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omraal WEATHER Partly cloudy to cloudy with showers tonight and Wednesday. Little change In temperature. HOME FINAL PRICE FIVE CENTS 20 Pares VOL. 154, NO. 53 105vh Tear A ACt-f inctiixQ jfcsr- ewspaper MADISON, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1944 mm Hue Wscons 3m Japs Claim U.

S. Force Hits Marcus U.S.S.R Three of Madison's Men of Sky Win Laurels Over Enemies Lands Milk Men Avert Strike, Give WLB 'Time for Action' 3-Way Attack Puts 17 German Divisions Between Two Fronts I iwi linv- held targets in Austria, Romania, and northern Italy. Lieut. Anderson is married to the former Doris Michell. He was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1941.

While at school he played baseball, football and basketball. Before entering the service Lieut. Anderson was employed as accountant and auditor by the General Electrical Co. of Schenectady, N. Y.

ing German-held targets In Austria, Romania and northern Italy, Italy. Sgt. Keepers is married. His wife lives at Wisconsin Rapids. His parents are Mr.

and Mrs. William A. Keepers, 437 State He attended East high school. Before entering the service, Sgt. Keepers was employed as foreman by the Coibin Fox farm of Mt.

Horeb. By REYNOLDS PACKARD (United Press War Correspondent) ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples U.R) Allied troops launched an nll-out offensive from the Anzio beachhead today under cover of a three-way bombardment by American battleships, heavy bombers, and artillery, clamping 17 German divisions between their fire and the main Italian battlefront 20-odd inilcH to Hid Moiilht'iist. American infantry mid tanks went over the top to break the Cierman ring around the beachhead after a shattering artil "Zir- atdi u- II All wmwi. I Of -tlm l' IS.Z'jOiAUJVi: MARSHALL HOWLANDl RABAUl- VTiiOlOAiON IS. CAROLINE NEW- pai TTSiO" MUNDAi- Vi.

1 1 mm IV. it From Anzio, Yanks Charge 'BloodyMile' BLXLETIX ANZIO BEACHHEAD, IUly (U.R) An imposing all-Amerlran convoy carrylnc many doughboys and hundreds of vehicles and funs arrived unscathed and on schedule for the punctual start of the new beachhead offensive. (The dispatch was the first to reveal that the Anzio beachhead had been reinforced with Americans troops before the offensive began.) Though the Japs claim that a huge American task force has raided Marcus island, circled in the above picture, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is still maintaining official silence on the Japanese report that 132 carrier based planes slashed at the island in seven waves Saturday and Sunday and that 32 planes were shot down. The island, one of the important stepping stones to Japan, is only four hours' flying time to Tokio.

House to House Fight Rages in Myitkyina lery barrage by more than guns massed behind them. Battle Enteri New Phase The Anzio offensive was synchronized with the '12-day push of the Fifth and Eighth armies, which simultaneously increased to a new pitch with a full scale assault on the last segment of the Hitler line and an American assault on Terracina. (Radio Berlin said American paratroops attacked German positions along the Appian way, presumably between the German beachhead lines and the main body of the Allied Fifth and Eighth armies attacking from the south.) A special announcement confirming German reports of the Anzio offensive emphasized that the battle in Italy now had entered a new phase as forces 20 to 30 miles below Rome slashed into the German flank, threatening to cut off from the rear the 150,000 to 255,000 enemy troops hurled into the main struggle. The first official report of the new offensive, synchronized with that of the Fifth and Eighth armies to the southeast, said no details of the fighting were available. 'Developing Successfully' (A Swiss broadcast reported by U.

