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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Seeks 10 Abolish
Electoral College

WASHINGTON. Nov. IS GNS)
Senator Harlan ]. Bushfield (R)
of South Dakota declared today
that mine cities control nine
states in the electoral college
and said he would seek action by
the next Congress on his proposal
for a constitutional amendment to
elect presidents by popular vote.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
AFL Asks 100000
In Critical Industries

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. IS (Up)
"A vast recruiting drive for 100
900 additional workers for critical
war industries will be launched at
once by the American Federation
Of Labor in response 10 a plea
made by army supply chief 1t.
Gen. Somerville. il was announced
today by William Green, ALL
president.
Green's announcement cam c
after he conferred today with
leaders of four international
unions and military representa-
tiveS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Picard Tells Governor:
Picard Tells Governor:
Fire Liquor Board
Or Kunziig to End
Laxity, Confusion

Federal Judge Frank A. Picard, author of
Michigans liquor act and chairman of the states
first control commission, Saturday recommended
that Gov. Kelly fire either the present commission
or its general manager, Gen. Louis A. Kunzig.
The recommendation was made in a report ertezing
laxity confusion in the commissions office particularly
the control of obscene entertaining in saloons and drink
ing by unescorted women.
Judge Picard's comments were written after he had
been asked to comment proposal of Miss Eeonore Hut
EEL head of the womens division of the Detroit Police De-
srment that unescorted women be allowed to enter
1rooms where drink 1t suggested by Miss Hut
that special be provided for in barroms
Judge pointed he headed liquor study
mtee which made report January 1913 showing now the
system could be improved
whether Gen. KuDzg has read the report don't know,
Picard But the hasn't been able
20 squeeze In time his copy"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
u. ). Anti-dirUdft
Blasts Robot Bombs

WITH THE L. s. FIRST
ARMY, Germany. Nov. IS GNSD
German robot bombs-the vi
and Ware feeling the sting OF
high-powered American anti-air-
craft guns today in this sector as
they attempt 10 get through.
Ninety millimeter guns are
massed at the front lines as pro-
lection against the buzzbombs
Air force officers said that very
little damage of a military nature"
had resulted from the Nazis use
of the Wis and V-2s.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Michigan Loses;
Irish Upset Tech

Ohio State, registering its
first perfect e a son since
1920, beat Michigan Satur-
day, 1914. TO win the West
ern Conference footb all
championship. A crowd of
II 1888 saw the game in Co.
lumbus.
In other Big Ten contests,
Indiana whipped Purdue.
14-6; Minnesota edged Wis
consin, 2S-26; Illinois beat
Northwestern. 25-6. and Iowa
Pre-Flight won from Iowa,
sos.
Notre Dame d defeated
Georgia Tech, 21-0, and. in
the East. Yale was tied by
Virginia. SIS.
fEor dsteiis see Sports ssetionD
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
TEXT OF STATEMENT
Judge Picard's statement


Judge Picard's statement:
IF Miss~Eleonore Hutzei, chief
OF the women's division OF the
Detroit Police Department for
whose efficiency and sincerity /
have a great deal Of respect had
read her copy OF our report she
would have learned the study
commissions attitude regarding
hostesses in general and also
women sitting at the bar. We
therein stated as follows.
1.-THE question Of hostesses has
not become OF great moment In
the city OF Detroit. II Is urged,
however. that proprietors he
cautioned not 10 encourage their
entertainers 20 dance with
guests. and paid hostesses who
are there solely 10 entertain
guests should he eliminated. This
can be done by regulation--and
this subject brings us to one
that was much debated. to-wit
women sitting NJ the bar. Re-
Gently In q neighboring state n
regulation prohibiting women
sitting at the bar was tried hut
was not successful and has been
at least partially abandoned.
Nevertheless IL IL the recon-
mendatiou Of this commission
that unless escorted by an adult
male companion women he not
permitted at the bar. This will
prevent the catch acquaintance
ehniqus' Of professional fire.
2benters, or women and girls in
search Of male companion.
The licensed places should not
he q rendezvous for this method
OF getting acquainted"
RECOMMENDED IN i943
That was our recommendation
as far back as Jan. u. l943.
Two years ago the problem
was not as acute As n Is now
and perhaps one OF the reasons
why IL is now augmented IS be-
CONTINUED on Page Four
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Rep. John Phillips
Foresaw Pole Shdkeup

