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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

store, eight stories. or a big bank,
five stories. But Toxic digs deeply
for every foundation, fearing an
other earthquake. And her build
ings cannot be tall.
Wood is the favorite Japanese
construction material. Even the
famous Meigi shrine is OF highly
polished wood. Toxic has a fine
subway system, but few were the
Europeans or Americans who
would ride In ii. They were afraid
of being trapped by an earth
quake.
The Sumida River winds its way
through the PIT square miles OF
the greater Toxic and merges into
the sea near Yokohama to the
east. Red temple roofs curve up
over the little matched houses,
there are glints of gold from the
temples where you hear. night and
day. the sound of the temple
drums.
| Tokio's famous shopping street,
the Gina, is parallel 10 the main
subway system. and some of the
shops rise up to eight stories. But
these are few. Most of them are
open fronted little stores, a little
like the ones in an American sum-
mer resort town.
Toxic at Night
often think OF Toxic as II Is
at night From each of her little
thatched houses a radio blares as
the whole family, from grandpa 10
the 10-year-old, work on some
lgadget which, in the old days
would find itself eventually in an
American store. The whole family
had to work at the piece work tc
exc out living. That Is the way
80 per cent of greater Toxic lived
And it was a bare living. A little
rice and tea, fish now and then
And the city closes up tight al
t1o-only mad Americans stay ur
late.
For even in the old days before
1.-The war Toxic was run for the
Japanese. There were only about
5000 Europeans and Americans ir
the pntira fOVn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
laps Capture
City Of Cebu
As Fires Rage
Defenders Resist
SiubbornIy Attempt
TO Penetrate Isle
BY ERIC FRfEDHEiM

IHt1 News Service staff Correspondents
WASHINGTON. April 1S.-The
historic city of Cebu. second larg-
est in the Philippines, has fallen
in flames to the Japanese, but
heavily. outnumbered American
Filipino troops are fiercely resist
ing the enemy's attempts to
penetrate the interior of Cebu
Island and neighboring Panay.
The war department reported
today that Cebu City is afire after
more than a week of savage
fighting between the defending
garrison and part OF the force OF
IL, 900 japanese who made land
ing at this point.
To the north in Manila Bay, the
guns of Corregidor and its sister
Notifications continued, mean
while. TO blaze away against
enemy positions on Bataan Penln-
slila.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
u. 5. dndFi|ipino
Guerri||ds Keep
Pledge toDeath
Baiaan Survivors Fight
With Gun. Knife. Hands;
Refuse to Surrender
BY LEE VAN Alta

Init News Service star Correspondent
MELBOURNE, April 18.-In
the jungles of the Philippines to-
day. guerrilla bands of undaunted
and Filipino soldiers are
harrassing the Japanese unceas-
ingly. This is in line with a pledge
they took during the final hours
of the battle of Bataan TO keep
fighting until death or victory.
These men will fight on with
guns. bolos and their very hands,
if necessary, rather than give up
Technical Sgt. Eustace Messer
OF Terre Haute, Ind, told me
about them today and predicted
that they will give the Japs more
than headaches with their spec
tacular guerrilla warfare.
One of Last to LeaUe
"Td bet six months pay that
many of these men today are
somehow fighting on" Messer
said. Their plan and determi-
nation were so instiiied on their
minds that I couldn't believe
otherwise" p q
Messer is in excellent position
to know a lot about that determi
nation, for he was in the party O
five men who were the last to Il,
out of Bataan a few hours befor'
the Japanese launched their fina
assault on the immortal peninsula
What the sergeant wanted t
stress most of all was that TIT
idea of carrying on the figh
through guerrilla warfare was no
Just an emotional scheme hatche'
| in those final hours on Bataan
but a carefully thought out pro
gram, complete to the most minut,
details, and adapted to just suci
situation as the one the soldier
eventually found themselves VI
against.
Volunteer units had been forme'
among the Bataan defenders ant
strategy had been mapped on
with Filipino assistance whereof.
the soldiers were to make thei
Irrespective "detours" into the jun
giles to carry on their resistance.
"MOst of them had carefully
studied maps of the entire Phil
ippine area and Filipino scouts
helped them select the most ad-
vantageous points," Messer said.
Every man with whom talked
said he would rather die fighting
with only a bOlO In his hands
than to give up to the Japs."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

