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Evening star., 1944-12-16
Congress Clerical Aid
Increased by New Bill
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Greater allowances for clerical
help of members of Congress may
mean more mail to the folks back
home.
The increases are provided in
legislation before the President fol
approval today. Applying to the
next Congress, they add $1,000 tc
annual clerical allowances of Repre-
sentatives and from $4,020 to $5,04(
to those of Senators.
Senators from States of 1900, ,00(
population or more would get the
top Senate increase, those from
smaller States the lesser increase.
Evening star., 1944-12-16
BrowneII Ends Vacation;
Will Confer. With Dewey
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Herbert
Brownell, jr., chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, re-
turned last night from a vacation
in Arizona and promised early or
ganization of the COP campaign fol-
the 1916 congressional and State
elections.
He said he hoped to confer with
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Gov
John w. Bricker, 1914 COP presi-
dental nominees, and with other
Governors and with members of the
national committee"
He declined to discuss whether he
would continue as committee chair
man.
Evening star., 1944-12-16
| ,542 Casualties on Tirpitz

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 16 (B.-
Forty-two German officers were
killed and 1,500 members of the
crew were either killed or injured
when the battleship Tirpitz was
sunk by British bombers at Tromsoe,
Norwegian Legation forces said last
night.
Evening star., 1944-12-16
Find Gosh Under Ridoe

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo. Up.
Six railroad workers discovered
1868 in currency under railroad
bridge near here. More than s2,50o
has been found there in recent
months.
Evening star., 1944-12-16
New Envoy Confirmed

The Senate yesterday confirmed
the nomination of Hallett johnson
OF New Jersey to be Ambassador to
Costa Rica.
Evening star., 1944-12-16
Dogs Bite Ruled Key
To Licensing Ace
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASsoclated Press.
McALESTER, Okla.-A woman
who called on the telephone stumped
city officials with this question
How big must dog be before a
license Is required?
The city clerk and treasurer both
being unable to say, City Manager
C. A. Bentley took over and gave
this opinion: When the dogs bis
enough to run around and get bitten
or do some biting himself.
Evening star., 1944-12-16

Security investment-War SAVINGS
Bonds. Secure the Four Freedoms
buy one today.
Evening star., 1944-12-16

Security investment-War Saving
Bonds. Secure the Four Freedoms
buy one today,
Evening star., 1944-12-16

The Sixth War Loan-no ceilin,
for your purchases.
Evening star., 1944-12-16
FOUND

PEKINGEsE, in Spring Valley. wearing
harness, out-of-town tag Call EN- 40O3,
RING. small diamond set in gold. OR.
5214.
WALLET, on 11th st. NV, between e st.
and Pa: ave-: small amount cash inside
cal 914 Eye st. NV, NE. 6234
WEDDING RING, yellow gold: found at
turkey dinner at st. Mary's Chapel Aspen
Hill, Md, Dec. 2. Call IA. 933s.
Evening star., 1944-12-16
LOST RATION COUPONS.

RATION BOOKS NO. a, issued to Mary
and Jane Richards. 15 v st. ne. IA.
171SW. 49,
RATION BOOKS NOS. 8 AND 4, issued to
". L. Lacy and Mr.. and Mrs John B.
Hoofnagle, 1G2I D st. Sc. IL 12Il
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1944-11-24
VOTED THE NEATEsT IN CLASS

Miss Anna Marie Young, daughter
of Rev and Mrs. R. L. Young, who is
a student of the Mississippi Industrial
College, notified her parents that she
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1944-11-24
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ECHO
SUBSCRIBERS

II you fail to get your Echo notify
the office. 1t is mailed each week to
your post office address.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1944-11-24

had been selected as the neatest stu
dent in her class (second year high
SCHOOL,.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12
Discharged Soldier to Find
Ready Welcome at L. of NJ.

Ann Arbor Feb. From now
on, the discharged soldier who
knocks at the door ofthe Universe
ty may be sure not only OF warm
welcome but also OF a prompt and
intelligent consideration Of his
needs and pgoblems,' President
Alexander G. Ruthven stated here
Thursday. in discussing the Uni
yersity Of Michi MS new program
to deal with educational problems
Of the returning veteran Accord
ing to a plan approved by the board
of regents. ry effort is to be
made to provide a college oduca.
ton particularly fitted to the needs
Of the returning seryiccman, which
will help him TO adjust himself to
civilian life In the shortest possible
time.
a tentative plan proposed by
President Ruthyen allows for emit
rance OF the veteran even though
he may be lacking sufficient high
school credits to satisfy the usual
entrance requirements. and permits
him to cut or hasten the course.
depending upon his own individual
requirements.
A special counselling service was
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12
PRODUCE
(Wolfs Grocery
Car Ration Method
to be Simplified
Buying Prices)

