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3RD WAR LOAN NOW $894,000 QUOTA THE LUDINCTON DA1T NRWS 1 A iJLj 1 jLrJTTLMJLji 1 JLlUYYfcJ WEATHES Not Much Change in Temperature VOLUME 53, NO. 270. LUDINGTON, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, 1943. PRICE FIVE 5TH ARMY'S GAIN Russians Capture Bryansk Base loss of Base May Breach Nazi Defenses Nazis Report Loss of Base Before Reds but Add That Retreat Is in Order LONDON Russian troops captured the fortress city of Bryansk Monday night, breaching the Germans' main defense line before the Dnieper river by seizure of that pivot of central and southern German battlelines and center of a railway spiderweb serving both fronts. Evacuation of the keystone city, held by the Germans since October, '1941, was acknowledged today by the German radio soon after Moscow reported that, the onpouring Red army was closing in on the city on the west bank of the Dnieper river.

Disrupt Rail Network Disruption of the rail network vital for German winter transport heightened belief in London that the backwards- scurrying Nazis would not be able to halt their retreat now before reaching the west bank of the Dnieper. The speed of their withdrawal toward Kiev and Dniepero- petrovsk on the lower reaches of the river, where only three inadequate bridges and ferry crossings are available, raised hopes that large forces of Nazis might be trapped on the east bank of the Dnieper or even be overtaken while, attempting to cross it. The German broadcast by DNB declared Bryansk (normal population 87,000) had been evacuated in good order, and the troops had not been en- circfed or injured to "a considerable degree." Beat Moscow Again Berlin preceded Moscow in announcing the victory for Russian arms. "The city of Bryansjc," the broadcast said, "which first became known in this war by the great twin battle of Vyazma and Bryansk in the autumn of 1941, in the course of which German troops surrounded and captured several Soviet armies with their entire material, was evacuated by the Germans during Monday night." "It was undoubtedly the intention of the Russian command to mete out a similiar fate to the Germans here "but this attempt must be regarded as having failed," the broadcast continued. The Russian communique an(Please turn to Pago 3, Column 6) Bond Slogan Singer WHEN YOU HEAR "Back the slogan song of the Third War Loan the radio or in entertainment spots all over the nation, you'll probably be listening Small Enemy Force Battles to Stop Allies Disentegrating Jap Remnants Seek to Keep Road to Lae Open in Face of Allied Drive (By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Gen.

Douglas McArthur's headquarters auuounced today that only "disintegrating" Japanese of a force once estimated at fought on against American and Australian troops driving toward the big enemy stronghold at Lae in northeast New Guinea. A communique said the Japanese, in ragged flight from newly-fallen Salamaua 18 miles south of Lae, were striving to keep open a single jungle trail of retreat to Lae. Dispatches said the enemy, discarding their death-stand tactics of past campaigns, "simply ran" out of bomb-gut, ted Salamaua town and let the Australians move in, as they had done 24 hours earlier at nearby Salamaua airdrome. Capture of Salamaua gives the Allies an important base only 150 miles across Dampier strait from Japanese- held New Britain. Meanwhile, Allied long-range bombers plastered 10 Japanese bases frpm Makassar in the Dutch to the Solomon islands and blew up gun batteries in the enemy's doomed cita- del'a't Lae.

In the tack by'U. S. Army bombers on Japan's Kurile Island base at Paramushiro was seen as th.e first payoff from the American conquest of the Aleutians. Five Japanese ships, including two transports were sunk or damaged in the raid on the big NEW CITIZENS-600 MEN AND GIRL Delay in Dad Draft Action Is Attacked Wheeler Scorns Administration Plan to Seek More In- ERMAN Salerno Front Is Scene of Battle Montgomery's Eighth Army Races Up ItaliaijL Coast; Germans Said to Be Pouring Troops from All Other Fronts into Defense of Italy; Nazis Make Savage Counter-Attacks formation ONLY WOMAN to take part In a ceremony in which 600 servicemen became U. S.

citizens was Lieut. Mary Kennedy (foreground), an army nurse from Chicago, who originally came from Canada. She is shown in England taking the allegiance oath with the troops. (International), More Arrests Are Due in Grand Jury Probe WASHINGTON Sen- iator Wheeler (D-Mont) dis- 1 closed today he will oppose all administration attempts to delay a Senate vote on his bill to halt the drafting of fathers into the armed forces. He added that he was amending the proposal to prohibit "in- induction of of postponing such action until after Jan.

