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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
Charges COP Lacks
Conversion Program
Time, sun Correspondent,

ESCANABA, oct. Gov. Kelly
beaded tor Sault Ste. Marie today
where he wilI deliver the final
major speech Of his Upper Pen
InSula campaign tour, after tell
ing an audience here last night
that Michjgan.s program for war
is model for the nation.
Referring 10 laws enacted 10y
the legislature in special session
last winter, Kelly said
we have been working for
a long time Ia make certain
that, when our soldiers and
sailors return 10 Michigan, they
will be received, not merely
with flying flags and blaring
bands. but with a helpful under
standing OF their problems and
an iron willed determination
they shall he given, freely and
eagerly, every help needed for
satisfactory transition 10 civilian
life"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
House Seeks PAC Tie
To Smear Booklet
By DAVID SENTNER
Detroit Times Washington Burcau

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4-The
House un-American activities
committee today will attempt 10
discover whether Sidney Hillman's
Red-dominated Political Action
Committee financed the smear
booklet published by Press Re
search. Inc. Of Washington IN
which Gov. Dewey was SlandCred
along with such Democratic OPP
ponents of the New Deal and
communism as James A. Farley
and Col. John J. Bennett
Edward J Flynn. Democratic
boss of the Bronx in New York.
who battled against the Commu-
MIST Political Action Committee
influence in the d G moe cratic
national convention IN Chicago
also received a COB of mud as did
Mrs. Dewey in the volume entitled
Going My Way"
Officials Of the Political Action
Committee will be linked VIII
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
{ War P| dnts
Shut by Strikes
CONTINUED from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
and we will not strike" he de-
clared.
The Wayne County Go Council
issued a statement this morning
stating that while it endorses the
workers demands. the council is
opposed to strike action.
The Maintenance Construction
ard Powerhouse Workers Council
UAW-ClO Monday voted 10 strike
this morning unless the WLB sent
a panel to Detroit 10 investigate
alleged wage differentials between
Go and ALL maintenance men
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinity Partly cloudy and
somewhat warmer tonight and Thursday.
Gentle winds.
DETROIT DATA
Temperatures Tuesday Highest. 81 degrees.
Lowest As mean s.
Departure from normal temperature Tues
day a degrees.
Departure from norman temperature since
Jan /. +sT6 degrees
Temperatures one year sgo today: Highest,
ST degrees. lowest. 90. mean. as,
Temperatures this date In past "a years.
Highest 50 degrees. in 1922 lowest. 80
IN 1898.
Relative humidity Tuesday: 40 a. m "a
per cent 9 30 m. 80 per cent. 20 p. m.
rs per cent: 8 80 p m, 50 per cent
Precipitation IN last "a hours ending st
10 40 today None
Departure from normal precipitation since
Jan. I a OF inches
Normal for Oct &. Q.
Accumulated degree days this month IS.
Normal degree DAYS for October. iO5.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
Firms Hit
InLapIand

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 INS)--
The Firms have launched an of
fensive against Rovaniemi. CAPT
tai of Lapland and headquarters
Of Gen. Rendulic, Nazi troop COM
mander IN Finland. the British
radio reported today.
A Finnish communique an
nounced that fighting continued
north and east of Tornio. The
London broadcast added that ION
the western end of the front the
Firms are advancing in the direc-
ton of Kemi, Baltic port which is
Stlll in German hands"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
Wife'S DeathLeff
AIS Life EnElpty

