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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
ENGINEERS GET CREDIT

Another outiit-the engineers
come in for a large share of the
credit
Those tolling men who tradi-
tionally do the dirty work have
built bridges and destroyed bridges,
laid land mines. turned Caraboa
TraiSl into good roads and encir-
Cled virtually all Bataan with a
barrier Of barbcd wire.
Col. Harry Skerry OF Portland
Ore, supervised the demolition OF
1874 bridges in northern Luzor
Island including one with L.
spans, each more than IT'S feet ir
length
Those bridges often were blown
up in the teeth of enemy fire.
Over one bridge the entire south.
ern Luzon army had moved. -Four
generals on January ! witnessed
its destruction which blocked the
Japanese at a river $50 feet wide
long enough for MacArthurs tirec
army to reorganize.
Skerry'S engineers blasted out &
small japanese suicide force from
caves in which they hid back oi
our lines with dynamite. The Japa
neSe had refused to surrender.
Another demolition squad defiet
death by going through the lines
at night TO burn Shacks and rice
stacks and TO chop down trees
where Snipers lurked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
u. 5. Ship0utput
Exceeds Losses,
Says Admiral
By GRHFING BANCROFT

Init Nsus service stan Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13-Con-
rrcss today has the assurance that
the United states is building ships
as fast as they are sunk by AXIS
submarines srd that within a short
time the construction rate will be
greatly increased
THIS testimony WAS given 70 the
House appropriations committee
by Shipping Commissioner Emory
{ Land WHO spoke in support OF
tho record S. 100000 600 wa,
spending hiil
Land also told the committee;
sThat Shipbujlders will meet
President RooSevcltS goal Of
constructing 100000 tons Of
merchant vessels this year and
&c 100000 tons next year.
sThat during January ship
construction was well ahead Of
sinkingS. but that during the
first part Of this month vessels
were sent 10 the bottom al just
the same rate as they came off
the ways.
sThat 10 merchant ships were
lost during 1911 because strikes
robbed US Of construction time,
but that the labor situation IS
causing no loss Of time now
Lands testimony came after the
committee approved the army
portion of the bill-S22 ,SSS, 600 00(
chiefly for ordnance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
400 al Grand Trunk
To Start Work Later

BATTLE CREEK. Feb. 13. -
Finding the new war time unsatis-
factory for their work 400 en-
ployes at the Grand Trunk shops
are going TO start work an hour
later. il was announced today.
Since the 7 80 starting hour is be-
fore daylight, officials announced
that work would be maintained on
the new schedule, at least during
the winter months.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
Take u Book
Draft Registrars Able
TO Fill City Quota

Every man who will register for
the draft Monday was urged today
TO take 1.-The book he would like
to read best if he were in the
armed forces" when he goes 10
the school in his locality to register
Monday.
III every registrant Will take
two books with him, Detroit's
quota will be reached" said
Everett n. Petersen. executive
director of the Victory Book
Campaign, under the sponsorship
of the American Library Asso-
citation, the USO and the Red
Cross.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
GERMANS OPEN FIRE

A great blast of gun fire went
up from the German fleet as the
surface craft and the planes got
into action, and German planes
Engaged the British aircraft in
wild dog fights over miles of the
channel.
The German ships at once laid a
heavy smoke screen which, with
the mist. reduced visibility almost
to nothing.
That, the admiralty and air min
istry said. was one reason definite
hits could not be claimed in the
first communicate.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
APPROACHING STRAIT

They were then approaching the
20-mile Dover Strait between
England and France.
A swarm Of small craft screened
the larger ships and squadron after
squadron of fighter planes blan-
keted the air above them.
Mosquito craft raced out at once
from Dover to the attack. Navy
ISwordfish planes were next in the
fight, roaring over the heads Of
the motor torpedo boats, and then
Royal Air Force fighter planes
headed for the strait.
For hours afterward. fleets of
British planes from the fastest
fighters TO the greatest bombers
were soaring out over the sea and
nobody knew what was happening
A raid on the French coast seemed
possible
Canadian air force planes took
part, flying into the deadliest area
of the battle.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
Set Steel WAGE Hearing

