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VOL. L--NO. 183
KENOSHA EVENING NEWS
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SWANCUTT RULED SANE BY MILITARY COURT--Lt. Beaufort G.
Swancutt. of La Crosse, Wls., under guard of Lt Dale Frazier, sits in
his wheelchair outside the courtroom at Camp Anza Calif•, awaiting
resumption of his court martial on charges of murdering four persons.
"/'he military court ruled he was sane when the shootings occurred
last March 5. A blanket has been throw over Swancutt's shackled
bands.(AP Wirephoto).
Anzio Beachhe Forces Join Main Bo.dy
Of Fifth Army; ntact Above Terracina
Push on Rome Predicted
Washington---{P)--The Office of War Information, one of Capitol
]tilI's pet targets, drew a pat on the back today from the usually hard-
boiled house appropriations committee.
Sending to the floor a $1,033,358,367 bill to finance the activities of
18 home front war agencies for the 12 months starting July 1, the corn-
rnittee commended OWI for "mak.
lag a valuable contribution to the
war effort x x x and in direct aid
of the military operations." Even
owrs domestic branch, which last
year was assailed sharply by the
committee and threatened with
abolition, won praise for "fulfilling
an important function as now or-
ganized and conducted."
The total in the bill was $1.785,-
909,175 below funds appropriated
for the same agencies for the cur-
rent year and $37,955,058 below
budget estimates.
The War Shipping Administra-
tion was given the largest allot-
ment, $530,350.000, to recruit sea-
men. train them and to operate a
merchant fleet expected to total
4.209 vessels with an overall ton-
nage of 43.000,000 during the next
year, an increase of 1,070 ships
over th current active inventory
of ships and a tonnage boost of
12.689.000.
Laud Merchant Marine
Pointing with "patriotic pride"
to the achievement record of the
merchant marine, which in 1943
carried more than 35,000,000 tons
of shipping from United States
ports, the committee praised Ad-
miral Emory S. Land, maritime
boss. and the merchant mariners
nd shore aides who have trans-
ported our armies and their sup-
plies all over the world. The War
hipping Administration's 1944-45
allotment was $8,000,000 below
budget estimates.
To help the Office of War Infor.
marion carry on its far-flung prop-
aganda program ranging from the
firing of safe-conduct passes to
prospective German prisoners by!
long-range gun to the dropping of
seeds by airplane to Burmese head-[
hunters, the committee recom-]
mended $58,625,367; an increase of I
$20.402.863 over current year funds I
and a reduction of $5,764,633 from]
budget estimates• [
This amount, the committee said, i
©ompares with an estimated Nazi
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t
:Soviet Guards
; R00ulse Nazis
Moseow--4J3--Soviet guard units
repulsed a series of German at-
tacks on the Soviet bridgehead
northwest of Tiraspol on the west
Cite Incidents
/Of Historic5th
ArmyContads
With the Fifth Army in Italy--
(U.PS--At 31 minutes after 7 o'clock
this morning an American sergeant
of engineers, Leland Grossman, 22,
i of Salem, S. D., looked across a dip
in the Terracina-Rome road and
saw an American doughboy on the
other side..
Said the doughboy: "Who the
hell are you?"
Said Sergeant Grossman: "Well,
rll be damned."
It was thus that American forces
pushing up from the south made
their juncture with the Anzio
beachhead army.
Two hours and 40 minutes later,
the juncture was made official
Enemy Flees Coastal Sectors
'"We have achieved full employ-
ment and abundance for war; we
o _ ,o ITALY must demonstrate the imagination
srtut! s and courage to do the same in
peace," Walter P. Reuther, Detroit,
LINES AS TERRACINA FELL TO ALLI--Arrows indicate the Allied drives along two fronts (black international vice president of the
head patrol, spored Buckley com-
C0mm,t!ee - when Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark, com-
a r_ -- -- - 1--[mender of the Fifth army, cc
wunnrTelover from the beachhead
| • | j| j ||_tlshook hands with.a second . lines) in Italy and along the coast when American forces had invested Terracina late Thursday. ThelUnited Auto Workers (CIO) union,
| lt # |1] enanz oz a comoa engmeer reg-lmap shows the advances of the American forces from the Anzio beachhead near Cisterna, that cut the]told a hiah school auditorium audi-
II sent coming up. from the southlAppia n Way and a railroad as escape routes for 17 trapped Nazi divisions. A junction of the beachhead[ence Weesdav night.
mrough me e'onine marsnes -
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you're going?" ]
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with the Anzio forces•" [ . ]
"Well, you made it."
