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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 38TH YEAR, NO. 38 —-^0 PAGES CNITED PRBsa WIr* News amirs WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1944 The Weather Pleasant, sunny; Monday fair, »-armer. PRICE TEN CENTS BRITISH IN HALF OF TROARN If } I f Open Battle for Poland; Stop Guam Japs Hitler Begs His Soldiers to Fight on Mass Voting Keynote of Democrats Truman Points to 'Practical Polities'; Only Trouble Now Is South's Talk of Bolt Ration Value of Butter Increased Democratic Headquarters, Chi¬ cago, July 22. (UPl—The Demo¬ cratic party tornght pitche* its campaign to re-elect President Roosevelt on the keynote that mass voting is the secret to success in November. That was the theme of Chairman Robert E. Hannegan's final instruc¬ tions to the closing meeting of the Democratic national committee. It was the essence of a brief speech to the committee by Sen. Harry S. Truman of Missouri, vice presi¬ dential nominee. Hannegan, re-ciected unanimously, piedictcd ultimate victory for the Roosevelt-Truman ticket but warned il would not be easy. "Get the Voles out" Truman, a product of the once- powerful Kansas City Pendergast machine, reminded the committee that "I am a practical politician and I know what I talk of" when ke warned them: "This campaign is not Washington, July 22, (UP)— Price Administrator ^ Chester Bowles tonight boomed the ration value of creamery butter from 12 to 16 red points a pound, effective at midnight tonight. Bowles said the higher point value waa necessary because civilian consumption was run¬ ning at the rate of 20 per cent over the July allocation of 100,- 000,000 pounds. Butter has been pegged at 12 points since April ,10. Before that date the ration value of 16 points had prevailed since last Oct. 3. Farm butter will continue at eight red points a pound and processed butter will remain at four red points a pound. 'T V CIP-PAC and NCPAC Are Solidly Behind Roosevelt, Truman Chicago. July 22 (UUP>—Sidney Hillman, political spokesman of thc CIO, threw to the Democratic Roosevelt-Truman ticket today the support of tw-o independeat potltlcal committees which have a potential Just I campaign war chest of $6,000,000. Xhr;, ';f' , ¦" ,"i* ""*," ""'-.u I Hillman, chairman of the They drew confidence from the. p „ , , ^J^^^^^„ committee, unqualified endorsement of rruman!'," ,|, .. . „rc»s conference by Chairman Sidney Hillman of '^""'•*' "' " ''"'"' conierence the National Citizens thc CIO dis that commitlee in the Admit High Command Led Plot Mutinies Put Army Under Gestapo Fist; Report Civil War in Four Parts of Reich IHRSUNS SWING FOR KNOCKOUT BLOW By JOSEPH W. URIUO London, Sunday, July 23. (UP)— Stockholm dispatches quoted a Ber¬ lin admi.ssion today that the plot against Adolf Hitler was centered in the high command's Bendler- strasje headquarters in thc capital and that some of the plotters held key positions there. The admission came after Hitler had begged the German army to fight on until victory is achieved "in spite of everything" nnd had begun placing the armed forces, on the front as well as at home, under thc Iron grip of Nazi party fanatics in what appeared a desperate at¬ tempt to stamp out rebellion. The Stockholm reports quoted the German foreign office mouthpiece. Dienst Aus Dcutschiand. as admit¬ ting that the center of the plot was in the high command's Bendler- slrasse headquarters. (OWI quoted Stockholm reports that a "state of emergency"-- tantamount to martial law — had been declared tn Kaatgaberg, capi¬ tal of East Prussia w-here Rus¬ sian war prisoners were said to have revolted after receiving arms from Soviet planes.) Reports said that Field Marshals Gerd von Rundstedt and Walthcr von Brauchitsch, as well d at a press (formerlv r"= ""'<>«'» political CIO) Political Action Committee^: ;^°'"'' '•"","" iS'.'.V''^ "^il. head,'K«rl who had supported renomn.ationi »«<-"."''''''.*%,"''„" {^„m?r.^ 5c ' ^ of Vice President Henrv A Wnl-'l'"' National Citizens Political Ao .... "ace i . the bUter v" e nresi^^^^^^ Committer, an organization | as .scores of le.Mer mil tary lights cxmtest ^ estahli.shed under CIO leadership to had been put to death as con- Treasurer Kdwin W. Pauley of! ^"'""''^ r""^' '""'"*'' "^^ '*"""¦ »"'*«""•*'. '" '*"> "^°" ""<» "'"" the Democratic national committee; "">vemenl. Under thc Hatch Act celling on appeared to have won the first round of a struggle w-ithin Ger¬ many unprecedented since the in¬ ternal collap.se of 1918. But it was officers' group which, although it had elevated him to power, had al a cost of declaring a war to the dcath on ihe powerful Junkers He told a press conference that [always been potentially the great reported, however, that he was| closing the lonvenlinn with a cash ^ expenditures of political committees balance on hand of only IIIB.OOO both the CIO-PAC and the NCPAC and a warning that "it's a very^ apparently cauld spend $3,000,000 small amount to have on hand for' during the campaign. a campaign year." { Voluntary CIO Contributions I Ahsolve Hannegan of Scuitllng He told a press conference Ihat | _ ^_._ ,. '^'¦''"'I'. '.'" Intcnsilyof the vicC|the p^c would continue its work est menace to his regime presidential contest the meeting ,oijrJtin_ voting registrations nnd closed on a note of harmony with'^^.