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Evening star., 1943-10-01
Army Students al 6. U.
Choose Corps Insignia

One hundred and fifty soldiers of
Company E, the foreign area and
language group studying at the
Georgetown University School of
Foreign Service, were given the
honor of selecting the arm-patch
insignia to be worn by their 1,456
classmates at Georgetown and more
than 10000 soldiers in training at
Evening star., 1943-10-01

gagged in the pursuit of wisdom.
The soldiers choice of the oil
lamp, Father Gallagher said, is
more indicative of the seriousness
with which they regard their studies
than of any practice of burning the
midnight OIL since Army regula-
tions require that they be in bed
nightly at 1890 o'clock"
Evening star., 1943-10-01
Long Skirts Decreed

Wear long skirts when cycling
or go to a labor camp, Bucharest
decree orders Rumanian women.
Second-time violators of the rule
against showing knees when riding
bicycles are sent to the camps for
enforced Uork
Evening star., 1943-10-01

Sergt. Don Graeber of Salt Lake
City and Pvt. John Priester of New
York City. They were enjoying the
show"
BY that time it had lost all charm
for us.
Evening star., 1943-10-01
Misses Dress Hits Of the Season

Every dress tells important fashion story! Lovely holiday type
dresses date dresses bos dresses royon
noeoe smooth and rough royon crepe velvet and satin
TRIMS Black, glowing ewe-tone coos. Sizes II 20 group
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Food Prices Soar
40 Pct. Since 1889
Living Costs Now Above
Lille Steel Formula

WASHINGTON. May % INs)
-Labo Department statistics
issued today clearly depicted a run
away in food prices between mid
March and mid-April, while the
general cost of living crept up IL
per cent during the month.
The nations food bill rose an
average of % per cent during
these four weeks, while fresh fruits
and vegetable prices scared 10.5
per cent, according TO these figures.
Secretary of Labor Perkins re-
ported that by mid-April, the over
all cost of living had risen % per
cent above January, 1941, which is
the base period for the Little Steel
formula limiting wage increases TO
Is per cent of that level.
ION the average, consumers
now pay sl.40 for food which
cost 81 In the years I935-8e,"
Miss Perkins revealed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Stock Gould Be Given TO Charity

remaining holdings nonvoting stock could be
Foundation other charitable
outright permanent gift Earnings that
would charity and would benefit the
general public.
II Edsel Fords would be liable for
only his outside personal wealth plus the valuation OF the COM
parave small block of voting stock which would be retained in
the family.
would Ford Motor Co. the familys
hands and would relieve OF the problem Of raising
supendous for
Practically speaking would eliminate the terrific impact
raising upwards S2oo00oO and would leave the
ownership Of the with the Ford family Dissipation of
Edse Fords personal would be only little complete
the padand public which helped
the fortune would be the beneficiary
Precedent for such in the handling of the estate
OF Andrew Mellon In that instance virtually the entire Mellon
fortune given to charities such the beautiful Mellon Art
Institute.
The gift charity could be desired proportion
Still another problem which faces the executors Of the estate
and which also of interest Detroters the disposition
OF his interest the Manufacturers National Bank OF Detroit the
ctys second largest bank
In this the problem less complex The two largest
stockholders that institution Edse Ford and the Seaboard
Investment Co, subsidiary Of the Ford Motor Co. Mr. tord
holdings could by Seaboard and the would be
prohbtive
Banking Of personal
holdings that be the neighborhood OF oO0OO0
In event the will OF Edsel Ford will be filed within few
will question widespread
interest than any will ever before filed IN Michigan
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

Doolittle's men did a brilliant
job with their limited supply Of
bombs. But. far more important
was the military effect. II caused
the Japs TO bring back from The
fighting fronts hundreds OF their
best planes 10 reaSsure the tempo
rarily shaken Jap populace.
A few days after the raid, some
500 Jap planes flew over Toxic 10
hearten the people. These planes
might otherwise have been in the
southern Pacific.
AS soon as ! arrived in Toxic
began 10 notice an atmosphere OF
fear and dread in the foreign en-
baSSieS and legations. Strangely
enough. this existed among the
Germans and Italians as well.
| saw an officer OF the Italian
embassy get into a taxi al the
ShimbaSh station. Three Japanese
came along and wanted the cab.
They reached in, yanked the
Italian diplomat out, punched him,
and got into the cab.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

