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Evening star., 1944-08-08

where troops of the Canadian First
Army have crossed the Orne about 20
miles south of Caen in move which is
obviously intended to cut the German
Seventh Army in two and complete the
isolation and eventual destruction of the
left wing of that army.
This Canadian thrust will tend to
draw German troops toward it to pre-
vent the enlargement of the Canadian
bridgehead, and may afford an oppor-
tunity for new push by British or
Canadian armor southeast from Caen
into the open country toward Falaise.
A British drive toward Falaise would
tend to link up with the new Orne
bridgehead and would reach out toward
Alencon to meet the possible advance
OF the Americans in that direction.
Within the circle of steel thus formed
would be found most<of the divisions
OF the German Seventh Army.
OF course, all this has not happened
yet. 1t is quite likely that all OF it
will not happen. At the moment, 1t
is threat-a threat which the Ger
mans must take very seriously. They
will try everything they know-and
they know great many battle tricks
in which our men are not as yet thor
oughly experienced-to avoid the de-
struction of one of the four German
armies in France
They will try local counterattacks, Of
course, such as the one they launched
late Monday afternoon on their ex-
treme left flank near Cherences lie
Roussel. But their major effort will
probably be to try to bring into action
another German army to help the en-
dangered Seventh.
The movements Of great bodies of
troops are so dependent on rail trans
port that possession of the major rail
centers may be decisive as to the abil-
ity Of a large force to enter and to
operate within given region.
That is why, as the battle OF France
extends in area and scope, we begin to
look deeper and deeper into France.
and such great railway centers as lie
Mans, Nantes, Anglers, Tours and Or
leans come more sharply into focus.
OF these, the most Immediately impor-
tant right now is undoubtedly lie Mans.
Developments in that direction should
be closely watched, as they may be of
the highest military significance.
(copyrtsht 1914. New York Tribune, mel
Evening star., 1944-08-08
LIE Mans Rail Center
By Maj. George FieIdine Eliot

The American crossing of>the May
enne River on a 53-mile front between
Domfront and Chateu Gontier inevi-
tably invites our attention toward the
great rail center of LIE Mans, which
lies some so miles to the eastward. 1t
looks very much as though the Amer
ican troops who have crossed the
Mayenne area are advancing toward lie
Mans and the line of the Sarthe River.
and If you will look at railway map
of France it will become clear why lie
Mans Is now of great strategic import
ance.
The Germans still find the floating
flank" of the Seventh Army their point
of greatest danger This flank cannot
be anchored in any position which the
Seventh Army alone is capable OF de-
Tending The wide American sweep
across the Mayenne threatens this flank
with imminent development, as the Sew
enth Army tries to pivot back on Its
hinge" east and southeast of Caen.
The only hope of saving the Seventh
Army is to bring the whole or good
part of one of the other German armies
in France into line with it, and thus
extend the floating flank to the Loire
River, making a solid German front
from the Bay of the Seine to the Loire.
But in carrying out such a scheme,
continued German possession of lie
Mans is vital. Whether the German
reinforcements come from the direc-
ton of Paris. or from the south across
the Loire at Tours or Orleans, the rail-
way lines by which they must move and
be supplied pass through LIE Mans as
>they move forward into the area be-
tween the Mayenne and the Sarthe.
If the fast-moving Americans should
get into LIE Mans before the Germans
can get there In force, and while the
bulk Of the Seventh Army is still held
fast in combat on the front between
Wire and Troarn, 1t is difncult to see
how that army could be extricated. In
view of the broad front on which the
Americans have crossed the Mayenne,
1t seems reasonable to suppose that
they hope to reach the Sarthe on the
front Alencon-Le Mans. This would put
them closer to Paris than the major
part of the German Seventh Army Is
now.
But this wide sweep around the Ger
man flank seems to be only q part of
the Allied plan. The other part Is de-
veloping Ia the hinge" area near Caen,
Evening star., 1944-08-08

ended, was "the black day Of the
German Army in the history Of the
war :. It put the decline OF
our fighting power beyond all doubt" :"
In q little more than three months,
on November II, the armistice was
signed.
This is also the anniversary of the
beginning Of this wars march on
England"-the opening, on August 8,
l940, Of the ''plitz" that failed. That
was the high point of Nazi conquest,
the climax Of the dreadful summer
when the goal Of world domination
seemed well within the reach of the
master race"
But the effort failed, just as the
earlier effort OF 1918 had failed, and
the evidences Of defeat, which few
could see In the summer of 1910, are
as unmistakably clear today as they
were when Ludendorf was turned
back at the Marne. Hitler and his
fanatical band may refuse to look at
the face OF defeat, may try to shout
1t down and frighten 1t away. But
defeat is there just the same, and
we certainly have good reason to
hope that the guns of this war with
the Germans will be silenced by
November II, 1914.
Evening star., 1944-08-08
Island Ladder to Tokyo