They didn't like Americans and
our ways. and they made no con-
cessions. 1t was quite a thing 10
hear Clark Gable making love in
the lingo of Nippon on Toxic
movie screens.
If you wanted TO see movie,
you could guess the plot. And you
ate their food unless you went off
to the American Club or TO a
tea room. which said it specialized
in American food.
This is the month of cherry
blossoms in Toxic. the month of
Buddha's birthday festival and the
grand spring Shinto Festival for
soldiers and sailors who died in
battle. And their baseball season
has just opened at the Jingu
Grounds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
Auto Dealers Turn
I0 Service Business

Aggressive automobile dealers
Who made success Of selling cars
Sre finding that the same qualities
are enabling them to be successful
n the service end Of the business,
Stewart w. Munroe, general sales
manager OF Chry1ler division of
Chrysler Corporation. said Satur'
day.
Munroe, just returned from a
three-week trip through. the
western parts of the country, said
that dealers in war production
centers have been particularly
fortunate because workers have
found II necessary to keep their
automobile in good shape.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
Silence Jap Guns

Several more Jap batteries were
silenced and hits were also scored
on roads and bridges. This coun-
terfire by the American artillery
disrupted the enemy's commune
cations lines in the southern por-
ton of the peninusla.
There were renewed enemy air
raids over Manila Bay during Fri
day and Jap siege guns kept up
their pounding of CoTegidor. But
the enemy Smelling was of de-
creased intensity and little damage
was suffered by the island garri-
sons.
Cebu City. on the east coast OF
narrow Cebu Island. has a popu-
lation of $4,000. and was one OF
six points at which the invaders
stormed with warships, dive bomb
ers and artillery last week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
Sees Jap Ruin in 3 Days

BOSTON, April IS QNS).-
Senator Ebert Thomas CD OF
Utah, once a Mormon missionary
TO Japan. declared here that the
United Nations could initiate the
downfall of the Japenese empire
three days after we're ready to
launch about attacks against the
jam-packed munitions area north
and west of Toxic"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
Armor Plant Strike Ends

CHARLESTON, w. Va, April
Is (UPl.-The Carnegie Illinois
Steel Corporation announced to-
day a settlement of employees
grievances that had caused a.
work stoppage in the South
Charleston plant which makes
armor plate for the navy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
Record Rain in Miami

MIAMI, Fla, April is tUP).-
"A two-day rainfall which left
many streets partly under water
and crop damage estimated at
close to 100000 in south Flor
ida broke all existing April rec
ords in Miami. the weather bureau
TODAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
u. S. Chart

Detroit and vieinity--warmsr. Moderat,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
Cherry Blossom Land
breads Fire Most

Bombs have been dropped.
for the first time in the war. on
Toxic. capital of Japan, q city
that breads FIRE. Why Tokio's
inhabitants fear fire and what
the great city is like is de-
scnbed here for Times readers
by Miss Vera Brown, who in
visits 10 the Orient. spent con-
siderable time in Toxic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
BY VERA BROWN

