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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-18
Your Carrier
BY Fran Striker

A YOUNG BUSINESSMAN
Introducing Another Busy, Better
Boy-d Detroit Times Carrier
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.by Lillian Smith

in the South that gives strange
Fruit its true Significance"
Nick Aaron Ford, Editor of The
Southwestern Journal at Langston,
klahoma, says: 1T is without doubt
the most courageous book that has
ever come out OF the south.
To me, it takes first rank both as
a social document and as a liter
airy masterpiece"
John w. Davis, President Of the
West Virginia state College calls
Strange Fruit; -. terrific, dyn
annie ..I It tells why the South is
on the defensive ad~ucationally
spiritually ,c%ulturally, socially and
economically. The events of Miss
Smiths Georgia Revolution have
been caught up by common men,
everywhere in an international
struggle for elemental justice and
human decency. $500"
Here is something UNUSUAL,
significant, vital....' says John
G. Cranberry, Editor of the Enlan-
cipator tt San Antonio, Texas.
The book is a work of art, but it
is more....If you have 1'tc~ press
ing. work to do don't pick up this
book now. Once open it. you'll
have to read it through. the e.
motional reaction makes a demand
on you, breaks you up. You'll be
different"
Walter L. Chivers Of Hampton
Institute says: The movement for
better race relations in the South
will never amount to anything
significant until it takes full cog
nizance of these social psychology
ical complications"
And William Grant Still says,
1T is important for all of us to
know this strong. sympathetic voice
that has come out of the white
South strange Fruit is must
reading for every American in
these crucial times
The Publishers of Strange
Fruit" Reynal and Hitchcock, OF
New York. predict that this f ST
novel by Lillian Smith will take its
place with the greatest American
novels.
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COLORED ENSIGN VISITS
PARENTS AFTER
GRADUATION CEREMONIES

Richmond, Va, March 6 CAMP :
Ensign H. c. Russell Jr., % yrs
old, was among a class of 1876 that
graduated from the U. S. Coast
Guard academy. New London, Con
necticut, last Wednesday. Ensign
Russell is here visiting his par elIts
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Russell.
A graduate of Kentuck State
college, Frankfort, Ensign Russell
was taking postgraduate work il
sociology and psychology at Iidi-
anauniversi ty when he enlisted.
Before he entered the academy he
was in the coast guard a year. sta
toned at Manhattan beach where
he was O coxswain.
Before returning to duty in Bas-
ton where he will be stationed,
Russell will visit his wife in PhiIs.
delphia, who has a civil service po-
sition.
His brother, Pvt. George v. Rus
sell, is in the air forces. one sis
.cr teaches at Southern university,
Scotlandville, La; another l.. at
tending the University of M~icniean.
I. nd a third is a former school TEA
cher in the Lexington schools. A
younger brother is a student at
Madison Junior high school.
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a strong sense OF reality.
1t is the story Of George Wood
ward, a southern white aristo-
crat," who. through a strange turn
of fate is forced into the colored
world. AS the story begins. he is
attempting a plan Of so-called mod
ern emancipation colonization Of
the Negro for political gain. Be
cause of the fear of a blood faint.
he despises the Negro, hates him
more than others. Then he IS
forced to feel, to see, to know and
finally to understand the problem;
to "see with different eyes," the
eyes of humanity"
Although the story moves rather
slowly at first and the charactaIs
seem a bit unreal, the events soon
carry the reader away. 50 much
so. that he. himself can very plain
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in George. whereby his old preju-
dices. built up since childhood with
the myth of white is right shak-
en- and finally completely broken
down as he learns to look beyond
color and see his associates, both
black and white, as members of
the one human family.
The author. James A. Hylanl.
spent fifteen years of active work
in the South as factural preparat-
ion for this book. The result Of
this can be see in the accurate
| description and attention to details
The book is rather UNUSUAL IN
that it does not preach and, seem
! ingly has no axe to grind. yet its
| theme is intended to bring every
/ one face to face with a possible
/ step toward an adequate answer
| to the color question"
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March s. 1944-'Strange Fruit"
he novel Of the South by Lillian
Smith which was published Febr-
uary 80, has met with high praise
from book reviewers, educational
leaders. clergymen and social
workers throughout the country.
Miss Smith is well known among
progressive circles as Editor Of the
lEartcrly, south Today.
The, publishers, Reynal and Hit
chcock, describe the novel as "a
love story Of deep and breeding
tenderness. 1t is also a compass
sionate story of two races. white
and Negro. rooted in a common
earth, straining toward a common
happiness, yet in brutal conflict
with each other. 1t lays open the
heart of a Southern town, reveals
the hidden fears and prejudices, y
motional p~erversions, superstitlons
blind cruelty. unreanoning love
and hate that shape the lives OF
its people"
Of Strange Fruit, Charles s.
Johnson, Director for Race Rela-
lions of the Julius Rosenwdld
Fund. says: This is a story warm
with passion and beauty and ter
ror; but it is impossible not to
realize that what gives it life and
breath is Miss Smiths passionate
wish to make people really and
profoundly aware of what the pat
terms Of Southern life are doing
to the people who must live under
them. Not to Negroes only but
20 whites as we'll. The weak but
not unappealing scion of a good
Georgia family, his sycophantic
houseboy, the Negro girl he loves,
and the sapless white girl he plans
to marry are but products Of the
culture which has shaped them.
So too are all of the Anderson
family, Negroes who in a rational
1ociety would be good and able.
citizens. but who are condemned
TO waste and warping by the fet-
tiers which bind them. It is the
fact that this is an inescapahle
tragedy under present conditions
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HOPE TO AMASS GREAT POOL.
OF CAPITAL
Continued from p II

