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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-28
NEW ARRIVAL

Pvt. and Mrs. Martin Engber
announce the arrival of an 8 lbs.
2ia OF. son. Kenneth Gene. born
December 9Th at 1910 L. NJ. in
Mercy Hospital Hcringtor, Kan
SaS.
Pvt. Engber, the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Engber OF Colum-
bus, Ohio. is stationed at Hammer
Field, Fresno. California. with the
Army Air Corps.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-28
VOICE OF THE DUNES
liv Minnie

Gary. ln.. Dec. 2S--The Gary
Juniors held their monthly meet
ing at the Sachsenhein on Mon
day. Dec. 4. where new officers
were elected as follows.
President, Matilda HelWig
Vice Pres. Mary {. kloss
Treasurer, Florence Petro
Secretary, Hermine Kraft
Reporter, Hermine Kraft
Trustees, can Schullar and
Mildred kloss.
- a bore is the kind OF man
who, when you ask him how he Is,
tells you.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-28

with COfl1uSlOnS,
c o m p Heated by
fears. The toll in
lives among the
members has been
heavy y-13. The
toll in election
ca S II a lties has
been heavier still.
There will be a
total of new men,
bers in the Sen
ate of Is, and in
the House of 20.
In this regard
l have been keen
ly interested to
El AlA A. Ar,
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-28

sets in some districts are the source
of keen regret and some anxiety to
the Democratic leadership. Some of
the incoming members know little of
the processes of the free democratic
government that has been the blood
and sinew that built the America to-
wards which the world looks for lead
ership and light.
These particular new members come
heralded as the mouthpieces of a group
curiously mistrusted by those who
have the responsibility of majority
leadership in the House. 1t will be
interesting to see what methods they
pursue and what course the Admin
istration takes with them.
DROGNOSTICATION relative to
L the program of the Administration
for legislation is impossible at this
time. Some light may be thrown upon
it by the Presidents two messages to
Congress on the state of the nation
and the budget. Nothing can be en-
visaged until then.
THE Representative from Ohio's
L 22nd District will re-introduce at
once two bills introduced during the
last months of the 18th Congress. One
asking for national charter for an
.Ariny-Navy Club for the Medical
Women of the United States Forces,
a living memorial to the women in the
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-28
CANTON ECHO
By Lillian Bremen

Canton, Ohio, Dec. 2S-At our
meeting we held election Of ofic-
ers. The newly elected officers
are:
President, Henry Miller
Nice-Pres.. Harold Thellman
Fin.-Sec'y., Isabelle Schriever
Treasurer, Hazel Maurer
Sgt. OF Arms, John krach
Trustees. Helen Roth, Rudy
Mantsch, Minnie Schotsch.
We wish to thank the officers
OF 1914 for their fine work at their
positions for the year. We are sure
our newly elected officer, will do
as we'll.
Vacationing
Marilyn is still on her vacation
and must be enjoying herself
si''o sic Has Sot'e'' d loD III I"
'''se NeS''o' ant III oi'a'luo' + ia
and her stay there is indefinite.
e"ie Ha''o''S
we nav iet'i'eo " GU '''a'
Heinic kotsch has landed safely
in ENGLAND. We are ali clad that
he arrived there safely
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-28

THE 18th Congress endet' on De-
L cember 19. 1t has been a diff
cult and exhausting two years filled
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1944-12-28
DID YOU KNOW?

American films attract 40 per
cent OF Swedens movie fans, while
Swedish pictures account for only
50 per cent.
How much oil is extracted from
a single whale: The Encyclopedia
Britannica says it is an average OF
1850 gallons. \ 5O-foot whale
also will supply 21a tons of meat
The total number of lakes and
pools in Norway cover about 295C
square wiles. OF 211l per cent Of the
entire country.
The carabao. or water buffalo
is the national beast OF burden il!
the Philippines.
--sE-
Shine. please, boy" said the
six-iootlfve soldier to the shoe
black.
The boy looked down at the
vast expanse of boot before him,
Bert" he called out to another
shine boy. Gimme a hand - I'ye
got an army contract
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vertisers.
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-04
FOUR YEARS AGO, Hats WAS IN Our SHOES