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lSch001Syste milesthe Italiansouth ofC°astalthe Mu..linihighwaYcanal'eln VRQT IWN WRV 00.KI
m today and with that laconic ex- m.
change marked the historic junc-[| | | W lill I | • • V • • ltl II I lll IliliVl tl
IF "" ewellP "" y ture of the main All led 5th army,
with Anzio beachhead forces. The[ mr
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cial broadcast from the front. HeJ .... London After an early |
identified the two soldiers as Lqn.,:l.,,.,J, l... the win00 today/^ . .
Francis Buckley, Philadelphia, aV/'ttllll lull !% /AlP in the strait of Dover and white- /l In Uetetl irnt
• . . tached to the main 5th army, and/lll/%#k4l n/t cappedwavesappeared out at sea lUll Itl3/DUlnl II
emSbeeS[i!:aenta: Capt. Ben Zimmemer, Honolulu, as the sun streamed down romJ ..............
from the beachhead. l T | an almost cloudless sky. /
Zimmemer .walking south on the Ktmnnr lrnall I • P • I
htghway at the head of a beach I,00IIIIU00I/00/ UI3
• ' u vrlce t0nTr0l
The temperature at 9"a. m. was
about 70 degrees. Visibility was
good after an early ground mist
disappeared. The barometer was
London -- (.q:') -- Masses of planes [ unchanged.
estimated to total 5,500 bombed the l__-_==-_---_-_-:_-_=-_=_===========;
Germans in north and south France,[
Belgium, .northern Italy and the
Reich itself today in great, coordi-Vaudreuil For
hated assaults from Britain and
Italy. Most invading planes were
ALlied Headquarters, Naples----(A----The Fifth army merged its two
fronts---the Anzio beachhead and the main force above Terracina--
today for a unified push on Rome. ,
Americans from the main front established contact with U. S. patrols
from the beachhead, Allied headquarters announced, as the climax of
'a lightning march which burst
the Peace through 60 miles of German de-
fenses in a 14-day offensive and in
its last stages saw the enemy beat-
ing a hasty retreat from the entire
coastal belt below Anzio.
Plea of One of the first objectives o
Gen. Sir Harold Alexander's offen-
sive, the reaching of the beach-
head, was thus attained after two
Reulher o,
Another objective---the drawing
of more and more German troops
into battles as "D" Day approaches
for Allied troops in England---ap-
peared in the making. Allied air-
men said a stream of enemy rein-
forcements was pouring southward
from northern Italy.
Fresh Concentrations
The swift bulging of a continu-
ous Allied line to within 20 miles
of Rome apparently had spurred
the Germans into massing fresh
concentrations of men and material
i above the former beachhead posi-
:tion to make the fight for the Ital-
ian capital.
German prisoners taken since
the second in the series of public the start of the offensive have
mounted to 10,000, headquarters
meetings under this sponsorship, said.
the first having been addressed by Following up yesterday's dawn
Paul G. Hoffman, chairman of the to dusk air assaults on long col-
National Committee for Economic umns of German convoys when
Development. more than 600 vehicles were de-
Reuther drew on his now famous stroyed or damaged, Allied air
'2Reuther postwar plan" to outline forces again raised havoc with
labor's views on planning for the enemy transport and by late after-
peace, noon reported the destruction of
233 more.
Warhawks caught two streams of
vehicles fleeing northward bumper
to bumper in tim area of Attune.
three miles south of almontone
and left 100 of them in flames.
