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The National leader proposed that the principle.of collective barâ€" gaining be mad;e\mnndflory with penalties for infractions; that all Government agencies which deterâ€" minc or administer policies affectâ€" ing labor have equal representaâ€" tives of organized labor on them; and that management and labor team up in harmonious partnership for their mutual benefits. Mr. Bracken said his first step toâ€" ward achieving a national labor poâ€" licy would be to call a Dominionâ€" Provincial conference with a view to securing the passage of uniform labor legislation in each of the provinces. Hero Ot Moose River Mine, Dr. David E. Robertson Dies TORONTO.â€" Dr. David Edwin Robertson died Saturday,. nearly cight years after he cheated death in the dramatic Mocse River mine reseue which the world watched with bated breath. Dr. Robertson, Alfred Scadding and Herman Maâ€" gill were entombed for 242 hours, a:xd only he and Scaddirg came out alive. dian labor was laid down last week by John Bracken, National leader of the Progressive Conservative Party demanding equal voice for labor, management and agriculture in the formulation of economic poâ€" licies and the right to organize freely and bargain collectively. _ Addressing a joint gathering of Essex County Progressive Conserâ€" vative Associations Mr. Bracken outlined the labor policy he will put into force if called upon to form a Government. Atgplause freâ€" quently punctuated e address, particularly when he spoke of protecting labor from unfair inâ€" fluences. tives of organized labor on them;. Between labor and management and that management and labor | there must be full coâ€"operation not team up in harmonious partnership| only in securing fair wages, under for their mutual benefits. “decent conditions but in the more He declared the dignity of labor|complex problem of obtaining the must be established and protected se€urity of a contin@ity of employâ€" to organize as it sees fit. It must ment, he said. Dr. Robertson, chief surgeon of the Hospital for Sick Children, was already famous as a surgcon. He was associated with the hospital for 32 years. Within a month after his rescue from the mine he was back at work in the hospital. He was the first Candian doctor to perform the delicate operation known as sympathectomy. This inâ€" volves the connecting of nerve centres to bring back life to parâ€" tially paralyzed nerves or limbs. At his death he was said to be working on a new treatment for ostcomyelitis, a disease which deâ€" forms bone structures. Many of his operations, fellowâ€" surgeons revealed, were masterâ€" pieces of knowledge and skill, often involving months of a patient series of precise and minute operations that gradually brought about a cure. Operated 20,000 Times Dr. Robertson was born on March 8, 1883, on a farm in Esquesing township rear Milton. His parents were of Scottish Presbi;terian stock. In his brilliant career he is credited with performing more than 20,000 operations. _ 0_ es Bracken‘s "Bill of Rights" For Labor, Owner, Farmer When the first world war broke out, he immediately enlisted and went overseas with the first Canaâ€" dian contingent. At the front he Put All Ontario Industry Under Federal Code â€" Daley Drew Govt Plans Religious _ Teaching for Ontario Schools THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE The Ontario government at a cabinct session late Friday decided to accept the new dominion governâ€" ment labor relations code. Hon. Charles Daley, minister of labor, said the necessary legislation would be introduced at the coming session "to bring all industry in Ontario within the provisions of the federal government‘s new labor code." Vol. 87, No. 8 Mr. Daley stated this will mean withholding a laber relations act which the Drew government had already drafted for the coming sesâ€" sion. "It would be impractical to introduce such an act applicable only to war industries, as they may be changed by dominion orderâ€"inâ€" council from time to time." exâ€" plained Mr. Daley ‘Tis True, I1 Duce Did Like Babies â€" In Army! Mussolini â€" definitely did like "babies"! Evidence of this