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LONDON, Inn. 7 (Friday) - l- A- I- bombers roared toward leromsqaln early today. oroee- ig‘ ‘eels-lit channel in a

gored we beer procession.

Ilelfll! l! the Berlin redle left the all‘. indicating that the bellies-e were heading for

Yugoslavs lirlve Iezls Freer Valley

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LOIOUN. J . 6—(AP)-—Y - lev Partisan‘ ‘hive driven the “- out od the ‘entire Oil-mile lo

of the Cetine River. w hi0 the Sea ‘ins... .:::.=:::*-h~* ‘ Cl‘ Josie bros mo» Ants- ' bmsdcas e a "bitté

use Yuemfieoio esi battles" were continuing base 0f

reggae:

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large led 0f Salt Located At Aieherst

—mir borinee ' at nearby

' et Io t have uncovered a bed of salt, while thick areas gypsum have been uncov- another site. Officials of e lootia Mines Department posted to arrive here this confirm the flndlri|e rnede the borings.

Greeks Charge ‘Nazi Atrocities

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ueril sueeeesee eleinet the Axis. inelud one battle thot cost the enemy casualties.

The eek Announcement eeid that in town of Ralevrita on the ire naeeue the Germbrll aeeembi all melee over ll years of ego "to listen to e h" and then out them down wi machine

wtloh ‘wee burned. it ee . The German soldiers then looted houeee and destroyed

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Berlin Press

NOI/Ill SYDNIY. N. l., Jan. O-iCH-Tbe dstlre orlw a Uni Nations ehl sur- vived her alter was an n- vee-

sel of! Newfoundland New Year's nilht. it was lose! here toda with th rival of the loet ship's Osb n. eleht

officers and es crew members. onorvsnoquu, "out. Jsnfsqom

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seed. President of erio Commend. s today

guano men have esubiishe .

DIIDGIIOIT C0 .. Ja - :.-. " -". ' "ii-Keri Ida hlin “a Tar IE8. Deaon

ofAsn ease :Ith0flty on}

outta lie e - 5%:- tlofiflvblltilll“ rsiiTsTis an biolrebher.

Toronto ilnit In Jiaiilesfoiir.» their

a Iwhmmbm,’ Elli?) -- trédrone in’! t tods reoortedi

dimstch irfiiii sway" that menus! bore of the 40th ma‘ ere of Toronto haven't had eir teoff

for e month.

"lome of the betflee we have been in rney be gained from the feet thelt we hevent had our oiothoe or of! for a month.

sect’ Wernpi

—fm.n' weeks lo be o ouohd 0% William o. boom o

eeyiol. ' s have foulh. lint and eaten mind the entail '.l‘hey have iuet had e n; cope, whio is . for pro- tection from the rein. and in eons water in trenches beer: four rest . Then it mile f0 Wins’ e to fie rein and snowstorm."

Lend-Lease Totals More Than 18 Billion

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One third of the liflbiiletionl --—- n“ ”'n°“m°d may m” M ' u edi n National - l ,’ H The new oonfllot hinges on of - we P01 nd was n” "°°"' "30 "' "'" "Wlwimona?! ‘m’ '“' fir: agmmsqfl m” “H.233? nominated for .» ' u“ ' ‘ whether Russia's boundary should mt wit‘. in r m. ‘or n. ‘mm °";;'5°"°'“"“ '-‘° "- "' - - ' “m” ' viee-ri-esieent of the .. ‘ be fixed ecoin alone lines Aim-- lessen. n. census show a mooo- ' '-"" " "'“‘" "' m; h“ “"‘¢'°.'..", Qua}. fins-fin?‘ Institute of Oenade. " p i. m‘ iier to those after the last wsr or ooo Uitreiniens and Rlelthélliflhs i UNDAY SERVICE sew "d n ‘M ‘up YR Rlhlfl’! ‘u bun“ god.‘ u, h ex. ’ '* / -' I _ _ Whether it will be the line agreed compactly settled tn the soilili-i L Ch H u m l2 Mm n m b" " u’ trill ted w attond the annual meet~ » , ’ I to in the Russian - German pact western section. Russia clams "" ' " e W" ' microns and fowl. r tor wle suspended altars n! r 4/1 (> ,1; i 4 m, ma!“ wk,“ m.“ m] jam!‘ m‘ “h,” m . 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Situation “Very Critical” ,

|~Germon Capital Rife With Theories Concerning British-American Invasion. ',

5°“ fightini" ‘since 1 While this

for south. 1 B" The 53c. in e broedoset record-i y

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I. Jan. I —(AP)—- The Berlin Press openly acknowledged today that the situation in Russia

eeh with theories that e British-Am- erican invasion of the west might he tinted to coincide with the Bleak of the Soviet winter offen- ve

