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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Battle Creek Hotel Sold

BATTLE CREEK, May 25-
The Laverne. one OF Battle
Creeks eidest-hetei s,--ha been
sold 10 Homer ShaffmaSter of De-
troit by Mrs Ethel Southerton.
who has been associated with the
place for 25 years. MIR Shaffmas-
ter operates the Francis Hotel
System.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Final Entry Is Note
Of Week Husband
Spent in Garage
Tuesday. Aug. IT

Tuesday, Aug. II
Ken and ! went To C. and w
for mattress. He left house az 8
D. m, back about 3 a. m.
Sunday, Aug. %
Ken left at $50, returned l:30
a. m, no alibi.
Sunday, Aug. 80
Ken went out before 9 p. m,
claimed he was i'll and didn't get
back until 1912 a. m.
Admitted a ring he had bought
for Ruth.
Discovered the shirt. tie and
links he received from her for his
birthday, also a card from her.
Sunday, Sept. 26
The end of our marriage He
left home for good. Lived in the
garage for a week.
That ended the notations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
JENKINS REMOVED

Among those removed were
William Jenkins. president OF the
local; Alec Mcintyre. vice presi-
dent; George Southart, recording
secretary; +. r. Mccormick.
financial secretary and treasurer,
and Robert Mcmahon, sergeant
alarms.
Others included Robert Speedle.
guide, and William Smith, Eliza
beth Jaskierny and George Cham
berlain. trustees. Five other
members who are elected al large
In the plant were also ousted.
In ITS findings. tie board stated
that although the Ia were removed
from office they were not stricken
from the JAW membership rolls
and would be eligible TO run for
reelection when new election is
ordered within so days.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Victims Diary TEE lis
OF Breakup Of Home
DIARY NOTATIONS
Wednesday, July 20, 194S

First diary entry.
Ken out until 2 a. m. Excuse,
the Fox Theater, but no proof.
Sunday, Aug. /. l94S
Ken supposedly working. He
went out in sports clothes and
good shoes, back AT 6:45'p. m.
Monday. Aug. 2, l94S
Ken retired 9 p. m.
Tuesday, Aug. 3
Ken left at 8 p. m. for Gigs
three blocks away. Returned at
$40 p. m.
CAR IN GARAGE
Saturday, Aug. I
Car in garage for repairs. Ken
left me at 7:30 TO get car, didn't
pick me up until 1&15 midnight.
Monday, Aug. Is
I worked. Ken out until lis
a. m.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Confession Solves Theft

FLINT, May 25 Arrest Of
Richard 7. Findley. II, of sos
Mathewson. who waived a munich
pal court hearing on a burglary
charge. cleared up the theft of
gasoline ration coupons with
valuation of 2,2l9 gallons. detec-
tlVes said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Belle Isle Open Sunday

Three hundred yards of addi-
tional waterfront will be available
when Belle Isle bathing beach is
opened Sunday. Hours are IL
a. m. to 7 p. m. daily.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

Drawing BY Ace Bulkin.
Times staff Artist
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

WASHINGTON, May 25-Rep
Will Rogers Jr.. California Demo-
crat, army reserve second lieuten-
ant and son of the late humorist.
resigned from Congress yesterday
and left for an overseas military
post.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
BASEMENT

DF HOt DNAAlu
Times staff Arts
This is a diagram of the
basement and auditorium i'm
the Twelfth Street Eyangeli-
cal Church where Mrs. Jean
Long was slain. Shaded
portion shows the base
ment including the mimeO-
graph room where she had
been working. Position in
which the body was found
at the rear of the audi
forum on the first floor
level Is shown at the top.
Police think Mrs. Long
went to the first floor to
investigate noises made by
a prOwler, or was carried
up the stairs from the
basement by her slayer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
LAMOTTE on COAST