fact has reached the home of Mrs. Gordon Bews, Homewnod Ave., Kitchener, from her brother, Pte. Gordon »!!i(:ksrm. who is now fighting in Itaiy Tkw "evidence" comprises three Fascist youth suits, which the young soldier secured from a capâ€" ln:ml _llnhan headquarters Hickson, who is now fighting in| The Hickson family has also reâ€" HM;‘I ccived a number of other souvenirs The "evidence" comprises three|of Italy from their son, Gordon. Fascist youth â€" suits, which the}They include a high comb and black young soldier secured from a capâ€"| veil, such as Italian women wear to tured Talian headquarters | work, silver and parer money, Made on the romper style and |cigarettes and lace collars. white in color, the suits wouldn‘t Mrs. Hickson says the lace is hi an{ normal "youths" over the nice, but not of the best qu-lig. age of from one to two years! _ |Her son reports that finer Demands Equal Voice For Allin Formulation of Eronomic Policies. â€" Backs Right to Organize. A new "Bill of Rights" for Cm:-‘ :given an opportunity t e of from one to two years! |Her son that fine: Pte. Hickson is a brether of Sgt. ‘m uvwm':f.nw. ~â€"~~___ Lergest Ciroulation of any Waterloo County Wesk be given an opgoflumly to fulfil its obligations and responsibilities on a basis of equal partnership with management. Mr. Bracken emphasized the need of equal representation on all government agencies. He said colâ€" lective bargaining should be through the organization chosen by majority vote and discrimination against the emfployee for union acâ€" tivity must be prevented at all cost. served as medical officer of the Ist Battalion and afterwards with the 3rd Field Ambulance. It was in the field that he developed his great kno_wledge of orthopedics. _ The Bill of Rights declares that voluntary association of workers and their free choice of a b‘:r.rfnm â€" ing agency must not be interfered with by devices such as "companyâ€" financed unions". It considers the Government dutyâ€" nd to unâ€" derwrite and guaran the maxiâ€" mum freedom in the e ise of its rights and to assume its full reâ€" sponsibilities in the community in relations to business, industry and agriculture. _ , M 0 TeR TE @ "Jointly, these groups can give us maximum | employment," he said. "And acting together they can see that no one group takes too much of the national {ncome or contributes too little in its producâ€" tion." When he returned he not only resumed his post with the Hospital for Sick Children, performing as many as 20 operations a day, but was for six years surgical specialist to the department of pensions and health. He was for some years assistant professor of surgery, Uniâ€" versity. cf Toronto, and was one cf the leaders in the establishment of a Medical Arts building in Toâ€" ronto. He is survived by his widow, the former Pauline Ney. of London, Ont., and two sons, Graham and Donlad. Graham, a flightâ€"lieutenâ€" ant in the R.CA.F., returned home on leave only a few days before his father‘s death, after three and a half years overseas. Had Premonition "It‘s a strange thing," said Alfred Scadding, companion of Dr. Robertâ€" son in the Moose River entombâ€" ment when he learned of his death. "I was talking to my wife about the doctor this morning. That must have been just a short time after he died. I felt, somchow, that he was dying. It‘s a great loss to me. Now I‘m the last survivor of that minc." Mr. Scadding said he was still receiving treatment for "trench feet," aftermath of the entombâ€" ment. "You never 1\“ through an experience like we had, without a serious aftermath," he said. "Unâ€" questionably, the doctor‘s death was at least indirectly from the effects of his entrapment. Explaining decision of the Drew government in favor of the new code, Mr. Daley said the Ontario government "had urged creation of a uniform labor code applying to all industry in Canada and adâ€" ministration by provincial boards. At the dominionâ€"provincial labor conference last fall," he said, "eight of the nine frovmres had supported this resolution. We have no chaice but to accept this code," said Mr. Daley. "But the domicrion government must asâ€" sume full responsibility." While