Ifevcry last one of us here at home will try to match
the constant dayto-day drive Of the men who tight
our battles, We'll raise that money.
way to do it is to put every cent we can possibly
invest into U.S. War Bonds Not some of us. All of
u.s. Not once in while during drive, but regularly
-. every pay day.
Can we do the job that Hans couldn't do? Can
e-voluntarly-kcep making sacrifices when Vic
tory seems just around the corner? The answer is
up to you
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-04

TTANsis German. -Four years ago, he felt the way
i i many of us feel today. He thought the war was
as good as won.
He had reason to think SO. Far more reason than
we have. France was his. England was bloody after
Dunkerque. The German Army seemed nyincibc.
But the war wasn't almost over. And now it is our
armies that are on the march, 1t is our bomberS blast
ing German cities. Victory is in our grasp It's up to
to see that we don't let it slip through fingers
the way Hans did.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-04

Most of us know that this is the military crisis of
this Wharf.-The time when our fighting men must give
everything they have, not once in a while but hour
after hOur-day after day.
But this alone is not enough The lives of brave men
are not enough. Money is needed too
For this is the financial crisis of the war just as
surely it is the military crisis. Millions of dol
lars worth of equipment is being destroyed in
battle. The money to replace it must come from
us, and come quickly.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-04

And here ore S more reasons for buying
Extra War Bonds!
]. War Bonds are the best, the sofesf inve sfmenf
In the world
z. War Bonds return you 50 for every So In
10 years.
;. War Bonds help keep prices down.
a. War Bonds will help win the Peace by inereos-
ing purchasing power after the War.
S. War Bonds mean education for your children,
security for you, funds for retirement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
ELIAS Seize
8 Villages

ATHENS, Dec. % (UP)-Re-
ports circulated today that the
civil war had spread TO northern
Greece and that left wing ELIAS
forces had captured eight villages
from the Rightest EDES.
Northern Greece was reported
seething with unrest, accumulated
by an infiltration of elements
from Bulgaria and Albania.
Omen warfare between the
Elias and EDES factions threat
enrd or already had begun. Re-
liable information reaching Brit
ish sources here said the ELIAS
men. clearing eight villages OF
EDES sympathiZers, were moving
toward Dhriskis Ridge, a height
east of Ioannina, site of EDES
headquarters,
Other ELIAS forces were re-
ported massing along the border
territory. and Rightist sources
claimed that the ELIAS men had
attacked the EDES near Aria,
40 miles south of Ioannina.
On the Athens front, Brit
ish troops and tanks crossed
Piraeus Harbor in assault craft,
landed on the northern rim and
drove inland, bringing the entire
port under British control.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
Lupe S Remains
Viewed by 1900

HOLLYWOOD. Dec. % CUP)
The Film colony paid final
tribute today to Lupe Velez al
funeral services before the Mexi-
can film stars body was sent to
MaXico City for interment in the
Panteon de Dolores.
Four thousand friends from
Hollywood and the Mexica n
settlement streamed through the
Forest. Lawn Nj e m orial Park
chapel for last glimpse of the
star who took her own life a week
ago
The body was transferred 10 a
mortuary for today's services.
The actress body as il lay in
state was clad in a white gown
and in her hands was clasped a
gold crucifiX. Two red roses sent
by an unknown Mexico City adj
mirer added the only note OF color
to the all-white floral tributes.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
Hating Of Nazis
Put Up TO Reds

WASHINGTON, Dec. % QNSl
In the face of the German
counterattack on the Western
Front, military experts in Wash
ington expressed the hope today
that a second front might soon be
actively established by the Red
army on the east.
While there was no disposition
to minimize the sacrifices already
made by the Russians, it was
stated that new drive on the
Nistula in Poland would do much
t. relieve American forces now
suffering reverses on the German
frontier
AT present. officials said, Red
army activity on the Vistula is
limited 10 patrol action.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
Roosevelt AcclaiTnS
AfIanficCharter Aims

WASHINGTON, Dec p CUP)
President Roosevelt today
termed the Atlantic Charter an
objective toward world better
ment and said that lis principles
"are ss valid today a. they were
in 1871 when he and Prime
Minister Churchill issued il.
Mr.. Roosevelt was asked al his
press conference If he would care
70 say something further about
the charter in the light of dis
cuSsion that followed his earlier
disclosure that il does not exist
as 2 formally signed document.
The President IN reply re-
marked that certain documents
had been presented 10 the world
for a good many thousand years
looking 70 betterment Of life itself
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
VIOLENT soBBING

