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WEATHER CAUSES
BIGGEST WORRY

! LONDON, Wednesday, June 7
tREThe weather which caused a
I 24-hour postponemeat Of D-Day,
still is one Of the biggest invasion
worries, Supreme Headquarters,
Allied Evolutionary Force chiefs
disclosed early today.
At midnight a strong wind blow.
ing from the northeast raised
whitecaps in the Dover Strait and
high waves swept the beaches,
and showed no signs of moderat-
ing.
Though it will not be permitted
to halt the flow of reinforc
improvement in the weather woulc
make operations very much easie:
for. there was great amount Of
seasickness among tho first troops
crossing. Many got wet disembark.
ling.
A naval officer, just returned
from the beaches, said that taking
the operation as a whole the wealth
e. probably was worse than at the
time of the Sicily landings.
Deteriorating weather during the
day yesterday forced the bombers
of the Allied expeditonary ali
force to attack at low attitudes,
riski1g heavy flax.
(NBC in New York reported the
secret German radio station on
the Atlantic broadcast that the
wind over the channel had grown
stronger and no new landings were
expected tonight.
Storm predictions previously had
caused full 24-hour postpo:1ement
of the invasion, launched this
morning despite wind :. whipped
Continued on Page Two; Col. u
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GRIPS
ALL OF EUROPE

LONDON, June g.. - (P - An
emotion such as only the tremen-
dous event of the Allied invasion
Of western Europe could evoke
gripped Europe's capitals and ham,
lets-free and captive = and its
princes and paupers today.
Germapy's radio was preempt-
ed by Nazi military commenta-
tors who were CONTAINED to tell
their audiences that more Allied
landings are expected Tuesday
night, What the war-Weary Ger
man common man said or thought
! the world could not INN cdiately
know.
Britons were grinly confident OF
the result tbs thine.
In neutral capitals excited
crowds bought up special editions
of newspapers and the word began
to pass from mouth to mouth:
Now comes the decisive battle
now Hitler will be done for
For Rome it was the second emo
tional hinge in two days. Yester-
day was liberation day for the
Eternal City.
The Charwoman in the Associat-
ed Press office spoke for millions
when she breathed, ''At last it has
come. Pray God 1T goes speedy and
right. We've got the men and the
boys-the best. They'll do it,
Berlin's military commentators
spoke not only of the embattled
beaches of France but reflected
their fears that the Germans could
not hold Paris.
When political commentators got
to the German microphones they
gave do or die" messages. Said
Hanes Fritsche: To-day we can
state that we've done everything
! in our power to meet this inva
sion.''
In Norway the original Quisling
(Maj. Vidkun Quisling, the puppet
prime minister called this the de
cisive moment" and still pleaded
for Hitler's new ORDER
Pierre Laval on the Paris radio
babe Frenchmen to ignore Allied
calls to revolt.
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
in a trembling voice called on
French workers to remain at your
posts and keep essential services
of the nation going. Don't pile up
misfortunes by acts which will
bring about terrible reprisals.
In Italy the Army newspaper
Stars and Stripes printed an extra
with solid black one-word headline,
Invasion"
Opening Of the western front in
Europe was heard in Anka-a, capt.
tai of Turkey, with interest but
without manifestations.
A high source said that Turkeys
neutrality would not be changed
at this time. Turkish roads are
now closed to foreigners. A con-
siderable part of the Turkish army
is on it's annual maaeuvers. ]
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RUSSIANS MASS
FOR new DRIVE