Detroit, Mich, Feb. ia simpli-
fed but important procedure for
motorists to follow with gasoline
rations, when they get their new
1914 license plates, was outlined
today by Theron NJ. Hall, rationing
attorney for the Detroit District
Office of the OPA.
Each motorist should scratch out
the old license number on cover
OF their ration book. The new lie
ense number should then be insert
ed on the cover. There is no need TO
write the new number on each
staRp, If the old number is already
placed on them.
Hall pointed out, however, that
motorists should at all times carry
sufficient Identification. such as
their tire inspection record, to pro-
duce. IL and when they are asked for
1t. He further emphasized that all
new rations obtained must have the
new license number written on the
face OF each stamp as in the past.
This procedure will affect the
4 book holders more than others
as these rations are good until
July" said Hall. Most supplemental
rations will be renewed around
March l when the 1913 plates are
70 longer good. At this time motor.
lists will be able to write their new
number on each stamp.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12
Fruits

Fruits
APPLES-Mclntosh No. I. $3.50.
3.7S bu.: Greetings No. !. sS.3. so:
Northern Spies. No. /. 3.50-3.7S
bu.; Jonathans, s3.25-3.50 bu.;
Steel Reds, No. /, $3.50-3.7S bu.
CELERY CABBAGE 40. L. bu
Sl50-l.75.
BEETS-Topped, bu., No. /, s1.75-
200.
BROCCOLl-No. l, bu, $3.50.
CABBAGE-No. /. bu., sl.50-lS5.
CARROTS-Topped. No. l bu.
S1.75-2.25.
CAULIFLOWER -Bu. No. |. $500
CELERY-Fancy. doz. bchs. SLIPS
KOHLRABI-No. /. doz. bchs, 75c
81.
ONIONS-Dry. No. I. 50 lbs. $3.50
PARSNlPS- No. l, S3.00-3.50.
POTATOES-No. /, 100 lbs. $3.50
2.75.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12

WHEAT-No. /. $1702s.
OATS-Noi 2, white, S0-Slc.
Mailing BARLEY-range, $l.44-
1.52; barley needles. sl.26.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12

Market Reports
Livestock

Livestock
Detroit. Feb. u Livestock:
CATTLE: Good to choice 1895
ID. Michigan fed steers topped at
$3.50. several 95O-l.050-lb. loads
$685.. bulk good steers and heifers
SI4.O0-15.00; common and medium
grades $ll.0O-l3.50. Beef cows
bulked at sS.25-1O.OO. few best to
$1,000. Gamers and cutter bulked
at s6.O0-S.OO. Sausage bulls sold late
at ss.0O-lOO0; a few good heayies
to s1O.5O.
CALVES: Choice brought $500
sparlngly, bulk good and choice
$3.50; most medium $14.00-l5.50;
common $1IO0.lSOO; culls $7.OO-
1000.
HOGS: Practical top and bulk
for good and choice 900-330-lb. hogs
was $3.50. Some 33O45O lbs sold
slowly at S12.25-l2.5O; bulk 10000
lbs active, $l3101S.25; a few
1880: most 140-l60 lbs, Sll.0O-
l1.5O. Sows bulked at $1l.00-ll.50;
some medium down to $1,000.
SHEEP: Good and choice fed ma
tive lambs brought S1j.75-1G.50;
later price practical top. Medium to
good lambs S14.50-15.50: common
to medium s11.50-1400; culls $500
HOO. Good and choice fat ewes
brought S7.75-s.5O. a few to $S.75,
top. Common and medium cashed
at s6OO-7.50; and culls at $3.50
600.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12
Present Low Interest Rates
Likely to Stay Says Babson

underway. what can they expect
from issues outside the field Of
governments?
Munieipals
The municipal bond market has
been greatly reduced in volume
since our entry into the war. NUM-
cipalities have been unable TO OBJ.
tain materials with which TO make
Improvements. Normal construc-
ton for town and city require
ments. usually financed by bond
issues, has been at standstill.
Purchases of new fire fighting
equipment. traffic signal systems
and other safety devices have.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12
Vegetables

RUTABAGAS-No. l, blu. sl.1.25.
SQUASH-Hubbard, No /. sbu
sl50-2.00.
TURNIPS-Topped, bu.. sl.25-1.7j.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12
BY Roger w. Babson

