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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18

PHILADELPHIA, May 17-lR-
Connie Mack said today those
slightly astonishing Athletics, aid
ed. abetted and inspired by Mr..
Robert Ford Snapper" Garrison,
of Boston, have better chance
for the American loop flag this
year than at any time since their
hev-day more than decade ago.
We're going strong now and the
boys feel they are capable of hold
ing their own with any other club"
he smiled. Everybody has the
pennant in mind. I'd say our
chances were better than at any
time in 10 or II years"
The Old Man, who hasn't led
the league since 1881, and who
wants to at least once more before
he dies, admitted he was feeling
pretty good about the Athletics
sudden and spectacular squirt in
the standings from two games
from the cellar to two games from
the top within week - and COM
mented tina the rise began with
Garrison's arrival from the Bos-
ton Americans in the deal for Hal
Wagner.
Getting Garrison" said Connie,
has helped a great DEAF
Garrison was batting only .245
before he came here, but in the
first six games with the AS he did
around 800 He's hitting now at
what Mack says is precisely the
right time - in the middle Of
rallies, keeping the attack rolling.
Also. he's doing a standout job of
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18
PIRATES DEFEAT
BROOKLYN, IS

PITTSBURGH, May LIP -
The Pittsburgh Pirates led the
Brooklyn. Dodgers, S-5, tonight
when the opening game of their
series was called in the sixth on
account of rain
With the score Al in Pittsburgh's
favor, Brooklyn rallied in the
sixth with four runs. The game
was halted after the Pirates went
into the lead with four runs in
the same inning.
Eighteen-year-old Calvin Cool.
idge McLish started for the bod.
gers but was relieved by Hal
Gregg in the sixth. The Pirates
got to the two Dodger hurlers for
II hits while the Brooklynites col
lected six of Preacher Roe, Pitts.
burgh rookie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18
Duke Blue Devils Blast
State Red 7errors, 12-1

RALEIGH, May II -(P)- Duke
university's batsmen pounded N.
c. States Doug Page for Is hits,
including a home run, here today
and, aided by seven State errors,
swamped the Red Terrors 12-1 in
a Ration League game.
While each of his mates was
getting at least one hit, Leon Grit
feth limited the State boys to four
hits and struck out five. The Blue
Devils meanwhile played errorless
ball.
Bill Wright, Duke shortstop, got
the home run in the first with one
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18
SENATORS DEFEAT
CLEVELAND, AZ

WASHINGTON, May 17.-R-
Vernon Kennedy tonight limited
Washington to four blows as the
cleveland Indians walloped the
Senators, 4 to 2 before IL, 100 fans
The Indians touched huckle
baller Roger Wolff for ten hits
four of them coming during g
Jeff Heath hit a double and, two
three-run uprising in the eighth
singles and Oris Hockett connect
ed for a triple and couple Of
singles.
Kennedy held the Senators te
one blow in the first seven frames
It was his second win of the year
against a pair of losses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18
DETROIT TIGERS
HALT ATHLETICS
Costly Error In Eighth
With Bases Loaded
Loses Game

PHILADELPHIA, May 17.-(P
- The Philadelphia Athletics, try
ing for a seventh straight win be-
fore a crowd of 28,535 tonight, lost
a 2 to l decision to the Detroit Tt
geers when Irv Hall booted Joe
Hoover's roller with the bases fill
ed and two out in the eighth.
Both Detroit runs came across
on the error.
Bobo Newsom had allowed only
one hit before the eighth. Dizzy
Trout went the route for the Tt
gers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18
Pre-Flighters Beat
Butner's Nine, rs

DURHAM, May II -R- Nortl,
Carolina Pre-Flight scored two
runs in the first half of the eighth
to break a four to four deadlock
and defeat a strong Camp But
ner nine, 7 to 5, at the Soldiers
Home diamond this afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18

on to open the scoring. The Duke.
sters went on to score another rur
10 the second, two in the fifth
four in the seventh, two in the
eighth and one in the ninth. State
got its lone run in the ninth.
U. G.. Matherly led the Duke
hitters with three for five, while
Wright, who drove in four runs
got two for six. Wilson was best
for State, with two for three.
Duke --------- 2l0 020 42l-l2
State -- 900 900 O10-
Griffith and Little; Page and
Baker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18
Connie Mack Thinks AS
May Cop Pennant Again

outfielding - HE can go as far
as anyone to get a ball." Mack
said, and he is inspiring th5
team"
The Old Sage also credited his
pitching staff - we've had pretty
good pitching outside of one OF
two games and the rejuvenat-
ed Robert Estalella, Cuban out
fielder, for the teams showing
Mack has called Estallella the
most improved players in the
majors
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18

whole plane is wrecked so quickly
that pilots have no time to bail
out.
johnson, who was awarded the
Purple Heart, was wounded on
the ground after refueling hi,
plane.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18
STANDINGS
-. RESULTS
National League

