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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-07-08

London-A Anthony Eden. foreign
minister OF Britain: Europe has
endured long hours OF darkness and
now We can see the first streaks
OF dawn"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-07-08
YpSiIdnti Briefs
A. Convention

AZ Convention
Chief OF Police Dan E. L. Patch
left today TO attend the convention
OF the Michigan Chiefs OF Police al
ChArleyoix.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-07-08
Monday

Monday
NBC-l0:30. Q. m.-Findsrs Keep
srs Quis;
12:3o-Navy Band Hour:
5:4S-Front Page Farrell.
CBS-S:l5 q. m.-Sing Along;
4p. m.-Broadway Matinee:
s6:30-All-Star baseball preview.
BLU-l2 noon-Glamor Manor;
2:30-Ladies Be Seated:
t:l5-Don Norman show:
Mbs-l2:30-Absrdeen Band:
1:&5-New Jane Cowl series;
l:S0-Music Half.hour.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-07-08
Bicycle Stolen

Bicycle Stolen
Elton Foster. 3l7 s. Huron St,
reported to police Friday evening
that his bicycle had been stolen
from It's parking place near the
Martha Washington Theater.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-07-08
Returns to Base

Returns to Hase
Ypsilanti police we're notified to-
day that Herbert walker, 5071s
Madison Ave, who had been preyi-
ously reported q strasgler from the
L. s. Naval Fuel and Net Depot,
Melville, Rhode Island, had re.
turned TO his base.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-07-08
Car Recovered

Car Recovered
An automobile belonging TO Don.
aid Matthews, 716 Stanley ST..
which was reported stolen May 2s,
was recovered Friday when It was
found abandoned in the parking lot
At the Ford Naval Base, Dearborn.
where II had been for several
weeks.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-07-08

Sunday
TALKS: MBS-l2 noon Review.
ing stand, Strategy OF lnyA.
SION; NBC 1880 p. m.-Round
table Issues Facing Demo.
cratic Party: CHS l;30-Sen.
s. D. Jackson on Can Amer.
ica Save the Postwar
World?"
NBC-2-Church in Action;
S:S0-Army Hour:
5:00--NBC symphony:
7:00-Tommy Dorsey Band.
s: S:00--Grscie Fields:
9:S0--Familiar Music:
l0:30--Les Tremayne show.
CBS-l2:SO-Transatlantic Call;
soon. Y. Philharmonic.
5:00-Eileen Farrell concert:
7:30--Eddie Carr revue;
S:S0-Crime Doctor;
S:90--JameS Melton;
10 o0-Phil Baker.
BLU-ll a. m.-Army Air Force
concert. new series;
800 2. m.-Listen the Women,
new time:
5:o0-Mary Small revue;
6:00-Paul Whiteman music:
7;30-Quiz Kids:
s3o-Keepsskes Music:
s:l5-Basin Street;
l0:0o-Life OF Riley. new time:
MBS--2-Sky Riders quiz;
3:30-Mysterious Traveller. dra.
ma;
5:0O--Green valley;
6%5-Dick Browns new song ser.
les;
500 Mediation Board:
S;30-Name OF Song quii;
l0:l5-0ood will program.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-07-08
Transferred

Transferred
Cpl. Robert Riddering has been
transferred from the local post OF
the Michigan State Police to the
post at Jackson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
General Clark Under
Enemy Fire At Rome

ROME. June 4.-lREThe Allied
Fifth Army entered Rome slowly
today, for the Germans had drop
ped all pretense that it was an
"open city"
sef-propelled guns, tanks and
mipers impeded the progress OF
the Allied troops as they pushed
through the suburbs toward the
center of the city along the Cast
linian way.
(This dispatch was filed at 5
p.m.-11 am. Eastern War Time
or more than three hours before
the final cleanup)
Early in the afternoon 1t. Gen.
Mark W. Clark, commander o.
the Fifth, arrived in the fighting
area. Bullets whizzed over MS
head. Military police accompany
ing him fired on the snipers. Inc
general, without insignia, was
wearing his customary black RIO
ing boot and his shirt was open
at the collar.
Shortly after $3.50 pm. grea'
clouds of thick smoke rose IRON
Rome as the Germans began oe
molitions in earnest
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
S. Bombers
.5last 2 Foe
|AreasInD Day
DOUBLE-TINED BLOW
1000 American Planes
Pound Strongholds In
France And Italy

