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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-13

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-13
IN THE
NEWS

- ENERAL MacARTHUR
NJ is, a. Mr.. DeCasseresI
declares in the follow
Evening star., 1942-09-10
By TOM YARBROUGH.


DALCANAL. Solomon
Islands, Sept. DelayedJ The
Marines are in good heart.
Although the battle of the Solo
mon Islands is by no means over
not even the battle Of Guadalcanal
these men on the front line are
being carried along through ter
rible tasks by moral lift that
comes from having been the first
Americans to stop the Japanese and
push them back.
Last night we had a raid with
out bombs. Today We had raid
with bombs and as our little group
crouched in a fox hole hacked out
of coral rock we felt the whole hill
side shiver and shake.
A hot little chunk of metal thor
oughly spent fell into our hole, but
even then everybody still felt pretty
sure Of the situation because our
fighters were in the air-fghters
capable of meeting enemy bombers
and Zero fighters at just about
where they chose-in sharp con-
trast with days past in New Guinea
when Allied fighters were prac-
tically handcuffed,
Important Air Base.
In the Solomon Islands air sup
port Is the whole thing and the
japanese high command lost no
time in aiming bombs at the c :
cellent Guadalcanal airdrome which
the japanese had worked night and
day 20 finish as an advanced base
for operations farther southwark. 4.
Now the United Nations have that
base for operations farther north
ward.
A few minutes after coming
ashore in a landing boat like the
Marines used, I saw an intensely
fascinating spectacle-hundreds OF
Japanese prisoners marching hum
bly, down road that wound
through a grove of coconut palms
Most of them were laborers
brought here to build an alrdrome
and carry out the pick and shovel
part of other projects in the forti-
fication of the island Many OF
them were grinning and some sa-
luted almost every American they
passed. They didn't look unhappy
Greeted by Vandegrift.
Maj. Gen. Alexander A. Vande-
grift, living in the stocks in the
MIDST of his men somewhere in the
Solomons, welcomed us when we
eventually reached his headquarters
and said, We'll, if you can find any
thing to write about around here, &c
ahead"
After two weeks of persuasion
haggling, explaining and maddenine
waiting, I arrived at Guadalcana,
/ from Australia by air and sea.
Evening star., 1942-09-10

witnessed of Russian determination
to win
He told of wounded men driving
much needed trucks from Iran to
the Russian battle front, of armed
women tilling the fields prepared at
moments notice to battle Nazi
parachutists, of workers riding in
freight cars with their machines as
the nation worked to transplant its
industrial strength to Siberia.
Sees Rough Winter Ahead.
II cannot predict where the line
of the front will be this winter" he
said, but 7 can assure you there
will be tough fighting-tough for the
Germans.
Lease-lerd materials made avail
able to Russia are being intelligently
used, he said.
They feel sure that at some time,
early they hope, we will be fighting
the Germans on another front, and
we will thus divert some of the
weight of the German striking
power" he added.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Marines Get Moral Lift in Beinq
First Force to Push Jops Back
Air Support the Whole Thing in Soomons,
Says Reporter, Happy to See for Himself

The official radio is so crowded
correspondents have to use the air.
mail as far as Honolulu, but even by
that slow means it is relief to get
here from the world of official si-
lence. confused speculation, hopes
and pride and fears, and send out a
f1rst-hand report of evidence-liv-
ing and dead-of the airing task
executed swiftly with courage and
skill.
Losses Not Terrific"
The Marines casualties have not
been terrific" they have certainly
killed many, many more than they
have lost.
At Bloody Angle" for example,
the Marines riddled and cut down
more than 1000 japanese and lost
about 100.
Eyewitnesses of that battle said
the surf ran pink with blood when
japanese landing force was COM
pletely wiped out.
This place is full of heroes. In
time their stories will be told.
Today was the biggest day since
that fateful August 8, when the first
marine landing was made. The
first mail arrived from the United
States. 1t was written before the
folks at home knew those letters
would reach addresses in the Solo,
mons.
1t is dark now and T had better
quit using this flashlight. Some
body down this way has guitar
and it sounds like they could use
at least one more bass in that 'In
the Evening by the Moonlight -
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Japs' 5-Monih Losses
Put at Is Ships and
500 Planes
al Additional Vessels
Damaged, Review of
Communiques Shows
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia. Sept. TO-.
Allied forces have definitely sunk
25 japanese warships and trans
ports and destroyed 300 enemy
planes and perhaps 500 in less than
five months, review of cornmu-
niques from Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thurs headquarters disclosed today.
The operations all were in the
Australian war zone, the area en-
braced by Gen. MacArthur's South
west Pacific command.
Forty-one additional warships and
transports were damaged, and a
total of 1T enemy planes severely
damaged or probably damaged" !"
making the aerial toll ATT.
The real total of enemy airplanes,
it was believed, probably exceeds
500 planes. since on many occasions
when bombs were dropped on
parked aircraft there was no means
of determining the exact results.
Of the 300 aircraft definitely re-
ported, 202 were fighters, go bomb
ers, II float planes, 7 flying boats
and II were of unspecified types
They were destroyed either in COM
bat, by anti-aircraft fire or by
bombing of enemy air bases.
Allied plane losses for the same
period cannot be given with any
degree of accuracy because many
of the early communicates issued
by the Southwest Pacific command,
beginning April 81, did not give
them. The highest Allied loss given
in single operation was four
planes.
The tabulation since April 81
Evening star., 1942-09-10
LOST.

