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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18

broken windows.
In the pitch darkness before
dawn today, the navy allowed
newspapermen into the mile
square port depot where seven
hours earlier two ammunition
ships went up in an explosion.
walked into the barracks area
which was the home of 1,480 Ne
gro enlisted men and 65 white
officers. To walk down the streets
I had to step over broken glass,
pieces of steel from the exploded
ships and pieces of debris which
in many instances weighed from
200 to 400 pounds.
BARRACKS SHATTERED
On either side were shattered
barracks with gaping holes. as
though hit by shells. A whole
side was torn from the mess hall
The S250,000 recreation hall
was a SHAMELESS the roof caved
in and rafters jutting out of the
rubble.
But the executive administra-
tive officer who led our party OF
newsmen did not take us down
into the port itself block away
"We wouldn't want 10 go
there anyway" he said. "Ie is
terrible thing and not any
thing you to write about. Some
of my officer buddies were
down there. I don't want TO
go down there to see them"
SEES NONE OF THEM
The executive officer said ap
proximately $50 men were on the
dock at the time of the explo
sion, plus the ships crews.
II haven't seen any of them
come back" he said. IL was
sitting at my desk when the
explosion came and was knocked
out Of my chair across the room.
1 got up and was thrown down
a second time by another blast"
All we could see from where ht
took us were the searchlight.
blaying in the direction of the
loading zone and we turned Il
walk back along the streets
banked by crafty sagging two
stock barracks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Reds PLUNGE
On Warsaw

MOSCOW, July Is (UP)-
Russians plunged to within
116 miles of Warsaw today
in a mile-an-hour advance
that carried almost to within
artillery range of Brest-
Litovsk, gateway to the Polish
plains.
While Marshal RokoSsovskys
First White Russian Army was
speeding through Vidoml, Is miles
north of Brest-Litovsk. two other
Red armies moved up reinforce
ments for a smash into East
Prussia
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Sees ShaInbIeS
After Port Blast
see other Pictures on Page 3.
BY WILLIAM BEST

PORT CHICAGO Cal, July Is (UP)-The gate of the
Chicago ammunition depot swung open onto Of
buildings with taered window Tapping through
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
ATTACKS REFUSED

The Germans counterattacked
repeatedly in an attempt TO wipe
out the Soviet tridgehead across
the Niemen River on the Lithu-
anian approaches 10 East Prussia,
but Ge Cherniakhovsky', Third
White Russian Army beat them
off and, advancing. captured 20
under titled towns and villages.
The American brcadcasting
station in Europe quoted Chern-
iakhovsky as saying in an order
OF the day: Now that we are
al the Niemen River, we will
drive on 10 East Prussia. Give
the Germans no rest. Keep
moving."D
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
VOTE FOR BYRD

The southern delegations saw
only "a good reference letter" in
the communication, while the
Communists and Go political
action committee. demanding the
naming of Wallace on the ticket.
insisted il strengthened their can
didate's position.
If the presidential letter was
intended 10 pacify the rising tide
OF the anti-New Deal revolt in the
South, II was poorly timed.
A few hours before the release
OF the miSsive, the Mississippi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
SENATOR'S
DETROIT

evening at $50; TO Cleveland
every night at 11:30. Lake Ride
every Sunday at IL a. m.-Adv.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Big Loading
CrewCdught
Aboard Boat

MARTINEZ. Cal, July Is
(NS) Hundreds of navy
personnel were dead, injured
or missing today in the
wake of a gigantic explosion
which shattered the navy
ammunition dump at Port
Chicago, 40 miles northeast
Of San Francisco. Estimates
of dead ran from $50 to $50.
At least $50 civilians in the
town Of Port Chicago, one mile
from the depot, were injured, Sc
of them seriously.
The terrific explosion. felt
and seen as far as so miles
away, occurred when two
ammunition ships, one of them
being loaded, the other ap-
parently already loaded, blew up.
25s ON DOCK AT TIME
Buildings and homes in towns
within a 10-mile radius of the
scene were twisted into grotesque
shapes by the blast which resi-
dents of San Francisco thought
was an earthquake.
At the time of the first blast,
which was followed 10 seconds
later by another terrific explosion,
$50 Negro sailors and nine officers
we're working on the dock, loading
ammunition aboard the ships.
Not one of these men came back
from the dock which was reduced
to a twisted shambles.
The civilian crews on both ships
likewise were missing"
At daybreak. three reporters,
one representative OF each OF the
press associations. were
escorted into the naval ammuni-
ton depot by a navy officer and
eight marines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
LETTER HAILED