The destruction Of large Japa-
nese convoy in the vicinity OF the
Bonin and Volcano Islands, and the
damaging of important installations
on both groups by combined naval
and air bombardment are highly
significant events. They indicate, in
the first place, the unwillingness or
inability OF the Japanese main feet
to face our task forces almost in
their home waters, since the Bonins
are barely 500 miles from the home
land. Secondly, these operations
conform to the strategic pattern
which, commencing with air raids
and continuing with task force
bombardments, eliminates in land
ings and conquest. An occupation
of the Bonins would give us airfields
within medium bomber and fighter
escort range of Japan's very heart.
But Typographical map of the
Pacific discloses something still more
important. The closely connected
Bonin and Volcano groups are
merely twin links in an island chain
which stretches literally from the
headlands of Tokyo Bay almost
due southwark some $500 miles to
the Marianas, which, in turn, are the
link with the shallow, island-dotted
seas of Polynesia. We have now
practically completed our conquest
of the Marianas, and we may soon
be in position to do the same with
the Bonins and Volcanoes. But be-
yond those again lie the Izu Islands,
which, as already remarked, extend
to Japan itself in its most vulnerable
spot. The last link in that chain is
Izu-no-Oshima, a relatively large
island, 10 miles long by 512 broad,
which lies only Is miles from the
1zu promontory, the high headland
which guards the entrance to Tokyo
Bay. Imagine what could happen
if increasing sea and air mastery
should enable US to install ourselves
at Tokyos threshold! Likewise,
imagine how easily retention of this
entire island chain after the war
would make it possible to supervise
beaten Japan without the neces-
sity for prolonged occupation Of the
mainland.
Going back to the Bonins, it is
instructive to note that they are a
relatively recent Japanse possession.
The first settlement was made in
1880 by small group OF British and
American citizens sailing from the
then independent Hawaiian Islands
and bringing with them a number
of Hawaiian natives. This settle
ment was made on Chichijima, then
named Peel Island, it's sheltered
harbor being called Port Lloyd.
Commodore Perry visited the place
on his memorable mission to Japan
in 1853. Struck with it's strategic
and commercial possibilities, he
strongly urged our Government to
establish coaling station there, but
his advice was ignored. A decade
later, newly opened Japan revived
shadowy historic claims to the
group, and the British and Ameri-
can governments, disregarding the
protests of the white settlers, recog-
nized the japanese contention to
ownership. The small white settle
ment and it's Kanaka workers was
quickly obliterated by tide of Japa-
nese immigration. How different
history might have been If we had
needed Perrys advice!
Evening star., 1944-08-08
Just Kunsos
Prom the Kansas City Kansan.

FROM the Kansas City Kansan
There's one thing certain about Kan.
sas-the weather never gets tiresome.
offers something new every time YOU
turn around
Without hesitation We predict that
before the summer is out we'll have been
too wet. too cold, too dry and too hot.
And the frost will come too early or
the fall will be too hot and dry-or
something else too much this or that
You can cuss the Kansas weather b,It
you can't guess what it will be-except
different.
Evening star., 1944-08-08
Doq-Tired, No!
From the London sunday Express

FROM the London sunday Express
In face of the German armies with
which Hitler may line his western front
will come marching the flower Of the
armies which the empire and the U. 8. A.
have now made ready. In the main they
Will not be battle.tried. But they viii
n0t - W0Afy.
Evening star., 1944-08-08

Gene Sarazen predicts the use Of
a smaller golf ball. This may be all
right for Gene, but what the dub
really wants is a larger and closer
cup.
Evening star., 1944-08-08

What Germany needs for the next
war Is Faster Race, 50 that when
retreat time comes it can get away
quicker.
Evening star., 1944-08-08