WASHINGTON. Feb. - 1NS).
The National War Labor Board
today called a hearing for Febru-
airy "a on the demand of $4,000
Go employees of little steel" for a
dollar-a-day wage increase which
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son insists would further stimulate
price initiation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
japanese Bomb,
Strafe Their Own
Force on Batdan
Continued from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
a surprise, because the navy in its
first announcement of the raid
February l intimated that no Jap
anese warships were encountered
when the Pacific fleet struck its
first big blow.
Carried out by a well balanced
force Of aircraft carriers, cruisers
and destroyers. the attack appar-
emily caught the enemy by sur
prise. In addition TO the ships and
planes, the United States force
smashed at least six airplane hang
ars. ammunition dumps. oil anc
gas tanks, warehouses and shore
and anti-aircraft batteries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
SHIPS DESTROYED

In addition TO the plane carrier,
the Japanese ships destroyed in
ICluded one cruiser, one destroyer,
two submarines. three large fleet
tankers, five cargo vessels and
three smaller ships.
American losses were officially
listed as IL scout bombers with
one cruiser damaged by "a small
bomb"
The latest announcement
boosted to at -ieast-54 the total
of japanese ships Of all types de-
lstroyed by American naval and
air units since the outbreak of the
Pacific conflict. This does not in
Iclude Is vessels sunk by the Amer
tican army.
Indicating the striking power of
the Pacific fleet. the raid took
place almost simultaneously on six
scattered japanese islands 1000
air miles southwest of Pearl Har-
Dor. Hit hard was the important
Japanese base of Wolfe, from
which the enemy blasted the
American island of Wake.
Under the command of Vice Ad-
miral William E. Halsey Jr., a ma
tive Of Elizabeth, n. j., the Amer
lean fleet units and planes on
January 81 struck at Roi. Kwaja-
lein, Vote, Taroa and Jaluit in
the Marshall Islands, and Maxim in
the Gilbert group.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
COAST GUNS OPEN UP

AS the battle reached the mar.
row strait. with the German ships
Isteaming steadily along on their
lnortheastward course, the great
coastal guns of the Dover coast
came into the fight. firing at ex'
|treme range because the battle
was on the French side.
At 3:45 p. m. destroyers under
Capt. G. r. NJ. Pizey, in his flag.
ship Campbell. raced at full speed
into the battle. under the fire oil
the German fleet and its planes.
German guns on the French
coast Joined in the bombardment
A rain squall swept over the
battle scene, and the British dc.
stroyers, wheeling quickly, steamed
directly toward the German fleet
But dark was approaching, anc
the Germans escaped.
BELIEVE FLEET SAFE
Naval experts feared the Ger
man fleet might already have
reached the safety of lIelgoland
off the German north coast, in the
IA hours of darkness- after British
IwarShips and planes lost sight o
them AZ dark yesterday.
The German ships had scattered
under the British attack but thel
were nearing TIelgoland ever
then. it was admitted, with prob
ably not more than $50 miles
10 60.
Now the sole hope of catchinj
them lay in the possibility tina
some had been so badly damaget
by the ferocious and costly attacl
OF British planes, warShipS AM
coastal guns that their speed hat
been materially reduced.
There was said 10 be no com
parison between TINS engagement
and the japanese sinking of tn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13

States which now are outdistanc-
ing the best the JapS have. In his
withdrawal 10 this area OF last
stand he got his gun units in
virtually intact.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-13
NaZi Fleet
Escapes
I'm Channel
Continued from Page one)

which the public here regarded as
a British naval disaster, came as
imperial forces were fighting for
their very lives at Singapore and
il threatened TO rip the govern
ment wide open even II IL did not
jeopardize the position Of Churchill
himself.
In the most dramatic naval
fight in British home waters since
the Dutch fleet ruled the sea in
the dark days of Charles II, Brit
ain admitted the loss OF AZ planes
and said that casualties in the
British destroyers which. after
four hours and as minutes. joined
airplaneS and small surface craft
in the attack. were mot heavy
~ PLANES LOST
German plane losses were put
at Is fighters.
Can official German news
agency dispatch said that a
British destroyer had been sunk.
another set afire and that 43
British planes had been de-
stroyed in the Dover Strait
battle. The Germans assert
eddy lost only seven planes.)
A preliminary communique sale
il was indicated that a navy plane
hit heavy German fleet unit anC
possibly hit motor torpedo boat
that Beaufort planes of the coasta
command claimed" three torpedo
hits and that bomber command
crews were confident" tina
bombs struck each of the tire,
main German fleet units.
The German fleet, the 26000
ton battleships Scharnhorst anc
GneiSenau and the heavy 10000
ton cruiser Prinz Eugen, with ;
powerful escort of motor TORPEDO
boats, mine sweepers and fighte
planes, sailed through the Dove
Strait and. at dark, Steamin!
through heavy mist and its owl
thick smoke screen, was headed
for the German naval base o
Helgoland Island off the mouth o
the River Elbe.
The three big ships had beer
sheltered for almost a year a
Brest, on the French invasion
coast, under frequent attack b.
British planes, including Ameri
can-built flying fortresses.
They had waited for weeks 70
bad weather which would cove
them. and it was not until IL a. n
that British reconnaissance plane
sighted them, west of the 20-mil
Dover Strait and $50 miles from
Helgoland.
The German vessels picked VI
their escort of smaller ships ant
planes yesterday morning ant
made some $50 miles, past Plym
louth, from which Drake set out t
meet the Spanish Armada. befor
tbey 1uaro SiUhted at about q rr-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
High School Group
Issues Sports Plea