kOSl.
AGTTATOR, for Hoover vacuum cleaner,
Fnder Fd tTq pease ca R eTushss sss on it,
BILLFoLD. money and cards. Please Re-
ward Mrs. Glover, Atlantic 64s3,
BILLFOLD, large brown, Monday evening,
on ,streetcar or. the S. S.. Mt. Vernon.
srd rsosd afnsaan tefet to Bo sa ffssa1d r. d
$50, Reward. Georgia 1854 TO-
BOX CHILD's CLOTHING, AND BEDDING,
OUTSIDE Union Station sckage room, Tues
day; Reward. CH. 1000, Ext: 554
tier SITS. NV; reward. RA 1879.
CAT, black, with white face, breast and
paws: female; lost vic. 4615 41st ST. NV;
reward. WI. 4465.
COM PURSE, on wednesday, containing
reward Kensington 1z5
"a 19d ns rsrk Ap Id ~ Afya5s AB 5aoo 170 Park
and It sts. ne, Wednesday; tag 30532;
s5 reward. Return to 1913 DOUGLAS st. ne.
DRESS, in box marked "Beslau,.n, on F st.
strnoob sftTfs l4h snd 9th f
KERRY BLUE TERRIER, answers to name
Of SMOKE SEPT. 4. Prince Georges
ave, Kenilworth. Md Reward.
saf6n a. G0p WF1s s WheS nd drsss ehion ON
back. Reward. Woodley 1888
MANS TOILET KIT, black leather, in
1slsphSae Sds Saz bg9tn Union Station. Regard
OLD ENGLISH SHEEP DOG, gray, male;
Md Call Wisconsin 1860.
PARTY FINDING PURSE in r. P. Andrews
Paper Co. please keep money and return
other contents to owner.
raa nsss hss M ScnsS 5sa
downtown 18th St, sept z, at pm.
Phone WO. 59h2
RED SETTER PUPPY, green harness;
Dapony E5ilnisy 14ss. snd and SIS, NV reward
RRAINCoAT.. seeptembeG 9. between ; and
cee 2th and Rensrd ra ave Oh Nv s4 ana Chevy Chase
ward Phone MI 300 49,
SETTER. black and white puppy. tag
25IS2. vic, 4th and Rittenhouse. Reward.
sa sHrTER And fy RTer apd Tev wh Ma ms snck sny s
on collar. Call Locust 7S0-J-l.
s. GAS RATION BOOK, No. 102073.
Reward If returned. National 0s4s.
VEST MANS, containing watch, fountain
cultural South Bldg; Wednesday. Call
Oliver 9049. Reward.
WALLET, bet. Mayfiower and Claridge Ho-
tells or in taxi; identification cards, John
A. Perkins, some cash. Return to Lost
and Found Dept, Mayflower Hotel,
WRIST WATCH. mans, marked J. s. g.,
lost near Leroy place NV. Reward Tele-
phone Hobart 1921
FOUND.
DOG, brown wire-hair, small WI 1221
BRING OR REPORT ABANDONED, STRAY
g pTntAPtiya
5000 Wheeler I'd. Sc. AT. 1858. Present
facilities limited TO that class only
GLASSES 1ady'sD, found August 20, vicin-
lty 10th st. and Columbia rd, NV. Call
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Body Of California Flyer
Recovered in Australia
Bs the Associated Press.

