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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18
The War
Today
Tunisio Vital
To Open Up
Mediterranean
Nv MAI. PAUL C. RABORG

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service
THERE ARE three key
strategic locations OF the
Mediterranean Sea. First is
the Straits of Gibraltar, II
miles in width, with Spanish
guns allegedly on both sides.
II is assumed that the
British fortress Of Gibraltar
can control Frances artillery
on the northern shore.
United States troops were
landed in French Morocco so
that they could move up to
and be against Spanish Mo-
rocco in the event the south
ern long range artillery,
placed there on the edge of
the straits by the Nazis,
should 60 into action and
therefore more or less control
ingress and egress of shipping
to the Mediterranean.
With our successful landing
in French Morocco our units
are now in a position to ST.
lence these Spanish Moroccan
guns II they should 60 into
action In an effort 10 close
the straits.
THE SECOND and greatest
strategic key position Of the
Mediterranean il its bottle
neck between Cape Bon of
Tunisia and the Italian island
of Sicily. Fighting now is said
to be In progress in northern
Tunisia. But / will return to
this location after discussing
the third great strategic loca-
ton.
This is the Suez Canal, exit
from the Mediterranean to the
Red Sea and the Pacific Ocean
via the Indian Ocean.
The sea lane of the Medi-
terranean has been open since
the commencement of this
war, a. has been proved by
recent conveys land e d at
Malta which had to 60
through the bottleneck. But
the danger was so great and
the losses so numerous that
Allied shipping to the Middle
East, In particular Alexandria
and Suez, had to be routed
around the southern point of
Africa or the Cape of Good
Hope, which involved between
10000 and $4,000 miles addi-
tional sea distance.
Therefore, at the moment
the greatest objective of the
United Nations is to open the
Mediterranean Sea for all
shipping. Thus we see that
the bottleneck now is the
point of danger and the point
Of control.
BETWEEN CAPE BON and
Sicily Is a sea distance of
about 90 miles. Approximately
In the center Of this span, or
As miles, is the Italian island
OF Pantelleria, a strongly for.
tined rock with heavy artil-
lery which may have a maxi
mum range up to 80 miles.
This Italian control of the
narrowest central portion of
the Mediterranean means that
Allied shipping destined for
the suez, for safety must pass
within a 15-mile zone of north.
ern Tunisia. But IL Tunisia is
Axis-controlled they likewise
control this 15-mile zone. and
safe Allied shipping through
the Mediterranean is impos-
sible.
Thus we see that the pres
ent reported fighting at Ri.
zerte Ia in reality a battle for
the most strategic location of
the Mediterranean Sea.
II should be noted here that
If the American forces and the
British First Army bypass
Bizerte and Tunis, they can
move into and capture Cape
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-18

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Evening star., 1942-03-11
400 U. 5. Employees Sought
In Decentralization Sefup

Nearly 400 Federal employees are
needed to fill vacancies outside of
Washington under the decentraliza-
tion program, the United States
Civil Service Commission announced
today. Most of the vacancies to be
filled are for typists. stenographers.
teletype operators and accounting
and statistical clerks, with salaries
ranging from 81 26O to $1,000.
The commission said that the
ma ajority of vacancies exist in Fed
eral Offices moving to Kansas City,
st. Louis, Columbus. Cincinnati and
Chicago Other cities where trans
fers will be accepted include Lexing-
ton, KY; Raleigh, Nashville, Mont
gomery and Birmingham, Ala. :;
Tulsa, Okla. Tampa. Fla; Denver,
Salt Lake City and the West Coast
area.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Telegraph Operator
At CupitoI Dies