S. government monitors said the beachhead offensive was "developing successfully" and had reached Lake Folgiano, indicating a gain of some 5 miles from the last known Allied positions at the southeast corner of the pocket and indicating a gap of about 15 miles between that area and the Terracina sector of the main battle-front.) (The German DNB news agency said that preparatory to the beachhead offensive the Allies had landed "extensive" reinforcements on the Nettuno coast under cover of artificial fog in the last few days.) Airmen of the great Allied fleet which ranged over the beachhead lines and environs, blasting German concentrations of every kind ahead of the Allied land forces indicated that the main weight of the push was directed southeastward toward the rear of German forces defending themselves against heavy blows on the Terra-cina-Piedimonte front. Pico Evacuated (The German DNB news agency reported that the Germans had evacuated Pico, middle hinge of the line angling up through the mountains from the Terracina to the Mt. Cairo sectors the first German acknowledgment of a major reverse since Marshal Al- (Contlnued on Page 2, Column 3) Sherman-Shorewood Bus Re-routed Because of repair work on Dayton the Sherman Hills bus is being routed over Johnson st. between N.

Hamilton and N. Carroll Capt. H. J. Morris, of the police traffic bureau, reminded residents today.

15th ARMY AIR FORCE Staff Sgt. William L. Keepers, 27, of 137 State Madison, tt right waist Kim-ner on a 15th army air force Liberator bomb- 17 awarded the Air V- Aieaai, it was announced today by the 15th army air force headquarters. This honor was bestowed upon him "for meritorious achieve ments in aerial KEEPERS flight while participating in sustained operational activities against the enemy." Sgt. Keepers is stationed in Italy with a 15th AAF Liberator bombardment group which has been bomb- 'Come In Says Nazi, Intruder Intrudes LONDON (U.R) The control tower at a German night fighter station today flashed a green light, meaning "it's okay to come in," and RAF Flying Officer B.

I. Crofts went in with the bomb bay doors of his Mosquito bomber wide open. The embarrassed Nazi signalman realized his error and switched to his red lights, advising the British bomber to go away. Crofts, a night Intruder pilot from Brisbane, Australia, ignored the advice and laid his 500-pound bombs squarely across the intersection of the field's runways. The Germans finally switched off all their lights and started shooting, but by that time Crofts was on his way home.

Rain, Warmth Our Lot Today Temperatures1 will average above normal for the next five days and precipitation will be heavy in southern Wisconsin through Thursday, the U. S. weather bureau predicted today. The Madison area will have oc-cational showers or thunderstorms today, tonight, and Wednesday, and temperatures will remain mild. A low of 50 was forecast for the city tonight.

Meteorologists promised a rainless but cooler Friday and Saturday. With a mean temperature of 77, Madison was 17 degrees warmer than norma' Monday. The high North hall was 78 at 4:30, but the mercury soared to an 82 maximum at the airport weather bureau. The low was 58 at both meteorological stations. Although the center of the city had no rain, .16 of an inch fell at Truax Field in a 3 a.

m. shower today. The long range forecast called for above normal temperatures in Wisconsin. Iowa, and Minnesota through Thursday, with slightly below normal readings Friday and Saturday. Precipitation will average heavy in southern Wisconsin and Iowa and moderate in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Three Madison men, flying with the 15th army air force in Italy and the Eighth army air force in England, have been honored by their commanding officers for "meritorious achievement" in their battles against the enemy, The State Journal was informed today by army dispatches from the front. The dispatches follow: 15th ARMY AIR FORCE Second Lieut. Charles K. Anderson. 24, of 2333 IlollMcr Madison, i i-w-r i Vl II IS 1HJW navigator on a i 7 A 15th army air force Liberator bomber, has been rs awarded the Air Medal, it was announced day by 15th army air forre headquarters.

This honor was bestowed upon him "for meritorious achieve ANDERSON ment in aerial flight while participating in sustained operational activities against the enemy." Lieut. Anderson is stationed in Italy with a I5th AAF Liberator bombardment group which has constantly been bombing German- $300 Fire Damages Drug Store Fire which was discovered promptly did $300 to $400 damage to basement stock of Liggett's drug store, 29 S. Pinckney late Monday night. The blaze started from an overheated refrigerator motor which set fire to a partition, shelving, and paper cartons containing drugs and merchandise. Manager A.

