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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28

but II got the soldiers 10 the
weak spot in our defense.
He had 10 have the planes.
There was no other way. About
1000 soldiers had been aboard a
transport ship, ready 10 move
north, at one time. but the navy
SAID no. The Boring was consid-
cred too dangerous right then 10
risk a troop transport. The navy
conveyed the ship through safely.
but 1t carried only the heavy guns
and skeleton crews. The soldiers
went by air.
The air movement was COM
pleted in Is days. during which
time 1t. Col. w. X. Dudley, COM
mander of the augmenting force
and then the Nome garrison, was
given a force of IS officers and
.2,09l men.
There were 179 trips TO Nome
after the first day, a total of 213
flights over the Badland Noun
talns Of Alaska.
1t was tribute 10 the skill of
commercial and army pilots alike
that there was not a single mis-
hap. not one man hurt, no one
plane damaged.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
Raids Kill
Million

LONDON. Oct. % UNS)-A
total of l,200,0S6 German civilians
have been killed, or are reported
missing and believed 10 have been
killed, as a result of Allied air
raids up until last Oct l, an Ex-
change Telegraph Co dispatch
from Zurich reported today,
The dispatch quoted a member
Of the Nazi government statistics
office in Berlin as the source OF
the casualty figures.
The total of civilians bombed
out Of their homes and forced 10
evacuate because Of air raids was
placed at 6,953, 900.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
Bonus Offered
For Job Filters

The Regional War Labor Board
today moved to solve the current
manpower shortage by approving
a unique plan providing for pay
ment of bonuses for employees of
the General Motors Corp. La
Grange. Ill, plant who obtain new
employees.
Under the plan which will be
given a 30-day trial, employees
Will receive So in stamps for each
new applicant brought in by them
who is placed on the pay roll; an
additional SO for each trainee
who is d success on the job after
80 days.
Higher awards will be made
for obtaining skilled employees.
Awards also will be made TO en-
ployes securing the most recruits.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
10000 Jews
Slain by Ndzis

LONDON, Oct 70 QNS)-A
Moscow broadcast quoted by the
Daily Express today declared that
the Germans murdered 10000
Jews in the "lsst few days" be-
for they evacuated Dneprope-
trovsk.
Thousands n families in
Dnepropetroysk were said 10 have
left the city during the 26-month
Nazi occupation 10 roam the open
steppcs where many OF them died
from starvation.
The Moscow radio, according 70
the Express. saic also that the
Germans had executed hundreds
Of workers in reprisal for sabotage
IN the Lenin steel works ~
DnepropetrUvsk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28

All commercial air tTHNel was
halted in Alaska that day, and
that was serious. Air Is the chief
mode Of travel in this country.
80 FLIGHTS TO NOME IN DAY
Helped by the midnight sun.
which permitted contact flying "a
hours a day, the army moved lG
50-caliher anti-aircraft guns to
Nome by midnight of the day Of
the order. Each gun had a three
man crew, and there were five
officers to command.
There were 80 flights between
Anchorage and Nome that day
Some pilots made two trips, flying
Ia to 10 hours with almost no
rest.
The problem Of loading the
planes belonged TO Col. Crawford.
an army veteran whose home is
in Lebanon. Tenn, The planes had
TO be combat loaded'--that is
the men aboard each plane had TO
be fully equipped 10 jump TO the
ground fighting.
The army was acting on infor-
nation that indicated there was
strong possibility the JapS might
invade. The men who boarded the
planes believed they would have TO
fight 10 defend the long straight
stretch of beach at Nome.
The men carried their weapons.
everything Up to a 81 nm. anti
tank gun. enough ammunition for
three days of fighting. a Today
supply of food, all their winter
clothing and all their regular
clothing issue.
Planes were even a bigger prob
lem. though. For days Col. Craw-
ford stood by, waiting for calls
from the airport. Every time he
was told a plane was ready he
rushed out a tiny group of men,
ready 10 go.
This process went on for days.
1t wouldn't have taken that long,
but weather was so bad the planes
were grounded about half the
time.
Gen. Buckner, then a major
general, took a personal hand 10
cut red tape. Commercial planes
were carrying cargo through Can
ada and Fairbanks 10 Anchorage
at that time. Gen. Buckner COM
Wandered all of these transports.
loaded them with men and guns
and food and sent them 10 Nome
before they returned TO Edmon-
ton. II was a roundabout route,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
British, YugOslavs
Fighting Together

