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St. Paul recorder., 1942-12-25
Omaha Railroad
400 Club"

Extends to all their friends
and members a
Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year
Joseph B. Levy, President
Pete KrOmy, Vice President
Burie Carmichael, Jr., Secretary
John L. Cook, Treasurer
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Kalamazoo Filler to Visit
Kin; Aided Toxic Bombing

KALAMAZOO, June PA local
boy who made extra good by
bombing Toxic is coming home
next weekend TO be honored by
one of the most riotous celebra-
tons this center ever had.
A committee of local bigwigs
gave this assurance today as they
prepared 10 fcte First Lieut. James
A. Sims. %.
Sims, whose whereabouts have
elated his widowed mother, Mrs.
Dorothy Sims. was decorated at
Boiling Field, Washington, Satur-
day.
He was a co-pilot on one of the
bombers and for his work received
from Lieut.. Gen. Henry II. Arnold
the Air Corps Flying Cross.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

Like other, matters pertaining to
April 18 attack, Sims role had
been carefully concealed.
His mother said she suspicioned
his part when she first heard of II,
but il was a matter she could not
discuss with any one.
81 knew he had been training.
for q secret mission" she re-
ported. "But I didn't know for
certain what 10 was until I had
a wire from General Doolittle."
Doolittle telegraphed her that
her son was well.
Sims has been in the army air
corps Is months. He enlisted after
his graduation from Western State
Teachers College. He had previ-
ously been a private pilot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

A cruiser began firing at us and
one of the shells landed so near
Ii sprayed water all over our
plane. And there 1 was firing
back, with a 80 caliber machine
gun. Might as well have had
cap pistol"
Army officials stated some OF
the planes carried only explosive
bombs. other incendiaries and
some carried both. While the eff
feet of incendiaries could not be
quickly ascertained, the. war de-
oartment said that in the Toxic
area especially tall columns of
smoke thousands Of feet high and
With big bulbs at the top could
10 seen for miles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Marines Enjoy
Pacific CROSSING

ATLANTA. Ga, June 81 INS)
News Of the first United States
marine convoy to arrive in the
South Pacific, released in a story
by marine corps southern division
headquarters today. told of life
aboard the ships that was far
from the dullness of World War /
transport travel. Not a man was
lost in the crossing.
The leathernecks, telling Of
their crossing to a marine public
relations sergeant. described black
outs, told OF fancy haircuts, Of
swing music that was played to
entertain them and of the plenti-
full reading material.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

plane because he expected 10 SCI
holes in them at any minute.
I'VE had just let 40 on the
tank factory with bombs
away and I looked back to see
what happened" Scott said.
"What / saw was four streams
of tracer bullets shooting up
past us real close. 1 looked
down and there was pursuit
plane coming hard. I began
firing at him and he winged of.
I knew he was hit. Maybe we
got him. Anyway, he only made
that one pass Mt us.
Going out over the harbor
was when I got excited, though.
We were right low on the water.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
City 10 Stdgeer Hours
OF Staff Wednesday

Detroit city departments will
change hours Wednesday. In con-
Torrance with plans to stagger
traffic loads. but exact times have
yet TO be decided, Mayor Edward
j. Jeffries Jr.. said Saturday. En-
ployes have been working a 3d.
hour week starting at $50 a. m.
Working hours Of county en-
ployes are slated to be changed on
the same date.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Still Noncombotdnts
Chinese Retreat
From Air Base

CHUNGKING, China, June n
CUP. war communiQue tonight
said Chinese forces had withdrawn
from the city of Lishui--the last
Chekiang air base from which
Toxic might be bombed-but that
heavy fighting continued in the
outskirts.
Both sides suffered heavy cas-
ualties in several days of intense
fighting at Lishui. including street
battles that ended with the Chi
nese withdrawal Wednesday.
The communique said heavy
fighting continued in Kiangsi Prov
ince around Kwangfeng.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Cheered by People

