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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-17
laps Peril
Chungkinq

CHUNGKING. Nov. is tINSy
Japanese forces gained new
ground In their drive toward
Kweichow province guarding.
approaches to Chungking, tbs,
Chinese high command admitted
today in a communique reporting
that three enemy columns ara
advancing along the main rail-
road leading west from the cap
tured city of kweilin In kwangsi
province.
japanese .vanguards are six
miles east of Ishan, another
enemy force northeast Of Ishan
is moving toward the town OF
Loching. and a third spearhead
Is 20 miles from Hsincheng.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-17

The Detroit Times has far moro
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit Newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-17

WlTIiTIIE T. S. THIRD ARMY. OUTSIDE METZ Nov. l6
fam q Metz VIII Adolf Hitler not only in pride
and prestige bat also viii The ~ehrmacht its fore
most ASTON hitting out into wcstcia Europe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-17

Whether ~ nuehrer is on bas
SILK bed Of his death he'd, his teu-
pcratmc surely must rise whom De
heus trat tire American Thra
Army IS stowins TIE very gates
OF tho c3 which he said never
would pass into French have
again
Hjuar made that erroneous pre-
dicuoD a l9i0 while he stood 90
lnc Steps ot the Metz Cathedral.
hooking ont upon the cry that
even more Than Str0sbourg, syra-
bOhlod Ccunar military might N
q conquered Europe.
FOEESHADOWS DOOM
The loss Of Metz 10 the German
armies VIII flores hadcw en early
and complete CrnmhliuC At A-A
power in western Europe The
city had been converted lcto "a
tcriacle Of the IIJlerite rcgwe.
Out here on the periphery Of
the city under The hoi breath M
our ncvar-Siienl gGHs tie fire fir
SYMPTOMS that the Mi p1llL-c-l
machine had taken hold of tle
city, Every village shows the
dread hands q Nazi bosses
Official stationery. doctors b.ll
tattCrCd municipal proclamallcnz-
hiIlb0ards and post offices vida
tho familiar rcd-painted m3ti
boxes IN front an carry the Na i
stamp or inscription,
SHIFTED 3 TEiES
it can % taken for granted
therefore. that Americans VIII and
Metz has been converted more
than somewhat into a German
city.
They probably win find the city
empiied OF spiTir. MS strange mix
ture of French ard Lorraine ma
tives waiting obviously 10 discover
what American occupation is like
after Shuffling back and forth pc
tween Germany and Franco three
times since the war OF 1870.
Some Of TIE material loss t'p
NaZis VIII sustain include the
large ordnance plant they built
IN PelTc. Thousands OF poison
gas shells. among other ordnance.
were manufactured there. and, in
the hospital forest nearby you
can sec whole acres OF wooden
spots where the enemy had stored
these letslSl pr0ieculeS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-17

Order the United States War
Savings Stamps from your De-
trOit Times carrier. He'll de
liver them to your homo.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-17
BURMA FORT TAKEN,

HANDY. CEYLON, Nov. 10
QNSl-Kalemyo, japanese COM
munications center and q fortress
GU lrding the Chindwin River. has
fallen to East African troops, the
East Asia high command dis.
closed today.
Capture of the town resulted
from twin drives by the African
units and troops OF the Fifth In
dian Division.
NEW YORK, Nov. Is GNS)-
The capture of the walled city
of Ishan lChengyuanl on the
Kwangsi Kweichow railroad in
China was claimed today by the
Tokyo radio in a broadcast heard
by the FEC.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-17
Army Admits
in West
BY EDWARD v. ROBERTS

