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Shangrii La

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10000 man days Of labor were re-
quired for building the ship
The order for building the Shang-
ri-La was placed with the Norfolk
Navy Yard on Aug. :, 1912. and the
keel was laid on Jan. l.. 1913.
Tests have indicated that the
height OF the wave caused By the
slipping OF the carrier into the
Elizabeth River will he about five
feet. Special precautions hayo
been taken TO protect other
wharyes in the vicinity OF the
launching.
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A TIMELY FURUOUoA

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-lNS -
Daniel Meyers, a 49-year-old sailor
returned home on his first furlough
in time TO rescue his daughter
Rose. 80, from their burning home
The fire broke out early in the
morning while she was asleep.
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SAN FRANCISCO-INS- Attor.
v General Robert W. Kenney of
.lifornia has ruled that Chinese
ems may own land in this state.
. based his opinion on the repeal
the Chinese Exclusion Act last
'Cember.
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COLUMBUS. O.-INS-Asserting
that "conserN alton is primarily an
educational problem" COY. John W.
Bricker Of Ohio contended today
that the restoration and mainten-
ance OF natural resources must be
placed on a state-and- local level.
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Mas EREn M. WALToN

Services are 10 be Saturday al
. O'Clock at the Moore Funeral
Home for Mrs. Fred ". Walton.
who passed away Monday evening
at her home Rev. William shan
will ohiciate and burial is.to be in
Highland Cemetery Both Mrs.
Waltons sons have been notified
of their mothers death. and cpl
Albert Walton is expected today
from Santa Monica Cal, while
PVT Harry Walton is TO arrive here
Friday from Bermuda
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SAMUEL A. SIMPSON

Word has been received here Of
the death OF Samuel A. Simpson.
Jan. ;, at his home at Bowling
Green. Fla. Pneumonia followed
influenza.
He was born February 2S, 1866,
near Ypsilanti. When a young
man he went to Denver, Colo, and
worked on the Colorado Southern
Railroad IS years. He was retir-
ed II years ago and has since made
his home in Florida.
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Daily Market Report


Detroit Mich. Feb. s4-CATTLE
Slaughter steers and yesrlings sold
firm. With supplies mostly common
10 near good lightweights at sll.O0-
100. \ few lots Of good offerings
brought Sl4.75.l5.50. Most common
and medium beef cows made $3.50
lO,50. a few better cows sll.00 and
above. Gamers and cutters sold
very freely. S6.5O-S.25, with little
under s6.75 late. Sausage bulls
bulked at S9.jO-ll.50: good bulls alb
sent. Stockers and feeders were
scarce. scattered sales Sl0.00-1200.
CALVES: Practical top and bulk
for good and choice ,yealers was
sl7.O0. Medium grade brought Sl5-
$3.50: common Sl3.0014.5O; .culls
mostly $S.oO-l2OO.
HOGS: Good and choice e0O-225-
lb. hogs sold mainly at $li.00 few
rail.shipped lots at Sl4.l0. The ex-
treme top. Bulk good and choice
225-3SO-lb. hogs made $3.50; some
33O4OO lbs. at s13.OO-i3.25. Most
14O-16Olb light lights broush.
Sll.50-l2 90: bulk ls6-l90-lb. selec-
tions Sl2.75-l3.75: Medium to choice
sows OF all weights cashed at $1,000
12.50: stays. $1,000 1850.
SHEEP: one lot OF choice S5-lh.
native lambs topped at sl6S5. 9th
or natives and load OF Michigan
fed western lambs scaling 9S lbs.
brought $3.50. with bulk good and
choice lots at S16 90 1850. Medium
to good grades made S1450-l575;
common To medium Sl2.j0-l4 90,
culls mostly sS.O0-l2.00 Good and
choice fat ewes brought $3.50 90;
bulk common and medium s700-
500, culls s5.50-6S0.
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are his sister. Mrs. Thomas Boat.
wright. $500 Joy Rd, Plymouth. and
his mother, Mrs Eta Perry. Glad
3 IN, Mich. His father passed away
Feb. Is, 1914. Buial will be in Hil.-
side Cemetery. BelleNille.
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SWore at PILES!
But Now He SMILES |!

