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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
THIS MAY BE DRIVE FOR COUP DE GRACE

country which, once across the
Rhine. is open and suitable for
movement OF armored forces.
Then this northern flank lies
close 10 the great Port OF Antwerp
and communication with this sup
ply base are good This point
can't be over-emphasized. A great
offensive must have ready access
10 supplies or else II will run down
like an unwound clock.
The idea that the break may be
on the northern front is rather
encouraged by the mysterious ap.
pearance Of General simpsons will
o-the wisp L. s. Ninth Army in
the line Just north OF General Hod-
ees' I. S. First Army. The Ninth
got into action quickly and the Hit
lcrites must have had a shock 10
find Il there. They had known, Of
OF course that IL was knocking
bout somewhere. but the manner
in which n was spirited across
France without disclosing its where.
about5 Is one OF the wonders OF the
war.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Veterans Laws
to be Discussed

Major Wilbur Mayors. OF the Sc
lected Service headquarters. Lans-
ing will talk at the regular Friday
night Forum at the American Le-
gion home this evening at o'clock.
The Major will discuss laws re-
lating 10 rights and benefits for
veterans bein6 discharged from
World War H.. This talk will be Of
particular interest TO men who are
already discharged and is open to
any World War II veterans wheth-
er he is a member Of the Legion
or not. Following the talk there
will be a question and answer per.
iod
Preceding the talk motion pic
ture showing the new Super-fort-
ress B-29 will be shown.
At the end OF the program buf-
fet supper will be served. Robert
r. Carter has charge of arrange
ments for the evening.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

he's looking for and that's where
hc will develop the break-through.
Most observers are keeping
special watch on the northern sec
tion Of the front-from the shelf
shocked Aachen sector up 10 Arm.
hem al the tip. II looks now as
though. Eisenhower might be fig.
ufine on crashing through the Aach-
en- 10 Cologne and Dusseldorf on
the Rhine. or on turning the Ger
man right flank up al Arnhem while
exCrting pressure below.
Two Reasons
There are two prime reasons why
the supreme commander may be
figuring on letting his left.wing
forces carry the ball. For one
thing, this flank lies directly op-
posite the Ruhr-the heart Of Ger.
manys war industry offers
the shortest route 10 Berlin through
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Early Christmas
For Little Boy
(see Picture-Pagc -

Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. flap
Santa Claus pack bulged to over.
flowing today for a special visit TO
Cheyenne Sunday TO the bedside Of
little J oy.
st. Nick is making this trip early
becaAse three.year-old Forest (Nub-
bins) Hoffman is so i'll OF an incur.
able bladder malady he may not
live until Dec. %. That's why Sun
day will be Nubbins' Christmas.
Nuttins' mother said the youngs-
ter has been given periodic doses
OF penicillin by his physician to
keep down fever.
Al Cheyenne is hoping for a
heavy fall OF snow by Saturday
night
Gifts, messages and christmas
trees continued TO pour in at the
home OF Marshall Hoffman from
az parts Of a nation increasingly
eager TO help make this Nubbins
happiest day.
w. NJ. Jeffers, president OF the
Union Pacific Railroad, for which
Hoffman works in the baggage de-
partment. notified Mrs. Hoffman
that the railroad was sending pres
entS.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Junior Chamber Told Germans
Need to Have Civic Courage

the periphery. specifically, Russia,
England, and the United States, so
that the affairs of Germany. France,
Italy, Spain, the Low Counties and
the Balkans would assume only
minor importance.
AS to the position of the Allan
tic nations DR.. Leonhardt said that
only one OF two courses was open:
either cooperation with the Soviet
Union which would mean liberal
concessions on the part of both
sides and a reduction of Germany
to a very minor role in world poll
tics, or antagonism to Russia
which course would place Germany
in the position of world battle
ground with the option of selling
her support to either side, and con-
sequently place her in the key po-
sition in Europe.
In the business portion OF the
meeting plans for the participation
in the sixth War Loan Campaign
were discussed and an appropria-
ton Of 500 70 the purchase Of
phonograph records for the pa
tients Of Percy Jones Hospital in
Battle Creek was approved by the
membership.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Waterway May Bring Argument

