Ip' Gi Y it I ai3 Cloudy, L ttle Change VOL. LIV No. 157 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Allies Advance on Cher Germans Predict Allied Invasion of Belgium By The Associated Press LONDON, June 9-German broadcasts-"predicted today that the Allies would invade Belgium soon "between Dunkerque and Ostende," and said that airborne reinforcements on the invasion front were helping to pack an Allied punch in an increasingly bitter battle of Normandy. Predicting the new invasion, the German radio said: "Divisions ready in northeast England and Scotland have not yet been thrown into the fight. It can be assumed a big part of these forces will be thrown into some invasion attempt which should start within the next few days. Action Expected i- * * * * bour st casualties in the stor i toni Bill, nitro Set- p 9 A T FOR( of th the A lard-fi S bomb targt Chutis Even Peninsula ir Forces Return o Aid Invaders Yaiks Cut 1Vamn Nazi (omuiinncation [Jues With (apitire of St. Mere Eglise UPREML IIUADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY CE, Saturday, June 10--Allied air power roared back to the support e French invasion during the night after bad weather that found merican, British and Canadian ground forces advancing against fighting Gerznans on thc Chcrbouzrg peninsula and southwest of x without their accustomxed aerial aid. hortly before dawn today it was announced that RAF heavy e:rs went out over France in strength during the darkness. Their s were not disclosed immedi- " * * itut te vital W Us o 1 ' -/ n .vithoutt the vita weap ox of "Combined action is being expecte somewhere between Dunkerque an Ostende. For this, special Canadia troops are in readiness as well a several airborne and very strong tank divisions. Apart from Montgomery' army, Eisenhower has at his disposa more than 50 divisions, half of which are allocated for the French-Belgian expedition." After claiming yesterday that the Allied beachheads were being nar- rowed by Field Marshal Gen. Erwin Rommel's counter blows, Nazi broad- casters today conceded the main bridgehead had been widened. Landings Advanced Inland They acknowledged three Allied advances inland-A five-mile wedge driven southwest of Bayeux toward St. Lo; a six-mile advance west of Bayeux "where spearheads of Ger- man counterattackers now stand,' and an advance of over a mile by Americans from fallen Ste. Mere Eglise toward Valognes on the road to Cherbourg. Y'anks Sink 4 Jap Destroyers Off New Guinea U.S. Bombers Thwart Reinforcenent Attempt By The Associated Press Four Japanese destroyers were sunk and a fifth damaged Thursday by American bombers that thwarted an attempt to reinforce crumbling enemy positions off northwestern New Guinea, Southwest Pacific Headquarters announced today. A Japanese task force of six de- stroyers and a cruiser was spotted off Manokwari, Dutch New Guinea, 150 miles west of Biak island where U. S. sixth army troops have seized one airdrome within bombing range of the Phillipines and are preparing to drive on two others.r 5 Zeros Shot Down While Lightnings engaged inter- cepting Zeros, ten Billy Mitchell med- ium bombers attacked the Nipponese flotilla at masthead height. After four destroyers were sunk by direct hits and the fifth damaged, the cruiser and the remaining destroyer fled. Five Zeros were shot down out of the ten interceptors. Three Ameri- can planes were the only price paid for the Japanese defeat. Three other Zeros were shot down Wednesday out of a flight of 25 interceptors over Truk. One bomber was lost in that Caroline Island raid. Enemy Repulsed in Burma New Japanese war clouds threat- ened unoccupied sections of north- central China yesterday as Allied troops took advantage of a break in the monsoons to push the enemy back in Burma and India. Ship's Ball To Be Given To®day Formal Will Feature Johnny Long's Band Ships Bal. the only all Navy for - hal dance of the semester, will feat- ure Johnny Long and his orchestra from 9 p. m. .to midnight today in the Intermural Building. Tickets will be sold at the door. Sponsored by the sailors and ma- rines of the campus V-12 Unit, invi- tations to the dance have been ex- tended to all Navy personnel includ- ing RONAG's, medical and dental students and sailors stationed off campus. Play Produio .inand .Navy decor-- Fifth Army s haes Nazi s North of Rome Germans in Adriatic Sector Join in Flight By the Associated Press ROME, June 9-Pursuing the shat- tered German 14th army at contin- ued breakneck pace northwest of Rome, Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's Fifth Army forces swept through the communication centers of Viter- bo, Vetralla and Tarquinia today as Nazi troops in the Adriatic sector joined the general enemy flight up the Italian peninsula. Viterbo, a vital highway and rail junction 40 miles from Rome, fell before a swift seven-mile thrust from the area of Lake Di Vico. Tarquinia, on the main coastal highway 55 miles northwest of the capital, was seized in a 10-mile stab by Allied troops driving on from the captured port of Civitavecchia. Vetralla is on a lateral highway connecting Vierbo and Tarquinia. Kessering Unable to Rally There yet was no sign that Field Marshal Albert Kessering had been able to rally his fleeting remnants, and it was doubted here that he would attempt to make another ser- ious stand short of a line beyond Florence, some 150 miles from Rome, Although Clark's forces were aver- aging roughly 15 miles a day in their grim chase they found it difficult to keep within shooting distance of the Nazis. Clark's vanguards were more than 130 airline miles from the starting points of the big offensive launched less than a month ago. Nazis Withdraw in Adriatic A five-month deadlock was broken in the Adriatic sector when the Nazis, after carrying out heavy de- molitions, began withdrawing along a five-mile front between the coast and Crecchio. Eighth army forces pressed after them two miles and occupied Tolla, only seven miles from the provincial capital of Chieti. The Germans thus were retreating along virtually the entire width of the peninsula. Lt. Gen. Sir Oliver Leese's main Eighth Army continued to meet stiff resistance from German rearguards east of the Tiber, but drove some 10 miles beyond Tivoli and seized the towns of Agosta and Palombara- Sabina. War Bond Sale Satisfactory"' County Goal Pushed + Above Previous Quotas, The response of Ann Arbor resi- dents to the Fifth War Loan Drive, is "very satisfactory," according to, Warren F. Cook, Washtenaw County war finance committee chairman. Michigan's Bond Drive opened of- ficially on June 6, after the an- nouncement of the invasion of the coast of France by Allied troops. The National Drive officially starts Monday. Goal Highest in History Washtenaw County's goal for the. drive has been set at $9,105,000, the highest goal ever attempted in the county and 21.8 per cent greater than that asked in the previous War Loan Drive. Ann Arbor is again1 being asked to bear the burden of the county's quota, Cook said. Ann Arbor's quota has been set at $6,000,000, of which $4,700,000 must be filled by the sale of E Bonds; $3,227,750 by savings banks and corporations; and $1,472,250 by individuals. AMERICAN DEAD IN FRANCE-These are dead American soldiers-the fir ing of the Allied beachhead in Northern France. Butt in Basket Said the lighted cigarette to the waste paper, "Greetings Gate, let's conflagrate." And so it was, that a slight blaze resulted outside the Chem- istry Building yesterday when a well-meaning student flipped his still-burning fag into a campus waste basket. Flickering flame soon drew a number of spectators who put out the blaze. The '47 Corps, responsible for placing the containers on campus, was put out too. It seems the freshman girls ap- preciate the cooperative spirit of the cigarette-tosser, but feel that such sensationalism is not neces- sary to attain their goal of an unlittered campus-butt definite- ly. Therefore, they urgently re- quest that before putting it in, you put it out. Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson will be the guest speaker at graduation ceremonies to be held July 11 for members of the sixth, officer candidate class and seven-i teenth officer class of the Judge Ad- vocate General school. According to Col. Edward H. Young, commandant of the school, Maj. Gen. Myron C Cramer, Judge Advocate General of the United States, will accompany Undersecre- tary Patterson to Ann Arbor from Washington and will participate in the exercises. Approximately 140 members of the officer class, the largest number ever to graduate since the opening of the JAG school in September, 1942, will receive diplomas and 34 mem- bers of the officer class will be grad- uated. Mr. Patterson and Gen. Cramer will review 300 servicemen, included members of the graduating classes. The ceremonies will probably be held in Hutchins Hall, Col. Young said, although arrangements are not as yet complete. The program, in- cluding Mr. Patterson's address, is open to the public ANTI-ADMINISTRATION: Senate Passes Cot Altering Price Co V ___ By the Associated Press i WASHINGTON, June 9-The Ad- ministration suffered a major reverse tonight when the Senate passed a price control extension bill bearing the controversial Bankhead amend- ment providing for adjustment of textile ceilings with a view to rais- ing the price of raw cotton. The amendment, which OPA Ad- Of .S F orces Are in London By the Associated Press WASHINGTON, June 9-President Roosevelt today announced the ar- rival in London of General George C. Marshall, Admiral Ernest J. King, and General H. H. Arnold, top army, navy and air force commanders. Their arrival in London was an- nounced by Presidential Secretary Steven Early at 5:09 p. m. (E. W. T.) today. "The President is happy to an- nounce that