Mrs. Rosa Brown Brach, field a.
gent, National Negro Business lea
que; Mrs. Marion H. Elliott. Nat
ional Council of Negro Women:
Washington; Mrs. Martha B. Gold
man, treasury department; James
L. Houghteling, treasury depart
ment; Mrs. Nell Hunter. Treasury
department; DR.. William Pickens,
Treasury department and Q. r..
Townes. secretary, National Negro
Insurance association. Richmond,
Va.
Among those program
who spoke at the meeting. were:
Bishop Bray, Willard Allen. Les
ter Granger, T. r. Gamble, nation
al director, War Finance division.
DIR. F. D. Patterson, DR.. j. E. Wal
ker, P. L. Prattis, J. Finley Wilsnn.
William Pickens and James l..
Houghteling director national
organizations division, U. S. Treas
ury.
1--WE must have intelligent rec
ords of the bonds we buy" said
Mr.. Houghteling. Already the fig
ures Of the number Of bonds have
been lost or misplaced is tremend-
ous'', he continued. MANY people
who buy bonds through pay roll
deductions do so as a matter of
course but without careful planr-
ing for their ultimate use. Many
Of these are people who go along
from pay day to pay day WITHOUT
a savings plan. These clubs viii
help them as well as the more
frugal minded to get into the hab-
it Of planning for the future"
Bonds can be sold at any time py
eny member. he pointed out.
Literature descriptive of the
plan may be secured by writing
William Pickens or Willard Allen
at the U. S. Treasury in Washing
ton, DC, or DR.. ]. E. Walker, Uni
versal Life Insurance Co, Mem
phis, where the national organic
alton office will be located Or a.
L. Holsey, Tuskegee Institute, Ala
The group was served luncheon as
guests of the Scottish Rite Masons
of which willard Allen is grand
commander at their cathedral.
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ABOUT OUR
FRIENDS.....
JUNE JAKES

