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Evening star., 1944-08-13
Coast Defenses Bottle
SoIvo of Robot Bombs
81 the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 12.-The Germans
fired a salvo of robots across the
Channel late tonight provoking a
fierce coastal antiaircraft barrage.
The sky was red with bursting
shells as the gunners blasted at the
missiles. Explosions indicated some
were brought down.
Evening star., 1944-08-13
Situation in Florence
Worse Than Expected, ,
AMG Officers Find
German Forces Withdraw
During Night; 9th Army
Delays Entering City
BY the Associated Press,

ROME, Aug. 12.-The Germans
have pulled out of Florence, re-
leasing Italy's most beautiful
city from wise in which it had
been clutched for a week as con-
tending armies stood on opposite
banks of the Arno River, which
runs through it.
A German withdrawal made un-
der cover of darkness permitted
officers of the Allied Military Gov
ernment to enter the main part of
the city north of the Arno today
to assist the stricken population.
They reported, after preliminary
surveys. that the condition of the
population was even worse than
had been believed. Food, water ami
medical supplies were short, and
the entire male population-except
for Fascist combatants-had been
confined to their homes by the
Germans.
There were no official reports
that the 9th Army had yet crossed
the stream.
Nazi Snipers Active.
The Germans withdrew north of
the Mugnone Canal, which skirts
the northern edge of the city, but
some snipers were left behind.
In the modern suburbs on the
eastern extremity of the city, where
wide streets separate apartment
houses, there was machine gun fire
from German parachute troops sta
toned on roofs.
Neither army shelled Florence
and only its rail yards and install
lations in the immediate vicinity
were bombed, There we're machine
gun duels across the Arno, but
these caused little or no damage.
Some Looting Reported.
While it was too early to assess
fully Florence's priceless art treas
ures and monuments, they appar-
emily we're intact except for the
bridges across the Arno. There was
known to have been some looting.
OF Florence's famous bridges, only
its most noted one, the Ponte
Vecchio is intact. This one merely
was blocked by wrecking of build
ings at both ends.
An official report failed to say
whether AMG officials had been
able to verify that the Germans
had carried out demolitions in the
northern part of the city.
Action along the Arno west of
Florence. where the 9th Army is
bringing up its forces to attempt a
crossing, was confined largely to
patrols.
Germans Withdraw.
On the Adriatic front. the Ger
mans have withdrawn across the
Cesano River from Monte Porzio to
the coast, distance of more than
II miles, and the Poles threw a
bridgehead across the stream miles
from the sea.
A German prisoner, reporting on
the tenacious fighting in Italy, said
officers were advising the troops
they must fight to the death against
the 9th Army Indian forces because
the Indians kill all prisoners.
Rain closed down on the 5th Army
sector at the opposite end of the
front, and there was only patrol
action and scattered artillery and
small arms fire.
Evening star., 1944-08-13

NEW YORK, Aug. IL (R.-A Nazi
Transkontinent Agency dispatch
monitored by the FEC said today
that Alessandro Pavolini, secretary
of state In Mussolini's puppet Fas-
cist regime in Northern Italy, was
wounded while directing operations
against Italian patriots in the noun
tainS Of Piedmont.
Evening star., 1944-08-13
1000 Shot for Plot
On Hitler, Paper Says
y the Associated Press.

Dy tIt hbSUCIdIcU IItSs'
BERN, Aug. 12.-The newspaper
Berner Tagwacht, attributing the
information to diplomatic circles,
said today 1000 to 5000 Germans,
nearly all officers, were shot July 81
and % as a result of the attempt on
Hitler's life.
The plot against Hitler, said the
paper, extended into many circles.
Evening star., 1944-08-13