German ships and tanker fueling
them with oil blew up.
There was intense anger that
evening among the German colony
in Toxic. 1t was freely charged.
at the German Club, that this is
the jealous rivalry OF the Japa-
neSe, who are envious OF the Reich
they have Sabotaged our ships
and killed our sailors.
About so German sailors were
killed or burned TO death. About
100 were injured.
No word of this disaster was
allowed 10 get into the Japanese
press.
The Germans had another griev-
ance against their Jap allies.
There were many German families
from Batavia who had taken ref
uge In Toxic while the Japs we're
conquering the Dutch East Indies.
These families had owned valuable
lands and properties in Java.
After the Japs announced that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Italian Oil Port
Blasted byU. s.;
Left in Flames
Record Fortress Raid
Makes Deepest Foray
Into Italy; Drome Hit

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
North Africa, May % tUP)-Big
American bombers, defying unfa-
tvorable weather, blasted the har-
bor oil refinery and three ships at
the big Italian port of Leghorn
and dumped so tons OF high explo-
sives on Foggia airdrome in record
daylight thrusts that carried 200
miles north of Rome.
Communicates said today that
almost 100 Flying Fortresses made
the attack Friday on Leghorn,
third largest Italian port. in their
deepest bomber flight into Italy,
while 40 Liberator bombers at
tackled Foggia in two waves,
GREAT DAMAGE
Great damage" was done by
the Flying Fortresses at Leghorn,
which is one of the largest and
most important oil fields in Italy.
submarine base and naval CEN
ter, Allied headquarters said.
Smoke columns rose so high
over the wrecked oil refinery that
they could be seen by crewmen
when the Fortresses were 100
miles from Leghorn. en- route
home after shooting down one of
10 AXIS fighters that attacked
them.
No American planes were lost
on the fight, which encountered
little serious opposition as re-
suit Of steady blasting of Italian
aerial defenses in recent days.
Fires and explosions broke out
over the industrial area of Leg
horn, the pilots reported, and two
especially large explosions were
seen in the refinery sector fol-
lowed by four more blasts as the
fires spread among oil installations.
BUSY SHOOTING
There was 80 much smoke
followed by flame and explosions
that i think even the folks back
In Arizona must have heard the
noise" remarked Staff Sgt.
Woodrow Whitecotten OF Mesa,
Ariz. II WAS busy shooting at
fighters most of the time"
The crewmen reported numerous
hits on the railroad yards and
sheds and oil tanks in what they
described as the most successful.
long distance raid-about 1000
miles round trip-yet made in this
theater
Other American planes renewed
attacks on four Axis airhelds in
Sicily and gave Pantelleria Island
its usual daily plastering, while
u. s. Liberators from the Middle
East command attacked Foggla
airdrome in southern Italy.
An Italian communique said IS
Allied planes were shot down yes
terday during raids on Italy and
the Mediterranean islands. in
which considerable damage was
caused al Leghorn
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Attu Fishhook Ridge Falls
In Yanks' MOp-up on Isle

WASHINGTON Nay % CUP)
Army troops in mountain fight
ing have completed he conquest
OF FiShhook Ridge or Attn Island.
TIE major center cf Japanese
resistance IS now confined 10 a
small area west and southwest
Of Chichagof lisrbor the navy an
nounced today
The capture NJ no japanese
strong point on Fishhook Ridge
which IS - miles southwest of
Attn village. makes u possible
for our troops 20 move northward
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
By RAMON LAVALLE
Distributed ~ International News service
. ~ special Permission

Distributed ~ International News service
~ special Permission
l have just arrived IN America
from Toxic. As neutral diplomat
l have seen, behind the curtain
of censorship and terror, Japan
AZ war. Today the Japanese people
are ragged, cold tired, dirty and
hungry.
They are enduring daily hard
ships difficult for an American 10
imagine. But they arc ready 10 90
on and on-thcir slogan is a Hun
red-Year War
Their morale is high; they are
willing 20 suffer any hardship and
make any sacrifice IN order that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
HOW Edsel Ford Estate
May Later Be Divided
Continued from Page One)

although this considered unlikely because of the amount involved
Edsel Fords stock substantial portion of IT, might be sold
- and the proceeds used to the tax
"a pay the
- levy
However there is fourth and in the writer's opinion
more probable approach TO the problem.
II believed only small of the Ford stock
voting stock and that the somewhat similar
Of the Ford Motor Co. Canada where $50 shares
voting and 10000 of voting stock Thus control Of
with holders Of the voting shares although both
vines receiv
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
ATTACKS NITEBSK

