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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
PHOTOS SHOW DAMAGE

Estimates of the damage were
based on reconnaissance pictures
Of the area, which constitutes tho
enemy's strongest fortress on the
New Guinea coastline
Mai Gen. Ennis Whitehead,
commander Of the advanced eChe-
lon Of Allied forces in New
Guinea. issued a statement carry
ing portent Of further air fights
before the New Guinea struggle
Is Won He said the Allied blow
rs only tho opening of the battle
for air supremacy in central New
Guinea.
ON the Solomon's end Of the
offensive front American ground
troops broke Japanese resistance
Al Zeita Village on New Georgia
Island and pushed on toward
Bairoko IIarbor four and a hall
miles away Other troops landed
on Baanga Island. across a mar
row channel northwest of Munda
where fugitive enemy troops evi-
dcntly had set up gun positions
BaanCa WAS subjected ~ bomb
inc attack
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Naziis May Fall
In "a, Says Rick

NEW YORK, Aug. Is GNS)--
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker pre-
dicted today that al the present
rate OF Allied progress Germany
would not crack before the fall
OF 1914 and declared that II would
take al least another year after
that 10 conquer Japan
OF his visit 10 Russia RlCken-
hacker said
~ came away liking the Rus
slan people"
There should be no fear he
continued. OF the Russians quit
ting before total victory
Rickenbacker reported tn a
when he asked about abSenteelSm
in Russia they didn't know at
first what was talking about
They Just don't have enough of II
10 give II name. ho said.
Rickenbackcr urged a closer al
lance with Russia both now anc
after the war and suggested that
American and British war leaders
visit the Soviet Union 10 further
that end
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
7 Family Killings
Charged TO Girl
Registered U. q. Patent onics

BURLINGTON Ky. Aug 1s
tUPl Joan Kigcr rs vas
charged formally today with first
degree OF murder Of her father,
Carl c Kiger AZ. city com.
missioner and vice mayor ofCoy-
lngton Ky, and her brother,
jerry. s.
The warrant vas issued after
the sheriff and state police ques-
toned the girl Yesterday and
during the night about conflicting
stories told by her and her
mother, who also was wounded
IN the shooting al tho Kiger
summer heHfe HeaEEleEence XIV,
yesterday.
Police reported that IS shots
we're fired shortly after midnight
when the girl told police an IN
trudcr had entered tho home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
German Radio
Breakfasts New
Peace FeeIers'

NEW YORK. Aug. Is rUP)--A
Berlin radio commentator openly
suggested a negotiated peace last
night and said the German people
would gladly dispose of some
Nazi leaders once the war is
ended
The broadcast, directed 10
North American listeners. was
recorded by short wave listening
stations here.
The commentator. who called
himself Bill, said 1T is quite
possible that the suffering, sacri-
fees and reVerSes of recent
months have chastened German
extremists and made the people
generally better disposed TO accept
a practical. workable and just
peace, but this doesn't mean IN
conditional surrender. r."
"Signs are increasing that the
war may have reached crucial.
n most ngerous turning
point" he said, "a point beyond
which the hope of checking the
confiagration before il menaces
western II not world civilization
itself will steadily diminish"
The commentator said 1T was
the reaction 10 defeat and the in
Justice of the Versailles treaty
that gave rise TO totalitarianiSm,
some of the leaders of which the
Germans would gladly shake off
once they were themselves free of
outside menaees,
Re-education must come from
within. he said. maintaining that
the democratic form of govern
ment does not flt the German peo-
pie and would not endure even if
imposed by force
THE only way the unholy ALI
snce OF the bolsheviSts and the
plutocrats Of the west, who are
responsible for this war, can
triumph Is by brute force" he
said,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Cheese Ii!
Monkey Knows His Stuff
al Old Army Game

CAMP EDWARDS. Mass Aug.
Is lUP) Bobby, a l5-year-old
monkey owned by Fred Fiorella
Of Boston engaged in a dice game
TO entertain patients at the post
hospital.
After half dozen successful
passes soldier shouted
Cheese it. the cops"
Bobby picked up the dice and
hid them IN the pocket of a major
who was watching the game.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
State Filler Takes
Pictures Of Raid

