHINGTON Dec 4 4UR) The soldier vote issue moved to the House today after the Senate killed the Green Lucas Federal vote bill and passed a substitute characterised by supporters of the defeated measure aa the blow evar truck at rights in Bills similar to tha Green-Lucu bill and also the Senate substitute will be considered in the House where partisan wrangling matching the week-long Senate debate Is expected Tlie new version backed by Rrpubllrans and Southern Hem-ormtH who feared their poll tax voting prcrcqulnHea might be circumvented was pushed through 48 to 8T over protests It would nullify any effort to give the men oversews a chance to vote in the 1044 election It would turn over to the states authority to handle the voting of members of the armed forces who are overseas The defeated measure would have placed administration In the hands of four-man war ballot commission appointed by the President from lists submitted by both parties WTi Romania and Bulgaria wdy have been reported ex-hf peace feelers to the Allies "tamed aourcee believed they nady to withdraw from the "the Ant opportunity Quarters doubted that Quick results can be expect-" Germany however even jj the three heads of state pltln that early capitula-M though never avert 1 Puniihment fnona Theatre 'Perty Sold tta old Ramona theatre 5 Walnut Greek to Ur Bwood Laws was dte-" with the filing of tha Cbntra Coats Title PJ The property which der the lease to Laws 59 nd Mrs Theodore H6B00 7" the operator of the El in Walnut Creek ney Veale has assembled witnesses in the case Murray a shipyard painter who resided at 1429 Vh Bonita Way Berkeley has been held since October 18 on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder The complaint wai signed by Mrs father George A rata of Antioch Murray has been unable to raise $20000 bail Francis Murray SB will be taken before the Contra Coata county grand jury with a requeat for a true bill indicting him for the laying of his former wife Nanon Chief Deputy Dtatrict Attorney Rex Boyer aaid today Mrs Murray who died Wednesday at the Antioch hoapital six weeks after ahe had been ambush ed near the home of her parent waa buried this afternoon in Masonic and I 0 0 Amatory at Antioch The grand jury probably will be eilled into special session next Danish Nazi War Plant Blown Up By Saboteurs War Casualties Prisoners Listed STOCKHOLM Dec 4 Reports from Copenhagen said today that the Hartmann Machine Factory engaged exclusively in filling German contracts was destroyed completely by an explosion yesterday in what wag described as most serious sabotage ever committed in CONTRA COSTA WAR HONOR ROLL Harry Drew Atherton seaman second class son of Mr and Mrs Harry Drew Atherton of Vine Hill was killed in action while taking part in the Battle of Santa Crua on October 26 1942 according to word received by hi parents from the War Department Atherton who joined the Navy in April 1942 haa been reported missing in action for a year The young man left Alhambra High achool In his senior year to Join the armed forcee While a student here he was active is basketball and track and mads a high scholastic rating Thor Kofod Buys Quimby Island For $34000 Quimby Island an 830-acre tract in the San Joaquin delta area saat of Oakley haa been sold to Hr and Mrs Hamilton Davis of Walnut Creek to Mr and Mrs Thor Kofod of Rio Vista according to a deed filed for recording with the office of County Recorder Helen Cunningham Revenue stamps on the deed which was filed through the Rich-mond-Martinex Abstract and Title Company indicated the purchase pries was $34000 Hamilton ia owner of the Walnut Creek Cannery Dead included with next of kin: MEDITERRANEAN AREA: Prf Kenneth Phillips wife Mrs Kenneth Phillips 631 Twentieth street Richmond Wounded was: Pfc George fray Mra Louise May mother 1809 East street Concord WASHINGTON Dec 4 (UR) The War Department disclosed today the names of 244 8 soldiers held prisoners of war by Japan Tlie list Included: 8gt Daniel Hickman William Hickman father Box 68S Brentwood Sgt Clifford Ketner Mrs Bertha Ketner mother 915 Palm avenue Martinet Strike Ends At Richmond Yards RICHMOND Dec 4 Full production of merchant ships and naval vessels in the sprawling Henry Kaiser shipyard here was resumed today as 4000 AFL machinists returned to their jobs after a two-day work stoppage which Kaiser official! aaid waa coating the nation ship a A personal appeal hy Edgar Kaiier sen of the shipbuilder before a nnioa mass meeting last night climaxed a day of conferences which brought settles cat of the controversy pending arbitration of a jurisdiction! dispute between the machinist and AFL operating engineer ISCCs rnw Navy aviator and tall-known pioneer ALNUT CREEK NAVY FLYER LLED IN PLANE CRASH SAN DIEGO BASE UIDT CREEK Dee Legato of Sacramento Funeral 'arrangements are pending Lawrence was a son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence of this city and a brother of Paul Lawrence Four staters are Mrs Grace Pennington Mrs Martha Dunnigan and Mrs Barbara Winkelman of Oakland Mrs Virginia Alvarado of San Franetaco and Mtas Susanna Lawrence of Oakland The young man was 21 years of age and a native of this city He received his pilot training at St Pre-Flight school i "Ms tntffady wai re- WlN fpiHM 4Va UsM ewnpsnied by young filing buddy Sam WASHINGTON Dec 4 (UR) The War Department today made public tha names of 214 additional 8 soldiers killed and wounded In action In all theatres of the war Harry Drew Atherton.