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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05
Railsplitters Build up Lead
to Overcome Opponent BIO

The Lincoln High School Rail.
spltters won 81 TO Is victory
over their local rivals Friday night
as they defeated Roosevelt al the
Lincoln gymnasium.
The Railsplitters built up an
early lead which Roosevelt was
never able 10 overcome. Earl
Bobicz. by scoring the first basket
for LINCOLN. gave the Blue and
White a temporary . TO 0 lead
but Duane Taylor countered for
the Roughriders 10 make a tie, the
only one throughout the game.
Lincoln then picked up 10 MORE
points in the first quarter any IL
was not until Bob Geddis sank
foul shot TO begin the second did
Roosevelt score again.
The Purple and Gray. who made
only the two points in the first
quarter, were able TO better in
this second period as they held
Lincoln TO while scoring 7 them
selves and the score at intermis-
sion stood % TO 9. The second
half went much as the first had
with the Railsplitters zone defense
breaking up the Roosevelt offense
and Lincoln scored mainly on foul
shots in this phase Of the game.
Roosevelt did manage TO make a
number of shots at the basket
which failed to materialize.
Dale Reid OF Lincoln and Duane
Taylor OF Roosevelt shared scoring
honors as they each made s points
The method of scoring was diff
ferent. however, as Taylor made
four field goals and Reid dropped
in three baskets and two free
throws.
Lincoln made a clean sweep of
the evening as their reserves de
feated the Roughriders second
team % to 10 after Roosevelt had
led to. at the end OF the first
period.
Striving and Szinski each had
10 points for the vlctors while
Spike and Ted Taylor made five
apiece for the Purple and Gray.
lincoln
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05
Ypsilanti High School Wins
Humping Basketball Victory

The Braves OF Ypsilanti High
School enjoyed humping. 3s to
25, triumph over Monroe Friday
evening at Monroe.
1t marked the third win in ten
attempts by the Purple and Gold
who showed their mastery through
out the game. Ypsilanti took a
~ to 6 first quarter advantage and
were able to increase this margin
during the remainder Of the con
test.
Using only six men. Coach Larry
Hutchinson was able to keep the
Monroe scoring in check as the
latter team was only able to garn-
er 10 field goals for the evening
Ypsilanti's two forwards. Bob
Bower and Bill Olson. were to-
gether able to equal the Monroe
total score as Bower made Is and
Olsen counted 10 markers. Clum
of Monroe was high man for the
losers with 9 points.
The second team was also vic.
torfous as they sc ed their first
win of the season % to 81, over
the Monroe reserves.
Nick Vourlites led the Braves
with 7 scores while Ford also had
z for Monroe.
The Ypsilanti mermen were de-
feated for the second time in a
week by Ann Arbor, "A to 40, Fri,
day afternoon at the local pool
Summary:
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05
Knox SIugs
His Partner

Wrong Way" Buddy Knox top
ped Fridays exciting wrestling
matches at the Local 80 Hall by
smuggling his partner, Dale Had
dock, and thereby allowed Jackie
Nichols opportunity to pin Had
dock and win the Australian tag
match, the feature of the evening s
card.
After the two teams of Knox
Haddock and talberg- Nichols had
each taken a fall Dale Haddock
was employing a scissors hold on
Nichols when his partner, Knox,
jumped into the ring and slugged
at Nichols but by accident hit
Haddock which enabled Nichols to
easily gain the deciding fall.
The preliminary bout was taken
by frankie Mart after his wild
scramble with Harold Chaundy en-
abled him to win the only fall OF
the match.
During the melee Chaundy's
shoulder was injured and he was
not able, under doctors orders, to
continue the fight.
Next Fridays matches will pair
Haddock and Chaundy, and Nichols
and Tony Martini in the double
feature. program with Martini An
cello and the Black Panther In a
preliminary bout.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05
Jacksonville
FAMILY REUNION

