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Evening star., 1944-08-20
Marines, Operations
Tie Prevents Start
Until Wednesday

The most exciting rivalry among
sandlot teams here since the great
old days has forced Vic Gauzza
president of the Washington ANA
teur Baseball Association, to post
pone the city series among the three
leagues involved, originally scheduled
to begin tomorrow. So that the
tight race in the Naval Barracks
League may be settled without haste
the tournament opening has been
put off until Wednesday at 4:30
with the South Ellipse as the battle
field
Winner Of the District title will
move on into the big tournament
staged by Glenn L. Martins ALL
American Amateur Baseball Asso-
citation, opening in Baltimore Sep
tember Z.
Only loop in which the race hasn't
been hot and heavy is the Industrial
League, where the consistently brill
liant Heurich Brewers, with an 49,
game winning streak, completely
stole the show, although threatened
occasionally by teams that lacked
the Brews' daily class.
Naval Barracks Race Tied.
A rough fight in the District Rec
reation League wound up with Vint
Hill Farms coping the flag after q
two-out-of-three series with the
battling Busanda nine for the cham.
pionship. Vint Hill triumphed in
two straight, to l, 9 to 8.
Still tied up is the Naval Barracks
League, where an outstanding Navy
Yard Marine Club is aided by one
OF the outstanding pitchers of the
year, Jim Uefty Canterbury. o.
year-old West Virginia mountaineer
who was slated for try-out with
the Griffs before he signed up with
the Leathernecks. The Navy Yard
Club must play off a tie with Naval
Operations for the second-half pen
nant before meeting the first-halt
winner, Marine Headquarters, for
the championship. Dates and places
Tor playoffs are to be set today.
May Borrow Players.
Unusual feature of the series that
may make play especially interest
ing is that the rules permit the trio
OF clubs entered to borrow a total
Of three players each from teams
within their leagues, provided they
are pitchers or catchers. Another
regulation permits the clubs to bor-
row within the league for each mill
tary player transferred or civilian
drafted. Under this ruling, It.
"Chick" Miller, star first baseman
OF the Busanda Club, will be Vint
Hills first sacker in the tourney
replacing player who has been sent
to another station.
Regulations that would do credit
to the austerity of Judge Kennesaw
Mountain Lands will prevail at both
the local tournament and the ALL
American. Illustration is the rule
introduced by Gauzza at a recent
meeting of the Rules Committee in
Baltimore that would bar for life the
manager Of any club who introduced
a ringer" into the competition as
we'll as banning the professional
player himself.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
BY the Associated Press.

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Aug. 19.-,
A fellow who should know gives
credit for liberalization of college
football next fall through rule
changes, attributed in some
quarters to the professionals, to
72-year-old Glenn Scobey (Pop)
Warner.
George P. Marshall, president
of the washington Redskins who
played a major role in inducing
the National Football League to
adopt an open style, said he was
sold on the idea by Warner after
collegiate associations had re-
jected the proposal.
The former Stanford mentor
decided in 1928 that collegiate
football rules were a little too
staid. He advocated that play
ers be permitted to run with
fumbles, to pass from any dis
tance in back of the line of
scrimmage and other changes to
make the game faster. Warner
found an advocate in Dick Han
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Night Bull Doesn't
Worry Johnson
By the Associated Press,

6y the ASS0ciAte0 Press.
NORFOLK, Va, Aug. To-
Walter johnson. great pitcher
for Washington in the 1920s, is
not alarmed by the growth of
night baseball, like some of the
old timers.
Although he personally pre-
fers the daylight game, he sees
the nocturnal version as aiding
the workingman. He made ref
erence to Washington, where so
many Government workers can't
see day games, but throng to
night tiffs. Also Its cooler at
night and that helps the fans"
johnson said.
He is visiting at Virginia Beach
along with George Weiss, head
of the New York Yankee farm
system.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
AlI-Stur Grid Tilt
Complete SeIIout