Michael A. Mclaughlin. So. tele-
graph operator in the House press
gallery, died Monday.
Mr.. Mclaughlin complained of
feeling i'll that afternoon, but
stayed at his job. AS he was leav-
ing the House about p. m. he told
the guard he was sick and asked
him to call a taxicab. Instead, the
guard called an ambulance. Mr.
Mclaughlin was pronounced dead
on arrival at Casualty Hospital.
His body was taken to the morgue
pending location of relatives. A
clerk at the morgue said today that
he understood sister had been To-
Gated in Philadelphia and was COM
ing here to make funeral arrange
ments.
Mr.. Mclaughlin had been en-
ployed here by Postal Telegraph
since 1888.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Jackson Elliott Dies;
A. P. Editor Spiked
False Armistice
Veteran Once Headed
Washington Bureau
Of News Service
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PALM SPRINGS, Calf, March IL.
Jackson S. Elliott, who endeared
himself to every Associated Press
member for his calm refusal to ac-
cept as fact the false Armistice
rumors of November 7, 1918, died in
retirement yesterday. He was 66
years old Monday.
Mr.. Elliott, as chief of the Asso-
ciated Press news department, was
bombarded in New York headquar-
ters with pleas to follow the United
Press and bulletin the Armistice
rumor. Instead, he meticulously
checked Washington, London and
Paris officials and news sources.
None could confirm the tale which
sent millions into premature wild
celebrations. Mr.. Elliott, despite the
deluge of kilograms, telephone calls
and near hysteria, reasoned that
German emissaries could not have
arrived at Marshal Fochs head
quarters.
I'm convinced the story is wrong,
that no armistice has been signed"
he reported to Melville E. Stone as
the then general manager OF the
Associated Press returned from
lunch.
Hours later, the State Department
in an official announcement con-
firmed his shrewd judgment.
Four days later the armlstice was
signed-on November IL.
Mr.. Elliott became assistant gen.
eraI manager of the Associated
Press in April, 1921. He Joined the
organization in 1903 and subsequent
ly was manager of its Congress staff.
chief of the Washington bureau.
superintendent of the Eastern divi-
sion. cEief of the Southern division,
head of the news department, assist
ant general manager and assistant
secretary. He retired In 1887.
He was born in La Sale County,
Illinois, and worked on the Sioux
City Journal, other Iowa newspapers,
and the Washington Times before
he joined the Associated Press.
Mr.. Elliott was stricken with a
heart attack as he walked in his
garden with his wife. Mrs. Frances
Savage Elliott, yesterday. Also sur
viving are son, Jackson S. Elliott.
jr., with the Washington bureau of
International News Service. and
daughter, Mrs. Joyce Morris of Will
mington, Del.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Dr.. Ernest G. White,
Educator, Dies at so

DR.. Ernest c. White, so, professor
of mathematics at Morris Harvey
College and former research chemist
for the Government here, died Mon
day night in Richmond, the Asso-
ciated Press reported.
DR.. White, vice president of Ka-
nawha College when it merged with
Morris Harvey In 1889. received an
M. s. degree from George Wash
ington University and was a re-
search chemist for the War Depart
ment from 1917 to 1924 and held
a similar position for the Agricul-
ture Department from 1924 to 1928.
He is survived by his widow. two
step-children, three brothers and a
sister. Mary Lou White, Methodist
missionary In Cuba. Private funeral
services will be held today in
Charleston, w. Va.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
In Mpn1urtat1t
BURROWS. MILLARD r.