Washington. Nov. ftp The
hope of congressional leaders for
a short, non-controversial closing
session OF the 18th Congress faded
rapidly today before the determine
tion of Sen. George d. Aiken, r.,
VT, TO press for action on the pro-
posed st. Lawrence River seaway'
power project.
Confronted with equally determ-
ined opposition by senators from
along the lower Mississippi, the
issue involved the fate of nearly
S1,50O, 100000 worth OF postwar riv-
er and harbor Improvements as
we'll as other legislative items "n
the schedule for the closing days
OF this Congress.
Aiken's proposal would authorize
a $421,000,000 Great Lakes ST.
Lawrence Seaway project inyolv.
ing locks to permit ocean-going
traffic as far inland as Duluth,
Mimi, as well as hydro-electric
power generation And he was rea-
dy to attach it as a rider to either
one of tho two bills which the
southern senators favor.
Wins First Round
Sen. John II. Overton, D., La,
leading the anti-seaway bloc, ap-
peared to have won the first round
temporarily yesterday when he OBJ
tanned Senate PERMISSION TO start
debate next Monday on the $970,-
965,O0 flood control bill. He fgur-
ed Aiken would let that 90 through
and try TO attach the seaway pro-
posal TO the S49S.78i931 rivers and
harbors Improvement measure com
ing up later.
Aiken, however. served notice
that he would offer his seaway
measure as a rider on some ap-
propriate bill' and called attention
to the fact that Senate Democra-
tic Leader Alben w. Barkley feels
the Aiken proposal is germane to
either the flood control or the riv-
ers and harboTs bill.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

zone OF the principal tasks OF the
makers of the peace following this
war is to awaken in the German
people a sense OF civic courage
which now lies dormant" declared
DR.. Hans Leonhardt, former mari
time lawyer in Danzig and present
faculty member of Michigan State
College, in a talk before the Ypsi-
la..ti Junior Chamber OF Commerce
Thursday evening.
DR.. Leonhardt described some of
his experiences as an anti-Nazi In
the free city of DanZig where his
home was a gathering-place for
lovers of democracy and under con.
stant surveillance by the Gestapo.
AS a travelled and educated Ger.
man. DR.. Leonhardt was able to
watch TO some extent resist the
growth OF National Socialism in
Dan,ig up to the time of his depar-
ture for the United States in 1888
DR.. Leonhardt warned the con-
servatives of America to beware
lest their fear of Communism
drives them to enhancing policy
similar TO that OF Nazism. He
stated that he had been resentful
OF the complacent attitude OF the
democracies prior to the outbreak
of war. He explained that al
thouo'I there was a degree Of civic
Irage in pre-Nazi Germany, it
was not strong enough to stem the
rise OF Hitler and his "malajusted
desperadoes"
H said that in rehabilitating
Germany after the conflict GER
tain degree of repression must be
used. but that repression alone
would not produce successful re-
suits. that we must" use the whip
on the one hand, and encourage
the benefits of democracy on the
other"
In an analysis OF world politics.
DR.. Leonhardt maintained that Cen
tral and Western Europe no longer
were in the most powerful position,
but that the power had shifted to
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Yanks Advancing in New Drive
RainsS[oWine
up Yanks in
Islands
lRy the Assoeiated Pressl

(By the Associated Press)
Torrential rains slowed up Amer
lean infantrymen closing in on Bit
terly resisting Japanese in the
Philippines today while 900 miles
TO the southeast other Nanks en-.
countered little trouble cleaning. up
e~emy remnants on the newly in
vaded Maria Islands.
Thl tropical storm eliminated
most of the aerial activity over the
Philippines but bomb-carrying fight
ers destroyed 80 barges at Ormoc.
Japanese supply port on Leyte
Island. and raised havoc with a
motor pool in Ormoc Valley around
which land hghting RACES.
The toll of Japanese shipping
taken in Manila Bay by carrier
plane raiders Monday philippines
time was revised upwards 90 one
user, four destroyers, and IL
freighters and tankers definitely
sunk. Four torpedoes also hit a
floating drydock Adm. Chester
" Nimitz has yet made no men,
ton of a repeat raid by carrier
planes on the Manila area Tues.
day. during which Tokyo radio said
L. $. carrier planes flew 400 sor-
ties.
Expect Disasters
Amid reports of further L. S.
Naval and aerial probing of the
southern approaches to Japan and
the home Islands themselves, To
kyo radio announced the creation
OF "liaison council to cope with
air raid disasters in view OF the
inevitability of largescale enemy
air assaults"
Japanese broadcasters said sew
eral L. S. warships engaged Nip
ponese patrol ship in an eight hour
battle Wednesday off the Bonin
Islands, some COO miles south OF
Tokyo.
Like previous similar reports,
lHlb OhgO announcement was Win
out American confirmation, al
though Admiral Nimitz did report
new air strikes at the Bonin and
Volcano Islands in which one, or
possibly two. .eneshy Iships were
bombed.
Two other small japanese ships
were sunk and two damaged in
Philippine waters and OF Borneo.
Tokyo claimed that eight u. s.
aircraft were shot down out OF 10
raiders in later strike at Bornco.
Raise Havoc
FacArthur said American artil-
lery continued to raise havoc with
the japanese although drenching
rains temporarily begged down dou-
bic encirCling movements. Several
thousand enemy soldiers around
Limon, about 5 miles north OF
Ormoc, were virtually surrounded
and Yank infantrymen were within
rifle range OF their supply road.
First Division Cavalrymen con.
so'idated mountain positions 10 the
rear. No new progress was re-
ported in the three-way push to-
ward OrmOc.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
PETITION REFUSED