1t. Karl f. Yaple, of Kalama-
700, took pictures in the glare of
the huge fires which Allied bomb
crS left in the wake of their devas-
tating raid on the Wewak air
dromeS, a wire dispatch from New
Guinea related today.
The Michigan fler was in one
of the more than 200 bomberS
which rnarcd over the airdromeS
in a surprise attack and destroyed
nearly so per cent of Jap planes
on the ground.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
BEAT OFF ATTACK

In the general Kharkov arc a
the Russians beat off a wide
spread and persistent counterat-
tack which was b ginning 70
assume the proportions OF a coun-
teroffenSive.
The German blows ( a lie d 10
dent the Russian lines, front re-
ports said, while the unslackened
Russian offensive thruStS i'm
proved the Red army positions in
several sectors.
Military sources said the rein
forced German army fighting on
the Kharkov front was struggling
to break the solid Semicirclc en-
veloping its position as far as ID
miles west Of the city
Recoilng after being driven
back into the outskirts OF Khar-
kov and TO the outer deienSeS of
Poltava. 90 miles TO the south
west. the Germans were counter
attacking with tens OF thousands
Of nfantrymen Rnd hundreds OF
tanks in a desperate effort &c
stem the Russian drive.
Continuing Russian advances on
the Bryansk and Spas Demensk
fronts 10 the north we're reported
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
India's QuisIing
To Raid Burma
Nv RAY RICHARDS
Detroit Times Wsshlnftnn Bureau

WASHINGTON Aug. 18-Sub-
has Chandra Bose, the Indian
"QuislinG," announced in a speech
in Singapore last Sunday that he
wiiiHiead a Mslayan army into
Burma within three months TO
help Japan repel an expected
Allied offensive. according TO
Saigon broadcasts monitored by
the United States foreign broad
cast intelligence service.
Radio Tokyo supplemented the
with a statement
that the first of the Malayan
puppet military element will enter
Burma IN two months. That
wouid coincide with the end of
monsoon weather. which prohibits
mechanical military movement in
Burma throughout the summer.
The tremendous significance of
Burma as a battlefield is in the
Allied necessity of regaining the
Burma Road through Free China
as route TO Japan proper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18

the Indonesian population con-
tribute an equivalent of 100000
American dollars 10 help finance
the expedition. and 100000 addi-
tienal recruits to the huge army
already raised
The mandatory wording Of the
call indicated that the contribu-
tons are considered by Bose and
his Tokyo masters as a financial
tax and soldier draft on a people
being plunged subtly but swiftly
into enSlavement.
1t is recalled here that Tokyo
has full and typically japanese
set of penalties to impose on help
less peoples requirements are
not met.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
City Clerk Leadbetter
Files for Re ELECTION

City Clerk Leadbetter today
filed his fee for reelection.
Leadbetter was a former cash
Ter at recorders court who was
appointed a deputy in the city
clerks office. In 1888 he became
deputy under the late Fred w.
CaStator When Castator died in
November, 1910. Leadbetter as
stunned the post Of city clerk and
was elected TO the office in the
fall of 1871.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Times Man Handles
MeSSina Surrender
BY MICHAEL CHINIGO

.MESSINA.-A Aug. Is ms
American Mai Gen. Grove Wilson
called upon me 10 act as mediator
in negotiations for formal surren-
der Of MeSSlna
/ set out with A party to find
Italian officials on the outskirts
of the bomb-Shattered port.
There we found a civilian dele
gate, intimate friend Of Mes
sinas military commander, Gen.
Michele TommaSello
Arriving at military hcadquar-
tiers we found the city's civilian
officials already assembled. and
they, along with the military
leaders, agreed on unconditional
surrender.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Si(ilians 10 Hear
BddogIio Tonight

LONDON, Aug Is INS)-The
Rome radio announced today that
Marshal Badoglo Avould address
the- people of Sicily this evening
and that he would be followed on
the air by Nltt0rIo -Emanuele Or
lando. prime minister Of Italy
during the last war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Michigan Lieutenant
On Bomber MISSING

Mt PLEASANT. Mich. Aug
1s-Lt. Malcolm s. Wardrop Jr.
of this city pilot OF medium
army bomber with eight other
ARMY rrrcrr -aF1oafti- ~a> reported
missing today The plane diSap-
peared Sunday on a flight from
Grcenvllle. s. G.. 10 Battle Creek.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
INFLATED BY JAPS