1, as it now provides. "I am going to call up the bill for action the very first opportunity I have," Wheeler said. By ROGER GREENE (Associated Press War Editor) Huge sea-borne Allied reinforcements were reported moving into the bloody Salerno beachhead in Italy today and 'Pritlsh Eighth Army troops clashed north along the coast within 100 miles of a junction with Mark W. Clark's hard-pressed Amer" lean Fifth Army forces. A dispatch from Wes Gallagher, Associated Press corres- at Allied headquarters, said the Mediterranean was alive with ships and planes as fresh Allied troops were sent into the six-clay-old battle of Salerno.

Possibly mistaking the direction of the traffic, the Germans asserted that tho" Allies had begun withdrawing to sea from the Salerno area Monday and that the evacuation was mountains ol Montenegro where they are fighting against the Germans." Continue to Boast Germany's -'propagartda machine continued to boast over the Purported rescue of former cast said this meant the Allies "have abandoned the eriter- (at Salerno) altogether." Acknowledge Attacks A communique from Gen. (By G. MILTON KELLY) by Rushton on the basis of tes- itimony presented to the grand jury charged Slattery at- The administration shifted I Eisenhower's headquarters ac- thc explosive father draft issue gingerly over to the high command's door step today recharged Congress met as a again after 10 weeks of canvassing home town sentiment on the home and foreign fronts. Calling for a statement of manpower needs by the chiefs of the army and navy, Senate in 1941 to bribe Rep. 1 Democratic' Leader Barkley jGeorge N.

Higgins, Ferndale, Republican, to induce the legislator to vote against an anti- (Ky) made known a desire for few days delay in consideration of the Wheeler bill which would Buy a Bond; Save a Life war department today announced the nams of 221 United States soldiers killed in action including jhe following from Michigan: North African area including Sicily: Pvt. Marcus C. Steele; James M. Steele, father, Elwell. Pfc.

Alfred Wertel; Mrs. Kasimera Wertel, mother, Detroit. Southwest Pacific area: Pvt. Ernest C. Johnson; Mrs.

Violet Seykell, mother, Detroit. to Mary Small. The Treasury Dp- port the key Tokyo from the partment chose her to make the of- nor th. and U. S.

fliers shot flcial recording and then distributed down 10 to 13 enemy fighters in thousands of records of the song a 50-rninute running battle, everywhere. (International). Four American planes were lost and six others were missing. On the Burma front, American and RAF warplanes hammered the Japanese over a wide area, blasting rail and river targets and Japanese troop encampments. Every Person in County Must Buy on Average of One $50 Bond Total War Bond sales during this month's Third War Loan drive in Mason county total $218,862, it was reported this morning by C.

L. Lind, chairman of Mason County War Finance committee. This amount has been sold to 756 purchasers, or one out of every 30 residents of the county. "To make our quota of $854,000, we must average at least a $50 bond for every man, woman and child in the county," Mr. Lind said.

A farm-to-farm canvass was begun in Mason county Monday night, during which every a member of the legislature and a Grand Rapids banker already named in warrants growing out of a grand jury investigation of charges that bribery influenced legislative decisions on important laws, Attorney General Herbert J. Rushton disclosed today that "more arrests will acfe." Taking of testimony before Judge Leland W. Carr, was recessed by the grand jury today, following the issuance of war- Monday for Rep. William regulate the practice of cos- el because the know branch banking bill. This mea- postpone the drafting of pro- sure sought to prevent the Peal -i Harbor fathers until aft- Michigan National bank from er an Significantly perhaps, Barkley Green Xh havine solicited a toW reporters he believed the Cricen with Having solicited a country is con fused by the un" as marked at- the manpower the people are wor- $600 bribe from Floyd J.

