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Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
Jdps Blasted
Trying TO Flee
ADVANCED SOUTH PA

ADVANCED SOUTH PA
CIFIC BASE. Feb. 13 (UPl=
American naval gunfre blasted
Japanese attempting 10 escape py
sea from Guadalcanal last week
and left a wreckage of sampans
and collapsible landing boats
strewn along the beaches OF Point
Cruz, Commander Ralph +. Wilson
disclosed today.
Wilson. attached to the staff Of
Mai. Cen Alexander NJ. Patch,
commander of the United States
Army forces on Guadalcanal, said
the bombardment leveled Japa-
nese encampments an, ammuni-
tion dumps and inflicted heavy
casualties on personnel.
One nigh naval source here esti-
mated United States PIT boats,
planes and corvetteS may have
ruined as many as five destroyerS
during attacks in the final stages
of sea-air warfare. The japanese
evacuation was carried on over a
period of several nights.
More than 20 sampans. evil
IDENTIFY being used TO transport the
fleeing Japanese to destroyers off
shore, were wrecked by gunfire.
Landing boats also were destroyed.
Wilson said the bombardment
apparently caught many Japanese
asleep in their living quarters,
One Japanese woman was found
dead inside the Nipponese lines.
he said, but there was no other
evidence 10 indicate the enemy
brought women with them.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14

Although approximately 10000
workers were added 10 the pay
roll. General Motors Corporation
established an all-time safety rec
ord during 1912. company spokeS-
men announced Saturday.
GM employees lost only about
one-half day in each 1000 hours
worked-6 per cent under the
corporations 1941 record-the re-
port said. The record is 90 per
cent lower than the all-industry
rate as announced by the National
Safety Council
The corporations Delco Radio
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
LemonJuice Recipe
Checks Rheumatic
Pain Quickly

II you suffer from rheumatic. arthritiE
or neuritis pain. try this simple, mex
Ipensive home recipe that thousands are
using. Get a package OF Ru-Ex Com
pound, two-week supply, today. MIX
u with quart OF water. add the Juice
OF lemons It's easy. No trouble at
all and pleasant. You need oEiy table,
IS hours-sometimes overni ght-spleu-
did results are obtained. III the pains
do not quickly leave and II you do not
feel better return the empty package
and Ru-Ex will cost you nothing 10 try
las II is sold by your druggist under an
absolute money-back guarantee. Ru-Ex
Compound is for sale and recommended
by drug stores everywhere.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
Hunts Missing Daughter

Mrs. Mabel Pascua Of 1868 Lilli-
bridge avenue, today appealed 10
police TO help find her daughter,
Dorothy Ancheta. II. who left
nome February l and has not
been seen since. She took all her
clothing and left a note saying
she was running away with an
other girl. She is described as 5
feet tall. weighing 100 pounds,
olive complexion, black hair and
brown ewes.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
AU-Time Safety Record
Set at General Motors

plant at Kokomo, Ind, and the
three Detroit Fisher Body plants
worked an aggregate of 7,420.605
hours without a single loSt-time
accident. officials said.
"Time actually lost due 10 ae-
cidents In the plants" said II.
w. Anderson, vice president in
charge of personnel. "was about
One-fOurth of the time lost in
nOnindustrial a c | den =, and
approximately One-fiftieth of
time lost as n result Of en-
plOyes being absent for personal
reasons
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
Heavyweight Boxer

Pvt. BONNER was widely known
as a heavyweight boxer before en-
tering the army. During 1887 and
1888 he fought in six professional
bouts following several years as an
amateur.
Pvt. Piotrowski lived with his
mother. Mrs. Victoria PiotrowSki,
before entering the army
Other Michigan men reported as
missing. all from Grand Rapids,
are:
Cpl. Robert Sousley, 10, in the
South Pacific.
Sgt. John Putt. is. in the South
Pacific. Putt was member OF the
National Guard and poultry
worker before entering the army,
Staff Sgt Walter Miller. in the
South Pacific. We was a former
steel worker.
Staff Sgt. Adrian J. Bush, also
reported missing since Novem-
Der 30.
Cpl Henry Haapanen, missing in
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
WAR
A Year Ago Today
FEBRUARY IA, 1912

Toxic claims capture of Brit
ish naval base on north coast of
Singapore Island, as Singapore
city itself is reported afiame
under incessant japanese air at
tacks.
Japanese parachute troops
are dropped at three different
points I'm the rich oll-refining
area around Palembang, capital
of Sumatra.
War department announces
Japanese troops are digging In"
In some sections of the Bataan
front.
British admit japanese forces
In Burma have made a second
crossing of the Salween River
near Paan.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
DetrOiters 10 Hear
British War Aide

