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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-02
Detroit Orators
.InChiCdgofor
Zone Contest
Midwest Finals SET
for 4 P, M. Monday in
City Council Chambers
BY JERRY PETIT
Detroit Times Contest Editor

CHICAGO, April l-Detroits
top student orators on John Paul
Jones" 16-year-old Robert j.
Starring and l9-year-old Forrest
r. Campbell, today arrived in
Chicago for their big test against
entrants from Chicago Pitts
burgh, Milwaukee and San An
tonic in the Midwest Zone con-
test Of the national speech con-
test
Starring is the Greater Detroit
high school champion. lie comes
from Southeastern High School
and lives at 1868 Haverhill.
Campbell OF Highland par k
Junior College lives at lS5 Tyler.
Highland Park. and wears the
Detroit college crown.
The most crucial test the
youthful orators have yet faced
will come al 4 p. m Monday,
when each meets four COMPETE
tors in Chicagos city hall coun-
Gil chambers. Five deans of
schools Of speech in the Chicago
area will be Judges
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-02
SAW WRECKED CITIES

In Germany he was transported
from Cologne TO the border Of
Poland
On StopoverS al such wrecked
cities as Frankfurt, and from his
train window. he said he saw
nothing but destruction, chaos and
Generalization.
From the Frankfurt railroad
station l could see only 10
blocks, but all I could see was
devastation" Philpit said. THE
air raid blew while we were
there, and in the resulting con-
fusion ] saw two trains crash
head-On."
One of the first things he heard
after he was shot down IN the
Fort odd IronSideF and fel1 INTO
German hands was the observa-
ton by Germans that we could
beat one or two Of the big powers.
hut we can't beat the whole
world
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-02
Wounded Filler
Tells of Havoc
In Ndzi Cities
Re psfriafed Officer Here
After Six Months in
German Prison Camp

The terrific bombing of the in
vasion coast and the industries of
Germany has broken down Hit
lers famed "Westwall" and the
Nazi homefront. and all that re-
mains is for the infantry to move
in and take over, 1t. Russell
Philpit, Detroit flier repatriated
on the GripSholm, said here today.
"We can win the war against
Germany this summer, all we
need II that invasion across the
English Channel" 1t. Philpit
said
The wounded co-pilot of Fly
ing Fortress which was shot down
over Cologne last Aug. II, made
his observations on the basis Of
information CLEANED while a Nazi
prisoner Of war, he said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-02
WILL POLISH SPEECHES

Foremost among the COMPETE
tors the Detrolters will face are
the two Chicago winners, Miss
Annette DollnSky. Is. Of Herzy
Junior College and Craig Scott
Rice, II. senior of the South
Shore High School.
In preparation for the grueling
Monday event, the two Detroit
youths will spend Sunday polish
ing up their orationS instead of
idling away the day az sight-see-
ing ------------'--
II can see Chicago any time
but what / want 10 do now.
more than anything in the
world, Is win this contest Mon
day." is the way young Camp
bell putt -
Accompanied by the Times con-
test editor, the boys are staying
AT the Ambassador East Hotel
All expenses Of the trip are paid
by the Times.
The trip 10 Chicago was the
first journey by rail for Starring
and one OF the highlights OF his
championship was his amazement
AT the amount Of travel on today
war-burdened trains.
"A LOT OF FUN"
~ wouldn't want my Detroit
friends To think I've never been
around hut this Is really my
first train trip ne explained.
IT'S a lot Of fun and 7 wish
every one OF the Detroit CON
testants could he along with
US"
Those who have heard Star
rings Grafton on John Paul
Jones-American, would never
accuse him Of naivete. however.
HIS speech is polished and force
ful
Admitting he has no particular
ambition for the future, Starring
has confided he hopes 10 obtain a
college education and discover,
meanwhile, what he would most
like TO do when I'm grown up"
His colleague, Campbell. is a
pre-law student at Highland Park
Junior College but he's also a
full-time war worker. He works a
full shift p. m 10 midnight
dally-as a precision grinder for
EX-Cell-O Corp.
II hated TO leave my Job.
even for this trip" he said,
but, OF course, this is some
thing l couldn't turn down"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Dewey Sees COP
Victory Even
# War Goes On
BY LYLE G. WILSON

