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I A 3-3 Thirty-First Year No. 9510. Wisconsin Rapids, Tuesday, June 27, 1944. Single Copy Five Cents vTT To TTVt 1 rr WW MQnfriiiiri Karma A rm) Q) ullUJ pniw am rap a jEk ay Oa FlecEiotnioig U.S. Troops Mop Up Conquered Cherbourg At inland for New ays Martin BRITISH TROOPS DRIVE WITHIN 3 MILES OF CAEN Red Army Takes Orsha As White Russian Wall Crumples Under Attack Moscow (IV) Red army forces have captured the White Russian bastion of Orsha, Premier Stalin announced tonight in a special order of the day.

BULLETIN Chicago Stadium The Republican national convention rushed toward climactic developments today. Platform-drafters announced agreement, and it was learned that Gov. Earl Warren of California might say by nightfall whether or not he was in the running for the vice presidential Nips Increase Resistance On Saipan Island "4 i 'i tv fc i r. t. '3 I Chicago Stadium '(.) Rep.

Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts, permanent chairman of the Republican convention, declared today the "day of reckoning is at hand" for the Democratic party, as delegates cheered Gov. Earl Warren of California, the keynoter, and pushed toward a decision on a vice presidential In Albany, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New Xork, assured of the presn dential nomination, was reported making preparations to come here on short notice possibly by tomorrow to accept.

Many more than the KEYNOTER IN ACTION Governor Earl Warren, as he appeared delivering his keynote address at the Republican national convention in Chicago. He is mentioned as a possible running mate for Tom Dewey if the latter gets the nomination. Republicans Will Free Country From New Deal, Chairman Martin Says Chicago Hep. Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts took up the gavel as permanent chairman of the Republican national convention today with a declaration that his party would "save constitutional government at home" and "build an enduring peace." Martin, minority leader in the FRANCE, POLAND, BALKANS ARE HIT BY ALLIED PLANES Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (IP) Up to 500 American heavy bombers attacked Budapest and Yugoslav railroads Brod today, and U.

S. strategic air. forces in Russia announced the bombardment of a synthetic oil plant Monday at Drohobycz in Poland. From yet a third direction, British Halifax bombers from England at-, tacked a military installation in northern France. Dense clouds and near gales over the channel, however, limited air blows from Britain although Mosquitos by night bombed Gottingcn in northwest Germany and Nazi troops encamped south of Caen in Normandy.

The American heavies from Italy fought through screens of Nazi fighters and destroyed an unspecified number in reaching the overcast Hungarian capital and Brod. Targets at Budapest were not named and the clouds obscured results. The Brod yards were well covered. The planes flying from the Russian shuttle bases were convoyed by U. S.

Mustangs and Russian planes. "Excellent weather prevailed and crews reported good bombing results on the target," approximately 75 miles west of the west-bound Russian front, U. S. strategic air force headquarters in Russia announced. The attack group apparently returned to Russian bases.

The British daylight attack was without loss. Unfavorable weather over the battle zone again threatened to limit today's operations. The only other activity reported overnight for Britain-based allied air See AIR WARFARE Page 7 Dewey May Leave ForChicagoToday To Deliver Speech Albany, N. Y. (iP) Gov.

Thomas E. Dewey may entrain tonight for Chicago where, if nominated for president, he will deliver his acceptance speech to the Republican national convention Wedncday night. This development cropped up today when the governor's office declined to affirm or deny that the stage was set for a train dash to the convention scene tonight should Gov. John W. Bricker withdraw from the race.

If Dewey's nomination were as-eured today beyond reasonable doubt, it would permit the governor to leave for Chicago several hours before the actual balloting began. The purpose would be to close the convention as soon as possible. If he does not go by train tonight, Dewey and four members of his official family art prepared to fly to Chicago Wednesday, provided he is nominated by afternoon. Business Houses Plan 3-Day Closing As a plan give their employes a highly desirable three day holiday, some 40 Wisconsin Rapids stores and other business houses, including local banks, will be closed Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of next week. The three day holiday will thus include Monday as well as the usual religious holiday and Independence, day, July Fourth.

The plan is one similar to that employed in Stevens Point, Marsh-field, Wausau and seyeral other state cities. In this city the closing is a group plan, not sponsored by any civic organization. The routine utility services of ice and milk distribution will continue as usual next week, so that housewives will not be without these highly perishable necessities. McCoy Troupers Are Elk Dinner Guests Forty members of the cast of the "It's the McCoy" show stopped long enough between the time their train pulled in here. at six o'clock Monday night and curtain time to be feted at supper by the local Elks lodge.