The raid was planned as a low
altitude operation with the planes
wings barely Swimming treetops
rs they few toward their objec-
|tfvcs, climbing to about 1900 feet
|Dnly for actual bombing.
The planes came In only Is
or 20 feet above sea level.
sweeping over the paddy fields
and pagodas at this level" the
|'war department disclosed ''The
crows were astonished st first
when people waved hats and
handkerchiefs and cheered them
- they passed.
THE raid was such a com
pIete surprise that every plane
scared the cities at noontime I'm
what one flyer described as dis
Dustingiy clear weather without
ony pursuit opposition at ALL"
Mai. Charles r. Greening. ar.
3nament officer of the squadron
Ind designer Of the 20-cent bomb.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
CAP Plans Flight

MARSHALL, June 27.--Three
hundred planes from the Michigan
Civil Air Patrol were expected TO
arrive at Brooks Field here to-
for their first statewide
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Grins, Embraces Wife

When Churchill and his party
arrived at EuSton station this
afternoon n crowd OF several hun
dred jammed around the train to
cheer and wave. Wearing his usual
Trinity House uniform the prime
minister stood in the half opened
door of his car as the train
pulled In.
He grinned at the crowd and
then embraced Mrs. Churchill and
their daughter, Mary.
Capt. j. G. Kelly Rogers. who
piloted the big flying boat in which
Churchill made the round trip to
the United States, said the prime
minister handled the controls for
a time.
w. Averell Hartman. President
Roosevelt's special liaiSon officer,
returned with the British party.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

The battle was reported TO have
settled down 10 fierce hand.to-
hand struggles, at which the de-
tenders of Sevastopol were prov
ing particularly adept In primitive
contests. For this kind OF fighting
the German and Rumanian troops
have little stomach, the Russians
said.
Russian ships are. still carrying
munitions and supplies to the
Sevastopol garrison in defiance OF
constant enemy air attacks, Tass
news agency said.
Dispatches from the Ukrainian
battlefields said Marshal Fedor
Won Book was hurting masses OF
tanks. planes and men at the Red
army east of lost Kupyansk. 90
miles southeast of Kharkov, in a
prodigal splurge OF power aimed
at tanning out in all directions.
stockholm reports quoted a
German military spokesman as
saying the Strengthening out OF
the Kharkov front was COM
pleted with the attainment OF
the Oskol River as a spring
board for German offensive
toward the. Caucasus.
The German high command
said a Russian attempt TO land
on the kerch Peninsula OF the
Eastern Crimea during the night
was repulsed by defense fire be-
fore the boats reached the shore.
II said German and Rumanian
troops In man-to-men fighting
captured further Russian posi-
tions and pillboxes on the Sevas-
topol 'front.'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

sight. was pilot of the plane whicl
the heaviest attack.
"Four new type Jap ships few
nj us while we were still some
distance from Tokio," Greening
said. "They were behind us and
seemed fairly fast.
I'VE Rugged the ground as
tightly as we could and even
few under some power lines In
the hope that some Of the ships
tenemy planes) might crash into
them. They didn't. But we shot
down two and the others gave
us little trouble, for by that time
we had reached the target.
"Our objective was q gasoline
refinery and storage tanks. IL
was well camouflagcd but we
had no difficulty picking L out.
When our bombs dropped, there
were great sheets Of fame and
Q terrific explosion that threw
the co-pilot and me right up out
OF our seats.- even though we
were belted, and banged our
heads against the top of the
cockpit.
"Once we had unloaded our
bombs, our speed increased and
we ran right away Nom the two
pursuit ships that were follows
Ing. When nearly so miles of,
we could still see flames and
smoke rising from that gas
farm.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Russians Stem !
Foe at Khdrkov
In Power Blow
Peril to Sevasfopol
Lemened; Ssrrsns
Gouse Red Lines