The 25-year-old Miss Barry,
always on the verge of tears. went
into her widest outburst of vio-
lent sobbing late yesterday when
-Chapiin's lawyer, Charles f. MILL
kan. began TO read a letter she
admittedly wrote 10 MY Dear
Charles from Tulsa. Okla. Nov.
It 1912, some five weeks before
she claims her baby was conceived
at Chaplin's Beverly Hills home.
My brain Is in turmoil,
Millikan began reading - but
Miss Barry's freck d face
twisted into an expression OF
anguish and her shoulders shook
with sobs.
Her purse and gloves falling
UNDECIDED to the floor, she jumped
up from the witness chair-ran
headlong past the jury Of seven
women and five men, and plunged
into the arms of her white-haired,
77-year-old attorney.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

LOS ANGELES, Dec. % CINS)
Joan Barry today began
Christmas holiday away from the
courtroom where. five times in
four hours, relentless croSs-eXami-
nation by Charlie Chaplin's attor-
ney drove her TO hysterical tears
as she stanchly supported her
claim that Chaplin is the father
of her 14-month-old daughter
Carol Ann.
With a day and a half of rigor-
Gus questioning behind her, Miss
Barry was warned by her own
attorney Joseph Scott, that he
had further inquiries TO make of
her before he rests her case some
time Tuesday, when court will
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
-FDR Yule MESSAGE
Asks Aid for Army

WASHINGTON. Dec. % tINS)
President Roosevelt today issued
a Christmas statement urging tho
nation 10 back up the fighting
forces by keeping on tho Job and
maintaining steady output of
I'VE can best help the Christ
mas season OF our fighting men
II We carry on otr respective
tasks he said. doing those
things which will contribute to
winning the war at the earliest
possible moment"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

One Of these he said, is the At
lantic Charter. but somebody will
come along in the future with
something better.
Some people are saying that
the obIectives of the Atlantic
Charter cannot be attained, he
noted, and he pointed out that
people don't always live up to the
Ten Commandments.
The President FASTENED 10 add
that he was not necessarily COM
pairing the Atlantic Charter with
the Ten Commandments but that
both were announcements for
world betteFment.
President Woodrow Wilson 5
famous IL points peace aims in
the last war constituted another
declaration in the same class, he
said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
Vice Business
Pair Sentenced

After admitting that they con-
Quoted a vice bureau" from a
house at 1865 Glastonbury, Will
liam Aubrew. 40. and Florence
Day, AZ. were given stiff prison
sentences today by Recorders
Judge Joseph A. ellis.
Aubrey must serve not less than
four years and eleven months in
Jackson and the Day woman was
given feHr years IN the Detroit
House Of Correction
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
Bioff, Browne Freed
From Federal Prison

NEW YORK, Dec. % (UP)-
William Bioff and George Browne,
theatrical union executives con-
victed in November, 1941, of ex-
torting more than S1,000.000 from
the movie industry, were ordered
released from federal prison in
Sand Stone. Mimi. today.
Bioff was serving 10 years and
Browne, eight years. Federal
Judge Knox ordered their releases
because of their good behavior.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
EMPLOYEES FROZEN
WhiSkerS Hide
A Golden Voice

NEW YORK. Dec, % -INS}-If
the % kindergarten children at a
Christmas party OF the Children S
Aid Society were surprised by a
better than average voice when
Santa Claus lead them in Jingle
Bells, they discovered tod y
there was good reason.
Santa was tauriti Melchior
Metropolitan Opera tenor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
War Souvenir Lost,
Asks Times for Aid

Mrs Florence Lashbrook of
1853 Mettetal asked the Times
today to help her find an oyster
shell locket made on Bougainville
by her brother-in-law, Chief Petty
Officer Erwin Lashbrook. which
she lost in northwest. Detroit on
w DIN @ sday. Mrs. Lashbrook's
telephone number is We 6-76S1.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
AacIlen Fearless Under Hitler Death Threat

in Aachen showed no signs of alarm, the
popuiace regained its composure and returned
to its normal way of life amid the ruins.
l visited Aachen today and found the
civilians less perturbed than those in Belgian
towns had left few hours before. Although
several persons were dragging Christmas
trees homeward through the streets the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
More
Ward
PicketS

