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'AKRON BEACON Saturn a Jul 1344 Two Men From Area Killed On SaipanJ One In France 3 Others Wounded In Action -W '1 W--n lS-i4 Lfli -Ai A By HELEN WATERHOISE EVERY MORNING since Sal-pan was invaded by the marines. Society Editor Louise Barder of the Beacon Journal has been the first to scan the day's casualty lists as they came into the editorial office. She knew that her fiance, Lieut, (s.g.) John B. Lewis, 36, of 181 Storer was in the amphibious forces invading that island. His last letter had been sent just before he was going into artion with the marines.

Lieutenant Lewis' job was that of naval liaison officer directing he gunfire between ship and shore. It was a highly dangerous assignment. As the davs went bv and the AP Wlrepholo Prom Nstf AP Wircphoio From Sign! Corps Montw Ihe Talk Things Over Monty and Ike dn a little first hand investigating. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and (Jen.

Sir Rernard L. Montgomery chat while visiting the Allied front in Normandy. Shelter For Saipan Children Found by American soldiers in a cave on Saipan in the Marianas during mopping-up operations, two native children, take shelter from the rain under a soldier's poncho. King Piped Aboard TJ. S.

Warship A sharp command rang nut. All hands stiffened to attention. And the king was piped aboard. It was his majesty, King George VI of England, who was given full honors when he visited a U. S.

warship for inspection this week in Naples harbor. For most hands, it was a first close-up look at royalty and enjoyed it. PACIFIC AR AIR WAR 3,000 Bombers Blast Reich' Ry l'nltd Trent LONDON Neatly 2,000 American bombers and fighters struck a powerful blow today at the big Leuna synthetic oil refinery at Mcrseburg the principal source of Germany's dwindling: fuel reserves following a night raid by the R.A.F. on the port of Hamburg and industrial Stutlgart. About 1,100 Fortresses and Rout Japs On Guam, Tinian Br The Associated Prrm U.

S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR Capturing a second airfield, American forces today chased fleeing Japanese into the south half of Tinian island while other Yanks tightened a trip on 2,000 Nips at Guam, swelling the total of more than 27,000 of the enemy killed in the Marianas. houses. The Germans had evicted the civilians. ANNOUNCEMENT Two years ago when newspapers throughout the country were announcing pnee increases, the Beacon Journal continued to seil its daily ond Sunday issues at the pre-war rates and expressed ths hope that no change in price would' be necessary.

We have since discovered that never before in newspaper history has the task of covering world events and "backgrounding the news" been so costly. Nor have the costs of production ond price of newsprint ever been so high. At the same time, we recognize a responsibility to our readers to provide the best obtainable wire services, special writers and features to complement on already excellent and competent locol staff. This has been done. No other newspaper in America carries the full services of the Associated Press, United Press, International News Service, AP Wirephoto, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Chicago Daily News Foreign Service, Acme Telephoto and the Nortli American Newspaper Alliance.

Readers of the Beacon Journal will continue to get the finest wire, feature ond picture coverage that it is possible to buy. But in order to guarontee to our readers a maintenance of the same high standards of journalism and the fullest coverage of world news, it is now necessary to announce an increase in the price of both the daily ond Sunday Beacon Journal. Effective Sunday, July 30, the prices will be os follows: DAILY BEACON JOURNAL 4 cents a copy SUNDAY BEACON JOURNAL 12 cents copy The delivered price everywhere will be 24c per week for the daily and 36c for the daily and Sunday combined. Half of this increase, or cent daily and 1 cent Sunday, will be shared with your carrier boy. AKRON BEACON JOURNAL NrK Tit BULGARIA Bulgars Ask Nazis To Leave ISTANBUL, July 27.

