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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-07
Resorts for Sale

COTTAGE y miles from Detroit Windsor
Tunnel On Lake Erie. private beach
so foot lake frontage. ~ feet deep '"o-
car garage shrubhcry, trees, private wei
electric pump, inside convenience. Priced
for quick sale. Trinity i-7o2e
COLORED-Free tathlnE. cool breezos on
Lake Gould. one-aCTe tracts DIVE ont
Grand River 3 miles, turn r2ht On
JS23 u miles SUNDAY ! 30 8. Address
Box 1897. Detroit Times.
COLOREp-PRIeATE LAKE SN1LL pN
SMEDLEY. 4i6 +. WARREN TT. 1892
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Business Opportunities

RooNING HOUSES. rpms. hHed. on
Calumet. owner saCnhCln- S26 char
lotto Tfmp,e 1855
BOOMING house for sale Hnt cold watr.
200 rooms excellent condition. owner
cherry tsgl
sFrI. Morev-u1aker. will ssii az inver
tory. JnNefsii. 2e73i,
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Bungalows for Sale

NEAR Ivernos Nile nice new brick
- bungalows, just truE completed nice
living room. bedrooms kitchen. dinette,
10 % Cots 50 son ami 50 90 near trans
rnr'aiIDg. schools sh9pp.ge hurry on
THESE fuIbecN. $3.50 IS 7Mlc Is
1890.
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to Rent Apartments

COLORED couple desires T.; ?. or Groom
apartment furnished or nntufnishei.
TRINITY 1-uQgg
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m :fST RE.AE- ESTATE CORNER s% %nn
FOR
ltE.N
Rentals Wanted

WANTED House ~ rooms reuabIr
tenant HANDY, clean. northeast section.
Tinrt 2-5SG5
COLORED woman with dauthtcr. IT,
wants room 0r' or f-r1pW apartment
Vail share apartment or house With any
one respectable and reasonable defense
worker MIS- Cook Fifzroy StlS
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At ONCE Cash iol y4uf PropeIf,
singles tia's auI Apartments
ttw Henkel CO. liamu ud Bids GA -h'f
ATTENTION. EAST SIDE DINNERS
Want 6-r,cm house prefer near Catholic
Church. must he Ir gcnd ne'rnhorh0od
t..D00 e. "a. down. Jiaza 25S5. eysnin-s.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-07

ALL kanA contrs6is. bought, mtgs made
McHugh\ 1910 Ford BIDS. Cadillac O5iS.
ANY desirable laud contract purchased.
MEL WIN r LANPHAR a COMPANY
SIN Floor Lafayette Bldg Cadillac 1910
WANTED several good seasoned lard
contracts from owner Tt H-0gl7
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Colored-Act Quickly-Barglin

Harmon Woodward section: A-tamuy brick
separate furnaces - 500, terms
Harmon Woodward section 6-room brick
- sou. terms hurry uu this FI o1tO
CANNON BROS. 1850 SHERMAN
D-Chestnut-Jos Campau section,
i-famIv 2-3-rm bath i-rm bath;
STOW, heat. $1,000 dn quick possession.
= keudrck TR 2-252i
WEST SIDE PLAN IS
only 81 POO $3.50, Several others
ELLIS HAMLAR. 5l3 r. Kirby TR. 2-s5l4
COLOREp SPECIALIZATION brk.. 6-6.
y Of Blvd. - trims Singleton. CA. 1896
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a PARTY wants all kinds of
furniture. VIII pay highest
ash price Farris, Temple 2-5373.
ABSOLu1FlN more t1r furniture. rugs.
@HO> BROS FUENlTJRE TT l-l2Ps
AINAN, CALL TYLER 1-Slo2
Ne pas best prices FOR used mru.'lrc
AN Individual needs complete home OF
odo pieces $50 to tt 1-t7so
ELECTRIC or gas range. also ironer. VIII
pay spot cash Vermont 6-2llu.
tUKNlTuEE-M ,sce.IAuepus items. 1,r7
Cst prices Coll day. night - ai,-.
EAn.olln 1871
FURNITURE WANTED - VII paw best
prices. YocAcy Bros Temp'e 2-il31.
GIEL.S .7b.c,cle oarir- 26 inch GOOD
i.-.i4.4. tt-.4. fr.rr--0-r tUwUsgU1
f.I1
t-Eu vesbuE u4.Wnc wanted ans
MAKE good cor0l'un. Telephone Gar
fs0 ,|1N-W
WANTED. UseI Vasu,r -uud condition
NH pas cash Telephone TRINITY 2772o
WE BLY, ud- ur coats 32s Michigan
Thrti-- EHldLrA
L. AA-4----4 r-7r-f-T-1
ID. Ia .ugr home Townsend 7.06ai
IHv..,.d 1.uGl.
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Lake and Riuer Property for Sale