Warned that "the army will not
be sent in",on the Montgomery
Ward & Co. strike because the
dispute has not aroused enough
concern, Go unionistS today rein
forced picket lines of retail clerks
al four Ward stores in the Detroit
area.
Expectations OF early interven-
ton by the army were exploded by
Dan Gallagher, CIO member of the
regional War Labor Board. at a
meeting of Wayne ana Oakland
County CI0- local leaders last
night. The rally was called in
JAW Local 157 Hall. Fourteenth
and McGraw, 10 stimulate sup
port for the strike.
TELLS OF PLANS
Gallagher declared that his
warning was based on inside in.
formation on the government:
plans for making the mail order
company comply with directiveS
of the national WLB.
Don't depend on the army to
come in here and win your
strike" he told the crowd. 1.-THE
army Is cold on the idea of seiz-
ing the stores because we CIO
members haven't shown enough
concern about the outcome of
the dispute"
Gallagher said government OBJ.
servers would be sent TO the De-
troit Ward stores TO determine the
effectiveness of the strike by CIC
Retail, Wholesale and Department
Store Employees and declared:
Its up to us to show them
we mean action"
The Go local leaders. respond.
ing to Gallagher's appeal, votec
financial aid to the striking retail
clerks and directed that each oil
the 240 locals supply members Il
help picket the Ward stores.
HOLIDAY VOTED DOWN
Today's cold bothered the pick.
cts at the Grand River store
Twenty-seven divided up into
three shifts of 20 minutes on duty
and 40 minutes in the little cIC
quarters nearby getting warm ant
drinking coffee.
A proposal that the Go declare
labor holiday in the Detroit area
in support of the strike was voted
down after it was proposed by
Ben Garrison, president of the
Ford Highland Park local anc
leader of the anti no strike,
block at the Grand Rapids CIC
convention.
The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
By FRANK COMMIT

AACHEN, Germany, Dec. % ms
Aachen skeleton city of some $4,000 German
traitors branded as such by Hitler be-
cause they refused to be evacuated to the
interior Of The Reieh-recovered its poise TO-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

day after several jittery days of fear and
uncertainty.
Aachen civilians quaked in their cellars
for many hours after the German counter
offensive began, aware that the Wehrmacht
was pledged to recapture their city as
Christmas present for Hitler.
But as time passed, and the Americans
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

holiday can hardly be festive.
Children gamboled amidst the twisted
hulks of ruined buildings while preparations
were under way for Christmas services to
be held in Aachen Cathedral.
For people who were scheduled for mass
execution within 72 hours the citizens of
Aachen preserved an almost blithe demeanor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
Reverses JOLT
Home Front
Leaders Fear Public
Apathy Toward War
rHE DETROIT TIMES
Dee. 1874

WASHINGTON, Dec % lINS)
The American homo freHt felt
be i0lunc impact today Of the
German CountcroGcnsiyc in west
en- Europe as she nations top
leaders intensified their campaign
20 assure lul CIVILIAN participa-
non in thc war program
a series al official utteranceS
In tho last "A hours reflected the
governments concern over pos
SIhlc civilian apathy and its de
termination 10 safeguard Gen.
Elscnhowcr'S strategic plans for
an ultimate German defeat by in
surfing MAXIMUM production until
The current NaZi assault is spent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
Universal DRAFTING
For Nurses Hinted

WASHINGTON, Dec. % (UP)
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers CR)
of Massachusetts said in an inter
view today that unless critical
needs of the armed forces are met
soon, Congress should reconsider
a universal service draft.
With casualty lists mounting
the army now is appealing for at
least 10000 additional nurses at
once. The navy needs another
A OOO
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
COP Heads TO Meet

NEW YORK. Dec. % UNSl
Republican national chairman
Herbert Brownell Jr announced
today that the COP national
committee members would meet
in Indianapolis. Jan %
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
POSES NEW PROBLEMS

Other developments;
. WPB Vice Chairman Ander-
son said the German offensive
posed new civilian and military
production problems which will
hi us right between the eyes"
.. VINO Chairman McNutt and
five top WPB vice chairmen pre-
pared TO leave for the European
battlefront for a first hand in
spection of military needs.
. Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau urgently appealed
10 the departments 5000 en-
ployes for whole" or 20" type
OF blood for immediate delivery
10 Paris 10 replenish the Red
Cross blood bank.
EMPLOYEES FROZEN
. President Roosevelt "frozeo
wartime civil service employees
IN temporary positions to give
preference for permanent jobs
TO returning war veterans.
As the furious German assault
continued, Krug expressed belief
that on the basis of preliminary
reports. 1t might be necessary
70 re-equip the First Army" in the
MonSchau sector.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
TRIED TO BAR STORY

