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1/ y _ Canned Salmon, To Appear On \ Grocers‘ Shelves For Sale Jan. 17 @ KITCHENER. â€" Mayor Joseph Meinzinger told city council at its 1944 inaugural session Monday night he was glad a recount was teld in the mayoralty clection. He sserted "it cleared the air of inâ€" terences that something might have bns.n wrong with the bailoting".. These canners will distribute their stocks among their wholesale customers on the basis of the relative amount delivered to each customer in 1941. No coupons will be collected by canners selling to wholesalers. r‘/‘\jt a canner sells direct to a retailer or quota user, however, he is acting as a wholesaler and must collect coupons and follow all the rules given below for wholesalers. â€" The salmon is packed in %â€"pound. *â€"pound and Iâ€"pound tins. Wholesalers Wholesalers must distribute to retailers on the basis of the relative amount delivered to cach in 1941. They must notify their customers as soon as possible of the amount of canned salmon they may expect to reecive on this basis ' * â€" * Largest Circulation of any Waterios Retailers will receive canned salmon only in return for the proâ€" per_number of coupons surrenderâ€" l ~d ON OR BEFORE delivery. They must give one valid meat coupon (Continued on Page 8) The amount of salmon available for the civilian market has already been allotted by the Foods Administration to fourteen salmon canners. They will turn out about two hundred thousand cases altogether. The wholesaler must hold cach customers‘ allotment of canned salmon for thirty days after he sends out the notification of the amount that customer is to receive. During that period the retailer should either buy the goods and send in cnough meat coupons «1 coupon for each ; â€"pound) to cover the purchase, or let the wholesaler know that he does not want to take up his allotment. Wholesalers must collect coupons from retailers ON OR BEFORE DELIVERY at the rate of one coupon for every %, â€"pound of salmon. > ow Pm ie se uc n n ns mm Wiphin 60 cays after he receives his allotment of canned saltmon. Find No Trace cach wholesaler must forw;rd to | the nearest branch of the Ration Administration either a meat raâ€"‘ 0‘ [‘?cal R()bbers tron cheque or a bank transfer ; wâ€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"_â€"_â€"_.â€" voucher covering meat coupons | KITCHENER.â€"Provincial police collected from his customers for all have found no trace of a thief or canned salmon delivered to them ‘thieves who perpetrated a series of within that period. . This report|thefts in this area, Monday night, must be made on Form RBâ€"186 obâ€" l involving a truck and a car and tainable at the branch office. The‘r ‘bbery of n local service station. cheque or voucher must accompaâ€" | A car stolen in Stratford, was ny the form. _ lr. rrasovacd: hava Mandaw wichs 44 Any coupons coliected for canned salmon AFTER the 60â€"day period rust be forwarded promptly to the nearest branch of the Ration Adâ€" ministration. If the wholesaler wishes to do so, : he may forward a cheque or vGuâ€" / cher to cover his total allotment at ' any time BEFORE the end of the 6GOâ€"day peried. Hydro Pioneer Industrialist, August R. Lang Passes If he has not covered his allotment with coupons by the end of the thirtyâ€"day period, the wholesaler may sell the uncovered portion to any other customer who surrenders coupons to cover it. . Release 200,000 Cases For Midâ€"January Sale . Canned salmon /ihboul to appear again in retail stores. The salmon has already been allotted to the canners and they began their distriâ€" bution to wholesalers in midâ€"December. Retail sales are banned until midâ€"January. After January 17 carined salmon may be sold to conâ€" sumers for meat coupons. Any meat coupon will cover purchase of 4 pound of canned satimon. ‘ mmfl Vol. 87, No. 1 Warerroo, Ontamo, Famar. Januazy 7, 1944 One of the men most prominent in the founding and development of the Ontario Hydro system and a former leading Kitchener indusâ€" trialist, August Reinhold Lang, ‘ed late Saturday at St. Mary‘s spital. He was in his 87th year. it was following a meeting called in 1907 by Mr. Lang that Kitchenâ€" er, then Berlin, was chosen to be the first cdmmunity to obtain powâ€" er from Niagara Falls That meetâ€" ing was attended by Brig.