Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 42, Number 256, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1944 — Page 1

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XLII. No. 256

■AP DEFENSES CRUMBLE ON LEYTE, SAMAR

■rce Battles I jnorted From ■Prussia I gc* Drive Toward iMlstcrburg Made Soviet Forces ' tn J < 111 1 .111 I i ni' ■ "I ■ I long. ■in- bastion protecting the ial apital of Kollijpfbei'g. ng made above the rail Hite iun.i* t>y th, northern forces l.iii l> (’herniakhovsky's |t.- Rus-lan army mg mt from Staliuponen, •<i army troops battered a strong German fortified |,tui. il three town* west and ■st u: the rail center and rd tit. advance toward the tiio. 'own. that fell to t forces we| .- Eli ■B .. . Ki.-chen and Patilszen. : ... res|»-cf ively to ■ tte t orthw <t lOr c.k and artillery battles "■ ■; rt"d from all along the ■N4 f nt tn East Prussia. with throwing in infantry and ■ iMk- -1 consistent heavy >. fighting alone. 'li.i" Germans were to 95 tanks. 11 ■ I ""I 1 < ari lets and 100 1 le.'toyed or disabled enemy le-ist.im-fierce connterat- ■ ue> >*. <! Chernlakhovsky's ~ • huge artillery ■ IB* <*'.mated at 3<*o gun* a ■ '*■ ■ r - elily hammering the i.z points preparatory BtS 4 ' Vp*-l ted big push toIn <>nig«burg. ''. sector of the iRu ti’ Gen Ivan I I’.trov a li.in army wan driving |tw ’>■ .aig forces through lew •Im is a toward the key city ■ '■■ Hungarian border ■ m th: . iifn the Ruthenian r aptod. struck to within ■ w hili il miles north of ('sop. |«k another force moving from o npted Strabincevo, 13 ■Hp B| mique said Petrov's :■ iming columns capturenemy troop* I W be la.-i c. ~kia yesterday ■ i .pnily was carrying t II mgary. where Marshal Y M o.novsky's 2nd 1 krain- ~ Mateszaika on leading north to Cuop. Yigadavia, .Marshal Tito’s (1 -i | Soviet troops also ■ W t ’ the Hungarian bord ■ 2. a!l ‘ r ' a l’* E iring the German i'l of Kula. 74 mile* north of ’at.-d Belgrade. Other i|md I’latlcevo. 32 miles us Upgrade. dnie through Norway, al- •' 1 mmunique report.<l that A.ii-htpr shelled the Port ■ ■'sriluaim -atik seven ships, ill ■ WihiK s 2 mm.ton transport, m-ai |B Vsrwiger peninsula Another ■Mbny imn»|w,rt also was sunk in I * Baltic. 1 40 Hours Devotion To ICiose Sunday Niqht I • - -Solemn dosing >f the 40 !■? * :!l plac ‘* at 8 ' Mary’s ■ ■’fxtht church Sunday evening at o'clock. I■p“‘will consist! Ola ser ■ ■»- ProceMtjon with the Blesso-d Predoiw Blood Missionary, conducted the servlciw tie|iv,. r ltl( , Bermon. The Sun K Wf mu,... wlll b „ ((n lh „ I( , S . "unday schedule. I | r . T|MPER * TU ’»E READING I JOtMOCfUT THERMOMETER II 38 I _ WEATHER tod *y throuflh li tr t a w *rm»r today and coolIl un oay, Freah wind* north.