NEW YORK, Oct. 4-Those who
had known Alfred 'Emauel Smith.
who died this morning. said that
he never recovered from the shock
of his wife's death, Mrs. Gather
inc Dunn Smith, the woman who
bore him five children. and watched
his political career build up from "A
Tammany leader TO the governor 5
chair at Albany and reach its emf
hence as his party'S presidential
candidate, died on May 4, 1914.
of pneumonia after a five-week
illness.
Smith went into virtual retire
ment then. He took no part in
the 1914 presidential campaign,
either for or against his onetime
political enemy, Franklin d.
Roosevelt.
The "happy warrior" of other
years, the man who had grown
up on the sidewalks of New York
was virtually a political ghost 16
years after he had unsuccessfully
bid for the presidency on the
Democratic ticket.
BORN DEC. 80. 1873
AL Smith was born Dec. 30.
1873. in an Irish community on
New York's Oliver street. His
birthplace was only a short dis
lance from the Fourteenth street
Tammany Wigwam. home of the
political creed that there would
always be coal-in-the-cellar for a
Vote-On- the-line.
In parochial school, Smith
found a stage for his inherent
love of dramatics. II there was
a fat comedy part in a school
play. the sister in charge OF dra-
mates knew unerringly whom "a
cast in il. Young Al played the
tragedian with equal success Hc
stii' had acting on his mind when
at Ia he quit school 10 help out
at home after his fathers death
He made a brief try at running
his fathers teamSter business
then found a job In the Fulton
Fish Market before deciding that
politics was his field.
GETS POLITICAL JOB
AZ 81, he went on the public
pay roll as clerk in the office Of
the New York commissioner OF
jurors. Shortly afterward. he
met and began counting Gather
inc Dunn. the belle of Oliver
street and daughter of a rnoder-
ately prosperous ships chandler
Smith was earning S75 a month
when he married Miss Dunn
They moved into a small flat anc
began their life together that con.
tlnued until her death. Mrs Smith
once wrote for publication that
IF AL had gone on being a clerk
il would have been all right with
me-
The Smiths had five children -
Capt Alfred + Smith Jr Of The
army, Walter J Smith and MIR
John A. Warner both Of New
York City and Mrs. Francls ,
Quillnan and Arthur w. Smith
both of Rye N Y.
Smith Travelled politically up
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04

Nelson Poynter, director Of Press
Research. and David 10th, its
managing editor. through records
of telephone calls and kilograms
subpenaed by Chief Investigator
Robert (. Stripping of the House
committee.
10th. who has been subpenaed
10 appear before the committee
today, registered in 1886 in New
York City. as Communist voter
and signed a Communist petition
IN 1887 20 put the party on the
ballot, according TO committee
files. lie also Is shown 10 have
contributed an article Ia the New
Masses, Communist magazine. IN
1927
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
Suspect Denies
Gas Stamp Sale

a icwclry salesman. accused in
federal warrant of selling 1000
of the $4,000 gasoline ration
stamps stolen from ration board
40. pleaded not guilty today at his
arrangement before u. S. Commits
Sioner j. Stanley Hurd, who set
Oct Is as hearing date.
Fred w. Lindbloom, chief en-
forcement officer for the Detroit
IOPA, identified the defendant as
Mitchell DuFine, 35, of 5000
Webb.
Outline will be placed under
bond and questioned by OPA in
|Vestigators.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
Truce Begins
At Dunkerque

LONDON. Oct. 4 QNS)-Fight.
ing in Dunkerque was halted at G
a. m. today under a 48-hour truce
to evacuate civilians.
The arrangement was similar to
that under which civilians were
removed from Calais. Once civil
ians were out of Calais a terrific
Allied bombardment forced the
Germans 10 surrender in a few
hours.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
Nazis Lose Is Million

LONDON. Oct. 4 uNS) The
British radio, quoting the Swiss
newspaper Die Nation. said today
that German war casualties total
14,800,000. including 8,500,00
killed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
Ri(kenbatker Tells
Air Expansion Plans

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (INS)-
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. presi-
dent and general manager of East
ern AlrlineS disclosed today that
his company plans to buy sos
100000 worth Of twin-engine
CurtiSS CW-20 Commando and
four-engine Douglas DC-4 trans
port planes.
He said new equipment would
enable the company TO expand its
mileage flve-fold IN a three-year
domestic and international expan-
sion
The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit upuSnanpr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04

of Idaho that is beyond reason
and little short OF criminal "
White demanded tht congressional
Investigation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04

Order the United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
trOit Times carrier. He'll de-
liver them to YOUR home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04