ANCHOR BAY Beach lake iot 20 close
estate. $545. ca 1900 TT. 2.6i7a
ST. CLAIR RIVER lo, $50 foot rea~
bargain CA 5000 Tt 2-6i7g
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Machines

BARGAIN sale ou sewing machines Sfnc-
Or. whites cic u-F0. ln good condition.
't su Guaranteed
SEWING MACHINE SALES GO
1870 fr.a4Nat 40 Grand River "a Bliss
$3.50 sfarr RIVER. ~ TumhgH To- 1880
FTfC Lsfuatrs on RrpsjFs
IUS. I-L LLc cuL4r-ed- Zeal L--,-.-l-------
n.s .u ne uis Sunday Times Want Al
Soc. Ior
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Household Appliances

AL REBUILT Hr..fts tar..s. I,.a
Premier. etc. sI. ul s -.at.--rr.
re a. rrIt Era cleaners ..r ts.4
our old cleaner .r ffst. H.,s ....
amer rehst ra.. t.t" ..... .,I
BENJAMIN'S
Appliance and Furniture shop
1892 Liyernois. bl. y. Feukeil
OPEN LNEs t> TlE- HFH
BUY gisrsl'ssl REBUILT CLftsFr
~ ioH DIA srlrts Es.ra ea.sr s..
Service ciflise 1850. Dr .srrasr Pei.
NAsHLkst vac-lus aru,+b 1aty .e.l ...
psire1 prompi r.sralteet t I(sss 4.
srnots. II 1884 ~
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Money to Loan
On Real state

AT Insurance Co. funds Tor Rupd
r,ottrago loans land contracts bought
Fd Herkel Co. Hammond Bldg CO. 26ih.
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1892 RFFRiG S-An makes tor defense
priority houses renter or owner. blg
display superior 1929 Grand River
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Land Contracts

WHITE COLORED MORTGAGE MoNE
HOME ASSOCIATES-CA. 73f7
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SELLING SURPLUS EQUIPMENT
Two norton cr4nkshAtt sL4paet-. COM
plttelN rebuilt like new. 1885 ana l6Xao
with motors shafiinE ana an the attach
men's. also = internal grinders and 8
lathes. See them IN operation VIII sac
rhce A. a Burns 1861 Grauot. Cadillac
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COLORED-HURRY.

Chcsnu'-st Auhn Sec; 2-fam.y 81 GOO
guHN
sherman chen" Sec 3-iamnN n a So
$500 ~ terms
These are both excellent huAs. RI Ul4O.
CANNON BROS
1850 SHERMAN
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Real Estate Wanted

Cash Buyers. Criger R.O. 1853
CASH for modern a-rm or good 2-family.
good east side location. PR 1915.
EAST SIDE Cash buyers waiting. give
personal attention. AversOn. TW. l-lo2o.
FOR QttCK results list Ur homo or apis.
with W y. Morrison. To. 1885
HAZEL PIX property Cash waiting John
L Jones Realty, 22s02 John Z r. o. 1880
HOMES and 2-Rats, IN n W section
from owners Ralph r. Toynton. l6605
Grand River. We. 5-l23i.
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A portnents for Rent
Unfurnished


JOHN R. 25l7 Basement rooms heat
bot water. S25 white ca 1858
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Resorts for Rent
Subj, ban Real Estate for Safe

STONEY LAKE Cottage FOR rent. sl'
hve electricity; reasonable Cherry g.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
EneeI Exposes War Plant PIums:
Foreman Tops
M Arfhur's Pay
Photo ~ Times star Photographic