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Torrentiol Rains Bog Italian Front Romn (>. • u p , Torren’..i! rains today hogged down ’ operation on the Italim front. !t.il ing both th,- sth and v;i, army drive from th- south and -ar againet Bologna American forces, <>f th** sth tinny, under heavy pri.mure from Ger- ’ man troops, were stalled in t,h’mountains altoui eight mihx ,«outh of Bologna, while the Mh army troops were at the outskit a of For--11. 37 miles eaat wf Bologna <> I Roosevelt To Speak ■ In Chicago Tonight f GOP Puts Politics Above Patriotism Aboard l’res|.|.-nt Ito veil’s ■ Campaign Train Enrotit. to Chii i ago. tin 2' (I Pi Pr< sident Roo-I v.-lt entered the farm licit today where the atit’.-mw <|. al trend II has been atrongest to -uppleim-nt I hi Philadelphia navy day addless I with a Chicago sp.-. i h diecutixing I tan inducements to enable liusiiie-- , to create |s,st war Job ||.- .peaks, in Chi. ago from s to x 15 p in , iCWTi ov.-r the Blue and National . broadcasting company networks. Last night h> bludgeoned a charge that certain Republltalls , were putting party above patriotism in this campaign. IL- peaks) tonight in Soldiers Field. Chicago. ' and return- to Washington tomor '■ r °w His campaign advbiers .aid the J president would discuss, in addition i to tax IndiK i-ments to busim -s. cerI tain individuals, including pre-i I dent John I. la wis of the I'nited .Mine Worker*, tin* Rev Gerald I. , K Smith. America First leader J J Sen Gerald P Nye, I: N |i and I Joseph N Pew Jr . president o | the Sun Oil Co. J Last night Mr. Roosevelt w.,Welcomed by a crowd estimated at ‘ 50.0'm in Philadelphia - Shihe Park J after a 45-mile parade which police J estimated attracted upward of 1. 000,000 persons. Firing statistics and scornful rejoinder* again. t Gov Thomas E Itr-wey * campaign charge-, he told , the wildly < nthusiastic. .hivering , ball park crowd last night tiiat we i h “ • mon- than I <i.,o.mm soldi,- , , overseas and that the wat in i many is in Its ' final and deei-ive , pbae- ' The gn at crowd •< i* am* *1 . its approval a* the president d: , reeled it* emotions like a symphony conductor | He charged Repuldi, an cam- * paizners with ’‘deliberate and ind*” , fenslble" efforts to put party ad , vantage abov, patriotism But he wa, gaily contident as lie ,1 told of th,* war and Hie war effort. We now hav h said in Am* i ■an , | fleet f.reater than "all the navies I of th. Olid together '' He reported overall war strategy had progressed into a third pha — , in Europe but had further to go i against Japan The first phase J was holding the line while we , armed further and brought our . gun, to bear. The second phase , was shattering enemy outer de . lenses, well under way in the Pa - clflc. The third and filial phase in , Europi is the attach on Germany, itself. . American landings in Frame and . the Phlltppimsi mor,* than 13,ihhi miles apart within 1,--*- than five . months was a remarkable achievement. the presidi nt -aid. and then . cocked his head to in<|uii>* sarcas- • tlcally: , "And speaking of the glorious operations ill the Philippines, I wonder whatever l>%< atm* of th*suggestion made a few weeks ago. that I had failed for political teas ons to send enough force < or sup plies to General MacArthui , He set that tempo of attack (Turn Tr. Page «■ Column 4» Offer Surplus Farm Equipment For Sale laifaye’te. Ind. Oct 2> (VP) ! Surplus small farm equipment and I ' farm took, will be offered for sale at Huntington. Burns city ami G<* hen next month by the defense i plant corporation aseistml by coun ty AAA commltte,*. Purdue I nicer- I •Ity announced today Much items as weed burners. I wooden fence posts, pain’, shovebi and truck will be Included In the ,17.000 offering at Huntington Nov I 3 Sealed blds will be accepted for . 100 trucks to be sold gt the ('ram* naval depot at Burne City Nov I. i The Goohen sale will be held Nov j i 17. . J