Babson Park. Feb. Ill do not
expect any near term change in
present low interest rates. While
government financing continues to
dominate the high grade invest
ment field, top grade municipal.
railroad industrial and utility
bonds will remain high in price and
low in yield. In all probability
medium grade issues will feature
the bond market this year. Assum-
ing that investors are buying their
full quota OF Government War
Series bonds. particularly those of
the Fourth War Loan drive now
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12

also suggested in a proposed Cen
trail College Information Center +.
which would include on its staff
psychiatrists or mental hyginists.
and an expert in the field Of voca-
tional guidance.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12
CLAIMS CRUELTY

Detroit, Feb. PINS Federal
agents were expected to continue
testimony expected to refute Dr..
Frederick W. Thomas charge that
his confession was obtained under
threats. The physician is on
trial in federal court for espionage
on behalf of Germany. DR.. Thorn
as accused the FBI men OF mental
cruelty although the agents tes-
titled that during three days Of
questioning he as served steak,
ic' cream, his faYorite cigarettes.
or anything else he cared TO order.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12

surance and merchandise groups
seem to best fulfill these latter re-
quirements. When buying bonds,
diversity between industrials. uti-
lities and good rails. Many insti-
tutions and individuals now have
a too large percentage in utili-
ties.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12

Forty per cent in bonds and co
per cent in stocks is still a good
rule TO follow. Remember that
when buying stocks. to select COM
panies with large working capital,
no bothersome debt or cumulative
preferred stock and with a good
postwar outlook. Just now the in
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12

BOSTON ms Three boys
staged a daring $1,000 payroll rob
berry at a Boston stationery store
Friday. fleeing in full view Of hun
dreds of shoppers and workers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12
LONDON-AP-A modified We

LONDON-AP-A modified YER
sion OF the Halifax bomber, hav-
ing a range of 1000 miles and cap
able OF carrying so passengers
plus $500 pounds OF freight, will
be a British entry in the race for
commercial air supremacy which
is expected to develop after the
war. Handley Page, Ltd, makers
OF the Halifax. already has pre-
pared plans for the transport,
which will have a sealed oxygen
fed cabin and will be constructed
with a view to year-round trans
Atlantic service.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12

Washington 80 Herbert II. Leh.
man director general Of the Unit
ed Nations Relief and Rehablita.
ton Administration: Our purpose
will be to help the people Of liherat'
ed countries TO clip themselves
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-12
CAR BURNS. SAVES TIRES

FORT WAYNE, Ind UP =
There's gold in them thar tires.
Or so thinks Arthur Moore Of
Pierceton, who works in a Fort
Wayne war plant.
Moore was driving home from
work one day and discovered that
his car was on fire. Immediately,
he got out, lacked up the automo-
bile and removed all four tires in
order to save tNem.
The tires still are as good as
gold. Moore's car was destroyed
by the blaze.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-06-15
1914

IJt&
Jan. 22-Fifth army troops es-
tablish Anzio beachhead.
Jan. 81 - Americans invade
Marshall Islands after record
naval and aerial bombardment.
Feb. 16-Pacific feet carries
out attack on Truk, sinking 16
ships and destroying POI planes.
Feb. 29-U. S. troops invade
Admiralty Islands, overrunning
Los Negroes.
March 4-First All-American
air raid smashes Berlin.
March 15-AlIies level Casino
with unprecedented but futile air
bOmbardment.
March 3O-Red army drives
into Axis territory for first time
with crossing into Rumania
proper.
April 10-Russians recapture
Odessa, last major Russian city
in hands of Nazis.
April 22-U. S. troops land
along 150-miIe front on Dutch
New Guinea, including H0llandia
and Aitape.
May 8 - Russians recapture
Sevastopol, clearing Germans
from the Crimea.
June fall of Rome.
June Called invasion of west
ern Europe.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-06-15
Notable Dates in
World War II

