Zanesville Signal, The (Newspaper) - August 23, 1944, Zanesville, Ohio THE ZANESVILLE SIGNAL Press if MM 96 ZANESVILLE O WEDNESDAY EVENING AUG PATRIOTS LIBERATE PRINTS THE NEWS TELLS THE TRUTH PARIS In Paris is over for German soldiers like the two above shown gazing up the Seine river at the panorama of the French capital ricker Calls Session Gov John Bricker today issued a call for second special session of t h e 0 Legislature this year he legislators meet at P slate time an hour slower than time Sept 5 for the specific posp of appropriating additional ds for salaries of teachers and cr school employes ricker said an appropriation of five and six million v would be requested in 1 n to making available for the present school ance surplus of about two and millions The money would salary increases for the balance his year leaders the governor I had assured him they would along with the proposed he session was necessary he od to prevent closing of several ols because of teacher s resulting from departure of instructors for higher ing war jobs he previous special session was ed to enact soldier vote legis- on nly matters included in the session call can be taken the deliberations he governor expressed the hope I all appropriation work could transacted within two days estimated teacher increases averaging an- lly would be possible under the appropriation he money would be distributed y explained through the school program and would in an increase of about a II The increase would boost per pupil of schools from the present 50 to and high schools n to From Foreman tind In Mine Tomb ELLAIRE O W A note II the Powhatan mine foreman telephoned to the surface the report of underground which killed men last July was found today by rescue kers Kerr head of the state sion of mines identified a note ling have gone through 7 it and signed with the G E as having been by George Emery the fore- i It was discovered by workers i mechanics shanty off No 7 it entry of the note led some kers to predict that all 66 ies might be found in No 7 t a passage which branches the main tunnel about 50 feet No 7 left but in the op- te direction mery was about feet cr to the fire than the rest of men when he telephoned and ht have been able to save at that time miners said In- d he returned to the men and not heard from again IRIES YULE PACKAGE EW Swedish sailing for and Goteborg late today on ifth exchange mission is g tons of Christmas packages sacks of mail for war the American Red Cross IS SILVER STAR Gen F Weasels received the T star today for gallantry in capture of In North na Gen Joseph W Stilwell the award r 34 Children Killed as Plane Falls On Village In Britain American bomber crashed ing into the Lancashire village of Freckleton today killing at least 50 persons 34 of them small children at a church school The toll may be much higher Huge Bomb Load By The Associated Press The unceasing Pacific air sive has a new climax with a record bombing of strategic Halmahera island 300 miles south of the Gen MacArthur announced today This strike was the latest and biggest of ah blows steadily re- ducing hera as a barrier between thur's New Guinea forces and the Philippines which he aims to re- capture Liberators and packing went in posed to plaster its airfields supply dumps and defenses and to destroy eight parked planes and sink a freighter The blow followed strike announced yesterday Be- tween from the Flores sea miles south of the Philippines to tiny Marcus island miles southeast of Tokyo MacArthur's planes hit Ceram Davao Vogelkop on New Dutch Guinea Biack island lau New Ireland New Britain and Bougainville Central Pacific air forces under Adm set fire to two ships near Marcus and attacked truk and Ponape in the Carolines and Yap island southwest of Guam Wake U island some 900 miles east of Marcus was hit also The Wake and Marcus blows could have been designed to blind enemy re- to impending blows in the western Pacific Chinese forces were succeeding in their Yunnan battle but tered a new flood of Japanese er aimed at consolidating the tory of Hengyang Chungking said its forces held one-third of chung and were whittling down the enemy garrison This city helps control movement on the Burma road which the Chinese are trying to reopen In York NEW tion and some weeping men here received the news day that Paris had been liberated France Forever the fighting French committee in the United States said a long planned bration would be held this after- noon amid the united nations flags of Rockefeller plaza Richard de Rochemont al president of France Forever will speak and Lily Pons French born opera star will sing the The National Broadcasting com- pany scheduled a short wave broadcast of the celebration to Paris ships In two naming destroyed enemy ships In MM hay between Brett end before break today MM admiralty an- The Press Association British said the plane was a Liberator anc that at least three of its crew were killed American troops joined in rescue work in the flaming wreckage ol one of England's worst tragedies At least three American and splitting German forces were among the adults killed An eyewitness said the whole center of the tiny village of inhabitants became a sea of and I looked out from a shop dow There was a flash in the air and the plane which was flying low caught fire It turned over on its back and struck the top of the school and then flashed across the road onto the Snack bar There were 43 children at