Announced Contact
A special headquarters commu-
nique announced the contact by
patrols a few miles southeast of
the bridgehead on the coastal
highway between Terracina and
Anzio.
"It should not be long before the
two fronts are firmly established
as one when the Fifth army will
then develop even greater
strength," an official spokesman
said.
Already the beachhead 20 miles
below Rome was breaking out to
the east with Cisterna flanked
deeply on both sides and attacked
at the outskirts in a frontal assault.
(The German communique hinted
at a new threat above the beach-
head, declaring Allied troops had
landed behind the German lines on
the western wing of the beacLnead
but had been annihilated. There
was no Allied confirmation.
(Earlier, the Germans had an-
nounced withdrawal from the en-
tire coastal strip between the
beachhead and Tcrracina. The com-
munique said the Allies were em-
ploying "enormous" tank forma-
tions in a series of crushing
ttacks).
Nazis Flee Northward
German troops who fought to
hold Terracina. 22 miles below tht
beacbhead, were reported fleeing
northward through Priverno in the
direction of Valmontome. They
sought to escape encirclement and
mnihllation as the main front
protect small business during the (Continued on Faze Five)
In the hearings on restaurant conversion period, giving them , ,
prices, conducted at the court house long-term loans, special priorities I asg I I e
Wednesday, five Kenosha restau-for needed materials. . IIUI UI4 I-Itrlrtn
rateurs appeared to answer to "The government should ais°l|||] I It';CI/IHU
charges of violations. Others found create a central research clearing[' ume=, • ,ww ....
to have violated restaurant price house to make certain that patents,
ceilings are to appear at a later technical and scientific knowledge[C__. D,--#,#. kdlll
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Flier Had a Hunch Hzs
tT Tr • _ t'_____ 2 __ TT [for an election to determine which
m rnrr was L, omlno Uu ]union has the majority of members
. • 6v, " " "-- Jin the plants of the American and
Lt. Rrthur E. Camosy, 25, co- Kenosha.=,., .. Brass companieSin the cityhere' counWaS-
pilot of a Flying Fortr. ess. crew c-;h'lers'. day
based in Englana, nan a nuncn zna Robert T. Drake, trial examiner
anything might happen after he for the board, conducted the hear-
American.
Around 4,000 assaulted the west
wall of Europe, with a spearhead
of 1,000 U. S. heavy bombers plung-
ing their explosives into rail yards
and airfields of northern France
and Belgium while Berlin and the
west German transport center of
Aachen still smouldered from pre-
dawn attacks of 500 British heavy
bombers.
By 5 p..m. it was estimated that
7,500 tons of bombs had been cast
upon the Germans since midnight
and the planes were still at work.
Simultaneously, heavy bombers
from Italy struck in south France
at the naval base of Toulon, grave-
yard of the scuttled French fleet,
and at Lyon on the Rhone river
a historic invasion path. Rail in-
stallations at both cities were tar-
gets.
Resistance tncreasea
ing toward him and gave him the
usual GI greeting:
"Where the hell do you think
you're going?"
"And that was it," Sevareid re-
ported, adding that within a mat-
ter of minutes the two soldiers
were surrounded by a knot of ar-
mored cars, jeeps, and trucks from
the converging forces.
Clark at Juncture
Lt• Gun. Mark W. Clark, com-
mander of the Allied 5th army,
was on the spot almost immediate-
iy after the eentact was made.
The Nazis had blown up a small
bridge across one of the canals
criss.crossing the Pontine marshes,
but the converging troops met no
resistance, apart from a few isolated
German snipers, Sevareid said.
For about an hour after Buckley
and Zimmemer met, Allied units
from both forces kept piling up
along the road, including a British
reconnaissance party from the An-
zio side.
