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Ald. Leavine, who was twice Conservative candidate in North Waterloo within recent years, told Billy Dunn. Eightâ€"yearâ€"old girls, 30 yardsâ€"Judy Kee. Nineâ€"yearâ€" old _ boys, 50â€" yard â€" dashâ€"John Ford; time, 6 1â€"5 (new record. beats former record of 6 2â€"5 seeâ€" onds, set by Allan Koch in 1941. Nineâ€"yearâ€"old girls, 50 yard dash â€"â€"Darlene Ludwig. _ Tenâ€"yearâ€"old boys, 75 yard dashâ€"David Harper. Tenâ€"yearâ€"old girls, 50 yard dashâ€" Theresa Dahmer. Elevenâ€"yearâ€"old boys, 75 yard dashâ€"Allan Koch; time, 9 3â€"5 second (equals record established by Bill Cook in 1939 and equalled by Eugene Martin in 1940). _ Elevenâ€"yearâ€"old girls, 75 yard dashâ€"Betty Weiler. Twelveâ€" yearâ€"old boys, 100 yard dashâ€"Art Calina. Twelveâ€"yearâ€"old girls, 75 (By Staff Writer) Kitchener city council on Monâ€" day night approved by a vote of 6â€"4, a recommendation that th« Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Laborâ€"Progresâ€" sive party be granted use of the vity hall assembly room, October 26. Approval of the resolution folâ€" lowed, however, only after Ald Stanley F. Leavine, who moved it, "served notice" he would again support this year, a motion granting the hall to the group Council Rules Labor Group May Have City Hall Room yard dashâ€"Elaine Seip. Girls 13 and 14 years, 75 yard dashâ€"Esther Lough; time 9 2â€"5 sees. (new roâ€" cord). Boys 13 and 14 years, 100 yard dashâ€"Frank Hopper. Boys 9 and 10, 200 yard relayâ€"Alexandra (Larrty Rutz, David Harper, Eddy (Continued on Page 8) â€"â€" â€"Lorne _ Huras, _ Sevenâ€"yearâ€"old girls, 50â€"yard dashâ€"Barbara Joan Clair. I-Z{ghbyo_a_ppld boys, 50 yds. diushâ€"Charles Manz, Sixâ€"yearâ€"old sirls, 25â€"yard dashâ€"Marclyn Sim; time 4 1â€"5 (equals record estabâ€" lished by Barbara Clair in 1942). Seven yearâ€"old boys, 50â€"yard dash Field and Track Fiveâ€"yearâ€"old boys, 25â€"yard dash Bruce Staines; time § sees. (equals record established by Kenâ€" cal Moser in 1932 Fiveâ€"yearâ€"old girls, _ 25â€"yard _ dash â€" Barbara Coodwin; time 4 4â€"5 sees. (new reâ€" vord). Sixâ€"yearâ€"old boys, 25â€"yard In second place, with 55 points, was St. Louis School. Elizabeth ziegler scholars were third with 41 peints, and Central fourth, with 40, the two schools hooking up in « nipâ€"andâ€"tuck battle for the third position. The event was run off under ileal conditions and the youngsters n.ade the most of the occasion by breaking 12 records and equalling nine others. Alexandra School pupils comâ€" piled a total 97 points to win the shield in the 16th annual field and track championships of the Waâ€" terloo schools at Waterloo Park. Set 12 Records, Equal Nine In Waterloo School Games Lorne B. Weber, Simon Zinger, Anthony Frank, Allen Shirk, A. K. MicAllister, W. M. Colés, Stanley Hodgins, F. C. Biehl. A. J. Steiss, chairman of the township of Woolwich National War Finance Committee, is also ucting as chairman of the Townâ€" ship of Woolwich Victory Loan Campaign, | with the following wommittee members: K. W. Carson, L. E. O‘Neill, Oscar Huehn, W. R. Snyder, Gordon Holâ€" linger. Chas Schuett, Ed. Slimâ€" mon, Geo. G. Class, Mervin Smith. E. C. Hallman is chairman of the Township of Waterloo Victory Louan Campaign, with the followâ€" ing committee memebers: C. K. Smith, Lorne Ritz, Orville Wolfe, G. Baruch, Lewis Hahn, Walter Hostetler. H. Borth, A. Fischer, D. A. Merner. L. Hostetâ€" ler, Alex Hahn, Mrs. R. C. Luckâ€" bart, Mr. R. C. Luckhart, Owen Homilton, Lloyd Appel. is also acting as chairman of the New Hamburg Victory Loan Camâ€" paign with the following Commitâ€" tee members: The Rev. H. L. Merner, chairâ€" nicn of the town of New Hamburg National War Finance Committee, E. C. Davis, G. E. Dillon, H. W. Zilliax, Dr. McQuibban, Chas. Silliphant, J. A. Rowland, C. N. Klinck, H. L. Weichel, Otto Wepâ€" pler, R. G. Pickell, O .W. Weichel, A. H. Vice, Archie Mortis, E. M. Guinlan, N. M. Bearinger, C. W. Weichel, A. Seiling, W. L. Wilken, A. W. Hoffer, Wm. Auman, A. H. Zilliax. Fred