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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
Tiny Marine
Captures a Jap

WITH THE UNITED STATES
MARINES ON GUADALCANAL.
Nov. - Delayed CUPl.- Pvt.
Frank r. Wilson of Birmingham,
Ala. the Youngest marine on
and probably the
smallest has helped capture a
sergeant major 1t was
disclosed today.
The censor would not permit
disclosure Of Wilson s age, but his
parents had TO consent to his en-
liStmcni.
lie was on patrol with two other
marines when they came upon a
Japanese outpost TWO miles be-
NOnd the front lines
The only Jap around was
sergeant major" Wilson said
we moved mp quietly. took him
by surprise and forced him Ia
surrender without firing a shot.
Wilson drew the assignment 81
tho captive back 10
camp.
some OF our guys seemed
little surprised when We got
back" he Cr.nne6
Wilson Who anc8 the marines
on Dec. %. 1911. was among The
first two American assault COM
panies 10 land On Guadacanal last
August = lie ; feet > inches tall
and weighs ll5 pounds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
Alaskan Censor
Called Trap for
Enemy Agents
Biddle. Hoover Support
Opening Of Mail in Quiz
by Senate Committee

WASHINGTON, Dec. l. CUP).
Censorship Of mail between this
country and Alaska has resulted
in the apprehension of enemy
agents who sought to transmit
vltally important military infor-
nation in letters, Atty. Gen Fran
els Bddle and Director J. Edgar
Hoover Of the Federal Bureau OF
Investigation have revealed.
TeStifying before the Senate
judiciary committee yesterday
they cited instance after instance
IN which foreign spies had al
tempted TO got information Ia
their AXIS masters via the mails
between the northern territory
and the United States.
Capt Ellis ZachariaS. acting
head Of naval intelligence. testified
that activities Of tho Office OF con-
SorShip in checking communica-
ilonS contributed largely 10 re-
cent sharp decreases IN ship sink
lnCS in The Atlantic.
The censorship office. he said.
obtained information which on
ablcd the army and navy 10 iden-
tlty certain persons who furnish
tips 70 Axis agents engaged in re-
iuellng enemy subs.
Through censorship Of the mail
a number OF AXIS agents were
identified and later SIX times that
number WCrc made known and ap-
pretended, Zacharias said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
WAR DELAY vJSIoNED

The war in Russia viii not
be decided quickly but VIII take
a matter ot years, German
military commentator said in a
broadcast over the Berlin radio
reported by international News
Service. He admitted that the
Red army had scored consider
able initial successes in the Sta
lnCrad offensive and had made
"a deep continuous bulge in The
German lines on the central
'front.'
The StalnGrad garrison az
tackled in a factory area during the
night, occupied a number Of build.
ingS killed so Germans and cap
turcd booty, tho noon communiquC
said. II reported a German coun.
tcrattack on one sector northwest
of StallnCrad but said the Rus
SLAMS repulsed IT. pursued the Ger
mans into their trenches anc
killed 200.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
Run Reported
On Italian Banks

NEW YORK. Dec IS y
Italians who now are hurriedly
Withdrawing their hank deposits in
fear OF internal collapse are stu
pid and unpatriotc. Turin
newspaper said. the British radio
reported in broadcast heard in
New York by CHS.
The newspaper, Gazetta del Po-
polo, denounced severely those
Italians who are contributing to
the bank run now taking place in
Italy and said:
This panic fear of economic
collapse II being strongly CON
demned. II is stupid and unpa-
triotic. II is senseless to clear all
bank accounts or 10 hoard money
instead OF bringing il to the
hanks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15

pages every day in Daily De-
troit Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
BOHllIDerS
Pound
Axis Line
CONTINUED from Page one)


Continued from Page One)
motored Lightning fighters took
part in the dawn-to-dusk raids
aimed at interrupting the flow Of
German reinforccmontS into East
ern Tunisia.
ON the ground in the forward
battle area of Northeast TuniSia.
patrol units of the British First
Army and the ANS spared in the
no mans land from The Meditcr-
ranean coast southwark and 10 tho
west Of Matcur halfway between
Mcdiez-el-Bab and Tcbourda.
Two forces of heavy United
States homhcrS attacked the 81
zcrtc and TuniS harborS in day
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
DRIVING on JAPS