Sir Give Latham Baillieu, head
of the British War Materials Mis-
sion IN Washington, will be in
Detroit February 16. He will
address the war transportation
conference dinner sponsored by
the Michigan Trucking Associa-
ton in Lansing.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
Knows He's All Right

"He will he "a Tuesday" she
explained. 81 couldn't send him
a present, but j was going To
have my own private observ-
ance. I know he Is all right, that
all of them are all right.
From what have heard OF
jungle fighting a man may be
missing for n long time and then
be found. / am sure II will be
that way with Emil. The pres
ent will just have to wait a little
longer to be delivered"
Pvt. Blahovac is the son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Emil Blahovac of Wayne
He was drafted into service ir
April. 1871. While home on leave
in October of the same year he
and his wife were married.
Mrs. Blahovac last saw her hus'
band on New Years Eve Of 1912
before he went overseas.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
Naval Uniforms Nontaxable

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. CUP).
The Internal Revenue Bureau
today ruled that allowances paid
to naval officers for uniforms are
not subject 10 federal income tax.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
81 Survive SINKING

LONDON, Feb. 13 (UP).-Fifty-
two American seamen, survivors
of a torpedoing in the Atlantic,
have arrived at a port in Scotland,
it was announced today. Every
man was saved.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
Pontiac Man Killed
In India Plane Crash
Times stan Correspondent

PONTIAC. Feb. 13.-News of
the death of Sgt. Jesse LeVee, %,
in a plane crash in India was re-
vealed here today by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. LeVee. Ser
geant LeVee was a mechanic with
an air corps bomber squadron.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14

the Pacific area since Novem-
Der 26.
Missing from other cities are:
Cpl. Richard j. Overkamp of
Holland.
Pfc. Emil J. Brown OF MarcelluS.
Cpl Jack r. Kean Of Kalamazoo.
Staff Sgt. Joseph f. Loghey,
Kalamazoo.
Sgt. George L. May, Edmore.
Pfc. Norman l.. Miller Of Mer-
ritt.
Pfc. Harley J. c. Mulder OF
Holland
staff Sergeant Norman J. BLAND
of Kalamazoo.
Pvt. Richard J. Albert Of Port
Huron.
Cpl Robert L. Foote OF Grand
Vile. in New Guinea.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
Blood Donors Rally
Set for February u

A blood donors rally February
p at IL a. m. in the main YMCA
TO aid the Red Cross in filling its
quota of 1000 pints a week, was
announced Saturday.
After the rally the Allied Blood
Donors, sponsors, will march to
city hall and then 10 the Blood
Donors Service.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
Jsps Draft Textile Workers

LONDON. Feb. 13 CUP).-Radio
Berlin said the Japanese minister
for economic affairs had announced
that more than 20 per cent of
Japan'S textile mills would be
closed and the workers in them
drafted into war industry.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14
Five Detroiters,
18 0utstdte Men
In Casually LIST
Killed, Wounded or
Missing in Action in
Pacific or Africa

Five Detroiters and Is other
Michigan men are among those
listed as either dead, wounded or
missing in action in Pacific and
African battle fronts casualty lists
of the army, navy, marine corps
and coast guard revealed Saturday
-Four Detroiters are listed as
missing. They are:
Marine 1t. John + Moran, 24Sl
Atkinson avenue: Army Cpl. Frank
J PiotrowsEi Of 1872 East Grand
boulevard: Pfc. Emil J. Blahovac,
% Of 302I Twenty-ffth street.
and William BONNER. whose last
known address was 1877 West
Ferry avenue.
Those Listed as Dead
Those listed as dead are: Marine
SGT. Richard (. Ganther Of Davis
burg and Marine Pvt. Leonard l..
Cook of Three Rivers.
Among the Michigan wounded
are Marine Pvt. Camille T. Yer
Vaecke of 1921 Lakepointe avenue,
Crosse Pointe. and Marine Pvt.
Gordon L. Foley of Croswell.
Army Privates Blahovac and
Boomer were presumed TO have
been lost in Michigan's Red Arrow
Division push against the Japs.
Twenty-two-year-old Mrs. Irene
Blahovac. an office worker who
has been only able to spend four
days with her husband since their
marriage in October, 1941. is post
pnning the birthday celebration
she was planning Tuesday for her
husband.
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14