EVANSTON, ILL.,, Aug. 10
Still II days of, the 11th annual
football game between the COL
lege all-stars and the Chicago
Bears at Dyche Stadium the
night Of August 30 is a complete
sellout.
The capacity of the stadium is
slightly less than $4,000 and
Sturm reported 1--WE easily could
have sold $4,000 additional
tickets at $3.50 If we had the
seats"
He will confer with North
western officials Monday as to
the possibility of erecting tenn
porary stands.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Marshall Credits Liberal Grid Code to Warner

ley. then coach at Northwestern.
Together they presented the
proposals to the collegiate asso-
Citations, but were turned down.
About that time, Marshall re-
lated, the National League was
having difficulty attracting suffi-
cient customers.
Marshall said Warner and
Hanley approached him and sold
him on the rule changes. Mar
shall said he agreed pro football
needed something to set it apart
from the college brand. With
the aid of George Halas of the
Chicago Bears, the Warner Han
ley proposals were offered to
other club owners as the saliva
ton of the tottering circuit.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Bulletin Pin Tourney
To Be Spiced by Two
Added Attractions

What promises to be one Of sum-
mertime's biggest bowling shows is
on tap this afternoon and tonight at
Silver Spring. Proprietor Hugh Ar
baugh, as an extra treat, will stage
two all-star mixed doubles matches
in conjunction with the 18th Bulletin
mixed handicap.
The first of the added features is
scheduled at o'clock, with Tony
Santini and Evelyn Saunders en-
gaging Frances Wilson and al
Wright.
Aother capacity gallery is expected
at 8 O'Clock when the Wilson, Wright
team take on Lorraine GULL and Bob
Miciotto.
Entrance in the Bulletin event is
So, with full handicaps allowed up to
maximum Of 80 pins. Action starts
at 2, with top prize $50.
Vernon Morris Colonial Village will
have team in the Ladies' District
League, giving the nearby Virginia
pin plant representation in both of
the Capitals mems and womens
major loops. Doris Goodall, new
secretary of the citys premier wom-
ems loop and captain of the Arcadia
team for many years, will be at the
helm. 1t is understood that Ar
cadia will not be a member. Ar
cadia also has withdrawn from the
Mems District League. 1t will be
the first time Arcadia has not en-
tered teams in both leagues since
the drives came into existence in
1927.
A meeting of the King Pin Mixed
Doubles League tentatively has been
set for September at King Pin
but before this session Bob Miciot-
to and Lorraine GULL aim to have
"a couples in line. There still are
vacancies for six teams.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
SoftboI| Title Play to Start
Tomorrow With Double Bill

Biggest tournament in the his
tory of the District Softball Associa-
ton to select the 1914 champions of
the metropolitan area gets under
way tomorrow night at Ballston
Stadium with some of the strongest
softie clubs ever organized here
competing.
The tournament, in which a club
must be defeated twice before being
eliminated, will feature double head
ers nightly, and will run for approx
imately two weeks. The winners
will be entered in the Central At
lantic regional playoffs, which will
be held at Ballston following this
series to single out a team to play
in the Cleveland national tourney
next month.
Top favorites to battle it out for
the city title are Garvin's Grill,
1943 Central Atlantic champions,
and Kavakos Grill, Northeast Night
League rulers. Their stiffest COM
petition probably will come from
Briggs CHARTERS, l943 runner-up,
and Mount Rainier Recreation,
which has in Temple FARRELL the
years outstanding twirler.
Service teams entered mostly are
unknown quantities. having con-
fined their play to service leagues,
but any one of them might spring
surprise. They include Army. War
College, Marine Barracks, Naval
Receiving Station, Naval Hydro
graphic, Navy Thunderbolts of the
Communications Bureau, Naval
Medical Research of Bethesda, Fa-
cilities Branch of Navy Bureau of
Ships. and the Washington Nation
al Airport Army Air Base.
Opening game tomorrow at 8 will
pit the Mount Rainier ten, with
FARRELL on the mound, against the
Marine Barracks outfit. Other half
of the double-header brings to-
gether Army War College and
Castleberry Auto.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
All-Stor SoftbuII Game
Cops Boys Season