At Buna Mission and Cape En-
daiadere the Americans are driv-
ing on the JapS from the east.
Smashing Of the landing attempt
from the Jap warshipS was effected
by United States BoeinG FLYING
FortreSScS, Consolidated Liberia.
tors. AiracobraS and A20-A's.
They blasted more than a score
hf troop-laden bargcs and SGT fire
70 great caches Of enemy ammu.
milton and food which had beer
piled on the shore Sunday night.
General MacArthurs commit
nique indicated that virtually
harmless number OF Jap troops
probably got ashore and said the
major enemy effort was largely
parted.
Allied planes carried out shut.
Tie bombing and Strafng attack,
without A halt yesterday and the
Cunfre from the airmen had q
devastating effect on the foe
Scores of Jap bodies were OBJ
served floating in the water where
they had been riddlcd by Alice
fire. Other groups of Japs were
killed as they set foot on shore
One Jap bomber and two fight
crS were shot down over the New
Guinea area while two more
enemy fighters were dropped ir
flames byan Allied reconnaissance
force over GaSmata New Britain.
Medium bomberS meanwhile Al,
tackled the GaSmata alrdrOme, set.
ting fire 10 enemy field dumps.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
Laval Called In
For Hitler Edict

LONDON Dec Is Pierre
Laval Is gong 10 confer with Adolf
Hitler IN the next few days 10
agree TO the statloninc OF German
advisers in all Vichy departments
and 10 negotiate formation OF a
new Vichy army by German "eN-
pertS % adyIces from the continent
said today
Dispatches which reached Spain
from France said that hundreds Of
NiChv civil servants informed Of
LavaIs plan. had locked their
desks. thrown away the keys and
gone home. Some tackled notices
on office doors
CLOSED indefinitely"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
BATTALION DISPERSED

Northwest Of Stalingrad Soviet
artillery dispersed and partly
wiped out a battalion 1000 mem
Of the enemy and blew up an am
munition dump
Despite counrerattacks. the So
Wet offensive on the central front
rolled on West or RZhCV, rs
miles northwest Of Moscow, the
Germans threw fresh infantry and
tank forces into their effort 10
stop the Russians Six counter
attacks were repulScd, the noon
Communiquc asserted
Having encircled The enemy gar
rison al Vclikie Luki, $50 miles
west and slightly north of Moscow,
the Russians were Systematically
destroying 1t.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
Dress Gs HHnEs

LONDON Dec. IS QNSl.-A
Reuters correspondent said today
in A dispatch from .Medjez-el-Bab,
TuniSIa that il had been reported
that German crews, disguised in
American uniforms, had captured
some American tanks.
lie said that German tanks had
been seen flying the yellow Star,
the distinguishing mark on all
Allied fighting and transport We
hiclcS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
MORE YANKS IN DAKAR

NEW YORK, Dee. Is ms
Additional American troops arc
arriving in North Africa. the
Dakar radio said today
With them the new arrival, arc
bringing important material the
added.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
English
Coast
Bombed
Re- stffcd Z s Patent once

LONDON, Dec. Is GNS),-
Nazi bombers. in their first APP
pearance over Britain in recent
weeks last night bombed severa,
areas on he northeast coast oil
England Heavy anu-aircraft fire
met the raiders and early reports
made no mention of damage.
The German raids followed 2
daylight attack on German com
muncationS IN Northern France
and Belgium by Squadrons OF Raj
bomberS and fighters. All the Raj
planes returned safely TO base, the
air ministry announced
Bombing and strafinG attacks
were executed on railroad lines
and rolling stock, the communique
reported
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
81 TANKS LOST

Besides losing more than 5000
men m courterattackS on. the Sta
'hncrad and central fronts. tho
I Germans lost "a tanks and a.
guns, captured or destroyed.
They paid 1000 lives. : tanks
and II guns for their advance
southwest Of Stalingrad DIS.
patches said The gain was in the
direction Of a number Of settle
mentS
Trying 10 exploit their success
me Germans Counterattackcd In
The same area again and again
Russian artillery broke up tanks
and infantry before they reached
Red lines however. costing tho
Germans IN one sector 300 more
killed and five more tanks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
The War
TODAY
South Pacific
Wants More
Of Everything