„„ld -see that people come lo Mayor Kdward J. Kelly of Chici'go,yo,p (gj. Roosevelt and Truman." absolving Hannegan of charges n, „,.(ivitv henceforth will be fi- that he iKsed his high office to naneed by' voluntary contribution.^ Truman. ',lis"''p'c%on;'l fMc^nd and,'-"' CIO members. Hillman said, rhestaff of" Field'Marshal Albert political mentor. ' The CIO first announced it would Walla.c. the defeated candidate, -'¦'¦<''* \-oluntary contributions of .tl his congratu- '¦¦<"" ^ CIO members in connection plans to establish a new Kesselring in Danger The Stockholm newspaper Dag- ens Nyheter reported from Berlin that the Gestapo had arrested two generals and "several colonels" of Kessclring. German commander-in chief in Italy. Kcsselring's own position is precarious, thc dispatch said, and he has not yet returned to Italy from an urgent conference nt Hitler's headquarters. telegraphed Truman his congratu lations on "your enlarged oppor- "'"" . „ ,, . .... tunilv to help thc President and| Nation"' Citizens Political Action the peoiile ¦ nnd pledged liml -both |Committee.' It also waa announced; of us wili do our maximum for thai funds of the CIO-PAC con- Report Civil W'ar Raging Roosevelt and what Roosevelt!tributions from union treasuries —| wi,ile some reports., of doubtful stands for." Truman told a press would be frozen until «fter Nov 7 ^^^^^p^ji^^^. g^jj j,,,^ ^.j^.j, conference that Wallace still is •» comply with the Smilh-Coiinally .^^ ^.^ ^^ ,„ ts „f East his friend. j Act prohibition on union con ribu- p^^^ig Bavaria, former Polish President Roosevelt telegraphed tions in connection with Political | gj,^j^ ^^^ the Munich area, late Truman that he was "happy to|campaign.s. I Swiss dispatches said that souihern have you run witn me.' Truman; Hillman said the NCPAC execu-1 Germany was quiet Saturday. Traf- replied Ihsi he was happy too. was;tive committee would meet irt New (Continued on Page A-ll) "at your commsnd and t w-ant to [York about Aug. .S to plan its csm- «ee you soon." Meanwhile, he left paign and that the new organiia- IContinued on Page A-ll) for his Independence. Mo., home to remain until Congress reconvenes Aug. 1. I A dispute between rival Texas factions was solved amicably by seating Mrs. Hlldii H. Weiiiert of Scguin. representing tiie anti- Roosevcit ilelegate.s. as the new- na¬ tional coinmiltccwoman. Dl»ru«« Southern Bolt The priiiiipal remaining discor¬ dant note Involved the possibility'all Turkish passenger traffic on of a holt hv southcrtiers to form a jthe Black Sea will be banned cf- (Continued on Page A-lli fective tomorrow. RAYBURN TRAILING; NYE BARELY WINS Radio, Dallas, Tex., July 22. (UP)—At May Have Found Cure for Malaria Wifh Aid of Volunteer Heroes ' Washington. July 22. — (UP) — Bureau of Prisons offlcials said to¬ day there was strong hope that American sclent ists may have de¬ veloped a cure fnr malaria after four months of an unusual govern¬ ment experiment at the Atlanta. Ga.. federsl penitentiary. The experiment, being conducted joinll\' bv the Bureau of Prisons, the U^S. Public Health .Service and the NationHl Research Council b";- gaii in Mnrcii with the infection of n. group of specially picked volun¬ teers. Periodically since then, in group.? of 1.^. olher volunteers have been suhniitted to the test. The prnie-s of infection Invoh-cs In Today's Issue Clnoilted B—11 Kdilnrlal - C—2 >lnvie* R—10 ftorlal , _ A—14 Pliort* B—I Kadi.. B—10 Outdoor ...» „ B—S TWO Tl HKISH SHIPS ATTAt'KCU BV 81 BS London. July 22. lUPJ) Ankara today reported that two [least seven of Texas' 18 congress Turkish ships had heen attacked ,„pn seeking re-election, including by unidentified submarines in House Speaker Sam Rayburn, were Turkish territorial waters in the'confronted tonight with thc possl- Bospliorus Strait. Ihility of defeat on tlic basis of re- As a resuil. the broadcast said, turns from the first Democratic primary. I The 11 p. m. tabulation by the Texas election bureau gave Ray- huir 4.'712 votes to 5.0,W for G. V. Morris and 164 for George T. Batch. Rayburn was narrowing somewhat the gap shown by the earlier com- inilHlion. There were no reports of any disturbances as a scattered number dividing the 15-man groups inlo five', of -Vegroes cast their first primary smaller groups of three men each.i ballots in Texas history, the latter being bitten by the same' Other congressmen, two of them infected in.sect. Thus, those infected I ^-^t"""' "f "'«"-^' yf",'" ,',''• ^^P'" .similarly and simultaneously make, l°'.-_^y^° J^-5''^l''«''i?5,,'„"„'i.\^^*^i;1.5 possible a dinicar study of the King, NimitZ^eds 76 Miles Visit Saijian f/^ !Y*"2«?«^: 9 Armies Driving Hint Use as Base To Attack Japan, Philippines, China ifimparative effects of thc disease and the ircnlmcnl. It is understood Ihat each l,^-man crew- mu.st bc treated ordinarily for 60 day.s. Only physically and mentally per¬ fect volunteers are accepted for the project, according to prison offi¬ cials, ina.»much as there is an cle¬ ment of danger involved. Up to the present time, however, it was said, no fatalities have occurred, al¬ lhough the men have experienced illness of varying degrees. The experiment was deemed count, were Reps. Hatton Sumbers of Dallas, who like Rayburn has spenl Ifi term.s in Ihe lower house: Luther Johnson of Corsicana. and Richnrd Klcherg nf Corpus Chrisli. Nve Wins Close Race Bismarck. N. D.. July 22. (UP)— Gerald P. Nye. on the basis of com¬ plete unofficial reports from county canvns.slng board.s, won nomination to thc United States Sennle in the Xorth Dakota primary election by 962 votes. Thc vote: Nye. 38.181; Lynn U. Stamhaugh. former national Amcrcina Legion By FRANK TREMAINE U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, July 22 (UP)— Adms. Ernest J. King snd Chester W. Nimitz have visited Saipan, and in a joint press conference tonight tile two Navy chiefs announced that "long-range" operations are being planned from our new ad¬ vanced Pacific ba.se along a huge arc cutting across the heart of Japan. Secretary of Navv James V. For¬ restal announced simultaneously in Wa.shington that by July of next year tiie Navy will be boosted 383.000 men above its present authorized strength of 3.006,000 men lo keep pace 'with acceleration of operations against Japan." He hinted that the time for big opera¬ tions in that quarter was approach¬ ing. Nimitz and King said that U. S. forces now- are in pn.sition to strike Japan at any point along a huge arc in thc Wesiern Pacific and are planning w-ideapread future operations against thc enemy, whn already is feeling the seriousness of the situation. The two commanders met the press shortly sfter reiurning from their trip. Plan for Future 'The primary purpose of my trip here is to confer wilii Admiral Nimitz and his staff regarding future operations — some involving a quite long range," King aaid. He said that the seizure of Sal- pan makes it poi^sibie for United States forces, including the fleet. to o|ierale on a 12-degree arc in a l,.'i00-milc radius. "If you .-..rike a radius 1,500 miles from Saipan. it is interesting Whole 950-Mile ISazis Vaunted Reach Pre-War Front Advancing aa 'East Wair Cracks; Border of Finland; 2 Jap Drives Are Brolten Carlson's Raiders Leading Invaders; Extend Beachheads By FRA.Mv TRE.>IA1NE Pearl Harbor, July 22. (UP)— fr, I /-If f J c f, n > I r% !• ^-^ Marines, paced by "Carlson's lake Lnelin to Split Poland i/e/C/ISC Kaiden.,- and Army troops widened to two and a lialf miles each their two beachheads on Guam Saturday and after hurling back tw-o Japa¬ nese counter-attacks battled toward a junction tiial wouid cut off Orotc B.V ROBKRT ML?EL London, .Sunday, July 2,3 (UP)—Marshal Knn.stantin K., Kokossnvskv's 1st White Russian Armv vptitPi-Huv ranliii-pH'""'"''"''' •""* '^^ 4,700-fooi airstrip noKas.sa\sK.v h isi unite nus.sian Arm> >e.Meiaa> capiuiea ^^.,t,„„ ^^,.,^ ^^^^^ ^^ Tokyo. (.Map the rohhh city ot (helm and .-smashed to within <6 miles ot un Pake a-io). \Vai°Kaw while other Soviet troops drove closer to Riga and A communique from Adm broke into the streets of Pskov, the last Russian city •njhead'lartt^s""** id ' German hands and the southern gat«\vay to Estonia. Ipra'nc''s"'wa'iships''*aiid ._. . ,. , „ TTshor '" •'"^0 w-hat it covcrs in Japan. 2;"""'';^ l'-?hj^ Non PflSsan;'-'hina and the Philippines," ad- Burdick. Ihe N^D-P""""" mirai King said. "Fifteen hundred miies is con¬ sidered a fair fleet operating B necessary because neither quinii nor its more recent substitute, ata-, L,eag,ie's candidate. 35.68' brine, actuallv cure malaria. Armed in November, on the basis of forces personnel who responded to! these returns, it will he Gov. John ^^ those drugs were found to be veryJMoses. the Democratic nominee, j radius. susceptlhle to a recurrence of the'against Nye. wilh polilicsl oh-j Admiral Nimiti indicated that disease as soon as they returned to| servers here predicting another ^Saipan w-ould he used as a heavy a malarial environment. communique Pacific Fleet that tanks, land artillery Simultaneously, other Russian troops reached the border of tiie ;',°"''""*-"'' ""^^"' '"¦« '" ^'•'"''^ ^hc Soviet Union and Finland established afler the 1939-40 winter war, I''!'''"'"""' ^'ou'iter-attacks. .-aptured thc Lithuanian rail center of Paiievezys, guarding the vital '-"I'*'"* High tiround Riga-East Prussia railroad and clo.sed to within 18 miles east ofj Troops ot the Third Marine Di- Slanislawow, near the Czechoslovaklan border. |vision caplured important high Along a huge 9.')0-mile front from Finland to the Carpathian foothills, nine oiirushing Red armies swept up more than 1,310 towns and seltle- neiils as they pursued the demoralized Ucrmans back tow-ard the Reich. (Conlinued on Page A-10) War Sll III III a i*T tough battle for N>'a. tConiinuad wn Pag* A-10) INVASION—Bnti.^li battle through mud to break into Gennan stronghold of Troarn as heavy weather holds down action on rest of front. RUSSIA—Red .\riii.v smashes to within 76 miles of Warsaw and carves out more gains elsewhere on 9.")