YOU may smds Too. -. doctors ointment FOR
q sf-ssf - r.les Same a. ssd - llrs'I Irelv
p" specialists a. rotsd c..r.~. p s~t-si -
"a -. .--. soreness Esf BIrn QUICK rei 80
ts' 50 f1Hs Tro-rfor 'f~c-s Esrtzl
O4atnent TODAY. Try DOCTORS Hsy NOv.
a. all GOOD drHg stores everywhere
in Ypsilanti at Cunn nghams.
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Pick Of The Air Today

Sorry. Wrong Number;
400 Major Bowes Amateurs;
$50 Dinah Shore. Ginny Simms;
1880 Dick Haynes;
1880 Via America Concert.
BLI--1:00 House on q St;
I:30 Coast Guard Dance;
$50 Town Meeting World Fed
Grafton 80.
3 80 Tommy Tucker Band;
1880 Wings TO Victory
MBS-S:30. Human Adventure
Drama
$50 Antonini Concert.
1880 Judge Marvin Jones on
Food
Friday
NBC-i250 50 p. m Marine Band,
els Serenade TO America.
CRS-i.00 Broadway Matinee;
$50 World Day of Prayer;
$50 Income Tax Taik
BLU-ll:00 Breakfast at Sardi's
. so p. m. Ladies' BE Seated
MBS-l0:3O a. m. shady Valley
Folks.
$50 p. m. Yankee House Party.
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Iotor Stolen

Police are investigating theft OF
m electric drill motor from the
uto Parts Co, 6 y. Hamilton St,
hich. according TO Ernest Boggs,
lanaser, was stolen either last
aturday or Monday. The loss was
lscoyered and reported to police
] wednesday.
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cate Disturbance

Two young boys. reported Great
a disturbance al Gilbert House
ednesday evening, we're appre-
ndcd by police, reprimanded. and
rned over 10 their parents.
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Iestioned Released

An eiEhteen-yoar-old girl, arrest.
by police for lettering and held
ernisht in detention headquar-
RS. was released this morning az
r. she was questioned by Chief
IN +. l. Patch.
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YpsiIanh Briefs
attend Rites

Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Stark
leather are in Toledo today attend.
~ the funeral Of Mr. Starkveath.
RS sister. Mrs. W. 4. Hill. who
assed away Monday following an
lncss OF nearly two years.
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tten By DOG

Austin Dew. sol Madison Ave,
ported 10 police Wednesday eve
ng that he had been bitten by a
onroe ST. dog.
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Fruits
APPLES-McIntosh No. I, $3.50
sos: Northern Spies No. I. $3.50
396: Greetings, No. |. s%.o0-5.50
Steel Reds. No. /, S3.50-S.96 =.
TURNIPS-Topped bu.. sl.@5.l.71.
CELERY CABBAGE-No. /. bu,
s15O-2.Oo.
BEETS-Topped, bu., No. !, sl.75.
200
BROCCOLI-No. |. bu, $3.50.
CABBAGE-No. |, bu.. s1.50-200.
CARROTS-Topped, No. bu..
s175-20O.
CAULIFLOWER-Bu. No. !. $500.
CELERY-F Fancy. doz. bchs Sill %.
kOHLRABI-No. l. doz. bchs. 75c.
81.
ONIONS-Dry. No. I. 50 lbs $3.50.
PARSNIPS No. |. tS00-3.5o.
POTATOES-No. !. 100 lbs, $3.50
2.55.
Vegetables
RTTABAGAS-No. !, hu., Sis
SQUASH-Hubbard. No. I, bu.
81 So 90
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National Broadeastlns Company
RED NETWORK-WLW zoo. WV
$50. WHAM 1850, WMAQ so.
BLUE. NETWORK-WAYZ 1910.
Columbia 5roadeastina Company
WJR zee. WBBM $50. WCKY 1880
WFBM 1860. VICAR l4S0. WBNS
1860. NDOD 1910.
Mutual Broadeasting Company
Blue NETWORK 90 WLW 200,
CkLN 500. WJBk 1890 WGN 72g.
RED NETWORK NLW 700.
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Detroit Cash Grain

