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Evening star., 1944-06-15
Dewey Reported Writing
Speech Of Acceptance
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y. June 15.-Per-
sistent reports from sources close to
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. but not
publicly confirmed. insisted today he
is prepared for a swift trip to
Chicago to accept an expected Re-
publican presidential nomination.
The same sources declared the
Governor Is drafting a speech OF
acceptance while enjoying a Today
vacation at his farm near Pawling.
Although direct confirmation
again is lacking, it is reported re-
liably that Gov. Dewey has made
Pullman reservations to permit a
quick trip to the scene Of the Re-
publican National Convention, which
begins June 26.
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U. 5. Superfortresses
ToRange World Under
Direction 81 Arnold
Giunt Bombers Capable
Of Terrific Blessings
From Greot Attitudes
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BY JAMES Z. NEWTON.

The creation of a special air
force of super bombers was an
nounced today by the Army, one
that will be operated directly from
Washington with the world as its
field, d tribute to the far-reach-
ing Boeing B-29, the mightiest air
weapon ever used.
This global air force will be run
by Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the
Army Air Forces, in cooperation
with the joint chiefs Of staff. Gen.
Arnold will continue to maintain
headquarters here, so 1t might be
said the force will be operated by
push buttons in Washington.
The new air force, designated the
goth, was activated early in April.
Announcement of its creation was
held up pending report that the
B-29 had been in action, which was
made today. The force will include
all of the new "battleships Of the
air." 1t will be used, In the words
of the Army. in very long-range
and highly strategic bombardment.' -
No Local Control.
Commanders of the various the
aters of war will have no control
over the goth Air Force, and may
request use of its planes only in
case of evtreme emergency. In an
operational way, the Goth is the
first separate air force ever created
and may be the first step in the
long debated separation of our air
forces from the other military COM
mands.
The Army gave as the reason for
the new setup the extremely long
range of the B-29 Super fortress
There will be bomber commands in
the field, each headed probably by
a major general. These will main
tain liaison with theater command
ers. Brig. Gen. H. S. Hansell, jr.
who has had much to do with for
mulating the Army's very long
range bombardment program" will
be chief of staff of the Goth. Gen
Hansell is a veteran of many mis-
sions with the 9th Air Force in
England.
This idea of making the world
the B-29's backyard" in an opera
tional way may seem peculiar to
those who have not seen the plane
but 1t is readily understandable to
news correspondents who were
given a preview of the Super
fortress at Boeing's Wichita, Kans.
plant in early May.
The plane is far and away the
(See sUPERFORTREsSES Pg. Az
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BY NELSON M. SHEPARD.

Secretary of War Stimson de-
clared today Allied forces by
now have established a firm
foothold in France" but he
warned that 1--WE must expect
counterattacks greater than any
yet met"
Mr.. Stimson said the Allies have
won control of strip of French ter
ritory over go miles long and varying
in width from to 18 miles.
Voicing confidence In the ability
of the Allies to meet strong enemy
counterattacks, he added: I'VE be-
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Italian Puppet Killed

NEW YORK, June Is (P.--The
Swiss Telegraph Agency. in a dis
patch reported last night by the
owl, said the Italian puppet chief in
Alessandria, Italy, had been killed
by patriots and that the Fascists
in reprisal had executed two Parti-
sans who were found "in possession
of arms"
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British Quud Dies

LEWISHAM, England, June Is (P).
David Knee Robinson, one of the
quadruplets born June to Mrs.
Knee Robinson, wife of an Raj fly
ing officer, died yesterday. The con-
dition of the mother and the three
other babies was described as fairly
satisfactory.
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Moi. Reynolds Of Yonk
Gets Purple Heart
BY the Associated Press.

6E NUt AsSOCIdCeu FTtsS.
LONDON. June 15.-For wounds
received while serving as a reporter
gunner in Marauder plane, Maj.
Donald Reynolds, officer in charge
of Yank magazine in the European
theater of operations. was awarded
the Purple Heart today.
Maj. Reynolds, who owns news
papers at Fort Smith, Ark; Okmul-
gee, Okla, and Greenville, Miss,
was wounded in the face and
shoulder when burst of fax hit
his Marauder over France. He was
returned to active duty a short
time after the action.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Sovunt Who Saw StoIin
ToIks With MikoIuiczyk
By the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, June 15.-Oscar
Lange, Chicago professor who re-
Gently discussed Russian-Pol af-
fairs with Premier Stain, conferred
yesterday in Washington with Pre-
mier Mikolajczyk of the Polish gov
ernment in exile.
The official Polish news agency
said Prof. Lange telegraphed a re-
quest from Chicago for a meeting
with Premier Mikolajczyk on the
latter's visit to the United States.
The Premier heard a report from
Prof. Lange about his recent visit to
Poles in Russia" the agency said.
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Stimson Predicts Stiff Battles
Despite Firm Hold in Normandy
Secretary Reveals Casualties Were Severe
In Landings, but Less Than Expected

