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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Toxic Officials Punished
For Neglect in u. S. Raid

CHUNGKING, China, May 80
.(UP).-The japanese officials held
responsible for breakdown OF
air raid precautions in the raid by
American bombers on Toxic and
other centers on April Is have
been imprisoned and punished,
Chinese military intelligence re-
ports said tonight.
Fearful of more air raids by
Allied bombers. japan has begun
an elaborate air warning system
on the east coast of China and
throughout conquered areas of the
Pacific. military quar-
tiers reported here.
Japanese military operations
against Chekiang Province on the
east coast of China were believed
the first step Of an enemy move
10 build a "Siegfried line of the
air" as a buffer against possible
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Ready to Fire

Then he laughed, barked some
orders. and the U-boat crlised
toward the freighter and maneu-
vered into position TO fire.
Meanwhile the remaining "a
crew members had crowded into
a single Ifeboat and were just
pulling away from the freighter
Nevertheless. the sub ruthlessly
fired torpedo into the sinking
ship. The force of the explosion
hurled several seamen high into
the air and shattered the lifeboat
killing all but two OF the sailors
The navy also announced Satur-
day the sinkings of a medium-sized
British merchantmen off the At
lantic Coast May 10 and of an
American vessel in the north At
lantic March 30.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Notice to Home Delivered Subscribers

As contribution to the effort, The Detroit Times
WILL effective Monday June l. 1912 suspend special deliveries
subscribers who fail to receive their from their
carrier.
This curtailment will undoubtedly
subscribers occasionally. this
order to rubber and vital transportation facilities
Times requests subscribers 10 continue o
advise the Circulation Department regarding hes nondev
difficulties I'm order that remedial
measures may be taken TO assure regular delivery.
As their contribution, carriers have pledged "a-out"
In order maintain possible their standards
Of prompt and regular service.
The Detroit Times
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Australian Chief Says
BRIDGES Can Return

CANBERRA, Australia, May &c
UP)-J. A. Beasley, supply min,
lister in Australia's militant labor
government, announced today that
there was no legal bar to the re-
turn of Go leader Harry Bridges
to Australia. and, by implication
rebuked Atty. Gen. Francis Biddle
for ordering his deportation as ar
undesirable.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Result Unknown

One message said it was still
impossible to forecast the out
come 1t said the contest was
being fought at close range land
that it would go down as one of
the hardest and most crucial bat
ties in history"
British arrnored and air units
lashed violently at the enemy's
communications as we'll as his
combat forces. But Rommel,
nevertheless, managed to thrust a
mechanical spearhead north to
reach an escarpment overlooking
the Libyan coastal road west of
Tobruk. And Axis tanks shelled
and raided that artery leading to
the British coastal outpost of FL
Gazala.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Plan State Probe
OfStoring Autos
At Fair Grounds
Huge Profits
Of Lessee Cited
in Complaint
BY DON GARDNER
Time. stan Corresponds.

LANSING. May 3o.-Investiga-
tion of an informal contract giving
Abe Shiffman of Detroit. exclusive
rights TO store automobiles at the
fair grounds was promised today
by Auditor General Vernon j.
Brown after it was revealed the
state could be making extra thou
sands of dollars If it handled the
business itself.
Brown said he has discovered
that Detroit car dealers are pay
ing Shiffman between 10 and 20
cents a day 10 store autos at the
fair grounds while his contract
provides that he pay only 6 cents
per car 10 the state.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Robson 10 Sino
AT Bond Rally
Marian Anderson Also
viii Appear Sunday
picture on Page u

Two OF the worlds greatest
Negro singers. Paul Robson and
Marian Anderson. will appear at
$3.50 Sunday afternoon in Olympia
along with Supreme Court Justice
Frank Murphy and Joe Louis in
this city first inter-racial war bond
rally.
Admission to the rally Is the
purchase of a 10 cent war saving
stamp.
Robson, supported by a choir
of 500 voices from Detroit
churches. will sing his famous
Ballad for Americans.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

Streamers and confetti showed
down into the lower Woodward
canyon from office and store win
dows filled with the more for
tunate, who could sit in compare
tive shade and be comfortable.
A long line of soldiers and
sailors clicked smartly by and one
spectator was heard TO remark to
another:
cit gives me the creeps. Just
think. In that bunch we're look
ing at right now, there may be
another Sergeant York, or Colin
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

BROOKLINE, Mass, Nav 81
(INS).-Cheered by a message
from Chief of Staff General George
G. Marshall Brig. Gen. William
II. Bisbee, 102, the nations Oldest
army officer, was reported hold
ing his own" today, following 4
severe heart attack.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

Following the breakfast, HI
visited the Chrysler tank arsena
and the Willow Run plant and il
the afternoon received an honor
airy degree of Doctor of Law.
from the University Of Michigan.
Discussing civilian trsnsporta
ton, Eastman said his policy ha.
been to place as much response
bility as possible on the state anc
municipal governments.
And there is no indication
that materials will be available
for new equipment.
"Yet the trucks must be kept
on the roads. This country Is
geared to automotive transpor-
tation and the railroads connot
get along without It."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

Saturdays parade had every
thing.
Dettoit's first wartime march ir
"a years was the largest. most
colorful and most meaningful ir
the memory of the Oldest De-
troiters.
Despite the fact the tempera-
ture rose 10 80 degrees, equaline
the record for Memorial Day SET
in 1895, crowd estimated at from
$4,000 TO 100000 watched and
cheered and were thrilled by 1t.
1t was the largest crowd ever
to see a parade in the city.
II was a crowd made up largely
of people who have sons or broth
ers or sweethearts or friends in
the combat zones or ready to go.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

Spring Offensive
on 475-Mi. Front ia
Occupied Europe

LONDON, May 30 tUP) .-The
Raj. resuming the spring o1en-
sive in which American pilots afo
expected to join soon, blasted Gers
man war factories in the Paris
area early today and hammered
other targets over a 475-mile
stretch of occupied Europe.
Grounded, with one exception
since May 8 because Of HI
weather. the Night Hawiz~ t0oJI
advantage of bright moon anG.
with planes loaded with a much
as seven tons of bombs, poundM
the Gnome-Rhone airplane en9f11o
works, the old Goodrich rubbie
plant and other French factoriuo
turning out German war equip
ment in the suburbs of Paris.
(The Raj was declared b
the London Express to have
dropped two-ton bombs In the
raid. international News Services
said.
Severe Says Vichy
Berlin and vichy announced
that more than 40 persons wero
killed and more than 100 IN
1 jured in the bomhar1Iment.
Vichy admitted the raid Wa
/ Severe" The Nazis said fhesk
shot down six Raj BOMBER. ~
The day crew picked up the a.
,fensive early today, sweeping II
occupied French coast with strof
formations of fighter planes.
Fifty German planes, stagin1
revenge attacks. attacked O.
British eastern and southeaster,
coasts during the night. caustn
some casualties and slight dafnae1
Seven were shot down. &
A striking force of Raj fud
son and Hampden bombersA a
tackled German convoy off IN
Tristan Island of northern Hof
land. \
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
His Profit Tripled

Since January /. when automo
bile sales were frozen by the
federal government, the state ha.
received as high as $1,000 in one
month from Shiffman, Brown said
"You can imagine what Shift
mans share was" Brown said.
I'm told that during the last
few months the average price
he charged dealers was between
Is and 20 cents a day"
Most Detroit dealers are bitter
over the arrangement which give.
Shiffman a monopoly on space a
the fair grounds, but are reluct
ant to engage in public discussion
for fear of losing out entirely
Brown said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

MOSCOW, Sunday, May 81
(INS).-Marshall Semyon limo
shenko has smashed Adolf Hitlers
plans for a drive on the oil fields
of the Caucasus, the Soviet gov
eminent announced early today
declaring:
1.-THE battle of Kharkov Is
nearing an end"
The announcement declared Ger
many had lost $4,000 officers anc
men killed or captured in thu
battle of Kharkoy.
The special communique of thu
Soviet information bureau added
1.-THE Germans also lost $40
tanks and 200 aircraft. We lost
5000 killed, 800 tanks and 8S2
guns.
Tho German claim that the
fighting around kharkov has
ended In a German victory Is
fantastic"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Admiral Kaufman
Heads Miami Area

WASHINGTON, May 30 (UP).
Admiral James Laurence
Kaufman, former commandment of
the naval operating base in Ice
land. has been named commander
of the Gulf Sea frontier and COM
of the Seventh Naval Dis
trict with headquarters at Miami,
Fla, the navy announced today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. May 30
(UP) .eut. Gen. Walter Krue-
ger, head of the southern defense
command. tonight proclaimed a
military area along the gulf coast
from Florida TO the Rio Grande
and inland along the Mexican
border 10 the Arizona line.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