The GI's who had fought their
way up 60 miles from the south in
14 days had only one question for
the beachhead comrades:
"Where's that Anzio beer we've
Processions miles long of up to
been hearing about?" 1,000 Flying Fortresses and Liber-
Szgnal corps men from both sides
• " . . " ators shepherded by at least 500
laid their wires almos as soon as Rhtr n.n,,. ,4 ,,AA.n]v n
the juncture was made Sevaretd
, creased resistance from the inva-
reported. . . stun-threatened ground, as they
"Right now. it's possible to Je- smote ruthlessly at enemy military
phone from Anzio to Naples," he targets close to this great invasion
said. "'And if anyone wan a base.
peaceful ride through the Italian The enemy did not care to risk
countryside, he can ride down to his dwindling air force, but aug-
Naples on the road So we are all
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ogemer on one tong n'on. - •
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Raone Ptlot Kdled n In
Santa Rosa Calif. -- (.4:') -- Sec-lm m w ul,,euvn n n /
ond Lt. Warren Oisen, 23, of IRa.]
clue, Wis., was killed yesterday in[ ! Ir -- k d
the crash of a twin engined fightcr[lrt MI ICCIIn M/U
planeemtheSantamebase• IIII IUI.11UII I'lUlf
istrative employes, honored G. F.
Loomis, superintendent of schools
Wednesday night at a banquet at
the Elks club. It was their gesture
of appreciation for his long service
to Kenosha on the eve of his retire-
ment on July 1 after serving as
superintendent of schools here
since 1921.
There were more than 250 men
and women present for the occa-
sion, all joining in the testimonial
to the esteem with which they hold
Loomis.
Frank Holt, assistant to the pres-
ident of the University of Wiscon-
sin and director of the university's
ipublic relations program, was the
Iprincipal speaker.
Tribute to Leadership
Holt told of Loomis' record of 31
years as treasurer of the Wisconsin
Education association, and how
throughout that period he had beeu
continuously re-elected without op-
position. He, told of the high esteem
with which Loomis' record in Ke-
nosha is held in the state depart-
ment of public instruction, and
praised the caliber of the Kenosha
system.
"Here in Kenosha," Holt ,said,
"you are widely acclaimed because
your school system's first responsi-
bility is to the child and not for
the employe. You have a model
system which is the envY, of many
other cities, and the counsel and
advice of your superintendent is
sought by educational leaders in
all phases of activity."
Toastmaster for the occasion was
G. M. Phelan, who was also chair-
man of the arrangements co _mgflt-
tee. The dinner was the seconl in
the series of events given to honor
Loomis, The first was by the school
administration building employes.
Phelan recalled milestones in Ke-
nosha's educational history, de-
sen'ibing the growth of the system
in the list three decades. In ghe
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Governor, But
NoStatement
Leo E. Vaudreuil, Kenosha at.
torney and widely known Progres-
sive leader, is being considered as
a candidate for governor of the
state of Wisconsin on the Progres-
sive ticket, it was revealed today.
Although Vaudreull said he did
not wish to make an announcement
at this time, it was learned that
nomination papers have been cir-
culated in many sections of the
state, and that there already has
been sufficient signatures secured
to assure his name being placed on
the ticket.
These nomination papers were
taken out by friends on behalf of
Vaudreuil, and the action was
brought to light last week when
the Capital Times, Madison, re-
ported papers were in circulation.
Two Others Considering
Two other Progressives also have
nomination papers in circulation.
They are Alexander Renz, Apple-
ton, and Ralph Ammoth. Eau
Claire. The final date for filing
these papers is June 6.
Vandreuil was deputy attorney
general for two years under the
late Orland Loomis, who was later
elected governor of the state but
died before he took office. He has
never sought a state public office
by ballot before. As deputy at-
torney general he established many
state-wide contacts through his
popularity as well as through his
work in the legal department of
the state government. In Kenosha
he has been identified more re-
cently with the role. of legal rep-
resentative for important labor
cases.
Bomber Missing
On Training Flight
Avon Park, Fla. A heavy
bomber from the Avon Park army
air field with a crew of eight men
aboard -- including two from Wis-
consin -- is missing on a combat
training flight, ofltcera announced
yesterday.
The missing Wisconsin men are
it. Robert Kunzeiman, of Baraboo,
ahd it. John E. Vrana of Racine.
