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Significant
NoziChonge
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tive bombing raids.
Some observers believed the APP
pointment of Himmler may have
been one Of the major decisions at
the conference of the NaI hier-
archy at Hitler's headquarters three
weeks ago.
1941 Rumors
| AS far back as 1941 rumors crop
ped up that Prick might be retired
in favor of Himmler. At that time
the proposal was understood to have
been shelved because Of the opposi-
ton to Himmler faction inside the
party.
Prick Is one of Hitlers oldest and
most faithful collaborators and one
of the few Nazis generally accepted
as more or less honest and cap
able administrator and thereby en-
joying considerable prestige inside
the country.
Close followers of the Nazi situa-
ton said it long ago it became APP
parent that Prick was dropping
deeper into the position of an old
party wheelhorse and that his re-
tirement regarded as matter of
time.
Some quarters protested to see in
the appointment of Himmler par
allel to Benito Mussolini's action in
appointing Carlo ScorZa as secre-
tary of the Fascist party at time
when the regime was beginning its
downhill slide.
Functions of Protector
Won Neurath ceased to perform
the active functions of protector"
of Bohemia and Moravia two years
ago. He retired to his country estate
and in effect was replaced by the
assassinated Reinhard Heydrich
acting as deputy protector.
Tricks position as protector was
expected to be largely ornamental,
with the real power yielded by Karl
Frank himself gestapo man and
ruthless Nazi largely responsible for
the destruction of Czechoslovakia.
At His Own WISH
"Adolph Hitler relieved the Reich
Protector of Bohemia and Moravia,
Konstantin Freiherr Won Neurath,
of his post at his own WISH" the
broadcast DNB dispatch said
"The Fuehrer appointed Minister
of Interior Wilhelm Prick to the
post Of Reich Protector of Bohemia
and Marovia, and relieved him Of the
office Of Reich and Prussian min
lister of interior as we'll as that of
general plenipotentiary for the
Reich administration.
won Neurath and Prick retain
the titles of Reich ministers.
"The leading state secretary in the
Reich ministry of interior, Hans
Pfundner, was put on the reserved
list at hi sown request.
1.-THE Reichsmuehrer of the IS
and chief of German police, Helm
rich Himmler, has been appointed
as Reich and Prussian minister of
interior and general plenipotentiary
for the Reich administration.
Labor Service Excluded
1.-THE Reich labor service has been
excluded from the sphere of the min
lister of interior. The Reich labor
leader being a chief of the high
Reich, the office is under Hitler's
immediate orders.
Hitler gave the rank Of Reich
minister to the Reich labor leader,
United States.
Miss Dehajek told the pupil that
the names would give her an entree
into circles where information might
be obtained.
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MASS

wHALEY-A months mind Mass of
requiem will be celebrated Wednes-
day morning, Aug. 25th, at 500
o'clock, at the st. Margarets
Church, for the repose of the soul
Of the late Mrs. Margaret Whaley.
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United States.
Miss Dehajek told the pupil that
the names would give her an entree
into circles where information might
be obtained
Listed were the names of about
200 prominent persons residing,
among other cities, in Boston, Mass,
and Greenwich, Conn.
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The greatest haxseed acreage in
California history is in prospect for
1943
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Kogo Dead

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FUNERALS

The funeral of Alfred Gerard, II
Pemberton street, will be held to-
morrow at 8:15 a. m. from the Belle
vile Funeral Home, SO East Clay
street, to st. AIMS church at 8.
Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral
home today until 10 p. m.
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The funeral of Louis A. Reed, 80
Beech street, will be held from the
Mulville Funeral Home, 270 West
Main street, tomorrow at 8:15 a. m.
to the Church of the Sacred Heart
at 9. Burial will be in Calvary ceme-
terry. Friends may call at the fun
eral home today until 10 p. m.
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like good soldiers
{. f. 81. Buses follow orders!