Democrat party. as a sign Of the
Importance the italian theater
of war may assume in the near
future"
It was announced that Under
secretary Of War Robert P. Patter-
son and 1t. Gen. Brehon s. Som
ervell, commander Of United States
Army Service Forces, had arrived
to inspect military installations in
the Mediterranean theater.
Allied concentration on such en-
emy coastal targets as pill boxes,
radio stations and gun emplace-
ments along the French coast and
the Italian Riviera conceded with
a plastering of the Southern French
transportation nerve center OF
(See MEnTTEPPANEA AN pooo AZ y
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(See RUSSIA, Page A-5D
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(See CENSORSHIP, Page ABB
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Fascist Official Wounded

(See CONEY ISLAND, Page Al
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(See PACIFIC. Page AID
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(See RECONVERSION, Page ALL
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(See COUPONS. Page AID
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
SideIights on The News

! food: grains, fruit, vegetables
meat, cheese. And, when they're
in tie mood, they kill baby chicks
pigeons, full grown hens and ducks
baby pigs and lambs and destroy
eggs.
They gnaw holes in things like
lead pipes. grain bags, boxes, doors,
furniture. and books. cause floods
by burrowing in entertainments ,
and they undermine building foun.
dations.
Here are some fgures-the last
estimates OF the Interior Depart.
mention here the rats are and
what damage they do;
Half OF them are on farms, about
2G per cent are in non.farm coun-
try residences and in towns OF
less than 10000 population, and
out q Fer cent in cities OF TO-
600 population or more.
OF a total annual loss OF SlS9,.
100000 caused by rats, S63,000000
is on farms, an average OF $40
per farm, $6S.0O0,000 in small
towns and non-farm residences;
and S5S,000,0OO in large cities.
twenty-five years ago In almost
all the large cities there was about
one rat to every person. That ratio
has been reduced by half.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
BY JAMES MARROW

Far away and long ago a couple
OF rats married and raised a fam
lily. Some family. Now there
probably are as many rats in this
country ,.s there are people.
And their number may be IN
crea ing. That's the guess OF one
official OF the Interior Department.
The reason he gave: The military
services severe drain on men
whose occupation was annihilating
rats.
There are two main kinds OF
rats:
/. The brown house rat (rattus
norvegicus, or Norwegian rat).
This is the tramp that roots in gar
bage pals, scuttles across the kit.
chen floor, and hangs out in base.
ments, wharves and sewers. He
often looks gray.
>. The black ship rat (rattus
rattus rattus. or ratratraD. This
sneak shinnies up drain pipes,
skates around on the upper floors
OF loft buildings, and noses around
rooftops.
They cause trouble, cost money
and spread disease. They start
fires by gnawing the insulation off
electrical wires. They live mostly
on food produced by man so are
found mostly near people. Fleas
from rats. by biting humans
spread typhus fever and bubonic
plague.
The Interior Department and the
L. S. Public Health Service both
work against them with the help
of state and local authorities. The
Interior people do most OF their
work in rural areas where most CT
the rats are.
The Health Service now is work
ing against typhus fever in the
South and bubonic plague in the
western states. The plague is
more deadly than the fever but less
prevalent.
The number OF typhus fever
cases in this country rose from u
reported 1919 in 1890 TO 4,5l7 IN
1888 but the death rate is less than
FIVE per cent.
Rats eat almost any kind of
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
STAGE and SCREEN