C. Forwell, as chairman of the town of Elmira National War Finance Committe, will again act as chairman of the Victory Loan Campaign. The members of the Elmira Committee are as follows: The Waterloo North National War Finance Committee announces that the following Committees have been appointed in the Waâ€" have been appointed terloo North Districts Waterloo North Objective Expected To Be Higher THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE Appoint 5th Loan Committees Winners are Alexandra school Tops Honors With 97 Points; St. Louis School Second With 55 Points. Vol. 86, No. 41 " Largest Circulation of any 'nudm&my'*yw" er _ â€" Ald. William Kartechner conâ€" tended that while he would never favonr use of the city hallâ€"assembly room lg a political group on Sunâ€" (Continued on Page 8) "I serve notice I won‘t support another request by this group durâ€" ing the current year," he stated, adding that he would not support too many requests for use of the hall "from my own party", if they desired to use the room at any time council he believed the Laborâ€" Progressive party was "ahus‘mg the rivilege" in regard to use of the assembly room in the city hall An unusually fine array of prizes and cash awards awaits winners in the Wellesley Township plowing match which will be held on the farm of Edgar Hammond, one and a half miles west of Crosshill, Satâ€" urday, October 9th President Thomas Wilford told The Chronicle today awards will total about $400.00. Jacob Albrecht is first viceâ€"preâ€" s‘dent, Abe Seigner, second viceâ€" president and Firman Ward, secâ€" Wellesley Plow Match Saturday retaryâ€"treasurer The two boys are serving aboard different Canadian destroyers and have been separated for months, being on convoy duty since last May, during which time their ships crissâ€"crossed Atlantic routes. Albert, through his job as wireâ€" less operator, knew that he and his brother were unable to make conâ€" toctâ€" due toâ€" sailing orders. But George had no idea where his broâ€" ther‘s vessel could be until he woke up one morring in a British port. With many other ships his deâ€" stroyer had crept into an English port and when duwn broke Albert looked out of a porthole and was startled to find his brother‘s ship had been berthed next to his own. "I scrambled over to see George and found him still in bed." writes Albert. Was he surprised to see Albert was called to duty the day * Pearl Harbor was attacked, Dec. 7. W; 1941. George reported for duty alâ€"| ju, most a year ago. get Sailor sons of Mr. and Mrs. Norâ€" man E. Heller of Waterloo, Leading S.B.A. George Heller and Senior Telegrapher Albert Heller. celeâ€" brated a happy reunion following a surprise meeting in a British port recently, according to word just received by their parents. SAILOR BROTHERS CELEBRATE REUNION While the objectives have not ueau m l[aly yet been announced. the Minister j of Finance has already stated that | s romemen~~ the Dominion objective for the‘ KITCHENERâ€"Mrs. Artell Gibâ€" Fifth Loan is $1,200.000,000 and jsun. 183 Weber St. E., Kitchener, trat the Government hopes to raise 4hz.s received official information £1,400,000,000. It is therefore exâ€"|that her husband, Signalman Alexâ€" pected that the objectives for the|under Gibson was killed in an acâ€" various Waterloo North districts ]c'(lcnt‘ presumably in Italy. will not be less than the amount| Details of the accident have not rcised in the Campaign last Spring. \been released. The telegram from The district committees without | Oltawa merely stated the Kitchâ€" exception, very strongly praise the ener man is "officially reported to splendid support which the vitiâ€" ) have died Sept. 15 as a result of zens of each district accorded them | a accident". Report of his death in the last campaign and once more | trings the Twin City‘s casualty list imake a strong appeal for the full ~o far in the war, to 69. support of every citizen in a posiâ€"â€"_ Mrs. Gibson last heard from her tion to buy Victory Bonds in the Rusband when