davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1943-03-19

raid has not been carried out regu-
larly. The actual fact is that this
raid. which wrecked $40 acres of
factories and houses, has been ex
ceeded several times in magnitude
within the past few weeks. 1t is i'm
possible to give figures as to the
extent of squadron conversion or
precise comparison of the loads car
Iied.
There is an increasing tendency
to stress bomb load and magnitude
of blow rather than number of air.
craft. Also increasing stress is be-
ing placed on balanced load" ad-
luSted as precisely as possible to the
distance TO the target A few four
pound incendlarles may do as much
damage in proper circumstances as
tWO-t0n block busters.
The improvement in striking
Evening star., 1943-03-19
Howard Students Give
Mural to USO Lounoe

The USO lounge at the Phyllis
Wheatley YWCA Ninth street and
Rhode Island avenue NV, has a
new mural, presented to it this
week by Howard University art
Students
The mural, showing recreation ac-
tivities in USO clubs, was paint
ed by Percy Ricks and Doris Brown.
They are seniors at the university
and hold top honors in painting.
Evening star., 1943-03-19
Increase in Bomb Capacity Of Allied Planes
Is Outstanding Development Of War in Air

power is not due alone to greater
size or the carrying capacity, but to
technical advances in design.
With increased punch, March and
April promise to be baleful for spots
like Happy Valley" as the bonn
bardiers term the Ruhr area.
Evening star., 1943-03-19
Group Held for Beating
Worker 10 Face Hearing

BY he Associate Press.
LYNCHBURG. Va. March 10
Preliminary hearings for a group Of
men charged with feloriouSly as
saultine an employe Of the Lynch
burg Foundry Co. have been set for
March Is at RuStburg
Detective Capt. W d. Terrence Of
the Lynchburg police said the
charges were brought by Deputy
Sheriff D. s Withers Of Campbell
County on the camplaint of Orby
Childress Of RuStbWg. the man who
Is alleged to have been assaulted.
Nj. ChildrcSs was quoted by Com
monWealth'S Attorney S. J. ThOmp-
son Of Campbell County as saying
the men blocked his car on a road
near Lynchburg Monday night,
dragged him out Of the machine and
beat him.
Eiehty-one workers at the foundry
went on strike March g.
Open UP new front-your pock-
etbook. Buy War savings stamps
now.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Treasury 0. Ks
Pdy-ds-Go Tax

WASHINGTON, Jan . QNS)
The treasury department today
officially approved a "pay-as-you-
CO. tax system and urged speedy
enactment.
Rep. Robert L. Doughton Cd
of North Carolina, chairman of
the House ways and means COM
mittee. announced that he would
call the committee together early
next week to consider pay-as-you-
go income tax legislation.
However, Randolph Paul, gen.
eral counsel of the treasury,
warned that rumors that some
skip-a-year tax provision would be
adopted by Congress were base
less"
At the same time. the bureau
of internal revenue announced that
lump sums of back wages or
salaries in retroactive wage deci-
sions by the bureau OF the War
Labor Board will not he subject 10
Victory tax deductions.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
British Chase
Axis so Miles
Past Tripoi
By w. P. SAPPHIRE
International News Service star Writer

CAIRO, Jan. o. Britain's victorious Eighth
Army, adopting the slogan Con to Tunis!o, neared
the Tunisan frontier tonight in westward pursuit
of fleeing Axis forces after planting the Union Jack
atop the white government building of Tripo at the
break of dawn today.
Already British engineers were hard at work
repairing the bomb-battered, smoldering docks and
waterfront installations of the Libyan capital the
fall of which burst the bubble of Benito Mussolinis
African empire.
The British navy, dominating all Lbyan waters
heavily sheed Axis columns retreatng along the coastal
west of Tpo trying to escape by while Amer.
British planes ranged constantly overhead ripping
the enemy's ranks with bombs and gunfre.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

and Mrs. Frederick Beurling
were expecting a new arrival,
Doctor Taylor, having been
present at two similar events,
didn't propose to be late for
this one.
AS he hurriedly mounted the
stairs to the modest four room
flat on the second floor. a strange
sound came to his ears. 1t was the
soft, ripping music of a harp.
The physician smiled TO himself
He knew Fred Beurling.
Some expectant fathers smoke
Icigarets. Others pace the floor
Still others seek refuge in whisky
Fred Beurling. stern man of God,
in this moment Of anxiety, turned
TO music.
Thus il was, 10 the soft. I'M
martial strains Of a harp played
by his father in the parlor. that
George Buzz" Beurling-Canada's
executioner of the skies. the RAF's
Canadian ace of aces. clinical
student Of death in the air-came
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Woman Murdered in Berth,
Marine Sees Killer Flee