ADVERTISEMENT
Detroit evening times., 1943-02-14

world, fellow Americans dying protect homes
and our loved
Still others do realize the enormous job that lies
ahead. It's going take the combined might of
America united before, finish the hercuean
task that Confronts us.
We at KeseyHayes intend to deserve this fine recog-
milton every hour of every day in the year and justify
the faith of the Army and Navy that record in the
future will raise standards of performance higher
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-26
GRUENNG VEToEs HOUSE BILL

JUNEAU - Governor Gruening this week vetoed a House bill which would have permitted Alaskans to establish the date and place of birth by hearings before United States commissioners. Gruening said the bill in effect would grant cit izenship to persons who in some cases have not fulfilled federal re- quirements, added that he believed the measure would be dangerous at this time.
 The Senate passed a memorial to Congress urging extension of the highway from Seward to Anchorage and passed a bill appropriating $S5.OOO for the department of la bor. The measure includes an in crease in salary for the Labor Com
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-26

AMERICANS ALL - MILLIONS OF EMl
 THE SON OF THE TAILOR DOWN AT THE CORNER THE YOUNG BROTHER OF THE BANKER THE NEPHEW OF THE CESSATION MANz--THE FARM BOY FROM IOWA THE COLLEGE BOY FROM PARK AVENUE.
 FIGHTING, ALL OF THEM-FOR US THAT'S DEMOCRACY IN ACTION. BECAUSE ALL AMERICANS WERE CREATED FREE AND EQUAL" EVERY AMERICAN HAS AN EQUAL DUTY TO PERFORM
 AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN. WE'VE GOT TO BACK UP THOSE BOYS WE'VE GOT TO SEE THAT THEY GET THE STUFF TO FIGHT WITH. PLANES - TANKS --- GUNS --- BULLETS = BOMBS = MORE OF THEM THAN THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE. EVERY PAYDAY WE'VE GOT TO SAVE-PUT 10 PER. CENT OF OUR PAY IN WAR BONDS MILLIONS OF OTHER AMERICANS ARE DOING IT. "SACRIFICE,o YOU SAY? AS GREAT A SACRIFICE AS THE BOYS MADE AT BATAAN OR CORREGIDOR! AS GREAT A SACRIFICE AS A FLIER MADE WHO DELIBER ATELY GAVE HIS LIFE TO BOMB JAP PLANE CARRIER! NOTHING WE CAN DO CAN EVER EQUAL WHAT THESE MEN HAVE ALREADY D0NE
 MIND YOU. WE'RE NOT EVEN ASKED TO GIVE THIS MONEY EVERY TIME WE SAVE $1875 WE GET WAR BOND WORTH $25 IN 10 YEARS
 THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR EXCUSES, WE AMERICANS. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR EXCUSES FROM LENDING MONEY, WHEN OTHER AMERICANS ARE GIVING THEIR LIVES!
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-26
By Jack Stinnett Washington Correspondent Associated Press

WASHINGTON - You hear so much adverse criticism of "bureau- erats" these days that it's hard to think of them as anything but gov- ernment gremlins whose sole ob- jectiYe is to sand the wheels of our all-out war effort.
 want to tell you now about one or the great home-front production sagas of this war, engineered by four self-professed 'bureauerats9 who modestly insist their achieve ment was nothing at all compared To what the boys are doing in the solomons. New Guinea and North Africa and further claim that what credit Is due should be given to the little army who worked under them.
 The "bureaucrats' are officials Of the United States Forest Service. The three here in Washington are C. M. Chris" Granger, assistant chief of the service; D. E. Nick Clapp, until recently acting chief Clapp, until reiently acting chief forester. The fourth is Charles C.. Burdick Alaska forester, who was in charge of operations in Seattle, Washington Under their direction vas the little army" of Woodsmen, lumberjacks, toFesters, laborers, and Pacific coast seamen.
 Trail Blazers
 What they did was blaze a pion- eer trail over land, rushing rivers and open sea, to bring nearly mil- lion board feet of much-needed Sit ka spruce to the airplane factories of the United States (some went as finished lumber to the factories Ill Great Britain).
 To go back to the beginning: spruce (vital to airplane manufac- ture) reserves in Oregon and Wash ington were getting short. It ap- peared there would not be enough To see Us through the war.
 Granger, Carter and Clapp were virtually ordered to tap the vast reservoirs of Sitka spruce in Alas ka to deliver to northwestern lnlllS all dueQudle Supp4y O1 opl uSS logs from those virgin Alaskan for ests (where few white men have ever trod) in which the trees grow 1J0 to 200 feet high and measure seven feet Or more through at cut ting level.
 These forests are north and west of Ketchiken, along the Klondike gold rush route to Skagway-more than 1000 miles from the Puget Sound sawmillls.
 Lumber men who heard about the project called the "bureau- crats" crazy. But Granger, Carter Clapp and Burdick kept h e T mouths shut until the other day when a battered tug coughed it's way up to the dock at Anaeortes, d Puget Sound sawmill town 30 miles south of the Canadian bor- der. In it's wake was a raft of logs, 150 feet long, 50 feet wide and 30 feet deep (2O feet of 1t was below water). Those logs represented nearly a million board feet of fin
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-26
COMMITTEE RECEIVES
 FAVORABLE REPORT ON
 TWO BILLS FOR ALASKA