WASHINGTON. Nov. 25-Stan-
yslaw Mikolajczyk. who has Just
resigned as premier of the Polish
government in London, was aware
two months ago that Russian
domination of United Nations
councils was so strong that he
could not hope TO ctay in office,
it was disclosed tonight by Rep
resentative John Phillips, Cali
fornia Republican.
Phillips said he had expected
Mikolajczyk's downfall after talk
ing TO the Polish leader in London.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
$500 Arms Produced Here
For Every Person in State

turning out 1913 per cent NJ all
our munitions and implements OF
war.
NWPB figures show that no,
only did Detroit top the nation
but second place San Francisco
averaging $500 in war goods per
person as against this city's
$500. was tho only other region
TO exceed the $1,000 mark.
Latest available figures show
that S2l .54S,000,000 in prime con-
tracts were awarded here. In
addition there were several bill
lions in subcontracts and 81 ,344,
100000 in awards for construction
of new plants or plant additions
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Offers of Aid Pour Into Home
Of Detroit's Baby Nubbins'

Michigan had opened its heart
wide today to make the burden of
the distraught parents of little
Barba Jean Cornwall. Detroits
"Nubbins' Hoffman, a little
easier.
After reading the tragic story
of the fate awaiting 32-month-old
Barba Jean in The Detroit Times,
letters and telephone calls poured
into the saddened home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lutrell Cornwall Of 1910
Van Dyke The parents asked the
Times to convey their thanks to-
day
Barba Jeans life first was
threatened two months ago when
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

Setting the pace for the entire
nation, war production in the
A,roit area is averaging $1,000
With of materiel for every person
in the state Of Michigan and is
three times the national average
OF 81, $50.
In giving out these inspiring
figures. the Detroit Regional WPB
office said Saturday that al
though the Detroit area is eleventh
In population. IL is first in the
nation in the amount OF war con-
tracts held.
With asa per cent Of the ma
lions population, Detroit area
factories and war workers are
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
The War Fronts

FRANCE-Yanks break of Hurtgen Cologne
plain. Page l.
RUsSIA-Germans admit big Russian gains in Latva Hun
gary. Page D.
PACIFTC-Japs lose trying TO reinforce
Leyte Page D.
ITALY-Aes reach outskirts after capturing FIVE
bridges Cosina River. page H.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Turkey Waits 7 Days
For Third Army Unit

WITH THE L. s. Sd ARMY,
FRANCE. Nov. 25 CUP) - An
American unit commander on the
Third Army front said his troops
have been fighting so continuously
they had no chance tos eat their
Thanksgiving dinner until late
this afternoon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Dutch Indies Raided

NEW YORK, Nov. Is (INS)-
Three American bombers Wednes-
day raided the tiny Netherlands
West Indies island of Tarakan,
according TO a japanese Domei
dispatch. claiming one of the
planes was shot down.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

a fever developed. Taken to Henry
Ford Hospital two weeks ago, Il
was found she was suffering from
a malignant tunnor Of the kidney.
Five blood transfusions have
been given. but the many special
lists who have aided in the case
are convinced she can survive Just
few weeks more az most. Barba
Jean is in an oxygen tent night
and day.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Night Steel
Workers Get
Pay Boosts
400, 900 Employees
in 86 Companies
Voted Paid Vacations

WASHINGTON, Nov. -25 GNS)
The War Labor Board tonight
voted increases in hourly wages
for night shift steelworkers and
granted paid vacations TO 100000
employees of Sc companies.
In taking this action the board
retained the Little Steel" wage
formula as the yardstick for
measuring wage increases TO the
nations industries.
The board granted An increase
of four cents an hour 10 workers
on the first night shift and SIX
cents an hour 10 workers on the
late night shift
The Go Steelworkers' Union
had asked that the increases be
five cents for the night shift and
10 cents an hour Tor the late
night shift.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
s66O,OOO,OOO Bonds
Sold 10 Individuals

WASHINGTON. Nov. 25 UNS)
Ted r. Gamble. national direc-
tor of the treasury departments
war finance committee, announced
today bond sales 10 individuals
totaled $50 million dollars through
Nov. "a in the nations Sixth War
Loan Drive.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Reports Turks Seize
German Properties

LONDON. Nov. Is tUP)-An
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Istanbul said today that the
Turkish government has seized all
German properties in Turkey.
Turkey broke diplomatic rela-
tons with Germany last summer
and expelled all NaZi diplomats.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

DENVER. Nov. . tUP)--
Three-year-old Forrest "Nubbins''
Hoffman. who celebrated Christ
mas" last Sunday because IL was
feared he would not be alive Dec
Is. showed improvement today at
a Denver hospital.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Notefor 'NelR Held
By Filler S Wife
Thinks Detroit Holds
Answer TO Mystery

