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GAY SOCIAL

GAY SOCIAL
The newly-organized Gay social
club held its meeting last Friday
at the home OF Mr.. John Ford at
3l3 T.. Forest avenue. Officers
elected were: Mr.. Julian Leverett.
president; Mr.. Harold West, vice.
president; and Mr.. John Ford, Sec
rotary.
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meeting was called to order by the
president. Old and new business
was called for and dues collected.
Games were played for prizes.
The winners were: Mrs. Maxine
Brooks and Mr.. James Keller. Re-
freshments were served by the hos
tess and a good time was had by
all. The meeting was then adj
journed. The next meeting will
be at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sleeve Brooks. 1888 Harding ave-
nue.. Mr.. James Keller. president;
Mrs. Maxine Brooks. secretary, and
Mrs Janet DOYLE. renorter.
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GAYORILS

VICTORY SWEETHEARTS
The Victory Sweethearts held its
regular meeting Sunday evening at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Waller, 6343 Hartford avenue. The
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
SECRET SACRIFICE

Members of the club held their
regular meeting at the lovely home
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
-McGrath Killer
Reveals Details

Melvin Childress. his mind APP
psrently cleared by his long pen
ciled confession. today willingly
helped police piece together the
previously vague story of how he
strangled and attac X @ d Mrs
Sybilla McGrath. mother OF SIX
children and wife OF his closest
friend
ChiIdreSs. whose request 10 re-
construct the crime at the scene
was granted, said he visited tho
McGrath apartment, 1922 CaSs
avenue, early Friday in the belief
he could get whisky from the
woman's husband. Harold.
Meanwhile ChildresS SiSt @ +
Mrs. Fayette Bicknell OF Anderson
Ind, appeared at police headquar'
ters announcing she would find a
lawyer for her brother, who rs
former convict.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
Sdndndndd Falls
To Allied ArmY;
laps Polketed
Last Pspuan Stronghold
Of Foe Taken; Enemy
Divided Into Groups
BY DON CASWELL
United Press stan Correspondent

NERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, AUSTRALIA,
Jan. 19.-United States and Aus
tralian troops have taken Sana-
nanda Point and Sanananda vii
lage, the last Japanese strongholds
in Papuan New Guinea, Gen. Doug
las Macarthur announced today in
a special communlque.
Remnants of the Japs Papuan
army of $4,000 shock troops, in
GLIDING naval landing parties and
marines, were sliced into four iso-
lated pockets. two on the north
New Guinea shore and two inland
and their position was hopeless.
A Sydney Herald special cor
respondent at the front reported
I that the Japanese were groggy
in appalling physical CONDITION
wearing tattered uniforms anc
ribbons of boots which had rotteo
from their feet
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
British Ra(inQ
towards Tripo|i
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
road junction only 50 miles from
Tripoli
Allied North African headquar-
tiers reported, meantime, that in
fantry and tank forces have en-
gagged Axis units in the Bou Arada-
Goubellat area. AZ miles southwest
of Tunis, while French forces from
ITuniSia neared a junction south oil
! Tripoli with Fighting French col
lumn from Equatorial Africa, II
was announced officially today.
An Allied communique reported
the engagement southwest oil
ITuniS.
THE enemy gained some
ground southwest OF Pont du
/ Fahs." II said
Pont du Fahs is 3S miles south
west of Tunis. In this area all
battles were reported in progress
American Flying Fortresse
scored direct hits on the airdrom'
at Castcl Benito, 10 miles south o
Tripoli. yesterday. Enemy fighter
attacked the big bomber formation
and three AXIS planes were de
stroyed
One enemy plane was hrough
down by a bomber and the othe
two by planes of the fighter escort
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
Sweden
Set to Stop
Invasion

LONDON. Jan. 10 (UP).-
Sweden. evidently guarding against
a possible German lightning in
vaSion as the result of Russias
victories on the Leningrad front
took emergency action today &c
insure its defense
Gen. O. G.. Toernell, commander
lin-chief of the Swedish armed
forces, issued a special order that
in event of lightning attack
local commanders must act or
their own initiative, even without
order from their superiors. 10 de-
,fend the country.
He warned the nation. as hac
Premier Per Alben II mss or
yesterday. that enemy agents were
likely to spread false reports in q
fifth column operation accompany
ing an invasion.
"Any reports that orders have
been given to cease fire will be
false" General Thoernell an
| nounced.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
Planes Sfrafe Trains
Inn France: Hit ; Ship S