(Delayed! The government of Premier Ivan Bagnanov has asked Ger-I many to evacuate all German I armed forces from Bulgaria and there are indications that the re-I quest may be heeded, according I to information received here to day. The Rulgars were reportedly told that the government would defend the nation against attack "from any quarter." The Germans at first refused to grant the Bulgarian request, the report said, on the ground that their other satellites might make the same demand and prestige was involved, but developments suggest that this stand was reconsidered. The Bulgars meanwhile are granting Soviet demands for establishment of Russian consulates in most of the country's chief ports and towns. Smith On Toy Price Board T. W.

Smith, general manager of the Sun Rubber Co. in Bar-berton is one of 13 representatives of toy industries appointed today to advise the office of price administration on price control for toys. The toy industry committee will study prices on toys, games and wheel goods at various companies. Liberators, escorted hy 150 fighters, alo pounded other oil targets In the vicinity of Bremen. Although fink around Mcrseburg and Bremen peppered the bombers and inflicted some damage, losses were expected to be light.

It was the second consecutive day of air assault for Mersehurg and the fourth raid in a week on Stuttgart. fit PLANES LOST Sixty-two plHnes were reported missing from last night's R.A.F. operations. Twenty-one German planes were reported downed. Stuttgart, reported by neutral sources to have been gutted by the series of raids, was the target for major attacks on Monday and Tuesday when for 15 minutes each night the R.A.F.

dumped concentrations of high explosives and incendiaries. Mosquito bombers returned Thursday night to drop two-ton blockbusters. Meanwhile Spitfire bombers, In a breakfast-time blitz, wiped out the German-occupied village of Scrignac on the Brest peninsula, with 12 tons of bombs, the air ministry asserted today. The village, believed to be Nazi headquarters for the area, consisted of 400 'SITDOWN' DENIED BY CITY EMPLOYE lilts failed to reveal John's name, Louise still had a premonition of tragedy. So, too, did the officer's mother, Mrs.

Mary B. Lewis. And yesterday morning the society edi tor came to the office with a heavy heart. HAD PREMONITION "Something is going to happen today," she told the other girls. Scarcely an hour later, the officer's younger brother stood at her desk with a telegram in hand announcing John's death in action on June 15.

The former St. Vincent's high u'hool and Akron university student is one of three casualties from Saipan today, including an Ashland marine killed on the important Island step-plngstone to the Philippines, and another marine wounded there. An Akron soldier also lost his life on June 26 in BYance, while a paratrooper is announced as missing in action on D-day in the same locality. Two men are on the wounded list. The casualties: KILLED IV AOTIOV MARINE P.F.C.

HARRY REX VANZILE, 20, of Ashland, at Saipan. P.F.C. ANDREW ANDREEFF, 22, of 1223 Andrus in France. MISSING IN ACTION P.F.C. RICHARD C.

VATA-LARO, 24, of 780 Lakewood in France. WOUNDED IV ACTION P.F.C. JAMES L. GRAY, 21, of 1140 Florida in Italy. PVT.

JOHN HARTIG, 26, of Fairlawn-Southern in France. MARINE P.F.C. JAMES CAS-SIDY, 27, of 937 Jefferson av, wounded at Saipan. P.F.C. WILLIAM WRIGLEY, 19, of 25 N.

Forge who was wounded on Anzio beachhead, is invalided home to a Michigan hospital with a leg amputation. FORMER MUSIC EDITOR Besides his mother and his fiancee, Lieutenant Lewis is survived by his brother, Sam, an other brother, P.F.C. James, in the army and three sisters, Mary, Sarah and Betty. The naval officer was formerly music editor at the Time9-Press and later worked with the Babcox Publications, as associate managing editor. He went into the navy two years ago and was last home on furlough in October.

Lewis was a member of St. Sebastians' parish. PRIVATE KILLED IN FRANCE Private Andreeff fell on the battlefields of France on June 26, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fonda Andreeff were informed.

