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',airo were captured• Broken line shows where Germans are reported attempting to form a new froni
-(AP Wirephoto).
00esume 00re-r00vasion Air
Strong Attacks
Follow Night
Raids by RAF
London--(,)--An armada of UlC
to 1.000 American Liberators and
Flying Fortresses smashed railroad
• ' targets at four German towns and
mricraft plants in two French cities
today in a powerful renewal of the
Allied pre-invasion aerial batter-
:" lng of Hitler's Europe.
, The German centers of Karls-
. ruhree. Mannheim, Ludwigshafen
and Saarbrucken. and aircraft
." plants at the French cities of Metz
and Strasbourg were pounded by
the giant forces.
The American headquarters an-
nouncement said the heavy.bomb- DEATH RECOIE[NDEi}---A 12-
ers were out in "'very strong forces" officer courtrnartiai has recom-
750 to 1.000 in number, mended that Lt ]Beauforll G. Swan-
Britain-bad hev craft were curt, 31, (above), of L! Croase,
IWounded yesterday because o! Wis., be hanged for the dayg of
weather conditions, but the Allies four persons in a shooting tray last
...... _:__.;____ ................. March 5 which in te Camp
Anza, Calif., officers' club and
Attack From Italy wod up in Riverside, Calif.--(J..P
Wirephoto).
Allied Headquarters, Naples---!5ovtet Embassy
bP)--Italy-based American heavy " •
bombers today attacked rail fa-
cilities in southeastern France for I
the third successive day.
kept the day'night assault thunder- I ta ff Pmnm
ing with attacks on Europe byl,l%ll I lV%dIV,,I
]ighter craft from Britain and with I
Italy-based four-engined bombers t II '"
striking southern French rail cen- I I IlIl l
ters. /U %lUll JU/lU
It was the second assault in a
]ittl.e more than 12 hours on the
chemical center of Ludwigshafen,
hit last night by RAP Mosquitos
which also pounded the Rothe Erda
rail yards at Aachen.
Few Fighters Intercept
The Berlin radio said the Rhine-
land cities of Karlsruhere and
Mannheim had been hit with "sub-
stantial quantities" of explosives
and incendiaries. It added that
weather conditions had kept all but
few of Germany's fighter inter-
eeptors from making contact with
the American bomber formations
and their escorts.
London observers said that Al-
lied formations including hundreds
of Flying Fortresses and Liberators
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Report Pacific
Front Activity
London --.P.)--- Travelers arriv-
ing in Turkey said today that the
staff of the Sovie embassy in Sofia
has begun packing its belongings
and making other preparations for
departure, perhaps as a prelude to
Russian break in relations with
Bulgaria.
The reports followed close on the
expiration Thursday midnight of a
purported Soviet ultimatum to Bul-
garia to cease her pro-German ac-
tiivties and coincided with the ar-
rival of German reinforcements in
the monarchy.
Describe Ultimatum
Ankara dispatches sold the Rus-
sian ultimatum, delivered May 19
by the Soviet charge d'affaires was
in two parts:
1. Unless pending Russo-Bulgar-
ian question were olved immedi-
ately, the Soviat ambassador would
not return to Sofia and Russia
would not agree to the nomination
of any ncw Bulgarian ambassador.
2. Since Bulgaria was violating
its neutrality by efficaciously aid.
ing the enemy, a complete diplo-
Pick Successor
Loomisat
From an original field of 56 men,
four candidates for the office of
superintendent .Of schools remained
today for action by the board of
education Monday night.
The board will select a successor
to G. F. Loomis, who has been
superintendent since 1921 and who
!is retiring from office on July 1, at
!a special meeting in the school ad-
ministration building Monday eve-
ning at 7;30 o'clock•
The commissioners have corn-
their preliminary investiga-
of the men, and their qualifi-
cations were discussed at length at
a three-hour meeting held Friday
night at the conclusion of a lcial
hearing of the proposed military
training jproject. The meeting end-
ed at 1:0 a. m.
Four Cadld.
The four men from whom one
will be selected Monday night are:
Dr. Forest E. Conner, director
of secondary education and assist-
ant superintendent of schools at
Hibbing, Minn.
