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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-05-13


balkans IN preparation Tor expected
invasion. l. S. bombs damaged three
Jap desuoyers IN SolomonS area. Red
army intensified ITS pressure ON Nov
oroSSIsk, Graud called the invasion
date near at hand. British yielded
base IN Burma with renewal of Jap
offensive there. Holland was placed
under martial law by Axis authorities.
Polish officials declared the Nazi
Gestapo chief IN Poland Was Killed
by machine gun bullets.
/ + , u \ German troops
struggled TO mold open the Cap Bon
peninsula in Tun!sia bat Allies were
halfway across the area. Fighting
ended in bIzerte area. Many Nazi
generals were being taken among
prisoners. a 200-plane Nazi raid on
ko5toV and Bat&iSk were broken up
by Russians. Jap attempts to gain
IoothoId around Changsha failed, &C
cording to Chinese spokesman,
NfDN ESDAl-An AXIS rout un-
precedent"d IN tn" entire war was
developing IN North Africa where
Nazl troops were sulrendelin& by the
thousands in Cap Bon peninsula and
destroying supplies which would have
enabled them to fight ON longer. Ger
man radios announced that Germany
had switched to strategic defensive
and SAID The battle for Germany is
about to BEGIN Savage fighting Of
Russians were slowly pushing Nazls
out OF trenches about NovorosSlsk ON
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THURSDAY. MAY Is. 1913.
SINCERE REGRETS

The Republican expresses its
sincere regrets over the fact that
The Mountain Democrat has
been compelled to suspend pub
LEGATION for the duration of the
war which has been brought
about through the lack of ade-
quate mechanical help.
An announcement appearing
on this page Of The Republican
today states the position of the
owners and the impossibility Of
continuing under the circum-
stances therein contained.
The hope Of democracy de-
ponds upon an enlightened peo-
pie and every newspaper that is
forced to suspend publication
because Of war conditions les
sens just that much the oppor-
tunity Of keeping individuals in
formed Of what is taking place.
When there is competition,
too, there IS more probability Of
the public getting the most of
the information and news that
is available, and much better
chance Of finally getting all true
facts.
The Republican will benefit
only slightly as far as additional
revenue is concerned and on the
other hand it will require more
initiative and effort on the part
Of its staff to keep giving to the
people the happenings Of the
day and to fight off the desire to
put off until next week what
should be printed this week.
This newspaper will take no
advantage Of any individual who
desires to have news items or
advertisements printed in its col
umns. We will make charges
only for the things that were
formerly charged and will at
tempt to give both sides of any
question, political or otherwise.
With our regrets for the SuS-
pension Of The Mountain Demo-
crat goes our hope for a speedy
return to active duty in keeping
Americans informed, free and
independent.
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Bill Cunningham's
Column Lambasting
John L. Lewis

These are hard words, but if, be
fore the war is over and victory won,
any further pronouncements or actions
of John L. Lewis forbid those coal
miners to enter their pits, he should
be taken into custody by the F.B.I.
and seriously tried for treason.
A balmy old goat by the name Of
William Dudley Pelley has been put
away for years as a dangerous enemy
of the nation. AS reprehensible as he
is, or was, and as deserving Of seques-
tration, his crime consisted of writ
ing subversive tripe which, maybe,
nobody read, or took seriously if they
did read. Recently a young man con-
victed of sabotaging one piece Of
metal in a shipyard was given two
years in a Federal prison.
If those are serious crimes, how
about the status of a man who, most
ly to satisfy a personal grudge de-
spite the mounting needs of an in
creasingly critical war, and in viola
ton of pledges solemnly given, delib-
erately pulls the switch on the entire
war effort? The enormity of the deed
takes form when one realizes that,
without coal, the war plants shut
down, trains can't run, electric light
and power plants go out of action
Two months of that could cost us
the war.
That's the physical side. Spiritually,
the man has already done us terrible
damage Before the government took
over the mines, the papers carried the
gleeful capital the propaganda eX-
perts Of Hitler and TOTO have already
made of the news. The United States
is paralyzed, there's disunity, repudi-
alton Of the government, complete
breakdown of morale, a cold discour-
aging fear Of losing the war they told
their people, undoubtedly bolstering
their own faltering morale
To get the picture of that, consider
how your own pulses would leap if
you read where his labor had rebelled
against Hitler, 100000 key men had
quit, and the Nazi production front
was paralyzed.
Here" you'd say, "is the crack
we've been waiting for. Their home
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IN reaching the decision to discontinue the operation of
plant temporarily appreciate the seriousness of this course
and the eventual hardship in reesabhng ourselves and the
paper At the time believe friends will understand,
and when the time they will assist in efforts
We therefore plead for your sympathetic understanding of
situation until the conclusion Of this world conflict
skilled labor will again become available service in industry
and shall be able to the operation our printing
establishment and the publication of Mountain Democrat
Thanks lot for all past favors, we hope to remain
Cordially yours,
MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT
BY W. o. DAVIS, Editor Manager
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with an Axis sub pack resulted in
four to ten subs sunk by British. The
convoy suffered some damage.
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The Republican

u. r. SINCFLL G. II. HANST
Associate Editors
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-14
Casualties