,,-...s.,.s- ts.a~s~ RESULTS
National League
Boston 5; St. Louis l.
New York 10; Chicago 6.
Cincinnati 6; Philadelphia 5.
Brooklyn S; Pittsburgh 8.
American League
Chicago 4; New York 0.
st. Louis 12-1; Boston 8-5.
Detroit 2; Philadelphia /.
Cleveland 4; Washington 2.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-05-18
TODAY'S GAMES

NEW YORK, May II (R -
Probable pitcher for tomorrow's
major league ball games. CWop
and lost records in parenthesis).
American League
Chicago at New York-Ross TO-
q VS. Bonham (1-2).
St. Louis at Boston-Shirley a.
y VS. Judd 900.
Detroit at Philadelphia-Gorsi-
ca I'D VS. Black 90.
Cleveland at Observation-Disclosures
Reynolds 60 VS. Leonard (2-0).
National League
New York at Chicago-Voiseue
t3-4) VS. Passeau (0-D.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh-Melto1
(0-O VS. SeWel go.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati might
-Raffensberger t3-1 VS. Walters
GID.
Boston at St. Louis (night) -.
Javery 0-4) vs. Munger (3-1).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23
Vet Council
Meeting SET
Rehabilitation
Prosrom is Objective

A general organizat o
meeting of the new Mount
Clemens Council of Veterans
Affairs will be held Wednesday
at p. m. at the Macomb Coun-
ty Building, A. D. Brewer, &C
tive participant in the group,
announced today.
The meeting will be open to
representatives of all church,
fraternal, civic, veterans and
other groups, Brewer said in
urging that each such organiza-
ton take pains to have dele
gates at the meeting which will
serve as a foundation for ad-
ministration of veterans rehab-
ilitation in the city.
Major A. Burlingame. dis
charged veteran of South Pa
cific action, will address the
group and selection of an ex-
ecutive board will probably fol-
low. Brewer said.
The proposed Council of Vet
Grams Affairs is designed TO ia
miliarize ex-servicem en- and
See COUNCH-Page 3
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Complacency and over-confi
dence throughout the nation in
respect to war-bond buying is
expected to be administered
decisive rebuttal by Mount
Clemens and the surrounding
district this weekend with a
special war bond rally at the
County Building. featu n &
plenty of entertainment and
gifts of locally grown roses to
bond buyers.
The rally started officially at
l p. m, today and will continue
throughout the evening, with
State Senator Ivan A. Johnston
as master of ceremonies.
Early Saturday morning the
proceedings will resume, with
Martin G.. Schwartz, city chair
man, officiating at the mike UNI
til Vincent l.. Fitzgerald, form
er prosecutor and now Depart
ment of Justice attorney, takes
over as NC.
In the meantime, and through
out the two day program. en-
tertainment of an unusual or
der by local artists will be Of
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on D-Day. / want you TO be at
the bridges by 1915, four and
a quarter hours later. Do you
think you can do it?'
Lovat said I'VE may be bit
pressed now and then, sir, but
at 1915 we shall be there"
1t was a promise that could
not have been made good mad
not he and his men been of such
caliber. For the Nazi opposi-
ton in the bridge sector was
fiercer than we might have ex-
pected. Though the Germans
defending the bridge were taken
by surprise at first. their reac-
ton was swift. All through D
Day morning from a. m, when
our paratroops and gliders land
ed, the Nazis counterattacked
and re-attacked our defenders
on the bridges, and guessing that
we we're expecting help from
the sea they massed men, tanks
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Germans C|inu
5tubbornIy 10
(herbourg
Yonks Capture
One Key Peck
Above Greet Port