MOSCOW. Sunday, May 81
CUP).-Russian troops have beaten
back the Germans on theIzyum-
Barvenkovo flank south of Khar-
kov and are fighting their way
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

The unarmed ship, already shat
tered by shellfire. was sinking and
the crew was abandoning the YES
sci. One lifeboat had already
pulled away.
The U-boat pulled alongside this
lifeboat and the commander asked
the American sailors:
'Ts every one of the ship"
NO." was the reply.
30. X" the commander of the
enemy craft said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
New Spitfres, Too

New models of British Spitfires
also made their first appearance
over the desert battlefield.
Late dispatches from the scenes
of action said the new Kittyhawk
|fighter-bombers added to the
punch of the RATS tank busting
weapons.
Medium tanks from American
Assembly lines were reported also
carrying heavy role in gun-to-
gun slugging matches with Field
Marshal Gen. Erwin Rommels
steel mastodons.
Although the British were coun-
Iter-attacking sternly, the main
battle in the Knightsbridge area
was still raging indecisively, ac-
cording to the most recent advices
from field headquarters of the
British Eighth Army.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
U. S. Tanks. Planes
Check RommeI's
Desert Fighters
BY GEORGE LAIT


Init news serviee stau sorresponofnt
CAIRO, May 30.-The British
defenders of East Libya, hurting
American-made tanks and planes
into a series of counter-offensive
actions, were hitting back hard to-
night at the Axis drive toward
Egypt.
Inflicting staggering losses on
German-Italian mechanical and
motorized forces by land and air,
the British appeared to have
checked the enemy push. then to
have wrested the initiative from
the Axis in some important Sec
tors.
Must credit for the destruction
being imposed on the enemy units,
particularly in the Knightsbridge
sector southwest of Tobruk where
the principal fighting ragged. went
to new-type 'American-built Kitty
hawk fighter-bombers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
War Workers
To Get Rides,
Reveals
Eastman on Visit
Here Says City's
Effort Must Go On

Joseph B. Eastman, the nations
transportation car. who has hac
Industry and civilians jittery be
cause of his orders designed Il
conserve tires and equipment, came
to Detroit Saturday with assur
ances that restrictions will not in
terfere with the war effort.
Meeting with representatives o.
nearly all transportation compan.
les at a breakfast at the Book
Cadillac Hotel, Eastman made
these predictions:
War workers always will
= have transportation to and
from their jobs. although strap
hanging will be necessary and
full loads In passenger cars will
be mandatory.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

several have tried 20 work
directly with the fair manage
menf. hut they tell me they
were told that Shiffman was the
only one who could do them any
good" he said.
I'VE have a fair grounds man
ager who doesn't have anything
10 do inasmuch as there isn't
any state fair this year and i
want Ia know why dealers can't
do business with him.
This seems particularly Inn
portant since the states gen
erai fund can use the extra
profits that-are apparently going
into Shiffman's pockets. simply
because he has an in with those
who r,W the fair grounds
Admits Agreement
Bernard J. Youngblood, fai
grounds manager, said he ha'
negotiated the Scent per ca
agreement with Shiffman.
Hes had this business for
years. Youngblood explained.
81 suppose the state could get
more money from the storage
of cars by dealing with indi-
viduals, but the business would
then be hit or miss. In work.
ing with Shiffman on a contract
basis, the business IL steady all
the time"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
MuskegonMan
Killed by Sub
U-Boaf Chief Laughs.
Launches Torpedo

NEW ORLEANS. May 80 QNS)
The inhumanity of an Axis
submarine commander was re.
lated by survivors of an American
merchant ship tonight.
The freighter was torpedoed and
sunk in the Gulf of Mexico last
Monday, with the needless loss OF
% seamen.
Included among the dead was
Ode G. Custer of 378 Jackson ave-
nue., Muskegon, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Will Relax Rules

C--RuIes limiting truckers to
one delivery a day will be
relaxed when war production re-
quires.
0-NearIy all transportation
~ eventually will be related to
the war, directly or Indirectly.
1.-The order limiting trucks to
trips of Is or Is miles unless
they have return Ioads-which
has been postponed until July 1
may be revised before that
date.
S-GasolIne rstionlng through
" out the nation seems to be
the best solution TO the problem
OF limiting use of cars and
trucks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Vets of Three Wars