MOSCOW, June 6-REThe three.
year-long dream of a western land
front came true for the Russian
people today when they heard by
radio that the Allies had invaded
France. .-.--, 80.
At the same time the Red army
was understood to be massiug for
its expected blow from the east
following up the assault from the
west. .-, ~.i-
! News of the invasion was vel
coined with a heart warming re-
action-the full import of the &C.
ton being realized gradually here
as successive broadcasts brought
the people word of the develop
ments from London.
There was no public shouting
events with lively enthusiasm. For
eign diplomats expected the reac-
ton to the news to grow as opera
tons developed and the Russians
saw concrete results. Loud speak
ers had been switched on in the
streets and squares of the capital
for the announcement.
(The German commentator Won
Hammer broadcast from Berlin
that with the attack from the west
a big Russian offensive would open
soon along the lower Dnestr
where strong Soviet offenAve
army has taken action stations and
where Soviet artillery and mortar
fire is gaining in intensity" Other
German commentators said null
tiple assaults could be expected.
(Tonight's broadcast Russian
communique, recorded by the So
Wet monitor in London, said the
Red army had repulsed continu-
ing Nazi attacks north and north
west of Iasi in Romanla and that
Russian bombers had carried out
a mass raid Mondy night on Iasi
itself.
(Ninety firee were started, the
bulletin stated, and the fires were
accompanied by big explosions,
chine-gun and cannon fire. Sew
sral trains were burned. All Soviet
planes returned to their bases.
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task. His manner was buoyant,
despite his loss of sleep, when
he said the invasion was "up to
SCHEDULED and authorized di-
rect quotes of the words.
That, he remarked, was. as
Prime Minister Churchill said,
a mouthful.
At the same time, he warn
ed against overconfidence
which might lead to any let
down in war production. He
said he knew the whole c0un-
try was thrilled by the devel-
opments, and rightfully SO, but
that the war wasn't over by
any means.
You don't just land on the
beach and march to Berlin. he
added.
What was he looking for in
the future, a reporter asked,
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Inc battle to destroy tfpe enemy
continues without pause the AL
lied communique said and it wa.
made clear that as the UnitSd Ma
tons mount the great invasion O
the west, there is to be no halt tt
the smuggling Italian campaign.
with the capture OF Rome the
Allied armies in Italy have brought
another phase of their campaign
to most successful conclusion
said the bulletin.
To the northeast, Is miles from
Rome, French troop have captur.
ed Tivoli on the important Avezzano
road Highway 81, and as the Fifth
army offensive rolled forward, fan
ming out west and north of the
Eternal City on board front, adj
ditional thousands of prisoners
marched to the rear. The momen-
tum of the Fifths attack and the
disorganization. of the enemy hour
ly were becoming more apparent
All the way from Rome to the
sea the troops of 1t. Gen. Mark
w. Clark have crossed or reached
the Tiber, and in the Eternal City
itself they plunged in constant
stream across the IL spans still re-
mining intact. to chase the Ger
mans to the north. Infantry crossed
the river in force and was reported
driving due west of Vatican City,
and Allied armored forces spread
out over a wide area.
Whatever hope Nazi Field Mar
shall Gen. Albert Kesselring might
have had of establishing strong
defense line anywhere south OF the
northern Appenine range guarding
the Pc valley undoubtedly suffered
sharp blow when he Allied armies
struck in northern France. I h e
Mediterranean air forces me-
thodical destruction of trial lines in
northern Italy and southeastern
France has so curtailed the mobi-
lily of nazi reserves that the Ger
man command must decide quick
ly and irrevocably whether to risk
any more precious manpowe1 south
of the Genoa-F orence limits line.
Enemy divisions still in the fit
lands below the city were in des-
perate straits. Westward f r m
Rome to the sea all the Tiber' S
bridges have been blown up or
have been captured by the Allies,
and in the coastal area alone, we'll
over 1000 Nazis apparently will be
unable to extricate themselves.
Only isolated rear guards offer
ed any serious resistance. In the
mountains east of Rome Nazi rear
guards threw strong opposition
against the British Eighth army in
an attempt to cover the northward
withdrawal of the German main
body in that secotr.
The enemy still resisted in the
hills north of the Via Casilina
against Eighty army troops, but
Palena station and 60 IL
positions in that sector have beer
abandoned by the Germans, the
communicate said.
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F.D.R. Leads Nation In Prayer

and Mr.. Roosevelt replied to
win the war and win it 100 per
cent.
Dispatches from the Allied
headquarters had been relayed
to Mr.. Roosevelt as they ar
rived, and he told his news
conference that as Of IL noon
(E. w. IT, American naval los
ses were two destroyers and
one LIST Clanding ship, tanks).
He said air losses were rela-
lively light, about one per
cent, adding that he supposed
that covered both aircraft and
airborne troops.
Copies of Mr.. Re0sevelt's
prayer were dispatched to Con-
xress, where 1t was read On
the floor, and the White House
Continued on Page Three; Col. s
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FORECAST

WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: Part.
ly cloudy; not quite SO warm today.
Temperatures yesterday:
High: 83-Low: SO.
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Sea, Air-Borne Troops Throw
Nazis Back On 10O-Mile Front
Between Cherbourg, lie Havre
LOSSES REPORTED
AS VERY LIGHT
Reinforcements Rush e d
As Barometer F alls
Along Channel