ENROUTE WITH GOV. DEWEY,
Aug. s. tUP)-Republican hopes
for long delayed political victory
next November scared high Satur-
cay as Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
COP presidential candidate, sped
homeWard from a three-State cam
paign swing that apparently put
some solid foundations under the
party's 1914 effort.
Dewey tied his campaign kite to
the fortunes and aspirations of
the other Republican governors of
this country in a three-Cay stop
over in st. Louis. Two days he de-
voted to a governors conference in
which he and Gov. John w. Brick
er, his running mate, sat down
with "a other Republican state exec
utiveS, and drew up a 14-point bill
of indictment against the Roosevelt
administration for its conduct OF
Domestic affairs.
The New York governor was sat
isfied completely with results of
the st. Louis conference and said
he believed the state chief execu-
tives rendered a service to the peo-
pie that will not be forgotten in
November.
Il am convinced that the Repub-
lican party will win in November
regardless of the war news" he
told newSpapermen.
The net result of tremendously
HARD work is that one of the most
Continued on Pg. 6, Col. u
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
British Capture
Florence Area

ROME, Aug. 5. CUP)-The British
eighth army has captured the quar-
ter of Florence lying south of the
Arno river and Saturday faced the
German paratroopers lining the
north bank of the stream biSecting
the great Tuscan art center which
the Nazis had declared open"
AS British, Indian and Dominion
troops closed in on Florence along
a 25-mile front and occupied the
part of the city below the river. the
Germans obviously were preparing
to make a determined stand. at
least on either side of Florence.
The deployment of Nazi forces
along the north bank of the Arno
inside Florence indicated that Mar
shal Albert Kesselring was repudi-
ating his declaration that the stra-
tegic and historic city would not
be defended in order to spare its
cultural treasures from the ravages
of battle
Allied headquarters, however. did
not make clear whether the Ger
mans fought for the occupied sec
ton of Florence, and on the basis
of official reports the issue of a
street battle appeared to hang in
the balance as eighth army units
fought through the city's outer for
tifications on either side of it.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
$4,000 laps Open
March 10 Quit
Dutch New Guinea

ALLIED EADQ QUARTE Err S,
Southwest Pacific, Aug. 5. (UP)-
japanese forces estimated at 10000
men were in full retreat Saturday
throughout the VCgelkop peninsula
and General Douglas MacArthr
described it as an attempt to evacu-
ate all of western Dutch New
Guinea.
The effectiveness of the second
japanese army commanded by Gen.
Fusataro TeShim was approaching
its end" he said.
c"There is mounting evidence of
the Japanese decision to abandon
their last positions in Dutch New
Guinea" the LCndon radio said to-
day in a broadcast recorded by
CHS.
C'Enemy transport barges are
moving westward and troops are
withdrawing south and west as best
they can over the rugged country,
the broadcast said, quoting a cabled
dispatch from John Hing of the
Australian broadcasting cCmmis-
Sion)
Some $4,000 Japanese at Manok-
wari, and other forces at Nabir i,
on Geelvink bay along the east
coast, as we'll as $4,000 troops at
Sorong, base on the western coast
of the peninsula, we're by-passed
vhen Americans landed July 30 at
SanSapor, 65 miles abve Srng.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Sheriff Watches
FOR Bandit Trio

Sheriff Robert w. Ware instituted
his official blockade of Imperial
county roads Saturday when it was
reported that three bandits wanted
in IngleWood and Long Beach were
believed to be headed toward I'M
perial county.
The wanted men are Robert Cecil
Ham, 10; Charles Handy Acams,
20, and a man known thus far only
as Tex" about "a years of age
1ndiO officers warned Ware that
three young men in a car headed
toward Imperial county might be
the wanted men.
On August | two men entered the
police station in Inglewood with
a machine gun an6 forced the desk
sergeant to free Ham from a cell
The bandits kidnapped Hams cell
mate and left the desk sergeant
locked in the cell, police bulletins
said. Then on August 3 robbed a
cafe at 1923 East Anaheim, Long
Beach, and wounded a patron of
the place.
The three bandits are said to
have two drum type machine guns
sawed off shotgun, and two piS-
tolls.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Former Pastor
Of Fl Certro
Faces CHARGES

The Rev. Mr. Robert Eugene Dl\
away, 38, former pastor of the -Four
Square Gospel church in FL Centre,
was held in the Imperial county Jail
Saturday on charges involving a
14-year-old girl.
He was arrested in Riverside by
Sheriff Robert w. Ware of Imperial
county. who took him into custody
as he was entering the Riverside
Four Square Gospel church to which
he was transferred from Ell Centro
last June.
Sheriff Ware Salo the pastor ad-
mitted the charges and said he had
made his peace with God about
the girl about two weeks ago"
The complaint was signed by the
girls mother in Ell Centro justice
court Friday The charges against
Dunaway included several counts of
rape and LEVIED and lascivious con-
duct.
Ware quoted DunaWay as saying
that he had relations with the girl
in his home. in his automobile. an6.
in the basement of his church in Ell
Centre. He said the last time was
late in June before he left for Riv-
Continued on Page 6, Col y
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Army Takes Over
Struck Utility