WASHfNGfON-The House Com mittee has received favorable re- ports on two bills introduced by Delegate Anthony J. Dimond at the opening of the 18th Congress, ac- eordlng to word from the Delegate. II R. 332, "To revise the Alaska game law, and H. R. 338, "To authorize the incorporated city of Anchorage, Alaska, to purchase and improve the electric light and pow CT system Of the Anchorage Light and Power Company. Inc. an Alas ka corporation, and for such pur- pose to issue bonds in the sum of not to exceed $1.250.0O0 in excess of present statutory debt limits.
 The Alaska game law measure appears to be of such interest in the Territory Delegate Dimond re- ports, that he quotes the favorable letter, dated January l9. signed jointly by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Interior. The letter follows
 Reference is made to H. R. 332 entitled A Bill To Revise The AL aska Game Law This proposed legislation is designed to revise the provisions of the Alaska Game Law of January 13, 1925 (43 Stat. 739) in a number of particulars, one Of which is to remove some of the burdensome requirements regarding domicile in connection with the obtaining of certain types Of licenses.
 Under existing law, resident hunting and trapping privileges have been limited to persons who show that they have been domieiled in Alaska for not less than one year for the purpose of establishing permanent home therein. Section 3 of the pending bill provides that resident privileges shall be grant ed to persons who have resided in the Territory for a continuous per iod of 12 months and does not re- quire domicile for the purpose of establishing a permanent home as a prerequisite to the issuance of resident licenses One purpose of this change is to make it possible for members of the armed forces stationed in Alaska to participate in the enjoyment Of the game re- sources of the Territory from which the domicile requirement. now ex- cludes them. While the new pro- visions substituting residence in lieu of domicile will grant resident privileges to an increased number of persons, Section 3 at the same time provides a safeguard against depletion of the TUT resources of the Territory by authorizing the lengthening of the required resi- denee period for trapping licenses whenever it has been determined that the fur resources are threat ened by hunting, trapping, Or other causes.
 We believe that the proposed re- vision in the Alaska Game Law as to resident license privileges will be satisfactory to the armed forces and it has the approval of the De- partment of War and the Depart ment of the Interior"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-26
'BureauCrats" Do BunYaneSque Job In
 Bringing Spruce To Mills

est close-gratn spruce, valued "in the rough" at something like $35,- 900 but (if irreplaceable) worth it's weight in Alaskan gold
 Struggle Against Elements
 When U. 8. Forest Service offic- ials got their order to deliver 1,- 000i000 board feet of Alaska spruce logs to the sawmnIs of northern Washington and had gone through the rigamarole of govern m n t financing, the logging season was under way and the shortages of manpower and machinery well es- tablished.
 Nevertheless. by last fall don key engines, logging gear. hoists, trucks, tractors, cables, camp equip ment and men were beating their way up the inside passage to the doekless, tidal shores of those is lands in the amazing Alaskan pen insula.
 To compound the confusion of all concerned in the effort, this or dinarily mild-wintered section of Alaska had the most bitter cold and vicious storms this year in the memory of the oldest living inhab- itant.
 One tragedy will illustrate the hundreds that hampered the work The Forest Service men in charge to get a much-needed 32.7OO-pound tractor (the largest made-with a drawbar pull of 10000 pounds) Loaded on a barge, it was being lowed to Ketchikan. In a binding snowstorm in Clarence Strait, the tug almost ran on the rocks, sheer ed off, but the barge grazed the reef and went adrift.
 Lose Tractor
 The tug put about, found the barge listing badly. In spite of Paul Bunyanesque efforts of the tugmen, working waist deep in icy water, the barge keeled over and dumped the tractor into bottomless depths where it probobly is resting today.
 In midWinter, after dragging the huge spruce logs through mud and slush, the giant raft was assembl- ed in Edna Bay. Into rim or hulk of outer logs, linked with chains and "chokers", the inner logs were dropped into "cradles" made of looped cables. Lashed down with wire rope, the raft was finally a solid mass, 150 feet long, 60 feet wide and 50 feet deep.
 Hitched to a sea-going tug, this raft started one of the strangest journeys in history. The route was the inside passage. There were some 1000 miles of salt water a. head. There were channels no more than 100 yards wide. There were gaps of tumbliing open ocean where in one storm this Queen Mary of rafts might have made splinters out of the little tug-or snapped it's toWlines and headed for Tokyo.
 Treacherous currents and hidden reefs had to be skirted with less than a logs width to spare. It was IT days after it's departure from Edna Bay that the tug tied up at the sawmill docks.
 It's all over now. The gateway
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-26
DO YOU KNOW?