Toxic Is a great city of almost
100000 and il is the boast or
every Jap that some day New
York must take second place to
Toxic among the worlds great
cities.
One of the first strange sights
which meets the American eye IN
the city where now the cherry
blossoms are blooming. is the tall
fire towers which rise all over the
city.
For Toxic has one deep terror;
fire!
Fire could sweep through Its
flimsy little dwellings with their
paper walls, their fine wooden
lpaneling, more inflammable thar
a Michigan forest in August.
Alwayso on Guard
Night and day all over the
city, they stand on guard.
Little men in khaki uniforms
with binoculars sweep each street
and house, watching for a possible
puff of smoke. The city once per
lished in flames in a great earth
Quake. II has never forgotten that
Regulations on fire hazards art
rigid. And the japanese womer
tend their tiny charcoal fires care
fully As they brew tea for theil
families.
That is the Toxic of so per cen
lof the 1000 900.
For the other 20 per cent. herr
and there throughout the city ris'
buildings of steel construction
lultra-modern structures, which tr.
to out-Yankee the Yankees.
Withstood Quake
First big steel building was th,
municipal police station. which
stands not far from the Imperia
Palace. That is where the Inter
national News Service correspond
ent, Jimmie Young. was hell
prisoner, where another CORE
spondent was so tortured that h
Jumped from the top floor to hi
death.
! A similarly constructed building
lis the Imperial Hotel. made O
lava stone, which withstood tn
Earthquake of 1912, the only larg
building in the old paper city I
do so.
Since 1912 Japan has tried t
build solidly. But houses wit
matched roofs, paper partition
still sprung up. Here and there
Ia fine new modern department
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

The locations of the major European
and African naval bases that take on
added Importance with the growing
enigma of the intent of the French feet.
Although a number of French warships
are in the Western Hemisphere or under
British control in British ports, the
French feet is still pretty we'll intact.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19

London has now revealed that there are
"A warships at Toulon, including the =
battleships Strasbourg and Dunkerque,
perhaps the Provence with seven cruis-
ers, 10 big destroyers, about Is sub
marines. The battleship Jean Bart is at
Casablanca, the battleship Richelieu at
Dakar. with smaller Warships elsewhere.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
Toronto Exhibition Out

TORONTO. April Is (UP>.-I
The Canadian National Exhibition,
largest of its kind in the British
Empire. has been Cancelled for
the duration of the war" it was
announced today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-19
Laval Assumes
Power at Head
Of Viehy Cabinet
Plans for Moving
of Government TO
Paris Abandoned
Nv RALPH r. HEISZEN
puss>S Press STAR Correspondent

VICHY, April 1s.-Pierre Laval
assumed power in France today
with a government pledged 10
closer collaboration with Germany
and headed by a triumvirate COM
posed of himself. Admiral J e a n
Francois Darlan and the aged
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain.
Laval made 1t clear, shortly
after his cabinet was announced,
that ne will have charge Of the
effective direction" Of all OF
Frances internal and foreign az
fairs and will be responsible only
20 the S5-year-old Petain.
He said that Admiral Darlan,
whom he replaces as head OF the
government, will serve as supreme
commander of all the nation :
land. sea and air forces. although
he will not have administrative
authority and is not full-ranklng
member Of the new cabinet.
Keep Petain as Symbol
(The underlying reasons for
Lavals announcement OF close
cooperation with Petain and
Darlan and the latter's opera
tional control over the French
feet and other armed forces
were not clear. but IL was spec
1ulated that Undertaking his
unpopularity among large Sec
tons of the people-was trying
To retain Petain as a symbol
and that Darlans selection as
commander in chief was either
:. at Petain's insistence to Offset
suspicion of a surrender OF
!, military aid to Germany.
(The German radio, quoting
Swiss press dispatches. said it
was considered improbable that
sDarlan In his new capacity
would consent to hand over the
French feet to the Axis
notwithstanding the intentions
attributed to him in England
and the United States On
!, the other hand, Laval will be
able to check all those elements
in France who have sought to
prepare a revolutionary upris-
Ing In event Of an attempted
British invasion Of France)
~ Plan for Fleet Stands
!, Shortly before Laval's assump.
ton Of power, it was stated au'
thoritatively that Marshal Petain's
recent assurances that the French
Ge6t will be used only to defend
French territory and integrity
stu hold.
Far stronger In power than he
was on Dec. Is, 1910, when he
was forced out Of the government
by Petain and held a prisoner for
two days before the Germans OBJ
tanned his release, Laval today
became chief of the government,
fCteian minister, minister Of In
tefior and minister of propaganda.
He announced that the seat OF
Che government of unoccupied
France viii remain in Vichy. in
stead Of being returned to Paris
81 Petain has long sought.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-29