he was fighting in ferthcoming drive Opening ceremonies are being planned in Elmira and New Hamâ€" burg and the official Victory Loan salesmen are being appointed and w.ll be attending preliminary meetings during the next two weeks. _ * C. T. Graham has agairr been apâ€" pointed organizer to assist the comâ€" miltees in these districts. E. K. Reiner, chairman of the township of Wellesley National War Finance Committee, is also octing as chairman of the townâ€" ship of Wellesiey Victory Loan Cempaign, with the following comâ€" mittee members: Cecil Barbour, Louis Rosenblatt, J. C. Mackay, Alfred Hergott, Ed. Huehn, Lorne Rennie. John Heinâ€" buch. E. A. Poth, E. B. Haliman, Wilâ€" fred Schnelier, Ruben Wettlaufer, Astor Koehler, J. P. Livingstone, Carl Ritchie. Alfred Christner, J. R. Lorentz. Earl Katzenmeier, chairman of the township of Wilmot National War Finance Committee, is also acting as chairman of the township of Wilmot Victory Loan Campaign, with the following committee members: Waterloo Boys Meet in British Port After Four Months‘ Separation 49 Warercoo, Ontamio, Fripar, Octosza 8, 1943 The assessed yalue of land in Waterloo is $1,011,084 and the vaâ€" | lue of buildings, $4,718,595. Its equalized assessment is $10,031,000 which not only outdistances other towns in this Class "A" section, but also points to a considerably highâ€" [<r figure than Cornwall‘s, with a | population almost half again as | great His appointment becomes effecâ€" tives Oct. 15. Mr. Gray, who will leave the post the end of October, will spend two weeks with his sucâ€" cessor, familiatizing him with the local system ‘"eâ€" pubhc utities commission Announcement has been made here to succeed J. B. Gray as suâ€"\tfrat the Holsteinâ€"Friesian Associaâ€" porintendent of the electric departâ€" !t on of Canada will again this year ment. The appointment was made sponsor a special Judging Contest at a special meeting of the comâ€"|amongst Calf Club _ members nission. throughout the Dominion in conâ€" Mr. Bromley comes to Kitchener |rection â€" with â€" the Allâ€"Canadian highly recommended. He is a graâ€" |Selections of Holstein cattle. Prizes duate in â€" electrical engineering |»mounting to $100 in War Savings from Queen‘s University and has|Stamps are being offered to the done considerable work in the v_nners The contest is open to all north country. |\boys and girls who are this year His appointment becomes effecâ€" ishowing Holstein calves in their tives Oct. 15. Mr Gray, who will Clubs A. W. BROMLEY NAMED TO KITCHENER POST KITCHENER â€"A. W. Bromley of Pamour, a mining community rear Timmins, has been named by the â€" public utilities â€" commission here to succeed J. B. Gray as suâ€" porintendent of the electric departâ€" ment. The appointment was made at a special meeting of the comâ€" niission. In addition, Waterioo â€" stands h‘gh in the amount paid out for local improvements. With $18,149, it Orillia‘s $17,018 and the low figâ€" uses of Barrie and Pembroke. Cornwall‘s was slightly higher at £21,385. The total levy was $251,â€" 244 which represents $26.88 per caâ€" pita, which is slightly higher than uther municipalities. In the revenue from tax levy secâ€" tion, current expenditures appear at only $88,599, while Orillia‘s was $102,484 and Pembroke‘s $129.686. Rclief paid out totalled only $3,500 which is considerably below Orilâ€" lia‘s $13,062 account and $4.230 at Pembroke. With an assessed population of 9.249, it more than trebles Orillia‘s figure, and Orillia has aprpoximâ€" ately the same population. Clerk Norman Boldue has just received the latest figures. Pembroke â€"and Barrie, having nearly 2,000 more population cach, bave less than half the business assessment. Cornwall which has a population of 13,652, has an asâ€" sessed business value of $1,365,484, just slightly higher than Waterâ€" loo‘s. Waterloo "Tops" Most Towns Municipal Affairs statistics reâ€" cently released show that in asâ€" sessed business values, Waterloo far exceeds any other town in Onâ€" t-u-'in with a similar population. °_ KITCHENER.