A special announcement by the
Moscow radio said that Russian
long range bombers made a con-
centrated attack Friday night on
the Axis-held railway junction AZ
VitcbSk. Is miles northwest OF
Smolensk. Vitebsk is on a main
north-south rail line from the Len
ingrad area 10 the Ukraine and
also on the main east-west line
from SmolenSk 10 the Latvian
border.
A Swiss radio broadcast. re-
corded by the British Exchange
Telegraph Agency. reported that
Premier Nicholas Kallay had an
nounced Withdrawal OF the Second
Hungarian Army from the Russian
front.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

their armed forces may have the
weapons for conquest.
Japan Is not fighting Just tho
United States and Britain. II Is
fighting the entire white race
there can be no safety for us until
they are utterly crushed 81.
Americans think Of the JapS as
always cold-blooded race. and
often they are. But not on April
-. 1912 The day Of Doolittle'S
raid ON that day We saw the
Iaps in a state OF historical panic.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
36 Jap Planes
Near Chungking

CHUNGKING, May % 1NS)-
Chungklng had a two hour air
alert today when IS Jap planes
were reported sighted crossing
the Szechwan border and heading
IN the direction Of the provisional
Chinese capital.
An attack did not msterlalize
however. The enemy craft were
reported 20 have turned away in
the direction Of LiangShan.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

they had thoroughly consolidated
their conquest and brought their
new order to Java, these Germans
came forward and said they were
ready TO so back and resume pos
session and management of their
valuable estates.
REFUSE GERMAN REQUEST
The JapS blandly told the Ger
mans this was impossible: Java
was Japanese military zone"
and would remain so Indefinitely.
The Germans were outraged.
but could do nothing, except whis-
per, wait until we have won in
the west-then we will fix these
JapS.
They also charged that a Japa-
neSe submarine in the South Pa
Cific had deliberately torpedoed a
ship containing German prisoners
of war, drowning 400 of them.
Thus, in Toxic. hatred. jealousy
and fear Smolder beneath the sur
face, among the Axis partners.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
WARDENs DIVE IN CELLARS

Police and air raid wardens who
were supposed 10 keep order had
themselves dlved under huSSeS or
INTO cellars; some sirens were
silent while others walled all day
long without a break; crowds hud-
died IN the basement under the
Imperial Hotel for hours after the
planes went away; AA guns con-
tnued 10 fire wildly Ions after the
skies were clear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Police Chiefs 70 Meet

LANSING. May % CUPi-An-
nusl convention Of the Michigan
Association of Police Chiefs will
be held July 1914 ~ Charlevoix
Problems involving juvenile delin-
Quency. subverSIve activity and
crime control under war condl.
tons will be conference topics.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

against the present Japanese CEN
Ter Of resistance.
The army troops had to fight
over rugged. snow-covered terrain
and scale so degree ridges in the
face OF heavy enemy fire.
The Japanese fought from
trenches that were above the cloud
line. tho navy reported
The navy said the japanese
strong point Is centered in An area
formed between the north wall OF
Chichsgof Valley, Holtz Bay Pass
and Chichagof harbor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
65 MILLION SUBSIDY

The butter subsidy program will
cost about SOS 100000 annually,
officials estimated. The funds will
be supplied through the Defense
Supplies Corp, subsidiary OF the
IRFC.
OPA said that under the roll
back program creameries Will be
paid government subsidies so that
they will receive as muchfor their
butter as previously. and that
they will be expected TO pay ex-
listing prices TO farmers. The SUBJ
sides will be 5 cents pound
and will start June l.
A 5 cent roll back of creamery
prices will follow June 4. The
Ithree-day lapse is allowed TO as
Sist creameries and wholesale
distributors in meeting inventory
problems.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
United Press star Correspondent

Forty-three Republican mem
berS of the House, meanwhile, de-
manded immediate consideration
of bill 10 abolish all food con-
troll functions OF the OPA. and
transfer them 10 the agriculture
department.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Of Butter
Rolled Back e
Effective June 10
IS Million Subsidy
Per Year Ordered;
Meat, Coffee Next