LONDON. Oct. IS INS)-
British infantrymen were re-
ported today to be fighting side
by side with Gen. Josip Titos
fukoSiav Partisan guerilla war
riors against the NaZiS.
The revelation was made in an
Ankara dispatch to the Stockholm
newspaper Allehanda, quoted by
Reuters. The dispatch added that
the Tommies were receiving heavy
equipment by sea.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
Germans Vent
Fury on Filters,
Repdtridtes Say

LONDON. Oct. % CUP)-The
lifting of censorship restrictions
by Washington authorities per-
mitted disclosure today that
American fliers repatriated from
German prison camps brought
back stories of being spat upon,
stoned and otherwise maltreated
by German civilians angered by
the fury Of Allied air raids.
Tech. Sgt. Norman c. Goodwin
of Bradford, Mass, who was shot
down in the raid on Bremen June
%. said he heard of civilians
shooting at airmen as they para
chuted from wrecked planes.
PRAY FOR PEACE
The Americans also said that
all Germans with whom they
talked. including members OF the
army. we're praying for the end
Of the war and predicting that II
would come during the first or
second month Of 1914.
Sgt, Benjamin Spring Of Dem
Yer. who was shot down near
Hamburg during the Anglo-Amer-
lean "blitz' on Germany's second
city, July 24-Aug ,. said German
civilians stoned him and other
captured American airmen and
threw hot coffee over them.
Guards told the prisoners they
would give them their guns If
civilians attempted 10 shoot the
fliers, Spring Said.
SAVED BY SOLDIER
One man raised his hand 10
hit Spring. he said but a soldier
interviewed.
Staff SGT. Milton Williams of
Omaha said the German doctors
at the military hospital near
Bremen, To which he was removed.
handled him so roughly that he
became unconscious from pain.
Some. Germans with whom
Williams talked thought the
American bombers had come all
the way from the United States
10 bomb Germany. so he let EN-
keep on thinking that"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28

their youngsters who depend
on them.
with new interests and fat
pay checks, they become In
dependent as they never have
been before. Family discord
follows. War nerves stretch
taut and, before long, they 60
TO the divorce court"
And more children are with
out proper guidance.
The result, as proven by
court records, is a delinquency
problem.
Even where children are
placed with proper guardians
the home atmosphere is lacking
And the innocent child, who
should have his father as his
No. l hero and his mother as
his guide and buffer in his form.
alive years, has only unhappy
memories and warped outlook
I'm the third and final
article, appearing tomorrow,
the Times will present a case
history breakdown showing
how the lack of normal home
life has affected these chill
dren of divorce
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
Dairy Manufacturers
To Convene at MISC

EAST LANSING, Oct. 2S-Dis-
cussions Of government and civil
ian needs and the outlook for
dairy products will feature the
fourth annual conference of diary
manufacturers to be held here at
Michigan State College Nov. 3-5.
College authorities said that
more than 800 persons are ex-
pected The conference will be
in charge of p. S. Lucas of the
college dairy department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
Planes Fly Army
To Save Nome
Continued from Page onc)

ford, operations officer, or G-3, for the Alaska de-
tense command, was ordered to move reinforce
ments to Nome Immediately. Twenty anti-aircraft
guns and their crews had to be in Nome in "a
hours, the order said.
The army had three transport planes, two
large ones and a small one, on hand-not enough
for the job. Col. Crawford, with full authority
from his commander, It. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buck
ner Jr, Communicated every commercial airplane
in Alaska. He got two old Ford tri-motor planes,
some Stnsons and Bellancas One plane was so
small it carried only three men and their equip
ment.
Col Crawford had to think fast, his precedent
Nobody the American army had had job like this
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
War Birds Flock
To Detroit Nov. 6

Members 81 the War Birds
British air service pilots and Oh
servers Of the last war. viii re-
unite at the Derolt-Leland Hotel
Saturday night. NOV. 9.
The annual affair will attract
veterans from many states. More
than 50, however. are again on
military duty. leaders SAID
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
Browne, Shdky
From Ills, Faces
Labor Monsters
Nv JOE r. FAULKNER