Scott fought bitterly TO bar the
evidence as "immaterial 10 the
question of whether Chaplin is the
baby's father
Miss Barry denied emphatically
that she ever had asked Chaplin
10 pay $4,000 10 her and her
mother, Mrs. Gertrude E Berry.
and establish SIS. 900 trust fund
for the then unborn baby.
AT the close of yesterdays ses-
sion. Millikan announced that he
had finished with Miss Barry, and
Scott indicated he would rest his
case Tuesday.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
REGAINS CONTROL

Pillowing her head on Scott s
grandfatherly shoulder. she wept
uncontrollably. SubSiding a few
minutes later. she remained al the
counsel table as Millikan contin-
ued reading the letter from Tulsa,
where Miss Barry admitted earlier
that ]. Paul Getty, wealthy oil
man. had paid al least $500 worth
of her -hillS.-,--
you're right. I'm crazy II
read in part. I'm 30 sick of
life as ID stands Charles, l
am so sick Of IL Why am
here, having to go through with
cheap intrigue for few stink
ing doilarse: -
"Why do we have TO grow up
into cheap littl' gold-digging
o"
Signed Good night, Joan" the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

For the first time, however, the
dispatch continued, the NaZiS
made no appreciate gains, Fifty
FIVE German tanks were reported
destroyed yesterday and bitter
tank duel Is still IN progress.
There was no sqbstanriation OF
an enemy report that an advanced
Spearhead Of German armor which
admittedly reached Habiemont, 80
miles inside Belgium, had streaked
forward - 10 sever the strategic
Lieee- Bastogne-Arlon highway.
With American armor and in
fantry forces slashing repeatedly
at the TANKS of the corridor
smashed westward into Belgium
and Luxembough by the enemy,
the Germans were reported send
ing in additional reinforcements
of men and material in an effort
TO exploit their break-through.
BLACKoUT EXTENDED
tThe Tokyo radio, according
to the FEC, quoted the Berlin
correspondent OF the Jap news
paper Asahhi as declaring that
the Germans were using more
than 100000 men between 20
and 30 years of age who had
been drafted in August from
the munitions industries. y
Some Improvement. was shown
in the weather, enabling Allied
bombers TO strike at the Nazi
supply base OF TTier behind the
First Army front and also at the
road iunction-ef-SP eiehefr
miles north of TrieF-B But the
elements still prevent the Allies
from bringing the main weight
of their air power to bear on the
enemy.
OIL DUMP BOMBED
Both American Thunderbolts
and British Lancasters bombed
Trier and Speicher. An oil dump
close to Speicher also was hit
along with a highway in the
Black Forest, 20 miles east of
Trier. No German planes were
sighted in the course OF the mis-
sions
On the Seventh Army front,
where the Yanks threatened the
Rhineland. the Germans laid down
more than 200 rounds of artillery
fire in less than an hour in the
Neider-S chlettenbach sector The
Nazis appeared exceedingly ag-
greSSlve along the entire Sieg-
fried Line front in that area.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23

fanfilyis chin.
He was asked at his news con-
ference about published stories
that joint chiefs of staff might be
set up on political questions as
they are on military problems
The President observed that that
was a columnist's story, adding
that they were with us as an I'M
necessary excrescence.
"Oh, but you've got one In
the family" said Mrs. Elisabeth
May Craig, correspondent for
group of Maine newspapers, re-
ferring to Mrs. Roose velt
column.
The President threw back his
head and laughed, and said that
that was a little different anyhow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
TOuclle.
FDR's Rap R o ST S
in Family Tree

WASHINGTON, Dec. % CUPl
President Roosevelt got off an.
other rebuke 10 columnists today
and found he had led with his
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-23
German
Advance
Slowed

Continued from Page one1
tinued contradictory. A message
from Lee Carson, ms war cor.
respondent with the First Army
said that the German offensive
still was smashing westward and
widening salients for Nazi troop: