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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16
The Startling. Soldering Story Of American Ado
Ieseents Wartime Binge Of Irres possibility.
by fhe Famous Investigator and Author Who Coils
Out to Parents and Officials to RehobiIitu+e
Our Wuywurd and Jittery Kids

- Hoping for better results in
the big city. they had man
aged somehow 10 raise Just
enough money for bus fare.
Soon they found them
selves in the hands Of the
Missing Persons Bureau
through whom the Childrens
Aid works when there IS
delinquency problem 20 be
solved The boy, being an
alien. became a problem for
the State Department.
Naturally the ques on
arises: Who are. these girls?
They do not Belong 10 any
special class. For the girl
movement today knows no
social distinction
Indeed, the seasoned well
fare experts will tell you
that it IS no longer the
children OF the underpriv-
legged alone who crowd the
dockets of our juvenile and minors
courts, or whose escapades vie for
space with the war news. but rather
the daughters of families of the self
contained middle classes.
They will tell you further that
those who come 10 the notice Of the
aRd-tAe social agencies are
only a small part Of the current regi-
ment Of girl wildlings, as they speak
i'm undertones of those whose adven.
lures are kept as close secrets by
anxious parents and teachers.
Not all Of the under-age mothers in
the maternity wards of today come
from ill-conditioned homes. Some few
hospitals are a source of supply for
pies who wish 10 adopt one or more
n the better classes"
ntly heard OF the 16-year old daugh.
lthy family who had gotten into Just
and who died In an effort 10
er trouble.
e past summer a 13-year-old girl from
, kind OF a family was missing for
week. When she finally decided TO
she announced. as nonchalantly as IL
ing the plot OF moving picture, that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

Next week Mrs Parkhurst will tell OF some
Of the cases she sat In on In the Juvenile courts
along the way OF her journey
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

kDlle VI WIFI MN Oh
seeing tour 10 a dista
Curiously enough. the
physician reported that
escaped without actual
This is not 10 say that
high school girls are
also high.steppers. In
the majority they have
played and are playing
a star role rs -cUntrihu
TOYS 20 the war effort
They have helped 10
save the crops by work
ing in the fields and
orch ards, and have
toiled In the cannerics
and textile mills.
In their communities
they have Ia X en- the
places of the young men
who have gone into the
services or into war in
dustrieS. They are using
their spare time to as
SiSt in day nurS-
cries, or in helping
TO care for the sick
and aged in their
neighborhoods.
They have con
Quoted drives for
scrap metal, for the
Red Cross, for com 4
munity funds, &
for war relief 81
and for war hE
bonds and III
stamps. truly TIA
they cannot b. a
charged with w
s hirking or A,.
SlackneSs. y
But a s al ~
ways. the great x ~
danger lies with n.
the small, but m
recalcitrant, mi
nority. In this
instance il has
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-16

she had picked acquaintance
with a sailor in the park; and
that after a few drinks she had.
gone of with him on a sight
seeing tour 10 a distant city.
Curiously enough. the family
physician reported that she had
escaped without actual harm
This is not 20 say that all our
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Jap Radio Predicts
Big u. 5. Offensive
AIeutions Preparations
Declared Under Wuy
BY the Associated Fress.

i@s tLiI <1eoOIidt6u tItSS.
The war of nerves spread to the
Pacific today, with the Tokyo radio
speculating that the lack of major
engagements in the Pacific during
the last few months" probably is the
lull preceding major events.
The Japanese commentator said
American forces are preparing for
an offensive from the Aleutians,
where they have constructed four
large airbaSes'' and have at their
disposal some hundred planes,
naval forces and some five or six
infantry divisions, including para
troops and airborne troops"
He said the japanese defenders
Of the Northern Kurile Islands were
preparing against American often
siVeS from the Aleutians and pre-
dlcted that the area will one of
these days become a main war
theater."
He dismissed recent American
naval blows against the Carolines
and MarianaS as sporadic appear
.ances under cover of airforce for
nations, disappearing from the
scene of operations almost immedi-
ately."
There is good deal of interest,
he went on, in the recent statement
by Rear Admiral Daniel Barley, who
commanded the recent amphibious
landings at Hollandia. that the
time OF minor operations in the
Pacific sphere was over and would
be followed in the near future by
large-scale landings"
Evening star., 1944-05-11

Mr.. Stimson gave these scores
Tor the various air forces:
5th Air Force, Southwest Pacific
2,2O1 enemy planes destroyed in the
air and 9l2 on the ground, against
losses of 708 in aerial combat, to
enemy antiaircraft fire and on the
ground
18th Air Force, South Pacific, 7l5
enemy planes in the air and 81 on
the ground, against total losses of
245.
10th Air Force India, 2ll enemy
planes in the air and II on the
ground, losses 90.
l4th Air Force, China, 482 enemy
planes IN the air and 50 on the
ground, losses 153.
7th Air Force, Hawaii, 1913 enemy
planes in the air and 10 on the
ground, losses 1853.
l1th Air Force, Alaska, 33 enemy
planes in the air, "a on the ground,
losses At.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
By the Associated Press.


SOUTHEAST ASIA HEAD
QUARTERS, Randy, Ceylon, May
1.-THE Allies continued to
drive the japanese back from
their Indian invasion today and
| it was officially estimated that
the enemy had lost $4,000 dead
alone since February l on the
Arkan front of Burma, in the
Imphal and Kohima areas of the
Indian frontier and in behind
the-lines Chindit engagements
The figure excludes casualties in
f1icted on the Japanese by 1t. Gen
Joseph w. Stilwell's American
trained Chinese driving down from
North Burma, where the last fig
ures showed 5000 Japanese ha6
been killed up to March 90.
The number of japanese wound
ed during the fighting since Febru-
ary was not estimated, but Japan's
total casualties were much greater
than those suffered by the Allies
whose losses were not disclosed
The largest number of single
front casualties-6,100 killed-was
inflicted on the japanese in theil
attempt to force the Imphal Plain
on the Indian frontier. Casualties
there and at Kohima, frontier base
to the north, numbered 5000 in the
two months the enemy has beer
attempting to invade India.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
India -BurmoFig Fighting Costs Jops
$4,000 Dead Since Februory7
StweII's Forces Occupy Two More Villages
In Drive on Enemy Bases in Northern Sector

Today's communique said Gen
Stilwells tank-supported Chinese
forces had swarmed through two
more villages east of the Mogaung
Valley in their drive on the jap
aese bases of Mogaung and Myit-
kyina.
No major activity was reported
yesterday in the Kohima neighbor-
hood, the communique said, but
fighting continued on the outskirts
of the base, where Allied forces i'm
proved their positions.
Inf1icti0p of casualties on "supe-
rior enemy parties northeast anc
southeast of Palel," Is miles south
east of Imphal, was mentioned ir
the announcement along with the
enemy occupation of an evacuated
position on the Palel road, where
the japanese are making continued
attempts to gain the pass leading
into the Imphal Plain.
Appearance of japanese troops ir
the Iril Valley, northeast of Imphal
also was reported in the announce.
ment that British forces had cap.
tured a position miles east Of
Kanglatongbi, which lies between
Imphal and Kohima.
The two new villages captured in
Gen. Stilwells Mogaung Valley
drive were not named in the COM
munlque, which told also of an
American-manned tank raid into
enemy territory west of the Mogaung
Valley.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Russian Bridgehead
On Dnestr Wiped Out
Germans Declare
Troops Are Continuing
To Fight in SevostopoI,
Berlin Also Claims
BY the Associated Press


LONDON, May 1.-THE Ger
mans asserted today that they
had wiped out a sizable Russian
bridgehead on the Lower Dnestr
River in a surprise attack and
that their troops still were
fighting in the Crimea west of
Sevastopol, destroying 20 tanks
there yesterday.
The Russians announced two DAYS
ago that Sevastopol and all the
Crimea had been cleared of German
and Romanian troops. The latest
Soviet communique told of the
sinking of two 4,000-ton transports
hauling enemy survivors from the
devastated port.
The German communiuue. which
was not confirmed by Soviet sources
said strong bomber formations
paced the Dnestr assault south OF
Grigoriopol, which liquidated a
Russian salient miles long and 4
deep west of the river. The area
was said to contain dominating
mountain ranges" and to have
strengthened the Axis front line
guarding the approaches to the
Galati Gap in Romania, between
the Carpathians and the Danube
Estuary.
SevastopOl Badly Damaged.
Moscow reported tremendous
damage in Sevastopol, with the
center of the Black Sea port "de-
stroyed or ruined"
Maj. Victor j. Koroteiev, the first
correspondent to enter SevaStopo
after its recapture, said, however
that the suburbs were not so badly
damaged and that some were
| partially intact"
| Experienced British naval experts
predicted the Russians would have
the big port in working condition tc
some degree" shortly and that the
recapture of the base would give
Soviet airmen dominance of the
entire Black Sea area, easing the
problem of feeding supplies to the
Crlmea and Ukraine over water
routes instead of long rail hauls.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
U. 5. Casualties Total
2O1,454 on All Fronts
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
American casualties in the war on
all fronts now total 201 ,454, of which
44,778 are naval and l56,676 are
Army casualties.
Secretary Stimson, reporting the
Army total today as complete
through April %, said it included
27,297 killed, 64,321 wounded, 33,715
missing and 81 ,343 officially reported
by enemy governments to be pris-
onerS of war. Of the wounded, he
said, $1,000 have recovered and
returned to duty.
The latest Navy casualty report,
which includes marine and coast
guard personnel. showed 1921
killed. 12,070 wounded, 9,034 missing
4,453 prisoners of war.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
4,887 Enemy Planes DESTROYED
1,414 LOST in Pacific ond Asia
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
The combat score of American
Army Air Forces in the Pacific and
Asia from the start Of the war to
March 7, 1914, is 4,887 enemy planes
destroyed, against 1,414 American
planes lost, Secretary of War Stim-
son said today.
In the Pacific, four air forces-the
5th, 7th, 18th and 13th-inVolved in
the l:-ost sustained operations, have
destroyed 4,064 enemy planes in the
air and on the ground while losing
1,163.
The total Of American losses in
clude planes lost in the Philippines
and Hawaii at the start of the war.
before the present air force organ
lzatlonS were created. The score of
the American volunteer group, the
Flying Tigers" before it was
brought into the Army as the l4th
Air Force, was not included.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Army 5treamIines
Discharge System;
Time Cut 10 48 Hours
New Procedure Tested
At Fort Dix to Speed
Men Back to Civil Life
BY the Associated Press.

- N~AN &ADSoSAokCN
Secretary of War Stimson an
nounced today the Army has
adopted a simplified separation
procedure" to speed the process
of discharging men from the
military service and help their
readjustment to civilian life.
A separation center has beer
established at Fort Dix where the
procedures were tested. This will be
the model for others to be estab-
lisned as they are needed in other
parts of the country.
Under streamlined procedures
now in force at Fort Dix" Mr.
5timson said, "only 48 hours are
required from the time a man ar.
rives to the time he boards a trair
for home, in contrast to the three
weeks or more often required under
former methods"
CounselOrs Available.
The soldier hears an "orientation'
talk about his imminent return tc
civil life, his new responsibilities
and his rights and privileges as a
veteran. He gets a complete medi-
cal examination, his final paw
travel pay to his point of induction
the first inStallment of his muster
Iing-out pay and advice to pay fol
his ticket home immedia tely. Bank.
ing facilities and a travel office
adJoln the pay window.
CounSelorS are available to tell
the soldier about job opportunities
TO prepare records showing the SOL
dlers military and civilian expert.
ence and qualifications, to give him
Job aptitude tests, to give him ad-
vice on life insurance, War Bono
allotments and other personal prob.
lemS-but they advise him only
don't tell him what to do.
Self-Reliance Held KEYNOTE,
There is no effort on the part
of the Army" Mr.. Stimson said 1T
do everything for the veteran. Self.
rellance is keynoted, and it has beer
noted that discharged men them.
selves do not desire anything that
might be termed 'pampering," either
by the Army or other agencies"
Such centers eventually will han.
die WACS and officers as we'll as
enlisted men. However, individual,
oelng discharged for physical dis.
ability will continue to leave the
service through Army hospitals.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Twin Blows TO Hit Reich
Soon, MoIofov Asserts
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 11.-Allied forces
soon will hit Germany in synchro-
nlzed blows both from the east and
west, Foreign Commissar Vyaches-
Law MolotoV said in Moscow yes
terday.
The time has now come he was
quoted by the Moscow radio as say
ing, when the armed forces of the
Allies are preparing for resolute
joint action against our common
enemy-Hitlerite Germany-and the
enemy soon will feel the power of
our joint blows"
His statement was made in reply
to British Ambassador Sir Archibald
John Clark Kerr.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Bill 10 Garnishee Paw
OF Federal Employees
Opposed by Stimson
Enactment Would Place
Clerical Burden on Army
Senate Hearing Told

