I • t; ,. - • . I jr, • f • ---- - - - -- - - - ~ u u , 1 i n t a bat t 1 e cou rg , e i e i t ob :e live of the "" l v' i e l to rive to th e 1 hine. Hut m e nwhile th ~ r · n a ut tin u a er n e def n e alon i ·, er lin e on he way o the i hine. One on the plain efore J olo,ne -- th e .oer ive ; the o th er, farther ·outh whee Gene al Patton's Third Ar~y has driven into the industrial aar Valley; - it's the Saar river there. he conflict is ra ina with the utmost fury, and the front line dispatches say the fi 6 bting is as savage as any of the g eat battl of the last war, the · arne, ••« the Argonne, Chateau Thierry. The Ger~ans are making an inch-by-inch defense of their invaded oil. On the plain of Colo~ne, Gener~l Hodges• First A.,. ; ny was fore d back by fu ious Ger . nan counter-attacks at the northern end of the . . hineland front. But farther south, Bo es' r ~ ored fo~ces launched a counter-pun h a nd rove fo rw r belo the town of Dur n lo within a cou 1~ o f ~ ile- of th - e . oer . iver. ,.. t ~ r ~ ~ : • I • - - - - --- -- . ,. ... a h n Du n e · ' i h p F i r· : ; A · uy ' i ee k p ~ 1 1 i re in d ic · t i o1 n sh n " 0 h · l o n e s 0 P · o p s . · ~ ttt , ~ ~c:.,toc- . [n t e a ar Ge n e 1 P a t.to ' Thir d Army h f o r w ar f o r t: o i l to Y, a nd re · ch e d the a a r ~ 1 ver . They t=d d the azis bey . end th a t stream, an ~ now s tand o n t he S a r op p o s i t e the city of Merzig, , , one of t h e bi fo rtr e s 0 s of the ie ; fried Line. Patton m en a re now wtia w ithin seven an d a half m ile s of the key city of aarbruchen. Eve r y dispatch fro m the front e m phasizes the desperation of the Gernan defense, nd the slowness of the A ~ eric n g oin ~ . Prog r ess is counted in y a rds, a nd a bulletin states: "A one- m ile advance represents a s n a s hin ~ triu ~ ph". T h e ~a in con s ide ation in the fi~hting now is the w eathe • \iith c loudy s kie s and now, the fighter bo JJ be r ~nnot supply a i r s np p o r t for our A~• ar m ored co l u:n n s ) a n t he ob er v at ion p l anes - s o es s ential _.. f o a - ill er y ~ p o tt in 5 - _a n not f ly. 11 o . v in Pi i ~ lv 1 ~ e r · of the French · e n t on t, · 1 1. • •' i n t the · tand, and th i t· i n on vas o f n c h a m be o f horras. ' h histo y of t he · rench Ge tapo is typical of th doin .; of th N z i conqueror in Fr nee. The 'e r n e tapo enlisted the services of the French Un1e~worl, re leasfin convicts from prison~robbers an nu r erers, ivin the~ the authority of the police. And these cri ~ inal s proceeded to fo r · 11 a Ge tapo of their own, sa, cooperating with the Germans by betraying and hunting down Fren~h patriot leaders -- -<t =t:;:~ - -ti. =:L at ~ :Jr! ~ • □ I t ~uegl:ec Is ~ ~•• 01 i i ! , 1 ' rahte •r e od wn ad e ae In Paris I inspected seme of their torture rooms, where "electric treatment" was applied by hi,h ten s ion handcuffs. The testi~ony in today's trial gave an account ~- of the t rfo tu re and nu rder of t ,v o wi women. Oue,, a wealthy ~rencb ••••~•x ■ a ro au who was sup~osed to have fifteen m illion fr a nc~ in he r safe. The French \ i e t a po trap _ ed her by invitin h e r to their h e· . i rte · l . P. ' fu· .... L, fo · sale. he went ith o . 1· n : a nir)n. The l • , o we "- :.; e i z ed, a nd the i i inal s e n ed h c o il bin at ion of the safe in which the fi ftee n illio francs ere locked away. 'fk•wealty: b wea lthy wo • a n efu ed to give it. The wo v o : en were tortured a nd finally ~urdered. Today's t " ti . ony gave a gruesone picture of how the French · estapo destroyed the bodies -- by The French Ge s tapo also trapped and seized - - laai Genevieve de Gaulle, niece of General Charles deGaulle - now head of the French Provisional G ove n ~ ent. They turned her over to the Nazis to be deported to Ger : nany, and she hasn't been heard from since. u . · t , fo · sa l e . ' he went w ~ .! :; i Z P.d, and the c'"' i . , i na l s n e h c o . 