WASHINGTON, June % ONS)-Reporting
on a llday inspection trip, Rep Engel (R) of Mich
gan today advised the House that there workers
in war plants with little or no experience making
as much as army generals and janitors and elevator
operators drawing SO per cent more pay than
captains.
Engel member Of the House subcommittee military
appropriations who made opeman investigation Of high
costs AZ industries Informed the membership that
plant ne found 1Syearold girl fresh from job
ribbon clerk Kresges dime store getting $3.50
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
The Fronts Today

These arc the lTor
Fronts.
THE AIR WAR Raj rains
1000 tons Of explosives on
Cologne and batters Ham
burg, Germany's most import
ant port. page l.: 100 Fly
ing Forts maui the Italian
port Of Leghorn. smashing a
cruiser, cargo ships and oil
refineries. page L.
RUSSIA Reds advance several
miles, occupy a strategic VII
lage in a renewed drive TO
crush the last German foot
hold IN the Northwest eau
caSus. Page o.
TIE PACIFIC-Iap naval ships
blasted in\ SolomonS; KiSka
bombed seven times: eight
more Jap vessels sunk by
L. s. subs page. p Allied
hierS shoot down two and
possibly six out, OF Is Jap
Zeros and bomberS attacking
Darwin in northern Australia.
Page p
THE INVASION FRONT AXIS
reports huge concentrations
Of American and British war
ships and invasion barges in
he Mediterranean. Gage 81
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
ALLIES SMASH
5 EUROPE BASES
Nozi SPy's
Aide Held
BY FIJI

NEW YORK. June % ms
The first of several accomplices
Of Ernest +. Lehmitz, 57-year-old
air raid warden and Self-admitted
,NaZi spy, whose arrest was prom
iSed by the FBI. was taken into
custody today. Arraigned in fed
eral court, he confessed his guilt.
He is Erwin Harry de Spretter.
50, a consulting engineer and for
mer lieutenant in the German
army who has been working in a
gun-sight factory in New York.
Like Lehmitz, De Spretter is
accused of transmitting TO Ger
an intelligence, information
concerning movements Of L. S
troopships and conveys. Like
Lehmitz, De Spretter faces 30
years in jail--or death.
According 10 the FBI. De Spret-
ter is citizen of Uruguay but
had taken out his first citizenship
papers IN this country.
Owner of a small plant in New
York, De Spretter has been work
ing on sub-contracts for the
army and has been processing
heat induction and gun-sight
parts.
De Spretter lived with his wife
and four children on Long Island
He IS accused specifically of:
Selling TO Lehmitz for 500 "a
confidential aircraft book" Of the
Brewster Aeronautical Corp.
containing detailed specifications
Of airplaneS manufactured by this
company together with photo
graphic drawings
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30

LONDON. June % CUP)-Brit-
iSh bombers dropped upwards Of
1000 tons of explosives on Co
logne. industrial capital of the
Rhineland, last night and a
smaller force simultaneously hit
Hamburg. Germans biggest port,
TO send the record SCATTERING AL
lied air offensive through its
tenth night
A very heavy force Of Allied
planes. including a large number
of four-motsred bombers flew
eastward over the southeast coast
in waves this evening and re-
turned 45 minutes later.
The attack on Cologne, Ger
many's most bombed city, came
while the Nazis were making
strenuous efforts to rebuild its
devastated industries.
More than 600 acres of Cologne
had been destroyed in previous
raids, including a 1000-plane as
Sault last year.
Though last nights raid ex-
ceeded that attack in weight,
fewer bgmberS participated.
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shoe, them al pay A. little as $50
a month.
And when they come back"
Engel continued. "they will have
10 pay an income tax the rest
of their lives To repay the
money we borrowed 50 these
factory machine gun assemblerS
can be paid from $1,000 TO
SS,7i0 a year.
why. the base pay Of 1t.
Gen. BrehOn Il. SOmervell il
only $500 year and ne il in
command Of the entire supply
system Of the army from l6-inch
guns down Ia pistols"
Engel said that the plants he
visited, which included General
Motors. Ford. Chrysler and Cen
eral Electric, had total pay rolls
last year Of S2,3l6.O4l747.
THE total number OF en-
ployes In these plants aggre-
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And these the Strike
Fronts:
By international Nevs Service
DETRoIT-P Production resumed
following Short-lived wildcat
strike at Highland Park plant
OF Chrysler Corp.
SUNNYNALE, CAL. - Several
hundred machiniSts al Hendy
Iron Works. producer of mari
time engines. walk out.
PITTSB URGH- Soft coal
miners continued 10 return 10
work slowly and reluctantly,
but $4,000 hard coal miners
remain out Of the pits.
BAYoNNE. y. goo en-
\ plOyeS of Best Food. Inc,
working mostly on govern
m n I contracts. continue
strike for wage hours.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
THEN PAY FOR LIFE
2 sBg'dlGeS Regain
Their e. aSaS Books