secretary OF War StlmSOn' to-
day expressed strong opposition
to the Kefauver bill, which
would permit garnishment of
Federal employees salaries. He
declared his department "can-
not accept financial responsible
ity for an act impossible of full
fillment."
The Secretary's disapproval of the
measure was contained in a letter to
Chairman McCarran of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, and was for
Warded to subcommittee which
opened hearings on the bill today.
The opposition of the War De-
partment, Mr.. Stimson said, was
based on his belief that administra-
tive duties would be increased if the
measure became law.
Il believe that this legislation is
step in the opposite direction of
our daily effort to eliminate all
unnecessary administrative work"
Mr.. Stimson said. THE passage of
this bill would not in any way ac-
celerate the war effort. On the
contrary, If it does pass, the work
involved will be an additional bur-
den upon the War Department, and
the effect of such burden is to delay
the war"
Cites Million Employees.
The Secretary pointed out that his
department has more than a million
civilian employees scattered through
out the world, and that it would be
impossible for headquarters in
Washington to handle matters con-
corning individual field workers.
Meanwhile, half a dozen witnesses
appeared before the subcommittee
headed by Senator Hatch, Demo-
crat, OF New Mexico, to urge passage
OF the bill on the ground that ii
would actually benefit the vast ma
Jorlty of Federal employees.
Representative Kefauver, Demo-
crat, OF Tennessee, author of the
bill which already has passed the
House, estimated if the measure is
passed only about 1,5O0 of the 300 oOC
Federal employees in the District
actually would be faced with gar
nlshment proceedings.
When they find they can be
legally forced to pay their debts ,
Mr.. kefauver said, they will make
an effort to pay them and avoid
service on their agencies"
Cites High Court Decision.
Mr.. Kefauver testified that after
a Supreme Court decision placed
workers in Government-owned cor
porations under the provisions OF
State garnishment laws, the propor-
ton of employees with bad debts
dropped from more than 4 per cent
to less than l per cent. Mr.. Kefau-
yer added the amount of time re-
CURED by Federal agencies to handle
garnishment action would not ex-
ceed the time now required to an
SWer letters received from creditors
OF their employees.
R. Preston Shealey, Washington
counsel for the National Retail
Credit Associations, told the SUBJ
committee that passage of the Ke-
fauver bill would not encourage
reckless credit"
The vast majority of Govern
ment employees who do pay their
debts" he said, ARE also helping to
pay the debts of those who do not
pay"
Joseph G. McGarraghy, vice presi-
dent of the Washington Board of
Trade, asserted provisions of the bill
set up adequate protection for the
Federal employe" Mr.. McGarraghy
said there was no reason why Gov
ernment workers should receive
LSoo 4, a % Nr1c,IIA I1-Arrr, a.. q :.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Gondhi Arrives in Bombay

BOMBAY, India, May II P,.-
Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian Ma
tlonalist leader who was released
from lnterment last week. arrived
IN Bombay today from Poona and
was driven at once to Juhu. a
nearby seaside resort, where he will
stay.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Alarm Spreads
In China as Japs
WinKeyRai|way
Two Enemy Forces
Linked; New Push on
Loyung Reported
MAP on Page A-18.)
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, May 11-An at
mosphere of unconcealed con-
Germ spread in China today as
Chinese reports told of yet an
other japanese thrust on Lo-
yang, several times capital of
ancient China in Northern Ho-
nan Province, and admitted the
enemy finally had succeeded in
gaining control of the full length
of the Peiping- -Hankow Railway
linking his northern and central
forces.
The Chinese claimed they hao
repulsed japanese attempt al
another crossing of the Yellow
River near Menghsien, about 2s
miles northeast of Loyang.
But they acknowledged thev were
battling enemy forces which had
forced the river near Yuanchu, As
miles northwest of the city, and
that a third enemy spearhead had
pushed along the Lunghai Railway
TO the vicinity of Yenshih, only
about 81 miles east of the city,
Way Opened for Another Drive.
The most important japanese Of
fenslve in China since the success
ful drive on Hankow in 1888 al
ready had carved out an area of
roughly 10000 square miles of ter
r1tory, much of it rich wheat-grow-
Ing country, and was opening the
possibility of a. drive on the strategic
town of Tungkwan, west of Loyang
at the elbow of the Yellow River
Tungkwan is the gateway to the
rich northwest.
The crossing of the Yellow River.
near Yuanchu, threatened to out
flank the defenders of Loyang, al
ready menaced by an enemy column
8 or miles to the southeast.
The new Japanese thrust from
Shansi Province not only enlarged
the scope of the enemy operations
but placed added emphasis on the
possibility of general westward
drive toward the old walled city of
Sian in Shensi Province, natural
gateway to Szechwan and the pro-
visional capital at Chungking.
A communique announcing the
enemy had crossed the Yellow River
said bitter fighting was raging as
the invaders attempted to enlarge
their bridgehead. The possibility
was seen that the Japanese might
attempt to cut off the flow of rein
focements to the battlefield and
sever the Chinese escape route bv
dynamiting some of the numerous
railway tunnels west of Loyang.
Jap Offensive Is Large.
Full japanese control of the Peip-
ing-HankoW railroad means that
Chinese forces now operating east
Of the railway have been cut off from
their bases and henceforth will be
compelled to operate as guerrillas.
The Chinese high command de-
scrlbed the japanese operations in
Honan Province as "a large scale
offensive" and declared that everv-
where lighting was increasing in in
tensity. Units of at least six jap
aneSe divisions have been identified
in the fighting, as we'll as numerous
other elements, the communique
said.
Nothing comparable to the pres
ent Japanese operations, at least in
amount of territory involved, has
developed since the invaders cap
tured HankoW, which resulted in
the removal of the Chinese gov
ernment to Chungking.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Late Bulletin
Dewey Hits Poll Taxes

