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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

States armed forces in an unfa-
vorable light.
The names of those arrested in
other cities and the indictments
which were sealed in the interests
OF national safety are expected
TO be revealed today.
1t was said that George Sylves-
ter Vicreck, already serving a
prison term for violation of the
Alien Agent Registration Act. and
Ralph Townsend, convicted Japa-
ncse agent, will face further pros
ecution by the government on
charges Of subversive activity.
The justice department revealed
that Prescott bennett, a Niereek
aide who has been drafted, will be
recalled for further grand Jury
questioning.
Most of the persons secretly in
dicted have previously been called
as witnesses before the federal
Continued on Page Severn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

supply conveys when the planes
attacked during the night.
SO telling we're the planes
blows, front dispatches 10 the
army newspaper, Red Star, as.
serted, that the enemy advance
was slowed along the vital 100
mile front between Novocherkassk
and Tsimlyanskya, extending
northeastward from a point only
80 miles from Rostov.
"A German high command
communique said that German
and Slovak troops had broken
through a fortified bridgehead
before Rostov and had reached
the city's outskirts
The Russians had been forced
into new retirements after their
biggest setback Of the campaign
and the. Germans were pressing
forward IN nope OF decisive
break-through when the planes
went into action.
COMMUNICATES revealed the lat
est developments on the flaming
southern front.
After two days Of one Of the
most ferocious battles of the war,
the Germans thrust strong spear
head prongs 10 NovocherkaSSk, 80
miles northeast of Rostoy, and
Tsimlyanskaya. Us miles south
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
Letter Writing Champ
Detroiter Has Mailed 5000 TO Boys in Service
His Current Average Is About 40 Day

The unofficial title Of the world
letter writer rests today
on the shoulders OF A. J. Bradley
of 92i- Putnam avenue. who has
written and mailed 5000 letters
to boys in service since January.
Bradley, who works at the
Dodge plant and is a member of
Dodge Local No. 3, received sew
eral Of his contacts through them.
Since then, he sqyS. they have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
j. ). p lanes
SIowUpNdziis
Near Rostov
Flying For+resses
Blast Advancing Foe
After Reds Setback
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press stan Correspond dent

MOSCOW, July 23.-Russian
air force planes, including Flying
Fortresses and Douglas bombers
slowed the German drive on Ros-
tov and Stalingrad today as II
appeared that the position oil
Rostov. key TO the Caucasus, was
becoming untenable.
Roads 10 the German rear were
choked with tanks, motorized IN
fantry, artillery and munitions and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
Gen. Drum Inspetts
Newfoundland Bases

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland. july
% GNS).-Lieut. Gen. Hugh A.
Drum. chief Of the United States
eastern defense command and
commander OF the first army. was
in Newfoundland today TO inspect
Atlantic bases.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

grown until now he is writing
about 40 letters a day
Every letter Bradley receives he
answers and if the sailor, soldier
or marine wants something done
here in the city Bradley goes out
and does il. Almost 5000 in stamps
have been used. A great MURDER
of the letters are mimeograp1ed
now.
II guess Just like In write
letters" Bradley says.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
Newhouser
Faces Mats
In Final

Harold Newhouser Will pitch for
the Tigers against the Senators IN
the third and final game of the
series AZ Briggs Stadium today.
The game viii start al O'Clock.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
b. S. Troops SwQrm Into Britain
u. S. Navy
Joins Action
With British

LONDON, July q CUP).-Sev-
eral warShips OF the United States
Nay task force with the British
home feet have been in action
and subjected 10 attack. Rear Adj
mlral Robert c. Giffen. com.
mander OF the task force an
nounced today.
The attack on the United States
naval forces was carried out by
AXIS planes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
REPORTS NO DAMAGE

Giffen said the United States
vessels had suffered neither dam
age nor fatalities, although there
may have been some wounded"
lie said, in statement. that
cruisers, battleships and destroy
ers at present make up his force
based in Britain under direct COM
mand Of the British home fleet.
we are carrying out orders
In the tradition Of the British
navy. of course leavened with
our ideas" he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
U-BoATS TRICKED

Indications were cagey ma
ncuvcrS by the force commander
bafaed more than one U-boat skip
per. The fact is that enemy
underSea craft failed TO find an
opportunity 10 strike.
Both troopships and men-o-war
were on double alert for bombing
attacks. They had been warned.
Axis planes did not appear. ap-
y Continued ON Page EiphfA
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
HugeConvoy
Runs U-Bodt
Zone Safely
Large Detachment
Reaches Secret Port
Without Incident

