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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Army Contract
Scandal Probed

WASHINGTON. oct. 10 QNS-
House military and appropriation
committee leaders today promised
a thorough investigation Of
charges by Comptroller Gen.
Lindsay Warren that war depart
ment officials are squandcring
untold millions IN settling war
contract claims.
Warren was called before the
House military affairs committee
today for questioning on acCuSa-
lions he made before the group IN
a dramatic session yesterday.
These charges are so serious
that an adequate investigation
must follow" Rep. ClaSon tR)
of Massachusetts. a committee
member. said. "Such an inyesti-
cation will save the country mill
lions of dollars"
Warren'S declaration that "ab-
Solutely inept contracting officers
are diShing funds out Of the
United States Treasury with reck-
loss abandon brought a pledge
that pending army appropriations
would be given close congressional
scrutiny.
Warren called attention TO con
tractors claims for "WinIng and
dining and parties Of all sorts,
presenting a list Of ITO cases.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Aston
Killed
by Fall

The body of Thomas W. Aston
s4-year-old retired real estate
operator and banker, who was an
early leader in the building de-
velopment of Highland Park. was
found in an alley early today at
the rear of ST. Luke'S Hospital,
224 Highland Highland Park.
The coroner'S office returned an
official verdict of suicide. Ashton.
they decided had jumped from a
third-floor window
Hospital attendants said Mr.
Aston had been i'll for about four
years. when he suffered a broken
leg i'm a fall al his home He and
Mrs Aston had been living at 81.
Luke's for two years.
Mr.. Aston was a former director
Of the American State Bank and
owned extensive real estate on
Woodward and in other areas of
Highland Park. A street. Aston
place, bears his name.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Defends Britain
On Lend-Ledse

LONDON. Oct 70 GNS)-The
House Of Commons was told to-
day by Sir John Anderson. lord
president of the council. that
Britain diverted lend-lca>e goods
shipped from the United States
only when a specific agreement
had been made
Sir Johns declaration was made
during debate on recent charges
by FIVE touring L. 5. senators OF
British misuse of supplies
In cases where goods haze been
diverted, SIR John said care has
been taken 10 sec that the rccipi-
entS are left in no doubt Of their
origin.
Prime Minister Churchill, de-
chning 10 take part n WOrdy
warfare, said he had arranged a
full statement of the facts for the
record and possible publication If
that should be eXpedlent.
"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake. il one Of many
famous features in The Detroit
Times
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Hull.Eden
I'm Moscow
CONTINUED from Page One)

N1oHitNueu ITOIu rage Ont
here were the new u. S. ambas
sador, w. Averell Hartman Mai
Gen John Dean Of the u. S
Army; James Dunn, state depart
ment adviser; 1t. Gen. Slr
Hastings ISmay. chief Of staff e
the British minister Of defense
and William Strang, Britaln's an
dersecretary for foreign affairs.
Hull and Eden conferred briefly
with Molotov in his office al the
kremlin last night after which q
joint statement was issued.
ut gives me particular salts
faction To visit Moscow. capital
Of great country which Is
united with my country in
common task" said Hull
1T Is an opportunity for me
to return the visit of MIR. Molo-
TOW. / am looking forward with
pleasure to the coming talks
with him and Mr.. Eden"
The statement by Eden said
II am very happy To come to
Moscow again to participate I'm
this conference. / am glad Of
the opportunity OF returning
the visit OF MIR. Molotov who
came 10 London last year. II is
with great pleasure that ! am
looking forward 10 the coming
talks with him and Mr.. Hull"
Among the Soviet diGpitarieS
at the airport with MOlotov was
Maxim Litvinoff deputy foreign
commiSsar who formerly was am
baSSador 10 the United States. A
guard of honor was lined up az
the airdrome, which was decor
ated with flags of the three ma
tons.
In all there were 1s Ameri-
cans, British and Soviet flags A
hand played martial
tunes. AS Hull stepped out of his
plane the Internationale was
played and then the Star
Spangled Banner.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Enemy Plane Over
Hawaii Put 10 FIiqht