NEW YORK. Oct, 2s-Pale.
hasgard and extremely nervous
George Z. Browne. eX-labor car,
VAS brought 70 federal court here
today accompanied by government
physicians who treated him last
IN The West Side House Of Deten-
ton for a complication Of all
mentS.
Browne, prosecution witness
against seven Chicago mobSters
end a Newark labor leader,
charged with extortion, has been
confined 10 the hospital ward Of
the prison for several months. ac-
cording 10 a government spokes-
man
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
Allies Coming C1schs Told

NEW YORK OCT. g up
Eduard Benes. pr-sident-in-eNile
Of the Czecho- Slolak republic
said in a broadcast 10 his occupied
homeland last night that Allied
armies soon would be al the
frontiers Of Germany and that
the srTnistiCe terms already wer !
beng drafted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
Recreation Comes Hiqh

WASHINGTON, Oct. % CUP)
The army and navy have spent
approximately 5000 100000 for
recreational facilities. including
equipment for athletics. indoor
games. shows and music.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
Cossacks Chase
Fleeing Ndzis
CONTINUED from Page One)

CONTINUED from Page One)
100000 Germans in the Dnieper
bulge.
Red air force bomberS, fighters
and assault planes roared out
ahead of the Soviet vanguard and
ripped the fleeing enemy columns
on the Nogaisk SteppeS with
bombs and bullets, killing hun
dredS of troops and wrecking
transports. Twenty-eight German
planes which sought TO interfere
were shot down.
In their haste 10 escape. the
Germans abandoned artillery,
trench mortars, ammunition and
other material along the high
ways. Twenty tanks, 1877 guns and
u six-barrelled trench mortarS
were captured iH-eHe- sector. --
Soviet raiding parties cut in be-
hind the enemy'S rear guards and
rounded up hundreds Of prisoners.
SWEEP 10 MILES
Gen Fedor l. Tolbukhin's forces,
in their initial break-through
yesterday, swept 1871 miles across
the SteppeS. overran more than
80 towns and villages and cut
three main roads. Some 5000
Germans were killed and IS tanks
and 90 guns destroyed.
The SoViets captured limo
shevka, 70 miles northwest of
Melitopol and only 40 miles south
east of Nikopol. vital manganese
center in the Dnieper bend. al
ready threatened by the Soviet
column at Krivoi Rog.
Russian forces that have thrust
half way across the Dnieper bulee
from Kremenchug on the north
shore of the river occupied sew
eral additional ham let's and
punched their way deeper into
krivoi Rog. big mineral center.
from three sides.
Tho Germans counterattacked
with massed tanks and infantry in
frantic effort TO save that
northern prop of the escape gap
for their forces Withdrawing from
the east and northeast, but every
where were thrown back with
heavy losses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
DENIED HIS BEER

He il suffering from ulcers
Of the stomach, nervous tension
and Dts In reverse" the fed
eral agent said.
The latter mslady. II was eX-
planned. Is a condition brought
about by Brownies enforced abSti-
nence Of the 100 bottles Of beer
each day. which. according 10 the
recorded testimony OF Willie Bioh,
was the daily diet OF Browne in
his pre-conviction heydsy.
Bioff. who preceded Browne as
government witness, was his per
sonal representative from 1884
until 1941. when Browne was
president Of the international AL
lance OF Theatrical and Stage En-
ployes. Two years ago both
Browne and Bioff were found
guilty Of extorting s2,5oo, 900 from
film executives. and received SEN
fences OF eight TO 10 years, re-
spectively.
The defendants now on trial are
accused OF gouging another ST.
coo. 900 from motion picture pro-
oucers on the threat OF paralyzing
the motion picture industry by
calling the 125. 900 union members
Of the IATSE out on strike.
KIDNAPPED UNION
The defendants. II is charged.
kidnapped" the union by forcing
the election OF Browne, their
front man, as president.
That the corpulent Browne Is
also suffering from witness
chair filters" was abundantly
evident today. The shadowy cir
cles under his red-rimmed eyes
bore mute testimony OF his lack
OF comfortable sleep the night
before, after he had spent an en-
tire day putting the finger on the
seven former members OF the old
al Capone mob.
Sitting perilously on the front
edge of the witness stand. d.
rectly in front of the hoodlums,
he impatiently squirmed, flexed
his fingers, hunched his broad
shoulders and glanced furtively at
the defendants.
MOB EYES HIM
Their narrowed, unblinking
eyes never left him.
James D. c. Murray, chief de-
Tense counsel, sought 10 prove
that the vast sums OF money al
leeedly paid 10 the mobsters by
Aim producers. constituted brib-
cry rather than extortion as the
government claims.
Browne testified that In 1888,
when he was business agent for
the Chicago local Of the union.
he accepted $4,000 Ito forget all
about" a proposed wage increase
for members Of his union. The
money, he said. was given TO him
by Barney Balaban. co-operator
of q chain OF movie houses.
Earlier the witness had de-
scribed an attempt by the Chi
caeo mob 10 take over and domi-
nate the powerful actors union.
in which high officials OF the
American Federation of Labor
were unwittingly involved.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
Divorces i'm Detroit
Rise 81 Pct. Over 1898
Continued from Page one)