e, the Associated Press.
GEN. MacARTHUR's HEAD
QUARTE'S, Australia, Sept. 10
The body of Second 1t. Jack r.
Peres, San Bernardino, Calf, flyer
missing since he was in air action
February 10 over Darwin, was re-
covered from the wreckage of his
plane yesterday.
Lit. Peres was posthumously
awarded the Distinguished Service
Cross by Gen. Douglas Macarthur
for extraordinary heroism in action
when he and others intercepted ia
japanese bombers, fighters and dive
bombers and inflicted heavy dam
age until he was shot down.
His P-40 plane, deteriorating un-
der the fierce sun and its sides
bullet-pitted, was found in a Sec
tion of the country known as The
Black Fellows Jungle" 1t was 2(
miles from the main road in Sec
ton seldom traversed The wreck
age was surrounded by newly grown
underground.
II was believed that 1t. Peres
was fatally wounded in combat but
attempted to land his machine
before he died
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Quick Aid 10 Soviet
Urged by Hartman
In War Relief Speech
Links Speed, Amount Of
Help to Extent of
Future u. S. Sacrifices
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-W. Averell
Hartman, President Roosevelt's
personal representative at the
Stalin- Churchill conferences in
Moscow, says the United States must
give Russia quick and increasing
material aid, as battles on the Rus
sian front bear directly on the length
of the sacrifices which Americans
will have to make.
Addressing a Russian War Relief
dinner last night. Mr.. Hartman said
the Russians, although in dire need
of American and British aid, ARE
determined and can fight on alone" ;"
Mr.. Hartman, now American CO.
ordlnator of defense affairs in Lon
don. vividly described evidences ne
Evening star., 1942-09-10
u. 5. Fighter Planes
Are Toughest in Air,
Rickenbacker Says
Declares Flying Fortress
Hos Best Bombing
Record in Europe
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, famous
American flyer, said last night that
American fighter planes "are the
toughest things aloft" and mo
other bomber has such a record In
Europe" as that established recently
by the American Bits.
American made bombers repeat
edly have blasted their targets in
Germany-and We have only just
begun" Capt Rickenbacker said.
"American-made fighters until
recently have knocked Japanese
Zero fighters out of the skies at the
rate of two to one-now that rate
is three or four to one-and we have
Only just begun"
Capt. Rickenbacker, leading Amer
lean ace in the World War, was
sharply critical of self styled home
made experts" who belittle Amer
lean aviation.
Recalls Expert" Opinion.
THE long-range bomber that is
now our Flying Fortress-the Bit
had it's bitter critics." he said. "An
expert said to me in 1886, This
plane is monument to brass hat
stupidity. Not only is it poorly built,
but its high altitude flying will make
1t impossible for its crew to bomb
accurately. 1t will be an easy mark
for enemy fighters
Il wish this critic could have gone
along with Gen. Eaker when Flying
Fortresses bombed Rouen. I wish
he could have seen those German
fighters trying desperately to at
tack the Bits at $4,000 feet. When
the German fighters tried to do
battle in that thin air they dropped
off and lost up to 1000 feet of alti-
tude. But the Bits flew right on.
When some Germans did get close
the Bits opened up from their
power turrets in cross-fire and
shot down Germany's latest and
fastest fighters - the Focke-Wulf
1905"
Why U. S. Uses Spitfres.
Some homemade experts" he
added, "also are making much of
the fact that American men are
flying Spitflres in England. citing
this as proof that American fighter
planes are inferior to Britain's.
Nothing could be further from
the truth. There are two main rea-
sons why we fly Spitflres in England.
= - . One is that the British produc-
ton of Spitfires is so rapid that you
might almost say that there is
Spitfire behind every bush in Eng
land. So why ship pineapples to
Honolulu? Another reason - is
because the Spitire has been
built especially for the type of action
it is called upon to perform ="
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Messenger Awarded
Navy Cross for VuIor
BY the Associated Press.

