a, ~ Y it 43aU I ai1 { WPeather Clou~dy and Showers VOL. LIV No. 142 ANN ARBOR, MICIGAN, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Nazis Drive Americans Back in Italy Aerial Bttle Grips urope, DNB States 25 Allied Bombers Shot Down in Fighti By Thec Associated Press LONDON, May 22, Tuesday-DNB said a great air battle was raging over Europe early today between Al- lied bombers and Nazi night fighters and claimed 25 four-engine planes were shot down at the outset. The action, indicating the RAF was keeping up a round-the-clock assault on Fortress Europe, came after a strike by perhaps 3,000 bombers and fighters by daylight yesterday at the German submarine base at Kied, at Pas de Calais and at widespread tar- gets in occupied France and Belgium,. The German broadcast,. recorded by Reuters, said Nazi night fighters had shot down 25 four-engine bomb-. ers in the first 15 minutes of battle and the aerial struggle still was raging at 2:25 a.m., Bombs 'Fly over Central Germany DNI3 did not identify specific tar- gets, but various broadcasts said bombers were over central Germany and the greater Berlin area, and that heavy anti-aircraft fire was heard in northwest and western Germany. About 2,000 United States bombers and fighters made the daylight at- tacks upon Kiel and Pas de Calais These followed up an RAF saturation raid Sunday night on industrial Duis- burgN More Tan 2,0 b Sorties Madeg Five bombers and eight fighters faidlied reur frtesegtin dlay-s lightmission whiche outeto.or than 17,000 tons the amount of bombs poured on shaken Europe in the last four days of aerial softening for the invasion. The RAF dropped 2,240 tons on often - bombed Duisburg alone. In all, about 2,700 sorties (single flights) were flown against Germany and occupied countries from British bases during the day Universt Sets Servce Bureau The Veterans' Service Bureau, an organization to help with the educa- tional problems of returning veter- ans, has been set up by the Univer- sity, it was announced yesterday by Clark Tibbetts, one of the directors of the project. The bureau will act as an informa- tion and co-ordinating office, work- ing with other state and federal agencies, to see that war veterans, both men and women, who plan to come to the University of Michigan may have the best possible education- al advantages here. Headquarters of the bureau are in Rm. 1510, Rack- Fat bout government aid, medi-. cal care and other benefits to which they niay be entitled will be given to veterans through the bureau. The agency will attempt to advise and assist veterans 'who have enrolled in the University and help them to take advantage of other campus facilities. Veterans' Service Bureau will pro- vide ipformation about the Armed Forces' Experience and Instruction Records. It will maintain individual Veterans' Record Sheets for essential data and statisticaly purposes. The bureau's expressed functions are to give information about the University, to assist through the Reg- istrar in the admission of veterans, to maintain counseling services, to serve as a liaison between the Univer- sity and government agencies, and to aid in legislation concerning the vet- erans. "Educational Opportunities for Vet- erans," pamphlet concerning the veterans' relations to post-war ed- ucation at the University, has been prepared. It may be secured by any interested person at the offices of the bureau. Registration for Union Blood Bank To Be Held Registration for the Union Blood OUT OF THIE co-belligerents BATTLE- Pictured at the left is the group of Italian stationed here at the Judge Advocate Genieral School at the Law Quadrangle. Below they ire seen striking an unusual pose for the cameraman, exhibiting their "oy at talking to civilians, "lot in an Army approved story, is a glimpse of their workhere. S * * * * * * * * Italian Gee lligerentsIJAG School Are Eager 7To See Con~cuion of Wtar By BARBARA HERRINTON and DORIS PETERSON They are tall and short, some like to talk and others don't, but they all have one paramount idea; -they want the conclusion of tue war as fast as possible and they want to go home. That idea is unpermost ini the minds of most people these days, but it found strong expression in the minds of the Italian co-bel- ligerents attached to the Judge Advocate General's School in the Law Quadrangle in an exclusive Daily interview. They range from 21 to 33 years old and present the accepted pic- ture of the brawny, strong, mus- cled Italian. Four of them came from Lombardy, two from Emile, one from Sicily, one from Apulia, one from Lazio and one from Narche. They have taken a fancy to the Law Quad, whose surroundings they like better than any other place they have been in America. One, who was a professional archi- tect in Italy before he entered mil- Their ideas in one vein seemed itary service, waxed eloquently to fall into the general pattern about the beauty of the .Quad- of most American students-"I ruigle. sure would like to speak to more They were very pleased to be of those pretty girls on campus interviewed. They rather liked (enthusiasm ours)." talking to civilians-- a privilege One boy further