NAl' N1ellett on Sldney HIllman
To the Editor Of The Star:
How many Americans does Iowel,
Mellett think are naive enough tn he
taken in by his carefully chosen data in
support OF his claim that Sidney Hillman
Is not a Communist?
Some OF us citizens are suficientlv
aware Of the attempts of certain Of
those within our ranks to destroy our
form OF government to inform ourselves
as to the facts, then make it our busi-
ness to do something concrete about It.
The design of Mr.. Melletts column
so obviously is buildup for the pres
ent administration that he might more
sklufully arm 1t against attack If he
would pause before setting down his
facts"
For instance, it does not aid tho
iourth-te{m candidate to read at the
head OF Mr. Mellett's column that: "In
1910 Sidney Hillman was named by
President Roosevelt to represent labor
In the defense program"
Considering Mr.. Hillman's powerful
prestige within the CIO Political Ac-
'ion Committee that 50 lately controlled
with telling effect the Democratic Ma
tional Convention, I wonder why Mr..
Mellett, 50 recently an aide to the Presi-
dent should risk the airing Of truths
ABOUT persons Of doubtful afiiliations
rather than seek to hide them quite out
of sight
ISOBEL GREGORY DEXTER.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

visiting his sister. Mrs. Ernest
fowler.
Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Engel have
returned from a ten days vacation
In the north with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Schmeige, Chesan-
ing.
Pvt. Grover Burgan. st. Louis,
Mo-, spent the week end with his
wife and infant daughter at the
home OF her mother, Mrs. Lillian
Burgan.
Jacob Fuoss, who was injured
while at work, has returned from
Ford Hospital, Detroit, after six
weeks spent there and Is able TO
get about with crutches.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Gramer,
Los Angeles, Calf, are visiting his
brother, Olaf Gramer and family,
and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Ford and
family are vacationing with rela-
tives at Pickerel Lake.
Mrs. John Ager, Cleveland. spent
two weeks with her sister. Mrs. ].
B. Wallace. and was Joined for the
week end by her daughter, Mrs.
j. B. Lewis, Cleveland Heights.
Monday the three went to Cleve-
land by boat where Mrs. Wallace
will visit her sister. and before re-
turning will visit the relatives of
her husband, the late DR.. Wallace,
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Coming Home on Furlough
Word has been received that
Pvt Carl Hendricks. who has been
in Porto Rico for two years, is on
his way home for a furlough.
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New Books

Fooks recently added to the Pub
lie Library include: Latchstring
Out, Skula V. Baner; Fair Stood the
Wind for France, H. f. Bates; No
Little Enemy, Oliver w. Bayer;
Yankee From Olympus, Catherine
Bowen; The Laughter Of My Faith.
er, Carlos Bulosan; The Bells OF
st. Ivan's, Robert Spencer Carr;
Watching the World, Raymond
Clapper; The Proud People, Kyle
Crichton; Standing Room Only,
Elizabeth Fowler.
The Red Cock Crows, Frances
Gather; A Time is Born, Garet
Garrett; Ten Years in Japan, Jo-
seph C. Grew; Alaska and the
Canadian Northwest. Harold Crit
fin; America Unlimited, Eric John
son: The Case Of the Dowager's
Etchings, Rufus King Lake HUI
ron, Fred Landon; A Tower of
Steel, Josephine Lawrence Rock
ets-The Future of Travel Beyond
the SHAKESPEARE, Willy Ley; U. s.
War Aims. Walter Lippmann; Sym
phony in Murder, Amelia r. Long,
Helicopters are Coming, C. B. +.
Macauley.
The Mocking Bird is Singing.
f. Louis Mallry; The Razor's
Edge, Vaughan w. Somerset;
The Best One Act Plays of 1913,
Margaret Mayorga; Lebanon, Caro-
line Miller; You're Only Human
Once, Grace Moore; Courage Stout,
William Mcleod Raine; The Open
ing Door, Helen Reilly; The Lady
rin.h, Cell Robert; Goodbye Mr..
Chippendale, Robsjohn-Gibbings, T.
H., Caravan, Lady Eleanor Smith.
Odd Man Pays, Darwin L. Tell
het; No Mortal Fires, Elsa Valen-
tine; Return OF the Traveller, Rex
Warner; Time of Decision, Sumner
Wells; The Clock Strikes Twelve.
Patricia wentworth; Jacobowsky
and the Colonel, Franz Werfel.
Juvenile Books
Scarlet Sheath. Katherine Ad-
ans; Semper Fidelis: The U. S.
Marines in Action, Keith Ayling;
Three and a Pigeon, Kitty Barne;
Candy Kane, Janet Lambert; The
Bombero-Tales from Latin Ameri-
ca, Harry Levey; Father North.
Katherine Pinkerten; The Pool OF
Stars, Cornelia Meigs; Come Soon,
Tomorrow, Gladys Swarthout;
Rookie OF the Year, John r. Tunis;
Keystone Kids, John r. Tunis;
Karen Long, Medical Technician,
Mary Ellis Turner; the Masque-
rade Mystery. L. A. Wadsworth;
Ludwig Beethoven and the Ginning
Tower Bells. Opal Wheeler; Sc
bastian Bach, Wheeler and Deuch-
| err
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Rations
.By the Associated Pressl

