ii ICJ '' iii w it 0%t' Weather Fair VOL. LIV NO. 7-S' ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1944 PRICE FIVE CENTS Cherry Pickers Urgently Needed Students Fail To Register in Adequate Numbers To Help Harvest Crop Today New Soviet Offensive Advances to Within Fifty lles of East Prussia; Less than half the number needed,7 12 University students answered an emergency call for cherry pickers in this vicinity and left this morning for, work in the orchards. "The response to our plea was, to say the least, disappointing," the recruiting committee representing1 the Women's War Council and theI Daily said yesterday. Special Registration Today Special registration will be held from 2 to 5 p. m. today in the Under-' Americans Lose 2X9 Men in Saipan Conquest 11,481 Yanks Hurt In rapture of Island By the Associated Press U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD- QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, July 12.-Conquest of strategic Saipan Island in the western Pacific cost 15,053 American casualties- 2,359 killed, 11,481 wounded and 1,213, missing-Navy Secretary Forrestal announced today in Washington. This total, the highest of any single ground action in the Pacific, was far exceeded by the losses inflic- ted on the Japanese garrison, 11,948 of whom already had been buried. Island Used as Base Forrestal said "probably 95 per cent" of the defending force, esti- mated at more than 20,000, died in. the futile defense of Saipan. That island is within bombing range of Tokyo and already is being used by American fighter planes. Forrestl's report followed quickly an announcement by Admiral Ches- ter W. Nimitz that Japanese prison- ers of war on Saipan already exceed- ed 1,000. That also was a record for any single campaign in the Pacific. New carrier task force strikes Mon- day at Guam and Rota, in the Mari- anas south of Saipan, were reported by Nimitz. These attacks rounded out nearly a week of sustained action,- suggestive of pre-invasion softening up, against those islands. Japanese civilians, who had been caught at the northern tip of the island with the remnants of the gar- rison, continued to stream back. More than 9,000 already had been in- terned, Nimitz said. The latest, carrier plane strike at Guam, the sixth in as many days, concentrated on military objectives at the towns of Agana, Umatac and Agat on the western shore. Buildings near Orote point, at about the center of the western coastline, also were hit. The Seventh Army Air Force con- tinued its neutralizing raids in the Caroline Islands Monday, Nimitz re- ported. 45,000 Japs Still Entrapped ADVANCED ALLIED HEADQUAR- TERS, New Guinea, July 13, Thurs- day-()-Forty-five thousand by- passed Japanese have launched a desperate attempt to break out of a British New Guinea pocket in which they have been entrapped since last April, headquarters announced today. The Japanese, remnants of the Wewak - trapped eighteenth army commanded by General Hatazo Ada- chi, opened their skirmishes against American veterans of the Buna and Saidor campaigns Monday night a- long the Driniumon River 21 miles east of American-occupied Aitape The first attacks were repulsed, but the enemy assaults were resumed Tuesday morning. Americans dug in deeply to neet the attackers, de- scribed as a "heavy" force. Chu Begins Series of Lectures on China Shih Chia Chu, a staff member of the oriental section of the Library of Congress, will open a series of six talks on China at 4:10 p.m. today in the Rackham amphitheatre with his subject being "The Impact of Other graduate Office of the League in an attempt to fill the quota of 30 stud- ent emergency workers for tomorrow. Trucks will leave from the side en- trance of the League at 8:30 a. m. tomorrow for the orchards and will bring the students back to Ann Ar- bor before the dinner hour. The plea for immediate student aid to help save cherry crops in this dis- trict came as a result of an urgent call from the County Agent's office. The picking must be completed Thursday and Friday, the County agent's office indicated. If the crop is not in by the weekend, it will be a complete loss, it was pointed out. Largest Cherry Crop Expected The local campaign is part of a state-wide drive to combat the man- power shortage and harvest Michi- gan's largest cherry crop. More than 88 tons of cherries are expected in Michigan this year. Kenneth Russel, supervisor of re- cruiting in Washtenaw County for the county agent's office, emphasized the emergency nature of the pro- ject and asked for citizen coopera- tion. In the state campaign, Washtenaw County has been assigned a 300 per- son quota and last figures indicated that only 130 local citizens had vol- unteered their