the new dominion code does not cover certain nonâ€"war industries and businesses. Mr. Daley explainâ€" ed it can be extended to cover all industry through concurrent proâ€" vincial legislation." George Hickson, a war hero at Dieppe and in North Africa, and bolder of the D.C.M. and Military Medal. Sgt. Hickson is serving with the Irish Regiment. _ _ Warsaroo, Oxtamo, Frwar, Frsavair 25, 1944 | The colonel told the story later | in the day. He was busy preparing iitems of legislation when his secâ€" retary announced that a Mr. J., {fcom Clinton, wanted to see him. Grand River Body Would Spend $2,000,000 On Conestogo Project Mayor Joseph Meinzinger, of Kitchener, revealed here that at a meeting held recently at Brantford, the â€" Grand â€" River Conservation Commission took the first step toâ€" ward development of the Concestogo River as a supplement to the $2,â€" 00C.0C0 conservation project comâ€" pleted on the Grand River. The commission authorized neâ€" gotiation with the Ontario governâ€" ment with a view to completing surveys and arrangements necesâ€" sary for calling for estimates and tenders. It was stressed by H. G. Actes, the commission‘s consulting enâ€" gineer who supervised the huge Grand River conservation project, that the suggested work with reâ€" gard to the Conestogo River, would probably amount to $2,C0€,000. _ Stressing the necessity for reâ€" turning neighbouring lands to their previor fortilityâ€"when they were first setfled more than a century ago, Mayor Ryan, cf Brantford, contended that there is every reaâ€" son why both federal and provinâ€" cial goverrments should be willing to participate in the project. He asserted that "the work wo‘;‘d be returning forest growth anua ferâ€" tility to the Grand Valley which the governments, through the years, have permitted to be taken away.". ol 00 â€" At dawn on July 10, 1943, Allied fcorces landed in Sicily. One month later Axis resistance in the major part of the island hac been crushed, and the Allies had to their credit large quantities bf captured war material and well over 120,000 prisoners. Germ@n troops in the north eastern tip of the island were fighting a desperate rearguard action to cover the evacuation of the remainder of their Sicilian army, under heavy pressure from land, sea and air. Picture shows:â€" During the battle for Catania, British tanks smashed their way thruogh the German Paneer division which had massed in front of the city. Heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy. Members of the commission inâ€" dicated, that miunicipalities beneâ€" fiting from the suggested work, will probably be asked to participate financially on the same percentâ€" ages as they did in the nowâ€"comâ€" pleted Grand River project. _ It was estimated the preliminary survey and the completion of conâ€" No Market For His Cattle But Farmer Goes Meatless TORONTO.â€"The old farmer with the twoâ€"day growth of beard and the rumpled clothes had a problem on his mind, and he wanted the head man in the Department of Agriculture to clear away the trouble. The head man was Col. 7. L. Kennedy. _ â€" No Bid for Cattle "I had him brought in," reâ€" counted Col. Kennedy. "He was a farmer all right, one of those who know more about farming than a lot of us who represent the farmers. He said he was puzzled by someâ€" thing that had hagpened to him that motning. He had brought 5§ head of cattle to the stockyards and manged to dispose of 20 head. But he was stuck with 35 head of No. 1 steers, Frimc cattle. There wasn‘t a bid of any kind for them. ‘‘‘Phis old chap figured he would get some breakfast while he deâ€" bated what to do,." continued Colonel Kennedy. "He went to a restaurant near the stockyards, end as was his habit, ordered a steak for breakfast. He explained to me that he had meat three times a day. The waiterss told him he couldn‘t gi'_el meat because it was meatiess Tuesday. Col. Kennedy paused a moment. Then he continued: "The old farmâ€" ¢r looked at the waitress and said: ‘Over there in the stockyards I have 35 head of prime steers I can‘t sell, and you tell me I can‘t have meat for my meal because it‘s meatle:s Tuesday. That doesn‘t sound sensible to me ‘ Strange ‘Commentary. "So he came to see me.," Colonel Kenrcdy said. "I told him about the problems of marketing and the problem of shipping space. We telked for quite a while and when he rose to go I told him to come back uny time he was in town. He thanked me kind of bashfully and went away "But it‘s certainly a strange commentary on our times," conâ€" cluded the Agriculture Minister. ‘"There was no market for his cattle, and yet he couldn‘t get a meat meal" CATANIA, SICILY: BRITISH TANKS SMASH THROUGH GERMAN ARMOURED FORCE struction plans would cost $33,000. The entire scheme, however. will be presented to the governments to be considered as a national postâ€" war project. _ _ ol Kitchener‘s Mayor Meinzinger| expressed pleasure that the Departâ€"| ment of Game and Fisheries has agreed to stock Belwood Lake, beâ€"| hind the Shand Dam on the Grand| River with fish this spring. It was, Mayor Meinzinger who at a recent‘ meeting of the commission, urged that the department be requestedl to take such action. Members expect that during the coming spring and summer peroid, summer cottages will begin to dot the shore around the artificial lake ut Belwocd. It is understood the builders will be given longâ€"term lcases of the land, but the comâ€" mission will disapprove of leases to syndicates. Chairman â€" William | Philip, ef Calt, expressed the belief the land leaeing scheme will return to the commission sufficient revenue to meet taxes and other routine cperation charges at the dam. In his annual report, the chairâ€" man forecast a large landscaping plan at the approach to the big dam and also around the lake. The work, he said, will probably be done under the supervision of the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph and will be similar in design to that surrounding the reformatory propâ€" erty, long famous for its beauty. Last year‘s executive was reâ€" elected in its entirety, as follows: William Philip, chairman; Marcel Pequegnat, viceâ€"chairman, and E. F. Roberts, trcasurer. Highlights from the Speech from the Throne Tuesday in the Ontario Legislature: _ â€" Inauguration of religious instrucâ€" tion in public and secondary schools. A 48â€"hour limit on the work week with assurance of one week annual vacations with pay for comâ€" mercial and industrial workers. Establishment of a new Provinâ€" cial Department of Planning and Development. THRONE SPEECH HICHLICHTS _ A postwar fourâ€"year highway building program providing 27,â€" 840,000 manâ€"days of employment. Establishment of an Ontario Forâ€" est Resources Commission to superâ€" vise Crown forests. Expansion of the mining indusâ€" try for postwar employment. Adoption of one permit in place of three for purchases of liquor, beer and wine. Britain _ and _ other _ countries through the opening of Ontario House in London. Development of fish and game resources. Electric power to municipalities in Southern Ontario to $39 a horseâ€" power Expansion of public health serâ€" vices. Amendment of the Active Serâ€" vice Election Act, which provided for proxy voting for members of the armed forces stationed outside Expansion of postwar trade with Limiting of the cost of Hydroâ€" Greater incentives will be offerâ€" ed to encourage the formation of school areas large enough to proâ€" ‘vide and enrich elementary gro‘ | grams and _ diversified secondary ‘ education. Education of new Canaâ€" dians was of vital concern to all \Canadians, it was stressed, and a fspecial committee would be apâ€" | pointed to advise the Government in planning an effective program | for those amo:s this group who reâ€" Jgu_i_m special education to gain the full advantage of their Canadian citizenship. _ _ oo Sst. A. H. Hackbart . Reported Missing _ The subject of religious educaâ€" tion was dealt with in one sentence and no detail was afforded. The duties of citizenship and signifiâ€" cance of Canadian institutions "will be given a more important place in the school curriculum", it was stated. Increases in teachers‘ salaries was also forecast in the Throne Speech. Several bills for the imâ€" provement of labor relations, one to limit the work week to 48 hours and to assure an annual holiday of one week with pay for commercial and industrial workers, will be inâ€" troduced by the Government. The (Continued on Page 3) KITCHENER.