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MINCM COMING BACK ATTACK MORE TEAS A ITETTSPAPEB 1 COJOmOTI DTSTITUTIOII MORE THAN BEFORE EATHER Fair Tonight with Showers Tuesday CANONSBURG, PA, MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1944 'Fiftieth Year 15,931 4 Cents a Copy, 20 Cents a Week Ml DAILY NOTEB Move Victorious Troops P. Correspondents In Vanguard Troops Entering City Of Rome raise Jfcoort City And NEW SHUTTLE RAID PROGRAM OPENS tFall of Eternal City Accompanied by Night and Day Bombard- GERMANY Spread May Place Farley In Nomination Conservative Democrats Study Plan to Prevent Unanimous Vote for Roosevelt XjvvAUSWiAj HUNGARJM sS Through KING EMMANUEL RETIRES TODAY IN SON'S FAVOR NAPLES. June 5 U.R) King Victor Emanuel of Italy was sched uled to sign today certain documents of state believed to transfer his royal powers to Crown Prince Humbert. All signs indicated that before nightfall the King would have formally yielded his royal power, as he promised Aprif 12 to do when the Allies occupied Rome. Victor Emmanuel was prepared to sign the documents at his closely guarded royal villa this afternoon, it was learned a few hours before the cereminial procedure was scheduled.

The documents were understood to constitute the formal creation of a lieutenant generalcy for Humbert, in whom the King's royal powers would be vested, thus constituting (Continued on Page 6) ment of German's West Wall Defenses in Europe-Offensive Mounting Toward Crescendo Road out of Rome Jammed for 50 Miles by PellMell Retreat Shows No Indication of Attempt to Regroup and Make Stand Russian Front Becomes Active By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press War Editor Allied forces completed the occupation of Rome today and were driving the disorganized Germans northward from the city-while to the east and southeast the main body of the enemy's 10th Army was in precipitate retreat in a developing battle of annihilation. An official announcement said resistance in Rome had ceased, that leading elements of the Fifth Army had passed through the city and other columns had crossed the Tiber River in some places in hot pursuit of the Germans. The liberation of Rome, hailed by Lt. Gen.

Mark W. Clark as "a stepping stone towards the complete surrender of Germany," was accompanied by a terrific; night and day aerial bombardment of Germany's west wall dff'enses iu Europe. To London observers, the offensive appeared to be mounting swiftly towards the crescendo which Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told.

American airmen he would re- A LARGE FORCE of American planes, inaugurating a shuttle bombing program which opens up the possibility of reaching every target in German-held Europe, landed at new, secretly-established bases in the Soviet Union after dropping their missiles on targets in Romania. Although the point of take-off was not disclosed in the first dispatches describing the attack, the planes apparently flew from bases in Italy. The new Russian bases were built, and are manned, by Yank and Soviet crews that worked together for many months. (International) Youth Center Plans Reach Fruition Here President To Speak On Capture Of Rome WASHINGTON. June 5.

(U.R-?President Roosevelt will proclaim the fall of Rome to the nation and the world tonight in 15-minute fireside chat expected to remind the Axis Satellites, perhaps for the last time, that they must get out of the war now or share the certain destruction awaiting Germany. He will speak fixnn 8:30 to 8:45 P. EYV'T. The address will be broadcast by all major networks and shortwaved to Europe and the rest of the world. A White House announcement, saying simply that the Chief Executive would speak on the fall of Rome, came ps members of Congress and other high officials hailed the fall of the first Axis capital to Allied armies aiming at Berlin.

Some quarters believed that the President would appeal strongly to the Nazi to get out of the war while it was still possible, and urge the people of Northern Italy to help the advancing Allied troops redeem the rest of their country. WASHINGTON. June 5. (U.R) A plan to submit James A. Farley's name to the Democratic National Convention for the presidential nomination in opposition to President Roosevelt's fourth term candidacy is under consideration today by conservative Democrats.

Farley's permission still has to be obtained. None except the proposed maneuver to prevent tho President's renomination "but it would prevent unanimous action. It is the only method by which anti-Roosevelt Democrats can show the voters the extent of fourth term opposition within the party be it large or small. Heal Political Drama Convention spectators will see real political drama if Farley is placed in nomination. Among some of the big and little convention delegations already selected there is a scattering of anti-fourth term sqn-timent which never will have an opportunity to express itself unless there is at least one name put up against Mr.

