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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-07

Ell PASO. Tex.-lNS Nine Ger
man sailors today were revealed to
have escaped from a detention
camp in New Mexico. but they are
already in custody and will be re-
turned soon to their New Mexico
quarters
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-07

NEW YORK-lNS-No motive
was discovered by police today for
the suicide Of John J. Duane, first
grade detective who was cited for
excellent police work in the Lind
bergh kidnapping case. He shot
and killed himself with his service
revolver Friday. in the police head
quarters annex building
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-07

CAIRO-UP-The British high
command said today there was mo
change in the land situation" on
the Libyan front Indicating that
the imperials we're now holding
their own against the Axis co..
umns of Gen. Erwin Rommel
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Edison Orders Probe of Bills
For Food at Official COTTAGE

The chief executive said a gen
erous' estimate was that 20 persons
a day ate at the cottage during Au-
gust and at that rate "the unpre-
pared food supplies for each person
for each day averaged $3.50 or
$275 90 a month"
The grocer supplying the cottage,
said Mr.. Edison, has informed the
Governors office that some items
were placed on the bill to cover up
purchases of LIQUOR which could not
be charged according to law" De-
claring Gen. Barlow had stocked
the cottage cellar with 1900 worth
of liquor before he arrived, Mr.. Edi-
son said: @It is hard to understand
why any purchases of liquor were
necessary during the summer"
Gen. Bowers, sworn as adjutant
general a week ago, has been .
friend and associate Of Gen. Barlow
in State military circles for 40 years.
The latter refused to comment on
the Governors letter.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Shipping
Continued From First Page.)

that "the rate of construction is not
enough"
Committee members were said to
have been informed that ship losses
due to enemy action were regarded
as relatively small. but that even
so, materials were beginning to pile
up on wharves and that the long
haul to the Pacific front by slow
conveys has retarded deliveries.
War Ship Groups Increased.
In another executive move the
War Shipping Administration, set
up to expedite the movement Of
ships, was strengthened yesterday
by the addition of four new officials.
Lewis w. Douglas, former director
Of the budget, was made an adviser
to Admiral Land who Is head of the
administration. S. D. Schell, exec
utive director of the Maritime Com
mission, was transferred to the ad-
miniStration to become executive
offlcer; David E. Scoll is to be an
assistant to the administrator and
w. Sreighton Peet, jr, will be secre-
tary.
A new menace to the American
British supply routes to Russia was
seen today in roundabout press re-
ports In Londan that a powerful Ger
man raiding squadron was steam
ing northward along the Norwegian
coast. The squadron was said to
consist Of the battleship Tirpitz.
the pocket battleShip Admiral
Scheer and the cruiser Admiral
Hipper.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Show Cause Order Issued
In Tourist Home Fiqht

By . Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. 2l-An
order directing Mr.. and Mrs. David
Ross Of Chevy Chase. Nd. to show
cause on or before March IA why
an injunction against the use of
their home at Nottingham drive and
Wisconsin avenue to accommodate
tourists should not be issued. has
been signed by Circuit Judge
Charles w. Woodward.
A suit seeking to prohibit use of
the residence as tourist home was
filed in Circuit Court here by At
torney Louis B. Arnold Of Washing
ton on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. James
l.. uinn, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Atchi-
son and Fred A. Tobin. all residents
of Chevy Chase terrace.
The plaintiffs claim the proposal
is in violation of covenant in the
subdivision deeds.
A petition containing the names
of more than so residents of the
area has been filed in support OF
the suit.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Red Army Reports
Relentless Advances
On Three Fronts
Thousands Of Germons
Declared Exterminuted;
Hitler Claims Successes
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Red Army reported today
from Moscow relentless advances
on the northwestern, western
and southwestern fronts, with
the liberation of further towns
and villages and determination"
of thousands Of Germans.
The reports, however, adhered to
the policy of not mentioning spe-
cific places, pending the issuance of
special roundup communique. One
of these is expected soon.
Meanwhile, Adolf Hitler's high
command asserted that German
tank forces had killed $1,000 Rus
slams and captured 5000 prisoners
in a four-w battle of encircle-
ment near Rzhev. key Nazi invasion
base l25 miles northeast of Moscow,
while the London radio reported
that fresh Soviet troops had landed
in the Crimea.
Russian front dispatches had
previously declared that the Ger
man hold-out garrison at Rzhev,
guarding the north flank of the Nazi
retreat from Moscow, had been
surrounded.
In the Crimea, B. B. C. broadcast
said, Russian troops were advancing
on the port Of Feodosiya, at the neck
Of the Kerch Peninsula. Soviet war
planes aiding in the defense of
Sevastopol, Crimean naval base, were
declared to have killed nearly 10000
Germans in a series of 300 offensive
thrusts
On the Moscow front. Hitler's
headquarters said German troops,
fighting in bitter sub-zero cold, had
destroyed the bulk of an enemy
army and beaten a large part of a
further enemy army'-presumably
in the Rzhev sector.
A still larger Red Army assault
was pledged in Moscow today to
counter Adolf Hitler's plans for a
spring offensive and Red Star said
the Russians were determined to
put an end to Nazi Germany in
1912"
The Soviet Information Bureau
implied that cold and illness-below
zero temperatures. dysentery and
louse-borne diseases had sapped
the strength of many of the in
vaderS. Captured medical reports
were quoted as saying troops Of
the 23Qth German Infantry Reqi-
ment were virtually exhausted.
A continued advance and recap
ture of additional settlements was
the theme of the early morning
communique. Soviet airmen were
said to have dispersed and partly
annihilated nearly four enemy in
fantry battalions" February 19, this
presumably accounting for about
2, 400 men.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Army Bomber PIunges
Into Potomac, Killing
Civilian Ferry Pilot
Twin-Motored Croft
Crushes After Toke-oH
From Boiling Field

A twin-engine light bomber
crashed late yesterday in the Poto-
mac River of Boiling Field. killing
its civilian ferry pilot, John H.
Marine, 81, from Hinsley Field,
Dallas.
He was the only occupant, tina
Army Air Corps reported. His craft.
designated as an A-20 by the United
States and as the Boston" by the
British, Is a high-speed type. Ths
r. A. F. uses such Douglas planes
for night fighting as well as
bombing.
Taking on from Boiling Field into
a heavy wind, the bomber suddenly
spun into the river. Pilot Marine
was pulled from the submerged
plane by rescue party from the
Naval Air Station. He was rushed
to the stations dock, but was pro-
nounced dead by DR.. w. G. Fletcher.
A police report said that the
bomber's next stop would have been
Middleton, Pa.
Emil Hurja, former Democratic
party official, witnessed the crash
as he was coming in on a 5 pm.
plane from New York The air.
liner was circling over the airport
when Mr.. Hurja and other pass
engers looked out the window to see
the bomber fall.
Il saw the plane spinning toward
the river" Mr.. Hurja said 1T made
three complete spins, then the pilot
seemed to be getting it under con-
troll. He Strengthened it out a lit
tie Just before it hit the water.
1 couldn't see any survivors get out
of the plane"
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Student PotroImen Symbols
Of Sofety, Miller Says at RoI|y

More than l 900 schoolboy patrol
men heard Inspector Arthur E.
Miller of the Metropolitan Police
class them as the symbol OF safety"
yesterday afternoon at their annual
rally at Eastern High School.
When people pass on the street
and see you boys and girls on street
corners" Inspector Miller said, they
think of you as symbol of safety
and that is what you are"
He told the students that their
duty Is now of more value than at
any time.
Washington 7. Cleveland, mana
Evening star., 1942-02-21
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 21.-Gov.
Charles Edison has ordered an in
vestigation of ''preposterous" food
purchases at the State-owned Gov
ernors cottage at Sea Girt last sum-
mer.
He assigned State Adjt. Gen.
James I. Bowers to determine If
there was any probable dereliction of
duty" on the part of @. M Gen. Ste
phen H. Barlow.
The Governor told Gen. Barlow by
letter:
Frankly, I am shocked at the
laxity of supervision by you as the
departmental head In charge OF the
expenses at the Sea Girt cottage. I
suspect that some sort of swindle
has been perpetrated in connection
with these expenses, which would
have been prevented If you had ade-
quately discharged your responsible
ity."
The August food bill at the cottage
totaled $5,523. Payment has not
been approved.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Gold Treasure SaIvaged
Under 400 Feet Of Wafer
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.-Brav-
ing enemy mines and dangerous
depths in waters of the New Zea-
land coast. salvage crews have re-
covered nearly 100000 English
pounds worth of gold bullion from
the sunken steamer Niagara, the
Australian radio said last night.
Premier John Curtin of Australia
reported the salvage operations in a
broadcast recorded by the C. B. 8.
short-wave listening station here.
The Niagara was sunk of New
Zealand in 1910.
The salvage Of the bullion was
wonderful achievement as the Mag
ara was sunk in 400 feet of water,
and the recovery was the deepest
salvage work ever carried out" the
radio quoted Mr.. Curtin.
The salvage crew showed great
heroism, as there were more than $50
enemy mines around the Niagara
when she was located 81 miles OF
the New Zealand coast. The SAL
wage crew recovered many mines"
Evening star., 1942-02-21

