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, 18, 1944 -= .. uno" CALENDAB iUI , Cooler PIlOCEll&EO F OODS blue sUrn,," AI Ihrou.h Q8 v.lId Ind •.llnllely: JllAT hili sU/llPI A8 lhroullh T8 valid indefinitely; SUGAR lIamp IOWA: Cloud)' and CooL .. It (book 4) valid Indefinitely. eta"", 40 for cannlnll lupr ex· THE. DAILY AN lege, pIftI hb... IlKS: SHOE st amp. airplane Itampa I and a (book 3) Io"W Va1ld indefinitely; GASOLINE A· II coupon explrea June 22; J'UEL OIL per. 4 and 5 coupons expire Sept. I . Iowa City's Morning Newspaper I t Boost nil AIIOCIATIl O rallll VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 200 t1VE CENTS T.II A ..OOlATBO ra!lll IOWA CITY, IOWA FRIDAY, MAY 19, 19« - A Jqt. 25 percetlt was Pre. BRITISH CAPTURE NAZI RADIO TANK At a Glance- presidtnll Iowa 1114 Allies Resume attelldlnc corn. Heavy Assault Today's 'Allies Capture Cassino, Iowan ~n Europe . .... .. CassIno. Formla, anchors of Formia in Week's Drive ~rman line, fall to allied 0( Italian-Based Planes fensive. Bomb Oil, Railway OutP9sts Against Invasion- American heavy bombefS I Yanks Assail Center of Ploesti sume raids with blows Italy. LON DON. (A P ) -'l'he nUi ,t1 E-Boats Patrol I heal'.\' bo mbe r no;.~a lli t on H il· American, Chinese C9rt'e~ seize Hitler Line ler' E u rope WIIH resumed yes· Myltkyina airdrome. ' LO~DO N , (AP)-The Germans. against Britain's south coast. They terduy with II I'ong A mel'i can I ~ t Yank Capture Wakdc island, have clung oUl their outposts Identified their targets as Ports- blow fl 'OIll Ltu liu n buses on t he adjacent shore territory. against invasion-almost nightly mouth and the Bristol channel. British, Polish Troops mll ch·bll ttel'cd Rotnll uilill oil patrols by E-boats and bombers Wipe Out Cream and I'ail ce nter of P loesti, on m il which the Germans reported this The laHer area on the southern ya rd ' li t t he Yugos lav Cilritli l of week were ranging the channel end of the British west coast has Of 'Green Devils' Belgrade li nd Oil t he key Yugo. Yanks Seize Wakde and SOO miles of the English south been mentioned by the Naz.l-con sial' railway junction of Nis. coast Crom the Thames estuary trolled radios as the massing polnt TdjTED READQ fA R'I'· Flyiuj( J~ol't l' ess sand IJibel'a· In Surprise Landing westward around to Bristol. Cor an AmerIcan invasion armada. , rTaple. ( AP)- a 'ino to,." fl ew liOO miles to Ploesti MEMBERS OF A British tank recovery unit here examine a caJthired However evident their purpose Britain mea n w h Ii e moved and Formia, twin Iln~hot'!i of and about 3riU mi les to ['('ncll the German radlo·conirolled " baby tank ." taken in the rtl'htlnl' near in feeling out the channel dark- methodically toward attack under tJ)C German d f n b It a ·ros., olher two targets, l·tlnnin A' into Anno, Italy. The 12-foot vehicle holds about 800 pounds of hll'h AmerKans Encounter nes the e moonles nights, the E- steadily-deepened secrecy. The c ntral Italy, haVE' fllllpn b fo re Nazi fi/!ilter oppusition which explosives. After the driver has steered It near his objecL!ve, .he boats evcn by German accounts housc of commons met in secret th gr a allied off nsiv which Mo derate Resistance are lindlng that the allies have to consider lhe dates ot its next the Berlin radio .said resulted in jumps out and continues to direct It by radio control. I began It week ago y terday, and In Amphibious Thrust control ot this naval no-man's- I silting. In a London court the air battles over both Romania and I land as they rule the skies over first fines were imposed for vlola- victoriou. meriean troop were ripping into the Adolf Hitler , Yugoslavia. Lightn.ing, Thunder- , ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD- the Nazi west wall. lions of the closed coastal belt, AIII" · Take AI'rdrom6 While London, once line la. t night at a point only 35 bolt and Mustang tlghters accom- es li QUARTERS, New Guinea, Friday, the German two women paying eight dollars panled the bombers. Martial Law air rorce's number one target, has each for visiting Brighton, In the mil. from th Anzio b oehh{'ad (AP)-Leap-trogglng more than remained raid-tree, the Germans south coast protected al'ea, with lind 65 miles E"om Rom!'