proposed an which regulations don't yet permit. i-itenatioazatior ofpanAean We talked to them by means of can tradition-lMis aeArican A He an Interpreter and the story proposed an annual "Miss World" came out in three languages, contest, to combine i one girl the Italian, French and Spanish. b They felt pretty good about the beauty of the earth.f few people they have spoken to tall, burly boy from Lombardy in this country and particularly seemed to disappear when .he ex- liked the officers under whom plained that he wanted to talk to they are working. people, lots of people about any- These men have been attached thing-not politics-but about the to the JAG unit here to perform weather, music and art. mess duties-kitchen work of ev- ery variety-and exhibitedka liking He added that all they wanjit is for their jobs. for people to know them, that Through a broken Frencl and they were friendly-tnot cold and Italian mixture, we learned that bitter. they intend to teach their wives They were of one opinion that back home the American assembly they felt lost without a knowledge line method of washing dishes, and of English. A local woman had "breaking them too," one boy volunteered to teach them but they chimed in. seemed disappointed, saying that Yank Troops Forced Out Of Terracina Desperate Germans Utilize All Reserves By The Associated Press ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NA- PLES, May 22.-The German High Command threw all the reserves at its immediate disposal into a desper- ate counteroffensive against the Al- lied advance today and succeeded in driving the vanguard of American forces out. of Terracina, coastal gate- way to the Pontine plain 58 miles from Rome. 17 Nazi Divisions Engaged Fierce fighting raged along the en- tire front as the last of 17 Nazi div- isions (perhaps 170,000 men) below Rome and immediately north of the Italian capital entered what may prove the climatic struggle for Italy. An Allied spokesman declared the enemy had "nothing left in reserve south of Rome." American patrols entered Terra- cina yesterday almost without a fight and it appeared the Germans were in full flight along the coastal sector, but the force of today's counterattaek caused the Yanks to withdraw from the town and take up positions 2%2 to 3 miles to the northeast, on the road to Fondi. Yanks Advance Inland Inland, however, American troops were reported continuing their ad- vance through the mountains, while the Canadians pierced barbed wire entanglements in front of Pontecor- .vo, bastion of the Hitler Line in the Liri Valley southwest of Cassino. The Poles slugged into Piedmonte, four miles west of Cassino, and were re- ported mopping up the town. French troops took, lost and then recaptured Monte Leucio, four miles west of Pontecorvo on the road to Pico, and brought Pic under heavy attack. Pontecorvo and Pico are principal strongpoints of the Hitler Line 'where it crosses the Liri Valley. An American assault southwest of Pico was being fiercely resisted, front dispatches said, the Germans having thrown the crack 26th Armored Div- ision into the fighting in that sector. ASTP Senior Dental Students To Be Released Graduating senior dental students in the Army Specialized Traiing Program here will receive discharges at the close of this semester and will be released for civilian or institu- tional service, it was announced yes- terday. Dean Russell W. Bunting of the School of Dentistry said that the order will 'affect 36 ASTP students at the University. Army headquarters in Washington, which made the announcement in a letter to Dean Bunting, said that a lack of open commissions for dentists in the Army at the present time was responsible for the sudden change in plans. Dentistry is listed as a critical occupation by the War Manpower Commission and Dean Bunting said there is a large demand for civilian dentists and "thousands of places to be filled." The order does not affect other ASTP students training at the School of Dentistry, according to Dean Bun- ting. No change in plans has been announced for Navy men who will receive their degrees at the end of this semester. The 36 men will graduate June 24 and return to civilian status upon graduation or shortly thereafter. Goodfellow Funds Of the total net of $824.09 collect- ed by the Goodfellow sale last sem- ester, $324.09 has been donated to the Bomber Scholarship, $300 to the Family and Children's Service, $100 to the Student Goodwill Fund, and $100 to the Textbook Lending Libra ry, it was announcede yesterday. -Daily Photos by John Ioreth she knew little Italian and that she hasn't been around lately. The native Italian love for the opera was very much in evidence,. and although they have seen one opera in this country, they ex- hibited a desire to see more, in- stead of listening to them on a radio. What they want is tele- vision, a bystander commented. Before they were drafted into the Italian Army, they were me- chanics, farmers, two were chauf- feurs, one worked in a munitions factory and one was an artist. One HONORS BANQUET HELD: Hillel Presents Scholarsb ps-; 15 Council Members Initiated U i Awards