HONOLULU Oct "a INSl--
Adm Chester W. NImltl COM
mandcr In chief OF American
naval forces In the Pacific. an
nounced last night that am I'M
Identified plane. probably au
enemy craft approached The
Hawaiian island OF Oahu shortly
after midnight Sunday The plano
sped swiftly away when u was
caught IN the glare of search.
lights
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Reynolds DecrieS
British Criticism
BY GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN
speci.l IN THE DTIRoIT rlNEs

WASHINGTON Oct. Ex-senator Reynolds Oh OF
North Carolina In a speech the Senate Yesterday,
appealed 70 Prime Minister Churchill 20 tell the British
people the truth about the tremendous problems confront
Ing the American people IN their efforts 10 finance the
greater part of entire world al war.
Resentng British criticism of the five United states
senator's who recently returned from Of inspection
of worldwide battle fronts Reynolds warned that after
the close Of the war the United States would probably be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Allowance Boost
Near Approval

WASHINGTON. oct 70 fUP)
The senate today was expected
n approve quickly A House bill
increasing allowances for service
mon children and pos bly, send
"a 20 The President for signature
before rahttalI
Tho House bIIl passed late yes
'orGaN carries The same allow
anca, voted by the Senate IN me
draft defcrucnt blll last week
$50 2 month Tor the FIRST child
and so month tor each add
fEDr4I CHILD
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Support War Funds,
Gov. Kelly Urges

LANSING, Oct. 10 (UP) Gov.
Kelly today proclaimed the re-
manning weeks of October and the
first two weeks of November as
United War Fund Weeks urg-
ing all Michigan citizens 10 sup
port local war fund campaigns 10
raise S5,749425, Michigan's share
of national quota of S125, 100000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Mayor Accuses
Union Leaders
0fWieIdingC|ub
By HAROLD sCHACHERN

In a series of campaign adj
dresses last night, Mayor Jefries
charged Go leaders with trying
10 ooerce their members into vot-
ing for his opponent, Frank Fitz-
Gerald, as the first step in the
formation of a LABOR party.
The mayor made this charge in
talks 10 more than $50 members
Of the Lutheran Layman-S League
at the Detrot-Lcland Hotel and
some 30 Polish leaders at East
Side Dom PolSkl, Forest and
Chene.
~ huge labor machine il rid
ing across the country. attempt
ing 10 establish "A labor political
organization" the mayor SAID.
''R. j. Thomas, president of the
UAW-CIO, il on record a. say
ing that DetrOit's maNoral race
il hut a dress rehearsal for the
1914 presidential campaign.
BACK 100 YEARS
"CIO shop stewards in De-
trOit auto plants are actually
passing out pledge cards for my
opponent, asking each worker
To pledge his vote and 10 list
the number OF voters In his
family, with the threat that he
had better vote the way he Is
told or pay the consequences.
This sort Of thing IL taking
us hack 100 years and Is n
repercusSlOn OF power politics
which I had thought was dead
and buried"
Probably the most significant
meeting OF the night was at Dom
Polski where leaders OF nearly
every east side Polish nrganlza-
ton pledge support of the mayor.
LISTS APPOINTMENTS
In the radio address the mayor
listed his appointments 10 city
administrative jobs, claiming that
all were appointed or retained be-
cause of their ability and devotion
10 civic service, rather than pollt-
ical eXpediency.
81 have no political machine"
JeffrieS said. II have been told
that have been politically
Stupid-that after four years as
mayor l should have machine
OF city employees organized Ia
man every precinct and polling
place. I am proud that ] have
built no such organization"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
BRITISH. RUSSIANS AID
Osteopaths 10 Meet