Jacksonville. Mich, Feb. 5-Mr.
and, Mrs. Louis Dufek, Jacksonville.
entertained Wednesday evening at
dinner and family reunion in
honor OF their brother-in-law, Pvt.
Matthew Wisniewski, and Mrs.
Wisniewski The evening was
spent with cards and dancing
Guests were Pvt. and Mrs. %isnie-
wski, Mr.. and Mrs Edward Denoy-
err, Mary Robert and Winifred De-
noyer. Ypsilanti; Miss Caroline
Wisniewski and Walter Blyk.
Willis; Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Denoy-
er, Mrs. Lawrence Spangler, Miss
Sally Wisnlewski and Peter Bukis.
Pvt Wisniewski, a member Of
the Antttank Battalion has been
stationed at Camp Blanding, Flor
ida, and arrived recently for
short furlough. Mrs Wisnlewski
makes her home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Dufek.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05
Ypsildnti BolUling Scores

Eagles No. I
F. Barnett 3S3, L. Weber sS07,
c. Lore 425, X. Winkler 500, T.
Edison 526, handicap 1876; totals,
743, 1853. 67s. 2I75.
Eagles No. 2
l.. Reynolds 50i. McComb is7,
Jones 3SS. Simon 1862. Baird i79:
totals, 7is, 754, SIT. 1890.
Moose No. 2
Boyle 3l2. S. Richards 500, G.
Richards 412. Bates i57. Harris
$50: totals, $50, $3.50. 74s. 2274.
Scovill's
Masters 3S7, Kelly 2si. c. Smith
2S3, Gutekunst 4Ol. c. Hopp 46i.
handicap 522; t"tals, 779, SIS, 6Si,
229l.
Masons No. 2
f. Ring 555. f. Kerbyson 40s. ].
Montonye 3s7. NJ. Richards 396. c.
Fagin AS; totals, 730, 7s5. see,
2l9l.
Moose No.
Morris Hathaway 1875, Beau
champ 45l, Gobel 435. Holley ass,
handicap 81; totals, 1872, $50, III,
2279.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05

OF the New York Weather Bureau.
He succeeds DR.. James II. Kimball.
who died last month. Parry began
as a l9-year-old clerk in the Bos-
ton Weather Bureau. He has been
in the New York office 20 years.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05
NEW WEATHER CHIEF

NEW YORK-INS- Benjamin
Parry. a 40-year veteran in the gov.
ernment's weather service, has
been appointed chief meterologist
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05

v. r. w.
F. Pierson 1893. II. Gillett 437, \.
Wolf Al. F.. Messner 472, r. Liv-
ingston $50. handicap -; totals,
$50. s71, SO, 2i2S.
Masons o.
Whitcomb 49s. Lee SOS. Lidke
422, Cornwell .35, Lambert 400:
totals. 767. 1898, 756. 2Sl6.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05
: WILING LEAGUE
Masonic Alleys
G$.aAin1a

High three & mes-Moose No. ?.
1858.
High single game-Moose No. >,
95i.
High individual three games.
Harris. 6l2.
Hieh individual single game.
Harris 2t6.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05

Marshall Islands-Rear Adm.
Richmond X. Turner. in charge Of
amphihious operations In the
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-05
ROuSh Riders DOwnelI by Lincoln

Marshall Islands invasion: "our
gains are important and they
haven't cost us much yet."
Evening star., 1944-08-15
President Non1inotes Corusi
As Immigration Commissioner
BY ]. A. FOX.