SUPREME he A DQUAR-
TIERS A LIED EXPEDI-
TIONARY FORCE, June 23-
(P)-American forces have
captured one of the three de-
Tense peaks dominating Cher
bourg. Allied headquarters an
nounced today.
The peak is four miles from
the sea southeast of Cher
bOurg at Tourlaville.
The Americans are now
storming the remaining two
fortified peaks.
Supreme headquarters said
CherbOurg's defenSes were
"fairly formidable but a pro-
lOnged siege is unlikely"
WITH AMERICAN FORCES
STORMING CHERB GU r G.,
1890 a. m, June 23-(P)- The
battle for Cherbourg entered its
second day with the Americans
slowly battering their way for
ward against German defend
ers knocked back into last
stand trap.
Throughout the night Ameri-
can artillery crashed and ma
chine-guns ratified as 1t. Gen.
Omar N. Bradley's troops storm
ed concrete pillboxes and pre-
pared defenses.
Six miles east of Cherbourg,
near Bonneville, the Germans
threw up their strongest defens-
es around Maupertus airfield
and ammunition dumps. But
most of their resistance was
with small arms and machine
guns, only light artillery fire
replying to the American guns.
Like Singapore's heavy rifles,
See FRANCE-Page 2
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Ten Seeking
Charter Posts
Nine Men. One Women
Listed on Ballot

Nine local business and pro-
feSsional men and one woman
have filed petitions with the
City Clerks office for election
on July IL as members of the
new Charter Revision Commits
sion.
They are:
Mrs. Paul S. Hirt, A. D. Brew
err, William T. Kelly. Oscar c.
Watz, Otto Nickel, John II.
Nunneley, Harold c.. Krause-
neck, Arnold F. Ullrich. Robert
H. Beal, and Harold c. Green.
Only nine posts are to be
filled. The Charter Revision
Commission will serve without
pay, although the city's budget
includes an item of $1,000 pro-
vided for necessary expenses in
conjunction with research and
costs which may arise from the
use of extra facilities of the
Michigan Municipal League.
The deadline for registration
of voters for the forthcoming
state primary and charter COM
mission election is July I. Local
government-stud organizations
and service clubs which have
sponsored the candidates listed
urge a complete registration Of
all voters and a good turnout
at the election.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23
Berlin Reports
Long.Awaited
Russian Push
Massive Red Army
Columns Plunge
Toword Germany
BY LEWIS HAWKINS

LONDON, June % - (P -
The Germans announced today
that the Red Army, striking on
the third anniversary Of Hitler's
surprise invasion of Russia, had
launched its long awaited sum-
mer offensive on the eastern
front.
While Moscow had not as yet
confirmed the opening of the
drive, the German high COM
mand and official Berlin broad
casts declared the Soviets NOV
ed forward yesterday on a broad
front north of the Pripat
marshes - on the most direct
road from Moscow to Berlin and
Warsaw in an assault which
may be coordinated with Allied
advances in France and Italy.
CITE HEAVY SUPPOR~.
The Germans said a large
scale Soviet offensive was set
in motion from south of Nog-
ilev to north of Vitebsk with
heavy tank and plane support,
while Moscow announced that
triple Russian spearheads drove
deeper against the Firms, north
of Lake Onezhskoe (Onega)
and up the Aunus Isthmus, ~
we'll as along the northern
reaches of the Karelian 18TH
mus.
The first German report was
made by Ernst Won Hammer,
chief military correspondent
for International Information
Bureau, a propaganda agency.
His account was followed by
similar accounts by DNB, Of
fetal news agency, Transocean,
another news agency, and by
the high command.
While making the usual
claim that the Russian gains
were sealed off promptly, Won
Hammer said that the Red
Army was using artillery and
tanks on grand scale.
An offensive developing along
the Mogilev-Vitebsk line could
be aimed almost straight west
at Berlin, southwest at Warsaw
about 400 miles away or north
west to lop off the Baltic
States by cutting $50 miles to
Riga.
Transocean said that q big
attack with very strong forces"
was made by the Russians on
the third anniversary Of the
war along front of about oS
miles from just south Of Mog.
ilev to just north Of Vitebsk.
and that fierce fighting con-
tinues there.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23
ornodo RIBS
Wisconsin,; 10
Persons Die

PLATTEVILLE. Wis. June %
- (P "A tornado struck two
border counties in Wisconsin
and Illinois last night, killed at
least 10 persons, injured an I'M
estimated number. and de-
stroyed more than dozen
homes in Belmont, Wis.
Damage to property was esti-
mated at thousands of dollars.
Sheriff Homer l.. Curry of
Lafayette county. Wis. said at
least five persons were killed
in Belmont, while three others
we're killed in the county. Two
other persons were killed when
the tornado struck Stephenson
county. Ill.
A Wisconsin home guard COM
pany was dispatched TO the
stricken area at Belmont and
Darlington. b
Officials in both counties said
the death toll might be higher
than was learned Immediately.
The storm cut a path about
three miles and extended for
about 80 miles, striking the
small towns in Lafayette county
from the northwest and travel
ing across the state line into
northern Illinois.
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Yanks Outright.
0ut-maneuver
Jap 5quadrons
AP Writer Reveals
Guam was Scene Of
Eorlier Bottle
fThis story by AP Correspondent
william Worden IL the first detail
ed account Of the Intricate tactics
by which the u. s. fleet not only
overpowered but outmapeuvered the
Japanese fleet defeated off the
PhilippineS.
BY WILLIAM l.. WORDEN
Representing the Combined Americas
Press)