Roosevelt. But with two men in the contest a situation will be created in which all or any of the state delegations cati be polled. The usual way of casting ballots is for the chairman of each delegation to announce the disposition of its votes as the state roll is called. Some of the big states and some of the little ones bind their delegations with the so-called unit rule. Florida Follows Unit Kule In Florida, for instance, the unit rule has been followed.

That state's 18 delegates to the Democratic Convention are divided, 14 for Mr. Roosevelt and four for Sen. Harry F. Byrd, under the unit rule the chairman could and probably will announce that Florida casts all 18 convention votes for Mr. Roosevelt's renomination.

PETERS TOWXSHIP FIREMEN WILL HOLD MEET TUESDAT Important business will be transacted at the monthly business meeting of the Peters Township Volunteer Fire Company to be held in the headuarters at Donaldson's Cross Roads Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. At this meeting a representative of the Washington County Red Cross headquarters will be present and give a talk. Officers urge a full attendance of members at this meeting. Firemen To Meet Tonight A meeting of the Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department will be held this evening at 8 o'clock in the Fire House. It is hoped there will be a full attendance at this meeting.

Onward Quire for invasion of the Continent. Roads Jammed for 50 A Naples dispatch said Gorman infantry columns, tanks, and trucks were jammed on the roads us far as Lake Bolsena, 50 miles above Rome. At least 600 tanks and other vehicles were destroyed or damaged yesterday alone. Pilots reported a picture of German dead along the roads beside their wrecked and burning vehicles. The withdrawal was so rapid that there seemed little prospect that the Germans cou'-d or would try to regroup for a stand along that line to cover their further retreat to a more stable defense position in Northern Italy.

Food for Huiisrry People In the wake of the liberating Allied troops, greeted with flowers and kisses by the inhabitants, cama the supply organization with food for the hungry population, the Germans having taken everything they could lay their hands on. The aerial offensive was marked today by an assault by about 1,230 American heavy bombers and fighters, on the invasion coast area, car-lying on a bombardment that in four days and nights has seen tons of bombs dropped on the west wall defenses. Letup in IJnniliing Today's targets were in the Boulogne and Pas De Calais areas. Many hundreds of other bombers and lighters shuttled across lie channel during the day. RAF heavy lighters bombers swarmed over during the night to blast the coastal defenses and targets inland as far as Cologne on the Uhijie.

Allied sources estimated that during May 147.S40 tons of bombs had heeri dropped on Europe by the air forces from Britain and the Activity on Russian Front On the Russian front, the Germans kept up their tentative thrusts against the Soviet lines around Iasi in Romania, Moscow-said that in severe fighting yesterday, more than 2,000 Germans had heen killed in the repulse of strong infantry and tank attacks. Moscow placed enemy lowes in the last six days at 6,700 dead and 272 tanks and 280 planes knocked out or destroyed. Jup KesMance Broken In the Pacific, Allied forces on Hiak Island off New Guinea broke through strong Japanese resistance' to resume their drive toward;) Moknier airfield. It was announced that American bombers had made widespread attacks on Japanese bases from New Guinea through the Carolines and Marshalls to the Kuriles from last Thursday to Sat-(Continued on Page 2) MAJOR RICHARDS WILL SPEAK TO KIWAMS CLUB Major W. Wallace Richards, vet eran of World War and a member of General Chennault's "Flying Tigers" of the present war, in China, will be the guest speaker sit the regular weekly meeting of the Canonsburg-Houston Club, Tuesday night at the Coffee Shoppe.