Lamotte is in California and
Joseph Rubin, assistant director
OF the Chrysler division. will act
as administrator until he returns.
Thomas explained
Neither Jenkins nor other mem
berS Of his board would comment
after the international boards
verdict
However. il was Indicated that
they would rest their case with
the membership when II conveneS
A. 2 p. m. Sunday in the local
union hall.
Evening star., 1944-12-28

boys were delighted at the uneven
match, especially when Mr.. Ham
mond was knocked to the floor and
counted out by the referee.
mot so delighted was Hammond,
however" Mr.. Jellef1 recalled. He
loved it."
Gets Full Reward.
Mr.. Jelleff has this comradeship
with the boys as the only reward
he ever wanted for his consistent
philanthropy toward and activity
with Boys Club of Washington, he
said. He has watched the attitude
OF the city change from one of doubt
to complete confidence in the clubs,
he said. Two branches are now To-
Gated in Georgetown and in South
east Washington. A third is planned
In Northeast Washington.
Mr.. Jellef1 has since retired from
the board of directors of the clubs.
He is president of the Washington
Community Chest and chairman of
the Board of Indeterminate Sen
tence and Parole of the District.
His citation praised him as friend
OF the boy"
A check for $795 for the wood
working shops Of the boys clubs was
given by Mr.. Jellef yesterday to
Mr.. Fyfe as the gift of the National
Capital Optimists Club He also
gave Mr.. Fyfe for the club a $425
check to be added to the George
Washington University scholarship
fund maintained by the organiza-
ton.
Evening star., 1944-12-28
1t. Kennedy.
: was wounded

act. 1t. Kennedy was wounded
more than a year ago.
In August, 1943, he commanded =
PIT boat in a Pacific theater. The
torpedo craft was rammed in the
darkness by a destroyer, and 1t.
Kennedy and his men were forced
to swim for hours before reaching
shore. The officer obtained food
and aid for his crew at great per-
sonal risk and endurance.
1t. Kennedy was awarded the
Navy and Marine Corps Medal "for
heroic conduct" The citation said:
"Unmindful of personal danger, 1t.
Kennery unhesitatingly braved the
difficulties and hazards of darkness
to direct rescue operations, SWIM
ming many hours to secure aid
and food after he had succeeded in
getting his crew ashore His out
standing courage, endurance and
leadership contributed to the saw
ing of several lives and were in
keeping with the highest traditions
Of the United States naval service"
He was commissioned in 1941.
While at Harvard, from which he
was graduated cum laude, Mr.. Ken
nedy wrote for his senior thesis,
Why England Slept" The thesis
was published in book form and be-
came a best seller in America and
England His home is at Hyannis-
port, Cape Cod, Mass.
His brother 1t. Joseph P. Kennedy,
jr, Navy flyer, was lost in action
early this year in the European
theater.
Evening star., 1944-12-28
Gov. Bailey Rejects
ather Flanagan Plea
For Condemned Bows
BULLETIN,