Ugo Carusi, who has served as
executive assistant to five attor-
neys general, was nominated
today by President Roosevelt to
be commissioner of immigration
and naturalization. He will sue
ceed Earl G. Harrison, who
resigned recently to return to
private law practice in Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. Carusi. regarded as one OF the
best administrative officials in the
Government, entered the Justice
Department in 1922 as secretary to
Attorney General Sargent. He was
appointed executive assistant in
1890, when William D. Mitchell was
Attorney General, and has served
almost continuously in that post
since, the single break being a brief
period when he was in the lands
division.
Mr.. Carusi was born March II,
1902, in Carrara, Italy, while his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene A.
Curusi, naturalized American citi-
zens, were on visit to their home
land.
The Carusi home was in Barre,
VT, and Mr.. Carusi was secretary
to the Attorney General of Vermont
for three years before entering the
Federal Governmnt.
Mr.. Carusi is a graduate of Ma
tional University and teaches con-
stitutional law there. He Is married
Evening star., 1944-08-15
ALLIED FORCES INVADE SOUTHERN FRANCE
PUSH SEVERAL MILES INLAND: LOSSES LIGHT
Troops Confidence Impresses
Star Writer Watching Landings
Look Out, Jerry, Here We Come, Is Cry
As Puruchutists Head for France

might have been flying over unin-
habited desert.
Not one searchlight ray came up
from the dark silence below us.
The delivery portion of the air.
borne operation was flawlessly exc
cuted. Veterans of the Sicilian op-
erations, even while remembering
the confusion and misunderstand-
ing which characterized the drop
ping of paratroopers and which re-
suited in the shooting down Of
American planes by our Navy, were
confident as they approached their
objective.
Carriers were able to release their
jumpers on schedule over the desig-
mated dropping zones. On the way
home, we passed a long column of
tow planes and gliders going in with
supplies for the men we had dropped.
These planes were scheduled to
reach their objective just as the sea-
borne forces hit the beach at Frejus
(See map on page A-5D
The glider column, going in the
exact opposite direction to ours, was
lower than we were and took long
time to pass. The airships, silhou-
cited against the blue of the sea,
looked fragile and toylike in the
early light.
The British paratroopers with
whom I flew were magnificent. At
the takeoff in Italy, as our ship
shuddered for second at the end
Continued on Page A-6, Column 20
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Cooler Weather Unlikely
Before Tomorrow Niaht

The Midwest is experiencing cooler
weather and rain today, but this
condition cannot give relief to Wash
ington before tomorrow night at
the earliest, the Weather Bureau
said today.
The only possibility Of earlier
relief would be q thundershower,
the forecaster said. He added that
since the chances of calling q thun-
dershower under today's conditions
are less than $3.50 that prediction
Is not in the official forecast.
There were thundershowers yes
terday in Kentucky and Tennessee
and the same conditions that
caused them are in the air above
Washington today, he said.
The thermometer is expected to
90 to 81 or 90 today and tomorrow.
The low this morning was 73s
three degrees less than yesterday.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Nozis Claim Won KIuqe
Is Counterottockino