opportunity for competition to
all, should be stressed in the
schools athletics programs.
'In all probability" the re-
port said, 1T will be necessary
to modify the general plans Of
conducting tournaments" such as
the annual State High School
basketball tournaments, but de-
clared the mechanics of modifi-
cation should be left to the As
sociation's Representative Coun-
Gil, which will meet here in De-
cember.
A policy that all athletics and
physical fitness program must
be shaped to contribute direct
ly to the about war effort" was
enunciated by the committee,
with a cautioning recommended
ton that they also must be PLAN
ned to conform with transporta-
ton policies and restrictions i'm
posed by the Federal govern
ment.
Declaring "first considera-
ton" should be given a physical
fitness program (which will
reach the maximum number of
boys and girls" the committee
called for greatly expanded in
tramural sports which would al
low all to compete, regardless of
natural prowess.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
Hayes, Edgar
Clash Tonight

DETROIT, Oct. 30-tP-De-
troit's swiftly rising young box
ing combination of middle
weight Charley Hayes and well
terweight Jimmy Edgar goes
after new honors tonight at
Olympia Stadium in a fight
card topped by two ten-round-
erS.
Hayes, unbeaten in nine pro
starts, tackles Phil Muscato OF
Buffalo, and Edgar, hard hitting
Negro from Joe Louis home pre-
cinct, meets Tony Motisi of Chi
cago. Edgar has dropped one
pro decision and has ended most
of his 20 victories by knockouts.
In a four-round preliminary
Pete Mead of Grand Rarids
fights Sally Finazzo of Detroit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
Top-Ronkins Colts Meet
in Rich PimIico Futurity

Count Fleet, however, gained
strong support when he ran the
fastest mile ever chalked up by
two-year-old in winning Bel
monts champagne stake.
Occupation twice defeated
Mrs. John D. Hertz's son of
REICH Count-in the Washington
and Belmont Park futurities-
but the Bull Dog colt has not
raced at any distance longer
than six and a half furlongs,
whereas Count Fleet has won
races at a mile and a mile and
70 yards.
The Pimlico Futurity at mile
and one sixteenth, carries S15,-
600 in added money. With the
nominating fees it now has a
value of $36. 400, with starting
fees of $500 for each horse to be
added.
If Occupation wins, he will
pass Top Flights money record
even if only two 60 to the post.
With the exception of Occupa-
ton and Count Fleet, the line
I'D is uncertain, although six or
eight colts are expected to face
the barrier. Other starters prob
ably will come from a group in
GLIDING w. L. Brann's Vincen-
tive, Calumet Farms Ocean
Wave, Falaise Stables Good
Morning. King Ranch's Two
Timely and Walter M. Jefford's
] Halbred.
Both principal ontenders
have been extremely impressive
in this weeks workouts, with
Occupation appearing a likely
post-time favorite after he COM
pleted his intensive drills yes
terday by going a mile in lao
is with case.
Occupation last Saturday won
the breeders futurity at Keene-
land, while Count Fleets most
recent effort was his victory in
an allowance race at Jamaica on
October 20.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
Wolverines Begin
1912 Gage Practise

ANN ARBOR. Mich, Oct. 30
- Capt. Jim Mandler and %
other candidates for Michigan's
1942-'43 basketball team have
started daily practise under the
direction of Assistant Coach Err
ME Mccoy.
The Wolverines, who tied for
seventh in the Big Ten race last
year, have high hopes of enter
ing the title contention this Win
ter. Among the other veterans
now drilling are Mel Comm. Bill
MacConnachie, Leo Doyle, Nor
RE Bikoff, Ralph Gilbert and
Wally Spreen.
Coach Bonnie Oosterbaan will
take over direction of the squad
at the end of the football season.
At the same time footballers Bob
Wiese, Don Lund. Bob Shemky
and several others will join the
cage squad.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
By The Associated Press

