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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Battle DwindIes
To Small Attacks
At Std|ingrdd
Russians Report Little
Enemy Action After 46
Days Of Furious Fighting
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press star Correspondent

MOSCOW. Oct. 10.-For the
first time in the bloody 47-day
battle of Stalingrad, a Russian
communique reported today only
small infantry attacks
COMMUNICATES and front-line dis
patches for AS days had described
almost hourly assaults upon Stall
ingrad by thousands of planes,
hundreds of tanks and divisions of
shock troops. Today came the
break - the attacks were now
small.
Front line dispatches, however.
said NaZi pressure toward the
Volga River was being maintained
i'm northwest Stalingrad.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Landon CHARGES Democratic Failure in War Effort
Secret Weapon
An Ancient Plane
Russians Use 70-MPH Crates
for Terrifying Raids on Nazis

MOSCOW Oct. 10 (UP).-Russias secret
weapon which has terrorized and baffed the Germans
the Stalngrad front revealed today to be Is
yearod trainer bplane whose top speed
is 70 miles an hour
have advised the folks back home that Russia is using
terrifying silent airpane motorless glider that drops
bombs with fearful accuracy throughout the night and
then, like vampire, vanishes with the daylight
The whole key to the socalled UPS"
against the Nazs is its slow speed Of 60 to 20 mph
The low speed it's ability to take off and land any field
any sort of weather without illumination and its ability
to hover any target and with it's motor cut off glide
down slowly specific house. barricade trench
these it's formidable factors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

WASHINGTON. oct 20 up
The navy viii conduct exhaustive
tests 10 learn the performance
secrets Of 4 japanese Zero fighter
captured in the Aleatlans but pre-
liminary fights by navy pilots
haze revealed tite-t-- fft---f--
. The NZero IS \ well designed
fighter with generally good
flying characteristics
. Its engine propeller and radio
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
ATTITUDE EXPLAIN
It's Different
In Norway

The 1000 Chrysler workers who
quit work because OF no smoking
rules drew this comment today
from 1t. Col. Ole Reistad. here
from Camp Little Norway, Can
ada, 10 address the Morse Civic
Association meeting in honor OF
Lief Ericsson:
Its "A funny thing and I don't
understand II. Over here, be-
cause the men cannot smoke,
they quit their jobs. Winning
the war doesn't seem to mean
anything to them. In my coun-
try men are shot for even open
ing their mouths"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
WiHkie Leaves
China for i. ).

CHUNGKING, China. Oct 10
CUPJ.-Wendell /. Willkie left
China today for Washington 10 re-
port 10 President Roosevelt the re-
suit OF his tour of the entire
Middle East Russia and China.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
CAPTURED Jan Zero Yields Secrets to u. :.

. Engine Zero. 900 h. p rsdisl,
14-cylinder, double row design
using notifications or direct
adoption of many features found
in the United States Pratt e.
Whitney and Wright engines;
Grammar, Wright, 200 h. p.
aPrepeller- Zere- thEee-blade,
constant speed, hydraulic type
identical with the Hamilton
model: Grammar, three blade,
variable pitch.
. Armament: Zero, two 20 nm.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

navy's Grammar wildcat a
poor one
These facts were picked up by
pilots AT the navys San Diego
base. The plane was taken there
after IL made a bumpy landing
somewhere in the Aleutians. More
Thorough examinations Wilde
given at the Anacostia, d C., base
and " will be flown here from the
West Coast sometime soon.
The plane has been repainted
with navy Colors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

equipment were copied from
American aircraft.
. It's lightness, which gives IL
quick climbing ability, is not
gained by himsy construction,
. 1t has a top speed OF slightly
less than 300 miles per hour, but
AZ above 225 m. ID. A. lis controls
become stiff and IL will not make
fast roll.
. II lacks self-sealinE tanks and
srmor protection, which have
made It's record against the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Parade 10 Aid Sale
OF Stamps and Bonds

A Columbus Day parade for the
promotion of war stamps and
bonds has been planned for Mon
day evening by the Harper Ave-
nue. Business Mems Association in
cooperation with the Retailers
for Victory" campaign, 1t was
announced TODAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Train in State Forest