u. S. NINTH ARMY HQ.. EU-
ROPE, Nov. 16-Official disclo-
cure today that the American
Ninth Army is operating in the
Germany Holland Belgium area
ended a guessing game that must
have given Nazi intelligence one
Of its biggest headaches.
The Ninth became operational
in this theater in September. but
many--possibly all-units of the
seasoned Ninth never hitherto had
been committed in a major drive.
And the defenders of Germany
Still have To determine the mill
tary power of the newest Allied
force hammering at the western
gates of the Reich.
Soon after the fall of Brest, the
German radio reported that the
Ninth was operating on the west
ern front. IL was wrong. The
Germans later tried several fish
ing expeditions, but as incredible
as il may seem, the presence OF
the entire army on the front line
apparently remained secret.
GEN. SIMPSON LEADS
The commander is lanky, cada-
Verous looking 1t. Gen. William
Hood Simpson. The Nazis know
of him only through his reputation
as a wizard al military organlza-
lion and one-time trouble shooter
for the late 1t. Gen. McNair.
Some units of the Ninth have
been shifted to different armies
four times since D-Day as Gen.
Eisenhower Shuffled his units TO
defeat the German intelligence eff
forts at pin-pointing the new
army.
Simpson is a soft spoken Texan
who likes long walks and Lana
Turner motion pictures for diver
sion. He is known in army circles
as the doughboy general-a firm
advocate of thorough infantry tao
tics. He often has debated the
issue of infantry VS.. tanks with
his friend and classmate, 1t. Gen.
Baton.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-17

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-17

gap east of Metz was reduced to
The sub., 1944-05-11

work week should not deprive him of double time pay for seventh shift due him had the same num- Der of shifts been worked on a regular schedule. This situation presents a problem only when 1t occurs in regular week in which six other full shifts have been worked. Should less than six other shifts be worked, such per- iod would be compensated for as overtime.
 Ruling:
 In counting the number of shifts worked by an employee, for the purposes of determining the ap- plication of premium pay to the 9th and 7th shift, only one shift may be credited in any one work day, except, that if an employee is required to work at least an ad- ditional full shift beyond his reg usar shift, and is then directed by his employer not to report for work on his next succeeding reg ular shift, the overtime shift work ed may be construed as a regular shift worked and credited toward establishing the right to premium pay for the 9th or the 7th shift worked. Such overtime shifts (nOt more than one in a working day( shall be considered full shifts as prescribed in Section of the Chi cago Amendments. If such over time shifts credited in lieu of a succeeding regular shift, thereby themselves become the 9th or the 7th shift worked in an employees regularly established work week, they shall be paid accordingly.
The sub., 1944-05-11

workers are required within the same 24-hoIr period to work an- other complete shift and then take the next regular shift off to rest up.
 In these situations workers will collect time and one half for all hours worked over eight the 24- hour period. But, then the irreg- ular shift has not been counted in as a shift worked in connection with the weekly overtime for sixth and seventh shift. The Union grievance asks that such shifts be counted to determine weekly over time.
 The situation involved occurs frequently In the case of trial crew members. The Union claims are based in part upon a ruling of the Shipbuilding Stabilization Com mission of the War Production Board
 This ruling Is reprinted here with:
The sub., 1944-05-11

SF4IPBUMDING STERILIZATION
 COMMITTEE INTERPRETIVE
 RULING DOCKET #30
 Problem:
 An employee, engaged on new construction, works his his regu- larly assigned shifts during his reg ularly established work week, and in addition, during such week., he works another period of conSecu- tive hours equivalent to full shift. Should such a period of consecu- tive hours be considered as a shift worked so as to entitle him to dou- ble time for the seventh shift worked in that week?
 Comment:
 It must be. recognized that an employer, seeking maximum pro- duction, may find 1t expedient to break an employees regular work week and work him two consecu- tive shifts without intervening rest. This irregularity In the scheduled
The sub., 1944-05-11
stop peeking, he's going to put shades in Frankie Mays car.

stop peeking, he's going to put shades in Frankie Mays car.
 Boy, has Walker changed since he came back from Colorado Chis clothes, l mean). Thought Tom Mix had come back to life when I saw him walk thru the shop.
 If anybody would like to get the inside dope on the war, or for that matter on anything, ask George Sizer, the foundry commen- tator.
 I've noticed that almost every company has an honor roll for it's employees, but I haven't seen one in our yard. Don't you think 1t would be a rather nice gesture for our boys in the service to have one put up somewhere in the yard so everyone could see and be proud of it?
 Joe Ham says he wishes the fellows would keep more rumors going. You know the kind: so and SO told mel heard that-weI, that's what I was told-sure it's true. He says 1t makes things in- teresting in the shop.
The sub., 1944-05-11
Brass Foundry by Ray Stewart