LONDON, June 4.-(P-
Upward of 1000 American
heavy bombers struck Eu-
rope again today - some sou
pounding German strongholds
along the invasion coast while
their comrades from the Med
iterranean made a strong at
tempt to sever two main rail
lines between France and It.
ally. Swarms of medium bonn
bers and fighter bombers
from Britain kept the thun-
derous assaults going as for
the second straight day the
fortresses and Liberators re-
turned from France without
loss after saturating defenses
around Boulogne with 1900
tons of bombs.
NdulO CHd1n broken
Spitfire bombers and fighters
hammered enemy radio installa-
tons along the northern coast of
France this evening and the air
ministry announced that more links
IN the Nazi radio chain had been
broken.
Between 500 and $50 Fifteenth
Air Force heavy bombers swept
up from southern Italy to attack
such vital rail centers as Turin
and Genoa.
One force hit the Turin yards,
the double-track- Mount Cents rail
road leading west from Turin to
Lyon, France, the Cad bridge on
the Italian side of the Modane tun-
mel through the Alps, and tracks
near st. Michel on the French side
Other bombers singled out the
Riviera line, bombing a viaduct
southwest of Cannes and the Var
river bridge, southwest of Nice.
while other formations hit the &C.
noa rallyards and the Rocco VIA
duct to the east.
Yards at Now Legure, Is miles
north Of Genoa, and the harbor at
Savoria, Is miles west of Genoa,
also were targets.
In this seventeenth successive
day of attack for American light
,pJ roodi,1y,o hopobers moro Than
$50 of them ranged along 200 miles
of French coast line. A section of
one bridge, representing about
one-quarter of its length, was tum-
bled into the Seine river.
The Paris radio reported tonight
an Allied air attack on the eastern
and southeastern suburbs of Paris
Continued on Page Two; Col. A.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05

SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, HANDY, Cey-
lon. June 4.-P)-Results thus far
of the Allied Indo-Burma cam
paigns "can be regarded with sat-
isfaction, though not with compla-
cence," an official headquarters
summary said today.
Expressing guarded optimism,
the review reported that the arriv-
al of the monsoons brought but
little slackening OF aerial and
ground operations, and added:
sTo the Japanese, Burma shows
signs which must appear ominous
of becoming a dangerous running
sore, draining away men and sup
plies, whose reinforcement and re-
placement will grow more costly
and difficult as Allied pressure in
creases."
All operations including those in
Arakan, and those of 1t. Gen. 10
seph w. StilwelIs Americans, Chi
nese and Chindits, and the Japan
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05

least 900 motor vehicles finding
excellent targets in congested
traffic. above the city to Viterbo.
Lake Bracciano and Lake Bolsena,
headquarters said
Other planes struck troops con-
centrations and gun positions.
U. S. heavy bombers 500 to $50
strong smashed meanwhile at tar
gets on two main rail lines on the
French frontier.
The fighter-bombers found the
Nazi columns retreating as far
north as Viterbo, SO miles above
Rome, and Lake Bracciano, so
miles from the capital.
The great roundup of prisoners
continued--with more than $4,000
now taken by the Fifth Army alone.
The Eighth Army has captured at
least 1000 Five of the 10 German
divisions engag ed in Italy already
had been virtually annihilated.
Thus the Allies were well along
in their avowed purpose of this
offensive to crush the Nazi le-
gions.
Battlefields were strewn with vast
amounts of wrecked Nazi equip
ment.
The blistering drive to Rome
Continued on Page Two: Col. A
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
FIRST EUROPEAN
CAPITAL TAKEN
10000 Prisoners Bagged;
600 Vehicles Wrecked:
Foe Finally Routed