services. Allies Within Eight Miles of Livorno Port ROME, July 12 - (AP) - Allied troops were fighting tonight within eight miles of Livorno, big Italian west coast port, and from the same distance were hurling shells into the shipping center of Ancona on the Adriatic sea, at the opposite end of the 150-mile battle line. Yanks Capture Castiglioneello American light armored units] blasted forward two miles against strong German resistance and cap- tured the enemy stronghold of Cas- tiglioncello, eight airline miles down the coast from Livorno, while Polish troops who distinguished themselves in the bloody Cassino fighting closed in to accurate artillery range of An- cona's fortifications. Possession of the two ports would enormously assist the Allied armies in their impending assault upon the Nazis "Gothic Line" defenses--sup- posedly the last strong naura oar- rier left to the enemy short of the Po River line near the top of the Italian boot. Swiss Dispatch (A dispatch from Zurich, Switzer- land, Wednesday quoted a diplomatic source as saying that "everything in- dicates" that the Germans "envis- age an early and total retreat from Italy.") American troops driving up the Era River valley, about 21 miles in- land from the west coast, in an at- tempted flanking thrust against Li- vorno were reported meeting furious opposition above the enemy-held town of Lajatico, which had been bypassed. German counterattacks were de- scribed as both frequent and fierce. Yanks U. S. Fortes Drive Close To Nazi Flank Germans Fail To Halt Allied Attack By the Associated Press SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, AL- LIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, July 13, Thursday-U.S. storm troops attacking under one of the deadliest artillery barrages of the war cap- tured points within one mile and a half of the mid-Normandy citadel of St. Lo yesterday and also ham- mered a spearhead to within two and a quarter miles of Lessay, west coas- tal anchor of the collapsing German flank. Nazi Parachutists Fail Charging through hedgerows and across fields littered with Elite Ger- man parachutists who had been hurled into the lines in an unsuccess- ful effort to halt them, the American infantrymen were aided by a con- suming artillery fire which smashed German rear-line concentrations. Many German prisoners were stu- pefied by the barrage from hundreds of big guns as the Americans steadily folded back the German western lines while British and Canadians blunted repeated German counter- thrusts in the Caen sector. 200 Germans Wiped Out Some 200 trapped Germans were wiped out north of St. Lo. (German broadcasts of reports from front line Nazi correspondents termed the Allied barrage the heavi- est ever encountered, and said the grinding down of German rear con- centrations and communications by both artillery and Allied air power presented "a strategy utterly new in the history of warfare." Allied airmen raked German trans- ports, supply facilities and troops all the way from Brussels in Belgium to Bordeaux in southern France Yanks Attack Vital Rail Hub LONDON, July 12-(AP)-The vi- cinity of Munich, vital rail hub serv- ing both the Italian and Russian fronts, was attacked by American heavy bombers for the second straight day today as a fleet of more than 1,200 Britain-based Flying Fortresses and Liberators unloaded at least 3,600 tons of bombs on com- munications links and various other targets important to the enemy. The Swiss radio said early today that Toulon, hard hit by American bombers, had been completely evacu- ated. Ca pture Points * *ref Near St. Lo -r-= Audouvillta 0\ SL TTE- ~ , ~ ~ STTUTEMIES- Le Pont."4 ;_' Los Pieuo 'Vaogne\ = i ®ube MAontebour9 S e i ne 8s C r ie . S a u RSt 'S t e M e r e E g l is e CarteretR® SaTverur top- Troops Capture 19000 Places in 22 Mile Push By The Associated Press LONDON, July 12.-Red Army troops have opened a new 90-mile front north of the erupting battle in Poland and Lithuania, Premier Stalin announced tonight, advancing 22 miles and capturing more than 1,000 places in the first two days of a drive to knock the Germans from one of their last remaining footholds on pre-war Soviet soil. The vanguard of this mighty offensive was reported already within 50 miles of East Prussia and the German communique today placed "the n advancing Soviets" west of Alytus in WHERE ALLIES GAIN IN FRANCE-Arrows locate principal Allied advances in Normandy including an American drive almost to the gates of St Lo. Other U.S. forces captured La Roserie near Lessay. Canadian and British troops occupied the west bank of the Orne River along a four mile stretch southward from Caen. EXPERT STRESSES NEED: Speech Clinics Instituted For War Veteran