Trumble, Lansing cosmetologist, to influence votes on a bill to empt knowledges! that the Germans counter-attacking with suicidal frenzy, "have regained some of the ground taken by us" in the Salerno area, but gave no inkling of any evacuation. Berlin British troops wore "decisively beaten" and declared the Americans were in flight after suffering 8,000 to 10,000 casualties. All these claims appeared exaggerated, although dispatches from Allied headquarters conceded the struggle was touch- and-go and rivalled the despet- ate battles at GalUpoli in World War 1. rtanksy infantw planes, supported by thunder-. ous naval salvos, fought to widen their comparatively nariow Hillman Republican metologj member of the House of Repre- Surrending to the charge sentatives, and Francis P.

Slattery, asistant vice president of the Michigan National bank tn to of Rapids. Monday afternoon, Slattery as-i" 1 1 1 nc. nnrl hppaUSP 110 no sailed it as "absorb" and "without truth." He demanded a To clarify this situation, One of the warrants obtained I Municipal Coash and preliminary examination 'before i Barkley proposed that Mussolini' by Nazi parachute troop's, but in United Nations capitals there was little disposition to haggle over the "swap" of the' broken- down ex-dictator for the'Italian fleet. Allied headquarters announced that Italian yarships now In Allied hands or safely out of Nazi hands include ''five battleships, eight cruisers, 27 destroyers and 19 submarines as well as many smaller The latest units-' to reach Malta were the tfat- tleship Giulio Cesare, recon-. structed in 1937-38, and the seaplane carrier Giuseppe Miraglla.

Berlin loudly proclaimed fc "rebirth of fascism" under Mussolini's personal command; predicted that the former Dude reorganize the Italian rmy, as a-ilgKUng force, fealy's surrender arid oust Klftg Vittorio Emanuele Ill's House of Savoy. bridgehead. Operating from mountain vantage points, the Nazis were pouring a deadly fire on the invasion beaches in the Salerna region, 20 airline miles below; Naples. Defense Rules Out Mrs. Colman as Witness in Trial Edict SELFRIDGE defense in the court martial trial of Col.

William T. Colman, former commandant of this air base, rested today without calling Mrs. Golman as had been planned. The decision not to place Mrs. Colman on the stand followed a ruling by Col.

Hamner Huston, president of the court that if ELilOTI TO eleven- eAcumiiabUJii "-ViT i Tnrte-p ouis (George C. Marshall, army chief judge boms and Admlral Ern est of I There however, uoasn ana was reieiiseci in bond of $2,500 for preliminary King, commandei in was no suggestion, that the American imperilled. hearing, for Sept. 16. scheduled tentatively, the miatary Judge Coash committee, would be The hear- i the date probably changed to Sept.

23. ing will determine whether the evidence is sufficient to justify holding Slattery for circuit court trial. Green, declaring "I never asked anybody for any money in while the Wheeler bill is held on (Please turn to Pago 3, Column man committee formed to com- I connection with any legisla- bat increased juvenile delinquency and to plan constructive lion," surrendered ut Judge) Coash's office this morning and youth programs was established demanded a municipal court I Dispatches from Allied headquarters said the Germans, hastily reinforcing the estimated 15 to 20 Nazi divisions in Italy at the start of the campaign, were pouring tens of thousands of troops into the embattled kingdom from France and possibly Russia. Satisfy Reds The Germans, these reports said, are establishing a battle- line which may satisfy even the Russian concept of a "second which would en- iJiugicuns was eouauubiieu ciemanciea a municiyiu Cnnnonn L. Monday under chairmanship of hearing which was set for Red UFOSS tOUnCII IS bpOnSOPjgage at least 50 Nazi divisions.

Dr. Eugene B. Elliott, superin-Is. He was released on bond of Project to FJX Rooms' In he ol Gei Sl £. tendent of oublic instruction.

