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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15
Allies Reach
Accord With
French Group

Washington, Au2, l5-GAp-Vjr-
tGal conclusion of British and Am
erican agreements with ttc French
National Committee on civil admin
istration for France, today filled up
one gap in Allied diplomacy, with
two ranking situations still on the
books.
The French pacts arc to signed in
France this week, in time to take
effect when Allied troops enter
Paris.
Prime Minister Churchill, mean
while, is giving his personal atten-
ton to difficulties Of the new YuGO-
slav government, conferrjng with
the premier and partisan leader
Marshal Tito in Italy.
In London. Polish Premier Mjko-
laiczk reported on his inconc]usiVe
Moscow talks with Stain and rep
resentativeS of the prO-SoViet-POliSh
Nationalist Committee.
Both American and French Off
cials expressed their satisfaction
with the agreement negotiated in the
War Department here, which Cen
cral Dwight Eisenhower and Fren.a
General Pierre koenig are sched-
u]ed to sign. Eisenhower retains SUI
preme authority over military areas,
and control behind the active zone
goes to the French committee. Del
milton of which areas al be lot
TO French administration is a., T.
Eisenhower.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15
Four Armies
Nazii Forces
Allied Strategy
Is to Drive Foe
From All France

Supreme Headquarters. Allied
EXpcdit1onarN Force, Aug. 10
CAPITALIZED armies CIampcd 2
JOINT nut-crackcr upon France
Today, hitting with a masSiN" in
Nasion in the south even as the
dying German seventh army
struggled in a tightening Nor
mandy trap $50 miles to the
north.
-Four 5opara1o American, Brt'j,t
md Canadian armies, squeezing upon
Field Marshal Von KIugc's lpfces
Of perhaps 100000 to 100000 mon.
pjnchcd his escape gap below Fula!5e
10 only ten miles, and scaled that
crf with a wall Of bombs and th"j.
The powerful new Mcditrrrah
al invasion. opening a fOurth
Elaiu, trent, is designed to chase
the Germans from France. ara
link with General Eisenhower
warriors in Normandy and Brit
tang. Americans who Spanned
the Loire river below Brittany
already arc only 400 miles from
the latest Allied libcrators.
Won KlugC waited in a coffin
pccEtt already narrowed to has its
earlier size. and apparently was pun
tiHg Up a forced last stand. Lii''c
movement was observed overnight in
the escape hatch.
{prr In ~hrn1r~9etc enid - ;-IC1ppr
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15

Inc IdnQIl&S were mace al S'N
the coast at places widely separately
The coast line from MarSclllcs to
Nice had bristlcd with big guns IN
stalled by the Germans 10 beat off
Just such an attack as camc thls
morning, but these had Oecn ,crFi!-
ically attacked by Allied air lGfeCS in
an intensive four-day offensive Il,
which thousands OF tons of bombs
were dropped.
The sWarmS of landing craft
did not begin di>gorgine their
fighters and mt until after
daylight, but parachute troops
were streaming into southern
France before dawn.
"Thc assault. which was in S'rooG
tofcc, was led by specially trained
allied troops, many of them veterans
ot previous inNasions and contained
in the mediterranean theatre" Allied
headquarters announced.
Announcement of the invasion wa,
accompanied by an appeal from Cen
cral Sir Henry Maitland-WlsoN. AL
lied Mediterranean commanders, 10
tie French people TO play their
part" in the new battle of France.
Wilson declared the objective of
the troops now ashore in the south
was to drive out the Germans and
join UP with the Allied annie, adj
VanCing from Normandy"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15
New Invasion Was
Most Poorly Kept
Secret About Far

Supreme Headquarters, Allied EX-
p~edI1onary Force, Aug. l5-(AP)-
Inc INVASION of southern France was
perhaps the worst kept secret OF the
WAY.
thousands of Frenchmen and Am
orleans knew it was coming. Corre-
SpondentS in Normandy and Brit
,any were constantly asked about 1t,
oo'h 10y Frenchmen and CTS.
n question was among the first
asked by Frenchmen in towns which
mao been captured. The French
Underground probably was tod OF
me ~h"2onding invasion and they odd
F'eI. IL elss.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15
New Russian Bridgehead
Opens Route To Prussia

communication, center. but the Bi-
ebrza vas the last major lateral OBJ
-taCic.
The crossing If the Biebrza cam
while Mo@coW'S victory guns, sound
ing for the first time in nearly d
week, were marking the fall of thc
fortress city and OsoWicc, mean the
stream in northern Poland
ZakharoV'S new menace to the Nazl
province appeared likely TO east the
pressure on General C~herniakhoV',
third White Russian army, which mad
been stalled a fortnight by desperate
German resistance near the East
PrusSia-Lithuania border farther
nrtN.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15
1t. Gen. DcNcrs Is
Now in Charge OF
French Invasion

