Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 1

THE STATE The Weather D. Wtatatr (mit fail Laartagt Possibility of light showers today. Fair tonight and Sunday. Cooler to-day, tonic ht and Sunday. NINETIETH YEAR LANSING, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS The State Journal Ketcite dul) tht complete report ol Ik Aiitriaitd tint.

Ik l'mt4 trm and kt aferaaftaaW Stmt Sunn. Strike Leader Confers with Army Officers The National y. P. VICTORY III NOVEMBER RTPes MAPS SET IIP rSra SUPREME Observer German Totters Allied Wall Under Blows SEEN fll DEWEY COUNCIL The News Behind The Day's News OSWEGO. N.

Aug iPi Nearlv a 'housand hesitant, yet' eager, victims of the war In Eu-1 rope arrived here today to remain crNATOR arthcr h. van. Republican Presidential Can- for i duration in an emergency Move Follows Hard Batter- micDiiin i I refugee shelter established by the DF.NRLRO 8 one-man attempt j.j-,- I ai didate Travels Home from mar relocation authority at rort mg in inuia, ouniia, new Ontario. Meet with Governors Guinea and Marianas I Although they had been silenced, I for so long by fear of the each family among the 982 men. women' to forrc con (re bark on the Is ra'ed In Washington a an extremely amart Republlran trre.

Die Michigan legislator d.d not rxKwt hl popularity wiih hu va-fat toning colleague, but two move may pay political dlirienri If fel-low-Cl. O. grasp the ttrategy and children had Its own atorv of SEES BRIGHT FUTURE "car from oppression. Some were MUKDEN AREA RAIDED Western Front Ripped Wide Open; Nazis Caught in Giant Allied Squeeze as Russians Tear Down Ramparts Toward Reich's East Border, Normandy Defenses Crash marked jor persecution oy meir re-, 1 llgion. aome by patriotism and some' By JA( RML bv chance, but their stories all had; By the Auoriated Pre) HfitJTF FAST WITH rjFWFY ani' essential e.ement of ter- i Japan's conquest-swollen empire ror.

i.ignt ana nnai uoerauon. i Aug. 5 Presidential: rho.en on hi. of need from mM ripping badly at the seams In behind It. Military expert twlieve that Germany will aurrender or be fle- feated within a few month at the Nominee Thomaa E.

Dewey traeled Italian camp, the majority of the Infiia. Burma, the Marianas and New homeward on hi first trin' reiugee are rule. Ausinan. ugo- latent. They frankly exptened that opinion even befote the Turk IMl bieak with reirh.

but that re. otiav for Went that the no tical German and Czechs. Nine- ner to set up a new supreme melody r.d and nWd bv a nationalities In all. are rep- war council. melody composed and p.aed dv a i Th that resented.

I By DWIGHT PITKIN (Associated Press War Editor) The Russians carried the ground war to German soil for the first time, a Berlin broadcast acknowledged today, while the Americans and British were said to have ripped wide open jHt. Lnul avmphony of O. O. P. gov- yerse plim other develop' ment confirm their ralculatiotui.

on Lntu tn No Statea ouUIde regular immigration ed southern Manchuria Friday, that I h. to I pllmc. vimMtatittont formations of American mill mill iiim rouiiur un)'! rfjpiru I Roosevelt "free port plan" order of planes bombed the Bonin and Kazan the western front in France. for the miemplmment and other conference that sometime ex einnnmlr dlxriintinn which ma lemirti mrr to rontiniio hour the At the end of the war. they Islands the same day.

and that a rnorm be returned to their coun-1 "powerful enemy U.sk force of at mane rear-p Berlin reported a Russian breakthrough on the East border north of the frontier village of Virbalis near the New yoik governor tries. least 10 vessels James H. McMenamin (center), chairman of the striking Philadelphia Transportation company workers, confers with Capt. Alfred B. Frazin tleftl, of New York, and Capt.

J. W. Cody 'right of Schenectady, army representatives, at Philadelphia. following the army's seizure of the city's transportation system to break a four-day strike. AP Wirephoto).