Uo reor mut.p to i nard L. Montgomery's Eighth WASHINGTON Navy announced The today 26 casualties, Including one Michigan man dead and pne missing. The Michigan casualties; Walter Wilbert Johnston, missing. Parents, Mr. and Mrs.

William A. Johnston, Ste. Marie. John Willard Randall. Ensign.

Dead. (Reported missing Aug. 28.) Wife, Mrs. Marguerite Marie Randall, Higman Park, Benton Harbor. farm will be visited and the oc- she testified it would have to be at a public Final arguments will be made by Major Thomas A.

Ballantine for the defense and Captain Phillip D. O'Donnell, the trial judge advocate. Col. Colman, charged with violating 29 counts under the articles of war, including the shooting and wounding of a negro soldier-chauffeur, fraudulently obtaining transfers pf army personnel, misappropriation of government property and drunkenness, testified Monday that the transfer of Lieut. Benson Ford, grandson of Hen- A War Bond rally will be held at Ludington high school at 8:30 Wednesday morning with Prosecutor Eugene Cnristman as speaker.

Probate Judge Owen J. Gayi- gan, E-Bond Father chairman, today made an appeal to all E- Bond Fathers to step up the sale of bonds. Walter Sears, chairman of Mason county's Gallant 60,000, is urging more persons to volunteer to be responsible for the sale of at least $1,000 in bonds during September. The Tokyo radio broadcast a dispatch from Korea saying that quintuplets, all boys, were born today to the 24-year-old wife of an employe of the Mining company. Mitsubishi NOTICE! I BUCK'S HOUSE Will be closed, begin- di I ning today, until Oct.

1. C.I.O. MEETING Open to Dow Employes, Members of the new commit- charge tee were elected at a meeting of study commission called by Governor Kelly. Their first meeting is scheduled for Oct. 4.

Serving with Elliott will be: Dr. Frank Tallman, state mental hygiene director; Dr. H. Al- ,500 after standing mute to len Moyer, health commissioner; Oscar G. state police commissioner; F.

F. social security supervisor; Andrew Baird, Wayne county sheriff; Warren Bow, Detroit superintendent of schools, and Frank Arrives for Army Duty with 2 Small Daughters, 6, 4 FORT CUSTER A drafted father from Highland Park who shwoed up at the recruit reception center here Monday with his two small daughters, age 6 and 4, in tow, L. McAvinchey, Flint probate is now on a furlough of several judge. Representatives of the I days, under instructions from prosecuting attorneys and chiefs i the army to make some ar- 'rangements for the girls before he reports for duty. Lt.

A. T. Etcheson, Fort Custer public relations officer, said today the selectee, Harry A. 27, of the Astor Hotel, I Highland Park, told officers he Ludington public schools be-! "didn't have any one to leave for Guardsmen Plans to furnish a day room for United States coast guards stationed in Ludington were formulated at a meeting of the board of directors of Mason County chapter, American Red Cross, at the Red Cross offices Monday evening. Montgomery's Eightl Army veterans scored a 10-mile advance to capture the west coast port Cosenza, 130 airline milts below Salerno, and pushed up the Adriatic coast to seize Bari, 65 miles above Brindisi.

By latest reports, the British were pushing well beyond newly-captured Cosenza on the Details are being worked out west coast and were only 100 of police also will be named. Public Schools Are Open Today and will be announced within a few days. The day room, which is a Red Cross project, will be established in the building, formerly used as a home for the lighthouse keeper. The project will be housed in the former dining room, which is a good- sized room, especially suitable I for this use. day room will be.

furnished with the help of the camp and hospital council of milts irom making a junction in support of the hard-pressed U. S. Fifth army. Extremely Heavy "The fighting is extremely heavy and it is certainly the bitterest land fighting encountered by an Allled landing force in this war," a military officer Navy Says Sub Lost WASHINGTON Loss of the submarine Grenadier and two submarine chasers was reported by the navy today. The communique also told of a Japanese raid Sunday night on the United States base on Funafuti island 'in the Ellice group in which one enemy lane was shot down and little amage was caused.

