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fore the Bismarck show occurred
were after me to tell them how it al
happened. How had we got ava,
with it? They wanted to know. How
had it happened that our squadron
Of A-20s, skip-bornbing at masthead
height, had been able to 60 in un.
scatched against 10 Japanese de.
stroyers including two flotilla lead
ers, equipped with everything tha1
q warship can have to throw agains,
attacking planes?
American losses in two days were
one Flying Fortress and two single.
scatter P-38s nightnings) operating
upstairs, or above $1,000 feet. Oul
squadron, the Royal Australian All
Force Beaufighters and the B-25s
(Mitchells), went in strafing and
skip bombing at low levels and came
back to fly other missions.
If had to give the answer in two
words, it would be co-ordinated at
tack. II I had to give it in one
word. it would be Kenney.
The story began for me about the
middle of the last week of April. /
was operations ofncer at our strip at
Kila Kila, about miles down the
coast southeast of Port Moresby SO
that I was in one of the staff con-
1erences and knew everything that
was going on. Intelligence came up
with the information that the jana :
nese ships, which had been gather
ing at Rabaul, had left the harbor
and there was evidence that they
had taken thousands OF troops
abroad.
Excitement Prevailed.
A deep, vague excitement began
to prevail at Kila Kila. We had
been In the doldrums since the final
storming of Buna in December. an
all two exciting period of months
At one time the Jap was eight
minutes from our strip. We used to
take OF, circle the field wide, drop
our bombs, come in and load again,
The Japs sneaked in one night on
an Australian air base and cut the
throats of . aseouple of Aussies while
they slept. We didn't like that. We
slept with sidearrns and were un-
comfortable.
The A-20, or Havoc, a 1t wa
called IN the press dispatches. IL 1
twin-engined attack plane which We
used for low-level bombing, strafine
and photography work. It carried
a crew Of three-pilot, tail gunner
and tunnel gunner photographer.
The photographer could cover that
one-time blind spot-the air direct
ly underneath-by yanking his cam
era from the planes belly and pro-
jecting 4 machine gun through the
hole.
I have feeling that the Aussies
never would have been able to out
smart the Jap and force him back
on the Kokoda Trail over the Owen
Stanley range with its four mile
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BERN. Switzerland. Sept. ls.--A
dispatch from Chambery, France.
to the Tribune de Geneve said to-
day that the RATS, Thursday
night bombing OF Modane, railway
junction Of the Italian French
border. left the city's railroad
yards 4 shambles.
The bombing, coupled with sabo-
tase Of the Mont Gents Railway tun-
mel BY Italian troops, WAS expected
to halt trafnc over the important
rail link with Turin for seven to
eight months, the dispatch said.
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Victory at Bismarck Sea:

Editors Nots-Ths Bismarck
Sea battle tops any OF the GREAT
M1vul actions OF history-Soln-
mis-, Trafalgar, Jutiand-in ons
respect, the number of lipes lost.
When 1t. Gen. George Kenney,
dirmen had sunk the last rem
nants OF the japanese fleet north
OF the Ne,r Guinea STEPPING
STONE to Australia, the tally ,pus:
Jopdnese dead, $4,000, ships
lost. a.: planes lost, 81.
American dead, 10: planes
lost, 4.
FuH details OF the battle haze
oAen revealed By the American
combat pilots In a series of II
stories, Of sDhich this is the first.
By CAPT. EDWARD CHUDOBA
Az Told to
GEORGE KENNEDY
star star Writer
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Ruiids
Continued From First p,,.

