The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-03

Marshall Expected
10 go to Britain
Early Next Year
BY Helen Essary


son with what is 10 come, the mill
tary operations OF United states
forces have only been brilliant
sk.rmishes so far. The real mass
fighting is 10 start in 1914
Military timetables call for be-
ginning the great Ang .o-Amegcaa
invasion. OF Western Europe mex
spring or early summer.
Semiofficial confirmation of
these plans has already appeared
in the Army and Navy Register a
usually reliable service publication.
The Register says Gen. George
e. Marshall who i' appears. VIII
command the invasion personally.
VIII not go to Great Britain unit,
some time after the first OF the
year
This" the publication SAYS IN
its current issue. IS IN accordance
with the disclosures that the pro
iecfed movement OF forces from the
British Isles 10 the loWlands aud
France will not be undertaken IN.
IN some time In The spring or early
summer
Meanwhile. Allied commander,
Will step UP the hombsrdmen' Of
Naz. industries. and military and
naval installations. during the long.
winter nights. Enemy defenses vii.
be weakened as much as possible
before troops start across.
The Germans naturally viii have
to guess the exact time and place
OF the invasion across The English
channel
But from six to seven months
hence. the German defenders viii
be awakened by a pre-dswn visit
OF vast masses OF American. British
Canadi an. French and other troops
The air war will have left black,
smoking ruins along the stretches
OF continental coastiand. The inya-
sion will be protected by the great
est air umbrella the world has ever
seen. The attack will be made un-
der the most stupendous naval
bonn bardment in history.
The Allied forces will suffer loss
IS such as Americans have not
been accustomed 10 since Gettys-
burg and the home front must BE-
prepared for this. But Allied com
manders mean 10 save all the lives
they can by hitting the Germans
with the most terrible array Of
mechanical killers that modern
science can devise
Secretary OF STATE Cordell HUI
and British Foreign Secretary An
thon yEden are believed 10 have
told Soviet Foreign Commissar Via
cheslsy Molotov that spring or ear
" summer Will see the fulfillment
OF the second front" commitment.
But the United States and Brit
ism governments insist that the job
IL wholly military in nature. and
that neither Russian desires nor
American politics shall Influence
IT,
RANDOLPH PAUL. general coun-
sci for the Treasury Department. is
talking freely OF resign:ng after
Congress passes the tax bill now
being prepared by the House Ways
and Means Committee
Paul has borne the burden OF pre-
senting the Administrations tax
program 10 Congress. and he is
frankly tired Of having these reve-
nue. proposals turned down.
His associates report that Pauls
health is not TOO good and he does
nj fee that he can weather another
stormy session before the highly
critical Ways and Means Commit
Tee when It considers the omnibus
tax bill for 1915
THERE is MORE THAN ONE
REASON for gasoline rationing on
the home front. 4 primary reason.
OF course is the use OF gasoline I'm
mechanical equipment on the fight
Ing fronts. But there are great
many other military uses for gaso-
line.
Gasoline is used in field hospitals
10 heat sterilizers fo- surgical in.
struments 10 light the lamps IN
tent operating rooms, and 10 power
refrigerator units in which blood
plasma Is stored
II furnishes fuel for transport
planes flying the wounded from
field 10 base hospitals and in many
instances TO hospitals in this coun-
try.
Soldiers in the Arctic regions de-
pend on gasoline for cooking and