The concession by the three.
man panel will give each Judge
$50 miles per month.
Harlan j. Cristy chief OTA
r1tionlng attorney, reScinded OK
ira gas allowances TO the judges
when II was discovered their APP
piicationS had been filed outside
of their residential districts.
Mahcr and Murphy come legally
under S2-30's jurisdiction
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
Chinese Refdke
HanQch0W. Held
By laps { Years
Geo s,,-, ~ r1re &

rCrrO'- -r IN r7'-
f'aneeao' &. C0ctianc
Pros .n r n.-r hold by
'-r faa~a.. ara .H years has
rec1 rscaaH.H ty fao Chinese,
thc E.Hr radio said today m O.
broadcast.
iarcChcR, a0 Important port
ONLY 11H IRE aubv6-t Of
~rarerar and within ESQ miles ot
,he ca=-t 81 rrino'pai-fyiaudT Iu
.Yhe Japanese mainland q Chi
rrec r-Uugrgaa TODAY reported
f-ht'uE recently northeast OF
Ii4n-Ct1"
Time. a China arc fuid and
0I'.as frequently l-nt within
span, p Ir., up rs thc gates of
major base
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or more than The base pay Of
a major.
But Engcl SAID tho comparison
was most shocking when 1t was
discovered that ono war plant
foreman made over $1,000 a
year-more than the base pay Of
Gen Macarthur.
THEN PAY FOR LIE
The Michigan member said
he discovered machine gun
aSScmblerS" who drew as much
as $50 a year. adding that
soldiers and sailors at Bataan.
Pearl Harbor. Tunisia and Blzartc
an have 10 learn not only 10 take
down and assemble these same
machine guns hlindiolded bur ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
Pierre BoissOn Quits
In French West Africa

ALGIERS, June % (UP)-
Resignation of Pierre Boisson as
governor general OF French West
Africa was officially accepted to-
day as A result of demands by
Gen. De Gaulle.
BoiSSon had been accused of
Nichyite leanings and headed De
Ganlles blacklist
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Continued on Page Six
Nazi Admits Fear
OF Flying Fortresses

LONDON. June % GNS)-A
German radio reporter with the
Nazi air force admitted today
that il takes superhuman courage
10 fly anywhere near a close for
nation of Flying Fortresses. the
Daily Mail said.
THE A glo- American air
OffenSiveS are putting German
defenseS TO a very hard test"
the commentator was quoted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
DAYLIGHT RAID

American medium bombers took
over in daylight, concentrating on
Sandman airfelds. Mitchells,
with an escort of Lightnings,
bombed the barracks, administers
tive buildings, hangers and dis
'perSal areas at the Olbia-Vena
tiorita and Alghero-Fertilia air.
fields.
Marauders, also escorted by
Lightnings and Warhawks, raided
the airfields at Mills and Decimo-
mannui.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30

LONDON, June % QNS)-The
German radio today broadcast an
unconfrmed report that an al
tempt had been made in Algiers
on the life Of Gen. AlphouSG1
Joseph Georges, member OF the
French Committee for National
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
Polish Sub Sinks Freiq hter

LONDON, June % tUP)-The
Polish submarine DIX has sunk
4.00o-ton enemy freighter in the
MeSSina Straits. the Polish in
formation bureau said today. The
DIX sank an enemy tanker A
month aAo,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
Steals Luise Rainer,s Rina