He declared the nomination of
BvrneS is so certain that IT is not
subject 10 any doubt whatsoever. +"
The presidential communication,
giving pat on the back 10 Wal
lace, but adjuring the convention
TO weigh the pros and cons of its
vice presidential choice, was re-
spectively greeted here today as
in their favor by the left wing
Wallace supporters, as well as by
the opposing southern bloc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
Byrnes Gets
R00seye|tN0d
In V.P. Race
Special 10 THE DETROIT TIMES

CHICAGO, July Is - President
Roosevelt has given positive ap-
proval to James F. Byrnes for the
vice presidential nomination. a U.
S. senator in close contact with
Democratic party inner circles
stated today, despite the letter
Of recommendation sent the con-
vention by Mr.. Roosevelt for Vice
President Wallace.
Party leaders have known of
the Presidents position since be-
fore they left Washington, accord
ing 10 the senator, who said he
could not permit use of his name.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-18
In the Times TO-DAY

THE MICHIGAN BANK
For Refnancing Call CA 53l7
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CONTINUED On Page :, Col. y
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-18
ARMY DEAD
European Area
Mediterranean Area

Zimmerman, sgt. Philip J.--Mrs John y. I'm
Grand Rapids
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-18
Handbook Raid
5uStdinS RogeH

Inspector Kennedy Lawrence Of
Tie central station VICE squad
proved today that Councilman
Rogc.l was ION The bean" when
re spoke about h8ndbooks in The
city hail vicinity
tt--t----t-tf tt+tt-r was one at f223
Cadillac square ready 10 start
-.-.------- r-r-r---rr1r.
his raiders arrived on the second.
floor scene.
Three new telephones had been
Installed a l5-foot bench was in
The room and tucked away in a
C0r1rr- WIS an uHpackcd radio.
"A phone rang and voice asked
for Freddy The caller said me
wanted 10 place a bet on a horse
lie hung up. however suspicious
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-18

Two letters arrived ~ those
f-7rTfr-S on -TT0U0UTy yT7TFTQFy TIT
the dead wife.
Daring, the reason YOU have
not received those baby things
i that they might have been
held up in the post office or the
ship that was carrying il might
have been tn sumo trUu1tr, mt
maybe thcN-Will get there soon
&C.. pray God will bring rs to-
gCrfCT and never separate us
until death
Cpl Nowipski is the SON off lfr.
and Mrs Lawrence AIow.n.EL
1854 Coms'ocE He ha- a brother
Cpl John NoWn-N. ~ iceland
tRn Other bLu-nlt. ami two eIs-
tef~.
Funeral arrangements arc fon-
.auNe.y set for Thursday n Rc,3-
.ecnon Church and The Miller
Funeral Home ChCne m NodbIrl.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-18
w ifeS EbeaGEa SEaaaGeE
y Soldiers Dream

Somewhere in New Guinea TOE
day Cpl RAYMOND Nov nekl WI
receive a cable.
IL Won be the calln he WlL-d
have reccA cd "a a." months from
now telling HIM his son or dauEr-
Ter had just been born Instead
II viii inform h.W that his vito.
Irne, Is -66i MedhWy IS dead
victim of a hlr-aud-rur driver who
is sought aA-ll+--n
Mrs Nown>H died In Saratoga
General Hospital after She had
a4.-e-44-i
night At Van Dyke ard Georgia.
With th'S message VIII end The
dream world which NoHn~kI had
created IN his letters 90 nis Wife.
Those letters together with Inc
Vulnerable pgturos Were the
great treasure .r the humble
rooms Irene Nouu-ki shared with
her only other living relative. ~
l4-ycat-o.i sister, Jennie Kemp
Czynsk8
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-30
American Underground