(By the Associated Press)
Meats, Fats, ete.-Book four red
stamps AS through rs and AS
through C5 valid indefinitely.
Proeessed Foods-Book four blue
stamps AS through rs and AS
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suosr-Book four stamps 30. 81
and 80 valid indefinitely for FIVE
pounds each, stamp 40 good for Ave
pounds for home canning through
Feb. %. 1916.
shoes-Book three airplane
stamp and 2 good indefinitely.
Gasoline - In Northeast and
Southeast, i0-A coupons good for
three gallons through Au. s: liza
coupons become valid Aug. 9 for
three gallons and will be good
through Nov 3. Elsewhere. 12.A
coupons good for three gallons
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for the party.
W.s.c.s. Plan Homecoming

W.S.C.S. Plan homecoming
At the last meeting Of the =. s.
c. S. Aug. 26 was set as a tentative
date for the annual Homecoming.
However, the community group
that met Monday evening decided
that since Stony Greek was not
holding Homecoming on Labor
Day, they would set the date for
the Homecoming as OF Labor
Day. To begin activities in the
middle of the afternoon with fun
to consist of contests, games and
sports Of various kinds with fried
chicken supper to begin at $3.50 p.
m. and an evening program was de-
cided. The following were elected
to take charge of various activities:
Loyal Wilson and Earl Wright TO
act as co-chairmen OF all affairs;
Wilbur Sherman and Howard Gill
man. lighting OF grounds; Harry
Sparrow, Richard Crawford and
Drexel Simons, games and sports;
Hartwell Russ and Raymon Small
Icy, program for evening entertain
ment; Lena Staebler and Oscar
Smith, publicity; Hazel Garrod,
general chairman for supper;
Mac Cox. dining room, and Eleanor
Smith, kitchen.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
Ne,Us From Willis
yourH CARAVAN OPENED

Willis, Mich, Aug. On Sunday
evening at 5:45 the Youth Caravan
opened a week Of Community Ser
vice at the Willis Methodist Church.
A Fellowship supper was held
after which all participated in a
short worship service. The group
then went TO the Lincoln School
grounds and enjoyed the service at
which a former Willis friend, Rev.
Lloyd Hansen, spoke.
The Willis Choir furnished the
special music number.
Monday morning at $50 the
Daily Vacation Bible School open
ed with an attendance OF SO. This
number has been increasing each
day.
Tuesday evening at the Fellow.
ship meeting all enjoyed a special
treat when Rev. and Mrs. Omar
Heskler, friends of Rev. and Mrs
Raymond Smalley who are leaving
in about two weeks for the Bel
gian Congo as missionaries, told
many interesting fables and stories
OF the lives of the people there.
Rev. Heschler's parents worked in
the same locality in the Congo as
Rev. Smalley's did.
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Saline News
VETERAN HoNoREp

<
Saline, Mich. Aug. STAR Sgt.
Otto VAIL is home after. spending
q months in active service in the
South Pacific. including engage
ments at New Guinea and vicinity
and spending some time in Aus
tralia. After p day leave he
Will report at Houston, Texas. On
Sunday he was guest OF honor at a
family gathering at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph VAIL with
his brother and sisters with their
families present. That evening he
was entertained by Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Hertler at a gathering OF
the Finkbeiner families.
Thomas Shurtz, with Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Shultz and family left
Thursday to spend the remainder
OF the summer at Birch Lake where
Mrs. Shurtz and Arlette Jane have
been for the past few weeks.
Mrs. Melvin Schaefer, formerly
Charlotte Phelps, has returned TO
the home OF her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Phelps, while her hus-
band is overseas.
Clarence Cook returned to his
home from st. Joseph's Hospital on
Tuesday to convalesce from a re-
cent operation.
Mrs. Virgil Sanders and family
have moved into the Boyd Apt.
from the Rankin apartment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garnet Tiller have
moved into the Henderson apart
ment. She will teach in the local
school and Mr.. Tiller will attend
the University.
Fred Clark, Chicago, has been
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through Sept. ri. B-3. B.4, CO ond
ca coupons good everywhere for
Ave gallons.
Fuel oII-Period four and Ave
coupons valid in all areas through
Sept. 80. New period one coupons
may be used al soon as received
from ration boarGs.
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BOYS KILLED

Sault Ste. Marie. Mich, Aug. Z
-AP-Three boys, John 10. Jim II.
and Peter seven, were killed late
Sunday by an explosion OF what Is
believed to have been an Army
shell which was picked up by the
family while picking berries on the
plains near kaco, an Army range,
and brought to the farm home about
20 miles west OF the Sault. The
mother, Mrs. James Sherry, is in
the Sault Hospital.
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EXPECT Bio ENROLMENT