only $50 miles from Northern Italy.
Munich, which the RAJ hit the
same night, is an even shorter haul
More Protection Seen.
Other industrial centers xuch =.
Strasbourg and Lyon will be brousht
psoportionately closer. The former
Austrian capital Of Vienna Is only
400 miles from Northern Italy.
Shorter trips also will permit
better fighter escort, which in turn
means that speed. now resorted to
for protection, may be sacrificed in
favor of bigger bomb loads.
One possibility In this connection
Is that the Marauder two-ensined
bomber, Whose bomb load has been
limited to about ton in its raids
from Britain. could carry double
that amount Of explosives il it were
able to sacrifice some Of its speed
The Marauders today gave the
Germans Beauvois-T TILE air base
IN France Its fourth battering with
IN q month to carry the newest
aerial assault on the continent
through its fourth straight day.
Berlin Is Bombed.
Raj. Mosquitoes last night bombed
Berlin Tor the third successive night.
and other Mosquitoes and Whirl-
winds swooped over Brittany to
shoot up a number of trains-all
without loss.
Mitchell medium bomhers Of the
Royal Dutch Naval Air Service
struck at railroad yards in Rouen.
between Paris and LIE Havre. Allied
Spitnres escorted the raiders and
engaged in supporting sweeps, de-
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sonal safety. The Italians, however,
were highly nervous, fearing dis
covery would mean they would be
executed ~ we'll as the Americans,
who had no illusions that their
uniforms could save them from
death If they fell into German
hands.
Badoglio, in civilian clothes, re-
ceived the Americans in the study
Of his ornate villa. The marshal,
whose personal situation was highly
dangerous because of the armistice
plans, looked very tired and old.
A brief and pointed conversation
followed, at the end Of which Ba-
doglio took Gen. Taylor's hand and,
with tears in his eyes, said:
II swear on my honor and my IS
years as soldier my loyalty to the
Allied cause"
Gen. Taylor and Col. Gardner
were driven back to their quarters
again but were stopped frequently
by Italian sentries. Gen. Taylor
then hurriedly wrote . message to
be sent to Gen. Eisenhower by pre-
viously arranged communications.
He and Col. Gardiner then settled
down to await further instructions.
Dosed in Their Room.
The italians gave them filet mig
non and the Americans spent . day
DOING occasionally in their room,
with drawn blinds, until PM,
when they were informed to hurry
back to Gen. Eisenhower,s head
quarters. Passage by plane already
had been arranged.
Gen. Taylor suggested that an
italian general return with them.
An interpreter accompanied him.
A motor car drove into the court
yard and Gen. Taylor, Col. Gardiner
and the Italian general quickly
stepped inside from the portico.
The view through the windshield
was limited, but the Americans were
able to see the railroad tracks
heavily damaged by bombs, forcing
them to take several detours.
Rome's streets appeared busy
with what Gen. Taylor described as
normal wartime traffic" Trolleys
and buses were moving, as were
some private cars.
Passed Marching Nazis.
Just before they turned into Cen
tocello Airport their car passed a
squad Of German infantry march-
ing along the road so close, Gen.
Taylor told me, that could have
reached out the window and tapped
them on the shoulder-needless to
say. didn't"
Driving swiftly past the hangers
they proceeded to the middle Of
the field, where trimotored savoia
Marchetti bomber was waiting. its
motors already warmed up. At ex-
actly 5 pm. the plane TAXED to
the end of the runway and took on.
headed out over the sea.
The plane few high, and only
once en- route was another air.
craft spotted. 1t was an American
fighter. which zoomed close, looked
over the italian plane but pulled
away without firing a shot, the pilot
obviously having been informed that
the plane was on special mission.
Antiaircraft batteries had been
similarly advised, and the plane
landed safely at a North African
airfleld after two-hour trip from
Rome. -
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stroying one Nad fighter. One
spitf,re Was missing but its pilot
Was reported safe.
Air Raid on Modone
Destroys Roi Yords
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America took too calmly the ex-
termination of powerful enemy
convoy and its protective covering
Of destroyers and airplanes headed
toward our fields at Port Moresby,
1t seemed to me when read news
paper clippings of the Bismarck
Sea affair that my family had saved
for me at home in Akron. The
feet of 10 japanese warships and
II transports was completely de-
stroyed before 1t got within Is miles
OF the coast 1t approached. The
force 1t carried was comparable
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seen again and it Is not believed
that its planes participated in the
battle of the Bismarck Sea-

Tomorrow-Sighting Of Convoy
Puzzles Officer.
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Col. Gordiner Governor
From 1929 to 1929

GARDINER, Me, Sept. IS tP-
Col. William Tudor Gardiner is a
veteran of the World War and was
Names Governor from 1929 to 1898.
"A Boston tinancier after he left
the governors chair, Col Gardiner
Is = member Of wealthy and dis
tngutshed Maine family which saye
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Capt. Edward Chudoba, who
piloted An A-20 douglas Hav-
oc) On fateful March ;. 1043,
was born at Akron, Ohio, of Bo-
hemian ancestry. He has brown
wavy hair and q mischievous
grin. He left job with Fire
stone to enlist In the air forces.
Stationed at Hickman Field,
Hawaii, he completed a college
course started at Akron Uni
versity and went on to flying
school and q commission.
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Marine Flyer Killed
As Two Planes Collide
he Associated Press.