ger OF the Washington division of
the American Automobile Associa-
ton, presided. He told the students
their responsibility is greater now
than ever before, since many police
have been called to other duties and
many more children are moving into
the District.
Capt. I. w. Porter also spoke fol-
lowing three moving pictures,
Training for Patrol Captains" :"
wings of Steel" and Here Comes
the Cavalry"
Police officers from the IS pre-
cincts who have worked with the
schoolboy patrolmen were present.
Evening star., 1942-02-21

C. Yates Mcdaniel, Associated
Press correspondent and last
American reporter to ledpe Singa-
pore before its taH, has arriued
safely in Batavia after series OF
breath taking experiences. He
tells his story in this dispatch,
the first direct word from him
since he filed his last cable from
Singapore at 4::45 am, E. w. T.,
February IL ,Uhile aboard ship in
the hdrbor, under inceSsant air
attack. Born OF American par
ents at SoochotD, China, IS years
ago and educated at the Uniuer-
stiles of Richmond and North
Carolina, Mr.. Mcdaniel has been
under fire on numerous occasions
during the last Jour years Dhile
covering hostilities in China.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Government Could Use
This Mons Services
BY the Associated Press.

By the ASs0c1ated Press.
RALEIGH. N. c., Feb. 21.-Guy
Rawls, assistant State rationing ad-
ministrator. today received this in
quiry from a county board:
Can a tire retreader continue un-
restricted operation, if he retreads
tires without using any rubber?"
Mr.. Rawls reported with this wire:
Can you get dealer to share his
secret? That's the very fellow the
Government needs right now"
Evening star., 1942-02-21
War Hero Re-enIists

JEFFERSON BARRACKS, Mo,
Feb. 81 (P.-Percy Fox of Calais, Me.
winner of the Croix de >Guerre medal
in the First World War for facing
enemy fire seven times to carry or
ders to his battery at the front, has
enlisted in the Army again and been
assigned his same lucky serial num-
Der, l32835.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
WAR NEEDS MONEY!

WAR NEEDS MONEY!,
1t will cost money to defeat
our enemy aggressorS. Your
Government calls on you to
help now.
Buy Defense bonds or stamps
today. Make every payday
Bond Day by participating in
the Payroll Savings Plan.
Bonds cost $18.75 and up.
Stamps are 10c, Csc and up.
The help of every individual
Is needed.
Do your part by buying your
share every payday.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Bundit Demands Service

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 81 (R.-
Solomon Kachok. service station op-
orator, not only had to shell out $40
to this gunman, he had to place
it in the holdup mans pockets. The
robber held a gun in each hand and
wouldn't put away either one even
to receive the loot.
The Pacific Ocean Is $500 miles
long and 10000 miles wide at the
Equator.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
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Evening star., 1942-02-21

A portion OF Mr.. McDdniePs
dispatch at this point has not
been received, having been de-
Idyed in Transmission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
Winter Doesn't Begin Until Tues.