MOSCOW, June 27.-powerful
Russian counter blows have
stemmed the main German drive
on the Kharkov front In one OF ths
most violent battles OF the war
and have thwarted enemy efforts
to deepen wedge in Sevastapofs
northern Notifications, Russian
dispatches said tonight.
German spearheads still gonged
into the Red army positions at
scattered points on both fronts,
however, forcing orderly Russian
Withdrawals at heavy cost TO the
enemy and leaving the Russian
lines intact, front reports said.
The night communicate OF the
Soviet high command said the de-
TENDERS OF Snvastopol repulsed a
number of attacks which cost the
enemy heavily.
AS the assault on -Sevastopol
rounded cut its third week, the
army newspaper Red Star reported
that the Axis siege army ham,
mered in few dozen yards
through the battered defenses i'm
two sectors, but elsewhere around
the battle arc all attacks were
irpDtIlSed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
American-Made
Dive Bombers
Used by Raiders
BY WILLIAM II. DOWNS
United Press stan Correspondent

bon DON. June 27.-united
States Army airmen are already
flying over the British Isles on
duty and Ameri.
can-built dive bQmbers have joined
the Raj, marking Britain's first
use of the type of plane exploited
by the Germans, ii was revealed
tonight.
Official revelation that Ameri-
can fiiers were arriving in force
TO prepare for participation in the
Allied air offensive came after "a
hours of widespread Raj opera
tions Started by a thousand
plane" raid on Bremen. followed
by a strong daylight sweep OF the
French coast and topped of last
night with an attack on railways
and airfields in occupied territory.
Still Noncombatants
Many Of the Americans reported
stationed at Raj airdromes were
studying British technique while
some have actually flown into
battle zones as observers.
The Americans. however, have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Inaccuracy Noted

"While over the city, my mind
was intent on the Job, of course.
But I remember that / also kept
thinking. oh, II my wife could
see me now
Inaccuracy OF the anti-aircraft
fire was noted everywhere that
planes attacked.
PLANES arriving over Toxic
after the initial bombings were
subjected 10 a very heavy bar
rage" the war department
stated Screws OF most planes
recalled that puffs Of black
smoke were above. below and on
every side, but that no real dam
age was done 20 any Of the
bombers."
Technical Sgt. Eldred V. Scott
engineer-gunner from Phoenix
Ariz.. described the scene over
Japan as "a nice sunshiney day
with overcast snti-aircraft fire"
Scott. a member Of the crew
whose mission was 10 bomb tank
plant in Toxic, remembered that
he kept watching the wings OF his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

The great mystery area of the Pacific
the Japanese-held Carolines. Marisnas
and Marshall and Gilbert islands secretly
fortified during the past 20 years-that
Is the greatest Japanese threat to Hawaii,
Midway and Australia. The American
navy based now in a great perimeter
around Il. still hasn't penetrated the heart
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
u. S. Chart

Detroit and vicinity: Not much change
m temperature: gentle to moderate winds
Lower Michigan. Not much change In
Temperature. with scattered light showers
likely In extreme southwest portion.
Upper Michigan: Little change IN tenn
perature.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Flying Crosses
Given ; Enlisted
Men, 70 Officers
Others Still in Combat;
Fighters Say Jap Children
Threw Stones al Them
BY LEE CARSON

tntI News s.rvio. star Correspondent
WASHINGTON, June ~
Twenty cents worth of zombsight,
a, billion dollars worth of courage
and a sHeeFiHg contempt for ia
pans self-syled Sons of Heaven,
directed the smashing American
aerial blow on Toxic April Is.
This was revealed here today by
% of the army fliers who took part
in the raid.
Twenty officers and three en-
listed men who followed Gen.
Jimmy Doolittle TO Jap targets re-
turned to receive Americas Dis
sUnguished Flying Cross from Air
Corps Chief Gen. II. II. Arnold.
Under the lowering skies at
Boiling Field the score Of heroes
stood at attention before a back
drop Of bombers similar 10 those
that carried destruction to the
heart of Japan while the nations
decoration for high valor was
pinned on their khaki tunics.
State Man Honored
First Lieut.. James A. Sims,
co-pilot. of Kalamazoo. Mich.
was among the officers who re.
.ceived the award.)
After the ceremonies, which
their raidinH commander watched
with q proud grin. the daring
young men told the dramatic story
OF the Devastating raid that WIZ
successfully carried out with
home made bombsights.
s'Since &c seemed inevitable
that some planes might fall into
Z TIE Japanese hands, the Norden
bomb sight was removed from
eoch Of the planes participating
In the raid, aimee bombing from
3 low altitude does not require
the extreme accuracy OF the
! Nordcn Device" the war depart
ment said. =
zoe Bomb Sight
=. .An improvised bomb sight,
costing only 20 cents TO make,
was Installed In each OF the
planee.'
The officers and men decorated
had just returned TO the United
States for new assignments. Other
members of the party are still in
combat zones with the exception
OF three officers who were injured
in an aircraft accident since the
japanese raid was. staged. They
are now convalescing at Walter
Reed Hospital in Washington.
Lack Of pursuit opposition and
inaccurate and ineffective Japa-
nese anti-aircraft FIRE amazed the
American pilots. .
Kids ThreD Stones
<Che fiier dismissed the quality
Of enemy fire and attack with the
cxzrt remark:
The most opposition we had
was from Q group Of japanese
kids playing on the beach. We
passed over them nc about 20
feet and they threw stones ut
rus."
With the return OF the group,
TIE war department disclosed fur
ther details of the devastating
raid and personal experiences of
some OF the men who participated.
Five japanese cities were
married for bombing - Toxic,
Yokohama. Nagoya, Kobe and
Osaka" the war department.
said. "Objectives were tank.
armament and aircraft fac
tories. steel plants. machinery
works, powder factories and
magazines, railroad yards and
sidings, docks, oil refineries,
military srsenals and power
r<k~sxxs ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