ID! tfie ASSOcINfNd FfeeE. - E z
, PENSACOLA. Fla, Sept. 1s.-Sec-
ond 1t. L. E. Thomas Melton OF the
Marine Corps was killed Thursday
when his plane collided with an
other while. in fight. the Pensacola
Naval Air Training Center reported
today.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

The bssk sf the week n the War
stamp boek. II spells victory II
AIled In.
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FDR Reviews
Status Of War
Spurs Nation for
Knockout Punch

: WARRINGTON, July % - az
Reporting Italy on the ropes,
Germany blackened by bombs,
and Japan losing the initiative
in the Pacific. President RooSe-
Welt called on the American peo-
pie and their Allies today TO fol-
low through with the knockout
punch that spells total victory. >
The chief executive, reporting
to the nation on the war effort
abroad and at home for the first
time in almost six months, told a
radio audience last night that.
1.-The United Nations may
not take time out to gloat over
the downfall of Dictator Benito
MuSsolini and the obvious plight
of Italy. but must go on to de-
mand unconditional surrender.
Then Japan and Germany must
be whipped on their home
grounds.
2-The Axis leadership must
eventually be hunted out and
prosecuted for war guilt No
mere resignation, such as Musso-
lini's may interfere with this.
STEP-UP EFFORT
All this will command in
See PRESIDENT-Page 2
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Lions PoWwoW
p|ansReyeaIed
ArmIess Golfer
to Appear Again

A golf exhibition headed by
the armless golfer. Tom McAu-
life, will highlght the Lions
Club Powwow on August 5, at
Hillcrest Golf Club, Ivan A.
Johnston, chairman announced
today
The PowWow. an annual al
fair, is sponsored by the Mount
Clemens Lions TO help carry on
a dental, optical, and hygiene
program for the underprivileg-
ed children.
McAuliffe, has played exhibit
ton games for the powwow on
four other occasions. but prom
ises many new tricks TO enter
tain the guests.
In addition TO McAuliffe. the
well-known professional golfer.
David Millar. will put on an
exhibition game with some of
the Icing golfers in the county.
More than $500 in bonds have
already have been purchased by
the club as prizes for golf games
and other events.
1T is the biggest event OF the
year in Mount Clemens, jobs
ton said, land should be attend
ed by every man who wants to
enjoy himself"
NJ. r. Anderson was appoint
ed by President Donald j. Par
ent, chairman of the entertain
ment committee, replacing Rus
sell Murphy.
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pie in Mount Clemens, until he
recently joined the lineup. When
asked to discuss the women he
said, They stand here while
their husbands play pinochle.
You meet the same folks day aft
er day"
Many entered complaints
about the unfairness of the
whole set-up. 1t seems that some
of these adults behave shame
fully. They act worse than a
group of school children await
ing their turn for a drink at a
fountain. Some sneak ahead,
taking others turns; and some,
who are fortunate enough TO
reach the head of the line, get
their pint, 60 back and work
their way to the front again.
"Rationing will eliminate such
problems" says Mike Zastance-
witch.
Several ladies complained
about the waste Of time, but the
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Urge. Donors
to Register
for Blood Bank

Sponsors of the Macomb
county Red Cross blood donors
clinic appealed today 10 the 49,
600 residents of Mount Clemens
TO contribute toward the blood
bank TO be held here on Mon
day and Tuesday. Less than
$50 persons have registered so
far and al least 500 pints OF
blood are needed.
The Blood Bank will be held
in the basement of the First
Methodist church al the inter
section of Cass and North ave-
nues. The hours on Monday
August 2, will be from p. m.
until 730 p m. and on Tuesday,
August 3, from 100 until 6 o.
clock.
Registrations may be made
with any member of the Ameri-
can Legion or the American Ie-
gion Auxiliary, or with any OF
the following:
Call Charles Mikelait at 2385;
Mrs. Russell Branyan at 5000;
Mrs. Norwood Deichert at 5337;
Mrs. Carl Schimmel at 1856; or
he Red Cross office at 1921.
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Axis Chiefs Must
Pay for Crimes
designations Not Enough
President Warns Enemy