only other sections Of the nation but
delinquent Juveniles and their potential delnquens
Judge D. Heay J of the juvenile division of probate court
years close dealings with the problem
of which show that nearly half the
children in trouble who appear
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28

broken by divorce.
He explains:
I'VE must get at the adult
delinquency and stop it before
we can hope to stop the de-
linquency OF juveniles. / am
always fightinga mad when
these innocent, horribly
wrOnged products of broken
homes appear before me for
trial.
WORST EXAMPLES
"HOw can you blame the
children when. before them
through their early lives, they
have the worst possible eX-
amples-their parents.
parents fight. They
bIcker. They curse each
other. The father or the
mother leaves the house I'm a
rage and stays away until
late. Sometimes, they beat
each other.
1.-THE child, In his formative
years, sees and hears the two
people who should be his ex-
amples---the two he loves
most In his little world--act-
ing like animals. What is the
natural result?
"He Is bewildered. He
wants to get away from ii.
SO he takes TO the street. II
he Is fortunate, he mixes with
the right sort of children.
Often, he Is not so fortunate
and, In time. winds up, twisted
in his mind, a juvenile
criminal.
PRIDE IN PARENTS
Every child has the right
10 have a father and mother
of whom he can be proud and
parents should think always
az their terrible responsibility
to give a good example.
Economics have little 10
do with the problem. The
focal point Of the whole thing
is the home. Where the
home environment Is good,
regardless Of the financial
circumstances, Wc have no
trouble"
The war and the boom in De.
troit have showed the divorce
graph nigh, Lingeman asserts
The workers who have
migrated here have come, for
the most part, from states
with stringent divorce laws
and from jobs with low earn
Ing power For the first time.
they find themselves with
plenty Of money In their
pockets and they start for
court" lie explains.
WIVES MONEN-MAD
Adding 10 these factors,
the wives have become
money mad and neglect their
homes and children for the
big paying jobs, forgetting
their duty, in many cases, 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
(DaEeS
Case i'm
Balance
BY JAMES l.. KILGALLEN