LONDON, Aug. Is (P.-The Ger
man Transocean News Agency said
today that Allied troops were at
tacking f1ercely on all sides of the
Normandy entrapment ring, but as
serted Marshal Won Kluges re
grouped and reinforced" forces in
the inner circle had made local
counterattacks.
The broadcast said a considerable
formation" of the German air force
was thrown against American tanks
and infantry in fierce fighting at the
southern pincer claw.
At the western end of the ring
closing on the Germans the Allies
attacked strongly from Thury-H Har-
court around to Domfront, but re-
grouped and reinforced German
forces countered these moves with
strong attacks" Transocean said.
1t added that no big changes oc-
Cured in Brittany. Gudel, 6 miles
northwest of Lorient, was heavily
shelled. but an American tank at
tack was halted by concentrated
German artillery fire." Transocean
claimed
Evening star., 1944-08-15
1000 Heavy Bomber,
Drop 5000 Tons on
19 kazi AirfieIds
Other Hundreds BIost
Invasion Poths in North
And South France
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 15.-At least
1000 American and British heavy
bombers we're hurled today
against Germany, Holland and
Belgium, while other hundreds Of
planes from Italy and England
blasted the Nazis in the paths
of the invasions of Northern and
Southern France.
At least 10 German air force bases
and nonoperational stations were
deleuged with around 5000 tons of
bombs. The widespread attacks
were designed to knock out what is
left of Hitler's air units before the
enemy can marshal his remaining
strength for all-out support of the
desperate German ground forces.
More than 1,100 British Lancas-
ters and Halifax heavy bombers at
tackled nine German fighter bases
in Belgium and Holland and caught
20 or 80 planes parked on each field
U. S. Escorts for Raj.
American fighters flew side by
side with Raj pursuit squadrons in
escorting the bombers. Only two OF
the big craft were lost. 1t was the
first time American planes have
been disclosed as escorting RAF
bombers.
Fortresses and Liberators striking
from the west were escorted by up to
1000 fighters. They slashed at three
operational airdromes for the Ger
man Air Force and at seven nom
operational stations which have
clusters of workshops and various
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Reds Attack Grajewo,
Only Two Miles South
OF East Prussia Line
Offensive Follows Thrust
Across Lost River
Barrier to Nozi Soil
BY the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, Aug. 15.-Russian
forces started attacking freshly
built German entertainments
today in front Of Grajewo, 2
miles south of the East Prussia
border, after cracking the steel
and concrete forts around
Osowiec and winning a bridge
head across the Biebrza River.
Gen. G. F. Zakharov threw the
full offensive might of his I'd White
Russian Army group against the
Germans attempts to reorganize
their frontier line just below the
Masurian Lakes. The Army re-
ceived laundering air support.
THE waters of the Biebrza ran
dark with enemy blood today" a
front dispatch to Izvestia SAID. Gen
Zakharov smothered a series of tank
counterattacks with his high-pow-
cred drive and struck directly in
the rear of large enemy forces tied
up in the Suwalki triangle (Which
East Prussia annexed in 1939) by
Gen. Ivan Cherniakovsky's divisions.
Two Points Menaced.
Not only Grajewo but Lyck in
East Prussia, II miles to the north
was menaced by the two Russian
Army groups. Should these com
munication centers fall, German
withdrawal from the northeastern
corner of East Prussia would be i'm
perative.
Enemy casualties at Osowiec are
expected to run into the thousands
a front dispatch said.
The Red Army continued to
squeeze the defenses of Warsaw and
fought bitterly for a larger spring
board west of the Vistula River in
the area threatening Krakow and
kielce 100 miles south of the Polish
capital. Wide advances in the
Baltic states gave evidence of the
crackup of the enemy divisions in
Estonia and Latvia, separated from
the main German Army by a cor
ridor to the Baltic west of Riga.
A German fortified zone 3 to 6
miles in depth lay Uttered with fire.
fCoe pTICCTA Doro
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Two Days Of Debate
On Surplus Property
Started in House
Members Are Far Aport
On Detailed Methods
For Disposine Of 1t
BULLETIN.