EUGENE. Ore, Jan. % CUP).-
The lifeless body of pretty Mrs.
Martha Virginia James, u, tum-
bled out of lower Is berth into the
aisle Of a sleeping car on a speed
ing southbound Southern Pacific
train near here today. Her throat
had been ripped by a dull knife
as she slept.
Marine Pvt. Harold r. Wilson,
asleep in the berth above. heard a
scream and the thud of the body
as IL hit the floor. He peered out
in time 10 see the womans body
sag into the aisle of the swaying
car and man hurrying away
Mrs. James. wife of Naval En-
sign Richard r. James. Of the 18th
Naval District. was separated from
her husband when their train was
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

into the world on a winter night
~ years ago.
Nobody in Verdun then could
have dreamed that the youngster
thus born into an average. middle
class, Woodworking Canadia n
family was marked for an immor-
tality of his own.
None could know that before he
would reach his twenty-first birth
day. he would have shot down 20
Nazi and Italian planes, would
have been decorated by grateful
government with the D. S. O.. the
ID. F. c., the D. F. NJ. and Bar
and be well on his way toward
becoming the greatest ace OF
World War IL.
Certainly Fred Beurling, COM
mercial artist. could not have
foreseen the future for his son
Reading a chapter of the Bible
after dinner each evening, spend
ing an hour playing his harp while
Hetty; his wife, played the piano,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Hits Lack of Control

Murray charged that the Office
of Price Administration hat
failed in its attempt 10 regulate
the cost of living.
at is indeed unfortunate that
the OPA has not controlled the
cost Of living he said. "Soar-
ing prices of foodstuffs and
other essentials necessary to
maintaining health and eff
cheney are going beyond the
reach Of the average American
working man and woman.
'T have consistently advo-
Gated over the past year insti-
tuition Of universal rationing and
price control TO curb imitation
and provide an equal distribution
of civilian goods among all the
people.
"The present 40 per cent in
crease In food costs Is entirely
attributable TO lack of control
in making effective price CELL
ings. The time has come when
action must be taken by the
government"
Murray said that he though
establishment of regional Wa
Labor Boards would help in Tn,
settlement of local disputes.
He said he was Withholding
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Times Farmer Struggles
To Work sc Hours Late

Clyde 2. Jeff Davis. one OF
the very few newspapernfen ever
to realize his dream of a chicken
farm, emerged from his Snow
plastered acres near Utica Satur-
day. an even 90 hours late for
work.
"For two days" said jeff. in
that aggrieved tone usually re-
served for nonco-o perative
Rhode Island Reds, Eve were
without tobacco and bread
The Davis brood of five could
apparently do without tobacco
but Friday-by popular demand
he waddled two miles through
drifts TO buy bread, milk and cof-
fee. This was the first civilization
had heard Of Jeff since he was dis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Allies Retreat
In Tuniisiia
Rommel Pressing
to Effect His Escape

LONDON, Jan. % (INS). -
new Allied withdrawal after day
long fighting between Pont du-
Fahs and Kairouan in Tunisia was
announced tonight by the Morocco
radio as Axis troops maintained
heavy pressure to widen the coastal
corridor for the retreat of Field
Marshal Erwin RommePs units
from Libya.
A French communique broadcast
from Morocco said severe battles
had ragged through the day in the
IOusseltia Valley in sector about
.21 miles northwest of Kairouan,
inland junction gateway to the
Tunisian port of Sousse.
1t declared that repeated Ger
man arnored onsiaugfts were re-
pulsed, but nevertheless admitted
that Allied troops retired and
took up new positions north of
Ousseltia.
American and British ground
troops had reinforced the French
troops holding that sector against
the Nazi push southwest from
Pont du-Fahs down the Ousseltia
Valley.
United States P-40 Curtiss War
hawk fighters. including some
flown by pilots of the Lafayette
Escadrille. gave constant support
to the embattled land forces.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Continued on Page Eight
Ydnks CLEARING
All GudddIcdndI