Washington. Dec. 1i-UP-- The
War Department today announced
the names OF II Michigan mon
missing IN action In the European,
Mediterranean and Southwest Pacl.
fic areas
They are:
European Ares
Second 1t Stanley Bolesta;
father. Stanley Bolesta, e346 Fast
Forest Ave. Detroit.
First 1t. Clark williams: wife,
Mrs. Sara Collins. 3S Prospect Ave.
Grand Rapids.
Tech Sgt Warren Reynolds:
mother Mrs. Josephine Reynolds.
Boyno Falls.
Mediterranean Area
Pvt Wayne Harmon. wife, Mrs.
Irene Harmon. % Henry St, Cold.
water.
Pvt. Mar Krum: mother. Mrs.
Mary Krum, Stanton
Pfc. Roydcn Mcgee; brother.
Jack Magee, 22Os9 Nevada St. East
Detroit.
iNt' MlIndel mOIhn, mother,
Mrs. Phllomena Moran. Stephenson.
Pfc. Ralph Schwikert: mother.
Mrs Sadie Schwikert. 1882 Court
st, Port Huron.
Pfc. Jerome Smith: brother. Clar.
mon Smith. 1890 Charleston, De-
troit.
Southwest Pacific Area
Sgt, Theodore Ansgnos: wife.
Mrs. Phlllls Anagnos, sil7 N. Mill
tary Ave. Detroit
Tech. Sgt Robert J. Bell: sister,
Mrs Eileen Colein, 4413 w. Phila-
delphia, Detroit.
Three Michigan men. all from the
Detroit area. were among l40 Unit
ed States soldiers reported by the
War Department today as wounded
in action.
They were:
Mediterranean Ares
Second II. Anthony A. Franek;
cousin. John NJ. Marian. 29l7 TT.
Park, Lincoln Park.
Pvt. Steve Ivanoff; George loan
escu relationship not known, 10
Pasadena. Highland Park, Detroit.
Southwest Pacific Area
Pvt. Edmund f. Cylkowski:
mother. Mrs. Ida Cylkowski, 1855
Frederick, Detroit.
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Announcements

LOST ana Eouno
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Business Services Offered
MOVING
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Loads 70 and from all states.
Daily trips TO Detroit and sur
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our representative will call. Es-
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REFRIGERATION SERVICE
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ROPER TABLE TOP Gas Range
Clean and in good condition. Phone
YpsilAntl Si75.
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Legal Notices
oEpEE APPOINTING TIME ron
HEARIN0 CLAIMS

STATE or MICHIGAN. The Pro-
bate Court for the County OF WASH
A, a session OF said Court. held
al TIE Probate office IN the city OF
Am Arbor. In the said County. on
the 2Oth day Of November. A. ID. 1913.
Present. Honorable Jay q. Pray.
judge OF Probate
IN the Matter OF the Estate Of
Frances L. waller. Deceased
n appearing 10 the Court that the
time for presentation OF claims
against said estate should be limit
ed and that time and place be APP
pointed 10 receive, examine and adj
Just all claims and demands against
said deceased by and before said
Court
n is Ordered. That creditors OF
said deceased are required TO pre-
-aid Probate office on or before the
2ist day OF February A. u i94i, at
10 O'Clock IN the forenoon said time
and place being hereby appointed
for The examination and adjustment
% all claims ana demands against
said deceased
II Is Further Ordered. That pub
he notice thereof b" given BY publi-
cation OF copy ~ this order for
three successive weeks previous 20
sald DAY Of hearing iu the Ypsi-
lanu Daily Press newspaper
printed and circulated IN said
JAY o. PRAY. Judge of Pro-
Xdp. 2-l2si
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6hnan & 0reenstreet
r Z 4 l. T O r S
40 ", Michigan. phone iiS1
BRAND NEW HOMES
Reasonable Down Payment
ta2 Per Month incl. Taxes
on FILA. Plan.