11 in · t i o u o f the safg in wh i c h t h e fifteen illio fra n cs ere locked away. a l t h w o a n efu ed to ive it. The wo vo . en , ere to tur e d a n fin a lly ~ur dered. T od a y' s t · ·ti. ony ga ve a grue so m e picture of ho w the irench ' estapo destroyed the bodies -- by he F re n c h Gestapo also tr~pped and seized • iaai G enevieve d e G aulle, tliece of General Charles deGaulle - now he ad of the F re u c h Prov is ion al G overn ~ ent. They turned her over to the Nazis to be deported to Ger , nany, and she hasn't been heard from since. ' ' ' -- --- m o n s 1 ritia . . • . ' . n t o n 0 ( y rit.i a 1 0 h t, urn , u '1 C 1Ar4 anti-F a c i t xi h· e n p ~ o rm rt in th e I l i n p olitic follo e u th e d wnf 11 of J u o 1 i i. T uh c o m laint that he nit been riven hi h - n the e a son he h n't is rit.i r h is o r o s i t · n ,, , f' e x , 1 a i n d by de n t od ay , • · hos i t hat wh n h r _ turn cd to I aly from is exile in e Uni , · t _ A " , to n Sforz a h d ma e certain romises to the l Th i romis she has not kep t. i' c t ri ci t un ' ercut t . e Ba o lio Gov e rn m at, whic h took po · , r after th e f r 1 1 o f Mus s o l in i . A n d . ore ( recentl he be . n work in a i::c · inst the C bi net ono i ,. h i h h a s th s u p or t of he ' .. i es . B n o . i i the y " "' o,,._J I r . 1 i. u ' . , i. i • · i. . o f I a in .. .. ~ . ' I., ' h M . . . L . 0 t1 : • i • e !.,; •? 0 , up art him. / , - h e ··P. 't r i.o i. n 0 tod a y b tween oy al i. t . a n ep 1 1 i c Thi· hap end at a parade • u ip p lt i.. - n ~ oldie : , ·: ho r1ere being by Pre l e Bono i nnd the e ent, Crown Pr inc e U · b r t o . 0 n t 1 o f n an c i en l o man s t a tu e O'f ' Julius J aa " a ■ 11 an t l i un flJ fl g was flying. A crow~ of epijbli~ · n s ~tor1e forward, tore down the ltali n fl g a nd p t in it • vlace a red flag with ha ~e and s ickle --- Republican apparently meaning Joa~unist in this case. A pa r ty of Royalists tried to - re-establi"h the national fla g of Italy, and a wild fight broke out -- which h ud to be suppressed by the police. . ---- - - - . . • I • I l I , . " 1 t ' t f1 1. , ( I • l,1 n - h I I i l S 0 t, n Y • 0 • r o nu b . , ; II T ' _. . - --- - - - of t. 1 / a r i n r er. i 1un ·ry as -- of ne~ u rmy rives ., r . t b rri . r str " m. C . . tt 1n p to bri d the nube at n . .. I ' i x y i 1 . o uth o B u t. ,. flt, M ( SIS ; . . o:. a a04( ., ' I & ' : , , o i · ,·: h l l # I 1 o o k o v . r· th re · t o t he n e w s , 1 1 , ,.. ~ · f , ,~ - ., . :, . ... f o ~~ ta dar d · - . STA ND A RD OF C ALI FORN IA -2- F riday, D cem er 1, 1 944 ( a. I DDLE) ANNOUNCER emember, Dick, in your knee-pants days, when your mother cook e d a big stack of wheat cakes on a nippy morning, how you'd sometimes have to warm up the molasses before it would pour? Sure, you remember that ••• but a lot of motorists don't remember t,iat oil acts very much like molasses on cold mornings. Right now, in many parts of the west, plenty of ~ motorists are wasting gas and running down batteries on hard starts - all because their car's motor oil ien 't right . for the season. Here are two things to do about that: First, make sure you've got the right grade of motor oil for winter. Second, be sure you get RPM Motor Oil. RP• flows more easily than moat oils, makes cold weather etA . rting easier. So, to make it a safe winter f~r your car -- stop at the service station or garage that features HP» Motor 011. Now, Diet, time for more news. TREGASKIS (NEWS) In ti itt? o tro ic• 1 r· irs Am e ric n force int L yte. the tro ps o t t ttle i or the Island of tl irty- cond Infantry plov. ow t hr ou t ~ u or ~n a vance of half a ile towar d the Japans base at Ormoc. re captur d ~nd Americ a n forces are now within I s v nteen nd a hal♦ mile of Ormoc. Today' 1 - American a vances ere scored fter American infantry ••• had repell the Japs. a series of suicide assaults by The emphasis in t \ e news is still on keepil)g enemy reinforcement, wit h American planes aaxazs ■ 1 a constant loo · out for Japanese ves~els bringing troops. Generai MacArthur now estimates that the Japs have lost twenty six thousan men in trying to 1r convoy soldiers to Leyte •• There is still no confirmation of a Japanese inv s ion of Jorotai Island though To k yo keeps on telling of a fierce battle on that bit of tropical earth The only word ~ ~om our side is a statement b r a spokesman for Gene~a l MacA · l'thur Tokyo t ory may per 1 to , i b r ~ loa s f ene m y troops that \\ r t lan at iw tl e north rn t i i of orol a i bome w e k a " O. a y t e Japs ha v e been a le to g et ).''