If Anna KTrm icabrff Tjiilwav and destroyers, is assembled on the and that "heavy fighting is go Philadelphia Tieup Enters Fifth Day; Showdown Is Near ALLIED TROOPS ensue. And, a notial. the blame for th dllivdallvlng wilt be placed on the legislative rathel than the executive bianrh of the government. By comparison PieMrient Roosevelt and hi aide will appear to be the otilv tiard-woiking group In the capital. Although it ha soft-pedaled It sea in the Chichi Jima i Bonin) area." Hit Mukden Area The Lightnings reportedly struck NINE UTILITIES ing on.

form appearances at Mattoon. 111. and Terre Haute. to shake iiand with the enthtiMastic and tiie curious who gathered to see his Pawling. N.

V. -bound train go through. Irwev. who told a new conference at Iouis yesterdav he was confi The spectacular American break the Mukden industrial area recently raided by Superfortresses. Chichi Jima was reported raided three times I Friday, and Iwo Jima.

in the Kazan LOBE I Fl dent the Republican ticket would win cut txitlr alnre Senator Alben Baikleva famous revolt over the November "regardless of the warj 47 PASSENGERS news, kept up while en route the; organizational drive that has marked through that virtually cut off the Breton peninsula and its Atlantic seaports and a British victory in the woodlands of Normandy put the Germans in a critical position along a front broadening to 170 miles in western France. One Allied officer declared that the Germans had no defense system before the German frontier similar to the Atlantic wall the Allies broke through. group, twice. The islands are about I halfway between the Marianas and Japan. Allied sources made no men Eighth Army Units Occupy hi activities thus far.

Held Conference He held brief conferences with DIE III WRECK Detroit Edison Order Seen as Precedent Affecting Pow. er, Phone Firms Southern Suburbs After Heavy Fighting; tion of the attacks. Tokyo's radio announced today the Japanese government had abolished its liaison council, present ink with imperial headquarters, and Nestor'B. Nessy. predicted that 7,000 employes of General Motors' Chevrolet Gear and Axle division, Detroit, would vote Sunday to return to work and end a week-long strike.

In all, two dozen disputes existed across the country. IRalph Ciates. Republican nominee tor governor of Indiana: Homer jCapchart. I'nlted senatorial and John I-auer. Hoosier Marshal Rokossovsky's armor pushed west of the Vistula river to had established "with Imperial sane- Cars Demolished After Side- tax veto, the "palace guard believe that the belittling of the parliamentary body improtea P.

Ii 'a prestige. And unless the lawmakers heed the Vanrienherg demand, thev will play directly Into the administration's hand on election eve. House and senate are supposed to he in session now. But hatdly a cot pot a 1 guard answers the roll rail. Harassed members facing re-election would like to remain at home at least tin'ii after labor I)mv.

while other want to postpone their return to Washington until after November 1 Hut they btave an outburst of popular in A the aftermath of a state nnhlie turn a supreme council to map out ft. O. P. chairman, during a stop at within 77 miles of the Silesia border of Germany, advancing at the PHILADELPHIA. Aug.

5 UP) Three regiments of the Pennsylvania State Guard, fully armed, were mobilized today as 6,000 Philadelphia Transit strikers again defied Vnited States army orders to end a five-day work stoppage marked by racial disorders and threats of violence against returning workers. A high source said the guard units would be used "only to maintain order" in connection with the army's effort to restore bus, trolley, subway and subway-elevated service In the nation's second largest arsenal. By NOLAND NORGAARD ROME, Aug. 5 (P Eighth army late last night, discuss-jrvice commission order to the De- basic policy for directing the war. swiping Freight; Wounded Troopers Aboard rate of more than a mile per hour.

troops have completed occupation Marshal Konov captured Ropc- of the suburbs of Florence south of zyce, 27 miles east of Tarnow, in a Ing campaign plans with them as he Tro Mison fompanv to rebate "na IO "ain greater narmony ana had with the 2S other Republican 000 to customers in 22 south-coordination between the fighting governor who conTerred with him aiern communities, officials ofind c'v" services." Kt. Umls. other malor utilities through- "An adjustment leading to greater Reporting on the Missouri meet- the state Saturday faced nossi. harmony between the supreme com- IE CLAMPS DOWN ON JORS drive against Krakow, last big Ger man stronghold barring the inva STOCKTON. Aug.