Dr. Loyd E. Grimes, assistant
state superintendent of public in-
struction at Jefferson City, Mo.
T. J. Jeusen, M. A., superintend-
nt of schools at Fond du Lac.
W. F. Waterpool, M. A., upcr-
intendent of schools at Mainette.
Four members of the board, all
who could make the trips, visited
the home towns of the candidates,
made thorough surveys, talked to
many persons, and returned with
complete reports on the individual.
Commissioners Dan Lencioni and
Frank Slyer visited Grimes' com-
munity at Jefferson CRy; Lencioni
and Ray Anderson went to Mari-
nette and Fond du Lac, and Sivers
and Chester Hubbard went to Hib-
bind.
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Report Bulgarian
Troops in Desertion
Bari, Italy -.--(/PP...- Mass deser-
tions by Bulgarian troops in south-
eastern Yugoslavia were reported
by the headquarters of the Yugo-
slav partisan military mission to-
day, with a spokesman asserting
that morale is weakening notice-
ably as tension mounts in the Bal-
kans.
Whole platoons and companies
are deserting, the spokesman said.
Another report reaching here,
which was unconfirmed, said the
Germans had begun disarming Bul.
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}Y Uni P ] I I " PS[e
American planes bombed and _ _
.trafed Japanese bas and airfields ! l r,v.'.H ,"
in the Pacific and southwest Pacific q., %- .M L,#
Wednesday and Thursday. it was
Check Honor Roll
As a Memorial Day Duty
definitely reported as having made
the supreme sacrifice in the war.
Every effort has also been made to
make this complete but any addi-
tional information will be wel-
comed. Those listed as "missing
in action" have not been so desig.
nated unless there has been a
further report.
The annual Memorial Day serv.
ices in Kenosha are to be held to.
morrow -- Sunday afternoon -- as
previously announced, this day
having been selected to give more
of the public an opportunity to par.
ticipate in this tribute of respect`
The highlights of the ceremonies,
as announced in detail heretofore,
include:
10:30 a.m.---Joint services at the
First Christian church.
1:30 p.m.---Ceremonies at Soldiers
Plot, Greenridge cem-
etery; parade line to
form.
2:00 p.m.--Parade line s t a r t s
moving.
2:30 p.m.Wreaths placed on Sol-
diers' and Lincoln
Monuments.
3:00 p.m.--Memorial Services in
Lake Front Stadium.
4.30 p.n---Services for Navy
Dead at Lake Font.
announced today, while American
infantrymen still fought to wrest
Maffin airdrome from the enemy.
Targets in the Pacific were
Kusaie, Ponape, Shumushu airfield
in the Kuriles, and the battered
enemy garrisons in the Marshalls
which have been cut off from effec.
rive help.
Heavy bombers rained explosives
on Manokwari and Biak island's
Mokmer airdrome at Dutch New
Guinea, while on the mainland
American troops were fighting at
the edge of Marlin airstrip.
Sank Five Jap Barges
American P-T boats dashed into
Sarmi harbor Tuesday night and
sank five Japanese barges :off Van-
deemoea island and destroyed five
enemy gun emplacements near
Maffin with shellfire.
All raiding American planes in
both the Pacific and southwest Pa.
cific returned safely to their bases
after encountering generally light
enemy anti-aircraft resistance.
in Burma, Chinese troops cap-
tured the Japanese stronghold of
Warong, 12 miles northeast of Ka.
maing and inflicted heavy losses
on the enemy. Other Chinese
forces were strengthening the Al-
lied ring around Myitkyina, where
Sino-Amerlcan infantrymen still
Weae battling the trapl-d Japane
Relatives of Kenosha and Ke-
:nosha county men and women
who are in the military service
were urged today to take the Me-
morial Day period as a time to
check the Service Honor Roll, lo-
cated at the southeast corner of the
Elks clubhouse lawn to make sure
that the name of their son, brother
or husband or sister or daughter,
who is in the military service, is
listed there.
'Fhis Honor RoD has been
brought as nearly to date as it
could be done," declared Ray L.