NEW HAVEN, Conn. = Yale,
which promoted two freshmen
to the varsity lineup last week
and won its fourth game in three
years. has brought up four more
yearlings the past week and
hopes the move will bring even
greater success against Brown
aturday.
MADISON, wis. "Guess
this is my lucky seven year,
says Coach Harry Stuhldreher
of his Wisconsin eleven.
Now in his seventh season as
head grid coach at the Badger
school, Stuhldreher has tied the
record for the longest tenure in
that job. Phil King, Princeton
graduate, coach the Badgers
from 1896 through 1902.
GREAT LAKES, Ill. - Coach
Paul Hinkle of the Great Lakes
Bluejaekets proves that statis-
tics do not always tell the foot
ball story.
We've lost three of our first
five games" he says, "but we
have travelled almost as much
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
Ohio State is Bankers Choice
Against BADGERS; Picks Irish
The Monifor-leader
FRIDAY OCTOBER 80, 1912 PAGE Ia
Nations Gridders
Point for Records

CHICAGO, Oct. 80 - B -
Here are some of this seasons
individual football records the
nations major gridders will be
out to beat this week end:
Longest forward pass gain
80 yards, frankie Sinkwich to
Lamar Davis (Georgia) VS.. Gin
cinnati.
Longest rushing gain - SO
yards, Bob Ewing (Drake) VS..
Iowa State.
Longest intercepted pass re-
turn-100 yards, Jack Wink
(Wisconsin) VS.. Great Lakes.
Longest punt return - 90
yards, Gerald Hightower (Geor-
gia Naval Pre- Flight VS.. Duke;
Jimmy Dewar (Indiana) VS.. But
Ter.
Longest kickoff return-10O
yards, Lyle Sturdy (Wichita) VS..
Washington University, st.
Louis.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
(|lltago Opens
New Physical
Fitness Drive
kieorous Drill
Stressed in New
Troinins Sstup

CHICAGO, Oct. 80 - up -
So-called sissy" exercises have
been wiped off the Chicago pub
lie high schools physical educa-
ton program - at least for the
duration-and students are un-
dergoing a more rigorous train
ing as part of nationwide ply
steal fitness project.
Director A. H. Pritzlaff said
today that the program was re-
vised to prepare the 10000 high
school students - both boys and
girls - to become tough, agile
and muscular, and fit for any
wartime emergency"
He said that the plan already
underway in the city's Al schools
was in line with recommends
tions TO be made by a commit
tee of federal and city educa-
tional leaders and Army and
Navy officials. The director, a
member of the committee, said
the program had the approval
of John w. Studebaker, Federal
Commissioner of Education.
PING-PONG OUT
When the new program was
outlined by Pritzlaff to the 400
instructors he told them that
there would be no more ping
pong, SWITCHBOARD or similar
forms of mild exercise. They are
not in line with the physical fit
ness program, he said. He also
said the periods of physical edu-
cation have been increased from
three to five weekly and the
classes are compulsory for all
students.
To develop "muscle punch"
Pritzlaff said, the students are
getting "real tough exercises"
similar to the training given in
military camps. These include
longer runs in place of short
hikes, apparatus work, Ginning,
rope climbing, tumbling, jump
ing from q height, rolling to
stand, grasp drills, swimming
under water fully clothed, duck
walking, creeping, and crawl
Ing. There is less time for show
ers. roll calls and dressing, and
instructors urge the students to
,r.;rtain a "pet him before he
gets you" attitude in body con-
tact games.
The director said that accord
ing to the War Department there
were thousands of men in serv-
ice who "can't pull themselves
out of the trenches and can't
stand the gaff of marching and
hiking. There have been others
who have drowned because they
could not swim or float"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
Argentina Asks
for NetStQr

BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 30 -
R)-The Argentine Lawn Ten
mis- Association today asked the
foreign office to help it bring
Alejo Russell, its star player,
back from the United States in
time for the national tourney
which starts Saturday.
Russell, who competed in the
the u. S. Nationals, has been I'M
able to get plane priority for the
return home.
(Telephone officials in New
York said today that the phone
in Russelrs apartment there had
been disconnected within the
past few days..
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
Lew Jenkins
is Suspended

