4 40 4a ~ weather Partly Cloudy and Warmer VOL. LIV No. 8-S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1944 PRICE FIVB CENTS Coeds Gather 640 Quarts of Cherries Harvesting Continues; Registration To Be in Undergraduate Office Today Doing better than was expected, the 13 Michigan coeds who volunteered their services yesterday for cherry picking, gathered more than 40 crates- 640 quarts-while another crew of 15 left this morning for the orchard. Because the weather has been mild the past two days, the orchard reported that harvesting will continue and the. campus recruiting office announced special registration from 2 to 5 p. m. today in the Undergradu- ate Office of the League. Kenneth Russel, supervisor of the project for the County Agent's office emphasized the need for immediate additional aid stating that "this unexpected break in the weather gives us a chance to save the crop." T d ' 1....L ________________________ .'odays registration o1 vlunteer student help will be for work to- morrow and trucks wil leave the Nonth University entsance of the League at 8:30 a. m. tomorrow for the orchard. Students going out on the project are advised to pack a light lunch. The harvesting is being done in the Herman Franzblau orchard four miles east of Ann Arbor and the work done by University coeds yes- terday was termed "highly success- ful". Russell was enthusiastic in his praise for the work done yesterday and termed it "better than we would expect for the first day" and urged more students to come out tomorrow to "really get the job along". "About hasf of the orchard re- mains to be packed," he said, "and we are working against the weather as well as the labor shortage. Given more labor and fair weather, we should manage to save most of the crop," he added. Although most of the girls came back to campus yesterday afternoon a bit weak and weary from their day's picking, they one and all agreed that it was a woithwhile project. As one coed put it-"My arms ache and my back is tired but it was fun and I'm glad we were able to help." Japs Suffer Heavy losses On New Guinea By the Associated Press ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD- QUARTERS, NEW GUINEA, Friday, July Ji4-The 45,000 Japanese trying to break out of a British New Guinea trap northwest of Wewak have suf- fered heavy losses, headquarters an- nounced today. Gen. Douglas MacArthur said a large enemy force moved west Wed- nesday to attack Aitape and smash- ed into Yank outposts. The wording of this report tended to indicate that the Yanks may have given ground at their advance posi- tions 20 miles below Aitape). As the big scale battle built up, Bostois, Mitchells and Beau-fight- ers of the far eastern airforce spray- ed 53 tons of explosives among Nip- ponese concentrations. Yesterday MacArthur had a- nounced the bypassed 18th Army for- ces of Gen. Hatazo Adachi opened the attack Monday. These Japs ap- pear to be in a hopeless position in- asmuch as they are more than 600 miles behind the most advanced Yank positions on Noemfoor island off north Dutch New Guinea. Ahead of them are massed blocks of Yank invasion forces at such points as Aitape, Hollandia and Maf- fin Bay. French Bastille Day Is Saluted by FDR WASHINGTON, July 13-(AP)-- President Roosevelt tonight saluted "the heroic people of France" in a Bastille Day statement in which he expressed confidence that within a year hence they will be "liberated alike from the invader and from the puppets of Vichy." The statement commemorating the national fete day of France follows: "Once again I salute, on Bastille Day, the heroic people of France. "July 14th this year is different, for we hope that it is the last 14th of July that France will suffer under German occupation. With full con- fidence, I look forward that the French people on July 14, 1945, will celebrate their great national fete on French soil, liberated alike from the invader and from the puppets of Vichy. "For the great battle of liberation Turks Expected To Join Allies In Near Future Participation in War Would Hasten Victory By the Associated Press WASHINGTON, July 13.-Turkey is moving rapidly towards the Allies, it was learned authoritatively today, and may take a concrete step in sup- port of the United Nations war effort v ithin a matter of days. Talks have been going on for three weeks between the Turks on one side and the United States, Britain and Russia. The conversations are con- tinuing and the outcome will deter- mine the next m ve. While there is no indication that Turkey will declare war immediately, that is the direction in which present developments seem to point. Tur- key's entrance into the war would open an entire new front against Germany, and could cause complete German collapse in the Balkans. Other results of a Turkish declara- tion of war which could hasten Allied victory are: 1. Opening of the Dardanelles and thus of a direct sea route t: an all- year Russian port. 2. Obtaining nearby bases to bomb vital Balkan oil fields and industrial installations, including strategic Ploesti in Romania. 3. Opening of several good Turkish ports for Allied war use. 4. A short route for flying lend- lease planes into Russia all year round. 5. Control or capture of several thousand Nazi agents sprinkled through the middle east. Dewey Assails Administration ALBANY, N.Y., July 13.