5 (JP) A west-bound Atlantic Coast Line the Arno river and, bearing down along a 25-mile sector, are pressing the enemy back against the stream sion road to the reich. His forces jing in what he said was his role as b1' repayment to their m8nd and governmental affairs is threatened to join with Rokossov "leader of the partv." Dewey an-j Chairman Gilbert T. Shllson of more important than any other mat-! passenger train crashed Into the dignation if event In Kuiope pro locomotive of a by-passed freight Japan's premier, on both sides of the city, Allied headquarters said today. on a siding near here early todav. en i i inr hirii 'nounred that the coiitrovcrcie be- 'he commission said the other utili- 'er," explainet no adeouata the state and the federal had been ordered to report cur-, Kuniaki Koiso.

1 government "have been settled a a financial positions bv Septem- th ined the sky's for a frontal attack on Krakow and German Silesia. Other forces pounded at Warsaw's eastern gates and farther north Red army artil dint a domestic thev have made plans. Dutch New Guinea klllinff at least 47 Persons, mostly Gen. Sir Harold Alexander's com Strict Controls Ordered (By the Associated Press) A few bright spots the nation's somber labor to ran av isoorers going nome ior tne I matter of national policy by our b'r IS so that the commission might, north coast the Japanese are "in full mand announced that "although the week-end to Alabama. party and to the complete satisfac- decide whether they.

too. faced fed- lery shelled the enemy on his own territory in East Prussia. enemy proclaimed that he regards Prevent Any Halt in War Production United States mechanized forces Florence as an open city, he has seen fit to use It for his military retreat." General Douglas MacAr-thur announced today. He said the Japanese second army, charged with the defense of Dutch New Guinea, yielding 700-mile sweep of coastal H. L.

Tomlinson, station agent for! j- TU the railroad, said at least 47 bodies Picture today. 1 he had been found. Nearly all the (number idle in this country and dead, he said were Negroes. mem-jCanada dropped to about tion or the governors representing erai excess profits taxes which might three-fourth of the people." He be returned to their customers, said he doubted tiiat Democratic The companies ordered to submit governor could disagree with the "'e information Included the Con- Hollar Coin HERN Democrat on Cap-" itol Hill. Including President Roosevelt' own cronies, slapiied Sidney Hillman down again when swarmed over half of the Breton peninsula in thrusts that carried close to the big port and shipbuilding center of Nantes on the Loire il4-iwtint fmriinos nf th Mitarsnra sinners Power rnmnani' tlKin-vt area Without A ftpht WA vitHHronr WASHINGTON.

Aug. 5 WPl Act- rr." "1C aa Deell 000 from the 39,000 total "1 ran uv mifhnnt ti.at'Rell Teleniinne vmnoit- in? toward the ssttifh unA -ct 1 a' Doctortown, Ga. Tomlinson said In fourlng t0 Prevent increases in civilian yesterday (Friday) and to within 85 miles of the naval fie HIITORI AI. PAfiR the quarreling and b-kering the Consolidated Gas company. Alpena hope of ultimate evacuation were ln tne wreckage, last 12 years between national and Power company.

Cleveland Cliffs western New Guinea. The could. not estimate the num-state goernment will come to an Power comoanv. Indiana and Mieh.ilosses cannot fail to he calamitous i ber- An undetermined number were cases involving the menwar production. War MobUization base of Brest at the tip of the peninsula.

The Allied communique an The Road to Berlin (By the Associated Press) 1 Russian front 322 miles (measured from eastern Warsaw). Italian front 605 miles (measured from Senigalliai. 3 French front 630 miles (measure from Troarn). returned or voted to return to! Director James F. Byrnes has or injured.

OlilS LMOII MS dered strict controls over employment hi all labor-shortage areas. end with the election of a Republl-jigan Kleclrlc company. Wisconsin- On Guam. Americans captured Mt. ran administration." the O.

O. P.lMlchlgan Power rompanr. Houghton Barrigado, a new height from which nominee said. County Electric Light company and to shell 7.000 or more Japanese nounced that Rennes, hub of the operations in Brittany, "is in our hands." Street fighting raged yesterday in the by-passed provincial Byrnes gave the war manpower Turner Rockwell, managing editor of the Valdosta Times, who reached the scene shortly after the crash, said two passenger cars were de te-poie to query as to Michigan Associated Telenhnne com. Dinned into the north end of th encouraging rcw from the pany.