oS Inc AsSUClhLeu TIeSS.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, Sept. 10
Robert L. Metts, %, of Willacoochee,
Ga. electricians mate second class,
received the Navy Cross yesterday
for his valor as messenger aboard
the Lexington during the height of
japanese action against that air.
craft carrier in the Coral Sea battle
The citation said Metts remained
at his post even after an explosion
had killed or wounded nearly all the
men at the station.
He donned a gas mask and at
tempted to report the casualty to
the bridge by phone, it continued.
with total disregard for personal
safety he continued his efforts to
establish communication until he
collapsed at his post and was sub
sequently rescued in a state of un-
consciousness.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Spec Crewmen Ordered
Held in Single Camp
e. the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Sept
I0.-The government yesterday Or
dcred all interned crewmen of the
scuttled German pocket battleship
Ora: Spec placed in a single in
ternment camp in order to avoid
further escapes from Argentine ter
ritory"
Juan Antonio Solari, chairman of
the Chamber of Deputies committee
investigating nti-Argentine activi-
ties. said last onth that more than
100 of 1000 interned Nazis have
fed the country and at least six
are fighting against the United Ma
tions.
Evening star., 1942-09-10

UNITED STATES PLANES BLAST JAP BASE IN SOLOMONS-
American Air Forces turning the offensive the
Solomon Islands, bombed and srafed japanese inaa
ons Gizo Island 2l miles northwest of the United States
base on Guadalcanal, the Navy announced last night
"A. P. Wirephoto
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Tire Board Rules
Heurse q Pleasure Car

By the Associated Press.
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The customers
might argue if they could, but
The San, Jose Tire Rationing
Board turned down Undertaken
Dan Grey's application for a tire
for his hearse. ...-... ~ .t
Ruled the board.
1T is a pleasure vehicle"
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Tacoma Crew Ordered Interned.

MONTEvIDEO, Sept 10 (P),-The
Ministry of Interior last night or
dered that all members of the crew
of the German steamer Tacoma be
interned Immediately at Sarandi del
VI under strict surveillance.
The order was issued after author
ities were unable TO find four sailors
OF group which had been granted
permission TO live in Montevideo.
The Tacoma was interned by the
Uruguayan government January l,
1910.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Tobacco Pouch Clue

A tobacco pouch bearing a verse
of the song, ITS Long Way
to Tipperary," found on a man
drowned near Weybridse, England,
led to his Identification by his
widow as Police Constable Herbert
Martin of Corsham.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Co-eds and Flyers
Worry City Fathers

BY the Associated Press.
EVANSTON, Ill.-Love on the
wing here is giving city fathers
another war worry. Some Navy
flyers stationed at nearby Glenview
fly low over the Northwestern Uni
versity sorority district to wave at
friends. Mayor S. G. Ingraham
promised distraught councilmen he d
speak to the Navy about it.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Russians Again Bomb
Eastern Germany
And Budapest
Smuil-ScoIe Air Ruid
On Berlin in Night
Also Is Reported
Ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 10.-The Rus
sian air force kept the Allied
aerial offensive in Europe roll
ing last night by bombing East
ern Germany and the Hungarian
capital of Budapest during a lull
in RAF operations-presumably
caused by unfavorable weather
in the west.
81. The Soviet attacks were an
nonced by the Berlin radio, which
in characteristic fashion-described
them as nuisance raids" and mini
naized their effectiveness.
Subsequently, both the German
snd Italian radios broadcast dis
patches from Budapest attributing
the raids on Budapest to English
planes" and reported there were a
number of civilian casualties.
A Reuters dispatch from Stock
holm asserted Berlin had a small
scale air raid during the night, pre-
sumably carried out by Soviet bomb
ers, but there was no such mention
In Berlin broadcasts heard up to
midday.
Later, however, transocean
broadcast from Berlin attributed the
attack to Soviet planes, which were
said TO have come in three waves
and dropped flares as well as in
cendiary and explosive bombs in
Budapest and five other places in
Hungary. The broadcast said the
alarm in Budapest lasted two hours
and a number of persons were killed
and wounded.
Convoy Is Bombed.
The only overnight activity at
tributed to the RAF by the British
Air Ministry was a bombing attack
on German convoy off the Dutch
coast, which communique said
bad resulted in one ship, the largest
of the convoy, being set afire.
Indicative, however, of the tense
ness inspired by the whipsaw often
sive which the British and Russian
Air Forces have been conducting
was the. fact that the Berlin radio,
as we'll as transmitters in Budapest.
Paris and old Czechoslovakia, went
off the air abruptly during the
night.
The regular program on the Buda-
pest long-wave band was inter-
rupted shortly before 10 pm. when
a Hungarian announcer broke in
with an excited Attention, anti
air-raid defense!"
Then followed instructions to air
raid precautions groups, repeated at
brief intervals.
stations in Berlin, Prague, Bratislava
end elsewhere in German occupied
territory went off the air about the
same time.
Second Budapest Attack.
The attack on Budapest was the
second which the Hungarian capital
has undergone since the start of the
war. Russian planes bombed the
city for the first time last Friday
night and were reported to have set
many fires.
The Berlin radio said other points
In Hungary also were attacked, but
reported all the raids were by single
planes.
: Last night was only the third time
this month that Raj bombers had
not been over Germany during the
hours of darkness, British raiders
having spread their wings over Ger
many on six of the preceding eight
nights.
:. There was no German aerial &C.
tvlty over Britain last night. The
Ministries of Air and Home Security
dismissed the situation with laconic
nothing to report
Evening star., 1942-09-10
Zoot-Suit JeweIry Stolen