Smith, chairman of the war com-
mittee of the Kenosha Elks Lodge,
which has constructed and main-
tained this tribute to the men in
service. "But we are aware that
we have not been able to secure
the names of some of those who
are in service. We want it com-
plete and therefore we urge rela-
tives to scan the lists and, if the
name for which you are particu-
larly looking is not listed, to report
it immediately at the omce in the
Elks Clubhouse or send in the
name to the War Committee of
the Elks Lodge."
During the past few days gold
stars have been placed before the
names of those who have been
north.
Though the Allies have had proof
that the German command has
been using Rome as a communica-
tions center and for other military
purposes, the Vichy broadcast
claimed the enemy would not de,
fend the Italian capital because "it
already has been declared an open
town."
"The capture of Rome would
bring no new element in the gen-
eral conduct of the war except for
the prestige "that would be gained
by this success," Vichy said. "It is
well known that the German high
command has stated on many pre-
vious occasions it would accept
battle only north of Rome on a line
of resistance prepared many
Monday f=" ago."
Stockholm dispatches suggested
that the success of the Allied of-
fensive in Italy may result in the
invasion of western Europe be-
ginning sooner than previously had
been planned.
Signal for Invasion
The Stockholm correspondent
of the London Daily Telegraph said
the German people were being told
that the battle for Rome, "now
nearing a decision, will probably
be the signal for an Allied invasion
from the west coordinated with a
Russian offensive from the east`"
Radio Berlin attributed the col-
"By withholding reserves in
western Europe," Berlin [ld, "the
other hand, every day of the
southern Italian campaign weakens
the pwer of the opponent.
"In the German camp, it ia quite
clear that the enemy is very
anxious to see 20 or more German
divisions start an attack today or
tomorrow and throw him back to
the Garigliano and even to Naples
or farther, if only this would bring
about a noticeable weakening of
the German anti-invasion forces.
"On no account will reinforce-
ments be sent from the west. Not
even the gigantic Russian summer
offensive, which soon will be ini-
tiated, will change this decision of
'the German leaders."
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CELEBRATE CAPTURE OF CASSINO---British Eighth army veterans
in smashed Cassino dance to a tune played by a Tommy (right) with l
a harmonica in celebration of the capture of the long-besieged', rubble-
strewn city• This is an official British photo.(AP Wirephoto).
Lightning Bolt
Restores Hearing
For Deat Woman
Hammond, Ind. ---fiJ.PJ---Thanks
to a friendly bolt of lightning,
Mrs. Ignatz Spogis had her hear-
ing back today. Mrs. Spogis had
been dent since last February
when she suffered an ear infec.
tion. A bolt of lightning struck
her louse last night, shocked her
and restored her hearing, she
said.
d
lapse of German defenses in ItaLy Chinese Take
to the German command's refusal
to divert trooPs massed in west-
ern Europe to a "minor theater of
w,.. tJap Stronghold
full freedom of movement. On the
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Crowd isSmall,
But No Decision
Bund Decision
Case Arcjued
In North Burma
Southeast A s i a Headquarters,
Kandy, Ceylon, (U.P.) -- Chinese
forces have captured Warong, Jap-
anese stronghold 12 miles northeast
of Kamaing in northern Burma,
while in the Bishenpur area a
Japanese battalion virtually was
annihilated and its commander
killed, an Allied communique said
today.
Warong fell to a unit of the 38th
Chinese division which killed more
than 100 Japanese in the attack.
The Chinese forces also inflicted
heavy casualties on the Japanese
north of Kamaing and captured a
huge enemy supply dump after am-
bushing a party of 16 Japanese,
killing 14.
American and Chinese forces
under Lt. Gem Joseph W. Stilwell,
advancing against heavy enemy fire
from mortars and automatic weap-
ons, drove a mile and a half closer
to Myitkyina, where other Sino-
American troops were still fighting
the trapped Japanese defenders of
the city. Stilwelrs troops struck
from Zigyun, a few miles south of
Myitkyina.
Repuke Counter-Attacks
Twelve miles south of Bishenpur,
Sen. Shearer
ITo Be Candidate
For Re-election
district, consisting of Kenosha and
Walworth counties, in the state sen-
ate and before that was a member
of the state assembly for a number
of years, will be a candidate for
:t'-elect/on to the state IIt ac-
cording to information which be-
came public 'todIy.