1912
April 18-American fiiers bomb
Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
May 6-COrregidor surrenders.
May 9-American forces defeat
Japanese invasion feet i'm the
Coral sea.
July british 8th army halts
Rommel at Eel Alamein.
Aug. 10 - Commands raid
Dieppe.
Oct. 26-Battle for SoIomons
opens.
Nov. S-U. S. forces land in
North Africa.
Feb. 3-Berlin radio announces
loss of Battle of Stalingrad.
May 12-Last German resist
ance ends in North Africa, follow
ing fall of Tunis and Bizerte.
July 1O-Allies invade Sicily,
conquering it after five weeks of
fighting.
July 25-MussoIini quits and
Badogli0 becomes premier.
Sept. 3-Italy surrenders UNI
conditionaIly. Before armistice is
announced five days later, Allies
land i'm southern Italy.
Nov. 2O-Americans invade Gill
berts, marines and army troops
landing on Maxim and Tarawa.
Nov. 22-RooseveIt, Churchill
and Chang Kai-shek confer at
Cairo, map plans to crush Japan.
Nov. 28-Roosevelt, Churchill
and Stain meet at Tehran.
and Stain meet at Teheran.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-06-15
'D'-Day Tests
Allies
OF Planning

The most daring undertake
ing in military history = the
Allied invasion of western
Europe-came as the result
of four years of complex, me-
thodical planning on the part
of United Nations military
leaders.
It was just after the ''mira-
Gle of Dunkirk," when Brit
aims army in France was res
cued from almost certain
destruction, that Allied mill
tary leaders began planning
for return trip. Observers
recall that except for that al
most unbelievable evacua-
ton, Britain might have fallen
in the months that passed. Dun
kirk was one of the greatest feats
of military history, with 337 900 men
rescued from that little port city in
the face of terrible odds.
During the months that followed,
Britain was forced to content her
self with a superbly courageous de-
tense of her home islands against
the Nazi blitz from the air. The
blood, sweat and tears promised by
Prime Minister Churchill proved a
true prophecy. England suffered
bloody blows. The crescendo of the
battle was reached in September,
1910. Although air attacks con-
tinued, it was then the Germans
realized their aerial losses were
greater than the results warranted.
Nazi Invasion Nipped.
Although the story has never been
told in it's entirety, it was then, too,
that hastily planned Nazi invasion
of Britain was choked. Fragments
of news told how hundreds of Ger
man invasion boats had been locat-
ed and sunk by the Royal Air force.
That, more than anything, proved
to the British that an invasion must
be carefully, methodically planned
to the most minute detail.
Then the Commands were organ
lied under Lord Mountbatten. All
through the next year they devel-
oped their own techniques by hit
and-run raids against enemy-held
coastal areas. The damage they did
managed to keep the Nazis in a con-
slant state of alertness.
Then came the japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor December Z, 1941.
Britain had gained a powerful ally.
1t marked the beginning of the end
for the Axis powers.
American troops landed in North
ern Ireland in January, 1912. Plans
for the invasion were shaping up.
1t was only question of time.
1t wasn't long before U. S. fighting
men were stationed in Britain itself.
Taking a leaf from Britain's book,
the Americans formed fighting
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-06-15

The Allies invasion came after
the victorious assault on Rome and
weeks of intensive aerial lombard
ment designed to wreck enemy COM
munications, defenses and industry
in the west.
Throwing the full weight of the
u. S. Fifth and British Eighth ar
mics at the Germans in the Italian
offensive, the Allies successfully tied
up an estimated Is divisions, or
about 300, 900 Nazis, in that country.
Rather than call upon additional
reserves to stem the Allies deter
mined drive in Italy, the Nazi high
command decided on laborious re-
treat up the mountainous peninsula
to the north, where they could elinli-
nate the constant threat of landings
in their rear and yet fall back upon
the last rugged peaks of the Apen-
mines for a natural defense.
Although German Marshal Albert
Kesselring managed to pull the bulk
of his forces out of the trap Allied
Commander Gen. Harold Alexan-
der had set by attacking at Casino
to the south and then later at Anzio
at the enemy's back to the north
west, the vigor of the U. S. and Brit
ish drive resulted in the in1iction of
heavy casualties.
Not only was high toll taken of
German troops in the line and of
their rearguards putting up des-
perate delaying action, but Allied
war planes ranging over the enc
ny's route of retreat shot up hum
dreds of vehicles wheeling Nazi sol
diers and equipment to the north.
Because of their refusal to
send more troops into Italy and
thus draw upon their precious
reserves for the invasion from
the west, the German high COM
mand was compelled to surren-
der Rome and the boot of the
big peninsula.
SOFTENED UP
Important factor in the Allies
landings on the French channel
coast was the prolonged lombard
ment of enemy positions within the
whole area by fleets of thousands of
u. S. and British war-planes of all
types, from fashy fghter-bombers
to the more ponderous Flying For
tresses and Lancasters.
Fortifcations, airfelds, railroads,
power stations-everything of use
to the Nazis in the defense against
the invasion came under the bomb
sights of Allied airmen.
Particular stress was placed upon
airhelds and railroads. By attacking
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-06-15