IIlm players have done a fine
Job Ia building and maintaining
morale among servicemen since
Pearl harbor, actress Bette Davis
believes. but the greater work in
that field will come after the war
ends.
Actors and actresses have done
remarkable job in lifting the
spirits OF men IN the camps here
and have carried song and laugh
ter to the men on every fighting
front" she said.
1.-The, have .sked their necks
like the Citing men almost within
speaking distance OF the enemy.
They have travelled under the most
unpleasant circumstances TO do
their part in maintaining high
morale among the men,
but the work these Hollywood
folk have done must not end the
moment the wars over. II must
be carried on"
AS president and founder OF the
Hollywood Canteen, the recreation
and entertainment center for en-
listed men in the film city, Miss
Davis is greatly interested In NOR
ale work. She spoke OF the large
numbers OF men who will be de-
tanned overseas as members OF
armies OF occupation.
She spoke also OF men who will
occupy army and naval hospital
beds long after world peace has
been achieved. These are the men
who will need entertainment even
more, she said, than 1t is needed
by men about to go into battle.
Those occupation soldiers will
have chances to become bored. u"
Miss Davis said. THE lighting will
be over. and therell be less to
occupy their minds and time, and
they'll be thinking OF the other
fellows released TO resume their
places in civilian life.
They will need gay entertain
ment, good laughs, good songs.
80 will the fellows in the hos
pitfalls. To, much cheer cannot be
provided for them. Their spirits
must be kept alive"
Time spent in studio lining up a
scene, according to Director Frank
Ryan, IS small in comparison with
the hours required TO get every
thing set for a location scene that
combines natural beauty with the
desired action.
He recalled he took all one morn
ing to line up for a long shot of
covered wagon train on the shore
OF Navajo Lake in Utah for a
scene in Deanna Durbin's current
UNIVERSAL musical, Cant Help
Singing.
Some 440 covered wagons were
strung out for nearly a mile along
the lake Shore" Ryan said. IL used
a public address system to give
instructions for placing them in
the right positions | was standing
on a hillside above the wagons.
Finally the wagons were all
in their proper positions, and
called for the PLAYERS, about $50
extras with most OF them recruited
from Cedar City, So miles distant.
THE extras moved in slowly.
Unaccustomed TO film work, they
we're not quite sure OF themselves"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
BUILDINGS BURN

Detroit-A spectacular tour-alarm
fire early today destroyed two large
frame buildings filled with lum Der,
other building materials and fab.
RIGS and TWO box cars and a truck.
Damage in excess Of $4,000 was
estimated by firemen. The proper,
ty, owned by DARN & Armstrong,
Inc. Is leased by the Fred j, Rob.
inson Lumber Co. and the MacKen.
zie Awning Co., and is used for
storage. Origin OF the flames, which
threatened war plants in the area
was undetermined.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26

Several rehearsals were required
to get the action Just right, the
director said. Then he gave the
order to shoot It.
But the cameraman interrupted
me-" Ryan continued "He said
we'd need another Ave minutes
before those clouds were right for
us"
Five minutes later the clouds
were in proper position for the
cameraman, and the scene started
There were $50 extras milling
around, watering horses, repairing
wagons, building fires. cooking
and so on" Ryan said. THE scene
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
Local Color
BY HUE HEMER

~ - - - - - w -~AN
The PACKARD announc OF a
proposed industrial plant for the
lp.4lanti area introduces an i'm.
Lortant IA tor in the citys post war
claiming. Further industrial de.
elopment presents unavoidable
problems to the social, busine S,
and educational leadership OF our
community. More people will un.
doubtedly live in the lpsilanti
trading area but whether or not
they Will trade in Yps-.alti will de.
pend upon how far-see. ng and alert
our merchants a.e. Ease OF trans.
| portation in the post war period
will make possible many choices
OF residence TO people in the upper
salary brackets.
Will Ypsilanti's educational and
social advantages appeal to those
people or will they seek other
places in which to build their
| homes.
Will Ypsilantis local political
structure adapt It's public services
! quickly enough 10 cope with the
problems connected with police and
| fire protection and sanitary regula.
tons?
Will our school system change
quickly enough from preparation
for college 10 preparation TO enter
trade and industry?
VIII our social agencies meet
squarely and solve the many prob
lens laid on our doorstep by an
expanding industrial development?
Upon the satisfactory answer to
these questions within the next
few months will depend the future
of Npsilanti.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown have
received word their son Pvt. Rob-
ert Brown has had his address
changed in care of postmaster,
Few York City, New York.
Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Boettcher
and Mrs. Arthur Bowles attended
the Michigan Conference rally at
Dearborn on Monday. Bishop
George f. Fepp d. D.. L. L., Ma
perville, H., was guest speaker.
Mrs. Harley Dysinger attended
the funeral Of Robert Begole, Up
slant, Friday afternoon.
Cpl. and Mrs. Gordon Murray
and daughter Shirley were We'd
nesday evening supper guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Bodley and
family.
Miss Uila Brown OF Ann Arbor
is spending a few days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Brown.
Mrs. Thomas buckingham has
returned home after spending four
days with Mr. and Mrs. Leo Ham
merschmidt, Detroit.
Mrs. w. ]. Bodley Is spending
the week with her son Elwyn Bod
ley and family, Bronson.
Elizabeth Pod'ey spent Thursday
evening with Jean Boushaw, Willis.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
Whitaker
A. w. HAssEL MARRlEs