- ()- Governor Thomas E. Dewey assailed today what he said is a recently- developed concept that the executive branch of the federal government is "above the people" and pledged his efforts to "bring the people closer to the practice of self-government. "That we shall succeed in restoring government that is close to the peo- ple I have no doubt," the Republican presidetial candidate declared in an address to the Empire Girls' State, a government training conference held annually for New York's high school girls. The speech topped off a busy day with state affairs for Dewey, in the course of which he declined to receive a large delegation which came to Albany to urge that he approve use of the federal war bal- lot in New York. The delegation seeking Dewey's approval of the federal ballot, claim- ed by its leaders to number more than 700 from throughout the state, was headed by Moss Hart, New York City playwright and chairman of the Non-Partisan Committee for the Ser- vicemen's Vote. Yanks Win Lajatico In Hard Fight Troops Battle Oni Way to Gothic Line By the Associated Press ROME, July 13-American troops have captured the German strong- hold of Lajatico, 17 miles inland from the Italian west coast, in some of the bitterest fighting in weeks and tonight were reported battering their way slowly down the Era valley toward the Arno River, first great obstacle in the enemy's "Gothic Line" defenses. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's dough- boys cleaned out the last German suicide squads in Lajatico yesterday, taking 150 to 200 prisoners, and pressed on northward in their drive to flank the big port of Livorno, whose strong defenses virtually have stalled an American push directly up the coast for the past week. Late dispatches placed the flank- ing forces less than a dozen miles from the point where the Era river empties into the Arno northeast of Livorno, whence the broad Arno val- ley stretches westward to the sea between Livorno and Pisa. There was no indication that American troops on the coast had progressed beyond their last reported position eight miles from Livorno, where they had encountered withering enemy artillery fire from the hills. The bitterest fighting in this sec- tor was for Hill 218, two miles south- west of Poggibonsi, which the French won two days ago. The Nazis coun- ter-attacked recklessly yesterday in an attempt to regain the height, but the Colonials held their positions stubbornly and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. Third Of feringc of cThe Damask Chee' Is Today "The Damask Cheek," described as "an amusing frolic in the family al- bum" will be presented for the third consecutive time by the Michigan Repertory Players of the Department of Speech at 8:30 p.m. today in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Included in the cast are Mrs. Clar- bel Baird, who will playrthesleading role of Rhoda, Blanche Holpar, who will portray the domineering Mrs. Randall, and Patricia Meikle, who will take the role of the errant ac- tress. Donald Hargis is cast as the cousin about whom the play re- volves. 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 at Neil. Prof. Valentine Windt, head of dramatics in the speech department, is the director of the production. "The Learned Ladies," one of Mol- iere's most noted plays, will be the second offering of the players and will be presented Wednesday through Saturday. Spaniard Will Lecture Today Prof. Ignacio M. de Lojendio, head of the Department of Political Sci- ence and Law at the University of Seville, Spain, will speak on "The Crisis of European Liberalism" at 11:00 a. m. today in Rm. 1035 in Angell Hall. Professor de Lojendio has been in the United States for four months and is making a lecture tour of this country under the auspices of the Carnegie Institute. He has received degrees from the universities of Madrid, Paris and Ox- ford, and is a personal friend of Ambassador Hays. Red Army Less From Germany As Yanks Coninue Advance on St.Lo M * # * * * Nazis Prepare Final Defense In RUnS of City By the Associated Pss SUPREME HEADQUARTERS AL- LIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, July 13.-The American First Army, advancing behind artillery fire so in- tense it left the Germans stunned and sickened in their foxholes, seized high ground a mile and a half east of St. Lo today, dominating escape roads and clearing the way for the early fall of this key to enemy defenses in the lower Cherbourg Peninsula. The Germans threw in rear echelon troops in an attempt to prevent a breakthrough, a staff officer said, but the positions in St. Lo were threatened with encirclement in an advance all along a 30-mile flaming battlefront that placed them less than three miles north of the central anchor of Periers, and two miles north of the coastal strongpoint of Lessay. Last-Ditch Defense Threatened on the southeast, fac- ing a frontal attack from the north, and an encircling column coming down from the northwest, the Ger- mans were reported. digging into the ruins of St. Lo for a last-ditch de- fense. The Americans drove around to the east of the city today after having reached a point a mile and a half away to the north on Wednesday. Now