The story of the American underground
is beginning to unfold with the landings in the
Philippines It is story which makes civilian
life in occupied Europe almost pleasant by
comparison Members of the European re-
sistance could move abroad in daylight and
live a semblance Of normal life at least until
they were suspected. But American civilians
in the Philippines knew only hiding and flight
from an enemy even more brutal than the
Nazis White skin was death warrant.
One story has been told of the civilian on
Mindanao who escaped with his wife.a child
and lived and fought with Filipino guerrillas.
When his wife became too ill to move and the
Japs were approaching. he shot the woman
and child. Then he turned his gun on the Japs
and killed many before he himself was killed
That is only one story, story of tragedy
and of humane courage. This man did not
know when rescue might come, if ever. But
he knew his enemy, and what awaited his
wife at their hands. So he took her life and
his childs. and gave up his own in a lonely,
hopeless fight.
At home we have been hearing a cross-fire
of charges to determine the responsibility for
our unpreparedness in the Philippines. AS
these charges grow increasingly political let
us not forget to examine them honestly and
make sure that they are worthy both of the
victims and the avengers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-30
Reminder From Moscow

During q conversation in Moscow between
Eric johnson, president of the Chamber OF
Commerce of the United States, and Marshal
Joseph Stain, johnson remarked to the Mar
shall: II have seen American machines,
American techniques, American assembly
lines You have drawn heavily upon the ex-
pe-ience Of American production engineers.
But you are still wasting nanpower. In
your terrifically congested cities people stand
in long queues waiting in line to buy food. II
is a waste of human energy that you can i'll
afford. You need better distribution to make
for better efficiency. You have called In
American production engineers. What you
now need is American technical advice or
disJ ibution."
Yes, there is more to the efficiency Of the
American war effort than lot of magnif
cent factories. Behind the success of these
factories are 100 million people whose war
tiine routine of daily living moves with speed
precision and minimum Of wasted effort
Like the man who couldn't see the forest be
cause of the trees, we are so busy complet
ing each days task we cannot grasp thu
enornnity Of the whole project Certainly few
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-30
Senate Movies

An Army officer attached to the Senate
Military Affairs Committee thinks that mo-
ton pictures might help the senators keep up
with the war. Perhaps we're old-fogeyish, but
we find the news a little disquieting and be-
set by many problems.
We are fond of both the Senate and the
movies But how will they work as a team!
To begin with, where will they put the screen?
In the interest of good morale and good re-
porting, It couldn't possibly 60 on the press
gallery side OF the chamber And Wherever
it's put they're going to lose one good olock
of seats ard create a bad angle of vision Tor
others.
There have been times when the Senate
could easily seat all it's visitors in three sloes
of the gallery. But free movies would likely
be quite drawing Garland we don't mean
to dispa.age the present quality OF senatorial
entertainment in saying so. The, senators
won't want to offend their constituents or the
rress with bad seats. So it looks as if whole
sale architectural revision would be the only
solution.
This is lust supposed to be a wartime
measure. But would the senators want TO go
back to the old arrangement OF sound and no
pictures? And besides senators have to stand
in line to get into Washington movie houses
the same as anybody else.
Once they showed signs of wanting to re-
tain movies in the erni-privacy of the Senate
chamber. you can bet that Hollywood would
bounce upon them. Newsreels and documen-
taries would give way to regular features.
World premieres might take place on Capitol
Hill. HOLLYWOOD would surely be lavishly per-
.uasve fer there would be much to gain.
Think OF the publicity value of Senate open
ins-"Colossal!" says Senator Breeze in the
Congressional Record.
But world premieres would bring up another
nroblena-se seating. Lobbyists would no longer
he content to stand around in Hobbies. Pres
s,,reN groups would press for aisle seats in
return for their support. Representatives, who
have habit of dropping in on the Senate any
way. might vote to shelve the tax bill in favo-
Of Abbott and Costello, and come over en-
masse.
Then there would be a problem Of ethics
VS.. esthetics Could Republican fan Of Bette
Davis or Orson Welles publicly sanction the
Senate showing Of film starring these prornl
nent Democrats? Would Democratic senator's
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-30