WASHINGTON, Jan % GNS)
American ground forces on
Guadalcanal are continuing TO mop
up Jspan's dwindling troops. the
navy reported today.
A communicate on action in the
Guardalcanal area indicated that
the American offensive is moving
along on schedule against the rem
nantS of a once powerful Japanese
force which has been cut off from
supplies and reinforcements for
weeks.
The impression that the JapS
face humiliation from wounds. dis
ease, or starvation, is the official
consensus in Washington.
One of the clearest estimates
of the relative positions of Amer
lean and japanese forces on
|Guadalcanal was furnished by 1t.
Col. Lewis B. Fuller, marine Off
Ger who stated at a press confer
Ience that the "Japs are through
as fighting force in that area.
Fuller, who returned from
|Guadalcanal January ] afte r
months of action estimated that
IL, 900 of the original $4,000 enemy
troops on the island have been
wiped out, captured or died Of
wounds. disease or starvation.
The marine officer praised army
troops who have taken over the
fighting on Guadalcanal from the
marines. and expressed the opin-
ion that they could probably
clean out" the remaining enemy
troops within 10 days If they had
IA do so.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

divided into two sections at Port
land. Police said she apparently
was slain about 4 a. m. as the
train rushed through the William
cite Valley toward Eugene,
Detectives said there were two
suspects but neither had been
arrested.
The tiny, brown-haired woman
was travelling from Seattle to Los
Angeles with her husband under
navy orders. She apparently had
not associated with any Of the
other passengers after she was
separated from her husband by
the switch in train sections.
The police found STA in the
murdered woman's purse appar-
emily ruling out the possibility OF
robbery as a motive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Hungary Peace Step
Hinted in Commons

LONDON. Jan. % (UPl. - A
written question submitted in the
House of Commons today asked
Foreign Secretary Anthony Elder
whether Hungary had made any
attempt to initiate discussions
through the Vatican with any oil
the United Nations
Hungary has suffered enormous
losses on the Russian front. Re.
ports said yesterday that Hungary
had refused to send more men tc
Russia despite German demands
and that il had withdrawn one oi
its divisions and might withdraw
the rest.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
By GEROLD FRANK

The north wind swept over the low Laurentians,
blew like gale the plains of Quebec whisted
down the narrow streets of the town.
1t blew singing flakes of snow off the white
piles which rose jagged and sharp, like miniature
between sidewalk and curb.
1t ratified the windshield of DR.. John Taylors
automobile but the physician, greatcoat
bundled up to his ears, drove helter-skelter down
Church street, stepped on his brake with sudden
ness which sent the old car sliding dagonaly across
the ice-rutted road and somehow came to halt
directly in front of No. AZ.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Would Seal Doom

This maneuver would virtually
seal the doom of all German forces
south of the Don, leaving only the
lprecarious route--which lacks a
lrailroad-of the Kerch Peninsula.
the narrow Kerch Straits and the
Crimea as avenues of escape.
The success in the VoroneZh
sector was accompanied by the
capture of Volokonovka, % miles
northwest of Valuiki on the rail
line TO Elets and about 100 miles
Southeast of Kursk.
The cemHanique indicated that
the Russian advance in the
lVoronezh region had attained such
speed that the entire German de-
lfensive system in the area was
lcrumbling.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

gorged by a northbound bus Mon.
day night.
Narrowing tales of meals con.
sisting solely of potatoes, of shov-
cling a path from the house to the
barn and then shoveling the same
one back 10 the house again were
related by the missing staff mem
Der.
"Well, anyway" one copy
reader conSoled, you could keep
In touch with the world by
radio"
THE dickens could" he
replied. MY youngsters insisted
on staying tuned In TO those
shooting and knitting programs"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Big Pay Boost
To Be Sought
by C|0 Heads
Murray Tells Plan,
Cites 40 Pct. Increase
in Foodstuff Costs