GRAND RAPIDS. Oct. 10 CUP)
"A registration of 500 10 800
practicing osteopathic ply Siclans
is expected for the 45th annual
postgraduate assembly of the
Michigan Association Of Osteo-
pathic Physicians and Surgeons
here Oct. %. 27 and %
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
YdnkS Will Deal
Axis Death Blow,
SmutS Asserts

LONDON oct 70 GNS)-The
grand scale Allied assault on Eu-
rop VIII be- launched next year.
and American troops may have 70
play the decisive part, Field Mar
shall Jan Christian SHUTS, premier
of South Africa. said today in a
speech in the City of London.
Up TO L. s. TROOPS
"In view ~ the intense and
prolonged strain and excessive
demands on the British COM
mOnwealth, he said "Ameri-
can manpower has been rightly
looked upon aS our grand Stra-
tegic reserve in the west for
final moves In the war"
while therefore every ally
will 90 all out TO bring about
the final climax, the United
States, the latest, freshest and
most potent newcomer into the
field, may have To play the de-
Cisive part in the concluding
act Of the great war drama"
BRITISH. RUSSIANS AID
Marshal SHUTS asserted that
such a role IN the war would he
the best justification for the all
part America likely Will
play IN the peace
For no nation In history has
80 great and honorable a des-
tiny been marked out" he con-
tlnued
SHUTS said that while the
United States will be called upon
10 deliver the death blow 10 Hit
er, Russia and the British Com
must he given CREDIT
.or turning the tide of war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Allies af FinSchhafen
Beat Back Jap Attack

ALLIED HQ, s w. Pacific
Oct. 10 lUP)-Japanese troops,
supported by seaborne reinforce
ments, have been hurled back in
a second attempt 10 recapture
their fallen New Guinea base al
Finschhafen, a communique re
ported today.
Destruction Of 43 enemy planes
also was announced and Gen Mac
Arthur's headquarters revealed
that Australian infantrymen had
driven northward through the
New Guinea jungles 10 within 10
miles of the japanese coastal
base AZ Madang, 165 miles above
FlnSchhafen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19

Of the Soong River. about FIVE
miles north Of Flnschhafen, only
10 meet a hail Of fire that sank
two of their three barges and
killed 81 of their troops. Another
30 Japanese fled into the jungles
TO the north.
Thirty-five Japanese planes at
tempted 10 raid shipping in ORC
Bay. 10 miles south of Finsch-
hafen. but "a and possibly 30
were downed. The others failed TO
reach their target
10 MORE DESTROYED
Macarthur reported that 10
more planes now were known 10
have been destroyed in the AL
lied raid on Wewak. New Guinea,
last Saturday. in addition to the
Is previously announced.
Allied planes sank Japanese
submarine chaser and damaged a
7.000-ton frelghter in attacks
over New Britain and New Ire
land.
In the northwestern sector Al
he'd LiberatorS staged 2,200-
mile round-trip raid from their
Australian bases 10 blast the key
Japanese port Of Ternate, on Hal
mahera Island northwest Of New
Guinea. The big bombers de-
stroyed the center OF the town
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
SMASH JAP ATTACK

A spokesman AZ NacArthurs
headquarters said strong Japa-
neSe forces cut off on the Huon
Peninsula west of FinSchhafen
launched an attack on the base
al dawn Saturday
Australian troops who captured
Flnschhsfen on Oct. 2 engaged
the enemy about three miles
northwest Of the port an d
smashed two attacks from that
direction
japanese relnforCements landed
before dawn Sunday al the mouth
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
FitzGerdId Lays
Black Markets
At Mayor S Door