(»-iiiile front. AIR W.-\R—Italian-based American planes again blast Ploe.sli airfields in soutiiern Honiania; bad weather grounds aircraft on western front. ITALY—Fifth Army gains steadily in advance on I'lorence and Pisa. P.\C'1FI('—Marines widen Guam beachheads, smashing Japanese counterattack.'*. CHIN.\—14th American .¦\ir Force lashes out in support of Chinese ground forces fighting battle of Henyang. BURMA—Chindits gain southwest of Mogaung; Chinese and Americans inch fon-ard in Myitkyina. ground and the coast roads con¬ necting Agana and Pill towns. The beachhead in that sector now ex¬ tends two and a half miles from Asaii Point to Adciup Point. At the same time, Cabras Island, just off Pill, was brought under the control of our guns and about half of the small spit was oc¬ cupied. Troops of the Firist Provisional Marine Brigade, including contin¬ gents of the famed Pacific Raiders, landed just below the peninsula at Agat Town and have now extended their hold to south of Bangi Point, also about two and a half miles. 7;th Ulvlslon Lands Army 77tli Division troops landed in support of the Marines on both beaches shortly after the first as¬ sault troops drove ashore. Nimitz' communique revealed ] that .Mt. Alifnn. about a niiio and one-eighth inland from the south¬ ern beachhead, had been captured. The Japanese counter-attacked bolh beaciihcads early Friday, the communique said, but under thc tremendous weight of Allied fire w-ere thrown back with the loss of five tanks as well as the 270 dead. The First Provisional Marine Brigade on Guam includes snme of the most colorful troops in the (Continued on Page A-ll) TRYING TO RESCUE BESIEGED HENGYANG By 0EOR4^ie WANG Chungking. July 22. (ITPI— Planes of the 14th American Air Force ranged the skies of Hunan Province todav in clashing attack! against Japanese positions and supply lines, and Chine.se forcea outside Hengyang slugged their way forward to new positions In an effort lo relieve tlie trapped and weakening garrison within tha citv. Forty miles to the south, in tha L«iyang area, the Chinese again drove Uie eneniy back lo llie north to free more of the bitterly con- te.sted rail route to Canton. The situation on the Kwsngtun I front, in southeast China, is un¬ changed, today's Chinese war bulletin said. I Today's communique gave tha ; firsl indication that the be¬ leaguered Chinese garrison with- I in Hengyang may be neaVing tha end of its resistance. The offi¬ cial report said these units wer* I "still holding out," the first tima their position hss heen describa4 ' in those last-ditch terma. Most of Battlefront Stalemated Weather Blocks Offensive Threat; Nazis Say Gen. Patton Leading an Army By PHIL A I'LT Allied Supreme Headquar¬ ters. London, Sunday, July 23 (UP)—British ^Second Army troops, fighting through morasses of mud like those of the last war. won control Sat¬ urday of half of Troarn, Ger¬ man stronghold seven milea east of Caen, and ironed out the enemy .salient south of th< city by capturing Maltot anti Etavaux. A number of eneniy counter attacks were thrown back with the destruction of 14 Gennan tanks, but otherwise the battlefront had become a stalemate, with the promising British offensive of last week bogged down in the worst weather of the invasion. Bumping their way through tha storm clouds, a force of about 200 American Marauder and Havoo bombers and RAF Billy Mitchells bombed three fuel dumps and one railway target south of thc battle zone in the long major air operation '¦¦ of the day. ! Stop German Attacks Dctpite the soggy weather, the Crermans launched two limited I counterattacks Friday, south of St. I Andre-Sur-Ornc on thc Caen front iand on tne St. I>j-Periers highway in the American sector. Both wera I thrown back w-ith sharp enemy losses. The British entered Troarn for the •third time Saturday and won the western half of thc tewn be¬ fore a torrential downpour Caused a half-hour suspension of fighting. Smashing across the wooded rise just outside Troarn again.sl fierce machine-gun and light arms op¬ position, they won high ground dominating tiie remaining (jcrmsn positions in the eastern half of town. For nearly 48 hours the weather had damped •• stalemate on the battlefields and there w&a no pros¬ pect of its lifting Saturday. Air operations in support of troopa came to a full slop, as flying con- dition.s were described as the worst since D-Day. Forests Full of Guns The first great rush of British armor through the Caen gap hsd ended because the Germans \ver» jonce more in wooded terrain sfttV I being driven across the rolling farms just CAbt of Ocn. The in¬ fantry now faced the job of dig¬ ging them out of one strongpoi.-it after another, a slow and costly process. Behind every grove the Germana had concealed deadly 88-mlllimeter guns which pinned down the in¬ fanlry until Allied artillery could get a bearing on the enemy bat¬ teries. Rocket-firing Typhoon (Continued on Page A-ll)
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 38 |
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Year | 1944 |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 38 |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
