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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24

seem to be best designated by compass
direction.
Every commander of even the smallest
element must have In his mind clear picture
of just what is to be done. Troops cannot
be massed, unanswered, and directed in the
jungle as they may be in the open field For
a unit as large as battalion the fight breaks
up into a large number of combats, indie
pendently led
THE Japanese made use Of what Is spoken
i of as 'infiltration"-th deep penetration
by small parties behind the enemys front
line, where their presence was exceedingly
disturbing, and where IL point was gained
that could be held, they were reinforced and
put fire from the flank or rear upon their
enemy
When on the defensive or holding place
temporarily for security, the Japanese pre-
pared ambushes, dug holes around the roots
and great buttresses Of trees camouhaged
weapons and men in the abundant foliage.
until they could hardly be seen until stepped
upon.
They make considerable use OF snipers,
or sharpshooters. instructed particularly to
shoot down officers and leaders These
snpers have been lodged and tied in trees
at heights that overlook the surrounding
jungle. Our men have reported however, that
stories Of its effect have been exaggerated.
Japanese craftsmanship is generally poor, and
frequently unnamed.
Time after time the slow approach, one
party against the other, results in rushing
attacks in which the blade Is used.
THE weapons that have apparently been
i most serviceable In jungle fighting are
the automatic rifle or light tommy gun, the
hand grenade, indispensable in brush fighting,
and the light trench mortar. Our soldiers
have called also for knife, not only for
hand-to-hand fighting but for cutting away
instructions Of the jungle that impede a man
in crawling forward. or advancing Years
ago, when / knew our Philippine scouts. they
we're equipped with "bolo bayonet," which
when detached from the rife was perfect
Malay jungle knife, parang.
In the darkness, flashlights are used. but
adversely reported upon as likely to draw fire.
Compasses and watches in every squad ap-
parently should have illuminated faces II lives
are 10 be saved.
EOOD carried on the man il reduced to the
i Hghtest compact packages. Here the
Japanese produced an extraordinary ration.
including bottles OF vtamin pills, stimulants.
quinine, and even morphine to ease the pain of
any injury.
Sweet chocolate Is esteemed as a ration.
Although the jungle is damp. good water is
always problem. Sterilizing tablets are
issued and extra canteens. that can be
dragged forward on the ground, are essential
The protection Of men against malaria and
other disorders is Of the greatest consequence.
for more are disabled by fever than by bullets
Of the enemy. In this field should expect
our medical service 10 be very skillful It NAV
even produce some new triumphs in protecting
the body against tropical disease
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24
7 O the Editor

are being deferred from the
army because they are needed
for war work. Who will have
these positions when the war is
over?
All we live for over here Is
news from home. Good news.
When we rece4Ve news Of strikes
our morale draCS 100 per cent.
Do you people at home realize
there is a war going on? An-
other thing, people are always
squawking about gas rationing
and rationing of foodStuffS,
How about coming over here
and sharing a meal Of bully beef
with us? They even ration us
writing material
Every one sof us have loved
ones to 20 back 70. We boys
over here would be glad TO eX-
change places with the men
back there who are doing war
work. We would gladly pitch in
as one TO help win this war We
have been through it and know
what II is like.
PVT. TALERIEO.
PVT. FJESETH.
PVT. SUAREZ.
SGT. ASHURF,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24
PVT. TALERIFO.
PVT. FJESETH.
PVT. SUAREZ.
SGT. ASHURE.
New Guinea.
knowledge Test
BY DIR. sABTNA Fl. CONNOLLY

nv DIX, SABINA II. CON NOLLl
do YOU know these army
terms: (a) Cadre; (b) dry
dock; (c) caisSon?
2 What are three Of the coun-
tries that border Argentina?
3-What does il connect: ta)
Panama Canal; Cb) Suez
Canal; tc) Cape Cod Canal?
4-Guess within 100000 square
miles the size of: ca Africa;
Cb) Australia; (c) South
America.
; What are three states that
border Michigan?
6 What novel ca BY Dumas
is about d'Artagan; Oh by
Stevenson is bout Bill
Bones; tc) by Hawthorne IS
about Judge Pyncheon?
tanswers on Opposite Page)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24