Detroit'S black markets became
an issue IN the mayorality cam
paign today. with candidate Frank
FITZGERALD accusing Mayor jeff
RES of ncglCctlng 10 enforce a
city ordinance prohibiting illegal
prices
FITZGERALD told factory workers
last night that Jeffries had side
stepped his duty TO end gouging
Of housewives by OPA violatorS.
Tho meeting was AZ the head
quarters of UAW-CIO Local POS
at 1880 Van Dyke.
Through the efforts of or
CARNATIONS of working men and
women. the council passed. on
the night of the recent primary.
an ordinance which gives the
city "A weapon against 0PA vio-
latorS,' FITZGERALD said.
NEW CITY POWERS
Under il, the city can suS-
pend the licenses of guilty mer-
chants, or bring them into court
for fine or imprisonment.
The OPA welcomes this kind
Of support. for it's STAFF n short
and il needs help. 4 similar
ordinance in Cleveland has been
most effective.
Mayor JetTrieS has made no
attempt To use this weapon 10
put "A clamp on black markets.
81 propose that this ordinance
he given force. An alert mayor,
with the cooperation Of his pO-
lice commissioners, could bolster
The OPA STAFF OF inspectors.
Reputable merchants would
welcome such uniform enforce
nent. The black marketeers
would shrink from II and event
uaily abandon their illegal OPP
eratiOns."
DANGEROUS ISSUE
FITZGERALD again attacked JEFF
rleS on grounds that the mayor
was accusing him OF being backed
by dangerous gangster minori-
tics.
III the mayor had his WAY,
this campaign would degenerate
into "A dog fight on this one
issue Of his own creation" the
nominee declared. 1T IN an issue
~ dangerous and inflammatory
II might lead 10 consequences
too dangerous 10 discuss.
How can any thinking man
say l am backed only by gang
ster minorities when l carried
10 Of the % wards ."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
More Yanks Reach Britain

LONDON. Oct. 10 INS)-An-
other large contingent of Ameri-
can troops has arrived in Britain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
GRID FOR SHOWDOWN

The German high command
reported heavy fighting along
the Dnieper between Dnepro-
petrovsk and Kremenchug and
acknowledged a Russian break
through IN an unidentified sec
tor }
On the kiev front the Germans
were reported 10 have massed ar
tillery and infantry reserves be-
hind a shield of armor for the
crucial struggle north Of the city.
They brought up the largest
number of planes seen on the Rus
sian front since the battle Of Bel
Corod al the outset Of the Red
armys campaign. The German
planes carried out several thou
sand Sorties daily.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Cakes Jury Sees
Murder Scene
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
was one point on which the
crowns case was based.
Adderley contended that the de-
PENDANT killed his father-ln-law in
revenge for Sir Harrys contempt
of him. The crown also maintained
that De Marigny hoped 10 obtain
money for easy living through
his wealthy relatives death
Highlights Of the first days
business were the introduction by
Adderley of screen from the
murder victims bedroom and the
announcement that a police cap
tain will swear that he saw Sir
HarFy's last guest riding through
Nassau al about midnight the
night Of the murder.
The screen is said TO bear De
Marigny's fingerprint, by which
the crown expects 10 prove the
defendant was at the scene when
the crime was committed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
CONTRADICTS STORY

The prosecutor said Harold G..
Christie. Cakes guest, was seen
in station wagon in George
street This directly contradicts
the story told by Christie at the
preliminary proceedings when he
said he had not left Westbourne
from the afternoon of July Z until
the next morning after he dis
covered the victims body.
Adderley indicated this will sup
port the crowns contention that
De Marigny stole into Sir Harrys
house while the latter'S guest was
absent The defendant has de-
clared he was not in the villa for
three months prior TO the Staying.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
Ndzis Reel Back
Near Kiev After
Bloody Defeat

MOSCOW OCT 10 CUPI-Ou,-
Matched German troops have be-
gun a retreat north of Kiev after
losing one of tho hloodicSt battles
of ihc massive struggle of the
Dnicpcr River Inc. Somioiflcial
revealed today.
The government newspaper
Izvc>tia reported from the middle
Dnepcr from that Germans above
kiev were falling back TO the
west and southwest Surrenderine
the northern dctenSCs Of the Tx
raInan capital.
Field reports made IL evident
that the NallS had thrown every
resource they could muster into
The struggle on the approaches "a
kiev, keystone base of the crum-
bling Dnieper line, and now APP
were concedlng defeat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-19
FIRST AUTHENTIC NEWS