E. Fink estimated that the fire caused $300 to $400 damage. Fire Chief Leonard Sime said that the fire burned off two pipes in the refrigerator compres-sen and sulphur dioxide gas escaped with a hiss resembling steam. Firemen from Nos. 1 and 2 companies who fought the blaze, were forced to wear oxygen masks.

Asst. Manager Ervin Hulsether discovered the fire at 11:05 p. m. The store was closed for business, and Hulsether normally would have left the building at about 11:30 p. m.

Fink said that prompt discovery of the fire prevented a more serious loss. Three Sisters, neighbor of Liggett's, reported no smoke damage to their stock of women's wear although firemen said that the drugstore was "filled with smoke" when they arrived. Iceland Completes Independence Vote WASHINGTON (U.R) The people of Iceland today completed a referendum on severance of the last remaining tie which has bound that tiny north Atlantic island to Denmark for 5f3 years. Iceland, which observed the anniversary of its parliament in 1930, has been a sovereign state since 1918, but united with Denmark through a common king, Christian of Denmark. The referendum will formally dissolve that union and on June 17 Iceland plans to proclaim itself a free and independent republic.

Icelandic officials here said the result of the referendum, held May 20-23, were inevitable, all political parties and the government supporting the plan to establish a republic. Chicago to Quit Big 10 Athletics CHICAGO 0J.R) The University of Chicago announced today that it would withdraw from Big Ten competitive athletics next season because of the wartime curtailment of the student body. Dean Aaron J. Braumbaugh, said the school would resume competition in all sports except football, which was dropped in 1939, as soon as the student body returns to normal after the war. Brumbaugh said intra-mural programs would be maintained and offered the conference the use of the school's facilities, including Stagg field and the fieldhouse, for holding meets.

Only a few hundred of the members of 'the regular student body are eligible for intercollegiate athletics, Brumbaugh said, and he attributed the poor Chicago has made in recent years In sports in which It has participated to the lack of athletic material. Unanimous Vote Taken on Assurance of Early Response Madison's threatened milk service strike was averted when about 100 employes of three city dailies voted Monday night to k'vo the War Labor Hoard (WL11) reasonable length of time" to act on their request for higher pay and longer vacations. The vote wns unanimous and came after long discussion, Joseph II. Kohl, business agent for the AFL dairy workers union reported. About 85 Inside workers, foremen, and route drivers at Kennedy-Mansfield, Bowman, and Bancroft dairies were involved in the threatened strike, which was to have started today.

The union is seeking a $2 a week raise for 85 non-commission workers and a nine-day instead of a six-day vacation for 185 dairy workers. Its requests, which had the sanction of employers, were turned down by WLB on Jan. 25, and an appeal was filed in February. Kohl said workers voted to postpone the strike after they were assured that their case would be given early attention by WLB. The Chicago WLB panel is expected to consider the matter Wednesday.

Stephen Spencer, WLB hearing officer of the Chicago branch, spoke at the Monday night meeting. 4 Draft Boards Send 163 More Group from County to Report Wednesday A total of 163 men from the four Dane county draft boards will report Wednesday for active duty with, the army and navy. Reporting from Board 1 for army duty are: Sherman Thomas Elmhurst, Wallace Arthur Bo-lan, 123 Bellevue Steve Frank Varese, 815 Milton Robert Ralph Pankow, 1315 Drake Frederick Raymond Grob, Route Russell Douglas Ingebritsen, Route 3, Exeland; Harold Robert King, Boscobel; Arthur Laverne Sersch, Route 1, DeForest; Harold William Beck, 1111 Regent Clarice Calvin Pierce, Route 4. Delos William Jacobs, 1909 S. Park William Gregg Barnhart, 317 W.