The Berlin correspondent of the Bwlee ‘paper Tribune Do Geneva wrote t e the 607mm PTWIIW“ efio t wee w orient ublic opinion or ua-l to realize ion and ee- oeptence of the retreats. He said military men elreedy hed en- iiounoed taking ell necessary mosne to "moderate" the Russian advance but that if these felled, the German risked "to lose ell the territory “in the bloody

ie one of the most direct statements on the f htirig yet permitted to come out o Ger- ml-Iiy. German PIMP! still conten- ded, even while stueeing the crisis. that “the situation is not lost for all that" slyin; reserves and cour- sse still were strong throushoilt the Reich.

Othe "invasion" items included: The $330 broadcast in the nan-o of tho allied commend. eekinl Bel- gians to etey st Mme when mili- tary operations beesn. lest they obstruct allied sir forces attacking German ootriinunioetione.

The Hench National Committee in Ailiere decreed mobilization of youths 1o and 1O efleotlve- Feb. iii and voted to form s second expedi- tionery force to participate in the invasion-of Ilurope from the west

ed in New York by CBS, advised Buleerie. ltumenie end l-tunaery to "break with Gerntsny now" if they waited "to escape the worst ‘conseq noes _of f‘ emys dc- ee-'

War. Production tiutliacks Planned

WABHINGTON. Jan. _6 -—(APi—-» Cutbecke in the production of smell arms. bullets, non-combat planes and anti-aircraft equi merit plus a else of nearly per cent in aluminum reduction. were

redlctz-d b the o fice of Wsr In- ‘orrnetlon riilnt.

The decreases will be more than offset by boosts in warplanes and some other munitions. the office said, and "no considerable curtail- rnents" for the purpose of resum- ing nivilien goode manufacture can be scheduled for 1944 unless the European Wlr ends by June

or July "Until then. whsttever resurwt- ion of civilian production the ar

Liiiiliili-T Push 0n iii-Mile Front In Italy

By RICHARD G. MASSOCK

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. A1- giere, Jen. d —(AP)~— British and American infantry, plunging for- ward in a new offensive on s l0- milo front in tho mountain maze before Cgssino" advanced an aver- age of o. mile with the first moni- entum oi their assault and are smashing into concreic piilbox defences guarding the Germans’ new Italian “Bleufried Lino". bead- quartcrs announced today.

All along the rugged front from Venoiro in Roccs D'Evandro and astrsddie the Via Casilina to Rome the Nazis fiercely resisted the attack which was launched in a cold‘. driving rein before yester- day's daybreak.

British troops on the left wing of LL-Gen. Murk Clark's 5th Army attacked south of the Via Coeilixis while Americans struck north of that main traffic artery to Cassino and Rome. 70 miles be- yond.

Advance One Mlle

inch of ground their customary style. but iwve been driven book at least e milc in most places," allied s okesmsll said. ‘The Nazis urod ousends of rounds of srtilery end mortar shells into the eovsnciril allies, end fire blazed from hundreds of enemy machine-gun nests.

From noon yesterday, when the clouds lifted. waves of dive-bomb- ere mated low over. s front It 300 miles an hour, ‘s raffino and bombing the enemys emplace- ments and in some instances caus-

-irig the Germans to scatter wild-

Hand-io-llend Fighting

Violent hanc-to-hsnd fizhtlng was in progress through the ruins of the village of San Vittore, six miles from Cassino, headquarters said, with American troops in pos- session of approximately half the

place.

The British troops centred their attack at e. point just west of Rocco Dflivandron, where the Ger- igiisno River bends westward, and in their first rush bagged l’! Noll prisoners. most of them youths of about 20.

Canadian forces on the Adriatic coast consolidated their positions 0n "Point 59". on elevated stronti- point about three miles north Ortona. from which Maritime Province troops (New Brunsvvlcks Carleton and Yorksi cvicter. tho Germans Tuesday lliEhl. in a stiff fight that cost the enemy many dead. l9 prisoners and all their weapons and cquillmelit- limited the Canadians to pstr activity yesterday.

Lt-Gen. Oliver William Leese.

l, - i t.d commar ""1" mggrrtysgio git: Army. told at". first press conference that "we rte uv

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muy be u ‘i not tell ll the story.

lateral communication lanes w 'l‘hei‘e remain in

that Nina west of the marshes “rJIliem in no such logirlilce] gym use of tlic long central slretc of the Dnloper. Supplcrnentln vides the holder with quick and southern battle theatres.