The Office of Defense Transportation is the
Government agency responsible for maintain
ing vital transit in wartime. 1t is the problem
of MI. Eastman its head to see that transporta-
ton keeps men and materials rolling in spite
of nanpower, equipment, gasoline and rubber
shortages.
Whenever O.D.T. has found it necessary to
issue an order applying to local bus operations,
c. R. & L. has complied promptly. For instance,
4 revision in some of our schedules was neces-
sary due to mileage restrictions. Although the
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The funeral of Bernard Donnelly
1877 East Main street, will be held
tomorrow at BIS a. m. from the res
idence to SIS. Peter and Paul church
at 9 Burial will be in Calvary GEN.
etery.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Wounded Marine
Tells How Japs
Sank the Hornet

He'd waited year for this
'moment-like a bit actor'with a
one-line role
And then ii was all over so
quick that Marine Pfc. Victor
Kelber of New York isn't sure yet
how well he played his part before
or after the Jap bullet ripped out
his teeth and gums and tore a
three-inch hole in the right side
of his face and the Hornet
went down -.
Before this happened. Pfc.
Kelber watched patiently from the
wings-more as spectator than
performer-the breathless drama
of the Hornet I'm { o d scene by
scene over the Pacific.
Compared 10 the daShing lead
ing men"-the fighter, bomber and
torpedo pilots of the carrier-and
the vast supporting cast OF gold
braid, executives, mechanics, crew
and heavy gunners-the trunnion
operator of a 20 nm. "A. A. gun
feels less important than the but
Ter in the last act who announces
"diupor. iS served -
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01

that killed three marines and two
sailors ..
Not until the announcement
came late in the day---"Our en-
& & e m n successful did the
news spread how the Hornet had
helped TO smash a Jap feet and
knock the hell out of TOTO" Also
that Ensign Gay Of Torpedo 8 had
been picked up Still, Pfc.
Kelber hadn't fired a shot.
Ninety-seven days of patroling
followed, 81 days of maneuvering
wherein Kelber knew only vaguely
that his task force stalked an
enemy Of perhaps superior
strength. His life went on in
monotonous and inconspicuouS
routine. until he began 10 believe
that. as far as he was concerned,
the war was really only play-act-
ing after all
Then the curtain rises on the
morning Of Aug 26 and before he
knows IL, Pfc. KELLER is on stage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01

Hornet She stops dead in the
water, her generators out. The
next bomb blows the limp stocky
body of Pfc. Kelber IS feet into
the ready-room under the fight
deck and momentarily blinds him.
Face swollen and peppered with
shrapnel on the side where the
bullet missed. Kelber tries 10
grope his way back 10 the gun. a
sailor puts IA quick bandage' on
the marines face. but IL doesn't
stop the bleeding because the
bandage is on the wrong side,
As his sight returns. Keller
stumbleS out 10 the gun where the
gunnery sergeant sits with ear
phones on. calmly insisting he is
all right--just a little shaken up
either hiding or unaware Of the
fact that his legs are paralyzed
Seeing Kelber's face a mess Of
blood. the sergeant orders him
below Ito get fixed up Kelber
finds a corpsman who bandages
his face properly. then returns 10
the gun. He asks the sergeant II
he can take over the phones, but
the sergeant says, No. | can han
die 'em" Kelber asks what he
can do and Just then the first tor
pedo hits and he feels the ship
lift
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Too Weak to Operate

The sailor who had tried 10
treat Kelber now holds out his
hands crying, Il cant see! l can't
see" The gunnery sergeant sends
KELLER over 10 do what he can.
KELLER can't find any marks on
the sailor. He finds a water jug
and starts passing IT out 10 the
gunners.
He tries to put ammunition in
the magazine but is too weak 10
exert the necessary 90 pounds
pressure He is losing blood too
fast Another sergeant orders Kel-
Der below TO a doctor-"afraid I'll
conk off right there in front Of
him"
The whole battery is "a mess of
blood. gruesome TO see, and the
fight and hangar decks look like
butcher shop -
Kelber remembers when the
next torpedo hits. but he doesn't
recall the other five. At the emer-
gency station below decks they
have given him morphine and led
him 10 the rail where they strap
him in a chair. He doesn't know
what its all about. Il want TO get
my gear" he keeps saving.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Victims Litter Decks