JUNE AhE
June Jakes, eleven year old dan-
ghter of Mrs. villa Mae Jakes.
2115 North 9th street. likes being
on programs. And when she show
ed Us a paper she read last Friday
afternoon, March 3rd) before those
attending the Missionary meeting
at Bethel AME. Church, we con-
sidered it worthy of being printed
in this column.
How Little Girls Can Help in
the Missionary"
Little girls can help the MissioD-
airy by giving gifts to other little
girls that don't have as much as
they do. When we find a little
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as Number one NOW on tour with
Don Redman's" band while num-
Der two being Ida James" nov N
her own in California. "EFFIE
SMITH" so claim the critics, as
best of all times.
See you next month.
when another Star will &c
Made"
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band. Effie, being from Los Ange.-
IS, Calf. is taking the swing fans
1t the Savoy Ballroom. also the
worker of many California Hot
spots as is the Streets of Paris.
The Casa Manana", The Holly
wood USO. Camp Show and above
Ill The Louisiana Club" being
Hawkins" Number three Bob
O-Link' with DOLORES Brown"
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Johnny Bratton, the Is year OLD
Golden glove Champ has fought
his way to the top rung Of the sen
sational Golden Glove tournament
ladder at the Chicago Stadium.
Lauded by both writer's and snort
fans, Johnny who has Won his last
five fights before more than 5000
screaming fans will again compete
for the 1876 division crown on Maj
ch 10th. Eddie Plicque, NATIONALLY
known sportsman, fight promoter
and matchmaker predicts a knock
out by Johnny in the windup and
a future great in the pugilIstic
world. Press Photo Service.
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A snappy salute is in order as MGM
brings "See Here. Private Hargrove"
to the screen.
4 Il 4
It's the smile-a-second screen version OF
the book that put America in stitches.
n X 4
And the Big Studio has made a very spe-
:ial issue of this best-seller G. l. story.
X 4 4
Robert Walker, whose own private life
reads like a composite biography Of the
average private, plays the title role.
X 4 y
And he proves to be a l6-cylinder laugh
sensation in a 4-cylinder jeep-the fun
NEST rookie ever dropped into a uniform.
X X 4 4
Better see this rollicking, entertaining
revelation Of a masculine world.
4 X 4 X
With lovely Donna Reed providing the
feminine touchl dts a delightful oneD
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beauty contestant, lancer and show
girl for the past ten years mas
quit the stage for a business car
eer. The former Cotton Club and
Grand Terrace chlorine now operat-
es the swanky Casablanca in Chi
cago Lounge, where theatricaIities
gather nightly. Press Photo Serv.
-
girl who Us sick we can carry her
fruit and sweets instead of spend
ing our pennies on candy for our
selves. BY putting our pennies in
the Missionary box we help to send
the gospel to little boys ami girls
in Africa.
Perhaps there are some little
girls and boys who are without
shoes and clothing. 50 we should
send things that we no longer need
to them. That is our way OF be-
ing good missionaries.
At home we should do all we can
to help mother SO she may do mis-
sionary work too.
June Jakes attends Long school.
and is considered quite a good
bright pupil. She is very pipular
with the children in her neighbor-
hood and is a leader among them.
And the home of her grandmother
Mrs. Albert Michael with whom
she, her mother and brother live.
is the meeting place of her little
friends.
This program in which June took
part was during the Young Peopl-
es' Hour conducted by Mrs. a. E.
M. Goodwin, in connection with the
Nebraska-Kansas Missionary Soc
iety meeting hell at Bethel AME.
Church.
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OH NO, NOW!

Boy. How do they make dough
nuts. Mary?"
Girl. They spread dough ar
ound a hole and fry it in hot
grease"
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DOVE FLIES SOUTH"
JILL. by James A. Hyland.

"A fantastic story" IS perhaps the first reac-
ton to come after reading "a Dove Flies South .
But as one begins to study and reflect on this
strange tale. it begins to take on ly feel the struggle going on with
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-11
WEEKLY
REVIEWS
by BLACK
FORWARD WITH NAACP.

FORWARD WITH NAACP!
The Omaha Branch is going a.
head, not in leaps and bounds as
we say at times when we are en-
! gagged in some undertaking, but
we are gaining in strength and in
numbers and our influence is be-
ginning to be felt. We are happy
to note increased interest in our
work which means we are consult.
ed when something comes to the
front wherein u hours, pay, pro-
motions, etc. need attention and,
equitable adjustment. Every day
and every minute we or SOMEONE
IN a minority group is made to
feel the bitterness OF an overload
ing taunt.
Negroes must work for a Just
distribution Of everything pertain
ing to our economical struggle.
Race relationships best promoted
| by our I~nterracial contacts and ac-
tivities have been very fruitful and
give promise OF securing for US
a fuller and more influential place
in our homeland. We must conf
tinue to cultivate those things that
are best suited to our mode of liv-
ing and environment If we will
| naturally rass FROM the lower lev
ell to one that is conducive Of the
more refined and cultured mode
of living. We must not forget it
takes courage and sacrific eand pa
| tience and a force constantly on
| League and the YWCA offer mu n
| in the way of fine examples in o,;T
! daily efforts to attain to a higher
level Of cultural and educational
realities to the desparagement Ct
/ SO much Of the veneered cloak with
| which we wrap ourselves. Let us
! do away with so much of the false
| front and stand before the world
| as we really are and what we hnre
for and strive to be.
AT our next board meeting All
| arrangements will be made for our
next big meeting so be on the look
out for the time, and place plus 4
nice program.
We welcome to the community
the Rev. Mr.. Shirley Gilroy San
chez. DID,, formerly priest in charge
of st. Simons Church, haywood,
III. He has assumed his duties rs
Rector Of st. Philips Episcopal
church. 1119 North 21st street. He
is a graduate of Shorter College.
Little Rock, Ark, and of the Bish-
CD Payne Divinity school, Peters
burg, La, The Rev. Mr.. Sanchez
is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha
fraternity. IN the diocese of Chi
cago he was a member of the de-
partment of social service.
-HWR.
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q A BAD N

He. Before we married you
told me you rlove 70 m had be-
come a habit"
She. AND it still is-but a bad
habit"
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THINGS OFTEN DO.