WHEAT No. >. sI70as.
OATS-Eo. .. white. S0-slc.
MALTlNG BARLEY-range, sl.44
1.52; barley needles, s1.e6.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-02-24

Tonight
MIC 500 Fanny Brice,
1900 Bing Crosby.
10000 Abbott and Costello,
1880 March OF Time.
CBS-S.O0 Agnes Moorhcad in
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-05-31
IA MUSINGS BY
THE TREASURER

l1niere aufridtieiten @ludpiini6e
Dem Stp'iten Migr. S. 8. 8ed, 8far-
rer Der ct. Marp's Stride, 8ictoria,
Seras, 5u ieiner ,grbebung gum p1pit-
li6en Sausprdlaten. Mier. 8ed muir
De I'M Sabre 1921 i'm Soiepbinum
getpeibt. .
X X X
Ser ,Our 2aop's Weifiion Circle
1886 Sefferion Ibe., 8rooflpn, sc. S.,
belt feine iabrlide Sriibiabrspartie
gum 8eiten oes Soiepbinl,us. Dies-
mal tparen Der 8ictorp @arben uno
eine 8nnco 8artp nit einbegriffen.
:, Das @reebnis tpitrbe uns iofort
iibermittelt in 6orn1 zines Sdeds
iiber $4,000. llniern aafri6tielten
t9anf oem aontitee it,o al(en, pie fid
oaran beteiligten.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-05-31
SfrlutGelte Sage tit
Yaldftma

8obl cine Ser bertporrenten Bro=
bleme> fir Die belttigen 5taatsmdn=
ner lit bic eegenpdrtige Gage I'M Sei>
Itgen 2anoe. Oie araber itno ent>
i6loiien, Die Slut ber iiibtiben 3u-
panoerune 3u bemmen, aber bic per-
5tpeifelte Sage Der Suoen bat i6tpie-
|rige 3uitanoe eei9affen. @obl tper-
ben borausit6tli6 biele oer einge-
nanberten Suben na6 Dem .&riege
Dieber austpan6ern, aber Bis oabin
,meroen tpomosli6 nod Minionen SUI
ben in Balditina 3uflndt fu6en.
9as Emergency COMMITTEE to
|Sace tbe sssepifb Beople Of europe"
nit ieinem Sauptiib IN Nep gorf be-
,bauptet, es ieien bereits 100000
sSsuben tpabreno bes &rieees umge-
fonmen uno iiber 100000 ieien in
ben 8alfanitaaten eingel6lofen. 9as
&omitee balt Brimierminiiter gbur6-
ID fiir BEN slusldluB Der Suben bon
Baldittna Derantportlt6. Die n1eiiten
pWitglieoes bes &omitees fin6 sS1oen.
Rur oie Mitboriitenbe lit oie fatbo=
lii6e @onbertitin Sigrib l1nbiet. 9ie
Suoen balten an Der anii6t fet, BOB
Baldftina oas ibnen seborenoe
|Stantrnlan6 iit. >
auf Der an6ern Seite aber gibt es
in Baldftina 100000 Mraber,
|tDdbreno bic Suoen n1lr $4,000 aGb-
len unO Die Nobanne6aner In ben
|umliegenoen @ebieten idauen NIT
groBer 8eforgnis al,f Die 3unabnle
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-05-31
NuS benz Soiepbillu1lt