lieve we are there to stay until all
France is liberated and Germany
defeated"
Mr.. Stimson said casualties dur
ing the nine days of fighting were
severe at some points. but consider
ably less than our. commanders had
reasonably anticipated. They were
sufflcient, however, to prove that
the West Wall was no myth or push
over"
The Secretary told his news con-
ference that destruction or heavy
damage to nine bridges over the
Seine River by Allied air forces was
(See STIMSON. Page ALB
Evening star., 1944-06-15
War Expenditures
Up 5.7% in May
At S7,918,000,0 900
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
United States war expendi-
lures in May amounted to ST.
918 200, 900, an increase of ST
per cent over the April figures,
the War Production Board re-
ported yesterday.
From July /, 1910, through
May 81, 1914, the Government
spent 1892 900 ,o00,0 900 for war
production. These figures in
clude checks cleared by the
Treasury as payable from war
appropriations, and net outlays
OF the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. ana its subsidiaries.
Evening star., 1944-06-15

Although pleased by the sale of
Sc, 100000 in individual War
Bonds, 1929 per cent of the $751;
100000 quota, during the first
two days of the Fifth War Loan
campaign, John A. Reilly, chair
man of the District War Finance
Committee, today warned Wash
ingtonians against optimism"
THE first report is encouraging, :"
he said. 1T shows our volunteers
and the bond buyers are aware OF
the Importance of individual sales
in this most important of all war
program.
But it is no cause for optimism
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War Loan Workers
Warned on Optimism
Due eioEarIy5uccesses 10
Series e Bond SoIes
Total 15.58% Of GooI;
Reserve Boord Tops Quote
RTILJETTN

An additional 100000 in
individual War Bond sales
were reported today to bring
the Districts three-day total
in the Fifth War Loan Cam
paign to $4,000. 900, or 1915
per cent of the $61 100000 in
dividual quota. Included in
the new figure is the sale of
100000 in Series "E" bonds,
bringing that total to $780,
600, or 16.47 per cent of the
$4,000, 900 "E" Bond goal.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Archbishop of Athens
Reported Held by Nuzis

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 15.-The Brit
ish radio said last night that Arch
bishop Damascenus of Athens had
been placed under house arrest by
German occupation authorities in
Greece "for supporting the patriotic
organizations
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Dr.. Yop on Rodio Program

DR.. Disdado M. Yap, former Phil
ippine Resident Commissioner to the
United States and editor of Bataan
magazine, will discuss the War
Situation in the Far East" on the
Washington Round Table program
at 1890 pm. tomorrow in the Wash
ington Hotel.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Hull Sees De GauIIe
as Mailer
OF operation
Secretary Comments
On Reported Refusal
To Join in lnvusion
BULLETIN.

The reported refusal Of Gen,
Charles de Gaulle to permit q
force Of several hundred
picked French officers to ac-
company the Anglo-American
invasion forces today drew
from Secretary Of State Hull
the observation that this was
a matter Of effecting coop
Grafton among the military
forces.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
HUGE Bombers in Combut for
First Time; Details Of
Action Still Secret
BULLETIN.