Well, folks, comes another week and the same old line. Was talking to Bruno Antinioll the other day and he was telling me about the fire in his home. (Yep, another one) It seems the Goshen, Quaker Hill, Montville and Oswegatchie fire companies were called out and the New London, Mantle and Jordan Companies were moved up to stand by. It was all needless though, because Bruno's wife put 1t out with a glass of water. (No kidding, ask Bruno.)
 We'll, Uncle Sam has taken some more of the fellows. We want to wish all the luck in the world to Bill Ricci, Red Gallup and Young Lamb. Uncle's still on the trail of more of the boys though, so hold your breath.
 Tofie Nahass says if he gets any more of those long distance phone calls he's going to ask for shares in the telephone company.
 I'd like little more information on this feud going on between Goula and Charley Riley. Hear it's continued every night in Pat Luz zi's buggy.
 Bill Bartelli wants to know when he is going to get a new helper.
 Haven't you heard there's war going on, Bill; help is hard to get; you know we've all got to do lit tie mOre)
 Mike, the Russian, was out for few days and when he came back to work he had three drop-outs in succession. Some days you cant make nickel, eh, Mike?
 MT. Bailey says he has SO little gas that he never puts oil or wa ter in his car = (can't go far enough)-and when his tires wear out he's going to run on the old trolley tracks when he goes into town.
 How many of you fellows saw that big game hunt out in the yard couple of weeks ago? Ii took Bartelli armed with riser, POpeye with a club and Cate with wad of dough. Cate caught it though (the muskrat)-what shot!! Rolling a piece of dough about the size of BIB shot, he tossed it into the muskrat's eye. The muskrat stopped to rub his eye and Gate tackled him. The muskrat turned over and kicked his WOuld-be assailant on the shin and got away. Cate wasn't the quitting type though. Picking up an old locking ring flask he tossed it over the muskrat, clamped a plate on 1t and had it cornered once more.
 While Cate went for a box to keep his new pet in until he went home, the muskrat pushed off the plate and rolled it into the river, following close behind. Still in pursuit, Cate removed his shoes and plunged into the cold water. Looking back the muskrat realized that he was goner so he turned back towards shore and then crawled back into the flask and awaited his doom
 By the way, saw where Cate went on his vacation a little early this year!
 Why don't you fellows lay off
The sub., 1944-05-11
Union Undertakes Irregular Shift Overtime Grievance

After long lapse the Union has again under the tract grievance procedure raised the question of overtime in those situations wherein after completing regular shift
Evening star., 1944-07-31
lsWRstionmiq
&Remiinder,@a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 1,
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8 and
AS good indefinitely. B-5 through
F-5 valid tomorrow and good in
definitely. Each stamp worth 10
points.
Meats. Fats. Etc.-Red stamps As
through Z-8 and AS through C-5
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. All meats except beef steaks,
roast beef and choice cuts of lamb
point free. Until further notice,
three red stamps will be validated
every four weeks instead of every
two weeks.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
win pay two ration points for each
pound Of waste kitchen fats you
turn In. The fact that lard, short.
ening and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list doee
not mean fat collection Is leas
essential.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80, 81 and
80 valid for S pounds indefinitely,
Book No. stamp 10 good for 9
pounds for home canning through
February 20, 1945.
Gasoline-No. 10-A coupons good
for 3 gallons each through August
8. B-3, B-4, C-3 and ca coupons
good for S gallons each.
Shoes-Airpiane stamps / and 2 In
Book No. 8 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
fuel Oil-Periods No. ( and 5 cou.
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 30. Period I.
1o44-5 fuer oil ration good nov
tor 10 gallons per unit.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Capital Transit instoIIs Device
To Check Breaks in Service
'Seeine-Eye Dog Will Speed Repairs
By Keeping Track of All Streetcurs