Cine Heuerl1ltg fitr Die nnldngIl
ins Senlinar ei1teetretenen 5eninari-
Iten lit bas Sragen bes ,5urpIice''
uno 8iretts beim So6antt, tpns ettpas
l1ngetpobntes BARTLETT. @enn man nur
nod cine peitere Sano batte, benerf>
te @iner, 10 fonnte man idon fertie
peroen. sn ben oen Sin1neIfabrts.
feit borbergebenoen 8tttaeen battett
Die nelten 5emtnariiten rei6li6 &C.
legenbeit, ft6 barauf ein5uiiben.
X X X
Geri6ieoenen ltnlerer Nerprieiter
tit bereits ibr neues Qrbeitsfelo I'M
98einberge oes Serrn angetpieien NOR,
0en: g..
Reverend Paul Baier
st. Mary of Assumption Church
South Scranton, Pennsylvania
Reverend Leo Horner
Blessed Sacrament Church 49,
Wichita, Kansas .."... - 4s. -
Reverend Charles Mulholland
Sacred Heart Cathedral 49,.
Dallas, Texas
Reverend Robert Schriefer
ST.. Johns Roman Catholic Church
Erie, Pennsylvania .~&
Reverend William Smith
St. Mary's Cathedral
Peoria, Illinois
Reverend Joseph Wiley
st. Andrews Parish
Erie, Pennsylvania
8ir tpiini6en alien cine rei6e SiiIle
9ottli6en Segens un6 @rfolg in Ser
neuen 2ebenslaltfbabn.
X * X
8ei ben SeninariIten lit oos 8ale-
ball- uno SoftbaasSpieI bereits IN
bollem S6lpl1ng unb tpir6 oasfelbe
ben gan5en CONNER iiber beibebolter
tperoen. @s itno flint Eean1s irngmge
uno an gegenieitigem @ifer feblt es
ni6t.
Sn Ser So6ibu1e geben Die Spiele
i'm Srelen allmabli6 Dem @nbe ent-
gegen tpegen Der berannabenoen
S6luberamen uno Ser beporItebenoen
Sommerf ferien fir oie Stuoenten 11n=
Tor ~ cSnhro,,
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STIMME DES vOLKES FUER DAS
..-. JOSEPHTNJJM ...

Enclosed find 50 as donation. One
dollar is for a Mass to be said for
the deceased of the family in
thanksgiving to the Sacred Heart of
Jesus for favor granted me, the
other dollar is for the students for
favors received through prayers and
intercession of st. Anthony. - Mrs.
.. A. E, Ohio. 81 81 s.
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@ir eriu6en liniere 2eier, at9 oft-
Oerstpo Oieien 8eiipieI 8it folgen 5ntt1
|beifer oeg Soiepbtnun1s.
@ir m6dter germ ipiile1, ob 6as
Sofepbinuft ilidt oie einsige Inftalt
lift, oie nidt BON Der Bobltdtigfeit
Der Srnlen obbangtg iif.
@ir erin6en nniere 2eier, fir bic
5eelenrube bes am s. Mai tn ct.
2ouis berforbenen 2elers Sreo Meper
beten 5t molten.
Ser 8es.:itorbene NOR felt iiber SO
Sabren Elm eifriger 2eier oes Obio
8ailenfreuno uno begeiiterter Sreuno
oes soiepbinunts. 8ir lino ibm oft
|begegnet u,lo ieine baltfig einlaufen-
ben griefe aeugten bon ieinem eolen
gbarafter. Ser Geritorbene Deroient,
ben Saupttpobltdtern oes Soiepbt-
nuns eingereibt au tperoen Roge Der
Iiebe @ott i'm fiir 'ieinen Bobltdtig-
feitsIinn rei9li6 belobnen.
H.. X X * a".
8ie Sreiltene gu @bren oes FL.
sSSobn 8oseo lit gum Abf6lub gefom-
men. Dieielbe besann am 1. Stunt
1O41, cine Iange 3eit, penn man be-
oenft, baB INT friibern Sabren cine
Sreiitelle in tpeniger als bret Wto-
naten beenoet par.
@ir ipre9en alien, Die 5l1 Der boil
len Sreiftelle beigetragen, uniern ber5-
Ii6iten 9anf aus lunb boffen 5u @ott,
oaB Der S9ut oieies eroBen Setligen
gana beionoers oenienigen 5tuoenten
altteil tperben tnoge, Die I'M 2aufe Der
Sabre ourd oieie Sreiiteue beraneebil=
bet tperben. >..
=. X x X
ssSn Ser ndbiten 8o6enausgabe
tperoen mir nit Der nelen 5retitelle
oie auf ben 8uni6 elmer
Die Sen anfangsbeitrag
geitiftet bat, at @bren Der b1. Gres>
centia errthtet tptrb. Cine 8obItate=
rim, oie unbefarnt 5u bleiben tpinI6t,
bat bic 4nfangsiumme bon $1,000 oa-
5u geIttftet. M0ge Der Iiebe @ott re6t
biele anoere @obltdter erpeden!
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9littipOd Osn 81, gsai 1914