JACKS SON, Miss. Gov.
Thomas L. Bailey declined to-
day to interfere in tomorrow's
execution of Maurice Shim-
niok and Joseph M. Leeman,
each 10, for Staying Of a sheriff.
By the Associated Press.
JACKSON, Miss, Dec. 28.-The
fate of two teen-aged sailors fol
whose lives the founder OF Bows
Town, Father E. j. Flanagan, came
here from Nebraska to plead with
Gov. Thomas L. Bailey, was in the
balance today.
The two youths, Murice Shimniok
OF Madison, Wis, and Joseph M
Leemon of Maylene, Ala, each 10,
are under sentence to die in the
electric chair tomorrow for the slay-
ing of Sheriff Thomas S. Boykin of
Wayne County in November, 1943.
The Governor, after a long inter-
view yesterday with Father Flana-
gan, said he would announce his
decision after "conferring with one
more person." whom he did not
name.
Killed BenefactOr.
The boys killed Sheriff Boykin
after he had picked them up and
given them ride. The death SEN
tence by. lower court was upheld
by the Mississippi Supreme Court.
Father Flanagan said he did not
plan to 60 to Meridian to see the
youths in Jail there. II the Gov
ernor does not intervene, the pris-
onerS will be removed to Waynes-
boro to be electrocuted in the States
portable electric chair.
After the interview, Father Flana-
gan said he came to Jackson at his
own expense TO speak a word in
behalf of two youths who have
committed terrible tragedy that is
inexplainable." He added he be-
lieved that "the boys themselves
are ignorant Of why they did it."
Who can say whether they are
responsible for their acts? I GER
tainly would not want to be the one
to convict them and say they should
die In the electric chair.
Word Justice Often Abused.
Il realize the great responsibility
OF the Governor and realize the
many requests made upon him for
justice. But justice is word often
times abused"
L have my doubts that justice
will best be served for them to die
in the electric chair" he continued.
Il feel rather that it would be
better if they were given time to
rehabilitate, mediate and to think
over the terrible tragedy they are
guilty Of"
Evening star., 1944-12-28
Film Shows Part Played
By Carriers in Pacific

The vital part played by aircraft
carriers in American naval victories
and devastating attacks on jap
anese islands in the Pacific is por-
trayed in The Fighting Lady" a
movie toA be released for public
showing in mid-January.
The Fighting Lady" seen by
newspapermen at Navy Depart
ment preview yesterday, tells in
one vivid combat scene after
another the story of an Essex Glass
carrier of 27,00O tons, representa-
tive of all the carriers engaged in
the war in the Pacific.
Capt. Edward j. Steichen, noted
photographer now on duty with
the Navy, and Rear Admiral Ar
thur w. Radford supervised making
of the film, which was produced
by the Goth Century-Fox Studio.
The narrator is 1t. Robert Taylor,
film star now in naval aviation.
Cameras were placed in the wings
OF American naval fighter planes,
torpedo-bombers and dive -bombers
to photograph dramatic action
scenes. The movie depicts the re-
pelling Of Japanese torpedo
bomber attack on the carrier and
the carriers part in American at
tacks on Truk, Marcus Island, the
Marianas and Kwajalein.
Evening star., 1944-12-28
Bustoqne
Continued From First Page

fortune of war is changing. This
time U. S. A. forces in and near
Bastogne have been encircled by
strong German armored units. More
German units have crossed the river
Ourthe near Mourtheuville, have
taken Marche and reached st. HUI
bert by passing through Homores-
Sibret-Tillet. Libramont is in our
hands.
There is only one possibility to
save the troops from total annihila-
ton: That is honorable surrender.
In order to think it over the term
of two hours will be granted, be-
ginning with the presentation of
this note.
IF this proposal should be re-
jected, one German artillery corps
and six heavy AA battalions are
ready to annihilate the United
States troops in and near Bastogne
The order for firing will be given
Immediately after this two-hour
term.
"All the serious civilian losses
caused by this artillery fire would
not correspond with well-known
American humanity.
Signed. THE GERMAN CON-
MANDER."
ITO the German commander" :"
said the American reply: "Nuts!"
The, last word was double-spaced,
underlined and followed by an ex-
clamation point.
Another German Trick.
The Germans tried another trick
on Christmas Day. They bonn
Evening star., 1944-12-28
$ Of 116 Plane Plant
Strikers May Return
To Jobs, Umpire Rules
BY the Associated Press.