Izvcstia'S announcement that
the Germans were rctreating IN
the sector north of Kiev was the
FIRST definite word IN so high a
quarter of Nazi withdrawal in a
key area.
1t conceded with reports that
the Red army had driven a spear
head into the Dnieper bend 10 a
point 36 miles southeast Of Kre-
mcnchug and 20 miles west Of the
river.
Advanced Soviet elements were
only 10 miles above the Dnepro-
petrovsk railway on through the
western Ukraine, aCCentuatlnC the
threat 10 German Communica-
tons between the Dnieper and
the Black Sea ports of Kherson
and Nlkolaev.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-06-26
Heavy Force
Of Bonbers
Raids ValIev
Nearly 10000 Tons
of Bombs Dropped
on Ruhr Area During
Massive Attacks

London. June 26-(AP)-A
heaNy force of British bombcrs
spread new destruction last
night in the German Ruhr. hill
ting targets in Buchum and Gel
Sentlrchcn. and one military OBJ.
server declared that ncutraliZ-
ing O! this great industrial val
ley was near completion.
This observer. who cannot bc
identified by name. estimated
tina; nearly 10000 tons of bombs.
many of them bIockbustcrs. had
nee raNl upon this compact nazi
industrial region since the mas
NiVc bombing experiment started
three ana a half months ago.
Inc normal industrial haze over
Nsr huhr l. now reported thinncd
10; ana i said. in TACT. 10 have ac-
'u1llH disappeared in some places.
during III" three and Onc-half
months period. more than 500 bor,,,-
c"S nave been lost. this source said.
ma some 1000 men have been killed
Ir captured.
In last nights attack coal mining
and S;cc! plants We're among the
objCctivcS.
Thirty of the RATS big air
craft were listed as missing in
the nights activities.
The British DOmbrrs. following by
only Few hours the United States
hcavy bomocrS which attacked nm
disclosed targets yesterday in Ger
many. encountered the same cloud
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-06-26
Uniioniists
Tern, Act
Anticlimax Is Found
In Confusion and
Doubt Over Effect
of Drastic M.easurc

Washington. June 2G-(APD
u "i%rc>S, IN Il stunning rc-
vcrSaI of President Roosevelt.
put American war production
today under he wniplaSh Of am
anti-Strikc law so stringent UNI
ion leaders proclaimed il Il "ma-
Jor disaster" Republicans saw
III II a blow 10 the administers
ton and rcS"ntful coal miners
rXp."dcd in Il new revolt.
Whirlwind action ON the Con
rally Smith-IIarncsS bill forced
the long awaited issue yester-
day.
AnticlimaN set in today and
with II came doubt and cOnfu-
sion on the full effects of the
law, how il could be- applied to
the thing which inspired 1.-THE
coal Walk0ut-lnd certain
amount of fear as TO the ultimate
reaction At the work benches Of
the arsenal of democracy"
Attention was focused on the coal
fields where 25O.OOO minrNS-abplt
half the tOial-haG failed to return
10 work despite orders from John l.
Lewis and his United Mine Workers
ending the rCCC.i Wa.EOut. the third
~ .cNCN weeks. ON top of that.
passage Of the law VA, followed i'm
mCdialcly by fresh strikes by 2u.0OO
more miners.
Mr. Roosevelt Touched off q DrG-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-06-26
Republicans
Say Fourth
Term Is Out
COP Leaders Hail
reversal as Eeteat
for Executive;
Lcmcs Eeny fclitics