sums now collected by the State
of, Michigan through the 3 per
cent sales tax. What's wrong
with our public officials asking
the governor and the state leg
iSlature To rebate 10 counties
a portion of the sales tax
money? This certainly would
produce for Detroit an amount
equal to that which the mayor
claims his pay roll tax Will
raise.
Again. we would suggest a
manufacturers export tax on
all manufactured produc I s
shipped outside Of this state, so
that the people from other
states and the four corners OF
the world, who enjoy the bene-
fits of the industrial genius of
Michigan's productive capacity,
shall pay portion Of the cost
Of the maintenance Of govern
ment for this great state.
Another source that would
produce revenue would be A tax
on all insurance written in the
state. This. too, would produce
revenues necessary for public
improvements.
We will thank YOU for plac-
ing this information before the
readers of The Detroit Times.
FRANK Y. MARTEL,
President Detroit and Wayne
County Federation Of Labor.
TO THE EDITOR:
4 FTER reading one Of our few
"a newspapers (papers are
scarce in this country about
riot in Detroit. we wish to voice
our sentiments to the people
back home.
Here we are far from civiliza-
tion shedding our blood so il can
be possible for us 10 set foot on
good old American soil again,
while back there on the home
front people arc fighting a los
ing war with riots and strikes.
If we are to win this war how
about a little cooperation on
the home front.
We left our good jobs to join
the fighting forces. Now other
men have filled our shoes and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-24
The War in Repiew
Yanks Master Jungle
By NAL GEN DAVID PRESCOTT BARROWS
The War in RepierV

Authority Former President University California
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-09-06
GRAPE VINE
Polly Ticks

tcntion, flood control should be
a must proposition, and there are
other must proposals that VIII be
considered.
Fairgrounds for children
should also be considered, and
public ownership of utilities
should receive attention. A
municipality owned electric plant
would be the greatest contribu-
ton to public need that can be
devised for aftcr-war planning.
With the same amount Of money
invested in I'm electric plant rs
is now invested in the water
system. the public in this area
could he supplied electricity at
half the rate they are now pay
ing and at the same time pay
off the amOrtized Indebtedness in
ten or fifteen years, and still
have u balance yearly that would
go long way toward meeting
some Of the public needs.
BY cutting the electric rate in
half, through ownership Of a
municipal plant, The city would in
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-09-06

effect give 10 each taxpayer the
wherewithal TO pay city taxes.
Hagerstown has a municipal
owned electric plant and the rec
ord there is we'll known TO most
Of our people. Users Of electricity
in the Hagerstown area pay about
half as much as the users in
Cumberland, and yet they have so
many more advantages. The elec-
trio plant at HagerstOwn, showing
n profit overall each year that
runs into the thousands, is the
real Santa Claus for Il public IL
brary, the Fire Department, and
many sundry civic enterprises.
Situated close 10 the coal fields,
Cumberland could produce cleo
tricity a great deal cheaper than
HagcrStoWn. Under the new Merit
System for city employees, The
employees, the workers Of o
municipal electric plant would be
efficient and regular employees,
not political Stooges.
While talking l0ng-rangc plan
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-09-06
BY MARY LU CON

With the coming OF cool weather,
also comes the thought that poll
ties in the city OF Cumberland will
receive great deal of attention,
inasmuch as before the flowers
bloom in The Spring, there will
have taken place city election.
Elections in the city of Cumber-
land are non-pariiSan, so we are
told. but we do not have 10 be-
lieve il. BY scanning the office
holders Of both city and county.
il can be seen that all have much
in common. and practically all are
bed-fcllowS OF The same factions.
just what will he the issues OF
the coming campaign. cannot be
foretold at this writing. But the
working people and their chosen
representatives. the officers of the
many trades and labor unions in
this section, will surely have some
thing to say about the conduct
Of certain officials during the past
few years. The working people
are interested in the anii-pickcting
ordinance. they want IL abolished
because il is class legislation, and
aimed ut the labor unions only. At
this time such legislation Is I'M
necessary.
The members of labor unions
IN this section also would like
10 see fearless city officials sit
down with the chosen representa-
tiveS Of the Municipal Employees
Union. and bargain with them for
wages aud working conditions as
we'll ~ vacations and sick leave.
The same can he said for the
Fircfightcrs. Local Union.
The working people 81 Cum
bcrIand would also like Ia see
the order that prohibits work
ers' organizations from meeting
IN the City Hall abolished. This
order was purely an;i-labor ON
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-09-06

ming for q bigger and better
Cumberland, let fearless office
seekers come out on n platform
that will have the intent and
purpose 10 do something con-
structive, and not only 10 report
on what could be done. We
have had many surveys made
with public funds, but little has
been done about the findings.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-09-06

the part Of certain city officials.
and as II public building, the
City Hall should be available TO
all citizens, whether labor unions
or civic groups.
In looking forward 10 the future.
or long-range planning, the city
fathers would do we'll 10 consider
the interests OF all the people Of
the city. True. streets need at
tention, public buildings need al
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-09-06