An all-star game on Tech High
field tomorrow at o'clock will wind
up the seasons activities for the
Boys Club Softball League. The
champions. No. II, will take on a
squad picked from the other league
teams.
Standings of the other teams are:
No. 10, second; No 4, third, and No.
IL and S, tied for fourth.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Haegg Slow in 5000
On CIuttered Track
BY the Associated Press,


STOCKHOLM, Aug. 19.-Gunder
Haegg. holder of various world rec
ords in middle distance running
could do no better than 1432.2 to-
day in winning the 5,0OO-meter race
at the Swedish championships in
Stockholm Stadium.
Forty rivals cluttered up the track
to the extent that Haegg could not
approach the listed world record of
1882 which he set up in 1912.
Earlier in the day Haegg won a
heat of the 1,50O-meter trials in
1864, while Arne Anderson, who
has taken away some of the former
flreman's marks in recent weeks,
qualified in another with 1888.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Bose-Running PreIims
Will Close Tuesdoy

City-wide base-running series will
end its preliminary round at Ana
costa Tuesday at II when boys be-
tween II and II years of age are Of
fered their last chance to qualify
for the semiflnal and final events
at Griffith Stadium on dates to be
announced.
Boys will be grouped in 80, 105, 120,
135 pound and unlimited classes and
attractive prizes are being offered by
Clark Griffith and the Touchdown
Club.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Probable Pitchers
In Majors Today
American League.

Detroit at New York-Overmire
C-1D and Trout 19-9) VS.. Borowy
u4-s and Zuber (3-6).
Cleveland at Boston-Smith t7-9) and
Klieman ts-D VS.. Terry (5-S) and
Cecil I'D.
Chicago at Observation-Disclosures
(e-6l and Haynes t2-3) VS.. Newsom
Old and Hamlin (4-9).
National League.
New York at Chicago-Feldman (9-s)
and Voiselle G4-l4 VS.. Vandenberg
{5-3) and Lynn t3-D.
and Gregg GAO VS.. Stincevich (9-6 and
Butcher 10-O.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati - Schanz
00-1D and Kennedy ODD VS.. Walters
u7-6) and Carter 7-6. :.
Boston at st. Louis-Hutchinss t0-1l
anH Rich (0-o) W. Schmidt A-D and
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Redskin Time Limit
On Tickets Near

Washington Redskins ticket Of
fice,, 739 Ninth street NV, has
announced that the fans have
until August 81 to purchase their
1914 season tickets. After that
date no season pasteboards will
be sold.
Choice seats still are available
for the preseason games in Bal
timore with the Green Bay Pack
ers on September and the Chi
cago Bears on September 10.
They are $3.50.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
20 Yachts to Compete
In Stur Title Races

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19. - Twenty
yachts will compete in the 1914 in
ternational star boat champion
ships starting tomorrow off Chicago
Harbor.
Representatives of fleets from
Canada, Cuba, Bahamas Islands and
seven States will sail in the five
races, which will continue for five
DAYS,
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Moore Thinks 81 Bill
Will Help Football
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. 19.-
Coach Bernie Moore of Louisiana
State, pondering over postwar foot
ball, predicted today that "the GI
bill Of rights will place the COL
legiate grid game on the highest and
finest competitive level this country
ever has seen.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Plummer. just released from Army
service, meeting tough Angelo Sa-
voldi, and attempting a comeback
to his former popularity here.
A third match. closed last night,
will find John Vansky meeting the
Italian Snowman, Michele Leone
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Bedord Is Named Coach
Of Camp Lee Eleven
BY the Associated Press,

CAMP LEE. Va, Aug. 12.-Lt.
Raymond j. Bedard, former Provi-
dence College player and freshman
mentor there in 1899, will coach the
Camp Lee football team which has
arranged the following games:
September 80 at Bainbridse; October 8,
at Camp Peary: 10, at Richmond AAB; %,
Fort Monroe; 20. Cherry Point Marines;
November 5, Camp Peary: II, Richmond
AAB; 10. at Fort Monroe
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Bucs Overhaul Phi|s, Braves Aided 10 Win
Regain Second Place By Cubs Errors, AZ
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 19.-The Pi-
rates moved back into second place
today as they came from behind
to beat Philadelphia, 5-3, behind
the eight-hit pitching Of Elwin
(Preacher Roe while Cincinnati
was losing to Brooklyn, 80.
1t was Roe's 10th victory.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Bosox Remain Second
By Trimming Tigers
By the Associated Press.