Whether judges who try little
cases are as important as judges
who try big ones is a question to
be decided within the next few
days by the Wayne County Board
of Supervisors.
The question arose in the re-
quest by judges of common pleas
court for an equitable adjustment
OF their salaries TO compare with
other judges. Judges in common
pleas court now receive $500 a
year and are asking for $11, 900.
"a common pleas judge Is
nothing more than a glorified
justice OF the peace" said Su-
perviSor Tracy Doll. Wayne
County CIO head. at a meeting
of the ways and means COM
mittee. "While we have people
at Eloise Hospital making only
5000 a year, 1t seems ridiculous
to pay these men as much as
circuit or recorders judges"
CLAIM EQUAL IMPORTANCE
Common Pleas Judge Eugene
Sharp replied:
Common pleas judges must
be attorneys with at least four
years experience. This Is the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-29
Chippewa Chief
To Wed Princess

PONTIAC. Sept. 29.-The an
Client marriage ritual of the Chip
pewa Indian tribe will be observed
here Saturday at the wedding of
Chief Standing Bear TO Princess
Chickadee Clamish of LeCourt
Orilles Reservation, Couderay,
Wis.
About 300 Chippewas from
throughout Michigan are expected
to attend in full native regalia and
take part in the tom-tom beat
ings, setting of tribal fires, dane
ing and feasting to be held on
the lawn of the chiefs family res
idence at 268 Clifford avenue.
The Chief, who is Is and has the
Christian name of Carl John Met
teson, met his 19-year-old bride
two years ago while attending to
Indian affairs in Wisconsin.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-29
ELLEN LORINTER
VIRGINIA CRICCHI

ted from River Rouge for indecent
exposure. was paroled and then
re-committed as n parole vlolator
after being arrested for window
.pceping. lie escaped once and was
brought back. =.
He said me escaped the second
time simply by walking away as
he watched ball game.
81 hitch-hilSed home" he told
police. ~ went TO live with my
wife at her folks and 1 got
job in this war plant.
FOLLOWS THREE WOMEN
az followed three women I'm
Lincoln Park. Once l had
the black Jack raised, all ready
to hit one woman. Somehow i
couldn't do IL. But when i got
the chance TO slug this little girl,
1 did IL.
"Once some Inkster police
came by our house. They were
lacking up election notices. 1
talked TO them and they didn't
even bother me-"
Chief Crichton said that in addi'
ton TO the charge on which the
kidnapping warrant will be asked
De Rosia has admitted smuggling
one young girl in Lincoln Park
attempting to criminally assault
another and smuggling still another
girl out on a country road.
He was caught only because
Wyandotte housewife caught hin
proving in her home and called q
scout car crew which seized him
Arrested as a common prowler, il
was not until his fingerprints re-
vealed his identity that Lincoln
Park, officers learned he was the
man for whom they had beer
searching in connection with the
series of assaults on children II
their territory,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-29

Despite the fact that the eXecu-
tive body of the MIL has nc
power to endorse political candi-
dates without authorization of the
convention, Reid last Saturday
attempted to push through a reso-
luton TO that effect. 1t was de-
feated by the narrow margin oi
one vote, the Detroit members OF
the board, whose organization has
already endorsed Van Wagner
leading the opposition
Reid is a member Of the Michi-
gan Unemployment Compensation
Commission. He was originally
appointed by Gov. Frank Murphy
He was reappointed by Gov. Luren
d. Dickinson and when Van Wag-
oner sought to drop him at the
outset of his term the Republican
state legislature overruled his
objections and kept Reid in.
The executive board, however
passed an innocuous resolution
giving Reid the authority TO dc
his own campaigning for Kelly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-29
War Time Stays,
Governor Says