Of us ever stop to consider the part distrlbu-
ton is playing by keeping steady flow OF
necessities pouring over the counters of hun
dreds of thousands of stores throughout the
nation.
Retailing doesn't expect any special recog-
milton for the work it is doing any more than
does any other industry, or any more than do
millions of individual workers But it is cheer
ing to realize that when the work of all Of us
is put together. the result becomes an eve--
lasting monument to the ability Of free men,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-30
The Literary Guidepost

| ing writer's gathered around the
speakers desk under the eye Of
Director Alice Dixon Bond knew
without doubt, that the sentiment
In "Your Kids and Mine" is hon.
est sentiment. Browns talk was
neither oratory nor hokum. He
merely stood Up and rawbled with
an occasional gag inserted when
his theatrical sense told him a
gag was needed.
This is, apparently, the system
used to put the book together.
Brown is somewhere in his Sos.
He got into the routine Of enter
tanning the boys overseas by acct
dent, and paid his own way at the
beginning. He went first to the
Aleutians, and having seen what a
little comedy could do for bored
American boys, he knew he could
not stop. The other night in Boston
he used the word wonderful" 81
times. and the book is full Of su-
perlatives too. They are all used
to describe American soldiers,
sailors and marines.
It is not a place where a COM
parison could exactly fit, but if
somebody wants to know the fla
vor Of Mr.. Browns book, / should
say it seemed to have been writ.
ten by Hollywood Ernie Pyle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-30
More Is Needed

Authoritative statements from government
officials in our own country and abroad are
planting the idea that the only way to peace
and prosperity after the war is through plan
ned economies and socialized industry.
Germany is the epitome of planned econo-
N.Y. Dr. Antonin Basch, formerly professor
and corporation executive in Czechoslovakia
ann now member of the Economics Depart
ment at Columbia University, tells what 1t
led to besides military disaster for Germany:
To-day, the rights of private owners are
so limited that very little remains of what
used to be freedom of action and initiative.
The German government has established rules
which govern the minutest details of indus
trial organization Government agencies die
tate authoritatively what to produce. to whom
to sell at what prices, whom to employ, what
wages t. pay and even what profit should
be distributed. Furthermore the government
permission is needed for every new invest
nlent fol- repairs, and for the use of idle
funds Such restrictions and regimentation
indeed have gone far beyond wartime eco
ncmic regulations of the democratic nations
In this way the function of entrepeneur has
become that of a quas-government agent who
can maintain his position only with the con-
sent of the German authorities and has to
comply with all their directives The
functions of private enterprise have been re-
duced solely to maintaining title to owner
shir without exercising any of its established
rights and activities. Private enterprise has
been enasculated. These principles OF the
German economy have been extended to the
economies of the occupied and satellite
states" Ownership as well as management OF
industry has been taken over by the Ger
mans in occupied countries.
DR.. Basch frankly admits that the problem
of rchab,litating Europe into a flourishlng
community of nations is extremely difficult.
In Strengthening out the mess left by the
Nazis, two particularly important tasks must
be faced he says. zone of them is to re-
store the rule of law throughout Europe
the other il; to put all the seized enterprises
back to work as rapidly as possible Prop
eriy should be held in trusteeship only SO long
as it cannot be returned to the rightful own
erS
A national foreign trade policy becomes
more difficult of solution in proportion as
governments own a substantial part OF IN
dustry. The entire future of peace trade and
freedom rests upon the sound solution OF these
problems left in the wake OF Hitlers planned
economy and socialism. II these same evils
are now to be perpetuated with merely
change in location and management, what on
earth have we been fighting for?
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-30
from in the campaign. Not even
the President himself has talked

from in the campaign. Not even
the President himself has talked
about them, and below him from
the great hierarchy OF command
ers and administrators who have
achieved what seemed impossible,
nothing is heard in the election
eering. No wonder the election
eering is so irrelevant. We are
witnessing Hamlet without seeing
Hamlet. The men who know from
the experience of responsibility
about the realities of the present
and the future are absent from the
campaign because they are con-
Quoting the war. The men who
are present and are talking are
almost entirely men who nave
not been conducting the war or
preparing for its aftermath. Nat
urally they shrink from talking
about the realities since they
know of them only by hearsay.'
AS a result the subject matter
Of this campaign, more than any
other, I think, is being chosen by
a group of professional politicians
and public relations experts, whose
business is to get elected or to
stay elected, not the business OF
governing a great state. Let them
remember, however, that the
great energies and talents now
dedicated to the war will not al
ways be withdrawn from public
life. For the professional politi-
clans VINO are now having field
day are going to be urged by men
who will have passed through
experiences that try mems souls
and have been matured in achiev-
ing great things. I do not believe
these men will think that politics
as we now see it this October is
good enough for the United States
of America in the crisis Of the
second world war of the twentieth
century.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-30
Postwar Housing