London, Aug. io-(AP-kf-
rorts were published in London
that 1t. Gen. Jacob l.. DcVcrS'
l.. S. Army. was command'h"
the forces which landed today IN
The south of France. General
Eiscnhower'S supreme headquar-
tcrs declined comment.
Dcvcrs is an expert in tank
warfare and is deputy TO me
Mediterranean theatre
General Sir Henry Maitland
i'.iic"n.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15
Leaf Prices Are
About Unchanged
For Border Belt

Terence. :. G.. Aug. I5.--t Af)
ilIr" averages renamed n
changed yesterday as the Caro-
hna> Eorher Bcit tohacco market
hc%an ihc second week Of aur-
ton sales, but Iugs were UNI
changed to two cents higher.
and best thin nondcscript ad-
\'nccd three cents. the War Food
Administration reported.
\ light decrease in the volume
OF Tugs was offset by a cores
ron1ing increase in cutters. Most
grades were unchanged but good
ifmcn Jugs were up one cent ~
"a cents; fair lemon Tugs up u
Al ~; low orange iueS up two
cents at t3. Best thin nOndeSCrlpt
averaged 33 cents. up there.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15
M~ORGENTHAU TO SPEAK.

New YOrk, Aug. Io.-IAP)-Sec-.
rotary of the Treasury Henry Nor
gcnthau, Jr., now in London after a
tour of European battle zones, is
scheduled for a fifteen NINE
transatlantic broadcast by the CHS
network for $50 . m, EWT today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15

Rome. Aug. 15-(AP)-A great Allied army warmed
over the bcachas Of -outhrn France to-day between l1arsoiles
and Nicc after thousand; of airbornc troop, bad dropped behind
Germ y coastal Notifications.
Field dispatches said American. British and French assault
forces reached their first detectives within an hour.
Flying at 1OHG feet tnr the beaches, associated Press War Cor
respondent Kenneth Dion aid that an hour afnr tr landings began
al 8 a. NJ. q {. NJ. 4Wi). a, Tar as twenty miles inland, a completa
lack eff IL kind of a struggle marks tie landscape"
on schedule. ii vas announced officially
All early reports Indicated that resistance Al the initial stages Of the
or cranons was much les than anticipated.
Pilots, from whose planes lalaChLUstS jumped a lftc D"1o dawn.
said they encountered little OF no acEack fire.
The greatest naval force eyer 10 strike 1t blow il the Nedte uaneaA-
more than 300 sMw. ncIaong oatteshpa landed tho troops and backed
them up with an intense covering fire.
tAhho"sh there a N mention of specific unns involved in the
the INVASION, Donald (oe, blue network correspondent mesSaged that
h" could disclose that the majcr part of The landing forccs was
composed of American ToopS"D
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15
WEATHER
FOR NORTH

FOR NORTH CAROLINA
Partly cloudy and warm to-
night, with scattered thunder
showers. mostly in afternoon or
evening. Partly cloudy and mod
uatel, L.ct "'"dneSIa",
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15
Last Major Island
Before Philippines
Is NeutraHzed

General headquarters. Southwest Pacific, Aug. 15-(AID
Allied homhrr. striking swiftly and with Devastating accuracy,
practically neutralized' jaImahera, the last major island
LlncA l. lkn Observation-Disclosures
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-15
"A I !3[l[ffl333;i2;1!