0y tue ASsOClAtco FIeSS.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 28.-Fifty-
three Of the 116 North American
Aviation bomber plant employees
who were discharged by the COM
pany after a walkout here last
October 10 should be put back to
work, an umpire has ruled.
But he added that these employees
should receive no pay for the time
they were out, although they may
hold their seniority.
The umpire-Clyde Emery, pro-
fessor of law at Southern Methodist
University, who had been retained
jointly by the company and the
union-said the SO others had been
discharged legally.
The dispute was over the transfer
of employees from a modification
center to the main plant. Mr.. En-
cry said those who walked out were
extremely and inexcusably wrong
and there could hardly be q more
serious breach Of the agreement" be-
tween the company and the union,
the United Automobile, Aircraft and
Agricultural Implement Workers
(CIO).
Mr.. Emery said in a 26-page de-
cision that while the union officially
did not promote the work stoppage,
it should have been more alert and
aggressive in preventing the strike
He added that he felt any violation
of no-strike pledge should be
dealt with severely"
Evening star., 1944-12-28
Join Church Sunday
Scheduled for Jan. 7

January 7 has been designated as
Join the Church Sunday" by the
Committee on Evangelism of the
Washington Federation of Churches,
the Rev. George Schnabel, chairman
of the committee and pastor of AL
bright Evangelical Church, an
nounced today.
This will be the third Join the
Church Sunday" to be held, Mr.
Schnabel said, the first being OBJ
served in 1913. The 220 900 Protest.
ants in Washington who are men,
bers of churches elsewhere are to
be urged to join a local church and
to take an active part in the re-
ligious life of the community, he
added. Mr.. Schnable pointed out
that 98,175 persons attending Dis
trict churches are not members, but
hold membership in churches in
other cities.
Two tracts, "All Week I Labor"
and "I'n Not Be Here Long," ad-
vancing reasons for membership in
local churches are being circulated.
DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, fedora
ton executive secretary, said that
absentee church membership
means very little to the home church
and as little to the local church"
and stated that people can make
their lives count most by joining
that church because ut is the
channel through which Christians
can serve most effectively"
Evening star., 1944-12-28

surrounded, shot up and captured 4
week ago Monday.
This officer was Capt Jacob Pearl,
Brooklyn. He and other medical
officers who had remained at
Bastogne Immediately began organ
izing convoy to remove the
wounded.
With his four ambulances and
others, plus a number of trucks
already in Bastogne, the con-
voy moved out of the liberated town
during yesterday afternoon with the
first of the wounded. Other ambu-
lances began rolling in later in the
day.
Late on the night of December
18 the Germans surrounded our
medical company and poured in
machine gun fire for Is minutes" said
Capt. Pearl. The place was lit up
like Christmas tree and they
couldn't help seeing our red crosses.
After the shooting stopped the
Germans sent over an officer who
gave us 80 minutes to load up the
wounded and 60 with them. After
completing the loading, two fellow
medics, Capt. John Briner of the
Bronx and Capt. Roy H. Moore, q
Tennesseean who attended Wander
bilt, and I decamped into the woods.
We walked all night and ran into
some of our doughboys the next
morning"
The Bastogne defenders with
stood three fierce enemy attacks in
the "a hours before being relieved.
At times the Americans were COM
pressed in an area less than 1000
yards in diameter.
CATS Drop Tons of Supplies.
The troops received hundreds of
tons of supplies, principally ammu-
milton, yesterday. 1t was dropped
from trains of CAT transport planes
which flew from both Britain and
France with their cargoes.
The first transport, piloted by 1t
Col. Joel L. Crouch, Riverside, Calf.
slipped over the German lines at
dawn and dropped unit of para
troopers to guide the other C-47s to
the scene.
Half an hour afterward they ra-
diced back that they had landed
safely bundles of ammunition. Food
and medicine were being dropped
TO- the surrounded Americans.
The transport pilots encountered
no opposition from German planes
but flew through heavy groundfire
They saw four tanks, which they
believed were German, burning in
the Bastogne area, spotted an enemy
tank column resting by the road ano
notified air force headquarters that
it was a perfect target for fighter.
bomberS.
The CAT mission was carried out
without any fighter escort.
Evening star., 1944-12-28
Phone Supervisor Aids
In SAVING Gas Victim