No program was planned due to lack of time, but eight or 10 of the Elks officers were on hand at a local restaurant to see that the McCoy cast did not lack for things to eat. DIES OF INJURIES Burlington, Wis. (IP) Gilbert Thompson, 29, of Vandalia, died today of injuries suffered Monday night when the trailer cab in which he was passenger left a Racine county highway. The driver wai not hurt. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (IP) British troops in a major attack have struck within three miles of Caen, German bastion in eastern Normandy, a field dispatch said today as Americans mopped up in conquered Cherbourg and supreme headquarters estimated Nazi casualties since D-day at "not less than 70,000," including 32,000 prisoners.

Even as allied experts were rushed in to make Cherbourg a huge in vasion funnel of men and supplies, Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery struck powerfully on a front six to seven miles wide east and southeast NAZI HONORED New York (IP) The Berlin ra dio told the German people Monday night that Ado Hitler had award ed the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross to Hear Admiral Wa ter Hen- necke, the German naval commander in Normandy, for preparing the "destruction of Cherboure." The broad cast, reported by the federal commu nications commission, boasted that the "feat" was unprecedented in the annals of coastal defense." of Tilly-Sur-Seulles, toppling three more towns, and front reports said advanced elements reached within three miles of Caen on the west. Caen 120 miles from Paris was being savagely defended, but Montgomery's assault was reported "progressing well." Despite rain-bogged roads and fields. Thousands of Prisoners The American Seventh corps under Maj.

Gen. Joseph L. Collins-comprising the 79th, Fourth and Ninth divisions captured Cherbourg, it was disclosed. Thousands of prisoners were being rounded up today, and 9,000 were taken Monday, including Lt. Geh.

Carl Wil-helm Von Schlieben, Nazi garrison commander, and Rear Admiral Hen- necke, sea defense commander of Normandy. Eight American divisions now have been identified as fighting in France. The 79th, the eighth to be disclosed, is from Pennsylvania and is commanded by Maj. Gen. Ira T.

Wyche. With it in crumpling Cher bourg's defenses were the fourth di vision, commanded by See INVASION Page 7 Ceilings On Used Cars Begins July 10 The local war price and rationing board has issued the following statement in regard to the sale of used cars. "All used cars will have ceiling prices after July 10, and 1937 and later models will have specific dollar prices printed in the regulations. "The local board or a dealer can quickly inform you of the exact ceiling price of any car, but you will have to know the make, year, model, body type, and whether the car has a heater or radio or any special built in over-drive clutch or transmission. An additional charge may be made for such extras.

"There will be two types of ceilings on used cars 'as is' and The 'as is' price applies on all sales by individuals who do not maintain repair shops. The 'warranted' price may be charged by dealers who recondition cars and give the buyer a written 30 day or 1,000 mile guarantee. TO CLEAR STORM AREA Monroe, Dozens of townspeople and farmers in the Monroe area have volunteered to go to the storm areas around Gratiot and South Wayne, and Wins-low, on Thursday to assist in clearing debris from tornado-wreck ed farm homes and fields. Railroads May To Make Way Washington () New regulations empowering the railroads to "bump" civilian passengers went into effect today as a government spokesman disclosed that plans are ready to handle a possible 10-fold increase in the movement of war casualties to hospitals. "We cannot guess how many wounded will be returned from the invasion fronts for hospitalization," said a spokesman for the office of defense transportation, "but we have had to anticipate that ten times as many will be transported as in the pre-invasion period." Railroads are virtually at the saturation point in passenger traffic Under one of the most terrific air assaults of the war, Germany's White Russian forward wall formed by the Orsha, Mogilev and Bobruisk bulge appeared to be collapsing today, with the entire salient of more than 100 miles in immediate danger.

Ceaseless Attacks Red air fleets from four fronts were ceaselessly attacking enemy reserves, tank formations and forward positions and hitting at bridges and communications behind the enemy's tottering lines. On the ground, four powerful red armies advancing along a 250-mile front began converging on the Minsk gateway to Warsaw and Hitler's Reich. The Germans were fighting sav agely to hold the great bulge but it appeared a hopeless task. Almost at Mogilev Despite this stubborn resistance, the red army was closing in rapidly on the remaining two bulge cities. Units were already in the outskirts and outlying sectors of Mogilev, battering at a deep system of trenches and concrete fortifications.