BY JAMES j.. klLGALLEN
(See Perry Mason story, Page I0)
NASSAU, Bahamas, Oct. IS
QNS)-The crowns case, against
Count Alfred dc Marigny. ac-
cused of numbering his multi
millionaire father-in-law, hung in
the balance today over the ques-
ton of admitting as evidence a
fingerprint allegedly taken from
bedside screen in the murder
room.
Bahamas Supreme Court JUS
tice Sir Oscar DAILY was To rule
on admissibility of a transferred
smudge which an American fin
gerprint expert identified as being
left by the count on the screen.
This evidence has been considered
the crux Of the case against De
Margny.
FIGHTS EVIDENCE
Godfrey Higgs, defense coun-
sci, contended that the print
should not have been lifted
from the screen. but presented as
evidence upon the piece of furni-
ture. He SAID that the transferred
hngcrprint should not be adnis-
sible As IL could well be forgery.
Capt. James Barker. Miami
fla police investigator brought
into the case by the Duke OF
Windsor. governor-general OF the
Bahamas. told the court yeSter-
day OF finding the print. He said
il is an impression made by the
right hand little finger of the de-
PENDANT
Leaping 10 his feet. Higgs de-
manded that Barker show him
the print on the screer. When the
police officer explained that IL
was photograph OF a print
which had since been removed
from the screen. Higgs turned 10
the court
CHALLENGES CLAIM
Barker is the only witness
ever claiming 10 have seen the
print on the screen" he ex-
claimed Barker says II N De
Marigny's print The defense
maintains the crown should pro-
duce the screen with the print
on IT,"
In reply. Atty. Gen. Sir Eric
Mailman argued that the print
was admissible as evidence 1t IS
up TO the jury. he said. 10 decide
whether the print is genuine and
taken from the screen.
Judge DAILY ordered court adj
journed then and asked both the
prosecution and defense 10 cite
preccdcntS on admiSsibllty OF
fingerprints a evidence. particu-
larry IN American courts.
Order War stamps delivered
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
TOdGy'S
War Map:


The long, salient the Russians driving
into German defenses inside the DniepeY River bend
in their latest offense (blaek arrOws). Arrow No. L
shows the present drive Nik0p0l while No. shows the
drive from Meitop0 to NikOlaev Arrow No. ), compet
ing the salient and trapping thousands of German troops
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28

Order War Stamps delivered
10 your home by your Detroit
Times carrier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
WIVES MONEY MAD

Adding to these factors,
the wives have become
money -mad and neglect their
homes and children for the
big paying jobs, forgetting
their duty, in many cases, 10
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28

All commercial ar tfHNeI Was
halted in Alaska that day, and
that was serious. Air IS the chief
mode of travel in this country.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-28
CHALLENGES CLAIM

Barker is the only witness
ever claiming 10 have seen the
print on the screen" he ex-
claimed. Barker says II II De
Marigny's print The defense
maintains the crown should pro-
duce the screen with the print
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-11-18
Henry Noble Hall
Teieran British and American
Neiospoperman, authority on
International Affairs

MR.. HALL OPENS: AS an English
man it would be highly improper for
ne 10 express any opinion as to what
he American people ought to do
about strengthening the bonds forged
and welded on the battle-ields Of
:wo wars in n generation. That is
their business, not mine. But a mar
would have TO be a fool to deny the
fact that al alliance between the
United States and the British Empire
would ensure peace on earth and
good will TO men. The English speak,
ing world is at this very moment
proving that when united it attracts
20 itself and brings within its orbit
all the peace-loving and liberty
loving peoples Of the world, and can
crush any combination of anti
democratic forces. II would include
one-quarter OF the inhabitants Of the
earth and one-quarter of the land
surface Of the globe, it would COM
mand the seas and the air. it would
contain most Of the raw materials Of
the world, three-fourths Of its indus
trial production and more than one
half of its food. II would be truly
one world-it would have a common
language, faith, and a common be-
lief in Man and in his right to life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness.
MIR. FLYNN CHALLENGES: Mr..
Halls outline makes a good blue
print for world domination. 1--WE"
will control most of the raw mate
risls Of the world, three-fourths Of
IS industrial production, half its
food" I'VE" will be united by a COM
mon language and common faith. The
rest of the world will be expected to
humbly swallow this dose. But the
vast peoples ruled by this alliance
do not have d common language or
faith. They contain far o Mo-
lammedans than Christians and more
people talking countless alien dia-
iects than those who speak English.
Mr.. Hall Jumps all the peoples to-
Gether when he talks of ''our" re-
sources. When he talks of u COM
mon faith and language, he leaves
u: tWo-thirds of the human beings.
Mr.. HALL REPLIES: Power does
no, mean domination. To have a
giants strength is not to use it as a
giant. Only because it would have
he power an alliance could guaran-
Zee permanent peace. If there is to
oe a better world other nations will
De expected to swallow" the Four
Freedoms and the Atlantic Charter.
That is the condition upon which
they will be given accesS TO o. raw
materials. AS for the peoples within
the alliance, surely il is only upon
those of common faith an" lam
guage' that the burden of CT iza-
ton and Of preserving peace will fall.