SUPREME HEADQUAR-
TER ALLIED EXPEDI
TIONARY FORCE, Wednes-
day, June lap Masses of
Allied sea and airborne troops
which landed in France with
little opposition were fighting
their way inland early today
along a 100-mile stretch of
the Normandy coast between
Cherb0urg and LeHavre,
while heavy reinforcements
were being rushed across the
Channel in the face of a fall
ing barometer.
In the second cornmunique
since the long-awaited inva-
sion of Hitler's. Europe be-
gan before daylight yester.
day, the Allied high COM
mand disclosed that more
than 1000 troop-carrying gil
ders, participated in the air.
borne phase of the gigantic
operation with unexpected
success" and that two u. S.
cruisers and the battleship
Nevada shelled the German
defenses in support of the
landings.
A British naval officer, who &C.
companied the task forces. said the
supreme command was "still
worried about the weather. and
that there had been much seasick-
ness among the invasion forces.
The wind over the Channel grew
stronger during the night.
The German high command in
special late communique declar-
ed that fighting in the Cherbourg.
LIE Havre area is in full swing.
South of lie Havre strong air-borne
units have been annihilated. New
enemy operations must be expect.
ed but have not taken shape vet.
Fighting is extremely fierce every.
where as the Anglo-American are
putting up most tenacious resis-
lance"
1T must be admitted. said the
Nazi-controlled Vichy radio, that
the Allied beachhead area has been
considerably widened and that AL
lied reinforcements are pouring
in" ., ....
There were indications that the
Germans were losing touch with
their battle groups and that they
were not sure where the main
force of the Allied assault was
striking. ..-..
At a late hour last night hum
dreds of Allied planes still were
in the air, guarding the conveys
and the beachheads and striking
beyond the zone of operations to
paralyze Nazi defense positions and
communications. -.-. .,-. -.
During the first day Of the as
sault Allied airmen reported that
Frenchwomen stepped from their
doorways to wave at them as they
sped overhead. 49,. ST.
The first of the Allied wounded
were returned to England. Despite
injuries, many were smiling and
cheerful.
Headquarters officers, reticent
about the progress Of sea landings,
expressed themselves as more than
satisfied with the air-borne attack.
Continued on Page. Six; Col. 3
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AIR OPERATIONS
WARS GREATEST
10000 Tons OF Bomb S
Clear Way For Men
Hitting Beaches

LON DO N, Wednesday,
June 7.-P)-Supreme head
quarters announced to d ay
that more than, 1000 troop
carrying aircraft delivered
the largest air-borne force in
history into France yesterday
as other Allied planes - in
the wars greatest air opera
ton = ruled not only the in
vasion beaches but also far
inland. -..s
The aerial phase of the invasion
saw 10000 tons of bombs crash
down clearing the way for the
ground troops. The attacking
planes which swept through French
skies found that only so German
planes had come up to meet them.
Continuous fighter cover was
maintained over the beaches and
for some distance inland, and over
naval operations in the. channel,"
the supreme headquarters commu-
nique said. Night raiders protected
the troop carrier force, which in-
Guided gliders, and reconnaissance
AIRCRAFT maintained day and
night watch over shipping and
ground forces.
In all, the Allies made more than
$500 sorties between midnight and
8 am. yesterday. Prime Minister
Churchill told parliament that an
amanda of 1900 first-line planes
sustained the assault.
Scores Of U. S. heavy bombers
conducted the first American raid
Of the war from their new bases
in Russia yesterday showering tons
Of high explosives and incendiary
bombs on an airdrome at Galati,
a Romanian city on the lower an
ube river. The Fifteenth air force
sky giants were escorted by both
Soviet and American fighters.
A communicate issued at a Rus
sian air base said that six enemy
interceptors were shot down and
two American hiers had not yet
returned. An Associated Press dis
patch from the base also quoted
returning American bomber and
fighter pilots on the results of the
raid showing that the operation
was not of the shuttle type such
as was the original landing Of the
American planes in Russia several
days ago after the hammering of
ebrecen, Hungary.
(The German radio claimed II
American planes were lost over
Romania yesterday and said the
raid produced fierce air battles.D
The $500 sorties between mid
night and am. made by Allied
aircraft in the west yesterday did
not take into account the hail of
bombs. rockets and bullets that
crashed down upon the French
coast in the hours following.
During the period covered by the
report more than 1000 British
heavy bombers filled the night with
thunder. At dawn the American
Eighth air force sent another fleet
of more than 1000 heavies into the
air. More than 500 medium bomb
ers and hundreds of British and
American fighters were out during
the same period.
In the light of Reich Marshal
Goering's order of the day, in
Continued on Page Six; Col. II
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CHURCHILL SAYS
PROGRESS GOOD