Senator Shearer's papers /or the
Republican nomination for the
I office are now in circulation and
have ample signatures for filing.
It was ]earned that they will be
filed in Madison shortly.
He is now serving his fourth
term as state senator from this
district and in addition during the
past session of the state legislature
was re-elected President.Pro.Tern-
pore of that body. During that
session, due to the fact that Lieut.-
Governor Goodland became Acting
Governor, Senator Shearer per-
formed all of the duties of the lieu-
tenant-governor in presiding over
the deliberations of the state
senate.
Has Had Long Service
Senator Shearer has one of the
longest records of service of all
the state legislators. After serving
for many years as a city alderman
he was elected a member of the
state assembly in 1922 to represent
the first district of Kenosha county
and served ably in that capacity
until 1929 when he took his seat
in the state senate. He has served
on many important committees
both of the assembly and of the
senate and has served three ses-
sions as chairman of the committee
on agriculture and labor.
€
Japanese counter-attacks were .e.IRAF C0mpleles
pulsed and the enemy suffered
heavy casualties. Japanese attacks
also were turned back on the Palel-
Tamu road. Allied Minincj Operations
Ewald Schneider, Kenosha col
fee route supervisor who is one of
ten former members of the Ger-
man-American Volksbund against
whom denaturalization proceedings;
have been initiated in the federal
court in Milwaukee, should not be
associated with the decision of Fed-
erai Judge F. Ryan Duffy, Milwau-
kee, given on Thursday, according
:to Schneider's counsel.
A stipulation was entered in the
court, and not previously reported
in the press, that testimony per-
taining to acitviUes of the Milwau-
kee members of the bund unit
would not affect Schneider's status
in the case•
The court's decision Condemned
the Milwaukee 5und as "un-Amer-
ican and subversive," adding that
"its teachings were contrary to the
principles of the United States
Constitution."
The claim is also made today
that as far as Schneider is con-
cerned his citizenship status has
not been effected, and that mem-
bership in the bund, in the deci-
sion of the court, did not in itself
form a bar to American citizenship.
The counsel's contention is that
the statement that Schneider was
"a foe of America" is incorrect'
and that.the decision "exonerates
Schneider of any imputation that
his bund membership automatically
branded him as a foe of America."
Further decisions of the court
are being awaited in the Schneider
case. The degree of support of the
original charges will affect the
petition for revokation of citizen-
ship, and these are based on testi-
mony outlining Schnieder's activi-
ties as a member of the bund.
The original complaint in each
case alleges that the representa-
tions made by the defendant in
his petition for naturalization and
in his oath of allegiance were
fradnient for the following rea-
sons: (1) That he did not in good
faith renounce or intend to re-
nounce all allegiance and fidelity
to Germany but in fact retained
and intended to retain allegiance
and fidelity to Germany, and (2)
that he was not in fact attached
to the principles of the Constitu-
tion and that he did not intend to
support the Constitution and laws
of the United States against all
enemies, foel and domestic.
Southeast of Kohima,
forces occupied more enemy posi-
tions, and south of Kohima, where
the enemy had been showing signs
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Liberators, Not
Invaders-FDR
Washington -- (U,B President
Roosevelt wants the people of Eu-
rope to understand that when AI.
Allied Headquarters, Naples --
(/P)---A new series of mining opera.
tions, covering hundreds of miles
of the Danube river -- the vita:
water llighway of the Balkansha:
been completed by Royal Air ,Force
Liberators and Wellingtons of the
Strategic air force, it was an-
nounced officially today.
Mining of the Danube, carried
out at low altitude and at night,
has effectively reduced German
waterway traffic to the eastern
front.
Although there was little evi-
dence that the community gen-
erally appears much concerned
over wheter or not there is
voluntary military training for
high school youths, a small crowd
that turned out at the invitation
of the board of education to discuss
the subject made dp m arguments
what it l.acked in size.