Major Richards was formerly employed at the Standard Tin Plato mill and enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbor. He advanced in rank rapidly during his two years with this hard fighting unit. His son, Lt. William W. Richards, Army Air Corps, is uow seryius iu the EurofUn theatre ot operations, vnspeople Welcome Liber itors and Stage Jollifica ion Party Despite Death knd Destruction All Around Them rvation and Deprivation apparent in All Areas As American Newspaper Man tod Woman Ride Jeep Into Capital Reynolds-Eleanor Packard UP War Correspondents OME, June 4 U.R) Just 20 utes after the last enemy tank rolled past, we reached the of Rome tonight and found i the Germans had left the, city ier cent intact.

few fires set by the Germans 1 were burning and railway Js were in ruins as result of ed raids, but Rome as a whole i surprisingly little changed 7i the time we left it for an jrument camp two years and 25 ago following the United tes' entry into the war. Allied Flags Hoisted Mve minutes after our arrival American Stars and Strips and British Union Jack were fly-from the hotel's flagstaffs over doorway the first Allied flags fly in Rome since the United tes entered he war. ur trip through the streets of me and its suburbs had been in nature of a triumphant tour, ver before had we been kissed often or so much. Men and wo-n alike overwhelmed us with sir kisses. Turn Back Many Times Ve had a bad case of Jitters get-into Rome.

At least six times lost our nerve and turned back, to talk outselves into turning ound and heading for the capital ain. The snipers and shelling was so that sometimes we felt like inesweepers. Once or. twice, we ahead of the tanks leading the lumn. Wade Through Water Once inside Rome, Italians wad-knee deep through water spilled a broken water main to greet Though well dressed and neat, women told us they had been ffering from malnutrition for ore than two years and bad had 9 meat for the past four months, eggs and no gas.

Clapping, cheering Italians threw rmsfull of roses on to the tanks and into our jeep as we (Continued on Page 3) Homo on Leavo (Persons wishing to submit names of service men or women tor this column are asked to call 706 between the hours of 8 a. m. and 3 p. Petty Officer Second Class and VIrs. William Thompson of Fort fierce, arrived in the city Friday night to spend this week with their home folks, Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Thompson, North Central tvenue, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas vlcVicker, McCoy Lane. They will iisave next Saturday.

-m- Pvt William P. Gladden who is stationed at Fort George G. Meade, is visiting his parents, Mr. ind Mrs. William Gladden, Oak Spring road.

He is accompanied by PFC Eldred Lehigh of Alliance, who is also stationed at Fort Meade. Other guests at the home on Sunday were Mr. and' Mrs. J. rd Cowden, and son, Joseph, III, McDonald, R.

Mrs. Cowdeh being a sister of Pvt. Gladden. -15- Seaman Second Class John Cu-mer, after completing his boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, is spending a nine-day leave with his wife and child at their home In McConnells Mills. He will return to that base Friday.

Seaman Second Class Frank M. Cumer arrived home Friday evening to spend a 10-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cumer of 26 V2 East Pitt street. He is stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Station, 111.

IB pvt. Robert C. Binder who is stationed at Indiantown Gap, is upending this week with his mother, Mrs. Catherine Binder, 162 East College street. RUSSIA BULGARIANS TURKEY Spacious Room in of Building Opposite Post OU fice to be Converted Into iRecreation Center Under Sponsorship of BPW The movement for a Youth Center in Canonsburg, has not been allowed to be forgotten, despite the fact there has been little public discussion for some time.

While the public apparently shelved the suggestion, there has been a group of public spirited people active in the matter and this week is expected to bring the first definite step toward the creation of a center for young people. With the Business Professional Women's Club taking the lead, assisted by a group of well wishers and assistants, the movement has not been allowed to die but has been kept alive and active, during a search for a suitable site. It appears that this site has been found and the plans have gone so far as to result in the execution of the lease. of 1 ltooiu is Site The spacious room iu the Knights of Pythias building in Pike street, across from the post office, has been leased and the first payment made. It is the room formerly occupied by the Witnesses of Jehovah and is well and centrally located and is believed to be adequate as to size.

It is larger than The Haven, at Washington, from whence the idea of a similar recreation center here developed. Meeting Held Saturday An informal meeting of the BPW committee and representatives of other groups was held over the week-end which resulted in definite action being taken. It is expected to hold another meeting this week to get the general program under way. A meeting will be call ed of the representatives of Var ious groups interested and all will be given an opportunity to assist. Some Changes Planned It was explained by the Rev.