Busy Washington streetcar riders
who may have fumed when some
delay made them late for work, ap-
pointments or dinner, will have less
reason to fret after today.
The Capital Transit Co. equiva-
lent of a seeing-eye dog will 60 into
operation, aimed specifically at keep
ing watchful eye on streetcars, 50
that trouble can be cleared up in q
much shorter time.
The dog" is q small boxshaped
machine, hooked onto wall in the
ONCE of w. H. Crown, chief dis
patcher, 1922 M street NV. Called
"a "headway recorder" the machine
records on moving tapes the time
a car passes any one of 40 locations
on the system. Then men in charge
of the recorder know at what time
each car Is due to pass each of the
40 intersections. and when no mark
is recorded it signifies trouble.
Calls Power Company.
Immediately one of the operators
calls WSIB, the Potomac Power Co.
emergency radio station, and a call
Is broadcast to the seven transit
company cruising Investigators. The
nearest investigator goes to the
scene of the trouble. usually reach
ing 1t within five minutes.
At the 10 check points an elec-
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Bond Drive Ends Today;
Individual Sales Lao

Despite the fact that sale of War
Bonds for the week ended July 20
brought the total sales in the Dis.
trict's Fifth War Loan campaign to
s145 200 900, or 1857 per cent of the
goal set, today's deadline approached
with recorded sales to individuals,
including Series E Bonds, consider
ably below the quota.
John A. Reilly, chairman of the
District War Finance Committee,
expressed optimism that when full
accounting was made all quotas
would be exceeded.
Total sales to individuals, as Of
Saturday, amounted to $49, 900, 900
Or 8l8 per cent of the quota. OF
these sales $50, SOC, 900 were in Series
E Bonds representing 1877 per cent
of the total goal. Total sales to
corporations amounted to sos 800 900,
exceeding the goal by l07.1 per cent.
The accounting period of the CAM
paign, which started June IL, ends
today. Sales made after today will
not be credited to the Fifth War
Loan drive, Mr.. Reilly said.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Health Department
Drive for
Help al Glenn Dale
Troinine Glasses Stort
August ID if Enough
Workers Volunteer

Written authorization from the
Health Department will be sent to
the District Volunteer Once. the
American Women's Voluntary Serv.
ices and the Red Cross to reopen 8
campaign to recruit 800 nurses as
siStsnts for Glenn Dale Sanitorium
it was said at the department today
If suficient volunteers are OBJ.
tanned, training classes will start
August IA. Use of Freedmen's S
Georgetown and Sibley Hospitals
will be sought as training centers.
At II am. Wednesday a confer.
ence will be held at the new NUM-
cipal Center Building of represen.
tatives of the press. radio, advertis-
ing agencies, volunteer Office, Rec
Cross. AWVS and representatives Of
the Commissioners and Health De.
partment.
1t was said at the Health Depart
ment that an even number of white
and colored volunteers are needed
but that IS per cent of the volun-
teers should be women and Is per
cent men. Although the depart
ment has now listed 10 am. to 4
pm. and $50 to $50 pm. as volun-
teer hours, it has indicated a will
ingness to rearrange the hours to
suit the majority of volunteers.
1t was said that definite assurance
has been received from District Of
ficials that adequate transportation
from convenient points in Washing
ton will be arranged for the volun-
teers. At present. the municipal bus
service goes between Mount Rainier,
Md. and Glenn Dale.
The volunteer Office, which re-
ceived notification from the Health
Department to discontinue its pub
licity campaign for volunteers, re-
ceived verbal confirmation of the
reopening OF the campaign the fol-
lowing day. The volunteer Office,
which had to retract all of its pub
licity arrangements, is now ready to
proceed with even more publicity
than had been planned before, a
spokesman at the ONCE said.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
la Traviata' Will Be Sung
Al Water Gate Toniqht

La Traviata" will be given to-
night at the Water Gate by the Ma
tional Negro Opera Co. with June
McMechen making her debut in
the role Of Violetta Also includ-
ed in the cast will be Mimic Cato,
William Franklin and Joseph Lips
comb.
Faust" which was postponed
Saturday night because of rain,
will be presented tomorrow night
with Ruth Logan, Chauncey Brown
and William Franklin as the prin-
cipal singers.
Aida" scheduled for yesterday
has been postponed until next Sun
day when Mimic Cato will sing the
title role. Others in the cast will
be Betty Voorhees,, making her
debut: Parker Paulson and william
Franklin.
The three productions will be
conducted by Otto Lehman and
staged by Frederick Schweppe. Mary
Cardwell Dawson is the sponsor.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Commissioners Approve
I More AbC inspectors

