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| VOLUME 55—NUMBER 78

SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1944

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2 Ernie’ Ss In France i . Amid Smoke And Bedlam Of Battle

Bone. Woe sive wae Sesehliead wit oth’ alg useutl forces. Transmission difficulties have so far prevented his sending any account of his experiences .in Normandy. The following was ‘Written on the way across the channel.

By ERNIE PYLE Times War

Correspondent ON THE NORMANDY BEACHHEAD (By Wireless). «It will be several days before military security permits ‘us to describe in much detail the landings just made in the long-awaited allied invasion of Europe. . Indeed it will be some time before we have a really elear picture of what has happened or what is happening

at the moment. You must

experience the terrible con-

fusion of warfare and the frantic, nightmarish thunder and smoke and bedlam of battle to realize this. So we will take up this short interval by telling you . how things led up to the invasion from the correspondents’ viewpoint. This column is being written on a ship in a convoy, crossing the English channel, so that it will be ready to send back to England by dispatch boat as soon

as we hit the beach.

When we secretly left London a few days ago, more

than 450 American correspondents were gathered in Britain for this impending moment in history. But only 28 of those 450 were to take part in what was termed the assault phase. 1 was one of those 28. Some of the rest will come over later, some will cover other angles, some will never come at all. We assault correspondents were under military jurisdiction for the past month while waiting. We had complete freedom in London, but occasionally the army would suddenly order us in batches to take trips around England.

Also, during those last few weeks we were called frequently for mass conferences and we ‘were briefed by several commanding generals. We had completed all our field equipment, got our innoculations up to date, finished our official accrediting to supreme allied headquarters, and even sent off our bedrolls 10 days before the final call. (We will rejoin them some time later on this side—we hope.) Of the 28 correspondents in the assault group about two-thirds had already seen action in various war theaters.

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Fi, Harrison Figs Milsila Peril

To guard against the spread of malaria by the earrying mosquito, Anopheles, afflicted patients at Billings General hospital live behind fine screens and slecp under netting.

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Every minute breeding place With a back-pack spray, Sgt. must be covered with oil or. Gaines is free to move about and drained. T/4 Albert W. Gaines, thoroughly cover small but widely Ft. Harrison, uses No. 2 diesel spread sluggish or standing pools oil around a rain spout. or water.

"Larger breeding areas can be oil-flmed by using the pressure spray operated by a motor housed on the truck. Sgt. Gaines super- ~~ vises control at the fort.

Intensive Campaign Includes Isolation of Billings Patients

By VICTOR PETERSON ‘While city, county and state health organizations prepare for battle against the growing menace of malaria mosquitoes in the area, Ft. Harrison and Billings General hospital units carry on with an intensive eampaign to keep their surroundings clear of possible disease carriers. + ‘The state board of health soon is expected to complete its survey on mosquito conditions in Marion county and report to local authorities. | The necessity for the program has arisen because service men returning from malaria regions often SARY. the persis in.helr; Dloodstreams,

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ALL USED CARS Control Effective July 10 at

Dollar-and-Cents Level * Of January, "44.

WASHINGTON, June 10 (U. PJ). —Price Administrator Chester Bowles today brought all used passenger cars under price control, effective July 10, and established specific prices for different models at levels which prevailed last January. Bowles said the used car ceilings will discourage the hoarding of automobiles and protect the public from further increases in used car

prices. |, He said these prices have gone

up an average of 20 per cent in the past year and a half and 30 per cent in two and one-half years. Bowles set up specific dollars-and-cents prices at the January, 1944, levels for about 6000 models of 23 makes manufactured from 1937 through 1942.

All Sellers Covered

All sellers, both private individuals and dealers, are covered by the new program. It does not, however, apply to used trucks which are under & separate price regulation. “In some sections of the country,” Bowles said, “used cars three years old bring today two or three times more than similar cars brought before the war. I think that indicates what préssures there are today to push prices up and what might have happened in other fields if there had been no controls. “The fact that automobile prices have continued to rise causes hardship for many a person who needs a car to go to work. That applies to those who live on more or less fixed incomes—the white collar worker, the schoolteacher, the civil employee.”

Drop Every Six Months

Under the new regulation, used car ceilings will drop at the rate of 4 per cent of the “as is” price every six months. OPA provided separate price schedules for three broad geographical regions, Region A covers all states east of the Mississippi river; region C comprises Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona. All other states are in region B. . Following customary price differences, the ceilings are lowest for region A, highest for region C and about halfway between the two levels for region B. Individuals are permitted to sell only on, an “as is” basis. Dealers who maintain repair facilities may also sell at “warranty” prices. In the sale of a “warranted” car, 25 per cent of the maximum price for the “as is” sale or $100, whichever is higher, may be added to the “as

is” ceiling. List Typical Prices

wr prices for used cars folA 1042 model of a Ford V-8 deluxe four-door sedan will cost $990 in region A In “as is” condition: $1025 in Region B; $1065 in Region C: in a “warranty” sale the same or ria cost $1238 in Region A; Region B, and $1331 in Region C. A 1038 model Chevrolet master deluxe four door sedan in Region

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oth, 8th Plunge 50 Miles Above Rome.