FORT CUSTER. Oct. 10.
Ninety-fourth Division headquar-
tiers revealed today that an ar
rangement had been made with
the Michigan Conservation Com
mission To use the Atiegan
County state forest a. a training
area for division troops.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

Here's how the Zero, carrier
based plane. compares with the
navys Wildcat: ~
. Speed: Zero, less than 300
m. p. H.; Grammar, well above
300.
. Armor: Zero none; Grammar,
pilot engine tank protected
Rate of climb Zero. 5000 feet
per minute; Grammar, about
200.
Gas tanks: Zero. regular;
Grammar, saI.sealing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Arctic Queen
Yanks in Iceland Stage
Own Beauty Contest

REYkJAVIk, Iceland. Oct. 10
GNS) Iceland is enjoying a ia
orite American pastime--a beauty
contest
The latest issue Of the Army
newspaper announced that the con-
test would be open to wives and
sweethearts of the American SOL
diers serving in Iceland. The win
ners will be selected from photo
graphs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

low velocity cannon. one in each
wing, with so rounds OF ammuni-
, ton. two 77\mm. guns with 800
rounds. each mounted 10 fire
through the propeller disc;
Grammar, six so caliber ma
chine guns.
The navy has a new fighter the
Sikorsky Corsair, which Is
expected to replace the Wildcat
and will have much better per
Torrance ratings than either tho
Wildcat or the Zero.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

WASHINGTON. Oct. 10 GNS)
Ethiopia today became the
thirtieth member OF the United
Nations dedicated 10 crush the
AXIS and establish the four free
doms in a new and better post
war world
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
DEVOTION PROVED
Wife Slayer Loses Plea

IONA, Oct. 10 (INS) Claim
that Edgar L. Cantrell of Detroit
had been Illegally committed TO
Ionia State Hospital after his ar
rest for murder was ruled out to-
day by Circuit Judge Morris Is.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
RAID LASTS HOURS

The United States Army bomb
ers presented 10 the German air
force an almost impenetrable bat
terry of guns. like briStles on a
porcupine. which permitted them
10 penetrate so miles into one of
the most heavily protected areas
of the world in broad daylight and
come back with only 4 per cent
loss. The fighter loss was zero.
BY contrast, in the climactic day
of the Battle OF Britain. in 1910,
Germany sent about 500 planes
over England and lost 185 plus
those that crashed on the way
home.
Plane crews reported clear
weather and good visibility. But
in bombing operation which
lasted for hours, during which
wave after wave OF challenging
German fighter planes were sent
hurting TO earth, smoke clouds
beloved 1000 feet above Lille
soon after the first bombs struck.
The Germans concentrated their
fire on the ConsolidatedS. They
knew what the Fortresses could
do. But like the Boeings, the Con-
solidatedS proved themselves cita-
delS Of the air in fights which
lasted all the way from the French
coast to Lille and back.
In perfect formation the Amer
lean bombers kept on direct
path. presenting global fire from
above. beneath, ahead. behind and
on both sides to the enemy planes
which penetrated the fighter
screen or AT times. lured off
groups Of the escort planes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
TURN TO ARTILLERY

Thursday the Germans an
nounced that they would abandon
frontal attacks on Stalingrad,
where at least 100000 of them had
died, and try to reduce what was
left of it with dive bombers and
artillery fire.
Front-line dispatches reported
that Marshal Semyon Timoshenko' 5
eounter-effensive. driving down be-
tween the Don and Volga rivers
to the relief of Stalingrad. had
again surged forward and captured
number of German strongholdS.
The Germans fiercely counter
attacked but were hurled back
with big losses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Stain ''''''''''''''''
UnifieS
Command

MOSCOW, Oct. 10. - Premier
Josef Stain today ordered the
creation of a single military COM
mand in Russia.
Stains decree abolishes the
former system of war commissars.
The decree did not name any
one to head the command but il
was believed that Stain, as de-
tense commissar, would handle the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
The War
Today
Hitler Faces
Costly Failure
At Stalingrod
BY LOUIS r. KEEMLE
OF the United Press War Desk