NEW YORK. June y up
a 29-year-old maid. who police
say admitted the theft of a $500
ring from motion picture actress
Luise Rainer. May 81. was under
arrest today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
JONES REPLIES

he accused Jones of misrepre-
Sentation of the BEW before con-
greSslonal committees.
Jones issued short reply.
pending preparation of a longer
one. asserting that Wallace :
statement is filed with malice
and misStatementS.' He said he
would be glad 10 have a congress
Sional committee investigate the
facts.
Wallace proposed that Congress
make BEW financially independ-
ent Of the RFC in the purchase
Of strategic materials.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
Plane Output Tops Nazis'

LONDON, June % lNS)-
Minister Of Labor Ernest Bevin
declared today that Great Brit
ain alone now is producing moro
aircraft than the whole OF Ger
many can turn out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
Obstruction
Charged 10
Chief Of RFC

WASHINGTON. June % CUP)
Vice President Henry A. Wal
lace and Secretary Of Commerce
Jesse Jones exchanged angry
charges today in 2 violent re-
newal Of The Battle of Washing
ton" Wallace accusing Jones OF
obStructing the work OF the Board
Of Economic Warfare and Jones
accusing Wallace OF malicious
mlSStatement.
Wallace opened the engagement
with blasting 2S-page statement
in which he said Jones Recon-
Struction Finance Corp. had dis
mally' failed 10 create a stock
pile Of strategic materials for the
United States and had engaged
IN "obStructionist tactics" against
the BEW when It undertook 10
do so.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
Jackie Cooean Divorced

HOLLYWOOD, June % up
Mrs. Flower Parry Coogan wife
Of Jackie Coogan, was granted a
divorce todav.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
COLOGNE's 1l7TH RAID

Last nights raids were 117th
Of the war on Cologne and the
97th on Hamburg.
Radio AlgierS broadcast reports
that Adolf Hitler had ordered l.
600 600 war prisoners into the
>till-Smoking Ruhr Valley 10 help
clear debris and another 100000
prisoners 10 Austria 10 build new
factories 10 replace those wrecked
in tho Ruhr.
The cir ministry announced that
reconnaissance photographs OF the
Raj raid In Bochum June i dis
closed that 100 acres in the center
OF the city. including nine indus
trial establishments. had been
devastated and 700 buildings de-
stroved or damaged severely. Bo-
cham was raided again Friday
night \
The Americ n raids on st. Ma
zaire and Beaumont le Roger were
believed Among the most success
full yet undertaken hy> the Eighth
An Force. Sin American bombers
were lost
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
INACCURACIES CHARGED

Wallace SAID he was prompted
10 make his statement by Jones
testimony before the economy
committee and by what he called
certain inaccuracies" stated by
Acting Chairman Kenneth Nc
kellar Cd Of Tennessee of the
Senate appropriations committee.
He said Mckellars remarks. at
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
CONVOY BLASTED

Twenty-Five .bon1bers were lost
in the two-pronged attack. which
followed by only a few hours
American daylight raids on the
big German U-boat base of St.
Nazaire, on the French Atlantic
coast, and an important NaZi
fighter base Al Beaumont lie
Roger, 20 miles northwest of
Paris.
Raj fighters and Albacores of
the fleet air arm joined in last
nights offensive with an attack
on an enemy convoy trying TO slip
through Dover Strait with sup
plies or rcinforcementS for Ger
man garrison forces on the French
coast.
At least one of the three mer-
chant Ships in the convoy and
two Of the eScorting motor tor
pedo boats were damaged, the
air ministry said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
Jurors Asked
To Sign P| lea
For Stephd an