â€"Mrs. Artell Gibâ€" sun, 183 Weber St. E., Kitchener, ihas received official information {that her husband, Signalman Alexâ€" {ander Gibson was killed in an acâ€" 1("(10nt. presumably in Italy. The child is to have both legs broken and reâ€"set, which is to corâ€" rect an ailment that has kept her from walking correctly. She will be confined to bed for several weeks. but doctors claim she has "better than an even chance" to tecover completely. Unfortunately, just as the offiâ€" c.al news of the death of her husâ€" band reached here, Mrs.~ Gibson was on her way to Toronto to the Sick Children‘s Hospital where tneir youngest daughter Judith, uged five, is to undergo an operâ€" ition. Mrs. Gibson last heard from her husband when he was fighting in Sicily. He was born in Fort Wihk liam and had been a resident of Kitchener for about 15 years. He joined the signal corps in Septemâ€" ber. 1940 and went overseas with the First Division of the Canadian Army in June of the following year. Learns Husband Dead in Italy Sgt. Plate was born in Kitchener i1 years ago and was a graduate of the Kâ€"W Collegiate Institute. He was a Cubmaster at St. Mark‘s Luâ€" treran Church and took an active jurt in sports in the Twin City. Sgt. Plate was a staff pilot at the Central Navigation school and has been a member of the R.C.A.F. for almost two years. He joiged the air force in March 1941 and trained at Toronto, Belleville, St. Eugene and Souris, Man., where he received his wings. o A Canadian Press bulletin yesâ€" terday, reported nine airmen killed in a midâ€"air crash of two planes at the Manitoba air station. The date of the accident was fixed as early this morning but it is believed that the accident was the one that claimed the life of the Kitchener a‘rman. Kitchener Flyer Killed Tuesday word Wednesday that their son, Sgt. Leroy Plate, was killed, Tuesâ€" cay, in an aircraft accident at Riâ€" vers, Manitoba. terloo St., Kitchener, received Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Plate, Waâ€" All Canadian Contest For Boy and Girl Calf Clubs From amongst the animals nomâ€" irated for Allâ€"Canadian consideraâ€" tion, a commitee of judges will seâ€" lect up to six in each class Phoâ€" The fact that "something had h«ppened" to the unit has been no secret. After a long spell of guard duty in Niagara district the pnit ‘as moved. Men of the unit slfike openly of the disbanding order (Continuea on Page 8) The move is part of the plan anâ€" nounced in midâ€"September by Deâ€" fense Minister Ralston to disband the 7th and 8th divisions as well as part of the 6th, and to return some men to civilian employment. Lieut.â€"Col William E. Macklin, of Kitchener, officer commanding the unit, who left for Oftawa yesâ€" terday, declined to comment on the order Confirmation of rumors to this cfect was received over the weekâ€" end from the directorate of cenâ€" sorship of the Department of Naâ€" tional War Services. Called to the colors a year ago L.st April, the Scots Fusiliers of Canada, only active military unit 1~wbilized in Waterloo in this war, has been demobilized, or will be shortly. Active For Year and a Half Scots Fusiliers "Demobilized" The North Waterloo member deâ€" j clared that "most important" of the muny recommendations brought to | "Personally," he continued, "I predict that the lifting of the reâ€" strictions in connection with pant cuffs and two pair of pants are not the only ones which will be similarly dealt with." _ "It was a time for plain speakâ€" ing and the proverbial chips fell in nmany â€" unexpected places," Mr. Breithaupt _ stated. _ "Everyone, however, felt that a time for plain speaking on the part of the ordinâ€" ary M.P. had come and undoubtâ€" ealy such caucuses will prove of much good." "Very many stupid, unfair and urinecessary â€" regulations" . framed by administrators and controllers, who, however sincere, were not reâ€" sponsible to the people, have been placed on the statute books of this country. ' & So declared L. O. Breithaupt, sxem_ber,ol parl.fiiuengs for