Rehabilitation Professor Herbert Koepp-Baker, director of the Pennsylvania State College Speech Clinic and coordina- tor- of rehabilitation for the Ameri- can Speech Correction Association, discussed speech rehabilitation for American war veterans at an assem- bly of students and faculty members of the Department of Speech yester- day in the Kellogg auditorium. Prof. Koepp-Baker stressed that both the Army and Navy were slow Wolverine Star Lost In Acion Lt. Burt Stodden, 1941, University graduate and Wolverine hockey play- er, has been reported missing over Austria since June 26. An Ann Arbor boy, Lt. Stodden entered the Army Air Force in Jan- uary, 1943, and received his commis- sion last October. While taking his training in this country, he was cho- sen cadet squadron commander at Maxwell Field, Ala., and at both Cochran Field, in Macon, Ga., and Ludwig Field, Fla., he was selected as cadet captain. Graduating from the University with a B. S. degree, Lt. Stodden at- tended medical school for one year. While a student on the campus he was a member of Nu Sigma Nu, a medical fraternity, a member of Sphinx, and held an important posi- tion on the varsity hockey team. in realizing the need for instituting speech correction clinics. "But now," he continued, "the Army treatment of hearing injuries related to speech defects is one of the most important developments of the war." The Navy, he said, is just beginning its speech correction program. Trio of Hospitals Ready At the present time, said Prof. Koepp-Baker, the Army has three hospitals devoted to speech rehabili- tation; one in Pennsylvania, another in Oklahoma and the third in Cali- fornia. Most training, however, is done on the community level with both state and federal government financial aid. Discharged veterans with speech defects, asserted the speaker, who take advantage of this help by speech experts, are extremely serious about the training and try to bring them- selves in a position to compete for jobs with unhandicapped workers. Pacific Injuries Named In speaking of the casualties al- ready receiving treatment, Prof., Koepp-Baker said that because of the foxhole type of fighting in the Pacific theatre, more head and jaw injuries occurred in that area than in the North African campaign, where injuries to other parts of the body were proportionally greater than head wounds. The Army casualties needing speech rehabilitation are now increasing, he stated, but not at the high rate previously anticipated. In concluding his address, Prof. Koepp-Baker urged speech students to continue their college training as speech rehabilitation work for veter- ans has just begun and the demand for skilled instructors in that field is not too pressing at the moment. First GOP Salvo Is Fired at FDR ALBANY, N. Y., July 12-(AP)- Republicans fired their first cam- paign salvo at President Roosevelt today, more than a week in advance of his expected nomination for a fourth term, with an assertion he was using his title of commander- in-chief to "perpetuate himself" in office. National Republican Chairman Herbert Brownell, Jr., put that in- terpretation upon the President's statement that, if renominated by the national Democratic convention at Chicago next week, he would ac- cept as a "good soldier."' Brownell, who met reporters after conferences with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Republican presidential nom- Michener Winsa Nommation For1 Second District5 Rae Takes Close Race t For Prosecutor's Job t With tabulation virtually complete, unofficial returns indicated yester-f day that Earl C. Michener, Republi-t can representative from the second1 Congressional district, easily wonf GOP nomination in Tuesday's state-t wide primary.F Michener, dean of the House, led1 in the four counties of his constitu- ency carrying Washtenaw County with a 3,000 lead over his opponent,t Galen Starr Ross. Michener will be1 opposed in the November election by Redmond Burr, Democratic nominee. Rae Wins Hottest Race In the county election, John W. Rae, assistant prosecutor, won the hottest local race, defeating Albert J. Rapp for GOP nomination as pros- ecutor. Rae carried every one of Ann Arbor's ten precincts while the two garnered identical out-county totals. Lewis G. Christman won the Re- publican nomination for state repre- sentative from the first district, which includes Ann Arbor. Labor Vote Fails Expected labor vote at the polls failed to materialize and ballotting in labor precincts paralleled the light vote throughout the county. Washtenaw County, predominant- ly Republican, showed strong GOP preference. On the strength of the primary the Democrats may win only one office this November-county coroner. Two men are to be chosen for the office from a field of three contestants with only one a Repub- lican Fry, Brown Win In Primaries DETROIT, July 12.