WASHINGTON, May 30 CUP
The OPA tonight ordered a roll
back of approximately 10 per cent
five or six cents a pound-in re-
tail ceiling prices for butter,
effective June 10. Creameries will
be subsidized.
The OPA order came in the face
|of reports that butter shortage
in states east of the Mississippi is
likely, and that il may last three
or four weeks. Rep. August An
.dresen CR) of Minnesota said the
butter famine might extend over
the whole country, and charged
that the OPA roll back program
is the direct cause.
OPA, announcing the program,
said it would be followed within
"a few days by A similar roll back
in ceiling prices OF meat and SUBJ
Sequent steps 10 cut retail coffee
prices.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
ENJOY Says Axis Toxic Partnership Is Split BY HareI

EDITORS NOTE-This is
a condemnation OF an article
an the Judy issue of American
magazine BY an Argentine
diplomat.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Saginaw Housing O. KID

WASHINGTON. May % GNS)
The National Housing Agency
today approved a program provid-
ing for construction Of $40 housing
units for war workers al Saginaw,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
AXIS FoRTIFIEs BALKANS

The Axis, according 10 Reuters.
was giving particular attention 10
tho Balkans and the Meditcr-
ranean, and Hitler was said 70
have ordered guns from the
French Maginot Line established
on the Adriatic coast of Greece.
Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch.
leader of the guerilla army in
Yugoslavia, has advised Allied
military leaders that his forces
are prepared for the decisive
hour. the Yugoslav refugee gov
eminent in London told the
United Press Saturday
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
l2 PLANES DESTROYED

The SovietS claimed that u
more German planes had been de-
stroyed or put out of action Satur-
day.
Russian avlators destroyed or
damaged Al least Is German tanks,
90 trucks carrying troops and sup
plies. four ammunition dumps and
trains. the communique
A German battalion. up
to 1000 men, was scattered and
partly wiped OUT by air. attacks.
The Red air force sank Ger
man transport of 5000 tons in the
Gulf Of Riga, near the Latvian
coast
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
HEARD EXPLOSIONS

One morning late in November
We in the Argentine embassy in
Toxic heard explosions. heavy
enough 10 shake our windows,
from the direction of Yokohama.
We got into the embassy car and
drove across 10 Yokohama.
Through the dense smoke we
could catch glimpses of several
ships and piers on fire and hear
additional explosions. That night
we learned that all three Of the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Russian Air Forces
Pound Nazi Lines
Down IL More Planes,
Sink Transport

LONDON, Sunday, May 30 CUP)
The Russian air force carried
out a series of lightning attacks on
German tanks. troops, railways,
shipping and supplies during the
last "a hours, the Soviet midnight
communique announced today.
The announcement made no
mention Of the large-scale fighting
which the Germans have insisted
had been under way in the Kuban
bridgehead OF the Western eau
casus since last Wednesday. II
merely stated that fighting con-
tlnued' Saturday in the area
northwest OF Novorosslsk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30
Andromes
Purnneled
Nezis Best Defenses
in Invasion Crippled
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
ton in order 10 be able 10 give
the alarm.
simultaneously, the Lon d o n
News Chronicles naval expert re-
ported that the greatest naval
operations in history" were i'm
minent.
The undertaking. he said. will
involve the landing and mainte-
nance Of an Allied army in Europe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

The attitude of the Germans in
Toxic toward their japanese al
lies the honorary Aryans," is one
of mingled suspicion and dislike.
Last fall there were three Ger
man raiders moored at the main
pier in Yokohama harbor, near
Toxic, one a cruiser and two mer-
chant ships converted into armed
auXiliaries. There was also. near
by prize ship the Marking. cap
tured with her Indian crew aboard.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-30

The Rhine River would undoubtedly b .
key 10 Allied strategy In ihs event Of On
invasion via the Io~londs. BY plvnsins
through Holland. on Allied ormy might
follow the Rhine directly into Germany.
Such on offensive might dim FIRST 10 out.
flank csrmany's West Wall dsfsnsss
bordering France and cripple the vi'el
Rvhr industrial arsa. The Rhine flows
700 miles from SwiiIsrIand into 0srmony
end through Holland into ihs North SEQ.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-14
BY ANN STEVICK