LONDON, June 6. -(P)- Prime
Minister Churchill said tonight thai
Allied troops have penetrated ir
some cases several miles inland
from the coast Of France, and thai
"this operation is proceeding in a
thoroughly satisfactory manner
with losses far less than anticipat.
ed
In his second statement of this
D-Day, Churchill said he had been
at centers where the latest infor-
nation was received, and report
ed that the passage of the sea has
been made with far less loss TIM
We apprehended."
He said it appeared that tactical
surprise had been achieved over
the Germans as the Allies estab-
lished Judgments "on. a broad
front" I
The resistance of batteries has
been greatly weakened by the
bombing of the air force, and the
superior bombardment of our ships
greatly reduced their fire to dl-
mensions which did not affect the
problem" he said, adding that
"Aitborne troops are well estab-
Ished snd the fol1owups all are
proceeding with very much less
loSS than we expected."
After visiting supreme headquar-
tiers of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
with King George VI. the Prime
Minister described those airborne
findings as IAN outstanding feat
On scale far larger than any
thing there has been SO far in the
world. These landings took place
with extremely little loss and great
accuracy"
Many dangers and difficulties
which appeared at this time last
night extremely formidable are
behind us" Churchill said.
All this. of course, although We
ry valuable, is a first and vitality
essential step and gives no ind1-
cation whatever of what may be
the course of the battle in the next
days and weeks, because the en-
envy will now probably endeavor
to concentrate on this area.
in that event, heavy fighting
will soon begin and will continue.
It is therefore a most serious time
that we are entering upon, and we
enter upon it with our great Allies
ali in good heart and all in good
friendship"
In his first report the prime
minister, in confident, measured
tones, had told a wildly cheering
house of commons that through
out the Allied armies there is a
brotherhood in arms between us
and our friends in the other states.
There is complete confidence IN
the supreme commander, Genral
Eisenhower, and in his lieutenants,
and also in the commander of the
expeditionary force, General Mont
gomery."
Sometimes hushed and tense,
sometimes tumultuous in its emo
tons, commons heard the prime
minister tell how the assault was
launched by a vast armada OF
1000 ships and thousands of light
er craft. Supported by 1000 first
line planes, and heard him declare
that "the whole process of open
Continued on Page Three; Col. u
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4, 900 Ships Help
Get Troops Ashore

LONDON, Wednesday, June Z. -B = The United
States Navy with two admira riding in cruisers and
lied armada which scared and blasted German defenses
before the assault troops hit the beaches Of France it
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Western H1uasion
Spurs Fifth Army

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NAPLES June 6.-QP
Remnants of the German army fled in disorder north
the historic Tber in many places and against weak
resistance advanced another five miles beyond the river
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All Wage Farmers
Must File Their
Income Tax Returns


Persons who are required 70
file Federal Income Tax reiur"
fall within two classifcation'
The first group is composed q
wage Farmers who arc required W
law to file The other crcun
composed Of those who aliholin
not legally required to file -hoA'a
mic In order 10 obtain refunds o.
amounts withheld
Every single person. or r'arfl'a
person separated from HUSBAND
or wife. who earned s5ooo +"
more during 1913. Is required 2,
file return. Every maff''-
couple who had combined income
amounting TO si.2oooo or mo'
IS required by law 10 file r.
turn
Any person who earned "p'
amount whatever. and who u.'
not be required legally 70 wv
but had taxes withheld from ~
earnings. should file in order 70
Obtain refund OF the amoupN
withheld.
All returns must be filep ~
March Is. Taxpayers are u't'1
10 hle their returns early.
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No. 352,i2i
ORDER FOR APPEARANCE
And PUBLICATION