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 5. CUP)-
Units of the United States army in
full battle regalia were reported
moving into this city of "Brotherly
Love" Saturday to reopen Phila-
delphias transit syStemS-subWay,
trolley, bus and elevated lineS-
and put an end to a wildcat strike
which has seriously hampered war
production in this second arsenal
city of the nation.
The army, which took over the
operation of the sprawling transit
systems which carry tens of thou
sands of workers to sCme of the
country's most vital war plants. late
Thursday evening had no official
comment on Just what part troops
would play in the re-operation of
the carriers.
1t was learned from reliable
sources that Major General Philip
Hayes, named by Secretary of War
Henry l.. StimSon to operate the
transit lines, was ready to tai
drastic steps to restore full produc-
ton in the war plants.
Previously. Hayes said that inSti-
gators CT the strike, which is not
authorized by the CIO Transport
workers union, were working for
the enemy. and that already the
shutdown probably had delayed the
day of peace.
Army and navy officials eSti-
mated that the strike had cost
5Od000 man-hours in war produc-
ton.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Reich
Again
Bombed
1000 Flying
Forts Hit
War Factories

LONDON, Aug. 5. (UP)-
A 1000 plane fleet of Ameri-
can Flying Fortresses, Liber-
ators, and fighters laid cestruc-
tive carpet of bombs over a dozen
war plants, air fields, and rail hubs
scattered through central and
northern Germany Saturday.
More than 100 heavy bombers
with strong escort of Mustangs,
Thunderbolts, and Lightnings swept
through excellent weather over the
target areas in the many-pronged
precision bombardment of centers
supplying the German war mach
inc.
A communique said the targets
included an oil refinery at Dollber-
gen, an oil storage plant at Men
burg, an aircraft componentS fac
tory and rail yards at Hallersleben,
armament workers at Magdeburg,
air fields at Hanover. Langerhange,
and HalberStadt, an uniC entitled
detectives in the Brunswick Mag
deburg area on the western ap-
proacheS to Berlin.
The allied air offensive continued
Saturday afternoon with coastal
observers reporting formations fly
ing out across the channel above
a ground haze. One force took &c
/ minutes to cross the coast.
The daylight raid came after ex-
tensive operations by RAF and
American aircraft over the conti-
nent last night and throughout
yesterday.
RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes
again attacked supply depots at
LIsle Adam, Trossy and ST Maxi
min. and laid mines in enemy wat
erS Friday, the air ministry an
nounced today Four of the bombers
were reported missing.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
YUMANS LOOK TO COLORADO
AS BEST WATER SOURCE

PHOENIX. Ariz., Aug. S. CUP) .
A U. S. Senate subcommittee heard
irrigation leaders of the Yuma dis
trict state Saturday that lands in
the Yuma district could be de-
veloped more economically with
Colorado river water than other
parts CT Arizona.
Hugo Farmer, secretary of the
Gila project association, said that
although he did not oppose delivery
of the water to central Arizona, Se
believed that diversion projects to
transport the water to lands near
Yuma would be less expensive.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
yonks Prepare to AnnihiIote
Last Of Japs Left on Cuom

PEARL HARBOR, Aug. ),
(UP)-American m a rim e S
and army troops on Guam,
after capturing the strategically
vital Mount Barrigada and road
functions, prepared today for the
final drive to annihilate the only
Japanese forces remaining on the
island which were trapped in its
northern third.
While increasingly bitter enemy
opposition and rough, jungled ter
rain had slowed their advance, the
American forces under Maj. Gen,
Roy S. Geiger were in good posi-
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Passenger Train
Jumps Rails;
47 Negoes Dead

VALDOSTA. Ga, Aug. 5. CUP)-
At least AZ persons all Negroes, were
killed and 80 injured when a west
bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger
train jumped the tracks in an iso-
lated flat-WoodS section of south
Georgia early Saturday, railroad Of
ficials announced.
A Red Cross hospital car trans
porting wounded soldiers to the
Finney general hospital at Thomas
vile, Georgia, was the last car on
the passenger train. 1t was report
edly dCrailed, but the army said
none of the soldiers suffered addi-
tional injuries.
FROM NORMANDY FRONTS
Moody Field where the soldiers
were first carried before proceeding
to Thomasville, announced that the
men were battle casualties from
Normandy.
The speeding passenger engine
hurtled from the tracks, carrying
six cars with it, and plOwed into a
freight, Sidetrackcd TO let it by on
its route to Montgomery. Alabama.
Continued on Pg. 6. Col D
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Dies Maps Move
On CIO GROUP