the school and few were reported en alive from the wreckage Railroads Face Suit justice department announced today it has filed an suit in Lincoln Neb against the Association ol American Railroads the Western Association of Railway Executives J P Morgan and Company Kuhn Loeb and Company and 47 ki- vidual railroads Also named as defendants are the officers and directors of the Association of American Railroads top executives of the 47 railroads named and 31 other individuals Attorney General Francis Biddle announced through his ton office that the complain charges that a combination ol private financial Industrial and railroad interests have acted col- to maintain tive rates for transportation and to prevent and retard improvements in the services and facilities of roads for the western part of the United States The complaint asks the court to dissolve the Association of can 85 per cent of the nation's principal steam rail of the Western sociation of Railway Executives an organization of western tems It also asks an injunction against all the defendants to prevent a re- vival or continuance of any of the offenses charged and to prevent a revival of the western agreement the western commissioner of the committee of directors from ting up a plan which would re- strain trade in violation of the Sherman act Assistant Attorney General dell L Berge in charge of the an- division said the war and navy departments did not object to the filing of the suit but he added he did not know what action might be taken by them later The service departments have requested postponement of 30 similar suits until after the war Berge said that under any from 9 to 12 months would be required to prepare the case Showers OHIO Scattered showers and thundershowers with moderate temperature tonight Thursday partly cloudy and somewhat cooler Roll On From lasi in New Drive Germans Say Soviets Near Latvian Capital MOSCOW A new Red army offensive probably designed to knock Romania out of the war and break ler's grip on the Balkans smashed forward today on a front beyond lasi to within 180 miles of jittery Bucharest and 155 of the great Ploesti oil center An official German broadcast said the Russians had reached the beaches at Riga Latvian capital and largest Baltic States city in- a new trap for the man and 18th armies Advancing over the bodies of Germans slain in three lent days while others trudged wearily back to prison cages Red army groups under Generals Rodion Y Malinovsky and Fedor I drove within 15 miles of the mouth of the ube German shock troops tried to stiffen war-weary Romanian di- visions as Russian tanks rolled at least ten miles south of lasi drive through Bessarabia headed cross country for a tion with Malinovsky in the Galat gap the capture of which make much of the Balkan area untenable for the enemy Advances ranged to 44 miles The bian capital of Chisinau was lefl trapped in a deep pocket on the In northern Poland the Russians between sieged Polish cap- ital and East Prussia The Russians moved 14 miles southeast of communications hub Desperate German attempts to salvage her Baltic positions brought new tank attacks in the direction of Jelgava which controls road anc rail routes in Latvia As the Red army drive into Ro- mania went through its fourth day Bucharest was reported in panic with many of Premier An- formerly fanatical porters openly discussing the chances of suing for peace Each mile the Red army advanced strengthened peace tremors in Bulgaria too and gave new hope to Yugoslavia and Greece Romania besides being greatest oil reservoir is one of her largest breadbaskets Red Star said lasi's many blocks of trim stone buildings on a side above the Prut generally were intact and the Soviet blow was so swift the Germans and Romanians could not evacuate their wounded and left 147 cars of munitions and food in the rail yards Announcing last night the two- pronged attack began four days ago a Russian communique saic the second and third Ukrainian front armies of Generals Rodion Y Malinovsky and Feodor hin had swept through more than 350 towns toppling the industrial city of lasi killing Germans and Romanians and capturing 000 and gaining 38 to 44 miles on a front Premier Stalin announced the fall of lasi in an order of the day Russian forces first drew up before the city last April A communique said The large garrison was wiped out to the last man in 24 hours of street fighting freaks With Vichy Regime LONDON ff Switzerland broke off diplomatic relations with the Vichy government today serting Marshal Henri Philippe Pe tain no longer considered himsell chief of state An announcement of the Swiss radio The Swiss federal council having taken note of statement that he has been taken forcibly from Vichy and no longer considered himself chief of state has broken off diplomatic with the val government New Landing Reported e Gaulle Says Capital Now n French Hands Big Allied Offensive Puts Nazis to Rout Tank Column Only 160 From German Border Headquarters Silent On Reported New SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED FORCE French patriots have liberated aris Gen Charles de Gaulle's announced lay as Allied airmen described the flight of the battered German Seventh army across the Seine as having the of a rout On the left of the Allied line British and Canadian armies raced ahead 10 to 15 miles pushing the Germans against the Seine and into the fire flanking forces moving toward the sea along the