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i Editorials on Page 8 The Break With Finland Nazis Didn't Dare Our Enlarged Navy-War Not Yet Won Another Father's Son. For Victory Buy United State War Saving Bonds and Stamps. In DECATUR, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1944 10 PAGES 5 CENTS 1 DECAY ERALU 155 31 65 No. led Nazis Throw Last Reserves Into Battle for Caen Nazi Losses 183,930 in First Veek BRIEFING BEFORE FIGHT FOR SAIPAN RIDGE RUSSIANS NEAR MINSK Prussia i VK3rfBoo. J'fiO poLANDfM" mmsx tr 1.

9-, 1 Mr. I Moors VCh" 1- I I -NJ Arrows locate Red army ad- territory reported captured by vances, including a thrust ap- the Russians in the last 24 proachine the outskirts of hours. The shaded area is Ger-Minsk. The black areas indicate man-held. (ASSOCIATED PRESS WIREPHOTO) against Nafutan ridge in the 14.

The entire soutnern part of southern part of Saipan island the island now is in American in the Marianas, invaded June hands. (ASSOCIATED PRESS WIREPHOTO) ,474 Yanks Die On aipan Island U. S. Breaks Relations With 'Puppet' Finns Washington, D. C.

(AP) The United States snapped the frayed thread of its relations with Finland yesterday and branded the present government of that long-friendly country as a "puppet" used by Nazi Germany to help stem the advance of victorious Allied armies in Europe. The American action came at the end of a ten-day period which some day may be recognized as one of the most critical in the history of the twenty-five-year-old Finnish republic. In those ten days a planned pro-Allied coup failed to come off at Helsinki, according to reliable reports here. A group of die-hards opposed to peace with Russia clinched their hold in the government, and under the guns of German warships Nazi land reinforcements poured ashore while planes of the luftwaffe moved in large numbers onto key airfields. It was as a result of these developments, reflected in an official Finnish announcement of an alliance with Germany last Tuesday, that President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull decided late Thursday to break the final fragile link.

They had preserved it for months in the hope that it night help Finland to make a peace with Russia and get out of the war. Finns' Position Puzzling Opinion here is divided as to whether the Finns will stay in the war until smashed by the military power of Russia or throw their country into civil war in an effort to regain their independence. In the highest levels of the American government, there apparently is no thought, at least at this time. of following up the break with a declaration of war which would place this country in the same re lationship to Finland that the Rus sians have had since June, 1941. and the British since December of that year.

The severance of diplomatic relations was accomplished about 10:00 a. Central War time yesterday when Alexander Thesleff, the Finnish charge d'affaires, arrived at the office of George T. Summerlin in the State department. Summerlin. special assistant to Secretary Hull, handed Thesleff his passport and a letter from Hull announcing the break.

Meanwhile, in Helsinski. Edmund Gullion, the American charge d'affaires, had received instructions to request passports for himself and the five members of his staff and members of their families. The Swiss government was requested to assume protection of American interests. Hull's Charges Outspoken Hull's letter declared that the Finnish government had "entered a hard and fast military partnership with Nazi Germany irrevocable throughout the war for the purpose of fighting the Allies of the United States, in alliance with the enemies of the United States." Suggesting a split between the government and the people of Finland. Hull added: "The American government is not unaware of the fact that the infiltration of Germans troops into Finland, with the consent of the Finnish government, and German infiltration into the councils of the Finnish government, have deprived Finland of liberty of action and reduced the government of the republic of Finland to the condition of a puppet of Nazi Germany." Dewey in Second Place To War in Army Paper Rome (AP) The army newspaper Stars and Stripes, in the edition published for troops here, presented accounts of the Republican national convention to American troops in Italy, with the nomination of Governor Thomas E.

Dewey losing top play Thursday to the Russian offensive. Yesterday, however, the Republicans drew top play over all war news. Stars and Stripes stories of the convention proceedings were supplied through the army news service. There was no editorial comment because Stars and Stripes is without an editorial column. Dewey's nomination was carried under a three-column head in the middle of the first page below a map of the Russian front.

British Armor Smashes Last Counter-attack By JAMES LONG Of the Associated Press Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force iSaturday) A great armored battle raged of Carn last night as the British drove on 'ovard the Orne river and the Germans threw in veteran troops as fast as they rpsched the front in a reckless at-terrrt to stop the Allied advance. A supreme headquarters said t'rv Allied drive rrcssir.g the Germans back toward Ornc had "compelled the enemy to throw in strong armoreo reserves." Front line dispatches nid that these included every armored division the Germans have in Norm; ndy. and that among the troops were veterans of the wai in Rjssia. "In spite of repeated by these formations." the cTnmnntque declared, "our positions not only have been held but were improved." Heavy Air Support As clouds lifted over the battle front. Allied war planes bombed and strafed enemy positions and communications and by rrid-aftenioon had made 1.000 individual flights.