the Joint Chiefs' of Staff have arrived safely in London," Early told reporters. The three high command officers went to London to attend a meet- ing of the Combined Chiefs of Staffs. Early, said the meeting had been planned previously to be held "as soon as possible after D-day. They arrived today." Marshall is Chief of Staff of the Army; King is Comander in Chief of the Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations; Arnold is Chief of the Army Air Forces. Senate OK's Appointment Of Koch as Postmaster The appointment of Oswald J. Koch as postmaster of Ann Arbor was confirmed.by the US Senate yes- terday. - Koch, who has been acting post- master since June 1, 1943, will sup- ervise the work of the main postof- fice. From November, 1937, to June, 1943, he was superintendent of the Michigan State Highway Department in this area. ministrator Chester Bowles warned would "shatter the entire stabiliza- tion structure, was approved 39 to 35. Senator Bankhead (D-Ala. denied it was inflationary. Act Extended It was tacked onto the bill extend ing the Price and Wage Stabilization Act to Dec. 31, 1945. The measure now goes to the house. Several other last-minute changes were written into the bill. One, by Senator Stewart (D, -Tenn.), would direct OPA to adjust ceilings on fresh fruits and vegetables to take into account producers' losses due to the "hazards of production and marketing" such perishables. Farm Loan Rate Raised Other amendments would lift the government loan rate on six major farm commodities, including cotton, corn and wheat, from 90 to 95 per cent of parity, and remove the auth- ority of the War Labor Board to veto increases in wages up to $37.50 a week, when the increases were mutually agreeable to employer and employe. The senate rejected 42 to 25 an amendment by Senator Thomas (D- Okla.) to substantially increase crude oil prices. Local Air-4faxi The "temporary" discontinuance of an air-taxi service linking cities of southern Michigan after operation for less than two weeks was an- nounced yesterday in Lansing by Francis Airways. Withdrawal of planes from the air route is due to an increase in the firm's charter service, it was stated. The service began May 25, when the first plane took off from Lansing and landed at the Ann Arbor Munici- pal airport at 11:29 a. m. It marked the first time Ann Ar- bor had become an airplane stop since American Airlines took over operation of the Thompson Aeronau- tical Association several years ago, and gave up Ann Arbor as a stop because an increase in plane size made landings here impractical. The taxi service linked Ann Ar- bor with Ionia, Grand Rapids, Kal- amazoo, Marshall, Jackson, Detroit, Pontiac. Flint and Owosso. Two round trips were made daily, and both passengers and freight were carried. UJA Dance To Be HeldTonigh The UJA Victory dance, featuring 'Doc' Fielding as master of ceremon- ies and a group of entertainers from Sigma Delta Tau sorority, will take place from 9 to 12 p.m. today at the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. At the dance, the winner of a twenty-five dollar war bond, raffled nff rnrn f,, ..4. a f vnanlr -..il11ho . n l i l b IC L 1 t f f air support, Allied headquarters an- nounced in a post-midnight con- nunique that an American flying wedge of parachutists and infantry- men had cut the main German com- munications lines to the potentially great landing-port of Cherbourg by capturing the town of St. Mere Eg- lise and sweeping on across the broad-guage Cherbourg peninsular railway and the parallel highway in heavy fighting, and, that repeated German naval attempts to interfere with the beachhead operations had been nipped at their inception. The communique gave these addi- tiona l points in reporting the fourth day of the Allied invasion of Nor- mandy. Allied Gains Announced Further Allied gains have been made west and southwest of captured Bayeux: Heavy fighting continues in all areas; Fighting is severe in the area of Caen, where the Germans are mak- ing a desperate effort to stop Ihe British-Canadian advance; The weight of armor on both sides is increasing; Numerous enemy strong-points that originally were by-passed have now been eliminated; The weather has deteriorated but the beachheads nevertheless are be- ing developed steadily; Poor visibility and stormy weath- er cut air activity to a mnimun; Eight British, Canadian and Pol- ish destroyers blew up a German destroyer, ran another aground and damaged two off Ushant Island near the Brittany Peninsula before dawn Friday; and an American-led destroyer force intercepted a force of heavy armed German light craft andedrove them off the beachhead area in the vicinity of the St. Mar- couf Isles in the Seine Bay. The previous communique, issued Friday shortly before noon, had an- nounced continuing gains in all sec- tors. Parachutists Near Lessay The Germans said the Americans had advanced another mile beyond Ste. Mere Eglise, which is 18 miles southeast of Cherbourg, and ti- mated that phe weak secondary roads left to the Nazis in the peninsula were already threatened if not broken by IAllied parachutists who, the enemy said, were operating on the other side of the peninsula near Lessay, bottle- neck of the west coast road and a small spur railway. The Americans, commanded by Lt.