WITH THE ALLAN MTG
FLEET. SOMEWHERE IN BRIT
AIN Delayed ms. - Thou
sands Of American troops, one OF
the largest single attachments tc
set foot on this soil. landed here
after a swift and remarkably safe
ocean voyage.
Editors Note: The exact point
Of the landing was military
secret. II is apparent. however.
that il was somewhere in Great
Britain itself. instead Of North
crn Ireland. where most units OF
the American Expeditionary
Force have thus far been put
ashore. This latest detachment
is believed 10 be the first major
unit landed on actual British
soil)
Steaming through dense fogs.
churning across paths Of enemy
submarines and passing rear the
scene of A torpedo attack. the
multi-Ship convoy reached this
highland-fringed port without loss
OF a single life.
The troop vessels were flanked
and otherwise protected by a heav-
lily armed Atlantic fleet task force.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
Guard War Plants

PHIL DELPHIA. July %
GNS). - Philadelphia authorities
have hired 100 extra guards TO
patrol the city's vital waterfront
and hurnrfine faHnitiens- plants-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
FBI Seizes MRS. DiIIinq
Author Of Red Network Faces Sedition CHARGES:
Nearly 80 Arrested in Roundup in Cities

WASHINGTON, July % CINS).
Nearly 30 persons, arrested in
six major cities. today faced gov
eminent prosecution on charges of
conspiracy 10 undermine Americas
armed forces.
The arrests wege made by JUS
ticc department agents in Chicago,
New York. Los Angeles. Wichita.
Kan, and Omaha two days after
a federal grand jury in Washing
ton handed down a sealed indict-
mcnt charging the group with
operating reasonable pubica-
tons and plotting seditiouSly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
Detroit LITER
Runs Amok
At Jackson
Defies Guards " Hrs.
After Killing Worker,
Then PIunees to Death
Times stan Correspondent

JACKSON, July pa Detroit
llifer at Jackson Prison, who went
suddenly berserk in the prison
power plant and hacked civilian
Iemploye TO death with Ratchet.
leaped blindfolded to- his death
early today from 160-foot water
tower where he had defied guards
for il hours.
The killer. William TomcZik, as,
sentenced for murder in 1910,
mounted the tower after fatally
slashing Andrew Faust. 65-year-
old operating engineer in the
power plant, who is married and
the father of one child.
Like a monkey, witnesses said,
the 240-pound prisoner scaled the
tower.
SNAPS FLAG POLE
For hours he swung precari-
ously from his lofty perch, scot.
-fing at any one who attempted to
make him descend.
AT one point. he snapped 10
foot flag pole and hurled It to the
ground.
At 5;07 a. m, tearing off his
shirt and using fragments for a
blindfold, he threw himself from
the tower. In his downward
plunge, one of his arms was torn
from the socket by guy wire.
Tomczik-S sudden, insane rage
began approximately at $50 p. m.
last night, inmates later told
Warden Harry II. Jackson.
SUDDEN ATTACK
eve were in the yard exercis-
ing" said one of the men, when
we saw TomcZik walk Faust out
of the power plant. (Tomczik
was Faust's helper) just as
they got outside the door Tom
elk, carrying Ratchet and q
knife, suddenly plunged tho
Ratchet into Faust's chest and
then slashed his abdomen with
the knife"
The maniac than ran back into
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
There's Less Meat
In Detroit Today
Army's Buying, Price Ceilings
Blamed; Situations Not Serious

However. another representative
Of one of the largest packing
houses in America disagreed with
this opinion.
Cattle receipts are always
lighter in the summer. he said
II think by fall, when the re-
ceipts are heavier, the shortage
will largely be over"
Also blamed for the shortage
was the fact that while a ceiling
has been placed over retail meat
prices. no similar ceiling has been
placed on what the farmer o. cat
tn raiser may ask for their steers
and pigs. AS result, it was
pointed out, the packer is in the
middle between the hammer of
increasing wholesale costs and
limited income.
Said one packing house official:
eff this trend continues, there
Is little doubt but that many
smaller packers will be forced
out of business"
NOT YET TOO SERIOUS
In Boston. where less than one
days reserve supply of beef re-
mains, leaders of the meat in
duStry conferred on methods of
averting the worst shortage in
history Authorities blamed the
situation on the 19-cent OPA price
ceiling.
That Detroit's shortage is not
yet too serious was indicated in
the statement Of a district man
ager for a large packing company
who disagreed sharply with his
colleagues.
There is plenty of pork, beef,
lamb and fowl in Detroit right
now" he declared There Is no
shortage that 1 can see
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
laps Land Army.
Near Pt.Moresby
BY BRYDON c. TAVES
United Press stan Correspondent