East Lansing, Aug. 7-AP-Anti
cipating a record wartime enroll
ment OF women students, Michigan
State College reported today that
admissions OF new students for the
fall term already are % percent
greater than last year Registrar
Robert s. Linton declared many
women students apparently have
been working in war jobs and have
saved sufficient money to pay for
a college education.
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AID To PHILIPPINES

Lansing, Aug. 7-AP-A. L. Mil
Ter, president OF the Michigan Unit
ed War Fund, announced today
that the Philippine War Relief
would share in money raised In
Michigan for the National War
Fund in anticipation OF an imme-
date need for emergency relief
when the Philippine Islands are
freed from japanese domination
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
at Greenburg, Pa.

az GreenDurgI Pa
Mrs. Julia Sellen Is visiting her
sisters, Mrs. Lena Splitter and Mrs.
Rose Alva, Detroit.
Mrs. Violet Josenhans. Whining
ton, N. c., spent a few days the
first OF the week with Mrs. Fredri'
ka Mcbride.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
First Gold Star

Friends in and around the village
were saddened Saturday to hear of
the death OF Alex Czinski in
France recently. This is the first
gold star for the Lincoln Alumni.
He has three brothers in service.
One, Edward, returned Friday
for a furlough.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07
Xnunn Pennle Entertain

The Young People OF the Willis
Youth Fellowship entertained the
four ladies. Of the Caravan at
swimming party at Susterka Lake
wednesday afternoon Rev. Tomas
and Oscar Smith were chauffeurs
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-07

rs William Nelson has returned
from a trip to Scotland and is now
visiting his wife and baby daugh-
ter at the home Of Thomas Colts.
Bernard Tomas. who Is attend
ing Albion College, and Miss
Thompson. a friend, spent Satur
day and Sunday with his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Percy Tomas.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
twenty-five Ratings
Now Open For Spars

twenty two ratings are now au-
thorized for members of the Wo-
mems Reserve of the U. S. Coast
Guard Reserve, according to Rear
Admiral Robert Donohue. Chief
Personnel Officer of the U. S
Coast Guard. The last rating for
which SPARS have qualified is
radio technician. The rating of
Chaplain's assistant was also re-
Gently opened to them.
Approximately one-fifth of the
SPARS on active duty are rated
as yeoman, which is the Nays
term for secretaries and steno-
graphers. About one-tenth of the
SPARS are rated storekeepers,
concerned with payroll and supply
office duties. Other ratings sre
radioman, pharmacists mate,
boatswain's mate, gunner's mate,
quartermaster, radio technician,
photographers mate, motor ma
chinist's mate, parachute rigger,
musician, chaplain's assis ant,
cooks and bakers and ei ght
specialist ratings. These include:
specialist &C., classification; (TR)
transportation; Cd business ma
chimes; (M) mail; (PR) Public Re-
1ations; CR) recruiting; Cd link
trainer; and specialist Ky which
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18

There are 1900 natural lakes in
Nebraska
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-18
STATE COLLEGE
ALUMNI ELECTS
E. Y. Floyd OF Raleigh Is
Named President OF Gen.
eral Association

RALEIGH, May IT -tR- E. Y.
Floyd of Raleigh, former State
AAA officer and current director
Of the plant food institute, has
been elected president of the N.
c. State College General Alumni
Association to succeed T. K. Mial
of Larchmont, N. Y.
Floyd defeated R. M. Rothgeb
of Raleigh, business manager of
the state hospitals board of control
in the first election ever held by
mail for selection of officers at
the college. Balloting closed Mon
day.
Other officers elected were T..
B. Upchurch, Jr., of Raeford, first
vice PRESIDENT; George S. Coble
of Lexington, second vice presi-
dent; H. W. Taylor of Raleigh
secretary; and J. G.. Vann of Ra-
leigh, treasurer. Taylor and Vann
were reelected without opposition.
Five members of the executive
committee elected for terms ex.
piring in 1947 include K. Clyde
Council of Wananish; Clarence N
Cone of Greensboro, Nose Kiser
of Greensboro, w. T. Moss of
Youngsville, and Roy L. William
son of Raleigh. Mia1 was unop-
posed as chairman Of the COM
mittee.
Lieut.. George B. Chapman Of
Norfolk, was chosen as member
Of the paint shop committee for
term ending in 1916, and D. w
Seifert of Weldon was reelected
as alumni representative on the
athletic council for a term expir-
ing in 1949.
The new officers will be install
ed at the annual meeting of the
alumni association at the college