-(A)-Belated returns from Tuesday's primary elec- tion served tonight only to emphasize more sharply the victories of Edward J. Fry, former state racing commis- sioner, for the Democratic nomina- tion for governor, and of Auditor General Vernon J. Brown for the Republican nomination for lieuten- ant-governor. Final tabulation of unofficial re- turns ,from Tuesday's Michigan pri- mary showed the following results: For Democratic nomination for governor: 3,492 out of 3,843 precincts gave Edward J. Fry 6,000; William J. Cody 60,095; Earnest C. Brooks, 24,437. For Republican nomination for lieutenant-governor: 3,548 out of 3,843 precincts gave Vernon J. Brown 164,120; Eugene C. Keyes 121,587. Complete Wayne County returns (1,386 precincts) gave: Fry 46,914; Cody 52,043; Brooks 14,662. Brown 45,503; Keyes 35,955. Brown, endorsed by Governor Kel- ly, defeated the anti-administration incumbent, Dr. Eugene C. Keyes, in See STATE ELECTIONS, Page 4 Daily Tryouts To Meet Tomorrow An important tryout meeting for all persons interested in working on the editorial, sports, or women's Lithuania, 33 miles south of Kaunas and within 27 miles of the strate- gically vital railway linking East Prussia and Riga, capital of Latvia. Hand Fighting in Streets Hand-to-hand fighting in the streets of Wilno continued for the fifth day as the Russians sought to annihilate the Germans trapped there. Berlin said the Nazi garrison in Wilno was being supplied from the air. Fitting in with the Russian plan for the quickest possible victory in the drive for East Prussia and the Baltics, Yeremenko's fresh assault foreshadowed ever-widening opera- tions that soon may bring into action all of the Soviet forces northward to Pskov and thence to Narva, aimed at wiping out all remaining German occupation of pre-war Soviet terri- tory. Battle Line Extended East The southern flank of Yeremenko's forces linked with the right wing of Gen. Ivan C. Bagramian's first Baltic army northeast of Polotsk and ex- tended the active battle front on the east to approximately 500 miles. In less than three weeks of the mighty Soviet summer offensive Red troops already had smashed the.Ger- mans back beyond the pre-war Rus- sian frontier all the way from the Pripet marshes north to the vicinity of the Latvian border, and the new assault extended this campaign into \ the stretch of land to which the Nazis have clung north and south of Pskov. Fourth Term Supporteds By CIO Sentiment By the Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, July 12-(P)-- Virtual disappearance of rank and file sentiment favoring rescinding the no-strike pledge and endorsement of President Roosevelt for a fourth term today highlighted opening sessions of the Michigan CIO convention. a In opening meetings that attrac- ted 1,600 delegates from Michigan unions, mutterings that: "Manage- ment is taking advantages of the surrender of strike privileges in war- time" gave way to rising cheers that followed a speech on the issue by August Scholle, regional director of the national body's political action committee. A resolution was adopted pledging "uninterrupted production" and was regarded by leading CIO officials' as disposing of sentiment against the no-strike pledge. Approval of a fourth term for Pres- ident Roosevelt was met with an equal demonstration of rising cheers Vice-President Wallace was also en- dorsed. "The reactionaries," Scholle said, "have only one fear, that you are going to wake up and vote." Strikers Return To Milk Wagons DETROIT, July 12.-P)-Russell L. Ballard, president of Local 83, United Dairy Workers (CIO), said i',100 striking milk wagon drivers and helpers voted tonight to return to their jobs. Earlier, however, 600 drivers and helpers, members of Local 155, Team- r l i 'THE DAMASK CHEEK': Play To Be Presented Again Today The second performance of "The] Damask Cheek", written by John VanDruten, the brilliant playwright and Lloyd Morris, critic and peda- gogue, will be presented by the Mi- chigan Repertory Players of the De- partment of Speech at 8:30 p. m., today in the Lydia 'Mendelssohn Theatre. Mrs. Claribel Baird, guest director with the repertory players will por- tray the leading role of Rhoda. Blance Holpar is cast as the domi- neering Mrs. Randall, Patricia Meikle as the errant actress and Donald Hargis as the cousin about whom the play revolves. Other members of the cast include Barbara Greenberg as Miss Pinner, Jean Loree as Nora, Miriam Ruge as Daphne, Byron Mitchell as Michael and Charles Benjamin as Neil. r ... [71r yFi Tin Ur Af' 11PrA of I R~T A~TCTIHiE1LTPAR .PATRICIA MEIKLE