The great air role is being directed by Col. Gen. Vershinin, whose planes figured prominently in the capture of Sevastopol, Timofey Kruikin, brilliant, 33-year-old commander, Sergei I. Rudenko, and N. P.

Fapi-vin. Constituting the northern arm of the great converging ground forces was Gen. Ivan Bagramian's first Baltic front, which with 3G-year-old Gen. Ivan Sherniakhovsky's third See RUSSIA Page 7 CHIUSI IS TAKEN BY EIGHTH ARMY Rome (IP) Eighth army troops have again driven the enemy from the bitterly-contested ruins of Chi-usi, while the Fifth army, advancing along Italy's west coast, has reached a point ten miles beyond in a stab toward Livorno and Pisa, allied headquarters announced today. The Eighth army, after retaking Chiusi, nine miles southwest of Lake Trasimeno, the area where the Germans' have been putting up their most vigorous delaying action, plugged on several miles to the northwest.

Fierce fighting is in progress astride Highway 71, which leads to Siena, about 30 airline miles south of Florence, the communique said. Last reports had American and French troops battling up that road less than 15 miles from Siena. The Mediterranean army air force announced that at least 55 enemy planes were destroyed yesterday in giant air battles over the Vienna area, when the enemy sent the largest fighter force encountered in recent weeks into the skies against up to 750 American Fortresses, Liberators and their escort. The allies lost a total of 44 planes, including' 36 heavy bombers. Cloudbursts Inundate East Iowa Farm Lands Clinton.

Ia. (IP) Flash floods and cloudbursts in four eastern Iowa counties, with rainfall totalling more than 1L inches in 36 hours in one section, today had inundated thousands of acres of farm land, disrupt ed rail and highway traffic and kill ed large numbers ot' livestock and poultry. The rain began Sunday night and continued into Monday, with more than 11 inches falling in the vicinity of Oxford Junction. Sections of Clinton, Jones, Cedar and Jackson counties were hit Fertilizer Display Tomorrow Night A fertilizer demonstration at the Frank Tomczyk farm, town of Sigel, has been scheduled for Wednesday night at 8 p. m.

Besides fertilizer plot demonstrations there will be samples of the Chequamegan wheat, clover and pasture grasses. County Agent H. R. Lath rope, arranging the meeting, says he'll show films in the Tomczyk home after the field demonstration. The meeting place is on County Trunk five miles nprtk pi this (By the Associated Press) Japanese troops defending Saipan island sharply increased their resistance along a prepared line roughly bisecting the strategic stepping stone to Tokyo, reports 'from the scene said today.

Howard Handleman, representing the America Press, reported a big-scale infantry battle was shaping up. I he Iirm outline ot enemy defenses was emerging as American marines and infantry hammered at Garapan, the island's capital city. The line from Garapan runs southeast to Mt. Tapotchau, thence to Kafman peninsula on the east coast. Strong Defenses The enemy's "brutally strong de fenses" are Eet in the worst terrain encountered so far in the Pa cific war, Handleman said.

He added there was every evi dence the enemy was ready to engage in a large-scale infantry battle, something missing up to now. Garapan, fist Japanese capital city to feel the shattering weight See WAR IN PACIFIC Page 7 Bund Had Planned Farmers' Strike In Neiv York Area Washington (IP) A former member of the German-American bund told the jury at the mass sedition trial today that a farmers' strike in the area around New York City was to be the spark that would spread flames of revolt throughout the country. The witness, Roy P. Arnold of Los Angeles, testified he had been told this by Hans Diebel, one of the 29 defendants accused of conspiring to undermine the morale of United States armed forces and to set up a Nazi form of government here. Arnold said he and Diebel often discussed the "movement" the bund planned for this country and that Diebel told him the farmers' strike a refusal to ship their products would signal its beginning.

Diebel has been identified by the prosecution as proprietor of the Aryan bookstore in Los Angeles, al leged to have been outlet for bund and other similar publications. Junction City Legion Flans Big July Fourth Junction City, Wis. George I. Furo Post No. 281, American Le gion, is sponsoring the picnic to be held in the Junction City Commu nity park on Independence day July 4.

Proceeds will go into the build ing fund for the proposed Community hall. A full day of entertainment is planned, starting with the parade at 10 a. m. State officials of the American Legion will appear on a program, there will be a ball game, and concessions of all kinds will be in operation. Thirty-five gifts with a total value of approximately $300 will be awarded by the sponsors.