There were so many il some
times was difficult to recognize a
familiar martial air.
Among the some $4,000 march
ers and riders in the long process
sion were veterans of the last
three major wars and the Indian
campaigns. There were Civilian
Defense volunteers. women's aux
ilaries, Boy Scouts, R.O.TC. ca
diets. Canadian outfits, army, navy
and marine men, past and present
and hundreds of Michigan State
Troops.
A great gasp arose all along the
line as the Wayne County Council
V.F.W. drum and bugle corps
passed playing Remember Pear
Harbor."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
Proud Throngs

here were newly-bereaved and
there were those who gave their
boys in the last war and in the
same cause; people. in whom the
sorrow has dulled, but who still
remember.
1t was a crowd which looked
with pride on the nations newest
fighting might; on the straight
ranks of sharp-eyed warriors.
The people who swarmed the
sidewalks from one end OF the
line OF march TO the other felt
differently this year. You could
sense it in the way they straight
ened every time one Of the thou
sands of flags OF the United Ma
tons went by, and barred their
heads.
And there were bands. More
bands by several times, than De-
troit has ever seen in a parade
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31
City Cheers
Self Hodrse al
Huge Parade
First Wartime March
in "a Years Here Is
Largest in Detroit

pictures on Page 81
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-31

rs CHARMING DANCE pseoDo6
Hollywood--Woodward Ct W.
ADV.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Amazing 7rojons Ruin Cougar
Hope for UnbIemished Title

tackles and fair passing game, but
aside from the smashing end play
of Nick Susoeff, the Cougar line
was outcharged most of the day.
S. C. had too many fast backs, too,
Hal Finney and Daryl Kroll giving
McCardle and Callahan first-class
assistance.
The Trojans didn't use any fancy
stuff to beat back the challenge of
Coach Babe Hollingbery's men. Nc
Cardle had bad passing arm and
so Bob Musick had to handle all
the throwing, but this didn't seem
to halt the power of jeff Cravath's
boys, once they got into high gear.
McCardle's touchdown run in the
third stanza was one of the most
sensational ever seen in the coli
scum. He took Kennedy's lofty punt,
pivoted, changed pace, ran over one
man, hurdled another, and had pros
pective tacklers strewn all over the
greensward as he finally zig-zagged
a corkscrew path through the last
Is yards to the end zone.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
By the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17.-With a
dazzling exhibition of broken field
runs by Mickey McCardle and How
ard Callahan, Southern California
dashed the hopes of Washington
State. College for an unblemished
Pacific Coast Conference title to-
day. The amazing Trojans con-
tributed another dazzling upset in
a season of giddy performances
with 26-to-12 victory. A crowd
of $4,000 watched the game.
1t was the first win of the season
for S. c. and the first beating for
Washington State, which appeared
to be Rose Bowl bound. Yet, the
Trojans came back fast after being
scored on in the first three minutes
and took complete command in the
third quarter by pushing across two
touchdowns in quick succession.
Using a box formation, Southern
California smashed continually at
the left side of the Cougar line,
with McCardle slanting off the
tackles and cutting back so fast
the Cougar secondary had hard
time corraling him. AS check on
this attack McCardle sent Fullback
Bob Musick plowing straight
through or firing passes to keep the
defense in position.
Washington State had lots of
speed, good ground attack with
big Bob Kennedy smacking tha
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Penn States Winninq
Streak Ends in 90
Tie With Cornell
py the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. 17.-Fifty-
booming punts scared over Schoell-
kopt Field today as Penn States
eight-game winning streak came to
an end in a 90 tie with Cornell in
which both teams begged down in
the soggy turf and after while gave
up all efforts to get a running or
passing offensive under way.
The statistics show how little the
game resembled a football game.
Cornell made four first downs, while
Penn State got three. The Big Red
rushed 81 yards, while the Nittany
Lions made 46.
Fumbles with the wet ball stymied
the few scoring threats manufac-
tured by the two teams.
Cornell made its most serious bid
for a score in the third period, when
Capt. Roy johnson blocked Earl
Browns punt from the So and Rus
sell Geib fell on the pigslsin on the
Nittany Lions 25. George Arm
bruster then passed to Louis Daukas
on the 10. But on the next play
Colone recovered Armbruster's fum-
BILE on the 5-yard line
Penn State, unbeaten and united
since early in the 194l season when
it bowed to Temple, bid for a score
in the third period, reaching Cor
ra11,e 1nvord Sfripe
Evening star., 1942-10-18
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE massive
sailors of the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station stopped Wisconsin
for two periods today before a
couple of sophomores-Jack Wink
and Elroy Hirsch-came to the res
cue with two of the longest touch
down runs of the season-one the
length of the field-to give the un-
defeated Badgers 13-to-7 triumph.
1t appeared that Bruce Smith, last
years All-America at Minnesota,
might become another Wisconsin
nemesis after he passed to Nebras-
ka's Fred Preston for 65-yard
touchdown play in the first period.
For the rest of the half 10000 fans
watched the. Badgers tossed back
on practically every attempt.
Then Hirsch and Wink pulled
down the curtain on the Bluejackets
second defeat in four games this
season and Wisconsin maintained
its unbeaten record through five
contests.
In the third period, Hirsch took
the ball on the Sailors 80 after
Wisconsin had lost 20 yards at
tempting to pass. and slid around
end for the sidelines. He streaked
down the chalk line and painted into
the end zone for his 6l-yard touch
down.
Wink's sprint In the same quar-.
Evening star., 1942-10-18
UnbeatenT nT.C. u. Wins
From Texas Aggies
With Rally, II
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
COLLEGE STATION. Tex. Oct.
17-TeXas Christians Purple Frogs
remained among the Nations un-
beaten. united football teams today
by whipping the once-mighty Texas
Aggies.
The score was To, and that just
about tells the story of a gripping
Southwest Conference game played
before a crowd of $4,000.
Jim Woodfln, giant center, bobbed
up to intercept Leo Daniels pass on
the Aggie "a midway of the third
quarter. That was the pay-off,
Emery Nix pitched pass to Trotter
Adams for five, then threw one dowr,
the middle to Bruce Afford, who
fought his way, to the A. & M.
seven. Van Hall on reverse
crashed right tackle for a touch.
down and Clifton Patton added the
point. .~ &
For two quarters the Aggies had
outplayed T. C. U. in battle that
never got inside the others 40-yard
line from scrimmage.
1t was Daniels kicking that kept
the Frogs on the defensive most Of
the way His fine punt down to the
Frog 15-yard line led to an A. & M.
safety midway of the first period.
On reverse, Dean Bagley to Van
Hall to Charley Conway, the latter
fumbled the ball and it rolled over
the goal line. Conway picked 1t up
and attempted to run but was
trapped by Bill Henderson, Aggie
wingman. q
The vicious -tackling Cadets Jared
the ponderous Frogs on every tackle
and every block, and at half time it
looked as if A. & NJ, which had
dropped two games out of three,
was surging again onto the glory
road it had known for three straight
years. =
Evening star., 1942-10-18
Minnesota Gets Back
On Winning Track
In Nebraska Tilt
Cornhuskers Never Have
Chance While Gophers
Roll Up l5-2 Score
BY the Associated Press.