â€"Gen. Charles Mitchell, and the late Messrs. E. W. B. Snider and D. D. Detweiler. During development of the hydro project, the deceased was closely associated with Sir Adam Beck. first chairman of the Ontario H};dro'Eleclric Power Commission. Kitchener; F. F. Gaby, former chief engineer of the Ontario Hydro Commission, former member of the Ontario H.E.P.C. and an exâ€"mayor of Toronto. All those named were honorary pallbearers. KITCHENER. â€" Many notable people were in attendance at the funcral of August Reinhold fi:g. HyJro pioneer, here, Tu y. They included Dr. T. Hogg, chairâ€" man of the Ontario H;')&\Com- mission; Senotor W. D. Euler, of Mr. Lang was the son of the late Rz:inhold Lang, founder df the Mayor Believes Air "Clear " As 44 Council Installed it /A Coar onlb dnnbired â€" AQ Mayor Mvinzinger, seeking his fifth consecutive term in office, deâ€" feated Ald. A. J. Cundick in the latter‘s strong bid for the mayor‘s chair, by 33 votes A recount inâ€" stituted by Mr. Cundick. and preâ€" sided over by County Jug’e E. W. Clement, reduced Mayor Meinzingâ€" er‘s ma[ority by only one vote. In referring to the recount, Mayâ€" or Meinzinger lauded the work of Cit‘ Clerk Charles G. Lips and his staff, in nlec“ion and management Retailers et Kitchener. KITCHENER.â€"Provincial police have found no trace of a thief or thieves who perpetrated a series of thefts in this area, Monday night, involving a truck and a car and r»bbery of n local service station. A car stolen in Stratford, was recovered here, Monday night. It v.is out of gas, and was parked beâ€" fweer K_itchc‘ner and Petersburg. During the same night, a service stition, near where the stolen car was abandoned, was entered, and i« large quantity of cigarettes and Fwom a farm near where the car i.«s parked, a light delivery truck 1 :d been stolen. Provincial police, headed by county constable Harold Gall, are in vestigating. Rev. Leo Seiss, of St. Agatha, Rev. Michacl Weiler, president of St. Jerome‘s College, Rev. Jerome Puth and Very Rev. Aibert Zinger were in the sanctuary. The servics station thef is being investigated by Inspector James Riecyins and Det.â€"Sgt. Alex. Powell, Active pailbearers were Rudolph Krug, James IMw, John E. Motz, Dr. Louis V. Lang, John Callahan and Dr. Thotmas Callahan, the latâ€" ter two from Toronto. The solemn requiem mass was eclebrated by Rev. Charles Meyer, of St. Mary‘sChurch, with Rev. C. E. Melien as deacon and Rev. Louis Batte, of Londpn, as subâ€"deaâ€" con. Artending the mass were leading civic officials and prominent bn%:- ness men of Kitchener and neighâ€" boring centres as well as provincial officials who had been associated with Mr. Lang in his work in the interests of Hydro development. Entombment took place at Woodâ€" land Mausoleum, Kitchener. Lang Tanning Co., here, one of the largest industrics of its kind in the British Empire. The big plant is now controlled by four nephews, zouis L. Lang. past prosident of the CM.A.. Reinhold. Jerome and TT Fenly survivor is his widow, tre fgrmer !g_atherine Ryan. during the election periecd of deâ€" p:fiy returning officers and other election officials He pointed out that the recent recount was the first in Kitchener in almost twenâ€" ty years. _ â€" â€" Congratulating _ all _ aldermen elected, and eight of them were reâ€" turned from last year, Mayor Meinâ€" zinger said that no matter wheâ€" ther peace is declared in 1944 or not. this year will be one of the most trying experienced by any cnuncil in the city‘s history. The nn:{ new aldermen, and both have had experience, are Henry W. Sturm and Ernst Weber. "If the war ends this ear, one of the most serious probLm conâ€" fronting council will be the rehaâ€" (Continued on Page 2) ebacco stolen Warerroo, Ontamio, Famar, Jamuazy 7, 1944 CCF Reveals Social Program At Regina Meet UrgesConservation Ot Local Forests Guests of the club were several county residents who are carrying on valuable reforestation work. They include: Harvey J. Sims, Chiâ€" REGINA.