The probability that Chinese bases afforded the
takeoff for the BIS Super-Fortresses that bombed
Japan today indicated by a War Department
lease announcing the aerial organization of the
Goth Air Force. This force, with jurisdiction all
the activities of the Super-Fortresses is engaged
in combat activities in the China Burma India the
ater of operations
The planes that participated in tOday's operation
elements of the Goth Bomber Command, the first
B-29 organization which served nucleus for the
actvaton of the Goth Air Force
By theA Assocat
The Army announced today that B29 superfortresses
of the Army Air Forces bombed Japan today
No further information divuged and there was
indication of which part of Japan struck where
the planes in combat for the first time based
text of the brief communiQue read
Superfortreses of the United States Army Air Forces
10th Bomber Command bombed Japan today"
George Marshall chief of stan, in statement on the
public Department said that the Super
introduced type of offensive against the enemy
and ao creates problem in the application OF military
force
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(See AERIAL, Page ABB
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(See WAR LOAN, Page A-5)
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(See DE GAULLE, Page A;
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(See INVASION, Page A-3D
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Guide for Rsoders

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Al AssocIotsd Press Nswspopsr
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(See SUBMARINE, Page AID
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Weather Forecast

Cloudy, warmer this afternoon. Fa
tonight and tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
GEN. EISENHOWER
COMMkNDS NEGROES

ADVANCED COMMAND POST,
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS AL
LIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,
July 30.-(R-Negro troops of an
anti-aircraft balloon battery and
quartermaster truck company
today drew official commentator
from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
for their work in Normandy since
D-Day.
"Your battalion landed in France
June 6 under artillery, machine
gun and rifle fire. Eisenhower said
in citation to the anti-aircraft
troops.
Despite the losses sustained,
the battalion carried out its mis-
sion with courage and determina-
ton and proved an important ele-
ment of the air defense team. The
cheerfulness and devotion of its
officers and men have been COM
mented on by personnel of other
units. This report is most crafty
ing to me. I commend you and the
officers and men of your battal-
ion for your fine efforts which
have merited the praise of all who
have observed it,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31

faded out altogether, still no re-
lief arrived. Weeks went by and
James had to keep reminding
himself Of that rule Ito quit
my post only when properly re-
lieved." Someone said the
front was 100 miles away and
he began to waver. Then the
rearest of the rear echelon
outfits began to 60 by. That
was too much. He hailed a pass
ing vehicle, sent a note to his
commanding officer.
The note brought back an
investigating officer for James
had long since been listed as
AWOL. The investigation re-
suited in a recommendation for
devotion to duty and a commits
sion to the rank of Sergeant.
The Bower brothers from
South Carolina are what you
might call battlers. Three OF
them are with an artillery bat
talon which has been support
ing the French in this drive up
through Italy.
1t originally was a national
guard outfit. S-Sgt. Russell A.
Bower and his brother, Glenn,
have been with it II years now.
Romer, the third brother, 9TH
erwise known as "The Rookie"
has been with it only six years.
The fourth brother is with \
tank destroyer outfit in Eng
land or maybe France now.
1--WE are not really a war.
like clan," says Russell, I'VE
Just take our combat serious.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
BY HAL BOYLE

BREHAL, France, July 30
-RHRose-Garlanded Sherman
tanks, rumbling through lanes
of Historically cheering civil
lians, cracked Tie German rear
guard defenses and rolled
southwark through this coastal
village today as knife-brandish-
ing French youths helped round
up hundreds of pocketed and
dernoralized Nazi troops.
Not since the capture OF
Ferryville in the Tunisian
campaign have American
troops received such heroes
welcome as the French accord
ed these embattled tankmen.
This long column of arnor is
decorated from head to foot
with red and white roses, and
hydrangeas are showered on
them by thousands of laughing
and weeping men, women and
children.
It has been veritable
"battle of flowers" but there
has been blood spilled, too,
and the whole coastal march
is like some colorful pageant
from French medieval history.
The Germans tried to make
a delaying stand north OF
Brehal to enable trapped ele-
ments to pull out through the
fishing port of Granville, but
1t. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's
vast mobile wedge speared
through them and is hot on the
trial of escaping remnants OF
Field Marshal Erwin Rom
mel's broken legions.
As soon as the last groups
of Nazis began their frantic
withdrawal, French homes
periodically broke out tri-
color flags. Many American
vehicles are riding into battle
with French flags tied to their
radiators.
During the thrust from
Countances to his town, through
rolling hills bordered by the
sea, the tankmen became en-
numbered with hundreds OF
prisoners - more than they
could handle comfortably.
French boys with knives
rounded up some of them in
the field and brought them in"
said 1t. Walter Rapp of New
York, who is burdened with "a
prisoners and trying to talk
1t. William L. Adams OF
Shreveport, La, out of dump
ing another batch in his hands.
zone French farmer caught
20 Germans hiding in his barn
and made them give up. All
enemy units have been depict
ed by terrific casualties. Few
have any fuel or food-and no
morale, either. One German
went UP to get a reconnais-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
SOCIALIST THOMAS
FLAYS ROOSEVELT