ltkN<tStSfAeSgf ~Nee5 ~ - FSsSN
Ioer ssu6en III ol1itinn. gnIditinn iit
oas ,,SeiIige 2art6' ridt nur fiir bic
GbriIten, fonoert oitd fiir Moglens.
|Die ssnoen berlngen efrte 1inbe-
|idrdnfte gintDanoerltng BON 1000
900 sSuoen. Die ssuoeu bdben bereits
|GauIenbe M6er 2ono trbar genta6t,
obgIei9 11ur 90 8ro5ettt auer IN 8a-
|Iaittna tpobnenoen Ssli6en aferbait
|betreiben. WsiGio1en bon Dollars iino
lin Ben Iesten 90 Sabren nod gala-
| tina gefloifena $5,500,O00$ alleirI
Eous ben Ser. 5taaten bon tpeI6en
| $5, 900 bon Gbriiten gefautrnelt tui,r-
ben. 8ablreide 6abrifanlagen iinb
entitanben ltnb Die 2obne iinb bebeu.
tenb bober als IN bena9barten arabi.
f1en 2dnbern, et1t @runb, tpesbaD bic
arabiide fgeoolferung in Baldftina
getpaltig geitiegen 1T. 4
Das britii6e 8eiBbu6 bon 1928,
kgegen bas bie Suoen ieitben1 gefdnpft
baben, iebt bic Suoenbepolferung auf
Elm Drittel ltnb Die arabii6e alif atpet
DritteI feit. Den Suoen itno beitinlm.
te Gebiete 5ueepieien. sSn 9atGltina
befinoen ftd 14,624 gbriiten, oarltn-
ter 10000 &atbolifen, rtet1tens bonn
latetntiGen gfitus. Sic unterfeben
Dem 9atrtarden bon SeruiaIent, Der
pu6 Batriarb ser 2atetner auf gp-
perm ift. Die mel6itifden, iprti6en,
maronitii6en Batrturden baben gi-
fare IN Seruialen fit Die &atboli-
fen bieier &iten.
, 9ie @efdi6te Der Stride im 81.
2anoe lit cine lange &etbe bon 59tpie.
rtgfeiten utto ltnruben. Ser erfte 8i=
i6ofsiit tpuroe 'in Seruiolem bon oen
apoitelr gegriinbet. Safob Der Siin-
gere tuar Der erite 8iidof. gom Sab-
re 637 Biz 1917 berri9ten NIT @us-
nabme oes bon ben @reuafobrern ein-
gefiibrten 1uteintIben 40nigrei6es -
1899 bis 1887 - Die Moslens. 9as
Patrtar6at 5erfiel ins S6isma nod
Dem S9isma ser Der Stride in &on-
itanttnopel (1054),
gu etnem Der orffanen6 item @reig-
ntffe IN Ser @ei6tdte 6es 81. 2on-
oes geb0rt Die grrt6tung zines ungli-
fanii6en 9iidofsitbes. &onig 5rieos
rid ser gterte BON 9reuBen, ser
pom 1910 Bis 1861 regierte, tpobl
tpiiieno, oaB Dem 2utberanisnus bic
re6tmaBige 9feibenfolge in Der Stride
berloren gegangen, tpan6te it1 an
englan6 nit Dem 4nlttnen, einen
anglifanii6en 9ii6of bon Serulalem
gu ernennen, Der abtpedielno NIT Ell
nem oeutid=lutberiiden giidof ben
8li6ofsftb einnebmen ionte. 8eitan-
oige WiBbeutgfeiten politii6er ltno
religiofer Art 6ur9freu5ten oieien
8lan nno ieitoem iirto Die religioien
3piitigfeiten ni6t 5,t @noe gefom-
men.
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Please find enclosed check of ~
for the students III honor Of st.
Joseph. May God bless your wonder
full work. H. Family. MINI.
Enclosed find S. in honor Of st.
Joseph for wherever needed. .. "A.
K. MINI.
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gum Nenba1t DeS
eSoiepbtrnnts
Previously credited. -. .$e1S, AT
Qutttuttg fit frotlt,lte
6abett 3ngunfen
u1tierer StuDeutett