(The Vichy radio said the
Raj last night raided several
places on the French coast be-
tween Cherbourg and Bohogne
The Berlin radio called the
attack on Bremen a "barbarous"
raid against women and children
and suggested that United
States Major Gen. Dwight f..
Eisenhower, newly appointed
commander of American opera
tions i'm the European war
theater," had a hand In IL.
("The British will have 10 pay
q heavy price for all attacks
which Eisenhower might cause
to be launched against the Ger
man civilian population" the
broadcast said. }
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
TWo-Day Debate

Churchills answer to these de-
mands will be given next week in
the two-day full dress House of
Commons debate on the motion OF
laid down against
him after Tobruk's fall and be-
fore the British eighth army re-
treated into Egypt.
There are no political observers
who believe Churchill is in danger
of defeat, but the lack of support
for the motion does not conceal
the widespread discomfort with
the manner in which the war Is
being conducted.
This dissatisfaction strikes di-
IrectH at Churchill's insistence that
he retain the minister of defense
IDOrtfolip,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28

of this area upon which Japan's Pacific
strategy seems to rest. Examples: The
thrust at Pearl Harbor, the naval inva-
sions into the Coral Sea and at Midway
all came from the Carolines and the
Carol Sea- and Midwsy-crippled heavy
warships limped into the Carolines for
repairs (indication of large-size bases).
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
Churchill Home,
.Girds for .z-Day.
Commons Fight
Roosevelt Aide Returns
TO London With Premier;
Cabinet Advisers Called
BY EDWARD w. BEATTIE
United Pvs. stan Correspondent

LONDON. June 27.-Prime
Minister Winston Churchill, back
home from his Washington con-
ferences with President Roosevelt,
prepared tonight TO defend his
conduct of the war before a ma
ton thoroughly angry over the
Libyan reversal and demanding
fresh minds with new ideas TO
meet the Axis threats.
Any doubts the prime minister
may have had about the temper
of the public certainly were dis
PEELED when he stepped from a
plane after his Atlantic crossing.
Even the highly conservative Lon.
don Times, which usually holds its
editorial fire until convinced
change is necessary, was demand
ing unified military command
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-28
mericans Who Bombed Toxic Used 20 Cent Bomb Sight
u. S. Fliers''Tl 'e!sting Air
Over Britain With Raj

not yet engaged in operational
flights" the announcement said.
THEY have flown with the Raj
but not fought"
German raiders made short
but sharp attack on Norwich in
east England last night, setting a
number of fires in houses and
stores and causing some casualties
including a small number killed.
The raiders dipped almost TO
house-top level and picked out
their detectives. by the light Of
flares but authoritative quarters
said the foray was a puny effort
compared to the Raj attack on
Bremen the night before.
( A large hospital also was among
the hyiildinpx hit.
Evening star., 1942-02-23

no more personal liberty than dog
on a leash. Those who married
philanderers to reform them find
that they have just as wandering
feet after as before taking the vows.
And men find that after their
brides have packed away their Or
ange blossoms and tulle wells they
have no more brains, or sweeter
dispositions, or taste for cheap hats
than they had as maidens.
When so many other old super
stitions have been scrapped, 1t Is
strange that this unquestioning faith
in the magic properties of wedding
ring should still persist. But it
does, and so deeply is it imbued in
men and women that they not only
believe that marriage will change
.those whom they are marrying, but
that it will change themselves.
The spoiled, pampered, rich girl,
who has been accustomed to every
luxury and led gay and exciting
life, honestly believes that she will
not mind going shabby and cooking
and scrubbing and walking instead
of riding in limousines after she is
married to a poor man.
The drunkard thinks he will never
thirst for another highball after he
is married. Don Juan is sure his
eyes will never wander again. And
it is this faith in miraculous pow
erS of marriage that more than any
thing else is responsible for what
we call the disillusions and disap-
pointments of marriage.
For, of course, marriage cannot
change human nature. What we
were on one side of the altar we are
on the other. Our tastes, our hab-
its, our inclinations and desires have
not been altered by the few words
the priest or clergyman said over
us. And if, after marriage, some
of us do settle down." as the phrase
goes, and adapt ourselves to our
mates and sacrifice our personal de-
sires to theirs, 1t is by reason of the
strength and wisdom and generosity
that is in us, and not because of any
miracle that marriage has worked
in US.
The moral of all of which is: Pick
out the kind of husbands and wives
you want instead of trusting to luck
that marriage will change them.
Evening star., 1942-02-23
Do Not Wash
Baby Too
Often
Eyes, Ears, Mouth
And Nose Should
Be Left Alone
By feftice Lee Street,

By 1effiCe Lee STREET.
The mother with her first baby
may be so anxious to keep her dar-
ling clean and sweet that she over
washes him and she may even dis
regard the doctors and nurses in
structions to leave her infants eyes,
ears, mouth and nose alone.
A baby's nose should not be
cleaned except when it is needed or
unless there is a noticeable condi-
tion brought on by a cold. If at
bath time a mother observes an ac-
emulation of dirt in the nostrils
she may remove it by using two
small twists of damp cotton, one for
each nostril. Toothpicks wrapped in
cotton should never be used, be-
cause a sudden turn of the baby's
head or a slip of the mothers hand
can result in a painful and harmful
jab.
The secretions within the nostrils
keep the nose clean and moist. No
drops of any sort should be used
without a doctors orders, as their
unadvised or indiscriminate use
may have an injurious effect upon
the delicate mucous membranes and
even upon the lungs.
There is but small danger that
an infant will smother while sleep
ing in his crib if proper precautions
are taken. What mother has not
peered anxiously upon her softly
sleeping babe as her imagination
runs riot and she wonders fear
fully if he is still breathing!
Common sense precautions in
clude not allowing the use of pill
low, seeing to it that the linen or
cotton napkin under the baby's
head is faulty pulled and Sc
curely pinned to the crib mat
tress at either side. Besides these,
covers should not be so long that
they can be dragged up over the
baby's head, and it is wise to be sure
that the baby is warm, not only for
his health and comfort, but also so
that he will not burrow down under
the blankets.
Even the tiniest baby will volun-
tarily shift the position of his head
if he finds that he cannot breathe
easily.
At an early age young child may
be taught the proper way to blow
his nose, whereby only one noStril is
closed at a time. This is more i'm
portant than it sounds, because if
the nose is blown very hard with
both nostrils closed, harmful, germ
laden mucous may be forced back
into the eustachian tube or even
into the middle ear.
Little tots under have been
known to stuff small toys or objects,
such as marbles, pennies, beads,
safety pins and so on, up their noses.
It is running great risk to allow
a young child to play with any OBJ
ject that Is small enough to swal-
low or to introduce into the nostril.
In the event that baby should do
the latter his mother should try not
to frighten him and to remain calm
as she quietly persuades him to blow
hard while she congresses the emp
ty nostril. If this is not effectual a
doctor should be summoned Under
no circumstances should she at
tempt to prod, pry or in any way
make the effort to dislodge a foreign
body if doctor can be found.
Evening star., 1942-02-23

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