(German broadcasts said a U. S. tank division had entered the battle southwest of Caen, that L'. S. troops north of St.

Lo far to the west had dented the German lines and list a "new large-scale American offensive is imminent." (The Berlin radio said Allied troop concentrations were "stupendous" north of St. Lo and south of Carentan, in the southwest sector of the Normandy beachhead and declared fresh attacks were expected hourly). The British steadily wideneo the.r bridgehead across the Odon river and were within 11 miles 01 having Caen encircled. It was probable that Allied artillery now commanded the last four German-held roads into that communications hub. A British officer described "reckless" the use of German reserves piecemeal as soon as lhe reached the front, and said that tr.e enemy now was putting up the most desperate defense since U.

S. troops cut the Cherbourg peninsula. Open Country to South A', stake in the battle for Caen as access to the open country lo the south which would permit Allies to employ their super-let armor more freely. Tr.e costly Nazi counterattacks the southwest front showed the German high command's concern. At one time the enemy drove a tit one-mile into the base of 'he Allied positions, but the at- Uck was broken by a storm of artlie-y fire.

The British then svept back and widened their salient. Fighting raged unabated 2li north of the city, where 16-shells from the British Rodr.ey unloaded destructor, on German positions. 'The Paris radio said Allied troops had made new landings east of the Orne and captured Cabourg. a small port, but this lacked conf.rmation from supreme headquarters). navy disclosed that destroy-and light coastal forces had a virtual blockade on the p-ainel islands west of the peninsula, trapping an two German divisions.

Big on the island capable of Cherbonrff have hp(n nn- Nazis Reported Battling in Copenhagen Stockholm, Sweden AP Travelers arriving in Sweden said Danes and Germans were '-g in the streets of Copenha-'tn machine-guns and rifles reported thousands of Danes fleeing the city. Jke Danush radio left the air at P. m. 5arlier- the Free Danish press "ytce reported that a general 't had begun in Copenhagen, '-ending all traffic and closing 'ps and banks, while patriots in 'f-onstrations Thursday night up barricades against German 'tmpti to quell the disturbances. By RUSSELL LAXDSTROM Of the Associated Press London The Red armies' rout of German forces in White Russia mounted to historic proportions yesterday as Moscow announced that German losses in the first week of the Soviet summer offensive were 183.930 killed or captured, and the fighting carried all the way from inside the former border of Poland on the north to the center of Pripyat marshes on the south.

Red troops broke into the key railway towi, of Borisov, on the direct route to Minsk: captured Disna, a frontier town just inside old Poland: took Slutsk, an important railhead far to the south; and more than 430 other populated places in side the sprawling 350-mile White Russian front, the broadcast Russian communique said. 30 Miles From Minsk In at least one sector Soviet troops were less than 30 miles from Minsk, pouring across the Berezina river north of Borisov in a thrust of 19 miles. Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press correspondent, said in a dispatch from Moscow that huge forces of Red infantry, tanks and cavalry were already converging on the outskirts of the White Russian capitaL Under continuous cover of Russian fighter and Stormovik planes, these troops were preparing for a mass storming of the outer approaches to the ancient city. Gil-more cabled. The Russians penetrated into the very heart of the Pripyat marshes at the south, capturing Petrikov, a district center of the Polessye region.

Gains Against Finns Altogether approximately 700 localities were liberated during the days' fighting, including nearly 50 on the two fronts in Finland in the vicinity of Viipuri and between Lakes Ladoga and Onezhskoe (Onega). On the Finnish lake front, the Finns were being beaten back steadily and the railroad from Leningrad to Murmansk already was entirely cleared. Advances also were made against the Finns north and northeast of the seaport of Viipuri. Ihe communique added, and at least five enemy strongpoints were overpowered. Juvenile Fingerprinting Halted by U.

S. Court Chicago -(AP) Federal judges of the northern district of Illinois yesterday directed the United States marshal to discontinue taking fingerprints of juveniles before their conviction. The ban was instituted by Judge Philip L. Sullivan after the trial of a 15-year-old boy accused of sending a kidnap threat note to a neighbor in 1942. Judge Sullivan termed the extortion charge "outrageous and dismissed it.

At the close of the trial the defense attorney asked that fingerprints of the boy be destroyed. Judge Sullivan agreed and on June 15 the attorney returned to court to ask that the government be cited for contempt for failure to comply. Yesterday, Mary Bailey, assistant district attorney, handed the fingerprint card to the court. She said the prints had not been destroyed earlier because the attorney general was not notified of the first request Judge Sullivan said he thought a law forbade taking fingerprints of juveniles, but found no such provision in the statues. Body Found on Island Believed Lewistown Man Beardstown (AP) Sheriff C.