L. K. Whitfield, who has been actively assisting the Business and Profes sional Women in their plans, that some alterations will be necessary and an appeal will be made to young people who are interested, for held in cleaning the room and getting it in shape for occupancy. BPW Works on Idea The movement l'or a recreation center was pointed out several times here and the Business Women's group was the one which kept it in mind as a possible major project for the year. Since then many places have been considered or sought but none seemed to meet the initial needs until a short time ago when the K.

of r. site became available. More will be forthcoming as the program is mapped out and the whole community will have an opportunity to take an active part in the plans and the arrangements. Support the Fifth Bend Drive! iGREEcfiiiijl Girl Practicing on Teletype Machine Sends Invasion Report Message Saturday Afternoon Which Goes All Over World By United Press A false Associated Press dis patch that the Allies had landed in France was disseminateed in North and South America by that news agency Saturday afternoon and the girl teletype operator whom the Associated Press said was responsible for its erroneous report was confined to her London home today by nervous exhaustion. Cancelled But Too Late Five minutes after carrying the dispatch, the Associated Press cancelled it, but by that time it had been broadcast over hundreds of radio stations.

Baseball games in the United States were halted, special prayers were said and the telephone switchboards of newspapers and radio stations were flooded with calls. Kadio Speeds Report Immediately upon receipt of the kill order, the four major radio networks in the United States (Continued on Page 3) ANNUAL FORTY OPENS TUESDAY Sacred Occasion of Observ ance by Catholics Brings Many Churchmen to City The annual Forty Hours' Devotion (Forty Hours' Prayers, or Forty Honrs' Adoration) will be held at St. Patrick's church beginning Tuesday morning with a High Mass at 8:30. This devotion consists of a solemn exposition of the Blessed Sacrament during 40 hours, continual according to the "In-Etructiones Clementinae" (Clementine Instructions), in honor of the 40 hours during which the Body of Our Lord is considered to have rested in the tomb. In countries where the nocturnal exposition is not feasible the exposition is held on three consecutive days.

Tuesday evening at 7:30 Slovak and English sermons will be preached hy Father Andrew J. Charnoki, assistant pastor of St. Mark's Slovak church, McKees Rocks. Father Michael S. Sziich, pastor of St.

Michael's church, Fredericktown, will preach in English on Wednesday evening, and Father Stephen J. Burdis, chaplain of Mercy hospital, Pittsburgh, will preach in English on Thursday evening. Father Burdis has relatives in Canonsburg. Tuesday afternoon at 4, children's confessions. Wednesday at 4 p.

confessions of the Fiivst Communicants. The children will receive their First Solemn Holy Communion Thursday morning. Lithuanian and German confessions will he heard Wednesday evening. Many Visitlnir Clerics Some of the priests who are expected here to assist in the exercises are Father Charles X. George-vich, assistant at St.

Francis' church, Finleyville; Father Joseph T. Bednarik, pastor, Set. Hedwig's, Smock; Father Andrew J. Suran, pastor, St. John's, Perryopolis; Fathers Francis R.

Stifter, and Joseph I. Nowakowskl, assistants at St. Ann's, Castle Shannon; Father Edward L. Maliudzak, assistant, Holy Trinity church, Du-quesne; Father Michael Mihok, assistant, St. Anthony's, Mononga-hela; Father Joseph V.

Skripkus, chaplain, St. Francis' Mother House, Castle Shannon; Father William J. McCashin, pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Burgettstowu; a Thomas Eichenhofer, C.PP.S., chaplain, Motherhouse of the Vincentian Sisters, Perrysville; Father Paul J. Siinko, pastor, Our Lady of Consolation, Neinacolin; Father John E. Martin, pastor, St.

Barnabas, Rankin; Father Johu Rostas, pastor, Divine Redeemer (Continued on Page 3) Receives Promotion Seaman Howard Rupert Dilkes of the U. S. Navy recently sent word to his wife, Mrs. Howard Dilkes, of Midland road, that he has heen promoted to a first class electrician. He entered service 22 months ago and received his basic training in Rhode Island, later attending an Electrical College hi Ames, Iowa.