International Nsvs service star Writer
SOMEWHERE ~ AIS
TRALIA. D5g. - An open
letter 70 American workers
In the Tinted states ~,
industries. 10 o~ - bomto-s
may seem p.e,'y insignificant
but they arc not.
More than arcc IN this vast
Antipodee command those
Comparatively few planes have
prevented major c2tastroPhes
for the United Nations
Here In the Southwcs
Pacific Nc haven't enough Of
sny,hinc 70 be descrihe0 rs
the United states war ma
chine" Both planes and fiers
are individual personalities
rare personalities
+ FIRST OFF you know We
xre up against tough proro-
siton. We've cot to hold the
Japs and keen them guessing
until II. Gen Dwight NJ.
Eisenhower AMI his American
and British forces can sqTlch
Adolf and Benito.
We are glad for anything
we can Get but for some time
now that hash been as much
as We would have liked be-
cause il seems Europe had
better be repaired first.
Our biggest problem, aside
from the Japs. is the fact We
are on the tail end Of a long
supply line from San Fran
cisco 10 Australia Il natu-
rally takes weeks for equip
ment 10 reach US.
MOST OF our shipping is
in the Atlantic and COMPARE
lively little can be started
toward Australia in the first
place. Besides that, our
priority position at the mo-
ment looks like a sandlot
game in Brooklyn when the
Dodgers are playing at Yankee
Stadium.
But We still arc not kick
ing if VIC can keep going as
We have been.
We can continue knocking
these Jap invincibles down as
long as We outwit them and
as long as everything We have
is the bcst-ttrerc-i is ard is II
ways on the firing line.
THERE Is no time for little
things TO 60 wrong here now
that our balance Of power
is so slim-there's no room
for minor engine faults or
faulty technical impcrfections.
Twelve bombers in action here
is the same AS 300 bombers
in action in Egypt or England
that's how tight we've rot
TO keep our air budget.
Our job here is TO con
centrate on saving airplancs
in every way without sacri-
fcing orera,idnaI hours in
other words, keep en- night
on the job
Your fellow Americans on
this end promise 10 make
every plane and every man
count too and they still
have plenty Of unhealthfm
surprises prepared 70 black
ont The plSiUg Sun
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
Allies Capture
Bund, Blast Jap
Reinforcements
Bombers BaIk Eneym's
Last-Minute Efforts 10
Bring in Men by Ship
Continued from Page One)

TO close in ON the Jap forces
around Samantha and Buna Mis-
sion with attacks from three di-
rCCtlonS.
The successful American thru>tS
closes off tho remaining laps from
all retreat and prevents cOmmunl-
cations between the two remain
ing pockets Of resistance.
The heaviest lighting now is 20
inC on around the aerial strips in
tho Buuar Mission and at Cape
Endaiaderc.
The Americans now are able ~
& -cparc thruStS to the east and
west Of Buna village m an effort
70 smash the JapS on either side.
Al Sanananda the JapS arc
faced by Australian units moving
in from tho west while combined
Australian and American forces
are smashing on from the south
and other American troops are
sweeping toward them from the
east.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25
Army Widows
Garry On While
Mates Are Gone
SeIfridge CoIoneIs Wife
Packs Household Goods,
Awaits Move Orders
By VERA BROWN

SELFRIDGE FIELD, Jan. 2t.-
Just what is tho life of an army
widow" when her husband is off
20 war?
Best person 10 ask here al this
post Is Airs BeSsie Scizrr. wife
Of tho famous Col Edgar II
Bromo' Seller, commanding OF
fcer of>thc third air base group
The colonel, an army authority
on the AlllSon-motOr, Is on special
duty. Where? NThc colonclS lady
does not know. II is a military
secret She must carry on. And
part Of that carrying packing
She said:
army wives consider their
families mobile uHits-It j. Just
part of our job n army wives,
and the thing we do the best
il hacking"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25
SUNDAY EVENING