Our Lady's Mission Circle,
N. Y. ..................... $22s.oo
Rev. r. M. A., Iowa. ......... 500
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Mrs. Hattie Bauer, Wis. ..... 500
H. H., KY. 400
Frank Haddas, Mich. ....... 100
C. j. Euteneuer, Ill. ,........ 100
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Previously credited. 81 ,242.80
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~ Vigil Lights
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Oeitttpod, ben 81. @sat 1914
&irff)enfalenber

g. %. Mai 8ftnsiten
@b.: Senoung 6es 81
@eiltes. Sob IA.
SO. 80. " Naria Maebalena bon
Ba33is
8. 80. " Selir
sc. 81. P" Mngela
(0uaternberfoiten)
8. /. sunni Suoentius
&. 2. erasmus
(0uatemberfaIten)
g. 3. T" Sliba
(Quatenberfaiten)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-18
Fifth HurIs Back
Attacking NaziS
Continued from Page Onc)

Continued from Page Onc)
James + Roper reported from
the Casino front that big L. 5.
guns, as thick as trees. ripped
The German Notifications on
Monte Casino with a mmdcrous
baIragc thai sent shells scream.
ING against The enemy at the rate
OF nearly five a second
From IT O'Clock last night until
early today the artillery set the
Rapido valley aname with some
$4,000 shells
Al the hCICht Of the barrage.
Roper said. American shells were
blasting into the mountain slopes
AT the rate of 20 a second. and
the entire German line was blan-
ke'od by smoke and flames.
Not a single German gun took
up the American challenge. The
intensity of the bombardment in
dicatcd that American infantry
men, maSSed-n the Rapido valley
and along tho sides of Monte
Casino, were about TO launch an
offensive
With that threat. tho Germans
on the perimeter of the Allied
beachhcad redoubled their at
lacks on the American and British
lines in a desperate attempt TO
drive the invaders into the sea.
Official reports said the NazlS
threw as many as 1000 men into
a single sector, often with 35
heavy tanks leading the way
But the British and Americans,
from improviSed trenches.
half-flled irrigation bitches and
farmhouSes, rose 10 meet every
assault and held fast.
One German attack against the
Americans in the Cisterna sector
gained ground yesterday but the
doughboyS rallied and wiped out
the salient.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-18

Lost, Ndzis Say;
Deny RedCIaims

LONDON, Feb. Is CUP) The
German army today acknowledged
the loss of Staraya Russia, turn
table base of the northern front
belaw Lake linen, IN a smashing
reverse closely following the cap
ture or killing of $4,000 NAH
troops encircled in the Ukraine.
The Berlin radio reported that
Staraya Russo and its bristling
system OF hedgehog Notifications.
one of the most formidable on the
eastern front. had been evacuated
in a major retreat described char
acteristically as a shortening Of
the front"
The Nazi propagandiStS denied
a Soviet announcement tffst-tf1e
G ERIN n army trapped west Of
CherkaSi had been annihilated
Significantly ADM ttlng the
Ukrainian entrapment for the
first time two weeks after the
fact, Berlin claimed that Gen Won
Mannstein had re-eStabliShed COM
munication with the cnvelopcd
NaZiS whom Premier Stain had
reported wiped out with the
slaughter Of 60 600 men and cap
ture of 2l,000 more
The loss Of Staraya Russo. key
stone of the German defenSes on
200-mile front between Lake
linen and VItebSk, all but COM
pleted the collapse Of the Nazi
line IN the north, the upper end
--0t which was W.T. CKCg bV me Rcd
army'S LenIngrad offensive carry
ing into EStonia and 20 the APP
proaChcS of pSk0N.
The plight of the NaIi propa-
gandiStS I'M trying 10 maintain The
morale Of The home front in The
face of one disaster after another
was Indicated hy tho belatod
recognition Of the trapping Of 10
German divisions IN the Ukraine.
Russian TkTaTUc armies today
shifted their strength southwark
for a powerful thrust toward Bcs-
sarahla
The final liquidation Of the en-
cirCicd German EIChrh Army
yesterday after a l4-day battle.
enabled Gen Ivan S. Konev 10
regroup his forces for a new Of
fenstve a. uu1c when N8yi
troops arravri before the DnicSter
River We're exhausted from futile
and costly efforts 10 cNtrlcale the
trapped units
Marshal Fritz Erich Won Mann
stein. German commander on the
southern front lost 10000 men
killed and 329 planes 625 tanks
and 20S guns in hlS vain attempts
to break through 20 save the
Eighth Army.
on the approaches 20 EStonia,
Gen. Leonid a. GovoroV's forces
advanced below Luga one coll
umn driving southwest along the
main highway captured BolShoye-
( LII. SO miles northeast Of the
junction Of PSkov while another
seized KurSko, 50 miles north
east OF PSkOV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-18
PERIL TO PHILIPPINES