BUKkOWS, MlLLARD =. In loving
memory Of my dear husband: MILLARD F;
today. March IL. 1923.
Home in the beautiful hills of God
BY the valley blessed so fair.
Some day when my task is over
LOVING WIFE.
CRONIN., JOHN R. Sacred to the mem
o1y ho o. this e One M aso @
March IL. 1941. Anniversary mass at St.
GATHERINGS Church.
My heart still aches with sadness,
God only knows nov" how how I miss you
AT HIS Is pESofEp ssS Fl th1s W1PR pRs B1Rp1E
FOLEY. ELLEN tNELLIEl; In loving
SISTER. Hssi0' Ellen ELI " 1HELLTEs Me- % % FOLEY. Who who
passed away one year ago today, March
IL. 1941.
As we loved you, so We miss you.
In our memory you are always near;
Loved. remembere6: longed for always,
Bringing many a silent tear
God called you home. it was His will.
But in our hearts we love you still;
Your memory is as fresh today
NJ II sRe hHgF EsY Ans
memory of dear husband and father
THOMAS H. HAMPTON, who departed this
life fourteen years ago, March 10, 1928.
Eourteen years ago yesterdts,y t,
We hope to meet you in Heaven above,
Where we will never part:
HIS LOVING WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
RdBsP MskF HsFH T. X nss e.
Ryan, who died one year ago today,
March II, 1941.
We've missed you 50 much, although Just
Because in our hearts you were always
HER LOVING CHILDREN.
Of a friend and neiehbor;. Mrs; LINWooD
ago today March IL, 1941.
Sweet is the memory we have for you.
We feel your presence ever near:
Like a beautiful flower in garden rare,
God called you there with Him to share.
We think, of that great reunion,
As we journey one by one:
OF the welcome that is awaiting us
FRIENDS MaSh Ous Mr. sass AND b MRS dE C. B. HALL
MTRRAT 1ssE. FL. ELsRDGE u e. ELwooD
Dear Husband and our lathe. ELBRiDGE
3. lELWoODl MURRAY, who left us seven
years ago today, March IL. 1885.
And ofd ends fom DAY r0 IN ass to
But never will the one we loved
From memory pass away.
HIS h0ysKf WEE ovENE AMP sNp 9R6k Ell
PENN, EFFIE V. In loving memory Of
my dear wife, EFFTE v. PENN who de-
parted this, life three years ago today,
March IL, 1889.
A loving thought, true and tender.
HER HUSBAND e. e. PENN.
PENN. EFFIE V. In loving memory Of
our mother, EFF1E v. PENN, who died
three years ago today. March IL, 1889.
Loved in life, in death remembered.
THE CHILDREN.
| THOMPSON. KATIE v. In loving men,
ory OF my devoted sister, KATIE v.
| ward one year ago, March IL, 1941.
Just when life was sweetest
And she could have lived her best,
The gates of Heaven opened
And she entered that sweet rest.
HER DEVOTED SISTERS, MINNIE BUN
| DY, EMMA BRYANT.
TWINE, WILLIAM In loving memory
of my dear husband. WILLIAM TWINE.
VINO departed this life eleven years ago,
March Ii. 1881.
In that bright morning.
When the day Of life is hed,
In Heaven I will greet you,
| Where no farewell tear is shed.
DEVOTED WIFE. lola.
WILLIAMS, JAMES H.: JR. In loving
| JAMES H. WILLIAMS, Jr.. who passed
away eight years ago today, March IL,
| 1894.
March recalls the memory
OF the loved one laid to rest.
Are the ones who love him him best.
Our hearts still ache with sadness,
Our eyes shed many tears:
God only knows how We miss him
THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Robert E. Casey, ST.,
Buried in ARLINGTON

Robert E. Casey, ST.. presSman at
The Star for more than 80 years.
who died Monday at Mount Alto
Hospital, was buried today in Airing
ton National Cemetery after services
at St. Martins Catholic Church.
Mr.. Casey. born in 1889, had been
employed by The Star since 1908
and worked until about 10 days
before his illness. He served in the
Army Medical Corps during the
World War. He was a charter mem
ber of Webb Pressmen's Union, No. 6.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Mary T. Casey; two children,
Frances E. and Robert E. Casey, jr.;
five sisters, Mrs. Abbie Keller, Mrs.
Cora Keyworth, Mrs. Florence Hoff-
man, Mrs. Elsie Gillespie and Mrs
Theresa Garnett, and a brother,
William Casey.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Mark L. Whitney Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mark Ladd
Whitney, 68, chief examiner of the
Classification Division of the Patent
Office, who died Monday at Rich
mond, will be held at 2 pm. tomor-
row at his home, 1887 Stuyvesant
place NV. Burial will be in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Cora Frost Whitney, and two chill
dren, Robert Frost Whitney and
Mrs. Mary w. Bowman.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Puerto Rico Resolution
Asks TuqweII's Recall
RS Ii. Associated Press.