The Allied Mediterranean invasion of southern France, which began
includes Iouloa. where the french fleet a. scutlcd at the time of
the Allied inVasiont f NnrtkA rica nearly two years ago. First reports
were IA III rhiccuvesh had been achieved, and comparatively little
chcmN opposition was encountered. Allied lrbGrnc troops were en-
over before down, with beach landings beglnningat s a. M.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

OF not, that the curse whose first victim would be
a beautiful woman had been pronounced by group
OF the ughest women in the world.
gle in the late '20s by Terry Turner, amuse
ment exploitation agent. He had brought them to
America by arrangement with the Belgian govern
ment and sold" them to Ringing for the sideshow.
They were hideous, savage creatures, their lips
distorted out of human semblance by wooden discs,
increased in size from childhood until their lips
extended out nine inches from their faces.
The avid public had stared at them in droVes
and the sdeshow coined money. Ringing was
envied and congratulated. But the Ubangi women
hated il, and used their witchdoctortaught chants,
when they found they could not get home.
Mr.. john" soon after the mysterious death of
Lillian LeitZel, turned the UbangiS back to the Bel
gian government with a handsome check, sorry
he'd ever heard of them.
But did he get rid of the Ubangi curse as we'll?
A lot of circus people think not.
1t is fact that from that year up to last
summer the circus was logged by a series of
others going mad lady lion tanners clawed and
mangled, aerial performers MANNED or killed
OF course, LillianS death was not the first such
tragedy in Ringing history. Circuses, in their very
nature, liable to accidents.
But these were isolated miShapS, and nothing
like the string of misfortunes that began shortly
after the homesick Ubangi women gathered outside
their tent one night and pronounced savage curse
on the big Top" and its owners.
Nor were the untoward events that followed
confined to the circus. They also involved the
whole Ringing family.
The next chapter will tell OF the terrible blow
out of the clear sky from which 'Mr. john" the
car OF the big top" never recovered.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

"A very mysterious
accident" the Danish
stage manager said,
for he had been pres
ent at the examina-
ton of the apparatus
after Miss LeitZelS
fall. A queer, sinister
detail was that strands
Of the wire rope
seemed frayed.
Back in America,
superstitious show
people shuddered and
said, THE troubles
starting"
To them, it was
clear that the black
magic Of the Ubangi
curse had reached out
across the Atlantic
Ocean, to strike a
blow on Friday, the
18th, at the circus in
the person of its most
famous star.
1t was one of the
horrible, If poetic,
ironies Of fate,
whether you have any
shred Of superstition
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

Nor was She the only
beauty in the new galaxy
OF feminine stars.
Among her rivals were
the lovely Parisienne, Belle
Roche, somersaultist, and
Bird Millman, marvellous
wire walker who went 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

with thud of the bass drum and cymbals as she
completed each revolution.
Lillian had made her debut Of the Leamy
Ladies' trapeze troupe Of some distinction from
which she had emerged as major star, TO become
the worlds premier girl aerial artist.
She was happily married 10 Alfred Codona,
also great trapeze performer, and was idolized
by everybody beneath the big top, from Mr. John"
TO the humblest roustabout because of her charm,
skill and friendly disposition.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
the Ziegfeld
= Follies and be-
came a glamorous
Broadway beauty.

In the winter of 193o31, Lillian sailed with
all her apparatus and John Rngling's consent to
appear at the Valencia Music Hall in Copenhagen,
Denmark, billed as Ringing star.
WHAT happened on Friday night, February Is,
w 1881, made tragic, frontpage headlines in both
America and Europe, shocking millions of people,
and plungng the circus world in mourning
Lillian Leitzel, one wrist Topped as usual to the
ring, was pn-wheeling, spinning, high in air, when
the flange, or swivel, broke, and her lovely body
hurtled 10 the stage far below while the startled
audience gasped in terror.
She frightfully mangled, and died soon
afteTward.
Nobody yet knows exactly what happened,
why the swivel broke. All her mechanical appli-
ances carefully checked before the act. There
was no apparent flaw in them. Why Lillian
deep tragedy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
VINO to Allocate
100000 Jobs
New System Affects
200 Shortage Areas

WASHINGTON, July l tINS)-
The War Manpower Commission
put into effect today its new pro-
gram designed to recruit 200 900
workers for vital war jobs.
Starting today. all male labor
must be hired through the u. S.
Employment Service or some other
agency designated by IL. In almost
200 labor shortage areas. local
manpower priority committees
will fix the number Of workers to
which an industry is entitled.
Women as well as men are
brought under the new hiring re-
strictions in many areas by re-
gional VINO directors who were
authorized TO adapt the program
TO local conditions and require
mentS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
SeditiOn Trial
Judge AssdiIed