A corpsman pushes him oversize
and KELLER is now swinging in a
bos'un chair over the water on
cable stretched TO a destroyer.
Halfway across he hears a man
yell. Here they come-cut the
cable" X er is sure he's a
"goner." But they haul him aboard
the destroyer. then cut the cable.
KELLER stands aimlessly on deck
while the destroyer fights for her
life. Decks are littere d with
wounded worse off than me" and
the lone doctor is too busy TO look
at Pfc. Kelber until next morning
The New York boy sits down,
wondering vagucly why he's on
this little ship and not back on
the Hornet behind his gun He
doesn't realize that his mother
ship is dying. that American tor
pedoes will have 10 finish her be-
fore nightfall. Nor that 156 Jap
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Droves of Japanese

A plane SWoops toward the car
rier off the port quarter.
1T looks funny--nOt like our
own. Then i see the disc on its
wings. II doesn't look red TO me,
but orange And then every
gun around me seems 10 open
up with mine and Japs are com
ing at us out of the sun i'm
drOVes and drOves. All I can see
Is Jap planes wherever l put my
gun. They're falling all around,
too, but nobody knows who gets
them because so many guns are
on the same target and then I
hear somebody yell The Are Is
out" / turn around to see the
wreckage of a Jap plane scat
tered all over our fight deck.
It's still smoking from where
Ii hit our bridge and burst into
flames.
Then I look back In time TO
see six planes coming down In
formation straight from the sun.
strafing az they come. I've got
my mouth wide open, cursing
(even the chaplain admits later
That's one time cursing did
goOd.D and as II turns out, that
cursing saves my life.
IT'S kind of haZy in my mind,
hut l remember seeing Ave OF
the six laps hit the water. some
In flames and one of them trying
TO crash the deck only missing
by few feet, and then there u
this last one with tracers sput-
tering straight at me.
IL wouldn't say see the bullet
that hits me because I don't
feel anything except a wetness
on my face and I hear some guy
holler, You're bleeding' so I
feel my face and, look at my
hand and there's blood, and
spit out n mOuthfuI OF blood and
teeth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Saw Doolittle Start

Even at that, Pfc. kelber fire.
ouently wondered, with modest
misgivings, how he would act
when the time came"
From his gun position the ma
rine's broad face came just level
with the flight deck. and 1t was
from here. on Kelber's 21st birth
day, that he saw Doolittle and his
men lift into a stormy gray sky
that April morning a few hundred
miles from Tokyo. and Kelber's
voice joined the cheers that never
stopped until the last big bomber
ad e d into misty rain But
throughout this dramatic episode
Pfc. Kelber's little 20 nm. didn't
get TO open its mouth -.
on June A came the Battle Of
Midway
At $50 a. m. the message 49,
enemy naval units sighted within
striking distance. Expected Strik-
ing time 900 a. m Looks like
this is it"-galvanized the ship TO
action. KELLER to his post. and the
Hornets planes into the air With
his own eyes KELLER saw the
famous Torpedo g. squadron take
off-(from which only one man
was 10 survive). But nothing hap
pened within range of Pfc KELLER.
Eagerly he waited as one Of
the great battles of the Pacific
Numbered beyond the horizon.
Sometimes. far off he saw planes
burst into flame and hit the water,
and he saw smoke pouring from
the Yorktown after she was hit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Three Chopped to Pieces

81 look around and see three
fellows I'm the gun next TO mine
all chopped TO pieces - done
for -.
I'm still on the gun-dOpey
like-but conscious. though not
sure whether I'm still firing the
gun or not when this I,000-pOund
demolition comes down near
the battery and the next know
I'm pic X ed mp and wrapped
around the gun like a wet rag"
It's this bomb that dooms tht
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Big Stevens Hotel
Reopens in Chicago

CHICAGO. NoV. l GNS)-The
Stevens Hotel. the worlds largest
hosiery. reopened this morning
but with only LOO of its 5000
rooms ready for occupancy
The hotel was built in 1927 at
a cost of S2S. 100000 and about
year ago sold 10 the army for use
as a technical training school. Re-
Gently IL was abandoned as
school and sold 10 Arnold Kirkeby,
operator Of other luxury hotels for
IS. 500 900.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Youth Ills Up
NJ Institute