Island. United States carrier planes IN GRAFT CASE Fills In rhl work, frospecta improved-tor prompt settlement of the Montreal, tram strike and Detroit's only major stoppage. Hoover, the Philadelphia transport tie-up entered its fifth day, with a showdown looming between defiant strikers and the army, now capital. Advancing Rapidly molished and two others damaged. war front ulc help the I attacked the trapped garrison with Rebate Granted 1 In KrlVattibaiP flaaaw-ata Rockwell said an apparent rail commission veto power over reconversion steps the war production board which WMC believes would divert workers from war plants.

He authorized war agencies to use unprecedented war powers to insure 1 bombs and rockets, but gains were replied he was "convinced the Re-' nr "e'roit order granU traffic, and when outfought south of the city has blown up all the bridges except the historic Ponte Vecchio. His paratroops, however. slight failure hurled the passenger train into the freight as It passed the sid Headquarters also announced that American forces thrusting eastward towards Paris by-passed Mortain American and Chinese troops eel publican partv will win regardless rrsiornuai. commercial of the war news" Industrial customer ln Ann Ar- a um unn 4i nun rvi ing. The passenger cars struck the ii i at i it- iiH.vspnvpr rare Krnifir i i compliance.

These include the stop in charge under President Roose Pralsino Ihe -unity of Detroit and suburb. East De- VL .1 "'leneine of the freioht nn ing are posted along the northern bank of the Arno within the city limits." Hhat had gone Into tne nroduotmn troit. Lapeeer. Monroe. Mt.

An' lengthwise. It was in that car that ti velfs orders. The government pre-'PaBe of materials, equipment, fuel, dieted arrests of return-to-work ob-! Power and transportation facilities Court Holds Questioned Tes timonv. Attack on Witness fees Up to Jury mere were no reports todav in of the governors' 14 policy PPn Huron' fight ingand ments. Dewev said thrre had been Oak and Ypsllantl.

e. nh "l.P-,7llil- Mid. to civilian employes who exceed and reached the area of Barenton, six miles to the southeast, in an advance this week of nearly 25 miles from Avranches. German troops were reported ln a general withdrawal in Normandy from the whole Odon-Orne valley dicating actual fighting within the portions of Florence reached by Eighth army units, but an Allied established "a very close wotking niison said the rebate The car immediatelv behind that said the rebate might ZDVe SUta yS2 Th' Car behind that jeiationsnip among the governors. or maa main directly by check to each split "ngthwlse was badlv or by deductions from les lhan 60 mllM frora demolislied.

and another was crum-ills. but the company was.1"?''""- pled by the Impact. Vl.nv am t.i tiie Republican national committee th.ir in ni.nin and hltiu-elf. ture bills, structors after partial service, resumed yesterday, collapsed last night. A new transport tangle developed in Minneapolis where more than 1,000 over-the-road drivers walked out in renewal of a long-standing wage dispute with the Midwest Operators' association.

their labor quotas. "For the few programs in which production is now critically short and urgently needed, the facts warrant courageous action quickly," the mobilization director said yesterday. "People want to leave their jobs in war plants in order to get back into spokesman said "it is clear that the enemy intends to oppose the crossing of the Arno on both sides of the city which remains in no man's land." southwest of Caen. The British captured Villers- Bo-cage, key of German defenses west of the Orne river, and swept up at See RATES Page three to six miles southwest north and west of Hengyang. Another Chi-! KiV tDri-MPff he I nese force was reported to have en-1 tered Chaling.

60 miles from Heng- said' 11 wns impossible to make an accurate count of the dead All along the south side of the least; is towns and villages. In this area the Germans' withdrawal was Arno, British, Indian. New Zealand civilian business. If the present MORALE OF FAMED Also on the darker side were new ang Some were near the engine of the stoppages at three Illinois war uua njuescriDeo as oroeny. xney leit De- and South African forces crushed the Nazis back and threatened to quittal of at least some of the 22: A Wide Range defendant In the leglolatlve stall The r'lu statements covered a trial, defense attorneys outlined to- wute range of politirallv-potent is-dav argument to the menu court Mjr.

topied bv the general conrlu-Jiiry in which next week they will Mn that there should be continuing plead that the five finance rim- onsuliatin on similar matter be-panv nffuial and 17 meinbet vt tween Ihe goernors and whoever is the 19M legislature should be found president. Innocent. The governor followed rloselv the The finance official are charged pattern et bv the c. P. national with palng and Ihe legislaine de- convention platform, expanding the fenrtantA with receiving bniie to- Chirago declaration onlv rarelv.

plants involving 2 900' two new otiuuaijr muiiuwu rims oi ruugu wooaen crosses walkouts in the Pittsburgh district, i4? Posslbuity of an early end of (marking the graves of Germans who cut the weakening defenders into ireigiu train, evidently being jerked out of the car that was sliced ln two. One body was thrown 50 feet clear liiir nni, had fought in the pleasant wooded bringing the total of idle there to ti v- il. i UNIT BREAKS Salvaged Paper In Pickup Here or tne wreckage. duId and Da per on uie ropes; some 2.700 and a valley between the Odon and Orne. The Nazi radio reported mass formations of Allied bombers over The fireman of the freight whose 'mill tieup of 500 a wet Point va ne oazea and rii knees are buck west, roini, ya ling.

This is no time to take smau lormations. Two and a half miles east of Florence, a British division punched through Bango a Ripoli to within 1.000 yards of the Amo's banks, while the enemy still held hiirh a holi- name was not learned On the labor front: 100 OVer 170 TOnall" scaIdl- Tomlinson workers of the Reading, Street IVmI8 t0. recover.northwest and central Germany to immediately. peace was scalded. Tomlinson renorted workers of the Reading Pa Street is time to finish the We Allied air taling approximately I5 0OO in a They a new pro(osal for job.

day, as forces began a new jNone of the crew of the west-bound Railway company agreed to return conspiracy to corrupt the forming the establishment of machinery so Misinterpreted Orders Throw or law affecting the finance com- that war veterans could confer with ground to the east. Advance elements Dressing rfnnm cannot let down our men in the day or assaults aided by excellent armed services." weather conditions. WMC Chairman Paul V. McNuttl German reports said the forma- Sick men Into Front Line whs injured, he said. to work today to end a one-day Although the three-day waste pa-' Rescue work at first wa.

ham-1 stoppage that cut transport service per collection in Lansing fell short by lack of lighting facilities 25 percent; 5,700 strikers at John into Florence were reported was authorized to apply "all sanc-jtions headed into Brandenburg pamet' business hometown experts on job and other A preview of a portion of the de- benefits provided in tne I. bill frnse argument was provided Frl- ol right" and came out strongly dav when James E. Haggerty of the against "political control of the big defense attorney staff. profession of medicine Duty in Burma A. Roebling's Sons and Company, by the enemy in a brief delaying action, reminiscent of the flurry of Hons lawfully available to the gov- province, In which Berlin is located oi me zuo-ton goal set bv the salvage committee, official of the drive said Saturday they were well satis- See WRECK Page 2 ernment" against employers who fail but there was no indication that a to bring their payrolls down to 1 Penetration was made in the area Roebling and Trenton, N.

voted and started to return to work in compliance with a war labor board directive; 800 distribution employes SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND fled with results and thev eommenrl unsuccessfully to Judge John Simp-1 The administratively-experienced of the capital. CHILDHOOD TRAGEDY GRAND RAPIDS. Aug. 5 UP) standards set by local manpower priority committees in the 181 labor ami to strike out testimonv of thtee governor also added a cautionary HEADQUARTERS. Kandv.

all citizens and firms who co-kev Hate witnesses, on grounds note or two with' the declaration Aug. 5 A combination of "ill- operated. prosecution had 'bought and paid'' the state should use their own advised promises'' and faulty hos- Collins Thornton, superintendent Harrv. two-year-old on of Mr. and! of Public Service Gas and Electric shortage areas.