North Taterloo, today: was commentâ€" ing on the recent Liberal caucus in Ottawa, which, he said, "resulted in some.very plain speaking". Breithaupt Raps "Stupid" Regulations; Expects;Lifting _ _Mr. Sturm does not doubt but what a larger airport will be needâ€" "Waterloo is now a municipality of nearly 10,000 people and should not be ignored," Mr. Sturm stated. "Kitchener no doubt figures on folâ€" lowing the same course it has in the past. it would probably go «whead and build an airport withâ€" it bothering about us." "However," continued the depuâ€" tyâ€"reeve, "once it is completed and the bills come pouring in, these civic city leaders wouldn‘t hesitate to call on us (Waterloo) for assistâ€" once, due to our better financial vosition." "It has been made public that fcelers have been sent out to asâ€" certain Galt‘s and Guelph‘s attiâ€" tude toward a district scheme, but Waterloo has been deliberately passed up," he asserted, adding that "Waterloo now will bend no inmediate effort towards obtainâ€" ing a new airport for this district". Sturm Contends Waterloo Should Be Included In Discussions About Airport Deputyâ€"Reeve Herman Sturm took exception today to the fact that "in all the discussions regardâ€" ing the procuranice of a new airâ€" port for this city, not the slightest mention has so far been made about Waterloo". Waterloo‘s _ deputyâ€"reeve _ conâ€" tended that in yview of the close proximity of Kitéhener and Waterâ€" lo0, actually a single community, "such proposals should be considâ€" wred from a Twin City angle". Only Active Unit Mobilized In North Waterloo in this War; Part of Plan. From the published photographs, the competing boys and girls must designate their choice for Allâ€"Canâ€" adian and Reserve Allâ€"Canadian in each class. Points will be awarded for each decision that agrees with the official version nnd the prizes will be awarded on the basis of the total points scored. tos of these selections will be pubâ€" lished â€"in the November issue of the Holstcinâ€"Friesian Journal. From these pictures a committee consisting of the judges at the maâ€" jor shows throughout the Dominâ€" ion will choose an Allâ€"Canadian and a Reserve Allâ€"Canadian in cach class. al flights Gulston stated the wreckage, which was under continual guard until its removal, ‘"in no way afâ€" fected the daily coming and going of RCAF. training planes that use the local airport for operationâ€" Landing gear and undersection uf the plane were damaged, while engine _ mountings â€" were â€" badly twisted, the field manager said. It is believed, however, repairs can be effected in a reasonably short period. William Gulston, manager of the airport, said the pilot of the plane, which crashed here early last week, suffered only a slight hand injury, when he ‘overshot‘ the held. He was an English fiyer, Gulston said. KITCHENER.â€"Wreckage of a twinâ€"engined Anson bomber, not so badly damaged as at first feared, was removed from the Kâ€"W muniâ€" c:pal airport yesterday. _ Plane Not So Badly Damaged of this particular point, ‘it apâ€" peared quite evident that many saâ€" lutary changes will be made which will climinate to a great extent many of the "pin pricks" which iCantinuwa on Page 8) ing for the caucus in Ottawa, which clearly indicated that the country as a whole is strongly in fiavor of the maintenance of this pclicy for the benefit of all secâ€" t.ons of the community, because those who are old enough to have remembered the disastrous inflaâ€" tin of the last war, with its conâ€" sequent postwar deflation and subâ€" sequent depression, clearly realize the great benefits of this general pn!i_cy." M}'Z Breithaupt stated. Mr. Breithaupt added that there were, however, "many complaints as to the method of administraâ€" tion" and, after a full discussion of this particul'ar point, ‘it apâ€" Ottawa by members from coast to ceast was that the commodity price ceiling policy of the government, be sustained. "Communications and represenâ€" tations were received from their constituents by ‘members in all