Mifflin Harold John Zweifel, 1916 S. Park Robert Gail Hurd, 2737 Milwaukee Quentin Gustaf Mercer, Route Phil Benjamin Billitteri, 619 Milton Halbert Frederick Gatew, (Continued on Page 9, Col. 1) Food Men to Poll Stores on Closing The Madison Independent Retail Food Dealers assn. will make a survey to determine whether stores prefer closing an afternoon or a morning a week this summer, members decided at a meeting in GAR hall Monday night. Although an afternoon closing had been suggested, some retail merchants at the meeting stated their preference for a morning off each week, John Blawusch, association secretary, said.

Because of the divided opinion, members decided to gather additional information and make a decision at a future meeting. service has grown from 98,000 to 690,000 volumes which now line the shelves in the library building on the University of Wisconsin lower campus. She's Lots of Fun Expressing the sincere feeling of all the staff members and readers who knew her, Miss Krueger said, "Mae's so much fun, we hate to see her go." Winsome, white-haired Miss Welsh smiled shyly as Miss Krueger praised her fine memory. "You can tell Miss Welsh a small part of a book's rontcnt," she said, "and she remembers the title and author of the book and she handles thousands of books a year!" Miss Welsh, who is head cata- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) AN EIGHTH AAF BOMBER STATION, ENGLAND An Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal has been awarded Staff Sgt. James A.

Reilly, 3227 Atwood Madison, B-17 Flying Fortress radio operator, for "meritorious achievement" on bomber nttacka on enemy Europe. The citation accompanying the award read in part: "The courage, coolness, mid Nk ill displayed by this enlisted man upon these occasions reflect great credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States." Sgt. Reilly, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V.

Reilly, has taken part in 11 combat missions to date. A graduate of Edgewood high school in 1941, he was a student at the University of Wisconsin be-for entering the service Jan. 16, 1943. 2,750 Planes Lash France, Germany LONDON (U.R) A 1.750-plane American task force lashed Germany and occupied France today after 1,000 British bombers dropped about 4,480 tons of explosives on Dortmund, Brunswick, and other targets in three countries along and behind the invasion coast. The resumed bombardment of western Europe soared to record or near-record heights on its fifth straight day.

In the first 12 hours, more than 3,000 Allied planes ranged over Germany and anti-invasion buffer areas, delivering at least 6,500 tons of bombs. A communique said the raiders, spearheaded by 750 Fortresses and Liberators, hit the Epinal and Chaumont railway yards and airdromes at Avord, Orleans-Bricy, Bourges, Etampes-Mondesir, Caen, and Chateaudun, at a cost of one bomber and three fighters. (The National Broadcasting Co. reports from London that "the largest air fleets ever assembled are out over the continent today, and before the day is over air history will be Liberators headed the daylight parade against the continent, smashing at German airdromes and rail yards in France arid targets in western Germany which were not identified immediately. More than 1,000 Thunderbolts, Lightnings, and Mustangs escorted the big bombers, which also were supported by Royal Air (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) Flora C.

Hopkins Leaves $17,500 Bulk of the $17,500 estate of Flora C. Hopkins, Madison dry crusader who died Thursday, was bequeathed to a son, Lieut. Comdr. "illiam Thompson Hopkins, Wynnewood, it was revealed today in county court records. The estate contains "in excess of" $10,000 personal property, $7,500 real estate, and nil liabilities.

The will, dated Apr. 24, 1935, bequeaths $1,000 each to a daughter, Mrs. Ada Wilmot, Toronto, and a son, Edward James, Wausau. The balance of the estate was bequeathed to the second son who, the will said, had provided for Mrs. Hopkins.

building the state's 98-year-old historical library and museum into one of the best equipped in this country. 'Family' Gathers Seated in the honor chairs at a candle-lit, horse shoe table in the Old Madison room of the Memorial Union, the three staff members smiled along with the rest of the as Lillian Krueger, assistant editor of the society's publications, reviewed their years of historical work. Charming, bright-eyed Miss Foster, who is called "Mae" by her more Intimate friends, has been with the society since October, 1897, and, in her role as chief of the reference service, has been the "boss" of the reference library which during her years of JjtoUADAlCANAl- Candidate ItOBKKT K. IIKNKV Henry to Seek GOP Support for Congress (See Editorial, Pajre 6) Robert K. Henry, state banking commissioner and a leader of the Republican-Democratic nomination that drove the LaFollette administration from power in 1938, today announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for congress from the second district.