CLEVELAND. Nov % nNS)--
The greatest desire today Of Mrs.
Annabelle Beach OF suburban
Lakewood. was 70 locate Nell. "
the wife of an American flier in
termed in Switzerland who signs
himself Bill"
Mrs. Beach disclosed that she
received an envelope. correctly
addressed 10 her and signed by
her husband. Ii James Beach,
also held in the neutral country
but with a letter enclosed 10 my
darling wife" Nell apparently a
resident of Detroit
LETTERS DELAYED
The reason the Clevelander is
so anxious 10 locate Nell Is that
she herself has not heard from
II. Beach in four months. Mrs
Beach assumed that through a
miXip hy censors. her letter went
10 the unknown Nell.
Contents Of the letter led Mrs
( Beach 10 believe Nell resides IN
+ Detroit. she said, since the writer
told his wife
Terribly anxious IN know
what YOU are doing with your
self In Detroit and how you are
getting along"
Later he asked
How are all the folks In De-
/ troit ."
KOLD BELIEVED NAME
Only clue given a. 10 the lden-
tity of Bill is the paragraph IN
which he referred evidently tc
himself as "Old Man kold
He also mentioned Nells birth
day. Aug. Z, which the two spent
in Houston. Tex. His father
birthday. according TO the letter
is Aug 10
Mrs. Beach suggested that Bill
probably had been in internmen'
since June or July. because HI
noted that he had written three
previous letters and internes arr
allowed only two per month.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Won Wiesand Warns America:
Shun Postwar Peril
From Leftist Europe
BY KARL ii. Won WIEGAND
Dean of American Foreign Correspondents

LISBON Portugal, Nov. 25-All eyes in America are
focused on the spectacular and historic dramatic battle
the Rhine-whch may develop into the decisive battle
of the
There is another picture not obrusive but equally
fateu and fundamental for which the great has
cleared the road
America must reckon with and prepare for "leftst
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

Europe"
Varying in degree only from
moderate socialistic to radical
communistic, these political and
economic systems will have an
effect upon our own economies,
social life and labor conditions.
Moscow recently predicted a
postwar leftist Europe.
/ pointed out months ago that
was almost a certain development.
There is little doubt any more
that the Moscow prediction is
coming into fuifillment.
PLUNGING LEFTwARD
With every day that the war
continues signs are multiplying
I that Europe is steadily drifting,
swinging or plunging radically
leftward as it enters its sixth war
winter.
Cold. hunger, incredible misery
and suffering which cannot be
vicariously realized or grasped,
and of which censorships let little
go through. have provided slippery
political ground and are giving
acceleration to the leftward move
ment.
Even slow-moving England Is
not escaping this general move
ment and the reaction of the
broad masses.
Bitter disillusion and terrible
conditions prevailing in many
countries favor this sweeping
trend toward naturalization, state
control and toward socialization.
This war has destroyed indi-
CONTINUED on Page 1O)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
ANNUAL WAGE REJECTED

The union demand for a guar
anteed annual wage was found "a
be unavoidable" because OF al
legged serious financial risks that
would be incurred by steel COM
panieS in attempting 10 set ur
such system.
However. the board said that II
is recommending TO the President
the establishment OF a specially
appointed commission independent
Of the WLB 10 thresh out the
whole question of guaranteed
wage plans and the possibility OF
their future deve lopm ent ir
American industries as an aid ir
the sterilization Of employment
and the regularizatlon of pro-
duction"
The union demand for dismissa
or severance pay was approved ir
principle. and the board directed
the steel companies and the unior
10 negotiate the terms OF a sever
ance pay agreement appropriate
10 each plant or company.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
WLB Upholds Little Steel Formula
Case
Bond Reset
Amount Doubled
by State Justice