â€"C.C.F. proposals for solution of Canada‘s economic, soâ€" cial and eonstitutional problems vwere announced Tuesday following a fourâ€"day closed conference of Doâ€" minion and provincial party execuâ€" t:ves here. The proposed program includes socializing of industry, natural reâ€" sources and health services and adâ€" vocates a _ largeâ€"scale housing scheme; uniform labor standards and an improved uniform educaâ€" tional system. s copec; Paul Bergman, Bridgégn; Anson Groh, Preston; Walter Seigâ€" "There is a big job in Ontario to plant a lot of wasteland with trees," the speaker asserted, conâ€" tending that there is no phase of farming which offers as much chance for improvement as woodâ€" lots. He recited a list of advanâ€" tiges which properly placed woodâ€" lots and trees offer, such as windâ€" breaks, prevention of soilâ€"erosion, flood control, scenic attractions, fual and lumber for the farmer and resting places for birds. y _ Mr. Marritt revealed that accordâ€" ing to the 1931 census, about 10 per cent of Waterloo county is KITCHENER â€" "Conservation means wise use, not withdrawing from use. The attitude of the true conservationist is not that of a miâ€" ser, rather, it is an attitude which requires the application of imaginâ€" of Galt, representative of the deâ€" partment of lands and forests, who addressed a dinner meeting of the }l;ii!chener-Waterloo. Rotary Club, ere. ngr, Puslinch; Leigh Hogg, Baden; Clayton Stumpf, Doon, and Amasâ€" sa Schweitzer, Bloomingdale. weodland J. A. Willoughby, Toronto Realtor Is Honoured Salesmen of Mr. J. A. Willoughâ€" _ Mr. Somerville, viceâ€"president by‘s two Toronto city offices, and| and general manager of the Mutual ropresentatives and agents of the‘ Life Assurance Co., received his Willoughby Farm Agency throughâ€" ‘ appointment, along with Gaspe de cut central Ontario, gathered in j Beaubien from Ottawa in May, Toronto recently to[ h*:mor J-.fA. 1940. Willoughby, dean of their profes~, ‘Their dutics were to lay plans sion in the area. The occasion Wa$) for financiny Canada‘s waly e%orts the annual‘ yearâ€"end dinner of the and to reach this end they organâ€" group in Toronto and Mr. Wils jyed the National War Savings loughby was presented with a solid | Committec Mr. Somerville ard silver tray. The presentation WA8| Mr Do Beaubien were named joint made by D: R. Currie of Toerontel .â€"â€"___ _2 L _ _ _ NS CPRER JUmm following bricf addresses Ted | Bowman, exâ€"Mayor of Whithy and| _ BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCE the present chief executive, Fred Rowe. Each of the three had been Haonrersour en in associated with Mr. Willoughby for homilcc ... Ton â€" more than twenty years. The list o e 0P 7 l2 00 ‘liaks _ of speakers also included Peter Sa~1 augh * 4 s is nagan and Harold Mayes. | jnltnces .0 sn sn‘ a e The presentation was an unscheâ€" duled event on the program and took Mr. Willoughby" completely by surprise He expressed his thanks bri>‘ly, adding that, alâ€" though he had been in the real estate business for almost a quarter century and before that, for a deâ€" cade in Gsorgetown, Ontario, he found himscel{f entirely at a loss for words. «tion, skill and courage to the managemen: of our renewable reâ€" sources to the end that this generâ€" ation may enjoy their benefits, z;.': hand them down from generat to generation, ugmpaited!" So declared 1.%¥€. Marritt, B.Sc.F., . Urge Postwar Solutions M. J. Coldwell, national party leader, told the closing session yesâ€" terday that the C.C.F. proposals inâ€" clude solutions of problems of a postwar Canagda. Chief aims, he said, are to provide opportunities for an abundant life and social seâ€" curity for industrial, agricultural workers, and discharged members of the armed forces. At the same time he charged that "neither the present federal Govâ€" renment ‘nor any of its provipcial satelites have made any real atâ€" tempt to meet these problems or to formulate adequate and construcâ€" tive proposals in the interests of