BY me HSSOclated PreSS.
BOSTON, Aug. 10 (P.-The sec
ond-place Red Sox today defeated
the fourth place Tigers, 81, behind
three-hit pitching by Joe Bowman.
who chalked up his ninth victory
The triumph enabled Boston to
retain second place.
The Red Sox pounded three De-
troit pitchers for IL hits, including
four doubles, and clinched the VIC
tory with four-run second inning
rally.
Rob .Johnsop Pnstop o,,t6olde,
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Brockton, Baltimore Even

BROCKTON, Mass, Aug. 10 (P.-
Brockton's Junior American Legion
nine went on batting spree against
Baltimore today, winning 1873 to
even the series.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Reds Sign 10 Jo' White

CINCINNATI, Aug. 10 P.-Out-
fielder Joyner cJo Jo') White. 35-
year old former American Lacquer,
was signed by Cincinnati at the
waiver price.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Yocum Rides Six Winners

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug 19.-Eddie
Yocum, H. year old apprentice
jockey from Indianapolis, Ind, today
established a new record for nearby
Beulah Park when he booted home
six winners on the eight-race card.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Crosetti and Bonham
Too Much for Tribe
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-The
Yankees today defeated the Indians,
e-3, as Frank Crosetti hit a grand
slam home run in the first inning.
Ernie Bonham continued his spell
over the Indians. beating them for
the 18th time in IA starts since he
joined the Yankees.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Dodgers Defeat Reds
On Ninth-|nninq Run
BY the Associated Press.

NCINNATI Aug. 1e.-Rube
Melton today pitched the Dodgers to
a-3-2 victory over the Reds, scatter
ing nine Red-leg safeties over the
route.
Mickey Owen singled In Augie
Galan from second with what proved
to be the winning run in the ninth
iryinn
Evening star., 1944-08-20

The new rules were adopted
and from then on the profess
sionals began to make money.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOclated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-The Braves
secured an even break In their four
game series with the Cubs by WIN
ming the finale, to 2, today behind
Nate Andrews eight-hit pitching.
The Braves runs came singly.
with inf1eld errors contributing two
of them.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Bdtted TOT CALVERT N elRhth.
Cleveland - 600 III oOo-3
New York " 4O4 600 lOx-Q
weiss, Metheny, Derry. Lindell (2), Gro
setti (2), Grimes, Garbark Errors-Cro-
setti. Runs batted in-Crosetti "a, Gar
bark CD. Bonham (2). Hockett, Cullen
bine: Two-base hits-Lindell. Bonham,
Boudreau Three-base hitS-StirnweisS,
Grimes Home run-Crosetti. Stolen base
-Metheny Double plays-Schlueter to
keltner, Boudreau to Rocco, .Keltner to
Peters to Rocco. Left on bases-New
York, q: Cleveland, 3. Bases on balls
Oh Calvert, 2. Struck out-Dy Gromek,
2; by Bonham', 3; by Poat; 3: by Calvert,
2.st innings: off Poat, in 21s innings of
Calvert, 8 in 2 innings: of Heving, o in /
inning. Losing pitcher-Gromek Um-
pires-Messrs. MCGOWAN, Pipsras and
Stewart Tirne-O QS
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Cubs Now Grimm Reopers'

One writer has referred to the
fast-traveling Chicago Cubs as the
Grimm reapers."
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Bob Johnson, Boston outfielder,