Wife. when we married you
caid it would be for better or for
worse"
Husband. yeah. but there is
Just too little better and too darn
much worse"
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OVERNITE
/. by Curley E. Reed.

Baltimore. Md. u. Well, one Of the Stars that's
rising fast in the east, is or should i say, The
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Book Review

Many Good Books on Negro Life and events are
available at the World Bookshop, 1403h Douglas
ST., Phone jackson 1865.
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mo, Ethel, you can't be classed
a mother just because you gave
birth to an ideal"
&%%%H
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keenan, Wynn, Robert Benchley, Ray
Collins and Chill Wills also answer to
the entertainment roll call.
* X X *
Wesley Rurgles, one of Hollywood's
foremost, directed. George Haight pro-
duced-with great gusto.
X 4 X 4
Leo gives a hand to Harry Kurnitz for
the screen play and the initial pat on
the back to the newspaperman who
became a private-and then told the
public all about it.
X X 4 4
Dur closing line is>a hot tip:
4 X 4 +
"See-Hear-Private Hargrove"
e :.
P.S. Back The Attack-Buy Bondsi
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, to; but mama wants me to be an
! honest man"
&#*%+
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BOWELS SLUGGISH?

. Feeling like you lost your best friend
headachy-dull-all because of sluggish bow
essf Why put up with constipation misery?
Chew modern FEEN-A-MINT, the pleasant
tasting chewing-gum laxative. Chew FEEN-
A-MINT tonight at bedtime, taking only in
accordance with package directions. Next
morning-thorough, gentle relief, helping YOU
teel swell again. Millions rely on FEEN-A-
MINI. Chew like your favorite gum. Tastes
good. Try FEEN-A-MINT-a whole family
supply costs only 10e.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-09-23
Fifty Seia1n1r1IeIn On
Trial Face Death

SAN FRANCISCO iANP)-- Fifty
Negro sailors who refused to handle
dangerous explosives are on trial
before military court on Yerba
Beuna island here. The men are
said to have refused to work with
the ammunition following the Port
Chicago munitions explosion three
weeks ago when more than 300 lives
were lost
81 don't refuse to work, but I'm
afraid of ammunition, some of the
men are expected to have said when
commanded to work.
Comdr. joseph r. Tobin, com.
manding officer of the naval bar
racks on Mare island, and the first
witness, testified that on August 8
when he received word of the re-
fusal of the enlisted men to work,
Il personally ordered the men to
go to work, and when they refused
I advised them that no one is able,
myself as an officer, my superior,
or any enlisted man, to refuse to
obey q lawful order.
Tcbin stated that only those who
refused to work were held.
1t is expected THAT the trial OF
the so men will last week
Counsel from the judge advocates
office has been assigned to every
10 defendants.
1t. Comdr. Falthan watson, senior
judge advocate of the 18th naval
district staff headquarters, is re-
ported to have termed this the first
time in naval court history that SO
men have tried at one time.
If convicted, maximum penalty
for the men will be death.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-09-23
NNPA Executive
Committee Meets

CHICAGO - T h e Executive
Committee of the Negro Newspaper
Publishers Association met in Chi
cogo Friday and Saturday.
Present of the committee were
Howard H. Murphy, of the Ralt!-
niore Afro American; Alexander
Barnes, washington Tribune; Frank
Stanley, Louisville Defender; Car
ter wesley, Houston Informer;
William o. Walker, Cleveland Call
rost. Mrs. Robert L. Varn, Pitts
hurgn Courier: Cecil E. Newman,
Minneapolis Spokesman; and j.
E. Mitchell, ST. Louis Argus.
Members of the committee UNI
able to be present we're G, Z Scott
Atlanta Daily World, Atlanta; Leon
Washington, Los Angeles Sentinel;
Louis E. Austin, Carolina Times:
p 3. Young, Jr., Norfolk Journal
and Guide; Mrs. Olive Diggs, Chi
cago Bee; Dowal H. Davis, Kansas
City Call.
Presiding over the session was
John G. Sengstacke. of the Chi
cage Defender, who is president
of the association. The committee
discussed plans for the hnnual
observance of National Negro
Newspaper Week in 1945. expar
sion of the national news SER
vice and the Washington Bureau
and other matters of a confidenti-
al nature,
While here committee members
were guests of the Defender Of
ficers and staff at an informal
dinner James B. Cashin, Chicago
Civil Service Commissioner eind
Chairman Of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Chicago defender, was
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-09-23
Textile Plants
Hire Few Negroes

