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u si IONDAY, MAECH 6, 1944 TEE JOTJMAL, PLATTSMOUTH, HEK-ASXA PAGE THREE K n i ! 6 "I1 'I1 The War In Review AX I 'I - . Allied Headquarters, Naples, Mar. 2. (UP) Powerful formations ot American heavy bombers swarmed into the third big battle of the Anzio lcachead today, blasting German forces massed against allied troops who have regained the initiative and were driving the nazis back. A special communique announced that Flying Fortresses and Libera tors had gone- into action cn a large scale against German concentrations before the beachhead below Rome. The full weight of Maj. Gen. Nath an F. Twinning's 15th air force heavy bombers was thrown at the Germans after American troops had absorbed the impact of nazi drives, which pushed a mile deep salient in their lilies and swung over to the attack to urge forward in bitter fighting. The bombardment was reminiscent of the aerial assault at Salerno which turned the tide of battle def initely in favor of the allies and opened the way for the push on Naples. "Today powerful formations of four-engineu bombers attacked Ger man troop concentrations at the An zio beachhead" a special communi que said. "This operation was car ried out in support of allied land troops. German troop concentrations were violently bombed. Allied Headquarters, Southwest Facific. March 3. (UP) U. S. troops, who landed on Los Negros in a reconnaissance penetration of the Admiralty islands, have been re inforced with heavy ground forces to effect complete ocupation of the tiny but strategic island, it was announced today. A communique from Gen. Dougles MacArthur's headquarters revealed that the initial landing took the Japanese by such complete surprise tnat additional forces were sent in yesterday. The reinforcements included troops artillery, and construction crews which immediately started repairs cn the 5,0;0-foot Momote airfield, presaging further aerial attacks on New Guinea, 250 miles to the south, and the tag Japanese aerial find i;aval base at Truk, 610 miles to the north. Allied Headquarters. Naples, Mar. 2. (UP) The German 14th army Las abandoned its third major at tempt to crush the allied beachhead be-low Rome, it was disclosed offi cially today, after taking a savage. 36-hour beating from the veteran American 3rd infantry division and a record concentration of allied planes and cannon. Counting their dead in the hun dreds, the three crack nazi divisions that launched the offensive against the center of the beachhead Tuesday fell back :o their initial jumping eff place yesterday as the Americans completed the liquidation of the 1,500-yard salient won and lost by the Germans at a staggering cost. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, after an inspection of the battlefront dur ing which he narrowly escaped death, announced that his Fifth army forces had regained all the ground lost under the first nazi on slaught three days ago. 0 rv HOUSE HAZAI Mac ARTHUR 2 lUg M-i llrJr Moscow, March 4. (UP) Gen. Lenoid A. Govorov's forces complet ed three-quarters encirclment of Prkov, gateway to Latvia and south ern Estonia, today and virtually halt ed all traffic over the r.ext-to-the-last escape railroad out of the stra tegic junction. Extending their 22mile siege arc t within seven miles south of Pskov, the Russians paralyzed movement along the Pskov-Warsaw trunk rail road, five miles to the west, and left the threatened garrison only the secondary line west to Riga over which to move troops and supplies Govorvo's men hurdled the last water barrier east of Pskov in a frontal atack that led to the capture of Bolshoye Fomkino, on the west bank of the Kep river only five miles from the center of Pskov. The Rusians also seized Markovo, eight miles northwest of Pskov, in llentlessly increasing pressure again st the garrison from the northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast and south. The six-way railway and high way junction now was under artil lery fire from all six directions. Allied Headquarters, Naples. Mar. 4. (UP) Allied forces have beaten back three new German attacks on their Anzio beachhead below Rome, the strongest by infantry and tanks which were stoppel by American ar tillery in the battle of "Dead Wom en's Corner," it was announced to day. (Radio Rome, controlled by the Germans, reported last night that "one of the most violent and furious artillery battles ever fougnt on Ital ian territory" was taking place on the beachhead with "thousands of cannon of all calibers spitting fire in a limited space, churning up the ground yard by yard.") American guns again demonstra ted their superiority by smashing an attack by a German infantry com pany, supported by eight tanks, striking down the Cisterena-Conco road Thursday