Nice living room, bedrooms.
with hardwood floor. linen clos
ct. bath, and Kitchen with limo
leun. Second floor. Recreation
room. furnace. laundry tubs.
chute. coal bin, fruit cellar,
package receiver. Insulation. win
dow shades. sidewalks. See them
today.
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Washington-Robert w. McChes-
ney. president OF the National Elec-
trlcal Contractors Association:
The FIRST announc oment OF peace
can be the signal for the greatest
construction program America has
ever seem
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Merchandise
Merchandise For sale

WeTcHaHuIbe POT oaIe
BABY BCGGY-Black, steel frame.
rubber tires. pre-war built. Good
condNion 10 W Michigan
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APPoInTMrMT
or ADhIhIsTRAToR

No. 1906
STATE or MICHGAS. IT.. Pro-
bate court Tor the county Of wash
ttnAW
At session OF said Court held al
the Probate office In tue CITY u
Ann ATbOr. iu said County On tls
lat day Of December. A y. Ig43.
Present. Hon. JAY O. PRAY. Judge
OF Probate
In the Matter Of tie Estate Of
osrtruds u. BAokuE, deceased
Lee A. BackuH, husband. having
filed In said Court HIS petition pray
ing that the administration Of said
estate be- granted 10 Leo A. Backus
or 30 some other suitable person.
u II Ordered That tho cath day Of
December. A. u. 1919. az ten o'clock
10 the forenoon. et said Probate Of
flee. be and f. hereby appointed for
herring said petition.
II IN Further ordered. That public
notice thereof be given by publica-
ton OF n copy OF this order, once
each week for three successive
weeks previous TO said day Of hear
ing, IN the Ypsilanti Press.
Newspaper printed and circulated Ia
said County.
JAY q PRAY,
Judge Of Probsts.
A true copy
Nora O. BorEeTt.
Negihtsr 81 Probate
Adv 2-i22I
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household turnishirpt

USED HOUSEHOLD GOODS OF all
kinds. Cheap. Main Furniture
Store. 200 n. Main ST., Ann Arbor
Omen nNenInRE
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LADIES Black Wool Dress Coat
size IL, ladies' black wool plated
skirt, size %, new black kid dress
shoes. Size Ga "a. ss2 Congress.
LADY's NEARLY NEW TWEED
COAT size "a. Reasonable. Call at
7l2 Congress St.
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Merchandise

WINE CREPE DREsa, size rs, and
black crepe dress size II, brand
new. suitable for any occasion.
Phi 20SS-J
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keaI Estate
Houses For safe

BUY AHOME
FOR CHRISTMAS
PROSPECT ST: s room blnEalov.
Nswiy painted and IN good eondi-
ton Very large lot. only 1850,
with $1,000 down.
INVESTMENT: - room home
over i10O month income. Well
constructed and IA Al shape.
Newly insulated. Good roof. Dan
DIV basement. Stoker operated
steam heating plant Equipped
for use either as apartments or
roominK house. Price tlo,5oo.
with $500 down
WEST SIDE. rooms. bath. and
sun pArlor. All in good shape in
side and out Automatic gas heat.
Natural fireplace Garage. Nice
section OF town. Price, $3.50, on
terms.
Low PRICED: only $500 cash
buys neat little 4 room cot
tage IN country. white shlnkle
siding Deep we'll Chicken house
About : miles northeast Of Ypsi.
1850 DOWN. why rent when you
can buy a dandy { room hunEa-
low with unfinished upstairs for
such a low down payment Built
only year Located short dis
lance from Bomber Plant. Price
only, $3.50.
GOOD LOCATION, We have two
older homes in nice sections one
on Normal. another on Pearl
Each has 8 rooms and bath. Need
repair one at $500, the other
at $500
Evening star., 1943-01-27