NEW YORK, July 3O-lR-Nor.
man Thomas, Socialist candidate
for president, declared today that
President Roosevelt "underwrit.
ing Of white supremacy in the Far
East and the Balkanization of Eu-
rope between Moscow and London
is an invitation to new war;"
The. statement, coupled with
other criticism of the president S
domestic and foreign policies, was
made in an open letter to Prof.
Reinho1d Niebuhr, chairman of the
Union for Democratic Action, in
which Thomas asked why, This
year of all years, you are support
ing the Democrats.
Il shall not insult you by as
Stunning that you support the Demo-
cratic ticket because of its planks
which are virtually identical with
the Republican,, Thomas said.
They contain no application of
the ethical principles you have
so eloquently preached and no
formula for avoiding that third
world war of whose probability
you have warned us.
They are based on the fallacy
that machinery for the enforce
ment of peace makes the nature of
the peace to be enforced unim-
portant and that quadruple -
really a triple-alliance masked
behind a phoney internationlism
will succeed when all similar al
liances have failed that fallacy
lies at the heart OF the presidents
great design"
The Socialist leader also charged
that:
Roosevelt has pushed no major
progressive legislation since 1897.
Before the war he had not con.
quered unemployment, but es-
tablished it and subsidized the un-
employed at level of about %
per cent Of the workers.
HE advocated total conscrip-
ton Of human beings in war and
gives signs of supporting perma-
nent military CONSUMPTION of our
youth in peace.
HE has no program adequate
to the conquest Of poverty"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
Hysterical French People
Toss FLOWERS On Tankmen

The next time anv 49,,
tells me us MP's don't get s ny
near the front will sbo Sp
him" said Barker. O'
Before entering Brehal tsnl.
men had to blast througn
screen of enemy defenses =.
the edge of the city. p"
The first unit to enter r..
hal was the reconnaiss.n,.
outfit headed by Capt DonaIS
L. Tillman of Milbank, s n
It pushed in amid the final
furry of street fighting bv
Nazi defenders at 2 pm "
When John Mcvane, NBc
correspondent, and l drove in
shortly afterwards, church
bell sounding contin,on,
paen of victory and French
crowds were jeering a grol,n
of German prisoners captured
on the city's outskirts.
The entire city was packed
with armor, and other tank,
were pushing out to the south
blasting at an enemy battery
throwing 88-fire.
go out and pinpoint them
and we will lay a little heavy
artillery on them-that ought
to discourage them" said 1t.
Col. R. H. Mckee of Shawnee,
Okla, as 1t. Col. Bedford H,
Forrest of Saluda, S. c., moved
out with a reconnaissance
force.
The last obstacles tn.
Germans had placed IN the
way of the tank column was a
huge log road block guarded
by snipers.
THAT just gave us lot Of
ambulance trouble - carrying
back ferries we wounded"
said T-5 Jack Allison, of Dial.
las, Texas.
"We picked up about 100
prisoners around Brehal,"
said Maj. E. H. Downs, Of
Athens, Ga, who was sitting
on a tank in the center of the
town, enjoying a canteen cup.
1t. Kenneth Mower of Nay.
wood, ILL.,, said Germans man.
ming anti-tank guns had fired
on a group Of their own men
who had surrendered.
'"They knew they were firing
on their own men because the
prisoners were still carrying
white flags he said.
AS we drove back toward
Coutances we passed two
wrinkled French women at
least 80 years old sitting by
the roadbank watching the
armored parade and clapping
hands and yelling like school
girls.
''Bonjour! Bonjour! Vive les
Americans" they shouted.
One grinning tankman DOTTED
his helmet and threw them a
kiss.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
EDWARD BAUSCH
SUCCUMBS AT SO