Immediate action by State
governments to enlarge the
scope of the unemployment
compensation systems "in
both the duration and level
of benefits" was recommended
today by the House Postwar
Committee as it submitted
legislation to create an Office
Of War Mobilization and Re-
conversion.
By the Associated Press.
Generally agreed on principle,
but miles apart on details, the
House set out today on two days
of debate over surplus property
disposal legislation, with a score
or more of amendments in the
offing.
Strong backing has lined up be-
hind bill drafted by the House
Expenditures Committee and ap-
proved by the rules group. It sets
up the office of surplus property ad-
ministrator and vests in that presi-
dentially appointed official wide dis
cretion to dispose of billions OF
dollars worth of war-created sur
pluses having civilian market
value.
The committee measure outlines
congressional principles to apply to
all sales, including requirements
that returning veterans shall be
given an opportunity to make pur-
chases and that surpluses shall be
disposed of through normal distri-
button channels whenever prac-
ticable.
Many Oppose Bill.
1.-The bill soundly avoids the dam
gers of uncontrolled administrative
discretion on the one hand and of
hampering ill-advised legislative re-
strictions on the other" the Expen-
ditures Committee declared in send
ing 1t to the floor.
There are many members, though,
who object to the bill on the ground
it does not safeguard established
business from speculation that
might arise from sales Of srrpluses.
Others say that q board represent
ing business, rather than an in
should have control Of the
program.
The National Association of Man.
ufacturers has suggested placing
the disposal Of surpluses In the
hands of a commission of seven in
Senators Taft, Republican, of
(see CONGRESS, Page A-SJ
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Footho|d Established
By Invading Forces,
kazis Acknowledge
Allied Troops Landed
On 70-MiIe Stretch of
Coast, Berlin Says
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Aug. 15.-A German
communique said Allied troops
had landed on a 70-mile section
of the Southern French coast
between Toulon and Cannes
early today and that "our coastal
defense is engaged in a fight
with the enemy landing troops" /"
The announcement followed a
silence of several hours and tacitly
admitted the invading American,
French and British amphibious
forces had secured footing.
Toulon is one of Frances greatest
naval bases where the French Fleet
was scuttled when Hitler grabbed
"Unoccupied France" in the first
days of the Allied invasion of North
Africa. Cannes is a famous French
Riviera resort city.
Intensified Air Attacks.
The German communique noted
that the Allies landed after having
intensified in the last few days air
attacks on defense installations and
communication lines in the southern
French coastal area" The official
announcement said 80 Allied planes
were doWned in the opening hours.
The German 10Th Army is be-
lieved encamped along the French
Mediterranean coast. The German
lst Army is deployed in Southern
and Central France, spread out
mostly along the Pyrenees south OF
Brittany along the Bay of Biscay
In recent days, divisions of the 1st
Army have been reported moved into
Normandy to bolster the reeline
German 7th Army. Both the 1st
and 10Th Armies were last reported
commanded by Marshal Johannes
Won Blaskowitz, a tank expert. Many
of their units are believed to be
second rate, some interspersed lib
orally with impressed foreigners.
Diversionary Landing Attempt.
DNB, official German news agen-
cy, broadcast that the Allies first
made a diversionary landing at
tempt on the Bay of Bormes, Is
miles east of Toulon, and that this
was frustrated.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
| BuHitt Becomes
| |Con1mundunt in
French Army
the Associated Press.


ALGIERS, Aug. 15-Wilham c.
Bulitt. So, former American Am
bassador to France, yesterday Joined
the French Army as a commandant
equivalent to the rank of major in
the American Army, the French In
formation Ministry announced to-
day.
Mr.. Bullitt, an honorary citizen of
number of French towns, estab-
lished that he could retain Amer
ican citizenship and serve in the
French Army.
He said his offer of active military
duty had been rejected twice BY
Secretary Of War Stimson because
Of his age.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
(See AERIAL, Page A-3.
N0CC AC1VIad, u6C h~V'1
Canadian Lines Bombed
In Error by British
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE CANADIAN 1st ARMY,
Aug. Is. British heavy bombers
dropped a number of explosives be-
hind Canadian lines yesterday
while assaulting German positions,
causing a number OF casualties (27
words censored.
The error occurred a short time
after American heavy bombers were
involved in the same sort Of mishap
on this front e words censored.
The explosives fell far back Of
Cinthaux and one result was to
halt some flights Of bombers and
send them back with their loads
undropped. A senior Canadian Of
ficer said, however, that four out
Of five bombs loosed fell In the
target area.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Troops Pour In
Between Nice
And Marsei||e
Ground Opposition
Weak; Air Defense
Missing Entirely
BULLETIN.
By the Associated Press.