Mrs. George Jenkins, suffering from i company, Newark, N. and 11 other nsming on tne outskirts of Rome, which the Nazis found necessary in order to gain time to extricate their main forces from the city. It was suggested that the Germans probably spared Ponte Vecchio because it is unsuitable for wheeled traffic. It resembles the old London bridge, with shops built on either side of a narrow narhwav resrue oeioie ascin leoeral aid pital procedure caused an "almost of public works and a member nf first and hums died cities voted to return todav.

and rtpenae Payment Altai ked 'ate puniic works and with the complete breakdown in morale" ln the waste paper committee, revealed in Butterworth hospital Friday a stoppage of 2.000 at Houdaille-I The aerial activity began with a devastating moonlight attack by Ninth air force Marauders on ammunition and fuel dumps in De Sille forest 30 miles east of Laval that left the depots swirling in flames. In the smash against Germany Amerirsn that the three. rinv nirlr-im 1 ninl.t Tk- v-ir I Unrc'nnu fomnrarlnn Hi i a BOARD SECRETARY'S Haggerty attacked what he Mid J'L" m' nt famous "mi innia. 4 lie Vllliu tuuiru wa. s- iignting units.

Hrig. en. rrank iiun ton, me west side again car- water faucet in a bathtub while tak- was ended. during the siege: ried off honors by donating 72 8 ing a bath. A C.

I. Workers official, C.rrt grand turv which f.ud ar- 1. 01 men. Merrill Marauders. above the stream.

innouncea or- while tne east and north sides con- re.t of the 22. imlawfuliv r-rowded To oppose possible Eiehth arm tributed 53 tons and the south side ana ranee yesterday the Allies flew 4.000 sorties, downed 50 enemy planes ln the air and destroyed a areclal living allowance to Ma) tod. l- rh.ri.. ii. P- tocia.

The incident occurred STATUS UAICERTAIHI crossings on either side of Flnrenr. near tne tons. ii, i ta, muui 11, F-J II end of May. when the American po-1 It was also announced Saturday 'sitton at the Japanese-held North that members of Boy Scout Troop Rlirni 1 iujV Germans Have No Strong Defenses in West France Liquor Commission Defers number on the ground. Allied losses were 19 bombers and 22 fighters.

Torrid Wave In Area Seen nM iru puuiiua Ol pa- carlou. Capture of the town was per and magazines in the Everett announced yesterday. I school district on Wednesday and An official inquiry bv the Inspec-(Thursday. Yankee Pilot Saves Comrade In Aerial Feat the Germans have massed artillery on the heights around Fiesole, three miles to the northeast. From there the enemy has direct observation of Allied movements ln the Arno valley.

A message reaching the Allied command from the Florence national committee of liberation said the Germans had evacuated tnhabi- lne uermans had evacuated tnhabi- en J. Prew. former vice pteskleni of the General Finance corporation of Detroit, and Joseph Koosevelt Hemaiu' assistant, ln addition, he said. Roosexelt received financial aid ftnni the grand Juiv for his family Haggerty argued that It was "Just a lllrgal" for the prowculion to ilo urn favor for witnesses a It one Allied By JAMES M. LONG land Just after D-day, Action on Resignation of J.

F. Richardson ior general nmoe aisciosea mat, for w.rk several hundred Marauder were re- moved from temporary dutv while' LnsI.n LONDON, Aug. 5 Amer- ofr aa army which ls l-an rmnrl nf nf tha Wnf. i i 1 1 convalescent, and were Dy "iasmoniie. vveis- A Tilt I a -4s Moderating frm entire would be for the defense to ner.d MOSCOW.

Aug 5 Air to 've duty. The tris-; L5' Jl! mandy Invasion beachhead hasldefense by counterattack, already the German i Journal. Howard Sober peaenneaa Dy eounterauac. inao. Status of John F.

Richardson of la.ge gl of monev to bung it fighter pilot. Gladstone as secretary of the state witnes.se heie and maintain ih.m an drome at F.icsani ln Romania nrav w.uh;"ppea tne western iront wiae proven aaepv a avauu 'Learn Bombardier in 1 1 1 I lrV Mill tin aXiawniV rnnimimlralltra as ts4 vimna k. li-. i nuicu sjuov i aii.uiij uvi. HOt'RLT TFMPFRATlRrs "0 10 a.

oi 11 a. in "0 13 soon of the barrel- fo manpower, the cate there is no coherent svstem of And the German Infantryman has in doubt Saturday as the commis- 7 equally adept at digging in'sion withheld until next week a de ii in nr ii'nf-u viuaiir' in Mnnrf mmtii mini imni jima oeairrs. LJinsmg iron1, nroinre of the turv i deria. a shuttle mission f.m Jiaiv land Metal Prierii.nri fixed German fortifications short of proved Is German Prisoner a. fn 14' resort and being labori- l.