"Zoot-suit jewelry" was part OF
the loot taken by thieves who broke
q show window last night at the
store of Samuel Blumenthal, 1914
Seventh street NV. Three litter
bug chains" were among the articles
taken. Mr. Blumenthal told police.
Evening star., 1942-09-10
FOUND.

DOG, brown wire-hair, small. WI 1921.
BRING OR REPORT ABANDONED, STRAY
ANIMALS to Animal Protective Association.
5000 Wheeler I'd. s.e AT. 1883 Present
facilities limited TO that class only
GLASSES 1adys), found August %, vicin-
ity 10th st. and Columbia rd. NV. Call
Milford chronicle., 1942-02-20


Miss Shirley Prettyman was a
visitor at Milton last week with her
aunt, Mrs. Iva Reed and son, Bob
by.
IRA Stevenson is still suffering
with neuritis at this writing.
Miss Cornelia Hurdle and Mrs.
Clarence Marsh attended court at
Georgetown on Tuesday of last
week.
Mrs. Robert ID. Stevenson was a
guest of her husband, Mr.. Steven
son, who is operating a chicken
place for Joe Marvel, at Rehoboth,
on Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hylon Smith and
little Miss Marlyn Lee Prettyman
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Otis
Joseph on Saturday evening.
The Hollymount Home Demon
stration Club was held at the home
of Mrs. Amanda Stevenson and
Mrs. Maribel Markham on Wednes-
day of last week, with 81 members
and two visitors present. The sub
ject for the day, When, Where and
How to Plant a Garden. was given
by the leaders. Mrs. Davidson and
Mrs. Webb. The recreation pro-
gram was enjoyed and consisted of
Milford chronicle., 1942-02-20

games and readings, presented by
the committee, Mrs. Prettyman and
Mrs. Bryan. Mrs. Elizabeth Stew
enson was appointed health chair
man in the absence of Mrs. Del
berta Clifton, who resigned. The
sum of S5 was contributed to the
relief fund, and clothing was asked
for and is to be taken to the home
of Mrs. Minnie McIlvaine. The
travelling librarian, Miss Cannon,
of Bridgeville was present and said
all books that had been collected at
the home of Mrs Otis Joseph would
call for them. Mrs. Anthony Hig-
gins distributed more wool and
dresses to be made. and collected
81 dresses, 3 skirts and sweaters
made from the last distribution.
The hostesses served fruits for re-
freshments. The March meeting
will be with Miss Cornelia Hurdle.
Mrs. Eliza McIlvaine was enter
tanned at a turkey dinner on Mon
day at Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Collins
in MillsborO.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Warrington
and family called OH the formers
brother, Dan Warrington. and fam
lily on Sunday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1942-02-20
HOLLYVILLE

The first harbingers of spring
have. within the past few days, re-
minded us that spring is just
around the corner. The lowly frog,
known in this section as the her
ring frog" is awake.
Herbert Prettyman, member of
the Sussex County Board of AS
sessment, is quite i'll at his home
here.
A correction: The Christian So
ciety for Christian Service will
meet with Mr.. and Mrs. George
Bennum the third Saturday even
ing in February, instead of the sec
ond Saturday. The error was in
last weeks issue. A covered dish
supper will be served by the ladies.
Price of supper is 25 cents. Every
body welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ID. Burton
were entertained at a turkey din
ner at their son and daughter-in
laws. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Burton,
on Thursday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stevenson had
as their guests at a turkey dinner
on Sunday last, Richard Steven
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Stew
enson, Mrs. Mary H. Prettyman and
family of Georgetown, and Asher
Wilkins.