night. Three of the tanks were knocked out, and the ad vance was stoppd before it reached the allied lines at "Dead Woman's Corner." Although activity on the beach head was reduced generally, two other local German attacks were beaten back by British troops of the rifth army south and southwest of Aprilia. On the British Eighth army's front, Canadian troops captured an enemy machine-gun position in the Crecchio area, and one Indian patrol ambushed a German unit in the vi cinity of Orsogna while another beat back an attack in the area of Fal lascoso, inflicting casualties and tak ing a few prisoners. The main Fifth army front was quiet with the usual patrolling in creased somewhat by clearing, warm er weather which pervailed most of Wednesday, followed later by show ers which flooded some of the rivers. In the Germans' third major at tack on the beachhead betwen Tues day and Thursday, it now may be revealed that the enemy used at least five divisions. They included the Hermann Goering division, as well as the 11th light infantry, which took particularly heavy loss es in the second German offensive February 16-19. The 114th light rifles, the S62nd infantry, and the 26th panzer divisions previously were anounced as engaged in the j action. Every Scud You Axis Cry Buy Makes the mik, t X lrUts iter I - Yuirtis uns- 1 1 - I r-n I s'it ki ri i W il AUCul-r- ryr-r-i, I QJ mzs $rmsyoirR growing $o wbll lately I febl Heavy Snow Storm Sweeps Over The State Of Nebraska Three Inches of the Beautiful Snow Palls Over Greater Part of the East Section of State Snowfall that started Friday af ternoon has left this city and Cass county under a three inch mantle of whiteness that is of greatest value to the farming areas. The snow was very heavy with moisture that will be a boon to the crops and to the soil. The snow did not bring cold with it as the lowest temperature of the night was ?5 above zero and the snow that fell during the night was melting rapidly today. The heavy snowfall was not popu lar with the motorists as travel was very difficult and in some cases it was impossible to get traffic through the country roads. Sheriff Joe Mrasek and Deputy Sheriff Emeiy Doody had a busy night in striving to keep the traffic moving on the main highways as many ears were In ditches and stranded along the roads. The snowfall last night certainly made the landscape one of beauty over our hills and valleys, the trees presenting a picture that any lover nf the artistic could appreciate and many camera enthusiasts were out to snap the attractive picture that nature had made. Let's Win the Peace, Too Buy War Bonds Explains Training Program The Army Air Forces air combat training program was explained to youths at the Plattsmouth High school Thursday afternoon by Lieut. F. Gagne, recorder of the Omaha Aviation Cadet Examining Board, Omaha. "It's your chance for a ?28,000 education," Lieutenant Gagne said, "but it isn't exactly given you on a platter. You have to earn it." Lieutenant Gagne is in Platts mouth as head of a traveling aviation cadet examining board to interview and conduct official examinations of young men interested in the army's aviation cadet program. His talk at the school was arranged through Principal Paul F. Iverson. The cadet qualifying mental ex amination will be given at the Plattsmouth High school Friday morning, and youths who pass the lest will be given a preliminary eye examination by the board. The qualifying cadet physical examina tion will be given at Fort Crook, Neb. The army's air training program, which leads to the wings of a pilot, bombardier or navigator and a com mission as a second lieutenant or appointment as a flight officer, lasts oiiore than a year and includes five months of study at a leading college or university. Lieutenant Gagne told the Plattsmouth High youths. The University of Nebraska is one of the universities giving such a pre-flight course. After completing the college pre flight work, Lieutenant Gagne said, (be Aviation Cadet who is training to become a bombardier receives i.7 weeks' instruction; a navigator, 33 weeks; and a pilot, 36 weeks. Omaha Alcohol Plant Now in Operation Omaha, Nebr. Omaha's newest industry, the grain alcohol plant of the Farm Crops Processing corpora tion, second largest of its kind, un der construction at Fourth and Jones streets for the past 13 months, is now producing alcohol for synthetic rubber and other war materials. Gov. Dwight Grisfold, Mayor Dan P.. Butler of Omaha, and Mayor S. V. McCall of Council Bluffs, opened the first car of grain at the plant in a dedication ceremony Monday morn ing, February 21, and sent it on its way through the distillation process. When in full operation, the plant will use 20,000 bushels of grain daily. It creates a new market for f ,500,000 