By ROBERT VERMILLION United Press Staff Correspondent

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, June 10.—Allied troops, plunging forward 14 miles in a single day, have

northwest of Rome, it was announced today as the 5th and 8th armies pounded in pursuit of battered Germdn forces withdrawing along the entire Italian front. Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's troops had spurted 50 miles across the plains north of Rome in five days, and the inability of the

captured Tuscania, 50 miles|”

Allies Join in a Louis XIV

Salon as Yanks Save Day

By RICHARD D. McMILLAN Uni‘ed Press Staff Correspondent’ WITH BRITISH-AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE, June 10. —Welsh Tommies chased the Nazis from the dining room of their chateau headquarters into the gilded Louis XIV salon and then into the bedrooms. They almost had control of the situation when German reinforcements arrived with 88 mm. guns and opened fire. The Welsh retired into the undergrowth outside the building. Their situation was critical. Then, just in the nick of time, a battalion of veteran American infantry appeared unexpectedly from the west, slogging through the underbrush. They swarmed into the chateau with machineguns. They smashed up a lot of furniture, and drilled a lot of holes in the walls and windows and also in a lot of Germans. Soon there were no more Germans. That was how the American and British invasion troops made their second junction today west of Bayeux. The Welshmen had a

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German 14th army to make a stand now laid open the Nasi flank to attack by the 8th army. Capture Orsogna Racing on 14 miles from the Tar-quinia-Vetralla line, the 5th army seized Tuscania, while across the Appennines in the Adriatic sector the German retreat gained momentum under the impact of an 8th army assault. #British forces in the Adriatic area advanced an average of two and a half miles to capture Orsogna, 12 miles inland and one-time anchor of the Nazi defenses on that front; Guardiagrele, four miles to the southwest: and the towns of Moricone, Arsoli and Giuliano. The advancing allies crossed the Foro river and occupied the battered and burning villages of Filetto, two miles west of Orogna, and Miglianico, on the Foro two and a half miles northwest of Tollo.

Pursuit Is Rapid

The Tiber river far above Rome appeared to be the boundary between the German 14th and 10th armies. Clark's forces already had exposed a stretch of more than 20 miles of the 10th army flank, with the capture of Viterbo 21 miles farther north than Moricone, where the 8th army was slowed down by heavy demolitions and the harassing fire. At the same time it was reported officially that the Hermann Goering division of the 10th army now had been “reduced in number to a

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Willis Requests National G.O.P.

Ruling on Lyons

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Sta? Writer WASHINGTON, June 10.—Senator Raymond E. Willis (R. Ind) has written Republican National Chairman Harrison Spangler regarding the legality of the Indiana G. O. P. meeting which put Robert W. Lyons in as national committeernan, “I am just inquiring for my own information,” Senator’ Willis ex-

plained today. In effect the inquiry constitutes a (Continued on Page 3—Cotumn 1) $700,000 CONTRACT AWARDED PLANT HERE

Plasma, Sulfas Saving Many on Invasion Shore

By DUDLEY ANN HARMON United Press Staff Correspondent BRITISH INVASION PORT, June 9 (Delayed).—Blood plasma and sulfa drugs saved many lives on the beaches of Normandy, it was revealed here with the arrival today of one of the largest groups of casualties and German war prisoners since the invasion. The casualties, mostly airborne soldiers who suffered broken limbs in crashes, told me the plasma and drugs were dropped by parachute and administered in open fields under fire by medical officers who parachuted to their work. “Lots of their equipment was scattered when the docs jumped,” said Pvt. Glen Reeder, Mountain Grove, Mo., who was in the first airborne group. “It was wonderful how they managed to save it. I saw one major performing a serious operation in a stable.

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WASHINGTON

A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

FINNS HINT AT

Soviets Gan In in Karelian Drive, Foe Says; Broad-

cast Not Confirmed.