Puppet Bose, a nonentity in In
dian affairs until Japanese propa-
ganda inflated him 10 heroic pro-
portions as the president OF the
Indian independence movement,
is a fugitive from British India in
Japanese-occupied Malaga,
There was no attempt in Wash
ington, even among those who
agree with the policy of Euro
pean victory first, 10 minimize the
danger in the Bose announcement.
No doubt is felt that Bose has
been able. from Indonesian haters
of British rule, 10 recruit a SUBJ
stantial force which the Japanese,
for psychological as well as con-
crete purposes, are eager TO equip
and train for Burmese action.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Father Of Beaten Boy
Faces Trial Aug. "a

Ivlc Sadler. @-year-old war
worker was under $500 bond to-
day pending trial on Aug 24r0r !
assault and battery growing outI
OF the beating administered ~
his son Ridley 10
Sadler pleaded not guilty wheA
arralgned before Recorder JudgeA
Maher yesterday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
GLAD AMERICANS WIN

Gen Tomasollo.s reply was that
il was the lot Of some 10 be The
victors and that OF others 10 be
the vanquIShed
But he found comfort in the
fact that Americans In this case
were the ViCtOrS
Then Cen Patton turned 10
Cen TruScott and declared
"Lucian, l cannot congratu-
late You heartily enough on
your tremendous drive, the
ability Of your tactical aides.
the fighting fitness and veteran
like battle behavior of your
men. You made military his
tory which will be difficult TO
duplicate"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Civilians Cheer
Ydnk sEntrdn(e
Into Messiina
BA CR. CUNNINGHAM

NESSINA, Sicily Aug. L de
lsycdl lUPl--American and Brit
iSh troops completed tho conquest
az Sicily today by taking over
this homh-ruined city 10 The
cheers of trenzicd civilians who
came crawling out Of the ruins
10 greet them.
Tremendous quantities Of Axis
war materials and large numbers
Of Italian soldiers were captured.
There was hardly a German,
Abandoning their allies, tho NaIlS
had escaped across the two-mIle
NcSSna strait 20 the Italian
mainland
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Gun TURNED OVER

We started away in cars and
trucks back 10 meet the victorious
American forces on the outskirts
of the city, and here on the Mes
sina highway the last scene Of the
drama was enacted when | handed
over tho Italian commanders gun
TO Maj, Gen. Luclan X. TruScott
Jr.
Gen TruScott is commander Of
the American Third division first
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18

TO enter Messina. With him vas
Maj Gen keyes.
Ii Gen Patton commander Of
the Seventh Army arrived on the
scene as Tommasello was agreeing
to surrender terms. rird the
PRODUCING
Gen. Patton asked me 10 tell
Gen Tonma>cllo that nc was
sorry the Italian people had been
placed in a position where they
must suffer defeat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Bay City Pioneers Rites

BAY CITY Aug. is Andrew
Teller - who operated 4 harness
shop IN BAY City's west side FOR
half century. was 10 he buried
hero TIN, afternoon Burial was
10 be IN Elm Lawn Cemetery fol-.
lowing rites at the Hyatt Chapel.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
ASKS RECRUITS, MONEY

The Bose speech as recited by
the broadcasts and made avail
able today by the Office of War
Information is the newest signal
that Japan has plunged into
powerful campaign TO recruit pup
pet armies 10 aid in resisting
Allied attacks when they finally
come.
Bose coupled his announcement
OF large-scale Malayan military
aid 10 Japan with a demand that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
X-Ray Specialist Dies

BATTLE CREEK, Aug IS
Or Bruce Whytc 81. Community
Hospital X-rsy specialist. died
here Yesterday after a long H.
ness lie Is survived by his widow
and Pilot Officer Godfrey Bruce
WHITE Of the RAE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
3S PLANES SHOT DOWN

The Fortresses suffered a record
loss of Sc planes on the Schwein-
furt- raid, 10 more than on any
previous raid, and possibly lost
additional planes at Regensburg,
but Anderson said the destruction
of the two key targets would
more than outweigh whatever
losses we may have sustained"
American Thunderbolts an d
British Spitfires escorted the
bombers part Of the way and shot
down AT least 33 Of the intercept
ing fighters.
While British-ba sed FortreSses
were over central and southern
Germany, strong forces of Afrl-
can-based FortreSseS attacked
German airdromes at Istres lie
Tube and Salon. Is miles north
west of MarSeilles. in the first
American raid on southern
France.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18