An overhead bridge that would
divert traffic over the two rail-
road crossings In the ce.ter Of
the city has been proposed for
twenty years. Many surveys
costing thousands Of dollars have
been made. and yet some blue
prints are the only result.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-09-06

OIL 15tAi.1sI
Is 7VI1I+4S)
VIII 1iYl I've! hl-ai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-26
Venerea| Disease Rate
In Army CUT 50 Pei.
Reduction Is Credited
To Four Factors
Bv he Associated Press.

b" me Assoc ated Press.
The Army's venereal disease rate
declined almost SO per cent in Janu-
airy, 1943, compared with the same
month last year, the War Depart
ment reported yesterday.
The rate this January. the depart
ment said. was 252 cases for each
/ 900 men, compared with As in
January. 1912
IN overall figures for a year, the
department reported, 37.8 cases were
found for each 1000 men in 1912,
while in the preceding year the
rate was 405.
1t Col. Thomas B. Turner. chief
of the Venereal disease control
branch, attributed the decrease to:
Cooperation Of local. State and
Federal health and law enforcement
authorities
Expanded educational facilities.
( Assignment of Venereal disease
control officers on a full-time basis
TO the headquarters of the large
tactical units and to stations where
the complement IS 10000 Or more.
and the designation of part-time
control officers for all other camps.
posts and stations.
Prophvlactic facilities.
+ The 1912 rate. the department.
said, included So cases OF syphilis
and 29.7 gonorrhea cases for each
1000 men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-26
Gen. {. ". Russe||,51,
Dies in Hospital al
Governors Island
Was Lioison Officer
For War Department
TO Admiral Kino

Brig. Gen. Clinton W. Russell. 81
lialson officer for the War Depart
menr in the headquarters of Ad-
mllal Ernest J King. commander
in chief of the United States Fleet
died Wednesday in the Station Hos
pltal at Fort jay. Governors Island,
N. Y, according 10 an Associated
Press dispatch The War Depart
ment announced funeral services
Will be held Monday at West Point
In 1889 Gen Russell became chief
Of staff General Headquarters Air
Force, with headquarters at Lang
lev Field. and in January, l941, he
was assigned to the office of the
Chief of Air Corps. later becoming
chief Of stab of the All Forces Com
bat Command He was given an
and returned in October of last year
Gen Russell. born at Hlco, Tex,
May 6, 1891 was graduated from
West Point and commissioned a sec
ond lieutenant in 1918. He served
with infantry units in the United
States and the Philippines, learned
to fly at San Diego. Calf. in 1916
and during the last war was COM
manding officer Of the Air Service
Flying School at Waco. Tex
Subsequently. Gen. Russell served
as an instructor at Texas A. and M
College and at the Command and
General Staff School at Fort Leaven-
worth. Kans. He graduated from
both the Army War College and the
Navy War College and was the hold
er of Victory Medal, Punitive Ex-
petition Medal of 1917 and the La
Estrella de Abdon Calderon' Medal
of Ecuador
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-26
Army Unveils Array of Tanks
Assembled at Chester Depot
Thirty Kinds Of Fighting Equipment
Rolling From Its Assembly Lines