parts of the country, before leavâ€" In â€" conclusion, Deputyâ€"Reeve Sturm, who is a member of the present Kâ€"W airport commission, expressed the opinion that "the present airport fulfilled well the requirements of its time." a little later and established its ‘n.ain line off in another direction," said Sturm. "This would stagger our municipalities financially." The deputyâ€"reeve cited cases in past years when towns and vilâ€" leges were set up on speculation that railways would pass through. "But", he exclaimed, "the compaâ€" nies built their tracks along other routes a few miles away and these places just died a natural death. Pusiness and communities were ruined." ‘‘There has been a lot of unimâ€" portant talk so far without facts for a basis," he declared, asserting that the first step should be to find out where the government plans to establish its main air lines. "Suppose this district â€" went ahead with a huge $500,000 expenâ€" diture to develop either Winterâ€" bourne or Bridgeport sites, and then the governn_lent came a_long should be given a share in any such scheme. l{.believes the proâ€" ject would have to be big enough to serve the district, but he holds little hope of this area obtaining a spot on the main air routes. ed to meet pog&-war advancement, but _ contend that _ Waterloo The retreating Germans were taking with them everything on wheels â€" bicycles, even peramuâ€" latorsâ€"to carry their loot and supâ€" plies. â€" _ _Shock forces of the Fifth Army plunged across the Volturno at an unspecified point The fall of The Fifth Army and Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery‘s Britishâ€" Canadian Eighth Army to the east, were pounding ceaselessly at the yielding German line all across Italy, and pushing steadily northâ€" ward in the sweep against the Italian capital (The Cairo radio said the bulk of the German army is retreating well beyond the Volturno after all its defences along that river had been rendered useless "Only a screen for rearguard cover has been left behind." it added.) The Volturno flows 18 miles north of Napies and 96 miles southeast of Rome. Its crossing marks the Fifth army‘s greatest suceess since the capture of Naples. The capture of Aversa and Maddaloni gave the Allies control of the main roads northwestward to Rome. Nazis In Full Retreat Allied Armies Drive Swiftly Northward Over Enemy Defences Allied Headquarters, Algiersâ€" Allied troops have driven across the Volturno river above Naples, breaking through the main German defence line on the road to Rome. They have captured the key transâ€" port junctions of Aversa and Madâ€" daloni in their northward surge, it was announced today. S2°O0R poMIS, , Kesselring‘s Retreat Battering Ahead _ . Leaves Path to Rome The Britishâ€"American drive to 0; for 5th A $ Aversa meant battering the way pen tor i imÂ¥ ahead against the enemy, stubbornâ€"|â€" Allied Headquarters, Algiers.â€" ly and shrewdly entrenched in or-lField Marshal Kesselring has abanâ€" chards and behind â€"rock walls..doned all hope of making a stand from which a deadly fire menaced‘alnng the Volturno river, and is the advancing columns. But the | rapidly withdrawing towards Rome men who fought through Salermo | the Algiers radio declared toduy as had what it took and completed the | the _ Allied _ advance â€" northward push to the town, which brought | speeded up. them 8 air miles and 12 rail miles‘ Reinforcements have been put above the captured metropolis. ‘ashore behind German lines n1 The Britishâ€"American drive to Aversa meant battering the way ahead against the enemy, stubbornâ€" ly and shroy.'dly entrenched in orâ€" Even in the comparatively dull central sector of the front the Wehrmacht is fighting back harder besides throwing in everything it knows in the way of demolitions, road blocks, mines and concealed strong points. Battering Ahead mans have flung in tanks to back up the infantry. ALGIERS. â€" Lieut.