I noweer. remoai oi tne cona.e- "ithe Maginot and Siesfried lines. as a last I'nlled States, weather bnreaa temner- ataret. hard to dig out of his hole. rand tutv mfinenred in rrm to the battle area was, There have been reports for two.ously ith the aid of a drench- Second Lieut.

Paul E. Kenney result or a vears now stemming from Ger- That iiuihk a v.iiiri nunarn niMiirws. Lignt- The renort a'-arh no hlimi eiThvr inurmuu miu 111c lat.w testnnonv of 1 reporr a. no oiame enner. "lJr.u many by radio and press dispatches lng downpour was what Gen.

Sir mruiiai viiu ria ii iuiuuai Cooler weather over the week-end bombardier on a heavy bomber who was promised Saturday by the has been missing since February 11 weather man, with a possibility ofi the-to neutrals of herculean labors to: Bernard L. Montgomery Orne he helped to pav tiie britie. av tiie bribe, cision as to wnether his resignation would be accepted. Commission members, who steadfastly have refused to indicate their plans, left a closed meeting on the subject with the explanation the matter has been held in abeyance until next week. Richardson, who resigned a week ago with a critical statement of complete lniana cross-rTance ae- wois-uiiuuisu imu wjuuu vtu Prew Ito ha and of a Romanian meadow near Foe- leaders for deliberately ordering un- bundle nd he commended the pleaded guilty to the sail and puked up Lieut Richard fit men into line for an excellent job.

Four tge. that he partu l- connec-' fI0m Vocational school he commended in uii a ijiiAaiuii uver fense systems dignified by such in July. ill iiic luvai nira euillCLUlu: J. 'iik nearn. in.

ror aecurltv reason ln on nee Willste. 23. of long Hearh. Cal For aecurity reason In The rain and an infantry-manned manned one truck. names as "Hitler." "Von Rundstedt Saturday.

The mercury had clim bed Germany, is a only to 83 decrees bv noon. 01 the in racing a luna vMiig belly-landed tk.n with the Mvitkvina oneratu.n bribe anti-tank wall of 75s and 88s gave the Germans time to hole-in and w.th one engine shot out 'the report was withheld until clouds helDinit to hold down the tern-, 0erman Sovern-f i I Ariument Mart Manda As Andrew threw away hi para- Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. St Uwell JA.

V.r. mount counterattacks. The British Commission policy, said he attended 1 un.ri?, turn i ui me uwu k. 1 perature. Iment; "f6" A brief but welcome shower Friday r.V'eale the meeting but "just thrust was stopped before it could The detense asked the court tork Wi.lsie on hi lap.

ordered the investigation. He wept and al.n thJ i' blowlne to ctlre.t aemiifal ih. a. a Meoersrhnutt formation attaeltri ih.n he lm Rasoline. the balance of mowing a wall or paper propa- He resigned shortly after Gover the proceeds will be distributed ganda and radio words.

4 i force Rommel's armor into action Strategy Is Flair afternoon brought 18 hundredths of iji. Jl" an inch of rainfall to parched lawns an' gtotind that reasonable the lightning which were circling that a many able-bodied men as mods" could not doubt Ininxence pethead I lent. N. A Pate of Au- possible be thrown into action had among Scout troops and the Voca-i nor Kelly upset the commission's plan to have him become purchas- Can Make Stand That strategy is plain, right down and Virtnrv oarriens In the Vasr tior.M school on a pro-rata basis, ac- of the accused after hearing the tin. Te cown one be" But all those inB director.

Declaring that had no Kiver street. sing area evidence, anfi tnat the warrant and damaged another. in a telegram The rainfall also halted the tem jiniiuence on nis resignation, rticn-lardson indirectly criticized new ad mi. r.anr cording to the number of hour on 1 lo the Iignting man on tne iront. Merrill visited the unit, where ovUof hf roop ihooT 'Pt17' tnis OOM not mean An American paratrooper back from In the feet ion was reported and po" OI lnf or "'jthat the Germans can not make Lx weeks of rough and tumble fight- itskiru of ''d vailable lnlormatton.

An' another strong stand. Somewhere ing nut it this way: enemy plane misinterpreted position to know to the fighting man on the front. wrongfully alleged two pf'ense as wa uninsured jffom the war de- perature climb, with the thermom constituting a mgie conspiracy. f. ned lar.cir.a ln the oi ministration policies instituted by partment.