GENERAL NJ a A r T II L RS
HEADQUARTERS. Australia. July
23.--The Japanese have landed a
new invasion force Of about $500
mon in New Guinea in their big
geSt threat so far 10 the Allied
base Of Port Moresby and, poten-
TALLY, the Australian continent, it
was announced today.
A small enemy convoy landed
the troops under heavy and dam
aging attacks by Allied planes at
the Coma Mission, near Buna on
the north side of New Guinea. 10
miles by air line and 120 miles by
road from Port Moresby and about
420 miles from Australia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
OTHERS NOT REVEALED

Those seized in Chicago arc
Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling. author Of
The Red Network; Or Donald
MCDANIEL a dentist and George
Otto Brennerlpann, an artist. Nc
Daniel was charged with ordering
cartoons. which Brennermann
drew, that depicted the United
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, Is one Of many
famous features In The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
Secretary Of State
CordeIl Hull

speaks IN all, four radio net
works tonight between $50
and 10:15 on Appraisal of
the War TO Date.
Everyone should listen 10
this important summary of
the war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
The Weather.
Het RrY TTMFtRATUREs

The sun vlH go at p m today ana
rise tomorrow ~ Sis a. m
The moon Win rise AZ as D. m. today
and viii set .0mlIr0N a. 90 a m
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
HOW SHORTAGE is FELT

They added that the shortage
was making itself felt more in the
form Of lack of choice in the
various cuts of meat, especially
beef and pork, rather than an out.
and-out lack Of all cuts.
Said one, explaining the short.
age:
a lot Of people ordinarily eat
meat only few days week.
The army serves ii three times
a day and when you get millions
of men eating meat three times
a day there cannot help be
sudden drain on the meat sup
ply"
Beef is particularly short
right now" said another, land
the situation may &c. worse as
the army gets bigger"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23

The army's and lend-leaSe's de-
mands on Americas meat supply,
plus a conflict between ceiling re-
tail and farmers wholesale prices,
is creating a meat shortage from
which Detroit, as we'll as the rest
of the country, is now suffering,
packing house officials said here
today.
This was the consensus-al-
though it was not unanimous-as
revealed by a Detroit Times poll
after it was reported that America
had fewer sirloins and pork chops
in its butcher shops than at any
time since the war began.
Most of the packing officials
said the shortage was created pri-
marily by the army's demands on
the meat supply as we'll as the tons
Of beef and pork which are being
lease-lent to other United Nations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
TRANSPORT SUNK

In attacks on the convoy and
the area where it landed the
troops, Allied planes sank one large
transport and an invasion barge
and inflicted heavy casualties on
diSembarking troops with bombs
and machine gun fire, a commu-
nique said An enemy seaplane
was shot down and two Allied
fighters we're lost.
The. communique added that an
Allied air unit on reconnaissance
lightly bombed enemy barracks in
Disadvantages Timor Island,
northwest of New Guinea.
BY their new move. which put
them N stronger position both
extensively and defenSively. the
japanese had advanced their inva-
sion area 155 miles down the north
coast Of New Guinea and for the
first time had invaded the Papuan
area, which makes up the SOUTH
eastern part Of the island and is
territory.
The bases which the Japanese
held previously, in the Salamaua-
Lac area, are in Australian man.
dated northeastern New Guinea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
y NaziS, Killed
On Sub, Buried
With i. 5. Rites

NORFOLK Va July - trP).
STwenty-nine numbered markers
were ready al The National Gene
terry al nearby Hampton today for
the graves Of the first enemy dead
landed on American soil since the
start Of the war.
They viii mark Tho graves of
members OF a German submarine
crew brought here and buried
with full military honors. the nth
naval district disclosed. Both the
army and navy participated in the
interment just before dark on an
urdiScloscd night.
SUNK BY DESTROYER
The bodies and a few empty
life jackets were all that remained
ahoat after a destroyer on Allan
tic patrol sank the submarine. The
navy withheld the date Of the en-
counter.
Brief Catholic and Protestant
requiem services wore read over
Continued ON Page Eight
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
SUDDEN ATTACK

