i Iw :Jg; r- t 'S 4 ailfl Weather Thundershower's VOL. LII, No. 12-S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1943 PRICE FIVE CENTS Allied Troops Take Five Sicilian (4' Reds Halt German Drive on Vital Orel-Kursk Sector +> Nazis Suffer Heavy Losses In Belgorod Berlin Admits Advance Slowed, Blames Its Difficilties on Weather By The Associated Press LONDON, July 14, Wednesday- The badly-mauled German Army, now stopped cold on the northern sector of the central front, did not even attempt a large-scale attack Tuesday in the Orel-Kursk sector, Moscow declared early today, and it lost 96 tanks and 1,100 men in a futile plunge in the Belgorod area to the south. Moscow's midnight bulletin indi- cated that the German offensive had begun to sap Nazi resources on its ninth day. Even Berlin said its drive had slowed, attributing its difficul- ties to "the weather." Nazi Losses Heavy Moscow's explanation of Ger- many's failure to crack the Red Army lines was the Nazi loss of 2,772 tanks, 1,187 planes and tens of thou- sands of casualties in the fighting to date. On the raging Belgorod front the Russians said they even had recov- ered some lost ground in whittling down a German wedge that had been driven into Red Army lines. Hitler Rumored in Command The sluggish pace of Germany's belated summer drive gave rise to- day to a report from a usually reli- able foreign diplomatic source that Aolf Hitler had assumed contrl of the German offensive, relegating Marshall Von Kluge and the gener- als to the back seat again. This source said Hitler intended to broad- en the Kursk offensive into a great gamble for a major breakthrough. Hitler was said to have taken charge July 8, three days after the attack was launched to forestallhprepara- tions of the Russians for an offensive of their own. If the report were true (and there was no confirmation), military ob- servers said they considered it one of the most fortuitous developments of the war. Student Directory Is On Sale Today The summer Student Directory,, University of Michigan publication, listing the name, address, phone number, and home town of every stu- dent on campus is now on sale at campus posts and book stores. The official telephone numbers of the Army and Navy units are also listed-but students are requested not to use them for social purposes. On sale today at bookstores, the Union and League, and at four cam- pus posts located at the engine arch, the diagonal, in front of the Union and on State Street, the directory will cost 60c. Hoppenot To Succeed Robert In Martinique Caribbean 'Weak Link' Joins Anti-Axis Lineup As Nationals Take Over By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, July 13.- Marti- nique, long suspect as a weak link in the American defense arc of the Caribbean because of Vichy French domination, joined the anti-Axis lineup today with announcement that the French National Commit- tee of liberation had taken control. The state department announced that Henri Hoppenot of the French Military Mission in Washington has been appointed by the com- mittee, headed jointly by Generals' Henri Giraud and Charles De- Gaulle, to succeed Admiral Geor- ges Robert as French High Com- missioner for the Antilles. - Admiral Robert, who radioed an offer to negotiate a change of au- thority two weeks ago, had "ex- pressed a desire to relinquish his authority," the state department an- nounced. ' The acceptance of Hoppenot's designation by the Committee of Liberation at Algiers is not to be construed as affecting either pro or con the question of this govern- ment's relation" with the commit- tee the statement said. "Mr. Hoppenot has assured the government of the United States that the facilities and resources of the French Antilles will be devote to the fullest extent to the prosecu- tion of the war against the Axis." Tied up in Martinique harbor are the aircraft carrier Bearn, two light cruisers, a half dozen tankers and several other merchant ships. Yanks Move on Munda Base By The Associated Press ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. Julyj 14, Wednesday- With a Japanese task force thwarted in efforts to sup- ply the beleaguered garrison at Mun-~ da and sent fleeing to the north,, American ground troops on New Georgia have moved up cautiously against the enemy air base and met "stiffening resistance." Today's communique confirmed that the second battle of the Kula; Gulf, which occurred in the darkness, of Monday night and early Tuesday,] was another smashing United States naval victory with an enemy cruiser and three destroyers definitely sunk and two other enemy destroyers probably sunk. The advance of our ground forcesi against Munda is continuing despite stiffening enemy resistance," report-+ ed the latest communique from Gen. Douglas MacArthur. First Yank Invaders of Sicilian Coast Pictured above are the first American troops to invade Sicily. The men, guns ready, are swarming off landing barges into the surf and are headed for the Sicilian shore. This scene was repeated many times over as American and British soldiers, eager for battle, took the first strike at the fortress of Europe. At the present, the Allies are well up the eastern coast to Messina, vital Sicilian port. owns Axis Rushes Divisions To Stem Drive Goering Crack Troops Collide with Patton; 6,000 Captives Taken By The Associated Press ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 13.