Washington. June 2G-tApD
In" WM'r!Wimd enactment Il
tnr antl-Strikr Lii over Prr,j-
dent H"oScv,:t'> veto today
prompted Republican assertion,
that there Wouid he no fourth
term and countcr contentious.
that the action should not he
considered Il reflection on The
yXrs 'liivc.
Hated ut the results of tn"
>rnair and House votes over
riding Tho veto. >rnltor Whcrr,.
Republican nf Ncbrasna. told re-
purtcrS:
This j. the first concrete evil
dcncc that there will he no fourth
tcrm.'
The Presidents veto If The meas
u" also provoked harp criticism
+ p" w"nu,g- pt a., 0uu party,
-. Senator byrd. Dem v.a,. o.. V.r-
=. .. g-SC"!W' 'D#t tie .g...n Wa,
Laden win politics.
I'll lie veto WAS not ih:' act nf
franklin Roosevelt. commander
in chief OF the Army and Navy
In iiinc of desperate war" Byrd /
declared. 1T wa. the action of I
Franklin Roosevelt. candidate for
rr election To a fourth term rs
President al the United states"
en- '"r u'nyr band. Senator PEPPER.
0''.ri';c "a" veto ~ The Senate. sad
Il.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-06-26
Auto Theft
Ring Broken
Activities Allegc,lly
Conferred Around
Goldsboro Firm;
Four Men Arrested

Washington. June ID W.
lIt Director Y. Id.Lr Vur,rr
siid today that d-rni> are
searching the mItiru Tor EIIph
Iivin. sion Baldwin. -. in con
nrrtinn with an iuiumnhiI, !hcil
ring which llnuNrr >IiI >,"lr
ears in California. Michigan.
Ohio. PcnE>NlvIuii. krnturkN.
Virginia. Tennessee. and North
and South Carolina.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-06-26
WEATHER

,'t N'kti tAR''''NN.
continued warm this after
mon and tonight possibly f."
S""NtrS near southeast coast.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-06-26

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Evening star., 1943-09-26
Scientific Assembly
To Stress Nutrition
AT Session Here

Warning that two cases of pellagra
have been found in one of Wash
ington's best residential sections, the
District Medical Society announced
last night that during its 18th annual
scientific assembly beginning Thurs
day emphasis will be laid on nutri-
ton.
Pellagra usually strikes among
those who cannot afford proper
variety of foods, but this disease is
likely to strike at any family, rich
or poor, which has the wrong diet,
doctor spokesman for the society
said.
A comprehensive nutrition pro-
gram will launch the scientific as
sembly at 8 pm. Thursday at the
Mayf1ower Hotel. There will be ex-
hlblts, literature, motion pictures,
and lecture by DR.. Walter wilkins
of the United States Public Health
Service on Nutrition and the Pub
lie Health
Teachers and Nurses Invited.
School teachers, doctors and
nurses concerned with diet have been
invited, and if there is room in the
hotels ballroom, the public will be
admitted up to capacity. Activities
of the universities, public service and
industrial corporations and the gov
ernment will be presented in the ex-
hibits, according to DR.. r. L. Sex
ton, chairman of the medical So
clety's committee on nutrition, ex-
hlbits and demonstrations.
Emergency rations provided by the
armed forces will be exhibited, the
American Medical Association will
present colored pictures, and there
will be a demonstration by the
D. c. Dietetic Association under di-
rection of Miss Louise Hagel.
The three-day assembly will be
one Of the most ambitious scien-
tiflc meetings held in the United
States this year." according to DR.:
Fred R. Sanderson, president of the
Medical Society, and DR.. Arnold
McNitt, general chairman of the
Committee on Arrangements. One
reason is the presence here of inter-
nationally known physicians and
scientists who have accepted invita-
tlons to speak. Theme of the as
sembly will be Medical Progress
Since Pearl Harbor.'
Care of combat and civilian cas-
ualties,- wartime medical problems,
wartime civilian medical practice
and advances in laboratory proce-
dures also will be discussed.
Martin Will Speak.
Principal speaker Friday night
will be House Minority Leader Mar
tin,- who will have for his subject