the Americans can fire into the town at point-blank range and sweep the roads radiating out to the south, and the only reason for the enemy remaining in 'St. Lo is for delaying action, front dispatches said. Nazi Lines Ponded The artillery barrage pounding the German defenses to bits far over- shadowed the robot -bombs, which are being lobbed into American positions in Normandy, censorship disclosed. The robot bombs' inaccuracy and the lack of massed targets made this pot-luck counter-barrage seem insig- nificant. Soviet Movie To Be Shown 'Battle for Russia' Is Beginning of Series "Battle for Russia", the first film in a series of movies, lectures and ex- hibitions sponsored by the Summer Session Committee to acquaint the University community with Soviet Russian civilization, will be shown at 8:30 p. m. today and tomorrow in the Rackham Lecture Hall. The documentary movie, made in the Soviet Union, was first shown to United States Army units Other films which will be given durin'g the Summer Session are "General Suvorov", on July 21 and 22, "Childhood of Maxim Gorki", on August 11 and 12 and "We Shall Re- turn" on August 18 and 19. An extensive exhibition of photo- graphs of Soviet industry and col- lective farms and Russian war post- ers is now being shown in the after- noon and evening in Rackham Build- ing. Prof. Andrew Lobanov of the His- tory department, will speak on "Rus- sia and the War" in the first lecture of the series at 4:10 p. m. on Wed- nesday in the Rackham Amphithea- tre. Russian and Soviet Literature will be discussed by Professor Sim- mons, chairman of the Slavic depart- ment at Cornell University, on July 28. 8qIfic et z :. a RIGA '- Lieaj A -LATVIA 1 5 uAUGAVPILS MemelBoraov cht - na f ase a LITHUANIA Polot s TIs - 4O0 f~ KO IGSBERG KAUNAS TWILNO °'" Borsov - 'O _ =,."0 k n ea, EAST Suwalk d 'Woronow da Ne INJSK . PRUSSIA Grodno 65 M S n ,''o. Slontm I BIALYSTOK rrBaranow c ze R USSIA PINSK Luniniec WARSA ,s--ae Brest itovsk U $ Radom Qt Lublin rKowe1e+. Kielce Chelm SLuck.' POLAND Rome 0 50 - -.. .-. STATUTE MILES (~) o DISTANCES FROM RUSSIAN OBJECTIVES-Mileage figures on broken line distance indicators show space between Red Army drives and several major objectives. Heavy broken line is approximate battle front. American Task Force Continues Seaborne Attack on Guam, Rota Little Resistance Shown by Japanese on Islands As Planes and Ships Unite in Pounding Defenses Than 30 Miles Wilno Falls; By the Associated Press U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD- QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, July 13-The sustained seaborne at- tack on Guam and Rota Islands, southern rungs of the Marianas Island ladder pointing toward Ja- pan, was carried well into the sec- ond week by American task force smashes reported today by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. Cruisers and destroyers of a speedy and powerful fleet shelled Guam Monday and Tuesday, making four consecutive days of naval bombard- ment of that American island lost early in the war. Guam, Rota Strafed Carrier aircraft bombed and straf- ed Guam and nearby Rota Tuesday, and Wednesday, carrying the aerial attack through the ninth straight day on Guam and eighth on Rota. The continuity and weight of the assaults were suggestive of the bomb- ing and shelling that preceded Am- erican invasion of other Japanese islands in the Central Pacific. Gun emplacements, blockhouses and warehouses were hit by the naval shelling of Guam and five barges were sunk, Nimitz reported. There was no damage to American ships, indicating that previous air and sea attacks may have knocked out the enemy defense batteries. Fires Are Started Defense installations, runways and other military objectives were the targets for carrier aircraft. Many fires were started on Rota. Again there was extensive use of rockets, as reported by nearly every com- munique since the current series of attacks was launched. Piti, on the central western coast of Guam, apparently was a major objective. Military installations there were hit and gun emplacements strafed. In the two days of aerial slashes one plane was lost, presumably to the moderate ground fire reported. Again there was no mention of aerial interception, further indication that the enemy's airfields may have been made unusable. Yank Bombers Smash Targets InMunich Area LONDON, July 13.--(P)- Com- munications and other war targets concentrated around Munich lay twisted and smoking tonight, ham- mered into wreckage during the day by more than 1,000 American heavy bombers which smashed against this fourth largest German city for the third day in a row and finally forced the German air force to come up and fight. The great fleet of Flying Fortresses and Liberators, completing an un- precedented 60-hour assault on in- stallations confined to such a small area, also pounded Saarbrucken, 200 miles west of Munich, as the Allies pressed a gigantic campaign to iso- late the German homeland from battle fronts on all sides. Today's American losses compared with Tuesday's 20 bombers and two fighters and Wednesday's 26 bombers and no fighters. The daylight blow against southern German followed night assaults by more than 1,300 RAF bombers which blasted railroad yards at Tours and Culmont-Chelindry, 100 miles south of Paris, flying bomb bases in France, and industries in the Ruhr. Wee kwEnd -May Find Russians On Reich Soil By the Associated Press LONDON, July 13.