ROME, June 4. - (R -
Rome, the Eternal City, was
liberated tonight by tanks
and infantry troops of the
Allied Fifth Army which bat
tied German rear-guards to
the edge of the ancient Fo-
rum.
A force from the old Anzio
beachhead completed the mop
up of Nazi forces at 9:15 p.
m. (3:15 p. M, Eastern war
time.)
The Fifth Army force
fought it's way into the heart
of the city after a four-hour
battle against German armor
in the suburbs of the ancient
capital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
CLARK,S FORCES FIGHT WAY
TO CENTER OF CITYAGAWST
BLOCK BY BLOCK RESISTANCE
Kisses, Tears And Flowers
Mark US. March On Rome

Smiling, brown-eyed girls
brought bouquets of flowers
to dust-covered riflemen who
we're crawling up = sloping
field of wild barley and pop
pies to scout German positions
thanking the heavily-mined air
port at Centocelle.
A bald clerk, carrying an
empty wine flagon, showed
soldiers bruises OH his face
and explained that the Ger
mans had beaten him as he
walked into the suburbs look
ing for milk for his five chill
dren.
"The enemy blew up Rome's
water, gas and electric works
Yesterday" he said "There
is nothing to eat. For four
months there has been no meat
and for two months not a
single egg. There is great con-
fusion. All the big fascists
are fleeing"
The historic Via Casilina
probably never had witnessed
a more laundering military
spectacle than that of the past
"a hours in which the onrush-
ing Allies broke through the
German lines in the Sacco val
ley and into the green Cam
pagno facing Rome's seven
hills.
Continued on Page Two; Col.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
lndo- Burma Campaigns Regarded
Satisfactory But Not Top-Notch

was attributable to weather inter-
ference with army signals. Last
reports from Myitkyina yesterday
said the Chinese and Americans
were battering at the north OF My
itkina, while in the southern part
of that Japanese bastion the Chi
nese had retaken the railway sta
ton and were making slow but
steady progress within the town.
In the Indo-Burma fighting, Al
lied raiders captured large guam
titles of japanese supplies, ammu-
milton and gasoline 30 miles south
east of Kohima, and southwest of
the town a Japanese attack cost
the enemy 80 killed, the commune
que said.
Southwest of Bishenpur the enc
my Withdrew from a hill, leaving
many dead, and operations to clear
Japanese pockets still remaining
north and northwest of Bishenpur
were continued. Southeast of the
Imphal plain, Allied troops took
several prisoners, the bulletin said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05

csc thrust in Assam, ''have proved
that now in equipment, training,
toughness and endurance, the
troops of the United Nations are
more than a match for the Japan
esq.," the summary declared.
Overwhelming air superiority
all over the theater, and the alb
sence of any challenge at sea, in
the Bay of Bengal and the Indian
ocean, have been powerful factors
in our favor against the Japan
esq.,
The account said that in May 70
enemy aircraft were destroyed, as
against our Allied loss of q planes.
Today's headquarters commune
que reported that Allied troops
have forced the Japanese to
abandon some of their positions
northwest of the Indian town OF
Kohima.
No mention was made OF the
north Burma fighting for Myitky-
ina. This lack of mention probably
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
HITLER DECLARES
FIGHT WILL GO ON