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“The Germans are fighting biitl: ‘u- s.

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iihemical Firms

NEW YORK. Jan. 6 - (AP) -— The United States Justice Depart- ment accused E, i. du Pant Dc Nemou s. the Remington Arms Company and Britain's Imperial chemical I of con- epirlnl to restrain trsdefirrreherrr- icai productl. arms including war materials, and ammunition."

Named among u group of "co- consplrawra" but not as a defen- dant was Canadian industries, Ltd- Montreal.

Du Pont's piesidcnt, Walter S- Carpenter, Jr. promptly disputed the charge and said the American public and the war effort had ben- efited, rather than suffered, from hi; company's activities.

The government action, n civil suit filed here, was summarized by Attorney General Biddle as char- ging that the big chemical and arms firms "have been and now are parties to contracts and dzree-

iwendell Borne. in charge of the

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,ments in violation of the Sherman i anti-trust act."

And assistant attorney general

Anti-Trust Division. isucd o statement saying that it is “a [major blow against the cartel

‘systcm" of dividing world markets. i Carpenter, at Wilmington, Dell. in

offices of du Pont, said his

statement»

that it is now or ever has bee "warty in any Cartel arrangement using the term Cartel in its gen-

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By llirlse l». Simpson. Associated Press Wei- Analyst

The Iiilosny admission in Berlin that the Neel front in Russia has been hopelessly split apart by the We'd Army's victories in the Kiev bull: reluds- to e new general Gennnn retreat in the cost. Bot it noes

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Baltic nml the other southward of the

Ben. It is l. matter of battle lo islgcifi’! e C

a wnnu SEIKO-tongs? crntgl no; daily two such laterals-_in: - - - e cov . , ; , "Willy vrtuelly lust. nnyd theprnund-argdaut route?“ h n" "a" swam"

tunilciil obiu -tive of the Kiev bulg ff el i d ‘ h of theelflenfggriglyilllsgegrfmissowriglValet

the riersllel lines eest or the river, it ro- nter-communicatlon between the nort lei-n

Once ii has been cleared of the foe all the way to Navel. it. will permit swift Russian concentration of massive eiriktnfigower a! any selected ai- luok point in either the north or the south. s the effectiveness of the already huge ‘

in reports a new Russian offensive stroke east of the Dnlepey at Pmpnisk. Coupledvvvith the Russian drives ht Vil-ebsk and north of Ncvel. it looks like a beginning" of liquidation of the last Nazi yond the Dnleper. Success would clear the greet‘. north-south communic- “Ubus laterals completely _in prrparation fer future major olfenslves in the: uorlli synchronized with final phases of the entrapment campaign approaching lie climax in the south.

Russian Army Sweeps 10 Miles Into Po

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Gaiiui-‘lifllery.’ . Fast And At i Great Height

By WILLTKM FRVE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 - (AP) - Cloakod in secrecy for years. a new "rocket" plane has em- erged from British-Am- erican engineering lab- oratories, capable of ex- treme speeds at high al- titudes without using standard propellers.

The disclosure was made today in a joint statement by the R.A.F. and the United States army air forces.

The plane is powered

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B)’ JAMES M. LONG

IDNDON, Jon. til-LAP) ~— ‘The Rcol Army swept i0 miles into Poland wdav with the capture of Rakitno, killed 11.000 more of the enemy's retreating troops. and el- so plurized southward to within 30 miles of the Warsaw-Odessa roll lifeline to the German Dnleper bend army.

Berlin intimated that pert Ge ‘s horse Driispor ben m ewsoroixadmatdbctween fl I

. Si, Y. .7! ‘Dali for ltsiife hqslngt a, Sgvfiet nocrs movement by the arm s 0 Generals Nikolai l". Vstutin and Ivan B. nev.

A Moscow communique tonight announced the capture of Rakitno in a fanwise sweep by Vwtlli/ilrfs an- my, which Berlin said number- ed 750,000 men besides “the serves that mill are moving up.”

But Berlin broadcasts said the Soviet army pushing toward central Poland mostly was “marking time." Axis comments/tors were far more concerned, it appeared, with the massive swing southward toward Rumnrlia and scutheastwsrd lnw the Dnleper bend.

Although Moscow

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spearheads were across the frontier in the lower Pripct marshes, this was the first time a communique mentioned e specific locality. Mos- cow, howov . did not mention the frontier, a subJect of dispute.