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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
A Carriers
Wiped Out in
Second Action
Macarthur Halls
First 100 Pct. Naval
Victory in History

GEN MACARTHUR IIQ PHIL
IPPINES. Oct. % Sunday INSD
An entire Jap fleet 10 battle
ships. cruisers and destroyer
which attempted to attack the
Leyte beachhead from the south
has been sent 90 the bottom in
Philippine waters. Gen Macarthur
announced today.
Macarthur today congratu-
lated Vice Adm Kinkaid and
every man of the Seventh Fleet
on one of hiStory's very few 100
per cent naval victories, the
United Press reported. In addi-
ton. it was revealed that L :.
warshipS and planes definitely
sank two other japanese battle
ships and wiped out a second
entire force fetiF carriers in
another action north Of Luzon,
boosting japanese losses IN the
western Pacific last week 10 AZ
ships sunk or damaged, UP
SAID
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
SPEEDED BY WEATHER

After tFaverSing the whole 10
mile-long causeway from the
Dutch mainland 10 South Beve-
land and crossing the Wemedlinge
Canal. Canadians threatened de-
suuction TO 10000 German troops.
Clear weather after days of
rain and mist permitted an ac-
celebration of the whole multi
pronged Allied offensive threaten
ing some $1,000 Nazis on the
Dutch mainland and the Scheldt
islands.
Entrance to Antwerp, il was
announced, now is obstructed only
by one battery of big German
guns at Vissingen (Flushing) on
Walcheren.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

During his formal interview.
the major was asked about his
own reported new romance with
Second 1t. Clara Tinsley. a pretty
army nurse from Louisville, Ky,
who is stationed in England.
Until n girl says yes
you're out Of luck" sighed the
major, who has had three mar
riages and three divorces and
court settlements that report
edly ranged upward from about
100000.
DR. J. G. TOOLE. DENTIST
il0 " Lafayette At Michigan opp City
Hall. Hours. 90. Tel CAN66s9- ADV.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
NEW OFFENSIVE STARTS

The Nazi agency. DNB, said
1t. Gen. Patch's Seventh Army
had opened powerful new" Of
fensive stroke along a 20-mile
front reaching south from Ram
bervillers TO Remiremont, athwart
the routes to Coimar and Stras-
bourg, protecting southwest Ger
many and the rich Saar Basin.
Gen. Patton's Third Army
meantime resumed its onslaught
to complete the occupation of
Maizieres Les Metz. six miles
north of the Moselle River bas-
ton Of Metz.
Supreme Allied headquarters
said the Germans were using
hamethrowers in heavy fighting
in the streets of MaiZieres.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
JOIN STATE LEADERS

Accompanied by Mrs. Bricker,
Dewey's running mate will arrive
by special train al Lansing at
1890 m. The party will be
joined there by Gov. and Mrs.
Kelly: National Committeeman
Arthur Summerfeld. Mrs. Dudley
c. Hay. national committee
woman. and other COP officials.
Arriving at Flint at IL 30 a. m.
the candidate and his party Will
CONTINUED on Page 9, Col. p
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
Asks Federal
Industry Aid

SOLDIER FIELD. CHICAGO,
Oct. - tINS) President Roose-
welt, climaxing a driving fourth
term campaign tour OF the Mid
west. proposed tonight that the
federal government assist private
industry IN war-to-peace recon-
version TO provide Jobs and pros
perity for millions Of returning
YankS, and for America A a
whole.
The PTcsi dent addressing
100000 in 4 mammoth rally in
Chicago,s Soldier Field declared
that industry should be aided
through normal investment
channels and that taxes should
be- reduced to aid private enter
prise In postwar expansion.
IL propose" the President as
serted in an address that was
broadcast TO the nation by
radio, that the government do
its part 10 finance expansion of
our private Industrial plants
through normal Investment
channels.
For example. business large
and small must be encouraged
by the government to expand
their plants and 10 replace their
obsolete or WORKOUT equipment
with new equipment.
And to that end. the rate Of
depreciation on these new plants
and facilities for tax purposes
should be accelerated"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
FIRST ARMY SHELLED