LONDON, June 4.-(R-Hitler
announced tonight in two special
communicates broadcast after
Allied troops had liberated Rome
that the withdrawal OF German
troops to the northwest of the city
and said the Allies had been Of
fered plan whereby Rome would
be regarded as an "open city,
In the first word from the fhue-
rer's headquarters in several days,
it was asserted the fight in Italy
would continue and that measures
were being taken ''to force final
victory for Germany and her al
lies"
1.-The year of the INVASION" one
communique said, twill bring Ger
many's enemies an annihilating
defeat at the most decisive mo-
ment.''
The order to evacuate troops
from the city, it was said, was in
tended ''to prevent the destruction
of Rome
The German radio said Field
Marshal Gen. Albert Kesselring
had submitted to the Vatican pro-
posals to make Rome an open city
with request that they be convey
ed to the Allies, but that $50 far
M ren1v has heen received from
the Anglo-American high COM
mand.''
The proposals were said to have
been advanced at IL p. m. Satur-
day. This was less than "a hours
before Rome changed hands.
(Field dispatches from Rome re-
ported Allied troops met fierce re-
sistance from German armor and
snipers in street to street fighting
before final Nazi opposition was
crushed
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
.KERM0N TO SEEK
N0RUN-0FF VOTE

R. M. Kermon, present repre-
sentative of New Hanover county
in the General Assembly, stated
last night that he would decline
to make a request to the New Han
over County Election board for a
second primary.
Kermon stated that an extern
sion of the city limits on a sound
and economical basis was essen
tial to the future growth OF Will
mington, and during the l943 ses-
sion he introduced a bill to ex-
tend the city limits by permitting
the voter in the affected area to
vote upon it on zoning basis. j.
@. LeGrand, who received the
highest number of votes in the
primary, has stated in his speech
over WMFD that he favored the ex-
tension of the city limits and would
support a bill in the General AS
sembly to that effect, which now
settles the question of the city ex-
tension.
There is no other issue at con-
troversy locally, said Kermon, and
for the best interest of Whining
ton and the Democratic party, and
in view of the immediate pro-
posed invasion of Europe, the ad-
ditional cost to the taxpayers, and
the manpower hours that would be
lost by holding a second primary
he does not believe it would be to
the best interest of New Hanover
county and Wilmington to request
run-off.
Kermon further stated that ne
is interested in Wilmington and
New Hanover county and its future
growth and development, and te
achieve that end, he would sacrl
flee any personal ambition for
seat in the 1915 General Assembly
The insistence of his friends &c
enter into the second primary has
been great, he said, but he be.
lievec that the decision made vii
make for greater coordination o.
purpose and cooperation OF ct
| forts,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
Ward Case In Spotlight
To Speed Adjournment
BY HOWARD SUBTLE
Star-News Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, June 4.-Inves-
tigation of the government seiZ-
ure of the Chicago properties of
Montgomery Ward and company
returns to the congressional spot
light Tuesday to vie with 'an all
important floor slate of measures
being rushed through both houses
to clear the decks for a planned
recess about June 20.
Chuckling over the widely-dis-
tributed photograph of two SOL
diers carrying Sewell Avery, ex-
ecutive head of Wards, from his
Chicago offices after President
Roosevelt had ordered seizure of
the mail order store, solons here
have speculated upon the possibi-
lily of providing Avery with a
similar escort when he arrives on
Capitol Hill to testify Tuesday
morning before the house commit
tee investigating the matter.
After Paul Porter, Democratic
publicity chief, had repeatedly Of
fered a cash award to two Wacs
who would volunteer to carry Az
cry into the committee room, one
congressman said that if Porter S
suggestion was not adopted, he d
be glad to "use my influence with
Romney blouse Sergeant-at-arms
Kenneth Romney) to obtain two
capitol policemen for the assign
ment"
The Ward hearing before the
house committee, of which Rep.
j. Bayard Clark of Fayetteville, is
a member, is just one of about a
d1zen Capitol Hill headliners in a
weeks schedule that will begin
Monday with house debate on the
controversial issue Of what should
be done with the cases OF MAJOR
General Walter C. Short and Rear
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, Ar
NV and Navy commanders, re-
spectively, of the Hawaiian area
at the time of the Pearl Harbor
disaster.
Despite the fact that both Short
and Kimmel have signed waivers
declaring they will not invoke the
statute of limitations in event Of
court martial on charges OF dere'
Ect in duty, several congressman
mostly Republicans, are pressing
for LEGISLATION directing early trials
fcontinued on Page Two; Col. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05