A general wage increase to off,
set the increasing high cost OF
living will be asked by the CIC
this year., Philip Murray, national
Go president, announced Satur'
day upon arrival in Detroit.
Murray. who is to make several
public appearances here, said that
the exact amount of the increase
will be determined by the CIC
executive board when il meets iH
Washington February 5. but he
indicated that it would be high
when he pointed out that the costs
of foodstuffs, rationed and un.
'rationed, had increased 40 per cent
during the past year.
1.-THE interests OF the Amer
lean workers will have to be
safeguarded by providing adj
equate wage increases to Offset
the increase In the cost of liv-
ing" Murray said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Block Nazi Retreat

The capture of Armavir placed
Russian forces astride the main
railroad leading 10 the Maikop oil
fields and the Black Sea port OF
Tuapse. thus blocking one more
rail line Of retreat for the trapped
Nazi divisions in the mid-Cau-
caSus.
The ever-tightening Russian grip
on the Caucasus communications
system led to increasing hope here
that the Red Army soon would
close the ring on the Germans by
advancing TO Rostov, from which
they were reported only about &C
miles distant.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Bedaux Told 10 Quit
Africa, Says Paris

BERLIN. Jan. % (by official
German wireless) QNS). - The
Paris radio said today il was I'M
derstood in France that Charles
Bedaux. recently arrested in North
Africa on order of General Giraud,
had been released and requested 10
leave Algeria.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Alexander WoolIeo++ III

NEW YORK, Jan. % (INS).-
Alexander Woollcott. noted author
and raconteur, was stricken i'll and
collapsed tonight during a radio
broadcast from New York.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Soviets Take
Key Caucasus
Rail Junction
Rout Huge Force
at Voronezh. Capture
$1,000 Prisoners

MOSCOW. Jan. % (UP).-So-
Wet forces tonight reported the
capture of Armavir, key junction
point of the Central Caucasus rail
network, and a massive rout Of
Nazi forces on the Voronezh front
in which II divisions-about 255.-
600 men-were driven into retreat
and 1900 prisoners swept into
Russian hands.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Mrs. Joe Louis Awaits Birth

CHICAGO. Jan. % (UP).-Mrs.
Joe Louis entered Provident Hos
pital last night 10 await the ar
rival Of her first child. DR.. Will
liam Gibbs said il was not ex-
pected until Tuesday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

Late front advices indicated
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's
vanguards alrea dy had
reached the approaches to the
|Tripolitanian coastal fillags
of Zuara, so miles west Of
Tripoli and half way to the
.Tunisian frontier.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

The number Of outlets. the re-
port said, should be fixed on a
population basis.
The committee proposed one &C.
license Ga saloon) for every 1900
persons, and one SID permit
(such as druggist or grocer) for
every $1,000.
Insisting that the greatest weak
ness of the system is leniency in
dealing with offenders, the investi-
gators declared a rigid rule should
be three strikes--and out"
The report reviewed in detail
the 1893 fight by Judge Picard
and others 10 write law that
would give Michigan distribution
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Picard Urges
so Pct. Cut In
Saloons Here
Reduce Number
Of SDDs Also,
Report Demands

Ten years after he wrote Mich
igan's liquor control act. Federal
Judge Frank A. Picard returned
TO Lansing Saturday TO recon-
mend that the number of saloons
in Detroit be cut in half and that
the state return 10 a basic system
OF bottle sales through government
stores.
He said the present law did not
need other important changes.
The closing hour should remain
AT 2:30 a. m. he reported. and the
present rule should be retained
allowing sale of beer and wine on
Sunday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

The Story of Buzz,
Canada S No. | Ace
BeuLing, II, Rejected by RCAF,
Shoots Down 2o Planes in Raj

Here begins the story Of RAE Pilot officer George
F. Beurling one of the most phenomenal figures to come
out of World War H. Before his t,centyftrst birthday,
he had shot doun 90 planes. pilot who made killing an
exact science erfectionist in the air. Behring's IS
by,cord of three continents Meet Buzz" Beurng The
Flying Canadian.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Too Many Saloons

The commission found that the
principal fault was the swing 10
druggists as outlets for liquor
sales. instead OF government-owned
dispensaries. and the members said
that the spread of saloons had got
wildly out Of hand.
AS a solution. the investigators
recommended that the liquor con-
troll commission begin revoking the
licenses Of saloonkeepers and drug
gists who violate the law.
The report said this process
should continue until Detroit has
about 200 barrooms. instead OF
2,l26 and about Ito private meF-
chants in the bottled liquor bust.
ness, instead of 440.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Bomb Supplies