ward fast as far as he could go.
His ability and wide acquaintance
brought him the Democratic/l lead
ership Of the New York State AS
sembly in 1911 He reached the
governors mansion in Albany in
1918. His defeat for reelection
as governor in 1922 set the stage
for his doomed presidential as
piratlonS.
AZ the 1924 Democratic national
convention. Smiths lieutenants
had the hall dotted with hidden
sirens. Al the proper moment.
Bodlam broke out in old Madison
Square Garden, but even young
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's NOM
nation speech lacked the neces-
Sary magic, and the nomination
went 10 John w. Davis.
In 1923, the presidential nomi-
nation fell I'm Smiths lap. and the
nation promptly settled down to
one of the most partisan cam
paigns in yeaTs-Hoover VS.. Smith.
FAMILIES DIVIDED
Families were divided on the
issue. and religious feeling hit a
fever pitch. AL Smith was a de-
VOut Catholic.
Smiths bandwagon was noisy,
but weak in the axles. He carried
only eight states. Surveying the
wreckage, Smith saw little re-
naming except the political and
personal friendship of such influ-
ential supporters as the man who
had nominated him twice-Frank-
I'm ID Roosevelt.
Smith rcorganiZed the Demo-
cratic national committee and was
making strides in the 1882 cam
paIgn when he realized that Mr..
Roosevelt was travelling a Sepa-
rate road
The 1899 Democratic convention
m Chicago made everything clear.
Smith arrived with a scattering of
support and instantly assumed
leadership Of the Stop RooSe-
Welt movement.
FORCES DEADLOCK
Smiths cloture forced a night
long session OF the convention,
~ remained deadlocked until
the following day when William
c. McAdoO Steered CALIFORNIA;
votes 10 Roosevelt.
Smith left the convention, and
his departure presagcd his action
IN 1896 when he joined a coalition
III wealthy Democrats in The
American Liberty League TO stop
Roosevelt At an elaborate dinner
10 launch the league. Smith &C.
clarcd his intention 10 take
walk
He ignored the Democratic ma
uOnal convention that year. and
supported Alfred NJ. Landon. the
Republican nominee. That walk"
was lr reality Smiths first strides
INTO the long corridor Of political
oh>gufiy he was through.
smith became president OF the
corporation which built the En-
pre- State Building and ne moved
into an office IN the tower. far
above the sidewalks Of New York,
but >tlll within view Of Oliver
,trcct, where he got his start.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
PLANE GROUNDED

The national boards reply &c
the ultimatum was to have been
made yesterday to a union delega-
ton dispatched TO Washington but
the representatives were pre-
vented from reaching the capital
when their plane was grounded
at Pittsburgh
A special meeting of the NWLB
was called for today 10 consider
the grievances of the maintenance
workers, and union leaders applied
their influence to prevent hot
headed locals from walking out
before the representatives report
from Washington.
, The WLB warned. however,
that IT would take no action on
the union demands made under
the dureSs Of strike threat"
II said il would receive "sug-
gestions concerning procedure re-
lating TO the question of wage
rates for maintenance workers in
certain plants in the city OF De-
troit."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
BriCker Hits
New Deal Tax.
Pledges Economy,
More Money and Jobs

EN- ROUTE WITH COY.
PRICKER, Oct ( tINS1 Gov
Brickcr headed FOR ST. LOUIS today
and a nationwide broadcast at
g 40 o'clock tonight tDetroit
time) after warning that continu-
aton of New Deal prcWar fiscal
policies might b bankrupt the
United States
Speaking in Geutr7tTa. IT, last
night. Brickcr declared tho New
Deal fiscal program Of spend,
waste, borrow and tax would
ultimately weaken the states by
milking away potential tax pro-
ceeds and result in loss OF repre-
sentative government and free
enterprise.
COP ECONOMY
II offer you no utOpian pic
ture OF ease and abundant
money for all. raised by borrow
ing from ourselves" he declared.
"The moro government takes
from the income of the people
the less the people will have
for their own use. The Repub-
lican party believes In economy
In government because II he
lieyes In prosperity for the
people.
Sound economy In govern
ment means more things TO buy,
more Jobs for the people. more
money with which to buy"
BRICKER PROGRAM
Rricker called for "a sound.
constructive postwar tax policy
based on the following principles:
. We must simplify tax laws
and regulations so that anyone
who can read will be able 10
understand them.
We must assure stability in
tax laws so that business can
map out constructive future
programs without constant fear
of changes.
o We must adhere TO the prin-
.cipie that the taxing power eX-
lists primarily for the purpose
OF raising necessary revenue
and not as an undcrcoVer
method OF promoting radical
schemes.
We must reduce federal taxes
as soon as possible after the
war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
STATEMENT FORWARDED

The boards statement was sent
to international executive board
members of the UAW-CIO and to
Charles Casebeer, the councils
international representative who
headed the six-man delegation
which was stalled at Pittsburgh
yesterday
Fear that precipitate action by
individual locals would plunge the
city into a widespread strike
prompted anti-strike efforts from
union officials and the WLB.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04
URGED TO STAY ON JOB