British Forces Tightening Trap On 50,000 Nazis Germans' Defenses Reported Crumblinq On Holland Front Supreme Headquarters, AEF. Pans. Oct 2* H'Pi British ,-m- --)- forces tightem-d their trap on ; it'.ooo ~r mor,* Germans in southwest Holland today with th,* cap tut** of Bergen Op Zoom, one of Hu- last two enemy strongholds in [ the at’-a. but yielded Meijel in the east to a Nazi counteratta< k Though the German counter thrust dented the eastern side of Ho British corridor into thNetherlands. front dispatches j sal*) it had t itled utterly to ease British pressure rapidly crumb ling ,-netny lines between th,Maas ami the Schelde estuary in th,* West I’a rgen op Zoom, four mile* north of the Beveiand peninsula j i anti possible coastal anchor of . Hu* Nazi lim-. fell to Hie Ist Canadian army, which pressed on several hundred yards to the north toward tin- Holland dlep Other British empire forces op-em-ii a two-pronged drive on Breda, central anchor of the ,n, my lim* ami 111,1 last large southwest Holland town still firmly in' German hands Om- lolumn seiz <*d Zundert eight miles southwest on Hie highway from Antwerp. I while Hu- other slashed across the I highway connecting II with Til- ’ liurg. 13 miles to Hie east (attest front r- porls said Bo’ ish empire tones had surrounded 1 ami were lighting through the < ,-n I ter of Tilburg Earlier front dis ! 1 pal, lies had said the fortified ' town was entirely m British I I hands, but these apparently w,-r<-premature. 1 Another British column was 1 (Turn Tn Paws 4. Column X) o Cpl. Shelby Faulkner Is Killed In Action Local Girl's Husband Killed In Germany Cpl Slodby Faulkner 27. husband of Mrs Mary Jane Faulkner ami a son in law of Mr and Mrs Albert Beery. Mercer avenue, I was kill-d in action in Germany ‘ on October 12. the wife was mt vised by th,* war department last • night Cpl Faulkner was an infantryman and was with the First Army in the Northern party of Germany in tin* vicinity of Luxembourg A son of Mr and Mrs Everett Faulkner of Bluffton. Cpl Faulk 1 m-r was graduated from the high school in that city Prior to ,-nt <-ring th,* army. lo* was employed by Hie Wayne Pump company in ( Fort Wayne ll,* was married to i Miss Mary Jam* Beery in Jun,* ■ 1941 Cpl Faulkner entered the army i on 1t,,.-mlier 2k. 1942 and look basic training at Fort Benning, i Ga He went overseas last June landing in England IL- saw ser vice in France. Holland. Belgium and presumably was among the first American soldiers win, broke through a section of Hie Siegfried line ami crossed into German territory. A brother, T Sgt Everett Faulkner, is serving with the air , corp* in England. ■ o - Woman Convicted On Stolen Goods Charge -—— Roch.stter. Ind . Oct 2H -fl’Pl Mtw .Mary hompson. 50. of near ' Akron, will be sentenced Monday for receiving property etol-*n by her ' son. Judge Kline H Re*-d of the 1 Fulton county circuit court Mid ' today. * Mrs. Thompson wast convicted yes 1 terday for having asstettej in hid 1 ing cattle stolen by her uoii. Char- I les. from a farm east of here in 1 1943 1 The aon a, serving a life term in the Michigan City ntalc prison t as an habitual criminal. William 1 Thomjison. her husband, ia await- 1 Big trial under an indictra-nt charg- 1 ing him with receiving utolen pro- -1 perty. 1 1

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Decatur, Indiana, Satur day, October 28, 1944.

“What So Proudly We Hail” i -a < r 1 ' It’l J * Silß ( i \ - - Mb THREE PATIENTS I nil* I States soldi* r- at an Am, r:* an • vacua Hon hospital at Verdun. Ft.rme. give a bandaged salute as the I’ S army band plays th- national anthem in an entertainment progra’m for th<* soldier* there This is a I' S army signal corps photo

Democratic Rally Held Last Night Further Meetings Planned Next Week "I’romieing an honest efficient , adininletraiion and to i !• •:i ditches according to law. John W lyiidall. Demoeraiio candidate for surveyor. i ■eked the -upport of the en'ire D- moiratic ti< ket in Ad.im- coutlty on the leiais of past perf-itmtinres I at a capacity meeting in tn Elec | tioti school tn Erench township Fri<lay night (' II Mii-eltnan. Herne attorney tailed for support of tin- national and -’.l'e ticket* because of the !i ord made by the D'-lilo ta. tl pa: y No.in Rich. Iteinocratii landidate for > o:n:ni» -toner front the second 111-t ..’I. ll’.'<d a heavy are.riy.il.' tla’ th'- majority of the county is: ■ . ivily l»eino< ratie. but ’hat iti the la-’ eie ■ li.ill a good hlaliy of he . -get I' d * fail' - I tO Vote In the < '.o* ng talk. <1 Remy Hr ly Iti-inoerati: candidate for prose outing attorney, dis- weed the his I toiy of-h Modern s-ovrntn-nt lie 1 eaid that critics ay tin- Dem era ■>e party e radical, lint these satin critic., would not be w.lllim to go, back to the day- In-tor-- the new i humanitarian law-s were passed Monday night. Judge James J Moran will talk at a nice ng to In to-.d in i- high e- hool building in Jelfer-.m township Aco on the prog am will lie Thurman I Drew. Democratic candidate so. county (Turn To Page 3, Column ') o Partial Report On Milk Pod Collection I 1,444 Bags Os Pods Are Delivered Here i Lyman I. Hann, county .superintendent of -< hools. reports that I IH bags of milk weed pod- gath en d by tin- school children in tin rural schools and the Herne -i liool.; had already been dellveled to the govirnment torn cribs tn this city where they will be stored until - shipped to proie-eing plants. Hags of the pods gatheied by the Decatur school children have not | yet been reported to him. Mr Hann said. ( (’minty highway (rucks gathered ( the bags of (tod . the flows of which will be used In making lite belts | for navy nu-ii Mi iTaiin requested principals and teacher* to si e that , the milk weed pods an- delivered ( here, or call the highway depart ( tnent If they cannot deliver tht bags. Awards will be made later to the schools in a county contest and , among the Berne and Decatur ( schools, sponsored by the Chamb . ers of Commerce in those places 1 Service dubs are eponaoring tin-, ' county school contests.

Road To Berlin By t iiit' d Pres Tin- -holiest distant - to Berlin front advanced Allied fronts today Western front 2t"i mile- (from point bear Xtjm'-g'-n rm-hanged in week.i Russia 315 miles (from Warsaw. I’ll- hanged in w-ek ' Italy 535 mil-, ifnint point south of Ravenna (lain of font mile in Week I Dewey Lashes FDR Agriculture Policy Dewey Challenges Scarcity Theories Syracuse N V . <>«-t 2* it pt lon Thomas E Dewey charged l<alav that the Roosevelt administration hi-- exploited lor poittl <al profit its farm program* of Hu- last 12 years and promised 'hat a Republican victory in No V mla-r would bring farmers a ■aleguard against extn-ni- prim Hut illations as well as freedom from tin tation and control In a speech |ii'pared for d'div ry over the Him- n tworl. ill m 12 <»" noon t CWT t from Syracuse central high si bool the lt< p ildi' -an presutential candidate hallengeit what h<- called th'scarcity theories ami shrinking economy of the new deal years’ and demanded that the nation "go forward and develop the great itm-ruan market for our farm products through improved diet tor Ann rl< an |» ople He said there Was no hope" ol achievin’’ SIH It results under 'lt- Roosevelt administration beau after it had he' n in office nearly eight years in l‘it". the rn w d* ll had still failed to achieve anything like fair prices tor farm products li took a war io get decent farm prices, just as It took a war ti. get jobs. D'-wi-y charged He linked tin- failure to what lie said was quarreling and bit k ermg over overlapping responsibility as well as inability to stabilize agriculture on a par with industry and labor ’ From the beginning of tip to w deal. I H uey < hari'ed, "farm pro grams pul forward by the farmers have been set up. only to be ex plotted for political profit and to gain control over tli>- operation of our farms " A* a prime example, he r ited operation of the soil conservation service which lie conceded "has done a i-ood job in some parts of the country But this program will fall if It Is used as an excuse for regimentation and wasteful bureaucracy." he warned He stressed the Importance of local control to adapt federal program* to local needs "Take, for example a farmer not far from hero who sinned up with tho soil conservation pro gram " Dewey declared "Within a period of four months II differ (Turn To l’M« L Column t)