LONDON. Jan 10 tUP) -
Fighter and coastal command
planes taking over the night shift
from the mg bomDerS attacked
enemy railroads and shipping last
night the air ministry announced
today as the Allied nonstop aerial
offensive entered It's seventh day
FIghtcr planes cannonaded
freight trains and locomotives
IN northern France and Hudson
plane Of tho coastal command
scored hits on three ships IN an
enemy CONVOY attacked Of the
Ncthcrland, coast
Bomber command planes laid
mines In enemy waters.
hIl plane returned tho COM
murlque SAID
Bombs dropped on two south
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
WLB 10 Set Up
Powerful Office
Here by Feb. |
viii Have Full Power
in Passing on Contracts
Of Workers, Employers
BY JACK CRELLIN
Times Labor. Editor

An autonomous regional War
Labor Board TO pass on voluntary
wage agreements and 10 settle
labor disputes will be set up in
Detroit by February /, II was
learned today.
Creation of the board has AL
ready been approved by the WLB
in Washington and delays are due
To failure of the federal govern
ment to allocate funds and TO
complete the personnel.
Completely autonomous, re
board viii bc identical IN Struc-
ture TO its parent board in WASH
ington.
1t Will have final and complete
authority in all cases within IT'S
jurisdiction. However, appeals can
be made TO the WLB in Washing
ton
Speedy establishment OF the
board. demanded by both labor and
industry is expected 10 eliminate
the bottleneck OF rules on wage
increases.
Al the present Time II an EN-
ployer and his employees come TO a
voluntary agreement on wage in
crcases II may take months be-
fore they secure the governments
okay
Their agreement must first be
sent 10 the local offices OF the
wage and hour division of the de-
partment OF labor From there 1t
is forwarded 20 the regional wage
and hour offices in Cleveland, then
10 The regional WLB director
there. and finally 10 Washington:
The board will be composed Of
II members, four from industry.
four from labor and four repre-
Senting the public.
one Of the candidates for The
Craftsmanship is Thomas J. Dona-
hue. chairman of the State Labor
Mediation Board. who las sat on
panel hearings in Washington.
Other candidates who have been
recommended as public members
are Noel p Fox of MuSkegon. eISo
a member Of the state board, and
David A. Wolff. attorney.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20

east coast British towns. Several
fires were started but we're put
out quickly One woman was
wounded. another was reported
killed y One raider was seen fall
ing IN flames
The German official news agency
said tho Raj killed 50 persons IN
lis Saturday night raid on Berlin,
and the victims included 80 war
prisoners
Neutral Stockholm correspond
cntS reported from Berlin that
IL reScmbled on a smaller scale
tho bombed. sections Of Bremen
Emdcn. DueS,oldCrf and Essen
Hugo areas Il those cities were
eradicatcd by tho Raj in numcr.
nus raids, sometimes by 1000
planes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
AIDED BY PLANES

Opening their drive Sunday, the
Allied troops cut the main road
leading inland, in the japanese
rear. with the aid OF airplanes
which attacked with bomb and
machine gun.
The Allies drove on to take Cape
IKillerton, at the northwestern
side of the enemy beachhead, and
Wye Pointe, 700 yards 10 the
southeast.
The japanese were left with a
beach front less than $500 yards
long and about the same depth
inland.
Sanananda village and Sana-
nanda Point were captured Mon
day.
Forward elements OF our
troops reached Giruwa, on the
coast, Macarthur reported.
ENEMY IN POCKET
"The enemy are now reduced
TO a pocket of 500 yards north
west of the seward end OF
Ssnananda track and q small
area between Giruwa and Tara
kena. Inland, two enemy pockets
are under attack"
General Macarthur thus wa!
very close 10 the biggest Allied
victory of the southwest Pacific
elimination of the japanese arm,
which landed at Buna, just dowr
the coast months ago, and started
drive for Port Moresby, TIT
Allied base on the south coast
which was TO be the springboart
for an invasion of Australia.
The climax came in triple at
tack. The Australians, mary o
them veterans of the Middle East
pressed down from Cape Killertol
and Wye Point on the northweS
while the Americans drove iron
the southeast between Giruwa ant
ITarakena villages.
A mixed force OF Australian
and Americans attacked from di
rectly inland. along the trail L
Sanananda village.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
rs Io4 in Buenos Aires!

BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 10 CUPD.
City jewellers swarmed to sea
side resorts today TO escape the
hottest weather in seven years as
Thermometers scared 10 almost
1O4 degrees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
Gas Ration Looters Hunted

CHICAGO. Jan. 10 HNS) -
Office Of Price Administration
agents and Chicago police investi-
gated TODAY the theft Of 1854 gas
oline rstioning books from a
Chicago rstlonine board Office
Officials. estimated that the cou-
pons have = legitimate value Of
approximately 100000 gallons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20

MOSCOW, Jan. 10 (UP).-Rus-
sian troops pounded vulnerable
German salient outside Leningrad
today and threatened to isolate
the Axis armies on the northern
front or force them into a general
retreat. front dispatches indicated
The northern Axis salient starts
near Novgorod, so miles south OF
Leningrad. 1t already had lost its
northern anchor AT the fortress OF
Schluesselburg, % miles east oil
Leningrad, which was taken wher
the Red army lifted the Leningrao
siege.
Successful operations along this
salient could become springboarc
for a Russian thrust into the Bal
tics and perhaps drive into EasI
Prussia and Poland, observers said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
New Price Gar
Spends First Day
With Henderson
Justice Murphy Expected
70 Administer Oath 10
Former Michigan Senator
By LEE CARSON


WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 Prem
tiSS N. Brown, confirmed by the
Senate for the post of price adj
miniS,rstor, today said that my
every effort viii be directed toward
keeping prices in control
The former Michigan senator
conferred all day yesterday with
the man he will succeed-Leon
Henderson, whose chief fault Mas
that he could not get along with
Congress.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
ARMIES MAY JOIN

A drive down the SchlueSsel-
burg Novgorod salient would bring
a junction of the northern Russian
armies with the forces already
pressing toward Latvia from the
Velikie Luki area, which were last
reported less than 70 miles from
the LatVian border.
The noon communique an
nounced that the Red army hac
recaptured six more inhabited
places in the Nelikie HHki sector
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
Trolley
OVerturnS.
FL Injured
Registered y. s. Pstsnt ONCE
CONTINUED from Page One)


one auto often caused traffic jams
extending several blocks back.
Frequently treacherous piles of
snow threw vehicles into drifts
edging the streets, leaving them
powerleSS 10 move.
1, Minor accidents resulting from
snow banks which filed streets
Unfortunately were many.
Local and interurban buses were
operating so irregularlv that Off
Gals were unable to report how
far they were off schedule.
Andrew Lubbock, 80, motorman
of the Mt. Elliott trolley, said that
as he approached the sharp turn
at the intersection he applied the
brakes. Instantly the w h S
locked, he told police. and as the
trucks continued around the ice
covered rails the coach tore loose.
The wheels were found about
80 feet from the overturned coach,
the wheels still locked. Police
said the coach was part of the
IDSR's antiquated equipment which
had been renovated recently to
IN eet the growing transportation
shortage.
"a LITTLE TOO FAST"
Fred A. Nolan. DSR general
manager, said statements would
he taken from all witnesses in a
c ON plete investigation OF the
Imishap.
THE mOtorman tells me he
was going about Is miles an
hour" Nolan said. This may
have been all right under normal
conditions. But Ice had been
forming on the rails and con-
sequently 1 believe II was lit
tie too fast.
He was a new man, with no
experience in this kind OF
weather, but under our rules
he's automatically suspended"
Theorizing that the trolley's
front trucks were thrown out OF
the tracks momentarily by ice,
Nolan refuted police superstition
that faulty mechanism caused the
accident.
Police estimated the car was
going 25 miles an hour when il
approached the curve.
Lubbock, who had been motor
man less than four months. was
ticketed for reckless driving, anc
ordered to appear in court Febru'
airy 4. He was uninjured
ticketed for reckless driving. He
was uninlured.
Most of the victims in the crash
none OF them seriously injured
were taken 10 Receiving Hospital
Seven were released after first
aid. The others. suffering possible
fractures, were held for XrayS.
From all sectors of the tri-countS
metropolitan area came reports oI
hardness and absenteeism pro
Voked by weather
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
NO RADICAL CHANGES