â€"Word has been received here by his guardians, Elrvex and Delilah Hackbart, that Sgt. Aifred Harvey Hackbart is missing after air operations overâ€" seas on Feb. 20. Born in Wellesley township, Sgt. Hackbart attended _ school in Crosshill, later coming to Kitchenâ€" or. Prior to joining the R.C.A.F. on Sept. 2, 1942, he worked as a buffâ€" er at the Canada Skate company plant here. Already Action On Rural Hydro Will Limit: Work Week To 48 Hours tional program, it was announced in the Speech from the Throne read at the o‘finin' of the Ontario Legislature esday, The 5,000â€" word Speech was one of the longâ€" est of its kind on record. fered in blic and secondary schools of &:uno and cadet trainâ€" ing, under school control, will beâ€" come a part of the regular educaâ€" Reeve Lorne B. Weber of Waterâ€" 1 " *J _"'"' C ‘:“ mt ”;’s“':s"}},’;c'.e‘:gfl,?{’ o}h;s rm‘:' Municipalities in Wat;rloo counâ€" meeting, of electric ratepayers iniW will receive an earlier estimate o oi se mm tns1 | U Hemaret C h biaeer R ul a on the t of the . ire . H. EelctricHPodv;:r EEmmission lt.oy inâ€" | :‘t):s.p:;::nugv ead ’g;d'i::om“‘f:'g:‘ crease Hy rates to rural conâ€"| E ‘ yaon it e it wils Relstony Aburee fan Shords ons ,,,“gmfi,,‘ ces and Trade S€e forwarded to lownshis. and town The Watel;loo tows'lism]p reeve asâ€" :lx;easurg: for examination and o puricalion of ts celling policy to| _ It is believed unlikely that there vill be little change in the estimâ€" hydro rates as well as a to rates for | W commodities and services". ates once they are completed, deâ€" The ter;ply trom’l':}.é’ 'W.P.'lr.éllis expec to give the special deleâ€" gation â€" appointed by‘ Waterico township consumers, special arguâ€" ments to place before the H.E.P.C. and the Ontario government. War Stamp Sales Way Up Here it is expected that the reply from Ottawa will outline and explain the reasons behind that concession. While it is understood the “priccs board gave the hydro special comâ€" mission to change the electric rates, Sales through banks and ?osl offices during January totalled more than $27,000. With the excepâ€" tion of December, this figure repreâ€" sents the highest sale since last February. Sales of War Savings Cortificates and stamps are on the increase in Waterloo North, according to local National War Finance officials. District Garage Operator Fined Heavily on Gas Coupon Charge His son, Carmen Good, who faced a similar charge laid under Wartime Prices and Trade Board regulations, was released on susâ€" pended sentence. _ Two of the men who pleaded guilty to purchasing gas from Good guilty to purchasing gas from C without sumnder!n' the pr coupons, Waiter and Oscar Ma nf St. Jacobs, were fined $10 KITCHENER.â€"Jacob S. Good, proprietor of Good‘s Garage at St. Jacobs, Wednesday, was fined $100 including costs, on charge of failing to collect coupons for gasoâ€" line sold to certain customers. Religious education will be of $1.00 per year ‘Think There Is Little Possibility of Finn Peace Bid i Near Stockhoim !_ LQONDON.â€"The mystery of the bombs which dropped on Stockâ€" |hoim last night officially remained unsolved tonight after a Soviet communique announced that no , Russian planes had been in the viâ€" | cinity of the Swedish capital _ _ | In Stockhoim there was a belieft ! that some Russian planes might { have become lost during operations !over Finland and penetrated into Sweden by mistake. The number , of planes overâ€" the Stockholm area ‘at the time the bombs were â€" dropped was estimated variously at from three to 10. ENC Stockholm.â€"Giving the impresâ€" ‘Toy sion of a man whose mission had | orp been r:one too successful, g‘il;lhm}'(s‘ Fer special peace em , Juhu K. Paasikivi, left Swfixgfin for Helâ€" | “.;I; sinki today, refusing to discuss neâ€" | p1s, gotiations for getting his country | reg out of the war. j1°B Nimitz also announced the conâ€" quest of Eniwetok Atoll, in the Western Marshall Islands, was comâ€" pleted on Tuesday with the capture of Parry Island. As the former Finnish cabinet minister and Mrs. Paasikivi boardâ€" ed the Helsinkiâ€"bound plane, endâ€" ing their J0â€"day stay here, all indiâ€" cations pointed to a lack of any substantial progress towards Finâ€" lund‘s withdrawal from the conflict with Russia. Russians Deny Planes a mass raid on the Finnish west coast port of Turku (Abo), 150 miles across the Gulf of Bothnia from Stockholm, .and said four pla,r‘xes were missing from the atâ€" tack. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Cenâ€" tral Pacific commander, announced the action today, the first attack on the mandated Marianas, and disclosed that Rearâ€"Admiral Marcia Mitscher commanded the carrier forces. It was Mitscher who led a United States force in its twoâ€"day assault on Truk, Japan‘s naval bastion, in which 19 Japanese ships v.ere sunk. Expect Estimates Early this Year Pearl Harbor.â€"Japan‘s Mariana Islands, 1,300 miles south of Toâ€" kyo, were raided on Tuesday by hundreds of planes of a strong United States Pacific Fleet task force, presumably the same Ameriâ€" can force that made the first attack of the Pacific war on Truk last week. The same admiral was in command of both. Japa‘ It is believed unlikely that there will be little change in the estimâ€" ates once they are completed, deâ€" spite the fact they will not be finâ€" ally ratified by county council until the June session. Ankle Fractured But Continues Work The treasurer said the tgm'pose of the recent meeting of the finance committee was to assist the various municipalities in setting up their finance program for the current year at as carly a date as possible. Despite the fact he is suffering from a fractured left ankle, he is still going the rounds of his paâ€" tients, forced to do so due to the shortage of #octors in his area. Dr. T. D. Kirkpatrick, of New Hamburg, certainly has more inâ€" testinal fortitude, or something, than most people. _ Dr. Kirkpatrick is the town‘s only resident physician at the presâ€" ent time. He broke his ankle while skating, put it in a cast and is conâ€" tinuing his work. Many Perish as Nazis _Stage Heary London Raids Counsels Clash Highlighting the trial were sevâ€" eral clashes between opposingâ€" counsels, the first of which ocâ€" curred when Mr. Shanfion asked that the m'i’inal lea of guilty in the case of Jacob (%ood be changed evidence had been heard The request, which was granted by Magistrate H. R. Polson, was prompted by the fact that the proâ€" secution called upon a number of witnesses to ?ive evidence. There was some difference of opinion, too, as to the order in which the submissions should be made once to one of not guilty x f by rescue workers who iabored in the glow of Soodlights. Amâ€" bulances lined unr:“unot waiting to take away casual The same communique described The treasurer said the | Attacked by U.S. Bombers WORLD‘S WEEK THURSDAY Its Nows at a |Japs Fail To Challenge + Air Raids on Rabaul | Allied Headquarters in Southâ€" | west Pacific. â€" American planes pounded the Japanese base at Raâ€" baul on New Britain with 52 tons of bombs in a raid which enemy fliers did not challenge, Allied headquarters reported today. i. ADSD SiGd iinteninto uin Allictelndia dnc This statement by commentator Robert De Beauplan constituted a reminder that the time is not far off when weather will be suitable for invasion _ anywhere â€" along France‘s coastline. De Beauplan said the blow might fall along a line from Nice on the Riviera to Toulon and Marseilles on the eastâ€" ern end of the Gulf of Lyons to F e'll:gignan on the west. e commentator. however alsn London.â€"Evacuation of France‘s Mediterranean coast began yesterâ€" day, said a commentator on the Germanâ€"controlled Paris radio, beâ€" cause the French Government conâ€" siders Southern France will be the fir_s__tL region invaded by the Allies. German Raiders Meet Fierce Barrage Over London London.