When you buy WAR BONDS, you're saving, not giving! Series E WAR BONDS are worth 331Is percent more in 10 years You get $4 for every $S you investl
 These BONDS, when held to maturity (10 years), yield 2.9 per- cent on your investment, compound ed semiannually!
 Joining a Pay-Roll Savings Plan makes saving easyl
 You can have enough money to do a lot of things you'd like to do, and buy the many things you'll need after the war is over, if you save enough in War Bonds every payday NOW!
 You can start buying WAR BONDS by buying War Stamps for as little as 10 ceats.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-26

has been opened. Ana over in U. S. Forest Service. they say quite cas- ually that as long as the United Nations need spruce for victory. we'll get it.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-26

week.
 The Native Sons of the Golden West sought mandate requiring the san Francisco registrar of vot- CTS to strike all Japanese names from the registrar The courts sew en justices ruled against the move without leaving the bench.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-26
missioner to $6OO0.

missioner to $5,O00.
 Introduced in the House by Rep resentative Crystal Snow Jenne was bill to provide a course of study of alcoholism and narcotics for the seventh. eIgth. ninth and tenth grades in the Territorial schools
The Wrangell sentinel., 1943-02-26
LAPS MAY VOTE.
 COURT RULING SAYS

SAN FRANgISCO-The full vol ing rights of Japanese American citizens who were evacuated from west coast areas were upheld by a ninth eiireait court Of appeals this
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-26
Fighters
Bonus
Studied

WASHINGTON. Nov. % CINS)
Chairman May CD of Ken
lucky Of the House military
affairs committee made public
today provisions of a White House
bill 10 give men in the armed
forces a maximum musterineout
pay of $500. The measure, May
said, will be introduced immedi-
ately.
The legislation would give the
following to all members of the
armed forces up 10 and including
captains in the army and equiva-
lent ranks in other branches;
. Mustering-out pay Of $500
for those in active service dur
ing the war for six months or
more
. For service Of more than
four months but less than six
months. $500.
. And for service Of less than
four months, 500.
The administration plan places
muStering-out pay in excess of
500 on an instalment basis. II
assures payment of 500 to all
eligible persons at the time of
discharge or relief from active
duty the remaining, amount, if
any, TO he paid in two monthly
inSyalmCntS.
Army navy, marine corps and
coast guard personnel honorably
discharged before the new act
fhcCOn1CS effective VIII receive
their first inStalment one month
after the effective date Of the
| legislation
In event of the serviceman's
death before his mustcring-out
payments have been completed
the remaining sum goes TO his
widow. or minor children. or his
+ surviving parents-in that order
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-26
Mail Carrier Hangs
Self in Clothes Closet

sClaude Giffin, ,34. a mail carrier,
hanged himself in a clothes closet
in his home 9t 1865 Steel, accord
ing to police He was found by
his wife, Lillian. 80 when she
returned home shortly after 4
p. m. from work. Police said ne
had been dead several t|0urse
elrS Gnnn Sa1u she mad cooked
breakfast for her husband at Z
a. m. and then left for work She
could give no reason for his
action.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-26
UTILITY MEMBERS

UUlftieS-TTenry Fink, assistant
general manager, Michigan Con-
solidated Gas Co; Fred A. Comp
ton, purchasing agent, Detroit
Edison Co. and Thomas n. Lacey,
vice president and general man
ager, Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
Labor-George w. Dean, preSi-
dent, Michigan Federation Of
Labor, ALL, and John Gibson,
president, Michig n Industrial
Union Council. Go.
Industries -- Arthur II. Jones,
vice president, Madison Electric
Co, electrical industry; II. O. Mel
son, president, Nelson Co, plumb
ing and heating industry; c.
Henry Bull. president Bull Sons,
wholesalers and suppliers civil
lam. and Charles Bush, president,
Strelinger Co, wholesalers and
suppliers GndustriaD.
Business research-Dr. Spencer
A. Larsen, Wayne University.