The American Legion Post No. 6 of Stevens Point is cooperating with the Junction City post. 2,500 Persons See McCoy Show Monday Approximately 2,500 persons attended the first in a series of "It's the McCoy" shows which are being held at Lincoln field house in Wisconsin Rapids on Mondays of each week this summer. The program, a musical and variety show, had as its theme the gain ing of recruits for the Women's Army corps. The G.

I. master of ceremonies was "Mickey" Shafe while music was provided by the Majors and Minors dance orchestra, Featured speaker on the program, which ran a little over an hour, was Colonel George M. MacMullin, Camp McCoy commander. A portion of the show, from 8:30 to 9 o'clock, was broadcast over stations of the. Wisconsin, Network.

votes required to nominate already were his. Almost at the hour for Martin's speech before sweltering thousands in the hall, the platform-drafting resolutions committee announced downtown approval of a foreign policy plank which retains the pledge assailed by Wendell L. Willkie and 15 Republican governors, to enforce future world security by an international orga-nization employing "peace forces." Plans were made to present the platform to the convention late today. Willkie's statement of criticism, released in New York last night, caused a stir when word reached the convention and led to new speculation on the possibility Willkie might bolt the party he led in the campaign ot 1940. He kept his own counsel on tlm point.

Hoover to Speak Former President Herbert Hoover, arriving for a major address before the convention tonight, predicted agreement on a plank and praised the speech in which Warren last night predicted that the slate victories won by Republicans in the last two years will extend to the nation in 1914. Some clearing of the vice presidential picture impended. Members of Governor Warren's own delega tion were reported urging him to state he will accept second place if ffered it. Support for Bricker Supporters of Gov. John W.

Brick er for president, still fighting for the nomination, contended "steamroller tactics by the Dewey camp" See CONVENTION Page 7 GOP Foreign Policy Against "World State" Chicago (IP) Heating down an nttempt by Gov. Sumner Sewall of Maine to "simplify" the language and eliminating some phrasing criti cized by Wendell L. Willkie the Republican platform committee en dorsed today a foreign policy plank opposing a "world state" and pro posing to maintain security by peace forces." Sewall told reporters that he had moved unsuccessfully in the meeting to eliminate the final phrase of an assertion that "we shall seek to achieve such (peace) aims through organized international cooperation and not by joining a world state." Willkie, the 1940 presidential nom inee, and a group of 15 Republican governors which included Sewall, had complained that this and the "peace forces" provision were am biguous. Willkie charged that the plank might mean "no international organization at all." Rejecting all these protests, the committee released immediately about one-third of a platform ex pected to run nearly 3,500 words in ength which it planned to lay be fore the convention at this after noon's session (4 p. m.

CWT). Because the platform drafters ap peared to have ignored largely the complaints of Willkie and the governors, there remained the imminent possibility of a floor fight on the foreign policy plank. Consolidated Gets O. On Home Repairs The Consolidated Water Tower A Taper company has obtained ap proval and priority assistance from the national housing authority for remodeling three houses in the city of Wisconsin Rapids. These buildings are being recon structed in order to provide living quarters for two families in each house.

The first building to be remodeled will be the former Utegaard home on Iirst Ave. A F. Billmeyer Son axa the architects, Much Hot Air! Chicago (IP) The weather bureau's official thermometer recorded 96.4 degrees at about 1 p. ni. today, giving Republican national conventioneers Chicago's hottest weather of the year.

Yesterday's 95.2 was the previous high this season. Forecaster H. S. Kenny had a cheering prediction for tomorrow, however "much less humidity," with a high of 85 to 88. Bradley Praises Troops For Taking Of French Port New York (IP) Lt.

Gen. Omat N. Bradley. American ground commander in Normandy, declared in a statement there today that "our troops who have carried out the attack on Cherbourg have done a magnificent job," and awarded decoration to the two U. S.

corps commanders who sped the victory. "It is a pleasure to say to the people of France, here is the first large city to be returned to you," Bradley declared, as quoted by an NBC broadcast. Bradley awarded Oak Leaf clusters to the Distinguished Sen-ice Medal to Joseph Lawton Collins, commanding the Seventh corps and Leonard T. Gerow, Fifth corps commander. The broadcast said Collins' Seventh corps "carried out the operations on the peninsula" of Cherbourg, while Gerow'g Fifth made the assault on the eastern beaches and advanced to near St Lo, road hub in the center of the Normandy front.

Roddis Employes Back At Work Today Marshfield, Wis. Approximately; 750 employes of the Roddis Lumber and Veneer company's two Marsh-field plants were back at work again today, after remaining away from work all day Monday. A meeting was called Monday night by Emery Becker, president of the Carpenters and Joiners AFL union, Uo. 1733, at which time he prevailed upon the workers to return to their jobs. About 800 employes attended the meeting.

A meeting of union and company representatives has been called this afternoon in an attempt to reach some plan of adjustment in the disputed matter. The Roddis plants produce wood products used in war materials. SLIGHT DAMAGE CAUSED Wilfred Hunziker, Milwaukee. backing his car from a parking space on West Grand avenue and Mrs. Arthur Treutel, city, driving east on West Grand avenue, collided late Monday afternoon causing slight damage to the neht front door of the Treutel car.

THE WEATHER For Wisconsin: Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunder a ms tonight. Wednesday part ly cloudy. Scattered fight showers extreme north por-t i n. ol r. Fresh to strong inds, diminishing late Wednesday.

Today's Weather Facts-Maximum temperature for 24-hour period ending at 7 a. 91; minimum temperature for 24-hou period ending at 7 a. 72; tern- perature at 7 a. 75, Frecipita jtion, trace. HEARING HELD ON NEW AIR ROUTES Washington (IP) Representatives of 42 air lines appeared before the civil aeronautics board at a pre-hearing today on applications for new north central air routes.

Most of the proposed routes cover stops in Wisconsin, Minnesota and northern Michigan. Chicago, Milwaukee, Duluth, and St. Paul-Minneapolis were indicated as major stops by many of the applicants, with stops or feeder service to hundreds of intermediate points. No date has been set for hearing testimony, though a majority of the applicants expressed preference for an approximate date of January, 1945. Among the applicants are American Airlines, Braniff Air Ways, Chicago and Southern Air lines, Inland Air lines, Mid-Continent Air lines, North West Air lines, Pennsylvania-Central Air lines, United Air lines and Air Services, Inc.

A Transcontinental Western Air lines attorney indicated the intention of his company to intervene in the protection of its existing air route servicing many points included in the applications. VFW Encampment Opens Wednesday Kenosha, Wis. (IP) The twenty third annual state encampment cf the Veterans of Foreign Wars opens here Wednesday and will continue through Saturday with delegates considering the problems of returning soldiers. The department auxiliary will hold a conference at the same time. Oust Civilians For Casualties now, the spokesman said, so that any additional load will mean the cancellation' of Pullman reservations and some "bumping" of civilians from berths and compartments while en route.

The new ODT order gives the railroads full legal authority to cancel reservations, space and tickets when necessary to make room for casualties. It authorizes the railroads to make passengers vacate berths or ether space already assigned, to forbid any but invalid troops and their attendants to board trains, and even to cancel regular intercity train schedules when the trainB are needed for casualties house, told the delegates the "day of reckoning" was at hand for the New Deal because people are "tired of bungling and fumbliilg, waste and extravagance, arrogance and bureaucratic dictatorship." Even some Democrats have rebelled, he said. Cites Communist Barking "We have seen the head of the Communist political party in this country, Earl Hrowder, merge his party with Sidney Hillman's CIO political action committee in a drive for a fourth term for President Roosevelt, and the election of a congress that will be subservient to the will of those organizations," he went on. "It presents a vital issue of this campaign, Do the people want these radical organizations, with their avowed purpose to remake America, to control the presidency, to secure a 'rubber stamp' congress, and to dominate our government? Of course they don't." Outlines GOP Course Martin outlined the course lie believed a Republican administration would pursue, and concluded: "We will save constitutional government at home and, on tho firm See MARTIN Page 7 Eugene Smith Is Killed In Action In N. Quinea Area Mr, and Mrs.

Garry Smith of this city, have received a war department telegram stating that their son First Sgt. Eugene Smith was killed in action in New Guinea on June 12. He was serving with Company 127th infantry. Eugene has two other brothers in service, Darrell, serving with the glider infantry, and Elwood, who is in the navy. He has another brother James, at home.

Eugene attended school in this city, and had served overseas for 28 months. Rural Women Go To State Plasma Center Miss Cecelia Shestock, home dem onstration agent, Bam today that a bus would leave Friday for the blood bank at Milwaukee, carrying 20 volunteers. This trip was planned in response to a motion made at the Homemak- ers Achievement day meeting held in Pittsvillo on June 15. Women making this trip will be from rural communities, Miss She- stock stated, although there have been numerous calls from women living in village and city areas. There will be other trips of this kind made to the Milwaukee blood bank, Miss Shestock added.

She and R. Lathrope will accompany the (group, on tho initial trip,.