bushels of corn, heat and barley annually. In addition to producing alcohol enough for 40,000,000 pounds of rubber annually, the plant also has a capacity of 126,000,000 pounds of high protein livestock feed which, through yeasting, is fortified with several vitamins. Other products are 5,000,000 pounds of corn oil and "6,000 tons of dry ice. The dry ice is made from carbon dioxide gas taken off the fermenting tanks. Although the company originally planned to build five smaller plants in as many locations, the WPB and DPC approved plans for one large plant on the Omaha site because of rail and other grain handing facili ties and availability of adequate steam and power supplies from the Nebraska Power company plant across the street, Johnson said. After the war, Johnson said, the plant will perform a valuable ser vice to midwest agriculture in mak ing use of farm surpluses certain to come when subsidies expire and farmers produce crops at full capa city. "These surpluses must be taken care of, or we will have worse econ omic conditions than after the last war," he said, adding that only when agriculture prospers, can other business prosper. One use of grain alcohol, Johnson predicted, was for motor fuel. He expressed the opinion that at least 10 per cent of postwar motor fuel will be an octane gas of 168 rating produced by mixing 200-proof alco hol and water. This is much more powerful than the 100 to 105 octane gas now used in army bomber planes, and gives motors 20 per cent more horsepower without any increase in weight, he said. Pass Examination Four Plattsmouth High school youths, most of them seniors, pass ed the qualifying mental examina tion to become aviation cadets in the Army Air Forces, Lieut. F. Gagne, recorder of the Omaha Aviation Cadet Examining Board, said here Friday. The local boys that plan to take the course are Bernard E. Dow, William Gochenour, Robert J. Woster, Merle Shyrock. Lieutenant Gagne was in Platts mouth as head of an Army Air Forces traveling aviation cadet ex amining board to interview and qualify mentally youths interested in the army air training program. The mental tests were given Fri day morning at the Plattsmouth High school. The youths that passed the mental test also were given a preliminary qualifying eye examination. Lieut enant Gagne said, in order to elim inate those boys t hmatmightaeT e inate those boys that might be color blind. They will be sent to Fort Crook for their final qualifying physical examination. "A very high percentage of the boys that took the mental test here passed," Lieutenant Gagne said. "It speaks well of the work done by th.e Plattsmouth schools." The 17-year-old youths who pasp the mental and physical examina tion are enlisted in the Army Air Forces Reserve Corps, but are not called for training until after reach ing their JSth birthday. Lieutenant Gagne said. If these Reservists are attending school on their 18th birthday, their call to training will be deferred un til the end of the term, providing it ends within six months after their 3 8th birthday, he added. Catch Big Fish George Barr, local fisherman, who supplies the fish for the commercial trade in this section, made a fine catch Friday. He lauded a fifty-two pound yellow catfish, one of the finest that had been caught in the rivers in this locality. This It ft family war. Pnt I ...n7.rRnnhiiTfirthraiiA the payroll savings plan on I family pUn, which means fi tire it out yourself. Traffic Deaths Over Nation Shows High Increase Over Thirty Per Cent Increase Shown Over Similar Period Last Year Texas Best Record Chicago, March 4. (UP) Traffic deaths in January increased 30 per cent over the same period last year, the National Safety Council report ed today and warned that the na tion faces an accident toll of 30,000 la 1S44 if the increase continues. A total ot 2,330 highway deaths t'Ccurred in Jaunary, compared to 1,790 for the same month in 1943, the Council reported, and similar in creases were recorded in October, November and December. The January, 1944, figure was 27 per cent below January of 1942, ami 18 per cent below December, 1943. the council said. The total for 1943 was 23,300. However, the seasonal drop from December to January, after holiday driving is over, has been 2S per cent in past years. Similarly, months following January in 1942 showed a definite decline because of travel testrictions. The same restrictions are in force now, but the trend in number of deaths is upward, the Council said. The increase is general except in the mountain states, according to figures released by the council, with the greatest rise in north central states. Texas had the best record among the states reporting to the council, thowing a decrease from 91 deaths due to traffic accidents in 19 43, to tS in 