the people." In the presentation addresses, the speakers not only commenteti on Mr. Willoughby‘s long record of service but also said that the ocâ€" casion commemorated the honors which he had received from his colleagues in the profession. He is past president and now a director of the Toronto Real Estate Board; the only Canadian who ever served as chairman of the Farm Lands and Country Estates Division, National Boards in the United States and He urged the federal Governâ€" (Continued on Page 8) ; _ Their dutics were to lay plans | for financinsy Canada‘s war efforts and to reach this end they organâ€" ized the National War Savings | Committec. Mr. Somerville and ; Mr. De Beaubien were named joint Mrs. P. J. McGarry, Rockway Drive, Kitchener, and Waiter H. Somerville, Waterloo, general manâ€" ager of the Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada, were made Comâ€" n anders, Order of the British Emâ€" pire, which permits them to add C.BE. to their names. Majorâ€"Gen. Beverley W. Browne, D.S.0.; M.C., of Ottawa and formerly of Kitchâ€" ener, who rocently retited as direcâ€" torâ€"general of the Reserve Army, was made a Companion of the Orâ€" dcr of the Bath, military division, which means he can add C.B. to his name. Skipper Coxswain Jas. Longmore Detweiler, RCN.VR., Savary Islard, BC., was made a mcmber of the Order of British Empire, military division, This permits him to put the initials O.B.E. after his name. He is the brother of _ Edward Detweiler, Iomewood Avenue, Kitchener. Martin, Abner ... Mattusch, George ... Snyder, Wm. R........ Strebel, Herbert .... Wilkinson, Norman W. H. Somerville, Mrs. McGarry Are Honoured in King‘s List Two Twin City residents and two former Twin_City residents were among the 331 Canadian reciâ€" pients of decorations in the King‘s New Year‘s tonor list Two of the awards were military in character and two were civilian, the latter being among the 46 awarded for Canada. Honors in District Among district service men reâ€" ceiving New Year‘s honors was Fit. Sgt. Robert C. Honour, 55 Pollock Avenuc, Galt, who was awarded the British Empire Medal. On the navy honor list, nonâ€"operational, was Herbert W. Mayne, commisâ€" sioned ordnance officer, RCN., Halifax, also of Galt. He was made a member of the Order of the Briâ€" tich _ Empire, military â€" division. Chief Petty Officer W. J. Morrow, R.C.N., of Preston and Halifax was awarded the British Empire Medal, military division. __â€" Organized Committee For Reeve Schwindt, Edmund Weber, Milton ... These are the first pictures to be taken of the R.A.F.‘s new Mitcheil B.25 day bombers in operation. These ‘glanes have been in action with great success in most of the recent iiodnyli;h( raids over enemy territory. Photo shows Mitchell B.25 day bombers lined up at an R.A.F. station ready for an operation. At dawn on July 10, 1943, Allicd forces landed in Sicily. One month later Axis resistance in the major part of the island had been crushed, and the Allics had to their credit large quantities of captured war material and well over 120,000 prisoners. German troops in the northâ€" eastern tip of the island were &htin&a deTnte rearguard action to cover the evacuation of the remainder of their Sicilian army, under heavy pressure from hnd‘lm and air. Picture shows British patrols passing through Pachino, Sicily. Monday‘s Woolwich Township Election BRITISH TROOPS ADVANCE THROUGH PACHINO, SICILY Edmund Schwindt is clected Reeve. Oliver J. Wright is clected Deputy Reeve by acclamation. Abner Martin, Gco. Wattusch and Wm. R. Snyder are clected FIRST PICTURES OF THE LAF‘; MITCHELL 85 (The river then makes a bend to DAY BOMBERS the west forming a 100â€"mile arc > omm ns s into Poland before flowing into the zy & . ; 3 |\Pripet River. At one point the ; 4 ; ; s river is just east of Sarny. Councillors " ob 25 ~3 3 47 20 22 41 88 98 43 26 119 27 27 Mr. Somerville is president of the Waterloo County Health Assoâ€" ciation, which operates Freeport Sanatorium; director of both the Waterlo6 Trust and Savings Co. and the Economical Mutual, Fire Insurance Co.; past presigent of the Cunadian Life Insurance Officers‘ Association; associate of the Instiâ€" tute of Actuaries of Great Britain and of the Actuarial Society of America. In 1942 it was taken over by the‘ National War Finance Committce.