a man reputed 70 be Walter
Nelson has approached jurors in
the Max Stephan case, II was
learned today, seeking their sigma
lures on a petition that would ap-
peal for Presidential clemency for
the condemned traitor.
In no instance was the agent
successful in obtaining signatures
Several Of the six-man, six
woman jury admitted 10 the
Times that they had been visited.
One still had in his possession
Nelson's attorney-at-law a r d.
while two others identified the
leader in a movement 10 halt the
death Of German-born Stephan,
now scheduled to die AT Milan,
Friday.
Nelson refused 70 confirm or
deny talking 10 jurors
VERDICT STANDS
He got my Irish up" said Mrs.
Catherine Buckley, 303l Column
bus. II told him that I have ~
grandnephews in the service and
that that man Krug (Oberleut-
nant Hans Peter Krug. escaped
war prisoner who was aided by
Stephan might have blown
any one Of them 10 bits.
II said, NO, sir. my verdict
stands. stephan had fair trial
and couldn't have had fairer
treatment in any court than
from Judge futile
The visitor, Mrs. Buckley con-
tinued, explained he was not paid.
had no interest in protecting Ste
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
. ALLIED PLANES LOST

Twelve enemy planes were shot
down. all but one by Americans
medium bombers during their at
tacks on Sardinia. Only two
Allied planes were lost in all att
tacks.
An Italian communique said
that Reggie Calabria. also in the
toe of the Italian boot, and Mes
slna, Sicily, likewise had been
bombed.)
British Wellington bomb ers
launched the latest series of at
lacks by Allied planes against
Mussolini's battered domain with
an assault Sunday night on the
railway yards at San Giovanni.
one OF the mainland termini of the
important ferry line 10 Sicily.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
100 F0rtreSses
I'M, 8OO-Mi. Raid
En the South

ALLIE HEADQUARTERS.
North Africa, June % (UP)-One
hundred American Flying For
treSses loosed nine-minute thtn-
derbolt raid on the Italian port
of Leghorn, 200 miles north Of
Rome, yesterday, damaging a light
cruiser and four supply ships and
firing oil refineries, il was an
nounced today.
Authorities believed the cruiser
was being used as training ship.
The raid came just one month
to the day after similar force Of
Flying FortreSses hit Leghorn.
which lies so miles south of Spe-
zia on the Ligurian Sea, and
damaged four ships, large oil
refinery and railway installations.
The round-trip flight of 1900
miles topped a night and day in
which other planes from the
Northwest African air forces
raked Axis airfields the length
and breadth of Sardinia and
blasted San Giovanni at the toe
of the Italian boot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-30
Georges Escapes Assassin

lContinned on Page Fourl
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Continued on Page SIX
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-18

The morale of the American sol dier was quite high before my out fit landed on Tulagi last August 2 of last year, Private First Class Harry K. Fitzgerald, son of Mrs. Edna Fitzgerald of the Connecti- cut Cildren's hospital on WatertoWn avenue, declared during an inter view today. But believe that Ii the byos out there in the Pacific keep hearing reports of the strikes back home, it will drop consider ably. They would certainly appre- ciate 1t if John L. Lewis could be put on the front lines and given a fighting mans pay"
 Private First Class Fitzgerald ar- rived in the United States few weeks ago wearing service bars of Tulagi and Guadalcanal, and was sent to the Celsea Naval hospital in Massachusetts for treatment. He is presently spending a leave with his mother.
 In speaking of his service at Tulagi he divulged that the island was captured by his outfit, the First Raider Battalion of the Marine Corps. and expressed the opinion that the Jap is not good fighter and without hls leader, superior equipment, and manpower is at a total loss T personally believe the lap to hs fanatic aud animal. uke
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-18
Stories Of Strikes
 Undermining Morale

and am confident hat he will be the loser in the fight the Marine de- clared vehemently. On one occa- sion," he reported, the outfit had a very thin line across the Island of Tulagi through which 13 Japs in filtrated, and took refuge in one of the native huts. The huts were built four feet off the ground because of the dampness of the earth. Five of us surrounded the house and waited until dawn when We blasted them with gun fire and explosives"
 "In another instance while on Guadalcanal, I had personal con- tact with a Jap. was out on pa- trol duty and had just cleared through the brush when I came face to face with one of the enemy. Before he could raise his rifle, I fired at him with my machine gun In that case, it was question of who could pull the trigger faster Luckily. I did.
 The Marine enlisted in the corps in January of 1922, and received training at Paris Island, s. O., and Quantico, Va. While on active duty he was a member of demolition squad which blasted Japs out ot caves and other places where rifle fire could not penetrate. A rough and ready outfit. hts unit received a citation from President Roosevelt and two Marine generals.