- British troops swarmed ashore today near Catania, midway up the eastern Si- cilian coast toward Messina, and also captured the port of Augusta, while the crack Hermann Goering Division tried to halt spreading American gains on the Allied left flank to the southwest. Altogether the Allies captured five more towns today for a total of 15 in their swift invasion; behind them supply troops were bringing food for Sicilians. Goering's Troops Attacked Rushing from the interior to stiff- en Italy's fourth Livorno Division, Goering's troops collided for the first time in force with the Americans under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., Sunday near Gela. The Americans knocked out 10 old-type German Mark IV tanks and swept inland 20 miles to meet British and Canadian armies at Ragusa to form a solid junction throughout southeastern Sicily along primary and secondary roads. Floridia and Palazzolo fell to the British and Ca- nadians in their swift drive inland from captured Syracuse to join hands with the Americans. Goering's troops were believed re- forming for another slash at the Americans. 6,000 Prisoners Taken More than 6,000 prisoners have been taken, including four lieutenant colonels who walked into Allied lines to surrender. Gen. Anchilles D'Avet, commander of-the,206th-Italian coastal division, also was captted- the first ranking enemy of ficer bagged since the invasion began last Saturday. This would indicate sagging Ital- ian morale, but later aerial recon- naissance reported an important flow of Axis reinforcements, pre- sumably Germans among them, from the interior. They were rushing for the American positions on the Allied left flank. Patton's troops already had knocked out one serious enemy counterattack, but not before the enemy penetrated clear to the beach- es. The capture of Modica, ten miles northwest of Ispica in southeast Si- cily, was reported by Ross Munro, correspondent with Canadian forces. * * * Rommel Shot, Report Claims LONDON, July 13.-(AP-A round- about and wholly unconfirmed re- port said tonight that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was shot down by Al- lied fighter pilots on his way to Sicily Tuesday. There has been no Allied claim of such en incident. The report was said to have origi- nated with the German underground radio station "Atlantic," which was quoted by the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. The Swedish re- port was sent to London by a Reuters correspondent. Repertory To Present Barrie Play Tonight 'Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire' Is Second Offering Of Production Season f Ann Arbor theatre-goers will haveE an opportunity to see the popular2 Sir James Barrie play, "Alice-Sit-by-k the-Fire" when the Michigan Reper- tory Players of the Department of Speech present the first performance at 8:30 p.m. today on the stage off the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. 1 Cast in the leading roles of Colonelr Grey and Alice are John BabbingtonI and Patricia Meikle. This nostalgic satire of the theatre at the beginning of the cetury is filled with farcicalt complications involving Alice and her daughter, Amy Grey. Others in the cast include Marciaf Nelson as Amy, George Hale ast Stephen Rollo, and Clara Behringer, John Hathaway, Lillian Moeller, Opal Motter, and Blanche Holpar. Directors of the production are Valentine Windt and Claribel Baird, with settings done by Herbert Phil-t ippi. Costumes were in charge of Aline Felton, and Donald Horton is technical director. This play is the second in a series of five to be presented this summer by the Repertory Players, now in their fifteenth season. "Alice- Sit -by -the -Fire" will run for four performances only, today1 through Saturday. Individual tick- ets are now on sale at the box office, from 10 a.m. till 8:30 p.m. Volunteers Are Needed by OPA Ann Arbor will be walking all dur- ing the month of August if more people don't volunteer to aid the local1 ration board in getting the gas ra- tion books out. I With more than 40,000 ration books to be mailed by July 31, only 3,000 have been sent out so far. The ration board is making a des-i perate plea to University students to volunteer to help get the books out.1 Students may work during the week: 9 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. On Sat-1 urdays the office is open only in the afternoons. Applicants are to see Mrs. Bennett at the C. D. V. O. in the Armory, 223 E. Ann. --WT- - ---- $1,200 NEEDED IN DRIVE: Kids from Fresh Air ,Camp To sell Tags, Eighty sunburned "kids" who have it is imperative that m enjoyed nearly a month's vacation at camp open for these y the University of Michigan Fresh Prof. F. N. Menefee, dir Air Camp will come to town tomor- camp, said. "With th row to sell students, faculty mem- tensions as the result hers, servicemen, and Ann Arbor res- and the great number idents a little tag as a part of a reg- who are working, there ular campaign to raise $1,200. need for such an organiz A twenty-threes year old tradition Fresh Air Camp is." at the University, the Tag Day Drive The boys selling tags furnishes the main support for the tioned at campus and Fresh Air Camp which is open two posts from 9 a.m. till 3 months to furnish boys from metro. morrow. politan areas with a real vacation. The drive held last sl Many of the boys who have be- more than $1,300. come problems at home and are sent- to the camp by social agencies oper- F ating in Detroit, Pontiac, and sur- Freshman Si rounding areas are helped by the Be e expert staff of sociologists, psychia- W ill 1 eld trists, and psychologists at the camp. Located near Pinckney, on Patter- All Freshmen are inv son Lake, the camp has become a Freshmen smoker to be "laboratory in human relationships". Ball Room of the Lea It is a unique organization in that p.m. today, Johnny Greet it provides students with an oppor- announced