Andreeff had only been over-seas since May. He had previously attended Garfield high school and worked his way through Akron university in the hope of becoming a teacher as his father was in early life. He had been employed at the Firestone Tire Rubber Co. Besides his parents, Andreeff is survived by one brother, Nick. LOST ON D-DAY Private Vatalaro was the only son of Mrs.

Vito Vatalaro. He was one of the paratroopers who went into France on the initial invasion and he is listed as "missing in action" on June 6. It was the first action he had seen although he went overseas a year ago in August. "If you don't hear from me for a while, don't worry, I can take care of myself," he wrote on May 29. Vitalaro was a former South high school student and worked at the International Mold Co.

before entering the ervlce. Private Gray was wounded on the road to Rome while driving a tank, his father, William J. Gray was informed. His wounds were not serious and he is apparently back in action again after being hospitalized, the father said yesterday. There is one other son In the intelligence division of the army.

James is a former Kenmnre high school student and worked at the Firestone Tire Rubber Co. before entering the service. HARTIG IMPROVING Seriously wounded in France on June 18, Private Hartig has since written his mother, Mrs. Rachel Hartig that he is "feeling much better." A former Hower Vocational high school student, he was employed at the American Anode Co. before joining the army.

Marine Cassidy went through the battles of Guadalcanal and Tarawa and had been overseas a year when he was wounded at Saipan, June 15. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. George Cassidy. The Cassidys believe that James has recovered from his wounds for In his last letter he spoke of being back in a foxhole again.

Another son, Frank, Is at present home on furlough, having served for 14 months in the Aleutians. James Cassidy Is a graduate of Cuyahoga Falls high school and worked at the Firestone drafting room before entering the service. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wrigley have just learned that their seriously wounded son is at a Michigan hospital.

William lost his leg in the bitter battling on the Anzio beachhead. He is now suffering from an attack of yellow jaundice. Uhe wounded soldier is a brother late bombardier, ueorge Presi Wlrphota Impressive ground gains on both islands were reported by Adm. W. Nimitz and front line correspondents.

The marine drive on Tinian, the Island next to conquered Saipan, was turning Into a rout. Sweeping across eight square miles In a move on shell-shattered Tinian Town, the leathernecks at times lost all contact with the Japanese, who were racing toward eventual death in the hilly south sector. On Guam, marines and soldiers punched 500 more yards out on Orote peninsula, pushing closer to the seaward end the 2,000 Nips doomed to die in defense of an airfield and the Sumay naval base. The defenders hold less than half the peninsula on Guam's west coast. KILL 2,000 JAPS North and south of the peninsula, the Yanks crashed inland for gains up to two miles.

They threw back a fierce counterattack, killing 2,000 Japs. They moved within 800 yards of Agana, Guam's capital city. They won three strategic heights, ranging up to more than 1,000 feet elevation. Conservatively, 4,700 Japs have been killed on Guam through Thursday, one week after it was invaded, Nimitz reported. More than 2,000 others have been slain on Tinian and 21,036 have been buried on Saipan.

TOKYO SAYS 400 PLANES RAID PA LA NEW YORK, UF1 The Tokyo radio said today that 400 Allied carrier-based planes had raided Palau island, some 500 miles east of the Philippines, in repeated attacks yesterday. The broadcast, reported to the office of war information by United States government monitors, also mentioned a "simultaneous enemy attack" by 20 carrier-based planes against an unspecified area "to the south of Palau." AUTOPSY REVEALS GAGE NECK BROKEN A broken neck suffered while he was in camp with the state cuard near Athens caused the death of Joseph A. Gage, 31. of Medina, a Goodyear Aircraft Corp. employe, it was disclosed today by his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Milton C. Gage. Gage, who was buried in Medina Friday, died suddenly Wednesday after leaving the Athens hospital, where he was taken when he became ill in camp after the fall. He was a lieutenant in the Third regiment.