-The old Polish city of Wilno, gateway to the Baltic, sell to the Red Army today after five days of bloody street fighting, Mar- shal Stalin announced tonight, while new advances to the southwest placed the Russians less than 30 miles from the new borders of East Prussia. The smoke-smothered city of 200,- 000 was a scene of horror and de- struction as Gen. Ivan D. Cherniak- hovsky's Third White Russian Army finally liquidated the German garri- son, which had been vainly reinforced , by parachutists. Fierce Resistance The Germans were reluctant to yield the city, which is a communica- tions center linking White Russia, Poland and the Baltic states, but from the very inception of their fero- cious house-to-house resistance, they were by-passed by large Russian for- ces which sped past the city in a swift westward drive that gave prospects tonight of Soviet soldiers fighting on German fatherland soil by the end of the week. Meanwhile, strong forces had re- mained to clean out Wilno. Only Thursday morning a Red Star corre- spondent wrote that the remaining Germans were 'in a state of agony," and described common soldiers as striving to surrender, only to be shot down by storm troopers and Gestapo men. Repeated parachute reinforce- ments were shot out of the sky or fell on power lines and roofs, he said. Heavy Casualties Stalin's order did not disclose the accounts from Moscow indicated the total of Nazi casualties, but the day's were heavy, one Russian broadcast saying, "Those who do not surrender meet with death in their own lairs." The prisoners taken had orders from Hitler to fight to the death for the city, Russian accounts said. East Prussia Approached Past Wilno, Moscow dispatches said, Russian armor was bearing down through Lithuania in the wid- ening and deepening bulge towards East Prussia, while massive artillery pieces were being wheeled up to shell the border defenses. On the remainder of the White Russian front in old Polish territory that Russia took in 1939, Moscow accounts said a terrific tank battle appeared in prospect as the Red Army slugged nearer to the Grodno- Bialystok-Brest-Litovsk line.. The continuing campaign against the Finns in the far north was almost entirely overshadowed by the gigantic developments on the central front, but Moscow dispatches predicted that the general Russian offensive soon would spread to every area from the Barents Sea to the Black. Gen. Roosevelt Dies in France Fought in Battles in North Africa, Sicily WITH AMERICAN TROOPS IN NORMANDY, July 13.-()-Brig.- Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., 56- the soldier son of a soldier father- who braved death in three invasions and many battlefields in North Af- rica, Sicily, Italy and France, died of a heart attack last night at 11:45 as he rested quietly in a captured Ger- man truck. 'Beloved' General The son of the former President was assistant commanding general of the fourth infantry division. He died two hours after a visit with his son, Quentin, who is a captain in the Fighting First Infantry division in which the General served as deputy commander earlier in the war. Tomorrow Roosevelt, one of the best beloved generals in the Army, is to be buried in the fourth division military cemetery and his body will rest in the soil of the same country where his brother Quentin was killed in the last war. Led a Strenuous Life Although stricken with a slight heart attack four days ago, Roose- velt-whos knnhhd ane wide grin EISENHOWER TALKS TO G. I. JOE: Supreme Commander Keeps in Touch With All Allied Fronts By EDWARD V. ROBERTS Representing the combined American Press ALLIED ADVANCE COMMAND POST, July 13-(AP)-There's no such thing as a "typical" day in the life of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme commander of the Allied forces. He is likely to be in any .,- .f rlnn Afrrp + Tin'se- reading reports of the Allied progress toward 6aen. Finally, when word of the capture of the city came, he ,nodded satisfaction and went to bed. At 8 a. m., July 10 he was back at his desk reading an important message from Gen. Montgomery during the night. Then he went n his nersonal caravan for bacon. Four reporters stationed here as representatives of the combined British and American press were received by Eisenhower at 11 a. m. He came out hatless to meet us, led us into his tent, and told us to grab chairs. ; The general talked an hour and a half, leisurely and quietly dis- cussing the present situation, fu- apparent interest to a long recita- tion of our problems and offered some suggestions. Eisenhower's Chief of Staff, Lieut. Gen. W. B. Smith, arrived at 1 p. m., with the Earl of Halifax, British Ambassador at Washing- ton, who was a luncheon guest. Holds Telephone Conference After luncheon the supreme w mail arrived. There was a let- ter from the General's brother, President Milton Eisenhower of Kansas College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts, and a note from the Earl of Halifax thank- ing him for the aid American soldiers have rendered London victims of the flying bombs. Another long dictation session