Detroit-A government petition
TO revoke the citizenship OF Ger
hard Serwas on the grounds that
Max Stephan. later convicted as a
traitor. had been a witness during
the naturalization. proceedings was
refused Thursday by Federal Judge
Arthur r. Lederle SeTwas. who
came 10 the United States from Ger
many in 1923. was granted citizen
ship Nov. 25. 1870, nearly two years
before stephan was convicted OF
treason.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Seeks Breakthrough il
Strong Rhine Defenses

strength Of their Rhineland defens-
es to impede the Allied drive. The
deeply fortified area between the
Allies and the Rhine present a
great barrier. and the wide, swift
river itself is terrific obstacle.
We back here on the home front
should remember this. The least
We can do is jump I'm and provide
the troops with the wherewithal to
ficht.
Well now. what can we look for
in the way OF Allied tactics? Cen
cral Ike has been working the
shrewd scheme OF varying his pres
sure on the Germans In order to
keep them off balance. lie could
do this successfully because OF his
great superiority in manpower and
equipment. BY hitting EN- here.
there ana everywhere he sooner
or later will find the weak spot
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

kirchen sector north OF Aachen.
driving to within four miles OF the
Roer River.
Each of the American armies
now in action now has its own
supporting air unit. The offensivs
had opened under one OF the great
est air and artillery assaults OF
the war. Resistance at first was
lighter than expected and prisoners,
seemed stunned by the terror or
the air and big gun attacks.
The long.hidden Ninth Army
alone captured possibly dozen
sm = towns in and beyond the Sieg-
fried line within "A few hours after
the attack was begun on a nine-
mile arc north OF Aachen. between
Geilenkirehen and Eschweiler.
Merge With Third
Tho offensive OF the First and
Ninth merged with that OF the
Third Army in the central sector'
now within ia miles OF fortress
Metz on the north and south.
Also on the offensive are the
French First and u. s. Seventh
Armies. The former advanced
along the north bank OF the Doubs
River in the vicinity OF Laire, only
eight miles southwest of Belfort,
guarding the gap leading to the
rhine. The Germans were report
ed burning French towns In ad-
van , OF the Seventh, including ST.
Die. hub OF the enemy's Meurthe
River defense line.
Red Army troops which pierced
the main German defense line ten
miles east OF Budapest, threatened
the key rail functions OF Godollo
and Hatvan, governing lines rum
ming north toward central Sloyakia
and Vienna.
Near Miskole
To the northeast the Russians
W re within Ave miles Of Miskolc.
Hungary's fifth city, now exposed
TO Soviet artillery fire.
In the frontal assault east OF Bu-
dapest, the Russians captured the
rail station at Gyomro and attack
ed violently in the village. one mile
TO the south. described by Berlin
as the southeast anchor OF the Ger
man defense arc around the capital.
British and Indian troops on the
Ei nth Army's left flank in Italy
cupied the important road hub
OF Modigliana. nine miles south or
the Bologna.Rimini highway. The
Germans. after a fierce defense for
week, withdrew suddenly.
ON the Ad .atic coastal sector
the Germans blew a gap In the
banks OF the Fiumi Unit, flooding
large tracts of highway Is and
making maneuvers in the area vir-
tually impossible.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

Rv DEMlTT MACKENZIE

BY DEWITT MACKENZIE
This looks like the big moment
for which we've been waiting-Gen-
eral Eisenhower's all-out drive TO
crack the formidable Rhenish de-
fcnses and administer the coup de
grace.
IL shouldn't be long now-if the
weather lets the Allies get ahead
with the job-before We have a
good idea Of how much steel Is left
In the Nazi backbone.
German Field Marshal Won Runs
tedt may have half million men
with which to meet the terrific
weight being hurled against his
$50 mile battle-line that stands be-
tween us and victory. II that's a
correct estimate IL means the Ger
mans are outnumbered by probably
five TO one-maybe more. The Al
lies are supreme in the air and
their striking power in all other
categories Is superior.
Deeply Fortified
We should have false picture.
however. II we left II there The
Nazis are banking heavily on the
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Powerful american Armies
Batter Through Rain, Snow
as British FIatten BULGE
HddenMnth
Army Takes
Villages
(By the Associated PresO