TO the coastal road running north
since they were in position 10
plunge to the gulf coast between
Sfax and GabeS.
The other Allied forces were those
in the Ousseltia Valley. about -
miles west of SousSe, and dispatches
from the front last night told how
Americans had captured noun
tain pass commanding the valley
plain, near the peaks OF Diebel er
Rihana and Djebel al Halfa. The
Nazis took the position from the
French last week.
The United States forces mus
tered artillery against the position
and deployed tanks for the assault.
But the infantry moved in with
out expected opposition and found
that the enemy had pulled out dur
ing the night.
Occupa ton of the mountain OBJ
jective was achieved in an hour and
half and then patrols moved
through the mountains to wipe out
German nests.
Evening star., 1943-01-27
u. ). Planes Beat OFF
ze'os, Downing Two,
Over Wake Island
News of Ruid on BoIIoIe
Reveals jap AirfieId
Has Been Set Up There
Fly the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
American planes flying over Wake
Island on a reconnaissance mission
we're attacked by eight japanese
planes. the Navy reported today, but
returned safely to their base.
Two japanese Zero fighters were
! beleVed shot down in the first flight
over Wake since a bombing attack
on December %, which started large
fires.
Announcement of a Flying Fortress
raid on Ballale Island was the first
disclosure by the Navy that the
enemy had succeeded in establishing
an alrf1eld on that island near the
SolomOnS group. Previous Navy
communiques. however, have re-
ported bombing of japanese posi-
tiOnS there.
Ballale is miles northeast of
Shorthand, which is 295 miles north
west Of Henderson Airfeld on
Guadalcanal.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister John
Curtin OF Australia appealed for
greater strength in the Southwest
Pacific TO avenge the men of
Corregidor."
Voicing his oft-repeated warning
that stronger Allied forces were
needed to hold Japan in check, Mr..
Curtin declared:
Time is fighting on the side OF
Japan. Time is fighting against the
United Nations.
The Southwest Pacific area is too
crucial TO be left to a force Of
caretakerS."
Dispatches from the New Guinea
battlefront quoted 1t. Gen. Robert
Eichelberger, commander of Amer
lean forces in the victorious Papuan
campaign, as declaring that the
Allied triumph in that sector was
"a slap in the face for the Jap"
and the first pushing around OF
this war for the Japanese"
Flying Fortresses again blasted at
shipping in Rabaul Harbor, New
Britain, a major base for supplying
enemy forces in New Guinea, hit
ting ship in the harbor. started
fires in the airdrome area.
On the Burma front United States
bombers and fighters resumed at
tacks on Japanese held points.
Explosives were dropped on the
railroad yards at Mandalsy and
elsewhere and bridge at Shaduzup
was seriously damaged
Raj Indiab based bombers raided
the important japanese airdrome
at Toungoo in Central Burma last
night. blasting the runways and
leaving a number of fires burning.
Evening star., 1943-01-27
Higgins Plans ZOO on
Supercorgo Planes
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 81
Andrew J. Higgins, who was award
ed a large contract for cargo planes
after the Maritime Commission
Cancelled his contract to build 200
Liberty ships last July, declared
yesterday he planned to produce
new all-wing type super-cargo
plane OF 200 tons total displace-
ment.
The shipbuilder told a visiting
group of Peruvian and Uruguaysn
Journalists that the giant plane
would be new plastic, separate
and apart from his present contract.
and would be in production very
soon" He said it could be built ''re-
markably cheaply and in large
quantities"
Mr.. Higgins said he had no con-
tract at present to build the new
plane.
Evening star., 1943-01-27
China Again Accuses Japs
OF Using Poison Gas

CHUNGKING. Jan. 27.-An of
fetal charge that the japanese Army
is using poison gas. the first since
the United States and Great Brit
ain threatened to retaliate if earlier
attacks in China were repeated, was
made by the Chinese high command
today.
It's communique said gas was used
in futile attack on Chinese posi-
tions northwest of Hungtung. in
Southern Shansi Province, on Janu-
ary S.
They used poison gas, but several
hundred of their own men lost their
lives as the wind suddenly turned
toward their own positions the
communique said.
AT a press conference on June 5.
1912, President Roosevelt said that
if the japanese persisted in the
use of gas against China or any
other OF the United Nations. such
action will be regarded as though
taken against the United States. and
retaliation in kind and in full meas
ure will be meted out"
Evening star., 1943-01-27
American Forces
Recapture Key Posts
From Axis in Tunisia
Kuirouon-Ousseltio
Poss Now Held;
Germons Forced Back
Continued From First Page }

giers area. Two enemy fighter
bombers which attacked an Allied
airfield in the Tunisian war zone
also were destroyed.
British on RommefS Heels.
Meanwhile. the British 9Th Army
was on the heels Of the retreating
Nazi forces, fighting its way steadily
toward the Tunisian border from
Tripoli.
There was one report that Marshal
Erwin Rcmmel's men had managed
to gain contact with the Tunisian
Axis forces OF Gen Jurgen Won
Arnim. The report was broadcast
by the German controlled Paris
radio last night.
This was the union that Allied
leaders had expected in the area be-
tween Mareth. just south of the Gulf
of Gsbes, and Foum Tatahouine.
1t would place the Axis armies in
the jaws of trap being devised by
the pursuers Of Rommel and by the
Allied forces pointing toward the
tOdSJ II Oii az iCdSt I"O poAlIio
the interior of TuniSia.
While the main body Of the
British 9th Army moved westward
toward the port of Zuara, so miles
west of Tripoli, the air forces had
ranged along Rommels road of re-
treat to plaster his transport with
bombs and had pounded the air
drome at Medenine, which sits at a
road junction in the so-called
Mareth defense line where the Axis
troops were counted on to make at
least q token stand.
Rommel Rear Guard Battered.
The 9th Army engaged Rommeps
rear guard west of Zauia yesterday
Cairo communique said. Zauia is
30 miles west Of Tripoli.
Libyan and Egypt-bas aircraf,
swept over Sicily for bombings, but
other aerial activity was reduced.
American forces in the region oi
Maknassy offered a threat to the
rear OF the Mareth Line as we'll as