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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25

the third floor Of the spacious
post home. She was busy ollinG
the colonel's collection of shot
guns, packing away his fishing
tackle, slowing away heavy
wooden uniforms, against the at
tacker moths.
There was another chore wait
ing for her hands, TO pack into
big tool chests the fine collection
of tools and Instruments which
The colonel has been making since
his college days. She said.
we all keep busy. We GO TO
Ned Cross twice week. many
of the girls have taken the first
aid course. We have our own
welfare organization and we
make layettes for the babies of
the wives of enlisted men.
Get Together Evenings
Evenings we get together for
bridge, or go To movie over at
the post theater. Every wife is
up 10 her ears in work. We
have 10 watch bank accounts,
buy defense stamps and bonds,
pay insurance premiums.
Two licutcnantS' wives, Mrs
Harry +. Caldwell and Mrs. Der
nard Crandcll. made pretty
picture skating around on the
pond over by the lake. They had
trim costumes and brought along
the Caldwell dog, BobbIc, to join
in the fun.
And it is a pretty SiCht~to see
Mrs j. NJ. Wilson and Mrs. w s.
Middleton. wives of captains, out
for. walk with their new babies
The post office sorts tho first
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25
MONDAY AFTERNOON

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25

mail Of the day AZ $50 a. m. Life
of the army widows is ruleC
by that exciting moment of the
day. They rush down 10 the pos
office To wait in line, hoping fol
word.
They watch, too, the big oper'
.ationS board at headquarters
Sometimes their husbands, sta
toned far away get short leaves
and hop off for home. The bif
operations board tells the story
first.
Every body gets over to Tho
PIX post exchange 10 the lay
mani every daA Ia do bit o.
shopping for tho day. FreSl
Vegetables. fruit. 90 10 the com,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25

missary for staples. There they
get meats and canned goods,
which must be bought in large
quantities. The girls split up the
boxes and the roasts for part OF
their job is watching grocery
bills.
Mrs. Bromo has lived in Panama,
Puerto Rico and in Is of the As
states. So have many of the other
women
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25
Moths and MoUing

Moths and moving arc the bane
OF army wives, by the way. Al
the moment Mrs. Bromo. as she
* known from coast 10 coast
in the army, has finished the
Job and is waiting for the
movers to take the stuff to
storage.
We found Mrs. Bromo UP on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-25
Brieker's Mother Dies

MT. STERLING, o.. Jan. "a
UP).-Mrs. Laura King Bricker,
78. mother of Gov. John w.
Bricker of Ohio, is dead of heart
attack.
Evening star., 1942-02-13

ing with the Committee on Facts
and Figures, and soon may be
transferred back to Washington.
Mrs. Myron Davy, Middle Atlantic
champ from Columbia, who said she
was going to play the Florida
women's golf circuit, has remained
in the West and hasn't yet trans
ferred her steady game to the
Florida tournaments.
Walpers at Miami.
Leo Walper and the missus are at
Miami, where Leo has been playing
at the Biltmore and again will be
on the committee handling the in
ternational four-ball championship
next month. Why the effulgent
Miamians persist in calling it the
international" no one explains, but
the name remains on the pro sched-
ule. 1t isn't in any sense a phony,
and happens to be one of the best
Journeys Of them all from the spec
tator standpoint, but why the in
ternational'? Word comes from Bob
Barnett at Miami Beach that busi-
ness is off in that neck of the links
woods, even though Bill Hardy,
Bob's clubmaker. keeps busy fash
lonlng handmade clubs.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Skeen Gives Notice
He'll Be Tough in
Pro Net Semi
nv tho Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb.
13.-Dick Skeen believes his hard
luck is over and he promised trou-
BILE for somebody when semifinals
of the $1,000 Gulf Stream pro-
fessional tennis tournament are
played tomorrow.
The Los Angeles player ousted
John Faunce of Hollywood, Fla,
Ga, 6-1, 81 yesterday while
Bob Harmon of Oakland, Calf,
was staging the one major upset
of the contest by defeating second
seeded Welby Van Horn of Los
Angeles, Ga, 60, 26, 26, Ga.
Wayne Sabin of Reno, New, top
seeded, and Bruce Barnes of Hous-
ton, Tex, seeded fourth, already
had won their way to the semi
finals.
Skeen's showing in Miami and
Miami Beach tournaments caused
him to be ranked third here, al
though the national lists seed him
second.
Evening star., 1942-02-13