the airfelds, Allied leaders sought
to wreck their facilities beyond the
use of enemy craft, and they also
planned on knocking out as many
Nazis as possible to reduce opposi-
ton to the landings.
By hammering at railroad
lines, the Allied command
sought to disrupt the transport
of troops and supplies to the
areas where landings might be
made. Not only did Vichy's col
laborationists plead with French
engineers to stay at the throt-
ties in the face of the severe
b0mbardments, but the Ger
mans even rushed key transport
squads to help in keeping open
the battered rail cOmmunica-
ti0ns.
Thus was the invasion launched
only after the most careful and thor
ough destruction of essential eIe-
ments in the enemy's defenses.
FORTRESS BARRIERS
Despite the extravagant propagan-
da of Hitler's atlantic WALL" the
Nazis repeatedly have taken no
chances on putting all of their chips
on it; on the contrary, not only
have they spoken of the necessity
of launching decisive counter
attacks against the invading forces,
but they also have constructed de-
lenses as far back as the German
frontier.
In constructing these defenses far
to the rear of the English channel,
the once-masters of the ''blitz" have
recognized the full weight which Su-
preme Commander Gen. Eisenhow-
er will be able to throw at them. AS
a result, not only have they built
strong Notifications of concrete and
steel for miles back of the French
coast, but they have also converted
the once heralded Maginot line into
a defensive bastion, to support their
own famed Seigfried or 'swest wall"
From the very beginning, the
German high command realized
the impossibility of holding hum
dreds of miles of coastline
against the superior forces which
the Allies could hurl at any one
point or number of points in sur
prise attacks. Consequently, they
soon toned their loud talk of the
invincibility of the 'Atlantic
Wall" to reassurances of the
provision of artillery and ma
chine gun Notifications far be-
hind it, to slow up any Allied
breakthrOugh and infiict the ut
most i'm casualties.
Not only in northern France, but
in southern France as well, the
Nazis erected deep coastal defenses,
and thorough preparations also were
made in Norway, where the enemy
relied more upon the natural bar
riers of the towering fjords, or inlet
shores, than upon artificial construc-
ton for defense positions.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-06-15

and u. S. and British troops poured
ashore, with tanks and other equip
ment unloaded behind them.
The invasion of Europe was on,
the second front had been estab-
lished!
Thus did June 6, 1914, go down in
history as the date on which the
democratic powers of U. S. and Brit
ain challenged Adolf Hitler's New
Order on his own backgrounds of
western Europe, the mighty gate to
the Nazis' continental fortress, or
ganized under dominion of the Ger
man wehrmacht.
Taking place 80 miles across the
channel from England, the first Al
lied landings were made between the
great ports of LIE Havre and Cher
bourg on the French coast, while
masses of planes and ships bonn
barded Dieppe, Abbeville and Bou-
logne, farther to the east.
From the start, the invasion was
a fight to the finish, with German
destroyers and E-boats attacking
the huge Allied fleet off the French
coast. German reservists concen-
trated behind the lines for emer-
gency service, rushed forward to
meet u. S. and British paratroopers
descending from the skies, and to
combat Allied armored units press
ing inland with tanks.
In the thunderous crescendo of
the early fighting, the Allies pene-
trated from seven to ten miles in
land, and reinforcements were put
ashore to support the attack.
Under supreme command of U. S.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, with
British Gen. Bernard L. Montgonn-
cry in charge of ground troops and
British Adm. Bertram Home Ram
say leading the naval forces, U. S.
and British fighting men spearhead-
ed the invasion, receiving support
from smaller units of Norwegians,
Poles, Dutch, French and Greeks.
AS the Allies secured beachheads
on the French coast and thrust in
land toward Paris, German forces
counterattacked vigorously under
icy, 69-year-old Field Marshal Won
Rundstedt and storied Erwin Rom
mel. Adolf Hitler, himself, report
edly rushed to the invasion area
to preside over the enemy's mill
tary directorate.
Speaking in Britain's house of
commons after the invasion got un-
der way, Prime Minister Winston
Churchill declared that the landing
operations were supported by 1000
first-line aircraft, available for use
in any particularly critical sector.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-06-15
Light broadened on the horizon

Light broadened the horizon Thousands of planes
to the thunder of their engines Below than 5000
ships of types moved in the English channel
Short moments later hundreds of paratroopers tbed
from the planes and the sky French Normandy was
filled with the little white pillows of their chutes; big battle
ships opened up quakng the French coast and then
vessels poed their onto the sandy beaches