The meeting was held in the
school administration building and
was called for 7 p. m. Friday. At
that hour only two members of the
board and seven spectators were
on hand. At 7:30, all but one of
the commissioners had arrived, and
the crowd had increased to 21 per-
sons, including two women. Dan
Lencioni, president of the board,
then announced the board would
wait until 8 o'clock to open the
meeting. At that hour there were
34 present, and by the time the
meeting was adjourned at 10:30
p. m., the crowd numbered 47 per-
sons, including three women and
ten of the members of the high
school cadet corps.
Much Ornery
After the first two hours of ora-
tory, it was apparent that a large
of the discussion had strayed
fir from the subject at hand. but
the crowd appeared to enjoy it
and no attempts were made to cur-
tail the speeches or the speakers
until they were rising for the
second and third time to talk.
To report all of the arguments
brought out would be a monumen-
tal task. It was apparent that there
were as many on one side as on
the opposing side, and applause
that greeted one speaker against
military training was matched by
that which followed a talk by a
proponent. It was apparent also
that the school board could grasp
at little to help it reach a decision
as far as definite community sen-
timent is concerned. There was no
decision•
Most of the speakers said they
represented no organization. Those
groups that were represented with
official spokesmen were the Amer-
ican Legion, the CIO Council, the
United Auto Workers (CIO) union,
the Kenosha Trades and Labor
Council (AFL), a citizens commit-
tee of five, and the high school
cadet corps.
Studmts Steal the Show
But when it came to spectacular
presentation of arguments, with
the fervor and enthusiasm of a
worthy antagonist, the high school
students themselves held the spot-
light. Three spoke. They were
Raympnd Johnson, state high
school oratorical champion, who
said he was against military train-
ing; Gene Marlatt, of the cadet
Anzio beachhead, Germans on the
main front were defeated in heavy
tank fighting and fell back, leav.
ing masses of equipment, includ-
ing tanks, behind them.
Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's recon.
naissance troops in the Artena
area, pacing the drive from the
beachhead, had advanced about 12
and a half miles north of the for-
mer beachhead perimeter after the
Allies beat back sharp enemy
counter-attacks" in which 15 huge
tiger tanks participated.
An official report said the enemy
appeared to be pulling back heavy
artillery from the Cisterna-Val.
montone road.
Surge Up Liri Valley
i Surging up the Liri valley, the
Eighth army defeated the Germans
in a furious tank battle west of
the Melfa river, knocking out 12
tanks.
Then Canadian and British forces
pushed to within two miles of
Arce, near the confluence of the
Liri and Sacco rivers, and to with-
in two or three miles of Ceprano,
important road Junction on the
Cassino.Rome highway.
These vtal road junctions con-
trol communications at the head of
the Liri valley where Highway Six
(the Via Casilina) begins its long,
straight stretch through a wide
valley to Rome,
Desperate Nazis threw in rein.
forcements at several danger pointa,
and used more armor and mobile
forces minst the Eighth army's
IAr vailey thru than at an.v pre-
vtou time in the Italian campaign.
Field Marshal Alber g
rushed a hurriedly-mmbled b
tle group of the 334th German in.
ntry division from the Adriatic
sector into the line against the
Fifth army forces, including the
French, who are advancing north-
ward toward Ceprano.
Reinforcements Smashed
But these reinforcemen were
beaten back and the Allies cap-
tured both San Giovanni and Pas-
tena, both heavily-defended strong
points.
Boring steadily into enemy de-
fenses further west, the French
seized Monte Rotondo and Monte
Quattodorci, and yesterday reached
the outskirts of Amasemo, eight
miles west of Pastena.
An Allied official spokesman de-
clared "a tremendous amount of
motor movement" was observed
further southwest, where other
Fifth army troops crossed the
Asemo river and took the village
of Castella Valentino.
"All the German divisions in the
line and in reserve at the start
of the offensive now have been
drawn into the main battle area,
including two from the Adriatic
flank," this official said.
All along the right flank of the
Fifth army, near its junction with
the Eighth army, resistance weak-
ened gradually. This presumably
resulted from the German com-
mand finally acknowledging futility
of attempting to hold on any longer
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corps, who carried the brunt of the *
arguments for military I I (jrlll
and John Bernardi, cadet corps
captain, who pleaded that the boys
who want military training be
given an opportunity to have it 0 in Chicago
Other speakers were Judge Ed-
ward J. Ruetz, who charged that
military training for those who ask
it was not a debatable question,
and pleaded that the board should Chicago (U.R) -- More than 150
not turn it down; Floyd Kishline, persons, 100 of them sailors, were
commander of the American Legion hospitalized here today with pto-
post, who gave a discourse on the maine poisoning which police said
principles and purposes of the ! apparently resulted from eating
American Legion: Ross Phelps, rice pudding in a chain of restau-
chairman of the American Legion rants in the city.
Americanism committee; Dominick Police and physicians continued
Ciotti, of the CIO council; Preston report additional victims, but the
(Continued on Pace Five) cause of the trouble could not be
determined definitely until further
investigation.
Nine of the cases were of an ex-
ceptionally virulent nature, and
lied troops land on the continent
this summer they will be there as Pupils Buy Army Plane
liberators, not as invaders.
1 t is news
He made this po'nt a h" I'I'TW =. m ' . 'ww T% hospital authorities theorized that
conference yesterday when he[]' -I'] f,]f, #1,= a great number of additional poison
heartily endorsed the idea that I • • ,€, £,'£ • • £ AJV££A, victims endured attacks in their
forthcoming major military opera- homes without medical aid.
tions in Europe should be regarded With the war stamps and bonds When the total had reached!trea_ z, to "-"-I
as liberation, rather than as inva-lpurchased by the pupils of thel$15,000 the War Finance Office wasj ...... '
'sion. Washington junior high school dur-Inotified, and immediately the dis-[ Victims began streaming into
As the president was holding his,ing the schooI year just drawing]tinction was heralded as one of the Wesley Memorial hospital at about
press conference, War Information to a close, the Army Air Forces outstanding school achievements in]7 p. m. last night, and at an early
Director Elmer Davis told report- have been presented a Fairchild Wisconsin. ihour this morning 100 sailors and
The school received a duplicate ithree civilians had applied for mad-
copy of the plaque that will beiical aid.
attached to a new training plane I Joel I. Connolly, first assistant to
shipped from the Fairchild Air- Dr. Herman N. Bundesen, president
craf" -lant at Hagerstown, Md., to of the board of health, said two
the ,,my Air Forces. employes of the chain restaurant
ers that-"invasion" still applies to
Cvermany.
Invade Axis Nations
"We are not invading France;
we are liberating France," he said.
"But when it comes to Germany
and her stooge countries the word
is invasion."
Mr. Roosevelt took the occasion
to underline two points:
I. There definitely will be b/g
scale military operations in Europe
this summer.
2. The Ali/es are farther ahead
in their post-war planning than
they were at the same stage of the
]a. war.
PT-19 training plane.
The fit school in Kenosha to
reach that distinction, the recogni-
tion was given by G. F. Loomis,
superintendent of schools, Friday
afternoon to the pupils acting in
his capacity as a representative of
the state war finance office.
Louis F. Rahr, principal of the
school, outlined the plan. The
pupils organized a Stamp Club,
comprising the home room repre-
sentative. It was their job to stim-
ulate sales so that the school could
,earn the Minute Man flag and
maintain its high rating in per-lerson, Tom Schilling, John Seg-
centage of stamp purchases weekgiari, Violet Staskus, Josephine
er week, ISurdo, Loran Tucker.
Mrs. Earl Howard, Washington
school teacher, is sponsor of the
club, and the members are Beverly
Hay, president' ]Bernice Chiapetta,
James Creel, .thel Derango, Joyce
Dilley, Milo Fechner, Jerome
Guido, Elnore Haubrich, Velrna
Hudson, Fred Keyes, Francis Par-
sons, Ruth Pellegrino, Elaine Pet-
company had been questioned and
that samples of the rice pudding
and of the contents of the suffer-
ers' stomachs would be analyzed.
An additional investigation was
launched by the navy intelligence
:department.
: First victims reported were a
group of 30 inductees stricken at
the naval recruiting office and in-
duction center here yesterday aft-
ernoon.
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