exception that the paint has been
worn of. So George took himself
down to sports goods store, bought
a can of white enamel and has
painted those "old" and perfectly
good spheres. They are repaints in
every sense of the word, but they're
ok for any man to play. even the
gent who ordinarily wouldn't be sat-
isfied with anything but the best.
Witty Cox has around eight dozen
Of the same, all perfectly good golf
balls, which he Is carefully saving
for personal use when the season
opens up. and he wishes he had 10
gross Of used golf balls. One pro
around town, who will remain un-
named for the time being, claims to
have 800 dozen golf balls. Not all
the golf balls, he says, are Of the top
brand, but they are good for play
by any golfer, no matter what his
skill. Another pro says he has 100
dozen.
Situation Is Spotty.
Meanwhile, the golf ball situation
remains spotty. Some pros have 'em
and some don't have 'em and won't
get many. The whole business of
distribution is based on 80 per cent
of the total orders of last year.
Runor Department: What two
local clubs are being considered in
a consolidation scheme, the one club
being in town ana the other we'll
outside the city limits? 1t happens
to be more than a rumor, and one
that may break into something big
If all the angles can be worked out.
1t will not mean, If the consolida-
ton goes through, that the country
club will 60 out Of existence, but
will be the other way around.
Mrs. Thomas F. Neblett, we'll
known Manor Country Club femi-
nine links star, has been in Phila-
delphia for several months work.
Evening star., 1942-02-13
Records Endangered
By Stellar Field
In PhiIIy Meet
Met Comes Tune Aces
For Penn A. G. Tests;
MocMitcheII to Idle
By the Associated Press,

ny the ASSoclateQ freSS.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13.-If
practice makes perfect, as some track
coaches imply. the Nations touring
thinclads should set a few records
tonight in the fifth annual Penn A.
c. meet.
They've had plenty of practice
last Saturday in the Millrose games
and last night in the metropolitan
indoor championships. They're
slated for still more strenuous activ-
ity tomorrow night in the Boston
A. A. meet.
Greg Rice, the South Bend Ond.)
flyer, who holds world records in the
2 and mile runs, topped the list Of
name athletes here, but he ruled
such a favorite in his specially, the
2-mile, that most interest centers on
a pair of less tedious events.
Pennac Mile Is Feature.
The Pennac mile shapes up as the
evenings best, featuring Campbell
Kane, Indiana's N. c. A. A. half-mile
king; Jim Rafferty, Of the New York
A. c.; John Borican. long-striding
Negro, who holds the pentathlon and
decathlon titles, and Gerald Karver,
flash Penn State freshman.
Rafferty, and Kane ran second and
third behind Leslie MacMitchell in
the Millrose games, and both broke
Ala 4:12.5 for Rafferty, and 4:134
for Borican). indicating the Pennac
record Of 4:13.5 will be in jeopardy.
MacMitchell, whose 4:08 last
night was the seventh fastest ever
run indoors, has SHE'D away from
the Pennac in favor of the Boston
meet.
In tightly matched half-mile Fred
Sickinger, Manhattan College fresh
man who won the Millrose in 1855,
is favored over Charley Beetham.
twice National A. A. u. champion,
and the veteran Gene Venske.
Beetham's Pennac record Of 1853
Is expected to tumble.
Keen Sprint Field Out.
Fred Wolcott, world champion
hurdler from Rice Institute, stands
head and shoulders over the field
in his events, while Barney Ewell,
formerly of Penn State, and Tom
East of Cheney Teachers are ex-
pected to repeat last years battle
in the 50-yard dash. Ewell, who set
the world record of 81 here In 1889,
lost by nose to East last year.
Fordham's relay team, which cap
tured the mile in both the Millrose
and Metropolitan meets, looks a
cinch to trim the field, which in
cludes most of the Rams recent
competition.
Evening star., 1942-02-13

looks upon pest birds with the same
interest as 1t does songbirds and
waterfowl.
Yet the increase of the crow is so
great 1t will mean this species will
kill on the nesting grounds more
ducklings than sportsmen will kill
during the next waterfowl season.
This section has been pretty well
shot over, but the crow still is with
us in large numbers in spite of
many hunters believing otherwise
because it f1ocks and migrates South
in the winter. Every one killed this
month or next might mean an addi-
tional dozen or more duck to come
South next fall.