CONTINUED on Page seven)
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CONTINUED on Next Page. Col 81
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Continued on Page Eight
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-23
SNAPS FLAG POLE

For hours he swung precari-
ously from his lofty perch, scot.
fing at any one who attempted to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

MISS BILLIE BURKE, having
A'A bowed out Of the current
theatrical picture leaves Joe +.
Brown as the principal footlight
tenant at the Lafayette, whore
"The Show-Off' opens this sun
day night.
This IS the George Kelly COM
edy about the guy who put the
brag in braggadoccio. It seems
this chap can never open his
mouth without putting his foot
in il and Joe l. Brown IS just
the guy who can do ~, too.
Reports are that the role is
ideally fitted 10 Mr.. Brown and
his clowning talents and this re-
vival II il is presented as well
as "SprlngtIme for Henry and
The Vinegar Tree, should be
good for a run
With Brown in this company
will be Francesca Rotoh, Homer
Miles, Mango Railton, Clyde
Waddell. Helen Gillette, Doug
las Keaton. James Mccormack
and Harry russell.
The Cass will have nothing
until September 6 when Angel
Street the play that got off 10
slow start in Hollywood
changed its title and then
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Joe E. Brown Opens
Here in THE Show-OH1
BY CHARLES GENTRY

vowed Broadway arrives for a
two-week stay.
Added interest about Angel
Street is the fact that when
producers saw II on the West
Coast they didn't 60 for il.
Now that it's had a Broadway
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Gig Young Rises
In Gay Sisters
From First stage Page


way He was born Byron
Barr in St. Cloud. Mimi. where
his dad John Earl Barr, owned
prosperous canning business
Later Mr.. Barr accepted
government post and Gig I'm
shed his schooling al Technical
High School in Washington.
He's been in Hollywood four
years and for two OF them has
been married 10 Sheila Stapler,
an amateur actress This
name changing has been pretty
confusing for her
il plays heck with monograms
-. II also led 10 an embarrssS-
ing situation with the family
pooctl said pooch. a newly
acquired SChnauzer puppy was
named Gig 10 celebrate his mas
tCIS success IN Gay Sisters >
shortly thereafter. by studio
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

mandate. the masters name was
also changed 20 Gig After a
period OF utter confusion the
pup was Techristened Junior /.
But he still answers 10 Gig
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16

GADD1 tLlr leHOit
continues as one Of the
favorites in the nightly floor
show at the Bowery Cafe.
and-his-girl ballad is put over
by Teddy Powell who couples
"A BOY IN KHAKI A GIRL
IN LACE, a little sloppy but
okay.
For a little more nelodic af-
far, there's 4 new Victor Her
bert Album prepared by Emile
Cote a chorus, male soloiStS and
a high soprano. Most Of the
ones you'd expect to find are
here.
On the serious side, Tosca-
mini fans can now slip another
album into their library. The
great maestro has just COM
pleted a recording of the
Beethoven "EIGH TIL SYM
PHONY" with the MIC Sym
phOnV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
If They Die
They Die for
An Ideal
By JACK PICKERING

THE poem that appears below
i was written by Buddy Law
son. a Detroit musician. He
actually wrote it some time ago,
and it was published by an
indianapolis columnist
"The poem seems TO be on my
mind very much" says Lawson,
''inasmuch as I'm 10 he indicted
very shortly. I'm hoping YOU can
find space 10 reprint It,"
Here is the poem:
Should I 20 blind, I reUer could
forget:
A crescent moon, my first look
AZ the sea,
A babB's smile, a dainty table
set
With roses, yello'0 candles,
plates for three.
I would remember sieel-blne
stars md EnlH.
A rirer, spring, your look
,0heH frst ne met,
A hondciasp, tcars, a irilloU-
bOrdcrcd lane
SO rcrB much / Hcrer could
forget.
But most Of all, I lcould remem-
Der still
The deep pools IN your eyes,
your hair, your touch,
Your lips that made my soul
and body fhfHl,
The things that made me lore
you too much.
That singing darkness mould
not seem uHkjHd
With these for memories, should
90 blind!
II occurs 10 ne that the visit
ful beauty Of Buddy Lawson's
poem could be set 20 music II
some one could compose the
right melody.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Fighting for Something