in that category all the militar-
lists in Berlin, Rome and Toyko"
who "startedathis war specifi-
cally he spoke of Benito Musso-
lini and said that "he and his
Fascist gang will be brought to
book and punished for their
crimes against humanity"
But even as the President
spoke. the ex- boss of the Black
shirts was variously reported in
Switzerland. Spain and under
arrest in Italy-and Switzerland
and Spain arc neutral nations.
Holland was a neutral coun-
try when the first World War
ended. and there defeated Ger
many's Kaiser Wilhelm II found
sanctuary FOR more than score
of years-until death in l94l
found him a faint. forgotten le-
gcnd TO millions who had called
him murderer while the fighting
lasted. Safe from trial on charg-
es of having caused the war. the
aging woodchopper of Doom
wrote thousands of words in an
effort to prove himself innocent
Whether the President enVis'
Toned an Interpretation of inter
national law permitting the en-
forced return OF Axis leaders
fror. such neutral Ravens in the
postwar days is not, of course
known. But a little later in ms
address he said we will permit
no vestige of fasicism to re-
main" and again he spoke, no'
of people but of its leadership
And he stressed that the long
arm of Justice" eventually would
tap the shoulders of the mill,
tarists of Rome, Berlin and
Tokyo.
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COORDINATED DRIVE
Plane Crash
Fatal 10 70
Transport FoIIs
in Kentucky

BOWLING GREEN. Ky, July
29-(P)- An American Airlines
plane enroute from Louisville to
Nashville crashed and burned at
Trammel, Ky. 20 miles south
cast of here, last night and first
reports said 20 persons were
killed.
Two severely injured persons
were in a hospital here.
Americans airlines identified
the two survivors of the crash as
Lieut.. Glenn Fellows, based at
Love Field, Dallas, Tex; and
S. X. Hoffman. of Williamsport,
Pa. Fellows is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. NJ Fellows OF Michigan
Center, Mich.
The list of dead, as identified
by the company thus far, were:
Neelan q. Hall, warrant Off
Ger stationed at Long Beach,
Calf.
Lieut.. George w. Turrill,
Love Field, Dallas, Tex.
Lieut.. Mark Rainsford, sta
toned at Dayton, Ohio, husband
Of Elizabeth Dodge Rainsford,
Riverdale, N. Y.
Roger Ingraham, Medina,
Ohio.
w. X. Cooper, Williamsport,
Pa.
See CRASH-Page 2
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summer visitors, who are here to
take the baths, said time didn't
mean a thing TO them! They did
welcome the suggestion that
some thrifty soul might rent out
benches or chairs for added
comfort.
The most amazing tale was
that of a woman who tainted
three times before she made her
purchase After each fainting
spell she was carried TO her
car, where she revived suffi-
GENTLY TO take her stand again.
The last attack occurr / when
she was second from the door.
She finally manage to return
t. her place just in time to get
her pint!
DENY "STAND-IN"
Rumors that people are often
paid to wait were flatly denied.
Everyone seemed to want the
liquid gold for themselve- or
See LIQUOR-Page 2
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Strikes End

LISBON, July 29-(Pl-- Riot
ing and three days Of strikes bv
tens Of thousands of Portuguese
workers over the shortage Of
food for the working classes
have ended, il was announced
today. The Portuguese govern
ment censorship released news
Of the strikes and rioting after
three days of silence.
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Want a Lift, Soldier!
City Will Help You Out

City commissioners agree d
last night to have sheltered load
ing plat forms constructed along
Gratiot avenue to be used by
soldiers seeking rides to De-
troit.
Commissioner Frederick j.
Breitmeyer Jr., presented the
idea at the suggestion of several
Mount Clemens merchants. City
Engineer +. l.. Pettingill and
Commissioner of Street Henry
Bruneel Will proceed TO desig-
nate the place and type of shell
ter TO be constructed. Sugges-
lions were made at the meeting
to put up a warning-sign .
block before the shelter, invite
ing motors to stop at the plat.
forms. The loading platforms
will be for those in the Armed
Forces only.
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Yanks EnveIop
a More Towns
Smosh Swiftly
Ahead in Sicily
BY RELMAN NORM

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, July 20 -
up - American and Canadian
troops, pushing steadily into
northeastern Sicily under raging
aerial support, have captured
four more towns, including the
vital central road junction Of
Leonforte, and have inflicted
heavy casualties on stubbornly
retreating Axis forces, the Allies
announced today.
Canadian columns smashed
their way into Leonforte, eight
miles northeast of Emma, in
fierce fighting While the Aneri-
can seventh army, pounding
eastward down the coast from
Palermo, captured the towns of
Pollina, Castelbuono and Gangi.
With the occupation of Pol
lima. representing a one-day adj
vance of about eight miles from
the port of Cefalu. which was
taken the previous day, the
American armored spearhead
had reached a point only IS
miles from Messina. jumping off
place for Axis forces defending
the island.
COORDINATED DRIVE
Castelbuono and Gangi are In
land towns, on an approximate
See SICHY-Page 2
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Charge Irregular
Land Deals at
SeIfridge Field