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Full Text | A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 38TH YEAR, NO. 38 —-^0 PAGES CNITED PRBsa WIr* News amirs WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1944 The Weather Pleasant, sunny; Monday fair, »-armer. PRICE TEN CENTS BRITISH IN HALF OF TROARN If } I f Open Battle for Poland; Stop Guam Japs Hitler Begs His Soldiers to Fight on Mass Voting Keynote of Democrats Truman Points to 'Practical Polities'; Only Trouble Now Is South's Talk of Bolt Ration Value of Butter Increased Democratic Headquarters, Chi¬ cago, July 22. (UPl—The Demo¬ cratic party tornght pitche* its campaign to re-elect President Roosevelt on the keynote that mass voting is the secret to success in November. That was the theme of Chairman Robert E. Hannegan's final instruc¬ tions to the closing meeting of the Democratic national committee. It was the essence of a brief speech to the committee by Sen. Harry S. Truman of Missouri, vice presi¬ dential nominee. Hannegan, re-ciected unanimously, piedictcd ultimate victory for the Roosevelt-Truman ticket but warned il would not be easy. "Get the Voles out" Truman, a product of the once- powerful Kansas City Pendergast machine, reminded the committee that "I am a practical politician and I know what I talk of" when ke warned them: "This campaign is not Washington, July 22, (UP)— Price Administrator ^ Chester Bowles tonight boomed the ration value of creamery butter from 12 to 16 red points a pound, effective at midnight tonight. Bowles said the higher point value waa necessary because civilian consumption was run¬ ning at the rate of 20 per cent over the July allocation of 100,- 000,000 pounds. Butter has been pegged at 12 points since April ,10. Before that date the ration value of 16 points had prevailed since last Oct. 3. Farm butter will continue at eight red points a pound and processed butter will remain at four red points a pound. 'T V CIP-PAC and NCPAC Are Solidly Behind Roosevelt, Truman Chicago. July 22 (UUP>—Sidney Hillman, political spokesman of thc CIO, threw to the Democratic Roosevelt-Truman ticket today the support of tw-o independeat potltlcal committees which have a potential Just I campaign war chest of $6,000,000. Xhr;, ';f' , ¦" ,"i* ""*," ""'-.u I Hillman, chairman of the They drew confidence from the. p „ , , ^J^^^^^„ committee, unqualified endorsement of rruman!'," ,|, .. . „rc»s conference by Chairman Sidney Hillman of '^""'•*' "' " ''"'"' conierence the National Citizens thc CIO dis that commitlee in the Admit High Command Led Plot Mutinies Put Army Under Gestapo Fist; Report Civil War in Four Parts of Reich IHRSUNS SWING FOR KNOCKOUT BLOW By JOSEPH W. URIUO London, Sunday, July 23. (UP)— Stockholm dispatches quoted a Ber¬ lin admi.ssion today that the plot against Adolf Hitler was centered in the high command's Bendler- strasje headquarters in thc capital and that some of the plotters held key positions there. The admission came after Hitler had begged the German army to fight on until victory is achieved "in spite of everything" nnd had begun placing the armed forces, on the front as well as at home, under thc Iron grip of Nazi party fanatics in what appeared a desperate at¬ tempt to stamp out rebellion. The Stockholm reports quoted the German foreign office mouthpiece. Dienst Aus Dcutschiand. as admit¬ ting that the center of the plot was in the high command's Bendler- slrasse headquarters. (OWI quoted Stockholm reports that a "state of emergency"-- tantamount to martial law — had been declared tn Kaatgaberg, capi¬ tal of East Prussia w-here Rus¬ sian war prisoners were said to have revolted after receiving arms from Soviet planes.) Reports said that Field Marshals Gerd von Rundstedt and Walthcr von Brauchitsch, as well d at a press (formerlv r"= ""'<>«'» political CIO) Political Action Committee^: ;^°'"'' '•"","" iS'.'.V''^ "^il. head,'K«rl who had supported renomn.ationi »«<-"."''''''.*%,"''„" {^„m?r.^ 5c ' ^ of Vice President Henrv A Wnl-'l'"' National Citizens Political Ao .... "ace i . the bUter v" e nresi^^^^^^ Committer, an organization | as .scores of le.Mer mil tary lights cxmtest ^ estahli.shed under CIO leadership to had been put to death as con- Treasurer Kdwin W. Pauley of! ^"'""''^ r""^' '""'"*'' "^^ '*"""¦ »"'*«""•*'. '" '*"> "^°" ""<» "'"" the Democratic national committee; "">vemenl. Under thc Hatch Act celling on appeared to have won the first round of a struggle w-ithin Ger¬ many unprecedented since the in¬ ternal collap.se of 1918. But it was officers' group which, although it had elevated him to power, had al a cost of declaring a war to the dcath on ihe powerful Junkers He told a press conference that [always been potentially the great reported, however, that he was| closing the lonvenlinn with a cash ^ expenditures of political committees balance on hand of only IIIB.OOO both the CIO-PAC and the NCPAC and a warning that "it's a very^ apparently cauld spend $3,000,000 small amount to have on hand for' during the campaign. a campaign year." { Voluntary CIO Contributions I Ahsolve Hannegan of Scuitllng He told a press conference Ihat | _ ^_._ ,. '^'¦''"'I'. '.'" Intcnsilyof the vicC|the p^c would continue its work est menace to his regime presidential contest the meeting ,oijrJtin_ voting registrations nnd closed on a note of harmony with'^^.