Runs-Cramer, Culberson 2), Metko-
Bowman. Errors-Orengo (2), Outlaw
Beck, Cramer. Runs batted in-Outlaw,
Tabor BOWMAN; Culberson: Metkovich t2),
Johnson (2l, Newsome. Two-base hits
Cramer. CulDerson, Wakefield, Tabor, Bow
man, Jounson. Homerun-Johnson, Sacri-
--Newsome to Doerr to Metkovich, Hie-
gins to Mayo to York Left on bases
Detroit, 5; Boston, 6. Bases on balls
Of Beck, /: off Eaton, /: of Bowman, 4.
Struck out-By Gentry. 1: by Bowman, 4 .
Hits-Of Gentry. a in pa innings: OF
Beck. 7 in 4i2 innings; off Easton. l in ?
innings. Wild pitches-Gentry, Beck
Losing pitcher-Gentry. Umpires-Messrs.
Grieve. Weafer,. Rommel. Time-1:39.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Exoms YuIe's Hardest Dote

Yale's footballers face theil
toughest foe on the fourth Saturday
OF the campaign. October 81 has
beenrleft open for examinations.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Pittsburgh --------- 600 OBI 1905
Runs-Muellen. Adams Finley, Cosca-
rart. Barrett. Dahlgren, Gustine 90.
Runs batted ,in-Triplett (2l, Dahlgren
ley. Two base hits-Adams, Letchas, Cos
carart, Rubeling. Cuisine. Three-base hits
Elliott, Barrett. Home runs-Dahlgren
Finley. Stolen baseS-Barrett Cuisine
60. Sacrifices - Gerheauser, Roe (2).
Double plays-Stewart to Mullen to Lupien
Elliott. Coscarart to Dahlgren, Letchas to
Lupien. Left on observation-disclosures );
Pittsburgh. 8. Bases on balls-Of Roe, /;
on Gerheauser, ,: of Karl. 2. Struck out
by Roe, 6; by Gerheauser s. Hits-Of
Gerheauser. 8 in 6 innings; off Karl, 3 in
2 innings. Losing pitcher-Gerheauser
Winning pitcher-Preacher Umpires-
MeSsrs. Barr, Sears and Conlan
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Runs--Wietelmann, Wright, Kluttz,
Drews, Hack. Johnson Errors-Johnson,
Cavarretta. Runs batted in-Wietelman ann,
kluttz. Drews. Dallessandro (2). Two
base hits-Nieman, Drews. Sacrifice
Cavarretta; Double plays--Andrews to
Boston, 9: Chicago. T. Bases on balls
on Andrews, 4; off Wyse. 1. Strike outs
BE Andrews, /: by Derringer. 2. Hits
On Wyse, 8 in AS innings: off Derringer,
3 in 4la innings. Losing ptcher-Wyse
Umpires-Messrs Jordan, Reardon and
GoetZ. Time, ! :5S
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Totals 81 10 y 10 Totals 30 p27 "A
'Batted for Brown in NINTH
tBatted for Koch in ninth
tBatted for Melton in ninth
Slated for Shoun in eighth
IRAN for Crabtree in eighth
Brooklyn ---- O1O 100 O01-3
Cincinnati " 600 600 IOl-2
Shoun. Error-Willams Runs batted in
Owen. Brown. Walker. Mccormick. Two
base hits~Olmo; Koch. Sacrifices-Olmo
Melton Clay. Double plays-Bragan to
Stenky to Schultz, williams to Mccormick
Williams to Miller to Mccormick. Mesner to
Brooklyn. 8: Cincinnati. I3 Bases on
balls-Of Melton. 8; off Konstsnty, 3
Struck out-By Melton, 3; by Shoun 4
in | inning off Shoun in innings:
Of Konstanty, i in / inning Hit by
mick. Winning pitcher-Melton' Losing
pitcher-Shoun Umpires-Messrs Bal
lanfant. Boggess and Pineli Time 90
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Totals 33 & "a 13 Totals 80 IL 27l3
'Batted for Shea In seventh.
tBatted for Karl in ninth
Philadelphia - 200 900 1903
" 900 O3l lOO-5
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Totals 30 ] l 81 16 Totals 81 S2714
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-29
BIAk ISLAND
OPERATIONS
PROGRESSING
Light Casualties in Original
Landings Resistance
Now Increasing