Inside the invaded portion of
Germany itself, 1t. Gen. Hodges
l.. S. First Army was subjected
along practically its entire front
northeast and south of occupied
Aachen to somewhat increased
German artillery probing fire.
Northeast of Aachen, American
armored troops attached to the
right wing of the British Second
Army were disclosed to have
yielded the southeast Dutch town
of Meijel, II miles west of Venlo.
Along the entire collapsing so
mile German front south of the
Mas only two important COM
munications centers-Roosendaal
and Predetermined in enemy
hands.
And Canadian First Army for
nations already had smashed to
within one mile south of RooSen-
daal. while Polish armored troops
of the same army were less than
five miles southeast of Breda.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
FOR ALL CITIZENS

The President reiterated his
economic b1ii OF rights which he
enunciated 10 Congress last Janu-
airy in his State of the Union
message, declaring:
Our economic bill of rights
like the scored Bill of Rights or
our Constitution itself-must he
applied To all our citizens, ire
spective Of race, creed or color"
Mr.. Roosevelt called on Con-
greSS to enact into law a perma-
nent fair employment practice
committee 20 prevent diScrimina-
ton in postwar employment in
industry and government.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
TOLD BY MscARTHUR

The smashing naval victory
against the entire Jap fleet OF ia
vessels scored by Kinkaid's Sew
enih Fleet was disclosed by Mac
Arthur as follows.
"Amplifying dispatches on the
battle Of South Leyte Gulf on
Oct. % confirm enemy losses 10
he greater than originally esti-
mated.
1.-THE total enemy naval force
that SORTED through Surigao
Strait was composed Of two bat
tlcships-the Yamashlro and
Huso-two heavy cruisers. two
light cruisers and 10 destrOyers.
SURVIVORS LAND
"Of this force, both battle
ships, one heavy and one light
cruiser and six destroyers were
sunk in immediate action. The
remaining cruisers and four de-
stroyers were destroyed in sub
sequent air attacks"
Many survivors OF the Jap YES
sells. including the captain Of one
of the dcstroyerS and % survivors
Of the battleShip IIuso drifted
ashore on q rubber raft on San
Pedro Bay and were captured.
The dispatch from Halsey's
Third Fleet reported that the four
Sunkcn carriers included a large
carrier of the Shokaku or Suikakl
class, TWO light carriers and a
light or escort carrier.
The four carriers sunk equaled
The record bag taken by Ameri-
can airmen in the battle of Mid
way in June. l912, when four were
sunk and two damaged.
American forces now have sunk
n total Of 10 japanese carriers in
the Pacific and damaged nine,
although the latter figure ,un-
doubtedly includes carriers dam
aged more than once.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
WORKED IN WARTIME

"In 1871" the President re-
called. II appointed a fair en-
ployment practice committee TO
prevent discrimination In war
industry and government en-
ployment.
1.-THE work of the committee
Continued on Page l2)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
BACKS HIGH WAGES

The President said that Amer
lea must remain the land of high
wages and efficient production"
Every fulltime job I'm Amer
lea must provide enough for a
decent living" ne said.
And that goes for jobs in
mines, offices. factories, stores.
canneries and everywhere where
men and women are employed
Mr.. Roosevelt pointed out the
wartime necessity Of limiting
wage and salary increases for
one great objective--to prevent
runaway initiation.
But he promised That these con-
trolS will be sheared away when
victory is achieved
after the war. we shall OF
course remove the control of
wages and leave their determi-
nation TO free collective bar
gaining between trade unions
and employers" he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29

D&c LAKE. LIsEs To CLEvxIApD
very night 81 ii.3o. Foot e hid -
CA 9syA-Aey.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
THE WEATHER

HOURLY TEMPERATURES
p n ~ % m ~ liz m ~
y M a. iop m. 40 II ned as
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-29
|Liberate Farmers dewey
Cut Business Taxes --FDR
Gov. Broker Here Monday

(CompIete tert Of Dereys spcec
on Page g.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-24
Michigan in
Washington
BY Esther Van Wagner Tufty


interviewing Prentiss NJ Brown
h long been a pleasant job for re-
porters writing for the Michigan
press.
First, We saw this lawyer from
st. lgnace in his spacious offices IN
the Senate office building, which
grew more spacious when he be
came chairman OF the Claims Com
mittee. The walls were lined with
vivid blue pictures OF his beloved
Upper Peninsula and many family
shots of his large family of seven
children. Reporters soon discoy-
cred IL they wanted a story OF ma
tional Importance, they better not
mention either group of pictures,
because Prentiss preferred to talk
about those anyway.
Later, we interviewed hint and
he always gave the Michigan re-
porters a break in the far from
elaborate make-shift office of the
OPA administrator. He never
seemed to belong in this office,
maybe that explains why he didn't
bring along those cherished pic
lures. But he did bring along
some of his staff, his confidential
generalissimo, Manning Shaw, and
his quiet, always pleasant secre-
tary, Mrs. Betty Otto.
The other day. interviewed him
for the first time in his third Wash
ington office in one OF the fine old
bank buildings and found a very
happy man, indeed. As | entered,
the first picture ! spotted was one
OF the Brown family swinging along
the drive in front Of the Grand
Hotel on Mackinaw Island. Betty
Otto was there, too. and | could
hear Manning Show talking over
the telephone In n nearby room.
| expected to have n less hectic
time with fewer Interruptions than
in the old OPA and Senate days,
but the word had got around that
Prentiss was In town and the
phone calls were a nuisance. 90.
but Of the kind not to be igno ed.
What the former senator had to
say about Michigan's chances to
come out on top through its ap-
preaching reconyersion pains
shows he Is still not only a keen
observer of Michigan affairs but
turns his trained mind on finding
some solutions.
Timing and speed were empha-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-24
Harmon Hits
Dit Clapper

(By International News Service)
The Montreal Canadiens had a
still firmer grip on first place in
the National Hockey League stand
ing today after trouncing the Bos
ton Bruins Al 3efore 1920 fans
at the Boston Garden.
The Bruins. who have had more
than their share Of casualties this
season. received another manpow.
er setback when Dit Clapper was
clouted by Glen Harmon during
fast action in the second period.
Seven stitches were required to
patch up Clapper's chin.
Scorers for the Canadiens were
Phil Watson, Mike Mcmahon, Ray
Getliffe and Fern Majeau. Boston's
sole scorer was Buzz Boil
In Chicago. an audience OF $500
saw the Black Hawks beat the
Toronto Maple Leafs SO. for the
Leafs second straight loss. To-
ronto had bowed to the New York
Rangers in Toronto the night be-
fore.
In last nights game. Toronto
drew FIRST blood when Gus Bodnar
scored in less than a minute of
the FIRST period. But the Hawks
quickly replied with three tallies
in the same chukker and added two
more In the second period Toron-
to scored one goal in each Of the
last two periods.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-24
Sports Roundup

the Iowa HawAeAs OF the unbeaten cage teams
chance today OF losing It's clean
remainder That chance regarded as
the three
Bloomington Friday and Sat
uday three and lost all OF them
Larchmont n YNs-Crews of six sailing dinshes which cap
the Lrchmon Yacht Club
recovering today from the snif but
he their experience.
Boehm 2s old worker from High
Petersen Bowling
efforts of his rivals
him nights rolling
followed by the 1850 OF Stan korba OF
City shot third place with 1919
Jacksonville Ill., good for
fourth
chcagoNs-No surprised today that Sgt roser Toxic
skiing kid Tondhem Norway
Class the Norge Club ski tournament at Wry
that he did win larger margin
Wilson Minn who compiled 1921 points
Toxic furough Camp Hale Colo
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-24
CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHURCH BELLS awake d
Beth, and she remembered having
read that there were hundreds Of
churches In Washington. There
we're, as well, the White House, and
monuments and parks, the Poto-
mac and great gardens, handsome
foreign embassies and the National
lallery, all sorts OF wonderful
things to be seen. She thought for
n moment of the green In Penning-
ion, the courthouse, the museum
and the new post Office, which COM
prised its sightseeing features,
and found she could think of them
vithout inconsistencies. After all,
she hadn't been away a whole day
vet.
She opened her eyes and sat up,
.,retching to look at the hands on
her watch on the floor beside the
. uly-bed on which she was sleeping
m the Goldens' living room. Toss
ing back the sheet, she got UP and
emit to the window. The sun was
eyes drank in the new view. The
Goldens lived in an apartment, but
there were trees in the courtyard
and the buildings she could see
we're all low ones, none more than
four stories. Shed had an idea that
Washington would be filed with
skyscrapers. and mostly treeless,
like New York. 1t was pleasant to
find IL was not.
Impatient to be dressed and get
out TO see more than window view
afforded, she turned to find her
sleepy-eyed hostess standing In the
bedroom doorway.
Have good sleep, Beth ," tThey
had been calling each other by first
names since their meeting)
Beth nodded.
IT'S really too hot to sleep.
You've come at bad time Of year.
August can be dreadful here, but
you'll love it the rest of the year.
Helen moved about the tiny
kitchenette, getting breakfast.
That is. If you love it at all"
Don't you think I will?" Beth
asked anxiously a little later as
they fingered over their breakfast
a deux. James having gone to play
golf before either OF the girls were
awake.
That will depend. Washington is
full Of Vitality. something doing all
the time. but it's not doing where
the little people are concerned. IT'S
all government on the social side.
it's very social II you're in the right
circles. Alas, most OF US white-col-
lar workers are not"
Beth laughed at the ruefui ex-
preston on her young hostess
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-24

sized Timing" because the re-
conversion to civilian production
at the end OF the war must not ind
the manufacturer fatfooted with no
more government business. and
faced with a long period OF get
ting his shop, plant. or factory
back into civilian readiness. TO
Drown, the essential thing is for
each plant to have postwar plan
all ready for the green light.
when that other red light of wal
goes out in one last blaze of vic
tory. And the time to begin is now.
Speed" Is essential In winding
up OF the business between Uncle
Sam and industry. Rather than
dilly daily with final settlements
that hold up the money the ex-war-
industralist needs to get business
rolling as usual and to keep his
men from seeking work elsewhere.
Uncle Sam can not afford to be
! fussy about details. Better to run
| the risk OF making a few mistakes
here and there, than to waste ex
/ pensiye time adjusting details
/ Brown recalled some sad examples
/ OF other wartimes said he,
there's still one shipping concern
that's trying TO collect for some
vessels built during the Civil
/ War"
Then, Lawyer Brown leaned back
/ in his chair and made a wish. ..
that every individual town In
/ Michigan would have a CommunI.
/ ty reconversion plan Only a few
are oneindustry towns. Usually,
the plans OF one plant affect all
others and the general welfare Of
! the town.
Some communities-Pontiac was
cited. have rallied together some
OF the leaders in manufacturing
| banking. politics. real estate, and
OF the press. Added up the score
/ OF assets and deficits OF what's
happened to the town since Pearl
Harbor. And what the prospects
are ahead A cooperative plan Is
emerging to prevent bad postwar
slump or a ghost town.
While Brown was in town he pro-
posed the administration OF his two
/ partners 10 the bar OF the Supreme
Court. both natives Of his beloved
north country Wendell Lund. OF
Ecanaba. and Edward II. Fenlon,
who has practiced law for more
than ten years in partnership with
Prentiss Brown IN St. Ignace.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-24
SYNOPSIS

Roommates and cousins,
EETH KINNAN. serious-minded and
trusting, and
ANDREA BARNES. rather self-cen-
tered and selfish. find that the tense
ness accompanying Americas i'm
pending entrance into the war Is
beginning to affect their lives. For
three years Beth has been going with
JIM RONALD. who still has not been
too successful in getting ahead In the
world. while Andrea has been at
tracted by
DENNIS ARCHER, Is years her senior.
but wealthy and interesting - and
also married.
YESTERDAY: Beth reaches Washing
ton to take her new job. On the
train she met a young man. Vernon
Blake. also bound for the nation 5
capital
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-24
World Record Set
no Price Of Beef

SULPHUR. Okla.-UP - One
Hereford bull at an auction sale
conducted at the Roy Turner
ranch near here brought $4,000,
believed to be a worlds record for
any breed OF cattle.
The bull was T Royal Rupert,
the champion OF Turner'S famous
show here. It was purchased by
Charles Petit OF the Flat Top
ranch, Walnut Springs. Tex. and
the Gladacre farm Of Dallas. Tex.
Turner sold 90 bulls from his
herd for a total OF S13S.925.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-24
Tomorrow is a Lovely Word

face. you don't look as II you
missed a social life"
IT don't-now that I'm married
But if you haven't a man, you'll
have to make your own social life
because there aren't enough men
to go around"
From the looks OF the railroad
station last night, I'd think most
all the men in the country were
pouring in here"
big men are. I mean business
leaders and advisers, and all that.
James says it's only beginning. II
we get into the war, Washington
will probably burst. Meanwhile it's
full of nothing but girls rush
ing here to take stenographic
jobs. But you can find fun, l think.
They have good movies here and
there are lots Of parks, and some
free concerts and lots of places to
see. The two great shortages are
beaux and places to live"
That reminded Beth that they
were going to see some places from
which she was to make a selection
Of her future home. They're all
boarding houses" Helen said.
There are only two ways to live in
Washington. One is to take an
apartment with two or three or
even four or five other girls, or else
live in a boarding house where
you'll get breakfast and dinner.
That's what most girls do"
Beth would like to have set
about sightseeing that morning,
since she had to 80 to work the
next day, and a week seemed
a long time to wait for leisure to
feed her eyes on unfamiliar Wash
ington. but 1t was almost noon be-
fore they got the apartment in the
apple-pie order a bride demands,
and 1t was 5 O'Clock before they
found the boarding houre that was
the one she wanted to live in.
II was only two miles from the
office, where she Was TO work. and
while IL was narrow and gloomy.
and her room was small, it was
hankcd by two handsome mansions
Of regency architecture, and she
assured Helen 1t would make her
happy to enjoy the mere proximity
of such splendor Helen pointed out
that this proximity was the nearest
most girls ever got to Washing
toms upper crust.
Ambition, either social or pro-
fessional, is the one ingredient that
girls like you and l do not need,
Helen said. That's one great differ
ence between Washington and any
other city. You can get raises In
Washington, but you never get to
be one Of the big career girls like
so many do in New York. I worked
in New York once. on a magazine.
I got TO all the night clubs and even
out to the races and to n couple of
Long Island week-ends, but It can't
happen here. Maybe Il can, but II
doesn't often"
why not?" Beth, who had no
social ambitions whatsoever, In
quired interestedly
We'll, you see usually we meet
only people within our own income
group, fellow workers. The big
shots usually are people from other
places and they're married, and
there's no scarcity Of women guests
in their circles. And there are so
many Of us in every Office our en-
ployers sometimes don't even rec
ognize US on the street"
Andrea wouldn't care much for
this" Beth murmured.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-24

Now you take Mr.. Slade." Beth
was only too glad to learn some
thing about her new employer. I've
been working for him ever since he
came to Washington last Novem-
Der, but he didn't even know my
first name until / told him I was
leaving to get married, which, in
cidentally, he took as n personal
insult. You'll have to get used 10
being made to feel extremely I'M
important and important at the
same time. / mean you're a cog in
very important wheel, but as a
human being, well, not many
Washington men have time to con-
slider their help as persons,
But Mr.. Slade won't be here all
the time" Beth said, Just a little
apprehensive about the prospect
which Helen was making as dull as
possible.
"There'll be plenty OF work for
you to do. There are five other men
in his Office and you'll have to
work for them. But cheer up the
hours aren't long. You'll be through
at half past four every day, and
free TO do whatever you like at
night"
Beth did cheer up, remembering
all the things she wanted to see in
Washington. Maybe she could start
after work on Monday. Mean
while the girls had to go back to
Helens apartment, have dinner
and get Beth moved into her new
home. and set for the morning.
She bought an alarm clock at a
drug store and came to hate It IN
no time at all.
1t was Friday before she wrote
to Andrea, Friday before she could
face the task of writing white lies
about how much she liked Wash
ington and how exciting her job
was, because Washington baked
and simmered and gasped under a
late summer heat wave. At the end
Of the long, dull days at the Office,
filed with tipping lists and reports
that were as impersonal and mean
ingless to her as a load Of shale In
Chilean mine, Beth took herself
home to shower, dressed and ate
her dinner. and then peeled off her
clothes again and tried to read her
self to sleep to prepare for another
day.
Too tired, too heat iistless 10
make any social life for herself, she
tasted her FIRST attack of homesick-
ness during that first week. and her
dreams were filled with memories
Of Judge Mayfield, Of the old IA
miliar Office, of the cool evenings
in the apartment where Peg had
taken her place.
Shed got to know some of the
girls who lived at her boarding
house, but they all had beaux and
dates, and she was shy about let
ting them know how lonely she
was. Helen Golden and her husband
were busy with plans to move TO
Maryland, and there was no one
she knew in Washington. no one to
talk TO.
But nothing Of this was In the
letter she wrote to Andrea, sealed
without re-reading II, and slipped
in her pocket that Friday night to
take down TO the post-box
Out Of the shadows a tall figure
confronted her and a western voice
said, "Hulloa! I've been every
where but to the White House look
ing for you. Remember me ?"
Vernon Blakel Oh. am glad
to see YOU
Ito Be Contlnued)
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-01-24

WASHINGTON-UP-Jolnt Con
gressional Economy Committee to-
day recommended abolition Of
free mailing privileges of all gov.
eminent agencies except the War.
Navy and Treasury Departments
and the Select!ve Service System.
The committee. headed by Sen.
Harry F. Byrd. D.. Va, also pro-
posed that even those departments
be removed from the free mail list
after the war.