} "At that time it was felt both orâ€" ; ganizations served similar purposes | and in the interest of economy | authorities decided the work could ; A native of Guelph, Mr. Somerâ€" ville spent most of his boyhood éays in London. His business caâ€" reer commenced when he came to Waterloo in 1900. chairmen anc served in this capaâ€" city as long as the organization lasted. Both men are still members of this committee. Generous Recognition Referring to his distinguished hunor, Mr. Somerville said today: "Ii is a yery generous recognition for the services rendered." Is Greatly Surprised Mrs. McGarry today is still very much surprised. She could hardly believe her eyes when she read the ofticial notification which reached bor from Oi:tawa on Friday. Modâ€" estly she feels that credit is due to the Catholic Women‘s League which she represents rather than io herself and she praised the naâ€" tienal conveners for their support. (n the other hand she confesses to a thrilled fecling at the honor conâ€" ferred on her. be carried out more advantageousâ€" ly under the Finance Committee head. "When the envelope arrived I wasn‘t going to open it at first," she related. "It looked so much like others I receive frequently from Montreal and Ottawa. Vghen I changed my mind and read the contents I could hardly believe it." Mrs. McGarry is among the 23 Canadian women receiving awards is one of three heads of women‘s in the New Year‘s honors list. She (Continued on Page 8) Polling Subâ€"divisions 89 ; ® 5.9 _ _al} oR 31 [ 3 620 107 34 45 12 l1 20 2# 14 62 42 18 13 125 14 19 32 $1.00 per year 14 33 59 32 34 331 291 279 |_ (A 90â€"mile advance due west| agai ‘from Radomys! would put the Rusâ€"| Am slans across the Polish border at! ter Korzec.) * Ti Nazis Are Building F nore "Siegfried Line" in Italy | fow ALGIERS. â€" German engineers) ers are rushing to completion an;j Ti Italian "Siegfried Line" several; prot ‘miles deep and as powerful as&Gel.I isimilar Nazi fortifications in Westâ€" aSSC ‘ern Europe, German prisoners reâ€" dfest ported today. _ 1e :C | _ ‘This fresh indication that Mosâ€" | cow considers these areas of Poâ€" | land to be integral parts of the | Soviet Union was contained in | the Embassy information bulâ€" \ letin. °_ It came as the. Polish Governâ€" ment in London called on its underâ€" ‘ground in Poland to give the rightâ€" ‘ofâ€"way to the advancing Russian armics and to continue resistance {to Germany but withheld an order for coâ€"operation with the Russian military. 0 | . Alluding to plebiscites which \Moscow announced were held soon after the partition, the embassy ’bullelin said "the people of Westâ€" / ern Byclorussia themselves decided |the question of the farm their state ( was to take.". | THURSDA Y ll-dn- Smash German Intent on keeping the Allies from Rome as long as possible, the Nazis were said to be installing their formidable new defence system a few miles from the present battle line, with its strongest features loâ€" cated in the neighborhood of Casâ€" sino opposite the 5th Army and inâ€" land from Pascara, Adriatic seaport wheih Canadian forces of the 8th Army are nearing. > Hold Until Line Built The desperate nature of German resistance in Italy in recent weeks possibly was dictated by the necesâ€" sity of holding until the new line could be completed. Dr. Fritz Todt, German ‘engincering genius who constructed similar "walls" in the west, was killed nearly two years ago in a plane accident, but the organization he built up is still functioning. .__ Libérating Areas "The extraordinary fifth session of the Supreme Sovict of . the US.S.R. acceded to the request of the masses of the people of Westâ€" ernByelorussia as well as to those of the Western Ukrainc and acâ€" cepted them into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics," it conâ€" tinued. Moscow Considers Parts Of Poland as Soviet Areas Washington.â€"In 2 statement coinciding with the entrance of Soviet troops into Poland, the Soviet embassy declared today that in 1939 when Germany and Russia divided Poland, the Red army liberated "Western Byeâ€" lorussia (White Russia) and the Western Ukraiine from the yoke of Polish usurpers." _ _ _ _ The Moscow News reported the front had rolled more than 90 miles wes of Radomys!, starting point of the Red offensive. Great Allied Preâ€"Invasion Air Raids Continue London.â€"The great Allied preâ€" invasion _ acrial offensive _ apâ€" parently kept rolling around the clock tonight as a procession of. RA.F. planes was ticard flying high over the Dover Strait toâ€" ward the French coast. river is just east of Sarny. ,I)ee. 1-.2 Poland (The dispatch did not say where the river line had been broken. The Russians were n&fled earlier to have crossed the border in the area of Olevsk, a customs station 45 miles east of Sarny.) > A dispatch to The Moscow News said the troops which took this line had genetnted ;kep into the Polestan Province (of preâ€"war Poâ€" land) in the direction of Sarny, 35 miles inside the frontier.~ F LONDLON.â€"United States heavy bombers and escorting fighters blasted 95 Germna planes out of the sky today as they ranged across a record 800â€"mile front to strike the Kicl shipyards, airfields at Bordeaux and 'l!:)urs in France, and industrial targets in Western Germany. Berlin was reported by a Berlin radio broadcast to have been among the bombers‘ objectives. . The: widcsp'n‘ad operation . cest the attacking force 25 heavy bombâ€" ers and 12 escorting fighters _ Armies in Russia Split, Gloomy Berlin Admits Stockhoim.â€"A German military spokesman admitted today that the Nazi winter defensive line on the eastern front had been split by a "very deep penetration," dispatches from the German capital said. + The spokesman was representâ€" ed as making no effort to hide the fact that the Russian offenâ€" sive had rolled up the German deâ€" fences in the Kiev sector, splitâ€" ting the lines into two fronts, one 360 miles and the other 480 miles English coastal watchers heard the procession begin shortly after dusk. Continental radios from Vichy to Budapest left the.@ir, a‘ sign of ni;h\ bombing activiâ€" The _ Swedish _ correspondent said they were given only a black picture of war developâ€" ments on both sides of Germany as they met with the 3oimnnn in the hogah-damAf lom{‘n office with fires still blazing Berlin from the heavy RA.F.â€" RC.A.F. ralds of Sunday and Polonne and iu':nd"" Volynski. The river is .d.J: of these Tave cemutied the wpine of ve Novograd Volynski, across the reported today to have taken the German mlhu line. (The Sluch River presents a northâ€"south line in that portion Moscow.â€"The Red army was WORLD‘S WEEK WEDNESDA Y Sluch River Line I Cl cai on o9 i _ Yesterday‘s devastating attacks ‘brought as many as 3,000 Allied ‘aircraft of all types into action. In | addition to the raids on Kiel and i Munster, in which 13 U.S. heavy bombers were lost, large formaâ€" {tions of British, Dominion and fAmerican planes attacked a large variety of targets in France, Belâ€" gium and Holland. Total Allied losses were 25 planes, and more than 3,000 tons of bombs were dropped. | heavy raids Saturday and Sunday | nights. All planes returned safely \from the night operations, which | included mineâ€"laying. _ ‘ _ The Mosquito attack on Berlin ‘ probably was designed to keep \German defences on edge and to assess, if possible, any additional ‘zL!estmclioq wrought in the two | _ It is expected British coastal \ vessels â€" examined manymonths |ago for their suitabilityâ€"will, owâ€" ing to their small size and the shallowness of the waters off conâ€" tinental shores, play a major part in the coming invasion. Huge fires and a heavy pall of smoke were observed after the American attack on Kiel, one of Germany‘s chief submarine and shipbuilding bases, while fires and explosions were also touched off in <the Munster railway â€" yards, junction through which most reâ€" inforcements and supply trains for the FÂ¥ench, Belgian and Dutch inâ€" vasion coasts must pass. A report from Zagreb