The bomber left here Monday
night on a flight to New Orleans,
and. was lazt reported over the
Gulf of Mexico west ol Tampa.
In Kenosha Wednesday to assist
members of the price panel of the
Kenosha County War Price and Ra-
tioning Board with a series of hear-
ings, Arthur P. Cutting, price con-
trol representative of the district
OPA offices in Milwaukee, disclosed
that a recent Kenosha survey re-
vealed "considerable ceiling viola-
tlon on the part of local restau-
rants."
The price panel hearings were
held as a result of violations found
by the restaurant survey, Cutting
said.
The check-up on restaurant ceil-
ing prices here, according to Cut-
tlng and to A. J. Palica, chairman
of the price panel of the local board
sho ed that several restaurants
were charging prices for meals in
excess of the ceiling which was es-
tablished as of April ,i to April 10,
1943. The survey also revealed that
some restaurants were serving
higher priced meals under a
changed menu than were served in
the base period. '"this," Cutting
Said, "is contrary to OPA regula-
tions."
Five Make Appearance
war Planning committee. It was
bank of the lower Dnestr river
yesterday, killing 400 Germans
and knocking out a quantity of
War material, including 20 tanks.
There were no major changes
on any sector of the front, how-
ever, a communique said.
Rusan forces turned back four
Nazi attacks against the Dnestr
bridgehead and. in addition to the
400 Germans killed and 20 tanks
knocked out, destroyed or disabled
four self-propelled guns, three ar-
mored cars, 40 motor vehicles, and
15 cers.
Equipment ]lasted
Twenty-seven German tanks and
self-propelled guns were knocked
out. and nine German planes were
shot do in actions Tuesday, e
communique said.
A Berlin broadcast of a German
war bulletin said that there was
'only slight fighting" on the Rus-
sian front. The broadcast said that
German bombs set off explosions
and started fires in an attack on
the Ukrainian raft Junction of She-
petvoka Tuesday nighL)
The Russian communique said
that a German submarine was sunk
Tuesday by Soviet Black Sea war-
Proclaim Poppy Day to
Aid Vets Behabilitation
'rhe challenge of peace is as
compelling as the challenge of
war," he declared, "and if we are
to avoid a postwar depression we
must plan now for the peace. We
cannot afford the risk of too little
and too late in peace. Half-way
measures did not meet the prob-
lems of war; they will not meet the
problems of peace. We must be
prepared to mobilize fully our hu-
man and material resources to
fight a total war against poverty
and human insecurity with the
same determination with which we
are now fighting the total war
against Hitlerism."
Details of Plan
Reuther's program calls for the
organization of a Peace Production
Board, composed of representatives
of government, management, labor,
farmers and consumers, he said. He
asked the government to declare a
policy under which it would oper.
ate, "as a yardstick, government-
owned plants in monopolistic or
semi.monopolistic industries, or in
mdustries strategic to national wel-
fare and defense. This will help
destroy the strangle-hold of monop-
olies which imperil our nation's
defense program.
"Secondly, the government shall
make available for lease to private
industry government-owned ma-
chinery and facilities for use in
civilian production on the basis of
guarantees that will protect the in-
terests of government, labor and
the consumer; to get these machines
working in peace production first
before wading through the red tape
of who owns them or who has con-
trol.
"Thirdly, special provisions must
be developed to rehabilitate and
Kenusha will take part in the na-
tional observance of Poppy Day on
Saturday when the American Le-
gion auxiliary and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars post and its auxiliary
conduct the annual street corner
solicitation with sales of miniature
ppie
Proceeds go to the rehabilitation
funds for sick and wounded ex-
servicemen.
Frank Babino is chairman of the
post committee, and Mrs. A,
J. Denig is chairman of the auxil-
iery committee. Mrs, Albert Frle-
deck is chairman of the American
Legion auxiliary committee.
City Manager James G. Wallace
today urged genera] ptlbUc cooper.
ation with the veterans organiza-
tions in supporting the campaign.