paign in Russia appears TO
be reaching its climax at
Stalingrad and in the DON
vSlga area northwest Of there.
The issue is in the balance,
but there is al least a
prospect that the campaign
will end in costly failure. The
entire course Of the war would
be affected and il might be
the beginning Of the end for
Hitler.
That Stalingrsd has with
stood as days of furious as
sault seems almost a miracle,
in view of the weight the
Germans threw against II.
Never in military history has
such a concentration been
turned against a single city.
Yet it appears possible that
the city will stand. In either
event, the Germans now have
little to gain and much to lose.
EVEN If the Germans do
take Stalingrad. it is probable
that Marshal Semyon limo
shenko's army, still intact,
will be able to bar their
further progress down the
Volga to Astrakhan and the
Caspian Sea. The rapid APP
proach of winter is all in
Timoshenko's favor.
If the Germans fail to take
Stalingrad, the possibilities
are enormous. Tmoshenko's
forces are pressing hard on
the German left flank from
Voronezh to a point some
where northwest of Stain
grad. At one place they are
reported TO have recrossed
the Don.
Timoshenko may be able to
turn the German flank and
cut off the Germans behind
Stalingrad. Such an outcome
would be the first real defeat
Of the war for the Germans
and would put an entirely
different complexion on the
coming winter campaign.
TT WOULD increase the
possibility that the army OF
the Caucasus would be able
to stop the Germans short of
the Grozny oil fields and bar
their projected drive to the
Caspian. II would have a
similar effect on the German
attempt to advance along the
Black Sea coastal road from
= NoFefossisk TO Batum.
Moreover, failure TO take
Stalingrad would be a power
full blow to German army and
home front morale and TO
Hitler's prestige. The intui-
tive fuehrer has committed
himself beyond excuse to the
capture Of the city. Even the
Wanted Prussian storm
troops have been thrown into
the battle in last desperate
effort.
The effect on Germany
would be very great. The
Germans are having serious
trouble in Norway and else.
where in subjugated Europe.
They are in constant fear Of
invasion by the United Ma
tons.
A second front. they know.
Is inevitable. II is not a ques-
ton of whether there will be
a second front, but when.
IN ADDITION, Germany
and occupied Northwestern
Europe are being subjected
to terrific day and night
bombings which the British
and American air forces
promise to increase in tempo.
The British have smashed
more than a dozen important
German cities and now are
using bombs as big as four
tons. The nights are getting
longer and the range Of the
attacks is certain TO be in
creased.
The Allied high command is
certainly preparing TO deal
with Hitler, and Stain has
been advised of their plans.
Stains recent statement was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
MOZDOK ATTACKS FAIL

The communique also reported
that attacks on the Mozdok area
of the eastern Caucasus, where the
Germans are trying to drive to the
Grozny oil fields, had been hurled
back.
A Russian setback was admitted
southeast of Novorossisk. the
Black Sea naval base the Germans
occupied three weeks ago.
The Germans attacked an in
habited locality southeast of Novo-
rossisk for FIVE days and lost 500
men. the noon communique said.
Finally, after bringing up tank re-
Inducements, the Germans pene-
trated the outskirts of the locality,
where fighting now is raging.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
CRITICISM HIT

He deprecated criticism o
congressional committees for tnei
Investigations uncovering vast
and inefficiency in the handling o
war preparations and production
He laid at the Presidents doc
responsibility for the failure of tn
administration 10 deal prompt!
and efficiently in the rubbe
situation.
He criticized the army anC
navy for laXity that permitted
the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Governor Landon summed up:
The threat Of the catastro-
phies confronting every one OF
us Ia 40 great that IL Is simply
unforgivable that the admins
tration has temporized and
failed to produce n well balanced
program OF taxation, manpower,
a unified command. natural re-
sources, rubber and small bust
ness.
WANT RESULTS
Confronted with danger and
peril on every hand, II IN Obyi-l
ousIy the duty Of every Ameri-
can to sustain the striking
power of our armed forces. IL
II results we are interested in
victory Of our armed forces with
the least possible cost Of Ameri-
can lives
Addressing a statewide mass
meeting of Nebraska Republicans
Governor Landon, in perhaps the
most vigorous and TO the point
speech that has been heard dHring
the present campaign, declared:
THE election OF Republicans
will show the world that the
American people are not salts
fled with tough talking. but de-
mand realistic tough guys on the
job. 1t will show the world that
the American people are aware
Of the enormous task we are up
against, and that they are going
10 awaken Washington.
STOP PERSONAL FEUDs
"What the American people
want most Of all is for Wash
ington TO hump itself. We want
the Washington bureaucrats 10
use their energy in war activity
instead of personal feuds and
politics.
THE election Of Republicans
will show the world that the
American people are determined
TO put an end tn waste, To the
bungling OF rationing, initiation,
labor and agricultural problems"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
'Chrys|er Plant
Tieup Is Ended