section. Guards were fastened to
the sides of the tracks TO protect
them from the sand A heavy bal
ancer-Weight $500 pounds-Was be-
ing attached to the rear of the top
gun turret of the MILO. This weight
serves to balance the vehicle as the
gun turns in its arc Of $50 degrees.
The widely heralded MA tank
the Gen. Sherman. with its 75-mm.
gun in revolving turrent. and heavy
machine gunS-Was on display. De-
ployed in the right way the tank is
still hard smashing machine to
break through and 75-mm. gun
for that matter can stop the German
Mark " whenever its shell pene-
trates the right spot.
Fight Counts More Than Size.
Our own "heavy"-60 tons as COM
pared with the German SETON tank
hasn't made its appearance on the
Tunisian front. We find lighter
tanks better suited to our immediate
purposes. It's not the size that
counts so much. It's the fight. Fire
power that outmatches Rommels
guns, talk in language that he can
understand.
AT the Chester depot the weapons
and equipment arrive in boxes from
the manufacturer. 1t is possible to
follow the course of each huge piece
as 1t passes along the lines to receive
It's finishing touches. 1t is a speedy
process-200 tanks can be made
ready for final shipment in "a hours.
The British want their own radio
equipment and they get it. It's
brought in from Canada and in
stall lied on the spot In the huge
store sheds liberal surplus stocks of
spare parts and accessories of all
kinds are kept on hand to meet any
emergency. They range from tiny
m t a | washers each carefully
counted by a patient workman-to
perlScopes. helmets. engine and trac-
tor parts. tools of every description.
tommy guns. water buckets and q
different sets of radios.
Gen. Hatcher in Charge of Party.
In brief 80 different pieces of
material constitute the lowest num-
Der sent along with any vehicle. The
maximum number is 220 pieces.
In charge Of the party of news
writer's and ordnance officials look
ing over the plant were Brig. Gen.
j. S. Hatcher, chief of the Field
Service and Brig. Gen. J. r Christ
mas, deputy chief, Tank Automotive
Center, Detroit.
The great pier al the Chester
plant stands Idle. Every item is
now shipped by rail direct from the
plant yards to ports where convoys
wait. Back in peacetime, l 900 ships
had cleared this pier in y years
carrying more than 100000 Ford
vehicles to all parts Of the world.
Yesterday we saw string of fat
cars pull out of the yards bearing
vehicles of a different type-vehicles
and weapons of sudden death. ready
for the greedy NAV of global war
fare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-26
Bombing Of East Coast
Predicted by Gen. Taylor
Bv he Associated Press

BV he Associa ed Press.
MIAMI. Fla. March 26.-Brig.
Gen. Willis r. Taylor, commanding
general of the LIST Fighter Command.
which includes the East Coast from
Maine to Florida. told reporters yes
terday there is definite possibility
of the East Coast being bombed.
Germany has already threatened
such action" he said and the Nazis
have planes now which could make
a one-way trip loaded with bombs,
so the potentially does exist.
An adequate warning system is
necessary and vital insurance.
Gen. Taylor, here on brief in
spection tour said Florida is a
vital spot from the military stand
point both because of its military
installations and it's proximity to
the Bahamas and Panama Canal"
He commended the enthusiasm
and application of civilian volunteers
who man the East Coasts AFRAID
warning system. He pointed out
that 100000 civilian volunteer
ground observers man posts on the
East Coast, in addition to 10000
volunteers in information centers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-26
Arnold Sees Nuzis
LOSING Air Power

By The Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. March 26.-Gen
Henry H. Arnold. commanding the
Army Air Forces. said yesterday that
if German flyers don t start doing
something soon. they won't have
anything left to do ANYTHING with.
Gen. Arnold spoke informally a
luncheon before he received the
honorary degree of doctor of laws
from Hahnemann Medical College
Nine Chang kai-shek also re-
ceived an honorary law degree,
which was accepted for her by Dr.
Wei Tao-ming, Chinese AmbaSsa dor
to the United States.
In his speech on the colleges
95th commencement program, Gen.
Arnold discussed the role of doctors
in the present war.
1T used to be that doctors were
supposed TO have a good bedsid,
manner he said Now they must
have good foxhole manner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-26
Jap Fishing Privileges
In Russian Waters
Extended for Year
Signing Of Agreement
Seen os indication Of
Desire to Avoid Friction