Ofhand. 7 suppose some peo-
pie might say that poetry IS
pretty delicate stuff 10 play any
part in wartime but I'm inclined
10 think that soldiers who have
that kind Of poetry in their
hearts are better than tho ones
without n
They're fighting for something,
For tho other side Of the pic
ture take the Nazis I think 10
IS becoming very clear what the
NazlS are fighting for and u IS
not what they thought they were
fighting for AZ first.
They are in a growing frenzy
Of fear. When the NaZl legiDns
first marched of 10 battle they
may have had some misbcgotten
notion that they were fighting
for some sort Of an exalted Ger
manic world plan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Army Rivals

A DARING AVIATOR and a
medical officer fall in love with
the same girl in Army Sur
geon, action romance OF two
World Wars.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Fighting Against Fear

They stamped out tho Wls'ful
little things that Poles and
Frenchmen and NoTwegians and
HollanderS and Yugoslavs had in
their memories The harder they
trod on these things. the more
bitter became tho dcspairing
vengeances Now, The Nazls are
fighting because. quite simply,
they arc afraid Of what viii hap
pen II they lose.
They aren't fighting FOR any
thing They are merely fighting
10 get out OF tho horrible fate
that they have prepared for
themselves.
on the opposite side hero is
another poem written by a De-
troiter. Thomas Harrison Mum
ger Jr, who is in the air force.
Hes 81 years old, and he calls
his poem. Thoughts While Sit
ting on a Cloud 70
The World goes round
And the shadows ON Y
Lengtheu,
And become irdistirct
In the distant gloom.
No mon tn0Wg WHrTr ttNtt- --'ia
Or wb1t their fBdl shape nay be-,
Nor whether the oHy1tsb
OF an ultimate night
Shall obscure them forever.
But 50 the ,coyld.
BIZ fdfefW shadoWs qir'
Turns foWdrd The endless dark
o. shining doup
OF rs euigmatic destiny.
III
The siguifcaHcesof man
Lice IN the fact
he begins thiS life
A one place in sp0~r md time
And ends a. az nuoihcr
~ fopr dimensions, thus,
he moUcs.
And carries mt his destiny
BIZ serving his oWr ends.
Thereby SERVING al Humanity.
For MI that one puts
Into this icorid Of men
Can neither be UithdrrWn
Nor destroyed.
Howcrer small the contribution.
III
So for all Of as
But one course left,
To do the job ~ hand,
WITH no backward step
With no yielding
In spirit or IN deed,
That something Of al this
That iCds ours
MdY Survive.
0zGi;;.I1;Sili1iI& GIIID
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
inside DeboA ia, Q1p>~, Local louAs to Heroic Poetry

run and is ser for a successful
tour. the film colony has been
bidding for the screen rights.
M-G-M Is also trying TO get
the screen rights 20 Without
Love" the Katharine Hepburn
play. which is due 10 follow
Angel Street into the Cass,
September 21
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Offer L nic
In Summer
Recordings
BY CHARLES GENTRY


OFF THE RECORD: Is your
" needle slipping? Docs your
turntable 90 in the wrong direc-
ton? DO you feel tired after
changing a half-dozen discs?
II so. see Professor Victrola
and let him prescribe what you
need 10 listen 10 for that late
summer pickup.
A good dose Of Glenn Miller's
THAT'S SABOTAGE should
do il. coupled with "SERENADE
IN BLUE" for harmonic tonic
IN your favorite key.
Both of these are from Glenns
latest cinema effort called OR
CHESTRA WIVES" and If you
like them you'll find you can
also get, from the same picture,
the now famous "KALAMA-
700" which we told you about
last week. which has a neat
thing called AT LAST on the
turnover,
Jumps the Season
Freddy Martin is jumping the
Season, instead of TSchaikowsky,
this time with wv II T r
CHRIS MA S." a jingle-bell
number from the flSn. 'HOLI-
DAY INN" but you can open II
before December Is if you care
10. ABRAHAM" a biblical
Jump number, is on the reverse,
so just turn over lightly.
A slightly different soldier