LINCOLN, Nebr., Oct. 17.-Min-
nesotas Golden Gophers got back
on the winning track today by beat
ing Nebraska, 1872, on a blocked
kick, a 40-yard touchdown run in
the first period and a 69-yard
touchdown drive early in the third
period.
Nebraska never had a chance and
the crowd of approximately $4,000,
largest of the home season, knew
it after seeing the Big Ten cham
pions pile up nine points in seven
minutes of play while Bill Daley,
the Gopher halfback star, was rid
ing the bench where he stayed all
day because of injuries.
The scoring started when big
Paul Mitchell, Minnesota tackle,
crashed in to block Howard Debus'
punt, sending the ball flying out
of the end zone for safety.
Tackle Vic Schleich sent the free
kick booming down the field to Herb
Helm, Gopher end, who came back
to his 49 and minute later Mime
sofa made it to on a 4O-yard
gallop by Halfback Dick Luckemeyer
who skipped off tackle and made his
run without hand being laid on
him. Bill Garnaas kicked the point
Held under control in, the second
period, the Gopfers swept to- a Sec
ond touchdown with the second-half
kickoff. Joe Silovich started the
Minnesota juggernaut rolling with
26-yard return to the Gopher 81
then passed to Luckemeyer on the
Minnesota 40. Power took the ball
down to the Nebraska %, then Silo-
vich hurled a low pass that Helm
picked off his .shoetops on the Ne
braska Is, Whirled and ran over.
Nebraska got its two points in the
same period when, after Dale Brad
ley had quick kicked IS yards to the
Gophers' 1-foot line, End Ed Nyden
blocked the attempted punt out and
the ball rolled over the end zone.