Upon graduating he left for duty overseas where he has participated in several battles in the Southwest Pacific. A son of Mrs. Olive Simmers of Midland road. Electrician 1c Dilkes was graduated from the Monongahela high school with the class of 1937. Coal Mines Ask Aid To Fill Jobs Immediate Need for Men Pointed Out if Production Is Not to Suffer to Extent Of 36 Million Tons Faced with an immediate need for 7,500 workers in coal mines of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the War Manpower Commission is planning new action to supply the workers required for production of war vital fuel.

Largest manpower needs are reported by operators in the Washington, Indiana, Uniontown, Somerset and Kittan-ning sections, with substantial labor requirements also listed by mines in Greensburg and Oil City. Immediate Action coded Carl B. Harr, acting state manpower director, yesterday warned that an intensified attack upon the mine manpower problem must be made if a disastrous national deficit of 36 million tons is to be avoided in the current coal year. Slight Relief Given The three-fold program recently launched by WMC, including training, utilization and recruitment activities for the coal mines, has helped to relieve the situation, Harr said, and WMC's stabilization plan has prevented even more critical proportions. However, the situation is urgent and the flow of fuel to war plauts, railroads, and power plants as well as for export directly to the fighting fronts, and (Continued on Page 3) purposes of the Boy Scouts and what the organization has achieved in its work over the county.

County Commissioner John N. O'Neil, council finance chairman, spoke of the needs of the Scouts and the necessity to have financial assistance from the public to carry this out. The Rev. Mr. Whitfield also wpoke on the high service in training boys for leadership, self-sufficiency and for help for others.

Cards were distribuated to the various captains and their team personnel and the campaign ia now under way. Appeal for Public Health Attorney Zeman appeals for a generous response to the" cam-paisii, poiuting out that, in the senfle, the Boy Scouts are on an equality with the many other vital organizations which train men by (Continued on Page Two) LIEUT. HOPPER BELIEVED SAFE DESPITE WORD Mother Receives Assurance Of Son's Safety Before War Department i i ji Message Arrives Two telegrams within a few days came to Mrs. Sarah Hopper, borough secretary, one of which in hoped to have counteracted the other On Saturday, Mrs. Hopper received the official War Department telegram informing her that her son, Second Lieut.

Walter "Skip" Hopper was missing in action as of May 20 over the Asiatic sector. The telegram contained the customary assurance that any change in status would be communicated at once. However, Mrs. Hopper received a personal telegram from her son, last Wednesday, May 31, bearing the assurance "all safe and love." One C(ui nt era els Oilier Mrs. Hopper believes that the telegram from the war department was the customary message of the department which was based on a report of the "missing in action" list of May 20 and that the delay in (Continued on Page 3) donors must stand' behind them, maintaining a stream of do-donations from Red Cross blood donor centers and mobile units to processing laboratories and the lront lines.

Coiiniiiinllr to Itcspnnrf Toward this end, we here at noma can do our part by answering the call when the Canonsburg and Area Blood Donor Unit sets up headquarters, June 12 through July 1, at 3 East Pike street for registration. Here's one way for justifying "the praise and thanks" of the boys hi service to those who have (Continued on Paga 3) Boy Scout Campaign Is Started In Community Need Of Blood Plasma Is Continuing Appeal Dinner Meeting Held to Launch Movement for Financial Aid For Organization in Can onsburg-Houston Area The campaign for funds for carrying on the Boy Scout work in the Canonsburg-Houston area has been launched under the leadership of Attorney A. L. Zeman and men of the community are giving services for the solicitation. At a dinner meeting held Friday night the movement was officially put in motion and cards were received by the compaign workers and the drive is under way.

County Leudors Here Attorney Zeman presided at the meeting and the Rev. L. K. AV hit-field offered the invocation. Scout Executive Jack Waston, of Washington outlined the fundamental Preparations Under Way For Blood Bank Here Prepare To Sign Up When Campaign Opens "The Need is Continued Need." This is the theme around which the local blood donor campaign will be launched.

As the world military map changes, American troops are fighting on ever-changing fronts. Prom Enlwetok to Anzio, from European skies to Burmese Jungles, the need for plasma is a continuing need. As American fighting men advance or retreat, army at blood.