5 ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS IN NEW GUINEA,
May 49, Tough American Sixth
Army invasion veterans solidified
their positions on Biak Island in the
newest successful leapfrog operation
undertaken by Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's forces on Saturday
Biak> is less than 900 miles from
the Philippines. The invasion army
is only two and half miles away
from Mokmer airfield. Headquarters
reported today that Japanese resist
ance on the largest island of the
Schouten group at the mouth of
Geelvink Bay is increasing as the
Yanks famed through captured
Bosnek on the southeast coast and
pressed toward the airdrome, one of
three on the island.
Casualties Light
SHIPPER fire is taking a heavier
toll, but the invaders had extremely
light losses in the landing on Sat
urday. Despite tougher japanese
resistance than had been faced in
previous amphibious operations on
the New Guinea Coast, only few
Americans were wounded and none
killed in the original landings one
mile east and a mile west of Bos-
mex.
While the invaders fought two
pronged offensive. one eastward
from Bosnek and the other west
ward, IL enemy planes attacked the
Allied invasion fleet, and the ships
antiaircraft fire accounted for four
japanese bombers. One enemy plane
made a suicide crash on an Amer
lean subchaser, causing nine casual
ties and some damage to the craft.
Fighter Gets Four Zeros
A Thunderbolt fighter shot down
four Zeros and one bomber of the
enemy air group. The attacking
American ground troops were aided
by big American Liberators who
doused Biak with 1888 tons of bombs
| The invaders driving on Mokmer
airfield made contact with the en-
! envy at Parai, four and half miles
from the original beachhead on the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-29
PAN AMERICAN BUSY
OVER LAST WEEKEND

A Pan American plane flying to
Whiteborse yesterday, carried Will
liam Casper, Gary Thomas, Doug
las p. Babcock and Esther B. Mai
mark. Frank Nezio, Mr.. and Mrs
H. S. Graves, M. P. Munter, Hans
Froes and Merle O. Beggs made the
flight to Whitehorse, and from that
point were flown to Seattle.
A trip to Fairbanks Sunday, car
ried Mrs. j. H. Cooling, Barbara
Lynn Cooling, Patti Dinner and
Mrs. Earl Dinner to that city
Incoming passengers from Seattle
over the weekend were Marvin
Peckham, Donald Mines, Mary
Alishouse, c. B. Darnell and e. j.
Schoenwald
A flight was made to Fairbanks
this morning with Marie Goetsch
and Robert L. Thorne as passen-
gers. Mrs. Thorne, who is an engin-
eer for the Federal Bureau Of
Mines, is enroute to Nome.
Selma Lindquist was a passenger
on the trip to Seattle today.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-05-29
N0INvA5I0N
T0DAY;NAz|5
WERE ALERT
Hitler Guessed Wrong-D.
Day General Strike Ex-
petted in France
tBy Associated Press)

German broadcasts reflected the
increased tension. on Marshal Won
Rundstedt's entire invasion front
facing troop packed England as
temperatures over the CLASSY Strait
of Dover reached an unofficial 100
degrees shortly before noon, and 1t
was 81 in the shade.
Nazi commentators asserted that
General Eisenhower missed one ia
vorable invasion date, when the
tides and weather we're perfect, and
cried out, Germany would prefer
the invasion to come today rather
than tomorrow"
That suggested that the enemy
defenses for at least once were
brought to nerve racking peak OF
alertness, only to find that Hitler's
command guessed wrong.
at is no longer a secret that the
British have already missed one in
vasion date the German Transo-
cean Agency said. Quoting a For
eign Office spokesman, DNB said
There can be no doubt that the
original date fixed for the invasion
has passed, but there are so many
symptoms and speculations in con-
nection with the next date, Ger
many cannot possibly be taken by
surprise" 49,
The Swiss newspaper Gazette de
Lausanne gave new clue to the
defense problem for Won Rundstedt
already complicated by the railroads
being tangled and snarled by the
profusions of Allied bombers. The
paper said there is increasing fear
of a general D-Day strike of the
French railroad workers, and the
Nazis are sending more key trans
portation officials and workers to
key posts.
Nazi broadcasts asserted the Al
lies passed up the most favorable
invasion opportunity because they
found out its legions of men and
stupendous array of equipment is
not ready for the great event as
they thought.