tRepresenting the Combined American
Press
ABOARD THE FLAGSHIP,
u. S. FIFTH FLEET, June 21-
(Delayed)-(AP Via Naval Ra-
dio) - This huge force today
completed the rout of the Jap
anese Grand Fleet from waters
east of the Philippine Islands
without firing a salvo from its
formidable battleline or losing
ship.
Japanese losses in the two
phased plane-versus-fleet battle
included at least 358 planes
downed in an attack on our
fleet off Guam and possibly one
carrier blown up and another
set afire badly when our planes
rained bombs and torpedoes on
the enemy.
(Adm. Chester Nimitz an
nounced Jap losses were at least
1853 and that IA enemy ships
we're sunk or damaged. Wor-
den's story was the first dis
obscure, however, that Guam
was the site Of the Sunday air
battle in which 353 Jap planes
were d owne d. Guam Is the
southernmost and largest of the
.Marianas Islands, which include
Saipan).
MODERATE LOSES
Our losses in the second phase
- on Monday-were moderate
and a majority of downed air
men were rescued despite the
hazardous return TO carriers for
night landings at sea. 1t was be-
lieved today the Japanese fleet
has fled behind the Philippines
and that the threat of ship or
sea-based plane action against
our landing forces at Saipan has
ended.
The first phase occurred June
10 when planes and anti air
craft guns of Adm. Raymond
Ames Spruance's fleet, within
sight of Guam, turned the Jap
attack into one of the wars
greatest aerial disasters for the
Axis. Enemy planes attacked
from the west in long range
flights from carriers, struck the
American fleet with obvious in
tention of going on to Guam to
refuel. Spruance, however, held
the fleet near Guam all day
and sent waves Of bombers over
Guam and Rota, and prevented
enemy planes from landing on
those islands.
The fleet turned and twisted
but other Japs came in. A bat
tleship on the horizon appeared
to have continuous belch Of
flame from its guns, firing
steadily for 20 minutes.
See SEA BATTLE-ag 2
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j. Subs Sink
Is Jap Ships
Underseo Croft
Boost Amozing TotoI
WASHINGTON, June 23-(P)

WASHINGTON, June 23-(P)
- American submarines, dealing
another heavy blow to the Jap
anese merchant fleet, have sent
Is more enemy vessels TO the
bottom Of the Pacific.
The Navy. announcing this
today, held to its policy Of Sc
crecy in submarine operations,
giving no hint Of when or where
the latest bag was made.
However, it is known that
the underwater craft have op-
Grated close to Japanese shores
and along supply lines deep
within other enemy-controlled
waters. Navy Secretary Forrestal
also has reported that sub
marines played a large part in
reconnaissance activities prior to
the location of a portion of the
Jap fleet east of the Philippines.
The new report of sinkings
shows that the rate of destruc-
ton by the American subs now
is better than one vessel a day,
because it raises to so the num-
Der Of japanese craft announc-
ed as sunk by submarines alone
this month.
Since the start of the war,
submarines are credited with
having sunk, probably sunk or
destroyed TIA enemy vessels of
all types including some war
ships. That total breaks down to
623 ships sunk, 36 probables and
us damages.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-06-23
Fairgrounds
O pen Monday
City ReereotionoI
Program is Complete

With increased emphasis on
juvenile recreation problems, a
ecord-breaking registration of
boys and girls is expected at SIX
city Fairgrounds Monday, when
the season officially opens.
The cooperation of parents in
this project is urged by Recre-
alton Director Bernard Ballan-
tine. He points out that a we'll
balanced, supervised program
of active sports. games and
handcraft is offered for boys
and girls of all ages, and they
are also trained in hobbies and
constructive projects. A point
system encouraging rivalry be-
tween individuals, teams and
Fairgrounds has been establish
ed, and various awards for reg
ular work and special events
will be distributed when the
season concludes.
WIDE BENEFITS
Safety instruction and en-
couragement towards good citi-
zenShip practises form an inn
portant part of the playground
supervisors duties.
The distinct difference be-
tween this type of summer rec
reation and the vandalism.
See PLAYGROUNDS-Page 2
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laps Abandon
5aipan Troops
10000 Left to Die
or Surrender
By the Associated Press