Mrs. Alice Mae Corey, senior su-
pervisor Of local and long-distance
telephone operators here, yesterday
was credited by police with help
ing to save the life of a 25-year- -old
Government employe who was found
unconscious just before noon in her
gas-f1lled apartment at $40 Eighth
street NE
Police said the Government work.
er, Mrs. Cecile Choporis, had tele-
phoned her husband, George, in
Chicago, where he is on business.
When she hung up suddenly, Mr.
Choporis became alarmed and no.
titled the telephone operator who
had handled the call. She in turn
informed Mrs. Corey
Mrs. Corey telephoned ninth pre-
cinct police, who arrived to find Mrs.
Choporis unconscious on a daven-
port in the living room of her
third-f1oor apartment Police said
four jets of the kitchen stove had
been turned on, the windows and
doors had been shut and a blanket
covered Mrs. Choporis' head. She
was given first aid by Pvt. Oscar
Rehbein and removed to Gallinger
HOspital
Evening star., 1944-12-28

cred so wide an area or lasted so
long. He explained it was caused
by a layer of warm air aloft pre-
cipitating rain which froze as it
neared or hit the ground where the
lower air strata had not warmed up
since the cold wave of Monday
night and Tuesday.
He said freezing rain was worse
than sleet, which is precipitation
in the form of already frozen pei
lets of snow or ice, because it creates
more of glaze.
Stretching from Eastern Missouri
to the Middle Atlantic Coast, the
freezing rain belt had offshoots
southwark into Tennessee and North
Carolina and northward into In
diana, Southern Illinois, Ohio and
Pennsylvania. 1t moved into the
District of Columbia, Maryland, Vir-
ginia and headed for New Jersey,
New York and New England.
Evening star., 1944-12-28
Russia
Continued From First Page.

emphasized the proportions of the
squeeze on Budapest, reporting the
capture Of four fortified suburbs on
the east bank of the Danube and
two on the west bank.
There was no clear delineation of
the relative sizes of the split Ger
man troops west of the Danube, but
the total number of Nazis defending
Budapest originally was estimated
at 100000 men.
Other Soviet forces captured eight
places east of Ipolysag in the drive
on the key border rail hub OF Lo-
sonc. More than $500 prisoners
were taken in the fighting along the
Czechoslovakian fronts Tuesday, It
was announced.
Evening star., 1944-12-28

tinued confidence displayed in the
Allied arms and command Is most
reaSSuring. Those Allies deserve
our complete support and our cheers
for their successes, as we'll as our
stern resolution in backing them
through periods of storm and stress" !"
he declared.
War is not an easy game to play
and you can't always win every
battle, but l am confident that we
are winning and that time will re-
veal that this German throw of
the dice will have disastrous con-
sequences for him"
Evening star., 1944-12-28
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DR.. George c. Gallup, political
trend forecaster, went up to Capitol
Hill today to tell House Campaign
Investigating Committee how he
does it-and why.
There are q number of things
we want to ask him." said Chairman
Anderson of the committee.
For example, the Gallup poll has
five methods of samphng vote
trends. We want to know why he
uses one system in one State and
another system elsewhere.
I'VE want to know all the me-
chanics Of his operation"
Mr. Anderson said he Is interested
in the fact that the Gallup Poll
underestimated President Roose-
Evening star., 1944-12-28