The second district includes Dane, Columbia, Dodge, Jefferson, and Waukesha counties. Only other GOP candidate now in the field for the post being vacated by Rep. Harry Sauthoff (P-Madison) is Arthur May, Madison, chief clerk of the assembly, Henry, active in politics for many years, ran for governor on both the Democratic and Republican tickets is 1938. He won the Democratic nomination 1 1 Julius P. Heil, Milwaukee, won in the GOP column.

Henry withdrew from the race, swinging Democratic votes to Heil, and the Milwaukeean was elected in the general election that ended the reign of the Progressives. Henry has been an active member of the Republican party since (Continued on Page 2, Column 6) Quadruplets Born to RAF Man's Wife SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England (U.R) Quadruplets three boys and one girl were born today to Mrs. Daisy Moxham, wife of a Royal Air Force flying officer. The babies were born nearly four months to the day after quadruplets were born to Sgt. William II.

Thompson, Pittsburgh, and Nora Carpenter of Heanor, Derbyshrire, a former British barmaid and Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) girl. The Moxham babies are Bryan, 3 pounds, lO1 ounces; George, 1 pound, 13 ounces; Daisy, 2 pounds, 14 ounces, and William, 3 pounds, six ounces. I I By ROBERT VERMILLION (United Press War Correspondent) WITH THE FIFTH ARMY THE ANZIO BEACHHEAD, Italy (U.R! Picked units of American shock troops rose from their slit trenches in broad daylight today and advanced across fields blood-red with poppies- tor break the German ring around the Anzio beachhead. From an observation post on a slight rise I saw the infantrymen running and crawling across the flatland between our forward foxholes and the enemy a field of waist-high weed and poppies which had been nicknamed the "bloody mile." An artillery barrage- of 1,000 guns behind the infantry lines opened the attack, massing death and destruction upon the German trench system in the rising ground beyond the field. Then our tanks rolled forward to spearhead the infantry assault.

Enemy Fire 'Terrific' hands of my watch showed exactly 6:30 a. m. when officers bobbed up out of shallow trenches all along the front and beckoned the infantry to follow them. Soon streams of Americans could be seen working their way forward through smoke screens. They bent low, seeking cover from the terrific German mortar and machine gun fire.

But they kept inching forward. Every man had been picked for this assault job and given special training in attack during the past month. Each was a veteran of th cramped little beachhead where constant enemy bombardment had made every inch a front line post and earned it the title of "hell or Anzio." Surprise Enemy The men had waited all night for the signal to move. Enemy machine gun fire was so terrible that I was forced to retire to a battalion command post to avoid being pinned down in my forward observation post. First reports at that point indicated the first Americans to cross the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) of one town was damaged and there were a few casualties.

The official German DNB news agency said the luftwaffe attacked Portsmouth on the south coast in "considerable strength" at 12:30 a. m. today. Harbor installations were hit with "great quantities" of explosives and incendiaries and large fires were started, DNB said, A German Transocean agency commentator Monday said American and British troops (Continued on Page 9, CoL 2). Feature Finder Rlondle Calendar thilds Classified 13 Myers 13 Newman 19 Obituaries 9 18- 19 Peitler Comic riendening CroKuword C'ran ly by Day Draftle Editorials Follett Grin A Bear It In U.