Continued from Page One)
smoking apparently is the result
OF an order from some one In
the local union--not, think,
from the International union"
ATTITUDE EXPLAINED
Tom Doherty. recording secre
tary of Local No.
THE men, many Of whom
are working six days a week and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
State Aids
In Victory
Girl Hunt
Continued from Page One)

the one MISS VICTORY OF
AMERICA.
Winners will he chosen in each
war plant on a basis of their rec
ords. including the quality of their
work. their participation in out
side patriotic activities such as the
Red Cross, USO. civilian defense,
etc. Sacrifices made in giving up
normal life for work in a war
plant also will count.
The selection i'm each plant may
be by balloting among workers or
by jury composed of representa-
atives of the workers and the
management. Each plant may de-
termine how its winners shall be
chosen.
ONE FOR EACH 100
In order TO give all plants, large
and small. an equal opportunity TO
help find MISS VICTORY, the
plants may choose a winner for
each 100 Of their women employees.
Those so chosen in the Michigan
area will then compete in the final
Michigan Judging.
These Michigan finals will be
judged by a jury of prominent
civilians and government and war
officials.
Purpose OF this contest is TO call
the attention of all American
women 10 vital war production
Jobs. Thousands of women still
are needed 10 fill the places which
have been and are yet 10 be va
Gated by men leaving for the fight
ing fronts.
Draft officials have stated that
half of our men between the ages
of l8 and As will be needed for the
armed forces 10 make up an army
of 100000 10 100000 men.
Government officials have
warned that women must play an
ever-increaSing part in war indus
tries.
ACCORDED FULL SUPPORT
For these reasons. The contest
TO find MISS VICTORY deserves
and is receiving the full support of
those charged with our war pro-
duction job.
You can do your part also.
IL you are at present worker
man or woman in a war plant,
call The attention OF your fellow
workers 10 this great contest and
urge them 10 spread the word
about n.
II you are a plant executive,
Immediately start the ball rolling
in Your organization by calling
together The necessary committees
10 draw up plans for your partici-
patton
If YOU desire further informa-
ton concerning the contest or con-
test rules. write TO MISS VIC
TORY CONTEST EDITOR, De-
troit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
FIRE HAZARD CITED

Chrysler spokesman:
Smoking Is not permitted in
any General Motors or Ford
plants, and II has never been
widespread practice In any man.
ufacturing plant. There's too
great a fire hazard. The work
at our plant involves the use
Of much cutting oil. It's all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10


The announcement OF dissolution
Of the former system of political
explained that the
scheme was outmoded.
1t was pointed out that the
system had been inaugurated in
civil war days ION the grounds
that there was a certain mistruSt
of commanding cadres tofficers)."
Commissars. it was said. played
a decisive role in strengthening
the Red army and educating the
commanding officers, and. as a
result. the position Of the COM
manders has undergone a radical
change.
DEVOTION PROVED
Commanders Of the Red
army have proved In grim
fighting their devotion to the
fatherland," the decree said.
In view of these new circum-
stances. the necessity for existence
of system of war commlssarS
has entirely disappeared.
In the future" the decree
said. "there will be a single
command. with the commanders
having full responsibility for all
aspects OF the military and
political life Of their units"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
PRIVILEGES IN CHINA

These extra-territorial rights.
dating back as far as 1874, gave
the western powers many priv
Iileges in China. American ma
tionals, for example, are subject
10 the jurisdiction of American
courts in China. When the new
treaty is concluded, Americans
living in China will be subject TO
the jurisdiction OF Chinese courts.
The concessions held by Great
Britain are OF great financial sig
nificance and involve many mil
lions of dollars.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
Allies Promise
To Re|inquish
Rights in China
U. S.. Britain Act TO End
Century-OId Dispute
in Good Faith Move
BY KINGsBURY SMITH
Internal IonsI New. Service star Mritrr