Overriding Recorders j u d &
Maher, State Supreme Court JUS
tice George f. Bushnell Saturday
ordered the reinstatement. with a
$1,000 addition, OF the bond OF
Willie Simms. one of the principal
defendants in the $1,000, 900 policy
case trial.
Maher last Tuesday had cam
celed Simms $1,000 bond and or
dered him 10 Jail after the de-
PENDANT appeared in court late,
Judge Maher also accused Simms
of taking an illness to prolong the
trial. Simms had been appearing
in court on a stretcher
BOND APPEAL FILED
After Sinms' bond was cam
celed, defense attorney Edward NJ.
Barnard appealed 10 Bushnell and
Supreme Court Justice Henry NJ.
Butzel 10 reinstate the bond.
An order signed by Bushnell
day directed Recorders
Judge Groat, the only Judge pres
ent in Recorders Court, 10 sign a
release order of Simms, on a Sl0.-
600 bond. two-Surety basis.
Under Michigan's conStitu-
ton, no defendant can be de-
MED bail unless he IL charged
with murder or treason" Judge
Bushnell said in explaining his
action.
The proper course for Judge
Maher TO have taken unHer the
circumstances would have been
a citation for contempt OF
court"
Judge Bushnells order speci-
hcally left the way open for such
a citation.
The trial is scheduled 10 resume
before Maher al 9 a. m. Monday.
FAILS TO SHOW UP
Maher became irked because
Simms failed 10 appear in court
at the scheduled resumption of his
trial last Tuesday morning. The
Judge ordered Barnard 10 have
Simms present at 2 p m. or face
revocation OF his bond.
When the defendant appeared.
on a stretcher. % minutes late,
Maher fulfilled his threat and
Cancelled the bond. At this point
Simms threw the blanket from
the stretcher and leaped to his
feet. nattily attired. He had been
complaining previously of an at
tack OF arthritiS in the knee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
PREPARING REPORT

BY unanimous vote the union
request that the board recon-
mend 10 President Roosevelt that
he direct the board 10 order a H.
cent hourly general wage increase
had been rejected Oct. II. when
the board declined 10 make any
recommendation either for or
against scrapping the Little
Steel" formula
Public members OF the board
are now preparing a report for
the President which. together
with report on the Little Steel
formula by WLB Chairman Will
liam II. Davis. is 10 be used by
Mr.. Roosevelt in making deci-
sion on whether 10 modify the
Little Steel formula.
The board in granting paid vaca-
tions directed that steelwerkers
with one years employment shall
be granted one weeks time off
with pay and that workers with
five years continuous employment
or more shall be granted two
weeks vacation with pay.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
Cologne
Taken After
To-Day Battle
Yanks Peril Town
Controlling Roads
TO Rhine River

PARIS, Nov. IS Sunday (INS)
American First Army troops
smashed early today to within
four miles southwest of the Ger
man Roer River hub of Duren,
chief gateway to Cologne on the
Rhine, in a sudden new advance
that broke out of the Hurtgen
forest and surged onto the Rhine
land plain.
VIGOROUSLY ending one of the
wars bloodiest battles that ragged
for 10 days and nights amid the
smoke-blackened trees of Hurtgen
woods. the breakout was accom-
plished as u. S. Ninth Army units
10 the north captured Bourhein
and drove into Kosler near the
Roer's west bank.
NAILS LOSE 125 TANKS
This advance closed two pronas
of a pincer to within three miles
southwest and northwest of Julich.
astride the principal routes both
to Cologne and Dusseldorf. after
the Ninth Army had shattered Us
German tanks in nine days OF
fierce struggle.
In perhaps the wars greatest
battle-which saw thousands slain
in the Hurtgen forest alone--the
two American armies jabbed
spearheads to within a mile of the
vital Roer barrier before the Rhine,
reaching points only % or % miles
from Cologne. Germany's fourth
largest city. There were signs OF
an attempted German retreat to
positions behind the flooded Roer,
but some thousands of Nazis al
ready appeared trapped west OF
that river by American thanking
advances. sd
$4,000 FACE TRAP
The struggle for access to Ger
many's Rhineland-Ruhr industrial
heart seemed to be reaching o
turning point. while to the south
French columns, driving north and
south along the west side of the
southern Rhine. were reported by
the Paris radio within eight miles
of a junction. Such meeting
would seal huge death trap be-
hind about $4,000 Nazis in the
Vosges Mountains.
In the center of the 400-miie
western front, u. S. Third Army
upper wing forces rammed new
invasion force into Germany's
Saar Palatinate province from
northeast French Lorraine. cap
turing the towns of Waldwisse
and Uberingen. a half-mile inside
the Reich and five miles south.
west of Merzig.
Ten miles northwest of Merzig,
an important Saar Basin indus
trial town on the German Saar
River, 1t. Gen. Patton's Tenth
Arnored Division seized Tettin-
gen, four miles inside Germany,
after occupying Butzdorff and five
Siegfried Line piflboxes. in a bat
tering one-mile advance.
FRONT EXPANDED
Patton's invasion front, stretch
ing across the borderline between
the northern Saar and the SOUTH
western Rhineland. was thus ex-
tended another nine miles TO a
width of 20 miles from a point
south of Remich down TO Ober-
dorff. Merzig was threatened with
a pincer development of its TANKS
while a dozen miles north OF Tef-
tingen the Germans hastily evacu-
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26
THE WEATHER
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