Think it's cold, folks? We'll, winter doesn't start until tOmOr- row.
 The winter season starts Of- ficially at TAO a. m. tomorrow. However, just try to tell that to the frOstbitten pedestrian, the mot0rist whose car is frozen, or
 the householder who's used his last oil coupon.
 Bus facilities were overtaxed to- day as many who ordinarily drive to work in their cars found their vehicles frozen or decided not to risk them any further in the zero tenn peratures.
 In many parts of the city, the mercury dropped far below the II and F below minimums of yester- day and today. Several parts of the western section of the city report ed 20 below; one East Finder said his usually accurate household ther- mometer registered 9 below; the North End had a minimum of 18 below.
 Three weekend fires were blamed on the frigid wave. At least one auto accident was also charged to the weather.
 The cold wave is the most pro- longed since the end of 1883, when the temperature averaged 10 below for Dec. 28 % and 30. The mercury went to 18 below one day in 1884.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
EX-AMBASSADOR
 TRINITY SPEAKER

Hartford, Conn, Dec. 21 - (U.P) Joseph c. Grew, former U. s. ann bassador to Japan, told a graduat- Ing class of 24 students at Trinity College Sunday:
 T say to you without hesitation or reserve that our own country is in dire peril from the overwhelming ambition and the potential power of the Japanese military machine. power that renders Japan poten- italy stronger than Great Britain or Germany or Russia or the United States.
 "Only when that military caste and its machine have been wholly crushed and destroyed on the field of battle by land and air and sea-. and discredited in the eyes of its own people. and rendered inpotent either to fight further or further to reproduce itself, shall we in our own land be free from that hideous danger and be able once again to turn to paths of peace"
 Grew received an honorary Doc tor of Laws Degree from President Remsen B. Ogilbyat special con- vocation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
Smashing Sunday Raid On
 Romilly Sparks Offensive
GREAT AERIAL
 RAIDS ON NAzIS
Day, Night Assaults By Allied Planes Cover Wide
 Range of Territory
By SIDNEY l. WILLIAMS United Press SlAff CNrreSnaMAent

London, Dec, 2i,-British planes from heavy bombers to fighters att tackled Germany and occupied ter ritory during the night in new non- stop aerial offensive as part of which hundreds Of planes including United States Army Flying FortressoS and LiberatorS made one of the biggest sweeps of tho war yesterday,
 An American ArnH spokesman said great many" Germans planes were shot down in yesterdays ter. rinc air battles over occupied France, by Flying FortreSseS and Consolidated Liberators which made the daylight raids with the aid Of swarms Of fighter planes,
 Tn the night raids four.motored British bomberS attacked DHiSburg, great German industrial city and communication center,
 British Whlrlwin bombers, used for the first time as intruder planes, shot up eight trans in France, one as far inland as orleans, iA0 miles from the coast, and Boston homberS also penetrated deep Into France to bomb an ammunition d ap and railroads while others attacked N small ship In a Belgian harhor.
 The raids deep Inside France marked Q new phase in tiie Allied aerial offensive, orleans is 70i miles south of Paris, close to the Viehy zone, and the American bombers had gone iso miles into France yesterday to attack Romilly
 Yesterdays daylight planes had hardly finished their operations when the Royal Ar Force night shift went to work.
 Aided by a bright moon, the four motored planes bombed the docks and barges at one of the greatest inland ports in Europe and attacked the metallurgical, chemical and other war factories which crowd one
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
RUSSIANS AGAIN
 THREATEN NAzIS
Encirclement in VOronegh. ROstOv Area Almost Com.
 pleted Today
Ny M. $, HANDLER United Press Stan Correspondent

Moscow, Dec, ?l-~ tUP)--Rod Army forces, driving ahead hard in pn at- tempt Co win the city of Millerovo aS a birthday present for Premier Josef Stalln, were believed today to have threatened additional units ol tho German army with encirc,e. ment near the important junction on the VoroneSh- RoStov railroad,
 Stalin is 6 today,
 Front dispatches indicated there was fighting in the outskirts of Millerovo which is about 200 miles southwest of Sta.ingrad, The Red Army, fighting in bitter weather, was rolling tho Germans south westward and intiieting mounting losses on the enemy, The Russian noon eoinmunique nnounced that the Germans had suffered 4S,2S0 killed or captured since the often- sive started Ave days ago,
 There were lT90 Germans killed long the central Don front In the latest operations, the noon com munique said,
 More towns and vlllages-besides well above 300 that had previously been announotd--were taken by the Russians today, the communlque asserted,
 Among more than loo localities captured yesterday were Maneovo- KlkhvenSkay and Shestuehova, on the Kalitva river, a tributary of the Don. 20 miles or less from Millerovo
 Considering the rate at which the Russians were advancing, 1t was be- lleved that the Red Army probably would he able to anonunce tho capture of Millerovo as q birthday present for Premier Josef Stalin, He was 6S today,
 The Russians, In their new otien- sive, already had seized control of 45 miles of the vital Voronezh- Rostov railway. Twenty-two Ger man divisions were trapped between the Don and volga at Stalingrad, and if Col. Gen, Vatutin, In his central Don offensive, occupies the entire stretch of the railway be- tween KantemirovKa and Aamensk- Schacvhtinsky, all Axis forces in side the northern half of the Don valley will be cut of,
 Foreseeing this, the Germans were counter attacking with desperation in the Stalingrad area, trying to es- tablish contact with their trapped 9 divisions.
 The noon communique reported six counter-attacks, all repulsed, northwest of Stalingrad, The Ger mans lost 400 men and 27 planes which the Russians destroyed aground or in combat.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
RECORD CROWDS
 JAM TRAINS, BUSES
Thousands Unable to Get Accommodations; Trains
 Behind Schedule
(By United Press)