WA! SHIN GTON. Oct. 10
Marking historic development In
the relations of the English
speaking world with the Orient,
the United States and Great Brit.
ain today were moving TO relin-
quish without delay their century
old Xtra-territorial rights in
China.
In the first concrete step toward
the end of western Imperialism in
China. the American and British
governments announced their in
tentions of negotiating with the
Chinese government a treaty pro-
viding for the immediate relin-
punishment of rights which long
have been regarded by the Chinese
as an infringement on their SOW
ereiGnty.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
.Bonbers BdQ
Al Ndzi Planes
Registered L. s. Patent one.
Continued from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
two Fortresses and two Console
dateds. One of the Consolidated.
made a crash landing on the Eng
liSh coast and its crew was safe
Five records were set.
cit was the biggest American
air force operation OF the war in
any theater.
The Germans lost more
planes than in any one day of
Allied plane attacks on conti-
mental targets.
cit was the biggest daylight
raid of the war on the conti-
nent.
cit was the first operation by
army-manned Consolidateds in
this theater.
cit was the first operation in
this theater by A merican-
name American fighter
planes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10

under strain, see the bosses
smoking in their offices nearby.
Visitors come into the plant and
smoke.
Formerly a man could always
20 In the Mushroom and smoke.
Now they have suddenly banned
even Mushroom smoking and
started watching the employees
closely. That isn't conducive to
good labor relations"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-10
NAZIs' BEST PLANES

II was believed that every Ger
man plane shot down was one OF
Germanys best-the -Focke-Wulf-
100.
The FortreSses and Liberators
attacked the FiveS-Lille steel and
engineering works, the greatest
locomotive construction and re-
pair shops in France, and sent
some of their hundreds Of tons of
bombs on steel rolling mills and
freight yards.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-12-12
LABOR UNION
DEFIES FEPC

WASHINGTON LAMP Is a
labor union going to defy the
Presidents Committee on Fair
Employment Practice and refuse to
capitulate from its stand against
Negro employees, thereby prevent
ing Negroes from holding down
jobs with the Capital Transit COM
pany here as bus and street car
operators?
That is the situation to date. Al
ready, hearings and briefs have
done the company no good. The
committee was adamant in its
stand that the transit people must
cease discrimination and permit
Negroes to work on jobs for which
they were qualified.
Then the union stopped in and
quick to see this one straw the
president of the transit company
took refuge behind the unions
stand.
Already Milton Webster. mem
Der of the committee, has been
sent to Detroit to interview national
officers of the union to get their
viewpoint. Mr.. webster was sup
posed to have been in Detroit ear
ly this week to discuss the situa-
ton, which is going to be very
embarrassing to someone.
With little or no intention of
yielding to the committees ulti-
matum without fight. the lawyer
representing the union declared
that members of the union would
not stand for working with Negroes
The recent decision that street
car lines and buses were necessary
to national defense makes all per-
sons engaged in this type of work
defense workers, therefore, the or
der issued by the FEPC carries
greater weight than the transit
company and the union think.
Washington eagerly awaits tbs
result of the stalemate.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-12-12
War Saving Staff
Reaches December
Quotas Here

Members of Negro war savings
!. committee met with Kinds coun-
Y ty war savings staff in the direc-
itors room of the Capitol National
Bank at 4 O'Clock Monday, Deem
Der 5th.
The monthly report of the Negro
war savings committee which was
read by the committee chairman,
L. w Banks. was highly praised by
the members OF the staff with
especially high praise coming from
Mr. Rex I. Brown. president of the
Mississippi Power and Light Com
pany who is the staff representa-
tive Of the Negro committee. Mr..
Brown praised the committee for
its work in the rural areas.
During the meeting the quota for
the sale Of war bonds for the
month of December was announced
at $560,00000G. in series r. Bonds,
the war savings program, bring now
limited to Series E. Bonds and
stamps according to n recent an
nouncement OF United States
Treasury Department
In order to reach this quota,
which is spanked by the "Auto-
graph" a Bomber Campaign, the
committee is arguing strong en-
phasis or installation of the Of
fetal pay roll savings plain in
every business regardless TO size,
and getting farmers to buy more
war bonds now that harvest settle
ments are nearing completion.
During the month Of December
chairman Banks is requesting the
fullest possible attendance at the
weekly meetings of the committee
so that there will be no let down
in the work of the organization