to the Stockholm Dagbladet said King Peter met with Gen. Draja Miâ€" haliovich somewhere in Yugoslavia in an effort to coâ€"ordinate his forces with Tito‘s Partisan troops. It was said Peter asked Mihailovich to accept Tito as the supreme comâ€" mander of all Yugoslav forces fighting the Nazis. Peter Asks Mihailovich To Acn‘t Tito as Boss LONDON _â€"WMarchal Wcia Peâ€". LONDON. â€"‘Marshal Josip Broz (Tito) announced today that the prolonged German offensive in eastern Bosnia had been smashed. He said Yugoslav forces had reâ€" sained cnemy occupied territory,. including the important town of Viasenica, 30 miles northeast of Sarajevo, where huge stores of war material were captured. Tito‘s communique said the partiâ€" sans were also on the offensive in western Bosnia along the strategic Bosansky Noveâ€"Prijedorâ€"Banjaluka railway. Yugoslav and German battle tréops were still locked in bitter street fighting inside Banjaâ€" luka, headquarters of the second German tank army defending the Adriatic coast against a possible Allicd invasion from Ialy. Invasion Machine All Set, Merely Awaits Kisenhower LONDON.â€"A special secret "inâ€" vasion headquarters" has been preâ€" pared for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenâ€" hower who will command the Allied assault on western Europe, the Daily Herald said today. The daylight raiders, with an escort of RA.F. fighters, swept out across the English channel only a few hours after other British bombâ€" ers attacked northern France. As soon as he arrives in London the general will set down to work with Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedâ€" der, deputy commander, at the new headquarters, â€" according to â€" the Herald. Berlin, Kiel, Munster LONDON.â€"Strong Allied bomber formations stepped up the preâ€" invasion saftening of Axis Europe today. They smashed anew at‘ the French "second front coast, after a British _ Mosquito plane _ foray against Berlin in the night and an American blow at Kiel and Munsâ€" ter yesterday. Planning experts were said to have worked for many months past building up tremendous organizaâ€" tions necessary to the largeâ€"scale military move. These groups will enable Gen. Eisenhower, it was added, to grasp completcly full deâ€" tails of the gigantic invasion maâ€" chine in a comparatively short time. . German retitencé'l;‘;i;lfl The attacks seemed s;'fuiflr:ant in view of reports that Nazi "rocket ran. allacks seemed s;'fuiflr:ant in view of reports that Nazi "rocket canâ€" non" emplacements wereâ€"situated along the raided coast. The German press has failed to mention the assaults. Pound Invasion Coast, The men of Britain‘s merchant navy, given the option of volunâ€" tcering for the western invasion, have written to the National Union of Seamen: "Why do they ask us? It‘s all in the day‘s work." Except for fewer than 100 medically unfit men, their response has been unâ€" animous. that "if an invasion doesn‘t come now that will be the biggest fraud of all times." Asked to comment on the great Allied bombing altacks along the !‘;:knch coast, . a tolh::i(n_ office spokesman described raids only as "the usual attacks on the deâ€" fence line," one dispatch said. _ A German communique acknowâ€" ledging the less of a part of Berâ€" dichev indicated that the vital junction anchoring the wavering defences below Zhitomir was about io fall to the Russians. if it had not already done so. Capture of Berdichev, 20 miles south of Zhitoâ€" mir.. would open a patch for the Russians down to the Bug river 36 miles away and pose an imminent threat to the Odessaâ€"Lwow railâ€" road, last main line for the evacuaâ€" tion of the Dnieper bend. â€" bvâ€"“w_-_ While one spokesman was icâ€" Wuflw-mmfim of the situation on the eastern front, another was quoted as saying Retreat Back To Odessa Almost "Must" For Nazis MOSCOW.â€"Gen. Nikolai Vatuâ€" tin â€" fAlashed new â€" changeâ€"ofâ€"field tactics against the Germans today. His leftâ€"wing â€" suddenly _ swung southeastward toward Kirovograd at the same time as spearheads of his right wing struck westward into Poland, (Continued on Page §)