ALBANY, N. Y. P.-Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey today as
serted his opposition to poll
taxes "and every other device
to deprive free people of their
votes" His opposition was
stated in a telegram to Walter
White, secretary of the Ma
tiOnal Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People,
who had asked him about his
position.
Earlier Story on Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Allies Step Up Railway Attacks
Dropping5> >4OOTons ofBombs on
18th Day Of Pre-|nvasion Assault
Liberutors Hit
Three Yards
inFrunce
BULLETIN.

LONDON (P.-Three thou
sand Allied planes dropped an
estimated 5,40O tons of ex-
plosives on German airports
and rail centers in Western
Europe today.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Fined
ByJudgeE
For Contempt
Defendants Demand
Citotion of Pepper
For Proising BoiIey
BULLETIN.

Ira Chase Koehne. a de-
fense attorney at the sedition
trial, was fined $50 by Chief
Justice Edward G. Eicher this
afternoon for contempt of
court for remarks made in
open court.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Weather Forecast

Fair and continued warm today and
tomorrow.
Temperatures today-HigheSt, n, at
l:30 pm; lowest, 81, at 6:55 am Yes
terday-Highest, 78, at ASS pm; low
est, 81, at els am.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31

In our opinion the senate is to be
commended for the excellent piece
of work that it did in defeating the
Murray-Kilgore bill with its ex-
cessively high unemployment COM
pensation rates backed by the fed
eral treasury, and substituting in
its place the George bill which
leaves the whole matter largely In
control of the states. The senate's
action is a commendable set back
to the drift toward too much CEN
tralization of power. The Murray
Kilgore bill provided for high rates
of unemployment compensation to
be paid out of the federal treasury.
It was sponsored by the CIO and
would have cost an estimated 20
billion dollars year, which would
have had to be paid by deficit fin
ancing. The rates of unemploy-
ment compensation under the Muir
ray-Kilgore bill were so high that
they might easily have encouraged
idleness for the reason that few
men will work when they can
make more money by remaining
idle. The human race hassnot yet
reached the point where the ne
cessity of earning a living by the
sweat of it's brow can be entirely
removed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31

When the war is finally over
it will be found that TOTO had
made just one little mistake.
He didn't know the United
States was loaded.
k$k
Civilization, says Dad Gummit,
must be a great idea. Somebody
ought to start it some time.
X q X
How appropriate that both
national conventions were
held in the Windy City!
Widow: I want this photograph
of my dead soldier husband en-.
larged-but can you do II with his
helmet off?
Photographer: I think I can fake
the hair. BY the way. on which
side did he part il?
Widow: I don't remember. but
you can see when you get the hel.
met off.
~tH
There is entirely too much
worrying about unhappy mar
fiages. states MaltbY Mike.
Nearly all marriages are happy.
It's the living together after
wards that causes all the trouble
Amos latter a narrow escape at
a railroad crossing): "How come
you blow at hawn? You oughta
know it wouldn't do no good"
Sambo: "That wasn't my hawn;
dat was GabriePs."
N+S
An Idaho editor is wondering
if Mussolini is still alive. That
question might as well be refer
ed to the who-gives-a.dafn de-
paftment.
X . X
Definition: -.
JOINT BANK ACCOUNT, where
Pop makes deposits and Nom the
Lena Genster's clothes are the
last word-you might say they are
the last whisper.
* tx
."Mom, you know our new
24-piece dinner set well,
it's Is pieces now"
Even among horses. says Dad.
you can gain popularity by the use
of sugar.
X
An old judge, who was known
for the remarkable speed with
which he disposed of cases, was
asked by friend to explain it.
81 always listen to the plaintiff