-Gen. Omar Bradley, who himself was in the field, also made gains on the southeast flank of their 28-mile stretch of beachhead by capturing Formigny, midway east between St. Mere Eglise and Bayeux. Fiercest Fight Near Cae West and southwest of Bayeux the Allies held onto an important hill and poured their armor into a fight that may prove to be the key to the tank battleground between Bayeux and Caen. The fiercest fighting of the v'hole invasion swirled around Caen, nne miles inland from the bay of the Seine, where at least two Germnanx Panzer divisions were trying to hld that strong-point and win maneu- verablc control of the good tank- fighting zotie to the west. The headquarters communiqu made clear that the Allies also were getting their heavy armor into action and that the Germans had not been able to out-match it. Fire Sweeps Virginia Ieclanmation Warehouse Destroyers Halt Nazi Move to Norman Coast By The Assqcisted Press SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, Al- Slied Expeditionary Force, June 10, Saturday--Eight British, Canadian and Polish destroyers intercepted four German destroyers apparently bent on a sneak smash at the Allied Normandy coast line before dawn yesterday, blowing up one of them, chasing another aground in flames and scoring hits on the other two which escaped, a communique an- nounced early today. The grounded enemy vessel was believed to have been finished off later by a bombing attack. Battle off Brittany This point - blank engagement- which cost the Allies damage and a few casualties on only one ship, the British destroyer Tartar-was the most dramatic of three surface ac- tions announced, and was fought off the tip of Brittany near Ushant (Quessant) Island. In addition, Allied naval units con- tinued their battering of the invasion coast, plastering 46 short targets during the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. yesterday. Germans Launch Torpedoes Spotted by a patrol plane before midnight Thursday the quartet of German destroyers was intercepted by the British destroyers Tartar, Ash- anti, Eskimo and Javelin, the Cana- dian destroyers Haida and Huron, and the Polish destroyers Blyskawica and Piorun. The Germans, apparently coming up from the Bay of Biscay around the tip of Brittany, joined battle on par- allel northward courses, loosing a torpedo barrage which the Allied craft dodged. German Craft Flee The Tartar "passed through the enemy's line" and at point-blank range scored repeated hits on the Nazi leader. Soon there was a general melee. A torpedo fired by the Ashanti blew up one Nazi ship. Another en- emy vessel turned tail for the .coast, and the Canadian destroyers Haida and Huron ran this one down, beach- ing it in flames on the Isle de Bas. The other two German craft fled westward with four Allied craft in pursuit. They escaped after being hit several times. During Thursday night an Allied destroyer force under Rear Admiral Don Pardee Moon of the U.S. Navy, intercepted a force of heavily-armed German light craft. Plan Submitted To WitesCross ComnstitutionmiDrafted For World Pe ace Group The draft of a proposed constitu- tion for the International White Cross, a world peace plan, was sub- mitted by Robert Klinger to the or- ganization's executive committee in a meeting last night at the Interna- tional Center. A vote on the constitution will be taken at the next meeting of the group at 7:45 pam. Friday at the Center. Dr. Oscar Fazekas, a Hungarian lawyer who emigrated to the United States in 1938, and Prof. Preston W. Slosson of the history department are co-sponsors of a booklet describ- ing the White Cross movement. WAR BUL LE TINS BY The 4ssoceiated Pr'ess WASHINGTON, June 9-Thepassibility arose today that President Roosevelt and General Charles De Gaulle, who do not see eye to eye on the administration of Prench affairs, may have a man-to-man talk in Washington this summrer°. President Roosevelt said at a press conference that Vice Admiral Raymond Fenard, head of the French naval mission, had visited him to ask if the President would be willing to receive De Gaulle, who is leader of the French Committee of Liberation. * * * * LONDON, Saturday, June 10-A scurt of fighting northwest of Tarnapol in old Poland was announced early today in the broadcast supplement to the Russiain conmuniquc. ' The announcement came after earlier Moscow dispatches had indicated the Red Army is ready to onen its expected offensive from the east in coordination with the Allied invasion of Europe from the