A. w. HASsEL MARRlES
RUTH ZURLlNDEN
Whitaker, Mich. Oct. 26-The
marriage OF Margaret Ruth Zurlin-
den, dau- liter OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIII.
liam Zurlinden. Whitaker, TO Allen
William Hassel. seaman third class,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hassel,
Milwaukee, Wise. took place at a
candlelight ceremony in the Whit.
taker Evangelical Church Monday
evening, oct %, at s o'clock, Rev.
w. F. Boettcher ofhciated at the
ceremony.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore a white
crepe grown with a finger tip veil
which fell from a coronet OF seed
pearls. She carried a bouquet Of
white NUNS and roser Miss Mary
Zurlinden attended her sister
and wore a gown Of blue tafetta
and carried a bouquet OF yellow
NUNS mixed with rcd rose buds.
Mr.. La Verene Leonard, Milan,
was best man.
Miss Agnes Baer. Whitaker,
sang, "Oh Promise Me-, and "Ill
Walk Beside You. accompanied at
the piano by Mrs. Earl Aiken,
Milan. Mrs. Irene Hawker. Willis,
played the prelude and wedding
march.
A reception for the immediate
family nd close friends was held
in the church basement.
The bride graduated from Lin
coin Consolidated High School in
l943 and was employed by the
Michigan Bell Telephone Com
pany before her marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hassel left shortly
after their marriage for Milwaukee,
Wise, to visit the g"oom's parents.
The bride chose a suit Of blue with
WI tie accessories for going away.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
TO INCORPORATE

Williamston-AP-By a margin
OF 300 TO l79, residents Of this vii.
lage voted Wednesday TO incorpor.
ate as a city Nine local business
men were elected az the same time
to draw up city charter for sub.
mission TO the voters at a future
election. The balloting drew the
largest turnout OF voters In VII
liamstons history.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
LAUNDRY CLOSES

Owosso-The Owosso Laundry
Co., only laundry in the city, was
forced TO close Wednesday, after
an explosion destroyed its boiler.
No one was injured Damage was
estimated by A. L. Sersen, the
ownere. az $1,000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
Totlay's Horoscope

II today is your natal day. you
are emotional. tempestuous. lose
your temper quickly. but just as
quickly regain control Of yourself.
You are inclined toward nervous
ness and like 70 keep busy all the
time. You are affectionate. DEM
onstrative and inpulsive in your
love and require a steadfast love
in return You should marry
young Try not TO worry too
much over finances In the next
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
THEY SA Y