barded the Americans with Christ
mas cards. On one side was the
picture of an American soldier hold
ing the hand of a little girl, who
was saying, Daddy, I'm frightened"
On the other side was Santa Claus
saying:
Come on over, boys, just 300
yards from where you are. You will
get a merry Christmas here"
The GIs caught some Germans
wearing American uniforms. The
Americans made the enemy swap,
explaining that they were reclaim
ing Government property"
I'll never forget that place." said
an American soldier from MISSISSIPPI
pi, speaking through a bandage. Il
left part OF my nose there"
A wounded man from New Jersey
said German tanks and artillery had
his unit cut off and it was saved by
another unit which charged across
an open field to divert enemy fire.
Indian Wants Navajo Blanket.
A Navajo Indian who stopped a
bullet shivered under stack Of
Army blankets.
I'D like to have a real Navajo
blanket, it would keep me warm, "
he said.
Another CT {rom South Alabama
lay wounded in a cuff pocket four
days.
MY guys did swell job They
fought four days, without rations
My wound? It's. nothing" he said
One encircled unit published its
daily newspaper on a duplicating
machine, with the Christmas edi-
ton carrying Merry Christmas
at the masthead.
Among the vehicles which entered
with the relieving tank column wert
four ambulances led by a medica
corpsman who had made a getaway
when his medical company wa
Evening star., 1944-12-28
House Group to Hear Gallup
Explain Poll Mechanics Todov

velt's 1914 vote in II OF 13 States
that cast more than 1,000, 900 votes
There were indications that the
questioning would turn largely on
Gallup Poll reports for New York,
New Jersey, Maryland and Massa-
chusetts.
The chairman said DR.. Gallup
suggested a private meeting with
the committee, but that its rules
would not permit a closed confer
ence in this case.
Evening star., 1944-12-28
Stinson
Continued From First Page.)

another very important factor the
Germans had in mind in hazarding
their all-out effort. That was the
cleverness of propaganda, he de-
clared, to effect a cleavage in the
British-American front of a free
press. "He has also been particularly
vicious and ingenious in his effort to
effect a division between the Rus
slams and ourselves in the co-ordi-
nation of our military enterprises, T"
Mr.. Stimson added. 1T is most i'm
portant to avoid falling into their
trap" he warned.
Mr.. Stimson declared the atti-
tude of our press and radio COM
mentators has been rather remark
able for restraint and freedom from
yielding to the temptation to make
violent criticism following any re-
verse;"
Mr.. Stimson declared the con-
Evening star., 1944-12-28

Frank r. Jellef1-"Friend of the
Boy"-has another honor added to
his long list today. The National
Capital Optimist Club has made
him a life member and cited him
for his Is years service developing
the Boys Club Of Washington.
To Mr.. Jellen membership in the
club is another opportunity to con-
tribute toward organizations for
boys.
You Optimists have given a lot
of money to the boys clubs" he said
when the citation was made at the
Continental Hotel yesterday. Now
I suppose I'll learn how you've been
getting it.
Amuses Listeners.
Everybody laughed. A few places
down the luncheon table Charles
Fyfe, manager of the boys clubs,
muttered under his breath:
Hes not kidding Nobody knows
how much he does. Now last week
he gave me check for"
Nearby sat 13-year-old Richard
Perry, who plays every night at the
Georgetown Boys Club.
Yes, we do know" he said. "All
us kids know"
Mr.. Jellen went on describing the
pleasure that working with boys has
always brought him. He recalled
the first club at Third and c S.W.,
where John Hays Hammond, noted
mining engineer, came once as his
guest at boxing match. The en-
gineer offered to put on gloves and
box the youngest lad there. The
Evening star., 1944-12-28
Record Sky Fleets
Aided Yonks Durinq
Stand at Bostoqne
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SUPREME ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, Paris, Dec. 28.-
The American garrison of sev-
eral thousand men at Bastogne
was bolstered during it's week
long siege by the biggest aerial
supply task force ever attempt
ed by the Allies, headquarters
said today as part of it's heroic
stand was unfolded.
At least 842 CAT transport
and SO glider drops were made
in four days. These missions
were carried out on December
%, "a, rs and 27.
Evening star., 1944-12-28

Britain, may. be
retired for disa-
bility resulting
from wounds.
The you n g
omcer appeared
before the Naval
r e tire m e n t
Board yesterday
after undergo
ing a medical
examination in
a naval hOSpltal.
A Navy spokes-
man said there
was no indica-
ton when the
hoard Wnuld