1944. Michigan, which had 60 deaths in January, 1343, and 117 in January, 19-14, had the worst record. North Dakota had the largest per centage increase jumping from one death in January of last year to 11 this year. Deaths in cities during January, 1944, per lt, 000 registered vehicles, included: In cities over 500,000 population, Milwaukee, Wise. 0.8; Pittsburgh, 0.9, and Washington, 3.4. In cities from 250,000 to 500,000, Rochester, N. Y., 1.1; Minneapolis, Minn., 1.5: Providence, R. I., 1.7. Birmingham, Ala., was ninth in this group with 4.1; Kansas City, Mo.. 17th, 6.8, and Memphis, 22nd, 16.2. In cities from 100,000 to 200,000, Syracuse, N. Y.; Springfield, Mass., and New Haven, Conn., were the three largest reporting no deaths at all. TO SPABX RELIGIOUS PLACES Washington, Mar. 2. (UP) Allied forces in the Rome area will do their utmost to spare religious and historic buildings and monuments so long as they are not used by the en emy for military purposes, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson promised today. "If the enemy is using these monu ments there can be no alternative" Stimson told his press conference. "American lives must be safeguard ed regardless of cost of material things." He said railroad yards, communi cations and airfields in the vicinity of Rome have been attacked repeat edly in recent weeks. However, as far as it is known, no large numbers of German forces are quartered in Rome itself and accordingly the city itself has been spared. The secretary said he had no in formation concerning reports from Catholic sources that the Pope's summer residence at Castel Gondolfo had been tombed. Stimson revealed that American casualties in Italy had increased by S.030 since he last reported totals for the campaign two weeks ago. Th new figures, which Stimson said necessarily are "one or two weeks old,' add up to 36,771 and include 5.0C1 killed. 21.7S8 wounded and ,922 missing. These totals will be an increase over the February 17th figures of 903 killed, 3,634 wounded and 3,493 missing. HIGH COUET REFUSES ACTION Washington, Mar. 4. (UP)- The U. S. supreme court today re fused to intercede in the case of Louis (Leppke) Buchhalter, New "York gang leader of Murder, Inc., who is scheduled to die in Sing Sing's electric chair tonight. The high court's decision was an nounced less than an hour and a half after his counsel had filed an eleventh hour appeal for a stay of execution and a review of Leppke's transfer from federal to state cus- today. One word from an assistant clerk brought the news that closed Lep pke's last hope of federal action to save him from the chair. i rvrfc! h r rk i vji AMERICAN FOUNDATION F02 ANIMAL HEALTH FEED SHORTAGES MAY BEING ON DISEASES Because of feed and supplement shortages, swine producers are likely to encounter considerably more trouble this year, due to nutritional deficiency diseases. The shortage of animal proteins means that hogs are going to require more minerals than usual to balance their rations. Abundant calcium Is needed by swine, especially among breeding animals. If sufficient iron and copper are lacking in the ration, the result will be nutritional anemia. Iodine deficiency results in goitre and hairless pics. A lameness similar to rickets is caused by manganese defi ciency. Lack of adequate vitamins In swine rations also brings on numerous dis eases which Interfere with production and profits. When hogs are fed on dry lot. and kept largely Indoors, shortage of Vitamin D may bring on rickets. Dry lot swine are also sus ceptible to Vitamin A deficiency. Lack of this vitamin results in breeding Ir regularity, birth of dead pigs, and milk failure of the sow. It is espe cially important that sows be allowed to store up reserves of this vitamin before farrowing. Deficiency In Nico tinic acid is believed to be associated Old Friends Meet This week end a group of Platts mouth ladies, friends for many years, are having a reunion here with each other, one that all are appreciatine very much. The ladies for many years were known as the "Jolly Six'' club, one of the leading social groups of the city, all members of old fam ilies of the community. The club members altho having homes of their own have kept in touch with each other and are now happy in the reunion. The members of the club comprised Mrs. J. A. Donelam Miss Dora-P'ricke, Mrs. R. W. Clem ent, Miss Verna Leonard. Miss Bar bara C-ering and Mrs. Ella Clark Weckbach. Mrs. Weckbach, who now lives at Ord, Nebraska, is here as a house guest of Mrs. Donelan and is the honoree at a number of get-together parties. Mrs. Donelan entertained the group last evening at a dinner party at her home in the Coronado apartments. Miss Verna Leonard as hostess this noon at dinner at the Hotel Plattsmouth. This evening Mrs. Clement is hostess