By TIE Associated Press.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March
11.-A resolution demanding imme-
diate recall of Gov. Rexford Guy
Tugwell and abolition of all politi-
cal parties was presented in the
Legislature yesterday by Representa-
tive Julio Reguero, a member of the
opposition.
Reguero urged President Roose-
welt to remove Gov. Tugwell and
name IAN executive free of preju-
dice against the men of our people
because of their political origin"
He added that the war necessitated
the elimination of conditions of
disunity"
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Msqr. c. J. guile Dies

MIAMI, Fla, March 1l.-Msgr.
Centennial Joseph Quille. IS, gen.
eral manager of the Eucharistic
Congress held in Chicago a decade
ago and pastor of st. Ita Church,
Chicago, died here yesterday of
heart attack. Msgr. guile was born
in 1876, the year of the great Chi
cago Fair, and was christened Gen.
tennial because of 1t.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
J. W. Smith, Banker
In Philadelphia, Dies
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. March IL
James Wilson Smith. SO. Philadel-
phia financier, died last night in a
Miami Beach hotel.
He was chairman Of the board of
the Land Title Bank g. Trust Co.,
a trustee of the Rodman Wanamaker
estate and director of a number of
corporations. He was a member of
the Shipping Board during the First
World War.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Capt. Sisson Dies; Sailed
To japan With Perry
By the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
WESTERLY, R. l.. March IL
Capt. Horace F. Sisson, %, who
sailed as powder boy aboard the
U. s. S. Minnesota in the fleet which
Commodore Perry took to Japan in
1854, died yesterday. He retired ap-
proximately 20 years ago
Capt. Sisson was Westerly's last
Civil War veteran, having served
aboard the blockade frigate Santee.
He was mustered out of service as
chief petty officer.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
Argentina Outbids U. S.
For Ecuudor's Rubber
Fy II q T. ssociated Press

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, March
Uniformed persons said yester-
day that the bulk of Ecuadorean
rubber now was going to Argentina
because Argentine buyers were out
bidding United States markets.
They estimated go per cent of the
194l exports of some 100000 kilo-
grams went to the United States,
the rest to Argentina, Chile and
japan.
Evening star., 1942-03-11
GarA uf Thanka

kOPP. HOWELL 6. We wish to thank
eur many friends and relatives for their
kind prayers, sympathy and florsl tributes
at the death Of our loved one, HOWELL 8.
KOPP. THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1942-06-12

Coast Guard vessels OF certain duties
and thus freeing them for more i'm
portant war work.
This auxiliary organization works
in close conjunction with the regular
Coast Guard service 1t is divided
into units called fotillas and observ-
ing them in their work of harbor
patrol the officers of the regular
service get line on their efficiency
and the character and ability OF
their craft.
Yachtsmen Must Study.
These auxiliary yachtsmen get
much more than practical expe-
rience. Once every week the various
f1otilla units meet and study the
technic of sea duty under competent
instructors of the regular service
directed by 1t. Comdr. Mills. They
study first aid, navigation, signaling
marine law enforcement and also
take course in military law. They
are enthusiastic and earnest and
they feed into the regular Coast
Guard Reserve.
As yet the auxiliary sailors are
not uniformed, although at present
a uniform is being designed. Blu,
they carry a special Coast Guarc
Auxiliary flag, and they and theil
craft are provided with other mark
of Identification.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Season on Black Bass
In Maryland Opens
JuIy--1 This Year