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 30 -
Up Lew Jenkins, the ex-light-
weight boxing champion, has
been suspended-but he is going
to appear on a fight card tonight
anyway.
The National Boxing Associa-
ton won't mind. For the only as
sault Lew will perform will be
on his old guitar. It's feature
thrown in for the boxing Gus
toners at no extra cost.
"We won't try anything clas-
sical," fans were assured.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
Mcclellan Hits
Single Honors

X. Mcclellan with 208 and
Chuck Kreiner with a 542 scor-
ed racked up highest scores in
the Kings division of the Kings
g. Queens League at Bowl-O-
Drome last night, and Dorothy
Kendrick with 1875 single score
and Ruth Kaltz with 525 SER
les led in the women's side of the
league. King Budd was high
singles scorer with 745, and the
King John entry took series hon.
ors with a 1889 score.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
STANDINGS

LANSING, Oct. 80 - R -
Declaring interscholastic sports
have made a direct contribu-
ton" to the lives of students and
citizens Of the communities in
which they are offered, the State
High School Athletic Associa-
tons executive committee rec
commended Thursday they be
''retained insofar as possible"
under gasoline rationing and
other war-caused transportation
handicaps.
The committee made clear,
however, its belief that physical
dtness programs for all students,
and intramural sports to offer
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
Sports
Roundup
BY HUGH FULLERTON, JR.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30-(R-
The heights of something: every
Thursday noon .Columbia's foot
ball coaches hold open house for
sports writer's at the training
table on Morningside heights.
il. At one end of long table,
Head Coach Lou Little is being
badgered to pick winner be-
tween Penn and Army, both of
which drubbed his Lions. {.
I'D be a fool to do it," argues
Lou. They're both good teams.
But I'll say we should have done
better against Penn. Remember
when we were trying for our
third touchdown? Time. and
again I've told Governali-and
Luckman too-never to pass
down the middle, but he threw
it right at that back" And
Lou starts drawing diagrams on
a paper napkin. At the other
end of the festive board is Bob
Kane, former track star who has
come from Ithaca to speak for
Cornell, and track is the sub
ject. . Les MacMitchell was
fed up on running" someone
is saying. HE began to fade
right after beating Dodd twice."
Did you hear about our
new Columbia star Len Kopelio-
vich?" asks another voice. He
started running in a compulsory
physical education class last
year. Now he has come out for
track and says the only reason is
that he wants to beat Gunder
Haegg. That's why they call him
promising miller" You
don't learn much at these gath
erings, but the ham and eggs
are good.
COLAN COLLECTED
The Coast Guard seems to be
getting a guy with plenty of
courage in heavyweight Johnny
Colan, who was sworn in today.
Instead of lodging the Fri
day the 18th jinx, Johnny is
trying to set a record by fight
ing on three of those days. f.
He faced Jimmy Webb at Madi-
son Square Garden Friday, Feb.
10. again on March 13 and on
Friday, Nov. Is, he's scheduled
to take on Nate Bolden at the
Chicago Stadium.
SPORTPOURRI
Portland, Ore, will toss a civ
ic dinner in honor of Johnny
Pesky Monday night. The
Detroit Red Wings put out
100 for expense money to look
over seven amateur hockey
players this fall and had to send
them home sight unseen when
the kids couldn't get passports
to leave Canada. When the
Washington Redskins left the
field after a rugged encounter
with the Pittsburgh Steelers
last Sunday.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
BY DONALD SANDERS

BALTIMORE, Oct. 80 = Up
The seasons top-ranking two
year-old colts, Occupation and
Count Fleet are scheduled to
clash tomorrow in the rich Pim-
lico Futurity, a race which pro-
badly will determine the winter
book favorte for next years
Kentucky Derby.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
High Schools Grid
For Races Saturday

YPSILANTI, Mich, Oct. 30
(P)-Sixteen high school will
send cross country teams to the
East District Interscholatic
championships on the Michigan
Normal course here tomorrow.
The entries, Coach Lloyd w.
Odds of Normal announced, in
clude the defending champions
in all three classes-Flint Gen.
trail, A; Ypsilanti Central, B, and
Inlay City, CD.
Their challengers will be Ann
Arbor, Dearborn, Jackson, Ka-
lamazoo Central, Lansing Cen
trail, Lincoln Park, Royal Oak,
Saginaw and Wyandotte in
Glass A, Birmingham and Wayne
in Class B, and Flint Kearsley
and Napoleon in Glass CD.