foot of the way through the SUBJ
urbs into Rome. The Germans hurl-
ed all they had-tanks, armor and
artillery - into fierce fighting to
block the Fifth Army steamroller
at least until they could pull out
more of their own menaced forces.
This break into Rome, center of
Catholicism and once the seat of
the ancient Roman empire, came
"a days after the Allies unleashed
powerful combined offensive of
the Fifth and Eighth armies, and
IL days after Fifth Army men on
the Anzio beachhead hurled forth
their powerdrive aimed at the capi-
tai
Lashing at the Nazi columns re-
treating from Rome, Allied fighter
bombers destroyed or damaged at
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
KIJRII.ES BOMBED
5 DAYS IN ROW
Americans Wage Bitter
Battle At Approach
OF Tokyo

u S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
UvARTERs, PEARL HARBOR,
lime 4-iR-American bombers
attacked the Kurile islands on the
northern approaches to Tokyo and
Truk in the central Pacific for the
fifth consecutive day, Adm. Ches-
ter W Nimitz announced today.
Three separate smashes were
made before dawn Friday at the
Kuriles. Two fires we're started on
Shumushu, northernmost OF the is
land chain, Paramushiro and Mat
sQWa we're also hit.
Fires and explosions were start
ed Saturday on Truk, major target
in a two-way aerial offensive
against the Carolines by central
and south Pacific air forces. Po-
nape, eastern stronghold Of the
Carolines, was bombed Thursday
from the north. Bombers from the
south hit Friday at Truk, Nonoi,
PuluWat and Woleai in the central
and western Carolines.
Navy and Marine planes smash
Continued on Page Two; Col. p
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05

BY DANIEL DE LUCE
IN THE SUBURBS OF ROME
June a. Amid kisses and
tears from hyste1ical Ro-
mans, Fifth Army tanks and
infantry fought four-hour
battle this morning against
German armor five miles from
the heart of the city.
In a dawn dash from Borgata
Finocchio, IL miles distant on
the Via Vasilina, a spearhead
of "a Sherman tanks, eight ar
mored cars and $50 U. S. and
Canadian infantrymen pushed
beyond suburban Tore Spac-
cata before they ran headlong
into German road block.
Old men and young girls
and toddling children were wav-
ing the Americans on when
the fire of German 88-milli-
meter guns knocked out the
leading tank and snipers
started pouring machine-gun
fire from hideouts next to a
white church whose bells were
ringing for early mass.
An Italian partisan who said
the fascists had put out his
left eye in torturing him kiss
ed me on the cheek and vol
unteered the information that
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
Tluo Major Problems
Face Allies In Italy
BY JOHN M. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON, June y WI -
Capture of Rome confronted the
Allies today with two immediate
problems-the delivery of food and
relief supplies in huge quantities
and the reorganization of the ltal-
ian government.
Both problems have been under
study here as well as in London
and at headquarters in Italy and
officials were confident they would
be tackled with all possible speed.
Diplomatic and military officials
here had expected the liberation
of the city for several days and
while obviously delighted that it
had been achieved, they had no
immediate comment.
The first step in reorganization
of the Italian government will be
the retirement of King Vittorio
Emanuele He promised several
weeks ago that upon the liberation
of the Italian capital he would
move into the background and ap-
point as his successor, Crown
Prince Umberto.
American officials have accepted
that promise quite literally and
believe the kings fulfillment of it
should be forthcoming soon.
Once Umberto takes office, ex-
perts on Italian political affairs
here said, Premier Marshal Pietro
Badoglio and his cabinet will re-
sign. Umberto is expected to re-
appoint him and his coalition gov
eminent.
Badoglio's task then will be to
seek recruits among the politica al
parties in Rome. The assumption
here has been that the liberation
Continued on Page Two; Col. s.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
JAPANESE THRUST
NEARER CHANGSHA