U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR,
June 23-TWenty thousand Jap
anese, apparently abandoned to
their death by a routed Nippon
csc fleet, were hit high and low
today on Saipan by a Yank in
vasion army which now out
numbers the foe.
Sensing almost certain vic
tory in the distant Marianas as
the aftermath of a one-sided sea
triumph, the reinforced Yanks
scaled the heights and probed
the flatlands Of that island gate
way to Japan, China and the
Philippines.
The scales we're tipped heav-
lily in favor Of the United States
Monday by Task Force S." a
newly disclosed fast and mighty
armada with perhaps 20 of the
nearly 100 u. s. carriers in &C
ton against Japan.
Saipan's potential naval sup
port was sent scurrying between
Luzon and Formosa into the Far
China Sea by carrier planes Of
this specialized group which
sank one Japanese carrier, heav-
lily hit three others and dam
aged a battleship and cruiser.
In all. four enemy ships definite
ly were sunk and 10 others hard
hit
Task Force So. which Navy of
ficials in Washington said has
been assigned "the entire Pacific
Sc SAIPAN-Page 3
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Lions to Expand
City Honor Roll;
1.475 Listed

Members of the Mount Glenn
ems Lions Club, sponsors of the
Mount Clemens district Roll of
Honor at the County Building
which now contains the
names of LAYS men and women
in the armed forces - foresee
the necessity of adding further
panels to the large display be
cause growing public interest is
providing more names daily.
Space for less than 400 names
remains on the smaller panels
See HONOR ROLL-Page 2
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Let'Em Have
the Island,
81 OPines

tThe following. by Sgt. John r.
T. Campbell. Jr., Of 1O310 Monte
Mar Drive. Los Angeles. Marine
Corps combat correspondent, for
merly Of the Los Angeles Herald
Express. was distributed by the
Associated Press).
SAIPAN, Marianas Islands,
June Is -(Delayed)- On the
eve of the assault upon this is
land, a medical officer called
members of a Marine artillery
unit together and warned them:
In the surf they must beware
of sharks, barracuda, sea snakes,
anemones, razor = sharp coral,
polluted waters, poison fish
and, Of all things, giant CLAIMS
capable of swapping on a man
like bear trap.
Ashore, the men must take
See GI-Page 2
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French Civil Government
Premature, FDR Says

WASHINGTON, June 23-(P)
- President Roosevelt said to-
day that military operations
around Cherbourg are proceed
ing according to schedule and
suggested that more of France
should be liberated before eff
forts are made TO set up civil
administration. N
Mr.. Roosevelt made the re-
mark to his news conference in
reply to question about the &C
ton of G. eneral Charles De
Gaulle Of the French National
Committee of Liberation in set
ting up procedures in some
French areas.
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Bottled Death
or Medicinal
INGREDIENTS?

VAN DYKE - Death and de-
struction wrapped in small
boxes and bubbling out of chem
ical bottles may have been the
playthings of three young War
rem Township boys yesterday.
The boys found cache of
rocks in a field on the Eight
Mile road and under it discov-
cred about As boxes and bottles
Of strange colored powder and
liquid, and one pint bottle of
human blood, typed with a
blood-type label, but other
wise unidentified.
Where the strange hoard
came from is a puzzle to War
rem Township police, detectives
of Detroit Precinct No. Is, and
for the time being - timid
analysts at the Detroit police
laboratory. who are trying to
find what the Heterogeneous
collection of chemicals means.
\ They may be simple medica-
tons stolen from a doctors Of
flee, or the deadly ingredients
of bombs destined to sabotage
war plant.
All that police officers know
about them is that one bottle in
the collection opened as they
sped around corner on an
emergency call after picking
up the collection. and they had
See DISCOvERY-Page 2
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WIDE BENEFITS
BY HAMILTON w. FARON

WASHINGTON, June 23-(P)
entire Pacific ocean 20
the gates of Japan is its stamp
ing ground"
With these words the Navy
revealed existence of task force
So. most powerful and destruc-
tive naval unit in the history Of
sea warfare"
II was task force 58-alone-
which met. defeated and sent
scurrying into hiding a Japa-
nese fleet that dared TO move
east of the Philippines Monday.
Makeup of the har d-hitting
and gigantic task force is secret.
But, rear Admiral Arthur w.
Elect CARROLL