and scholarships were pre . sented at the Hillel Honors Banquet, Sunday evening at the Hillel Founda= tion, by Prof. Jacob Sacks of the pharmacology department. In addition, the fifteen recently elected council members and the eight new members appointed by the council at a meeting Sunday morning were initiated into office. Stan Wal- lace, '44, recipient of a Hillel Honor key and the Milford Stern Forensic Award, and Faye Bronstein, '45, offi- cially took office as president and secretary respectively of the Hillel student council, The recipients of the Ilillel Honor Keys, given to juniors and seniors for meritorious service to the Founda = tion, are Henrietta Browarsky, Grace Freudberg, Rita Hyman, Hannal Katz, Elliot Organick, Roy Plotkin, Henry Popkin, Audrey Rubenstein, Frances Rubenstein, Selma Smith, Stan Wallace and Harvey Weisberg, A-S. Netta Siegel and Else Zeme, senior student direactors at the Foundation, won the Arnold Schiff Memorial Award for their contributions to the cultural content of the Hillel pro- grain The names of six seniors a.nd grĀ°ad= ' n ople, faculty members and friends in this area who have given dis- tinguished service to the Foundation. They are Mrs. Samuel Aaron, Samuel Bothman, Dir. Saul C:ohen, Irwin Co- hen, Max Dresden, Jack Hartstein, Mrs. Rueben Kahn, Mark Ross, Dr. Jacob Sacks, Louis Shostack and Osias Zwerdling. Prof. Sacks announced the win- ners of the Pisgah Auxiliary B'nai B'rith Scholarships. Edythe Levixi, '46, won the student director' scholar= ship of $250; Ann Cohen won the hostess scholarship of $150 and Mil- ton Budyk won the work scholarship of $150, Ford Motor Co. Assets NowMoreTha Billio BOSTON, May 22.-(/P)-The P'orul Motor Co. in ani ainnual statement filed today with the Massachijsetts Tax Commissioner stated its assets now aggregate $1,009,092,458 as co n- pared with $813,079,878 a year ago. Poll To Be Taken In an attempt to m~easuie intel- lpr'hnil cuxviositv an the Ulniversity By Thie & sociated Press Japs Report Attack on Marcs IslandĀ®. . LONDON, May 22-A strong United States task force smashed at Marcus Island, Japanese outpost only 1,200 miles from Tokyo, in a two-day assault over the week-end, the Japanese High Command announced today, and later broadcasts suggested that the defenders were caught napping by a decoy force feinting from the east while the main attack was delivered from the west. =ThUy Instructions ToCadast to Undergroun d . . LONDON, May 22.--Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's invasion head-. heado uarters today broadcast. a second time to the waiting, listening European underground, supplying detailed instructions on how it could guide the invaders over strange and difficult terrain. At the same time an enemy broadcast, presenting the biggest estim- ate thle Axis has voiced on the Allies' British-based strength, declared .iFsenhower had 3,500,000 troops "ready for an invasion jump" from South England. * * * * A rnold Calls A erial Pounding 'I~so'... CHiCAGO, May 22-The aerial pounding of Hitler- held territory constitutes an invtasiotn "in the deadliest sense of the word." General H. H. Arnold asserted tonight 'he chief of the UI. Army Air 'Forces, in a sPeech prepared for deliv- ery before the Economic Club, stated "What is happening today in the skies over Europe is not, as most people believe it to be. a prelude to invasion. ft is invasion-in the deadliest sense of the word." d* * *l Texas IDemocrats To Convene Today ... The Fourth Term Bandwagon is due to hit a bit of a bump in called himself a "brat" at that time. Another said that before the war started he was planning to come to the United States. His family lives in Detroit and usual- ly comes to visit him on Sundays. All in all, they seemed contented here, but wished they could have a little more freedom, could have a chance to learn English and talk to people. Most of all they cling to their idea-they want the war to end soon so that they can return to their homes and families in Italy. TwoAccident01_1s Nine persons were injured, one seriously, in two traffic accidents in Washtenaw County yesterday, ac- cording to police officer. iss Ardis Haskill,aged 20, 1227 Forest, is in serious condition at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital. She is suf- fering from internal injuries, a frac-' tured arm and leg, and cuts and bruises. Miss Haskill was one of three pas- sengers in a car driven by Pete -Bet- anzos, age 26, of 2545 Norman, De- troit, which left the roadway on N. Main Street at 2:30 a.m. yesterday. and crashed into a parked car and tree. . Betanzos told police that he must have gone to sleep, because he did not know what happened. He stated he was driving at about 35 miles per hour Police records show that Betanzos' car left the roadway, crossed through a driveway, climbed a bank, side- swiped acar parked inthe yard of B3enjamin DiFillipi. 104 1 N. Main fSt., continued on and struck a tree, which was situated 43 feet from the curb. Police found several empty beer bottles and an empty quart of wine in the car. Betanzos is being held at Washtenaw County Jail, charged Swith reckless driving. _