â€"Gen. Mark Clark‘s combined 5th Army has smashed 8 miles north and 13 miles northeast of Naples to capture Aversa and Maddaloni respectively, and in a further push of at least 8 miles has crossed the Volturno River. On the other side of Italy, Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery‘s 8th Army continues to drive westward from Termoli against sharp Nazi counterâ€"attacks in which the Gerâ€" |_ PEARL HARBOR.â€"Wake Island, |strong Japanese air base, 2,000 miles west of Hawaii, was subjected to a heavy attack by carrier planes and naval bombardment from a lPacific fleet task force on Tuesday, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, comâ€" manderâ€"inâ€"chief of the Pacific Fleet ‘and the Pacific Ocean areas, anâ€" nounced in a communique today. This is the second attack of this nature on Wake Island since the latolL was :;aplgl"ed b'y_the Japanese The fact that Wake was attacked yesterday by surface bombardment as well as aerial bombing probably indicates that a major reduction of Wake is now intended. 5th and 8th Armies Pilots and bombardiers returning from the most recent army bomâ€" ings on Wake have reported that the strength of this Japanese base has been steadily increased. The atoll, which consists of two closely adjoining islands named Wilkes and Peale, harbors fourâ€"motored flying boats and Zero fighter planes. Each successive army bombing raid has found the antiâ€"aircraft defense proâ€" «ressively stronger. T idns css nds dsc scA M 3 oA 3 20 The communique said: "A strong Pacific Fleet task force commanded by Read Admiral Alfred E. Montâ€" gomery, U.S.N., heavily attacked enemyâ€"held positions on Wake Island with carrier aircraft and ship bombardment commencing at dawn on Oct. 5, 1943, west longitude date. Fulrther details are not now availâ€" able." lhe nrevious naval, air and surâ€" face bombardment was carried out by a Pacific Fleet task force comâ€" manded by Admiral William °F. Halsey Jr., on Feb. 24, 1942. © hoh en e Enmatd. on Dec. 22, 1941, although in the meantime the island has been bombed several times by United States Army fourâ€"motored planes. mpplo oi ofi 3 c 1 11 said to be at the Italianâ€"Yugoslay frontier between the towns of Rakek, on the Yugosiav side, and lrmoltm-h, a few miles inside y. This is in the extreme northâ€" western part of Yugoslavia, apâ€" proximately 40 miles south of the border of Austria, which now is 2 part of Germany proper. The severed rail line connected Ausâ€" tria with the Halian Adriatic city of Trieste, via the Yugoslav city of Ljubljana. U.S. Navy Blasts Wake Island Yugoslav Patriots Cut Railway Into Italy __London. â€"The Yugosiay Naâ€" assistance to Allied troops in Southern Italy," said the Yugoâ€" slav communique. The heaviest ported spread of ic_ifi“' to many parts of Y the Gerâ€" nowledged heavy logses to Gerâ€" nounced today that, reinforced by Creation units, it had cut the &Wâ€"Aflt rail line uud.:: Wl into the Ihlmnle~ communique, broadcast by the Free Yugosiav‘ radio, also reâ€" WORLD‘s WEDNESDA Y THURSDA Y Advance in Haly Its Nows at a T HE °_ Reinforcements have been put ashore behind German lines at |Termoli, seized in a British Eighth |Army landing. The Allicd Fifth |Army has captured Montesarchio, ‘7 miles southwest of Benevento. it | was announced today. A German |counterâ€"attack was beaten off in the Termoli area with losses to the enemy. | Within 85 Miles of Rome _ _ ~ Although not confirmed by headâ€" quarters here, the withdrawal from the Volturno river line by German forces had been predicted by miliâ€" |tary leaders. If true, the w ay would CAIRO. â€" Outnumbered British troops continued to hold out on Cos Island against heavy German atâ€" tacks tofiay The battle for the (Continued on Page §) British Battle Heavy Capture of Montesarchio straugh ens the bend in the Alliecd line. which _ slopesnortheastward and threatens to encircle Kesselring‘s troops. The Americans earlier had crossed the Calore river at Bene vyento on the flank of what was to be a strong Nazi defence line The Eighth army, which includes the Canadian First division, punchâ€" ed ahead halfway to the main Gerâ€" man line