at an even ing party at her home. On Sunday Miss Barbara Gering is entertaining at an all da party at her home on Korth 6 th street. UNITE AGAINST GERMANY Cairo, Mar. 3. (UP) The two main Greek guerilla factions the Elas and the Edes have reached an agreement to form a united front against Germany, an official an nouncement said today. American and British liaison agents also signed the- agreement between the Elas and Edes, the an nouncement said. Car-Truck Smashup A rather severe truck-car accident occurred Friday evening at the inter section of Sixth and Vine streets. the truck driven by John H. Boetel at the time was coming east on Vine street and at the same time John Bergman was driving north on fth street. The truck struck the center of the car of Mr. Bergiuan. damaging it very much. The front part of the truck also was damaged and will require considerable re pair. Sheriff Mrasek was called to the scene and made a check of the locality and the position of the car and truck. Searches for Bodies Direr E. Womble ot Memphis, Team., descends where an airliner crashed into the Mississippi, killing 24 persons. Muddy water made it difficult for Womble to locate the bodies. . msmm ri P9EPARE9 BY II with some types of ecteritis. Epilep tic fits and a type of anemia have been produced by shortage of Vitamin ST ' An illustration of the effects of faulty nutrition. B-6. If pantothenic acid is lacking, the hogs may develop a,, nerve condi tion that has serious results. The "baby dlsecie" which has appeared so frequently in recent years, is believed to be due to lowering of the blood sugar, due to failure of .sow& and pigs to receive adequate nourish ment. Pigs affected by this disease can frequently be savei by injections of glucose. This year of all years, swine raisers need to check rations with special care, and to be on the alert for deficiency diseases which are likely to appear. Not to Make Picture Tuinneapolis. Minn.. March 3. (UP) Pistoi Elizabeth Kenny, di rector of the institute for the treat ment of infantile paralysis that bears her name, believes that the movie version of her life will never be filmed. "I am satisfied in my own mind that the picture will not be made," the said last night. Reports from Hollywood stated that a representa tive of the National Foundation for Infantlie Paralysis had read the movie script and persuaded the stu dio to rewrite it and Rosalind Rn? tell who was to portray Sister Ken up, turned down the new version, she said. "It is immaterial to me personally whether the picture is made," sh added. '"I only consented to it be cause I believed the motion picture would carry a tremendously import ant message to the medical profes sion and the world." Sister Kenny said he was sure that rumors that the medical pro fession had exerted pressure)-to. have the production of the film' halted v, ere tintru?. Russia to Get Ships Washington, March 3. (UP) President Roosevelt disclosed today that plans are being made to assign cne-third of the surrendered Italian fleet or the equivalent in other ships, to the Russian Navy. Mr. Roosevelt explained at his , news conference that the e;uestion v. as raised in a recent message from Premier Josef Stalin which was transmitted to the executive chief by the soviet ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko. At the same time, Mr. Roosevelt also revealed that under secretary of state, Edward R. Stettinius soon will go to London on a diplomatic mis sion. He said that there were a num ber of questions with which Stettin ius would deal, including some mat ters involving the European commit tee composed of British, American and Russian delegates. The committee was created at the tri-partite conference of foreign ministeis in Moscow. Mr. Roosevelt explained that Italy surrendered to three great powers j the United States, Great Britain anil , the Soviet Union. I Because ci wartime intention to I put every availabel fighting craft into service, Mr. Roosevelt said some of the surrendered Italian navy now was being used by Great Eritain and the United States and that roughly one-third of it. or its equivalent, v ould be made available to the siviet navy. The president stressed, however, that no transfer has been made, and that the plan was only about half decided. Visit in City Mrs. Martha Ruby and daughter, Mrs. John Peckman and little dau ghter, Beverly Jean, were in the city Friday for a few hours looking after some business matters and while here were callers at the Journal. Meat for Rats Albuquerque, N. M., March 4. (UP) Charles B. Wells, city mana ger, today appealed to the Office of Price Administration for ration points to buy meat for the city's rats. The meat is to be used as bait in a drive to rid the city of the rodents ...... R'.'va . iff' er- t - . li O