A. session Of said Court held
in the Court House AZ the CITY of
Detroit County Of WAYNE state
of Michigan on the Slh d1y Of
December. 1913.
Present Honorable SHERMAN
d CALENDER, Circuit Juiee
Il appearing from The affldavl,
on file that the place Of residence
Of the defendant. Samuel Hussey
is unknown and that after dill.
gent search and inquiry It canLot
be asceriained IN What State or
Country he now resides
IT is ORDERED that tho de-
PENDANT enter his appearance IN
said cause on or before three 81
months from the date 81 mis- Or
Ger or said Bill % Complaint will
he taken as confessed and hat
THIS Order be published as re-.
hired by law and a copy Of this
Order he sent 70 said defendant
n his last known place " resi-
dence by registered mail
SHERMAN n. CALENDER.
Circuit Judge
"a True copy) :
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Tfa'nire sroup
Formerly student a. The Dni-
,ersrg ~ Detroit Pvt Leonard
kopliyki. son 81 Mrs Anna Kcp-
azk 80 S4so East Outer Drive.
ncoit entered ne Army on Dec
10 and arrived az jefferson Bar
racks % Dee i5 from Fort Sher-
.tan li,s ambition Is 20 become
en asral photographer
r,t. Orsille 4. Brown. whose
wife Elizabeth Brown lives az
s.3 nreinard Detroit entered me
Armv IN Sept ls and arrived at
Jefferson Barracks on sept ~
H. Formerly was employed rs The
Ford Motor company and his POI
sflon here IS plans and train
inr Geld coordina'or"
Another De'rolier Who has
asa' fed as ain Aviation Cadet IS
Pvt. Robert +. >trye. whose Wife
Mrs joyce Strive ives 81 51-i
ST." road Formerly \ student at
Rashorr and Eastern Iissh Schools
he was EMPLOYED az mo Cas'alon
corporation phon he entered tho
trny On OF 90 and arrived az
tff,' rsor Harraeks two DAYS later
tom camr Grant IFS ambition IS
fo become tighter pilot
Tho same 'hourhf Is IN tho
-rind ~ PVT. Romeo Rendina. son
~ 81 and Mrs IIcnry Reaina ~
1854 Iarne- Detroit who also
has qualified as cadet Former
iv employed hv The Chevrolet Mo-
ior wparv 10 entered TIE Army
I'm Nov -4 and arrived AZ Ietfer-
son ba AXIS from Fort Sheridan
Sf0 nnoher 81 ihe cadet clas-
sifcailon hrt with homes oi be-
coming hoahardicr Is pv' Bur
fer Rose whose vile llvcs A.
'-sts scorsln Detroit III for
merlv hai Bis OWN general con-
'racf'rr business and arrived ~
Jefferson Barracks on Jan III
aser entering The Army on Nov
1872
PN. Frank W. Dent. whose nifc
vrs ra'rca nsnf lives A. is4o
Nlre'eerfh Detroit entered INC
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NEGRO CONGRESS-
PROTESTS APPOINTMENT
on SENATOR BILBO

Protests against the appoint-
mont of senator Bilbo 10 chair
manship ~ the District committee
o. Tho United States Senate was
made 20 Vlce-Presldent Wallace
and Senator Barley today nv
Miss Dorothy X Funn.. legislative
representative Of tho National Ne
sto congress The statement point.
90 out thar The Nepro people are
unaliorahly opposed to having he
affairs Of the District guided nv
a mar who would bring 10 the
committee his poil-tax. white su.
nremacv theology for which ne
fas heen consistent and feryent
advocate
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LETTERS FROM SERVICE MEN

ropail0 muailod he has not al
lowed th Aemv 20 dampen his
enthusiasts FOR his work on the
stage Wc az FoIl Custer Wall
representa- the Fort in the kcl-
los .hoW AZ 'he Presidents Ball
Hf.H custer nc Was transfer
rod fo Fort Belyior va where
he starred in The orieual show
'Bv 'hc Numbers This show was
eieee bf command Performance
for Mrs Roo sevelt at tho Wash
ineion Dc stage Door canlcon
From Rel,olr no was sent 70
Cqmn Ellis reporting here around
SEP, lai2 SGT Wall has APP
pcarcd In most OF ihc soldier
shows ~ tho 1917 Engineers AZ
present he has siarfine role IN
the Testimonial show shoot me
Volts
Sncf hcng member 81 1871
VAL has done an exceptional
nefiofons Job as Recimerial
Snpllv Sergeant tic has received
seyer3i promotions in his status
since arriving here as corporal
IT, IS NOW a Master Sergeant a
master sergeant IS The second
hirhss 1rade FOR an enlisted man
Tho Ton rank IS First Sergeant
The rate ~ nav IS tho same
Give ms regards 70 tho hoys
and GIRLS ! lofi behind Tor mas
possibly not SOC thcm fnr some
time IA come
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Here's The Answer
Questions on page ~

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N Commerce, ono ~ the
strongest organizations ~ rs
kind in Tho United states
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my FIXING school.
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became a teacher Of English
and sociology Al RordentoNn
Manual Training school
fal Robert r Notion
(A) April g. 1866
fA) T. c. Robertson
fA) Edwin Rannisier. eminent
Negro painter.