„„ld -see that people come lo Mayor Kdward J. Kelly of Chici'go,yo,p (gj. Roosevelt and Truman." absolving Hannegan of charges n, „,.(ivitv henceforth will be fi- that he iKsed his high office to naneed by' voluntary contribution.^ Truman. ',lis"''p'c%on;'l fMc^nd and,'-"' CIO members. Hillman said, rhestaff of" Field'Marshal Albert political mentor. ' The CIO first announced it would Walla.c. the defeated candidate, -'¦'¦<''* \-oluntary contributions of .tl his congratu- '¦¦<"" ^ CIO members in connection plans to establish a new Kesselring in Danger The Stockholm newspaper Dag- ens Nyheter reported from Berlin that the Gestapo had arrested two generals and "several colonels" of Kessclring. German commander-in chief in Italy. Kcsselring's own position is precarious, thc dispatch said, and he has not yet returned to Italy from an urgent conference nt Hitler's headquarters. telegraphed Truman his congratu lations on "your enlarged oppor- "'"" . „ ,, . .... tunilv to help thc President and| Nation"' Citizens Political Action the peoiile ¦ nnd pledged liml -both |Committee.' It also waa announced; of us wili do our maximum for thai funds of the CIO-PAC con- Report Civil W'ar Raging Roosevelt and what Roosevelt!tributions from union treasuries —| wi,ile some reports., of doubtful stands for." Truman told a press would be frozen until «fter Nov 7 ^^^^^p^ji^^^. g^jj j,,,^ ^.j^.j, conference that Wallace still is •» comply with the Smilh-Coiinally .^^ ^.^ ^^ ,„ ts „f East his friend. j Act prohibition on union con ribu- p^^^ig Bavaria, former Polish President Roosevelt telegraphed tions in connection with Political | gj,^j^ ^^^ the Munich area, late Truman that he was "happy to|campaign.s. I Swiss dispatches said that souihern have you run witn me.' Truman; Hillman said the NCPAC execu-1 Germany was quiet Saturday. Traf- replied Ihsi he was happy too. was;tive committee would meet irt New (Continued on Page A-ll) "at your commsnd and t w-ant to [York about Aug. .S to plan its csm- «ee you soon." Meanwhile, he left paign and that the new organiia- IContinued on Page A-ll) for his Independence. Mo., home to remain until Congress reconvenes Aug. 1. I A dispute between rival Texas factions was solved amicably by seating Mrs. Hlldii H. Weiiiert of Scguin. representing tiie anti- Roosevcit ilelegate.s. as the new- na¬ tional coinmiltccwoman. Dl»ru«« Southern Bolt The priiiiipal remaining discor¬ dant note Involved the possibility'all Turkish passenger traffic on of a holt hv southcrtiers to form a jthe Black Sea will be banned cf- (Continued on Page A-lli fective tomorrow. RAYBURN TRAILING; NYE BARELY WINS Radio, Dallas, Tex., July 22. (UP)—At May Have Found Cure for Malaria Wifh Aid of Volunteer Heroes ' Washington. July 22. — (UP) — Bureau of Prisons offlcials said to¬ day there was strong hope that American sclent ists may have de¬ veloped a cure fnr malaria after four months of an unusual govern¬ ment experiment at the Atlanta. Ga.. federsl penitentiary. The experiment, being conducted joinll\' bv the Bureau of Prisons, the U^S. Public Health .Service and the NationHl Research Council b";- gaii in Mnrcii with the infection of n. group of specially picked volun¬ teers. Periodically since then, in group.? of 1.^. olher volunteers have been suhniitted to the test. The prnie-s of infection Invoh-cs In Today's Issue Clnoilted B—11 Kdilnrlal - C—2 >lnvie* R—10 ftorlal , _ A—14 Pliort* B—I Kadi.. B—10 Outdoor ...» „ B—S TWO Tl HKISH SHIPS ATTAt'KCU BV 81 BS London. July 22. lUPJ) Ankara today reported that two [least seven of Texas' 18 congress Turkish ships had heen attacked ,„pn seeking re-election, including by unidentified submarines in House Speaker Sam Rayburn, were Turkish territorial waters in the'confronted tonight with thc possl- Bospliorus Strait. Ihility of defeat on tlic basis of re- As a resuil. the broadcast said, turns from the first Democratic primary. I The 11 p. m. tabulation by the Texas election bureau gave Ray- huir 4.'712 votes to 5.0,W for G. V. Morris and 164 for George T. Batch. Rayburn was narrowing somewhat the gap shown by the earlier com- inilHlion. There were no reports of any disturbances as a scattered number dividing the 15-man groups inlo five', of -Vegroes cast their first primary smaller groups of three men each.i ballots in Texas history, the latter being bitten by the same' Other congressmen, two of them infected in.sect. Thus, those infected I ^-^t"""' "f "'«"-^' yf",'" ,',''• ^^P'" .similarly and simultaneously make, l°'.-_^y^° J^-5''^l''«''i?5,,'„"„'i.\^^*^i;1.5 possible a dinicar study of the King, NimitZ^eds 76 Miles Visit Saijian f/^ !Y*"2«?