LONDON, June 10 (U. P)—A Pinnish communique, broadcast by the German DNB news agency, said today that the Russian army had launched a general offensive on the Karelian isthmus and made small gains in the early fighting. The enemy broadcast, which was not confirmed by any other source, said the Russian forces opened

ing with violent artillery fire strong aerial attacks. The Russians attacked at several points on the line, the communique added. Heavy losses were inflicted on the Russian forces, the Finns claimed, with 10 tanks destroyed and 24 planes shot down. Although it gave no details other

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WASHINGTON, June 10.—Congressional sources say of the Normandy landing: That can’t be all; more must be coming. But even the best informed of these armchair strategists make no firm predictions. Truth probably is that headquarters plans from here on are fluid. If one set of circumstances develops, this will be done; "if another, it will be something else. Our side has its: strategic reserves as well as the Germans. SOME OF THE STRATEGISTS (Washington variety) think a {thrust up through southern France is possible, depending, perhaps on how rapidly the 5th army advances in Italy. If the Gérman retreat there turns into a rout and the Nazis find it necessary to pull reserves from France into a line near the Po river, then southern France might be a good gateway for us, they argue. Other if’s turn on the Russian offensive, the strength and behavior

of the underground, the appearance of the Luftwaffe. Unlike some others, best-informed congressional sources think

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This elition of your Saturday

RUSSIAN DRIVE

the offensive early yesterday morn-|

YANKS 10 ML FROM CHERBOURG AS 4 TOWNS FALL IN 24 HOURS; TUSCANIA CAPTURED IN ITALY

| Beachiends in France Linked on 60-Mile Front; Fighting Heavy at Caen.

By VIRGIL PINKLEY United Press Staff Correspondent

ALLIED SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, London,

‘June 10.—Allied forces advanced on all fronts on the Nor-

man peninsula, it was officially announced today, and German sources reported that an American armored column had driven to within 10 miles of the prize port of Cherbourg. American forces captured Trevieres, nine miles west of Bayeux, the allied announcement said. It was the fourth town to be taken by the Americans, who previously had {taken Ste. Mere-Eglise, Isigny and Formigny, as well as assisting in the captured of Bayeux. * Advancing American patrols in the northern Cherbourg peninsula cut the Carentan-Ste. Mere-Eglise-Valognes road at a number of places, it was announced.

Beachheads Linked on 60-Mile Front

Isigny and Ste. Croix had fallen in the allied drives to link up their beachheads along a front of nearly 60 miles. It was announced also that the allies for the first time since 1940 were using air bases on French soil, with heavy | transports and American Spitfires operating from two air‘fields on the peninsula. The capture of Trevieres east of Isigny late this afternoon gave the allies another foothold on the extensive flooded area on which the Germans had relied to cover Carentan and the approaches of the Cherbourg peninsula. The invading troops, by closing the sluices against the strong channel tides, have already been able to clear some small stretches of land to the east of water which covers the low-lying terrain up to as much as seven feet.

Main Sluices Held by Nazis However, the main sluices just north of Carentan must be taken and put into use before the main inundations can be brought under control In the general offensives today, some of the heaviest fighting raged along the Canadian-held sector due west of Caen and in Caen itself, where the Germans had thrown in additional tank forces. Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley!s United States forces seized the French coastal stronghold if Isigny and six miles to the west battled fiercely for Carentan, bastion of the German defenses athwart the base of the Normandy peninsula, while the right wing drove toward Cherbourg. The U. S. army newspaper Stars and Stripes

teries, with heavy losses for the

said the Americans were only 17 miles from Cherbourg, big port vital to the buildup of the invasion foothold. A later Stockholm dispatch quoted German sources as saying the most advanced column of U. S. armor— evidently that striking northward from captured Ste. Mere-Eglise— was 10 miles from Cherbourg.

Drive Through Ste. Croix

British and Canadian forces drove through Ste. Croix, about seven miles southeast of captured Bayeux on the highway to Caen, and pushed nearly two miles south of the highway to the vicinity of CondefsurSeulles, 1112 miles west of Caen. The German high command said the allies tried to land directly south of the mouth of the Seine near Trouville, 25 miles northeast of Caen. The attempt failed “in the face of the fire of our coastal bat-

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| PILOT BRANN KILLED

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enemy,” Berlin communique reported. It said one warship was sunk and others turned away. The communique conceded reverses in the Caen-Bayeux area, where it said heavy tank fighting continued. In that sector “after a bitter struggle the enemy succeeded in pushing back our covering lines, behind which our reserves are

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On the War Fr. .ts

(June 10, 1944)

INVASION — Nazis report Yank armored troops 10 miles from Cherbourg as Isigny and Ste. Croix fall to allies in new advances linking their beachheads .on a 60-mile front.

AIR WAR—Bomb- Lightnings attack only remaining ofl refinery in Ploesti area of Roe mania; American and British planes strike at German concen= trations behind the Normandy

ITALY Allied troops plunging