(By the Associated Press)
Four powerful American armies
battered through rain and snow
toward the German Rhineland to-
day after nrst day gains OF up 10
two miles in a great new offensive,
while TO the north the British Sec
ond Army flattened the Nazi bulge
west OF the Mas. reaching the
river with the capture OF Wessem.
British yanguards now are only
4h miles from the Reich frontier
at the nearest point In the venlo-
Roermond sector The triangle
formed by the Noord, Wcssem and
Zig canals was cleared almost ell.
tirely OF Germans, and the enemy
was taking up positions on a main
defense line east OF the Mas.
Ninth Appears
~be u. s. Ninth Army. thrown
suddenly yesterday into an attack
now being pressed by six great
armies along "A 300.mile front be-
fort the German homeland. register
ed gains OF several thousand
yards inside Germany in the Geilen'
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

WASHINGTON-INS--Final ar
guments were scheduled today in
the $4,000 libel suit of Maj. Daniel
Boone against NJ. Ryan McCown.
North Carolina attorney accused OF
embarrassing the Army major with
his supe. iors while committing al.
legged indiscretions with the estrang-
cd Mrs. Boone. a Detroit heiress.
.king the witness stand in dis
trict court, McCown flatly denied
that he had ever been intimate with
Mrs. Boone. the former Martha
Lirhtner. Detroit society woman.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Ninth Appears
War In Brief

(By the Associated rressD
Western Front--Six great Alll2d
armies join In new offensive along
sO0.miie front: Yanks capture doz-
en- German towns IN and beyondl
Siegfried line. British drive within
AZ lniies Of Reich frontier in Ven.
10 sector. ~
Eastern Front--Russians threat.
en- key rail functions OF Godollo and
Hatvan ten miles east OF Budapest.
capture rail station at Gyomro.
7aelfie--Rains slow ground &C.
ton on Leyte Island; Yank planes,
artillery rake enemy supply area.
ItaIy-Allied troops occupy road
hub OF. Modigliana.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Sixty Tons Gathered in
Paper Drive by School

ported today that 1880 pounds OF
tin were collected In the two day
pickup Wednesday and Thursday.
or this amount, l2,49O pounds were
at tho State Hospital and 7.4OO
pounds in the city.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

LONDON--AP-Premier Hubert
Pferlot OF Belgium has ordered
members OF his country's resist
ance movements to disband and
join the regular Belgian army by
tomorrow or "be prosecuted with
the full yigor of the law"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Congress Today
CBv Associated Press)
Senate And House

IN recess unlh mOnuay.
Senate Education Subcommittee
OPENS hearings on legislation to de-
fine wages under 65 cents an hour
as substandard (10 a. m. EWT).
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

CHUNGKING-1NS- The loss of
the Walled City Il Ishan. 81 miles
west of Liuchow in southwestern
China. was ad, tilted today by
Chungking military spokesman.
The Japanese claimed the capture
OF Ishan yesterday.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

RUMMAGE SALE OF girls clothes,
sizes 10 to IA years, Sat. Nov. 18th.
81 Water st. Adv. Hiss
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

LONDON-kP- Marshal Tito's
partisans caused Gen. Draja Mihai-
lovic. the Chetnik leader, to flee IN
his underwear in order to escape
capture at Valjevo, a member OF
the Yugoslav government-in-exile
declares.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

NEW YORK-AP-A Berlin dis.
patch in the Swedish newspaper
Tigningen declared that under a
new decree pictures Of Hitler may
not be sold for less than IS reichs-
mark (s1l pre-war rate)." The dis
patch reported today to the Once
OF War Information, said the meas
ure was taken since offers to sell
Hitler pictures have been particu-
larly numerous during recent
weeks.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

New Shipment. Children's Snow
King snow suits. Nissly's. ADV. III
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17
Flashes of
Late News

GRAND RAPIDS-AP-Trial OF
Gerber's Food Products firm OF FIRE.
mont on charges OF Federal Pure
Food Act violations went into its
second day here Friday before
Judge Fred NJ. Raymond in u. S.
District Court. The firm, famous
for its baby foods, is charged in a
criminal information issued by Dis
trict Attorney Joseph F. Deeb of
shipping two orders of strained
peaches that did not conform with
pure food and drug standards.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