American Forces Race Up Samar Coast; Only 65 Miles From Luzon

Jap Ship Loss In Philippines Battle Over 40 Jap Fleet Reduced To Half Strength By U. S. Triumphs I’.-irl Harbo! tict 2' 'Fl’i The unofficial toll of Japan,--, w.n ■ti.;■ <unk ot uAtnaged In th*- bat tie of the Philippines rose today to bi tween lit and 12 including live batth hip- almost certainly wr,-< k<*d and th,- -tag,* appeared * t tot a triumphant communique detailing one of th,- greatest American s,-a victor!, s in hMtory In addition to 10 enemy warships reported unk. II to I<l probably stink and 111 damaged, three iner- ■ h.Hitmen in one of th.- fleeing task probably were blast, d to th.* bottom in tin- South China sea by i China based bomber- to bring the gland total for the four-day air-sea i battle to II to |5 enemy -hip- hit I Admiral Ch<-*l,-t W Nlmitz. commantlet of the I’a.ifi. f|..-t,»aid 111 . a navy day speech yesterday that Japanese losses in th.- battle were I "so great as to render the enemy i lie.-- io apable of , halh-nging any I sizeable portion of our foi -om<* ; tlm>- to come " These 10-. es, he oaid. lam. on top of “om<* 9nit enemy ship- and 3 mm plane, destroyed oi damaged by th,’ I’aciti. il.-.-t In i1,,. pa-t live months How>-v,i. he warned that th,- ’’supreme test of out fighting '.one-, of our weapons, of our ! strategy and of national resolve w ill < om,* in th,- y*-ar ahead At New Yor k. Admi .1 FT a, t .1 Klug, commandei in chi*f of th* I nit.-d Stat, ||, ,-t .., .| la aiioth.-i I na. V .lay -peci’h tbit Hie J.l p'llu-se navy had been reduced to not more th in half its expicted strength by f tin- victory in the I’iiUippim--i Both Admiral William F Halsey. li.. .mm.. of ’ . .: ,| th ■ .an 1 i Vic- Admiral Thomas C Kinkaid. command, t of the 7th tl.-.-t, were i bell, veil checking reconnaissance r-pints and other data to a-i.*. tain th. final toll exact, tl by their ' guns and plan,., in th, blgge-t i ti.iv.il battle of the Wat Tint - ha- been no communiqii. Hom Pa. 111. fleet hea f<|iiart-i ■ on • ill'- battb -ill. e w.-.hie-day mid : night, but on.- may fn* forthcoming today or tomorrow revealing tn* i nil story of the etigagem, tit iTokyo bro.idc i- - heard in Ism i don . latm.-'i that 1' * Aim : lean Wat ship, and tran-p.irts and tian putha I been - ,nk or damaged in Ley", bay while 72 oth, i, w,-r, lilt in oth, ,-ngag, ments off Formosa and tin- Philippine- , A navy comtnuniqm- l-sued In Washington yesierday listed Hie , only American sea 10--, s in the battle as -ix war>hi|*> sunk the - light carrlt-r Princeton, two -scort , carriers, two destroyers and a de , stroyer escort Hanna-Nuttman Park To Be Closed Nov. 1 Phi! Sauer. < ity street cotnmiI winner, today atinoum < d t-hat Han na-Nuttman park will lie bleed for the winter next Tu-eday. November I All benclie- will In- r< moved from th<* park and ther will tie tri watchman in charge ' - i ' Late Bulletins 1 — London, Oct. 28 —(UPi — Bulgaria hat accepted the Allied armistice termi. radio Moscow announced today. (Copyright 1944 by United Press) Washington, Oct. 28 — (UPi Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell has bnen relieved as U. S. com mander in the far east in a sensational move which, the United Press learned, stemm 1 ed from a direct demand by Generalissimo Chiang KaiShek that he be removed.