New York-Dr. c. J. Hambro,
president Of the Norwegian Par
Lament: Nations must know that
ii they commit certain crimes they
will be punished
Washington-Rep. Ranulf Comp
ton, (R) Of Connecticut after %.
day trip to England ana France
advises the United States 10 be
realistic about lend-lease: OF
course they are not going to pay
US back. How could they? Their
world trade is practically gone
It's all going to be a matter OF
bookkeeping anyway,
Baltimore Senator Joseph r.
Ball, (R) of Minnesota urges an
international peace agency pledged
TO use force against aggressors:
Without power TO act. 1t will be
simply debating society and flu
, ture dggressors will sneer at It
Just as Hitler sneered at the
League of Nations
Observation-Disclosures f. Dewey.
harges President loose ,e.t scltL.
ed the London economic confer.
ence: THAT was the most com.
pl tely iso .ationist action ever
taken by an American president In
our $50 years Of history"
Washington Norman Thomas,
Socialist candidate for president,
,alls Dumbarton OaEs conference
a prelude to another global war:
1T commits us to underwriting the
Balkanization of Europe between
Moscow and London and the main.
tenance of other folks empires"
New York-Sumner Welles, form
er Undersecretary of State, de.
tends Dumbarton Oaks conference:
The plans laid down at Dunbar.
ton Oaks are far from perfect, but
on the whole they constitute a pro-
ject through which the peoples OF
the world can attain peace and Sc
curity through which our own ma
ton can procure safety"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
HAVE FAMILY DINNER

Whitaker, Mi"h., Oct. 26-Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Brown AMI fam
lily attended family dinner Sun
day at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Berkeley OF Milan The oc-
casion was for Sgt. Theodore Niga
who is home on furlorgh from
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
One-Mlnute TEST

I. What orchestra conductor
married Mark Twain's daughter I?
2 What is a glockenspiel?
3 What famous opera singer
burst a blood vessel singing In
"Pagliacci"7
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
Half Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

WGllly CdlS FNSO
Mrs w Boutel delegate Mrs Eugene Minor attended
the convention American Le'1n AuX y at
Milan elected first vice president OF the dis
c Mrs Minor as be during the installation
ceremonies
Mr. and Mrs. John Mccain, W. Pittman and " s. Mabel
stadtmler attended Democa c rally Wnitmoe Lake
Pittman spoke the nat onal and STATE ogns.
the community political rally including tochight
parade staged by all OF political parties nearing
completion Following the parade there viii be tin
Pease Auditorium, which President Charles NcKenny will
preside
Marriages. Miss Carol Coleman william Finch III Pres
byterIan parsonage. Rev c H. not ofciated Miss ene
Donney Battle Creek, and Fred MI AMI Mrs
George Seaver at First Presbyterian Church Battle Creek
Fifty ears Ago
The OF Ladies' Library apart day
year to observed as Day Mr. Mary
A. Starkweaher. who gave them her hJm. Huron
library reception attended friends
Mrs Starkweather this
Prof Oscar Garesen has organized choir Of thirty voices
the Presbyterian Church
IndFoana Buebeard" given by young colored
people at Good Samaritan Hall
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
Attends Silver Wedding

Mrs. Thomas Hitchingham at
tended the silver wedding ami
versary Sunday Of her niece, Mrs.
Edith Vance OF Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
GROWS ON
TELEPHONE
WIRES IN
puER1o RICO

II months. An elder will aid you
as well as a friend. Beware of
feminine strangers and do not
change your lover Today's child
will be fortunate in business and
receive much help from relatives
and employers Danger exists,
however, Of sudden upheavals in
love affairs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
Word. OF Wisdom

The more honesty a man has.
the less he affects the air Of a
Baint-Lavater
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26

Philadelphia-Lord Halifax, Brit.
ish ambassador to the United
States: Peace can never merely
be the absence OF war. There can
be no true peace without the pres
ence Of justice"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26

represented the noon stop OF the
covered wagon train for lunch.
I'm just two minutes ! had called
cut. The scene that took more
than four hours TO line up had been
shot"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
RY r. ]. SCOTT

he or she is not tactless or brutal
about II.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26

The eague OF Christian Endeav
or held their Halloween party Fri
day evening at tho home of Will
ma, Beverly and Mary Williams
Luncheon was served to - guests.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26
Hints on EtIouette

The well-bred person Is honest.
without feal Of public opinion. but
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-26

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.