ORANGE, Tex, Aug. s. CUP) -
Representative Martin Dies, Cd
Texas, declared Saturday that the
special house committee investigat-
ing unAmerican activities would be-
gin public hearings on the CIO Po-
litical Action Committee in the i'm
mediate future unless attorney gen.
eral Francis Biddle started legal ac-
ton against the labor groups poll
tiCal arm.
Dies said a poll of members of the
special committee, of which he is
chairman, had decided to give Bid
die three weeks to begin action
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
LANDLORD GETS TERM ON
HIGH RENTAL CHARGE

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5. CUP) -
Landlord Verne u. Ayres Saturday
was under three months sentence
for charging a navy seaman'S wife
$3.50 month for an apartment with
a $3.50 ceiling.
Federal Judge j. F.. T. O'Connor
passed sentence following a five
day trial.
Ayres was under two years pro-
baton on a previous ceiling viola
ton. He had been granted proba-
ton in lieu of two years in jail on
condition that he refund over
charges and observe ceilings.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

carried Une DdUUe across Oile UOlucl
onto the Holy soil" of Germany
proper.
While a Nazi military spokesman
did net mention a border crossing
in reporting the break Through. OBJ
servers pointed out that Red army
flying wedges crashing through
German positions usually scored
gains of more than three miles.
ON 1OO-MILE FRONT
Gen. Ivan D. CherniakhOvSky'
, army was maSSed on 100-mile
front within easy striking distance
of East Prussia, and his onsurges
heretofore have packed momentum
enough to drive forward several
miles at single lunge.
Virbalis is a Lithuanian frontier
station just off the Kaunas-Koenlg-
sberg trunk railway. The Trans
ocean news agency quoted a mill
tary spokesman as reporting bit
ter fighting" north of the village
apparently along the railroad-and
acknowledging a breach in the Ger
man lines.
STREWN WITH NAZI DEAD
The Russian government organ
Izvestia said the Lithuanian roads,
forests and trails along the border
were strewn with wreckage of Ger
man machines and bodies of Ger
man dead. Many small German
units, by-passed and isolated by
the Soviet drive, were being wiped
out, while battered and haggard
Germans were emerging from the
forests to surrender.
Far to the southwest, Russian
tanks were rolling westward within
striking distance of Krakow. last
big bastion before German Silesia,
and advancing within less than 80
miles of German territory on that
lower Polish front.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
KNIVES DELETED
IN PRISON JOBS

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 5. CUP) -
Richard MCGEE. state director of
corrections, hoped Saturday to fore
stall further knife fights among Fol-
som convicts by installing modern
canning machinery and a metal de-
tector at the prison.
The fatal stabbing this week OF
Jack Olympous, a convict, was di-
rectly traceable to knives being
used to halve peaches at the prison
cannery, MCGEE said. He said the
canning machinery would eliminate
use of the knives and the metal
detector would discover hidden
knives on convictS.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

anchored on the shore of T'umon
bay.
The japanese we're taking ful
advantage on the jungle terrain,
and the spirit with which they were
fighting indicated a last-man stand.
Nimitz reported that marines on
T'inian island and nearby Saipan,
100 miles north of Guam, we're still
hunting down scattered Japanese
and on Saipan, first island 10 fail
to the Americans during the Mar
iannas campaign. an average oil
so day are being eliminated or
taken prisoner"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Armored Units
Move Swiftly
On Coast Point
Vanguard of American Army Pushes Germans
Back in Sweeping Drive on Peninsula;
Make Gain of Mile and Quarter Each Hour
: SUPREME HEADOUAR

SODFtE vi Il l1EADClU a IL
TIERS, AEF, Aug. 5. (UP)-
American arm ored van
guards, tanning out throug3
Brittany at the record pace of a
mile and a quarter an hour, probed
the approaches to st. Nazaire and
Nantes on the south coast and
pushed to within 80 miles or less
of Brest at the western tip of the
peninsula Saturday.
Supreme headquarters said the
Americans were lcaping ahead in
speedy advances the length and
breadth of the Brittany peninsula
without encountering organized re-
Sistance
Approximately one Ealf the pen
insula already was il American
hanCS and word was expected al
most momentarily that 1t. Gen.
Omar N. Bradlcy's forces have
reached the south coast, sealing
the fate of the remainder.
Friday night armored columns
were surging through Derval, 81 miles
south of Rennes, 81 miles north of
Nantes and 36 miles northeast OF
ST Nazairc; Chateaubriant, "a
miles northeast of Nantes; Mauron
21 miles west of Rennes and AZ
miles northeast of Vannes, and
Loudeac, so miles west of Rennes
and 30 miles east of BreSt.
Far to the north, the Germans
began large-scale Witho rawal on
an eight-mile front between the
Cdon and Orne rivers west and
southwest of Caen to escape the
closing jaws of British American
trap, United Press War Correspond
ent Samuel d. HaleS reported from
British End army headquarters.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
u. s. Casualties Hit 10000
In France, British 1854