II REPORTS are true that
the Axis troops are destroying
their military installations IN
the foot OF the boot, il may
indicate an immediate with
drawai by them te-heFtheFh-
Italy.
When Italy collapSes, il Is
almost a certainty that then or
Immediately thereafter, iugo-
slavia. Albania and Greece, with
the aid OF the United Nations
will be able 10 kick out the
occupying Nazi military units.
Al the moment. the greatest
strategic value that Will be
gained by the United Nations
from the occupation OF main.
land Italy and the Balkan
nations will be the airfields
obtained in those countries.
When that is accomplished
there will be no portion of
western. central, or eastern
Europe which will not be- open
20 shuttle bombing by the
United Nations
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Reds Win
Battle i'm
Ukraine

MOSCOW, Aug. Is CUP)-Rus-
sian troops have won battle
southeast of Kharkov breaking
German defenSeS and bolstering
the left flank of the Red army
hammering that Ukrainian strong
hold the military journal Red
Star reported today.
A crucial struggle that had
ragged for several days in The for
ested area below Kharkov ended
in clear-cut Russian triumph
which may prove a vital factor IN
the greater battle Of the north
eastern Ukraine
Red army units continued ham,
mering al the northern north
eastern and eastern gates Of
KharkoV. where the German de-
lenses were found 10 be stronger
than antiCipated.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Italian Knockout
Predicted i'm London
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG

There was httle doubt that the
Allies would take quick advan-
tage Of peace sentiment spreading
among INC Italians tho panic APP
preaching revolution following
aerial blows on their cities and
the deep gloom engendered by the
fall Of Sicily. -
Even while The SiCihan cam
paCn was Stll m progress, AL
he'd forces were turning Sicily
into an operating base 20 use MS
excellent ports Of Syracuse. Ca
tanIa and Trapanl and MS 20 OF
more air fields.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18

LONDON. Aug IS While
AXIS commentators talked about
Allied fleets concentrating IN Tho
western Mediterranean for new
invasion. informed London mIh-
tary observers believed today that
bombed and Stufe-rdden Italy
would b. the target az quick
knockout punch.
Capt. Ludwig Sertonus Of the
German TranSocean News Agency
said IN = Berlin broadcast that the
fleets piling Up IN North Africa
and newly conquered Sicihan ports
included some units from the east
ern end Of the Mediterranean
In gueSses betrayng Nazl nerv.
business over the next Allied move.
Sertorius said 2 thrust along the
western shore q Itslys mainland
Wat- peStiklA- nls - FaaEA- fraGAStA
stroke A. the Toe o. me Italian
boot or az SARDINIA from Sicily.
ROME STORY UNLIKELY
Rome radio said large ngs
sion fleet had been sighted of
Catsnis. on the Src.nar cast
coast. but 2 dispatch from tho
Island Indicated that The report
arose from The use NJ landing
craft 70 ferry troops and EQUIP
nent Up ne coast around AXIS
hard mines,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
AMERICANS FIRST TO ENTER

American units were first 10
enter McSSina. about six hours
after the last Of the Germans had
inCIoriously departed. They were
no sooner inside than AXIS artil-
4ery began lobbing shells across
the straits. The first shell killed
two civilians cheering the AmerI-
cans. Soon the Americans had
their long Tom field pieces set
up replying 10 the ANS, shell for
shell
Not one building in the entire
city was intact and the docks
were a mass OF twisted steel and
broken stone testimonial 10 the
fury of Allied aerial attacks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18

The twin assaults carried the
Fortresses nearly 800 miles into
Germany, their deepest penetra-
ton yet. and the Regensburg at
tackerS inaugurated an American
shuttle bombing service between
Britain and Africa by flying on
1000 miles TO North African
bases
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
100 lap
Aircraft
Destroyed
Continued from Page One)

their planes"
The success preserved Allied
New Guinea ground troops fight
ing near Salamaua and Allied
installations from damaging en-
envy air attacks. Strong Japanese
air formations out on forayS
against Allied strongpointS Sun
day and Monday were defeated
with the loss of probably PC
nlancS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
HARBoR AREA FLATTENED