left bank AP Broken arrow from ship symbol points to Bordeaux where Allies have made a new landing according to unconfirmed report from Spanish border Other broken arrows indicate drives on Bordeaux by American troops and French patriot forces as described in Spanish reports Black areas are with white arrows locating main drives Roosevelt Says Lend-lease Should Continue Until Enemies Are Beaten President Roosevelt told con- gress today lend-lease aid should continue until the tional surrender of both Japan The chief executive in forwarding a quarterly report of congress placing lend-lease help through June 30 at asserted: Until the unconditional der of both Japan and Germany we should continue the lend-lease program on whatever scale is essary to make the combined ing power of all the United Nations against our enemies overwhelming and as effective as we can make it The president said lend-lease is playing a vital role in current of- fensive that find the Allies ing relentlessly along the roads which lead to Berlin and Tokyo The lend-lease act was extended this year until June 30 1945 Some legislators have said this ment should not be too hasty about extending it again if Germany col- lapses meantime Certain ment officials though have felt the act should continue to apply to Britain after the war has been reduced to operations against pan while others believe the aid should go to countries in the Eu- ropean theater only to the extent that it directly helps to defeat pan The latest report placed the ue of lend-lease supplies and ices at for the ter ended June 30 The total of more than covered the period from March 11 1941 when the act was first passed to June 30 represented about 15 per cent of all American duction for defense and war In addition worth of supplies have been to American commanding generals in the field for subsequent lend-lease transfer to Allied forces Reverse lend-lease was estimated in value at more than 000 The report was emphasized however that ultimate ment of aid given and received could be found only In terms of battles won enemies killed and captured and hundreds of ands of lives saved rather than in dollar figures MINERS IDLE PITTSBURG W A strike called to enforce union demands for recognition as collective gaining agent for supervisory em- ployes kept more than miners idle in western Pennsylvania soft coal fields today and threatened to spread to pits in other Arrests Draft Evader While Investigating Minor Theft When Police Lt Ivan Penn went to a Dillon road dence yesterday to arrest year-old John Martin for the theft of a log chain little did he suspect that he would prehend a draft evader at the same time But during Lt Penn's in- at Martin's home regarding the theft he Woodrow Harris 19 who makes his home with Martin and learned that ris had failed to register for the draft Martin was given a ed fine of and costs when arraigned this morning before Acting Judge W G Foreman after he admitted the theft of the chain and told the judge he had been forced to steal in order to obtain food FBI Agent Eugene Bangs meanwhile took charge of Harris and introduced him to the draft board which quickly registered him Bangs said no charges would be filed against Zanesville Man Is War Casualty According to word received here today from the War department Pvt Max G Keirns 23 son of Mr and Mrs L Keirns of 820 Hall avenue was seriously wounded in action in France on Aug 7 Pvt Keirns is a machine gunner in the Infantry He entered the service Oct 17 1942 and has been overseas since April His brother Paul L Keirns is an apprentice in the merchant marines Mrs Carl Russi of 1122 Putnam avenue has received word that her cousin Paul Inskeep son of ard Inskeep of Dresden was re- ported Sunday as missing in action since July 26 He was a para- trooper and was inducted into the service on Oct 26 1943 His wife and son reside in Baltimore Md It was also reported today by the War department that the lowing soldiers had been wounded in action in the European Staff Sgt William G Brill son of Mrs Martha A Brill or New Concord Route 2 Corp Glenn F Dennis Mrs Blanche Den nis of Hemlock Pvt Charles F O'Neil son of Mrs Alta M O'Nei of New Lexington Route 2 Pfc Francis C Trager son of Mrs Amy F Trager of Newark and Pvt Harold R Wadley son of Mrs Virgie Wadley of Chauncey and Sgt George E Willey son Of Charles E Willey of Thornville Still a third dramatic ment came as an American ar- nored column drove more than half way across France and past the ancient town of Sens only 160 miles from the man border to the the Saar town of Neunkirchen headquarters had no comment OD reported Allied near Bordeaux in southwestern France If Mich landings took place It wai be- were likely on an extremely wale It is regarded as unlikely that Gen Dwight D Eisenhower would undertake a dangerous amphibious to capture an area which the Germans are trying heir best to get out of and which could be had by the Allies for the asking French resistance units an- swering the call of Gen Pierre Koenig head of the French forces of the all public buildings in Paris which the mans have been evacuating ily under the threat of being trapped by American armor on both sides of the city While Paris is in French hands it Is likely there still are German at Rambouillet and Etampes to the south which engaging American tank units The French capital literally fell under its own weight aided by a heavy push from the French un- There was no direct