Throughout last night Fred
SchweitZer, financial secretary OF
the council. called local leaders
advising them TO urge their mem
bers 10 stay on the job until the
Washington report is made
Leaders of the locals also or
dered that there would be no
picketing of the plants, Lennox
said.
The UAW-CIO's international
executive board. in session at At
lantic City. wired urgently in
sisting" that the workers remain
on the job and promising that
action hoped for by the interna-
tional union and by the workers
involved would be taken by the
NWLB.
The WLB also moved e. avert
the strike. In one telegram the
board denied a union charge that
it had refused TO appoint a panel
to study wage differentials. II
said 1t had, however, denied a
panel 10 investigate the alleged
increased use of outside crafts
men by the employers.
The WLB said the General Mo
tors. Packard and Briggs cases
were the only disputes involving
maintenance wages which had
been certified 10 IL.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-04

S GAS 10 s:4s, Saturdays until 8
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
ShOlU Film At Union
Sunday Night Service

A film, Journey to Jerusalem,
based on the play of that name by
Maxwell Anderson viii be a feature
of Bluffton's union monthly church
service at the high school auditor
ium, Sunday night at 1880 o'clock.
The picture is brought here under
auspices of the Bluffton Ministerial
association and has been widely ac-
claimed by critics. The action GEN.
ters about the Passover pilgrimage
to Jerusalem of the young Jesus and
His family, the story being chron-
icled by Anderson, Pulitzer prize
winner and the production directed
by Elmer Rice, also a Pulitzer prize
winner.
Portraying roles in the film is the
original Broadway cast of 33 artists
including Arlene Francis, Sidney
Lumet, Horace Braham, Frederic
Tozere, Arnold Moss and Alice Rein
heart, all players of prominence in
the New York theatre.
An offering will be received to de-
fray costs of the project.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
Badertscher Rites
Held Here Wednesday

Gideon Badertscher, 73, who lived
in the Bluffton community for So
years, died Saturday morning at his
home in Ft. Wayne following an
illness of IA weeks.
He was born near Bluffton in 1870,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew
Badertscher. While he lived here
he followed the occupation of a
farmer.
He was married to Susan Lora
of Bluffton, and after her death wee
Sarah Springer, OF Indiana, who
survives.
Survivors also include the follow.
ing children: Mrs. Homer Basinger
Pandora; Mrs. William Hochstettler
Ft. Wayne; Miss Viola Badertscher
at home; Mrs. Alice Cooper, Holly
wood, Calf; and Harley Bader-
fischer, Ft. Wayne.
Brothers and sisters surviving are
Peter p. Badertscher, Lafayette
John Badertscher, Bluffton; Jacob
Badertscher, Bloomington, Ind; and
Mrs. Peter Matter, Bluffton.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon in the Ebenezer
Mennonite church. Rev. A. c.
Schultz, the pastor, officiated. Burial
was in the Ebenezer cemetery.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
PURPLE HEART IS
GIVEN TO LESTER
BURDETTE CLARK
P0Sthum0us Award Is Made to
First Bluffton Area Man
To Die In Action
Medal And Certificate Received
BY William Clark, Father,
of Bluffton

Posthumous award of a Purple
Heart medal to Lester Burdette Clark,
son of William Clark, of North Main
street, was announced Monday.
Clark, a seaman on the u. S. S.
Vincennes, was the first Bluffton area
man to die in action in World War III.
He was lost at sea in action in the
South Pacific on Aug. 3, 1912, when
the Vincennes was sunk in combat
with the japanese.
Medal From Navy Dept.
The Purple Heart certificate and
medal was received Monday by his
father from the Navy Department.
This honor is conferred on those who
have been wounded or killed while
performing valorously in action.
Clark attended school here in the
grade and high school buildings and
was member of the Presbyterian
church. He would have been % years
old on his next birthday.
He was a coxwain on the Vincennes
and had been in the Navy three years
prior to his death in the Pacific.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
Death Claims Foster
Buckl051d SATURDAY.