Holiday-bound servicemen and civilians took all space on trains, busses and planes today, and thou sands were turned away by travel agencies for lack of accommoda- tionS.
 Record crowds apparently disre- garding pleas of the office of De- fense Transportation, poured through the important railroad terminals where trains were running hours late. Even standing room was gone and platforms were filled with disappointed persons.
 Air reservations were sold out through the holiday season and one air line, reporting the heaviest backlog of reservations in years, said requests for reservations exceeded three or four times our capacity" ,"
 San Francisco reported railroads there were devoting their facilities primarily to service men and trains were running two to six hours late.
 Detroit railroads, handling traffic immensely" over normal, were far behind schedules. Buffalo, N. Y,
 
 also reported trains running late, In New York City, trains, busses and planes were booked to capacity.
 Sixty y-nine trains were added to the 300 normally operating daily out of the Chicago Union Station, but requests still exceeded accommoda- tionS.
 Denver railroad officials said 1t was the "worSt rush and tieup in history" Trains were running a minimum of three hours late and some were over eight hours behind. To facilitate movement of home ward bound service men, furlough tickets were honored on all railroad lines. Air lines were booked through Jan. 1, and only bus lines were able to accommodate all passengers but as the load grew heavier, of- ficials expressed concern that they too will have to turn away custom erS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
CONTINUED COLD
 WEATHER IS DUE
At Least 6 Die in New Eng. land From Cold; II Be-
 low Zero Official Figure

Boston, Dec. 2i - CU.P) The Weather Bureau forecast continued cold weather today and tonight as sub-zero temperatures claimed at least six lives in New England and brought rush to ration boards for supplemental fuel oil allotments.
 The temperature was at an off, cial four below zero at midmorning and Weather Bureau officials be- neved 1t would stay around zero most of the day. The official low yesterday was II degrees below zero. but in some sections dropped to an unofi1cial low of 35 below.
 The official record low was IS be- low set in 1884.
 The Boston and Maine Railroad reported transportation delays caus- ed by the bitter weather. Through trains from Canada were four to five hours late. officials said, and commuter train and special mail trains were slowed up by frozen cars and trouble with locomotives.
 In Worcester, Jean Lecuyer, 49. knocked at the door of his brother in-law's home and dropped semi conscious on the porch. He died later of exposure.
 Another victim of the cold was Nathaniel Young. 86, a Thomaston, Me, hermit, who died of exposure in his two-room cabin. Authorities said Young apparently had taken a fiatiron to bed with him for warmth and that when it proved too hot, kicked it onto the ficor.
 The iron started fire, they said, and he opened door to air the room. He was overcome by smoke and died of exposure.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-21
STAGGERED HOUR
 SYSTEM STARTS
Today Not Fair Trial, Says Mayor Scully, Due to
 Weather Conditions

The new staggered-hour system b the largest local factories. estab- .shed to spread out bus travel as .luch as possible, went into effect |bday but Mayor Vincent A. Scully 'hid that the unusual conditions khich prevailed made a fair test im- ossible. Because of the worst cold ave the city had had in years. hun reds of persons had to leave their hrs at home and travel to work by bmmon carrier, he pointed out. The an on gas sales since last Friday bso figured as an important factor.
 Reports on bus travel during the rst day of the new plan will be Arefully studied by Mayor Scully nd L. T. Scott Smith. local admin trator for the Office of Defense transportation.
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