Plan Youth Center Opening Next Week Hold Housewarming Here Tuesday Niqht As a preliminary Step to a formal i opening, a hou-< warming will b< ' h, ’d a’ the T. i-n Cant'-.-n on M <<li--on “tr.-et m-ttt Tm day .-vetilnr* i th,- r tii'leiil i oiini ll and Ho-in. Hot win. -uperv uof tin- youth .nt.-i. announ-.d today Th.- finishing ton. he. .n<- being mad.- to th.- cini. eii and th,* youth of th. ,-ity after months of anti, i , pition. ar,* looking forward to th.- - op.-nlng of the quart, *is which . <ivi< and -ocjal organizationthrough Hu* l’> * atm Community Fund are sponsoring in the inter ( .st of youth Al: Ashbaui her i- fnstalllng < th,- new Furnai <• which will be in ,- operation th. first ot the week and Hu* etudent < ommilt,*, - are plan- ( iic- a Halloween party m ihiiiih .. lion with tin- hou-e w.ntiling Th.- formal opening wlll prob . ably be held next Friday i Th. i ant. <-n is an attractive and ■ ommodlous room with new booths, music box and other facil- , itie- installed A soda fountain t was loaned to the canteen by Fred Fullenkamp and other donations y ar,* being made to make the pla< • v inviting and useful to high school stiid.-nt- who will gather there and have their own quarters for social and recreational activities I Veterans' Service ! Committee Is Named County Advisorv Service Is Formed Announcement wa, made today ,- by E V Mil'inn of It, atur and Le-tcr Smith of 8.-rm- of th, form ation of ;• < niiiity advisory -<-rvu .- j for Hu- vi *. i nt- of th,- pr, <-nt War. Who ar,- • Xpert,d to begin i" ■ turning to their horn, communith very eoon in large numb, . This committer will hav - as it* primary pnrpo-. th. . stabh-hmm! ’ of an Information ».-rvii * wiiah will furnish advice to returning ■ i vie men on a number of -er i vi- - available to them, including or.itfonal training. eiiu< a’iotiai ad ' vantage b gal a lv|. <- um-mpioj m*’-it I, in-lit-, bat.- for horn*-, farms or bl*ln<*--,-s. hospital and 'in- li* al care. iL-abili’y p. n-;on-and many others ' A f* w nu n ar,* already back, but !•> da', none of them ha Ippla-d ! for aid This i- .*xp,*i t.-d to change * soim a- the number im rea*,-* w.-« k !y who an horn, from tin- -< rv|,e 1 and • nt:tl,*d to help Th.- til -t 111 etlllg o' the m w ■ committee Will b. heal Monday eV. nitiv at 7 30 o'clock at th* Amer ’ lean Legion home Mr Mi < .inn and Mi Smith, who were originally a-eixtted Io th. local -< lei-tlv.- svrvlc, hoard i* re employment committeemen. -,.bi that th,*ir work and that of the commiHe, wlll be . lective .-rvii-.-ill reverse In otliei words. Instead of placing men in th. serviiew their work now In to place them In civilian life I Till- part of th. selective s. ( -vio Is considered as important as that of mobilizing an army and Is now Ju»t beginning M. mliei of tjze committee were j recommended by th ,• various churches lodges, ,-lvi< organiza(Turn T', Page 3, (b.fumn X) u Arthur Garner Leads Suggestion Winners i . Arthur Garner, with an award of 125 fur expanding certain atatort. leada the Decatur Genera! Electric employes in the la eat lait to xugg**t|on award wintiena Decatur em ploy,* awarded from |5 to 120 ar,* aa follow* Richard D Lewton Vi Vian Gottachalk Elmer Yoder. John Beery. Floyd B. Axpy and Lawrence Von Guntea.