Foster L. Buckland, 48, agent for
the A. c. and Y. railroad in Bluffton
for 20 years, died suddenly of a
heart attack at 3 o'clock last Satur-
day afternoon.
He was stricken while on duty at
his desk in the A. C. and Y. station,
and died while being assisted to his
residence which is next door on
North Main street. Death followed
several months of i'll health.
Buckland had been agent here for
the A. c. and Y. since the new sta
tion was erected at the Main street
crossing 20 years ago. Prior to
that time, there had been no regular
agent here for the railway, which
used the Nickel Plate station on
Railroad street.
He was born Sept. 26, 1896, in
Carey. Survivors include his wife,
Elsie; two daughters Marjorie and
Joann at home; and two brothers,
Scott and Graham Buckland, of
Carey.
Funeral services were conducted in
the home Tuesday afternoon, with
Mrs. Emma Studler officiating.
The Masonic lodge, of which he
was a member, conducted the ritual
of the order at Maple Grove GENE,
terry.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
Bluffton Area Food Buyers Receive
Their First Ration Tokens This Week

Both series are good through May
20.
A new set of five blue stamps will
be validated the first of each month.
Red stamps will become good at the
rate of three every two weeks.
On this basis, OPA advised a
budget averaging II points week
from each ration book for processed
foods, and Is points week for
meats, butter and other red stamp
items.
For the next three weeks-thru
March 20-green stamps K, L, and
nj for processed foods and brown
stamps Y and z will be used in
conjunction with the new 10-point
stamps. Tokens will be given as
change for the old stamps, but they
retain s.. 5, and 1-point values.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
Real Estate Deals

Carl Kimmel purchased from the
estate one of the Eli Locher farms
south of Bluffton on Bentley road
the first of the week. The farm con-
sists of an 80 acre tract and KIM
mel will occupy the house soon. The
farm was formerly occupied by Bur-
dell Huber who is now in the army.
Kimmel recently sold his farm of
120 acres in Orange township, known
as the Dan Niswander place.
Ed Marquart of Orange township
has purchased the Albert Geiger
property on South Jackson street
occupied by VIM. Cookson.
Sam Badertscher has sold to
Wayne Zimmerman the go acre farm
on Bentley road which the latter
occupies.
Sam Badertscher has sold to
Harold Badertscher the 951a acre
farm which the latter occupies south
of Bluffton.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
In New Locations

Eli Garmatter has moved from
near Benton Ridge to the former
Amos Garmatter farm west of
Bluffton which he purchased from
the estate last January.
Walter Garmatter who tenanted
the farm purchased by Eli Garmat-
ter has moved on the farm near
Benton Ridge vacated by Eli.
VIM. Reichenbach who bought the
Bluffton college farm of so acres
southwest of town last summer,
known as the Stettler farm, has
moved on the place.
The Kalb estate farm west of
Rockport vacated by VIM. Reichen-
bach will be occupied by Donald Van
Meter who will move from Beaver
dam.
George Read moved the first of
the week into the Miss Alice Stager
property on South Lawn avenue
which he recently purchased.
Irwin Fisher who purchased the
Read farm of 80 acres north of
Bluffton on the county line, known
as the Wilkins place will move on
it from the former Brundige farm.
Paul Detwiler and family moved
Wednesday into the former Danner
property at South Jackson and
Grove streets which he recently pur-
chased. The residence has been re-
modelled during the past month.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
Postwar Peace
Meeting Tuesday

Postwar peace problems will be
discussed here next Tuesday by Paul
Harris, of Columbus, an author and
lecturer on the problems of peace,
who is travelling under auspices of
the American Friends service COM
mittee.
Harris appearance here is spon-
sored by the peace and service COM
mission of Bluffton college and open
to the public.
He will speak in Ramseyer chapel
at 4 p. m. on "Can Our Youth Give
Us World Peace?"; and on the cam
pus again at p. m. at a dinner con-
ference on Food to the Starving.
A public address and forum will
be held in the First Mennonite
church at 8 p. m. on Religious
Groups and Postwar Problems"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-03-02
Rites At Conner For
Mrs. Mary EdlUdrds

Funeral services were held last
Friday in the Congregational church
at Conner for Mrs. Mary Frances
Edwards, SO, mother of William Ed
wards, of this place.
Mrs Edwards died the preceding
Saturday in Tucson, Arizona, hos
pital. She and Mr.. Edwards had
gone west to spend the winter.
Survivors include the husband,
John, of Conner; one son, William
Edwards, of Bluffton; and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Margaret Feister, of Elida.