«^: 9 Armies Driving Hint Use as Base To Attack Japan, Philippines, China ifimparative effects of thc disease and the ircnlmcnl. It is understood Ihat each l,^-man crew- mu.st bc treated ordinarily for 60 day.s. Only physically and mentally per¬ fect volunteers are accepted for the project, according to prison offi¬ cials, ina.»much as there is an cle¬ ment of danger involved. Up to the present time, however, it was said, no fatalities have occurred, al¬ lhough the men have experienced illness of varying degrees. The experiment was deemed count, were Reps. Hatton Sumbers of Dallas, who like Rayburn has spenl Ifi term.s in Ihe lower house: Luther Johnson of Corsicana. and Richnrd Klcherg nf Corpus Chrisli. Nve Wins Close Race Bismarck. N. D.. July 22. (UP)— Gerald P. Nye. on the basis of com¬ plete unofficial reports from county canvns.slng board.s, won nomination to thc United States Sennle in the Xorth Dakota primary election by 962 votes. Thc vote: Nye. 38.181; Lynn U. Stamhaugh. former national Amcrcina Legion By FRANK TREMAINE U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, July 22 (UP)— Adms. Ernest J. King snd Chester W. Nimitz have visited Saipan, and in a joint press conference tonight tile two Navy chiefs announced that "long-range" operations are being planned from our new ad¬ vanced Pacific ba.se along a huge arc cutting across the heart of Japan. Secretary of Navv James V. For¬ restal announced simultaneously in Wa.shington that by July of next year tiie Navy will be boosted 383.000 men above its present authorized strength of 3.006,000 men lo keep pace 'with acceleration of operations against Japan." He hinted that the time for big opera¬ tions in that quarter was approach¬ ing. Nimitz and King said that U. S. forces now- are in pn.sition to strike Japan at any point along a huge arc in thc Wesiern Pacific and are planning w-ideapread future operations against thc enemy, whn already is feeling the seriousness of the situation. The two commanders met the press shortly sfter reiurning from their trip. Plan for Future 'The primary purpose of my trip here is to confer wilii Admiral Nimitz and his staff regarding future operations — some involving a quite long range," King aaid. He said that the seizure of Sal- pan makes it poi^sibie for United States forces, including the fleet. to o|ierale on a 12-degree arc in a l,.'i00-milc radius. "If you .-..rike a radius 1,500 miles from Saipan. it is interesting Whole 950-Mile ISazis Vaunted Reach Pre-War Front Advancing aa 'East Wair Cracks; Border of Finland; 2 Jap Drives Are Brolten Carlson's Raiders Leading Invaders; Extend Beachheads By FRA.Mv TRE.>IA1NE Pearl Harbor, July 22. (UP)— fr, I /-If f J c f, n > I r% !• ^-^ Marines, paced by "Carlson's lake Lnelin to Split Poland i/e/C/ISC Kaiden.,- and Army troops widened to two and a lialf miles each their two beachheads on Guam Saturday and after hurling back tw-o Japa¬ nese counter-attacks battled toward a junction tiial wouid cut off Orotc B.V ROBKRT ML?EL London, .Sunday, July 2,3 (UP)—Marshal Knn.stantin K., Kokossnvskv's 1st White Russian Armv vptitPi-Huv ranliii-pH'""'"''"''' •""* '^^ 4,700-fooi airstrip noKas.sa\sK.v h isi unite nus.sian Arm> >e.Meiaa> capiuiea ^^.,t,„„ ^^,.,^ ^^^^^ ^^ Tokyo. (.Map the rohhh city ot (helm and .-smashed to within <6 miles ot un Pake a-io). \Vai°Kaw while other Soviet troops drove closer to Riga and A communique from Adm broke into the streets of Pskov, the last Russian city •njhead'lartt^s""** id ' German hands and the southern gat«\vay to Estonia. Ipra'nc''s"'wa'iships''*aiid ._. . ,. , „ TTshor '" •'"^0 w-hat it covcrs in Japan. 2;"""'';^ l'-?hj^ Non PflSsan;'-'hina and the Philippines," ad- Burdick. Ihe N^D-P""""" mirai King said. "Fifteen hundred miies is con¬ sidered a fair fleet operating B necessary because neither quinii nor its more recent substitute, ata-, L,eag,ie's candidate. 35.68' brine, actuallv cure malaria. Armed in November, on the basis of forces personnel who responded to! these returns, it will he Gov. John ^^ those drugs were found to be veryJMoses. the Democratic nominee, j radius. susceptlhle to a recurrence of the'against Nye. wilh polilicsl oh-j Admiral Nimiti indicated that disease as soon as they returned to| servers here predicting another ^Saipan w-ould he used as a heavy a malarial environment. communique Pacific Fleet that tanks, land artillery Simultaneously, other Russian troops reached the border of tiie ;',°"''""*-"'' ""^^"' '"¦« '" ^'•'"''^ ^hc Soviet Union and Finland established afler the 1939-40 winter war, I''!'''"'"""' ^'ou'iter-attacks. .-aptured thc Lithuanian rail center of Paiievezys, guarding the vital '-"I'*'"* High tiround Riga-East Prussia railroad and clo.sed to within 18 miles east ofj Troops ot the Third Marine Di- Slanislawow, near the Czechoslovaklan border. |vision caplured important high Along a huge 9.')0-mile front from Finland to the Carpathian foothills, nine oiirushing Red armies swept up more than 1,310 towns and seltle- neiils as they pursued the demoralized Ucrmans back tow-ard the Reich. (Conlinued on Page A-10) War Sll III III a i*T tough battle for N>'a. tConiinuad wn Pag* A-10) INVASION—Bnti.^li battle through mud to break into Gennan stronghold of Troarn as heavy weather holds down action on rest of front. RUSSIA—Red .