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MacArthur Reports Japanese Defenses Along Entire Front Near Disintegration General MacArthui a Headquarters L-yt*-. Oct 2' if'P>—American invasion forces rac.-d up the west coast of Samar to within I m arly mil.-- of Luzon and 320 mil- • of Manila today and Gen. Douglaiv Mac Arthur announced tin,: the Japan,’ • all along the so mile Philippine* front were . bordering on 'complete disorganization and disintegration ; Dismounted . b-mefits of the Ist i < avail) division air. ady were 10 mil.-, beyond <'atlialogan. liberated i afiltal of Samar after a 32 i mile adv.in, in a little mor.- than 21 ik.iii- With th,- *>d of organ- • iz,-d 10, al gu< rrllla» practically the whole of Samar, third largest island tn th,* Philippines, "is now under our domination, MacArthur i reported in a communique I Tile speedy advan. <■ < arrled to wiiluu -7 mil.* of nariow San Bernardino strait, separating Sa mar from Luzon and om- of two ship pa-sages through th,* central I nardino -trail and adjac.-nt wati er* oft Samar that on. of th.- three Japanese naval lorc.-s which chai 1 l<-ng*d th. American fleet came I to grief earlier this week " On L.-yte, just southw.-st of Samar. other American forces leng I them d their hold on tile east ami j north coasts to at least 65 miles ' and were pursuing th.- beaten. d,-« imated enemy garrison toward th** w.-st coast and into the mountain ranges paralleling the Leyte I vall.-y on the southwest There was some , v id.-n,.- that I th., Japanese may be preparing to abandon Leyte ,-xc. pt lor suicidal ■ rear guard resist,in,,- Vmeri.an | patrol torpedo bo.,'. boldly dash | inc into Hi. t amot.-s -. a under j , ov.-r of darkness --ank so .-m-tny bare, load'd with ttoop. ami two 1 . oa-’itl n. icliter m Ormoc bay on t 111 w■ -I . Oil-1 of L, V I.1 B w ' Hot imm. dial. Iv 11, ar. however whether th,- troop, w.-r,* Jeavtiu the island or landing to ' H-inforce tin- garrison Gen Shllo Makilio • inf -moll* Japanese Pith division, which marshalled American w r prison- . er- in th.- mar, li of ,1,- ,th ’ from Bataan in 1912. alr.-ady ha 1.e.-n I thoroughly defeated' on layte, M.u Arthur said He .-tnna'.-d fapin ~ rroand - i asiialti,-- in th, fir t w. . k of fighting oh L.yte al 110|... pr ticully half the enemy , ,-ntir,. strength on th,* Island. whin* I American casualties w. 2,16‘> ■l' killed 1:9 missing and wounded. Nni- mor. town* on 1..y- w.-r.-I liberated y. -t.-rdav l,ringing the . t0t.,1 OV. n in m th.- p >t w.-.-k to at least tine column pushed I • mile- • ' dll 1' Olli I i la.- to .vtmyog, anoth.-i dro.e inland to within two mil. ■ of tn.- .n<*mv’< former main supply and tr .op Berlin Attacked By Mosquito Bombers London Oct 2“ il'l’i Allied pla'ie. fl, w -j., |(. ntfnent today and Berlin reported bomber* ' ovei w.-t, northwest and south--1 w.s- Germany ' Briti-h mosquito, s attacked Berlin twte, 1 aei night and -tabbed it ‘ other targets fn we,tent Germany without loss - -- - O — I Island Os Priscopi Occupied By Allies Rome. Oct. 2* (FPi Allied amphibious troops hav,* occupbsl tho Medt'enam-an Iwland of Pmi opls north*-’,** of R ind -- .( communique leported today The occupation force was landed on Piscopi by *J>e British cruteer •irius during the night of Oct 26-27, tin- commupnlque «aid Headqquarters aldo revealed that British warships, including th,* cru 4u;ui4 4ii<| th** on CArrler emperor. Itombarded the inland of Melo*. In the Cyclades group north of Crete, un Thursday,