â€"London‘s anti â€" aircraft firepower hurled last night against German raiders making the l1th attack of the month on the capital was, at times, the greatest and most concentrated of the war, it was anâ€" nounced today. ‘"Many types of German planes, old and new, were identified and some used fresh tactics in trying to elude antiâ€"aircraft concentrations and searchlights. Fly at 400 M.P.H. "In one area a mixed battery reâ€" ported raiders with a speed of more than 400 miles an hour. At Dover heavy guns, searchlights and Boâ€" fors were all engaging targets which dived from 1,100 to 4,000 feet as they went over the channel at the end of the raid." "Terrific barrages met bombers who _ entered .the metropolitan zone," a defence official said. A substantial number of raiders made the twoâ€"directional attack on London, showering high explosives and fire bombs over wide areas here and in other English sections, causing casualtiecs includingâ€" at least ten killed and starting fires in several districts. R 1 Pn ue from the force attacking from Britzin, and 12 from Italy were reâ€" ported lost by a Mediterranean headquarters spokesman. Start Evamt[ng The commentator, however, also warned that if the Allied invaded elsewhere than in the south every region of the country must be ready for the sudden attack. Ten of the ehemy pla;xes were destroyed. Fiftyâ€"three bombers were lost in the joint assault, which included diversiomug raids by planes based i‘n llaly: ‘ortyâ€"one were missing 6 Noi o t cemiy E\Lewkalrpl'a_n’e engine (ac'iory near Reconnaissance revealed an "unâ€" usually lJow" number of planes on airfields and ships in the KHarbor of this principal enemy strongpoint in the South Pacific, a headquarters spokesman said. Fewer than 100 aircraft were counted. The bombers were attacked by a strong force of German fighter planes on the $,000â€"mile round trip. The plant targets were the Steyrâ€" Daimierâ€"Puch Corporation, proâ€" ducing â€" Messerschmitt _ airplane the huge Daimler plant based in Italy smashed at Nazi airâ€" in y al = craft factories at Steyr, Austria, 90 miles west of Vienna today, on the heels of a powerful twoâ€"way pinâ€" cers assault from Britain and the Mediterranean Tuesday in which z:a German fighters were destroy â€" It was the fourth consecutive day of heavy American daylight blows upon Nazi aircraft phnll:'h St:{rwaflc?d Flugmotoren â€" Fabrik W fla;e{werigi _a comparatively The spokesman gave no explanaâ€" tion of this thinning of sh:'gplng and aircraft, but daily raids by Solomonsâ€"based flanes and a naval bombardment of Rabaul and its harbor last Friday have made the bastion a graveyard for the enemy‘s air and sea craft. Allied officers said the second big German heachhead offensive had been definitely beaten. _ â€" Ground fighting slackened all along the Italian battlefront today as the wearied Allied and German armics massed troops and equipâ€" ment for the third and possibliy deâ€" cisive _ round in their bloody struggle for the Anzio beachhead and the hills above Cassino. Official sources said the Anzio beachhead line now ran roughly 15 miles inland from the Tyrrhenâ€" ian coast ubove Anzio. then sharply south from a point about two and oneâ€"half miles southwest of Cisâ€" ternaâ€"approximately the same line held by the Allics in the initial stages of the invasion 10,000 Tons Hit Nazi War Plants in 3â€"Day Bombing _ London.â€"Allied warplanes, conâ€" tinuing their incessant 72â€"hour hammering of Naziâ€"held Europe, swarmed over the continent again today. Last night Mosquito bombâ€" ers in small force attacked objecâ€" tives in Germany with the loss of only one plane Nazis‘ Second Anzio Drive Is Definitely Thrown Back Allied Headquarters, Naples.â€" Italyâ€"Based U.S. Bombers Smash Austrian Plane Plants Unofficial | ¢stymates â€" indicated that more than 10,000 tons of bombs carried by 8,500 planes, have fallen on Gel:mnny since Saturday night. London again was hit by German raiders last night, but damage was small and only a feow planes reachâ€" ced the capital. â€" Yesterday‘s assaults were carried out with a loss of 15 US. bombers â€"estimated at 1% per cent. of the force. Five fighters failed to reâ€" turn. Escorting fighters destroyed 33 Nazi planes and the reported total probably will climb after the bomber gunners‘ reports are tabuâ€" lated. (Continued on Page 6) lf?eQ and > undercarriages and s for MEâ€"100 fighters, and the ‘r_w_al:ffl Flugmotoren â€" Fabrik ow Plant Autosken WEDNESDAY TUESDAY Southern France