He said that he expected that
one OF the first problems pre-
scented to him for revision would
be that of gasoline. but he re-
marked:
II repeat that there will be no
radical changes Immediately and
none at all unless they are for
the best interests OF the civilian
and war economies"
price control and ratiOning,"
he said, "are no impositions on
the people but protection to
them.
al will consult with my sH-
periors and associates, with the
consumers, producers, and busi-
ness men 60 get a full compTe-s
hension of the task and do my
utmost to be just between the
various interests to be served
and 10 alleviate so far az 1 am
able the hardships we all must
suffer"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
DISTANCED BY BANDIT

must nave pen very CiOse.
recall o sharp pain In my neck"
DISTANCED BY BANDIT
Vaulting out of the cage, the
robber encountered Miss Pack
man. He fired.
II must have tripped In my
fright the girl said. "When,
as he ran passed me, 1 heard
two more shots"
Ellis was hurled from the robbef
in the fight at the netrance TO the
stlrway.
by the time picked myself
up, he must have been "A flight
ahead OF me-" Ellis stated. "Still
believing he was firing blanks,
1 set off after him.
However, widened the gap
because I had to stop at each
floor TO see IL he left by the
door"
VANISHED IN BASEMENT
Ben Dawson OF 1909 Cherry
lawn avenue, a store buyer, was
attracted to the stairway by a
shot. believed also TO have been
fired at Ellis,
"The bandit certainly looked
big going down those stairs"
Dawson said. "And he was NOV
ing awfully past. Before could
follow him he had disappeared
into the basement
Unaware of the ROBBERY, a crowd
of basement Shoppers and clerks
saw the bandit run across the floor
10 a stairway leading TO the street
A moment later excitement
spread through the departments
as Ellis and Dawson burst yelling
into the basement.
SO POLICE ARRIVE
A small army of policemen ir
charge of Chief of Detectives Pau
Wencel and Senior Inspector Ed
ward Graft descended on the store
a few minutes later.
Out OF eight scout cars pileC
% patrolmen 10 surround tho
building and block all entrances
First assumption was that tho
bandit was still inside. Later
witnesses told of seeing him boarC
a cab in Library street.
$3.50 RECOVERED
I Although the amount of money
could not be accurately deter
mined BY store executives pending
thorough check II was believed
fro mthe number of bill stacks
pocketed by the bandit that The
loss would be above $1,000
One roll of $3.50 was found or
the stairway apparently dropped
by the gunman IN his flight
The cashiers cage in which Tho
holdup occurred is in a corner o
the store annex. isolated from the
merchandising departments
Lead Slugs in the floor and walls
sprovcd the bandits gun was loaded
l. Il
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
The War
Today
Iroq on Side
OF Allies Blow
To AXIS Nations
By MAJ. PAUL c. RABoRG

By MAI. PAUL c. RAB0RG
Written L.rectslp FOR Internationsl >sw'
service
THE DECLARATION Of
war by the Arab Middle East
country Of Iraq, which was
definitely directed at Germany
Italy and Japan, has given TO
the democracies strategic ad-
vantages which practically
rank with recent United Ma
tons victories gained by
armed force.
There is vast Moslem
block which extends entirely
across Northern Africa, cen
tiers in the Middle East con-
tinues eastward through India
and even farther.
The diplomacy of both the
AXIS and United Nations mas,
for long before the commence
ment of this war, realized
that any affront 10 a Moslem
nation probably would be i'm
mediately picked up through
out the entire block by the
followers of Mehammed. For
this reason Turkey was
treated with the greatest care
and consideration even by
Hitler and his Nazi diplomats.
ALL THE Moslems are
known to be fierce fighters.
Their fanatical wars are a
matter of history.
Iraq has set the example
which may be followed in
every country where there is
a maj ority of Moslems.
Though the Moslems are
not in the majority in India.
Iraq's decision should help
greatly the internal political
situation of that country.
II is a tremendous advan-
tage 10 the United Nations
that the wording of the dec
laration is so extremely clear
cut. A paragraph each is
written at the Nazis, the
Fascists and the fanatics Of
the Empire of the Rising Sun.
THE AXIS sins of commits
sion are clearly set forth.
This tells all Moslem people in
no uncertain language what
the Axis nations have at
tempted to do and, what is
much more TO the point, it
tells all Mohammedans that
their sister state will not
stand for the would-be ag-
gressions of followers Of Hit
Ter or Hirohito.
To me, Iraq's declaration Of
war is one Of the outstanding
strategic gains for the United
Nations throughout the entire
war.
II is human nature that an
Individual or nation does not
like TO join sides with the
loser: therefore, there can be
no doubt that the recent great
British victories in Egypt and
Libya, the Allied invasion of
North Africa, and the sue
cessful Russian offensives
have had a very strong effect
on the decision made by Iraq.
WE SHOULD realize the
great block of military
strength the United Nations
has now built up in the Middle
East. The Ninth British Army,
under the command OF Gen
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. is
In lraq. There have been ru.
mors that We have American
troops there.
This is Of tremendous sig.
nihcance because il was in
lraq and Iran that Hitler had
dreamed his northern Russian
arm Of attack would meet
with his southern arm. Rom.
mel.
That dream has now van
ished from the fuehrer's minc
and from his future horizon
Further, in addition TO In,
quantities Of oil and gas pro
duced by Irsq and Iran, tines,
countries are directly in III,
middle Of our supply rout,
from thesPersian Gulf TO Rus
STA via the Caspian Gulf.
All this rnassed strength
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
RETAKE KAMENSK