WASHINGTON. Dec. 49, - Mary
T. Norton of New Jersey, speak
ing as representative OF the ma
tons housewives said in rally
for subsidies to keep down t h e
Lrice of food: Workers and farm
ers are organized, but housewives
are not. 1t is just about time to
dc something about it"
Mrs. orion sent this message
to housewives, The kind of work
you must do is work among your
neighbors. You are no organized
but you can make a personal ap-
read. II you do that great many
more women will understand what
is meant by SUBSIDIES. When you
tell your neignbor that if these
sui sides are not granted to the
producers to make up for the diff
ference in Wha. it costs them to
produce, and what they are selling
Ter, the cost of living will be in
creased 10 per cent. If we women
cont do something about it, we
lose the finest chance we have had
to be united on an issue"
SPARE THAT TREE
After testing many fancy chem
icals and methods suggested for
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-14

NEW BERN, Dec. 10 - Mrs.
John D. Robinson of Wallace, is
the new chairman of the Camp
Davis-New River-Cherry Point
Council of Camp and Hospital
service OF the American Red
Cross, succeeding W. M. Boice OF
Whiteville.
Mrs. Robinson was elected and
installed in the new office Fri
day at regular meeting of the
council held at Fort Fisher, with
large number of Red Cross re.
representatives. present from many
of the chapters in the coastal
area.
Mr.. Boice was named vice chair
man; with Mrs. Eugene Harring
ton of Washington as treasurer
and Mrs. j. B. Sudbury of Will
mington, Mrs. C. Allen Ives O.
New Bern and Mrs. W. C. Shrevf
of Greenville as members of thu
executive committee. Mrs. Har
vey Boney of Rosehill was chair
man of the nominating commit
tee.
All persons attending the meet
ing were guests of the Fort Fish
er officers at luncheon served
in the camp cafeteria. After tn
business meeting in the CAM
chapel, they attended a forma
guard mount on the parad
grounds and then drove to variou
points of the post.
Maj. L. S. Jobe, executive off
Ger of Camp Davis in charg
of Fort Fisher, spoke at tn
business meeting; as did EdWar
C. Garant, field director for tn
Red Cross and executive secre
tary of the camp and hospita
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-14
Mrs. John D. Robinson Heads
Red Cross Hospital Council

council at Camp Davis; A. T.
assistant field dlrec-
tor for the camp and hospital
council through this district; 1t.
Col J. Brewster, special services
officer at Camp Davis: 1t. James
A. Griffith, chief special services
officer at Fort Fisher; and others.
Among the many excellent re
ports given at the session it was
heard that several thousand sox
are being filled with Christmas
gifts for service men at the coast
al military posts; the Wilmington
Rotary club is equipping day
room at Fort Fisher; the Wallace
Women's clubs are Quitting a
day room; New Bern has con-
tributed $500 to the council work;
and Wilmington is planning 300
Christmas wreaths and 1900 nut
cups for the Yuletide celebration
at the Camp Davis hospital.
w. B. Bryan of the Southern Bel
Telephone company at Wilmington
was introduced as having arrang-
ed "Telemobile" for Fort Fish
er. In a trailer he has installed
four telephone booths for quicE
telephone calls to all parts of the
country. A large telephone room
is to be opened there shortly
where the soldiers may rest ano
read while waiting for telephone
connections in private booths.
The camp and hospital service
Of the Red Cross was originated
in July, 1941, at Fort Dix, N. j.
and since that date has expanded
rapidly to provide extra recrea
ton and comforts for service
men that they might otherwise
be able to enjoy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-14

Ruth M1llett boy ledliieu w
sav Mama" she taught him also
to say "Daddy'-and then she
taught him who Daddy" was by
the large pictures that were IN
every room in the house.
Meanwhile Mama made sure
that the boys father knew as
much about the KID as could be
told by letters and pictures.
And so at the first meeting OF
father and son, each was prepar-
ed for the other.
That happens to be true story,
and it should make mothers See
how worthwhile it is for them to
take pains to keep their children
aware of their fathers - even
though they are gone for months
or years.
HAPPIER HOMECOMING
For it would certainly make a
homecoming happier for man
if his child yelled "Daddy!" in
stead of backing off as from a
stranger.
Another thing a mother should
do to prevent returned father
from ever feeling like stranger
with his children is to warn him.
if he has been gone long time
not to rush the child who is toe
young to remember his father
wildly, but to sit back quietly
and let the child do the making
up.
Any mother would feel repaid
her efforts if her returning hus
band said: Junior hasn't forgot.
ten me, has he? I was kind Of
afraid he might. I've been away
SO long