with The Japanese in Truk, the
Americans before the war never
were secure in the Philippines
Truk Is about 5000 miles west
Of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese
have had 30 years TO build Truk
TO IFS present strength. The blood
red sun of Nippon has flown over
the Caroline Islands base since
early in World War /.
The CarolineS were occupied by
Germany in 1899 The Japanese
in 1914 they were on the Allied
side then lost no time in taking
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-18

mere Was no lnQlCd llOD
landing craft were involved In
in waters which lie athwart
the main sealanes TO Tokyo
and Manila.
Adm. Nimtz' announcement
disclosed hat the first major
blow on Truk. tho skeleton key
10 Nippon's defense system
throughout the central and south
Pacific, had Commence" - a
word which in itself AT least rdi-
Gated that our thrust into the
Caroline Islands is "hi' but not
'hlt-and-run
Adm Nimitz historic announce
ment was issued only - days
after L. S marine pilots ~ two
Liberators scared over Tmk 70
photograph the enemyS "Imprcs-
nahle Truk defenSeS. bringing
home pictures which revealed
that the warShipS in the harbor
included two aircraft carriers
The photographs showed with
WmIStakablc clarity the KIND OF
opposition any surface invader
might expect in the mikado
forbidden territory. which has
been banned TO foreign visitors
since 1898
Washington reports quoted
by the United Press SAID
powerful elements OF the Japa-
nese feet. probably including
battelShipS were believed 10
have been caught in the attack
Vice Adm John s Mccain
deputy chief of naval operations
for air expressed confidence
that the raid would prove
memorable in our countryS
history -
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Trom INs and rr Dl.patehe.,

The Japanese central Pacific
base Of Truk has been nicknamed
and rightly so the Japanese
Pearl Harhor.
Like the American naval base
i'm the Hawaiian Islands, Truk is a
formidable fortified cutter defense
baSuon. And, like the United
States Pacific island stronghold,
it is primarily bulwark of sea
power.
4,it9ttik5's great strategic Sienifi-
canoe lies i'm the fact that il IS al
most equally distant from Tokyo
and Manila 1t is some 1000
miles from Truk to the japanese
capital. via the BONN Islands,
which lie ! 500 miles northwest of
Truk. Truk is also about 1000
miles from the Philippine capital
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-18
Kelly Signs Township Act

LANSING, Feb. Is tUP)-Gov
Kelly today signed the act pro-
viding election machinery for
township officers affected 10y the
constitutional amendment of 1913.
The act extends the terms of JUS
tees OF peace and members of
boards OF review.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-18
YamkS Land ON TrUk.
London Press Reports
LConlinued Lon &c ono

Nmz commander Of the Pacific feet issued this communquc
late yesterday.
At daylight yesterday morning, Feb. l6 west
Longitude date powerful naN2 task forces of the L. =.
naval fleet commenced attack the Japanese naval
base Rruk with eIeral hundred of planes partic
pating No further details are available"
Two things certain even through the necessarily
strict censorship which clouds the action the timetable Of
the central Pacific has been enormously stepped up by
seizure of kwajaen atol in the Marshalls the blow
Truk-3.2O0 miles Of Pearl Harbor-is another at
tempt 60 bring the main Jap fleet into battle