Allied troops invading South
ern France were several miles
inland this afternoon, a
broadcast from the invasion
beachhead said. The broad
cast was made by Eric Sew
areid of CHS, representing all
American networks. Sevareid
gave his location as "a pine
covered hill several miles in
land from the French south
coast"
only a few lives were lost"
in the landings, he said. Re-
ports we're published in Lon
don that American 1t. Gen.
Jacob L. Devers, tank expert,
was commanding the landing
forces.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Patton Leads Sd Army Sweep;
BrodIey's Command Clarified
U. S. Leader Placed
On EquoI Stotus
With Montgomery

By the Associated Press.
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,
A LIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Aug. 15.-Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower has taken per-
sonal charge of operations in the
western invasion with the estab-
lishment of an American Army
group under 1t. Gen. Omar N.
Bradley on an equal status with
the British Canadian command
Of Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery.
Gen. Bradley's group-the 18th
is composed of at least two armies,
the 1st and the Sd. Gen. Bradley
was succeeded by 1t. Gen. Courtney
H. Hodges as commander of the 1st
Army and command of the newly
UCno npANY EvV ne.
Evening star., 1944-08-15
Nazi EscapeGap p
In Normandy
Cut 10 10Mi|es
Allies Also CIinch
Control ofRoods
Leading to South
MAP on Page A-5.)
By the Associated Press,

oS tHc h>sOClAteu fTeSS.
SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, Aug. 15.-Four Al
lied armies beat forward stimuli
taneously in a Tightening stran-
gle-hold on the trapped German
7th Army today, narrowing the
escape gap at Falaise to 10 miles
and clinching control of roads
leading south from the Nor
mandy pocket.
Hundreds of prisoners were seized
Marshal Guenther Won Kluge's units
again clogged roads leading east
ward in desperate daylight attempts
to wriggle out and he threw in
slave" reinforcements to hold as
suicide rear guards.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton, jr.
leading the Sd American Army, hit
northward within 8 miles of Falaise
Canadians driving south were with
in 2l2 miles of that town on the
eastern edge of the trap
A British avalanche of tanks and
men on the opposite end Of the
pocket hammered to within a mile
OF Conde e-sur- -Noireau, and a front
reporter declared the roof of the
German escape corridor west of Fa-
laise appeared to be collapsing. VI
Conde IS IS miles west of Falaise,
Hundreds of Nazis Captured.
The United States 1st Army on
the British right advanced in a
tidal wave on front extending be-
yond Mortain, selling hundrers of
captives.
United States troops captured La
Ferte Mace. l3 miles east of Dom
front, winning control over escape
avenues to the south.
The Falaise hatch was blocked by
a rain of bombs and artillery shells
ripping withdrawing Nazi columns.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, TAX
ing personal charge. of western in
vasion operations In a newly dis
closed Allied Army alignment, de-
clared 1T is certain that German
forces congregated on our front are
taking a sound beating But he
cautioned that I'VE are still a long
way from the Rhine"
How many of Won Kluge's forces
OF 100000 to zoo, 900 men had escaped
was not known. But many thou
sands were believed still pocketed.
"Slave Troops" Used by Nazis.
Enemy reinforcements are still
arriving but they are 80 per cent
foreign slave troops who probably
will be left behind as sacrifice rear
guards while Won Kluge tries to get
his best forces out" a British staff
officer in the field declared.
Berlin broadcasts said "A vio-
lent battle unprecedented in liv-
ing memory is being fought" for
the Falaise gap.)
A haf-dozen more towns fell as
the draWstring tightened all around
the Normandy pocket. The Ameri-
can invested Ger, 8 miles east of
Mortain, and Domfront, IS miles
southeast. Mortain formerly was
the western tip of the German
salient.
The Canadians, topping theil
6,o00-yard assault yesterday with q
new surge on 2-mile front, cap.
tured Epaney and Hill 1874 and in
their advance toward Falaise swept
up at least 1000 prisoners.
A front dispatch said the value
OF Falalse was all but lost to the
Germans since the Canadians from
positions on high ground north OF
the city dominated escape routes
eastward to Lisueux and Paris.
The American Sd Army on the
southern edge of the trap was only
little over miles from Falaise
but units were fighting in the by
passed town of Argentan, 13 miles
south of Falaise.