WASHINGTCN-(A N P)-Con-
fronted with increased demands
from the armed forces for the pro-
duction of cotton products, textile
plants, particularly il the north,
have been slow to use Negroes to
meet their manpower needs, the
War Manpower commission re-
vealed Friday.
The industry is faced with the
need for hiring nearly a quarter
of million workers by Nov. / in
order to expand it's output to
meet fully the estimated demands
for cotton goods, VINO declared.
AS yet, only small number Of
cotton textile plants have made
manpOWer utilization surveys or
sought this service from VINO.
Manpower commission reported
that the use of non-white workers
in the cotton textile industry is
slowly increasing. Non-whites made
up As per cent of the work force
in May, 1914 as COMPARED with 3.4
per cent in March 1913. Southern
plants averaged 5.3 per cent and
northern plants one per cent.
For some cotton textile plants
only marginal types of workers
are obtainable, but VINO pointed
out that since the industry is
highly mechanical one with large
proportion of jobs requiring only
a few days or a few weeks of
training, a considerable relaxation
of pre-war hiring specifications is
possible.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-09-23
NEGRO SAILOR SHOT

LAKE CITY, s. CA N Pr
Peace was restored Saturday after
three hours of rioting between
white and colored citizens here
around midnight. One Negro SAL
lor was shot and taken to the
Florence air base hospital
A tobacco center, the Florence
unit of the South Carolina hon1e
guard patrolled the trouble area
and ordered all civilians and SOL
diers off the streets. o. S. Bald
win, local magistrate, said that
more than 100 persons were in
volyed in the rioting.
Neither the name of the injur-
ed sailor nor the cause of the
r!oting was learned.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14
New Produce
Prices Listed

Slight variations in prices of
fruits and vegetables were an
nounccd today by the OPA. They
-aHa- a Elective Dee + through Dee.
70 m Wayne Oakland and Ma
comb counties.
Texas grapefruit, white meat
variety, which Is selling for z
cents a pound will increase l cent.
Western pears will sell for liza
cents a pound, a decrease of II
cent Tangerines will sell for five
pounds for 53 cents. a drop of 2
cents for the 5-pound package.
Green beans now selling at "a
cents a pound will drop l cent.
Hothouse leaf lettuce now selling
for p cents a pound will go up 10
"A cents. Bulk spinach selling
now for Ia cents a pound will
90 up TO 17l2 cents. Sweet po-
tatocS that now sell for 10 cents
a pound will drop l cent in the
new schedule.
Two changes in the price of po-
tatoeS are contained in the new
schedule. All u. S. No. l size A
in ready packed pecks now selling
Is pounds for 20 cents will drop
2 cents a peck, L S. No. l Idaho
bakers in bulk selling now for IS
cents for five pounds will drop
l cent 10 q cents.
All prices quoted represent the
maximum prices for all stores in
OPA groups ! and 2.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14
Duith-Born Worker
Vinditdted Of CHARGE

An Indictment against Martin
Halsema, go, of Keego Harbor,
charging him with violating the
Nationality Act was dismissed to-
day by Federal Judge Picard on
petition of u. S. Atty. Lehr.
A native of Holland, Halsema
was charged with classifying his
birth place TO retain his machin-
ist- job IN Pontiac plant where
he had been employed for IS
years. In May, 1913, he was Ac-
quilted on n sabotage charge
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14

Petty Officer Charles Wehrle,
q. of 1868 Concord. who arrived
here after u months in the South
Pacific 10 witness Detroit's first
SHeE- ef the winter cioeSnit-f like II.
II sure like being home,
though" said Wehrle as he held
his 3-year-old daughter, Connie.
Getting acquainted with Con-
ME Is the most wonderful thing
that has ever happened"
Wehrle was aboard a transport
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14
Italian. French
ViSaS O.k'd

WASHINGTON. Dec. ID (INS)
The state department has an
nounced that French and Italian
nationals will be able to obtain
visas to travel te- the United
States TO promote trade or to
further HE war effeFty-
ViSas Will also be given TO wives
of American citizens. husbands of
American citizens married prior to
July /, 1912, and minor children
of American citizens.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14
New Work DESTROYED.


ship in the South Pacific.
I'VE saw lot of action while
landing at the beachheads with
supplies" continued Wehrle.
---ainSt= Of the Jap prisoners we
captured were glad to be taken.
Zone Jap teld me ne had been
informed New York had been
DESTROYED by the Japanese"
Wehrle Will be here with his
wife, Florence, and Connie for &c
DAYS,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-14
Galapagos Lease
TOT. -. Sought

QUITO. Dec. Il uNS)-The
Ecuadorean government has start
ed negotiations dealing with the
leasing of Galapagos Island bases
to the United States.
The Galapagos command the
Pacific approaches to the Panama
Canal