The harbOr area had been fiat
tened Debris was piled high in
most streets.
The first reconnaissance units
entered the city al $50 a m and
by $50 the main body Of Ameri-
cans began pouring in. Soon
British advance guards and tanks
were moving in from the south.
Italian soldiers surrendered in
wholesale lots. A general gave
himself up 10 Mai. Grover Wilson
Of Pullman, Wash. who soon had
more prisoners than he could
count
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
The
War Today
Fall Of Balkans
Would Speed Up
BIitz Of Europe
BY MAI Paul G. RABoRG
WINE. tw International Nsu' >er'~'

SICILY HAS fallen lta'N
viii collapse YuEoSlsNla, Ale
haniA and Greece VIII JOIN the
camp Of the democrsCIcs Rut All
persons 81 the United Nations
are asking where and vhor noe
next INVASION Vail. hr made
Il is practically q certainty
that the assault on Italy VIII
continue by land sea and am
until that nation doc, collapse.
How long these assaults may
last viii he entirely dependent
on the degree az is that IS
put up BY NszT troops no" ~
the country a hIne Victor
Emmanuel.
II would seem without doubt
that tho foet to. INC Italian
boot VIII be Tho next location
for an amphihlou> expedition
BY the United Nations
BUT WHETHER the Fifteenth
Army group now III SICILY VIII
continue on into Italy Is a
question no one can answer OK
cept the high command.
Both the Seventh American
and Eighth British armies. may
be entirely fl and able 70 con-
tinue offensive action nmedl-
ately. But against this they
NAV be badly in need Of rest
and reorganization They have
had rs days of terrific war OF
movement or desperate fighting
OF one thing VIC may be Ger
tain. Cen Eisenhower viii
not leave Africa unless the next
assault action planned IS COM
pfett IN every detail and ftatiit-
for execution.
The Italian enemy must nc
pounded continuously until our
terms of unconditional sur
render" are accepted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
,-PoIN Invasion SEEN

Speculation conferred on the
possibility OF simultaneous inva-
siops ar four points Of the Italian
Peninsula with Rome, ENapleN
2 ifA-.E A. sFte--ssA..k4ee-
ilNre
Prospects Of a slow, lahorious
movement up The peninsula less
ened the chance of invasion ~ the
toe
Blasting Of communications al
ready had hampcred moN emenf
oi AXIS uoop, nOIthWard and u
Rome finally b. made an open
city the route, of retreat for thc
Germans would be- nearly i01pos-
eible. Much traffic icedS through
the capital from north and south
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-18
Al Planes Lost
In Raj Smash
Map BY Detroit Times stan Arust
CONTINUED from Page One

not in sight, was obvious and
inevitable
The Sth Air Force marked the
first anniversary of its first raid
on Europe yesterday by sending
the biggest forces of Flying For
tresses yet used in this theater
against a roller bearing factory
at Schweinfurt, IS miles east Of
Frankfurt, and major Messer-
schmitt aircraft factory at Regens-
burg, 55 miles southeast of Nurn-
hnrp
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-26

Can YOU coach a basketball
team?
Can YOU teach boxing or any
other sport from water polo to
ping-pong?
DO you have any hobbies such
model airplsne building leather
raftsmanShip, tap dancing or
hess
NEEDED As REK-AIDE
II YOU have any Of these qualit-
8tions and YOU are an adult VINO
-etS along well with Young people
YOU arc needed as a REk-AlDE.
Without REK-AIDES the city 5
rccrcation program backbone OF
the eht against juvenile deih-
qucncy. would bog down hope
lesslV. for the recreation depart
ment has only a fraction Of the
ull-tine leaders who would he
needed 20 keep the program IN
operation. 49,,
Those who volunteer as REX
AIDES arc asked 20 devote only
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-26
Strike Closes Newspaper

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 26
QNS)-For the first time in 80
years. the Salt Lake Tribune-Tele-
gram was forced to suspend pub
location last night, when members
Of the Salt Lake Typographical
Union No. us, went outen- strike
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-26
ADVERTlsEMEN
Did Stomach Ulcer Pains
Make Jack Spratt Eat No Fat7

Modern day Jack spratts" who eat no fat
herause Of distress Of stomach or ulcer
pains Indigestion. gas pains heartburn.
burning sensation. blnat and other condi-
lions caused b. excess acid should Try
t'dEA Get CSC box of Udca Tablets
from your drugetst First dose must con
vince or return box 20 us and get DOUBLE
YOUR MONEY RACK