WASHINGTON. July / ms
Lawyers in the mass sedition
trial today petitioned Congress for
impeachment OF the trial judge,
Chief Justice Eicher, charging ne
has used his judicial Office for
political purposes.
James J. Laughlin. who Thurs
day was fined 5000 for contempt
of court in connection with his
cross-examination of a govern
nhent witness, filed the petition
today in the Office of House
Speaker Rayburn.
Judge Eicher- has, since the
beginning Of the sedition case,
sustained practically two objec-
lions by defense attorneys while
overruling perhaps 5000" the
defense lawyers petition said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
PREFERRED GROUP

The Dem ocrats are James
Becker. Jack Ellstein, Joseph L,
Lesynski, Joseph F. Nagel, Ber-
nard F. O'Brien. Harold M. Ryan,
Oliver S. Smith. Robert d. War
dell, William A. Welsh end
Francis X. Young.
Republicans listed as preferred
are Walter Allies, Edward l.
Baker, Charles G. Burns, Matthew
F. Callaghan. DR.. Rex p. Cranson
Ralph II. Kirby, Sherman Little
field, Duane Fl. Mosier. Miron w
Neal and ID. Neil Reid.
In the Dearborn district, Mrs
Grace Chaffe Cd and Mrs. Mar.
guerite johnson (R) were giver
preference. Former Rep Elton r
Eaton (R) was listed as preferred
in the township contest for the
Legislature.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02

}HJEven though the gOVernorShlp.
M congressional seats and most
county offices are at stake. only
the candidates themselves and
the election officials seem to be
aware that a week from Tuesday
the polls will reopen for another
important event in the processes
of self government.
The primary, originally sched-
uied for Sept. II, was moved up 20
July IL this year so that Noyem-
Der election ballots can be sent
TO the uniformed voters who are
overseas.
Seeking the Democratic nomi-
nation in opposition to Kelly are
Earnest c. Brooks OF Holland. for
mer state senator and now state
chairman of his party: Edward j.
Fry, former Democratic state
chairman and former state racing
commissioner. and Circuit Court
Commissioner William J. Cody.
The one spark in the state cam
paign Is the contest between Aud
ltor Vernon J. Brown and 1t.
Gov. Eugene c. Reyes for the
COP nomination for lieutenant
governor.
KELLY PRESTIGE AT STAKE
There is no secret in admins
tration circles that the governor
would like to level Keyes now and
thus theoretically end the threat
Of his candidacy for governor
I'm 1916.
However, the voters have re-
fused TO become disturbed and the
two candidates have failed to
arouse much interest. Kelly will
be in Detroit this week to make
speeches for Brown.
Important to local Republican
politicians is the fact that the
voters week from Tuesday viii
also select delegates 10 attend the
county conventions late in July.
IThis raises the old battle for con-
llrol Of the county organization.
Apparently a new and potent
combination Of so-called 'indepen-
dents" is making strong bid 10
~rest control Of the COP from
bottle the Wayne County Precint
Organization and from Edward
N. Barnard. the traditional boss.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02

ferred; Rep. George G. Sadow-
ski. incumbent. qualified. Re-
publican: former Rep. John b.
Sosnowski. preferred.
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
Democrat: Prof. Edward w. Nc
Farland, former state liquor
control chairman, preferred;
Rep. George ID. O'Brien. in
cumbent, qualified. Republican:
Howard A. Coffin, general man
ager of Socony-Vacuum Oil Co,
preferred.
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT
Democrat: Rep. Louis c. Ra-
baut., incumbent. preferred. Re-
publican: Claude G.. Mcdonald
and Frederick J. Plots. pre-
ferred: William w. Hannah and
Martin L. Leacock. qualified.
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT -
Democrat: Rep. John Dingell.
preferred. Republican: Ivan l..
Bowman and Harry Hender-
son. preferred: u. S. A. Hegg-
blom and James Cy Williams,
qualified.
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT -
Democrat: Joseph F. Sapala.
preferred; no comment on Rep.
John Lesinski, incumbent. Re-
publican: Albert A. Riddering.
preferred.
SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT
No comment on the three
Democratic candidates. Repub-
lican: Rep. George A. Dondero.
incumbent. preferred; Frank E
Long, qualified.
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
Judge William Friedman, in
cumbent, preferred; Otis u.
Walker and Hugh Kennedy
Davidson, qualified.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
SHERIFF