S. Service Kaln Laff-a-Day Markets 14 Pyle in Ration Guide 19 14 Records 13 10 Roundy ic 11 Radio 14 18 Society It SState News 11 10 Sports 1S-1S 6 Scrap Book 14 13 I'ncle Ray 14 lOWincheU S'Women's Pipe; je 171 Yesterday J1 SOUTHEAST ASIA HEADQUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon (U.R) The bitter house-to-house battle for Myitkyina continued today for the fifth straight day, and official reports acknowledged that driving rainstorms and fierce Japanese resistence had prevented the attacking Americans and Chinese from expanding their foothold inside the city. A communique issued in Chungking said there were no substantial changes in the opposing lines inside Myitkyina Monday, although Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's Marauders seized new positions along the approaches to the enemy's Burma stronghold and sealed off the last loopholes in their siege lines to the north.

Allied planes dominated the battlefields, racing in unopposed to bomb and strafe the doomed Japanese garrison. Headquarters spokesmen admitted that torrential rains had turned the streets into quagmire. Simultaneously, it was disclosed that Chinese forces driving on Burma from western China had cut the old Burma road at Che-fang, 50 miles west of the Sal-ween river and 16 miles north of the Burma-China border on the highway to Lashio. A front dispatch said an enemy counterattack recaptured the Myit- Continued on Page, 2 Column 2) Lieut. Thomas Killed in Action MIDDLETON Lieut.

Stephen Thomas, one of three brothers in service with the army air corps, was killed in action in Italy on Apr. 28, the war department in Washington Saturday informed us parents, Mr, and Mrs. Iler-n a Thomas, Middleton. A twin brother, John, was ommissioned a second lieuten-a Saturday after completing bomb a i training at the Carlsbad, N. army air field.

Lieut. Stephen, Middleton's first THOMAS confirmed war casualty, was a pilot in the army air transport 'command and was experienced in towing gliders and flying paratroopers. He had been in service since Apr. 2, 1941, and overseas about a year. Before going to Italy, he saw service in Africa and Sicily.

He was com- missioned at Brooks Field, on Nov. 10, 1942. I He was born in Middleton on Apr. 2, 1918, and was graduated from Middleton high school in 1 1937, after starring in the three major sports as well as in boxing. He enrolled at the University of Wisconsin, where he was a member of the freshmen football squad, but later transferred to Dayton university at Dayton, O.

He enlisted in the air corps while attending the latter school. Another brother, Emil, is also an air corps officer, having received a commission of lieutenant and navigator at Selman Field, Monroe, La. Nazi Spy Planes Again Search British Coast, Hit Portsmouth Historical Society 'Family' Bids Godspeed to 'Parents': Mary Foster, Ida Welsh, Brown LONDON (U.R) German "spy" planes again searched the British coasts for invasion secrets during the night; and a German broadcast said the main force attacked Portsmouth, one of the principal ports at which the enemy has claimed Allied ships and troops were massing for the opening of a western front. 1 Bombs were dropped both along the south coast and in East Anglia, lying opposite the French, Belgian, and Dutch invasion coasts. German planes also were over parts of east Scotland, from which the Germans believe an invasion of Denmark or Norway may be launched.

About 100 German planes took part in attacks on south coast districts and part of East Anglia. A small number of persons was killed in a coast town. A church and mission hall were damaged fit one place. Altogether six raiders were shot down during the night. Anti-aircraft batteries on the south coast put up a heavy barrage, and at least four raiders weTe shotdown.

The shopping area By JUNE DIECKMANN (State Journal Staff Writer) The curtain on more than a century of service to our state's historical society was drawn Monday night. Yes, 129 years of deliberate research, unhurried work, and continual enthusiasm all devoted to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin was ended with the retirement of three of the society's "parents," Mary S. Foster, Iva A. Welsh, and Charles E. Brown.

The farewell dinner Monday night was not an unhappy occasion. It was gay family gathering of about 50 members of the society, showing their appreciation of the three retiring staff members whose combined 129 years of service have been instrumental, in.