The city of Kenosha established
Poppy Day as a community oc-
ceon by resolution adopted April
16. 1934.
Here Is Wallace's proclamation:
'qNHEREAS, the United States ot
America is again being forced to
crush powerful enemies seeking to
establish their tyranny over the
whole world, and
"WHEREAS, the men and women
of Kenosha again are being called
i upon to offer up their lives in the
service of this nation, and
"WHEREAS, the memory of
those who have given their lives
is cherished by all of us, and is an
inspiration to us all in these grave
days, and
"WHEREAS, their service and
sacrifice is symbolized by the wear-
ing of the memorial poppy;
"NOW, THEREFORE, May 27,
1944. is hereby proclaimed to be
Poppy Day in the city of Kenosha
and all citizens are sincerely urged
to observe the day by wearing the
memorial poppy in honor of those
men and women who died for
America in the battles of World
War I and World War II."
Washington -- ) -- Diplomatic
officials here consider it entirely
possible that Russia may break with
Bulgaria in the next few days. This
would almost certainly force a new
decision on the question of an
American break with Finland.
The aid the Bulgars have be
giving Axis armies in airfields and
port and transportation facilities
now becomes a major factor in Rus-
sia's advance into Romania. That is
one of the things that impelled the
Russians to turn on the heat.
Policy Unchanged
American policy on Finland has
been unchanged since the Finns t-
natty declined about three weeks
ago to accept Russian armistice
terms. This rejection, however, left
the policy without much chance of
serving its main purpose which was
expressly to get Finland out of the
war,
Authorities believe the policy will
be increasingly difficult to justify
if Russia breaks with Bulgaria, Fin.
land shows no signs to make peace
and the United States alone remains
on friendly terms with a nation al-[
lied, however reluctantly, with Get-
had completed 25 missions and won
an Air Medal. So on May 5 he
wrote his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dominick Camosy, that if they
didn't hear from him for any period
of time that they shouldn't worry
because it would mean he would
be a prisoner of war, adding it
might take a couple months then
fr a letter to get through.
The chronology of Lt. Camosy's
war career picks up from that date•
On May 8 his plane did not return
from a mission over Germany. On
,May 10 a fellow officer in the same
squadron mailed Camosy's latter
written May 5. The letter arrived
a week ago, and the parents here
immediately felt considerable con-
cern.
Their information was confirmed,
however, when the war department
sent a telegram reporting Lt Cam-
LL Arthur E. Camosy
ing, questioning company officials
as well as those representing the
two opposing labor unions.
The hearing is the result of an
initial plea by the Mine, Mill and
Smelter Worker• union (CIO for
an election. Their petition claims
a majority of the production work-
era in the plants have signed up
in their local.
Protest Organization
The Brass and Copper Workers
Federal Labor union 19322 (AFL),
however, challenged the claims and
protested the efforts of the CIO
union to "raid" the membership
of the AFL4ocal in the two plants.
Drake opened the hearing by
asking D. C. Rowell, general super-
intendent of the brass mills,
preliminary questions on the organ-
ization of the factories. The hear-
osy missing in action since May ing was expected to continut
eighth, brother Joseph carpenters mate through the afternoon, after which
Lt. Camosy received his primarylfirst class is in 'the Carribean Sea, the testimony would be taken un-
der adwseemnt for consideration
training at the Nankin Aeronauti-]and the third brother, it. Remo E. I " ' "
ca1 Academy Tulare, Calif., and Camosy. is at Fresno, Calif. by the board itself at a later .dam.
was commissioned at Santa Ana. The missing flier graduated from t David Sigman. AFL regional at-
CaliL, in March. 1943. He wenttKenosha high school in 1937, and t rector, Milwaukee and A. E. Gold-
overseas the following October. entered the armed forces on Jan. berg. Milwaukee attorney, attended
A brother, Pfc. Raoul Camosy. is[29. 1942. His parents live at 2120,the hearing as representatives of
stationed in England. Another[ Thirty-seventh streeL the AFL union.
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