Democrat: Sheriff Baird Is
renominated without opposition.
Republican: Edward Behrendt,
former deputy sheriff. preferred.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
DRAIN COMMISSIONER

Democrat-Ceorge A. Ding
man. incumbent; renomineted
without opposition
Republican,. L. Meredith,
preferred. and ward G.
Buchta, qualified.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
Dull Primary Contest
Fails to Stir Voters

Without much oratory, with practically campaign
money and with unprecedented dsnterest the part of
the voters Mchgsns 1914 primary election campaign will
enter its final week Monday in a blaze of inacton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
COUNTY CLERK

Democrat: Casper ]. Linge-
man renominated without OPP
position. Republican: Charles
Lasky. qualified.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
COUNTY TREASURER

Democrat-Anthony +. Nader.
preferred; John j. KozsIen. in
cumbcnt. qualified. Republican
John karninski. preferred. and
Ronald /. Mitchell. qualified.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
COUNTY AUDITOR

Democrat-Ray Hsfeh. incunn-
bent. preferred. Republican
Edmund F. Mcclure, preferred,
and Thomas G. Stackpoole,
qualified.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
PROSECUTOR

Democrat: Prosecutor Will
liam +. Bowling, preferred;
Gerald X. OBrien. qualified.
Republican: Elmer G. Rice, pre-
ferred Edward B. Benscoe,
qualified
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
CONGRESS

FIRST DISTRICT - Demo-
crat: Chester A. Kozdroj: pre-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
LEADERS OF GROUP

This new group is headed by
Whitfield Jackson, dance hall pro-
prietor, and Charles Spare, one
time leader of the Ku klux Khan
They have filed approximately
200 candidates for delegates TO
the COP county convention
The Precinct Organization.
which beat Barnard two years
ago. has filed only about 500 can
didates. and Barnard is reported
10 have entered fewer than $50
Besides dominating candidates
for state office, Congress, the
Legislature and for county jobs.
the voters next week also will
nominate two men for the circuit
bench TO fill the vacancy resulting
from the death of Judge Keidsn.
The incumbent, Judge William
Friedman, was appointed by Gov.
Kelly last year.
Opposing Friedman are Com
mon Pleas Judge Frank b Fergu-
son. brother OF the L S. senator:
Hugh Kennedy Davidson, Com
mon Pleas Judge L. Eugene
Sharp and Otis u. Walker. former
county auditor.
This is a nonpartisan contest.
The Detroit Citizens League
Saturday issued its customary
prediction survey Of candidates,
but made no recommendation IN
the Democratic race for the nomi-
nation for governor. OF the lieu
tenant-governorship fight on the
COP ticket between Keyes and
Brown.
N The league recommended TO It's
Itnembers:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-02
CORONERS

Democrat-Coroners Albert A.
Hughes and Edmund J. Knob
lock, renominated. Republican
DIR. Lloyd K. Babcock and Or.
Clayton r. Holcomb, qualified,
Given preferred ratings for the
state senate were Richard A. Nc.
Craze on the COP ticket in the
first district: Stanley F. Rock
Id and Charles J. Maly tR) in
the second: Edward A. Simmons
Cd and Juan II. Bruce tR) in
the third; Frank w. Carney Cd
and Arthur E. Wood (R) in the
fourth: Ben Probe Cd and Will
bur De Young (R) and Jack Tai.
bot (RD in the fifth: Clyde v
Fenner CR) in the eighteenth;
Arthur J. Kurtz (R) in the
twenty-first.
Although Fl candidates are 10
be nominated for the Legislature
on each ticket. the league gave
preferred rating to only 10 from
each narty.
Evening star., 1944-05-25
PERSONAL

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Evening star., 1944-05-25
SITUATIONS DOMESTIC

DAYS WORK wanted: neat colored wom-
an. Call TR. 1191. 25s
GIRL. colored, settled, wants cooking and
housework, no laundry: live in; 5la days;
references. Box Bill Star. 90
GIRL, colored, wants work cleaning or
caring for apartment for employed courle
8 to 3. Call oxford O360
HOUSEKEEPER, white, available at once;
25s
MAID. colored, experienced. desires work
seashore or mountains: no laundry; D. c.
references Hobart 5So5