Maryland anglers are warned that
the black bass season opens July l
this year and not June Is as it did
last year
Most Of the opening date lists
published in fishing magazines this
spring gave June Is as the Maryland
date, but this was an error. the lists
having been made before new
regulations were announced.
The Virginia season around here
does open Monday, however.
The Maryland law regarding one
hook per line in fresh water has
been further clarified by a state
ment from Frank L. Bentz, chief
clerk of the Game and Inland Fish
Commission. He says that artificial
plugs with one or more gang or
triple hooks will be regarded as one
unit for purposes of the law.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Army, Navy Skeeters
Are 10 Seek Prizes
In Great Eastern

Skeet shooting has been ac-
corded the Endorsement of both the
War and the Navy Departments
and the National Skeet Shooting
Association has been encouraged
in a letter from the Secretary of
War, to continue its activities. AS
a result. the association announces
that the Great Eastern skeet cham
pionShip, the oldest and largest
skeet tournament in the country,
will be held on June 10, 20 and 81
at the Remington Gun Club. Lord
ship. Conn. Sanction for the Great
Eastern has been received from the
Assistant Secretary of War
Ammunition for the shoot was
manufactured many months ago
from materials authorized under
Government priorities.
New events scheduled for the first
wartime Great Eastern viii include
an Army and Navy individual cham
pionship and a service team cham
pionship, in which teams represent
ing Army and Navy air force train
ing stations will compete tele-
graphically.
The shoot will get under way with
the preliminary all-bore event The
defending champion in the 410
event is F. Lutcher Brown of San
Antonio, Tex. who smashed SO of
100 targets last year and set Great
Eastern record. Dick Shaughnessy
is the 20-gauge titleholder. The
feature events of the program-the
Great Eastern all-bore individual
and team championships, will cli-
maE the meet on Sunday, June 81.
War bonds and stamps will be in
cluded among the prize awards.
Evening star., 1942-06-12

Primarily, if you own a power
yacht of so feet water line, or more,
you will find 1t. Comdr. P. D. Mills,
Coast Guard, of New York, very
much interested in your yacht and,
perhaps, in you.
Owning a craft of this desirable
sort, you are likely to be able to
get into the Coast Guard Reserve,
as officer in charge, bringing your
own crew. Or you can offer your
craft in charge of an agent who. If
acceptable, would receive a reserve
commission. Or, still again. you
could turn your craft over to the
Coast Guard and let it provide
officers and men for the boat.
Work for Smaller Craft.
The yacht should be in good con-
dition, engines fairly new, capable
of generating a speed Of from II
to Is knots. Heating facilities and
crew space are essentials.
Now, on the other hand, suppose
you own boat of less than SO feet,
say a 40 or 80 footer. There is use
for such craft, If we'll found, fast,
and handy, in work within head
lands, harbor duty. Yachtsmen now
are serving the Government in
yachts of the sort. They belong to
the Coast Guard Auxiliary and they
do valuable work in relieving regular
Evening star., 1942-06-12
America Has 7,112
Yachts, 1874 Clubs,
L|oyds Reveals

Threescore and 10 years after
Americas first yacht register ap-
peared, Lloyds recently brought out
its 1912 edition Of its listing of
American yachts. They now total
Tip and the number of yacht clubs
has increased in 10 years from "a
to 794.
The earliest prototype was Fox's
Yachting Annual, a 6O-page volume
published by Edward Fox. who was
presumably the first yacht broker
In New York. His pioneering COM
pilation listed 401 craft.
Next in the line of descent to the
present Lloyds was Thomas Man
ning's The Commodore's Signal
Book and Yachtsman's Wade Me-
cum.
This was followed by the Ameri-
can Yacht List, which Niels Olsen.
steward of the New York Yacht
Club. published. Lloyds began its
succession of editions in 1903.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Deaths Of HamersIey
And Ripp Big Losses
To Motorboatinq