on the Po river after its brilliant leapâ€"frogging movement that clinched positions at Termolh which is straight cast of Rome Four of five German divisions alone a line from coast to coast in Italy areâ€" putting up increased resistance to the 5th and 8th Army advances. it was stated officially today. be cleared for the Fifth army to make a more rapid advance toward Rome. Radio Algiers said the van guard was only 85 miles from the capital These reports gave rise to belief that British forces had forged a ring around Rhodes with the occuâ€" pation of the other islands in the group and were preparing for an assault on that island when German parachutists and seaâ€"borne troops landed on Cos in an effort to reâ€" capture the isle, Travellers reaching Istanbul from Bodrum on the Turkish coast reâ€" ported that German bombers have been attacking all the islands in the group except Rhodes repeatedly in recent days. (A London dispatch said it was reported that British troops had seized Stampalia island, 25 miles west of Cos. Other dispatches gave a confused picture of the situation in the Dodecanese. A Reuters disâ€" patch suggested that the Germans landed on Leros and Samos, but there was no confirmation of this lr9_m Allied sources.) MAE T en in t cviamle t 0h c iss with the exception of Rhodes grew here today. Sanguinary fighting was reported between Rakek and Postumia A heavily fortified hill was captured from the Germans who had brought up heavy reinforcements, including 30 tanks, some of the Tiger type, and were employing heavy artillery and airplanes in large numbers. Hint Allies May Be On All Isles Except Rhodes ANKARA. â€" Belief that British forees have occupied all of the 12 isl_un(!% in the Dodecanese group _ Cutting the strategic â€" railway from Trieste to the Austrian borâ€" der was announced by the Yugoslav National Army of Liberation toâ€" day. Severance of the railway, one of the three main lines feeding German troops and equipment to the Italian battie front. was deâ€" scrbied as an effective blow in support of Allied forces on the Italian peninsula. The successful attack was carried out 14 miles from Postumia. LONDON.â€"The London Daily Express today quoted reports from neutral capitals that Lieut.â€"Gen. GeoÂ¥ge S. Patton‘s United States Seventh Army is massing on Italy‘s east coast between Bari and Foggia for an imminent invasion thrust into the Balkans. Kolishki. 30 miles east of Vitebsk, was the most important of the 46 towns liberated in the White Russia action. Here the Germans launchâ€" ed several fierce counterâ€"drives, all of which were thrown back. Report Patton Massing Army For Balkin Invasion 1 oo t ooo Onoeie eCmm it That single gain placed the adâ€" vancing Russians within 140 miles of the Latvian frontier, and stormâ€" ing of Vitebsk would point a direct threat at the whole Germanâ€"held Baltic region. and German counterâ€"altacks, the Soviet army apparently was keepâ€" ing the initiative in the so‘;xy marshlands of White Russia. Yesâ€" terday Russian forces captured 46 towns and villages in the Vitebsk sector, to anchor their spearheads only 30 miles from that Nazi basâ€" tio':l, a Soviet communique said. The central front, on which . the rival armies stood massed on either side of the Dnieper river line from Kiev south to Dniepropetrovsk, reâ€" mained quiet. ‘This sl?gened the possibility that Soviet forces were preparing a new ‘drive in force to turn the flanks of the Germans in one or both sectors. Berlin reported Russian forces were deploying in strength around Lake Iimen, far to the north, and at the southern end of the front just north of the Sea of Azov Russians Keep Initiative LONDON. â€" Growing acuvity of Russian mobile columns was reâ€" ported on both ends of the long, rainâ€"soaked eastern front today. Strong Soviet Drives At Two Ends of Front Hinted in New Moves of their main transport hubs on the Naples front. Aversa, eight miles north of Naples and . lld:{loni. 14 miles to the ite almost impassable roads WEEK TUESDAY Odds for Cos Island group