yesterday. tunity for practical experience in the This annual affair study of sociological and psychologi- many of the campus c4 cal problems. well as members of the co This year more than ever before and football coaches. The subject of these t the activities on the cam Bo ber Fund pictures of the Michigan- football game of last y Asks Donations shown. Prof. David Matten of of Music will then lead t New Two-Week Drive the singing of college s( we keep the oung boys," ector of the e increased of the war, of parents is a greater ation as the will be sta- * downtown :30 p.m. to- pring netted ,oker Today vited to the held in the gue at 7:30 n, chairman, will present elebrities as llege faculty talks will be pus. Moving Notre Dame 'ear will be the School he group in ongs. * * Junior Oreult Wins Eleventh All-Star Game Capacity Crowd Sees American Leaguers Whip Nationals, 5-3 SHIBE PARK, Philadelphia, July 13-(PI)-The American League wrote new words to an old tune tonight and thrashed the National League 5 to 3 in the 11th annual All-Star baseball spectacle before a capacity crowd of 31,938. In the previous dream games when the American League built up a big margin of seven victories to three defeats, it almost always was "the New York Yankees against the whole National League." Tonight not a single one of the American League champions got into the contest. But they were not missed because Bobby Doerr, the smooth, silent sec- ond baseman of the Boston Red Sox, smashed a three-run homer into the left field stands in the second inning and to all intents and purposes de- cided the struggle then and there. These runs and another in the third came off rosy-cheeked Mort Cooper, one of five of the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals who started for the senior circuit and it marked his fourth failure against AmericanhLeague slugging-twice in the World Series and last year in the All-Star affair at the Polo Grounds. The National League began con- fidently with a run in the first inn- ing against Emil (Dutch) Leonard, the knuckleball specialist of the Turn to Page 4, Col. 1 SHE ESCAPED GESTAPO: Former Norwegian Editor, Elsa Roed, Will Speak Here Former editor of a leading Nor- wegian women's magazine, Miss Elsa Margretha Roed, will speak this noon at the regular Rotary club luncheon 1 at the Union and at a public lecture in the Ethel Fountain Hussey Room of the League. Miss Roed escaped from the Ges- tapo after the Nazis invaded Nor- way. Besides her journalistic ca- reer Miss Roed worked with the underground, and when the Gesta- po discovered her connections with the movement she fled from Nor- way. She made the trip through the mountains on foot to Sweden after which she went to England where she served the exiled Norwegian gov- einment. Describing the unconquered spir- "Until that day comes, Nor- wegians will continue to keep their country alive for the day of liber- ation," she said. Following her public lecture this Needs Strong Support Contributions by both individuals and campus organizations are asked by the Bomber Scholarship Fund j which opened a two-week drive Monday to swell their present total of approximately $20,000 in war bonds. Donations may be turned in to Dean Walter B. Rea, Room 2, Uni- versity Hall, or may be mailed to him by check. "We hope that the students and organizations will show us the same splendid support that they gave dur- ing our drive at the close of the spring semester," Mary June Hastrei- ter, '44, said yesterday. Money contributions to the func will be converted into war bonds foi the duration. After the war, scholar- ships will be provided by this func for returning University men anc women who served in the armed forces. A goal of $100,000 in bondq has been set by the Bomber Scholar- ship to be achieved before the enc i Ir INTERNEES WORK ON CAMPUS: Japanese-Americans Like It Here "You distrust us because of the , color of our skin or the shape of oura eyes, but most of you don't realize that we also distrust you. We are afraid to take jobs for fear of mob violence. That is why we came here to a college town, where people are educated and broadminded," Roy Kazumi Ikeda, West Quad employe, said yesterday. He and many other Japanese from relocation centers in Arkansas and Utah arrived here last week, swell- ing the number of Japanese-Ameri- cans in Ann Arbor to more than 70 men. Men Employed at Unskilled Jobs The new arrivals are employed throughout the University campus. ing out of suitcases, with no idea where we would be sent. "Then we were sent to Camp Jerome. It was located in a drained swamp and the mud stuck to your feet like glue. The camp was made up of unfinished wooden barracks. We got to work, cutting down trees and building our own furniture. The Army, however, provided the beds. "At first we were packed into one room with no privacy. Later things got better, when they gave partments to families. We ran our own camps, got up committees for entertainment, education, sanitation and other com- munity activities. IT nl .nn nA C ar. Q an,4 nn ers. Every time the Japanese gov- ernment or Army commit outrages, internees do not want to leave the camp." Some of the other boys were angry at the government, saying that they had been deprived of their rights as citizens and were being discriminated against in comparison with Ameri- cans of German and Italian descent, and even with German and Italian aliens. Men Praise Ann Arbor Tolerance All the Japanese-.Americans were lavish in their praise of the Univer- sity students and townspeople for their tolerant and understanding at- titude. One said, "It s sure was a change to come here from Arkansas.