The Grenadier, reported over- ue and presumed lost, appar- ntly was one of the American ubrharines which have been nflicting heavy damage on apanese supply lines through- ut the Pacific. 1 The navy gave no indication where the submarine made ts last patrol. FlRSfLADY LEAVES SYDNEY, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Australia today, ending an 11- day visit.

(Mrs. Roosevelt's destination was not given in the dispatch, probably for reasons of security. She visited Zealand going to Australia) said. While the battle of Italy gan their first full day sessions today. St.

Simon's and St. John's parochial schools opened Monday and St. Stanislaus' parochial school opened last week. ry Ford, was'made with the un- Buses on all five routes made d'erstanding it had been ap- rounds this morning, proved by the war department. Rationing of candy and chewing gum began in England on July 26, 1942.

i I Workers of the Dow Mag- I ncsium plant of Marysville I will be present to tell you I the truth about the situa- tion that now exists in Marysville. DANISH HALL Tuesd.ay, Sept. 9 P. Holy Name Society will meet at home of Paul Bethke after Cervices tonight. bringing children from rural areas into Ludington.

Complete enrollment figures have not yet been compiled. the girls with." Barany indicated that he did not know the present whereabouts of the girls' mother. COUNTY CLERK DIES REED F. Snowden, 64, who was serving his fourth term as Osceola county clerk, died Monday. THE WAR 25 Tears Ago Today (By The Associated Press) SEPT.

14, 1918 President Wilson cables his "affectionate thanks" to Pershipg for wiping out the St. Mihiel salient; King 'George, Lloyd George and Clemenceau also felicitate Americans; Eugene V. Debs, head of Socialist party in U. sentenced to ten years in prison at Cleveland for iricit- ing disloyalty and resisting to government. Back the Attack with War Bonds! Mason County's Score to date: The Goal: 8854,000 Raised to date: 8218,862 Balance to raise: $635,138 16 Days to Go! flared into a great show-down test, with indications that it would be a prolonged and bloody campaign before the Althe Red Cross, which has ea- the "Alps an Algiers tabhshecK day rooms at the hl 0flrlf as rpnnrtf Ft.

Custer hospital, Percy Jones hospital at Battle Creek and for the coast guards stationed at Grand Haven. Mrs. J. A. Boise of Lansing, who spent the summer months at Sunkist cottage at Epworth, is a member of this council.

She was particularly interested in having a local day room set up. This day room will be provided with comfortable chairs, writing tables, lamps and other furnishings to make it homelike and convenient for the coast guard men. THE WEATHER Lower Not much change in temperature tonigljt and Wednesday forenoon with occasional light in southeast and central 'portions' tonight. The sun sets today tit p. m.

and rises Wednesday at a. m. Tlie moon rises today at p. m. and sets Wednesday at 7:44 n.

m. Temperature at thd U. S. observation station for 24 hours ending at 12 noon: Maximum 60, minimum 54. broadcast reported bitter street fighting in Nazi-held Rome and declared: "Bitter opposition to the presence of German forces in Italy is spreading all over the country.

In the Balkans, too, German troops have been challenged everywhere by Italian soldiers. "Fierce fighting has occurec in Belgrade (capital 'of Axis held Yugoslavia). Two thous and Italian soldiers are in th To Dow Employes I The regular weekly jneet- ing of the United Mine I workers will be held liVed- nesday, Sept. 15, 8 p. m.

at the Danish hall. Bird, our regional director present 'with I MarysvjJle contract. I sure to attend. the i WM Magic Eyre They don't do things with in our Army or Navy. They simply provide our men" 'the' best struments possible, jrfjur fighters what to do and wheii.

our our airtiller'ir Is; devastating." Jufet a shatter. eyes and good gun Representative Maybe you can't fight, but you Buy War Bonds. JH8t a. mot- ter of common. and personal.