R. Ratcliffe of Cass county said yesterday relatives have identified a body found on Meredosia island in the Illinois river as that of Melvin Dickson of near Lewistown. Dickson, 33. and another man left Liverpool Dec. 7, 1942, in a boat on a hunting trip.

The boat later was found overturned and the body of Dickson's companion was recovered from the river in March 1943. The body identified partially as Dickson's was found Wednesday by Fred Vance, a farmer plowing a field on the island. It was buried under four inches of soil. Bags 31st Plane London (AP) Wing Commander Johnny Johnson, British Spitfire pilot, shot down his 31st German plane yesterday over Normandy to become the leading Allied fighter jace in this theater. He commands ja Canadian wing based in 4 a St Ay An American infantry officer at right briefs his platoon's non-commissioned officers just before they launched an attack Vichy Hearing End, Spain Hears Madrid.

Spain AP Reports reaching Spain last night indicated that the Vichy government is being liquidated in a series of meetings between Germans and collaborationist leaders both Paris and in Vichy. The reports, which came through Vichy collaborators, reached Spain simultaneously with news from the frontier that the Germans apparently fear an Allied invasion of the Mediterranean coasts of France is imminent. Diplomatic reports from Vichy were that the last pretense of Vichy independence will be iped out by the Germans within the coming week with the Ministeries of Interior, Justice and Propaganda handed bodily over to the Nazis, and that Joseph Darnand. long called the French "Little Himmler." will cease lo enjoy partial independence and will take orders direct from Field Marshal Karl von Runstcdt Paris Expects Invasion Southern France London, England AP) Jean Paquis, commentator for lth German-controlled Paris radio. predicting an invasion of southern France, said yesterday that "the harbors of Corsica would be the starting point and landings are expected in the region of Scte.

Rumors that operations already have started are not confirmed tonight." Philippine Freedom Measure Is Signed Washington AP Legislation pledging the United States to drive the Japanese invaders from the Philippines and to grant the islands their full independence as soon as normal government functions can be restored was signed yesterday by President Roosevelt. The legislation, embodied in two congressional resolutions, will permit this country to acquire air. land, and naval cases in me pines. Drops Dead in Church As Father Did Before Triumph, Minn. (AP) Mrs.

Harry E. Peterson, 39. wife of a Monterey. grocer, dropped dead Thursday night when she stepped to the platform to sing a solo at the Mission Covenant church. Her father dropped dead in the same church about two years ago.

Son's Letter Tells Mother Not to Mourn Tewksbury, Mass. (AP) Marine Sergeant Paul Houlihan told Sis mother not to grieve for him in a letter forwarded to her following his death on a South Pacific battlefield. The letter reached Mrs. Jeremiah Houlihan this week. "My death would not mean that your struggle has been in vain," he wrote.

"Far from it. It means that your sacrifice is as great as mine. "There is more work for you to do," he told his mother. "The home front will still have to stand united for years after the war is won. "Hope on for a month," he urged her.

"But at the end of that time you must accept the fact that I have sacrificed myself for what we know is right as so many splendid fellows have done. "Though it will be difficult for you. you will disappoint me if you do not at least try to accept this fact for I shall have done my duty to the utmost of my ability. "No one can do more and no one calling himself a man could do less. "You must not grieve for me," he wrote.

"I have no fear of death. I would have it no other way. We are sent to this world to acquire a personality and a character to take with us thc.t can never be taken from us." Far FORECAST FOR ILLINOIS: Fair Saturday and Sunday, except scattered brief thunder-showers Sunday and extreme west portion Saturday night. Warmer north and west Central portions Saturday, Slightly warmer Sunday. LOCAL WEATHER Strikes Affect 16,000 Workers By The Associated Press Labor disputes made at least 16.000 workers idle yesterday in the eastern half of the nation.

The War Labor board directed the C. I. O. United Steel Workers to terminate a strike at the Timken Roller Bearing Canton, Ohio, where 9.000 walked out in protest against what union leaders called "a complete breakdown in labor relations." The strike began Monday. At least 6.500 workers were off the job in five coal mines and two steel mills in Pennsylvania, although three other walkouts ended in the same industries in that state sending 1,350 back to work.

The continuing strikes affected the Homestead and Clairton plants of Carnegie-Illinois Steel corporation, which the C. I. O. said were unauthorized, and five coal mines. The miners disputes involved issues such as vacation pay, extra pay or wages.