For the thousands of American familie!
which have been looking forward to the resto
ration of peace as the time they may expec
to be comfortably housed again, the Nationa
housing Agency has word of encouragement
A survey of the reconversion Of industry re
Gently completed by the agency's technica
division shows that supplies OF building ma
terials and equipment will robably at least
keen step with actual demands for residential
construction during the immediate postwar
period.
Various parts of the materials and equip
nent industry will require from six weeks to
seven months to reconvert to peacetime
basis b,,t this tempo should present no Sc
rious time differential as compared with the
nrohable rate of expansion in residential con-
struction, the MIA reported.
with a few exceptions, facilities for the
,,roduction of materials, components ano
em,inment needed for the immediate postwar
housing program are now IN prooucron oi
these same items or in readily convertlple
position the MIA pointed out
..These exceptions include mechanical re-
frigerators, gun-type oil burners, stokers'
prewar plumbing trim and metal pluHloihs
fixtures: and it is not expected that the Hlos'
critical Observation-Disclosures take longer
than sly or seven months to come into easy
supply even if reconversion Is started iioii'
scratch in the entire industry
General building materials supplies Can
probably catch up with demand WITHIN TWO
months after labor and shipping tacllltes are
made available. With the exception OF IL"
products such as metal lath where faclllues
are W expended on the production OF alf-
craft landing mats, there is no problem OF re-
conversion. Generally, reconverslon Is nid'-
ter of labor and the diversion OF raw mate
rails now being produced for military use.
This is true of clay products, steel pipes anu
fittings. reinforcing steel, sheet metal sup
Mics conner wire and cable. The producuoh
NJ nails and other steel wire products is even
now 81, Sc to 80 per cent Of the peak because
of war demands.
"Reliable sources have indicated that WITH
in six weeks to three months after V-Day' re-
tail lumber yards may be able to build up
ADEQUATE inventories and it does not appear
that the lumber industry will respond more
slowly than the effective demand for ne"
residential construction. The major problem
will come from the logging industry's loss Oh
labor during the war to industries paying
higher wage rates, and from deteriorated iog-
ging equipment, which can, however, be re-
stored rapidly
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-30
BY JOHN SELBY
BY JOHN SELBY
"Y0ur Kids and Mine" by Joe E
Brown Doubleday, Doran; So.

Brown Doubleday. Doran; 81.
Not long ago they had a Book
Fair in Symphony Hall, Boston
Authors spoke afternoons and eve
nings, to audiences that really die
fill the fine old home of the Bos.
ton Symphony. Some authors arr
experienced speakers, some are
not. So our group, when. it found
that one of the most experienced
troupers ever to come out of vau.
devi1le was on with us, had a few
forebodings. The man was Joe E.
Brown. who has almost deserted
Hollywood these last two years in ia.
vor Of tours for the armed services
overseas.
Brown is now an author. He has
written a book called "Your Kids
and Nine" and it is two things Cat
LEAST which make it good. It is
wholly sincere and it is written
out Of experience. An old newspa-
perman like myself may be for.
given a certain amount of syni-
cisrn after seeing the numerous
movie press departments at work.
But after seeing Joe e. Brown
work with his audience that night
in symphony Hall, all the perspir
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-30
Prayer
FOR LESSONS Of
BEREAVEMET

We cannot imagine tne s CIV.
Thy parent heart over 'ns u a.,.,t
Thine only Son, y syi, r.~, NJ
Father. But we know tfla1 i. i- ~ n
derstandest the sorrow Of s a. +
multitudes who have been Ds,S
ed in this way, Their su, l... N,
shared by Thee III comp as". M
prehension. For all VINO nav. . Nd
for a time parted from oes .s, d
bv wars catastrophes, we -. s' ~
a fresh sense of kinshlp W 1,a, 4,
Give them a glimpse o. ,.' lsj d
poses in thus taking TO ln' Ma, \
riads of our loved ones NO. an,
wars aims be made more - y" !.
to them, and their splflls :, Il
fled by holy grief. sustain Tan, d sd
bereaved by Thy fa'h AZ. y.s,n 4
and comfort; and enaOls ;,, S h
live as those who have given ", n
ages to heaven. Anen.-"' "