LANSING. Sept. % (UP). -
Answering requests that the state
return to central time, Governor
Van Wagner said today thai
there was little chance of it unles.
the federal government believed
it necessary TO conserve power
and fuel.
II have received some COM
plants, mainly from school
officials, about the new war
time" he said. THE answer
seems to, he for the schools TO
change hours TO fit the daylight
period.
1.-THE state should conform TO
the federal time schedule. Our
war plants are keyed to Wash
ington. If we turn the clocks
back we'll lose an hour or every
business day as far as COM
munications between Michigan
and the Capitol is concerned"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-29
News Of Labor:
News of Labor:
CLIO CaMfeen Here
Patterned After n. n.
MARY c. ANDERSON
BETTY MCCULLOUGH
BY JACK CRELLIN

The Congress of Industrial Or
foundations soon will open a
lcanteen for service men in Detroit,
fashioned after the famous Stage
Door Canteen in New York.
Under the leadership of Andrew
Bishop, state director of the CIC
wa relief committee, plans are
being completed today in conjunc-
ton with USO authorities.
1t is planned 10 serve refresh
mentS TO soldiers. sailors and
marines as well as to provide
entertainment, which will be
donated.
Bishop estimated that cost OF
Operating the canteen would be
approximately $1,000 a month,
most of which would be con-
tributed by unions affiliated with
the CIO in this area.
In order to defray initial costs
of the venture, the Go will
sponsor a dinner on October % in
the Fountain Room of Masonic
Temple 10 which Philip Murray
Go president; Gov. Murray D.
Van Wagner and Mayor Edward
j. Jeffries Jr. have been invited
Tickets are SO a person and il
| is hoped that 1000 will be sold
The dinner is open to any one
who wishes 10 attend.
Members of the committee are
n. J. Thomas, UAW-CIO presi-
dent; George F. Adde's, secretary
treasurer; ANilliam-C- Stevenson
Richard T. Frankensteen, Waite.
Reuther, Leo LaMotte, Melvin
Bishop, JAW executive board
members: August Scholle. state
Go president; Ben Probe and
Tracy Doll.
Frank Y. Martel, president OF
the Detroit and Wayne County
Federation of Labor, has a very
apt description of Edward n
Barnard the barriStcr who usually
handles the majority OF the ALL
legal problems.
Introducing Barnard at the
dinner meeting yesterday at the
Labor Temple which was in
honor of Supreme Court Justice
Frank Murphy Martel said:
"He is the gent that bedevils
all the Judges and keeps most
OF YOU people out Of Jail"
Most of the Judges will agree
with Martel, we think.
A bitter battle is under way
these days in the Michigan Fed
Grafton of Labor. and it concerns
the attempt of John Reid. Secre-
tarY of the MEL and a longtime
Republican, 10 get that organiza-
ton 80 endorse Harry +. Kelly
for governor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-29
Woman, Baby Killed
As Auto Hits Train

Mrs. Rauisdine Kyle. %, and her
two-year-old son, Wayne, are dead
today after the car in which they
were riding collided with the crack.
train Mercury as il was speeding
65 miles an hour to Detroit from
Cleveland.
Mrs. Kyle's husband. Eugene. was
driving the car and is in critidD
condition in Wyandotte Gener1QI
Hospital. The accident occurred at
the Gibraltar road crossing OF the
New York Central Railroad, hurl-
ing the auto 200 feet.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-29

ADVERTISEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-29
What Price Judges?
Common Pleas Jursts. Asking Raise in Pay, Say
Poor Mans Court Is as important as Others

poor mans court and we think
his cases are as important as
any one elses. We tried $1,000 Of
them last year and we work
long, hard hours TO do IL.
"We're not asking for the
$4,000 that recorders judges
receive, nor the $15,5O0 that cir
cult judges are paid. But we do
think $1,000 Is an equitable
figure"
The raise in salary would MOI
take effect until after the 1914
elections.
Councilman Henry S. Sweeny
himself a former recorders judge
said he would sponsor the Request
before a regular session of thu
supervisors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-29
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