The eter dropping from 95 to 75 degrees. telegram Juds Stmpon said the un would Foraanl which i to miles north- oMlrl "r.er him running nrf t-i e.n Governor Kelly after he installed the great Seine-Loire triangle. stated. The record for the season was estab-itria, rnn Marauder are all volunteers. Marauder are all volunteers nae to eecide tnese thing, ao met ol Glati.

lne with Pans as its Inland point, they uimiia poujL, uwy keep him on the run. But Just "en. iuis amms geep mm on me run. But just stop I 'll i hilled IH Italy try. but undoubtedly it wiU JOng enough to light a cigaret and.eral manager of the commission.

Argument of the attorneys to I Some saw service In the Solomons; the jurv are to start Mondav morn- THK KIAMD rHIPPTAIN elsewhere In the South seas be a mobile line of men, tanks, guns Jerry will dig ln and fight until ing. mev were recruited as a special iand of improvised mine and wire Determination Pays J'T'' funher M' Hea s'atf I Lieutenant Kenney enlisted with Temperatures moderated through- the army air forces in October 1941 out the state in the wake of cooling; and received his commission at Saa showers that resulted in as muchiAngeio, Tex April 1, 1943. as an inch of rainfall during thei rFRTHIN llF HIN FAPTs; uri- inr mi Jtonun fields not a Maginot line or any- vou go right into the hole after him." At this moment Jerry ls on the T'V. i ret TB a a GRAND ISLAND, Neb. uPV-De Hooked! I a i miu ssmie oi mem oe-1 nun.

noro as re- unng luce one. ia ivnn r. eved as a result of "111-advtsed ceived Fridav from the war depart- In pUin fact. Marshal Erwin But he running at most spite his 78 years and a bus trip of places behind a dogged suicide stand 'nearly 250 miles. Charles Winkle niv.

sikj 1 vtoiiera who hate Soiomons is.and chief a for ra i ft. night, according to the Associated RECOGNIZE LEBANON Inn- liifk ln leirrhipt i k. s.iamicr urren. von Kunasreci, or wnoever scnemea o.i iw.a v. oniir.anarr vs.

iirav- miSMOn In Burma and that there, had been killed in anion in Tri it all fittf tnrwart a nut l-i 4 ri 'Z Commander Mvron Orav- mn in Burma and that there- had been killed in acti Press. rearguard crust hoping for-time to'pleck of near Manhattan, dig in anew. beamed proudly as he paid a bill at Bur.kerhtll eegs all in one basket a gun-bris- ITH A bi11- force they would be disbanded and The Green home is in aern vsol.r. wrio need 2o0 used that occupied hi domain had a sent home. township Just east of pellets it he.

10 continue in business woman wuh them The report mm that bv June church. Jogging closely into the enemy's the hospital here a bill dated Au-! whole uncertain next defense is the 'trust 3. 1887. DLsmissrd from the Friday was Detroit's hottest Au-' ug' 3 A MOSCOW gust 4 in the 71-year history of "JS nerrou hr. r.rrf.

had established between tfie Housel tling coast Between that coast and the fichfinir mannower has available i hswcnital S7 nin a on Wink-lonlerk- a iftator of a driving range Oravbill. a xeieran of tne Pacific the Mara k.h k. a maximum of 98. one degree short Private Green's there ls no or can move up from other menaced was told to pay the bill, amounting of the most extreme heat of the year. the Soviet Union antt the Lebanese Republic, former French mandate at the eastern end ol the Mediterranean which was granted, its independence late in 1943.

azis nave any ior engaged fronts through the quar-1 to J21.42. whenever he could. Winkle- arrons a the antme belt Of Allied homhx and nlerk oave the hnanital 2S inrl re. lh'eies who may nm imia wuains, i.yie ranro-vjerman iront IV llA krd hl he tou, nionths and were ar.d Raymond, both are ln the sefvJ indication that the trT rv iuppK exhausted, and ice. He had been the army ior'other built-up waU wet in upp.

1 I ate her. jenr.g from 'more than two yeara. ide'ense work, hrm two brothers. Lyle Franco-German frontier more than two rears. i defense works we broke through on French resistance.

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