CHUNGKING, June 4.-LR)-Jap-
anese troops have ploughed
through Sinshih and stabbed six
miles beyond the town toward
Changsha, while another column
in the many-sided Human province
offensive has attempted an assault
toward Liuyang to the east for an
encircling movement against the
major objective, a Chinese COM
munique announced tonight.
Liuyang lies 80 miles due east
of Changsha and its possession
would enable the invaders to at
tack the city directly from the
east over mostly flat country. The
column struck southwark yester-
day from the Pingkiang area to-
ward Liuyang and tried to cross
the hilly region 20 miles to the
northeast, but were stopped there
by the Chinese, the communique
said. Fighting was in progress
there.
At the same time heavy fight
ing ragged south of the Milo river
along a 30-mile front as enemy
columns east of the Canton-Han-
koW railway continued to drive
slowly down the route. Sharp en-
counters also were reported south
west of Pingkiang, where the enc
my split into two columns, one for
the drive on Liuyang, the other
aimed directly southwest toward
Changsha, so miles from Pingki-
ang. This line extended from
point six miles west of Pingkiang
to IL miles south of the town.
The new strategy placed the left
wing of the invaders main body
now 40 miles east northeast of the
vital Human city, braced for it's
fourth battle of the war, field dis.
patches said, while directly from
the north, the Japanese pushed
to a point within IS miles of the
objective. The enemy has occupied
Sinshih and driven six miles fur.
Their south along the rail route.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
Roosevelt To Discuss
Rome In Broadcast On
All Networks TONIGHT

WASHINGTON, June 4-tR-
President Roosevelt will dis
cuss the fall of Rome, the first
Axis capital captured by the
Allies, in 15-minute radio
broadcast to the nation tomor-
row night.
The White House announced
tonight the Presidents talk will
be carried over the four ma
jor networks between $3.50 and
S:45 PM, Eastern War Time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05

abled effect of the submarine cam
paign on Japan's ability to supply
her overseas bases, naval COM
1nunioues in the past five months
have credited submarines with de-
struction of 81 enemy tankers.
Adding to Japan's woes, British
submarines since January have
chalked up 10 successful attacks
on Japanese shipping, mostly on
the Burma supply route.
The total wartime "catch' IN
far eastern and Pacific waters Of
United Nations submarines, other
than American, is upward OF 81
enemy vessels, including at leas'
six warships.
Most observers believe the pre-
sent rate of sinking more than one
enemy ship daily reflects mounting
skill and experience of U. S. nava
personnel in waging offensive IN
derseas warfare, plus the raple
wartime growth of the submarine
fleet.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
Three Burn To Death
In Flames At Cherry
Point Training Base

NORFOLK, Va, June 4.-(R
Three persons were burned
to death in a fire of undeter-
mined origin which swept the
training building at the Marine
Corps air station at Cherry
Point Saturday afternoon, Fifth
Naval District headquarters
announced today.
The names of the victims
were withheld.
A board of inquiry was nam
ed to conduct an investigation
of the blaze.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-06-05
American Subs Hit laps
4 Times As Hard As In ~

NEW YORK, June a tR Am
IIcan submarines are hitting at
east Tour times as hard at enemy
Sa.p9lng as in 1912, a study of navy
'Oinmuniques indicated today.
announcements in the past five
months list 1877 Japanese vessels
sunk by U. S. submersibles, an
rneFsge monthly toll of 37.4 ships
ny contrast, the average month
y rate OF destruction in 1912 was
sspppfozlmately nine japanese ships
N'to m l945 was about % ships.
N me American underseas raid
t t,, bag of 573 enemy ships If
v n"o and one-half years of war
.eie 81 Warships, including at leas1
r cruisers and 20 destroyers.
Inc fact that since January thu
japanese have lost four destroyer!
ano cruiser through submarine
S"ack may indicate an attemp
w Nippon to stem the American
"luef"ater threat by convoy op
erations.
Lending emphasis to the dis