Problems facing Michigan war
time youth will be discussed at
the fourteenth annual Parent Edu-
cation Institute today in YpSilanti.
Sponsored by the University Of
Michigan Extension Service. the'
Michigan Congress II Parents and
Teachers, and the Michigan Child
Study Association, institute pro-
grams were slated this week for
Ypsilanti. Saginaw, LanSln
Muskegon. and Traverse City.
Mrs. w. NJ. Devoe of Detroit first
vice president Of the Parent
Teachers Congress, Will preside
at today's opening sessions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Teeth and Gums
Shot Away in
Historic Fight

planes went down with two Jap
carriers disabled that day
Cold wet. and miserable, he
sleeps fitfully on deck by the
galley. II isn't the ache IN the shat
tered roots Of his teeth nor his
laceraied face that keeps waking
Pfc. Kelber. It's the recurring
worry II he did all right in his
one brief appearance before the
footlights Of the historic, tragic
drama Of the Hornet
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Engineers TO Hear
Ann ArbOr Scientist

Recent Developments in Sur
face Finish Measurements will
be the subject of an address by
Or. L. Abbott. president Of the
Physicists Research Co. Ann
Arbor, at a meeting Of the De-
troit section of American Society
of Mechanical Engineers at 8
p. m. tomorrow in the Rackham
building. A dinner at s p. m. Will
precede the meeting.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
BIdCkout Blamed
For Gas Shortage

LYNNFIELD, Mass, Nov. 1
CUP)-Compclled 10 explain a
/ .16l gallon shortage in his caSo-
line coupons. a filling-station opor-
ator here blamed the dimout lie
said he couldn't see the pump m
dicator and thus had probably
given customers more than their
coupons called for.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Accidental Bullets

ct was a helpless feeling sit
ting with our planes mp there
fighting and not able To get a
crack at them yellow monkeys"
II didn't make him feel any bet
ter when one after another Of the
Hornets planes failed TO return
and even less when one OF them
came in. the pilot so badly shot up
he fell on his trigger release in a
half faint To spray the mother
ships deck with accidental bullets
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-01
Times Photo


Pref ty Jane
Parks, q, of 202S
LongfellOw, run
ming happily over
some of the arias
she sang Sunday as
a member of the
chorus of The Bar
tered Bride" at the
Masonic Temple. II
was her first public
appearance; now
she's aiming for a
career in opera. Her
mother, Mrs. Karl
Parks once appeared
as a concert singer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Can
Lease a Lot
State Charges
81 a Year

LANSING. March 20 Victory
gardeners looking for land 10 hoe
can lease practically any of the
thousands Of state-owned city lots
an Northern Michigan for 81 a
year, the conservation depart
mehts lands division reports.
There are state-owned lots
available for victory gardens in
practically every subdivision north
of the Muskegon-Bay City line
Potential gardeners wondering
about the vacant lot next door
may find out if il is state-owned
10y inquiring at the office of the
city or township treasurer, or
wherever real estate taxes are
paid. Applications for gardening
permits should be sent directly 10
the department OF conservation in
Lansing. In the case OF welfare
recipients. the 81 use permit fee
is waived.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Be on Lookout
For Insect Eggs

| While walking in your garden or
anywhere IN your neighborhood,
keep a close watch for the egg
clusters Of tent caterpillarS. Ar
ounce OF prevention is worth sew
eral pounds of cure in this case as
lit is much easier TO remove the
branch on which the egg cluster is
than 10 burn out the caterplllarS
from a tree later on
The signs are a shiny band about
an inch long completely encircline
branch or twig. These are usu'
ally found on apple or wild cherry
trees. particularly the latter. The
prevention consists in shipping of
the part of the branch or twil
containing the cluster and burn
ing IT.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Tuesday: Early Gardening
Tic Detroit Times, March y, 1913
..Ferti|izing
A New Garden

Experts always advise the use
of manure on new gardens if this
substance is available. However.
the amount TO be applied is
usually described only in terms OF
a heavy application or light
one
Translated into actual amounts
a full wheelbarrow of manure,
which runs about four cubic feet,
put on 100 square feet of soil is a
heavy" dose.
a bushel which is about one
and one-quarter cubic feet spread
over the same amount Of space,
is light dose. These two
figures apply &c barnyard manure.
If poultry manure IS used, only
about a quarter as much by vol
ume should be spread, as poultry
manure is much the stronger.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Trimming Suckers
From Lilac Bush
Cut Linoleum
TO FIJI Around Trunk