. Th ~ far-flunr attack, whIch In Northern Burma 100 miles up the Dutch New struck twice In force this week out authorization. Briti h and Polish troops on the basis of recent opera- Guinea coast from Hollandla, Gen. htormed th hatt(>l'cd town of. Uons probably numbered UP Pronounced Americans, Chinese Douglas MacArthur'S Philippines ARA PELHAM PEAK , Cas. ino and dominatin" Monus· 10 I , ~ bombers and fil'hters, t ['y hill b hind i arly y . t('I" broke a tour·day lull In the Seize Southern Field bound forces have seized Wakde, Representatives O. K. I Reports Say Nerro oclal welfare worker and allies' month-lone aerial pin.· headquarters announced yester former teacher, hown here, Is day, capturing 1,500 prillonel'S Near Myitkyina Base the til' I Ner ro woman to be des urs trom BrUaln and Ihe At Istanbul day. and wiping oul the cream of the Mediterranean al'alnst the G, I. Bill of Rights 61 I Q It Icnated for the RepubUcan nom "Green Devils," first parachuto SOUTHEAST A S 1 A HEAD. Yanks of the SllClh army landed Ination for represent.aUve In tbe hearl of Europe. / division whloh had defended lhe The big oil refineries and rail. QUARTERS, K and y, C e y Jon, LONDON (AP)-Mar~ial . law on the coast of the Island, just off Return Measure aVIs UI S New York 2Znd cOn&'re sional dis way yards at Ploesti were the tar- (AP) - J ungle-fighting American ' was imposed at Istanbul yesterday Dutch New GUinea, Wednesday. trIct. stronghold fanatically since Janu gets there but weather conditions and Chinese infantry under Brig. because of unconstitutional acllvi General MacArthur said "the ary. prevented observation of results. Gen. Frank Merrill seized the ties of the Turkish pro-Nazi ,or To Senate fO'r Action Senate Group success of this operation presages On Several Changes American troops captured These targets had been hit four southern airdrome ot the blg ganization, "Pan Turanian," which FormJa-beJleved to be the reconquest of the entire province New Labor Disputes limes previously, the last time J apanese north Burma base of caused pub Ii c demonstrations, WASHINGTON (AP) - T h e coastal anchor of the Adolf May 5. Myltkyina Wednesday after a said an Ankara broadcast last (putch New Guinea)." Hiller lIne-and from near-by house late yesterday passed the WASHINGTON (AP)-The res- Relurn ing crews reported good spectacular 20· day forced march night recorded by the British The surprise landine was unop- hills A m er lea n bll' I'un' 'st "G. I. bill of rights," an overall Ignation of Louis R. Glavis as Arise in Entire Nation mults at Belgralie and Nis, the ovel' 112 miles of perilous terrain ministry of Information. pos ed and on Iy m od era t e r e 51 - opene4 a. heavy bombardment latter a "Y" junction 130 miles and immediately began shelling The radio said a number of veterans' benefit measure, after chief Investigator for a senate ance was encountered Thursday. of Gaeta PoLnt, three a nd a lOutheast of Belgrade from which Myitkyina itself, allied head- Pan-Turanian leaders had been rejecting an amendment that subcommittee investigating the Government Officials half mJle aero water trom the main railway from the north quarters announced yesterday. arrested and charged with "activ- Rockets were used and an all' Formla. Mas es or abandoned and naval bombardment covered would have prohibited unlons rural electrification admlnlstra Testify to Support ' Surprise Maneuver ities against the constitution." Nazi equipment were ralllnf II'tits t 0 serve I s t an b u I on the ea~ , h'l h ' d' t fro." requiring that veterans hold Uon was reported late yesterday and Athens on the west. The line" The m,aneuver took the Japa- 'W let ere IS yet no trec the landings. 'Work or Fight' Bill to Lleul Ge n. Ma rk W. a union card to work In a "closed alter the subcommittee heard is at strategic importance to the nese by surprise and threatened proof they are working under lil The new amphibious thrust foi- Clark', forces. shOp." Glavls hlld produced evidence D1 Til E ASSOCIATED PR 88 axis Balkans. their entire position in northern rect control of a :foreign power," I owed by Iess th an a mon th th e Fresh labor dIsputes developed "The Gustav line now has The blow at Ploesti was against Burma,.. , the broadcast said, "Indications April 22 invasion oC Hollandia and 80U CaU Vote which was challenged as not au- ceased to exist," declared an allied ..... sunnJies for the Russian front. It The aiI'd. rom. e IS only two mIles are the organization was a pro- Aitape which by passed some "0,- The toll call vote on passage thentic. yesterday whIle thr e govern- anouncement. "The enemy has will,Y Y recently announced at allied f rom Myt t k yma, Iarges l c i ty i n German one based on racialism 000 Ja..... nese in Brit! h New ment oUicials joined In demands been completely out-maneuvered ...