The Commissioners today approx
ed the appointment of seven addi-
tional inspectors for the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board. which was
authorized to increase its staff by
the 1945 District supply bill.
The appointees were recommended
to the Commissioners by ABC Chair
man Thomas E. Lodge, whose resig-
nation was accepted by the Commits
sionerS today.
Those appointed were Daniel c.
Haltigan, Michael j. OLeary, Frank
E. Flanagan, James L. Darby, Black
stone Smith, Chris WMttingham and
Greed w. Sayles.
Mr.. Darby is now an inspector
with the District Department of
Weights and Measures, Mr.. Whit
tingham is a District clerk messen-
ger, while Mr.. Sayles is clerk with
the District Health Department. Mr..
Flanagan was endorsed by Represen-
tative Lane. Democrat, of Massa-
chusetts.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Police Continue Search
For Mrs. Elizabeth HorsfaI|

Police today continued their
search for Mrs. Elizabeth Horsfall,
II, wife Of r. Bruce Horsfall, prom
inent artist, who disappeared last
Thursday from her home, 1886 S
street NV.
The only report on Mrs. Horsfall
received by police came through an
anonymous telephone cali from a
man Saturday, who said he had
seen woman answering Mrs. Hors-
falls description leave q Connecticut
avenue bus at Kenilworth street
NV.
At the time she disappeared Mrs.
Horsfall was wearing rimless Spec
tacles, pink and white striped
dress and brown house slippers,
police said. She Is feet 7 inches
tall. weighs l26 pounds and has
blue eyes and brown hair.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
1000 D. {. Vacationists
Needed in Peach Harvest

John Jones, extension service
farm placement director for the
District, said today that 1000 Wash
ington vacationists will be needed
to aid in the peach harvest in Vir-
ginia and Maryland from August Is
to September l.
Mr.. Jones said many peach grow
Ing sections in the two States have
applied for war prisoners to aid in
the harvest, but it is unlikely that
prisoners will be available.
He said growers must depend on
volunteers from the District and
other cities in the two States if the
bumper peach crop is to be saved.
Mr.. Jones said volunteers driving
from the District to points in Mary
land and Virginia will be able to
obtain gasoline allotments provided
they fill their cars with other vel
unteer workers. He said volunteers
should contact him at the farm
placement of1ice, United States EN-
ploynfent Service ONCE, Fifth and
K streets NV.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Army's School
Of Government
Goes sCo-Ed

The Army's School of Military
Government at Charlottesville, Va.
has gone coed.
First of the women students are
four WAC officers who began. courses
today in Far Eastern affairs.
Other women will be chosen for
similar classes beginning in Septem-
ber for six-week periods through
February until 20 WAC officers have
Army civil affairs training. the War
Department announced.
The first WAC trainees are Capt.
Alice Gwendolyn Gordon of New
York City, First 1t. Clara Elizabeth
Kramer of Beverly Hills. Calf:
Second 1t. Marguerite Yancy of
Asheville, N. c., and Second 1t. Ada
E. Leeke of Burbank, Calf.
After six weeks at Charlottesville,
the WACS will undergo six to nine
months study at a university desig-
mated by the Provost Marshal Cen
erals once. In addition to Yale, the
University Of Chicago and the Uni
versity of Michigan, three other uni
versities have been added to the list
of those which will be used in the
program. They are Harvard, North
western and Stanford Universities.
Evening star., 1944-07-31

trical contact on the conductor rail
works a relay located beside the
track. The relay closes a telephone
circuit and the telephone wire car
ries the current to the machine,
causing pen to make a mark of the
strip of tape covering that location.
The check points are all in out
lying districts as the congested areas
in midtown are sufficiently covered
by investigators stationed at busy
intersections.
Will Continue Calls.
:, Before the recorder was installed,
when trouble occurred, the motor
man had to get out of the car, go
to the nearest phone and call in
before any help could be sent.
Drivers will continue to call in with
the new system.
The headway recorder cost $20, 900
to install and took six months to
complete. 1t will run "a hours a
day, under the direction of George
E. Warder, assistant chief dis
patcher.
Transit company officials said
they hope to extend the recorder
system to cover buses, too. Me-
chanical details for that have not
been worked out. They also plan
to set up their own emergency radio
station to speed up the service.