Vessels at anchor and con-
voys approaching the harbor
were bombed. Results were un-
observed. During the day one
NJ our heavy units dropped
bombs while on reconnaissance
mission over the area and seri-
ously damaged n 12,000-ton
transport In the harbor with a
direct hit and FIVE near misses
and scored two new hits on an
S,OOO-ton ship north of Rabaul
which came 10 a standstill.
"Lae--Our medium mOmbers
attacked the supply dump area,
starting many fires.
.Salamaua--Our attack planes
bombed and strsfed the track to
Mumbo. A barge containing
enemy personnel was sunk" %
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

Ew "EASY-SET" STORM SASH
For Steel Easement Windows
See Ad Today in PIT 4, Pg. 2-Adv.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Papua Victory
Completed
Allies Conquer Japs
on Guinea Shore

UNITED NATIONS HEAD.
QUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA
Jan "a sunday (INS).-Victory
over japanese forces ir the Papuar
sector of New Guinea is now com
plete and all ground fighting has
ceased, General MacArthur,s head.
quarters reported today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

Liquidation of the enemy in
the Sanananda area has been
completed with heavy casualties
TO the enemy said the noon
communique. "One hundred and
seventeen prisoners were taken
yesterday.
'Rsbaul (New Britain Our
heavy bombers attacked the
harbor before dawn, striking
shipping and airdromes. Fuel
dumps at Kanakanau were hit
and left burning furiously with
numerous explosions visible 75
miles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Born While Dad Plays Harp

1t was II p m, the night of Dec. 6, 1921 the
place was Verdun, suburb Of Montreal and Mr..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Beer for Boys, Is

Judge Picard recommended.
however. that the Legislature
should investigate the Justice of
permitting 1S-year-olds 10 drink
beer in saloons. inasmuch as the
government has said they are old
enough 10 fight
Picard made the report as chair
man Of a liquor study commission
appointed a year ago by the then
Gov. Murray d. Van Wagner.
Other members of the commits
sion are Harry Rickel. Detroit
malt manufactured, and Myron A.
Keys, Detroit attorney, but the 81
page report bore unmistakable
evidence of the judges authorship
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
Production First

At the same time. he said thu
boards prime consideration would
be the matter Of further increas
ing the efficiency of the individual
machines, plants and industry il
order that our country and it:
allies may acquire maximum pro
duction.
He pleaded for greater co,
operation between labor and in.
dustry.
at is necessary" he said, ''in
order to secure increased pro-
duction of necessary materials.
This is no time for partisanship,
because every individual, I'm
quite sure. Is fully prepared To
make whatever sacrifices may be
necessary TO win this war.
'It Is regrettable that In
dustry as a whole has refused
to accept the wholehearted CO.
operation of labor In the work
TO win the war and win 1t
speedily."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
"A Minor Dunkirk

At Zuara part of RommeHs
forces attempted to consurn-
mate a minor "Dunkirk" with
small ships that were bombed
and crippled by Allied planes
as they sought to leave the
little port.
(The admiralty announced n
London Saturday evening that
light British naval forces bonn
barded Zuara and Hort. respec.
lively so and 70 miles west of
Tripoli. early Saturday The
communique said good results'
were achieved by the shellinss
with large fires and explosions
observed" and that the royal
navy had suffered no damage
or casualties.
british troops made com.
mando landing on the Tripoli-
tanian coast west of Tripoli
Thursday night and attacked
withdrawing German forces on
the shore road to Tunisia, the
Berlin radio stated tonight. Tho
Nazis claimed the British unit
was wiped out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24

Sweetheart Theater Bar-392s Bird
3 Vodvil Acts. No Door Charge
ADV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-24
NeuO Commander?

with union of the British
Eighth Army and forces COM
manded by American Cen.
Dwight d. Eisenhower, immi-
nent. it is believed that the
Allies will consider the appoint
ment of new commander in
chief for the whole Mediter.
ranean area. the military cor
respondent of the authoritative
British Press Association said
today.
(The most likely candidates,
he said, are Eisenhower and
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Attack Hdrbor

quarters reported today.