Observation-Disclosures Judge
Guy "A. Miller, today ruled unconsti.
tutional the statute under which
the state of Michigan permits horse
racing at State Fairgrounds track
here. The judges ruling was on a
preliminary motion in a suit by
which Edward ]. Rohan and his
wife, Josephine, seek to enjoin the
Detroit Racing Association and the
State Racing Commission from con-
ducting races at the track and from
constructing a new frame stable
within so feet Of their property.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

LOS ANGELES-INS-- Author
tiles today held a formal, signed
confession with which they hope 10
seal the doom of Otto S. Wilson,
modern Jack the Ripper" who
killed two Los Angeles women and
then in a frersy of butchery mutt
lated their bodies with a butchers
knife and a razor blade. Wilson
signed the confession willingly,
even anxiously. but as though lay.
ing the basis for an escape from
the lethal gas chamber, he made
an addition in his own handwriting.
ii would like to add" he wrote,
that I have always been emotion
ally unstable II went completely
insane and could not possibly con.
tiol myself"
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

DAYTON. O.-AP-Union tele'
p1one operators in this war.busy
city. who had threatened to strike
Dec. 3 in protest against hiring of
out-of-town switchboard workers,
walked out Unexpectedly about 6:l0
a. m. (EWT) today and establish
ed picket lines at entrances to the
Ohio Bell Telephone Company's
downtown building.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

WASHINGTON -AP- Employ.
es OF the Treasury's war finance
division set an example for the ma
tion today in the sixth war loan
drive which starts Monday. They
bought $sl.652 worth Of war bonds.
more than double their quota in
the drive.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

LONDON-AP- Prime Minister
Churchill called upon the Jews of
Palestine today to cast out and
crush the terrorist stern gang and
warned that continuance OF It's ac.
tivities would menace the future oi
Zionism.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

BERN-AP-Stories OF resent.
ment in Germany against Nazi rule
reached Switzerland today, but
they indicated the ruthless hand
OF the Gestapo was capable OF
snuffing out any efforts Of popular
movements. Industry was at a
standstill in some areas OF the
Reich, partly because OF lack OF
coal and partly because the Nazi
authorities were no longer able to
compel workers to remain at their
Jobs during air alarms, these re-
portg said.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

LONDON AP-Prime Minister
Churchill told Commons today ap-
proximately 5000 fighting men
would be brought home each month
for visits OF about for weeks. The
plan does not include those on
Europe's western front. Churchill
said that this campaign has not
reached a point where we can with
draw anyone from the front even
for a short leave period
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

LONDON-AP-Ferdinand Colts
chalk, Sc, an actor who had played
character parts in nearly 100 films,
died last Friday, 1t was disclosed
today.N
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

WASHINGTON-AP-OPAC Chief
Chester Bowles was asked to give
senators his views today on pro-
possl that wages below a straight
time hourly rate of 65 cents shall
he declared by law TO be sub-stand-
ard
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-11-17

WASHINGTON-INS- A search
Ing investigation and possible stiff
fight loomed in the Senate today
in nomination Of Paul Porter, Dem
ocratic National Committee public
ity chieftain, to be chairman Of the
Federal Communications Commis-
sion. With redio due to enter a
vastly expanded field in the post
war era, some Republicans ques-
toned wisdom of naming strong
PARTISAN to such an important post.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-21
Vols Fast
in Workout
at Rose Bowl

PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 2l-
(P)-They may not be big, but
they're fast and full of fight.
That was the impression given
by the Tennessee volunteers in
their initial, unlimbering work
out after arriving yesterday for
their Rose Bowl clash with
Southern CALIFORNIA; Trojans.
Three hours late in four-day
tranScontinental jaunt, the Vol
party was greeted by a brass
band and pretty l6-year-old
Mary Louise Rutte, Rose queen.
Miss Rutte and Billy Bevis,
blocking back and acting captain
for the Vols on New Years Day,
posed form erous photo
graphs. Then Coach John Barn
hill Whisked his 80 charges away
to work off their train legs
In a two-hour drill, the South
erners showed speed and spirit
also extreme youth and Slim
ness. One veteran observer said
the Vols appear to be the small
est team ever to come to the
Rose Bowl. Twenty nine of the
squad, and seven of the starting
IL, are freshmen.
While program weights give
the Dixie boys a team average of
1872, they looked considerably
lighter. The line which Barnhill
assembled yesterday averages
1877 to the Trojans 211, while
the Vol backs average 1873 to
USC'c l78. Troy's starting team
will have a bulge of at least
seven pounds per man.
Vol heavyWeights are tackle
30 Stewart, 205, and Guard Bob
DobelStein, 200. uses tackles,
America John Ferraro and
"PeeWee" Pehar, tote 235 and
265, respectively.