Rep. Paul w. Shafer, (R-
Mich.) said today he had turned
over to Julius Amberg, legal adj
wiser TO Under Secretary of War
Patterson charges of Irregular
ties in the acquisition of land for
the enlarging of Selfridge Field
and of faulty construction of the
fields new parking apron.
The charges. Rep. Shafer said.
were contained in letter from
See SELFRIDGE-Page 2
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War work was temporarily
halted today at the Phillips Ma
chine Products. of 1925 East
Nine Mile road. Van Dyke, as
the result of a robbery early this
morning which deprived the
factory of precision tools valued
at $1,000.
Among the tools stolen were:
Height gauges. micrometers, tel
escope gauges. and indicators.
An Underwood typewriter is
also missing.
William F. Phillips. the own
er. was not able to predict how
long it would take before the
shop is able to resume produc-
ton, but stated that he was
making every effort to borrow
tools from other factories.
II would take around six or
seven weeks to buy new tools
because of priority regulations,
he indicated.
The thieves made their en-
trance by breaking the glass in
the front door and opening the
latch from the inside They had
previously tried to pry the door
open. but failed. Deputy Sheriff
Leon Kandt reported this morn
ing.
The robbery was believed to
have taken place sometime after
midnight when the last shift was
through work.
Harley Ensign, underSheriff.
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WASHINGTON, July Pop,
What will be postwar punish
ment of Axis leaders who Presi-
dent Roosevelt says started this
war-a Kaiser's exile, a killer s
execution, or lonely cell?
And how will the criminals
be caught and sentenced?
Spurred by one sharp sentence
IL the Presidents speech last
night, those were the subjects of
street-corner speculation today
Said Mr.. Roosevelt No Grim
inal will be allowed to escape
by the eXpedient Of 'resigna
ton"
Though he obviously included
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Oust Germans
First, Allies
Warn BadogIio
Honorable Terms
Outlined by
Gen. Eisenhower
BY ROGER GREENE


Associated Press War Editor
Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower
offered riot-torn Italy an imme-
date and honorable peace today
and in five-point program de-
clared that the only obstacle bar
ring an end to hostilitieS was the
presence of German troops on
Italian soil.
Frontier reports said Italian
and German troops were rushed
today to Fiume and Trieste in
northeast Italy. adjoining Nazi-
couple d Yugoslsvia, where
Croats and Sloyenes were dem
onstrating for separation of the
Istrian Peninsula from Italy.
SITUATION TENSE
The situation in other eastern
sections of the kingdom was de-
scribed as tense.
Dispatches from Madrid said
Italian troops were trying TO
block the entry of Nazi rein
iorcements in northern Italy, but
there was no indication tina. they
were succeeding.
Madrid said that Italian regu-
lar troops. aided by civilians and
railwaymen turned saboteurs,
were locked in violent fighting
with Nazi forces north of Milan
and Turin after Hitler was said
to have rushed 10 divisions -
possibly up to 100000 troops -
from France to guard the Pc
River defense line.
FIVE POINTS
In a broadcast message, Gen.
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Eisenhower stressed these points
TO the War-weaIy Italians:
= Only the Germans in Italy
- are blocking peace.
% Cessation of hostilities Is pos
- sible Immediately un d er
honorable terms.
- Discontinuance OF assistance
- by the Italians to German
armed forces is prerequisite of
peace.
n Italian war prisoners will be
returned if Allied prisoners
in Italian hands are returned
safely and not sent to Germany.
- The liberties and traditions
" of Italy will be restored.
Gen. Eisenhower also pledged
that Allied occupation of Italy
would be mild and beneficient"
as in Sicily.
Swiss-Italian frontier reports
said that despite all denials to
the contrary, discussions were
continuing in Vatican City look
ing toward an armistice.
Marshall Pietro Badoglio, the
new Italian premier, was said to
be hoping to arrive at terms
which would not involve occupa-
ton of the Italian mainland.
London reported there were
indications that Marshal Badog-
See TERMS-Page 2
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City lauds Service
Of Former Commissioner

A resolution was passed by
city commissioners last night in
recognition Of Arthur c.. Him.,
who for eight years served as a
commissioner in Mount Glenn
ems. Mr.. HIM died July % at
ST. Joseph's hospital.
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Shipping Damaged

CAIRO, July 29-tPl-- RAJ
fighter planes damaged two enc
my merchant vessels yesterday
in patrols over the Aegean Sea,
leaving one burning and the 9TH
er riddled with cannon fire, a
Middle East air communique an
nounced today.