5646 killed, 27,766 wounded, and
6l82 missing-a total of 1854.
The Canadian figures were 919
killed, 1854 wounded and 1872 miss
ing-a total of 6545.
The American roll included 1870
killed, al wounded, and 3l2 miss
ing during preinvaSion exercises
late in April when German motor
TORPEDO boats attacked a convoy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

ton for an all-out offensive with
the capture of the 674-foot Mount
Barrigada, which dominates a con-
siderable area of the east flank.
and all the road functions in the
vicinity of Finegayan on the west
coast
With the aid of carrier aircraft,
the Americans made slight gains on
the right flank and in the center
of their line, Adm. Chester w. MINI
itz reported in his latest communi-
que. He added that there was no
appreciable advance on the west
coast, where the American line Is
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Purge Calls
High Nazi
From Battle

WITH A AMERIC CANS IN
FRANCE, Aug. 5. CUP)-Ger-
man prisoners said Saturday
they had been fighting uncer d
new corps commander replacing
a general who was called to ac-
count late in July to explain his
part in the anti-Nazi plot, CThe
dispatch did not identify the
generalD
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

against The PAC Tor violation OF The
Smith-Conally act regulating union
political activity.
A letter, setting forth details of
alleged violations of the Smith
Conally act by the PAC and offer
ing Biddle evidences gathered by
the house committee, has been pre-
pared and will be sent to the at
torney general this week end, Dies
said.
Dies said the house group has
compiled an extensive report on the
PAC, but members voted against
making it public 'for the time be-
ing"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
BY UNITED PRESS

Tokyo radio, quoting front dis
patches. said japanese forces open
en- general offensive against the
Human province city of Hengyang
Saturday and reported fierce fight
ing ragged throughout the length
and breadth" of the city.
The broadcast, recorded by Unit
ed Press at San Francisco, said the
attack started with an intense artil-
lery attack on the city which was
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Tokyo Announces
Human Offensive

followed by a bombing attack
Our infantry units made daring
thrusts into enemy lines with a
hand grenade attack the broad
cast said
CA Chinese communique reported
Aug. 2 that allied relief columns
drove the enemy from five posi-
tions on the northern perimeter
of the encircled city, whose de-
tenders today entered their 4Oth
day of fighting for the key rail
city,
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
DEATH CLAIMS MAN WHO SENT
FIRST PLANE RADIO MESSAGE

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 5.UP)-Lt.
Col. T. G. B. Morriss, U. S. army
air corps, retired, the first man to
transmit a radio message from an
airplane, died in his hotel suite Fri
day night of heart attack.
MorrisS, So, was discovered on the
floor of his bedroom, hotel attend
ants said. Arthur Morriss, a son, is
en- route from Australia.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

LONDON, Aug. ). (UP)-
Supreme headquarters an
nounced Saturday that TO-
900 United States troops were listed
as killed. wounded, or missing in
the French campaign between the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

Alibi New
They had a magnificent feed at
that Legion meeting in Brawley.
The piece de resistance was baked
ham, magnificic ntly baked ham.
Apparently H. K MCClimanS had
a little advance notice about the
ham
"I didn't have time to get my
q. lunch or my dinner he complained
all the way to Brawley from FL
Centre, because | had to hurry to
get my work done and get away
from Yuma. That's long time to
&c without food"
The initiation team no more than
stopped at the hall in BraWley than
McClimans was out like flash,
muttering something about helping
the boys in the kitchen. In two
minutes flat here was McClimanS
with his face buried in a mountain
of a ham sandwich which put Dag
wood to shame.
"I had my lunch" mumbled John
Kepley while drapping himself
around an equally DagwocdiCh Gre
Continued on Page 6. Col g.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06

invasion date of June 6 and July
20, inclusive.
The American casualties COM
prised l1,156 killed, 52,17O wounded
and 6l43 missing.
British casualties were given S
Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-06
Post.Press Gives Readers Review
OF Marine Base Activities

order that civilians of the wide activities at the
Ell Marine Air included the
Post Press supplement the edition Desert
publication
this supplement will comprehensive official nfor
nation this installation
E Centre,
of progress
accomplishments
able present this its readers.