Death at first was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage but Gage's commanding officer advised his parents to have an autopsy performed. His body was brought to City hospital here for the autopsy, which showed that the fractured neck caused his death, his parents said. Struck By Truck, Girl In Hospital Eddie May Alford, 6, of 129 Chestnut alley, suffered a fractured left leg when she was struck by a truck driven by John P. Gardner, 271 W. Center while crossing Grant st.

Witnesses told police that Gardner swerved to avoid hitting the child, but that she ran into the truck's front fender. She was taken to Peoples hospital where her condition was reported "fairly good" today. Gardner was questioned and released pending further investigation. MARTHA DODGE DIVORCED RENO, (U.PI Martha "Mickey" Devine Dodge, was divorced from Horace E. Dodge, of the automotive family in district court late yesterday, and along with the decree she received a property settlement estimated at almost $1,000,000.

WILLIAM CARNEGDX DIES GREENSBURG. (f.Pi Wil-lian C. Carnegie, a nephew of the late steelmaker, Andrew Car negie, died at his summer homeJ at Hector, near "latjj Associated FOOD NEGOTIATION 'COMMENT' BANNED WASHINGTON, CT-i Agriculture department employes have been instructed to provide no information or comment to the press, the trade or to "other non-governmental officials" on negotiations of this country with foreign governments, except when specifically authorized. This instruction was given in a departmental memorandum signed by Secretary Wickard and War Food Administrator Marvin Jones. The memorandum said that "injudicious comments" attributed to an agriculture department official with regard to recent negotiations for the importation of Argentine corn to help meet a grain shortage In this country had had embarrassing repercussions in the South American country.

Tlf.lG OUT Pnminic Terretti, 244 Glen- wood dismissed from a sewer maintenance crew Tuesday, denied today that he had staged a "sit-down," as charged at city hall. "My boss tnlrl me to stay at the office that day, so I stayed," he said, He related that Edward P. Kelly, field representative for the State, County and Municipal Workers union asked him to return to work, but by this time Edward Gates, his foreman, had left the office, and he didn't know where to report. Service Director Marvin L. Davis said that Perretti had refused to dig deeper than 5 1-2 feet in sewer lines unless reclassified as a maintenance man, and asked that he be given a laborer's job instead.

for BURMA Japs Driven Back In India SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, Kandy. Ceylon, Lfi British imperials have driven to within nine miles of Tamu In the rapid clearance of Mmiipur state, of the enemy after a 30-mile advance from Palel in six days, Adm. Lord Louis Mounthatten's headquarters announced. Talel and Tamu are on the road running southeast from Imphal into Burma. Allied troops were reported approaching Churachandpur, 40 miles south of Imphal.

The communique said American and Chinese troops had advanced in all sectors in the battle for Myitkyina, Japan's last major base in North Burma. Your $100 war bond will help shorten the time from D-day to V-day. Department Store Bill Doctor Bill Dentist BUI Charity Contribution! cm 'mmu LIEUT. JOHN B. LEWIS at Saipan P.F.C.

ANDREW ANDREEFF killed in France Pvt. Hartig P.F.C. Wrigley was posthumously decorated with the Air Medal for extreme valor in action overseas. There is a third brother, Robert, with the signal corps in Europe. VACATION POLICIES OUTLINED BY WLB WASHINGTON, (INS) The war labor board said today in its 14th monthly report that regional boards may order a minimum of one and two-week vacations with pay for one and five years of service, respectively, regardless of area or industry practice.

The report covering WLB activities for April, 1944 quoted the majority opinion in the Fulton Iron Works case, and emphasized that the new policy was in line with the "normal practice" of American industry in granting vacation leaves. FRED TOD DIES Beacon Journal Service YOUNGSTOWN Fred Tod, director of the Youngstown Sheet Tube grandson of Gov. David Tod, died at midnight in Youngstown hospital. He was 58. Ernie Chapman, S3, no address, was admitted to City hospital Friday night after the fire department had been called to remove him from the Cuyahoga river near Case av.

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