drive or assault on the city itself The city had been outflanked Elusive Prisoner Escapes Again Martin 36 returned to Mansfield reform last February after 14 years as a fugitive escaped again las night from Grafton honor to which he was transferred tei days ago as a trusty Reforma tory Supt Arthur L Glattke re ported today Martin originally wag in Lawrence county In June 192 to serve years for auto theft He escaped from Grafton in June 1930 but was not appre bended until last Feb 10 In Cleve land The State Pardon and Parole commission considered Martin case last July and approved hi parole March 1 1945 Report Petain Held at lelfort Petain chief of state of th Vichy government was reports today be a virtual prisoner o the Germans at Belfort where he was taken by Gestapo agents who spirited him from Vichy Sun day ENVOY QUITS LONDON CF The Brazilian embassy Mid today it had been formally notified by Brazilian For eign Minister Oswald Aranha tha he had resigned post In the Rio De government London Daily Herald eaid today were being made for President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill to be present In Park it that fe when Allied parade un- der the Arc De Triomphe French will head the Allied parade with General Charles De Gaulle probably having the place of honor the newspaper added The Dally Mall Mid a con- ference between Roosevelt and Churchill would take within a matter of French by American bridgeheads the Seine to the northwest and southeast some radio reports which were not confirmed at already placed American tanks at Meaux less than 25 miles from Thierry The new Allied trap of Field Marshal Guenther van Kluge's forces along the left of the Seine appeared to on all sides as the Germans gave up all attempt at an organized rearguard action At the Seine crossings Allied planes hammered the German troops and were expected to de- Turn to Page 10 PARIS FREE AFTER FOUR YEARS Paris shook loose the shackles of four years of enemy bondage today and stood free once more liberated by armed and unarmed tens of thousands of Frenchmen who swept the Nazis from the city's streets while American armed might drew up around the capital A special communique from Gen Charles de headquarters n London announced the tion after four days of street ing that recalled scenes of Bastille lay when the mobs of Paris once before struck an historic blow for liberty This time the communique said the fight was led by French forces of the interior bolstered by hundreds of thousands more who joined in with whatever weapons they could find The dramatic announcement touched off broadcasts to men everywhere as the triumphant strains of La Marseillaise ed again to the news of a French victory There was no word immediately that American troops had entered the city But the French said they had seized all public buildings won complete control of the situation and Captured all the Vichy who had not fled Paris the city of light was back in French hands just four years and 74 days from the time Adolf ler's troops In The city become the first continental capital of a fledged ally to be freed German domination Rome has been taken bat Italy started the war an enemy and now U a The Patriot flareup begain with a strike of Paris police They seized the prefecture and turned the mous lie De La cite into a tress against which the German at- tacks communique said De Gaulle conferred with Gen Dwight D Eisenhower in two days on de- tails of civil affairs control of the capital which one more is the pride of all France REPORT LANDING AT BORDEAUX third French invasion landing striking into southwestern France near Bordeaux was re- ported today from the Spanish frontier French military at Hendaye France said the landing was begun last night under cover of a naval and aerial bombardment This report was cabled from the Spanish border by Charles S Foltz chief of the Associated Press bureau in Madrid who crossed the border into southern France after the Germans had evacuated tier posts Twelve hours after Foltz report was received Berlin radio said a small force was put ashore near St Jean De Luz which is six miles from the Spanish frontier lying between Hendaye and ritz Berlin correspondent of det had cabled that reports of a new Allied landing in the deaux area were described in lin as probably The Hendaye officials said the operation was coordinated with ground attack by American and French forces which effected a junction at noon yesterday at the outskirts of Bordeaux closing In on that harbor city by inland A swift American armored and motorized infantry column ed into the city long a hotbed of the French patriot movement with French forces of the inter- ior playing an effective support Allied headquarters said This quick advance put Major Gen Alexander M head within leu than 240 miles airline from the most southerly points officially announced as reached by American troops A Stockholm dispatch said the routes YANKS THRUST INTO GRENOBLE ROME American troops of the Seventh army in a spectacular surprise thrust deep into southern France through German defenses have entered the large industrial city of Grenoble 140 airline miles north of the if ean coast it was announced today low Paris and it appeared that the two Allied French fronts would be joined much sooner that originally thought possible Lying in the French Alps Che city has a population of and to rail ter on the route It also commands MOM to mountain pastes M eastern t X