ROCHESTER, N. Y, July 3d.
R-Edward Bausch, SO. chairman
of the board of the Bausch and
Lomb Optical company, which he
saw grow from an obscure spec
tacle shop to an industry Of world
wide importance, died at noon to-
day. He had been in failing health
for more than year.
Bausch was one of the first men
in America to design and manu-
facture quality microscopes. A son
of John Jacob Bausch, co-founder
Of the company, he designed and
built his first microscope when
10, a year after entering Cornell
University.
Despite his advanced years,
Bausch, described by associates
as combination businessman
and scientist" was active in plan
ming expansion of the company
for demands of the present war.
During World War l he collab-
Grated closely with the armed
forces in the development of mill
tary instruments and was success
full in enabling the nation to meet
one of it's most critical emergen-
cies - production of optical glass.
He had many patents to his cred
1t, among the most famous being
an Iris diaphragm shutter which
made the camera popular play
thing. The shutter, between-the-
lens type, replaced the clumsy and
inefficient shutters then in use.
In 1910, he and Mrs. Bausch, the
former Matilda G. Morell of Syr-
acuse, who died the same year,
presented the Rochester Museum |
OF Art and Sciences a new home
at cost Of $4,000. He also aided
in bearing the cost of a physics
building for the University of Ro-
chester.
He was charter meNber of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science and the Am
erican Microscopical Society. He
was also fellow Of the Royal Mi
croscopical Society.
A brother, William, and niece.
Mrs. Herbert Eisenhart, wife of
the president of Bausch and Lonb,
survive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31

sance car filled with gasoline
and found only one barrel left
in the dump. When ne returned
he found the command post
gone, so he gave up"
Occasional snipers fired from
the woods bordering the IL
mile stretch from Coutances to
Brehal along the coastal road,
but most of the prisoners -
pale, unshaven, rumped and
hungry, walked in to surren-
der with their hands clasped
over their heads and handker-
chiefs tied to their arms.
Because of the speed of the
advance the villages between
the two cities bore little signs
of shell and bomb damage.
At Montmartin- Sumner the
mayor told Capt. Daniel R.
Goodwin of Swarthmore, Pa,
Investment banker before the
war, IT have just ripped down
all the German posters. Give
me some American posters"
The crowd cheered as he
tackled them us. Overhead
waved a crudely fashioned
American flag made from old
tri-colors.
''These people stayed up all
night to make this flag so as
to have it ready when we
came" said Capt. John c.
Honea Of Kilgore, Tex.
Near Annoville, as the col
unan halted momentarily, girls
ran out and poured glasses of
p wine and cider for the thirsty
troops.
In Lingreville a group Of
blue-capped fishermen told
how German officers had roll
ed away in any vehicles they
could find, leaving their troops
to shift for themselves.
A cart containing two dead
Frenchmen rolled by. The
Frenchmen had been bringing
in two Germans when they
ran into another group of Nazis
who promptely shot the French
men dead.
Jeeps wheeling back from the
front brought wounded Ger
mans and Americans.
"They just got Is or 20
prisoners down the road"
said Capt. Orrin F. Crank
shaw, medic from Summit,
N. j." He'll, that was a months
supply when we were on
Guada1canal."
In Bricqueville, 1t. Robert
McNeillis of Waterbury, Conn.,,
and a young military police
man, Pvt. Herbert A. Barker
Of Lake Hopatcong, N. j., were
guarding this group Of Nazis
which McNellis said had been
sniping at the road only a few
moments before.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
ASIATIC FIGHT
TERMED SAVAGE
SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND

SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS, Handy, Cey
lon, July 30.-LR-Front line re
ports pictured desperate japanese
rear guards fighting savagely te
cover the retreat of their broken
forces near Tamu, and a head
quarters communique tonight said
British Imperials stabbed another
mile toward the east Indian-Bur-
ma border city.
The fighting now is placed Off
cially at eight miles above Tamu.
The communique said the British
were facing Japanese artillery
enfeebled by the recent capture OF
IL long range guns and other ma
serials. The advance along the Pa
lel-Tamu road, final stage Of the
about push to drive the japanese
out Of India, has met some op-
position conferred on the hills south
of the road, the bulletin said.
At the same time the japanese
were retreating along the Tiddim
road, where British troops have
re-established contact with the
forces occupying Churachandpur.
Fighters and fighter bombers of
the Raj harassed these troops in
continuing offensive, and also
struck at troop concentrations, mo-
tor transport, tanks, oil and sup
ply dumps in the Kabaw and
Chindwin areas.
In north Burma, Chinese and
Americans at besieged Myitkyina,
last remaining Japanese base,
made new gains. The Americans
in the northern sector punched
forward another $50 yards, and
the Chinese assailing the enemy
defenses from the south killed
nearly 100 Japanese troops, the
communique said.