simultaneously with its an
nouncement that the 17-month
siege of Leningrad had been lifted,
the Red army reported yesterday
that its forces had driven across
the Donets River and recapturcd
Kamensk, 90 miles north of RoS-
TOW.
Once the Russians mop up the
KamenSk area, they will be IN
position to extend their bridge
head on the west bank of the
Donets and push on toward Lik-
'hGya. the vital rail junction l6
miles to the south, WHICH now Is
carrying the major role in supply
ing RoStov from the west.
Such a drive would menace the
entire DonetS line of the ANS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
B,01Un VO1us Status Qu0' for While, on Ceilings
NaZiS Face Isolation
I'm ,Leningrad Sector

The Russians were on the march
along their 1,250-mile front in an
offensive which was rivaled only
by the German advance in l94l
The Axis was confronted with
danger spots along the entire
front.
Second point of immediate peril
TO the Axis armies was the mar
rowing corridor west OF Stain
grad, connecting Rostov with
Kamensk, on the railroad 10 Voro-
neZh.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
soon TO TAKE OATH

Brown said that he expects to be
sworn NTH middle or latter part
of the week. Supreme Court
Justice Frank Murphy close friend
of Brown, is expected to admin
lister the oath.
Brown said nc first would devote
himself 10 a "GeW Immediate prob
lens.
He explained that he would con-
fer with Henderson again today
and then would TRY TO isolate
myself for 10 days or two weeks
TO get the feel of things
He said there would be no radi.
cal changes in price or rationine
policies before he has had time tC
make a thorough, study of the
whole situation" and that perhaps
there would be none for some time
TO come.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
Crow|eyRobbed.
CASHIER Is Shot

Continued from Page One)
she related. Then he shot. III
must have ben very close. l
recall o sharp pain in my neck"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-20
ALL CLEAR LAST NIGHT

Typical Of the way the storm
Skclctonlzcd early morning per
sonnet was a report by Arthur II.
Sarvis, state OPA head. APP
proXimately 200 of hiS-employes,
travelling by various means, re-
ported for work from five minutes
10 an hour late.
Approximately 1900 snow show
elerS, modified after frantic radio
appeals. were assigned to clear
the streets. according TO Thomas
Clarity of the DPW.
Twenty-Five salt spreaders, %
snow plows and $50 trucks also
were in service All streets were
well cleared last night, Garrity
said. when the storm broke out
anew.
An additional So, 1000 appropria-
ton for paying emergency snow
ShovelerS was granted today by
common council in response TO the
request of William NJ. Walker Jr.,
DPW chief.
Already this winter he told the
council the department has spent
$50 600 on emergency wages.
more than usually needed during
an entire year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-11
Funeral Thursday
For Ortinq Logger

ORTING - Fred J. Strankman,
so. passed away suddenly while at
his work at the St Paul and Taco
ma Logging company near Orting
Monday, where he had been en-
ployed for the past % years, mis-
entire residence here.
Strankman was born NJ Ger
many. May rs. 1882, and when nine
weeks old. went with his parents
to Kewaie. Hawaiian Islands. On
mis- It'll birthday the family ar
rived at Old Town. He was a men,
Der OF Prairie Lodge No. 63. A. o.
U. w, of South Prairie. at the
time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, Mary
Ann. and a son, Frederick, of the
home, a son William. Of Seattle,
and q daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Rolfe
Of Sumner; two brothers, Henry
of Sumner, and d. W. of Shelton,
and two sisters. Mrs. Mary Thomas
Of South Prairie and Mrs. Freda
Haggie of Eugene. Ore.
Funeral services Will be con-
Quoted at Orting Methodist church
Thursday at 1;30 p. m, with Rev.
W. o. Benadon officiating. Burial
will be in Tacoma. under direction
Of Orting funeral nome