.ss%% 80 ,S oS% IS iii He q
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-26

CONTINUED on Page 10
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

MIR. and Mrs. Harold A. Cross
man and family spent Tuesday in
Great Falls. They are now re-
siding in the Burnison cottage.
Mrs. Burnison and children dur
ing the duration to make their
home with relatives in Wof Point.
Farm machinery just arrived.
l Manure spreader. some disc
plows. "A" and "B" Tractors on
rubber, big capacity hay cutter
and silo filler and a few new car
and truck tires. If you want to
be sure of one of these items,
Phone No. q collect at Cut Bank,
Montana
For sale-g 90 used sewing
machines, from $22 SO; also new
machines available; expert sew
ing machine repairs.
Leave name and address with
Hanneman Variety Store or
write direct to US.
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
16 Fourth St. South
Great Falls, Montana.
Louis A. LaVarro. former
Browning resident and now re.
siding at Lawrence, K ans a 8,
visited his mother Mrs. Irene
Choate last W e e k. He i g a
graduate of the Haskell Institute
where he majored in mechanics.
Taking truck to Great Falls on
October 2; have room for furni-
ture. etc. Write or phone Kiowa
Ramp. Edna Ogline.
CANDLES Store repairs an makes OF
radios, refrigerators. gas and electric
| washers and bicycles. tt
Home for the first time in four
years. 1t. Mack Shannon is en-
joying a furlough from Bark
ley Field at Mobile. Alabama.
He was accompanied by his wife.
Mrs. Bessie Shannon of Mime
apolis is also visiting at the Shan
non home. her first visit here in
nearly 10 years.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

Events In Brief....

| $4,000
Mrs. Fred Gerard. Sr. who
was taken to the Conrad Hospit-
a! last week, is making favorable
improvement, according to Mr..
Gerard, who visited her Wednes-
day.
Three.piece coat and Logging
sets. l to i. Economy Shop.
C. D. Parkhurst, law enforce
ment officer of the Agency, has
been suffering an infection of
the left wrist. caused by a slight
scratch several weeks ago.
Teen, age Sloppy Joe sweaters.
Economy Shop.
Sgt. Robert Matt, who is sta
toned at Camp Polk, La, and
Pvt. Isaac Smith, who is sta
toned at Fort Jackson. S. c.,
are home on furloughs. They
met at St. Paul on their way
home and ha d occasion to be
happy at such a reunion. Both
soldiers are in the prime of con-
dition and are making the best
of army life, determined to make
the best of civilian life. as never
before, when the war is over.
Jersey blouses by Koret. al
the Economy Shop.
Word from Pfc. Floyd A. Mon
roe is that he will soon complete
his training at the combat crew
training school a Sioux City,
Iowa. in preparation for overseas
duty. He has been in the service
since June, 1913. being the sor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Angus Monroe.
| l have for sale several hundred
lovely friers at one dollar each
&c. A. Smiley, Glacier Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Taught
iwere in Havre Sunday. M r.
being there to attend an all.day
directors meeting of the Buttrey
corporation. he being vice presi.
dent.
Girls wash dresses in sturdy
wash fabrics, sizes 7 to IA Sher-
burne Mercantile Co.
George Courtney arrived home
this week from Conrad, where
he had been employed in the har-
vest fields for three weeks.
Ladies' fall and winter coats,
new selection of fall and winter
styles. in Chesterfelds, fur COL
lars and boxing backs. Sher-
burne Mercantile Co.
The small daughter of Mrs.
Kennedy is in a serious condition
as the result of I'VE poisoning.
the child swallowing a quantity
of it by accident.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

Frosts Monday and Tuesday
nights laid low most of the ten
der ereenery of flower and Vic
tory gardens. Days, however,
have been warm. Last night it
rained. What the morrow bring
eth we know not. Yet we know
the weather will endure.
have for sale several hundred
lovely friers at one dollar each.
G.. A. Smiley. Glacier Park.
Miss Elma Cross left Wednes.
day to resume her work at the
University of Montana at Miss
oula. This year she matriculates
as junior.
Little Tots three-piece snow
suits for boys and girls, nice
heavy material. Sherburne Mer-
camille Co.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-22

Mrs. W. E. Burnison a n d
daughter. Kathleen. eturn d
Tuesday from Standpoint. Idaho.
where they visited with Bill, who
is in naval service at Farragut
and who is bsing groomed into a
hard.hitting COB.