Six hundred workers at the Rub-beroid roofing material makers, at Joliet. 111., stopped work, protesting proposed use of a new type machine before a new wage scale was agreed upon. Midwest Truck Drivers' Strike Is Postponed Chicago (AP) A threatened strike of 26,000 over the road truck drivers in eight Midwestern states, scheduled for midnight last night, has been postponed penfling a War Labor Board hearing in Washington July 6, Thomas E. Flynn, executive assistant to the president of the A.F.L. International Brotherhood of Teamsters said late yesterday.

Flynn said notice of the postponement had been telegraphed to the War Labor Board. The strike had been ordered by the A.F.L. Central States Drivers council in protest against the refusal of the Midwest Operators association to put into effect a wage increase ordered by the W.L.B. Earlier yesterday the W.L.B. ordered the asssociation, representing 113 trucking companies in twelve Midwestern states to show cause at a hearing in Washington July 6 why the board's wage increase order had not been complied with.

The W.L.B. ordered employers in Minnesota. Ohio, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and part of Wisconsin to increase the drivers' hourly wage rate from 90 to 97 cents and the mileage rate from 3.4 cents to 3.65 cents a mile retroactive to Nov. 16, 1943, and to 3.7 cents after July 1, 1944. Dexter Lewis, director of the drivers' council, said employers in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and most of Wisconsin had complied with the directive and were not included in the strike plans.

final showdown battle for the island may occur in that area north of Garapan. Neutralizing bombardments con tinued against Tinian and Rota islands, to the south, and against enemy bases in the distant Caroline and Marshall island groups. Front line dispatches reported the fiercest fighting of the invasion was in progress on the southern slope of Mt. Tapotchau. dominating peak at the island's center.

Two by-passed pockets of resistance still held out there. From deep, well stocked caves, the Japanese poured out a deadly fire from mortars and machincguns. Marines and Doughboys had dragged up heavy guns to shell the caves at pointblank range. Gradually the enemy's positions were crumbling. Merchant Vessel Is Sunk in Caribbean Washington (AP) The Navy announced yesterday that a small Panamanian merchant vessel was sung in the Caribbean early this month as the result of two underwater explosions of undetermined origin.

Survivors have been landed at San Juan, Miami and New Orleans. Patient Dies in Fall Jacksonville (AP) Carl Haber, 53, Beardstown, a patient at the state hospital here, was killed yesterday in a fall from a truck on which he and three other patients were riding. Ration Dates Meat, Cheese, Fats: Book 4 red stamps A8 through W8 good indefinitely Canned Goods: Book 4 blue stamps A8 through V8 good indefinitely for 10 points each. Sugar: Book 4 stamps 30, 31 and 32 good indefinitely for five pounds. Stamp 40 good for five pounds for home canning through Feb.

28, 1945. Shoes: Book "airplane stamp" 1 and 2 good indefinitely. Gasoline: 12-A coupons valid for three gallons June 21; good through Sent. 21. Fuel Oil: Period 4 and 5 coupons good through Sept 30.

New Period 1 coupons may be used as soon as received from ration board Macon county ration board, 330 North Church street Invasion Price Is Highest in Pacific By LEIF ERIC'KSON Of the Associated Press U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor Americans battling on Saipan have paid the highest price so far in the Pacific 9.752 killed, wounded and missing in two weeks for one-half of a small but highly important island of the Marianas. The grim figures, announced yesterday by Adm. Chester W.

Nimitz, were: Dead. 1.474; wounded, missing. 878. The total was far more than double that at bloody Tarawa in the Gilberts last November, when 3.583 Americans were killed or wounded in 76 hours. It more than doubled the losses on Guadalcanal in six months of warfare 3.767.

Enemy losses in the bitter fighting that has wrested half of rugged Saipan from the Japanese also have been heavy. Nimitz said no accurate estimate was possible but 4,951 Japanese dead already had been buried. Many dead or wounded had been removed by the Japanese as they retreated. Marine Losses Heaviest As at Tarawa, which up to that time was the most costly victory in Marine corps history the losses on Saipan were heaviest among the Marine assault force. The total covering the period from the invasion June 14 through last Wednesday, included 1.289 killed in action.

At Tarawa 988 Marines lost their lives. Army dead on Saipan totaled 185. The wounded included 6,377 Marines and 1.023 Army men. Missing were 827 Marines and 51 Army men. New Gains Scored Despite difficult terrain and intensified resistance, American ground forces scored new gains at the center of the island-wide battle-line and on the eastern or right flank.

Nimitz reported a dominating position had been occupied near the small mountain town of Charan on the eastern end of the front. Enemy strong points in the Tana-pag harbor area on the western side were being pounded steadily by carrier planes and warships. The Fri. Thurs Fri. Thurs.

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