By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, March 26.-In an
agreement signed at Kuibyshev,
Russia has given Japan a one-year
extension of fishing privileges which
the Japanese have enjoyed In Ger
tain Soviet Far Eastern waters since
1928.
The government newspaper L.
vestia, which announced the sign
ing, said the agreement was initiated
yesterday by Soviet Vice Commissar
for Foreign Affairs S. A. Lozovsky
and japanese Ambassador Naotake
Sato.
The fisheries protocol, originally
signed 20 years ago, was renewed in
1928. 1t expired in 1886 and has not
been renewed since then, but the
convention is prolonged each year
on the basis of the original agree
ment.
The agreement this year is viz
tually the same as in previous years
except that the rentals which the
Japanese must pay are increased by
per cent. Last year when the
protocol was extended the rate went
up by per cent.
The announcement of the signing
OF the agreement between the two
great powers-aligned on opposite
sides in the war although not at
war with each other-was recorded
In London by the Soviet radio
monitor. The agreement provides
for an increase in the fees which
Japanese companies must pay for
1shlng privileges and that the pay
ments must be in gold as previously.
AS In 1912 the negotiations on the
agreement were prolonged and ex-
tended beyond the December 81 ex-
piration date.
Al the time of signing last
year, British and American officials
attached no particular significance
W ~ dlInoueh Japan was at war
with the two allies of Russia. A fall
ure TO reach agreement. however,
might have been regarded as indi-
eating deterioration of Soviet
japanese relations.
The agreement is of great i'm
portance to Japan because her food
supply depends greatly on the fish
caught in Soviet waters. Japan was
granted the right to fish in Russian
waters IN the Portsmouth treaty of
1908 after the Russo japanese War.
In London. observers regarded the
extension as an indication of the
desire Of both Russia and Japan to
avoid friction at the moment.
1T Is obvious" one British OBJ
server said, that it would not suit
either Russia or Japan TO take on
any more military commitments"
A refusal TO extend the agreement,
this observer said, would not neces~
sarllV mean war. but obviously it
would have caused i'll feeling in ia
pan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-26
Engineers Order
For Coal Buries
Big 4 Locomotive

BY ne associated PreSS.
LILLY, Ill. March 26.-When
the engineer of a Big Four train
stopped for coal yesterday he
got it. and how!
The coal filled the tender. 1t
spilled over into the engine cab
1t kept right on pouring out
from the coal elevator chute.
The engineer and fireman
scrambled out. Still the coal
poured forth.
Finally it virtually covered
the whole engine. 1t took a
crew of section hands from
Bloomington and Danvers an
hour and 40 minutes to shovel
away enough coal for the train
to proceed.
Red-faced railroaders said
something had gone haywire
with the coal chute cutoff ap-
paratus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-26
Sedition Case Defendant
Sues -Four Army Officers

BY he Associated Press
LOS ANGELES. March 26.-Lt
Gen. John l.. De Witt. chief of the
Western Defense Command: three
other Army officers and three FBI
agents were named as defendants
in a SIS 900 damage suit filed yester-
day by Homer Glen Wilcox, one of
l6 mankind United leaders await
ing trial on sedition charge.
Wilcox. San Diego bureau man.
ager of the organization, asked the
court to restrain the defendants
from fulfilling an Army exclusion
order barring him from the Pacific
Atlantic and Gulf Coast States. as
sorting the edict violates his con-
Stitutlonal rights.
The suit was the first challenge
mere of such an order
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-26
Company Launches First
Of New Destroyer Fleet
Bv the Associated Press.

BY ne ASSOCIATED Press.
BAY CITY, Mich, March 26.-The
U. S. S. Bull. first of a feet of de-
stroyer escorts to be built by the De
Foe Shipbuilding Co. here, was
launched yesterday at the firms
Saginaw River shipyard.
The ship was sponsored by Mrs.
Ruth P. Bull of Peoria, ILL.,. widow of
1t. Richard Bull. Navy pilot who
was killed in a patrol fight in the
Southeast Pacific.
Harry j. De Foe, head of the ship
building company, announced that
the firms production efforts had
merited another six-month extern
sion of the Navy E award.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-26

Open up = new front-your peck
etbock. Buy War savings stamps
now.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-08

Rev. L. r. DeMills officiating. Buri-
al was in Washtenong Cemetery.
Mr.. Bachelor died suddenly
from a heart attack Friday after
noon at his home in Detroit. He
was born in Lapeer County Dec. I.
1895, and had been a resident OF
Detroit for the past 20 years. At
the time OF his death he was direc-
tor OF Detroit OPA board No. 10.
He was a veteran OF the First
World war, and served as a secre-
tary during the drawing of the
treaty OF Versailles. He was a gra.
duate OF Ferris Institute at Big Rap
ids and had also attended the Uni
versity OF Michigan where he was
affiliated with the Delta Sigma ri
fraternity.
Surviving are his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George w. Bachelor. Ann
Arbor; three brothers. Earl. Ann
Arbor; Emil, Ypsilanti, and Jesse
w. Carsonville; two sisters, Mrs.
Ernest Boilore. Wayne. and Mrs.
Ralph Mcdonald. Ann Arbor, and
several nieces and nephews.