\riii.v smashes to within 76 miles of Warsaw and carves out more gains elsewhere on 9.")(»-iiiile front. AIR W.-\R—Italian-based American planes again blast Ploe.sli airfields in soutiiern Honiania; bad weather grounds aircraft on western front. ITALY—Fifth Army gains steadily in advance on I'lorence and Pisa. P.\C'1FI('—Marines widen Guam beachheads, smashing Japanese counterattack.'*. CHIN.\—14th American .¦\ir Force lashes out in support of Chinese ground forces fighting battle of Henyang. BURMA—Chindits gain southwest of Mogaung; Chinese and Americans inch fon-ard in Myitkyina. ground and the coast roads con¬ necting Agana and Pill towns. The beachhead in that sector now ex¬ tends two and a half miles from Asaii Point to Adciup Point. At the same time, Cabras Island, just off Pill, was brought under the control of our guns and about half of the small spit was oc¬ cupied. Troops of the Firist Provisional Marine Brigade, including contin¬ gents of the famed Pacific Raiders, landed just below the peninsula at Agat Town and have now extended their hold to south of Bangi Point, also about two and a half miles. 7;th Ulvlslon Lands Army 77tli Division troops landed in support of the Marines on both beaches shortly after the first as¬ sault troops drove ashore. Nimitz' communique revealed ] that .Mt. Alifnn. about a niiio and one-eighth inland from the south¬ ern beachhead, had been captured. The Japanese counter-attacked bolh beaciihcads early Friday, the communique said, but under thc tremendous weight of Allied fire w-ere thrown back with the loss of five tanks as well as the 270 dead. The First Provisional Marine Brigade on Guam includes snme of the most colorful troops in the (Continued on Page A-ll) TRYING TO RESCUE BESIEGED HENGYANG By 0EOR4^ie WANG Chungking. July 22. (ITPI— Planes of the 14th American Air Force ranged the skies of Hunan Province todav in clashing attack! against Japanese positions and supply lines, and Chine.se forcea outside Hengyang slugged their way forward to new positions In an effort lo relieve tlie trapped and weakening garrison within tha citv. Forty miles to the south, in tha L«iyang area, the Chinese again drove Uie eneniy back lo llie north to free more of the bitterly con- te.sted rail route to Canton. The situation on the Kwsngtun I front, in southeast China, is un¬ changed, today's Chinese war bulletin said. I Today's communique gave tha ; firsl indication that the be¬ leaguered Chinese garrison with- I in Hengyang may be neaVing tha end of its resistance. The offi¬ cial report said these units wer* I "still holding out," the first tima their position hss heen describa4 ' in those last-ditch terma. Most of Battlefront Stalemated Weather Blocks Offensive Threat; Nazis Say Gen. Patton Leading an Army By PHIL A I'LT Allied Supreme Headquar¬ ters. London, Sunday, July 23 (UP)—British ^Second Army troops, fighting through morasses of mud like those of the last war. won control Sat¬ urday of half of Troarn, Ger¬ man stronghold seven milea east of Caen, and ironed out the enemy .salient south of th< city by capturing Maltot anti Etavaux. A number of eneniy counter attacks were thrown back with the destruction of 14 Gennan tanks, but otherwise the battlefront had become a stalemate, with the promising British offensive of last week bogged down in the worst weather of the invasion. Bumping their way through tha storm clouds, a force of about 200 American Marauder and Havoo bombers and RAF Billy Mitchells bombed three fuel dumps and one railway target south of thc battle zone in the long major air operation '¦¦ of the day. ! Stop German Attacks Dctpite the soggy weather, the Crermans launched two limited I counterattacks Friday, south of St. I Andre-Sur-Ornc on thc Caen front iand on tne St. I>j-Periers highway in the American sector. Both wera I thrown back w-ith sharp enemy losses. The British entered Troarn for the •third time Saturday and won the western half of thc tewn be¬ fore a torrential downpour Caused a half-hour suspension of fighting. Smashing across the wooded rise just outside Troarn again.sl fierce machine-gun and light arms op¬ position, they won high ground dominating tiie remaining (jcrmsn positions in the eastern half of town. For nearly 48 hours the weather had damped •• stalemate on the battlefields and there w&a no pros¬ pect of its lifting Saturday. Air operations in support of troopa came to a full slop, as flying con- dition.s were described as the worst since D-Day. Forests Full of Guns The first great rush of British armor through the Caen gap hsd ended because the Germans \ver» jonce more in wooded terrain sfttV I being driven across the rolling farms just CAbt of Ocn. The in¬ fantry now faced the job of dig¬ ging them out of one strongpoi.-it after another, a slow and costly process. Behind every grove the Germana had concealed deadly 88-mlllimeter guns which pinned down the in¬ fanlry until Allied artillery could get a bearing on the enemy bat¬ teries. Rocket-firing Typhoon (Continued on Page A-ll) |
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