Do YOU have trials and trIbula.
tions because of the Suckering OF
your lilacs? Then here is how Ia
rectify the situation In a piece
OF linoleum as large as the spread
of the bush, cut a hole for the
main trunk and several holes for
the strong. growing. lesser trunks.
Slit the linoleum from the holes 10
the outside edge of the piece so
that it may be put into place
easily
Now cut off all the suckers,
leaving only those branches for
which you have made holes in the
linoleum. Remove an inch of soil
and shove the linoleum into place.
II should completely cover all the
places where the suckers have
been removed. Now replace the
inch of soil over the linoleum.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Make Grating Wax
From This Recipe

Grating wax may be home
made by using the following
recipe: 4 parts by weight of roSin,
2 Of beeSWaX and l Of tallow. Melt
these all together, pour into cold
water and cool until the mass can
be handled. Then grease the
hands and pull the wax as you'd
pull molasseS taffy. Finally cut of
sticks of any desired size and roll
each separately into waxed paper
wrapping tightly. In this manner
il Will keep indefinitely.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
u. Of N. Library Lends
Garden Pamphlets

The University of Michigan Ii
brary extension service announces
it-has- valuable garden material to-
lend.
Titles of some Of the pamphlets
are: The City Home Garden, Con-
troll of Insects of the Kitchen Gar
den, The Farm Garden. Home
Production of the Family'S Food
Supply, The Home Vegetable Gar
den, Natures Garden for Victory
and Peace, Victory Gardens. and
Weeds TO Control Them.
Victory gardeners needing such
should address a request
10 the Library Extension Service,
University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor. Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Golden CIeome
A Striking Annual

In planning your garden. If YOU
are looking for a tall annual OF
striking appearance. try the
Golden Cleome-a gold edition OF
the common spider plant 1t grows
to seven or eight feet in height
and is widely spreading, branch
ing in tree fashion The flowers
are so gold as 10 be almost orange
IT grows from seed very easily.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
KEEP TUB FILLED

Keep the container I'm the shade
until the plants are Well-etSab-
lished. Water freely.
when the plants are tall enough
TO reach above the rim of the tub,
move 10 a more sunny spot and
from then on have the tub always
filed with water, which l. com
pletely changed once weekly. Use
a hose 20 flush the water out and
then 10 refill. Begin 10 use the
leaves for salads as soon as they
are large enough.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
Spinach Must
Be Planted Early

Spinach is vegetable that must
be- Sown very early for a good
crop. II also needs good fertile
soil. In about IS days from the
time of sowing spinach reaches It's
height and then it forms seed very
rapidly and is no longer good
to use.
A second crop may be grown in
early fall when the weather turns
cool. For the spring crop try King
of Denmark or Long Standing
Bloomdale. For fall plan n s
.Darkie or Virginia Savoy are good
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21


Do not space your rows too close
together. The probable minimum require
ment for most vegetables is Is inches.
Tomatoes require at least 3 feet spacing
if staked, and by feet or by feet
if they are not pruned and staked. Late
cabbage must be given by feet
spacing Pole beans require IS by Is inch
spacing and broccoli by feet.
Do not, seed beans too deep, and do
not seed peas too shallow. Peas must be
planted by April in the Detroit area or
not at all. They require the cool, wet
spring season in which 10 develop. A later
planting Of peas is waste of time and
seeds.
Don't overlook the value OF your soil
and water conditions. A poor soil and no
irrigation will produce a poor crop. Do
not attempt to plant vegetables in shade
or near trees and large shrubs Com
petition between the plants for water and
sun is too great.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21
PERMANENT PLACE

Next prepare a permanent place
for the plants. Into a half barrel
or large tub put equal parts OF
good garden soil and rotted stable
manure. Keep this mixture moist.
When the seeds have sprouted
and have grown two sets Of tuIe
leaves in addition TO the first set
Of baby leaves, move them, sod
and all, To the barrel or tub and
press the sod gently but firmly
until il makes close contact with
the soIf and manure already IN the