Motorboat racing lost two real
pioneers of the sport with the re-
cent deaths OF Christopher Ripp
and L. Gordon Hamersley.
Chris Ripp of Meadowmere Park,
Long Island, was leading developer
Of the 151-cubic inch hydroplane
class. racing this type of craft
throughout the country for many
years. His competition and one
mile records established in 1880
and 1881 never were broken. He is
survived by his widow and a son, C.
Frank Ripp, leading 225-cubic
inch hydroplane driver.
Hamersley, who died at his sum-
mer home in Southampton, drove
his famous boat, Cigarette, In a
record-breaking dash down the
Hudson in 1925. He was the first
winner of the Presidents Cup on
the Potomac in 1926
Evening star., 1942-06-12
CIoys In for Smashing
At Benninq Tomorrow

Two regular events are scheduled
tomorrow at the weekly shoot of the
Washington Gun Club, scheduled
for 2:30 O'Clock at the Benning
traps.
First will be the 50-target shoot,
with 25-target handicap following
with firing distances based on scores
made in the opener. Doubles tar
gets also will be set up at the option
of shooters.
Evening star., 1942-06-12

just as the brook trout may be
goaded into striking by the con-
tinued presentation of a fly, so may
the bass. regardless of the fullness
of his stomach. Like the brooke
he has a pugnacious streak that
makes him fall for anything brash
enough to cause a disturbance in his
own private bailiwick.
Because We are going to be FISHING
closer to home this summer, bass
anglers, particularly novices, will do
better by sticking to a few likely
waters and fishing them we'll rather
than trying to cover a lot of ter
ritory.
Virginia coves and creeks, while
actually tidewater, require a license
so do not forget that little matter
which is easily fixed at any county
clerks Office.
There is but little more than q
month remaining for trout fishing
IN Maryland streams. Rationing has
reduced weekend angling. while
through the week those fishing even
the best streams may be counted
upon the fingers of one hand. Creels
we have noted, have been constantly
large, which isn't hard to under.
stand when the small number O,
anglers is considered.
Evening star., 1942-06-12
Fleet Of 140 Private
Graft Used in New
Naval Course
Lake Michigan Sailors
Give Aid to Training
Of Future Officers

CHICAGO, June ia fleet Of
nearly 140 private recreational
craft, chartered by the United
States Navy for the duration, on
Tuesday inaugurated a new course
of training for naval officers in a
program developed by the Navy
League with the approval of Secre-
tary of the Navy Frank Knox.
The program calls for cruises Of
five days duration each week, the
yachts being manned by midship-
men from Abbott Hall, the Nays
officer training school attached to
Northwestern University.
The cruises on Lake Michigan are
designed to serve as practical, work.
ing laboratories, augmenting by ac-
tual experience the intensive train
ing undertaken by the student Of
ficers.
1,4OO Future Officers Taught.
At the end of the outdoor season.
1,400 future officers will have had
the opportunity OF putting into
practice the theories learned in
classrooms at Abbott Hall. These
include chart and compass reading,
dead reckoning and navigation prob
lens.
In addition, the midshipmen will
receive actual instruction in sea-
manship. signaling, boat handling
and allied subjects.
Sheldon Clark, prominent Chi
cago yachtsman, who is president
of the Navy League, and Capt. B. B.
Wygant, commandant at Abbott
Hall. will be in charge Of the pro-
gram, which is made possible by
the active cooperation of members
of the Lake Michigan Yachting As
ISOLATION.
Range From 30 to 135 Feet.
These highly skilled boating men,
many of whom will be aboard their
own craft, are expected to provide
valuable assistance in the training
of the future naval officers. Power
boats and auxiliaries between 80 and
165 feet in length are being utilized
to train the midshipmen.
In praising the patriotic spirit of
the Lake Michigan Yachting Asso-
citation members, who for the first
time in the history Of the organiza-
ton have been enabled to render
assistance officially in the national
war effort, Clark expressed the hope
that this training program will be
extended to other yachting centers
where naval officer training schools
are in operation.