{- more men ashore I obc · rved the opo · esm n, but the' sort o f thinES, said be, in no w y end n "- r s American positions on th e island. I n the war o t e air, tonight's word tells of new American air blows a · a inst the Bonin and Volcano Islands -- which lie bet een the island of Japan, and the American a-iT base at Saipan. Japanese t\ positions in the Bonin and Volcanos were hit hard by Liberator bombers, and word from Pearl Harbor is that t h ese air assaults are design · d to clear the path to Tokyo for the B-29s -- by knocking out air bases from which the Japs might send 1iz fighter plan e s against the super-fortreesses as they fly to Tokyo. P ·- L_ H _ ___ _ It wa nno nee late thi a ft e rnoon tbat there i l e no Pe · rl Ha bor courts n rti a l -- thi s on the ba s i o f r e or t by tl "' J ! ,,, rmy n N a vy bo a rds h t , J b n inv s ti g ating th i s aster. Tb ~ Y,ar n Navy e part nt s i s u d a statement to the effect that the investigation c oul fin d no rea on for court m artialin eith e r ajor ~ neral hart, or R e a r Admiral Kimmel, t Army and Navy comm a n d e.Ps at Pearl Harbor on D ecember Seventh :.ioreover, the indin s i:1la not warrant court : A martial for any b ody else. I n n . statements by Secretary of War. Stimson and it Secret~ry of Navy Forrestal,Ais disclosed that errors of judgement are con&idered to have been made, errors of judgement not only at Pearl Barbor, but ---- Washin g ton. M ere mistakes, however, do not call for . •• 7::,f- ! military trials,~ The i ■ &z ■ tazJa secret a ries o on to say t h a t ~ f indin g s o · the two bo a rds will not b e made public until aft e r th t a r is over, an we ~on't b t b iv e n their v rsion of the P arl Harbor story till then. Me.&.nwh ~ le- 1 The reti~e ent i ~ n nnounced o f one of the ~ o. t i n erest ing an d pri htly of politic a l figure~ Lady Astor . . oday, aft er celebratinJ her twenty- fifth annive sary in Parlia me nt, she states that she i l not seek re-election. The assumption is that ureat B r itain will choose a new Parliament within a * year -- ii'2_Y the end of the European War. Lady Astor will remain in the House of Commons until that tiae -- then retireoent. For twenty-five years American born Naoc7 Astor has been one of the personalities of Parliament -- lively -- smartly styled, keen of wit and sharp ot tongue. The stories of her verbal clashes in the House of Com~ons are endless. And any i P had better think twice before•• exchanging stinging remarks with ~a d y Astor. Always s he has been the individualist, the e,ancipated ~ o ~a n, independent, often defiant. Yet no her retire ~e nt is announced w ith a eeply sy pathetic sug g e~t ion of traditional d o mestic loy a lty, LA DY A , , 0 - 2 --------- the bond bet : een husband nd wife. Ber statement is a j ointly with her husband -- Lord Astor -- • who is sixty-five, and who retired fn,m , ■■ political life i ■ a ~onth ago. Lady A tor will not stand for Parlia~ent a ain, because ~ord Astor will not be able to h~lp her in the election. •Last winter" sdys the letter, "Lord Astor inforned Lady Asto~ that he did · not feel at bis age physically able to go through another contested election. Lady Aator and be fought seven elections together, and supported ■ af~ each other actively in the political arena for thirty-five years. In C 8 n a da it w as admitted today that the plan to draft sixteen thous a nd troops for overseas war duty is only a be g inner. In the Dominion Bouse ' of Commons the Yaclenzie Iing Cabinet made a pro ■ ise that1 in addition to the sixteen thous ndJmore of the Canadian Ho ■ e Defense Ar ■y will be drafted for war. •For future reinforcement if and when nec9s1ary• I • s the phraseology.used.